7.45 follow-up (#99)

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* 7.45 follow-up
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1,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_01","Having proven yourself to him, Argos is now willing to lend you his back. Venat suggests you move over to the edge to give your mounts a better launching point."
2,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_02","Argos delivers you and Venat to the isle, where at first you find nothing out of the ordinary. Venat suggests a glimpse into the past, which reveals to you a conversation wherein Meteion reports to Hermes on the progress of her starfaring sisters. The chief overseer's vow to accept their discoveries with an open mind gives no impression that he might desire an apocalyptic end to the world─indeed, you return to the larger island intent on recruiting his help in solving the mystery of the Final Days."
3,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_03","Venat directs your search for Hermes to Ktisis Hyperboreia─the largest facility in Elpis. The path to this facility lies to the north of Poieten Oikos, where a teleporter will transport you to Ethoseletikos Boreas."
4,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_04","You have arrived in Ethoseletikos Boreas. Venat stands nearby with further instructions."
5,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_05","The former Azem gives you directions to Ktisis Hyperboreia, before setting off for the facility herself. It seems all you need do is follow the road to the crossroads, then turn left..."
6,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_06","You meet with Venat at the door to the facility, but just as you make to venture inside, you come face-to-face with Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus. After hearing the results of their investigations, you realize that all have arrived at much the same conclusions with regards to the chief overseer and his research. It is then agreed that if the true nature of the Final Days is to be understood, you will need to enlist the aid of Hermes himself."
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24,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_00","Approach Argos."
25,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_01","Speak with Venat."
26,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_02","Travel from northerly Zephyrneus to southerly Boreneus."
27,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_03","Speak with Venat."
28,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_04","Speak with Venat again."
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48,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_000","Let us move over to the edge before mounting, shall we?"
49,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_001","That will allow Argos to catch the currents rising up from below, and give us a smooth ride over to the isle."
50,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_010","Climb onto Argos's back and we can be off. ...You know, I honestly cannot remember the last time he carried anyone but me."
51,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_020","Argos motions to his back with his muzzle. You've been given the go-ahead to hop on!"
52,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q1_000_021","Ride Argos to the isle?"
53,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_022","Argos launches into the air with a powerful leap!"
54,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_030","Isn't this pleasant? Argos certainly seems to think so."
55,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_035","Now, what was the name of that tree...?"
56,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_040","Noe...something... Ah! Noetophoreon! Quite a striking specimen, is it not?"
57,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_045","Brace yourself for the landing─I wouldn't want you tumbling off at the last moment."
58,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_050","There are any number of places where Hermes might be in Elpis..."
59,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_051","But we could do worse than to look in Ktisis Hyperboreia, the largest facility. It stands in Ethoseletikos Boreas, the northern isle."
60,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_052","I wonder, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─for an institution which claims to studiously research every species destined for release into the world, did you not question how they find room for them all on so few islands?"
61,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_053","The answer lies within Ktisis itself. I touched upon the practice before back at the archives, where a vast area is stitched together out of multiple conceptual spaces. The same holds true for the interior of this facility and its magically constructed environs."
62,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_054","'Tis there, within those sprawling habitats, that the chief overseer and most of Elpis's observers conduct the bulk of their work."
63,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_055","Come, the simplest route is via the neus north of Poieten Oikos..."
64,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_060","This appears to be the teleporter Venat told you about."
65,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_061","Motes of light yet hang in the air, suggesting the device was but recently activated..."
66,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q2_000_062","Proceed to Ethoseletikos Boreas?"
67,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_070","Ah, good, the neus acknowledged you as my guest. You should now have the authority to use it as you wish."
68,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_071","As for the way to Ktisis Hyperboreia, we follow this path, then turn left at the crossroads."
69,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_080","Here we are: the grandest research facility in Elpis."
70,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_081","We should head inside and ask after Hermes's whereabouts..."
71,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_082","(-???-)Hermes is at another facility...as we have just discovered."
72,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_083","Furthermore, we've confirmed that his studies into dynamis, as well as his creation of Meteion, were entirely private pursuits."
73,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_084","No one else we spoke with appeared to possess the chief's depth of knowledge on the subject, and neither did we hear any tales of stolen research."
74,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_085","Which means that if Hermes himself harbors no desire to bring down an apocalypse, then he might be recruited to help prevent one..."
