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[cspd]

[ Hello, gang. For those who've yet to meet him, Lloyd is a twentyish guy, wearing a jacket that has "Crossbell State Police Department" logos on it, and today he is looking businesslike.

...really, "businesslike" and "sheepish" are his two default settings, so you're gonna get used to those pretty quick. ]

Okay, so. As I mentioned somewhere in the sea of introductions: I've picked up a few new tricks here. First and foremost, I can detect magic, so naturally, I've been sniffing around here.

Aside from the Heartstone itself, and what we've brought in ourselves, there's very little here. If it had much to it, it left with the people...except there's...well, something down below, and something is about as much as I can make out from here. There's a lot in the way.

[ Pause to scratch the back of his neck for a moment before the sales pitch. ]

I want to try and get far enough down below to get a better idea of what's there and whether we should be paying attention to it. I've found a few places where the basements are busted up enough to have some potential as entry points.

I also don't particularly want to do this without some backup in case something happens.

Anybody up for exploring?

Comments

[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturay perks up]

Chummer, I have been going stir-crazy in here. Whadda need done?

[cspd]

Honestly, I'm not quite sure what to expect down there. Maybe wildlife's moved in, maybe it'll just be working around the rocks. But I'd rather be prepared for trouble than not.

[wheyoftheadept]

Goin' in knowin jack-shit's my specialty.

[she cracks her knuckles.]

I go by Saturday. What can I call you?

[millenyal_pink]

Can I get in on this? Because I would love to figure out what's going on here.

[Elle will gladly go snooping about. She loves snooping. Oner of her top 5 favorite types of sneaking around for sure.]

[wheyoftheadept]

Ain't it obvious? We're Chosen Heroes pulled across space an' time to save this world from a dire threat. Happens t'me all the time.

[millenyal_pink]

I meant with the Trolls and the Heartstone, but I suppose more a more general direction would be helpful as well.

A 'dire threat' could mean anything. I need information before I put on my super suit.

[wheyoftheadept]

Based on th'general tenor of things I'd say assume it's magical. You got magic where you're from?

[cspd]

Absolutely. Three's a good number, anyway - more punch, but still small enough not to get bogged down too badly if we have to make a hasty exit.

[cspd]

I'm Lloyd. Glad to have you along, Saturday.

[wheyoftheadept]

Nice t'meetcha, Lloyd. Whereabouts you from?

[cspd]

Crossbell State, on the continent of Zemuria. Which...I've yet to meet anyone recognizing here, so I'm not expecting that to mean much.

[wheyoftheadept]

Nope, don't mean a thing.

I'm from Seattle, out Redmond way, an' I bet that means about the same to you.

[okayimin]

You're going deeper underground because you sense a large magic.

[ she has to clarify because THAT IS A HORRIBLE IDEA??? ]

[cspd]

Yes. We're sorely lacking information, so any chance to learn some more is worth looking into.

If things look too dicey down there, I'm not too proud to call it off and retreat.

[okayimin]

I ain't saying your wrong...

[ She's trying to think of a "but" that's actually a valid argument and not just the ghost of panicked terror born from the Deep Roads. ]

In my world, I lived in a city like this. Underground. The further down you went, the more dangerous it got. There were these hordes of monsters, Darkspawn, that would kill everything they came across. I don't know if they're magic persay, but I know that nothing deep underground is good news.

[cspd]

I've walked straight into the demon's nest before...and I absolutely learned the hard lessons about not pushing it. [ In about the most dramatic sense possible. Not an experience he wants to repeat. ] So I can promise you that we're not going to try and be heroes down there.

[okayimin]

[ That's an answer that actually comforts her, though Stone knows she won't say. ]

So long as you know. You lot got bandages and such just in case?

[cspd]

I'm still getting supplies together, but that's on my shortlist. I'm not a doctor, but I have enough basic first aid to get us back up to someone who knows better.

[okayimin]

Noted. Reckon I won't have 'em ready for a stretch, but I'll work on getting us all made up with kits. Bandages and things for stitching at the very least.

[poor_unlucky_girl]

Oh, hello!

[Jennifer waves at him through the mirror.]

I still have to give you handkerchief back. And now I've got my dog too - say hi, Brown!

[Brown barks as she shows him.]

He has a very good nose, he can be useful in the exploration.

[cspd]

Oh, hey! I forgot you had that, to be honest.

[ He certainly doesn't mind getting a perfectly good handkerchief back, though. ]

I'm not sure how much of the tracking is going to be physical versus metaphysical, but the option wouldn't hurt. [ And even if Lloyd's got the magical bit buttoned down for this, there's no denying that animals are excellent at picking up that weird, ineffable sense of wrong that's all too likely to come up on a mission like this. ]

[poor_unlucky_girl]

Ah, yes, I washed it in the river.

[By the way, she found a river, which is extremely important. Or maybe she hallucinated it, who knows, she wasn't able to find it after visiting it once, but the handkerchief is clean now? That has to mean something.]

I don't remember where the river is, though.

[cspd]

Don't remember like it was just on the way here and you lost track? Or don't remember like you don't remember how you found it at all?

[ It...feels like a relevant question, in a place like this. ]

[poor_unlucky_girl]

Uhm...

[Jennifer thinks about if for seven and a half minutes, expression going from squinty to 'I should buy a boat' to completely blank.]

Yes!

[cspd]

Wait, so......both?

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