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1,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_000","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Allow me to thank you personally for your contribution to our research. Your stories of the ancients' creations have planted the seeds of a great many theories, and I cannot wait for them to flourish!"
2,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_005","There is sure to be an archive in Elpis simply brimming with useful information. And since every researcher worth his salt knows that knowledge is the better part of the battle, I suggest scouring every corner before returning to Pandæmonium."
3,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_010","We will be awaiting your return with bated breath. I only hope we can remain focused on our own tasks among all the excitement."
4,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_015","By Master Fourchenault's reaction to all of this, one would think he is quite used to leading others through events of world-shattering import. "
5,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_020","I shall do as Master Fourchenault commanded and compile our research before sending it before the Forum. Paperwork of all manner has been my forte since before I was even a student."
6,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_030","I am poring over every fragment and document we have concerning the aetherial sea. If we discover aught that might be of use, rest assured you shall be the first to know."
7,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_035","It seems that once again we have you to thank for this much needed respite. With Professor Claudien back safe and sound, we can begin making steps toward a return to normalcy."
8,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_040","With matters settled and memories of events still fresh in my mind, I think soon I'll begin the recordkeeping process. This time I saw everything with my own eyes─a perspective which will be of great use when I sit down to write my stor─ Ehem, when I sit down to write my <Emphasis>reports</Emphasis>. "
9,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_050","The more I try to make sense of what happened, the more my mind ties itself in knots. It will take weeks─or dare I say months─to navigate this maze of questions. I may have to suggest that Professor Claudien hire more assistants..."
10,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_060","We went to painstaking lengths to ensure every detail of the mammet is just right. Why, I wish I could be there to see Erichthonios's expression when he receives it!"
11,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_070","I take it Erichthonios liked the mammet? Truth be told, I at first suggested we design it after the spectacular form of Themis you faced in combat, but the professor rejected the idea."
12,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_080","Thank you for delivering our gift to Erichthonios. Now I can return to writing my tales─ Er, I mean writing my <Emphasis>reports</Emphasis>, of course!"
13,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_000_000","What will you say?"
14,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_003","How goes the investigation?"
15,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_004","Nothing."
16,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_100","Professor Claudien has asked me to write detailed records of your investigation. If you wouldn't mind staying for a while, I would ask you to tell me more of your adventures in the past."
17,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_101","Adventures that started with that mysterious crystal, seemingly containing a message declaring a crisis in this “Pandæmonium”... Of course, Professor Claudien will eventually make a report, but we are deficient on concrete facts at present."
18,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_102","To that end, I suppose a comprehensive catalog of the beasts you encountered in the “Asphodelos” circles would be a fine starting point. Yes...I require every gory detail, every hair-raising description!"
19,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_103","Nemjiji! I've brought the volumes you asked for, but...are you quite certain we need all of this just to research the crystals?"
20,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_104","Some of these─<Emphasis>Habitats of Aquatic Life-forms</Emphasis> and <Emphasis>Myths and Folklore of the Phoenix</Emphasis>, for example─seem to have little bearing on the subject. In fact, many of these tomes seem to be related to the creatures of Pandæmonium <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> spoke of..."
21,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_105","Surely we have better things to do with our time! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> has already encountered and subdued them, so what use could further insight offer? "
22,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_106","On the contrary, Ruissenaud, we would be remiss in our duty as academics <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> to take every opportunity to learn more of these subjects. To view the creatures of bygone times through the lens of modern science is a dream so few have the chance to achieve!"
23,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_107","Of course, I'll not deny a personal interest in the matter."
24,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_108","Hmph─as I thought. While there were enough relevant volumes for me to fulfill your request this once, if you wish to sate your appetite for knowledge again, might you do so on your own time?"
25,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_110","Ahem, shall we proceed? Tell me everything you remember. And please, spare not a single detail─I don't easily frighten, you may be assured."
26,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_111","We might start with your battle with this transformed warder─Erichthonios, was it? I would also like to hear of the keyward and the nature of his metamorphosis."
27,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_112","Good, good. Thank you for this priceless information. While I'm disappointed I couldn't behold your foes with my own eyes, your stories have given me more than enough to write sufficiently lurid─I mean, thorough─descriptions."
28,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_113","Perhaps we should also include basic theories concerning the growth and behavior of these creatures. It would give our little catalog some flavor, wouldn't you agree?"
29,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_114","We could start with... Ah, I have it! Aquatic life-forms in our time have been observed to grow to sizes that are orders of magnitude larger than their larval forms."
30,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_115","In fact, it may not be so preposterous to posit that the hippokampos you encountered was merely the larval form of a much more massive─and dare I say, horrific─entity!"
31,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_116","Now, don't look at me like I'm some mad magus. Breakthroughs have been precipitated by even wilder theories than that. As the professor always says─we mustn't let logic stand in the way of brilliance!"
32,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_117","Until proven one way or the other, every hypothesis is a valid one. Ah, there is nothing quite like the ambrosia of inspiration!"
33,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_100","What will you say?"
34,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_100","Are we making records or creating faerie tales?"
35,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_100","Your ideas are intriguing to me..."
36,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_120","So long as I make a note in the margins of my records indicating that a theory is unproven, we can let our imaginations run wild! Yes, I said <Emphasis>our</Emphasis>─you needn't be a researcher to have an idea that will leave its mark for generations!"
37,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_140","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, may I have a moment? If you would be so inclined, I would very much like to hear the story of your battles in Abyssos and Tartaros."
38,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_141","While I have no difficulty producing reports for the Forum with a general summation of events, I could use some help with the finer details. For the record, you know."
39,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_143","For the record, you say? Come now, be honest and admit it's to sate your own curiosity. I've seen the tomes you've left scattered about the laboratory─bestiaries of creatures both real and imagined."
40,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_144","I will not─and I daresay, should not─deny an intellectual stake in the matter. But surely <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> will understand that a thorough recounting will help Professor Claudien's research as well. Now then, whenever you're ready."
41,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_145","...Fascinating. As you say, the savage creation you encountered in Abyssos bears more than a few similarities to the Carbuncle. Could it be that the arcane entities we know now had their origins in ancient times?"
42,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_146","Just as curious was your story of the keyward who was melded with a tree of legend... Where do the limits of the hemitheos creation process lie, I wonder? And how do such creatures even survive, once melded?"
43,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_148","As expected, you cannot help yourself from asking ever more questions─what purpose would such knowledge serve?"
44,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_149","Oh, Ruissenaud, one day you too shall develop the keen instincts of a researcher. Then you shall understand that it is impossible not to wonder, once the spark of imagination has been struck!"
