Chapter 7: Leaving the Tower
As the dais raised my ship up into my plane of view I gasped. With a great grinding noise the platform stopped and released a great boom. "This is a customized version of the Outrageous Fortune, a ship that a guardian brought me in the form of blueprints. I customized the paint job myself." Amanda spoke behind me but I paid her no attention. The ship was beautiful! It was a triangular shape, with the tips of its wings bending down. The cockpit was raised at an angle, sticking out from the between the wings. There were two twin tail fins on each wing and on the bottom of the ship there was a large gun. The ship was covered in white paint with blue accents. I thought it was beautiful, it was a gorgeous ship. Amanda smiled, "Did I chose the right ship for you or what?" Turning around I looked at Amanda and ran forwards. Hugging her tightly I said "It's beautiful! Thank you so much! I'll take the ship!" Amanda just laughed. "Go have your ghost fuse with it. You'll need to do that if you want it!"
Floating over my ghost began to scan the ship, it's blue light covering every exposed inch. Then the ghost turned and looked over "This ship is marvelous! It's so complex and yet it's so simple!" I looked at Amanda confused and she just shrugged. My ghost turned back around and pushed itself into the ships side. After a few moments the ship whirred to life and floated off the ground slightly. In my head I heard the melodious voice of my ghost speak, "Meet me out by the postmasters office. I've got to get use to this ship, so I'm going to fly it out to the plaza." Smiling I turned and began to walk back towards the plaza. As I walked I practiced pulling out my handcannon, spinning it, then slamming it back into its holster. "Your getting pretty good at that!" Came a sarcastic voice from behind me. Recognizing it I turned and smiled, " Cayde. What has Zavala told you about following after girls." If Exos could blush Cayde would have, "That I'll get my ass kicked by one of them one day." Came the reply. "But you wouldn't do that to me would you?" He asked putting his arm on my shoulder. Sighing I started to walk away, "I'll be nice to you this time... But next time, I won't be so nice." I called over my shoulder as I walked into the plaza. From behind I hear him say "Damn! That girl is gonna get Zavala to kill me." Smiling at the though I walked down the hall towards the plaza.
As I walked into the center plaza I saw my ship fly over to the rail and open it's cockpit. Then I heard my ghost's voice in my head, "Hop in! I'm ready." I looked around then replied, "Give me one more minute. I'm going to the bounty master." Then I sprint off to the bounty robot, sliding to a halt next to him. He looked down and handed me a tablet. His metal voice said, "The Fallen have had more activity in the Cosmodrome. Several bounties have been placed on them. Accept what bounties you'd like to take." Nodding I scrolled through the tablet selecting three bounties. Unstoppable, Patrol Cosmodrome, and Knuckleduster. Giddy with excitement I run to the rail next to my ship, then begin to climb in. Struggling slightly I manage to get over the rail and have both hands on my ship. My ghost floats out of the ship and looks at me. It seemed to roll it's eye, then it floated under me and began to help push me in. After a few seconds of struggling I managed to pull myself up into the pilots seat.
I look at the controls and get worried. "I have no idea how to fly a ship." My ghost looks at me and nods slightly. "I'll fly us." Then he floats into the ship. After a second or two the engines whir to life and the cockpit lid closes. Rising slowly into the air we turn and burst off in the direction of the Cosmodrome.