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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3119153" data-attributes="member: 35788">The room is hazy, but the large room seems to contain roughly fifty patrons (give or take a dozen given the quite estimate).  Not all of them are sailors.  In fact, probably less than athird are tried and true sailors.  Not all of the patrons are big and beefy, either.  There are a few that catch Aekalos' eye as being shrewd gamblers - perhaps even managers for those planning on fighting.  Aekalos can also see six waitresses walking around the room.  None of them are dressed the same - but none of them have any more clothing on that his own waitress.  Most of them have dark brown or black hair, but there is one with a deep red hair bopping around the other side of the room.Merrick replies, "Aye."  he leans forward and lowers his voice a bit.  "The daughter of Severin Tauroni, Miss Ella Tauroni, has disappeared.  If you don't know, Severin be one of Earl Patrons minor annoyances in the royal court.  He's a merchant - a shipper - to be more precise.  Of course I can be understanding how you'd think that puts us at natural odds.  Well, if you be D'ahr Voorhees that innept cap'ain of the guard, that is.  He arested our cap'ain assuming that he be guilty as the one with the most to gain.  True, we be profitting in any regard that weakens the sinister Severin."Badrick smirks, interrupting Merrick.  "And you left out the most incriminating part, of course.  We be the first to confess that our cap'ain has been low enough to spend more than a few nights alone pleasin' himself with the young Miss Ella.  She's definately got a woman's qualities about her; and our cap'ain can't help but know that if Severin found out that his daughter be spending time in the local bars and spending the nights aboard the Queen Forseth being pleased when we're in port it'd anger the weasel Severin.  Yet our cap'ain be not guilty.  Our cap'ain might like to be having fun with the women folk.  But he'd not be doing anything to harm Miss Ella.  What be starting as a minor prank against a rival for sure.  But now our cap'ain has a fondness for Miss Ella.  In fact, he's even got us calling her Miss Ella.  He wouldn't be causing her harm."</blockquote>

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