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0,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_00","Soroban is about to present you with a proposition you would be a fool to refuse."
1,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_01","It would seem that the tale of your battle with Susano has reached the ears of a certain esteemed party that has need of your consummate skills. However, as is all too often the case, the anonymous petitioner wishes to put your abilities to the proof before they will divulge further details. Nevertheless, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and so Soroban bids you journey to Hells' Lid, where you are to undertake this preliminary endeavor."
2,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_02","Soroban and Tataru join you in Hells' Lid not long after you arrive, and there you discuss the petitioner's curious request: that you “quell the oni dwelling in the deepest depths” of the island. Apparently, the feat would be not unlike that of the legendary hero Tenzen, who is said to have done so with the aid of the “Four Lords”─though perhaps you will only require the assistance of three. In any event, Soroban has opened the hidden passageway into the depths of Hells' Lid, and there is but one way to learn whether or not there is any truth to the faerie tale.
0,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_00,Soroban is about to present you with a proposition you would be a fool to refuse.
1,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_01,"It would seem that the tale of your battle with Susano has reached the ears of a certain esteemed party that has need of your consummate skills. However, as is all too often the case, the anonymous petitioner wishes to put your abilities to the proof before they will divulge further details. Nevertheless, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and so Soroban bids you journey to Hells' Lid, where you are to undertake this preliminary endeavor."
2,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_02,"Soroban and Tataru join you in Hells' Lid not long after you arrive, and there you discuss the petitioner's curious request: that you “quell the oni dwelling in the deepest depths” of the island. Apparently, the feat would be not unlike that of the legendary hero Tenzen, who is said to have done so with the aid of the “Four Lords”─though perhaps you will only require the assistance of three. In any event, Soroban has opened the hidden passageway into the depths of Hells' Lid, and there is but one way to learn whether or not there is any truth to the faerie tale.
※Hells' Lid can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
3,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_03","A host of strange and wondrous beings make every effort to hinder your progress, but ultimately fail to prevent you and your comrades from reaching the mysterious temple at the heart of the island. There you do battle with a wizened sage, who upon his defeat transforms into a rather less intimidating tiny turtle. Lying upon its shell, the creature flails helplessly, unable to right itself..."
4,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_04","Tataru, having followed in your wake with Soroban, decides to aid the tiny turtle, who formally introduces himself as Genbu. The turtle claims to be the leader of a collective of auspices─animals who have attained a measure of divinity after living a thousand years. Noting you and your companions' skepticism, he bids you speak with the other inhabitants of Reisen Temple and judge for yourself."
5,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_05","Though not as verbose as Genbu, the other animals are more than capable of expressing themselves with the spoken word. You learn that it is a gradual process in which they grow in awareness and supernatural strength through the centuries, culminating in what they have dubbed the “change,” at which point the creature is said to become a full-fledged auspice."
6,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_06","At the heart of every auspice is a duality: the aramitama, the primal rage; and the nigimitama, the boundless calm. When the balance between the two is disrupted, the auspice may eventually succumb to chaos. Such was the case for Koryu, an immensely powerful being that once threatened to bring calamity to the Ruby Sea, and was in truth the foe that Tenzen and the Four Lords fought at Hells' Lid in another era. But Koryu could not be truly defeated─only sealed away for a time, and Genbu's clairvoyance has led him to believe the wards imprisoning Koryu may soon fail. Therefore the auspice would have you help him prepare for the inevitable conflict by aiding his comrade, Byakko, in quelling the raging aramitama within."
7,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_07","The snow white tiger is a harsh judge of character, and for a moment it seems you will not meet with his satisfaction. In the end, however, you remind him of his fallen comrade Tenzen, and so he is willing to entrust his soul into your keeping. Reisen Temple is no place for the battle, Byakko declares, for if he is to risk being wholly consumed by the aramitama, he would gaze one final time upon the lands of his birth in Yanxia."
8,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_08","As he muses on his bitter past and how he overcame it to become a guardian to his people, Byakko confesses a measure of fear for what he may become if you and your comrades fail to subdue his aramitama...but you assure him that you will not. Make ready, for the time has come for you and yours to face the legendary auspice in battle and save his soul!
3,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_03,"A host of strange and wondrous beings make every effort to hinder your progress, but ultimately fail to prevent you and your comrades from reaching the mysterious temple at the heart of the island. There you do battle with a wizened sage, who upon his defeat transforms into a rather less intimidating tiny turtle. Lying upon its shell, the creature flails helplessly, unable to right itself..."
4,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_04,"Tataru, having followed in your wake with Soroban, decides to aid the tiny turtle, who formally introduces himself as Genbu. The turtle claims to be the leader of a collective of auspices─animals who have attained a measure of divinity after living a thousand years. Noting you and your companions' skepticism, he bids you speak with the other inhabitants of Reisen Temple and judge for yourself."
5,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_05,"Though not as verbose as Genbu, the other animals are more than capable of expressing themselves with the spoken word. You learn that it is a gradual process in which they grow in awareness and supernatural strength through the centuries, culminating in what they have dubbed the “change,” at which point the creature is said to become a full-fledged auspice."
6,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_06,"At the heart of every auspice is a duality: the aramitama, the primal rage; and the nigimitama, the boundless calm. When the balance between the two is disrupted, the auspice may eventually succumb to chaos. Such was the case for Koryu, an immensely powerful being that once threatened to bring calamity to the Ruby Sea, and was in truth the foe that Tenzen and the Four Lords fought at Hells' Lid in another era. But Koryu could not be truly defeated─only sealed away for a time, and Genbu's clairvoyance has led him to believe the wards imprisoning Koryu may soon fail. Therefore the auspice would have you help him prepare for the inevitable conflict by aiding his comrade, Byakko, in quelling the raging aramitama within."
7,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_07,"The snow white tiger is a harsh judge of character, and for a moment it seems you will not meet with his satisfaction. In the end, however, you remind him of his fallen comrade Tenzen, and so he is willing to entrust his soul into your keeping. Reisen Temple is no place for the battle, Byakko declares, for if he is to risk being wholly consumed by the aramitama, he would gaze one final time upon the lands of his birth in Yanxia."
8,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_08,"As he muses on his bitter past and how he overcame it to become a guardian to his people, Byakko confesses a measure of fear for what he may become if you and your comrades fail to subdue his aramitama...but you assure him that you will not. Make ready, for the time has come for you and yours to face the legendary auspice in battle and save his soul!
※The Jade Stoa can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
9,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_09","The hurly-burly is done─the battle is lost and won. Byakko needs no longer fear for his sanity, for you and yours have subdued his raging aramitama."
10,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_10","From birth, Byakko was shunned by man and beast alike for his snow white fur, which marked him a harbinger of doom. Bereft of family and home, he sought solitude to die...but with long years only grew stronger and stranger, which only served to drive others further away. So it would always be, he believed, until one day a man appeared before him, fearless. Tenzen could speak the language of beasts, and for this he, like Byakko, was scorned by all. And so the auspice found a kindred spirit─a traveling companion, with whom he embarked upon many adventures. But those are tales for another time, as Genbu would know the outcome of your battle."
11,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_11","Furi, the gatekeeper of Hells' Lid, recognizes you at once. The auspice ushers you inside, urging you to share your tidings with the others at once."
12,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_12","In your absence, Genbu has seen fit to train Soroban that he might assist him with the maintenance of the wards holding Koryu in check. Tataru's enthusiasm in overseeing the process calls to mind that of Tenzen, prompting the Scion to inquire what sort of man he was. Genbu confirms that the samurai could speak to beasts, ascribing it to the selfsame power you possess─that of the Echo─and that he was regarded with suspicion by many for it. Nevertheless, he was a kind and generous soul who ultimately gave his life to protect others, using the last of his strength to seal away Koryu while the Four Lords looked on helplessly. Before he died, Tenzen bequeathed to them a sacred crystal, which the auspices speculate may in fact be the source of their powers. In his honor, they built Reisen Temple and resolved to keep watch over Koryu's prison, and have done so to this day. Alas, as Genbu mentioned before, it is only a matter of time before the wards fail and Koryu wreaks untold havoc─unless you can help them to quell the aramitama of their esteemed companions in preparation for the coming fight. For now, however, you have done enough. Soroban, on the other hand, has much work to do..."
13,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_13","Bunchin is already aware of Soroban's circumstances, having been informed via a missive from Genbu delivered by a most unusual cat. The missive also states that you may come and go as you like from Reisen Temple─a privilege Bunchin encourages you to avail yourself of, as he cannot help but wonder how Soroban will hold up under the strain of such intense training."
14,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_14",""
15,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_15",""
16,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_16",""
17,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_17",""
18,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_18",""
19,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_19",""
20,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_20",""
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22,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_22",""
23,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_23",""
24,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_00","Wait for Soroban and Tataru at Hells' Lid."
25,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_01","Enter Hells' Lid."
26,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_02","Enter Hells' Lid."
27,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_03","Speak with the auspices."
28,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_04","Speak with Genbu."
29,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_05","Speak with Byakko."
30,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_06","Rendezvous with Byakko in Yanxia."
31,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_07","Confront Byakko in the Jade Stoa."
32,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_08","Speak with Byakko."
33,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_09","Speak with Furi at Hells' Lid."
34,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_10","Speak with Genbu."
35,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_11","Speak with Bunchin in Tamamizu."
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48,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_001","You would know more of my venture? Excellent! I should be glad to tell you all I know."
49,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_002","Though perhaps it would be easier to let our anonymous client speak for his or herself. Here, their missive."
50,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_003","(-Anonymous Missive-)For the Ruby Sea and all who call her home, we seek the aid of the warrior who laid low the Lord of the Revel. But first, we bid <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> make haste to Hells' Lid and quell the oni that dwell in its deepest depths. Should <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> succeed in this test, we shall speak of the true endeavor and consummate reward."
51,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_004","A strange proposal, aye, though it must be noted that they knew both of your deeds and of our part in them."
52,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_005","The Red have no love of trickery, so I doubt it a trap of theirs. And should this client have honest intentions, then for the sake of these waters, it may behoove us to engage them further."
53,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_006","As for their test─enclosed with the missive was a magicked dagger, along with instructions as to how it may be used to open a hidden passage into the depths of Hells' Lid."
54,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_007","I should mention that this dagger is old and exceedingly valuable. That our client was willing to entrust it to us without a guarantee of our cooperation bespeaks considerable wealth─and more importantly, considerable reward."
55,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_008","If you are willing to undertake their trial, I shall journey to Hells' Lid and prepare to open the path. Ah─but given the financial incentive, I think it for the best if I went and fetched Mistress Tataru. Wait for us there, then?"
56,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_010","Hope you haven't been waiting long, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
57,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_011","My apologies for the delay. I thought it best to explain everything to Mistress Tataru on the way."
58,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_012","Honestly, all he had to say was that he'd found a way to make up for Alphinaud's obscene expenditures. No matter how reckless or dangerous the scheme, if it balances the ledger, I'm all for it!"
59,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_013","So there's a bunch of monsters living beneath us? What kind of place is this?"
60,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_014","Well...according to ancient legend, Hells' Lid is where the hero Tenzen defeated a host of oni."
61,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_015","Oni were foul, evil beings that tormented the peoples of the Ruby Sea, and this island was home to many, until Tenzen, together with the Four Lords, drove the oni into the sea."
62,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_016","For his heroic deeds, Tenzen was showered with riches. He then journeyed deep into the mountains, far from the realms of men, and lived in solitude with his companions, happily ever after..."
63,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_017","And now <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s being asked to drive the oni away again?"
64,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_018","You misunderstand. What I told you was a faerie tale. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever seen an oni. If anything, many assume the tale refers to ancestors of the Kojin."
65,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_019","So what you're saying is that you've got no idea what's waiting for us down below. In that case, I'll leave this to the experts! If you need me, I'll be hiding behind that rock over there."
66,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_020","By experts I presume she means you and your adventuring companions? I do hope you were not counting on me to join you in the fight..."
67,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_025","It looks rather...hot in there. I do hope this isn't a bad idea..."
68,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_030","...Perhaps we should turn him right-side up?"
69,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_031","Ohoho! A marvelous performance, truly marvelous─but then you did best the Lord of the Revel..."
70,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_032","By the kami! A talking turtle!"
71,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_033","I...I don't even know where to begin with that one..."
72,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_034","I trust you will forgive me for my deception─'tis something of a Far Eastern tradition, the testing of strength and so forth. A bit rote, perhaps, but anyway! Welcome to Reisen Temple."
