One morning at the Vilpamolan harbor there was a young elven girl, roughly 16 years of age. She wore a huge wrench on her hip and wore rags with metal parts here and there. A spyglass that would usually by stored on the chest or pouch was strapped onto her back. She wore a bandane with ornate brass goggles that had one of them shaped like a gear while the other one was a blank rounded one. Most notably were her eyes, beautifull deep purple eyes and her light brown skin tone, as if mexican/spanish. Normally around this time she would be 'working', repairing the airship engines (with the help of her companion Dexter) while scavenging these engines for parts Dexter could use as well as just generally stealing things from the ship or pickpocketing the crew. She once made a promise to her parents that she would one day rule a fleet of ships, something she had to give up when she began stealing with Dexter. Normally this went well but now while pickpocketing one of the pirates there was a weapons malfunction that made her jump and bump into the back of the pirate. She was actually lucky to have even gotten off the ship with her loot, not because they let her go though.

Running through the Vilpamolan harbor area, the young elven girl shouted for help while getting chased by 4-5 pirates. The young elven girl was desperately looking for a way to get to higher grounds. The scorpion on her back was yelling the status of the pirates in the meantime. "Four assailants, vearing uniform, smell like booze but do not apear to be drunk. Run faster! One of them is drawingk a crossbow!" "Throw something at them! Dont let them shoot!" "Logically anyzhingk i throw will not hurt them. Do you ever pay attention to when im tryingk to teach you things? Get to a ladder girl! And be quick about it!" A crossbow bolt whizzed right past Kat's head making Dexter look unimpressed at the gunner before proceeding to mercilessly mock him. "HAH, Your aim is off vriend! No wonder your tacky pirate fleet uniforms are uncommon! Moron! Beefwhitted dumpkopf! Imbecile! Learn to aim wizh zhe eye not covered by your eye patch you filthy illegal unskilled and incredibly unemployable schtinking hobos!" Eventually Kat managed to find a ladder and climbed it. Most of the pirates followed her up the ladder while the crossbow sniper stayed on the ground to reload his crossbow. A grave mistake as once Kat was on the roof she kicked the ladder down, letting the bulky pirates land on the flimsy sniper.

She was safe for now or at least had a major headstart until the pirates got up. She ran over the roof to win as much ground as she could before they could catch up on her.

Hoping to find a job or a contract of sorts, Daz decided to go the Vilpamolan harbor, thinking that maybe one of the many airships would need a crew member to help take her off. He didn't really know what to expect from this place, he's only ever been  on the ground and not in the air, so being anxious and nervous was a normal feeling to have for someone like Daz. He was wearing some normal clothing, nothing much really, although he wondered why he brought his bow since he mostly uses his fists to fight. Since he was in the air, he allowed Jax (his pet eagle) to fly around, Jax seems to like it here, flying freely and occasionally stopping on one of the many airships parked around.

Asking a few captains for space in their ships, all of them rejected Daz since he had very little knowledge of how airships work, which to them means you're not worth the space you could take in the ship itself. Disappointed by his lack of knowledge and rejections, he was about to leave the area and find work elsewhere when suddenly Daz heard yelling from a female voice, curious, he glanced around to see a young girl with a scorpion on her back from a group of pirates, one of them even drawing their crossbow. Feeling concerned for the young girl, he recalled Jax and ordered him to go to the young elf and make sure to protect her from any other potential pirates. Chasing after them, he shoved ran and dodged his way to the young elf, who climbed up the ladder and kicked it down. Seeing the pirates all on the floor and in pain, he decided to ask what happened, What happened? That elf is a thief! She stole something from me and I want to get it back! So if you're not going to help us, move out of the way! Looking at the elf above the roof and seeing that she was running away, he decided to chase after her to see if the pirate was telling the truth. Okay, I'll go after her, you can go back to your ship and wait for me to come back either empty handed or not. The pirate nodded and told the others to go back, but not without a warning, you better hope that you come back with something, or else we might use you for target practice. Not wanting to argue, he looked around quickly and saw a stack of crates that was tall enough for him to jump on and reach the rooftop. 

