Loose threads [Strange architecture on a remote island
Participants [ Shirkad Eridan Aeonrei Aeminus Plume Remimaru Bashiranemu
Locations Sea of Stone
Short summary:
At long last, Shirkad's own ship was allowed to embark upon its... more or less maiden voyage.
He was so eager in fact that he forgot to rename the ship, despite having made considerable modifications to it, so the ship left with no name to be spoken.
It was mostly just casual seafaring. Party avoided the gaze of creatures interested in attacking the ship itself, so instead they were looking for trouble on the coasts.
A beach where we found few earth elementals was one souch "trouble". Quickly taken care of, they left behind a magic item.
Another was a strange, remote island. After making the landing we found a sort of cave system covered in magical darkness. There was some constructed formation underneath it, so we descended into the darkness and fought off a rather unwelcoming committee.
Full Report
Ugh... Do I always have to make it? Can you not... I dunno, just leave it?
I suppose I could, but other adventurers like yourself like to read. Just be thankful I can transcribe your spoken report. Others have taken to forcing adventurer's to write report themselves.
... fine, let's just get this over with. I wanted to finally get my ship out of the port. I got to asking around, and got couple people, enough to keep the ship moving. It was, umm...
I do remember their names, they were...
No! Don't help me! Captain's got to know his crew. Eridan, our cook. Aeonrei, wizard at the crow's nest. Remimaru, the... Tanuki swordsman. Plume, the smart archer. There was also Hiromasa, but he didn't like Eridan, so he left.
Anyway, I started us slow, just going north along the coastline. Getting the feel for teamwork, and how they feel at sea. They picked up like fish to water, so after just couple days we were surfing over the waves at full speed, when wind allowed.
Sounds great. What was the next important part?
I think that'd be the beach? Ya. We spotted a sandcastle on some remote beach, crew wanted to check it out, so we put the anchor down and went over there. Sandcastle turned out to be living. Fun, if you ask me. Also couple big moving... I dunno, like animals, but rock?
(another crew member might add here that they were Earth Elementals, actually
They sound dangerous, but it seems like you've dealt with them. What's next then?
Well, open sea is what's next. Feeling comfortable taking them out into the open, we sailed East. Past Cynosure by a good bit, found an island farther to the north. Like... made of crystals? It felt weird, so we wanted to take a look. After setting the anchor, I used some magic to approach invisible, but that wasn't really needed. Found a... pool of sorts, full of just darkness even my eyes couldn't pierce. Got to use a scroll I was squirreling. There was a stream underground, and it allowed me to look through it. There was some sort of building there, underground. So we went down there.
Found some strange creatures. They weren't friendly. Just attacked us, so we fought back. Took a bit, but we managed to beat them. Oh, there was a strange, broken eye. It seemed to be summoning these things that were there.
And... yeah, that's about it.