73,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_035","I am Genbu, guardian of this sacred place, and leader of our little collective."
74,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_036","Genbu!? The selfsame Genbu of the Tale of Tenzen? One of the Four Lords?"
75,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_037","Under normal circumstances I would assume you named for the legendary being, but clearly this is anything but normal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet a talking turtle..."
76,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_038","Ho, but every one of us here can speak your tongue! Is it truly so surprising? After all, we each have lived more than a thousand years."
77,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_039","I-I knew turtles were long-lived, but I had no idea that was even possible..."
78,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_040","In this wondrous land of ours, it is said that a beast which lives a thousand years attains a measure of divinity. This temple is a place where such auspices may gather."
79,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_041","But take not my word for it─speak with my comrades and learn their tales. We will talk of the endeavor after."
80,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_042","We may as well do what he says. Besides, who knows what valuable secrets some thousand-year-old animals may know?"
81,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_045","You wish to return to the surface?"
82,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q5_000_000","Leave Reisen Temple?"
83,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_055","Shall we return to the temple?"
84,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q6_000_000","Enter Reisen Temple?"
85,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_050","Judging from the way you and that woman are gawping, I'm guessing you're not from around here?"
86,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_051","Don't know how it is in your homeland, but here, if an animal manages to survive a hundred years, it begins to get ideas. Delusions of grandeur. Some small power, sure, but nothing much to speak of."
87,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_052","Survive ten times that and you become a full-fledged auspice, though. Speech! Magicks! It's quite the change, believe me, which is why we call it...<Emphasis>the change</Emphasis>. What? I never said it was something clever."
88,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_053","Anyway! Point is, don't let our appearances fool you. I could kill you five times before you hit the ground. But I won't, on account of me being civil. For now."
89,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_054","A friend of mine, Tamamo Gozen, once called this place home. Possessed of nine tails, her power far eclipsed my own."
90,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_055","But one day she left to live amongst man. What became of her, I wonder..."
91,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_056","Hey! That hurt! You didn't have to give it everything you had in that fight, you know. I only just went through the change, so it's not like I was gonna slow you down that much..."
92,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_057","Well, I suppose you didn't know it was all for show...and I was probably really intimidating... Oh, right─you were asking about the collective, weren't you?"
93,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_058","Let's see...Genbu's the oldest of us─oldest in the Far East, too, I think. One of the Four Lords, so as you can imagine he's much more powerful than regular ol' auspices like me. Ah, but you probably knew all that already..."
94,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_060","Please, converse with the others. We can speak of the endeavor once you have a greater understanding of who we are."
95,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_065","How much more of the old tales are true...?"
96,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_070","Don't talk to me, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Talk to the cat...or the weasel. And what does the fox have to say?"
97,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_080","Now that you have a greater understanding of who we are, I shall tell you of the rather thorny predicament we now face."
98,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_081","The divinity of we auspices manifests in myriad ways. For example, I possess clairvoyance."
99,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_082","And with my preternatural power have I seen a vision of the Ruby Sea─of Yanxia, of Hingashi─subsumed by roaring flames."
100,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_083","This is no distant future, I fear, and if we are to avert it, we must needs enlist the assistance of an exemplary warrior─one such as <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> who faced the Lord of the Revel and lived."
101,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_084","What should we do? What should we do!?"
102,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_085","Fear not, little one, for I have a plan. But to understand it, you must first understand the duality which lies at the heart of we auspices."
103,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_086","The aramitama─the primal rage─and the nigimitama─the boundless calm. These elemental forces comprise the soul of an auspice, and it is only when they are in balance that we are truly ourselves."
104,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_087","Alas, over great spans of time, or when caught in the midst of tumultuous events, this balance may be disrupted, and the soul may be divided."
105,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_088","An auspice overcome by the aramitama is a wild, feral thing, all the more dangerous for their divinity. Calamity and catastrophe invariably follow─tremors and floods which destroy men's works."
106,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_089","Auspices can bring about these natural disasters? How frightening..."
107,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_090","Perhaps, but you must remember that there are auspices who delight in aiding the peoples of these lands─auspices who may have even wreaked havoc in the past. Recall you the tale of Tenzen and the Four Lords?"
108,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_091","The one Soroban told us before? About a samurai and the auspices who drove the oni from this island into the sea?"
109,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_092","Just so. Yet I fear his accounting of events is not quite accurate, for it was not oni we and Tenzen cast out from this place, but an auspice."
110,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_093","An auspice with the power to move heaven and earth─Koryu. Wholly consumed by the aramitama, he stoked the flames in this island's heart until it very nearly erupted in a fiery maelstrom."
111,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_094","Tenzen led us in battle against our mad brother, and together we sealed him in this temple."
112,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_095","But as the truth of the tale fades from memory, so too do our wards weaken, I fear. Should Koryu break free, he may well finish what he began, and ensure my vision of flames comes to pass."
113,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_096","So...long story short, you want <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> to give this Koryu what for when he wakes up?"
114,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_097","I should think not! <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Her<Else/>His</If> accomplishments notwithstanding, it would be foolish for any mortal to face Koryu without proper assistance. To wit, that of the Four Lords!"
115,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_098","Regrettably, I am not the young auspice I once was. And to make matters worse, my three compeers have nearly succumbed to the aramitama."
116,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_099","Kami forfend! Three of the Four Lords have gone mad!? The Ruby Sea is doomed!"
117,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_100","Nearly succumbed! Nearly! Alas, in marshaling their strength to retain control, they are unable to commit their powers to the preservation of the wards holding Koryu in his prison."
118,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_101","And now that you have a full and complete understanding of the situation, we may at last discuss your part in all this, warrior. I would have you and your comrades face mine in battle and quell their raging aramitama. What say you?"
119,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q1_000_000","What will you say?"
120,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_001","Very well, if that is the only way."
121,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_002","So I don't get to kill them? Well, it's still something..."
122,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_103","Ohoho! You are an intriguing one, aren't you? We are grateful for your assistance. Let us brook no further delay and introduce you to another of the Four Lords."
123,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_103","I informed Byakko of your arrival when you first entered our domain. He should be returning any moment now. Come, come!"
124,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_105","Don't be shy. He doesn't bite. Not without cause, at the very least."
125,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_110","A magnificent coat of fur that shimmers as snow. As befits Byakko, the white tiger of legend!"
126,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_115","He's...quite a bit bigger than the other animals, isn't he?"
127,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_140","You meet Byakko yet? Big ol' bastard, he is, but with a heart like a kitten. But, uh...don't tell him I told you that."
128,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_141","If you chance to meet Tamamo Gozen, I pray you tell her that we all miss her dearly."
129,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_142","Genbu may be the oldest, but Byakko's got to be the fuzziest. Not the most impressive claim to fame, but hey, you work with what you've got, am I right?"
130,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_120","Old friend. The day of reckoning draws nigh."
131,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_121","The wards will fail, and Koryu will break free. Before he does, you must quell the raging aramitama in your soul. This warrior will help─doubt not <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> strength, for <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> has danced with Susano himself."
132,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_122","A bold, audacious claim...yet if Genbu believes it true... Aye, the more I look at you, the more of him I see... A similar presence, perchance. A light. Very well. I will bow to my brother's judgment."
133,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_123","Wonderful! Then without further ado, I shall bid my comrade relax and surrender to the aramitama─"
134,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_124","Wh-What!? Here? Now!? Won't he go on a murderous rampage!?"
135,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_125","Why yes, that's rather the point. He will be reduced to the feral beast."
136,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_126","And then it will be...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, was it? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s turn to do battle with my brother and help him quell the fury within!"
137,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_127","But if all it takes to quell the aramitama is battle, then why did you not do the same for Koryu? Why seal him away?"
138,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_128","Because it was too late. As I said, Koryu was wholly consumed by the aramitama. Naught remained of the nigimitama. All that he was...was forever lost to us."
139,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_129","The effort I expend to hold back the fury I will instead use to safeguard the calm. It is then you must act. But know that if you fail, it will only hasten my fall."
140,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_130","My soul is in your keeping, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Do you understand?"
141,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_131","Then let us quit this place. Genbu may not mind the chaos, but if I am to wager my everything, I prefer to do so in the land of my birth. To look on those familiar wilds with eyes that may soon belong to another..."
142,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_132","When you return to the island, look for Furi. He will guide you back here."
143,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_132","Given the circumstances, perhaps it is best that we stay here. Would that be acceptable?"
144,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_133","Ohoho! Soroban, was it? Be at ease. I have a task for you and your excitable urchin. Follow me!"
145,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_134","...Did that tiny talking turtle just insult me?"
146,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_135","I have no doubt you will succeed."
147,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_140","I do wonder what he will ask of us..."
148,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_145","I would go with you if I could, believe you me, but it seems we're needed here. Best of luck to you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
149,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_150","...We are here."
150,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_151","My earliest memories are not pleasant. From birth I was shunned by man and beast alike, for my snow white fur marked me a harbinger of doom. Cast out and hunted, I struggled to survive."
151,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_152","But I endured. I grew older and wiser, and one day, I resolved to protect this place and those that call it home, for in spite of everything, it was mine as well."
152,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_153","In time they came to see me as a guardian instead of a demon. And yet, for all I have done to rise above the beast within, I may fall to madness and become the sum of their fears..."
153,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q2_000_000","What will you say?"
154,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_001","Have faith. You will not fall."
155,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_002","I've bested kami, you know. You're in good hands."
156,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_155","Such confidence from one so young! But as age in of itself does not confer wisdom, nor does youth go hand in hand with hubris."
157,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_156","I warn you: for centuries has my aramitama grown and festered. Hold nothing back, for I will not."
158,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_157","Warrior! The time has come for you and yours to make ready. May the kami grant you strength to save my soul!"
159,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_158",""
160,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q7_000_000","Proceed to Reisen Temple?"
161,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_200_160","You are indeed the warrior they say. Not unlike him, in many respects..."
162,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_100_160","'Twas in another era that we first met, him and I. Long, long before the kingdom of Doma..."
163,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_160","I told you before of my past─of how I was shunned by man and beast alike for the snow white fur that marked me as a harbinger of doom."
164,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_161","Bereft of family and friendship, of home, I wandered the mountains in search of a place to call my own. There I would accept my fate and await the inevitable."
165,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_162","But death did not come, for I was unlike my brothers in more respects than my fur. With every century I grew stronger and stranger. <Emphasis>Monstrous</Emphasis>. In turn, what few creatures dared traverse my domain withdrew further and further."
166,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_163","Never had I been so alone..."
167,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_164","And then one day I awoke to find a man standing before me. Bewildered, I rose and bared my fangs as I roared in rage."
168,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_165","""Begone, or I shall rend you asunder and feast on your flesh! What fool has the temerity to approach me thus!?“"
169,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_166","But the man did not flee. Rather, he stood his ground and said, “This fool is named Tenzen, and ever since he was a child he spoke the language of beasts.”"
170,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_167","""Then you know full well what you stand to lose. Return to your people or die!“"
171,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_168","But Tenzen threw back his head and laughed! “They would kill me if I dared! For fear of my talents, I was banished! A harbinger of doom, they called me!”"
172,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_169","In that instant, all my anger drained away. Tenzen's words had struck at the heart of me. Here was a fellow outcast, cursed by his kin for his very nature."
173,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_170","That night, as I listened to his snoring, I realized I had found in this man a kindred spirit..."
174,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_171","Soon after we embarked on a journey together. In the days that followed we met other solitary souls and aided them as we had aided each other..."
175,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_172","...But those are tales for another time. I doubt very much you are willing to stand here in silence while I recount my every adventure with Tenzen."
176,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_173","Come, let us return to the temple. Genbu is doubtless eager to learn the outcome of our battle."
177,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_175","No need to explain─Genbu's told me all about you and the thrashing you gave him and the others! Need me to escort you back to the temple?"
178,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_180","Well done, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, well done! You have done my friend a great kindness─one we shall not soon forget."
179,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q3_000_000","What will you say?"
180,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_001","What exactly did you ask Soroban to do?"
181,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_002","I'm not sure what's going on, and I'm afraid to ask..."
182,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_182","Ohoho, you needn't be so concerned. You know well the power of the Kojin's incantations, yes? I have but asked Soroban to undergo a little training that he might assist us with the maintenance of the wards. He has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude thus far, in fact!"
183,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_183","<huff> <puff> How...how much longer must I continue...?"
184,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_184","Concentrate! Less chatting more chanting!"
185,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_185","What youthful energy! It has been far too long since we had the pleasure of such company. Not since Tenzen, I imagine."
