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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000010_CID","...In summary, the isle owes its lofty position to the industry of the Allagans. And we can be all but certain that the archbishop and his cronies are enjoying the view from its top."
1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000020_AYMERIC","I see."
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000030_CID","If we are to join them, we will first need to pass through the isle's aetheric barrier─which is, alas, more powerful than most. Powerful enough to make a mess of a perfectly good airship, at any rate..."
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000040_CID","As far as I can gather, the barrier mechanism draws aether from the surrounding environment, and polarizes its elemental aspect to produce what is, in effect, a wall of lightning."
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000050_ALPHINAUD","It seems plain that without the Vanu's key, any attempt to reach the isle will end in failure."
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000060_CID","Alas, the key was careless enough to leave without us, and I don't think the Vanu keep a spare."
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000070_AYMERIC","Master Garlond─based on your experience, is there no other way that we might breach the barrier?"
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000080_CID","Well, in the past, we've beaten similar barriers by nullifying them with elemental converters."
8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000090_CID","But the one we're up against this time dwarfs aught we've encountered before. The <Emphasis>Enterprise</Emphasis> simply isn't large enough to bear the requisite amount of crystals."
9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000100_ALPHINAUD","I am reminded of the quantity needed to nullify Leviathan's command of the sea... A veritable mountain of crystals that could only be borne by lashing two galleons together to form a “twin vessel” scarcely able to propel itself, much less fly."
10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000110_CID","That said, we're not without options. If it isn't feasible to nullify the barrier, we might try <Emphasis>piercing</Emphasis> it."
11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000120_AYMERIC","How?"
12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000130_CID","We create a ram of condensed aether and mount it on my ship. There's just one problem─I don't have the faintest idea how to build one. It's going to take a true authority in the field, I reckon."
13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000140_ALPHINAUD","Would that the Archons were still with us..."
14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000150_EDMONT","But yesterday evening, I chanced to find Mistress Tataru in unusually high spirits. Assuming I understood her excited ramblings correctly, she has acquired a clue pointing to the whereabouts of one such individual."
15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000160_ALPHINAUD","An Archon!? Truly!?"
16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000170_CID","Hah, fortune favors the righteous, eh? Well then, let's not waste any time. While you go and look for our missing friend, I'll work on modifying the <Emphasis>Enterprise</Emphasis>. Her hull will need reinforcing to bear the punishment, not to mention a mount for the ram."
17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000180_CID","Just you wait, my pretty─by the time I'm finished, you'll be an airship reborn!"
18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100010_KANESENNA","In requesting the elementals' assistance to find Y'shtola, you must needs be aware of one difficulty─a difficulty born of the fundamental difference between man and elemental."
19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100020_ALPHINAUD","That being...?"
20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100030_KANESENNA","In perceiving the world around him, man relies upon senses such as sight and sound. For the sake of convenience, he gives names to such things as are near or dear to him."
21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100040_KANESENNA","Being formed of pure aether, however, such concepts are foreign to the elementals. Instead, they perceive by observing the ebb and flow of the energies of life."
22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100050_KANESENNA","So profound a division cannot be bridged with simple discourse. The elementals' voices stir not the air, and thus reach not our ears, while our words are but wind to them."
23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100060_KANESENNA","Though we seers can commune with them through feelings, naught that we can impart will serve to aid them in identifying Y'shtola. Nay, they must needs be presented with aether which is akin to hers. If you could but find a family member..."
24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100070_TATARU","Oh, I know just the person!"
25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100080_TATARU","Y'shtola has a sister who came to live in Gridania. She told me about her once."
26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100090_KANESENNA","That is most fortunate indeed! Pray seek this sister out, then, and bring her to Everschade."
27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100100_KANESENNA","There, we shall petition the great ones' aid in finding your lost companion."
28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200010_KANESENNA","Let us begin."
29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200020_KANESENNA","Raya-O, A-Ruhn─if you would."
30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200030_KANESENNA","Hearken to me, O great ones. Pray give yourselves to the Lifestream, a drifting soul to find."
31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200040_TATARU","Please, Y'shtola... Please come back to us..."
32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200050_KANESENNA","There!"
33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200060_KANESENNA","Now!"
34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200070_KANESENNA","A room has been readied at the Roost. Pray bear her thither at once."
35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200080_KANESENNA","All that remains is to pray, my friends."
36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300010_TATARU","Y'shtola! I'm so glad you're back!"
37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300020_YSHTOLA","Tataru..."
38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300030_TATARU","Weahhh! Weahhh!"
39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300040_YSHTOLA","You are safe... Thank the Twelve."
40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300050_YSHTOLA","Something has changed about you, Alphinaud. Or mayhap the change is with me? I seem to sense the aether around me more keenly than before."
41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300060_ALPHINAUD","I am pleased to see you well again. Do you feel strong enough to talk?"
42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300070_YSHTOLA","Worry not. I am well enough."
43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300080_ALPHINAUD","Tell us, then─what befell you after you fled the feast? We were told that there had been a tunnel collapse."
44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300090_YSHTOLA","That was my doing. I brought the tunnel down that you and Minfilia might escape."
45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300100_YSHTOLA","At the last moment, I invoked a teleportation magick in hopes of spiriting Thancred away, at least. Needless to say, it did not go quite as planned, and I found myself adrift in the Lifestream."
46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300110_YSHTOLA","The others─where are they? Did they not escape?"
47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300120_ALPHINAUD","They remain unaccounted for. You are the only one we have been able to find."
48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300130_ALPHINAUD","I am truly sorry. It was the Crystal Braves who pursued you that day─my hubris that led to our undoing."
49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300140_YSHTOLA","No apologies are necessary, Alphinaud─you are not to blame for what occurred. Know that were our comrades here, they would commend you for keeping the light of hope alive."
50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300150_TATARU","Don't...don't worry! The others are alive and well, I'm sure of it! We just need to find them!"
51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300160_ALPHINAUD","Indeed, Tataru. Let us find our friends and rebuild the Scions."
52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300170_YSHTOLA","Ha! There is the Alphinaud I remember─and I feel much the better for his return! 'Tis time I arose!"
53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300180_TATARU","That reminds me! I have a change of clothes for you! I don't like to boast, but I made them myself. I learned how to weave while we were in Ishgard, you see."
54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300190_YSHTOLA","Tataru has apprised me of all that took place in the aftermath of the assassination plot. It would seem I have been away for some while."
55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300200_ALPHINAUD","Yes, much and more happened during your absence. At present, we seek to follow the archbishop to Azys Lla."
56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300210_YSHTOLA","And you want for some manner of aetheric ram to pierce the floating isle's protective barrier."
57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300220_ALPHINAUD","We do. Might you be able to furnish us with one?"
58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300230_YSHTOLA","A means to prise open a hole in an Allagan barrier─and one large enough to admit an airship, no less... Hm... Nay. I lack the knowledge to devise such a weapon."
59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300240_YSHTOLA","...But I know of one who could."
60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300250_YSHTOLA","A leading figure in the field of aetheric research, and one of the finest scholars ever to grace Sharlayan─Matoya, my former master."
61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400010_EDMONT","To the Thaliak River, whereto the melted snows of Abalathia's Spine
0,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000010_CID,"...In summary, the isle owes its lofty position to the industry of the Allagans. And we can be all but certain that the archbishop and his cronies are enjoying the view from its top."
1,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000020_AYMERIC,I see.
2,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000030_CID,"If we are to join them, we will first need to pass through the isle's aetheric barrier─which is, alas, more powerful than most. Powerful enough to make a mess of a perfectly good airship, at any rate..."
3,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000040_CID,"As far as I can gather, the barrier mechanism draws aether from the surrounding environment, and polarizes its elemental aspect to produce what is, in effect, a wall of lightning."
4,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000050_ALPHINAUD,"It seems plain that without the Vanu's key, any attempt to reach the isle will end in failure."
