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Beate reached the bridge of her ship, and felt completely different. From here, she could see the Terrestrial Lands, the lesser kingdoms with their plains and rivers. She detested the Terrestrial Lands, having lived near the rift for so long, and enjoyed rather the solemnity and majesty of the sky, especially soaring through it. Despite it's inability to maneuver in battle, the Rhinemaiden was a gorgeous ship, made to match her beauty as she entered the world. Her father, having commissioned the model around her birth, halted its manufacturing, claiming that it was ineffective in war. Some say that it was her birth and her ineptitude that spurned him to the current obsession he had with technology. Beate carried all of this in her mind; it weighed on her shoulders.

Stepping into the center of the bridge, she spoke to her crew.

"Lieftenant, what can you tell me about the current array of the skies?"

"Majesty," he said bowing, "It seems that we are preceeded by Duat. They attack Olympus and our enclave in Duat tells the Vizieriat that they've attacked both nations when in fact, the forces that have been sent to Valhalla, wait for our command from the Golden Valley, earthside."

She gazed out into the sky, and continued asking questions. "And what of Olympus now"

"Majesty will find that Olympus is now attacking our forces over Southern Olympus, near Anadoxis. Their Queen is young majesty and can't see ahead of her own face. She's apparently sent the entire force of Olympus to battle the Michael and some other ships."

Her face became stern suddenly. "They are attacking the Michael?"

"Yes your majesty."

She weighed what he said. The Vizieriat is corrupt, at least the metal mages. Olympus is falling into father's trap. Everything is going smoothly. How can I shake this up?

"Lieftenant, you will order all of our arms onto land. Give us a plain far out of eye from the Golden Valley?"

"Near the rift, Majesty. In the Chieftainessdom of Odmil."

"Have them land their, wait it out. Please inform my retinue to ready themselves into escape pods, except for...Andora!" At her yelling of Andora's name, the thin woman came walking quickly onto the bridge.

"Majesty?"

"Summon Priscilla." She turned to the Lieftenant. "Kneel."

The Lieftenant took a knee and lowered his gaze when Beate placed the sword on his left shoulder.

"Do you promise to serve the His Majesty's Army, defend his honor and country, and give your body should the need require it."

He answer affirmatively, when Beate kneeled and placed the sword against his neck. "But do you swear allegiance to me?" Her eye was stern and sharp, almost hateful. He gulped and sputtered out a yes.

"Good. Arise Knight, Sir Agamond Des Lieuriens, defender of His Majesty's Kingdom. You will be my captain and keep my arms on a tight leash until I summon you again. You are to mobilize, set up good relations with Her Holiness the Chieftainess immediately. See if any feather carrying warriors want to fight in my army. You are not make yourselves unseen."

The Lieftenant scurried away. The rest of the crew was gone, except for the pilot. As the sound of jettisoning escape pods resounded through the ship, Beate looked to the pilot.

"Make for the center of the fight between Olympus and Valhalla. We are going to test my father's love." With her order, the ship left the lower sky and headed for Olympus Airspace.

Karawan strapped into the cockpit seat behind Rannek, noticing the Nihopalaoa. He heard Arilam talk about guns, and wondered what would happen to the three of them. It remained clear that no matter what, for now, they were out of the airfight, so why was Arilam trying to get in the middle again?

((Hey y'all, I have to go to a wedding today, so I won't be on until later tonight))

((corresponding to before, so that it fits into my description, i'm in lower earth?))

((ahh! alright))

Zarina carefully stood up and picked up her pouch. She then put it to her lips again, took a sip, and started running back to Rosalie and the village. "Rosalie!! I've improved!!" she shouted gleefully as she ran, strapping the pouch back to her side.

"If I my say something sir," he said, jiggling as they rockted through the sky, over the edge of the continent and into the haze, "but shouldn't we be landing!?" He looked out of the window and gazed into the haze. It was unsettling, to say the least. He put his hand on his forehead and jumped back when vines started simmultaneously springing from his hand.

"What is this? What's going on!?"

"Oh, geez," Arilam said, as the White Hawk dived into the Haze. As he watched vines spout from Rhin's hands, he quickly reached for the bag carrying the Twin Fruit, only to have the bag explode in his hands, sharp spikes of hardened earth jetting from the bag in all directions. Arilam quickly dropped the bag, and the bag began to bounce and bob around the cabin, as Arilam felt the magik of the Haze disrupting his control.

'If this continues, the flower will be damaged! Wait, the flower!' Arilam began to focus his magik into the earth, specifically, toward the Twin Fruit. He felt all his energy begin to drop, as the power of the wood magik used to create the flower began to devour his magik, and the bag fell to the cabin, the flower still standing. Arilam kept his magik focused on the flower, allowing his weakness to wood magik to keep control over his power.

As he turned back toward the controls, he failed to notice as the flower slowly began to grow.

((One bit of note for all characters, especially Anko. Mist covers a good portion of the world, but it is thickest around and under the three sky Kingdoms. The farther from the kingdoms you get, the thinner the mist, until it is barely visible at all. So near the oceans, there would be so little mist, you couldn't see it at all.))