"Yes, here's hoping."  Rose agreed, though that hope didn't stop her from trying to make her own luck by setting the chapel straight a little.  She wouldn't exactly be able to magically clean off the tapestry, or anything like that, but taking it down and folding it up neatly, setting upright knocked-over objects, sweeping detritus and debris from the battle into a single pile out in the hallway for any later cleaning crews to take care of...  Taking a little time to tidy up the place wouldn't hurt, since her plan for getting to the pier involved heading up to the roof and then teleporting most of the distance there.<br/><br/>The little tidbit Aria gave up about her past when explaining why she might be biased when choosing to attack the pirates gave the shifter the desire to offer up a little information about herself in return, though.  It was only fair, right?<br/><br/>"So if Luskan is governed by pirate lords, that makes it a port city, right?"  She first questioned, as they were heading up to the roof.  However, she was using that as a lead-in to...  "I was born in a place somewhat the opposite to that, the Great Sand Sea, Anauroch.  Instead of being a place where water was plentiful, it was a place where water was something you killed people over.  My mother was an outsider to those lands, though, and getting in touch with her side of the family was the main reason I became a traveller in the first place."<br/><br/>And boy, had they been surprised to find out she existed...  Though that would have to be a story for a later time, if her companion ever felt like sharing anything else about herself.  For the moment, she was more focused on making it to their destination, and putting a stop to Bikke the Pirate.  Of course, if they still passed past the Tymoran temple even with her teleportation, she would stop in and have them pass along a message to the Lady Sara using a Sending spell, even paying for the cost if necessary.  The 25-word message she had them pass along was fairly simple and, she hoped, to the point...<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Garland Lufenia intends to kidnap you.  Pirate ship in harbor may be intended escape route.  Please stay safe, Rose and Aria currently going after villains.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>She also requested that the priests within inform her of the response using another casting of the same spell, or inform her if there was no response within a minute of the first Sending being cast.  After that she had to hurry off, not wanting to wait the full 10 minutes it would take to cast such a spell.<br/><br/>Either way, next they'd hurry down the Avenue of Effulgent Light, where Aria brought up a very good point.  In order to already be at the mansion, the death knights would have had to have set out fairly early from the port, before her fight with Garland had even started.  Perhaps they really had been a part of the man's plan after all?  A distraction, or an alibi, or part of a backup plan, or something...  Well, there was no time to worry about it.  Not when the pirate ship was close at hand.<br/><br/>Of course, once they had made their way through the various vendors and salesmen gathered around the boardwalk and gotten onto the pier itself, it quickly became clear to them that there was no ship at the pier big enough to be the pirate vessel they sought, and it also became apparent to Rose that the only vessel that might be the one they were looking for was one that was too far away for her to teleport onto...  It also didn't look anything at all like a pirate ship, but from what she knew of pirates, not looking like a pirate ship was part of how they stayed in business, sneaking into ports or up close to their prey before attacking.  The appearance might mean nothing.<br/><br/>Of course, the trimaran with the two men talking wildly about something looked like a promising lead, and Rose took the time to deactivate her Ring of Enlargement before she took Aria's hand, teleporting the two of them aboard and right up next to the two rugged men on deck.<br/><br/>"Hello, boys."  She commented, after they appeared on the ship.  "I apologize for not asking for permission before coming aboard, but my friend here and I are in a bit of a hurry.  Would the two of you care to tell me what it is that you're talking about?  As I'm sure the two of you both know, we've been having some trouble in the city lately."