[ussura] PerrySimm says, "Log on."
GM has connected.
Charles has connected.
GM wave!
Charles says, "Ahoy."
Era has connected.
npc1 has connected.
Eolo has connected.
npc2 has connected.
[ussura] GM says, "I guess that's everyone that knew they'd be here on time."
[ussura] Charles exclaims, "I didn't know I'd be on time!"
[ussura] GM exclaims, "And some other people, too!"
[ussura] Vasili says, "I read the last transcript a while back, but I need the recap more than usual this time"
[ussura] GM says, "OK, recap:"
[ussura] GM says, "The Montaignian fleet under the command of LaVache has left."
[ussura] GM says, "They left behind a number of things:"
[ussura] GM says, "-Several ships in the harbor. They are almost assuredly rigged to explode, supposedly using Porte."
[ussura] GM says, "-Two women, whereabouts unknown"
[ussura] GM says, "er, crap names."
[ussura] GM flip flip flip
[ussura] Vasili asks, "Hmm, do we know the name of Montegue's relation they had captive?"
[ussura] GM says, "-Touissant, following a fake lead from Charles."
[ussura] GM says, "Montegue's wife? She's back in Charouse."
[ussura] GM says, "(and is the daughter of L'Empereur)"
Era has disconnected.
[ussura] GM says, "Dominique"
[ussura] Vasili says, "wife, yeah. okay, not one of the two women Charles heard about"
[ussura] Charles says, "Note that we don't *know* that Touissant is the one who'll be following the lead."
Era has connected.
[ussura] Sebastien says, "you mean, *we* don't know"
[ussura] Era says, "Hi guys, I won't be on today. Maybe next time. :-)"
[ussura] Charles says, "Right."
[ussura] Vasili says, "aww"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "aw"
[ussura] Charles says (to Era), "Aw."
[ussura] GM says, "Vienne and Nicolette! There we go."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "but we'll probably get to stab something"
[ussura] GM says, "http://www.henchmonkey.org/forum/discussion/11"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Did we or didn't we send a message to Montegue about everything that's going on yet?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I didn't think we had"
[ussura] Era exclaims, "Thanks. Have fun!"
[ussura] GM says, "What you know about the ships:"
Era has disconnected.
[ussura] GM says, "-They are sort of grouped in clusters, and you imagine that one ship/cluster is the matchpoint for the purported explosion."
[ussura] GM says, "-You've guessed one ship that's a match point, but don't know the others"
[ussura] GM says, "-If there's something blooded on one, and you move it, you will alert the Porte magicians if they are close enough (you don't know how close is close enough)"
[ussura] Charles says, "I think we've got to be nearing the end of this season if for no other reason than the amount of recap we've assembled."
[ussura] GM says, "Hee"
[ussura] Vasili says (to Charles), "This is all recap for a side quest!"
[ussura] Vasili says, "okay, not exactly"
[ussura] GM says, "Not only that, it's recap for a side quest that was originally going to be 'you reach Kem to find a bunch of ships in flames'"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
[ussura] GM says, "But then you were all 'hey, let's disguise ourselves' and I hated to see all that effort go to waste ;-)"
[ussura] Charles asks, "V&N are in the city that this is a suburb of, right?"
[ussura] GM says (to Charles), "They are to meet you there in two days."
[ussura] GM says, "Or three or something."
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "Kem is a suburb of St Tremult?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "Vienne and Nicolette"
[ussura] GM says (to Seb), "Sorta kinda. They're both on the coast, and aren't *too* far from one another."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "fair enough"
[ussura] GM asks, "Anything else you would like clarified?"
[ussura] Charles checks the transcript. "Ah... I think that as we left off, we were just about to start sneaking onto the ships.
[ussura] GM says, "The city itself is now empty of the occupying force; the captains are all in the woods to the north."
[ussura] GM says, "Last session, Sebastien used his keen wits and insight to keep them all hidden from a ship that came up the coast looking for them."
Vasili says, "I'll go along to the most obvious trigger ship."
[ussura] GM says, "Until it finally gave up and rejoined the fleet."
[ussura] Charles says, "To search for the means by which they intend to start the conflagration (quite possibly a blooded object)."
[ussura] Charles says, "Probably split between an PC party searching one ship and an NCP party searching another."
[ussura] Charles says, "(Also, are other folks expected to be coming late tonight, or not at all?)"
[ussura] GM says, "That sounds OK to me."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I thought Pyotr & Raelynn were coming later"
[ussura] GM says, "Oh, if you wanted to send a note to Montegue, we can have now be the pre-arranged time to meet, uh, M's porte friend guy."
[ussura] GM says (to Seb), "They think they may well be able to come later, right."
[ussura] Charles says (to GM), "That seems like a good idea."
[ussura] GM says, "(but weren't sure)"
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "would Gaspard be any help locating the blooded objects?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "perhaps in terms of knowledge, but probably not magically"
[ussura] GM says, "Gaspard, there we go."
[ussura] Vasili says, "he might be able to procure one of those anti-Porte mirror things. (But how would he get it to us?)"
[ussura] GM says, "In general, Porte mages are unable to see blooded objects from other porte mages."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "good point"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ok, let's just sneak onto a ship, then"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "unless someone wants to discuss something with Montegue or Gaspard first"
[ussura] GM says, "You're not sure about R's new alterna-porte thing."
[ussura] GM says, "Gaspard reports that Montegue & co are about a day's march away; thanks you all for the information about the ships."
[ussura] Charles says, "There was talk of Era's keen sense of smell possibly being helpful with detecting the dried blood."
[ussura] Vasili says, "but unless she learns to fly, that magic wouldn't seem to be much help for the ships anyway."
Vasili asks, "So do we still have any of those boats we borrowed?"
[ussura] GM says (to V), "Yes. (also these ships are basically docked)"
Charles says (to Gaspard), "Psst. I left LaVache a false clue about a powerful artifact hidden at <place the drachen is>. If he goes for it, we might be able to ambush him."
[ussura] GM says, "Oh, you also think that if the Porte mages are actually watching, and see you sneaking on the ships, they might go ahead and blow them up, too."
[ussura] Vasili says, "oh."
Charles says (to Gaspard), "Also, he thinks Montegue's on his way to it already."
Gaspard says, "Aha, clever."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "oh, I figured they didn't have any way to do that"
[ussura] Sebastien exclaims, "we will just have to be extra-sneaky!"
[ussura] GM says, "Well, you don't *know*, of course, but it's possible."
[ussura] GM says, "This is sort of a cove; the land curves outward on either side."
Vasili cases out the ship Charles pointed out from the safety of the docks.
Charles says, "Well, as Pyotr and I learned yesterday -- though it seems so much longer ago -- it's fairly easy to slip between these ships at night in a rowboat without being noticed."
Charles says, "Unfortunately, I don't think we dare wait until dark."
