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40TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_00The deputy postmoogle finds himself with a pressing demand for an amenable adventurer.
51TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_01The deputy postmoogle has entrusted you with an official appeal for assistance from the Brass Blades. It must be delivered to Cocobuki, master of the Thaumaturges' Guild in Ul'dah, without further delay.
62TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_02Cocobuki tears open the sealed epistle and reveals the subject of the Blades' suspicions: Prelate Yayake, the guild's receptionist. It would seem Yayake's name has been mentioned in connection with that of her former guildmaster, Mumuepo, whom the Blades believe to have fomented unrest in Ul'dah. The disgraced thaumaturge is currently remanded in the Coliseum, where he is forced to fight until his debt to society is repaid. Recalling the way Yayake once idolized the man, Cocobuki is eager to investigate the prelate's recent activities, and asks for your assistance. By way of a first step, speak with Yayake herself, and check for any signs of suspicious activity.
73TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_03After overhearing an argument between Yayake and a would-be thaumaturge, the prelate confesses that she has been turning away applicants she deems unsuitable, without the guildmaster's consent. Confident in the probity of her actions, she permits you to return to Cocobuki, and report all.
84TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_04Cocobuki mulls over the possible motives behind Yayake's decision to interfere in guild recruitment, but cannot come to any definite conclusion. Accordingly, he asks that you question others around the Ossuary in the hope of gaining further insight into the prelate's recent behavior.
95TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_05Talk around the Ossuary suggests that Yayake, dearest disciple of the disgraced guildmaster, has been visiting Mumuepo at the Coliseum. She may even have taken several important thaumaturgical texts to him from the guild's private collection. Report this incriminating hearsay back to Cocobuki.
106TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_06The ominous news that Yayake has removed several volumes from the guild's library leaves Cocobuki profoundly perturbed. Only by determining which titles the prelate has purloined can he hope to uncover the conspirators' schemes. To this end, he entrusts you with the inventory of the guild's library, and urges you to scour the bookshelves that line the Ossuary walls to verify which texts were taken.
117TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_07You have completed your search, and identified the missing volumes. Return to the guildmaster to report your findings.
128TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_08The list of missing manuscripts appears to confirm Cocobuki's worst fears. Every title bore special significance to Master Mumuepo, and the fact that the copies taken lack the extravagant ornamentation that became his obsession would seem to imply that they hold some practical value to him. But what could he be plotting? In desperation, Cocobuki decides to set a trap for Yayake in a bid to make her talk. He would have you conceal yourself before the rear entrance to the Coliseum, and ambush the parlous prelate as she steals away to meet her conspirator-in-chief.
139TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SEQ_09Yayake confesses all. Racked with guilt over her inability to prevent her master's fall from grace, she has been secretly working towards his rehabilitation, and preventing others from following in his footsteps. Cocobuki accepts the sincerity of the prelate's words, and encourages her to put her expiatory intentions to work in service to the guild. Her lapses redeemed, Yayake vows to put the past behind her, and to return to her thaumaturgical studies with her head held high.
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2824TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_00Deliver the epistle to Cocobuki in the Thaumaturges' Guild.
2925TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_01Speak with Yayake.
3026TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_02Report to Cocobuki.
3127TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_03Ask about Yayake's behavior around the Thaumaturges' Guild.
3228TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_04Report to Cocobuki.
3329TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_TODO_05Search the bookshelves to identify the missing volumes.
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5248TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, my loyal lackey! Your timing is perfect, kupo! Look what I just found crumpled up in the bottom of─ I mean, look what just popped into my postbag: it's an official epistle from those doughty defenders of Ul'dah, the Brass Blades. Needless to say, it must be delivered without delay!
5349TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001Do you recognize this seal? Any postmoogle worth his salt knows what it signifies─an appeal for assistance. The Blades are not wont to ask for help, mind you─what they want, they usually take by force. These petitions are only sent when their inquiries lead them outside their jurisdiction.
5450TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002This one is addressed to Cocobuki, master of the Thaumaturges' Guild. Those Blades are nothing if not plucky, I must say─if <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> suspected a thaumaturge of any manner of wrongdoing, I would stay well away! ...So hurry to Ul'dah, kupo, and deliver the message before it's too late!
