Wasp meat can be good if done right. Just enough poison to make you feel tingly.
Wasp meat can be good if done right. Just enough poison to make you feel tingly.
After mangling one wasp corpse Manny looks to his maties to see if they cn give him a hand.
Callum looks askance at the goblin's activities. "I've devoured me share o' peculiar grub in a pinch, but I don't reckon we need to be gatherin' this when our holds should be brimmin' from our stay in port."
Nuts walks up to Manny, observing him carefully. "So, uh... I'll hold this, I guess?" he tries to stop the giant wasp from moving. "Damn, you could make steaks out of this. Are you sure it's edible?"
"I had to eat all kinds of strange things when I was marooned," Lief offers. "I can try to help you get whatever you need out of the carcasses."
Just the glands. We got lotsa jerky and crackers on the ship.
"Ugh. Fine." Nuts deflates visibly. "However, I will, for science, take this specimen." he picks up one of the already harvested bodies, and drags it towards the shore. He pulls out a knife and checks sharpness. "Dissection is in session. Anyone who wants to watch, feel free to."
He starts cutting through the exoskeleton head to stinger. He briefly looks at each organ in sight before pulling it out to reach deeper sections.
"Hey! Does this smell like liver to you?" he muses and offers some piece to the nearest onlooker. "Well, the wasp certainly isn't! Hoooooo!" he chuckles at his own joke and raises a hand for a halfling-height five.
Dissesction? Sure, lets have a competiton!
Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab
Stabbidy Stabbidy Stabbidy Stab!
Vikla does a surprisingly good job at dissecting a giant wasp
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Manny looks at Vikla with goo-goo eyes. You have charmed the goblin!
I'll help him harvest the glands, and some 'meat' too if he wants (until/unless the captain says otherwise).
"Don't encourage him; Manny's liable to drop most anything into his stew pot if you give him enough rope," the captain warns Lief. She's actually a bit impressed at how well her crew is doing at harvesting poison from the giant insects.
Heading into the heart of the settlement, Capricia orders a drink and schmoozes a bit with the locals, trying to get any leads on where the ship should head once it's fully renovated.
Oh, its the stabbing song! One version of it at least! I got some more like that one
I fight my enemies
because thats what I´m paid to do
I never hesitate to act
or even think it through
Id retire any day
But I spend too much on swords and booze
I aint gonna raid no more
Glory Glory
What a hell of a way to die
Gory Gory
I am good to be alive
Glory Glory
I just wish theyd pay me more
I guess Ill raid once more
The people that were fightin
Are them Chelish through and through
I ask for reinforcements
but they said "that would be you".
I wait for them to sue themselves
Thats what Im praying for
I aint gonna raid no more
My Battleaxe is broken
And my War-Skald`s jaw is gone
The other day I saw them turn
My best friend into ham
For dinner I shall eat some gills
That I found on the floor
I might not raid once more!
I got all kind of blessings
And my abs are fully blinged
I like to throw my axe at them
to hear my own ears ring
Every single Raid I swear
its my big score
I guess Ill raid once more!
My family is buried
and my hometown is ablaze
I do not see the irony
as one more town I raze
I lost sight of all revengeance
creeds and the oaths I swore
I just wanna raid some more
The clients didnt tell us
what we would be fighting for
and all I know for certain
is that I wont die from "poor"
In other words I´m just another
f*@%ing dog of war
Ill glady raid once more!
Never trust them Chelish
or anything they say
Theyll always stab you in the back
Just to get their way
The only thing that worse
Is their s@%* substandard pay
So Ill have to raid some more!
There are a lot of suggestions to sail further down the Slitherine Coast in search of "prey".
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"Whoa whoa whoa!" Nuts steps back as Vikla starts chopping. "This was supposed to be educational!"
He thinks for a second. "Well, I suppose we learned that this girl can STAB! Right, Manny?"
He looks at the goblin. "Manny?"
Nuts snaps his fingers a few times in front of the goblin's face.
Goddess... Manny mumbles.
Aki pokes the goblin in the shoulder, then looks at Vikla. "I think you broke him."
Pssst, Manny, you cant stab things if you are drooling and mumbling!
Vikla says with a winsome smile.
