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0,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_00","Behind his impassive mask, you sense that Backrix is eyeing you and your comrades with no small amount of suspicion."
1,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_01","A plainly exasperated Backrix reiterates that he watched you depart for Midas only moments before your return. Unable to make sense of your version of events, he suggests that you take the matter up with Mide."
2,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_02","You confer with Mide, Biggs, and Wedge, and learn that the goblin standing guard in front of the primal has corroborated Backrix's claims. After exploring several theories, you have no choice but to consider the possibility that something is odd about the passage of time within the barrier around Alexander. At a loss to know how to proceed, Biggs suggests seeking Cid's opinion, and Wedge duly requests his presence via linkpearl. All that remains is to await the arrival of the Ironworks' finest mind."
3,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_03","Cid and Y'shtola have scarcely arrived when the ground begins to tremble. Fearing the worst, you rush to gain a better view of Alexander, and Cid witnesses a surprising phenomenon: the flow of aether that had been leaking from the primal reverses, as if time itself had been turned back. For all their combined knowledge, neither Cid nor Y'shtola can offer a credible explanation for this unprecedented event, and they are forced to concede that Alexander may possess a means to manipulate time... Though the implications of this explanation are grim beyond reckoning, none of your companions seem ready to admit defeat just yet. Trouble Wedge for his thoughts on your predicament."
4,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_04","Wedge informs you that Cid and Y'shtola have returned to Matoya's Cave, and seems optimistic that their combined intellect will succeed in identifying some means to combat the Illuminati. With that, he and Biggs trudge back to the Shortstop, while Mide indicates that there is something she wishes to discuss with you upon your return."
5,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_05","Back at the Shortstop, Mide expresses bitter regret at the part she played in bringing Alexander to life, and reaffirms her determination to rescue Roundrox. Ahead lies a battle against an enemy of unknowable power, but you must endeavor to prepare yourself all the same, for if you fail, all will pay the price of the Illuminati's twisted utopia."
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24,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_00","Speak with Mide."
25,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_01","Wait for Cid to arrive."
26,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_02","Speak with Wedge."
27,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_03","Speak with Mide at Bigwest Shortstop."
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48,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_000","Pssshkoh... Backrix is certain that uplanders left for metal giant only moments before returning. He watches uplanders disappear over horizon with own two eyes!"
49,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_001","But it is <Emphasis>impossible</Emphasis> to return so soon if uplander's tale is true! ...Why treasure hunter also makes such claims, Backrix does not know. Go uplander, trade tongueflaps with Mide, and together think of explanation."
50,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_030","What a bunch of bleedin' dolts! Why didn't we just leave the fragment here with Backrix!?"
51,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_031","Still, we did do <Emphasis>one</Emphasis> thing right, I s'pose. The second core's out of action, and that primal's going nowhere."
52,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_040","Try as I might, I cannot think of a logical explanation for what happened back there."
53,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_041","Not only did the platforms malfunction at precisely the right moment, but Quickthinx was on the <Emphasis>only</Emphasis> one that didn't. And it just happened to be in <Emphasis>exactly</Emphasis> the right place to catch the codex fragment. Do you know how difficult it would be to orchestrate something like that, much less <Emphasis>predict it</Emphasis>!?"
54,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_050","...Forgive me. Through my incompetence, the Illuminati have all they need to control Alexander. And though the beast is now immobile, I cannot help but feel that matters are worse."
55,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_051","Of course, Backrix claims that none of this ever happened. I only wish he were right."
56,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_060","Have you been able to make any sense of Backrix's account? According to his version of events, we would scarcely have had time to <Emphasis>reach</Emphasis> the core, much less shut it down. But we were all there─we all know what happened."
57,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_061","Are you sure he's not just confused? Maybe he got lost in all that data of his, and forgot the time."
58,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_062","I'm afraid not. That is, unless the goblin standing watch near Alexander was also confused. His reports corroborate Backrix's. No...something else is going on here, I'm certain of it. The question is, what? If we assume for a moment that the goblins' accounts are true, then hardly any time has passed since we entered the barrier around Alexander."
59,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_063","Time...stopped? Impossible..."
60,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_064","Impossible? You mean like Quickthinx predicting exactly what was going to happen in the core room? I hate to say it, but maybe he <Emphasis>wasn't</Emphasis> talking out of his arse. If time doesn't work the same in there, maybe he saw the future!"
61,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_065","Hmmm... There may be another explanation for that. There is a device deep within Alexander capable of performing complex mathematical calculations. It is not outside the realm of possibility that it could be used to predict the outcome of simple events."
62,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_067","Using mathematics to predict the future!? Now even if I <Emphasis>could</Emphasis> believe that, it wouldn't explain this business with Backrix!"
63,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_068","Biggs is right. Perhaps the presence of the primal somehow disrupted the flow of time within the barrier. It's only a theory, of course─and a far-fetched one at that─but it might go some way towards explaining recent events."
64,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_069","...To be clear, you are implying that the Illuminati are aware of this temporal disruption, and have been using it to somehow gaze into the future? Very well. If you are willing to accept that, why not go further? Might it not be the case that they have found a way to bend time to their will?"
65,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_100_069","By moving back and forth in time, the Illuminati could effectively manipulate the present however they saw fit. They would ever remain one step ahead of us, our every effort doomed to fail from the first."
