Expedition #3

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

Hey.

[The Warp Band flickers on to display a face that's perhaps slightly more recognizable now.]

Slackers.

It's great that you've found a city filled with magical megalomaniacs - don't worry; this counts as hometown pride - but I think you're all forgetting something equally important and worthy of attention.

[Ceilto spins a whiteboard near him fast enough that it's impossible to make out what's on it until it comes to a stop. ...Facing the wrong way.]

Eh.

[One more spin. ...It's a map. The map of everything known to Union, with Sanctuary far off to the west beyond the borders and several areas marked off in green with a check-mark. A triangle in the Wildwoods has been circled in red.]

Crumbling stone and bits of pottery and such!

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Yeah, we're low on funds again, and we need to find something worthwhile. Seekers, assemble. We're heading out in two days. Everyone else, feel free to speak up and say how much you want to tag along.

...What all did you find in the other ruins, anyway, and how come none of the cash made it back to us?

((Looking for at least two to three people for this! Preferably more, but two-three minimum! Log will be going up tomorrow or the next day.))

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[bnw_wighty_npcs]

The Sea God?

[Running his fingers along a bookshelf, Ceilto locates the correct file and flips it open.]

Same one some of you saw in that time travel trip a few months back?

[lunchleader]

I think so, yeah. Definitely not the one I saw, but I'm pretty sure I heard someone in my theater group mention it a while back.

Only the god wasn't home; his...Seadra...esque? Friend was there. Shiny one, too. He asked for stories in order to get to know us better, and I told him the one about Momotarou.

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

I'd be pretty surprised if that monstrosity was just hanging out in the middle of the swamp.

What's a Momotarou?

[lunchleader]

No kidding!

And Momotarou is a Who, not a what. He's the star of an old children's tale that Grandpa used to tell me when I was little.

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

Please tell me it was entertaining enough that you didn't manage to bore or offend the messenger of the gods.

[lunchleader]

Nah, nothing like that. He actually liked it. I should tell you the tell sometime, actually; it's pretty fun. Or get you a copy of the tale in book form.

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

I await this coming moment with bated breath.

...Or you could just do it now; it's not as if I've got much else to do.

[lunchleader]

Really? Well, then...

[Right clears his throat and starts telling The Tale of (Poke-) Momotarou]

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

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I don't understand.

Why didn't they just step on him?

[lunchleader]

Because...he was too big? I mean, he grew up, so I guess he was as tall as us.

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

But he came out of a Pecha Berry.

...Why did he come out of a berry? Is this a secondary human method of reproduction I've somehow missed in my classes? Have I been doing this wrong?

[lunchleader]

But it was a huuuuge Pecha Berry! [Right gestures to indicate something about as big as a Graveler.]

And I dunno - I think it was just something the Gods did in that story?

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

Did you ask the Seadra if the Sea God knew anything about human-Pecha Berry reproduction?

[lunchleader]

Why would I need to? It's just a kid's tale - and a fun one, too!

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

It's important to follow through on these things. What if it's more than a kid's tale? What if we've got the secret to a fascinating new insight on human development here?