5,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000060_CID,"Alas, the key was careless enough to leave without us, and I don't think the Vanu keep a spare."
6,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000070_AYMERIC,"Master Garlond─based on your experience, is there no other way that we might breach the barrier?"
7,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000080_CID,"Well, in the past, we've beaten similar barriers by nullifying them with elemental converters."
8,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000090_CID,But the one we're up against this time dwarfs aught we've encountered before. The *Enterprise* simply isn't large enough to bear the requisite amount of crystals.
9,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000100_ALPHINAUD,"I am reminded of the quantity needed to nullify Leviathan's command of the sea... A veritable mountain of crystals that could only be borne by lashing two galleons together to form a “twin vessel” scarcely able to propel itself, much less fly."
10,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000110_CID,"That said, we're not without options. If it isn't feasible to nullify the barrier, we might try *piercing* it."
11,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000120_AYMERIC,How?
12,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000130_CID,"We create a ram of condensed aether and mount it on my ship. There's just one problem─I don't have the faintest idea how to build one. It's going to take a true authority in the field, I reckon."
13,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000140_ALPHINAUD,Would that the Archons were still with us...
14,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000150_EDMONT,"But yesterday evening, I chanced to find Mistress Tataru in unusually high spirits. Assuming I understood her excited ramblings correctly, she has acquired a clue pointing to the whereabouts of one such individual."
15,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000160_ALPHINAUD,An Archon!? Truly!?
16,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000170_CID,"Hah, fortune favors the righteous, eh? Well then, let's not waste any time. While you go and look for our missing friend, I'll work on modifying the *Enterprise*. Her hull will need reinforcing to bear the punishment, not to mention a mount for the ram."
17,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000180_CID,"Just you wait, my pretty─by the time I'm finished, you'll be an airship reborn!"
18,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100010_KANESENNA,"In requesting the elementals' assistance to find Y'shtola, you must needs be aware of one difficulty─a difficulty born of the fundamental difference between man and elemental."
19,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100020_ALPHINAUD,That being...?
20,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100030_KANESENNA,"In perceiving the world around him, man relies upon senses such as sight and sound. For the sake of convenience, he gives names to such things as are near or dear to him."
21,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100040_KANESENNA,"Being formed of pure aether, however, such concepts are foreign to the elementals. Instead, they perceive by observing the ebb and flow of the energies of life."
22,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100050_KANESENNA,"So profound a division cannot be bridged with simple discourse. The elementals' voices stir not the air, and thus reach not our ears, while our words are but wind to them."
23,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100060_KANESENNA,"Though we seers can commune with them through feelings, naught that we can impart will serve to aid them in identifying Y'shtola. Nay, they must needs be presented with aether which is akin to hers. If you could but find a family member..."
24,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100070_TATARU,"Oh, I know just the person!"
25,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100080_TATARU,Y'shtola has a sister who came to live in Gridania. She told me about her once.
26,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100090_KANESENNA,"That is most fortunate indeed! Pray seek this sister out, then, and bring her to Everschade."
27,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100100_KANESENNA,"There, we shall petition the great ones' aid in finding your lost companion."
28,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200010_KANESENNA,Let us begin.
29,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200020_KANESENNA,"Raya-O, A-Ruhn─if you would."
30,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200030_KANESENNA,"Hearken to me, O great ones. Pray give yourselves to the Lifestream, a drifting soul to find."
31,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200040_TATARU,"Please, Y'shtola... Please come back to us..."
32,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200050_KANESENNA,There!
33,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200060_KANESENNA,Now!
34,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200070_KANESENNA,A room has been readied at the Roost. Pray bear her thither at once.
35,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200080_KANESENNA,"All that remains is to pray, my friends."
36,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300010_TATARU,Y'shtola! I'm so glad you're back!
37,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300020_YSHTOLA,Tataru...
38,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300030_TATARU,Weahhh! Weahhh!
39,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300040_YSHTOLA,You are safe... Thank the Twelve.
40,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300050_YSHTOLA,"Something has changed about you, Alphinaud. Or mayhap the change is with me? I seem to sense the aether around me more keenly than before."
41,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300060_ALPHINAUD,I am pleased to see you well again. Do you feel strong enough to talk?
42,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300070_YSHTOLA,Worry not. I am well enough.
43,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300080_ALPHINAUD,"Tell us, then─what befell you after you fled the feast? We were told that there had been a tunnel collapse."
44,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300090_YSHTOLA,That was my doing. I brought the tunnel down that you and Minfilia might escape.
45,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300100_YSHTOLA,"At the last moment, I invoked a teleportation magick in hopes of spiriting Thancred away, at least. Needless to say, it did not go quite as planned, and I found myself adrift in the Lifestream."
46,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300110_YSHTOLA,The others─where are they? Did they not escape?
47,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300120_ALPHINAUD,They remain unaccounted for. You are the only one we have been able to find.
48,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300130_ALPHINAUD,I am truly sorry. It was the Crystal Braves who pursued you that day─my hubris that led to our undoing.
49,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300140_YSHTOLA,"No apologies are necessary, Alphinaud─you are not to blame for what occurred. Know that were our comrades here, they would commend you for keeping the light of hope alive."
50,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300150_TATARU,"Don't...don't worry! The others are alive and well, I'm sure of it! We just need to find them!"
51,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300160_ALPHINAUD,"Indeed, Tataru. Let us find our friends and rebuild the Scions."
52,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300170_YSHTOLA,Ha! There is the Alphinaud I remember─and I feel much the better for his return! 'Tis time I arose!
53,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300180_TATARU,"That reminds me! I have a change of clothes for you! I don't like to boast, but I made them myself. I learned how to weave while we were in Ishgard, you see."
54,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300190_YSHTOLA,Tataru has apprised me of all that took place in the aftermath of the assassination plot. It would seem I have been away for some while.
55,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300200_ALPHINAUD,"Yes, much and more happened during your absence. At present, we seek to follow the archbishop to Azys Lla."
56,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300210_YSHTOLA,And you want for some manner of aetheric ram to pierce the floating isle's protective barrier.
57,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300220_ALPHINAUD,We do. Might you be able to furnish us with one?
58,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300230_YSHTOLA,"A means to prise open a hole in an Allagan barrier─and one large enough to admit an airship, no less... Hm... Nay. I lack the knowledge to devise such a weapon."
59,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300240_YSHTOLA,...But I know of one who could.
60,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300250_YSHTOLA,"A leading figure in the field of aetheric research, and one of the finest scholars ever to grace Sharlayan─Matoya, my former master."
61,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400010_EDMONT,"To the Thaliak River, whereto the melted snows of Abalathia's Spine
eventually find their way by means of a thousand silver streams..."
62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400020_EDMONT","Whose waters have long nourished the Dravanian hinterlands, and so provided
62,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400020_EDMONT,"Whose waters have long nourished the Dravanian hinterlands, and so provided
for a settlement of learned souls from across the northern seas..."
63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400030_EDMONT","To the city of Sharlayan, that great seat of knowledge,
63,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400030_EDMONT,"To the city of Sharlayan, that great seat of knowledge,
now abandoned by her keepers, they came."
64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500010_MATOYA","Don't you know it's rude to enter without knocking? Hmph, the youth of today─no manners at all..."
65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500020_YSHTOLA","Though we neglected to knock, we <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> create something of a commotion. I had hoped that would suffice."
66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500030_MATOYA","Heavy-handed as ever, I see. And still not a hint of grace. Some things never change."
67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500040_YSHTOLA","To give credit where credit is due─I learned from the best. It has been too long, Master Matoya."
68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500050_MATOYA","Indeed it has. It's good to see you again, my girl, and with your fiery spirit unquenched. But look at you─all grown up and womanly."
69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500060_MATOYA","...The one there in the fancy duds─that's Louisoix's granddaughter, I take it?"
70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500070_ALPHINAUD","Ahem. Grandson, begging your pardons. You knew my grandfather, my lady?"
