Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26892768-20180211115902/@comment-26892768-20180211191020

Discord, against his better judgement, decides to look closer at the coccons.

"Well, it was rather simple. The ideal host for the Skull Heart is the hero's own resident energetic shapeshifter - Nimona." Cronus explains.

Double pauses. "...And you came to this conclusion...how?"

There's a brief pause, as if Cronus is taking a moment to smirk underneath his helmet. "Over a year ago, in Nimona's home universe, a man generally regarded as a hero and a revolutionary scientist by the name of Ballister Blackheart was murdered. A man who, before being regarded as a hero by the general populace of his home kingdom, worked to rebel against the so-called 'Institution of Heroics' and exposed their various secret projects on weapon development, including the cultivation of a poisonous plant known as Jaderoot...with the help of Nimona. A month later, a large, black, shapeshifting beast with fire running down it's back - thought to have been slain by Ballister Blackheart - suddenly appeared in a neighboring kingdom and razed it to the ground, killing several notable former Institution members. Some claim they saw someone riding the beast, attached to it by a chain. There were also reports of several pink animals in Ballister's home kingdom hours before the beast appeared. Need I say more?"

There's a long pause. "...You knew about this before I sent you out, didn't you?"

"For around a year." Cronus confirms.

''"...I'd advise against any plans against me, Cronus. I'll know it's coming." ''Double warns.

"If he's with them, he already knew what we look like and what our names were." Nimona points out.

Valeena...doesn't move at all. "I'll wait."

Emily is confused by Scrapper's panic. "Who..."

"Dirt Boss." Sari pulls Emily aside to explain who exactly Dirt Boss is.