<strong>Aboard the Wreck of the Dread Horizon</strong><br/>Brandon, Theresa, Sae'Ka, Valen, Maron, Selwyn<br/><br/>Brandon feels the wall to his back in both the literal and figurative. The Sea Witch is upon him, and though her touch and voice are gentle, there is no doubt that something dark and dangerous lurks just beneath the surface of her otherwise sultry demeanor, a profound and terrible madness. She is generous with her body and her tongue upon his neck tastes at him with a savoring sigh as before a long awaited meal. Her words close against his ear, he can already feel the touch of her talons teasing at his wet clothing. "Pleasure? Oh... tell me of these pleasure you seek."<br/><br/>The others hear the thump and the sound of Brandon's voice in its urgency.<br/><br/>The caged animal is quick to fix its stare on Callenda's approach, its teeth bare, ears folded back, and the fur upon the back of its neck raised. Her approach sends the wolf crowding into the back of its cage to stay away from her. It is clear that the ferocity of the wolf will not be easily tamed, but so too will the creature drown if left in the cage. The ranger can see easily that the lever which locks the cage requires a simple turn and lift of a metal latch.<br/><br/>The thumping of Selwyn's footsteps and shouting can be heard throughout the ship and soon the man spills down the stairs into cargo hold!<br/><br/>It's about this time that the curiosity as to the nature of the creatures within the water is answered. The things within the surf feast happily on the dead, but that's not to say that they do not have a taste for the living. It's with a wet splash that three of the creatures bound up onto the slanted floor of the cargo deck, their wet webbed feet making soppy sounds on the wood. The creatures are not terribly imposing, only a meter in height, but their mouths are full of sharp teeth and their skin as hard scales. They stand side by side and the center of the trio holds a crude spear! The creatures hiss and clack at the group and seem ready to attack!<br/><br/><strong>Upon An Unfamiliar Shore, On the Beach</strong><br/>Adrian, Ianna, Cedric, Shae<br/><br/>Adrian has little time to determine what is lurking there in the bushes, before the thing is out from hiding, and not one, but many. A goblin, but not so much as they have seen before - it's color darker and the ridges of its skin raised and firm. The small red eyes are angry still, and its wicked and pointed nose most unfriendly. Four of the goblins emerge from the woods, shouting, hollering, and wielding tarnished metal weapons. They seem most anxious to threaten those survivors upon the beach, while the smallest of them grabs at one of the bodies of the dead sailors and begins to try and drag the cumbersome prize back into the forest.