Folzi stands at the door to the cargo hold looking perturbed at the teenagers. "You troublemakers coming along or what?"

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 Try that roll again, the typical fix isn't getting it to show up... 5

Hrain rushes to the edge of the ship looking for signs of Lyra, he shouts out to the sorceress "teleport back quickly, you can do it!" He looks around for rope at the same time. 

OOC: yeah that was the plan :D

Once regaining her orientation, would it be possible for Lyra to use a Thunder Step and jump back on top of the deck by focussing on a spot on top of the boat?

(OOC: How far away from the ship is Lyra from the boat?) 

The kids are not coming back in with you and look honestly frightened of whatever it is behind the canvas!

Lyra blinks back onto the boat soaked but thankfully back onboard! Hrian and Pat can see the waves are swelling larger.

"Go," Niska shouts to them and the teens, "GO BELOW," the aasimar demands pointing to the deck stairs as the teens rush off deck immediate while the party feels a compulsion gripping their minds as Niska casts command on them to broker NO protest. Wiz save DC17.

Father Pat's Wisdom save (11)

(OOC: Perhaps for the first time in a long time, if ever, Father Pat meekly does what he is told and starts to shepherd the teens below)

Wisdom 11

Even as he starts to order the others to follow the instruction Hrain feels a powerful presence grip him forcing his body to move away to safety, a bead of sweat breaks on his brow as he resists the control eventually once down in the hold but although he looks back he respects what Niska was trying to do for them, offering a silent prayer that she will manage the ship and stay safe.

As the others assemble around him he looks out for Folzi and Nick, hoping to see them safe. 

Wisdom: 4

Following after Hrain and Father Pat, Lyra descends down the deck. Although realizing the pressing effect that animates her to move, she was actuallty planning to do the exact same thing. Now that she managed to get herself out of the ice-cold water, she tightly grips her her soaked coat. An intensive shivering grabs a hold of her, her libs blue and her overall teint even more pale than usual. With whater drooping down her cloaths, her trembling but stern voice reaches out to Pat and Hrain. "S-sso, ddo we hhave aanny other ccl clothes ddown hhere i ccould bbborrow mayb bbe?"

     "Nick, I'm sure your ready to see what's under this as much as me, but these kids seem spooked about something here. Let's see if we can get the others down here just in case." Folzi pills out the wire again focusing on Hrain. "Captain, we may need a hand down here in the cargo deck."

     The gnome turns back to the teens. "So who wants to tell us what exactly happened here?"

Hrain hastily removes his fur cloak and offers it to Lyra, then realising she will still be soaking pauses and then asks "Do you know any spells to dry your clothes, prefer ably without making a fire in the ship, but please take the cloak, it will help you stay warm."

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The kids are not coming back in with you and look honestly frightened of whatever it is behind the canvas!

 

OOC: we're trying to get the teens to leave the area with the canvas, not stay near it despite their fear... Are you saying something is frightening them even more, to keep them near it?

(OOC: Hrain beat Father Pat - the more charming of the two - to offering Lyra a cloak as I got caught up on a IRL matter). 

OOC: No as in trying to get you to leave and NOT look behind the canvas!

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     "Nick, I'm sure your ready to see what's under this as much as me, but these kids seem spooked about something here. Let's see if we can get the others down here just in case." Folzi pills out the wire again focusing on Hrain. "Captain, we may need a hand down here in the cargo deck."

     The gnome turns back to the teens. "So who wants to tell us what exactly happened here?"

"We're going to find out one way or another. You aren't going to get in trouble - just talk to us and let us see if we can help."

OOC: Don't y'all LOVE how your phone changes the correctly spelled word into totally new correctly spelled word making the things you post make totally NO sense!! Agh...

"We...Niska...she doesn't know..." one of the teens, the larger one says with a frown. "It came aboard before we did but I think...she was headed somewhere different than us...or at least I hope," she adds with a shaky voice.

Hearing Folzi in his head Hrain replies "on our way" before turning to the other two and whispering "Folzi and Nick need us now." He then sets off, purposefully, looking for the two gnomes in the cargo hold. 

"Ok Cap'n" Father Pat says as he follows Hrain further down into the hold.

Lyra gladly accepts the coat. However, Hrains words seem to have shaken something lose within her. As the two shepherds leave, she stands dumb struck for a moment, looking at her own hands in disbelief. Her face then changes to a very annoyed expression, probably directed towards herself, as her eyes avoid direct contact with everyone else. Lyra holds up a hand and pushes against her chest, creating a little bit of steam where she touches the skin as she tries to warm up herself using Prestidigitation. Without speaking another word, she then paces after Hrain and Pat.

They party joins Nick in the cargo hold. Standing in front of a large canvas covered structure a teenager looks frantic almost annoyed so many of you are now in the hold. Having fixed the problem the teen seeks for you all to leave.

"The leaks are fixed...it's fine you can go back up," the teen says as the ship sudden gets jarred to the side as a low growl and chattering comes from the canvas covered structure behind her. "Hush now...." the girl says over her shoulder suddenly brandishing a wand but holding it low. "She...was upset...she didn't mean to make a mess," the teen adds her tone increasing in anxiety as whatever is cloaked behind her growls and chatters louder!

"Alright, we are all in a ship, at sea, in a storm, trust me when I say nobody wants anything unpleasant to happen. I have no doubt that you think you are doing the right thing in protecting whatever is behind that canvas. If it doesn't want to hurt me I don't really see why I would want to hurt it. But if it caused a leak that could have sunk us then we all need to know that is not going to happen again."  Hrain takes a step closer, hands open in an unthreatening manner" Tell me what is there, we can talk about we do next, but please be careful with that wand."

Persuasion 11