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40TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_00Lina Mewrilah appears to have been awaiting your arrival for quite some time.
51TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_01Alma Lexentale has summoned Lina Mewrilah (and you) to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis> to discuss recent findings concerning the auracite. As before, a word with the shuttle pilot will see you quickly and safely to the Lexentale airship.
62TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_02It would seem that Cid has invited an Archon to join him on the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>─a Student of Baldesion by the name of Mikoto.
73TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_03Gamely endeavoring to speak in words of fewer than five syllables, the Archon shares her theories on the auracite, prompting a new debate─if the Otius is not a naturally occurring crystal, then who created it and why? Before a consensus can be reached, Ramza foments new tension with his sister by questioning her commitment to the family mission. It is during this fraternal spat that an uninvited guest enters stage right.
84TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_04Seeking admission to their theater company, Montblanc, desert moogle from Dalmasca, petitions the Majestic with all the blustery gusto of a born drama queen. Ramza is quick to dismiss him, but in doing so, inadvertently presents Montblanc with a challenge─slay a beast, and earn apprenticeship aboard the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>. Eager to prove his worth, the sorely overmatched and under-armored moogle marches out into the wilds to meet his prey...and most likely his maker.
95TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_05Hurdy and Lina have set off in pursuit of Montblanc. Their first stop? Pier #2.
106TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_06You learn that Montblanc may have found his way onto a falcon porter bound for the One River in Yanxia. Residents of the Glittering Basin might know more regarding the mole-bat's whereabouts.
117TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_07As expected, you find Montblanc in urgent need of rescue, his attempt at slaying a ferocious beast (in this case, a fiery red chocobo) ending just about as well as everyone imagined─that is, in defeat, in case you imagined otherwise.
128TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_08Having survived his misguided adventure, Montblanc begins the long journey back to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis> in high spirits.
139TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_09Upon your return, you find the theater barge has visitors─a band of Bangaa, weapons drawn. Only Jenomis might know how to diffuse a situation this volatile.
1410TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_SEQ_10Hostage-taking apart, the Bangaa mean those of the Theater Company no harm, and merely seek aid in locating their missing captain. After hearing their tale, Mikoto believes that there is a chance Ba'Gamnan may have been manipulated by the Duma in the same manner as the late Argath Thadalfus. With no leads, however, the captain's rescue seems impossible...until Jenomis discovers a mysterious addition on the final page of his journal. Intent on discovering its significance, he returns at once to his research, promising to send for you as soon as the riddle is solved.
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2824TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_00Ride the transport shuttle to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>.
2925TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_01Ride the transport shuttle to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>.
3026TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_02Speak with the newly arrived moogle.
3127TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_03Speak with Hurdy.
3228TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_04Speak with Lina Mewrilah or Hurdy on Pier #2.
3329TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_05Search for Montblanc in the Glittering Basin.
3430TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_06Speak with Montblanc.
3531TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_TODO_07Return to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>.
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5248TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_000<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Where in the world have you been? Did you not receive Alma's summons? Principal Lexentale's research into the auracite may finally have borne fruit!
5349TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_001We must hurry to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis> before they embark on some grand and perilous adventure without us!
5450TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_010In her message, Alma mentioned a guest from Sharlayan. Someone your companion Cid Garlond believed might be able to assist the Principal's research. An “archetype,” I think is the term she used.
5551TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_AIRSHIPGUIDE03003_000_020If you would follow me to the shuttle, good <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>sir</If>.
5652TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_Q1_000_000Board the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis>?
5753TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_100<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, Lady Mewrilah. Thank you for answering my summons. Master Garlond was kind enough to send for an Archon from Sharlayan, and I thought it only right that you be present to hear her findings.
5854TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_101To be frank, summoning Mikoto was more Y'shtola's idea. I simply came along to see what light she could shed on this mystery.
5955TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_102I am Mikoto of House Jinba─a Doman, though my years in Sharlayan have made me a stranger here. You must be <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>─fabled liberator of men. Slayer of false gods. Warrior of Light... I thought you'd be taller.
6056TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_103Let us speak of the crystal.
6157TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_104Ahem...
6258TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_100_104The <Emphasis>Otius</Emphasis>─one of but many <Emphasis>auracite</Emphasis> shards that aided noble Delita's rise to regent.
6359TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_105My apologies. The <Emphasis>Otius</Emphasis> is no ordinary crystal, even discounting its obvious historical importance. The specimen is more than a simple manifestation of elementally aspected energies─it is, rather, an aetherial lodestone whose facilitation of both the absorption and transmission of distinct-frequency NRR–type harmonic vibrations has been observed to promote aetherial amplification.
