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"The Talk" "Well, sir, you can try walking from behind here and go up the bridge. From there, you can go north all the way to Toto and then cross that bridge and get to Muse easily. But then you're not really looking for Muse are you? Nope, you're not, but you can go to that way anyway and then from after the bridge, move a little west and a little south or a little southwest if you want to get to Coronet. Of course, you have to careful, I heard that Toto was burnt down recently. And I'm also hearing that the are around there is just full of those Highland bungholes. I also heard a rumour that the Mercenary Fort just got burned down last night. And I also..." The man was going non-stop. Maybe he was the wrong person to ask for direction. What am I thinking about, I've been sitting here for half an hour talking to this guy and I'm just asking for directions to get to Coronet by foot, since my boat is in the whale's Belly. "...and you know how the sugar price never stay in one place, but that man Shu, funny enough he's trying to buy off the Sugar from a lot of places, I don't really know why either. Probably has a hunch for some financial crap. Of course, when everyone hears that Shu is buying off sugar, you can bet a lot of people is going to buy sugar too, and then sugar'd be rare and the price would definitely go up and... OH! I just realised it! Do you know what I just realised? Oh man oh man oh man, I just so get it now! Now I see why Shu is buying the sugar. Oh man, it's all cos the Su in Sugar is pronounces as Shu, which is Shu's name. Shu-gar. Man, I don't know why I didn't see this before, man, now..." Toto was attacked, did I hear this man said Toto was attacked? Highland people... Hmmmm... I'm sensing something big is going to happen around here. Maybe another war even. I have to find out more stuff about this. I heard Viktor and Flik is stationed somewhere around here. In a fort or something. Did this guy said something about a fort? "...then. Ahhh, those were easy times, but they were very short. Hell, that Genkaku guy and that Han guy were good friends, so when the leaders of both our countries asked them to negotiate some stuff out, you can bet all hell that those two can definitely negotiate some kind of peace or truce. Man, you can definitely count on those two to do the best thing for their own country. True heroes they are. But then, the leaders of both countries aren't satisfied or something. Wanted some kind of...." I wonder how I can get to find out about this stuff. Knowing how I have this True Rune in me now, I kinda bet that I won't get any real peace and quiet anymore. I can bet that I'll be involved in this big thing sooner or later. But first I need someone who can give me some kind of information. Maybe this Shu guy this guy talked about? "...corrupt! Do you hear me? Corrupt! The Jowston alliance is just full of corruption. Not Annabelle of course, Annabelle's is just a straight lace lass, that she is. She definitely knows what to do in bad situations. But then that fat guy over at Matilda, I betcha, if corruption and greed had a face, it'd be that guy's face. Ugly as hell. But then, it wouldn't be a goverment without corruption would it? It wouldn't be alliance without traitors and backstabbers. It wouldn't be right without wrong. Whatever, too much to think of. But still, if there is no wrong, there'd be no right, and life wouldn't be bad, would it? So what if there's no right or wrong, at least we'd be living happily, right? Right, and so..." Heroes. Heroes always have successors. They'd probably know some stuff about this. I can definitely try to find one of those heroes' successors and get some information and stuff. Then I can know what purpose I have with this rune stuck on my chest. "...Coronet? Hey, you listenin'?" "Huh? Oh, yeah, of course I am, get over the Toto bridge and walk southwest to Coronet, right? Easy enough." "What the hell are you talking about? I just stopped and asked you if you wanted to go to Coronet, cos you've been standin' there and muhmurin' stuff about Coronet and stuff. You been doin' that for the past half hour too, I saw you when I was ridin' my boat here from way down the stream. You okay?" What the hell? This is not the man I was talking to about the directions. This one is... old. The one I was asking to was sort of young. And I'm not on the way to Radat anymore? Wait, this place is familiar... hold on a second, THIS is Radat. How the hell did I get here? I thought I stopped halfway to Radat talking to some fisherman guy about directions. "You okay? You were whisperin' and stuff about corruption and coronet as I got near you." "I'm... I'm... uhhhh... I think I need some rest. You know a place I can lie down?" "Shure, there's an inn back there. it's near the entrance, easy to find." "Ah, thanks" I'm on the Radat bridge. Wow, I walked all the way here and didn't even realise it. But... who was I talking to just now. "Me" .... I'm hearing voices. "Yes, you are, my voice, don't you recognise it?" Oh... oh my god. It's that True Rune. "Yes, it is." How can you talk? "Easy, through your mind. And you alone can hear it." What about that murmuring that old man was talking about? "You channeled my words from your own mouth." And that man I asked directions for? "You never did, sure you saw a young fisherman on your way here, but you never did stop him or ask him directions. I don't know how you thought you did." Huh... now that you mentioned it, I never did ask him for directions, did I? Tell me though, are you always this... mouthy? "Not really, but it has been so long since I spoke, so all my thoughts that were pent up in me for those thousands of yeard finally have a chance to be let out, so..." Okay, okay, enough, I understand totally. Whoo... this is a bit too much for me to comprehend at once. I think I'll rest over at the inn first. What do you say? "I think it's okay. If you want to." All right then, we'll rest first, and then we'll think of our next move. "That's cool for me. Let's get over to the inn then." "Heh, a Rune that talks to you. I guess if a boy can lead an army to win a war with an emperor, anything can happen." Tai Ho walks into the inn, to have a long earned rest, and to figure what to do next.
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