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0,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_00","Jannequinard appears ill. Could it be he is recovering from another long evening at the Forgotten Knight, or is something else disturbing the viscount?"
1,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_01","According to Jannequinard, Lady Leveva has abandoned her preparations for the astrology symposium to lament the return of Kyokuho to his homeland of Hingashi. He has asked if you cannot help locate her in the Pillars and talk some sense into the young woman."
2,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_02","A simple search of the Pillars reunites you with Lady Leveva who, after a winded conversation, bids you safe travels to Kugane where she expects you to overcome some unforeseen disaster to obtain an undetermined amount of knowledge. And hope. Copious amounts of hope."
3,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_03","Several kind residents (and some less-than-kind ones) have given you a good idea as to where you might find a good view of the heavens─Tasogare Bridge overlooking the piers."
4,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_04","Kyokuho believes that with your astrological expertise, he may be able to mend the weakened bonds maintaining the geomantic barrier that protects the city from attack from supernatural wildlife. He has bid you meet him at the Short Pier's westerly shrine."
5,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_05","Despite a few paranormal hiccups in the form of Kinko's restless minions along the way, you and Kyokuho succeed in mending all four of the weakened barrier bonds."
6,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_06","The mending, unfortunately, appears to be temporary, and it is only a matter of time before the golden guardian of the forest is back for another attempt at vengeance. If a more permanent solution is to be found, Kyokuho will require your continued support. Visit him and his master back on Kogane Dori."
7,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_07","Before you can help Kyokuho lay the geomantic bonds anew, you will need to further strengthen your attunement to the heavens. In other words, train, train, and possibly train some more.
0,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_00,"Jannequinard appears ill. Could it be he is recovering from another long evening at the Forgotten Knight, or is something else disturbing the viscount?"
1,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_01,"According to Jannequinard, Lady Leveva has abandoned her preparations for the astrology symposium to lament the return of Kyokuho to his homeland of Hingashi. He has asked if you cannot help locate her in the Pillars and talk some sense into the young woman."
2,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_02,"A simple search of the Pillars reunites you with Lady Leveva who, after a winded conversation, bids you safe travels to Kugane where she expects you to overcome some unforeseen disaster to obtain an undetermined amount of knowledge. And hope. Copious amounts of hope."
3,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_03,Several kind residents (and some less-than-kind ones) have given you a good idea as to where you might find a good view of the heavens─Tasogare Bridge overlooking the piers.
4,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_04,"Kyokuho believes that with your astrological expertise, he may be able to mend the weakened bonds maintaining the geomantic barrier that protects the city from attack from supernatural wildlife. He has bid you meet him at the Short Pier's westerly shrine."
5,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_05,"Despite a few paranormal hiccups in the form of Kinko's restless minions along the way, you and Kyokuho succeed in mending all four of the weakened barrier bonds."
6,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_06,"The mending, unfortunately, appears to be temporary, and it is only a matter of time before the golden guardian of the forest is back for another attempt at vengeance. If a more permanent solution is to be found, Kyokuho will require your continued support. Visit him and his master back on Kogane Dori."
7,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_07,"Before you can help Kyokuho lay the geomantic bonds anew, you will need to further strengthen your attunement to the heavens. In other words, train, train, and possibly train some more.
※The next astrologian quest will be available from Kyokuho upon reaching level 68."
8,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_08",""
9,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_09",""
10,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_10",""
11,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_11",""
12,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_12",""
13,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_13",""
14,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_14",""
15,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_15",""
16,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_16",""
17,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_17",""
18,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_18",""
19,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_19",""
20,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_20",""
21,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_21",""
22,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_22",""
23,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_23",""
24,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_00","Find Leveva in the Pillars."
25,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_01","Travel to Kugane and locate a place suitable for stargazing."
26,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_02","Survey the Tasogare Bridge."
27,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_03","Speak with Kyokuho at the westerly shrine."
28,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_04","Speak with Kyokuho."
29,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_05","Speak with Kyokuho."
30,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_06",""
31,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_07",""
32,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_08",""
33,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_09",""
34,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_10",""
35,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_11",""
36,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_12",""
37,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_13",""
38,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_14",""
39,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_15",""
40,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_16",""
41,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_17",""
42,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_18",""
43,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_19",""
44,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_20",""
45,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_21",""
46,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_22",""
47,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_23",""
48,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_000","While your visit fills my heart with joy, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I cannot bring myself to smile knowing that the Lady Leveva is troubled so."
49,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_001","Though she should be spending these final days before the symposium placing the final touches on her address to the Vault, she instead spends her time wandering about the Pillars in a daze, mumbling to herself about earth, wind, and water."
50,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_002","I fear that Kyokuho's departure has left a gap in Lady Leveva's heart that she knows not how to fill."
51,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_003","I have tried at length to set her mind at ease, but one need not be a reader of stars to guess how well that ended. Perhaps if you spoke with her, she would finally listen to reason."
52,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_009","Lady Leveva could be anywhere in the Pillars. Perhaps it would be best if we searched for her separately. I shall inform you via linkpearl if I happen across her first."
53,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_010","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? To what do I owe the honor? No, let me guess─our good friend Jannequinard asked you to talk some sense into poor addle-pated Leveva."
54,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_011","And oh, goody. Today I have the privilege of being lectured by <Emphasis>both</Emphasis> of you."
55,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_012","Why Lady Leveva...and <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Imagine finding you two out here this fair <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>morning</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If>!"
56,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_013","Enough with the theatrics, Janne. I know your play here; and as I have told you time and again, I have not forgotten my duty to the Athenaeum or my obligations to the symposium. I simply need...time to think. <Emphasis>Alone</Emphasis>."
57,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_014","To which I keep replying, why think alone when you have one of the greatest minds in the realm at your disposal? And <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
58,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_015","<sigh> The greatest minds, eh?"
59,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_016","Then riddle me this: why are the results of my reading from that day both <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and Kyokuho arrived still weighing on my mind? Why does it feel as if I am missing...or rather misinterpreting some devilishly important detail?"
60,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_017","Peace comes, friends are made, dangerous paths are trodden, knowledge is gained. Did that not already occur? Kyokuho and <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> both arrive as the Dragonsong War ends, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> saves Kyokuho from death at the Steel Vigil, and knowledge of geomancy is shared with the Athenaeum."
61,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_018","Yes, but what if the coming destruction told by the inverted Spire was not the incident at the citadel, but something else? Something far more grave?"
62,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_019","...Then that would mean the prophecy's “fruit of knowledge and hope” was not Kyokuho's stories of his art...but something different. Something we will only see by continuing on this perilous path?"
63,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_020","But is it truly the path that is disastrous, or our decision to pursue it?"
64,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q1_000_000","What is your interpretation of the cards, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
65,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_001","At the end of the path of disaster is hope."
66,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_002","To seek hope would be disastrous."
67,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_003","A big promotion is just around the corner?"
68,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_021","Exactly what I was thinking. Only through the avoidance of some unforeseen peril will hope...and knowledge be acquired."
69,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_022","An interesting...if not fairly liberal interpretation of the cards...as well as the basic rules of grammar and syntax. No, the sixth card clearly states that hope is a resulting factor of the misfortune described in the fourth and fifth cards."
70,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_023","I know you are merely trying to ease my mind with humor, but this isn't the time for jests. If we are to understand where our fates lie, we must try and comprehend the signs we are given...and I believe those signs point to the pursuit of hope in the face of disaster."
71,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_024","And I believe the disaster in question has something to do with Kyokuho's return home, if not the return itself."
72,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_025","It could also mean that our friend is in danger."
73,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_026",""
74,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_026","I see where you are going with this, and while I loved our red-robed ruckus-rouser as much as anyone (excepting Fleuraie perhaps), a journey at this time would mean the cancellation of our symposium, and with that, any chance of the Holy See ever taking us seriously."
75,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_027","And now you can see why <Emphasis>I've been up here day and night biting my nails to the quick</Emphasis>!"
76,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_028","<sigh> I apologize. A lack of sleep can work ill on one's humours. But...I think your intervention here today may have provided me a solution to our predicament."
77,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_029","A solution that I am now kicking myself for not having come to earlier. A solution I myself proposed not days ago when deciding how I might attend Kyokuho's opening of the sixth heaven! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> will travel to Hingashi!"
78,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_030","The reading did only mention “friends old” and “friends new.” I recall nothing in there about silver-haired astrologians from Sharlayan. But how do you propose <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> find our charge? The Far East is a big place. Perhaps we could write a letter?"
79,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_031","Yes, and address it “To: Kyokuho. Hingashi.” No, you dullard. We have something far better! We have the stars, and our undying faith that they will guide us to that which we seek!"
80,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_032","Or, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> could start <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> search in Kugane, the port city from which Kyokuho claimed he came, focusing on locations which serve as exceptional venues for stargazing─a pastime our friend warmed to during his stay with us."
81,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_033","<Emphasis>Or</Emphasis> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> could─ No, wait. That is actually a decent proposal. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, you have your quest! May the stars guide you true! Oh, and I will expect reports. Many reports! Janne, let us return to the prepar─ <yawn> Alright, maybe after a few bells rest first..."
82,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_039","Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, for helping me convince Lady Leveva to return. However, if your journey does not bear fruit, I fear we may find ourselves back in the same boat as before. Not a real boat, mind you. A proverbial one. You, on the other hand, will be on a real boat...and then a proverbial one. Ahem."
83,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_039","I am free once again to focus on the task at hand. Janne can be an annoying, pretentious, stubborn, pompous, muttonheaded lout...but I respect and cherish his desire to see my father's legacy preserved."
84,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_040","If it is the stars you seek, then you need only look up!"
85,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_041","Hahahaha! But if it is a <Emphasis>fool</Emphasis> you seek─one who calls himself a master of wind and water when in fact he is nothing more than a cheat, a liar, and a disgrace to our noble profession─then perhaps you might find the rat where all rats hide: near the piers."
86,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_049","You'd be wise to not allow that one your ear. He is liable to fill it with tales of woe and ruin in an attempt to cozen you out of your hard-earned coin─coin that would be better spent on the talents of a true geomancer."
