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0,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_00","Lalai is eager to hear tell of your recent adventures."
1,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_01","Lalai is most intrigued by your tales of your journey to and from the First. In return, she shares the news that she has at long last completed her written record of all the knowledge of black magic she has gathered in the course of your adventures together. However, now she faces a dilemma, as despite her pleas, the Order of Nald'thal adamantly refuses to house such potentially dangerous knowledge within their archives. At Lalai's behest─and that of the Hearer Zhai'a Nelhah, who once again has invited himself to join in your adventures─you resolve to accompany your friend to the Arrzaneth Ossuary."
2,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_02","Upon arriving at the Ossuary, Lalai pleads her case to Prelate Yayake, but her words fall on deaf ears. When you step in to offer your support, the receptionist grudgingly admits that there is one member of the guild who sympathizes with the black mage's argument─and it is none other than Cocobuki, eldest of the five guildmasters. Heartened by the news, Lalai sets off to speak directly with the man himself, in hopes of winning his approval."
3,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_03","Though Guildmaster Cocobuki shares Lalai's perspective regarding the value of her research, he explains that his word alone will not suffice to sway the naysayers. Instead, he proposes that a hearing be held with Prioress Dewlala herself, that the head of the Order of Nald'thal might hear both sides of the argument and render her impartial judgment. Lalai is quick to accept the challenge, and wishes to meet with you outside the Ossuary to work out the details of your argument."
4,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_04","You have barely begun to discuss your argument when Lalai is struck with a bout of dizziness and suddenly collapses. Clearly shaken by the sight, Zhai'a Nelhah swoops the black mage into his arms and rushes off for Frondale's Phrontistery, where he would treat her further."
5,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_05","Puzzling out the details with the help of knowledge you gleaned from your travels to the First, Zhai'a Nelhah believes he has found a way to restore Lalai's aetheric balance and save her from a grim fate. In return, the Hearer asks that you delay the proceedings with Prioress Dewlala by petitioning Master Cocobuki, but his request is cut short when Lalai arrives to insist the hearing go ahead as planned. She entrusts her magnum opus to you and promises to be along shortly. Taking the tomes that are the fruit of Lalai's labors in hand, you set off back for the Ossuary, where your allies and opponents in this cause await."
6,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_06","You are doing your best to keep Dewlala's interest piqued when you are rejoined by Lalai, whose aetherial balance has been restored. Thoroughly won over by the black mage's logical and impassioned plea, the Prioress does not merely agree to housing her compendia in the Order's archives, but orders that a new research group dedicated to studying potential applications of black magic be established under Cocobuki's stewardship. Take your leave of this place with your companions, and revel in your hard-earned victory over prescripts and prejudice."
7,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_07","Cocobuki congratulates Lalai on her success, while also warning her that the true battle to regain people's trust in the art of black magic has only just begun. Lalai restates her vow to work tirelessly toward her life's goal of handing down the art of black magic to future generations, before taking her leave to convey the good tidings to a certain Hearer who also played a role in your triumph."
8,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_08","Zhai'a Nelhah is overjoyed to hear the good tidings, and positively stupefied when Lalai proceeds to offer him genuine words of thanks. The Hearer takes his leave in his typically oblivious and insensitive fashion, upon which Lalai once again thanks you for your efforts on her behalf. Relieved that she need no longer carry on her life's work in the shadows, she asks for your continued support in preserving the art of black magic for posterity."
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24,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_00","Speak with Yayake at Arrzaneth Ossuary."
25,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_01","Speak with Cocobuki."
26,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_02","Speak with Lalai."
27,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_03","Speak with Zhai'a Nelhah near Frondale's Phrontistery."
28,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_04","Speak with Cocobuki at Arrzaneth Ossuary."
29,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_05","Speak with Cocobuki."
30,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_06","Speak with Lalai at Milvaneth Sacrarium."
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48,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_000","Welcome back to these halls, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black. I sense that the dark powers in you are ever burgeoning. Pray tell, where have your travels taken you since last we met?"
49,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_300","What will you say?"
50,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_301","I traveled to a world flooded with Light."
51,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_302","I felled a great mage in battle."
52,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_001","A journey to another world, you say? Intriguing, indeed. Consider me impressed...and even a bit envious."
53,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_002","How you were able to peer into the past of the archmage Nyelbert, and form a bond across the ages with his young friend Taynor. Though the circumstances are not entirely the same, I cannot help but think back to my own encounter with the great Shatotto."
54,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_003","Speaking of which, I, too, have been keeping myself occupied. Why, I have recorded every detail we learned on our last adventure in writing, that we might preserve Shatotto's knowledge for posterity, and avert any similar calamity that may threaten future generations."
55,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_004","Just the other day, I put the finishing touches on the final chapter of the final volume, concluding with Shatotto's departure. There is, however, one lingering...hmm?"
56,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_006","(-???-)Well, fancy that! I come to check up on Lalai here, and who do I find but our old friend <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>."
57,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_007","Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite mutton-headed Hearer. I need neither your support nor your sympathy, but I suppose you've never been one to let that stop you."
58,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_008","Come now, Lalai. You yourself mentioned that you were at a loss for what to do with the records you had scribed, yes? I simply hoped to inquire as to whether there have been any fruitful developments on that front."
59,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_009","...Hmph. So you mean to rub salt in my wounds, yes? There have been no developments, fruitful or otherwise. I consulted with my brothers and sisters at the Order of Nald'thal, but to the last man they refused to even entertain the thought."
60,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_010","You consulted with... Do you mean to say that you are still a member of the Order!? Why, I had always assumed that you had been excommunicated for your pursuit of the dark arts!"
61,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_011","Excommunicated!? Simply for the pursuit of knowledge? Perish the thought! Though, to be fair, there are many holier-than-thou types in the Order who share this pigheaded Hearer's opinion..."
62,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_012","Irrespective of this, the fact remains that the Order sealed away countless tomes in their vaults when they forbid the art of black magic. Storing my own writings with them, I would argue, is the most logical option."
63,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_013","But no─they are too prudish and prejudiced against yours truly to listen to reason. Then again, perhaps if a thaumaturge in good standing with the Order were to put in a good word on my behalf..."
64,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_014","...You may indeed find a more sympathetic ear. What do you say, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
65,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_015","Excellent! Then let us hurry to the Ossuary and see if we can't convince that insufferably stuffy Yayake to see good sense."
66,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_016","A moment if you please, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. To tell the truth, the question of where to store her records is not the only matter that concerns me about Lalai of late."
67,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_017","Recently, I cannot help but feel that the aetheric power within her is...shifting, warping in ways that I have not felt before. As for why this is, I cannot yet be sure. Until we discover more, pray look after her, will you?"
68,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_050","My apologies, but I believe it best that I remain here until your negotiations are complete. I shudder to think of the consequences if my colleagues at the Conjurers' Guild found out I was conspiring with the likes of you and Lalai. Nothing personal, of course."
69,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_055","I swear, for a veteran of the Order, she has all the sense of a simpering child!"
70,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_070","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Well, this is an unexpected surprise. And not an entirely pleasant one, though it is by no fault of your own..."
71,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_071","The unmitigated <Emphasis>gall</Emphasis> of you, Lalai! Did you honestly believe that dragging poor <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here─against <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> will, no doubt─would convince me to agree to housing your shameful scribblings in our archives?"
72,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_072","I have said it once, and I will say it again. Until the day you renounce the depraved teachings of Ququruka, you will find no friends here. I would see those books burn before I give them a home here─for our sake, and for your own!"
73,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_073","I swear, despite that pretentious monocle, you remain as blind as a bat to the big picture. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black! Talk some sense into this overstuffed secretary!"
74,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_100","What will you say?"
75,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_101","Should the tomes not be sealed away for safekeeping?"
76,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_102","Do all in the Order agree with your decision?"
77,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_080","...Hm. At least one of us here is capable of communicating like an adult."
78,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_081","I will grudgingly admit that there is one other who shares Lalai's sentiments. In fact, it is none other than our very own guildmaster, Master Cocoba...Cocobe...er, what was the name again?"
79,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_082","Cocobuki! Hah! It does not surprise me in the least. Come, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Let us present our case to someone wise enough to understand it."
80,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_090","After all you have done for our guild, I felt you deserved an answer to your query, and so I gave you one. And yet I advise you to proceed with caution. Lalai has few allies here, and I would hate to see your pristine reputation sullied by association."
81,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_091","Who cares if everyone else in this place is an insufferable dunderhead? With the guildmaster himself on our side, the argument is as good as won!"
82,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_100","Hm hm hm... I was wondering who might be behind the screaming and stamping that echoed all the way to this chamber. Sister Lalai, was it?"
83,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_101","Yes, it is true. I find myself rather convinced by the young lady's argument. It is all but impossible for us to prevent any and all from studying the dark arts."
84,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_102","Why, then, not keep this dangerous knowledge close at hand, where we keep an ever-watchful eye on those who would pursue it? And yet, I fear that my own view is not a popular one, and my power to influence the others is far from absolute."
85,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_103","And so I would offer a proposal. Let us state our case directly to the head of the Order─to Prioress Dewlala herself─that she might pass judgment."