[ussura] GM says, "(It's hmm, dawn-ish, I think.)"
[ussura] GM says, "Not dawn yet, but dawn in maybe an hour or two."
Charles says, "Still, we've still got an hour or so of twilight left that we can put to good use."
Vasili says, "Right."
Vasili says, "Good thing you can reach those cannon ports from a rowboat."
Charles says, "The boat we used is still tied up right over there, but I don't know if all of us will fit in it at once."
Sebastien says, "well, Vasili and I didn't have much luck rowing on our own before"
Sebastien says, "but perhaps he and I can go with you, and the others can go with Pyotr"
Charles says, "That should work. And we'll just liberate this other rowboat over here for the cause."
Charles drag scrape heave kersplish
Vasili says, "shame we'd have to leave the boats sitting visible, though"
Sebastien asks, "floating next to the ships, you mean?"
Charles asks (of Alix), "Will you and <Era's friend> and any of the rescued captains who wish to help be alright handling the other ships on your own?"
[ussura] GM asks, "Alix?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "heading up the NPC team"
[ussura] GM says, "Heh, OK."
[ussura] Sebastien exclaims, "and Pyotr!"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "unless he's coming back soon"
Alix says, "We can certainly help, but it will be much easier if we know what we're looking for."
Sebastien says, "well, surely they've piled a bunch of gunpowder up"
Sebastien says, "and put the blooded object at the heart near the fuses"
Sebastien says, "and then concealed that as best they can, but I doubt they expect people to have much opportunity to seaech the ships closely"
Vasili says, "Since we don't know which other ships are the centers, maybe it would be better to have just a few of us check out this one and then figure out what to do about the others."
Alix nods. "We'll be ready. We can at least search the ships to find which ones are the flash points.
Charles boards the little craft. "Shall we be off?"
Vasili says, "Sounds good."
Sebastien says, "absolutely"
Sebastien gingerly climbs in.
Vasili joins the first boat. "Shove off! Or whatever it is they say!"
GM says, "With that, you gingerly make your way through the ships, trying to make your way to the one you know to be set without being seen."
Sebastien says, "I think they say "avast""
[ussura] GM says, "Someone roll either Stealth or a ship-based thing, with Wits."
Vasili keeps watching the arrangements of ships and lines of sight.
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 8k4: 8 6 4 8 3 4 7 1 | 29
[ussura] GM says, "As far as you can tell, you are unseen. Nothing blows up, at least."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "always a good start"
[7thsea] Charles rolls 6k4: 1 1 8 2 8 3 | 21
Sebastien exclaims (at Vasili), "it's amazing the way he manages to keep this going in a straight line the whole time!"
[ussura] Charles says, "Er, whoops, sorry -- that was Finesse."
[ussura] Charles says, "Should be 19."
[ussura] GM says, "Heh, that's OK."
GM says, "And, there's a porthole, just above the gently lapping water."
Vasili says, "we didn't even circle once to start off."
Charles says, "If you see anyone watching, pretend to be driftwood."
Vasili clambers up and in.
Sebastien says, "people have often commented on my wooden manner"
Sebastien follows Vasili.
[ussura] GM says, "Arr"
Charles lashes the boat to the porthole so that it doesn't drift.
Charles then climbs in as well.
[ussura] GM says, "It's quite dark inside here--you can barely see by the moonslight coming in through the porthole, reflected off the water."
Sebastien mutters "I suppose it would be a trifle unwise to strike a light."
[Crows-Nest] Vasili says, "who has the stick - oh wait wrong game"
Charles says, "If the layout is similar to the last Montaigne navy vessel we were in, the powder store's that-a-way."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Heh."
Sebastien says, "ah, good -- all we managed to find was the brig"
[Crows-Nest] * boucher has left the channel.
Sebastien asks, "do you think they'll be trying to fire the cannons at the nearby ships? or just hope the force of the explosion reaches them?"
Charles leads the way in the da-- "Ow! Watch for the pile of iron spikes on the floor." --rkness.
GM says, "And indeed, Charles manages to lead you all up a ladder, down a very small corridor, and into a pitch-black room where you can smell gunpowder."
Charles says (to Sebastien), "Unless whoever's doing the exploding wants to be exploded himself, I doubt they'll want to do anything complicated enough that they'd be on board any longer than absolutely necessary."
Vasili asks, "I'm confused. Are we by the ship's wall?"
Charles thumps the wall to check.
[Crows-Nest] * Doe has joined the channel.
GM says, "You're in the very heart of the ship--no portholes anywhere to let damp in to ruin the powder."
Vasili says, "well, the next room looks safe enough to hold a torch in."
Vasili says, "we won't get anythind done without one."
Sebastien says, "hrm"
Sebastien says, "I suppose we could just pour some buckets of water around"
Vasili double-checks what's nearby before striking a flint.
Charles says, "A torch should be safe if we're careful, but a covered lamp would be better."
Sebastien says, "and hope to soak the right thing"
Charles says, "If no one brought one, there should probably be one around here someplace."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "(you can have brought one)"
Vasili says, "Oh, I think this is one."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "ilac, but still"
Vasili double-checks everything near him before lighting it up.
GM says, "In the light of the lantern, you see bags of gunpowder piled high in the room, and holes chopped into the walls, presumably to let in more air when things started to burn."
Sebastien says, "well, this seems sensible enough"
Sebastien says, "a little sloppy but no doubt they didn't have time to make it all tidy"
GM says, "There are also closed barrels in the room, a bunch in particular in the center of the room."
GM says, "With the bags stacked next to them and a few on top."
Vasili asks, "Hmm, is it easier to get enough water in, or enough powder out?"
Charles says, "Those tightly-packed barrels have to be the core."
Sebastien eyes them through his monocle.
Charles looks for any objects other than barrels and bags that have been left nearby.
Sebastien asks, "no doubt you're right -- but what should we do?"
Sebastien asks, "pry them open? or try to toss them overboard?"
Charles says, "If we're lucky, the Porte mage may have used some already-blooded object as an anchor."
Charles says, "Something that might be noticeably out of place in a powder room."
Vasili says, "We could leave a few people waiting for the mage, but still need to make it so he can't just toss something quick and get out."
[ussura] GM asks, "So, you're searching the room for things besides barrels and bags?"
Sebastien says, "unless he put the object inside the barrel itself"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "yeah, I think so"
[ussura] Charles says, "I am, yeah."
Charles says, "He might have done, aye."
[ussura] GM says, "OK, roll search and we'll see how long it takes. Hmm, let's see."
Vasili finds a hook on a ceiling beam where he can hang the lamp, and goes to join the others in inspecting.
[ussura] Charles asks, "Wits + Keen Senses?"
[ussura] GM says, "TN 15 for 2 hours, 20 for 1, 25 for half and hour, 30 for 15 minutes."