6460TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_106The resultant neuro-harmonic disturbance allows for a highly unique emittance of CPRS waves that, instead of radiating outward with a determinate factor of dispersal, instead resonate <Emphasis>inward</Emphasis> at a frequency so labored, my estimates place the rate of VRT decay at upwards of several <Emphasis>centuries</Emphasis>...though I must admit I lack sufficient variates to complete a truly comprehensive graphical assessment.
6561TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_107...Hmph. While that explanation may elicit admiring nods from your professors at the academy, it will earn you only blank looks here. Take a deep breath and try again─this time in a language those of us <Emphasis>without</Emphasis> the Echo might comprehend.
6662TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_108My apologies. I merely thought─
6763TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_109Apologies will see us no nearer to an answer. A simpler explanation will.
6864TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_110Simpler... Right... Um... Aether is not only the building block of all things material, but those immaterial as well. Thoughts, memories, feelings, one's very will are all understood to be aetherial phenomena, and can be measured as such. Unlike most crystals, which only can emit elemental energies, auracite is tuned not only to absorb aether, but aether specific to the immaterial. That aether is then stored and multiplied within its crystalline confines until external stimuli precipitate release.
6965TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_111Try again.
7066TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_112Uh... Ahem. Under appropriate conditions, a strong will or desire can become imprinted upon the auracite and stored until fomentation, at which time the desire becomes manifest─
7167TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_113Fomen...tation?
7268TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_114What my studious young friend is <Emphasis>trying</Emphasis> to say is that the Otius takes one's deepest fantasies and makes them reality.
7369TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_115Ah. Yes. Yes, that is...simpler. You...may choose to think of it as a process akin to that of summoning a primal.
7470TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_116There being one marked difference─primal summoning requires a supplemental energy source, such as a hoard of elementally charged crystals. Auracite, on the other hand, has the capacity to serve as its own source of power.
7571TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_117We know from the Durai Papers that Argath was never king of Ivalice. He was slain in battle during the War of the Lions.
7672TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_118Yet the Argath encountered during the recent expedition carried himself as if he had been crowned regent. I believe this was merely the auracite in his possession making manif─uh, realizing his desire to rule.
7773TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_119I am informed that he uttered the same words over and over again for the duration of the confrontation which unfolded. If that is the case, it is possible that it was not actually Argath who uttered them, but the auracite itself.
7874TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_120If the Durai Papers are accurate, Argath was a weak and petty noble who believed that his blood entitled him to power. The auracite took that belief and twisted it into the abomination we─uh, <Emphasis><Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/></Emphasis> put to the sword.
7975TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_121Then you are saying the crystal could prove a threat?
8076TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_122The <Emphasis>auracite</Emphasis>, Alma. And not necessarily. Ramza seemed to fare well enough. There is no record of the young regent being manipulated by the artifacts he gathered.
8177TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_123In the hands of the just, the auracite should prove harmless, even beneficial!
8278TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_124To paraphrase: “It is not the weapon that kills, but the one who wields it”?
8379TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_100_124Now where have I heard that before...
8480TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_125Oh, yes. It was Emperor Galvus's justification for taking the marvels of magitek and applying them to the manufacture of arms. Where, after all, was the harm if it allowed him to “bring order” to the Three Great Continents?
8581TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_126You draw an intriguing parallel, Master Garlond... The properties of these crystals are so singular, I do begin to wonder if they, like magitek, are products of <Emphasis>science</Emphasis> and not nature. That they were created by someone to─
8682TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_127But who? What manner of person would even be capable of such a feat?
8783TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_CID_000_128Now <Emphasis>that</Emphasis> is an interesting question─the answer to which I look forward to hearing. Regrettably, I have pressing matters to attend to elsewhere. Fear not, however: Mikoto's insight will prove far more beneficial than anything I might accidentally contribute. Good day to you all.
8884TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_129What I don't understand is...
8985TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_130If the Duma was imprinted with Argath's deepest desires, then whose desires are rattling about inside the Otius?
9086TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_131I had the selfsame question, and thus conducted a thorough inspection of the crystal upon my arrival. The results were...inconclusive. Traces of aetherial activity were present, but to all intents and purposes, the vessel was empty.
9187TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_132Empty? But what of the voices I heard?
9288TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_133Voices? I heard nothing of the sort. The only voices you heard, Alma, were in your stubborn head!
9389TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_134Ramza, why won't you─
9490TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_135Shall we speak of “voices,” then? What of yours, Alma? Our resident voice of dissent. You have done naught but question the wisdom of our research from the moment we left Garlemald. Would you put your petty worries above our family's calling?
