Brandon lifted himself out of his crouch, lightly grunting while doing so as he turned his head towards the rocking wreckage before them, "<strong>can't be anything too dangerous ma'am</strong>" the Hunter stated, looking to the Bard next to him before returning his gaze towards the ruined ship, "<strong>otherwise we would've known about it during the voyage.</strong>"<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>What the Hunter<span class="bbc_u">really</span>meant to say was, "<strong>anyone but I would've noticed it.</strong>" Although Circeli was confident in his sense of balance and was no stranger to water, voyages by ship came hard and new to him. More often than not he was up on the deck, spewing the contents of his last meal into the sea, or confining himself to his quarters, sleeping away the time or spending it on maintaining both his gear and his body.<br/><br/>The disaster came when he was doing the latter. One moment Brandon was by the rails, looking out into the darkened sea which stretched out into the dim horizon, and the other moment his feet gave out under him, turning his world sideways (only in this case, it was literal.) Things got fuzzy after that; there was a point where he was trying to get down below-deck, a memory of clinging desperately onto a wooden rail and then another where he heard the electric snap of a mast, his last memory before coming to on the beach was falling into the churning sea, black as the void.<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>Brandon's ears perked up (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=42271)<sup>1</sup>at the sound of yet another snarl, his eyes narrowing at the wooden carcass (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=42272)<sup>2</sup>of the Dread Horizon before stating in a tone that implied he was lost in thought (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=42273)<sup>3</sup>, talking as much to himself as he was to Theresa or Sae'Ka, "<strong>what's in there, I wonder...</strong>"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Actions<br/><sup>1</sup>[Brandon does a <strong>Listen</strong> check to better pinpoint just what they're listening to]<br/><sup>2</sup>[Brandon does a <strong>Spot</strong> check to see if he notices any movement on the wreckage]<br/><sup>3</sup>[Brandon does a <strong>Knowledge (Nature)</strong> check to determine if he knows what sort of creature is making those sounds based on the snarls</div></div>