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[tearsofademon]

[Today's brief audio message is brought to you by a 'gear that appears to have accidentally been turned on inside a bag or something. There is the sound of frantic running, and also the sound of lots of flapping of wings and... Zubat cries. At least two dozen of them.

Oh dear.]

Dammit Rose, this is why I told you to leave them alone!

["Clef clefairy!"]

No, you can't just knock them all out with Thunderbolt, and you already know why!

[...well, I wonder what a certain lazy mage is doing in a cave, of all places. And in trouble with a horde of Zubats, by the sound of it.

Then Sion's voice comes up on the recording. This probably doesn't come as much surprise, really.]

Well, we should still do something about this.... Dusk, try to warn them off with Flamethrower!

[and then there is the sound of an Absol breathing fire before the recording ends.]

Comments

[tearsofademon]

You mean you want to go another week without a shower? I'm shocked.

[the spot that glistened over here briefly was just some stray water or something, moving on]

[dreamsofahero]

I never said we couldn't stop at inns for the night along the way.

*water, crystal deposits, boy there sure are a lot of false leads in these caves...*

[tearsofademon]

I don't know if one night'd be enough for the birds.

[It'd almost be like they were toying with us, if the chance wasn't so low to begin with.]

[dreamsofahero]

It wouldn't be hard to alternate pairs each day.

*seriously he has like six flyers on his team alone.... and yes, it is quite tedious, isn't it?*

[tearsofademon]

Maybe for you.

[And it's not like there's a handy treasure map or anything even hinting at a possible location.]

[dreamsofahero]

You could borrow some of mine as well, you know. There's enough who know Fly, after all.

*nope, just the notes they've gathered from their research, which mostly just narrowed it to this whole general area....*

[tearsofademon]

I still say we should rest first.

[I suppose "somewhere in these islands" is more helpful than "somewhere in the ocean" or something.]

[dreamsofahero]

First we need to finish our investigation, in any case.

*well, yes, and this one in particular DID seem the most promising, or why else go over it so closely?*

[tearsofademon]

Yeah.

[It's sure not looking promising right now, that's for sure. What with water and crystal formations.]

[dreamsofahero]

*well, they have all day to keep at it, so....*

[tearsofademon]

[All day, and the next day, and the day after that if necessary...]

[dreamsofahero]

*precisely!*

[tearsofademon]

[so tiring... worth it, but so tiring...]

[dreamsofahero]

*nothing for it but to keep searching!*

[tearsofademon]

[Yup. Searching, searching, searching, because every glimmer could be something...]

[dreamsofahero]

*every sparkle, every oddly-shaped rock....*

[tearsofademon]

[every tiny bit of fungus that manages to get enough light to grow down here...]

[dreamsofahero]

*and then you get the things like--*

Ah, what's this...?

*--stuck in awkward corners that make it hard to get a good look at....*

[tearsofademon]

Hmm? Find something, Sion?

[coming over there to look]

[dreamsofahero]

I don't know yet.

*but there IS something glinting in the shadows there if you catch it at just the right angle--there, see it?*

[tearsofademon]

[Yes, and it doesn't look like water...]

Looks like it could be something...

[dreamsofahero]

*nods*

I wonder if we can reach it...

*attempting to do so even as he speaks*

[tearsofademon]

There's gotta be some way.

[He'll let you do that while he looks around to see if there's any other approaches in case you can't reach from there.]

[dreamsofahero]

*well, it's definitely pretty awkward-looking from this angle, and the dim light in the cave makes it even harder*

[tearsofademon]

[...he'd look for a stick, but this is the middle of a cave, so sticks are probably not going to be come by, huh.]