Zeppelin Recovery!

===> COH <===> 2/22/2020, 9:14:05 PM <===
Loft Apartment - Blue Door Loft

The walls of the apartment are a forest green while the floor is wooden. Large windows run the front of the apartment to the left; beneath them is the radiator heating and deep window wells holding various potted plants. A couch and two wingback chairs face a large flat sreen tv sitting above a fireplace. A crafting workshop corner is to the immediate left and takes up a good portion of that side of the room, offering a huge well lit creative space. The other side of the apartment houses a small open kitchen restored in shining brass and steel and a wooden table suited to seating six. Three doors adorn the apartment, one to the bedroom, one leading to the bathroom, the last opening up into a large closet holding the washer and dryer.

Contents:
Wick
Emrick
Loft Apartment Parent
Obvious Exits:
  Blue Door <O>

Emrick is sitting on the couch in only boxers, the smell of cookies wafting from the oven and radio on low. For once Emrick just seems to be doing nothing.

	Mo knocks, then makes his way inside. "Olly olly oxen free!"

Wick sits on the sofa next to Emrick - fully clothed. He pauses at the knock and smiles once the door opens. "Hello."

Emrick smiles warmly as he stretches his arms above his head "There's a sight for sore eyes." he says as he looks up at Mo "Mmm, sorry, just woke up from a nap a few minutes ago when Oli here knocked, but I threw some cookies in the oven, so there's that."

	Mo has a /look/ on his face. Something's afoot! He gives Wick a wave, then trains his gaze intently upon Emrick. "We need to go get that zeppelin."

Wick's attention drifts to Emrick as he stretches. It lingers a bit longer than it should. But at the mention of a zeppelin, he blinks and manages to return his attention to Mo. His head gives a curious tilt.

Emrick lifts an eyebrow "Like right now?" he huffs in humor "Usually I get coffee, or a shower, or some cuddling in before people ask me to go on dangerous adventures right after I wake up." he /sorta/ teases.

	Mo considers, a hand coming up to rub at his jaw. "If - if you were so inclined? Yeah. Yeah, now."

Wick's gaze flits from one to the other. He can't help but laugh a bit, grinning at Mo. "You just defined man of action, I think."

	Mo gives Wick a grin, "Me and Ernest fucking Hemingway, yeah." His gaze narrows. "You up for a bit of a walkabout?"

Emrick stands from the couch "Ok, sure." he says with a nod "But I'm getting a coffee on the way, and someone.." he points back and forth to them "..owes me cuddles later." he says with an amused huff, and then goes into the bedroom to change, calling back out "Street gear or adventure gear?"

Wick blinks as Mo's gaze narrows. "Um. Sure?" His attention flits off after Emrick a moment before returning to Mo. "Will there be any others?"

	"Totes. Totes, others. Or at least one more. Maybe more than one." Mo watches as Em heads off to gather himself. "We're going on an adventure!" he hollers as Em disappears into the bedroom.

Emrick comes out after a bit, dressed like this: https://www.cityofhopemush.net/index.php/File:MissionSuit1.jpg saying "I made myself an adventure suit." he tosses Wick a bikers jump suit and a helmet, all in flat black "You can wear my riding stuff, we can take my bike as far as we need to go." he nods

Wick looks a touch hesitant as MoGui mentions there will be others. But the caution in his features clears the moment Emrick emerges with that spare helmet. He laughs with a shake of his head. "Damn, Emrick. You look like a baddass." He sets the helmet down and starts pulling on the jump suit. "Sounds good."

	Mo blinks, taking in Emrick's get-up, then smiles broadly. "Captain Levinbolt woulda been proud, Em. I really wish you could have had a chance to meet him." Then he looks to Wick. "We gotta get to Ensenada. We got a boat waiting for us there."

Emrick chuckles to Wick, the helmet of his suit still not on so his smile apparent "You would too if you had decided what you wanted yours to look like yet, ya' bum." he says matter of factly and then looks to Mo "I can make you something if you design it, and I woulda' liked to meet him too." and then he whistles and his dragon golem scuttles over to run up a leg and into Emrick's backpack. "I haven't finished my unbreakable shield or daggers yet, but I can make do." he nod and then motions to the door "Let's go!"

