conversations.from: system
conversations.value: ROLEPLAY_MODE: Develop the plot slowly, always stay in character. Describe all actions in full, elaborate, explicit, graphic, and vivid detail. Mention all relevant sensory perceptions. Keep the story immersive and engaging.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: CaeruliusVentus: The sun, resting on the horizon, is a circular ember glowing red beneath the towering clouds of the storm your has only recently passed under.  For their part, the storm clouds glow gold in the sunset with streaks of majestic fire.  Their beauty mocks the near death experience they brought to the small ship, now riding low in the tide near the Dragon Coast.
  It was supposed to be a simple journey.  A quick passage across the Dragonmere during the peaceful time of late spring.  Instead, two hours out of Cormyr, a southward gale took the boat well out of sight of land before dying as quickly as it had risen.  The crew suspecting foul play were ready for anything, but still were shocked by the tempest that came down from the north.
  Through hours of tossing waves and frantically bailing and plugging holes, you have finally reached your destination only to be beached miles from civilization.
  The task that brought you to the Dragon Coast is important, but someone tried to kill you.  That someone is in sore need of an introduction to Verdant Corporation, and that takes precedent.
  
  
  You stand on the beach near sunset.  Your clothes are soaked from swimming, though your personal provisions are largely intact.  The crew also made it safely to the shore, but have decided to try to save the ship.  They will stay on the shore tonight and then part ways with you in the morning.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: RJKrik: Orin : "Well, it appears someone did not want us to make it off of that ship alive. Perhaps Cora and Tandra can see if there is any magic left to detect, as I doubt that was a natural storm. We should keep a close watch tonight as whoever did this might have sent someone to determine our fate. We can start a search in the morning."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Llencelyn: Tandra attempts to cast Detect Magic, checking for lingering auras or perhaps something actually on the wreckage or crew.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: CaeruliusVentus: Tandra
   
   Spoiler 
  
  You detect a mixture of auras on the party, a total of 2 faint auras on the crew, and 3 medium auras around the ship.  The auras on the crew and ship are recognizable as enchanted tools and charms used by the sailors to make sailing easier.  The storm has move off past the range of detect magic, but based on your knowledge of spellcraft, there was nothing natural about the spell.
   
  
  
  Terjon
   
   Spoiler 
  
  Your knowledge of nature lets you judge with pretty high certainty that the storm was not natural.  From where you stand on the beach observing nature, you notice a small walking path a little ways up the beach into the woods.
   
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Llencelyn: Tandra: "Looks like you were right, Orin. Definitely not a natural storm. It's too far gone for me to get anything more, though."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Selya: "That was an experience I'd rather not repeat," Cora said as she futilely wrung water out of her shirt.  "I was really hoping that we didn't have anyone with a vendetta against us yet."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: CaeruliusVentus: While Fug! is helping the sailors haul wood onto the beach and other actions in preparation for dislodging the ship, the party sets about finding a place to start a  small  fire.
  
  A short way up the beach, Terjon finds a spot sheltered by an outcropping of rock.  Finding wood and other fuel is trivial among the trees at the edge of beach and starting a fire requires only a minimal application of fire.
  
  An hour or two later, the party is sitting around the small fire under the stars with the surf quietly pounding away at the sand talking about what to do in the morning.
  
   
   Spoiler 
  
  if you want to skip the even and jump to the next day, we can do that.
   