Swamped

"Something for the wizard to deal with," you settle on. "I'm going to head up and tell him about it."

"You aren't going to help us get to the lifeboats?" asks the younger child.

It's probably best not to leave the children unattended.

"I'll take you up to the bridge first. It ought to be a quick conversation, and if it's not, I'm sure the captain can arrange something."

The kids look at each other, shrug, and start heading for the door. You follow closely behind, keeping an eye on the weird bug-thing the whole while. Just in case.

You head upstairs to the bridge, thankfully without further incident. Though you're surprised to see a grebling on the bridge who wasn't there before.

"AAAHHHH! Fire! Fire!"

But before you have time to think about that, you realize that the kids are screaming because you forgot about the business where you look like you're on fire when you come in here. Everyone turns to you at the noise, and the grebling starts screaming too.

"It's just a magic trick," the wizard sighs. "No actual fire. Why did you bring children here?"

The children and the grebling seem to calm down. The older kid whispers "cool", but you ignore it as best you can and answer the question.

"I found them in their beds, asleep. No one else had come to fetch them, I guess. They ought to be ready to evacuate, just in case, right?"

"Children and caregivers first," the captain agrees. He gives the grebling a look. "Could you take them to the lifeboats? I think it would be best if you were ready to leave, too."

"I'm not a caregiver," she grumbles back. "I'm a scientist."

"The point is, you're not crew. Which means you're not involved in the fighting, so if it goes wrong you ought to escape."

She seems annoyed, but soon walks over.

"Right. Come along, kiddies. Hopefully we won't need to actually leave, because I still have things to talk to the captain about."

She takes their hands and walks out. Good, you were kind of hoping to have plenty of time to talk to the wizard.

But you don't get a chance to explain any of the weird stuff you found before he starts saying something to you.