86,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_104","You and Lalai shall argue in favor of accepting the tomes, and those opposing shall argue against. Should all go well, the prioress will agree to the proposal, and the tomes will have a safe home."
87,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_105","And yet, the plan is not without risk. Should your argument be less than convincing, there remains a chance Dewlala may expressly forbid any further research. Why, if she is in a particularly foul mood, your very place in the Order may suddenly become...quite tenuous."
88,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_106","Hah! As if there is a chance <Emphasis>my</Emphasis> words could be anything but persuasive. I accept! Pray summon the prioress at her earliest convenience."
89,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_107","Well, that settles it. We'd best hurry and prepare our argument─out of our enemies' earshot, of course. Come with me, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
90,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_120","For whatever it avails you, I shall voice my opinion in favor. No doubt Prelate Yayake will take her place at the head of the opposition."
91,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_121","On another matter, is Lalai quite all right? I could not help but sense the aether within her swirling in a most unusual fashion..."
92,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_125","Lalai seems to be in unusually good spirits─I trust the negotiations went well. And yet, something concerns me..."
93,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_140","This is our chance, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! We simply must convince the prioress at all costs! The future of our art depends on it!"
94,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_141","...Hm? What is this curious sensation?"
95,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_142","Lalai! I knew something was amiss. The aether within you is transforming in a most unusual way..."
96,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_143","I must admit, I have not felt quite myself lately. My head...it feels as heavy as stone..."
97,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_144","...No, this will not do. I'm afraid I must insist that you submit to a full examination before the hearing commences..."
98,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_145","Lalai! Lalai, c-can you hear me!? S-Someone fetch a healer or a...wait, that's me!"
99,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_146","Th-This is no time for p-p-panicking, friend! We must c-carry her to the Phrontistery with all speed!"
100,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_160","I fear it is as I suspected. The aetheric balance within her has broken down entirely...and unchecked energies are now eating away at her from within."
101,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_161","I can only assume that playing host to Shatotto's memories has put a terrible strain on her─one from which she has yet to completely recover."
102,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_162","Yes, it would seem that her mind and spirit are in mortal peril. I have never witnessed this degree of aetheric imbalance before. I do not suppose you have...?"
103,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_200","What will you say?"
104,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_201","I saw a world consumed by Light..."
105,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_202","I saw a man transform into an unholy abomination..."
106,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_165","...I see. I can scarcely imagine all you have witnessed in your travels, but an imbalance of aether similar to what I now observe in Lalai would appear to be behind the phenomena you describe."
107,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_166","If we can assume that the memories of Shatotto taking up residence in Lalai's corporeal form stimulated her aetheric flow, causing it to shift violently in an astral direction...then it only stands to reason we could restore balance by introducing a counteracting umbral aspect!"
108,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_167","By the Twelve, I think I've got it! And yet, the process will not be quick...nor easy. I suppose we've no choice but to ask Master Cocobuki to delay the hearing..."
109,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_168","(-???-)Delay the hearing!? Have you lost what little wits you had!? Why, if word got out that my condition was the result of my pursuit of the dark arts, it would all but seal Yayake's case against me!"
110,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_170","No, we must proceed as planned, before our opponents are the wiser. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, here is my magnum opus─the fruits of all we went through together. I leave them in your capable hands. Go on ahead, and I will be along in due time."
111,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_171","Are you mad!? You can't possibly mean to attend the proceedings in your current condition."
112,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_172","Of course not."
113,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_173","Fortunately, I just so happen to know a Hearer who─despite being an insufferable stick-in-the-mud─has proven himself more than capable in the healing arts."
114,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_174","Lalai..."
115,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_175","Very well...leave it to me. I will see that you are back on your feet before the judgment is rendered."
116,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_176","Until then, I suppose it is up to <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here. Godsspeed, my friend."
117,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_180","I have heard that we will be pleading our cases to Prioress Dewlala herself. It matters little to me─when she has heard my argument, she will have no choice but to rule in my favor."
118,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_190","Hm hm hm... Lalai will be joining the proceedings a touch late, you say? That is most...unlike her, to say the least."
119,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_191","She has entrusted her records to you? Very well. With any luck, we will be able to use them to our advantage. Now, allow me to see them. The prioress will be here all too soon..."
120,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_200","Lalai has not even the courtesy to arrive on time to the hearing she herself requested? I swear, the woman's selfishness knows no bounds! I move that her request be dismissed immediately. It is...for her own good."
121,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_201","Her own good...? Yes...it is as I suspected. You speak from your own experience...don't you, child?"
122,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_202","I recall that you, too, once took an unpopular position in support of your erstwhile Master Mumuepo...one that earned you only the ire of your brothers and sisters."
123,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_203","Yes...and what of it!? I fought for a hopeless cause that in the end served only to isolate me from my peers. Is it so wrong that I wish to save Lalai from a similar fate? She must abandon this farce at once and return to her rightful place in the Order!"
124,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_204","To this, I cannot agree. In the short time before these proceedings, I perused what I could of these tomes. In their pages are writ not only forbidden secrets of black magic, but accounts of astounding phenomena the likes of which even I could scarcely imagine."
125,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_205","Lalai conducted her research without the support─or interference─of the Order, and the fruits that research has borne cannot be denied. While our guild could not support a thousand others like her, I see little to gain from stifling one woman's passion, and forcing her to work within such rigid rules and regulations."
126,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_206","The merits of both arguments are not lost on me. And yet I must confess a degree of ignorance about the matter at hand. All know that black magic was forbidden for its role in bringing disaster to our world. And yet, you still practice this art. Tell me, adventurer─is this magic as calamitous as the rumors say?"
127,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_000","How will you respond?"
128,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_001","It depends on who wields it, and to what end."
129,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_002","Destruction, too, can bring salvation."
130,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_210","If I understand you correctly, you would argue that in the right hands, even the art of destruction might serve the greater good. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?"
131,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_211","There are times when vast destructive powers are needed...this is your claim? From my observations, I suppose you may be right. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?"
132,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_212","My apologies, Prioress! By your leave, I would tell my tale."
133,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_213","Black magic is an inherently dangerous art...this I cannot and will not deny. Never would I suggest that even a single mage pursue this path without full knowledge of the perils that lie ahead."
134,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_214","That is precisely why I have recorded in painstaking detail not only the arcane knowledge I have gleaned, but every last one of the myriad phenomena both wondrous and terrifying I have experienced in its pursuit."
135,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_215","Unbreakable bonds formed with beastmen we once thought our sworn enemy, bodies and souls consumed by the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, an unspeakable calamity revisited upon our world after millennia...! We must leave this knowledge to posterity, that our sons and daughters do not repeat the mistakes of our past!"
136,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_216","Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is the crux of your argument, yes?"
137,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_217","...Very well. Master Cocobuki, I hereby order you to establish a research organization under the auspices of your guild to further study the impact of black magic. I also grant you permission to store the aforementioned tomes in your archives─under the condition that Sister Lalai oversees them. "
138,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_218","...Understood. I will see that both the tomes and Lalai herself find a safe home within our halls."
139,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_219","I am still not entirely convinced, but if the guildmaster himself is willing to accept responsibility...I have no reason to oppose."
140,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_220","Prioress Dewlala, Master Cocobuki...I cannot thank you enough. Mark my words: you will not regret this decision. I will see to it that this knowledge is passed down as it should be─that the errors of our past will never be repeated."
141,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_240","To think the day would come that our art would be recognized once more!"
142,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_245","One thing I will say for Lalai: she is passionate about her beliefs. Worry not─I will see that she is treated fairly by her brothers and sisters."
143,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_260","Well, I do believe the proceedings went about as well as could be expected. I suppose this means that Lalai is now directly under my supervision."
144,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_261","Don't think you'll be getting free rein around here simply because I vouched for you, child. I expect regular reports on any and all of your findings─only through transparency will black magic ever be accepted by doubters and skeptics."
145,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_262","Understood. I shall begin to prepare my first report at once. But before that, there is another with whom I'd like to share these tidings. That is...by your leave, Guildmaster?"
146,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_263","I believe you know well of whom I speak. He awaits us at the Sacrarium. Come along, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>."
147,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_270","I am relieved to see the girl's aetheric balance restored. I suppose it was one of your companions who aided in this, yes?"
148,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_275","Lalai has already shared the good news with me. Why, I could not be happier for the both of you!"
149,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_290","And so, you see... I simply thought that, well..."
150,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_291","Whatever is the matter, Lalai? This is your moment of triumph! I would expect you to be more...triumphant."
151,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_292","Of course I am! It is simply that, well... Clearly, I could not have...I <Emphasis>did not</Emphasis> accomplish this on my own, so..."
152,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_293","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black. And yes, you as well, Zhai'a Nelhah. You have my...deepest gratitude."
153,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_294","Well, I daresay this has been a momentous day in more ways than one. Once again, Lalai, my congratulations. And...you are most welcome."
154,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_295","And with that, I should be on my way. When next we meet, I would introduce my colleagues from Stillglade Fane. Now that you are no longer a pariah, I suppose they would not be averse to exchanging knowledge with you."
