7.45 follow-up (#99)

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* 7.45 follow-up
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0,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_00","Shale wishes for a moment of your time."
1,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_01","The machine rampages have caused much strife and heartache, and while there have since been no new incidents to report, Gulool Ja warns that his renewed control over the now-disarmed soldiers may be temporary at best. Calyx, the mastermind behind the attacks, seems capable of commandeering Alexandria's machines at will. Sphene recalls what she can of the genius engineer from her age, and attempts to make sense of his declared motivations for “improving” mankind. While Preservation did indeed contribute to Alexandria's growth and development in centuries past, Calyx's fixation on creating Endless has led to untold suffering. He must be stopped─but if you would foil his schemes, Shale laments that you will first need to find him. To that end, Geode suggests a patrol to survey the streets and search for information which may help lead you to your elusive enemy."
2,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_02","You reconvene on the street outside the Neon Stein, where Geode considers the uneasy faces of his countrymen. Bolstered by Sphene's faith in Alexandrians to decide a course for the future, he turns his full attention to the task at hand. While Krile and Sphene will patrol the west of the recreation zone, you and Geode look to question citizens in the east."
3,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_03","Geode is ready to begin your patrol and speak with the people you meet along the way. He suggests paying special attention to those appearing overwhelmed or overly excited, in the hopes that they might yield more useful details about the current situation.
0,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_00,Shale wishes for a moment of your time.
1,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_01,"The machine rampages have caused much strife and heartache, and while there have since been no new incidents to report, Gulool Ja warns that his renewed control over the now-disarmed soldiers may be temporary at best. Calyx, the mastermind behind the attacks, seems capable of commandeering Alexandria's machines at will. Sphene recalls what she can of the genius engineer from her age, and attempts to make sense of his declared motivations for “improving” mankind. While Preservation did indeed contribute to Alexandria's growth and development in centuries past, Calyx's fixation on creating Endless has led to untold suffering. He must be stopped─but if you would foil his schemes, Shale laments that you will first need to find him. To that end, Geode suggests a patrol to survey the streets and search for information which may help lead you to your elusive enemy."
2,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_02,"You reconvene on the street outside the Neon Stein, where Geode considers the uneasy faces of his countrymen. Bolstered by Sphene's faith in Alexandrians to decide a course for the future, he turns his full attention to the task at hand. While Krile and Sphene will patrol the west of the recreation zone, you and Geode look to question citizens in the east."
3,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_03,"Geode is ready to begin your patrol and speak with the people you meet along the way. He suggests paying special attention to those appearing overwhelmed or overly excited, in the hopes that they might yield more useful details about the current situation.
※You must be accompanied by Geode to complete this task. Speak with him again should you become separated."
4,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_04","You make your way through the recreation zone and speak with several residents about the recent attacks. Geode then muses that there was one factor in their stories you all neglected to consider previously: that the victims may not have been wearing regulators. With this suspicion in mind, you take to the streets to speak with the locals once more."
5,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_05","Your specific line of questioning leads to the confirmation that people without regulators were almost certainly being targeted. Armed with this new information, you look to rejoin Krile and Sphene at the agreed rendezvous point."
6,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_06","After sharing your findings with the others, you recall another familiar detail in the story you heard from Malachite. Bodies had gone missing from several sites where citizens died in both the outskirts and recreation zones, and in their place were found strange piles of dust. As you make plans to investigate further, a panicked Gulool Ja contacts you with a plea for help, fearing that the residential radii have come under attack.
4,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_04,"You make your way through the recreation zone and speak with several residents about the recent attacks. Geode then muses that there was one factor in their stories you all neglected to consider previously: that the victims may not have been wearing regulators. With this suspicion in mind, you take to the streets to speak with the locals once more."
5,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_05,"Your specific line of questioning leads to the confirmation that people without regulators were almost certainly being targeted. Armed with this new information, you look to rejoin Krile and Sphene at the agreed rendezvous point."
6,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_06,"After sharing your findings with the others, you recall another familiar detail in the story you heard from Malachite. Bodies had gone missing from several sites where citizens died in both the outskirts and recreation zones, and in their place were found strange piles of dust. As you make plans to investigate further, a panicked Gulool Ja contacts you with a plea for help, fearing that the residential radii have come under attack.
You hasten to the apartment buildings and find hostile mechanical soldiers assaulting the residents. No sooner have you saved one citizen than you hear a commotion coming from Isadora and Milos's quarters. Upon entering, you find the aftermath of Wayakkwe's battle with a murderous drone, but the wounded Oblivion member urges you to tend to Isadora first. Sphene puts her retrained magicks to work, healing the critically injured mother and comforting the distraught Milos. The worst appears to have passed, but Wayakkwe remains visibly shaken..."
7,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_07","Her own wounds now mended, Wayakkwe asks after her Oblivion comrade. Recalling the scene from the lobby, a distraught Sphene shares his unfortunate fate..."
8,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_08",""
9,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_09",""
10,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_10",""
11,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_11",""
12,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_12",""
13,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_13",""
14,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_14",""
15,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_15",""
16,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_16",""
17,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_17",""
18,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_18",""
19,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_19",""
20,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_20",""
21,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_21",""
22,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_22",""
23,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_23",""
24,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_00","Speak with Geode outside the Neon Stein."
25,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_01","Speak with Geode and have him accompany you."
26,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_02","Gather information while Geode is accompanying you."
27,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_03","Gather more information while Geode is accompanying you."
28,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_04","Speak with Krile while Geode is accompanying you."
29,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_05","Speak with Wayakkwe."
30,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_06",""
31,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_07",""
32,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_08",""
33,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_09",""
34,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_10",""
35,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_11",""
36,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_12",""
37,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_13",""
38,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_14",""
39,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_15",""
40,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_16",""
41,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_17",""
42,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_18",""
43,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_19",""
44,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_20",""
45,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_21",""
46,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_22",""
47,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_23",""
48,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_001","If you have a moment, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, Geode wants to take stock of the current crisis."
49,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_001","Oblivion may be lacking the finer details in certain areas, so we'd like you to lend your perspective to the conversation."
50,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_002","Sorry to drag you into our meeting, but we need to get a better handle on the threats Alexandria is facing right now."
51,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_002","Not at all. Much has happened since the state funeral, and a clearer idea of where things stand would be beneficial for us as well."
52,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_002","First things first, then─let's discuss the state of the machine malfunctions."
53,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_003","Every single sector reported instances of sentries attacking citizens without provocation, and vehicles suddenly becoming unresponsive to controls."
54,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_003","And while these malfunctions were resolved fairly quickly, they nevertheless resulted in a considerable number of injuries and deaths..."
55,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_110_003","But you haven't heard anything about new incidents since then, right?"
56,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_120_003","Right. No additional reports have been logged, as far as I know. That's the good news."
57,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_004","The bad news is, I tried to take control of the soldiers when they started hurting people, but they wouldn't listen to me─even though I have the king's authority."
58,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_005","Once things calmed down, I was finally able to make them give up their weapons. But...if it happens again, I don't know if they'll ignore me like before."
59,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_006","The King of Resolve's authority is about the highest there is. Who is this man that can override it with such impunity?"
60,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_006","Calyx... He lived in the age of the Storm Surge, as I did."
61,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_006","Lest you forget, he was known for his advancements in electrope technology, and it was he who established Preservation for the purpose of furthering his research."
62,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_120_006","The wasting disease which afflicted him, however, was said to leave him scant years left to live... He must have chosen to undergo conversion into an Endless, that he might continue his efforts into the present day."
63,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_006","Preservation's early goals seemed noble enough─exploring treatments for levin sickness, designing Everkeep's core system, that sort of thing."
64,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_140_006","Why harm the people he was ostensibly trying to help...?"
65,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_007",""
66,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_008",""
67,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_009",""
68,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_010",""
69,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_011","I do not pretend to fully understand Calyx's motivations... Only that he appeared incensed by what he saw as mankind's failings."
70,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_012","He asserted that the strategy of adapting our species through generational succession was outdated; that evolution now requires us to forsake bodies of flesh in favor of eternal preservation."
71,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_013","We've already seen how he's employed the simulant to convince Alexandrians that Endless conversion is their only hope for survival."
72,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_013","Eternal life is “assured” for the five thousand who register their neo regulators..."
73,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_013","But this is merely one part of Calyx's greater plan."
74,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_013","He wants the key to interdimensional fusion. With that relic in his possession, he will draw aether from the reflections, and expand his efforts to create Endless a thousandfold."
75,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_015",""
76,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_016",""
77,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_017",""
78,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_018","If we mean to foil Calyx's schemes, then our only option is to determine where he's hiding and put him down."
79,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_019","Which, unfortunately, is easier said than done. I've been scouring the terminal we found in the depths of Everkeep, but I've failed to uncover even the slightest trace of his activities."
80,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_019","Give me a little more time, though, and I'm sure I can sniff him out."
81,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_020","I'll help you!"
82,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_020","While Gulool Ja and Shale are working on that, I think I'm going to take a look around town."
83,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_020","I want to make sure no new problems have cropped up, as well as search for any information that might lead us to Calyx."
84,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_020","You're welcome to come along. Another “malfunction” could happen at any time, and I'd be glad to have some brawlers at my back."
85,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_130_020","Count me in!"
86,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_140_020","Raha and the others are helping Oblivion patrol the other levels of the keep, so shall we stick to the streets of Solution Nine?"
87,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_020","Sounds like a plan. Thanks, you two, I appreciate the company!"
88,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_021",""
89,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_022","I have to speak with the city's administrators about bringing in the Landsguard. I want our soldiers around to protect those who're moving to Tuliyollal."
90,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_023","Alphinaud and Alisaie will be joining me for the meeting, so the three of us can cover that sector as soon as we're done!"
91,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_024","If I may..."
92,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_025","I'd like to join <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s group, if you'll have me?"
93,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_025","The more mouths to ask questions, the merrier. As long as you're aware of the dangers."
94,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_026","Thank you! I'll do my best not to be a burden."
95,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_027","I'm more worried about you, Geode. Don't do anything stupid."
96,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_028","Pfft, you'll change your tune once we get back with the goods on Calyx. Then the drinks are on you!"
97,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_029","Come on, let's continue this outside."
98,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_030","Good luck with your patrol, and take your time. We can do without Geode until you're done with the old sot."
99,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_030","Ah, sorry. Just when I think I've internalized better manners, talking with Geode brings back all the old bad habits."
