The Antigrol Tide (IC)

[Mallak]

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Go ahead and put OOC comments in an sblock. To answer your OOC question, Troth has entangled in the shards. Those are the triangular rope grids that run at an angle from the sides of the ship up to the top of each mast (save the top mast, of course). They're not all that wide. You would generally climb up them like a ladder, which is how I assume Noonchuck is moving down them. Only, given the angle of the ship, he's moving down the inside of them rather than the outside. He can move left to right with ease, but the shards aren't all that wide. Troth is about a quarter of the way from the top.

Below, I have included a lovely ASCI drawing of a portion of the shards. Now, imagine Troth's knee is wrapped over C3, around the line between B and C, with his foot tucked under C4.

.....A..B..C..D...E
1...../--|--|--\
2..../|--|--|--|\
3.../-|--|--|--|-\
4../--|--|--|--|--\

Because of the angle of the ship, he's hanging perpendicular to the shards (which, in this drawing, means he'd be coming straight out of the page). Does that clear everything up?

If Noonchuck would like the help Troth sit up, he'd have to reach down to Troth, since Troth's hands and body are hanging out away from the shards. It is something that is quite possible, but more or less dangerous depending on how Noonchuck decides to do it.

Hope that helps. I'll be on to post more things later today or tonight. Lot's of action, and I love it!

EDIT: My ASCII drawing is apparently being reformated -- the spaces are being removed. Anyone know a way around that? In the mean time, I've included periods to make up the spacing.
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[unleashed]

[SBLOCK]You need to use [ CODE ] [ /CODE ] (minus the spaces of course) or just highlight what you wish to put in the section and press the # symbol in the formatting line to do it for you to preserve the formatting like so.

     A  B  C  D  E
1     /--|--|--\
2    /|--|--|--|\
3   /-|--|--|--|-\
4  /--|--|--|--|--\

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[Mallak]

Colmarr attempts to pitch the coiled rope up to the poop deck where the captain is hanging. However, his throw falls short at the stairs.

Braer attempts the keep the ship on a steady angle, mindful of his shipmates' precarious positions. He manages to pull it off, though the ship continues to turn gently to port. She'll likely settle back to an even keel in a few more moments, unless Braer turns her back to starboard, which may still roll the poor ship if another big gust comes along.

Mag works his way along the deck to the ladder up to the poop deck. The rope he's been holding onto is at its length's end, but fortunately Colmarr's rope is within easy reach. He snags that and heads up the ladder to the poop deck where Braer is fighting with the helm and the captain is dangling over the side.

Down below, Grondar reaches up to grab a chain and--what!? Where'd the chains go? There never were chains, were there...? No, everything on the Pander Ban is done with ropes. He must have taken a pretty bad knock to the head to be this disoriented. Finally, though, he manages to stumble up the tilting ladder to the main deck.

Up above, Denther scans the horizon, but he can't spot the ship anywhere. It must be back there, though, lost in the landmass.

Troth tries to sit up and grab the rope, but his brain explodes in pain as his knee twists, and he falls back. N'un T'Chauck studies the situation for a moment before deciding what to do.

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

Well at least it went in the right direction. Colmarr thinks as he begins to sing a short tune his right hand moving in a quick gesture while his left hand reaches into his pouch, he then points at the captain whispering in common, “Don’t worry captain, Magyar is almost there, just hang on a little longer...”

OOC
[SBLOCK]Colmarr casts a message spell when he sings the short tune.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Mallak]

"Mother's milk in a cup, Colmarr, don't do that to me!" The Captain's startled bellow sounds as if it is right in Colmarr's ear. "Just get me up!"

 

[unleashed]

Chuckling Colmarr replies, “We’re moving as fast as we can captain, but I’ll see if I can speed Magyar up a little...”

Pointing his finger at Magyar, he whispers again in common, “Magyar, if you wouldn’t mind hurrying up a little the captain would prefer to be back aboard I think...”

 

[MummyKitty]

Noonchuck stares down at the tangled mass of barbarian flesh that is Troth, caught in the shards like a fly in a web. Down at the helm, he see Braer steering the ship to release some of the wind from the sails. He decides to make his way down the shard to Troth carefully, trying to anticipate the way the ship will sway when it rights itself. Before descending, he climbs to the other side of the shard, the same side that Troth is caught on, intending to climb down to his level and help push him up to an upright position, once the ship is on a more even keel.

"These ships of Anigrol are complicated," he thinks as he makes his way to Troth. "Too many ropes and sails-- dangerous for those with no experience...."

 

[mps42]

Denther Mosie

"The other ships lost in the landmass. I can no longer see her. Did you need any help down there?

 

[Drowned Hero]

Before descending, he climbs to the other side of the shard, the same side that Troth is caught on, intending to climb down to his level and help push him up to an upright position, once the ship is on a more even keel.

"These ships of Anigrol are complicated," he thinks as he makes his way to Troth. "Too many ropes and sails-- dangerous for those with no experience...."

As Troth sees Noonchuck climbing down the shards he says "Reach me a hand Non or take me by my belt" when Noonchuck gets to him, Torth will intend to grab Noonchuck's hand.

 

[Mallak]

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"The other ships lost behind the landmass. I can no longer see her. Did you need any help down there?

Not behind the landmass, "lost in the landmass," meaning the ship's outline is indistinguishable from the landmass behind it.
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