"If ya's got the taint, then I feels sorry for ya, girl. And I'd better leave before ya turn and try to eat me. Maybe some priest fella can fix ya right up in Eleder, assuming you hold on till then. Luck!"
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"No, he left by land, down the coast. Said he had to stop and recruit some allies for the assault in the Bandu Hills. He has a few hours of head start on ya but ya may be able to catch and stop him."
"True, how silly of me. Devoraz is a very muscular and sadistic half-orc, that's what made him such a good first mate. He looks a lot like your man there, Gruug. Except he has numerous tattoos on his body, is about 6'3", and wears a patch. He took a crossbow bolt in the eye this one time but kept on fightin' and saved my bacon that night on the seas! He's garbed in studded leather and fights with an enchanted scimitar. I don't think you can miss him, not after that description! Hahaha!"
Hearing your pleas, Captain Harliss' face softens a little. "Well, this be a fine pickle, huh? I had no idea that smug Vanthus would be happy if we killed his kin! I suggest you rush back to Eleder and try to stop Devoraz' attack. The best I can do is write you a note to tell Devoraz to call off the attack. I wish you luck mateys. For now, it's best we say our goodbyes. I need to be headin' off and so do you, unless there's anything else ya need?"
"Yeah, thank the gods. The gas did make me dizzy and I heard a voice in my head...like someone who was very hungry! And I felt such rage, like nothin' I've ever felt before. I felt an urge to kill and devour, but I fought it off and the feelings subsided. That pearl did something to the crew and Vanthus' girl, as you can obviously tell. The bastard dove into the sea and got away in the confusion, as I started fighting them off. Dat pearl turned the men into man-eating freaks, with no hopes for redemption! So I took it upon maself to introduce them to the pointy edge of my rapier! The bastards turned to goo and tried to ruin ma boots, but I wouldn't let them." "Anyways, I followed suit and jumped into the sea and found ma first mate, Devoraz, who also resisted turning, and a couple of others but there were too many of them freaks and they just ate the poor souls, right in front of us! And it wasn't just them, the animals turned too so I came into the caves with some mates to barricade ourselves. Guess I'm the only one left, unless you rescued anyone? But don't worry about ol' Vanthus, I gots a surprise waiting for him. Ya see, I know where's he live, in Eleder. So I sent Devoraz a few hours ago to pay her a visit. Ya know what happens when you cross the Crimson Fleet?? Do ya?? Not only does the Crimson Fleet kill you, it kills your mum, pop, brothers, sisters and all yer friends! That'll teach any fools to try and cheat us. Know what I mean, boyo? So Vanthus' pretty sister is in for a rude surprise! Devoraz isn't the nicest of men, if ya know what I mean." Harliss grins, as she maintains her hands near her weapons, projecting an air of menace.
The Captain's face brightens, as she quite nimbly snatches both sets of coins out of the air. "Ahh, I see Vanthus has been spendin' his time making more enemies. Because you see all of this..Harliss gestures to the corpses of the deformed savages on the ground, "and what nightmares ye must have endured to reach me, it was all Vanthus' doing!" You can tell Harliss' anger is rising. "The vomitous pig came to me with his hussy, Brissa, that poor wretched soul over there, whom you happened to have sent to the other world, and he pretended to be a black marketer lookin' for shiny stuff and my men and I allowed him to stay. Told him we had a ship comin' in today full o' exotica for him to shop. Seemed like a nice enough chap, but then, not an hour ago, he dumped a hold full o' whale oil into the cove and lit it up, the bastard son of 1000 whores!" "I was on the Slippery Eel at the time when I came out my cabin and caught the bastard and his whore on board red-handed tryin' to rob me. Tryin' ta rob ol' Captain Javell? Can ye imagine their gall?! I stuck the fool in the arm with me blade and he squealed and dropped what he were tryin't rob. A black pearl. Th'size o'a man's fist, mind you! As it fell it cracked like an egg, some o' Vanthus's blood spattered the pearl and it boiled and flashed with light. I saw foul, chokin' green gas spewin' from it, burnin' through the wood like acid. I grabbed th'thing, ran up and threw it inta'the water, but as it struck, the thing exploded!" Harliss stops for dramatic effect.
Harliss' face turns red at the mention of the name and she begins to scream, "Vanthus?? Vanthus Vanderboren?! That lying two-timing scummy motherf~*%er, a*!&*&*, son of a b@+!%, bastard child of a thousand pirates...." And then she really gets mean and you all blush a little at the litany of curses and profanities that come out of the attractive woman's mouth for a good 2 minutes! Then she calms down a little and proceeds to sit on a crate and sheathes her rapier and dagger, letting her anger go. She then glances up, a serious look on her face, "Again, I ask, where is my gold? And by the way, greenie, what did that scurvy Vanderboren do to lot o' you?"
Harliss smiles at the party, "First of all, land lubbers, now that you're all fine and well, it's time to settle accounts. Where's my gold? And you'd better have it, unless you want me to start carving my initials into yer chests! Second, what brings you all to this little piece o' hell? You sure weren't on my ship!" |