Once you pass the blockade almost unscathed, the trip to the Grinning Pixie is indeed, a 'whale of a time', as promised by Poppo earlier. Benarry's crew is clearly surprised when, one-by-one, you climg out of the dead whale's breathing hole to request a rope. Bennary herself comes rushing to the deck after being summoned, and immediately laughs and speaks up.
"You lot had me worried! I watched the blockade closing in, and I was starting to think maybe I’d need to send in a retrieval team for you too. So, tell me, what happened in there?"
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"I think we totally started a revolution, boss." Eadric says with a smile, still standing on top of the whale, "Oh, and like, we found the strix who burnt down Pezzack, and totally dealt with them.. Sis, you like, would not believe how much they hated me. I enter and it's like, nets and spears from all sides!" He laughs and looks around at his friends, "Good job I have most excellent friends."
Remembering that some of his fellow agents have a particular aversion to water, Eadric offers to secure the rope and generally assist everyone with as the disembark the whale.
Benarry lets out a hearthy laugh. "Firestarters, are we? Well, Olandil is here, and so is the Professor! Good job! You'll tell me all about it later, and we'll get a chronicler to record it, so taht you don't have to repeat yourselves too many times. Excuse me for a moment...", she says as she turns to Olandil.
She comes closer to the man, who seems glad after finally leaving Pezzack, but somehow still seems to be angry.
"Olandil, on behalf of the Society, please accept my sincere apology for the delay in your extraction. We simply had no idea you were there to begin with. We found out only when Poppo told us."
Olandil pouts for a while, then sighs. "I will need time to reflect on this experience before I decide what my future with the Society will hold. However, you all saved my life, and for that, I am grateful. At the very least, I will complete my original mission, and share with you what I have learned of the situation in Cheliax, as it relates to establishing a foothold for a new Pathfinder Lodge, as well as everything I know about the current situation in Pezzack."
After that, Olandil turns to you. "Guys, I am sorry for being rude earlier. The situation was dire, and stress got the better of me. You're good at what you do, but remember what I told you back in the Guts..."
"Aren't you people hungy?", Poppo decides to quickly intervene ebfore Olandil continues. "I'm starving for anything else than fish. I ate fish almost exclusively for the last 5 years. Calisro, you wouldn't happen to have a cow running around the lower deck, would you? And if not, would you want one? Because that might be possible to arrange." He looks once again at his whale creation, and with a snap of his fingers, removes the spell. The dead whale carcass goes limp and spins around to reveal its belly to the sun, causing waves that rock the boat for a few brief moments.
