[h3]Arkadios & Zoe[/h3]

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[color=00ff66][b][h3]Nikos[/h3][/b][/color]
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He leans against the gondola bulkhead, shaking his head. "Iffen we ain't connecting ta the mooring tower but the ground, me and another lad can go down in the pod while someone lowers the forward line. Once we get her tied up, we can use a winch ta help pull her down."

"The only tricky part is hooking her up to the quick release, but once she's belly down, we can get supplies or whatever."
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"Do an assessment when you're down there," Arkadios instructed, "I fear it's probably easier to put down in the field and shuttle the gold out.  The interior of the fort... well, it wasn't designed for an airship to actually land in it."  He chuckled.  It was true enough.  While there was a mast, it looked like there would be no way for the ship to actually put down in the old medieval courtyard.  It had been built in an age before flying machines were anything but a wild fantasy and certainly with no anticipation one might try to land inside.

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[b]Private Aden Robertson[/b]

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" I believe I should be one of the first into the fortress." He offered, voice slightly muffled by the scarf pulled around his face. He gestured at his uniform, worn by two weeks of travel and fighting; but still noticeably Inburrian with the markings of the 46th Alpine on his shoulder. "I at least have a noticeably friendly uniform and if the place is filled with Communalists or traps.....well I guess I'll just have to trust that my senses are up to the task." 

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"Good thinking," Arkadios nodded in agreement, "I will stay onboard and keep an eye on things from here."

"Making sure I can really get the money?" Zoe asked with a smirk, drawing herself up to her full, not particularly imposing height and tossing her head haughtily, though the smirk never left her face, making the gesture seem more ironic than anything else, "I'm very persuasive," she assured him.