<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c4/a2/eb/c4a2eb3622a5fd5f4149b8e094a22fa3.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Danae Vine-Lott (https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/13428552/mqOlTT)<br/><strong>Location: </strong>The Mercy<br/><strong>Wearing: </strong>White cotton jodhpurs (unbuttoned), loose grey muslin riding shirt with collar open and sleeves rolled up, barefoot<br/><strong>Content: </strong>Rescued<br/><strong>Tagging: </strong>Captain Baykur, Open<br/><br/><hr/><br/>What manner of trick of Fate was this?  Danae contemplated her good fortune and at once considered it premature.  They knew little of the<em>Mercy</em>or her crew, much less of their intentions.  Fortuitous as the ship's intervention had been in saving them from the wreck of the<em>Charlotte</em>, she could not help but think that they have been cast into an altogether more difficult predicament.  There were slavers on the waves, and privateers.  To have been rescued may have been just the beginning of their travails.  Long years of campaigning in the wilds of Mordent had taught her diffidence.<br/><br/>"Captain," she addressed the mistress of the<em>Mercy</em>, "I am Lieutenant Danae Vine-Lott.  For rescuing us from the jaws of the deep, you have my gratitude.  Doubtless you will know that I and my companions are far from home. A storm claimed our vessel and to me these waters are uncharted.  Tell us, what manner of ship is this?"  She left the question hanging.  Unaccustomed to being disarmed, she felt vulnerable.  If their newfound hosts wished to seize them as raiding booty they could do so with relatively little resistance.  These foreigners and their knavish ways were not to be trusted and it was incumbent on her - an officer and a lady - to be on her guard.<br/><br/>"At any rate, though we are loath to be a burden on your crew, Captain," Danae continued, "there are women here who need rest and water.  We have been adrift since the dead of night."  Horizon cresting the dawn promised a new day, but Danae was uncertain what new uncertainties it would bring.