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Location: Relic's Car




"Athens, huh?" Mali remarked while flipping through Peyton's case file. "If I had to guess, these things would probably date back to the Classical period, if not earlier. Almost certainly from before the time period of my area of expertise. Athens wasn't exactly a happening place during the Middle Ages. But I think I know somebody who might be able to help. This sounds about the speed of my ex, Hana. I'll call her up later and see if she knows anything or can find something out. Any tips for sending images cross-country without it getting messed with?"

When Relic got out of his car, Mali debated whether to leave the file in the car. Carrying around police documents that didn't belong to you probably broke some law or at least was suspicious as hell, but ultimately she decided to just take it anyways in case they needed it. She just tried to keep it as covered up as possible, which the cast on her left hand was pretty good at. She spared only a glance at the bored guard reading a how-to book about sailing. Yeah that seemed about right. Briefly, Mali wondered if this build was just as dead in the days before the internet.




Location: His room


Yeah, Lionel felt kind of peckish. He could go for something to eat. But what? The ship didn't really have that much in terms of actual food right now. In another situation he might have suggested blowing this húntún stand and checking if there was a decent place to eat on this planet, but he had neither mode of transport nor physical capability at the moment of actually going out into the planetside in search for better grub. Then he remembered the fresh horse carcass that was lying outside wasted. His expression shifted a bit, gaining the glint of mischief and ambition.

"You could just bring me whatever we have on hand Ms. Powell, I ain't picky. However, we might be able to get something much better than a couple of insipid protein packs if'n we search for our sources of sustenance with a bit more expansive scope than just the kitchen. How deft is your hand with a blade? Any good at carvin' up meat? Got compunctions against eatin' a bit of horse?" Lionel shifted in bed almost excitedly, his hand beckoning Camilla to come closer. "C'mon, help me get up and we can see about gettin' ourselves some real meat on this ship for once. We're gonna need to act with haste if'n we want to get something before the flies ruin it all."
Called out
Cyneburg

Location: The Woods Nearby the Makeshift Camp
Interacting with: Ntaj


It was irritating to be told things that were both obvious and well-known. Just a bit. Of course she knew that the forest was dangerous. That was one of the first things she learned as a child, and saying that you don't need to tell someone something while you're telling them that thing doesn't magically make the statement less redundant. And going out in the first place was more of an issue of assuaging her own ego rather than a genuine attempt to find firewood that they probably wouldn't need (something she would probably have to work on later). Of course, she wasn't going to tell Ntaj that. It would hurt her image as a priest of nature (and the images of other druids by extension) to reveal that this was more or less a selfish act.

When Ntaj turned around to walk away was when her emotional gears shifted. She had probably been coming off as callous, and in hindsightthe past few days she'd been really self-centered. She needed to fix this, and right now she could do that by not abandoning one of her newly met party members. Cyne swiveled around to follow Ntaj and put a hand on his shoulder.

"If I wanted to be alone, I wouldn't have let you catch up in the first place. While we're out here we stick together. Akh?" She had no idea where coal would be if it were in this area, let alone how he had even planned to gather and carry it back to the rest of the party waiting back at the camp. Sure she could definitely soften up any rock around the coal, but he didn't know that. Or at least he shouldn't know that she had access to that particular skill. Still, she figured it was better than looking for dry wood in a decidedly wet forest.


Location: Relic's Car




"Would you happen to know the general period in time Peyton and her professor were at that specific dig? I don't look it, but I actually majored in History, so I might have a bit more luck finding some information about this. Pretty much all of my contacts are outside California, let along Justice, so they're probably not related to the shit going down here." Mali arched her back in the car seat. It wasn't that the seat was uncomfortable per se, but her body was starting to tense up all over from staying in one position for too long.

The existence of other similar objects brought up other interesting questions regarding the necklace. Was it part of a series of similar necklaces, and whoever's at the top of this wanted to collect them all? Did the pendents act as different keys to different 'chests?' Maybe one was an original and every other one that was similar was a fake, and they were out to find the real necklace. Perhaps the necklaces did something unexpected of such a small piece of jewelry. Mali burned the image of the small thing in her mind. If she ended up seeing it again, she wouldn't overlook it.


Location: Relic's Car




Mali listened to Relic's explanations and thought it over. She allowed the fanciful part of her brain to have free reign while doing this because this clearly wasn't a "normal" situation, so sticking with established ways of thinking probably wouldn't do her any good. The necklace itself didn't appear to be anything special. Beyond the price range of a kid in college or younger? Most certainly, but the fact that it was even publicly available spoke quite a bit about its real status.

