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The Cantina / Ponderings of the Icarus
« on: March 07, 2013, 05:59:34 pm »
I cradle a mug of local brew, for all the dry grain it was worth. Times like these, inbetween jobs, theres nothing else to do but think and drink.
"I just don't get it." I mutter, looking down at a map of the Burren. Its an old map, dated many annums ago when Tura was still around and the only airship in the sky was the Icarus. I still keep it for the sake of having a map whenever someone decides to talk about the Icarus, no matter which bar or place it may be held. And so I continue the tradition to keep His memory alive.
"Why the hell did Gabriel go into the South?" I say clearly. "Nobody goes to the South, not even Yesha and their galleon fleet, but he did and went and got himself killed for nothing. Damn fine waste of a good airship."
"Anyone even spot the wreck?" Another captain replies. "I don't even think Gabriel is dead. Probably went and found new lands beyond the South."
"Considering that every story told about the Icarus has Gabriel leaving his crew behind before going into the breach, I doubt it." Commented an engineer. "Pirates back then were worse than now, and a lot better armed."
"I heard rumors that it was some pirate that cracked aerostat tech before Partitus did." Added a gunner. "Gabriel would have been outnumbered a hundred to one!"
"Oh sod it pirate lover." "Just a free-thinker missy."
I lean back and gesture for another mug of brew, and wait to see if any other captains would care to join the growing discussion.
"I just don't get it." I mutter, looking down at a map of the Burren. Its an old map, dated many annums ago when Tura was still around and the only airship in the sky was the Icarus. I still keep it for the sake of having a map whenever someone decides to talk about the Icarus, no matter which bar or place it may be held. And so I continue the tradition to keep His memory alive.
"Why the hell did Gabriel go into the South?" I say clearly. "Nobody goes to the South, not even Yesha and their galleon fleet, but he did and went and got himself killed for nothing. Damn fine waste of a good airship."
"Anyone even spot the wreck?" Another captain replies. "I don't even think Gabriel is dead. Probably went and found new lands beyond the South."
"Considering that every story told about the Icarus has Gabriel leaving his crew behind before going into the breach, I doubt it." Commented an engineer. "Pirates back then were worse than now, and a lot better armed."
"I heard rumors that it was some pirate that cracked aerostat tech before Partitus did." Added a gunner. "Gabriel would have been outnumbered a hundred to one!"
"Oh sod it pirate lover." "Just a free-thinker missy."
I lean back and gesture for another mug of brew, and wait to see if any other captains would care to join the growing discussion.