100,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_035",""
101,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_040","I wish I could grow up faster... There'll be so much more I can do when I'm bigger like you."
102,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_045","The city looks as though it's regained a sense of normalcy. Alas, the people will not soon forget recent events..."
103,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_046","I will do my utmost to ensure the happiness of Alexandria and its people..."
104,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_047","...Sorry, I was off in my own little world! Shall we get started?"
105,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q1_000_000","What will you say?"
106,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_001","The people seem uneasy."
107,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_002","Are <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> all right, Geode?"
108,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_003","Let's see what there is to see!"
109,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_048","They do, and can't say as I blame them."
110,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_049","Me...? I'm well enough, given the circumstances."
111,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_049","Right you are. It's time we took some action."
112,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_049","It was the queen's fondest wish that her subjects remain shielded from the horrors of death. And so they were for the longest time."
113,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_049","Then, the moment mortality once again becomes an unavoidable fact of life, they're greeted with an outbreak of bloody violence."
114,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_049","Many are bound to give the Endless alternative serious consideration."
115,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_050","Indeed, and I do not blame them for that. It is only natural that such thoughts should come to mind."
116,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_051","What I cannot forgive is the way Calyx wields fear and misery to manipulate people into making that choice."
117,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_051","No one─not Calyx, nor anyone else─should dictate how we cope with the specter of death."
118,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_051","As one who lived as an Alexandrian, I wish to put the choices for this country's future back into the hands of its citizens."
119,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_051","And you think we can handle that responsibility? After everything you've seen of us?"
120,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_051","It is what I've seen that has convinced me you can."
121,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_051","I awoke four centuries later to find our people living and laughing beneath Alexandria's banner. Though surprised and bewildered, I was overjoyed to see it so. You all deserve to be happy..."
122,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_051","...Well, then."
123,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_051","We'd best not let you down!"
124,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_170_051","Now, I suggest we move as a group─we don't know if or when a battle might find us."
125,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_052","Oh. I believe someone came prepared for just such an eventuality."
126,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_053","Is that the grimoire you retrieved from the old castle?"
127,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_053","Yes, my parents gifted it to me when I was a child. They were adamant that I should learn to protect the things important to me."
128,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_053","I was fortunate enough to have a tutor in the arcane arts, so I lay claim to some small measure of skill."
129,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_053","If that's the case, it might be better if we split into two groups after all. 'Twould certainly be more efficient for information gathering!"
130,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_054","I, uh... I guess that makes sense?"
131,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_055","The two of you can take the west side of the recreation zone, then."
132,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_055","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and I will take the east."
133,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_056","Very well. We shall end our patrol in the plaza just past True Vue and await you there."
134,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_060","I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Any information could be helpful, no matter how seemingly insignificant."
135,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_065","My grimoire is inlaid with electrope in a manner which augments arcane power. It should prove a useful tool."
136,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_070","Let's do the rounds, then. We'll see what's what, and chat to the people we meet along the way."
137,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_071","Pay special attention to anyone who looks overwhelmed or overly excited. Hopefully that will earn us a tidbit or two we didn't know before."
138,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q2_000_000","What will you do?"
139,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_001","Talk."
140,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_002","Part ways."
141,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_003","Nothing."
142,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_077","I'm guessing you would've preferred to go with Sphene and Krile, but I'm afraid you're stuck with me. I grow on people, though, I promise."
143,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_100_077","Are you sure you wish to part ways with Geode?"
144,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_078","Need to step away? Fair enough. I'll wait for you outside the Neon Stein."
145,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_079","Ready to head out again?"
146,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_079","Shall we go find Krile and Sphene, then?"
147,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_005","<UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss True Vue.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
148,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_080","Ah, the memories... I used to drink around here all the time."
149,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_080","I made sure not to overdo it when I had work the next day, but once we were past the busy season─or when the ladies weren't amenable to my company─well... You'd have to scrape me off the street outside in the morning. Or afternoon."
150,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_080","The worst I ever got was on what should have been the worst day of my life...if only I could remember it. I was still wearing a regulator back then."
151,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_080","It was also the day I first met Shale, although I guarantee she's forgotten it completely."
152,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_006","<UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss the hover cargo.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>"
153,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_081","It was once my job to deliver goods by hover cargo. That's why I know a fair number of names and faces throughout the city."
154,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_082","The little ones who'd jump for joy when I brought them packages... The old lady who'd always greet me with a smile... I'd hate for anything bad to happen to them."
155,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_083","<sigh>"
156,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_084","There, it's done!"
157,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_000_085","You look familiar..."
158,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_086","You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side."
159,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_072",""
160,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_073",""
161,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_074",""
162,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_075",""
163,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_076",""
164,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_080",""
165,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_085",""
166,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_090",""
167,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_091","Are the sentries and air-wheelers safe to be around now?"
168,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_092","I just know it's going to happen again...and maybe next time I'll be the one who dies in a horrible accident."
169,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_093","I <Emphasis>need</Emphasis> a neo regulator. Becoming Endless is the only way─even Queen Sphene said so!"
170,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_094","But how to get one...? Maybe I can convince someone who's unsure to give me theirs."
171,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_095","What has me in such a fine mood, you ask?"
172,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_096","Well, I've just registered my new regulator. I was leery of becoming nothing but memories at first, but now that I've gone through with the registration, I've never felt more at ease!"
173,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_097","Also, once it was done, the regulator displayed the current numbers. Of the five thousand slots available, over thirty-eight hundred have already been filled."
174,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_098","So if you're still hesitant, you've not much time to make your mind up. Mark my words, friend: when there's only a few slots left, it's going to get <Emphasis>very</Emphasis> ugly."
175,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_099","We'll be seeing fights over neo regulators in the very near future. Should you get one, I suggest you register right away."
176,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_100","You want to hear my story? While I appreciate you offering a sympathetic ear, there's not much to tell..."
177,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_101","If you must know, a good friend of mine died when those machines went crazy. His air-wheeler dropped right out of the sky, and he didn't survive the crash."
178,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_102","Damn fool wasn't wearing a regulator... I know that's not so strange these days, but he'd never bothered with one."
179,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_103","He was at peace with the idea of dying someday, and I thought I understood what that meant. Until it happened..."
180,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_104","We used to forget people after they died. No memories. No grief. I'm not sure if we'd be better off if that was still the case."
181,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_110","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, a word?"
182,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_110","I feel like there was a new factor in these stories we've heard. One we hadn't considered during our discussion with everyone in the Backroom..."
183,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q3_000_000","What will you say?"
184,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_001","That people are still deathly afraid?"
185,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_002","That fights are likely to break out over the neo regulators?"
186,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_003","That a victim of the violence wasn't wearing a regulator?"
187,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_111","That's a point of concern, don't get me wrong, but I think we were acutely aware of it already..."
188,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_112","The fact that nearly four thousand people have registered is worthy of its own report. But are you sure there wasn't anything else...?"
189,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_113","Yes, that's it!"
190,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_114","The vast majority of residents have always worn regulators, so it's not a detail we'd normally think about. With the supply of souls cut off, though, more and more people have been going without them..."
191,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_115","We need to look into the casualties from the recent attacks, and check whether or not they were equipped with regulators."
192,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_116","Let's ask around on the street over to the east. It was pretty chaotic at the time, but maybe we'll find eyewitnesses who can help us confirm if this was a pattern or not."
193,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_117","I'm too scared of the sentries to clean anywhere near them..."
194,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_118","Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service."
195,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_118","You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side."
196,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_119","Aside from Oblivion members, only a handful of people used to go out and about without regulators. How times have changed."
197,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_120","You wish to know if the people who died in the machine rampage were wearing regulators?"
198,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_121","I'm sorry, but I was assigned to clearing away debris. I didn't see any of the deceased."
199,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_122","No bodies were present by the time I arrived, so I assume the ushers had already done their work..."
200,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_123","I do remember there being patches of white dust scattered about that were quite a chore to clean up, but nothing else worthy of mention."
201,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_124","It's terrifying to think that death might be waiting for us around every corner. But what can you do but keep working and hope for the best...?"
202,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_125","Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service."
203,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_126","...City-wide casualty data unavailable. Government officials are currently processing reports from all affected zones."
204,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_127","Can you narrow it down to the recreation zone, then? You must have some estimates on hand?"
205,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_128","Recalibrating parameters. Injured: Eighty-seven individuals. Casualties: Nineteen individuals."
206,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_129","Casualties equipped with regulators: Zero."
207,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_100_129","Please remain calm: I am under orders to ensure the safety of our citizens. In the unlikely event of another mass malfunction, I will act to subdue any affected machines."
208,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_129","...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I think it's time we rejoined Krile and Sphene."
209,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_129","I was half-joking with my boast to Shale, but we may have stumbled upon something major here. We should share our findings and keep pursuing this avenue of inquiry."
210,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_129","Didn't Krile say to meet them in the plaza just outside of True Vue? Let's get going."
211,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_129","We've finished our patrol as well. Did it not seem that more people wanted neo regulators than before...?"
212,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_150_129","...Is Geode not with you?"
213,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_155_129",""
214,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_129","Come on, we should meet Krile and Sphene at the plaza. Can't say I'm thrilled to have Shale owe me a drink over something like this..."
215,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_110",""
216,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_101",""
217,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_102",""
218,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_103",""
219,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_104",""
220,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_105",""
221,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_110",""
222,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_111",""
223,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_112",""
224,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_113",""
225,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_114",""
226,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_115",""
227,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_130","Oh? Did Geode have something else to attend to?"
228,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_110_130","You should have Geode accompanying you before sharing your findings."
229,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_130",""
230,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_131",""
231,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_132","So, essentially, you're saying that the people who were killed by malfunctioning machines weren't wearing regulators!?"
232,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_132","Well, the numbers are still tentative, and only apply to that one zone. We don't know how they'll stack up against the overall data, but...this is definitely more than a coincidence."
233,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_132","I think it's safe to say that anyone who had removed their regulator was a priority target."
234,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_133","Now that you mention it, the person I was treating for injuries wasn't wearing one either..."
235,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_133","But, why? Why are they being targeted over everyone else?"
236,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_134","Based solely on the lack of a neo regulator, we cannot judge if a person has no desire to become Endless, or if they simply failed to acquire one of the limited devices."
237,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_134","But those who wear no regulator at all..."
238,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_134","They have clearly rejected the old system of using souls to revive themselves."
