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Shipping Out!

Posted by GM StarMasterFor group 0
Marco Fiero
player, 41 posts
Knife Artist
Ex-convict
Sun 30 Mar 2014
at 02:49
  • msg #51

Re: Shipping Out!

When Grigor begins spilling his guts, Marco glances at some of his teammates with eyebrows raised, but his expression is blank again when he turns back to their prisoners.  He decides to let cooler and sharper heads ask the questions, while remaining an ominous observer to the conversation.

OOC:  How far out of port are we at this juncture?
GM StarMaster
GM, 88 posts
Sun 30 Mar 2014
at 04:20
  • msg #52

Re: Shipping Out!

"Huh?" Grigor responds to Nicollo. He seems genuinely confused.

"Do your worst, nob! You'll get nothing from me!" Drago responds.


By now, the ship is maybe half a mile from the docks, perhaps a little close to the shore off to the starboard side.
Rrger
player, 62 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Sun 30 Mar 2014
at 04:54
  • msg #53

Re: Shipping Out!

Rrger nods to Marco and Danyka before placing Drago unceremoniously over one shoulder. He turns with a grunt and carries the hapless prisoner around the cabin and out of Grigor's field of vision. He drops the man on the deck and turns to start clearing the corpses on this side of the ship.
Nicollo Baldino
player, 78 posts
Ordic Thurian
Noble/Gun Mage
Sun 30 Mar 2014
at 23:25
  • msg #54

Re: Shipping Out!

As Rrger took Drago for his walk on deck, Nicollo lowered in order to get eye-to-eye with Grigor and clarify his confusion: "Focus here. You learned how to dive with these devices in just one week, so I guess you were smart guys. You will understand us, then. Your friend Drago was being uncolaborative, so my trollkin friend took him to test if he is smart enough to learn to dive in cuffs in his first try. While we wait his answer in this, I'd like to know what more, besides diving, you learned during these week. What more can you tell me about Nefario and his pals? How many were there, what did they talked about? How much would they pay you? What were the terms of your accord? You'll want to answer as many of these questions as you can." He left the implications of not answering unsaid, but he trusted Marco's presence behind spoke volumes about it.


OOC:
20:24, Sun 30 Mar 2014: Nicollo Baldino rolled 27 using 1d20+9 ((18)).

GM StarMaster
GM, 89 posts
Fri 4 Apr 2014
at 20:17
  • msg #55

Re: Shipping Out!

If there was such a thing as over-intimidation, Nicollo may have reached it. The man clearly wasn't used to thinking much, and Nicollo's barrage of questions seemed to overload his brain again.

"100 gold he paid us. Said there'd be more if we succeeded. Um, maybe six. Didn't see 'em clearly when they was around. We was usually too busy training with the monkey suits to see 'em.  Once, I seed one of them what had a black robe on. Thought he was a Menite priest. Never heard 'em talk about nuttin' except the monkey suits and the strategy to stop the ship from sailing."

"That's all I knowd! Honest! We was kept in the dark a lot. Only told what we needed to know. We didn't exactly know you was going to be on board. We was told to expect a loot and a few guards. Not... not... whatever you are!"

Marco Fiero
player, 42 posts
Knife Artist
Ex-convict
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 00:22
  • msg #56

Re: Shipping Out!

OOC:  Quick check:  do I get the feeling he's telling it fairly straight?
16:21, Today: Marco Fiero rolled 23 using 1d20+6. Sense motive.

GM StarMaster
GM, 90 posts
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 01:25
  • msg #57

Re: Shipping Out!

He does sound like he's telling it as he remembers it, but he's not the smartest of people. It may not have been quite like he remembers.
Creswick
player, 50 posts
Radiz from Ios \ Outcast
Rogue \ Thief Alley Cat
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 03:55
  • msg #58

Re: Shipping Out!

"100 GP as a carrot now, with an unknown offer as the carrot later..." Creswick drawls as he wanders down to the now talkative captive, "And I imagine he would have had some place for you to gather following this jobs completion? You don't happen to know where that was, do you?"

