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ChiChi finally wakes from a hazey dream-state to try to do something.

First, equip the Blessed Armband from the team inventory!

Then, she plans to go out and interview Ohu, using diplomacy.
She knows Ohu tried to sell something to a shop, she knows Ohu probably has a key and would certainly like to know its history! Its cute! I'd buy it!
Secondary to that, ChiChi wants to find out about the politics of the seafarers- does Malco's death affect Ohu? Does it affect Llanas much? Anyone been acting weird and cagey?
(Neo Emolga finally wakes from a hazy dream-state to try and do something xP)

ChiChi has equipped the +|J| Blessed Armband+ (1S, 1P) and has returned the +|J| Dreamwatch Necklace+ (Wearer gets notified if they speak or have spoken to a Stalker) to the Team Inventory.

This morning, after enjoying your muffin breakfast, you decide to head out and speak to Ohu the Dhelmise, hoping you can learn something more from it and uncover more about this mechanism it came across recently. You’ve heard Ohu is looking to sell it at a respectable price, but you’re hoping you might be able to talk it down and possibly talk it into relinquishing it completely free of charge.

You find Ohu works and currently lives on the XSHO Freighter 413, which has been ordered to remain docked due to the situation with the Stalkers and due to the situation with a Morgrem being crushed by a shipping container. At first, you think it might be due to law enforcement trying to prevent the perpetrators from escaping, but at the same time, it’s also preventing anyone who might become a victim from escaping as well. And as you are already well aware, the Stalkers have no intention of leaving until the dark mission is done.

When you board the XSHO Freighter and find Ohu, you see the Dhelmise with the broken pieces of the mechanism. You decide to talk to Ohu to see what you’re able to learn about this device and what the full story is. You then introduce yourself and ask about the key and the seafarers.

“Greetings, Chichi, indeed, I do,” Ohu tells you with a seemingly enigmatic voice. As it speaks, you cannot sense where its voice is coming from. Instead of coming from a mouth, it seems to emanate from its body and it almost seems more like a voice in your head as opposed to a voice that your ears can hear.

Ohu presents the broken key mechanism before you, and you see it’s in pretty bad shape and has multiple fragmented pieces, but it seems like everything is there at least. While you’re not an expert in restoration projects, it might still be capable of being repaired, but you can tell Ohu simply wants to sell it as is and has no intention of restoring it before parting with it for money.

“I found this salvaging a short distance off of the coast, and it seems to be very old,” Ohu tells you, thinking there may be a potential small fortune in store if it can find the right buyer. “I may not know its true nature, but I believe it may fetch for a high price. I’m sure a museum or a collector might be interested.”

You can sense a presence coming from this broken device, and you recognize it as the kind of shadow essence found in other Black Moon artifacts, but this one, judging from its age, existed even long before the rest of the guild did and they simply decided to make use of it in their own way. Still, this signature is distinctly something you’ve felt before and you’re confident this definitely has to be related. However, you know you need to get it out of Ohu’s possession and talk it into giving it to you free of charge. You realize it’s going to take a bit of work, but you think you have an idea.

“So who have you tried to sell it to so far?” you ask, looking dubiously at the relic. “Baywill seems to be the only museum in town and I don’t think they’re into broken stuff. Everything there seems to be in impeccable shape.”

“You would be correct,” Ohu replies, its tone changing and sounding like disappointment as it has already realized this. “However, I am still trying to sell it to the local collectors.”

“And who might that be?” you ask.

Ohu falls silent. The sea creeper Pokémon doesn’t seem to have too many answers and you get a feeling it has already failed multiple times with that attempt as well.

“Well, okay, how about this?” you ask the anchor-shaped Pokémon. “I mean, if you had all the money you could ever want, what would you pay for it? And what would you do with it if you bought it?”

Again, Ohu falls silent and still fails to come up with an answer. Suddenly the sea creeper isn’t looking at the broken relic the same way it did before.

“I suppose I must ask what would you do with it if you were in my position?” it asks you, curious to know.

“Sure, I have the perfect idea!” you tell Ohu with a smile. “Find someone I know who can fix it up and together we can figure out what it’s really for! It does seem pretty mysterious and I think finding the answer to that mystery would be much more exciting! Who knows what might happen?”

As Ohu thinks it over, it realizes this is not going down the way it thought it would. It looks over the broken key mechanism, and decides this is going to be a very hard sell, and even in the end, it may not be satisfied with the results and the time and effort that it has already invested into it to no fruition and that continuing to pursue it in this way would only lead to further loss. In another way, Ohu seems to understand your mission as well, and it seems like the whole intention of discovering its true purpose and restoring it to achieve that is a worthwhile intention to pursue.

#45 Ohu the Dhelmise has become Compliant.

“I believe you are wise to take on such an endeavor, but it is not something I can do,” Ohu tells you admirably, offering the mechanism to you instead. “I have tried multiple times to sell this salvage as you have discerned, but I now see that I must part with it and seek new opportunities. Instead, I want to leave it with you. As for me, I will continue my work, seeing what other relics and artifacts might be out there for me and the rest of my team to discover, wherever that may take us.”

[Broken Vault Key Mechanism: <Repair>] has been added to the Team Inventory.

“Wish me luck!” you tell Ohu as you carefully take the pieces of the broken mechanism, assuring the Dhelmise you’ll do your best to figure out the meaning behind this enigmatic relic.

“In the meantime, I am hoping we will not be here much longer,” Ohu tells you, looking off into the distance. “Llanas does not like being told what to do, and she may even see Malco’s death as a blessing in disguise and as a justifiable rationale to plan our escape. However, there is still the remainder of the coast guard that may take legal action against us if she attempts to have the ship leave port without clearance. The alternative of compliance only to be targeted by the Stalkers is a danger in itself. There is no good choice in the matter and I imagine Llanas will be forced to make a decision as the ship’s captain or take a vote on it. My vote, as you likely have already guessed, would be to leave as soon as possible regardless of the law. Things are much too dangerous here and our lives are at stake.”

“I must go, but before I do, there is something I have observed,” Ohu tells you, keeping his tone of voice down. “The coast guard seems disjointed from the local law enforcement. I have been to other towns and this is not usually the case. Normally these kinds of organizations work together in cases that are far less severe than what is going on in Seabourne right now. I think something is undermining them from within and it seems to be intentional. Malco’s death… this can’t be a coincidence, but I fear its not the end of dark events that may soon be coming for us all.”

The Dhelmise leaves you thinking it over, and in turn, leaves you with the wisdom that it would be best to keep a watch out for patterns as to what happens next…

ChiChi the Tatsujin Tapu Lele (M: Kūsho)
Health: 16/20 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 10/20 | 10/10 Kurosuōbā | Dodge Rate: 30%
Perk: Diplomacy
Reincarnation Forms: Corviknight, Milotic, Aurorus, Espeon, Alcremie
EQUIPMENT:
  • Defense Armor: <Empty>
  • Jewelry: +|J| Blessed Armband+ (1S, 1P)