9591TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_136No! I would never─
9692TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_137You would never!? Then why involve a gossipmonger, a goody two-shoes, and this...this...flying mole!?
9793TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_100_137Please tell me you can see that.
9894TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_150A moogle! And a decidedly dusty one at that! Might this be one of <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> acquaintances, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?
9995TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_155Most intriguing... Is it alive?
10096TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_160Don't just stand there, get rid of the thing! You're the liberator. Liberate this vessel of that pest!
10197TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_165It's like nothing I have ever seen before... Can we keep it?
10298TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_170Ah. A moogle. Yes.
10399TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_300Am I interrupting? Oh, please <Emphasis>do</Emphasis> go on. My acceptance into your fine troupe's ranks can wait until all have said their piece, kupo.
104100TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_301Guards! Get this, this, this─
105101TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_302(-Montblanc-)Montblanc. The name is Montblanc. Denizen of Dalmasca's deserts, seeker of thrills, adventurer extraordinaire. But you may call me Montblanc, kupo.
106102TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_303Dalmasca has long been known as a melting pot for myriad cultures─where minor races such as the Seeq, the Bangaa, and the Viera might live in relative harmony with Hyur, Elezen, and others.
107103TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_304Yet there is no record of a prominent moogle population.
108104TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_305(-Montblanc-)Most likely because we are neither prominent nor populous! My people are nomadic by nature, ever drawn to the elusive frontier and the freedom she promises, kupo!
109105TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_306A...moogle?
110106TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_307(-Montblanc-)Of course I'm a moogle, kupo. You'd think the adorable wings and the fluffy pom would have given it away. Now, about my admission to the Majestic─
111107TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_308I will allow no such thing! The Majestic is the Empire's premier theater company. We will not sully its good name by granting refuge to a fluttering ball of fur!
112108TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_309And furthermore, how in the world did this abomination board the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis> in the first place!?
113109TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_310By means of his <Emphasis>wings</Emphasis>, were I to guess. As for his admission to our company, I do not seem to recall race, creed, or allegiance on <Emphasis>my</Emphasis> list of prerequisites, do you?
114110TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_311...No, Father.
115111TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_312Very well, then. Montblanc, what is it exactly that calls you to the stage─our stage?
116112TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_313(-Montblanc-)What else? <Emphasis>The Zodiac Brave Story</Emphasis>, kupo! Never before have I witnessed something so amazing. So moving.
117113TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_314(-Montblanc-)Sitting─well, technically <Emphasis>hovering</Emphasis> there in the audience as the story unfolded around me...I knew I was witnessing something special. Something positively transcendental, kupo! It was then that I realized I either had to be a part of it...or go to my grave a bitter and broken moogle.
118114TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_315Was this realization before or after you swore you simply had to become the realm's greatest marauder, kupo!?
119115TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_316(-Montblanc-)Hurdy!? How did you─
120116TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_317Perhaps you'd have more success at running away if you didn't reveal your grand designs to every other fool you happen to meet, kupo.
121117TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_318Was it not but two score nights ago you took up the axe, kupo!? Now here you are professing your passion for the stage before carving even a single notch in your haft? Do you not remember, “to he who churns the butter goes the sweetest bread”?
122118TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_319(-Montblanc-)But how is one to savor said buttered bread if his head is in the belly of a fearsome beast? You accuse me of giving up when I merely came to the realization that continuing would end in failure. Only through a change of course could I reach my final destination, kupo.
123119TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_320And that destination is what? Mummer? Are you sure it is not geomancer? Arithmetician? Templar? Do not bother answering, kupo─we all know you'll be singing a different tune come cockcrow!
124120TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_321(-Montblanc-)That is where you are mistaken, Hurdy. I was destined to be a thespian! I can feel it in my fur. The role of Delita was made for me! Made for me, kupo!
125121TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_322Kupo kupo kupo kupo! Enough!
126122TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_323The actors in our company trained at the Empire's finest institutes. They represent the pinnacle of the profession not only in Garlemald, but across the entire world.
127123TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_324A vagrant <Emphasis>bat-mole</Emphasis> like you could never hope to share a stage with such artists, let alone play the part of a hero like Delita! You yourself admitted you were too craven to face a solitary beast─how do you imagine you would fare against a pack of theater critics!? Any troupe would need proof of valor before it could even consider─
128124TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_325(-Montblanc-)Craven!? Call me a cheat and call me cur, but do not, sir, call me craven! I accept your challenge: slay but one foul beast by mine own hand, and the Majestic Theater Company will accept me into its ranks, kupo.
