Heart of Artifice Temporary 2--Aethelus Alone

[Erekose13]

"Sure your observations are always welcome. As none of the others know you can speak, hold off on that for now. It might be to our advantage later on."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Alright, chief. I'll stay quiet. I'll just poke you if you do something stupid," Lana agrees, flying to perch on his shoulder again--she is surprisingly light considering her metallic composition.

*Aethelus and Lana head out to look around the ship. After leaving Aethelus's suite, they see one of Naugrym's guards, with the distinctive wolf-head helmet.*

"Ho there, sir. Where are you off to?"

 

[Erekose13]

Aethelus nods to the guard, "I had thought to look around this miraculous place and find out how much longer it would be to our destination."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"It is some time away yet--We should be there in time for dinner at the latest, though we will miss tea. I can show you particular facilities if you desire. In a few hours it will be lunchtime proper, and the Leywytch Jadishtai is requesting your presence slightly before that to join her for a brunch."

 

[Erekose13]

"Excellent, I'd hoped to see outside the ship. It is quite a marvel and I'm hoping to get a bit of a bearing on where we are first." he replies.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Then we can go to the upper deck. Please follow me."

*The guard leads Aethelus through the airship's corridors to a staircase, leading upwards several flights and opening up abovedecks.*

*Looking out over the side, he can see the airship flying past a wide variety of beautiful islands floating in the clear blue sky. Some of the islands are covered in verdant fields, others in forests or with lakes. Some have waterfalls pouring over the edge and down into the mists below, beneath which nothing can be seen.*

 

[Erekose13]

"Does anyone live on the islands below?" he asks curiously.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Some people live on some of the islands, but as this is the Baron's domain, many of them are just home to various fauna of different sorts."

 

[Erekose13]

"I've heard the Baron mentioned a lot since yesterday. What is he like? Does he control a large domain?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"The Baron rules over Spiras, one of the Four Kingdoms, so he does control a rather large domain. He may be the most powerful Spark in the lands, at least for a mortal. It would be both sacrilege and futile to compare to the miracles of the Artifex Maximus, Blessed be the Holy One," he performs the devotion.