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[color=1BF285]Time: Night
Location: Aboard The Harem
Interactions: Tigerlily [@Potter], Tesoro[@Infinite Cosmos], Barboda [@Alivefalling], Helio [@princess]
Equipment: A cutlass, 2 knives and a dagger strategically hidden, a spyglass, a wayfinder, a pouch of amas, and various jewelry. [/color]
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[color=C1E9EC]Nym felt more like a shark now than he had when he’d ripped pieces off a dark elf with his own teeth. If he stopped moving, stopped working, slowed down for even a second, it was over. So like a shark he circled the ship. After they had returned Lizzie to the sea and after the crew had voted him in as captain, he had spent every second in motion. Checking, rechecking, then triple checking, everything aboard [i]The Harem[/i]. His mind kept threatening to float away, to places so often left unexplored and only constant effort anchored him where he needed to be; he needed to think as captain now, needed to think of his crew before himself. 

[color=C1C1C1]“Death, she follows ya ‘round like a jilted lover.”[/color] 
[color=1BF285][i]Have I cheated death one too many times? Was death now, simply toying with me?[/i][/color] It felt true enough, death circled him, taking those around him, leaving him to scrape by time and time again. Nym inspected for any signs of imminent damage to [i]The Harem[/i] from the battle. Despite Tesoro having already inspected the cannons, Nym rechecked them once he was done, and ensured they were secured, maintained, and ready once more for any signs of threats. He found Tesoro’s work to be flawless, and any remnants of a grudge or doubts against the elf began to dissipate. Death would come again, they would need to be not only ready but able to work as one without any doubts. 

[color=C1C1C1]“‘Ain’t a pirate left who’d want to sail with that luck about.”[/color] 
[color=1BF285][i]No one from Vanarosa, that much was true.[/i][/color] Maybe if Lizzie knew what most of the native pirates did she wouldn't have chosen to sail with him either. Maybe she'd have been better off, or maybe things would've gone worse. Either way, Nym wasn't sure. He pushed further doubts from his mind as he checked the rigging, focusing his mind back to work. He paid careful attention to the wind and the sails until that was all that existed. Grief and guilt still hung heavy in the air around him. The skies grew dark to match the somber mood as night fell. No one sang as they worked, mostly the sounds of waves and birds kept them company this night. He had to leave nothing to chance, he would make his own luck if he had to but he would not let his crew down. 

[color=C1C1C1]“Yer luck’s gone sour mate, best make peace with that for it's too late.”[/color] 
[color=1BF285][i]Maybe that one was true, luck's as fickle as the sea. So do something different, change course, and change my luck about.[/i][/color] Nym looked over the charts, kept his eye on the stars, and manned the helm until [i]The Harem’s[/i] course was set.

Helio’s request had lingered in his mind for most of the day; sail to Roshmi City and help Helio rescue his friends. It was a big request, but the fairy had asked with such a sense of desperation evident in his eyes. It was clear that those who had been captured in Roshmi City mattered to the lad more than life and more than amas. To honor the request would certainly earn a great deal of loyalty from the dark fairy, and Nym wanted to keep this rare creature as one of his crew. A dark fairy was something he had that Ardyn did not. 

On the other hand, there was the bounty Barboda had spoken of, thousands of amas for Ardyn's head, and proper vengeance for Lizzie. Gods he wanted that; one job that would truly set up his ship and crew for great success, while taking out the most famous pirate around and avenging their fallen captain. The story that would make, and it would mean wealth and fame; everything he wanted sat just within his reach at the end of that quest. But [i]The Harem[/i] was a crew of five, one of them already lost in a mere scuffle with a fraction of Ardyn’s crew. These were not good odds, and while all aboard his ship had the courage for it he did not have the will to gamble their lives with such poor odds. 

He could return to Port Vanarosa, it was the best place to recruit true pirates, but there he didn’t like his odds either. Word of his soured luck had reached the ears of just about every sailor there, to return and speak of the death of yet another captain he sailed with, and no great prize won for it, would only confirm such rumors as fact. Two is a coincidence, three makes a pattern. 

Now was not yet the time to hunt for Ardyn, Port Vanarosa might not be the best place for him to recruit more men, so why not Roshmi City? It was a city with a well-known criminal element, he could find men there willing to kill for the promise of freedom and coin. A rescue mission in Roshmi City was likely just as dangerous, but a voluntary one for the crew, whereas to sail for Ardyn now would leave no room for choice. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe he just had a soft spot for both pretty-faced fairies and anyone with a reckless sense of loyalty. That was probably true but maybe it was also the right call.  

[color=C1C1C1]“The sea’s turned against ya.”[/color] 
[color=1BF285][i]Now that could never be true.[/i][/color] Of all rumors Nym had heard of himself back in Port Vanarosa, this one he knew to be a lie. He might not have luck, he might have even gotten himself on the wrong side of death’s wishes, but the sea would always be his home and she would always love him.

[color=1BF285]“We sail for Roshmi City, not to abandon our vengeance against Ardyn, but a detour ‘long the way. We pick up more crew, better our chances against him because we must not fail. An’ Helio, he’s got some recruits picked out for us already. Thing is they need a bit of liberation first, got themselves locked up. Now a rescue mission ain’t a requirement, no shame in not wantin’ the risk, and plenty o’ other things gonna need takin’ care of when we dock. Then, once we’re stocked up, fully manned, we take everything Arydn’s got. Anyone’s got a disagreement with that now’s your chance to be heard.”[/color] Nym announced his plans from the helm of the ship and gave a nod to Helio who watched the seas from the crow's nest. [/color]