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On the
Barbed Melantho the Four Fangs are itching. During their pursuit of Hank they have passed - and had to pass up - several promising cargo ships as well as another one that had seemed to carry a politician, who’d have fetched a nice ransom.
But time isn’t on their side and Pries Cahill wouldn’t surrender his ship for pirate activity anyway. So it’s coffee and playing Pazaak for the trio day in and day out.
Spoiler (Highlight to read) https://64.media.tumblr.com/59b483de4638e8d58e54f856f492a66c/ff80c9e31f7a16ba-71/s2048x3072/d111dc1e21d14ce5fc1182523cbbe4c9929e3960.pnj One day Pries wakes the trio up early: “We’re approaching Batuu. Aresix says the Black Fang went down there, so grab your things and dress!” https://64.media.tumblr.com/01beca76df1a2e61d7599014938b83e2/ff80c9e31f7a16ba-e2/s2048x3072/604566dacd86fbcadf5e23d87c7ce77e0d1df4c3.pnj Nita: “What do you mean, “dress”? We never undressed in the first place.” Pries: “Well, you’ll want to don a breath mask at the very least. I agreed to take you to Batuu, never said anything about landing there.” https://64.media.tumblr.com/166bed1795048862cd5e6f82f75624db/32ee8f5322565e1c-4a/s2048x3072/5e933e65e55aa2801e002405ca75872dce582c0f.pnj Planet Batuu (yes, really) One… two.. three… four splashes disrupt the hitherto serene ocean, but only three bodies surface again. https://64.media.tumblr.com/e2e635479068fdf045648de9a0e2c473/32ee8f5322565e1c-d4/s2048x3072/06bba6f7414aaf6a6427d5ab18bc83ec093a1cbd.pnj Gavin: “I can’t believe that mutt just dropped us from midair!” Shir: “Seriously! Uh, where’s Aresix…?” Gavin: “Went under like a rock the moment it hit the water. And that’s the only saving grace of this landing.” https://64.media.tumblr.com/85c0a8e7b1fd396227f922d9ea64b1c7/32ee8f5322565e1c-b2/s2048x3072/57a9376ba0d78bb6533b0c802bf7572d24401670.pnj Nita: “Okay, it’ll just walk on the ocean floor, then. - So where has the tracking device led us? Where did Hank park our ship?” Shir: “Hopefully not in the middle of an ocean?!” Gavin: “Nah, we’re close to the shore. And there seems to be a settlement. Looks small… a fishing village, maybe.” https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd6a7cae76f5f8f82ba6d450a37f00e9/32ee8f5322565e1c-09/s2048x3072/3e434aab19bb76232d0b1a16fb4f8a4df6e318e6.pnj Nita: “I hope they are selling garum! Right at the source it should be dirt-cheap!” … Nita: “On second thought, if they did, we’d smelled that by now.” https://64.media.tumblr.com/0b61a0ddc2858d3ccb71c8a825c91814/eb9889ef6f95ae26-7c/s2048x3072/f3e79e3cace904db73b856591a6fb09562a0313c.pnj As the trio begins to swim towards the shore, suddenly a dark shadow appears beneath Nita and Shirs. It’s growing larger… Nita: “R6-TV? That you…?” https://64.media.tumblr.com/1362d8460368df64d66d8a800679378c/eb9889ef6f95ae26-36/s2048x3072/442a6004e1a0d18039568576f4302b32b36a7130.pnj Gavin: “Whoa! Hold on there, Nita! We’re coming!” https://64.media.tumblr.com/fda144c9b4c08263d18a57adbe15b7e1/eb9889ef6f95ae26-aa/s2048x3072/75e2641bee34424bc79e2d29f228a01eac805cdb.pnj Struggling against whatever has gotten hold of her, Nita briefly manages to get her head and shoulders above the water. https://64.media.tumblr.com/8ea0ee853e75200362ac72272dde33e2/eb9889ef6f95ae26-d3/s2048x3072/c9532cdb8c0fc823796905aa97d11b3713f3e3e3.pnj Shir seizes the chance to grab her and drags her away from the dark spot. The trio swims on. Have they triggered to a trap, encountered a sea monster or was it simply an accident involving a vortex created by a sunken fish trawler? They’ll probably never learn, or at least not in the next ten minutes. In any case, with obstacles like that in the water, it looks grim for poor R6-TV.