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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000010_MAXIMA","They're here, Commander."
1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000020_RAUBAHN","And I for one am grateful that they are. I'm told you've been busy since our paths last crossed at the Ghimlyt Dark."
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000030_RAUBAHN","Not that I understand half of it. When the Scions spoke of other worlds, I'd struggle to describe what I pictured."
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000040_RAUBAHN","Mayhap things would seem clearer were I to hear the tale from your own lips, but I'm afraid the situation will not afford us that luxury."
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000050_RAUBAHN","I trust you two require no introduction."
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000060_SHADOWHUNTER","We meet again, hero of Eorzea."
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000070_SHADOWHUNTER","Must we repeat this ridiculous display? I pose no threat to you─though what I come to warn you of very well might."
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000080_RAUBAHN","Had he meant to do us harm, I hazard he would have kept to the shadows─and brought more than two companions."
8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000090_RAUBAHN","We need not pretend to be the best of friends, but I hope we can put aside our differences for the present."
9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000100_SHADOWHUNTER","As you are doubtless aware, Ser Estinien and I cooperated to rid the world of Black Rose in your absence."
10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000110_SHADOWHUNTER","Our journey together took us as far as the imperial palace, where we witnessed Emperor Varis meet his death at Zenos's hand."
11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000120_SHADOWHUNTER","Being the sole witnesses to this crime, and in no position to defend our innocence, we were then forced to flee, each pursuing his own avenue of escape."
12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000130_SHADOWHUNTER","When we were later reunited, Estinien claimed to have encountered an unfamiliar kind of machina during his flight. But to me, his description seemed anything but. And upon further investigation, I found that I was right."
13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000140_SHADOWHUNTER","The Empire is developing a new Ultima Weapon."
14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000150_KRILE","What? That Allagan monstrosity? Created to vanquish primals? ...With which you yourself once thought to conquer Eorzea?"
15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000160_SHADOWHUNTER","The same. In my foolishness, I sought to harness its power─and became the Ascians' pawn in so doing."
16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000161_SHADOWHUNTER","But you know as well as I how that tale ended."
17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000170_SHADOWHUNTER","The Weapon itself, excavated from beneath this very city, was destroyed ere we could fully unravel its secrets. And that should have been the end of it."
18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000180_SHADOWHUNTER","But, unlikely as it sounds, the Empire's efforts to recreate it have somehow borne fruit─primarily through secret research conducted by the VIIth Imperial Legion, it would seem."
19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000190_KRILE","Wait. The VIIth was all but annihilated at Carteneau─along with its legatus."
20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000200_SHADOWHUNTER","Indeed, few survived. The VIIth as it is now has little in common with the legion led by van Darnus, and its leadership has changed hands several times since."
21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000210_SHADOWHUNTER","Precisely how this project has continued despite such turmoil, and under whose auspices, remains a mystery."
22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000220_SHADOWHUNTER","What we do know, however, is that a number of prototypes have been produced...and that one of them is on its way to Eorzea."
23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000230_SHADOWHUNTER","We attempted to stop it, but it was all we could do to slow its progress. So we resolved instead to bring you warning."
24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000240_MAXIMA","And right glad are we that you did─though it soundly dashed our hopes that tensions might ease at last..."
25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000250_RAUBAHN","As it is, we've begun to strengthen our presence in the Ghimlyt Dark, and are assembling a force to meet the coming threat. A force with you in its vanguard, I hope."
26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000260_RAUBAHN","Before you say anything, I know full well you have pressing concerns of your own. Your comrades remain in peril, and I would not ask you to forsake them."
27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000270_RAUBAHN","But the fact remains that you and you alone have faced the Ultima Weapon and emerged victorious. We need you."
28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000280_RAUBAHN","And so, when the time comes─<Emphasis>if</Emphasis> your comrades can spare you─I bid you lend us your strength. I've assigned an officer to await your word."
29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000290_SHADOWHUNTER","The Ascians' downfall was to be the work of my remaining days...but it was my hand that kindled these flames, and I cannot allow them to spread any further."
30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000300_SHADOWHUNTER","I will do what I must to see this mistake consigned to history once and for all...even if it means begging your aid. The fates will enjoy the irony, even as I endure the ignominy."
31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000310_MAXIMA","I too shall make for the border and offer my skills, meager though they seem in such company. Mayhap we shall meet there anon."
32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000320_KRILE","Though we can ill afford to ignore the coming of a new Ultima Weapon, our friends' plight grows ever more precarious, and none save you can join them in the First."
33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000330_KRILE","I only hope you are not forced to make a choice..."
34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000340_MYSTERYVOICE","Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?"
35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000350_MYSTERYVOICE","Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?"
36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000360_ALPHINAUD","A new <Emphasis>Ultima Weapon</Emphasis>...? We must count ourselves lucky that Gaius has pledged his assistance."
37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000370_YSHTOLA","While this is indeed a worrying development, I think the state of the Empire as a whole greater grounds for concern."
38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000380_YSHTOLA","With the Emperor slain and Zenos returned, it is impossible to predict how matters will unfold in Garlemald. The Ultima Weapon may be but the first of many unpleasant surprises."
39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000390_URIANGER","The situation beareth closer observation, of that there is no doubt─and doth compound our need to return unto the Source."
40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000400_MYSTERYVOICE","Then let us address that issue. Our long search for a means to see you safely home may well be nearing its conclusion."
41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000410_MYSTERYVOICE","Thanks in large part to Urianger and Beq Lugg's invaluable insight, we have succeeded in fashioning a vessel for the journey."
42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000420_BEQLUGG","We set out to create a crystalline container retaining the more useful properties of white auracite, but without its regrettable limitations. And after a good deal of trial and error, we made one."
43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000430_BEQLUGG","An ark for soul and mind both, that will allow your incorporeal self in its entirety to be ferried between worlds... A “spirit vessel,” if you will."
44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000440_BEQLUGG","However..."
45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000450_ALPHINAUD","However?"
46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000460_URIANGER","Though the vessel is possessed of the requisite qualities to hold mind and memory, it wanteth yet for a means to <Emphasis>receive</Emphasis> of them. For that, we must needs imbue it with the Exarch's innate gift."
47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000470_YSHTOLA","A gift that lives on only through the blood of the Allagan emperors...which certainly does not flow within auracite, or any other crystal."
48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000480_URIANGER","Just so, milady. The blood serveth as a conduit of sorts─in its absence, memory cannot pass from mind unto mind, nor from flesh unto crystal."
49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000490_MYSTERYVOICE","That being the case, we must either alter the process of inheritance so as to require no such thing, or determine a means by which my blood may permeate the vessel."
50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000500_MYSTERYVOICE","I am hopeful that the records found within this tower will yield the knowledge we require to pursue one or the other of these avenues."
51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000510_BEQLUGG","As well you should be! The Allagans' body of aetherological research is extraordinary. I can scarce believe it the work of ages past."
52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000520_BEQLUGG","But its underlying principles are not so very different from those of my own field of study. Given time, we will find the answers we seek."
53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000530_MYSTERYVOICE","I know that you can ill afford to wait, and it pains me that I must ask you to do so. I can only reaffirm my promise to you that a solution will be found."
54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000540_MYSTERYVOICE","Whatever it takes, I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> see you safely home."
55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000550_LYNA","My apologies."
56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000560_MYSTERYVOICE","I do hope you haven't come to tell us that mortal peril fast approaches."
57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000570_LYNA","No. I had hoped to speak with the Warrior of Darkness."
58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000580_LYNA","But there is no need to cut short your meeting on my account. I will be waiting outside."
59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000590_MYSTERYVOICE","Why not speak in here─she knows I don't mind. Unless she didn't want to..."
60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000600_ALPHINAUD","Perhaps I might accompany you? Though I am woefully ill-qualified to assist in the Exarch's research, I may yet be of some use to Lyna."
61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000610_LYNA","Did you slay this eater? Your orders were to await the main force before engaging."
62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000620_RESOLUTESOLDIER","No, Captain! It wasn't us, I swear it! A man came out of nowhere and cut it down before we knew what was happening."
63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000630_LYNA","By himself? Certainly it is no Lightwarden, but nevertheless..."
64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000640_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's true! Felled it with a single swing of his axe, he did! Never seen anything like it!"
65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000650_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)So I says to him, “Who are you, the Warrior of bleedin' Darkness!?”"
66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000660_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)And he says, “No, I'm a Warrior of Light.” And that was it. Buggered off as quick as he came."
67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000670_ALPHINAUD","A Warrior of <Emphasis>Light</Emphasis>?"
68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000680_SOLDIER03608","Why would someone go around calling himself that, though? It was those bastards who caused the Flood."
69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000690_SOLDIER03608","I mean, if you were going to pretend to be anyone, it'd be <Emphasis><If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If></Emphasis>─the Warrior of Darkness!"
70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000700_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)Eh? Oh! I─ I didn't know! It's an honor!"
71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000710_LYNA","Since the eater is no longer a threat, our work here is done. Return to your posts."
72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000720_SOLDIER03608","I had hoped to fight at your side today... But I'll continue to follow your example─and may we meet again!"
73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000730_LYNA","I apologize for the wasted journey. It seems I overestimated the threat."
74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000740_LYNA","As for this “Warrior of Light”... I do not know who would be brazen enough to take that mantle for his own. Whatever it may once have meant, it is forever tainted by the association with the Flood."
75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000750_LYNA","The Exarch told me the truth of Ardbert and his comrades' deeds, and I am aware they played some part in your own triumph. But to most, they are synonymous with the calamity that befell this world."
76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000760_LYNA","Still, if this man is minded to destroy sin eaters, I may forgive him his unfortunate choice of alias."
77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000770_LYNA","But that is neither here nor there. I thank you for accompanying me."
78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000780_ALPHINAUD","With that concluded, shall we return to the Crystarium? There is a proposal I should like to make..."
79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000790_LYNA","Forgive me. There is one more thing."
80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000800_LYNA","A personal concern of mine. I had hoped you might have a moment to speak privately."
81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000810_ALPHINAUD","Take your time. I shall go on ahead."
82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000820_LYNA","I will not mince words. This matter concerns the Exarch."
83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000830_LYNA","Though his countenance belies his age, his demeanor never has. He has seen more than any man should, and grown ever more weary with time..."
84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000840_LYNA","But I see I give the wrong impression. While it is true he attempted to open a letter with his salmon fillet the other evening, we are not here because I suspect his mind is deteriorating."
85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000850_LYNA","Nor do I believe him to be so maddeningly unconcerned by the prospect of his own death as he once was. Indeed, the opposite is true."
86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000860_LYNA","It is for this reason that I seek your advice."
87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000870_LYNA","Since he returned from the Tempest, the Exarch is...not as he was."
88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000880_LYNA","He seems a different man. A <Emphasis>younger</Emphasis> man."
89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000890_LYNA","I know not the details of his research, but when I saw him at work recently, there was a glint in his eye that I had never seen before. He looked <Emphasis>happy</Emphasis>."
90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000900_LYNA","It was as if he had peered into the future, and for the first time, found joy there."
91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000910_LYNA","Though it gladdens me to see him thus, I wonder if I should not keep my distance. I fear that my presence will only anchor him to the past. Remind him of all the pain that came before."
92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Anchors keep us where we have chosen to be."
94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE","He's lost without you, you know. And he misses you already."
95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000920_LYNA","...Is that so?"
96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000930_LYNA","He─ Are you sure?"
97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000940_LYNA","Then perhaps we might remain as we were. As we have always been."
98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000950_LYNA","What a relief."
99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000960_LYNA","In that case, I will have to speak with him about the amount of time he is spending at work."
100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000970_LYNA","This research is important, I know, but if he refuses to consider his own health, I will have to consider it for him."
101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000980_ALPHINAUD","Yes, this looks to be nearly everyone. Let us begin, shall we?"
102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000990_ALPHINAUD","Though I am usually the first to hold forth at such events, I think, on this occasion, that honor should fall to you."
103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001000_YSHTOLA","They <Emphasis>would</Emphasis> be more inclined to take the word of the Warrior of Darkness."
104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001010_URIANGER","Indeed. In light of the subject matter, who better than thee to speak these truths?"
105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001020_SOLDIER03608","Wicked white... The Warriors of Light did all that?"
106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001030_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)So they never─ I mean, they only ever wanted to help? And when everything they'd done turned to ash, they <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> carried on..."
107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001040_SOLDIER03608","They gave everything to stop the Flood... First their lives, then their souls..."
108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001050_SOLDIER03608","And they managed it, too─in the end. They <Emphasis>saved</Emphasis> us. And we cursed their names."
109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001060_ALPHINAUD","This should go a long way towards clearing the air."
110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001070_ALPHINAUD","Impossible...!"
111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You can see him too?"
113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I take it I'm not imagining this, then."
114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001080_ALPHINAUD","I definitely see <Emphasis>something</Emphasis>. You don't think it's a ghost, do you?"
115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001090_URIANGER","Nay. Yonder standeth no bloodless apparition, but a Warrior of Light and Darkness both. Ardbert."
116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001100_YSHTOLA","What in the world...?"
117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001110_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's you! The one who slew the eater..."
118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001120_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)That it should be the Warrior of Darkness who brought the truth to light... You've saved me a fair bit of time─though I have a few words of my own to say, if I may."
119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001130_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)People of the Crystarium! I am Ardbert, one of those you know as a Warrior of Light."
120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001140_SOLDIER03608","That's impossible! You should be dead..."
121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001150_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Aye, that I should. But as the world has been given new life, so too have I."
122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001160_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)I know not why I, and I alone, have been gifted this chance. But I do know this: only by the will of the star itself could such a miracle come to pass."
123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001170_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)The hero who stands before you now─the Warrior of Darkness─is not of this world. And the day will come when <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> must return to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> home."
124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001180_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)But this land is <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> home. And if it is to remain so, now and forevermore, it is <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> who must protect it."
125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001190_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)The time to rely on saviors from afar has passed. It is <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> who must rise. <Emphasis>You</Emphasis> who must become the new Warriors of Light!"
126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001200_BRAVESOLDIER","(-Gallant Guardsman-)Wha─ Us? Warriors of Light?"
127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001210_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)None of us were born heroes, my friend. I was only ever a man with a thirst for adventure."
128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001220_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)But wherever my journeys took me, I was invariably confronted with the same choice: to lend what aid I could to those in need─or not. And I always chose the former."
129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001230_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Any one of you could do the same. All you need is the will to help your fellow man, and the resolve to see it through."
130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001240_URIANGER","From thine own lips did we learn of Ardbert's fate, and by thy countenance, I gather thou art not inclined to recant thy testimony."
131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001250_URIANGER","Yet whosoever this man may be, his words hold truth─and resonate with the citizenry besides. For us to voice our doubts here and now would serve but to sow disquiet. 'Twere better we retired unto the Ocular, and there discussed this matter in private."
132,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001260_ALPHINAUD","Go. I will stay here and watch."
133,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001270_MYSTERYVOICE","So that is a Warrior of Light of the First."
134,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001271_MYSTERYVOICE","I have not had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, but as you all seem to be in agreement, I gather this is no simple case of mistaken identity."
135,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001280_BEQLUGG","As far as I was able to discern, that was indeed Ardbert. It has been a long time, but not that long. Could he truly have been resurrected as he claims?"
136,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
137,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","...<Emphasis>No</Emphasis>. Absolutely not."
138,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE","It looks like him and sounds like him. But it <Emphasis>isn't</Emphasis> him."
139,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001290_URIANGER","Ardbert did entrust his very soul unto thee. I see no reason to question thy judgment."
140,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001300_YSHTOLA","Nor I. To my eyes, your aether burns as brightly as the day you slew Emet-Selch. That is proof that he is with you still."
141,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001310_URIANGER","Yet that which standeth now before the people is far more than a passing imitation. I am reminded of the Cardinal Virtues...though a sin eater he is not."
142,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001320_URIANGER","Which leaveth but one plausible explanation."
143,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001330_YSHTOLA","That he is an Ascian."
144,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001340_MYSTERYVOICE","Given their fondness for posthumous possession, I would have to agree."
145,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001350_MYSTERYVOICE","From what I understand, the Warriors of Light were laid to rest in Eulmore by those whom they had aided in life. At the time, some few still remembered them as heroes."
146,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001360_MYSTERYVOICE","Needless to say, four of them were subsequently exhumed to serve as the Virtues. And if one knew where to look, Ardbert too would not have been difficult to find."
147,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001370_YSHTOLA","Assuming then that this is indeed the work of an Ascian, my mind inevitably turns to the last remaining Paragon to survive the sundering..."
148,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001380_URIANGER","Elidibus."
149,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001390_URIANGER","That Zenos hath reclaimed his own flesh is known."
150,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001400_URIANGER","Thus evicted from his borrowed form...and cognizant, no doubt, of Emet-Selch's failure here in the First..."
151,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001410_URIANGER","'Tis quite possible the emissary chose Ardbert for his next vessel."
152,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001420_BEQLUGG","Inhabiting the flesh of the fallen... My, that is unsavory. And they do this often, you say?"
153,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001430_URIANGER","Verily, for they possess no corporeal forms of their own. In what one may term their natural state, none save those gifted with the Echo can perceive them."
154,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001440_URIANGER","Indeed, when Elidibus intruded upon the Waking Sands, his presence did go unmarked by all save Minfilia and the Warrior of Light."
155,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001450_URIANGER","On that occasion, I myself remained ignorant of his coming until after his departure."
156,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001460_URIANGER","'Twas only at a later juncture, when he deigned to appear before me in borrowed flesh that I was finally able to take the measure of him."
157,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001470_URIANGER","In such puppetry do the Ascians engage when they seek to influence the course of history."
158,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001480_YSHTOLA","And they have gained much by it. Emet-Selch single-handedly built the Garlean Empire in this manner, while Lahabrea came close to conquering Eorzea having taken possession of Thancred's living body."
159,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001490_URIANGER","Yet it must needs be noted that the Ascians cannot avail themselves of <Emphasis>all</Emphasis> mortal vessels. For were they able to do so, none would serve as a better pawn than our own redoubtable champion."
160,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001500_URIANGER","Mayhap the blessing of Light shieldeth Hydaelyn's chosen from Ascian influence. Or mayhap other forces are at work. We cannot say for certain."
161,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001510_MYSTERYVOICE","Whatever the reason, I hope it holds true. I dare not contemplate what might come to pass otherwise."
162,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001520_YSHTOLA","Is it not peculiar, then, that Ardbert's mortal remains should be susceptible, given that he was once a Warrior of Light? Or did the final departure of his soul make it possible, perhaps?"
163,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001530_YSHTOLA","Regardless, to hear an Ascian use him to call forth new Warriors of Light boggles the mind."
164,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001540_URIANGER","Elidibus hath ever been an enigma, his ostensible purpose being to preserve the balance between Light and Dark."
165,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001550_URIANGER","When he made overtures towards me, however, I was afforded a glimpse behind the mask of the self-appointed emissary."
166,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001560_URIANGER","I shall not defend mine actions, undertaken in pursuit of a better understanding of our foe, as either wise or prudent."
167,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001570_URIANGER","Nevertheless, what little I did glean may now prove useful."
168,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001580_URIANGER","Elidibus possesseth a subtle mind, practiced in the art of manipulation. That he coaxed this star's most valiant heroes as far as the Source with naught save half-truths is no trifling feat."
169,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001590_URIANGER","And now, I believe, he doth employ his skills once more to some as-yet-unknown end. Though naught is certain, should my suspicions prove true, we shall have need of all our wits if we are to uncover─and thereafter thwart─his plot."
170,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001600_MYSTERYVOICE","Agreed. 'Tis plain that simply speaking out against him will not avail us. At best, it would only serve to confuse the people."
171,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001610_MYSTERYVOICE","And I would hesitate to do anything which might tarnish Ardbert's reputation once more, nor yours by association."
172,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001620_MYSTERYVOICE","That being the case, it may be wise to keep a covert eye on this “Ardbert's” movements as we attempt to discern his purpose and how best to mitigate his influence."
173,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001630_BEQLUGG","His performance appears to have concluded. What now─go back out and follow him?"
