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0,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_00","Hildibrand is keen to embark on the next leg of your investigation."
1,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_01","In order to pursue the Case of the Silent Correspondent once more, you prepare to ship off to Sharlayan. Or teleport, as the case may be. Assuming they follow your advice, Hildibrand and the rest of your party should be waiting to meet you near the Confluence."
2,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_02","Despite it being their first time traveling by experimental aetheryte, most of your companions appear to be unaffected by aetherial sickness. Delion is the notable exception, though it is unclear if his suffering is due to some intrinsic quality, or because the gods were feeling capricious. In any event, the editor in chief is determined to push through his nausea, proposing an immediate investigation of the Sharlayans' “underground military facility”─an idea onto which the inspector latches with characteristic enthusiasm. The Hall of Artifice awaits."
3,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_03","Lacking the proper permissions to board the lift, Hildibrand's foray into Labyrinthos appears to be over as soon as it began. It is fortunate, then, that Godbert arrives at this very moment to exert his ambassadorial authority, affording your companions access as part of the Syndicate member's entourage. Next stop: the Archeion."
4,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_04","Your initial inquiries into archived alien starships meet with no success. A custodian does, however, mention having seen a PuPu-like visitor at Meryall Agronomics. With renewed vigor, your party descends to the Medial Circuit with the intention of interviewing the local laborers."
5,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_05","Your in-depth interrogations reveal that an individual resembling PuPu─and not merely another mandragora─did indeed visit the Labyrinthos farm in the company of a decidedly less-alien acquaintance. Hildibrand will wish to corroborate your findings."
6,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_06","The information you extracted matches what the inspector has learned, and you are soon joined by the gleaner responsible for guiding the oddly paired visitors into Labyrinthos.
It transpires that one was a Hannish apothecary who, upon giving up on his mercantile endeavors in war-torn Garlemald, came across a wrecked vessel and its unusual pilot stranded in the snow. The gleaner met said apothecary in Thavnair, the man having returned to his homeland with both broken craft and alien occupant in tow. Wishing to offer assistance with repairs, the gleaner then escorted them to Sharlayan─and Thaumazein's famed engineers. Once the vessel was restored, however, the pair departed and have not been seen since.
You remain one step behind, but for now it is enough to know that PuPu's friend is very much alive, and likely to be found in the company of the alchemist. With these clues in hand, your party elects to return to Radz–at–Han and continue the search."
7,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_07","Back in Radz–at–Han you are joined by Godbert, who has succeeded in locating a missing family relic. PuPu recognizes the recovered artifact as a device made by Mandervillians─a technologically advanced alien race─and offers to access and present to everyone whatever images may be stored within it. Thus do all gather in a darkened room to view the recording, where you are blindsided by the revelation that Godbrand, the founding lord of House Manderville, was the last surviving member of the starfaring Mandervillians. Manderville weaponry, too, appears to be the product of extraterrestrial innovation. While initially flabbergasted, Hildibrand and Godbert accept their cosmic roots without question, and vow to uphold their ancestor's heartfelt wishes to aid the people of this star. Before returning to his labors, however, Godbert asks that you meet him at the aetheryte plaza, hinting at a gift of some kind..."
8,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_08","Before Godbert makes his appearance, Delion approaches you to express contrition at his misjudgment of the Sharlayan people, as the discovery he has devoted readers among the scholars has done much to improve his perception of them. His low opinion of PuPu, on the other hand, has not changed whatsoever, and he bids you stand ready for the moment the alien reveals his true colors. It is then that Godbert arrives to present you with a clockwork version of everyone's favorite little blue man. More than ever, the goldsmith is determined to progress with his weaponsmithing endeavor, and he remains amenable to your expert assistance."
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24,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_00","Speak with Hildibrand in Old Sharlayan."
25,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_01","Speak with Hildibrand."
26,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_02","Speak with Hildibrand at the Archeion."
27,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_03","Gather information at Meryall Agronomics."
28,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_04","Speak with Hildibrand."
29,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_05","Speak with Hildibrand in Radz–at–Han."
30,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_06","Speak with Delion."
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48,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000","Nice teamwork, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
49,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_001","Brandihild told me you all went in search of ingredients for my medicine. I am so very grateful!"
50,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_002","The time has come, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Sharlayan is the beating heart of this conspiracy, and I won't let them hide their machinations any longer!"
51,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_004","My calculations may have failed me, but my companions did not. 'Twas your quick thinking that saw the villain laid low─with a tremendous flourish, no less."
52,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_010","Sharlayan awaits! We need only charter a suitable sea vessel."
53,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_011","Of course, but...does not the city lie many days' sail to the north? Is there no swifter means of reaching our destination?"
54,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_012","So this “experimental aetheryte” will allow us to teleport thither even absent attunement? Splendid! Then we shall avail ourselves of the technological marvel forthwith!"
55,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_020","Urgh... Oh gods... Save me..."
56,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_021","I hope Delion wasn't too attached to his <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>dinner<Else/>breakfast</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>lunch<Else/>dinner</If></If>!"
57,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_022","How severe is your aether sickness, Master PuPu?"
58,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_023","Oh, when you've traveled the cosmos as much as I have, teleportation is not the least bit disconcerting."
59,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_030","So this is the city of learning. A sophisticated gentleman should feel right at home here!"
60,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_031","Ulp...ugh...h-how are you all not...s-sick to your stomachs?"
61,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_032","Experimental aetherytes make travel exponentially more fun!"
62,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_033","Sometimes I feel as though I am the only normal person in this group of eccentrics..."
63,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_034","B-But...ulp...this is not the time to succumb to nausea. Not here, in the belly of the beast."
64,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_035","Rumor has it the Sharlayans' secret agents travel the star in search of “specimens,” which they collect and bring home in service to a confidential research project. Said project is conducted in a huge underground military facility. If we're to find answers, then that's where we need to look."
65,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_Q2_000_000","What will you say?"
66,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_A2_000_001","Secret agents? You mean...gleaners?"
67,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_A2_000_002","Labyrinthos. Not a military facility..."
68,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_036","These “gleaner” chaps sound like they might know a thing or two. I say we pay them a visit in their little underground base."
