When the bodies had all been pulled from the sea (they threw back most of the bodies of the fish-men), they found that while the battle had been fierce, their losses had not been quite as bad as it seemed - certainly not as bad as it could have gone, under the circumstances:
The prison had lost five guards, and three prisoners (two of them newly arrived, including Tallow). The ship had fared relatively worse, having lost six of their twelve crew. By luck, and Thorbin's ferocious pike-play, the ship's four officers had all survived, though the Captain and Mate were both minorly injured. The loss of twelve people was unfortunate, of course, but the enemy had had twenty-two fishmen killed (including the priestess and the crab-rider) as well as the crab and the whale. A victory to be sure.
The Gray Seagull itself could be saved - but they could not hope to make the return voyage this late in the season with so small a crew remaining. The ship would have to remain docked at Revel's End until Spring. It would need near constant repair and monitoring, as the sea and ice could damage the hull. A small, rotating crew would need to remain aboard.
When Warden Marthannis arrived on the dock, she saw that many were suffering from exposure to the cold, and she immediately called for everyone who had been outside to be brought in. This was done with a few exceptions: Dogger, the bosun, would oversee the unloading of the ship, and a few crewmen would continue the repairs.
Kriv Norixius, the dragonborn overseer, would take command of a double-sized group of guards and prisoners (chosen this time, rather than volunteers) to bring the remaining stores up. He was clearly unhappy about this, and his silver eyes glared at anyone who looked at him as he passed them by.
Soon, the new prisoners were shown to their cells, in the centre of the star-shaped prison, and the guests were shown to a series of rooms to the south. The new doctor was certainly willing to see to the injured, but as he had just arrived, anyone who felt well enough to avoid him was permitted to do so.
In the chaos, no one seemed to have remembered that Py'Cott had taken a conch from the priestess.
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They did, however, give him a once-over on his way in. Feel free to give me a dc11 slight-of-hand check to hide it, if you like, or hand it over as you go in. I'm not going to say that Lex doesn't know. He ought to. So that will be up to @jmucchiello.
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