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Alexia just moved the horses along for a few, before shrugging a bit. "I never bothered to set up markers and while I can find my way from place to place, I do not put too much effort trying to memorize the distances from place to place here when it all looks for the most part the same, without open landmarks. No more then a few kilometers, likely less." Alexia stated as she didn't care for the dragon's change in shape, it wasn't the first time she had met such a creature after all, nor was it strange.

"In any event, allow me to explain the rules of my home very clearly. We are headed for my airport. Its a large piece of land dedicated to the large scale application of maintenance and use aerial vehicles. While most of you have no doubt seen and understand that planes and helicopters are, do the restrictions involved with the chasms, you have only seen small scale aerial vehicles that were remade from ancient earth designs. These vehicles are subject to the rules of not being allowed to fly as everything, and you will leave them all alone. I care not if you want to look at them, or even use one to bunk down in. There is plenty of food, take your pick, but do not over eat, always leave some behind for others. You'll find that the food is always fresh and stocks itself in time, so while I won't care if you try anything, all of it being old earth foodstuffs, I will get picky if you try to eat it all." She stated looking around slowly, keeping an eye out for things as they moved while explaining the rules of her home.

"There are several spells in place, all amplified by the waters of this world to be time-locked. I've marked off each area of the complex I call with various colored rings and stripes by hallways and on the support pillars, as well as marking doors with stripes along the top and bottom. Green stripes and bands mean you may move around freely. I don't care about things there and you may look and explore as you wish. Yellow stripes and bands means you're entering an area that you shouldn't be. I've put green arrows on the floor to help guide you back away from someplace I would prefer you avoid. If you see any red stripes or bands, leave and head back to the main floor then and there. I value my privacy and will respect yours in turn. If you try to break into anything private, know this. You're in my domain, there is no place you can hide here. You own up to it, we'll talk. You try to lie and we have a problem." She continued, still looking around, but clearly following a path now, the sounds of water getting a little louder, tiny creeks and small trickles of water clearly gathering nearby.

"I've taken and gathered up multiple signs as well and re-purposed many rooms as well. The place has lights, water, power, and heat in excess. It has running bathrooms, all clearly labeled and fairly private, those with showers and bathes clearly marked as such as well. If you need food, look for the food and snack signs. There are some buffet like spots set up, and you are welcome to take snacks off carts as well. There is no translation on any of the bags of food or signs detailing what foods are in any given spot, it is all in ancient earth English. While your spells may translate direct and clear words properly, I doubt that will do any good however. Many words have changed meaning over the years and many of the ingredients have changed considerably as well. If you're feeling sick, drink the water, it cures poisons as well. At the end of the day though, eat at your risk. There are dozens of ancient earth spices there that were lost in the shattering event." She stated, finally speeding up a bit, seeing her dock up again as the sounds of flowing water got louder.

"Sam, help me get this cart on properly. My dock was not made for a cart this large. I rare use this path and chasm so I did not build this to accommodate large loads." She called out, Holo just nodding some and jumping over the side the assist Sam with getting the cart onto the barge. The dock itself was fairly basic though, aside from the two large wooden pontoon barges that were there, which were clearly hand made, if made in a strange style, two large circular disc like barges that has for lack of a better term fence posts and chains holding things in, a large post in the middle with a steering wheel and control panel of sorts in the middle. "The wagon needs to go in the middle up front." Alexia explained as she eased the horse up to the dock, the wagon just barely able to fit there. It took some work, but they did get the cart on the small barge at last, the wagon up front and tied down with some chains, before every one gathered on.

With that done, Alexia took them off into the large stream, the barge surprisingly fast for what it was, and very stable, if weighted just barely a bit in the front now. "Back to my home, other things that you need to know. One of the large open hangers is a fully gym if you need to exercise a bit. Another one serves to grow fresh fruit and other things. The towers and entirely off limits. I use one for my private bed room and if anyone enters that without my permission, I will start by breaking their arm." She stated very firmly, but thanks to the water, still surprisingly calmly. "You have an entire island to rest and relax on while I prepare and need to find a crusader to carry a message. If you get bored, I can arrange for some forms of entertainment, including ancient earth media, and some other things that died during the shattering. I am sure you can find something to do that will not interfere with my privacy. You may ask for other information as well, but I expect my privacy to remain intact. That includes not recording any details of my home, or sharing them with others, no matter the reasoning." She continued as they enjoyed a flat and simple ride along the stream.

"How... much ancient earth media if I may ask?" Holo asked as she stuck by her horse, surprised at how calm it was remaining, but blaming that the water as she looked around and helped keep an eye on things around them.

"Movies and books. While animated pictures of all kinds are still a thing these days, you can see how few books there are for personal entertainment over teaching. Additionally, I can present you with some form of electronic games. While the magic glasses of these days, these personal assistant and phone devices of the day do have some form of entertainment that can be downloaded, they are small in comparison to what they were based off from ancient earth. I also have some forms of music, and some ... other... interesting methods of entertainment. I have a large shadow boxing area, and some various shadow puppet and doll like armors that you can spare with. Be warned that if you tell them to not stop until they break your, they will listen. They are very simple in design, and listen to your words exactly for training. Give them very clear directions. I won't waste my efforts reviving stupid." Alexia explained as they moved along fairly quickly now getting a bit faster as the stream opened up a bit more, a few creatures coming into view from time to time, leaning over the side of the bank and taking a drink, clearly watching them as much as they were being watched.

Just as Alexia has said, every beast that they could see was as large or larger then Holo's wagon, and many other things. "Remember, don't pick a fight with them. They will not cross the water to my island, and I don't want any trouble right now. I won't be inclined to save you if you run off on your own." Alexia said, just keeping them moving along, only to hear some gun fire way off in the distance, Alexia slowing down and stopping the engine, the water moving them along slowly as Alexia stopped and looked around, seeing some smoke up ahead around a small bend where the stream was fed by another one. "Hmm... Could I be so lucky to have a few crusaders just fall into my lap here." She stated moving slowly up towards the smoke, a crashed tank seen down the path a ways, along with a number of freshly dead bodies visible by the smaller stream that was feeding into the main stream right now. "The barge wont make it down that far. Can any of you see this survivors... or any survivors?" She asked, keeping them in the middle of the stream for now.

"No... I don't see anything... or hear much of anything now." Holo stated.

"I suppose it is possible that we could have missed the fight, the beasts around here are all calm considering. Perhaps it was an automated turret... Sam do you see anything with your magic eyes?" Alexia asked looking over the banks, not see any of the beasts for now, those that had been taking a drink either too far back and around a bend or just hidden now.