Assuming the bird lass in't dead, Sunny will do her best to at least get her to some where above the water level.
With a small amount of time, Sunny might even suggest to feather brain that, perhaps, she should look into a different line of work?
Should the Siren attempt to 'sing' at Sunny? Well... at first not keeping her afloat should work wonders at shutting her trap. After that Sunny can just splash water in the bint's face. :P
So, maybe some trinkets for getting the Siren back to her rock/nest but other wise.... *Shrug*
Close to the wheel and feeling chagrined for her role in helping the Siren do as much damage as she did, Nhati rushes towards Ol' Salty and tries to give him the help he needs in sailing the ship....
With Nhati's eyes and Ol' Salty's sailing skills (aged like a fine Chelish wine!), the Magpie Princess hauls hard to the right, swerving around another limestone pillar and back in the direction of open sea. Though a few smaller rocks jut from the ocean like a stone reef, the narrow straits through the towering hundred-foot pillars is safely behind you.
The sailors you've incapacitated slowly start to come to their senses, their memories of what transpired a strange haze of confusion and uncertainty. Belina rushes over to take the wheel from Ol' Salty while Yamtisy starts barking orders...
And Captain Lanteri kicks through the door of her cabin with Vancin in tow behind her. The pair of them have heavy linens wrapped around their heads like oversized doorags. They move strangely under the extra weight, using one hand to keep the contraptions balanced on their head. "Blasted birds! This is my ship and I'll not have anyone singing my crew to the locker..." Lanteri stops shouting as soon as she realizes that the disoriented crew is simply confused, not enthralled. She turns around, glancing up towards the wheel as she pulls the wrap off her head.
"What the hell happened? Where'd the beast go?"
A quick examination of the siren reveals she isn't dead, just quite badly wounded. Blood seeps from her wounds into the surrounding waters. While she appears light enough to float without aid (those bird bones, obviously), she's equally likely to die from blood loss as she is from chumming the waters.
With a bit of work, you manage to pull her onto one of the shallow areas at the base of the pillars. It's still a bit soggy here, but at least you won't have to worry about a shark swimming up beneath her. She still seemed pretty unconscious, though.
Still, doing her best (Handle animal skill at +7? The critter is almost like a parakeet, right :P) Suny tries to staunch the worst of the bleeding and other obvious stuff, with a quiet thanks to the goddesses that nothing on the fluff head is actually broken, just scratched up a lot before scampering off up into the rock pillar and seeing if the Siren might have anything stashed away that'll help her recovery.
Your attempts to gain purchase on the sea-slick limestone pillar prove quite difficult, and right when you're pretty sure you're making progress you look down to find yourself merely three feet off the ground.
Fortunately, your keen elven eyes are pretty sure there's something up at the top of this thing. At the very least, there's a nest of some kind and something reflective stashed at the very edge of it.
Any-who, she'll do what she can then grt back to the boat.
(^_^)
Perhaps to quote a movie?
'She was listing pretty much to scuppers after the battle. If there's a best chance to chase the Pearl, might now be it?' (^_~)
After realizing his skills were no longer needed at the helm, Reijo relaxes from what was about to be a mad sprint to the old man. He instead watches the siren splash into the ocean with a dark, satisfied grin.
"Nice werk, Queenie an' Naughty," he gruffly speaks aloud. But his gaze remains transfixed on the spot where siren met sea.
Sheathing his cutlass, the angry pirate turns to answer Lanteri. "To the bottom o' Besmara's frigid oggin. An' good riddance." With a sickly smile, he nods in the direction the siren dropped.
Lanteri follows Reijo's gaze to the bulwark, then she steps to the rail to see the siren for herself. Both are a little surprised to see the siren not sinking to the depths, but laying in the shallows at the base of one of the limestone pillars you'd just navigated around.
A few seconds later they catch sight of motion on the increasingly distant towers. After a moment's observation, they realize that it is the dripping wet Suny scampering up the side of the rock as quickly as she can...
Shaking her head, Captain Lanteri takes a step back and sets an idle hand on her sword's guard. "I'd suspected the perky one was going to be trouble. What the hell is she doing?"
After a good minute or two of clinging to the rock for dear life, you manage to make it to the top and peek over the edge into the siren's nest. Made mostly of driftwood and other collected junk, and filled with stinky fishbones and other remains, it isn't hard to pick out the pieces of interest--including the shiny bit you'd seen from below: a fine, crystalline jar in perfect condition, a jeweled ivory comb, an ornate piece of scrimshaw shaped like a sea hawk, and a few other piece of less structurally interesting but still just as shiny jewelry.
