An arrogant young man stands up and says "Yes, of course, I am Orfeo Bozbeyli. I knew my uncle would rescue me, but what took him so long? You - hired help - get over here are remove these shackles, be quick about it!"
Meanwhile, Sheela searches the monks and finds keys, 2 potions of cure light wounds, 50 gold coins, and a Wayfinder.
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Sheela pretends to not hear Orfeo's voice as she takes the keys and begins unlocking cells.
"You're free! Let's get you off this boat as soon as possible!..Is that a Wayfinder?" She picks up the device. "Oh no, that's not good. Does this belong to Cestis?"
"Did anyone see the man this item belonged to? Where did he go?"
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"Oh, thank goodness you're here," Nikolai says with relief motioning for Sheela to toss him the keys to the cells. He unlocks the door and opens it for Orfeo.
Moments later, the Varisian tough has grabbed the nobleman by the wrist and pulled the lad's arm behind his back. "Well, come on, 'Feo, you're coming with me. Our uncles have gotten to talking, and I was indeed sent to find you. Make way for the lordling!"
The prisoners claim that they were relatively well treated, but are not much help. Cestis never came here, but the wayfinder was his. None of them speak orc, which is all these two monks spoke, but the did hear the name "Luscilia" mentioned more than a few times.
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"Luscilia. I'll remember that. You've all been great, hanging in there. Let's get you guys back to civilization." Sheela continues freeing the captives, then escorting them to safety.
When that's taken care of, she returns to the ship. [b]"Did you guys find anything else aboard this ship? I'm guessing if we find Luscilia, we find Cestis. I can ask around, or we can ask these two. She motions to the two monks.
As Sheela is unlocking the prisoners, Masa sees some people approaching the ship.
The you hear a female voice shouting, “Where in Asmodeus’s chamber pot are my bloody slaves? Orcs! Front and center! Now!”
Masa sees a dark-haired, muscular woman approaching the ship with a shambling humanoid creatures.
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Alaneo offers his wand to heal some of the wounds, though it is clear he doesn't know how to use it.
"Thank you, brother. I'll drink some of these potions, stay with your wand for emergencies", Hakon thanked Alaneo.
The skald inspects the Wayfinder, trying to see the name of its owner carved on it, when the prisoners told that it belongs to Cestis.
"What do you know about this Luscilia?", he asks Sheela, when he hears the voices coming from outside.
"Shhh!", Hakon whispers to the others, with his finger on its mouth. "Hide yourselves. Let's surprise them!", then he goes to hide himself in a corner.
You hear feet shuffling on the top deck, and the woman's voice says "Where are you lazy half-orcs? Get up here now and report on my slaves!"
And then, nothing. How long do you wait?
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Nikolai was already on the way up to the deck, frogmarching the unruly lordling if needs be, when the woman called out. He clamped his hand over Orfeo's mouth, and hissed into his ear. "If you value your life, blue blood, silence yourself." He waits for awhile, watching Davith go topside, one eyebrow raised.
As Davith climbs the stairs to the deck level, he sees a dark-haired, muscular woman accompanied by a shambling human - but at second glance, he can see it is a zombie. She looks at you and says, "Now, who are you?"
"Yes, I want them! Why else did I call for them? Who are you!"
She waves her hand, and the zombie moves forward to stand in front of her.
As Davith charges, he slips on the wet deck and missed the zombie.
The woman, still unaware that others are onboard, casts some inholy spell at Davith.
Cause fear.
The icicle flies out into the water, and the zombie starts pummeling Davith, knocking him to the deck bloody and unconscious.
The woman, now seeing Hakon, casts another spell.
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Masa moves with a purpose as he strides up the steps and out on to the deck. "Halt! We are here to find out what has happened to the stolen people. We need not hurt you." he says to the woman, still leaving his sword undrawn.
"I am Kusunoki Masashige and I will ensure your safety if you surrender." he states honorably.
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As the rest of the party moves up the stairs, Nikolai does so as well, though his progress is slowed by having to force the struggling Bozbeyli up the stairs. He looks to the undead monster and its mistress, and says simply, "Hang a moment," before whispering into Orfeo's ear.
"As I said, our uncles have had a conversation, and yours would like you to know he did not appreciate your interruptions at the feast a fortnight ago." He then shoves Orfeo off the side of the ship into the dark waters below. His business with the lordling concluded, he turns to the woman. "Now then, do as Kusunoki says, and I won't throw you over the side next."
The zombie moves forward to the bulk of the group, and slams a fist into Sheela, knocking much of the wind out of her.
Alaneo does slam a cold blast into the woman, who turns red in anger.
Hakon shouts out, and you can see from his immediate action that he is having trouble seeing his target, and swings wildly hoping to connect anyway. Unfortunately for all of you, he does not succeed, as his blows bounce harmlessly off of the woman's armor.
Seeing the whole party on deck, she calls upon her unholy god to cause all of you to feel wounds just open on your arms and legs.