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0,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_000","Always a pleasure, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I'm sure you're eager to get to it, but before we begin, I want to make sure you remember where we left off."
1,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_001","To review, we established a base camp here so we could make use of a proto-aetheryte nearby. This aetheryte was constructed several thousand years ago, and is a precursor to the designs we use today. As such, we used it primarily for monitoring aetherial fluctuations, and rarely for teleportation."
2,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_002","Per Ejika's suggestion, we've decided to study this proto-aetheryte that we might gain greater insight into the many mysteries surrounding the Isle of Val and its current state. If, in doing so, we can further stabilize the regional Aethernet, then all the better."
3,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_003","Our primary objective, as ever, remains the same: find a way to reach the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion at the isle's center, and there seek out and aid any survivors."
4,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_004","And that about covers it. Did you see Ejika on your way in, by the way? He should have arrived by now..."
5,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_005","Speak of the devil...
Ejika! Surely you saw us standing over here? Don't be a stranger─come and speak with us!"
6,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_006","...Oh, you two. Forgive me, I was lost in thought."
7,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_007","Hmm... I've never known you to be that oblivious as to your surroundings. What troubles you, Ejika? "
8,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_008","Well, I... You know, this place and... Ahem. It is of no moment. Would that I had new information to share, but alas, I do not."
9,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_009","I can but hope that I can be of greater use to you all in the future. Best of luck to you both in your many endeavors."
10,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_010","Gods, he's a terrible liar. Nevertheless, I know better than to pester him for answers when he's behaving like that. It's the same as when he's wrestling with his research."
11,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_011","He'll talk when he's good and ready─which will hopefully be sooner than later. Or maybe he'll be more forthcoming if and when you run into him in the wild, like before? Maybe try asking him then."
12,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_012","But enough about Ejika. You should see the proto-aetheryte for yourself. It's not far from here. If you'll come with me..."
13,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_020","...As for the results of my tests...well, while I've yet to grasp the whole picture, my general understanding of the aetherial instability we've been dealing with is much improved."
14,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_021","Curiously, this is not as recent a development as I had believed. In fact, according to records I found in the foundry, a massive and sustained increase in aetherial density in the vicinity of our headquarters was first recorded almost twenty years ago..."
15,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_Q1_000_000","What will you say?"
16,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A1_000_001","Do you think this was Galuf's doing?"
17,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A1_000_002","You don't think this was a natural increase, do you?"
18,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_030","It's certainly possible. Whatever he intended to accomplish by “reversing the flow” could have entailed the manipulation of aetherial currents that they might converge upon our headquarters."
19,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_040","Not in the least. In your vision of the past, Grandfather spoke of “reversing the flow,” which could have entailed the manipulation of aetherial currents that they might converge upon our headquarters."
20,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_050","To what end is perhaps the more important question...especially since my initial survey suggests that a deiform entity is located somewhere beneath the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion."
21,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_051","To make matters worse, it seems this entity is growing in strength, perhaps by feeding off the aether being funneled towards the center of the isle..."
22,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_052","I doubt this was Grandfather and the other's intention at the time, of course. Rather, given what you saw in your visions, it is far more likely that they were attempting to imprison a primal being."
23,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_053","Unfortunately, if these results are any indication, whatever measures they took to do so are failing, and this entity may soon break free."
24,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_054","Perhaps it was in response to this mounting danger that someone erected a barrier around our headquarters. A final desperate measure to contain a terrible threat..."
25,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_055","Only time and further study will tell. Anyway, to my mind, we still have two primary objectives at present."
26,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_056","First, we use every method at our disposal to ascertain the nature of the primal and the methods Grandfather and the others employed to hold it in check."
27,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_057","Second─and as before─we continue to work towards restoring the regional Aethernet to full functionality in order to gain access to headquarters and search for survivors."
28,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_058","At first I thought that Grandfather might need our help, but perhaps it is us who need his help─especially if we're dealing with primals or Ascians or gods know what else."
29,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_059","But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, we have more simple concerns. I've located another confluence of aether not far from here, suggesting the presence of magicite."
30,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_060","It's somewhere in the northeastern Ice Needles. I'd like you to go and investigate it, if that's all right."
31,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_061","Thank you. I'll spare you the warnings about the untold dangers lurking out there, given that this is hardly your first time here in Eureka. Good luck."
32,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_070","The confluence is somewhere in the northeastern Ice Needles. I'm afraid I can't narrow it down further."
33,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_080","You found it, I presume? The confluence vanished while you were away, so call it a hunch. Since your magia board can hold no more magicite, I hope you'll allow me to hold on to this piece for the time being."
34,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_081","Much appreciated. There are other confluences elsewhere in Pyros, so I expect I'll be asking you to do this again as soon as we've pinpointed their locations."
35,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_082","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 38."
36,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_090","It is my hope that this magicite you found might prove useful in my work with the proto-aetheryte. There's still an awful lot I don't know about what Grandfather and the others were up to..."
37,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_091","Until I have more information to share, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait."
38,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_092","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 38."
39,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_100","Oh, I was just thinking of sending someone to find you. I have tidings."
40,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_101","Believe it or not, that magicite you found was key to confirming beyond a shadow of a doubt what I had long suspected: that the Isle of Val came to the Glass Ocean by way of a powerful teleportation magick."
41,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_102","In other words, the theories we had about the Ascians or whoever else unleashing a destructive magick akin to Ultima were completely mistaken."
