November 2011
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The Haunting of the Sappho, Part 6/6
Kieran’s chamber ceiling looks just the same as it looks every night: old metal, no longer gleaming Even her flesh limbs feel leaden, too heavy to move. After several hours of this, she gives up on sleep for the third night in a row and heaves off the bed. Her leg is still on. It’s telling that removing it at night is no longer a habit. Restlessness drives the captain out into the corridors of the...
October 2011
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(psttt you should look at the header photo for...
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The Haunting of the Sappho, Part 5/6
“There are spiders in my engine room,” Camille muttered one morning as she cleaned cobwebs off of a piston. She grimaced. One of her favorite things about being a mechanic was the lack of such creatures. The heat of the engine usually kept arachnids away. She eyed the scuffed metal warily, waiting to see movement. A black body, a leg…
Camille picked up a rag and spent the next hour on a...
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The Haunting of the Sappho, part 4/6
The first time she saw them, she was on a simple reconnaissance mission. Henrietta and two of her squad mates were to scout out locations for a new military base to be built. A simple task. Henrietta liked these kinds of missions; it was wonderful being away from the political drivel and rampant sexism that was prevalent in the military. Being up in the skies allowed her time to relax and think...
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The Haunting of the Sappho, Part 3/6
When Sophie Everwood stowed away came aboard The Good Ship Sappho, she discovered the captain’s myriad of felines in almost every nook and cranny of the ship, including the kitchen. Now, the cook did not mind the occasional kitty in the least- that is, until the event-of-which-we-will-not-speak-of-in-front-of-Sophie-ever-again. (Let’s just say the crew ran out of lemon, salt, and fire...
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The Haunting of the Sappho, Part 2/6
“What’s she doing in there?” Kaeden whispered to herself. It’s less accurate to say that Kaeden spoke to herself than to say that even when other people were around to hear her, Kaeden addressed her remarks and questions to the world as a whole.
At that particular moment, the question was addressed to the grimy corridor adjacent to the Sappho’s engine room. Kaeden crouched...
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The Haunting of the Sappho (Part 1/6)
The October mist hung heavy in the sky surrounding the dirigible Sappho. No moonlight was visible past the thick fog and clouds that engulf the small ship. The sound of unnatural silence is shattered with the clunk of metal on metal that echoes throughout the hull of the ship.
Elisabet’s eyes snapped open to the sound of disparate footsteps reverberating through the metal of her...
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As promised, today’s selection is...
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Brass Tacks #56
Sophie says:
One fine day, Sophie decided to visit Elisabet in her quarters. Unfortunately, when the cook walked in Elisabet happened to be cleaning and organizing her various needles and syringes. Sophie avoided her crew-mates’ door for a fortnight.
After a spontaneous visit, Kieran avoids Elisabet’s quarters for a completely different reason.
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Brass Tacks #55
Sophie says:
It’s true that Kieran Von Rosenhart spends so much of her time in the air that being on solid earth makes her queasy.
However, it isn’t true that being sober makes her disoriented.
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Sophie's Electronic Journal of Cooking Endeavors...
Ah, it seems that ‘The Sunshine State’ finally got the telegram notifying it of the changing season. The temperature is quite bearable, even at noon, and I even found myself needing my shawl this evening! I can hardly wait until I can keep my window open all the live long day without feeling that midday heat. As you can see, dear readers, I simply adore the autumn season, weather wise....
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Brass Tacks #54
Kaeden is compelled to remind her fellow women that corsets heavily impair one’s range of motion, which incidentally is how she bloodied her shin last Tuesday.
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Brass Tacks #53
Sophie says:
Henrietta once won an expensive bottle of spirits from the Captain in a game of poker. Henrietta has taken the position of dealer ever since.
That deck has three aces of spades.
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Doctor Fantastiques Show of Wonders, Steampunk... →
goodshipsappho:
Doctor Fantastiques is an up and coming steampunk magazine, help them out, they have fabulous incentives, and it only takes a few minutes! Even if you can’t donate, at least reblog this message!!!
Ok so Im reblogging this so everyone will see, if you donate $20 or more to Doctor Fantastiques, I will paint a steampunk portrait of you (watercolor only, about 6x9 sized)
If you...
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Doctor Fantastiques Show of Wonders, Steampunk... →
Doctor Fantastiques is an up and coming steampunk magazine, help them out, they have fabulous incentives, and it only takes a few minutes! Even if you can’t donate, at least reblog this message!!!
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Brass Tacks #52
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Since she works among a large amount grease in the engine rooms, Cami naturally has grease spots all over her person at any given time. She insists (to Sophie) that she does indeed wash up before coming to dinner but that doesn’t stop Sophie from eyeing her grease spots from afar with suspicion.
Speaking in third person: all the cool kids are doing it.
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Brass Tacks #51
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Sophie constantly creates fabulous, rich desserts for all the crew to share. Kieran waits for the other shoe to drop.
Kieran’s paranoia has served her well in the past.
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Brass Tacks #50
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Sophie’s tried many an odd food in her lifetime: chicken heart, raw conch, rambutan and the like. However, one mundane food just cannot pass her teeth without a complaint: potatoes
Which is a shame, because potatoes are cheap and smuggling is not a regular source of income.
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Sophie's Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities #2
Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)
Pronunciation: (ram-boo-tan); Malay for “hairy”
Origin: Southeast Asia (Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, etc)
Description: When ripe, it is a lovely shade of red and is about two to three inches long. Easily identifiable by its “spikes” which cover the entire surface, but fear not, they don’t bite. Rambutans bear...
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While I was strolling through the market, I stopped to examine the plentiful fruits and vegetables to see if there were any new and exciting things to try. You see, ever since I began my college adventures, I vowed to expand my culinary horizons. I wanted to give all the foods my younger tongue denied a second chance, perhaps my mature taste buds will welcome strange, new flavors. And then I saw...
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Brass Tacks #49
Elisabet says:
During the summer season the crew of the Sappho can often be seen running around the ship in their bloomers and undershirts.
It’s not as exciting as pin ups would lead you to believe.
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Brass Tacks #48
Victoria is the sole nurse of the floating port of Flotsam. It affords her unbelievable job security.
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Brass Tacks #47
Kaeden supports the Suffragettes because of the essays she’s read: John Stewart Mill’s “The Subjection of Women” and Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”.
Henrietta supports the Suffragettes because of the way her superior officers looked at her, even after she proved her skills.
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In honour of the month of October, and...
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Brass Tacks #45
The emblem of the Good Ship Sappho is a calla lily growing out of a gear. The gear for smuggling and modernity, the calla for its funereal association.
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Brass Tacks #44
As pirates of lore had the Jolly Roger, airship pirates fly flags of gears* and steam, thus exalting the technological advances that make their profession possible.
*The Committee for the Promotion of the Rights of Industrial Workers claims that they have a copyright on the image of a five-pronged copper gear. Pirates generally ignore their “cease and desist” letters.
