Adrianna got a few minutes to gather herself and get some fresh air. She had avoided the hunters, and instead watched some of the crew and guests wander around the deck. One of the hunters ran towards her a short while later, chasing some small child. She did a double take, worried for a moment that she was some magi child and he was chasing her maliciously. 

Fortunately, Adrianna realized quickly that they were just playing, by the girl’s happy squealing. The hunter looked…oddly familiar, but Adrianna didn’t have much time to ponder that, as an announcement sounded. Though the captain was calm, Adrianna was pretty confident that the situation was far from normal. They needed to get down to their cabins, and get their life-jackets on. Good thing she could swim. Still, she looked up at the sky curiously at the end of it. True, he had said they would be struck by a wave, but she thought waves came with storms, and she saw nothing. She turned her attention out towards the sea, looking for the wave that was mentioned.

The families with children rushed about to gather together and go downstairs to their rooms. Adrianna was somewhere in the middle, after the immediate flurry but before the crew had to usher her down. She went to her private room, gathering her possessions and putting everything on her person. Most of her herbs were already stored in a bag that stayed protected from most water, like rain, but she opened it up and ensured that they were well-wrapped in case of total submersion as well. In the same pouch, she checked on some of her…other supplies as well. The small cloths also weren’t supposed to get wet, and as she was running quite low on them, she did not want to risk losing any of them. She hadn’t been able to comfortably restock those in the last town she went to, and now she did not have enough to last the next cycle. 

[b]What if we end up at sea for days?[/b] [/i]That is silly. We won’t end up adrift that long. The currents will bring us to land. We were only a few hours from port as it was.[/i]

[b]What if we come about not at port, but in the middle of nowhere? What if it takes weeks to get to civilization?[/b] [i]Calm down. You’ve got some time before it returns. And if it does, you have some wrapping for injuries….and there will be other women. It is not like you were the only adult woman on the board.[/i]

[i]Deep breath. Take it one day at a time. One moment at a time. No use getting all worked up for naught.[/i]

Adrianna finished securing her supplies in her water-proof bag, and attached it to her waist. She put her satchel over her shoulder, and then she put the life-jacket on as well, even though she felt a little bit stupid wearing it while just sitting on her bed. Looking stupid and being alive was better than looking awesome and dead.

She replayed the rest of the captain’s message over again in her head. If they began to capsize, go out the emergency hatches, board the emergency vessels, and hope for the best. Women and children were first, but Adrianna didn’t mind waiting. Though…as she continued to sit there, she wondered if it was better to try to evacuate with the women. She had already run into hunters here on the boat, but none of them were women. If she wanted to stay away from them, it might be better to unbind herself and go early…At least one of them might have the supplies she needed. [i]Heh.[/i]