[center]Collab between Lucius Cypher and Ryonara[/center]

Malakaus walked away from Noelle in a huff. She could imagine why; he was high on skooma and wasn't thinking strait. She was more surprised that he didn't outright attack her, but right now wasn't time to care about that. "Malakaus!" Skooma addition wasn't something that was new on the ship, and more often than not she had to deal with crew members going through withdraw. She also had just the thing to deal with those who were tripping out on skooma too, which she was going to use on Malakaus. A small ball of herbs and roots. It could be eaten whole, put into tea, even just garnished on someone's food. Taste horrible though, not like the sweet taste of moon sugar.

As Malakaus turned around Noelle pitched the medicine towards the orc's mouth. In case he thought of it as an attack, she also shot another calming spell at him. She wasn't sure why it didn't work the first time, but this one was much more potent. "Now, will you tell me what you're doing here?"

Malakaus gagged as the medicine went down his throat. Didn't even get a chance to gag. [b]"Arg! Wretched whore! I'll tear your throat out!"[/b] Malakaus roared and turned towards Noelle just in time to see a ball of light flying towards him. By the time he could see he wasn't really sure what was going on. He was staring into the sky with a headache like he got whacked in the head by a really, really big rock. [b]"Ug... What in Oblivion happened?"[/b] He got to his feet and notice Noelle looking really angry at him. He scowled at her and get himself ready for a fight, at least mentally. [b]"Noelle? What are you doing here? What happened?"[/b]

Sighing Noelle massaged her temples. [i]"Not like this is going to get any worse..."[/i] Taking a breath to calm herself, she began to explain what she wanted. "I want to know what you're doing here. You smell like skooma, so I'm guessing that you went and got some. Now I'm wondering why you came here of all places, a high elf housing community! You nearly got yourself into a fight with some of the guards!" Noelle began to yell, but than quieten herself. She shouldn't be too loud here. "Follow me and explain yourself. Quietly."

Malakaus and Noelle walked back towards the docks as he told her what he knew. [b]"Sharee's got a job for us to keep our eyes out for a ship exporting skooma. Lots of skooma. They're bringing it out through fish and cheese barrels, they bring it in new ships every time, and the whole lot of the crew are pirates too. Aside from that though, I didn't get much else. No descriptions of the ship, no members in particular, don't even know if they're docked yet."[/b] Malakaus was feeling a lot more clear headed now than he was before, but his mouth tasted like rocks. He wished he had something to eat. [b]"Why you want to know? You're not thinking of going after the ship yourself, are you?"[/b]

"Of course not, you fool. I'll be bringing my own crew too. But it's not as though I expect that will be enough. Seeing that I already found you, I might as well ask you to assist me as well. You know, since you're part of the crew." Honestly, Noelle just wanted to get something done so that Sharee would look kindly on her. Taking a haul of Skooma, right when they arrived into port? Surely that would be something that Sharee would consider to be good enough to forgive her for... Past transgressions. "We just need to find the right people to talk to is all. Let's start with the vagrants, they usually have eyes and ears in the right places."

Together Noelle and Malakaus looked around the docks for beggars and the homeless. They asked them if they knew anything about the skooma smugglers. Not all of them were willing to talk at first, if it Malakaus's intimidation didn't get them talking, Noelle's illusions did. They shook down the entire docks before they managed to get a good lead. The ship was docked, and and it was called the Miriam. A ship made right in Khenarthi's Roost. They seemed to be shipping produce from the locals. Fish and cheese. [b]"Sounds like what we're looking for. I already called most of the crew to meet me not too far away, I can get them-"[/b] Noelle interrupted him with a snap of her fingers. Malakaus glared at her. [b]"I'm not a dog. What do you have to say?"[/b]

"We still need to get our own ship repaired and renovated. Even if we manage to take over that ship, we don't have enough crewmen to staff that, and ours. Plus raiding the ship while it's still in port is a bad idea; you heard the beggars. This ship, even though it's a smuggling vessel, is here for what the locals believes to be legitimate business. If we attack them now, not only would we have to deal with the crew, but also the local guard, and just about anyone who see's us in the act. No, we have to take the ship out at sea, where no one can witness."