155,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_296","...And just when I was beginning to take a liking to that dolt."
156,"TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_297","At any rate, though my official position may have changed, my mission remains the same: I will do all in my power to preserve our art for future generations. Pray continue to lend me your aid...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black."
0,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_00,Lalai is eager to hear tell of your recent adventures.
1,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_01,"Lalai is most intrigued by your tales of your journey to and from the First. In return, she shares the news that she has at long last completed her written record of all the knowledge of black magic she has gathered in the course of your adventures together. However, now she faces a dilemma, as despite her pleas, the Order of Nald'thal adamantly refuses to house such potentially dangerous knowledge within their archives. At Lalai's behest─and that of the Hearer Zhai'a Nelhah, who once again has invited himself to join in your adventures─you resolve to accompany your friend to the Arrzaneth Ossuary."
2,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_02,"Upon arriving at the Ossuary, Lalai pleads her case to Prelate Yayake, but her words fall on deaf ears. When you step in to offer your support, the receptionist grudgingly admits that there is one member of the guild who sympathizes with the black mage's argument─and it is none other than Cocobuki, eldest of the five guildmasters. Heartened by the news, Lalai sets off to speak directly with the man himself, in hopes of winning his approval."
3,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_03,"Though Guildmaster Cocobuki shares Lalai's perspective regarding the value of her research, he explains that his word alone will not suffice to sway the naysayers. Instead, he proposes that a hearing be held with Prioress Dewlala herself, that the head of the Order of Nald'thal might hear both sides of the argument and render her impartial judgment. Lalai is quick to accept the challenge, and wishes to meet with you outside the Ossuary to work out the details of your argument."
4,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_04,"You have barely begun to discuss your argument when Lalai is struck with a bout of dizziness and suddenly collapses. Clearly shaken by the sight, Zhai'a Nelhah swoops the black mage into his arms and rushes off for Frondale's Phrontistery, where he would treat her further."
5,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_05,"Puzzling out the details with the help of knowledge you gleaned from your travels to the First, Zhai'a Nelhah believes he has found a way to restore Lalai's aetheric balance and save her from a grim fate. In return, the Hearer asks that you delay the proceedings with Prioress Dewlala by petitioning Master Cocobuki, but his request is cut short when Lalai arrives to insist the hearing go ahead as planned. She entrusts her magnum opus to you and promises to be along shortly. Taking the tomes that are the fruit of Lalai's labors in hand, you set off back for the Ossuary, where your allies and opponents in this cause await."
6,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_06,"You are doing your best to keep Dewlala's interest piqued when you are rejoined by Lalai, whose aetherial balance has been restored. Thoroughly won over by the black mage's logical and impassioned plea, the Prioress does not merely agree to housing her compendia in the Order's archives, but orders that a new research group dedicated to studying potential applications of black magic be established under Cocobuki's stewardship. Take your leave of this place with your companions, and revel in your hard-earned victory over prescripts and prejudice."
7,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_07,"Cocobuki congratulates Lalai on her success, while also warning her that the true battle to regain people's trust in the art of black magic has only just begun. Lalai restates her vow to work tirelessly toward her life's goal of handing down the art of black magic to future generations, before taking her leave to convey the good tidings to a certain Hearer who also played a role in your triumph."
8,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_08,"Zhai'a Nelhah is overjoyed to hear the good tidings, and positively stupefied when Lalai proceeds to offer him genuine words of thanks. The Hearer takes his leave in his typically oblivious and insensitive fashion, upon which Lalai once again thanks you for your efforts on her behalf. Relieved that she need no longer carry on her life's work in the shadows, she asks for your continued support in preserving the art of black magic for posterity."
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24,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_00,Speak with Yayake at Arrzaneth Ossuary.
25,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_01,Speak with Cocobuki.
26,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_02,Speak with Lalai.
27,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_03,Speak with Zhai'a Nelhah near Frondale's Phrontistery.
28,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_04,Speak with Cocobuki at Arrzaneth Ossuary.
29,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_05,Speak with Cocobuki.
30,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_06,Speak with Lalai at Milvaneth Sacrarium.
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48,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_000,"Welcome back to these halls, Player of the black. I sense that the dark powers in you are ever burgeoning. Pray tell, where have your travels taken you since last we met?"
49,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_300,What will you say?
50,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_301,I traveled to a world flooded with Light.
51,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_302,I felled a great mage in battle.
52,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_001,"A journey to another world, you say? Intriguing, indeed. Consider me impressed...and even a bit envious."
53,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_002,"How you were able to peer into the past of the archmage Nyelbert, and form a bond across the ages with his young friend Taynor. Though the circumstances are not entirely the same, I cannot help but think back to my own encounter with the great Shatotto."
54,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_003,"Speaking of which, I, too, have been keeping myself occupied. Why, I have recorded every detail we learned on our last adventure in writing, that we might preserve Shatotto's knowledge for posterity, and avert any similar calamity that may threaten future generations."
55,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_004,"Just the other day, I put the finishing touches on the final chapter of the final volume, concluding with Shatotto's departure. There is, however, one lingering...hmm?"
56,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_006,"(-???-)Well, fancy that! I come to check up on Lalai here, and who do I find but our old friend Player."
57,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_007,"Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite mutton-headed Hearer. I need neither your support nor your sympathy, but I suppose you've never been one to let that stop you."
58,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_008,"Come now, Lalai. You yourself mentioned that you were at a loss for what to do with the records you had scribed, yes? I simply hoped to inquire as to whether there have been any fruitful developments on that front."
59,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_009,"...Hmph. So you mean to rub salt in my wounds, yes? There have been no developments, fruitful or otherwise. I consulted with my brothers and sisters at the Order of Nald'thal, but to the last man they refused to even entertain the thought."
60,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_010,"You consulted with... Do you mean to say that you are still a member of the Order!? Why, I had always assumed that you had been excommunicated for your pursuit of the dark arts!"
61,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_011,"Excommunicated!? Simply for the pursuit of knowledge? Perish the thought! Though, to be fair, there are many holier-than-thou types in the Order who share this pigheaded Hearer's opinion..."
62,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_012,"Irrespective of this, the fact remains that the Order sealed away countless tomes in their vaults when they forbid the art of black magic. Storing my own writings with them, I would argue, is the most logical option."
63,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_013,"But no─they are too prudish and prejudiced against yours truly to listen to reason. Then again, perhaps if a thaumaturge in good standing with the Order were to put in a good word on my behalf..."
64,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_014,"...You may indeed find a more sympathetic ear. What do you say, Player?"
65,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_015,Excellent! Then let us hurry to the Ossuary and see if we can't convince that insufferably stuffy Yayake to see good sense.
66,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_016,"A moment if you please, Player. To tell the truth, the question of where to store her records is not the only matter that concerns me about Lalai of late."
67,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_017,"Recently, I cannot help but feel that the aetheric power within her is...shifting, warping in ways that I have not felt before. As for why this is, I cannot yet be sure. Until we discover more, pray look after her, will you?"
68,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_050,"My apologies, but I believe it best that I remain here until your negotiations are complete. I shudder to think of the consequences if my colleagues at the Conjurers' Guild found out I was conspiring with the likes of you and Lalai. Nothing personal, of course."
69,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_055,"I swear, for a veteran of the Order, she has all the sense of a simpering child!"
70,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_070,"Player! Well, this is an unexpected surprise. And not an entirely pleasant one, though it is by no fault of your own..."
71,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_071,"The unmitigated *gall* of you, Lalai! Did you honestly believe that dragging poor Player here─against her will, no doubt─would convince me to agree to housing your shameful scribblings in our archives?"
72,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_072,"I have said it once, and I will say it again. Until the day you renounce the depraved teachings of Ququruka, you will find no friends here. I would see those books burn before I give them a home here─for our sake, and for your own!"
73,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_073,"I swear, despite that pretentious monocle, you remain as blind as a bat to the big picture. Player of the black! Talk some sense into this overstuffed secretary!"
74,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_100,What will you say?
75,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_101,Should the tomes not be sealed away for safekeeping?
76,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_102,Do all in the Order agree with your decision?
77,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_080,...Hm. At least one of us here is capable of communicating like an adult.
78,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_081,"I will grudgingly admit that there is one other who shares Lalai's sentiments. In fact, it is none other than our very own guildmaster, Master Cocoba...Cocobe...er, what was the name again?"
79,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_082,"Cocobuki! Hah! It does not surprise me in the least. Come, Player! Let us present our case to someone wise enough to understand it."
80,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_090,"After all you have done for our guild, I felt you deserved an answer to your query, and so I gave you one. And yet I advise you to proceed with caution. Lalai has few allies here, and I would hate to see your pristine reputation sullied by association."
81,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_091,"Who cares if everyone else in this place is an insufferable dunderhead? With the guildmaster himself on our side, the argument is as good as won!"
82,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_100,"Hm hm hm... I was wondering who might be behind the screaming and stamping that echoed all the way to this chamber. Sister Lalai, was it?"
83,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_101,"Yes, it is true. I find myself rather convinced by the young lady's argument. It is all but impossible for us to prevent any and all from studying the dark arts."
