Tale of the Clueless - Chapter 1: On the Seas of Air [IC Thread]

[Nalfeshnee]

[sblock=Gli'jar]It's safe to assume you'd be below deck when this happens. Derrick would have left you for a while to speak with Beni, but he returns soon later. You are slightly 'over qualified' for this work, and you are quickly done; the whole thing takes little more than a few hours. Derrick thanks you when you are finished (perhaps half an hour after he returns)[/sblock]

 

[Nalfeshnee]

The clouds thicken and before long are disoloured, dark and full of peril. flakes of snow fill the air, and the wind makes no effort to abate - in fact,it only seems to get worse. Thunder - putting to shame anything you've experienced on the Prime - rumbles around you and distant flashes of light can be seen in the clouds. Eerie nosies, not quite belonging to such a storm can be heard as well, though what - or who - they are remains a mystery as the weather worsens.

The crew rush to stabilise the rigging and sails, and Drahluut hand over the ship to Beni, whose mind seems focussed on nothing other than the weather and his ship. The nerra stands over the captin, trying to look out for any signs of immediate danger.

It is harsh going, and for as much as an hour, Beni and his men struggle against the forces of the Boundless blue (navigation check). But then, almost as suddenly as it began, the foul weather subsides. Slowly as the clouds disperse, you begin to see the blue skies once more and the weather becomes warmer.

Beni breathes a sigh or releaf, and nods towards you. 'This would be night if the light ever dimed in this place. If you wish to rest now would be a good time, my friends. We will warn you if anything happens. Hope you are enjoying you first trip in Air.' he smiles​

 

[Saloric Windrunner]

Thrumgall comes down from the fore castle of the ship looking slightly green. "So this is what passes for night here? I'll be down in our cabin if anyone needs me." He walks down to our cabin and climbs in hammock pulls the covers over his head and goes to sleep.

 

[Ambrus]

Vor untangles himself from the rigging on the bowsprit and falls backwards towards the aft castle to land on the ship's wheel. He draws his maw back into a long grin in answer to Beni's question. "I am indeed; it's rather thrilling really. I fear though that my companions don't like it quite so much.

You know, back in my homeland it's said that the lord of all good dragons makes his home 'beyond the north wind' and that he himself is the 'Lord of the North Wind'. Pray tell me, is the platinum dragon know of here in the Boundless Blue?"

 

[Eva of Sirrion]

Well, that was quite a ride but I think we're all still in one piece. Mir assesses the situation. To Beni she asks, How do you manage to keep her on course without a reference point, and with no stars above? Must be difficult.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Drota stoically thought of the storm as just a bad night in the Spine of the World, pretending the ship was a cave and the storm was blowing around them, rather than them blowing through the storm. It helped a little, though the brightness after, when her body told her that it was time for the moon to be up, was weird.

"Are there storms often? Or... other hazards?" she asked whe she got a chance, hoping to give her a few things to muse upon in her dreams.

 

[Nalfeshnee]

'One at a time please,' smiles Benis as he tries steers the ship. 'Navigating the Boundless Blue is no easy feat, make no mistake. But to one born and raised out here it is easier than to others... but still, chances cannot be taken and we must take every precaution. Derrick helps with the more 'arcane' parts of navigating, but most of it is just here,' he says, placing an open hand on his forehead, 'And here,' placing it again on his heart.

Turning to Drota, he says 'The Planes are rarely safe and never dull. Anything can happen - planar leaks, elemetal storms, rifts, wormholes... not to mention the creatures that stalk the expanses. Have you heard of arrowhawks? Well, those that live here are far larger and smarter than anything the material knows. Planar leaks are the worst thing, probably, though luckily not very common and easily avoided. That was an eventful beginning. Let us hope it does not start atrend on this journey. We have valuable items to deliver.'

And finally, turning to the small dragon, 'I know uch of The North Wind - but in all the tales I have heard, he is an Elemental Lord - one of the most powerful of Air - and not a platinum dragon. They could be one and the same though... when it comes to an infinate plane, even a natives knowledge can only stretch so far'

 

[Gli'jar]

Throughout the storm Terrathoin remains in a grapple with the ship, arms wrapped and hands locked together through the railing. After the storm Terrathoin looks around gazing off in the endless blue, and hearing that it is night, he follows Thrumgall below, "Night. Just like daylight under the mountain. You just accept what it is." He takes his time getting into the hammock, paying close attention to will down, just enough to keep him from falling on the floor.

 

[Nalfeshnee]

The Voyage of The Sea Breeze: Day Two

Navigation check 21
Encounters 33

Through some planar Cycle you cannot understand, night slowly turns into day once more. The skies are calm and all signs of the storm you encountered in the previous day are far behind and below you, seething with flashes of light and a distant rumbling that ripples throgh the air, reaching the ship as no more than a faint sound.

Some sails were damaged by the storm and some crew hang from ropes, stitching pathes onto the ripped sails. None of them seem very worried about yesterdays' events, and that is a good thing, giving strength to those who are not as experienced in such travel.

Later in the morning (those of you who are outside) spot a group of dolphins, flying in front of the ship, jumping and playing in the air as though you were in the material. Birds - some familiar to you, others alien and utterly different to anything you are used to follow the ship. cawing loudly. The sailors smile at the sight, cliaming it to be a good sign.

Beni leaves the wheel, leaving it under the contro of Drahluut. He walks over to whoever of you happen to be bove deck. 'This is what the Boundless Blue is all about - beautiful skies, soothing creatures and air so clean you won't ever want to go back to that City-they-call-a-Cage again!

'I never had a chance to ask you before - where are you from? Are there any places known for their beauty? I've always been intereste in what the multiverse can create when she isn't feeling very vindictive or wicked.'​

 

[Dichotomy]

Idim has been having a grand time playing in the air with Mir and anyone else interested. While showing concern for the storm when it happened, she seemed fairly calm, as one who lives mostly outdoors would.

In response to Beni's query, Idim replies, "I come from the Shaaryan prairies." She thinks for a moment, as she knows that answer is not sufficient. "I think the more learned folk say that we live in the southern part of Faerun, or Toril... or something like that. Have any of you heard of it?"

"In any case, the prairie is beautiful. Long grasses. Great expanses of sky, but not like this. I have also seem parts of the dwarven strongholds near my home. But I can speak only little about them."

Idim then listens intently to the others with obvious interest about the places they have seen.