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The Lighthouse Inn, Mériault

Many would-be pirates were already lining up at Captain Montgomery's table to get signed up, though most of them seemed too old, or too young, or drunk, or were missing a limb or an eye—the Ghostlight had come late, and all the most likely candidates in Mériault had been snatched up by other crews already. Still, the captain could not afford to be too picky.

Among the queuing men and women, Sasha spotted a shifty-looking young fellow who wore a wide-brimmed hat and had his collar popped up to hide most of his face. He fidgeted a lot and seemed very eager to get signed up quickly, not even waiting for the captain to finish explaining the terms of employment before putting his signature ("Markias") at the bottom of the contract. That latter part was interesting, too, as most of the other candidates were illiterate and signed only with an "X". Almost as soon as he was signed up, Markias tried to make for the exit, though the crowded room made it hard for him to move quickly.
"What's the rush, friend?" she asks of the literate man in the hat. "Got somewhere you need to be? Or rather, somewhere you need to not be?"