Shortly after I found out the state of things we were all brought to meet the captain. He seemed pleasant enough till his man left the room at which point he spoke plainly to us and made sure we understood he was not happy about us being there. He is mistrustful of scions because of the attention we attract and I must say I cannot blame the man. After our chat we went back to the cabins and Ben and I told the band what we knew of the Formorians posing as Keepers and the state of the world. It was agreed we should check out the 'special' cargo he was hauling and also agreed we needed to ask him more questions.
At this point Rex went tearing off out of the room and Rhiannon, Wu, and Rupper followed. Ben and I went to see the captain and Kelly agreed to sit tight and send Sawu to investigate the rest of the ship. I have to say...I love watching my husband work. He can detect lies and I could feel him watching for any sign of them as we asked about the cargo and it's intended destination...NYC for the Keepers. We also found out we may need papers but I think we will manage that. We told him he had a traitor and he said he trusted his normal crew but did have some new people he would send to Ben for questioning.
Sure enough within seconds of getting to the cabins Rhiannon and Wuyi and Rupper returned with three crew members right behind them. In a matter of moments Ben and Rhia had the truth from one of them. One man inferred the US was under Keeper control and the girl spilled that someone hired her despite her lack of sailing experience if she gave him information about her home...and that someone was Executive Officer Gifford. Immediately I cast my finding spell and waited for Ben to tell us what to do. Ben sent me and Wuyi to follow the trail just as Kelly came in....wait Kelly came in, wasn't she here the whole... never mind I had something to do. Rupper followed us and we left the others to deal with the crew members and Kelly.
The trail brought us back to the holding area of the 'special cargo' of horses. I let Rupper and Wu get us a way in and sent Cal back to Ben to report where we were. When we got in the sight was...horrific at first. Horses were chained to the walls and there was blood everywhere...and many were eating human flesh. The XO was at the farthest place in the hold and apparently the mortals couldn't perceive the scene. Then it hit me like a jolt of lightning as I recalled what they were...they were the herd of Diomedes, man eating horses. When Rhia arrived she began speaking with one and we sent a guard to fetch the captain. The XO was raving and ranting about his Keeper masters and how he sacrificed them to the horses....and I lost my temper again and punched him in the face. That word....is sacred. Sacrificing is not something done lightly or for kicks or a word to be tossed around... apparently this is a sore spot for me. Then he laughed and said some words and the horses chains fell off. Rhia shouted to not harm the horses and Wuyi threw the XO at the herd while I pushed Kelly out of the room. They quickly devoured him and the turned and waited...apparently Rhia is quite the horse-whisperer. It's a shame we are fighting cause she and I have the perfect set up now. We make our sacrifices when needed and feed the evidence to the horses. *sigh* I dearly miss my sister, we need to get past this.
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