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"Come on Angel! Let's get down there and take a closer look. We're not gonna get any closer like this!"
You take a dive and Hagetaka hurries after you.
"Captain! Wait!"
You land on the cloudy surface and walk up to one of the half crumbled ruins that's sticking out of the ground with Angel right behind you.
"Well... so much for not invading their territory."
"We're not invading we are visiting! Big difference! And did you really think I wouldn't touch anything?"
You smugly say that with a smile as you get your greasy mittens on the priceless artifacts.
"Hmmmm. You see anything familiar?"
"Actually yes. Some of these markings are similar to the ones we use in our decorations. But they don't look right somehow. Can't put my finger on it though. How about you? Anything from the voices?"
"Theft."
"What?"
"Somebody robbed the place. That's all I can make out."
You look around the place a bit more but you don't really find anything. Someone cleaned the whole place out very thoroughly. Not even a shard of pottery can be found even though there are plenty of signs that they were there. But what's even more disturbing is that you still can't find any signs of life around the place. It's like nobody actually lives here. Until you get jumped from beneath the clouds by dozens of spear wielding natives in the same weird tribal masks. And in addition to spears they have guns. Big ones.
"You who disturb the home of the Shandians! Prepare to die!"
Angel doesn't even bother looking at them.
"How did they manage to bypass your senses captain?"
"I knew they were coming. Now we can find where they are hiding."
"Ah. Understood."
She turns to face the masked assailants and takes her own spear out.
"Come Shandians. Show me your valor!"
But instead of the all out brawl you were expecting all you get from the locals is a bunch of gasps. They are clearly sizing up Angel. After much deliberation they start removing their headgears one by one and surprise surprise they too resemble her very much. One of them, a woman of much paler complexion steps forward.
"Who are you? And what are you doing with that outsider?"
"I am Hagetaka. Huntress of the Silver Pirates. And he is my captain Cavaliere Silver."
"Pirates?"
They start murmuring among themselves. You feel tensions rise but you get many other mixed emotions in there as well. Even some positive ones. The woman then stares at you for a moment before looking back at Angel.
"I am Raki. Warrior of Shandora. Are you one of us?"