66,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_070","Now, that's a sobering theory. But it's still only a theory, right? There's no point panicking just yet! Wedge, give the chief a call on your linkpearl, why don't you? If anyone knows how to untangle this knot, it's him."
67,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_071","Chief, it's me! It's about Alexander! We've noticed something strange about time inside the primal... What? No, not <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> time inside the primal, <Emphasis>the</Emphasis> time─I-I mean time itself! Chief, it might be best if you just came here... Aye, aye─we'll await your arrival."
68,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_100","I've heard some strange things in my time, but this might well top the lot. Just thinking about it gives me a sore head. No sense racking our brains over it, though. The chief'll only end up proving us wrong."
69,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_110","The chief says he's on his way! And I think I heard Y'shtola's voice on the other end as well. She kept asking him what I was talking about."
70,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_120","It seems like only yesterday that Roundrox and I spent a few happy hours here sorting through her collection of treasures. How did things come to this?"
71,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_700","Is that a heated debate, I hear!? Boys! You started without me! Now, what was that you were saying over the linkpearl? Something about running out of time?"
72,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_701","Cid insisted that I accompany him─though I would have come even had he not. Matters have taken a turn for the worse, I gather."
73,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_100_701","You can say that again! "
74,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_702","The aetheric fluctuations are akin to those I observed shortly before the primal's awakening. In the absence of a functioning core, its form is dissipating, albeit slowly."
75,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_703","Y'shtola─would you mind lending me your goggles for a moment? It can't hurt to have a second opinion."
76,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_704","What in the seven hells...!? The aether pouring from the primal is flowing <Emphasis>backwards</Emphasis>...as if time were passing in reverse."
77,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_705","That cannot be. Such a phenomenon is wholly without precedent. Knowing so little of this primal's capabilities, however, it would be remiss to discount the possibility outright."
78,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_706","If it is as we fear, then at this very moment, Alexander could be undoing our efforts to shut down its cores. All of our labors will have been for naught."
79,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_707","Ah, the treasure hunter of whom we have heard so much. You seem unperturbed by our outlandish speculations. Was this perchance the subject of Wedge's communication?"
80,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_708","Gods help us... If there is any truth to this, it won't matter how many cores we disable─the Illuminati will simply undo any damage we cause!"
81,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_709","Then what do we do, Chief? How do we even <Emphasis>begin</Emphasis> to fight something like that!?"
82,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_710","To erase the past... To return to a clean slate. Could Dayan have known...?"
83,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_ILLUMINATIELITEGUARDB02253_000_720","Pssshkoh... Preparations for restoration of <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis> are complete! Calculations show margin of error for futurereadings is 0.03 percent!"
84,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_721","Pshhhkohhh... Foolish gobbie. When future is decided, there is no error."
85,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_721","There is no failure!"
86,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_722","Listen well, chosen of Illuminati!"
87,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_722","At last, all pieces are in place! No longer must wise suffer foolishness of unwise!"
88,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_723","Time is come to backstrike! Inferiors will make way for perfect world...or <Emphasis>die</Emphasis>. Now...restore <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis>!"
89,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_724","Pshhhkohhh... Now is Alexander Illuminati's to control! Soon will cores disabled by uplanders be disabled no longer."
90,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_724","Reverse time!"
91,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_725","Once power flows to third core, Alexander will be fully operational! And with third core will its true potential awaken!"
92,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_725","Wings of time will unfurl, and all of history will be at mercy of Illuminati! Chosen ones will amend mistakes of past and reshape world into perfection!"
93,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_726","Pshhhkohhh... At last, prophecies of <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis> will be fulfilled."
94,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_727","And Quickthinx Allthoughts will rule as king of new world─of <Emphasis>correct</Emphasis> world! Chosen ones, menders of history...be proud to serve as builders of this paradise!"
95,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_750","We don't have the luxury of time to plan our next step. We must rescue Roundrox without delay─for her sake and ours."
96,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_760","Seems we have more questions than answers where this primal's concerned... If the Illuminati really can see into the future, does that mean they already know what we're going to do next?"
97,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_770","Pssshkoh... A primal that bends time!? Impossible!"
98,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_771","This data must be recorded at once!"
99,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_800","Y'shtola and the chief have returned to Matoya's Cave. Don't worry, between them, they're sure to find the answer to our problems. If it isn't waiting on a shelf in the Sharlayan annals, it'll be in some forgotten corner of the chief's brain, you mark my words!"
100,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_801","And the next time we meet Quickthinx, we'll be ready for him!"
101,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_802","Adventurer─there is something I would like to discuss with you. But mayhap it would be best to wait until we are safely back at the Shortstop. I will see you there."
102,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_820","I suppose I should start by apologizing. For everything. Were it not for me, the Illuminati would never have summoned that infernal machine...or gained the means to control it."
103,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_821","And now Quickthinx possesses the power to manipulate time. To foresee the future and erase the past."
104,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_822","I dare not think how he will use it. Returning the cores to their former state was but a foretaste. When all three are active, and Alexander can traverse both time and space, nothing will stand between the Illuminati and their twisted utopia..."
105,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_823","...We cannot let it come to that, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Somehow, we must find a way to stop them."
106,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_824","But first, we must rescue Roundrox. Of all the innocent victims of this sorry tale, her plight pains me the most."
