<div class="floatright">(http://www.marysrosaries.com/collaboration/images/9/9b/Companionway_001.png)</div><br/>As the pair began to walk, Matron ir'Wyn sighed and said, "We will do as you say, for now, but you will be the one who regrets this decision."  The two seem perfectly all right with being herded, and show no signs of disobedience, even walking at a normal pace and following your commands.  The 'stairs' to get from one deck to the next are half stairs, half ladders known as companionways.  These allow for the speed of stairs but the space saving of a ladder.  The Virtuous Maiden of course has railings, but captain Doxi can't help but notice the younger woman, Vera ir'Wyn, as she climbs the stairs.  Her multi layered skirts reach down almost to her ankles, but as she climbs the stairs before Captain Doxi, the captain catches a whiff of a certain smell.  Looking up, she can see right up the young woman's skirts.  Not only is Vera not wearing panties, but the breif flash that Doxi gets as Vera climbs the stairs shows clearly that the woman appears to be aroused, her cunt engorged and slick with moisture.<br/><br/>Captain Doxi isn't a hundred percent sure, but it certainly appeared so in the quick glimpse that she saw.<br/><br/>As the captain gains the deck First Mate Stoella snaps a salute to Captain Doxi, "Cappn, they have a mage.  We took evasive maneuvers, and very little hull damage.  We won't get a chance to inspect the bottom of the hull until we stop.  Also, as you know, Zephyr rarely manifests when she's powering the ship."  Stoella points at the ring of turbulent air that encircles the ship.  Captain Doxi knows of course that the ship is powered by the air elemental named Zephyr, and that she rarely manifests, and almost never when the ship is in motion, as if generating the ring of power takes all her attention.  First mate Stoella finishes her report, "But I don't think we were hit by anything other than some arrows and a low level spell or two.  Shall I order Janmorell to take us back to 'home base' then?"<br/><br/>Of course, home base was Blackpeak, and it would be very hard for the ir'Wyn women to escape that town, especially considering the reputation that Doxi and her crew had built there.  Then again maybe some place more private and harder for the women to escape from might be a better choice?