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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000010_KRILEYou're here. Good.
21TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000020_TATARUSo...how are they?
32TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000030_KRILEStill locked in slumber. But otherwise in good physical health.
43TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000040_KRILE...For the present, at least.
54TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000050_TATARUFor the present?
65TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000060_TATARU...Oh no, is something wrong with them!?
76TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000070_KRILEI'm afraid there may be.
87TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000080_KRILEI summoned you after detecting faint signs of instability in Thancred's corporeal aether. But subsequent examinations suggested all five might be affected. And when I examined them just now, my fears were confirmed.
98TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000090_KRILETellingly, the degree of instability varies between them.
109TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000100_KRILEThancred exhibits the most notable signs, followed by Y'shtola and Urianger. The twins' aether, meanwhile, remains relatively stable, but there is a change there too if one knows to look for it.
1110TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000110_TATARUHold on─isn't that the order they were called away in?
1211TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000120_KRILEIndeed. Which leads me to believe the instability will only increase with time.
1312TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000130_KRILEThough I can but speculate, I fear this may be a symptom of a weakening link between body and soul.
1413TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000140_TATARUBy the gods... What happens if the link is broken?
1514TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000150_KRILEI cannot say for certain─this is all unknown territory to us. Yet whatever happens, it cannot be good.
1615TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000160_KRILEMercifully, the instability is still only slight. And you may rest assured Master Matoya and I will do everything in our power to keep it from worsening.
1716TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000170_KRILEBe that as it may, it is imperative that you find a way to restore our friends' souls to their bodies.
1817TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
1918TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICELeave it to me.
2019TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICENo rest for the righteous, eh?
2120TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000180_KRILEThank you.
2221TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000190_KRILEI realize you've only just returned from saving two worlds, but time is not on our side.
2322TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000200_TATARUBut where's she even supposed to start? We had the greatest minds in the realm hunting high and low for an answer, and they ran out of places to look.
2423TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000210_KRILEYou stated in your report that the Exarch had originally intended to reverse the summoning process by means of his own death, correct?
2524TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000220_KRILERaha always was a reckless young fool... Ready to die for the first righteous cause that came along.
2625TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000230_KRILEHis plan might well have worked, but I for one am glad he never had the opportunity to see it through. Even if it does mean our friends must remain stranded awhile longer.
2726TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000240_KRILEThere is another way, I am sure of it. And the key lies with him. With the Exarch.
2827TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000250_KRILEPray return to the First and apprise him and the others of the situation.
2928TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000260_KRILEWe, meanwhile, will do what we can from here and, if the fates are kind, we will have good news to share upon your return.
3029TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000270_URIANGERPray excuse my late arrival.
3130TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000280_YSHTOLAWill Thancred and Ryne not be joining us?
3231TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000290_URIANGERNay, milady. With apologies to all, they beg leave to pursue their investigation of the Empty to its conclusion. Should matters here demand their presence, however, they did assure me that they would make themselves available.
3332TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000300_MYSTERYVOICEYes, of course. Then let us proceed.
3433TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000310_MYSTERYVOICEI...I think it best that you begin by providing a summary of Mistress Krile's findings.
3534TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000320_ALPHINAUDI suppose it was only to be expected that some change would occur...
3635TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000330_YSHTOLAYet our souls seem unaffected. To my eye, at least.
3736TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000340_YSHTOLAHow long they will remain so is another question. Krile is right. It is imperative we find a way to return to the Source.
3837TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000350_MYSTERYVOICEPerhaps an explanation of the method by which I brought you here will yield some inspiration.
3938TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000360_MYSTERYVOICEEre I begin, it must be noted that I am by no means a gifted mage. In order to employ powerful magicks, I must rely upon the Crystal Tower and its boundless reservoirs of energy.
4039TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000370_MYSTERYVOICEThe magick that summoned you was no exception. 'Tis a singular spell, adapted through painstaking effort from the technique that transported me to the First.