107,"TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_825","<sigh> ...The Shortstop just isn't the same without her. I hope someone will keep her treasures safe until she returns..."
0,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_00,"Behind his impassive mask, you sense that Backrix is eyeing you and your comrades with no small amount of suspicion."
1,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_01,"A plainly exasperated Backrix reiterates that he watched you depart for Midas only moments before your return. Unable to make sense of your version of events, he suggests that you take the matter up with Mide."
2,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_02,"You confer with Mide, Biggs, and Wedge, and learn that the goblin standing guard in front of the primal has corroborated Backrix's claims. After exploring several theories, you have no choice but to consider the possibility that something is odd about the passage of time within the barrier around Alexander. At a loss to know how to proceed, Biggs suggests seeking Cid's opinion, and Wedge duly requests his presence via linkpearl. All that remains is to await the arrival of the Ironworks' finest mind."
3,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_03,"Cid and Y'shtola have scarcely arrived when the ground begins to tremble. Fearing the worst, you rush to gain a better view of Alexander, and Cid witnesses a surprising phenomenon: the flow of aether that had been leaking from the primal reverses, as if time itself had been turned back. For all their combined knowledge, neither Cid nor Y'shtola can offer a credible explanation for this unprecedented event, and they are forced to concede that Alexander may possess a means to manipulate time... Though the implications of this explanation are grim beyond reckoning, none of your companions seem ready to admit defeat just yet. Trouble Wedge for his thoughts on your predicament."
4,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_04,"Wedge informs you that Cid and Y'shtola have returned to Matoya's Cave, and seems optimistic that their combined intellect will succeed in identifying some means to combat the Illuminati. With that, he and Biggs trudge back to the Shortstop, while Mide indicates that there is something she wishes to discuss with you upon your return."
5,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_05,"Back at the Shortstop, Mide expresses bitter regret at the part she played in bringing Alexander to life, and reaffirms her determination to rescue Roundrox. Ahead lies a battle against an enemy of unknowable power, but you must endeavor to prepare yourself all the same, for if you fail, all will pay the price of the Illuminati's twisted utopia."
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25,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_01,Wait for Cid to arrive.
26,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_02,Speak with Wedge.
27,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_03,Speak with Mide at Bigwest Shortstop.
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48,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_000,Pssshkoh... Backrix is certain that uplanders left for metal giant only moments before returning. He watches uplanders disappear over horizon with own two eyes!
49,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_001,"But it is *impossible* to return so soon if uplander's tale is true! ...Why treasure hunter also makes such claims, Backrix does not know. Go uplander, trade tongueflaps with Mide, and together think of explanation."
50,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_030,What a bunch of bleedin' dolts! Why didn't we just leave the fragment here with Backrix!?
51,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_031,"Still, we did do *one* thing right, I s'pose. The second core's out of action, and that primal's going nowhere."
52,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_040,"Try as I might, I cannot think of a logical explanation for what happened back there."
53,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_041,"Not only did the platforms malfunction at precisely the right moment, but Quickthinx was on the *only* one that didn't. And it just happened to be in *exactly* the right place to catch the codex fragment. Do you know how difficult it would be to orchestrate something like that, much less *predict it*!?"
54,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_050,"...Forgive me. Through my incompetence, the Illuminati have all they need to control Alexander. And though the beast is now immobile, I cannot help but feel that matters are worse."
55,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_051,"Of course, Backrix claims that none of this ever happened. I only wish he were right."
56,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_060,"Have you been able to make any sense of Backrix's account? According to his version of events, we would scarcely have had time to *reach* the core, much less shut it down. But we were all there─we all know what happened."
57,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_061,"Are you sure he's not just confused? Maybe he got lost in all that data of his, and forgot the time."
58,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_062,"I'm afraid not. That is, unless the goblin standing watch near Alexander was also confused. His reports corroborate Backrix's. No...something else is going on here, I'm certain of it. The question is, what? If we assume for a moment that the goblins' accounts are true, then hardly any time has passed since we entered the barrier around Alexander."
59,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_063,Time...stopped? Impossible...
60,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_064,"Impossible? You mean like Quickthinx predicting exactly what was going to happen in the core room? I hate to say it, but maybe he *wasn't* talking out of his arse. If time doesn't work the same in there, maybe he saw the future!"
61,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_065,Hmmm... There may be another explanation for that. There is a device deep within Alexander capable of performing complex mathematical calculations. It is not outside the realm of possibility that it could be used to predict the outcome of simple events.
62,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_067,"Using mathematics to predict the future!? Now even if I *could* believe that, it wouldn't explain this business with Backrix!"
63,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_068,"Biggs is right. Perhaps the presence of the primal somehow disrupted the flow of time within the barrier. It's only a theory, of course─and a far-fetched one at that─but it might go some way towards explaining recent events."
64,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_069,"...To be clear, you are implying that the Illuminati are aware of this temporal disruption, and have been using it to somehow gaze into the future? Very well. If you are willing to accept that, why not go further? Might it not be the case that they have found a way to bend time to their will?"
65,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_100_069,"By moving back and forth in time, the Illuminati could effectively manipulate the present however they saw fit. They would ever remain one step ahead of us, our every effort doomed to fail from the first."
