"Hah, as if you're any luckier then me lover boy." Karn laughed before glancing toward the Princess at her comment, giving a slight amused grin. "Well, hopefully you won't exactly need to prove that statement. But I'll be sure to let you handle the next monster we come across then, Gemstone. Be good practice outside Alexandria." She hummed before glancing to Blank at his words, giving a slight in agreement.

"Yeah, probably would be good to find out a little more about our visitors and what they know and exactly why they are here. We don't have much time to exactly ask them at the moment." She said before coughing a bit into her arm a bit. Her chest heaving a bit, tail fluffing a little in response before it calmed and she just lightly pounded her chest. "Geez, going to need a drink when we get back home."

Wylde groaned painfully as she moved her arm slowly to touch her head. Moving was hard in the narrow wooden box, but she finally managed to touch the place where she hit her head. Who would have thought this would turn out this way... she often 'sent' herself over airships via this method, but for a first time she got so roughly treated during loading! She warned the representative that the box contained fragile things! What sort of treatment was this! They basically first dropped the box from quite a bit and then pushed it around. It was during one of those sudden movements that the box rolled to the side and she fell, hitting her head.” How long have I been out of it...?” She mumbled and blinked a few times. Some big commotion earlier was what started to wake her up. Now that she was fully awaken, she tried to push the lid of the box, but it wasn't budging an inch. There was something else on top of her!

“Aghhh...water... I need water...” She mumbled and ran her hands around the box in the darkness to find the waterskin she took with her. After finally locating it, she started to drink in big gulps. Only now she realized how thirsty she was... she must have been out for quite a long while. She sensed the smell of burnt wood... She so chose the wrong ship to travel with.

“That's it... I'm getting out of this box...” She mumbled to herself and quickly kicked the box's wall at her feet. After a few decent(and decently noisy!) kicks, the wood gave in and she nimbly left the box, sitting next to it now. Her legs felt sore... as if she hadn't used them in a long while. With a yawn, she looked around the place... yep... she was in the cargo hold..." It's cold..." She said and reached into the box, pulling her blanket from it, wrapping herself in it."Anyone here?"

Walking through the cargo hold was a humanoid creature that looked a bit like a purple skin colored pig, wearing a brown leather hood. This soul was Benero. Lots of preparing to, indeed indeed, but he had to be sure his brother was alright that was for sure. He had run off somewhere, perhaps to try and fix the holes dealt by the harpoons. Tilting his head, Benero lightly scratched his left claw against his temple in puzzlement. Just then, a very loud and disturbing noise made him jump in surprise, arms ups and claws flailing a bit as if to protect himself from being attacked. Pausing a bit, he looked about before staring at the box that seemed to have moved. Was it his imagination?

"What is wrong?" A voice called from a figure that looked exactly like him. Zenero.

Benero looked to his brother, raising his claws as he spoke. "The box moved!" he answered, pointing his right claw towards the box.

Zenero turned to look at the box before turned his masked head toward his brother. "Boxes do not move!" he said, snorting a bit at the silliness his brother was spouting.

"This one did!" Benero answered, a bit more irritably.

"You must have hit your head! We do not carry live cargo!" Zenero said, rolling his eyes.

"The Princess is live cargo!" Benero pointed out, waving his clawed hand accusingly toward his brother.

"Princess is a special case! Because a princess is special!" Zenero shot back with a huff.

Soon enough, the box moved again, making a large sound as if something was trying to claw its way out. Which made the two Demi-humans jump and promptly embrace one another in fright. As the box moved again and started to rattle harder the two jumped and flailed, looking around and backing away from the moving box. Looking to one another, then at the box, they pondered what to exactly do. Looking to one another again, the brothers slowly nodded.

"If a piece of the cargo is moving....." Benero started.

"Without us knowing...." Zenero continued.

The two brothers then quickly turned and bolted out and headed up the steps toward the Bridge. "Kaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrn!" they both screamed.

Meanwhile on the Bridge, Karn's feline ears perked suddenly as she heard a slight unsettling sounds compared to what a ship should have. Sound of the propellers and engines? All is good. Some chatter of crewmates, also good. The sound of thundering footsteps followed by shouts? Probably not so good. Soon enough, the two fellow Demi-Human bursted in, taking a moment to catch their breath before waving their arms in the air then pointing them back where they came from.