87,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIO_000_049","Any respectable merchant knows that without the sage counsel of a geomancer, their business is like to fail. But said counsel does not come cheap. If it is ours you seek, we can provide you with a reading in...three moons time. That is, unless you pay the expedition fee."
88,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIJYO_000_049","Most all those who work in shipping or in trade will keep a geomancer on retainer whom they call upon before making any significant business decision. They say that behind every wealthy man flows both wind and water."
89,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_040","When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget."
90,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_049","When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget."
91,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_040","Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await."
92,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_041","She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come."
93,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_048","Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await."
94,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_049","She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come."
95,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_050",""
96,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_050","(-???-)I see someone has taken my spot. I may just have to slit <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> throat and toss <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> body to the tide."
97,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_051",""
98,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_051","Hah hah hah! I'm pulling your arm, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>...or was it ear? You Westerners have such odd sayings. What brings you so far from home?"
99,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_052",""
100,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_052","A path fraught with disaster? Misfortune? Impending <Emphasis>doom</Emphasis>? Hah hah hah!"
101,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_053",""
102,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_053","Ahem. Yes, well, the situation may not be as encouraging as my jovial demeanor suggests."
103,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_054",""
104,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_054","It all began several decades ago when the bakufu decided they were opening the port to foreign trade vessels. To accommodate the influx of ships, a section of ancient coastline forest was cleared."
105,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_055",""
106,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_055","However doing so angered the entity who had guarded the wood for countless generations─a golden fox named Kinko."
107,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_056",""
108,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_056","A great battle ensued, but claws and fangs were no match for cold steel. Kinko was slain and the new port completed."
109,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_057",""
110,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_057","The fox's spirit, however, remained, spoiling our milk, withering our crops, causing storms that dashed ship after ship against our rocky cliffs. In desperation, the bakufu turned to the land's most powerful geomancer─my great-grandfather, Kazan."
111,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_058",""
112,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_058","Kazan used the power of the sea, the skies, and the land to soothe the spirit long enough that he could erect an invisible barrier that not only protected the city, but ensured that it would prosper."
113,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_059",""
114,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_059","At once, the fortunes of Kugane's citizenry turned. My great-grandfather was hailed as a hero, and geomancy as the savior of our nation. Within a matter of moons, the streets were lined with the stalls and tents of would-be seers, the people practically throwing coin at them for their advice and blessings."
115,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_060",""
116,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_060","These pretenders, these <Emphasis>charlatans</Emphasis>, were not interested in the sacred rites passed down to my great-grandfather from his great-grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. They were not interested in maintaining the barrier that preserved Kugane's luster, and drove back the powers that would see it fall. No, they were more interested in lining their pockets. And now..."
117,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_061",""
118,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_061","Now the bonds that hold the barrier in place are about to break, and there is none left with the knowledge to mend them! The knowledge that died with the passing of my grandfather..."
119,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_062",""
120,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_062","And so I set out to convince the geomancers of Kugane that only united would we discover the means to save our fair city. That only united would we stave off the darkness and bring lasting prosperity to one and all. That only united would my great-grandfather's legacy live on."
121,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_063",""
122,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_063","Alas, I failed. Branded a deceiver by those very men and women who had grown fat on deceit. Unable to mend the bonds myself, nor rouse my peers to action, I stood on this very bridge and thought on an answer...and then I saw it in the setting sun. My answer lay in the West."
123,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_064",""
124,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_064","And so I packed my bags and headed to Eorzea, in search of something, <Emphasis>anything</Emphasis> that might help me save Kugane. I believed that something astrology, but before I could be certain, I was summoned home. This, you already know."
125,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_065",""
126,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_065","Since then, I have been coming here every night, hoping the stars might provide me with another revelation. But they remain silent... <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, the heavens speak through you. Tell me, what do they say?"
127,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q2_000_000","What do the heavens say?"
128,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_001","Use geomancy to mend the barrier."
129,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_002","Use astrology to restore the barrier."
130,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_003","Solve your own problems."
131,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_066",""
132,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_066","I admit it was a long story, but did you not hear a single thing that I even said? If I could <Emphasis>mend</Emphasis> the barrier <Emphasis>myself</Emphasis>, I wouldn't have traveled halfway across the world in the first place!"
133,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_067",""
134,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_067","Wait... But I <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> travel halfway across the world, and I <Emphasis>didn't</Emphasis> come home empty-handed. If I learned one thing while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
135,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_068",""
136,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_068","That's... That's brilliant! I don't know why I didn't think of it. If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
137,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_069",""
138,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_069","Hah hah. Spare me your western─"
139,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_070",""
140,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_070","Your Western...? Western? Western! Wait! If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to eastern geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
141,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_100_071","After all, you need only use your Aspected Benefic and you can mend any injury, is that not so?"
142,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_071",""
143,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_071","...No, really─I'm genuinely asking. The lesson explaining the finer details of the stars' power and how to harness it was conveniently scheduled for the day <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> I returned home. But you... You know it all! Tell me you can help repair the barrier!"
144,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_072",""
145,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_072","Hah hah! I did it, Great-grandfather! I found a way to make things right!"
146,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_073",""
147,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_073","Well, then. We have no time to lose. My great-grandfather created his barrier by anchoring the energies of wind, water, and earth to four shrines located at the north, east, south, and west ends of the city. It is there the bonds must be repaired. We shall begin with the nearby westerly shrine on the Short Pier."
148,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_080",""
149,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_080","This is one of the shrines of which I spoke. It may not look like much, but if it were to be destroyed, the entire city would be overrun with large-testicled raccoon dogs and flying rainbow cats...or possibly just angry spirits."
150,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_081",""
151,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_081","My plan is simple─if I am correct, <UIForeground>F201F4</UIForeground><UIGlow>F201F5</UIGlow>Aspected Benefic<UIGlow>01</UIGlow><UIForeground>01</UIForeground> will intertwine with the barrier's geomantic energies, mending it as easily as it does flesh. We shall wait until nightfall to perform the rite, for the last thing we need is a drunken ronin breaking your concentration."
152,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_1","Test the barrier's strength at the westerly shrine."
153,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_2","Test the barrier's strength at the southerly shrine."
154,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_3","Test the barrier's strength at the easterly shrine."
155,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_4","Test the barrier's strength at the northerly shrine."
156,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_DIRECTION","Use <UIForeground>F201F4</UIForeground><UIGlow>F201F5</UIGlow>Aspected Benefic<UIGlow>01</UIGlow><UIForeground>01</UIForeground> on the weakened bond."
157,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_000",""
158,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_000","Quickly! Check the shrine and tell me its condition!"
159,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_001",""
160,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_001","It is worse than I thought. The speed with which the bonds deteriorate increases with each passing day. At this rate, they will not survive through the next new moon."
161,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_002",""
162,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_002","The magicks intertwine! Like two halves of a whole!"
163,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_003",""
164,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_003","To the next shrine! We will find it deep in Rakusui Gardens to the south of here."
165,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_01",""
166,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_01","You know what to do. Attune with the shrine to determine the extent of the bond's damage."
167,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_004",""
168,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_004","Servants of the fox? Our mending of the first westerly bond must have alerted her to our presence!"
169,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_005",""
170,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_005","Focus is required to complete the seal, and my heart will not rest easy until these restless spirits are sent back to the land."
171,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_02",""
172,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_02","Now, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, before more are summoned!"
173,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_005",""
174,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_005","That wasn't so bad!
8,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_08,
9,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_09,
10,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_10,
11,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_11,
12,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_12,
13,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_13,
14,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_14,
15,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_15,
16,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_16,
17,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_17,
18,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_18,
19,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_19,
20,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_20,
21,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_21,
22,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_22,
23,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_23,
24,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_00,Find Leveva in the Pillars.
25,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_01,Travel to Kugane and locate a place suitable for stargazing.
26,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_02,Survey the Tasogare Bridge.
27,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_03,Speak with Kyokuho at the westerly shrine.
28,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_04,Speak with Kyokuho.
29,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_05,Speak with Kyokuho.
30,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_06,
31,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_07,
32,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_08,
33,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_09,
34,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_10,
35,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_11,
36,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_12,
37,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_13,
38,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_14,
39,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_15,
40,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_16,
41,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_17,
42,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_18,
43,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_19,
44,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_20,
45,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_21,
46,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_22,
47,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_23,
48,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_000,"While your visit fills my heart with joy, Player, I cannot bring myself to smile knowing that the Lady Leveva is troubled so."
49,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_001,"Though she should be spending these final days before the symposium placing the final touches on her address to the Vault, she instead spends her time wandering about the Pillars in a daze, mumbling to herself about earth, wind, and water."
50,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_002,I fear that Kyokuho's departure has left a gap in Lady Leveva's heart that she knows not how to fill.
51,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_003,"I have tried at length to set her mind at ease, but one need not be a reader of stars to guess how well that ended. Perhaps if you spoke with her, she would finally listen to reason."
52,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_009,Lady Leveva could be anywhere in the Pillars. Perhaps it would be best if we searched for her separately. I shall inform you via linkpearl if I happen across her first.
53,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_010,"Player? To what do I owe the honor? No, let me guess─our good friend Jannequinard asked you to talk some sense into poor addle-pated Leveva."
54,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_011,"And oh, goody. Today I have the privilege of being lectured by *both* of you."
55,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_012,Why Lady Leveva...and Player! Imagine finding you two out here this fair evening!
56,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_013,"Enough with the theatrics, Janne. I know your play here; and as I have told you time and again, I have not forgotten my duty to the Athenaeum or my obligations to the symposium. I simply need...time to think. *Alone*."
57,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_014,"To which I keep replying, why think alone when you have one of the greatest minds in the realm at your disposal? And Player!"
58,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_015,"<sigh> The greatest minds, eh?"
59,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_016,Then riddle me this: why are the results of my reading from that day both Player and Kyokuho arrived still weighing on my mind? Why does it feel as if I am missing...or rather misinterpreting some devilishly important detail?
60,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_017,"Peace comes, friends are made, dangerous paths are trodden, knowledge is gained. Did that not already occur? Kyokuho and Player both arrive as the Dragonsong War ends, Player saves Kyokuho from death at the Steel Vigil, and knowledge of geomancy is shared with the Athenaeum."
