None of the sailors are expecting a crew member to jump over board by choice as Ariana dives into the water and head for the side of the ship. It's slowly turning to come along side the ship so she doesn't have to swim far to reach the side of it. However two of the pirates are perceptive enough to see what is happening and fire their flintlock pistols at the mermaid as she approaches the side of their ship.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2012-03-29 00:35:22, Gary Stargazer (uid: 30910) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 6 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=36361)<br/>   At 2012-03-29 00:35:29, Gary Stargazer (uid: 30910) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 14 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=36362)</div></div><br/>Both of the metal bullets slam into the water and sink harmlessly into the sea below. Ariana's cone of flames erupts forth at the main single sail of the ship, it's a stretch for the fifteen foot cone to reach the fabric but it does succeed at catching the corner of the sail ablaze with fire. At an alarming rate the fire begins to work it's way up the mast as the ship begins to quickly lose it's momentum. All of this just lends to the overall failure of this ambush as the huge arrow fired from the ballista crashes into the side of the ships upper hull, sending shards of tinder and debris everywhere.<br/><br/>All of this is compounded as a large sphere of flames blasts into one of the unlucky corsairs, the splashing flames scatter out from the blast and though none of the deck catches ablaze the fire does help spread the fire to the sails. Kat's arrow finds it's mark and manages to nail the pirate across the way, as does jenna's ice bolt, however it's not enough to bring down either of them.<br/><br/>At this point it seems the boarding attempt of the pirates will fail as their ship begins to lose it's momentum of speed, they were almost close enough to grapple when all of this began but with your ship at full mast and their sails in ashes your ship is slowly moving further ahead. You guys have the option of cutting the spell on your sails though and boarding them, or you can leave them to rot in the bay of the port.