186,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_186","I've been meaning to ask. What sort of man was Tenzen? We only just learned the stories, and you've already said they were half-wrong."
187,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_187","Curious, are you? Very good, very good. Far too many people have no interest in the past..."
188,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_188","What to say, what to say... Well, for one, Tenzen was blessed with the selfsame power <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> possesses─the Echo, I believe it is sometimes called?"
189,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_189",""
190,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_189","Alas, as you probably know from personal experience, such individuals are often regarded with suspicion, if not outright fear. Nevertheless, Tenzen was a generous soul who was ever eager to aid his fellow man."
191,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_190","Indeed, he died as he lived─fighting for the sake of those he loved. You see, when he faced Koryu, we Four Lords were still quite young and weak─not even auspices, in truth─and we could but look on helplessly as the two dragged one another to the brink of death."
192,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_191","With the last of his strength, Tenzen imprisoned the mortally wounded Koryu. He then bequeathed to us a sacred treasure: a crystal which shone with an otherworldly light."
193,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_192","Oft have I wondered if this crystal was the source of the powers we would grow to possess. Would we have become the Four Lords without it? In my heart, I think not."
194,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_193","We built this temple to strengthen the wards and safeguard the Ruby Sea in Tenzen's stead. His legacy would be ours, and so it has been to this day."
195,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_194","And so it will continue to be─but only if we can rely upon you to quell the aramitama of our comrades!"
196,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_195","That can wait, though. Byakko needs his rest, and so do you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>."
197,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_196","In that case, it'd probably be for the best if I went back to Kugane. There's no telling what mischief that man'll get up to in my absence..."
198,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_197","I too should take my leave. Doubtless I am needed in Tamamizu..."
199,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_198","Ohoho, you're not going anywhere! Your training is far from finished, my friend!"
200,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_199","But...But I...can't possibly refuse the request of the Four Lords, can I... <sigh>"
201,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_200","I hate to impose upon you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, but perhaps you can go to Tamamizu in my stead? It may be some time before I am permitted to return home..."
202,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_205","<huff> <puff> (Never...never meet your heroes, my friend...)"
203,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_206","Please do not disturb us, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! We're in the middle of a very important training session!"
204,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_207","Far too long has it been since I had the opportunity to unleash my full potential. Stakes notwithstanding, it was a pleasure, warrior."
205,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_210","...Hmm? So Soroban will be staying with Genbu for a time? How wonderful to hear! I have no doubt he will make the most of his most blessed opportunity."
206,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_211","Oh, I have another missive for you. 'Twas delivered personally by an unusual cat─an auspice, I presume?"
207,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_100_211","(-Genbu's Missive-)You are welcome to come and go from the temple as you like. Furi will remain at his post above ground. You need only seek him out."
208,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_200_212","I should be glad if you take him up on his invitation and look in on Soroban every now and then. After all, he is in essence our representative there!"
209,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_215","You have done more than enough for one day, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. For now, you and Byakko should rest. Oh, and if you have any questions about this or that, Senri should be glad to entertain them."
210,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_220","I should be most grateful if you were to tell the elder of my plight─ Er, that is to say, this great...honor...which has been bestowed upon me by the Four Lords..."
211,"TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_225","Peace reigns in my heart once more. Such tranquility, such serenity..."
9,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_09,"The hurly-burly is done─the battle is lost and won. Byakko needs no longer fear for his sanity, for you and yours have subdued his raging aramitama."
10,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_10,"From birth, Byakko was shunned by man and beast alike for his snow white fur, which marked him a harbinger of doom. Bereft of family and home, he sought solitude to die...but with long years only grew stronger and stranger, which only served to drive others further away. So it would always be, he believed, until one day a man appeared before him, fearless. Tenzen could speak the language of beasts, and for this he, like Byakko, was scorned by all. And so the auspice found a kindred spirit─a traveling companion, with whom he embarked upon many adventures. But those are tales for another time, as Genbu would know the outcome of your battle."
11,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_11,"Furi, the gatekeeper of Hells' Lid, recognizes you at once. The auspice ushers you inside, urging you to share your tidings with the others at once."
12,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_12,"In your absence, Genbu has seen fit to train Soroban that he might assist him with the maintenance of the wards holding Koryu in check. Tataru's enthusiasm in overseeing the process calls to mind that of Tenzen, prompting the Scion to inquire what sort of man he was. Genbu confirms that the samurai could speak to beasts, ascribing it to the selfsame power you possess─that of the Echo─and that he was regarded with suspicion by many for it. Nevertheless, he was a kind and generous soul who ultimately gave his life to protect others, using the last of his strength to seal away Koryu while the Four Lords looked on helplessly. Before he died, Tenzen bequeathed to them a sacred crystal, which the auspices speculate may in fact be the source of their powers. In his honor, they built Reisen Temple and resolved to keep watch over Koryu's prison, and have done so to this day. Alas, as Genbu mentioned before, it is only a matter of time before the wards fail and Koryu wreaks untold havoc─unless you can help them to quell the aramitama of their esteemed companions in preparation for the coming fight. For now, however, you have done enough. Soroban, on the other hand, has much work to do..."
13,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_13,"Bunchin is already aware of Soroban's circumstances, having been informed via a missive from Genbu delivered by a most unusual cat. The missive also states that you may come and go as you like from Reisen Temple─a privilege Bunchin encourages you to avail yourself of, as he cannot help but wonder how Soroban will hold up under the strain of such intense training."
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24,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_00,Wait for Soroban and Tataru at Hells' Lid.
25,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_01,Enter Hells' Lid.
26,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_02,Enter Hells' Lid.
27,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_03,Speak with the auspices.
28,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_04,Speak with Genbu.
29,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_05,Speak with Byakko.
30,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_06,Rendezvous with Byakko in Yanxia.
31,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_07,Confront Byakko in the Jade Stoa.
32,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_08,Speak with Byakko.
33,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_09,Speak with Furi at Hells' Lid.
34,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_10,Speak with Genbu.
35,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_11,Speak with Bunchin in Tamamizu.
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48,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_001,You would know more of my venture? Excellent! I should be glad to tell you all I know.
49,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_002,"Though perhaps it would be easier to let our anonymous client speak for his or herself. Here, their missive."
50,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_003,"(-Anonymous Missive-)For the Ruby Sea and all who call her home, we seek the aid of the warrior who laid low the Lord of the Revel. But first, we bid her make haste to Hells' Lid and quell the oni that dwell in its deepest depths. Should she succeed in this test, we shall speak of the true endeavor and consummate reward."
51,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_004,"A strange proposal, aye, though it must be noted that they knew both of your deeds and of our part in them."
52,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_005,"The Red have no love of trickery, so I doubt it a trap of theirs. And should this client have honest intentions, then for the sake of these waters, it may behoove us to engage them further."
53,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_006,"As for their test─enclosed with the missive was a magicked dagger, along with instructions as to how it may be used to open a hidden passage into the depths of Hells' Lid."
54,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_007,"I should mention that this dagger is old and exceedingly valuable. That our client was willing to entrust it to us without a guarantee of our cooperation bespeaks considerable wealth─and more importantly, considerable reward."
55,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_008,"If you are willing to undertake their trial, I shall journey to Hells' Lid and prepare to open the path. Ah─but given the financial incentive, I think it for the best if I went and fetched Mistress Tataru. Wait for us there, then?"
56,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_010,"Hope you haven't been waiting long, Player!"
57,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_011,My apologies for the delay. I thought it best to explain everything to Mistress Tataru on the way.
58,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_012,"Honestly, all he had to say was that he'd found a way to make up for Alphinaud's obscene expenditures. No matter how reckless or dangerous the scheme, if it balances the ledger, I'm all for it!"
59,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_013,So there's a bunch of monsters living beneath us? What kind of place is this?
60,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_014,"Well...according to ancient legend, Hells' Lid is where the hero Tenzen defeated a host of oni."
61,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_015,"Oni were foul, evil beings that tormented the peoples of the Ruby Sea, and this island was home to many, until Tenzen, together with the Four Lords, drove the oni into the sea."
62,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_016,"For his heroic deeds, Tenzen was showered with riches. He then journeyed deep into the mountains, far from the realms of men, and lived in solitude with his companions, happily ever after..."
63,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_017,And now Player's being asked to drive the oni away again?
64,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_018,"You misunderstand. What I told you was a faerie tale. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever seen an oni. If anything, many assume the tale refers to ancestors of the Kojin."
65,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_019,"So what you're saying is that you've got no idea what's waiting for us down below. In that case, I'll leave this to the experts! If you need me, I'll be hiding behind that rock over there."
66,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_020,By experts I presume she means you and your adventuring companions? I do hope you were not counting on me to join you in the fight...
67,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_025,It looks rather...hot in there. I do hope this isn't a bad idea...
68,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_030,...Perhaps we should turn him right-side up?
69,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_031,"Ohoho! A marvelous performance, truly marvelous─but then you did best the Lord of the Revel..."
70,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_032,By the kami! A talking turtle!
71,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_033,I...I don't even know where to begin with that one...
72,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_034,"I trust you will forgive me for my deception─'tis something of a Far Eastern tradition, the testing of strength and so forth. A bit rote, perhaps, but anyway! Welcome to Reisen Temple."
73,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_035,"I am Genbu, guardian of this sacred place, and leader of our little collective."
74,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_036,Genbu!? The selfsame Genbu of the Tale of Tenzen? One of the Four Lords?
75,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_037,"Under normal circumstances I would assume you named for the legendary being, but clearly this is anything but normal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet a talking turtle..."
76,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_038,"Ho, but every one of us here can speak your tongue! Is it truly so surprising? After all, we each have lived more than a thousand years."
77,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_039,"I-I knew turtles were long-lived, but I had no idea that was even possible..."
78,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_040,"In this wondrous land of ours, it is said that a beast which lives a thousand years attains a measure of divinity. This temple is a place where such auspices may gather."
79,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_041,But take not my word for it─speak with my comrades and learn their tales. We will talk of the endeavor after.
80,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_042,"We may as well do what he says. Besides, who knows what valuable secrets some thousand-year-old animals may know?"
81,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_045,You wish to return to the surface?
82,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q5_000_000,Leave Reisen Temple?
83,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_055,Shall we return to the temple?
84,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q6_000_000,Enter Reisen Temple?
85,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_050,"Judging from the way you and that woman are gawping, I'm guessing you're not from around here?"
86,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_051,"Don't know how it is in your homeland, but here, if an animal manages to survive a hundred years, it begins to get ideas. Delusions of grandeur. Some small power, sure, but nothing much to speak of."
87,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_052,"Survive ten times that and you become a full-fledged auspice, though. Speech! Magicks! It's quite the change, believe me, which is why we call it...*the change*. What? I never said it was something clever."
88,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_053,"Anyway! Point is, don't let our appearances fool you. I could kill you five times before you hit the ground. But I won't, on account of me being civil. For now."
89,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_054,"A friend of mine, Tamamo Gozen, once called this place home. Possessed of nine tails, her power far eclipsed my own."
90,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_055,"But one day she left to live amongst man. What became of her, I wonder..."
91,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_056,"Hey! That hurt! You didn't have to give it everything you had in that fight, you know. I only just went through the change, so it's not like I was gonna slow you down that much..."
92,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_057,"Well, I suppose you didn't know it was all for show...and I was probably really intimidating... Oh, right─you were asking about the collective, weren't you?"
93,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_058,"Let's see...Genbu's the oldest of us─oldest in the Far East, too, I think. One of the Four Lords, so as you can imagine he's much more powerful than regular ol' auspices like me. Ah, but you probably knew all that already..."
94,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_060,"Please, converse with the others. We can speak of the endeavor once you have a greater understanding of who we are."
95,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_065,How much more of the old tales are true...?
96,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_070,"Don't talk to me, Player! Talk to the cat...or the weasel. And what does the fox have to say?"
97,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_080,"Now that you have a greater understanding of who we are, I shall tell you of the rather thorny predicament we now face."
98,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_081,"The divinity of we auspices manifests in myriad ways. For example, I possess clairvoyance."
99,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_082,"And with my preternatural power have I seen a vision of the Ruby Sea─of Yanxia, of Hingashi─subsumed by roaring flames."
100,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_083,"This is no distant future, I fear, and if we are to avert it, we must needs enlist the assistance of an exemplary warrior─one such as she who faced the Lord of the Revel and lived."
101,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_084,What should we do? What should we do!?
102,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_085,"Fear not, little one, for I have a plan. But to understand it, you must first understand the duality which lies at the heart of we auspices."
