The Palace of St. Bevelle

"...No."

"No"

Ark: <Yes.>

???<Rhetorical question. I swear, my people get stupider & stupider as time goes on.>

"I don't think you know what a rhetorical question is."

"Agreed"

<Bark while you can, fools.>

*He disappears as Luna enters into the room.*

"Who are you talking to?"

"The pyreflies formed into some obnoxious dude."

*Hitomi walks up to the smashes lab equipment taking a gander at it.*

"What pyreflies? What are you talking about?"

*Not knowing anything about machinery, she can't make heads or tails of it, but there are a lot of pipes, broken glass, & wires emitting the occasional jolt.*

Zephyr shrugs, "He was wearing a red robe that had a weird design on it."

[What a stupid way to go about their stupid objective.]

Ark: <Lemme take a look at them.>

*He walks up to the machinery, examining it.*

"...What?"

*Ark recognizes some computers, but most of it's too badly smashed to tell what it was for.*

Ark: <Yeah, I don't really know what exactly each of these is for, but it probably isn't relevant, considering how obvious the general picture is.>

[He's still a stupid thief.]

*Hitomi wanders off to explore the temple.*

"We should get moving all the same. I really don't want to have to fight another one of those things."

"They all came out of this chamber & there's no other exits, so I'm sure they're all dead. And despite whatever you guys are babbling about, there's no pyreflies around to make more Fiends. We need to go find Hitomi."

*She sets off, looking for Hitomi, who's managed to make her way to the room with the stairs leading to the Chamber of the Fayth.*

Zephyr shrugs and follows.

She's gotten moody all off a sudden. Maybe I should talk to her...

*Ark just stands there staring at the machina.*

Ark: <...I'll catch up in a minute!>

[Hmmm...]

*Hitomi stands about staring at the glyph on the floor.*

[It's pretty. And blue. I like... blue.]

*She directs her gaze at the door to the Chamber of the Fayth.*

*Luna catches up with Hitomi, looking at where she's looking.*

"You know you aren't allowed to go in there, right?"

Zephyr catches up as well.

"Yes. Why would I try to enter it?"

Ark: <(Where did they get all of this machina? It's not like they have ever had little... but still...)>