Wick laughs with a slight duck of his head. "I know. Sorry, Emrick. Thanks." He watches the golem scuttle with a warm smile before pulling on his helmet. "Right. Let's go."

	Mo considers, "I dunno - the Captain was always trying to get me to gear up. He even made a prototype for me, I think, but I never got to see it, much less try it out. Orson said we had no way of knowing if it'd interfere with my joss or not. But as the conflict between the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven approaches, it might be a wise idea to figure something out."

Emrick says "Uhm, I dunno what joss is, but if you have the schematics or something I can try to build it." he nods and then looks to them both "We waiting around for the rest of the group or are we supposed to meet them somewhere?" he fishes in a bag by his crafting table and pulls out a blue tooth ear piece and tosses it to Wick, along with a dagger in a leg sheathe. "Here, for staying connected, and well, you know what daggers are for." he nods

Wick doesn't quite seem to follow what MoGui says. But catching the earpiece Emrick tosses, he nods. He catches the dagger just as easily and grins. "Right. Thanks. Sure you don't need it? You're way better at using them than me." He puts the earpiece in.

	"We'll meet them there. My van is outside. We can load your bike up in the back," says Mo as he turns to lead the way out the blue door.

	Mo, Emrick and Wick load up Emrick's bike into an unmarked small delivery van, and then file into the vehicle, headed down south into Ensenada. Specifically? The Port of Ensenada, where a ship would be waiting for them. Mo had sent word to the /Monk/, and one other to meet them there for ... an adventure!

	Waiting for the three in the back of the van? A tiny azure scaled oriental dragon! Mr. Fu knows EM, but Wick? Wick was a new face. The little dragon speaks out with a voice like thunder - "Who, are you?"

Wick shows up with MoGui and Emrick wearing a black motorcyle jumpsuit and a helmet over his head. No face to see. But it turns to the tiny dragon. "Hi there. I'm a friend of his." He points at Emrick.

Tian sits on the dock waiting for MoGui. He gives a respectful nod of his head to MoGui and then to the others.
Emrick checks over his bike, and his gear. And looks to the little dragon "I vouch for Oliver there." he nods towards Wick "He's good people."

	Mr. Fu looks to Emrick, and when the man vouches for Wick, relaxes a little, curling up into a little electric blue ball. "Best to save your energy for what lies ahead." And with that, the little Guide will snooze into they get to the port.

Wick turns his head towards Emrick as he vouches for him. He nods to Mr. Fu and watches as it curls up for a snooze. After a moment, his attention turns to Tian. Features hidden behind the helmet, he just offers a nod. "Hello."

Tian sits on the dock waiting for MoGui. He gives a respectful nod of his head to MoGui and then to the others.

Emrick spends the ride checking gear, and calibrating Wicks bluetooth set to his magically overhauled trinary network. Who needs an internet provider when you have technomancer friends?! He exits the van and says "Wick you should be able to communicate with me through our helmets now, no matter where we are, I'll get the H.u.d lenses put in your helmet for next time." he nods

	Eventually, the trio plus the dragon in the delivery van pull into a spot near the docks at the Port of Ensenada, where they are to hopefully meet up with The Monk, and The Zatoichi, also known as Grace. Mo looks to Em and Wick, "We're here. I'll gather Fu, you two go and greet the others."

Tian bows slightly, "I am Shang Tian. It is my honor to come with you all." A small smile to the dragon. He nods to Emrick, "Perhaps my abilities will not be needed, but if they are, I am here."

Wick nods - his face obscured by that helmet. "Sounds good. Thanks. This is fine for now though." Once they arrive, he hops out of the van and follows Emrick off to greet the others.

	The docks are largely abandoned at this hour, and Mo had called in a favor with the local powers that be to make sure the party would be undisturbed. Up ahead? A rickety looking boat, but at least the ship appears to be largely seaworthy. "There she is. Our ride." Mo points the ship out. Then he scoops up Fu and leads the way. "Olly olly oxen free! Grace?! GRACE?! You out here?"

Grace makes her way up hamming the blind thing as she taps with her cane. She makes her way to Mo and bows her head as she looks to him with blind eyes "I am here." To someone Chinese she has a faint american accent, to somone American it is a faint Chinese accent.

