Editing CTH Session 2 (section)

==Bon Voyage/Bon Fait D'aspirer a==


Whirlwind Panther and Nellens Adanole continued their journey to Arjuf in order to link up with their crew and wait for their boat to depart to the Southern Desert. Upon reaching Arjuf, Panther and Adanole went to a rundown tavern upon which they met Sesus Buntaro, an Immaculate Child of Hesiesh and a member of the adventuring party representing Mnemon Derik. The trio sat to get some drinks, Panther getting ale, Buntaro getting tea, and Adanole getting the strongest drought available. While planning the journey, the group heard a fight brewing between a group of sailors and farmers. Panther and Buntaro went to break up the fight, but the farmers were getting ready to turn on Panther, who immediately defused the situation by drawing his swords.


After talking to the sailors, the group found out that the captain of the ship was arrested for having an illegal drug and was ostensibly awaiting execution. Adanole asked why they needed a captain when ships always have a First Mate, to which the sailor told the trio an old sailors' myth that stated "Any ship that sets sail without a captain is doomed to be sunk by a great sea beast while any ship without a female captain would merely have a rough journey." Buntaro and Panther decided to approach the ship at Adanole's suggestion to find out an estimate for when they planned on leaving. Adanole stayed behind to chat up the sailors and keep them from getting into too much trouble during their drunken stupor.


Upon reaching the ship, Panther decided to talk to the First Mate with Buntaro following. Upon getting to the First Mate's office, the pair encountered a female who declared "Don't bother trying, this job is mine." After talking for a while with the First Mate, Panther and Buntaro were told that the First Mate planned on abandoning his former Captain to her fate and was in the process of hiring a replacement Captain. The two candidates were Smiling Lion, a male Captain who only had one failed voyage due to a mutiny after being caught in a storm and Lovely Crimson Pearl, the female the pair encountered. According to the First Mate, Pearl was an incompetent Captain because she had many disastrous voyages due to her making foolish decisions or plotting courses incorrectly.


The First Mate was leaning towards Smiling Lion due to Pearl's dubious qualities while Panther wanted to have Pearl as the Captain because for the increased morale a female Captain would have on the superstitious sailors. Panther engaged the First Mate in a brief argument, which resulted in Panther's guile convincing the First Mate that Pearl would be more suitable for the expedition.