71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500080_MATOYA","...Knew him? We were constantly at each other's throats! Like rabid dogs, we were! He was a stubborn bugger, was your grandfather. Never a dull moment when he was around, though, I'll give him that. As for you, boy, I've known you since you were a rosy-cheeked babe at the teat."
72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500090_ALPHINAUD","And my sister, too, I gather. May I say what an honor it is to meet you again, my lady."
73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500100_MATOYA","Spare me the hollow pleasantries, boy. I'll wager my remaining good teeth you didn't come to a forgotten corner of Eorzea to flirt with a wrinkly old woman. Now, out with it─what is it you need of me?"
74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500110_MATOYA","Azys Lla... I never thought I'd hear that name again..."
75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500120_YSHTOLA","You are familiar with it?"
76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500130_MATOYA","As familiar as one can get from poring over musty old tomes. The Allagans set the isle afloat not long before the sun set on their empire. Old Louisoix and I often talked about it."
77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500140_MATOYA","The place is home to a research facility dedicated to finding ways of mastering mighty beings such as primals and dragons. And find ways it did, too─<Emphasis>frightening</Emphasis> ones."
78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500150_MATOYA","Such secrets as lie buried on Azys Lla aren't fit to see the light of day. And now you tell me a band of dragon-baiting primal-botherers are trying to dig them up!?"
79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500160_ALPHINAUD","Indeed. And to make matters worse, the Ascians have a hand in their plot. They must be stopped, no matter the cost."
80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500170_MATOYA","I see. Very well."
81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500180_YSHTOLA","You will help us, then? Truly? I had not anticipated such an impassioned response. Could it be that the presence of young blood has stirred your own?"
82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500190_MATOYA","Ah, some things never change... One day, that pertness is going to cost you your tail, my girl. Don't say I didn't warn you."
83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600010_MATOYA","'Twas some fifty years ago, shortly after Garlemald had brought all of Ilsabard under its rule."
84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600020_MATOYA","Faced with the threat of invasion, the people of Sharlayan scrambled about for a means to resist the Empire. For my part, I was tasked with developing an aetheric converger."
85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600030_YSHTOLA","Ah, yes, a device which draws in aether and concentrates it to produce a destructive force."
86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600040_MATOYA","But as my research neared its end, it was denounced by the Forum, who claimed that my device was more likely to destroy us than our enemies."
87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600050_MATOYA","After that, they and I had a little falling-out, and I decided to seal away all the fruits of my research, lest the dunderheaded ingrates reap any benefit. Petty, I know, but gods, it was satisfying!"
88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600060_YSHTOLA","Do mine ears deceive? 'Twas you, was it not, who was so fond of saying that all knowledge exists to advance mankind? That how it is used depends on us?"
89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600070_MATOYA","I don't remember. Perhaps. All right, yes, that was a pet phrase of mine. And that should give you a notion of how sick and tired I was of those spineless wretches of the Forum. All talk and no trousers, that lot. That's why I decided to remain behind rather than join the exodus."
90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600080_ALPHINAUD","You may have had your disagreements with my grandfather, but upon that point, your minds were as one."
91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600090_YSHTOLA","With respect, Master─the fruits of your research should not be left to spoil. Will you share with us the secrets of the aetheric converger?"
92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600100_MATOYA","Aye, I will. All the information you need is contained in a tome I wrote on the subject. But you'll have to fetch it from the forbidden section of the Great Library."
93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600110_YSHTOLA","You were not exaggerating when you said that you had sealed it away. Though the city is abandoned, the library's guardians are all but certain to remain. We must needs cut a path through them. Come─let us away."
94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600120_MATOYA","Not so fast! You don't expect that you can just waltz on in, now, do you?"
95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600130_MATOYA",""
96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610010_ALPHINAUD","So this is the tome. Excellent."
97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610020_ALPHINAUD","Let us take it to Master Matoya at once."
98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700010_MATOYA","I had not thought to behold this tome again..."
99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700020_MATOYA","There. It is deciphered. Now your friend should be able to make sense of the contents."
100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700030_MATOYA","That said, it's one thing to understand the workings of the aetheric converger, and another to actually make it work. You do realize how much aether is required?"
101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700040_ALPHINAUD","Cid is keenly aware of the energy dilemma. His airship is by no means large, and it can only bear a limited quantity of crystals."
102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700050_YSHTOLA","If only we had white auracite and the aetheric siphon..."
103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700060_ALPHINAUD","Alas, Minfilia is missing, along with both artifacts. And Moenbryda is gone..."
104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700070_YSHTOLA","Would that there were another ready wellspring of energy for us to draw upon..."
105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700080_ALPHINAUD","Why did it not occur to us before?"
106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700090_ALPHINAUD","We already have what we need: the Eye!"
107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700100_ALPHINAUD","It has been drawing aether into itself for as long as the great wyrms have lived! It is a veritable wellspring of energy!"
108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700110_MATOYA","Hm, it might just suit our needs. But is this energy something that can be harnessed at will?"
109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700120_ALPHINAUD","I believe so─with the aid of the Azure Dragoon of Ishgard."
110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700130_YSHTOLA","Then it is settled. Let us return to the Holy See at once."
111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700140_MATOYA","Shtola, wait."
112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700150_MATOYA","When did the light fade from your eyes?"
113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700160_YSHTOLA","I might have known that it would not escape your notice. It has been this way since I returned from the Lifestream. An aftereffect of the teleportation magick I invoked, most like."
114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700170_MATOYA","They are called “forbidden spells” for a reason. What were you thinking, girl?"
115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700180_YSHTOLA","I have no regrets. I but did what was necessary to preserve the light of hope─to keep my promise to Minfilia."
116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700190_YSHTOLA","Besides, it afforded me the rare opportunity to wander the aether─a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700200_MATOYA","I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me?"
118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700210_YSHTOLA","I will, Master Matoya. And thank you."
119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800010_YSHTOLA","Until but recently, the Ishgardians had kept their doors firmly shut to outsiders."
120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800020_YSHTOLA","But thanks to you, we have found in them stout allies, with whom we may fight to secure the future of the realm. Truly, you are the beacon of hope towards which all men are drawn."
121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800030_ESTINIEN","Spare us the hyperbole. 'Tis not for praise that we fight."
122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800040_YSHTOLA","Oh? In light of all we have achieved, I felt it only meet to express my gratitude."
123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800050_ESTINIEN","All that we have achieved? Hmph. Spoken like a true outsider. Until the war is over, we have achieved nothing."
124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800060_ESTINIEN","The coming battle is a chance to excise the root of this conflict, and by my hand, it shall be done. <Emphasis>Then</Emphasis> you may speak of achievement."
125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800070_YSHTOLA","'Twas not mine intent to make light of your struggle. If I have given offense, then I apologize. But if I may speak freely, you would do well to be wary of the Eye. Even now, it burns with insatiable hatred, watching unblinking for a sign of weakness. Should you falter for so much as a moment, it will surely consume you."
126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800080_ESTINIEN","Save your concern. I will consume the Eye ere I let it consume me."
127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800090_URIANGER","Twelve be praised, thou hast not yet set forth!"
128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800100_URIANGER","'Cross sand and snow have I journeyed, that I might deliver this gift unto thee."
129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800110_YSHTOLA","White auracite... But whence did it come?"
130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800120_URIANGER","To mine amazement, it lay hid amongst Moenbryda's last effects. 'Twas but blind chance, or providence, that I did hap to spy it. Let no man claim that my late friend e'er erred for lack of foresight."
131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800130_URIANGER","In the place whither thou goest, servants of Darkness do lie in wait. Pray give unto me thy pledge that thou wilt strike them down and avenge our fallen comrade."
64,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500010_MATOYA,"Don't you know it's rude to enter without knocking? Hmph, the youth of today─no manners at all..."
65,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500020_YSHTOLA,"Though we neglected to knock, we *did* create something of a commotion. I had hoped that would suffice."
