"Classic asian sails and wings. No more propeller." Captain Charlotte had her arms crossed. "I've also installed some secret passages that myself and you will keep under lock and key. Only we will know about them. I got the brig redone, widened out storage,A new stove in the galley, one more shower, took out two decks, had Mercurian put in a security system on the life ships, and as you can see, I made some changes to upper deck." she pointed out. "also," she put a hand on Ara's…

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 Singapore's docks glowed with multi-colored lantern light of green, red, blue, and yellow. there was faint music playing in the distance. Ara squinted as the P.A.S Suchin docked with a thud. She peered, pondering on the last few days. The desert sun beating down, running out of food, fighting, getting lost. It hadnt dawned on her all that time that she hadn't said a single word to anyone besides the Captain since then.

     "Ara stop glaring and let's go." captain Charlotte demanded…

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       It was a violent wake up that night when the sharp tug of Arabella Porter's scalp slammed her cheek to the hard wooden floor of her room. Her mind rushed to keep up with her nerves as panic and confusion flooded Ara's mind.

    "No," she said impulsivley without knowing exactly what was going on. A hard slam on her back and there it was, the realization.

   "Drug this bitch and weld her in here." There was no doubt about it. That was David's voice.

    "No," Ara…

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       It was a violent wake up that night when the sharp tug of Arabella Porter's scalp slammed her cheek to the hard wooden floor of her room. Her mind rushed to keep up with her nerves as panic and confusion flooded Ara's mind.

    "No," she said impulsivley without knowing exactly what was going on. A hard slam on her back and there it was, the realization.

   "Drug this bitch and weld her in here." There was no doubt about it. That was David's voice.

    "No," Ara…

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     Lachlan sat at the bar quietly nursing his drink and thinking to himself " Well, another good run, good haul, no trouble, no Air Navy pursuit....its too easy I must have missed something." Just then a faint whiff of a scent in the air crossed his nostrils it was New Orleans, the smell of the river and the magnolias, the gumbo and sweat of humans it was a combination you never forget. He looked around the room it was close, just outside the doors. He scanned the bar quickly Wil was in…

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To anyone who reads this journal; please know, this was never meant to be published, but circumstance has forced my hand. I dare not share my journals all at once, lest they attract unwanted interest, but I trust the good scholars, scientists, explorers and artists of this Aethernet gathering place and others like it to understand my predicament. If ANYTHING in the journal entry below or subsequent entries I shall share in the months to come spark memories or ideas for solitions, please help…

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There once was a pirate from mars
Who's very much clapped behind bars
On shiny adventures
She looted some treasures
And carried them home in her bras

"Mom! Who are the mean people?" A little boy aske his young, dark haired mother who held him tightly in her arms. Ara stared at the kid while Captain Bennett and Zeke stepped in front of the crew. Zeke walked up to the woman and the child, the mother stepping back and turnin her child away with a solid warrior's glare. "We haven't done anything to you." Zeke smiled cheerfully with soft eyes. Ara scoffed at this. "You shouldn't make judgments about people before you speak with them." The mother… Continue

"For fucks sake, Fink!" Emerald shouted in a soft high pitched voice as she sat down on a box of coffee. "Put down the fucking knife!" Fink grinned mischievously and continued to spin the schimtar on his pointer finger. "Emerald! I need you for something," captain Zeke called over to her from where he had been antagonizing the victim crew with Ara and Nate. "Can't even sit down. Always something." Emerald groaned as she stood up, letting her arms dangle around her. She walked over and crossed… Continue

The red glass stood still with icy water, bubbling within as Marlow took a drag of hookah.

"Ever notice how much shisha we smoke?" He asked David, accross from him. The other crew members had gone out on the Dawn Rider to loot. Marlow and David were holdig down he fort.

"Ever notice that everyone on this crew is afraid of a 17 year old girl?" David pointed out. "I could probably kill her by stepping on her." Marlow choked on his smoke ring and David smirked in response. "Ever notice… Continue

Chapter 2 When Angry Plants Attack

"Airship's grounded and we've been forced to recharge the accumulators from the backup solar array - bloody PVCS is knackered again," the Wing Commander shouts from the temporary barricade of branches and detritus as she snaps off several suppressive bursts from the Bren. "Beasts are at it again trying to get inside the wire; we have to hold them back until we get power back to at least eighty percent." The Bren stutters out another series, she…

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     You'd think the further south you travel the hotter it'd get, but such was not the case. Going from Ole' Briton's shores to the Afrikkas then to the Suez can't be good for one's constitution. Weeded out the blighters and the posers though.

     Once across the canal, we airlifted all the gear across the mountains and into the Arab strongholds. The artillery tubes had gotten some banging about due to the Leftenant's haste in arrival. Sour stomache or some such weakness. I'll give…

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Twisting her plat into a loose bun, Ara stood in front of the captain's study, waiting to be called in. There was a chilled silence in the wind that made Her spin around nervously and check that the crew was still working, going about their daily jobs. The skies of the Judean desert were a clear blue, never any clouds and Ara could see, through the netting that draped down from Widow's balloon, the name of the other ship painted on messily in Red. "The Dawn Rider". A muffled call rang through… Continue

I feel the summer breeze hit across my face

I see the summer stars, in the night sky’s

I watch the summer sun, turn into a dark haze

just like a memory in time

when we watched the stars fly on by

 

wake up, feel the heat

walk with me and you will see

it's all just a midnights summer's dream

forget the past and leave it behind

you're running ragged

you're going blind

can't you see

it's a midnight…

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Fist fights occurred in the last week:



1. David and Thomas

2. Dominique and Ara

3. Ara and David

4. Marcus and Emmett

5. Ara and Thomas (more like wrestling)

6. Kolfife and Lang

7. Zachary, Sam, Jon, ans Marlow (Marlow, Sam, and Jon ganged up on Zachary.)

8. Ara and Jon (to defend Zachary)

9. Kolfife and Ara

10. David and Dario

11. David and Marlow

12. David and Ara

13. David and Nate

14. David and Ezra

15. David… Continue

"What's that ship fly doing in the galley?" David raised his voice mockingly as he circled around Thomas Dunning. Thomas sat up, chewing his dinner, and ran his fingers through his light brown hair. "Why ain't he in the brig?" Dunning opened his mouth to speak but,



"Dave, sit down, shut up, and eat." Ara ordered him. David looked back at Lang who snickered and then he turned back to Ara. "Don't talk to me like you're my father." He said.



"No, you killed him already. That's… Continue