Emrick hits a button on his helmet and the faceplate slides up and back ironman style. He smiles "Hey Tian, nice to get to hangout with you again. I need to get by the dojo more." he nods "I'm just the handyman." he says, as he's dressed like a cross between ironman and a videogame character. "But Mo brings me along in case there's anything that needs fixin'." Then he hears Grace and looks over with a smile "Hey Grace, it's Emrick, you might not be able to recognize me by smell tonight in this get up, but Hi!."

	Mr. Fu leaps out of Mo's arms and flies on up to perch on the railing of the rickety old ship. "Hurry! We have to make haste before sunup!"

Tian turns to see Grace and he smiles such that the smile comes out in his voice, "Ahhh, Grace. We have met many times in passing. I hope we will get to know each other more as we journey."

Wick offers a nod and lifts a hand in greeting to Tian. "Hi there. I'm Oliver." Though there's a chance Tian might recognize his voice - muffled as it is by the helmet. His attention turns to Grace where it lingers. "Hello Grace. And, I'm new. Call me Oliver."

Tian nods knowingly to Wick, "Pleased that you are with us Oliver. I hope that we will also come to know each other better."

Emrick blinks and then nods and goes to get on the boat. "Mo, how long we gonna be on this rust bucket?" he says as he steps on and thumps a hand against a railing. "If it's gonna be awhile I'm gonna go overhaul the engine so we don't stall out."

	Mo rushes on up the gangplank and onto the ship. "All aboard! You heard Mr. Fu! Let's move it, people! MOVE MOVE MOVE!" He looks to Em. "We're headed to Isla Todos Santos. The Captain had a skirmish with the Nipponese above the skies there."
Tian moves to the boat and waits on Grace to enter. He doesn't try to help her, he just seems to be one of those people that like to make sure people are where they are suppose to be.

Grace hold sout her hand to Oliver. She then sniffs and then sniffs again as she turns to Tian and says "Sire you have no scent. Seriously what the hell?"

Grace does enter the boat, but really appears nervous over water.

Wick nods at Tian. "I hope so too." Turning his attention back to Grace, he accepts her hand with a secure grip. "It's good to meet you." At Tian's call to board, he steps right on without hesitation.

Emrick nods and says "Vuzix, distance from here to Todos Santos Islands." in a monotone voice. A moment later the answer flashes across the A.r in his glasses and he says "4.3 miles, nevermind, we'll be there in no time at all." nods, and stays on deck.

	Once everyone is on board? Mo pulls up anchor and soon the journey is officially underway! Mr. Fu makes his way to the center of the deck, and briefs people. "Isla Todos Santos is a pair of islands best known for surfing. Access is only by boat. The waves off the smallest island are among the biggest in North America. There are no facilities on the islands except for two lighthouses and a fish farm operation." A pause. "And a dragon nest - a nest that the Captain helped me protect, during the Second World War."

	Mo nods, and pipes up. "That's where the zeppelin is stashed!"

Tian says to Grace, "I pray to the gods of the air and they have blessed me. Which religions do you take heed in?"

Grace just stands there as the boat moves along, her balance, well borderline amazing as she just stands as easily as she would on solid ground.

Grace says, “Zeppelin?”

Wick leans back against the railing and watches Mr. Fu as he speaks, listening with interest. His head turns slightly, having caught Tian's question to Grace. But as she asks after the zeppelin, he looks to Mo, a bit curious himself.

Emrick nods "Ya, that's why I'm along, Mo asked me to fix it up." he nods and then lets Mo explain the rest if he wants to.

	"We need to recover and repair the Captain's zeppelin, so that we can take a journey to Hollow Earth and recover some of Mr. Fu's artifacts of power, in advance of the conflict between the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven," offers Mo as their ship speeds along on the waters of Ensenada Bay. Eventually, the push thru some extraordinarily large waves en route to finally making landfall.

	"LAND HO!" says Mr. Fu, the tiny dragon's voice booming like thunder from a dragon a hundred times larger.

Tian looks about to make sure all is still safe. He then looks to where they will be landing.