He ran and jumped onto the crates, which wobbled a bit before stabilizing, and grabbed the rooftop and climbed up. Seeing Jax circling and hovering in the air around the girl, he dashed his way to the young elf and called out to her Hey! Wait! Miss I just wanna talk!

Kat was hesitant to keep running, she knew the new man following her wasnt a pirate, her pace slowed down and she kept looking over her shoulder while the scorpion on her shoulder yelled at her to keep running.  "Keep moving, imbecile! Zhis man vill not be any better than the pirates. Most likely he will turn you in! Keep running, fool." "But Dexter! He says he just wants to talk!" "Wanting to talk is pirate code for hanging you from the main mast by your neck. KEEP. RUNNING." The girl stopped running and stood still. She looked up at the scorpion who was now sitting on her head. "Kat…" "It's alright Dexter, i wont go too close and keep him away with my wrench if he comes too near." "Fine! But do not rely on my to act as a living smokescreen for you again!" "Promise!" She draws her wrench, not exactly a weapon but large enough to deliver a considerable blow and slowly aproached the man. She was obviously not too skilled in the ways of armed combat, but the scorpion on her head did look dangerous. The stinger was replaced by a soldering iron and most of the gadgets Kat used were made by him. "Yes? What do you need?" She asked as soon as she was near Daz.

Daz slowly approached her as she stopped running, then quickly raised his hands up to show he wasn't armed and looked up in the sky to see Jax still hovering over them. He looked at the elf in the eyes and was stunned to see them, hell he was surprised he didn't just stutter a response and blush with embarrassment. Shaking himself back to reality, he noticed the big wrench she was holding and looked around a bit to see for an opening or escape route, but quickly stopped as the young elf was waiting for his response. He breathed in and said My name is Daz, I heard you calling for help against those guys- he says as he points to the direction where he came from and since I had nothing else to do, decided to try and help you. He smiled and continued, They said you're a thief, if so, then maybe you ought to give whatever you stole back. If not, and if they really are lying, I could help you fight them. Although, that wrench of yours looks well maintained, do you use it often? In fighting I mean. He was near to her and could see that she was a beautiful young and petite lady, Daz knew she would grow up to a beautiful woman. 

He called Jax down and then turned to her with his eagle resting on his shoulder.

Up close it was much easier to make out how the roles were divided between the two. Kat was the one that did the 'heavy' lifting and the talking, mostly in the form of scavenging and running while the scorpion on her back, Dexter pulled the strings behind her actions, telling her when or how to run and what kind of people to stay away from. As a child Kat needed this sort of supervision, in addition to being shoehorned into parenting over her Dexter also designed and crafted the gadgets Kat used to increase her chance of survival. Survival that resulted in succesfull heists and succesfull heists that resulted in better materials that could help Dexter craft more powerfull gadgets for Kat. Despite the body Dexter had (That of a 1,5 foot long scorpion) it did not have the spiderlike bead eyes in a small pattern atop it's head, instead he had two large cartoonish looking eyes that were more than capable of reflecting his mood. And it definetly did, unlike Kat who was young and unknowing Dexter was dangerously smart and did not take long in analyzing his facial and body language. A frown crept up on his face as he got up on Kat's head with the soldering iron pointed forward defensively. "Right! Listen here you nonce, if you dont GET-" "Dexter! What is your problem?!" "I dont like the look of this guy's face." "Dont make him angry!" "Or what?" "Please just let me handle this!" "If he gets too close i'll burn his eyes out!" "Dexter, calm down! Let me handle this for once or i'll never learn!" 

After that argument Dexter stood down but had his tail ready to strike while Kat lowered her wrench to the side of her body. "Yes, i know im a thief, just like my dad and my grandad. My mother was an inventor like Dexter." "And a bad one at that." "Stop it!" "Just proceed with him before those pirates catch up on their basic education and figure out how to use a ladder." "Right… So i know that i am a thief, it's the only way i know of how to get money for shelter and food. Dexter and my dad say that im a natural at it. They're not lying, i did steal from them. Lying is worse then stealing dad always said." "He lied that." "Dexter!" "Alright ill stop." "Thank you! Ehhh no… I dont like to hurt other people very much. I did have to hit someone with it once but it was because they were in the way of my escape route…"

