Spying on the Blue Nixie

[Marcon]

I'll be kicking off this campaign next week. I'd like to hear stories of your PCs first undertaking : The reclaiming of the Blue Nixie for Lavinia. Mainly, I'm worried about my PCs hanging low, watching the boat from a distance and asking around. I'm looking for things to spice things up without ruining the fun. So far, I planned the following 3 events :

A likely conversation with Keltar Islaran (Can't wait to roleplay the chronic lung infection). I think his killer point is that Lavinia really should have brought a witness with her when she paid Soller, something the noblewoman herself readily admits.
Seeing a small boat on the opposite shore (Shadowshore if they are in Merchant District or the other way around) make its way to the Nixie. A sheet-covered cage would be aboard to tip them this may be an amimal smugglers thing.
Hearing the chilling shrieks of the rhagodessa from their vantage points (Let's say the daily-feeding operation went bad).

Did you come up or did you improvise something exicting you can share?

-Marco

[uzagi]

Actually things went pretty straightforward with our group (as Lavinia made a point she really needed the key from the Nixie, because her funds were running low - nothing like a very beautiful blonde damsel in distress to motivate some of the groups more dashing elements !).

We also emphasized the "swashbuckling" aspect of the STAP... pirates, warm waters, pleasant nights and fast blades.

The players closed on the "Nixie" from three sides ( two semi-aquatic characters helped ) and did a dashing boarding action, pirate style, with daggers clenched in their teeth. After "casing " the joint for like five real-live minutes of establishing the weatherdeck guard positions.