2nd Book: Justice Denied
Copyright© 2025 by Luvirini
Chapter 20: Toward the Next Adventure
August 6
The group decides to keep the casino. They go tell Kwava what has happened. They tell about finding the dark elf that Kwava was looking for. Kwava listens with interest to what those elves had planned and considers their calling a star to hit Devil’s Elbow island extremely worrying. He sends a message to his employers.
Neiia and Jaysek write a report to the adventurers’ guild, and after that, Neiia goes to look for employees for the casino, namely one casino manager and one casino floor master.
Jaysek and Kieron go looking for a ship. They find a 65 foot four-masted vessel whose captain believes he can get it repaired in a few days. The ship’s name is Flying Cloud, and the captain’s name is Creesy.
The captain invites the group to dinner to discuss the matter more thoroughly. Neiia finds a new casino master for the Golden Goblin who had been fired from the neighboring casino because he was apparently too honest. The casino boss’s name is Kwareid Edward.
In the evening, the group goes to talk with the ship’s captain and they sit and chat. They hear that they have gotten other things repaired, but they haven’t gotten new sails yet. Kieron remembers that there are old sails as curtains on the casino roof, so something could be found there. Neiia thinks that some of them might be in good enough condition to be used.
When they are finishing their meeting, they hear a shout from outside that “fire is loose.” The group runs to the deck and notices that there are five separate fires on the ship’s deck. Jaysek starts putting out fires with magic, Neiia casts water on one fire, and the fires are extinguished in a few seconds. They notice that on shore are four people who have just cut the ropes so that the burning boat wouldn’t set the dock, etc. on fire. However, the group also notices that they look somewhat disappointed, so they suspect that they set the fires.
Neiia slows one, and Ra starts running after one man but falls behind so quickly that he returns and orders the slowed man to surrender or die. The man surrenders and says that they had been hired for the price of one silver to set the ship on fire. He doesn’t know who hired them or why, other than that the group was apparently supposed to be delayed. The group lets the man go and stays to guard the ship for the night. However, Jaysek casts fire protection on the ship.
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