>>5547871Well this has been a bit of a surprise, and you haven’t even brought up what you were gonna ask him about! Speaking of, “So… if you’re well aware of what happened, maybe you can help me with something.” You pull out the Hakkero. “I’ve been looking into potentially using this to help in our efforts to bring back those who were displaced. Anything you know of that could help that?”
He strokes his mustache again, thinking quietly. After a beat, he tells you, “There is… one thing I can think of. Jaki knows of this material as well. It can go by many names, but the name we knew of it as was Dreamstone.”
Aha, a lead! “So, how would this ‘Dreamstone’ help us?”
“It conducts energies exceptionally well, be they natural, Ki, Magical, and more. Part of the Masamune is made from the material, allowing the spirits inside it to properly enhance and enchant it.” Melchior explains. “However, the material is also exceptionally rare, especially in this time. Finding it will be no easy task.”
“Hah, boss here can make even the easiest of tasks look like they were space cake.” Don Para states proudly. “And sounds like you know where some might be found. So, let’s hear it.”
He… taps his staff on the ground. “One place is deep, deep down near the planet’s core.”
“...Oh. Ohhhhh. Yeah that’s uh, that’s a bit harder to get to.” Don Para remarks defeatedly.
“The other would be any of the more ancient ruins around the planet, especially those of ancient Nemuria. It is a gamble, but it wouldn’t require digging down to the core.”
Cheelai looks to you, hands in the pockets of her jacket. “Sound like a plan, boss?”
Well, options. Options are good. Gonna need to think on this…
(cont.)