69,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_037","I say, this “Labyrinthos” sounds promising. I say we head down there and make inquiries as to the whereabouts of our missing alien friend."
70,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_038","We simply take a lift from the Hall of Artifice, yes? Then let us be on our way!"
71,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040","If you're still feeling poorly, my all-purpose cure can perk you right up!"
72,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_041","Ah, no-no-no thank you! I am much recovered!"
73,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_042","The city's archives are said to be bursting with knowledge of countless peoples accumulated over the centuries. I should very much like to peruse the shelves─once we have attended to our main mission."
74,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_043","What beautiful architecture. Sharlayan is clearly one of your more advanced civilizations."
75,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_050","Ah, these must be the lifts in question."
76,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_100_051","Do you wish to descend into Labyrinthos, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>?"
77,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_051","My apologies, but each of your companions must also secure the proper permissions before we can allow them entrance."
78,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_052","If it is assurances you need, then surely a single glance is all you require to judge us trustworthy!"
79,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_053","I could certainly make some...judgments, but that is neither here nor there. Admission to Labyrinthos is subject to Forum policy."
80,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_054","<Emphasis>You're</Emphasis> the ones who should be judged! I know you're hiding aliens and xenotechnology in that underground base of yours! Admit it!"
81,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_055","Xenotechnology...? I sincerely have no idea what you're talking about."
82,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_56","(-???-)Oho, yet again do our paths cross in most serendipitous fashion!"
83,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_057","F-Father! What business brings you to Sharlayan!?"
84,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_058","I am in search of a certain object─one crucial to the continued refinement of the Manderville weaponry. My investigations lead me to believe it is to be found here, in Labyrinthos."
85,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_059","And as you also seem to have business down below..."
86,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_060","This is my son and his bosom companions. If I vouch for their character, will you kindly allow them to board the lift?"
87,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_061","Ah, Master Godbert Manderville. The Forum sent word of your impending arrival."
88,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_062","As a member of the Syndicate, your ambassadorial status affords you an entourage of up to five members. Pray consider their permissions arranged."
89,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_063","I know not your current mission, but for the time being, I suggest you accompany me to the Archeion."
90,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_070","An underground archive with such an extravagant recreation of an outdoor habitat? What “innocent” purpose could it possibly serve!?"
91,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_100_070","Oh─but of course! They're performing simulations to hone their strategy for aiding the aliens in their invasion of the world above!"
92,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_071","We're underground...but aboveground at the same time!"
93,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_072","What an incredible vault of accumulated curiosities. I should very much like to return here once our mission is complete."
94,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_073","Ah, they have transformed this subterranean environment into one more suited to surface beings. I am reminded of the orbital stations built by my own home star."
95,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_74","Sharlayan structures truly are works of art. Simply inspiring."
96,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_080","From what Father tells me, this storage facility is replete with samples and specimens collected from every land on Etheirys. If anyone has information concerning visiting aliens and crashed starships, it will be these studious folk."
97,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_081","A shiny silver saucer? I'm sorry, but we have no record of any such object in our archives, either whole or in part."
98,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_082","Or so you would have us believe! But the purpose of this complex─this military fortress─is plain! You cannot deny that you're conducting secret research on alien starships!"
99,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_083","We are not conducting secret research on alien starships. Yes, we did build a starfaring vessel in Thaumazein, but it was neither for military purposes nor of extraterrestrial origin."
100,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_084","Disguising your foul lies with a sprinkling of the truth, are we? Fine. I'll dig up the facts myself, and then everyone will hear what you're <Emphasis>really</Emphasis> up to!"
101,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_085","While I cannot assist you with your missing craft, I do recall seeing an individual of like appearance to your companion here."
102,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_086","You do!? And where was this, pray tell!?"
103,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_087","At Meryall Agronomics, in the Medial Circuit. The lift at the back of the building will take you down there."
104,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_088","Many thanks, my good man!"
105,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_89","Well, well, it seems you've found yourselves a solid lead. I have my own search to attend to, so I shall bid you good hunting and good day..."
106,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_090","Another round of in-depth inquiries by the agent of enquiry─and friends─is in order. To Meryall Agronomics we go!"
107,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_101","What fine and juicy-looking grapes..."
108,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_102","Mark my words, I'll find the evidence I require. They can't hide all traces of their alien alliance..."
109,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_103","Master PuPu has found a new friend! Maybe they can help us find the old one!"
110,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_104","How could anyone ever mistake me for a mandragora? We look nothing alike..."
111,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_105","If I may, have you perchance come across an individual resembling this delightful blue ragamuffin here?"
112,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERD04755_000_106","Actually, now that you mention it..."
113,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_110","Your description would lead me to believe you're looking for one of the mandragoras hereabouts."
114,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_111","But if, as you say, it's something else you're after, then I'm not sure if I can be of much help. I've only just started working here, so you may have more luck asking the older hands."
115,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_112","Ah, you must be talking about one of those new mandragora strains. We whipped up a batch of bright-blue stray onions, but I'm afraid they started to rot almost immediately."
116,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_113","Hm? Not a mandra, you say? Well, the only other bluish things I can think of around here are the grapes─look how luscious this crop turned out!"
117,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_114","Yes, the little blue man. Saw him with my own two eyes, I did, and it was no mandragora."
118,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_115","A gleaner in the company of an outside visitor passed through a little while back. Nothing too unusual there, only this, uh, <Emphasis>friend</Emphasis> you described was scuttling along with them."
119,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_100_115","I know not what purpose brought them to the farm, but whatever it was, they didn't tarry here long."
120,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_120","I am sorry, but I honestly have no idea what to make of your story..."
121,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_121","So...not looking for a new species of mandragora, and you've no interest in grapes. It seems I've nothing for you."
122,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_122","As I said, your missing comrade was here, albeit briefly. So at least you're on the right track!"
123,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERD04755_000_123","...And that's all I know."
124,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_130","Wonderful! That corroborates the information I but moments ago skillfully squirreled out of this farmer."
125,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_131","She claims to be an acquaintance of the gleaner in question, in fact, and will bring him to talk to us shortly."
