TCW, V2, Chapter 7: Summoning

“Aww~! How’d you die, Peri?! Was it Verna?”

“What? No, of course not!” Peridot snickered and scratched her messy blonde hair, the hardhat had already long since disappeared. Then she sighed and explained, “It was the freaking government! We were assassinated by a freaking Legendary Anthropologist! I mean, we killed him eventually, but Ollie was dying… So I saved him. I hope.”

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TCW, V2, Chapter 6: Ghosts

Peridot looked at the golden coin in her hand. There was a skeleton head on one side and a mountain on the other. There were also words, ‘Greenheart City Gold Dollar’, ‘Greenstone Mountain Legal Tender’, ‘Property of Greenstone Mountain’, ‘Minted in 4187’. 

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TCW, V2, Chapter 3: The Thief

“Ollie… I have a secret.”

In the dimly illuminated storage room, Peridot was gently caressing Oliver’s dirty left cheek. Well, the two of them were both covered in all kinds of dirt, blood and dust. Their bodies were bruised, battered, but in particular, Oliver looked like he was already dead… But his chest was still rising and falling faintly.

“That bitch Verna… She’s probably the only one that knows. But… *Sniffle* Ollie… I’m sorry. I’m a Thief.”

The dying man didn’t show much of a reaction. She wasn’t sure if he was even conscious or not in the first place.

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TCW, V1, Chapter 63: The Legendary Entomologist

“I’m Krowly the Legendary Entomologist! Not some shitty Anthropologist!”

Jade widened her glowing eyes in horror as she watched the headless body fall to the floor. Peridot and Oliver were also in shock. Just like that, one of their best friends from childhood was just… Gone.

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