Even with the prayer to Tymora the shot missed - and the ballista broke under the strain of the last release. Callie barely ducked in time to dodge a fragment of the frame hurled into her direction.<br/><br/>The pirate ship - not the "Bloody Dice", so much Callie could see - was so close now, one more exchange of arrow fire at close range and the boarding would start. As far as the gambler could see the sailors of the "Sterling Silver" were discouraged already, though parts of them rallied around the first officer, and seemed determinded to make the pirates pay.<br/><br/>Then a loud - likely magically amplified - shout was heard on the ship "Surrender your cargo and you'll have your lives spared, fight on and there'll be no quarter given!"<br/><br/>Callie could see how the crew was wavering, but she could also see how the first officer was trying to stir the crew up to fight. It would not take much to influence the decision either way, should she decide to oppose or help the first officer.