The whale was sailing soon, and rumor said there was easy pickings to be had.
Captain Francois sailed to meet the whale before it set out. Four of his crew disembarked following the bonnie, well-laid-out plan. A nobleman and his guards were sidetracked and replaced with four o'the crew who slipped aboard the whale afore she sailed.
After getting a whiff of the lay-o-tha-land, two crew made their way to secure a launch and keep watch. The other two made their way to the vault. One caused a distraction, freeing the other to pick through as many vaults as possible. The infiltrator doing the distracting was caught and marched to the captain's quarters. Luck held, and the lookout team spotted a ship with black sails following the whale through the rain and stormy seas with a boat launched and heading to intercept. They also noticed one of the whale's guards missing.
They warned the crewman picking through the vault, who had been interrupted by the sounds of booted feet running below deck. The lookout team sounded the alarm, causing further chaos on the ship as the whale's crew rushed belowdecks to deal with the trouble there. Then, the infiltrator talked a guard into escorting her to her quarters, meeting the vault-picker on the way. As they were being escorted out for “fresh air” in the pouring rain, they discovered the ship with the black sails had crew aboard also picking the whale's teeth clean.
Before anything could go too far against the crew from Captain Francois’ ship, the vault team dove into the sea to escape, signaling their comrades to lower one of the whale's boats to join them. After reuniting, they rowed to Captain Francois' ship and made their escape. After settling up with the Captain, the four crew made a decent haul.