61,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_018,"Yes, but what if the coming destruction told by the inverted Spire was not the incident at the citadel, but something else? Something far more grave?"
62,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_019,...Then that would mean the prophecy's “fruit of knowledge and hope” was not Kyokuho's stories of his art...but something different. Something we will only see by continuing on this perilous path?
63,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_020,"But is it truly the path that is disastrous, or our decision to pursue it?"
64,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q1_000_000,"What is your interpretation of the cards, Player?"
65,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_001,At the end of the path of disaster is hope.
66,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_002,To seek hope would be disastrous.
67,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_003,A big promotion is just around the corner?
68,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_021,Exactly what I was thinking. Only through the avoidance of some unforeseen peril will hope...and knowledge be acquired.
69,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_022,"An interesting...if not fairly liberal interpretation of the cards...as well as the basic rules of grammar and syntax. No, the sixth card clearly states that hope is a resulting factor of the misfortune described in the fourth and fifth cards."
70,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_023,"I know you are merely trying to ease my mind with humor, but this isn't the time for jests. If we are to understand where our fates lie, we must try and comprehend the signs we are given...and I believe those signs point to the pursuit of hope in the face of disaster."
71,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_024,"And I believe the disaster in question has something to do with Kyokuho's return home, if not the return itself."
72,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_025,It could also mean that our friend is in danger.
73,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_026,
74,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_026,"I see where you are going with this, and while I loved our red-robed ruckus-rouser as much as anyone (excepting Fleuraie perhaps), a journey at this time would mean the cancellation of our symposium, and with that, any chance of the Holy See ever taking us seriously."
75,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_027,And now you can see why *I've been up here day and night biting my nails to the quick*!
76,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_028,<sigh> I apologize. A lack of sleep can work ill on one's humours. But...I think your intervention here today may have provided me a solution to our predicament.
77,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_029,A solution that I am now kicking myself for not having come to earlier. A solution I myself proposed not days ago when deciding how I might attend Kyokuho's opening of the sixth heaven! Player will travel to Hingashi!
78,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_030,The reading did only mention “friends old” and “friends new.” I recall nothing in there about silver-haired astrologians from Sharlayan. But how do you propose Player find our charge? The Far East is a big place. Perhaps we could write a letter?
79,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_031,"Yes, and address it “To: Kyokuho. Hingashi.” No, you dullard. We have something far better! We have the stars, and our undying faith that they will guide us to that which we seek!"
80,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_032,"Or, Player could start her search in Kugane, the port city from which Kyokuho claimed he came, focusing on locations which serve as exceptional venues for stargazing─a pastime our friend warmed to during his stay with us."
81,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_033,"*Or* Player could─ No, wait. That is actually a decent proposal. Player, you have your quest! May the stars guide you true! Oh, and I will expect reports. Many reports! Janne, let us return to the prepar─ <yawn> Alright, maybe after a few bells rest first..."
82,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_039,"Thank you, Player, for helping me convince Lady Leveva to return. However, if your journey does not bear fruit, I fear we may find ourselves back in the same boat as before. Not a real boat, mind you. A proverbial one. You, on the other hand, will be on a real boat...and then a proverbial one. Ahem."
83,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_039,"I am free once again to focus on the task at hand. Janne can be an annoying, pretentious, stubborn, pompous, muttonheaded lout...but I respect and cherish his desire to see my father's legacy preserved."
84,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_040,"If it is the stars you seek, then you need only look up!"
85,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_041,"Hahahaha! But if it is a *fool* you seek─one who calls himself a master of wind and water when in fact he is nothing more than a cheat, a liar, and a disgrace to our noble profession─then perhaps you might find the rat where all rats hide: near the piers."
86,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_049,You'd be wise to not allow that one your ear. He is liable to fill it with tales of woe and ruin in an attempt to cozen you out of your hard-earned coin─coin that would be better spent on the talents of a true geomancer.
87,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIO_000_049,"Any respectable merchant knows that without the sage counsel of a geomancer, their business is like to fail. But said counsel does not come cheap. If it is ours you seek, we can provide you with a reading in...three moons time. That is, unless you pay the expedition fee."
88,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIJYO_000_049,Most all those who work in shipping or in trade will keep a geomancer on retainer whom they call upon before making any significant business decision. They say that behind every wealthy man flows both wind and water.
89,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_040,"When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget."
90,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_049,"When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget."
91,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_040,"Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await."
92,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_041,"She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come."
93,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_048,"Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await."
94,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_049,"She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come."
95,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_050,
96,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_050,(-???-)I see someone has taken my spot. I may just have to slit her throat and toss her body to the tide.
97,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_051,
98,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_051,"Hah hah hah! I'm pulling your arm, Player...or was it ear? You Westerners have such odd sayings. What brings you so far from home?"
99,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_052,
100,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_052,A path fraught with disaster? Misfortune? Impending *doom*? Hah hah hah!
101,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_053,
102,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_053,"Ahem. Yes, well, the situation may not be as encouraging as my jovial demeanor suggests."
103,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_054,
104,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_054,"It all began several decades ago when the bakufu decided they were opening the port to foreign trade vessels. To accommodate the influx of ships, a section of ancient coastline forest was cleared."
105,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_055,
106,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_055,However doing so angered the entity who had guarded the wood for countless generations─a golden fox named Kinko.
107,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_056,
108,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_056,"A great battle ensued, but claws and fangs were no match for cold steel. Kinko was slain and the new port completed."
109,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_057,
110,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_057,"The fox's spirit, however, remained, spoiling our milk, withering our crops, causing storms that dashed ship after ship against our rocky cliffs. In desperation, the bakufu turned to the land's most powerful geomancer─my great-grandfather, Kazan."
111,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_058,
112,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_058,"Kazan used the power of the sea, the skies, and the land to soothe the spirit long enough that he could erect an invisible barrier that not only protected the city, but ensured that it would prosper."
113,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_059,
114,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_059,"At once, the fortunes of Kugane's citizenry turned. My great-grandfather was hailed as a hero, and geomancy as the savior of our nation. Within a matter of moons, the streets were lined with the stalls and tents of would-be seers, the people practically throwing coin at them for their advice and blessings."
115,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_060,
116,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_060,"These pretenders, these *charlatans*, were not interested in the sacred rites passed down to my great-grandfather from his great-grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. They were not interested in maintaining the barrier that preserved Kugane's luster, and drove back the powers that would see it fall. No, they were more interested in lining their pockets. And now..."
117,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_061,
118,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_061,"Now the bonds that hold the barrier in place are about to break, and there is none left with the knowledge to mend them! The knowledge that died with the passing of my grandfather..."
119,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_062,
120,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_062,And so I set out to convince the geomancers of Kugane that only united would we discover the means to save our fair city. That only united would we stave off the darkness and bring lasting prosperity to one and all. That only united would my great-grandfather's legacy live on.
121,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_063,
122,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_063,"Alas, I failed. Branded a deceiver by those very men and women who had grown fat on deceit. Unable to mend the bonds myself, nor rouse my peers to action, I stood on this very bridge and thought on an answer...and then I saw it in the setting sun. My answer lay in the West."
123,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_064,
124,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_064,"And so I packed my bags and headed to Eorzea, in search of something, *anything* that might help me save Kugane. I believed that something astrology, but before I could be certain, I was summoned home. This, you already know."
125,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_065,
126,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_065,"Since then, I have been coming here every night, hoping the stars might provide me with another revelation. But they remain silent... Player, the heavens speak through you. Tell me, what do they say?"
127,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q2_000_000,What do the heavens say?
128,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_001,Use geomancy to mend the barrier.
129,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_002,Use astrology to restore the barrier.
130,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_003,Solve your own problems.
131,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_066,
132,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_066,"I admit it was a long story, but did you not hear a single thing that I even said? If I could *mend* the barrier *myself*, I wouldn't have traveled halfway across the world in the first place!"
133,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_067,
134,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_067,"Wait... But I *did* travel halfway across the world, and I *didn't* come home empty-handed. If I learned one thing while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
135,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_068,
136,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_068,"That's... That's brilliant! I don't know why I didn't think of it. If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
137,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_069,
138,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_069,Hah hah. Spare me your western─
139,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_070,
140,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_070,"Your Western...? Western? Western! Wait! If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to eastern geomancy. Used together, they might just work!"
141,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_100_071,"After all, you need only use your Aspected Benefic and you can mend any injury, is that not so?"
142,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_071,
143,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_071,"...No, really─I'm genuinely asking. The lesson explaining the finer details of the stars' power and how to harness it was conveniently scheduled for the day *after* I returned home. But you... You know it all! Tell me you can help repair the barrier!"
144,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_072,
145,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_072,"Hah hah! I did it, Great-grandfather! I found a way to make things right!"
146,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_073,
147,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_073,"Well, then. We have no time to lose. My great-grandfather created his barrier by anchoring the energies of wind, water, and earth to four shrines located at the north, east, south, and west ends of the city. It is there the bonds must be repaired. We shall begin with the nearby westerly shrine on the Short Pier."
148,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_080,
149,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_080,"This is one of the shrines of which I spoke. It may not look like much, but if it were to be destroyed, the entire city would be overrun with large-testicled raccoon dogs and flying rainbow cats...or possibly just angry spirits."
150,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_081,
151,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_081,"My plan is simple─if I am correct, **Aspected Benefic** will intertwine with the barrier's geomantic energies, mending it as easily as it does flesh. We shall wait until nightfall to perform the rite, for the last thing we need is a drunken ronin breaking your concentration."
152,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_1,Test the barrier's strength at the westerly shrine.
153,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_2,Test the barrier's strength at the southerly shrine.
154,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_3,Test the barrier's strength at the easterly shrine.
155,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_4,Test the barrier's strength at the northerly shrine.
156,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_DIRECTION,Use **Aspected Benefic** on the weakened bond.
157,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_000,
158,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_000,Quickly! Check the shrine and tell me its condition!
159,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_001,
160,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_001,"It is worse than I thought. The speed with which the bonds deteriorate increases with each passing day. At this rate, they will not survive through the next new moon."
161,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_002,
162,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_002,The magicks intertwine! Like two halves of a whole!
163,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_003,
164,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_003,To the next shrine! We will find it deep in Rakusui Gardens to the south of here.