4140TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000380_MYSTERYVOICETo use an analogy, it works by cutting a hole in the fabric of reality. A hole tailored to the object of summoning, through which it─and it alone─may pass unscathed.
4241TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000390_MYSTERYVOICEThough I succeeded in creating said hole, I failed to latch onto my intended target. Instead of you, the spell found those close to you, and ended up summoning them in their incomplete state...
4342TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000400_MYSTERYVOICEI would not soon throw my life away─not after the lengths you and yours went to save it.
4443TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000410_MYSTERYVOICEAnd so long as I breathe, I will spare no effort to see you safely home.
4544TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000420_MYSTERYVOICEBut should all else fail, and your lives be at stake, there remains one sure method...
4645TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000430_MYSTERYVOICEOw!
4746TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000440_MYSTERYVOICEWhat was that for!?
4847TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000450_ALISAIEHow can you even entertain such thoughts!? You owe your life to the Warrior of Light, and you don't get to die unless she says so.
4948TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000460_YSHTOLAYour followers await your divine judgment.
5049TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000470_ALISAIEExcuse me?
5150TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000480_MYSTERYVOICEPardon?
5251TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000485_YSHTOLA[Report if label displays]
5352TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000490_YSHTOLAIf the two of you have finished, perhaps we could return to our discussion?
5453TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000500_YSHTOLARather than dwelling upon the multiple failed attempts at transference, I think it would behoove us to focus on the solitary success.
5554TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000510_YSHTOLAI would draw your attention to the fact that our friend can travel between worlds possessed not only of her body and soul, but her personal effects besides.
5655TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000520_YSHTOLAThis is no different from the teleportation magicks to which we are all accustomed─magicks that allow for the transportation of those inanimate objects one considers to be an extension of oneself.
5756TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000530_ALPHINAUDAre you suggesting that, simply by considering us his possessions, he could carry our souls back to the Source upon his person?
5857TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000540_ALPHINAUDAre you suggesting that, simply by considering us her possessions, she could carry our souls back to the Source upon her person?
5958TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000550_ALISAIEWell, it would be nice if things were that simple for a change.
6059TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000560_ALISAIEBut vague notions of ownership seem a rather tenuous thing to stake our lives on. So much as a moment of doubt on her part, and we'd be left floating in the rift.
6160TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000570_URIANGERMilady hath the right of it. The requisite fixity of belief would be too much to ask even of our friend.
6261TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000580_URIANGERYet were we to immure our souls within an object in her possession, mayhap then our safe passage could be assured.
6362TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000590_URIANGERWhite auracite would, I believe, serve as a suitable vessel for this purpose. 'Twas conceived to imprison the massy soul of an Ascian, and should house one of ours with relative ease.
6463TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000600_URIANGERWe would need only to ensure our souls' safe preservation inside the stone, and identify a means by which they might be transferred back unto our vacant bodies.
6564TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000610_MYSTERYVOICESoul preservation and transference... Hm. I believe I know of someone who may be able to assist us.
6665TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000620_MYSTERYVOICEOn the far shore of the Source, there stands a great palace built by the elves.
6766TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000630_MYSTERYVOICEIt was forsaken in the wake of the Flood, but a certain Nu Mou chose to make their home there soon after.
6867TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000640_MYSTERYVOICEThough they have long lived as a recluse, they once occupied a place of honor in Voeburt's royal court, and it is said that none in all of Norvrandt is more knowledgeable than they on matters of the soul.
6968TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000650_ALISAIEWell, I've no objection to seeking a helping hand, but if they've gone to such lengths to hide themselves away from the world, what makes you think they'd be willing to lend us one?
7069TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000660_MYSTERYVOICEHeh. A worthy question. Years ago, I myself tried─and failed─to solicit their cooperation in the battle against the sin eaters.
7170TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000670_MYSTERYVOICENo sooner had I begun to make my plea than they unleashed a swarm of their familiars upon me.
