"Very well lets go," says Rashall opening the door he had heard in his earpiece that it woud be at least two more minutes befor their ride touched down.
"Our ride will be here in exactly one minute," says Rashall noting a break in the clouds above, they must have circled around then.
Rashall looks up to see a lone chariot, enclosed to protect occupants from weather, descend from the sky. Rashall recognizes the Pegasus piloting the chariot as Swiftwind, he also notices that the gun ports are also sealed though with the cold weather it makes sense. Swiftwind maneuvers the chariot so that the back hatch was facing Rashall and Uniqua, this was a squad chariot and could fit a squad of ten ponies or wolves in it. The bars that connected the chariot to Swiftwind swiveled so that it could be slung under the Pegasus driving it. The back hatch opened revealing and empty space save for a lone wolf, Anubis stepped out of the chariot as soon as it hit the ground. "Rashall you called for some transport?" Says Anubis jokingly he steps forwards and leans down to hug Rashall. "Yes I did though I was not expecting you maybe I should have though," says Rashall hugging his long time friend, "Uniqua this is Anubis a good friend of mine, Anubis this is Uniqua who has decided she wants to visit my home in the Shadowed Forest." Anubis simply nods and then gestures for them to enter.
Rashall walks in after Uniqua followed by Anubis who shuts the door behind him. "You may want to sit down Uniqua from what I've heard there's a little turbulence today, but not much," says Rashall nodding towards one of the seats along the walls. Without a word Swiftwind takes off flying the same way she had come.
Rashall continues to stand until they hit the first bit of turbulence after which he sits down a seat over from Uniqua so as not to make her uncomfterable.
Uniqua settles back. "I've always liked ships. I used to ride one with my dad when I was young. He would always let me steer now and then, even though my mother hated it." Uniqua laughs slightly.
"Cloud ships are a bit different than normal ships," says Rashall settling a little more as the chariot banks slightly to the left, "Feels like Swiftwind is getting ready for final approach."
"Yeah, but like you said, it's a cloud ship. Air is like water, but it has different properties." Uniqua says, closing her eyes lightly. She tries to stifle a yawn. Waking up at 5 in the morning regardless of when she went to sleep was always difficult for her.
"On final approach, 25 seconds till touch, out," says Swiftwind over the internal com. "Well then you might want to hold on to something Uniqua," says Rashall preparing himself.
Uniqua braces her hooves on the bench, looking at Rashall. "Does it normally land roughly?" she asks.
"Oh yes and it's quite fun, 5 seconds and counting now," says Rashall bracing he notes that Anubis is also bracing. Rashall counts down in his head at the count of zero the chariot jars against the flight deck of the cloud ship signalling their arrival. Swiftwind starts to taxi them to a subtle location out of the wind possibly near the base of the conning tower.
"Glad you enjoyed the ride, Swiftwind will be meeting us inside if you'd like to meet her," says Rashall as the back hatch lowers to reveal a doorway straight to their front, "Oh forgot to mention that she's really good at parking." Rashall steps out onto the deck of the cloud ship which of course is made of clouds, several crew members either snap a quick salute or the more seasoned veterans simply wave or nod their heads.
Uniqua goes to step on the clouds, but halts. "Uh, Rashall? I'm an earth pony. I can't walk on clouds."
"Excuse me," says Anubis stepping out onto the cloud and then disappearing inside. "Don't worry the spirit conplex of the ship will sense that you are my friend and will allow you to walk on the cloud," says Rashall, "Trust me you'll be fine."
Uniqua cautiously steps out onto the clouds. Finding that she is safe, she walks up to Rashall's side.
