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"Thank you," says Eddie as he quickly covers up his find. "I hope to make detective one day. Yeah, we'd better get back fast. I could carry you, if that's all right with you."

Aunt Loosa looks at Eddie with feigned shock and indignation. a cheeky glint in her eye

Young man! I'm old enough to be your mother! Such impropriety! her face switches to her default smile Let's see how far I can get on the old bones of mine first, if I need to be swept off my feet by a handsome young police officer you will be the first to know she winks and her smile breaks into a laugh.

Come on, lets get back to that boat! I'll race you! she heads to the broken boards and leaves the shed, still chuckling.

Eddie hurries back with the ladies, not getting too far ahead in case they need help.

As you rush along the path you can feel the North wind blowing down on you. The clouds are still North of the city but they are drawing much closer. You can see the sea waves are picking up and white crests are now churning as each one rises to its height.

You make your way down to the pier and you see your boat captain urging you on. "Five more minutes and I would have left you," he says. He already has the boat untied and ready to get underway.

Aunt Loosa climbs unsteadily into the boat as it rocks with the chop of the waves. She takes a seat and grips firmly, her knuckles whitening. Her face is set grim, she is in obvious distress at being on the water in the face of a storm.

Eddie helps Aunt Loosa and Alyssa onto the boat before boarding himself.

The boatman helps the 2 ladies in then holds the boat while Eddie gets in. The pilot then jumps into the boat after Eddie and pushes off from the pier. He raises a sail and begins to head the boat what looks like the wrong way. The waves are hitting the side of the boat and a spray of salt water splashes on you. Its not enough to get you too wet but its cold. Combined with the now cold wind and you feel very under dressed for the day.

Just when you couldn't decide if the owner of the boat was an idiot or you were lost, he turns the boat and is now heading out to sea. Obviously he couldn't go directly into this stiff wind. The boat feels like it is almost flying, skipping over the tops of the waves. A lot fewer of the waves are crashing over the side, but a few still do. The seaman is standing at the back of the boat, tiller in one hand and rope for the main sail in the other, tightening it or loosening it as needed to keep the small craft moving ever faster. You hear him laugh, "You won't catch me today, old witch."

"Old witch?" says Eddie, puzzled. "I'm not familiar with the local folklore."

He smiles down at you for a second then back up to the waters ahead and launches into his story, "The story goes that the old woman who lives at the witch house in Pigeon Cove would summon these freak storms to send sailors to their deaths. That some creatures living in a city under the water would catch them when they went into the water from the overturned boats. They would then drag them down into the depths and sacrifice them to their dark gods." He looked at you to see if he was getting reaction, "That the witch was in league with these underwater creatures. But its just an old wives tale."

ooc,all 3 of you make a spot hidden check

Eddie cannot help but look around for signs of underwater creatures, and he catches sight of something.

Aunt Loosa gives the sailor a strange look when he mentions the old witch but she doesn't say anything.

OOC:   OOC, Spot Hidden[75] - [dice]0[/dice]

Eddie,you see a hump and what looks like could be a fin dash under water

Aunt Loosa,you see what looks like a large frog like creature looking at you, then it goes underwater.

"Are there sharks in these waters?" asks Eddie. "Because I think I just saw one."

Aunt Loosa glances to Eddie and then to Alyssa, her face which was already lined with worry, now also showing an uncharacteristic touch of fear

Please young man, get us back to shore as fast as you can, I do not want to be shark-food or a sacrificial offering for creatures under the sea

"Yes ma'am" he says swinging the small boat into the harbor. The rain begins to fall, its still gentle, but you can see its going to be a downpour soon.

He pulls up to the dock, and quickly ushers you off the boat. "Thanks, I need to get her battoned down for the shore, you folks have a good day." And he pushes off and swings it back to where the boats are moored.

"Thanks, you too," says Eddie as he disembarks. "Let's hurry back to the Woods House, ladies. We're not in danger of drowning any more, but we still don't want to be caught out in this when it gets worse."

Aunt Loosa climbs unsteadily from the boat, obviously relived to be back on dry land.

Thank you for getting us back safely she says to the sailor before turning to Eddie Yes, lets get back. We have much to discuss as they walk away out of earshot of the sailor she continues in a low voice Did you see anything in the water when we were on the boat, when the boatman was talking about the witch?

"Yeah, I did," says Eddie as he walks back. "All I could see was a hump with what looked like a fin. That's why I thought it might be a shark."

The 3 of you get to your car as the rain starts to come down and drive back to the house. You have to run in from the rain, but make it safely.

Richard, Norman and Charles are still out.

Aunt Loosa shakes off her shawl before calling out Hallo! Is anyone around that would be kind enough to make a nice hot pot of coffee

She sits down and faces he companions I don't think it was shark Eddie - I got a very good look at it, it looked more frog or toad like and it looked directly at me before heading beneath the waves. We have cane toads and bull frogs down south but nothing that size and I don't think they can live in salt water.

She pauses and then pulls her notebook from her bag and reads aloud We dug too deep and found our god - what do you think that might mean?

Ben,do I think that the creature looked intelligent/sentient?