<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/wyqzW.jpg)</div>The green skinned woman's long torso is taller than the man asking for her dance, and she immediately regrets her attempt to aid a fellow crew member-- not because of the attentions of the gnome... no, so far, the pirate's merely flirtatious and more polite than most men she knows.  But dancing..?  oh, she's a louse at that.  She manages to follow his lead in so much as mimicking movement, but clearly her grasp of the subtleties of dance is nonexistent.  So... anything he can teach her, she tries vainly to understand, but otherwise he's had better dances with drunken halflings.<br/><br/>Moreover, Mathle is nervous about gaining attention.  The women here seem to be faring remarkably well, all things considered, but if she's to escape she wants to be unremarkable... unrememberable.  Not the object of anyone's attention.<br/><br/>She is careful not to offend the pirate, but after one dance she apologizes, "I spent a bit more time in the sun than I'm used to today, Conchobhar... I must rest."  She manages to appear almost girlish and sweet-- strange traits to her, despite her youth-- and bows off.<br/><br/>As she passes Beriana, her head high and eyes cool-- though, perhaps, glimmering a bit more with the drink-- she speaks clear and loud.  "At the rigging, tomorrow."  She meets his gaze momentarily for emphasis.  "See you then, Ber."  And she's off.<br/><br/>She manages to maintain her composure for long enough to find a moment's solitude, when-- upon reaching her bunk, she sits in the shadowy corner, curled into a ball, and weeps without sobbing as the waves lash at the hull, feeling every crest and fall that gently rocks the hulking 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">39894   Noone or Anyone   2012-07-17 18:08:07   At 2012-07-17 18:08:07, icsyhyat (uid: 768) rolls: 1d20a-1 Result: 5 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=39894)<br/>Trying to 'bond with the sea' for an hour, at least, before she crashes out.  Spell list forthcoming.</div></div>