04[15:52] <Comet_Strikes> 3The past 5 years have been busy for our trio of explorers. Zuri, Maurice_Plumacuerno and Steve have worked to found the newly minted Merchant's guild. This coalition of traders allowed for a project that had long been on the Scion's to do list.
[15:52] <Comet_Strikes> 3Shortly after the first board meeting for the guild, Dawn Avatar Alabaster came to them with a proposal: Produce a vessel for long, independent missions to expand the city's network of trade partners and resources. In exchange for funding, the more major Guild members would be given first shot at opportunities.
[15:52] <Comet_Strikes> 3The cult salvaged a science vessel from an arctic current, and over the last four years, the Aurora has been stripped down and restored. Now, the ship floats, hidden in the Dockworker's covered peer. It's white hull still sit bare, with a bucket of paint infused with phoenix dust ready for her new title.
04[15:52] <Comet_Strikes> 3The trio find themselves in Maurice's shop, Zrui's warehouse or Steve's shelter.
15[16:40] * Steve totally uh... summoned everyone to have a discussion whenever they had time available. She had recieved word that the boat was done, and it was probably soon to be time to go figure out a name for it. But at the moment, it was still planning time before they head out to do that. And she was currently in her own throne room with the others. There indeed was a throne, which she was sitting on. It was flanked by a smaller, less ornate throne to the right of it. The Queen had sent any other changelings out, all except for two Royal Guard changelings that stood guard in the room. There were some cushions on the floor, providing more seating for guests or workers who had things to discuss with her. As well as a couple bookshelves filled with some books, and some 'pictures' hanging on the walls, although the pictures were largely resin sculptures that look like they were made by 4 year old children. "Have I ever mentioned how comfy this chair is?
04[16:44] * +Zuri exists! And has apparantly been summoned by the Bugling Overlord. Zuri chuckles a bit at Steve's throne... She's seen it before, of course, but still couldn't help finding it amusing. "Multiple times." she snickers back... Steve had most likely done so. "I kinda want to try it a little... See how being a queen is." she laughs. She also finds hte pictures kinda adorable! Even though
07[16:44] * +Zuri they're goop...
07[16:47] * +Zuri also totally didn't forget to mention that she's grown out her mane now! instead of the short style she had favoured when the party adventured more, she's grown out the mane down to her shoulders, and keeping very good care of it... though she does carry a supply of scrunchies for when she needs to put it up in a ponytail. For when things go serious. And she still goes armed anywhere
07[16:47] * +Zuri she goes... though she isn't quite as constnat with armor.
07[16:52] * Maurice_Plumacuerno is likely lounging on the smaller throne, settled in his more casual robes, having taken to wearing Astomi or Zebra silks more often than not, Equestrian fashion didn't really suit him, literally, and it was dificult for the locals to take him seriously in his Mareribbean fashion. He raises his brow momentarily before snerking and giving his head a little shake, "at least once a day
07[16:52] * Maurice_Plumacuerno everytime I visit, querida. Still, it's nice to know that it was a good decor choice." He sniffs a bit, and glances at Zuri with a little smirk, "I have to ask, socia, when is the next volume coming? I'm in desperate need to know what happens next."
07[16:54] * +Zuri can't help but giggle. "Mmm, when it's done." she laughs. "Don't worry, it probably won't be *that* long." she snerks. "I'm sure you can hold on for a little more." she says. She had probably taken to using a password on her tablet so that Maurice wouldn't be able to sneak peek at her future books...
15[16:59] * Steve smirks a little at Zuri, then at Maurice as well. "It's a very comfy chair... sue me." She wiggles a little bit, settling some before saying, "But you can't sit in it Zuri... it'd confuse all the little ones," she waves a hoof at the guards, "Mommy has to have the biggest chair." She raises an eyebrow at the question about the book then says, "You know one thing I never asked... why -are- you writing that book? Money? I don't think it'd be that profitable... is it?"
04[17:01] * Maurice_Plumacuerno could have talked Steve into hacking into Zuri's tablet if he was -that- desperate, but he really wasn't, likely it'd be a teasing topic since the books would be selling in his store... and a bit of useful smut would probably sell well, as inexpensive leasure items would be good sellers as things calmed down in Coltlumbia... for those who can actually read. At that point, he'd have
04[17:01] * Maurice_Plumacuerno likely spent some time researching the possibility of the Guild funding some schools in the distant future, it was too young to attempt such things now. He looks back to Steve and smirks, "I would sue you, but I already have my fingers in your treasury."
04[17:03] * +Zuri giggles a bit. "Mm, fine." she answers Steve with a chuckle, settling down into one of hte large pillows instead. "The books? A lot of it is just stress relief." she answers with a little gesture wiht her hoof. "It's relaxing to sit down and type out a page or two after a long day, you know? Plus, a few caps here and a few caps there add up." she smiles. And indeed, the price of the
07[17:03] * +Zuri book was probably fairly low... Enough that the common folks could read it no problems.
04[17:04] * +Zuri also snorts a bit at Maurice's comment about his fingers in Steve's treasury too. "And everywhere else too..." she mumbles with a giggle
07[17:06] * Maurice_Plumacuerno smirks toward Zuri again, "well, I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't, socia."
15[17:10] * Steve snorts at Maurice then licks at her fangs. "My very small treasury." She laughs, echoing with her voice and looks around the room, "All of this would be tens of thousands of caps in Coltlumbia. Here? Oh maybe three hundred or so." Her eyes fall back down to Zuri when she answers, and then gives a little nod. "I suppose... Though mine is sitting down to read the books. So I guess it's good somebody feels like writing them." She blinks then snerks at Zuri's last comment, "About once a month or so..." She shifts then leans over the side of the throne and points back to the area between the throne and the wall, where... which I forgot originally, but where a collection of eggs in stasis would be laying nested into the wall. "Mostly Maurice's... Two are Moon's. One is Hatari's. We really need more food so I can start waking some of the drone eggs up..."
15[17:12] <Steve> As a note, if they looked really closely, they could probably pick out certain familiar features in the two Royal Guard changelings in the room...  Ear shapes and body builds very similar to those of a certain bat pony.
04[17:13] * +Zuri snerks at Maurice, shaking her head at the randy griffin. She also chuckles at Steve. "Mmmhm... With the Ambassador project leeching caps as well, I doubt anyone of us has particularly large wallets now." she chuckles. "Still, the idea seems amazing... Even though it's a boat." Zuri grimaces slightly. "At least that one Cult technician claimed the large boats are much stabler than
04[17:13] * +Zuri teh small ones...." she says. She also snerks more at Steve so casually telling her when she and Maurice gets it on. "Papa Maurice... with soon to be hundreds of little ones." she giggles a bit. "Sounds exhausting." she laughs
07[17:20] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snerks softly and shakes his head lightly, "it can be taxing, but mi señorita demands, I have to try and comply. Really though, it's been a bit interesting being able to relax and actually socialize again without having to worry about spending a month or two on mission just to pay for some leisure time. The shop hasn't been 'booming' but enough business I keep a few hands to run it
07[17:20] * Maurice_Plumacuerno while I'm not around, and can pay them well. I still miss when Fara was there, big scary zebra mare was good for making sure things weren't nicked. But thievery has actually been down in the last few years anyhow with the Guild gaining more ground. It's nice to see that our labor is paying off there." He licks his beak lightly, "having that time to spend with mi familia doesn't hurt either."
15[17:24] * Steve nods to Zuri, "A very big, very impressive boat... Which, we'll be leaving soon, right? I was just working things out with the Astomi. We set it up so no eggs will be hatching soon, the nannies can run this place... I can finally take a month or two off. Big boats are stabler, but... well hopefully you've concocted some potion in that warehouse of yours so you don't get quite so seasick." She just gives a little shrug when Zuri snerks at her casualness. "Mildly exhausting. It's not too bad though... a perk of being a queen, I hold so much more energy." She glances down and looks between Maurice and Zuri when they speak before saying, "At least you still have Beatrice and them around."
15[17:25] <Steve> As another note!  The two Royal Guards are definitely little five year old changelings!  Far from fully grown.
04[17:30] * +Zuri giggles a bit at Maurice. "Mmmhm... I'm just glad people like my potions." she chuckles a bit. "I wouldn't have gotten very far if they hadn't sold." she says. "And the Guil was a great idea... It's good to see people organizing themselves together." she smiles. She also chuckles a bit at Steve. "Yeah, I've already thought about that. I'll be bringing quite a supply of seasickness
07[17:30] * +Zuri pills." she says. "Hopefully the crabs won't grow too large on account of me feeding them." she shakes her head.
15[17:37] * Steve blinks at Zuri when she mentions crabs growing larger, and she opens her mouth a little bit, and she then closes it and bites her lip as she tries to keep from laughing or saying something hilarious. After a few seconds pass and the pun thought goes away, she clears her throat and says, "By the way, uh, well you know what the Astomi are doing with the food partner thing, but on top of that, they're going to have some changelings on the ship. Secretly. So just, be aware of that. If they get found out, it'll hit the Astomi, the Guild, it'll make the crew mad probably... So just... yeah. Secret."
07[17:38] * +Zuri totally saw the crab pun... yeah... Totally intentional. <.<
04[17:40] * +Zuri also nods at Steve! "Yeah, figured as much... With them trading openly, I guessed they wanted some discreet representatives." she says. "Hopefully that won't cause any problems." she sighs. "Goodness knows there's enough things that can go wrong with this project without sudden changelings." she says. "Are you still going ahead with your idea of adding changelings to the boat as
04[17:40] * +Zuri well?" she asks Steve, as the queen had no doubt broached the subject before.
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04[17:47] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snickers and nods towards Steve, "true, it isn't the exciting life she had before under Basela<sp?>, but I think she's taking to the new life and new identity well. It's been interesting seeing her calfs grow up along with Mallori. I was never one looking to foster young, but I think seeing so many young faces has left me warming up to the idea, not yet... but soon." He shakes his
07[17:47] * Maurice_Plumacuerno head a bit, "anyway, of course we shouldn't out the Astomi on the trip, it'd hurt us all... certainly hurt my business, my reputation, I spent a lot of time weaving together the deals between the Cult and Scions and them... plus the silk trade with the Mile-High has turned quite lucrative. I have every intention of preserving their identities. Not to mention yours, querida, not that it really
07[17:47] * Maurice_Plumacuerno need be said."
