Yurif Cheered at the chance to buy drinks, and the last of the casks of ale is brought in from the back of the galley. It's not a fine drink, or even an expensive one, the entire cask only costing 3gp from your winnings, and frankly it's the last the ship has till it makes port, but supplies everyone with something to drink, and then a little extra for your table.
The second hand is played and ends much the same way, with Kati taking the pot this time nearly thick and over flowing with gold.
Yurf's words seemed true, whatever business his has in this town you can't really say but the man's pockets seem to have a nearly limiteless taste of gold, and you can feel his eyes occasionally dipping under the table towards your legs. He drinks from his cup, and glances around at the other two men who seemed to be pale at their losses, and ready to call it quits.
Yurf on the other hand reaches into his pocket brushing around for something, and draws out a necklass made of fine silver, with a ruby stone cut beautifully into the mouth of a vampire bat, and places it onto the table. "Yah got me gold, but can you win my lucky charm?"
"Rules are simple lass one more hand, if I win, I take my gold, I take your clothes, and leave you with naught but your weapons, if You win, You take this."
~~~
The sailor looks at Vo, and rattles off about a 'fucking kid, he's scabby, and he looked like he had the mange or somehting, god this fucking hurts!' Saying that he was on guard at the lowest point below decks, and that the little rat bastard should still be there.
~~~
The world under the water is so much more clear than that above where the air swirls with mist, the ocean is a welcoming sight, pretty and vast, the area you are sailing over is a shallow coral reaf, and on a bright sunny day you would have gotten your full sixty feet of sight.
As you swim you take note of the currents, and feel a sudden shift in them, as you look around, a school of fish pass you quickly by, fleeing from something, and as you follow where they had been disturbed from your eyes are drawn towards the surface, towards a second ship, much smaller than the Praxis from where you are the hull is a small ruddy affair of patch work, and metal beaten into wood, the entire thing rusty, and painted with a red finish, you can just see the front of the ship has had brutish metal teeth attatched to the front, and is sailing directly towards the Praxis.
~~~
Vo And Nalven:
The hold is a dark almost spooky place, the bottom level of the praxis has been off limits protected by guards, the man who was supposed to be on shift is now missing a finger so you can wind your way down into the ships bowels without confrontation. The ships bowels are filled with supplies and trade goods from the islands, barrels and boxes are stacked and tied down with nets.
There is a back wall that has a door, locked and chained, boarded with what looks like every percaution to keep passengers out of it. Down here you can hear the faint creeking of the ship as water laps against it during it's sailing, The dark is thick, and anyone without low light vision will have to suffer a penalty to attacks rolling in the dim light with disadvantage. beyond the 20 feet that the lantern Vo brought with her illuminates.
You can hear a faint scurring and scratching, and a small whimpering from somewhere off in the distance, but as you walk you are quick to notice the rats that seem to flee from the light.
~~~
As Tengie looks over the wound attempting to clean it you can already see the sure signs of infection setting in. The infection is magical in nature you can practically see that as the mans finger has dark blue veins rippling up and down his hand. You staunch the flow of the bleeding, and bandage him up so that he will live, but the man is pale and sickly and by the time you are done fixing him up he's looking like he needs to lay down and sleep all the anger he had seems to have flowed from his body.
You can recognize that your magic would heal him, but unless you have remove disease or some equivalent you can do nothing for whatever sickness is taking him.
~~~
Gram Gram looks at Amelie with a slight hesitant look an amolst accusitory glance before she nods that she needed to go as well. As you walk away from the upper deck you stop and take one final glance upwards, and as you look around for a moment you were sure that you saw the flicker of a torch off to the distance, before it faded from your vision. Above deck people are more on edge than ever dealing with the now unconcious guard, and the whispering glances towards one another.
You can almost hear something that sounds like paddles striking water, you've been around the ocean your entire life, and you are sure you can hear rowing, but the praxis is the only boat you can see, and it uses only the power of the wind to sail.
Brask is off to the front holding some rope and a trident, though why you have no idea.
And Gram Gram has started ushering the children down below decks back to the cabins while the manhunt for the child goes underway.
[DM's notes:
First off you all are owed a very deep appology, i vanished for two weeks without so much as a word, so let me explain.. I lost my job, I've been arranging my notes and schooling, and it takes me a while to actually write up stuff for this thread when I had very little free time.
Kati, Your winnings this time is 800 gold (2d6x100)
The roll to beat this time is 70
Vo, and Nalven, anyone with low light or dark vision suffers penalty for range attacks in the bowels of the ship, and will have roll with a disadvantage. Since Vo brought a lantern you can attack melee without suffering the penalty of fighting in the dark, but only up too about 10 feet. There is also boxes for cover in pretty much every direction.
Tengee: Your medical role was high enough to save his life, but not high enough to recognize the disease or attempt a treatment for the sickness that has caused it.
Star: The perception to see the boat that Dreana can see is 23, you were close enough that I had to give you a little something, I'd feel bad if i said you saw nothing.
Dreana: The perception to see the ship under the water was 15 you not only get to see it but you know it's coming for the praxis, or at least sailing towards it. You have about 2 more rounds before it will make contact.
I hope that all of this makes up for the two week long silence you had to put up with me. I am so sorry.))
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