84,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_102,"Why, then, not keep this dangerous knowledge close at hand, where we keep an ever-watchful eye on those who would pursue it? And yet, I fear that my own view is not a popular one, and my power to influence the others is far from absolute."
85,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_103,And so I would offer a proposal. Let us state our case directly to the head of the Order─to Prioress Dewlala herself─that she might pass judgment.
86,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_104,"You and Lalai shall argue in favor of accepting the tomes, and those opposing shall argue against. Should all go well, the prioress will agree to the proposal, and the tomes will have a safe home."
87,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_105,"And yet, the plan is not without risk. Should your argument be less than convincing, there remains a chance Dewlala may expressly forbid any further research. Why, if she is in a particularly foul mood, your very place in the Order may suddenly become...quite tenuous."
88,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_106,Hah! As if there is a chance *my* words could be anything but persuasive. I accept! Pray summon the prioress at her earliest convenience.
89,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_107,"Well, that settles it. We'd best hurry and prepare our argument─out of our enemies' earshot, of course. Come with me, Player!"
90,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_120,"For whatever it avails you, I shall voice my opinion in favor. No doubt Prelate Yayake will take her place at the head of the opposition."
91,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_121,"On another matter, is Lalai quite all right? I could not help but sense the aether within her swirling in a most unusual fashion..."
92,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_125,"Lalai seems to be in unusually good spirits─I trust the negotiations went well. And yet, something concerns me..."
93,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_140,"This is our chance, Player! We simply must convince the prioress at all costs! The future of our art depends on it!"
94,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_141,...Hm? What is this curious sensation?
95,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_142,Lalai! I knew something was amiss. The aether within you is transforming in a most unusual way...
96,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_143,"I must admit, I have not felt quite myself lately. My head...it feels as heavy as stone..."
97,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_144,"...No, this will not do. I'm afraid I must insist that you submit to a full examination before the hearing commences..."
98,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_145,"Lalai! Lalai, c-can you hear me!? S-Someone fetch a healer or a...wait, that's me!"
99,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_146,"Th-This is no time for p-p-panicking, friend! We must c-carry her to the Phrontistery with all speed!"
100,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_160,I fear it is as I suspected. The aetheric balance within her has broken down entirely...and unchecked energies are now eating away at her from within.
101,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_161,I can only assume that playing host to Shatotto's memories has put a terrible strain on her─one from which she has yet to completely recover.
102,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_162,"Yes, it would seem that her mind and spirit are in mortal peril. I have never witnessed this degree of aetheric imbalance before. I do not suppose you have...?"
103,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_200,What will you say?
104,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_201,I saw a world consumed by Light...
105,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_202,I saw a man transform into an unholy abomination...
106,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_165,"...I see. I can scarcely imagine all you have witnessed in your travels, but an imbalance of aether similar to what I now observe in Lalai would appear to be behind the phenomena you describe."
107,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_166,"If we can assume that the memories of Shatotto taking up residence in Lalai's corporeal form stimulated her aetheric flow, causing it to shift violently in an astral direction...then it only stands to reason we could restore balance by introducing a counteracting umbral aspect!"
108,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_167,"By the Twelve, I think I've got it! And yet, the process will not be quick...nor easy. I suppose we've no choice but to ask Master Cocobuki to delay the hearing..."
109,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_168,"(-???-)Delay the hearing!? Have you lost what little wits you had!? Why, if word got out that my condition was the result of my pursuit of the dark arts, it would all but seal Yayake's case against me!"
110,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_170,"No, we must proceed as planned, before our opponents are the wiser. Player, here is my magnum opus─the fruits of all we went through together. I leave them in your capable hands. Go on ahead, and I will be along in due time."
111,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_171,Are you mad!? You can't possibly mean to attend the proceedings in your current condition.
112,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_172,Of course not.
113,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_173,"Fortunately, I just so happen to know a Hearer who─despite being an insufferable stick-in-the-mud─has proven himself more than capable in the healing arts."
114,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_174,Lalai...
115,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_175,Very well...leave it to me. I will see that you are back on your feet before the judgment is rendered.
116,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_176,"Until then, I suppose it is up to Player here. Godsspeed, my friend."
117,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_180,"I have heard that we will be pleading our cases to Prioress Dewlala herself. It matters little to me─when she has heard my argument, she will have no choice but to rule in my favor."
118,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_190,"Hm hm hm... Lalai will be joining the proceedings a touch late, you say? That is most...unlike her, to say the least."
119,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_191,"She has entrusted her records to you? Very well. With any luck, we will be able to use them to our advantage. Now, allow me to see them. The prioress will be here all too soon..."
120,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_200,"Lalai has not even the courtesy to arrive on time to the hearing she herself requested? I swear, the woman's selfishness knows no bounds! I move that her request be dismissed immediately. It is...for her own good."
121,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_201,"Her own good...? Yes...it is as I suspected. You speak from your own experience...don't you, child?"
122,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_202,"I recall that you, too, once took an unpopular position in support of your erstwhile Master Mumuepo...one that earned you only the ire of your brothers and sisters."
123,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_203,Yes...and what of it!? I fought for a hopeless cause that in the end served only to isolate me from my peers. Is it so wrong that I wish to save Lalai from a similar fate? She must abandon this farce at once and return to her rightful place in the Order!
124,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_204,"To this, I cannot agree. In the short time before these proceedings, I perused what I could of these tomes. In their pages are writ not only forbidden secrets of black magic, but accounts of astounding phenomena the likes of which even I could scarcely imagine."
125,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_205,"Lalai conducted her research without the support─or interference─of the Order, and the fruits that research has borne cannot be denied. While our guild could not support a thousand others like her, I see little to gain from stifling one woman's passion, and forcing her to work within such rigid rules and regulations."
126,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_206,"The merits of both arguments are not lost on me. And yet I must confess a degree of ignorance about the matter at hand. All know that black magic was forbidden for its role in bringing disaster to our world. And yet, you still practice this art. Tell me, adventurer─is this magic as calamitous as the rumors say?"
127,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_000,How will you respond?
128,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_001,"It depends on who wields it, and to what end."
129,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_002,"Destruction, too, can bring salvation."
130,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_210,"If I understand you correctly, you would argue that in the right hands, even the art of destruction might serve the greater good. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?"
131,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_211,"There are times when vast destructive powers are needed...this is your claim? From my observations, I suppose you may be right. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?"
132,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_212,"My apologies, Prioress! By your leave, I would tell my tale."
133,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_213,Black magic is an inherently dangerous art...this I cannot and will not deny. Never would I suggest that even a single mage pursue this path without full knowledge of the perils that lie ahead.
134,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_214,"That is precisely why I have recorded in painstaking detail not only the arcane knowledge I have gleaned, but every last one of the myriad phenomena both wondrous and terrifying I have experienced in its pursuit."
135,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_215,"Unbreakable bonds formed with beastmen we once thought our sworn enemy, bodies and souls consumed by the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, an unspeakable calamity revisited upon our world after millennia...! We must leave this knowledge to posterity, that our sons and daughters do not repeat the mistakes of our past!"
136,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_216,"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is the crux of your argument, yes?"
137,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_217,"...Very well. Master Cocobuki, I hereby order you to establish a research organization under the auspices of your guild to further study the impact of black magic. I also grant you permission to store the aforementioned tomes in your archives─under the condition that Sister Lalai oversees them. "
138,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_218,...Understood. I will see that both the tomes and Lalai herself find a safe home within our halls.
139,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_219,"I am still not entirely convinced, but if the guildmaster himself is willing to accept responsibility...I have no reason to oppose."
140,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_220,"Prioress Dewlala, Master Cocobuki...I cannot thank you enough. Mark my words: you will not regret this decision. I will see to it that this knowledge is passed down as it should be─that the errors of our past will never be repeated."
141,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_240,To think the day would come that our art would be recognized once more!
142,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_245,One thing I will say for Lalai: she is passionate about her beliefs. Worry not─I will see that she is treated fairly by her brothers and sisters.
143,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_260,"Well, I do believe the proceedings went about as well as could be expected. I suppose this means that Lalai is now directly under my supervision."
144,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_261,"Don't think you'll be getting free rein around here simply because I vouched for you, child. I expect regular reports on any and all of your findings─only through transparency will black magic ever be accepted by doubters and skeptics."
145,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_262,"Understood. I shall begin to prepare my first report at once. But before that, there is another with whom I'd like to share these tidings. That is...by your leave, Guildmaster?"
146,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_263,"I believe you know well of whom I speak. He awaits us at the Sacrarium. Come along, Player."
147,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_270,"I am relieved to see the girl's aetheric balance restored. I suppose it was one of your companions who aided in this, yes?"
148,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_275,"Lalai has already shared the good news with me. Why, I could not be happier for the both of you!"
149,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_290,"And so, you see... I simply thought that, well..."
150,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_291,"Whatever is the matter, Lalai? This is your moment of triumph! I would expect you to be more...triumphant."
151,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_292,"Of course I am! It is simply that, well... Clearly, I could not have...I *did not* accomplish this on my own, so..."
