The princess' ears perked at the voices she heard, tilting her head sideways to better make them out, though the comments made her scoffed slightly. Women, being bad luck? Sure, Eva wasn't exactly armed or really good with weapons or guns, but that didn't exactly make her helpless or some damsel in distress. Not to mention, it didn't matter who the other woman was - she didn't deserve that sort of disrespect, that was, unless she was actually a bitch - someone who was mean and spiteful, then maybe. Eva didn't know her well enough to condone her being called such names though and huffed.

Biting her lip, she quickly opened the door to the engine room and slipped inside, her mind now dividing between two possibilities; exploring the system laid out before her and trying to figure out the realistic probability of running into pirates. The majestic view of engines themselves gave her pause though. Honestly, it had never been a complicated system, though the safeties in place were probably the hardest to really follow. Still, it was simple; throw mana-infused coal into a furnace which then heated a steam boiler, then wait for the steam pressure to build and begin turning the turbines, which in turn rotated a magical lined silver ring around the engine crystals. With the conduction of the metal spinning around them, the crystals would begin to pulse, giving the real life and energy to the rest of the ship in the form of mana, letting lights light up, stoves get hot, and propelling the entire ship upwards into the sky. It was taking mechanical energy and converting it into magical, the ratio being roughly one joule to a ten joules.

Besides all the theory behind it all, there was another reason she enjoyed magitech so much - it wasn't messy. It might have seemed like a girly thing to be worried about, especially for someone who wanted to get into this type of engineering, but it was just one of Eva's pet peves. It was strange to realize how clean and neat magically infused items were though, given that mana was drawn from the air and magically-attuned minerals were as natural (though perhaps not common) as a bush or a tomato plant. She walked over to the pile of mana-infused coal and grabbed one, looking over how the mana shell kept all of it in place - even the coal dust to maximize the efficiency of the fuel. Infusing anything, even coal, was tricky and often expensive so it was good that once the crystals started pulsing, you didn't need the steam turbine anymore as they drew mana for additional fuel after the initial jump start.

Eva spun around on her heels for a moment and sighed. Should she really be worried about pirates though? Realistically? It was always a possibility, but she wasn't sure what she could do besides perhaps booby-trap rooms. She didn't exactly feel comfortable doing that because if she did, what happened if a crew member came by and triggered it all? Biting her lip again, she took a seat on one of the chairs surrounding a table - probably there for when members had to watch the engines but also wanted to play cards. She supposed she could start building some easy to setup trap with a shard-powered pistol or something, but didn't really have the materials handy. Eva had only packed away her notebook, some fair amount of money, and a wardrobe. She looked down to fiddle with her magitech ring, housing four compartments of mini pocket dimensions, much like bags of holding - her own idea though she needed to commission it's construction. Her thoughts suddenly soured though, sighing as she hoped she [i]really[/i] didn't have to deal with pirates. There was no telling what they'd do to her... maybe she should've been smarter about the ship she chose to board.

Some time passed before Eva drew in a large breath and lifted herself back up. She couldn't stay in here forever and had gotten her fill of actually seeing the equipment up close. Perhaps later she would really climb up close and examine the machinery to see how it was specifically designed. However for now, she wanted to go back to her room and start settling down. It only took her a few minutes before she was in the hallway that lead to all the guest rooms and she gave pause as she noticed someone coming from the opposite stairway...