42,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_103","Which isn't to say that this teleportation magick wasn't exceedingly destructive and disruptive in its own right. An island does not up and vanish and reappear on the other side of the world without significant repercussions."
43,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_104","All the strange phenomena we've observed until now─the twisted aetherial currents, the warped elemental energies and erratic weather, magicite and logograms and monsters─all of it stems from this teleportation."
44,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_105","All of this could have been anticipated, at least to a degree, which prompts me to wonder why someone would nevertheless decide to utilize such a powerful magick. The answer to that question, however, continues to elude me..."
45,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_106","No point dwelling on it. We have another confluence to investigate─or will, as soon as I finish analyzing this data. There is another matter you might attend to before then, though."
46,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_107","It concerns the logos manipulator, and certain improvements that should make your life a lot easier. Drake can tell you more."
47,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_110","...On the other hand, I suppose it's possible that a hostile entity did bring Ultima or some other magick to bear against the isle, and in response someone else triggered the teleportation magick in order to escape..."
48,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_112","Sorry, just thinking aloud. And still trying to locate that confluence for you. Why not talk to Drake about that task of his while I work?"
49,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_120","You've finished helping Drake improve the logos manipulator? Well done. It ought to prove more useful than ever."
50,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_121","Now then, as you've probably guessed, I've finally located the next piece of magicite I'd like you to go and collect."
51,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_123","This one you'll find in the caves to the northeast, near a place called the Firing Chamber. Getting there won't be easy, I'm afraid. Be careful."
52,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_130","To get to the Firing Chamber, you'll need to head due east from here, towards the northeastern Ice Needles. Look for a tunnel in the rock, and follow it north into the caves."
53,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_140","It's always a relief to see you return safe and sound. Did you find the magicite near the Firing Chamber?"
54,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_141","But of course. Though...I take it there's something else you wish to share?"
55,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_142","So according to Ejika, the deiform entity is also named Eureka, is it...?"
56,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_143","I am reminded of a conversation I once overheard, back before I left the Isle of Val. Raha, one of my colleagues, was discussing a theory he had concerning the Crystal Tower with Grandfather and the other founders."
57,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_144","As you may recall, Eureka was the name of an underground labyrinth said to contain the most powerful weapons of the Allagan Empire. At least, that's how the legend goes─and Raha thought it might be beneath the Crystal Tower."
58,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_145","I remember thinking at the time it was odd how the founders suddenly grew quiet and stone-faced, how Grandfather simply said no and ushered the others away, leaving Raha to wonder if he had somehow given offense."
59,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_146","And then I had to go and pick the same silly name when prompted by Rowena. Ugh. Don't read too much into that. Seriously."
60,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_147","Anyway, I can only presume that the founder's behavior that day was because, for them, the word Eureka had an entirely different meaning. Even though Raha was clearly talking about the labyrinth, their secret knowledge of the primal clearly weighed heavy on their consciences..."
61,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_148","You've given me much to think about, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>..."
62,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_149","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 40."
63,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_150","That reminds me─you spent a good deal of time with Raha too, didn't you? I read the NOAH reports, so you know."
64,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_151","He was always so vibrant, so full of life. So dedicated to his work...to his quest for personal meaning. I'd like to think he found it, thanks to you."
65,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_152","Oh, look at me, waxing nostalgic. He'd laugh if he could see me now! Let us not dwell on the past, but look to the future─to the challenges ahead. I don't know what Eureka is, or if it still poses a threat, but regardless, we'll deal with it when the time comes!"
66,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_160","I don't know what Eureka is, or if it still poses a threat, but regardless, we'll deal with it when the time comes!"
67,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_170","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 40."
68,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_180","I know this is sudden, but I have to ask: you didn't stumble across a piece of magicite recently, did you?"
69,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_181","I was afraid you might say no. You see, I've been tracking a number of confluences, but before I could pinpoint their exact location, each vanished without a trace. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, given that the aetherial currents have become more stable as a result, but..."
70,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_182","...But I cannot believe this is a natural occurrence. Magicite doesn't simply vanish on its own, which leads me to believe someone is collecting it. If not you, then that leaves...Ejika?"
71,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_183","But even if he is trying to help, he could at least let us know. And if he's not doing it for us, then that leads me to wonder why. Until we meet again, though, we can only carry on with our original plans."
72,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_184","There's one confluence I've located in West Flamerock that has yet to dissipate. If you would be so kind as to hasten to it and retrieve it, I would be most grateful."
73,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_190","If you happen to run into Ejika in West Flamerock, perhaps you can ask him what he's up to. If not, then at least we'll have one more piece of magicite and the aetherial currents will be that much better."
74,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_200","Welcome back. I take it you have a magicite for me?"
75,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_201","And Ejika was nowhere to be found, was he? Not that I expected us to get that lucky again. As for me and my research, I think I am getting closer and closer to understanding Grandfather's intent in “reversing” the flow..."
76,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_202","You'll forgive me if I refrain from divulging my theories until I am more confident, though. I wouldn't want to look the fool!"
77,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_203","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 45."
78,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_210","Soon, my friend, soon I hope to understand what Grandfather and the others were trying to accomplish. I need but a little more time..."
79,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_211","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 45."
80,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_500","It's so simple, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! How could I have not seen it earlier!?"
81,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_501","It's a massive ward─one which encompasses the whole of the isle! By diverting the aetherial currents as they did, Grandfather and the others transformed the Isle of Val into an arcane ward!"
