Free Cities

The Captain has been on board the Imperial ship for some time now. Beaumont and some of the others are on the upper deck trying to come up with a plan to fight two Imperial war ships. If we could somehow talk to Mateo, who has already gone overboard, we might be able to tie sea anchors to the underside of the ships. At the very least we could out run them then, if we survived the first volley. Beaumont seems to mean well but he treats everyone like they are his tools. "Pallo is here to heal me after a battle" What does that mean, am I supposed to just sit and watch the fight holding my spells to cure his recklessness, what about the rest of the group. Maybe he should hire a private cleric, or at least buy some healing potions. Speaking of healing potions I need to buy some myself.
There seems to be a parade going into the Captains quarters, I can hear the footfalls of several people. I think I will go and see what is happening. It seems Anya has brokered some sort of truce. It seems she has agreed to find all the piece of Tanifa puzzle. Which I suppose made it an easy sell sense we were going to do that anyway. Anya seems to hate unsolved puzzes. Apparently the imperial captain put on a good spread making Anya question why she is a Pirate Captain and not an Imperial Captain. I can buy better food and put on better meals like they do on an Imperial ship. I cook one meal for the entire crew, not one for the deck crew and one for the officers.
We sailed to the Free Cities. Beaumont has secured the deed to the villa owned by our dearly departed Captain Allurial and we went to investigate. what we found initially was a run down mansion which Beaumont has been very clear is his now. I am curious if it is just part of his brashness and he thinks it is funny or if he believes it should truly belong to him. Searching the house we finally located Allurials quarters behind a hallway trap of crossbow bolts that nearly killed us. If that is not enough we are set upon by some aquatic beings that resemble elves. I dont know much of what happened because I was grabbed by one of the aquatic elves and knocked unconscious. I found myself back downstairs looking into the face of Anya who has apparently just slapped me. I find this mildly humorous after the encounter with the fish people and the singing necklaces. My humor does not last long because she is yelling at me to help the wounded. Everyone is wounded and bleeding. I start with Kia as he is the only other person I know has the ability to heal. I stabilized everyone as Kia did the healing he could. Anya ordered the killing of all but one of our assailants, much to the chagrin of Beaumont. Well on this we agree having more people to interrogate should give us a higher probability of getting the information we need. She told me to play nice and follow orders and unless there is a very good reason not to do so I will. I have taken the time to strip all four dead assassins of their gear . Anya Sees me finishing my task and she tells me to make sure it all ends up in the inventory, I have yet to hear her say one word to Beaumont about the house.