Part 44: The Don is In
Update 44: The Don is In (Polsy) Datalogs
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Chaos Crystal
A shard of twisted time, frozen in crystal. It is a key component in the paradox weapon, which is being developed in Academia of the 5th century AF.
This remarkable and extremely rare substance is formed by spacetime singularities, and is believed to be the seed substance that causes Time Gates to manifest.
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Ruthenium Ring
Look, I'm gonna spell it out for you, nice and clear. The Bresha Ruins are suffering from a serious monster problem. There's a big reward for anyone who can shut down the infestation once and for all, but in the meantime, the government's handing out bounties for single monsters.
We've got no choice if we wanna keep Cocoon safe for humans.
The government has assigned us agents the task of handing out the bounty to registered mercs. We used to demand the head of every monster as evidence, but some heads are pretty hard to collect - from bombs, say. So now it's all automated and recorded direct to the kill count.
Today's Kill Count
13 monsters confirmed dead
6 hunters injured, none seriously
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Palladium Ring
Monsters were too hot to handle today. Lots of casualties. Score one for the monster army, I guess. We gotta get more hunters on the job, or we're gonna be in a world of trouble.
What's that? Why don't we leave the monsters alone, you say? Nah, wouldn't work. The government tried abandoning these ruins once, years ago. Oh, man, that was a disaster, let me tell you!
The monsters kept comin' and comin'. They poured out of the ruins, out of the Hanging Edge, and started appearing in our cities. If we'd let things go on, Cocoon would have turned into one giant monster nest. So we introduced a bounty system and started to drive them back, bit by bit.
Today's Kill Count
3 monsters confirmed dead
20 hunters injured, 6 seriously
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Osmium Ring
Monster extermination operations in the Bresha Ruins are being assigned to mercs by government agents. The Academy has adopted a total hands-off policy. Hmph. I guess this is all the government is good for now. We sit around and hire other people to do the dirty work for us.
The Academy scientists are sucking up all the resources for that big project of theirs, and the government gets the crumbs. Still, if the gate research is completed and the monster infestation problem isn't solved, the Academy'll find it harder to steal our funding.
Today's Results
26 monsters confirmed dead.
10 hunters injured, 3 seriously
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Setzer's Dice
They say the future isn't certain. But neither is the past. Until someone checks, no one knows if a tossed coin comes up heads or tails. For a brief moment, both possibilities exist. The coin is heads-and-tails, potential realities overlapping. A paradox.
You've seen the evidence all around you. Don't tell me you haven't. Treasure boxes that appear out of nowhere, landscapes that shouldn't be there, gates that shimmer and flicker. This is what happens when worlds collide. It's like I always say... There's more to this universe than meets the eye.
- A Gambler Speaks
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Priceless Gift
The casino owner told me somethin' interesting the other day. He said there's a Coliseum out in the Void Beyond. Supposedly, dead heroes from all over—or at least, copies of them—gather there to duke it out for honor and glory. Of course, I'm no hero, so it's got nothing to do with me.
Makes me wonder, though. This palace is for dead people, and that Coliseum, too. Do you have to be dead to get into the Void Beyond? I sure hope not, cause I'm not done livin'!