82,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_502","But that was only in the beginning, for what Grandather later realized was that, by inverting the pattern and reversing the aetherial flow, the primal could be slowly drained of aether, eventually killing it once and for all!"
83,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_503","Oh, how to explain... Ah! It's like your magia board. Yes─imagine the entire Isle of Val is one giant magia board. Not exactly, of course, but close enough."
84,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_504","Every confluence marks a blockage in the aetherial flow, reducing the effectiveness of the board. But, with every blockage removed, the effectiveness increases, and the ward holding the primal in place grows stronger..."
85,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_505","On second thought, that's not at all similar to the magia board, but never mind that! The important thing is that removing the blockages is key to strengthening the ward─and to that end, we've made great strides."
86,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_506","But as it was with Pagos and Anemos before, we cannot simply clear the smaller blockages and call it a day. To completely restore the flow within a given region, we need to, in essence, align certain key points."
87,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_507","Were I to return to my rather poor metaphor of a magia board, these would be analogous to pieces of magicite, perhaps..."
88,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_508","Naturally, given the scale of the ward in question, these would need to be far larger than the pieces in our possession. For a region the size of Pyros, we would need at least four...four what...?"
89,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_Q10_000_000","What will you say?"
90,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A10_000_001","Aetherytes?"
91,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A10_000_002","Giant spinning crystal thingies?"
92,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_510","Aetherytes...?"
93,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_511","Giant spinning what-now? Are you struggling to describe an aetheryte?"
94,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_512","By the Twelve, for whatever inexplicable reason I simply cannot help but miss the most obvious solution. I wonder if this is why the founders were so devoted to the study of aetheryte technologies? All the while they were constructing an Aethernet that served a second secret purpose..."
95,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_513","I'm glad you're here to show me the light, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>..."
96,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_514","Gods, for a moment I thought that was an earthquake..."
97,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_515","I sense a disturbance in the aether. But this doesn't make any... Oh no! We have to go to the proto-aetheryte right now!"
98,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_516","No, no, no─this is all wrong! It was working perfectly fine before! How could this have happened!?"
99,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_517","How indeed..."
100,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_518","Ejika... What have you done?"
101,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_519","I have removed a rather vexing impediment from the equation. The proto-aetheryte was integral to the ward."
102,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_520","You knew, and yet you...you... Help me to understand, Ejika."
103,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_521","As if either of you ever could. No, I think I'll let him do the talking."
104,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EUREKAPERSON_000_522","Breaker of chains, thou hast kept the faith. The covenant is forged. Bearer just and true, hand worthy to wield the blade..."
105,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_523","And what a magnificent blade it is. Pure aether, by my reckoning. Perhaps the finest blade ever forged. All that I wanted and more..."
106,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_524","Such strength is now mine to command. To use as I see fit. Is this the power that sets your heart racing, o brave and beloved adventurer? When you hold your enemy's life in your hands?"
107,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_525","This isn't you, Ejika! Don't you see? The primal is clouding your mind!"
108,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_526","Oh, dearest Krile. You could not be more wrong. I see it all so clearly now. With open eyes have I welcomed this power into my being─welcomed the glory of Eureka into my heart."
109,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EUREKAPERSON_000_527","(-Eureka-)In light <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> walketh...and in light <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> abideth. As did the one before who tried and failed to lay us low. But now we have a champion..."
110,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_528","Oh, Ejika... Don't do this. Don't let it make you its thrall."
111,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_529","...I am, and ever will be, my own master, Krile.
I will wait for you within the tower, at its prison. But be warned─I will not wait forever..."
112,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_530","Ejika!"
113,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_531","I...I don't know what to do..."
114,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_532","I don't know what to do. Even after reinforcing the frame, it's not enough to stabilize the internal components. At this rate, we'll never get it up and running again."
115,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_533","If we were in the Sharlayan motherland, perhaps, I'd have all the necessary equipment at my disposal. But it's on the other side of the world..."
116,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_534","Not only did Ejika destabilize the regional aethernet, I fear he may have shattered the ward Grandfather and the others put in place."
117,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_535","If so, then there is nothing stopping Eureka from feeding upon the aetherial currents. Eventually, it'll be strong enough to shatter the barrier encompassing our headquarters, and once that happens, it's all over."
118,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_536","...He's succumbed to the primal's influence, hasn't he?"
119,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_537","I don't want to believe it, but after everything he said and did..."
120,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_538","How did we come to this? Just when it felt like we were so, so close to setting things right. <sigh> If ever there was a time I wished Grandfather were here to offer his advice..."
121,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_550","Gods, I can barely keep my eyes open. If I have to spend another night slaving away for the sake of aetherological experiments..."
122,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_551","For someone so exhausted, you clearly have enough energy to whine."
123,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_552","As if it's not taking its toll on you too. I can see it in your face, and hear it in your increasingly curt instructions."
124,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_553","What you call curt, I call efficient. If you're so concerned about whiling away the hours, you could spare me the idle chitchat and leave me to my work. Not all of us can coast on reputation and gods-given blessings."
125,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_554","<sigh> Ejika, I'm not looking for another fight. I'm here to help."
126,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_555","You can help by being anywhere but here. I have matters well in hand and do not require your assistance whatsoever."
127,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_556","Oh, you mean now that we've solved those thorny problems which drove you to come to me in the first place? Why am I not surprised that, once again, you're pushing me away the moment you no longer have need of me? Ugh, I knew this was going to happen..."
