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* 7.45 follow-up
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2524TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_00Speak with Urianger.
2625TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_01Speak with Alisaie.
2726TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_02Search for signs of life.
2827TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_03Speak with Coph-coodg.
2928TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_04Commune with the crystalline domiciles.
3029TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_TODO_05Speak with Coph-coodg.
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4948TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_000We have to keep going. Even if Estinien isn't here to see it, I'm sure Alphinaud wouldn't want to disappoint him.
5049TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_005No choice have we but to march onward, lest we squander their noble sacrifices...
5150TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_010Though it pains me to say it, we can ill afford to stop and grieve our comrades' passing. No, there will be time enough after.
5251TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_015To feign bravery with bold words is a simple matter, but without the strength of will to match, we are powerless against dynamis.
5352TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_016Naught less than unshakable conviction will suffice... Which makes me question if I am up to the task.
5453TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_020As Y'shtola and Alisaie said, we must continue.
5554TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_021Hmm. Notice the change in our surroundings? Perhaps this is the memory of an altogether different world.
5655TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_022'Twould be prudent to learn more of it, then. Tread carefully, lest we lose our footing in this sand.
5756TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_030If not for the light emitted by these glyphs, I might well have overlooked this monolith.
5857TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_035Sand... Sand everywhere. <sigh>
5958TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_040If you were worried about my vision, you needn't be. I can still see quite well.
6059TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_045Another seemingly barren world... For a mercy, the air is nowhere near as stale, but still quite dry, and the sand will no doubt prove bothersome in due time.
6160TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_050Were it not for the violet crystal embedded in its surface, 'twould appear as ordinary stone.
6261TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_051A curious script hath been etched upon them. Alas, it is not a language with which I am familiar.
6362TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_052I cannot say I recognize it either.
6463TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_053Nor I. The dragons, from what I recall, preserve their knowledge in song and eschew the written word entirely, so we may assume this is the work of another race. One we have yet to encounter...
6564TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_054Meteion claimed the dragons' world suffered a slow death, seeking the release of oblivion.
6665TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_055What life we find here, like as not, doth wend its way towards a similar end.
6766TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_060Fascinating as this script is, we will glean naught from what we cannot decipher...
6867TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_070What do you suppose that is over there?
6968TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_071I'm not sure... It's hard to make out at this distance, but its surface seems to bear the same crystals as this monument.
7069TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_072Meaning there's a chance we may find whoever built them both. We should go and have a look. Come on.
7170TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_080Hail, travelers. This is a most unexpected occurrence.
7271TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_081Oh, um... Hello there. Is this your home...?
7372TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_082Indeed it is... Ah, forgive me. I had forgotten─an exchange of introductions is expected when first meeting those with whom one is unacquainted.
7473TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_083When the vibration of vocal folds was still required to convey our thoughts and intention, “Ea,” I believe, was the pronunciation used when referring to our people.
7574TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_084Though it is not entirely applicable given our present state, you are welcome to use this appellation.
7675TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_085As for nomenclature to address my individual person, I believe it would be pronounced “Coph-coodg.”
7776TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_086(-Coph-coodg-)Yes. Coph-coodg, of the Ea.
7877TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_087We have encountered beings that communicate intermittently through thought, but never one that is wholly without voice.
7978TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_088I presume we are having this conversation via the medium of aether. Or dynamis, as this space is suffused with vast quantities of it. Fascinating in either case.
8079TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_089(-Coph-coodg-)I gather your response to my presence is positive, then? That is well, for there is something I wish to ask of you.
8180TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_090(-Coph-coodg-)Like yourselves, we Ea are aether-based life-forms. Therefore, it may be surmised that your bodies are of comparable biological composition to those we once possessed.
8281TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_091(-Coph-coodg-)I have a number of queries regarding your subjective perception of the five senses─sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.
8382TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_092(-Coph-coodg-)In total, I have prepared one hundred ninety-eight billion seven hundred twelve million one hundred eighty thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.
8483TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_093Er... That's rather a lot, isn't it?
8584TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_094(-Coph-coodg-)Ah, my apologies. I have omitted a great many details necessary to understand the nature of my request.
8685TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_095(-Coph-coodg-)Though we dispensed with our corporeal vessels long ago, we have rediscovered a need for the flesh, and have endeavored to recreate our erstwhile forms. However, all pertinent records have been lost due to the passage of time.
8786TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_096(-Coph-coodg-)Take for example, the nervous system. It is well within our power to recreate, but we have no frame of reference for sensations once experienced by our people, which may compromise our ability to interact with our physical environment.
8887TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_097And the reason you need to regain corporeal forms?
8988TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_098(-Coph-coodg-)Why, to bring an end to our existence, of course.
