SOLO III
Demon World
Part 039
Gail and Ada are sitting at the Vanities when one of
the mates sneaks into the room. He comes in from outside the ship
through a porthole and is standing there on top of a window seat.
He has a dagger out and looks like he's up to no good.
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Gail
ST
9 Amulet Fireproof
DX 11 (16) Amulet DX+5
IQ
20 Amulet vs. Fire Elemental
MA 10 Light, Aid,
Trailtwister, 7-hex Illusion, Reverse Missiles, Megahex Freeze,
Stone Flesh, Teleport, Megahex Avert, Hammer Touch, Megahex sleep,
Long distance Telepathy, Cleansing, Lesser Magic Item Creation,
Long Distance Teleport, Wizard's Wrath,
Literacy(1), Alchemy(3), Sorceror's Toung(0)
Ada
ST
8 kyanite gem 48 point ST battery
DX 14(18) kyanite gem DX+4
IQ
17 kyanite gem long-distance teleport
MA
10 Ear ring
long-distance telepathy, Fireproof, Invisibility
light, Aid, Trailtwister, mage sight, control person,
repair, lightning, teleport, megahex avert, hammer touch,
7-hex illusion, megahex sleep, Cleansing,
literacy(1), Alchemy(3), Sorcerer's Toung(0)
Mate
ST 11
DX 13
IQ 10 Seamanship(1),
boating(1), swiming(1), knife(1), Unarmed Combat(2), Climbing(1),
Guns(2)
Uncle's dragon tells Gail and Ada's "He'll make a
better example if you just kill him outright. He looks like some
kind of rapist to me, and deserves what he gets. Just be glad he
didn't sneak in here with his gun." And the mate is infact one of
the four blunderbuss that first covered you when you boarded the ship.
If you kill him Uncle has you drag the body up on
deck and bring it to the captain. The captain gets angry and
starts yelling at all his men for being stupid. "We are gonna
trade them. And one of your bone heads knew he was going to try
something. And you didn't stop him. Well now look.
Got what he deserved he did."
If you just put him to sleep, or restrain him Uncle
won't let you take him up on deck. "He'll sing a different song
than you. Maybe you bewitched him against his will. It
won't go well. Now we have to dump him overboard. That's
not so clean. There will be questions, and we won't get as good
of a trade."
If the mate even wounds one of you Uncle will be so
dissappointed he will want to scrub the mission and go back to the
island of dragons. "Come up with a new plan. I had no
buisness taking children into the pirate world anyway."
Latter the Captian stops by for a chat. He
comes in the door without knocking, catches a stool in front of the
vanity with his foot, and slides it over to the table where he sits
down. "When we get to beach side you're going to be traded.
Either the Salt, The Eyeball, or the Hydra. That old man with you
really can see farther than anyone. He's already told me the name
of all twenty seven ships in harbour and which three captains don't
have their beds made. That'll give us a couple of fathoms on
them."
He chuckles. "Too bad Lisa thinks she can't
control you. That old man sure is the best look out ever.
And you too are a right nice peice to look at too." He rubs his
chin a moment.
"So! The profit lives up to her name this
trip. Cookpot will make up his losses covering you three,
easy. Profit will be able to pick up three new crew at no
loss. And we should be able to get at least a years worth of
duckets to cover you on your new ship." Now he just smiles and
looks, like you are supposed to say something.
"Thanks." Says Gail
He blushes like a little boy. "Well... it is a
big deal I guess." He rises to leave, but just stands there
talking. "There will be a lot of questions, and it may take two
days to finish all the negotiations. That and the women will
insist on knowing. That is... well... what ship were you
on? They'll want to know your history, and who it is that went
down."
"I don't remember any ship." Gail says.
"You know how dragons are."
The captain looks a little saddened by this.
He turns to leave the room. He stops with his hand on the handle,
and looks back. He looks at the door again, then looks back at
the girls again. He shrugs and exits the room.
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