103,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_086,"The aramitama─the primal rage─and the nigimitama─the boundless calm. These elemental forces comprise the soul of an auspice, and it is only when they are in balance that we are truly ourselves."
104,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_087,"Alas, over great spans of time, or when caught in the midst of tumultuous events, this balance may be disrupted, and the soul may be divided."
105,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_088,"An auspice overcome by the aramitama is a wild, feral thing, all the more dangerous for their divinity. Calamity and catastrophe invariably follow─tremors and floods which destroy men's works."
106,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_089,Auspices can bring about these natural disasters? How frightening...
107,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_090,"Perhaps, but you must remember that there are auspices who delight in aiding the peoples of these lands─auspices who may have even wreaked havoc in the past. Recall you the tale of Tenzen and the Four Lords?"
108,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_091,The one Soroban told us before? About a samurai and the auspices who drove the oni from this island into the sea?
109,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_092,"Just so. Yet I fear his accounting of events is not quite accurate, for it was not oni we and Tenzen cast out from this place, but an auspice."
110,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_093,"An auspice with the power to move heaven and earth─Koryu. Wholly consumed by the aramitama, he stoked the flames in this island's heart until it very nearly erupted in a fiery maelstrom."
111,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_094,"Tenzen led us in battle against our mad brother, and together we sealed him in this temple."
112,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_095,"But as the truth of the tale fades from memory, so too do our wards weaken, I fear. Should Koryu break free, he may well finish what he began, and ensure my vision of flames comes to pass."
113,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_096,"So...long story short, you want Player to give this Koryu what for when he wakes up?"
114,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_097,"I should think not! Her accomplishments notwithstanding, it would be foolish for any mortal to face Koryu without proper assistance. To wit, that of the Four Lords!"
115,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_098,"Regrettably, I am not the young auspice I once was. And to make matters worse, my three compeers have nearly succumbed to the aramitama."
116,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_099,Kami forfend! Three of the Four Lords have gone mad!? The Ruby Sea is doomed!
117,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_100,"Nearly succumbed! Nearly! Alas, in marshaling their strength to retain control, they are unable to commit their powers to the preservation of the wards holding Koryu in his prison."
118,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_101,"And now that you have a full and complete understanding of the situation, we may at last discuss your part in all this, warrior. I would have you and your comrades face mine in battle and quell their raging aramitama. What say you?"
119,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q1_000_000,What will you say?
120,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_001,"Very well, if that is the only way."
121,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_002,"So I don't get to kill them? Well, it's still something..."
122,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_103,"Ohoho! You are an intriguing one, aren't you? We are grateful for your assistance. Let us brook no further delay and introduce you to another of the Four Lords."
123,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_103,"I informed Byakko of your arrival when you first entered our domain. He should be returning any moment now. Come, come!"
124,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_105,"Don't be shy. He doesn't bite. Not without cause, at the very least."
125,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_110,"A magnificent coat of fur that shimmers as snow. As befits Byakko, the white tiger of legend!"
126,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_115,"He's...quite a bit bigger than the other animals, isn't he?"
127,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_140,"You meet Byakko yet? Big ol' bastard, he is, but with a heart like a kitten. But, uh...don't tell him I told you that."
128,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_141,"If you chance to meet Tamamo Gozen, I pray you tell her that we all miss her dearly."
129,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_142,"Genbu may be the oldest, but Byakko's got to be the fuzziest. Not the most impressive claim to fame, but hey, you work with what you've got, am I right?"
130,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_120,Old friend. The day of reckoning draws nigh.
131,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_121,"The wards will fail, and Koryu will break free. Before he does, you must quell the raging aramitama in your soul. This warrior will help─doubt not her strength, for she has danced with Susano himself."
132,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_122,"A bold, audacious claim...yet if Genbu believes it true... Aye, the more I look at you, the more of him I see... A similar presence, perchance. A light. Very well. I will bow to my brother's judgment."
133,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_123,"Wonderful! Then without further ado, I shall bid my comrade relax and surrender to the aramitama─"
134,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_124,Wh-What!? Here? Now!? Won't he go on a murderous rampage!?
135,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_125,"Why yes, that's rather the point. He will be reduced to the feral beast."
136,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_126,"And then it will be...Player, was it? Player's turn to do battle with my brother and help him quell the fury within!"
137,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_127,"But if all it takes to quell the aramitama is battle, then why did you not do the same for Koryu? Why seal him away?"
138,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_128,"Because it was too late. As I said, Koryu was wholly consumed by the aramitama. Naught remained of the nigimitama. All that he was...was forever lost to us."
139,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_129,"The effort I expend to hold back the fury I will instead use to safeguard the calm. It is then you must act. But know that if you fail, it will only hasten my fall."
140,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_130,"My soul is in your keeping, Player. Do you understand?"
141,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_131,"Then let us quit this place. Genbu may not mind the chaos, but if I am to wager my everything, I prefer to do so in the land of my birth. To look on those familiar wilds with eyes that may soon belong to another..."
142,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_132,"When you return to the island, look for Furi. He will guide you back here."
143,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_132,"Given the circumstances, perhaps it is best that we stay here. Would that be acceptable?"
144,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_133,"Ohoho! Soroban, was it? Be at ease. I have a task for you and your excitable urchin. Follow me!"
145,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_134,...Did that tiny talking turtle just insult me?
146,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_135,I have no doubt you will succeed.
147,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_140,I do wonder what he will ask of us...
148,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_145,"I would go with you if I could, believe you me, but it seems we're needed here. Best of luck to you, Player!"
149,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_150,...We are here.
150,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_151,"My earliest memories are not pleasant. From birth I was shunned by man and beast alike, for my snow white fur marked me a harbinger of doom. Cast out and hunted, I struggled to survive."
151,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_152,"But I endured. I grew older and wiser, and one day, I resolved to protect this place and those that call it home, for in spite of everything, it was mine as well."
152,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_153,"In time they came to see me as a guardian instead of a demon. And yet, for all I have done to rise above the beast within, I may fall to madness and become the sum of their fears..."
153,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q2_000_000,What will you say?
154,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_001,Have faith. You will not fall.
155,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_002,"I've bested kami, you know. You're in good hands."
156,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_155,"Such confidence from one so young! But as age in of itself does not confer wisdom, nor does youth go hand in hand with hubris."
157,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_156,"I warn you: for centuries has my aramitama grown and festered. Hold nothing back, for I will not."
158,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_157,Warrior! The time has come for you and yours to make ready. May the kami grant you strength to save my soul!
159,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_158,
160,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q7_000_000,Proceed to Reisen Temple?
161,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_200_160,"You are indeed the warrior they say. Not unlike him, in many respects..."
162,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_100_160,"'Twas in another era that we first met, him and I. Long, long before the kingdom of Doma..."
163,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_160,I told you before of my past─of how I was shunned by man and beast alike for the snow white fur that marked me as a harbinger of doom.
164,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_161,"Bereft of family and friendship, of home, I wandered the mountains in search of a place to call my own. There I would accept my fate and await the inevitable."
165,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_162,"But death did not come, for I was unlike my brothers in more respects than my fur. With every century I grew stronger and stranger. *Monstrous*. In turn, what few creatures dared traverse my domain withdrew further and further."
166,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_163,Never had I been so alone...
167,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_164,"And then one day I awoke to find a man standing before me. Bewildered, I rose and bared my fangs as I roared in rage."
168,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_165,"""Begone, or I shall rend you asunder and feast on your flesh! What fool has the temerity to approach me thus!?“"
169,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_166,"But the man did not flee. Rather, he stood his ground and said, “This fool is named Tenzen, and ever since he was a child he spoke the language of beasts.”"
170,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_167,"""Then you know full well what you stand to lose. Return to your people or die!“"
171,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_168,"But Tenzen threw back his head and laughed! “They would kill me if I dared! For fear of my talents, I was banished! A harbinger of doom, they called me!”"
172,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_169,"In that instant, all my anger drained away. Tenzen's words had struck at the heart of me. Here was a fellow outcast, cursed by his kin for his very nature."
173,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_170,"That night, as I listened to his snoring, I realized I had found in this man a kindred spirit..."
174,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_171,Soon after we embarked on a journey together. In the days that followed we met other solitary souls and aided them as we had aided each other...
175,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_172,...But those are tales for another time. I doubt very much you are willing to stand here in silence while I recount my every adventure with Tenzen.
176,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_173,"Come, let us return to the temple. Genbu is doubtless eager to learn the outcome of our battle."
177,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_175,No need to explain─Genbu's told me all about you and the thrashing you gave him and the others! Need me to escort you back to the temple?
178,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_180,"Well done, Player, well done! You have done my friend a great kindness─one we shall not soon forget."
179,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q3_000_000,What will you say?
180,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_001,What exactly did you ask Soroban to do?
181,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_002,"I'm not sure what's going on, and I'm afraid to ask..."
182,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_182,"Ohoho, you needn't be so concerned. You know well the power of the Kojin's incantations, yes? I have but asked Soroban to undergo a little training that he might assist us with the maintenance of the wards. He has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude thus far, in fact!"
183,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_183,<huff> <puff> How...how much longer must I continue...?
184,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_184,Concentrate! Less chatting more chanting!
185,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_185,"What youthful energy! It has been far too long since we had the pleasure of such company. Not since Tenzen, I imagine."
186,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_186,"I've been meaning to ask. What sort of man was Tenzen? We only just learned the stories, and you've already said they were half-wrong."
187,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_187,"Curious, are you? Very good, very good. Far too many people have no interest in the past..."
188,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_188,"What to say, what to say... Well, for one, Tenzen was blessed with the selfsame power Player possesses─the Echo, I believe it is sometimes called?"
189,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_189,
190,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_189,"Alas, as you probably know from personal experience, such individuals are often regarded with suspicion, if not outright fear. Nevertheless, Tenzen was a generous soul who was ever eager to aid his fellow man."
191,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_190,"Indeed, he died as he lived─fighting for the sake of those he loved. You see, when he faced Koryu, we Four Lords were still quite young and weak─not even auspices, in truth─and we could but look on helplessly as the two dragged one another to the brink of death."
192,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_191,"With the last of his strength, Tenzen imprisoned the mortally wounded Koryu. He then bequeathed to us a sacred treasure: a crystal which shone with an otherworldly light."
193,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_192,"Oft have I wondered if this crystal was the source of the powers we would grow to possess. Would we have become the Four Lords without it? In my heart, I think not."
194,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_193,"We built this temple to strengthen the wards and safeguard the Ruby Sea in Tenzen's stead. His legacy would be ours, and so it has been to this day."
195,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_194,And so it will continue to be─but only if we can rely upon you to quell the aramitama of our comrades!
196,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_195,"That can wait, though. Byakko needs his rest, and so do you, Player."
197,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_196,"In that case, it'd probably be for the best if I went back to Kugane. There's no telling what mischief that man'll get up to in my absence..."
198,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_197,I too should take my leave. Doubtless I am needed in Tamamizu...
199,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_198,"Ohoho, you're not going anywhere! Your training is far from finished, my friend!"
200,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_199,"But...But I...can't possibly refuse the request of the Four Lords, can I... <sigh>"
201,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_200,"I hate to impose upon you, Player, but perhaps you can go to Tamamizu in my stead? It may be some time before I am permitted to return home..."
202,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_205,"<huff> <puff> (Never...never meet your heroes, my friend...)"
203,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_206,"Please do not disturb us, Player! We're in the middle of a very important training session!"
204,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_207,"Far too long has it been since I had the opportunity to unleash my full potential. Stakes notwithstanding, it was a pleasure, warrior."
205,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_210,...Hmm? So Soroban will be staying with Genbu for a time? How wonderful to hear! I have no doubt he will make the most of his most blessed opportunity.
206,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_211,"Oh, I have another missive for you. 'Twas delivered personally by an unusual cat─an auspice, I presume?"
207,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_100_211,(-Genbu's Missive-)You are welcome to come and go from the temple as you like. Furi will remain at his post above ground. You need only seek him out.
208,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_200_212,"I should be glad if you take him up on his invitation and look in on Soroban every now and then. After all, he is in essence our representative there!"
209,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_215,"You have done more than enough for one day, Player. For now, you and Byakko should rest. Oh, and if you have any questions about this or that, Senri should be glad to entertain them."
210,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_220,"I should be most grateful if you were to tell the elder of my plight─ Er, that is to say, this great...honor...which has been bestowed upon me by the Four Lords..."
