Editing On The Sea 2 (section)

===Day 15 [Salamander 19]===
Stella rolls an 8 (the third 8).  There’s a large boulder up ahead.  Covered in… kelp? moss? green stuff.

Scout identifies it as the back of a giant's head.  Giant!  Giant!  Giant what?  Giant!

We kibitz.
Giants are the Blue Elder race (Dragons are Orange; Unicorns are Red)– they’re usually in the clouds rather than the Water.  They’re not generally bad, but Broken giants are also giants.

Team Goof decides to go talk to it.

“Hello, Little Ones.”
“Hello, Great and Wondrous giant!”
“Will you do me a favor?”
“Yes!”  “If we can!”
“I have dropped my spectacles, and I am afraid of moving, for I might step on them.”

We reconfigure– Vidan and the cataurs are on the Kittywake, and the prize boat is empty.
The rest of us swim down to the ocean floor.  It’s about 60 hexes, but still fairly light (Thanks, Tam!)  There are coral trees.  We scout, and Scout tracks the glasses, they’re about 40 hexes away.  Diomarche sees if they’re movable; Stella looks to see if they need any repairs.  They’re in good shape; maybe slightly out of line.  They’re clearly waterproof.   They need about 10 successes to move.

“So how about that Middlesea?” asks Vidan.
“I am unaware.”
Vidan explains a bit about the Breaker’s attack on Middlesea.
“Ah, yes, the Comet is in the air.”
He asks if we’re the Heroes of the Comet.  “Well, don’t tell anyone, but we think so.”
“I suppose it is still early, you might not know yet.”

(The elder races are giants (Blue), dragons (Orange), unicorns (Red), ents (Green), phantasms (Yellow), and xions (talking geometrical things; Purple).

With Stella’s mechanics, we’re able to all make Strength rolls, which helps us get them off the ground, and with some currents and swimming we get them up to the surface.  The giant is grateful.  We ask him where he’s headed; he’s going to visit a friend (he was walking South).  He asks us our destination?  Melmane.  All right, get in your boats.  He wishes us well, and BLOWS.

After some desperate sailing rolls, we are probably several days closer to Melmane now.

The prize ship is a bit battered, but Stella is able to help it out.
What was their ship’s name?  Rashkar says it translates to “Night Cactus”.
Scout thinks that’s a terrible name, but doesn’t have great suggestion.  It might translate to “Boaty McBoatFace”.