"Ooo! Shiny!" (^_^)
Sooo... anything of a 'soothing' nature?
Unfortunately, it seems that while the siren was quite adept at secreting away shiny baubles, she hadn't the foresight to keep any potions or elixirs of healing on hand.
You are pretty sure that the jewelry and things are all quite valuable, though. Even at a cursory glance, you'd guess this is at least 1,000 gp of shiny. Sadly, there's nothing more to be found buried in the next except for some very, very old fish bones. Those are significantly less shiny.
Reijo shakes his head, confused anger on his face. "Beats the bloody hells outta me. Lets gether... and put down that bloody flyin' b!+@h fer good while we's at it."
He gives the captain's well-wrapped head a quick glance, "Nice hat."
His eyes then return and linger a very short moment longer on Suny's wet body glistening in the sunlight before he heads to a rowboat. The salty sailor proceeds to lower himself and whoever wants to come along down to the sea. Once in the water, he begins to row towards Suny and the siren.
Is there anything actually in the jar? Some ointment, maybe, jus'a lil'? (>_>)
From the vantage point of the rocky perch Suny takes a moment and looks out over the ocean's vista.
She notes the ship has heaved too and that they're lowering a jolly-boat. With a happy bounce of probable glee, she begins to fashion a 'carry all' from the various bits of rope, twine, fronds etc.
Into which she puts the shiny stuffs she's found.
Once she's satisfied the 'bag' is in good shape she'll step out to the edge of the rocky peak and look down.
"Gee... that is bein' a long way down...." She ponders.
The Captain chuckles weakly, then pulls the mop of a hat from her head and throws it at the artillerist behind her. This may be the first (and last) time you see Captain Lanteri without one of her many hats on. Her long, dark hair caught the wind as the ship hauled about to lower the dinghy and fetch up the elf. "Was Creed's idea," she remarked. "Knew I kept that bastard around for more than his good looks and uncanny love for his babies up there." She nodded in the direction of the forecastle, where several sailors still milled about in a vague haze.
The dark-skinned Garundi pulls off his own hat as he catches the Captain's. The afternoon sun gleams from his polished scalp. Though he smiles silently, it looks more like a dog baring its teeth than a good-natured grin. "Aye, Cap'n. I do what I can."
Lanteri stands by as Reijo (and whoever else wishes to go) piles into the launch. "Kill the bird or don't, it's no mind to me. This Magpie's bitten her once, and it'll do it again if she dares to cross me twice. But do fetch our lovely elf back, I think we've all started to miss the show already." A bit of laughter resounds across the deck as the crew slowly comes back to their senses. Only the grim-faced Yamtisy, ashamed of her actions in that whole ordeal, keeps a tight-lipped scowl.
"Did we get her? I can't see!"
Leaning waaay out and peering down Suny ponders the drop before throwing her head back and calling out at the top of her lungs,
... I'm also having a thought for Suny to swim to the jolly-boat and show off all the shine and so distract every one from killing off the Siren.
Being an Elf, Suny kind of feels more in kinship with the supposed 'monsters' than the Humans. :P
Vik nods to Reijo, and sheathes her rapier as well.
After retrieving her (hopefully undamaged) pistol, Vik rejoins the party.
"She's not a sea monster in truth, so the Lady has no power over her fate. I say we end her troublesome existence, lest some other unfortunate soul fail to best her."
With a bit of a flourish, and a whole lot of yelling, Suny leaps from the top of the pillar and down into the sea below.
Reijo (and others?) witness this with front row seats as they close in on the pillar with the rowboat. The elf pops her head back out of the water, perfectly fine, a few dozen feet ahead of the boat.
Back on the Magpie Princess, Captain Lanteri shakes her head. "These are the people we've hired on for extra muscle." Yamtisy grunts some vague semblance of 'yes.' The Captain heaves a sigh, then heads back towards her cabin, waving Belina back to the helm. "Pluck the birdbrain, strut about naked... Beat up another bird, then go for a swim. Helluva day we've had." She throws open the door to the captain's quarters and lets the hatch slam behind her. The crew shuffles back to work, waiting for the retrieval of Suny in the launch.
The jar is empty, and seems valuable only because it's made of some fancy clear crystalline structure rather than plain ol' glass.
Suny pops up in front of the jolly-boat and simply pulls herself up onto its prow, deftly balancing there.