211,TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_225,"Peace reigns in my heart once more. Such tranquility, such serenity..."
1 key 0 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_00 1 Soroban is about to present you with a proposition you would be a fool to refuse.
2 # 1 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_01 It would seem that the tale of your battle with Susano has reached the ears of a certain esteemed party that has need of your consummate skills. However, as is all too often the case, the anonymous petitioner wishes to put your abilities to the proof before they will divulge further details. Nevertheless, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and so Soroban bids you journey to Hells' Lid, where you are to undertake this preliminary endeavor.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_02 str Soroban and Tataru join you in Hells' Lid not long after you arrive, and there you discuss the petitioner's curious request: that you “quell the oni dwelling in the deepest depths” of the island. Apparently, the feat would be not unlike that of the legendary hero Tenzen, who is said to have done so with the aid of the “Four Lords”─though perhaps you will only require the assistance of three. In any event, Soroban has opened the hidden passageway into the depths of Hells' Lid, and there is but one way to learn whether or not there is any truth to the faerie tale. ※Hells' Lid can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
0 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_00 Soroban is about to present you with a proposition you would be a fool to refuse.
1 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_01 It would seem that the tale of your battle with Susano has reached the ears of a certain esteemed party that has need of your consummate skills. However, as is all too often the case, the anonymous petitioner wishes to put your abilities to the proof before they will divulge further details. Nevertheless, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and so Soroban bids you journey to Hells' Lid, where you are to undertake this preliminary endeavor.
2 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_02 Soroban and Tataru join you in Hells' Lid not long after you arrive, and there you discuss the petitioner's curious request: that you “quell the oni dwelling in the deepest depths” of the island. Apparently, the feat would be not unlike that of the legendary hero Tenzen, who is said to have done so with the aid of the “Four Lords”─though perhaps you will only require the assistance of three. In any event, Soroban has opened the hidden passageway into the depths of Hells' Lid, and there is but one way to learn whether or not there is any truth to the faerie tale. ※Hells' Lid can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
4 3 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_03 3 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_03 A host of strange and wondrous beings make every effort to hinder your progress, but ultimately fail to prevent you and your comrades from reaching the mysterious temple at the heart of the island. There you do battle with a wizened sage, who upon his defeat transforms into a rather less intimidating tiny turtle. Lying upon its shell, the creature flails helplessly, unable to right itself... A host of strange and wondrous beings make every effort to hinder your progress, but ultimately fail to prevent you and your comrades from reaching the mysterious temple at the heart of the island. There you do battle with a wizened sage, who upon his defeat transforms into a rather less intimidating tiny turtle. Lying upon its shell, the creature flails helplessly, unable to right itself...
5 4 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_04 4 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_04 Tataru, having followed in your wake with Soroban, decides to aid the tiny turtle, who formally introduces himself as Genbu. The turtle claims to be the leader of a collective of auspices─animals who have attained a measure of divinity after living a thousand years. Noting you and your companions' skepticism, he bids you speak with the other inhabitants of Reisen Temple and judge for yourself. Tataru, having followed in your wake with Soroban, decides to aid the tiny turtle, who formally introduces himself as Genbu. The turtle claims to be the leader of a collective of auspices─animals who have attained a measure of divinity after living a thousand years. Noting you and your companions' skepticism, he bids you speak with the other inhabitants of Reisen Temple and judge for yourself.
6 5 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_05 Though not as verbose as Genbu, the other animals are more than capable of expressing themselves with the spoken word. You learn that it is a gradual process in which they grow in awareness and supernatural strength through the centuries, culminating in what they have dubbed the “change,” at which point the creature is said to become a full-fledged auspice. Though not as verbose as Genbu, the other animals are more than capable of expressing themselves with the spoken word. You learn that it is a gradual process in which they grow in awareness and supernatural strength through the centuries, culminating in what they have dubbed the “change,” at which point the creature is said to become a full-fledged auspice.
7 6 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_06 6 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_06 At the heart of every auspice is a duality: the aramitama, the primal rage; and the nigimitama, the boundless calm. When the balance between the two is disrupted, the auspice may eventually succumb to chaos. Such was the case for Koryu, an immensely powerful being that once threatened to bring calamity to the Ruby Sea, and was in truth the foe that Tenzen and the Four Lords fought at Hells' Lid in another era. But Koryu could not be truly defeated─only sealed away for a time, and Genbu's clairvoyance has led him to believe the wards imprisoning Koryu may soon fail. Therefore the auspice would have you help him prepare for the inevitable conflict by aiding his comrade, Byakko, in quelling the raging aramitama within. At the heart of every auspice is a duality: the aramitama, the primal rage; and the nigimitama, the boundless calm. When the balance between the two is disrupted, the auspice may eventually succumb to chaos. Such was the case for Koryu, an immensely powerful being that once threatened to bring calamity to the Ruby Sea, and was in truth the foe that Tenzen and the Four Lords fought at Hells' Lid in another era. But Koryu could not be truly defeated─only sealed away for a time, and Genbu's clairvoyance has led him to believe the wards imprisoning Koryu may soon fail. Therefore the auspice would have you help him prepare for the inevitable conflict by aiding his comrade, Byakko, in quelling the raging aramitama within.
8 7 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_07 7 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_07 The snow white tiger is a harsh judge of character, and for a moment it seems you will not meet with his satisfaction. In the end, however, you remind him of his fallen comrade Tenzen, and so he is willing to entrust his soul into your keeping. Reisen Temple is no place for the battle, Byakko declares, for if he is to risk being wholly consumed by the aramitama, he would gaze one final time upon the lands of his birth in Yanxia. The snow white tiger is a harsh judge of character, and for a moment it seems you will not meet with his satisfaction. In the end, however, you remind him of his fallen comrade Tenzen, and so he is willing to entrust his soul into your keeping. Reisen Temple is no place for the battle, Byakko declares, for if he is to risk being wholly consumed by the aramitama, he would gaze one final time upon the lands of his birth in Yanxia.
9 8 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_08 8 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_08 As he muses on his bitter past and how he overcame it to become a guardian to his people, Byakko confesses a measure of fear for what he may become if you and your comrades fail to subdue his aramitama...but you assure him that you will not. Make ready, for the time has come for you and yours to face the legendary auspice in battle and save his soul! ※The Jade Stoa can be accessed via the Duty Finder. As he muses on his bitter past and how he overcame it to become a guardian to his people, Byakko confesses a measure of fear for what he may become if you and your comrades fail to subdue his aramitama...but you assure him that you will not. Make ready, for the time has come for you and yours to face the legendary auspice in battle and save his soul! ※The Jade Stoa can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
10 9 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_09 9 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_09 The hurly-burly is done─the battle is lost and won. Byakko needs no longer fear for his sanity, for you and yours have subdued his raging aramitama. The hurly-burly is done─the battle is lost and won. Byakko needs no longer fear for his sanity, for you and yours have subdued his raging aramitama.
11 10 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_10 10 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_10 From birth, Byakko was shunned by man and beast alike for his snow white fur, which marked him a harbinger of doom. Bereft of family and home, he sought solitude to die...but with long years only grew stronger and stranger, which only served to drive others further away. So it would always be, he believed, until one day a man appeared before him, fearless. Tenzen could speak the language of beasts, and for this he, like Byakko, was scorned by all. And so the auspice found a kindred spirit─a traveling companion, with whom he embarked upon many adventures. But those are tales for another time, as Genbu would know the outcome of your battle. From birth, Byakko was shunned by man and beast alike for his snow white fur, which marked him a harbinger of doom. Bereft of family and home, he sought solitude to die...but with long years only grew stronger and stranger, which only served to drive others further away. So it would always be, he believed, until one day a man appeared before him, fearless. Tenzen could speak the language of beasts, and for this he, like Byakko, was scorned by all. And so the auspice found a kindred spirit─a traveling companion, with whom he embarked upon many adventures. But those are tales for another time, as Genbu would know the outcome of your battle.
12 11 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_11 11 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_11 Furi, the gatekeeper of Hells' Lid, recognizes you at once. The auspice ushers you inside, urging you to share your tidings with the others at once. Furi, the gatekeeper of Hells' Lid, recognizes you at once. The auspice ushers you inside, urging you to share your tidings with the others at once.
13 12 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_12 12 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_12 In your absence, Genbu has seen fit to train Soroban that he might assist him with the maintenance of the wards holding Koryu in check. Tataru's enthusiasm in overseeing the process calls to mind that of Tenzen, prompting the Scion to inquire what sort of man he was. Genbu confirms that the samurai could speak to beasts, ascribing it to the selfsame power you possess─that of the Echo─and that he was regarded with suspicion by many for it. Nevertheless, he was a kind and generous soul who ultimately gave his life to protect others, using the last of his strength to seal away Koryu while the Four Lords looked on helplessly. Before he died, Tenzen bequeathed to them a sacred crystal, which the auspices speculate may in fact be the source of their powers. In his honor, they built Reisen Temple and resolved to keep watch over Koryu's prison, and have done so to this day. Alas, as Genbu mentioned before, it is only a matter of time before the wards fail and Koryu wreaks untold havoc─unless you can help them to quell the aramitama of their esteemed companions in preparation for the coming fight. For now, however, you have done enough. Soroban, on the other hand, has much work to do... In your absence, Genbu has seen fit to train Soroban that he might assist him with the maintenance of the wards holding Koryu in check. Tataru's enthusiasm in overseeing the process calls to mind that of Tenzen, prompting the Scion to inquire what sort of man he was. Genbu confirms that the samurai could speak to beasts, ascribing it to the selfsame power you possess─that of the Echo─and that he was regarded with suspicion by many for it. Nevertheless, he was a kind and generous soul who ultimately gave his life to protect others, using the last of his strength to seal away Koryu while the Four Lords looked on helplessly. Before he died, Tenzen bequeathed to them a sacred crystal, which the auspices speculate may in fact be the source of their powers. In his honor, they built Reisen Temple and resolved to keep watch over Koryu's prison, and have done so to this day. Alas, as Genbu mentioned before, it is only a matter of time before the wards fail and Koryu wreaks untold havoc─unless you can help them to quell the aramitama of their esteemed companions in preparation for the coming fight. For now, however, you have done enough. Soroban, on the other hand, has much work to do...
14 13 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_13 13 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SEQ_13 Bunchin is already aware of Soroban's circumstances, having been informed via a missive from Genbu delivered by a most unusual cat. The missive also states that you may come and go as you like from Reisen Temple─a privilege Bunchin encourages you to avail yourself of, as he cannot help but wonder how Soroban will hold up under the strain of such intense training. Bunchin is already aware of Soroban's circumstances, having been informed via a missive from Genbu delivered by a most unusual cat. The missive also states that you may come and go as you like from Reisen Temple─a privilege Bunchin encourages you to avail yourself of, as he cannot help but wonder how Soroban will hold up under the strain of such intense training.
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25 24 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_00 24 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_00 Wait for Soroban and Tataru at Hells' Lid. Wait for Soroban and Tataru at Hells' Lid.
26 25 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_01 25 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_01 Enter Hells' Lid. Enter Hells' Lid.
27 26 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_02 26 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_02 Enter Hells' Lid. Enter Hells' Lid.
28 27 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_03 27 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_03 Speak with the auspices. Speak with the auspices.
29 28 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_04 28 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_04 Speak with Genbu. Speak with Genbu.
30 29 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_05 29 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_05 Speak with Byakko. Speak with Byakko.
31 30 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_06 30 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_06 Rendezvous with Byakko in Yanxia. Rendezvous with Byakko in Yanxia.
32 31 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_07 31 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_07 Confront Byakko in the Jade Stoa. Confront Byakko in the Jade Stoa.
33 32 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_08 32 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_08 Speak with Byakko. Speak with Byakko.
34 33 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_09 33 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_09 Speak with Furi at Hells' Lid. Speak with Furi at Hells' Lid.
35 34 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_10 34 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_10 Speak with Genbu. Speak with Genbu.
36 35 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_11 35 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TODO_11 Speak with Bunchin in Tamamizu. Speak with Bunchin in Tamamizu.
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49 48 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_001 48 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_001 You would know more of my venture? Excellent! I should be glad to tell you all I know. You would know more of my venture? Excellent! I should be glad to tell you all I know.
50 49 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_002 49 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_002 Though perhaps it would be easier to let our anonymous client speak for his or herself. Here, their missive. Though perhaps it would be easier to let our anonymous client speak for his or herself. Here, their missive.
