[ And that's the first time I've heard of a new motherboard's BIOS go bad in under a week, much less have it happen to me.  Fixed now though, so -hopefully- my posting should be back on track. ]<br/><br/>"No dice on the diary?  Damn, that would have made this easier.  Should probably find Linda or Ryla, they looked more capable with that kind of thing."  When Caronna mentions her stomach, Valeani just laughs and pats it with a very satisfied look on her face.  "Well, I won't say that it won't get in my way at all, but I should be able to keep them off you at the very least.  Normally when I'm like this it's after I've dealt with everyone around, though.  Speaking of which, I wonder what's keeping the others help up..."<br/><br/>Trailing off as the door bursts open and the scene of the other battle is revealed, Valeani goggles a bit at the undead squid-thing.  "Well, I'm glad we didn't run into something like that out at sea.  No luck on the diary, but we haven't had a chance to really look around yet."  Although she doesn't say it, the fact that both her and Caronna's stomach's are bulged out doesn't leave much to the imagination in terms of what they were doing in the meantime.