66,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500030_MATOYA,"Heavy-handed as ever, I see. And still not a hint of grace. Some things never change."
67,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500040_YSHTOLA,"To give credit where credit is due─I learned from the best. It has been too long, Master Matoya."
68,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500050_MATOYA,"Indeed it has. It's good to see you again, my girl, and with your fiery spirit unquenched. But look at you─all grown up and womanly."
69,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500060_MATOYA,"...The one there in the fancy duds─that's Louisoix's granddaughter, I take it?"
70,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500070_ALPHINAUD,"Ahem. Grandson, begging your pardons. You knew my grandfather, my lady?"
71,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500080_MATOYA,"...Knew him? We were constantly at each other's throats! Like rabid dogs, we were! He was a stubborn bugger, was your grandfather. Never a dull moment when he was around, though, I'll give him that. As for you, boy, I've known you since you were a rosy-cheeked babe at the teat."
72,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500090_ALPHINAUD,"And my sister, too, I gather. May I say what an honor it is to meet you again, my lady."
73,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500100_MATOYA,"Spare me the hollow pleasantries, boy. I'll wager my remaining good teeth you didn't come to a forgotten corner of Eorzea to flirt with a wrinkly old woman. Now, out with it─what is it you need of me?"
74,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500110_MATOYA,Azys Lla... I never thought I'd hear that name again...
75,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500120_YSHTOLA,You are familiar with it?
76,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500130_MATOYA,As familiar as one can get from poring over musty old tomes. The Allagans set the isle afloat not long before the sun set on their empire. Old Louisoix and I often talked about it.
77,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500140_MATOYA,"The place is home to a research facility dedicated to finding ways of mastering mighty beings such as primals and dragons. And find ways it did, too─*frightening* ones."
78,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500150_MATOYA,Such secrets as lie buried on Azys Lla aren't fit to see the light of day. And now you tell me a band of dragon-baiting primal-botherers are trying to dig them up!?
79,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500160_ALPHINAUD,"Indeed. And to make matters worse, the Ascians have a hand in their plot. They must be stopped, no matter the cost."
80,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500170_MATOYA,I see. Very well.
81,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500180_YSHTOLA,"You will help us, then? Truly? I had not anticipated such an impassioned response. Could it be that the presence of young blood has stirred your own?"
82,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500190_MATOYA,"Ah, some things never change... One day, that pertness is going to cost you your tail, my girl. Don't say I didn't warn you."
83,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600010_MATOYA,"'Twas some fifty years ago, shortly after Garlemald had brought all of Ilsabard under its rule."
84,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600020_MATOYA,"Faced with the threat of invasion, the people of Sharlayan scrambled about for a means to resist the Empire. For my part, I was tasked with developing an aetheric converger."
85,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600030_YSHTOLA,"Ah, yes, a device which draws in aether and concentrates it to produce a destructive force."
86,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600040_MATOYA,"But as my research neared its end, it was denounced by the Forum, who claimed that my device was more likely to destroy us than our enemies."
87,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600050_MATOYA,"After that, they and I had a little falling-out, and I decided to seal away all the fruits of my research, lest the dunderheaded ingrates reap any benefit. Petty, I know, but gods, it was satisfying!"
88,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600060_YSHTOLA,"Do mine ears deceive? 'Twas you, was it not, who was so fond of saying that all knowledge exists to advance mankind? That how it is used depends on us?"
89,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600070_MATOYA,"I don't remember. Perhaps. All right, yes, that was a pet phrase of mine. And that should give you a notion of how sick and tired I was of those spineless wretches of the Forum. All talk and no trousers, that lot. That's why I decided to remain behind rather than join the exodus."
90,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600080_ALPHINAUD,"You may have had your disagreements with my grandfather, but upon that point, your minds were as one."
91,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600090_YSHTOLA,"With respect, Master─the fruits of your research should not be left to spoil. Will you share with us the secrets of the aetheric converger?"
92,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600100_MATOYA,"Aye, I will. All the information you need is contained in a tome I wrote on the subject. But you'll have to fetch it from the forbidden section of the Great Library."
93,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600110_YSHTOLA,"You were not exaggerating when you said that you had sealed it away. Though the city is abandoned, the library's guardians are all but certain to remain. We must needs cut a path through them. Come─let us away."
94,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600120_MATOYA,"Not so fast! You don't expect that you can just waltz on in, now, do you?"
95,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600130_MATOYA,
96,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610010_ALPHINAUD,So this is the tome. Excellent.
97,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610020_ALPHINAUD,Let us take it to Master Matoya at once.
98,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700010_MATOYA,I had not thought to behold this tome again...
99,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700020_MATOYA,There. It is deciphered. Now your friend should be able to make sense of the contents.
100,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700030_MATOYA,"That said, it's one thing to understand the workings of the aetheric converger, and another to actually make it work. You do realize how much aether is required?"
101,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700040_ALPHINAUD,"Cid is keenly aware of the energy dilemma. His airship is by no means large, and it can only bear a limited quantity of crystals."
102,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700050_YSHTOLA,If only we had white auracite and the aetheric siphon...
103,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700060_ALPHINAUD,"Alas, Minfilia is missing, along with both artifacts. And Moenbryda is gone..."
104,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700070_YSHTOLA,Would that there were another ready wellspring of energy for us to draw upon...
105,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700080_ALPHINAUD,Why did it not occur to us before?
106,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700090_ALPHINAUD,We already have what we need: the Eye!
107,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700100_ALPHINAUD,It has been drawing aether into itself for as long as the great wyrms have lived! It is a veritable wellspring of energy!
108,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700110_MATOYA,"Hm, it might just suit our needs. But is this energy something that can be harnessed at will?"
109,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700120_ALPHINAUD,I believe so─with the aid of the Azure Dragoon of Ishgard.
110,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700130_YSHTOLA,Then it is settled. Let us return to the Holy See at once.
111,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700140_MATOYA,"Shtola, wait."
112,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700150_MATOYA,When did the light fade from your eyes?
113,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700160_YSHTOLA,"I might have known that it would not escape your notice. It has been this way since I returned from the Lifestream. An aftereffect of the teleportation magick I invoked, most like."
114,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700170_MATOYA,"They are called “forbidden spells” for a reason. What were you thinking, girl?"
115,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700180_YSHTOLA,I have no regrets. I but did what was necessary to preserve the light of hope─to keep my promise to Minfilia.
116,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700190_YSHTOLA,"Besides, it afforded me the rare opportunity to wander the aether─a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
117,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700200_MATOYA,"I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me?"
118,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700210_YSHTOLA,"I will, Master Matoya. And thank you."
119,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800010_YSHTOLA,"Until but recently, the Ishgardians had kept their doors firmly shut to outsiders."
120,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800020_YSHTOLA,"But thanks to you, we have found in them stout allies, with whom we may fight to secure the future of the realm. Truly, you are the beacon of hope towards which all men are drawn."
121,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800030_ESTINIEN,Spare us the hyperbole. 'Tis not for praise that we fight.
122,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800040_YSHTOLA,"Oh? In light of all we have achieved, I felt it only meet to express my gratitude."
123,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800050_ESTINIEN,"All that we have achieved? Hmph. Spoken like a true outsider. Until the war is over, we have achieved nothing."
124,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800060_ESTINIEN,"The coming battle is a chance to excise the root of this conflict, and by my hand, it shall be done. *Then* you may speak of achievement."
125,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800070_YSHTOLA,"'Twas not mine intent to make light of your struggle. If I have given offense, then I apologize. But if I may speak freely, you would do well to be wary of the Eye. Even now, it burns with insatiable hatred, watching unblinking for a sign of weakness. Should you falter for so much as a moment, it will surely consume you."
126,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800080_ESTINIEN,Save your concern. I will consume the Eye ere I let it consume me.
127,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800090_URIANGER,"Twelve be praised, thou hast not yet set forth!"
