Sigrid and Cassius were guided into the ship's hangar, which could be described as nothing short of state-of-the-art. It was... Surprisingly empty, hosting only a few, half-disassembled Masklions and Gespensts. Clearly the ship's contingent of mobile weapons was what had been encountered on the outskirts... victims of the Dino DAMON. They were guided by telltales into a pair of berths, which easily situated both the cutting-edge Kerberlion and te Elemental Machine Jaohm.
As they disembarked, however, they would be greeted with an unfamiliar sound... Especially to those who had taken up the sword of Terra Sentinel:
A thunderous roaring, and deafening peals of...
Applause.
Below, the various crew of the ship had flooded out of its hallways, cheering, whistling, and clapping their hands. Engineers, deck crew, cooks - it seemed the entire ship had turned out to welcome their saviors. The two were greeted by a cascade of handshakes and back-slaps as they touched the floor, and it would have felt like an eternity before the crowd seemed to part as a bellowing voice - the same as before, filled the air.
"ALRIGHT! That's enough of that!"
An unusual pair made their way through the throng, the former simply elbowing and shoving his way past his subordinates. He was blonde, middle aged, and more than a little... rotund, with natural curls of blonde hair that had ineffectively been slicked back, leaving them slightly frayed about the edges. His uniform, in comparison to the practical ones he was surrounded with, was far more ornate - as though he had it commissioned himself, decorated with lustrous medals of various sources.
He made his way up to the two of them, craning his neck up and squinting against the light. He thrust a hand of sausage like figures towards Price, wiping it on his pantleg before doing so, saying - loudly, as it appeared he had almost no other method:
"I am Force Commander Maximillian Pendleton the Third! Captain of this fine vessel, the Hringhorni Class Hecatoncheires! Welcome aboard, Commander Piece, Captain Corpse!"
"...That's Commander Price, and Captain Korppi."
The woman accompanying him towered over him in stature - and what immediately stood out was not only her height, but her lavender blue skin, pointed teeth, and the pair of horns jutting from her forehead... An abhuman, an oni. Compared to him, she was more sensibly dressed, but compared to the stereotypical image of her kind, she seemed... Poised, carefully contained... Yet, there was no doubt that her slender frame contained more than enough power to break every man in that room over her knee. She had leaned over to tell Pendleton, supposedly quietly - a difficult feat for an Oni, no doubt.
Pendleton simply scowled in return, rumbling back:
"That's what I said!"
The blue-skinned woman gave the two a polite smile - again full of those pointed, supposedly bone-gnashing teeth.
"...And I am the ship's Executive Officer, or XO for short... Onishi Kina. What Commander Pendleton means is... Thank you both for saving us." - She gave a slight bow, the very picture of Japanese politeness -
"...The crew of the Heca are in your debt."