He backed away slowly, making sure to ease the situation between him, the elf girl and her pet scorpion. He curiously looked at the two with interest, from all his time adventuring all over the place, this was one of the oddest ones yet. He hasn't seen much in terms of dynamic duos like these 2, so this was the first of the many interesting situations he's been in his life. He looked at Jax and stroked him, whispering you did good a good job and then proceeded to ruffle his feathers up a bit in a playful manner. As the two argued, he realized this scorpion was named Dexter, and did not at all look like any scorpion he has seen. Looking at both of them, this must be a mutually beneficial partnership, since Dexter, for all his big talk and bravado, seemed to care for the young elf. They're argument was understandable to Daz, one minute they were being chased then the next moment, a stranger comes up to them and wanted to talk. In this situation, Daz probably would have kept running, why would he stop to talk to anyone if he did what the elf did. In any case, he loosened up a bit and moved ever so closer to the two and said Dexter right? Yeah, I get that you're wary of me, I completely understand, but you need to understand is that if I WANTED to harm you, don't you think I would have done it? The little girl just readily admitted she didn't know how to fight and she was a thief, don't you think I DON'T want to hurt or fight you two? In any case,I understand your story miss, I really do, but those thugs are probably coming up here at this moment and are probably looking for a fight. I suggest— 

Before he could finish, he heard footsteps from behind, multiple footsteps to be frank. He sighed and bit his lip, looking at the two in front of him, raising their weapons as if readying for a fight. He turned around to see about 4 pirates standing behind him, with weapons at the ready, and grinning menacingly. Hello ello' there, me and my mates ere' were wondering why you were taking so long to catch these thieves (He emphasized on the word thieves while looking at the elf and Dexter) so we decided to come up here and check on ye'. Daz breathed in deeply, glancing at each of them to pin point how to fight these miscreants. He shot glances at the young elf to be ready to swing her wrench, then looked at the pirates and said Yes, it was a bit of a holdup, but it was going so well before you guys had to come here and politely inclined to speed things further (he said the last part with a sarcastic voice, which made him laugh a bit in the inside). He moved closer to the group and smiled, Friends, why don't we just-.

Before he could finish, Daz hit a vicious right hook to the nearest of the pirates, knocking him down in a bloody mess with a few broken teeth. He cracked his knuckles and neck, and asked You want this girl? , then with his deepest and meanest voice You have to go through me.

"Of course you wouldnt have done it. It's much easier to manipulate a young child into giving herself up than living with the mental scar of killing her. Ignorance is bliss, everyone knows that." "What do you mean they are coming up here?! I cant fight them! I dont like hurting people!" "Yes, there is a reason she is running. She cant fight and neither can i, well not yet because for some reason an unseen force keeps my machinery from working. I blame these annoying magic bloated humans that call themselves gods for tampering with my machinery. I should have been able to construct an orbital bombing by now but it wont respond to my pointer." "I told you to blow that thing up!" "And i did, i blew it up into orbit. Im still in charge here, girl." "But the pirates!" "I may have something… You still got that small vault with the antique chimneys you stole form those guys?" "Yes!" "The gemstones you got with the engine parts?" "Yes! What are we making?" "You'll see, put them right there. And you, fighter whose name eludes me if you truly dont want to hurt her keep them busy until im done with this construction." "Will i get my gems back when it's done?" "Most likely, now get building!" Kat, under the instructions of Dexter began assembling the parts that she stole into an odd structure while Dexter placed the gemstones in certain key areas while murmuring something about having to learn magic in order to have his marvelous inventions work with more directionless cursing than a sailor could shake a stick at.

After about 5 minutes the construction took shape. It was a turret with the gems acting as a powersource for the spells that it would cast with a very crude arcane intelligence acting as it's 'programming'. While the pirates arrived and aproached Kat it didnt seem to work all that well until Dexter whacked it with a wrench causing it to fire a spectral arrow into the buttocks of the nearest pirate to Kat. It's firing speed was horrible, one arrow every 2 seconds but it's novelty was that ethereal daggers surrounded, making it dicey to come near. After getting shot on several non lethal placed the pirates left Kat alone and retreated. "It worked, Dexter!" "Of course it works, i made it." "But i assembled it!" "Yes yes… You did a good job, girl. Now dismantle it and put it back in your backpack."