15[17:57] * Steve nods to Zuri, "They won't cause any problems unless they're found out. And there's a mild chance that if they are found out, I'll be able to step in and take care of the matter before it gets too far." She pauses and licks at her lips before nodding again. "I am going ahead with my idea. A little safe place the Astomi can recover, a place we can put any that we might pick up along the way, and a spot for a few of mine to be." She nods over to the pair of Royal Guards. "They're in training. It starts young, but it's probably the best way. But they've never been outside the hive. Others have been outside the hive, to the shop or out on little trips in Coltlumbia. But there's a few that I really want to give experience to. New situations, new people, new places. Make them and the hive stronger. They won't be screwing around with the crew too much, so I really don't think it's much of a threat." She licks at her fangs then looks over to Maurice. At first she listens, but then she blinks and raises an eyebrow when he speaks of young. She gives him a questioning look, but doesn't overtly say anything... more of a 'remind me later about this' look. "And no, I know you won't purposely out them, but if we all just try to be sure to avoid that type of thing, and maybe help one of them out if you see them struggling, it'd be great for everyone."
04[17:59] <Comet_Strikes> 3One of the bulky Hive Guard nymphs glances up at Steve, then slowly inch steps over to Zuri,thinking they are being discreet. Ninja armored bug pony.  As soon as she gets Zuri between her and her mother, hoof reach of the mare, she rolls over into her back and pats to her tummy with a hoof, looking at the zebress. Still toooootally being sneaky. If I can't see mama and papa, they totally...
[17:59] <Comet_Strikes> ...can't see me.
07[18:04] * +Zuri giggles a bit. "Mmmhm, the calfs and Mallori has been utterly adorable... It's exhausting to play with them though." she laughs. She does not at Maurice when he mentions that they can't let the Astomi be out of this. "Indeed... They are a valuable partner." she says... The food they brought in was indeed very helpful, no doubt. "I just hope nothing bad happens... or, if it does, it
04[18:04] * +Zuri can be handled discreetly." she nods at Steve. "I hope you find a good spot as well... I don't know enough about the ship construction to find one." she shrugs. She smiles a bit at Steve talking about giving the young ones experience outside... And then a 'sneaky' armored bugpony siddles up to her and rolls over, wishing for bellyrubs. She can't help but giggle and d'aw a bit, giving the
07[18:04] * +Zuri guard nymph a little bellyrub... She could totally be generous Aunt Zuri that gave them bellyrubs without asking for permission first. And it was cute!
15[18:11] * Steve nods as Zuri talks, but her eyes were on the little nymph. "We don't need much space. Air ducts and hidden compartments between cargo holds is more than enough." She watches, then lets out a soft breath when it rolls over for bellyrubs. She smacks her lips a little and shakes her head slightly, not quite able really to be mad, because it was really freaking cute... And the little thing was probably hungry. She lets it go on for a little bit after Zuri starts the bellyrubs, then leans over and addresses the other Royal Guard nymph, the one that wasn't being 'sneaky'. "Vi? Do you know where your sister is? I seem to have lost track of her."
04[18:16] * Maurice_Plumacuerno raises a brow at Steve when she gives him that look, he knew what it meant, and he mentally prepares himself for a likely lengthy discussion later, not that it was a bad thing, it was sort of their 'foreplay' anyway. He looks back towards Zuri and nods, "it is, and it certainly can be, spending time with them erased any doubt I had in that particular aquisition. At anyrate, I'm
07[18:16] * Maurice_Plumacuerno looking forward to getting out an about. I think this is the longest I've been couped up in one city for a very long time, my hometown excluded... I like it, having a home is very nice, but, some time to wander is nice." He pauses and clears his throat, "is it sad I think of the village as a home away from home as well? I just thought of that as the words left my mouth, visiting the Astomi
04[18:16] * Maurice_Plumacuerno is a monthly trip." He shakes his head and watches Steve as she asks her guardian nymph her question.
04[18:17] <Comet_Strikes> 3The nymph trills and wiggles on the ground, leg kicking like a puppy. Vi blinks at Steve, obviously conflicted over what to do. "Uuuum... I think she is, um..." She chews her lip. Loyalty to sister, or to mama... "Um, she is having a lunch break. I can get her if you want." Middle ground, ho.
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04[18:20] * +Zuri nods at Steve's comment. "That's good then... Just make sure to tell everyone to be quiet. We don't want any of the workers wondering what the weird knocking sound from between the holds come from." she says, before going back to bellyrubbing. She's being nommed on, but this was adorable, so she was okay with this. She would also think Maurice and Steve's foreplay was weeeird... She
07[18:20] * +Zuri personally prefers massages and mixed drinks. "Mmm, it does sound kind of fun to go out and travel a bit..." she snerks a bit. "I need more material for my books anyway." she giggles. "Plus, playing my cards right could get us quite a bit of extra caps flowing in too... I'm so glad the Guild decided to put us in charge of this thing." she giggles. "It was kind of a surprise at the time, but
04[18:20] * +Zuri I guess we did kind of get the Cult and the Scions to play nice, deal with the Arena, and started teh Guild..." she muses. Zuri also giggles further at the answer the nymph-guard tells Steve... Technically correct!
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15[18:28] * Steve coughs softly at Vi's technically correct answer. That was some pretty good middle ground, there. After a few moments she adopts a pleasant smile before saying, "No no, that's fine... Mommy doesn't need to be guarded too much from these particular guests. Just make sure she doesn't take too long, okay?" She settles back a bit before looking back between Maurice and Zuri, "I think it's very strange you think of the Astomi village as a home away from home. But if anything it's an improvement I like to see." She waves a hoof around, "You don't shiver when you see this anymore, so definitely a good improvement." She looks back to Zuri and laughs, "Yes, Zuri... yes. They'll be quiet. They know how to go along unnoticed, really it's our specialty, you know. And yes, they owe us a lot for saving the freaking city."
04[18:41] <Comet_Strikes> 3Vi nods to Steve,going back to standing at attention and idly licking her slightly exaggerated fangs. The little one under Zuri's hoof makes a little 'shhh' expression and wraps her legs around the mare's leg.
04[18:43] * +Zuri d'aaws softly at the little one wrapped around her leg... Adult changelings were still on the edge of creepy, but how could she not find the little ones cute? So she gives more bellyrubs and some earscritchies as well! And for Steve's comment, she nods. "Mmhm, we're... kind of hot stuff right now." she laughs. "It just still feels kind of unreal. Us? Saviors of the city and leaders
07[18:43] * +Zuri of what might possibly be the biggest undertaking after the bombs?" she shakes her head. "I doubt I'll get used to it." she chuckles.
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15[18:49] * Steve thinks the little mannerisms being picked up is cute as well. But overall, she doesn't mind a little bit of relaxation... They were five years old. She couldn't take away all their fun. She wanted their loyalty, and she wanted them to be loyal to each other. There was plenty of time, and plenty of years, to make sure that they stayed perfectly on-duty when they were in fact on-duty. This was far from the time to be too harsh, it would just hurt morale. This was just training, can't make them hate their lives. That would just cause resentment, not love for their queen. She does keep an eye on the sneaky little nymph, though, whose name was Jinx. Fitting name, really. "I suppose it doesn't feel weird because I'm not one of the saviors." She smirks a little before saying, "That would be Rosa. He thinks it's weird though. I'd predict you'll get used to it around the same time you stop getting seasick."
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04[18:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno notes that Zuri would likely think a lot of what goes on between he and Steve is weird, but such is life. He nods along with her points about added profit, "it'd be nice to see some return in our investment into this whole ship idea. We ultimately did foot nearly if not over half the bill in this process, though it could be argued, that it was funds we gained from them in order to
04[18:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno do it, at that point it's semantics really, our hands and hooves helped guide it greatly. Reguardless, we'd all like to see profit from it." He looks towards Steve again and sticks his tongue out at her, "well, I hope so, I spend at least two nights a week here, sometimes a whole week!" He shakes his head slowly, "but, yes, it is an improvement as far as you're concerned, and I can agree.
04[18:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno i guess with a bit of time to process what Greta told me, and just accepting things for what they are, I've been able to get over the programing... well most of it." He glances towards towards Vi and then her sister and smirks a bit, like bigger 'scarier' versions of younger Steve. Back to the two mares in his life, he cracks a little grin, "what? You don't have a hero complex? Damn, I'm
07[18:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno loving it~!"
07[19:01] * +Zuri chuckles. "Yeah, might be that I do. Plus, we'll be the faces of the project too... We all better get used to it quickly." she agrees. She also nods at Maurice. "Mmmhm... I am dearly hoping the investment will be worth it." she agrees. "If it isn't... well, I don't think Sunshine Essentials will go anywhere soon." she grimaces. She also laughs a bit at Maurice. "Of course you love
07[19:01] * +Zuri it... You love to be worshipped." she giggles playfully. "Though I must say, despite how weird it feels, it does feel great to have so many people admiring you..." she grins a bit. Whether she speaks of admiring as in personally admiring them, or if they are admiring their bodies, the rest of hte party isn't sure of. Might just be both.
15[19:07] * Steve reaches over with a hoof and nudges Maurice's beak when he sticks his tongue out at her. "Sometimes a whole week, yes! And then the cushion gets used to your butt and then you leave for a week and loses the form. That's why my chair is so much more comfy, perfectly form fitting cause I sit in it so much." She snorts at the hero complex before looking back over to Zuri, "I imagine the investment will be worth it. We'll find a way to make it so. Being admired is pretty great, though."
07[19:09] * Maurice_Plumacuerno just looks smug for a moment or two. "Hah, we got this, we made our wealth in the first place, we can double it, easy."
07[19:11] * +Zuri chuckles and nods. "Mmhm. Why stop at doubling though? I'll be aiming at quadrupling it." she smirks.
15[19:14] * Steve purses her lips, listening to the two of them. "So what're we going to name the ship, anyway? Moneymaker?"
07[19:14] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snorts, "if that was the case, might as well just call it 'The Plot'."
07[19:16] * +Zuri snerks at this. "Why not just keep the name Aurora? It's a pretty name." she shrugs.
07[19:17] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snickers, "aww, don't like 'The Plot'? I thought it had a nice double meaning."
15[19:19] * Steve snorts and facehoofs softly. "No. Not naming the ship a butt, Garito." She shakes her head then looks to Zuri, "It is a nice name. But I think something new would be nice. I'd say name it the Slipstream, but it isn't particularly fast. Maybe The Current."
07[19:21] * +Zuri shrugs a bit. "Might be confusing for other ships... 'The current is approaching'!... 'What? There's no currents here!'.... 'No, the ship!'" she snickers, changing her voice to show the different speakers.
04[19:25] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snickers softly and leans to scritch softly at Steve's side, "but it'd be perfect, we'd be plotting shipping routes..."
15[19:26] * Steve sighs when Maurice scritches at her side, her wings thrumming momentarily. "The Plotter... maybe. My vote is either Aurora or Plotter."
07[19:27] * Maurice_Plumacuerno grins, "I can live with Plotter, we can call it The Plot amongst ourselves..."