128,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_556","Did you now? Then why did you come here?"
129,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_557","By the Twelve, Ejika, I don't hate you! I've never hated you! You're exhausting and annoying and rude and a bloody pain to work with..."
130,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_558","But you're also driven and clever and, gods help me, I actually enjoy your company! And I think your research has merit, and I want to see you succeed! Is that really so hard to believe?"
131,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_559","...If you're going to stay, then you should at least make yourself useful."
132,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_GALUFBALDESION_000_560","Oh Krile, Ejika. You two truly do make a wonderful pair."
133,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_561","(-Krile and Ejika-)We do not!"
134,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_610","I'm sorry, but I'm still trying to get my bearings. After everything that's happened, we need to take our time to formulate a plan of action."
135,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_611","You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 50."
136,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_620","Let's take stock of what we know. A deiform entity named Eureka was imprisoned within the central tower of the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion by means of a complex arcane ward spanning the entirety of the Isle of Val."
137,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_621","Said ward was then modified by Grandfather and the other founders to slowly drain Eureka of its considerable aether, eventually killing it once and for all. However, with the proto-aetheryte no longer operational, the ward has been broken, perhaps permanently."
138,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_622","Without the ward to bind or drain it of aether, Eureka can feed on the aetherial currents to regain its strength and eventually break free of the barrier surrounding our headquarters."
139,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_623","Assuming Eureka dates back to the time of Allag, defeating it in the traditional manner would ensure it never returned, as those who summoned it forth are long dead. Yet Grandfather and the others instead elected to imprison it here on the isle. The question is, why?"
140,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_624","If, for some reason, slaying it is not an option, then we would need to restore the original ward. Alas, without the proto-aetheryte, I cannot see a means to do so. Simply put, we have no good options."
141,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_625","That said, we cannot simply throw our hands up and do nothing, can we? I should like to think we are of one mind in that respect."
142,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_626","So! In the spirit of trying something, anything, regardless of how ineffectual it may prove, I would like you to first help me tie up a loose end."
143,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_627","I've detected another confluence in East Flamerock. The last piece of magicite still clogging the aetherial arteries of Pyros, I suspect. I'd like you to go and collect it for me. Please."
144,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_630","The confluence is somewhere in East Flamerock. I'm afraid I can't narrow it down more than that. Still, it's hardly the first time you've had to scour a large-ish area crawling with slavering fiends, is it?"
145,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_640","Good, you've returned. I hope your trip was uneventful?"
146,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_641","And with that, we have the final magicite of Pyros! Thank you so much for this and everything else you have done for me."
147,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_642","I've been thinking, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. If the ward is the best means by which we might contain and defeat Eureka, then we must restore it─and we must do so without the proto-aetheryte we cannot repair."
148,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_643","And so I propose to you: what if we were to instead construct a new focal point to replace the void left by the proto-aetheryte?"
149,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_644","I'm quite serious. If we were to utilize the magicite we have collected thus far, I believe we could construct a facsimile to serve in the aetheryte's place."
150,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_645","I won't lie. Doing this will take significant time and resources─materials and manpower─that we lack at present. Even so, I think this is our best option."
151,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_646","To achieve this, we'll also need to redirect the aetherial streams to fuel the process. To immerse the magicite in a torrential flood of aether, namely the endless font rising from Pagos."
152,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_647","Whether or not this is even possible is another question altogether. Therefore, I'd like you to perform a simple test for me."
153,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_648","The magicite I've given you has been specially treated to facilitate the absorption of aether. I want you to take it to the Cavern of the Second Cant, which is directly above the Fumarole of Pagos."
154,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_649","Hold it above the aetherial font and observe how it reacts, then return to me and report your findings. Thank you!"
155,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_650","The aetherial font rising from the Fumarole should extend all the way to the Cavern of the Second Cant. Take the treated magicite there and observe how it reacts, then return to me with your findings."
156,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_660","Please tell me you come bearing good news..."
157,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_661","What a relief! Then the method I envisioned for constructing an aetheryte facsimile to restore the ward should be viable."
158,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_662","And with that, I believe we have once again come to the end of our time together. As I mentioned before, this process will require significant time and resources which we lack at present, so there's nothing else you can contribute to our expedition for now."
159,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_663","I should say, though, that the next stage of our expedition may well be our last. If we can't gain access to our headquarters soon, then we may be too late to stop Eureka, and then..."
160,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_664","Bah. I'll refrain from grim predictions and the like, especially when I should like to think it will not come to that. We're coming for you, Ejika!"
161,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_665","You have reached the conclusion of this chapter of the Eureka expedition. The expedition will continue in a future update."
162,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_666","You may now ride mounts within Eureka Pyros!"
163,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_670","Not that I don't enjoy your company, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, but there's really nothing else you can do to help us at this time. I'll let you know when we're ready to continue with the expedition."
164,"TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_671","You have reached the conclusion of this chapter of the Eureka expedition. The expedition will continue in a future update."
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4 0 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_000 Always a pleasure, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I'm sure you're eager to get to it, but before we begin, I want to make sure you remember where we left off.
5 1 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_001 To review, we established a base camp here so we could make use of a proto-aetheryte nearby. This aetheryte was constructed several thousand years ago, and is a precursor to the designs we use today. As such, we used it primarily for monitoring aetherial fluctuations, and rarely for teleportation.
