City of Cresthall

NINE M-

Oh man.

Ashley requests a larger bucket.

 (Oh...Oh no.)

...a second bucket ?

Now I'M getting sick.

I swear, if it's ANOTHER pirate attack..

(Everyone do a long rest.)

Four days pass and the ship is back to normal. The captain is on deck, taking a turn at piloting the ship. When you hear a loud blaring noise and feel something down to your gut. The captain gives a shout, "Sahuagin! Masts full sail!" The crew scramble setting up the sails as you see fins out in the distance, rapidly closing into the ship. As they approach, they rise up slowly revealing the savage fish men with spears, shouting in their language. And further back, you see a large Sahuagin, somehow standing on the water...and moving closer without moving.

Ashley fights though her nausea, which has been doing Ok of late, to see what all the commotion is up top.  Whats going on ? Is it more pirates ?

Bennett runs up to the deck and looks out, "Damnit... WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS!?"

He also summons his pact longsword and his right eye glows and seems to pulsate in unison with the sword.

Crispy and Ashley were having a meal together when the sahuagin were detected.

Ashley was beginning to eat again now that she was geting her nausea under control, and this made Crispy very happy. She would make her food that was easy to stomach, and lately she was keeping most of it down. Something unusual happened when both of them were together - often they were heard giggling at jokes, smiling at each other, laughing over a story, or discussing something Crispy didn't understand spiritually. Crispy's mood was high, and she was happy. It was emotions she wasn't used to having, or even less, showing. Sometimes, when out in the open, they would sit a little too close together and be as affectionate as Ashley felt comfortable with, Crispy was very forward and not bashful at all, something that her and Ash didn't exactly share in common. Especially on hot days, Crispy would wear next to nothing, just to tease her, and Crispy appreciated very much the attention she got from her, and she liked doing it only for her.

Crispy had also spent the days occasionally checking on Gasp, Karaa, and Hatt as they had seasickness as well. 

She heard the Captain shout, and Crispy ran up to the top deck and peered out where everyone was looking. With a weary sigh, she runs and grabs her sword belt and armor and prepares for another battle. "Fish people." She yelled.

Fish people? Can, you even communicate with fish people? were going to have to fight again aren't we ? Ashley follows Crispy back down to collect her gear as well. Breath, stay calm. Crispy is with you and it wont be like last time. You wont get sick, you wont barf all over the woman you love. You will protect your allies. You will protect Crispy. 

After a bit of psyching up, Ashley is armed and armored and ready to fight.

"We'll see, gorgeous." Crispy said, making a fish face with her lips, as if she was trying to say something. She let out a quick laugh and said, "Come on, i'll help you get your stuff. Lets see what they want."

They got dressed quickly, and Crispy made sure both of them were all geared up. Strapping on her blade belt holster last, she made a clicking noise with her mouth. "Tsk. You poor thing, you lost weight. I can tell." She said, affectionately poking her stomach while she was dressing. She tugged a bit, too, on her looser belt. "Trust me, I wanna get on land as soon as possible." 

Then she added one more thing, "Tell you what, I won't get all hostile unless they do. Ok?"

Karra hears the call to arms. He gets up and strings his shortbow. "Hmm... Must be careful of losing arrows." He says to himself, realising that there isn't an available shop to get more ammunition from.

Hatt adjusts his shield a little, and then stands ready.  We do seem to be attracting a lot of interest.  Maybe this lot are also looking for a bejewelled noblewoman, he thinks to himself, but says nothing.

Hat rushes to the edge of the ship and looks back. He sees the fish people rising up from the drink. He can't help but sigh and wonder which of the gods they have offended? He draws out his Longbow and readies his boots so he can fly if need be. "Fish People" Gasp says, mimicking Crispy.

Deal, I'm counting on you to help me protect our allies. She gave Crispy a quick kiss. She is a bit concerned about her loss of weight but that will have to be dealt with when we reach dry land.

“Ohhh, alright..but then when we make landfall I want you allllll to myself for three days straight.” She purred. Crispy wanted nothing more than to be alone with Ash. For days. She smiled and returned the kiss, and they both went up deck to wait for the fish people to arrive, fully geared. She hung out with the main group and mentioned, “Alright, people. Let’s keep cool and see what they want. Maybe.. uh, they just want directions?”

Eh. Who was she kidding. They probably wanted to hijack the ship. But she did make Ashley a promise, and regardless, didn't want any harm to come to her companions. She focused and prepared herself for the worse, but hoped for the best.

"Also," she whispered into her ear, "Don't worry about throwing up. I really don't mind." She gave her a wink, and squeezed her hand.

Ominak heads up to the captain and asks for her spyglass. After a moment of seeing what the sahuagin have, he heads to the end of the ship. He holds his arcane focus up as he starts to conjure a wall of fire behind the ship, a hundred meters away. As the big wall of flames start to thicken, he looks to the group, "We have to stall them. We can't fight that." He inspects your group for a moment, "I'll need your people that can cast spells with me. Those that cannot, fire your arrows or ready yourselves for boarders. They'll try to board and drop the anchor to stop us. Whatever happens, do not let the one in the back get any closer."

(The ones on sharks are 120 feet away, the big one is 150 away.)

 (Roll for initiative and Good luck.)

Ashley rolls an initiative of 16     oh snap! i rolled decent.

Ashley follows Ominak and and ready her offensive spells. (all 2 of them)

Oh my god, you rolled above a 4! Good job, girl!

Initiative: 21

But, tsk, not high enough to beat me. ;) Crispy stands next to Almanac and Ashley and raises her blades, and casts a spell, screaming “Wall of FIYAHH!!”

She stands still, waiting for the spell to take affect.

Nothing happened.

”Oh yeh, i’m not a caster. Dang it.” she whispers, lowering her blades, sheepishly.

Bennett stands next to Ominak and Crispy, and he raises his glowing longsword with one hand and readies Eldritch Blast in the other and says a small prayer to Tempus. "It's been an honor to fight alongside all of you."

Initiative: 5