Zoe 'verse 3. The Rock. Delivery.

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"Are you sure bringing the ship is a good idea?"

Blitzwing was frowning from where he sat, in front of the control panels, arms crossed. The controls and lights moved and flashed on their own, without any help from the unhappy triple-changer. He didn't need to help.

"It's the only way to bring that much metal at one time," Swindle's voice came from the com speaker, "Trust me on this..."

"If I had a cred for all the times you said 'trust me'..." Blitzwing said, though now there was a smirk on his face, as the ship started to head toward the island they knew as The Rock.

"I know, I know.." Swindle replied, his own unseen smirk evident in his voice, "Now do something productive and help me find a good place to land this thing..."

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"I dunno, Swindle, this place looks like there's people living everywhere..." Blitzwing frowned at the readings the ship's computer was giving him, "I see no place to land..."

"This ship is not that big..." Swindle replies. Indeed, it was made more for speed, sleek and streamlined, even the weapon systems were flush with the overall shape of the ship.

"Neither is The Rock..." Blitzwing counters, looking for some type of field or empty spot or something they could land on...

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Oh look! There's Dalla's palace! (and a lot of agitated tigerbats....) And look! Look at the roof!

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"Ooooo, target practice!" Blitzwing giggled as the tigerbats flew into the ship's view, "And...how about there?"

"That's Dalla's place..." Swindle remembered that much, but he'd be facepalming right now at Blitzwing if he had a face or a palm. "Think she'd mind us landing on her roof?"

"Seems sturdy enough..." Blitzwing said, "The bulk of the delivery is for her..."

"Fair enough," Swindle said, as the ship slowed to hovering, then placed itself neatly on the roof.

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There's a moment's pause, broken only by startled shouting and clamor from the streets below, and then Dalla herself appears on the roof, a wedge of menfolk at her back as she strides toward the strange thing that just landed on her home. The Lu woman's ears are perked with interest, but she is carrying an ornate spear that would have made Goliath's look like a toothpick.

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"Oh, we should have asked first..." Swindle said over the com. He's noticed the 'commotion' outside.

"She's curious," Blitzwing notes Dalla's pose, her ears, "Considering how we normally arrive...we best go and let her know it's us."

Swindle's a step ahead of that. He appears just outside the ship, as a hologram--not his hard light body, but a regular hologram. "Hello Dalla," Swindle says, the voice coming from the ship's outer speakers..

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The furry woman starts, but then grins. "Swindle! So this is your flying ship?"

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"Yes, yes it is," Swindle said, a wide grin on the hologram's faceplate, "I hope you don't mind us landing here--we couldn't find another clear spot.."

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Dalla hums and comes over to hunker down and talk to him. "You're welcome to land on my roof any time."

Then she sniffs and looks from him to the ship. "Your voice is strange...."

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"Oh, that.." Swindle says, "This..." and he motions to the hologram, "Is just a image of me. I'm speaking from the ship...techically...at this moment I am the ship."

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Puzzled mauve eyes go from the hologram to the ship and then back as her ears flick back slightly in a bit of a frown. "I don't understand."

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"Remember when we first met, and I had a different shell than what this one looked like?" Swindle asked, "Same thing. I'm using the ship as a shell..."

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"Ohhh." She nods. "Alright. I understand now."

Then she looks over her shoulder at her menfolk as one of them separates from the pack and steps forward; an older male with a grey muzzle.

The Lu woman smiles at him, then turns back to Swindle.

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"I've got a delivery..." Swindle started, "Zoe wanted me to drop off her gift for your wedding, and I brought mine. Blitzwing also told me you were interested in some gold I had?"