un: white pawn; video

[chosenbylight]

[Anduin appears on the deck of the Pariah, toying with the blue amulet the priests have given him as he frowns in thought.]

As I am certain you are aware by now, both of our ships appear to be in the midst of a haunting.

The priests the captain has brought along with him have given their guidance as to how we might deal with these ghosts. They have also provided some of us with these.

[Anduin holds up his amulet.]

The amulets allow us to see and communicate with the spirits. I have used it to do so, and the conversation we had is why I come to you now.

The spirit I spoke to had much to say, but most notably — he claimed that there is something within the Pariah which is drawing them here. Something similar to whatever it is that is keeping them below, within the sea.

Earlier in our voyage, I had another conversation with a member of Captain Vane's group by the name of Mr Briggs. He had mentioned at the time that his position with the crew is transportation logistics of cargo, and that he is now on loan to Captain Quicksilver in that capacity. I did not think much of it at the time, but now...

[Anduin's expression is tight and drawn.]

Now I cannot help but wonder what it is that we are traveling with. And therefore I must ask of you —

Has anyone heard more about what it is we are carrying? In light of the news I have shared, what else have we learned of our voyage from members of the crew?

At the very least we may yet come to understand the dangers we are facing, here.

((ooc: dated to during the priest's plot; for the purposes of sharing any current plot information, feel free to threadjack away!!))

Comments

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

Well, given what we have seen before, I wouldn't be surprised if they had one of those mirrors on board of one of the ships.

All I've heard about for certain is drugs, but if they do have a mirror, I doubt anyone would speak of it openly.

un: absterge

[downswing]

A summons' instrument?

un: yiling laozu

[weifinder]

Nothing specific, not at this point. If we believe something's here on the Pariah, I may be able to investigate with care.

Or Five.

@samsa, text

[enucleation]

I don't know anything regarding the cargo, but I spoke to Caladan-san.

He compared me to Quicksilver-san. [ which could mean a lot, but perhaps it mostly means he is dangerous and threading around the undead ] He also said Quicksilver-san might have gone too far to stay alive.

But Caladan-san added that this is Quicksilver-san last voyage and after all of this, he will retire and both the Pariah and the Queen Zanyra will be Caladan's.

un: starbust (audio)

[valeas]

( Emilia's voice is sobering, restrained. )

The spirit I was able to communicate with mentioned Quicksilver has been here before already, with the vessel Storm at Sea. They spoke, too, of a great power many seek in the region. He could not tell me what this power actually was — a weapon, endless gold, or dominion over the sea — only that governments and pirates alike have gone to great lengths in their effort to secure it.

I have yet to learn anything of suspicious cargo myself, but it strikes me as something we must prioritise.

( To find it before it somehow finds them, unawares. )

audio;

[reparo]

A part of me wanted to say something like 'can we never catch a break', but it's starting to really bother me that every time we've gone in the direction that the Merchant has told us to go, we've found undead armies, mirror shards and whatnot.

@taken for granite | private

[rumorate]

Do you think the ghosts might know?

[Because she doesn't, and the whispers she's heard haven't been particularly concrete, but maybe her little volcano adventure doesn't have to be a complete frustration and could actually be useful.]