“I don’t know why we didn’t do this to begin with. Oh well. I suppose this is kinda more dramatic” Kathlin remarked whimsically as she took a step towards the portal before looking back at Liaena. “Coming, Li?” “…..” “Speaking of more dramatic…” The girl mumbled as she studied the empty doorway where Liaena had recently stood. Liam turned to cry out in annoyance as next to them, another Night Elf tiptoed through the portal as it was actually a ring of fire. “Oh for the love of the Light! It’s not as though we’re about to be blown to bits, or anything!” “Hm. Yeah. I should probably go and remind her about that” “You should [b]not[/b]. We are [b]leaving[/b]” Liam returned emphatically as he took Kathlin’s hand to start dragging her towards the portal. Kathlin lagged behind him, with many backward glances as a volley of blows rocked the ship and the room they were in started to list dangerously. To the Bull’s credit, it stormed on, the engine still at full steam ahead. “But what if the ship explodes?” “Then she probably caused it” “But what if --” “Dear, I fully understand your concern. Let me explain to you how this is all going to be okay” Liam cut off his companion as he turned to lay a comforting hand on her shoulder. “First, the most important thing is – whoops! My bad” The last line coming accompanied with a cunningly placed shove, the priests movement was assisted by a further listing of the ship as both humans tumbled through the portal to land with a hard thud. The heat of the ship was replaced in an instant with a cold wintery night wind, and their landing at least was cushioned by several groaning, cursing, Night Elves. “There we go! Success! Mission accomplished!” Vashi declared happily to her distinctly more unhappy fellows. Scrambling to her feet, Kathlin was met immediately with Rithrynn looming in front of her. “….Soooo, where’s Li?” “Uhm…” Kathlin muttered, glancing around the dark square they found themselves in. Taking as good a stab as their geographical location as she could, the girl pointed meekly towards the north, in the general direction of the harbourside. “Over there” * “It’s a shame really. I always wanted a warship” Liaena remarked to nobody in particular as she surveyed her handiwork. Lacking the vast amounts of TNT that she had lost to the confrontation with Sherpa in the catacombs, the girl had instead chosen to jury-rig a smaller chunk of plastic explosives bulked out by several potions tied onto it, stuck onto the door to the forge. Picking up one end of the long fuse attached to the makeship device, the girl fumbled for her tinderbox to strike a spark at one end. “It’s a fitting end, at least. She should take at least one of those with her” “CAW!” [b]*BOOM BOOM BOOM*[/b] Liaena was broken out of her reverie by a very, very angry squawk from her pocket. It was followed a moment later by several more explosions that rocked the ship. One caused a particularly loud crash, followed immediately by a further listing and a gushing sound of water flooding in. “Okay, okay. I’m going….” “…..” Looking down as water started to seep into the room she was standing in, Liaena suddenly came to the conclusion that for once, a rapid retreat might indeed be in order. Turning to run back down the corridor towards the room containing the portal, she could not resist one final jab at her reluctant ally. “…needy bird”