"Looky!" She exclaims, "I found all'a this shiny jus' lyin' about on'a top of that rock over there!" Suny turns to point at the spire in the distance, the rough, woven bag upon her hip swings closer to Reijo, Nhati and whom ever is currently rowing/manning the little vessel.
"SO! Who's fer goin' back ta' boat an' havin' a right look-see at it all?" She asks brightly.
"We's got'a present it ta' Captain fer workin' out shares, hey?" Suny reminds folks, even possibly as hands begin reaching towards the bag of shiny at her tanned hip.
(^_^)
"W... what th'bloody..." is all Reijo can muster as the sight of the naked elf making what seems to him a suicidal dive unfolds. Mouth agape, he is a bit astonished to see her survive unscathed as she pops back up in front of him.
Shaking his head, his head suddenly stops shaking at the mention of shiny. One can almost see his eyes turn to gold pieces and hear the sound of cha ching as he observes Suny's find.
"Nah, " he says. "We ain't be needin' ta tell the cap'n or any other mates 'bout that now, Saucy." A greedy grin comes over him as he continues to row the boat towards the spire. With a quick and suspicious glance back towards the ship, "Hush now, don't be speakin' o' shinies aloud. We just tells the cap'n we headed o'er there ta finish off that birdy b!+@h. An' nuthin' more."
Looking straight into Suny's eyes to make sure she understands him perfectly well, "An' that be that, ye gots it?"
Suny blinks as she looks back at Reijo for a moment after his words to her. Then twists about to see that they're still heading for the rocky pinnacle. She shrugs,
"Well.. I do gots all'a shine." She says looking past the rowers and back towards the ship even as she again points to the ragged bag upon her hip.
"Nuffin I can be doin' about not talkin' about somat whut I got. Don't make sense." She tries to explain to Reijo,
"SO!" She exclaims with a bright smile, "See folks back at ship an' tha' sortin', hey?" So saying she simply steps off the prow and again disappears into the waves. Those rowing leaning over the side and noting the trim, tanned form of the Elf slicing through the waters back towards the Magpie Princess. (^_^)
"OI! Wait ye sss..." The helpless pirate grabs naught but the thin air where Suny was but a moment ago. She splashes away from him as he looks on after her, a scowl most foul upon his face.
He turns to view the siren's body with bloodthirsty vengeance once more.
...and then back again, to see the splashing Suny, greed in his gold-tinged eyes.
...and once more to the siren. "Bloody son ov'a dungbie." The wretched sailor gruffly grumbles and curses under his breath as he turns the dinghy back round, heading back to the ship.
"Bah," he grumbles to himself. "Me gots bigger fish ta fry than Birdie B!+@h anyhows..."
(^_^)
The quick-swimming Suny manages to not only meet up with Reijo in the rowboat, but then pass the boat and return to the Magpie Princess well before the greedy pirate. Drawn more to the glitter of gold than the nasty metallic taste of blood (And more feathers. Why always more feathers?), he turns the boat around and heads back to the ship.
Although Captain Lanteri has returned to her quarters, Horemheb stands as humorlessly as ever, glaring daggers at Suny as she returns to the deck. The sudden arrival of treasure lessens his ire only slightly. "Seems your merry little swim wasn't without reward."
Suny bounces to attention and offers a jaunty salute,
"I bin asplorin'." She explains. "I found 'this shiny on'a rock, " She turns and points to the Siren's spire, "Over there." She turns back to Horemheb.
"We's gon'a present it ta' Captain? We's gon'a divvy up tha' shine?" She asks, all the while her natural tanned self is drip drying on the deck.
Reijo's greedy heart skips a beat of sadness as Suny shows her newfound wealth to Horemheb and whoever else happens to be on deck... not just to Salty and the gang, but to everyone...
He ponders her poor sense of acquisitiveness with grief-stricken anger, kept to himself... other than the seething glare in his eyes: Bloody wench ain't gots NO sense o' finders keepers! None whatsoev'r! Bah!
Narrowly missing someone's lucky ankle, Reijo angrily tosses an oar roughly back to where it belongs. He nears the selfless elf and gives her a sideways, one-eye-squinting glare, his pipe puffing away at the side of his mouth.
Suny looks innocently (Blankly?) back at Reijo.
"Has ye gots sumit in yer eye? Ye's all squnity." She asks sounding slightly concerned. Still awaiting the leading hand's answer. (^_^)
Horemheb grimaces, though it's really not all the different from his neutral expression. "Huh. Well, there ain't a precedent for someone off and taking a swim while we're traveling. It's not really the ship's plunder, but..." He steps forward, picking out a few pieces of jewelry from the lot. "... ship's ought to have her share of yer find. The rest you can do what you will with."
