Aqua waited to move untell her wound stopped bleeding and was mostly healed, by then the crowd and others had been gone for a while. She got up and looked around before fully stepping out of the hiding place and sat agenst a pipe. She looked at the automaton that simply sat there watching her. Aqua folded her arms on top of the leggs and again looked around. 

"What did she mean by the statment 'I plan to collect once we land at the coastline's outpost." She asked imitating the captains voice without flaw. As a kid, her job was to remember what others said and how they sead it so her care giver could have it for use later. Than again when she did that she did not know what most of it ment but quickly lurned over time. 

"What port are we going to?" She asked before she placed a wing oddly im her lap and started trying to pull the remaining chard web off her wing since she had a second to do so and wanted to have little or no resistance if she had to fly. 

"Ah…so you are awake. I take it you are some sort of shapeshifter?" Archytas spoke. The sound of his voice was a smoother, less synthesized than Euripides and was closer to that of an organic being. When she asked about the captain's 'fee', Archytas couldn't help but chuckle. "Oh, so you were listening? Well your presence seems to have bothered the captain a bit, but it isn't anything personal. We don't normally carry passengers, but when we do usually the arrangements are worked out beforehand. Since your boarding was quite last-minute, as expected the captain wants compensation. The 'boarding fee' will be reasonable, I promise. Do you have any form of currency in your possession at the moment? If so, she'll be asking for it."

Adjusting his position in his chair, the automaton continued to answer the dragon's questions. "We will be landing at the Bakulaw coastal outpost for a brief period of time to refuel and conduct repairs. Knowing how the captain is with her temper, she'll be dropping you off there. I'm afraid that's as far as we can take you, as our planned flight afterwards will be a long one." Ms. Kyrie was very particular about things, and that was especially true for the Clephsydra. How much weight an airship carried would directly impact its speed and fuel consumption, and was no laughing matter. The captain's orders were stricter than most, and disliked having anyone who wasn't a part of the crew or in her personal allowance list on board.

"I only know two forms, one i am still very bad at holding, the other well, has some problems to work out." She said completely surprised that his voice was not like the others. It was human but he oviously was not human. She was curious what he was but was not going to ask something she would not want to answer. Her wings would slowly disappear as the junk was gone and she did not see any reason to need them.

"Listening and repeating was my job up tell a few months ago. My caregiver was verry despondent on that for much of her job. Therefore I have learned to listen despite everything that was going on. There was a few times when that saved us a lot of trouble." She said not fully believeing the fea would be reasonable do to the way the captain said it. As of coin, she had none and very few possessions to go along with that.

Bakulaw had a coastal ourpost? She had not known that, but at least it was not one where she would run into anyone she knew. "I will be ok with that. I just wanted out of the danger long enough to heal." She said as she rolled the web into a small ball, as she wondered what to do with it than stuck it in her pocket.

"Sky Ships are a lot different than the ones that ride on the water. Think you could show me around?" She asked starting to get bored. She stretched surprised her wings actually disappeared with out forming some obscure third arm or similarly odd thing. 

"I see, I see. Well I wouldn't know how that would be like. I can't change my physical form without difficulty." The automaton said, in a joking manner. Rising from his chair, he moved his arms into a contemplative pose as he considered the woman's request. "Hm…well I'm afraid I can't give you a straight answer without first consulting the captain. Normally I wouldn't mind, but orders are orders. There's not much to see, unless you love pipes and spinning gears." The two doll-like children came running through the halls again, stopping short of running straight into Archytas. "She's up!" "Play with us!" They quickly put themselves on both sides of the dragon and looked up at her with big eyes.

"Ah, so it seems they've taken a liking to you! If you two behave, you can show her around." Archytas said. "But…remember, only where passengers are allowed." Rotating his head to Aqua, he motioned to the identical automatons. "Miss, I present to you Kalinka and Malinka. I will be placing them in your care. Is that alright with you?" The two doll-like girls curtsied, in perfect synchronization. They were like two sides of a coin, the same in every way. The only difference was their clothing. "You'll play with us right?" "We'll show you the ship if you do!" They were very persistent, and knew how to combine their looks and persuasion to the fullest. Now the decision was in the woman's hands. Would she place her trust in two impish, capricious beings who promised adventure–or stay out of trouble at the cost of suffering boredom?

