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xiashtra 03d949abaf 7.45 follow-up (#99)
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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_00Kuiyki is eager to discuss new developments with you.
21TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_01Kuiyki informs you that an old friend, Cirina, has come to visit you. The hunter brings the Mol maiden before you, but even you have grown wary of impostors, and attempt to prove her identity with a simple question. She provides a satisfactory answer, then explains the reason for her visit: Samidare appeared in the Azim Steppe, once more assuming your form in an attempt to incite war between the tribes and Doma. While his initial scheme failed, you and Kuiyki suspect he may still be in the area, and Cirina encourages a visit to Reunion to gather information.
32TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_02You speak with a number of merchants, and learn one interesting tidbit of information: Magnai has been acting strangely. Kuiyki will wish to hear of this.
43TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_03You soon learn Kuiyki has also heard similar rumors, including one that Magnai was recently seen entering Bardam's Mettle. It seems beyond doubt that Samidare now wears Magnai's face, and is unquestionably up to no good. Kuiyki cautions you to see to your preparations, as once you enter, the final battle will ensue.
54TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_04You make for Bardam's Mettle, yet nothing in all the shards combined could have prepared you for the sight that greets your eyes: Sadu and Magnai engaging in what appears to be a disturbing tryst. As you watch, you notice that each word Sadu utters is more unnatural than the last, and quickly discern that Samidare has taken on her form. You attempt to alert Magnai to this fact, but he is knocked out from behind before he has a chance to react. Samidare has lost patience with your frequent interventions, and takes on the late I'toca's form as you engage in battle.
65TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_05Despite transforming into a series of fearsome fighters and finally the guardian of Doma herself, Samidare is no match for you and the sharp-eyed Kuiyki. Seeing victory is out of the cards, he attempts to flee, but is shot down by Kuiyki, who at long last fulfills her promise to I'toca. Magnai, meanwhile, intends to make sure Samidare is punished for his crimes─and the shadow of shame he has cast over the Sun. With the Dreamweave Cocoon reclaimed at last, Kuiyki knows that the long journey home must begin─though she is uncertain how she will be greeted.
76TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_06As it was Shashepya who originally requested your aid, Kuiyki suggests you return to Tuliyollal together to let her know the cocoon has been reclaimed.
87TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SEQ_07Shashepya is surprised to see you return alone, but soon Kuiyki arrives to explain all. Shashepya is dismayed to learn of what befell I'toca, but is relieved Kuiyki has returned safely with the cocoon in hand. Yet Kuiyki insists her accomplishments will never bring I'toca back, nor pardon her failures, and so vows to exile herself. Shashepya rejects this immediately, reassuring Kuiyki that the forest is her home. Kuiyki eventually acquiesces to Shashepya, and thanks you for all you have done. She may not be her village's greatest hunter, but she is at least a hunter now worthy of the title. With the hope that your paths may one day cross again, she sets off with Shashepya to make her long overdue return home.
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2524TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_TODO_00Gather information in Reunion.
2625TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_TODO_01Speak with Kuiyki.
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2928TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_TODO_04Speak with Kuiyki.
3029TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_TODO_05Speak with Shashepya in Tuliyollal.
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4948TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_000Your timing could not have been more impeccable, Player! A person claiming to be an acquaintance of yours stopped by just moments ago, wishing to have a word─about Samidare, no less.
5049TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_001They're presently waiting in my room, so give me just a moment and I'll bring them here.
5150TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_002You look well, Player. Forgive me for eschewing pleasantries, but there is an urgent matter I wish to discuss.
5251TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_Q2_000_000What will you say?
5352TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_A2_000_001When we first met in Reunion, what did you purchase at the market?
5453TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_A2_000_002What did we eat the night before our trial in Bardam's Mettle?
5554TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_003Kinsai, as I recall. I had insufficient funds to purchase it myself, so you helped me gather whisperroot to trade for it instead.
5655TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_004Ah, I believe we feasted on gulo gulo meat. You and Hien competed to see who could bring back the greater haul.
5756TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_005It would seem you, too, have grown wary of impostors. Then we can proceed straight into the heart of the matter.
5857TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_006*You* appeared in Mol Iloh a few days ago, claiming Hien had been driven to madness. That he was assembling an army in Doma with plans to conquer the Azim Steppe.
