Skyjacks: Episode 3

## Blurb

We learn something pretty significant about Travis and Dref gets grossed out. Jonnit and Gable try to convince the crew to agree to help them rob The Civility.

## Plot Summary

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The party have to decide how they are going to go about stealing the cargo of the Civility. Sonja has given the party access to the captain’s suite of the Wolf’s Bane tavern, so they retreat up there to maintain secrecy. As they talk, Dref begins to fix the captain’s neck, and Travis hands each of the party watches which he’d stolen from Sonja’s men.

They continue to discuss the plan to rob the Civility. Gable is in favour of telling the crew, but Jonnit suggests that they do the heist on their own - the rest of the party do not agree, and explain to him that the crew of the Civility and the people it is aligned with do terrible things, especially to pirates.

Gable suggests bringing whether to tell the crew or not to a vote, and as they say that, the sun begins to go down and Travis transforms. His transformation is painful and nasty, taking about two minutes, and afterwards Travis is a rabbit with white fur and pure black eyes. Dref is squeamish, and hides his head in a pillow from the bed so he can’t hear the noises. Jonnit is timing Travis to see how fast he can transform, even though Travis tells him that he can’t control the speed at which the transformation occurs. They christen Travis’s transformation “the goopening”.

Resuming planning, they decide to tell the crew about the Civility and try to get them on their side. Gable and Jonnit volunteer to do this, while Travis and Dref prepare for the mission. Dref is terrified about the idea of being on the Civility and engaging in combat himself, but the others insist that his presence is required. Gable and Jonnit head downstairs to begin negotiating with the crew, while Dref and Travis discuss bringing the captain aboard the Civility, because he is unable to die or feel pain, so would be an asset in combat. Dref also offers to experiment with necromancy on Travis, and Travis firmly refuses.

Downstairs, Jonnit and Gable go and begin negotiations with the crew. (Tyler and Liz pull Luminaries to guide this encounter - Tyler gets the Forest Queen and Liz gets the River.)

There are four influential crew members sitting together playing Illimat in the tavern - Spit, Nodoze, Hornet “Wasp” Beeman and Wendell. Gable sends Jonnit to go and get drinks as they sit and begin negotiations. Jonnit gets into a drinking and darts contest with a girl tending the bar, in an attempt to win six rounds.

After a discussion, Gable tries to convince the crewmembers to pursue the Civility by telling them that they, the crew, will get to set the terms of what loot they receive. Wendell says that he has a brother on the Civility, and that he’ll do it as long as he gets a shot at killing him.

Jonnit attempts to use magic to secretly not drink his shot in the drinking contest by removing the liquid from the glass and putting it back in the bottle, but fails. As he goes to throw his dart, his third eye opens and he can see the divine light of the universe. Using this sense of connection, he gets a perfect bullseye, stunning the crowd. Jonnit tells the bartender that she should remember his face, before throwing up on her.

At the crew table, Gable uses magic to attempt to gain an understanding of Nodoze’s stance on the matter. He is conflicted, and Gable uses the knowledge of his true heart to convince him to join the fight against the Civility. Gable turns to see Jonnit having just thrown up on the girl, but everyone cheers to the thought of the six rounds that he won.