Tof-240522-eric

We decide we're going to let Drex captain the commandeered ship, and split our crew up between the two ships
- I tell the crew from Kamangara that as long as they behave, we'll drop them off at a nearby fishing village unharmed
- Meanwhile, Milhouse starts studying the cannons
  - They're magical in some capacity
    - I find some runes that indicate they may be tied to The Kraken in some way
      - I show those runes to Milhouse and he suggests we shouldn't give these cannons to anyone, since they could be a trap or something
        
        We have Avercrumbie Finch inspect them too
        
        He confirms that the cannons are essentially trapped
        
        The larger one is rigged to self-destruct / explode, while the smaller one we're unsure about – but Avercrumbie Finch has a bad feeling about it
After we dropped off the crew, we get attacked by the escort ship that we had hoped to avoid
- We have Drex continue running with the cargo ship, while we stay back to try to fight them off
  - We're alerted to their approach by cannon fire, and a ballista bolt hitting the hull
We engage them, and manage to cut them off as we exchange cannon fire
- We manage to do extensive damage to them in the opening volley
  - They turn to try to run, firing at us but missing
    - We manage to get along behind them and fire more cannons, nearly destroying them
      - They try to fire another ballista at us, missing again
        
        We finish them off, since soldiers from Kamangara are known for not surrendering
We catch up to the cargo ship, where the crew tells us that Drex has passed out. Again.
- We continue on our way back to Hikou
- Milhouse and Ell come up during our victory celebration with a barrel and ask people to look inside
  - There is an albino rat inside
    - Milhouse is very upset, he seems to think it's something else, something weird from another plane
      - Ell says he chased the rat when he saw it, it bit Avercrumbie Finch whose hand then turned black and oozey similar to the creature we found floating in the water
        
        I use Divine Sense, and it does read as undead
        
        We move it to a jar for the time being, and Milhouse is going to study it for as long as he's able
Suddenly, Snagclaw gets pulled off the deck by a giant tentacle
- Crawn shoots at the tentacle, and I dive overboard to try to save Snagclaw
  - We manage to get him out, but he seems like he might be infected with something unnatural
    - Fish-Kicker and I treat him, I cast Purge Contamination on him
      - A bunch of starfish looking creatures start to make their way out of his throat and mouth
        
        The crew starts killing them, they seem to leave a pink mist around when they die
Snagclaw goes and throws up over the edge, then points and asks “What's that?”
- I look, and see that there is wreckage in the sea, and one piece has someone clinging onto it
  - As we get closer, and get ready to attack it in case this is another trap, we notice that it's an orca person
    - Crawn thinks she recognizes him, and Milhouse communicates telepathically with him to get his name
      - His name is Marn
        
        We bring him aboard, and notice his eyes are missing
        
        He claims he is not working with The Kraken
Crawn asks him what he's doing here
- Apparently he was helping sail a ship, but they hit something
  - He doesn't remember how he lost his eyes?!
    - Crawn seems to want to avoid her family, as Marn mentions having been sent by Crawn's mom
Crawn decides she's not willing to risk Marn telling anyone that he ran into her, so she kills him
- Once she throws his body overboard, the pink mist seems to clear up
We make it back to Hikou

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