7271TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000680_MYSTERYVOICEUnlike me, however, you have curried favor with the fae folk. By that merit alone, I am hopeful that they would grant you an audience.
7372TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000690_MYSTERYVOICEThey may still be inclined to turn you away, of course, but if their knowledge might feasibly facilitate your return home, we have to try.
7473TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000700_BEQLUGGThat was my fiercest familiar. Impressive...
7574TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000710_MYSTERYVOICEBeq Lugg. 'Tis good to see you again after all these years.
7675TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000720_MYSTERYVOICEAnd judging by your vigorous greeting, I daresay the feeling is mutual. To be sure, a simple *shake* of the hand would have sufficed by way of welcome, but I shan't complain.
7776TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000730_MYSTERYVOICEBut you must be wondering as to the purpose of our visit. We come to *beg* your assistance in a most urgent matter.
7877TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000740_BEQLUGG...Sh-Shake? Beg?
7978TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000750_MYSTERYVOICEOur comrades' very souls are in danger. If we are to save them, we will need the benefit of your unsurpassed knowledge on the matter. Please, will you not *sit* and hear our plea?
8079TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000760_BEQLUGGOh... How dare you. How dare you speak thus in my presence.
8180TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000770_BEQLUGGIt was to escape such words of temptation that I hid myself from the world of men...
8281TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000780_BEQLUGGYou are sinners one and all, and I swore never again to have any part in your affairs.
8382TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000790_ALPHINAUDI can only imagine what terrible events forced you into a life of seclusion...
8483TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000800_ALPHINAUDBut I know that the Nu Mou are a good and noble folk. It is not in your nature to turn a blind eye to the plight of those around you. And in treating with us, I am certain whatever mistrust you feel for man will begin to...*heel*.
8584TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000810_BEQLUGGAhhh....
8685TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000820_BEQLUGGIf you will not be satisfied... I suppose I could listen... After all, there's no harm in just─
8786TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000830_BEQLUGGNo! No, no, no! I mustn't. Not again...
8887TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000840_BEQLUGGThat damned court mage seemed to have the best of intentions too, and countless innocents died for my naivety!
8988TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000850_BEQLUGGYou know not what you ask of me. What horrors my knowledge has wrought...
9089TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
9190TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICERefuse all you want! We won't lie down and accept defeat!
9291TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICEWe would never misuse it!
9392TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICEYou mean the magical plague of Voeburt?
9493TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000860_BEQLUGGAhhh! Ohhh!
9594TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000870_BEQLUGGOf all the visitors I could possibly have... They're even more stubborn than I am...!
9695TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000880_BEQLUGGYou wish only to save your friends? Nothing more?
9796TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000890_BEQLUGGDo you swear it?
9897TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000900_BEQLUGGYou know of the plague!?
9998TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000910_BEQLUGGThen you know how dangerous soulcraft can be! Instead of saving your friends, you risk damning them. Are you sure you're willing to take that chance?
10099TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000920_BEQLUGGMmmm....
101100TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000930_BEQLUGGOh, very well...
102101TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000940_BEQLUGGI will hear your petition, but that is all! And I expect fitting payment for my troubles...
103102TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000950_MYSTERYVOICECommensurate with your contribution to our cause. No more and no less, I promise you.
104103TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000960_MYSTERYVOICEWith that settled─might I impose upon you to join us at the Crystarium? I'm afraid the nature of my friends' predicament calls for absolute secrecy.
105104TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000970_BEQLUGGI'm sorry... You mean to tell me not only that the return of night was your doing...
106105TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000980_BEQLUGG...But that you hail from another world as well!?
107106TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_000990_MYSTERYVOICEEverything we told you─of the Source, the shards, the seven Umbral Calamities─all of it is true.
108107TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001000_MYSTERYVOICEI realize how fantastical it sounds, and I would not blame you for doubting our testimony...
109108TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001010_MYSTERYVOICEBut given your expertise, you must surely have noted the peculiar nature of their souls.