174,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001640_URIANGER","'Twould appear Master Alphinaud already hath pursuit in mind, and I suspect one pair of eyes shall better serve our cause than half a dozen. Let the rest of us maintain an inconspicuous distance─for the present, at least."
175,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001650_ALMET","Come. Our new discoveries are to be found this way."
176,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001660_YSHTOLA","The people of Ronka are known to have venerated animals, but these features do not match those of any indigenous species. This is no common beast."
177,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001670_YSHTOLA","Though that much is plain from its proportions."
178,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001680_CYMET","Lifelike, is it not? One could almost imagine it breathed."
179,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001690_UIMET","Grrr!"
180,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001700_CYMET","Aaah!"
181,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001710_UIMET","Hahaha!"
182,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001711_CYMET","Why, you..."
183,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001720_YSHTOLA","This owl, by contrast, seems no different from the others we've seen."
184,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001730_ALMET","The sealed door lies ahead."
185,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001740_ALMET","As you see, one statue is missing. I expect we are meant to replace it, as before."
186,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001750_YSHTOLA","Too simple. There will be some additional defense mechanism."
187,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001760_YSHTOLA","Just a moment─there are words carved into the stone."
188,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001770_YSHTOLA","He...who would disturb...a hero's deserved slumber..."
189,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001780_YSHTOLA","Shall instead...waken the beast...and know...his folly..."
190,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001790_YSHTOLA","Wait! Don't!"
191,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001800_UIMET","Wh-What? But I only─ What is happening!?"
192,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001810_CYMET","Oh no... Oh no, no, no... I-It lives!"
193,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001820_YSHTOLA","Why am I not surprised? Prepare yourselves!"
194,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001830_YSHTOLA","'Twould seem the magicks have returned us. How polite."
195,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001840_YSHTOLA","Now, what have we learned?"
196,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001850_UIMET","Oh, we were bound to run into a living statue eventually. And now we can open the door!"
197,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001860_YSHTOLA","“He who would disturb a hero's deserved slumber...”"
198,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001870_YSHTOLA","A tomb, just as I thought. Befitting a hero."
199,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001880_ALMET","She is Viis! Could it be the archmage Tiuna?"
200,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001890_ALMET","A legendary hero of Ronka, as you surmised. The tales tell of how she smote entire armies with a single incantation, so potent was her spellcraft─though she ever fought in the name of peace."
201,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001900_UIMET","I thought them no more than tales. To think she really existed..."
202,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001910_CYMET","Well, I for one always believed!"
203,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001920_YSHTOLA","I wonder..."
204,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001930_YSHTOLA","By the light...of fallen stars...great power awakens..."
205,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001940_ALMET","Tiuna was not only a master of spellcraft. It is said she could see truths long lost and hear the voices of men's hearts."
206,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001950_YSHTOLA","Naught less than the Echo."
207,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001960_YSHTOLA","In which case...none of this is mere coincidence."
208,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001970_YSHTOLA","A shower of stars setting the sky aflame─and in both this world and the Source, we find individuals within whom a mysterious power awakened at the sight."
209,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001980_YSHTOLA","We could never unpick the why of it. Now, however...I believe we might."
210,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001990_YSHTOLA","Does the scene depicted here not resemble the one we saw when we first ventured into the Qitana Ravel?"
211,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002000_YSHTOLA","Moreover, does it not recall that which Emet-Selch invited us to witness in Amaurot?"
212,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002010_YSHTOLA","The Final Days."
213,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002020_YSHTOLA","If, as the Exarch's research suggests, soul and mind share a fragile yet profound bond, might it not be possible for an event to leave such a deep imprint upon the soul that it could be perceived eons later─given a suitable trigger?"
214,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002030_YSHTOLA","The Echo defies explanation by conventional aetherological theory. Or shall we say, modern aetherological theory."
215,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002040_YSHTOLA","But if it is a power that once belonged to the ancients, to souls yet undivided..."
216,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002045_YSHTOLA","...Ah."
217,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002050_YSHTOLA","It would seem I have entered the realm of pure speculation. And I call myself a scholar."
218,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002060_YSHTOLA","I shall refrain from making any further wild claims until such time as I have evidence."
219,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002070_YSHTOLA","Still, I cannot choose but be reminded of our experience in Amaurot..."
220,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
221,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Then you must recall Emet-Selch's dying request."
222,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I will not soon forget it."
223,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002080_YSHTOLA","“Remember us.”"
224,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002090_ALMET","“History is learned, not lived.”"
225,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002100_ALMET","We have always protected the tales of Ronka, just as we have protected this place. But we are mindful of what our mothers taught us. "
226,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002110_ALMET","We see the past through our own eyes, and speak of it with our own words. Thus do we come to understand it, in our own way. But this is not the same as remembering."
227,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002120_YSHTOLA","Your mothers were wise."
228,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002130_YSHTOLA","Though we witnessed the Final Days, our impressions could not fail to be colored by our own experiences and expectations. Those who lived through it would have perceived the event quite differently."
229,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002140_YSHTOLA","We must bear in mind that it is no simple matter to keep the truth alive, or it will die with Emet-Selch and his kin."
230,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002150_YSHTOLA","But we have disturbed Tiuna long enough. Fanow will serve similarly well as a venue for our contemplations."
231,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002160_THANCRED","If you were hoping to vent your frustrations on our eater friend here, I can only apologize."
232,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002170_RYNE","Few as they are now, it took us no time at all to track it down."
233,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002180_ALPHINAUD","That suits our purpose perfectly. Now we need only wait for Ardbert to arrive."
234,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002190_ALISAIE","Weren't you two meant to be attending to the Empty?"
235,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002200_THANCRED","We were, and are. But we can hardly ignore the rest of the world, so we thought we might see how things were coming along. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”"
236,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002210_THANCRED","We were indeed, and we've made a certain amount of progress. So we thought we might see how the rest of the world was getting on. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”"
237,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002220_RYNE","Right now, we think we can do more good here."
238,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002230_YSHTOLA","It is heartening to have all present."
239,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002240_ALPHINAUD","Indeed! We will be glad of the additional hands should matters escalate."
240,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002250_URIANGER","Our quarry is come."
241,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002260_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Hah. It seems I've lost this particular race."
242,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002270_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Ah, though I suppose it's only fair."
243,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002280_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)When we first met, it was I who outpaced you. Ravana, was it?"
244,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002290_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)But where are my manners? I wouldn't be here were it not for you, and I have yet to say a word of thanks!"
245,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you do?"
246,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Extend a friendly fist."
247,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Ask whether he wishes Seto were here."
248,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002300_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Arm giving you trouble? You should have it examined."
249,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002310_DUMMYARDBERT","(-Ardbert-)Poor fellow. He will be sorely missed."
250,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
251,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Indeed...<Emphasis>Ardbert</Emphasis>."
252,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I thought you were supposed to be good at this."
253,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002320_DUMMYARDBERT","(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense."
254,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002330_ELIDIBUS","(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense."
255,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002340_DUMMYARDBERT","(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive."
256,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002350_ELIDIBUS","(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive."
257,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002360_ELIDIBUS","Yes, it is I, Elidibus."
258,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002370_ELIDIBUS","Through your time in Emet-Selch's imitation of our home, I daresay you have gained a better understanding of my role since last we met. Not that it matters."
259,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002380_ALPHINAUD","We understand your role, Emissary, but not your goal. What is it that you seek to achieve?"
260,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002390_ELIDIBUS","I seek to enact the will of the Convocation, of course. If it helps you to think of me as but another Ascian, no different in nature or purpose from the rest, you are welcome to do so."
261,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002400_ALPHINAUD","Once, I would have said your goal was destruction alone."
262,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002410_ALPHINAUD","Now I understand that you fight for something you love, just as we do."
263,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002420_ALPHINAUD","Yet though we seem doomed to clash, I bid you consider Emet-Selch's final words."
264,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002430_ALPHINAUD","“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus."
265,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002440_ALPHINAUD","“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus."
266,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002450_YSHTOLA","None better understood your plight than he. His words must surely be worthy of your consideration."
267,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002460_ELIDIBUS","Emet-Selch..."
268,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002470_ELIDIBUS","How very unlike you, to err so gravely."
269,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002480_ELIDIBUS","That one should stray at the end of so onerous a path is understandable, but I had thought you above such weakness. Mayhap you thought the same. Would that I had been present to offer correction..."
270,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002490_ELIDIBUS","But I shall do so now, as is my duty, and return all to its proper course."
271,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002500_ELIDIBUS","As for you... Look at yourselves. Look at your <Emphasis>history</Emphasis>. Look back one hundred short years, to how your greatest warriors were undone."
272,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002510_ELIDIBUS","And now? At but a word from me, you raise your hands in answer like the puppets you are."
273,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002515_ELIDIBUS","Naught has changed."
274,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002520_ELIDIBUS","You fail and you fail and you learn nothing─allow that which is most important to slip through your fumbling fingers like so many grains of sand. Again and again and <Emphasis>again</Emphasis>. And you would remember <Emphasis>us</Emphasis>? You do forget yourselves."
275,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002530_ELIDIBUS","There is no common ground to be found between you and I. Nor do I require any."
276,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002540_ELIDIBUS","I have my duty."
277,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002550_YSHTOLA","Wait!"
278,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002560_ALPHINAUD","Well...we have confirmed the identity of our foe, at least. And 'tis safe to say his objective is the Rejoining."
279,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002570_ALISAIE","But we still have no idea how playing the part of a Warrior of Light will further his cause, nor why he would spur others to do the same."
280,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002580_YSHTOLA","Another visit to the Tempest may shed some light upon these mysteries."
281,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002590_YSHTOLA","Whether we are to exchange words or blows with Elidibus at our next meeting, the fact remains: we know too little."
282,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002600_YSHTOLA","Ere our paths cross again, I would learn more of the world that once was─and of Elidibus himself."
283,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002610_YSHTOLA","In this, we would be best served going directly to his home, much as Emet-Selch came to ours."
284,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002620_URIANGER","Though I see the wisdom in thy suggestion, the Amaurot we visited is but a phantom born of Emet-Selch's memory. I fear it will teach us little that we do not already know."
285,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002630_YSHTOLA","I quite agree. Yet the ruins of the actual city remain unexplored."
286,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002640_YSHTOLA","Given the vastness of the Tempest, I should not be surprised were there more such structures like to those in which the Ondo reside."
287,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
288,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE","If there's aught to be learned, I want to know."
289,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE","For want of a better option..."
290,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICE","As long as you don't make me do any more chores."
291,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002650_YSHTOLA","A <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> after my own heart."
292,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002660_YSHTOLA","Mayhap your skepticism will leaven my curiosity."
293,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002670_YSHTOLA","Keep that up and I'll send you to bed without supper."
294,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002680_ALPHINAUD","Assuming we are all in agreement, then, I suggest we first pay a visit to the Ondo. If anyone can tell us where more ruins are to be found, it is them."
295,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002690_YSHTOLA","This structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals..."
296,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002700_ALPHINAUD","I too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their spellcasting."
297,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002710_URIANGER","In such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation."
298,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002720_URIANGER","That so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance."
299,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002730_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Thank you all for joining us at Anyder in these most perilous of times.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
300,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002740_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
301,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002750_ANCIENTSB","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
302,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002760_ANCIENTSB","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
303,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002770_ANCIENTSB","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
304,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002780_ANCIENTSB","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
305,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002790_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I shall not speak ill of the Convocation─they too seek only to secure the future of our star.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
306,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002800_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
307,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002810_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If so, I see no further reason to demur.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
308,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002820_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
309,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002830_YSHTOLA","So...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn."
310,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002840_ALPHINAUD","Their discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this “Venat” before."
311,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002850_URIANGER","For a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind."
312,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002860_URIANGER","Some were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles."
313,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002870_URIANGER","We know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership."
314,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002880_YSHTOLA","And that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that."
315,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002890_YSHTOLA","I would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image?"
316,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002900_YSHTOLA","The device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds."
317,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002910_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Venat, please... Why must it be you?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
318,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002920_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another─<Emphasis>any</Emphasis> other. You are our <Emphasis>leader</Emphasis>. None can take your place.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
319,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002930_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
320,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002940_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
321,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002950_VENAS","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
322,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002960_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>...Then I will press you no more. Only know this...you will be sorely missed.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
323,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002970_ANCIENTSA","<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I wonder...is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
324,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002980_YSHTOLA","What?"
325,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002990_YSHTOLA","Forgive me, but did that not strongly imply that Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart?"
326,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003000_ALISAIE","Seven hells... Then who─or <Emphasis>what</Emphasis>─are we dealing with?"
327,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003010_ALPHINAUD","Dare I ask what's going on?"
328,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003020_MYSTERYVOICE","Ah, excellent timing. For me, in any case. We have a problem."
329,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003030_MYSTERYVOICE","The vast majority of those gathered here are presently in the employ of the guard or else one of the facets...and no longer wish to be so."
330,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003040_MYSTERYVOICE","In principle, all are free to change vocation at any time─but a city does require a certain number of people in these positions if it is to continue to function. For the moment, I have asked them to postpone their resignation until such time as replacements can be found."
331,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003050_MYSTERYVOICE","As you may have surmised, we have the “Warrior of Light” to thank for this..."
332,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003060_BRAVESOLDIER","It's you! The Warrior of Darkness!"
333,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003070_BRAVESOLDIER","You understand, don't you?"
334,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003080_BRAVESOLDIER","Someone's going to have to look after this place once you're gone. We just want to be ready to do our bit when the time comes."
335,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003090_SOLDIER03608","And not only here, but everywhere! Which is why we've got to get out there, and lend a hand to those in need."
336,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003100_SOLDIER03608","That's what you did, isn't it? Even if it was just little things, at the start. You helped people."
337,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
338,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE","People, chocobos, you name it."
339,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Well, yes..."
340,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
341,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003110_SOLDIER03608","And we're trying to do the same! We may have our sky back, but there's no shortage of people who still need help."
342,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003120_SOLDIER03608","Strong and silent─just as a hero should be! You let your actions speak for you, and we mean to do the same. We might have our sky back, but there are still people who need help."
343,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003130_SOLDIER03608","If we follow in your footsteps, then I choose to believe we too can be heroes one day. Even Warriors of Light."
344,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003140_ALPHINAUD","What are we to say to that? We can hardly tell them they are mistaken."
345,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003150_ALPHINAUD","They seek but to do good, as you have."
346,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003160_URIANGER","But no more can we stand idly by and suffer a Paragon's scheme to proceed unchallenged."
347,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003170_FEARFULCITIZENA","What...what's happening to the sky?"
348,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003180_FEARFULCITIZENB","Aaah!"
349,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003190_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENA","Wicked white!"
350,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003200_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENB","Oh no!"
351,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003210_ALPHINAUD","By the Twelve..."
352,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003220_URIANGER","A starshower..."
353,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003221_HYDAELYN","Hear... Feel... Think..."
354,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003230_SOLDIER03608","I─ I hear a voice!"
355,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003240_BRAVESOLDIER","You and all? Then why does it feel like it's inside my head!?"
356,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003250_BRAVESOLDIER","Hear... Feel... Think...?"
357,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003260_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC","I hear it!"
358,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003270_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND","Me too!"
359,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003280_DUMMYARDBERT","(-???-)Did I not tell you, my friends!? You are Warriors of Light!"
360,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003290_SOLDIER03608","You're back!"
361,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003300_DUMMYARDBERT","What you hear is the voice of Light itself, and it has blessed you with its power. Welcome to the fold!"
362,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003310_SOLDIER03608","I'm a Warrior of Light..."
363,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003320_BRAVESOLDIER","I've been chosen!?"
364,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003330_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND","Can it be?"
365,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003340_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC","Me, a hero?"
366,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003350_ALPHINAUD","Wait!"
367,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003360_ALPHINAUD","The falling stars─were they your doing? And why do you need Warriors of Light?"
368,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003370_ELIDIBUS","What, am I to reveal my plans simply because you asked?"
369,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003380_ELIDIBUS","Nay, I think not─though the stars I acknowledge mine. A convenient illusion apt to awaken what little is left of the power that once resided in your sundered souls."
370,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003390_ELIDIBUS","That which you and yours call the Echo."
371,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003400_ELIDIBUS","And an echo it is. Of a symphony. But a fraction of what men, in their completeness, once possessed."
372,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003410_ELIDIBUS","Even those among you who tower over others in the gift have only the faintest trace of it."
373,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003420_ELIDIBUS","But though sundered and forgotten, through death and mocking rebirth, it has persisted. A whisper of our past, burned into your very aether─along with the sight of our end."
374,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003430_ELIDIBUS","Through the rekindling of memory, I have awoken the ability─just as Hydaelyn is wont to do when She has need of new minions."
375,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003440_URIANGER","The Echo hath ever been thought a gift from Hydaelyn─a boon granted solely to Her chosen. Yet thou wouldst claim She merely awakeneth the power, that men should hearken unto...?"
376,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003450_URIANGER","Ah."
377,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003460_URIANGER","...Her voice. Given the perceived simultaneity of Her call and the awakening of Her chosen's capacity to hear it, 'tis only natural that we thus attributed the source of the gift. Yet if, in truth, the Echo is a prerequisite for hearing Her voice..."
378,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003470_URIANGER","One might surmise that Her call never ceaseth, such that all who awaken to their innate gift might receive of the blessing of Light at the selfsame instant."
379,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003480_URIANGER","In sooth, we bore witness to this but moments ago. At the sight of the starshower, full many in the crowd did speak of hearing a voice in their minds, did they not?"
380,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003490_ELIDIBUS","Just so. And whenever Hydaelyn has need of new servants, She is quick to pluck comets from the heavens, or create illusions of the same."
381,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003500_URIANGER","Why, then, didst thou conjure this vision, full knowing that thine age-old foe would thus claim those awakened to the gift?"
382,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003510_ELIDIBUS","“Foe”? You must be mistaken. As you see, I am a Warrior of Light."
383,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003520_ELIDIBUS","And together with my comrades-in-arms, I shall save the world. Just like you."
384,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003530_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE","Meanwhile, in the Crystal Tower's Umbilicus..."
385,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003540_MYSTERYVOICE","Foiled again..."
386,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003550_MYSTERYVOICE","If I cannot imbue the infernal thing with my power via magical means, we may need to devise a way to infuse the vessel with my blood after all..."
387,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003560_MYSTERYVOICE","Ah!"
388,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003570_URIANGER","Art thou unwell?"
389,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003580_BEQLUGG","Perhaps a brief respite? It wouldn't do to overtax yourself."
390,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003590_MYSTERYVOICE","I'm fine..."
391,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003600_MYSTERYVOICE","And given to stubbornness, I'm afraid. Especially when I have a stake in the outcome."
392,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003610_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE","Meanwhile, in the Source..."
393,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003620_ZENOS","That dream again..."
394,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003630_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR","A recurring dream? They do so fascinate me. Might I trouble you for the details?"
395,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003640_ZENOS","I have always dreamed of it... Fire falling from the heavens, and the city─nay, the whole world ablaze."
396,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003650_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR","Indeed... Could Emet-Selch have found a way...? Precious few possess memories of the Final Days."
397,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003660_ZENOS","The Final Days?"
398,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003670_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR","Why yes. Admittedly, my knowledge is mostly secondhand, but if you are interested, I will gladly tell you the tale..."
399,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003680_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR","The tale of the world's end."
0,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000010_MAXIMA,"They're here, Commander."
1,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000020_RAUBAHN,And I for one am grateful that they are. I'm told you've been busy since our paths last crossed at the Ghimlyt Dark.
2,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000030_RAUBAHN,"Not that I understand half of it. When the Scions spoke of other worlds, I'd struggle to describe what I pictured."
3,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000040_RAUBAHN,"Mayhap things would seem clearer were I to hear the tale from your own lips, but I'm afraid the situation will not afford us that luxury."
4,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000050_RAUBAHN,I trust you two require no introduction.
5,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000060_SHADOWHUNTER,"We meet again, hero of Eorzea."
6,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000070_SHADOWHUNTER,Must we repeat this ridiculous display? I pose no threat to you─though what I come to warn you of very well might.
