[Flotilla] Our captain the tourguide (Gabrielle)

[Bob Barton]

22nd day of Winter 511 AV

[Gabrielle Seawind]

As per usual, the Anchorage Flotilla was alive with noise. People chatted loudly amongst themselves, bartering with the merchants or generally just catching up with each other. The afternoon sun was high in the sky, causing Gabrielle to squint her eyes as she looked around. However, it was winter and they were in the middle of the sea, and as such the wind was cool against her skin. It hadn’t been long ago that she had gone to the Flotilla, but being there once again woke her spirits. She liked being amongst the Svefra. The Flotilla was one of the few places where her culture could be understood—unlike in the land cities where the races of others prevailed and her actions were often misunderstood. She had tied her casinor in the north end of the Flotilla. Gabrielle was ferrying a few people to Alvadas, and a few had voiced out their interest in making a stop by the Flotilla. It didn’t take much to convince Gabrielle—she herself wanted to be there as well. The young Svefra walked across planks and decks with ease, looking for a good merchant to barter with. Curiously, Gabrielle turned her head to see if her companion was still with her. He was a man short of stature whom Gabrielle had not spoken to on their trip so far, and thus she didn’t know too much about him. However, she was welcome to guiding him through the Flotilla as she was much more familiar with it than those she was ferrying. Gabrielle wondered if they had even been there in the past. The Flotilla was ever changing, but a simple word with a nearby Svefra and you would be pointed to the right direction at once. But the Svefra was a mischievous race at times, and she somehow felt responsible if her companions would be duped in a trade they could have gotten a much better deal for. “What would you be looking for?” she asked the man named Bob Barton, her eyebrows raised in inquiry.

[Bob Barton]

The sea, it was a very, very big place. Bigger than Bob would expect and he came from a city which lived off it. Working with ships were just as popular as studying at the university and besides that Kenabelle Wright he hardly ever heard of a woman famous for it. Here in the Suvan this woman was the captain of the ship he was on. It was a culture shock that was even able to make someone like Bob at a loss for words. Fortunately he had a chance to study from that book during the long trip. One of the lines which came to mind especially when his eyes was on Gabrielle was "booty?" Yes booty!

Just what are the words coming from his mouth? This is just the sort of things which would force him to walk the plank. Pausing for some moments to come up with an explanation the best he could come up with was that "I hear that the Suvan has plenty of pickings" for the svefra and Bob truly believed it now that he has a chance to see Gabrielle and the rest of the sverfa people in the Flotilla. "It has to be better than Alvadas right?" and Bob already had a chance to hear lots about what the city of illusions has to offer.

Being Bob's first time here "maybe you have some places in mind Captain?" but then again, he would not mind even following her behind, behind her, all the way to Black Rock.