Galean follows Yuki, swimming carefully towards the ship. Keeping in mind that this is the sea, he takes the occasional look in the waters below. He keeps an eye out for trouble, but otherwise enjoys the swin in the vast blue ocean.
As you return to the ship and your crab pots are hoisted aboard, the crew welcomes the change of pace in the food brought by the fresh seafood while Scourge glowers at all of you.
Took your sweet time about it didn't you?!
He'll lash his whip impotently as Fishguts steams up all the crab meat you've brought back.
Placing her buckler back in her locker, Yuki casts Guidance on herself and tosses her Rum Ration overboard with no trouble at all.
Yuki casts Guidance on herself yet again as she locates Narwhal and says to him, "Hey look, we should all be on the same crew here. Could you try to talk Scourge into being less harsh with us? As you can see by all the crabs we brought back, we aren't just landlubbers playing pirate."
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Yea, we seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot!
Galean goes on board, happy to have his cutlass back. He gives the bucket when he's told to, and goes off to have his rum ration.
Chugging down the rum, Galean is hit by it as a truck. Glad to see they give me the normal one now.
Smiling and happy, and staggering a bit, he goes to Cogward, trying to tell him the darkest and most terrifying tale ever.
"Sho, we were swimming there, you know, and all of a shudden, these crab-eel things attack us. It was hory...hoer...scary as all hells. They were enomr...reaaly, really, big, and they were poisonous to boot, too! Look at these wounds!", he says, showing his injuries, and the strange colours around them. "We barely made it out alive, and with our shkins intact. Terrible things in these waters...", he says, sitting down and nodding at Cog.
Staggering back on board, even more after she's consumed her ration, Nymph makes her way to the ship's doctor to see if he can do anything about giant eel lobster poison.
As you're climbing back into the boat, Carthus slips on a wet patch of deck and falls backwards into Wulf, knocking both of them back into the ocean. Before you can do anything, a giant shark emerges and eats both of them before sinking out of sight.
Curiously no one seems fazed by their fate.
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Narwhal doesn't look too happy to hear it, and you realize he's busy calculating whether it's a good idea to talk to you or just gut you right there.
Maybe we did get off on the wrong foot, but it's only because you people won't leave it well enough alone. I've known Scourge a good long time, and he's only as harsh as the sea requires!
He spits over the side of the ship.
You people just start towing the line and your life will be better.
After he moves off, you see Scourge talking to him in a circle of people - that includes Tilly.
Meanwhile Plugg comes up as the crab is being served and shouts over the din.
Enjoy your time tonight, because tomorrow it's boarding school!
You can see him motion at Krine, the ship's gunner. Her skin is burned a deep brown from long days at sea, she has a nose that looks like it's been broken at least three times and she has a peg leg.
She steps up and when she speaks you'd swear it was a demon talking.
Listen up you sniveling !&*^#, you're in my *)(^%!# world now and you'd better &$!&#( perform or I'll rip you a new &*^#$!) and %!^)#(_ pull it out your &$!^(!#
You hear Rosie whistle in admiration for the tirade.
We start at dawn. That's !#$^!() dawn, not ^%#$&!^) after your ^*#^!( breakfast you %&!)*(! #*&!$! So %&#*!) you if you're not &^$!#) ready.
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Nymph arrives to talk to the ship's doctor who looks at her as she explains her malady.
Let me get this straight - you were attacked by a giant crab-eel and it poisoned you making you weak? And you expect me to buy that and give you some of my precious medicine? What did you bring back from the thing? Nothing? Oh, right, because you're looking to score a tonic you can use to slack off or sell in port for whores or booze. Get out!
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As the next morning dawns the new sailors are assembled at the side of the ship.
Ayre, Galean, Rosie and Cog are assembled and pushed into the jolly boat and rowed 40 feet out from the ship.
!#$&*) listen )*!#^( the &!#) up you !$#&$)_ worms. You need to board this vessel to get anywhere and you're not getting any ^#&!))(( help from #*!$^) anyone until you #!^)* well do.
She points at the ropes at your feet.
$!&_)*& take those ^$#!)& hooks and hook the rail! If your ^#)!*&)_! fail you'll get a $!*&) good bash I'll tell you that!
She turns to the other sailors still on the Wormwood, picking Narwhal, Tilly, Nymph and Yuki.
And you $&#()!& lot. You $!#) throw %&#!)%^ at them to $#&!)& stop them!
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Ayre tosses his hook and promptly drops it in the water.
Ayre grabs another hook and tosses
The throw is perfect it not only hooks, but somehow manages to wrap around the railing as well!
At the sudden demise of Carthus and Wulf, Yuki appears more shocked than despondent, although throughout the night and into the next day she's quieter and sadder than usual.
The next day at boarding school training, she does try to get into the spirit of things, however.
"Watch out, these fish are barbed!" She playfully warns the boarders as she lobs spoiled fish at each of their heads.
