Aboard the Airship~

Mana: *dizzy once again, and is laying flat on the floor of the ship* Life... Life is good... @.@

Rikku: You guys are a bunch of spoil sports.
*Shinra shakes his head*
Shinra: Impossible. If any of you need me, I'll be working back in the boiler room.
*Shinra leaves the room conspicuously*
Rikku: I guess I can wait for Luca... you've got to show me once we land though!

Mana: *stands up dizzily, and looks where Shinra left* ...He kinda stole my bell... *pouts, but gets over it* Oh well. I'll steal it back later. He can't do much harm... *she turns to Rikku* And no worries~! I will! *grins, but then looks a little worried* Ah... Just... Don't freak out too much if I crash or something. For some reason, I do that a lot...

Whip wrote:

*The Al Bhed seem only more and more bewildered by Dawg*
: E's pakehhehk du drehg oui tuh'd yldiymmo ihtancdyht uin myhkiyka!
Sugar: Ah, Dawg, let me try~
*Sugar clears her throat*
Sugar: Uv luinca E's ihtan y vameha! Fa sayh du pnehk ypuid gyccas tajelac!
*No response*
Whip: I'm beginning to think you guys don't understand their language...

[Sorry, didn't see this till now]

Dawg: *Looks at Whip, flabbergasted.* I can not believe you would accuse me of such. I have a complete understanding of the Al Bhed language; I even took lessons from the esteemed Prince of the Green Hills himself! He gave me a book called "Al Bhed: For Porcupines" which I found to be very VERY helpful! I'm going to tell our new friends exactly what you think, and we will all have a good laugh!
*Dawg turns back to the Al Bhed, and clears his throat once more. As he talks he gestures over to Whip*
Dawg: Dnum porra vomd meut dned U mnyoctr'd decg dy ayo, piseomi ni dnurgm ayo ehi ecc urwihuyh dy nul! Ser ayo picuifi ud? Ni lomd pi e hesumd! Ayo ecc mnyoct mnyz nul nyz ayo wiic epyod dned!
*Dawg turns back to Whip with a huge grin on his face*
Dawg: See! I told them you thought I couldn't speak their language, and they should set you straight!

Rikku: What was that last part?
Buddy: Rikku! We're coming in on Luca now!
*Rikku hops up*
Rikku: Really!?
Buddy: Go up top and see for yourself!
Rikku: Alright! Come on Mana!
*Rikku snatches Mana's arm and drags her away*

*The Al Bhed all seem ridiculously upset, though one of them hands another his gun and approaches Whip*
Al Bhed: Fru tu oui drehg oui yna? Zicd palyica [Rikku] nacbaldc oui tuach'd sayh oui lyh cyo cilr uvvahceja drehkc! E'mm daylr oui y maccuh!
Whip:...Helly fond ser naught?
*The Al Bhed man punches Whip in the face, sending him across the room*
Sugar: Whip!
*Sugar goes after his body, whilst other Al Bhed restrain the first*

Mana: *lets herself be dragged, smiling as if she's having fun with it* Weeee~

Dawg: *Looks at Whip laying on the floor* Hmph...Maybe I can't speak Al Bhed that well... *Dawg shrugs, and looks out the window* It seems we're descending.

*Rikku takes Mana into an elevator, and then out onto the deck of the airship*
Rikku: Haaaaah~ I never get tired of seeing Luca!
*The airscape becomes paved with [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on the bay of the ocean. Rikku seems stricken and runs out recklessly to the rails, peering over the egde*

Sugar: Dawg! We have more- Oh. So it is~
*Whip's eyes are replaced with stars*
Whip: My lucky stars.... Darlin' darlin' please~
*The Al Bhed man calms down, and they all leave the room, grumbling in their language against the three*

Mana: *eyes go big, and she joins Rikku on the railing* Huwaaah! It's gorgeous~! *looks around* I could actually use my extreme gear now. Though... You said people didn't like Machina, right? Does that mean if I go in flying there, they might shoot me down or something?

Dawg: *Walks over to Whip, and gives him a well-placed kick in the stomach* Man up! We're landing somewhere!

Rikku: Nuh-uh! You should be fine, people are a lot more accepting these days!
*Rikku steps back and bows, allowing Mana all the space she needs*
Rikku: Show me how it's done!

*Whip groans a little, and Sugar seems surprised, but then another thought enters her head*
Sugar: Hey! We never actually got to visit Luca last time! We can watch a Blitzball game!
*Sugar hops up excitedly, laving Whip on the floor and upset*

Mana: *takes out her extreme gear again, puts on her glasses, and hops on* Alright~! Here I go~! *flies out into the air rather quickly, and does a loop de loop in the air* WOO-HOO~! *flies down past the airship and knocks on the window with Sugar, Whip, and Dawg, and waves*

*Rikku stares on in amazement at Mana, following her path with her eyes and cheering her on*

*Sugar looks out of the window*
Sugar: Ah! Look, Mana!
*Sugar waves at Mana*
Whip:....My...colon...

*Dawg suddenly remembers something he and Whip talked about years before, and got very excited*
Dawg: *Bends down beside Whip* Hey, dude...

*Whip weakly responds*
Whip: Whaaaaaaat?

Mana: *flies back up to Rikku and yells over the wind* Wanna ride~?!

*Rikku looks flabbergasted*
Rikku: Wh-What!? Me!? Ride it!?
*Rikku laughs excitedly*
Rikku: Yeah I do!

Mana: *lowers back onto the airship* Hop on then~!

Dawg: *Gives him a slight pat on the shoulder* I didn't hit you that hard, so stop. Anyway...do you remember what we'd said we would ever do if we got to go to the Luca Blitzball stadium? *Dawg's eye's gleam.*

*Rikku seems nervous, hesitating slightly, but she steps on and wraps tightly around Mana's head*

Whip:....You madman....Let's do it.

*Dawg nods and holds out his hand to help Whip up*
Dawg: Come on, then. We should go see what Mana and Rikku are up to.

Mana: Alright~! Let's go~! *dashes off at really fast speeds off the ship, towards Luca*

*Rikku holds on tightly, laughing the whole way down*
(Alright, new topic time~)

*Whip accepts Dawg's assistance and stands up*
Sugar: I think they went to the main control room.
*Sugar exits the room, and Whip follows*

[You don't want Mana and Rikku to stay with the ship? Or should they just ditch everyone and go?]

(Well, Mana just sort of ditched the ship anyways, soo... >v>)