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* 7.45 follow-up
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2524TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_00Speak with Alphinaud.
2625TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_01Deliver a warming tincture to the sickly refugee.
2726TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_02Deliver a warming tincture to the emaciated refugee.
2827TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_03Deliver a warming tincture to the despondent refugee.
2928TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_04Deliver a warming tincture to Licinia.
3029TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_05Speak with the burly tapper.
3130TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_06Head for Tapper's Den.
3231TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_TODO_07Speak with Alisaie.
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4948TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALPHINAUD_000_000Early signs of frostbite... This must be treated quickly.
5049TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_005What they need most is a decent meal. We've food back at the camp, but there's the distance to consider.
5150TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_010I can feel my fingers again...
5251TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_015All's well... All's well... With food in my belly and a song in my heart...
5352TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_020...
5453TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_030Hmm? Sorry, I was... I'm still finding it hard to come to terms with all that's happened. Now that you're here, though, I'm hoping things might change for the better.
5554TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_031You know, I've worked up quite a sweat from all that running about, so I'll leave space around the fire for the others.
5655TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_032As you can tell, they're in a far worse state than me. We were planning to look for somewhere warmer or with more food, but they're not going anywhere until we nurse them back to health...which I don't know how to do. Is there anything you can do to help them?
5756TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_040Before the civil war, I was a student. The others were officials of some sort, I think... Heh, even after all this time together, we hardly know the first thing about each other.
5857TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_041What I do know is this: we're Garleans. When times are hard, we stick together, no matter what.
5958TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALPHINAUD_000_050I can treat their frostbite and their wounds. But it will take time for the fire to do its work...
6059TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALPHINAUD_000_051Now would be a good occasion to make use of Emmanellain's tinctures─the ones that can warm the body from the inside out. Would you make sure everyone gets one?
6160TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALPHINAUD_000_060If there's something that can be said for Lord Emmanellain, he's not one to leave others at the mercy of the cold. Of course, being a man of Coerthas, I'm sure he is more aware than most of its dangers, but I sense that is not the only reason.
6261TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALPHINAUD_000_061Ever since the warm welcome we received at Camp Dragonhead, the hospitality he and his brothers have afforded us has been nothing short of exemplary. Perhaps they aspire to live up to the example set by Lord Edmont.
6362TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_070The numbness is beginning to subside, though I suspect once the fire dies, it will return with a vengeance.
6463TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_071Warming tincture? I've never heard of such a thing. No harm in trying...
6564TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_072But tell me, have you heard aught of the city? Though calling it that seems absurd after what's happened. It's nothing but ruins now...
6665TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_073The few buildings still standing offer no more than meager protection from wind and snow. Food production, water purification...the magitek that sustained us has come to a grinding halt.
6766TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_074What machina that remains operational cannot be run for lack of ceruleum. Of course, Cerulea Ingens is full of the stuff, for all the good it does us. No one here knows the first thing about extraction or refinement...
6867TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_080Many of our ancestors succumbed to the bitter cold when first they came to these lands. Much as we are now.
6968TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_WEAKENEDGARLEAN_000_081But with discipline and order, any obstacle can be overcome. When every man knows his duty and is held to account if he shirks it. Without a hierarchy, *this* is what we are reduced to.
7069TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_090All is well! Yes, never better!
7170TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_091Oh, what sweet libation is this? Is it...poison, by any chance?
7271TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_092Hahaha! 'Twas a joke, a joke! Hahaha! Ha...ha... Ahh... “If I laugh, 'tis that I may not weep”─so said the poet. And alas, my tears would freeze on my cheek ere they fell.
7372TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_093We are the blessed damned, to bear witness to the fall of the great Empire, while our brethren lie dead...or live on as puppets of flesh.
7473TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_094First came the war, Then came the roar, When morning came, Garlemald was no more!
7574TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_095In a cacophony of gunfire, explosions, and screams was our beloved capital razed to the ground. From the rubble rose the disheveled remnants, their lavish finery caked in ash as they shuffled mindlessly towards the palace...
7675TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_096Each bearing a fragment of stone or metal─an offering perhaps to the architect of our destruction. A hopeful few tried to reason with the deranged, only to be beaten for their kindness...