45,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_150","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s stories have already set several theories stirring in my mind, and I feel even more bubbling just under the surface."
46,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_150","Take Hephaistos for example. It would not be a great leap to assume that he studied at length the regenerative and death-defying properties of the Phoenix. And that is just the tip of the proverbial berg!"
47,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_151","You are free to exercise your imagination all you like, but─need I remind you─these reports are meant to be submitted to Master Fourchenault himself. I implore you to exercise restraint."
48,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_152","...Professor Claudien would have encouraged me, you know."
49,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_153","He thrives on theories and imagination. But I do understand your point, Ruissenaud─if I were to submit such a report to Master Fourchenault, I would soon thereafter be forced to write a formal apology."
50,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_200","What will you say?"
51,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_200","Fourchenault is more open to wild theories than you think."
52,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_200","He doesn't look like someone you'd want to make mad."
53,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_155","That very well may be! An academic does not achieve the station he has without a curiosity as deep as the aetherial sea itself."
54,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_160","I was hoping you would be more supportive, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... Very well, I shall include only conjecture that is directly relevant to the contents of the report."
55,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_165","Now I should set ink to paper, and let the wonder of theory guide my hand. Within reason, of course."
56,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_166","Yet I cannot help but dream ever larger─there are no bounds to what the mind can imagine! And if there are, let us both strive to find them, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! "
57,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_200","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, may I have a moment of your time? I would very much like to hear of the battles you fought within the Pandæmonium that appeared in our age."
58,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_201","While I was fortunate enough to witness most events with my own eyes, I was not there to write down a blow-by-blow account. Your testimony would be a welcome and flavorful addition to my records."
59,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_202","...To think your foes would be even more fantastic than the ones you faced in the past. Truly, not even my wildest imaginings could come close to what reality gave us."
60,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_203","I'm particularly fascinated by Athena, and cannot help but wonder what she would have become if left to her devices. We were terribly close to finding out, and doubtless it would have been one of the last revelations of our lives. "
61,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_204","But she may not have gone so far if not for the auracite, which magnified her desires to an almost incomprehensible degree. Just how it could influence one so is a matter well beyond the ken of modern scholarship."
62,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_205","I believe you saw how twisted those under its sway can become when you faced the Lucavi. Just what designs did Ultima, the High Seraph have in bestowing the “gift” of auracite to those poor souls?"
63,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_210","I will admit, it makes me rethink the numerous stories and legends which feature mysterious crystals at their core. Some of them tell of tragic figures who, much like Athena, were transformed."
64,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_215","If Athena had achieved her dream of godhood, she may very well have been able to bend even auracite to her will. And soon the world would have followed suit!"
65,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_216","What a chilling end to my story...and, er, a fascinating theory to add to my report, of course. I must scour our documents for any supporting evidence!"
66,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_217","(-???-)...Ah, now I understand why you sent Ruissenaud to fetch any scrap containing even a hint of crystalline machinations."
67,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_218","P-Professor Claudien!"
68,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_219","I had noticed that important tasks were being left neglected, and when I inquired as to the reason, poor Ruissenaud explained that he could barely keep up with your requests. Something must be done about this new obsession of yours..."
69,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_220","...You must pursue it until you find the answers you seek! I believe you are on your way to a discovery that shall make you the envy of your peers─myself included!"
70,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_221","We often find breakthroughs only after shattering the rules of conventional research. I shall tend to Ruissenaud's tasks, but you must promise me that your report will be a thing of wonder!"
71,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_222","...Of course, Professor, you have my word!"
72,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_223","I shall give every scenario a fair shake─where evidence is lacking, imagination shall fill in the gaps. I shall blend the lines between fantasy and science so skillfully that you will doubt if they were ever there at all!"
73,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_224","I would expect no less from one of my assistants. Before you put pen to parchment, I would be honored if you shared some of your idle musings with me."
74,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_225","I will, Professor, I will!"
75,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_225","If you have any interest, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─and I know you do─stop by any time and I will share with you my most recent theories."
76,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_400","By Professor Claudien's order, our reports to the other research bodies have been somewhat scarce on concrete information."
77,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_401","Even if we wanted to go into further detail, there are too many unknown variables concerning how this crisis might affect our present..."
78,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_402","We only know for certain that the crystal we found ties us to the past. We've had no luck eliciting further memories from its depths."
79,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_403","We're at present gathering as many soul crystals and shards as we can to conduct thorough comparisons, but those experiments have yet to bear fruit."
80,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_404","Of course, the fact that none but you can hear our enigma's voice to begin with puts something of a damper on our potential progress. Yet even so, Professor Claudien is doing all within his power to move things forward!"
81,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_410","With the professor absent, there is little for us to do besides organize our papers and keep the laboratory clean. I suppose it could be worse..."
82,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_420","Sometimes I think I should have stopped Professor Claudien from departing on his journey. Even if I had to resort to force..."
83,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_421","He is a brilliant researcher, to be sure, but at times like these I am reminded of how difficult he can be."
84,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_422","While he is usually calm and collected in his methods, once he catches scent of a new discovery, he quite loses sight of his surroundings. And his opinions often become...intractable."
85,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_423","I am sure that he departed upon his journey in high spirits, but I am afraid that his extreme focus might have made him throw caution to the winds."
86,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_424","Even so, he is not one to falter in the face of unforeseen obstacles. Though I admit it becomes ever more difficult as the moments pass by, I must have faith that he will return unharmed..."
87,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_500","Looking ahead to Professor Claudien's eventual return, I am doing my utmost to keep careful and up-to-date records of everything that has transpired. That way we can resume our research as if no one had mysteriously disappeared without a trace."
88,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_501","Of course, circumstances being what they are, I've had little time to go back and review my work─a task which shall have to wait until we are once again at full strength. I very much look forward to it, even if the others might not..."
89,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_600","With Athena's research put to decisive end, things around here have returned to what one could almost call “routine.” "
90,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_601","But even so, we are as busy as ever. The aetherial sea must be analyzed thoroughly for any adverse effects caused by recent events, and Professor Claudien seems most eager to analyze the Heart of Sabik. "
91,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_602","Although no trace remains of Athena's memories, there is yet power inside the crystal, and it still possesses the same corrupting influence of auracite. Naturally, as the most qualified to do so, it falls upon us to plumb its depths."
92,"TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_603","Knowing the Heart's history, and the history of other crystals like it, the prospect does fill me with some dread, but not so much as to overpower my sense of curiosity. So long as we move forward with courage and caution, I am sure our findings can prove to be a boon to the scientific community─and perhaps society at large!"