07[19:28] * +Zuri laughs a bit at that. "I'd say stick with the Aurora... A little bit of tradition to invoke what power Coltlumbia has reclaimed for the past, hm?" she smiles. "Though The Plot is kinda funny..." she giggles
15[19:31] * Steve 's nose wrinkles a bit before she gives a little nod, "Maybe toss it to the crew and see what they say." She licks at her fangs then glances around and asks, "The ship is done... Are we going to go take a look at it?"
07[19:35] * +Zuri mmhms. "That sounds like a good idea. Make a poll, pick the best suggestion... it'd make them feel very involved, no doubt." she nods. "And yes I would... It will be great to see the finished ship, I think." she grins. THe mare also totally brought some light saddlebags, and in one fo them she has her tablet! Gotta take dem pics.
04[19:37] * Maurice_Plumacuerno shrugs lightly, "I'm ok with passing it by the other crew, still you know what my vote is." He reaches out and does the kitty stretch thing then work his way to his paws. Once he was on his feet, he slips off of his throne and then offers Steve a hand like a proper gentlegriff.
15[19:37] * Steve nods a little, then points a hoof at Zuri, "I'm afraid you're going to have to leave my daughter here where she belongs, though." She clears her throat then speaks a bit louder to the little changeling nymph, "Jinx, sweetie? Are you done with your lunch break yet?" When Maurice offers his talon, she takes it and slips off of the throne.
[19:40] <Comet_Strikes> 3The little guard clambers up onto Zuri's back. "Um, yes, my queen!" She hms and nods to Zuri. "Yes, yes. THis one checks out. No threats to the hive. Nope." She scurries back to her sister.
07[19:41] * +Zuri giggles sligthly and gives Jinx one more scritchies before she scampers up on her back, to the zebress' amusement. When she is proclaimed safe, she giggles more, before getting to her hooves, stretching out a bit and being ready to leave for the ship. "Lets go then? I'm afraid these tunnels still disorient me." she chuckles.
04[19:45] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snerks softly and smiles as Steve takes his hand and help, once she was standing as well, he steps back and brushes his robes lightly then makes to lead the way out, unless Steve gets to it first. "Right this way, socia, to be fair, I needed a chaperone the first few weeks, myself."
15[19:46] * Steve smirks a little at the nymph and walks over to the pair of guards, looking down to them. "Good work. Very thorough examination. I'll be leaving, so both of you are off-duty as of now. Go get something to eat if you're still hungry, but be sure to check in with your nanny before you go play."
04[20:00] <Comet_Strikes> 3The two little bugs salute Steve, Zuri and Maurice_Plumacuerno as the group exit. The trio make their way through a twisting maze of caves, half of which used to be Sand Swarm tunnels, to a small grove of mushrooms that Zuri likely helped set up. Eventually they make it out of the back room of Maurice's shop. They slip through the store, exchanging casual greetings with Beatrice and an...
[20:00] <Comet_Strikes> ...adolescent griffon tom working the register.
[20:00] <Comet_Strikes> 3Passing through the streets, the city gets more and more packed the closer they get to the docks. Most of the smaller carts and stalls have moved to the neighborhoods around the hidden peer, capitalizing on the extra hoof traffic. The docks themselves are packed. It looks like at least half the city showed up to see the ship unveiled. The closed hanger is surrounded by Lunar Guard Scions...
[20:00] <Comet_Strikes> ...and Talons while cult crews still scamper in and out of the structure with heavy loads of metal.
07[20:03] * +Zuri likely briefly wondered what would have happened if she put funky mushrooms in that mushroom grow-room... She didn't though. She gets more and more excited as they near the ship, and take her tablet out and take some quick pictures snapped for posterity... This was a historical event! She should get these printed and put them in a scrap-book for the future... Once they get in near
07[20:03] * +Zuri the ship, she asks one of the nearby Lunar Guards. "Say, how long until the unveiling?"
15[20:08] * Steve is now Rosa, and he greets the workers of Maurice's shop as they pass through, totally having come from somewhere not questionable. The view of all the people was quite interesting, and pleasant to see. All the city there to see their ship unveiled... quite exciting. He also takes some pictures with a normal camera, but then puts it away to take in the atmosphere. He stretches his wings as they walk up to the Scions and Talons. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's this many guards needed, should I?"
04[20:27] <Comet_Strikes> 3The bat mare that Zuri likely remembers as Vulpi nods to Zuri, Steve and Maurice_Plumacuerno. "Minimum, about an hour. The cult guys say less, but they never account for the 'shit happens' factor." She pulls one of the service doors open for Zuri, Steve and Maurice_Plumacuerno.
[20:27] <Comet_Strikes> 3Inside is a wide, white ship, easily sticking two stories out of the water. Her prow swoops downward like a ramming ship of antiquity, supported by her twin keels. A three story structure emerges from her aft deck, tearing up to a tower bristing with antenna and dishes. Her foredeck is dominated by a thrumming beam canon that looks as if it could put a hole the size of a hellhound in...
[20:27] <Comet_Strikes> ...anything it is pointed at. A glass dome bulges out along the aft deck and splashes of green can be seen within. A trio of stripes, red, yellow and the new blue of the Guild can be seen across the vessel where one would expect flags.
07[20:29] * +Zuri snerks a bit at Vulpi's comment about the shit happens factor. "Mmm, that does tend to delay things." she agrees as she walks through the entrance opened for the party. She can't help but gasp when she sees the ship... The last she had seen her, she had likely not been painted yet, and a lot of construction and scaffolding had been up and about. "Oh wow, she looks amazing!" she says
15[20:33] * Steve walks in as well, looking over the ship and lets out a low, long whistle at the sight of it. "That's pretty..." He makes a little game of picking out the individual parts of the ship he could see from the present position. After he'd looked over it all, he spreads his wings and flies up to get a look at it from the level of the deck. "Now that it's all in one piece, I can definitely see how they could live for a hundred years or so on the ship. I mean, this is bigger than some bunkers we've seen."
07[20:37] * Maurice_Plumacuerno exists for the ost part, but unfortunately his player is having his ear talked off by his mother because she's feeling particularly chatty tonight. He looks over the ship and smiles, it was a nice sight, Vulpi's sarcasm is also appreciated. He stands a bit proudly, "see, it was a good choice, expensive, but worth it, i think."
[20:39] <Comet_Strikes> 4Session End For Tonight. Chatting is still open, but GM must wrap beer Mustard!
06[21:13] * Maurice_Plumacuerno is now known as Kibu
06[22:02] * Comet_Strikes (chatzilla@Pony-332mlr.tvee.bn4s.0306.2602.IP) Quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.91.1 [Firefox 38.0.5/20150525141253])
06[22:08] * +Zuri (Gears@Pony-hafo1t.bb.online.no) Quit (Quit: )
Session Close: Sun Jun 21 23:27:43 2015

Session Start: Sun Jun 28 14:09:53 2015
Session Ident: #TavernSpa
06[14:09] * Now talking in #TavernSpa
03[14:09] * Topic is ''
03[14:09] * Set by cadance.canternet.org on Tue May 12 01:22:17
05[14:09] -cadance.canternet.org:#TavernSpa- Replaying up to 30 lines of pre-join history spanning up to 9000 seconds
06[14:21] * Maurice_Plumacuerno (Kibu@Pony-erhk7q.mn.frontiernet.net) has joined #TavernSpa
06[14:31] * RainbowYoshi is now known as Steve
04[14:37] <Hoard> 3As we last left Zuri, Maurice_Plumacuerno and Steve, they had gotten their first look of the reborn Aurora. Her crew as piling on and the last few touches were being made to her inner workings as cult engineers and Scion artificers scramble around the guild suplys to get 'just one more thing done'.
07[14:38] * +Zuri exists! And she's with the rest of hte party, marveling over the newly painted ship, just inside of the protective covering that hid it from the enormous crowd of assembled people!
15[14:41] * Steve assumes that the other arrangements have pretty much all been made as well, regarding his stuff, anyway. He settles onto the deck, tucking his wings back to his sides. "This works as a home away from home, I think. But when is it going to set sail?"
07[14:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno still votes they call the ship The Plotter, as then he'd be able to legitmately call it 'The Plot' or 'Plot Device', he likes being meta. Dawning some of his nicer robes, though not his formal ones, he looks over the crew and ship, smiling, "this works? Hah! If I had know we'd end up with this, I'd have made -this- my home."
04[14:50] <Hoard> 3One of the Cult members, a griffon tom with red tailed hawk and  puma parts, augmented by an array of a half dozen camera like implants in place of his eyes, stops by Steve, Maurice_Plumacuerno and Zuri. He gives them a slight bow, scores of dreadlock like cables, falling over his face as he does so. "Very shortly. Within the hour." He gives Zuri and Maurice_Plumacuerno each a passing...
[14:50] <Hoard> ...salute. "Ma'am, Sir." And heads to the control tower.
04[14:53] * +Zuri was actually wearing the suit borrowed from Steve, because this was likely a huge event and she needed to look nice! It's not the perfect outfit, sadly, but with all hte things that she had needed to deal with to get her business going properly, as well as helping with this project, she hadn't had time to get herself one for herself.... A fact that annoyed her greatly. That being
07[14:53] * +Zuri said, she no doubt looks stunning in the outfit, even if it's considerably more professional than Maurice's robes. She smiles and nods back to the cultling. "Excellent." she smiles, before turning to the others in the party. "We should probably get ready then... Better to be early than late." she chuckles, as the group no doubt had some sort of position they were supposed to be in when the
07[14:53] * +Zuri curtains dropped... Some podium or stand or something.
15[14:56] * Steve snorts at Maurice and shakes his head. "Maybe, but you can't run a shop out of a moving boat. Not a very accessable location for the masses." He reaches out a wing and nudges Maurice with it before turning and looking to the cult griffin, nodding to him. "Very timely, thank you." He looks up off towards the control tower, pursing his lips a little. "Eh, I'm ready. Everything's covered back home. And hopefully we won't be gone as long as last time... Or else I will, personally, kill somebody."
07[14:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno nods toward the tom, it was still a little unnerving seeing a griffin so augmented, even now, but he was getting more used to that idea at least. "Thank you, err... I'm sorry, what was your name again?" He tilts his head and looks back towards Zuri, giving a little nod, "it is indeed better early than late, at least in this case." He liked his robes, they were a nice blend of casual
04[14:58] * Maurice_Plumacuerno and formal, he never had to worry about being over dressed, or under dressed. He smirks a bit, "ahhh... I suppose you're right, querida, but it does make for a nice place anyhow." He raises a brow at Steve, "what? a month and a half? I thought that was the general idea. Or do you mean the zebra lands trip?"