Creswick kneels down next to our captive and looks him in the eye. "You do realize, that you probably would have died on completion, right?"
This message was last edited by the player at 04:05, Sat 05 Apr 2014.
Marco Fiero
player, 43 posts
Knife Artist
Ex-convict
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 06:42
  • msg #59

Re: Shipping Out!

Marco gets up, shrugging and tucking his dagger back into its scabbard.  In a disinterested voice, he says, "I'd say he's told us what he knows...and it isn't much, more's the pity.  Now...what do we do with him, and his less cooperative mates?  I say over the side and have done, but perhaps some of you have a better idea?"
Danyka Ydrasyl
player, 60 posts
Rhynnish/Llaelese Human
Gun Mage/Morrow Initiate
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 07:47
  • msg #60

Re: Shipping Out!

Danyka lapsed into silence again, once one of the captives started.  She leaned on the railing looking out over the water once more listening to what he had to say.  The thin Rhynnish brunette frowned slightly, at the suggestion that they be abandoned overboard here.  But in all honesty, she couldn't necessarily think of a better solution at the moment.

Unless... If they kept them for a couple of days they might be able to ensure a head start.  But once none of the men returned, their employers would know that they had failed (or at least be right in presuming so).  So, that was the best that they could do to help themselves.  But, where would that leave the captives?  With them?  All the way to Zu?  Seemed unlikely - they were mercenary at best, and she didn't for the prospect of shepherding them there - or turning them loose.

"Hmmm..." the Llaelese brunette mused aloud, "Perhaps we need to keep these men for a couple of days.  We can abandon them at the next island or port that we pass.  Presumably, their employer will expect them back soon - but we cannot really permit them the opportunity to return too soon."  Her tone didn't even seem to be entertaining the possibility of actually killing the men themselves.  Not that abandoning them on a desert island was necessarily not a death sentence...  But Dany didn't seem to be dwelling on that.

She did wait on the question that Creswick had postulated.  It might be worth investigating the rendezvous point...
Rrger
player, 63 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Sat 5 Apr 2014
at 16:44
  • msg #61

Re: Shipping Out!

Rrger finishes up and looks at the pile of diving gear and weapons on the deck before moving over to the rest of the group. "Mercenaries." He says simply, "Hire them."
Creswick
player, 51 posts
Radiz from Ios \ Outcast
Rogue \ Thief Alley Cat
Sun 6 Apr 2014
at 05:12
  • msg #62

Re: Shipping Out!

Creswick looks at Rrger as he makes this comment.

"I would hope that they are happy to know that they have an opportunity to live. Never mind payment? Anyway, no matter what we offer them, their prospects are much higher than if they had actually made it back to whatever rendezvous point they were expected to meet at anyway."

Creswick turns to our captives, and says in an oddly cheerful tone."What do you say chaps? Interested in surviving a bit longer and joining us on our way to Zu?"
Gorren Stonefist
player, 39 posts
Bodger / Fighter
HP: 38/38 AC:24
Sun 6 Apr 2014
at 20:46
  • msg #63

Re: Shipping Out!

"Ha! Very good idea there, Rrgrr!" Gorren responds to Rrgrr's suggestion. "Hey, Nicollo! Wanna bring that other lug back... if he's still alive, o' course. We got a proposition for him."

He waits until Nicollo brings the other one back, and the third guy wakes up.

"Now listen up, you louts! Your continued breathing depends on you paying attention to what I say!"

"So, as I understand it, you was just hired by this Nefario fella for this one job. You never worked for him before, and he didn't give any indication that you was going to keep working for him. Right?"


He waited a moment for them to nod, nodding himself in encouragement.

"Well, then, everything's okay!" he exclaimed cheerfully. "That makes you mercenaries! You were paid to do a job, you did it, even if it didn't work, so your responsibility and obligation to Nefario is ended."

