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Sometimes, when someone locks you in a part of the mine abandoned for good reason, having figured out you were the one who reported them after all, someone else catches on in time. Sometimes she can contact Mia, or Jewel, or an emergency number. Sometimes they come and get you out again.
And sometimes you die.
Today she dies.
And then she is somewhere else.
Their escorts are mostly actually working below deck and checking in every once in a while. And they do want them back inside in the next hour or two, please.
Do the escorts look like they'll mind very much if it is indeed in about an hour or an hour and a half?
Nah, no big deal. They haven't tried anything and a dropoff point is in sight now. Just, they should be inside when they start final approach.
It looks like all the heavy parts of town - big industrial buildings, high-stacked apartment complexes - are near the bottom of the place. Higher up it's mostly open walkways and gardens and the like. Looks like a fairly thriving place, though. Little airships and balloons and gliders throng the air nearby. Smoke and steam pour out of vents here and there. Pale yellow and white walls shine in the overcast day.
The walls seem to be made of the same floaty stone as the islands themselves, painted somehow. The nicer and more expensive-looking buildings have glass windows and wooden walls.
"Time to go back below decks, you three. We'll be there soon enough, easy as you like."
The view from the lounge is a bit more boring. They carefully work their way through the traffic near the place, going slow and steady.
Eventually they dock. The captain hands over another thirty golden coins. "...No trouble, no fuss. Just the way I like my voyages. Fair winds, whatever you three do next."
"Thank you, and to you." They divided things into packs earlier, so they won't have to worry about the crate. Does this crew want the actual crate part of it?
And they can disembark however is wanted of them.
Sure, free crate.
They can disembark into an industrial-looking area. There are signs saying 'LOCAL LAWS IN EFFECT FOR VISITORS - CUSTOMS REVIEW ON BULK GOODS - SEE OFFICE FOR DETAILS --->'
It's pretty standard stuff! No murder, assault, theft, etc. They're apparently a democracy, electing three co-mayors every few years.
Except for - NO FIRE HAZARDS. Reckless fire hazards are punishable by ruinous fines or forced labor.
Use common sense, more or less? Large piles of flammable things. Throw them out or recycle them, or else have a sprinkler system (if you're a library or something). Sparks or open flame outside a fireproofed room. That sort of thing.
Seems pretty uncommon. And when people do have weapons, it's mostly small blades.
...There are some weird regulations on it, but sex work is not completely disallowed under the law here.
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