[ussura] GM says, "Yeah."
[ussura] GM says, "(unless you want to argue for some other trait)"
Vasili asks, "wouldn't that mean he shows up inside the barrel?"
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "can we assist each other somehow?"
Sebastien says, "well, he only needs to stick a hand through"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Can I add Sea Lore in addition to it, for my familiarity with ships?"
[ussura] GM asks, "How about we say that if all three of you search, you get a free raise?"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Sure. Anyone here have Wits 4?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "moi"
[ussura] Vasili says, "I do, plus Keen"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "oho"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "go for it, then"
[ussura] GM says, "I don't think Sea Lore is too likely to help here, unfortunately."
[Crows-Nest] Gunther says, ""Wits 4" on #ussura: I so read that as #videogames"
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 5k4: 2 5 3 10+7 5 | 30
[ussura] Charles says, "That's our designated roller."
[ussura] GM exclaims, "Oho!"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "sweet"
[ussura] Charles says, "Excellent."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "this means there may be time to search other ships before dawn"
[Crows-Nest] (from Charles) GM says, "It only takes you eight minutes to confirm there are no out of place objects in this room whatsoever."
[Crows-Nest] Vasili says, "yay"
GM says, "With Vasili leading the search, you carefully lift bags slightly and tip barells to look underneath them. In five minutes, you've determined that nothing is obviously blooded in the room, and in another five, you've determined that none of the bags or the outside of the barrels are blooded, either."
Sebastien says, "see, inside the barrels, I'm telling you"
[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Man, why do I keep typing 'barells'?"
Vasili pries one of the center barrels open.
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
Charles says, "Apparently so. If this ship *is* meant to be lit by Porte."
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien says, "I totally read that as 'barbell' without noticing the typo"
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien says, "or wondering why there were barbells in the room"
GM says (to Vasili), "The barrel is tightly packed with sawdust."
[Crows-Nest] Charles asks, "Is *that* what I tripped over before?"
Charles asks, "What the?"
Charles rips open a bag.
GM says (to Charles), "Gunpowder."
Vasili glances at the underside of the lid before moving it aside.
Sebastien says, "how extremely peculiar"
Sebastien asks, "is the sawdust meant to be tinder for a flame, do you think?"
GM says (to Vasili), "No blooding marks."
Vasili pokes around in the sawdust with a knife.
Charles says, "Could be."
Sebastien asks, "or just to conceal something?"
Vasili sticks an arm in, to feel around further down.
Sebastien says, "(it seems as though it wouldn't burn well without air, but perhaps that could be introduced by the porte)"
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien exclaims, "look out! sawdust alligators!"
[Crows-Nest] Vasili says, "aieee"
GM says (to Vasili), "The sawdust seems to be layered with wax, but you find nothing else in the one you chose."
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "like, a layer of wax, a layer of sawdust, a layer of wax, a layer of sawdust?"
Vasili asks, "Beats me. A timer?"
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "or like the inside of the barrel is coated with wax?"
Sebastien says, "oho"
[ussura] GM says, "Yeah, the first."
Sebastien says, "I have no idea how that would work, but it seems reasonable"
Sebastien asks, "---but nothing at the bottom, eh?"
[ussura] GM says, "And sawdust melted into the wax, too."
Sebastien says, "well, perhaps another one, then"
Vasili checks to see if the next barrel is also sawdust.
Charles says, "I did once read a story about a Castillian flour mill that went up like a powder keg when one of the workers lit his pipe. The priest who wrote it up thought that either it was a sign that tobacco was sinful and called down the fate of Legion, or else that the flour dust choking the air acted to pull out the flame."
Charles says, "It seems unlikely, but perhaps the sawdust is intended to have a similar effect."
Vasili asks, "sawdust is sinful?"
Charles says (to Vasili), "Never trust a carpenter."
GM says, "Being careful not to disturb too much, you pop open the lids of a couple more barrels to find nothing but more sawdust. Then, as you pop open the lid of the central barrel, you see something different: a round glass globe, filled with a brown substance, nestled inside the dust and wax."
Sebastien says, "oho"
Charles says, "Someone left their drink behind."
Sebastien says, "I take it that's blood -- or perhaps tobacco"
[ussura] Charles asks, "What consistency is it?"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Thin like alcohol, thick like blood? Non-liquid?"
[ussura] GM asks, "It's hard to tell just sitting there. Do you rock the barrel or something?"
[ussura] GM says, "It definitely seems to be a liquid."
Charles says, "We should remove it. But carefully."
Vasili slowly turns the globe in place in a few directions, checking for any blood marks on the outside of the globe.
[ussura] Charles says, "I figure the barrel's gotta be rocking already, seeing as we're in the water."
[ussura] GM says, "True enough."
Sebastien says, "well"
Sebastien says, "perhaps we should leave the barrels in place and then remove them all at once from all the ships"
Sebastien says, "so as not to alert them until it's too late"
Charles says, "Whatever this liquid is, it's probably meant to help start the blaze."
GM says (to Vasili), "You spin the globe back and forth, but seem unable to turn it, hmm, upside-down--somethings catching on it."
Sebastien asks, "is that anchored in the barrel?"
GM says, "The liquid is fairly viscous, like a thin oil."
Vasili says, "I think so."
Charles says, "By some alchemical reaction, I suspect."
Vasili scoops out a bit more sawdust.
[ussura] Charles exclaims, "Which says Natural Philosophy to me!"
[7thsea] Charles rolls 4k3: 9 9 1 1 | 19
[ussura] GM asks (of Charles), "That's not enough for a ton of information--dd, or tell you what you got?"
Vasili asks, "but does it start the fire, or explode once the fire heats it?"
Sebastien says, "we didn't start the fire"
[ussura] Charles says, "My character sheet (which may not be accurate, but I'll trust it for now) says I've got a bunch of DD, so let's burn one for curiosity's sake."
[7thsea] Charles rolls 1k1: 5 | 5
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
GM says (to Vasili), "Scooping out the sawdust around it, being careful not to move the vial itself, you eventually see that it's been corked, and that the cork is nestled into the sawdust below."
[ussura] GM says, "Oh, yeah, and I forgot to give you all any last week; everyone who was here can add another one to your sheets."
[ussura] Vasili asks, "Can I see or feel all of the cork?"
Sebastien asks, "hmm, so you think the liquid reacts with the sawdust somehow, and then burns upwards?"
GM says (to Charles), "You know of oils that, when exposed to air, will burn. The one you know of was clear, but this might be related."
GM says (to Vasili), "You haven't moved the vial out yet--it's still nestled within the sawdust. Picture a hollow, glass globe with a hole in it, filled with oil, then plugged with a cork, then stuck cork-down into a mixture of sawdust and wax. You've exposed half of it, so that the rest stays in place."