110109TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001020_BEQLUGGAny other time, and I would have dismissed your stories as balderdash and flummery. But upon closer inspection, 'tis plain their souls are far denser than is normal. And that they do not possess true bodies.
111110TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001030_BEQLUGGSave you. Your body is your own.
112111TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001040_BEQLUGGAnd your soul is the densest of them all.
113112TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001050_BEQLUGGHmmm...
114113TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001060_MYSTERYVOICEAs I said before, were it not for their heroism, the skies over Norvrandt would still be awash with Light, the realm yet at the mercy of Vauthry and the sin eaters.
115114TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001070_MYSTERYVOICEAfter all they have done for our home, seeing them safely back to their own seems the very least we can do.
116115TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001080_BEQLUGGHmmm...
117116TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001090_BEQLUGGYour tale is intriguing. Yes, very intriguing indeed. Simply to hear it is fitting payment in itself.
118117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001100_BEQLUGGAs for your friends...I can but agree. Their valorous deeds on behalf of Norvrandt are deserving of recognition. Of their own fitting payment.
119118TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001110_MYSTERYVOICEYou will help us, then?
120119TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001120_BEQLUGGI will. I would see my knowledge put to good use for a change.
121120TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001130_BEQLUGGI do have one condition, however. I am not the spry young Nu Mou I once was. As such, I will require assistance in my fieldwork and testing.
122121TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001140_ALPHINAUDIt would be our pleasure. We will be laboring for our own benefit, after all.
123122TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001150_BEQLUGGLet us begin.
124123TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001160_BEQLUGGI trust you've prepared the clay?
125124TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001170_BEQLUGGVery good. Now, I would have you sculpt for me...a porxie.
126125TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001175_BEQLUGGPlump, with floppy ears, and a short, curly tail.
127126TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001180_ALISAIEA porxie. I...think I know what you mean...
128127TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001190_ALISAIEThere we are. H-How's that?
129128TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001200_ALPHINAUDWell... It is certainly creative. There's no denying that.
130129TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001210_ALPHINAUD(SNICKERS)
131130TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001220_ALISAIEYes, yes, I'm no artist. Very funny!
132131TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001230_BEQLUGGPay him no mind, child. Though it may look like a grotesque parody of reality, it is what the invoker believes that matters.
133132TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001240_ALISAIEYou're not helping.
134133TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001250_BEQLUGGBut I speak the truth. If successful, this incantation will turn imagination into reality.
135134TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001260_BEQLUGGWhich is why the only thing of import is what you believe this figure embodies. You must focus. Hold the porxie's image steady in your mind's eye.
136135TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001270_BEQLUGGNow then, as I taught you. Relax, and allow your energies to flow.
137136TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001280_ALISAIEWith flesh of clay I bid thee rise, On wings of dreams to touch the skies. What once was idle fantasy, I call forth to reality!
138137TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001281_ALISAIE[Report if label displays]
139138TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001290_BEQLUGGHmmm. Not bad for a first attempt.
140139TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001300_BEQLUGGNow, let us see what can be done for young Halric.
141140TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001310_BEQLUGGThrough the operation of the magicks you invoked to animate this familiar, it is now replete with the energies required to stir the boy's soul.
142141TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001320_BEQLUGGYou need but give it a name, and it will do as your heart desires.
143142TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001330_ALISAIEA name...
144143TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001340_ALISAIEAll right, I've decided. Now...
145144TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001350_ALISAIEGo, Angelo!
146145TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001360_HALRIC(INCOHERENT MUMBLING)
147146TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001370_HALRICM... Mother... I...
148147TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001380_DULIACHAIOh, thank heavens you're here.
149148TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001390_ALPHINAUDLady Chai, whatever is the matter?
150149TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001400_DULIACHAII...I knew not where else to turn. Oh, this is all too much for my poor heart to bear alone.
151150TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001410_ALPHINAUDAlone? What of Master Chai?
