She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
They'll get interrupted after about fifteen or twenty minutes. Sarati clears her throat, looking clearly amused.
Tetsuma also pulls away, though he's blushing even more than before. "Uh - hello, Captain."
"Please keep hands above the waist, and all clothes on, in the main areas," she says wryly. "I came up to let you know that we'll be undocking in fifteen. I can turn the viewport transparent now, if you want." A pause, then: "Oh, and I would in fact be highly annoyed if parts of my ship were used for - jutsu."
He snorts. "You heard that, did you. So did you hear the part where we were wondering about—other crew?"
"Yes, though I wasn't paying careful attention. There's no other crew but me, though you could argue the ship as its own crewmember. It's capable of maintaining a straight course in calm currents, and can alert me to problems before they occur, so I can sleep at appropriate intervals. Though it's not built for long-term sailing, so we'll be docking about twice a week, ideally. Luckily this is a fairly close together cluster of islands."
"That's kinda fascinating, that a single person can man the whole ship."
"It really is! Ship design's one of my passions, but it's a very niche field in magic. This girl," she taps the hull, "Is practically my baby. Larger ships need a fairly substantial crew, and can't maintain course on their own, usually. She's pushing the upper limits on size for a one-person."
"That's really awesome. Closest thing to anything like this back home is artificers making artefacts and they're, like, much smaller stuff."
"Mind telling me more about your magic systems once we're set on a course? I'll trade, story for a story."
Sarati nods and walks over to the long, blank wall that two of the tables are by. She traces an arcane pattern in the center, then places her palm flat on the wall for a few long moments. The wall ripples, a glimmering rainbow of color spreading like through water, and then the entire wall turns transparent. They can see the dock beyond it, part of the island and the distant mists.
"I think it is, but you'll have to see for yourself. If you don't need anything else, I can go ahead and get us on course."
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