To Safety?

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The group watched as the sun arose over the churning waters. No longer could they see the Midnight Sonnet, or the Sea Wraith that laid siege to the boat during their escape the night before. While hearts were still heavy over the abandonment of Aerissa, the group had decisions they had to make. The group debated across the two row boats of where their destination should be now. It was agreed that South towards the Dural Channel was decidely a non-option with the war between the Kingdom of Makle and the Kingdom of Prax being waged heaviest there. Eventually it was also agreed that North to the Kingdom of Willnor was not feasible in the boats they had and with the limited supplies the group had acquired. Thus the group was left with two options; to sail East to the Kingdom of Makle, or to sail West to the Kingdom of Prax. There was debate if going to the Kingdom of Makle was the best option to clear their names or a terrible option that would get them all captured. After a lengthy debate though it was decided that heading to the Northern part of the Kingdom of Prax gave the group the best options to pick a safe path to clear their names.

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The waters were calm for most of the travels, but on this day the group spotted a cutter on the horizon. The group wanted no part in dealing with the cutter, and Elseth suggested they take a friendly approach rather than an intimidating approach should they run into the cutter. When the cutter approached the group, however, this plan did not pan out. Quickly the cutters occupants identified themselves as pirates who desired to take the small amount of goods the group had on them. Not ones to be pushed around and intimidated, the group fought back against the pirates, and a trio of sharks who joined the fight. The fight was chaotic as arcane powers were revelaed, and Zoomus nearly died after being hit by a makeshift projectile by Tia. However, after the battle was finished the group relished in the fact they now had a cutter to continue their voyage, which would cut down on their travel time.

The rest of the travel was filled with discussions between different members of this new group of acquaintances; Aratak and Kel discussed their odd forms of magic; Guy revealed to the group that he was not actually a human, but a Yuan-ti Pure-blood who had been transformed due to the erratic nature of wild magic; Calla thanked Elseth for his calming actions and inquired a bit about his disguising abilities, while Elseth made it known he is really not liking water anymore. Slowly the group was beginning to get to know each other truly and, possibly, trust each other. Which was good as they were soon to make landfall on the Kingdom of Prax, with an unclear task in hand.