Unlacing the leather brace which kept Emma's leg straight was delicate work. The skin beneath proved tender, and elicited a hiss through the teeth coming off. It was a break which had been set in a hurry, and endured unknown traumas on the tossing waves, not to mention landfall. But beneath the bruising, the stitched seam on angry skin, the bone was aligned and mending. She had received all the care a doctor could provide. It was important to someone that she make a full recovery, unhobbled.<br/><br/>"They left us below because we were infirm," said Emma. "Everyone else was taken above."<br/><br/>Underneath Delphine's bandage showed a deep knife puncture on the side, beneath the ribs, similarly stitched. Broadly it was agreed that Eloise had been the one which wielded the knife, had accused Delphine and Garsenda of being witches. But now Eloise was rendered a vacant nitwit, and Delphine would doubtless regain her color and vigor given time.<br/><br/>"We don't know what awaits us out there," Margaret Hotspur cautioned Danae against leaving. "If we had but stay together on the ship, then maybe-"<br/><br/>But words alone could not stop Danae's grim work, and nothing more was on offer. Weary, afraid, ill prepared, not one rose to accompany her.<br/><br/>By Doctor Noire's key the hallway unlocked, and there in the hallway what light Danae brought illuminated pale legs outstretched from drab skirts, the gleam of porcelain masks. They were waiting for her, in the claustrophobic maze of upstairs halls, and roused from sluggish rest once Danae began to step through them.<br/><br/>"Murderer," one whispered. "Traitor," another, and "Adultress."<br/><br/>Hands grasped, clawing at the unwanted clothes of Danae, aggravating freshly healed back, all with the reckless abandon of sins pulling a woman down to hell. Danae could not be allowed to pass. Masked lunatics threw themselves at her until the hallway became hot and breathless with scant inches to struggle.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Danae should make an Athletics check, DC 11</div><div class="spoiler_body">If Danae is willing to wield deadly force, like her musket, she can make the check with advantage, rolling twice and keeping the best result.<br/><br/>On a success Danae can force through the lunatics and reach either Doctor Noire's quarters or Doctor Rehner's quarters. Getting to further rooms, or getting back, will require another check each time.<br/><br/>On a failure, Danae is going to be restrained by lunatics. </div></div>