Aqguazula will look around to see where the dolphins are.
The blood in the water obscures his vision, making nearly impossible to make out nearly anything.
Aqguazula will frantically launch an assault on the beasts surrounding him, he will lash at the lobster with his supernatural hair and trying to kill the weakened shark with his sharp blade.
Linnet grits her teeth at the pain of the creature's grip. Her alarm grows as she sees Sasha sink under the waves.
The Dolphins are around 60ft from the nearest shark at this point. And although Aqs dagger hits the shark, he does not appear to be near death, merely damaged.
The Lobster tries to pinch down on Aq once more.
The Claws pinch down hard, causing Aq to bleed further.
At the same time, the shark goes to attack, but is swiftly surrounded by three bottlenosed Dolphins, the slick grey creatures slamming their noses in to the thick hide of the beast.
One of the beasts missed, but two of them connect, driving the Shark back and putting themselves in between it and the humanoids(?).
The other three Dolphins aim for the other shark, one of them curving off to push Sasha up to the surface, the woman draped over its back as it swam to Linnet.
One of the Dolphins connect and slams its nose in to the Shark, causing some damage, but giving Sasha the relief she needs.
Aqguazula roars from the pain of the creature crushing his arm, he does his best to fight off whatever foul intoxicants this creature is injecting into him.
Aqguazula will look to dolphins attacking the shark,"Dolphins?! Now I'm f!@%ing pissed!" he will yell.
pondering about hunting dolphins in his youth,'Dolphins travel in warbands, why would they want to help us?
Whatever the case may be, he will begrudgingly accepted their help.
Aqguazula will examine the shark, sure that his multiple dagger wounds and the dolphins should of done it in.
'the shark is bleeding.'
"Why won't you die?!"
Aqguazula swings his hair at the lobster holding onto him and tries to slice off the Shark's dorsal fin.
As Aq stares at the Dolphins, he feels something twist within himself. The shark at his side suddenly seems more hostile, more threatening. One of the Dolphins, a large scarred male, its muzzle bearing the unmistakable marks of shark teeth, swims closer to the Malenti, circling him protectively.
The dagger flies true, plunging in to the sharks side and ripping deep down its flank. It shudders a couple of times before beginning to float belly up, towards the surface. At the same time the hair connects, but doesn't but the angry lobster down.
Linnet attempts again to break free of the thing encircling her leg.
Linnet finally kicks her way free, the Lobster of Doom spinning away a little and giving the woman some breathing room.
Swimming down to aide in Linnets escape, Dacota slashes out at the creature. Turning his head, he sees Sara da being hauled up by the watery mammals.
Besmara be blessed
Linnet heads towards Sasha.
Dacotas attack misses but Linnet managed to swim free of the creature, moving closer to Sasha.
The death Lobster attacking Linnet decides to go for the closer target and lashed out at Dacota, at the same time as the Shark attacks the lead Dolphin.
Both attacks hit but do little damage, both targets being too fast for their enemies, dodging mostly out of the way, their movements almost mirrored.
[Ooc]Sorry guys, I have been moving the last few days. I'm back now.[/oo]
(nope down to -3 HP)
Linnet keeps heading towards Sasha, trying to pull out her heal kit as she goes.
Linnet manages to swim to Sasha and, through cooperation with the Dolphin who stays very still, and by wrapping up the bite with a touriquet made with sodden bandages, she managed to stop the bleeding.
At the same time, the Reefclaw locking horns with Aq tries to crack the mans leg off.
'Have I gone soft? Dolphins those finned fiends! Hmm maybe the other sahuagin were wrong?'
Looking on over at the scarred dolphin, Aqguazula has a moment of reflection and clarity as if the divines or demonic princes were trying to convey a message to him.
'That old salt and I are similar, warriors and survivors. I will do well to fight by him.'
Yelling in pain from the fiendish lobster dinner, Aqguazula stabs at the creature with all his might, kill or be killed.
