Clockwork

[Aconitum]

Acon flinched, her hackles standing up. "Stop that!"

[Rayleonarde]

Ray smiled sheepishly. "S-Sorry! I slipped on a button."

[Aconitum]

The fur on Acon's back began to settle down as she sighed. "Okay, the zeppelin is just down the way."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray nodded, and stood. He sighed, and rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm sorry...A lot doesn't work right anymore."

[Aconitum]

Acon hugged Ray's arm again and raised a brow. "Oh?"

[Rayleonarde]

Ray blinked, and averted his gaze to the other side of the street. "Y-Yeah...s-self experimentation leads to strange things."

[Aconitum]

Acon eyed Ray a moment before she spoke. "I see." She chimed in lamely.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray sighed. "A-Anyway..." He looked up at the sky.

[Aconitum]

Acon sighed as they got closer to the ship. The giant zeppelin seemed to grow as they neared it.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray looked up at the ship, obviously gobsmacked. "Wow..."

[Aconitum]

Acon smiled as they approached the rope ladder. "Right now, it's just you and me. My brothers are usually with me, but they went off to live on some sky island or some shit."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray sighed. "I've never seen anymore than the middle-class areas of this city."

[Aconitum]

Acon smiled as she began up the ladder. "Well, prepared to have your mind blown. Up there, you see it all."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray started up the ladder after Acon, a smile on his face.

[Aconitum]

When Acon finally reached the ship, she dumped the clockwork owl into one of the many piles of scraps and gears that decorated the inside.