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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark_Jackalope" data-source="post: 2955400" data-attributes="member: 41706">Glasia found the captain in his well-lit and richly decorated quarters, hunched over a large oak writing desk cluttered with parchment, rolled maps, ink bottles and small assorted boxes.  The ornate lamp on a corner of the desk illuminated a miniature, strange-looking brass instrument sitting before him, which was comprised of several slowly rotating and clicking parts.  The captain kept looking up at it and then marking careful notes on a map of the bay, apparently reading the device to plot his navigation across the open waters.He looked up from his work, surprised to hear the soft voice for the first time.  He politely introduced himself in return, speaking to the young woman with finer manners than he had used when she first encountered him.  After hearing her questions, Gorbrekken leaned back in his old leather chair and inspected her honest-looking face a second time, now more seriously.“Ah… well, yeh see Miss, mah ship is ‘ardly a ferry, by any means.  She’s eh transport vess’l most ah thuh time, but ‘onestly, we’s just carry ‘enything tha Prince needs moved fast.”  Smiling proudly, he waved his hand towards the planked wood floors.  “The Thresh’r’s the finest ship en all ah Lhazaar, an’ the fastest.“Tha point, though, is that I don’ z’actly sell tickets tah sail aboard ‘er.  At least, nah very of’en, or very cheaply.”  He suddenly perked up again, leaning forward in his chair and smiling, only somewhat falsely, at Glasia. “’owever, you ‘n yehr friends are ‘n luck.  Werr gonna be spendin’ three nights anchored in Port Verge, an’ then tha next morning we sail for Tantamar again, to bring theh dwarves ‘ome.  An’ since that’s a ‘nother pass’nger voyage, I could arrange to ‘ave you sail with us ag’in.  If yeh’d like…”He abruptly began pushing the map and brass instrument aside, and rooted out a piece of parchment that appeared to be a ledger.  After looking it over carefully, he looked back up at Glasia, his expression all business now.“Yer friend who bought ya yehr way onto this voyage, ‘e paid a fair sum ah gold fer the priv’lage.  An’ since I don’ have a usu’l price for the journey, it seems fair enough tah charge theh same amount again, aye?  So… it’ll come tah forty-five gold ah head, plus… Oh, ‘ow about only ten gold fer yer cargo?”  By this point, he had already picked up his scraggly quill again, and dipped it into the black inkpot.  Captain Gorbrekken looked up expectantly at the young wizard, quill-tip poised to enter her purchase into the ledger, hoping to hurry the transaction along.</blockquote>

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