[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Juni again tells the story of the artifacts. It matches up with what Geordie said. She knows a little more about them:

"The Four artifacts, hidden deep within the Skull Ruins. Forged from the steely flesh of Keenglaive. A helm to outrace the wind, a hauberk to protect and empower, a sword to pierce any defense, and a shield to weather any attack. They can only be wielded by warriors who are 'more than human.' Soon, our mystical arts will grant us that title, and we will carry the weapons against the Threat, which we expect to come sometime this decade. Ideal situation: that hotshot trainer gathers the weapons and dies, and we recover them from his corpse. More probably, he dies in there without finding them, and in our new forms we are able to find them ourselves."

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"I lead this clade of Water Scimitars. My superior is named Coral. His superior is a woman with immense power and knowledge, but I don't know her name. She lives alone, separate from the rest of the group. She runs the entire organization. I should point out that these two will not risk much to save me, but they WILL try to silence me. In fact, only the time shift prevents my equipment from self-destructing. I can further tell you that I have friends in high places, and my mother in particular will stop at nothing to see me freed. I'll put in a good word if you let me go."

"Nice? You can't get anywhere in life being nice, big guy. That's why you're here threatening me with your Pokemon like cowards. That's why Almanac is rich and you are a destitute wanderer. But bad? I don't know if there is such a thing. It's really none of my business what you think of my methods, but surely you have to see avoiding the end of the world as a good thing?"

"Anyone would be a Scimitar if they could. Our methods are far superior to Pokemon battling - safer, more versatile. More connected. And the world respects us. As for time travel, I already told you I sensed it with Alakazam's Trace."

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Terra's expression hardens as Juni describes their callous plan for Nathan's father, but beyond that he doesn't comment, save for this: ".....How would your.....mystical arts make you More Than Human? Seem to make you Scimitars less than human instead..."

Oh, burn!

As for the fate of the rest of the campers/Scouts, that earned her an even darker glare as he clenched his own fists to restrain any.....ungentlemanly conduct on his part and keep his voice an even tone.

"Where is the location of the base in Lake Chicory? How would we find it, and get in? What are the....defenses of it, and how many Scimitars are......housed there? Is the.....Scimitar leadership there too? Or are they somewhere else?"

He's relieved that the Mind Control Spell wouldn't have lasted forever, but doesn't show it as he continues to interrogate the witch woman.

"Moving camp? Who leads it? What are its numbers? Its.....common travel routes and......operations. Are their any.......secret ways planned to get into future cliff base?"

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"....Tell me more about Coral and......his boss. Power.....personality......capabilities......locations of them.......ties with groups outside of Scimitars. Everything you can about them. ....If you know your bosses would......kill you, why do you work for them? .....And who are your 'friends' and mother? What......resources and powers do they have, and.....what can they do to us?"

As to Juni's comeback to the group's treatment to her, he doesn't get even slightly angry, and only calmly retorts with this:

"Yes, you can. It is hard, but not impossible. We are only treating you like this because you deserve and earned it. Like my mother says: 'Do unto others, as they do unto you.' And you have done very bad by me, my friends, and many others. I warned you not to try and harm my group. Gave you chance to leave in peace. Told that you would regret it if you did not listen. Now....you do. You can not blame us for you treatment. Only yourself. Simple as that."

*Beat, then glares at Juni*

"I don't want to be a Scimitar. Neither do my friends, or anyone that knows how bad you all are, or can be. Saving world is a good thing, yes, but you don't have do evil to do it. That is what I believe."