Chapter One: The Star and the Sylvan Sea

[Longman]

I promise it shall not go any further than myself, Elizabeth and anyone else you chose to tell.

Thinks: how come I never get any women giving me goosebumps?

OOC - can we regroup in the dining room, discuss the fact that there are a variety of mysterious girls / women aboard who are probably all the same person, luring us in the direction of Caerton, and then figure out what to do? William will propose again that we accept the offer just so we can find out who the message is for, to begin with...

[Woe]

No one has visited Elizabeth, so the conclusion is obvious. It's a succubus!

After hearing the story, Elizabeth comments, "Someone is going through a lot of effort getting us to deliver this message. I wonder who, and why... As much as I hate walking into traps," she says with a wink to William, "it's probably better if we do than some poor sailor At least we'll be prepared if there are any ill intentions planned.".

[Mint]

As has become custom you all receive an invitation to dine with the Captain this evening. Meanwhile the routine of the ship continues unabated and the crew show no sign of worry about heading to Caerton and the rumored Mist. It is now noontime and time for lunch...

[Woe]

Elizabeth passes the ennui of the boat routine by attempting to estimate the number of waves between here and Caerton.

[Hywaywolf]

Edward returns to the deck and sits and watches the clouds in the sky imagining castles, temples, powerful dragons and other creatures. He occasionally holds out a bread crumb for one of the many goals taking up perches all around him. He closes his eyes and briefly naps as the sun warms him. From time to time he looks around him trying to see the girl child he saw earlier.

[artikid]

Kynndelic spent the day studying his spellbook, checking his horse is doing fine and exchanging tales (Having not travelled very far Kynndelic can only tell legends and myths like The marriage of Olch and the giant's daughter, Mazzen's Dream, The tale of King Brân Fendigaidd) with the sailors.
His curiosity for sea life is great and he asks many casual questions about the sailor's life, the ship they are travelling on and its crew.
When the invitation for another dinner comes he's mildly surprised but cheerfully.

[mTeasdale]

Joscelin will try to arrive a little too early at the dinner, to see if any strange woman is coming out of captain's quarters before him.

[black1blade]

Before dinner, Alrone will search out William and ask him "the other day when you saw me use mage hand upon my drink, did you see a woman there with me? If you did what did she look like?"

[Woe]

Since Edward is also up on deck, Elizabeth will spend some time hearing what it's like to work at an actual church! Wow! Abertawe just has a fairly small shrine, and she's always wished the town had a stronger religious presence. That should happen when the new abbey is finished and the abbot installed, but that won't be for a few more years.

[Mint]

As the noon hour passes a cold breeze blows in from the north and clouds start to creep into the sky from the horizon. Soon snow flakes fall onto the dry deck and within moments the air is white with them. Before the deck is even powdered the wind rises and the falling snow roars into a blizzard.

The first mate comes on deck, his nose evidently drawing him from below. With a look around he bellows for all hands on deck and courteously as possible asks the ship's passengers to repair below.

Down below the air is warm and welcome after the suddenly biting air above deck and cheery golden light fills the narrow passageways from the swinging lanterns. Crew run to and fro as they make their way to their stations and you find yourselves repeatedly standing with your backs to the bulkhead - more often than not with some miscellaneous piece of equipment digging into them.

The steward appears and asks your indulgence and to please go to your cabins and remain there until word is passed that you may come out again.