Nymph waves goodbye to shark after the spectacle. "Seeya later Unca Guppy!"
Giving the doctor a look of something inbetween pity and annoyance for refusing to be, well, a doctor despite the obvious condition her body was in that would be obvious to anyone even without medical training Nymph just shakes her head before moving off to sleep.
The next day though she actually seems a bit giddy when told what they would be doing.
Ayre falls in the water.
Om nom nom.
Om nom nom.
YAISE!
*hugs*
You're my favourite uncle.
After seeing the event, Galean is shocked by it, and stays with an open mouth, until he hears Mr. Scourge says to the ship, "Well, laddies, I guess that no-good cook filled something's belly alright!" and he turns around with disgust.
As he hears about Ayre being promoted to cook, he concentrates on the long-term affects that could have on the average value of a Goodberry.
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After several attempts, he finally manages to hit once. His now berry red face rivals Crimson Cog's.
After a couple of embarassing attempts and swimming down to the boat, Galean catches a better grasp, and starts climbing.
As Galean and Ayre clammer on deck, after their many, many failures, they get yelled at repeatedly by Krine in a stream of profanity so foul, so vile, so utterly awful that not even the Paizo website could save your fragile souls from the utter filth that washes over you. You're also pretty sure she refers to you as petunias at one point.
As a result of your failure, after three attempts, to successfully board the ship you both get rope bashes. Galean is beat particularly severely for missing the rail five times in a row, in what Krine assures all assembled is a record.
Krine looks at Yuki and Nymph.
I $#!)&*^ hope that you're $#!&)^! better than !#$!(& these $#!^*(& here.
Along with Sandara and, for balance, Samms you get pushed into the jolly boat and told to board the ship.
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Ayre throws things as Nymph gets closer
Ayre manages to hit Nymph in the face with a rotten fish and an old cabbage
"I saw that!"
Nymph says as she falls into the water as the cabage gets her in the nose
Leaving her buckler back on the ship, Yuki takes time to watch how Nymph performs before making an attempt.
Her face frozen in concentration, she tries to land the grappling hook.
Getting that in her first attempt, she quickly tries to scale the ship.
After having some issues initially climbing up the rope, Yuki gets two-thirds the way up the rope before losing her grip on the slick rope and falling into the water.
Undaunted, she tries again. It takes her about 15 seconds to start the climb, but after a close call in the middle it looks like she's going to make it!
Galean grunts, seeing everyone laugh at him, and tries to cast Monkey Fish.
After a magnificently thrown fish flies in the direction of Nymph, Galean gets excited again, and starts throwing things left and right, missing completely.
Nymph gets hit - again - by flying debris from Galean and plunges back into the sea.
Of the four of you she's the only one to make it up the rope fairly easily - and the only one to escape Krine's wrath.
Nymph gets a couple of bashes as well for falling in the water, but after you're all put back on the ship, you're free to go about your business.
You do see Plugg talking to Narwhal, telling him something and gesturing back to the group of pirates you know hate you.
Narwhal gives you all a sullen glance and walks over to the group of Scourge and Plugg's flunkies.
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Galean's back is sore, having the first beating since he was shanghaid. He broodily casts and sits down to the rest, rum ration in hand.
Chugging down the rum like a habit, Galean goes to Nymph, and says, "Sorry about that, I was aiming for Narwhal.", offering a berry.
"Well, I don't know about you, but it seems Narwhal wasn't convinced by Yuki. These guys don't really seem to like us, for some reason." Galean eats a berry, looks at Ayre with a smile, saying he's hoping he'd be better at cooking, and head to his hammock, leaving the other berries with Rocky.
"Don't worry about it, gave me an excuse to swim." she happily says before chomping on the berry. "Yeah, I don't know what's up with them, never met the f*%&ers before in my life so I don't know we're doing to piss them off."
Actually in a good mood despite the bashings Nymph heads off in search of Tilly.
Yuki continues her teetotaling ways and dumps the rum into sea.
Crossing her arms and glaring at the Narwhal as he completely returns to Scourge's fold, Yuki tries to rethink her approach.
Tilly will punch Nymph in the shoulder lightly when she comes over.
What the Hells were your friends talking to Narwhal for? I've been on the ship with him for months and I try damn hard to avoid him.
Nymph will give Tilly a light tap back. "Hells if I know, Yuki just has this happy idea of everyone getting along and being nice if she tries hard enough. Sweet girl but I worry about her like that."
Galean goes to bed, his back aching from the lashes, and he dreams of mighty storms, and him being at the helm of a beautiful ship, shaping the storm with his grasp. As he maneuvers through the storm, a massive maelstrom opens on starboard, and he's trying not to get caught in it. Just as he's made it, a piece of mast knocks him over the head and he wakes up, Jack Scrimshaw, stretching his hands while sleeping, punches him in the face.
Galean sighs and turns to the other side.