<strong>GM Note</strong><br/><br/>I suppose that I will have to make the scene make sense for our errant bard.  How was Hadrhune able to see both Twin exit the Green Dragon Inn and hear Davriel speak of his Princess?  Alas, it's not so difficult to fix it.  It took Hadrhune a long time to arrive to the shore.  The only thing he had to look at was the shoreline, which unfolded like a play before him, for the span of nearly an hour.  He first saw the wizard emerge in a fury.  Then, how did he not then see where his companions went?  Initially, yes, he could see them.  He saw as the party split and went different routes, with Aishah and Tamaa traveling along the west trail, and Faru and Zain traveling to the east.  Had they not just been by the stables? Ah, that is easily explained, too.  Faru and Zain had been visible to our esteemed scion of the House of Nox, and not to Hadrhune, for reasons that would be obvious if one were to look at the layout of TIDE POOL.<br/><br/>It was as if Hardhune had missed his companions by merely five minutes.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ithika</span></strong><br/><br/>IN THE MORNING...<br/><br/>The wizard liked that Ithika spoke little.  It was a welcome change of pace from that woman who spoke so much.  He nodded with satisfaction at his selection, and in an instant, he cast a spell that summoned a phantom steed.  Beside him now there stood a large quasi-real, horse-like creature.  It had a black head and body, gray mane and tail, and smoke-colored, insubstantial hooves that made no sound as it fidgeted about. It has what seemed to be a saddle, bit, and bridle.<br/><br/>The wizard easily got on board his phantom steed and sat agee.  He took Ithika by the forearm and pulled her up onto the saddle with him, settling her in front of him.  He turned the horse around, and set off towards the beach, and spurned his horse harder to run over sand and tide.  It entered into a gallop, hovering inches over the water, and the pair disappeared from view.<br/><br/>"Tell me your name," the wizard said into her ear as the horse dashed through the sea.