... It takes a bit of adjustment, moving the gem back and forth between the lamp and the paper, focusing the light so as to give the sharpest and best image,...
... the lamp and the paper, focusing the light so as to give the sharpest and best image, but at last the pattern is visible on the paper. ... down past the...
... George will offer salve and bandages to any and all who need it. With repairs completed, Alida can get underway again. The Royal Sovereign is still...
... to move away it can be seen that the Sovereign's ensign dips once in a salute. ... tacking as it completes the final leg of the journey to Port Royal. ... ...
George will offer salve and bandages to any and all who need it. Gaspard is unhurt and merely waves away the offer. He goes to a bucket and washes off the...
... Cygni watched as the images appeared, smiling. "Tricky...what does it mean, though? Be it a key a' some sort?" It would certainly be helpful if she...
... Dr Yuskavich peers at it for a moment, "No, Herr Kapitan. It is not Greek Lambda if it is a letter... Perhaps the older Lamed, yes? Or something entirely...
... Alida will arrive outside Kingston Harbor a few hours after midnight. Despite the lateness of the hour there are still many lights visible in Port Royal,...
... Despite the lateness of the hour there are still many lights visible in Port Royal, though the houses and villages scattered along the peninsula behind the...
... midnight. ... in ... peninsula ... the ... Abraham volunteers for first watch. Restless, he divides his time between watching the lights of Port Royal and...
... About four hours behind Alida another ship drops anchor about a mile away. It is the pre dawn twilight and the ship is only a distant form with a few...
... McDonald listens to the Russian, then shrugs, "We need ta know more abot this... There be a man in Rort Royal... A scholoar or such. Ah canna say Ah ken...
... away. It is the pre dawn twilight and the ship is only a distant form with a few lights. But from the size of it, it is reasonable to guess that Royal...
... abot this... There be a man in Rort Royal... A scholoar or such. Ah canna say Ah ken im well. But praps he can tell us summat." ... Vanderberg 'stacks' two...
... "Alba..." Cygni entered the small room that the girls had set up as quarters, smiling at the black woman. She had gotten accustomed to her and would miss...
... It will take about two hours for Alida to work her way in and into position in thr harbor. As Alida's anchor splashes into the depths, a small boat is on...
... Alba takes the coins and stares at them for a moment. "But what am I to do?" She asks OOC: Alba is black, Port Royal is a major slave market. She has no...
... Broogan climbs aboard, paying the boatman off and dismissing him. "It is good to see you again, Herr Kapitan! I trust your voyage was successful and safe?"...
... successful and safe?" He looks around the deck, his eyes lingering on the pockmarks of the musket balls. ... "May I offer you some tea, Her Broogan?"...
... OOC: For the benefit of the players who joined Alida after she left Port Royal, I am going to describe Herr Broogan and repost much of my original...
... "May I offer you some tea, Her Broogan?" ... Gaspard merely stands amongst other crewmen, watching the goings on. He doesn't understand Dutch so he is...
... Sighing, Cygni looked at the girl. Alba hated being on the ship and yet she couldn't safely get off here. "Why did ye come wi' me?" she asked. "Why...
... crew over as he follows Vanderberg. ... The Kaptain adjourns to his cabin. After showing Herr Broogan a chair, he says. "We had partial success. The...
... Broogan takes a moment to read the inventory, then looks up. "All this in one day? Most impressive, Kapitain. Herr McDonald's man worked well then?" He...
... in one day? Most impressive, Kapitain. Herr McDonald's man worked well then?" ... Governor Lawes personal secretary to assure the legality of the claims. ...