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[color=00ff66][b][h3]Nikos[/h3][/b][/color]
Zeppelin #27, Gondola
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Nikos spun the handwheel to unlock the mooring cone in its cup, afraid any moment he was going to be shot before it was free. When it suddenly fell off in his hand, he stares at it for a long moment in disbelief, then tossed it aside. Grabbing the quick release lever, he yanked it down, pushing the mooring cone up out of the cup.

"Wait for me!" he yelled, climbing frantically down the ladder and sprinting towards the gondola, his legs and arms pumping with adrenalin as the cool crisp air burned in his lungs. 

"This is a stupid way to die!" he thought to himself as the gondola came closer and closer....