Exploration [Open]

[pennypincher]

Characters: Lemina Ausa and YOU
Format: Either/or
This log is: open, both to old characters and newbies
Location: The tower in the arena
Summary: Lemina explores the tower.

With that tower unlocked and ripe for entering, Lemina wasn't about to pass it up. What if there was gold or treasure in there? Or, you know, a way home. On Saturday afternoon, sometime after the train had arrived, Lemina entered the tower to look around.

The weapons littering the floor were the first thing that caught her eye. That was... a little disturbing. Cautiously, she picked up a sword -- she'd gotten sort of okay with them since she'd arrived, though she didn't stand a chance against one of the more experienced fighters here -- and proceeded through the tower.

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[savedbyasong]

Shion was also interested in what was in the Towers, the battle had been terrifying but it was over now, the creature was gone. He entered the tower and his eyes widened as he saw the piles of weapons. Weapons from people...

Some of them he recognised. He continued through the tower, freezing when he saw a figure. "Hello?"

[pennypincher]

Lemina had neared the stairway to the second floor when she heard a voice calling. She tensed up, grip tightening on the sword she held, and turned.

Oh! It was... She'd talked to this guy online, hadn't she? One of Dave's friends. She wrinkled her nose, but at least it wasn't anyone dangerous. "Hey!"

[savedbyasong]

"Oh..." Shion recognised her, she was the rude girl who had insulted Dave and had only cared that she had lost money when someone she knew had disappeared.

"Hi," he stood awkwardly but did manage to give her a small smile.

[pennypincher]

She smiled back. "I'm Lemina Ausa. What was your name again? And are you here to help me explore this place? I'll split the treasure with you if you don't hold me back!"

[savedbyasong]

Well she seemed to be friendlier in person, Shion smiled. "It's nice to meet you Lemina Ausa, I'm Shion," He nodded, "I'll try not to..."

He hoped they didn't run into anything dangerous, hopefully that monster was the only one of it's type.

[pennypincher]

"Great! Grab a weapon and let's get going, then."

And she starts up the stairs, barely waiting for him to catch up.

[savedbyasong]

Shion looked around, finally grabbing a small dagger. He could at least lift it though he didn't really know how to use it. He followed her up the stairs.

"The weapons, they are from people aren't they..."

[pennypincher]

"I dunno." Lemina shrugs, keeping her eyes forward as she climbs. "Maybe this is where they store them when they aren't inside people? Like, maybe we show up and they take one of these weapons and magic them into our souls or something. And when people disappear, the weapons come back."

[savedbyasong]

"That makes sense..." Well apart from the using magic to insert weapons into their souls but that had never made sense and thinking about how it made no sense for them to be here or have weapons inside them or be able to use them in a fight just made Shion's head hurt so he mostly tried not to think about it.

"There are a lot of Weapons, do you think this many people are going to end up here?"

[pennypincher]

"I don't know. Fewer people seem to show up each week. Maybe they have a surplus just in case." She climbs the final step to the second floor. More of the same, then. "It looks like they match our weapons to us to some extent. I got a magic staff and that's the kind of weapon I use back home. So they probably have to have a bunch of every kind of weapon they can find."

Is that... a wooden chair over there? Is that a weapon too? Lemina eyes it, but starts walking.

[savedbyasong]

That made sense as well, Shion nodded. He went over to examine the chair, "Probably, lots of people's weapons aren't really like weapons at all."

[pennypincher]

"Yeah, that would explain all the junk lying around too." She sighs. "Do you think Recette would buy any of these weapons if we brought them to the store?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded and then frowned, looking at her sharply. "I don't think she takes stolen goods."

[pennypincher]

"Stolen? Um, I think you mean found. It's all right here!"

[savedbyasong]

"But it belongs to someone! The tower or the staff, it might belong to Recette already! She sells Weapons, this might be where she keeps them!"

[pennypincher]

"Towers aren't people. Besides, I have experience with this stuff! If you go into a new area and there's stuff lying around, it's free to take and use or sell or whatever. I've done this tons of times before."

[savedbyasong]

"You have?" Because in Shion's world going into a new area, taking stuff and selling it counted as thieving and you could be punished for it. "Well... it wasn't in the manual..."

[pennypincher]

"Yep!" Okay, so this stuff isn't in chests, but it's still the same basic concept, right? "Lots of stuff's not in the manual. Trust me, Shion."

[savedbyasong]

Shion frowned again but nodded, after all if she had done this before... She probably knew more than him. "Alright... I guess it will be fine then."

[pennypincher]

"We'll pick 'em up on the way out. I don't want to haul all this junk up and down the stairs."

And she starts up toward the third floor.

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, that was a good idea, and followed her up the stairs. "What do you think we will find?"

[pennypincher]

"Well, it's just been a bunch of weapons so far. Wouldn't it be cool if there were diamonds and gems and blocks of gold, too?" Her eyes light up at her own suggestion and there's a sudden bounce to her step. "Or priceless ancient artifacts! That would be mega awesome!"

[savedbyasong]

"I guess, there might be." Her enthusiasm was infectious and he smiled following her up the stairs.

He looked around, more weapons. "Wouldn't the jewels be locked away somewhere?"

[pennypincher]

"Probably in treasure chests. But I haven't seen any of those yet-- ah!"

Lemina's eyes light upon a small jade talisman and she scrambles to go pick it up. "Now this is something!"

[savedbyasong]

Shion followed her over, that didn't look like a Weapon, though neither had the chair. It looked valuable though. "Do you think it was a Weapon as well?"

[pennypincher]

"I don't know. I wonder..." She quietly tucks it into a pocket and continues onward.

[savedbyasong]

Shion paused and then hurried after her. "You wonder what?"