5958TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_007For a blessing, we'd already received word from a Doman envoy that an agitator was mimicking others, and saw the ruse for what it was.
6059TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_008Unfortunately, when we attempted to capture them, the impostor transformed into a sheep and disappeared among the bands grazing on the plains.
6160TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_009When I informed our friends in Doma of the incident, I was told you have been using Kugane as a base to track down the perpetrator, and thought it best I apprise you of this happening.
6261TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_010Samidare... He won't relent. His schemes won't end until we make them end.
6362TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_011You may discover a clue as to his whereabouts in Reunion. If anyone in the Steppe has seen him, that is where they will be.
6463TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_012Now, I must alert the other tribes to this threat. May the winds speed your way.
6564TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_013Off to the Azim Steppe, then. With any luck, someone in Reunion will have insight to offer.
6665TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_020Once more am I reminded of Xak Tural. I cannot help but feel at home among those who also live alongside nature.
6766TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_021Samidare will find the Azim Steppe unreceptive to his overtures for war.
6867TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_BOTOKHUI_000_030Someone stirring up trouble? A quarrel among the tribes is as common as the rising sun. Not a day goes by without it.
6968TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_BOTOKHUI_000_031Now, if you will excuse me, I have goods to sell. Kindly continue your inquiries elsewhere.
7069TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SUVD_000_032Conflict is forbidden in Reunion. This is known. As for my tribe, all is at peace.
7170TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SUVD_000_033I heard a rumor of interest, however. It seems Magnai of the Oronir has been behaving strangely of late. Perhaps that is related to the matter you are investigating?
7271TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_034Conflict? Naught besides the normal quarrels between tribes. Certainly no disputes on the scale you speak of.
7372TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_035But I *have* heard rumors that Magnai has been sneaking out from the Dawn Throne. Where could he be going, and to do what, I wonder...?
7473TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_BOTOKHUI_000_037Stories of quarrels in this land are as common as grazing sheep. Perhaps someone else can help you.
7574TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SUVD_000_038Consider looking into the rumors about Magnai. You may find what you're looking for at the end of that trail.
7675TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_039What could Magnai be up to, I wonder...
7776TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_040Were you able to learn anything of interest?
7877TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_041I've also heard the rumors pertaining to this Magnai. One person even stated they saw him headed towards a place called Bardam's Mettle not long ago.
7978TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_042Mayhap his is the form Samidare has chosen to take on.
8079TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_043Whatever the case may be, we'll find the answer at Bardam's Mettle. We can't allow Samidare's depravities to go on any longer. Steel yourself, for when next we face him, we're putting an end to all of this.
8180TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_050Good, you're ready. Once the battle begins, there's no telling which form Samidare might take. An eminent warrior, a fearsome beast...or worse.
8281TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_100_050He's also shown more scrupulous behavior in his preparations of late. Whatever his form, we would do best to assume that he has thoroughly studied its strengths, and will use them to full effect.
8382TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_100_051Yet I am not the feeble hunter I was before. Together, with your martial might and my exacting eye, we will defeat him!
8483TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_100_052At long last, I'toca shall have her vengeance, and my village shall see the cocoon returned!
8584TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_300My beautiful, bright sun... I would bask in your warmth till my flesh returns to the earth.
8685TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_301H-Has the feral dog gone rabid!? You speak these honeyed words to lure me into your cot, only to slit my throat as I sleep!
8786TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_302Hush, fool. I am your Nhaama. Though we've had our disagreements in the past, I've come to understand my actions were born of love.
8887TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_303Yet only now that I am forced to wed do I realize this. Despite my shame, I wished to confess my feelings before it's too late.
8988TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_304Wed? A Dotharli beast like you? To whom? To *what*?
9089TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_305Hien of Doma. By becoming kin, he seeks to leverage the influence of the Dotharl to claim dominion over the Steppe.
9190TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_306The Doman knows no shame...
9291TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_307V-Very well, I will consider your proposal. Far-fetched though it may be, I cannot overlook the possibility that you are my Nhaama.
9392TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_308But first, we must gather our warriors. The Doman's impudence cannot go unpunished. We march for Doma come morrow's dawn.