"That means you are free to work for us! If you'd been successful, you'd still be working for him until he paid you. But you weren't, he didn't and you aren't."

"Now, it just so happens that the Captain here is a bit understaffed, so he could use the extra hands. Plus, since we acquired all this nifty underwater gear, I'm thinking we sure could use someone who knows all about it to teach us how to use it. You wouldn't happen to know anyone who could do that, would you?"

Danyka Ydrasyl
player, 62 posts
Rhynnish/Llaelese Human
Gun Mage/Morrow Initiate
Thu 10 Apr 2014
at 05:42
  • msg #64

Re: Shipping Out!

Danyka remained silent as Gorren spoke; somewhat to her amazement (though she tried not to let it show), he offered their attackers a job.  The Rhynnish gun mage pursed her lips slightly into a tight, slight frown.  She shuddered a touch as she took in a deep breath, her only other concession to her discomfort at having men so recently attempting to kill them (no matter how inept or half-hearted) given free reign of the ship potentially.

Still, she kept most of her misgivings to herself, preferring to try and present a united front and back the dwarven bodger's play.  Of course, Gorren wasn't an attractive woman either - so, Dany didn't expect him to have to fend of any unwanted advances either.  That is unless, the young Llaelese woman had misjudged the proclivities of their captives.

The tall brunette continued to look out over the sea and the watched the shoreline recede into the distance.  Her tight grip on the railing was for both her own physical stability - she had yet to develop her sea legs - as well as an external indication of the reins she tried to keep on her sanity as well.  It also kept her hands well away from her pistols, which meant that Danyka wouldn't then be tempted to use them...
Rrger
player, 65 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Thu 10 Apr 2014
at 16:33
  • msg #65

Re: Shipping Out!

A couple of the group are behind the idea of hiring the mercenaries. That might not be the best idea he's ever had but, in Rrger's mind, it beats killing helpless captives. They could be executed in the name of justice but that would still be killing the helpless without even a trial. The large trollkin looks around the deck and gets another idea.
"Extra lifeboat, send them back tomorrow?" Maybe a better idea since they should make it back ok. One way or another the group would deal with these three, they weren't a real threat. This Nefario person was more of a concern. Was he trying to make problems with the islanders? Or maybe he was trying to corner trade in a new market. Maybe this guy was connected to the 'family' that was after him. He was pretty sure the group had a nemesis. This could end badly.
Gorren Stonefist
player, 40 posts
Bodger / Fighter
HP: 38/38 AC:24
Sun 13 Apr 2014
at 02:24
  • msg #66

Re: Shipping Out!

Gorren was feeling rather smug at having come up with a solution to their prisoners. His circumlocution (even if he didn't know what that meant) seemed to have swayed the prisoners over to his side.

"Wasn't that one of our lessons in bootcamp? Turn a problem into a solution?"

"They weren't what they first appeared to be, now, were they? They was merely a weapon turned upon us. We took the gun away and now we can turn it back upon this Nefario."

"I can see that the Menites wouldn't want us to succeed in our mission... certainly not re-establish trade with this foreign land. What we don't know, though, is how dedicated this villain is!"

"I heard someone refer to him as a nemesis. I'm not normally superstitious, but I think giving him that label may have assured that he will try again. His plan was rather clever, too. If he'd taken over this ship, it, too, would have vanished."

"Now that I think of it, perhaps Nefario is involved in the other ship's disappearance. We should keep that in mind."

Creswick
player, 53 posts
Radiz from Ios \ Outcast
Rogue \ Thief Alley Cat
Mon 14 Apr 2014
at 02:36
  • msg #67

Re: Shipping Out!

Noticing that a couple of his companions are a little unhappy at this turn of events, Creswick starts looking at the possibilities.

"Lets see, we get attacked by these fellows, they decide to try and tough out the interrogation, clearly intimating that death was preferable to being known to talk, or at least Drago was of that opinion."

"Now Gregor here appears to be the type who likes to keep his skin. I imagine he wouldn't have taken this mission at all had he known people would be on the ship. So, assuming we keep the three of them on board, whats the worst thing that could happen."

