The Spire (POV)

Log 19

> You think to yourself: "Well that's cool and dandy but we still don't have any actytaczyl ore."

You turn to face Tonya, who appears to be happy. Understandable.

"Hey Tonya, have you happened to see some dull green rocks nearby?", you ask, changing the subject hoping that this new approach will get us some more information.

She looks around a bit, then shakes her head.

"Sorry", she says with much disappointment.

> You say "That's a bit unfortunate"

"I tell you what", you say to her, "Why don't you go back to the entrance and wait for me there. I'll be there soon and then we can both go look for some ores."

> You say "Uzume, go and search the Central Tower to see if we missed anything"

Uzume looks up from her cactus, and nods.

"Sure thing boss", she says, standing up and stretching.

She starts to walk away, pauses, turns around and waves to you.

> You wave back.

She walks off into the desert and you're alone. You wait for a while, then decide to go search for that actytaczyl ore you need.

> You say "Anyway Tonya, I guess we're gonna go look for some ores"

"Good, I'm excited to actually get some materials and actually do something with this body"

You spend the next few minutes searching Vusmith for actytaczyl, and after about an hour you're still hadn't found any. You begin to get worried and wonder if you missed some sort of mine shaft entrance or something instead.

> You head to the Town Square. Tonya decides to rest for a while, as her arms and legs weren't made to walk again.

You walk slowly through the deserted streets, before arriving at the dusty square. You take a look around: no people, no shops, nothing. Obviously.

Only ashes and sand remain.

> You say "Now if I was a cluster of actytaczyl, where would I be?"

You look around, and spot a gap in the buildings behind you.

"I'll bet nobody's looted that yet", you think to yourself.

> You head towards the gap.

Walking through the gap you find yourself in a much shabbier alley than the one you just left. You've left the main entrance to the town and continued on into what used to be a poor area of town.

The further you go the darker the alleyway seems to get. You begin to notice the cobwebs hanging from the ceilings, which seem to be patched up with strips of cloth instead of proper boards.

"There shouldn't be any cobwebs. Spiders don't exist in the High Desert" You think to yourself. You begin to hear a quiet whirring noise, which gets louder as you approach the end of the alley.

> You throw a knife forward.

You throw a knife forward, sticking into the side of the wall, and drawing out a small pained noise.

"..."

You walk forward and see what was behind the wall: Nothing. The alley is empty except for a single pile of rubble and several large holes on either side of the walls. You notice an opening on the end of the alley, and head inside.

The opening leads to a collapsed interior. Nothing of interest remains, just the broken remains of old buildings which seem to have been torn down only a few years ago at most.