239,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_134","Put another way, they have chosen to live their lives in the knowledge that death is an inevitability."
240,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_134","The chances that such resolute people would wish to become Endless are far lower, I would imagine."
241,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_134","And so Calyx has chosen those least likely to accept his vision as victims to stoke fear and panic..."
242,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_135","But there was no need to kill anyone!"
243,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_136","With the way things were, the people were already fearful enough─he could have found five thousand willing citizens without all this madness!"
244,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_136","You make a good point. Perhaps this sowing of terror is in service to another scheme, or he had some other need for the lives he's taken..."
245,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q4_000_000","What will you say?"
246,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_001","What of the dust found at various sites?"
247,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_002","Could something have been done to the victims?"
248,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_137","Right, the sanitation worker's story. She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust..."
249,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_137","I wonder... What about that sanitation worker's story? She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust..."
250,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_138","Dust, but no bodies? Now where have I heard that before..."
251,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_138","Do you recall when we went to save Erenville from the sentries in the outskirts? That usher Malachite told us much the same thing."
252,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_110_138","(-Malachite-)When I arrived, I found no body. Only a pile of dust, which the wind quickly scattered."
253,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_120_138","(-Malachite-)Confused, I questioned the residents, but none knew what had become of it."
254,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_139","That both stories speak of missing remains is suspicious enough, but the shared mention of this dust is too much to ignore."
255,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_139","In that case, we should confirm if this substance was present at other sites, and attempt to ascertain its nature."
256,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_139","Following this thread may lead us not only to an explanation for the missing bodies, but also the intent behind Calyx's murderous actions."
257,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_140",""
258,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_141",""
259,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_142","(-Gulool Ja-)<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, we need your help! I've lost control over the soldiers in the residential area. They might be trying to hurt people again."
260,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_143","(-Gulool Ja-)Oblivion members are on their way now, but are you close enough to join them?"
261,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_144","Dammit! Our new investigation will have to wait... Let's go!"
262,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_145","She should recover in due course. I'm glad we arrived when we did..."
263,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MILOS_000_150","When I was sick and couldn't move, my mother was always at my side, always keeping me company. And I'm going to do the same for her!"
264,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_155","I'll take care of this gentleman. Go and check on Isadora and Milos!"
265,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SOLUTIONRESIDENT73_000_160","Why...? Why is this happening...?"
266,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_170","Forgive me, I was reckless... You shouldn't have had to waste time tending my wounds as well."
267,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_171",""
268,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_172","Did you see our other comrade back there? He stayed behind in the lobby, but I heard the sounds of fighting..."
269,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_173",""
270,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_174",""
271,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_175",""
272,"TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_176","He... I am sorry. He must have fallen protecting the residents..."
7,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_07,"Her own wounds now mended, Wayakkwe asks after her Oblivion comrade. Recalling the scene from the lobby, a distraught Sphene shares his unfortunate fate..."
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24,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_00,Speak with Geode outside the Neon Stein.
25,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_01,Speak with Geode and have him accompany you.
26,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_02,Gather information while Geode is accompanying you.
27,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_03,Gather more information while Geode is accompanying you.
28,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_04,Speak with Krile while Geode is accompanying you.
29,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_05,Speak with Wayakkwe.
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48,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_001,"If you have a moment, Player, Geode wants to take stock of the current crisis."
49,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_001,"Oblivion may be lacking the finer details in certain areas, so we'd like you to lend your perspective to the conversation."
50,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_002,"Sorry to drag you into our meeting, but we need to get a better handle on the threats Alexandria is facing right now."
51,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_002,"Not at all. Much has happened since the state funeral, and a clearer idea of where things stand would be beneficial for us as well."
52,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_002,"First things first, then─let's discuss the state of the machine malfunctions."
53,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_003,"Every single sector reported instances of sentries attacking citizens without provocation, and vehicles suddenly becoming unresponsive to controls."
54,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_003,"And while these malfunctions were resolved fairly quickly, they nevertheless resulted in a considerable number of injuries and deaths..."
55,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_110_003,"But you haven't heard anything about new incidents since then, right?"
56,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_120_003,"Right. No additional reports have been logged, as far as I know. That's the good news."
57,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_004,"The bad news is, I tried to take control of the soldiers when they started hurting people, but they wouldn't listen to me─even though I have the king's authority."
58,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_005,"Once things calmed down, I was finally able to make them give up their weapons. But...if it happens again, I don't know if they'll ignore me like before."
59,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_006,The King of Resolve's authority is about the highest there is. Who is this man that can override it with such impunity?
60,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_006,"Calyx... He lived in the age of the Storm Surge, as I did."
61,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_006,"Lest you forget, he was known for his advancements in electrope technology, and it was he who established Preservation for the purpose of furthering his research."
62,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_120_006,"The wasting disease which afflicted him, however, was said to leave him scant years left to live... He must have chosen to undergo conversion into an Endless, that he might continue his efforts into the present day."
63,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_006,"Preservation's early goals seemed noble enough─exploring treatments for levin sickness, designing Everkeep's core system, that sort of thing."
64,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_140_006,Why harm the people he was ostensibly trying to help...?
65,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_007,
66,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_008,
67,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_009,
68,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_010,
69,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_011,I do not pretend to fully understand Calyx's motivations... Only that he appeared incensed by what he saw as mankind's failings.
70,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_012,He asserted that the strategy of adapting our species through generational succession was outdated; that evolution now requires us to forsake bodies of flesh in favor of eternal preservation.
71,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_013,We've already seen how he's employed the simulant to convince Alexandrians that Endless conversion is their only hope for survival.
72,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_013,Eternal life is “assured” for the five thousand who register their neo regulators...
73,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_013,But this is merely one part of Calyx's greater plan.
74,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_013,"He wants the key to interdimensional fusion. With that relic in his possession, he will draw aether from the reflections, and expand his efforts to create Endless a thousandfold."
75,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_015,
76,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_016,
77,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_017,
78,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_018,"If we mean to foil Calyx's schemes, then our only option is to determine where he's hiding and put him down."
79,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_019,"Which, unfortunately, is easier said than done. I've been scouring the terminal we found in the depths of Everkeep, but I've failed to uncover even the slightest trace of his activities."
80,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_019,"Give me a little more time, though, and I'm sure I can sniff him out."
81,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_020,I'll help you!
82,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_020,"While Gulool Ja and Shale are working on that, I think I'm going to take a look around town."
83,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_020,"I want to make sure no new problems have cropped up, as well as search for any information that might lead us to Calyx."
84,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_020,"You're welcome to come along. Another “malfunction” could happen at any time, and I'd be glad to have some brawlers at my back."
85,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_130_020,Count me in!
86,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_140_020,"Raha and the others are helping Oblivion patrol the other levels of the keep, so shall we stick to the streets of Solution Nine?"
87,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_020,"Sounds like a plan. Thanks, you two, I appreciate the company!"
88,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_021,
89,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_022,I have to speak with the city's administrators about bringing in the Landsguard. I want our soldiers around to protect those who're moving to Tuliyollal.
90,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_023,"Alphinaud and Alisaie will be joining me for the meeting, so the three of us can cover that sector as soon as we're done!"
91,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_024,If I may...
92,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_025,"I'd like to join Player's group, if you'll have me?"
93,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_025,"The more mouths to ask questions, the merrier. As long as you're aware of the dangers."
94,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_026,Thank you! I'll do my best not to be a burden.
95,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_027,"I'm more worried about you, Geode. Don't do anything stupid."
96,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_028,"Pfft, you'll change your tune once we get back with the goods on Calyx. Then the drinks are on you!"
97,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_029,"Come on, let's continue this outside."
98,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_030,"Good luck with your patrol, and take your time. We can do without Geode until you're done with the old sot."
99,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_030,"Ah, sorry. Just when I think I've internalized better manners, talking with Geode brings back all the old bad habits."
100,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_035,
101,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_040,I wish I could grow up faster... There'll be so much more I can do when I'm bigger like you.
102,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_045,"The city looks as though it's regained a sense of normalcy. Alas, the people will not soon forget recent events..."
103,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_046,I will do my utmost to ensure the happiness of Alexandria and its people...
104,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_047,"...Sorry, I was off in my own little world! Shall we get started?"
105,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q1_000_000,What will you say?
106,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_001,The people seem uneasy.
107,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_002,"Are *you* all right, Geode?"
108,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_003,Let's see what there is to see!
109,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_048,"They do, and can't say as I blame them."
110,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_049,"Me...? I'm well enough, given the circumstances."
111,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_049,Right you are. It's time we took some action.
112,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_049,It was the queen's fondest wish that her subjects remain shielded from the horrors of death. And so they were for the longest time.
113,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_049,"Then, the moment mortality once again becomes an unavoidable fact of life, they're greeted with an outbreak of bloody violence."
114,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_049,Many are bound to give the Endless alternative serious consideration.
115,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_050,"Indeed, and I do not blame them for that. It is only natural that such thoughts should come to mind."
116,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_051,What I cannot forgive is the way Calyx wields fear and misery to manipulate people into making that choice.
117,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_051,"No one─not Calyx, nor anyone else─should dictate how we cope with the specter of death."
118,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_051,"As one who lived as an Alexandrian, I wish to put the choices for this country's future back into the hands of its citizens."
119,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_051,And you think we can handle that responsibility? After everything you've seen of us?
120,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_051,It is what I've seen that has convinced me you can.
121,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_051,"I awoke four centuries later to find our people living and laughing beneath Alexandria's banner. Though surprised and bewildered, I was overjoyed to see it so. You all deserve to be happy..."
122,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_051,"...Well, then."
123,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_051,We'd best not let you down!
124,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_170_051,"Now, I suggest we move as a group─we don't know if or when a battle might find us."
125,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_052,Oh. I believe someone came prepared for just such an eventuality.
126,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_053,Is that the grimoire you retrieved from the old castle?
127,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_053,"Yes, my parents gifted it to me when I was a child. They were adamant that I should learn to protect the things important to me."
128,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_053,"I was fortunate enough to have a tutor in the arcane arts, so I lay claim to some small measure of skill."
129,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_053,"If that's the case, it might be better if we split into two groups after all. 'Twould certainly be more efficient for information gathering!"
130,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_054,"I, uh... I guess that makes sense?"
131,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_055,"The two of you can take the west side of the recreation zone, then."
132,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_055,Player and I will take the east.
133,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_056,Very well. We shall end our patrol in the plaza just past True Vue and await you there.