"The gods have a sick sense of humor, I will not be eaten by food!
See you in Ishiar!"
After eying Sasha to make sure she won't fall off the dolphin, Linnet heads back to defend her other companions. She swings down at the reefclaw Aqguazula is currently battling.
Dacota feels poison course through his body, sapping away his strength.
Aq manages to damage the reefclaw quite alot, smashing his shell, but doesn't down him. He seems to be fighting on, even when he shouldn't be. Linnets attack cracks the reefclaw as hard as she can, finishing the job.
The reefclaw goes stiff, before lashing out one last time with everything it has.
After the initial flurry, the creature falls still, floating slowly down 10 ft to the bottom. He is edible though, and big enough to fill one whole pot by himself. He would make a good meal you think.
Aqguazula will fight off the poison in his blood, using some magic to heal himself.
"we will decide who gets the lobster thing soon, but the shark I downed is mine. I want the whole damned thing. Thank you Linnet, I owe you a favour."
Aqguazula will call over the scarred dolphin, offering to feed the crab for its service.
"Thank you, we'd all be dead without you. Time to heal our dying friend."
Feeling some of the effect of the poison, Dacota swims down to the final reefclaw and lashes out at it like a beast with his hand axe. He wasn't going back to the ship empty handed and the oversized crustacean would do nicely.
Linnet follows Dacota over to the last reefclaw and swings her greatsword again.
Dacota drives his weapon down in to the creature and cracks its shell violently. The beast lashes out in its death throws, attacking violently, one at Linnet, one at Dacota.
The creature connects with Linnet, its claw biting deep.
Aqguazula will swim over to the unconscious tiefling, laying his hand upon her to ease her pain.
Aqguazula will swim back to the sharks, spending time slicing off the sharks fins, jaws and shark skin for leather.
"so what are we going to do about these lobsters? We need to fill up our pots anyways, lobsters and shark fin soup it is."
Aqguazula will thank the alpha dolphin for his help, offering him a crab from his pot.
Underwater, Dacota shrugs to the Sahuagin, then goes down grab the body of the dead reefclaw and attempts to lift it back to the surface. He points to Linnet for help to bring the creature back up.
Linnet's head spins for a moment, the last attack making her woozy. Once she feels steadier, she helps Dacota grab the reefclaw.
With combat ending, Aqguazula's frenzy dies down, looking drained of energy and vigor.
Aqguazula will lay his hand on Sasha, a cold yet soothing feeling embraces her as her shark bite wound closes up, although the scarring remains.
Swallowing his pride, Aqguazula apologies to the group."Sorry everyone for calling the sharks, I thought I would of had better control of them, I was mistaken. The sharks and I regressed to our base instincts."
Effortlessly swimming over to Linnet, laying his hand on her head and reciting a small chant in an ancient language.
"Thank you, friend."
In the next passing minutes Aqguazula will slice the fins off of all the sharks, remove their jaws and gather a large portion of their hide. Offering the crab from his pot to the scarred dolphin."Thank you for your service, it was an honor battling alongside you."
'Perhaps I was wrong about dolphins, they fight fiercely like us Sahuagin. Maybe my people were wrong, they're not just food.'
"Everyone since we're away from the ears of Plugg and Scourge, I have a plan I would like to share to even the odds. Our friend Sasha here has acquired some ill gotten goods, Grok knows this sadly because of me. So I say we plant some items in some of the lockers of scourge's cronies, I already placed my heavy maces in the lockers of Sly and Jape. I would recommend we place my stolen holy symbols that Sasha got into their lockers as well along with one item, the longer we wait the quicker Grok's inquest will go through. We're stronger together, it's time we work together." We would need to do it during the night while everyone is busy drinking. Anyways let's fill our pots with the crabs and two of us can also take these lobster thing, the more meat the better."