9493TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_Q1_000_000What will you say?
9594TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_A1_000_001That's not Sadu!
9695TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_A1_000_002That is not your moon!
9796TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_309You... What are you doing here?
9897TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_310Is it not obvious? They are spies of Doma, come to quash any thought of resistance. You must kill them. Quickly.
9998TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_311But...she is the khagan...
10099TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_312You two are quite the persistent pair. I had hoped to strike at your backs from the shadows, but now you've forced my hand.
101100TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_313I will select from my repertoire the greatest warriors I have witnessed, and use their strength to give you the death you so crave.
102101TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_314Beginning with her!
103102TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_315How dare you!? When my arrow pierces your breast, I'toca will finally know peace!
104103TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SAMIDARE_000_400N-No!
105104TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_401I'toca... It's finally done.
106105TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_402What am I doing here? I feel as though I have just woken from the strangest dream...
107106TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_ORONIRIMERCHANTA04835_100_402(-Timid Swordsman-)E-Erm... Well, you see...
108107TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_ORONIRIMERCHANTB04835_100_403(-Daring Warrior-)Th-This cowardly cur assaulted you from behind, and knocked you unconscious!
109108TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_000_403You have shown the Sun disgrace this day. You will feel his scorn impressed upon your flesh. You shall forget the warmth of his radiance. In the shadows will you scream, yet none will hear. Prepare yourself.
110109TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_404Death would have been too good a fate for him. He deserves to spend the rest of his days feeling the weight of his crimes. Now we've honored I'toca's memory, and reclaimed the cocoon. No words can express my gratitude, Player.
111110TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_405I can finally go home... But my community awaits our foremost hunter's triumphant return.
112111TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_406What expression will come over their faces when the village disgrace arrives instead? I don't know if I can bear to see...
113112TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_CIRINA_000_450I am told the Oronir have the aggravator imprisoned within the Dawn's Throne. It is heartening news, and I thank you for your part in his capture.
114113TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_MAGNAI_100_451What you witnessed inside Bardam's Mettle was a dream. None of it was real. Understand?
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116115TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_500Our journey to reclaim the Dreamweave Cocoon has come to an end at long last. Would that I could return home in high spirits.
117116TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_501As I recall, you said Shashepya is the one who requested your help, yes? Let us make the journey back to Tuliyollal, and report to her all that has happened.
118117TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_510You're back! Were you able to retrieve the Dreamweave Cocoon?
119118TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_511I'toca isn't with you?
120119TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_512Kuiyki!? Thank goodness, you're alive!
121120TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_513May her soul rest in the cocoon's embrace. I can't believe I'toca is gone...
122121TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_514Yes. Our village's greatest hunter is lost to us, while its greatest failure survives.
123122TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_515Here, take the cocoon back where it belongs─home. I have no right to return.
124123TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_100_516Don't be ridiculous!
125124TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_516You are a child of the forest─you are our dear sister! You can always, always come home!
126125TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_517The entire village has been worried sick about you. We all saw how crestfallen you were, so when you suddenly disappeared, we feared you took your life... For three days and three nights, we scoured land and water to find you.
127126TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_518Yet look at you now, Kuiyki. Not only are you hale and whole, but you have reclaimed the cocoon too. I'm sure that I'toca's spirit, hunting in the forests above, is smiling down at you with pride.
128127TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_519And she would much rather you take up her mantle and protect the village than wallow in guilt over her death.
129128TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_100_519Nothing escapes your gaze now, after all. Isn't that right?
130129TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_520...Thank you, Shashepya.
131130TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_521It's settled. You will return home with me, and finally our village can breathe a sigh of relief.
132131TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_SHASHEPYA_000_522And it would be remiss of me not to thank you properly, Player. For assisting Kuiyki in reclaiming the Dreamweave Cocoon, you have my heartfelt gratitude!
133132TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_523I was little more than a liar and a hypocrite when we first met.
134133TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_100_523But during our time together, I discovered that I'm so much more than that. That with the right tools, even I could become a hunter worthy of following in I'toca's footsteps. I'm truly grateful to you for helping me to see that.
135134TEXT_KINGBA351_04835_KUIYKI_000_524Farewell for now, Player. I hope that one day, our paths may cross again.