5551TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_LETTERMOOGLE_000_005...I expect you're wondering how a letter from the Brass Blades of Ul'dah to the Thaumaturges' Guild <Emphasis>in</Emphasis> Ul'dah has ended up here in Limsa Lominsa. Yes, well─the moogle delivery service works in mysterious ways, kupo! As do the pockets of my postbag...
5652TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_010Ah, you are returned, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Do you seek to delve still more deeply into the fathomless realms of the unreal? No...I sense your desires are altogether more worldly. ...A letter, you say?
5753TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_100_010Hm hm hm... You stand upon the precipice of the fathomless void, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Are you ready to take the plunge? ...Mayhap not. I sense that you seek something altogether more worldly. ...A letter, you say?
5854TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_110_010Ah...another aspirant come seeking knowledge of the ineffable. You are fortunate, child─of the five masters of this guild, Thal led you to the wisest. ...Pardon? You came here for another purpose entirely? ...A letter, you say?
5955TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_011Hmm... It seems that the name of our bonekeeper, Prelate Yayake, has been mentioned in connection with a Brass Blade investigation. Former guildmaster Mumuepo stands accused of fomenting insurrection against the crown, and they fear Yayake may have become embroiled in his vile plot.
6056TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_012Mumuepo was convicted of embezzlement five years ago, and sentenced to serve in the Coliseum as a noxius─a prisoner of the arena, made to fight until his debts are repaid. He toils there to this day.
6157TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_013When his crimes first came to light, it was the sultana herself who pressed for a heavy sentence, to serve as an example of the consequences of corruption. That would give him reason enough to hold a grudge against the crown.
6258TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_014And it is true that Prelate Yayake was his dearest disciple before his fall from grace. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that he might attempt to involve her in his schemes. A swift and decisive investigation is called for.
6359TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_015...And I believe I know just the <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> to carry it out. Oh, do not feign surprise. Why else would I go to the trouble of explaining the situation to you? Now─by way of a first step, I would have you speak with Prelate Yayake herself. Probe her demeanor for any irregularities, and report back to me.
6460TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_019If Prelate Yayake is guilty of any wrongdoing, she would take great pains to hide it from me. You, however, would be far less like to arouse her suspicion. With a modicum of discretion, you should be able to discover the truth of this matter.
6561TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_BOUKENSHA00242_000_020Who are you to refuse me admittance!? I demand to speak with your superior this instant!
6662TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_020How <Emphasis>dare</Emphasis> you speak to me like that! Get out of my sight before I give you reason to regret your presumption!
6763TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_BOUKENSHA00242_000_021Oho! <Emphasis>My</Emphasis> presumption!? I only <Emphasis>presume</Emphasis> to be able to enroll in a guild without being turned away by a bloody <Emphasis>receptionist</Emphasis>, of all people! Your guildmaster will hear of this, you mark my words!
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6965TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_022Ah...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I am sorry you had to bear witness to that ugly scene. Such altercations must seem unspeakably petty to a <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> of your experience.
7066TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_023Ah...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I am sorry you had to bear witness to that ugly scene. Still, I daresay you've been a party to fiercer conflicts than that in the course of your initiation.
7167TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_024...Ahem. Welcome to the Thaumaturges' Guild. Pray pay no mind to all of that. It is a guild matter─not that that impertinent young fool has any place in <Emphasis>this</Emphasis> guild.
7268TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_025<sigh> ...I find that I am quite at a loss as to how to deal with this latest crop of initiates. Most are wholly oblivious to the dangers of thaumaturgy. They imagine our art a <Emphasis>pastime</Emphasis>, and would blindly embark on the path to oblivion without a moment's hesitation.
7369TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_026If only they knew... I was here long before the brothers who serve as guildmasters today. For nigh on fifteen years have I stood at this desk, ushering unsuspecting novices into the abyss.
7470TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_027I have seen too many souls corrupted by powers they did not understand, and could not control. So I have taken a stand. Any aspiring initiate who I adjudge to lack the necessary aptitude, I turn away.
