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Burning Skies Saloon
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
Ny-Lee sudden realization of becoming a bride and wife sent her into a whirlwind of positive emotions. Sadly, Roland couldn't avoid being in the whirlwind, but smiled nonetheless and thinking to himself.
"As long as it is her, I do not care."
BdrLine shook his head, asked, and received another Hellfire. Yiski was grinning and laughing at Roland being dragged all over the saloon ground. Eventually, Ny-Lee let Roland sit down on account of his ankle, but he was quickly replaced with Jun'ko and the two girls were giddy and excited. Zill looked on with a smile, though nobody could see it.
"I wonder if Jun would be... naw, I won't even go there."
Zill shook the thought out of his head and replaced it with his upcoming mission. Reports were coming in more frequently of raiders hitting surrounding town more frequently. Reports also indicated the raiders maybe operating along with a few Arashi captains.
Eventually, Yiski closed the saloon. Skyraider went back to the docks to continue working on his plane. BdrLine and Liu went to his place. Zill and Jun'ko headed upstairs to one of the spare rooms. Ny-Lee started up, but noticed wasn't following.
"Are you coming Roland?"
"I will be up in a moment. I need to talk to Yiski for a bit."
Ny-Lee nodded and headed up and into the other spare room. Roland walked, with a bit of a negligible limb, to the bar and sat.
"So what is it you need?"
"I want you to teach me metal crafting."
Yiski raised an eyebrow.
"You want to learn metal crafting? I'm guessin' you don't wanna learn how to craft bullets?"
"I want to forge the wedding bands for my marriage."
Roland was giving the same serious face when he asked Yiski to talk about his parents. It was also the same face which got him as far it did. Yiski gave him a smile.
"Alright, but you're going to have to come up with a creative excuse to Ny-Lee."
"Why is that?"
"You'll probably want this a secret."
"Good point."
"How soon do you want to start?"
"Tomorrow."
"That's a bit soon, but I think we can manage. I still have my metal crafting equipment in Zill's warehouse. I'll get the key from him in the mornin'. You just worry about makin' a good enough excuse."
Roland nodded and made his way upstairs. Yiski couldn't help, but have a giant grin.
"I've said it many times before, but he's just like Maria."
Roland enters the room and Ny-Lee is waiting for him.
"What did you two talk about?"
"Well, Yiski feels that I need a little more marksman training, so I will be with him tomorrow."
"Can I come along?"
"Sadly, no because who else will manage the saloon if Yiski and I are not here?"
"My brother?"
"Is he not usually busy at the docks?"
"Zill?"
"They have a mission to ship out soon, so they will be busy with preparations."
"Paradox?"
"Are you even trying anymore?"
Ny-Lee pouts.
"Do not worry. I am sure Jun'ko would be able to assist you."
Ny-Lee huffed out a response.
"Fine, but you owe me."
Roland got into bed with Ny-Lee and kissed her.
"Of course. What did you have in mind?"
Ny-Lee grins and embraced Roland. Obviously, two weren't going to be getting much sleep for tomorrow.
--NARRATOR END--
--END OF DAY 69--
Yiski:
--START OF DAY 70--
--NARRATOR--
The morning sun rose and Yiski with it. Even though he was going to help Roland with general metal crafting, he still took his time in making sure the saloon would be functional and ready to open. Two hours pass by before everything is found to be operational.
During the two hours, Roland, Ny-Lee, Zill, and Jun'ko woke up, took showers, and met downstairs around the bar. Yiski pulled Zill over to the side and explained to him what Roland was planning. Zill gave a grin under his mask and handed Yiski a spare key to the warehouse where Yiski's equipment was located.
Zill gave Jun'ko a morning kiss before leaving the saloon first to make sure preparations were continuing smoothly.
"Ny, Jun, you two think you can handle the saloon for the day?"
"Well, I've helped out a lot and with Jun'ko with me it should actually be fun."
"Yup!"
Yiski nodded and motioned Roland to follow him out. Roland turned to Ny-Lee and gave her a kiss.
"Be safe you two."
"We will."
With that, Yiski and Roland made their way to the warehouse, leaving Jun'ko and Ny-Lee to fend for themselves.
--NARRATOR END--
RearAdmiralZill:
-Port Tar Barrel-
Zill made his way to the Port to handle things there. It was buzzing with life as boats and crew all made sure everything was ready at a moment's notice. Looking at the defenses, Zill found them lacking he found a senior officer and gave him orders.
"Get you platoon and have them set up some anti-air defenses on the perimeter. Shore up any weaknesses you find on the outer walls and fence."
"Aye, Admiral."
A quick salute and he was off. Zill went into his Galleon and contacted Matty.
"Admiral to Black Squids."
"Loud and clear."
"Status update?"
"A few raids here and there but nothing too potent. We did spot a large Republic Fleet contingent last night but they continued west. We followed them back towards Kian."
"I'll send out a group to Eilius to make sure they aren't wrapping around."
"Another thing, we saw a few Arashi flags among the Fleet. Not many but definitely a mercenary presence."
"Makes sense. They need all the resources they can get being snug next to the Guild. Thanks for the information. To Clear Skies."
"Black Squids out."
Zill leaned back in his chair, then looked at his map. He didn't like them sneaking west. However, it would makes sense as the mountain passes east of Anvala would really limit their movement. He wrote up orders for a recon team to station at Eilius. Once done he walked out and handed it to the courier.
-Saloon-
Jun'ko was excited that she would be keeping the Saloon up with Ny-Lee. They quickly started chatting about marriage and the guys while no one was there.
"So, Roland any good?"
"What do you..."
Ny turned red.
"Oh, that. Well of course he is!"
*Chuckling*"Good, good. I can only imagine what it must feel like to be getting married soon."
"It's crazy exciting. It almost feels unreal."
"I bet it'll be plenty real when you get up on that alter."
Ny-Lee just stood it wonderment for awhile until Jun snapped her out of it.
"Easy there or you'll blow steam out your ears without a drink."
They both laugh and carry on.
Wazulu :
--Hanat--
Having arrived in port, and escaping the questioning eyes of the harbour master, Wazulu finally opened his cargo:
a small, innocuous black box. Opening it carefully with the key hung round his neck, he examined the contents inside.
- A note.
- An Anglean Military Uniform.
- A flintlock pistol.
Reading the note, his eyes widened, and he almost heard a whistle escape his lips. Reading the confidential notice at the bottom prompted him to pull out his tobacco, roll it in the paper, and have what could be his last smoke.
Smoking and smiling, he chucked a couple coins at a beggar, and asked where the Mercenaries were staying in town.
Captain Lockheart:
--The Docks--
"Righty ho, Men today we set off for Chaladon, keep your eyes and spyglass' out for bandit and republican ships. We are taking a more dangerous route, lets hope all goes well"
*start's engines*
*looks around checks for clear skies, and looks around to see zill on board his galleon, he tried to catch his attention but it failed*
"right we are almost set to go, i just need to get my flying coat on"
*Lockheart takes off his white longcoat, and puts on his old Firnfeld Battalion's "Commodore" jacket, it resembled the previous longcoat except with elaborate gold stitching and Proper Cuffs , he then put on his goggles and gloves and set the engine speed to "full ahead"
*mutters*
" i hope i get to taste that hellfire once more"
*lockheart flies out towards chaladon*
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