6 2 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_002 Per Ejika's suggestion, we've decided to study this proto-aetheryte that we might gain greater insight into the many mysteries surrounding the Isle of Val and its current state. If, in doing so, we can further stabilize the regional Aethernet, then all the better.
7 3 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_003 Our primary objective, as ever, remains the same: find a way to reach the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion at the isle's center, and there seek out and aid any survivors.
8 4 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_004 And that about covers it. Did you see Ejika on your way in, by the way? He should have arrived by now...
9 5 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_005 Speak of the devil... Ejika! Surely you saw us standing over here? Don't be a stranger─come and speak with us!
10 6 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_006 ...Oh, you two. Forgive me, I was lost in thought.
11 7 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_007 Hmm... I've never known you to be that oblivious as to your surroundings. What troubles you, Ejika?
12 8 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_008 Well, I... You know, this place and... Ahem. It is of no moment. Would that I had new information to share, but alas, I do not.
13 9 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_009 I can but hope that I can be of greater use to you all in the future. Best of luck to you both in your many endeavors.
14 10 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_010 Gods, he's a terrible liar. Nevertheless, I know better than to pester him for answers when he's behaving like that. It's the same as when he's wrestling with his research.
15 11 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_011 He'll talk when he's good and ready─which will hopefully be sooner than later. Or maybe he'll be more forthcoming if and when you run into him in the wild, like before? Maybe try asking him then.
16 12 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_012 But enough about Ejika. You should see the proto-aetheryte for yourself. It's not far from here. If you'll come with me...
17 13 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_020 ...As for the results of my tests...well, while I've yet to grasp the whole picture, my general understanding of the aetherial instability we've been dealing with is much improved.
18 14 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_021 Curiously, this is not as recent a development as I had believed. In fact, according to records I found in the foundry, a massive and sustained increase in aetherial density in the vicinity of our headquarters was first recorded almost twenty years ago...
19 15 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_Q1_000_000 What will you say?
20 16 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A1_000_001 Do you think this was Galuf's doing?
21 17 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A1_000_002 You don't think this was a natural increase, do you?
22 18 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_030 It's certainly possible. Whatever he intended to accomplish by “reversing the flow” could have entailed the manipulation of aetherial currents that they might converge upon our headquarters.
23 19 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_040 Not in the least. In your vision of the past, Grandfather spoke of “reversing the flow,” which could have entailed the manipulation of aetherial currents that they might converge upon our headquarters.
24 20 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_050 To what end is perhaps the more important question...especially since my initial survey suggests that a deiform entity is located somewhere beneath the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion.
25 21 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_051 To make matters worse, it seems this entity is growing in strength, perhaps by feeding off the aether being funneled towards the center of the isle...
26 22 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_052 I doubt this was Grandfather and the other's intention at the time, of course. Rather, given what you saw in your visions, it is far more likely that they were attempting to imprison a primal being.
27 23 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_053 Unfortunately, if these results are any indication, whatever measures they took to do so are failing, and this entity may soon break free.
28 24 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_054 Perhaps it was in response to this mounting danger that someone erected a barrier around our headquarters. A final desperate measure to contain a terrible threat...
29 25 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_055 Only time and further study will tell. Anyway, to my mind, we still have two primary objectives at present.
30 26 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_056 First, we use every method at our disposal to ascertain the nature of the primal and the methods Grandfather and the others employed to hold it in check.
31 27 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_057 Second─and as before─we continue to work towards restoring the regional Aethernet to full functionality in order to gain access to headquarters and search for survivors.
32 28 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_058 At first I thought that Grandfather might need our help, but perhaps it is us who need his help─especially if we're dealing with primals or Ascians or gods know what else.
33 29 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_059 But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, we have more simple concerns. I've located another confluence of aether not far from here, suggesting the presence of magicite.
34 30 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_060 It's somewhere in the northeastern Ice Needles. I'd like you to go and investigate it, if that's all right.
35 31 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_061 Thank you. I'll spare you the warnings about the untold dangers lurking out there, given that this is hardly your first time here in Eureka. Good luck.
36 32 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_070 The confluence is somewhere in the northeastern Ice Needles. I'm afraid I can't narrow it down further.
37 33 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_080 You found it, I presume? The confluence vanished while you were away, so call it a hunch. Since your magia board can hold no more magicite, I hope you'll allow me to hold on to this piece for the time being.
38 34 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_081 Much appreciated. There are other confluences elsewhere in Pyros, so I expect I'll be asking you to do this again as soon as we've pinpointed their locations.
39 35 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_082 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 38.
40 36 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_090 It is my hope that this magicite you found might prove useful in my work with the proto-aetheryte. There's still an awful lot I don't know about what Grandfather and the others were up to...
41 37 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_091 Until I have more information to share, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait.
42 38 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_092 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 38.
43 39 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_100 Oh, I was just thinking of sending someone to find you. I have tidings.
44 40 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_101 Believe it or not, that magicite you found was key to confirming beyond a shadow of a doubt what I had long suspected: that the Isle of Val came to the Glass Ocean by way of a powerful teleportation magick.
45 41 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_102 In other words, the theories we had about the Ascians or whoever else unleashing a destructive magick akin to Ultima were completely mistaken.
46 42 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_103 Which isn't to say that this teleportation magick wasn't exceedingly destructive and disruptive in its own right. An island does not up and vanish and reappear on the other side of the world without significant repercussions.
