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After meeting with the officers in the Destroytian Republic, we were set to drop off the belligerent pirates and bring the rest to Talp. The crew decided not to bother and go straight to Talp after discovering that we were being followed by a group of elementals. We made pretty good progress, but when we were a couple days away from Talp, we were surrounded by our previous assailants and the Guardian stopped to a screeching halt.
The mysterious voice again demanded our surrender and that we give up Claude and the Guardian. Sas used his diplomatic skills to buy us some time to buff ourselves, then they attacked. We were blasted with water and ice and surrounded on all sides of the ship.
After a short while, one of the creatures appeared near the front of the boat where the revealing lanterns is located and we were all able to see a blue scaled dragon. The officers sprung into action and attacked what they saw. Shortly after, it became apparent that the ship was filling with water again through the cannon holes. The rest of the crew and pirates began bailing water and sealing the holes while remaining below deck.
After some reconnaissance, we discovered two enormous elementals holding us in place. It also became clear that there was a slew of additional creatures surrounding us in the air and water. After some serious damage, the blue dragon moved to another side of the boat, but another barrage of melee and magic soon revealed a genie behind what appeared to be an alternate form of a dragon. Very Wizard of Oz style like the man behind the curtain. Eventually, it dissipated into a pool of water and splashed into the ocean. We don't know if we killed it or if it just retreated to heal.
After that, dozens of genie's revealed themselves, although most stayed in the water. Some drug Camille and Sas into the water, others attacked us with anti-magic rays and melee weapons. One of our crew is skilled in ship to ship unarmed combat and was able to wrestle one of the genies onto the deck. From that point, Valdis, Midiyiro, and Ritvali flanked and attacked it to near death. It fled at one point, but that group pulled it back for additional beat down. Not sure if it lived or not.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew was engaged in all sorts of combat. Chase was attempting to dispel and disorient them, but soon took to healing as he and Rin took a beating.
Nathan turned into a roid rage bear with all the trimmings. He managed an epic attack on one of them, but was soon reduced to a mere bear cub when he was hit with another anti-magic ray.
Kasai blasted genies with lesser fire orbs, but was targeted after that and quickly reduced to minimal HP. The Captain ordered him below deck.
Sas used his spirit powers to limited avail and the rest of the crew fought, scouted, bailed water, or hid. We were all eventually hit with a mighty Cone of Cold that nearly killed Thermon.
Rin enlarged Tsu and they fought in the water to blast genies with arrows, bite attacks, and a mighty arrow storm spell.
Eventually, Camille was able to turn into a dolphin and escape the elemental whirlpool she was caught in. She then returned to the ship. Once there, she was able to dismiss one of the elementals. With one remaining, it wasn't able to hold the ship between the force of the everfull sails and the barrage of attacks it was receiving. We managed to sail onward without any further disruption. Fortunately, the Guardian was completely undamaged thanks to its many fortifications.
We sailed full speed ahead for the remaining day or two and got to Talp safely. The Floating Isle was nowhere to be found, but at least we're safe.
We're now in the process of determining pay and shore leave.