NW:2 Pitor Killed the Captain

Starring: Sedeq, Brenton, Pitor, and Falcon
Guest Starring: Eleanor Oaksey, Billy Younder, Ester Frey, Crayborn Frey, Arry Frey, Edwin Bainbridge, and introducing Dario Nardozzi, Maud Steed, and Amabel
Challenge: Wild Dogs; Sheep, Billy Younder, Confusion
Location: Aboard the The Stranger's Bride
Date Played: 01 Feb 2011

Sedeq tends to the girl/A pig goes missing/My magnets are crazy!

Brenton: Ah, the joy of polarizing filaments. I love working on such an easy task for it allows my mind to wander. I wandered a bit more than expected, as it appears that my compass was running wild. It would spin wildly, occasionally pointing in a random direction. To check on this, I made a second. Though crude, it did the same thing as the original one I made.

Most likely, it is due to us traveling over a ley line. It doesn't feel too strong, but it must be attuned to magnetic fields. Nothing I can really do but turn them into Billy. He took them without thanks, as expected. I swear, I wouldn't help the man if he was being ravaged by a pack of wild dogs!

All hands on deck for jobs

Brenton: It looks like most of the people that came here to colonize are going to be assigned jobs. It is a good thing I didn't come here to do such. The work I must has their colonization pale in its magnitude. They "threatened" to give jobs to those that don't sign up, but I feel I am exempt as I am only here as an overflow passenger.

It appears that Falcon and Sedeq signed up to be in the scouting party as expected. What took me as a shock was Pitor signed up as well. He doesn't seem to be the type built for that kind of work. Talk about breaking a probability table!

They have tried to talk me into it, and they pose some valid points. If I am truly forced to, the scouting party is where I may be. It will give me the most opportunities to collect samples from this land. Also, it would be good to be surrounded by some strong arms as well.

Billy is attacked by the captain's dogs

Brenton: I didn't help him. I was more concerned about the stories of the mass amount of animals that went crazy on the ship. I decided to go to the steerage and check on the animal there. They were all calm, so I headed back after getting my knife and my toolkit. By the time I get back, the fight was over. Pitor was a bit excited over killing a dog. It almost overshadowed the fact he suffered a grievous wound.

I decided to clean his room and gather a little evidence on what could have caused the dogs to attack him. His door was not well locked, so I let myself in. Inside, I found a half finished sigil that looked like one of warding done in blood, as well as spell components and a few other things that rang of the arcane. There were also some bloody sheets and clothes. After finding this information I decided to clean up a bit of the room. Some of the blood samples are a bit old, but I may be able to make something of them in a few days.

Fire!

Brenton: While cleaning, some guards came by and heard me inside. They questioned my presence but were not too concerned. Evidently something was going on above deck and no one was allowed to see. I got a bit curious, and made my way to a stairwell. The guards wouldn't let me pass and made a weak excuse that the stairwell was under repair. As to not make liars out of them, I set the stairs aflame. Not a big fire, mind you, but enough to be a distraction.

As expected, their minds went to their primitive state and panicked at the mere sign of fire. I took the opportunity to take charge and put the fire out with a blanket from my pack. Once done, I made my way to the deck.

I was a bit shocked to find Billy cutting a sigil into Arry while the blood dripped down onto a sheep. It was a strange scene and I couldn't parse out exactly what the ritual was. I could only tell it was some sort of binding ritual. I decided to stay uninvolved and watch. Billy tried to use some sort of mind power on me but failed, twice. I warned him not to try a third time.

I never found out if he was going to take my advice as Falcon came charging and brandishing his weapon. Billy quickly turned his attention onto Falcon, which freed me up to use a slight bit of magnetism to disarm Billy, putting a stop to some of the bloodshed so we can at least figure out what is going on. Luckily, Falcon's sense of honor had him using his fist so Billy would only be knocked out.

Crayborn eventually got involved as well. This is when things started to take a turn for the worse. Sedeq then ran up and clubbed the sheep. The chaos started to run a bit thick and I decided to get the captain to end all of this. To my dismay, I found Pitor standing over the bloody corpse of the captain. I fear his dog-killing lust has spilled over into the human realm. I yell for help, as this situation has become more involved than I could have predicted.

Dramatic cliffhanger

• Falcon fights against the magics of Billy and the blades of a crewman on the mast.
• Sedeq races to get people on the deck, in the hopes of sorting this out, after first beaten a sheep to near death.
• Brenton finds Pitor in the captains quarters, with pieces of the captain's insides strewn throughout, yelling "Pitor killed the Captain!"
• Crayborn is disabled by two crewmen while fighting for Arry, who hangs from the mast by his hands, unconscious.

Pitor's Session Poem

Dogs attack and rend,
Daring fight and then,
Disabled by sickle-nails Pitor is wan,
Death is near but Falcon's fists do win,
Doctor's ministrations do mend.

Safer things hold Pitor's mind but,
Soon there are strange signs and passage above decks is blocked,
Snakes and Pitor have the stealth to ascend the stairs,
Some others ascend in fire and Brenstone,
Sergeants and officers hold court with wound-plows,
Son Arrey is held and accused of witchery,
Sir Falcon sees this,
Sword raised and,
Strikes.

"Doth the captain know this ill thing?" Pitor cried,
"Dare the mate act thus?" and he went to the captain,
Desiring to save his friends, he finds the captain,
Dead.

Rewards

Brenton — Tapping the Ley line: Over the course of the last several weeks you have managed to siphon enough energy fuel the Direct Electricity option of Energy Shaping a single time.

Pitor — A More Authentic Perspective: The encounter with the wild dogs was *authentic*, leading the muses to bless you to a new creative high, granting you a +4 to any single creative endeavor (Perform or Craft skill).