7,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000080_RAUBAHN,"Had he meant to do us harm, I hazard he would have kept to the shadows─and brought more than two companions."
8,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000090_RAUBAHN,"We need not pretend to be the best of friends, but I hope we can put aside our differences for the present."
9,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000100_SHADOWHUNTER,"As you are doubtless aware, Ser Estinien and I cooperated to rid the world of Black Rose in your absence."
10,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000110_SHADOWHUNTER,"Our journey together took us as far as the imperial palace, where we witnessed Emperor Varis meet his death at Zenos's hand."
11,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000120_SHADOWHUNTER,"Being the sole witnesses to this crime, and in no position to defend our innocence, we were then forced to flee, each pursuing his own avenue of escape."
12,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000130_SHADOWHUNTER,"When we were later reunited, Estinien claimed to have encountered an unfamiliar kind of machina during his flight. But to me, his description seemed anything but. And upon further investigation, I found that I was right."
13,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000140_SHADOWHUNTER,The Empire is developing a new Ultima Weapon.
14,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000150_KRILE,What? That Allagan monstrosity? Created to vanquish primals? ...With which you yourself once thought to conquer Eorzea?
15,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000160_SHADOWHUNTER,"The same. In my foolishness, I sought to harness its power─and became the Ascians' pawn in so doing."
16,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000161_SHADOWHUNTER,But you know as well as I how that tale ended.
17,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000170_SHADOWHUNTER,"The Weapon itself, excavated from beneath this very city, was destroyed ere we could fully unravel its secrets. And that should have been the end of it."
18,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000180_SHADOWHUNTER,"But, unlikely as it sounds, the Empire's efforts to recreate it have somehow borne fruit─primarily through secret research conducted by the VIIth Imperial Legion, it would seem."
19,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000190_KRILE,Wait. The VIIth was all but annihilated at Carteneau─along with its legatus.
20,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000200_SHADOWHUNTER,"Indeed, few survived. The VIIth as it is now has little in common with the legion led by van Darnus, and its leadership has changed hands several times since."
21,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000210_SHADOWHUNTER,"Precisely how this project has continued despite such turmoil, and under whose auspices, remains a mystery."
22,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000220_SHADOWHUNTER,"What we do know, however, is that a number of prototypes have been produced...and that one of them is on its way to Eorzea."
23,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000230_SHADOWHUNTER,"We attempted to stop it, but it was all we could do to slow its progress. So we resolved instead to bring you warning."
24,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000240_MAXIMA,And right glad are we that you did─though it soundly dashed our hopes that tensions might ease at last...
25,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000250_RAUBAHN,"As it is, we've begun to strengthen our presence in the Ghimlyt Dark, and are assembling a force to meet the coming threat. A force with you in its vanguard, I hope."
26,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000260_RAUBAHN,"Before you say anything, I know full well you have pressing concerns of your own. Your comrades remain in peril, and I would not ask you to forsake them."
27,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000270_RAUBAHN,But the fact remains that you and you alone have faced the Ultima Weapon and emerged victorious. We need you.
28,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000280_RAUBAHN,"And so, when the time comes─*if* your comrades can spare you─I bid you lend us your strength. I've assigned an officer to await your word."
29,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000290_SHADOWHUNTER,"The Ascians' downfall was to be the work of my remaining days...but it was my hand that kindled these flames, and I cannot allow them to spread any further."
30,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000300_SHADOWHUNTER,"I will do what I must to see this mistake consigned to history once and for all...even if it means begging your aid. The fates will enjoy the irony, even as I endure the ignominy."
31,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000310_MAXIMA,"I too shall make for the border and offer my skills, meager though they seem in such company. Mayhap we shall meet there anon."
32,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000320_KRILE,"Though we can ill afford to ignore the coming of a new Ultima Weapon, our friends' plight grows ever more precarious, and none save you can join them in the First."
33,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000330_KRILE,I only hope you are not forced to make a choice...
34,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000340_MYSTERYVOICE,Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?
35,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000350_MYSTERYVOICE,Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?
36,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000360_ALPHINAUD,A new *Ultima Weapon*...? We must count ourselves lucky that Gaius has pledged his assistance.
37,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000370_YSHTOLA,"While this is indeed a worrying development, I think the state of the Empire as a whole greater grounds for concern."
38,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000380_YSHTOLA,"With the Emperor slain and Zenos returned, it is impossible to predict how matters will unfold in Garlemald. The Ultima Weapon may be but the first of many unpleasant surprises."
39,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000390_URIANGER,"The situation beareth closer observation, of that there is no doubt─and doth compound our need to return unto the Source."
40,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000400_MYSTERYVOICE,Then let us address that issue. Our long search for a means to see you safely home may well be nearing its conclusion.
41,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000410_MYSTERYVOICE,"Thanks in large part to Urianger and Beq Lugg's invaluable insight, we have succeeded in fashioning a vessel for the journey."
42,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000420_BEQLUGG,"We set out to create a crystalline container retaining the more useful properties of white auracite, but without its regrettable limitations. And after a good deal of trial and error, we made one."
43,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000430_BEQLUGG,"An ark for soul and mind both, that will allow your incorporeal self in its entirety to be ferried between worlds... A “spirit vessel,” if you will."
44,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000440_BEQLUGG,However...
45,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000450_ALPHINAUD,However?
46,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000460_URIANGER,"Though the vessel is possessed of the requisite qualities to hold mind and memory, it wanteth yet for a means to *receive* of them. For that, we must needs imbue it with the Exarch's innate gift."
47,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000470_YSHTOLA,"A gift that lives on only through the blood of the Allagan emperors...which certainly does not flow within auracite, or any other crystal."
48,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000480_URIANGER,"Just so, milady. The blood serveth as a conduit of sorts─in its absence, memory cannot pass from mind unto mind, nor from flesh unto crystal."
49,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000490_MYSTERYVOICE,"That being the case, we must either alter the process of inheritance so as to require no such thing, or determine a means by which my blood may permeate the vessel."
50,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000500_MYSTERYVOICE,I am hopeful that the records found within this tower will yield the knowledge we require to pursue one or the other of these avenues.
51,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000510_BEQLUGG,As well you should be! The Allagans' body of aetherological research is extraordinary. I can scarce believe it the work of ages past.
52,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000520_BEQLUGG,"But its underlying principles are not so very different from those of my own field of study. Given time, we will find the answers we seek."
53,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000530_MYSTERYVOICE,"I know that you can ill afford to wait, and it pains me that I must ask you to do so. I can only reaffirm my promise to you that a solution will be found."
54,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000540_MYSTERYVOICE,"Whatever it takes, I *will* see you safely home."
55,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000550_LYNA,My apologies.
56,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000560_MYSTERYVOICE,I do hope you haven't come to tell us that mortal peril fast approaches.
57,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000570_LYNA,No. I had hoped to speak with the Warrior of Darkness.
58,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000580_LYNA,But there is no need to cut short your meeting on my account. I will be waiting outside.
59,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000590_MYSTERYVOICE,Why not speak in here─she knows I don't mind. Unless she didn't want to...
60,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000600_ALPHINAUD,"Perhaps I might accompany you? Though I am woefully ill-qualified to assist in the Exarch's research, I may yet be of some use to Lyna."
61,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000610_LYNA,Did you slay this eater? Your orders were to await the main force before engaging.
62,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000620_RESOLUTESOLDIER,"No, Captain! It wasn't us, I swear it! A man came out of nowhere and cut it down before we knew what was happening."
63,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000630_LYNA,"By himself? Certainly it is no Lightwarden, but nevertheless..."
64,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000640_BRAVESOLDIER,"(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's true! Felled it with a single swing of his axe, he did! Never seen anything like it!"
65,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000650_BRAVESOLDIER,"(-Gallant Guardsman-)So I says to him, “Who are you, the Warrior of bleedin' Darkness!?”"
66,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000660_BRAVESOLDIER,"(-Gallant Guardsman-)And he says, “No, I'm a Warrior of Light.” And that was it. Buggered off as quick as he came."
67,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000670_ALPHINAUD,A Warrior of *Light*?
68,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000680_SOLDIER03608,"Why would someone go around calling himself that, though? It was those bastards who caused the Flood."
69,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000690_SOLDIER03608,"I mean, if you were going to pretend to be anyone, it'd be *her*─the Warrior of Darkness!"
70,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000700_BRAVESOLDIER,(-Gallant Guardsman-)Eh? Oh! I─ I didn't know! It's an honor!
71,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000710_LYNA,"Since the eater is no longer a threat, our work here is done. Return to your posts."
72,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000720_SOLDIER03608,I had hoped to fight at your side today... But I'll continue to follow your example─and may we meet again!
73,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000730_LYNA,I apologize for the wasted journey. It seems I overestimated the threat.
74,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000740_LYNA,"As for this “Warrior of Light”... I do not know who would be brazen enough to take that mantle for his own. Whatever it may once have meant, it is forever tainted by the association with the Flood."
75,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000750_LYNA,"The Exarch told me the truth of Ardbert and his comrades' deeds, and I am aware they played some part in your own triumph. But to most, they are synonymous with the calamity that befell this world."
76,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000760_LYNA,"Still, if this man is minded to destroy sin eaters, I may forgive him his unfortunate choice of alias."
77,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000770_LYNA,But that is neither here nor there. I thank you for accompanying me.
78,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000780_ALPHINAUD,"With that concluded, shall we return to the Crystarium? There is a proposal I should like to make..."
79,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000790_LYNA,Forgive me. There is one more thing.
80,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000800_LYNA,A personal concern of mine. I had hoped you might have a moment to speak privately.
81,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000810_ALPHINAUD,Take your time. I shall go on ahead.
82,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000820_LYNA,I will not mince words. This matter concerns the Exarch.
83,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000830_LYNA,"Though his countenance belies his age, his demeanor never has. He has seen more than any man should, and grown ever more weary with time..."
84,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000840_LYNA,"But I see I give the wrong impression. While it is true he attempted to open a letter with his salmon fillet the other evening, we are not here because I suspect his mind is deteriorating."
85,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000850_LYNA,"Nor do I believe him to be so maddeningly unconcerned by the prospect of his own death as he once was. Indeed, the opposite is true."
86,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000860_LYNA,It is for this reason that I seek your advice.
87,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000870_LYNA,"Since he returned from the Tempest, the Exarch is...not as he was."
88,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000880_LYNA,He seems a different man. A *younger* man.
89,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000890_LYNA,"I know not the details of his research, but when I saw him at work recently, there was a glint in his eye that I had never seen before. He looked *happy*."
90,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000900_LYNA,"It was as if he had peered into the future, and for the first time, found joy there."
91,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000910_LYNA,"Though it gladdens me to see him thus, I wonder if I should not keep my distance. I fear that my presence will only anchor him to the past. Remind him of all the pain that came before."
92,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
93,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Anchors keep us where we have chosen to be.
94,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE,"He's lost without you, you know. And he misses you already."
95,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000920_LYNA,...Is that so?
96,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000930_LYNA,He─ Are you sure?
97,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000940_LYNA,Then perhaps we might remain as we were. As we have always been.
98,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000950_LYNA,What a relief.
99,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000960_LYNA,"In that case, I will have to speak with him about the amount of time he is spending at work."
100,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000970_LYNA,"This research is important, I know, but if he refuses to consider his own health, I will have to consider it for him."
101,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000980_ALPHINAUD,"Yes, this looks to be nearly everyone. Let us begin, shall we?"
102,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000990_ALPHINAUD,"Though I am usually the first to hold forth at such events, I think, on this occasion, that honor should fall to you."
103,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001000_YSHTOLA,They *would* be more inclined to take the word of the Warrior of Darkness.
104,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001010_URIANGER,"Indeed. In light of the subject matter, who better than thee to speak these truths?"
105,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001020_SOLDIER03608,Wicked white... The Warriors of Light did all that?
106,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001030_BRAVESOLDIER,"(-Gallant Guardsman-)So they never─ I mean, they only ever wanted to help? And when everything they'd done turned to ash, they *still* carried on..."
107,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001040_SOLDIER03608,"They gave everything to stop the Flood... First their lives, then their souls..."
108,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001050_SOLDIER03608,"And they managed it, too─in the end. They *saved* us. And we cursed their names."
109,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001060_ALPHINAUD,This should go a long way towards clearing the air.
110,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001070_ALPHINAUD,Impossible...!
111,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
112,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,You can see him too?
113,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE,"I take it I'm not imagining this, then."
114,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001080_ALPHINAUD,"I definitely see *something*. You don't think it's a ghost, do you?"
115,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001090_URIANGER,"Nay. Yonder standeth no bloodless apparition, but a Warrior of Light and Darkness both. Ardbert."
116,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001100_YSHTOLA,What in the world...?
117,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001110_BRAVESOLDIER,(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's you! The one who slew the eater...
118,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001120_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)That it should be the Warrior of Darkness who brought the truth to light... You've saved me a fair bit of time─though I have a few words of my own to say, if I may."
119,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001130_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)People of the Crystarium! I am Ardbert, one of those you know as a Warrior of Light."
120,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001140_SOLDIER03608,That's impossible! You should be dead...
121,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001150_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)Aye, that I should. But as the world has been given new life, so too have I."
122,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001160_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)I know not why I, and I alone, have been gifted this chance. But I do know this: only by the will of the star itself could such a miracle come to pass."
123,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001170_DUMMYARDBERT,(-Ardbert-)The hero who stands before you now─the Warrior of Darkness─is not of this world. And the day will come when she must return to her home.
124,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001180_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)But this land is *our* home. And if it is to remain so, now and forevermore, it is *we* who must protect it."
125,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001190_DUMMYARDBERT,(-Ardbert-)The time to rely on saviors from afar has passed. It is *you* who must rise. *You* who must become the new Warriors of Light!
126,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001200_BRAVESOLDIER,(-Gallant Guardsman-)Wha─ Us? Warriors of Light?
127,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001210_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)None of us were born heroes, my friend. I was only ever a man with a thirst for adventure."
128,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001220_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)But wherever my journeys took me, I was invariably confronted with the same choice: to lend what aid I could to those in need─or not. And I always chose the former."
129,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001230_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)Any one of you could do the same. All you need is the will to help your fellow man, and the resolve to see it through."
130,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001240_URIANGER,"From thine own lips did we learn of Ardbert's fate, and by thy countenance, I gather thou art not inclined to recant thy testimony."
131,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001250_URIANGER,"Yet whosoever this man may be, his words hold truth─and resonate with the citizenry besides. For us to voice our doubts here and now would serve but to sow disquiet. 'Twere better we retired unto the Ocular, and there discussed this matter in private."
132,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001260_ALPHINAUD,Go. I will stay here and watch.
133,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001270_MYSTERYVOICE,So that is a Warrior of Light of the First.
134,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001271_MYSTERYVOICE,"I have not had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, but as you all seem to be in agreement, I gather this is no simple case of mistaken identity."
135,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001280_BEQLUGG,"As far as I was able to discern, that was indeed Ardbert. It has been a long time, but not that long. Could he truly have been resurrected as he claims?"
136,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
137,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,...*No*. Absolutely not.
138,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE,It looks like him and sounds like him. But it *isn't* him.
139,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001290_URIANGER,Ardbert did entrust his very soul unto thee. I see no reason to question thy judgment.
140,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001300_YSHTOLA,"Nor I. To my eyes, your aether burns as brightly as the day you slew Emet-Selch. That is proof that he is with you still."
141,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001310_URIANGER,Yet that which standeth now before the people is far more than a passing imitation. I am reminded of the Cardinal Virtues...though a sin eater he is not.
142,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001320_URIANGER,Which leaveth but one plausible explanation.
143,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001330_YSHTOLA,That he is an Ascian.
144,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001340_MYSTERYVOICE,"Given their fondness for posthumous possession, I would have to agree."
145,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001350_MYSTERYVOICE,"From what I understand, the Warriors of Light were laid to rest in Eulmore by those whom they had aided in life. At the time, some few still remembered them as heroes."
146,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001360_MYSTERYVOICE,"Needless to say, four of them were subsequently exhumed to serve as the Virtues. And if one knew where to look, Ardbert too would not have been difficult to find."
147,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001370_YSHTOLA,"Assuming then that this is indeed the work of an Ascian, my mind inevitably turns to the last remaining Paragon to survive the sundering..."
148,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001380_URIANGER,Elidibus.
149,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001390_URIANGER,That Zenos hath reclaimed his own flesh is known.
150,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001400_URIANGER,"Thus evicted from his borrowed form...and cognizant, no doubt, of Emet-Selch's failure here in the First..."
151,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001410_URIANGER,'Tis quite possible the emissary chose Ardbert for his next vessel.
152,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001420_BEQLUGG,"Inhabiting the flesh of the fallen... My, that is unsavory. And they do this often, you say?"
153,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001430_URIANGER,"Verily, for they possess no corporeal forms of their own. In what one may term their natural state, none save those gifted with the Echo can perceive them."
154,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001440_URIANGER,"Indeed, when Elidibus intruded upon the Waking Sands, his presence did go unmarked by all save Minfilia and the Warrior of Light."
155,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001450_URIANGER,"On that occasion, I myself remained ignorant of his coming until after his departure."
156,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001460_URIANGER,"'Twas only at a later juncture, when he deigned to appear before me in borrowed flesh that I was finally able to take the measure of him."
157,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001470_URIANGER,In such puppetry do the Ascians engage when they seek to influence the course of history.
158,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001480_YSHTOLA,"And they have gained much by it. Emet-Selch single-handedly built the Garlean Empire in this manner, while Lahabrea came close to conquering Eorzea having taken possession of Thancred's living body."
159,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001490_URIANGER,"Yet it must needs be noted that the Ascians cannot avail themselves of *all* mortal vessels. For were they able to do so, none would serve as a better pawn than our own redoubtable champion."
160,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001500_URIANGER,Mayhap the blessing of Light shieldeth Hydaelyn's chosen from Ascian influence. Or mayhap other forces are at work. We cannot say for certain.
161,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001510_MYSTERYVOICE,"Whatever the reason, I hope it holds true. I dare not contemplate what might come to pass otherwise."
162,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001520_YSHTOLA,"Is it not peculiar, then, that Ardbert's mortal remains should be susceptible, given that he was once a Warrior of Light? Or did the final departure of his soul make it possible, perhaps?"
163,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001530_YSHTOLA,"Regardless, to hear an Ascian use him to call forth new Warriors of Light boggles the mind."
164,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001540_URIANGER,"Elidibus hath ever been an enigma, his ostensible purpose being to preserve the balance between Light and Dark."
165,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001550_URIANGER,"When he made overtures towards me, however, I was afforded a glimpse behind the mask of the self-appointed emissary."
166,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001560_URIANGER,"I shall not defend mine actions, undertaken in pursuit of a better understanding of our foe, as either wise or prudent."
167,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001570_URIANGER,"Nevertheless, what little I did glean may now prove useful."
168,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001580_URIANGER,"Elidibus possesseth a subtle mind, practiced in the art of manipulation. That he coaxed this star's most valiant heroes as far as the Source with naught save half-truths is no trifling feat."
169,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001590_URIANGER,"And now, I believe, he doth employ his skills once more to some as-yet-unknown end. Though naught is certain, should my suspicions prove true, we shall have need of all our wits if we are to uncover─and thereafter thwart─his plot."
170,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001600_MYSTERYVOICE,"Agreed. 'Tis plain that simply speaking out against him will not avail us. At best, it would only serve to confuse the people."
171,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001610_MYSTERYVOICE,"And I would hesitate to do anything which might tarnish Ardbert's reputation once more, nor yours by association."
172,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001620_MYSTERYVOICE,"That being the case, it may be wise to keep a covert eye on this “Ardbert's” movements as we attempt to discern his purpose and how best to mitigate his influence."
173,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001630_BEQLUGG,His performance appears to have concluded. What now─go back out and follow him?
174,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001640_URIANGER,"'Twould appear Master Alphinaud already hath pursuit in mind, and I suspect one pair of eyes shall better serve our cause than half a dozen. Let the rest of us maintain an inconspicuous distance─for the present, at least."
175,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001650_ALMET,Come. Our new discoveries are to be found this way.
