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[w] Go try to save the voice "Yes! Good!"
Alright, you'll do what you can to help the voice for now.
"Yes! Thank you! Unfortunately, I can't keep this link up right now, good luck!"
Peace and quiet!
You wince as the voice practically screeches in your mind. Tobias notices and takes a few steps closer with a concerned look, but you wave him off. Now, you've promised a magical voice to help save it, but how? Well, the first order of business is to get out of this room. Let's see...the majority of the people here are scientists, and Joycelyn could be knocked out without much difficulty with the four of you, but that leaves the guard that was left behi...wait, what are you thinking?! Why was violence the first idea you had? Must be all the adventuring, let's try this again.
Hmm, maybe magic could work? You did make a deal that got you some new spells, but that might make it harder later on if you use mana now, and how would you even explain where you got them? No, you'll have to do this without magic, you've only got the option to manipulate Jocelyn's Ambition, but that'll take too long and there's no guarantee it'll even work. You think for a few seconds about all the things you've learned about the two Divine beings of Curiosity. Ah-ha! This might just work actually. You make your way over to Jocelyn.
"Could I talk with you for a little bit, uh, alone?" you ask.
She quirks an eyebrow, "Why not here?"
"Please, I promise it'll be interesting."
"Hmm," she raises a hand to her chin in contemplation, "alright, why not, come on."
Like before, you step out and she locks the door behind you, you can hear Mira start to say something as you step out, but it cut out as soon as the door closes.
"Hey wait, how come only yo-"
Jocelyn leans against the door as soon as it's closed. "Well, what did you want to talk about?" she asks, before adding, "Door's soundproof."
It's now or never, time to make your case.
"W-well, you know how you said you've been tracking this...'Divine' for a while now?" She nods, so you continue, "Tobias said the Abomination of Curiosity got bored quickly. So wouldn't it have gotten bored?"
She tilts her head to one side. "Okay, but that doesn't matter, we know the symbol."
"B-but Benny never checked anything, what if he remembered it wrong?" you counter.
Jocelyn freezes for a moment. You can almost hear gears turning in her head to find a way to prove you wrong. Eventually she lets out a quick breath.
"Okay, you might actually be right, come with me." She leads you back to the table of researchers, you could swear she bounces a little while she turns around. "Benny! Get over here!"
You see him look up from the table and sigh as his eyes focus on you.
"What now? We're doing work I don't have time for Q and A," he says while rubbing the bridge of his nose in visible annoyance.
"Can it, we aren't here for that. Do you have any record of the Curiosity symbols?"
"I already told you-"
"And I said can it. Do you or don't you?"
You shy away slightly from the authority in her voice, even Benny visibly wilts. "W-well, no, b-"
"And what's the possibility you mis-remembered and got the symbols mixed up?"
"Erm...well...I haven't had access to my notes in a while so anything is-"
"So you sent us out to kill a divine being without being 100% sure it was evil?" Jocelyn points an accusatory finger at Benny's face.
"W-well, given its actions, and I'm pretty sure I remembered right..." he trails off.
Jocelyn breathes in heavily before sighing, "Get back to work and get your notes in order, maybe you'll still have a job when we get back." A shiver goes through your boy from the coldness of her voice, she can be scary when she wants to be. As Benny creeps back to the table in a slump, you are grabbed by the arm and dragged back to the room your friends are being kept in.
"Oi!" she shouts as the door bursts open, "How do you three feel like saving a possible god?"
Tobias, Mira and Liam all stand in place staring at Jocelyn in disbelief. You manage to give them an awkward smile from behind her.
"Erm, wait weren't you-" Mira begins to ask.
"No time. You in or out?" your newest ally interrupts.
After a brief moment of hesitation, three voices ring out in sync, "In!"
Jocelyn gives them a bright smile as they look at each other, somewhat awkwardly due to speaking at the same time, "Let's get going then."
Still holding your arm, Jocelyn leads the four of you to the exit, only for it to be blocked by a hulk of a man stepping in front. He's covered head to toe in gleaming armour, a sword in each hand.
"I was ordered to not allow them all to leave," is all he says. Though with the echo and bass from the armour you're not really sure it's a he.
"So you're gonna let a God possibly die?" Jocelyn asks with a similar coldness to when she spoke with Benny. The guard doesn't waver in the slightest, that might actually be scarier than his size.
"I was ordered to not allow them all to leave," he repeats firmly.
"And I aske-Wait, all. So we gotta leave one of 'em behind?"
The guard doesn't respond, which presumably means yes since he isn't repeating that line.
"Well kid, you're the one who pointed all this out, makes sense you get to choose."
Kid? You're more or less the same age as her! Technically you're way older since you're a goddess...though a case could also be made that you're mentally way younger since you lost your memories... Anyway, that's not relevant! You have to leave someone here, and whoever it is probably won't be happy. Liam or Mira...probably wouldn't mind too much, but Tobias would be mad, but at the same time he's most likely to make the situation wor-
"Haha! Attagirl! Er, sorry for popping in like that, but I have some time that I can spend chatting now. I recommend dropping the cleric."
...Of course you do, he'll be trouble either way, won't he?"
Who'll stay behind?
[] You
[] Tobias
[] Liam
[] Mira
