That was an issue she'd solve later. For now, she was going to deal with these pirates. How she was going to do that, Atani had the feeling that growing some vines should do the trick, strong enough to bust the wood of the ship, clog their cannons, tear holes through the mast. Nothing deadly of course, lest they didn't know how to swim, but something to damage their ship beyond repair. Confident she could do at least that, Atani took a deep breath. She held out her hands and focused on generating powerful vines to break and destroy the pirate ship. A magic circle grew, and then promptly flickered out. She tried it again and again, each time her magic circle becoming dimmer and dimmer, lasting shorter and shorter as the elf grew more and more frustrated.
This was not going as planned.
"Okay Atani, think," she mumbled to herself. Magic clearly was not going to work. So, what could she do? The elf's eyes fell across some barrels near the cannons. Gunpowder. Oh this was a bad idea, but what other choice did she have?
Atani sneaked over to the barrels and quietly lifted the lid. The black powder was stored well. There was plenty of supply to cause a blast that would damage the ship. She just had to time it right. Chances were, the stolen loot was being held in the captain's quarters, so she had to be careful not to damage that as well. From the very limited knowledge the elf had on ships, she took a guess. She positioned the gunpowder under the spot she wanted blown and made a trail leading to it. With the matches used to light cannons, she set it ablaze and hid for cover. With a resounding boom, the wood snapped. Water seeped into the hull of the ship, and pirates came rushing down to see the damage. Amidst the chaos, Atani sneaked up the stairs to try and find the captain's quarters, only to meet some drunk pirates who hadn't gone down to see the damage. Having drunken rum, their movements were sluggish. She was able to knock them out with the fighting techniques she had learned in Athalran before breaking into the captain's quarters. There, she lugged the loot to a dinghy attached to the side of the ship. Before leaving, she rigged another barrel to explode.
Hopping on the dinghy, she dropped as quickly as she could into the water and rowed away, watching the flames creep higher and higher on the ship. The pirates wouldn't be causing any more trouble for a long time. With that accomplished, Atani set out to return the stolen loot and replace the rowboat she had borrowed with the one she acquired from the pirates.
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