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/59b483de4638e8d58e54f856f492a66c/ff80c9e31f7a16ba-71/s2048x3072/d111dc1e21d14ce5fc1182523cbbe4c9929e3960.pnjOne day Pries wakes the trio up early:“We’re approaching Batuu. Aresix says the Black Fang went down there, so grab your things and dress!”https://64.media.tumblr.com/01beca76df1a2e61d7599014938b83e2/ff80c9e31f7a16ba-e2/s2048x3072/604566dacd86fbcadf5e23d87c7ce77e0d1df4c3.pnjNita: “What do you mean, “dress”? We never undressed in the first place.”Pries: “Well, you’ll want to don a breath mask at the very least. I agreed to take you to Batuu, never said anything about landing there.”https://64.media.tumblr.com/166bed1795048862cd5e6f82f75624db/32ee8f5322565e1c-4a/s2048x3072/5e933e65e55aa2801e002405ca75872dce582c0f.pnjPlanet Batuu (yes, really)One… two.. three… four splashes disrupt the hitherto serene ocean, but only three bodies surface again.https://64.media.tumblr.com/e2e635479068fdf045648de9a0e2c473/32ee8f5322565e1c-d4/s2048x3072/06bba6f7414aaf6a6427d5ab18bc83ec093a1cbd.pnjGavin: “I can’t believe that mutt just dropped us from midair!”Shir: “Seriously! Uh, where’s Aresix…?”Gavin: “Went under like a rock the moment it hit the water. And that’s the only saving grace of this landing.”https://64.media.tumblr.com/85c0a8e7b1fd396227f922d9ea64b1c7/32ee8f5322565e1c-b2/s2048x3072/57a9376ba0d78bb6533b0c802bf7572d24401670.pnjNita: “Okay, it’ll just walk on the ocean floor, then. - So where has the tracking device led us? Where did Hank park our ship?”Shir: “Hopefully not in the middle of an ocean?!”Gavin: “Nah, we’re close to the shore. And there seems to be a settlement. Looks small… a fishing village, maybe.”https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd6a7cae76f5f8f82ba6d450a37f00e9/32ee8f5322565e1c-09/s2048x3072/3e434aab19bb76232d0b1a16fb4f8a4df6e318e6.pnjNita: “I hope they are selling garum! Right at the source it should be dirt-cheap!”…Nita: “On second thought, if they did, we’d smelled that by now.”https://64.media.tumblr.com/0b61a0ddc2858d3ccb71c8a825c91814/eb9889ef6f95ae26-7c/s2048x3072/f3e79e3cace904db73b856591a6fb09562a0313c.pnjAs the trio begins to swim towards the shore, suddenly a dark shadow appears beneath Nita and Shirs. It’s growing larger…Nita: “R6-TV? That you…?”https://64.media.tumblr.com/1362d8460368df64d66d8a800679378c/eb9889ef6f95ae26-36/s2048x3072/442a6004e1a0d18039568576f4302b32b36a7130.pnjGavin: “Whoa! Hold on there, Nita! We’re coming!”https://64.media.tumblr.com/fda144c9b4c08263d18a57adbe15b7e1/eb9889ef6f95ae26-aa/s2048x3072/75e2641bee34424bc79e2d29f228a01eac805cdb.pnjStruggling against whatever has gotten hold of her, Nita briefly manages to get her head and shoulders above the water. https://64.media.tumblr.com/8ea0ee853e75200362ac72272dde33e2/eb9889ef6f95ae26-d3/s2048x3072/c9532cdb8c0fc823796905aa97d11b3713f3e3e3.pnjShir seizes the chance to grab her and drags her away from the dark spot.The trio swims on. Have they triggered to a trap, encountered a sea monster or was it simply an accident involving a vortex created by a sunken fish trawler? They’ll probably never learn, or at least not in the next ten minutes.In any case, with obstacles like that in the water, it looks grim for poor R6-TV.