126,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_132","Let's round up the others─we should all be present to hear what revelations this professional collector has to share."
127,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_133","You're the folk asking about the little blue man, yes?"
128,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_134","Oh, and you've brought someone who's practically identical! You must be the same species, surely."
129,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_135","My friend was really here, then...?"
130,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_136","They certainly were. If you've a moment or three, I'll tell you the whole tale..."
131,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_137","To begin at the beginning, I was in Thavnair on a procurement mission when I crossed paths with an apothecary and his unusual companion."
132,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_138","As I mentioned, the companion was almost your twin in appearance, and the wagon they rode upon bore a damaged vessel the likes of which I'd never seen before."
133,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_139","Could it be...?"
134,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_140","As a collector by trade I have a certain weakness for oddities, thus did I hail the apothecary to inquire after his company and his cargo."
135,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_141","The man was only too happy to share his story. He had, it seemed, quite recklessly plunged into the war-torn lands of Garlemald to sell his wares, reasoning that where there was conflict, there would be a need for medicinal goods."
136,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_100_141","The state of affairs was rather more volatile than he'd anticipated, however, and he was soon forced to abandon his venture. And so the apothecary began his long trek home, only to shortly thereafter discover a strange silvery ship─and its shaken pilot─crash-landed in a snowfield."
137,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_142","It cannot be a coincidence..."
138,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_143","The story continues. After extricating the battered vessel and its occupant from the snow, he brought them home to Radz–at–Han. His guest wished to make repairs to the craft, yet even amongst the wonders of the bazaar, they struggled to find suitable parts."
139,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_144","Hearing this, I suggested they bring the wreckage itself to Labyrinthos, and after they agreed to the idea, I escorted them here myself."
140,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_145","Alas, even the Thaumazein engineers who worked on the ark were stymied by the exotic ship, finding its technology impossible to comprehend, let alone replicate."
141,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_146","The little blue fellow eventually resorted to drafting schematics. While the engineers followed these step by step to craft the essential bits and bobs, the apothecary and his companion were waiting here at Meryall."
142,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_100_146","And then what happened...?"
143,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_147","Well, once our industrious visitor had what they needed, they repaired the vessel in a twinkling. The pair then departed almost immediately, and I've seen neither hide nor hair of them since."
144,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_148",""
145,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_149","I'm told the apothecary paid a handsome sum for the engineers' services, but, being typical Sharlayans, I wager they would've happily forfeited the coin for a chance to pore over every square ilm of that ship."
146,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_150","Now, I'm no scientist, but I'm beginning to think such an incredible vessel must've been some kind of starfaring craft. And that little blue man, well..."
147,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_100_150","He must've been an alien from another world!"
148,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_151","Or so I'd like to believe. I'm an avid reader of <Emphasis>The Thavnairian Truth</Emphasis>, you see, and love to entertain these idle flights of fancy..."
149,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_152","But I've rambled on too long. There are errands to attend to, and I really must take my leave. Good fortune to you!"
150,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_153","C-Can it be true!? I have a readership in Sharlayan!"
151,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_154","Perhaps I've misjudged these people..."
152,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_155","'Twould seem your comrade is hale and healthy, Master PuPu! And in the company of a Hannish alchemist of undisclosed description..."
153,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_156","Yes, this is wonderful news! I am grateful indeed that we made the journey."
154,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_157","I've a feeling this case will soon draw to a close! Come, let us return to Radz–at–Han and continue the search."
155,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_160","There and back again, in the blink of an eye!"
156,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_OKKAKE_000_161","It's a relief to see that Miss Nashu is hale and whole and still fetching. I wasn't able to sneak into Labyrinthos, so I couldn't watch over her like usual. But I'm here for her now! Now and forever..."
157,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_170","To summarize our findings, we now know Master PuPu's friend is safe and in the company of a Hannish gentleman─and possibly here on this very isle..."
158,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_171","(-???-)Oho, that <Emphasis>does</Emphasis> sound promising!"
159,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_172","Father! You've returned to the city? I trust this means your own investigation was successful?"
160,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_173","That it was...although laying hands on the object of my desire has been a long and frustrating ordeal, to say the least."
161,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_174","Much painstaking research revealed to me the existence of a hereditary Manderville relic, within which slumbers the secrets of weapon augmentation. Yet though I turned our ancestral home upside down, I failed to unearth the artifact in question."
162,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_175","The reason for its absence became clear when I chanced upon the journal of one of our forefathers. He wrote of a visiting scholar's keen interest in the relic, and how he thus surrendered it into Sharlayan's safekeeping for study."
163,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_176","The trail led me to Labyrinthos. As it turns out, the Sharlayans never did find time to conduct their analysis. The custodian and I found the curio tucked away in a dusty corner of the Archeion, still awaiting processing."
164,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_177",""
165,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_178","And here it is: an oddity every bit as perplexing as Godbrand's cipher-bound manual. How are we to liberate its hidden wisdom...?"
166,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_179","Oh, I can help you with that. These devices were made by the Mandervillians─a starfaring race with whom we once traded."
167,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_180","S-Starfaring...?"
168,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_181","...Mandervillians!?"
169,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_182","Yes, a highly evolved species with a mastery of advanced technologies. Our peoples shared ideas and inventions, so I am quite familiar with your family's “relic.”"
170,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_183",""
171,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_100_183","If you so wish, I can have the device project whatever images were stored upon it. A darkened room would afford us the clearest view, however..."
172,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_184","Then let us retire to our rooms in Kama and dim the lanterns. We must behold these secrets in optimal conditions!"
173,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_185","Mandervillians... A coincidental naming, or is there some deeper connection?"
174,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_400","Everyone comfortable? Let's see what the device has for us."
175,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_401","(-Godbert-like Gentleman-)I am Godbrand, wanderer of stars and weaponsmith extraordinaire!"
176,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_402","First lord of House Manderville..."
177,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_403","This is <Emphasis>the</Emphasis> Godbrand? Our founding father!?"
178,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_404","I record this message that my descendants may know the truth of their cosmic origins. The tale is long, but I bid you watch until the very end!"
179,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_405","Heirs of mine, I am not a man born of this star...or even a man at all. I am of the Mandervillians, a race which hails from the far side of the great expanse."