51 50 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_003 50 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_003 (-Anonymous Missive-)For the Ruby Sea and all who call her home, we seek the aid of the warrior who laid low the Lord of the Revel. But first, we bid <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> make haste to Hells' Lid and quell the oni that dwell in its deepest depths. Should <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> succeed in this test, we shall speak of the true endeavor and consummate reward. (-Anonymous Missive-)For the Ruby Sea and all who call her home, we seek the aid of the warrior who laid low the Lord of the Revel. But first, we bid her make haste to Hells' Lid and quell the oni that dwell in its deepest depths. Should she succeed in this test, we shall speak of the true endeavor and consummate reward.
52 51 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_004 51 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_004 A strange proposal, aye, though it must be noted that they knew both of your deeds and of our part in them. A strange proposal, aye, though it must be noted that they knew both of your deeds and of our part in them.
53 52 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_005 52 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_005 The Red have no love of trickery, so I doubt it a trap of theirs. And should this client have honest intentions, then for the sake of these waters, it may behoove us to engage them further. The Red have no love of trickery, so I doubt it a trap of theirs. And should this client have honest intentions, then for the sake of these waters, it may behoove us to engage them further.
54 53 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_006 53 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_006 As for their test─enclosed with the missive was a magicked dagger, along with instructions as to how it may be used to open a hidden passage into the depths of Hells' Lid. As for their test─enclosed with the missive was a magicked dagger, along with instructions as to how it may be used to open a hidden passage into the depths of Hells' Lid.
55 54 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_007 54 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_007 I should mention that this dagger is old and exceedingly valuable. That our client was willing to entrust it to us without a guarantee of our cooperation bespeaks considerable wealth─and more importantly, considerable reward. I should mention that this dagger is old and exceedingly valuable. That our client was willing to entrust it to us without a guarantee of our cooperation bespeaks considerable wealth─and more importantly, considerable reward.
56 55 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_008 55 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_008 If you are willing to undertake their trial, I shall journey to Hells' Lid and prepare to open the path. Ah─but given the financial incentive, I think it for the best if I went and fetched Mistress Tataru. Wait for us there, then? If you are willing to undertake their trial, I shall journey to Hells' Lid and prepare to open the path. Ah─but given the financial incentive, I think it for the best if I went and fetched Mistress Tataru. Wait for us there, then?
57 56 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_010 56 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_010 Hope you haven't been waiting long, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Hope you haven't been waiting long, Player!
58 57 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_011 57 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_011 My apologies for the delay. I thought it best to explain everything to Mistress Tataru on the way. My apologies for the delay. I thought it best to explain everything to Mistress Tataru on the way.
59 58 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_012 58 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_012 Honestly, all he had to say was that he'd found a way to make up for Alphinaud's obscene expenditures. No matter how reckless or dangerous the scheme, if it balances the ledger, I'm all for it! Honestly, all he had to say was that he'd found a way to make up for Alphinaud's obscene expenditures. No matter how reckless or dangerous the scheme, if it balances the ledger, I'm all for it!
60 59 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_013 59 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_013 So there's a bunch of monsters living beneath us? What kind of place is this? So there's a bunch of monsters living beneath us? What kind of place is this?
61 60 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_014 60 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_014 Well...according to ancient legend, Hells' Lid is where the hero Tenzen defeated a host of oni. Well...according to ancient legend, Hells' Lid is where the hero Tenzen defeated a host of oni.
62 61 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_015 61 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_015 Oni were foul, evil beings that tormented the peoples of the Ruby Sea, and this island was home to many, until Tenzen, together with the Four Lords, drove the oni into the sea. Oni were foul, evil beings that tormented the peoples of the Ruby Sea, and this island was home to many, until Tenzen, together with the Four Lords, drove the oni into the sea.
63 62 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_016 62 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_016 For his heroic deeds, Tenzen was showered with riches. He then journeyed deep into the mountains, far from the realms of men, and lived in solitude with his companions, happily ever after... For his heroic deeds, Tenzen was showered with riches. He then journeyed deep into the mountains, far from the realms of men, and lived in solitude with his companions, happily ever after...
64 63 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_017 63 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_017 And now <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s being asked to drive the oni away again? And now Player's being asked to drive the oni away again?
65 64 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_018 64 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_018 You misunderstand. What I told you was a faerie tale. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever seen an oni. If anything, many assume the tale refers to ancestors of the Kojin. You misunderstand. What I told you was a faerie tale. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever seen an oni. If anything, many assume the tale refers to ancestors of the Kojin.
66 65 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_019 65 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_019 So what you're saying is that you've got no idea what's waiting for us down below. In that case, I'll leave this to the experts! If you need me, I'll be hiding behind that rock over there. So what you're saying is that you've got no idea what's waiting for us down below. In that case, I'll leave this to the experts! If you need me, I'll be hiding behind that rock over there.
67 66 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_020 66 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_020 By experts I presume she means you and your adventuring companions? I do hope you were not counting on me to join you in the fight... By experts I presume she means you and your adventuring companions? I do hope you were not counting on me to join you in the fight...
68 67 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_025 67 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_025 It looks rather...hot in there. I do hope this isn't a bad idea... It looks rather...hot in there. I do hope this isn't a bad idea...
69 68 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_030 68 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_030 ...Perhaps we should turn him right-side up? ...Perhaps we should turn him right-side up?
70 69 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_031 69 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_031 Ohoho! A marvelous performance, truly marvelous─but then you did best the Lord of the Revel... Ohoho! A marvelous performance, truly marvelous─but then you did best the Lord of the Revel...
71 70 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_032 70 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_032 By the kami! A talking turtle! By the kami! A talking turtle!
72 71 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_033 71 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_033 I...I don't even know where to begin with that one... I...I don't even know where to begin with that one...
73 72 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_034 72 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_034 I trust you will forgive me for my deception─'tis something of a Far Eastern tradition, the testing of strength and so forth. A bit rote, perhaps, but anyway! Welcome to Reisen Temple. I trust you will forgive me for my deception─'tis something of a Far Eastern tradition, the testing of strength and so forth. A bit rote, perhaps, but anyway! Welcome to Reisen Temple.
74 73 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_035 73 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_035 I am Genbu, guardian of this sacred place, and leader of our little collective. I am Genbu, guardian of this sacred place, and leader of our little collective.
75 74 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_036 74 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_036 Genbu!? The selfsame Genbu of the Tale of Tenzen? One of the Four Lords? Genbu!? The selfsame Genbu of the Tale of Tenzen? One of the Four Lords?
76 75 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_037 75 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_037 Under normal circumstances I would assume you named for the legendary being, but clearly this is anything but normal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet a talking turtle... Under normal circumstances I would assume you named for the legendary being, but clearly this is anything but normal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet a talking turtle...
77 76 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_038 76 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_038 Ho, but every one of us here can speak your tongue! Is it truly so surprising? After all, we each have lived more than a thousand years. Ho, but every one of us here can speak your tongue! Is it truly so surprising? After all, we each have lived more than a thousand years.
78 77 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_039 77 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_039 I-I knew turtles were long-lived, but I had no idea that was even possible... I-I knew turtles were long-lived, but I had no idea that was even possible...
79 78 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_040 78 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_040 In this wondrous land of ours, it is said that a beast which lives a thousand years attains a measure of divinity. This temple is a place where such auspices may gather. In this wondrous land of ours, it is said that a beast which lives a thousand years attains a measure of divinity. This temple is a place where such auspices may gather.
80 79 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_041 79 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_041 But take not my word for it─speak with my comrades and learn their tales. We will talk of the endeavor after. But take not my word for it─speak with my comrades and learn their tales. We will talk of the endeavor after.
81 80 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_042 80 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_042 We may as well do what he says. Besides, who knows what valuable secrets some thousand-year-old animals may know? We may as well do what he says. Besides, who knows what valuable secrets some thousand-year-old animals may know?
82 81 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_045 81 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_045 You wish to return to the surface? You wish to return to the surface?
83 82 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q5_000_000 82 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q5_000_000 Leave Reisen Temple? Leave Reisen Temple?
84 83 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_055 83 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_055 Shall we return to the temple? Shall we return to the temple?
85 84 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q6_000_000 84 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q6_000_000 Enter Reisen Temple? Enter Reisen Temple?
86 85 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_050 85 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_050 Judging from the way you and that woman are gawping, I'm guessing you're not from around here? Judging from the way you and that woman are gawping, I'm guessing you're not from around here?
87 86 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_051 86 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_051 Don't know how it is in your homeland, but here, if an animal manages to survive a hundred years, it begins to get ideas. Delusions of grandeur. Some small power, sure, but nothing much to speak of. Don't know how it is in your homeland, but here, if an animal manages to survive a hundred years, it begins to get ideas. Delusions of grandeur. Some small power, sure, but nothing much to speak of.
88 87 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_052 87 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_052 Survive ten times that and you become a full-fledged auspice, though. Speech! Magicks! It's quite the change, believe me, which is why we call it...<Emphasis>the change</Emphasis>. What? I never said it was something clever. Survive ten times that and you become a full-fledged auspice, though. Speech! Magicks! It's quite the change, believe me, which is why we call it...*the change*. What? I never said it was something clever.
89 88 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_053 88 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_053 Anyway! Point is, don't let our appearances fool you. I could kill you five times before you hit the ground. But I won't, on account of me being civil. For now. Anyway! Point is, don't let our appearances fool you. I could kill you five times before you hit the ground. But I won't, on account of me being civil. For now.
90 89 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_054 89 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_054 A friend of mine, Tamamo Gozen, once called this place home. Possessed of nine tails, her power far eclipsed my own. A friend of mine, Tamamo Gozen, once called this place home. Possessed of nine tails, her power far eclipsed my own.
91 90 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_055 90 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_055 But one day she left to live amongst man. What became of her, I wonder... But one day she left to live amongst man. What became of her, I wonder...
92 91 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_056 91 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_056 Hey! That hurt! You didn't have to give it everything you had in that fight, you know. I only just went through the change, so it's not like I was gonna slow you down that much... Hey! That hurt! You didn't have to give it everything you had in that fight, you know. I only just went through the change, so it's not like I was gonna slow you down that much...
93 92 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_057 92 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_057 Well, I suppose you didn't know it was all for show...and I was probably really intimidating... Oh, right─you were asking about the collective, weren't you? Well, I suppose you didn't know it was all for show...and I was probably really intimidating... Oh, right─you were asking about the collective, weren't you?
94 93 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_058 93 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_058 Let's see...Genbu's the oldest of us─oldest in the Far East, too, I think. One of the Four Lords, so as you can imagine he's much more powerful than regular ol' auspices like me. Ah, but you probably knew all that already... Let's see...Genbu's the oldest of us─oldest in the Far East, too, I think. One of the Four Lords, so as you can imagine he's much more powerful than regular ol' auspices like me. Ah, but you probably knew all that already...
95 94 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_060 94 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_060 Please, converse with the others. We can speak of the endeavor once you have a greater understanding of who we are. Please, converse with the others. We can speak of the endeavor once you have a greater understanding of who we are.
96 95 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_065 95 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_065 How much more of the old tales are true...? How much more of the old tales are true...?
97 96 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_070 96 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_070 Don't talk to me, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Talk to the cat...or the weasel. And what does the fox have to say? Don't talk to me, Player! Talk to the cat...or the weasel. And what does the fox have to say?
98 97 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_080 97 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_080 Now that you have a greater understanding of who we are, I shall tell you of the rather thorny predicament we now face. Now that you have a greater understanding of who we are, I shall tell you of the rather thorny predicament we now face.
99 98 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_081 98 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_081 The divinity of we auspices manifests in myriad ways. For example, I possess clairvoyance. The divinity of we auspices manifests in myriad ways. For example, I possess clairvoyance.
100 99 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_082 99 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_082 And with my preternatural power have I seen a vision of the Ruby Sea─of Yanxia, of Hingashi─subsumed by roaring flames. And with my preternatural power have I seen a vision of the Ruby Sea─of Yanxia, of Hingashi─subsumed by roaring flames.
101 100 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_083 100 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_083 This is no distant future, I fear, and if we are to avert it, we must needs enlist the assistance of an exemplary warrior─one such as <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> who faced the Lord of the Revel and lived. This is no distant future, I fear, and if we are to avert it, we must needs enlist the assistance of an exemplary warrior─one such as she who faced the Lord of the Revel and lived.
102 101 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_084 101 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_084 What should we do? What should we do!? What should we do? What should we do!?
103 102 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_085 102 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_085 Fear not, little one, for I have a plan. But to understand it, you must first understand the duality which lies at the heart of we auspices. Fear not, little one, for I have a plan. But to understand it, you must first understand the duality which lies at the heart of we auspices.
