The Savage Tide [IC]

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R1T12: Celiss concentrates, finding in her a power of subterfuge and misdirection within her heritage. Her body seems to shift and break into four - herself and three images - all melting and shifting around. She flaps her way to the Wyvern while drawing her rapier. She is now 20' laterally, and 40' off the deck (15' differential w/ mephit) - and that is with incredible flying.

R1T11: Mr. Cohen surfaces next to One-Eye. He calls up, "I've got the net seat, but I don't have the strength to fly up with One-Eye ... even to aid the effort, really, as I'm not braced. Seems you got enough, though."

R1T10.9-7: Lavinia and Tolin go over to The Caller and Lavinia says, "On your mark, Caller," as she and Tolin are ready to aid in pulling up One-Eye. They ready to pull up One-Eye on Caller's mark.

R1T6.9: A figure in the darkness comes zooming down from the crow's nest with an incredibly nervy straight-down dive. Korian catches the thing with a claw for 5 mod damage. However, as soon as Korian's claw catches the thing, the daredevil erupts with a burst of icy blue light that covers a 10' radius. The mephit was totally unaware of such an attack and takes 20 cold damage.

It doesn't end, though, as Korian's claw itself catches ahold of the flying creature. They both go straight to the deck. The crazy jump and his tumble at the end keeps Korian from taking too much damage ... only 8 damage, as his downward jump seemed nearly flawless (as did his roll at the end). He keeps his arms extended on the roll so the mephit does not enjoy the same, and it takes a further 12 mod damage. This drops the mephit, and Korian is prone.
Darrius

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You recognized the combination of the Leaping Dragon stance (which makes sense that would be his prepared, being in the crow's nest) and Sudden Leap boost of the Tiger School, and the Death Mark strike of Biting Wind [Desert Wind] strike. You notice, too, that Korian's claws have not only become sharper, but a curvature to them has allowed him to grab onto the mephit .... something your claws and Celiss' can not do.

R1T4: Kaskus shouts over to the Wyvern, "What the hell was that? More importantly, what in the blazes dropped on it?!?"

End Round 1, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T28: Lirith bounds over to the two fallen bodies with her great cutlass, and lops down for 11 mod damage with a focused strike against its gut ... entrails spilling out in a steaming mess.

Combat Ends ...

One-Eye is pulled out, and The Caller seems a lot stronger pulling One-Eye out than one would think possible. Lirith rigs up the net seat with Celiss's help. Korian scrambles back up the crow's nest as happy as can be. One-Eye collects his guns, and all go back to the ship. At Lavinia's coaxing, Darrius is the last to get back to his ship and says, "Water mephit. They can be dangerous, but not very. And it seems very strange that one would try to go on a rampage on your ship, Captain Wavebreaker. Practically suicidal. Seems very strange indeed. And the body is still there, so it doesn't seem to be any kind of summoning."

She pokes fun at Darrius, though there is something that veils some sense of sternness in her, "Well, we've proven nothing more than your rigger can't rig, you're swimming-race Cook screams for a rope out of the water when he's in the water, your first mate jumps ship when there's battle, and while not technically a crewmember, your crow's nest lookout is a psychotic that is willing to make a high dive to a thick wood deck just to take a swipe at a target that doesn't seem the risk. Does that about sum things up?

"At least your cook makes a fine stuffed sole and octopus-and-potato salad. And the Kettite chardonnay was a perfect match."

Darrius, anything to say?

Celiss, Ka'Xet .... do you do anything before the captain gets back to the ship?