180,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_406","Mandervillians are parasitic symbionts─we can only survive by bonding with other life-forms."
181,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_407","Once our essence has taken root, we supplant the host's mind and strengthen its physical structures, imbuing our new form with a steel-like resilience."
182,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_408","I knew there was something alien about that impossible imperviousness..."
183,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_409","Then, through the conjoining of compatible host bodies, we produce offspring which harbor the next generation of Mandervillians."
184,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_410","This symbiotic variant eventually takes to the stars in search of potential new vessels, adapting and multiplying. So it was that our race proliferated and spread throughout the cosmos..."
185,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_411","Until, tragically, our flourishing civilization was brought to an abrupt end."
186,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_412","Every planet upon which we Mandervillians resided was visited by an inexplicable calamity. Our societies were brought to ruin by life-forms suddenly twisted into horrific nightmares."
187,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_413","That sounds rather familiar. So even stars far removed in time and space were ravaged by the Final Days..."
188,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_414","Desperate to avoid the same fate, a comrade and I boarded a ship, and fled upwards into the starry night."
189,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_415","We flew and flew until we found a planet─your planet─untouched by the phenomenon, but the rigors of the journey had so damaged our craft that we were forced to make an uncontrolled descent."
190,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_416","I alone crawled from the wreckage, badly injured and near death. But even as I resigned myself to perishing on this unfamiliar world, I was found by a man who had come looking for the “falling star.”"
191,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_417","As a rule, Mandervillians do not take intelligent life-forms for hosts. After hearing my story, however, this sympathetic gentleman offered to become my vessel of his own accord."
192,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_418","He was himself afflicted by an incurable malady, and with little time left to live, seemed content to know that his ailing body could provide safe haven for another."
193,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_419","With his blessing I set about transferring my essence. The man's form was revitalized and purged of its fatal frailty, yet the mind which dwelled within was now my own."
194,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_420","I went on to build a new home for myself here, making use of my people's technology to ply the blacksmith's trade. I wed a local lass, and together we had a child."
195,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_421","Although not pure Mandervillian, our offspring exhibits the same enhanced physiology─a boon I suspect shall be passed down for generations through the bloodline of “House Manderville.”"
196,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_422","My dear descendants, the folk of this star are most fragile. Yet as the first man I encountered did demonstrate, they are nevertheless capable of surpassing love and generosity."
197,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_423","As the last of the Mandervillians, I have but one request to make of you."
198,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_424","Pray employ your superlative attributes─and my armory of Manderville armaments─for the benefit of these wonderful peoples whom I hold in the highest regard."
199,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_425","What an astounding development..."
200,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_426","I, Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville, shall heed the passionate plea of my illustrious forebear!"
201,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_427","No case is too big nor too small should it be in service to my fellow man!"
202,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_428","He learns he's descended from an <Emphasis>extraterrestrial being</Emphasis> and it's still business as usual..."
203,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_429","But...wait a minute. Then why is Lady Julyan so monstrously strong? Is she a descendant of aliens, too?"
204,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_430","Well, well, this is most unexpected. Never did it cross my mind that our esteemed ancestor might hail from beyond the heavens."
205,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_200_430","But I do wonder if that selfsame blood still runs thick in our veins. The family tree I glanced over some years ago suggests that─ah, but 'tis unimportant."
206,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_431","My present purpose remains unchanged."
207,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_432","I will bring our Manderville weaponry to the peak of perfection! For Godbrand! And for the good of our star!"
208,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_430",""
209,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_431",""
210,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_432",""
211,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_433","Ah, before I forget, I have a gift for you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Pray await me at the aetheryte plaza and I shall bring it to you forthwith."
212,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_440","Some truths can shatter the foundations of our beliefs when brought to light. But I have to say, this wasn't one of them."
213,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_441","The more staggering discovery was that I have devoted readers in Sharlayan. Those who peruse my publication are allies against the ever-expanding webs of lies and deception, without exception!"
214,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_442","I have misjudged the Sharlayan people. They are not collaborators or the architects of conspiracy. They are but seekers of knowledge unafraid to plumb the depths of the unknown."
215,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_443","That Master PuPu, though─that one still has ulterior motives. I'd bet my life on it! Stand ready, for we shall have need of your strength when he shows his true colors."
216,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_444","(-Godbert-)I hope you've not been waiting long!"
217,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_444","This is the gift I mentioned."
218,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_445","Master PuPu's earnest quest inspired me to indulge in a spot of clockwork craftsmanship between weaponsmithing sessions."
219,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_446","I thought it only fitting that you be the one to care for this diminutive simulacrum. Consider it a memento of your adventures together."
220,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_447","As for our Manderville weaponry project, your assistance is still very much welcome whensoever you can spare the time."
221,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_448","Ah, and as for our Manderville weaponry project, I believe my ancestor's artifact has unlocked the door to the next stage of improvements."
222,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_449","Should you find time to offer your assistance, announce yourself to Master Gerolt and I shall endeavor to join you with utmost celerity."
223,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_450","Until then, my dear <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
224,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_500","Meanwhile, elsewhere in Thavnair..."
225,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSFIGURE_000_501","Lord Vanhudi, I come with ill tidings. Professor Lugae set an ambush for his nemesis, but was once more defeated. His current whereabouts are...unclear."
226,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSMAN_000_502","That blithering dolt!"
227,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSMAN_000_503","...No matter. Preparations are well underway─the manifestation will proceed as planned."
228,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_600","Extraterrestrial calamity♪"
229,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_601","Cosmically altered physiology♪"
230,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_602","A gentleman's man♪
The first of their clan♪
An ancestor of quality─our Godbrand Manderville♪"
231,"TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_603","Truth can be stranger than the tallest tale♪"
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4 0 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_00 Hildibrand is keen to embark on the next leg of your investigation.
5 1 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_01 In order to pursue the Case of the Silent Correspondent once more, you prepare to ship off to Sharlayan. Or teleport, as the case may be. Assuming they follow your advice, Hildibrand and the rest of your party should be waiting to meet you near the Confluence.