128,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800100_URIANGER,"'Cross sand and snow have I journeyed, that I might deliver this gift unto thee."
129,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800110_YSHTOLA,White auracite... But whence did it come?
130,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800120_URIANGER,"To mine amazement, it lay hid amongst Moenbryda's last effects. 'Twas but blind chance, or providence, that I did hap to spy it. Let no man claim that my late friend e'er erred for lack of foresight."
131,TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800130_URIANGER,"In the place whither thou goest, servants of Darkness do lie in wait. Pray give unto me thy pledge that thou wilt strike them down and avenge our fallen comrade."
1 key 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000010_CID 1 ...In summary, the isle owes its lofty position to the industry of the Allagans. And we can be all but certain that the archbishop and his cronies are enjoying the view from its top.
2 # 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000020_AYMERIC I see.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000030_CID str If we are to join them, we will first need to pass through the isle's aetheric barrier─which is, alas, more powerful than most. Powerful enough to make a mess of a perfectly good airship, at any rate...
4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000010_CID 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000040_CID ...In summary, the isle owes its lofty position to the industry of the Allagans. And we can be all but certain that the archbishop and his cronies are enjoying the view from its top. As far as I can gather, the barrier mechanism draws aether from the surrounding environment, and polarizes its elemental aspect to produce what is, in effect, a wall of lightning.
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000020_AYMERIC 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000050_ALPHINAUD I see. It seems plain that without the Vanu's key, any attempt to reach the isle will end in failure.
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000030_CID 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000060_CID If we are to join them, we will first need to pass through the isle's aetheric barrier─which is, alas, more powerful than most. Powerful enough to make a mess of a perfectly good airship, at any rate... Alas, the key was careless enough to leave without us, and I don't think the Vanu keep a spare.
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000040_CID 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000070_AYMERIC As far as I can gather, the barrier mechanism draws aether from the surrounding environment, and polarizes its elemental aspect to produce what is, in effect, a wall of lightning. Master Garlond─based on your experience, is there no other way that we might breach the barrier?
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000050_ALPHINAUD 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000080_CID It seems plain that without the Vanu's key, any attempt to reach the isle will end in failure. Well, in the past, we've beaten similar barriers by nullifying them with elemental converters.
9 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000060_CID 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000090_CID Alas, the key was careless enough to leave without us, and I don't think the Vanu keep a spare. But the one we're up against this time dwarfs aught we've encountered before. The *Enterprise* simply isn't large enough to bear the requisite amount of crystals.
10 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000070_AYMERIC 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000100_ALPHINAUD Master Garlond─based on your experience, is there no other way that we might breach the barrier? I am reminded of the quantity needed to nullify Leviathan's command of the sea... A veritable mountain of crystals that could only be borne by lashing two galleons together to form a “twin vessel” scarcely able to propel itself, much less fly.
11 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000080_CID 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000110_CID Well, in the past, we've beaten similar barriers by nullifying them with elemental converters. That said, we're not without options. If it isn't feasible to nullify the barrier, we might try *piercing* it.
12 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000090_CID 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000120_AYMERIC But the one we're up against this time dwarfs aught we've encountered before. The <Emphasis>Enterprise</Emphasis> simply isn't large enough to bear the requisite amount of crystals. How?
13 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000100_ALPHINAUD 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000130_CID I am reminded of the quantity needed to nullify Leviathan's command of the sea... A veritable mountain of crystals that could only be borne by lashing two galleons together to form a “twin vessel” scarcely able to propel itself, much less fly. We create a ram of condensed aether and mount it on my ship. There's just one problem─I don't have the faintest idea how to build one. It's going to take a true authority in the field, I reckon.
14 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000110_CID 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000140_ALPHINAUD That said, we're not without options. If it isn't feasible to nullify the barrier, we might try <Emphasis>piercing</Emphasis> it. Would that the Archons were still with us...
15 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000120_AYMERIC 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000150_EDMONT How? But yesterday evening, I chanced to find Mistress Tataru in unusually high spirits. Assuming I understood her excited ramblings correctly, she has acquired a clue pointing to the whereabouts of one such individual.
16 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000130_CID 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000160_ALPHINAUD We create a ram of condensed aether and mount it on my ship. There's just one problem─I don't have the faintest idea how to build one. It's going to take a true authority in the field, I reckon. An Archon!? Truly!?
17 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000140_ALPHINAUD 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000170_CID Would that the Archons were still with us... Hah, fortune favors the righteous, eh? Well then, let's not waste any time. While you go and look for our missing friend, I'll work on modifying the *Enterprise*. Her hull will need reinforcing to bear the punishment, not to mention a mount for the ram.
18 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000150_EDMONT 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000180_CID But yesterday evening, I chanced to find Mistress Tataru in unusually high spirits. Assuming I understood her excited ramblings correctly, she has acquired a clue pointing to the whereabouts of one such individual. Just you wait, my pretty─by the time I'm finished, you'll be an airship reborn!
19 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000160_ALPHINAUD 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100010_KANESENNA An Archon!? Truly!? In requesting the elementals' assistance to find Y'shtola, you must needs be aware of one difficulty─a difficulty born of the fundamental difference between man and elemental.
20 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000170_CID 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100020_ALPHINAUD Hah, fortune favors the righteous, eh? Well then, let's not waste any time. While you go and look for our missing friend, I'll work on modifying the <Emphasis>Enterprise</Emphasis>. Her hull will need reinforcing to bear the punishment, not to mention a mount for the ram. That being...?
21 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_000180_CID 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100030_KANESENNA Just you wait, my pretty─by the time I'm finished, you'll be an airship reborn! In perceiving the world around him, man relies upon senses such as sight and sound. For the sake of convenience, he gives names to such things as are near or dear to him.
22 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100010_KANESENNA 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100040_KANESENNA In requesting the elementals' assistance to find Y'shtola, you must needs be aware of one difficulty─a difficulty born of the fundamental difference between man and elemental. Being formed of pure aether, however, such concepts are foreign to the elementals. Instead, they perceive by observing the ebb and flow of the energies of life.
23 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100020_ALPHINAUD 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100050_KANESENNA That being...? So profound a division cannot be bridged with simple discourse. The elementals' voices stir not the air, and thus reach not our ears, while our words are but wind to them.
24 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100030_KANESENNA 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100060_KANESENNA In perceiving the world around him, man relies upon senses such as sight and sound. For the sake of convenience, he gives names to such things as are near or dear to him. Though we seers can commune with them through feelings, naught that we can impart will serve to aid them in identifying Y'shtola. Nay, they must needs be presented with aether which is akin to hers. If you could but find a family member...
25 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100040_KANESENNA 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100070_TATARU Being formed of pure aether, however, such concepts are foreign to the elementals. Instead, they perceive by observing the ebb and flow of the energies of life. Oh, I know just the person!
26 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100050_KANESENNA 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100080_TATARU So profound a division cannot be bridged with simple discourse. The elementals' voices stir not the air, and thus reach not our ears, while our words are but wind to them. Y'shtola has a sister who came to live in Gridania. She told me about her once.
27 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100060_KANESENNA 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100090_KANESENNA Though we seers can commune with them through feelings, naught that we can impart will serve to aid them in identifying Y'shtola. Nay, they must needs be presented with aether which is akin to hers. If you could but find a family member... That is most fortunate indeed! Pray seek this sister out, then, and bring her to Everschade.
28 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100070_TATARU 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100100_KANESENNA Oh, I know just the person! There, we shall petition the great ones' aid in finding your lost companion.
29 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100080_TATARU 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200010_KANESENNA Y'shtola has a sister who came to live in Gridania. She told me about her once. Let us begin.
30 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100090_KANESENNA 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200020_KANESENNA That is most fortunate indeed! Pray seek this sister out, then, and bring her to Everschade. Raya-O, A-Ruhn─if you would.
