3rd Quest [Video, after completing Heads or Tails]

[bladeofnymeia]

[It's finally a sunny, warm day, hot but not terribly humid, and perfect for laying out bolts of felt to dry after May's deluge of rain. Or, well, to let them dry after being cleaned to ensure there's no mold or mildew or anything gross trying to grow on the fabric Firoza has worked so hard to make. And as she sits in the middle of this fabric drying in the sun, her mind wanders towards her efforts with Laios and Emmett to locate a missing Pokemon. The eerie feeling, the thought that came unbidden, the state that Zweilous was found in...

She has to talk about this. She has to express this. And when she comes in over the Grumpearls, you can get that sense of concern and confusion settling around her, making the sunny day a bit dimmer as a result.]

I don't recall Zweilous having gone missing before our arrival here. Has this Pokemon wandered off before?

[She hums, little Nidoran brow furrowed. It's important to note that she's finally started to keep her bandana pulled down again, and her right cheek (her right) has a wispy scar trailing across it, like tendrils of flame licking out. It's all healed, it doesn't look grotesque, but wow it sure is there!]

There's just...a feeling I had. "No, no, not again"...and I couldn't shake how familiar it was, to know you are missing a name and face, but you cannot put it together. Though how it can be familiar I'm not sure...

[Tap tap tap goes a paw, impatient as she thinks.]

Have any of you felt something similar, from a mission? Or am I overthinking this?

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[wolfcut]

[ Throwing Shoka's name around is an easy in with people, he's found. ]

In the sand, asleep. Looked half-dead, if I'm honest. [ His brow furrows. ] I'm assuming Stunky didn't mention anything about that? They sure didn't say anything to us if your group found them there the first time.

[bladeofnymeia]

[Bigby hit on the jackpot of friends]

Two instances of the same situation, with the same individual...no, Stunky said naught. But they should have. Unless they forgot? But that would be difficult to do, considering Zweilous is their friend...

[wolfcut]

[ Bigby hears Shoka's words echo in his mind, "You're welcome, by the way." ]

I'd say some friend Stunky is, but they weren't the only one with gaps in their memory. The other Pokémon I talked to seemed surprised Zweilous was missing. Had some pretty vague answers, too. [ A beat. ] After effects of all the rain, maybe?

[bladeofnymeia]

Perhaps. That seems the most logical answer.

[She just worries she's missing something, that there's yet something else buried underneath...just an old reaction from a life of adventure.]

I did once propose we all share what information we come across, but...it would really benefit if we recorded it, too. Even things like this.

[wolfcut]

Logical, but not exactly satisfying. [ He understands the sentiment, even while unsaid. Things are never what they seem. ] That's not a bad idea. Seems like this Zweilous got plenty of people talking, anyway. It'd be easier to track it all in writing.

[bladeofnymeia]

Ideally someone with better penmanship than myself - and someone who can write in a language most people can read.

[She knows she's the only one who can read and write Eorzean, even if it's not at a highly educated level. Knowledge is useless if few can understand it, though.]

[wolfcut]

Mine’s passable, but you bring up a good point. How many of us actually share the same language? [ He was able to read the tablets in the Archives, but the longer he thinks about it, the more he remembers seeing an unfamiliar alphabet that’s slowly starting to give him a headache. ]

... Maybe we should just get someone from Lum to do it.

[bladeofnymeia]

I am definitely the only one who can read what I know. And I don't say that to boast.

I wonder what the most common language is, too...and if it's possible to learn the basics. For writing at least.

[wolfcut]

Could be good to learn whatever they got here, but I'm no expert at that sort of thing. [ He shrugs, not exactly gunning to join another writing class himself. ] If I run into any transcribers for now, I'll let you know.

[bladeofnymeia]

Mm, that I have been trying to learn as well.

[It's still hard...when you don't have that foundation to work off of...]

Thank you.