6 2 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_02 Despite it being their first time traveling by experimental aetheryte, most of your companions appear to be unaffected by aetherial sickness. Delion is the notable exception, though it is unclear if his suffering is due to some intrinsic quality, or because the gods were feeling capricious. In any event, the editor in chief is determined to push through his nausea, proposing an immediate investigation of the Sharlayans' “underground military facility”─an idea onto which the inspector latches with characteristic enthusiasm. The Hall of Artifice awaits.
7 3 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_03 Lacking the proper permissions to board the lift, Hildibrand's foray into Labyrinthos appears to be over as soon as it began. It is fortunate, then, that Godbert arrives at this very moment to exert his ambassadorial authority, affording your companions access as part of the Syndicate member's entourage. Next stop: the Archeion.
8 4 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_04 Your initial inquiries into archived alien starships meet with no success. A custodian does, however, mention having seen a PuPu-like visitor at Meryall Agronomics. With renewed vigor, your party descends to the Medial Circuit with the intention of interviewing the local laborers.
9 5 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_05 Your in-depth interrogations reveal that an individual resembling PuPu─and not merely another mandragora─did indeed visit the Labyrinthos farm in the company of a decidedly less-alien acquaintance. Hildibrand will wish to corroborate your findings.
10 6 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_06 The information you extracted matches what the inspector has learned, and you are soon joined by the gleaner responsible for guiding the oddly paired visitors into Labyrinthos. It transpires that one was a Hannish apothecary who, upon giving up on his mercantile endeavors in war-torn Garlemald, came across a wrecked vessel and its unusual pilot stranded in the snow. The gleaner met said apothecary in Thavnair, the man having returned to his homeland with both broken craft and alien occupant in tow. Wishing to offer assistance with repairs, the gleaner then escorted them to Sharlayan─and Thaumazein's famed engineers. Once the vessel was restored, however, the pair departed and have not been seen since. You remain one step behind, but for now it is enough to know that PuPu's friend is very much alive, and likely to be found in the company of the alchemist. With these clues in hand, your party elects to return to Radz–at–Han and continue the search.
11 7 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_07 Back in Radz–at–Han you are joined by Godbert, who has succeeded in locating a missing family relic. PuPu recognizes the recovered artifact as a device made by Mandervillians─a technologically advanced alien race─and offers to access and present to everyone whatever images may be stored within it. Thus do all gather in a darkened room to view the recording, where you are blindsided by the revelation that Godbrand, the founding lord of House Manderville, was the last surviving member of the starfaring Mandervillians. Manderville weaponry, too, appears to be the product of extraterrestrial innovation. While initially flabbergasted, Hildibrand and Godbert accept their cosmic roots without question, and vow to uphold their ancestor's heartfelt wishes to aid the people of this star. Before returning to his labors, however, Godbert asks that you meet him at the aetheryte plaza, hinting at a gift of some kind...
12 8 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SEQ_08 Before Godbert makes his appearance, Delion approaches you to express contrition at his misjudgment of the Sharlayan people, as the discovery he has devoted readers among the scholars has done much to improve his perception of them. His low opinion of PuPu, on the other hand, has not changed whatsoever, and he bids you stand ready for the moment the alien reveals his true colors. It is then that Godbert arrives to present you with a clockwork version of everyone's favorite little blue man. More than ever, the goldsmith is determined to progress with his weaponsmithing endeavor, and he remains amenable to your expert assistance.
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31 27 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_TODO_03 Gather information at Meryall Agronomics.
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52 48 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000 Nice teamwork, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!
53 49 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_001 Brandihild told me you all went in search of ingredients for my medicine. I am so very grateful!
54 50 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_002 The time has come, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Sharlayan is the beating heart of this conspiracy, and I won't let them hide their machinations any longer!
55 51 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_004 My calculations may have failed me, but my companions did not. 'Twas your quick thinking that saw the villain laid low─with a tremendous flourish, no less.
56 52 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_010 Sharlayan awaits! We need only charter a suitable sea vessel.
57 53 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_011 Of course, but...does not the city lie many days' sail to the north? Is there no swifter means of reaching our destination?
58 54 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_012 So this “experimental aetheryte” will allow us to teleport thither even absent attunement? Splendid! Then we shall avail ourselves of the technological marvel forthwith!
59 55 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_020 Urgh... Oh gods... Save me...
60 56 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_021 I hope Delion wasn't too attached to his <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>dinner<Else/>breakfast</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>lunch<Else/>dinner</If></If>!
61 57 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_022 How severe is your aether sickness, Master PuPu?
62 58 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_023 Oh, when you've traveled the cosmos as much as I have, teleportation is not the least bit disconcerting.
63 59 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_030 So this is the city of learning. A sophisticated gentleman should feel right at home here!
64 60 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_031 Ulp...ugh...h-how are you all not...s-sick to your stomachs?
65 61 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_032 Experimental aetherytes make travel exponentially more fun!
66 62 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_033 Sometimes I feel as though I am the only normal person in this group of eccentrics...
67 63 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_034 B-But...ulp...this is not the time to succumb to nausea. Not here, in the belly of the beast.
68 64 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_035 Rumor has it the Sharlayans' secret agents travel the star in search of “specimens,” which they collect and bring home in service to a confidential research project. Said project is conducted in a huge underground military facility. If we're to find answers, then that's where we need to look.
69 65 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_Q2_000_000 What will you say?
70 66 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_A2_000_001 Secret agents? You mean...gleaners?
71 67 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_A2_000_002 Labyrinthos. Not a military facility...
72 68 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_036 These “gleaner” chaps sound like they might know a thing or two. I say we pay them a visit in their little underground base.
73 69 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_037 I say, this “Labyrinthos” sounds promising. I say we head down there and make inquiries as to the whereabouts of our missing alien friend.
74 70 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_038 We simply take a lift from the Hall of Artifice, yes? Then let us be on our way!
75 71 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040 If you're still feeling poorly, my all-purpose cure can perk you right up!
76 72 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_041 Ah, no-no-no thank you! I am much recovered!
77 73 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_042 The city's archives are said to be bursting with knowledge of countless peoples accumulated over the centuries. I should very much like to peruse the shelves─once we have attended to our main mission.
