<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/95/Atoll-donut900web.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>The expedition<br/><strong>Location/Date/Time:</strong>Somewhere on the Western Ocean, 8 Resplendent Earth, Early afternoon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>None<br/><br/>The planning meeting finished up, Umari inviting captains Ramalan and Pearl for a private conference afterwards where he laid out age dulled maps and indicated the last known (or at least best guessed) position for the other Manse. "Here, as best we can tell," he said, tapping the map. "I would estimate it is hundreds of miles from any other nearby island or shipping lane, so it should be untouched. No one has any real reason to go there, after all."<br/><br/>Supplies and personnel loaded, the trio of vessels set forth, the weather being, if not fair, then no worse than would be expected for this season. The days passed in relative calm, til the convoy reached the approximate location Umari had provided. A few hours was spent searching, the ships spreading out to searching for any signs of the manse, when a signal was passed from Ramalan to the others, his lookouts having spotted what seemed to a circular atoll or reef a few miles distant. With nothing else found, it seemed the best place to start searching properly. If nothing else, it would provide a central location for a more thorough search.