66,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_070,"Now, that's a sobering theory. But it's still only a theory, right? There's no point panicking just yet! Wedge, give the chief a call on your linkpearl, why don't you? If anyone knows how to untangle this knot, it's him."
67,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_071,"Chief, it's me! It's about Alexander! We've noticed something strange about time inside the primal... What? No, not *our* time inside the primal, *the* time─I-I mean time itself! Chief, it might be best if you just came here... Aye, aye─we'll await your arrival."
68,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_100,"I've heard some strange things in my time, but this might well top the lot. Just thinking about it gives me a sore head. No sense racking our brains over it, though. The chief'll only end up proving us wrong."
69,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_110,The chief says he's on his way! And I think I heard Y'shtola's voice on the other end as well. She kept asking him what I was talking about.
70,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_120,It seems like only yesterday that Roundrox and I spent a few happy hours here sorting through her collection of treasures. How did things come to this?
71,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_700,"Is that a heated debate, I hear!? Boys! You started without me! Now, what was that you were saying over the linkpearl? Something about running out of time?"
72,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_701,"Cid insisted that I accompany him─though I would have come even had he not. Matters have taken a turn for the worse, I gather."
73,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_100_701,You can say that again!
74,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_702,"The aetheric fluctuations are akin to those I observed shortly before the primal's awakening. In the absence of a functioning core, its form is dissipating, albeit slowly."
75,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_703,Y'shtola─would you mind lending me your goggles for a moment? It can't hurt to have a second opinion.
76,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_704,What in the seven hells...!? The aether pouring from the primal is flowing *backwards*...as if time were passing in reverse.
77,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_705,"That cannot be. Such a phenomenon is wholly without precedent. Knowing so little of this primal's capabilities, however, it would be remiss to discount the possibility outright."
78,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_706,"If it is as we fear, then at this very moment, Alexander could be undoing our efforts to shut down its cores. All of our labors will have been for naught."
79,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_707,"Ah, the treasure hunter of whom we have heard so much. You seem unperturbed by our outlandish speculations. Was this perchance the subject of Wedge's communication?"
80,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_708,"Gods help us... If there is any truth to this, it won't matter how many cores we disable─the Illuminati will simply undo any damage we cause!"
81,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_709,"Then what do we do, Chief? How do we even *begin* to fight something like that!?"
82,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_710,To erase the past... To return to a clean slate. Could Dayan have known...?
83,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_ILLUMINATIELITEGUARDB02253_000_720,Pssshkoh... Preparations for restoration of *Enigma Codex* are complete! Calculations show margin of error for futurereadings is 0.03 percent!
84,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_721,"Pshhhkohhh... Foolish gobbie. When future is decided, there is no error."
85,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_721,There is no failure!
86,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_722,"Listen well, chosen of Illuminati!"
87,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_722,"At last, all pieces are in place! No longer must wise suffer foolishness of unwise!"
88,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_723,Time is come to backstrike! Inferiors will make way for perfect world...or *die*. Now...restore *Enigma Codex*!
89,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_724,Pshhhkohhh... Now is Alexander Illuminati's to control! Soon will cores disabled by uplanders be disabled no longer.
90,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_724,Reverse time!
91,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_725,"Once power flows to third core, Alexander will be fully operational! And with third core will its true potential awaken!"
92,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_725,"Wings of time will unfurl, and all of history will be at mercy of Illuminati! Chosen ones will amend mistakes of past and reshape world into perfection!"
93,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_726,"Pshhhkohhh... At last, prophecies of *Enigma Codex* will be fulfilled."
94,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_727,"And Quickthinx Allthoughts will rule as king of new world─of *correct* world! Chosen ones, menders of history...be proud to serve as builders of this paradise!"
95,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_750,We don't have the luxury of time to plan our next step. We must rescue Roundrox without delay─for her sake and ours.
96,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_760,"Seems we have more questions than answers where this primal's concerned... If the Illuminati really can see into the future, does that mean they already know what we're going to do next?"
97,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_770,Pssshkoh... A primal that bends time!? Impossible!
98,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_771,This data must be recorded at once!
99,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_800,"Y'shtola and the chief have returned to Matoya's Cave. Don't worry, between them, they're sure to find the answer to our problems. If it isn't waiting on a shelf in the Sharlayan annals, it'll be in some forgotten corner of the chief's brain, you mark my words!"
100,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_801,"And the next time we meet Quickthinx, we'll be ready for him!"
101,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_802,Adventurer─there is something I would like to discuss with you. But mayhap it would be best to wait until we are safely back at the Shortstop. I will see you there.
102,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_820,"I suppose I should start by apologizing. For everything. Were it not for me, the Illuminati would never have summoned that infernal machine...or gained the means to control it."
103,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_821,And now Quickthinx possesses the power to manipulate time. To foresee the future and erase the past.
104,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_822,"I dare not think how he will use it. Returning the cores to their former state was but a foretaste. When all three are active, and Alexander can traverse both time and space, nothing will stand between the Illuminati and their twisted utopia..."
105,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_823,"...We cannot let it come to that, Player. Somehow, we must find a way to stop them."
106,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_824,"But first, we must rescue Roundrox. Of all the innocent victims of this sorry tale, her plight pains me the most."
107,TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_825,<sigh> ...The Shortstop just isn't the same without her. I hope someone will keep her treasures safe until she returns...