0,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CFC_TO_INSTANCE_CONTENT,
1,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_000,"Player! Allow me to thank you personally for your contribution to our research. Your stories of the ancients' creations have planted the seeds of a great many theories, and I cannot wait for them to flourish!"
2,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_005,"There is sure to be an archive in Elpis simply brimming with useful information. And since every researcher worth his salt knows that knowledge is the better part of the battle, I suggest scouring every corner before returning to Pandæmonium."
3,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_010,We will be awaiting your return with bated breath. I only hope we can remain focused on our own tasks among all the excitement.
4,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_015,"By Master Fourchenault's reaction to all of this, one would think he is quite used to leading others through events of world-shattering import. "
5,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_020,I shall do as Master Fourchenault commanded and compile our research before sending it before the Forum. Paperwork of all manner has been my forte since before I was even a student.
6,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_030,"I am poring over every fragment and document we have concerning the aetherial sea. If we discover aught that might be of use, rest assured you shall be the first to know."
7,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_035,"It seems that once again we have you to thank for this much needed respite. With Professor Claudien back safe and sound, we can begin making steps toward a return to normalcy."
8,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_040,"With matters settled and memories of events still fresh in my mind, I think soon I'll begin the recordkeeping process. This time I saw everything with my own eyes─a perspective which will be of great use when I sit down to write my stor─ Ehem, when I sit down to write my *reports*. "
9,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_050,"The more I try to make sense of what happened, the more my mind ties itself in knots. It will take weeks─or dare I say months─to navigate this maze of questions. I may have to suggest that Professor Claudien hire more assistants..."
10,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_060,"We went to painstaking lengths to ensure every detail of the mammet is just right. Why, I wish I could be there to see Erichthonios's expression when he receives it!"
11,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_070,"I take it Erichthonios liked the mammet? Truth be told, I at first suggested we design it after the spectacular form of Themis you faced in combat, but the professor rejected the idea."
12,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_080,"Thank you for delivering our gift to Erichthonios. Now I can return to writing my tales─ Er, I mean writing my *reports*, of course!"
13,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_000_000,What will you say?
14,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_003,How goes the investigation?
15,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_004,Nothing.
16,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_100,"Professor Claudien has asked me to write detailed records of your investigation. If you wouldn't mind staying for a while, I would ask you to tell me more of your adventures in the past."
17,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_101,"Adventures that started with that mysterious crystal, seemingly containing a message declaring a crisis in this “Pandæmonium”... Of course, Professor Claudien will eventually make a report, but we are deficient on concrete facts at present."
18,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_102,"To that end, I suppose a comprehensive catalog of the beasts you encountered in the “Asphodelos” circles would be a fine starting point. Yes...I require every gory detail, every hair-raising description!"
19,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_103,"Nemjiji! I've brought the volumes you asked for, but...are you quite certain we need all of this just to research the crystals?"
20,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_104,"Some of these─*Habitats of Aquatic Life-forms* and *Myths and Folklore of the Phoenix*, for example─seem to have little bearing on the subject. In fact, many of these tomes seem to be related to the creatures of Pandæmonium Player spoke of..."
21,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_105,"Surely we have better things to do with our time! Player has already encountered and subdued them, so what use could further insight offer? "
22,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_106,"On the contrary, Ruissenaud, we would be remiss in our duty as academics *not* to take every opportunity to learn more of these subjects. To view the creatures of bygone times through the lens of modern science is a dream so few have the chance to achieve!"
23,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_107,"Of course, I'll not deny a personal interest in the matter."
24,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_108,"Hmph─as I thought. While there were enough relevant volumes for me to fulfill your request this once, if you wish to sate your appetite for knowledge again, might you do so on your own time?"
25,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_110,"Ahem, shall we proceed? Tell me everything you remember. And please, spare not a single detail─I don't easily frighten, you may be assured."
26,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_111,"We might start with your battle with this transformed warder─Erichthonios, was it? I would also like to hear of the keyward and the nature of his metamorphosis."
27,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_112,"Good, good. Thank you for this priceless information. While I'm disappointed I couldn't behold your foes with my own eyes, your stories have given me more than enough to write sufficiently lurid─I mean, thorough─descriptions."
28,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_113,"Perhaps we should also include basic theories concerning the growth and behavior of these creatures. It would give our little catalog some flavor, wouldn't you agree?"
29,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_114,"We could start with... Ah, I have it! Aquatic life-forms in our time have been observed to grow to sizes that are orders of magnitude larger than their larval forms."
30,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_115,"In fact, it may not be so preposterous to posit that the hippokampos you encountered was merely the larval form of a much more massive─and dare I say, horrific─entity!"
31,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_116,"Now, don't look at me like I'm some mad magus. Breakthroughs have been precipitated by even wilder theories than that. As the professor always says─we mustn't let logic stand in the way of brilliance!"
32,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_117,"Until proven one way or the other, every hypothesis is a valid one. Ah, there is nothing quite like the ambrosia of inspiration!"
33,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_100,What will you say?
34,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_100,Are we making records or creating faerie tales?
35,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_100,Your ideas are intriguing to me...
36,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_120,"So long as I make a note in the margins of my records indicating that a theory is unproven, we can let our imaginations run wild! Yes, I said *our*─you needn't be a researcher to have an idea that will leave its mark for generations!"
37,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_140,"Player, may I have a moment? If you would be so inclined, I would very much like to hear the story of your battles in Abyssos and Tartaros."
38,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_141,"While I have no difficulty producing reports for the Forum with a general summation of events, I could use some help with the finer details. For the record, you know."
39,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_143,"For the record, you say? Come now, be honest and admit it's to sate your own curiosity. I've seen the tomes you've left scattered about the laboratory─bestiaries of creatures both real and imagined."
40,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_144,"I will not─and I daresay, should not─deny an intellectual stake in the matter. But surely Player will understand that a thorough recounting will help Professor Claudien's research as well. Now then, whenever you're ready."
41,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_145,"...Fascinating. As you say, the savage creation you encountered in Abyssos bears more than a few similarities to the Carbuncle. Could it be that the arcane entities we know now had their origins in ancient times?"
42,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_146,"Just as curious was your story of the keyward who was melded with a tree of legend... Where do the limits of the hemitheos creation process lie, I wonder? And how do such creatures even survive, once melded?"
43,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_148,"As expected, you cannot help yourself from asking ever more questions─what purpose would such knowledge serve?"
44,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_149,"Oh, Ruissenaud, one day you too shall develop the keen instincts of a researcher. Then you shall understand that it is impossible not to wonder, once the spark of imagination has been struck!"
45,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_150,"Player's stories have already set several theories stirring in my mind, and I feel even more bubbling just under the surface."
