#fenixtj

"Tweak?" Jessica's voice.

"A'ight, we gotta thing...yo, B, yer kid sis done found her way up here afore you did." A quick nod towards Siv, then her attention is back to Donelle. "Seems there be some kinda new gold trod out there. Or it been there, then gone, but might have somepin t' do wit' our missin' ship."

Jessica follows the sound of Tweak's melodious speech.

The Countess is lead theree by #1 but not hard to Hear Tweak's every word. She's not quiet

If she were, people would worry about an imposter.

"Missing ship?" as she enters.

"Yeah, we got a air ship what went AWOL. Ain' had no reports on schedule. So course that be when you gonna show up for a visit. Welcome to th' damn zoo."

"Number One, you gotta get info from the Yo Ho Ho over here," nodding at Siv.

Jessica covers her mouth for a moment.

"Well, Tweak, if it's any consolation at least this zoo isn't in -my- freehold anymore." She offers.

"How do you lose an airship?"

Siv hmmphs for a second, then turns to fill her in "Lady Captain Siv, nice to meet you."

And the two talk, catching up

A scowl at the Countess. "You ain' gonna convince me it all smooth sailin' back there. You still got th' Wrench Wench workin' in th' shop, right?"

"Absolutely. We have our share of excitement."

"A ship? Missing?" She redirects.

"Airship" Siv calls out "It's possible the golden trod got it"

"You said the raths have closed?"

"Far as I know, our regular raths got no problem, it's this damn golden whatsis that throws a wrench in th' works! I need info 'bout where it spit out, or what happen to peeps when it vanish!" At the moment she bears a strong verbal resemblance to J. Jonah Jameson demanding photos of Spiderman, complete with pounding a fist on her desk.

"I could use that kind of info too, Siv, if you come across it." dryly.

"I'm not a Rover, I just got news from one to pass on," Siv reminds, "They're swamped in a lot of areas but if Mama Captaz wants me to pass on a request for aid I certainly can. Right of Rescue and all that. This is right up their alley. However, given that the golden road split into numerous ways, if they're not lost in the Dreaming, it's possible they've been misplaced into another part of COncordia entirely"

"Fuck..." Tweak groans at the notion of lost in the Dreaming. Then, "Hell yes, it's a goddam request for aid! Wind up them Rovers and get 'em marchin'! I got people an' a damn good ship out there somewhere!"

Siv looks with a bit of respect at that, and nods "I'll pass it on."

And she's already texting

"-We- have." Jessica says firmly. "Siv, please let Uncle Olgar know? The request comes from me, too."

more texting "Understood"

Then she adds "Your excellency"

A puff of amusement.

A nod to Jessica, grateful but not saying it in so many words. "So...what else brings this extremely timely visit, B?" She shifts uncomfortably in her chair...and this might be the moment that Jessica remembers that Tweak is very, very pregnant. Might be a revelation for Siv, though.

"Wanted to let you know about the golden trod. Job done."

A certain Dougal comes up, the Journeyman Tweak calls Spock "Captaz!"

"Yeah, what? Better be important, you can't see th' fuckin' Countess be here?" She snaps at Spock, but the Dougal clearly has her complete attention.

"Good news. we got in cotact with the ship. They've made it out of the Dreaming"

"Where? Where did they end up, I mean."

Evident relief...but only for a moment. "They safe?"

"That's the bad news" She says "they're going down. In some damn desert area .. their GPS is shot and they don't know where they are"

"Aw, crap..." She sighs. "Aight...desert, so that narrows it. We gots any seers available what can fill in for th' GPS?"

"Already took the liberty" Spock admits "Our seers are reading through the entrails...er parts of a 1973 AMC gremlin as we speak"

(TTo be continued)

OOC: Spock the Dougal

"Yeah, aight...you let me know th' SECOND you hear somepin, got it?"

Spock nods "I'll head back now to oversee the final report myself" She bows to all and departs

A wave of dismissal, then she looks to Jessica. "B, if they be landing in badlands...."

"We'll need support to get them home. Transportation, troops, supplies."

"You'll get what you need."

A deep breath and a nod. "Yeah. I mean, fuck, gotta make you earn yer Countess pay sometimes, right?"

A faint smile. "Every once in a while."

Siv observes this from her textingg

Then Spock returns "They didn't get shit that's useful, pardon" The Dougal blushes . Too much time around nockers "Just an image from the omen of Lion turning into a Mountain"

"An' what th' fuck that s'posed t' mean?!"