The first mate checks the pouch, smiles and signs the list. "Always a pleasure to do business with you."
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The first mate looks at Persephone's list, then her own and then at Persephone with a raised brow.
Krine looks at all of the group and orders "Come with me." and takes them to the armory. This tiny chamber is crammed with chests and neatly ordered weapon racks. The armory is secured with a lock. The weapon racks hold 20 clubs, 12 heavy crossbows, 20 cutlasses, 50 javelins, 12 shortspears, and 20 grappling hooks each attached to 50 feet of rope. Two chests contain 500 heavy crossbow bolts each. "Everyone who has no weapon can have one."
As the Wormwood closes to within half a mile of the Man’s Promise, Riaris Krine summons Trytton, Lito, Besmara, Jarrus, Noonan and Estelle to the Wormwood’s poop deck (area A2) to give them their task for the upcoming battle."The ship’s wheel is on the aft deck, just below the sterncastle. You’re going to grapple over, kill the guards on the sterncastle, take the wheel, and guard the ship’s boats. Kill anyone who tries to get away on one of the boats. Don’t move from the wheel until the fighting’s done, or you’ll have to answer to me. Oh yeah, as we get close, it’s going to get foggy. Just stick to what I told you to do."
"You heard Fishguts. Get yer sorry asses in th' boat an' fetch some crabs. I hope ye dasn't get lost, ye incompetent bastards." Krine shouts. She climbs back on the ship to leave the group to their new job.
Krine makes a mental note on the two who made it and cusses some more at the ones who didn't. "Ye fork faced panty waist puddle O' rat pee! If I I be needin' a volunteer fer shark food. You'll do ye pee soaked son of a punk alley harlot! Get out of me eyes."
Krine seems to have no sense of humor. "I'm gonna knot yer legs together ye butt ugly dung diggin wiggly maggot!" she shouts at Lito. "Get up on t' boat." she points at the Wormwood.
Krina takes on two trainees at a time and steers the jolly boat to a distance of 40 feet. "Now get on th' ship ye lazy useless wannabe sea dog."
The six are greeted by Riaris Krine. Krine’s skin is darkened from countless days on deck under the sun, and her nose has the appearance of having been broken several times over. One of her legs has been replaced with a wooden peg leg. She may be the most viletongued wench the group has ever met, and her language makes Rosie Cusswell sound like a nun. "You are going to learn how to enter a ship today. So you lower the jolly boat while I explain to you what you'll be doing." Krine orders. "From that jolly boat you're throwing a grappling hook at the Wormwood. You tie the rope off and climb up and enter the ship. And because that is too easy for you I'll have some of the others throw garbage at you." As the boat is lowered Krine takes two of them with her to do the training. "Come over ye rabid, nose pickin' worthless streak O' pee! Who dasn't make 't on the ship will get six lashes" |