James had finished his quiver of arrows on the beasts - something he was fairly useless at but he had to try. He stepped back, looking around wildly for something else to shoot, or at least throw, when he saw the three of them talking hurriedly on the edge of the ship. He ran to the railing, saw the flash of the Rifter's hand, then over to the three of them. Iksandar had the rope, Beleth looked like she was about to jump in with her small, SMALL body and Cade was trying to talk her out of it --

And the Rifter was getting further away.

"FOR THE LOVE OF THE MAKER!"

So he ran up to them, growling as he's stripping off his armor, pushing his shield into Cade's arms, "Hold that."

He snags the rope from Iskandar's hands, then looks over at Beleth. "You have the best eyes. Tell them when to pull me up." He tightens his sword, and then prepares to dive in.