46,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_150,Take Hephaistos for example. It would not be a great leap to assume that he studied at length the regenerative and death-defying properties of the Phoenix. And that is just the tip of the proverbial berg!
47,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_151,"You are free to exercise your imagination all you like, but─need I remind you─these reports are meant to be submitted to Master Fourchenault himself. I implore you to exercise restraint."
48,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_152,"...Professor Claudien would have encouraged me, you know."
49,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_153,"He thrives on theories and imagination. But I do understand your point, Ruissenaud─if I were to submit such a report to Master Fourchenault, I would soon thereafter be forced to write a formal apology."
50,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_200,What will you say?
51,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_200,Fourchenault is more open to wild theories than you think.
52,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_200,He doesn't look like someone you'd want to make mad.
53,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_155,That very well may be! An academic does not achieve the station he has without a curiosity as deep as the aetherial sea itself.
54,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_160,"I was hoping you would be more supportive, Player... Very well, I shall include only conjecture that is directly relevant to the contents of the report."
55,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_165,"Now I should set ink to paper, and let the wonder of theory guide my hand. Within reason, of course."
56,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_166,"Yet I cannot help but dream ever larger─there are no bounds to what the mind can imagine! And if there are, let us both strive to find them, Player! "
57,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_200,"Player, may I have a moment of your time? I would very much like to hear of the battles you fought within the Pandæmonium that appeared in our age."
58,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_201,"While I was fortunate enough to witness most events with my own eyes, I was not there to write down a blow-by-blow account. Your testimony would be a welcome and flavorful addition to my records."
59,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_202,"...To think your foes would be even more fantastic than the ones you faced in the past. Truly, not even my wildest imaginings could come close to what reality gave us."
60,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_203,"I'm particularly fascinated by Athena, and cannot help but wonder what she would have become if left to her devices. We were terribly close to finding out, and doubtless it would have been one of the last revelations of our lives. "
61,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_204,"But she may not have gone so far if not for the auracite, which magnified her desires to an almost incomprehensible degree. Just how it could influence one so is a matter well beyond the ken of modern scholarship."
62,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_205,"I believe you saw how twisted those under its sway can become when you faced the Lucavi. Just what designs did Ultima, the High Seraph have in bestowing the “gift” of auracite to those poor souls?"
63,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_210,"I will admit, it makes me rethink the numerous stories and legends which feature mysterious crystals at their core. Some of them tell of tragic figures who, much like Athena, were transformed."
64,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_215,"If Athena had achieved her dream of godhood, she may very well have been able to bend even auracite to her will. And soon the world would have followed suit!"
65,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_216,"What a chilling end to my story...and, er, a fascinating theory to add to my report, of course. I must scour our documents for any supporting evidence!"
66,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_217,"(-???-)...Ah, now I understand why you sent Ruissenaud to fetch any scrap containing even a hint of crystalline machinations."
67,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_218,P-Professor Claudien!
68,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_219,"I had noticed that important tasks were being left neglected, and when I inquired as to the reason, poor Ruissenaud explained that he could barely keep up with your requests. Something must be done about this new obsession of yours..."
69,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_220,...You must pursue it until you find the answers you seek! I believe you are on your way to a discovery that shall make you the envy of your peers─myself included!
70,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_221,"We often find breakthroughs only after shattering the rules of conventional research. I shall tend to Ruissenaud's tasks, but you must promise me that your report will be a thing of wonder!"
71,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_222,"...Of course, Professor, you have my word!"
72,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_223,"I shall give every scenario a fair shake─where evidence is lacking, imagination shall fill in the gaps. I shall blend the lines between fantasy and science so skillfully that you will doubt if they were ever there at all!"
73,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_224,"I would expect no less from one of my assistants. Before you put pen to parchment, I would be honored if you shared some of your idle musings with me."
74,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_225,"I will, Professor, I will!"
75,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_225,"If you have any interest, Player─and I know you do─stop by any time and I will share with you my most recent theories."
76,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_400,"By Professor Claudien's order, our reports to the other research bodies have been somewhat scarce on concrete information."
77,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_401,"Even if we wanted to go into further detail, there are too many unknown variables concerning how this crisis might affect our present..."
78,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_402,We only know for certain that the crystal we found ties us to the past. We've had no luck eliciting further memories from its depths.
79,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_403,"We're at present gathering as many soul crystals and shards as we can to conduct thorough comparisons, but those experiments have yet to bear fruit."
80,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_404,"Of course, the fact that none but you can hear our enigma's voice to begin with puts something of a damper on our potential progress. Yet even so, Professor Claudien is doing all within his power to move things forward!"
81,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_410,"With the professor absent, there is little for us to do besides organize our papers and keep the laboratory clean. I suppose it could be worse..."
82,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_420,Sometimes I think I should have stopped Professor Claudien from departing on his journey. Even if I had to resort to force...
83,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_421,"He is a brilliant researcher, to be sure, but at times like these I am reminded of how difficult he can be."
84,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_422,"While he is usually calm and collected in his methods, once he catches scent of a new discovery, he quite loses sight of his surroundings. And his opinions often become...intractable."
85,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_423,"I am sure that he departed upon his journey in high spirits, but I am afraid that his extreme focus might have made him throw caution to the winds."
86,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_424,"Even so, he is not one to falter in the face of unforeseen obstacles. Though I admit it becomes ever more difficult as the moments pass by, I must have faith that he will return unharmed..."
87,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_500,"Looking ahead to Professor Claudien's eventual return, I am doing my utmost to keep careful and up-to-date records of everything that has transpired. That way we can resume our research as if no one had mysteriously disappeared without a trace."
88,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_501,"Of course, circumstances being what they are, I've had little time to go back and review my work─a task which shall have to wait until we are once again at full strength. I very much look forward to it, even if the others might not..."
89,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_600,"With Athena's research put to decisive end, things around here have returned to what one could almost call “routine.” "
90,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_601,"But even so, we are as busy as ever. The aetherial sea must be analyzed thoroughly for any adverse effects caused by recent events, and Professor Claudien seems most eager to analyze the Heart of Sabik. "
91,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_602,"Although no trace remains of Athena's memories, there is yet power inside the crystal, and it still possesses the same corrupting influence of auracite. Naturally, as the most qualified to do so, it falls upon us to plumb its depths."
92,TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_603,"Knowing the Heart's history, and the history of other crystals like it, the prospect does fill me with some dread, but not so much as to overpower my sense of curiosity. So long as we move forward with courage and caution, I am sure our findings can prove to be a boon to the scientific community─and perhaps society at large!"
