Aboard the Star of Nostro

The next ten minutes pass stressfully. There are creaks and groans of wood and rope. Everyone's ears catch the slightest sounds and set your pulses racing. At one point there was pounding and scratching at the impromptu barricade stuffed into the hatch barring the bilge deck. Finally the Ibis ship arrives and you hear a voice calling, "Ahoy there! What has happened here?"

The Ibis man, dressed in a red and white nautical outfit with gold trim, nods and places a ten-foot plank between the boats. "You'll have to move quickly; your ship seems to be taking on water." Indeed, the railing height difference between the two boats is already two feet and your ship is starting to list to starboard, making the gangplank ever more unstable.

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Inside the cabin, Dahut shakes her head. She looks down at her feet and can only wiggle a few stony toes. While the spell has been broken, it will still take time for the effects to wear off. Most of her skin is still stone-covered, like petrified bark. "Cut down a hammock and two of you can carry me. Please don't leave me here to die." Her eyes are wide and glistening.

Round 1
Eggo the ekrask crosses over the plank first. Almost as soon as he's across, smoke starts billowing from all hatches below deck. Dengus and Belamina hurriedly move next door to the First Mate's room and cut down his hammock.

Round 2
Gryff the Elder begins making his way when the ship lists suddenly and Gryff loses his footing. Luckily he falls in a sitting motion and only manages to crush his wrinkly grandpa balls. He painfully stands up and hobbles the rest of the way over. Dengus and Belamina lift Dahut into the hammock. The smoke continues to billow.

Round 3
Merilda is about to cross when she hears Dengus and Belamina crying "Make way!" and they emerge with Dahut being carried in a hammock between them. She lets them begin to cross. The wood under the main deck starts to feel uncomfortably warm.

Dahut's deity was watching over her as Dengus slipped she was lucky enough to be directly over the planks and fell straight down, landing straight on her back, perfectly balanced. After Dengus recovers, he and Belamina finish crossing with Dahut in tow.

Merilda likewise makes her way across but another section splintered under her feet. She does a graceful pirouette to keep her balance. She finishes crossing and lands lightly on the other ship.