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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]

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.]

[dreamsofahero]

*probably, yeah. Sion's getting close, or at least seems to be, but it's still just barely evading him, especially as he's trying to take care not to accidentally wedge whatever it is further into whatever crevice it's poking out of....*

[tearsofademon]

[...Is the crevice big enough for a tiny!spider to enter?]

[dreamsofahero]

*...possibly :|a*

[tearsofademon]

[Because Ryner does have a tiny!spider who could crawl in there and get it if you're not having luck...]

[dreamsofahero]

*well the problem is that even if Sion can reach it, it's hard to say whether he can GRAB it....*

[tearsofademon]

[True...]

Ahh, maybe Glen could reach...