7571TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_028If that goes beyond a prelate's prerogative, so be it. Too often have I seen the spark of enthusiasm in a novice's eye turn into the conflagration that consumes him. I could not simply continue to stand by and do nothing.
7672TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_029You may report my conduct to the guildmaster if you wish. I believe that what I have done is right, and will take full responsibility for my actions.
7773TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_030It is for the council of guildmasters to decide whether or not my conduct goes against the dicta of the guild. Final judgment on the matter would fall to the eldest of the brothers─Master Coco... Cocobe...? Cocobezi! ...I think.
7874TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_035I do not know how my deeds will be judged─only that they <Emphasis>feel</Emphasis> right. The rest I leave in the hands of the guildmasters.
7975TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_040I see... So Prelate Yayake has been turning away prospective initiates. I had wondered why the number of new guild members had fallen so sharply... Now I know.
8076TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_041Could this be the bitter fruit of Mumuepo's unseen labor? Might he be working through Yayake to deprive the guild of new blood, and thereby precipitate our eventual downfall?
8177TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_042If so, it has been for naught. For while the quantity of recruits has undoubtedly fallen, their quality has soared. Each one is blessed with a natural aptitude for aetherial manipulation. Be that as it may, we cannot be sure of Yayake's true motives...
8278TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_043We must learn more of her recent behavior. Pray speak with others around the Ossuary, and glean what clues you can.
8379TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_045The Ossuary walls have ears, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─and eyes, and tongues. Little here goes unnoticed, and less unremarked. Speak to those around the guild, and add their knowledge to our own.
8480TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_045There are three ways to study thaumaturgy: read, read, and read some more. All one could ever hope to know of the ancient arts of devastation dwells in the pages of the dusty volumes that line these walls. My master taught me as much...when he still lived by his own teachings...
8581TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBEZI_000_050Prelate Yayake? She's been in the guild longer than any of us. And yet she's still only a bonekeeper, propping up the reception desk. I wonder why she refuses promotion so stubbornly?
8682TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBEZI_000_051She was a loyal supporter of the previous guildmaster, you know─right up until he was thrown out in disgrace. I suppose her feelings towards my brothers and I must be...complicated, to say the least.
8783TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBEZI_000_052That may explain why she <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> can't seem to get our names right. I had always imagined it a simple lapse of memory, but now that I think about it, I can't help wondering if it might signify something. Could it be that, in her heart of hearts, she has yet to accept us as her guildmasters?
8884TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBEZI_000_055I can't recall Yayake ever forgetting Mumuepo's name...or anybody else's, for that matter. She seems to know every single apprentice by sight.
8985TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBEZI_000_056Not so my brothers and I... Surely it can't be <Emphasis>that</Emphasis> difficult to tell us apart!
9086TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_050Prelate Yayake? She <Emphasis>always</Emphasis> has her head in a book. A habit she picked up from Master Mumuepo, I believe.
9187TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_051In the study of esoteric tomes, he was without equal. So skilled was he at extracting knowledge from the most cryptic texts that he was even able to bring several long-forgotten magicks back to life.
9288TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_052Such achievements prompted many to look past his more questionable activities─Yayake among them. Others, however, were not so forgiving. The truth is, long before his fall from grace, there were more than a few in the guild who regarded him with suspicion.
9389TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_053Not Yayake, though. She has always been such an earnest, single-minded person, completely <Emphasis>devoted</Emphasis> to deepening her understanding of thaumaturgy. She saw only her master's genius...
9490TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_055Poor woman... She did so adore him. It must have come as quite a shock when his many failings were aired so publicly. I would not be surprised if she shared his humiliation. But she didn't let it affect her work─if anything, it only made her more determined than before.
9591TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_MAMANE_000_056Although, it's strange... Despite her devotion to her studies, she has never shown any inclination to seek a loftier post within the guild. She must have been at that reception desk for nigh on fifteen years now! I wonder what exactly she has been working on all this time...