With the problems with the Giant Wasps, the lookouts were driven off their tower. A Chelish galleon has just appeared in the cove. A launch with nine people have just climbed up on the docks. They have weapons drawn and have taken a defensive stance.
Whatttt? Are the Chelexkans attacking?
Hej, new guy you look a bit messed up Vikla heals Leif.
Seeing the people gathered at the dock, Capricia draws her falcata but keeps it lowered. If the newcomers are merely looking to have the locals of Rickety's Squibs outfit their ship, she minds her own business. If they seem intent on harassing her crew, the captain demands some answers.
Callum sighs and draws his cutlass and boarding axe, once again, as it appears there may be more hostilities to come, given the Chelaxians arrived with weapons drawn. "At least these be o' the human variety, he mutters under his breath as he eyes these interlopers, seeking the one that might be considered their leader and thus could be a prime target, should parley not win the day.
Seeing the Chelish ship, Nuts leaves Manny and Vikla to their own devices. He walks just behind Capricia, and whispers. "Grampa told me enough to know better than getting involved, Captain. Unless you want to purge the crew and commandeer that ship. And if you do want that, better make sure you are able to."
Capricia nods to Nuts, thankful for both his presence and his input. "They're the ones walking in here with swords drawn, so be ready for anything." After a pause she adds, "That IS a nice-looking ship, though...."
Seeing the Chelish ship, Nuts leaves Manny and Vikla to their own devices. He walks just behind Capricia, and whispers. "Grampa told me enough to know better than getting involved, Captain. Unless you want to purge the crew and commandeer that ship. And if you do want that, better make sure you are able to."
merely wary of attack, not preparing an offensive of
its own.
Lief places his hand gently on Vikla's when she touches him and summons the warm healing light. "Thank you," he says, his piercing blue eyes looking deeply into hers. He smiles and holds eye contact for a moment until their attention is pulled away by the commotion at the docks.
"Don't worry," he quietly remarks to his shipmates, "they're not looking for a fight- they're just afraid one might be waiting for them."
Holding his polearm like a walking staff (rather than like a weapon), the skald begins slowly approaching the new arrivals and calls out in a friendly tone, "Hail, fellow sailors. Fear not, nobody here means to ambush you- although, disembarking with drawn steel is great way to cause a misunderstanding. My name is Lief and I'm an officer on another ship currently docked here. How 'bout you sheathe those blades before anyone gets the wrong idea about your intentions here and I can help you find whoever it is you need to talk to?"
The more she thinks about the strange situation, the more Capricia believes this to be some sort of misunderstanding. As a sign of (potential) goodwill, she sheathes her weapon and steps to Lief's side. "Aye. It'd take a larger force than this to threaten this tiny settlement, let alone conquer the brotherhood of pirates and the sisters of the sea* that rule the waters of the Shackles!"
The halfling squints his eyes in Lief's direction. "What are you a mind-reader?" he looks at the new arrivals. "I don't trust them. Coming here with steel at the ready."
Nuts steps into view. "Hey! You want to chop up some wasps for steak or are you looking for someone to break your wrists? Put those things away!"
"Believe me, if taking the settlement was my goal I would have no problem in doing so. Captain Merrill Pegsworthy is my name, Free captain of the Shackles. Pardon the intrution, Rickety did not row out to warm us that the dry dock was already occupied."
"Ah...," Capricia replies, giving herself time to both decide upon a course of action and try to recall what--if anything--she's heard about Captain Pegsworthy. "That's understandable, as the folk here have been preoccupied with an infestation of giant wasps...which me and my crew eliminated with relative ease."
Politeness mixed with a bit of bravado.... Let's see what that gets us!"
Formerly known as Captain Tantrey until an engagement with Katapeshi slave galleys off the Scorpion Coast, his right leg became fouled in fallen
rigging lines as one of the Bonaventure’s masts broke from a hurled catapult stone.
When the newcomer Captain announces their name, Nuts turns around to hide his smirk.
When the newcomer Captain announces their name, Nuts turns around to hide his smirk.