78 74 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_043 What beautiful architecture. Sharlayan is clearly one of your more advanced civilizations.
79 75 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_050 Ah, these must be the lifts in question.
80 76 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_100_051 Do you wish to descend into Labyrinthos, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>?
81 77 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_051 My apologies, but each of your companions must also secure the proper permissions before we can allow them entrance.
82 78 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_052 If it is assurances you need, then surely a single glance is all you require to judge us trustworthy!
83 79 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_053 I could certainly make some...judgments, but that is neither here nor there. Admission to Labyrinthos is subject to Forum policy.
84 80 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_054 <Emphasis>You're</Emphasis> the ones who should be judged! I know you're hiding aliens and xenotechnology in that underground base of yours! Admit it!
85 81 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_055 Xenotechnology...? I sincerely have no idea what you're talking about.
86 82 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_56 (-???-)Oho, yet again do our paths cross in most serendipitous fashion!
87 83 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_057 F-Father! What business brings you to Sharlayan!?
88 84 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_058 I am in search of a certain object─one crucial to the continued refinement of the Manderville weaponry. My investigations lead me to believe it is to be found here, in Labyrinthos.
89 85 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_059 And as you also seem to have business down below...
90 86 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_060 This is my son and his bosom companions. If I vouch for their character, will you kindly allow them to board the lift?
91 87 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_061 Ah, Master Godbert Manderville. The Forum sent word of your impending arrival.
92 88 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NILZOZO_000_062 As a member of the Syndicate, your ambassadorial status affords you an entourage of up to five members. Pray consider their permissions arranged.
93 89 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_063 I know not your current mission, but for the time being, I suggest you accompany me to the Archeion.
94 90 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_070 An underground archive with such an extravagant recreation of an outdoor habitat? What “innocent” purpose could it possibly serve!?
95 91 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_100_070 Oh─but of course! They're performing simulations to hone their strategy for aiding the aliens in their invasion of the world above!
96 92 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_071 We're underground...but aboveground at the same time!
97 93 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_072 What an incredible vault of accumulated curiosities. I should very much like to return here once our mission is complete.
98 94 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_073 Ah, they have transformed this subterranean environment into one more suited to surface beings. I am reminded of the orbital stations built by my own home star.
99 95 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_74 Sharlayan structures truly are works of art. Simply inspiring.
100 96 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_080 From what Father tells me, this storage facility is replete with samples and specimens collected from every land on Etheirys. If anyone has information concerning visiting aliens and crashed starships, it will be these studious folk.
101 97 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_081 A shiny silver saucer? I'm sorry, but we have no record of any such object in our archives, either whole or in part.
102 98 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_082 Or so you would have us believe! But the purpose of this complex─this military fortress─is plain! You cannot deny that you're conducting secret research on alien starships!
103 99 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_083 We are not conducting secret research on alien starships. Yes, we did build a starfaring vessel in Thaumazein, but it was neither for military purposes nor of extraterrestrial origin.
104 100 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_084 Disguising your foul lies with a sprinkling of the truth, are we? Fine. I'll dig up the facts myself, and then everyone will hear what you're <Emphasis>really</Emphasis> up to!
105 101 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_085 While I cannot assist you with your missing craft, I do recall seeing an individual of like appearance to your companion here.
106 102 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_086 You do!? And where was this, pray tell!?
107 103 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GUIDEOFTHEARCHEION_000_087 At Meryall Agronomics, in the Medial Circuit. The lift at the back of the building will take you down there.
108 104 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_088 Many thanks, my good man!
109 105 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_89 Well, well, it seems you've found yourselves a solid lead. I have my own search to attend to, so I shall bid you good hunting and good day...
110 106 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_090 Another round of in-depth inquiries by the agent of enquiry─and friends─is in order. To Meryall Agronomics we go!
111 107 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_101 What fine and juicy-looking grapes...
112 108 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_102 Mark my words, I'll find the evidence I require. They can't hide all traces of their alien alliance...
113 109 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_103 Master PuPu has found a new friend! Maybe they can help us find the old one!
114 110 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_104 How could anyone ever mistake me for a mandragora? We look nothing alike...
115 111 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_105 If I may, have you perchance come across an individual resembling this delightful blue ragamuffin here?
116 112 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERD04755_000_106 Actually, now that you mention it...
117 113 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_110 Your description would lead me to believe you're looking for one of the mandragoras hereabouts.
118 114 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_111 But if, as you say, it's something else you're after, then I'm not sure if I can be of much help. I've only just started working here, so you may have more luck asking the older hands.
119 115 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_112 Ah, you must be talking about one of those new mandragora strains. We whipped up a batch of bright-blue stray onions, but I'm afraid they started to rot almost immediately.
120 116 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_113 Hm? Not a mandra, you say? Well, the only other bluish things I can think of around here are the grapes─look how luscious this crop turned out!
121 117 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_114 Yes, the little blue man. Saw him with my own two eyes, I did, and it was no mandragora.
122 118 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_115 A gleaner in the company of an outside visitor passed through a little while back. Nothing too unusual there, only this, uh, <Emphasis>friend</Emphasis> you described was scuttling along with them.
123 119 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_100_115 I know not what purpose brought them to the farm, but whatever it was, they didn't tarry here long.
124 120 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERA04755_000_120 I am sorry, but I honestly have no idea what to make of your story...
125 121 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERB04755_000_121 So...not looking for a new species of mandragora, and you've no interest in grapes. It seems I've nothing for you.
126 122 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERC04755_000_122 As I said, your missing comrade was here, albeit briefly. So at least you're on the right track!
127 123 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_RESEARCHERD04755_000_123 ...And that's all I know.
128 124 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_130 Wonderful! That corroborates the information I but moments ago skillfully squirreled out of this farmer.
129 125 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_131 She claims to be an acquaintance of the gleaner in question, in fact, and will bring him to talk to us shortly.
130 126 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_132 Let's round up the others─we should all be present to hear what revelations this professional collector has to share.
131 127 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_133 You're the folk asking about the little blue man, yes?
132 128 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_134 Oh, and you've brought someone who's practically identical! You must be the same species, surely.
