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Selphie:
When you get to the dungeon, you find The Professor talking almost casually to Desta and Shi'ita about the formula for the serum.

Shi'ita:
"Yes, most likely," the Professor mutters. "Too bad I'll never get to test it."

Selphie & Desta & Shi'ita:
"Still working on that stupid serum, Professor?" BC #42 says.
The Professor turns to him and Selphie.
"Ah, Kashmir," he says to the figure. "Still pursuing me? I thought we got past this old tiff. I've told you that it wasn't I who put the bounty on your head."
"I'm not here about that," BC#42/"Kashmir" says. "I'm here to kill you."
The Professor is silent.

Jasmine:
Tellat's eyes widen at the word "romance;" she clearly recognizes the word, but probably does not understand what it really means. When you get to the kitchen, you find a figure in black snooping around in the pantry, right near the wine.

I was about to respond to the Professor when I suddenly heard a strange voice come up behind me and speak about killing him. Out of natural instinct after being snuck up on, I spin around on all fours and bare my fangs, hissing toward this new stranger as I prepare to pounce and attack if necessary.

Jasmine:
You manage to grapple the figure, although its fighting back leads you to end up on the ground. At some point in the struggle, your teeth end up sunk into the figure's arm, biting right through the cloth of its coat. And by the time you full register what's going on, its teeth are equally deep into your arm, after having bumped it into the ground just right to get a jerking reaction. However, Tellat is on all fours, her teeth even DEEPER into the figure's other arm that your teeth are in the first arm! Tellat looks practically feral, almost as though she had let go of her humanity altogether!

Desta:
The hooded figure appears to look at you, though you can't quite tell due to his hood being so low that you can't even see his face.
"I'm not here to do anything to, with, or about you," he says. "My only query is The Professor."

Selphie:
"Oh, shut up, you miserable dragon," the Professor says. "Go...count your gold or something."

I try to put this fool into a choke hold, keeping my grip with my pointy teeth. I knew they weren't as optimized for fighting as much as Tellat's, but it should help me a little bit.

My ears perk up toward the Professor when he speaks, but I keep my eye on the other guy. "You some sort of bounty hunter?" I continue in my growling voice.

"Desu, no need to be rude to my friend, after all he is my guest!" I say cheerfully. "As for the gold counting, that's hard to do when you have none to count, and no cave to store it!"

Desta:
"No, I work for the Black Cloaks," Kashmir replies. "We are essentially underground peacekeepers. We used to be part of the White Coats, until the Coats started doing things that we didn't approve of. Our job is take out international threats, regardless of what could be earned by turning in his body. I intend to kill him and leave. You can hand him over to a nation if you wish."

Jasmine:
You have no issues doing so, as they are gasping for breath and don't seem to be interested in doing anything other than breathe. Tellat, however, has not let go of the figure's arm.

Selphie:
"The point is: just shut up and leave me to die!" the Professor says.