Vasili checks whether anything is tied to the cork.
GM says (to Vasili), "Nope."
GM says, "(not that you can see on this side, or feel from below)"
Charles thinks back to _A Treatise On Fyres, Natural And Unnatural_. "You know, there was another chapter in that book, about making fire by mixing substances together."
Charles says, "There were some things that could even ignite just from touching the air alone. I wonder if this might be one of them."
Vasili asks, "So let's suppose they have some magic way of breaking or uncorking this without being here. That could start a fire?"
Sebastien says, "perhaps"
Charles says, "Of course, the next chapter was about spontaneous human combustion, so I am not certain the tome is entirely reliable."
Sebastien says, "which might then burn up through the sawdust, as you were saying"
Sebastien exclaims (at Charles), "in Castille there were many legends of such a thing!"
[ussura] GM says, "Hee hee"
Vasili says, "I say we remove all the other barrels and bags."
Charles fingers the glass, trying to sense the liquid within. He stares into the oily, shimmering surface, thinking of... cheese.
Sebastien asks, "do we have time?"
[ussura] Charles says, "(Attempting to use Jack again.)"
Sebastien says, "we have other ships to search as well, before it gets too light"
Vasili says, "And ideally, have somebody watch the room armed with weapons and water, but I doubt we have the time and people for that."
[ussura] GM asks, "Ha! You're changing the liquid itself to cheese?"
[ussura] Charles says, "Yup."
[ussura] GM asks, "How long does that last?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha ha"
Vasili says, "If nobody was seen, we should have until Montegue shows up."
[ussura] Charles says, "Until dawn, IIRC."
Sebastien says, "true, but we'll have to reach the other ones as well"
[ussura] GM asks, "So, an hour?"
[ussura] Charles says, "Erm, oh yeah. Uh. Yeah."
Vasili grabs a bag leaning against a center barrel, and starts hauling. "Er, you alright, Charles?"
[ussura] Charles says, "(Forgot it was still *before* dawn.("
[ussura] Charles says, "(But still, that should be long enough.)"
[ussura] GM says, "Sure."
[ussura] GM says, "OK, there's no hurry, so:"
GM says, ">schlup<, the liquid inside the globe solidifies and turns a light yellow."
Sebastien blinks.
Sebastien asks, "what happened?"
Charles says (to Vasili), "Yup. Just a bit hungry."
Charles pulls the globe out, letting the cork slide free with a *pop*
Charles asks, "Anyone bring crackers?"
[ussura] GM asks, "You're pulling the globe and cork out of the barrel?"
[ussura] Charles says, "(I should also note, at this point: 'If the cheese is eaten, the original object is destroyed.')"
[ussura] Charles says, "Yeah."
[ussura] GM says, "The cork wasn't attached to anything besides the globe, so it comes out too."
Vasili says, "uh ... that's a lot less bloody-looking."
Charles says, "Hmm. Now how to get the cheese *out* of here..."
Vasili asks, "cheese?"
Charles looks around all the surprised faces.
Charles says, "Oh -- I turned the liquid into cheese."
Charles says, "It seemed that would be safest all 'round."
Vasili asks, "Okay. Back to find the others?"
Sebastien says, "well, cheese magic is a bit more palatable than porte magic, I must say"
Charles glances around in a 'what, can't everyone do that?' sort of way.
Charles says, "We should probably quickly check the other barrels first, just in case this isn't the only one."
Charles does so.
[ussura] GM asks, "You're going to take it with you? Eat it here? Break it open?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "I will suggest smashing the orb, as soon as I realize IC the importance of eating the cheese before dawn."
[ussura] Charles says, "If the cork's still attached, may as well bring it along for the moment."
[ussura] GM says, "Alrighty."
Charles chats as he searches. "It's a little trick I picked up from my mother."
Vasili says, "handy"
GM says, "You pop open the lids from the other barrels, but find no similar globes."
GM says, "(but a lot more sawdust)"
Sebastien says, "how interesting"
Sebastien says, "I wonder what the point of several barrels is"
Sebastien asks, "would the liquid in the globe likely leak into the other barrels?"
[Crows-Nest] Gunther says (to Sebastien), "rocketjumping, duh"
Charles says, "Twine, birds, money. Cheese. It can come in quite handy if you're hungry."
Sebastien says, "money? that *does* sound useful"
Charles says (to Sebastien), "Maybe the was and sawdust are just tinder, like you suggested."
GM says, "At this point, Vasili and Sebastien have moved a few of the bags outside the room, and Charles has checked the rest of the barrels for more vials."
Charles says (to Sebastien), "Aye, it can be -- provided you're out of town before next dawn."
Charles says (to Sebastien), "Shopkeepers tend to get a bit grumpy when their guilders turn back into stones."
Sebastien eyes the cheese. "Is *that* going to turn back by dawn as well?"
Charles exclaims, "Indeed. But not to worry -- it's not even night yet!"
[ussura] GM says, "Hee"
Charles exclaims, "For now, let's go check the next ship!"
Vasili thwaps Charles.
Vasili says, "I'm suddenly quite hungry too."
Sebastien says, "...right"
Vasili asks, "er. Or would that be bad?"
Sebastien says, "it might lead to indigestion, I suppose"
Sebastien attempts to head back to the rowboat as he talks.
[ussura] GM says, "BURNING INNARDS"
Charles tosses the globe to Vasili. "Sure. Cut me a slice too. Should be perfectly safe, so long as we finish all of it."
Sebastien says, "(but doesn't really know where he's going)"
Charles thinks. "I'm not entirely sure what happens if we only eat part of it, but don't finish it..."
Vasili says, "Let's not find out." *SMASH*
Charles follows Sebastien back out.
[ussura] GM asks, "You're all heading back to the rowboat at this point?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "yup. and slicing and eating."
GM says, "Vasili picks up the cheese, which still has the cork stuck in it, plucks out the cork and sticks it in his pocket, and starts picking glass out of the side of the cheese as he heads back to the boat."
[ussura] Charles says, "It's actually interesting, about what would happen if we don't finish it."
[ussura] Charles says, "It says that if the object is broken into pieces, a random piece turns back to the original thing. But if the cheese is eaten, it's destroyed."
[ussura] Vasili says, "yes, but I'd rather experiment when the original wasn't a volatile alchemical mixture"
[ussura] GM says, "Ha"
[ussura] Charles says, "So if the cheese is broken and part of it eaten..."
[ussura] GM says, "I assume that anything eaten is destroyed, and the uneated bit turns back into the original thing."
[ussura] Charles asks (of Vasili), "How else do you find out the results, when the experimental materials are inside of your stomach?"
[ussura] GM says, "Unless there are none left."
GM says, "So! You're all in a rowboat, heading to the next cluster of ships."
[ussura] Charles asks (of Vasili), "If the cheese turned back into, say, a meat pie in your stomach, how would you know?"
