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Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2017-12-12 21:43:31

(Raises eyebrow)

He stole a page from the Shepherd's Journal that had a clear detailed picture of the crystal on it. That journal was originally retrieved by a team he led. He knew about and was after the crystal.

Also, when it's pointed out by Helga "there were not supposed to be people here. This changes everything," Rourke says it changes nothing. In a tired, dismissive way, yet. He didn't care about discovering Atlantis, one way or the other.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Hawaii_Knut Since: Aug, 2013
2017-12-13 00:42:19

I know he tore off that page and knew about the crystal, but since he didn't know the atlantean language, he couldn't have known that the crystal was a living entity. Their god, in Milo's words. That's what I mean with didn't know exactly.

Edited by Hawaii_Knut Srg. Dornan: Troper, what are you doing here?! Get back to your post!!!
Hawaii_Knut Since: Aug, 2013
2017-12-14 12:16:23

Bumpety-bump.

Srg. Dornan: Troper, what are you doing here?! Get back to your post!!!
TheNerfGuy Since: Mar, 2011
2017-12-14 12:50:18

It would definitely be Evil All Along; if he was after the crystal from the get go (which Doctor Sweet confirmed), and he said "it changes nothing" when Helga commented that the presence of people being there "changes everything," then yes, he was planning to steal the crystal, consequences be damned.

Doctor Sweet mentioned after the Crystal is taken that Rourke had been after the crystal since Iceland, when the journal was found. He ripped the page out, assuming the crystal to be "big, it's shiny, and it'll make [them] all rich!"

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