The late night finally ends.  Rosa retires from the evening, and confirms Bel Miron doesn't appear armed with anything dangerous.  Tylluan finishes his strutting, and retires for the night as well.  Light is able to leave for his ship... right after finishing up.  He hadn't been with Tylluan to hear the term 'boiler spectre', but he was wary of the thing.

Moft as all too happy to recruit people to help pin it down... mostly by disassembling part of the logs on the wall and making sure it was buried under them.

Leaving Murleena to decide how to end the evening as well.

[OOC](She could certainly volunteer to go with the ship to 'clean up' Allifet's remaining people)[/OOC]

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The next day sees the Darkmaiden's Dance on the waters again; not to leave Faq'u, but to travel once again to the ruins.  The location that they went to rescue prisoners aboard the priests' ship.

Without having to follow a slower ship, the 'Dance' moves quickly as the sun rises on the water.  Soon, the sight of the familiar hill and beach is ahead... and, from what Rosa can see, about twenty people.

The camp was still there - numerous tents sheltering food and equipment likely meant to last a week.  Equipment... that looks like tools to build.  They've already started building scaffolding, pulleys.  It looks like they set up equipment to haul anything big... containers and means of moving things to their ship.

The ship that left.

Allifet was their leader, sitting on the shore.  Most of the rest were around the camp.  Some around a campfire.  Some had the rowboats, and looked to be gathering up a crude attempt at netting.  Fishing?  And investigating the ruins.  Mostly, though, shelter had been laid out for the remnants... and the ruin-excavation supplies were sitting still.

It was by these supplies that Allifet was sitting, staring at them in silence.  They surely had seen the Darkmaiden's Dance... but the people on the shore were either carrying on with gathering supplies or watching the ship approach.

None of them were making preparations in their own defense.  If Rosa had to guess... they probably already had given up any idea of fighting.

Rosa takes Bel Miron back to the Darkmaiden. First thing she does is organise a hammock for her to sleep in. She sets her up in a place in the hold away from Hugh & Dolph, not that they will bother her.

Next Rosa takes Bel up to her own cabin, which also doubles as her study. It's cramped but tidy with everything packed away in the built-in cupboards, shelves and draws (and some hidden compartments too). There's also a built-in proper bed, though it would be a tight squeeze for two.

Rosa tells Bel that if she wants to get out of her priestly garb she's can help herself to any of Rosa's clothing (there's more in some chest in the hold). Later on she might not want to be easily recognised when they meet up with Allifet.

Finally, Rosa shows Bel a few books, map charts, and trinkets, mostly to see what she is interested in. Finally she shows Bel the relic that Rosa 'acquired' at the market place. She asks, "Do you know what this is? Is this one of the things that Allifet is hunting for? What do you know about these relics?"

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When they arrive at the small island where Allifet is, Rosa drops sail and lets the ship drift. She takes out her spyglass and scans the beach. "Hrm. I count twenty-one people. That's more than I expected. I thought more would be with their ship." She lets out a laugh. "Poor buggers. I wonder if they need any help? Well, I'm not willing to row over to them; they have us outnumbered. They've got a rowboat; if they want to talk they can come to us. What do you say?" she asks everyone.

After Tylluan has a nice, refreshing nap in his cabin, he wakes up and gives himself a thorough preening. Such spartan conditions are no reason not to pay proper attention to one's appearance. I must be resplendent and dashing in manner and look.

Once he's groomed to his satisfaction, Tylluan sets the priests' book on the small table begins reading with (what others might find surprising) a scholar's patience. He barely notices when they are under way again, devoting all his attention to the task at hand.

[OOC: Murleena would be with the ship, since she did vow to stop these guys.]

"Murleena says we stop them all from whatever they are doing. The whole lot of them." The beautiful young feline thief girl said in a firm tone.