Aethyrion says to Hope: "You were unconscious but those statue dudes healed you, looks like you're alright."
Jonas is impressed by the Statue's posing abilities. He attempts to emulate them - powering through his wounds to do so. Blood only makes the flexing more elegant.
"And so are you it seems. The blood is worrying but I must say it's also making the poses more elegant. Well anyway, whatever happened here, looks like everyone's okay."
Aethyrion shrugs, and proceeds with the group.
"Danke, it was likewise impressive how you made so many friends so quickly."
Mona responds to Advisor Hope. "I don't know all the details, but from what I could tell, you decided to blindly go along with Jonas despite knowing nothing about what he was planning to do and almost died because of it."
"As for the statues, contrary to what I had read they are fully capable of communicating. They are in actuality loyal not to the dark lord, but to their god and religious path. Aethyrion talked to them and came to an agreement."
"They also said something about this being their fortress and about Foldman's lackeys occupying it. Since I asked you if there was any historical information about this place that was relevant to our job here and you didn't respond to that, I am going to assume that you were unaware of this yourself."
"On an unrelated note, we have intel on what appears to be the enemy leader. Rather than an alchemist, I believe that we are dealing with an Esper and a powerful one at that. It was able to detect us even while we were outside of the fortress, at about the same distance that I was able to detect him; furthermore he was able to detect us even through the fortress wall despite being at ground level. It also demonstrated the ability to cast what appeared to be a wide range gravity amplification spell and has enough telekinetic power to catch a bullet from a sniper rifle and throw it back at the shooter with enough force to penetrate the fortress wall. I also confirmed the presence of multiple chimera as well as one other person, but I didn't have the opportunity to get any more useful detail than that. I would recommend that we re-evaluate our tactics prior to proceeding."
"What"
Jonas keeps posing while looking at Mona. Despite being fully healed, the elegance levels are still pretty high.
Mona responds to Advisor Hope. "I don't know all the details, but from what I could tell, you decided to blindly go along with Jonas despite knowing nothing about what he was planning to do and almost died because of it."
"We took care of the Matis with zero deaths and zero explosions, as I'm sure my angelic friend had told you when he summoned you here.
Herzlich willkommen for that by the way. Was not easy. A certain soldier getting kidnapped was maybe small hitch, nothing we could have done about it."
"They also said something about this being their fortress and about Foldman's lackeys occupying it. Since I asked you if there was any historical information about this place that was relevant to our job here and you didn't respond to that, I am going to assume that you were unaware of this yourself."
"Nien. It seems they where speaking of Hope herself, being one of the Foldman's lackeys currently occupying this location. Presumably Herr Hope is not an Esper as you say and was unable to bring historic information from the future."
"On an unrelated note, we have intel on what appears to be the enemy leader. Rather than an alchemist, I believe that we are dealing with an Esper and a powerful one at that. It was able to detect us even while we were outside of the fortress, at about the same distance that I was able to detect him; furthermore he was able to detect us even through the fortress wall despite being at ground level. It also demonstrated the ability to cast what appeared to be a wide range gravity amplification spell and has enough telekinetic power to catch a bullet from a sniper rifle and throw it back at the shooter with enough force to penetrate the fortress wall. I also confirmed the presence of multiple chimera as well as one other person, but I didn't have the opportunity to get any more useful detail than that. I would recommend that we re-evaluate our tactics prior to proceeding."
"Are Alchemists from your nation unable to do such things? There is nothing to suggest that he is no Alchemist. It seems that his abilities are similar to yours but of a higher caliber? We will have little trouble dealing with him in that case. Maybe he would appreciate his comrades more. We could hire him to do your job. I bet he complements his friends after they complete their mission flawlessly. Maybe he at least says 'danke'.
Now you are making us look uncool in front of the statues. Lets go."
Jonas moves on to the next room, striking a new pose with each step.