1 key 0 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_00 1 Behind his impassive mask, you sense that Backrix is eyeing you and your comrades with no small amount of suspicion.
2 # 1 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_01 A plainly exasperated Backrix reiterates that he watched you depart for Midas only moments before your return. Unable to make sense of your version of events, he suggests that you take the matter up with Mide.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_02 str You confer with Mide, Biggs, and Wedge, and learn that the goblin standing guard in front of the primal has corroborated Backrix's claims. After exploring several theories, you have no choice but to consider the possibility that something is odd about the passage of time within the barrier around Alexander. At a loss to know how to proceed, Biggs suggests seeking Cid's opinion, and Wedge duly requests his presence via linkpearl. All that remains is to await the arrival of the Ironworks' finest mind.
4 0 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_03 Behind his impassive mask, you sense that Backrix is eyeing you and your comrades with no small amount of suspicion. Cid and Y'shtola have scarcely arrived when the ground begins to tremble. Fearing the worst, you rush to gain a better view of Alexander, and Cid witnesses a surprising phenomenon: the flow of aether that had been leaking from the primal reverses, as if time itself had been turned back. For all their combined knowledge, neither Cid nor Y'shtola can offer a credible explanation for this unprecedented event, and they are forced to concede that Alexander may possess a means to manipulate time... Though the implications of this explanation are grim beyond reckoning, none of your companions seem ready to admit defeat just yet. Trouble Wedge for his thoughts on your predicament.
5 1 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_04 A plainly exasperated Backrix reiterates that he watched you depart for Midas only moments before your return. Unable to make sense of your version of events, he suggests that you take the matter up with Mide. Wedge informs you that Cid and Y'shtola have returned to Matoya's Cave, and seems optimistic that their combined intellect will succeed in identifying some means to combat the Illuminati. With that, he and Biggs trudge back to the Shortstop, while Mide indicates that there is something she wishes to discuss with you upon your return.
6 2 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_05 You confer with Mide, Biggs, and Wedge, and learn that the goblin standing guard in front of the primal has corroborated Backrix's claims. After exploring several theories, you have no choice but to consider the possibility that something is odd about the passage of time within the barrier around Alexander. At a loss to know how to proceed, Biggs suggests seeking Cid's opinion, and Wedge duly requests his presence via linkpearl. All that remains is to await the arrival of the Ironworks' finest mind. Back at the Shortstop, Mide expresses bitter regret at the part she played in bringing Alexander to life, and reaffirms her determination to rescue Roundrox. Ahead lies a battle against an enemy of unknowable power, but you must endeavor to prepare yourself all the same, for if you fail, all will pay the price of the Illuminati's twisted utopia.
7 3 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_06 Cid and Y'shtola have scarcely arrived when the ground begins to tremble. Fearing the worst, you rush to gain a better view of Alexander, and Cid witnesses a surprising phenomenon: the flow of aether that had been leaking from the primal reverses, as if time itself had been turned back. For all their combined knowledge, neither Cid nor Y'shtola can offer a credible explanation for this unprecedented event, and they are forced to concede that Alexander may possess a means to manipulate time... Though the implications of this explanation are grim beyond reckoning, none of your companions seem ready to admit defeat just yet. Trouble Wedge for his thoughts on your predicament.
8 4 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_07 Wedge informs you that Cid and Y'shtola have returned to Matoya's Cave, and seems optimistic that their combined intellect will succeed in identifying some means to combat the Illuminati. With that, he and Biggs trudge back to the Shortstop, while Mide indicates that there is something she wishes to discuss with you upon your return.
9 5 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_08 Back at the Shortstop, Mide expresses bitter regret at the part she played in bringing Alexander to life, and reaffirms her determination to rescue Roundrox. Ahead lies a battle against an enemy of unknowable power, but you must endeavor to prepare yourself all the same, for if you fail, all will pay the price of the Illuminati's twisted utopia.
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26 22 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_01 Wait for Cid to arrive.
27 23 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_02 Speak with Wedge.
28 24 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_00 27 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_03 Speak with Mide. Speak with Mide at Bigwest Shortstop.
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49 45 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_21 48 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_000 Pssshkoh... Backrix is certain that uplanders left for metal giant only moments before returning. He watches uplanders disappear over horizon with own two eyes!
50 46 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_22 49 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_001 But it is *impossible* to return so soon if uplander's tale is true! ...Why treasure hunter also makes such claims, Backrix does not know. Go uplander, trade tongueflaps with Mide, and together think of explanation.
51 47 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_TODO_23 50 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_030 What a bunch of bleedin' dolts! Why didn't we just leave the fragment here with Backrix!?
52 48 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_000 51 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_031 Pssshkoh... Backrix is certain that uplanders left for metal giant only moments before returning. He watches uplanders disappear over horizon with own two eyes! Still, we did do *one* thing right, I s'pose. The second core's out of action, and that primal's going nowhere.
53 49 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_001 52 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_040 But it is <Emphasis>impossible</Emphasis> to return so soon if uplander's tale is true! ...Why treasure hunter also makes such claims, Backrix does not know. Go uplander, trade tongueflaps with Mide, and together think of explanation. Try as I might, I cannot think of a logical explanation for what happened back there.