"Wow guys. I realize we kinda just almost got blown up, but didn't think it was the time for running around right after the bomb left. Now with you two in here, this place is starting to feel clawstraphobic." she joked, ears twitching curiously as her emerald eyes watched them.

"Living thing!" Benero started.

"In a box!" Zenero continued.

"In the cargo hold!" Benero finished.

The feline Demi-Human blinked for a moment before sighing and shrugging her shoulders. "Ya know, I accept a delivery of a crate of oglops one time and you guys freak out over things. They are just bugs. Not my fault you got curious and opened it." she said as she shook her head at the memory.

"No this different!" Zenero insisted as he flailed his arms over his head.

"Very! Bigger!" Benero agreed.

Karn rolled her shoulders then rubbed the back of her head with her right hand. "And you didn't open it? Well, I don't remember having any living cargo. But fine you babies I'll look at it. Might have another stowaway or a hide away soldier we missed. Blank, keep a eye on the Gemstone eh?" the blonde said to her crewmate before quickly heading out and made a beeline for the cargo hold. Weaving her way pass anyone she passed so she could get to her destination faster. Never know, could be some hidden surprise that was left for them. Opening the door, she headed inside before pausing as she saw a white haired woman. Emerald eyes narrowing, Karn looked her over before recognition came.

"Ohhhhhh. You're that girl back at the dock. Sweet sweet Wylde. Heh. What's this, couldn't resist my wild charms and decided to hitch a ride in that box of yours?" Karn joked with a slight grin as she shrugged before giving a slight shake of her head. "Awe sweetheart. So sad to see you're probably not so lucky to hitch a ride on this particular ship." she hummed. It was a bit of a surprise she was here for this long, that took some dedication and being somewhat comfortable in closed spaces and the cold. Course the rocky little escape probably didn't feel so good. Lucky the woman didn't get pierced by a harpoon.

"Now, if this was a normal situation, I'd probably have to do put you... under ship arrest. But, since you're not the only stowaway and you're a pretty face. I'll give you a free pass for now. If I get a kiss then things might not have to get.... catty." Karn joked with a amused smirk on her face. Holding out her hand then to the woman, tail waving ever so slyly.

"Should probably head up to the Boss. The ride is about to get a bit bumpier."

Cassius looked to the Fox.
"Thank you. But... I do believe you owe me an explanation..." His eyes turned to him.
"Hmm... Hitori the Kindly stranger..." He blinked. His eyes twitched a bit. It was as if he already knew.

Garnet seemed irked by Karn's bad puns.
"Damn it women... Always the bad joker..." Baku groaned as he somewhat bashed his head in with the wheel... Just... He could not take it. Clawstrophobic!? God damn it women. You had to do the worst puns at the worst times... and we are probably going to die... Fuck my life and fuck my crew... These damn Stowaways... Baku sobbed.

Garnet however stood up before taking a look from the windows of the bridge. It looked as if they passed over endless forest.
"Hmm... Where are we?"
"In a Ship over the Evil Forest." Baku said rather flatly, Garnet however smirked in amusement.
"What can be evil about a forest of all things?" She asked inquisitively.

"If we crash, you might just find out..." Baku shook his head with a shutter.
"Rather hope we did not." She shook her head as she turned around, seeing Blank shake his head.

"You stay here... I am going to check below." Blank seemed rather itchy, or rather itching to get moving.

It did not take long before he made his way through the engine room, he looked at their supposed "Ninja".

"Him? A Ninja? I thought those were just fairy tales... Unless that is just an elaborate outfit..." He smirked.

“It's you...” Wylde said as she saw the familiar face of Karn. She made a slight grimace first before answering anything.” I usually travel this way... saves me money and people don't bother me.” She replied, taking a shaky steps towards the other woman.” I distinctly remember telling you that the crate has fragile stuff in it... I basically got dropped from 2 meters and then it was shoved with such strenght that I hit my head and only woke now.” She added after standing just before Karn.