165,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_01,
166,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_01,You know what to do. Attune with the shrine to determine the extent of the bond's damage.
167,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_004,
168,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_004,Servants of the fox? Our mending of the first westerly bond must have alerted her to our presence!
169,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_005,
170,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_005,"Focus is required to complete the seal, and my heart will not rest easy until these restless spirits are sent back to the land."
171,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_02,
172,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_02,"Now, Player, before more are summoned!"
173,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_005,
174,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_005,"That wasn't so bad!
Now step aside. I shall complete the ritual."
175,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_006",""
176,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_006","That's half! At this rate, the barrier will be at full strength before sunrise! Onward, to Kugane Castle!"
177,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_007",""
178,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_007","It appears I spoke too soon... Kinko knows what we do, and is sending her minions out in force to stay our hands."
179,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_03",""
180,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_03","Try and not stray too far from my side, if not for your safety...for mine!"
181,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_04",""
182,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_04","There's no end to them! I knew that Kugane had a bloody history, but to think this many of the dead still linger..."
183,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_05",""
184,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_05","Alright, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Let us put this shrine behind us. I fear every moment we tarry, the stronger Kinko's gaze upon us grows."
185,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_007",""
186,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_007","Be my eyes, friend. I must now concentrate on the anchor."
187,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_008",""
188,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_008","There is but one shrine remaining─the northerly. As you know...or do not, the north is where all ill fortune gathers. I expect the most resistance there. Prepare yourself."
189,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_06",""
190,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_06","Away! Away foul denizen of the dark...
175,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_006,
176,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_006,"That's half! At this rate, the barrier will be at full strength before sunrise! Onward, to Kugane Castle!"
177,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_007,
178,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_007,"It appears I spoke too soon... Kinko knows what we do, and is sending her minions out in force to stay our hands."
179,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_03,
180,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_03,"Try and not stray too far from my side, if not for your safety...for mine!"
181,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_04,
182,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_04,"There's no end to them! I knew that Kugane had a bloody history, but to think this many of the dead still linger..."
183,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_05,
184,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_05,"Alright, Player. Let us put this shrine behind us. I fear every moment we tarry, the stronger Kinko's gaze upon us grows."
185,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_007,
186,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_007,"Be my eyes, friend. I must now concentrate on the anchor."
187,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_008,
188,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_008,"There is but one shrine remaining─the northerly. As you know...or do not, the north is where all ill fortune gathers. I expect the most resistance there. Prepare yourself."
189,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_06,
190,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_06,"Away! Away foul denizen of the dark...
It doesn't hurt to try, does it? L-Look out!"
191,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_07",""
192,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_07","We cannot breathe easy until your magicks are cast and I have completed the rite. Hurry!"
193,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_008",""
194,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_008","Deep breath, Kyokuho. You can do this..."
195,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_009",""
196,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_009","I, ah, <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> did it! We repaired my great-grandfather's barrier and thwarted the golden fox!"
197,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD",""
198,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD","Aaargh! Was this failure...foretold in the stars...as well?"
199,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_090",""
200,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_090","A fine display! Fine, indeed. Though, if it were I, I might have used Gravity instead of Malefic when the foul creature had─ Ah, right. I'll just be staying that tongue of mine again."
201,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_091",""
202,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_091","(-???-)Kyokuho! I was told there were spirits in the streets!"
203,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_092",""
204,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_092","And you arrive just as they are vanquished! How fortunate! Yes, Master Murakumo. The bonds are mended, made whole with western magicks...and a little shoulder grease, or was it knuckle grease? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
205,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_093",""
206,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_093","Western magicks? Then this ijin <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>lord</If> is─"
207,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_094",""
208,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_094","None other! And wait until you see the reinforced bonds. The energies twist together with ours like sun and moon, like darkness and light. They are as one, Master! "
209,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_095",""
210,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_095","Then I was right to summon you home. Pardon my intrusion, traveler. I am Murakumo. Second pupil of the great Kazan, and instructor to young Kyokuho."
211,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_096",""
212,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_096","But with Kugane safe...I can now return to Ishgard to complete my training as an astrologian. Huzzah!"
213,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_097",""
214,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_097","Absolutely not. While you have mended the weakened bonds for now, their ephemerality remains. Unless you expect your friend here to remain in Kugane for the remainder of <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> life, we will need to find a more permanent solution. In other words, the bonds must be laid anew."
215,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_098",""
216,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_098","But you know as well as I, the secret to laying those bonds died with my grandfather!"
217,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_099",""
218,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_099","Not a day goes by that I do not suffer the burden of my ineptitude. Had I shown promise in the art as your grandfather did, perhaps Kazan would have entrusted me with the knowledge as well."
219,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_100",""
220,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_100","But he did not, and now they are both gone. We can lament that which we cannot change, or we can put aside our past failures and seek the path which leads us forward."
221,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_101",""
222,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_101","My master is right. Perhaps there is something in my grandfather's tomes, or perhaps I may still find a way to win over the other geomancers to our cause. There is always hope, is there not?"
223,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_102",""
224,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_102","If anything, you've given us time to search for an answer, and for that I am grateful. The city would be, as well, if they knew you had saved them from an army of angry wraiths looking to devour their souls and defecate their bones straight to the darkest of hells!"
225,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_103",""
226,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_103","In his haste to find a difficult answer, he looks past the simple one right before his eyes."
227,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_104",""
228,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_104","It may take Kyokuho time to realize it, but <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> are the hope which we seek. In time, you will come to see it, as well."
229,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_109",""
230,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_109","Though it was but a single generation past, the people of Kugane have already forgotten that the prosperity they experience is not the result of some serpent-tongued swindlers, but of the humble efforts of true geomancers like Kyokuho's great-grandfather."
231,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_110",""
232,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_110","So, I guess this is farewell... Unless, that is, you're staying?"
233,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_111",""
234,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_111","You're staying!? <If(PlayerParameter(4))>She's<Else/>He's</If> staying! Master, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she's<Else/>he's</If> staying! What changed your mind?"
235,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_112",""
236,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_112","No, don't tell me. Knowing that you will be here with me and Master Murakumo is enough. I was beginning to worry what I would do the next time the city was invaded by Kinko's minions. The master can barely make his way out of the privy each morning, let alone battle blood-lusting specters."
237,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_113",""
238,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_113","Now that you mention it, this all reminds me of that reading Lady Leveva conducted the morning I arrived at the Observatory. Something about friendly paths lined with dangerous fruit bushes winding their way to hope."
239,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_114",""
240,"TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_114","Could the stars truly have predicted all this? If so...I'm impressed! I will need to think more on the issue. Until then, might I suggest you continue the refinement of your art here in scenic Hingashi? You will find our beasts just as formidable as yours in the West, if not doubly so!"
191,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_07,
192,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_07,We cannot breathe easy until your magicks are cast and I have completed the rite. Hurry!
193,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_008,
194,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_008,"Deep breath, Kyokuho. You can do this..."
195,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_009,
196,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_009,"I, ah, *we* did it! We repaired my great-grandfather's barrier and thwarted the golden fox!"
197,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD,
198,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD,Aaargh! Was this failure...foretold in the stars...as well?
199,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_090,
200,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_090,"A fine display! Fine, indeed. Though, if it were I, I might have used Gravity instead of Malefic when the foul creature had─ Ah, right. I'll just be staying that tongue of mine again."
201,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_091,
202,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_091,(-???-)Kyokuho! I was told there were spirits in the streets!
203,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_092,
204,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_092,"And you arrive just as they are vanquished! How fortunate! Yes, Master Murakumo. The bonds are mended, made whole with western magicks...and a little shoulder grease, or was it knuckle grease? Player?"
205,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_093,
206,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_093,Western magicks? Then this ijin lady is─
207,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_094,
208,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_094,"None other! And wait until you see the reinforced bonds. The energies twist together with ours like sun and moon, like darkness and light. They are as one, Master! "
209,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_095,
210,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_095,"Then I was right to summon you home. Pardon my intrusion, traveler. I am Murakumo. Second pupil of the great Kazan, and instructor to young Kyokuho."
211,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_096,
212,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_096,But with Kugane safe...I can now return to Ishgard to complete my training as an astrologian. Huzzah!
213,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_097,
214,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_097,"Absolutely not. While you have mended the weakened bonds for now, their ephemerality remains. Unless you expect your friend here to remain in Kugane for the remainder of her life, we will need to find a more permanent solution. In other words, the bonds must be laid anew."
215,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_098,
216,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_098,"But you know as well as I, the secret to laying those bonds died with my grandfather!"
217,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_099,
218,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_099,"Not a day goes by that I do not suffer the burden of my ineptitude. Had I shown promise in the art as your grandfather did, perhaps Kazan would have entrusted me with the knowledge as well."
219,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_100,
220,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_100,"But he did not, and now they are both gone. We can lament that which we cannot change, or we can put aside our past failures and seek the path which leads us forward."
221,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_101,
222,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_101,"My master is right. Perhaps there is something in my grandfather's tomes, or perhaps I may still find a way to win over the other geomancers to our cause. There is always hope, is there not?"
223,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_102,
224,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_102,"If anything, you've given us time to search for an answer, and for that I am grateful. The city would be, as well, if they knew you had saved them from an army of angry wraiths looking to devour their souls and defecate their bones straight to the darkest of hells!"
225,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_103,
226,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_103,"In his haste to find a difficult answer, he looks past the simple one right before his eyes."
227,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_104,
228,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_104,"It may take Kyokuho time to realize it, but *you* are the hope which we seek. In time, you will come to see it, as well."
229,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_109,
230,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_109,"Though it was but a single generation past, the people of Kugane have already forgotten that the prosperity they experience is not the result of some serpent-tongued swindlers, but of the humble efforts of true geomancers like Kyokuho's great-grandfather."
231,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_110,
232,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_110,"So, I guess this is farewell... Unless, that is, you're staying?"
233,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_111,
234,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_111,"You're staying!? She's staying! Master, she's staying! What changed your mind?"
235,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_112,
236,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_112,"No, don't tell me. Knowing that you will be here with me and Master Murakumo is enough. I was beginning to worry what I would do the next time the city was invaded by Kinko's minions. The master can barely make his way out of the privy each morning, let alone battle blood-lusting specters."