54 50 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_030 53 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_041 What a bunch of bleedin' dolts! Why didn't we just leave the fragment here with Backrix!? Not only did the platforms malfunction at precisely the right moment, but Quickthinx was on the *only* one that didn't. And it just happened to be in *exactly* the right place to catch the codex fragment. Do you know how difficult it would be to orchestrate something like that, much less *predict it*!?
55 51 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_031 54 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_050 Still, we did do <Emphasis>one</Emphasis> thing right, I s'pose. The second core's out of action, and that primal's going nowhere. ...Forgive me. Through my incompetence, the Illuminati have all they need to control Alexander. And though the beast is now immobile, I cannot help but feel that matters are worse.
56 52 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_040 55 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_051 Try as I might, I cannot think of a logical explanation for what happened back there. Of course, Backrix claims that none of this ever happened. I only wish he were right.
57 53 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_041 56 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_060 Not only did the platforms malfunction at precisely the right moment, but Quickthinx was on the <Emphasis>only</Emphasis> one that didn't. And it just happened to be in <Emphasis>exactly</Emphasis> the right place to catch the codex fragment. Do you know how difficult it would be to orchestrate something like that, much less <Emphasis>predict it</Emphasis>!? Have you been able to make any sense of Backrix's account? According to his version of events, we would scarcely have had time to *reach* the core, much less shut it down. But we were all there─we all know what happened.
58 54 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_050 57 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_061 ...Forgive me. Through my incompetence, the Illuminati have all they need to control Alexander. And though the beast is now immobile, I cannot help but feel that matters are worse. Are you sure he's not just confused? Maybe he got lost in all that data of his, and forgot the time.
59 55 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_051 58 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_062 Of course, Backrix claims that none of this ever happened. I only wish he were right. I'm afraid not. That is, unless the goblin standing watch near Alexander was also confused. His reports corroborate Backrix's. No...something else is going on here, I'm certain of it. The question is, what? If we assume for a moment that the goblins' accounts are true, then hardly any time has passed since we entered the barrier around Alexander.
60 56 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_060 59 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_063 Have you been able to make any sense of Backrix's account? According to his version of events, we would scarcely have had time to <Emphasis>reach</Emphasis> the core, much less shut it down. But we were all there─we all know what happened. Time...stopped? Impossible...
61 57 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_061 60 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_064 Are you sure he's not just confused? Maybe he got lost in all that data of his, and forgot the time. Impossible? You mean like Quickthinx predicting exactly what was going to happen in the core room? I hate to say it, but maybe he *wasn't* talking out of his arse. If time doesn't work the same in there, maybe he saw the future!
62 58 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_062 61 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_065 I'm afraid not. That is, unless the goblin standing watch near Alexander was also confused. His reports corroborate Backrix's. No...something else is going on here, I'm certain of it. The question is, what? If we assume for a moment that the goblins' accounts are true, then hardly any time has passed since we entered the barrier around Alexander. Hmmm... There may be another explanation for that. There is a device deep within Alexander capable of performing complex mathematical calculations. It is not outside the realm of possibility that it could be used to predict the outcome of simple events.
63 59 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_063 62 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_067 Time...stopped? Impossible... Using mathematics to predict the future!? Now even if I *could* believe that, it wouldn't explain this business with Backrix!
64 60 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_064 63 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_068 Impossible? You mean like Quickthinx predicting exactly what was going to happen in the core room? I hate to say it, but maybe he <Emphasis>wasn't</Emphasis> talking out of his arse. If time doesn't work the same in there, maybe he saw the future! Biggs is right. Perhaps the presence of the primal somehow disrupted the flow of time within the barrier. It's only a theory, of course─and a far-fetched one at that─but it might go some way towards explaining recent events.
65 61 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_065 64 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_069 Hmmm... There may be another explanation for that. There is a device deep within Alexander capable of performing complex mathematical calculations. It is not outside the realm of possibility that it could be used to predict the outcome of simple events. ...To be clear, you are implying that the Illuminati are aware of this temporal disruption, and have been using it to somehow gaze into the future? Very well. If you are willing to accept that, why not go further? Might it not be the case that they have found a way to bend time to their will?
66 62 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_067 65 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_100_069 Using mathematics to predict the future!? Now even if I <Emphasis>could</Emphasis> believe that, it wouldn't explain this business with Backrix! By moving back and forth in time, the Illuminati could effectively manipulate the present however they saw fit. They would ever remain one step ahead of us, our every effort doomed to fail from the first.
67 63 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_068 66 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_070 Biggs is right. Perhaps the presence of the primal somehow disrupted the flow of time within the barrier. It's only a theory, of course─and a far-fetched one at that─but it might go some way towards explaining recent events. Now, that's a sobering theory. But it's still only a theory, right? There's no point panicking just yet! Wedge, give the chief a call on your linkpearl, why don't you? If anyone knows how to untangle this knot, it's him.
68 64 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_069 67 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_071 ...To be clear, you are implying that the Illuminati are aware of this temporal disruption, and have been using it to somehow gaze into the future? Very well. If you are willing to accept that, why not go further? Might it not be the case that they have found a way to bend time to their will? Chief, it's me! It's about Alexander! We've noticed something strange about time inside the primal... What? No, not *our* time inside the primal, *the* time─I-I mean time itself! Chief, it might be best if you just came here... Aye, aye─we'll await your arrival.