134,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_060,"I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Any information could be helpful, no matter how seemingly insignificant."
135,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_065,My grimoire is inlaid with electrope in a manner which augments arcane power. It should prove a useful tool.
136,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_070,"Let's do the rounds, then. We'll see what's what, and chat to the people we meet along the way."
137,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_071,Pay special attention to anyone who looks overwhelmed or overly excited. Hopefully that will earn us a tidbit or two we didn't know before.
138,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q2_000_000,What will you do?
139,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_001,Talk.
140,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_002,Part ways.
141,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_003,Nothing.
142,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_077,"I'm guessing you would've preferred to go with Sphene and Krile, but I'm afraid you're stuck with me. I grow on people, though, I promise."
143,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_100_077,Are you sure you wish to part ways with Geode?
144,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_078,Need to step away? Fair enough. I'll wait for you outside the Neon Stein.
145,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_079,Ready to head out again?
146,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_079,"Shall we go find Krile and Sphene, then?"
147,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_005,**Discuss True Vue.
148,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_080,"Ah, the memories... I used to drink around here all the time."
149,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_080,"I made sure not to overdo it when I had work the next day, but once we were past the busy season─or when the ladies weren't amenable to my company─well... You'd have to scrape me off the street outside in the morning. Or afternoon."
150,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_080,The worst I ever got was on what should have been the worst day of my life...if only I could remember it. I was still wearing a regulator back then.
151,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_080,"It was also the day I first met Shale, although I guarantee she's forgotten it completely."
152,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_006,**Discuss the hover cargo.
153,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_081,It was once my job to deliver goods by hover cargo. That's why I know a fair number of names and faces throughout the city.
154,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_082,The little ones who'd jump for joy when I brought them packages... The old lady who'd always greet me with a smile... I'd hate for anything bad to happen to them.
155,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_083,<sigh>
156,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_084,"There, it's done!"
157,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_000_085,You look familiar...
158,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_086,You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side.
159,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_072,
160,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_073,
161,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_074,
162,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_075,
163,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_076,
164,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_080,
165,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_085,
166,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_090,
167,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_091,Are the sentries and air-wheelers safe to be around now?
168,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_092,I just know it's going to happen again...and maybe next time I'll be the one who dies in a horrible accident.
169,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_093,I *need* a neo regulator. Becoming Endless is the only way─even Queen Sphene said so!
170,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_094,But how to get one...? Maybe I can convince someone who's unsure to give me theirs.
171,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_095,"What has me in such a fine mood, you ask?"
172,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_096,"Well, I've just registered my new regulator. I was leery of becoming nothing but memories at first, but now that I've gone through with the registration, I've never felt more at ease!"
173,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_097,"Also, once it was done, the regulator displayed the current numbers. Of the five thousand slots available, over thirty-eight hundred have already been filled."
174,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_098,"So if you're still hesitant, you've not much time to make your mind up. Mark my words, friend: when there's only a few slots left, it's going to get *very* ugly."
175,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_099,"We'll be seeing fights over neo regulators in the very near future. Should you get one, I suggest you register right away."
176,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_100,"You want to hear my story? While I appreciate you offering a sympathetic ear, there's not much to tell..."
177,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_101,"If you must know, a good friend of mine died when those machines went crazy. His air-wheeler dropped right out of the sky, and he didn't survive the crash."
178,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_102,"Damn fool wasn't wearing a regulator... I know that's not so strange these days, but he'd never bothered with one."
179,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_103,"He was at peace with the idea of dying someday, and I thought I understood what that meant. Until it happened..."
180,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_104,We used to forget people after they died. No memories. No grief. I'm not sure if we'd be better off if that was still the case.
181,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_110,"Player, a word?"
182,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_110,I feel like there was a new factor in these stories we've heard. One we hadn't considered during our discussion with everyone in the Backroom...
183,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q3_000_000,What will you say?
184,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_001,That people are still deathly afraid?
185,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_002,That fights are likely to break out over the neo regulators?
186,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_003,That a victim of the violence wasn't wearing a regulator?
187,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_111,"That's a point of concern, don't get me wrong, but I think we were acutely aware of it already..."
188,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_112,The fact that nearly four thousand people have registered is worthy of its own report. But are you sure there wasn't anything else...?
189,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_113,"Yes, that's it!"
190,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_114,"The vast majority of residents have always worn regulators, so it's not a detail we'd normally think about. With the supply of souls cut off, though, more and more people have been going without them..."
191,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_115,"We need to look into the casualties from the recent attacks, and check whether or not they were equipped with regulators."
192,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_116,"Let's ask around on the street over to the east. It was pretty chaotic at the time, but maybe we'll find eyewitnesses who can help us confirm if this was a pattern or not."
193,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_117,I'm too scared of the sentries to clean anywhere near them...
194,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_118,"Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service."
195,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_118,You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side.
196,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_119,"Aside from Oblivion members, only a handful of people used to go out and about without regulators. How times have changed."
197,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_120,You wish to know if the people who died in the machine rampage were wearing regulators?
198,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_121,"I'm sorry, but I was assigned to clearing away debris. I didn't see any of the deceased."
199,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_122,"No bodies were present by the time I arrived, so I assume the ushers had already done their work..."
200,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_123,"I do remember there being patches of white dust scattered about that were quite a chore to clean up, but nothing else worthy of mention."
201,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_124,It's terrifying to think that death might be waiting for us around every corner. But what can you do but keep working and hope for the best...?
202,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_125,"Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service."
203,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_126,...City-wide casualty data unavailable. Government officials are currently processing reports from all affected zones.
204,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_127,"Can you narrow it down to the recreation zone, then? You must have some estimates on hand?"
205,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_128,Recalibrating parameters. Injured: Eighty-seven individuals. Casualties: Nineteen individuals.
206,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_129,Casualties equipped with regulators: Zero.
207,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_100_129,"Please remain calm: I am under orders to ensure the safety of our citizens. In the unlikely event of another mass malfunction, I will act to subdue any affected machines."
208,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_129,...Player. I think it's time we rejoined Krile and Sphene.
209,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_129,"I was half-joking with my boast to Shale, but we may have stumbled upon something major here. We should share our findings and keep pursuing this avenue of inquiry."
210,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_129,Didn't Krile say to meet them in the plaza just outside of True Vue? Let's get going.
211,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_129,We've finished our patrol as well. Did it not seem that more people wanted neo regulators than before...?
212,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_150_129,...Is Geode not with you?
213,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_155_129,
214,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_129,"Come on, we should meet Krile and Sphene at the plaza. Can't say I'm thrilled to have Shale owe me a drink over something like this..."
215,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_110,
216,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_101,
217,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_102,
218,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_103,
219,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_104,
220,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_105,
221,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_110,
222,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_111,
223,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_112,
224,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_113,
225,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_114,
226,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_115,
227,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_130,Oh? Did Geode have something else to attend to?
228,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_110_130,You should have Geode accompanying you before sharing your findings.
229,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_130,
230,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_131,
231,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_132,"So, essentially, you're saying that the people who were killed by malfunctioning machines weren't wearing regulators!?"
232,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_132,"Well, the numbers are still tentative, and only apply to that one zone. We don't know how they'll stack up against the overall data, but...this is definitely more than a coincidence."
233,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_132,I think it's safe to say that anyone who had removed their regulator was a priority target.
234,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_133,"Now that you mention it, the person I was treating for injuries wasn't wearing one either..."
235,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_133,"But, why? Why are they being targeted over everyone else?"
236,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_134,"Based solely on the lack of a neo regulator, we cannot judge if a person has no desire to become Endless, or if they simply failed to acquire one of the limited devices."
237,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_134,But those who wear no regulator at all...
238,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_134,They have clearly rejected the old system of using souls to revive themselves.
239,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_134,"Put another way, they have chosen to live their lives in the knowledge that death is an inevitability."
240,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_134,"The chances that such resolute people would wish to become Endless are far lower, I would imagine."
241,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_134,And so Calyx has chosen those least likely to accept his vision as victims to stoke fear and panic...
242,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_135,But there was no need to kill anyone!
243,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_136,"With the way things were, the people were already fearful enough─he could have found five thousand willing citizens without all this madness!"
244,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_136,"You make a good point. Perhaps this sowing of terror is in service to another scheme, or he had some other need for the lives he's taken..."
245,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q4_000_000,What will you say?
246,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_001,What of the dust found at various sites?
247,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_002,Could something have been done to the victims?
248,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_137,"Right, the sanitation worker's story. She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust..."
249,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_137,"I wonder... What about that sanitation worker's story? She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust..."
250,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_138,"Dust, but no bodies? Now where have I heard that before..."
251,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_138,Do you recall when we went to save Erenville from the sentries in the outskirts? That usher Malachite told us much the same thing.
252,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_110_138,"(-Malachite-)When I arrived, I found no body. Only a pile of dust, which the wind quickly scattered."
253,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_120_138,"(-Malachite-)Confused, I questioned the residents, but none knew what had become of it."
254,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_139,"That both stories speak of missing remains is suspicious enough, but the shared mention of this dust is too much to ignore."
255,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_139,"In that case, we should confirm if this substance was present at other sites, and attempt to ascertain its nature."
256,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_139,"Following this thread may lead us not only to an explanation for the missing bodies, but also the intent behind Calyx's murderous actions."
257,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_140,
258,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_141,
259,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_142,"(-Gulool Ja-)Player, we need your help! I've lost control over the soldiers in the residential area. They might be trying to hurt people again."
260,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_143,"(-Gulool Ja-)Oblivion members are on their way now, but are you close enough to join them?"
261,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_144,Dammit! Our new investigation will have to wait... Let's go!
262,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_145,She should recover in due course. I'm glad we arrived when we did...
263,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MILOS_000_150,"When I was sick and couldn't move, my mother was always at my side, always keeping me company. And I'm going to do the same for her!"
264,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_155,I'll take care of this gentleman. Go and check on Isadora and Milos!
265,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SOLUTIONRESIDENT73_000_160,Why...? Why is this happening...?
266,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_170,"Forgive me, I was reckless... You shouldn't have had to waste time tending my wounds as well."
267,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_171,
268,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_172,"Did you see our other comrade back there? He stayed behind in the lobby, but I heard the sounds of fighting..."
269,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_173,
270,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_174,
271,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_175,
272,TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_176,He... I am sorry. He must have fallen protecting the residents...