GM says, "Everyone roll me perception."
[7thsea] Charles rolls 4k3: 1 3 10+7 8 | 28
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 5k4: 5 1 7 5 10+2 | 29
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 4k4: 5 3 10+10+1 4 | 33
[ussura] Charles says, "(SO obviously, the real answer is to try it when the cheese is in *someone else's* stomach.)"
GM says, "Sebastien turns to Vasili. "Hey, do you still have that cork? I just thought of something...""
GM says, "Vasili says, "Yeah, here you go.""
GM says, "Sebastien says, "Er, the side of this looks like..."
Vasili asks, "Like we should go put it back?"
GM exclaims, "At that moment, a hole rips open in the air in front of you, and a woman's hand reaches through and grabs the cork!"
Vasili says, "Uh-oh."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
Sebastien grabs for the hand.
Sebastien says, "seems like the jig might be up"
Charles says, "I seriously hope that was the only one."
GM exclaims (at Sebastien), "Roll, um, wrestling or something similar with finesse!"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I just have attack (pugilism), I guess"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 5k4: 8 8 7 9 1 | 32
GM exclaims, "You grab the hand! And your arm is pulled back into the vortex!"
Sebastien exclaims, "oh not this again!"
Charles exclaims, "Hey! I remember this game!"
Charles grabs Sebastien around the waist.
Vasili says, "The hole's a little smaller this time."
Sebastien says, "maybe just give me a hand on the arm"
GM says, "(This was a much smaller hole than the last time; the other was a result of a Walk; presumably this was just from a Bring)"
Vasili says, "Too bad, because I'd actually like to go through."
Sebastien says, "(mind the hemline)"
Sebastien says, "if Raelynn was here she could probably cut it open more"
[ussura] Charles says, "*This* would be a very bad time to use Glamour."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha ha"
[ussura] Charles says, "It is bad enough to have to throw away your remaining *handkerchief* because you have lost the rest of the matching set."
GM says, "So! Sebastien's hand is inside a hole, holding on to a woman's hand (aww). He's not being pulled further in, but he is now feeling his hand being thwapped."
Sebastien exclaims, "my plan was to be the thwapper, not the thwappee!"
Vasili says, "Erm."
Sebastien yanks, trying to pull his hand back.
[ussura] GM asks, "While still holding on to the other hand?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "uh, I think my primary concern is to get my hand back here"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "so I'll probably let go if I can't pull it out"
[ussura] Charles says, "If we can get her hand stuck on this side, maybe she'll have to widen the hole."
Charles asks, "Does anyone have a manacle?"
Sebastien says, "if she does get loose, she'll presumably be setting off the other globes"
Sebastien exclaims, "...and Pyotr and Raelynn some of the captains are still on the ships!"
Vasili says, "or telling other people to"
Vasili says, "Hold tight!"
Charles gets a rope from his pack and quickly makes a loop and a slipknot.
GM says (to Sebastien), "Your hand is not being held against its will--if you want it back, you need only let go. If you want to pull her hand back, brawn check."
Vasili gets a good wrestling grip on Sebastien and helps him pull.
[ussura] Sebastien says, "right-o"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I will throw in a drama die, since I am weak"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 3k3: 7 7 7 | 21
[7thsea] hand rolls 2k2: 2 6 | 8
GM exclaims, "And the hand reappears through the hole, shaking back and forth and trying to get free!"
Charles slides the loop over the hand and pulls the knot tight at the wrist.
[ussura] Charles says, "(Should I be doing any rolling for that?)"
[ussura] GM says, "Nah, that's OK. You can't slip it around, but you can tie it around."
[ussura] GM says, "(since slipping it around means Seb would have to let go)"
GM says, "The hand pauses a bit, as if bracing itself from the other side."
Sebastien is thinking furiously. "Of course, even after they set off the globes it'll take a little while for it to burn, if the sawdust is indeed a timer."
[ussura] Charles says, "Yeah, I guess he's probably not holding the wrist."
Sebastien says, "we might have time to save some ships"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Hmm. Where are we at the moment?"
Sebastien inspects the hand for distinguishing marks or rings, while he's got it handy.
[ussura] Charles asks, "Still tethered to the shop, or adrift?"
Sebastien says, "(as it were)"
GM says, "The hand has a sapphire ring on the index finger. It's also a right hand."
[ussura] Charles says, "s/shop/ship/, of course."
Sebastien wrestles the hand open and slides the ring off the finger, while it's distracted by Charles and the rope.
GM says, "You vaguely hear something from inside the hole. "Ready? 3... 2... 1...""
[ussura] GM exclaims, "Another brawn check!"
Vasili braces.
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 2k2: 5 2 | 7
[ussura] Vasili asks, "any Wrestling bonus?"
GM asks (of V), "What are you holding on to?"
[7thsea] hand rolls 4k4: 5 1 1 8 | 15
[ussura] Vasili says, "Sebastien"
[ussura] Charles says, "I guess I should roll too, since I'm holding the rope."
[7thsea] Charles rolls 3k3: 5 4 5 | 14
GM exclaims, "Sebastien's hand is jerked away! Finesse to hang on!"
GM says, "TN 20."
[ussura] Vasili asks, "who rolls?"
[ussura] GM says, "It's just Sebastien's grip, so just him."
[ussura] GM says, "(the rope remains tied)"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 4k4: 1 4 9 7 | 21
Sebastien exclaims, "whoah!"
[ussura] GM says, "You barely hang on! But your hand is now on the other side of the hole again."
[ussura] GM says, "(And you have her ring)"
GM exclaims, "Ow! Someone's stabbing it!"
Sebastien exclaims, "yow! ow!"
Sebastien lets go.
Charles keeps pulling on the rope, though.
Vasili grabs the rope too.
Sebastien jerks his hand back and dabs at it gingerly with his third-best handkerchief.
Charles actually wants to tie the hand to something that won't fit through the porte hole, like an oar.
GM says, ">schlup<, your hand slips out of the hole again. Charles's string remains disappeared into the hole."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ha ha"
[ussura] Charles says, "(Or, preferably, the ship. If we're still close enough.)"
Charles exclaims, "Heave!"
[7thsea] Charles rolls 3k3: 9 1 4 | 14
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 3k3: 3 8 1 | 12
[7thsea] hand rolls 4k4: 5 6 4 5 | 20
GM says, "You pull the rope taut, and tie it to an oar. But then, the rope goes slack, and the sliced end slithers out of the hole, which disappears with a *pop*"
Vasili asks, "uff.. Think this is one of those two mysterious ladies?"
Charles says, "Could be."
Sebastien asks, "can we row to the next cluster of ships? is there time?"
Charles says, "We can try."
Charles says, "If we get there before they explode, we probably have time to search them."
Charles says, "If we don't, then... well, we don't."
