Palladium, 6th Century

[shiivster]

Yumi scuttles forward and thru the opening in the 'observer's cage' and scampers up into Aki's arms. she chirps and makes other assorted noises. she shifts her head to the one in chains and squeaks with a few more excited chirps .. then sighs once and settles her head against the girls nect and seems to doze off.

'she say he smell like others. she say he wear .. traps on limbs. she say he almost quiet, but makes loud talk in head' *this is said to the group, then the brown eyes turn to look at the newcomer. this is obviously the 'sister' the creature was talking about, but .. its human.

'we go now. yes?' *looks at the pelican and points at the door 'we go? time to leave is now? we not get out if we stay longer. i not want stay here and fight to make others have 'haha' feelings. combat for no reason is dumb .. '

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Yes." He says to Aki.

"Pursuant to your request." He says to the ogres, "We will endeavour, given the to resource you have offered - to wit, a sailing vessel - to give chase to one Fakir and bring him to justice." He figured the Ogre would get the tongues translation into grunts, so he wasn't worried they're getting the point.

"Come on, folks. We should go." And he followed Aki out of the room.

[dakota]

Dryzh was more interested in the sword than he was in what was going on around him, but as the others began to leave, he followed along.He admitted his lack of paying attention as he asked," So where going?"

[shiivster]

Yumi nuzzles Aki, then climbs down and hurries along chirping anxiously as she leads the way to where she lost the trail and hopes that someone else can figure things out. Aki follows at a quick trot as she looks up and down corridors checking on smells then following again

[albatross]

Darrell glances at Dryzh sword and nods, "Might as well keep it with us. Maybe his null magic fades or has gaps." The giant sized sword weighs two or three times what a normal weapon would weigh, and the blade is very wide to human scale. A unique two handed sword to be sure. Extra damage, but a little unwieldy (one extra die damage, -1 to strike, parry evens out as its as wide as a buckler).

There is a slight sense of Deja Vu and the pelican peers at Romidus again. "Hmmm," Darrell says in English, "You're from our world then. I followed you to check. If you're here, you must be chasing Fakir too right?"

Without waiting for a reply, the pelican hops and flaps its wings to catch up to Allen. "Well, what did you think? Can you think of another person who would have had more success in the arena - drawn more out of him? I have my doubts about now. I think we need to get more information. Right now there is too much we don't know.... Or did you get some insight?"

[dakota]

Dryzh smile was an odd thing, but he couldn't hide his contentment about keeping the sword. " Dryzh keep sword close." He nodded, then looked at Romidus curiously with his huge red eyes.

[shiivster]

Aki continues her journey following the Mongoose as she leads her and chirps from time to time.

she is getting out of site when they stop and look back. a bird call is sent back to the others then she moves again. she wonders why they still stand there

[albatross]

Darrell keeps flapping and talking, not really waiting for Allen's response, clearly on a roll as they approach the docks.

A few dozen boats are tied up on the docks, and ten ships and dozens more boats are at anchor in the harbor.

Six corsairs are crawling with activity as sailors work to get them underway. "Hmmm... We'll take that one I think," Darrell says, hopping into a rowboat and pointing further out to a sleek black corsair with red sails. The pelican looks around to see if anyone knows enough about sailing to gainsay him.

As the rowboat casts off, rumbles are heard to the northwest.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"A storm approaches while another leaves." Allan chuckles. "Anyone who can sail, speak up."

Transforming into Streetwise, he looked over to the Pelican. "I will meet you all there. I learned little from him except that he thought we were after his ancestor, and that he's a living munchkin. You would have to catch him at that point when he's not expecting to be caught off guard or on guard."

With that, he flaps his wings, and flies over to the boat.

[shiivster]

*Aki comments 'can swim. not know sail. sorry'

she and the mangoose get into the rowboat and settle in the bow, as they are the lightest, she picks the spot that is the smallest

[albatross]

Once the rowboat reaches teh Corsair, they can see it is crewed by orcs and goblins. "Ahem," the Pelican says to a female orc in a large hat.

"Host anchor, all sails to the wind!" The bird points towards a bolt of lightning in the distance. "That way! Wait... what is that smell?"

The orc captain smiles revealing her fangs and says, "Must be the food."

"Oh," Darrell says thinking on his webbed feet. "Er, throw everything that isn't weapons overboard. All possible speed to the battle."

He waves one wing and near gale force winds spring up around their ship. The orcs and goblins scramble to comply, tossing rotting meat and other cargo over the side.

Darrell swivels his head to face Sapphire, "Can't you fly too? Care to scout ahead with Streetwise? It can't hurt to know what we are getting into."

[Dome]

Overhearing the bird Romidus says, "I too have the ability of flight perhaps I can go with the young one."

[sasqaricious]

"Yes I can fly." She snaps to attention still not used to being free. "If you need me to I can even carry a fair number of people. Well at least 2 I guess." She still seems distracted as if not fully used to whatever happened to her.

[shiivster]

'is be safe go up now?' *Aki is curious about this boat. not because of the foup odor, but more to get a better look at the strange beings that work it.

'am to climb odd vines too? look fun' her eyes have discovered the rigging and its clear she wants to explore and do something other than sit

[dakota]

" Not worry Aki." Dryzh said with a nod. " Dryzh keep things safe while others all flying."