"Now my sister is a true shape shifter. She eassy switches and holds many forms with out problem." Aqua said. She missed her sister. It would have sent her to the grave if she hurd that. But Aqua really did miss her. Than being told that the captain was the only one who could answer her question she almost frowned, as angry or agitated as the captain was she would likely say no. 

She also caught a word she did not know. Gears. She knew what a pipe was but jad no clue of what a gear was. She almost asked but did not have the time as she noticed the twins. Quickly she stood up and backed into the pipe. She did not know much about the two, but by the way they were ordered not to play earlier she knew that they were truble. She did not want to harm them for that would likely anger the captain but she knew not to play with them.

They were shorter than her but so were hyenas to a lion. She knew first hand that size was nothing to number and they had number. She looked at her guard as he gave the two the ok to show her around. It was ovious that she was not comfortable with going with the two. "I know. Your captain used there names multiple times when telling them not to play with me" 

She knew not to play with the twins but the two were better at asking than a puppy begging for scraps. They were also way more persistent. She looked back at the one in the chair hopping he would call them off but instead he acted like that was not a bad idea. "Fine, but no getting me hurt or in truble." She started using her staff to help her stand. The staff on the opposite side of her body than her hurt leg.

When she accepted, the two smiled in a way that could make a person feel immediate regret. Clapping, they took her by the hands and led her through the lounge and resting areas. The Clephsydra was a war airship–the largest out of all the airship sizes. It was much bigger than the standard flying coach the wealthy had for personal use, and was equipped to handle a few scrapes and hits if needed. "Uncle Archytas is so boring~" "I know right? But at least he's nice." The two girls said, finishing each other's sentences. "We can't show you the fun stuff on board–" "–The captain'll get mad at us." They added, a bit unhappy that they couldn't do as they pleased. "Anyway, here's the lounge! It's where passengers rest and look outside at the view." "You can sleep here if you want, Captain always does." The pointed at the table and chairs. They were all bolted to the floor, to prevent from sliding all over the place when the ship moved.

"Hey, hey~ What's your name?" "Tell us, tell us!" The two were now pestering her, wanting to sate their own curiosity. "Why do you have wings?" "Can you fly?" They moved around her, switching places–back and forth. They stood waiting, smiling. They wanted to know, to ask more questions, but they first needed an answer. "So you won't tell? Then let's play a guessing game!" "Oh oh, so what happens when somebody wins? Is there a prize?" The sisters were discussing among themselves, moving at their own pace. As they moved, they mirrored each other. If one stepped to the left, so did her sister. Their voices, actions, motions–it was as if their own minds were one. Their skin was unblemished, pure and smooth like porcelain. Come to think of it, another of the crew members called 'Galatea' had a similar look. The smell in the airship was of metal, and the faint lingering of a human's scent. But there was only one scent, which was alarming. Neither of the twins had that; they smelled just like Archytas and Euripides. None of these people were actually 'alive'. 

Aqua looked back at the older creature in the chair as so see his thoughts on the matter but he seemed to have no opinion on the matter. She had never been grabbed by the hand and almost pulled back but the two twins were strong and she quickly noticed the lack of warmth and heartbeat that living creatures had and that did concern her a little bit. She was just glad they were not atacking her. 

Shw wondered what the fun parts of the ship were but she was ok with not knowing as the ship was large enough to not need to see it as there were lots of places she could see. As they showed her the lounge she took note of what they said than moved to the window to look down only to see the blue sky and white clouds. She than looked at the twins as they started asking questions. They did not give her time to answer before asking the next question than wanting to play a guessind game.

She did not see how a guessing game could cause harm and doubted they would guess an answer to any of there questions. "Ok guess, you guess it correctly i'll be it for a game of hid and seek, or show you a cool trick i know, if in ten answers you are still wrong you answer 3 of my questions without asking why i do not know or tell anyone else of them." She answered. If anything she did learn to bargain from her mom as she often had to record the bargain in the end. The lack of humanish smell she at first blamed on the human form and excess of metal, but after being dragged through the ship was starting to really wonder.

Meanwhile, Shiloh was surveying their route with a map of the continent. She was planning on having more detailed maps drawn, to make navigation safer. The deity sensed movement in the ship, and a quick scan told her it was the passenger. There were to others with her too; she suspected who they were, but she couldn't attend to that at the moment. She still had to check within a few minutes to track who was moving and where. 

