Gets to sunny and looks over the problematic wreckage, then at the winged beast, then down as sunny working in the wreckage to get her stuff.
"Hello Mama, is there any way I can help you, are you whole and well?"
Near Stephen, Ebran remarks, "Alright. I am ready, the metal one went to check on bird-lady. Hopefully they won't be long."
Gets to sunny and looks over the problematic wreckage, then at the winged beast, then down as sunny working in the wreckage to get her stuff.
"Hello Mama, is there any way I can help you, are you whole and well?"
"Oh! Hey Niit!" Sunny stops what she's dragging and straightens as Unit 6 calls to her. She looks around.
"Tha' ship! Mavana mektet zhit hila, ch'tamant divo mino'sossian BOOM! Beeg bada BOOM!" Her words ending with the tanned Elf throwing her arms in the air and thence waving around at the ruin and wreckage around them. She looks to Unit 6.
"So! I has got Chauncy's stuff out'a tha' hold an' put it there." She points a brown arm at a jumble of leather and such. "An' I were jus' gettin' me things from where they'd bin smooshed, like," She wipes the smudge across her brow the other way with an arm. "I fergots how heavy stuff is when it in't floatin'!" She exclaims exasperatedly.
[b]"So.. I can be gettin' all'a tha' stuffs t'gether an' be givin' Chauncy a good rubbin' down an' then get 'em loaded up with all'a stuffs an' we can be findin' all'a other folks, hey?" She asks Unit 6 brightly. (^_^)
[ooc]Sorry for the delay. Yesterday evening got way too busy to fast and I never even sat down at the computer.[/b]
"We should all help Sunny get her mount out. Once that's done we can proceed down the hallway. I'll take point if that's ok with everyone."
Ayedan then rushes off to help Sunny extract everything she needs from the ship and leads her back to the door.
Nods, "I Shall help Mama. With that he starts to load her Her mount, also mending its saddle as it gos.
"O look master Slipstream is here"
The sky above continues below. Evidently you are still somewhere in the sky.
Jak watches the procession of his fellow crew members as they move about the greenhouse. The crash had still left them disoriented, by the looks of things. It didn't help that the Captain hadn't made it (probably).
Jak scratches his chin. He was certainly no help right now
Perhaps...the navy ship fared better he muses, with any luck we could hijack it and ride it out of here!
With a smile he decides on his course of action. Surely the crew wouldn't mind if he slipped out for a few minutes, and surely they would appreciate having a functioning vessel!
Silently Jak takes his leave, heading through the door and down the passageway and into whatever lies beyond, all the while his head full of visions of coming glory. Single-handedly capturing a ship! They would sing his praises for weeks, no doubt!
Jak moves quickly through the glass hallway, and the brilliant light at the end sees him outside on a large stone balcony. Sky and clouds above and below are all that you can see. And there, far far below lies the ground, a pale green and brown haze in the distance.
The wind buffets you; luckily there are enough handholds and railings nearby.
Looking back at the way you came, you see twin spires of smoke curling upwards. One from your own ship, another distant column from the navy vessel.
From where you are, the balcony seems to curve around the greenhouse, retreating either to the east or west. Eastwards, the balcony vanishes into a stone tower, most likely a guard post. To the west, the balcony climbs stone stairs and joins a second level of buildings, perched above the greenhouse's mid-section.
Jak heads towards the westward buildings, hoping that the buildings will take him on a path towards the navy ship.
Ebran floats after Jak, not wanting a solo partner to run into trouble.
Having gathered as much of her things as she can find, then going about cleaning down her large, feathered/furred companion... All the while nattering away about the previous nights (Days?) Storm and fight and excitement... Sunny 'saddles' Chauncy and then turns to Unit 6 and Ayedan.
"SO! Where be every one else? Is every one all okeys? Which way is we goin?...." And seemingly a hundred and one other questions, even as she happily begins to skip off in the direction Unit 6 and Ayedan leader her towards adventure! (^_^)
Ayedan boosts Sunny up, "The door is that way. They should be waiting for us. Let's go!"
Ayedan moves off quickly toward the metal door.
Unit 6 helps sunny then walks them to the door.
"Yes there is a walk way past the door, I think one if not more of the others may have gone ahead to scout out the other crash site an offer help. Shall we also go that way"
They are soon at the door
"You see just down here"
Ebran leaves quickly enough to catch Jak climbing upwards to the second tier of buildings. He manages to catch up unless Jak does anything to shake him off.
The second level of buildings seem almost pulled from a story-tale. Chiseled fountains dot the street while formerly quaint gardens now run rampant, vines and hedges grasping the faded marble of the buildings.
The silence is almost unnerving, but a dreadful gale pulls at you. From this vantage point you can see that the smoke rises further than you originally expected.
The bright blue sky slowly fades into a weeping grey as the roiling storm clouds that crashed you here slowly descend upon the city.
With the amount of urban sprawl in your way, and the wind seeming to get stronger as you go up, the choices are either to try and do battle with the oncoming storm or maneuver through the seemingly abandoned streets.
Jak opts to take the lower of the two roads, heading for the urban area.
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Talks with the others to the door and gos along the glass walk way.
Pads along with her crew-mates.
"So...... we thinkin' o' fixin' up tha' ship agin? Or is we lookin' ta' 'comandeer' whut t'ever t'is we be findin'?" She asks brightly. (^_^)
"Looking at the state of our craft mana, it could be fixed, but we would need some time and tools, the main hull is shattered, we would need to lift that parts on to a jig, then replate the hull, remake some of the main upmost beams, then rebuild the baffles, power plant, control systems, weather shielding, navigation and maneuver units. I would say 6 to 9 mouths work gives a sky dock. "
It's says happily
"Let's see if we can find the others. They should have never left on their own." Ayedan then heads off to the right.
