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No matter how many times they tried to convince him, Dr. Luveno just wouldn’t budge.
For now, the best option is to retreat for the time being. Alisa and party left the cell.
No matter how many times they tried to convince him, Dr. Luveno just wouldn’t budge.
For now, the best option is to retreat for the time being. Alisa and party left the cell.
“Aren’t you Dr. Luveno?”
“Yes, I am. Ohh, and you’re Lutz, aren’t you? I hope you’re not here to try to get me out of here. I want nothing to do with that.”
They used the Dungeon Key to open the door. An elderly man was inside.
“Who are you?” he asked.
“Please excuse us. You don’t seem to be Dr. Luveno,” said Lutz.
“My name is Dr. Amamoto. I see,” he said. “So, Luveno’s been locked up too. —Actually, I’ve done research together with him before. Excuse me, but if you find him, would you mind giving him this for me?”
“What is this?” asked Alisa, receiving a small bottle from Dr. Amamoto. (Action Chart – Check “E”).
“It’s the preserved meat from the monster Sharkin that’s been boiled in soy sauce, hehehe.”
“O-oh, is that so? All right then, I’ll make sure to give it to him.” (Ugh…)
Alisa and party left the cell.
Upon opening the door, they saw a man in a dingy white lab coat.
“So, um, how are you doing?”
“I’m so happy right now. I just passed the Robot National Exams on my first try. By the way, do you have a Road Pass?”
“A Road Pass? O-of course I have one.” Alisa pulled it out and showed it to him.
—And so just like that, Alisa and her comrades were able to get inside the prison.
Alisa and party decided to sneak into Triada Prison from the rear entrance.
“Just because this is the rear entrance doesn’t mean that things will be easy. We’ve been found out already,” said Alisa.
“That is correct. Prepare yourselves, illegal trespassers!”
From behind them, an old man emerged — a prison guard.
“Heh, one old geezer thinks he can stop all of us?” said Tyrone.
“Foolish youngsters!” the old man spun into the air and began to attack Alisa and comrades!
The attack was completely unexpected — it was as if a set of sharp claws had slashed and scratched them up. (-2 CP)
By the time the attacker landed back on the ground, he no longer had human form. He was now a monster covered in black fur with huge wings — he turned into a Werebat!
Werebat: 15 + BP (1-F)
Alisa & Party: CP + BP (2-I)
“Wait, please. Somehow it appears that he means us no harm,” Lutz said, stopping Tyrone.
“How can you tell?”
“It’s what one might call telepathy.” And so Lutz began to talk to the Centaur earnestly. (-1 MP). By doing so, they learned a few things.
Yes, the Centaur was an imperial guard. However, he became unsatisfied with La Shiec’s ways, voiced his complaints and wound up being thrown in jail.
He was captured when he went to the village of Abion to buy Polymeteral.
“Polymeteral?”
“It’s a medicine that’s said to dissolve any kind of substance other than Laconia.”
Alisa tried to invite the Centaur to go with her and her comrades, but he shook his head. He explained that he no longer had a place where he belonged.
The party exited the cell.
Continuing down the corridor, they came to a door. They tried using the Dungeon Key.
“Oi, who’s here? Oh, a li’l girl?” bellowed the bearded man inside.
“Are you Dr. Luveno? No, you couldn’t be, right…?” said Alisa.
“Wha? Nahh, I ain’t no doctor. Ain’t youse guys ever heard of Da Great Silver Next — legendary pick-pocket?”
“Looks like Dr. Luveno’s not here, either,” said Alisa to the rest of her party, ignoring the man. The group walked away.
“What! You’ve come again? You guys are incessant!” said the doctor.
The group arrived at the village of Gothic.
(It is possible to get treatment at the local Hospital. Pay 10 Meseta for +2 HP)
They visited Dr. Luveno’s house, but it was so empty that not even a mouse stirred. According to the other villagers, the doctor was said to have gone insane and was thrown into Triada Prison.
“That seems really suspicious. Well, anyway, let’s try going to that prison,” Alisa said.
“The prison has two different entrances,” said Lutz, pointing to a map he drew in the ground.