December 3rd
Hard-boiled private investigator Richmond
here. My investigation into General Leo continues.
With Dr. Lucca Ashtear and Mustadio Bunanza
along for the ride, I was checking out Odd
Headquarters to try and get some inside info
on the mysterious activities of General Leo.
December 4th
Odd Headquarters is never exactly normal,
but things were downright odd when we arrived.
The whole place was full of strange masked
men, and at first I thought maybe we'd have
a little trouble. Turns out I shouldn't have
worried, though - there was just a Ninja
convention on when we got there. I cased
the joint while Bunanza and Ashtear went
for coffee.
December 5th
I started asking around and sure enough,
some of the ninja knew about General Leo.
One of 'em had been there when the General
died, so I tried to pry some info out of
him. He clammed up pretty fast, though, and
told me that his dog eats people. I sicked
Fluffy on the other doggie and soon the ninja
wasn't feeling so high and mighty about his
canine companion. He told me that when General
Leo died, there was a space-time anomaly
overhead. He hadn't figured there was anything
to it because of the strange field dynamics
of the area, but I filed it away for future
reference. Another of the ninja mentioned
that he'd heard there was a big name in Abysmal
circles who'd also been asking around about
the General. Not wanting to tangle with the
underworld if I could help it, I decided
not to pursue that line of investigation
just yet.
December 6th
There was no sign of the Armitage dame at
Odd Headquarters, but we got a tip from the
little robot thing and made a timeline jump
to alternate Filgaia and stayed at an inn
in Adlehyde. Adlehyde was more my kind of
town, bigger and more cosmopolitan, so I
figured I'd be sure to find what I was after.
The inn we were staying at was pretty full,
and I was surprised to see that Ashtear had
met up with another guy looking for General
Leo. He was a strange kid, all right, always
looking for fetch quests, but he had some
crucial info about Armitage - seems the vamp
dame was running scared from some 'Bane of
the Crimson Nobles', and that she was headed
for Neclord's castle back in my own home
sweet home world. The kid introduced himself
as Justin and told us that he'd met up with
Armitage while searching for the Generic
Stone to open the Requisite Gate. Since the
Time Machine had broken down again and a
four person party was becoming more acceptable,
we agreed to go through the Requisite Gate
with him..
December 7th
The path to the Requisite Gate was blocked
by the Obscure Puzzle. Fortunately, I put
the old clue-sniffer to work and found the
answer - the password was Items Being Used.
We entered Requisite Gate but were attacked
by a group of Stone Gorems and Y-Burns. We
managed to take them out, but I was noticing
a dangerous pattern. We passed through Requisite
Gate and returned to my very own Suikoden
world.
December 8th
Justin wanted to go in search of the Unlocking
Key, but I thought we'd be better off searching
Neclord's Castle. We split up, Ashtear going
with Justin,and Bunanza coming with me. Neclord's
Castle was in the same shape as the Crimson
Palace, burned to the ground and surrounded
with the remains of undead who'd lost the
'un-' part of their description. A pack of
Sacred attacked Bunanza and I, and we were
overpowered.
December 9th
We're stuck in a dank, musty dungeon cell.
From the decor, I have a feeling that we've
run afoul of the Daravon Cult of. These twisted
worshipers of bad translations have been
waning in power recently, but they can still
give a fella trouble. The Daravon Cultists
of also captured Armitage, though, so we
may be closer to finding the answers than
it seems...