Swamped

"Everyone, to your stations! Ready for boarding! Send a runner to the lifeboats! And someone grab me a halberd!" you shout.

You may as well get her thinking that you're going to be boarding momentarily, preferably in a last-ditch chance to escape your own vessel. In that case, it's best for her to leave now before she loses her chance - that, or let the pirates leave and drop whatever it is she stole, since Wiz said it couldn't be magically transported. Either way works for you, as long as Donnie is safe.

You should probably ask Wiz about what, exactly, she stole. You've just been too preoccupied to have much interest in it. You really don't like to deal with magical business.

Well, your bluff seems to have worked. There's a sudden explosion on the deck, and part of it fills with smoke. Probably looking to cover her escape.

Luckily, Swallow's already aiming. Just a moment after the "scout" emerges from the smoke on the boarding plank, it cracks and falls into the water.

What happens next is harder to follow. You definitely hear a splash, and you see a bright light, and then suddenly it doesn't feel like the ship's shaking. You barely have time to think about what it all means when Wiz contacts you.

The tentacle went away. We've still got a big hole here, though. And the knife is still pointing at Donnie.

It takes you a moment to form a reply.

We just knocked the warden overboard. Best guess is, she fried the kraken to save herself. But it's hard for me to get a good look from here.

Wiz sounds a bit puzzled when he responds.

The knife would strike if she'd died or fall unconscious. What about the mask?

What mask? you ask.

It's what she stole. I suppose I didn't mention the specifics earlier.

Now that, you really ought to check out. After all, it's apparently the thing Nual was so upset about. But you're hoping that dropping her overboard gave it to the sea, as requested.

You cross over to the railing. It's hard to see anything down there. Though there's definitely no kraken thrashing down there now, at least.

But after a moment, you see a rope being lowered by the pirates. It starts rising rapidly after a while.

Then you see it come up with a lot of seaweed attached. The rope only makes it about halfway up the ship before the seaweed seems to be pulling it back down. And... you think you can make out someone's hand in there?

Probably the warden, then. Looking a bit closer, you think you see that hand holding tightly onto a pouch. So the seaweed's not letting her go until she drops that mask or whatever it is.

Well, maybe you can do something about that.