176,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001660_YSHTOLA,"The people of Ronka are known to have venerated animals, but these features do not match those of any indigenous species. This is no common beast."
177,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001670_YSHTOLA,Though that much is plain from its proportions.
178,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001680_CYMET,"Lifelike, is it not? One could almost imagine it breathed."
179,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001690_UIMET,Grrr!
180,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001700_CYMET,Aaah!
181,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001710_UIMET,Hahaha!
182,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001711_CYMET,"Why, you..."
183,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001720_YSHTOLA,"This owl, by contrast, seems no different from the others we've seen."
184,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001730_ALMET,The sealed door lies ahead.
185,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001740_ALMET,"As you see, one statue is missing. I expect we are meant to replace it, as before."
186,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001750_YSHTOLA,Too simple. There will be some additional defense mechanism.
187,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001760_YSHTOLA,Just a moment─there are words carved into the stone.
188,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001770_YSHTOLA,He...who would disturb...a hero's deserved slumber...
189,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001780_YSHTOLA,Shall instead...waken the beast...and know...his folly...
190,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001790_YSHTOLA,Wait! Don't!
191,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001800_UIMET,Wh-What? But I only─ What is happening!?
192,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001810_CYMET,"Oh no... Oh no, no, no... I-It lives!"
193,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001820_YSHTOLA,Why am I not surprised? Prepare yourselves!
194,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001830_YSHTOLA,'Twould seem the magicks have returned us. How polite.
195,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001840_YSHTOLA,"Now, what have we learned?"
196,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001850_UIMET,"Oh, we were bound to run into a living statue eventually. And now we can open the door!"
197,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001860_YSHTOLA,“He who would disturb a hero's deserved slumber...”
198,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001870_YSHTOLA,"A tomb, just as I thought. Befitting a hero."
199,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001880_ALMET,She is Viis! Could it be the archmage Tiuna?
200,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001890_ALMET,"A legendary hero of Ronka, as you surmised. The tales tell of how she smote entire armies with a single incantation, so potent was her spellcraft─though she ever fought in the name of peace."
201,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001900_UIMET,I thought them no more than tales. To think she really existed...
202,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001910_CYMET,"Well, I for one always believed!"
203,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001920_YSHTOLA,I wonder...
204,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001930_YSHTOLA,By the light...of fallen stars...great power awakens...
205,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001940_ALMET,Tiuna was not only a master of spellcraft. It is said she could see truths long lost and hear the voices of men's hearts.
206,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001950_YSHTOLA,Naught less than the Echo.
207,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001960_YSHTOLA,In which case...none of this is mere coincidence.
208,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001970_YSHTOLA,"A shower of stars setting the sky aflame─and in both this world and the Source, we find individuals within whom a mysterious power awakened at the sight."
209,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001980_YSHTOLA,"We could never unpick the why of it. Now, however...I believe we might."
210,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001990_YSHTOLA,Does the scene depicted here not resemble the one we saw when we first ventured into the Qitana Ravel?
211,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002000_YSHTOLA,"Moreover, does it not recall that which Emet-Selch invited us to witness in Amaurot?"
212,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002010_YSHTOLA,The Final Days.
213,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002020_YSHTOLA,"If, as the Exarch's research suggests, soul and mind share a fragile yet profound bond, might it not be possible for an event to leave such a deep imprint upon the soul that it could be perceived eons later─given a suitable trigger?"
214,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002030_YSHTOLA,"The Echo defies explanation by conventional aetherological theory. Or shall we say, modern aetherological theory."
215,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002040_YSHTOLA,"But if it is a power that once belonged to the ancients, to souls yet undivided..."
216,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002045_YSHTOLA,...Ah.
217,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002050_YSHTOLA,It would seem I have entered the realm of pure speculation. And I call myself a scholar.
218,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002060_YSHTOLA,I shall refrain from making any further wild claims until such time as I have evidence.
219,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002070_YSHTOLA,"Still, I cannot choose but be reminded of our experience in Amaurot..."
220,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
221,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Then you must recall Emet-Selch's dying request.
222,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE,I will not soon forget it.
223,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002080_YSHTOLA,“Remember us.”
224,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002090_ALMET,"“History is learned, not lived.”"
225,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002100_ALMET,"We have always protected the tales of Ronka, just as we have protected this place. But we are mindful of what our mothers taught us. "
226,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002110_ALMET,"We see the past through our own eyes, and speak of it with our own words. Thus do we come to understand it, in our own way. But this is not the same as remembering."
227,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002120_YSHTOLA,Your mothers were wise.
228,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002130_YSHTOLA,"Though we witnessed the Final Days, our impressions could not fail to be colored by our own experiences and expectations. Those who lived through it would have perceived the event quite differently."
229,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002140_YSHTOLA,"We must bear in mind that it is no simple matter to keep the truth alive, or it will die with Emet-Selch and his kin."
230,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002150_YSHTOLA,But we have disturbed Tiuna long enough. Fanow will serve similarly well as a venue for our contemplations.
231,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002160_THANCRED,"If you were hoping to vent your frustrations on our eater friend here, I can only apologize."
232,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002170_RYNE,"Few as they are now, it took us no time at all to track it down."
233,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002180_ALPHINAUD,That suits our purpose perfectly. Now we need only wait for Ardbert to arrive.
234,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002190_ALISAIE,Weren't you two meant to be attending to the Empty?
235,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002200_THANCRED,"We were, and are. But we can hardly ignore the rest of the world, so we thought we might see how things were coming along. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”"
236,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002210_THANCRED,"We were indeed, and we've made a certain amount of progress. So we thought we might see how the rest of the world was getting on. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”"
237,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002220_RYNE,"Right now, we think we can do more good here."
238,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002230_YSHTOLA,It is heartening to have all present.
239,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002240_ALPHINAUD,Indeed! We will be glad of the additional hands should matters escalate.
240,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002250_URIANGER,Our quarry is come.
241,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002260_DUMMYARDBERT,(-Ardbert-)Hah. It seems I've lost this particular race.
242,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002270_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)Ah, though I suppose it's only fair."
243,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002280_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)When we first met, it was I who outpaced you. Ravana, was it?"
244,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002290_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-Ardbert-)But where are my manners? I wouldn't be here were it not for you, and I have yet to say a word of thanks!"
245,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you do?
246,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Extend a friendly fist.
247,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE,Ask whether he wishes Seto were here.
248,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002300_DUMMYARDBERT,(-Ardbert-)Arm giving you trouble? You should have it examined.
249,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002310_DUMMYARDBERT,(-Ardbert-)Poor fellow. He will be sorely missed.
250,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
251,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Indeed...*Ardbert*.
252,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE,I thought you were supposed to be good at this.
253,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002320_DUMMYARDBERT,(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
254,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002330_ELIDIBUS,(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
255,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002340_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive."
256,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002350_ELIDIBUS,"(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive."
257,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002360_ELIDIBUS,"Yes, it is I, Elidibus."
258,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002370_ELIDIBUS,"Through your time in Emet-Selch's imitation of our home, I daresay you have gained a better understanding of my role since last we met. Not that it matters."
259,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002380_ALPHINAUD,"We understand your role, Emissary, but not your goal. What is it that you seek to achieve?"
260,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002390_ELIDIBUS,"I seek to enact the will of the Convocation, of course. If it helps you to think of me as but another Ascian, no different in nature or purpose from the rest, you are welcome to do so."
261,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002400_ALPHINAUD,"Once, I would have said your goal was destruction alone."
262,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002410_ALPHINAUD,"Now I understand that you fight for something you love, just as we do."
263,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002420_ALPHINAUD,"Yet though we seem doomed to clash, I bid you consider Emet-Selch's final words."
264,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002430_ALPHINAUD,"“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus."
265,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002440_ALPHINAUD,"“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus."
266,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002450_YSHTOLA,None better understood your plight than he. His words must surely be worthy of your consideration.
267,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002460_ELIDIBUS,Emet-Selch...
268,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002470_ELIDIBUS,"How very unlike you, to err so gravely."
269,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002480_ELIDIBUS,"That one should stray at the end of so onerous a path is understandable, but I had thought you above such weakness. Mayhap you thought the same. Would that I had been present to offer correction..."
270,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002490_ELIDIBUS,"But I shall do so now, as is my duty, and return all to its proper course."
271,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002500_ELIDIBUS,"As for you... Look at yourselves. Look at your *history*. Look back one hundred short years, to how your greatest warriors were undone."
272,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002510_ELIDIBUS,"And now? At but a word from me, you raise your hands in answer like the puppets you are."
273,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002515_ELIDIBUS,Naught has changed.
274,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002520_ELIDIBUS,You fail and you fail and you learn nothing─allow that which is most important to slip through your fumbling fingers like so many grains of sand. Again and again and *again*. And you would remember *us*? You do forget yourselves.
275,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002530_ELIDIBUS,There is no common ground to be found between you and I. Nor do I require any.
276,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002540_ELIDIBUS,I have my duty.
277,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002550_YSHTOLA,Wait!
278,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002560_ALPHINAUD,"Well...we have confirmed the identity of our foe, at least. And 'tis safe to say his objective is the Rejoining."
279,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002570_ALISAIE,"But we still have no idea how playing the part of a Warrior of Light will further his cause, nor why he would spur others to do the same."
280,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002580_YSHTOLA,Another visit to the Tempest may shed some light upon these mysteries.
281,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002590_YSHTOLA,"Whether we are to exchange words or blows with Elidibus at our next meeting, the fact remains: we know too little."
282,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002600_YSHTOLA,"Ere our paths cross again, I would learn more of the world that once was─and of Elidibus himself."
283,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002610_YSHTOLA,"In this, we would be best served going directly to his home, much as Emet-Selch came to ours."
284,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002620_URIANGER,"Though I see the wisdom in thy suggestion, the Amaurot we visited is but a phantom born of Emet-Selch's memory. I fear it will teach us little that we do not already know."
285,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002630_YSHTOLA,I quite agree. Yet the ruins of the actual city remain unexplored.
286,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002640_YSHTOLA,"Given the vastness of the Tempest, I should not be surprised were there more such structures like to those in which the Ondo reside."
287,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
288,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE,"If there's aught to be learned, I want to know."
289,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE,For want of a better option...
290,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICE,As long as you don't make me do any more chores.
291,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002650_YSHTOLA,A woman after my own heart.
292,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002660_YSHTOLA,Mayhap your skepticism will leaven my curiosity.
293,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002670_YSHTOLA,Keep that up and I'll send you to bed without supper.
294,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002680_ALPHINAUD,"Assuming we are all in agreement, then, I suggest we first pay a visit to the Ondo. If anyone can tell us where more ruins are to be found, it is them."
295,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002690_YSHTOLA,This structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals...
296,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002700_ALPHINAUD,I too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their spellcasting.
297,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002710_URIANGER,In such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation.
298,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002720_URIANGER,That so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance.
299,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002730_ANCIENTSA,**Thank you all for joining us at Anyder in these most perilous of times.
300,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002740_ANCIENTSA,"**By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom."
301,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002750_ANCIENTSB,"**Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same."
302,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002760_ANCIENTSB,"**I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings."
303,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002770_ANCIENTSB,"**I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered."
304,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002780_ANCIENTSB,"**Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow."
305,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002790_VENAS,**I shall not speak ill of the Convocation─they too seek only to secure the future of our star.
306,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002800_VENAS,"**Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?"
307,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002810_VENAS,"**If so, I see no further reason to demur."
308,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002820_VENAS,**Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.
309,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002830_YSHTOLA,So...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn.
310,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002840_ALPHINAUD,"Their discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this “Venat” before."
311,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002850_URIANGER,"For a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind."
312,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002860_URIANGER,"Some were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles."
313,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002870_URIANGER,We know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership.
314,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002880_YSHTOLA,"And that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that."
315,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002890_YSHTOLA,I would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image?
316,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002900_YSHTOLA,The device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds.
317,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002910_ANCIENTSA,"**Venat, please... Why must it be you?"
318,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002920_ANCIENTSA,"**If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another─*any* other. You are our *leader*. None can take your place."
319,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002930_VENAS,**You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.
320,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002940_VENAS,"**If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart."
321,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002950_VENAS,"**Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice."
322,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002960_ANCIENTSA,**...Then I will press you no more. Only know this...you will be sorely missed.
323,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002970_ANCIENTSA,**I wonder...is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?
324,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002980_YSHTOLA,What?
325,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002990_YSHTOLA,"Forgive me, but did that not strongly imply that Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart?"
326,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003000_ALISAIE,Seven hells... Then who─or *what*─are we dealing with?
327,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003010_ALPHINAUD,Dare I ask what's going on?
328,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003020_MYSTERYVOICE,"Ah, excellent timing. For me, in any case. We have a problem."
329,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003030_MYSTERYVOICE,The vast majority of those gathered here are presently in the employ of the guard or else one of the facets...and no longer wish to be so.
330,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003040_MYSTERYVOICE,"In principle, all are free to change vocation at any time─but a city does require a certain number of people in these positions if it is to continue to function. For the moment, I have asked them to postpone their resignation until such time as replacements can be found."
331,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003050_MYSTERYVOICE,"As you may have surmised, we have the “Warrior of Light” to thank for this..."
332,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003060_BRAVESOLDIER,It's you! The Warrior of Darkness!
333,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003070_BRAVESOLDIER,"You understand, don't you?"
334,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003080_BRAVESOLDIER,Someone's going to have to look after this place once you're gone. We just want to be ready to do our bit when the time comes.
335,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003090_SOLDIER03608,"And not only here, but everywhere! Which is why we've got to get out there, and lend a hand to those in need."
336,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003100_SOLDIER03608,"That's what you did, isn't it? Even if it was just little things, at the start. You helped people."
337,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
338,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE,"People, chocobos, you name it."
339,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE,"Well, yes..."
340,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_003_NONE_VOICE,...
341,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003110_SOLDIER03608,"And we're trying to do the same! We may have our sky back, but there's no shortage of people who still need help."
342,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003120_SOLDIER03608,"Strong and silent─just as a hero should be! You let your actions speak for you, and we mean to do the same. We might have our sky back, but there are still people who need help."
343,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003130_SOLDIER03608,"If we follow in your footsteps, then I choose to believe we too can be heroes one day. Even Warriors of Light."
344,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003140_ALPHINAUD,What are we to say to that? We can hardly tell them they are mistaken.
345,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003150_ALPHINAUD,"They seek but to do good, as you have."
346,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003160_URIANGER,But no more can we stand idly by and suffer a Paragon's scheme to proceed unchallenged.
347,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003170_FEARFULCITIZENA,What...what's happening to the sky?
348,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003180_FEARFULCITIZENB,Aaah!
349,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003190_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENA,Wicked white!
350,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003200_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENB,Oh no!
351,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003210_ALPHINAUD,By the Twelve...
352,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003220_URIANGER,A starshower...
353,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003221_HYDAELYN,Hear... Feel... Think...
354,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003230_SOLDIER03608,I─ I hear a voice!
355,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003240_BRAVESOLDIER,You and all? Then why does it feel like it's inside my head!?
356,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003250_BRAVESOLDIER,Hear... Feel... Think...?
357,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003260_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC,I hear it!
358,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003270_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND,Me too!
359,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003280_DUMMYARDBERT,"(-???-)Did I not tell you, my friends!? You are Warriors of Light!"
360,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003290_SOLDIER03608,You're back!
361,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003300_DUMMYARDBERT,"What you hear is the voice of Light itself, and it has blessed you with its power. Welcome to the fold!"
362,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003310_SOLDIER03608,I'm a Warrior of Light...
363,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003320_BRAVESOLDIER,I've been chosen!?
364,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003330_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND,Can it be?
365,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003340_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC,"Me, a hero?"
366,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003350_ALPHINAUD,Wait!
367,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003360_ALPHINAUD,The falling stars─were they your doing? And why do you need Warriors of Light?
368,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003370_ELIDIBUS,"What, am I to reveal my plans simply because you asked?"
369,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003380_ELIDIBUS,"Nay, I think not─though the stars I acknowledge mine. A convenient illusion apt to awaken what little is left of the power that once resided in your sundered souls."
370,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003390_ELIDIBUS,That which you and yours call the Echo.
371,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003400_ELIDIBUS,"And an echo it is. Of a symphony. But a fraction of what men, in their completeness, once possessed."
372,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003410_ELIDIBUS,Even those among you who tower over others in the gift have only the faintest trace of it.
373,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003420_ELIDIBUS,"But though sundered and forgotten, through death and mocking rebirth, it has persisted. A whisper of our past, burned into your very aether─along with the sight of our end."
374,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003430_ELIDIBUS,"Through the rekindling of memory, I have awoken the ability─just as Hydaelyn is wont to do when She has need of new minions."
375,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003440_URIANGER,"The Echo hath ever been thought a gift from Hydaelyn─a boon granted solely to Her chosen. Yet thou wouldst claim She merely awakeneth the power, that men should hearken unto...?"
376,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003450_URIANGER,Ah.
377,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003460_URIANGER,"...Her voice. Given the perceived simultaneity of Her call and the awakening of Her chosen's capacity to hear it, 'tis only natural that we thus attributed the source of the gift. Yet if, in truth, the Echo is a prerequisite for hearing Her voice..."
378,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003470_URIANGER,"One might surmise that Her call never ceaseth, such that all who awaken to their innate gift might receive of the blessing of Light at the selfsame instant."
379,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003480_URIANGER,"In sooth, we bore witness to this but moments ago. At the sight of the starshower, full many in the crowd did speak of hearing a voice in their minds, did they not?"
380,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003490_ELIDIBUS,"Just so. And whenever Hydaelyn has need of new servants, She is quick to pluck comets from the heavens, or create illusions of the same."
381,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003500_URIANGER,"Why, then, didst thou conjure this vision, full knowing that thine age-old foe would thus claim those awakened to the gift?"
382,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003510_ELIDIBUS,"“Foe”? You must be mistaken. As you see, I am a Warrior of Light."
383,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003520_ELIDIBUS,"And together with my comrades-in-arms, I shall save the world. Just like you."
384,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003530_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE,"Meanwhile, in the Crystal Tower's Umbilicus..."
385,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003540_MYSTERYVOICE,Foiled again...
386,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003550_MYSTERYVOICE,"If I cannot imbue the infernal thing with my power via magical means, we may need to devise a way to infuse the vessel with my blood after all..."
387,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003560_MYSTERYVOICE,Ah!
388,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003570_URIANGER,Art thou unwell?
389,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003580_BEQLUGG,Perhaps a brief respite? It wouldn't do to overtax yourself.
390,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003590_MYSTERYVOICE,I'm fine...
391,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003600_MYSTERYVOICE,"And given to stubbornness, I'm afraid. Especially when I have a stake in the outcome."
392,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003610_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE,"Meanwhile, in the Source..."
393,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003620_ZENOS,That dream again...
394,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003630_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR,A recurring dream? They do so fascinate me. Might I trouble you for the details?
395,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003640_ZENOS,"I have always dreamed of it... Fire falling from the heavens, and the city─nay, the whole world ablaze."
396,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003650_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR,Indeed... Could Emet-Selch have found a way...? Precious few possess memories of the Final Days.
397,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003660_ZENOS,The Final Days?
398,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003670_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR,"Why yes. Admittedly, my knowledge is mostly secondhand, but if you are interested, I will gladly tell you the tale..."
399,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003680_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR,The tale of the world's end.
1 key 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000010_MAXIMA 1 They're here, Commander.
2 # 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000020_RAUBAHN And I for one am grateful that they are. I'm told you've been busy since our paths last crossed at the Ghimlyt Dark.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000030_RAUBAHN str Not that I understand half of it. When the Scions spoke of other worlds, I'd struggle to describe what I pictured.
4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000010_MAXIMA 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000040_RAUBAHN They're here, Commander. Mayhap things would seem clearer were I to hear the tale from your own lips, but I'm afraid the situation will not afford us that luxury.
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000020_RAUBAHN 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000050_RAUBAHN And I for one am grateful that they are. I'm told you've been busy since our paths last crossed at the Ghimlyt Dark. I trust you two require no introduction.
