Swamped

Well. It's not like you never had to get past uncooperative guards in your courier career.

And one of your most effective tricks was the "let me help you with that troublemaker" one. You were rarely the only person trying to get past, so helping the guards deal with another one tended to make them pay less attention to you. More than once you were able to just slip by them while they were focused on the other person and it took them a while to realize it.

Now here you are with the perfect setup for that.

You pat the intrusive sailor on the shoulder.

"Look, there's no need to cause a fuss. Mr. Resk no doubt has his hands full already. Even if he got the message, he wouldn't be able to deal with it for a while."

"But I was told to bring it to him at once!"

Good. The more agressive they are, the more attention they'll draw from the guards.

"And who told you to do it, then? On whose behalf are you barging up to the bridge? Seems a pretty important question to answer if you want these fellows to overlook their own orders."

The sailor pauses for a moment.

"The quartermaster," they finally say. "I don't know what it was about, presumably something to do with our supplies, but I wasn't given any details. Only a confidential message."

"And have you got any proof?" one of the guards asks. The other's eyes are fixated on you, unfortunately. You'll have a hard time trying anything unless the other person is a bit more distracting.

"I didn't think to ask, because I didn't think the way to the bridge would be blocked. Never has been before!"

But you think that they aren't far off from causing exactly the sort of trouble that would draw both guards' attention. Maybe if you can give them the right provocation, that would do the trick.