129125TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_326Wait, I issued no such─
130126TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_327(-Montblanc-)You are all here witnesses, kupo! When I return with the head of a terrible beast in my gore-stained hands, you will be honor-bound to welcome me, Montblanc the Mummer, into the fabled ranks of the Majestic! Good day!
131127TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_328Wonderful. What do we do now?
132128TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_329What do <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> do? <Emphasis>We</Emphasis> do nothing. If that bat-mole wishes to throw himself on the horns of a stampeding dzo, I will not stand in his way.
133129TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_330I believe the proper term of derogation is “mole-bat,” and I should warn you: moogles do not take kindly to those who use it.
134130TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_331Why must you always put yourself above others, Brother? Did you learn nothing from Argath's wretched example?
135131TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_332Montblanc would never have set off on this fool's errand had you not made the challenge. If anything befalls my brother, his blood will be on your hands!
136132TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_333<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... You are the only one among us capable of locating Montblanc and preventing disaster. On behalf of my brother, I beg your assistance.
137133TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_335However did Ramza come to be so thoroughly obnoxious? He and his sister couldn't be more different.
138134TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_336Moogles are prominent players in Ivalician legend, but none of the tales mention their capacity for flight. Something lost in translation, perhaps?
139135TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_337I...I apologize. I must learn to control my anger. But sometimes...it can be difficult.
140136TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_ALMALEXENTALE_000_338You saw the poor moogle. He won't last a day on his own. You must find him and bring him back! I beg of you!
141137TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_340My brother can be rather...simpleminded when it comes to such matters. Thinking to impress the Warrior of Light and <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> companions, Montblanc would likely choose the scene of your recent exploits to prove his worth─meaning Rabanastre, if I am not mistaken.
142138TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_341Pardon my language, but that Ramza really is an incurable little prick, is he not? How dare he speak to his sister and the moogle in that manner. I couldn't decide which was worse─the things he said, or the way the principal sat back and let him say them.
143139TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_342But I suppose it is none of our concern. For now, let us concentrate on the task at hand─finding that moogle before he does something we'll all regret. What say we start nearby. Pier Two, perhaps?
144140TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_430The falcon porter tells us that he set a traveling blacksmith away to Yanxia not a bell past. And why would that be of interest to us, you ask?
145141TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_431Because said peddler of iron and steel was seen to be carrying a bag stuffed to the brim with, and I quote, “albino mole fur and purple bat wings”!
146142TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_432Montblanc!
147143TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_433...Not that we look like that, kupo!
148144TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_434The quickest route into Dalmasca is via the One River and its western tributaries. If Montblanc is bound for Rabanastre, he will seek passage from the Glittering Basin.
149145TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_500Montblanc! What were you thinking!?
150146TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_501Have you any idea what you put your brother through!? He has been worried sick!
151147TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_502Both Hurdy and Ramza were right all along. I am a failure. A flop. A flailing flapping foppish failure, kupo. How could <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> play the part of a hero if I cannot even ruffle the feathers of a single measly bird. The audience would see right through me like the spineless jellyfish I am.
152148TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_503Now wait, Montblanc. Not everyone can be a hero...not even most heroes! Yes, the bards sing of the man who deals the final blow, but what of his cadre of loyal companions? Do you think Delita united Ivalice on his own? Do you think <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here was alone when <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> liberated Ala Mhigo?
153149TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_Q2_000_000What will you say?
154150TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_A2_000_001You're never alone on the battlefield.
155151TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_A2_000_002Not all wars are won on the front lines.
156152TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_510Never alone...? So you're saying you'll always be there for me? For Montblanc?
157153TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_511Uh... I think <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> was speaking metaphorically...
158154TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_515But of course they are not! Every campaign needs its brilliant architect─the mastermind who moves the pieces across the board! <Emphasis>I</Emphasis>, Montblanc, can be that mastermind!
159155TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_HURDY_000_516That was quick...
160156TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_530Let us not dwell on the details. The day is saved, and Montblanc has escaped sans scratch or singe to show for it. We should return to the <Emphasis>Prima Vista</Emphasis> before our luck runs out.
161157TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_600Please! This ship is a place of peace!
162158TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_601Release my sister or you will answer to me!
163159TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_602When the cat's away...
164160TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_603Put that damnable thing down, Ramza. You're not helping matters!
165161TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_604We have no quarrel with you or yours. We only seek aid in finding our leader, Ba'Gamnan.
166162TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_605You seek our help!? You who threatened to kill my father? Who stole his work and made fools of us all!? Never!
167163TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_606Silence, Ramza! They have Alma. We will hear what they have to say.