Wick seems like he's got some solid sea-legs. Those larger waves they push though don't seem to so much as unsteady him. But he turns his head towards Grace, checking to make sure she's alright through them.

Emrick cheats and carabiners himself to a railing. He looks down "Vuzix, note, maglock boot upgrades." he says with a nod in a monotone voice, already planning suit upgrades it seems.

	Mo? Mo is just lucky with his footing, it seems. Always in the right place at the right time. He throws an anchor overboard to steady the boat, the motions to a rowboat. "Everyone in! We'll make shore shortly!"

	Mr. Fu takes to the air, and will fly on a head to serve as scout. He's rather fearless for such a small creature.

There is a difference between one that has an innate sense of balance, and one that is simply graceful. Wick and Grace seem almost one with the ship, rocking to and fro with each movement. Where others might stumble and fall Tian...Tian seems to make walking about an art form. When the big waves crash, he squats and then springs lightly in the air so when the ship returns to a level field, Tian's feet touch down lightly. The waves though...they seem to reach for him...but he steps out of their way as if such a thing could be anticipated.

Wick catches the way Tian springs into the air and touches down with such lightness. The only hint of his awe is a slight shake of that helmet-covered head of his. Into the rowboat! He hops down into it and slides over, making room for anyone else.

Tian will be the last one again. He will take one last look around before getting into the rowboat.

Grace looks down at the rowboat and water as she clicks her tongue a few times and then lowers herself CAREFULLY into it. She really has a thing about water.

Emrick unclasps his carabiner and makes his way to hop into the rowboat. He whistles and the small dragon golem in his backpack launches itself into the air to join Mr Fu in scouting. He volunteers to row, if no one else takes the oars right away.

	Mo looks to Em as he takes the oars. "Thanks, Em. You're likely the strongest one here and will make quick work of the short trip. Frees me up to study the map." He pulls a folded up scrap of parchment from a pocket - a map of the small island. And then he pulls out his trust luopan - a gadget that looks for all the world to be some sort of golden compass.
Wick watches as Grace eases herself into the row boat. She doesn't appear to need much help, but with that caution in her movements, he watches just to be sure.

Tian nods to Emrick as he takes the oars. He says with a small smile, "If you become winded, I can take your place for a time." He nods to the dragon, "Did you make such a thing?"

	Em will indeed make short work of the row to the small island. The group will soon find themselves on the sandy beach. The air here is unnaturally still, and those with Awareness will feel eldritch power in the air around them, and the earth beneath them.

Emrick smiles warmly to Tian "Thanks, I'll let you know. And ya, that's my bud Welyn, I don't have any active magic like other people I've bumped into, but gimme' tools and some time and I'm pretty handy." he nods and then looks to Mo's map if its easily seen, to take a picture of it with his glasses and then turn into a digital map for his own reference. He wrinkles his nose, most likely at the odd feeling in the air, and then lowers his faceplate back down, just in case.
When his feet lands on sand, he sniffs at the air. He then holds his right arm out and splays his fingers wide to look though though as he turns about. He simply says, "Interesting."

Wick's head turns off towards shore as they near it, taking in the small island with a keen interest. He hops out of the boat once they get close enough and helps push it on to shore.

Grace gladly climbs out of the boat and puts her feet onto the sand. She turns slowly humming and sniffing the air as this is how she sees the world.

	Mo's studies the luopan, and then the map, then looks to Mr. Fu. Clearly, there's some sort of telepathic exchange going on, and then Fu blinks out of sight. Mo looks over a shoulder to the group. "Alright then! Into the jungle! And then he darts forward and plunges into the dense foliage!

Emrick blinks at the teleporting and then nods and whistles, his golem flies in lazy circles above him as he makes his way into the foliage after Mo.

Tian comes jogging bringing up the rear, ready to tell Grace about anything that might make her fall but doesn't seem like he will need to say anything. He concentrates on things that might come from the left, right, or behind.
Wick turns his head towards Emrick before heading off after him into the foliage.

	Mo's steps seem preternaturally deft - in fact, to those who are observant? He's not leaving any tracks or such behind him as he bobs and weaves through the steamy jungle.

	People seem especially alert tonight! As the dash through the dark jungle takes place, moonlight peeks through the canopy, illuminating the path. Most folks will notice a slight change in their environs - the leaves, the trees, everything around them suddenly seem smore uniform. Unnaturally so!