31 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_100100_KANESENNA 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200030_KANESENNA There, we shall petition the great ones' aid in finding your lost companion. Hearken to me, O great ones. Pray give yourselves to the Lifestream, a drifting soul to find.
32 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200010_KANESENNA 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200040_TATARU Let us begin. Please, Y'shtola... Please come back to us...
33 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200020_KANESENNA 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200050_KANESENNA Raya-O, A-Ruhn─if you would. There!
34 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200030_KANESENNA 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200060_KANESENNA Hearken to me, O great ones. Pray give yourselves to the Lifestream, a drifting soul to find. Now!
35 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200040_TATARU 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200070_KANESENNA Please, Y'shtola... Please come back to us... A room has been readied at the Roost. Pray bear her thither at once.
36 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200050_KANESENNA 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200080_KANESENNA There! All that remains is to pray, my friends.
37 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200060_KANESENNA 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300010_TATARU Now! Y'shtola! I'm so glad you're back!
38 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200070_KANESENNA 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300020_YSHTOLA A room has been readied at the Roost. Pray bear her thither at once. Tataru...
39 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_200080_KANESENNA 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300030_TATARU All that remains is to pray, my friends. Weahhh! Weahhh!
40 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300010_TATARU 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300040_YSHTOLA Y'shtola! I'm so glad you're back! You are safe... Thank the Twelve.
41 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300020_YSHTOLA 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300050_YSHTOLA Tataru... Something has changed about you, Alphinaud. Or mayhap the change is with me? I seem to sense the aether around me more keenly than before.
42 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300030_TATARU 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300060_ALPHINAUD Weahhh! Weahhh! I am pleased to see you well again. Do you feel strong enough to talk?
43 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300040_YSHTOLA 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300070_YSHTOLA You are safe... Thank the Twelve. Worry not. I am well enough.
44 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300050_YSHTOLA 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300080_ALPHINAUD Something has changed about you, Alphinaud. Or mayhap the change is with me? I seem to sense the aether around me more keenly than before. Tell us, then─what befell you after you fled the feast? We were told that there had been a tunnel collapse.
45 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300060_ALPHINAUD 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300090_YSHTOLA I am pleased to see you well again. Do you feel strong enough to talk? That was my doing. I brought the tunnel down that you and Minfilia might escape.
46 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300070_YSHTOLA 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300100_YSHTOLA Worry not. I am well enough. At the last moment, I invoked a teleportation magick in hopes of spiriting Thancred away, at least. Needless to say, it did not go quite as planned, and I found myself adrift in the Lifestream.
47 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300080_ALPHINAUD 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300110_YSHTOLA Tell us, then─what befell you after you fled the feast? We were told that there had been a tunnel collapse. The others─where are they? Did they not escape?
48 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300090_YSHTOLA 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300120_ALPHINAUD That was my doing. I brought the tunnel down that you and Minfilia might escape. They remain unaccounted for. You are the only one we have been able to find.
49 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300100_YSHTOLA 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300130_ALPHINAUD At the last moment, I invoked a teleportation magick in hopes of spiriting Thancred away, at least. Needless to say, it did not go quite as planned, and I found myself adrift in the Lifestream. I am truly sorry. It was the Crystal Braves who pursued you that day─my hubris that led to our undoing.
50 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300110_YSHTOLA 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300140_YSHTOLA The others─where are they? Did they not escape? No apologies are necessary, Alphinaud─you are not to blame for what occurred. Know that were our comrades here, they would commend you for keeping the light of hope alive.
51 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300120_ALPHINAUD 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300150_TATARU They remain unaccounted for. You are the only one we have been able to find. Don't...don't worry! The others are alive and well, I'm sure of it! We just need to find them!
52 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300130_ALPHINAUD 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300160_ALPHINAUD I am truly sorry. It was the Crystal Braves who pursued you that day─my hubris that led to our undoing. Indeed, Tataru. Let us find our friends and rebuild the Scions.
53 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300140_YSHTOLA 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300170_YSHTOLA No apologies are necessary, Alphinaud─you are not to blame for what occurred. Know that were our comrades here, they would commend you for keeping the light of hope alive. Ha! There is the Alphinaud I remember─and I feel much the better for his return! 'Tis time I arose!
54 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300150_TATARU 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300180_TATARU Don't...don't worry! The others are alive and well, I'm sure of it! We just need to find them! That reminds me! I have a change of clothes for you! I don't like to boast, but I made them myself. I learned how to weave while we were in Ishgard, you see.
55 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300160_ALPHINAUD 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300190_YSHTOLA Indeed, Tataru. Let us find our friends and rebuild the Scions. Tataru has apprised me of all that took place in the aftermath of the assassination plot. It would seem I have been away for some while.
56 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300170_YSHTOLA 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300200_ALPHINAUD Ha! There is the Alphinaud I remember─and I feel much the better for his return! 'Tis time I arose! Yes, much and more happened during your absence. At present, we seek to follow the archbishop to Azys Lla.
57 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300180_TATARU 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300210_YSHTOLA That reminds me! I have a change of clothes for you! I don't like to boast, but I made them myself. I learned how to weave while we were in Ishgard, you see. And you want for some manner of aetheric ram to pierce the floating isle's protective barrier.
58 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300190_YSHTOLA 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300220_ALPHINAUD Tataru has apprised me of all that took place in the aftermath of the assassination plot. It would seem I have been away for some while. We do. Might you be able to furnish us with one?
59 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300200_ALPHINAUD 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300230_YSHTOLA Yes, much and more happened during your absence. At present, we seek to follow the archbishop to Azys Lla. A means to prise open a hole in an Allagan barrier─and one large enough to admit an airship, no less... Hm... Nay. I lack the knowledge to devise such a weapon.
60 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300210_YSHTOLA 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300240_YSHTOLA And you want for some manner of aetheric ram to pierce the floating isle's protective barrier. ...But I know of one who could.
61 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300220_ALPHINAUD 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300250_YSHTOLA We do. Might you be able to furnish us with one? A leading figure in the field of aetheric research, and one of the finest scholars ever to grace Sharlayan─Matoya, my former master.
62 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300230_YSHTOLA 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400010_EDMONT A means to prise open a hole in an Allagan barrier─and one large enough to admit an airship, no less... Hm... Nay. I lack the knowledge to devise such a weapon. To the Thaliak River, whereto the melted snows of Abalathia's Spine eventually find their way by means of a thousand silver streams...
59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300240_YSHTOLA ...But I know of one who could.
60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_300250_YSHTOLA A leading figure in the field of aetheric research, and one of the finest scholars ever to grace Sharlayan─Matoya, my former master.
61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400010_EDMONT To the Thaliak River, whereto the melted snows of Abalathia's Spine eventually find their way by means of a thousand silver streams...
63 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400020_EDMONT 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400020_EDMONT Whose waters have long nourished the Dravanian hinterlands, and so provided for a settlement of learned souls from across the northern seas... Whose waters have long nourished the Dravanian hinterlands, and so provided for a settlement of learned souls from across the northern seas...
64 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400030_EDMONT 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_400030_EDMONT To the city of Sharlayan, that great seat of knowledge, now abandoned by her keepers, they came. To the city of Sharlayan, that great seat of knowledge, now abandoned by her keepers, they came.
65 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500010_MATOYA 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500010_MATOYA Don't you know it's rude to enter without knocking? Hmph, the youth of today─no manners at all... Don't you know it's rude to enter without knocking? Hmph, the youth of today─no manners at all...
66 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500020_YSHTOLA 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500020_YSHTOLA Though we neglected to knock, we <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> create something of a commotion. I had hoped that would suffice. Though we neglected to knock, we *did* create something of a commotion. I had hoped that would suffice.
67 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500030_MATOYA 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500030_MATOYA Heavy-handed as ever, I see. And still not a hint of grace. Some things never change. Heavy-handed as ever, I see. And still not a hint of grace. Some things never change.
