The King of Clouds

"How would you like to join a life of limitless adventure seeking on board the Calypso's Plauge, the finest airship to ever set sail in the clouds?"

Jason raised an eyebrow. "you caught my interest. what... benifits, could I expect?" he asked curiously as he took a few steps closer.

Anne looked around, amusing herself as long as she could before she sighed and got off the ship, heading into the main part of town where Jericho would be looking for a crew. "Where did my engineer get to?" she asked aloud.

"You get adventure, a bunk of your own, probably three meals a day, and..." Jaricho looked around and pointed at Anne. "you get to be in her crew. Take it or leave it." Jericho offered as he began to walk back towards Anne.

Jason took one look at the captain and smirked. "okay you got me" he said following jericho. Okay, so he had a tendancy to enjoy the company of a pretty woman. what guy didn't?

"Yeah, I thought so. But don't expect anything; her shell's hard to crack." Jericho said as he walked up to Anne. "You ready?"

Anne nodded, "What took you so long? It's hot as the furnaces of hell out here and we only needed enough to shove off with one or two spares in case I get mad and shoot a couple."

Jericho shrugged. "They work for free. And you don'rt know heat until you start shoveling coal into that damn engine. But, anyway, what did you get me while you were out?" Jericho asked as he began to walk back.

Jason raised an eyebrow at this "free" thing. oh well, he would just steal his fares if necessary. he put his hands behind his head and yawned boredly.

"I found a weird little dragonfly thing." She explained, "When you throw it, it flies around and irritates the hell out of me." She sighed, "And it won't break when I hit it."

Jericho laughed a bit. "I bet I could make it into a seeker bomb...." He said, mostly to himself.

Anne pointed at him with one hand on her hip, "No. It always flies around my head."

Jericho smirked. "Well, I'll just have to tinker with it a little."

Jason just stayed a couple steps behind these two. He didn't really see any point in saying anything, although every now and again a piece of fruit or a little bag of gold coins would dissappear from a stand as he passed. no one seemed to notice though.

Anne climbed aboard the ship, "Gents, welcome to the Plague. be careful what you touch, Jericho spends a lot of time just keeping this baby able to run." she scanned the men, looking at each one of them, "You. You can work below deck. Shovel coal or something. Um... You three, also below deck. You are in charge below deck... and you five are up here... and you are up top." The last one she pointed to was Jason.

"You break anythingand you'll pay for it in blood and sweat. I've worked on this thing so much, it's practicly my child. And don't go in my workshop. Ever." Jericho said as he climbed onbard.

Jason looked around the ship. "so this is an air ship" he said mostly to himself as he walked around.

((Uh... air ships don't have crows' nests....))

((they don't? ><i thinks i got a bit mixed up. what's 'up top' then?))

((I'm pretty sure that's just on deck, I think.))

((I'm assuming. It just sounded pirate-y.))
"Yep. Take a picture, it'll last longer." Anne said sarcastically, "Jericho, once we get this ship underway, I'd like to show you the results of my shopping trip."

"Sounds good. "All right, you heard her, get moving!" Jericho said as he went below deck to start the engine and get everyone situated. After a few minutes a jet of white smoke/steam shot out of the ship with a hiss and it groaned loudly as it lifted off the port. Jericho soon returned to the deck.

Jason rolled his eyes. "if i had a camera i'd take a picture, but i haven't snatched one yet" he retorted as he looked over the edge as they took off.

Anne was at the helm, whistling something that resembled 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'.

"So, what did you get?" Jericho asked, walking towards her. Just in case, he ducked since sneaking up on her hadn't ended up well last time.