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{{Gamelog
|Session Date=2012/06/07
|Campaign=7th Sea: The Search for Salvation
|Author=Jason
|Session Title=Breakout & Byplay
}}
So, we have a surrendered Inquisitor and a significant dearth of
notions about what to do next. Nikolai, absent orders to the contrary,
begins binding the captive. Felix, deprived of the chance to kill more
people, goes to apologize to {{npcref|Janisse Rambeaux}} for leaving
her in harm's way, explaining that surrendering to the Inquisition
would have left them all under
{{npcref|Alonso Mendez de Gallegos del Castille}}'s
power, instead of just the one. He then asks Benito if
we're allowed to take the Inquisitor's money. Benito wishes to curtail
all further sinning against the Church, so he orders Felix to desist.
Felix therefore tries to make more trouble by asking Léon why Benito
cares so much for the opinion of "this pig." The grown-ups ignore
Felix and Benito asks Nikolai to make Alonso go unconscious without
hurting him too badly, so the hulking guy with the wrestling skills
chokes out our new least favorite Castile.

We collectively decide to steal transportation and get the hell out of
here, back to Malaca. Except that Felix (accompanied by Léon) can't
resist the urge to go looking for Mia, but he finds out she's down in
the store room. He writes her a note, then runs really fast to the
courtyard, with a few shouts urgently behind. While they waited, the
rest got horses for us and set the rest free. Our crimes include theft
of a cart, which slows us down a lot because nobody has any experience
as a cart driver. Felix volunteers to drive so he can make time with
Janisse. We ride to Malaca and never see anyone behind us... until, as
we approach the city, we hear the howling of wolves behind us. Felix,
driven by his inchoate crush on Janisse and the memory of horrible
monsters in the forests of Eisen, suddenly has the horses running like
Thera's best chariot horses. The rest follow as best they can, with
Benito in the rear. In fact, they gain on Benito pretty quickly. Our
fearless leader decides that he's rather run his stolen horse to death
than get et by wolves, so he gives it the spurs. The horse responds
and gains back a little ground, but it is being chased by wolves that
teleport. That makes ordinary speed sort of irrelevant. Benito opens
fire with his pistols to help discourage them, and knocks two out of
the chase. That leaves one in hot pursuit. Nikolai slows down to help
Benito, whose horse finds a new burst of speed. As a result, the wolf
ends up chasing the Ussuran instead. Oops. Then again, what does
Nikolai care? He at least has the sense to keep riding rather than
trying to wrestle a wolf, and the chase continues, with the wolf
eventually catching him and going for the horse. Luckily, that wolf
seems to have tremendous speed but poor aim. Wolves in snapping range
also blunder into axing range, but Nikolai also has trouble with his
aim, which is hardly surprising when he's swinging at a black wolf at
night from the back of a galloping horse. With another (terrified)
burst of the strength, the horse opens a little distance, and the wolf
gives up the chase. Nikolai, knowing he and Benito expended their
horses, gives them humane deaths. Benito searches the saddlebags of
his horse, which appears to be Alonsos, and finds twine and an iron
nail, along with various oddments. Benito declines to steal the wine,
thinking such petty crimes beneath him, so Felix steals it instead.
Léon praises Felix's driving skills, while Felix and Nikolai trade
mercenary proverbs. "It's better to be lucky than good." "Never be
slowest rider."

We make our way to the docs, all those poor innocent townsfolk having
no idea that crazed heretical killers of Inquisitors walk amongst
them. We go to an inn to get off the strees, allowing Reginald time to
write some letters to his "penpal", {{npcref|Romeo Fuente}}, although
Reginald knows him only as El Rojo, and to a rival, to whom he sends
directions to the ruins. He does, however, include a warning that
there may be Inquisitors at the ruin.

Benito, Reginald, and Nikolai sell one of the horses from the cart,
but while doing so, they see men in red tabards kicking in the door of
an inn. We may have set a new record for shortest welcome soonest
overstayed. Time to get a ship. Actually, two hours ago was time to
get a ship. There's only one good choice docked, a Vendel vessel. For lyrical
purposes, the log wishes it was viridian and coated in verdigris, but
it isn't. Anyway, they go back to the room to get the rest of the
group, then head to the docs. 

As we look around, we notice that one of the people who looks like a
fisherman is actually a crewman from Evelina's ship. Nikolai gets his
attention and tells the rest of the group that we may be among
friends. Yep, the guy the "fisherman" is talking to turns out to be
{{npcref|Good Lindsay}}. They complain that they've been waiting a
long time for us. We head for their boat. Lindsay makes a lecherous
advance on Janisse, which causes Nikolai to mutter "pirate", which in
turn forces to Felix to confirm their dastardly nature for his new
favorite lady. We board the ship, finding
{{npcref|Evelina Venzini di Sigillo}}
and {{npcref|Mercede Panebianchi di Vestini}} on board,
along with their children. Reginald walks around the boat to take it
all in, noting all its clever piratey features. Time to get the hell
out of here, off to the west.

The ship sets sail while Reginald and Evelina get acquainted. It turns
out that Evelina has known Mia for years. As Léon says, the globe is
too small. It's OK, though, because if Nikolai gets a little bigger,
he'll be able to just grab it and stretch it out a bit. Anyway, the
nobles and Nikolai regale the sisters with our adventures, which tale
astonishes them. As they discuss possible options, Léon admits his
true name.