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[rowancrowned]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Thranduil
RECIPIENT: All characters on the Galicia and the Walrus.
WHAT: DONT BE THAT BITCH.
WHEN: During the boat flight from Minrathous.
WHERE: Boats, Ocean.
NOTES: oooh god I’m on my phone don’t make me link to thing.

Those on the Galicia saw it first hand, but to those on the Walrus, the Venatori abroad the warship pursuing us have made us an offer of safe passage in exchange for the currently incapacitated Archon Radonis, who is aboard.

I would hope [ thranduil’s voice low and dangerous. ] that no one need reminding that the Venatori are liars and their promises worth nothing.

[ but there’s one in every batch who might think first of saving their own skin, and that’s why thranduil is hanging out with the (unconscious) radonis and his friend, a knife. ]

And I would think that we would far prefer to strike fear into the hearts of the Venatori after the ordeal we were put through in Minrathous, with some of our comrades still missing and presumed captured, rather than simper and beg their mercy.

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crystal

[sorcerised]

We can't give him over to them. Whatever else we do, we can't do that.

[ ... ]

When you say incapacitated, what exactly do you mean?

action;

[sclavus]

[ After speaking with Gwenaelle and Flint on their plan of action from here, Vane goes looking through the crew to find Aro. He'll be a necessary part of this, if they want to keep the Galicia in one piece. As well as those aboard it, for the most part.

He hears him over the crystal, as well as aloud, and follows the voice, coming up to him with a hand that touches at his shoulder briefly. ]

We have a plan, but we'll need your abilities for it. How close do you need to be to a ship to put wind in her sails?

Re: action;

[sorcerised]

[ Aro looks up at him. It obviously can't be about this ship, so he's instantly wary. ]

To make it move? Around fifteen feet. Why, what are we doing?

action;

[sclavus]

Shit. [ fifteen feet, that's not a lot of leeway. they'll have to work with it anyway. ]

Moving the Galicia. We have to engage the Venatori ship, there's no other option for that, but as it stands, the merchant vessel will be stuck in the crossfire.

[sorcerised]

[ Aro stares at him. ]

So I need to move them out of the way.

[ Well, it makes sense enough. Fifteen feet seems a lot closer between ships than between people. He looks around, fixing finally on the crow's nest. ]

I can do it from up there. The spell is...loud. Painfully loud, to anyone close to me, but I can do it if you can get us near enough.

[sclavus]

Exactly.

[ move them out of the way, but even up on the crow's nest, that's at least 100 feet up from the deck alone, and the deck is over 30 feet across. even if they come up right alongside her, that's the edge of his range. ]

We could also send you and a couple others out on a launcher ahead of the ship. [ his chin jerks to the smaller boats set upside down on the sides of the deck. launchers. ] It'd be quieter, at least, but you'd be vulnerable.

Or, stick you out at the very edge of the jib boom. [ which Vane has probably told him by now, is the long, thin beam sticking out from the front of the ship. ]

[sorcerised]

[ Aro looks between those options. They both have drawbacks. One of those should definitely be safety, but if that's crossed his mind, he doesn't mention it. ]

If I'm on the jib boom, I'm an easy target. They might hit me before I can summon, and in the boats...well, we could probably get close, but unless I row out there alone, it'll hurt whoever's with me.

[ He considers it, then shakes his head. ]

Might be the best option. They're less likely to see a smaller boat approaching, anyway.

[sclavus]

Hurt? [ vane frowns, brows knit as he looks back to aro. ]

I thought you said it was just loud.

[sorcerised]

[ Aro stares at him. Thunder damage is so easily understood back home that it hadn't occurred to him that it might be strange. He shakes his head. ]

Vane, I make storms. Have you ever had a thunderclap go off right beside you? Loud, yes. Not loud enough to shatter bone [ because he learns that at a higher level, it'll come! ], but enough to damage hearing, even burst an eardrum? Absolutely.

[sclavus]

Shit. [ that... is actually a very good point, now that he thinks of it. And yes, he has been in the middle of a storm and had a thunderclap go off directly above the ship. He nods his head, understanding what aro’s getting at, and frowns, hand coming to his chin. ]

Do you know any spells that might cloak you?

[sorcerised]

No, sadly. I knew a bard who could do that. He's -- [ He glances at Vame, and quickly changes tack. ] --irrelevant at the moment, actually.

I can hide. Cover my hair, lay low in a rowboat and cast it from there. Odds are they're not going to worry about that when they're focused on this ship, right?

[sclavus]

Odds are they won't. If they do, jump over the side. We'll throw you a line from the ship.

[ please tell him you're one of the people who knows how to swim, Aro. ]

[sorcerised]

All right.

[ Luckily enough, he is. Also luckily, he doesn't seem intimidated. ]

Sounds like a plan. I'll get ready to move.