Quote Originally Posted by Morzone View Post
My gratitude for the healing, Yris. You're an excellent asset to this mission as well as a good friend. Keep up the good work!

Now that I'm healed up, I'd like to take 150sp and buy the aqua gear from "The Invincible Drifter." Once I have acquired that necessary piece of equipment, I will go ahead and assist in searching the underwater regions of this Keep. I shall take a look into (32a) Stalls 1-20 of the drowned marketplace.
It's easy enough to take money from the Team Inventory and use it to purchase Aqua Gear. You figure that this is a solid investment, and walk away from the Invincible Drifter rather satisfied with your purchase.

Removed $150 SP$ from the Team Inventory.

You strap on the aqua gear, which consists of a breathing apparatus and some attachable swimming equipment to help you glide effortlessly underwater, and dive into Yellowback Lake, heading straight for the Drowned Marketplace. You find that the area is poorly lit at this time of night, but underwater lanterns appear to have been turned on, at least. The stalls are all unstaffed, and as you head through the vast number of them, the only thing you manage to find that isn't useless trinkets are some splinters. Every one you find is half-buried in sand, so you figure there is no harm in taking them.

Added $46 SP$ to Adrian's Inventory.

Soon enough, your ears prick up to the sound of something. You swim towards it, aiming to be quiet, but also unsure quite how to navigate the watery depths silently. As you get closer to the source of the noise, you realise that it's a voice. You round a stall to see the small form of a goldeen curled up and mumbling something under her breath. You wade in closer and ask her if she's okay, and the goldeen just shakes her head, spitting question after question directly at nobody in particular. You notice that she has a red ring of some kind just barely slipped onto one of her frilly fins.

You ask her if you can see the ring, but she only shouts at you, then apologises, then goes back to asking aimless questions. You sigh, unsure how to deal with this, and then realise that the best way to deal with her would be to use your wise words of diplomacy.

{Confused Goldeen: <Diplomacy>}

After some time, you manage to calm her with precise words and promises that after she hands you the suspicious ring, all will be well again. She finally agrees and slides it off her fin, passing it to you. The moment she does so, you feel a rush of pain shoot into your mind and instantly try to confuse you. Although you shake off the confusion, you feel like your eyes are going to leap from your head and your ears will start bleeding. Thankfully neither of those things happen, but that doesn't stop the awful feeling.

Adrian the Lucario suffers 2 points of Purity damage.

The goldeen, her mind now clear, thanks you for helping and swims off, and you are left with the sinister little ring. Whatever it is, it's something you know you need to hang onto.

[%Ring of Vitriol% 2P DMG] was added to the Team Inventory.

After checking out the rest of the marketplace, you determine there is nothing more for you to find here, and head back to the clubhouse.


Adrian Aylian the Lucario (M: Fighting/Steel)
Health: 9/10 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 8/10
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Diplomacy
Trait: Resourceful