Koa
"That's sounds OK. Is that the only tape left, though? The other two tapes were hidden in rooms like this one, so if there's any more I can't really accept until I've found 'em all, yeah?"
"Now now, do you expect us to give away information for FREE..?"
"Although, three little lights, two burning green now... You do the math, fella."
"And uh... is there gonna be something else chasing me, if we make this deal?"
"I mean, the other two tapes had things guarding them, but to get to this room normally you'd have to deal with 'em, yeah? So at that point the worst thing that'd happen to you is you bump your head on a wall... unless somethings waiting to get me after I grab this tape."
"He IS cheating..!"
"Hehehe... Not that we care."
"Perhaps the one who might be coming once those lights go out does."
"Hehehe, yes... Dear old Jack will pay a visit as a last challenge..!"
"The real one, or the fake one..?"
"That IS a good question, isn't it..?"
The creatures cackle, not seeming to answer any further inquiries about the cryptic answer... But seeming to at least have hinted that something would indeed be chasing him down.
Not that he could care immediately though, of course needing to achieve 100% completion here. Or, at least, as close as he can get with his skillset... First returning back yet again to the right side of the maze, looking for the elusive Tm machine... And finds it! Seems it offers a Thief TM, which he quickly claims in return for a piece of candy... Before finally returning back to the entrance, where he performs the trade.
"Good luck."
"You're gonna need it."
The duo gives a last chuckle, as the torch gets turned off, and the maze gets plummeted into darkness... But while he has loft plans to try out, it seemed that things wouldn't be quite as easy.
For as he turned around, he'd end up staring straight down the initial little entranceway of the maze... And there, at it's end, it already was. Not that Koa could see it's actual shape, but the fact something was there was unmistakable... Given a pair of red glowing eyes was staring him down.
"And so our game begins."
Alex, Haley, Bjorn
"Magic? ...What? Wouldn't draining a subtence generally not do that? Silver, copper and gold are typically good conductors but removing something from them would make it worse. What was the crystal originally made out of before the process?"
"Removing the electricity from such metals, though, makes them more able to carry current. A good example would be a water pipe. It's full of water. There's more water around. The water doesn't move. Then it's empty.
The water that's around it moves into the pipe. Hrm, though if it's magic they're removing, I doubt magic is the energy, though they're connected. Maybe it's more like filtering sand out of the pipe."
"It is likely something like that, yes. "
Haley makes a remark asking about Plasma, but is met only by apparent confusion from the two godslayers... Either they don't know what you are talking about, or are keeping one hell of a poker face.
"Goser? Eugh, that guy was a dick. Shot us with magic because we thought he was up to something. Which, to be fair, was actually justified, him having managed to sneak an entire force of armed men, who I assume also didn't have licenses, into a crowded stadium. However you look at that, he's planning a massacre. And then there was the machine in that stadium, which we were certain was to further the assumed massacre, and he tried to convince us it was some sort of bomb so we wouldn't break it- He's a terrible liar, by the way- ... Basically, the entire reason we don't trust the Godslayers is Goser being a suspicious dick and the Eulers shooting us. And your business model being "Kill all the world's gods, because there's no way that could fuck up the planet's ecosystem! Seriously guys, you're going to disrupt some magical balance or something and bring about Armageddon with that. Eventually some of the gods will decide you're actually a threat and just destroy everything to be safe. I'm still not sure you don't have one of them inside that machine of yours. Never seen a god's aura, so I dunno, maybe it would be different from "The glory of the universe is convalescing into this single spot" like that, but you never know until you smash it, and since you've been so civil I'm not going to do that... Long story short, screw Goser."
"... What?"
"...Hold one moment."
"You are saying you met Goser at a stadium? Tell me... More about this."
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Later, the party reconvenes back on the path... Haley the only one that bothers responding to the Spark.
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... Wait. You met... Godslayers there?!
I didn't know..! They have... Some kind of mechanism to avert my gaze... :(
You were supposed to just go in, get yourself a mega stone or two, and walk out with the reward... Not this! :(
This does explain the unexplained injuries... :/
As for the machine... I can't actually "read" it from just a picture I'm afraid. It's shielded just as much as the rest of the godslayers...
But on first glance I would say they are... Trying to manipulate mega energy directly..?
That's... Worrying.
"I'm sorry guys, I didn't see the second pilot. They pulled a gun on us. Did we win?"
"Nope. I convinced them to talk things over."
"You what?! After all the things these assholes - sorry Luna! - have been doing lately, you wanna have a chin wag?!"
"I'm not exactly getting buddy-buddy with them, but they were stronger than us. You were unconscious. In the best case scenario everyone would have been seriously injured. So I did the one thing I get right. I spoke. I made them stop fighting, I got you, and the rest of us, out of there without any more bullet holes. What was done to Regifae, what they intend for the rest of the gods, it's unacceptable, but there's no point in fighting an impossible battle. So I chose to protect everyone here as best I could."
"...I'm not sure if we couldn't have pulled through, but they were tough. Above all, I think, they mostly didn't want to fight themselves. Which... Doesn't mean they might not still have been part of the problem. Just that they at least keep a semblance of civility."
"I... I don't know."
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Disjointing the conversation a bit, but oh well.
Irene
Ochrana's bad luck streak keeps up, as the Sandile keeps needing to use his rock tomb attacks... Dealing 25(4) damage.
(31/21)Etoile 12/73 recalled
(23)Rythem 23/104 recalled
(20/22) Ochrana 43/63 -1 SPD +2 evasion, +4 save checks excited (1), motivated (1)
(17)Shock 63/78
(16)Murkrow KO
(15)Sandile lightly injured
(14)Mightyena recalled
(5)Sableye KO
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Belatedly realized that the sandile probably couldn't have used bite, not that it makes a lot of difference with his other move...
Izzy
"Oh yeah, that guy! He has this huge fedora, right? I saw him as he was leaving Jack's place, just after their meeting I guess. Think Jack called him 'Mephisto'?"
"Yeah- That's the hat he was wearing, too."
"But yeah, Jack mentioned there was something up. Told me to steer clear of that tower, stick to places where the Kingsmen are active. Or the Junkrats, if since they're pretty much neutral? Speaking of which, me and Koa ran into one of them earlier! He told us about this little market they've got going on, and where to find it. It's probably too late to go now, but maybe you'd like to join us in the morning, before you leave? You might be able to trade some of those braces you make for something cool, I dunno."
"Maybe..? I'll think about it. I think I'll mostly need that medicine and some provisions, really..."
"Well....you got out eventually? Yay?"
"Woohoo. Where's the confetti..?"
"Anyway, we've managed to book a room at this inn place. So you don't have to worry finding anywhere to stay tonight. As long as you guys are cool with sharing, of course."
"Yeah... That's what you sent that message earlier today for, right?"