152,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_293,"Player of the black. And yes, you as well, Zhai'a Nelhah. You have my...deepest gratitude."
153,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_294,"Well, I daresay this has been a momentous day in more ways than one. Once again, Lalai, my congratulations. And...you are most welcome."
154,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_295,"And with that, I should be on my way. When next we meet, I would introduce my colleagues from Stillglade Fane. Now that you are no longer a pariah, I suppose they would not be averse to exchanging knowledge with you."
155,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_296,...And just when I was beginning to take a liking to that dolt.
156,TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_297,"At any rate, though my official position may have changed, my mission remains the same: I will do all in my power to preserve our art for future generations. Pray continue to lend me your aid...Player of the black."
1 key 0 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_00 1 Lalai is eager to hear tell of your recent adventures.
2 # 1 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_01 Lalai is most intrigued by your tales of your journey to and from the First. In return, she shares the news that she has at long last completed her written record of all the knowledge of black magic she has gathered in the course of your adventures together. However, now she faces a dilemma, as despite her pleas, the Order of Nald'thal adamantly refuses to house such potentially dangerous knowledge within their archives. At Lalai's behest─and that of the Hearer Zhai'a Nelhah, who once again has invited himself to join in your adventures─you resolve to accompany your friend to the Arrzaneth Ossuary.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_02 str Upon arriving at the Ossuary, Lalai pleads her case to Prelate Yayake, but her words fall on deaf ears. When you step in to offer your support, the receptionist grudgingly admits that there is one member of the guild who sympathizes with the black mage's argument─and it is none other than Cocobuki, eldest of the five guildmasters. Heartened by the news, Lalai sets off to speak directly with the man himself, in hopes of winning his approval.
4 0 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_03 Lalai is eager to hear tell of your recent adventures. Though Guildmaster Cocobuki shares Lalai's perspective regarding the value of her research, he explains that his word alone will not suffice to sway the naysayers. Instead, he proposes that a hearing be held with Prioress Dewlala herself, that the head of the Order of Nald'thal might hear both sides of the argument and render her impartial judgment. Lalai is quick to accept the challenge, and wishes to meet with you outside the Ossuary to work out the details of your argument.
5 1 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_04 Lalai is most intrigued by your tales of your journey to and from the First. In return, she shares the news that she has at long last completed her written record of all the knowledge of black magic she has gathered in the course of your adventures together. However, now she faces a dilemma, as despite her pleas, the Order of Nald'thal adamantly refuses to house such potentially dangerous knowledge within their archives. At Lalai's behest─and that of the Hearer Zhai'a Nelhah, who once again has invited himself to join in your adventures─you resolve to accompany your friend to the Arrzaneth Ossuary. You have barely begun to discuss your argument when Lalai is struck with a bout of dizziness and suddenly collapses. Clearly shaken by the sight, Zhai'a Nelhah swoops the black mage into his arms and rushes off for Frondale's Phrontistery, where he would treat her further.
6 2 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_05 Upon arriving at the Ossuary, Lalai pleads her case to Prelate Yayake, but her words fall on deaf ears. When you step in to offer your support, the receptionist grudgingly admits that there is one member of the guild who sympathizes with the black mage's argument─and it is none other than Cocobuki, eldest of the five guildmasters. Heartened by the news, Lalai sets off to speak directly with the man himself, in hopes of winning his approval. Puzzling out the details with the help of knowledge you gleaned from your travels to the First, Zhai'a Nelhah believes he has found a way to restore Lalai's aetheric balance and save her from a grim fate. In return, the Hearer asks that you delay the proceedings with Prioress Dewlala by petitioning Master Cocobuki, but his request is cut short when Lalai arrives to insist the hearing go ahead as planned. She entrusts her magnum opus to you and promises to be along shortly. Taking the tomes that are the fruit of Lalai's labors in hand, you set off back for the Ossuary, where your allies and opponents in this cause await.
7 3 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_06 Though Guildmaster Cocobuki shares Lalai's perspective regarding the value of her research, he explains that his word alone will not suffice to sway the naysayers. Instead, he proposes that a hearing be held with Prioress Dewlala herself, that the head of the Order of Nald'thal might hear both sides of the argument and render her impartial judgment. Lalai is quick to accept the challenge, and wishes to meet with you outside the Ossuary to work out the details of your argument. You are doing your best to keep Dewlala's interest piqued when you are rejoined by Lalai, whose aetherial balance has been restored. Thoroughly won over by the black mage's logical and impassioned plea, the Prioress does not merely agree to housing her compendia in the Order's archives, but orders that a new research group dedicated to studying potential applications of black magic be established under Cocobuki's stewardship. Take your leave of this place with your companions, and revel in your hard-earned victory over prescripts and prejudice.
8 4 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_07 You have barely begun to discuss your argument when Lalai is struck with a bout of dizziness and suddenly collapses. Clearly shaken by the sight, Zhai'a Nelhah swoops the black mage into his arms and rushes off for Frondale's Phrontistery, where he would treat her further. Cocobuki congratulates Lalai on her success, while also warning her that the true battle to regain people's trust in the art of black magic has only just begun. Lalai restates her vow to work tirelessly toward her life's goal of handing down the art of black magic to future generations, before taking her leave to convey the good tidings to a certain Hearer who also played a role in your triumph.
9 5 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_SEQ_08 Puzzling out the details with the help of knowledge you gleaned from your travels to the First, Zhai'a Nelhah believes he has found a way to restore Lalai's aetheric balance and save her from a grim fate. In return, the Hearer asks that you delay the proceedings with Prioress Dewlala by petitioning Master Cocobuki, but his request is cut short when Lalai arrives to insist the hearing go ahead as planned. She entrusts her magnum opus to you and promises to be along shortly. Taking the tomes that are the fruit of Lalai's labors in hand, you set off back for the Ossuary, where your allies and opponents in this cause await. Zhai'a Nelhah is overjoyed to hear the good tidings, and positively stupefied when Lalai proceeds to offer him genuine words of thanks. The Hearer takes his leave in his typically oblivious and insensitive fashion, upon which Lalai once again thanks you for your efforts on her behalf. Relieved that she need no longer carry on her life's work in the shadows, she asks for your continued support in preserving the art of black magic for posterity.
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28 24 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_00 27 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_03 Speak with Yayake at Arrzaneth Ossuary. Speak with Zhai'a Nelhah near Frondale's Phrontistery.
29 25 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_01 28 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_04 Speak with Cocobuki. Speak with Cocobuki at Arrzaneth Ossuary.
30 26 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_02 29 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_05 Speak with Lalai. Speak with Cocobuki.
31 27 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_03 30 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_06 Speak with Zhai'a Nelhah near Frondale's Phrontistery. Speak with Lalai at Milvaneth Sacrarium.
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49 45 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_21 48 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_000 Welcome back to these halls, Player of the black. I sense that the dark powers in you are ever burgeoning. Pray tell, where have your travels taken you since last we met?
50 46 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_22 49 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_300 What will you say?
51 47 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_TODO_23 50 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_301 I traveled to a world flooded with Light.
52 48 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_000 51 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_302 Welcome back to these halls, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black. I sense that the dark powers in you are ever burgeoning. Pray tell, where have your travels taken you since last we met? I felled a great mage in battle.
53 49 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_300 52 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_001 What will you say? A journey to another world, you say? Intriguing, indeed. Consider me impressed...and even a bit envious.
54 50 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_301 53 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_002 I traveled to a world flooded with Light. How you were able to peer into the past of the archmage Nyelbert, and form a bond across the ages with his young friend Taynor. Though the circumstances are not entirely the same, I cannot help but think back to my own encounter with the great Shatotto.
55 51 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_302 54 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_003 I felled a great mage in battle. Speaking of which, I, too, have been keeping myself occupied. Why, I have recorded every detail we learned on our last adventure in writing, that we might preserve Shatotto's knowledge for posterity, and avert any similar calamity that may threaten future generations.
56 52 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_001 55 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_004 A journey to another world, you say? Intriguing, indeed. Consider me impressed...and even a bit envious. Just the other day, I put the finishing touches on the final chapter of the final volume, concluding with Shatotto's departure. There is, however, one lingering...hmm?
57 53 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_002 56 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_006 How you were able to peer into the past of the archmage Nyelbert, and form a bond across the ages with his young friend Taynor. Though the circumstances are not entirely the same, I cannot help but think back to my own encounter with the great Shatotto. (-???-)Well, fancy that! I come to check up on Lalai here, and who do I find but our old friend Player.
58 54 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_003 57 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_007 Speaking of which, I, too, have been keeping myself occupied. Why, I have recorded every detail we learned on our last adventure in writing, that we might preserve Shatotto's knowledge for posterity, and avert any similar calamity that may threaten future generations. Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite mutton-headed Hearer. I need neither your support nor your sympathy, but I suppose you've never been one to let that stop you.
59 55 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_004 58 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_008 Just the other day, I put the finishing touches on the final chapter of the final volume, concluding with Shatotto's departure. There is, however, one lingering...hmm? Come now, Lalai. You yourself mentioned that you were at a loss for what to do with the records you had scribed, yes? I simply hoped to inquire as to whether there have been any fruitful developments on that front.