9692TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAROKU_000_050So you wish to learn about Prelate Yayake? There is but one thing to tell: she breaks her fast on thaumaturgical texts, and sups on treatises.
9793TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAROKU_000_051...Mayhap literally, if the guild librarians are to be believed. According to them, she has taken several weighty volumes from the Ossuary, and has thus far failed to return a single one. Just what could she be doing with them?
9894TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAROKU_000_055Yayake has always had a voracious appetite for learning, and few are more familiar than her with the guild's collection. The volumes that line these walls are some of the most fundamental scriptures of the thaumaturgical canon.
9995TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAROKU_000_056I can scarce believe that a woman of her learning would remove such manuscripts from the collection. None knows better than she that this is no mere lending library!
10096TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_DIDILATA_000_050Oh g-gods! I'm g-good for the money, I swear! J-Just give me a few more days!
10197TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_DIDILATA_000_051Wh-What? You want to know if I've seen P-P-Prelate Yayake? Uh...no...? All right, all right, yes! I've s-seen her a c-couple of times, heading through them d-doors over there, looking all shifty. St-Stuck out like a s-sore thumb, she did.
10298TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_DIDILATA_000_052That's a back way to the C-Coliseum, see, and she d-don't look like no fighter. Takes you d-down to where they lock up them n-n-noxius fellers, I think. Maybe she's been p-paying one of them a visit...?
10399TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_DIDILATA_000_055Yayake's b-b-been through them d-doors a fair bit recently─always s-seemed to be carrying s-something heavy, and all. But that's all I know, I s-swear!
104100TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_DIDILATA_000_056Hey, wait─wh-what's this information w-worth to you? Ah, hells, Didi─this could've been your lucky day. Why'd you have to go and open your daft gob?
105101TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_060My little bird returns. Tell me...what information were you able to gather about our prelate?
106102TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_061I see... It seems Yayake was more deeply in thrall to our predecessor than I first assumed. And the business of these missing tomes does not bode well.
107103TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_062Mumuepo was renowned for his almost preternatural ability to piece together scraps of arcane knowledge from the most moth-eaten manuscripts, and bring long-lost sorceries back to life.
108104TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_063If, as seems likely, Yayake delivered the stolen tomes to him, he may at this very moment be endeavoring to reawaken some dread magick with which to exact vengeance against the sultanate...
109105TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_064But without knowing which texts have been taken, we can only guess at his intentions... Hold on a moment! You did say the books had been removed from the guild's private collection, did you not?
110106TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_065Thal be praised─there may yet be a way! Here, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─take this. It is the full inventory of the guild's archives, listing every manuscript that lines these walls. Simply compare the books on the shelves against the titles on this list, and our missing texts shall be revealed!
111107TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_069The guild has collected many thousands of tomes over the centuries─to take stock of them all would require no small amount of time, not to mention patience. Were I you, I should begin by looking out for any conspicuous gaps in the shelves...
112108TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SYSTEM_000_070A copy of <Emphasis>Thaumaturgy: The Yawning Abyss</Emphasis> appears to be missing.
113109TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SYSTEM_000_071A copy of <Emphasis>The Cry from the Depths</Emphasis> appears to be missing.
114110TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SYSTEM_000_072A copy of <Emphasis>The Lesser Key of Thal</Emphasis> appears to be missing.
115111TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SYSTEM_000_073A copy of <Emphasis>The Troth of Kings</Emphasis> appears to be missing.
116112TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_080Is it done? Quickly, then─show me which titles are missing.
117113TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_081Hmm... It is as I feared. All of the missing volumes are works which held a special fascination for our former guildmaster. It is all but certain that he requested them.
118114TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_082Alas, I cannot speak for their content. What I <Emphasis>can</Emphasis> say, is that Mumuepo will not have chosen them on a whim. Being a connoisseur of ancient manuscripts, he knows the worth of every volume here. The <Emphasis>illuminative</Emphasis> worth, I should add─though he knows the pecuniary worth just as well.
119115TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_083As you may have heard, he became obsessed with collecting lavishly ornamented codices, frittering our funds away on gilded or bejeweled copies of works already in our possession. He would even buy works of little scholarly value, providing they were rare enough to drive up the price.
