>>6378332You doubt a former pirate would appreciate working for just a favor - even less so when it's Liv's. I mean, she tosses out favors like they're candy. On the other hand, a demon dealing with 'intangible payments'? That's sketchier than your schemes. You don't want to end up paying more than you realize. Information, however? You have tons!
"Hmm... Lugal seems to be the most 'affordable' option of the three."
"Then to the digsite we'll go! C'mon, let's get going!"
Good ol' happy-go-lucky Liv, full of cheer and energy. Just being near her makes you feel energized. Which is why you lied to her about remembering anything from your alcohol-fueled talk with Don Bosco - where you learned some dark tidings about Sierra.
"You can hold your liquor, Rosa - hopefully you can do the same with secrets. Sierra and I, we also did bar crawls back in the day... it was on one of those that she told me about you. About her preparing contingencies, and how you are her latest one. Shows promise, she said... then she told me her plan she's been working on 'these past few years'. The details were mostly lost in alcohol's haze, though - the only thing I remember was her saying she needs or has something related to Durga."
As you walk across Viridis towards the digsite, Don Bosco's words echo in your mind. Contingency? For what? Is this 'scam the gods' thing some kind of mystic ritual? What exactly are you supposed to do? Questions without clear answers.
"Here we are, the digsite!"
Your contemplative stupor breaks as your destination sprawls before you. Pits like history's quarry-holes cluster together between tilted prefab towers. Gigantic bones slowly being excavated while smaller ones get their positions recorded, then excavated carefully and stored in crates. Goblin workers exchange working shifts while some members of the public are listening to a clown tour guide explaining the hows and whys. Diligent excavators on their elbows and knees, scraping off floor-soil layers carefully. Huh, the site's sponsored by the Archaeotheologists?
"So, where's Lugal? You see him yet?"
A machine man should be very conspicuous since they're a rarity on the East, yet Liv shrugs. Well, what do you do now?
> CHOOSE ONE>□ Walk around and see if you can spot him>□ Ask the tour guide, she might know something>□ Ask the goblin workers, they might know things>□ Talk to the excavators, they're here most of the time>□ Check the crates if there's something you can pilf- err, recognize>□ Other (fill in) 