Rolling his eyes, Malakaus was going to finish what he was going to say. [b]"Or... We can use that magic of yours to trick the crew into letting ours onto their ship. And than we just rob them blind; as long as you make sure your illusions keeps the smugglers fooled, me and the rest of the crew can carry off as many cases of skooma as we can. All we need to do is wait for the right moment when the Miriam is being lightly guarded. Course, we need to find the Miriam first. Another thing you're going to need to do; figure out where the Miriam is, and I'll get the crew ready to rob the ship."[/b]

Noelle thought about the orc's plan. There's a lot of holes in it, certainly. For starters, if these pirates were as seasoned as Malakaus said they were, some might have ways to fool her illusions, like Sharee did. And there was still the matter of their own ship; just where were they going to store all that skooma? There might be some space in the lower levels for a couple of barrels, but the Miriam was likely carrying nothing but skooma, being a merchant vessel. Their own boat was a stripped down Imperial War Ship. Even if they could take the skooma, Noelle doubted that they would have enough space for all of it. Still, the orc did have a point that they needed to find the Miriam first. But she didn't want to proceed any further without a good plan. And maybe talking to the others about it as well; last thing Noelle wants to do is anger Sharee by being missing when she was needed most. "Fine... I'll go find where the Miriam is, and find the rest of the crew. We should try to keep it small, maybe just your crew and mines?"

[b]"Good enough for me. I'll meet up with you later."[/b] Malakaus went back to the meeting place where he told where the crew should show up. There was a good amount of them there, though he could tell that it wasn't everyone. Still, his Typhoon Warriors were there. He thinks Noelle's group was also present, though he didn't really care about them. He gave them their orders, but told his Warriors and Noelle's people to stay put. [b]"Typhoon Warriors on me. The rest of Noelle's crew stay here as well. She has some words for you."[/b] Malakaus didn't have to wait long, which was good. If all goes well, they'd pull this heist off without a hitch. Granted, he hoped he could at least punch someone in the face or maybe knock them overboard, but all things will come to him within time.

Getting into the Dock Office was fairly simple. If it was staffed by more magic savvy people she might have had to use her words, but mostly she just used her Charisma Spell and practically everyone thought she was suppose to be there. She tried to make sure no one saw her face at least by putting her hood up and keeping her head down. Once she got the document she opened a window and sneaked out from there. By the time the khajits would even wonder who that breton was, Noelle would have already been out of the docks. She found Malakaus and some of the crew, making eleven people. "I have the information. It's here alright, and not too far away. Even the captain is out it says, apparently dealing with some of the local merchants for more trade. But before we do this, I want to know a plan. Me just charming everyone isn't foolproof, and I want some sort of backup." Noelle looked at her people. She hated to admit it, but she knew they weren't suited well for a large robbery like this. the Khajits might be useful to open doors and such, and the Imperial for moving the barrels, and... She wasn't sure what the altmer would do. But if they're all she had, she didn't have much hope that they could get this done. Malakaus's group didn't look much better; two orcs for hauling the skooma, two Argonians for some sneaky operations, maybe the bosmer could keep watch? "Well? What's your plan?"

[b]"It's a two part plan. We'll split it up between your team and my team. Your team is going to serve as the distraction; use your magic to convince everyone that you're some sort of dock worker or something. Have your khajits put on some Altmer robes. If the crew of the Miriam are smart, they'll try to slow you down. If they're smarter, they'll let you on, knowing that they've hidden the skooma so well that you wouldn't find it. That's were we come in."[/b] Malakaus held out one of the amulets he had enchanted for his crew. The other two orcs showed their, the Argonians didn't need it, and the bosmer sold his. He tried not to look guilty. [b]"I'll be inside the dock's water. With what I know about ships, I can break into the hull and create an opening for us to smuggle the barrels through. We'll weigh them down with chains from our own ship and smuggle them under the water. Your team just has to make sure no one goes to investigate. We'll take your imperial too, we could use the extra muscle. Fletcher! Give the imperial your amulet."[/b] The bosmer looked scared and stuttered that he didn't bring it. Malakaus took a deep breath, turned towards the bosmer, and knocked him out with a single punch. He drew his blade and was going to slice the wood elf open, but his team managed to calm him down. He sheathed his blade but left Fletcher knocked out on the ground. [b]"Useless... Fine, it will just be us five. You know what you have to do now, right?"[/b]

Noelle wasn't the least bit surprised that Malakaus knocked out one of his own, she also wasn't surprised that Fletcher had seemingly sold an amulet that Malakaus gave him. But back to the business at hand, Noelle figured that the plan could work. All they'd have to do was procure some robes, and with Corrira, maybe they could pull this off. "Gaius, you stay near but out of sight, in case things turn ugly. I can get use some robes easily. Here's the location of the Miriam. What's going to be our signal?"

[b]"No signal, me and my Typhoon Warriors will just go right after yours. Don't worry, we'll be able to see you."[/b]

"Alright than, let's go."