133 129 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_135 My friend was really here, then...?
134 130 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_136 They certainly were. If you've a moment or three, I'll tell you the whole tale...
135 131 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_137 To begin at the beginning, I was in Thavnair on a procurement mission when I crossed paths with an apothecary and his unusual companion.
136 132 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_138 As I mentioned, the companion was almost your twin in appearance, and the wagon they rode upon bore a damaged vessel the likes of which I'd never seen before.
137 133 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_139 Could it be...?
138 134 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_140 As a collector by trade I have a certain weakness for oddities, thus did I hail the apothecary to inquire after his company and his cargo.
139 135 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_141 The man was only too happy to share his story. He had, it seemed, quite recklessly plunged into the war-torn lands of Garlemald to sell his wares, reasoning that where there was conflict, there would be a need for medicinal goods.
140 136 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_100_141 The state of affairs was rather more volatile than he'd anticipated, however, and he was soon forced to abandon his venture. And so the apothecary began his long trek home, only to shortly thereafter discover a strange silvery ship─and its shaken pilot─crash-landed in a snowfield.
141 137 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_142 It cannot be a coincidence...
142 138 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_143 The story continues. After extricating the battered vessel and its occupant from the snow, he brought them home to Radz–at–Han. His guest wished to make repairs to the craft, yet even amongst the wonders of the bazaar, they struggled to find suitable parts.
143 139 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_144 Hearing this, I suggested they bring the wreckage itself to Labyrinthos, and after they agreed to the idea, I escorted them here myself.
144 140 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_145 Alas, even the Thaumazein engineers who worked on the ark were stymied by the exotic ship, finding its technology impossible to comprehend, let alone replicate.
145 141 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_146 The little blue fellow eventually resorted to drafting schematics. While the engineers followed these step by step to craft the essential bits and bobs, the apothecary and his companion were waiting here at Meryall.
146 142 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_100_146 And then what happened...?
147 143 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_147 Well, once our industrious visitor had what they needed, they repaired the vessel in a twinkling. The pair then departed almost immediately, and I've seen neither hide nor hair of them since.
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149 145 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_149 I'm told the apothecary paid a handsome sum for the engineers' services, but, being typical Sharlayans, I wager they would've happily forfeited the coin for a chance to pore over every square ilm of that ship.
150 146 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_150 Now, I'm no scientist, but I'm beginning to think such an incredible vessel must've been some kind of starfaring craft. And that little blue man, well...
151 147 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_100_150 He must've been an alien from another world!
152 148 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_151 Or so I'd like to believe. I'm an avid reader of <Emphasis>The Thavnairian Truth</Emphasis>, you see, and love to entertain these idle flights of fancy...
153 149 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GLEANER04755_000_152 But I've rambled on too long. There are errands to attend to, and I really must take my leave. Good fortune to you!
154 150 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_153 C-Can it be true!? I have a readership in Sharlayan!
155 151 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_154 Perhaps I've misjudged these people...
156 152 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_155 'Twould seem your comrade is hale and healthy, Master PuPu! And in the company of a Hannish alchemist of undisclosed description...
157 153 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_156 Yes, this is wonderful news! I am grateful indeed that we made the journey.
158 154 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_157 I've a feeling this case will soon draw to a close! Come, let us return to Radz–at–Han and continue the search.
159 155 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_160 There and back again, in the blink of an eye!
160 156 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_OKKAKE_000_161 It's a relief to see that Miss Nashu is hale and whole and still fetching. I wasn't able to sneak into Labyrinthos, so I couldn't watch over her like usual. But I'm here for her now! Now and forever...
161 157 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_170 To summarize our findings, we now know Master PuPu's friend is safe and in the company of a Hannish gentleman─and possibly here on this very isle...
162 158 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_171 (-???-)Oho, that <Emphasis>does</Emphasis> sound promising!
163 159 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_172 Father! You've returned to the city? I trust this means your own investigation was successful?
164 160 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_173 That it was...although laying hands on the object of my desire has been a long and frustrating ordeal, to say the least.
165 161 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_174 Much painstaking research revealed to me the existence of a hereditary Manderville relic, within which slumbers the secrets of weapon augmentation. Yet though I turned our ancestral home upside down, I failed to unearth the artifact in question.
166 162 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_175 The reason for its absence became clear when I chanced upon the journal of one of our forefathers. He wrote of a visiting scholar's keen interest in the relic, and how he thus surrendered it into Sharlayan's safekeeping for study.
167 163 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_176 The trail led me to Labyrinthos. As it turns out, the Sharlayans never did find time to conduct their analysis. The custodian and I found the curio tucked away in a dusty corner of the Archeion, still awaiting processing.
168 164 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_177
169 165 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_178 And here it is: an oddity every bit as perplexing as Godbrand's cipher-bound manual. How are we to liberate its hidden wisdom...?
170 166 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_179 Oh, I can help you with that. These devices were made by the Mandervillians─a starfaring race with whom we once traded.
171 167 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_180 S-Starfaring...?
172 168 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_181 ...Mandervillians!?
173 169 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_182 Yes, a highly evolved species with a mastery of advanced technologies. Our peoples shared ideas and inventions, so I am quite familiar with your family's “relic.”
174 170 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_183
175 171 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_100_183 If you so wish, I can have the device project whatever images were stored upon it. A darkened room would afford us the clearest view, however...
176 172 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_184 Then let us retire to our rooms in Kama and dim the lanterns. We must behold these secrets in optimal conditions!
177 173 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_185 Mandervillians... A coincidental naming, or is there some deeper connection?
178 174 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_KOYOKOYO_000_400 Everyone comfortable? Let's see what the device has for us.
179 175 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_401 (-Godbert-like Gentleman-)I am Godbrand, wanderer of stars and weaponsmith extraordinaire!
180 176 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_402 First lord of House Manderville...
181 177 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_403 This is <Emphasis>the</Emphasis> Godbrand? Our founding father!?
182 178 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_404 I record this message that my descendants may know the truth of their cosmic origins. The tale is long, but I bid you watch until the very end!
183 179 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_405 Heirs of mine, I am not a man born of this star...or even a man at all. I am of the Mandervillians, a race which hails from the far side of the great expanse.