9089TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_099(-Coph-coodg-)Though “need” is perhaps too strong a word. It would be a simple matter to unmake ourselves through use of aetheric exsanguinaters. But such a death seems...inadequate.
9190TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_100(-Coph-coodg-)The traditionalists among us believe proper death requires an inescapable sense of impermanence in one's final moments. An experience found only with bodies of flesh.
9291TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_101We should very much like to hear more of your plans. In exchange, we will answer any questions you have to the best of our ability.
9392TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_102(-Coph-coodg-)Hmm... Such an exchange of information would indeed prove useful.
9493TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_103(-Coph-coodg-)Very well. To ensure efficacious exchange, I hereby invite you to our home.
9594TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_104(-Coph-coodg-)Yes. The abode of the Ea, where we traditionalists prepare for our demise.
9695TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_105(-Coph-coodg-)I presume your consent to answer questions is indicative of a tacit approval of our plans? In which case, your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
9796TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_106(-Coph-coodg-)I must caution you, however, to be mindful of the Ea wandering the desert. Their desire for bodies of flesh could be described as...overzealous. Now, if you would follow me.
9897TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_107This is going rather smoothly. Not that I'm complaining, mind.
9998TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_108Even so, we mustn't forget their aim is oblivion, much like the dragons.
10099TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_109Though I fail to see why a civilization so seemingly advanced would choose to unmake all they have created.
101100TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_110At any rate, we will find no answers dallying here. Let us be on our way.
102101TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_120Something tells me we have different definitions of the word “abode.”
103102TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_125They said there would be others, but... I don't know what I was expecting.
104103TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_130The isle of dragons was shrouded in the silence of the dead, yet the stillness here doth suggest the Ea are, by and large, merely sleeping...?
105104TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_135I should not be surprised their concept of a village is so different from ours, and yet...
106105TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_140More violet-colored crystals. I cannot place my finger on it, but there is something unsettling about them.
107106TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_150Welcome to our abode. Most of our compeers, you will find, remain idle in their domiciles. Though your quizzical expressions indicate my phrasing is unclear.
108107TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_151I speak, of course, of the violet crystalline constructs hanging from the stone structures there.
109108TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_152You say they remain idle, but what of your work to regain corporeal bodies?
110109TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_153An astute question. And understandable, given your finite nature.
111110TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_154We have no desire to pursue our research, for it is no longer necessary.
112111TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_155If, in our idleness, we are struck by sudden inspiration, we rise to pursue said inspiration to its conclusion. That is why I was present for your arrival, and why I continue to engage with you still.
113112TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_156But while the others are not currently in a motile state, rest assured they would not object were you to disturb their respite.
114113TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_157You need only cast your thoughts towards one of their crystalline domiciles to communicate.
115114TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_160Even should they elect not to emerge, you need but cast your thoughts to the crystals to communicate with the Ea within.
116115TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALPHINAUD_000_165I suppose there is a logic to creatures comprised of spiritual energy utilizing crystals as living spaces, but it is nevertheless surprising to see.
117116TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_ALISAIE_000_170I've tried reaching out to whatever is inside this crystal, but all I can hear is sporadic moaning.
118117TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_URIANGER_000_175Despite my best efforts, mine overtures have elicited no response from this crystal. I can but assume its resident sleepeth most soundly. Or so I hope...
119118TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_180Is it not strange they lack passion to research that which they desire above all else?
120119TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_YSHTOLA_000_181If we are fortunate, the Ea residing in these crystals will shed light on this contradiction.
121120TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_GRAHATIA_000_185If I heard correctly, the Ea within this crystal says it will emerge from within shortly. Do you suppose they all appear as Coph-coodg does?
122121TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_SYSTEM_000_190You cast your thoughts toward the crystalline domicile, but there is no response...
123122TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_LAHLAAKH_000_195(-???-)You... You wish...to speak...?
124123TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_LAHLAAKH_000_196(-???-)Very well... Pray...a moment, if you would...
125124TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_DEWDEEKH_000_200(-???-)Why we seek our end, you ask? If you wish to know, I will tell you.
126125TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_DEWDEEKH_000_201(-???-)Just a moment... I must remember... What form did I take when last I emerged?
127126TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_UNKNOWNEA04456_000_205...Errrgh... Aghhh...
128127TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_SYSTEM_000_206The strange moaning comes and goes, but soon fades into silence...
129128TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_210Did your inquiries yield satisfactory responses?
130129TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_211I see...
131130TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_212If they failed to answer, then it is likely because their minds have unraveled due to prolonged idleness. They are naught but concentrated aether now.
132131TEXT_AKTKMG107_04456_COPHCOODG_000_213Worry not─there are no others who have need of those lodgings, and they will not prove a hindrance to remain as they are. But more importantly, you said some few did answer your request for an audience, yes? I imagine they will be with us ere long.