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2 # 1 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_000 Player! Allow me to thank you personally for your contribution to our research. Your stories of the ancients' creations have planted the seeds of a great many theories, and I cannot wait for them to flourish!
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_005 str There is sure to be an archive in Elpis simply brimming with useful information. And since every researcher worth his salt knows that knowledge is the better part of the battle, I suggest scouring every corner before returning to Pandæmonium.
4 0 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CFC_TO_INSTANCE_CONTENT 3 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_010 <Sheet(ContentFinderCondition,IntegerParameter(1),3)/> We will be awaiting your return with bated breath. I only hope we can remain focused on our own tasks among all the excitement.
5 1 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_000 4 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_015 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Allow me to thank you personally for your contribution to our research. Your stories of the ancients' creations have planted the seeds of a great many theories, and I cannot wait for them to flourish! By Master Fourchenault's reaction to all of this, one would think he is quite used to leading others through events of world-shattering import.
6 2 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_005 5 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_020 There is sure to be an archive in Elpis simply brimming with useful information. And since every researcher worth his salt knows that knowledge is the better part of the battle, I suggest scouring every corner before returning to Pandæmonium. I shall do as Master Fourchenault commanded and compile our research before sending it before the Forum. Paperwork of all manner has been my forte since before I was even a student.
7 3 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_010 6 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_030 We will be awaiting your return with bated breath. I only hope we can remain focused on our own tasks among all the excitement. I am poring over every fragment and document we have concerning the aetherial sea. If we discover aught that might be of use, rest assured you shall be the first to know.
8 4 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_015 7 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_035 By Master Fourchenault's reaction to all of this, one would think he is quite used to leading others through events of world-shattering import. It seems that once again we have you to thank for this much needed respite. With Professor Claudien back safe and sound, we can begin making steps toward a return to normalcy.
9 5 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_020 8 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_040 I shall do as Master Fourchenault commanded and compile our research before sending it before the Forum. Paperwork of all manner has been my forte since before I was even a student. With matters settled and memories of events still fresh in my mind, I think soon I'll begin the recordkeeping process. This time I saw everything with my own eyes─a perspective which will be of great use when I sit down to write my stor─ Ehem, when I sit down to write my *reports*.
10 6 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_030 9 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_050 I am poring over every fragment and document we have concerning the aetherial sea. If we discover aught that might be of use, rest assured you shall be the first to know. The more I try to make sense of what happened, the more my mind ties itself in knots. It will take weeks─or dare I say months─to navigate this maze of questions. I may have to suggest that Professor Claudien hire more assistants...
11 7 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_035 10 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_060 It seems that once again we have you to thank for this much needed respite. With Professor Claudien back safe and sound, we can begin making steps toward a return to normalcy. We went to painstaking lengths to ensure every detail of the mammet is just right. Why, I wish I could be there to see Erichthonios's expression when he receives it!
12 8 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_040 11 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_070 With matters settled and memories of events still fresh in my mind, I think soon I'll begin the recordkeeping process. This time I saw everything with my own eyes─a perspective which will be of great use when I sit down to write my stor─ Ehem, when I sit down to write my <Emphasis>reports</Emphasis>. I take it Erichthonios liked the mammet? Truth be told, I at first suggested we design it after the spectacular form of Themis you faced in combat, but the professor rejected the idea.
13 9 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_050 12 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_080 The more I try to make sense of what happened, the more my mind ties itself in knots. It will take weeks─or dare I say months─to navigate this maze of questions. I may have to suggest that Professor Claudien hire more assistants... Thank you for delivering our gift to Erichthonios. Now I can return to writing my tales─ Er, I mean writing my *reports*, of course!
14 10 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_060 13 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_000_000 We went to painstaking lengths to ensure every detail of the mammet is just right. Why, I wish I could be there to see Erichthonios's expression when he receives it! What will you say?
15 11 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_070 14 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_003 I take it Erichthonios liked the mammet? Truth be told, I at first suggested we design it after the spectacular form of Themis you faced in combat, but the professor rejected the idea. How goes the investigation?
16 12 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_080 15 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_004 Thank you for delivering our gift to Erichthonios. Now I can return to writing my tales─ Er, I mean writing my <Emphasis>reports</Emphasis>, of course! Nothing.
17 13 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_000_000 16 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_100 What will you say? Professor Claudien has asked me to write detailed records of your investigation. If you wouldn't mind staying for a while, I would ask you to tell me more of your adventures in the past.
18 14 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_003 17 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_101 How goes the investigation? Adventures that started with that mysterious crystal, seemingly containing a message declaring a crisis in this “Pandæmonium”... Of course, Professor Claudien will eventually make a report, but we are deficient on concrete facts at present.
19 15 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_000_004 18 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_102 Nothing. To that end, I suppose a comprehensive catalog of the beasts you encountered in the “Asphodelos” circles would be a fine starting point. Yes...I require every gory detail, every hair-raising description!
20 16 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_100 19 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_103 Professor Claudien has asked me to write detailed records of your investigation. If you wouldn't mind staying for a while, I would ask you to tell me more of your adventures in the past. Nemjiji! I've brought the volumes you asked for, but...are you quite certain we need all of this just to research the crystals?
21 17 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_101 20 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_104 Adventures that started with that mysterious crystal, seemingly containing a message declaring a crisis in this “Pandæmonium”... Of course, Professor Claudien will eventually make a report, but we are deficient on concrete facts at present. Some of these─*Habitats of Aquatic Life-forms* and *Myths and Folklore of the Phoenix*, for example─seem to have little bearing on the subject. In fact, many of these tomes seem to be related to the creatures of Pandæmonium Player spoke of...
22 18 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_102 21 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_105 To that end, I suppose a comprehensive catalog of the beasts you encountered in the “Asphodelos” circles would be a fine starting point. Yes...I require every gory detail, every hair-raising description! Surely we have better things to do with our time! Player has already encountered and subdued them, so what use could further insight offer?
23 19 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_103 22 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_106 Nemjiji! I've brought the volumes you asked for, but...are you quite certain we need all of this just to research the crystals? On the contrary, Ruissenaud, we would be remiss in our duty as academics *not* to take every opportunity to learn more of these subjects. To view the creatures of bygone times through the lens of modern science is a dream so few have the chance to achieve!
24 20 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_104 23 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_107 Some of these─<Emphasis>Habitats of Aquatic Life-forms</Emphasis> and <Emphasis>Myths and Folklore of the Phoenix</Emphasis>, for example─seem to have little bearing on the subject. In fact, many of these tomes seem to be related to the creatures of Pandæmonium <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> spoke of... Of course, I'll not deny a personal interest in the matter.