60 56 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_006 59 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_009 (-???-)Well, fancy that! I come to check up on Lalai here, and who do I find but our old friend <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. ...Hmph. So you mean to rub salt in my wounds, yes? There have been no developments, fruitful or otherwise. I consulted with my brothers and sisters at the Order of Nald'thal, but to the last man they refused to even entertain the thought.
61 57 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_007 60 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_010 Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite mutton-headed Hearer. I need neither your support nor your sympathy, but I suppose you've never been one to let that stop you. You consulted with... Do you mean to say that you are still a member of the Order!? Why, I had always assumed that you had been excommunicated for your pursuit of the dark arts!
62 58 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_008 61 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_011 Come now, Lalai. You yourself mentioned that you were at a loss for what to do with the records you had scribed, yes? I simply hoped to inquire as to whether there have been any fruitful developments on that front. Excommunicated!? Simply for the pursuit of knowledge? Perish the thought! Though, to be fair, there are many holier-than-thou types in the Order who share this pigheaded Hearer's opinion...
63 59 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_009 62 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_012 ...Hmph. So you mean to rub salt in my wounds, yes? There have been no developments, fruitful or otherwise. I consulted with my brothers and sisters at the Order of Nald'thal, but to the last man they refused to even entertain the thought. Irrespective of this, the fact remains that the Order sealed away countless tomes in their vaults when they forbid the art of black magic. Storing my own writings with them, I would argue, is the most logical option.
64 60 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_010 63 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_013 You consulted with... Do you mean to say that you are still a member of the Order!? Why, I had always assumed that you had been excommunicated for your pursuit of the dark arts! But no─they are too prudish and prejudiced against yours truly to listen to reason. Then again, perhaps if a thaumaturge in good standing with the Order were to put in a good word on my behalf...
65 61 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_011 64 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_014 Excommunicated!? Simply for the pursuit of knowledge? Perish the thought! Though, to be fair, there are many holier-than-thou types in the Order who share this pigheaded Hearer's opinion... ...You may indeed find a more sympathetic ear. What do you say, Player?
66 62 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_012 65 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_015 Irrespective of this, the fact remains that the Order sealed away countless tomes in their vaults when they forbid the art of black magic. Storing my own writings with them, I would argue, is the most logical option. Excellent! Then let us hurry to the Ossuary and see if we can't convince that insufferably stuffy Yayake to see good sense.
67 63 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_013 66 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_016 But no─they are too prudish and prejudiced against yours truly to listen to reason. Then again, perhaps if a thaumaturge in good standing with the Order were to put in a good word on my behalf... A moment if you please, Player. To tell the truth, the question of where to store her records is not the only matter that concerns me about Lalai of late.
68 64 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_014 67 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_017 ...You may indeed find a more sympathetic ear. What do you say, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Recently, I cannot help but feel that the aetheric power within her is...shifting, warping in ways that I have not felt before. As for why this is, I cannot yet be sure. Until we discover more, pray look after her, will you?
69 65 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_015 68 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_050 Excellent! Then let us hurry to the Ossuary and see if we can't convince that insufferably stuffy Yayake to see good sense. My apologies, but I believe it best that I remain here until your negotiations are complete. I shudder to think of the consequences if my colleagues at the Conjurers' Guild found out I was conspiring with the likes of you and Lalai. Nothing personal, of course.
70 66 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_016 69 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_055 A moment if you please, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. To tell the truth, the question of where to store her records is not the only matter that concerns me about Lalai of late. I swear, for a veteran of the Order, she has all the sense of a simpering child!
71 67 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_017 70 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_070 Recently, I cannot help but feel that the aetheric power within her is...shifting, warping in ways that I have not felt before. As for why this is, I cannot yet be sure. Until we discover more, pray look after her, will you? Player! Well, this is an unexpected surprise. And not an entirely pleasant one, though it is by no fault of your own...
72 68 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_050 71 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_071 My apologies, but I believe it best that I remain here until your negotiations are complete. I shudder to think of the consequences if my colleagues at the Conjurers' Guild found out I was conspiring with the likes of you and Lalai. Nothing personal, of course. The unmitigated *gall* of you, Lalai! Did you honestly believe that dragging poor Player here─against her will, no doubt─would convince me to agree to housing your shameful scribblings in our archives?
73 69 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_055 72 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_072 I swear, for a veteran of the Order, she has all the sense of a simpering child! I have said it once, and I will say it again. Until the day you renounce the depraved teachings of Ququruka, you will find no friends here. I would see those books burn before I give them a home here─for our sake, and for your own!
74 70 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_070 73 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_073 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Well, this is an unexpected surprise. And not an entirely pleasant one, though it is by no fault of your own... I swear, despite that pretentious monocle, you remain as blind as a bat to the big picture. Player of the black! Talk some sense into this overstuffed secretary!
75 71 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_071 74 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_100 The unmitigated <Emphasis>gall</Emphasis> of you, Lalai! Did you honestly believe that dragging poor <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here─against <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> will, no doubt─would convince me to agree to housing your shameful scribblings in our archives? What will you say?
76 72 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_072 75 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_101 I have said it once, and I will say it again. Until the day you renounce the depraved teachings of Ququruka, you will find no friends here. I would see those books burn before I give them a home here─for our sake, and for your own! Should the tomes not be sealed away for safekeeping?
77 73 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_073 76 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_102 I swear, despite that pretentious monocle, you remain as blind as a bat to the big picture. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black! Talk some sense into this overstuffed secretary! Do all in the Order agree with your decision?
78 74 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_100 77 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_080 What will you say? ...Hm. At least one of us here is capable of communicating like an adult.
79 75 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_101 78 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_081 Should the tomes not be sealed away for safekeeping? I will grudgingly admit that there is one other who shares Lalai's sentiments. In fact, it is none other than our very own guildmaster, Master Cocoba...Cocobe...er, what was the name again?
80 76 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_102 79 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_082 Do all in the Order agree with your decision? Cocobuki! Hah! It does not surprise me in the least. Come, Player! Let us present our case to someone wise enough to understand it.
81 77 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_080 80 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_090 ...Hm. At least one of us here is capable of communicating like an adult. After all you have done for our guild, I felt you deserved an answer to your query, and so I gave you one. And yet I advise you to proceed with caution. Lalai has few allies here, and I would hate to see your pristine reputation sullied by association.
82 78 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_081 81 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_091 I will grudgingly admit that there is one other who shares Lalai's sentiments. In fact, it is none other than our very own guildmaster, Master Cocoba...Cocobe...er, what was the name again? Who cares if everyone else in this place is an insufferable dunderhead? With the guildmaster himself on our side, the argument is as good as won!
83 79 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_082 82 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_100 Cocobuki! Hah! It does not surprise me in the least. Come, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Let us present our case to someone wise enough to understand it. Hm hm hm... I was wondering who might be behind the screaming and stamping that echoed all the way to this chamber. Sister Lalai, was it?
84 80 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_090 83 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_101 After all you have done for our guild, I felt you deserved an answer to your query, and so I gave you one. And yet I advise you to proceed with caution. Lalai has few allies here, and I would hate to see your pristine reputation sullied by association. Yes, it is true. I find myself rather convinced by the young lady's argument. It is all but impossible for us to prevent any and all from studying the dark arts.
85 81 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_091 84 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_102 Who cares if everyone else in this place is an insufferable dunderhead? With the guildmaster himself on our side, the argument is as good as won! Why, then, not keep this dangerous knowledge close at hand, where we keep an ever-watchful eye on those who would pursue it? And yet, I fear that my own view is not a popular one, and my power to influence the others is far from absolute.
86 82 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_100 85 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_103 Hm hm hm... I was wondering who might be behind the screaming and stamping that echoed all the way to this chamber. Sister Lalai, was it? And so I would offer a proposal. Let us state our case directly to the head of the Order─to Prioress Dewlala herself─that she might pass judgment.
87 83 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_101 86 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_104 Yes, it is true. I find myself rather convinced by the young lady's argument. It is all but impossible for us to prevent any and all from studying the dark arts. You and Lalai shall argue in favor of accepting the tomes, and those opposing shall argue against. Should all go well, the prioress will agree to the proposal, and the tomes will have a safe home.
88 84 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_102 87 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_105 Why, then, not keep this dangerous knowledge close at hand, where we keep an ever-watchful eye on those who would pursue it? And yet, I fear that my own view is not a popular one, and my power to influence the others is far from absolute. And yet, the plan is not without risk. Should your argument be less than convincing, there remains a chance Dewlala may expressly forbid any further research. Why, if she is in a particularly foul mood, your very place in the Order may suddenly become...quite tenuous.
89 85 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_103 88 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_106 And so I would offer a proposal. Let us state our case directly to the head of the Order─to Prioress Dewlala herself─that she might pass judgment. Hah! As if there is a chance *my* words could be anything but persuasive. I accept! Pray summon the prioress at her earliest convenience.
90 86 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_104 89 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_107 You and Lalai shall argue in favor of accepting the tomes, and those opposing shall argue against. Should all go well, the prioress will agree to the proposal, and the tomes will have a safe home. Well, that settles it. We'd best hurry and prepare our argument─out of our enemies' earshot, of course. Come with me, Player!