104 103 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_086 103 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_086 The aramitama─the primal rage─and the nigimitama─the boundless calm. These elemental forces comprise the soul of an auspice, and it is only when they are in balance that we are truly ourselves. The aramitama─the primal rage─and the nigimitama─the boundless calm. These elemental forces comprise the soul of an auspice, and it is only when they are in balance that we are truly ourselves.
105 104 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_087 104 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_087 Alas, over great spans of time, or when caught in the midst of tumultuous events, this balance may be disrupted, and the soul may be divided. Alas, over great spans of time, or when caught in the midst of tumultuous events, this balance may be disrupted, and the soul may be divided.
106 105 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_088 105 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_088 An auspice overcome by the aramitama is a wild, feral thing, all the more dangerous for their divinity. Calamity and catastrophe invariably follow─tremors and floods which destroy men's works. An auspice overcome by the aramitama is a wild, feral thing, all the more dangerous for their divinity. Calamity and catastrophe invariably follow─tremors and floods which destroy men's works.
107 106 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_089 106 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_089 Auspices can bring about these natural disasters? How frightening... Auspices can bring about these natural disasters? How frightening...
108 107 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_090 107 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_090 Perhaps, but you must remember that there are auspices who delight in aiding the peoples of these lands─auspices who may have even wreaked havoc in the past. Recall you the tale of Tenzen and the Four Lords? Perhaps, but you must remember that there are auspices who delight in aiding the peoples of these lands─auspices who may have even wreaked havoc in the past. Recall you the tale of Tenzen and the Four Lords?
109 108 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_091 108 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_091 The one Soroban told us before? About a samurai and the auspices who drove the oni from this island into the sea? The one Soroban told us before? About a samurai and the auspices who drove the oni from this island into the sea?
110 109 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_092 109 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_092 Just so. Yet I fear his accounting of events is not quite accurate, for it was not oni we and Tenzen cast out from this place, but an auspice. Just so. Yet I fear his accounting of events is not quite accurate, for it was not oni we and Tenzen cast out from this place, but an auspice.
111 110 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_093 110 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_093 An auspice with the power to move heaven and earth─Koryu. Wholly consumed by the aramitama, he stoked the flames in this island's heart until it very nearly erupted in a fiery maelstrom. An auspice with the power to move heaven and earth─Koryu. Wholly consumed by the aramitama, he stoked the flames in this island's heart until it very nearly erupted in a fiery maelstrom.
112 111 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_094 111 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_094 Tenzen led us in battle against our mad brother, and together we sealed him in this temple. Tenzen led us in battle against our mad brother, and together we sealed him in this temple.
113 112 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_095 112 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_095 But as the truth of the tale fades from memory, so too do our wards weaken, I fear. Should Koryu break free, he may well finish what he began, and ensure my vision of flames comes to pass. But as the truth of the tale fades from memory, so too do our wards weaken, I fear. Should Koryu break free, he may well finish what he began, and ensure my vision of flames comes to pass.
114 113 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_096 113 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_096 So...long story short, you want <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> to give this Koryu what for when he wakes up? So...long story short, you want Player to give this Koryu what for when he wakes up?
115 114 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_097 114 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_097 I should think not! <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Her<Else/>His</If> accomplishments notwithstanding, it would be foolish for any mortal to face Koryu without proper assistance. To wit, that of the Four Lords! I should think not! Her accomplishments notwithstanding, it would be foolish for any mortal to face Koryu without proper assistance. To wit, that of the Four Lords!
116 115 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_098 115 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_098 Regrettably, I am not the young auspice I once was. And to make matters worse, my three compeers have nearly succumbed to the aramitama. Regrettably, I am not the young auspice I once was. And to make matters worse, my three compeers have nearly succumbed to the aramitama.
117 116 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_099 116 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_099 Kami forfend! Three of the Four Lords have gone mad!? The Ruby Sea is doomed! Kami forfend! Three of the Four Lords have gone mad!? The Ruby Sea is doomed!
118 117 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_100 117 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_100 Nearly succumbed! Nearly! Alas, in marshaling their strength to retain control, they are unable to commit their powers to the preservation of the wards holding Koryu in his prison. Nearly succumbed! Nearly! Alas, in marshaling their strength to retain control, they are unable to commit their powers to the preservation of the wards holding Koryu in his prison.
119 118 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_101 118 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_101 And now that you have a full and complete understanding of the situation, we may at last discuss your part in all this, warrior. I would have you and your comrades face mine in battle and quell their raging aramitama. What say you? And now that you have a full and complete understanding of the situation, we may at last discuss your part in all this, warrior. I would have you and your comrades face mine in battle and quell their raging aramitama. What say you?
120 119 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q1_000_000 119 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q1_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
121 120 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_001 120 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_001 Very well, if that is the only way. Very well, if that is the only way.
122 121 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_002 121 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A1_000_002 So I don't get to kill them? Well, it's still something... So I don't get to kill them? Well, it's still something...
123 122 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_103 122 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_103 Ohoho! You are an intriguing one, aren't you? We are grateful for your assistance. Let us brook no further delay and introduce you to another of the Four Lords. Ohoho! You are an intriguing one, aren't you? We are grateful for your assistance. Let us brook no further delay and introduce you to another of the Four Lords.
124 123 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_103 123 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_103 I informed Byakko of your arrival when you first entered our domain. He should be returning any moment now. Come, come! I informed Byakko of your arrival when you first entered our domain. He should be returning any moment now. Come, come!
125 124 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_105 124 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_105 Don't be shy. He doesn't bite. Not without cause, at the very least. Don't be shy. He doesn't bite. Not without cause, at the very least.
126 125 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_110 125 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_110 A magnificent coat of fur that shimmers as snow. As befits Byakko, the white tiger of legend! A magnificent coat of fur that shimmers as snow. As befits Byakko, the white tiger of legend!
127 126 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_115 126 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_115 He's...quite a bit bigger than the other animals, isn't he? He's...quite a bit bigger than the other animals, isn't he?
128 127 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_140 127 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SENRI_000_140 You meet Byakko yet? Big ol' bastard, he is, but with a heart like a kitten. But, uh...don't tell him I told you that. You meet Byakko yet? Big ol' bastard, he is, but with a heart like a kitten. But, uh...don't tell him I told you that.
129 128 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_141 128 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KUDAGITSUNE_000_141 If you chance to meet Tamamo Gozen, I pray you tell her that we all miss her dearly. If you chance to meet Tamamo Gozen, I pray you tell her that we all miss her dearly.
130 129 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_142 129 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_KAMAITACHI_000_142 Genbu may be the oldest, but Byakko's got to be the fuzziest. Not the most impressive claim to fame, but hey, you work with what you've got, am I right? Genbu may be the oldest, but Byakko's got to be the fuzziest. Not the most impressive claim to fame, but hey, you work with what you've got, am I right?
131 130 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_120 130 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_120 Old friend. The day of reckoning draws nigh. Old friend. The day of reckoning draws nigh.
132 131 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_121 131 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_121 The wards will fail, and Koryu will break free. Before he does, you must quell the raging aramitama in your soul. This warrior will help─doubt not <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> strength, for <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> has danced with Susano himself. The wards will fail, and Koryu will break free. Before he does, you must quell the raging aramitama in your soul. This warrior will help─doubt not her strength, for she has danced with Susano himself.
133 132 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_122 132 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_122 A bold, audacious claim...yet if Genbu believes it true... Aye, the more I look at you, the more of him I see... A similar presence, perchance. A light. Very well. I will bow to my brother's judgment. A bold, audacious claim...yet if Genbu believes it true... Aye, the more I look at you, the more of him I see... A similar presence, perchance. A light. Very well. I will bow to my brother's judgment.
134 133 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_123 133 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_123 Wonderful! Then without further ado, I shall bid my comrade relax and surrender to the aramitama─ Wonderful! Then without further ado, I shall bid my comrade relax and surrender to the aramitama─
135 134 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_124 134 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_124 Wh-What!? Here? Now!? Won't he go on a murderous rampage!? Wh-What!? Here? Now!? Won't he go on a murderous rampage!?
136 135 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_125 135 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_125 Why yes, that's rather the point. He will be reduced to the feral beast. Why yes, that's rather the point. He will be reduced to the feral beast.
137 136 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_126 136 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_126 And then it will be...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, was it? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s turn to do battle with my brother and help him quell the fury within! And then it will be...Player, was it? Player's turn to do battle with my brother and help him quell the fury within!
138 137 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_127 137 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_127 But if all it takes to quell the aramitama is battle, then why did you not do the same for Koryu? Why seal him away? But if all it takes to quell the aramitama is battle, then why did you not do the same for Koryu? Why seal him away?
139 138 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_128 138 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_128 Because it was too late. As I said, Koryu was wholly consumed by the aramitama. Naught remained of the nigimitama. All that he was...was forever lost to us. Because it was too late. As I said, Koryu was wholly consumed by the aramitama. Naught remained of the nigimitama. All that he was...was forever lost to us.
140 139 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_129 139 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_129 The effort I expend to hold back the fury I will instead use to safeguard the calm. It is then you must act. But know that if you fail, it will only hasten my fall. The effort I expend to hold back the fury I will instead use to safeguard the calm. It is then you must act. But know that if you fail, it will only hasten my fall.
141 140 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_130 140 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_130 My soul is in your keeping, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Do you understand? My soul is in your keeping, Player. Do you understand?
142 141 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_131 141 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_131 Then let us quit this place. Genbu may not mind the chaos, but if I am to wager my everything, I prefer to do so in the land of my birth. To look on those familiar wilds with eyes that may soon belong to another... Then let us quit this place. Genbu may not mind the chaos, but if I am to wager my everything, I prefer to do so in the land of my birth. To look on those familiar wilds with eyes that may soon belong to another...
143 142 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_132 142 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_132 When you return to the island, look for Furi. He will guide you back here. When you return to the island, look for Furi. He will guide you back here.
144 143 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_132 143 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_132 Given the circumstances, perhaps it is best that we stay here. Would that be acceptable? Given the circumstances, perhaps it is best that we stay here. Would that be acceptable?
145 144 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_133 144 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_133 Ohoho! Soroban, was it? Be at ease. I have a task for you and your excitable urchin. Follow me! Ohoho! Soroban, was it? Be at ease. I have a task for you and your excitable urchin. Follow me!
146 145 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_134 145 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_134 ...Did that tiny talking turtle just insult me? ...Did that tiny talking turtle just insult me?
147 146 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_135 146 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_135 I have no doubt you will succeed. I have no doubt you will succeed.
148 147 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_140 147 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_140 I do wonder what he will ask of us... I do wonder what he will ask of us...
149 148 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_145 148 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_145 I would go with you if I could, believe you me, but it seems we're needed here. Best of luck to you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! I would go with you if I could, believe you me, but it seems we're needed here. Best of luck to you, Player!
150 149 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_150 149 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_150 ...We are here. ...We are here.
151 150 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_151 150 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_151 My earliest memories are not pleasant. From birth I was shunned by man and beast alike, for my snow white fur marked me a harbinger of doom. Cast out and hunted, I struggled to survive. My earliest memories are not pleasant. From birth I was shunned by man and beast alike, for my snow white fur marked me a harbinger of doom. Cast out and hunted, I struggled to survive.
152 151 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_152 151 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_152 But I endured. I grew older and wiser, and one day, I resolved to protect this place and those that call it home, for in spite of everything, it was mine as well. But I endured. I grew older and wiser, and one day, I resolved to protect this place and those that call it home, for in spite of everything, it was mine as well.
153 152 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_153 152 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_153 In time they came to see me as a guardian instead of a demon. And yet, for all I have done to rise above the beast within, I may fall to madness and become the sum of their fears... In time they came to see me as a guardian instead of a demon. And yet, for all I have done to rise above the beast within, I may fall to madness and become the sum of their fears...
154 153 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q2_000_000 153 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q2_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
155 154 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_001 154 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_001 Have faith. You will not fall. Have faith. You will not fall.
156 155 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_002 155 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A2_000_002 I've bested kami, you know. You're in good hands. I've bested kami, you know. You're in good hands.
157 156 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_155 156 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_155 Such confidence from one so young! But as age in of itself does not confer wisdom, nor does youth go hand in hand with hubris. Such confidence from one so young! But as age in of itself does not confer wisdom, nor does youth go hand in hand with hubris.