25 21 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_105 24 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_108 Surely we have better things to do with our time! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> has already encountered and subdued them, so what use could further insight offer? Hmph─as I thought. While there were enough relevant volumes for me to fulfill your request this once, if you wish to sate your appetite for knowledge again, might you do so on your own time?
26 22 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_106 25 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_110 On the contrary, Ruissenaud, we would be remiss in our duty as academics <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> to take every opportunity to learn more of these subjects. To view the creatures of bygone times through the lens of modern science is a dream so few have the chance to achieve! Ahem, shall we proceed? Tell me everything you remember. And please, spare not a single detail─I don't easily frighten, you may be assured.
27 23 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_107 26 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_111 Of course, I'll not deny a personal interest in the matter. We might start with your battle with this transformed warder─Erichthonios, was it? I would also like to hear of the keyward and the nature of his metamorphosis.
28 24 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_108 27 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_112 Hmph─as I thought. While there were enough relevant volumes for me to fulfill your request this once, if you wish to sate your appetite for knowledge again, might you do so on your own time? Good, good. Thank you for this priceless information. While I'm disappointed I couldn't behold your foes with my own eyes, your stories have given me more than enough to write sufficiently lurid─I mean, thorough─descriptions.
29 25 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_110 28 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_113 Ahem, shall we proceed? Tell me everything you remember. And please, spare not a single detail─I don't easily frighten, you may be assured. Perhaps we should also include basic theories concerning the growth and behavior of these creatures. It would give our little catalog some flavor, wouldn't you agree?
30 26 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_111 29 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_114 We might start with your battle with this transformed warder─Erichthonios, was it? I would also like to hear of the keyward and the nature of his metamorphosis. We could start with... Ah, I have it! Aquatic life-forms in our time have been observed to grow to sizes that are orders of magnitude larger than their larval forms.
31 27 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_112 30 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_115 Good, good. Thank you for this priceless information. While I'm disappointed I couldn't behold your foes with my own eyes, your stories have given me more than enough to write sufficiently lurid─I mean, thorough─descriptions. In fact, it may not be so preposterous to posit that the hippokampos you encountered was merely the larval form of a much more massive─and dare I say, horrific─entity!
32 28 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_113 31 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_116 Perhaps we should also include basic theories concerning the growth and behavior of these creatures. It would give our little catalog some flavor, wouldn't you agree? Now, don't look at me like I'm some mad magus. Breakthroughs have been precipitated by even wilder theories than that. As the professor always says─we mustn't let logic stand in the way of brilliance!
33 29 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_114 32 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_117 We could start with... Ah, I have it! Aquatic life-forms in our time have been observed to grow to sizes that are orders of magnitude larger than their larval forms. Until proven one way or the other, every hypothesis is a valid one. Ah, there is nothing quite like the ambrosia of inspiration!
34 30 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_115 33 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_100 In fact, it may not be so preposterous to posit that the hippokampos you encountered was merely the larval form of a much more massive─and dare I say, horrific─entity! What will you say?
35 31 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_116 34 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_100 Now, don't look at me like I'm some mad magus. Breakthroughs have been precipitated by even wilder theories than that. As the professor always says─we mustn't let logic stand in the way of brilliance! Are we making records or creating faerie tales?
36 32 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_117 35 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_100 Until proven one way or the other, every hypothesis is a valid one. Ah, there is nothing quite like the ambrosia of inspiration! Your ideas are intriguing to me...
37 33 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_100 36 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_120 What will you say? So long as I make a note in the margins of my records indicating that a theory is unproven, we can let our imaginations run wild! Yes, I said *our*─you needn't be a researcher to have an idea that will leave its mark for generations!
38 34 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_100 37 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_140 Are we making records or creating faerie tales? Player, may I have a moment? If you would be so inclined, I would very much like to hear the story of your battles in Abyssos and Tartaros.
39 35 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_100 38 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_141 Your ideas are intriguing to me... While I have no difficulty producing reports for the Forum with a general summation of events, I could use some help with the finer details. For the record, you know.
40 36 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_120 39 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_143 So long as I make a note in the margins of my records indicating that a theory is unproven, we can let our imaginations run wild! Yes, I said <Emphasis>our</Emphasis>─you needn't be a researcher to have an idea that will leave its mark for generations! For the record, you say? Come now, be honest and admit it's to sate your own curiosity. I've seen the tomes you've left scattered about the laboratory─bestiaries of creatures both real and imagined.
41 37 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_140 40 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_144 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, may I have a moment? If you would be so inclined, I would very much like to hear the story of your battles in Abyssos and Tartaros. I will not─and I daresay, should not─deny an intellectual stake in the matter. But surely Player will understand that a thorough recounting will help Professor Claudien's research as well. Now then, whenever you're ready.
42 38 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_141 41 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_145 While I have no difficulty producing reports for the Forum with a general summation of events, I could use some help with the finer details. For the record, you know. ...Fascinating. As you say, the savage creation you encountered in Abyssos bears more than a few similarities to the Carbuncle. Could it be that the arcane entities we know now had their origins in ancient times?
43 39 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_143 42 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_146 For the record, you say? Come now, be honest and admit it's to sate your own curiosity. I've seen the tomes you've left scattered about the laboratory─bestiaries of creatures both real and imagined. Just as curious was your story of the keyward who was melded with a tree of legend... Where do the limits of the hemitheos creation process lie, I wonder? And how do such creatures even survive, once melded?
44 40 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_144 43 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_148 I will not─and I daresay, should not─deny an intellectual stake in the matter. But surely <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> will understand that a thorough recounting will help Professor Claudien's research as well. Now then, whenever you're ready. As expected, you cannot help yourself from asking ever more questions─what purpose would such knowledge serve?
45 41 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_145 44 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_149 ...Fascinating. As you say, the savage creation you encountered in Abyssos bears more than a few similarities to the Carbuncle. Could it be that the arcane entities we know now had their origins in ancient times? Oh, Ruissenaud, one day you too shall develop the keen instincts of a researcher. Then you shall understand that it is impossible not to wonder, once the spark of imagination has been struck!
46 42 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_146 45 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_150 Just as curious was your story of the keyward who was melded with a tree of legend... Where do the limits of the hemitheos creation process lie, I wonder? And how do such creatures even survive, once melded? Player's stories have already set several theories stirring in my mind, and I feel even more bubbling just under the surface.
47 43 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_148 46 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_150 As expected, you cannot help yourself from asking ever more questions─what purpose would such knowledge serve? Take Hephaistos for example. It would not be a great leap to assume that he studied at length the regenerative and death-defying properties of the Phoenix. And that is just the tip of the proverbial berg!
