Calamity came that night to Arya though, just not in the form she expected. She had left the shudders open to see if lightning began striking and a small ticking sound woke Nymeria. She growled deep and it woke Arya with a start. But the window flew open and a cloud of dust enveloped Nymeria. The wolf fell in a heap. A dark figure crossed the room and stuck a dagger in the door lock to Brienne's room. By then Arya was full awake and standing in her night shirt with Needle in her hand. Arya shouted out to Brienne and the woman hit the doorway between them. The dagger held. The figure crossed a beam of moon light and Arya could see his face and features changing. "The Many Faced God sends greetings girl, you were not given leave to wander the world." He pressed Arya with a fierce attack driving her back to a shelf on the wall. Arya was a good fighter but this assassin was excellent at his job. He laughed and poised a death blow. Brienne burst in from the main door but she was too late, as the blow started falling a crunching sound and the smell of blood filled the cabin.
The man screamed as Nymeria snuffed his life, shaking his now lifeless corpse violently. The men on deck heard this noise and burst in on two women in their night shirts and a widening pool of blood and viscera on the floor in the middle of the cabin. Beth entered and screamed again. Arya plunged Needle through his stilled heart, she had to make sure. Captain Springer rushed into the scene with a lantern, he turned to an adjunct and ordered the body out of the room. "Find out if this man had any close associates on board." The adjunct said. "I don't recognize him." "Someone will know him from his clothes." Springer moved to console Arya. The look on her face was hard and brooked no tenderness. She was in killing mode and Springer saw her in a brand new light. "Thank goodness for the wolf." he said.
Brienne wrapped a blanket around Arya and Beth and taking Calancy in her other hand she ushered them all out of the room. Nymeria followed them up on deck, blood still dripping from her maw. She snarled at anyone that came close. Other crew members started looking over the body and one said, "That's Bill's clothes, but not his face." Arya asked him if he had a close friend and he nodded. "Shiv they called him." Springer and one of the men at arms followed the man toward the pairs bunks. But they pulled up short as the man shouted. "There he goes now." The figure darted towards the fore castle and when he felt the pursuit he threw a pigeon in the air and jumped overboard. "For the Many Faced God", he shouted as he drifted away. As the pigeon rose an arrow bisected it's path and it fell to the deck. These woodsmen were good and this one was awakened by the commotion and came armed.
The note attached to the bird was to a minion of the Many Faced God retelling their voyage and the failed assassination attempt was scribbled at the bottom. The crew men cleaned the mess and the body was disposed of and the ladies returned to their chambers. They would not soon forget this night.