[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

[Jensoman]

Jenso hid behind a pillar when Bruce decided to release some of his Ki earlier, in an attempt to avoid the creature from seeing him. Despite standing out of sight of the golem, he noticed Bruce's signal. He began to relax somewhat, but remained behind the pillar which was located at Bruce's left. He was happy to learn that the golem didn't seem like a threat, but remained hidden. He did not want to startle the golem, but he didn't feel that it was wise to reveal his location.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce reached up to scratch his jaw, considering the creature's response. He hadn't heard of golems being described as such before, at least with regard to souls. Slowly, he indicated the area of the ground where the creature had been digging around.
"Is that what you have been looking for?" he asked. "The souls other golems have stolen?"

[tex]

"Arcani-nigh-nigh-Nite Cores," the golem crept towards Bruce, and pulled one of the orange cores out of its body, phasing through its own matter without an issue. "Fix.. Gol-Ira... Gol-Ino fi-XxXxxx"

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes widened in shock as the golem spoke. 'Fix Gol-Ira?! Darn it, if he does that..!' Jenso thought, concerned. Gol-Ira was dangerous, so he would need to stop this golem from doing so. But it didn't seem like enough of a valid reason to attack it yet. He narrowed his eyes at the creature, calmly waiting to see what it would do. He was on guard now, however.

[tex]

"F-F-Fix.."

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce watched the creature remove one of the cores from its body, his legs tensing in case he needed to back up quickly. He noted how easily it was able to move things in and out of its body, concerned about that detail should anything devolve into a fight. He could tell something was wrong with this creature, or at least its speech patterns, because it was regressing rapidly.
A thought suddenly occurred to him.
"There was a golem here, then." he said, a statement rather than a question. "The souls you've just collected came from a golem that was here and you took them, didn't you?"

[tex]

Gol-Ino took another step forward, and placed the core back into his body, pulling out an amulet, one of the purity amulets, from its body. "Gol-Ira... Monster... Fix result... Poison.." It dropped the amulet at Bruce's feet and suddenly stood of straight, expelling every last core from its body, except for the four purple cores.

"Ah.."

[Jensoman]

Jenso came out from behind the pillar and stared at Gol-Ino. "WHAT THE FUCK?! You've got some serious issues, pal!" Jenso shouted at him. "If you think I'll let you fix Gol-Ira, you can forget it!" He shouted, and got in a combat stance.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce didn't know what to make of either the creature or Jenso's sudden outburst. Rather than think too much about it, he snatched up the amulet from the ground and stuffed it into his pocket, his hand around his sheath. He kept his legs tensed and spread his feet apart, but otherwise didn't take up an aggressive stance.

[tex]

Gol-Ino looked at Jenso and tilted its head quizzically. "Why would I fix such a loathsome monster? Terribly sorry, communication whilst carrying around these Toxic Tangerine Cores is relatively impossible," he stated, in a far more refined, posh tone.

[Jensoman]

Jenso gave Gol-Ino a confused look, and began to relax. He stood casually now. "Uh...I'm sorry for the misunderstanding..." Jenso responded. "I fought Gol-Ira in the past, and defeated him. He caused me a lot of trouble and tried to kill me and one of my friends. He had a big army of ice-golems under his command, and stuff.." Jenso explained to Gol-Ino.

[tex]

"I know all about that," Gol-Ino said arrogantly, "As if I'd be uninformed on the actions of a tangerine. The golem Citadel is ashamed an appalled by the actions of its lesser creations. "That's exactly why I'm here, or rather, up and about. I've been searching for Gol-Ira's broken Core, and decommissioning these lesser archaic Tangerines while I'm at it."

[Jensoman]

"Then you should be aware that Gol-Ira's remains are in Pharie. If anything of him still remains, anyways." Jenso stated, thinking back about how Vale intervened and crushed Gol-Ira's final core. "And there might be some shards of his last core near the edge of that area. Would be difficult to locate those, though." He stated, truthfully. He was unsure if he could even trust this golem, but it didn't seem like it was hostile at all. "Though, if you know about me defeating him, I'm assuming you've already searched there." He added.

[tex]

"I have," Gol-Ino admitted, "To no avail. Not that it will matter. I've just got a bit of a... Hoarder's mentality. These cores are no exception. Though, in the future, I should probably find a better way to transport them. Backpacks and clothing make me feel very... Uncomfortable." Gol Ino looked up at the sky and nodded at the sunrise peaked over the mountaintops. "I recall this commission being relevant to the sages.."

[Jensoman]

"Sages?" Jenso questioned, unsure who Gol-Ino was talking about. "And...may I ask where the golem Citadel is located?" Jenso asked in a polite way, as his curiosity was rising.

[tex]

"The sages of purity, five in total. They commissioned the golems for defenses, proportionate to the treasure they guarded," gol-Ino explained briefly, "And no. No you may not."

[Jensoman]

"I see..." Jenso responded. "I understand, you don't have to tell us where it is." Jenso replied in a calm tone. He was still curious about where it was located, but he had no intention of forcing the golem to speak. It wasn't hostile, so he didn't want too. "If one were to collect the treasures from all five sages, what would happen to that person?" Jenso asked. He knew only what Luke told him, that the person would get an amazing power. But he didn't have many details about it.

[tex]

Gol-Ino shrugged and bent down, slowly collecting the cores around him. "I know nothing about the purity amulets. The Temples of grace had depicted legends, but to my knowledge, only two are in good enough condition to even make out."

[Jensoman]

"Alright...which two?" Jenso asked the golem. "And...what where the Sages all about? What was their purpose?" He asked. "I'm sorry for storming you with all these questions, but this is really interesting for me and my friend." He added.

[tex]

Gol-Ino rolled his transparent eyes, "Really," He gasped, "I wouldn't have gathered... The sages were a collection of humans who used an ancient blade to foresee the many futures. The Yin-Yang Katana," Gol Ino dropped the golem cores again and sighed. "The blade depicts the hundreds of trillions of possible outcomes every action can have at any point in time, but with proper age, training, and magical influence, it is possible to narrow the options down to a select few. With the Yin-Yang Katana, they were able to avert several disaster for their people." Gol-Ino bent down and began gathering his cores again.

"Satisfied? May I go?"