47 43 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_104 All the strange phenomena we've observed until now─the twisted aetherial currents, the warped elemental energies and erratic weather, magicite and logograms and monsters─all of it stems from this teleportation.
48 44 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_105 All of this could have been anticipated, at least to a degree, which prompts me to wonder why someone would nevertheless decide to utilize such a powerful magick. The answer to that question, however, continues to elude me...
49 45 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_106 No point dwelling on it. We have another confluence to investigate─or will, as soon as I finish analyzing this data. There is another matter you might attend to before then, though.
50 46 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_107 It concerns the logos manipulator, and certain improvements that should make your life a lot easier. Drake can tell you more.
51 47 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_110 ...On the other hand, I suppose it's possible that a hostile entity did bring Ultima or some other magick to bear against the isle, and in response someone else triggered the teleportation magick in order to escape...
52 48 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_112 Sorry, just thinking aloud. And still trying to locate that confluence for you. Why not talk to Drake about that task of his while I work?
53 49 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_120 You've finished helping Drake improve the logos manipulator? Well done. It ought to prove more useful than ever.
54 50 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_121 Now then, as you've probably guessed, I've finally located the next piece of magicite I'd like you to go and collect.
55 51 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_123 This one you'll find in the caves to the northeast, near a place called the Firing Chamber. Getting there won't be easy, I'm afraid. Be careful.
56 52 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_130 To get to the Firing Chamber, you'll need to head due east from here, towards the northeastern Ice Needles. Look for a tunnel in the rock, and follow it north into the caves.
57 53 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_140 It's always a relief to see you return safe and sound. Did you find the magicite near the Firing Chamber?
58 54 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_141 But of course. Though...I take it there's something else you wish to share?
59 55 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_142 So according to Ejika, the deiform entity is also named Eureka, is it...?
60 56 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_143 I am reminded of a conversation I once overheard, back before I left the Isle of Val. Raha, one of my colleagues, was discussing a theory he had concerning the Crystal Tower with Grandfather and the other founders.
61 57 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_144 As you may recall, Eureka was the name of an underground labyrinth said to contain the most powerful weapons of the Allagan Empire. At least, that's how the legend goes─and Raha thought it might be beneath the Crystal Tower.
62 58 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_145 I remember thinking at the time it was odd how the founders suddenly grew quiet and stone-faced, how Grandfather simply said no and ushered the others away, leaving Raha to wonder if he had somehow given offense.
63 59 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_146 And then I had to go and pick the same silly name when prompted by Rowena. Ugh. Don't read too much into that. Seriously.
64 60 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_147 Anyway, I can only presume that the founder's behavior that day was because, for them, the word Eureka had an entirely different meaning. Even though Raha was clearly talking about the labyrinth, their secret knowledge of the primal clearly weighed heavy on their consciences...
65 61 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_148 You've given me much to think about, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>...
66 62 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_149 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 40.
67 63 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_150 That reminds me─you spent a good deal of time with Raha too, didn't you? I read the NOAH reports, so you know.
68 64 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_151 He was always so vibrant, so full of life. So dedicated to his work...to his quest for personal meaning. I'd like to think he found it, thanks to you.
69 65 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_152 Oh, look at me, waxing nostalgic. He'd laugh if he could see me now! Let us not dwell on the past, but look to the future─to the challenges ahead. I don't know what Eureka is, or if it still poses a threat, but regardless, we'll deal with it when the time comes!
70 66 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_160 I don't know what Eureka is, or if it still poses a threat, but regardless, we'll deal with it when the time comes!
71 67 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_170 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 40.
72 68 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_180 I know this is sudden, but I have to ask: you didn't stumble across a piece of magicite recently, did you?
73 69 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_181 I was afraid you might say no. You see, I've been tracking a number of confluences, but before I could pinpoint their exact location, each vanished without a trace. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, given that the aetherial currents have become more stable as a result, but...
74 70 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_182 ...But I cannot believe this is a natural occurrence. Magicite doesn't simply vanish on its own, which leads me to believe someone is collecting it. If not you, then that leaves...Ejika?
75 71 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_183 But even if he is trying to help, he could at least let us know. And if he's not doing it for us, then that leads me to wonder why. Until we meet again, though, we can only carry on with our original plans.
76 72 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_184 There's one confluence I've located in West Flamerock that has yet to dissipate. If you would be so kind as to hasten to it and retrieve it, I would be most grateful.
77 73 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_190 If you happen to run into Ejika in West Flamerock, perhaps you can ask him what he's up to. If not, then at least we'll have one more piece of magicite and the aetherial currents will be that much better.
78 74 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_200 Welcome back. I take it you have a magicite for me?
79 75 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_201 And Ejika was nowhere to be found, was he? Not that I expected us to get that lucky again. As for me and my research, I think I am getting closer and closer to understanding Grandfather's intent in “reversing” the flow...
80 76 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_202 You'll forgive me if I refrain from divulging my theories until I am more confident, though. I wouldn't want to look the fool!
81 77 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_203 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 45.
82 78 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_210 Soon, my friend, soon I hope to understand what Grandfather and the others were trying to accomplish. I need but a little more time...
83 79 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_211 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 45.
84 80 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_500 It's so simple, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! How could I have not seen it earlier!?
85 81 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_501 It's a massive ward─one which encompasses the whole of the isle! By diverting the aetherial currents as they did, Grandfather and the others transformed the Isle of Val into an arcane ward!