Sebastien says, "good point"
Charles row row row
Sebastien says, "we don't need to worry about stealth at this point, at least"
GM asks, "Discarding stealth for speed, you race to the next cluster of ships, and leap for the ladder on the side of one of the ships. But... which one is trapped?"
Vasili says, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Sebastien looks around between the different ships.
Charles says, "Worst case scenario, we all die."
Charles shrugs. "There are worse fates."
[ussura] GM says, "Knowing what you know about what the trap is, you can roll again to figure out which one it probably is with Sea Lore/Wits, TN 20."
Vasili says, "Well, we probably saved one clump of ships. That's something."
Sebastien asks, "how did you pick the ship before? can you do the same now?"
Charles says, "I'm thinking it's that one near the middle, with the other two ships bobbing almost up against it."
[7thsea] Charles rolls 4k3: 7 6 6 9 | 22
[ussura] Sebastien says, "yay"
[ussura] Charles exclaims, "And retroactively, I was probably right!"
[ussura] GM says, "Hee"
GM exclaims, "You race across the deck of the ship you've landed on, and leap for the one Charles indicated! One person roll Leaping/Finesse!"
[Crows-Nest] Gunther says, "hey, this cabin is locked with a fifteen puzzle"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha ha ha"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 5k4: 3 4 6 7 9 | 26
Sebastien says, "hiyahaieeeeethud"
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien says, "noo, my one weakness"
[Crows-Nest] Charles says, "Fortunately, any of us can beat a TN 15 without difficulty."
GM exclaims, "You make it! Amazingly, this ship has the same layout as the other, and you race for the powder room. Ripping open the door, you see smoke coming from the central pile of barrels!"
[Crows-Nest] Charles says, "Except possibly Pyotr, who can just beat things without difficulty."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha ha"
Charles exclaims, "Oh no!"
Sebastien asks, "can you do, er, that cheese thing again?"
[ussura] Charles asks, "Do we know which barrel the smoke's coming from?"
[ussura] GM says, "Fortunately, it's the same setup as last time."
Charles asks, "It might be a little late for that. Can we just get the burning barrel off the ship?"
Sebastien exclaims, "right!"
Charles grabs one side of it.
Sebastien grabs the other.
Vasili slides bags away from the doorway.
Sebastien exclaims (at Vasili), "good idea!"
Charles exclaims, "Let's get it away from the others!"
Sebastien says, "I suppose it's too big to fit through the holes smashed in the walls"
Vasili rolls other barrels out of the way.
Vasili asks, "Take it on deck?"
GM says (to Sebastien), "And it would only go into the next room if you did."
Charles says (to Vasili), "And then overboard."
Vasili says, "Well, yes."
GM says, "The smoke is getting thicker, making it hard to breathe."
Charles drags it to the ladder, then hoists it up to Vasili.
Vasili says, "Oof, hot barrel."
Charles says, "Right. Shoulda warned. I'll remember that next time."
Sebastien coughs and slips part of his cloak over his mouth.
GM exclaims, "Just as it gets handed to Vasili, flames break through the top!"
Charles exclaims, "Watch your eyebrows!"
[ussura] GM says, "(like, out the sides of the crack of the top nailed-down circle)"
GM exclaims (at Vasili), "Roll Panache to not drop it!"
Sebastien rips off his cloak and tosses it over the top of the barrel as Charles lifts it up.
Vasili tosses it onto the deck, then rips the covering off a longboat to smother the barrel.
Sebastien exclaims, "I hope Montegue appreciates the sacrifice I'm making!"
[ussura] GM says, "(or to avoid being burned, we'll say)"
Charles asks (of Sebastien), "Good idea -- is there time to soak one?"
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 3k3: 7 8 5 | 20
[ussura] GM says, "Hey, dodged the flames perfectly."
[ussura] Charles asks, "How many clusters are there?"
Vasili says, "Oh hey, there are already ropes on the corners of this cloth."
GM says, "The now-flaming barrel is now covered by a cloak and a tarp, but smoke is still emanating from the sides."
Vasili tries to wet it in the ocean before tossing the covering on.
[ussura] Vasili says, "a second tarp, maybe"
Sebastien exclaims, "just toss the whole barrel overboard!"
[ussura] GM says, "Something like 10 or so."
Charles clears a straight path from Vasili to the rail.
Vasili asks, "Yeah, can we do something about that rail?"
Sebastien says, "if Pyotr was here he'd have his axe, but I don't see anything to do now other than lift it over"
Sebastien grabs and lifts.
Charles says, "On three -- one... two..."
Charles exclaims, "Three!"
[ussura] Charles says, "So we've got to do this eight more times? Hoo boy."
GM says, "And the barrel sails over the edge of the boat, landing with a *splash* in the water, where it floats and smoulders, but doesn't seem likely to set anything else on fire."
[ussura] Sebastien asks, "I don't think we have time to save any more clusters, do we?"
GM says, "At that moment, you hear a *BOOOOM*"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I guess that's a no"
[ussura] Vasili says, "maybe move a second-to-explode ship out of the chain, if we're really lucky"
[ussura] Vasili asks, "and when aren't we?"
[ussura] Vasili says, "er, don't answer that"
Sebastien says, "oops"
[ussura] GM says, "Hee"
[ussura] Charles says (to Sebastien), "Well, no, but we might have had time to try."
Sebastien says, "I hope Pyotr and the others got off their ship"
Sebastien looks around for them
Sebastien says, "if not, maybe they're at least floating in the water"
Charles says, "I hope Pyotr and the others got their own flasks of auto-flammable oil off their ship."
Pyotr_, calling from across the water, "Hey, what's going on?"
Vasili says, "They're exploding the ships!"
Charles asks (of Pyotr), "We're trying to save the ships from exploding! Limited success -- how about you?"
(From GM) *BOOOOOM*
Sebastien exclaims (at Pyotr), "jump!"
Pyotr_ exclaims, "That was the ship next to ours, looks like!"
Pyotr_ says, "We"
Charles asks, "Right." He points. "*That* one hasn't gone up yet. Think we can make it?"
Pyotr_ exclaims, "We'll try to cut ours free!"
Vasili asks (of Charles), "How long would it take you and two novice sailors to get one of these moving?"
Charles says, "Longer than it takes to move the barrel."
Vasili says, "I don't think we'll manage to move any more barrels."
Sebastien asks, "if we just cut the anchor chain, maybe the ships will drift apart on their own?"
Vasili says, "Sure."
Gunther girovagated ancor fuor of the piccole elevated vall, olterpassed it and scended down.
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha"
[ussura] Charles says, "If that might work, sure."
(From Vasili) All have been heading for the rowboat while talking about the plan, and now approach a third cluster of ships, where there wasn't a BOOM yet.
