open The Antigone

[Pencil J. Doodle 242]

SketchBook seemed very earger at first... but then somepony actually spoke to him. He put on the shy act yet again:

"Oh, err... my name is, err... SketchBook, i'm a recruit"

[jdor11 91]

"well hey so am i! nice to meet another recruit around here, my name is striker and um... could i ask where the bunk room is? i was told all recruit's were supposed to go there"

[Pencil J. Doodle 242]

"Hmmm.. I'm not sure myself, but i think it's down the hall that way; 3rd door on the 8th right..."

SketchBook said as he gestured his hoof in the direction he was talking about

[HunterTSN 1,444]

Ratchet ignored all the commotion out on the decks as he began slowly priming the engines up again. They needed time to warm up or the ship would never get off the ground. Once the port motor was running smoothly he went to crank up he turned to crank up the starboard one. By the time they were both ready he was out of breath. 'Why do we end up with all these recruits when what we really need is an assistant engineer' he thought to himself.

[jdor11 91]

"well then, we better get going or the captain will get mad!"

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros looked at Lockhart, "Ah, yes... Lockhart yet again. I believe this is the second time that I've had to talk to you. Our dear engineer, Ratchet has told me that the ship's deck now has a hole in it because one of your braces fell to the ground and split the wood!" Kyros pointed to the hole on the deck. "If you don't keep those braces under controll, I'll need to take the repairs out of your pay. This ship's going to have enough hardships in the future, so I'd like to pospone such an event as that. Are we clear?" Without waiting for the pony's reply, he moved to the side of the ship where he heard someone ask, "Excuse me sir. Where's this ship headed?"

He said, "Just about everywhere. Why? Are you hoping to go anywhere?"

[TheOnlyBadgerChild 8]

With the banquet complete and all the tables set, Lemony Snickers found herself with nothing else to do. She began wandering the Antigone and reminiscing about the past adventures before this beautiful piece of workponyship became a tourist attraction.

[jdor11 91]

simon enetering the hammock room look'd around for any other recruit's he could meet "hello anypony here?"

[Ethereal 32]

"Just as long as it's far away from here. How much would it cost for passage on your ship?"

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros thought fo a bit, "Well, that's going to depend on how much trouble you are to the rest of us. So for a regular pony (nothing out of the ordinary) I'd say about... 120 bits.

[Ethereal 32]

"deal" Eilwen pulled a bag of coins out from under her hood and tossed it up to the captain.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros counted the money, it was one hundred and twenty bits, "So, you're just a normal pony, eh?"

[Ethereal 32]

Eilwen tugged on her hood, pulling it further over her head "What kind of question is that? 'am i a normal pony'" Eilwen shifted her eyes back and forth as if looking for someone "heheh... of course I am. ...uh well then if it's alright with you i have to uh.. pick something up before the ship sails. when did you say it was leaving?"

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros knew something was wrong here, "Oh, before you leave, I have to ask, why'd you change the topic? You wouldn't be trying to lie to the capitan, would you?" He gave her a questioning look.

[jdor11 91]

striker was looking around when he saw the captain and another pony talking, striker walked up to the captain and said "hello sir my name is striker i was a bit late, and didn't get to meet you!"

 

(im getting tired of waiting for some one to post!)

[Ethereal 32]

Eilwen turned away facing her head away from the captains suspicious gaze. "What is this some kind of Spanish inquisition? I'm a normal pony okay? If you have a problem with me there are lots of other ships I could take."

[jdor11 91]

"uh is there a problem here?" striker said to both the captain and the unknown pony

[KingOfIcecream 16]

((One at a time, damn!))

Kyros looked between the two ponies wondering which one to answer to first. He then descided to end his conversation with the highly suspicious pony, "Well, so long as I have your coin in my posetion, you might as well make your way up my gangway."

He then turned to Striker, "Yes, I know you're Striker. I was in the engine room when you came in unauthorized. You seemed to not even see me due to you being caught up in attempts to make friends with everybody. No, you're not late, otherwise, I would have tracked you down, rather than you comming to find me. Last, No, there isn't a problem here. I can handle it myself." Kyros turned from the two ponies and tried to escape somewhere in which he wouldn't be ambushed by new recruits with the same questions/introductions.

[jdor11 91]

"ok sir, so sorry to have missed you before, anything i can do before you leave sir?" striker was slightly shakeing from the fact that he completely missed the captain

[Ethereal 32]

Eilwen turned back to the ship as the captain walked away and breathed a heavy sigh. The mild glow in her face had faded away. That was close she thought I can't let people get me worked up so easily. Eilwen turned back down the docks I'm sure there's still time to run that errand before the ship leaves...

[Strider Hiryu 116]

Lockhart was a bit stunned at what the captain said, but shook it off.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

Ratchet made his way to the captains quarters to find Kyros. Knocking on the door he was instead greeted by two lovely young mares. "Hello Amy, hello Amelia. Have you seen Captain?"

"No," answered Amy "but we have a" she cut off,

"order form to transport some" Amelia began,

"top-secret cargo" said Amy,

"for an important pony in Manehattan" finished Amelia. "Thanks girls, I'll tell him" said Ratchet. "Goodbye" they both said at once. Ratchet walked out and went up to the top deck where he found Kyros ordering crewmen while avoiding bothersome recruits, "Captain, the engines are ready. And your mares wanted me to give you this order form, it seems we will be transporting some top-secret cargo to Manehattan."

Edited June 4, 2012 by thesteampunkninja

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros turned to Ratchet, "Top secret? And why can't I know about it? Oh well, send it into the storage room."

[HunterTSN 1,444]

"Okay I believe it is already on its way with the rest of the luggage, I'll make sure the loading ponies haven't gotten lost again." Ratchet saluted and ran over to wear a group of stallions were loading on the cargo.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros looked around the ship. He saw Lemony Snickers leaning against the door to the kitchen. Lock Hart, Striker, Midnight, and SketchBook were all on the deck. Ellewen was boarding the ship. And he was sure that Ratchet was having quality time with the ship's enginroom. He remembered that the list of crew members was more than 7 ponies.

"Hrm..... Where is everybody?" He wondered.