On the deck of the vacuum zeppelin stealthily hovering in the sky above Darkstar Manor two bizarrely clad women observed the Guardian far below. "We've met that guard clank in the days of old Ebeneezer Darkstar. We need to remain unnoticed. We have no defense against it." The taller of the two women continued, "Fortunately we can proceed with our original plan even though the clank was not foreseen. Frontal assault was never to be considered." The shorter women nodded. "We should have no problem entering through the roof access door as planned." "Remember, avoid the clanks but destroy them if needs must. It's the woman we're commissioned to abduct." The shorter woman considered this. "Remember if abduction is not possible, her death is permitted." The taller woman nodded. "However, compensation is greater for producing her alive so let us do our best to keep her so. It's time to begin..." Molly's art notes: Set up and rendered in Poser 12.0.500 with the Superfly Cycles 2 rendering engine. The Guardian is by Jonnte. The vaccuum zeppelin is by 1971s. Darkstar Manor is by RPublishing. The Skydome and manor grounds are by Flink. The taller air pirate is based on the Dawn mesh with shape and texture by Tempesta3d. The shorter air pirate is based on good ol' V4 also with shape and texture by Tempesta3d. Their gear is from DAZ. The zeppelin pilot is Cliff Secord by jibicoco and is based upon M3. If you wish to view the pictures and story in order it's easiest to do that at my Deviant Art site. The story begins at: https://www.deviantart.com/mollyfootman/art/Lilja-Darkstar-ponders-875997592 I loves me some steampunk!