91 87 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_105 90 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_120 And yet, the plan is not without risk. Should your argument be less than convincing, there remains a chance Dewlala may expressly forbid any further research. Why, if she is in a particularly foul mood, your very place in the Order may suddenly become...quite tenuous. For whatever it avails you, I shall voice my opinion in favor. No doubt Prelate Yayake will take her place at the head of the opposition.
92 88 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_106 91 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_121 Hah! As if there is a chance <Emphasis>my</Emphasis> words could be anything but persuasive. I accept! Pray summon the prioress at her earliest convenience. On another matter, is Lalai quite all right? I could not help but sense the aether within her swirling in a most unusual fashion...
93 89 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_107 92 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_125 Well, that settles it. We'd best hurry and prepare our argument─out of our enemies' earshot, of course. Come with me, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Lalai seems to be in unusually good spirits─I trust the negotiations went well. And yet, something concerns me...
94 90 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_120 93 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_140 For whatever it avails you, I shall voice my opinion in favor. No doubt Prelate Yayake will take her place at the head of the opposition. This is our chance, Player! We simply must convince the prioress at all costs! The future of our art depends on it!
95 91 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_121 94 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_141 On another matter, is Lalai quite all right? I could not help but sense the aether within her swirling in a most unusual fashion... ...Hm? What is this curious sensation?
96 92 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_125 95 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_142 Lalai seems to be in unusually good spirits─I trust the negotiations went well. And yet, something concerns me... Lalai! I knew something was amiss. The aether within you is transforming in a most unusual way...
97 93 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_140 96 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_143 This is our chance, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! We simply must convince the prioress at all costs! The future of our art depends on it! I must admit, I have not felt quite myself lately. My head...it feels as heavy as stone...
98 94 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_141 97 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_144 ...Hm? What is this curious sensation? ...No, this will not do. I'm afraid I must insist that you submit to a full examination before the hearing commences...
99 95 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_142 98 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_145 Lalai! I knew something was amiss. The aether within you is transforming in a most unusual way... Lalai! Lalai, c-can you hear me!? S-Someone fetch a healer or a...wait, that's me!
100 96 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_143 99 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_146 I must admit, I have not felt quite myself lately. My head...it feels as heavy as stone... Th-This is no time for p-p-panicking, friend! We must c-carry her to the Phrontistery with all speed!
101 97 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_144 100 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_160 ...No, this will not do. I'm afraid I must insist that you submit to a full examination before the hearing commences... I fear it is as I suspected. The aetheric balance within her has broken down entirely...and unchecked energies are now eating away at her from within.
102 98 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_145 101 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_161 Lalai! Lalai, c-can you hear me!? S-Someone fetch a healer or a...wait, that's me! I can only assume that playing host to Shatotto's memories has put a terrible strain on her─one from which she has yet to completely recover.
103 99 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_146 102 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_162 Th-This is no time for p-p-panicking, friend! We must c-carry her to the Phrontistery with all speed! Yes, it would seem that her mind and spirit are in mortal peril. I have never witnessed this degree of aetheric imbalance before. I do not suppose you have...?
104 100 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_160 103 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_200 I fear it is as I suspected. The aetheric balance within her has broken down entirely...and unchecked energies are now eating away at her from within. What will you say?
105 101 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_161 104 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_201 I can only assume that playing host to Shatotto's memories has put a terrible strain on her─one from which she has yet to completely recover. I saw a world consumed by Light...
106 102 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_162 105 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_202 Yes, it would seem that her mind and spirit are in mortal peril. I have never witnessed this degree of aetheric imbalance before. I do not suppose you have...? I saw a man transform into an unholy abomination...
107 103 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_200 106 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_165 What will you say? ...I see. I can scarcely imagine all you have witnessed in your travels, but an imbalance of aether similar to what I now observe in Lalai would appear to be behind the phenomena you describe.
108 104 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_201 107 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_166 I saw a world consumed by Light... If we can assume that the memories of Shatotto taking up residence in Lalai's corporeal form stimulated her aetheric flow, causing it to shift violently in an astral direction...then it only stands to reason we could restore balance by introducing a counteracting umbral aspect!
109 105 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_202 108 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_167 I saw a man transform into an unholy abomination... By the Twelve, I think I've got it! And yet, the process will not be quick...nor easy. I suppose we've no choice but to ask Master Cocobuki to delay the hearing...
110 106 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_165 109 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_168 ...I see. I can scarcely imagine all you have witnessed in your travels, but an imbalance of aether similar to what I now observe in Lalai would appear to be behind the phenomena you describe. (-???-)Delay the hearing!? Have you lost what little wits you had!? Why, if word got out that my condition was the result of my pursuit of the dark arts, it would all but seal Yayake's case against me!
111 107 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_166 110 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_170 If we can assume that the memories of Shatotto taking up residence in Lalai's corporeal form stimulated her aetheric flow, causing it to shift violently in an astral direction...then it only stands to reason we could restore balance by introducing a counteracting umbral aspect! No, we must proceed as planned, before our opponents are the wiser. Player, here is my magnum opus─the fruits of all we went through together. I leave them in your capable hands. Go on ahead, and I will be along in due time.
112 108 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_167 111 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_171 By the Twelve, I think I've got it! And yet, the process will not be quick...nor easy. I suppose we've no choice but to ask Master Cocobuki to delay the hearing... Are you mad!? You can't possibly mean to attend the proceedings in your current condition.
113 109 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_168 112 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_172 (-???-)Delay the hearing!? Have you lost what little wits you had!? Why, if word got out that my condition was the result of my pursuit of the dark arts, it would all but seal Yayake's case against me! Of course not.
114 110 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_170 113 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_173 No, we must proceed as planned, before our opponents are the wiser. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, here is my magnum opus─the fruits of all we went through together. I leave them in your capable hands. Go on ahead, and I will be along in due time. Fortunately, I just so happen to know a Hearer who─despite being an insufferable stick-in-the-mud─has proven himself more than capable in the healing arts.
115 111 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_171 114 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_174 Are you mad!? You can't possibly mean to attend the proceedings in your current condition. Lalai...
116 112 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_172 115 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_175 Of course not. Very well...leave it to me. I will see that you are back on your feet before the judgment is rendered.
117 113 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_173 116 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_176 Fortunately, I just so happen to know a Hearer who─despite being an insufferable stick-in-the-mud─has proven himself more than capable in the healing arts. Until then, I suppose it is up to Player here. Godsspeed, my friend.
118 114 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_174 117 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_180 Lalai... I have heard that we will be pleading our cases to Prioress Dewlala herself. It matters little to me─when she has heard my argument, she will have no choice but to rule in my favor.
119 115 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_175 118 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_190 Very well...leave it to me. I will see that you are back on your feet before the judgment is rendered. Hm hm hm... Lalai will be joining the proceedings a touch late, you say? That is most...unlike her, to say the least.
120 116 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_176 119 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_191 Until then, I suppose it is up to <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here. Godsspeed, my friend. She has entrusted her records to you? Very well. With any luck, we will be able to use them to our advantage. Now, allow me to see them. The prioress will be here all too soon...
121 117 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_180 120 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_200 I have heard that we will be pleading our cases to Prioress Dewlala herself. It matters little to me─when she has heard my argument, she will have no choice but to rule in my favor. Lalai has not even the courtesy to arrive on time to the hearing she herself requested? I swear, the woman's selfishness knows no bounds! I move that her request be dismissed immediately. It is...for her own good.
122 118 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_190 121 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_201 Hm hm hm... Lalai will be joining the proceedings a touch late, you say? That is most...unlike her, to say the least. Her own good...? Yes...it is as I suspected. You speak from your own experience...don't you, child?
123 119 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_191 122 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_202 She has entrusted her records to you? Very well. With any luck, we will be able to use them to our advantage. Now, allow me to see them. The prioress will be here all too soon... I recall that you, too, once took an unpopular position in support of your erstwhile Master Mumuepo...one that earned you only the ire of your brothers and sisters.
124 120 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_200 123 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_203 Lalai has not even the courtesy to arrive on time to the hearing she herself requested? I swear, the woman's selfishness knows no bounds! I move that her request be dismissed immediately. It is...for her own good. Yes...and what of it!? I fought for a hopeless cause that in the end served only to isolate me from my peers. Is it so wrong that I wish to save Lalai from a similar fate? She must abandon this farce at once and return to her rightful place in the Order!
125 121 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_201 124 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_204 Her own good...? Yes...it is as I suspected. You speak from your own experience...don't you, child? To this, I cannot agree. In the short time before these proceedings, I perused what I could of these tomes. In their pages are writ not only forbidden secrets of black magic, but accounts of astounding phenomena the likes of which even I could scarcely imagine.
126 122 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_202 125 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_205 I recall that you, too, once took an unpopular position in support of your erstwhile Master Mumuepo...one that earned you only the ire of your brothers and sisters. Lalai conducted her research without the support─or interference─of the Order, and the fruits that research has borne cannot be denied. While our guild could not support a thousand others like her, I see little to gain from stifling one woman's passion, and forcing her to work within such rigid rules and regulations.
