"R-Right," Howe stammered, shaking his head. We're having one of Argelia's spies drug the Ustrosi guard, making the naval battle much easier for you." She taught us a few dances, let us borrow a few sets of her clothes, and we've used that plus our natural good looks to smuggle our troops into the city for our part of the plan. " Sema has a Romani friend with benefits, Levi Strauss. " Our cover in Nourdari is a traveling pair of dancers," Habai answered. "A… number?" Howe asked, visibly distracted. " We just finished a number and finally got backstage." Habai, meanwhile, was wearing a blue and green version of her typical dress, but wearing her hair up and a blue veil. Sema was dressed in an off-shoulder yellow belly shirt and long gold skirt with a slit up the left side showing off her shapely legs, her blonde hair pulled in a single long ponytail, smokey gray eyeshadow and pink lipstick under a see-through yellow veil. On the other end, Sema and Habai had changed outfits. As the frequency opened, Howe began, "Captain Aksoy, the fleet is… um… whoa." The sooner I contact Captain Aksoy, the sooner we can do this." The Xuhuan mage nodded, and concentrated on the astral plate. "Right," Howe finally said, shaking out of his reverie. She then said to Howe, "You know, we should probably check in with Captain Aksoy, let her know we're about to lead the fleet into position." "He was, but we haven't heard from him save for a letter from one of my sisters that he's made a formal request to Governor Raharison to place official bounties on our heads for breaking Giussean's neutrality in this war on the grounds it's cutting into Giuss' profits, as well as our mutiny, which is a serious offense in Giuss," Anna frowned. "Sounds like you all worked for a heartless dastard," Torio admitted. That began a spiral of events that led to Captain Howe leading a mutiny we participated in, and our employment by Argelia." His only concern was about his wallet and the lost profits he got for a late delivery. He never liked Orobians, only speaking the language because it's a common trade language, so unlike Howe, he never once lost sleep over it. While Captain Howe's been haunted by it for the past two years, Captain Dilazak didn't CARE. We later found out the Orobian queens were on board, and the citizens of Nourdari accused Captain Howe and Captain Dilazak of killing the Orobian queens through inaction. He thought something was wrong, and was about to turn around, when Captain Dilazak ordered him to ignore the ship and head into port. "Anyway," Piper continued, "the night of the Widowing Massacre, as we were arriving in Nourdari, Captain Howe spotted the Aquarius as it was pulling into open waters with the Orobian queens on board. "Said nice thing pissed off Dilazak almost as much as Howe's mutiny," Keyon chimed in. We were running late for a delivery because Captain Howe wanted to do a nice thing." Of course, of the four of us, only Captain Howe was on duty and awake. We didn't see the actual assassination of the Orobian queens, but we were in the area. Piper answered, "You see, back when the four of us were sailing on the Dove, we were… there the night of the Widowing Massacre. "Howe's having a combination of post-traumatic stress disorder, bystander syndrome guilt, depression, and anxiety, all triggering flashbacks," Anna answered. "One, please do not say that, Vice Captain," Adem frowned. Howe, I hope to the gods you know what you're doing." He then looked at Howe, who didn't respond. Either way, we're about to make enemies of a lot of people in the next few hours. If we fail, we're more than likely going to be executed. Keyon simply said, "We're about to attack Orobia's greatest port town which was the hometown of both a war heroine who became a queen and a princess consort who was a humanitarian rights activist, both of whom are now deceased, with an Argelian invasion fleet. Now, look at us." The crew who used to be members of the Dove, save for Howe, nodded at the remark. "To think, almost two months ago," Anna said, looking in the direction, "we were back aboard the Dove, under Captain Dilazak's command, right here. Even now, he felt ill approaching the port town that started his path. It was almost a reflex every time he came near Nourdari. Howe's Tale, Chapter 4: "The Battle of Nourdari" Ustrosi Waters, Near Port of Nourdari-Three Weeks After Battle of Xuhua BayĪboard the Sabine, Howe gripped the helm tightly.
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