1) [You have for one reason or another hired Captain John Day and his crew for services and he hands over a contract just when you think you were finished negotiating a deal
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[The Deus ex Machina is about to be boarded? Well. This is unexpected, but not absolutely unwanted. The Major sits back and simply smiles at John Day, even chuckling a little.]
A pirate dares call us rabid beasts! Your prosthetic arm betrays no civility on your end, boy. But who gives a damn about "civility" when it comes to struggle?
[Just as the Deus ex Machina is being boarded, knights rush towards where John Day and his men will enter the airship. The Major doesn't look particularly worried at all. No, he's quite ecstatic.]
[he signaled and the men still on the Wrath of Fate fired grapeshot at the knights as he nimbly weave through the rush, spinning like a dervish - cutting with that blade with clock-wound strength. The one that joined him had blade and pistol out - shooting before slicing]
Oh WOW, is that a robotic arm?! Can I see, can I see?
[Kohran just barely restrains herself from grabbing it and taking it apart. She's sure that given a few hours, she could make it stronger, faster, and able to shoot lasers! Belatedly, she notices that there's a person attached to the machinery, and that he appears to be in some pain.]
Ooh, phantom limb pain? I've heard about that. You've just got to trick that arm into thinking it's real! Machines have feelings too, you know?
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Surrender? What a positively ridiculous demand...
Do you know who we are, Captain?
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[he twist his left wrist and a cutlass-like blade springs out]
Men load up the guns and don't let your guard down!
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[Just as the Deus ex Machina is being boarded, knights rush towards where John Day and his men will enter the airship. The Major doesn't look particularly worried at all. No, he's quite ecstatic.]
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[he signaled and the men still on the Wrath of Fate fired grapeshot at the knights as he nimbly weave through the rush, spinning like a dervish - cutting with that blade with clock-wound strength. The one that joined him had blade and pistol out - shooting before slicing]
You got it!
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[Kohran just barely restrains herself from grabbing it and taking it apart. She's sure that given a few hours, she could make it stronger, faster, and able to shoot lasers! Belatedly, she notices that there's a person attached to the machinery, and that he appears to be in some pain.]
Ooh, phantom limb pain? I've heard about that. You've just got to trick that arm into thinking it's real! Machines have feelings too, you know?
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[He almost glares at Kohran as he continues the massage]
And no you can't look at it, the Gears got a precise rotation that takes hours to set right when it gets out of joint.
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Well, there's no need to get grumpy about it! I was just going to give it a little tune-up, and maybe add a flamethrower attachment...
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