86 82 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_502 But that was only in the beginning, for what Grandather later realized was that, by inverting the pattern and reversing the aetherial flow, the primal could be slowly drained of aether, eventually killing it once and for all!
87 83 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_503 Oh, how to explain... Ah! It's like your magia board. Yes─imagine the entire Isle of Val is one giant magia board. Not exactly, of course, but close enough.
88 84 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_504 Every confluence marks a blockage in the aetherial flow, reducing the effectiveness of the board. But, with every blockage removed, the effectiveness increases, and the ward holding the primal in place grows stronger...
89 85 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_505 On second thought, that's not at all similar to the magia board, but never mind that! The important thing is that removing the blockages is key to strengthening the ward─and to that end, we've made great strides.
90 86 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_506 But as it was with Pagos and Anemos before, we cannot simply clear the smaller blockages and call it a day. To completely restore the flow within a given region, we need to, in essence, align certain key points.
91 87 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_507 Were I to return to my rather poor metaphor of a magia board, these would be analogous to pieces of magicite, perhaps...
92 88 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_508 Naturally, given the scale of the ward in question, these would need to be far larger than the pieces in our possession. For a region the size of Pyros, we would need at least four...four what...?
93 89 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_Q10_000_000 What will you say?
94 90 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A10_000_001 Aetherytes?
95 91 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_A10_000_002 Giant spinning crystal thingies?
96 92 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_510 Aetherytes...?
97 93 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_511 Giant spinning what-now? Are you struggling to describe an aetheryte?
98 94 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_512 By the Twelve, for whatever inexplicable reason I simply cannot help but miss the most obvious solution. I wonder if this is why the founders were so devoted to the study of aetheryte technologies? All the while they were constructing an Aethernet that served a second secret purpose...
99 95 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_513 I'm glad you're here to show me the light, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>...
100 96 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_514 Gods, for a moment I thought that was an earthquake...
101 97 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_515 I sense a disturbance in the aether. But this doesn't make any... Oh no! We have to go to the proto-aetheryte right now!
102 98 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_516 No, no, no─this is all wrong! It was working perfectly fine before! How could this have happened!?
103 99 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_517 How indeed...
104 100 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_518 Ejika... What have you done?
105 101 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_519 I have removed a rather vexing impediment from the equation. The proto-aetheryte was integral to the ward.
106 102 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_520 You knew, and yet you...you... Help me to understand, Ejika.
107 103 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_521 As if either of you ever could. No, I think I'll let him do the talking.
108 104 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EUREKAPERSON_000_522 Breaker of chains, thou hast kept the faith. The covenant is forged. Bearer just and true, hand worthy to wield the blade...
109 105 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_523 And what a magnificent blade it is. Pure aether, by my reckoning. Perhaps the finest blade ever forged. All that I wanted and more...
110 106 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_524 Such strength is now mine to command. To use as I see fit. Is this the power that sets your heart racing, o brave and beloved adventurer? When you hold your enemy's life in your hands?
111 107 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_525 This isn't you, Ejika! Don't you see? The primal is clouding your mind!
112 108 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_526 Oh, dearest Krile. You could not be more wrong. I see it all so clearly now. With open eyes have I welcomed this power into my being─welcomed the glory of Eureka into my heart.
113 109 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EUREKAPERSON_000_527 (-Eureka-)In light <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> walketh...and in light <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> abideth. As did the one before who tried and failed to lay us low. But now we have a champion...
114 110 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_528 Oh, Ejika... Don't do this. Don't let it make you its thrall.
115 111 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_529 ...I am, and ever will be, my own master, Krile. I will wait for you within the tower, at its prison. But be warned─I will not wait forever...
116 112 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_530 Ejika!
117 113 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_531 I...I don't know what to do...
118 114 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_532 I don't know what to do. Even after reinforcing the frame, it's not enough to stabilize the internal components. At this rate, we'll never get it up and running again.
119 115 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_533 If we were in the Sharlayan motherland, perhaps, I'd have all the necessary equipment at my disposal. But it's on the other side of the world...
120 116 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_534 Not only did Ejika destabilize the regional aethernet, I fear he may have shattered the ward Grandfather and the others put in place.
121 117 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_535 If so, then there is nothing stopping Eureka from feeding upon the aetherial currents. Eventually, it'll be strong enough to shatter the barrier encompassing our headquarters, and once that happens, it's all over.
122 118 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_536 ...He's succumbed to the primal's influence, hasn't he?
123 119 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_537 I don't want to believe it, but after everything he said and did...
124 120 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_538 How did we come to this? Just when it felt like we were so, so close to setting things right. <sigh> If ever there was a time I wished Grandfather were here to offer his advice...
125 121 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_550 Gods, I can barely keep my eyes open. If I have to spend another night slaving away for the sake of aetherological experiments...
126 122 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_551 For someone so exhausted, you clearly have enough energy to whine.
127 123 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_552 As if it's not taking its toll on you too. I can see it in your face, and hear it in your increasingly curt instructions.
128 124 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_553 What you call curt, I call efficient. If you're so concerned about whiling away the hours, you could spare me the idle chitchat and leave me to my work. Not all of us can coast on reputation and gods-given blessings.
129 125 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_554 <sigh> Ejika, I'm not looking for another fight. I'm here to help.
130 126 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_555 You can help by being anywhere but here. I have matters well in hand and do not require your assistance whatsoever.