04[14:59] * +Zuri snerks a bit at Steve's reaction to that. "Lets hope for less unexpected happenings hten... Though, we should probably expect them." she says. "I mean, it's just an ambassadorial/exploration mission? What could *possibly* go wrong?" she says in the most sarcastic voice she can muster.
15[15:01] * Steve glances back over to Maurice, "No, the zebra lands trip. A month, even six weeks, that's fine. Almost a year? Whoever is responsible gets strangled." He blinks then rolls his eyes as he hears Zuri. "Don't jinx it."
07[15:01] * +Zuri snerks. "Ain't jinxed if it's sarcasm." she counters with a giggle.
04[15:02] * Maurice_Plumacuerno elbows Zuri, "no seriously, don't jinx it." He looks back to Steve and gives a little nod, "I thought that's what you meant." He gives Steve an appraising look, "think you can handle it?"
07[15:03] * +Zuri just giggles more at Maurice, but doesn't comment on it further... In all seriousness, she really hoped she hadn't jinxed it just now. That would suck.
15[15:03] * Steve shakes his head, then looks back over to Maurice. "Think I can handle what?"
04[15:05] * Maurice_Plumacuerno pokes at Steve's chest, presumibly he's using the pink buck disguise, "think you can handle actually doing the dirty work yourself?"
15[15:10] * Steve is indeed Rosa, and he snorts at Maurice when his chest is poked. "I'm reasonably confident in my abilities. Though my dirty work is a fair amount dirtier than your or Zuri's dirty work."
[15:10] <Hoard> 3The halls of the ship are rather narrow, but can reasonably accommodate two way traffic. Given the limits of equine anatomy, it lacks the large lips seem in IRL navel ships. The walls are marked with thick lines of color, directing to important sections and there are occasional maps plastered on the walls.
[15:10] <Hoard> 3The tom stops and looks back to Maurice. "Dr. Amold Murkplume. Chief Helmstom, sir." He steps aside, seemingly able to see behind him as he just misses a pair of colts tumbling end over end down the hall, tussling.
[15:10] <Hoard> 3 Behind them, a blue and white griffoness is practically spooning the Naval Lance cannon while a unicorn stallion, who is clearly a Lunar Scion seems to be rolling his eyes in derision. And a silver earth pony mare is directing the last of the supplies into the hold.
04[15:15] * +Zuri snerks and raises an eyebrow at Steve. Ohrly, chump? She kinda wished to see Steve up to his elbows in someones guts, trying to stitch them back together now... Or actually killing someone without the use of poison. At any rate, ship time! She smiles a bit at the fabulous griffin that seems to have found her true calling, and observes the silver mare directing the supplies in. Good,
07[15:15] * +Zuri supplies were important! Goodness knows she knew that, as it had been her job to organize getting all the shit this ship needed, as the Chief Factotum. "Everything coming along nicely?" she asks the silver mare.
04[15:19] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snerks at Steve, "alright, that might be entertaining to watch, then." He looks back to the tom and gives a nod, "encnadido, señor." His brow raises when Amold steps aside, revealing the comical sight behind him. Really, he could understand being enamored with a good peice of MEW hardware, he just liked his smaller and more managable. He looks down at the colts, "you two be careful,
07[15:19] * Maurice_Plumacuerno once we're ot at sea, don't want to tumble off deck, the water can be colder than you expect." He glances back towards Zuri and smiles a bit, it was nice being in charge and knowing that those under him were certainly compitant. "I'm going to make one last stop at the shop before we set sail, I know I've checked a dozen times over the last week, but one more won't hurt. Do you want me to
04[15:19] * Maurice_Plumacuerno pick anything up from your old rooms while I'm there?" He looks between Zuri and Steve
07[15:21] * +Zuri shakes her head at Maurice when he asks her. "No, I'm fine... I've had everything I need loaded onto the ship already and put in my cabin." she says. "Thanks though!" she smiles
15[15:23] * Steve does notice the sight behind the griffin, and also the colts tussling, the latter bringing a smile to his face. Purrrfect. His kids were probably already on board... somewhere. He'd have to find them and make sure they were okay before they left the dock. And Zuri has actually seen him kill somebody without the use of poison before, though it was a long time ago... at this point almost six years. Regardless, he looks back over at Maurice when he is spoken to. He shakes his head and then looks away again, but then after a moment of thinking, he sort of glances at Maurice out of the corner of his eye and says, "Agarrar el traílla."
[15:26] <Hoard> 3The mare, Silver Shine as Zuri remembers from her personnel reports (As she is one of Zuri's immediate subordinates), turns from a clipboard she had held up by an apparatus around her shoulders. "More or less. Some of the ambassadors have been very passively aggressively debating their room assignments, but nothing earplugs can't handle."
[15:26] <Hoard> 3One of the colts looks up to Maurice, shifting around to sit on the other in the process, pinning him down. "Fiiiiiiine." The other colt just grumbles and tries to wiggle free.
04[15:29] * Maurice_Plumacuerno gives Zuri a nod then looks at Steve expectantly, when he looks to not want to ask for anything, he starts moving to get ready for the flight. He stops though when the pink buck speaks up, ears flicking a bit before a grin spreads out of the corners of his beak, "of course, querida." He ambles along, "I'll leave this in your capable hooves, I should be back before we set sail. If
07[15:29] * Maurice_Plumacuerno not, it's not like I'll have trouble finding the ship~!" it was big after all.
07[15:29] * +Zuri has indeed read through all of hte personal reports for her immediate subordinates and commited the most important details to memory. She chuckles a bit at the information about the ambassadors. "Mmm, why does this not surprise me at all..." she snerks a bit. "I'm glad everything is otherwise going smoothly... Good job!" she smiles at Silver. She also giggles a bit at the foals
07[15:29] * +Zuri playing along... She had been slightly hesitant to the idea of hte family units onboard when the idea first was pitched, as she fully expected this mission to be dangerous, but she had to agree that the workers having their families with them would help with stress levels immensily.
15[15:30] * Steve gives a nod to Maurice then snerks, "Aye aye, captain." He licks at his lips, then looks down at the little colts, chuckling at their new predicament. He addresses both of them, but starts with the one on top, "Well you're a strong one, aren't you? What got the two of you tangled up into this mess you're in now anyway?"
04[15:35] <Hoard> 3Silver gives Zuri a nod and goes back to her clipboard, barking at a few of the deckhooves for their box stacking. SOmething to the effect of 'have you idiots ever played tertris?'. The sitting colt glances up to Steve, still keeping the other foal down, and nodding proudly. "Uh huh. He ate my sweet roll." The other cold grumbles. "They are not all your sweet rolls. Your butt is big enough...
[15:35] <Hoard> ...already."
07[15:36] * +Zuri snickers a bit at the tetris comment before nodding and going towards the fabulous blue griffin spooning the Lance Cannon. "Hello, Miss Brightfeathers. You have everything you need as well, I assume?" she smiles to her.
[15:38] <+Zuri> And if the unicorn stallion is Paragon Onyx Tail, she also nods in greeting to him. "Paragon Onyx... You as well have everything needed, I hope?"
15[15:39] * Steve laughs softly at the sweet roll debacle. "And how many sweet rolls did both of you have?"
[15:47] <Hoard> 3The colorful griffoness is working her way up the barrel of the cannon, draped over the metal https://derpiboo.ru/544828 . The queen glances down at Zuri, far less concerned with formality. "Just getting to know my new partner. He is looking okay, but may need to paint some personality on to the magical stud."Onyx rolls his eyes and dips his head to Zuri. "She means the gun, not me. But,...
[15:48] <Hoard> ...otherwise, I am fine, Ma'am." His tone seems ti indicate that he has had to explain this several times already.
[15:48] <Hoard> 3The colt on top hmphs down at what is supposedly his brother. "It was a six pack." The other colt snarks back up. "Of which you ate five already." The colt on top snorts. "They were my sweet rolls. I'll eat them when I want to, Shmooze head."
07[15:52] * +Zuri can't help but chuckle more at Brightfeathers... enthusiasm... for the Lance Cannon. "I'm glad everything is in order then... And that it seems this cannon was a good choice." she chuckles. She also smiles at Onyx! "Excellent! There's so many things going on, it is quite hard to get a solid overview... It's good that nothing seems to be amiss." she smiles.
15[15:56] * Steve smirks a little and gives his head a shake at the colts. "Now now... sharing is the right thing to do, after all. You should always ask before taking one, but it is always nice to share. What did you do to earn the sweet rolls in the first place, anyway?"
[16:02] <Hoard> 3The stallion gives Zuri another salute and turns back to the griffon on the gun. "Now get down from there. We still need to go over the launches!"
04[16:02] <Hoard> 3The bigger colt puffs up to Steve. "I bought them with some caps I fou-Ouch!" He flops off his brother as the smaller colt bites his leg. "Hmph. Yeah." A similarly colored stallion is working his way through  the crowds to the colts and Steve.
[16:02] <Hoard> 3Maurice has little trouble getting back to the shop. Nothing seems to have burned down yet.
07[16:04] * +Zuri approves of nothning burning down. She also giggles more at both the griffoness and the stallion. "Maybe it's best to get work done first? Once the launch is done, you'll hvae all day to decide how to paint him." she tells Brightfeathers... The launch was important, after all!
15[16:05] * Steve 's eyebrows raise, "Oh, you 'found' some caps, huh?" He pauses when he spots the stallion out of the corner of his eye, then waits for him to approach, saying when he was within easy earshot, "Hello, mister... Dad? These guys belong to you?"
[16:13] <Hoard> 3She sighs "Yes, ma'am," and gives the cannon a nip, like Maurice_Plumacuerno often used in lue of a kiss, before rolling off and gliding to one of the doors to the hold, making Onyx groan and run after her, calling over his shoulder. "Excuse me ma'am."
04[16:13] * Maurice_Plumacuerno is glad nothing has burned down yet, that would be bad, he gathers his satchel and Mariella, then picks out his new jumper and harness that he totally got while still down in the Mareribbean, and folds them up neatly, then tossing them into his satchel. He gives his room one last look over, remembering what Steve asked for, then getting said thing and a thing or two extra before he
07[16:13] * Maurice_Plumacuerno slings Mariella over his shoulder along with his satchel. He gives his farewells to those he's left in charge and then makes off for the ship, totally excited about the coming journey.
04[16:13] <Hoard> 3The buck nods to Steve, scooping up both wriggling colts and flopping them over his back like sacks of potatoes. "Yeah, sorry, sir. Turned my back for a few while prepping the onions for tonight' s supper."
07[16:16] * +Zuri giggles a bit at the couple running off for preparations, giving a small wave to Onyx as indication that she heard him and didn't mind.