158 157 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_156 157 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_156 I warn you: for centuries has my aramitama grown and festered. Hold nothing back, for I will not. I warn you: for centuries has my aramitama grown and festered. Hold nothing back, for I will not.
159 158 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_157 158 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_157 Warrior! The time has come for you and yours to make ready. May the kami grant you strength to save my soul! Warrior! The time has come for you and yours to make ready. May the kami grant you strength to save my soul!
160 159 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_158 159 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_158
161 160 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q7_000_000 160 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q7_000_000 Proceed to Reisen Temple? Proceed to Reisen Temple?
162 161 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_200_160 161 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_200_160 You are indeed the warrior they say. Not unlike him, in many respects... You are indeed the warrior they say. Not unlike him, in many respects...
163 162 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_100_160 162 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_100_160 'Twas in another era that we first met, him and I. Long, long before the kingdom of Doma... 'Twas in another era that we first met, him and I. Long, long before the kingdom of Doma...
164 163 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_160 163 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_160 I told you before of my past─of how I was shunned by man and beast alike for the snow white fur that marked me as a harbinger of doom. I told you before of my past─of how I was shunned by man and beast alike for the snow white fur that marked me as a harbinger of doom.
165 164 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_161 164 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_161 Bereft of family and friendship, of home, I wandered the mountains in search of a place to call my own. There I would accept my fate and await the inevitable. Bereft of family and friendship, of home, I wandered the mountains in search of a place to call my own. There I would accept my fate and await the inevitable.
166 165 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_162 165 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_162 But death did not come, for I was unlike my brothers in more respects than my fur. With every century I grew stronger and stranger. <Emphasis>Monstrous</Emphasis>. In turn, what few creatures dared traverse my domain withdrew further and further. But death did not come, for I was unlike my brothers in more respects than my fur. With every century I grew stronger and stranger. *Monstrous*. In turn, what few creatures dared traverse my domain withdrew further and further.
167 166 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_163 166 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_163 Never had I been so alone... Never had I been so alone...
168 167 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_164 167 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_164 And then one day I awoke to find a man standing before me. Bewildered, I rose and bared my fangs as I roared in rage. And then one day I awoke to find a man standing before me. Bewildered, I rose and bared my fangs as I roared in rage.
169 168 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_165 168 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_165 "Begone, or I shall rend you asunder and feast on your flesh! What fool has the temerity to approach me thus!?“ "Begone, or I shall rend you asunder and feast on your flesh! What fool has the temerity to approach me thus!?“
170 169 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_166 169 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_166 But the man did not flee. Rather, he stood his ground and said, “This fool is named Tenzen, and ever since he was a child he spoke the language of beasts.” But the man did not flee. Rather, he stood his ground and said, “This fool is named Tenzen, and ever since he was a child he spoke the language of beasts.”
171 170 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_167 170 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_167 "Then you know full well what you stand to lose. Return to your people or die!“ "Then you know full well what you stand to lose. Return to your people or die!“
172 171 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_168 171 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_168 But Tenzen threw back his head and laughed! “They would kill me if I dared! For fear of my talents, I was banished! A harbinger of doom, they called me!” But Tenzen threw back his head and laughed! “They would kill me if I dared! For fear of my talents, I was banished! A harbinger of doom, they called me!”
173 172 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_169 172 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_169 In that instant, all my anger drained away. Tenzen's words had struck at the heart of me. Here was a fellow outcast, cursed by his kin for his very nature. In that instant, all my anger drained away. Tenzen's words had struck at the heart of me. Here was a fellow outcast, cursed by his kin for his very nature.
174 173 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_170 173 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_170 That night, as I listened to his snoring, I realized I had found in this man a kindred spirit... That night, as I listened to his snoring, I realized I had found in this man a kindred spirit...
175 174 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_171 174 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_171 Soon after we embarked on a journey together. In the days that followed we met other solitary souls and aided them as we had aided each other... Soon after we embarked on a journey together. In the days that followed we met other solitary souls and aided them as we had aided each other...
176 175 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_172 175 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_172 ...But those are tales for another time. I doubt very much you are willing to stand here in silence while I recount my every adventure with Tenzen. ...But those are tales for another time. I doubt very much you are willing to stand here in silence while I recount my every adventure with Tenzen.
177 176 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_173 176 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_173 Come, let us return to the temple. Genbu is doubtless eager to learn the outcome of our battle. Come, let us return to the temple. Genbu is doubtless eager to learn the outcome of our battle.
178 177 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_175 177 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_FURI_000_175 No need to explain─Genbu's told me all about you and the thrashing you gave him and the others! Need me to escort you back to the temple? No need to explain─Genbu's told me all about you and the thrashing you gave him and the others! Need me to escort you back to the temple?
179 178 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_180 178 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_180 Well done, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, well done! You have done my friend a great kindness─one we shall not soon forget. Well done, Player, well done! You have done my friend a great kindness─one we shall not soon forget.
180 179 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q3_000_000 179 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_Q3_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
181 180 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_001 180 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_001 What exactly did you ask Soroban to do? What exactly did you ask Soroban to do?
182 181 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_002 181 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_A3_000_002 I'm not sure what's going on, and I'm afraid to ask... I'm not sure what's going on, and I'm afraid to ask...
183 182 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_182 182 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_182 Ohoho, you needn't be so concerned. You know well the power of the Kojin's incantations, yes? I have but asked Soroban to undergo a little training that he might assist us with the maintenance of the wards. He has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude thus far, in fact! Ohoho, you needn't be so concerned. You know well the power of the Kojin's incantations, yes? I have but asked Soroban to undergo a little training that he might assist us with the maintenance of the wards. He has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude thus far, in fact!
184 183 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_183 183 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_183 <huff> <puff> How...how much longer must I continue...? <huff> <puff> How...how much longer must I continue...?
185 184 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_184 184 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_184 Concentrate! Less chatting more chanting! Concentrate! Less chatting more chanting!
186 185 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_185 185 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_185 What youthful energy! It has been far too long since we had the pleasure of such company. Not since Tenzen, I imagine. What youthful energy! It has been far too long since we had the pleasure of such company. Not since Tenzen, I imagine.
187 186 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_186 186 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_186 I've been meaning to ask. What sort of man was Tenzen? We only just learned the stories, and you've already said they were half-wrong. I've been meaning to ask. What sort of man was Tenzen? We only just learned the stories, and you've already said they were half-wrong.
188 187 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_187 187 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_187 Curious, are you? Very good, very good. Far too many people have no interest in the past... Curious, are you? Very good, very good. Far too many people have no interest in the past...
189 188 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_188 188 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_188 What to say, what to say... Well, for one, Tenzen was blessed with the selfsame power <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> possesses─the Echo, I believe it is sometimes called? What to say, what to say... Well, for one, Tenzen was blessed with the selfsame power Player possesses─the Echo, I believe it is sometimes called?
190 189 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_189 189 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_189
191 190 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_189 190 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_100_189 Alas, as you probably know from personal experience, such individuals are often regarded with suspicion, if not outright fear. Nevertheless, Tenzen was a generous soul who was ever eager to aid his fellow man. Alas, as you probably know from personal experience, such individuals are often regarded with suspicion, if not outright fear. Nevertheless, Tenzen was a generous soul who was ever eager to aid his fellow man.
192 191 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_190 191 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_190 Indeed, he died as he lived─fighting for the sake of those he loved. You see, when he faced Koryu, we Four Lords were still quite young and weak─not even auspices, in truth─and we could but look on helplessly as the two dragged one another to the brink of death. Indeed, he died as he lived─fighting for the sake of those he loved. You see, when he faced Koryu, we Four Lords were still quite young and weak─not even auspices, in truth─and we could but look on helplessly as the two dragged one another to the brink of death.
193 192 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_191 192 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_191 With the last of his strength, Tenzen imprisoned the mortally wounded Koryu. He then bequeathed to us a sacred treasure: a crystal which shone with an otherworldly light. With the last of his strength, Tenzen imprisoned the mortally wounded Koryu. He then bequeathed to us a sacred treasure: a crystal which shone with an otherworldly light.
194 193 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_192 193 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_192 Oft have I wondered if this crystal was the source of the powers we would grow to possess. Would we have become the Four Lords without it? In my heart, I think not. Oft have I wondered if this crystal was the source of the powers we would grow to possess. Would we have become the Four Lords without it? In my heart, I think not.
195 194 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_193 194 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_193 We built this temple to strengthen the wards and safeguard the Ruby Sea in Tenzen's stead. His legacy would be ours, and so it has been to this day. We built this temple to strengthen the wards and safeguard the Ruby Sea in Tenzen's stead. His legacy would be ours, and so it has been to this day.
196 195 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_194 195 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_194 And so it will continue to be─but only if we can rely upon you to quell the aramitama of our comrades! And so it will continue to be─but only if we can rely upon you to quell the aramitama of our comrades!
197 196 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_195 196 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_195 That can wait, though. Byakko needs his rest, and so do you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. That can wait, though. Byakko needs his rest, and so do you, Player.
198 197 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_196 197 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_196 In that case, it'd probably be for the best if I went back to Kugane. There's no telling what mischief that man'll get up to in my absence... In that case, it'd probably be for the best if I went back to Kugane. There's no telling what mischief that man'll get up to in my absence...
199 198 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_197 198 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_197 I too should take my leave. Doubtless I am needed in Tamamizu... I too should take my leave. Doubtless I am needed in Tamamizu...
200 199 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_198 199 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_198 Ohoho, you're not going anywhere! Your training is far from finished, my friend! Ohoho, you're not going anywhere! Your training is far from finished, my friend!
201 200 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_199 200 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_199 But...But I...can't possibly refuse the request of the Four Lords, can I... <sigh> But...But I...can't possibly refuse the request of the Four Lords, can I... <sigh>
202 201 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_200 201 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_200 I hate to impose upon you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, but perhaps you can go to Tamamizu in my stead? It may be some time before I am permitted to return home... I hate to impose upon you, Player, but perhaps you can go to Tamamizu in my stead? It may be some time before I am permitted to return home...
203 202 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_205 202 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_205 <huff> <puff> (Never...never meet your heroes, my friend...) <huff> <puff> (Never...never meet your heroes, my friend...)
204 203 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_206 203 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_TATARU_000_206 Please do not disturb us, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! We're in the middle of a very important training session! Please do not disturb us, Player! We're in the middle of a very important training session!
205 204 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_207 204 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_207 Far too long has it been since I had the opportunity to unleash my full potential. Stakes notwithstanding, it was a pleasure, warrior. Far too long has it been since I had the opportunity to unleash my full potential. Stakes notwithstanding, it was a pleasure, warrior.
206 205 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_210 205 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_210 ...Hmm? So Soroban will be staying with Genbu for a time? How wonderful to hear! I have no doubt he will make the most of his most blessed opportunity. ...Hmm? So Soroban will be staying with Genbu for a time? How wonderful to hear! I have no doubt he will make the most of his most blessed opportunity.
207 206 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_211 206 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_000_211 Oh, I have another missive for you. 'Twas delivered personally by an unusual cat─an auspice, I presume? Oh, I have another missive for you. 'Twas delivered personally by an unusual cat─an auspice, I presume?
208 207 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_100_211 207 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_100_211 (-Genbu's Missive-)You are welcome to come and go from the temple as you like. Furi will remain at his post above ground. You need only seek him out. (-Genbu's Missive-)You are welcome to come and go from the temple as you like. Furi will remain at his post above ground. You need only seek him out.
209 208 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_200_212 208 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BUNCHIN_200_212 I should be glad if you take him up on his invitation and look in on Soroban every now and then. After all, he is in essence our representative there! I should be glad if you take him up on his invitation and look in on Soroban every now and then. After all, he is in essence our representative there!
210 209 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_215 209 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_GENBU_000_215 You have done more than enough for one day, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. For now, you and Byakko should rest. Oh, and if you have any questions about this or that, Senri should be glad to entertain them. You have done more than enough for one day, Player. For now, you and Byakko should rest. Oh, and if you have any questions about this or that, Senri should be glad to entertain them.
211 210 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_220 210 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_SOROBAN_000_220 I should be most grateful if you were to tell the elder of my plight─ Er, that is to say, this great...honor...which has been bestowed upon me by the Four Lords... I should be most grateful if you were to tell the elder of my plight─ Er, that is to say, this great...honor...which has been bestowed upon me by the Four Lords...
212 211 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_225 211 TEXT_STMBDY301_03015_BYAKKO_000_225 Peace reigns in my heart once more. Such tranquility, such serenity... Peace reigns in my heart once more. Such tranquility, such serenity...
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