GM says, "At this point, you see smoke and flames coming from the central ship from a couple clusters, just smoke from another three, and a couple more with no obvious damage just yet. Well, wait, with that explosion that's one less."
GM says, "Fortunately, the one you're heading for is free of explosions so far."
Sebastien has grabbed a tarp and soaks it in the water as they row over.
GM says, "You reach the cluster, and it's obvious which one it must be--it's the one with smoke coming out a porthole. But it seems to be smouldering so far, as there haven't been any explosions."
Sebastien says, "right, maybe we can save this whole cluster"
Vasili says, "Doesn't look pleasant in there."
Charles says, "It'll only take one to release the anchor. So two of us can attack the barrel."
Charles asks, "In fact, with the tarp, can you handle this barrel alone, Sebastient?"
Sebastien exclaims, "I'll do my best!"
Vasili asks, "The anchor on the smoking one, or the ship next to it?"
Sebastien exclaims, "you guys go onto another cluster!"
Charles exclaims, "If so, Vasili and I can head to the next!"
Sebastien rips his shirt, wraps it over his mouth and nose, and dives into the smoking hold.
Charles rows away to the next bunch of ships.
GM says, "OK, we'll take #int1 for Sebastien."
Charles asks (of Vasili), "Do you want to take the next one, and I'll keep on?"
[interludes] GM says, "It's hard to find your way in here, but by now you've seen two layouts and this is the same--it seems they picked a certain ship type to sabotage."
Vasili says, "Er. Why not."
[interludes] GM says, "Roll Resolve to try to avoid taking smoke inhalation damage."
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 3k3: 2 2 8 | 12
[interludes] Sebastien says, "cough wheeze"
[interludes] GM exclaims, "Cough cough! You take a dramatic wound! But you do manage to make it to the powder room!"
Charles rows toward the center of the next closest cluster of unexploded ships.
GM exclaims, "Meanwhile, Charles drops Vasili off at a cluster and rows on to a third!"
[interludes] Sebastien wraps the smoking barrel in his damp tarp, and starts wrestling it out again.
[interludes] GM exclaims, "The damp tarp manages to quench the nascent flames, but produces another round of smoke--roll resolve again!"
Vasili nervously assesses the center ship as they approach.
[interludes] Sebastien . o O ( this is really more Pyotr's kind of thing -- I should be safely on shore writing up status reports about the whole business )
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 3k3: 3 4 2 | 9
[interludes] GM says, "Hee"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "(lemme throw in a drama die for that)"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 1k1: 5 | 5
GM asks (of Vasili), "It's clearly smoking a lot. Are you heading inside?"
[interludes] GM exclaims (at Sebastien), "You manage to duck your head and breathe in the salty steam from your smouldering tarp instead of actual smoke!"
[interludes] GM exclaims, "Brawn to get it out the door!"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "with one last drama die"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 3k3: 9 9 7 | 25
Vasili follows Sebastien's example, entering with wet tarp and makeshift mask ready.
[interludes] Sebastien says, "RAR"
[interludes] GM says, "Yay! Go ahead and rp."
GM exclaims (at Vasili), "Roll Resolve!"
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 3k3: 9 8 7 | 24
[interludes] Sebastien pushes the barrel and it won't move, won't move, and then BAM, it goes tumbling across the deck, pitching up against the ladder.
GM exclaims (at Charles), "You approach the least-smoking ship, but just as you get there, an explosion sends flames out the side!"
[interludes2] GM says (to Charles), "Also, we'll put you here."
GM says (to Vasili), "You manage to make it through the ship to the powder room without suffering smoke damage, but opening the door reveals nothing but smoke that roils out at you."
Vasili drops to the floor for a second to see if it spreads out or intensifies.
[interludes2] Charles asks, "Realistically (by which I mean, according to whatever unrealistic and cinematic laws of physics apply), would it be feasible to free the anchor and expect a ship to drift far enough away from another that the fire wouldn't spread across them?"
GM says (to Vasili), "There you go--you can see the central barrel on fire, with a barrel or two next to it having just caught fire too. Miraculously, none of the powder bags are yet burning."
Vasili flings the tarp onto the barrels.
Vasili says, "Ugh. Hope that bought me some time, at least."
[interludes2] GM says (to Charles), "You would have to use everything you know about Captaining to sail a burning ship away from the other ships. If you had a couple helpers, that might be nice, too."
GM says (to Vasili), "That douses the flames, though smoke is still emerging."
[interludes] GM says (to Sebastien), "Your barrel is now at the ladder, wrapped in a wet-but-drying tarp, and smouldering."
[interludes] Sebastien asks, "now what?"
[interludes2] Charles says, "Hmm. I don't see any helpers, but heck..."
Vasili shuts the door behind him as he heads for deck and runs to that anchor winch thing.
[interludes] Sebastien looks around for some rope to tie around the tarp and then pull it up the ladder.
[interludes] GM says, "Well, if it burns here it might still set the deck on fire, though there's no immediate risk of explosion."
[interludes] Sebastien says, "good point"
[interludes2] GM says, "You could call for Pyotr and the others for some help, if you like."
GM exclaims (at Vasili), "Hey, there it is!"
[interludes] GM exclaims (at Seb), "Hey, rope!"
[interludes] Sebastien ties it around the barrel and then slings it over the top of the ladder to create an improvised pulley.
Vasili finds out whether he can raise an anchor alone.
[interludes2] Minions asks (of Charles), "What can we do?"
[7thsea] Vasili rolls 3k3: 9 4 6 | 19
[interludes2] Charles climbs onto the deck, then starts running from station to station like a man possessed by a half dozen demons: from the anchor to the mainsail lines to the wheel and back to the fore to check our course.
[interludes2] Charles exclaims, "FIRE SHIP SAILING! ANY ABLE HANDS ON SEA WHO CAN HELP STEER HER OUT ARE MORE THAN WELCOME!"
GM exclaims (at Vasili), "It's slow going, but the anchor rises!"
[interludes] GM exclaims, "Hey, that works great!"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "nyyyrrrrrrugh"
[interludes] GM tosses Sebastien a drama die.
[interludes2] GM exclaims, "Roll captaining! With, um, whatever you like!"
Vasili locks the winch in place partway up, then looks for a ship he might be able to jump to.
[interludes2] Charles catches his breath, then without waiting for an answer heads back to pull back the port guidesails.
GM says (to Vasili), "The ship starts to drift, but you now see that it has been tied to the neighboring ships as well."
[ussura] Charles says, "Most of my Sailor knacks other than Climbing are 1, so I suppose Finesse + Rigging seems about right for manning a ship solo."
[Crows-Nest] Sebastien says, "man, those guys thought of everything"
Vasili says, "Lessee, four over that way, a lot more to the right...."
[ussura] GM says, "Sure."