120116TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_084By the end, the walls of his study were awash with gold and gems, and he would stare at them for hours, rapt in silent adoration. In his lust for luster, he emptied first the guild's coffers, then his own, being driven at last to the felonious peculation that would prove his undoing.
121117TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_085I mention this because the volumes which Yayake took were wholly without ornament─meaning that Mumuepo desired them for their content and not their form. I fear something terrible lurks in those pages, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─something which Mumuepo alone may be capable of discovering... <sigh> There is nothing for it─the prelate must be made to talk.
122118TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_086The end of Yayake's shift draws near. I propose we lay a trap for her. Lie in wait outside the rear entrance to the Coliseum. I will stalk her from the shadows, and when we have her cornered...we close the net!
123119TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_089Hurry, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─to the Coliseum! Our only hope of exposing the truth of this murky intrigue is to catch Yayake in the act.
124120TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_090Hm hm hm... Heading back to the guild so soon, Prelate?
125121TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_091Wha─!? Master Co... Coco... Cocobo...?
126122TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_092Cocobuki. Prelate Yayake, you stand accused of treason. The Brass Blades have passed certain information to me which suggests that you have been conspiring with Mumuepo to incite rebellion against the crown.
127123TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_093I have been conducting an investigation to establish the veracity of their report. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here has been assisting me in my inquiries.
128124TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_094...Treason? No. I will admit that I have sought to meet with Master Mumuepo, but he has yet to agree to speak with me.
129125TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_095And what of the manuscripts you took from the guild? Do you claim that you removed them not at your former master's behest, but upon your own initiative?
130126TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_096I do...though I know it was wrong. I...I thought that if I could show him some of the texts he used to love so much, it might help to rekindle the passion he once felt for his studies...
131127TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_097By the time I realized how low he had sunk through his lust for gold, it was too late. If I had only paid more attention... If I hadn't been so absorbed in my own studies... I owe it to him to help him in whatever way I can!
132128TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_098...This weight has been on your heart for a long time.
133129TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_099I failed my master in his hour of need, but I have been attempting to make amends for it ever since. I have neglected my own advancement, and devoted myself to investigating what caused Master Mumuepo to stray from the path of enlightenment.
134130TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_100In secret, I began to study the careers of every new initiate, hoping to identify such corruptive factors. In so doing, I feel I have gained an instinctive sense of which aspirants will bring honor to our noble art, and which stand at risk of being lost to the void.
135131TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_101And so you began to turn away those applicants whom you deemed unsound, hoping to prevent future thaumaturges from following your former master down the path to self-destruction...
136132TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_102That was mine intent, yes. Yet search as I might, I have been unable to find any precedent for my supposed predictive instinct in the ancient texts. Mayhap I have been deceiving myself, along with everyone else...
137133TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_103The texts contain the accumulated knowledge of those who have gone before us. They do not preclude us from adding our own. The map of the void is ever incomplete─it is our duty to delve into its unknown reaches, and bring back new insight for the guidance of future generations.
138134TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_104The ability to divine a man's nature at a glance would make a valuable addition to a thaumaturge's arsenal. It warrants investigation. Can I rely on you to research this matter further? Should you find evidence to support your claims, I will of course require that you systematize the process.
139135TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_105This shall be your atonement, Yayake, and a fresh opportunity to resume your studies. Though the mistakes of the past cannot be undone, mayhap through this the mistakes of the future can yet be prevented.
140136TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_YAYAKE_000_106Thank you, Master! If it can be of any assistance to the guild, I shall devote myself to this research with all my heart!
141137TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_107I thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, for helping to bring the truth of this matter to light. Rest assured that I shall instruct the Brass Blades that their suspicions regarding Prelate Yayake are completely unfounded.
142138TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_COCOBUKI_000_108But for now, let us return to the Ossuary. It is past time that the fruits of Prelate Yayake's labors were shared with the guild─not only for the benefit of thaumaturges today, but for thaumaturges yet to come!
143139TEXT_SUBPST022_00242_SYSTEM_000_000With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!