68 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500040_YSHTOLA 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500040_YSHTOLA To give credit where credit is due─I learned from the best. It has been too long, Master Matoya. To give credit where credit is due─I learned from the best. It has been too long, Master Matoya.
69 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500050_MATOYA 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500050_MATOYA Indeed it has. It's good to see you again, my girl, and with your fiery spirit unquenched. But look at you─all grown up and womanly. Indeed it has. It's good to see you again, my girl, and with your fiery spirit unquenched. But look at you─all grown up and womanly.
70 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500060_MATOYA 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500060_MATOYA ...The one there in the fancy duds─that's Louisoix's granddaughter, I take it? ...The one there in the fancy duds─that's Louisoix's granddaughter, I take it?
71 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500070_ALPHINAUD 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500070_ALPHINAUD Ahem. Grandson, begging your pardons. You knew my grandfather, my lady? Ahem. Grandson, begging your pardons. You knew my grandfather, my lady?
72 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500080_MATOYA 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500080_MATOYA ...Knew him? We were constantly at each other's throats! Like rabid dogs, we were! He was a stubborn bugger, was your grandfather. Never a dull moment when he was around, though, I'll give him that. As for you, boy, I've known you since you were a rosy-cheeked babe at the teat. ...Knew him? We were constantly at each other's throats! Like rabid dogs, we were! He was a stubborn bugger, was your grandfather. Never a dull moment when he was around, though, I'll give him that. As for you, boy, I've known you since you were a rosy-cheeked babe at the teat.
73 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500090_ALPHINAUD 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500090_ALPHINAUD And my sister, too, I gather. May I say what an honor it is to meet you again, my lady. And my sister, too, I gather. May I say what an honor it is to meet you again, my lady.
74 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500100_MATOYA 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500100_MATOYA Spare me the hollow pleasantries, boy. I'll wager my remaining good teeth you didn't come to a forgotten corner of Eorzea to flirt with a wrinkly old woman. Now, out with it─what is it you need of me? Spare me the hollow pleasantries, boy. I'll wager my remaining good teeth you didn't come to a forgotten corner of Eorzea to flirt with a wrinkly old woman. Now, out with it─what is it you need of me?
75 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500110_MATOYA 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500110_MATOYA Azys Lla... I never thought I'd hear that name again... Azys Lla... I never thought I'd hear that name again...
76 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500120_YSHTOLA 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500120_YSHTOLA You are familiar with it? You are familiar with it?
77 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500130_MATOYA 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500130_MATOYA As familiar as one can get from poring over musty old tomes. The Allagans set the isle afloat not long before the sun set on their empire. Old Louisoix and I often talked about it. As familiar as one can get from poring over musty old tomes. The Allagans set the isle afloat not long before the sun set on their empire. Old Louisoix and I often talked about it.
78 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500140_MATOYA 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500140_MATOYA The place is home to a research facility dedicated to finding ways of mastering mighty beings such as primals and dragons. And find ways it did, too─<Emphasis>frightening</Emphasis> ones. The place is home to a research facility dedicated to finding ways of mastering mighty beings such as primals and dragons. And find ways it did, too─*frightening* ones.
79 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500150_MATOYA 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500150_MATOYA Such secrets as lie buried on Azys Lla aren't fit to see the light of day. And now you tell me a band of dragon-baiting primal-botherers are trying to dig them up!? Such secrets as lie buried on Azys Lla aren't fit to see the light of day. And now you tell me a band of dragon-baiting primal-botherers are trying to dig them up!?
80 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500160_ALPHINAUD 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500160_ALPHINAUD Indeed. And to make matters worse, the Ascians have a hand in their plot. They must be stopped, no matter the cost. Indeed. And to make matters worse, the Ascians have a hand in their plot. They must be stopped, no matter the cost.
81 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500170_MATOYA 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500170_MATOYA I see. Very well. I see. Very well.
82 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500180_YSHTOLA 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500180_YSHTOLA You will help us, then? Truly? I had not anticipated such an impassioned response. Could it be that the presence of young blood has stirred your own? You will help us, then? Truly? I had not anticipated such an impassioned response. Could it be that the presence of young blood has stirred your own?
83 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500190_MATOYA 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_500190_MATOYA Ah, some things never change... One day, that pertness is going to cost you your tail, my girl. Don't say I didn't warn you. Ah, some things never change... One day, that pertness is going to cost you your tail, my girl. Don't say I didn't warn you.
84 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600010_MATOYA 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600010_MATOYA 'Twas some fifty years ago, shortly after Garlemald had brought all of Ilsabard under its rule. 'Twas some fifty years ago, shortly after Garlemald had brought all of Ilsabard under its rule.
85 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600020_MATOYA 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600020_MATOYA Faced with the threat of invasion, the people of Sharlayan scrambled about for a means to resist the Empire. For my part, I was tasked with developing an aetheric converger. Faced with the threat of invasion, the people of Sharlayan scrambled about for a means to resist the Empire. For my part, I was tasked with developing an aetheric converger.
86 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600030_YSHTOLA 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600030_YSHTOLA Ah, yes, a device which draws in aether and concentrates it to produce a destructive force. Ah, yes, a device which draws in aether and concentrates it to produce a destructive force.
87 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600040_MATOYA 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600040_MATOYA But as my research neared its end, it was denounced by the Forum, who claimed that my device was more likely to destroy us than our enemies. But as my research neared its end, it was denounced by the Forum, who claimed that my device was more likely to destroy us than our enemies.
88 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600050_MATOYA 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600050_MATOYA After that, they and I had a little falling-out, and I decided to seal away all the fruits of my research, lest the dunderheaded ingrates reap any benefit. Petty, I know, but gods, it was satisfying! After that, they and I had a little falling-out, and I decided to seal away all the fruits of my research, lest the dunderheaded ingrates reap any benefit. Petty, I know, but gods, it was satisfying!
89 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600060_YSHTOLA 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600060_YSHTOLA Do mine ears deceive? 'Twas you, was it not, who was so fond of saying that all knowledge exists to advance mankind? That how it is used depends on us? Do mine ears deceive? 'Twas you, was it not, who was so fond of saying that all knowledge exists to advance mankind? That how it is used depends on us?
90 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600070_MATOYA 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600070_MATOYA I don't remember. Perhaps. All right, yes, that was a pet phrase of mine. And that should give you a notion of how sick and tired I was of those spineless wretches of the Forum. All talk and no trousers, that lot. That's why I decided to remain behind rather than join the exodus. I don't remember. Perhaps. All right, yes, that was a pet phrase of mine. And that should give you a notion of how sick and tired I was of those spineless wretches of the Forum. All talk and no trousers, that lot. That's why I decided to remain behind rather than join the exodus.
91 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600080_ALPHINAUD 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600080_ALPHINAUD You may have had your disagreements with my grandfather, but upon that point, your minds were as one. You may have had your disagreements with my grandfather, but upon that point, your minds were as one.
92 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600090_YSHTOLA 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600090_YSHTOLA With respect, Master─the fruits of your research should not be left to spoil. Will you share with us the secrets of the aetheric converger? With respect, Master─the fruits of your research should not be left to spoil. Will you share with us the secrets of the aetheric converger?
93 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600100_MATOYA 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600100_MATOYA Aye, I will. All the information you need is contained in a tome I wrote on the subject. But you'll have to fetch it from the forbidden section of the Great Library. Aye, I will. All the information you need is contained in a tome I wrote on the subject. But you'll have to fetch it from the forbidden section of the Great Library.
94 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600110_YSHTOLA 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600110_YSHTOLA You were not exaggerating when you said that you had sealed it away. Though the city is abandoned, the library's guardians are all but certain to remain. We must needs cut a path through them. Come─let us away. You were not exaggerating when you said that you had sealed it away. Though the city is abandoned, the library's guardians are all but certain to remain. We must needs cut a path through them. Come─let us away.