127 123 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_203 126 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_206 Yes...and what of it!? I fought for a hopeless cause that in the end served only to isolate me from my peers. Is it so wrong that I wish to save Lalai from a similar fate? She must abandon this farce at once and return to her rightful place in the Order! The merits of both arguments are not lost on me. And yet I must confess a degree of ignorance about the matter at hand. All know that black magic was forbidden for its role in bringing disaster to our world. And yet, you still practice this art. Tell me, adventurer─is this magic as calamitous as the rumors say?
128 124 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_204 127 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_000 To this, I cannot agree. In the short time before these proceedings, I perused what I could of these tomes. In their pages are writ not only forbidden secrets of black magic, but accounts of astounding phenomena the likes of which even I could scarcely imagine. How will you respond?
129 125 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_205 128 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_001 Lalai conducted her research without the support─or interference─of the Order, and the fruits that research has borne cannot be denied. While our guild could not support a thousand others like her, I see little to gain from stifling one woman's passion, and forcing her to work within such rigid rules and regulations. It depends on who wields it, and to what end.
130 126 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_206 129 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_002 The merits of both arguments are not lost on me. And yet I must confess a degree of ignorance about the matter at hand. All know that black magic was forbidden for its role in bringing disaster to our world. And yet, you still practice this art. Tell me, adventurer─is this magic as calamitous as the rumors say? Destruction, too, can bring salvation.
131 127 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_Q1_000_000 130 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_210 How will you respond? If I understand you correctly, you would argue that in the right hands, even the art of destruction might serve the greater good. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?
132 128 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_001 131 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_211 It depends on who wields it, and to what end. There are times when vast destructive powers are needed...this is your claim? From my observations, I suppose you may be right. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge?
133 129 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_A1_000_002 132 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_212 Destruction, too, can bring salvation. My apologies, Prioress! By your leave, I would tell my tale.
134 130 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_210 133 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_213 If I understand you correctly, you would argue that in the right hands, even the art of destruction might serve the greater good. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge? Black magic is an inherently dangerous art...this I cannot and will not deny. Never would I suggest that even a single mage pursue this path without full knowledge of the perils that lie ahead.
135 131 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_211 134 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_214 There are times when vast destructive powers are needed...this is your claim? From my observations, I suppose you may be right. And yet, how are we to be certain that this Sister Lalai can be trusted with such potentially ruinous knowledge? That is precisely why I have recorded in painstaking detail not only the arcane knowledge I have gleaned, but every last one of the myriad phenomena both wondrous and terrifying I have experienced in its pursuit.
136 132 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_212 135 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_215 My apologies, Prioress! By your leave, I would tell my tale. Unbreakable bonds formed with beastmen we once thought our sworn enemy, bodies and souls consumed by the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, an unspeakable calamity revisited upon our world after millennia...! We must leave this knowledge to posterity, that our sons and daughters do not repeat the mistakes of our past!
137 133 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_213 136 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_216 Black magic is an inherently dangerous art...this I cannot and will not deny. Never would I suggest that even a single mage pursue this path without full knowledge of the perils that lie ahead. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is the crux of your argument, yes?
138 134 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_214 137 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_217 That is precisely why I have recorded in painstaking detail not only the arcane knowledge I have gleaned, but every last one of the myriad phenomena both wondrous and terrifying I have experienced in its pursuit. ...Very well. Master Cocobuki, I hereby order you to establish a research organization under the auspices of your guild to further study the impact of black magic. I also grant you permission to store the aforementioned tomes in your archives─under the condition that Sister Lalai oversees them.
139 135 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_215 138 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_218 Unbreakable bonds formed with beastmen we once thought our sworn enemy, bodies and souls consumed by the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, an unspeakable calamity revisited upon our world after millennia...! We must leave this knowledge to posterity, that our sons and daughters do not repeat the mistakes of our past! ...Understood. I will see that both the tomes and Lalai herself find a safe home within our halls.
140 136 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_216 139 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_219 Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is the crux of your argument, yes? I am still not entirely convinced, but if the guildmaster himself is willing to accept responsibility...I have no reason to oppose.
141 137 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_DEWLALA_000_217 140 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_220 ...Very well. Master Cocobuki, I hereby order you to establish a research organization under the auspices of your guild to further study the impact of black magic. I also grant you permission to store the aforementioned tomes in your archives─under the condition that Sister Lalai oversees them. Prioress Dewlala, Master Cocobuki...I cannot thank you enough. Mark my words: you will not regret this decision. I will see to it that this knowledge is passed down as it should be─that the errors of our past will never be repeated.
142 138 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_218 141 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_240 ...Understood. I will see that both the tomes and Lalai herself find a safe home within our halls. To think the day would come that our art would be recognized once more!
143 139 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_219 142 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_245 I am still not entirely convinced, but if the guildmaster himself is willing to accept responsibility...I have no reason to oppose. One thing I will say for Lalai: she is passionate about her beliefs. Worry not─I will see that she is treated fairly by her brothers and sisters.
144 140 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_220 143 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_260 Prioress Dewlala, Master Cocobuki...I cannot thank you enough. Mark my words: you will not regret this decision. I will see to it that this knowledge is passed down as it should be─that the errors of our past will never be repeated. Well, I do believe the proceedings went about as well as could be expected. I suppose this means that Lalai is now directly under my supervision.
145 141 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_240 144 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_261 To think the day would come that our art would be recognized once more! Don't think you'll be getting free rein around here simply because I vouched for you, child. I expect regular reports on any and all of your findings─only through transparency will black magic ever be accepted by doubters and skeptics.
146 142 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_YAYAKE_000_245 145 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_262 One thing I will say for Lalai: she is passionate about her beliefs. Worry not─I will see that she is treated fairly by her brothers and sisters. Understood. I shall begin to prepare my first report at once. But before that, there is another with whom I'd like to share these tidings. That is...by your leave, Guildmaster?
147 143 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_260 146 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_263 Well, I do believe the proceedings went about as well as could be expected. I suppose this means that Lalai is now directly under my supervision. I believe you know well of whom I speak. He awaits us at the Sacrarium. Come along, Player.
148 144 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_261 147 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_270 Don't think you'll be getting free rein around here simply because I vouched for you, child. I expect regular reports on any and all of your findings─only through transparency will black magic ever be accepted by doubters and skeptics. I am relieved to see the girl's aetheric balance restored. I suppose it was one of your companions who aided in this, yes?
149 145 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_262 148 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_275 Understood. I shall begin to prepare my first report at once. But before that, there is another with whom I'd like to share these tidings. That is...by your leave, Guildmaster? Lalai has already shared the good news with me. Why, I could not be happier for the both of you!
150 146 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_263 149 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_290 I believe you know well of whom I speak. He awaits us at the Sacrarium. Come along, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. And so, you see... I simply thought that, well...
151 147 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_COCOBUKI_000_270 150 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_291 I am relieved to see the girl's aetheric balance restored. I suppose it was one of your companions who aided in this, yes? Whatever is the matter, Lalai? This is your moment of triumph! I would expect you to be more...triumphant.
152 148 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_275 151 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_292 Lalai has already shared the good news with me. Why, I could not be happier for the both of you! Of course I am! It is simply that, well... Clearly, I could not have...I *did not* accomplish this on my own, so...
153 149 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_290 152 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_293 And so, you see... I simply thought that, well... Player of the black. And yes, you as well, Zhai'a Nelhah. You have my...deepest gratitude.
154 150 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_291 153 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_294 Whatever is the matter, Lalai? This is your moment of triumph! I would expect you to be more...triumphant. Well, I daresay this has been a momentous day in more ways than one. Once again, Lalai, my congratulations. And...you are most welcome.
155 151 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_292 154 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_295 Of course I am! It is simply that, well... Clearly, I could not have...I <Emphasis>did not</Emphasis> accomplish this on my own, so... And with that, I should be on my way. When next we meet, I would introduce my colleagues from Stillglade Fane. Now that you are no longer a pariah, I suppose they would not be averse to exchanging knowledge with you.
156 152 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_293 155 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_296 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black. And yes, you as well, Zhai'a Nelhah. You have my...deepest gratitude. ...And just when I was beginning to take a liking to that dolt.
157 153 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_294 156 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_297 Well, I daresay this has been a momentous day in more ways than one. Once again, Lalai, my congratulations. And...you are most welcome. At any rate, though my official position may have changed, my mission remains the same: I will do all in my power to preserve our art for future generations. Pray continue to lend me your aid...Player of the black.
154 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_ZHAIANELHAH_000_295 And with that, I should be on my way. When next we meet, I would introduce my colleagues from Stillglade Fane. Now that you are no longer a pariah, I suppose they would not be averse to exchanging knowledge with you.
155 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_296 ...And just when I was beginning to take a liking to that dolt.
156 TEXT_LUCKBC007_03216_LALAI_000_297 At any rate, though my official position may have changed, my mission remains the same: I will do all in my power to preserve our art for future generations. Pray continue to lend me your aid...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> of the black.