Given that it is apparently the target of a citywide conspiracy, the fact that it was out in the open probably meant that it was meant to be there. Perhaps as a way of having it trade hands in a completely discreet manner. Nobody bats an eye at somebody buying a necklace from a jewelry store. The pawns are positioned and everything remains in the shadows. If that was indeed the case, then Relic probably threw a wrench in that whole plan. But what was the plan for the necklace?

Again, it didn't appear to be anything special, but perhaps it was a key to something greater? Either literally or metaphorically, it could be the only way to access something of worth to a shadow organization. Mali said none of these musings to Relic. Right now it was total conjecture, and that wouldn't help anything.

"So why are you carrying it around? You're just making yourself a giant target. You could do something like stick it in a box, tie that box to a cinderblock and dump it in the ocean. You'd know its general location, but it wouldn't be easily fetched by people actively out to get you." Mali decided not to bring up the other elephant in the room. She figured that she would rather figure it out for herself or ask at a better time than now. Priorities.
Cyneburg

Location: The Woods Nearby the Makeshift Camp
Interacting with: Ntaj


Cyneburg strolled through the dense underbrush of the woods as if the plants and mud weren't even there.The she walked, the forest might as well have been a newly paved road. If Ntaj had had worse vision in low light situations and had he not gone after the druid so quickly, he probably would have lost track of her quickly. When she heard the other half orc tramping through the forests after her, her pace slowed down almost to a halt, allowing him to quickly catch up before her pace picked up to a more "normal" speed. She walked ahead of him, but only just.

"Iist bolkum ghûlum." I don't need help, you know. Cyne said over her shoulder to Ntaj. She kept her eyes scanning the ground for dry wood and such and her ears focused on listening to the surrounding area for other people/animals/undead creatures. All the wood so far had been soaked through just like she had expected.

"This is where I'm most comfortable. Thrang paash bhadûr horn-ishu. I'll be fine." Also, I can transform into animals. Well right now she could only turn into one kind of animal, but that would suffice for the time being. However, it was quickly starting to reach sundown. She'd need to turn around soon.
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Turns out it was about as not-reckless as Roger gets.
Roger would have liked to say that by now he had gotten used to crashing, and it didn't even faze him at this point. After all, when you're the worst pilot in the group by a significant amount, you get to experience this stuff often. But the jarring halt of movement and whiplash that followed seemed to come as a surprise every time. Even when that surprise is on the heels of the much large oddity of feeling like there's another person in the cockpit with you, helping you out. Back home he had heard a story here and there about ghosts or holy spirits guiding people to safety or averting disaster, but this seemed like something else entirely. After all, what angel would approve of recklessly ramming into something so hard that you break your (machine's) ankles and briefly pass out?

"That prob'ly won't be necessary, but I appreciate the gesture" Roger replied to the voice of the stranger coming in. He had no idea who he was, and although he could probably check to verify the identity/location/etc of the man, Rooney had neither the attention span, nor the desire to do so. All his attention was focused on one single task. Most of Yeager's system were fully functional, but with the framewerk's broken ankles, its options, especially in the mobility department, which was pretty damning for a Framewerk that was supposed to be all about mobility.

Luckily, he wouldn't need his ankles in order to do this next thing. Lying down as he was, things were pretty simple. He could brace his arms against the ground and aim pretty reliably. Damaged elbow joint? No problem. He brought the Tentacle monster in his machinegun's sight. The beast was at an elevated position, but if anything that only made it easier for Roger to aim. Just like hunting on the mountainside back home.

Now if Roger were more aware of his situation and that of his comrades, he might have had a different reaction. He had heard Daniel's final message and he understood what it had meant, but like Harold's death before, it didn't actually feel real. Roger hadn't seen the results of his sacrifice so he did not even know whether it was even a justified death. Just as well, the actions of Sigma and Serah where similarly out of his field of view. All that mattered was pumping that tentacled monstrosity full of hot lead.

He had had his moment of reckless bravery, now was the time for measured cool-headedness. Keeping the gun trained on the beast he squeezed the trigger as hard as he could. Perhaps if he were more clever or sarcastic he could have come up with some sharp quip, a memorable turn of phrase that only the other guy would be able to hear and appreciate, but he neither had the mind nor temperament for it. Brutally efficient gunfire would simply have to do in its stead.


No Move, Terminate that Tentacled Motherfucker
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