Without warning she leaned in and kissed the other woman without second thought, but broke the kiss quickly.” There... now get me some food, before I throw you a KITTY fit and start breaking machinery left and right.” She replied with a smile.” Come on, I'm hungry, I've been stuck in that box for so long that I feel I can eat a horse... also I need more water!” She stated, pushing her waterskin to Karn.

“As I said... food first... everything else second... also some alcohol! Come on, did a cat get your tongue or something?” She said with a smile, making fun of the bad cat puns.

The feline did oh so love making bad puns, and most definitely aggravating everyone else with them. So it was little surprise and much satisfaction as she could hear her Boss's groans. As this much taller woman responded to her, pretty much scolding on the handling of said box, the feline just shrugged, feline ears twitching slightly. "Well let's just say things didn't go as planned. While you were out and oh so cozy, we had a little bit of purrdicament. Didn't have much time to worry about the cargo." she replied, having to crane her neck a bit to look up at the silver haired woman's face.

To Karn's surprise, Wylde didn't hesitate in granting the kiss, brief as it was. Blinking in mild surprise, but otherwise not reacting as her face remained calm by just giving a amused grin. However at the pun, Karn had to bite her bottom lip with her fangs to keep from laughing. Ears twitching and tail slightly swaying from side to side a little faster, the blonde took the held out waterskin before finally snickering at the cat got your tongue joke.

"Geez, a woman after my own heart. Gotta say, you are so far my purrfect lady. Alright Alright, I'll see if I can claw some food and water out. I suggest holding off on the alcohol. You might be want to be fully aware if this ship takes a nose dive. The dear Princess Gemstone graces us with her radiance and I don't think the Queen is quite happy. As you probably felt with the bumpy ride." The Demi-Human chuckled before going to the center of the room, turning on the lantern on the table a little brighter then moved to the right of the stairs that head back to the deck level of the ship. Near the door that led to the hallway.

Examining knocked over chests, boxes and barrels. Some were crushed, some just slightly busted. Finding a familiar wooden crate, Karn opened it and rummaged inside. The thing was as big as her so a good half of her disappeared inside, tail flailing about. Jumping out, she turned to the woman and handed her a loaf of stale cornbread, some beef jerky, a couple of prunes, and a carrot. Moving to a barrel, she opened the lid and dunked the waterskin inside, filling it with liquid and giving the water a examination. It seemed ice crystals were still doing their job, so she closed the lid and handed it to Wylde.

"There. That enough to fill your belly?" Karn asked with a slight grin.

Hitori continued looking out the window at the Clouds, "Have you ever stopped to think what the Inside of Clouds must be like? They look so soft and wonderful and you would think that inside them would be miraculous places that would keep you safe. I remember going inside of one once and I guess I felt disappointed. There's nothing inside them actually, Clouds are Cold and Wet and full of nothing but the rare spark of lightning. Still I really like the idea of Clouds holding wonder inside them." He spoke out loud but it didn't seem like he was really speaking to anyone in particular. Just himself.

Ada noticed Hitori seemed lost in his own thoughts and nudged him a bit before warbling to him that Cassius had been trying to get his attention. Hitori looked and realized the Lumyian had been speaking to him.

"You did me a Kindness and I felt I had to return one to you in kind, That is all. You may think what you want about me though, people do it anyways and I can't really blame them. I'm a Kumiho and I do things that will upset people." Hitori continued to gaze out the Window. "The Queen is Furious isn't she. I'd bet my Gem Eye that she'll send someone to deal with us soon enough."

“Yes, that should be more than enough!” Wylde said with a smile as she took the food and the waterskin. She was thinking that Karn said something strange... and took her a few moments to realize what it was! She nearly chocked with the food from the shock.” Wait... you took princess Garnet? She is here on this ship!?” She asked. She may have left the army quite a while ago, but she held some attachments from the past. She had swore to protect the princess and the queen like all others.

“Well... that explains everything then. There is no way the queen will let you off easily now.” Wylde stated and returned to her food.” She will bare her claws at all of you soon enough and considering I'm also here, I'm not going to be spared her wrath either.” The duelist said after a surprisingly fast finishing of her food and then gulping down the remaining water from her waterskin.

“Well, well, well... that was hit the purrfect spot~” She added, her hunger and thirst now dealt with. She even added the purr pun for a good measure. She liked Karn, she was funny.” *sigh* So you guys catnapped the princess? That's some bold action there judging by the smell of burnt wood and the like I'd say it was quite the fight. Such a shame I missed it.”

