Doxi, the engineer, and the two marines made their way to the temple.  Or as Cassie mentioned, back to the temple.  She joked that it was where she had been staying, had woken up this morning, and had already returned to once.  But she didn't appear to be complaining, just joking that she was wearing a rut in the cobblestones.  When Doxi mentioned that Janmorel could show them around, Cassie mentioned that she had been staying here at the temple for more than two weeks, and likely knew the temple better than Janmorel did.  Though she was quick to admit that it couldn't be anywhere near as well as Doxi, who had grown up there might.  They decided to socialize in the courtyard while Doxi met with her mother, Janmorel, a true futa, always was interesting to the priests and priestesses of Shoni, who considered such a thing to be a blessing from the goddess.  The temple was in fact one of the places the mousey engineer never seemed to feel too shy, but instead seemed accepted.<br/><br/>Doxi met with her mother in the office of the High Priestess, so this was to be a very official meeting apparently.  Her mother was seated behind a large and very sturdy wooden desk.  A desk that Doxi remembered bending over several times to take spankings as a child.  She also remembered bending over it several times as an adult for much more sensual and pleasant reasons.  But her mother was attired in her usual garb befitting her station and seemed to have no interest in sex or idle chatter today.<br/><br/>"Captain Dox Droxii," she said formally, "Thank you for coming.  Late last night, far past twelfth bell, I received a message from a House Sivis Gnome carrying a message.  It was from Master Kad, the head of the monastic arm that resides at Dragon's Roost.  As I'm sure you know, Dragon's Roost is an ancient monastic temple that was converted into a temple for Shoni almost sixty five years ago."<br/><br/>Doxi did know this, and also knew that it was the center for the resurgence across Khorvaire in the worship of Shoni.  Followers of Ah'mie and of the more widely accepted religions had all but driven Shoni worship into hiding before that.  Quite literally the main church of Shoni was in Sharn, but had fallen, leaving worship of Shoni to only the most remote and secretive homes.  But Dragon's Roost had changed that.  Training clerics, paladins, monks, and warriors all under the tutelage of Shoni, they had cranked out some of the fiercest combatants to see the end of the great war.  A fact that was only made the better as they often refused active aggressive duties in the various nations they served under, choosing instead to act as home guard troops.  In this way they spread the worship of Shoni much more openly then it had been in nearly a thousand years.   Dragon's Roost was the ashes that the pheonix of Shoni's worship had risen from.  While it held no actual sway over any other temple, and was in essence hierarchically the same as the temple here in Blackpeak, it was afforded much respect due to it's past.   Shoni also knew that the temple was run by a triumvirate, the head of the monastic wing, who she now guessed was this Master Kad, the high priestess of the temple, and the mistress at arms.  So a letter from the master of the monastic wing of the temple was likely important.<br/><br/>All these thoughts came in short order, Pas had not stopped talking, and Doxi listened intently, "Master Kad writes that he knows that there are two places where Airships and their captains can be easily hired; Sharn and Blackpeak.  But he said that he needs a mission and a crew that is able to keep things quiet and not unwilling to break some rules if need be.  He couldn't grant me any details, but said that the Job would entail transporting a VIP, and would likely take several days if not weeks.  You were my first thought, the job may be dangerous, he wouldn't say why, but it was implied.  But I know that you're not currently working on a job, nor have a prospect on the immediate horizon.  I also know that your current lover, Lady Serra, is quite busy putting her new... ahem... 'house' into order.   So I thought this job may be something you'd be interested in."<br/><br/>She softened then, slipping for a moment into the role of mother / lover, "I just thought this would be a good job for you Doxi."  She finished with a smile.