Kimba the Storyteller_______
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Kimba
PantherClaw Taluna Lair
--on the docks of the Pirate Cove going to or from the ships--
to ALL
: *Keenan had completed his mission to Schendi. The Tarnsman had ridden his bird to the port city, and tossed around some coppers buying rounds in the dockside bars. After a couple of days, he had identified a ship out of Bazi, bound for Ianda. They had a load of tea from home, and had traded 2/3 of it for goods that were valuable in Ianda, spices particularly, because verr are the only meat animals that do well in the desolate, wind-swept, hillsides and mountains of the big southern island, and the Iandan cuisine is hugely dependent on spices.*
(20:38:54 )
Kimba the Storyteller_______
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Kimba
PantherClaw Taluna Lair
--on the docks of the Pirate Cove going to or from the ships--
to ALL
: *As Gorean ships tend to do, this one was hugging the coast. Keenan had let it get 4 days out, and then reconoitered its position from tarnback, on his way here. We are on the south side of place where the coastline juts as far west as any place in the southern hemisphere. We have a coastline here that has the sea to our south. It’s 50 pasangs west of here to the southwest corner of the Jungle coast, far enough for southbound ships to usually be out of our sphere of awareness, and thus able to pass safely. But, if we knew a ship was coming, it’s a different situation. And thanks to Keenan, I know that a prize worth taking is going to pass 50 pasangs west of here, around midnight tonight.*
(20:50:22 )
Kimba the Storyteller_______
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Kimba
PantherClaw Taluna Lair
--on the docks of the Pirate Cove going to or from the ships--
to ALL
: *Two moons would be rising in 30 minutes, and that would provide a strong tide to the west, that would get us started. According to Donar, that’s why this location had hosted pirates in the past, successful ones it seemed. The place was called Parrot Cove. Donar couldn’t remember the name of the Pirate who ran the place, just that the Pirates had disbanded after the Leader had gone bonkers. Lost his mind, it seemed. The serums can’t always protect against madness. Donar had also told me that our light galley could outpace a bigger ship only in calm seas, and it’s a rough sea tonight. And Thassa is always rougher yet around the cape to the west, where the sea meets the outflow of the three small rivers that flow into the bay where the Cove and the Ville are located. My plan was to load up with sand bags for the trip west, and then pitch them overboard at the cape. Thus, with no weight, we’d flounder in the rough seas without oarsmen. We’d pretend the crew was sick, and couldn’t row. We’d like helpless, and the greedy Merchant would think he could seem to offer help and take our ship. But, you know what they say, “I thought I was hunting Panthers, turns out they were hunting me.”*
(20:59:46 )
Kimba the Storyteller_______
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Kimba
PantherClaw Taluna Lair
~aboard the light galley "Exhausted Contentment"~
--on a ship in the hidden pirate cove, South of the Exchange Point--
to ALL
: *The Exhausted Contenment, is ready to pole away from the Docks, and I can see moonglow in the eastern sky. It’s time, and I board ship, with Tasp along. She gets along real well with the ship’s captain and crew, as she had been in charge, in my absence, most of the time we were on the Vosk. It works out better for me to relay orders through her. I already made a deal with Donar of tea and spices for charcoal, and he’s probably going to be here next weekend. So I need to make this work. I wish Medi was along, but the timing was bad, as she was on a trip now with Braum, to Turia.*
(22:20:03 )
Kimba the Storyteller_______
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Kimba
PantherClaw Taluna Lair
~aboard the light galley "Exhausted Contentment"~
--on a ship at sea near the coastline--
to Katrina
: *I signal to Tasp, pointing to the cape, and make the hand sign for run, because we are behind schedule now. Soon the sails will be unfurled fully, and most of the crewmen pulling double time on the oars.* Make a life doing what? Trading?
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