>>5843798‘I still am not sure it is… wise bringing that thing with you.’ Darutanias says. ‘Namely because it does not seem to still have much of a reasoning mind left.’
Your mech’s head turns to face the jar of jellied jerkface. ‘Would you rather it be out of sight, using what’s left to try to plot against you?’
‘Point… taken…’ he responds in defeat.
…You know this does make you curious now. “So, there’s something I’ve been wondering ever since we learned about how you were sealed away into this form. Why keep you like this? Why’d the prophet you were enemies with and whatever conspirators may have been scheming against you leave you to this fate instead of just… getting rid of you for good?”
There’s a pause as many of the eyes look to you. ‘What do you think would cause a King more pain? An assassination and potential martyrdom as he tries to rally his people to rebuilding after a great calamity? Or a betrayal and eternal imprisonment, knowing that a kingdom was in the hands of the traitors, and that it would be led down a path of ruin?’
“They still could have sent something after you to ensure you could never rise again.” you point out. “Or prevent someone from trying to rescue you like we’re doing now.”
‘Few would still be able to reach these depths after the downfall. Those that could like those… Outsiders and inhuman beasts that ruled the waves had no love for our people, much less their rulers. They would leave me to fester, to live in disgrace. A century ago they even hosted TOURS that skirted the edges of this place, making this a monument to Nemuria worthy to nothing but their mockery.’
‘...kwoyneh…’ the mannequin lets out, anger still bubbling under the surface. Anger at Darutanias, and him alone.
That’s not the full story. It might be as much as you can get out of him for now, but he’s clearly omitting parts of it.
>A. What does that word mean, anyway? The one it keeps repeating>B. Well, we’ve done these parts, let’s head to that library area you mentioned>C. Get back to the air pocket and see if you can work out just what exactly the mannequin thing is, and what you can do for it>D. Something else?And once more,
>DRAGON BALL TUFFLE QUEST KAI #52… Paused.>Twitter account is @KatoQm, will have status updates there>Got some questions for the QM? Suggestions? Throw them at ask.fm/QMKato and I’ll try to answer them as best I canAll right folks, that’s all for tonight! We’ll be back tomorrow ~6:30 pm PST, vote open until then. Did y’all have fun? Thank you all for playing, and stay safe out there!