Sight isn't really Grace's cue to the world around her as much as scent, hearing, taste, and vibration. She does lean on he staff as she just well listens to the world around her painting a mental image in her mind.

Wick draws a knife from a sheath strapped around his leg. Each tilt and turn of his head gets sharper as the trees start to turn so strangely uniform.

Tian calls out softly, but a breeze carries it right up the line from the back to the front, "Trap?"

Emrick gets out a rock from his backpack, a pretty lowtech weapon for someone dressed like steampunk ironman. The other hand gets out an ornate jewelry hammer, and Emrick holds it in front of him as he walks with the group. (And prepares counterspelling)

	The scenery shimmers slightly - some sort of advanced holographic projection! And then Grace will pick up a sound in the background. Like a mechanism locking and loading.

	Suddenly, a volley of dart-like objects come flying out from all directions at the group! WHisper quiet, but they seem to fly with unerring precision!

	Mo, the lad has NO dodge. Odd, then, that he seems to bull rush his way through life! Except that he leads an especially charmed life, and just as he's about to get tagged by the volley of darts, his foot catches on a root, causing him to stumble, but to miss being caught in the volley!

Wick only just manages to tilt of the way of one of those whisper-quiet darts. It grazes his helmet. He swears under his breath and ducks down lower still.

Emrick drops into a combat roll, either he's been practicing or his eidetic memory suddenly thinks life is a first person shooter, either way he dodges the dart and then hops back up to his feet.

Tian turns to face the darts as just the right time. Then he moves dodging the volley of darts, twisting and turning in almost impossible ways with such speed he almost seems to blurr. Fortunately most people were concentrating on dodging their own darts at the time for Toan to be of notice.

	Suddenly? The jungle around the group looks a lot more high tech - the leaves, tree, plants, everything seems synthetic here rather than natural as whatever holographic masking effect that helped it blend with the real jungle is now gone. And up ahead? The zeppelin in question! The airship looks a little worse for wear, but seemingly remains largely intact.

	From his position on the ground, Mo reaches out to pick up one of the fallen darts. "OH WOW!" he exclaims. "MR. FU! LOOK! PEACEMAKERS! THESE WERE THE CAPTAIN'S SPECIALTY, REMEMBER?!" Man, the dhampyr sure knows how to make a ruckus!

	Then coming round from the zeppelin? A male figure appears, clad in aethergoggles, and a set of matching pilot leathers. He offers a wave to the group, but remains standing near the ship.

Tian pauses as the ship comes into view. He says, "There is something I am not familar with. If it needs to be tended to, I can take orders but not make decisions on how to fix such a thing." He sees the man, "Your Captain?"

Wick's head turns sharply as the jungle takes on an even more synthetic appearance. His grip tightens around his knife, ready. He slows as they near the Zeppelin, gazing over at the man emerging from behind it.

Grace sniffs at a dart and then frowns as she looks towards the ship as she ask "Really?" as she holds up a dart.

	Mr. Fu blinks back into view, flying on over towards where Mo sits on the ground. "I remember them, yes." Then the little dragon grows pensive, his electric blue-white eyes looking towards the moored ship, and the figure beside it.
Emrick pauses and looks at the man, and then to Mo, and then back to the man. The little hammer in his left hand is twirled a bit. (And he prepares spirit counterspell)

	The figure in the pilot leathers and aethergoggles remains by the ship. Then the figure turns towards Grace. "I'm sorry for the surprise, but for your safety, the peacemakers were deployed to ensure none of the more serious countermeasures needed to be deployed. If you've made it this far, you're either a friend, or a friend of a friend."

Grace leans over to whisper to Tian as she ask "Okay My radar might be messed up. Do you see an dragon?"

Tian says, "Just the pair that have been with us, the mechanical marvel, and a small, to the eyes, dragon of MoGui's."

	The Captain looks out onto all assembled and seemingly waits. But ... for what?

	Mo blinks at the sound of a familiar voice, then leaps up off the ground and goes running straight for the Captain, arms wide open as if going in for a hug. "Captain! Captain!"