“So my feline friend, what will you be doing with me now?” She asked, unwrapping herself from the warm blanket, so she has the mobility again.” By the way do you always, talk with meowingly great puns?” She then asked as she went to her box once again and reached inside to pull her rapier from inside it.” Now I'm feeling all ready for everythi... actually now. Okey, what will it cost me for you to massage my legs first? I've been stuck in that box for so long they are still numb...”

Cassius tilted his head a bit. He was curious why he was talking about, but he did not understand what brought him to clouds, but the more he talked, the more he felt like Hitori was somewhat a curious child at heart, and an angry man by nature when provoked. He did however feel intrigued enough to not silently judge him. Instead, he listened.

"I don't understand what I did for you though..." Sure, he urged him to follow, but it was perhaps him being selfish. To be his benefactor. He was however somewhat trying to find words what to say, but he felt himself at a loss. He wasn't where he was, he was not in his work environment. He felt at a disadvantage. He wanted to try to be more comforting.

"You don't need to have determination to do the right thing child." Ifrit hummed.

Cassius took a breath.
"No, I should be thanking you. You helped me get out of two situations thus far. I'd be dead or worse otherwise. Thank you Sir Hitori." Cassius exhaled.

"Starting to feel like you and the Princess swapped personalities." Ifrit chuckled.
"Starting to think I can accidentally drop from a great fall..." Cassius thought.

"I yield! I yield! I shall not be fated as Humpty Dumpty once was!" Ifrit apologized.
"Hahaha. I am not that mean. Maybe... Demeaning at times, but... Not one to hate. But never compare me to a Princess." He shook his head as he walked over to Randy once again.

"Look, we may be shot out of the sky, and there is no way to be delicate about it. Gather the workers and try to find a place that is structurally sound. That is an order." Cassius spoke, a bit more confidence. Possibly due to his relationship to his workers.

Cassius once again looked to the red robed man.
"How would you like a job at R&D?" Cassius removed his helmet when addressing him.

Blank walked more inwards as he observed his actions. He smirked a bit at his interactions. From humble, to bossy, then generous?
"Man, he sure is something. Baku just might have competition." Blank chuckled internally.

"R&D? You're offering me that level of a job?" Dren asked him suspiciously. He could feel his small cluster of grenades hidden beneath his robes clink slightly, almost eagerly at the prospect. Naturally though, the idea of being offered a job like that by someone who could very well be a terrorist, wasn't particularly worth entertaining. Then again, this mention of being shot down into an Evil Forest would put anyone's perspectives in skew. He didn't know much about the area, but he'd heard of the forest. Chances are he wouldn't be able to shy out of this one... he'd be forced into combat. Most likely with this group too as he looked over the lot of them... what a mess they were. But his magic did work best when he had others to back him up. His options were limited at this point. He offered a gloved hand to Cas.
"Very well. I will extend my trust this one time."

Hitori looked at Cassius and couldn't help but smile, "The Sentiment is greatly appreciated Cassius but I have no right to the Title of Sir. I eschewed any claims to all perceived claims and airs of nobility quite some time ago. Hitori will do just fine."

"Beach Please, you as a Glubbin Noble would be a Reel Riot." a Feminine Voice could be heard in his head.
"Why must you heckle me Siren..." Hitori thought.
"Cuz I know you're hankerin for some Catfish." Siren teased, Hitori didn't even dignify that with a response.

The Ada doll noticed Cassius offering jobs willy-nilly and started Warbling in protest as if Cassius could actually understand him in that current state. "Calm down Ada, you'll just tire yourself out." Hitori chided the Doll.

Karn smirked in amusement as it took a moment for the woman to realize the situation while she ate, almost choking on it. "Mhmm yes, so far this little job has been quite a CATastrophe. And with having a bomb cannonballed at you, it has been quite a blast." she replied, smirk never leaving her lips. Emerald gaze watching the dualist basically inhale the food given. It wasn't much, but for now it is what the Tantalus group had. Usually, Ruby was the one to make a bit more decent meals. Huh.... in fact, wonder where she was? The blonde couldn't remember where she last saw her fellow crewmate. The only other female member that everyone was sort of quick to bolt from. Mhmm maybe she was just around the ship getting things spick and spam like everyone else.