Aqguazula will swim into the reef to fill his pot while he lets his plan set in with the others.
"Hmm... maybe we could provide a further distraction in the evening? Dacota, you're a good singer, maybe you should give a performance. I got used to sneaking around my own ship to hear the gossip that my mother kept from me, so I can help plant items."
Aqguazula will breach the surface of the water, forcing water out of his gills as he starts breathing in fresh air."All of you should enjoy this bit of freedom while we have it, I doubt we will get another chance to just stretch and feel the pristine water on our skin."
tieing his full pot of crab to his braids, Aqguazula was ready to return to the wormwood albeit at a slower pace. "I think that might work, cause a distraction topside. You seem to be fond of that owlbear, maybe you could convince him to serve as a lookout? He likes crab and there is plenty in the reef."
"I don't care what you do. If you think something like that will help the situation were in that is fine. Just watch out. If things go south you don't know me, but I could cause a diversion possibly for your business."
Aqguazula will wink at Dacota,"Gottcha Captain. Now let's fill our pots and get back before we get whipped, who wants those lobsters monster things? They look pretty meaty."
"Owlbear is chained up by the captain's quarters sometimes, but if he's free,
I'll talk to him." Linnet looks worriedly over at Sasha, who has remained silent after her healing. "You OK to make it back up to the ship? If not, I can help. Otherwise, I'll take that pincer lobster thing."
Sasha is still a little out of sorts, her near death experience had left a mark on her psyche.
the look on her face is hard to tell if that is good or bad really.
she works to get her pot filled and seems ready to get back to the ship.
"Owlbear is chained up by the captain's quarters sometimes, but if he's free,
I'll talk to him." Linnet looks worriedly over at Sasha, who has remained silent after her healing. "You OK to make it back up to the ship? If not, I can help. Otherwise, I'll take that pincer lobster thing."
Sasha seems intent on taking what she can, not wanting to be a burden on the others.
Aqguazula will reaffirm Sasha,"you did the best you could, all of you fought well, out of your elements too."
Aqguazula sinks beneath the surface of the water, like an aquatic predator he seeks out the carcase of the lobster thing, offering it up to one of his companions.
"Who needs this more the salty marine or the lovely lady?" holding up the dead crustacean by the tail.
As you swim back to the ship slowly, escorted by the pod of Dolphins for the most part, the sun blazes high above. It has only been about three or so hours you reckon and in no time you are back on the ship.
You stand there on the middeck, shivering in the sun as your bodies get used to the sun once again. As you are waiting, the Captain approaches you, a stern expression on his face.
"So what'ya got boys?"
Aqguazula will stand tall as the captain approaches yet very servile,"forgive me for breaking your rule captain. We've got four fresh pots of crab, two of these lobster creatures and for you and your officers, I have a special surprise."
Aqguazula will reach into his pockets retrieving some fresh shark fins." Shark fins for some shark fin soup, a delicacy in Tien."
"The only thing that make it better Captain be some of that nice Tien rice wine they got."
Harrigan frowns, stroking his beard in thought, before gesturing behind him. Kroop steps forward, carrying a heavy pot, and offers it to Aqguazula to drop the fins in. When the Sahugain does, Kroop pulls it back and begins to examine it before whistling appreciatively through his teeth.
"Fine quality fins Cap'n. Young, tender an healthy with not a spot of disease on em. An I have jus the recipe for em, spicy and sweet with onion and beans. Delicious!" The Cook gestures to an old aquaintance of the party and Chandria steps forward, looking much better than she previously did. "Grab the pots girl and le's get crackin hey?" Kroop points Chandria towards the Crab pots before heading off under deck.
The Captain nods in thought before pulling a small bag from his waist and tossing it to Dacota. "That's fer the lot of yeh," he remarks, before turning to Aqguazula, "And fer you, go see Grok. Tell her I said you can ave everything back. Just you mind. Coin and all!" With that, he turns and storms away.