152151TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001420_DULIACHAIBut that is the very reason I summoned you! He's gone!
153152TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001430_ALPHINAUDWhat!? What happened!?
154153TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001440_DULIACHAIIt all began after the events at Mt. Gulg...
155154TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001450_DULIACHAIWith Lord Vauthry out of the way, we all agreed that a new leader must be chosen...
156155TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001460_ALPHINAUDAnd...so you held an election?
157156TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001470_DULIACHAIYes. Well...sort of. Not a single person volunteered to stand, you see.
158157TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001480_DULIACHAIAfter a lifetime of leisure, we free citizens have grown somewhat...indolent. Readapting to the harsh realities of life is trying enough, but to take charge of a broken city as well? No one wanted such responsibility.
159158TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001490_DULIACHAINevertheless, Eulmore could not well do without a leader, and so we decided that anyone and everyone should be considered a candidate. And after we cast our ballots and tallied the votes, the mayorship fell upon my dear husband.
160159TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001500_ALPHINAUDWell, given the manner in which he orchestrated the construction of the giant Talos, none could deny his leadership qualities.
161160TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001510_DULIACHAIBut even before then, he had proven himself at Daedalus Stoneworks, don't forget. He is more than qualified for the role. The perfect choice.
162161TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001520_DULIACHAIIndeed, I told him as much when his victory was first announced.
163162TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001530_DULIACHAIBut perhaps I was too forceful in my attempt to encourage him. For shortly after that, he vanished without a word...
164163TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001531_DULIACHAI<sob>
165164TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001540_ALPHINAUDYou believe he was so daunted by the burden of leadership that he felt compelled to flee...?
166165TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001550_ALPHINAUDPlease, Lady Chai, dry your eyes.
167166TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001560_ALPHINAUDYour husband does not strike me as the sort of man who would abandon his duty, much less his beloved wife. There has to be some other reason for his absence.
168167TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001570_DULIACHAIYou...you truly think so?
169168TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001580_DULIACHAIWhat about you? What do you think has become of my husband?
170169TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
171170TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICEI don't know. But whatever it is, he won't have fled.
172171TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICESorry, but I think he's fled.
173172TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001600_ALPHINAUDAnd there you have it, Lady Chai. You needn't worry. Master Chai loves you more than all the world, and he will return.
174173TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001590_ALPHINAUDNay, my friend. The one thing he has not done is flee─of that I am convinced. Through the most testing of times, he has ever remained at Lady Chai's side, placing her happiness before his own. He would not abandon her now.
175174TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001610_ALPHINAUDWherever he may have gone, rest assured we will find him.
176175TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001620_DULIACHAIThank you, my dear boy. You have set my mind at ease. I will trust in my husband, and await his return.
177176TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001630_WRENDENWell, well... It's you again...
178177TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001640_WRENDENAnd I see you've invited your friends. Need them to fight your battles for you, do you?
179178TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001650_CHAINUZZI didn't invite them, as it happens...though they are indeed my friends. Not only mine, but every true Eulmoran's.
180179TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001660_CHAINUZZThey are the ones who awakened us to the truth─to Lord Vauthry's villainy. The famous Warriors of Darkness.
181180TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001670_WRENDENAre they now...
182181TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001680_CHAINUZZYes. They are. It would be no exaggeration to call them our saviors. We owe much and more to their kindness. But we cannot depend on that kindness forever.
183182TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001690_CHAINUZZTo do so would be little different from entrusting our affairs to Lord Vauthry. Nay, we must learn to stand on our own two feet, and I would have them present to witness my attempt.
184183TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001700_ALPHINAUDHear, hear, Master Chai!
185184TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001710_WRENDENYour sentiments are admirable. Yet admirable sentiments do not a nation make.
186185TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001720_WRENDENIn my capacity as advisor, I once strove to build a better Eulmore. Gave honest counsel to my superiors. Drafted laws for the benefit of one and all...