75,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_086","...Or so sayeth the illustrious Emet-Selch."
76,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_087","According to your story, the Fourteen divined the connection between the celestial currents and the Final Days, but were never able to pinpoint the root cause of the calamity."
77,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_088","With our people's greatest minds─not to mention Hythlodaeus's sharp eyes─committed to the pursuit of a solution, such an outcome seems...inconceivable."
78,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_089","The only possible explanation is if the nature of the catalyst was so inexplicable that even we failed to perceive it."
79,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_090","And what better fits that description than the invisible, intangible dynamis?"
80,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_091","Which in turn, leads us to our next question: how did Hermes, in his role as Fandaniel, not recognize the subject of his own research?"
81,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_092","We must assume that he either knew and was unable to help, or that he was otherwise prevented from identifying the cause in the first place. At this juncture, all we can do is speculate."
82,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_093","To be clear, the Convocation does not tolerate acts of deception or malice. We are practiced at perceiving truth, and would have known had Fandaniel lied to us."
83,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_094","Hermes has no conscious wish for the world to end. Of that, I am certain."
84,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_095","It seems there is more to the tale after all."
85,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_096","We conducted an investigation of our own, you see..."
86,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_097","How comforting... We seem to have reached the exact same conclusion."
87,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_098","I see no reason to delay further. 'Tis time we brought Hermes into the fold, as it were."
88,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q3_000_099","What will you say?"
89,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_100","Thank you for your understanding."
90,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_101","..."
91,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_102","Save your thanks. I did not say I believed your ridiculous story."
92,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_103","This does not mean I believe your ridiculous story."
93,"TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_104","But as Emet-Selch, I have a duty to examine any potential threat to our existence. No matter how ludicrous or personally offensive I may find it."
0,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_00,Venat has Argos and his double at heel.
1,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_01,"Having proven yourself to him, Argos is now willing to lend you his back. Venat suggests you move over to the edge to give your mounts a better launching point."
2,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_02,"Argos delivers you and Venat to the isle, where at first you find nothing out of the ordinary. Venat suggests a glimpse into the past, which reveals to you a conversation wherein Meteion reports to Hermes on the progress of her starfaring sisters. The chief overseer's vow to accept their discoveries with an open mind gives no impression that he might desire an apocalyptic end to the world─indeed, you return to the larger island intent on recruiting his help in solving the mystery of the Final Days."
3,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_03,"Venat directs your search for Hermes to Ktisis Hyperboreia─the largest facility in Elpis. The path to this facility lies to the north of Poieten Oikos, where a teleporter will transport you to Ethoseletikos Boreas."
4,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_04,You have arrived in Ethoseletikos Boreas. Venat stands nearby with further instructions.
5,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_05,"The former Azem gives you directions to Ktisis Hyperboreia, before setting off for the facility herself. It seems all you need do is follow the road to the crossroads, then turn left..."
6,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_06,"You meet with Venat at the door to the facility, but just as you make to venture inside, you come face-to-face with Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus. After hearing the results of their investigations, you realize that all have arrived at much the same conclusions with regards to the chief overseer and his research. It is then agreed that if the true nature of the Final Days is to be understood, you will need to enlist the aid of Hermes himself."
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24,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_00,Approach Argos.
25,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_01,Speak with Venat.
26,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_02,Travel from northerly Zephyrneus to southerly Boreneus.
27,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_03,Speak with Venat.
28,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_04,Speak with Venat again.
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48,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_000,"Let us move over to the edge before mounting, shall we?"
49,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_001,"That will allow Argos to catch the currents rising up from below, and give us a smooth ride over to the isle."
50,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_010,"Climb onto Argos's back and we can be off. ...You know, I honestly cannot remember the last time he carried anyone but me."
51,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_020,Argos motions to his back with his muzzle. You've been given the go-ahead to hop on!
52,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q1_000_021,Ride Argos to the isle?
53,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_022,Argos launches into the air with a powerful leap!
54,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_030,Isn't this pleasant? Argos certainly seems to think so.
55,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_035,"Now, what was the name of that tree...?"
56,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_040,"Noe...something... Ah! Noetophoreon! Quite a striking specimen, is it not?"
57,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_045,Brace yourself for the landing─I wouldn't want you tumbling off at the last moment.
58,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_050,There are any number of places where Hermes might be in Elpis...