168164TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_607As I said, we have no quarrel with you. We only did what was necessary to secure an audience. We surrender our weapons and offer your journal as an act of good faith.
169165TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_608...This is all rather a lot to digest. But your claims do coincide with what we have learned about the auracite.
170166TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_GIJUK_000_609You're saying that crystal did something to our captain?
171167TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_610After being emptied of Argath's will, the Duma sought that of another to sate its appetite for aether.
172168TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RINOK_000_611You're saying that crystal <Emphasis>ate</Emphasis> our captain!?
173169TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_612Not his body, no. Only his soul.
174170TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RINOK_000_613His <Emphasis>soul</Emphasis>!?
175171TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_614Tell me...what in your opinion was your leader's deepest desire? What was it that he longed for above all else in the world?
176172TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_615Why waste your breath reasoning with these...these...<Emphasis>lizards</Emphasis>? They showed themselves for the beasts they are when they put a knife to your throat!
177173TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_616First mole-bats, now lizards? This one's tongue is pure poison.
178174TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_617The boy can call us what he pleases. For our past failings, we deserve no better.
179175TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_618Your failings?
180176TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_GIJUK_000_619Thirty summers have come and gone...yet not a night goes by that I do not wake in sweat at the memory.
181177TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RINOK_000_620We were fusiliers in the Dalmascan army, stationed in the royal stronghold at Nalbina.
182178TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_621Nalbina Fortress was reputed to be impenetrable. Its fall to the IVth Legion proved a turning point in the imperial campaign, dealing a crushing blow to Dalmascan morale and ultimately marking the beginning of the kingdom's end.
183179TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_622Ba'Gamnan was our captain, and once it was clear the day would not be ours, Prince Rasler, commander of the garrison at Nalbina, tasked him with one final mission.
184180TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_623Our unit was to escort His Highness's twin sister, the Princess Ashelia, away from the fortress and thence to safety. But...things did not go as planned...
185181TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_GIJUK_000_624I still remember the words she uttered as she lay dying in the captain's arms but a stone's throw from where the Garamsythe Waterway drains into the sea.
186182TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_GIJUK_000_625Even as the fog of death descended upon her, she smiled and told us─the very people who had failed her─to survive, for as long as even a single Dalmascan stood, our nation would never truly perish.
187183TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RINOK_000_626But it should not have been us who survived. By failing to protect our charge, we betrayed the princess and her memory, and brought shame upon our race. So yes, we are naught but cold-blooded lizards deserving of whatever scorn you deign to heap on us.
188184TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_627Hmm... I think we may safely assume a deep-seated hatred towards the invaders of his homeland, coupled with self-loathing born from a sense of powerlessness.
189185TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_628The darkness that lurks in the heart of Ba'Gamnan is little different from that which drove Argath─the selfsame emotions that were to nourish the Duma.
190186TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_629Stop speaking in riddles, Sharlayan.
191187TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_630She's saying your <Emphasis>brave captain</Emphasis> will eventually turn into a monster...or rather, more of one.
192188TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_GIJUK_000_631Garlean lies!
193189TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_632What they say is true. If we do not find Ba'Gamnan and the Duma soon, none of us are safe, present company included.
194190TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_633Do you have any idea where he might have gone? Any at all?
195191TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_634Wait, look at this! Something has been added to the final page of my journal!
196192TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_BWAGI_000_635Then the captain must have put it there. Only he had access to it─until we found it in the pack he left behind, that is.
197193TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_LINAMEWRILAH_000_636Is this...Dalmascan?
198194TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MONTBLANC_000_637Indeed it is! It says “Ridorana.”
199195TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RINOK_000_638The lighthouse? Why would he write that, and in the old man's journal no less?
200196TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_639There is a place on the Valnard Sea, far to the south of Rabanastre, where the ocean tumbles into a gaping maw more than a malm across─the Ridorana Cataract.
201197TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_640Legend would have us believe that it is the entrance to the Hell of Water.
202198TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_MIKOTO_000_641Many a scholar seeking to prove otherwise has descended into the chasm─some even by airship─but not a one has returned.
203199TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_RAMZALEXENTALE_000_650Tell me, is Ridorana truly as magnificent as they say? ...Hm? You have never been there? And there I was thinking you might have something to contribute.
204200TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_680I must admit to knowing little of Ridorana save that which Lady Mikoto shared with us. Before we expend valuable time and resources traveling to so remote a place, I must review my notes and see if there is any mention of the abyss.
205201TEXT_STMBDI201_03089_JENOMISLEXENTALE_000_681We shall send for you as soon as we learn aught of interest.
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