1 key 0 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_00 1 Shale wishes for a moment of your time.
2 # 1 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_01 The machine rampages have caused much strife and heartache, and while there have since been no new incidents to report, Gulool Ja warns that his renewed control over the now-disarmed soldiers may be temporary at best. Calyx, the mastermind behind the attacks, seems capable of commandeering Alexandria's machines at will. Sphene recalls what she can of the genius engineer from her age, and attempts to make sense of his declared motivations for “improving” mankind. While Preservation did indeed contribute to Alexandria's growth and development in centuries past, Calyx's fixation on creating Endless has led to untold suffering. He must be stopped─but if you would foil his schemes, Shale laments that you will first need to find him. To that end, Geode suggests a patrol to survey the streets and search for information which may help lead you to your elusive enemy.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_02 str You reconvene on the street outside the Neon Stein, where Geode considers the uneasy faces of his countrymen. Bolstered by Sphene's faith in Alexandrians to decide a course for the future, he turns his full attention to the task at hand. While Krile and Sphene will patrol the west of the recreation zone, you and Geode look to question citizens in the east.
4 0 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_03 Shale wishes for a moment of your time. Geode is ready to begin your patrol and speak with the people you meet along the way. He suggests paying special attention to those appearing overwhelmed or overly excited, in the hopes that they might yield more useful details about the current situation. ※You must be accompanied by Geode to complete this task. Speak with him again should you become separated.
1 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_01 The machine rampages have caused much strife and heartache, and while there have since been no new incidents to report, Gulool Ja warns that his renewed control over the now-disarmed soldiers may be temporary at best. Calyx, the mastermind behind the attacks, seems capable of commandeering Alexandria's machines at will. Sphene recalls what she can of the genius engineer from her age, and attempts to make sense of his declared motivations for “improving” mankind. While Preservation did indeed contribute to Alexandria's growth and development in centuries past, Calyx's fixation on creating Endless has led to untold suffering. He must be stopped─but if you would foil his schemes, Shale laments that you will first need to find him. To that end, Geode suggests a patrol to survey the streets and search for information which may help lead you to your elusive enemy.
2 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_02 You reconvene on the street outside the Neon Stein, where Geode considers the uneasy faces of his countrymen. Bolstered by Sphene's faith in Alexandrians to decide a course for the future, he turns his full attention to the task at hand. While Krile and Sphene will patrol the west of the recreation zone, you and Geode look to question citizens in the east.
3 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_03 Geode is ready to begin your patrol and speak with the people you meet along the way. He suggests paying special attention to those appearing overwhelmed or overly excited, in the hopes that they might yield more useful details about the current situation. ※You must be accompanied by Geode to complete this task. Speak with him again should you become separated.
5 4 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_04 4 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_04 You make your way through the recreation zone and speak with several residents about the recent attacks. Geode then muses that there was one factor in their stories you all neglected to consider previously: that the victims may not have been wearing regulators. With this suspicion in mind, you take to the streets to speak with the locals once more. You make your way through the recreation zone and speak with several residents about the recent attacks. Geode then muses that there was one factor in their stories you all neglected to consider previously: that the victims may not have been wearing regulators. With this suspicion in mind, you take to the streets to speak with the locals once more.
6 5 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_05 Your specific line of questioning leads to the confirmation that people without regulators were almost certainly being targeted. Armed with this new information, you look to rejoin Krile and Sphene at the agreed rendezvous point. Your specific line of questioning leads to the confirmation that people without regulators were almost certainly being targeted. Armed with this new information, you look to rejoin Krile and Sphene at the agreed rendezvous point.
7 6 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_06 6 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_06 After sharing your findings with the others, you recall another familiar detail in the story you heard from Malachite. Bodies had gone missing from several sites where citizens died in both the outskirts and recreation zones, and in their place were found strange piles of dust. As you make plans to investigate further, a panicked Gulool Ja contacts you with a plea for help, fearing that the residential radii have come under attack. You hasten to the apartment buildings and find hostile mechanical soldiers assaulting the residents. No sooner have you saved one citizen than you hear a commotion coming from Isadora and Milos's quarters. Upon entering, you find the aftermath of Wayakkwe's battle with a murderous drone, but the wounded Oblivion member urges you to tend to Isadora first. Sphene puts her retrained magicks to work, healing the critically injured mother and comforting the distraught Milos. The worst appears to have passed, but Wayakkwe remains visibly shaken... After sharing your findings with the others, you recall another familiar detail in the story you heard from Malachite. Bodies had gone missing from several sites where citizens died in both the outskirts and recreation zones, and in their place were found strange piles of dust. As you make plans to investigate further, a panicked Gulool Ja contacts you with a plea for help, fearing that the residential radii have come under attack. You hasten to the apartment buildings and find hostile mechanical soldiers assaulting the residents. No sooner have you saved one citizen than you hear a commotion coming from Isadora and Milos's quarters. Upon entering, you find the aftermath of Wayakkwe's battle with a murderous drone, but the wounded Oblivion member urges you to tend to Isadora first. Sphene puts her retrained magicks to work, healing the critically injured mother and comforting the distraught Milos. The worst appears to have passed, but Wayakkwe remains visibly shaken...
8 7 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_07 7 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SEQ_07 Her own wounds now mended, Wayakkwe asks after her Oblivion comrade. Recalling the scene from the lobby, a distraught Sphene shares his unfortunate fate... Her own wounds now mended, Wayakkwe asks after her Oblivion comrade. Recalling the scene from the lobby, a distraught Sphene shares his unfortunate fate...
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25 24 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_00 24 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_00 Speak with Geode outside the Neon Stein. Speak with Geode outside the Neon Stein.
26 25 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_01 25 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_01 Speak with Geode and have him accompany you. Speak with Geode and have him accompany you.
27 26 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_02 26 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_02 Gather information while Geode is accompanying you. Gather information while Geode is accompanying you.
28 27 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_03 27 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_03 Gather more information while Geode is accompanying you. Gather more information while Geode is accompanying you.
29 28 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_04 28 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_04 Speak with Krile while Geode is accompanying you. Speak with Krile while Geode is accompanying you.
30 29 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_05 29 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_TODO_05 Speak with Wayakkwe. Speak with Wayakkwe.
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49 48 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_001 48 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_001 If you have a moment, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, Geode wants to take stock of the current crisis. If you have a moment, Player, Geode wants to take stock of the current crisis.
50 49 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_001 49 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_001 Oblivion may be lacking the finer details in certain areas, so we'd like you to lend your perspective to the conversation. Oblivion may be lacking the finer details in certain areas, so we'd like you to lend your perspective to the conversation.
51 50 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_002 50 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_002 Sorry to drag you into our meeting, but we need to get a better handle on the threats Alexandria is facing right now. Sorry to drag you into our meeting, but we need to get a better handle on the threats Alexandria is facing right now.
52 51 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_002 51 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_002 Not at all. Much has happened since the state funeral, and a clearer idea of where things stand would be beneficial for us as well. Not at all. Much has happened since the state funeral, and a clearer idea of where things stand would be beneficial for us as well.
53 52 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_002 52 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_002 First things first, then─let's discuss the state of the machine malfunctions. First things first, then─let's discuss the state of the machine malfunctions.
54 53 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_003 53 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_003 Every single sector reported instances of sentries attacking citizens without provocation, and vehicles suddenly becoming unresponsive to controls. Every single sector reported instances of sentries attacking citizens without provocation, and vehicles suddenly becoming unresponsive to controls.
55 54 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_003 54 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_003 And while these malfunctions were resolved fairly quickly, they nevertheless resulted in a considerable number of injuries and deaths... And while these malfunctions were resolved fairly quickly, they nevertheless resulted in a considerable number of injuries and deaths...
56 55 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_110_003 55 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_110_003 But you haven't heard anything about new incidents since then, right? But you haven't heard anything about new incidents since then, right?
57 56 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_120_003 56 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_120_003 Right. No additional reports have been logged, as far as I know. That's the good news. Right. No additional reports have been logged, as far as I know. That's the good news.
58 57 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_004 57 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_004 The bad news is, I tried to take control of the soldiers when they started hurting people, but they wouldn't listen to me─even though I have the king's authority. The bad news is, I tried to take control of the soldiers when they started hurting people, but they wouldn't listen to me─even though I have the king's authority.
59 58 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_005 58 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_005 Once things calmed down, I was finally able to make them give up their weapons. But...if it happens again, I don't know if they'll ignore me like before. Once things calmed down, I was finally able to make them give up their weapons. But...if it happens again, I don't know if they'll ignore me like before.
60 59 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_006 59 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_006 The King of Resolve's authority is about the highest there is. Who is this man that can override it with such impunity? The King of Resolve's authority is about the highest there is. Who is this man that can override it with such impunity?
61 60 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_006 60 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_006 Calyx... He lived in the age of the Storm Surge, as I did. Calyx... He lived in the age of the Storm Surge, as I did.
62 61 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_006 61 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_006 Lest you forget, he was known for his advancements in electrope technology, and it was he who established Preservation for the purpose of furthering his research. Lest you forget, he was known for his advancements in electrope technology, and it was he who established Preservation for the purpose of furthering his research.
63 62 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_120_006 62 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_120_006 The wasting disease which afflicted him, however, was said to leave him scant years left to live... He must have chosen to undergo conversion into an Endless, that he might continue his efforts into the present day. The wasting disease which afflicted him, however, was said to leave him scant years left to live... He must have chosen to undergo conversion into an Endless, that he might continue his efforts into the present day.
64 63 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_006 63 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_006 Preservation's early goals seemed noble enough─exploring treatments for levin sickness, designing Everkeep's core system, that sort of thing. Preservation's early goals seemed noble enough─exploring treatments for levin sickness, designing Everkeep's core system, that sort of thing.
65 64 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_140_006 64 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_140_006 Why harm the people he was ostensibly trying to help...? Why harm the people he was ostensibly trying to help...?
66 65 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_007 65 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_007
67 66 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_008 66 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_008
68 67 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_009 67 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_009
69 68 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_010 68 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_010
70 69 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_011 69 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_011 I do not pretend to fully understand Calyx's motivations... Only that he appeared incensed by what he saw as mankind's failings. I do not pretend to fully understand Calyx's motivations... Only that he appeared incensed by what he saw as mankind's failings.
