[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Most places won't take it outright, but every town in Creshire has a bank or pawn shop or something who can easily deal in this bullion.

Arachnautilus ignores Terra's admonishment, of course.

(...)

Cosh: "We're on it. Shouldn't take long, even without Arachnautilus."

A bit later, he gets Arachnautilus to head up and lend her strength anyway. Soon the Scimitars have hauled up a mass of coral encrusted around a chain shirt made from hundreds of Keenglaive spikes, alternating fiery white and impenetrable blackness. Cosh Smashes away a chunk of coral and worms his normal hand and shoulder inside the armor. Immediately, the coral is blasted off in all directions, and Cosh can easily shrug into the Artifact. It flashes to acknowledge him.

"Finally! My status as someone more than human is acknowledged at last. Let us experiment! Gently, mind you!"

(...)

"I see. This central piece of armor must help to coordinate the others. There is no doubt our forefathers were foresighted when they created this great work of art!"


The Scimitars are ready to rest for the night, and they make sure to ward the area against any errant Slowbro and build a makeshift two-room shelter atop one of the surface-level ships. "This is most likely the right way. Our shelter will guard the entrance against any other entity seeking deeper Layers. And after a rest, we'll be ready to move on!"

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"...do you REALLY have to brag about it, Cosh?"

Nathan still finds this whole thing rather distasteful.  Mostly because of Cosh himself.

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Naturally, Nathan finds Terra's update on the Dark Shellder/Slowbro incredibly disturbing.  He can't help but shudder when he hears about that, and a part of him is glad he didn't go down there...

...he sure hopes this isn't an omen of things to come...

Well, at least everyone got more healing supplies.  Those should come in handy.  And they'll hopefully be enough, so long as they're all careful...

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Obviously! Still, wouldn't be Terra if he didn't get on to someone about Language! His mother was raised him to be a good sense of manners, and expects the same from out of others too!

(...)

Witnessing the Master Scimitar pure joy and satisfaction at claiming The Haulberk for himself, the sagely monk couldn't help but cross his and nod approvingly at his partner, a slight but noticeable smile on his lips.

"You wear The Artifact well, Cosh. Good.  May it serve you and everyone with greatly, and you use it's powers goodly and responsibly."

If they would allow, Terra would also help them test it out, as why wouldn't he help his partner out? Plus, he gets to learn more about The Haulberk personally himself, and it would be a chance to further build camaraderie between the two of them!

Nathan's grouching gets them a mildly admonishing look from Terra, before he turned his attention back to Cosh and nodded.

"Yes, I agree. Old Cheshirians must have been.....amazing and smart to make the Artifacts. Wonder if people now could ever make something like them, someday. Hm...."

(...)

Terra has no qualms with his mighty magical mage of a partner's and the other Scims camping + travel plans, and after making dinner he would soon retire for the night (And offering Solomon's Heal Pulses for anyone that needed them.....

....but not before he sought out his friend Nathan, walking up to them with Oinari dozing lightly on his shoulder looking......worried. If they were sitting/laying down, he do so beside them.

"....Nathan? Can we talk?"