Malinka and Kalinka were delighted, too delighted when the woman gave in and indulged their curiosity. "So it's bet? She's making a bet!" "This will be fun, very fun! Don't cry if we win–we don't like to lose!" Clicking their heels, they turned to face each other, then backed up so they were a few meters apart. Turning to face Aqua, she was now in between the two sisters. "Let's start the game, will it be a trick or will it be a treat?" They said in unison. And so it began. The left one looked at Aqua, tilting her head. "Wings like a bat, but eyes that can see in daylight." The right one asked, "Is it a gargoyle, or manticore?" The left girl waggled her finger. "A manticore with no sting? Surely not, what a strange thing!" Left then replied with an exaggerated sigh. "Gargoyles are not the only ones with leathery wings." Turning, twirling, spinning and whirling–they stopped and pointed from their sides to the woman in between. "No stony flesh, or stinging tail–eyes that see in daylight well. What else then has wings of a bat? A dragon or wyvern, correct?"

Something notable was how they agreed to play the game, but never promised to anything else. Could she truly trust these two fickle beings to follow rules? That was probably the true question here. Though neither of the three were aware, the captain was watching them as the played. A few small scarabs were hidden out of sight, and there were plenty of spots where a bug could sneak by unnoticed. "They're sharp, so I wonder how long it'll be until they run into something they can't guess via process of elimination. 'Good luck' to you, whoever you are. I'll learn a little more about you either way." Shiloh muttered to herself as she leaned back in a chair in another room in the airship. She still hadn't considered how she was going to collect that boarding fee yet, but she wasn't going to let this person leave without taking some form of collateral.

She was not surprised in the slightest that they guessed her kind but that was not what she was going to stump them with. No, she was going to stump them with her name. She knew that she had no indicator of that unless she used her trick of glowing. "Within  four guess you guessed right, my lineage is dragon. And i can fly. Though i must say the sinces of the creature solely depends on the form the person took. Now since you guessed right it that means that i will show you a trick. It also means you have 6 questions to guess my name." She said knowing that they would have difficulty getting that right. A geological expert would know it but would have truble as many rocks glow blue.

She desided to show them her copying tricks as it would not give them any hint to her name. "My trick is simple i can remember hole conversations and repeat them as they were said, voice pitch and all."  She thought of what she would relay. She smiled as she desided to repeat part of there earlier debate and some of there unkles words as well. "We can't show you the fun stuff on board'–'The captain'll get mad at us.' 'Ah, so it seems they've taken a liking to you! If you two behave, you can show her around" she said with the exact voice and tone of the one that said each of the statments. 

"She's like a parrot! Parroting words and voices~" "So that means dragons are kin to birds?" The two teased, but they were quite happy regardless. When their next challenge came, they waggled their fingers at her. "Silly dragon, only fairies ask strangers to guess their names without any hints!" "And you're not a fairy–only fairies play that kind of game."  They stuck their tongues out at her and gave her a pair of cheeky grins. "You know our names but we don't know yours. I'm bored sis, let's play another game." "It's boring, it's boring. But what kind of questions will she ask us next? Maybe she'll make it more interesting!" Vacillating between thrill and ennui, the two girls chatted back and forth. Looking at her they both answered: "We'll play with you a little more, but we won't count it as a loss!" The fickle pair then began their process of elimination.

"You're a mean one, Miss Dragon. Not even a hint and you want us to guess~" "You're probably not even a dragon, more like a fairy. Give us a hint and we'll call it fair." They then went quiet and began to stare. Meanwhile a small scarab skittered across the floor. "So apparently it has voice mimicry and isn't as skilled in polymorph. It has siblings, at least one–a female." Shiloh mused, reviewing the information Malinka and Kalinka had unintentionally collected. "Now let's see…what else can I glean from you? If you're to pay for your ride, I need to know what you can give me." The game was losing momentum, as the twins were presented with a challenge that was essentially impossible. No wonder they were upset, even if their faces didn't show it and they lacked a pulse to give their emotions away. They had promised not to tell anyone about the questions the dragon would ask if they lost, but who said the sisters had to speak in order to share the information? Either way, Shiloh would know. This was her ship, so she would make sure she knew everything that happened within it.