187186TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001730_WRENDENBut in time, my values fell out of favor. There was no need for them in this paradise Vauthry was creating. And so I left my homeland behind.
188187TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001740_WRENDENBut you, Chai-Nuzz─you were content to wallow in indolence under Vauthry's auspices. And so I cannot help but ask myself what manner of nation you intend to build.
189188TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001750_CHAINUZZI...I can offer no simple answer to that question.
190189TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001760_CHAINUZZBut this much I will say...
191190TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001770_CHAINUZZIt is my hope that Eulmore can become a nation which her citizens might freely choose to build together.
192191TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001780_CHAINUZZA great many people─myself included─flocked to Eulmore seeking sanctuary. The alternative being to live in fear and die in pain, it seemed an easy choice.
193192TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001790_CHAINUZZAnd sanctuary we found. As much food and drink as we could ever want, secured at the cost of the surrounding villages. Little wonder the people gathered at our doorstep, begging to work among the bonded.
194193TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001800_CHAINUZZThe free were blind to it all, of course. Content to─as you say─wallow in indolence. In ignorance...
195194TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001810_CHAINUZZWere I mayor, I would first take stock of the city's resources, and see that they were assigned equitably. Our days of reckless consumption are behind us.
196195TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001820_CHAINUZZThe distinction between free and bonded died with Vauthry. The needs of rich and poor alike must be considered if our nation is to survive.
197196TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001830_CHAINUZZTo which end, I would take steps to secure channels for supplies, rekindle relations with nearby settlements, reestablish industry, reach out to neighboring nations...and the list goes on and on.
198197TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001840_CHAINUZZBut I am no ruler, nor even a politician─I am an entrepreneur.
199198TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001850_CHAINUZZMy expertise lie in planning and profit. I haven't the knowledge or experience to run a nation.
200199TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001860_CHAINUZZPlease, Wrenden. Will you not help me? Together, we could solve the city's problems. Build a Eulmore for the people.
201200TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001870_WRENDENA Eulmore for the people...
202201TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001880_WRENDENI rather like the sound of that.
203202TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001890_WRENDENBut before I offer you my counsel, I would be certain of your ability to perform the duties of office.
204203TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001900_CHAINUZZYou would?
205204TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001910_WRENDENYou ask me to help you solve Eulmore's problems, but first, I would see you solve one on your own. Accomplish that, and you will prove both to me and the people that you are a man worth following.
206205TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001911_WRENDENHmph.
207206TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001920_CHAINUZZRight. Right, then. Form a line and make for Eulmore!
208207TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001930_DIRTYMANHm? What's that noise?
209208TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001940_DIRTYMANWicked white! Runaway Talos!
210209TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001950_DIRTYMANCall the guard!
211210TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001960_EULMORANSOLDIERStay back, all of you!
212211TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001970_DULIACHAIIs that...!?
213212TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001980_DULIACHAIDarling, you're back!
214213TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_001990_CHAINUZZWell of course I'm back. You didn't s─
215214TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002000_CHAINUZZDear─ Dearest─ I─ I can't─
216215TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002010_DULIACHAIOh! Oh dear...
217216TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002020_CHAINUZZThank you.
218217TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002030_DULIACHAII'm sorry, my darling... It's just, the sight of you filled me with such joy, I couldn't help myself...
219218TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002040_CHAINUZZIt's all right, dear. I should just have come out and said what it was I was intending, instead of entrusting the task to a hastily scribbled letter.
220219TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002050_DULIACHAIDoes that mean you'll do it?
221220TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002060_CHAINUZZWell, I'm here, aren't I? I mean, not that my absence signified any unwillingness, you understand.
222221TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002070_CHAINUZZNaught could be further from the truth! I only left to enlist the aid of the former mayor's senior advisor.
223222TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002080_CHAINUZZAnd now that I have it, I believe I am ready to take office.
224223TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002090_DULIACHAIOh, how wonderful!
225224TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002091_CHAINUZZ[Report if label displays]
226225TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002095_CHAINUZZDearest... Please...
