29th treasure [audio]

[captainash]

So.

[Ash stays silent for a few moments after that, almost as if that word is the only one he intended to send. That doesn't last very long.]

Am I getting my weeks wrong, or was there a rather suspicious lack of confused calls coming from New Bark Town over the last few days?

[He normally would not have registered that at all, yet this time he's been thinking about it enough to make his head pound.]

...Never mind. It's probably nothing.

Comments

[dreamsofahero]

That does still beg the question of whether anyone has eschewed them in favor of adopting an attitude similar to the locals, however. For some people the desire to blend in in such a manner may be stronger, or perhaps easier to adapt to than the culture of sorts that's been formed from those various outsiders brought here.

[captainash]

There might be, but if they were successful in their attempt we'd only know of their existence through a functional but unused Gear number, unless you can cancel those. Who would bother trying them all to find someone who decided to blend in with the natives?

[dreamsofahero]

There wouldn't be much if any point, no, but likewise, it's impossible to prove that there haven't been more new arrivals who didn't simply choose to approach matters that way.

[captainash]

True, especially since there's always the possibility that people did so in the past but have since disappeared, leaving no trace of themselves behind. I'm sure plenty of people brought here years ago have been fully forgotten by now.

[dreamsofahero]

*nods*

Exactly. Which comes back to your original question, in that it's truly impossible to be certain if the apparent lack of newcomers is of any significance or not.

[captainash]

Unless we get a sign that it was important later, but that won't help us now. I hope that won't be the case.

[dreamsofahero]

That's certainly true enough, but I suppose there's little to be done, in that case.

[captainash]

We can always hoard supplies and hope we won't need to use them.