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10TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000010_YSHTOLAYour business with Tataru is finished?
21TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000020_YSHTOLAMy, what a thoughtful surprise. Whatever would we do without her?
32TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000030_THANCREDIndeed. And she's right, you know─it hasn't been all doom and gloom.
43TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000040_YSHTOLAIt feels like a lifetime ago that Master Louisoix gathered us together to form the Circle of Knowing.
54TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000050_YSHTOLASince then, we have experienced much. But rather than feeling wiser, the more I learn, the more I find my knowledge lacking.
65TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000060_URIANGERForsooth. As a student, vainly did I believe that I held the secrets of creation in my grasp. Yet that which I had seized was but an insignificant sliver of what awaited in the wider world.
76TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000070_URIANGEREvery encounter, every experience, hath served to open mine eyes, enlightening and humbling me in equal measure. Even from those whom I called enemies have I learned many a valuable lesson.
87TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000080_YSHTOLAWhat will we learn at the edge of the universe, I wonder...
98TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000090_THANCREDUltima Thule, where the bringer of the end makes her nest... I for one can't possibly imagine.
109TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000100_THANCREDBut whatever awaits us there, we will survive. We *must*... For her.
1110TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
1211TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICEYou've nothing left to prove. Not to Ryne. Nor Minfilia.
1312TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICEWe'll get through this. Together.
1413TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICEJust make sure you bring enough ammunition.
1514TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000110_THANCRED...
1615TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000120_URIANGERIs aught the matter?
1716TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000130_THANCREDNo, it's nothing. I just... Well, lately I find myself surprised at how much I've changed. How much we've all changed.
1817TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000140_THANCREDHaha
1918TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000150_THANCREDGods, it feels like only yesterday that we went on that mission to Drybone.
2019TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000160_THANCREDWe've both changed much since then, have we not?
2120TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000170_THANCREDO ye of little faith. I know better than to leave home without ample supplies, thank you very much─I didn't pick up the gunblade yesterday.
2221TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000180_THANCREDAnd to think I used to prefer fighting from the shadows. Gods, I really have changed.
2322TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000185_YSHTOLA[AMUSED LAUGH] Report if displayed.
2423TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000190_YSHTOLAWe've come far together, and if we have aught to say about it, we'll go further still. Aye, we will avert this calamity and return home.
2524TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000200_YSHTOLAIn preparation for which, we must give thought to what we hope to achieve after the proverbial dust has settled.
2625TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000210_THANCREDWhat with the primals and Ascians all but dealt with, I suppose we'll need to look for new hobbies.
2726TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000220_THANCREDIn all seriousness, though─in uniting to overcome a common foe, the disparate peoples of the world have found a way forward together. It's a truly gratifying sight to see.
2827TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000230_YSHTOLAIndeed... Though it was many years in the making, we have successfully set in motion the gears of fundamental change.
2928TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000240_YSHTOLAWith this, we have fulfilled our humble role as a symbol of hope...and I daresay it is time to bow out.
3029TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000250_YSHTOLAAfter all, there is no shortage of hands to bear the torch in our stead.
3130TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000260_THANCREDYou know, I never really considered I might live long enough to see an after.
3231TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000270_THANCREDBut even if my time as a Scion came to an end, I don't expect that much would change.
3332TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000280_THANCREDTraveling the world, going wherever the wind blows, lending a hand to those in need...
3433TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000290_URIANGERA journey for journey's sake. It doth suit thee well. I must confess, I too have yearned to see more of the world.
3534TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000300_URIANGERIf thou art amenable to the suggestion, I would accompany thee. Mine ability to affect an air of normalcy through artful disguise is much improved, thou must concede...
3635TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000310_THANCREDAye, well, improvement is relative. You still look suspicious no matter what you wear.
3736TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000320_THANCREDWhat of you, Y'shtola? Any grand plans?
3837TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000330_YSHTOLAWhy, continue my quest for knowledge, naturally. To begin with, I wish to know the state of the reflections, to which end I must find a means to travel between worlds.
3938TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000340_YSHTOLA'Tis the least I must do if I am to keep my promise.
4039TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000350_YSHTOLAShould my pursuits prove unduly arduous, I won't hesitate to call on you.
4140TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000360_YSHTOLAAnd in return, I will take you to see Ryne one day. I'm sure you cannot wait to see the fine young woman she has become.
4241TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000370_THANCREDSpare me...
4342TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000380_URIANGERAnd what of thee? What wouldst thou pursue at duty's end?
4443TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000390_WAITEROFTHELASTSTANDHere's yours. My apologies for the wait.
