Paradise Violated
You examine the coins in more detail, and a sense of certainty overcomes you. You know this place exists. You can feel it in your heart. You have to find it, but you refuse to have this Elojin lead you. For all you know he could still be trying to trick you somehow. You decide to passively gain information out of him and hope he gives away his knowledge accidentally.
"Well I suppose we could check it out but how far is it? I don't want to be dragging my team halfway across the planet. It's dangerous enough just staying in one place." You say in a non-prying manner.
"Oh you needn't worry about that. Its not that far, it's just to the east, there's a native village near it, and a river too." Calmly assures.
"That was easier than I expected. Thank you." You say and pull a pistol and shoot the Elojin.
Before finishing him off, he speaks.
"You idiot you'll never find it without me "
"Wrong my spotty friend, you given us a vital clue, we can just follow the river to the east until it leads us there. You thought I was going to let you actually lead us?"
Sergeant Alyssa comes running in and sees the Elojin dead on the ground.
"Sir! We made sure he didn't have any weapons!"
"Relax Sergeant, he didn't attack me, I just found him to be no longer useful. Gather up the team, we're heading out."
You and Alyssa leave the tent while she calls everyone to gather around. She has such a strong commanding presence. You never realized how alluring that was.
"Alright team, thanks to our recently departed spotty friend, he has provided us with the location of a genuine Xont structure. Yes, the mythical Xont, but I have proof that it exists and the directions! Besides we were put on here to explore this forsaken planet anyway, so we might as well check it out. Who's with me?"
Your team looks a little unsure, but they trust you. Alyssa looks stoic as usual, but a slight twinge of apprehensiveness crosses her face, but you'll make her see that this was a good idea. LaFleur looks craven, but typically is too scared to voice his opinion. Finally you hear the voice of dissention.
"Captain, how can we trust what that alien scum told you? The Elojin are notorious liars!"
"Ah, but I have proof!" you hold up the coins. "See the Elojin thought he was going to trick us and use us but instead I have taken the advantage! We won't be sharing this find with anyone, but us!"
Salo gives you a suspicious look. He doesn't mind that you wasted the Elojin, but he's a little disturbed by this new found excitement.
"Very well, I suppose our duty to the Empire is to explore this planet, but I fail to see how the archaic ruins of some alien civilization which may not exist will benefit it."
You dismiss Salo's xenophobia, and get ready to leave. The Lizards have been overhearing parts of your conversation, and have also gotten agitated every time the word "Xont" was mentioned. They don't attack, but it's obvious that you've worn out your welcome.
You and your team leave for the jungle, after some time later, you reach a river. You make camp for the night, telling everyone that it'll be faster to actually travel on the river, so tomorrow a raft of sorts is going to be made. There's certainly no shortage of trees. After assigning some people for watch duty, you ponder your next move.
"Well I suppose we could check it out but how far is it? I don't want to be dragging my team halfway across the planet. It's dangerous enough just staying in one place." You say in a non-prying manner.
"Oh you needn't worry about that. Its not that far, it's just to the east, there's a native village near it, and a river too." Calmly assures.
"That was easier than I expected. Thank you." You say and pull a pistol and shoot the Elojin.
Before finishing him off, he speaks.
"You idiot you'll never find it without me "
"Wrong my spotty friend, you given us a vital clue, we can just follow the river to the east until it leads us there. You thought I was going to let you actually lead us?"
Sergeant Alyssa comes running in and sees the Elojin dead on the ground.
"Sir! We made sure he didn't have any weapons!"
"Relax Sergeant, he didn't attack me, I just found him to be no longer useful. Gather up the team, we're heading out."
You and Alyssa leave the tent while she calls everyone to gather around. She has such a strong commanding presence. You never realized how alluring that was.
"Alright team, thanks to our recently departed spotty friend, he has provided us with the location of a genuine Xont structure. Yes, the mythical Xont, but I have proof that it exists and the directions! Besides we were put on here to explore this forsaken planet anyway, so we might as well check it out. Who's with me?"
Your team looks a little unsure, but they trust you. Alyssa looks stoic as usual, but a slight twinge of apprehensiveness crosses her face, but you'll make her see that this was a good idea. LaFleur looks craven, but typically is too scared to voice his opinion. Finally you hear the voice of dissention.
"Captain, how can we trust what that alien scum told you? The Elojin are notorious liars!"
"Ah, but I have proof!" you hold up the coins. "See the Elojin thought he was going to trick us and use us but instead I have taken the advantage! We won't be sharing this find with anyone, but us!"
Salo gives you a suspicious look. He doesn't mind that you wasted the Elojin, but he's a little disturbed by this new found excitement.
"Very well, I suppose our duty to the Empire is to explore this planet, but I fail to see how the archaic ruins of some alien civilization which may not exist will benefit it."
You dismiss Salo's xenophobia, and get ready to leave. The Lizards have been overhearing parts of your conversation, and have also gotten agitated every time the word "Xont" was mentioned. They don't attack, but it's obvious that you've worn out your welcome.
You and your team leave for the jungle, after some time later, you reach a river. You make camp for the night, telling everyone that it'll be faster to actually travel on the river, so tomorrow a raft of sorts is going to be made. There's certainly no shortage of trees. After assigning some people for watch duty, you ponder your next move.