237,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_113,
238,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_113,"Now that you mention it, this all reminds me of that reading Lady Leveva conducted the morning I arrived at the Observatory. Something about friendly paths lined with dangerous fruit bushes winding their way to hope."
239,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_114,
240,TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_114,"Could the stars truly have predicted all this? If so...I'm impressed! I will need to think more on the issue. Until then, might I suggest you continue the refinement of your art here in scenic Hingashi? You will find our beasts just as formidable as yours in the West, if not doubly so!"
1 key 0 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_00 1 Jannequinard appears ill. Could it be he is recovering from another long evening at the Forgotten Knight, or is something else disturbing the viscount?
2 # 1 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_01 According to Jannequinard, Lady Leveva has abandoned her preparations for the astrology symposium to lament the return of Kyokuho to his homeland of Hingashi. He has asked if you cannot help locate her in the Pillars and talk some sense into the young woman.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_02 str A simple search of the Pillars reunites you with Lady Leveva who, after a winded conversation, bids you safe travels to Kugane where she expects you to overcome some unforeseen disaster to obtain an undetermined amount of knowledge. And hope. Copious amounts of hope.
4 0 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_03 Jannequinard appears ill. Could it be he is recovering from another long evening at the Forgotten Knight, or is something else disturbing the viscount? Several kind residents (and some less-than-kind ones) have given you a good idea as to where you might find a good view of the heavens─Tasogare Bridge overlooking the piers.
5 1 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_04 According to Jannequinard, Lady Leveva has abandoned her preparations for the astrology symposium to lament the return of Kyokuho to his homeland of Hingashi. He has asked if you cannot help locate her in the Pillars and talk some sense into the young woman. Kyokuho believes that with your astrological expertise, he may be able to mend the weakened bonds maintaining the geomantic barrier that protects the city from attack from supernatural wildlife. He has bid you meet him at the Short Pier's westerly shrine.
6 2 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_05 A simple search of the Pillars reunites you with Lady Leveva who, after a winded conversation, bids you safe travels to Kugane where she expects you to overcome some unforeseen disaster to obtain an undetermined amount of knowledge. And hope. Copious amounts of hope. Despite a few paranormal hiccups in the form of Kinko's restless minions along the way, you and Kyokuho succeed in mending all four of the weakened barrier bonds.
7 3 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_06 Several kind residents (and some less-than-kind ones) have given you a good idea as to where you might find a good view of the heavens─Tasogare Bridge overlooking the piers. The mending, unfortunately, appears to be temporary, and it is only a matter of time before the golden guardian of the forest is back for another attempt at vengeance. If a more permanent solution is to be found, Kyokuho will require your continued support. Visit him and his master back on Kogane Dori.
8 4 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_07 Kyokuho believes that with your astrological expertise, he may be able to mend the weakened bonds maintaining the geomantic barrier that protects the city from attack from supernatural wildlife. He has bid you meet him at the Short Pier's westerly shrine. Before you can help Kyokuho lay the geomantic bonds anew, you will need to further strengthen your attunement to the heavens. In other words, train, train, and possibly train some more. ※The next astrologian quest will be available from Kyokuho upon reaching level 68.
5 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_05 Despite a few paranormal hiccups in the form of Kinko's restless minions along the way, you and Kyokuho succeed in mending all four of the weakened barrier bonds.
6 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_06 The mending, unfortunately, appears to be temporary, and it is only a matter of time before the golden guardian of the forest is back for another attempt at vengeance. If a more permanent solution is to be found, Kyokuho will require your continued support. Visit him and his master back on Kogane Dori.
7 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_SEQ_07 Before you can help Kyokuho lay the geomantic bonds anew, you will need to further strengthen your attunement to the heavens. In other words, train, train, and possibly train some more. ※The next astrologian quest will be available from Kyokuho upon reaching level 68.
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25 24 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_00 24 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_00 Find Leveva in the Pillars. Find Leveva in the Pillars.
26 25 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_01 25 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_01 Travel to Kugane and locate a place suitable for stargazing. Travel to Kugane and locate a place suitable for stargazing.
27 26 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_02 26 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_02 Survey the Tasogare Bridge. Survey the Tasogare Bridge.
28 27 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_03 27 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_03 Speak with Kyokuho at the westerly shrine. Speak with Kyokuho at the westerly shrine.
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46 45 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_21 45 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_21
47 46 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_22 46 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_TODO_22
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49 48 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_000 48 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_000 While your visit fills my heart with joy, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I cannot bring myself to smile knowing that the Lady Leveva is troubled so. While your visit fills my heart with joy, Player, I cannot bring myself to smile knowing that the Lady Leveva is troubled so.
50 49 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_001 49 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_001 Though she should be spending these final days before the symposium placing the final touches on her address to the Vault, she instead spends her time wandering about the Pillars in a daze, mumbling to herself about earth, wind, and water. Though she should be spending these final days before the symposium placing the final touches on her address to the Vault, she instead spends her time wandering about the Pillars in a daze, mumbling to herself about earth, wind, and water.
51 50 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_002 50 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_002 I fear that Kyokuho's departure has left a gap in Lady Leveva's heart that she knows not how to fill. I fear that Kyokuho's departure has left a gap in Lady Leveva's heart that she knows not how to fill.
52 51 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_003 51 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_003 I have tried at length to set her mind at ease, but one need not be a reader of stars to guess how well that ended. Perhaps if you spoke with her, she would finally listen to reason. I have tried at length to set her mind at ease, but one need not be a reader of stars to guess how well that ended. Perhaps if you spoke with her, she would finally listen to reason.
53 52 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_009 52 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_009 Lady Leveva could be anywhere in the Pillars. Perhaps it would be best if we searched for her separately. I shall inform you via linkpearl if I happen across her first. Lady Leveva could be anywhere in the Pillars. Perhaps it would be best if we searched for her separately. I shall inform you via linkpearl if I happen across her first.
54 53 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_010 53 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_010 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? To what do I owe the honor? No, let me guess─our good friend Jannequinard asked you to talk some sense into poor addle-pated Leveva. Player? To what do I owe the honor? No, let me guess─our good friend Jannequinard asked you to talk some sense into poor addle-pated Leveva.
55 54 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_011 54 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_011 And oh, goody. Today I have the privilege of being lectured by <Emphasis>both</Emphasis> of you. And oh, goody. Today I have the privilege of being lectured by *both* of you.
56 55 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_012 55 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_012 Why Lady Leveva...and <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Imagine finding you two out here this fair <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>morning</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If>! Why Lady Leveva...and Player! Imagine finding you two out here this fair evening!
57 56 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_013 56 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_013 Enough with the theatrics, Janne. I know your play here; and as I have told you time and again, I have not forgotten my duty to the Athenaeum or my obligations to the symposium. I simply need...time to think. <Emphasis>Alone</Emphasis>. Enough with the theatrics, Janne. I know your play here; and as I have told you time and again, I have not forgotten my duty to the Athenaeum or my obligations to the symposium. I simply need...time to think. *Alone*.
58 57 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_014 57 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_014 To which I keep replying, why think alone when you have one of the greatest minds in the realm at your disposal? And <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! To which I keep replying, why think alone when you have one of the greatest minds in the realm at your disposal? And Player!
59 58 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_015 58 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_015 <sigh> The greatest minds, eh? <sigh> The greatest minds, eh?
60 59 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_016 59 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_016 Then riddle me this: why are the results of my reading from that day both <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and Kyokuho arrived still weighing on my mind? Why does it feel as if I am missing...or rather misinterpreting some devilishly important detail? Then riddle me this: why are the results of my reading from that day both Player and Kyokuho arrived still weighing on my mind? Why does it feel as if I am missing...or rather misinterpreting some devilishly important detail?
61 60 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_017 60 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_017 Peace comes, friends are made, dangerous paths are trodden, knowledge is gained. Did that not already occur? Kyokuho and <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> both arrive as the Dragonsong War ends, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> saves Kyokuho from death at the Steel Vigil, and knowledge of geomancy is shared with the Athenaeum. Peace comes, friends are made, dangerous paths are trodden, knowledge is gained. Did that not already occur? Kyokuho and Player both arrive as the Dragonsong War ends, Player saves Kyokuho from death at the Steel Vigil, and knowledge of geomancy is shared with the Athenaeum.
62 61 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_018 61 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_018 Yes, but what if the coming destruction told by the inverted Spire was not the incident at the citadel, but something else? Something far more grave? Yes, but what if the coming destruction told by the inverted Spire was not the incident at the citadel, but something else? Something far more grave?
63 62 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_019 62 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_019 ...Then that would mean the prophecy's “fruit of knowledge and hope” was not Kyokuho's stories of his art...but something different. Something we will only see by continuing on this perilous path? ...Then that would mean the prophecy's “fruit of knowledge and hope” was not Kyokuho's stories of his art...but something different. Something we will only see by continuing on this perilous path?
64 63 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_020 63 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_020 But is it truly the path that is disastrous, or our decision to pursue it? But is it truly the path that is disastrous, or our decision to pursue it?
65 64 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q1_000_000 64 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q1_000_000 What is your interpretation of the cards, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? What is your interpretation of the cards, Player?
66 65 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_001 65 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_001 At the end of the path of disaster is hope. At the end of the path of disaster is hope.
67 66 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_002 66 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_002 To seek hope would be disastrous. To seek hope would be disastrous.
68 67 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_003 67 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A1_000_003 A big promotion is just around the corner? A big promotion is just around the corner?
69 68 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_021 68 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_021 Exactly what I was thinking. Only through the avoidance of some unforeseen peril will hope...and knowledge be acquired. Exactly what I was thinking. Only through the avoidance of some unforeseen peril will hope...and knowledge be acquired.
70 69 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_022 69 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_022 An interesting...if not fairly liberal interpretation of the cards...as well as the basic rules of grammar and syntax. No, the sixth card clearly states that hope is a resulting factor of the misfortune described in the fourth and fifth cards. An interesting...if not fairly liberal interpretation of the cards...as well as the basic rules of grammar and syntax. No, the sixth card clearly states that hope is a resulting factor of the misfortune described in the fourth and fifth cards.