[16:18] <Hoard> 3Maurice's minotaur employe scoops him up with a one armed embrace and instructs him not to get killed, as he signs the checks.
15[16:19] * Steve chuckles and waves a wing dismissively after the stallion speaks. "Certainly no problem at all. Good luck with the dinner, looking forward to something tasty tonight." He takes in a deep breath, then looks around again, eventually ambling his way back over towards where Zuri was. "Everything seems to be going well. Which seems to scare me more than it comforts me, really. I'm going to head below decks and get a final look around for stuff before we leave."
07[16:19] * Maurice_Plumacuerno totally hugs the minotaur back with a promise that he'll do his best.
15[16:20] * Steve still wants to know if those two ever actually slept together.
04[16:21] * +Zuri laughs a bit at nervous Steve, but nods. "Indeed... Everything seems to be going smoothly. I'll do a quick sweep as well to see that everyone has all the resources they requested... Meet up later, then?"
04[16:23] <Hoard> 3The cook nods to Steve and Zuri, taking off, back bellow decks, scolding his sons.
15[16:24] * Steve gives a nod. "Yeah. I shouldn't be too long." He turns from Zuri and heads off to the halls, heading downward. Specifically, he has set off looking to make sure his kids and their nannies have gotten on board successfully, and just to walk around the ship so that he can be seen around, in the event anyone has anything that might need reporting to a certain pink officer. He would hope they don't, but it's not worth the risk.
07[16:25] * +Zuri turns and starts going off on her own! Unless anything interferes, she visits all of the high ranking officers (IE those listed on the sheet) and asks if everything is to their liking, if all the requested supplies have arrived as planned, and so on... Making sure everything is going smoothly. She keeps track of time as well, and as soon as she can she meets up where they are supposed
07[16:25] * +Zuri to be before the grand launch!
04[16:37] <Hoard> 3Steve meanders his way down to the crew quarters level, specifically to one of the environment control rooms. He slips behind the false furnace and into an unconnected duct. After a few turns, away from any path that had hot air, he emerges into the nest. A room far larger than anyone could justify for an AC system is walled with silken murals made from climbing webbing.
04[16:37] <Hoard> 3This room was technically specified as a runoff tank, where any condensation from the duct work could flow to be recollected, so architecturally it could be called a pit of changelings. One of the mayflys barks up at steve, wagging its tail, despite being in natural form. The Astomi are hard at work building ball-like rooms out of webbing for all the nymphs doing clumsy gymnastics on the webs.
[16:37] <Hoard> 3Zuri has a smooth time of most of them, though Zakiya is workplace level hostile to her, be just as cooperative as she is required to be, while Atieno flat out snubs his nose at her.
04[16:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno totally gets back to the ship in the nick of time, because being fashionably late didn't necessarily mean missing launch. He likely catches Steve in his rounds and starts walking along beside him like he'd been there all along, "everything going according to plan? No nefarious plots that need thwarting? I see our MO has finished making love to the armaments." This happens specifically
04[16:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno after Steve had, had his chance to inspect the changeling habitat. Had offered at one point, to Zuri to help deal with the Noon Shadow with an 'accident', likely she'd know that the offer still stands.
07[16:44] * +Zuri too is polite towards Zakiya... But just enough as was required of her. AS much as she hated the Noons, nad they hated her, she did want the medical bay to be well stocked, so she had not tried redirecting anything. The crews health was more important than pissing off the Noons. Atieno, on the other hand, did not have such an important assignement... though she had still followed
07[16:44] * +Zuri any (reasonable) request he made, in an effort to make at least the initial launch as smooth as possible. He could go rim a ghoul for all she cared about his comforts. At any rate, once business was taken care off adequatly, she makes her way up to the meeting spot! And indeed, Zuri appreciated Maurice's offer, but right now it was probably safer to play it calm and not do anything overly
07[16:44] * +Zuri rash... Doubly so because her business was still very much in the growing phase, and she did not want it to be a juicy target for revenge from the Noons if one of theirs suffered an "accident".
15[16:46] * Steve works his way down there, indeed interested in how it was hidden, then finally arrives, smiling to see one of his own that was happy to see him. He reaches down with a hoof and pets lightly along her back. He looks up to watch the Astomi and the nymphs, laughing softly before saying, "Keep at it, you'll be climbing like pros in no time." More towards the Astomi he says, "Thanks a lot, again, for coming. It really means a lot to me. I'll be through here every once in awhile, but if you guys ever need anything, don't hesitate to come get me, wherever I am." He waits to see if they did need anything, but if they didn't, he'd continue his rounds.
07[16:48] * Maurice_Plumacuerno could always try to woo Zakiya, it wasn't like he was adversed to stripes or anything... crazy on the otherhand...
[16:56] <Hoard> 3Zuri likely opted out of Atieno's instructions and requests when she got the feeling he was asking her to move around and inspect things to see how she best worked as a decoration for his room, due to an off hoof comment about her mane not going well with the drapes.
[16:57] <Hoard> 3The nymphs trill and keep working at it. The two Astomi nanies look up from their work a moment. "We will. And don't worry. We set up sticky strands around the edge in case the little ones try going somewhere they auten't, so we can cut them down when they have had their time outs for trying to run off."
07[16:59] * +Zuri prooobably noped out of it then, indeed. She would prefer to not be decoration. Granted, she would look stunning, but... no. Also, she has mentally noted Atieno as creepy now.
[17:02] <Hoard> 3As was likely his intention.
15[17:03] * Steve smirks at the thought of that, getting tangled up in the webbing being the punishment for trying to get past said webbing. "Brilliant." He also takes the moment to drop off all of his personal foal-sized wardrobe collection, being dresses, tuxedo, couple different types of armor, hats, and a duster, as well as all the various skill books he had chosen to bring along as well. "This was meant to be a learning experience, after all. If you or any of them are interested in anything here, have at it." He gives them a little nod and says, "Thanks again," before turning and making his way back the way he came. He continues on his rounds, meeting up with Maurice somewhere in the middle of it. "Everything seems to be going well, yes. And frankly I'm surprised she stopped. I was expecting her to sit on the barrel within mere moments. Really I think sex with a gun would top sex with a car in my book." He finishes his rounds and makes his way back up to where they would meet Zuri, and he also thinks she'd probably find most of the ambassadors to be creepy.
07[17:05] * +Zuri probably guessed as much. She had very quickly started assuming that any action taken by the Noons with regards to her, is intended to insult or mess wiht her somehow. Also, most of the ambassadors were probably fine... Except for Atieno.
[17:16] <Hoard> 3The two flip through the books. "We will have our partners make s learning plan. See if we can keep them up to date with the other children."
[17:16] <Hoard> 3The Adjutant is as uncanny valley and universally calm as ever. Puddle was going through heaps of regulations and diplomatic theory books, but gave Zuri passing attention. The Mile High Ambassador was a pegasus mare that Zuri had no doubt spent several evenings partying with in the past five years, though she was sad at the lack of hot tub.
[17:16] <Hoard> 3The Astomi Ambassador, Honey Bee's wife, (I made a boo boo on the sheet. She shoule be a Saddle Arabian, not a changeling) seems polite, though very flighty in her attentions. The Dockworker one feels like a used car salesman, but other than seeming to want to sell crap, seemed alright. And Cormac is seeming rather jittery given their current destination, but otherwise seems to be settling...
[17:16] <Hoard> ...well, though his south eastern accent (French) is notably different form Maurice or some of the more Gaelic ones.
07[17:20] * Maurice_Plumacuerno clicks his beak, "I can't say I'd like to try it... be interesting to see, but not going to be the one that does it. Definitly make sure that the power pack is out before trying something like that." He'd say that he expected the Noon to send their creepiest, that seemed to be how they like doing business, forced and uncomfortable as possible, but that was his personal opinion. He
04[17:20] * Maurice_Plumacuerno smirks a bit though, "maybe we can chat about arms, trade war stories... I can always drop the idea then, make sure you're around to see it," he winks at Steve. He tilts his head a moment and then offers the pink buck a little smile, "how are the kids doing?"
07[17:23] * +Zuri thinks the Adjutant is overall a good addition... His calmness would no doubt prove useful. Plus, if shit went down, at least he would keep a level head, which is more than what she expected from Atieno. Infact, she fully expects Atieno to attempt to assassinate her if she goes off on her own during emergencies. Zuri keeps her visit to Puddle short, as to not disturb her, but is glad
07[17:23] * +Zuri to have her on board... The Mile High ambassador was no doubt known to Zuri, and Zuri shares her sads over teh lack of hot-tub... Maybe later, she tells the mare. Who knows what they will find out there? Zuri mentally notes the Astomi Ambassadors flighty attention... that too, could prove useful. She wonders to herself how skilled a talker she is... Zuri probably gets along decently well
07[17:23] * +Zuri with the Dockworker ambassador as well, even if she probably doesn't buy much of what he's selling. She had hoped Carmac would have been more calm given where they are going, but apparantly not... That was an interesting tidbit. Zuri had probbaly read up on the basics of griffins before this point, as anything else would be kinda stupid.
15[17:32] * Steve snorts softly and nods, "I would love to be there to see it... should totally be your top priority as captain. Maybe order it. Kids are fine. Fit right into everything, I think. You get all your stuff, ready to go?" He looks from Maurice back over to Zuri when she returns, "What about you, everything settled?"
04[17:34] * +Zuri returns! She nods at Steve and Maurice. "Mmmhm. Everything seems fine... Puddle is fretting again, Cormac seems to be even more nervous now that launch is near, and Atieno was his usual creepy self." she chuckles and shakes her head. "Time to get this show on the road, I suppose?" she smiles at the others. Hatari was probably around too, and stuff.
04[17:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno gives Steve a nod then it slowly turns into more of a headshake, "I'm not going to order her to do that, querida... suggest it, maybe, but not order." He unslings his satchel and opens it a bit, pulling the thing where the pink buck can see it, as well as the other thing he'd recovered for him. With that done, he closes the satchel back up and reslings it, then looks towards Zuri,
07[17:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno smirking a bit, "I don't think Puddle will ever relax, but I'm hoping I can convice him to try. I pulled him away so that Chrysantenum wouldn't work him to death." He raises a brow and gives a nod, "I did a little bit of talking with Una, the word from the 'homelands' is that things are -very- bad... the Enclave really did a number on it. It was some years ago, but it likely remains in a
07[17:42] * Maurice_Plumacuerno bad way. It's sort of why I wanted to go there, see about giving them the opportunity to rebuild their lives elsewhere." He tilts his head a bit and sneers, "Atieno can suck a lemon... if he gives us too much trouble, he'll find himself accidentally falling off the ship without anyone calling 'mare overboard!'."
