"Mmnmmnmnn," Siobhan replied.

She then removed his hand. "Ah, so it's them again."

Well, it was pretty obvious they would encounter more of Blackwell's men at some point, she was just a little surprised it was this soon after dealing with the last guy. It did appear that this one hadn't exactly [i]chosen[/i] to be here, though, given the state of his vessel...not that she was complaining. The more of the Marquis' men she took down, the greater the chance of her getting to face him personally became!

"Fine, let's hide our ship and then see what exactly your man there's up to," Siobhan agreed.

They could probably get away with docking it about a mile's walk from town. She doubted they would be looking for such a small ship from that distance, particularly while it's dark out.

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"Right, so I've never properly been here before," Siobhan admitted, "but I [i]have[/i] heard this is a fairly busy town, due to bein' a bit of a trade hub for the island."

Having secured their little trawler some distance away from Coverie, they were now once more on the outskirts of the settlement. They could see pairings of torchlight moving down the streets on occasion, but otherwise all of the structures were dark. The only concentrations of light seemed to be from the wrecked vessel of the Whip-Fang pirates and an old church near the center of town.

"So, unless they just slaughtered everyone, then they've probably got the town held hostage."