Giving a slight laugh at the cat puns made, the feline couldn't help but actually let out a deep purr that vibrated against her chest and throat. It wasn't often she found someone who actually enjoyed the jokes and returned them just as much. A purrfect match indeed. It was like she could feel cupid's arrows bouncing right off of her. Oh yes, she liked this woman. Anyone making a pun was good in her book. At the question of what the feline was going to do with this newly discovered stowaway, she gingerly tapped her chin with a soft hum. Feeling the smooth leather of her gloves brush against her fair skin.

"Well.... Here we are, in the dark cargo hold with only a little lantern lighting up the place. Just the two of us, with possible death and destruction awaiting us in what could be minutes to hours. I wouldn't mind putting that blanket to its other use." Karn answered playfully with a flirtatious grin, winking a glowing emerald cat eye. She wasn't quite serious about it since this was definitely not the time, but she couldn't help her more playful side.

"Otherwise, should probably report to the Boss and announce our new arrival. Get to see our catnapped Gemstone too." The feline continued before flicking her ear at the other question and gave a smirk and shrug. "Well you can say I just find quite a bit of amewsment from telling punny jokes." she answered, watching Wylde return to the box she had been hiding in and took out a rapier. At the request for a leg message, the thief cocked her right eyebrow slightly and grinned a bit in amusement.

"Surprise not everything is numb and uncomfortable. But I'll give a beautiful lass like you a kneading massage for a discount of 100 Gil. Or another kiss. Whichever." Karn purred a response with amusement.

Randy simply seemed to stand around and watch for a few moments. Being down below in the engine room or having been down there with quite a few people. One of them being his boss, another a merchant and a possible coworker of sorts in the future and a person with what seemed to be an animated doll. It seemed more than enough of an awkward situation and seeing as the boss was around and there events currently on going or at least he had suspected such. He could not simply slip away into a daydreaming fantasy, most work he could currently do seemed to be done and patched up with the materials he could find. It seemed to hold together well enough for the moment but he was definitely unsure about its sturdiness and how long it may last, especially if more trouble or violent ‘critics’ came along once more because of the performance. He continued to run that inside joke inside his skull and probably would keep tightly held onto it.

It seemed the one named ‘Hitori’ had briefly gone on about clouds as if going into a fantasy of some sort. Randy could not really blame him. Although he long knew that the clouds did not contain this ‘wonder’ except perhaps in imagination and through the mind. For a moment Randy could not help himself from staring out the window as well. Starting to drift out, slowly and unnoticed by the rest of his conscious mind. As he looked out toward the clouds and began to drift into them in a mental sense.

Randy did not come back until Cassius had approached him and even then it seemed to take a few moments for the words to get across. He really ought to try and nip that day dreaming habit in the bud, or whatever the appropriate saying was. Seems like he might not be able to finish his projects if all things went to hell. Oddly, he could not feel much panic for himself but instead rather for the projects and some certain others. “Okay.” Randy responded simply. “Bye, and in case we or at least I die. See you later.” He oddly felt a small grin creep up on his face He immediately went off to look for the workers, high and low to gather them. Finding a place that was structurally sound among the ship? The engine room seemed, to be fairing but puncture all around. The cargo hold might be the next safest bet, as long as most crates and so on were safely strapped down or would not fly about in a crash scenario. He would have to check that later or perhaps a brig if it was large enough.

“Well since this ships is still flying and assume you managed to deal with the bomb and the soldiers well enough.” Wylde said with an approving nod before she finished attaching the rapier's sheath on her belt. She did vaguely wonder what the general was doing, she probably would have been able to wipe the crew of this ship very fast so why wasn't she involved in this battle? This was a interesting question she had no answer to.

“Remind me about this idea later, when we aren't in danger of the ship falling out of the sky...” The duelist stated with a smile at Karn's comment about putting that blanket to good use.” I will be sure to give you a most purring experience then~” She stated before leaning in and giving the other woman another kiss. This one was about as long as the previous one before she pulled away and nimbly sat on one of the bigger boxes. So Karn can have easier time massaging her legs.