07[17:45] * +Zuri hmms at the piece of news Maurice brings. "Hopefully we can set up trade to help out the griffins hten... No doubt htey need it." she notes. She chuckles a bit at Maurice's reactions to Atieno, and puts a hoof on his shoulder for a moment. "Don't worry, he's easy to ignore. FOr now, at least." she chuckles.
15[17:48] * Steve snorts and says, "The day Puddle stops fretting is the day the world actually ends, I think. And maybe... show on the... waves? I don't know, something vaguely ocean related." He looks over at Maurice and pouts a little at the refusal to order, with an audible 'awww'. That turns into a bit of a smile though when he's shown the objects in Maurice's satchel. He then raises an eyebrow when Maurice starts talking about homelands. "Elsewhere? What, try to get them all to relocated to Coltlumbia or something?" And... because magic he totally knows what and who the Enclave are, too, so he says, "Do they own the skies above their land even, or are they totally grounded? If the latter it might be easier to convince them to move."
04[17:56] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snorts and shakes his head, leaning in to lightly nip at Steve's cheek, "you can be so silly sometimes, querida." He shrugs a bit and shakes his head, responding to both Zuri and the pink buck, "I don't really know, the impression I get is they are grounded, badly, the peaks that they did own were nearly blasted down below the cloud layer, short of those with resources that the
07[17:56] * Maurice_Plumacuerno Enclave actually needed. Stories are it isn't a pretty place anymore, said that I'd know it when I saw the horizon." He shrugs lightly, trying to shrug off the forboding feel he got thinking about it.
07[17:59] * +Zuri furrows her brow and bites her lip slightly. "THat sounds worrying..." she muses. "I guess we'll see the state of the place when we arrive, then." she says. "Hopefully we're not too late... Or too little."
15[18:03] * Steve blinks when Maurice describes the situation of the griffin homeland and grimaces a bit. "That makes things... difficult. We'll deal with it, though, figure out a good way. Maybe bring out Heather again. Carefully, somehow..." He glances around the ship in general, making a point of what they had to be careful about with that, then lets out a little sigh. "Quicker we get off, quicker we get there... Just have to wait for all this... Though shouldn't you be up in the captainy place, Maurice?"
04[18:10] * Maurice_Plumacuerno waves a hand towards Steve, "Comet is really competent. I like her. I'll be up there soon though." He clicks his beak, "but yes, we'll work things out when we get there, we're good at improvising." He tsks softly and then lets out a little sigh, "Supongo que debería ir a hacer eso I suppose I should go do that)..." he slumps a bit and starts slinking off toward the bridge, Steve
07[18:10] * Maurice_Plumacuerno and maybe Zuri, totally see that there's a little smirk on the corner of his beak, he liked being captain.
15[18:13] * Steve shakes his head, then waves Maurice off with a wing, for him to just knock it off and get up there. He knew he liked it.
04[18:18] * +Zuri bets Maurice's favourite part was being able to wear the fancy hats and strut around being fancy. At any rate, she's ready for the launch... She and Steve probably had to go wherever they were supposed to be, but otherwise all ready and stuff!
[18:28] <Hoard> 3The Aurora's bridge is now fully operational. The borderline celestial unicorn mare is standing at attention in a restored Equestrian Navel uniform https://derpiboo.ru/753915 . Murkplume is leaning back in a chair, his cable dreads plugged into his console and is motionlessly going through the start up process. Brightfeathers stands by a terminal next to the other griffon, showing the main...
[18:28] <Hoard> ...cannon and other tactical systems.
[18:28] <Hoard> 3A pink pegasus mare is leaning over a large, circular, holographic map table in the center of the room, tweaking courses to make best use of the currents and tides. A grey jenny stands next to the pegasus, tagging various contacts from a linked tablet held around her neck.
[18:28] <Hoard> 3The captain's chair sits slightly raised, looking over the map. It is made from polished quartz to look like it was made from a smoothed iceflow with deep blue upholstery. The armrests each have oversized hoof controls and screens to access various bits of information.
[18:28] <Hoard> 3Two smaller chairs stand next to the captain's on slightly lower platforms set up for Zuri and Comet. When Maurice enters with Zuri in toe, Comet moves over and settles in her seat.
04[18:28] <Hoard> 3Steve officially does not have a fixed location he needs to be. Given the nature of his job, asside from his office, he should go where he thinks he will best do his job.
15[18:32] * Steve has an office? He thinks that's neat. He didn't know he had an office... He should probably check it out and decorate it with things. Offices are fun. But that was for a bit later. For now, given he had nowhere specific to be, he meanders his way up onto the bridge after Maurice and Zuri, and hangs out somewhere out of the way, quipping quietly to Zuri, "Maybe you can convince Maurice to try out his big chair." After that he goes quiet again, watching everything going on. This seemed the cool place to be during the launch. Besides, Hatari was probably down in the engine room.
07[18:34] * +Zuri smiles and looks around at all hte bustling people around....Mmm, she was quite pleased with how well this seems to have turned out so far. And her own chair? Yuush. After having paused and gotten an overview of the bridge and all the people moving about, she trots up to the seat and seats herself in it... Yes, this was indeed the spot she was supposed to be for the launch. She is
04[18:34] * +Zuri mildly jealous at the *very* nice uniform that Comet is wearing... she wonders about getting one herself one day. Maybe. Also, Zuri probably has an office too... It'd be ridiculous to think she'd do her job without one. She giggles a bit at Steve's quip. "Mmm, it does look very comfy..." she notes with a snerk, but then falls silent again, looking at everything happening. Zuri also expects
07[18:34] * +Zuri Hatari to have gone down into the engine room... She was pretty sure he'd cream himself once he heard the massive engine this thing was installed with roar to life.
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04[18:40] * Maurice_Plumacuerno wears the fanciest of the hats, actually he wasn't much of a hat person though. He feels slightly underdressed though as she steps onto the bridge looking around towards everything. He slowly gains a broad grin as he does take it all in, his head then bobbing slowly in a nod. "Muy bien..." he mutters softly and starts to make his way towards the big fancy chair, Steve gets the one
04[18:40] * Maurice_Plumacuerno in the hive, he gets the one on the boat, it all works out. "Everything set for launch, Comet?" He flashes Steve and Zuri both a grin as she slings his satchel down beside the big chair and sets Mariella gently next to it, clambering up to take his position, he could do with some uniform too... but he wasn't much of a uniform person, Jumpers, now that's where it was at.
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07[18:43] * +Zuri had her MAP gun strapped to her fetlock, and no doubt some extra magazines inside the suit jacket... Plus, if she can get away with it without it being seen, she had her mesh suit under her suit as well. Better be careful! Zuri grins back at Maurice, excited at hte thought of this actually happening... Even her hatred of any waves bigger than what you can make in a bathtub seems to
07[18:43] * +Zuri be subdued for the moment.
15[18:46] * Steve gives a smirk back to Maurice. Indeed, let him have the big chair. He would just have to make the chair in his office even bigger.
07[18:47] * +Zuri should just make her bed her office chair. Biggest chair, most comfy chair. She totally wins this.
07[18:48] * Maurice_Plumacuerno thought that Zuri didn't like conducting business in bed...
04[18:49] <Hoard> 3The bridge does indeed have a great view, its panoramic windows give a good look at all angles of the ship, almost like a carousel restaurant. All the officers have at least small offices, often off their quarters, for the purpose of talking to their subordinates. Some, like Honey Bee, Steve and the ambassadors have larger ones, as they do their work their, rather than at stations. An idle...
[18:49] <Hoard> ...message can be heard from his armrest, stating that Dr. Ivory Charm has managed to peal the zdonk off the engine and it is ready to go.
[18:49] <Hoard> 3Comet cants her head slightly in Maurice's direction, long, platinum blond mane falling over one of her eyes. "Yes, captain. We can depart any time." The leggy mare seems almost albino in the dark red uniform, with the fair hair and silver eyes. The mare is wearing a ceremonial thin sword on her hip. Most of the rest of the bridge crew are wearing simple sidearms; though Brightfeathers'...
[18:49] <Hoard> ...looks more like a sawed off shotgun.
07[18:52] * +Zuri should get a second bed then... one for her office. Though, admittedly, that would make any sort of dealing with Atieno infinitely creepier... But on the flipside, dealing wiht the mile high pegasus would be that much more pleasant. Zuri also snerks quietly at the mention of peeling Hatari off the engine... This did not surprise her much. He was cute when he got worked up over engines.
07[18:52] * +Zuri Zuri also expected everyone to be wearing some sort of arms.
15[18:52] * Steve has a larger office! Double awesome. He'd have to go look at his quarters as well. Need some personal decorating touches there. Personally he really hadn't decided what would be best yet... Naked? A simple, loose robe? Maybe a casual outfit. But either way, no sidearm.
07[18:57] * Maurice_Plumacuerno smirks a bit and shakes his head, poor Hatari, oh well, at least he seemed to be enjoying himself as well. "Comet, make it so!" He didn't mind the crew wearing arms, it was smarter that way should they have to deal with pirates, their purpose might be ambasadorial, but if shit happens there is no sense in being caught out. He idly goes through the consoles in his armrest, familiarizing
07[18:57] * Maurice_Plumacuerno himself with them, likly he'd been given, or will be given a full run down, but it'd take a bit of practical experience before it really sunk in.
[19:03] <Hoard> 3And suddenly Maurice_Plumacuerno is part bald eagle and his shirt will never fit right. Comet nods to him and leans up. "Doctor Murkplume, ahead one quarter." A moment later the ship lurches slightly before speeding up to what would be considered a good run on hoof. The exterior doors of the dry dock slide open, letting in the mid morning sun, filtered through the clouds.
[19:03] <Hoard> 3Maurice finds access to the security cameras, sensor data, communications, a calculator, a simple translation program, crew demographics and an ice themed minesweeper.
07[19:04] * Maurice_Plumacuerno ... plays minesweeper for the next month
[19:04] <Hoard> 3Zuri's chair give much more detailed information on the ship's inventory, personnel, access to heart monitors on those who have them and a weight distributed map of the ship.
07[19:06] * +Zuri also gets herself familiarized with her super chair! She loves this chair already. She wonders if it comes with a massage feature...
[19:07] <Hoard> 3Alas, it does not.
15[19:08] * Steve is quite pleased by his choice for where to be. There was always a certain beauty to coming out of the dock.
[19:11] <Hoard> 3The vessel slides from the concealing structure to the sound of cheers from the assembled crowd. Several port tugs can be seen falling in on the sides of the ship, in an escort pattern. The holographic map updates live, zooking in to the ship as it pulls out from the harbor. One could almost make out individual ponies in the crowd at this range.