59,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_051,"But we could do worse than to look in Ktisis Hyperboreia, the largest facility. It stands in Ethoseletikos Boreas, the northern isle."
60,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_052,"I wonder, Player─for an institution which claims to studiously research every species destined for release into the world, did you not question how they find room for them all on so few islands?"
61,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_053,"The answer lies within Ktisis itself. I touched upon the practice before back at the archives, where a vast area is stitched together out of multiple conceptual spaces. The same holds true for the interior of this facility and its magically constructed environs."
62,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_054,"'Tis there, within those sprawling habitats, that the chief overseer and most of Elpis's observers conduct the bulk of their work."
63,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_055,"Come, the simplest route is via the neus north of Poieten Oikos..."
64,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_060,This appears to be the teleporter Venat told you about.
65,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_061,"Motes of light yet hang in the air, suggesting the device was but recently activated..."
66,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q2_000_062,Proceed to Ethoseletikos Boreas?
67,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_070,"Ah, good, the neus acknowledged you as my guest. You should now have the authority to use it as you wish."
68,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_071,"As for the way to Ktisis Hyperboreia, we follow this path, then turn left at the crossroads."
69,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_080,Here we are: the grandest research facility in Elpis.
70,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_081,We should head inside and ask after Hermes's whereabouts...
71,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_082,(-???-)Hermes is at another facility...as we have just discovered.
72,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_083,"Furthermore, we've confirmed that his studies into dynamis, as well as his creation of Meteion, were entirely private pursuits."
73,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_084,"No one else we spoke with appeared to possess the chief's depth of knowledge on the subject, and neither did we hear any tales of stolen research."
74,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_085,"Which means that if Hermes himself harbors no desire to bring down an apocalypse, then he might be recruited to help prevent one..."
75,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_086,...Or so sayeth the illustrious Emet-Selch.
76,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_087,"According to your story, the Fourteen divined the connection between the celestial currents and the Final Days, but were never able to pinpoint the root cause of the calamity."
77,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_088,"With our people's greatest minds─not to mention Hythlodaeus's sharp eyes─committed to the pursuit of a solution, such an outcome seems...inconceivable."
78,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_089,The only possible explanation is if the nature of the catalyst was so inexplicable that even we failed to perceive it.
79,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_090,"And what better fits that description than the invisible, intangible dynamis?"
80,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_091,"Which in turn, leads us to our next question: how did Hermes, in his role as Fandaniel, not recognize the subject of his own research?"
81,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_092,"We must assume that he either knew and was unable to help, or that he was otherwise prevented from identifying the cause in the first place. At this juncture, all we can do is speculate."
82,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_093,"To be clear, the Convocation does not tolerate acts of deception or malice. We are practiced at perceiving truth, and would have known had Fandaniel lied to us."
83,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_094,"Hermes has no conscious wish for the world to end. Of that, I am certain."
84,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_095,It seems there is more to the tale after all.
85,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_096,"We conducted an investigation of our own, you see..."
86,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_097,How comforting... We seem to have reached the exact same conclusion.
87,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_098,"I see no reason to delay further. 'Tis time we brought Hermes into the fold, as it were."
88,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q3_000_099,What will you say?
89,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_100,Thank you for your understanding.
90,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_101,...
91,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_102,Save your thanks. I did not say I believed your ridiculous story.
92,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_103,This does not mean I believe your ridiculous story.
93,TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_104,"But as Emet-Selch, I have a duty to examine any potential threat to our existence. No matter how ludicrous or personally offensive I may find it."
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25 21 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_21 24 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_00 Approach Argos.
26 22 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_01 Speak with Venat.
27 23 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_02 Travel from northerly Zephyrneus to southerly Boreneus.
28 24 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_00 27 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_03 Approach Argos. Speak with Venat.
29 25 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_01 28 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_04 Speak with Venat. Speak with Venat again.
30 26 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_02 29 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_05 Travel from northerly Zephyrneus to southerly Boreneus.
31 27 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_03 30 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_06 Speak with Venat.
32 28 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_04 31 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_07 Speak with Venat again.
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49 45 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_21 48 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_000 Let us move over to the edge before mounting, shall we?
50 46 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_22 49 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_001 That will allow Argos to catch the currents rising up from below, and give us a smooth ride over to the isle.
51 47 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_TODO_23 50 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_010 Climb onto Argos's back and we can be off. ...You know, I honestly cannot remember the last time he carried anyone but me.
