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"Follow me captain."
Angel takes you into the stone structure she entered with the nice lady. She decided not to come with you as she's currently frozen and looking at her plant in a dejected fashion. Good thing too because her friends are still there frothing at the mouth. Someone should probably keep watch over them. So you descend well below the ground with Hagetaka only. And what a sight do you see down there! As you step through a gate and into a pretty spacious "cavern" under the clouds you are blinded by the brilliance of shiny shiny GOLD! Everywhere the eye can see is gold. From the walls of the biggest buildings to the smallest brick in the pavement everything is gold.
"WHOAH!"
"Familiar?"
"Sure is. But gold is shinier than jade."
"Agreed. Now it's understandable why they are so protective of their home. A land of gold. I imagine many would love to get their hands on that. Now come. The leaders of the island are waiting for us."
"S?"
"Three. This way."
As you go through the streets you get many different looks. Mostly hostile ones but you do occasionally get greeted with a "Heso" from some weird looking dudes and dudettes that have their hair formed into antennae that end in weird balls.
"They look friendly. And not like you. What's up with that?"
"I'm not sure myself either. But I believe my "kin" are not the only ones living here. The people with the fairer skin seem to be a different tribe of sky people. And a fair bit less aggressive than the Shandians."
Hagetaka leads you to a large central structure that looks like a great temple but on the way there you get stopped by a merchant that offers you a nice large, pumpkin like fruit that almost breaks your teeth when you try to eat it. He then shows you that the stem is meant to be removed and its insides drunk like a fruit punch. Angel waits patiently for you to finish before approaching you.
"Enjoying yourself?"
"Yeah! I like this place! Sky islands are cool and have strange things on them!"
"Yes. And many enemies."
"Oh. You noticed it too?"
"A girl. Around 11 years old I'd wager. She's been following us since we passed by that amusement park."
"Is that what it was?! It just looked like a place full of rubber bands."
"Apparently so. These islanders seem to have lived mostly in isolation. They have very limited knowledge of the lower world. Rubber bands may be a rarity here. Or at least they are fascinated by it. But back to the matter at hand. Should I do something about the spy?"
>It's just a little girl. Leave her be. I'll just push her over if she tries anything. Besides the bossmen are waiting for us
>Yeah. Go scare her. I don't like peepers
>No. I'll talk to her
>Other?
