Date: 03/08/217
Time: 11:45
Location: The Ashram
Repairs on the Steel Hummingbird are nearly complete.
There was a grisly surprise in the engine room this morning; in the process of replacing plate #173b, Vera’s workers found a mummified dismembered hand. I have no fucking clue where that came from. Maybe it was already back there when Mal got the ship? Bishop thinks it’s at least three years old, maybe more. He also thinks somebody might’ve put it there to curse us, which I guess wouldn’t be the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to us. Volkova bagged it up and stashed it in the med bay. Hope it doesn’t give Bishop nightmares.
Meanwhile, it looks like some of the cargo was damaged when the Resplendent Dragon hit us. About ten percent of the pipes show signs of damage. Hope the client doesn’t get pissy and refuse the shipment. God, this job has been a total nightmare.
Date: 03/08/217
Time: 18:07
Location: Bhophur, Shiva
Cargo delivered. Took a serious hit on the payment; Adraghand gave us 50% of what we’d been promised, and not-so-subtly threatened us with violence if we didn’t take the deal.
Not only that, one of Adraghand’s goons vandalized the City of Gently Falling Rain and hid a fucking homing beacon in it! Good thing Volkova and Bishop spotted it before we left port. Volkova did a pretty good repair on the broken building. I’m really starting to like her. Hope she lasts a while longer!
I cannot wait to see the last of Shiva, with its fucking Blue Sky bureaucracy and fees for everything and petty gangsters. We’re going to be ferrying a couple of passengers to Kali next; I’m looking forward to seeing Labrys City again!