Location: Kattanda | Tags: Open, PvP, Death-Disabled
Metallic pangs of resistant plated roof echoed throughout the streets of Hunnan city. Few braved the torrential downpour and even less were seen around the Bashan slums. Those found outside their shelter hastily sought their objectives to reduce exposure; except for three. They stood outside the large imposing doors to an unassuming warehouse. located at the far end of a seedy street. Walkways met across a small landing area meant for incoming shipments. Grime from aged dirt mixed with derelict minerals caked the area. One of the three broke from his pack and rushed towards the edge where an old panel covered by rust was found. Loud aged creaking clashed with the ambient white noise. The man grunted in frustration as he tried to pull the unused level. Loud clacks of electricity sparked out from ragged wiring to shock him. Expletives were muddied by whirring mechanisms. Poles with shining green lights rose from along the landing zones edges. Along the ground, white lights flickered in a pattern. With the task completed, he raced back to his comrades under the overhang. "Karking ancient tech!" He exclaimed. "We need someone to fix that wiring. I almost killed over when that rats nest of wiring arched at my hand. Mark my words, someone's going to get electrocuted one of these days." Along his arm was a black circle made of burnt soot. The blackened ash bleed down as it washed away in the rain. Another piped up in response, slightly distracted as they searched the horizon through a single eyed monocular. "Yeah, that's not a priority right now." His head moved slightly left to right before smiling. "There they are." He said confidently as the device was concealed in a small pouch. Replacing it was a long range two way communicator. "Nest to baby bird, we see you entering east to west. You got a strong tailwind coming up. Slow speed and decent, over." Static buzzed and a pleasant double chirp played as his finger was removed from the com.
Across the eastern hemisphere of Kattada, large storms raged incessantly. Their enormous mass seemingly impenetrable. Sailing across their darkened overcast came a small vessel which stirred clouds as it soared across like a shooting star. Ilphy'Mia flipped a switched on the control board which dulled the exposure and illuminated the interior of the cockpit in a dim blue light. "Buckle up." She suggested to her co-pilot. However, there wasn't much of a generous time frame before plummeting into the blacked abysmal tropical storm. Strong gusts of vengeful wind nearly ripped the controls from her hands. Turbulence shook the ship like tremors shake earth. There was a wicked smile that spread across her face as a peculiar rattling from the payload dings like wind chimes. "Buckle up.""What do you think will happen first? These things explode or we make through? I'm secretly hoping for the former."[/color] She let's out a sadistic laugh. The tone in her voices seemed all too serious . Clearly she was joking or she thought it was. Lucky for them, the later happened but to her surprise, they had burst through into a nose dive. "Whoops!" She chuckled, pulling back on the controls with all her strength. Eventually leveling out. Another flip of an off-color switch along the board and jets begin to ease. That's when a communication comes through. Their client informs them about the conditions for their landing.
Carefully following those instructions resulted in a rather long decent. Using the lights, she position the craft with tail pointing towards the entrance of the warehouse. The landing gear released and they set down hard. The ship rattling with a loud creaking sound. Doors opened in the rear and the sound of rain permeated into the ships hull along with a thick misty humid gust. Ilphy grabbed her hooded coat from the rack along the port side before leaving the cockpit. The warehouse doors opened to reveal an automated pallet moving towards the rear hatch. Three men start walking towards them with clever smiles on their face. Ilphy'Mia frowned in response. They looked ugly with that stupid look. 'Maybe' she thought 'I'll wipe those smirks off later.'
@Arclight