>>5992036“I’m open to suggestions here,” The inquisitor says after giving a clinic recap of the stake-out to refresh your and Marie’s memories.
“We still haven’t gone to that Clan thingy, right?”
“We haven’t but once we got there the next step is going to the Metal Castle, or Utopia, or whatever. Probably not a wise idea to keep the ‘king’ waiting too much longer and I don’t want to backtrack,” The inquisitor says, you find yourself thankful for the inclusion of air quotes in his speech.
“You’re saying if we want to do anything else in Ivern we should do them before we depart,” You don’t exactly ask more so you state.
The inquisitor nods regardless, “Or after if it’s not important to our mission.”
“After? How long we will be staying here?” You do ask this time.
“As long as we want, we’re completing in days what was planned to take us weeks. Personally, I’m planning on sightseeing when this is all over.”
“There’s not much to see all the way out at the frontier is there?”
He shrugs, “There are a few temperate rainforests around and the loch itself makes for good enough sights.”
“So you’re an outdoors person?” Marie asks.
“I guess, I used to be an envi- uh, I mean- yeah I am,” The inquisitor swallows. He is very bad at lying, but about what?
“I wonder what bookstores are like around here, hey Lorina do they have manga in this world?”
“Mang-what?” You ask. She’s said the word before but all you can infer is it’s a type of reading material.
Marie begins to rant and rave about some type of black-and-white picture book but after a good couple of minutes, the inquisitor reigns her back in. She looks happier after getting to talk about what she enjoys, practically bouncing in her seat. Something you would never do, of course.
In the end, you decide to
>Go investigate the Highland Clan>Stay in Ivern for a little while [To do what?]>Kick down the door of the Stranger already>[Write-in] 