“Come on now, I was very serious earlier when I said I wanted that massage~” She stated with a smile, her legs moving back and forth.” I want to go meet your boss afterwards, I need to complain about the way my box was treated during loading... I almost developed clawstraphobia from it.” She said with a smirk. She hadn't use this many puns before as she did in this conversation with Karn. It was very amusing, but at the same time she knew most people would go insane from listening to it.

"Purrfect enough I suppose." Karn answered about the whole taking care of the opponents question. The bomb could of turned out better and the blonde didn't enjoy how it turned out... but what was done is done and she had little time to mourn over the dead. Perhaps the next time she was in Alexandria. Most of the soldiers that managed to get on the ship were small fry. The big badder generals were probably by the Queen, and didn't exactly expect the Princess to be snatched from under their noses. Course, helped the Princess was being catnapped willingly.

At the flirtatious answer and another kiss as payment, another pleasant amused purr rumbled in her throat as her sly emerald eyes watched the taller woman with a soft chuckle. "Definitely won't furget." she hummed, watching Wylde take a seat on one of the bigger boxes, legs gingerly moving to and fro as she prepared for the paid massage.

With a chuckle, the blonde moved closer, gloved hands reaching toward the slender legs and gingerly ran her fingers over them. "Alright Alright. Not going to be a purrfect one with your clothes on, but a bit of pawing should make your legs not tingle anymore." Karn chuckled before looking over the offered legs, mostly covered in leather. Her fingers gripping and pressing firmly against the covered flesh over the left leg. Expertly circling her thumbs along the more upper side of the leg while the rest of her fingers focused on the bottom, pressing and kneading to rid of any knots she felt while also ridding the numbness and waking the leg up. The Demi-Human's fingers working from the foot, to the ankle and calf, the knee and then even the thigh before switching to give the other leg the needed attention.

"Well, if you just paid for the normal pay to get a ride so you don't have to ride in a box, you probably wouldn't have had a catastrophic time. We aren't usually a travel agency." The feline chuckled, her emerald gaze not leaving her work. "But pretty sure Boss won't pay you much mind at the moment." She chuckled.

Wylde let out a pleased sigh as she felt Karn massage her legs. This was a bliss, a good massage was always worth it's pay and this time she basically got a steal~ This demi human was pretty darn good and for just a kiss this was perfect! She basically felt the numbness and the stress in her legs melt away as she let a pleased moan this time when Karn switched the legs.

“You so missed you calling~” The duelist said with a smile to the demi human.” You would have been the purrfect massagist. People will be clawing their way to get a turn~” She smiled as the demi human finished with the massage and the duelist quickly jumped on her feet. Stretching a little to check if everything was fine.” Ehhh... could do with some more, but I suppose this will be alright for now.”

“Well I asked around and I was told you guys don't ferry people around. So I decided to go with the box~ It's usually quite calming. Quiet and if you aren't treated roughly very pleasant experience allowing for a lot of resting.” The duelist explained with a smirk.” Besides I once traveled this way with a friend of mine, just remembering it makes me smile. We so should have chosen a bigger box back then.” She laughed melodically before turning back to Karn.

“Alright, I suppose you can now take me to your boss~ This will be interesting hehehe ” She mused, throwing curious looks around.” Besides, I should pay my respects to the catnapped princess~ I've only seen her from afar before.”

There was a massive thud to the ship. There was no sign of where it came from, other than above.
The people that were evacuating the engine room decided to hide in the cargo hold as instructed. In fact, they seemed very in line, several did notice Karn and Wylde and made a coughing type of sound. "Whateveryou'redoingbackherewesupport!" was blurted with ease.

PFFFH! There was another thud.

Most of the crew was shaken.

"Damn it!" Baku violently jutted the wheel as the ship seemed to drift... there was smoke.
"Hang onto something! Things are about to get reaaaaly bumpy."

"Hang onto what...? The windows?" Garnet raised a brow as crouched over to the wheel, if she had anything to hold onto, it would be that.
"The hell do you think you're doing!? I said hold onto-"
He was cut off as She gripped the wheel. The Captain simply let out a sigh, moving so she could be in front of him, where she would firmly hold on, only to hold the wheel from behind him.

