A dog eat dog world

The Captain raised his hand, and his crew stood down with a dissapointed murmur among them. The newcomers approached. Seeing them close, Taddilk could tell what they were. An Aasimar, an Elf, a Teifling, and a Shifter. A half dog.

He smirked. He could tell that these people would be more fun to toy with than to eat.

"Captains are supposed to go down with their ship" Taddilk initiated the conversation, immediately putting the interlopers on the back foot.

"Oh, I'm not... we are... were passengers" answered the Shifter.

"Capable ones from what I saw. So you left the crew of that poor ship to die? Or killed them and sunk the ship yourselves?" The captain continued to press his advantage.

The Teifling woman began firing insults at him with impressive speed, but laughable impact. The pale, pretty boy spoke, with much more fluency and control in his voice, explaining the whole situation.

Taddilk wasn't listening, he was completely absorbed by the quiet woman in the back. He liked a quiet girl, and it had been so long since he'd had a new toy to play with.

The pretty boy finished his story and the Captain spoke, now with their fates decided in his head.

"Is that so? Well, here's what's going to happen from here. You four, are going to do some work for me, or you're going to be food"

As expected the four of them began to protest, ready to fight their way out, however it quickly became apparent to them that their magics were completely ineffective here. And slowly, with their shoulders slumped and their heads lowered in shame, the redhead finally spoke.

"If we are to be employed, we expect to be paid"

The Captain smirked, she was going to be fun to break. He spoke back in a commanding tone.

"Your payment will be your lives."

A small frown flickered across her face before it smoothed back into neutrality. "Very well." She agreed, some **** in her tone, but clearly she had worked out that this was inevitable. "I am Sif, this is Faith, Zeath, and my Fang" the redhead spoke for the humbled casters, gesturing first to herself, then to the Tiefling woman, then the pretty boy, and finally to the Shifter.

Taddilk chuckled. She had said HER Fang. They were an item. The situation got better and better the more he heard.

"You two and the whelp can sleep on the deck, get settled, its a while until your first job. And you, Red, you can sleep in my quarters" The Captain spoke to the three he wasn't interested in first, then turned his full gaze on the red-headed Elf, bestowing a nickname and a grin on her.

Her Fang bared his teeth, and she scoffed at the offer, turning her head with a sharp flick. The four of them set their packs down on the deck and settled in for the long haul.