"Them attempting to silence us in our sleep? nah, too easy to keep that from happening if we prevent them from being armed and free until we have them well entrenched at sea. In fact, assuming we get far enough out, I don't imagine they will have a choice but to help us."

"They do not seem to be the type to be particularly knowledgeable of the sea. So, whats the worst thing that could happen?"


As Creswick starts his musings aloud, he wanders around the captives

"Assuming that our fellow enemy knew that we would be on board, then he would have known that these individuals would have failed, taking into account the massive hindrance that the equipment portrays, and if that is the case then he would have planned on them being captured."

"Assuming he wanted them to give us nothing then he would have given them a method of suicide in the event of capture. As they are still alive that wont be the case. So following this reasoning he intended on them to be captured."

"All of the equipment they wear has been stripped from them and put into a separate pile of course, but none of us have taken the time to look them over yet. I am not sure we should actually try and wear it, because assuming worst case scenario it has been either cursed, or booby trapped."

"So, the worst thing that could happen is that we allow these men to work with us, we keep them under our gaze, and they either suicide, which is unlikely, or take the dive suits and walk back to shore. Which I doubt."


Creswick looks at the rest of the party, "Did I miss anything?"
This message was last edited by the player at 02:37, Mon 14 Apr 2014.
Rrger
player, 66 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Mon 14 Apr 2014
at 15:30
  • msg #68

Re: Shipping Out!

Rrger looks at Cresswick in surprise and starts pulling three diving suits from the pile and taking them over to the group. Putting them in the suits and tossing them overboard seemed so obvious yet it hadn't occurred to him. He and Gorren could take one of the other suits apart to figure them out and still have enough left to use if the need ever arose. Not to mention the arcane accumulators in the gear itself. It might be worth retrieving those for the other mechanikal gear the team might have or might find.
Danyka Ydrasyl
player, 63 posts
Rhynnish/Llaelese Human
Gun Mage/Morrow Initiate
Mon 14 Apr 2014
at 23:55
  • msg #69

Re: Shipping Out!

The Llaelese gun mage looked thoughtful for a moment.  "Nefario." she breathed out softly, turning the name over in her mind as she spoke it.  Then she added quietly, "Sounds like he is up to no good..."  That sort of went without saying, though Dany still apparently felt the need to vocalize it.

Danyka turned away from the sea spray and back to face the captives and her companions.  She nodded to Gorren's suggestions and Rrger's implementation.  "We may want to release them at slightly different places or times...." the Rhynnish brunette suggested, adding simply as an explanation, "Minimize collusion."  She'd confer with the others in a bit to ensure that Grigor was released last.  He might have more to say.  And at the very least, he was the mostly likely not to attempt to return to this crime boss, Nefario.  Girgor was presumably a marked man at this point.  And, as both Gorren and Marco had suggested, the most likely to turn - or at least want to be freed as far as possible from the others and his former boss.
Nicollo Baldino
player, 80 posts
Ordic Thurian
Noble/Gun Mage
Tue 15 Apr 2014
at 01:28
  • msg #70

Re: Shipping Out!

Nicollo was sullen and sour, leaning against the railments while watching thoughtfully the horizon. As soon as the last bits of information were squeezed out of the captives, he left the others assume the dealings with them and went out to allow the spinning movement of his ideas the space it needed. Yet, he listened to their conversations, without giving it too much attention to it.

At first, he thought the idea of hiring the goons was good enough. He didn't want the any unnecessary death weighting on his shoulders, and maybe, just maybe, in time they could find out there was more they registered about this Nefario guy than they even knew. But... the idea of casting them out in the waters wearing the suits was somewhat ironic, and held a strange allure...

He turned his attention back to the ships movement and his own inner demons, and let the others decide what to do. So long as no death or torture was  to be inflicted, he had resolved they would make a better decision than he would.
Rrger
player, 67 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Thu 17 Apr 2014
at 23:19
  • msg #71

Re: Shipping Out!

