The Secret of Oki Island by Obvious Mimic

Author:Obvious Mimic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Secret of Oki Island
Publisher: Obvious Mimic
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The Siren’s Shanty is heaving with life, raucous and wild. The first thing that happens is a pirate is thrown out of the window, glass shards scattering across the pavement and creating a terrible crash.

The ejected pirate grumbles, dusts himself down, and heads back in. You follow.

It’s loud in the pub. There’s a band playing music in the corner, dodging bottles thrown in irritation or appreciation. Pirates crowded around tables gamble on cards and make merry from bottles poured into pewter tankards.

In the corner a group of people are playing a complicated-looking game with sheets of paper and dice. A ginger-haired woman rolls an icosahedron and the table cheers when it comes up as a twenty. It all seems a bit complicated to you.

Luckily, you soon spot Randy at the bar in conversation with the barkeeper. The captain and the bartender are chatting happily, but you can see a new cut across his cheekbone and a bloody knife in her hand—seems like they had a bit of an altercation before catching up.

“Ah, there you are!” the captain calls to you. “Thought the Bay might have swallowed you up. Glad to see you’re still in one piece! Emmi, a drink for our friend.”

The barmaid raises her eyes to you. She’s a burly dwarf with a beautiful copper-colored beard plaited into intricate braids. Sea glass beads are run through it to give it an eye-catching sparkle.

“Oh, and who’s this poor soul, Randy?”

“A new member. For now, anyway… Helping us make a ransom tonight.”

“Oh gods, be careful. Randy’s a bit fast and loose when it comes to plans,” Emmi sighs. He clutches at his heart, playful again.

“You wound me, Emmi,” and then, to you, “Besides that’s the old me. I have grown into a goblin who believes.”

A glass of ale is passed to you, offered along with a hand from the bartender.

“Emmi Sunderhammer, owner and proprietor of The Siren’s Shanty. Pleasure.”

You shake her hand and are pleasantly surprised to find that the ale isn’t watered down. Randy leaves you to get acquainted and finds himself a seat at a nearby table that just became vacant due to an unfortunate stabbing.

To talk to Emmi, go to 184. Or to forego any conversation with the dwarf, you can join Randy at his table (go to 183).

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