Singing was no new pastime aboard the<em>Wormwood</em>- those who wanted to listen gathered close, while the rest continued with their drinking, gaming and dancing, whatever struck their fancy. Tonight, though, all activities gradually came to a stop, all eyes and ears turned towards Myra as though spellbound while her voice rang clear across the dark night waters, the waves themselves providing harmony for her song.<br/><br/>As the last verse rolled away across the waves, a silence descended upon the ship. It was Sandara who first broke the silence with clapping, and soon the rest of the crew joined in. Even Plugg and Scourge and their toadies gave a smattering of perfunctory applause.<br/><br/>Of Jing's "performance", the less said the better. A few lines in, Grok started paying more attention to her grog than to him, and she didn't even seem to notice when he'd stopped. The only condolence was that she seemed too drunk to remember who to hold a grudge against.<br/><br/>Over the next few days, rumors quietly floated among the crew whether Myra was part mermaid or not...<br/><br/><em>(Myra and Jing gain a +2 circumstance bonus on all future Charisma-based skill checks among the crew.)</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Ship actions (dead of night)</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sleep: Go to bed early and sleep through the night (recover 8 hp)<br/>Influence: Attempt to influence a single NPC with Diplomacy or Bluff or Intimidate (stay up late and recover only 4 hp)<br/>Sneak: Take time exploring the ship. Make a DC 10 Stealth check to avoid being discovered (stay up late and recover only 4 hp)<br/></div></div><br/><br/><hr/><br/>OOC: Fair warning: so the daily routine (jobs, ship actions day / evening / night) takes up the first third or so of the book, broken up by occasional special events. Just checking in if you want to play out the daily routines all the way through, since it goes on for about 3 weeks in-game time, or if you want to focus on the special events and expedite the daily stuff.