71 70 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_023 70 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_023 I know you are merely trying to ease my mind with humor, but this isn't the time for jests. If we are to understand where our fates lie, we must try and comprehend the signs we are given...and I believe those signs point to the pursuit of hope in the face of disaster. I know you are merely trying to ease my mind with humor, but this isn't the time for jests. If we are to understand where our fates lie, we must try and comprehend the signs we are given...and I believe those signs point to the pursuit of hope in the face of disaster.
72 71 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_024 71 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_024 And I believe the disaster in question has something to do with Kyokuho's return home, if not the return itself. And I believe the disaster in question has something to do with Kyokuho's return home, if not the return itself.
73 72 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_025 72 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_025 It could also mean that our friend is in danger. It could also mean that our friend is in danger.
74 73 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_026 73 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_026
75 74 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_026 74 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_026 I see where you are going with this, and while I loved our red-robed ruckus-rouser as much as anyone (excepting Fleuraie perhaps), a journey at this time would mean the cancellation of our symposium, and with that, any chance of the Holy See ever taking us seriously. I see where you are going with this, and while I loved our red-robed ruckus-rouser as much as anyone (excepting Fleuraie perhaps), a journey at this time would mean the cancellation of our symposium, and with that, any chance of the Holy See ever taking us seriously.
76 75 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_027 75 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_027 And now you can see why <Emphasis>I've been up here day and night biting my nails to the quick</Emphasis>! And now you can see why *I've been up here day and night biting my nails to the quick*!
77 76 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_028 76 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_028 <sigh> I apologize. A lack of sleep can work ill on one's humours. But...I think your intervention here today may have provided me a solution to our predicament. <sigh> I apologize. A lack of sleep can work ill on one's humours. But...I think your intervention here today may have provided me a solution to our predicament.
78 77 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_029 77 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_029 A solution that I am now kicking myself for not having come to earlier. A solution I myself proposed not days ago when deciding how I might attend Kyokuho's opening of the sixth heaven! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> will travel to Hingashi! A solution that I am now kicking myself for not having come to earlier. A solution I myself proposed not days ago when deciding how I might attend Kyokuho's opening of the sixth heaven! Player will travel to Hingashi!
79 78 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_030 78 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_030 The reading did only mention “friends old” and “friends new.” I recall nothing in there about silver-haired astrologians from Sharlayan. But how do you propose <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> find our charge? The Far East is a big place. Perhaps we could write a letter? The reading did only mention “friends old” and “friends new.” I recall nothing in there about silver-haired astrologians from Sharlayan. But how do you propose Player find our charge? The Far East is a big place. Perhaps we could write a letter?
80 79 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_031 79 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_031 Yes, and address it “To: Kyokuho. Hingashi.” No, you dullard. We have something far better! We have the stars, and our undying faith that they will guide us to that which we seek! Yes, and address it “To: Kyokuho. Hingashi.” No, you dullard. We have something far better! We have the stars, and our undying faith that they will guide us to that which we seek!
81 80 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_032 80 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_032 Or, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> could start <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> search in Kugane, the port city from which Kyokuho claimed he came, focusing on locations which serve as exceptional venues for stargazing─a pastime our friend warmed to during his stay with us. Or, Player could start her search in Kugane, the port city from which Kyokuho claimed he came, focusing on locations which serve as exceptional venues for stargazing─a pastime our friend warmed to during his stay with us.
82 81 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_033 81 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_033 <Emphasis>Or</Emphasis> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> could─ No, wait. That is actually a decent proposal. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, you have your quest! May the stars guide you true! Oh, and I will expect reports. Many reports! Janne, let us return to the prepar─ <yawn> Alright, maybe after a few bells rest first... *Or* Player could─ No, wait. That is actually a decent proposal. Player, you have your quest! May the stars guide you true! Oh, and I will expect reports. Many reports! Janne, let us return to the prepar─ <yawn> Alright, maybe after a few bells rest first...
83 82 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_039 82 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_JANNEQUINARD_000_039 Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, for helping me convince Lady Leveva to return. However, if your journey does not bear fruit, I fear we may find ourselves back in the same boat as before. Not a real boat, mind you. A proverbial one. You, on the other hand, will be on a real boat...and then a proverbial one. Ahem. Thank you, Player, for helping me convince Lady Leveva to return. However, if your journey does not bear fruit, I fear we may find ourselves back in the same boat as before. Not a real boat, mind you. A proverbial one. You, on the other hand, will be on a real boat...and then a proverbial one. Ahem.
84 83 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_039 83 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_LEVEVA_000_039 I am free once again to focus on the task at hand. Janne can be an annoying, pretentious, stubborn, pompous, muttonheaded lout...but I respect and cherish his desire to see my father's legacy preserved. I am free once again to focus on the task at hand. Janne can be an annoying, pretentious, stubborn, pompous, muttonheaded lout...but I respect and cherish his desire to see my father's legacy preserved.
85 84 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_040 84 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_040 If it is the stars you seek, then you need only look up! If it is the stars you seek, then you need only look up!
86 85 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_041 85 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_041 Hahahaha! But if it is a <Emphasis>fool</Emphasis> you seek─one who calls himself a master of wind and water when in fact he is nothing more than a cheat, a liar, and a disgrace to our noble profession─then perhaps you might find the rat where all rats hide: near the piers. Hahahaha! But if it is a *fool* you seek─one who calls himself a master of wind and water when in fact he is nothing more than a cheat, a liar, and a disgrace to our noble profession─then perhaps you might find the rat where all rats hide: near the piers.
87 86 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_049 86 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_UDOKU_000_049 You'd be wise to not allow that one your ear. He is liable to fill it with tales of woe and ruin in an attempt to cozen you out of your hard-earned coin─coin that would be better spent on the talents of a true geomancer. You'd be wise to not allow that one your ear. He is liable to fill it with tales of woe and ruin in an attempt to cozen you out of your hard-earned coin─coin that would be better spent on the talents of a true geomancer.
88 87 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIO_000_049 87 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIO_000_049 Any respectable merchant knows that without the sage counsel of a geomancer, their business is like to fail. But said counsel does not come cheap. If it is ours you seek, we can provide you with a reading in...three moons time. That is, unless you pay the expedition fee. Any respectable merchant knows that without the sage counsel of a geomancer, their business is like to fail. But said counsel does not come cheap. If it is ours you seek, we can provide you with a reading in...three moons time. That is, unless you pay the expedition fee.
89 88 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIJYO_000_049 88 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_FUUSUIJYO_000_049 Most all those who work in shipping or in trade will keep a geomancer on retainer whom they call upon before making any significant business decision. They say that behind every wealthy man flows both wind and water. Most all those who work in shipping or in trade will keep a geomancer on retainer whom they call upon before making any significant business decision. They say that behind every wealthy man flows both wind and water.
90 89 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_040 89 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_040 When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget. When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget.
91 90 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_049 90 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411A_000_049 When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget. When I wish to walk under the stars, I go with my promised to the Tasogare Bridge spanning yon pier. The melting of crimson into indigo is a sight you will not soon forget.
92 91 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_040 91 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_040 Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await. Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await.
93 92 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_041 92 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_041 She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come. She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come.
94 93 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_048 93 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_048 Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await. Kugane is packed like a warehouse with multistoried hostels and teahouses, so the cobbles will ne'er afford a man a decent view of the skies. No, if you want to see the heavens in all their glory, you must needs make your way up. Take this bridge behind me. There, atop that mighty span, the stars await.
95 94 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_049 94 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_CHOUNIN02411B_000_049 She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come. She faces directly west of Kugane Castle, out towards the Ruby Tide and Othard beyond. It is said her location was determined by a great geomancer who told the first bugyo placing it there would ensure the city's prosperity for generations to come.
96 95 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_050 95 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_050
97 96 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_050 96 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_050 (-???-)I see someone has taken my spot. I may just have to slit <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> throat and toss <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> body to the tide. (-???-)I see someone has taken my spot. I may just have to slit her throat and toss her body to the tide.
98 97 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_051 97 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_051
99 98 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_051 98 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_051 Hah hah hah! I'm pulling your arm, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>...or was it ear? You Westerners have such odd sayings. What brings you so far from home? Hah hah hah! I'm pulling your arm, Player...or was it ear? You Westerners have such odd sayings. What brings you so far from home?
100 99 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_052 99 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_052
101 100 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_052 100 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_052 A path fraught with disaster? Misfortune? Impending <Emphasis>doom</Emphasis>? Hah hah hah! A path fraught with disaster? Misfortune? Impending *doom*? Hah hah hah!
102 101 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_053 101 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_053
103 102 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_053 102 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_053 Ahem. Yes, well, the situation may not be as encouraging as my jovial demeanor suggests. Ahem. Yes, well, the situation may not be as encouraging as my jovial demeanor suggests.
104 103 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_054 103 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_054
105 104 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_054 104 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_054 It all began several decades ago when the bakufu decided they were opening the port to foreign trade vessels. To accommodate the influx of ships, a section of ancient coastline forest was cleared. It all began several decades ago when the bakufu decided they were opening the port to foreign trade vessels. To accommodate the influx of ships, a section of ancient coastline forest was cleared.
106 105 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_055 105 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_055
107 106 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_055 106 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_055 However doing so angered the entity who had guarded the wood for countless generations─a golden fox named Kinko. However doing so angered the entity who had guarded the wood for countless generations─a golden fox named Kinko.
108 107 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_056 107 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_056
109 108 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_056 108 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_056 A great battle ensued, but claws and fangs were no match for cold steel. Kinko was slain and the new port completed. A great battle ensued, but claws and fangs were no match for cold steel. Kinko was slain and the new port completed.
110 109 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_057 109 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_057
111 110 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_057 110 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_057 The fox's spirit, however, remained, spoiling our milk, withering our crops, causing storms that dashed ship after ship against our rocky cliffs. In desperation, the bakufu turned to the land's most powerful geomancer─my great-grandfather, Kazan. The fox's spirit, however, remained, spoiling our milk, withering our crops, causing storms that dashed ship after ship against our rocky cliffs. In desperation, the bakufu turned to the land's most powerful geomancer─my great-grandfather, Kazan.
