15 Oix 4260: The Airship of Delights

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This is really a very nice airship and I kind of wish I could just enjoy it instead of having poor Boomsy to worry about and getting mad at Songers for being a Khtsoyis-hating beast. GRRRRR. I can't believe she's spouting all those stupid obnoxious LIES about Khtsoyis being bad primes and ARGH I just want to tear my fur out whenever I think about it!

So I'm not looking at that awful entry full of her LIES any more and I'm not going to think about HER any more either. I'll write about this airship instead.

Most people don't want to travel during Surprise and so the one airship I could find is posh. And BIG. It's as cool and comfortable as the ice dancing show, twenty-seven hours a day! That's why this ship doesn't mind flying in Surprise I'm sure. But it's not just that they spent a bunch of lozens cooling it -- they've got all kinds of neat stuff. Singers (although not mean horrible ones like a certain Orren I'm trying NOT to think about!) and dancers and puppet shows and a LOT of different games for people to lose money at gambling. A LOT. And there's the river deck! The river deck is amazing, it's much warmer than the rest of the ship so that even Herethroy will enjoy swimming there. But not as hot as hot Surprise it's more like a nice summer day. The river has rapids and slow pockets and a tidal pool and water bubbles like I hear the lake in Treverre has only not so big. A lot of primes leave their kids on the river deck and go lose money gambling while airship attendants watch the kids play. The airship is like its own little world like the Strayaway only with more entertainment and not AS huge. Although still huge.

Tickets were REALLY EXPENSIVE and I actually got a discount because the room I'm in was canceled by the prime who was supposed to have it. Even my ROOM is posh. It's got its own water elemental just for cleaning you! You can lie down on the bed or wherever and it'll wash you off and not get a drop of water on anything else and even you will be dry afterwards. And the bed! It's big enough for five or six primes (or two Mirhandraxes) and has silk sheets and velvet bedding and there's a steward who doesn't seem to do anything except wait down the hall for me to ask him to do something. Every time I see him, he asks if I want anything. "Anything at all, m'lady? It would be my honor to serve." As if I were nobility! I keep thinking someone is about to throw me off the ship for impersonation except I TOLD him I'm not a lady and he just smiled at me. "Of course not, m'lady. Perhaps m'lady would like another glass of chilled honey kathia?"

Since I'm proooobably never going to be rich enough to do this again I've been trying to enjoy it anyway. It's not like I can do anything from here for Boomsy except get mad (how can you even THINK of letting him go to auction ARGH and now I know why SONGERS thought it was a good idea because she's an evil Khtsoyis hater OF COURSE she doesn't care if he's SOLD into practically SLAVERY). Since I was trying not to brood, I spent a few (well, several) hours yesterday on the riverdeck, and went to one of the plays, and went to a dance. I met a nice Orren named Marapash to dance with but she wanted to go to the gaming tables after an hour or so and I'm NOT doing THAT! I know what happens to gamblers you lose all your money and then you go into debt and then INDENTURED! I'm here to rescue Boomsery from indenture not get auctioned myself! So I went back to my room and the nice steward brought me an iced lakeberry drink.

I'd brought the scroll with me part of the day so I could check it in case there was any urgent news but I left it in my room when I went the dance. Song posted her last HORRIBLE update while I was dancing so it didn't ruin my WHOLE day. Just my evening. I wasted a lot of time writing to her even though she was saying horrible nasty LIES about Khtsoyis until I was so upset that I gave up on the whole thing and went back to the river deck for a few hours to relax. After that it was late late late so I slept.

I think Song had asked some questions that I'd meant to answer but I can't remember what and I'm still too upset to check. It's not like I'm expecting any help from HER now anyway.

Fortunately I am rich enough to pay Boomsy's fine without ANYONE else's help. Even after paying for the tickets to Daukhrame on this ship. I guess I could've paid a courier instead of going myself? I actually didn't think of that until I'd bought tickets already. I did think of trying to figure out that bank-to-bank transfer thing that Sythyry's accountant used to steal all zir money except that 'used to steal all zir money' isn't really a glowing endorsement of the system. MAYBE I wouldn't lose all my money to dishonest bankers and/or accountants and MAYBE gambling doesn't always end up with you indentured but who wants to take that chance?

The airship makes port today at three hours past noon. I guess I'll go swim for another hour or two until then. Once I'm in Daukhrame I'll have to figure out where Boomsy's being held so I can pay his fine. I hope the guards keep good records for that sort of thing. They ought to.

I'll be glad when this is over.