*The catfish gave a surprisingly cheerful giggle through a very subtle smile at being nuzzled, stating*, "Okay okay, maybe I'm being grouchy today...but can you blame me? I just watched a god get the blood thrashed out of her...that's really bad juju Sey. As in hope you don't get killed by a mouse level bad." *a shiver visibly ran down Wiska's spine making her tail rapidly wiggle around.*<br/><br/>*Upon the pinching of her cheeks, Wiska raised one eye and narrowed the other before turning around and pinching Seydons cheeks to make him look as if he were grimacing*, "And this is what he looks like after he ate 'BRUSSEL SPROUTS'!" *the catfish stated continuing the comedy, she smiled, eye to eye while giggling ever more until they were addressed by the captain.*<br/><br/>"I've only been so far along the Jade river, the swamp is my home, my turf, my magic is strongest in muddy terrain, but I can still tell you what I've seen from the edge. The jungle turns to stone and grass at some point, huge rocks, but the river is still wide and muddy!" ("Just like you!" *Suddenly pouty Wiska*)<br/>-<br/><br/>*Thava crossed her arms as Sin stated her distrust of Yggdrasil*, "I don't mean to be rude, while her status as a true goddess is...well, questionable. I've never known her to be cruel, mischievous perhaps, but I've never seen her intentionally harm someone without cause. What kind of task has been imposed on you?" *When Thava heard the Goddess's intention she held her chin in claw and her expression became...anxious.* "The lands west of the Yggdric Jungle are mysterious, from what I've heard, some of mothers sisters live in the lands along the river...powerful magical ones...destructive ones. The Lightning goddess is rumored to be one of them, though I do not know where...and mind you this is mere gossip. Yggdrasil is normally very open with these things but, recently she's been...well...rather closed off. She only leaves the garden during special celebrations...it's not healthy goddess or not."<br/><br/>*At the mention of Hakaam though, Thava puffed up and stuck her nose in the air*, "aaah I'm gonna be one fat woman tonight. Dining on Hakaam, Mm-mm-MM! I call first dibs!" *she boasted pulling a full emotional 180.*<br/>-<br/><br/>"On the matter of the rudder", *Thava started*, "I'm not absolutely sure but...hmm, Wiska what kind of spells are you capable of utilizing?"<br/><br/>"Earth and Water mostly, and a few lesser cantrips", *the catfish shaman replied turning to the Hanaryuu knight.*<br/><br/>"Elemental, hmm, druidic? Or Sorcery?"<br/><br/>"Um...Shaman...I'm a shaman...the fucks a druidic?"<br/><br/>*...thava facepalmed*, "Never mind, just come with me when the captain finds our target, we'll fix the rudder to one side so all they'll be able to do is turn to port, sitting ducks for the crew, ahe-heh...ducks, tasty tasty ducks", *the knight licked her chops thinking about it*, "Once were done with the rudder, we'll board from the water. Seydon was it? Can you swim us to the ship, you seem to be in your element in the open ocean, pluss your size means horsepower, I hate to be a burden...literally, but your our best shot at catching a moving ship...after you drop us off, you should board the ship and toy with them till Sin and the crew get close enough to do some damage."<br/>-=-=-=-=-<br/><br/>[Battle of the Sea Dove]:<br/><br/>*There were several opportunities Sin would pass up, a less experienced captain would take one of the numerous Brigantine ships that crossed the Bloody Devils path, but then the ships spotter, a Kenku(raven folk) named Boom called down "GALLEON AHOY CAPTAIN, NORTH BOW", *Boom stated oddly sounding exactly like the captains own bellow.*<br/><br/>*At the dim twilight, to the ships South West, came an average sized Hakaam Galleon, a bit larger than the Bloody Devil, and far larger than the Brigantine ships they've seen so far*, "FULL CARGO", *Boom called down again in Sin's own voice. It was odd but Kenku had specialized abilities that made them famously exquisite thieves. In fact their culture was based around Thievery.*<br/><br/>*Wiska began to chant slowly and methodically spinning her zig-zagging new staff in hand in an almost dancing way. Around the ship a thick fog would start rolling up from the sea, to the crew it would seem thin, but beyond it the Bloody Devil all but vanished in the white mist.* "The fog will linger for a short time", *she stated when her chanting was done, then when the captain gave the go ahead, Wiska, and Thava lept into the water and held Seydon's claws letting him tow their lighter forms through the water, they helped when they could but, in the open sea, a great white was about as swift and sure as one got.*<br/><br/>*At the rudder, Thava set her claws upon the device and from them sprung numerous thorned rose vines, that entangled the thing and slowly locked it to turn portside. From there Wiska called forth huge clumps of mud from the plane of earth, and clogged up the rudders for a while by packing the mud around the hinges It'd wash out after some time though so they needed to move fast, when the two girls surfaced, wiska held her staff up and created a disk of light in the center then turned it a few times to make three flashes of light before letting the light fade. A signal lamp from the Bloody Devil would show they received the go to, and from there the plunder began.*<br/>-<br/><br/>The Galleons name was the Sea Dove, her captain, bearing a snake's skull with gazelle horns as her face, was named Anumi, her fur was blond in hue, and her scales black as coal. She awoke with a startle hearing a ruckus from below decks. Swiftly she dawned her bone armor, and great bone Falchion, rushing out onto the main deck pole lantern in hand. Hakam lanterns doubled as fire maces, their bodies being well resistant to flame, they tended to weaponize fire and flammables often.*<br/><br/>*Seydon would find himself facing a Hakaam fighter, whom upon seeing him as he rose up from the lower decks made a sound exactly like an elephants trumpet, then rushed the big shark man with a thing that looked like a heavy arm mounted bone pile driver.* (an adaptation of the Lacertus armblades. The Hakaam are likely trading partners with the Lacertus, due to their lands being right next to each other.)<br/><br/>*The head of the driver was essentially a Katar blade, a wide spear head shaped dagger of sorts, the Hakaam wielding it possessed a raptorian body though with near humanoid arms and hand/claws, dark green fur, blue scales, and a face like the skull of a weasel. She was about 4'3" tall, 7' long and clearly bloodthirsty as she trumpeted again and came at Seydon high, trying to get under his armpits with the that mean spear like weapon.*<br/><br/>Kenku facts:<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">(Kenku are a DnD Race short wingless crow people, very difficult to roleplay. They're like living recorders of information, Kenku can only repeat words they've heard in the exact tone they've heard them. Same for everything else as well. They can only do things they've seen others do, but they can copy with flawless perfection, also making them astounding warriors. They eat rotten stuff as well, so any spoiled foods, Boom gets those.)</div></div></div>