227226TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002100_CHAINUZZAh, er... Ahem...
228227TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002110_DULIACHAIGo on, dear.
229228TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002120_CHAINUZZThank you all for gathering here today.
230229TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002130_CHAINUZZBefore going any further─could I...could I ask the free citizens of Eulmore to look around?
231230TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002140_CHAINUZZ'Tis a sight none of us would ever have seen under Lord Vauthry's rule.
232231TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002150_CHAINUZZNot only do we stand in the familiar presence of those we once called the bonded...
233232TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002160_CHAINUZZ...But today we welcome the peoples of the Derelicts and Gatetown too.
234233TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002170_CHAINUZZToday we welcome the Warriors of Darkness, come to bear witness to Eulmore's new beginning.
235234TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002180_CHAINUZZAs you know, an election was recently held, at the end of which I had the honor of being chosen to succeed Lord Vauthry.
236235TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002190_CHAINUZZYou place great faith in me, and I promise to do my utmost to live up to your expectations. And I will seek always to carry out the duties of this office with integrity and fairness.
237236TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002200_CHAINUZZAlways, I say, but not forever. Let it be known that I do not intend to hold this post indefinitely. I consider myself but an acting mayor who will serve only for the interim, while Eulmore is reshaped according to a new set of values.
238237TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002210_CHAINUZZNo longer can we think of ourselves as divided. As the free and the bonded. Citizens and non-citizens.
239238TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002220_CHAINUZZThe systems put in place by Lord Vauthry must be undone. But even as we tear down the old, we must give thought to the new. To what manner of nation Eulmore should become.
240239TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002230_CHAINUZZWhatever the answer may be, it cannot be decided by one man alone. And so I propose that an open forum be held, that we might all discuss how best to strive towards a better future.
241240TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002240_CHAINUZZHowever, there can be no talk of the morrow unless we first address the issues of today.
242241TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002250_CHAINUZZSecuring new sources of food, rebuilding relations with our neighbors, re-establishing industry─there is much and more that needs to be done.
243242TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002260_CHAINUZZToo much for a mere man of business. And so I pledge instead to do everything in my power to ensure our city's security and stability while we all work together to see these problems solved.
244243TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002270_CHAINUZZThe road before us will not be easy, and I know full well how daunting the prospect of honest labor may seem to some of you...
245244TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002280_CHAINUZZBut we must accept the reality of our circumstances. We must move forward.
246245TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002290_CHAINUZZThis much we owe to ourselves, and to the brave heroes who risked their lives to bring back the night.
247246TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002300_CHAINUZZOnce we have shored up our city's foundations, and regained some semblance of normality, let us reconvene to speak of the future.
248247TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002310_CHAINUZZUntil then, I humbly ask that you lend me, and each other, your strength. For Eulmore!
249248TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002320_KRILESorry to keep you waiting.
250249TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002330_KRILEI have carried out the treatment as per Master Matoya's instructions. It should slow the destabilization of their corporeal aether quite significantly.
251250TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002340_KRILEBut tell me, how fare our friends in the First?
252251TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002350_TATARUSo this Beq Lugg's the First's leading authority on soulcraft, are they? Sounds promising!
253252TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002360_KRILEAnd Urianger's proffered solution of white auracite is rather ingenious now that I think of it.
254253TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002370_KRILEWell, while they press on with their preparations, you may rest assured we will continue to do our part here.
255254TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002380_ESTINIENOh. You're back.
256255TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002390_ESTINIENAnd none the worse for wear, I see.
257256TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002400_TATARUEstinien! Oh, thank the gods. We've been worried sick! Did you lose your linkpearl or something!?
258257TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002410_ESTINIENThe situation in Garlemald has become more complicated. I was making my escape from the capital when I ran into one of yours─Riol. He thought it best we come straight here.
259258TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002420_TATARUMore complicated how?
260259TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002430_ESTINIENHm. Where to begin?
