Oni stood with everyone else, crowding around the Major and the carton she was next to. He didn’t know enough about the contents to feel one way or the other, and figured it was just prep for the remainder of their trip. When she’s taken out the parachutes, Oni knew what they were on sight, but as he caught his with a small “umph!” he couldn’t help but be confused as to just what the fuck was going on. He carefully strapped himself in and felt numb. Knowledge of the chute was the only thing keeping his body moving. He’d never actually been dumb enough to go beyond researching jumps!<br/><br/>His face was much more pale than usual, and as he finished the last strap, he took the helmet from the woman with a mumble of thanks. Thanks for nothing, maybe. Thanks for having him strap a fucking chute to his back to take a look at the wild blue yonder. He jacked in the Altimeter software, and he was quickly able to see a readout of their current altitude from his “bad” eye.<em>’Fuck me, if that isn’t sweet’</em>he thought, his nervousness temporarily displaced by the wonder of a new toy.<br/><br/>“What…what do you mean explode?” Oni asked, as if he really needed explained to him. He didn’t know about anyone else, but Maria might have needed a hand, so he went closer to her in case she needed help. She was going to have them dump out over Trinidadian airspace, blow the fucking airship, and have us land who-the-fuck knows where. Sounds like a plan, right? Great big plan! He was too out of it to notice yet another feeble attempt to degrade his manhood, but he would have gave it about the same attention even if he was fully able to communicate at the time.<br/><br/>“Yes…yes, of course Major…” Oni  replied half-dreamily. He was about to see if any of that useless data  he’d stored still held weight in the sky. In most cases, the data called for a hatch to jump out of. He was about to ask about a hatch of just that type when the Major spoke of opening the pod bay doors. That’s when it hit him. He looked down, and in that split second saw everything. The airship was chosen with the bay doors in mind, He didn’t know why, he just did what was told of him. He saw the long crack that represented the bay doors, and had just enough time to jump to the side to safety but not enough distance.<br/><br/>He slid down the bay door screaming “FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK!” before he tumbled out into the blue end over end, before he was able to settle himself facing the departing airship. He made sure to keep an eye out for the others. Last thing the directions said to look out for was bunching up.<br/>