71 70 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_012 70 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_012 He asserted that the strategy of adapting our species through generational succession was outdated; that evolution now requires us to forsake bodies of flesh in favor of eternal preservation. He asserted that the strategy of adapting our species through generational succession was outdated; that evolution now requires us to forsake bodies of flesh in favor of eternal preservation.
72 71 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_013 71 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_013 We've already seen how he's employed the simulant to convince Alexandrians that Endless conversion is their only hope for survival. We've already seen how he's employed the simulant to convince Alexandrians that Endless conversion is their only hope for survival.
73 72 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_013 72 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_013 Eternal life is “assured” for the five thousand who register their neo regulators... Eternal life is “assured” for the five thousand who register their neo regulators...
74 73 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_013 73 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_013 But this is merely one part of Calyx's greater plan. But this is merely one part of Calyx's greater plan.
75 74 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_013 74 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_013 He wants the key to interdimensional fusion. With that relic in his possession, he will draw aether from the reflections, and expand his efforts to create Endless a thousandfold. He wants the key to interdimensional fusion. With that relic in his possession, he will draw aether from the reflections, and expand his efforts to create Endless a thousandfold.
76 75 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_015 75 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_015
77 76 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_016 76 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_016
78 77 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_017 77 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_017
79 78 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_018 78 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_018 If we mean to foil Calyx's schemes, then our only option is to determine where he's hiding and put him down. If we mean to foil Calyx's schemes, then our only option is to determine where he's hiding and put him down.
80 79 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_019 79 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_019 Which, unfortunately, is easier said than done. I've been scouring the terminal we found in the depths of Everkeep, but I've failed to uncover even the slightest trace of his activities. Which, unfortunately, is easier said than done. I've been scouring the terminal we found in the depths of Everkeep, but I've failed to uncover even the slightest trace of his activities.
81 80 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_019 80 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_019 Give me a little more time, though, and I'm sure I can sniff him out. Give me a little more time, though, and I'm sure I can sniff him out.
82 81 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_020 81 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_020 I'll help you! I'll help you!
83 82 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_020 82 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_020 While Gulool Ja and Shale are working on that, I think I'm going to take a look around town. While Gulool Ja and Shale are working on that, I think I'm going to take a look around town.
84 83 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_020 83 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_020 I want to make sure no new problems have cropped up, as well as search for any information that might lead us to Calyx. I want to make sure no new problems have cropped up, as well as search for any information that might lead us to Calyx.
85 84 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_020 84 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_020 You're welcome to come along. Another “malfunction” could happen at any time, and I'd be glad to have some brawlers at my back. You're welcome to come along. Another “malfunction” could happen at any time, and I'd be glad to have some brawlers at my back.
86 85 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_130_020 85 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_130_020 Count me in! Count me in!
87 86 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_140_020 86 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_140_020 Raha and the others are helping Oblivion patrol the other levels of the keep, so shall we stick to the streets of Solution Nine? Raha and the others are helping Oblivion patrol the other levels of the keep, so shall we stick to the streets of Solution Nine?
88 87 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_020 87 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_020 Sounds like a plan. Thanks, you two, I appreciate the company! Sounds like a plan. Thanks, you two, I appreciate the company!
89 88 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_021 88 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_021
90 89 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_022 89 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_022 I have to speak with the city's administrators about bringing in the Landsguard. I want our soldiers around to protect those who're moving to Tuliyollal. I have to speak with the city's administrators about bringing in the Landsguard. I want our soldiers around to protect those who're moving to Tuliyollal.
91 90 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_023 90 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WUKLAMAT_000_023 Alphinaud and Alisaie will be joining me for the meeting, so the three of us can cover that sector as soon as we're done! Alphinaud and Alisaie will be joining me for the meeting, so the three of us can cover that sector as soon as we're done!
92 91 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_024 91 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_024 If I may... If I may...
93 92 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_025 92 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_025 I'd like to join <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s group, if you'll have me? I'd like to join Player's group, if you'll have me?
94 93 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_025 93 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_025 The more mouths to ask questions, the merrier. As long as you're aware of the dangers. The more mouths to ask questions, the merrier. As long as you're aware of the dangers.
95 94 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_026 94 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_026 Thank you! I'll do my best not to be a burden. Thank you! I'll do my best not to be a burden.
96 95 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_027 95 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_027 I'm more worried about you, Geode. Don't do anything stupid. I'm more worried about you, Geode. Don't do anything stupid.
97 96 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_028 96 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_028 Pfft, you'll change your tune once we get back with the goods on Calyx. Then the drinks are on you! Pfft, you'll change your tune once we get back with the goods on Calyx. Then the drinks are on you!
98 97 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_029 97 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_029 Come on, let's continue this outside. Come on, let's continue this outside.
99 98 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_030 98 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_000_030 Good luck with your patrol, and take your time. We can do without Geode until you're done with the old sot. Good luck with your patrol, and take your time. We can do without Geode until you're done with the old sot.
100 99 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_030 99 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SHALE_100_030 Ah, sorry. Just when I think I've internalized better manners, talking with Geode brings back all the old bad habits. Ah, sorry. Just when I think I've internalized better manners, talking with Geode brings back all the old bad habits.
101 100 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_035 100 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_035
102 101 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_040 101 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_040 I wish I could grow up faster... There'll be so much more I can do when I'm bigger like you. I wish I could grow up faster... There'll be so much more I can do when I'm bigger like you.
103 102 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_045 102 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_045 The city looks as though it's regained a sense of normalcy. Alas, the people will not soon forget recent events... The city looks as though it's regained a sense of normalcy. Alas, the people will not soon forget recent events...
104 103 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_046 103 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_046 I will do my utmost to ensure the happiness of Alexandria and its people... I will do my utmost to ensure the happiness of Alexandria and its people...
105 104 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_047 104 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_047 ...Sorry, I was off in my own little world! Shall we get started? ...Sorry, I was off in my own little world! Shall we get started?
106 105 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q1_000_000 105 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q1_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
107 106 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_001 106 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_001 The people seem uneasy. The people seem uneasy.
108 107 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_002 107 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_002 Are <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> all right, Geode? Are *you* all right, Geode?
109 108 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_003 108 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A1_000_003 Let's see what there is to see! Let's see what there is to see!
110 109 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_048 109 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_048 They do, and can't say as I blame them. They do, and can't say as I blame them.
111 110 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_049 110 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_049 Me...? I'm well enough, given the circumstances. Me...? I'm well enough, given the circumstances.
112 111 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_049 111 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_049 Right you are. It's time we took some action. Right you are. It's time we took some action.
113 112 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_049 112 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_049 It was the queen's fondest wish that her subjects remain shielded from the horrors of death. And so they were for the longest time. It was the queen's fondest wish that her subjects remain shielded from the horrors of death. And so they were for the longest time.
114 113 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_049 113 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_049 Then, the moment mortality once again becomes an unavoidable fact of life, they're greeted with an outbreak of bloody violence. Then, the moment mortality once again becomes an unavoidable fact of life, they're greeted with an outbreak of bloody violence.
115 114 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_049 114 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_049 Many are bound to give the Endless alternative serious consideration. Many are bound to give the Endless alternative serious consideration.
116 115 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_050 115 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_050 Indeed, and I do not blame them for that. It is only natural that such thoughts should come to mind. Indeed, and I do not blame them for that. It is only natural that such thoughts should come to mind.
117 116 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_051 116 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_051 What I cannot forgive is the way Calyx wields fear and misery to manipulate people into making that choice. What I cannot forgive is the way Calyx wields fear and misery to manipulate people into making that choice.
118 117 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_051 117 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_051 No one─not Calyx, nor anyone else─should dictate how we cope with the specter of death. No one─not Calyx, nor anyone else─should dictate how we cope with the specter of death.
119 118 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_051 118 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_051 As one who lived as an Alexandrian, I wish to put the choices for this country's future back into the hands of its citizens. As one who lived as an Alexandrian, I wish to put the choices for this country's future back into the hands of its citizens.
120 119 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_051 119 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_051 And you think we can handle that responsibility? After everything you've seen of us? And you think we can handle that responsibility? After everything you've seen of us?
121 120 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_051 120 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_051 It is what I've seen that has convinced me you can. It is what I've seen that has convinced me you can.
122 121 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_051 121 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_051 I awoke four centuries later to find our people living and laughing beneath Alexandria's banner. Though surprised and bewildered, I was overjoyed to see it so. You all deserve to be happy... I awoke four centuries later to find our people living and laughing beneath Alexandria's banner. Though surprised and bewildered, I was overjoyed to see it so. You all deserve to be happy...
123 122 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_051 122 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_150_051 ...Well, then. ...Well, then.
124 123 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_051 123 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_051 We'd best not let you down! We'd best not let you down!
125 124 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_170_051 124 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_170_051 Now, I suggest we move as a group─we don't know if or when a battle might find us. Now, I suggest we move as a group─we don't know if or when a battle might find us.
126 125 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_052 125 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_052 Oh. I believe someone came prepared for just such an eventuality. Oh. I believe someone came prepared for just such an eventuality.
127 126 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_053 126 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_053 Is that the grimoire you retrieved from the old castle? Is that the grimoire you retrieved from the old castle?
128 127 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_053 127 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_053 Yes, my parents gifted it to me when I was a child. They were adamant that I should learn to protect the things important to me. Yes, my parents gifted it to me when I was a child. They were adamant that I should learn to protect the things important to me.
129 128 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_053 128 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_110_053 I was fortunate enough to have a tutor in the arcane arts, so I lay claim to some small measure of skill. I was fortunate enough to have a tutor in the arcane arts, so I lay claim to some small measure of skill.
130 129 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_053 129 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_053 If that's the case, it might be better if we split into two groups after all. 'Twould certainly be more efficient for information gathering! If that's the case, it might be better if we split into two groups after all. 'Twould certainly be more efficient for information gathering!
131 130 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_054 130 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_054 I, uh... I guess that makes sense? I, uh... I guess that makes sense?
132 131 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_055 131 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_055 The two of you can take the west side of the recreation zone, then. The two of you can take the west side of the recreation zone, then.
133 132 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_055 132 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_055 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and I will take the east. Player and I will take the east.
134 133 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_056 133 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_056 Very well. We shall end our patrol in the plaza just past True Vue and await you there. Very well. We shall end our patrol in the plaza just past True Vue and await you there.
135 134 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_060 134 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_060 I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Any information could be helpful, no matter how seemingly insignificant. I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Any information could be helpful, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
136 135 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_065 135 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_065 My grimoire is inlaid with electrope in a manner which augments arcane power. It should prove a useful tool. My grimoire is inlaid with electrope in a manner which augments arcane power. It should prove a useful tool.
