It was nice Node-ing ya - Part 5

The battle at the center of the shadowpath has been raging for quite some time. All that manuevering after being scattered around the Node and its treacherous environment, and using it to one's advantage. The efforts to hamper and harass the enemy. The horrible butcher's bill that keeps mounting.
The seascape is a gumbo, and like the surface of a witches' cauldron: An assortment of bleeding and burnt ingredients. There's no need for lanterns to sail by, as dozens and dozens of ships are burning, and weird lights in the ocean make long and short-lived bulbs themselves.
Attrition and skilled sailing of Maggie and others are keeping a large number of Consortium vessels bottled up within a zone of lightning that keeps punishing them dearly. Lightning competes with fire on both sides for the most devastating element. Quick corsairs thinking to run Maggie's blockade have been cut down by the Steel Seal's squadron. Merrisol's risk of running some of the lightning zone has paid off with his forces being able to hammer at a weak flank of the Consortium. Boaz's arrival and boarding actions have neutralized a number of ships and there's even attempts, much as Quinlan's waterspouts and fish-frying magic, have even tried to save souls from the waters.
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