[center][h1][color=00aeef]Link[/color][/h1][/center]
    
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    [center][color=00aeef][b]Level 5[/b] [/color] - (52/50) + 1[/center]

[center]Location: The Bottomless Sea[/center] 
[@DracoLunaris]
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Link cocked an eyebrow as the pair of sleeping minions were roused from their drunken slumber and started babbling in an language entirely unknown. "That's new." He said, relaxing as it didn't seem like either of them wanted to go for their weapons. He had just taken it for granted that the two of them would be understandable if they were willing to talk. 

The mystery was discarded as a loud whoop cut its way through the rain, drawing their attention back towards the sea lab and the elevator therein. Thinking that the building had finally noticed their intrusion, he stumbled in to catch his first look of the lord of the laboratory and his frightful creations. At the very least the grotesque, bulbous people didn't seem outwardly hostile. If anything they were a bit vacant as they filtered past the seekers toward the doors.

The end of their journey soon appeared, rising out of the sea just off the platform. A monstrous boat the size of the island, a gaping maw hungry for its guests. The man in the green armor confirmed as such. So that was The Maw. Just like that, they were placed at the crossroads.

First, though, there was the matter of Shippy and the Abyssals. Sakura offered the suggestion the Junior could just warp them away, which Junior informed them would be a one way trip. "Even if its one way, I think you should send Shippy home at least. I don't like the idea of leaving her at the mercy of a man willing to feed...something like that." He said, giving a sour look toward The Maw. "Just give me time to go and get all the supplies out of the hold if we do."

Even if he disliked the thing itself, though, he still found himself agreeing with Bowser's plan again. "I say we take take on The Maw. We know hardly anything about either of our options, but there are three things pointing me in that direction. The first is that that monster out there defiantly feels like the greater of two evils and I would really like to put an end to it. The second is if we take The Maw then we're free to go wherever we like. And last, the woman in the black coat must of known about this lab if she knew about the Dead Sea and she still suggested the Maw. If she wants us to succeed, then that means The Maw is likely a safer path than traversing this underwater labyrinth."

He would ultimately bend to party consensus, but he had been of the mind to take the Maw since he had first learned of the option and nothing he had seen today had changed his mind.