	Mr. Fu blinks, then shakes his head. "Thomas! Slow down!" he booms out in words of warning.

Grace watches as she tilts her head the dragons general direction as the experience fascinates her.

Tian takes off after Mo preparing to grab him if the ground falls away, or worse.

Emrick likewise waits, and keeps concentrating on preparing a spirit counterspell with his small hammer. He blinks a bit and then yells "MO STOP!"

Wick tenses at the cries of warning and grips his knife tight.

	There's no sudden pit with spikes at the bottom, or molten lava, or flesh eating beetles that manifests as Mo scampers across the expanse towards the Captain. Just as the dhampyr leans in to give his long lost mentor a big ol' hug, Mo passes through the Captain entirely.

	Mr. Fu sighs, and looks saddened for a moment, before he flies on over to land on Emrick's shoulder. "This is going to be difficult..."

Tian slows as they come within arms reach of the Captain, and then moves to the left a little as to not collide with the other two, or run through a ghost and run into MoGui.

Wick pauses as MoGui goes right through the man - or hologram of a man. He drifts over to stand at Emrick's side, watching Mo.

	Mo blinks in confusion, then spins around and tries to hug the Captain from the back, but once again passes through the Captain, barely avoiding a collision with Tian. "What the heck?!" The youth looks panicked, brow furrowing as his brain tries to process whatever is going on.

Emrick nods to the little dragon "Ya, it is, but we're here for him." he hits the button on his helmet, making the faceplate move up and back, to show his face. He puts away the rock and the hammer and moves over to Mo, to take his hands. "Mo, hey, Mo. It was another hologram, I'm sorry." he then opens his arms to offer Mo a hug, should he want one.

	The Captain offers a sad smile to Mo. "Hey, kiddo," he says softly before the holo looks back out towards the rest of the group. "Sorry for the darts, but I needed to make sure that more serious countermeasures weren't necessary. I'm the ship's Emergency Hologram."

Wick doesn't let go of his knife, but he folds his arms over his stomach, pained at the panic in Mo's voice. His head turns slightly, watching Emrick approach him. His head bows a bit.

Grace keeps her beads coiled around her wrist still as she leans on her walking stick and just listens.

	Mo looks like he's gonna be sick. And then anger flashes in his eyes, the youth looking to EMrick. "What the heck! Fix him, Em! Make him real! MAKE HIM REAL!"

Tian hmmms and looks at the Captain, "He's an electronic dream. Interesting." He looks over to Grace to make sure she is doing ok and then to Mo.

Emrick moves in then, wrapping his arms around Mo (if Mo let's him) to both hug him, and keep him still so he doesn't keep freaking out and do something rash. "Mo, I can't, I can't fix /everything/. He's not actually broken, he's gone, and I think this is his way of watching over you." he says with clear pain in his voice. "I'm so sorry Mo, but I'm here for you. Ok? I'm right here." he nods

Wick's attention remains fixed on Mo and Emrick - tense with that pain in Mo's voice.

	The Emergency Holo looks at Mo sadly, "I'm as real as I'm gonna get, kiddo. But we do need your help in getting fixed. We've been stuck here a very long time." Then the holo looks at the rest of the group. "Can you help us? Are you here to help? The ship's cloaking is gone now, and there are enemies that will pick up the ship's signature ping soon and come looking."

	Mo doesn't say another word. He can't. He's hurt. And angry. And confused. And it's all he can do to keep the Demon that lives inside of him from coming out. Tears stream from his eyes freely. "But you're a fixer," he mutters to Emrick. "You're supposed to fix things with your magic." He might say more but the words are swallowed up with grief at the situation.
Grace says, “I can fix some things with my wonder. I mean I have to be able to hold it."”

Wick sheathed his knife and approaches Emrick and MoGui, head slightly bowed.

Emrick nods for Wick to come up and stand with Mo. For the moment he just keeps on hugging Mo. "He's not broken Mo, he's gone, he's at rest. And this is his way to keep helping you." he holds Mo tight, the pain clear in his voice, "I know it sucks, but no one can bring him back. But I'm not going anywhere, ok? I'll be right here for you." he nods as he holds his friend. "But right now I do have something to fix, I gotta get that zeppelin going, ok bud?" he looks to Wick "Oliver is gonna stay with you, while I and Grace get to work. Ok?"

