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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 7544980" data-attributes="member: 6855223">Day 305: Coming ABout[gm]Bulywif nods to his son, and waves a gesture of peace to Sannit and Sheldon as he walks to stand beside the Quartermaster. He gestures a command at the First-mate who has taken a position on the bow. At the last of Sheldon's words the soldiers removes their weapons and stow them in the ready rack. They join the crew in positions along the rigging.Bolo is amazed at the sway of movement from up in the crows nest. Though the ship heaves and lists with its movement and the movement of the sea, the feel on the deck is nothing compared to being aloft. Occasionally she has to hold to the tether on the mast to keep from being pitched from the perch. This is definitely not a job for the feint of heart, not really a job for any common individual.[/gm]At Bulywif's gesture he says to the Seekers, "You might want to hang on."At Bulywif's gesture, the First-mate, gaining boldness from the change in events, finds his courage and bellows his commands from the forward deck. "RIGGERS, FURL THE HIGH SAILS. BOATSWAINS, FOLD THE MAIN SAIL. GROUND THE CROW. PREPARE TO SWING THE BOOM STARBOARD."The nearest sailor clarifies one of the commands to Sannit, "Signori, your mate needs to come down or she will be pitched from the ship."[gm]The crew, and even the soldiers, move with a practiced efficiency. There is nothing easy about the work they engage and it must all be done quickly.[/gm]As soon as the furled sails are tied the First-mate calls again, "RIGGERS TO GROUND. BOATSWAINS SWING THE BOOM STARBOARD. QUARTERMASTER BRING US ABOUT PORT."[gm]The guide sail swings on the boom and is halted by the men holding its rope. Once this is tied, the wind catches it puffing out the middle of the triangle. The Quartermaster turns the wheel and the ship swing with a violent force. The process of commands are ordered so that the ship is again set for full sail heading in almost the opposite direction. In a day and a half, the land becomes visible and the desert sand on the horizon is left behind by an outcropping of the Spine stretching into the sea. The jungle is skirted until fresh water is seen coming from within and then the ship is carried inward until anchor can be weighed a suitable distance from shore. Rowboats are maned and beached on the leeward side of the river's outlet. Everyone finds themselves on a narrow strip of beach with a dense jungle looming to the north. Vast sounds of life come from within its foliage.[/gm][sblock=Purchasing Power][ooc]Store Credit in Southroad Fair: 1123 clams60 Plates: (platinum coin, 3000 clams)10 Gold Ingots (200 clams)50 Dublins: (gold coin, 1000 clams)50 Rupees: (silver coin, 500 clams)76 Ocrin: (tin coin, 76 clams)20% Southroad Fair Olive Trade Proceeds[/ooc][/sblock][sblock=Current Party Holdings][ooc]2 Windrunner Stallions8 Windrunner Mares2 decorative saddles (San-Bolo)4 standard saddles (Tor, Sheldon, Indigo, Merin, Vadin)4 Windrunner Colts (with pack rigs)2 Harnin Mining Mauls2 Harnin Mining Spikes2 Harnin Pick Axesdrawing of Assassins' Guild symbolparchment containing known message[/ooc][/sblock]</blockquote>

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