[7thsea] Charles rolls 5k4: 5 5 10+8 5 7 | 35
[ussura] Sebastien says, "aw yeah"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "he's a one-man crew"
[interludes2] Minions spring to their stations, knowing exactly what to do from Charles' expert directions!
Vasili starts slicing ropes, hoping a small subclump will pull the center ship away from the majority.
GM says (to Vasili), "Slice slice slice smoke smoke smoke."
Vasili hangs onto the last sliced rope end, grabs onto it, and leaps overboard!
[ussura] Sebastien says, "hooray"
[ussura] Charles says, "(I've got minions? Excellent -- why weren't they doing this *before* I got here? :) )"
[interludes] GM exclaims, "Meanwhile, you manage to get the barrel onto the upper deck, where flame once again breaks out from the side!"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "oh, man, this just keeps going"
GM exclaims, "And the ship spins clear of the others, drifting crazily, as Vasili swings to another ship!"
[interludes2] Charles exclaims, "Once we're clear of the rest of the fleet, lock her into a striaght course out to sea and try to damp those flames!"
[interludes] Sebastien grabs another tarp and throws it over the barrel, and then takes an oar or boathook or something and tries to lever it overboard.
Vasili climbs over the rail, and watches the drifting ship, waiting for the ...
GM says, "An explosion rocks it, and it lists to one side, toppling over."
[interludes] GM says, "Hey, there you go! Roll Finesse with something."
[interludes2] Minions exclaims, "Aye aye, sir!"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "man, I really think I have nothing relevant"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 4k4: 4 1 1 6 | 12
[interludes] Sebastien says, "ha ha argh"
[interludes] Sebastien says, "I will use that die"
[7thsea] Sebastien rolls 1k1: 8 | 8
[ussura] Vasili says (to Seb), "Persuasion"
[interludes2] Charles, now that the Minions seem to have things under control here, looks for any other ships that might yet be saved.
[interludes2] Minions exclaims, "And with expert steerage, you manage to thread the burning ship through one cluster and around another, and out to open sea!"
[interludes] GM says, "Woo! That works; rp."
[interludes2] GM says, "(imagine that the minions didn't actually say that)"
[interludes] Sebastien lifts the barrel up, up, and for a moment it almost topples back over onto him, but then one last heave and it splashes into the ocean!
[interludes2] Charles says (to Minions), "Nice work! If you can get those flames out, she'll be saved yet."
[interludes2] Charles says, "...but if you can't, you know what to do."
(From GM) <one hour later>
[ussura] Vasili asks (of Charles), "aw, how often to you get to command 'Abandon Ship'?"
[ussura] Charles exclaims, "Once is too often!"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "any sail you can walk away from is a good sail"
[ussura] Charles says (to Sebastien), "s/walk/swim/"
GM says, "After much cursing and running around, and flames and smoke, you've managed to contain the fires to maybe a third of the fleet. They're hopelessly lost, but you've separated the rest away, so it's now just a matter of keeping watch and making sure stray cinders don't start new fires in the sails and whatnot."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "good point"
GM says, "You all assemble on a ship Pyotr and friends managed to save, where they pulled out all the bags and barrels from the powder room and have them piled up on the deck, under a tarp."
GM says, "(not the trapped one)"
Charles says, "Whew."
GM says, "A seabird lands on the tarp, and caws at you."
Vasili says, "Not a terrible job, I guess."
Sebastien stands there, shirt partly torn off, pants ripped and scorched, cloak missing, entire outfit smelling of smoke.
Sebastien says, "if they hear about this back in Charouse, I'll never live it down"
Vasili says, "Look, a bird trying to get our attention."
Pyotr_ says, "Hunh, weird. I've never seen a seabird with red stripes on its side before."
Charles squints at the sun peeking through the trees over the land. "Looks like it's officially morning."
GM says, "And at that, the seabird turns back into a torch."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "yay"
[ussura] Charles exclaims, "YAY!"
Sebastien exclaims, "oh no, it's on the powder!"
Charles exclaims, "Tarp! Overboard! Now!"
Vasili grabs a corner or two.
Charles grabs another.
Sebastien grabs on and helps
[interludes2] GM says, "(go ahead and rp tossing it)"
Vasili says, "and one two THREE"
Charles whoosh
[ussura] Vasili says, "Yay ending. Forgot about the torch."
[ussura] GM says, "And that's it! Good job, everyone."
GM tosses a couple drama dice to each of you.
[ussura] Sebastien says, "yay"
[ussura] Charles says, "It's good to be the Hero."
[ussura] GM says, "I have to say I'm glad you ended up moving the cork in the end."
[ussura] Vasili says, "Narrating that I put the cork in my pocket was a nice sneaky trick, and yeah, it wouldn't have been nearly as fun if we got away with stealth."
[ussura] GM says, "Heh, right."
[ussura] Charles asks, "By the way, did we hear two voices through the porte hole or just one?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "man"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "ok, that was pretty intense"
[ussura] GM says, "I probably could have justified her noticing even if it had just been moved by Charles when picking up the globe, but it was *more* justified having it moved all the way to the rowboat."
[ussura] GM says (to Sebastien), "Excellent."
[ussura] Charles says, "It is a shame that Pyotr and Raelynn missed the payoff to last week's planning."
[ussura] GM says, "Ah, well."
[ussura] GM asks, "Anything else before we pack up?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "nah, this seems pretty good -- next week we can hand over the ships and then head to the castle"
[ussura] GM says, "Sounds good to me."
[ussura] GM asks, "Oh, and speaking of next time, it turns out I'm now busy on the 7th. How are you three for the 8th (Sunday)?"
[ussura] Charles says, "I think I'm OK, so long as it's not too late."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "I should be ok"
[ussura] GM says, "(I can probably be more flexible this time as far as the time goes)"
[ussura] Vasili says, "what a coincidence, I'm also out the 7th and back the 8th."
[ussura] GM says, "Woo."
[ussura] Charles asks, "The town that V&N are supposed to be in: that's more or less in the same direction we're going, right?"
[ussura] GM asks (of Charles), "Say, done by 8?"
[ussura] GM says, "It's not too far from here, if you want to try going there first, sure."
[ussura] Charles asks (of GM), "Pacific or Eastern?"
[ussura] GM says, "Or you can leave 'em behind."
[ussura] GM says (to Charles), "Eastern."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "oh yeah, I forgot about them"
[ussura] Charles says, "That should be fine, yeah."
Vasili has disconnected.
[ussura] GM says, "OK, I'll check with R&P this week."
[ussura] Charles says, "I am wondering whether or not they might be useful enough to merit grabbing them on the way, if possible."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "probabl"
[ussura] GM asks (of Charles), "Ask on the forums?"
[ussura] Sebastien says, "y"
[ussura] Charles says (to GM), "Good idea."
[ussura] Sebastien says, "you want to find out more about La Vache and they probably know"
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