7776TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_097But I knew better than to plead with the horde. I fled with my health─if not my conscience preserved. Now I wait with my fellow cowards for our final judgment.
7877TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_HUNGRYGARLEAN_000_100If you listen─listen very, very carefully, you can hear it. The sound of my stomach eating itself. Would that it could devour my soul.
7978TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_110What do you want?
8079TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_111Hmm? A tincture? May as well drink it, I suppose.
8180TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_112This? It's a radio. You don't have them where you come from, I take it? We use them to listen to messages sent by others, even over great distances.
8281TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_113There are different types, but this model is by far the most popular. Made with quality components crafted with the finest ore─sourced from Locus Amoenus, it is.
8382TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_114Not all that useful since the capital fell into ruin. The people at the broadcasting station must've either fled or...ended up like all the others, because all we've been hearing is the same music, being played over and over again...
8483TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_115"Home Beyond the Horizon.“ An ode to the brave men and women sent to reclaim our ancestral homeland of Locus Amoenus.
8584TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_116We may have founded an empire in these frozen wastes, but we always hoped to take back what was once ours.
8685TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_117'Tis a solemn reminder that though we must suffer great hardship, better days will surely come...
8786TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_118Despite everything, I believe that Emperor Varis yet lives, and that he speaks to us through our radios.
8887TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_119It was a cunning strategy, faking his murder. He must've foreseen this catastrophe and chosen to conceal himself, that he may one day make his triumphant return...
8988TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_120Yes...yes, I'm sure of it. Emperor Varis would not be defeated so easily.
9089TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ABSENTGARLEAN_000_130I have faith you will deliver us from this madness, Your Radiance. By your grace shall Garlemald be reborn...
9190TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_140What's that?
9291TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_141So this is what you gave the others? Thank you. I'll save it for later.
9392TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_142Actually, I've a few things to ask you.
9493TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_143Are you part of the group staying in Laterum?
9594TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_144I saw Legatus Vergilia's troops heading towards the Magna Glacies a few days ago. Are they the ones you encountered?
9695TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_145Camp Broken Glass, you call it... And Vergilia and her men are all there now. Hmm...
9796TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_146So how did you reach the Magna Glacies? Did you cross the mountains on foot?
9897TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_147Airships... Then there might be a way to─
9998TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIASSISTER_000_148(-Frail Voice-)Licinia... Where is everyone?
10099TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_149I-Is something the matter?
101100TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_150A voice from inside, you say? You must be imagining things. Everyone's out here!
102101TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_151Perhaps a baby almasty has found its way into the house. It wouldn't be the first time.
103102TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_152Without the soldiers to scare them off, wild animals have been roaming closer to the settlements. Some have been known to attack people, too...
104103TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_153I-I've just had an idea. If you and yours are strong enough to defeat a legatus, then surely a few beasts shouldn't pose a threat.
105104TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_154If you've a mind to continue helping us, perhaps you could head to the other side of the lake. There's a small group of tappers living there─people whose job was to extract ceruleum. They still do, from what we can tell.
106105TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_155I've already tried asking if they would share their fuel with us, but they're not willing to give it away. They want food in exchange─lots of food─and that's something we don't have and can't get on our own.
107106TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_156On top of that, to even reach their den, we'd have to make our way past all those creatures.
108107TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_157Would you be willing to go in our place? We only need enough ceruleum to last until the others are strong enough to travel to your camp. If the offer still stands, that is. Oh, and I don't expect you to give up your own supplies...but there might be another way to pay the tappers.
109108TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_Q1_000_158What will you say?
110109TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_A1_000_159If it's ceruleum you need, then ceruleum you shall have!
111110TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_A1_000_160You'd best watch out for “baby almasties” while we're away.
112111TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_161Thank you so much!
113112TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_162Hmm? Ah, yes, of course! If I see any, I'll be sure to shoo them away!
114113TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_163To reach Tapper's Den, you'll have to cross the lake. The ice is thick enough to support a person's weight, but if you'd rather not take the risk, you'll need to take the long way around.
115114TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_164Finding the entrance can be a bit tricky, too, so it's easier to just look for someone standing guard outside. However you decide to head there, please be careful.
