"What do we do!?" Emmaline gasped as she was pulled along. 

"Nothing! I'm just glad we got our shit!" Neil cried as he hustled them out of there, even picking Emmaline up in a heroic scoop as he ran. Neil was fit, but it was still a strange sight seeing a slim man carrying a few dozen pounds of ordinance and his buxom girlfriend out of the smoke of a partially collapsed gunnery school. Neil just knew the authorities would be sweeping in soon and they would turn his misdemeanor into a felony now that the explosion had ruined much of the city's powder. The last of the stone had stopped falling or rolling, leaving cries of desperation and likely a few bodies to be picked at within the next hour. 

A mile away, Neil finally let Emmaline down as gentlemanly as he could and heaved a lungful of air. Wearily he leaned against a wall just as cannons cracked and roared on the walls. A beggar ran across the now empty street, a bundle of carrots in his arms and a cat on his shoulder. Other than that fellow, Neil would have believed Nuln was deserted. Regaining himself, Neil hacked a small cough and began to jog again, looking back at Emmaline as she hustled to catch up. She seemed two parts fearful and one part uncomfortable with the exertion. He had to laugh quietly to himself. They were likely going to be inside for a long period of time, it was good to get her exercise, he thought to himself wryly. 

They made it to the pier soon after, turning past the maelstrom of activity as barges were being commandeered for military service and others were being hastily roped up so they could flee before the authorities [i]or[/i] chaos caught them. Luckily the longboat they took wasn't going to be in anyone's way or wake judging by the flow of the Aver. Neil and Emmaline found the longboat and leaped it, and though the engineer was constantly afraid some chaos spawned terror from beneath would rise up and snatch their veritable dingy, they made it over safe and sound. 

Within the confines of their tower, Neil put his sack down and frantically began throwing things as he looked for tools and unused timber. 

"Ok uh... you go up top and keep an eye out." He said, nabbing a hammer and slinging it into his belt loop. "See if you can see them from across the river, or if there's anything weird happening. I'll start boarding up everything so we don't have to worry about plunderers in the night."