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000030_RAUBAHN 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000060_SHADOWHUNTER Not that I understand half of it. When the Scions spoke of other worlds, I'd struggle to describe what I pictured. We meet again, hero of Eorzea.
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000040_RAUBAHN 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000070_SHADOWHUNTER Mayhap things would seem clearer were I to hear the tale from your own lips, but I'm afraid the situation will not afford us that luxury. Must we repeat this ridiculous display? I pose no threat to you─though what I come to warn you of very well might.
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000050_RAUBAHN 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000080_RAUBAHN I trust you two require no introduction. Had he meant to do us harm, I hazard he would have kept to the shadows─and brought more than two companions.
9 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000060_SHADOWHUNTER 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000090_RAUBAHN We meet again, hero of Eorzea. We need not pretend to be the best of friends, but I hope we can put aside our differences for the present.
10 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000070_SHADOWHUNTER 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000100_SHADOWHUNTER Must we repeat this ridiculous display? I pose no threat to you─though what I come to warn you of very well might. As you are doubtless aware, Ser Estinien and I cooperated to rid the world of Black Rose in your absence.
11 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000080_RAUBAHN 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000110_SHADOWHUNTER Had he meant to do us harm, I hazard he would have kept to the shadows─and brought more than two companions. Our journey together took us as far as the imperial palace, where we witnessed Emperor Varis meet his death at Zenos's hand.
12 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000090_RAUBAHN 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000120_SHADOWHUNTER We need not pretend to be the best of friends, but I hope we can put aside our differences for the present. Being the sole witnesses to this crime, and in no position to defend our innocence, we were then forced to flee, each pursuing his own avenue of escape.
13 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000100_SHADOWHUNTER 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000130_SHADOWHUNTER As you are doubtless aware, Ser Estinien and I cooperated to rid the world of Black Rose in your absence. When we were later reunited, Estinien claimed to have encountered an unfamiliar kind of machina during his flight. But to me, his description seemed anything but. And upon further investigation, I found that I was right.
14 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000110_SHADOWHUNTER 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000140_SHADOWHUNTER Our journey together took us as far as the imperial palace, where we witnessed Emperor Varis meet his death at Zenos's hand. The Empire is developing a new Ultima Weapon.
15 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000120_SHADOWHUNTER 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000150_KRILE Being the sole witnesses to this crime, and in no position to defend our innocence, we were then forced to flee, each pursuing his own avenue of escape. What? That Allagan monstrosity? Created to vanquish primals? ...With which you yourself once thought to conquer Eorzea?
16 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000130_SHADOWHUNTER 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000160_SHADOWHUNTER When we were later reunited, Estinien claimed to have encountered an unfamiliar kind of machina during his flight. But to me, his description seemed anything but. And upon further investigation, I found that I was right. The same. In my foolishness, I sought to harness its power─and became the Ascians' pawn in so doing.
17 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000140_SHADOWHUNTER 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000161_SHADOWHUNTER The Empire is developing a new Ultima Weapon. But you know as well as I how that tale ended.
18 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000150_KRILE 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000170_SHADOWHUNTER What? That Allagan monstrosity? Created to vanquish primals? ...With which you yourself once thought to conquer Eorzea? The Weapon itself, excavated from beneath this very city, was destroyed ere we could fully unravel its secrets. And that should have been the end of it.
19 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000160_SHADOWHUNTER 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000180_SHADOWHUNTER The same. In my foolishness, I sought to harness its power─and became the Ascians' pawn in so doing. But, unlikely as it sounds, the Empire's efforts to recreate it have somehow borne fruit─primarily through secret research conducted by the VIIth Imperial Legion, it would seem.
20 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000161_SHADOWHUNTER 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000190_KRILE But you know as well as I how that tale ended. Wait. The VIIth was all but annihilated at Carteneau─along with its legatus.
21 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000170_SHADOWHUNTER 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000200_SHADOWHUNTER The Weapon itself, excavated from beneath this very city, was destroyed ere we could fully unravel its secrets. And that should have been the end of it. Indeed, few survived. The VIIth as it is now has little in common with the legion led by van Darnus, and its leadership has changed hands several times since.
22 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000180_SHADOWHUNTER 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000210_SHADOWHUNTER But, unlikely as it sounds, the Empire's efforts to recreate it have somehow borne fruit─primarily through secret research conducted by the VIIth Imperial Legion, it would seem. Precisely how this project has continued despite such turmoil, and under whose auspices, remains a mystery.
23 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000190_KRILE 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000220_SHADOWHUNTER Wait. The VIIth was all but annihilated at Carteneau─along with its legatus. What we do know, however, is that a number of prototypes have been produced...and that one of them is on its way to Eorzea.
24 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000200_SHADOWHUNTER 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000230_SHADOWHUNTER Indeed, few survived. The VIIth as it is now has little in common with the legion led by van Darnus, and its leadership has changed hands several times since. We attempted to stop it, but it was all we could do to slow its progress. So we resolved instead to bring you warning.
25 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000210_SHADOWHUNTER 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000240_MAXIMA Precisely how this project has continued despite such turmoil, and under whose auspices, remains a mystery. And right glad are we that you did─though it soundly dashed our hopes that tensions might ease at last...
26 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000220_SHADOWHUNTER 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000250_RAUBAHN What we do know, however, is that a number of prototypes have been produced...and that one of them is on its way to Eorzea. As it is, we've begun to strengthen our presence in the Ghimlyt Dark, and are assembling a force to meet the coming threat. A force with you in its vanguard, I hope.
27 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000230_SHADOWHUNTER 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000260_RAUBAHN We attempted to stop it, but it was all we could do to slow its progress. So we resolved instead to bring you warning. Before you say anything, I know full well you have pressing concerns of your own. Your comrades remain in peril, and I would not ask you to forsake them.
28 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000240_MAXIMA 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000270_RAUBAHN And right glad are we that you did─though it soundly dashed our hopes that tensions might ease at last... But the fact remains that you and you alone have faced the Ultima Weapon and emerged victorious. We need you.
29 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000250_RAUBAHN 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000280_RAUBAHN As it is, we've begun to strengthen our presence in the Ghimlyt Dark, and are assembling a force to meet the coming threat. A force with you in its vanguard, I hope. And so, when the time comes─*if* your comrades can spare you─I bid you lend us your strength. I've assigned an officer to await your word.
30 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000260_RAUBAHN 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000290_SHADOWHUNTER Before you say anything, I know full well you have pressing concerns of your own. Your comrades remain in peril, and I would not ask you to forsake them. The Ascians' downfall was to be the work of my remaining days...but it was my hand that kindled these flames, and I cannot allow them to spread any further.
31 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000270_RAUBAHN 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000300_SHADOWHUNTER But the fact remains that you and you alone have faced the Ultima Weapon and emerged victorious. We need you. I will do what I must to see this mistake consigned to history once and for all...even if it means begging your aid. The fates will enjoy the irony, even as I endure the ignominy.
32 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000280_RAUBAHN 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000310_MAXIMA And so, when the time comes─<Emphasis>if</Emphasis> your comrades can spare you─I bid you lend us your strength. I've assigned an officer to await your word. I too shall make for the border and offer my skills, meager though they seem in such company. Mayhap we shall meet there anon.
33 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000290_SHADOWHUNTER 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000320_KRILE The Ascians' downfall was to be the work of my remaining days...but it was my hand that kindled these flames, and I cannot allow them to spread any further. Though we can ill afford to ignore the coming of a new Ultima Weapon, our friends' plight grows ever more precarious, and none save you can join them in the First.
34 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000300_SHADOWHUNTER 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000330_KRILE I will do what I must to see this mistake consigned to history once and for all...even if it means begging your aid. The fates will enjoy the irony, even as I endure the ignominy. I only hope you are not forced to make a choice...
35 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000310_MAXIMA 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000340_MYSTERYVOICE I too shall make for the border and offer my skills, meager though they seem in such company. Mayhap we shall meet there anon. Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?
36 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000320_KRILE 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000350_MYSTERYVOICE Though we can ill afford to ignore the coming of a new Ultima Weapon, our friends' plight grows ever more precarious, and none save you can join them in the First. Now that we're all here─what news from the Source?
37 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000330_KRILE 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000360_ALPHINAUD I only hope you are not forced to make a choice... A new *Ultima Weapon*...? We must count ourselves lucky that Gaius has pledged his assistance.
38 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000340_MYSTERYVOICE 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000370_YSHTOLA Now that we're all here─what news from the Source? While this is indeed a worrying development, I think the state of the Empire as a whole greater grounds for concern.
39 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000350_MYSTERYVOICE 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000380_YSHTOLA Now that we're all here─what news from the Source? With the Emperor slain and Zenos returned, it is impossible to predict how matters will unfold in Garlemald. The Ultima Weapon may be but the first of many unpleasant surprises.
40 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000360_ALPHINAUD 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000390_URIANGER A new <Emphasis>Ultima Weapon</Emphasis>...? We must count ourselves lucky that Gaius has pledged his assistance. The situation beareth closer observation, of that there is no doubt─and doth compound our need to return unto the Source.
41 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000370_YSHTOLA 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000400_MYSTERYVOICE While this is indeed a worrying development, I think the state of the Empire as a whole greater grounds for concern. Then let us address that issue. Our long search for a means to see you safely home may well be nearing its conclusion.
42 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000380_YSHTOLA 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000410_MYSTERYVOICE With the Emperor slain and Zenos returned, it is impossible to predict how matters will unfold in Garlemald. The Ultima Weapon may be but the first of many unpleasant surprises. Thanks in large part to Urianger and Beq Lugg's invaluable insight, we have succeeded in fashioning a vessel for the journey.
43 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000390_URIANGER 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000420_BEQLUGG The situation beareth closer observation, of that there is no doubt─and doth compound our need to return unto the Source. We set out to create a crystalline container retaining the more useful properties of white auracite, but without its regrettable limitations. And after a good deal of trial and error, we made one.
44 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000400_MYSTERYVOICE 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000430_BEQLUGG Then let us address that issue. Our long search for a means to see you safely home may well be nearing its conclusion. An ark for soul and mind both, that will allow your incorporeal self in its entirety to be ferried between worlds... A “spirit vessel,” if you will.
45 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000410_MYSTERYVOICE 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000440_BEQLUGG Thanks in large part to Urianger and Beq Lugg's invaluable insight, we have succeeded in fashioning a vessel for the journey. However...
46 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000420_BEQLUGG 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000450_ALPHINAUD We set out to create a crystalline container retaining the more useful properties of white auracite, but without its regrettable limitations. And after a good deal of trial and error, we made one. However?
47 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000430_BEQLUGG 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000460_URIANGER An ark for soul and mind both, that will allow your incorporeal self in its entirety to be ferried between worlds... A “spirit vessel,” if you will. Though the vessel is possessed of the requisite qualities to hold mind and memory, it wanteth yet for a means to *receive* of them. For that, we must needs imbue it with the Exarch's innate gift.
48 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000440_BEQLUGG 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000470_YSHTOLA However... A gift that lives on only through the blood of the Allagan emperors...which certainly does not flow within auracite, or any other crystal.
49 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000450_ALPHINAUD 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000480_URIANGER However? Just so, milady. The blood serveth as a conduit of sorts─in its absence, memory cannot pass from mind unto mind, nor from flesh unto crystal.
50 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000460_URIANGER 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000490_MYSTERYVOICE Though the vessel is possessed of the requisite qualities to hold mind and memory, it wanteth yet for a means to <Emphasis>receive</Emphasis> of them. For that, we must needs imbue it with the Exarch's innate gift. That being the case, we must either alter the process of inheritance so as to require no such thing, or determine a means by which my blood may permeate the vessel.
51 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000470_YSHTOLA 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000500_MYSTERYVOICE A gift that lives on only through the blood of the Allagan emperors...which certainly does not flow within auracite, or any other crystal. I am hopeful that the records found within this tower will yield the knowledge we require to pursue one or the other of these avenues.
52 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000480_URIANGER 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000510_BEQLUGG Just so, milady. The blood serveth as a conduit of sorts─in its absence, memory cannot pass from mind unto mind, nor from flesh unto crystal. As well you should be! The Allagans' body of aetherological research is extraordinary. I can scarce believe it the work of ages past.
53 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000490_MYSTERYVOICE 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000520_BEQLUGG That being the case, we must either alter the process of inheritance so as to require no such thing, or determine a means by which my blood may permeate the vessel. But its underlying principles are not so very different from those of my own field of study. Given time, we will find the answers we seek.
54 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000500_MYSTERYVOICE 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000530_MYSTERYVOICE I am hopeful that the records found within this tower will yield the knowledge we require to pursue one or the other of these avenues. I know that you can ill afford to wait, and it pains me that I must ask you to do so. I can only reaffirm my promise to you that a solution will be found.
55 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000510_BEQLUGG 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000540_MYSTERYVOICE As well you should be! The Allagans' body of aetherological research is extraordinary. I can scarce believe it the work of ages past. Whatever it takes, I *will* see you safely home.
56 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000520_BEQLUGG 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000550_LYNA But its underlying principles are not so very different from those of my own field of study. Given time, we will find the answers we seek. My apologies.
57 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000530_MYSTERYVOICE 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000560_MYSTERYVOICE I know that you can ill afford to wait, and it pains me that I must ask you to do so. I can only reaffirm my promise to you that a solution will be found. I do hope you haven't come to tell us that mortal peril fast approaches.
58 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000540_MYSTERYVOICE 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000570_LYNA Whatever it takes, I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> see you safely home. No. I had hoped to speak with the Warrior of Darkness.
59 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000550_LYNA 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000580_LYNA My apologies. But there is no need to cut short your meeting on my account. I will be waiting outside.
60 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000560_MYSTERYVOICE 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000590_MYSTERYVOICE I do hope you haven't come to tell us that mortal peril fast approaches. Why not speak in here─she knows I don't mind. Unless she didn't want to...
61 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000570_LYNA 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000600_ALPHINAUD No. I had hoped to speak with the Warrior of Darkness. Perhaps I might accompany you? Though I am woefully ill-qualified to assist in the Exarch's research, I may yet be of some use to Lyna.
62 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000580_LYNA 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000610_LYNA But there is no need to cut short your meeting on my account. I will be waiting outside. Did you slay this eater? Your orders were to await the main force before engaging.
63 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000590_MYSTERYVOICE 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000620_RESOLUTESOLDIER Why not speak in here─she knows I don't mind. Unless she didn't want to... No, Captain! It wasn't us, I swear it! A man came out of nowhere and cut it down before we knew what was happening.
64 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000600_ALPHINAUD 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000630_LYNA Perhaps I might accompany you? Though I am woefully ill-qualified to assist in the Exarch's research, I may yet be of some use to Lyna. By himself? Certainly it is no Lightwarden, but nevertheless...
65 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000610_LYNA 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000640_BRAVESOLDIER Did you slay this eater? Your orders were to await the main force before engaging. (-Gallant Guardsman-)It's true! Felled it with a single swing of his axe, he did! Never seen anything like it!
66 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000620_RESOLUTESOLDIER 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000650_BRAVESOLDIER No, Captain! It wasn't us, I swear it! A man came out of nowhere and cut it down before we knew what was happening. (-Gallant Guardsman-)So I says to him, “Who are you, the Warrior of bleedin' Darkness!?”
67 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000630_LYNA 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000660_BRAVESOLDIER By himself? Certainly it is no Lightwarden, but nevertheless... (-Gallant Guardsman-)And he says, “No, I'm a Warrior of Light.” And that was it. Buggered off as quick as he came.
68 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000640_BRAVESOLDIER 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000670_ALPHINAUD (-Gallant Guardsman-)It's true! Felled it with a single swing of his axe, he did! Never seen anything like it! A Warrior of *Light*?
69 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000650_BRAVESOLDIER 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000680_SOLDIER03608 (-Gallant Guardsman-)So I says to him, “Who are you, the Warrior of bleedin' Darkness!?” Why would someone go around calling himself that, though? It was those bastards who caused the Flood.
70 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000660_BRAVESOLDIER 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000690_SOLDIER03608 (-Gallant Guardsman-)And he says, “No, I'm a Warrior of Light.” And that was it. Buggered off as quick as he came. I mean, if you were going to pretend to be anyone, it'd be *her*─the Warrior of Darkness!
71 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000670_ALPHINAUD 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000700_BRAVESOLDIER A Warrior of <Emphasis>Light</Emphasis>? (-Gallant Guardsman-)Eh? Oh! I─ I didn't know! It's an honor!
72 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000680_SOLDIER03608 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000710_LYNA Why would someone go around calling himself that, though? It was those bastards who caused the Flood. Since the eater is no longer a threat, our work here is done. Return to your posts.
73 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000690_SOLDIER03608 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000720_SOLDIER03608 I mean, if you were going to pretend to be anyone, it'd be <Emphasis><If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If></Emphasis>─the Warrior of Darkness! I had hoped to fight at your side today... But I'll continue to follow your example─and may we meet again!
74 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000700_BRAVESOLDIER 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000730_LYNA (-Gallant Guardsman-)Eh? Oh! I─ I didn't know! It's an honor! I apologize for the wasted journey. It seems I overestimated the threat.
75 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000710_LYNA 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000740_LYNA Since the eater is no longer a threat, our work here is done. Return to your posts. As for this “Warrior of Light”... I do not know who would be brazen enough to take that mantle for his own. Whatever it may once have meant, it is forever tainted by the association with the Flood.
76 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000720_SOLDIER03608 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000750_LYNA I had hoped to fight at your side today... But I'll continue to follow your example─and may we meet again! The Exarch told me the truth of Ardbert and his comrades' deeds, and I am aware they played some part in your own triumph. But to most, they are synonymous with the calamity that befell this world.
77 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000730_LYNA 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000760_LYNA I apologize for the wasted journey. It seems I overestimated the threat. Still, if this man is minded to destroy sin eaters, I may forgive him his unfortunate choice of alias.
78 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000740_LYNA 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000770_LYNA As for this “Warrior of Light”... I do not know who would be brazen enough to take that mantle for his own. Whatever it may once have meant, it is forever tainted by the association with the Flood. But that is neither here nor there. I thank you for accompanying me.
79 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000750_LYNA 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000780_ALPHINAUD The Exarch told me the truth of Ardbert and his comrades' deeds, and I am aware they played some part in your own triumph. But to most, they are synonymous with the calamity that befell this world. With that concluded, shall we return to the Crystarium? There is a proposal I should like to make...
80 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000760_LYNA 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000790_LYNA Still, if this man is minded to destroy sin eaters, I may forgive him his unfortunate choice of alias. Forgive me. There is one more thing.
81 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000770_LYNA 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000800_LYNA But that is neither here nor there. I thank you for accompanying me. A personal concern of mine. I had hoped you might have a moment to speak privately.
82 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000780_ALPHINAUD 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000810_ALPHINAUD With that concluded, shall we return to the Crystarium? There is a proposal I should like to make... Take your time. I shall go on ahead.
83 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000790_LYNA 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000820_LYNA Forgive me. There is one more thing. I will not mince words. This matter concerns the Exarch.
84 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000800_LYNA 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000830_LYNA A personal concern of mine. I had hoped you might have a moment to speak privately. Though his countenance belies his age, his demeanor never has. He has seen more than any man should, and grown ever more weary with time...
85 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000810_ALPHINAUD 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000840_LYNA Take your time. I shall go on ahead. But I see I give the wrong impression. While it is true he attempted to open a letter with his salmon fillet the other evening, we are not here because I suspect his mind is deteriorating.
86 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000820_LYNA 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000850_LYNA I will not mince words. This matter concerns the Exarch. Nor do I believe him to be so maddeningly unconcerned by the prospect of his own death as he once was. Indeed, the opposite is true.
87 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000830_LYNA 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000860_LYNA Though his countenance belies his age, his demeanor never has. He has seen more than any man should, and grown ever more weary with time... It is for this reason that I seek your advice.
88 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000840_LYNA 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000870_LYNA But I see I give the wrong impression. While it is true he attempted to open a letter with his salmon fillet the other evening, we are not here because I suspect his mind is deteriorating. Since he returned from the Tempest, the Exarch is...not as he was.