Clever girl... Baku thought to himself. He took a breath before there was another thud.

Cassius firmly shook Dren's hand before being knocked off balance, in which case Dren was more than likely pulled to him from the force.
"Master, I am detecting a magical anomaly." Ifrit spoke into Cassius' mind.

Blank promptly helped them up. "Get to the bridge. You'll be safer by the captain. Though I thought Ninjas were supposed to be... agile enough?"

On the Bridge, Garnet could see flashes of light, and smoke.. She looked to her left to see one of the propellers get violently struck by lighting... Through the smoke, there was a flying sea green robed figure with a featureless face, yellow silts to call eyes with a steepled had with what looked like horns jutting out in the front. She let out a gasp at the abyss she saw as a face.

"We're going down! We are going down!" Baku yelled at what looked like a rectangular box. Several of the Engineers in the Cargo hold held the same type of box. It was standard for Engineers from Lindblum to carry such devices, but it would be new to anyone outside of Lindblum.

Within moments, Garnet felt the wheel jerk out of her control, being tossed from the force as they crashed upon a hilltop, nose diving into a steep mound of moist grass. The ship was broke into several pieces, divided... The Cargo hold was sent far to the west of the site, where the engine room was completely destroyed, it sent skidding to the east through a mound of trees. The Bridge mostly was cork screwed into the ground, glass everywhere.

To anyone who survived the crash, would find themselves in a deep, and dank forest.

Cassius found himself thrown around, he was tumbling down a hill of a sort with a large open field, surrounded by trees. Though... the area was covered in fog.

Garnet was fine in the wrecked bridge, but she would need some time to recover with Baku.

The Cargo landed into a small pond, it was slowly sinking... a pull... a shift in gravity could be felt for those who were stuck in the severed chamber.

"What the blazes?!" Dren let go of his hand and was sent stumbling forward, striking his cane into the ground to steady himself as the ship began to become unsteady, feeling his balance vanish under his feet as the massive vessel plummeted. Not something he could say he was used to, nor was he prepared for it.

The crash knocked him off his feet and sent him tumbling as he became a red rolled up blur of a man, flying into the air. He probably woud've broken several bones had he not still been clasping his cane, using the mage to teleport and d avoid trees, still hitting the ground and landing in a small grove of trees, hat gone from his head and cloak blown open from the trip. He was dazed for a while before he finally began to recover, getting to his feet and brushing himself down, getting leaves twigs and mud off of his attire. Now he took the time to look around... he was alone, as far as he could tell. None of those others from the ship could be seen around him... perhaps this was his chance to get back to civilization and end this nonsense... but... wait, something felt wrong. Dren's eyes became wide as saucers as he patted his head.

"MY HAT!" he shouted in dismay, quickly scanning the area for it and looking around, zipping from place to place as he scoured for it. Finally, he spotted it atop a branch on a spikey tree. He rapped on the trunk twice with his cane as his hat sailed back down, replacing the garment upon his head. He sighed with relief as he felt at peace again...

"Now then, onward, to civilization." he said stoutheartedly, holding his cane in one hand as he produly marched into the woods beyond.

Karn chuckled a bit at the compliment, standing up once she finished and raised her hands, wiggling her fingers gingerly. "What can I say? My paws are very skilled and useful. But maybe if I retire from a life of Purrincess catnapping, I'll think about becoming a famous massagist that they will write in litteracy." she smirked a little. Through pickpocketing, using a whip, practicing martial arts, engineering... the feline's hands were quite skilled in general. Plus, massaging muscles was useful for a martial artist, she had to be sure her body was in top shape and surprisingly a good massage helped out. Don't want the body to be knotted up and pull a charlie horse or something when fighting or running away.

Stumbling as the there was a large thud, her stance moving to a more stable one as she quickly got her feet. "Looks like the party already started! Better grab onto something Wildcat!" The blonde demi-human said before unhooking her whip and whipping it toward Wylde to wrap around her waist and pull her closer to the stairs. Tying the other woman to it to be more secure before her feline ears perked as members of the crew quickly entered and simply gave them all a smirk.

