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<blockquote data-quote="Natural 20" data-source="post: 2849787" data-attributes="member: 27840"><p><strong>Percy catches, something...</strong></p><p></p><p>While oftentimes the playing of the guitar is quite relaxing, the events of the last several days continue to rattle loudly in my head; so much so that I must attempt to write these events down in the hopes that the very act calms my mind. In a relatively short time two major skirmishes and many miles have passed, both while traveling on sea and on land.</p><p></p><p>The first encounter, the clash with the octopus while aboard the <em>Sea Dog</em> was draining, but we prevailed – no loss of life, well, none within our party. One of Captain Reminger’s men, a poor useless sot if ever there was one, fell upon misfortune shall we say. I do find this amazing because, to a man the Captain’s crew proved utterly useless in battle. It was surely an accident that this bloke found himself anywhere near enough the action to have been mortally wounded. I suspect in his attempt to flee a perceived danger at the bow he rushed headlong into the true danger at the stern – the initial point of contact with the tentacle-ed beast – the saying “…out of the frying pan, into the fire…” seems apropos. </p><p></p><p>I was surprised to learn that amongst the weapons of the octopus is a powerful bite. Heretofore I had assumed that they simply strangled their prey with those awesome tentacles. Little did I know – no room for confusion however after this battle, as the ship itself bore ample evidence of vicious biting. Numerous chunks where missing from the topdeck planking – in addition, vast lengths of railing were torn asunder an altogether missing. I suppose we should consider ourselves fortunate though that none of the structural voids ventured beneath the waterline. Otherwise we’d have been sunk – literally.</p><p></p><p>Given the choice between finding a nearby island to make repairs, or to press-on at slightly reduced speed and make the repairs while en-route, we decided to press. As you might have been able to guess the crew once again proved themselves to be beyond useless. Our party, as paying customers, not only had to act as sole defenders, but now also carpenters and repairmen for the ailing ship.</p><p></p><p>After pitching in to make the ship right once again we each found our own ways to pass the time. As for myself, writing, and playing my guitar, of course. Percy decided to attempt fishing in the wake with the rod he bought in Greyhawk. Despite his immense size and intimidating carriage he proved to be squeamish in the face of baiting the hook. I had to do it for him the first time, and from the look of anguish on his face at the fate of the still wriggling baitfish I though he was going to keel over fainted. He managed to stay upright and thereafter was a master… scratch that – let’s just say he became quite proficient at baiting the hook.</p><p></p><p>Seems like not more than a couple of minutes passed before Percy was seen setting his hook after sensing several firm tugs administered by an unseen creature of the deep. Turns out he landed a very large, and extremely rare variety of turtle – a <em>Dragon Turtle</em> to be exact. It did not take long for us to realize, once we actually saw this immense creature, that rather than saying “Percy caught a big turtle," the fact of the matter was that <em>it</em>, was in the process of catching <em>us</em>…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Natural 20, post: 2849787, member: 27840"] [b]Percy catches, something...[/b] While oftentimes the playing of the guitar is quite relaxing, the events of the last several days continue to rattle loudly in my head; so much so that I must attempt to write these events down in the hopes that the very act calms my mind. In a relatively short time two major skirmishes and many miles have passed, both while traveling on sea and on land. The first encounter, the clash with the octopus while aboard the [I]Sea Dog[/I] was draining, but we prevailed – no loss of life, well, none within our party. One of Captain Reminger’s men, a poor useless sot if ever there was one, fell upon misfortune shall we say. I do find this amazing because, to a man the Captain’s crew proved utterly useless in battle. It was surely an accident that this bloke found himself anywhere near enough the action to have been mortally wounded. I suspect in his attempt to flee a perceived danger at the bow he rushed headlong into the true danger at the stern – the initial point of contact with the tentacle-ed beast – the saying “…out of the frying pan, into the fire…” seems apropos. I was surprised to learn that amongst the weapons of the octopus is a powerful bite. Heretofore I had assumed that they simply strangled their prey with those awesome tentacles. Little did I know – no room for confusion however after this battle, as the ship itself bore ample evidence of vicious biting. Numerous chunks where missing from the topdeck planking – in addition, vast lengths of railing were torn asunder an altogether missing. I suppose we should consider ourselves fortunate though that none of the structural voids ventured beneath the waterline. Otherwise we’d have been sunk – literally. Given the choice between finding a nearby island to make repairs, or to press-on at slightly reduced speed and make the repairs while en-route, we decided to press. As you might have been able to guess the crew once again proved themselves to be beyond useless. Our party, as paying customers, not only had to act as sole defenders, but now also carpenters and repairmen for the ailing ship. After pitching in to make the ship right once again we each found our own ways to pass the time. As for myself, writing, and playing my guitar, of course. Percy decided to attempt fishing in the wake with the rod he bought in Greyhawk. Despite his immense size and intimidating carriage he proved to be squeamish in the face of baiting the hook. I had to do it for him the first time, and from the look of anguish on his face at the fate of the still wriggling baitfish I though he was going to keel over fainted. He managed to stay upright and thereafter was a master… scratch that – let’s just say he became quite proficient at baiting the hook. Seems like not more than a couple of minutes passed before Percy was seen setting his hook after sensing several firm tugs administered by an unseen creature of the deep. Turns out he landed a very large, and extremely rare variety of turtle – a [I]Dragon Turtle[/I] to be exact. It did not take long for us to realize, once we actually saw this immense creature, that rather than saying “Percy caught a big turtle," the fact of the matter was that [I]it[/I], was in the process of catching [I]us[/I]… [/QUOTE]
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