48 44 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_149 47 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_151 Oh, Ruissenaud, one day you too shall develop the keen instincts of a researcher. Then you shall understand that it is impossible not to wonder, once the spark of imagination has been struck! You are free to exercise your imagination all you like, but─need I remind you─these reports are meant to be submitted to Master Fourchenault himself. I implore you to exercise restraint.
49 45 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_150 48 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_152 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s stories have already set several theories stirring in my mind, and I feel even more bubbling just under the surface. ...Professor Claudien would have encouraged me, you know.
50 46 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_150 49 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_153 Take Hephaistos for example. It would not be a great leap to assume that he studied at length the regenerative and death-defying properties of the Phoenix. And that is just the tip of the proverbial berg! He thrives on theories and imagination. But I do understand your point, Ruissenaud─if I were to submit such a report to Master Fourchenault, I would soon thereafter be forced to write a formal apology.
51 47 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_RUISSENAUD_000_151 50 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_200 You are free to exercise your imagination all you like, but─need I remind you─these reports are meant to be submitted to Master Fourchenault himself. I implore you to exercise restraint. What will you say?
52 48 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_152 51 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_200 ...Professor Claudien would have encouraged me, you know. Fourchenault is more open to wild theories than you think.
53 49 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_153 52 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_200 He thrives on theories and imagination. But I do understand your point, Ruissenaud─if I were to submit such a report to Master Fourchenault, I would soon thereafter be forced to write a formal apology. He doesn't look like someone you'd want to make mad.
54 50 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_Q1_100_200 53 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_155 What will you say? That very well may be! An academic does not achieve the station he has without a curiosity as deep as the aetherial sea itself.
55 51 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A1_100_200 54 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_160 Fourchenault is more open to wild theories than you think. I was hoping you would be more supportive, Player... Very well, I shall include only conjecture that is directly relevant to the contents of the report.
56 52 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_A2_100_200 55 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_165 He doesn't look like someone you'd want to make mad. Now I should set ink to paper, and let the wonder of theory guide my hand. Within reason, of course.
57 53 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_155 56 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_166 That very well may be! An academic does not achieve the station he has without a curiosity as deep as the aetherial sea itself. Yet I cannot help but dream ever larger─there are no bounds to what the mind can imagine! And if there are, let us both strive to find them, Player!
58 54 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_160 57 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_200 I was hoping you would be more supportive, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... Very well, I shall include only conjecture that is directly relevant to the contents of the report. Player, may I have a moment of your time? I would very much like to hear of the battles you fought within the Pandæmonium that appeared in our age.
59 55 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_165 58 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_201 Now I should set ink to paper, and let the wonder of theory guide my hand. Within reason, of course. While I was fortunate enough to witness most events with my own eyes, I was not there to write down a blow-by-blow account. Your testimony would be a welcome and flavorful addition to my records.
60 56 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_166 59 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_202 Yet I cannot help but dream ever larger─there are no bounds to what the mind can imagine! And if there are, let us both strive to find them, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! ...To think your foes would be even more fantastic than the ones you faced in the past. Truly, not even my wildest imaginings could come close to what reality gave us.
61 57 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_200 60 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_203 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, may I have a moment of your time? I would very much like to hear of the battles you fought within the Pandæmonium that appeared in our age. I'm particularly fascinated by Athena, and cannot help but wonder what she would have become if left to her devices. We were terribly close to finding out, and doubtless it would have been one of the last revelations of our lives.
62 58 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_201 61 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_204 While I was fortunate enough to witness most events with my own eyes, I was not there to write down a blow-by-blow account. Your testimony would be a welcome and flavorful addition to my records. But she may not have gone so far if not for the auracite, which magnified her desires to an almost incomprehensible degree. Just how it could influence one so is a matter well beyond the ken of modern scholarship.
63 59 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_202 62 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_205 ...To think your foes would be even more fantastic than the ones you faced in the past. Truly, not even my wildest imaginings could come close to what reality gave us. I believe you saw how twisted those under its sway can become when you faced the Lucavi. Just what designs did Ultima, the High Seraph have in bestowing the “gift” of auracite to those poor souls?
64 60 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_203 63 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_210 I'm particularly fascinated by Athena, and cannot help but wonder what she would have become if left to her devices. We were terribly close to finding out, and doubtless it would have been one of the last revelations of our lives. I will admit, it makes me rethink the numerous stories and legends which feature mysterious crystals at their core. Some of them tell of tragic figures who, much like Athena, were transformed.
65 61 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_204 64 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_215 But she may not have gone so far if not for the auracite, which magnified her desires to an almost incomprehensible degree. Just how it could influence one so is a matter well beyond the ken of modern scholarship. If Athena had achieved her dream of godhood, she may very well have been able to bend even auracite to her will. And soon the world would have followed suit!
66 62 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_205 65 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_216 I believe you saw how twisted those under its sway can become when you faced the Lucavi. Just what designs did Ultima, the High Seraph have in bestowing the “gift” of auracite to those poor souls? What a chilling end to my story...and, er, a fascinating theory to add to my report, of course. I must scour our documents for any supporting evidence!
67 63 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_210 66 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_217 I will admit, it makes me rethink the numerous stories and legends which feature mysterious crystals at their core. Some of them tell of tragic figures who, much like Athena, were transformed. (-???-)...Ah, now I understand why you sent Ruissenaud to fetch any scrap containing even a hint of crystalline machinations.
68 64 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_215 67 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_218 If Athena had achieved her dream of godhood, she may very well have been able to bend even auracite to her will. And soon the world would have followed suit! P-Professor Claudien!
69 65 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_216 68 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_219 What a chilling end to my story...and, er, a fascinating theory to add to my report, of course. I must scour our documents for any supporting evidence! I had noticed that important tasks were being left neglected, and when I inquired as to the reason, poor Ruissenaud explained that he could barely keep up with your requests. Something must be done about this new obsession of yours...
70 66 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_217 69 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_220 (-???-)...Ah, now I understand why you sent Ruissenaud to fetch any scrap containing even a hint of crystalline machinations. ...You must pursue it until you find the answers you seek! I believe you are on your way to a discovery that shall make you the envy of your peers─myself included!
71 67 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_218 70 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_221 P-Professor Claudien! We often find breakthroughs only after shattering the rules of conventional research. I shall tend to Ruissenaud's tasks, but you must promise me that your report will be a thing of wonder!
72 68 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_219 71 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_222 I had noticed that important tasks were being left neglected, and when I inquired as to the reason, poor Ruissenaud explained that he could barely keep up with your requests. Something must be done about this new obsession of yours... ...Of course, Professor, you have my word!
