Editing Stranded in fantasy (section)

==Journal Entry 290==

We have gathered supplies and subtly moved all our stuff to the castle and then to the hidden airfield.  It took a good two hours to scrape off the damn Winterfield royal seal.  We loaded up and then stalled when we realized none of us are qualified to fly this thing.  We've seen airships piloted but actually piloting them is a different matter.  The controls looked simple.  A ship's wheel, an inset orb next to it that we think controls altitude by rolling it and a lever that we think controls speed.  We sat down on deck and had a discussion of who was the most qualified of us to pilot it.  After an hour of getting nowhere with that, Mike had an idea.  What ever happened to that captain we arrived with on our first trip here?  Is she even in town anymore and can she pilot airships?  So Jason and I returned to the city and scoured for her.  Sure enough, we found her working as a tavern wench, saving for enough to start up her own land bound trade route with Brightly.  She did in fact know how to pilot airships and was more than willing to be hired onto our crew as long as we paid her more than what she was making at the inn.  So we got a new member on the team, Airship Pilot Marika Hajna.  We got all loaded up again, detached from the air dock and lifted off.  It was amazing.  Then we realized we had no idea where we were.  I figured we were in the woods between Winterfield and Brightly but Alex pointed out that the trees were wrong.  We could be north or west of the kingdom borders.  We flew in wide circles for hours until we spotted the coast.  So we had to have been west of Winterfield.  We started heading east and by nightfall, were passing over the city.  So we wasted a day.  We came in and landed at the airship port and hoped no one would recognize the ship.  We registered at the dock for the night.  There was no fee.  Come morning, we'll begin our trip to Aeyllin.  Maybe we'll take some passengers and make some extra money.