131 127 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_556 Oh, you mean now that we've solved those thorny problems which drove you to come to me in the first place? Why am I not surprised that, once again, you're pushing me away the moment you no longer have need of me? Ugh, I knew this was going to happen...
132 128 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_556 Did you now? Then why did you come here?
133 129 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_557 By the Twelve, Ejika, I don't hate you! I've never hated you! You're exhausting and annoying and rude and a bloody pain to work with...
134 130 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_558 But you're also driven and clever and, gods help me, I actually enjoy your company! And I think your research has merit, and I want to see you succeed! Is that really so hard to believe?
135 131 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_EJIKATSUNJIKA_000_559 ...If you're going to stay, then you should at least make yourself useful.
136 132 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_GALUFBALDESION_000_560 Oh Krile, Ejika. You two truly do make a wonderful pair.
137 133 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_561 (-Krile and Ejika-)We do not!
138 134 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_610 I'm sorry, but I'm still trying to get my bearings. After everything that's happened, we need to take our time to formulate a plan of action.
139 135 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_611 You may continue the Eureka expedition upon reaching elemental level 50.
140 136 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_620 Let's take stock of what we know. A deiform entity named Eureka was imprisoned within the central tower of the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion by means of a complex arcane ward spanning the entirety of the Isle of Val.
141 137 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_621 Said ward was then modified by Grandfather and the other founders to slowly drain Eureka of its considerable aether, eventually killing it once and for all. However, with the proto-aetheryte no longer operational, the ward has been broken, perhaps permanently.
142 138 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_622 Without the ward to bind or drain it of aether, Eureka can feed on the aetherial currents to regain its strength and eventually break free of the barrier surrounding our headquarters.
143 139 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_623 Assuming Eureka dates back to the time of Allag, defeating it in the traditional manner would ensure it never returned, as those who summoned it forth are long dead. Yet Grandfather and the others instead elected to imprison it here on the isle. The question is, why?
144 140 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_624 If, for some reason, slaying it is not an option, then we would need to restore the original ward. Alas, without the proto-aetheryte, I cannot see a means to do so. Simply put, we have no good options.
145 141 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_625 That said, we cannot simply throw our hands up and do nothing, can we? I should like to think we are of one mind in that respect.
146 142 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_626 So! In the spirit of trying something, anything, regardless of how ineffectual it may prove, I would like you to first help me tie up a loose end.
147 143 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_627 I've detected another confluence in East Flamerock. The last piece of magicite still clogging the aetherial arteries of Pyros, I suspect. I'd like you to go and collect it for me. Please.
148 144 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_630 The confluence is somewhere in East Flamerock. I'm afraid I can't narrow it down more than that. Still, it's hardly the first time you've had to scour a large-ish area crawling with slavering fiends, is it?
149 145 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_640 Good, you've returned. I hope your trip was uneventful?
150 146 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_641 And with that, we have the final magicite of Pyros! Thank you so much for this and everything else you have done for me.
151 147 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_642 I've been thinking, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. If the ward is the best means by which we might contain and defeat Eureka, then we must restore it─and we must do so without the proto-aetheryte we cannot repair.
152 148 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_643 And so I propose to you: what if we were to instead construct a new focal point to replace the void left by the proto-aetheryte?
153 149 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_644 I'm quite serious. If we were to utilize the magicite we have collected thus far, I believe we could construct a facsimile to serve in the aetheryte's place.
154 150 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_645 I won't lie. Doing this will take significant time and resources─materials and manpower─that we lack at present. Even so, I think this is our best option.
155 151 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_646 To achieve this, we'll also need to redirect the aetherial streams to fuel the process. To immerse the magicite in a torrential flood of aether, namely the endless font rising from Pagos.
156 152 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_647 Whether or not this is even possible is another question altogether. Therefore, I'd like you to perform a simple test for me.
157 153 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_648 The magicite I've given you has been specially treated to facilitate the absorption of aether. I want you to take it to the Cavern of the Second Cant, which is directly above the Fumarole of Pagos.
158 154 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_649 Hold it above the aetherial font and observe how it reacts, then return to me and report your findings. Thank you!
159 155 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_650 The aetherial font rising from the Fumarole should extend all the way to the Cavern of the Second Cant. Take the treated magicite there and observe how it reacts, then return to me with your findings.
160 156 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_660 Please tell me you come bearing good news...
161 157 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_661 What a relief! Then the method I envisioned for constructing an aetheryte facsimile to restore the ward should be viable.
162 158 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_662 And with that, I believe we have once again come to the end of our time together. As I mentioned before, this process will require significant time and resources which we lack at present, so there's nothing else you can contribute to our expedition for now.
163 159 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_663 I should say, though, that the next stage of our expedition may well be our last. If we can't gain access to our headquarters soon, then we may be too late to stop Eureka, and then...
164 160 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_664 Bah. I'll refrain from grim predictions and the like, especially when I should like to think it will not come to that. We're coming for you, Ejika!
165 161 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_665 You have reached the conclusion of this chapter of the Eureka expedition. The expedition will continue in a future update.
166 162 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_666 You may now ride mounts within Eureka Pyros!
167 163 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_KRILE_000_670 Not that I don't enjoy your company, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, but there's really nothing else you can do to help us at this time. I'll let you know when we're ready to continue with the expedition.
168 164 TEXT_CTSERKEUREKA3KRILE1_00512_SYSTEM_000_671 You have reached the conclusion of this chapter of the Eureka expedition. The expedition will continue in a future update.
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