52 48 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_000 51 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_020 Let us move over to the edge before mounting, shall we? Argos motions to his back with his muzzle. You've been given the go-ahead to hop on!
53 49 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_001 52 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q1_000_021 That will allow Argos to catch the currents rising up from below, and give us a smooth ride over to the isle. Ride Argos to the isle?
54 50 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_010 53 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_022 Climb onto Argos's back and we can be off. ...You know, I honestly cannot remember the last time he carried anyone but me. Argos launches into the air with a powerful leap!
55 51 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_020 54 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_030 Argos motions to his back with his muzzle. You've been given the go-ahead to hop on! Isn't this pleasant? Argos certainly seems to think so.
56 52 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q1_000_021 55 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_035 Ride Argos to the isle? Now, what was the name of that tree...?
57 53 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_022 56 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_040 Argos launches into the air with a powerful leap! Noe...something... Ah! Noetophoreon! Quite a striking specimen, is it not?
58 54 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_030 57 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_045 Isn't this pleasant? Argos certainly seems to think so. Brace yourself for the landing─I wouldn't want you tumbling off at the last moment.
59 55 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_035 58 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_050 Now, what was the name of that tree...? There are any number of places where Hermes might be in Elpis...
60 56 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_040 59 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_051 Noe...something... Ah! Noetophoreon! Quite a striking specimen, is it not? But we could do worse than to look in Ktisis Hyperboreia, the largest facility. It stands in Ethoseletikos Boreas, the northern isle.
61 57 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_045 60 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_052 Brace yourself for the landing─I wouldn't want you tumbling off at the last moment. I wonder, Player─for an institution which claims to studiously research every species destined for release into the world, did you not question how they find room for them all on so few islands?
62 58 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_050 61 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_053 There are any number of places where Hermes might be in Elpis... The answer lies within Ktisis itself. I touched upon the practice before back at the archives, where a vast area is stitched together out of multiple conceptual spaces. The same holds true for the interior of this facility and its magically constructed environs.
63 59 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_051 62 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_054 But we could do worse than to look in Ktisis Hyperboreia, the largest facility. It stands in Ethoseletikos Boreas, the northern isle. 'Tis there, within those sprawling habitats, that the chief overseer and most of Elpis's observers conduct the bulk of their work.
64 60 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_052 63 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_055 I wonder, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─for an institution which claims to studiously research every species destined for release into the world, did you not question how they find room for them all on so few islands? Come, the simplest route is via the neus north of Poieten Oikos...
65 61 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_053 64 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_060 The answer lies within Ktisis itself. I touched upon the practice before back at the archives, where a vast area is stitched together out of multiple conceptual spaces. The same holds true for the interior of this facility and its magically constructed environs. This appears to be the teleporter Venat told you about.
66 62 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_054 65 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_061 'Tis there, within those sprawling habitats, that the chief overseer and most of Elpis's observers conduct the bulk of their work. Motes of light yet hang in the air, suggesting the device was but recently activated...
67 63 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_055 66 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q2_000_062 Come, the simplest route is via the neus north of Poieten Oikos... Proceed to Ethoseletikos Boreas?
68 64 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_060 67 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_070 This appears to be the teleporter Venat told you about. Ah, good, the neus acknowledged you as my guest. You should now have the authority to use it as you wish.
69 65 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_SYSTEM_000_061 68 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_071 Motes of light yet hang in the air, suggesting the device was but recently activated... As for the way to Ktisis Hyperboreia, we follow this path, then turn left at the crossroads.
70 66 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q2_000_062 69 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_080 Proceed to Ethoseletikos Boreas? Here we are: the grandest research facility in Elpis.
71 67 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_070 70 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_081 Ah, good, the neus acknowledged you as my guest. You should now have the authority to use it as you wish. We should head inside and ask after Hermes's whereabouts...
72 68 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_071 71 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_082 As for the way to Ktisis Hyperboreia, we follow this path, then turn left at the crossroads. (-???-)Hermes is at another facility...as we have just discovered.
73 69 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_080 72 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_083 Here we are: the grandest research facility in Elpis. Furthermore, we've confirmed that his studies into dynamis, as well as his creation of Meteion, were entirely private pursuits.
