Location: Cargo Hold<br/>Tagged: the wolf, with warm wishes to Sae'Ka, Theresa, Valen, Selwyn<br/><br/><br/>Callenda spared the briefest glance at the creatures coming from the water, then took a longer moment to take in the new additions to the castaways in the hold - they looked fit enough, almost certainly the sort that could fight.  Fortunate, this, since the addition of two merchants or clerks wouldn't have really improved their odds.  Presumably, it was those most inclined to the adventuring professions that stood the greatest chance of survival, even in a somewhat indiscriminate disaster such as this.<br/><br/>She heard the dark elf planning - sensibly enough - to leave, but to Callenda's relief, the human had managed to convince her to stay.  Now, since the others seemed prepared to fight these menacing creatures, Callenda had the option to continue her efforts with the wolf.  She could simply free it, of course, and that might even earn some simple gratitude from the creature - but she knew it could more easily earn her a torn throat.  At least the creature was back a bit, and quiet enough that she might get through to it.  Normally she'd use food with a canine, but she had none, and in this situation it probably would ignore it anyway.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">I'm not certain whether my earlier Diplomacy check has actually "completed" or not.  I believe there's generally no point trying two checks in a row, whether the first succeeds or fails - so if Callenda feels she's accomplished all she can do now (even if that's nothing), she'll stop working on the wolf!  If not, she'll continue her efforts.<br/><br/>Thanks to yesiroleplay, I realize I forgot to add my level, so it's at +1, not zero.  Impressive!</div></div>