"Awe thanks fella's! Remind me to give you all a kiss if we survive this!" Karn snickered as she quickly stumbled over to the table in the middle, turning off the lantern, wishing to avoid the ship being caught on fire before stumbling on it as there was another thud. Fingers gripping the table. Ears perking at the sound of Boss' voice, she took out her box from one of the pouches of her utility belt and clicked her tongue a little. Moving to the wall and pulling off a large rope and tossing to the rest of the crew.

"Everyone tie yourselves down, get down and hold onto something!" The feline instructed as her lighter body bounced a bit as the ship received another thud before she quickly gripped onto the other stair post. When the ride finally ended so to say, the blonde quickly stood and looked over everyone. "Everyone breathing?" she said before her ears twitched as she felt the gravity gradually shift and she gave a soft hiss before moving up the steps. Making sure they were somewhat right side up, the blonde tried opening the door, but she could feel the heavy weight on it. Most likely blocked by some something perhaps fallen debris or maybe they were deeper then they thought.

Quickly she looked around, spotting a crack in the ceiling, a slight shimmer of light seeping in. So at least they weren't fully under. "Zenero, give me a boost!" Karn said as she went over to Wylde and untied the whip before turning and jumping on the fellow demi-human's shoulders as he stood under the cracked wood. Launching off and swinging her body and slamming her foot against the cracked wood. Breaking it apart and making a hole. Quickly grabbing the edges and clawing her way out, she stood and surveyed their surroundings. It seemed they landed in a small pond. And were sinking.

"Everyone time to move your asses and tails! We got to get out now!" Karn said as she looked over and reached out, Benero tossed up a rope and the feline caught it, looking around for a stable support. Looking up, she saw a overhanging tree and quickly took one end of the rope and tossed it down to the others in the cargo hold readied her whip and ran. Swinging the whip to wrap around the branch and jumping swinging her body briefly to land on the branch. Tying the end of the rope she brought with her tightly to the branch then leaping back down to the ship.

"Alright crmewmates, climb up and get out." Karn instructed, holding out her hand for anyone who needed assistance.

Randy heard the thud on the ship and let out a brief shiver. The sound of that definitely did not sound like a good welcoming or soft landing about to be made soon. Hopefully they would not land in water, please nothing like a large lake or anything of the like. If that occurred he doubted much could be salvaged from it. Especially some of his more personal items and works, those sinking would be a near nightmare. Since none of them could really swim on their own, yet. Another thud was heard from the top of the ship and Randy let out another uncomfortable shiver and placed down his wrench against the floor to keep his balance. He had been rocked despite this. What were the others and his boss? He tried grabbing onto some of the cargo expecting most of it to be tied down as a feline had advised. It also occurred to him, that he had been carrying around a large projectile that with the right force and direction could end up cracking someone’s lungs or skull. Deciding try and grip tighter onto that as it could end up in him or someone else otherwise.

Randy began to quickly repeating to himself in his head. I told him not to make a water landing right? Anything but in or on water. He continued to repeat this thought over and over again inside his head. He held tightly onto his wrench. He heard about the ship heading down and began repeating the words in his head again. Anything but in or on water! much louder. It began to slip out from his lips somewhat in quite whispers that were unnoticed by him. He got down on his knees and bent his back over trying to ‘brace’ himself. Really trying to keeps his breath steady and body relaxed.

The impact had sent Randy flying or perhaps sliding as if some unknown hand had thrown him toward a wall. He wrapped his arms around the large wrench and made the mistake of tensing up his arms. He felt like a ball be thrown. It was not until a moment later that things seemed to pace down. Felt like something was dropping. He ached somewhat, but there was no time for that. He continued to focus on relaxed and deep breathing for a while, he felt somewhat puffy again like earlier. His head, definitely felt shaken. Someone had something, no idea what it was. His ears felt as if they were ringing. Seemed like the things were mostly over, and Randy began to look up from his curled up position. His lower back, tail and something else were stinging from the impact but it mostly came off as fuzzy or numb than anything else. Someone had cracked open a hole in the ship. Another bloody hole that would need patching. He groaned and got to his feet. Immediately tried to urge the others out and toward the new made exit or some new work to be done for later. Mostly by gesturing toward it with both his wrench and arms. He could not come up with something to say, and in this moment he would likely have not been able to say it at all.