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Suddenly you hear Joe's voice behind you ask "Ancient professors?" You look over your shoulder and see Joe leaning against the bedroom doorway holding the glowing crystal! It seems like he's feeling a lot better!
Professor Holly looks over at Joe and says "There's a legend that the ancient humans somehow sealed away the collected knowledge of mankind to keep it protected after the alien war. People used to say 'Ask the ancient professors' when they couldn't solve a problem." Professor Holly nods at the crystal. "You're recovering quickly."
"My arm doesn't hurt anymore." Joe glances down at the cast on his arm and then looks at the Professor and asks "Is it really just a legend?"
"I once thought so, but having seen those Auraprimas and that Auroara, it might be based on fact." Professor Holly looks at you and then looks at Joe. "How did you come to activate the cutécaptor, young man?"
"It's..." Joe glances at you. "A long story. Professor Holly..."
"Yes?"
Joe glances at you again. "Professor Plumtree gave it to me, but now he wants to take it back. And..." It seems like Joe can't help glancing at you again! "I don't want that. Are you sure there's no way to turn it off?"
"Nothing's certain, young man." Professor Holly looks down at the cutécaptor in his hands and holds it up in front of him and looks over it at you and Joe. "The unknowns simply outnumber the knowns. We know that it's been utilized, and that an artificial mental connection has been successfully formed between a human and a mon. And..." Professor Holly looks back up at Joe.
Joe nods and says "And we know Professor Plumtree can track the cutécaptor."
The Professor looks at you and Joe. "Do you have a map?"
You nod and take your <span class="mu-r">travel map</span> out of your jacket pocket and lay it on the table in front of Professor Holly and then he points at the very top of the map and says "This cabin is somewhere around this spot." Professor Holly moves his finger down a little bit and says "Not too far away is a place called Pyrite City. That's where young Professor Bean came in on his way up here."
Professor Holly moves his finger all the way across the map to the side edge and points at it and says "There's a man in <span class="mu-r">Cape Smelt</span> named Professor Lungwort who specializes in human-type mons." Professor Holly glances at the window and then hands you back the cutécaptor and stands up and reaches into his pocket and takes out your <span class="mu-r">baseball cap</span> and hands it to you. "The sun will be up in about an hour. You should decide what you're going to do by then."
>Leave and go west toward Pyrite City (roll 1d100)
>Leave and go south toward ????? (roll 1d100)
>Wait here for your other friends (roll 1d100)
