As I promised - let's
go fly!
One of the mechanics said:
-Dastot! Dastot Sedil! "Sword of Angels", sir!
Crowd started murmuring immediatelly:
-Isn't it quite elfy?
-But it have sword in name...
-King will decide anyway...
Burly cannoneer, with pipe in mouth shouted:
-Anilzuglar, "The Glorious Ship"! That's a good name for ya ship!
Captain Kol walked to him.
-What's your name?
-Me name is Jorvus, arr.
-I see.
-IFRIT!
Shouted a dwarf lady from the crowd.
-What's a damn Ifrit?
No response. Kol sighed.
-Magma Messenger!
Said the only she-dwarf of the crew. King nodded for all name with which the crew came up, thought for a while and finally said:
-So be it! From this moment, this airship will be called... Anilzuglar, "The Glorious Ship!"
Crowd cheered loudly, while other cannonners congratulated Jorvus for picking a good name. He smiled widely, moving pipe from one corner of lips to another.
-Crew of Anilzuglar!
King began his speech.
-Thou first task will be... obtaining Crystal of Water from Mysidia!
Silence fell on the gathered dwarves like sky on gaul village.
-Erm... Mysidia? What's that?
-Oh, I'm sorry!
King started searching for something in his robes.
-Wrong script, where's... ah, there! Ekhm! Your first task is to bomb a forest retreat of those damn hypocrits, the Elves, who frolic east of here!
Crowd yet again burst into ecstasy.
-Make dwarvenkind proud and elves scream loud!
King shouted.
-Dismissed!
-Crew! ON THE BOARD!
With this, cannonneers, mechanics and rest began climbing onto Anizuglar, backed with cheers and joyful shouts of fellow dwarves, who will stay on ground.
*On the engine deck*
-Steam engine working, sir!
Roxanne said as the ship started to vibrate.
-Ye ready, lads?
-Aye!
-So let's fly!
-AYE!
Two lever pulled later, the wind-arms began to spin at great speed.
*On outside*
-My dear Kubuk, will you pull the lever?
Sarvesh kindly asked his wife.
-I'm pulling your 'lever' every night, dear, so have some fun yourself.
King burst into laughter.
-As ye wish! Fare thee well, dwarves of Anilzuglar!
He shouted toward the ship as wind-engines began to work and he pulled the lever which controlled the steel construction on which the airship was sitting all this time.
For one second, nothing happened, but alas! The Airship began to fly west and up!
-Liftoff! We have liftoff!
Shouted ecstated Dwarven King.
*On board*
The ship stopped acting strangely and calmed down. The cheers of crowd being quieter, and sound of moving propellers made Captain sure of the thing.
-We're flying, lads!
Assembled crew cheered.
-Okay! First of all, I wanna know something about you! Get your possesions on the hammocks - and assemble on the main deck in next 10 minutes!
-Aye aye, captain!
And so the tale of Dwarven Airship "Anilzuglar", and it's crew, began as the flew high into the cyaness of the sky!