Valspan's newest act of removing one of his meals was indeed disturbing. He sure had a theme and he was really sticking with it.  The policy Sin, and most of the rest, were adopting was to try and ignore as much of it as possible. Or at the very least adopt a don't ask, don't tell policy. Because really, asking one simple question about why he was doing this could send them down a rabbit hole of even more creepiness they'd probably just rather not even think about.<br/><br/>That wasn't the only odd thing going on though. It seemed nearly EVERYONE had taken to talking to themselves to some degree. Or, more accurately, talking to their demon tools and weapons occasionally, probably without even realizing they were doing it. The subtle, and not so subtle, changes to Sin and Seydon's behavior continued as well. In Sin's case she was actually being a little nicer to the crew and more understanding. So, most would probably agree that was an improvement. Seydon's attitude though... Hopefully Wiska could set him straight. As ridiculous as that sounded... Even though she acted like a child, they obviously had something important so if it came from her he might be more likely to actually listen.<br/><br/><br/>The Captain's playful chasing of Melissandra continued, but didn't seem to be much of a problem usually thanks to convenient distractions. Which were plentiful with this group. Even though Wiska was acting really childish as she attempted to strike back at Evelyn, Meli still helped her with restocking and repairing her spirit wards. Of course, as nice as this sounded it wasn't exactly smooth, just like the rest of their interactions. Melissandra was just playing along, taking the catfish's instructions for the most part. But if she found a more 'quality' ingredient or component than what the shaman insisted, she would try to sneak in her version or make her case for why '...' is far superior to '...' and so on leading to more arguments as obviously both of them "knew" their way was the right way to do everything.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Eventually though, all these things would seemingly drift away as they arrived in the cloudy city of cloud nine. It was indeed strange not to be able to see the sea below them any more, but Since made sure their course stayed steady.<br/><br/>From the dock the city seemed fairly normal and unassuming, aside from how cloudy everything seemed to be, like a constant lingering low hanging fog that never went away. Though as one walked through it, it easily parted and disappated in their wake before flooding in again to fill the empty spaces.<br/><br/>If one looked closely they would see everything had a touch of sea and sky. Even though the docks and buildings looked like those you would expect at any pier, for the most part, there was an abundance of kites and other aerial trinkets. Once you got past the pier and further into the town, you could see what appeared to be thermal air vents. Just large holes covered in grates that seemed to have a perpetually unending supply of fast moving air rushing through them.<br/><br/>What REALLY made this surprising though, would be the first time you saw someone casually step up to one, spread their arms or wings, then simply jump and let the vent propel them further into the town.<br/><br/>As Sin prepared to disembark, lowering a plank to the dock to head down towards Sulibra, she spoke up. "It's just Sin, no Vivian..." She groaned. No doubt Nonoke told her to say that...<br/><br/>Though she noticeably smiled as she took in the sight of the bloody devil, her home and dream all in one. As she was told Nonoke wanted to talk, she groaned again. "Of COURSE she does..." With a slight snear. Probably gonna ask them to go on yet another errand or quest, seemed there was no shortage of people ready to ask for such things. Though lately most of them claim to be God's or similar it seemed.<br/><br/>"I'm gonna see what the little..." She paused looking at Sulibra, rather than swearing as she originally intended she adjusted "ad-mi-ral... Wants." She said looking back to the rest. "Get started moving over the supplies we're keeping and try not to get yourself hurt or killed if you decide to explore, ok?" She said shaking her head as she began to head towards where Nonoke should be for their meeting. She would let the others decide what they wanted to do, whether it be accompany her or spend a little time moving over their supplies before exploring the weird little city in the sky.