89 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000850_LYNA 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000880_LYNA Nor do I believe him to be so maddeningly unconcerned by the prospect of his own death as he once was. Indeed, the opposite is true. He seems a different man. A *younger* man.
90 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000860_LYNA 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000890_LYNA It is for this reason that I seek your advice. I know not the details of his research, but when I saw him at work recently, there was a glint in his eye that I had never seen before. He looked *happy*.
91 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000870_LYNA 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000900_LYNA Since he returned from the Tempest, the Exarch is...not as he was. It was as if he had peered into the future, and for the first time, found joy there.
92 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000880_LYNA 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000910_LYNA He seems a different man. A <Emphasis>younger</Emphasis> man. Though it gladdens me to see him thus, I wonder if I should not keep my distance. I fear that my presence will only anchor him to the past. Remind him of all the pain that came before.
93 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000890_LYNA 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE I know not the details of his research, but when I saw him at work recently, there was a glint in his eye that I had never seen before. He looked <Emphasis>happy</Emphasis>. What will you say?
94 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000900_LYNA 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE It was as if he had peered into the future, and for the first time, found joy there. Anchors keep us where we have chosen to be.
95 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000910_LYNA 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE Though it gladdens me to see him thus, I wonder if I should not keep my distance. I fear that my presence will only anchor him to the past. Remind him of all the pain that came before. He's lost without you, you know. And he misses you already.
96 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000920_LYNA What will you say? ...Is that so?
97 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000930_LYNA Anchors keep us where we have chosen to be. He─ Are you sure?
98 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000940_LYNA He's lost without you, you know. And he misses you already. Then perhaps we might remain as we were. As we have always been.
99 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000920_LYNA 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000950_LYNA ...Is that so? What a relief.
100 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000930_LYNA 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000960_LYNA He─ Are you sure? In that case, I will have to speak with him about the amount of time he is spending at work.
101 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000940_LYNA 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000970_LYNA Then perhaps we might remain as we were. As we have always been. This research is important, I know, but if he refuses to consider his own health, I will have to consider it for him.
102 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000950_LYNA 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000980_ALPHINAUD What a relief. Yes, this looks to be nearly everyone. Let us begin, shall we?
103 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000960_LYNA 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000990_ALPHINAUD In that case, I will have to speak with him about the amount of time he is spending at work. Though I am usually the first to hold forth at such events, I think, on this occasion, that honor should fall to you.
104 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000970_LYNA 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001000_YSHTOLA This research is important, I know, but if he refuses to consider his own health, I will have to consider it for him. They *would* be more inclined to take the word of the Warrior of Darkness.
105 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000980_ALPHINAUD 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001010_URIANGER Yes, this looks to be nearly everyone. Let us begin, shall we? Indeed. In light of the subject matter, who better than thee to speak these truths?
106 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000990_ALPHINAUD 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001020_SOLDIER03608 Though I am usually the first to hold forth at such events, I think, on this occasion, that honor should fall to you. Wicked white... The Warriors of Light did all that?
107 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001000_YSHTOLA 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001030_BRAVESOLDIER They <Emphasis>would</Emphasis> be more inclined to take the word of the Warrior of Darkness. (-Gallant Guardsman-)So they never─ I mean, they only ever wanted to help? And when everything they'd done turned to ash, they *still* carried on...
108 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001010_URIANGER 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001040_SOLDIER03608 Indeed. In light of the subject matter, who better than thee to speak these truths? They gave everything to stop the Flood... First their lives, then their souls...
109 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001020_SOLDIER03608 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001050_SOLDIER03608 Wicked white... The Warriors of Light did all that? And they managed it, too─in the end. They *saved* us. And we cursed their names.
110 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001030_BRAVESOLDIER 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001060_ALPHINAUD (-Gallant Guardsman-)So they never─ I mean, they only ever wanted to help? And when everything they'd done turned to ash, they <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> carried on... This should go a long way towards clearing the air.
111 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001040_SOLDIER03608 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001070_ALPHINAUD They gave everything to stop the Flood... First their lives, then their souls... Impossible...!
112 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001050_SOLDIER03608 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE And they managed it, too─in the end. They <Emphasis>saved</Emphasis> us. And we cursed their names. What will you say?
113 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001060_ALPHINAUD 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE This should go a long way towards clearing the air. You can see him too?
114 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001070_ALPHINAUD 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE Impossible...! I take it I'm not imagining this, then.
115 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001080_ALPHINAUD What will you say? I definitely see *something*. You don't think it's a ghost, do you?
116 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001090_URIANGER You can see him too? Nay. Yonder standeth no bloodless apparition, but a Warrior of Light and Darkness both. Ardbert.
117 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001100_YSHTOLA I take it I'm not imagining this, then. What in the world...?
118 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001080_ALPHINAUD 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001110_BRAVESOLDIER I definitely see <Emphasis>something</Emphasis>. You don't think it's a ghost, do you? (-Gallant Guardsman-)It's you! The one who slew the eater...
119 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001090_URIANGER 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001120_DUMMYARDBERT Nay. Yonder standeth no bloodless apparition, but a Warrior of Light and Darkness both. Ardbert. (-Ardbert-)That it should be the Warrior of Darkness who brought the truth to light... You've saved me a fair bit of time─though I have a few words of my own to say, if I may.
120 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001100_YSHTOLA 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001130_DUMMYARDBERT What in the world...? (-Ardbert-)People of the Crystarium! I am Ardbert, one of those you know as a Warrior of Light.
121 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001110_BRAVESOLDIER 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001140_SOLDIER03608 (-Gallant Guardsman-)It's you! The one who slew the eater... That's impossible! You should be dead...
122 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001120_DUMMYARDBERT 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001150_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)That it should be the Warrior of Darkness who brought the truth to light... You've saved me a fair bit of time─though I have a few words of my own to say, if I may. (-Ardbert-)Aye, that I should. But as the world has been given new life, so too have I.
123 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001130_DUMMYARDBERT 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001160_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)People of the Crystarium! I am Ardbert, one of those you know as a Warrior of Light. (-Ardbert-)I know not why I, and I alone, have been gifted this chance. But I do know this: only by the will of the star itself could such a miracle come to pass.
124 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001140_SOLDIER03608 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001170_DUMMYARDBERT That's impossible! You should be dead... (-Ardbert-)The hero who stands before you now─the Warrior of Darkness─is not of this world. And the day will come when she must return to her home.
125 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001150_DUMMYARDBERT 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001180_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)Aye, that I should. But as the world has been given new life, so too have I. (-Ardbert-)But this land is *our* home. And if it is to remain so, now and forevermore, it is *we* who must protect it.
126 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001160_DUMMYARDBERT 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001190_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)I know not why I, and I alone, have been gifted this chance. But I do know this: only by the will of the star itself could such a miracle come to pass. (-Ardbert-)The time to rely on saviors from afar has passed. It is *you* who must rise. *You* who must become the new Warriors of Light!
127 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001170_DUMMYARDBERT 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001200_BRAVESOLDIER (-Ardbert-)The hero who stands before you now─the Warrior of Darkness─is not of this world. And the day will come when <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> must return to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> home. (-Gallant Guardsman-)Wha─ Us? Warriors of Light?
128 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001180_DUMMYARDBERT 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001210_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)But this land is <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> home. And if it is to remain so, now and forevermore, it is <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> who must protect it. (-Ardbert-)None of us were born heroes, my friend. I was only ever a man with a thirst for adventure.
129 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001190_DUMMYARDBERT 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001220_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)The time to rely on saviors from afar has passed. It is <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> who must rise. <Emphasis>You</Emphasis> who must become the new Warriors of Light! (-Ardbert-)But wherever my journeys took me, I was invariably confronted with the same choice: to lend what aid I could to those in need─or not. And I always chose the former.
130 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001200_BRAVESOLDIER 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001230_DUMMYARDBERT (-Gallant Guardsman-)Wha─ Us? Warriors of Light? (-Ardbert-)Any one of you could do the same. All you need is the will to help your fellow man, and the resolve to see it through.
131 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001210_DUMMYARDBERT 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001240_URIANGER (-Ardbert-)None of us were born heroes, my friend. I was only ever a man with a thirst for adventure. From thine own lips did we learn of Ardbert's fate, and by thy countenance, I gather thou art not inclined to recant thy testimony.
132 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001220_DUMMYARDBERT 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001250_URIANGER (-Ardbert-)But wherever my journeys took me, I was invariably confronted with the same choice: to lend what aid I could to those in need─or not. And I always chose the former. Yet whosoever this man may be, his words hold truth─and resonate with the citizenry besides. For us to voice our doubts here and now would serve but to sow disquiet. 'Twere better we retired unto the Ocular, and there discussed this matter in private.
133 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001230_DUMMYARDBERT 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001260_ALPHINAUD (-Ardbert-)Any one of you could do the same. All you need is the will to help your fellow man, and the resolve to see it through. Go. I will stay here and watch.
134 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001240_URIANGER 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001270_MYSTERYVOICE From thine own lips did we learn of Ardbert's fate, and by thy countenance, I gather thou art not inclined to recant thy testimony. So that is a Warrior of Light of the First.
135 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001250_URIANGER 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001271_MYSTERYVOICE Yet whosoever this man may be, his words hold truth─and resonate with the citizenry besides. For us to voice our doubts here and now would serve but to sow disquiet. 'Twere better we retired unto the Ocular, and there discussed this matter in private. I have not had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, but as you all seem to be in agreement, I gather this is no simple case of mistaken identity.
136 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001260_ALPHINAUD 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001280_BEQLUGG Go. I will stay here and watch. As far as I was able to discern, that was indeed Ardbert. It has been a long time, but not that long. Could he truly have been resurrected as he claims?
137 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001270_MYSTERYVOICE 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE So that is a Warrior of Light of the First. What will you say?
138 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001271_MYSTERYVOICE 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE I have not had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, but as you all seem to be in agreement, I gather this is no simple case of mistaken identity. ...*No*. Absolutely not.
139 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001280_BEQLUGG 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE As far as I was able to discern, that was indeed Ardbert. It has been a long time, but not that long. Could he truly have been resurrected as he claims? It looks like him and sounds like him. But it *isn't* him.
140 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001290_URIANGER What will you say? Ardbert did entrust his very soul unto thee. I see no reason to question thy judgment.
141 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001300_YSHTOLA ...<Emphasis>No</Emphasis>. Absolutely not. Nor I. To my eyes, your aether burns as brightly as the day you slew Emet-Selch. That is proof that he is with you still.
142 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001310_URIANGER It looks like him and sounds like him. But it <Emphasis>isn't</Emphasis> him. Yet that which standeth now before the people is far more than a passing imitation. I am reminded of the Cardinal Virtues...though a sin eater he is not.
143 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001290_URIANGER 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001320_URIANGER Ardbert did entrust his very soul unto thee. I see no reason to question thy judgment. Which leaveth but one plausible explanation.
144 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001300_YSHTOLA 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001330_YSHTOLA Nor I. To my eyes, your aether burns as brightly as the day you slew Emet-Selch. That is proof that he is with you still. That he is an Ascian.
145 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001310_URIANGER 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001340_MYSTERYVOICE Yet that which standeth now before the people is far more than a passing imitation. I am reminded of the Cardinal Virtues...though a sin eater he is not. Given their fondness for posthumous possession, I would have to agree.
146 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001320_URIANGER 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001350_MYSTERYVOICE Which leaveth but one plausible explanation. From what I understand, the Warriors of Light were laid to rest in Eulmore by those whom they had aided in life. At the time, some few still remembered them as heroes.
147 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001330_YSHTOLA 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001360_MYSTERYVOICE That he is an Ascian. Needless to say, four of them were subsequently exhumed to serve as the Virtues. And if one knew where to look, Ardbert too would not have been difficult to find.
148 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001340_MYSTERYVOICE 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001370_YSHTOLA Given their fondness for posthumous possession, I would have to agree. Assuming then that this is indeed the work of an Ascian, my mind inevitably turns to the last remaining Paragon to survive the sundering...
149 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001350_MYSTERYVOICE 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001380_URIANGER From what I understand, the Warriors of Light were laid to rest in Eulmore by those whom they had aided in life. At the time, some few still remembered them as heroes. Elidibus.
150 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001360_MYSTERYVOICE 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001390_URIANGER Needless to say, four of them were subsequently exhumed to serve as the Virtues. And if one knew where to look, Ardbert too would not have been difficult to find. That Zenos hath reclaimed his own flesh is known.
151 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001370_YSHTOLA 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001400_URIANGER Assuming then that this is indeed the work of an Ascian, my mind inevitably turns to the last remaining Paragon to survive the sundering... Thus evicted from his borrowed form...and cognizant, no doubt, of Emet-Selch's failure here in the First...
152 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001380_URIANGER 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001410_URIANGER Elidibus. 'Tis quite possible the emissary chose Ardbert for his next vessel.
153 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001390_URIANGER 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001420_BEQLUGG That Zenos hath reclaimed his own flesh is known. Inhabiting the flesh of the fallen... My, that is unsavory. And they do this often, you say?
154 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001400_URIANGER 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001430_URIANGER Thus evicted from his borrowed form...and cognizant, no doubt, of Emet-Selch's failure here in the First... Verily, for they possess no corporeal forms of their own. In what one may term their natural state, none save those gifted with the Echo can perceive them.
155 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001410_URIANGER 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001440_URIANGER 'Tis quite possible the emissary chose Ardbert for his next vessel. Indeed, when Elidibus intruded upon the Waking Sands, his presence did go unmarked by all save Minfilia and the Warrior of Light.
156 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001420_BEQLUGG 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001450_URIANGER Inhabiting the flesh of the fallen... My, that is unsavory. And they do this often, you say? On that occasion, I myself remained ignorant of his coming until after his departure.
157 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001430_URIANGER 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001460_URIANGER Verily, for they possess no corporeal forms of their own. In what one may term their natural state, none save those gifted with the Echo can perceive them. 'Twas only at a later juncture, when he deigned to appear before me in borrowed flesh that I was finally able to take the measure of him.
158 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001440_URIANGER 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001470_URIANGER Indeed, when Elidibus intruded upon the Waking Sands, his presence did go unmarked by all save Minfilia and the Warrior of Light. In such puppetry do the Ascians engage when they seek to influence the course of history.
159 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001450_URIANGER 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001480_YSHTOLA On that occasion, I myself remained ignorant of his coming until after his departure. And they have gained much by it. Emet-Selch single-handedly built the Garlean Empire in this manner, while Lahabrea came close to conquering Eorzea having taken possession of Thancred's living body.
160 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001460_URIANGER 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001490_URIANGER 'Twas only at a later juncture, when he deigned to appear before me in borrowed flesh that I was finally able to take the measure of him. Yet it must needs be noted that the Ascians cannot avail themselves of *all* mortal vessels. For were they able to do so, none would serve as a better pawn than our own redoubtable champion.
161 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001470_URIANGER 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001500_URIANGER In such puppetry do the Ascians engage when they seek to influence the course of history. Mayhap the blessing of Light shieldeth Hydaelyn's chosen from Ascian influence. Or mayhap other forces are at work. We cannot say for certain.
162 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001480_YSHTOLA 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001510_MYSTERYVOICE And they have gained much by it. Emet-Selch single-handedly built the Garlean Empire in this manner, while Lahabrea came close to conquering Eorzea having taken possession of Thancred's living body. Whatever the reason, I hope it holds true. I dare not contemplate what might come to pass otherwise.
163 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001490_URIANGER 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001520_YSHTOLA Yet it must needs be noted that the Ascians cannot avail themselves of <Emphasis>all</Emphasis> mortal vessels. For were they able to do so, none would serve as a better pawn than our own redoubtable champion. Is it not peculiar, then, that Ardbert's mortal remains should be susceptible, given that he was once a Warrior of Light? Or did the final departure of his soul make it possible, perhaps?
164 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001500_URIANGER 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001530_YSHTOLA Mayhap the blessing of Light shieldeth Hydaelyn's chosen from Ascian influence. Or mayhap other forces are at work. We cannot say for certain. Regardless, to hear an Ascian use him to call forth new Warriors of Light boggles the mind.
165 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001510_MYSTERYVOICE 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001540_URIANGER Whatever the reason, I hope it holds true. I dare not contemplate what might come to pass otherwise. Elidibus hath ever been an enigma, his ostensible purpose being to preserve the balance between Light and Dark.
166 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001520_YSHTOLA 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001550_URIANGER Is it not peculiar, then, that Ardbert's mortal remains should be susceptible, given that he was once a Warrior of Light? Or did the final departure of his soul make it possible, perhaps? When he made overtures towards me, however, I was afforded a glimpse behind the mask of the self-appointed emissary.
167 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001530_YSHTOLA 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001560_URIANGER Regardless, to hear an Ascian use him to call forth new Warriors of Light boggles the mind. I shall not defend mine actions, undertaken in pursuit of a better understanding of our foe, as either wise or prudent.
168 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001540_URIANGER 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001570_URIANGER Elidibus hath ever been an enigma, his ostensible purpose being to preserve the balance between Light and Dark. Nevertheless, what little I did glean may now prove useful.
169 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001550_URIANGER 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001580_URIANGER When he made overtures towards me, however, I was afforded a glimpse behind the mask of the self-appointed emissary. Elidibus possesseth a subtle mind, practiced in the art of manipulation. That he coaxed this star's most valiant heroes as far as the Source with naught save half-truths is no trifling feat.
170 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001560_URIANGER 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001590_URIANGER I shall not defend mine actions, undertaken in pursuit of a better understanding of our foe, as either wise or prudent. And now, I believe, he doth employ his skills once more to some as-yet-unknown end. Though naught is certain, should my suspicions prove true, we shall have need of all our wits if we are to uncover─and thereafter thwart─his plot.
171 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001570_URIANGER 170 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001600_MYSTERYVOICE Nevertheless, what little I did glean may now prove useful. Agreed. 'Tis plain that simply speaking out against him will not avail us. At best, it would only serve to confuse the people.
172 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001580_URIANGER 171 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001610_MYSTERYVOICE Elidibus possesseth a subtle mind, practiced in the art of manipulation. That he coaxed this star's most valiant heroes as far as the Source with naught save half-truths is no trifling feat. And I would hesitate to do anything which might tarnish Ardbert's reputation once more, nor yours by association.
173 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001590_URIANGER 172 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001620_MYSTERYVOICE And now, I believe, he doth employ his skills once more to some as-yet-unknown end. Though naught is certain, should my suspicions prove true, we shall have need of all our wits if we are to uncover─and thereafter thwart─his plot. That being the case, it may be wise to keep a covert eye on this “Ardbert's” movements as we attempt to discern his purpose and how best to mitigate his influence.
174 170 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001600_MYSTERYVOICE 173 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001630_BEQLUGG Agreed. 'Tis plain that simply speaking out against him will not avail us. At best, it would only serve to confuse the people. His performance appears to have concluded. What now─go back out and follow him?
175 171 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001610_MYSTERYVOICE 174 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001640_URIANGER And I would hesitate to do anything which might tarnish Ardbert's reputation once more, nor yours by association. 'Twould appear Master Alphinaud already hath pursuit in mind, and I suspect one pair of eyes shall better serve our cause than half a dozen. Let the rest of us maintain an inconspicuous distance─for the present, at least.
176 172 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001620_MYSTERYVOICE 175 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001650_ALMET That being the case, it may be wise to keep a covert eye on this “Ardbert's” movements as we attempt to discern his purpose and how best to mitigate his influence. Come. Our new discoveries are to be found this way.
177 173 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001630_BEQLUGG 176 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001660_YSHTOLA His performance appears to have concluded. What now─go back out and follow him? The people of Ronka are known to have venerated animals, but these features do not match those of any indigenous species. This is no common beast.
178 174 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001640_URIANGER 177 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001670_YSHTOLA 'Twould appear Master Alphinaud already hath pursuit in mind, and I suspect one pair of eyes shall better serve our cause than half a dozen. Let the rest of us maintain an inconspicuous distance─for the present, at least. Though that much is plain from its proportions.
179 175 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001650_ALMET 178 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001680_CYMET Come. Our new discoveries are to be found this way. Lifelike, is it not? One could almost imagine it breathed.
