Ci Ci continues to call lightning down on the enemy spellcaster.
"Besmara's gonna cook ya, and I'm servin'!" she calls out.
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"Care to trade bolts, B**ch?!" Ci Ci declares, as she calls down a stroke of lighting on the enemy spellcaster
Just checking in again. Is this game still alive? If so, is Emmy still playing? We're still waiting on her post. If not, it was fun while it lasted.
Still waiting for Emmy and GM brvheart to post.
Emmy's turn, then the Bad Guys.
I hope the game's not dead, but it's not looking good at the moment.
Is everything okay?
...better than I ever did.
Good news!
Did everyone survive the holidays?
"Besmara blast your bones to bits!" she curses at the attacking pirates.
Are we waiting on someone to post, or is it a new round?
So where do things stand at the moment?
Ahoy Mateys!
Ci Ci casts light on the ballista bolt shaft before it is fired. "This ought to help us see them better!"
Perhaps we should be ordering our crew to fire on the boats before they land, then. I would, but I’ve already taken my turn.
Ci Ci looks for the pirate dressed like a captain or officer in charge. She grasps her holy symbol and spits a divine invective at that individual, "The Sea Queen take your eyes!"
I am waiting to see if they keep approaching despite the warning. If they stop, we can try to negotiate. If they ignore the warning, and keep coming, we can BOMB THEM.
Ci Ci calls out to the boats (in Common).
How far away are the boats? Can we tell who or what is in them from our vantage point?
"I can pray for the power to remove the infection, but I cannot do so before tomorrow morning," Ci Ci says. "I have no training as a healer, unfortunately, so I do not have any mundane means of treating his wound."
”I will ask!” Ci Ci replies with girlish enthusiasm, as she pulls out her Harrow Deck and settles herself cross legged on the deck. ”Besmara, guide us to the richest hunting grounds,” she intones. ”Let the cards point the way.”
Ci Ci greets Nico with a laugh, a loud wolf whistle, and a wink.
"We can spend the night on our ship, if you would prefer privacy for your Honeymoon, Lady Smythee," Ci Ci says with a smirk. "Send your husband down in when the sun is up tomorrow morning. If he's unable to walk, we can lug him to the boat in a wheelbarrow!"
"Would you like me to simply witness an exchange of vows, or would you like me to invoke Besmara's blessing upon your union?" Ci Ci asks, looking to both Nico and Lady Smythee. "If you just want a witness, we can take care of it now. If you want a blessing, I will need to rest and pray, and I can perform the ceremony in the morning." She waits a few moments for a reply, and then adds, "On that same note, can we release Kaliban, and invite him up for the festivities?"
"I'd be happy to perform the wedding, and give the union Besmara's blessing," Ci Ci offers. "Assuming Nico accepts your proposal?" she gives the bard a smirking side-eye.
"So, deal's done?? Great!" Ci Ci raises her mug of ale and says, "May Besmara bless our endeavor. A Black Spot upon Captain Barnabas Harrigan!"
”I think the old adage, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’ applies here, Lady Smythee. You and the Captain have a mutual hatred of Barnabas Harrigan. An alliance against him would be mutually beneficial. Wouldn’t you agree, Captain?”
"Harrigan...Harrigan...I know I've heard that name mentioned over the evening rum rations. Captain, didn't you have a run-in with a Captain Harrigan not too long ago?"
"If I may, Ci Ci Barchetta," she says, placing a self-identifying hand on her chest. "On behalf of Captain Capricia and the rest of the crew, we feel that there is a mutually beneficial arrangement today. You hold Tidewater Rock, a neigh unassailable fortress, and we have a daring crew of fearsome buccaneers willing to range the Shackles and the Fever Sea and bring back plentiful plunder for all!"
"I'm told she's a right fine tumble," Ci Ci says, backing up Emma's play. "A night with her might be on the table, if you play your cards right."
She watches the man-at-arms carefully, looking for signs of an ambush.
Ci Ci joins the diplomatic team in the small boat as they make their way to the gate. She smiles with the anticipation of seeing the inside of the legendary sea fort of Tidewater Rock.
"Let me go over as the ship's diplomat, Captain. No sense having you go over until we know they're willing to negotiate in good faith," Ci Ci offers. "I can bring some of the other officers, if you think it preferable to me going at it alone."
I'm up for it. Let's get this party started!
"How will you know we have nothing to offer, if you don't give us a chance to talk things out? I'm sure we've got a few things on board that might catch a widow's eye!" Ci Ci calls back in reply.
"You see our flag of truce. We seek to parley under the terms of Besmara's Code. By the Sea Queen, I do swear, our intentions are not nefarious!" Ci Ci calls out.
"Either Nico, myself, or both of us would be my suggestion," Ci Ci replies. "We both are experienced negotiators. The Captain and the rest of you need only be present and look intimidating. Whisper anything you want said to us, and we'll make sure to get wind behind the words."
Same time zone, but not close to there.
"Maybe they're willing to strike a bargain and form a working partnership. After all, they have a keep and we have a ship..."
"Regardless of what we decide. It seems like trying to sail the Grace into that lagoon will get us run aground. We'll need to anchor out here, and bring one of the longboats ashore."
"Not an appropriate time to make a social call, but the perfect time to sneak in, if that's the plan. Of course, we could just run up a flag of parley, and wait until dawn. Hopefully, we won't wake to catapult shot raining down on our heads."
"So what's the plan? Sneak in, attack, or knock on the door and try to bluff our way in?" Ci Ci asks. "I can grant one of you the ability to blend in with your surroundings for a little over half an hour," she glances down at Manny, if sneaking in is the idea."
"Let's go crack that Rock!" Ci Ci adds. "May Black Bess smile on our fortunes!"
Ci Ci also makes sure to spread word of the crew's dispatching of the ghastly Captain Pilk, and the damned crew of the Deathknell.
"When we get to the Rock, what's out strategy? Are we going to have Manny sneak in, and let us in through the front door? Are we going to demand an audience with the lord of the keep? Are we going to attack? I want to make sure my prayers to Besmara prepare me with whatever we need to make this endeavor a success."
Ci Ci places her hand on the Besmaran Holy Symbol and begins to pray to the Pirate Queen.
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