[The Big Peat]

Crow takes his time in making sure the gun is in working order, before going and clearing up the armourer's shop.

7d6.hits(5)=1

Now they're in port, of some sort, assuming they're done, the elf's eyes brighten up at the idea of exploring the place.

"Anyone else fancy a look?"

[SeriousOne338]

Hellion and Minnow:

The bar is packed with other crews the noise is louder than expected. Sailors sit around tables talking in many different tongues and playing cards. The general mood of the bar feels ominous the conversations keep turning to ship disappearing. The bartender asks what drinks you’ll have and you find a table out of the way.

[crisses]

Minnow flags the bartender (before they get a table), "Hellion, the first drink's on me. Jus don' order the hundred-year scotch."  To the bartender:  "I'll have a tall pale ale, and somethin for my chum."

On the way to the table, Minnow tries to figure out from the conversations around her whether they're talking about the ship now known as The Coral Pride -- or are other ships disappearing?

[vinnmun]

Hellion nods to Crow, "Aye, let's see what tis here." Hellion and Minnow head right for the bar 1st.

When they reach actual bar inside the establishment he nods to Minnow, "Well tat's mighty wide of yah lass." he looks over to the bartender, "Whiskey 3 fingers neat, lad." He takes a seat with Minnow and notices her trying to listen in on people's convos. He just acts normally and allow her to do her thing as he looks around the place.

Just seeing if anything is EYE catching or interesting. Glasses are on. (11d6.hits(5)=3)

[SeriousOne338]

From the conversations you get the idea that many pirate and corporate ships have been disappearing. The word is that there is a new phantom ship on the seas attacking anything it runs into, leaving no survivors. All the sailors seem edgy, talking in grim voices, the other sailors want to make for other oceans it seems pacific is getting too hot for them.

[crisses]

Minnow, hearing what she was lookin' ta hear, turns to Hellion.

"It's my first time in a port like this.  Feels claustrophobic.  I guess I'm spoilt by wide-open spaces and green rollin' fields right next t'tha water.  Heck, ev'n Hawaii's got some o' that goin' for it.  Japan, Germany, France... I like where tha land meets tha ocean. How bou'chu, lad?  Prefer bein' lost on tha seas or findin' the next port?"

Minnow meanwhile sends a com-message directly addressed to the runner crew &/or captain -- whomever she can address in a private communication -- with the information she's gleaned from the barfolk.  "FYI:  I ain't asking any questions, but seems the locals think something's going on around here: ships disappearing, entire crews lost.  Much talk of leaving for other waters.  They think it's a ghost ship."

[Crash_00]

Squid heads to the bar and tries the local Hurlg while attempting a few hands at cards. After losing half his nuyen, he'll grumpily retire to a corner to nurse off the rest of his drink and listen to the local tales of the sea.

[vinnmun]

Hellion looks over to Minnow as she addresses him, looking away form the area, "Myself, I'm a water dweller. Grew up a fishaman son." Takes a sip of his, "I thought I was good enough to struck it out on my own, but that flopped....so here i am." He grins and takes another sip, "I do not mind land, but the sea is right for me."

He reads the AR txt message shown and nods in thought.

[Xzylvador]

On deck of their ship, Wagner put his doberman on watch next to him while he closed his eyes and entered Virtual Reality. He was trying to see if he could get access to the other ships' systems; preferably the pirate vessel.

[SeriousOne338]

To Minnow, from Samuel:
*Thankyou for the update find out if anyone has seen this ghost ship, maybe some vids or something.*

Squid, you actually gain money from your card games. (15 Nueyen) "Damn your a devil with the cards, I hope old Davey's claws don't get you" The other sailors spit beer onto the deck one or two grab tailsmen  necklaces in a feeling of warding off evil.

Wagner the sun shines down on you, as you lean back in an old plastic folding chair. The pirate ship's AR interface is like a castle, with fortress walls you spend some time deciding if you should try and assault it or try to follow the different data streams.

Sorry been sick so I am back, good think I waited now we have Crash_00 back.
Humm so lets see here, Wagner are we talking hacking like a break in or passive and picking up data leakage?

[crisses]

Minnow, to Hellion:  "Sometimes methinks I'm an amphibian.  Except when there are people around, then it's quieter underwater.  Wouldja like to split a fish-n-chips platter? I'll be right back..."

She heads to the bar, requests a platter, and asks the bartender:

"Tellme, mate, is it true what the lads are sayin?  Has anyone seen somethin' fishy out on the waters an' lived ta tell 'bout it?"

Etiquette/influence roll of choice: 

Bartender: Anyone seen something fishy? (7d6.hits(5)=3)
She probably says it better than I do

[vinnmun]

Hellion nods, "Why certainly lass." looking around, minding his own business kind of as Minnow goes and does her thing.

[SeriousOne338]

The bartender a female humanish lady gives minnow a glare like she's going to cut into tips. "Yeah they'll go on about it for hours, some kind of phantom ship  that screams like the devil and shoot laser beams, laser beams can you believe it. I guess one of those boats ran into her not long back and escaped by the skin of the teeth. Well what you'a have?" After taking your order she gives minnow a frank look "don't cut into my water girl its my hunting ground."
   Backing away from the bar Minnow takes some initiative and approaches the pirate's table, all of them are drinking deeply from beers trying to drown something in ale. Five minutes later Minnow has the story from them "T'was 250 meters long and swam like a carp not some screw driven craft and had a single eye that shot a bolt of Energy from it, sliced right through a merchantman we was hunting. So the captain order's heave two and  full speed away so we sailed here."

[crisses]

Minnow takes notes on her embedded commlink as they're talking.  When they're done, she pushes the file to the cap'n, with a brief header:  "Bartender says they go on and on about the ship.  Someone ran into it recently, bartender makes it sound high tech, but with what the locals are saying maybe it's magic, not laser?  Welcome to the 6th world.  It sounds formidable.  Here's my notes:"

[The Big Peat]

Rather late, Crow heads straight to the bar and orders a large drink before he joins Hellion and Minnow. He nods in greeting as he takes a seat, content simply to drink rather than interrupt their conversation.