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Guest Starring: [color=ea590c]Edward[/color] [b]&[/b] [color=92278f]Sectonia[/color]

[b]Word Count:[/b] 1,078
[b]Level 9 Ganondorf:[/b] 18/90
[b]Exp Gained:[/b] +2
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 19/90

[h3]Alpine Climb - Base Camp[/h3][/center]

When at last Ganondorf finally linked back up with the stagecoach, he wasted no time. He summoned his Moblins and set them to work helping Sectonia’s antlers set up what would be the Seekers’ camp for the night. With that being done, Ganondorf was finally left with a little bit of spare time to go over what he found during his climb. He recounted the 15 crystal fragments he mined to make sure they were all accounted for before checking on the mystery berry he picked up as well.

[color=797979]”As I thought.”[/color] Ganondorf grunted with a sigh, [color=797979]”I don’t have the knowledge to appraise these things myself.”[/color]

As he milled about the camp while the moblins and antlers set it up, Ganondorf held one of the crystalline fragments he found during his ascent in the caverns. At a glance it looked like a precious gemstone of some kind, which would give it selling value. But was there more to it? Unfortunately Ganondorf was not that familiar with ores and gems. However, he was fairly certain another member of the Seekers would be more capable of properly appraising these fragments given his usual work in constructing golems and other devices.

[color=797979]"A moment, Edward?"[/color] The Gerudo asked the tactician when there was a spare moment. He held out the fragment for Edward to take and look at, [color=797979]"I found an ore vein that produced a bit over a dozen of those fragments when I had it mined. Can you see any value or use in them by any chance?"[/color]

[color=ea590c]”Hmmm, let me see”[/color] Edward said as he received the fragment and raised it up to a quizzical eye. He turned it to and fro for a moment, before rummaging around a pouch and retrieving the pal-sphere containing his Rendrix and comparing the two.

[color=ea590c]”Thought so”[/color]  he said, before handing back the shard and explaining that it  was   [color=ea590c]”Paladium, most likely. We've got a few low grade spheres made of it, but higher grade metals would, apparently, make better ones, so it's worth keeping hold of. Or selling, if you'd rather not join in with all the monster taming going on"[/color]

[color=797979]"Ah,"[/color] Ganondorf said, his interest piqued further, [color=797979]"I had been considering taming a beast for my own use, actually. Do you know what other materials are required for crafting these Pal Spheres, as you call them?"[/color]

[color=ea590c]”Quite simply wood, stone and metal. The higher quality the better. The shards seem to contain all of the magical properties, the rest are for reinforcing the device against escape attempts during the capture process”[/color]  Edward replied after checking a note in his journal he had made on the topic.

[color=797979]”Well then,”[/color] Ganondorf said with an approving nod, [color=797979]”Perhaps we should plan a material gathering excursion some time soon?”[/color] He suggested, but was obviously willing to put that idea on hold so the Seekers could sleep. So with that he took his leave of Edward, still having another thing he wanted to do while the Seekers were all still gathered.

Those Paldium Fragments he found were not the only things Ganondorf was curious about. After concluding his exchange with Edward, the warlord now had another object that piqued his interest. He'd spent enough time around his two mothers to know a potentially potent plant or alchemical ingredient when he saw one, but Ganondorf was never one to spend hours pouring over a cauldron or alchemist stations like his twin mothers had done. But there were a few Seekers much more capable of identifying the abilities of the berry he held in his hand. At first he tried asking Roxas, wondering if it was related to Pokemon, but the Nobody's Poke Dex came up short.

If only Kamek were still around, Ganondorf thought to himself. But there was no use lamenting the absence of the old Magikoopa. That left the warlord with but one option. And while he and the insect queen had often been wary of one of another, he still knew good and well that she was more than able to provide him the appraisal he needed, he would simply have to offer something in return for it. [color=797979]"Do you have a moment, Sectonia?"[/color] The Gerudo asked when he was able to catch the queen in a free moment, [color=797979]"I found something rather... intriguing during my climb."[/color] He offered up the single moon-shaped berry for the bee to get a closer look at, [color=797979]"It's the only one of its kind that I found during my entire climb, so it must be quite rare. I can detect it has magical properties but I lack the knowledge to properly identify it. I believe I still have a few Emeralds leftover from our time in the Under, they're yours if you're willing to help me. Or perhaps you'd prefer a share of these berries after I've more of them grown in the vegitube?"[/color]

Sectonia took a look over the berry, noting that it fit with what Ganondorf had become pretty well due to the aforementioned inability to be healed by outside sources according to Blazermate. [color=92278f]"They seem to be enchanted. They put you to sleep for a short time, but heal you afterwards from what I can tell, and it's not a small amount."[/color] Sectonia said.

That news made Ganondorf’s lips curl into smirk, [color=797979]”Excellent.”[/color] He said, looking quite pleased with what his find had turned out to be. As promised, he offered Sectonia his four remaining Emeralds for services rendered, [color=797979]”Many thanks, your majesty. As promised, when more of this berry can be grown a share of them will be yours if you want them.”[/color]

Quite satisfied with his interactions, Ganondorf carefully put the Napberry back away in the pouch he was holding it in. That left only one person he wanted to find now. And he was certain that the archangel would be in or around the stagecoach, resting or overseeing the campsite setup. Either way, it wouldn’t be hard for the warlord to find Sandalphon.

[color=797979]”I found a rather… interesting bit of flora during my climb.”[/color] He told the archangel, letting her see the Napberry. [color=797979]”Puts the eater to sleep for a short time, but renders them healed and satiated when they awaken. Could be just the workaround I need for my… little problem. I only found one, though. Hence why I’d like to petition for it be put inside that vegitube device we found at the zoo.”[/color]