74 70 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_081 73 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_084 We should head inside and ask after Hermes's whereabouts... No one else we spoke with appeared to possess the chief's depth of knowledge on the subject, and neither did we hear any tales of stolen research.
75 71 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_082 74 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_085 (-???-)Hermes is at another facility...as we have just discovered. Which means that if Hermes himself harbors no desire to bring down an apocalypse, then he might be recruited to help prevent one...
76 72 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_083 75 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_086 Furthermore, we've confirmed that his studies into dynamis, as well as his creation of Meteion, were entirely private pursuits. ...Or so sayeth the illustrious Emet-Selch.
77 73 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_084 76 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_087 No one else we spoke with appeared to possess the chief's depth of knowledge on the subject, and neither did we hear any tales of stolen research. According to your story, the Fourteen divined the connection between the celestial currents and the Final Days, but were never able to pinpoint the root cause of the calamity.
78 74 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_085 77 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_088 Which means that if Hermes himself harbors no desire to bring down an apocalypse, then he might be recruited to help prevent one... With our people's greatest minds─not to mention Hythlodaeus's sharp eyes─committed to the pursuit of a solution, such an outcome seems...inconceivable.
79 75 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_086 78 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_089 ...Or so sayeth the illustrious Emet-Selch. The only possible explanation is if the nature of the catalyst was so inexplicable that even we failed to perceive it.
80 76 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_087 79 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_090 According to your story, the Fourteen divined the connection between the celestial currents and the Final Days, but were never able to pinpoint the root cause of the calamity. And what better fits that description than the invisible, intangible dynamis?
81 77 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_088 80 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_091 With our people's greatest minds─not to mention Hythlodaeus's sharp eyes─committed to the pursuit of a solution, such an outcome seems...inconceivable. Which in turn, leads us to our next question: how did Hermes, in his role as Fandaniel, not recognize the subject of his own research?
82 78 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_089 81 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_092 The only possible explanation is if the nature of the catalyst was so inexplicable that even we failed to perceive it. We must assume that he either knew and was unable to help, or that he was otherwise prevented from identifying the cause in the first place. At this juncture, all we can do is speculate.
83 79 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_090 82 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_093 And what better fits that description than the invisible, intangible dynamis? To be clear, the Convocation does not tolerate acts of deception or malice. We are practiced at perceiving truth, and would have known had Fandaniel lied to us.
84 80 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_091 83 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_094 Which in turn, leads us to our next question: how did Hermes, in his role as Fandaniel, not recognize the subject of his own research? Hermes has no conscious wish for the world to end. Of that, I am certain.
85 81 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_HYTHLODAEUS_000_092 84 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_095 We must assume that he either knew and was unable to help, or that he was otherwise prevented from identifying the cause in the first place. At this juncture, all we can do is speculate. It seems there is more to the tale after all.
86 82 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_093 85 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_096 To be clear, the Convocation does not tolerate acts of deception or malice. We are practiced at perceiving truth, and would have known had Fandaniel lied to us. We conducted an investigation of our own, you see...
87 83 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_094 86 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_097 Hermes has no conscious wish for the world to end. Of that, I am certain. How comforting... We seem to have reached the exact same conclusion.
88 84 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_095 87 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_098 It seems there is more to the tale after all. I see no reason to delay further. 'Tis time we brought Hermes into the fold, as it were.
89 85 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_VENAS_000_096 88 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q3_000_099 We conducted an investigation of our own, you see... What will you say?
90 86 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_097 89 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_100 How comforting... We seem to have reached the exact same conclusion. Thank you for your understanding.
91 87 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_098 90 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_101 I see no reason to delay further. 'Tis time we brought Hermes into the fold, as it were. ...
92 88 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_Q3_000_099 91 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_102 What will you say? Save your thanks. I did not say I believed your ridiculous story.
93 89 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_100 92 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_103 Thank you for your understanding. This does not mean I believe your ridiculous story.
94 90 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_A3_000_101 93 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_104 ... But as Emet-Selch, I have a duty to examine any potential threat to our existence. No matter how ludicrous or personally offensive I may find it.
91 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_102 Save your thanks. I did not say I believed your ridiculous story.
92 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_103 This does not mean I believe your ridiculous story.
93 TEXT_AKTKME115_04433_EMETSELCH_000_104 But as Emet-Selch, I have a duty to examine any potential threat to our existence. No matter how ludicrous or personally offensive I may find it.