137 136 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_070 136 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_070 Let's do the rounds, then. We'll see what's what, and chat to the people we meet along the way. Let's do the rounds, then. We'll see what's what, and chat to the people we meet along the way.
138 137 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_071 137 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_071 Pay special attention to anyone who looks overwhelmed or overly excited. Hopefully that will earn us a tidbit or two we didn't know before. Pay special attention to anyone who looks overwhelmed or overly excited. Hopefully that will earn us a tidbit or two we didn't know before.
139 138 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q2_000_000 138 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q2_000_000 What will you do? What will you do?
140 139 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_001 139 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_001 Talk. Talk.
141 140 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_002 140 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_002 Part ways. Part ways.
142 141 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_003 141 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_003 Nothing. Nothing.
143 142 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_077 142 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_077 I'm guessing you would've preferred to go with Sphene and Krile, but I'm afraid you're stuck with me. I grow on people, though, I promise. I'm guessing you would've preferred to go with Sphene and Krile, but I'm afraid you're stuck with me. I grow on people, though, I promise.
144 143 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_100_077 143 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_100_077 Are you sure you wish to part ways with Geode? Are you sure you wish to part ways with Geode?
145 144 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_078 144 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_078 Need to step away? Fair enough. I'll wait for you outside the Neon Stein. Need to step away? Fair enough. I'll wait for you outside the Neon Stein.
146 145 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_079 145 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_079 Ready to head out again? Ready to head out again?
147 146 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_079 146 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_079 Shall we go find Krile and Sphene, then? Shall we go find Krile and Sphene, then?
148 147 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_005 147 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_005 <UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss True Vue.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Discuss True Vue.
149 148 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_080 148 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_080 Ah, the memories... I used to drink around here all the time. Ah, the memories... I used to drink around here all the time.
150 149 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_080 149 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_080 I made sure not to overdo it when I had work the next day, but once we were past the busy season─or when the ladies weren't amenable to my company─well... You'd have to scrape me off the street outside in the morning. Or afternoon. I made sure not to overdo it when I had work the next day, but once we were past the busy season─or when the ladies weren't amenable to my company─well... You'd have to scrape me off the street outside in the morning. Or afternoon.
151 150 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_080 150 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_080 The worst I ever got was on what should have been the worst day of my life...if only I could remember it. I was still wearing a regulator back then. The worst I ever got was on what should have been the worst day of my life...if only I could remember it. I was still wearing a regulator back then.
152 151 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_080 151 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_080 It was also the day I first met Shale, although I guarantee she's forgotten it completely. It was also the day I first met Shale, although I guarantee she's forgotten it completely.
153 152 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_006 152 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A2_000_006 <UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss the hover cargo.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground> **Discuss the hover cargo.
154 153 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_081 153 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_081 It was once my job to deliver goods by hover cargo. That's why I know a fair number of names and faces throughout the city. It was once my job to deliver goods by hover cargo. That's why I know a fair number of names and faces throughout the city.
155 154 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_082 154 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_082 The little ones who'd jump for joy when I brought them packages... The old lady who'd always greet me with a smile... I'd hate for anything bad to happen to them. The little ones who'd jump for joy when I brought them packages... The old lady who'd always greet me with a smile... I'd hate for anything bad to happen to them.
156 155 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_083 155 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_083 <sigh> <sigh>
157 156 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_084 156 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_084 There, it's done! There, it's done!
158 157 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_000_085 157 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_000_085 You look familiar... You look familiar...
159 158 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_086 158 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_086 You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side. You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side.
160 159 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_072 159 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_072
161 160 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_073 160 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_073
162 161 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_074 161 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_074
163 162 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_075 162 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_075
164 163 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_076 163 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_076
165 164 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_080 164 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_080
166 165 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_085 165 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_085
167 166 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_090 166 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_090
168 167 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_091 167 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_091 Are the sentries and air-wheelers safe to be around now? Are the sentries and air-wheelers safe to be around now?
169 168 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_092 168 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_092 I just know it's going to happen again...and maybe next time I'll be the one who dies in a horrible accident. I just know it's going to happen again...and maybe next time I'll be the one who dies in a horrible accident.
170 169 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_093 169 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_093 I <Emphasis>need</Emphasis> a neo regulator. Becoming Endless is the only way─even Queen Sphene said so! I *need* a neo regulator. Becoming Endless is the only way─even Queen Sphene said so!
171 170 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_094 170 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENA05364_000_094 But how to get one...? Maybe I can convince someone who's unsure to give me theirs. But how to get one...? Maybe I can convince someone who's unsure to give me theirs.
172 171 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_095 171 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_095 What has me in such a fine mood, you ask? What has me in such a fine mood, you ask?
173 172 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_096 172 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_096 Well, I've just registered my new regulator. I was leery of becoming nothing but memories at first, but now that I've gone through with the registration, I've never felt more at ease! Well, I've just registered my new regulator. I was leery of becoming nothing but memories at first, but now that I've gone through with the registration, I've never felt more at ease!
174 173 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_097 173 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_097 Also, once it was done, the regulator displayed the current numbers. Of the five thousand slots available, over thirty-eight hundred have already been filled. Also, once it was done, the regulator displayed the current numbers. Of the five thousand slots available, over thirty-eight hundred have already been filled.
175 174 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_098 174 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_098 So if you're still hesitant, you've not much time to make your mind up. Mark my words, friend: when there's only a few slots left, it's going to get <Emphasis>very</Emphasis> ugly. So if you're still hesitant, you've not much time to make your mind up. Mark my words, friend: when there's only a few slots left, it's going to get *very* ugly.
176 175 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_099 175 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CITIZENB05364_000_099 We'll be seeing fights over neo regulators in the very near future. Should you get one, I suggest you register right away. We'll be seeing fights over neo regulators in the very near future. Should you get one, I suggest you register right away.
177 176 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_100 176 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_100 You want to hear my story? While I appreciate you offering a sympathetic ear, there's not much to tell... You want to hear my story? While I appreciate you offering a sympathetic ear, there's not much to tell...
178 177 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_101 177 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_101 If you must know, a good friend of mine died when those machines went crazy. His air-wheeler dropped right out of the sky, and he didn't survive the crash. If you must know, a good friend of mine died when those machines went crazy. His air-wheeler dropped right out of the sky, and he didn't survive the crash.
179 178 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_102 178 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_102 Damn fool wasn't wearing a regulator... I know that's not so strange these days, but he'd never bothered with one. Damn fool wasn't wearing a regulator... I know that's not so strange these days, but he'd never bothered with one.
180 179 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_103 179 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_103 He was at peace with the idea of dying someday, and I thought I understood what that meant. Until it happened... He was at peace with the idea of dying someday, and I thought I understood what that meant. Until it happened...
181 180 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_104 180 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_DEPRESSED05364_100_104 We used to forget people after they died. No memories. No grief. I'm not sure if we'd be better off if that was still the case. We used to forget people after they died. No memories. No grief. I'm not sure if we'd be better off if that was still the case.
182 181 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_110 181 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_110 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, a word? Player, a word?
183 182 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_110 182 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_110 I feel like there was a new factor in these stories we've heard. One we hadn't considered during our discussion with everyone in the Backroom... I feel like there was a new factor in these stories we've heard. One we hadn't considered during our discussion with everyone in the Backroom...
184 183 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q3_000_000 183 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q3_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
185 184 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_001 184 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_001 That people are still deathly afraid? That people are still deathly afraid?
186 185 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_002 185 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_002 That fights are likely to break out over the neo regulators? That fights are likely to break out over the neo regulators?
187 186 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_003 186 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A3_000_003 That a victim of the violence wasn't wearing a regulator? That a victim of the violence wasn't wearing a regulator?
188 187 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_111 187 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_111 That's a point of concern, don't get me wrong, but I think we were acutely aware of it already... That's a point of concern, don't get me wrong, but I think we were acutely aware of it already...
189 188 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_112 188 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_112 The fact that nearly four thousand people have registered is worthy of its own report. But are you sure there wasn't anything else...? The fact that nearly four thousand people have registered is worthy of its own report. But are you sure there wasn't anything else...?
190 189 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_113 189 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_113 Yes, that's it! Yes, that's it!
191 190 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_114 190 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_114 The vast majority of residents have always worn regulators, so it's not a detail we'd normally think about. With the supply of souls cut off, though, more and more people have been going without them... The vast majority of residents have always worn regulators, so it's not a detail we'd normally think about. With the supply of souls cut off, though, more and more people have been going without them...
192 191 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_115 191 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_115 We need to look into the casualties from the recent attacks, and check whether or not they were equipped with regulators. We need to look into the casualties from the recent attacks, and check whether or not they were equipped with regulators.
193 192 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_116 192 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_116 Let's ask around on the street over to the east. It was pretty chaotic at the time, but maybe we'll find eyewitnesses who can help us confirm if this was a pattern or not. Let's ask around on the street over to the east. It was pretty chaotic at the time, but maybe we'll find eyewitnesses who can help us confirm if this was a pattern or not.
194 193 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_117 193 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_117 I'm too scared of the sentries to clean anywhere near them... I'm too scared of the sentries to clean anywhere near them...
195 194 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_118 194 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_118 Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service. Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service.
196 195 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_118 195 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_000_118 You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side. You may learn something of interest here. Return with Geode at your side.
197 196 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_119 196 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_119 Aside from Oblivion members, only a handful of people used to go out and about without regulators. How times have changed. Aside from Oblivion members, only a handful of people used to go out and about without regulators. How times have changed.
198 197 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_120 197 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_120 You wish to know if the people who died in the machine rampage were wearing regulators? You wish to know if the people who died in the machine rampage were wearing regulators?
199 198 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_121 198 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_121 I'm sorry, but I was assigned to clearing away debris. I didn't see any of the deceased. I'm sorry, but I was assigned to clearing away debris. I didn't see any of the deceased.
200 199 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_122 199 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_122 No bodies were present by the time I arrived, so I assume the ushers had already done their work... No bodies were present by the time I arrived, so I assume the ushers had already done their work...
201 200 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_123 200 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_123 I do remember there being patches of white dust scattered about that were quite a chore to clean up, but nothing else worthy of mention. I do remember there being patches of white dust scattered about that were quite a chore to clean up, but nothing else worthy of mention.