112 111 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_058 111 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_058
113 112 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_058 112 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_058 Kazan used the power of the sea, the skies, and the land to soothe the spirit long enough that he could erect an invisible barrier that not only protected the city, but ensured that it would prosper. Kazan used the power of the sea, the skies, and the land to soothe the spirit long enough that he could erect an invisible barrier that not only protected the city, but ensured that it would prosper.
114 113 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_059 113 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_059
115 114 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_059 114 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_059 At once, the fortunes of Kugane's citizenry turned. My great-grandfather was hailed as a hero, and geomancy as the savior of our nation. Within a matter of moons, the streets were lined with the stalls and tents of would-be seers, the people practically throwing coin at them for their advice and blessings. At once, the fortunes of Kugane's citizenry turned. My great-grandfather was hailed as a hero, and geomancy as the savior of our nation. Within a matter of moons, the streets were lined with the stalls and tents of would-be seers, the people practically throwing coin at them for their advice and blessings.
116 115 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_060 115 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_060
117 116 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_060 116 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_060 These pretenders, these <Emphasis>charlatans</Emphasis>, were not interested in the sacred rites passed down to my great-grandfather from his great-grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. They were not interested in maintaining the barrier that preserved Kugane's luster, and drove back the powers that would see it fall. No, they were more interested in lining their pockets. And now... These pretenders, these *charlatans*, were not interested in the sacred rites passed down to my great-grandfather from his great-grandfather and his great-grandfather before him. They were not interested in maintaining the barrier that preserved Kugane's luster, and drove back the powers that would see it fall. No, they were more interested in lining their pockets. And now...
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119 118 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_061 118 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_061 Now the bonds that hold the barrier in place are about to break, and there is none left with the knowledge to mend them! The knowledge that died with the passing of my grandfather... Now the bonds that hold the barrier in place are about to break, and there is none left with the knowledge to mend them! The knowledge that died with the passing of my grandfather...
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121 120 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_062 120 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_062 And so I set out to convince the geomancers of Kugane that only united would we discover the means to save our fair city. That only united would we stave off the darkness and bring lasting prosperity to one and all. That only united would my great-grandfather's legacy live on. And so I set out to convince the geomancers of Kugane that only united would we discover the means to save our fair city. That only united would we stave off the darkness and bring lasting prosperity to one and all. That only united would my great-grandfather's legacy live on.
122 121 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_063 121 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_063
123 122 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_063 122 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_063 Alas, I failed. Branded a deceiver by those very men and women who had grown fat on deceit. Unable to mend the bonds myself, nor rouse my peers to action, I stood on this very bridge and thought on an answer...and then I saw it in the setting sun. My answer lay in the West. Alas, I failed. Branded a deceiver by those very men and women who had grown fat on deceit. Unable to mend the bonds myself, nor rouse my peers to action, I stood on this very bridge and thought on an answer...and then I saw it in the setting sun. My answer lay in the West.
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125 124 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_064 124 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_064 And so I packed my bags and headed to Eorzea, in search of something, <Emphasis>anything</Emphasis> that might help me save Kugane. I believed that something astrology, but before I could be certain, I was summoned home. This, you already know. And so I packed my bags and headed to Eorzea, in search of something, *anything* that might help me save Kugane. I believed that something astrology, but before I could be certain, I was summoned home. This, you already know.
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127 126 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_065 126 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_065 Since then, I have been coming here every night, hoping the stars might provide me with another revelation. But they remain silent... <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, the heavens speak through you. Tell me, what do they say? Since then, I have been coming here every night, hoping the stars might provide me with another revelation. But they remain silent... Player, the heavens speak through you. Tell me, what do they say?
128 127 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q2_000_000 127 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_Q2_000_000 What do the heavens say? What do the heavens say?
129 128 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_001 128 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_001 Use geomancy to mend the barrier. Use geomancy to mend the barrier.
130 129 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_002 129 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_002 Use astrology to restore the barrier. Use astrology to restore the barrier.
131 130 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_003 130 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_A2_000_003 Solve your own problems. Solve your own problems.
132 131 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_066 131 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_066
133 132 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_066 132 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_066 I admit it was a long story, but did you not hear a single thing that I even said? If I could <Emphasis>mend</Emphasis> the barrier <Emphasis>myself</Emphasis>, I wouldn't have traveled halfway across the world in the first place! I admit it was a long story, but did you not hear a single thing that I even said? If I could *mend* the barrier *myself*, I wouldn't have traveled halfway across the world in the first place!
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135 134 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_067 134 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_067 Wait... But I <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> travel halfway across the world, and I <Emphasis>didn't</Emphasis> come home empty-handed. If I learned one thing while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work! Wait... But I *did* travel halfway across the world, and I *didn't* come home empty-handed. If I learned one thing while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!
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137 136 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_068 136 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_068 That's... That's brilliant! I don't know why I didn't think of it. If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work! That's... That's brilliant! I don't know why I didn't think of it. If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to geomancy. Used together, they might just work!
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139 138 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_069 138 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_069 Hah hah. Spare me your western─ Hah hah. Spare me your western─
140 139 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_070 139 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_070
141 140 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_070 140 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_070 Your Western...? Western? Western! Wait! If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to eastern geomancy. Used together, they might just work! Your Western...? Western? Western! Wait! If there was one thing that I learned while in Ishgard, it was that Western astrology is in many ways a complement to eastern geomancy. Used together, they might just work!
142 141 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_100_071 141 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_100_071 After all, you need only use your Aspected Benefic and you can mend any injury, is that not so? After all, you need only use your Aspected Benefic and you can mend any injury, is that not so?
143 142 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_071 142 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_071
144 143 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_071 143 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_071 ...No, really─I'm genuinely asking. The lesson explaining the finer details of the stars' power and how to harness it was conveniently scheduled for the day <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> I returned home. But you... You know it all! Tell me you can help repair the barrier! ...No, really─I'm genuinely asking. The lesson explaining the finer details of the stars' power and how to harness it was conveniently scheduled for the day *after* I returned home. But you... You know it all! Tell me you can help repair the barrier!
145 144 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_072 144 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_072
146 145 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_072 145 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_072 Hah hah! I did it, Great-grandfather! I found a way to make things right! Hah hah! I did it, Great-grandfather! I found a way to make things right!
147 146 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_073 146 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_073
148 147 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_073 147 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_073 Well, then. We have no time to lose. My great-grandfather created his barrier by anchoring the energies of wind, water, and earth to four shrines located at the north, east, south, and west ends of the city. It is there the bonds must be repaired. We shall begin with the nearby westerly shrine on the Short Pier. Well, then. We have no time to lose. My great-grandfather created his barrier by anchoring the energies of wind, water, and earth to four shrines located at the north, east, south, and west ends of the city. It is there the bonds must be repaired. We shall begin with the nearby westerly shrine on the Short Pier.
149 148 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_080 148 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_080
150 149 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_080 149 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_080 This is one of the shrines of which I spoke. It may not look like much, but if it were to be destroyed, the entire city would be overrun with large-testicled raccoon dogs and flying rainbow cats...or possibly just angry spirits. This is one of the shrines of which I spoke. It may not look like much, but if it were to be destroyed, the entire city would be overrun with large-testicled raccoon dogs and flying rainbow cats...or possibly just angry spirits.
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152 151 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_081 151 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_081 My plan is simple─if I am correct, <UIForeground>F201F4</UIForeground><UIGlow>F201F5</UIGlow>Aspected Benefic<UIGlow>01</UIGlow><UIForeground>01</UIForeground> will intertwine with the barrier's geomantic energies, mending it as easily as it does flesh. We shall wait until nightfall to perform the rite, for the last thing we need is a drunken ronin breaking your concentration. My plan is simple─if I am correct, **Aspected Benefic** will intertwine with the barrier's geomantic energies, mending it as easily as it does flesh. We shall wait until nightfall to perform the rite, for the last thing we need is a drunken ronin breaking your concentration.
153 152 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_1 152 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_1 Test the barrier's strength at the westerly shrine. Test the barrier's strength at the westerly shrine.
154 153 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_2 153 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_2 Test the barrier's strength at the southerly shrine. Test the barrier's strength at the southerly shrine.
155 154 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_3 154 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_3 Test the barrier's strength at the easterly shrine. Test the barrier's strength at the easterly shrine.
156 155 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_4 155 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_4 Test the barrier's strength at the northerly shrine. Test the barrier's strength at the northerly shrine.
157 156 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_DIRECTION 156 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_QIB_001_TODO_DIRECTION Use <UIForeground>F201F4</UIForeground><UIGlow>F201F5</UIGlow>Aspected Benefic<UIGlow>01</UIGlow><UIForeground>01</UIForeground> on the weakened bond. Use **Aspected Benefic** on the weakened bond.
158 157 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_000 157 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_000
159 158 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_000 158 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_000 Quickly! Check the shrine and tell me its condition! Quickly! Check the shrine and tell me its condition!
160 159 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_001 159 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_001
161 160 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_001 160 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_001 It is worse than I thought. The speed with which the bonds deteriorate increases with each passing day. At this rate, they will not survive through the next new moon. It is worse than I thought. The speed with which the bonds deteriorate increases with each passing day. At this rate, they will not survive through the next new moon.
162 161 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_002 161 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_002
163 162 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_002 162 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_002 The magicks intertwine! Like two halves of a whole! The magicks intertwine! Like two halves of a whole!
164 163 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_003 163 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_003
165 164 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_003 164 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_003 To the next shrine! We will find it deep in Rakusui Gardens to the south of here. To the next shrine! We will find it deep in Rakusui Gardens to the south of here.
166 165 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_01 165 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_01
167 166 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_01 166 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_01 You know what to do. Attune with the shrine to determine the extent of the bond's damage. You know what to do. Attune with the shrine to determine the extent of the bond's damage.
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169 168 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_004 168 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_004 Servants of the fox? Our mending of the first westerly bond must have alerted her to our presence! Servants of the fox? Our mending of the first westerly bond must have alerted her to our presence!
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171 170 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_005 170 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_005 Focus is required to complete the seal, and my heart will not rest easy until these restless spirits are sent back to the land. Focus is required to complete the seal, and my heart will not rest easy until these restless spirits are sent back to the land.