Although the first mate made off with three of the largest pieces of the haul, you've still got a good 1,500 gold worth of shiny by fair guesstimation, including the strange (and empty) crystalline jar.
Suny giggles at Horemheb's words.
"I din't wander off. I woke up. In'a waters. With Reijo!" She explains simply.
"Is jus'.... it were in'erestin' after tha' tiff were over, up on'a deck." She absently scratches at her blond mop. Seeing the division of spoils over Suny laughs and skips ofc to find Nhati, Victorra, Bellamy, Salty and Lil' Fisher to show off all the shine too. (^_^)
Before she skips away, Reijo grabs a notable piece or few of the plunder for himself. He does so with a grumble, and the severity of his gaze inconceivably increases when Horemheb takes a rather valuable share for himself.
Nhati steps forward, interested in the strange crystalline jar. Looking at it, is she able to discern anything about it?
She'll also cast Detect Magic and attempt to analyze its aura.
The jar does indeed resonate magic, though you cannot quite identify the item at this time. It seems to be giving off a faint aura of illusion magic... You're fairly confident that it's not hiding anything sinister within.
Nhati reports to the others. "I'm not able to identify this item, and its magic aura is jangling around my head right now. I may be able to try again in a day or two when I've cleared out my noggin a bit. It does radiate a faint illusion aura; I don't think it's anything to worry about, though. Does look quite interesting."
Suny nods, " Is pretty!" (^_^) Then gives Nhati a hug before skipping off and resuming her chores/duties.
With the loot split (somewhat) fairly between the ship and its newest members, the Magpie Princess sails on past the limestone pillars its resident siren and off towards the first stop.
About an hour or two later, the ship pulls into a small inlet on the northern side of Besmara's Throne. The small harbor of Baydac Falls was nestled at the far side of the cove, where a great waterfall ran off the mountainside and into the river beside the town. Few other sailing ships frequent this tiny town, and as soon as the gangplank is laid down Vancid leaps off with a pair of sailors on his tail. Captain Lanteri emerges from her cabin, shaking her head as she watches the artillerist rush off to get his shipment.
"That man has a love for only one damned thing. Thank the waves he's on my ship and not shooting at us." She glances over her shoulder to your group. "We'll be here for a bit. Feel free to hop off an' wander about for a bit. We'll get on to where the real treasure is in about an hour or two."
At the Captain's words Suny gives a happy 'squee' of joy and quickly gathers her shine into a hip pouch and skips off the ship to explore the town. (^_^)
Reijo nods to the captain as he too heads off into the port town. Scanning around at the different wares, he finds his way to a few shops of interest...
On his way back nearly an hour and a half later, he makes a quick stop at the smoke shop to refill his stash.
- pistol (-1000 gp)
- powder horn plus 10 doses of black powder (-103 gp)
- 10 bullets (-10 gp)
- gunsmith's kit (-15 gp)
- masterwork boarding axe (-306 gp)
I'd like to sell the following:
- hand crossbow (+50 gp)
- remaining bolts (+0.4gp)
- regular boarding axe (+3 gp)
To pay for it, Reijo will use the gold from his trunk and partly barter with the gems he recently acquired as well, if possible.
Bellamy sticks with the ship, easing back into his trained role as a ships cook.
The naturally tanned Elf lass skips about the sandy (Dusty?) town streets looking into shop fronts, windows and doors. Her large blue eyes taking the many wonders that civilization has to offer.
(^_^)
Just before heading out, the gruff sailor says to Bellamy, "Oi, Blindey! Wants me ta bring back somethin' decent fer a change fer ye ta overcook fer us?"
He grumbles to himself under his breath, "I be bloody sick o'yer bloody baked barnacles every bloody night..."
"HEE he he! Ye know I only make baked barnacles fer you Reijo boy! But thank ye kindly.
"If'n ye want somethin' else, jes bring it back an' I'll see it made up jes right fer ye!" Bellamy shot back.
*Skippy, skippy, skippy, skippy, skip*
(^_^)
"Eh, Captain? You wouldn't mind if I went and completed my Voyage would you? Seeing as how we're already here and everythin'? It'd really mean a lot to me, and the Lady would be mighty pleased."
Reijo returns later than previously mentioned on account of doing a bit of hunting, and with a wild boar on his shoulders.
He returns to see Vik finalizing her preparations for her Voyage. As he smacks the poor animal's body down on a table before Bellamy, he asks, "Eh? What's Queenie up ta?"