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Luke snickered and shook his head. "No, no, not Bobba Jr. Bobba Senior," He clarified, "The boy's father, and a close personal friend of mine. He helped me establish this cave in the very beginning using his greatest invention, the earth bracelet. The very same invention that Bobba Jr. Stole, and tried to recreate inefficiently for all his men. Unfortunately, Bobba bit the dust a lot earlier than he should have. Heart attack, or a lung problem, we never really figured it out. Uh.." Luke paused and stared at the book in his hand vacantly for a few moments. A series of rapid blinks snapped him out of his stupor, and he continued.

"Anyways, he gave this book to me a long time ago, kind of as a parting gift. Find these treasures, fulfill my life's goal he said, and wouldn't you know, he wasn't duping me. We've found a lot of stuff he's catalogued in here, the real deal. Magical artifacts, treasure, historical documents, you name it. It's all upstairs in this very tower. Even that gun over is a result of his hard work," Luke said, pointing to the gun he carried earlier, which was now rested expertly against the edge of a wooden set of drawers. "It's powered by a Lymphia crystal, the last of its kind. They used to act as the hearts of Lightning golems, but now they're extinct. Gun shoots literal lightning. Pretty nifty- But I'm getting off track.." Luke stopped and reached into his pants again, pulling out a small silver amulet with a blue bright white gem at its center.

"We already found one."

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"Oh, uh.. Sorry," Luke croaked, "I don't know about Orobo, we were looking out for ourselves, first and foremost. I don't regret what those guys did, especially now, when the paradise is one of the only organizations doing anything about people like this order." Luke flipped through the small book for a little while he spoke with his massive scarred thumb. He suddenly stopped on a random page and slammed his index finger against the rough texture of the page.

"Here," He started, pointing at a drawn picture of five amulets, each with a different color, "The purity amulets, the rarest artifact in this book, written by the legendary collector, Bobba," Luke explained.

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Luke nodded and opened the book. "Bobby and Ralph sealed the tunnel with a few controlled explosions after they noticed him breaking Orobo Village to pieces. They acted on their own, probably saved the entirety of our paradise. We have some people headed over to the blast site to make sure the tunnels haven't been compromised. At any rate, without that path, that yellow guy isn't gonna find his way down here-" Luke paused and lowered the book, looking over to Jenso. "Did you say Order of Chaos? Hah, what a stupid name. Either way, it seems we have the same goal, now." He nodded and tapped his book. "This might be the solution to our problem, Jens."

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~ Chapter 87 ~

_{The Purity Amulets}

Luke pulled a small booklet out of his pocket and waited for Jenso to sit by his side.

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"No, not to me, or any of my people. Not yet, anyways. Us divers keep to the caves, usually. But with all the havoc those psychos are causin'... Well, it's starting to reach us, slowly but surely. We had to seal a tunnel to keep some yellow fellow out of the paradise," Luke explained briefly, "And that's why you're here. I need your help findin' something we can use to crush masks limited, something I happen to know quite a bit about... Rather, some things." Luke paused and patted the side of his couch, inviting Jenso to take a seat.

"You ever heard of the Purity Amulets?"

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Luke sighed and shook his head. "Not even remotely, Jens," He started, sitting down on a padded rock couch nearby. "I suppose you've already heard about those masked fellas that've been wreaking all sorts of chaos across Thorisa, yeah?"

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As Jenso made his way towards the eye of paradise, something became blaringly obvious among the divers that stood scattered between their crudely constructed crevices. A select few had their eyes locked with the golden hero, three out of every five, stepping slower as they glared in his direction with fiendish intent. Whenever Jenso exchanged their glance, their eyes darted elsewhere instantly. Although Luke's tower wasn't very far away, it felt buried beneath a mountain of revolt, on the cusp of the doubts that seemed evident in the paradise.

Jenso's foot met the base of the eye, coming to a large iron crevice that looked as if it were carved from a chunk of scrap metal. As he stepped past it, the reddened rock walls of Diver's Paradise vanished, replaced by the calm décor of Luke's main living room. Luke himself stood near the edge, looking out of his bottom floor window with both hands firmly pressing against the softened stone of its rim. He spun around and lit up for a split second, but it didn't take long for the dips in his shoulders to crease anxiously. Luke pushed himself into a spin and faced Jenso, his eyes partially vacant.

"How're you finding yourself here kiddo?" Luke wheezed. He jerked his neck down, broke eye contact and clenched his teeth. "Sorry, not kiddo- Jenso! You like the place?"

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As Jenso and Bruce spoke, a squad of men and women began assembling outside of the Orobo tunnel exit. It was obscured from below, but a few of the divers were sitting on the edge of the cavern's rim, looking down into the depths of the paradise.

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Luke followed Jenso with his eyes and sighed. "Wait!" Luke called out, "If anything you should have a tour guide- I'm a little busy with recent events, but I'll have Bruce give you the grand tour!" Luke looked over the edge of the cavern's outer rim and and narrowed his eyes.

"EY! BRUCE! I GOT A JOB FOR YA!" He shouted, with an exceptionally booming voice. A single swordsman was targeted in the crowds, there was only one man with that name. Luke turned back to Jenso and motioned his hands for him to wait. "I'll talk to you later, about.. Uh, the stuff and junk I intially-" Luke paused and shook his head, "Y'know.. Cya!" And with that, he was off, diving into the bowl of the paradise in a rush for the tower at its centre.

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"Ahaha.. A hero through and through. Maybe, you'd like to uh.. See the Paradise, first?" Luke asked, "Learn about the Divers, about me, and uh.." Luke paused and rubbed his neck nervously.