172 171 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_02 171 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_02
173 172 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_02 172 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_02 Now, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, before more are summoned! Now, Player, before more are summoned!
174 173 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_005 173 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_005
175 174 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_005 174 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_005 That wasn't so bad! Now step aside. I shall complete the ritual. That wasn't so bad! Now step aside. I shall complete the ritual.
176 175 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_006 175 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_006
177 176 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_006 176 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_006 That's half! At this rate, the barrier will be at full strength before sunrise! Onward, to Kugane Castle! That's half! At this rate, the barrier will be at full strength before sunrise! Onward, to Kugane Castle!
178 177 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_007 177 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_007
179 178 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_007 178 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_007 It appears I spoke too soon... Kinko knows what we do, and is sending her minions out in force to stay our hands. It appears I spoke too soon... Kinko knows what we do, and is sending her minions out in force to stay our hands.
180 179 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_03 179 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_03
181 180 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_03 180 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_03 Try and not stray too far from my side, if not for your safety...for mine! Try and not stray too far from my side, if not for your safety...for mine!
182 181 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_04 181 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_04
183 182 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_04 182 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_04 There's no end to them! I knew that Kugane had a bloody history, but to think this many of the dead still linger... There's no end to them! I knew that Kugane had a bloody history, but to think this many of the dead still linger...
184 183 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_05 183 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_05
185 184 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_05 184 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_05 Alright, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Let us put this shrine behind us. I fear every moment we tarry, the stronger Kinko's gaze upon us grows. Alright, Player. Let us put this shrine behind us. I fear every moment we tarry, the stronger Kinko's gaze upon us grows.
186 185 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_007 185 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_007
187 186 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_007 186 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_007 Be my eyes, friend. I must now concentrate on the anchor. Be my eyes, friend. I must now concentrate on the anchor.
188 187 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_008 187 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_008
189 188 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_008 188 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_008 There is but one shrine remaining─the northerly. As you know...or do not, the north is where all ill fortune gathers. I expect the most resistance there. Prepare yourself. There is but one shrine remaining─the northerly. As you know...or do not, the north is where all ill fortune gathers. I expect the most resistance there. Prepare yourself.
190 189 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_06 189 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_06
191 190 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_06 190 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_06 Away! Away foul denizen of the dark... It doesn't hurt to try, does it? L-Look out! Away! Away foul denizen of the dark... It doesn't hurt to try, does it? L-Look out!
192 191 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_07 191 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_07
193 192 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_07 192 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_07 We cannot breathe easy until your magicks are cast and I have completed the rite. Hurry! We cannot breathe easy until your magicks are cast and I have completed the rite. Hurry!
194 193 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_008 193 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_100_008
195 194 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_008 194 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_100_008 Deep breath, Kyokuho. You can do this... Deep breath, Kyokuho. You can do this...
196 195 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_009 195 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_000_009
197 196 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_009 196 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_000_009 I, ah, <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> did it! We repaired my great-grandfather's barrier and thwarted the golden fox! I, ah, *we* did it! We repaired my great-grandfather's barrier and thwarted the golden fox!
198 197 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD 197 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD
199 198 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD 198 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_QIB_BATTLETALK_DEAD Aaargh! Was this failure...foretold in the stars...as well? Aaargh! Was this failure...foretold in the stars...as well?
200 199 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_090 199 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_090
201 200 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_090 200 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_090 A fine display! Fine, indeed. Though, if it were I, I might have used Gravity instead of Malefic when the foul creature had─ Ah, right. I'll just be staying that tongue of mine again. A fine display! Fine, indeed. Though, if it were I, I might have used Gravity instead of Malefic when the foul creature had─ Ah, right. I'll just be staying that tongue of mine again.
202 201 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_091 201 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_091
203 202 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_091 202 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_091 (-???-)Kyokuho! I was told there were spirits in the streets! (-???-)Kyokuho! I was told there were spirits in the streets!
204 203 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_092 203 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_092
205 204 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_092 204 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_092 And you arrive just as they are vanquished! How fortunate! Yes, Master Murakumo. The bonds are mended, made whole with western magicks...and a little shoulder grease, or was it knuckle grease? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? And you arrive just as they are vanquished! How fortunate! Yes, Master Murakumo. The bonds are mended, made whole with western magicks...and a little shoulder grease, or was it knuckle grease? Player?
206 205 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_093 205 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_093
207 206 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_093 206 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_093 Western magicks? Then this ijin <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>lord</If> is─ Western magicks? Then this ijin lady is─
208 207 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_094 207 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_094
209 208 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_094 208 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_094 None other! And wait until you see the reinforced bonds. The energies twist together with ours like sun and moon, like darkness and light. They are as one, Master! None other! And wait until you see the reinforced bonds. The energies twist together with ours like sun and moon, like darkness and light. They are as one, Master!
210 209 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_095 209 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_NAYAGA_000_095
211 210 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_095 210 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_095 Then I was right to summon you home. Pardon my intrusion, traveler. I am Murakumo. Second pupil of the great Kazan, and instructor to young Kyokuho. Then I was right to summon you home. Pardon my intrusion, traveler. I am Murakumo. Second pupil of the great Kazan, and instructor to young Kyokuho.
212 211 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_096 211 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHOU_000_096
213 212 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_096 212 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_096 But with Kugane safe...I can now return to Ishgard to complete my training as an astrologian. Huzzah! But with Kugane safe...I can now return to Ishgard to complete my training as an astrologian. Huzzah!
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215 214 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_097 214 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_097 Absolutely not. While you have mended the weakened bonds for now, their ephemerality remains. Unless you expect your friend here to remain in Kugane for the remainder of <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> life, we will need to find a more permanent solution. In other words, the bonds must be laid anew. Absolutely not. While you have mended the weakened bonds for now, their ephemerality remains. Unless you expect your friend here to remain in Kugane for the remainder of her life, we will need to find a more permanent solution. In other words, the bonds must be laid anew.
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217 216 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_098 216 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_098 But you know as well as I, the secret to laying those bonds died with my grandfather! But you know as well as I, the secret to laying those bonds died with my grandfather!
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219 218 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_099 218 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_099 Not a day goes by that I do not suffer the burden of my ineptitude. Had I shown promise in the art as your grandfather did, perhaps Kazan would have entrusted me with the knowledge as well. Not a day goes by that I do not suffer the burden of my ineptitude. Had I shown promise in the art as your grandfather did, perhaps Kazan would have entrusted me with the knowledge as well.
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221 220 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_100 220 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_100 But he did not, and now they are both gone. We can lament that which we cannot change, or we can put aside our past failures and seek the path which leads us forward. But he did not, and now they are both gone. We can lament that which we cannot change, or we can put aside our past failures and seek the path which leads us forward.
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223 222 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_101 222 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_101 My master is right. Perhaps there is something in my grandfather's tomes, or perhaps I may still find a way to win over the other geomancers to our cause. There is always hope, is there not? My master is right. Perhaps there is something in my grandfather's tomes, or perhaps I may still find a way to win over the other geomancers to our cause. There is always hope, is there not?
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225 224 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_102 224 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_102 If anything, you've given us time to search for an answer, and for that I am grateful. The city would be, as well, if they knew you had saved them from an army of angry wraiths looking to devour their souls and defecate their bones straight to the darkest of hells! If anything, you've given us time to search for an answer, and for that I am grateful. The city would be, as well, if they knew you had saved them from an army of angry wraiths looking to devour their souls and defecate their bones straight to the darkest of hells!
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227 226 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_103 226 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_103 In his haste to find a difficult answer, he looks past the simple one right before his eyes. In his haste to find a difficult answer, he looks past the simple one right before his eyes.
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229 228 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_104 228 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_104 It may take Kyokuho time to realize it, but <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> are the hope which we seek. In time, you will come to see it, as well. It may take Kyokuho time to realize it, but *you* are the hope which we seek. In time, you will come to see it, as well.
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231 230 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_109 230 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_MURAKUMO_000_109 Though it was but a single generation past, the people of Kugane have already forgotten that the prosperity they experience is not the result of some serpent-tongued swindlers, but of the humble efforts of true geomancers like Kyokuho's great-grandfather. Though it was but a single generation past, the people of Kugane have already forgotten that the prosperity they experience is not the result of some serpent-tongued swindlers, but of the humble efforts of true geomancers like Kyokuho's great-grandfather.
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233 232 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_110 232 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_110 So, I guess this is farewell... Unless, that is, you're staying? So, I guess this is farewell... Unless, that is, you're staying?
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235 234 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_111 234 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_111 You're staying!? <If(PlayerParameter(4))>She's<Else/>He's</If> staying! Master, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she's<Else/>he's</If> staying! What changed your mind? You're staying!? She's staying! Master, she's staying! What changed your mind?
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237 236 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_112 236 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_112 No, don't tell me. Knowing that you will be here with me and Master Murakumo is enough. I was beginning to worry what I would do the next time the city was invaded by Kinko's minions. The master can barely make his way out of the privy each morning, let alone battle blood-lusting specters. No, don't tell me. Knowing that you will be here with me and Master Murakumo is enough. I was beginning to worry what I would do the next time the city was invaded by Kinko's minions. The master can barely make his way out of the privy each morning, let alone battle blood-lusting specters.
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239 238 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_113 238 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_113 Now that you mention it, this all reminds me of that reading Lady Leveva conducted the morning I arrived at the Observatory. Something about friendly paths lined with dangerous fruit bushes winding their way to hope. Now that you mention it, this all reminds me of that reading Lady Leveva conducted the morning I arrived at the Observatory. Something about friendly paths lined with dangerous fruit bushes winding their way to hope.
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241 240 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_114 240 TEXT_JOBAST650_02411_KYOKUHO_000_114 Could the stars truly have predicted all this? If so...I'm impressed! I will need to think more on the issue. Until then, might I suggest you continue the refinement of your art here in scenic Hingashi? You will find our beasts just as formidable as yours in the West, if not doubly so! Could the stars truly have predicted all this? If so...I'm impressed! I will need to think more on the issue. Until then, might I suggest you continue the refinement of your art here in scenic Hingashi? You will find our beasts just as formidable as yours in the West, if not doubly so!
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