95 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600120_MATOYA 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600120_MATOYA Not so fast! You don't expect that you can just waltz on in, now, do you? Not so fast! You don't expect that you can just waltz on in, now, do you?
96 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600130_MATOYA 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_600130_MATOYA
97 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610010_ALPHINAUD 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610010_ALPHINAUD So this is the tome. Excellent. So this is the tome. Excellent.
98 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610020_ALPHINAUD 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_610020_ALPHINAUD Let us take it to Master Matoya at once. Let us take it to Master Matoya at once.
99 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700010_MATOYA 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700010_MATOYA I had not thought to behold this tome again... I had not thought to behold this tome again...
100 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700020_MATOYA 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700020_MATOYA There. It is deciphered. Now your friend should be able to make sense of the contents. There. It is deciphered. Now your friend should be able to make sense of the contents.
101 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700030_MATOYA 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700030_MATOYA That said, it's one thing to understand the workings of the aetheric converger, and another to actually make it work. You do realize how much aether is required? That said, it's one thing to understand the workings of the aetheric converger, and another to actually make it work. You do realize how much aether is required?
102 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700040_ALPHINAUD 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700040_ALPHINAUD Cid is keenly aware of the energy dilemma. His airship is by no means large, and it can only bear a limited quantity of crystals. Cid is keenly aware of the energy dilemma. His airship is by no means large, and it can only bear a limited quantity of crystals.
103 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700050_YSHTOLA 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700050_YSHTOLA If only we had white auracite and the aetheric siphon... If only we had white auracite and the aetheric siphon...
104 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700060_ALPHINAUD 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700060_ALPHINAUD Alas, Minfilia is missing, along with both artifacts. And Moenbryda is gone... Alas, Minfilia is missing, along with both artifacts. And Moenbryda is gone...
105 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700070_YSHTOLA 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700070_YSHTOLA Would that there were another ready wellspring of energy for us to draw upon... Would that there were another ready wellspring of energy for us to draw upon...
106 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700080_ALPHINAUD 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700080_ALPHINAUD Why did it not occur to us before? Why did it not occur to us before?
107 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700090_ALPHINAUD 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700090_ALPHINAUD We already have what we need: the Eye! We already have what we need: the Eye!
108 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700100_ALPHINAUD 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700100_ALPHINAUD It has been drawing aether into itself for as long as the great wyrms have lived! It is a veritable wellspring of energy! It has been drawing aether into itself for as long as the great wyrms have lived! It is a veritable wellspring of energy!
109 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700110_MATOYA 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700110_MATOYA Hm, it might just suit our needs. But is this energy something that can be harnessed at will? Hm, it might just suit our needs. But is this energy something that can be harnessed at will?
110 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700120_ALPHINAUD 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700120_ALPHINAUD I believe so─with the aid of the Azure Dragoon of Ishgard. I believe so─with the aid of the Azure Dragoon of Ishgard.
111 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700130_YSHTOLA 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700130_YSHTOLA Then it is settled. Let us return to the Holy See at once. Then it is settled. Let us return to the Holy See at once.
112 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700140_MATOYA 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700140_MATOYA Shtola, wait. Shtola, wait.
113 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700150_MATOYA 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700150_MATOYA When did the light fade from your eyes? When did the light fade from your eyes?
114 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700160_YSHTOLA 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700160_YSHTOLA I might have known that it would not escape your notice. It has been this way since I returned from the Lifestream. An aftereffect of the teleportation magick I invoked, most like. I might have known that it would not escape your notice. It has been this way since I returned from the Lifestream. An aftereffect of the teleportation magick I invoked, most like.
115 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700170_MATOYA 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700170_MATOYA They are called “forbidden spells” for a reason. What were you thinking, girl? They are called “forbidden spells” for a reason. What were you thinking, girl?
116 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700180_YSHTOLA 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700180_YSHTOLA I have no regrets. I but did what was necessary to preserve the light of hope─to keep my promise to Minfilia. I have no regrets. I but did what was necessary to preserve the light of hope─to keep my promise to Minfilia.
117 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700190_YSHTOLA 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700190_YSHTOLA Besides, it afforded me the rare opportunity to wander the aether─a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Besides, it afforded me the rare opportunity to wander the aether─a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
118 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700200_MATOYA 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700200_MATOYA I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me? I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me?
119 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700210_YSHTOLA 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_700210_YSHTOLA I will, Master Matoya. And thank you. I will, Master Matoya. And thank you.
120 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800010_YSHTOLA 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800010_YSHTOLA Until but recently, the Ishgardians had kept their doors firmly shut to outsiders. Until but recently, the Ishgardians had kept their doors firmly shut to outsiders.
121 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800020_YSHTOLA 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800020_YSHTOLA But thanks to you, we have found in them stout allies, with whom we may fight to secure the future of the realm. Truly, you are the beacon of hope towards which all men are drawn. But thanks to you, we have found in them stout allies, with whom we may fight to secure the future of the realm. Truly, you are the beacon of hope towards which all men are drawn.
122 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800030_ESTINIEN 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800030_ESTINIEN Spare us the hyperbole. 'Tis not for praise that we fight. Spare us the hyperbole. 'Tis not for praise that we fight.
123 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800040_YSHTOLA 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800040_YSHTOLA Oh? In light of all we have achieved, I felt it only meet to express my gratitude. Oh? In light of all we have achieved, I felt it only meet to express my gratitude.
124 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800050_ESTINIEN 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800050_ESTINIEN All that we have achieved? Hmph. Spoken like a true outsider. Until the war is over, we have achieved nothing. All that we have achieved? Hmph. Spoken like a true outsider. Until the war is over, we have achieved nothing.
125 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800060_ESTINIEN 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800060_ESTINIEN The coming battle is a chance to excise the root of this conflict, and by my hand, it shall be done. <Emphasis>Then</Emphasis> you may speak of achievement. The coming battle is a chance to excise the root of this conflict, and by my hand, it shall be done. *Then* you may speak of achievement.
126 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800070_YSHTOLA 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800070_YSHTOLA 'Twas not mine intent to make light of your struggle. If I have given offense, then I apologize. But if I may speak freely, you would do well to be wary of the Eye. Even now, it burns with insatiable hatred, watching unblinking for a sign of weakness. Should you falter for so much as a moment, it will surely consume you. 'Twas not mine intent to make light of your struggle. If I have given offense, then I apologize. But if I may speak freely, you would do well to be wary of the Eye. Even now, it burns with insatiable hatred, watching unblinking for a sign of weakness. Should you falter for so much as a moment, it will surely consume you.
127 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800080_ESTINIEN 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800080_ESTINIEN Save your concern. I will consume the Eye ere I let it consume me. Save your concern. I will consume the Eye ere I let it consume me.
128 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800090_URIANGER 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800090_URIANGER Twelve be praised, thou hast not yet set forth! Twelve be praised, thou hast not yet set forth!
129 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800100_URIANGER 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800100_URIANGER 'Cross sand and snow have I journeyed, that I might deliver this gift unto thee. 'Cross sand and snow have I journeyed, that I might deliver this gift unto thee.
130 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800110_YSHTOLA 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800110_YSHTOLA White auracite... But whence did it come? White auracite... But whence did it come?
131 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800120_URIANGER 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800120_URIANGER To mine amazement, it lay hid amongst Moenbryda's last effects. 'Twas but blind chance, or providence, that I did hap to spy it. Let no man claim that my late friend e'er erred for lack of foresight. To mine amazement, it lay hid amongst Moenbryda's last effects. 'Twas but blind chance, or providence, that I did hap to spy it. Let no man claim that my late friend e'er erred for lack of foresight.
132 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800130_URIANGER 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03006_800130_URIANGER In the place whither thou goest, servants of Darkness do lie in wait. Pray give unto me thy pledge that thou wilt strike them down and avenge our fallen comrade. In the place whither thou goest, servants of Darkness do lie in wait. Pray give unto me thy pledge that thou wilt strike them down and avenge our fallen comrade.
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