[19:14] <Hoard> zooming*
07[19:14] * +Zuri mentally notes that she needs to get someone to install a massager feature on her super-chair. Anyway, this is just fine right now! Zuri grins widely as the ship slowly pulls out from dock and further out of port... She leans a bit towards Maurice. "Once we're a bit furhter out, maybe you can see if this thing has a horn? I bet the crowd on the harbor would love that." she snerks
[19:17] <Hoard> 3Maurice does indeed have access the the foghorn.
07[19:24] * Maurice_Plumacuerno rolls his eyes at Zuri, but when he finds the control to do so, he waits for the most opportune time to do the thing anyway, she was right it would be a crowd pleaser, so long as it didn't make anyone deaf in the process.
07[19:25] * +Zuri suggested he toot the giant horn when they had gotten far from the harbor for this exact reason. She also figured that Maurice liked to toot his giant horn.
04[19:32] <Hoard> 3And here the universe thought that was Steve and Zuri's jobs. Regardless, Comet orders the helm up to half speed as soon as the ship is clear of the docks and light boat traffic. A short time and about four miles later, they clear the coastal shelf and are officially at sea. AND DO NOT SINK! YAY!
07[19:33] * +Zuri is very glad for the "do not sink" part! She had to say, the Cult's liberal use of duct tape did wonders!
15[19:34] * Steve does have a job of occasionally tooting a griffin horn... though he wouldn't say it was exactly giant. He is quite excited for not sinking, though. Already much better than their last super long distance voyage.
07[19:40] * Maurice_Plumacuerno is rather grateful they don't sink, it was sort of important that they didn't do that. He grins a bit and then looks towards the pegasus at the holographic map, "course set and everything looks good, Cloud?" He glances towards Comet and smirks a bit, "try and relax a bit, we're actually floating."
04[19:48] <Hoard> 3Cloud Sweeper nods to the captain. "Yes, sir. I have charted out paths to several pre-war ports and await your commands. May I say, you are looking dashing today, sir." She nods to Zuri and Steve. "You too, sirs."
[19:48] <Hoard> 3Comet stands up, fluidly, and dips her head to Maurice_Plumacuerno. "Gladly." She slips to the front of the bridge and bows to the command crew. "We are now underway. Good work, everypony." She steps over to the map table and zooms it out further, showing a global map with ruff guesses on the apocalypse's damage patterns, with several dotted lines leading from Coltlumbia to various other...
[19:48] <Hoard> ...locations, along with distance, travel times and other notes.
15[19:51] * Steve smiles and nods to Cloud Sweeper. "Thank you very much. You're looking quite spiffy yourself. I almost regret not pushing to get a uniform like yours, but I don't think I'd pull it off as well as you do." He then looks over to Comet, and watches her look over the table before asking, "What is our estimated time en route to our destination?"
07[19:53] * +Zuri smiles at Cloud Sweeper, nodding her thanks to the Scion... One of the Love Scions; It did not surprise Zuri to be complimented by her. "Why thank you miss Cloud... You are quite lovely today yourself." she smiles at her, before turning her head to focus on Comet. She looks over the map, trying to gauge a good spot to land the ship. "Miss Cloud, you are the Master Navigator... Do
07[19:53] * +Zuri you have any suggestions which ports may still be inhabited? I'm guessing all of these are good candidates." she gestures to the ports shown on the map.
04[19:55] * Maurice_Plumacuerno smirks a bit, "thank you for the compliment, Cloud. Lets see if we can successfully do accomplish a mission of Equitarian Aid or two." He pauses and glances towards Steve and Zuri, ahh the mares in his life still ran things, even when he sat in the big chair...
07[19:55] * +Zuri would let Maurice give hte actual order... She just liked knowing things! Yupp, totally the reason.
15[20:00] * Steve is quite drawn to running things. It just sort of seems to happen.
04[20:15] <Hoard> 3Cloud's uniform is a pleasant shade of lilac and has dark pink trim with heart motifs. "Thank you , ma'am, sir." She nods to Maurice and Zuri, then looks to Steve. "You do have the complexion for it, and you have done very well to lose so much weight and stay healthy."
[20:15] <Hoard> 3Comet floats out a telescoping pointer and taps at four ports along the griffon coast. "We have four prospects that could allow this vessel to dock." She taps each in turn. "This one, up by the arctic circle, was Aurora's last stop on her mission before the war."
[20:15] <Hoard> 3Cloud pipes up there. "We don't expect to really find anyone alive up there, but since it may have more components intended for this class of vessel, Dr.Ivory insisted I add it to the list."
[20:15] <Hoard> 3Commet continues. "This one down on Equestria's border is Dawnburgh. It was a cultural center before the war, and we feel it may have a fair number of artifacts available. But, given how close it is to our borders, it likely took a portion of the destruction intended for Equestria."
[20:15] <Hoard> 3She continues with the next one on the list. "Ballacré sits at the mouth of a large river system that runs throughout the continent as far west as Flankorage, making it a major merchant port int he old world." She taps the last one. "Nid Corbeau was a clanhold, sort of a fortress or noble villa. We do not know much of it's current status as it was likely hit hard by the Enclave, but it was...
[20:15] <Hoard> ...a major naval producer in the war."
04[20:21] * Maurice_Plumacuerno wants to snicker when Cloud said that Steve lost weight... and his player keeps reading.
15[20:22] * Steve smirks at Cloud. "Thank you. It's been a lot of work over the last year. But I figured if I was going to be travelling again, it really was a necessity. I credit most of the ponies at the shelter for the inspiration, though. The food had much more deserving bellies it could go to." He also continues reading.
04[20:28] * +Zuri successfully manages to fight back a snort when Cloud comments on Steve losing weight... Well, he had, kind of. Anyway, she keeps quiet and listens attentively to what's being said. "Hm... If Ballacré was a trading port, they may have survived similarly to how Coltlumbia has..." she muses. "And, we may find surviving ships there to use for trading, even if there are no people there."
07[20:28] * +Zuri she suggests.
15[20:29] * Steve listens and considers some of the choices, eventually saying, "Dawnburgh or Ballacre sound like the best first stop options... Going up to the artic would be a good idea, just to scavenge more parts, but I don't know that that option would pull in a profit. Similar issue with Nid Corbeau. It was hit by the Enclave... was Ballacre not hit by the Enclave as well?"
04[20:34] <Hoard> 3Comet shakes her head to Steve, rolling her shoulders. "I don't know. We are simply assuming that it would be hit harder as a military target."
07[20:36] * Maurice_Plumacuerno clicks his beak lightly, "I think the Artic north is an excelent choice for later once we've already had a chance to actually accomplish one or two successes in building relations for the city. I would not want to pass up the oppotunity for finding technologies our factions could universally use, both on this ship and back in Coltlumbia, I feel the Equine relations should be our
04[20:36] * Maurice_Plumacuerno first priority. Well, if it were me, griffin relations, but in any case, relations with some sort of populace." He glances towards Steve and Zuri as they weigh in and nods, "I would opt for Ballacre for opportunites for trade... I want to say we should at least scout out Nid Corbeau, see if there is anything that can be done for them, if they were a target of the Enclave. The safety of the
07[20:36] * Maurice_Plumacuerno crew is priority though, once we get to the region, I would advise that pegasi not go airborne, or stray too far from the ship, I can't imagine they would take too kindly to our feathered equine brothers and sisters given relatively recent history." He assumes this isn't too meta, as he would have some understanding of racism and mob mentality from home and travels, and potential talks with
07[20:36] * Maurice_Plumacuerno Una on the subject since part of his plan was to try and recruit for the Talons.
07[20:40] * +Zuri nods at Maurice's speech, quite agreeing wiht him. "That sounds like a good course of action."
15[20:40] * Steve nods to Comet, then looks back at Maurice. "Ballacre it is, then? With a quick scout of Nid Corbeau before, if it is on the way, or after if it is past."
04[20:43] * Maurice_Plumacuerno nods towards Steve, "that was my thought, a small flight of griffins to scout things out if possible, but the priority should be on Ballacre, for potential trade. As much as I'd like to go around being a big damn hero, we're still here to try and make the city money and build its influence."
04[20:44] <Hoard> 3It is further north, on the way to the arctic outpost. And mob mentality is acceptable for Maurice_Plumacuerno to know about. Comet gives him, Zuri and Steve a nod, then glances to the pink paragon, who taps the course with her wing, highlighting it. The griffon pilot turns the ship to match the dotted line.
07[20:45] * +Zuri nods at Maurice. "It would have been lovely to outfit four ships and send one to each location, but..." she chuckles a bit. "If we could do that, I'm not sure if we'd need the trade." She also smiles as the ship sets itself on the course to trade!
15[20:48] * Steve nods to Maurice. "Right. Sounds like a good plan." He turns back to the navigators and asks, "So how long to that Ballacre?"
15[20:51] <Steve> remove the that
[20:51] <Hoard> 3Cloud expands the information on the map. "At best estimate, four days, sixteen and a half hours."
07[20:56] * +Zuri blinkies. Huh, quicker than expected. But then again, she was rubbish at naval stuff. "Sounds good... Say, miss Cloud, do you happen to have any rough guesses of what we might expect there, if it turns out the town survived?" she wonders, wanting to prepare herself for the inevitable negotiations that would follow once they got closer. "Any local customs, population distribution,
07[20:56] * +Zuri other things to keep in mind?" she says. "I know we can't know much if we don't even know if it's populated or not, but every bit helps." she notes. She is asking Cloud because as the navigator and master of scouts and sensors, she's the one most likely to know these things.
15[20:59] * Steve blinks, his ears perking up slightly. "Four and a half days? Impressive." He stretches out his wings then tucks them back against his body. "Now to go pilfer a duster from... somewhere."
07[21:01] * Maurice_Plumacuerno leans back in his big chair, "looks like we have four days to relax and just worry about basic maintanance and procedure. With the course underway, anyone who isn't crucial to ship operations this very moment, should just take it easy. Remember you're on call though." He clicks his beak lightly, then looks to Comet, "actually, that makes me wonder, do you have any sort of regimental
07[21:01] * Maurice_Plumacuerno advice for keeping things 'shipshape'?"
[21:16] <Hoard> 3Up sides of trips across the same continent, rather than over an ocean. Cloud looks up to Zuri and bobs her head a little from side to side. "Well, odds are it wouldn't get hit by bombs. May have had some radioactive runoff that hurt their fishing options though. I don't know how the war effected them. If nothing else, they are likely flooded with refugees and cut off from goods from...
[21:16] <Hoard> ...mountain cities." She taps up a pre-war encyclopedia entry for the city.
