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!

[...]

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_sheepy_npcs]

[ Maeve is slower to finish hers, letting it sit in the wrapper on his desk. She frowns, staring at the pastry for answers. If only pastries could talk, for they have hold all Truths within their sugary, baked goodness. But cupcakes are notorious liars and should not be trusted. This is why you must eat them on sight. ]

...Is this right? Getting them involved like this. What if we really find something there? I mean, I don't think we are, for the record, but... if we did, what do we do?

[ She pulls her lips into a thin smile. ]

Maybe I'm just over-invested. But... I like the people here. Really like them. I didn't think I would. And I don't want that to change.

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

...I don't think it will.

[His voice, when he speaks, is gentler by far than anyone has ever heard from him in recent memory.]

They've got... the right heart. Even with all they've seen. All the people they've met, the places they've discovered... They've made alliances with foreign cultures, they've met moral dilemmas they couldn't put into black and white, but... they're still Union. And sure, they go about it sometimes by being awfully self-righteous and naive, but... they learn and they grow.

The gods still love 'em, too, if their messing around so much is any sign.

But I don't think... you're going to stop liking them.

[bnw_sheepy_npcs]

Yeah...

[ Listening to what her brother had to say, Maeve lowered her head, surprisingly subdued. There was so much on her mind. ]

Anyway, this expedition of yours. What do you think is there? Do you think it's what we're looking for?

[bnw_wighty_npcs]

I think lots of things are there. ...Broken bits of glass and metal, probably angry Pokemon, a few exploding Electrode if we're lucky.

But here's hoping there's something more.

We're narrowing down the possibilities now.