He pulls out his Yew stave
Your bow is workable, but your strength is too low for longbow, so we'll say this is a shortbow. You can have had time to make 15-20 arrows, but not to test them, so you can't say for sure they will all fly true.
In that case I'd like to order two. Dragon Dancing looks better with two fans.
You will probably be able to get another; in fact the smith seemed quite taken with the idea, meaning you'll get what you want, but eventually the secret will be out as he markets his "Proper Ladies' Defense."
By evening time, everyone has taken their places.
[tab]Thomas, Tsanal, Mryddyn and Munak are on the deck of the ship, passing time. There is a railing on the deck of the ship, in the twilight it will obscure you. Efforts to search below decks are stopped by secure locks on thick doors. You could probably find a way to force entry, if you wanted.
[tab]Nindoro, Mipe, and Ken have spread out along the harbor, keeping the ship in view. About an hour after the curfew horn, a patrol passed by the docks, but you each managed to hide admist the crates on the pier nearest the
Long Vision, Nindoro and Mipe being much better at hiding than the soldiers are at searching, at least in a crowded, unfamiliar city.
[tab]Immediately after the footsteps of the patrol vanish, Mipe, being nearest to the warehouse Corvanes spoke of, hears a faint comotion inside it. He is tempted to look inside, then backs away quickly as the door opens silently. Four shrouded figures emerge.
[tab]Mipe and Ken are close enough to hear their whispered conversation. [pm]
[tab]Then one in the lead, a scarred human man with close cut blond hair, points to the boat. The four make their way stealthily to boat and listen to the soft conversation above them. They can't make out what you on the boat are saying over the ocean noise, but have can tell where you are, around the mast. Crates of cheap food have been left on deck, and you have pushed them to make a workable fort.
[tab]Munak and Mryddyn are throwing darts. Nearby Thomas and Tsanalare arguing with their backs to them. Thomas lets out a short gasp when a dart hits his calf, causing him to fall to the deck. He turns to the girl and glares at her.
[tab]"I don't know what happened!" Munak whispers, "It spun in mid air to strike you! Let me help!" She removes the hairpin and binds the flesh wound with a sash.
[tab]Thomas is about to reply, when Tsanal gets their attention--"Look to the bow, fellows!
[tab]Three cloaked men have climbed the ropes, and stand facing you, daggers drawn.
[Those on the boat do not know of any others, though those on the shore see another man did not climb with the others, crouched by the post to which the boat is tied. Thomas' movement is hindered, but he is not bleeding badly.]