261260TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002435_ESTINIENAfter entering the Empire via Radz-at-Han, I went about my mission of investigating Black Rose.
262261TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002440_ESTINIENIt was then, inside a provincial factory, that I encountered the one who styles himself Shadowhunter. Gaius Baelsar.
263262TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002450_ESTINIENOur goals being apparently aligned, we joined forces and ventured on into the heart of the capital─to the very imperial palace itself.
264263TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002460_ESTINIENThere, we found a man whom all assumed dead.
265264TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002470_ESTINIENBut his soul lives on. And he has wrested back his flesh.
266265TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002475_ESTINIENZenos yae Galvus.
267266TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002480_ESTINIENNor did the surprises end there. For no sooner had we arrived than he murdered his sire in cold blood. The Emperor is dead. This sent Gaius into a rage, and he charged in, blade drawn...
268267TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002490_ESTINIENWhat's wrong!?
269268TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002670_TATARUAre you all right!?
270269TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002680_ESTINIENPeer into my past, did you?
271270TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002690_KRILEWell, I didn't quite relive the experience as you did, but I bore witness to it all.
272271TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002700_ESTINIENI'm still not sure what I think of this gift of yours. But no matter.
273272TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002710_ESTINIENOur confrontation was cut short when the imperial guard arrived. It was then that Zenos took his leave. Citing boredom.
274273TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002720_KRILETo think their research into the Echo could bear such fruit...
275274TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002730_KRILEEscaping death, jumping from one body to the next, and returning to his own after all this time... He is an Ascian in all but name.
276275TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002740_ESTINIENIt beggars belief, aye. But no more than a hero traversing the rift between worlds.
277276TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002750_ESTINIENMy concerns are far more prosaic. With the Emperor dead and the crown prince missing, the Empire is in disarray.
278277TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002760_ESTINIENUntil order is restored─assuming it even possible─we needn't fear an imperial reprisal. And for reasons of his own, Zenos took it upon himself to rid the world of Black Rose.
279278TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002770_ESTINIENRiol has already gone to apprise the Alliance leaders of these developments. We may leave the matter in their hands for now.
280279TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002780_KRILEThen perhaps we have seen the last of the fighting at Ghimlyt. Though if it comes to civil war, I cannot help but fear for the provinces...
281280TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002790_KRILEAh, I'd nearly forgotten to ask─what became of Gaius? Did he not escape with you?
282281TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002800_ESTINIENThat he did, but we parted ways shortly after leaving Garlemald. He claimed another threat had arisen which demanded his attention.
283282TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002810_ESTINIENHe didn't elaborate, but the absence of some device or other in the capital gave him reason to believe they're planning something.
284283TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002820_ESTINIENLest you worry, I believe he has well and truly shed the Black Wolf's pelt. Conquest is no longer his objective. We may safely leave him to his own devices.
285284TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002830_TATARUWell, it's nice to have one less foe to worry about...even if we do have a mysterious new threat to look out for instead.
286285TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002840_TATARUSpeaking of which, I'll see that Riol and our shinobi are made aware. Though we still know next to nothing, it can't hurt to be vigilant.
287286TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002850_ESTINIENWell then, with Black Rose nipped in the bud, I believe I've fulfilled my part of the bargain.
288287TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002860_TATARUThat's...true, buuut...with the Archons still slumbering away, we were hoping you might agree to stay with us for a little bit longer...
289288TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002870_ESTINIENSorry, but I'm not inclined to extend my contract. Gaius isn't the only one with business to attend to.
290289TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002880_KRILEThank you for your help then, Estinien. I see why Alphinaud admires you so.
291290TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002890_ESTINIENHmph.
292291TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002900_ESTINIENFarewell, my friend. See that you don't make a habit of dozing off in battle.
293292TEXT_VOICEMAN_05100_002910_KRILEHmm. I suppose we should all be getting on, then. As ever, we will see to the Archons' needs. In the meantime, why not get some rest? You've more than earned it. Go on.