Sunday, September 6, 2009

Chapter 9 – Part 16

The gnome gestured angrily at the captain, and the pilot watched nervously. The winds were bearing crossways, and they had precise coordinates that they had to account for. The captain didn’t like it, but finally acquiesced.

Aundair was paying Lyrandar enough that they expected the captain to risk his ship’s structural integrity. The captain, like all airship captains, was nervous about structural damage, and losing his commission because of it. There were far more airship captains than there were airships, and Lyrandar leaned on their officers to be careful with their toys.

The ship banked, and then began to spiral in a controlled descent. The real trouble wouldn’t begin until they broke cloud cover.

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