Act 1 Scene 2:
(As our characters step into the workshop, they find an array of unfinished contraptions scattered around, bearing witness to the ceaseless creativity and innovation that takes place within these walls)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiYDV02KnP
Protagonist: (curious) What is this curious contraption? Thy wonder if...
(She reaches out to touch it)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrfPPML7Fk
Unknown: (franticly) Stop! Do not touch anything! Thou have no idea what that machine may do!
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPEVLg5lPE
Lord Preen: Who art thou?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc3Exi6ieA
Unknown: Behold! Ye hast intruded upon the domain of...well, it is I, the Adapetus Æther! Master of, uh, Æther-fuelled wonders and...conductor of the Etheric symphony, yes!
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnwNdYXfGL
Lord Preen: Thou remind me of the Adapetus Mechanical, who dabbled in quite a similar field. A predecessor of thou, perhaps?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxKkM2hYDn
Adapetus Æther: Indeed...I was his student, or rather, a bumbling novice under his wing. Do thou perchance know what became of him?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6kaLg88Qk
Protagonist: (Sadly remembering what happened) It was the End of All who claimed him, a malevolent figure whose name is a grim testament to the tragic end he met.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauey6X3zsA
Lord Preen: (remembering the humour of AMs ‘ last moments) Indeed, he met his end in a manner that even the End of All couldn’t comprehend. Laughing his way into the abyss, he was.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG6c49Wiov
Adapetus Æther: (Nervously) A tragic end, indeed. But, um, why have you ventured into my humble workshop? Is there something amiss, or.... or perhaps you have well, been followed?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpu3XJ9oSL
Protagonist: In pursuit of your esteemed self, the renowned Adapetus Æther, we arrived at this destination. A peculiar event unfolded when our wings seemed to react to an Æther Machine on these premises.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKyeloRqQn
Adapetus Æther: Fascinating. Perhaps we could replicate it once more. Can thou make it happen again?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yyJX5iQCx
(Stage direction: Lights on the wings and use the humming sound)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5pODxqVW1
She approaches an active machine, and the wings once again start to hum and glow)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdTpIgOcrZ
Adepetus Æther: By the Heavens! This is most intriguing! What manner of enchantment lies within those wings?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTWgDMGZtv
(The door bursts open, and a female sky pirate enters, she is visibly fuming)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS3sEJUwHb
Angry Person: Blast it all, Adapetus! The Dragoons sabotaged the test again. They despise our Æther technology, and I fear they shalt not stop until they have seen it all reduced to scrap!
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqF5D1DBrB
Adapetus Æther: Allow me to introduce thee to a fellow companion of the skies. This fiery soul sails the skies by the name of Captain Selene Star-Caster. A skilled pioneer of aeronautics.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtsnBojSLd
Protagonist: Well met, Captain.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z3b8epX4W
(Lord Preen looks thoughtful)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScj5srpxhp
Lord Preen: Why is the Order of The Dragoon so vehemently opposed to Æther technology, may I inquire?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUPRwTbFSZ
Adepetus Æther: The Order of the Dragoon opposes Æther technology on grounds of ethics, fearing the disruptive change it brings.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefj7sh0cBS
Protagonist: I heard Ser Draconis had his doubts about the Order before he was slain.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpxMFdWlp9
Captain Star-Caster: Aye, he did. The Order, they are a secretive lot, quite aggressive to anything that has the potential to change the balance of power. Ser Draconis was a voice of reason among them.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ZEzX8Nyb
Lord Preen: Pray tell, whom leads their misguided cause? Is it one grand puppeteer pulling the strings or a cabal of instigators?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSEaJJMTnC
Adepetus Æther: Archmage Drakonvyr. He guides their actions, a formidable figure in their ranks. They rally under his banner.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUK4ipVmmQ
(The sky pirate has noticed Preens Accent)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJKTBQMDWJ
Captain Star-Caster: Ah, I'd recognise that Narcissian lilt anywhere. Thou art from the city of Narciss, art thou not?
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNtJ9pGSRw
Lord Preen: Ah, Narciss, where the sun seldom graces the land, and my dear father, Earl Bigot, is determined to ensure his legacy.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0Qj4mMyoK
(The Adepetus Æther's demeanour shifts to unease)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOX0ZbWDZo
Adepetus Æther: Ru...ru...rumours have reached t-thy ears....of grotesque fleshy b-biomechanical contraptions and the h-h-hapless s-s-souls....
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiq5vrPB5i
Lord Preen: Fleshy biomechanical machines? By the heavens, that sounds horrible. The thought of such horrors in my beloved Narciss does trouble me.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFC3bafa2V
Protagonist: Indeed, Lord Preen, Narciss seems to be in turmoil. But we shalt fret not over rumours with no evidence.
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWZX8Np2AK
(The lights dim to nothing)
218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzBCwwVcgG
End of scene two
ns216.73.216.70da2
and then Add to home screen.