[h3][center]Relica[/center][/h3]
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After making sure that her toolbox was securely locked, and chained to her workbench, Relica nodded to herself. Things were more or less set up, to a point where she could get most minor and mundane tasks done properly. Satisfied with her progress, the gremlin left her new station, curious to take a stroll around the temple grounds and take a gander and eavesdrop at what was going on in this place. The gossip between some farm-women made the little one roll her eye. They honestly believed a little shit-stain isle like Shizuyama could conquer all of Zipangu? Get real. If the most you could muster was a measly 1,000 soldiers, then there was no way you guys were ever going to expand. Or, at least, that was Relica's opinion.

She eventually came upon a [b][u]Monk[/u][/b], who accosted her for help. He wanted to travel somehwere that was [i]potentially[/i] dangerous in order to provide healing to the people there. Relica just raised an eyebrow, placing her hands on her sides and given the eastern cleric a once-over from top to bottom before responding.

[color=lime]"What kinda healing do they need, mister? 'Cuz if its just broken bones and injuries, that's fine. But if you're going somewhere where people're actually [i][b]sick[/b][/i] and [i][b]ill[/b][/i], you might wanna think things through. Helping those in need is noble and all, but if they're infected with some disease, you might get yourself infected. Then, when you return here, you might spread it to the folks in this temple. So, which is it? Injuries or illness?"[/color]

It wasn't that Relica was some kind of heartless monster (hah, the irony), but rather that she was trying to think rationally. Ayu had said that this temple was the largest gathering of Shizuyaman survivors on the entire island. If some well-meaning, but naive, monk went off to heal some small collective of dirty, unwashed and sickly peons and then caught their nasty himself... Well, he could end up doing more harm than good. the gremlin wanted to minimize the amount of unnecessary risks the taskforce and the natives would have to deal with, since there was already an enormous amount of obstacles working against them.

[color=lime]"If all you needa do is deliver medicine though, I think we could work out a way to do that without putting your health at risk."[/color] Relica then added, a smug smile appearing on her face as she hatched a cunning(?) plan in her noggin.