"Well, we crashed, they probably crashed, but if we can't fix things up, well, someone in this place had a way to get to and from here. Maybe there are other crafts."
Yes, your ship is a right mess. And Unit 6's analysis is close to correct, a good 9 months of work "might" make her airborne.
Meanwhile, Jak pushes on through the street level of this place.
Gaps in the floors and roads let you see sky below you as well, and you quickly realize that missteps could be quite lethal here.
As you walk through a promenade of entangled houses, a soft chiming noise can be heard from a nearby collapsed building, not 60 feet to your northwest.
Curiosity gets the better of Jak and he carefully navigates the broken street to investigate the sound.
Curiosity gets the better of Jak and he carefully navigates the broken street to investigate the sound.
[dice=Acrobatics if necessary]1d20+22
[dice=Perception]1d20+9
[dice=Stealth]1d20+14
Unobserved and gracefully you make your way towards the sound. You can't tell what it is at this point however.
You reach the building and enter through the lower doorway entering into what was most likely a place of residence.
Furniture lies sprawled in ruins, but no one is to be seen.
The sound continues from upstairs, said staircase directly in front of you.
Jak continues to track down the sound, hugging keeping his back from being exposed as much as possible.
Jak continues to track down the sound, hugging keeping his back from being exposed as much as possible.
[dice=Perception]1d20+9
[dice=Stealth]1d20+14
Upstairs, you come across the source of the sound.
A softly glowing, and softly singing crystal lies amid the debris.
It seems to have a face with numerals and glyphs of some kind, though the language seems utterly incomprehensible.
One particular symbol is glowing.
Curious, Jak prods at the singing stone. If it seems harmless enough he'll pick it up.
"A nice souvenir..." he mutters to himself as he attempts to silence the stone before pocketing it.
After he'll do a quick search of the residence, curious to get a sense of who may have lived here before.
Otherwise, if nothing else happens to prolong his stay, he'll head back out to the road and carry on.
*Skippin', skippin', skippin', skip...* (^_^)
"Well, we crashed, they probably crashed, but if we can't fix things up, well, someone in this place had a way to get to and from here. Maybe there are other crafts."
Red Jaw and Ebran carry on, Jak having retrieved the source of the sound. It continues to make this sound as it merrily rests in your pocket.
A few minutes behind them Stephen, Sunny and Unit 6 follow on their tail heading to the downed military ship.
As you meander through the streets, you notice how unnaturally quite it all is. Not a single living resident, tangled buildings and a lot of silence.
Soon though, you come across a slight obstacle...
A large section of the pavement gives way to a gaping whole leading straight down to the ground below.
The only way around it seems to be a tight balancing act across a series of pipes and railings leading off around the edge.
Of course, you could always fly and attempt to fight the ever increasing wind speed.
The military ship is ever closer.
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Jack smiles at the thought of crossing the gap. Quickly he sets to the challenge of crossing the pipes and railings, moving with both grace and speed. Before he moves too far away he turns his attention to Ebran. "Will you be alright gettin' across, mate?"
He hums along with the chirping of his stone as he goes.
Red Jaw Jak darts across the pipes like the godly mountain goat that he is.
Sunny looks to Chauncy before turning and looking to her friends,
"Okeys, who be a tad skittish on high places? I can be gettin' Chauncy ta' move 'em over tha' gap." She offers.
"we will see."
Lifting his arms, he commands the wind's direction to bend to his will, picking him up and carrying himself forward. As the wind severity increases, he pushes it back such that its effect on him is reduced.
Sunny looks to Chauncy before turning and looking to her friends,
"Okeys, who be a tad skittish on high places? I can be gettin' Chauncy ta' move 'em over tha' gap." She offers.
"Mama I have a levitation unit built in but I am not very good at flying, would you be so kind as to pull me across?"
Says Unit 6 looking at the pipes
"Ah! Okeys!" (^_^) Sunny happily agrees,
"Though.. we can take people's across with Chauncy an' then be leavin' ye a rope an' pullin' ye across... sort'a thing, hey?" She suggests to Unit 6.
"That would be ideal, lets do that"
It says
*Chirp?* Chauncy cocks their head as their small friend adjusts the saddle that she's strapped to their back.
Sunny gets some rope out and fastens it to Chauncy' saddle/harness.
"Okeys, who wants ta' has a lil' flight wi' Chauncy?" She asks brightly. (^_^)
The gap cleared, you continue to walk down deserted streets until you reach the column of smoke.
The enemy ship seems to have crashed much like yours into another building. This one appears to have been a stone tower, most likely a defensive fortification judging from the battlements.
The ship can be seen through the cracked roof and the smoke pouring out is a clear sign.
No noise or activity can be heard within except for falling debris from time to time.
You could either attempt to climb in through the hole, roughly a hundred feet up or through what appears to be a well fortified steel entrance.
"O dear someone may need my help"
Levitates up the wall then in and down the hole, if it can.
Sunny shakes her head, "Aye, some folks might be needin' help. Whut about that some folks was shootin at us jus'a while ago?" She replies quietly, even as she looks around.
"If'n they is still abouts? They in't gon'a be too partial to us, none..." She also looks 'To the sky' to see how the weather outside is behaving...
"That matters not Mama I am sorry but my programming means I must offer help to intelligent organics if I am able. I am able and there is an over 50% probability someone what hurt in that crash. I must go and offer mending."
and with that it heads off, once at the hole it calls down.
"Hello, please do not attack me, I am repair Unit 6, dos anyone need medical attention, , I can offer it, if it is needed."
By the time the rest of the group has arrived Jak would have headed in through the steel entrance.
The prospects of commandeering a new transport were slim, by the looks of things, but Jak held out hope!