It has been a few uneventful days, except for the revelation that Saerthe is an excellent dragonchess player. Tarto continues your training to keep your edge and stave off boredom. You've now memorized each card in the Wildspace creature silhouettes deck she brought along.

You're gathered on the Command Deck at mealtime when Saerthe says, "Feels like an asteroid coming up on us." As the ship slows down, Saerthe remarks, "I'm sure I'm right but go get a visual to confirm."

Tarto hands you back the sending stone. "Just in case. Now go stretch them legs."

"OK, lets go."

(Is Princess still switching off driving?)

Princess follows the group since Seareth is on the chair. 

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(Is Princess still switching off driving?)

[Yep, this happens to be during Saerthe's shift.]

You head down to the hollow deck, where you can look out into wildspace through the large openings in the bell of the ship. A rocky debris field floats just outside your ship’s air envelope. About half a mile away, a pock-marked asteroid rotates slowly. The asteroid is at least three times larger than your vessel.

[Make a Perception check; Vehicle (Space) proficiency applies.]

Perception 16

Perception: 5

Icarus Perception 15

8 Princess perception 

Princess and Zoide both catch a brief glint of reflected starlight, as if by a metallic vessel of some kind, before it disappears behind the asteroid.

Princess who would rather not take any chances, calls out to whoever took the sending stone. “Oi sommat be crepin ind de stroid! Uld be pastyverm, uld be sommat wot be kennin us is pastyverm.”

”Oi something is creeping(hiding) behind the asteroid! Could be pastryvermin (pirates), could be something what is kenning (thinking) us is (we are) pastryvermin.”

Icarus relays Princess sightings. 

"Probably pirates," Tarto replies, "They're known to be active around here. Doubt they'd try to bother a beholder ship though."

Before you can head back in, though, you see a strange distortion in space moments before a winged, sharklike creature appears in front of you. It has blue skin, four wings, and a hornlike protrusion on its head. An armored figure rides on its back. The rider says, "Hail to you. I've come to retrieve something that is of interest to my employer. Please produce the human named Miken Haverstance, and all will be well."

OOC: That looks badass.

Icarus straights his back and says "Hail to you, rider. What be the name of your employer? As I'm sure you would not have wanted us to turn him over to just anyone who arrived before you?"

OOC: Stop stealing my lines XD

"Besides, the person you're looking for, he's not with us anymore. If you're looking for him he's back at the Spelljamming base or whatever it's called. Apologies for the inconvenience in advance." Eris speaks with honesty as she bows.

"True enough" he says to Eris. "But, it would be good to know who is looking for him and maybe even why."

Da'Kal studies the figure to see if there are any signs of untruth.

Insight check 5