There was a silent, respectful mood in the air when the captain spoke, every man standing at attention, the ship on the open ocean they did not need to be rushing to the sails all the time, but even so, they were all ready to jump to action any moment if that became necessary. They were paying their respects to their covered companion, silently nodding their heads to the captain's words. The death had shocked them, but their loyalty was unquestioned. There had been some murmuring earlier about the events, but nobody held the captain responsible, what had happened to the crewman was unfortunate but death awaited at sea at times, and they were all aware of it.<br/><br/>The strong wind carried the ship ahead of the storm, and the night came, along with a meal of fish and fresh vegetables bought at the town by the ship's cook, the soup served was cheap but filling. The corpse of the creature had been pushed to the edge, to be dumped overboard, but a few enterprising crewmembers had first made sure to pluck feathers from the creature before sending it to the waves.<br/><br/>There was a bit of confusion among some of thew crew about a -footprint- embedded into the wood of the deck, near the spot where the hole left by the stone had been covered, part of the deck covered with a bit of planks nailed over the hole, full repairs of replacing the long boards on the deck would have to wait till they were either at dock or had time to make the planks themselves.<br/><br/>The second day was almost at its end, and the sky had already darkened, when the shores of the island they had been approaching came to sight. The large island curved like the crescent moon the group had seen on the map before. Its eastern shore held several lights in the distance, small but many, shining light to the distance. In the distance, the tall cliffs of the 'spine' of the island could be seen. Thick vegetation covered most of the western shore once past the sandy shore and the shallows.<br/><br/>As the ship neared the island, one of the crewman broke to a short curse. "Its going to be hard to pull away from here, the waters are shallow near the western end, and the eastern one is covered with lights. I bet if we set ashore to the east, we'll have a ton of pirates or monsters or something on us the instant we get there. Damn."