Rrger takes one of the suits around the cabin where he left Drago and drops it next to the man. He points toward the shore and pauses a moment before picking up the ruffian and hauling him along. Just before tossing him out into the open sea the large trollkin grunts and turns about. "Suit." he says simply as he drops poor Drago next to the contraption, then unties him as an afterthought.
GM StarMaster
GM, 91 posts
Fri 18 Apr 2014
at 01:44
  • msg #72

Re: Shipping Out!

"Not a bad idea," the captain says as sees what Rrger is doing. "Might I suggest we wait until we pass the Margo Point promontory... about 10 miles ahead. Once we pass that, we'll be out into the open ocean."

"I'll swing in closer to shore, and then we can drop them off about ten minutes apart. It'll still take them time to walk to shore along the bottom, and even longer if they want to get together, and longer still to get back to any kind of civilization."

"Sound like a plan, lad?"

Rrger
player, 68 posts
Cygnaran Trollkin
Bodyguard/Arcane Mechanik
Fri 18 Apr 2014
at 03:22
  • msg #73

Re: Shipping Out!

"Good." Rrger nods to the captain with a smile. He'd been having fun with this whole knuckle dragging monosyllabist ruse. He made a couple of mistakes but they probably weren't even noticed. He keeps a good eye on Drago, looking to see how one puts on a diving suit. He had a good idea how it was supposed to be worn, he'd taken almost a dozen of them off the other pirates, but he needed to know how the gear got into its operating position.
Nicollo Baldino
player, 81 posts
Ordic Thurian
Noble/Gun Mage
Sat 19 Apr 2014
at 02:39
  • msg #74

Re: Shipping Out!

Nicollo was feeling like anger given form. That was probably some bit of his formation years coming back, but this was being a rough day, and he let it pass.

He let go of the railings and sat, cross-legged, with Drago. There was something akin to a fire burning in him, and he wanted to let it make its damage on someone else.

"You know, buddy, you're getting it quite lightly. If Marco there could make his call, your entrails would mark the place the place where you were gutted. If, by any ill luck, your last employer find you, let he know that. We are not here for the ride. We got the good and the bad in us. And we know when to use which. I'd be more than happy to let my cutthroat and my trollkin loose on your Nefario, and the nasty bits of our good guys." - Nicollo let this little bit of discourse falls its own course and be distilled on the understanding of the captive. "This warning will, unfortunatelly for you, have no cost on your part. But, trust me, they will want to be warned. Oh, how they will..."

Without further ado or ceremony, the noble gun mage rose and went back to his position watching the coming and going of the wind and waves. He longed for the sea, and he couldn't even know why. But he knew how much he was powerless, and how much he was powerful when dealing with that unfortunate soul... He would miss that. A lot.

OOC: And here we got a terrible roll, where a good skillmodifier can make all the difference:
23:38, Today: Nicollo Baldino rolled 16 using 1d20+9. Intimidanting Drago.

Danyka Ydrasyl
player, 64 posts
Rhynnish/Llaelese Human
Gun Mage/Morrow Initiate
Sat 19 Apr 2014
at 07:05
  • msg #75

Re: Shipping Out!

Danyka suspected that both Nicollo and Rrger were enjoying this situation a little too much.  But then, perhaps she was not enjoying it nearly enough.  It was hard to say.  She merely nodded curtly to the Captain's suggestion, letting Rrger continue to take the lead physically in handling the prisoners; he was definitely more well-suited to that work than Dany was.

She had to crack a slight smile at the Ordic gun mage's thinly veiled (okay, well, unveiled) threat towards Drago and his (ex-?)boss.  Though they might never meet this Nefario in person (at least not for a while), she had to agree with the assumption that everyone seemed to be making that they had not seen the last of Nefario's attempts to interfere with their plans.

Curiouser and curiouser... she thought to herself as she watched the shoreline and the trappings of civilization continue to fade away into the distance.
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