69 65 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_100_069 68 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_100 By moving back and forth in time, the Illuminati could effectively manipulate the present however they saw fit. They would ever remain one step ahead of us, our every effort doomed to fail from the first. I've heard some strange things in my time, but this might well top the lot. Just thinking about it gives me a sore head. No sense racking our brains over it, though. The chief'll only end up proving us wrong.
70 66 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_070 69 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_110 Now, that's a sobering theory. But it's still only a theory, right? There's no point panicking just yet! Wedge, give the chief a call on your linkpearl, why don't you? If anyone knows how to untangle this knot, it's him. The chief says he's on his way! And I think I heard Y'shtola's voice on the other end as well. She kept asking him what I was talking about.
71 67 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_071 70 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_120 Chief, it's me! It's about Alexander! We've noticed something strange about time inside the primal... What? No, not <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> time inside the primal, <Emphasis>the</Emphasis> time─I-I mean time itself! Chief, it might be best if you just came here... Aye, aye─we'll await your arrival. It seems like only yesterday that Roundrox and I spent a few happy hours here sorting through her collection of treasures. How did things come to this?
72 68 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_100 71 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_700 I've heard some strange things in my time, but this might well top the lot. Just thinking about it gives me a sore head. No sense racking our brains over it, though. The chief'll only end up proving us wrong. Is that a heated debate, I hear!? Boys! You started without me! Now, what was that you were saying over the linkpearl? Something about running out of time?
73 69 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_110 72 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_701 The chief says he's on his way! And I think I heard Y'shtola's voice on the other end as well. She kept asking him what I was talking about. Cid insisted that I accompany him─though I would have come even had he not. Matters have taken a turn for the worse, I gather.
74 70 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_120 73 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_100_701 It seems like only yesterday that Roundrox and I spent a few happy hours here sorting through her collection of treasures. How did things come to this? You can say that again!
75 71 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_700 74 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_702 Is that a heated debate, I hear!? Boys! You started without me! Now, what was that you were saying over the linkpearl? Something about running out of time? The aetheric fluctuations are akin to those I observed shortly before the primal's awakening. In the absence of a functioning core, its form is dissipating, albeit slowly.
76 72 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_701 75 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_703 Cid insisted that I accompany him─though I would have come even had he not. Matters have taken a turn for the worse, I gather. Y'shtola─would you mind lending me your goggles for a moment? It can't hurt to have a second opinion.
77 73 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_100_701 76 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_704 You can say that again! What in the seven hells...!? The aether pouring from the primal is flowing *backwards*...as if time were passing in reverse.
78 74 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_702 77 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_705 The aetheric fluctuations are akin to those I observed shortly before the primal's awakening. In the absence of a functioning core, its form is dissipating, albeit slowly. That cannot be. Such a phenomenon is wholly without precedent. Knowing so little of this primal's capabilities, however, it would be remiss to discount the possibility outright.
79 75 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_703 78 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_706 Y'shtola─would you mind lending me your goggles for a moment? It can't hurt to have a second opinion. If it is as we fear, then at this very moment, Alexander could be undoing our efforts to shut down its cores. All of our labors will have been for naught.
80 76 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_704 79 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_707 What in the seven hells...!? The aether pouring from the primal is flowing <Emphasis>backwards</Emphasis>...as if time were passing in reverse. Ah, the treasure hunter of whom we have heard so much. You seem unperturbed by our outlandish speculations. Was this perchance the subject of Wedge's communication?
81 77 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_705 80 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_708 That cannot be. Such a phenomenon is wholly without precedent. Knowing so little of this primal's capabilities, however, it would be remiss to discount the possibility outright. Gods help us... If there is any truth to this, it won't matter how many cores we disable─the Illuminati will simply undo any damage we cause!
82 78 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_706 81 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_709 If it is as we fear, then at this very moment, Alexander could be undoing our efforts to shut down its cores. All of our labors will have been for naught. Then what do we do, Chief? How do we even *begin* to fight something like that!?
83 79 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_YSHTOLA_000_707 82 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_710 Ah, the treasure hunter of whom we have heard so much. You seem unperturbed by our outlandish speculations. Was this perchance the subject of Wedge's communication? To erase the past... To return to a clean slate. Could Dayan have known...?
84 80 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_CID_000_708 83 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_ILLUMINATIELITEGUARDB02253_000_720 Gods help us... If there is any truth to this, it won't matter how many cores we disable─the Illuminati will simply undo any damage we cause! Pssshkoh... Preparations for restoration of *Enigma Codex* are complete! Calculations show margin of error for futurereadings is 0.03 percent!
85 81 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_709 84 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_721 Then what do we do, Chief? How do we even <Emphasis>begin</Emphasis> to fight something like that!? Pshhhkohhh... Foolish gobbie. When future is decided, there is no error.
86 82 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_710 85 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_721 To erase the past... To return to a clean slate. Could Dayan have known...? There is no failure!
87 83 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_ILLUMINATIELITEGUARDB02253_000_720 86 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_722 Pssshkoh... Preparations for restoration of <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis> are complete! Calculations show margin of error for futurereadings is 0.03 percent! Listen well, chosen of Illuminati!
88 84 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_721 87 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_722 Pshhhkohhh... Foolish gobbie. When future is decided, there is no error. At last, all pieces are in place! No longer must wise suffer foolishness of unwise!