73 69 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_220 72 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_223 ...You must pursue it until you find the answers you seek! I believe you are on your way to a discovery that shall make you the envy of your peers─myself included! I shall give every scenario a fair shake─where evidence is lacking, imagination shall fill in the gaps. I shall blend the lines between fantasy and science so skillfully that you will doubt if they were ever there at all!
74 70 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_221 73 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_224 We often find breakthroughs only after shattering the rules of conventional research. I shall tend to Ruissenaud's tasks, but you must promise me that your report will be a thing of wonder! I would expect no less from one of my assistants. Before you put pen to parchment, I would be honored if you shared some of your idle musings with me.
75 71 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_222 74 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_225 ...Of course, Professor, you have my word! I will, Professor, I will!
76 72 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_223 75 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_225 I shall give every scenario a fair shake─where evidence is lacking, imagination shall fill in the gaps. I shall blend the lines between fantasy and science so skillfully that you will doubt if they were ever there at all! If you have any interest, Player─and I know you do─stop by any time and I will share with you my most recent theories.
77 73 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_CLAUDIEN_000_224 76 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_400 I would expect no less from one of my assistants. Before you put pen to parchment, I would be honored if you shared some of your idle musings with me. By Professor Claudien's order, our reports to the other research bodies have been somewhat scarce on concrete information.
78 74 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_225 77 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_401 I will, Professor, I will! Even if we wanted to go into further detail, there are too many unknown variables concerning how this crisis might affect our present...
79 75 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_100_225 78 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_402 If you have any interest, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─and I know you do─stop by any time and I will share with you my most recent theories. We only know for certain that the crystal we found ties us to the past. We've had no luck eliciting further memories from its depths.
80 76 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_400 79 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_403 By Professor Claudien's order, our reports to the other research bodies have been somewhat scarce on concrete information. We're at present gathering as many soul crystals and shards as we can to conduct thorough comparisons, but those experiments have yet to bear fruit.
81 77 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_401 80 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_404 Even if we wanted to go into further detail, there are too many unknown variables concerning how this crisis might affect our present... Of course, the fact that none but you can hear our enigma's voice to begin with puts something of a damper on our potential progress. Yet even so, Professor Claudien is doing all within his power to move things forward!
82 78 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_402 81 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_410 We only know for certain that the crystal we found ties us to the past. We've had no luck eliciting further memories from its depths. With the professor absent, there is little for us to do besides organize our papers and keep the laboratory clean. I suppose it could be worse...
83 79 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_403 82 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_420 We're at present gathering as many soul crystals and shards as we can to conduct thorough comparisons, but those experiments have yet to bear fruit. Sometimes I think I should have stopped Professor Claudien from departing on his journey. Even if I had to resort to force...
84 80 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_404 83 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_421 Of course, the fact that none but you can hear our enigma's voice to begin with puts something of a damper on our potential progress. Yet even so, Professor Claudien is doing all within his power to move things forward! He is a brilliant researcher, to be sure, but at times like these I am reminded of how difficult he can be.
85 81 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_410 84 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_422 With the professor absent, there is little for us to do besides organize our papers and keep the laboratory clean. I suppose it could be worse... While he is usually calm and collected in his methods, once he catches scent of a new discovery, he quite loses sight of his surroundings. And his opinions often become...intractable.
86 82 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_420 85 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_423 Sometimes I think I should have stopped Professor Claudien from departing on his journey. Even if I had to resort to force... I am sure that he departed upon his journey in high spirits, but I am afraid that his extreme focus might have made him throw caution to the winds.
87 83 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_421 86 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_424 He is a brilliant researcher, to be sure, but at times like these I am reminded of how difficult he can be. Even so, he is not one to falter in the face of unforeseen obstacles. Though I admit it becomes ever more difficult as the moments pass by, I must have faith that he will return unharmed...
88 84 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_422 87 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_500 While he is usually calm and collected in his methods, once he catches scent of a new discovery, he quite loses sight of his surroundings. And his opinions often become...intractable. Looking ahead to Professor Claudien's eventual return, I am doing my utmost to keep careful and up-to-date records of everything that has transpired. That way we can resume our research as if no one had mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
89 85 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_423 88 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_501 I am sure that he departed upon his journey in high spirits, but I am afraid that his extreme focus might have made him throw caution to the winds. Of course, circumstances being what they are, I've had little time to go back and review my work─a task which shall have to wait until we are once again at full strength. I very much look forward to it, even if the others might not...
90 86 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_424 89 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_600 Even so, he is not one to falter in the face of unforeseen obstacles. Though I admit it becomes ever more difficult as the moments pass by, I must have faith that he will return unharmed... With Athena's research put to decisive end, things around here have returned to what one could almost call “routine.”
91 87 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_500 90 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_601 Looking ahead to Professor Claudien's eventual return, I am doing my utmost to keep careful and up-to-date records of everything that has transpired. That way we can resume our research as if no one had mysteriously disappeared without a trace. But even so, we are as busy as ever. The aetherial sea must be analyzed thoroughly for any adverse effects caused by recent events, and Professor Claudien seems most eager to analyze the Heart of Sabik.
92 88 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_501 91 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_602 Of course, circumstances being what they are, I've had little time to go back and review my work─a task which shall have to wait until we are once again at full strength. I very much look forward to it, even if the others might not... Although no trace remains of Athena's memories, there is yet power inside the crystal, and it still possesses the same corrupting influence of auracite. Naturally, as the most qualified to do so, it falls upon us to plumb its depths.
93 89 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_600 92 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_603 With Athena's research put to decisive end, things around here have returned to what one could almost call “routine.” Knowing the Heart's history, and the history of other crystals like it, the prospect does fill me with some dread, but not so much as to overpower my sense of curiosity. So long as we move forward with courage and caution, I am sure our findings can prove to be a boon to the scientific community─and perhaps society at large!
90 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_601 But even so, we are as busy as ever. The aetherial sea must be analyzed thoroughly for any adverse effects caused by recent events, and Professor Claudien seems most eager to analyze the Heart of Sabik.
91 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_602 Although no trace remains of Athena's memories, there is yet power inside the crystal, and it still possesses the same corrupting influence of auracite. Naturally, as the most qualified to do so, it falls upon us to plumb its depths.
92 TEXT_CTSOPN60NEMJIJI_00732_NEMJIJI_000_603 Knowing the Heart's history, and the history of other crystals like it, the prospect does fill me with some dread, but not so much as to overpower my sense of curiosity. So long as we move forward with courage and caution, I am sure our findings can prove to be a boon to the scientific community─and perhaps society at large!