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Hal, wrestling with the boot, drags it over to the chest and dumps it in, looking around for other items to catch.
Just a heads up, I'll be out of town till Monday, so feel free to bot me as needed.
Hal returns with the glove holding the helmet, dropping both into the chest and looking around for the final glove.
Hal, panting from all the running, yells over at the complainers, If you'd be willing to participate, maybe this'd go a little faster! I've gotten 3 different pieces of this blasted suit already.
Hal sighs and runs after the glove with the helmet
I'm still here, but since I was one of the most recent posts, I figured that I should wait until more people posted before acting again.
Hal groans, once again running to chest and this time dropping the metallic legs into it.
Hal runs back and drops the boots in the trunk, before returning to the suit of armor and leaping at its legs.
Just a heads up, I'll be out of town this weekend, feel free to bot me as needed.
GM: I'd probably go for the legs, to keep it from moving further away
Hal, still running after the suit of armor, grabs at it in an attempt to keep it from further escaping him.
Tessara, the royal guard probably won't be so happy with us either. We may want to find less straight-laced people to enact vengeance than that, if that is indeed your goal.
I wasn't sure what Hal was really able to do, so I've been waiting to try and see. Do I make grapple checks against the items, try to catch them, what checks should I make to try to run down and catch one?
Yeah, it was down for a while.
Hal nods thoughtfully, Sounds like fun, I'm in.
Entirely understandable, take all the time you need.
And what is that?
Hal turns to Shien, pulling him aside and speaking to him in a low voice, Shien, regardless of your curiosity about the stones, this isn't the place to tinker with them. As your captain, I have to ask you to put them somewhere safe, for the well-being of the crew.
Hal steps forward, smiling winningly, Hello there, good sir! We are travelers, and were seeking to explore this island, which we thought to be uninhabited. My name is Hal, and I am one of the captains of our ship. May I ask your name?
Hal peers towards the tent, attempting to discern if there are people in or around it.
Hal nods confidently, Tessara, I have no problem with you coming. In fact, I think it will be useful for you both to come and provide your talents to the group together. Shien, please be careful with those. Is anyone else coming?
Hal drops a gangplank from the deck to the island and strides across it onto the island, glancing around carefully. Well, anyone want to explore with me?
Kind of, Freyja and Tessara had a rather violent disagreement.
Hal shrugs, attempting to remain calm despite what he sees as Freyja's overreactions, You both made threats that you are clearly incapable of carrying out. The fact that you believed that she intends to strangle you with your own intestines only proves that you are too enraged to think clearly. Take a walk around the ship and cool off, then come back and discuss this when you're less angry. You have no unilateral right to evict crew members from this ship, and so I'd recommend that we wait until both you and Tessara have calmed down so you can work this out.
Look, as the other captain of the ship, Hal will consider it his duty to protect his crew. As a person, he will protect the one that he sees as the one being attacked. Because Freyja switched from words to physical attacks, even if she didn't do any actual damage, he would protect Tessara from Freyja. With that said, I certainly hope that you guys can come to a peaceful conclusion here, rather than play two characters that absolutely hate each other, because it's rather clear that there are personal feelings getting involved, and that kind of detracts from the game.
Hal draws his glaive and steps between Freyja and Tessara, holding the weapon between them to prevent either from getting at the other. Freyja, back down! I understand that your pride is at stake, but that's no excuse to attack a crew member under any circumstance. Perhaps her words were unacceptable, and some of what she said was definitely disagreeable, but you have no reason to translate that into physical assault. Tessara, I would go below until tensions have cooled. I'll fetch you as soon as something of note happens.
Hal shrugs, I don't devalue your efforts, I'm simply pointing out that the papers aren't the only demarcation of ownership. Turning to Freyja, he asks Shall we land?
Hal frowns, Tessara, it's our island. In theory, if we all forged papers then we'd all have competing claims, but that's a wast of time and effort. It's not just the deeds that allow for ownership, it's the exploration and cultivation of the land that makes it ours.
Hal walks to the edge of the deck, staring in awe at the beauty of the island. As he does so, Flit leaps from the deck and begins to circle the island. With a smile, Hal turns away from the rail, Well, I think we've found the place!
Hal nods at Freyja's words, and turns to Shien, barking, "Shien, wait until morning to play with those, when we can have the crew ready to help if something goes wrong."
I say that we continue to the island. Also, just a heads up, I'll be away until Monday night, so I won't be posting again until then.
Hal takes the hat, staring suspiciously at it. He waves it vigorously in the air, waiting for it to disappear before, finally convinced that he's found the real thing, he places it carefully upon his head. When it doesn't vanish, he tilts it to a slightly absurd angle, nods in satisfaction, and claps Mikal on the shoulder, You have my thanks!
Hal frowns I had no intention of being condescending, I was merely attempting to avoid an argument, I apologize if my words were misinterpreted. I'm inclined to agree with you on the topic of selling things, as that is what pirates do, but we should bear in mind that items that are obviously evil will probably not sell all that well in town, and will give us a bad reputation.
Hal attempts to calm down Freyja and Tessara in order to avoid an argument. Ladies, you can both cast detect magic as many times as you want, it's no waste of resources if you both wish to identify items. As he says this, his hat disappears. He bats his hands around above his head in confusion, Hey, where'd it go? Who took my hat? This isn't funny!
Hal suddenly turns, spotting a hint of black felt, and smiles widely as he pulls a tricorn hat from an alcove. He places it carefully upon his head, adjusting it carefully for an excessive amount of time.
Hal begins to carry the items found in the captain's chamber back up to the deck, disappointed in the lack of hats to be found.
Hal jumps across to the other ship and begins to help search the rooms below deck. Out of curiosity to see if the Kobold captain had any more hats, he begins to search for the captain's quarters.
I normally track it in my IRL games, so I can easily do that if necessary, just let me know. Eleanis, that's a good idea, I wholeheartedly agree.
Hal admires the greataxe before picking up one of the potions.
He wants the Greataxe and the Potion of Bear's Endurance, does anyone else want it as well?
Let's search the other ship. I'd like to find out what made them attack us, if there are any hints.
Sure, let me grab some more.
Hal was working with Tessara with roping the ships together. |