89 85 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_721 88 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_723 There is no failure! Time is come to backstrike! Inferiors will make way for perfect world...or *die*. Now...restore *Enigma Codex*!
90 86 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_722 89 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_724 Listen well, chosen of Illuminati! Pshhhkohhh... Now is Alexander Illuminati's to control! Soon will cores disabled by uplanders be disabled no longer.
91 87 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_722 90 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_724 At last, all pieces are in place! No longer must wise suffer foolishness of unwise! Reverse time!
92 88 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_723 91 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_725 Time is come to backstrike! Inferiors will make way for perfect world...or <Emphasis>die</Emphasis>. Now...restore <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis>! Once power flows to third core, Alexander will be fully operational! And with third core will its true potential awaken!
93 89 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_724 92 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_725 Pshhhkohhh... Now is Alexander Illuminati's to control! Soon will cores disabled by uplanders be disabled no longer. Wings of time will unfurl, and all of history will be at mercy of Illuminati! Chosen ones will amend mistakes of past and reshape world into perfection!
94 90 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_724 93 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_726 Reverse time! Pshhhkohhh... At last, prophecies of *Enigma Codex* will be fulfilled.
95 91 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_725 94 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_727 Once power flows to third core, Alexander will be fully operational! And with third core will its true potential awaken! And Quickthinx Allthoughts will rule as king of new world─of *correct* world! Chosen ones, menders of history...be proud to serve as builders of this paradise!
96 92 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_100_725 95 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_750 Wings of time will unfurl, and all of history will be at mercy of Illuminati! Chosen ones will amend mistakes of past and reshape world into perfection! We don't have the luxury of time to plan our next step. We must rescue Roundrox without delay─for her sake and ours.
97 93 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_726 96 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_760 Pshhhkohhh... At last, prophecies of <Emphasis>Enigma Codex</Emphasis> will be fulfilled. Seems we have more questions than answers where this primal's concerned... If the Illuminati really can see into the future, does that mean they already know what we're going to do next?
98 94 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_QUICKTHINXALLTHOUGHTS_000_727 97 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_770 And Quickthinx Allthoughts will rule as king of new world─of <Emphasis>correct</Emphasis> world! Chosen ones, menders of history...be proud to serve as builders of this paradise! Pssshkoh... A primal that bends time!? Impossible!
99 95 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_750 98 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_771 We don't have the luxury of time to plan our next step. We must rescue Roundrox without delay─for her sake and ours. This data must be recorded at once!
100 96 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BIGGS_000_760 99 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_800 Seems we have more questions than answers where this primal's concerned... If the Illuminati really can see into the future, does that mean they already know what we're going to do next? Y'shtola and the chief have returned to Matoya's Cave. Don't worry, between them, they're sure to find the answer to our problems. If it isn't waiting on a shelf in the Sharlayan annals, it'll be in some forgotten corner of the chief's brain, you mark my words!
101 97 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_770 100 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_801 Pssshkoh... A primal that bends time!? Impossible! And the next time we meet Quickthinx, we'll be ready for him!
102 98 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_BACKRIX_000_771 101 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_802 This data must be recorded at once! Adventurer─there is something I would like to discuss with you. But mayhap it would be best to wait until we are safely back at the Shortstop. I will see you there.
103 99 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_800 102 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_820 Y'shtola and the chief have returned to Matoya's Cave. Don't worry, between them, they're sure to find the answer to our problems. If it isn't waiting on a shelf in the Sharlayan annals, it'll be in some forgotten corner of the chief's brain, you mark my words! I suppose I should start by apologizing. For everything. Were it not for me, the Illuminati would never have summoned that infernal machine...or gained the means to control it.
104 100 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_WEDGE_000_801 103 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_821 And the next time we meet Quickthinx, we'll be ready for him! And now Quickthinx possesses the power to manipulate time. To foresee the future and erase the past.
105 101 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_802 104 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_822 Adventurer─there is something I would like to discuss with you. But mayhap it would be best to wait until we are safely back at the Shortstop. I will see you there. I dare not think how he will use it. Returning the cores to their former state was but a foretaste. When all three are active, and Alexander can traverse both time and space, nothing will stand between the Illuminati and their twisted utopia...
106 102 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_820 105 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_823 I suppose I should start by apologizing. For everything. Were it not for me, the Illuminati would never have summoned that infernal machine...or gained the means to control it. ...We cannot let it come to that, Player. Somehow, we must find a way to stop them.
107 103 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_821 106 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_824 And now Quickthinx possesses the power to manipulate time. To foresee the future and erase the past. But first, we must rescue Roundrox. Of all the innocent victims of this sorry tale, her plight pains me the most.
108 104 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_822 107 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_825 I dare not think how he will use it. Returning the cores to their former state was but a foretaste. When all three are active, and Alexander can traverse both time and space, nothing will stand between the Illuminati and their twisted utopia... <sigh> ...The Shortstop just isn't the same without her. I hope someone will keep her treasures safe until she returns...
105 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_823 ...We cannot let it come to that, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Somehow, we must find a way to stop them.
106 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_824 But first, we must rescue Roundrox. Of all the innocent victims of this sorry tale, her plight pains me the most.
107 TEXT_HEAVNR205_02253_MIDE_000_825 <sigh> ...The Shortstop just isn't the same without her. I hope someone will keep her treasures safe until she returns...