Ch-22

September 21st, 1994

Entering the Astral Sea around Exandria was different than that of the Earth as they had a different variety of fears from the different types of creatures that walked its lands.

There were still the nightmares of death as every creature fears death but unlike Earth there are the occasional building floating in the sea.

Many looked centuries old most likely from before the Calamity, as chunks of buildings and entire floating structures were drifting along in the sea.

A beacon was shot at one of more intact structures to allow us to visit some time later, also I was sure where the Cognouza ward is right now and I don't have enough nukes for taking care of that.

After a couple of more hours, the ship reached a good exit point a little above the atmosphere of the planet. Then once again we activated the plane shift drive and appeared just above the atmosphere, focusing on the Beacon the ship had appeared South West of Tal'Dorei (about 100 off the coast) so we were a weeks time of traveling over sea and land.

After talking with the Captain of the Vessel (as I had no true flying or sailing experience) we were not going to stop in Stilben rather I would Message Keyleth leader of the Zephrah who should allow us to dock for a day or two after that if she is willing Keyleth will join us in the trip to prevent any Diplomatic incidents.

September 23rd, 1994

Having one of the other mages take over the flying of the ship now that we were in real space I made my way to my cabin to contact Keyleth two days in advance to give her time to prepare or to not allow us access to the city.

In my Cabin I had built another mirror of Planer Communication like I had in my office back on Earth, gathering a mix of crushed crystals and diamonds I blew them on to the surface of the mirror with began to ripple like water.

As I was over do for talking to Rose

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Keyleth POV

Her transition to being the leader of her people was a long and hard process as she slowly began taking over more and more duties from her father who had shifted to an advisory role (thank the gods).

But even with all the stress and heart ache she felt she was finally starting to feel that she was finally succeeding in her duties, Percy had also become a great help over the past couple of months. She was present when Baron Armstrong contacted Percy so she knew the new farming equipment and knowledge was from him but she wouldn't complain over large excess of food as her people were making a great deal of money selling to the cities damaged by Vecna and the Conclave.

Armstrong had also just recently contacted her via a message spell for docking privileges in a airship, speaking of airships one of the border guards altered her that they were nearing the edge of the mountain.

Wildshaping into a giant Eagle she flew off to the docking are she had recently ordered built as with the upswing in trade from Whitestone via the Airships Percy had recently bought to encourage trade while keeping his cities natural defenses.

While flying above Zephera she spotted off in distance what she assumes is Dan airships as she had personally had never witnessed before, a massive ship made of solid steel with the biggest guns so big that she was sure she could crawl in them.

Landing at the dock she saw coming off the deck a group of 5 golems with large guns and at the back a man wearing some travel clothes that she recognized as Daniel Armstrong.

Keyleth-"Welcome to Zephera, Baron Armstrong it is a pleasure to meet you in person." Walking forward she met Dan half way for a handshake which he returned.

Dan-"Voice of the Tempest it's a pleasure to meet you as well. If you would allow we have brought gifts for your people as thanks for allowing our stay over."

Dan gestured to his ship where one of his men was wearing some sort of armor, he had a large crate thrown on his shoulder and brought it off the ship.

She of course agreed after casting some spells just to make sure there was no hidden surprises, she had been burned before by "gifts".

Opening the crates down were filled with various books ranging from history to science fiction, Others had various food stuffs and other luxuries that she hadn't seen before.

Dan-"Now, I have one special gift for you Voice of the Tempest, This is Jameson Irish Whiskey considered to be the best whiskey in all the world."

Keyleth graciously accepted the gifted and invited Dan to her home for the night as his men would be heading out tomorrow morning for Whitestone.