Setting
Once a glorious metropolis, hundreds of years ago. Now, it's just ruins - long lost to untimely tragedy. Streams of ethereal mist rise from the wrecked buildings. Some treasure thieves might come around here, but the ghosts that linger here refuse to let them go...
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The ferry from Taiyomashi arrives at the outskirts of the half-sunken city. "Well, this is as far as I go. Good luck!" With that, the ferry left Zenmei and Qwark to their business here.
"Gloomy, isn't it?" Zenmei asked Qwark. "Teja used to be the biggest city in Yuyake, even bigger than Taiyomashi. But then, tragedy struck - the once-prosperous city was reduced to ruins. Only half of it can be seen at the surface these days..."
"Gloomy, isn't it?" Zenmei asked Qwark. "Teja used to be the biggest city in Yuyake, even bigger than Taiyomashi. But then, tragedy struck - the once-prosperous city was reduced to ruins. Only half of it can be seen at the surface these days..."
"Ah- ...and the poor souls of Teja are lurking around the ruins. I can hear them wailing around the corner!" Qwark hears this with his ears, and he is not kidding. They are wailing faintly. Even with that tone of volume, Qwark shivers a little, "That's creepy..."
"I think it's fascinating," Zenmei said optimistically. "Even after death, they're not really dead!"
Zenmei looked back to his notepad. "Anyway...we need to look out for...a rook icon." And so the search began.
Zenmei looked back to his notepad. "Anyway...we need to look out for...a rook icon." And so the search began.
"But there's bound to be lots of rocks!" Qwark complains, "How do we know if one is not like the other?"
"I said ROOK - you know, the chess piece? Usually shaped like a castle tower?"
Many of the broken buildings were pretty ornate, but none of them had the same square-toothed pattern of a rook piece. By now, Zenmei and Qwark should be at the old fountain plaza. Of course, the fountain only leaks a trickle of water nowadays.
Many of the broken buildings were pretty ornate, but none of them had the same square-toothed pattern of a rook piece. By now, Zenmei and Qwark should be at the old fountain plaza. Of course, the fountain only leaks a trickle of water nowadays.
But there is something odd about that top part of the fountain. It's almost as if it looks like a rook. Qwark approaches the fountain and examines it.
"Hey, Zenmei! Check this out!"
"Hey, Zenmei! Check this out!"
"Well, that was easy! I guess this scavenger hunt is gonna be a cinch after all." Qwark got up on the fountain and thinks first, "Now if only we know how to activate this thing so we can..."
The fountain starts moving, then it goes deeper to the ground taking Qwark with it. It reveals to be some kind of tunnel that leads them to the underground area.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........!!!"
The fountain starts moving, then it goes deeper to the ground taking Qwark with it. It reveals to be some kind of tunnel that leads them to the underground area.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........!!!"
The ferry from Tayomashi makes its stop at the docks. The three passangers, Heavy, Dr. Y. and Ramses, leave the ferry and continue their search for Captain Qwark. What gave it away is that Qwark leaves foot prints to the citadel, much to the Heavy's delight.
"Hah hah hah!" The Heavy chuckled, "He think he'd be cleaver to hide himself? I see footprints on a muddy ground. Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide." But his smile turn to frown as he heads spirits wailing around the area, "Hmm.. spirits of Teja Citadel are still here, trying to scare trespassers. Come, we are almost there."
"Hah hah hah!" The Heavy chuckled, "He think he'd be cleaver to hide himself? I see footprints on a muddy ground. Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide." But his smile turn to frown as he heads spirits wailing around the area, "Hmm.. spirits of Teja Citadel are still here, trying to scare trespassers. Come, we are almost there."
"I thought I was leader," grumbled Dr. Y.
"You were barely leader when you were an actual leader," snarked Ramses, following the footprints.
"You were barely leader when you were an actual leader," snarked Ramses, following the footprints.
While exploring the ruins of the citadel, the Heavy notices that one of parts of the citadel is missing. In the courtyard, there used to be a fountain. But now all is left is a tunnel that leads somewhere.
As the flare goes down, something hits the "bottom". It seems that the light is showing ground in the tunnel. It's not only that, but the fountain is there too. The Heavy raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Your turn to be leader." The Heavy picks up Ramses and drops him down into the tunnel. He follows Ramses because he drops Ramses in first.
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