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(skipping ahead her a bit but present time for the rest of the awake members)

A few hours after Daniel had fallen asleep on the plank he called a bed, he awoke fully refreshed for someone who had so little sleep. He yawns and works his metal limbs to work the joints a bit.

Getting up (having fallen asleep face down because of his wings) he notices its still dark out. Shrugging he decides to tidy up his cabin a bit. sorting loose odds and ends into a pile for later use, while keeping a few interesting parts tucked into his spare limb trunk by the foot of the bed. Daniel opens one of the three windows built into the back of the ship. beneath the windows the hatch for the repeating cannon can be seen. Checking the weather and wind, and refilling his boiler from his canteen, Daniel decides on a late night flight. He drops out the open window and activtes his wings and soars far above the guildship Anacronism, though he can easily be seen from the Khaos' deck.

Swooping lower, gliding in lazy circles back down the the Anacronisims upper docking ring and the docked Khaos, Daniel returns to the "ground."

Hearing a shout, he spots the new girl talon atop one of the balloons waving. As Daniel heads in that direction intending to alight near her, something screams out of the night sky heading straight for dan's back.

Hearing the screech Daniel whips around, and comes face to face with a mad adult tengu (Asian wind demon ie the yama no tamago). "Erk!" is all he can manage before it tackles him and they both plummet toward the Khaos' Deck, nearly knocking Talon off the balloon. They crash to the deck . The ensuing Scuffle/fight to the death between the man machine and the wind demon tears across the deck.

"What in Blazes did I do now?" Daniel yells, all he gets is an angry screech as the thing tries to bite his face off.

The fight could have gone one for a long time had not someone interfered, this some one being the brave little teapot. it jumped into the fray and poured boiling water on the tengus head and back. Screeching in pain and fury the demon slaps the teapot and Daniel aside with its wings and screams off the deck and into the night.

Daniel gets shakily to his feet, one wing bent awkwardly from the rough landing, the Teapot now sports a large dent in one side but was other wise fine.

She held down on a latch on the hook attached to her harness giving her more slack. She jumped lowering her self down on to the deck. She landed by you kneeling down. She looked over you closely for the first time. Talon was amazed as she saw you whereint wearing armor parts of your body was made of metal. She had her knife in her hand ready to fight if needed. "Are you ok!?" She said leaning over you.

She watched him stand and rose with him. She was intrigued by his metal body. She reached out a hand and touched his messed up wing. "How is this possible? She looked at you in the face. "Who made you they must be a genius. she went behind you and looked at his wing. I might be able to help a bit back here. But, I dont want to mess any thing up.

[Damn. Posting all that while I was asleep makes my character look lazy o disinterested or something]

Having only been alerted of the scuffle when Dan and his 'passenger' slammed into the deck, by the time he had turned and withdrawn his revolver from the crate beside him, Elliot was too late to intervene, though in the best way.

He jumped over to his Captain in one bound, crouching besides him.
"Anything you'd have me do? I'm afraid I can do nothing to help the repairs myself."

Daniel grins at Eli, "that's alright, I think i have things under control aside from the bad wing." Daniel stops for a moment and scoops up the sword dropped by the tengu. Drawing out the blade from its sheath he is suprised to find that the blade, while well crafted, was made of wood.

"a monster with a wooden sword?" Daniel wonders aloud, weighing the weapon. it was well balanced for a toy blade. twirling the blade around a vicious wind shear launches off the sword and whips across the deck tearing a chunk out of the railing before dispersing. Daniel's Eyes go wide and his jaw (almost) drops the deck. "Sweet Lighting!"

the blast of wind swept aside some crates and reveal a sleeping Myles, the blast had narrowly missed him.

Daniel hops up, quickly sheathing the sword, and rushes across the deck to myles, "Hey that's a funny place to sleep! You alright?"

Hearing a voice off ship, Elliot decided that given the lack of need for his presence by his captain, miraculous as his machine body was, as well as the fact that the Tengu was likely long gone and out of range now of the fliers, given that they would have to find the blaggard first, he should probably make himself useful and adress the voice.

"'Your leave, captain!"

He leapt once more, his trenchcoat billowing behind him, almost reminiscent of wings, and he landed infront of the maroon-haired man, trenchcoat settling behind him.

"I'm afraid our captain is currently...indisposed. In the meantime, how may I assist you, good sir."

Myles rolls over with a groan, the round object falling from his arms and rolling a short distance. His limbs are weak as if he'd been running and climbing.

"I was asleep? How very odd... I had been on deck for some fresh air. And then I felt suddenly like going into town. After I left the ship it gets a bit foggy, I don't remember returning. What is that?"

He points at the object which appears to be a brass shell with a handful of regularly spaced holes in it, through which are visible some inexplicable machinery. Etched upon it clearly in one place is the mark shown on Miss Bruno's crates.