202 201 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_124 201 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_124 It's terrifying to think that death might be waiting for us around every corner. But what can you do but keep working and hope for the best...? It's terrifying to think that death might be waiting for us around every corner. But what can you do but keep working and hope for the best...?
203 202 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_125 202 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_125 Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service. Hello, how are you today? Please let me know if I may be of service.
204 203 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_126 203 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_126 ...City-wide casualty data unavailable. Government officials are currently processing reports from all affected zones. ...City-wide casualty data unavailable. Government officials are currently processing reports from all affected zones.
205 204 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_127 204 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_127 Can you narrow it down to the recreation zone, then? You must have some estimates on hand? Can you narrow it down to the recreation zone, then? You must have some estimates on hand?
206 205 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_128 205 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_128 Recalibrating parameters. Injured: Eighty-seven individuals. Casualties: Nineteen individuals. Recalibrating parameters. Injured: Eighty-seven individuals. Casualties: Nineteen individuals.
207 206 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_129 206 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_129 Casualties equipped with regulators: Zero. Casualties equipped with regulators: Zero.
208 207 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_100_129 207 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_100_129 Please remain calm: I am under orders to ensure the safety of our citizens. In the unlikely event of another mass malfunction, I will act to subdue any affected machines. Please remain calm: I am under orders to ensure the safety of our citizens. In the unlikely event of another mass malfunction, I will act to subdue any affected machines.
209 208 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_129 208 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_129 ...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I think it's time we rejoined Krile and Sphene. ...Player. I think it's time we rejoined Krile and Sphene.
210 209 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_129 209 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_120_129 I was half-joking with my boast to Shale, but we may have stumbled upon something major here. We should share our findings and keep pursuing this avenue of inquiry. I was half-joking with my boast to Shale, but we may have stumbled upon something major here. We should share our findings and keep pursuing this avenue of inquiry.
211 210 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_129 210 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_130_129 Didn't Krile say to meet them in the plaza just outside of True Vue? Let's get going. Didn't Krile say to meet them in the plaza just outside of True Vue? Let's get going.
212 211 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_129 211 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_129 We've finished our patrol as well. Did it not seem that more people wanted neo regulators than before...? We've finished our patrol as well. Did it not seem that more people wanted neo regulators than before...?
213 212 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_150_129 212 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_150_129 ...Is Geode not with you? ...Is Geode not with you?
214 213 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_155_129 213 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_155_129
215 214 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_129 214 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_160_129 Come on, we should meet Krile and Sphene at the plaza. Can't say I'm thrilled to have Shale owe me a drink over something like this... Come on, we should meet Krile and Sphene at the plaza. Can't say I'm thrilled to have Shale owe me a drink over something like this...
216 215 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_110 215 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_110
217 216 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_101 216 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_101
218 217 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_102 217 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_102
219 218 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_103 218 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_103
220 219 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_104 219 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_104
221 220 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_105 220 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_CLEANERS05364_000_105
222 221 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_110 221 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_110
223 222 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_111 222 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_111
224 223 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_112 223 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_112
225 224 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_113 224 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_113
226 225 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_114 225 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_114
227 226 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_115 226 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MACHINE05364_000_115
228 227 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_130 227 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_130 Oh? Did Geode have something else to attend to? Oh? Did Geode have something else to attend to?
229 228 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_110_130 228 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SYSTEM_110_130 You should have Geode accompanying you before sharing your findings. You should have Geode accompanying you before sharing your findings.
230 229 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_130 229 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_130
231 230 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_131 230 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_131
232 231 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_132 231 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_132 So, essentially, you're saying that the people who were killed by malfunctioning machines weren't wearing regulators!? So, essentially, you're saying that the people who were killed by malfunctioning machines weren't wearing regulators!?
233 232 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_132 232 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_132 Well, the numbers are still tentative, and only apply to that one zone. We don't know how they'll stack up against the overall data, but...this is definitely more than a coincidence. Well, the numbers are still tentative, and only apply to that one zone. We don't know how they'll stack up against the overall data, but...this is definitely more than a coincidence.
234 233 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_132 233 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_110_132 I think it's safe to say that anyone who had removed their regulator was a priority target. I think it's safe to say that anyone who had removed their regulator was a priority target.
235 234 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_133 234 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_133 Now that you mention it, the person I was treating for injuries wasn't wearing one either... Now that you mention it, the person I was treating for injuries wasn't wearing one either...
236 235 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_133 235 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_133 But, why? Why are they being targeted over everyone else? But, why? Why are they being targeted over everyone else?
237 236 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_134 236 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_134 Based solely on the lack of a neo regulator, we cannot judge if a person has no desire to become Endless, or if they simply failed to acquire one of the limited devices. Based solely on the lack of a neo regulator, we cannot judge if a person has no desire to become Endless, or if they simply failed to acquire one of the limited devices.
238 237 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_134 237 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_134 But those who wear no regulator at all... But those who wear no regulator at all...
239 238 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_134 238 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_134 They have clearly rejected the old system of using souls to revive themselves. They have clearly rejected the old system of using souls to revive themselves.
240 239 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_134 239 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_120_134 Put another way, they have chosen to live their lives in the knowledge that death is an inevitability. Put another way, they have chosen to live their lives in the knowledge that death is an inevitability.
241 240 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_134 240 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_130_134 The chances that such resolute people would wish to become Endless are far lower, I would imagine. The chances that such resolute people would wish to become Endless are far lower, I would imagine.
242 241 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_134 241 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_140_134 And so Calyx has chosen those least likely to accept his vision as victims to stoke fear and panic... And so Calyx has chosen those least likely to accept his vision as victims to stoke fear and panic...
243 242 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_135 242 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_135 But there was no need to kill anyone! But there was no need to kill anyone!
244 243 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_136 243 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_136 With the way things were, the people were already fearful enough─he could have found five thousand willing citizens without all this madness! With the way things were, the people were already fearful enough─he could have found five thousand willing citizens without all this madness!
245 244 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_136 244 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_136 You make a good point. Perhaps this sowing of terror is in service to another scheme, or he had some other need for the lives he's taken... You make a good point. Perhaps this sowing of terror is in service to another scheme, or he had some other need for the lives he's taken...
246 245 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q4_000_000 245 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_Q4_000_000 What will you say? What will you say?
247 246 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_001 246 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_001 What of the dust found at various sites? What of the dust found at various sites?
248 247 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_002 247 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_A4_000_002 Could something have been done to the victims? Could something have been done to the victims?
249 248 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_137 248 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_137 Right, the sanitation worker's story. She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust... Right, the sanitation worker's story. She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust...
250 249 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_137 249 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_100_137 I wonder... What about that sanitation worker's story? She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust... I wonder... What about that sanitation worker's story? She saw no bodies, but mentioned piles of white dust...
251 250 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_138 250 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_138 Dust, but no bodies? Now where have I heard that before... Dust, but no bodies? Now where have I heard that before...
252 251 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_138 251 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_100_138 Do you recall when we went to save Erenville from the sentries in the outskirts? That usher Malachite told us much the same thing. Do you recall when we went to save Erenville from the sentries in the outskirts? That usher Malachite told us much the same thing.
253 252 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_110_138 252 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_110_138 (-Malachite-)When I arrived, I found no body. Only a pile of dust, which the wind quickly scattered. (-Malachite-)When I arrived, I found no body. Only a pile of dust, which the wind quickly scattered.
254 253 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_120_138 253 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MALACHITE_120_138 (-Malachite-)Confused, I questioned the residents, but none knew what had become of it. (-Malachite-)Confused, I questioned the residents, but none knew what had become of it.
255 254 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_139 254 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_139 That both stories speak of missing remains is suspicious enough, but the shared mention of this dust is too much to ignore. That both stories speak of missing remains is suspicious enough, but the shared mention of this dust is too much to ignore.
256 255 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_139 255 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_100_139 In that case, we should confirm if this substance was present at other sites, and attempt to ascertain its nature. In that case, we should confirm if this substance was present at other sites, and attempt to ascertain its nature.
257 256 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_139 256 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_110_139 Following this thread may lead us not only to an explanation for the missing bodies, but also the intent behind Calyx's murderous actions. Following this thread may lead us not only to an explanation for the missing bodies, but also the intent behind Calyx's murderous actions.
258 257 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_140 257 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_140
259 258 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_141 258 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_141
260 259 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_142 259 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_142 (-Gulool Ja-)<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, we need your help! I've lost control over the soldiers in the residential area. They might be trying to hurt people again. (-Gulool Ja-)Player, we need your help! I've lost control over the soldiers in the residential area. They might be trying to hurt people again.
261 260 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_143 260 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GULOOLJA_000_143 (-Gulool Ja-)Oblivion members are on their way now, but are you close enough to join them? (-Gulool Ja-)Oblivion members are on their way now, but are you close enough to join them?
262 261 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_144 261 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_GEODE_000_144 Dammit! Our new investigation will have to wait... Let's go! Dammit! Our new investigation will have to wait... Let's go!
263 262 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_145 262 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_145 She should recover in due course. I'm glad we arrived when we did... She should recover in due course. I'm glad we arrived when we did...
264 263 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MILOS_000_150 263 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_MILOS_000_150 When I was sick and couldn't move, my mother was always at my side, always keeping me company. And I'm going to do the same for her! When I was sick and couldn't move, my mother was always at my side, always keeping me company. And I'm going to do the same for her!
265 264 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_155 264 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_KRILE_000_155 I'll take care of this gentleman. Go and check on Isadora and Milos! I'll take care of this gentleman. Go and check on Isadora and Milos!
266 265 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SOLUTIONRESIDENT73_000_160 265 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_SOLUTIONRESIDENT73_000_160 Why...? Why is this happening...? Why...? Why is this happening...?
267 266 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_170 266 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_170 Forgive me, I was reckless... You shouldn't have had to waste time tending my wounds as well. Forgive me, I was reckless... You shouldn't have had to waste time tending my wounds as well.
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269 268 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_172 268 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_WAYAKKWE_000_172 Did you see our other comrade back there? He stayed behind in the lobby, but I heard the sounds of fighting... Did you see our other comrade back there? He stayed behind in the lobby, but I heard the sounds of fighting...
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273 272 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_176 272 TEXT_KINGMI101_05364_ORIGINALSPHENE_000_176 He... I am sorry. He must have fallen protecting the residents... He... I am sorry. He must have fallen protecting the residents...
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