	Mo blinks, reaching up with balled angry fists to rub at his eyes. "This isn't fair." He forces a nod to Emrick, and then takes a few unsteady breaths, eyeing Oliver dubiously.

	The Emergency Holo looks to Emrick and then Grace, nodding, and then stairs will drop down from a door, and the door will open, allowing access to the interior of the zeppelin's cabin.

Wick has removed his biker's gloves, tucking them in a back pocket. As Mo turns that dubious gaze to him, he steps in closer and seeks to gently take his hand in both of his. He holds it close at his chest.

	Mo glares at Oliver. "This isn't fair."

Mo senses Wick 's thumb brushes gently across the top of his hand.

Grace follows Emrick to see what needs fixing and what does not as she says "You handle the big stuff and I work on parts?"

Wick nods at MoGui. His voice comes quite soft and somewhat hoarse with emotion. "I know, Mo... It's not. It's really not..."

Emrick will take a moment to nod at Mo "I know, it isn't." he throws his backpack on the ground and then fishes out a tool belt and straps it on. He gears up and then moves up the stairs to see what he /can/ fix.

	The Holo-Captain says, "Electrical room, towards the back. Then there's the engines in the engine cars. But the fuel cells are all good. Aether doesn't degrade."

	The Holo-Captain sighs, "The ships nav-logs, however, were lost in battle. They're being held at Castle *&^#15027$#15027##." The last part seemed to be a ... glitch?

Emrick nods "I got the engines. Will have them up and running lickety-split. Grace, can you check out the electrical stuff?"

Grace looks to Emrick with blind eyes and ask "Really?" She smirks "I can fix something you hand me to fix with magic. I can't tell you whats a burnt out fuse and what isn't.

	Mo looks over towards Grace, then back to Oliver and Tian. "C'mon, let's go help Grace do some laying on of hands."

	The Holo-Captain smiles, "I've run diagnostics. I just need someone to be my hands to do the repairs."
Emrick says "Oh, I didn't know that's how your magic worked, I apologize, ok. Well, I teleported to Berlin and got the schematics for the ship and I have it here on my A.r. glasses." He'll then take them off and offer them to Wick, Mo, or Tian. "Here visual guide of how everything should look, should help, especially with the diagnostics. Point out to Grace what she should lay hands on. I'm gonna go kick the engines in the teeth."

	The Holo-Captain looks to Emrick, "Oh, and careful - there's a few barrels of blaugas back there."

Wick nods at Mo. Unless the man should pull it away, he keeps his hand held gently in his as they head off to help Grace. Wick lets have Mo or Tian have first pick of the A.R. glasses.

Emrick nods and then walks back to the engine room. A few moments later loud banging and the loudest fastest cursing can be heard echoing from the room as it sounds like Emrick is just unloading a lifetime of anger and hurt into the machine. It sounds like robot sailors attacking each other. But a few times he yells "Everything's FINE"

Wick tenses at the banging and cursing coming from the engine room. He's about to head after Emrick but stops when he yells that everything's fine. And so, with frequent glances towards the engine room, he busies himself with handing things to Grace and being as useful as he can be.

Grace is handed a part and she closes her eyes and focuses intently for a moment. The tattoo of two koi fish in a yin/yang on her back glows bright enough to be seen through her shirt. Of course you can sense the wonder as she does this. A few might even sense the martial art connection as she kung-fu Chis the crap out of the process.

	Eventually? Between the Rage and Peace? The Holo-Captain pipes up! "Aaaaaaaand, we are up and running, crew!" He looks to Mo, "You wanna come up with me by the helm, kiddo?" Then an announcement goes out over the comms. "ALL ABOARD! WE NEED TO HIGHTAIL IT OUTTA HERE, PRONTO!"

Tian climbs aboard...last.

Emrick will come out of the engine room after the engine is magically fixed from being hammered a lot, and the lean against a wall somewhere.

	The zeppelin will slowly, majestically take flight, as the party is spirited off and away back towards Ensenada and a warehouse and landing strip that Mo had procured via favor trading.

===> Log ended by user <===> 2/23/2020, 1:29:47 AM <===