116115TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_LICINIA_000_170I'm not sure what else the tappers might need besides provisions, though I daresay that capable fighters like yourself can offer them other forms of compensation. Culling dangerous beasts, that sort of thing.
117116TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ARMEDMAN04385_000_180Who goes there!? How did you find us?
118117TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ARMEDMAN04385_000_181What do you mean I stand out like a sore thumb? Hmph! If the purebloods over at Victors' Spoils hadn't given away our location, you'd never have found us!
119118TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ARMEDMAN04385_000_182Those stuck-up arseholes... Thought they could come waltzing in here demanding ceruleum with nothing to offer in return. Hah! Looks like the boot's on the other foot now the capital's gone to shite!
120119TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ARMEDMAN04385_000_183So they've resorted to sending you to “negotiate”? I know your game, sellsword. If they think we'll give in to intimidation, they've got another think coming!
121120TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_BALLON_000_184Stop, please! Consider me intimidated!
122121TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_BALLON_000_185Am I dead yet?
123122TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_190(-???-)There you are!
124123TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_191Just after you left, Licinia asked me to go and catch up with you, in case you needed a hand. *Someone* must've let slip that I've a little experience in transporting barrels of ceruleum...
125124TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_192So this is Tapper's Den... Well then, after you.
126125TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_193Who are you!? What happened to the guards!?
127126TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_194Eorzeans and rebels here to *save* the people of Garlemald?
128127TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_195That doesn't make any godsdamned sense! Why in the hells would you pass up this chance to put those imperial bastards to the sword!?
129128TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_196Let me guess. None of you are Garlean? You were brought here from other lands?
130129TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_197Gyr Abania, Yanxia, Bozja, Dalmasca, to name but a few. Some dragged here against our will, others fed bollocks about a better life, all put to work extracting ceruleum.
131130TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_198All given the esteemed title of “aan”─placing us firmly on the bottom rung of the ladder.
132131TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_199But the old hierarchy means nothing in the new Garlemald, says we. About the only thing that's escaped more or less unscathed is Cerulea Ingens. Still sustaining us, even with our paymasters out of the picture.
133132TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_200We hear you're experts in drawing up ceruleum from the bottom of the lake. But how can you do that if it's frozen over?
134133TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_201Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Trade secrets, I'm afraid.
135134TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_202At any rate, it's not as if ceruleum is used for much these days, what with the city in ruins. We take enough to power our heaters and save the surplus for later. And though it helps stave off the cold, it does sod all about our hunger unless we can trade it away.
136135TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_203Speaking of which, be sure to tell your contingent we've got ceruleum by the barrelful. If they're interested, we'll exchange it for whatever provisions they're willing to spare.
137136TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_204We can certainly ask. But if you're all free to go now, why carry on living here?
138137TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_205Free to go? Go where?
139138TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_206Even if we managed to get back to our homelands, there'd be nothing left for us, thanks to the Empire. And the knowledge and skills we acquired working here would be practically useless outside of Garlemald.
140139TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_207So we're staying for the time being. Long as there's a need for ceruleum, we'll find a way to get by, even if Garlemald as we knew it is gone for good.
141140TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_208Gone for good...
142141TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_210If you're wondering why we'd post guards outside, it's because we've had trouble with other refugees, and I don't mean the ones at Victors' Spoils. Some of them come bearing weapons, and won't take no for an answer.
143142TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_JARECK_000_211As for the two guards you met on the way in, I'll tell them what we've discussed─once they've recovered from the beating you gave them. Come to think of it, maybe we should ask your contingent to send some bandages and healing balm...
144143TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_220Regardless of what the Ilsabard contingent does for the people of Garlemald, the Empire itself is already a thing of the past.
145144TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_221For many, that would be a cause for celebration, while for others, their whole way of life will have been turned upside down.
146145TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_222After all the atrocities committed in the Empire's name, perhaps it is for the best that it is consigned to history. But what of the ordinary people, their lives, their stories? Should they be forgotten too?
147146TEXT_AKTKMB106_04385_ALISAIE_000_223Hmm... I suppose there'll be plenty of time to ponder that later. For now, let's see about getting some ceruleum.