http://www.the3seas.com A Nautical Fantasy Adventure Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:26:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By the time night had well and truly fallen, Jace and Katryn had assembled a pair of very passable shelters in the lee of the ship, made out of canvas and wood. It took some coaxing to get Sheiral out of the ship, even with it tilted at an odd ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/74 "I don't think anybody's ever lived on this island," Jace said to Katryn, as he helped her assemble a camp after having made a cursory exploration of the wooded crescent. "What makes you say that?" "There aren't any buildings," he said. "Not even tents or things." Kat laughed. "Did you expect there would ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/73 Katryn gave Jace the go-ahead to hop down, wade ashore, and start exploring before she'd decided where to put the Chaser. This was not a trivial question... the atoll had no harbor. The water was shallow immediately past the ill-defined border between land and sea, but the drop-off was steep ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/72 The closer one got to the rim of the world, the stronger and less predictable the air currents grew. This made the region particularly hazardous for ships with sails, but slightly more pleasant for the travelers aboard Horizon Chaser... the sun was hot, and an occasional strong breeze was not ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/71 Jace took to his second sea voyage a good deal better than he had the first. Some of it was simply a matter of expectations... the first time he had expected to find great excitement, and the second time he did not. While he still caught fresh fish, there was ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/70 "Am I to actually believe you would allow me to have an equitable share in the treasure, when you hold the key to my very life or death?" Iskondra asked. "Equitable?" Mauricio repeated. "When you find the treasure, you're free to take as much as you can carry for yourself. I ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/69 "You seem to have mistaken me for a mercenary of some kind," Iskondra said. "I am no mere sell-sword. My services and skills with the blade are not mere commodities to be offered up for sale to the highest bidder. Though, incidentally... approximately how much would you be offering?" "You can ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/68 "You'll never make it out of here," the man choked. "Makes three of us," Tauri said. "Oh, dear, was that a pronoun?" Iskondra said. "I could be gravely mistaken, but I do believe you've made him angry. Now, it may in fact be true that we would not make it out ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/67 Iskondra awoke to a painful brightness that, after she had a chance to adjust to it, proved to be more of a painful dimness. Thin rays of grayish sunlight slanted through cracks in heavy wooden shutters. Her eyes' sensitivity was the first sign hint she received that she had not, ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/66 Tauri acted as anyone would have, under the circumstances... provided they were a hired assassin and the circumstances were that they wouldn't be paid a thing if the target were to be killed by the authorities of a foreign power in the course of their duty. He shoved Iskondra out ... http://www.the3seas.com/pages/65