Rolen: (to Kaimos [in a whisper]) "Me too."

Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana and Poldrik) "Yeah, nothing like risking your life to make you feel happy to be alive."

Tirana explains that she found Poldrik in the messroom; struggling against the incoming water.  The aquagnomes rescued them soon after.

OOC... are we all there?

Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana and Poldrik) "What do you all say to getting something to eat?"

Rolen, Kaimos,Tirana and Poldrik all enter the mess room.  Kabarr and Flayr see them enter.

(Amazing DMing, I know; lol.)

"Absolutely," Kaimos responds.  "I'm starving."

Flayr immediately locates the food and loads up a plate. "This might be the last meal I ever eat." He says, grimly spearing a fish with his knife.

Kabarr laughs at Flayr as he fills his own plate.  “I saw Gnook before we entered in here.  He doesn’t look very happy.  I wonder what is going on with him.  That fight really shook him.”

Flayr eyes the gnome thoughtfully. "I get the feeling Gnook has other things on his mind." 

He snaps his fingers and Caspian appears in a shower of gold and scarlet, startling anyone who happens to be passing by. He bows to Kabarr and indicates a vacant table. 

 "Shall we?"

Rolen sits down at one of the tables in the mess room. 

Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana, and Poldrik) "Is there some sort of server or do we get the food ourselves?"

Gnook can be seen entering and heading over to the stage.  He speaks briefly with an officer sitting at the table there, before being allowed to pass through the door behind them.

After everyone had gathered their food, one of the officials stands.  "We are going to begin our first offenses of the morning.  We have pushed back their initial attack, moved them back a mile by turning the waters red.  For this offensive to be effective; we seek volunteers for scouts.

This will be very dangerous, and not everyone will return; but any information that your extra eyes can gleam us will save lives.  Meet us by the stage when you are ready."

Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana, and Poldrik) "Kaimos, do you feel up for volunteering? i'm thinking about it."

Flayr, eager to prove himself, springs forward to get to the front of the line.  “I will take a look for you!”  Running his fingers through his hair, “I love the color.... red.”

As many start to rush towards the table, the officer will speak up again. "No rush is needed, finish your meals; you'll need the energy."

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Flayr, eager to prove himself, springs forward to get to the front of the line.  “I will take a look for you!”  Running his fingers through his hair, “I love the color.... red.”

(Flayr is copyrighted. ;) )

Flayr groans. "I haven't finished my meal." Muttering to himself, Caspian, and anyone else who bothers to listen, he rises and follows Kabarr.

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Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana, and Poldrik) "Kaimos, do you feel up for volunteering? i'm thinking about it."

 Kaimos smiles a bit as he sees Flayr and Kabarr jump up to go volunteer.  Turning to Rolen he nods, saying, "I do.  I think my skills could be quite useful as a scout.  Not to mention being unencumbered by anything like heavy armor."  He waves a hand at himself, showing off his unarmored clothing.

Rolen: (to Kaimos, Tirana and Poldrik) "Lets finish our meal and sign up. I'm not great at scouting but its better than just sitting on the sub doing nothing."

Kaimos calmly finishes his meal and waits for rolen to finish as well, then stands and walks over to volunteer.

The meals are finished and registry signed.  You wish goodbye to Tirana and her strange quiet friend, and find yourself called to a briefing.

You four however, find yourself called aside by a gnome officer to a separate chamber.  You are seated next to a person that looks more fish than humanoid; wearing an outfit of aquagnome design.

Before you stand three officers and a tactical map of the area.  The one that called you aside steps forward.  "You five are unique; being the only active volunteer nonaquagnomes."  He motions towards the fish person.  "Allo here has been serving on this sub for a significant amount of time.  That being said, we are putting his life in your hands."

He moves to the map; showing a cavern network inside a nearby underwater volcano.  "The tunnels through this landmass bypasses the enemy forces.  Allo is an expert of long distance travel; we just need you to help him get free and then head back here to home."

He puts his hand on Allo's shoulder, looking to you all.  "We feel that with the Merrow seeking out our kind, you all may be able to avoid them for the most part.  What do you say to this?"

Kabarr points to the volcano and says, “do you know anything about what might be living in there?”  As he says this a small flame ripples through his hair.