180 176 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001660_YSHTOLA 179 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001690_UIMET The people of Ronka are known to have venerated animals, but these features do not match those of any indigenous species. This is no common beast. Grrr!
181 177 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001670_YSHTOLA 180 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001700_CYMET Though that much is plain from its proportions. Aaah!
182 178 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001680_CYMET 181 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001710_UIMET Lifelike, is it not? One could almost imagine it breathed. Hahaha!
183 179 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001690_UIMET 182 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001711_CYMET Grrr! Why, you...
184 180 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001700_CYMET 183 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001720_YSHTOLA Aaah! This owl, by contrast, seems no different from the others we've seen.
185 181 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001710_UIMET 184 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001730_ALMET Hahaha! The sealed door lies ahead.
186 182 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001711_CYMET 185 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001740_ALMET Why, you... As you see, one statue is missing. I expect we are meant to replace it, as before.
187 183 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001720_YSHTOLA 186 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001750_YSHTOLA This owl, by contrast, seems no different from the others we've seen. Too simple. There will be some additional defense mechanism.
188 184 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001730_ALMET 187 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001760_YSHTOLA The sealed door lies ahead. Just a moment─there are words carved into the stone.
189 185 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001740_ALMET 188 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001770_YSHTOLA As you see, one statue is missing. I expect we are meant to replace it, as before. He...who would disturb...a hero's deserved slumber...
190 186 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001750_YSHTOLA 189 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001780_YSHTOLA Too simple. There will be some additional defense mechanism. Shall instead...waken the beast...and know...his folly...
191 187 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001760_YSHTOLA 190 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001790_YSHTOLA Just a moment─there are words carved into the stone. Wait! Don't!
192 188 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001770_YSHTOLA 191 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001800_UIMET He...who would disturb...a hero's deserved slumber... Wh-What? But I only─ What is happening!?
193 189 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001780_YSHTOLA 192 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001810_CYMET Shall instead...waken the beast...and know...his folly... Oh no... Oh no, no, no... I-It lives!
194 190 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001790_YSHTOLA 193 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001820_YSHTOLA Wait! Don't! Why am I not surprised? Prepare yourselves!
195 191 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001800_UIMET 194 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001830_YSHTOLA Wh-What? But I only─ What is happening!? 'Twould seem the magicks have returned us. How polite.
196 192 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001810_CYMET 195 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001840_YSHTOLA Oh no... Oh no, no, no... I-It lives! Now, what have we learned?
197 193 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001820_YSHTOLA 196 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001850_UIMET Why am I not surprised? Prepare yourselves! Oh, we were bound to run into a living statue eventually. And now we can open the door!
198 194 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001830_YSHTOLA 197 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001860_YSHTOLA 'Twould seem the magicks have returned us. How polite. “He who would disturb a hero's deserved slumber...”
199 195 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001840_YSHTOLA 198 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001870_YSHTOLA Now, what have we learned? A tomb, just as I thought. Befitting a hero.
200 196 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001850_UIMET 199 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001880_ALMET Oh, we were bound to run into a living statue eventually. And now we can open the door! She is Viis! Could it be the archmage Tiuna?
201 197 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001860_YSHTOLA 200 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001890_ALMET “He who would disturb a hero's deserved slumber...” A legendary hero of Ronka, as you surmised. The tales tell of how she smote entire armies with a single incantation, so potent was her spellcraft─though she ever fought in the name of peace.
202 198 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001870_YSHTOLA 201 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001900_UIMET A tomb, just as I thought. Befitting a hero. I thought them no more than tales. To think she really existed...
203 199 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001880_ALMET 202 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001910_CYMET She is Viis! Could it be the archmage Tiuna? Well, I for one always believed!
204 200 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001890_ALMET 203 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001920_YSHTOLA A legendary hero of Ronka, as you surmised. The tales tell of how she smote entire armies with a single incantation, so potent was her spellcraft─though she ever fought in the name of peace. I wonder...
205 201 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001900_UIMET 204 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001930_YSHTOLA I thought them no more than tales. To think she really existed... By the light...of fallen stars...great power awakens...
206 202 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001910_CYMET 205 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001940_ALMET Well, I for one always believed! Tiuna was not only a master of spellcraft. It is said she could see truths long lost and hear the voices of men's hearts.
207 203 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001920_YSHTOLA 206 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001950_YSHTOLA I wonder... Naught less than the Echo.
208 204 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001930_YSHTOLA 207 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001960_YSHTOLA By the light...of fallen stars...great power awakens... In which case...none of this is mere coincidence.
209 205 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001940_ALMET 208 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001970_YSHTOLA Tiuna was not only a master of spellcraft. It is said she could see truths long lost and hear the voices of men's hearts. A shower of stars setting the sky aflame─and in both this world and the Source, we find individuals within whom a mysterious power awakened at the sight.
210 206 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001950_YSHTOLA 209 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001980_YSHTOLA Naught less than the Echo. We could never unpick the why of it. Now, however...I believe we might.
211 207 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001960_YSHTOLA 210 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001990_YSHTOLA In which case...none of this is mere coincidence. Does the scene depicted here not resemble the one we saw when we first ventured into the Qitana Ravel?
212 208 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001970_YSHTOLA 211 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002000_YSHTOLA A shower of stars setting the sky aflame─and in both this world and the Source, we find individuals within whom a mysterious power awakened at the sight. Moreover, does it not recall that which Emet-Selch invited us to witness in Amaurot?
213 209 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001980_YSHTOLA 212 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002010_YSHTOLA We could never unpick the why of it. Now, however...I believe we might. The Final Days.
214 210 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001990_YSHTOLA 213 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002020_YSHTOLA Does the scene depicted here not resemble the one we saw when we first ventured into the Qitana Ravel? If, as the Exarch's research suggests, soul and mind share a fragile yet profound bond, might it not be possible for an event to leave such a deep imprint upon the soul that it could be perceived eons later─given a suitable trigger?
215 211 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002000_YSHTOLA 214 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002030_YSHTOLA Moreover, does it not recall that which Emet-Selch invited us to witness in Amaurot? The Echo defies explanation by conventional aetherological theory. Or shall we say, modern aetherological theory.
216 212 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002010_YSHTOLA 215 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002040_YSHTOLA The Final Days. But if it is a power that once belonged to the ancients, to souls yet undivided...
217 213 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002020_YSHTOLA 216 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002045_YSHTOLA If, as the Exarch's research suggests, soul and mind share a fragile yet profound bond, might it not be possible for an event to leave such a deep imprint upon the soul that it could be perceived eons later─given a suitable trigger? ...Ah.
218 214 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002030_YSHTOLA 217 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002050_YSHTOLA The Echo defies explanation by conventional aetherological theory. Or shall we say, modern aetherological theory. It would seem I have entered the realm of pure speculation. And I call myself a scholar.
219 215 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002040_YSHTOLA 218 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002060_YSHTOLA But if it is a power that once belonged to the ancients, to souls yet undivided... I shall refrain from making any further wild claims until such time as I have evidence.
220 216 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002045_YSHTOLA 219 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002070_YSHTOLA ...Ah. Still, I cannot choose but be reminded of our experience in Amaurot...
221 217 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002050_YSHTOLA 220 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE It would seem I have entered the realm of pure speculation. And I call myself a scholar. What will you say?
222 218 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002060_YSHTOLA 221 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE I shall refrain from making any further wild claims until such time as I have evidence. Then you must recall Emet-Selch's dying request.
223 219 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002070_YSHTOLA 222 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE Still, I cannot choose but be reminded of our experience in Amaurot... I will not soon forget it.
224 220 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 223 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002080_YSHTOLA What will you say? “Remember us.”
225 221 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 224 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002090_ALMET Then you must recall Emet-Selch's dying request. “History is learned, not lived.”
226 222 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE 225 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002100_ALMET I will not soon forget it. We have always protected the tales of Ronka, just as we have protected this place. But we are mindful of what our mothers taught us.
227 223 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002080_YSHTOLA 226 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002110_ALMET “Remember us.” We see the past through our own eyes, and speak of it with our own words. Thus do we come to understand it, in our own way. But this is not the same as remembering.
228 224 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002090_ALMET 227 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002120_YSHTOLA “History is learned, not lived.” Your mothers were wise.
229 225 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002100_ALMET 228 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002130_YSHTOLA We have always protected the tales of Ronka, just as we have protected this place. But we are mindful of what our mothers taught us. Though we witnessed the Final Days, our impressions could not fail to be colored by our own experiences and expectations. Those who lived through it would have perceived the event quite differently.
230 226 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002110_ALMET 229 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002140_YSHTOLA We see the past through our own eyes, and speak of it with our own words. Thus do we come to understand it, in our own way. But this is not the same as remembering. We must bear in mind that it is no simple matter to keep the truth alive, or it will die with Emet-Selch and his kin.
231 227 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002120_YSHTOLA 230 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002150_YSHTOLA Your mothers were wise. But we have disturbed Tiuna long enough. Fanow will serve similarly well as a venue for our contemplations.
232 228 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002130_YSHTOLA 231 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002160_THANCRED Though we witnessed the Final Days, our impressions could not fail to be colored by our own experiences and expectations. Those who lived through it would have perceived the event quite differently. If you were hoping to vent your frustrations on our eater friend here, I can only apologize.
233 229 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002140_YSHTOLA 232 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002170_RYNE We must bear in mind that it is no simple matter to keep the truth alive, or it will die with Emet-Selch and his kin. Few as they are now, it took us no time at all to track it down.
234 230 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002150_YSHTOLA 233 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002180_ALPHINAUD But we have disturbed Tiuna long enough. Fanow will serve similarly well as a venue for our contemplations. That suits our purpose perfectly. Now we need only wait for Ardbert to arrive.
235 231 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002160_THANCRED 234 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002190_ALISAIE If you were hoping to vent your frustrations on our eater friend here, I can only apologize. Weren't you two meant to be attending to the Empty?
236 232 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002170_RYNE 235 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002200_THANCRED Few as they are now, it took us no time at all to track it down. We were, and are. But we can hardly ignore the rest of the world, so we thought we might see how things were coming along. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”
237 233 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002180_ALPHINAUD 236 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002210_THANCRED That suits our purpose perfectly. Now we need only wait for Ardbert to arrive. We were indeed, and we've made a certain amount of progress. So we thought we might see how the rest of the world was getting on. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”
238 234 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002190_ALISAIE 237 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002220_RYNE Weren't you two meant to be attending to the Empty? Right now, we think we can do more good here.
239 235 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002200_THANCRED 238 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002230_YSHTOLA We were, and are. But we can hardly ignore the rest of the world, so we thought we might see how things were coming along. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.” It is heartening to have all present.
240 236 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002210_THANCRED 239 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002240_ALPHINAUD We were indeed, and we've made a certain amount of progress. So we thought we might see how the rest of the world was getting on. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.” Indeed! We will be glad of the additional hands should matters escalate.
241 237 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002220_RYNE 240 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002250_URIANGER Right now, we think we can do more good here. Our quarry is come.
242 238 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002230_YSHTOLA 241 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002260_DUMMYARDBERT It is heartening to have all present. (-Ardbert-)Hah. It seems I've lost this particular race.
243 239 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002240_ALPHINAUD 242 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002270_DUMMYARDBERT Indeed! We will be glad of the additional hands should matters escalate. (-Ardbert-)Ah, though I suppose it's only fair.
244 240 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002250_URIANGER 243 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002280_DUMMYARDBERT Our quarry is come. (-Ardbert-)When we first met, it was I who outpaced you. Ravana, was it?
245 241 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002260_DUMMYARDBERT 244 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002290_DUMMYARDBERT (-Ardbert-)Hah. It seems I've lost this particular race. (-Ardbert-)But where are my manners? I wouldn't be here were it not for you, and I have yet to say a word of thanks!
246 242 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002270_DUMMYARDBERT 245 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE (-Ardbert-)Ah, though I suppose it's only fair. What will you do?
247 243 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002280_DUMMYARDBERT 246 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE (-Ardbert-)When we first met, it was I who outpaced you. Ravana, was it? Extend a friendly fist.
248 244 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002290_DUMMYARDBERT 247 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE (-Ardbert-)But where are my manners? I wouldn't be here were it not for you, and I have yet to say a word of thanks! Ask whether he wishes Seto were here.
249 245 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE 248 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002300_DUMMYARDBERT What will you do? (-Ardbert-)Arm giving you trouble? You should have it examined.
250 246 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE 249 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002310_DUMMYARDBERT Extend a friendly fist. (-Ardbert-)Poor fellow. He will be sorely missed.
251 247 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE 250 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE Ask whether he wishes Seto were here. What will you say?
252 248 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002300_DUMMYARDBERT 251 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE (-Ardbert-)Arm giving you trouble? You should have it examined. Indeed...*Ardbert*.
253 249 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002310_DUMMYARDBERT 252 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE (-Ardbert-)Poor fellow. He will be sorely missed. I thought you were supposed to be good at this.
254 250 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE 253 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002320_DUMMYARDBERT What will you say? (-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
255 251 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE 254 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002330_ELIDIBUS Indeed...<Emphasis>Ardbert</Emphasis>. (-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
256 252 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE 255 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002340_DUMMYARDBERT I thought you were supposed to be good at this. (-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive.
257 253 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002320_DUMMYARDBERT 256 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002350_ELIDIBUS (-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense. (-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive.
258 254 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002330_ELIDIBUS 257 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002360_ELIDIBUS (-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense. Yes, it is I, Elidibus.
259 255 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002340_DUMMYARDBERT 258 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002370_ELIDIBUS (-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive. Through your time in Emet-Selch's imitation of our home, I daresay you have gained a better understanding of my role since last we met. Not that it matters.
260 256 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002350_ELIDIBUS 259 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002380_ALPHINAUD (-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive. We understand your role, Emissary, but not your goal. What is it that you seek to achieve?
261 257 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002360_ELIDIBUS 260 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002390_ELIDIBUS Yes, it is I, Elidibus. I seek to enact the will of the Convocation, of course. If it helps you to think of me as but another Ascian, no different in nature or purpose from the rest, you are welcome to do so.
262 258 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002370_ELIDIBUS 261 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002400_ALPHINAUD Through your time in Emet-Selch's imitation of our home, I daresay you have gained a better understanding of my role since last we met. Not that it matters. Once, I would have said your goal was destruction alone.
263 259 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002380_ALPHINAUD 262 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002410_ALPHINAUD We understand your role, Emissary, but not your goal. What is it that you seek to achieve? Now I understand that you fight for something you love, just as we do.
264 260 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002390_ELIDIBUS 263 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002420_ALPHINAUD I seek to enact the will of the Convocation, of course. If it helps you to think of me as but another Ascian, no different in nature or purpose from the rest, you are welcome to do so. Yet though we seem doomed to clash, I bid you consider Emet-Selch's final words.
265 261 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002400_ALPHINAUD 264 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002430_ALPHINAUD Once, I would have said your goal was destruction alone. “Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus.
266 262 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002410_ALPHINAUD 265 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002440_ALPHINAUD Now I understand that you fight for something you love, just as we do. “Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus.
267 263 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002420_ALPHINAUD 266 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002450_YSHTOLA Yet though we seem doomed to clash, I bid you consider Emet-Selch's final words. None better understood your plight than he. His words must surely be worthy of your consideration.
268 264 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002430_ALPHINAUD 267 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002460_ELIDIBUS “Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus. Emet-Selch...
269 265 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002440_ALPHINAUD 268 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002470_ELIDIBUS “Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus. How very unlike you, to err so gravely.
270 266 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002450_YSHTOLA 269 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002480_ELIDIBUS None better understood your plight than he. His words must surely be worthy of your consideration. That one should stray at the end of so onerous a path is understandable, but I had thought you above such weakness. Mayhap you thought the same. Would that I had been present to offer correction...
271 267 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002460_ELIDIBUS 270 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002490_ELIDIBUS Emet-Selch... But I shall do so now, as is my duty, and return all to its proper course.
272 268 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002470_ELIDIBUS 271 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002500_ELIDIBUS How very unlike you, to err so gravely. As for you... Look at yourselves. Look at your *history*. Look back one hundred short years, to how your greatest warriors were undone.
273 269 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002480_ELIDIBUS 272 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002510_ELIDIBUS That one should stray at the end of so onerous a path is understandable, but I had thought you above such weakness. Mayhap you thought the same. Would that I had been present to offer correction... And now? At but a word from me, you raise your hands in answer like the puppets you are.
274 270 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002490_ELIDIBUS 273 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002515_ELIDIBUS But I shall do so now, as is my duty, and return all to its proper course. Naught has changed.
275 271 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002500_ELIDIBUS 274 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002520_ELIDIBUS As for you... Look at yourselves. Look at your <Emphasis>history</Emphasis>. Look back one hundred short years, to how your greatest warriors were undone. You fail and you fail and you learn nothing─allow that which is most important to slip through your fumbling fingers like so many grains of sand. Again and again and *again*. And you would remember *us*? You do forget yourselves.
276 272 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002510_ELIDIBUS 275 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002530_ELIDIBUS And now? At but a word from me, you raise your hands in answer like the puppets you are. There is no common ground to be found between you and I. Nor do I require any.
277 273 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002515_ELIDIBUS 276 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002540_ELIDIBUS Naught has changed. I have my duty.
278 274 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002520_ELIDIBUS 277 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002550_YSHTOLA You fail and you fail and you learn nothing─allow that which is most important to slip through your fumbling fingers like so many grains of sand. Again and again and <Emphasis>again</Emphasis>. And you would remember <Emphasis>us</Emphasis>? You do forget yourselves. Wait!
279 275 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002530_ELIDIBUS 278 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002560_ALPHINAUD There is no common ground to be found between you and I. Nor do I require any. Well...we have confirmed the identity of our foe, at least. And 'tis safe to say his objective is the Rejoining.
280 276 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002540_ELIDIBUS 279 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002570_ALISAIE I have my duty. But we still have no idea how playing the part of a Warrior of Light will further his cause, nor why he would spur others to do the same.
281 277 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002550_YSHTOLA 280 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002580_YSHTOLA Wait! Another visit to the Tempest may shed some light upon these mysteries.
282 278 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002560_ALPHINAUD 281 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002590_YSHTOLA Well...we have confirmed the identity of our foe, at least. And 'tis safe to say his objective is the Rejoining. Whether we are to exchange words or blows with Elidibus at our next meeting, the fact remains: we know too little.
283 279 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002570_ALISAIE 282 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002600_YSHTOLA But we still have no idea how playing the part of a Warrior of Light will further his cause, nor why he would spur others to do the same. Ere our paths cross again, I would learn more of the world that once was─and of Elidibus himself.
284 280 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002580_YSHTOLA 283 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002610_YSHTOLA Another visit to the Tempest may shed some light upon these mysteries. In this, we would be best served going directly to his home, much as Emet-Selch came to ours.
285 281 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002590_YSHTOLA 284 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002620_URIANGER Whether we are to exchange words or blows with Elidibus at our next meeting, the fact remains: we know too little. Though I see the wisdom in thy suggestion, the Amaurot we visited is but a phantom born of Emet-Selch's memory. I fear it will teach us little that we do not already know.
286 282 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002600_YSHTOLA 285 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002630_YSHTOLA Ere our paths cross again, I would learn more of the world that once was─and of Elidibus himself. I quite agree. Yet the ruins of the actual city remain unexplored.
287 283 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002610_YSHTOLA 286 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002640_YSHTOLA In this, we would be best served going directly to his home, much as Emet-Selch came to ours. Given the vastness of the Tempest, I should not be surprised were there more such structures like to those in which the Ondo reside.
288 284 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002620_URIANGER 287 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE Though I see the wisdom in thy suggestion, the Amaurot we visited is but a phantom born of Emet-Selch's memory. I fear it will teach us little that we do not already know. What will you say?
289 285 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002630_YSHTOLA 288 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE I quite agree. Yet the ruins of the actual city remain unexplored. If there's aught to be learned, I want to know.
290 286 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002640_YSHTOLA 289 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE Given the vastness of the Tempest, I should not be surprised were there more such structures like to those in which the Ondo reside. For want of a better option...