[21:16] <Hoard> 3"It was built along both cliffs flanking the river outlet, connecting the span with large suspension bridges. There were common social splits between the north and south cliffs, as each is mostly dominated by different clans. Economic conditions went down the further down the cliffs, with the wharfs and docks being home to the blue collar workers, and the tops of the cliffs dominated by...
[21:16] <Hoard> ...villas. It makes a note to never spit down, as it may hit someone and if done on ground level, or insidem it will be taken to mean you think those around you are beneath you as people."
[21:16] <Hoard> 3Comet dips her head to him and gets a teasing grin. She taps the arm rest of Maurice's chair with her pointer. "Well, first, announcements to the crew work better when the intercom is on." She settles back into her chair. "As for advice, even if we are having a calm trip, it is good to keep people working. You can make them end early, but maintaining a constant sleeping schedule and doing...
[21:16] <Hoard> ...something useful every day tends to work better for moral than loafing off." She extends a hoof to Maurice. "Though, if you want them to love you, shore leave is a good option."
07[21:20] * +Zuri nods at Clouds speech, absorbing that knowledge... She'd certainly organize it so that a flier went around the ship noting to never spit if they encountered people there. "Thank you for that information, Cloud... It'll no doubt be useful." she says, tapping down notes about the place for later perusal on her tablet. SHe also snerks a bit at Comets snark to Maurice. "How would we give
07[21:20] * +Zuri shore leave, if there's no shore to leave to?" she wonders to Comet.
15[21:25] * Steve says to Zuri, "There will be a shore when we're in port. But just because we're docked doesn't mean they all get to leave, necessarily. They all still have jobs to do, even if the ship isn't moving that day." He then looks back at the map. "If Ballacre is short on goods, that is one trading option. I don't suppose we brought a big surplus of food we could offer up front?" He shrugs. "At the very least, it's a hoof in the door."
[21:32] <Hoard> 3Comet tuts and shakes her head before leaning over to Zuri. ""I meant when we find a nice port, dear. Doing it before that tends to be for someone who got in trouble."
07[21:32] * Maurice_Plumacuerno snorts softly, and rolls his eyes, "first off, I was talking to those present on the bridge..." he raises his voice considerably, which it turns out he has a very good set of lungs, "UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME YOU'RE HARD OF HEARING." He gains a bit of smirk to match the mare's teasing grin. "At anyrate, IU'll make a more official announcement now that I have a plan of action."
07[21:32] * Maurice_Plumacuerno He activates the intercom, "all non-vital personel are encouraged to take more lax hours, ending their shifts early should they finish their assigned duties ahead of time. Vital personel are encouraged not to burn themselves out, I'd like this to be a rewarding experience for everyone, if you're to tired, it's hard to enjoy the fruits of your labor. We'll be reaching our destination within
07[21:32] * Maurice_Plumacuerno five days, optimally, hopefuly the weather plays along with our plans." He takes a breath and then lets it out slowly, "once we reach land, shore leave is encouraged, though please see the Morale Officer to arrange leave schedules so that the ship isn't left with a skeleton crew." He deactivates the comms and smirks at Comet, "Creo que tú y yo vamos a llevar muy bien (I think you and I are
07[21:32] * Maurice_Plumacuerno going to get along just fine)."
04[21:34] * +Zuri shakes her head at Steve. "No, no big surplus of anything, really. We got samples of basically everything though, to show to potential trade partners." she notes. "Including food.... It won't last long though, and particularly not if we want to conserve some for other potential partners." She also ahs and nods at Comet. "Of course, how silly of me." she chuckles. ONce Maurice's
07[21:34] * +Zuri announcement is done, she hmms a bit. "I'll have to quickly get some fliers to the morale officers so that everyone that goes on shore leave are told to not spit... If we meet people, it would hardly do to accidentally insult them." she says.
15[21:41] * Steve blinks a couple of times before saying, "I guess I just never noticed everyone in Coltlumbia spitting that much to make a big deal out of it. I mean spitting is an insult where we come from, too." He shrugs slightly then nods to Zuri, "Right, so, just little trade things. Well at least it's enough to get them on board, though not much for a full trade." He looks over to Maurice, listening to the broadcast, chuckling a bit at the end of it. "Another bit of advice... You may want to be careful about how far in advance you promise easy hours or shore leave. Plans always change... and if they're all geared up for a great time and then have to work overtime, they'll be sad. Whereas if they expect the same hours but then get a vacation, it's a pleasant surprise. I really doubt we'll run into anything, though."
04[21:43] * +Zuri shrugs a bit. "Better safe than sorry." she tells Steve. "And yes, the goods are there just as a teaser, if you will... After all, this ship is not going to be carrying all the cargo herself. That'd be the most expensive cargo ship ever." she chuckles. "We're just blazing the trail for the regular ships to follow now... And making the connections needed."
04[21:47] <Hoard> 3The mare flattens her ears to her head when Maurice_Plumacuerno yells. "Yes, very good sir." Her ears wiggle back up as he finishes his announcement. "Gracias Señor." Cloud shrugs to Steve and nods to Zuri. "Back home, it would get dirty looks, her it may get a knife fight."
07[21:48] * +Zuri nods. "A knife fight... and some dirty reputation for us to deal with at the negotiating table, I suspect." she says.
15[21:52] * Steve purses his lips, waiting while Zuri spoke, then gives a nod. "Yes, I'm aware. I just wasn't sure exactly what cargo we actually were bringing. I'm afraid I didn't bother worrying with getting reports about what you packed the ship with." He licks at his lips then looks up at Cloud. "From our part of the city, you're right. I wouldn't want to see the remains of somebody who spit around Cogadh. That's why the Scion territory is so much nicer, though."
04[21:54] * +Zuri nods at Steve. "I'll send you a copy of the inventory list if you like." she tells him.
04[21:54] * Maurice_Plumacuerno reaches and boops Comet's nose with a little smirk then looks to Steve, "ehh, that's true, querida, but let's try to look forward to good things, not be party poopers. If we cannot accomodate leave at Ballacre, then we'll have to see about doing so someplace more favorable to the option." He shrugs lightly, "and as for laxing the hours, I think it'll be fine, keep them in the swing
04[21:54] * Maurice_Plumacuerno of things, but not burn them out, then when things heat up they should be fine with picking up the slack. In theory, anyway." He blinks and shudders when Steve mentions someone spitting at Cogadh, and to think, he threw a bomb at him... and he lived.
15[21:59] * Steve glances back to Zuri, "Sure, it'd be nice to know." He then looks back up at Maurice. "Oh, you're not wrong. Just saying, too many letdowns is a bad thing. Once or twice wouldn't hurt much."
04[22:00] <Hoard> 3Cloud nods to Steve. "Something we are working on. Slow, but purposeful." Comet scrunches her snout and goes a little cross-eyed, though clearly not fond of the poke, but does not comment on it.
07[22:04] * +Zuri thinks all equines get funny faces when nosebooped... Too bad it wasn't always the most polite thing to do.
04[22:08] * Maurice_Plumacuerno notes she got snarky with him, granted it was a slight misunderstanding, he simply reciprocated, it likely wouldn't be an issue again. Snarkyness he didn't mind, he just didn't like having his intelignce questioned, really there was only one person who got away with that on a regular basis. He looks to Steve again, speaking of the devil, "I'll try to keep it in mind, if I need to
07[22:08] * Maurice_Plumacuerno make an addendum, I'll bite the bullet then."
15[22:12] * Steve smacks his lips slightly, ears burning because he feels like he was totally being thought about. He nods to Maurice, "Aye aye, cap'n." He looks back to Cloud, "It's been decent progress so far. Just going to take some more time." He licks at his lips then says, "I'll be retiring to my office. I haven't actually had a chance to see it yet. I wonder if they did the measurements before or after losing weight..." His lips purse again, then he turns to step out of the bridge, unless anybody had anything to say to him.
07[22:17] * +Zuri mmmhms. "I think I need to go get that flier out as well... better do it quickly." she says. "If anyone needs me, I will be in my office... I'm sure I cna find something to do after finishing that." she smiles, getting up of the super-chair and starting to move towards her own office if nobody objected.
[22:17] <Hoard> 3Comet uses her hoof to give Maurice_Plumacuerno the 'I'm watching you' look, though her posture and face implies she is doing it in good humor. Cloud also almost makes a chirping noise, tapping her chest with a hoof in a sort of 'Ho Rah!'
07[22:19] * Maurice_Plumacuerno sits up and holds his hands up, "intendido~!" He grins and settles back again, watching the map idly and also running through the stats on his chair consoles again.
04[22:28] <Hoard> 3Steve heads down to the lower levels of the tower, where the officer's quarters are. His office is moderate sized room with a long desk at one end, surrounded by file cabinets and a terminal. There is a circular table in the entrance with two couches around it and a bookshelf flanking the door. In the back is another door leading to his room. It has a single bed unless he officially...
[22:28] <Hoard> ...brought a +1 (In which case he would get a prince sized bed) There is a private toilet, though still needs to use the communal shower stalls. The room has a window out over the bow of the aft of the vessel, seeing the sea life investigate the ship's wake.
[22:32] <Hoard> 3Zuri's office is smaller, only having a desk and a trio of chairs with bookshelves along the back. He room, however, is larger, with the living room being part of the suit rather than the office, though only having one couch. Her bed is slightly larger as well, though the whole thing is rather compact. About three tines the size of a Norwegian maximum security cell.
15[22:34] * Steve heads down and takes a look around his office. Not bad... though it could use a few personal touches. And maybe something vaguely ominous and imposing. The quarters were nice too, the window was a special touch. He didn't officlally have a plus one though, so small bed it was. Toilet was nice... Not so nice was the communal shours, since that meant that he'd have to go take a few showers just to keep up appearances, but hey, that's life. He was, technically, a spy master, though... He heads back into his office and pulls up the terminal. First he makes sure there was a difficult password on it, then starts typing up a nice little entry onto the terminal. One day somebody was going to hack their way into this thing... Either they would laugh their heads off, or crap themselves in frustration at what they found on it. It was nice being on this end of it for a change.
15[22:34] <Steve> showers*
[22:41] <Hoard> 3The captain's cabin is one floor under the bridge and takes up the bulk of the floor. It is the size of a decent apartment. It lacks a kitchen, but otherwise has the amenities, including a dining room, a living room a bed room, a private office in the entrance way and the only private three piece bathroom available to the crew (The others were built in the ambassador's rooms).
06[22:42] * +Zuri (Gears@Pony-hafo1t.bb.online.no) Quit (Quit: )
[22:45] <Hoard> The captain's cabin has most of the decorations from its old MAS captain, including a carved oak desk, redwood dinner table, prince sized bed and a liqueur cabinet the Mile High did its best to re-stock. Several paintings of cities around the world decorate the walls.