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The Caravel is named ~Bountiful Breeze~, though for some reason her crew was fond of calling it ~Wheezy~. It's been well-maintained, with fine sails and has a low profile in the water. One could dip their hands in the water if it turns sharply enough. The Captain has insisted that he remain aboard, which serves Ruby just fine if she can prod and harangue, and the crew will respond as swift as the vessel appears to be. That being said, they are leery of this particular mission. Ruby has promised to speak on the Captain's behalf should he seek to use these exploits to further his reputation and position with trading guilds within Minos, as well as other vessel-crafting favours. It's a healthy enough incentive to get going.
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If one were a flying thing, and flew real high and looked down, they'd see a approximately a hundred ships in a diamond formation. Three big old Arks in the center making a mobile bermuda's triangle, and the rest taking up proscribed positions according to some previously arranged pattern. There's a light rain going on and grey grumpy clouds that promise more. A dull rumble of thunder sometimes issues from somewhere like a sleepy giant moving furniture upstairs.
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The fleet of ships that's doing a lumbering tour of the Golden Circle seas is hard to miss if one happens to be in the area. Each realm that the flotilla visits, Captain Incarnate is hiring on extra vessels to either feed the fleet, provide an escort, or haul tonnage to some ulimate destination out in far shadow. Almost a hundred vessels make up the conglomeration now. It's a bit like a floating community now. Armed ships, provision ships, three massive Arks...there's even rumoured to be a ship devoted to acting like some sort of restaurant...and a dubious one labeled a 'tart' ship of ill repute seeing as sailors will be at sea for a good long stretch. While some come and go when their contract is fulfilled and money exchanged, a core assemblage continues to make sail in the same direction as the lead ship: The Beast.
Ahead of the diamond formation is the Beast, and the whole formation can only go as fast as the slowest vessel while they carve through the waves. At their current speed, it's not hard to overtake the fleet if one has swift fins or a sail.
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