291 287 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE 290 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? As long as you don't make me do any more chores.
292 288 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE 291 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002650_YSHTOLA If there's aught to be learned, I want to know. A woman after my own heart.
293 289 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE 292 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002660_YSHTOLA For want of a better option... Mayhap your skepticism will leaven my curiosity.
294 290 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICE 293 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002670_YSHTOLA As long as you don't make me do any more chores. Keep that up and I'll send you to bed without supper.
295 291 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002650_YSHTOLA 294 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002680_ALPHINAUD A <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> after my own heart. Assuming we are all in agreement, then, I suggest we first pay a visit to the Ondo. If anyone can tell us where more ruins are to be found, it is them.
296 292 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002660_YSHTOLA 295 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002690_YSHTOLA Mayhap your skepticism will leaven my curiosity. This structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals...
297 293 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002670_YSHTOLA 296 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002700_ALPHINAUD Keep that up and I'll send you to bed without supper. I too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their spellcasting.
298 294 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002680_ALPHINAUD 297 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002710_URIANGER Assuming we are all in agreement, then, I suggest we first pay a visit to the Ondo. If anyone can tell us where more ruins are to be found, it is them. In such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation.
299 295 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002690_YSHTOLA 298 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002720_URIANGER This structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals... That so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance.
300 296 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002700_ALPHINAUD 299 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002730_ANCIENTSA I too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their spellcasting. **Thank you all for joining us at Anyder in these most perilous of times.
301 297 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002710_URIANGER 300 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002740_ANCIENTSA In such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation. **By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom.
302 298 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002720_URIANGER 301 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002750_ANCIENTSB That so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance. **Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same.
303 299 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002730_ANCIENTSA 302 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002760_ANCIENTSB <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Thank you all for joining us at Anyder in these most perilous of times.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings.
304 300 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002740_ANCIENTSA 303 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002770_ANCIENTSB <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered.
305 301 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002750_ANCIENTSB 304 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002780_ANCIENTSB <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow.
306 302 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002760_ANCIENTSB 305 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002790_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **I shall not speak ill of the Convocation─they too seek only to secure the future of our star.
307 303 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002770_ANCIENTSB 306 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002800_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?
308 304 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002780_ANCIENTSB 307 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002810_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **If so, I see no further reason to demur.
309 305 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002790_VENAS 308 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002820_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I shall not speak ill of the Convocation─they too seek only to secure the future of our star.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.
310 306 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002800_VENAS 309 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002830_YSHTOLA <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> So...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn.
311 307 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002810_VENAS 310 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002840_ALPHINAUD <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If so, I see no further reason to demur.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> Their discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this “Venat” before.
312 308 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002820_VENAS 311 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002850_URIANGER <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> For a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind.
313 309 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002830_YSHTOLA 312 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002860_URIANGER So...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn. Some were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles.
314 310 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002840_ALPHINAUD 313 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002870_URIANGER Their discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this “Venat” before. We know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership.
315 311 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002850_URIANGER 314 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002880_YSHTOLA For a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind. And that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that.
316 312 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002860_URIANGER 315 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002890_YSHTOLA Some were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles. I would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image?
317 313 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002870_URIANGER 316 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002900_YSHTOLA We know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership. The device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds.
318 314 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002880_YSHTOLA 317 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002910_ANCIENTSA And that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that. **Venat, please... Why must it be you?
319 315 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002890_YSHTOLA 318 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002920_ANCIENTSA I would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image? **If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another─*any* other. You are our *leader*. None can take your place.
320 316 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002900_YSHTOLA 319 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002930_VENAS The device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds. **You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.
321 317 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002910_ANCIENTSA 320 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002940_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Venat, please... Why must it be you?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart.
322 318 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002920_ANCIENTSA 321 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002950_VENAS <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another─<Emphasis>any</Emphasis> other. You are our <Emphasis>leader</Emphasis>. None can take your place.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice.
323 319 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002930_VENAS 322 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002960_ANCIENTSA <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **...Then I will press you no more. Only know this...you will be sorely missed.
324 320 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002940_VENAS 323 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002970_ANCIENTSA <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **I wonder...is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?
325 321 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002950_VENAS 324 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002980_YSHTOLA <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> What?
326 322 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002960_ANCIENTSA 325 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002990_YSHTOLA <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>...Then I will press you no more. Only know this...you will be sorely missed.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> Forgive me, but did that not strongly imply that Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart?
327 323 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002970_ANCIENTSA 326 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003000_ALISAIE <UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I wonder...is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> Seven hells... Then who─or *what*─are we dealing with?
328 324 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002980_YSHTOLA 327 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003010_ALPHINAUD What? Dare I ask what's going on?
329 325 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002990_YSHTOLA 328 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003020_MYSTERYVOICE Forgive me, but did that not strongly imply that Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart? Ah, excellent timing. For me, in any case. We have a problem.
330 326 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003000_ALISAIE 329 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003030_MYSTERYVOICE Seven hells... Then who─or <Emphasis>what</Emphasis>─are we dealing with? The vast majority of those gathered here are presently in the employ of the guard or else one of the facets...and no longer wish to be so.
331 327 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003010_ALPHINAUD 330 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003040_MYSTERYVOICE Dare I ask what's going on? In principle, all are free to change vocation at any time─but a city does require a certain number of people in these positions if it is to continue to function. For the moment, I have asked them to postpone their resignation until such time as replacements can be found.
332 328 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003020_MYSTERYVOICE 331 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003050_MYSTERYVOICE Ah, excellent timing. For me, in any case. We have a problem. As you may have surmised, we have the “Warrior of Light” to thank for this...
333 329 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003030_MYSTERYVOICE 332 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003060_BRAVESOLDIER The vast majority of those gathered here are presently in the employ of the guard or else one of the facets...and no longer wish to be so. It's you! The Warrior of Darkness!
334 330 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003040_MYSTERYVOICE 333 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003070_BRAVESOLDIER In principle, all are free to change vocation at any time─but a city does require a certain number of people in these positions if it is to continue to function. For the moment, I have asked them to postpone their resignation until such time as replacements can be found. You understand, don't you?
335 331 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003050_MYSTERYVOICE 334 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003080_BRAVESOLDIER As you may have surmised, we have the “Warrior of Light” to thank for this... Someone's going to have to look after this place once you're gone. We just want to be ready to do our bit when the time comes.
336 332 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003060_BRAVESOLDIER 335 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003090_SOLDIER03608 It's you! The Warrior of Darkness! And not only here, but everywhere! Which is why we've got to get out there, and lend a hand to those in need.
337 333 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003070_BRAVESOLDIER 336 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003100_SOLDIER03608 You understand, don't you? That's what you did, isn't it? Even if it was just little things, at the start. You helped people.
338 334 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003080_BRAVESOLDIER 337 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE Someone's going to have to look after this place once you're gone. We just want to be ready to do our bit when the time comes. What will you say?
339 335 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003090_SOLDIER03608 338 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE And not only here, but everywhere! Which is why we've got to get out there, and lend a hand to those in need. People, chocobos, you name it.
340 336 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003100_SOLDIER03608 339 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE That's what you did, isn't it? Even if it was just little things, at the start. You helped people. Well, yes...
341 337 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE 340 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? ...
342 338 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE 341 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003110_SOLDIER03608 People, chocobos, you name it. And we're trying to do the same! We may have our sky back, but there's no shortage of people who still need help.
343 339 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE 342 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003120_SOLDIER03608 Well, yes... Strong and silent─just as a hero should be! You let your actions speak for you, and we mean to do the same. We might have our sky back, but there are still people who need help.
344 340 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_003_NONE_VOICE 343 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003130_SOLDIER03608 ... If we follow in your footsteps, then I choose to believe we too can be heroes one day. Even Warriors of Light.
345 341 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003110_SOLDIER03608 344 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003140_ALPHINAUD And we're trying to do the same! We may have our sky back, but there's no shortage of people who still need help. What are we to say to that? We can hardly tell them they are mistaken.
346 342 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003120_SOLDIER03608 345 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003150_ALPHINAUD Strong and silent─just as a hero should be! You let your actions speak for you, and we mean to do the same. We might have our sky back, but there are still people who need help. They seek but to do good, as you have.
347 343 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003130_SOLDIER03608 346 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003160_URIANGER If we follow in your footsteps, then I choose to believe we too can be heroes one day. Even Warriors of Light. But no more can we stand idly by and suffer a Paragon's scheme to proceed unchallenged.
348 344 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003140_ALPHINAUD 347 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003170_FEARFULCITIZENA What are we to say to that? We can hardly tell them they are mistaken. What...what's happening to the sky?
349 345 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003150_ALPHINAUD 348 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003180_FEARFULCITIZENB They seek but to do good, as you have. Aaah!
350 346 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003160_URIANGER 349 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003190_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENA But no more can we stand idly by and suffer a Paragon's scheme to proceed unchallenged. Wicked white!
351 347 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003170_FEARFULCITIZENA 350 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003200_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENB What...what's happening to the sky? Oh no!
352 348 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003180_FEARFULCITIZENB 351 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003210_ALPHINAUD Aaah! By the Twelve...
353 349 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003190_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENA 352 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003220_URIANGER Wicked white! A starshower...
354 350 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003200_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENB 353 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003221_HYDAELYN Oh no! Hear... Feel... Think...
355 351 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003210_ALPHINAUD 354 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003230_SOLDIER03608 By the Twelve... I─ I hear a voice!
356 352 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003220_URIANGER 355 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003240_BRAVESOLDIER A starshower... You and all? Then why does it feel like it's inside my head!?
357 353 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003221_HYDAELYN 356 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003250_BRAVESOLDIER Hear... Feel... Think... Hear... Feel... Think...?
358 354 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003230_SOLDIER03608 357 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003260_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC I─ I hear a voice! I hear it!
359 355 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003240_BRAVESOLDIER 358 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003270_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND You and all? Then why does it feel like it's inside my head!? Me too!
360 356 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003250_BRAVESOLDIER 359 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003280_DUMMYARDBERT Hear... Feel... Think...? (-???-)Did I not tell you, my friends!? You are Warriors of Light!
361 357 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003260_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC 360 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003290_SOLDIER03608 I hear it! You're back!
362 358 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003270_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND 361 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003300_DUMMYARDBERT Me too! What you hear is the voice of Light itself, and it has blessed you with its power. Welcome to the fold!
363 359 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003280_DUMMYARDBERT 362 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003310_SOLDIER03608 (-???-)Did I not tell you, my friends!? You are Warriors of Light! I'm a Warrior of Light...
364 360 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003290_SOLDIER03608 363 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003320_BRAVESOLDIER You're back! I've been chosen!?
365 361 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003300_DUMMYARDBERT 364 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003330_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND What you hear is the voice of Light itself, and it has blessed you with its power. Welcome to the fold! Can it be?
366 362 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003310_SOLDIER03608 365 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003340_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC I'm a Warrior of Light... Me, a hero?
367 363 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003320_BRAVESOLDIER 366 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003350_ALPHINAUD I've been chosen!? Wait!
368 364 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003330_CRYSTARIUMCITIZEND 367 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003360_ALPHINAUD Can it be? The falling stars─were they your doing? And why do you need Warriors of Light?
369 365 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003340_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENC 368 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003370_ELIDIBUS Me, a hero? What, am I to reveal my plans simply because you asked?
370 366 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003350_ALPHINAUD 369 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003380_ELIDIBUS Wait! Nay, I think not─though the stars I acknowledge mine. A convenient illusion apt to awaken what little is left of the power that once resided in your sundered souls.
371 367 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003360_ALPHINAUD 370 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003390_ELIDIBUS The falling stars─were they your doing? And why do you need Warriors of Light? That which you and yours call the Echo.
372 368 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003370_ELIDIBUS 371 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003400_ELIDIBUS What, am I to reveal my plans simply because you asked? And an echo it is. Of a symphony. But a fraction of what men, in their completeness, once possessed.
373 369 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003380_ELIDIBUS 372 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003410_ELIDIBUS Nay, I think not─though the stars I acknowledge mine. A convenient illusion apt to awaken what little is left of the power that once resided in your sundered souls. Even those among you who tower over others in the gift have only the faintest trace of it.
374 370 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003390_ELIDIBUS 373 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003420_ELIDIBUS That which you and yours call the Echo. But though sundered and forgotten, through death and mocking rebirth, it has persisted. A whisper of our past, burned into your very aether─along with the sight of our end.
375 371 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003400_ELIDIBUS 374 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003430_ELIDIBUS And an echo it is. Of a symphony. But a fraction of what men, in their completeness, once possessed. Through the rekindling of memory, I have awoken the ability─just as Hydaelyn is wont to do when She has need of new minions.
376 372 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003410_ELIDIBUS 375 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003440_URIANGER Even those among you who tower over others in the gift have only the faintest trace of it. The Echo hath ever been thought a gift from Hydaelyn─a boon granted solely to Her chosen. Yet thou wouldst claim She merely awakeneth the power, that men should hearken unto...?
377 373 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003420_ELIDIBUS 376 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003450_URIANGER But though sundered and forgotten, through death and mocking rebirth, it has persisted. A whisper of our past, burned into your very aether─along with the sight of our end. Ah.
378 374 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003430_ELIDIBUS 377 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003460_URIANGER Through the rekindling of memory, I have awoken the ability─just as Hydaelyn is wont to do when She has need of new minions. ...Her voice. Given the perceived simultaneity of Her call and the awakening of Her chosen's capacity to hear it, 'tis only natural that we thus attributed the source of the gift. Yet if, in truth, the Echo is a prerequisite for hearing Her voice...
379 375 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003440_URIANGER 378 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003470_URIANGER The Echo hath ever been thought a gift from Hydaelyn─a boon granted solely to Her chosen. Yet thou wouldst claim She merely awakeneth the power, that men should hearken unto...? One might surmise that Her call never ceaseth, such that all who awaken to their innate gift might receive of the blessing of Light at the selfsame instant.
380 376 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003450_URIANGER 379 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003480_URIANGER Ah. In sooth, we bore witness to this but moments ago. At the sight of the starshower, full many in the crowd did speak of hearing a voice in their minds, did they not?
381 377 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003460_URIANGER 380 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003490_ELIDIBUS ...Her voice. Given the perceived simultaneity of Her call and the awakening of Her chosen's capacity to hear it, 'tis only natural that we thus attributed the source of the gift. Yet if, in truth, the Echo is a prerequisite for hearing Her voice... Just so. And whenever Hydaelyn has need of new servants, She is quick to pluck comets from the heavens, or create illusions of the same.
382 378 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003470_URIANGER 381 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003500_URIANGER One might surmise that Her call never ceaseth, such that all who awaken to their innate gift might receive of the blessing of Light at the selfsame instant. Why, then, didst thou conjure this vision, full knowing that thine age-old foe would thus claim those awakened to the gift?
383 379 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003480_URIANGER 382 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003510_ELIDIBUS In sooth, we bore witness to this but moments ago. At the sight of the starshower, full many in the crowd did speak of hearing a voice in their minds, did they not? “Foe”? You must be mistaken. As you see, I am a Warrior of Light.
384 380 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003490_ELIDIBUS 383 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003520_ELIDIBUS Just so. And whenever Hydaelyn has need of new servants, She is quick to pluck comets from the heavens, or create illusions of the same. And together with my comrades-in-arms, I shall save the world. Just like you.
385 381 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003500_URIANGER 384 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003530_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE Why, then, didst thou conjure this vision, full knowing that thine age-old foe would thus claim those awakened to the gift? Meanwhile, in the Crystal Tower's Umbilicus...
386 382 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003510_ELIDIBUS 385 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003540_MYSTERYVOICE “Foe”? You must be mistaken. As you see, I am a Warrior of Light. Foiled again...
387 383 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003520_ELIDIBUS 386 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003550_MYSTERYVOICE And together with my comrades-in-arms, I shall save the world. Just like you. If I cannot imbue the infernal thing with my power via magical means, we may need to devise a way to infuse the vessel with my blood after all...
388 384 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003530_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE 387 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003560_MYSTERYVOICE Meanwhile, in the Crystal Tower's Umbilicus... Ah!
389 385 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003540_MYSTERYVOICE 388 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003570_URIANGER Foiled again... Art thou unwell?
390 386 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003550_MYSTERYVOICE 389 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003580_BEQLUGG If I cannot imbue the infernal thing with my power via magical means, we may need to devise a way to infuse the vessel with my blood after all... Perhaps a brief respite? It wouldn't do to overtax yourself.
391 387 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003560_MYSTERYVOICE 390 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003590_MYSTERYVOICE Ah! I'm fine...
392 388 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003570_URIANGER 391 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003600_MYSTERYVOICE Art thou unwell? And given to stubbornness, I'm afraid. Especially when I have a stake in the outcome.
393 389 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003580_BEQLUGG 392 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003610_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE Perhaps a brief respite? It wouldn't do to overtax yourself. Meanwhile, in the Source...
394 390 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003590_MYSTERYVOICE 393 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003620_ZENOS I'm fine... That dream again...
395 391 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003600_MYSTERYVOICE 394 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003630_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR And given to stubbornness, I'm afraid. Especially when I have a stake in the outcome. A recurring dream? They do so fascinate me. Might I trouble you for the details?
396 392 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003610_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE 395 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003640_ZENOS Meanwhile, in the Source... I have always dreamed of it... Fire falling from the heavens, and the city─nay, the whole world ablaze.
397 393 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003620_ZENOS 396 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003650_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR That dream again... Indeed... Could Emet-Selch have found a way...? Precious few possess memories of the Final Days.
398 394 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003630_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR 397 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003660_ZENOS A recurring dream? They do so fascinate me. Might I trouble you for the details? The Final Days?
399 395 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003640_ZENOS 398 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003670_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR I have always dreamed of it... Fire falling from the heavens, and the city─nay, the whole world ablaze. Why yes. Admittedly, my knowledge is mostly secondhand, but if you are interested, I will gladly tell you the tale...
400 396 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003650_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR 399 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003680_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR Indeed... Could Emet-Selch have found a way...? Precious few possess memories of the Final Days. The tale of the world's end.
397 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003660_ZENOS The Final Days?
398 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003670_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR Why yes. Admittedly, my knowledge is mostly secondhand, but if you are interested, I will gladly tell you the tale...
399 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003680_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATOR The tale of the world's end.
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1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000020_GAIA","So, this is Ramuh..."
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000030_RYNE","It worked! Both wind and fire have answered the call!"
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000040_GAIA","Ryne! Are you all right!?"
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000050_RYNE","So many of them... But nothing we can't handle!"
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000060_RYNE","I call...upon the power of Shiva!"
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000070_RYNE","Aaaaaahhh!"
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000080_GAIA","No! She's lost control! You've got to stop her!"
0,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000010_RYNE,There's no turning back... Get ready!
1,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000020_GAIA,"So, this is Ramuh..."
2,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000030_RYNE,It worked! Both wind and fire have answered the call!
3,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000040_GAIA,Ryne! Are you all right!?
4,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000050_RYNE,So many of them... But nothing we can't handle!
5,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000060_RYNE,I call...upon the power of Shiva!
6,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000070_RYNE,Aaaaaahhh!
7,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000080_GAIA,No! She's lost control! You've got to stop her!
1 key 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000010_RYNE 1 There's no turning back... Get ready!
2 # 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000020_GAIA So, this is Ramuh...
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000030_RYNE str It worked! Both wind and fire have answered the call!
4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000010_RYNE 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000040_GAIA There's no turning back... Get ready! Ryne! Are you all right!?
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000020_GAIA 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000050_RYNE So, this is Ramuh... So many of them... But nothing we can't handle!
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000030_RYNE 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000060_RYNE It worked! Both wind and fire have answered the call! I call...upon the power of Shiva!
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000040_GAIA 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000070_RYNE Ryne! Are you all right!? Aaaaaahhh!
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000050_RYNE 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000080_GAIA So many of them... But nothing we can't handle! No! She's lost control! You've got to stop her!
5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000060_RYNE I call...upon the power of Shiva!
6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000070_RYNE Aaaaaahhh!
7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05201_000080_GAIA No! She's lost control! You've got to stop her!