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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[faithfulflame]

[She goes flying, but so does El Tigre. The Devil-Dog explodes in a shower of pixels and a cheery little tune goes up around Athena.]

Looks like you beat him. Let's get into the temple.

[Before, y'know, another El Tigre appears or something.]

1/3

[majinken]

It did? But why would i—

[annnnd stopping dead in his tracks, wait a minute.]

[majinken]

[please hold, processing...

...he thinks he knows what happened here.]

[majinken]

...There's definitely a misunderstanding here.

[psycholawgy]

I never knew shooting things could be so much fun!

[ no wonder people commit murder so often...

THIS IS TERRIBLE ]

[psycholawgy]

[ she just blinks, expression turning clueless. ]

Really?

[faithfulflame]

Yes, well you should put the gun down now.

[Rei starts going through her pack and finds...a machete.]

Guess we have this too. So we're not as defenseless as I thought without me using spells.

[psycholawgy]

[ she looks around for where she dropped the pistol to pick it up, and she hands the shotgun back to rei. ]

Maybe it'd be better if you kept it first. And that's cool, I guess! I'm sure we'll make a great team.

[faithfulflame]

Right. Hopefully we won't need either often.

[Rei attaches the shotgun to her backpack with a leather strap and holds up the machete.]

Stay behind me, and if you need to get at the gun take it. I'll be the point-girl.

[psycholawgy]

Right on.

[ give her a fistbump, rei, because she's offering her fist to you. ]

Let's do this!

[faithfulflame]

[What is this modern expression? Rei pumps a fist too, unsure of what Athena's doing...

She's a 90s chick. ]

[majinken]

Uh-huh...

[though how he's going to explain this is still a mystery, though. finally, he gets what dymlos meant when he said that people would think he was insane.]

It's... kind of complicated, though.

[emotive]

[Ai nods.]

Yes. It's really about time to. And I feel comfortable around you after all.

[psycholawgy]

[ well, she's just lightly tap her knuckles on rei's, then. ]

Yeah, fistbump!

[psycholawgy]

[ oh, well, athena doesn't mind listening! but if it's complicated then it could be a sensitive topic, too. she'd rather not have somebody talk uncomfortably about things to a stranger. ]

I have the time, but only if you want to talk.

[psycholawgy]

I won't interrupt, then.

[ athena talks a lot, but she's also a very good listener! ]

[faithfulflame]

[Oh. That! Rei taps back.]

Okay. Now. Ready to go find that lost treasure?

[majinken]

I don't mind talking about it, it's not that, but...

[well, she already thinks he's crazy, and if it's because the robostahn saw him talking to dymlos and can't hear dymlos, he would get why.]

It's kind of complicated and it might be kind of hard to believe?

[psycholawgy]

Totally ready! C'mon, Rei!

[psycholawgy]

Trust me, after being here for so long, I'd probably believe it.

[faithfulflame]

[Come on indeed. Rei starts into the temple grounds, slipping in between the enormous gates that El Tigre and company had come from. A massive courtyard littered with crumbling stoneworks fills the view. At the far end is the pyramid itself, with stairs leading up towards the open air altar, and stairs leading down...into the base itself.]

I'm willing to bet the treasure is inside. Don't you think?

[majinken]

Hahaha... I guess with this place, anything's really possible...

[he lets out a bit of an awkward laugh, ruffling his hair.]

It's my sword—[dymlos is needlessly hissing at him over this, which. well, hold on athena.]

...Don't be so bossy, geez... There's no point in hiding it! [this is probably not helping his case. but with a sigh, he'll refocus on athena.]

He's... special. He's actually called a Swordian! They're really ancient weapons that can talk and everything! But most people can't hear them, so I guess that's it. Heheheh... I know it looks weird, but that's all it is!

[welp.]

[psycholawgy]

It always is.

[ she laughs at that. ]

How difficult is this game, anyway?

[psycholawgy]

[ she cants her head slowly. ]

So... he's not a sword spirit like Dotanuki and the others? What were they called again...? Tsukumogoomies.

[faithfulflame]

Not terribly? It said intermediate. Is that a problem?