184 180 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_406 Mandervillians are parasitic symbionts─we can only survive by bonding with other life-forms.
185 181 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_407 Once our essence has taken root, we supplant the host's mind and strengthen its physical structures, imbuing our new form with a steel-like resilience.
186 182 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_408 I knew there was something alien about that impossible imperviousness...
187 183 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_409 Then, through the conjoining of compatible host bodies, we produce offspring which harbor the next generation of Mandervillians.
188 184 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_410 This symbiotic variant eventually takes to the stars in search of potential new vessels, adapting and multiplying. So it was that our race proliferated and spread throughout the cosmos...
189 185 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_411 Until, tragically, our flourishing civilization was brought to an abrupt end.
190 186 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_412 Every planet upon which we Mandervillians resided was visited by an inexplicable calamity. Our societies were brought to ruin by life-forms suddenly twisted into horrific nightmares.
191 187 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_413 That sounds rather familiar. So even stars far removed in time and space were ravaged by the Final Days...
192 188 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_414 Desperate to avoid the same fate, a comrade and I boarded a ship, and fled upwards into the starry night.
193 189 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_415 We flew and flew until we found a planet─your planet─untouched by the phenomenon, but the rigors of the journey had so damaged our craft that we were forced to make an uncontrolled descent.
194 190 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_416 I alone crawled from the wreckage, badly injured and near death. But even as I resigned myself to perishing on this unfamiliar world, I was found by a man who had come looking for the “falling star.”
195 191 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_417 As a rule, Mandervillians do not take intelligent life-forms for hosts. After hearing my story, however, this sympathetic gentleman offered to become my vessel of his own accord.
196 192 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_418 He was himself afflicted by an incurable malady, and with little time left to live, seemed content to know that his ailing body could provide safe haven for another.
197 193 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_419 With his blessing I set about transferring my essence. The man's form was revitalized and purged of its fatal frailty, yet the mind which dwelled within was now my own.
198 194 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_420 I went on to build a new home for myself here, making use of my people's technology to ply the blacksmith's trade. I wed a local lass, and together we had a child.
199 195 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_421 Although not pure Mandervillian, our offspring exhibits the same enhanced physiology─a boon I suspect shall be passed down for generations through the bloodline of “House Manderville.”
200 196 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_422 My dear descendants, the folk of this star are most fragile. Yet as the first man I encountered did demonstrate, they are nevertheless capable of surpassing love and generosity.
201 197 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_423 As the last of the Mandervillians, I have but one request to make of you.
202 198 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_424 Pray employ your superlative attributes─and my armory of Manderville armaments─for the benefit of these wonderful peoples whom I hold in the highest regard.
203 199 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_BRADIHILND_000_425 What an astounding development...
204 200 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_426 I, Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville, shall heed the passionate plea of my illustrious forebear!
205 201 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_HILDIBRAND_000_427 No case is too big nor too small should it be in service to my fellow man!
206 202 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_428 He learns he's descended from an <Emphasis>extraterrestrial being</Emphasis> and it's still business as usual...
207 203 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_429 But...wait a minute. Then why is Lady Julyan so monstrously strong? Is she a descendant of aliens, too?
208 204 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_430 Well, well, this is most unexpected. Never did it cross my mind that our esteemed ancestor might hail from beyond the heavens.
209 205 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_200_430 But I do wonder if that selfsame blood still runs thick in our veins. The family tree I glanced over some years ago suggests that─ah, but 'tis unimportant.
210 206 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_431 My present purpose remains unchanged.
211 207 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_432 I will bring our Manderville weaponry to the peak of perfection! For Godbrand! And for the good of our star!
212 208 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_430
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214 210 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBRAND_000_432
215 211 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_433 Ah, before I forget, I have a gift for you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Pray await me at the aetheryte plaza and I shall bring it to you forthwith.
216 212 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_440 Some truths can shatter the foundations of our beliefs when brought to light. But I have to say, this wasn't one of them.
217 213 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_441 The more staggering discovery was that I have devoted readers in Sharlayan. Those who peruse my publication are allies against the ever-expanding webs of lies and deception, without exception!
218 214 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_442 I have misjudged the Sharlayan people. They are not collaborators or the architects of conspiracy. They are but seekers of knowledge unafraid to plumb the depths of the unknown.
219 215 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_DELION_000_443 That Master PuPu, though─that one still has ulterior motives. I'd bet my life on it! Stand ready, for we shall have need of your strength when he shows his true colors.
220 216 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_444 (-Godbert-)I hope you've not been waiting long!
221 217 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_100_444 This is the gift I mentioned.
222 218 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_445 Master PuPu's earnest quest inspired me to indulge in a spot of clockwork craftsmanship between weaponsmithing sessions.
223 219 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_446 I thought it only fitting that you be the one to care for this diminutive simulacrum. Consider it a memento of your adventures together.
224 220 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_447 As for our Manderville weaponry project, your assistance is still very much welcome whensoever you can spare the time.
225 221 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_448 Ah, and as for our Manderville weaponry project, I believe my ancestor's artifact has unlocked the door to the next stage of improvements.
226 222 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_449 Should you find time to offer your assistance, announce yourself to Master Gerolt and I shall endeavor to join you with utmost celerity.
227 223 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_GODBERT_000_450 Until then, my dear <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!
228 224 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_500 Meanwhile, elsewhere in Thavnair...
229 225 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSFIGURE_000_501 Lord Vanhudi, I come with ill tidings. Professor Lugae set an ambush for his nemesis, but was once more defeated. His current whereabouts are...unclear.
230 226 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSMAN_000_502 That blithering dolt!
231 227 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_MYSTERIOUSMAN_000_503 ...No matter. Preparations are well underway─the manifestation will proceed as planned.
232 228 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_600 Extraterrestrial calamity♪
233 229 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_601 Cosmically altered physiology♪
234 230 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_602 A gentleman's man♪ The first of their clan♪ An ancestor of quality─our Godbrand Manderville♪
235 231 TEXT_CHRHDB842_04755_SYSTEM_000_603 Truth can be stranger than the tallest tale♪
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