"My name is Capricia Belacrest-Maxeme, captain of the ship moored here," Capricia announces. "I have a proposal, Captain Pegsworthy: Why don't we settle this misunderstanding with a couple of drinks with Master Rickety? That way, we may work out a schedule for the completion of our ship's squibbing and the start of your own ship's work. What say you?"
"Wasp steak." Nuts raises a finger without turning around. "Don't forget the wasp steak."
Manny lurks.
With Leif:
He is kind of hot, but lets say if I remember that Nocticulan dating manual correctly, show both allure and danger yes?
Vikla gives him a warm, beaming and very much mischevious smile, before she walks past him, her hair gently brushing at him. Patting Manny on the chest she says Oh, Manny, can you show me the famous Goblin cucumber cutting technique later?
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With the Chelish
Vikla sheates her rapier as the captain introduces himself
Greetings Captain, I am Vikla priestess of our Lady in Strife. She says politely
It could even be possible for joint repairs to go quicker, as we may have some resources you lack and vice versa. No reason to feud, nor would the queen of the ocean ever begrudge a sailor for bearing steel. As a gesture of good will, I have channels to spare should you have wounded among your sailors.
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Manny faints
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Lief smirks at the priestess as she asks Manny her playfully threatening question.
oh, she’s going to be trouble…
Lief takes a step back when the captain takes over the conversation. A literal step back, behind Vikla, where he can get a better look at the shape of her.
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"Oh come on! Nuts rushes to Manny. "Emerald?” he shouts for other crewmates. "New guy, whatshisname... Callum?"
He pats the goblin's cheek. "Hey, wake up."
Nuts grabs Manny's hands and pulls the gobbo up over his shoulders. "I mean I'm happy for you, pal, I really am. But you need to work on the 'swept off your feet' thing."
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Cucumbers, Hard abs, eye staring, ass watching, this tropical heat must be getting to us, it sounds like a cheap novella!!!! They need to get a room!!
next it will be throupeling and manage de twa, I haven't done that in awhile,probably at least 25 years, come to think of it, leave me room if you do, cuz like, I'm game.
Pegsworthy recognizes the Man’s Promise by its distinct Rahadoumi lines and the recent tales of its theft from Captain Barnabas Harrigan. No friend of Harrigan’s, Pegsworthy fully supports the PCs’ actions and assures them its secret is safe with him. In fact, he even requests permission to rechristen the vessel when its refitting is completed in the next couple of days.
Callum sighs and puts his weapons away when it becomes clear that these were just fellow free men and women of the sea. He follows his new crewmates, shaking his head while helping Nuts carry the stunned goblin.
Capricia takes Capt. Pegsworthy up on his proposal to rechristen the former Man's Promise and offers to repay the favor if their ship is still in the vicinity once Merrill's new ship is finished with its squibbing.
Afterward, she gathers her officers for a quick meeting. "Well, that went about as well as could be expected." she begins. "We may have just made our first ally in the Fever Sea; at least it appears that we didn't make another enemy."
"Lief--you seem to have a way with words...a honeyed tongue if you will. Perhaps you'd best serve the ship as its voice when we need to parley or negotiate terms. Are you up to the task?"
Lief smiles at the offer but then looks a bit perpexled. "Thank you, cap'n," he answers, "that's not the first time I've been complimented on my tongue, but I can't imagine many captains being willing to discuss terms with a bosun- I don't exactly have the authority to actually make any kind of deal. I might be able to charm whoever has that captain's ear though; you know, sweet talk the first mate or ship's mage while you're discussing things with the other captain and then let them speak on our behalf when it comes time to make a decision?"
"Wouldn't be so brash with words like "ally" just yet, Cap'." Nuts chimes in the conversation. "We almost kicked each other's faces in."
This event takes place immediately after Event 3. After Captain Pegsworthy has been dealt with, Rickety’s crew gets back to work on the PCs’ ship, but old Rickety himself approaches the PCs. The fact that Captain Pegsworthy’s Strix arrived unannounced makes Rickety think that
something must have happened to his lookout in the watchtower (area A1). Pegsworthy confirms that he did not see any signal flag from the watchtower when he sailed into the cove. Rickety tells you that he’ll knock 100 gp off the price of their squib if they’ll follow the
trail out to the watchtower to check on Lyle Godwin.