4544TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000400_THANCREDWell, shall we make a toast?
4645TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000410_THANCREDTo victory.
4746TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000420_URIANGERTo our comrades.
4847TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000430_YSHTOLATo the future of the star.
4948TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000440_KRILEOh?
5049TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000450_KRILE[LAUGH] Report if displayed.
5150TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000460_KRILEKnowing them, they're probably dreaming about the celestial adventures to come.
5251TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000470_KRILEJust as well. They've been running themselves ragged of late.
5352TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000480_KRILEUnlike you and the others, I'm a few steps removed from the danger and excitement. The things you all get up to never fail to impress me. But by the same token, I can't help but worry.
5453TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000490_KRILENot only for your safety, but...but for your happiness. After everything you've sacrificed, you earned it a thousand times over.
5554TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000500_KRILEFrom the simple pleasures of tucking into a hearty meal or...or collapsing into a comfortable bed...
5655TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000510_KRILETo the grand triumphs of visiting legendary lands or finding true love─you deserve all the joy in the world.
5756TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000520_KRILEThere is so much that life has to offer. So much to be treasured and shared with those we hold dear.
5857TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000530_KRILESo promise me this: come what may, you won't give up on your own happiness.
5958TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000540_KRILEWhen you're out there, fighting tooth and nail, it's all too easy to forget.
6059TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000550_KRILEBut in the end, your passions will be your greatest strength of all. Remember that.
6160TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000560_GRAHATIA[GRUMBLE] Report if displayed.
6261TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000570_GRAHATIAHm... This feels...familiar...
6362TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000580_GRAHATIAWell, 'tis good to be...
6463TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000590_GRAHATIAWait, what are you─? What am I─?
6564TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000600_GRAHATIAGods, don't tell me I fell asleep?
6665TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000610_KRILENot that there's any shame in it...but you were sleeping like babies.
6766TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000620_GRAHATIAUgh... How embarrassing...
6867TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000630_ALISAIENot a word to anyone. Understood? Not. One. Word.
6968TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000640_KRILEI'm told that sleeping in proper beds of your own choosing is a much more effective way to prepare for battle.
7069TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000650_ALISAIE[GRUMBLE] Report if displayed.
7170TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000660_GRAHATIASo...what were the two of you doing here?
7271TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000670_KRILEI had a few books to return to the library. Thought I'd take care of it while I could.
7372TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000680_GRAHATIAAnd you?
7473TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
7574TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICEIt's a secret.
7675TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICEJust enjoying a little peace and quiet.
7776TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICENothing in particular.
7877TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000690_ALPHINAUDOh? What brings you here?
7978TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000700_ALPHINAUDAh, so you were worried that the Leveilleur household might again be gripped by turmoil.
8079TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000710_ALPHINAUD
8180TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000720_ALPHINAUDAll is well, I assure you.
8281TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000730_ALPHINAUDIn my letters home, I had made mention of Estinien, you see.
8382TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000740_ALPHINAUDMy mother wished to meet the legend in person, and so we arranged to have a spot of tea together.
8483TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000750_ESTINIENWhere were you in my hour of need? Fell beasts I can face, but I'm not made for idle chitchat with lords and ladies...
8584TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000760_ALPHINAUDWell, I for one thought you held your own. Mother was the picture of delight.
8685TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000770_ESTINIENHmph. I might've been delighted myself were we in a tavern with more agreeable drink.
8786TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000780_ESTINIENThe thought of fleeing crossed my mind, but what then? I'd never hear the end of it─least of all from Tataru.
8887TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000790_ALPHINAUDI'm sorry... 'Twas not my intent to cause you such distress.
8988TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000800_ALPHINAUDIt's just...it was one of the things I didn't want to leave undone ere we set forth.
9089TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000810_ALPHINAUDThat's not to say I think we won't be returning...
9190TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000820_ALPHINAUDYet given what lies ahead, I did not wish to leave for later that which I could do today.
9291TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000830_ALPHINAUDAfter all, tomorrow is never promised.
9392TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000840_ESTINIENIt's fine. Not like I had better things to do.
9493TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000850_ESTINIENBesides...seeing you with your mother brought back fond memories of my own. Be we rich or poor, family is...family.
9594TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000860_ESTINIENWell, it's past time we were on our way.
9695TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000870_ALPHINAUDWait!
9796TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000880_ALPHINAUDSince I left home, I've made a great many mistakes. Mistakes for which I can never make amends. But through it all, you didn't give up on me.
9897TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000890_ALPHINAUDTo have returned here, with you at my side... It means more to me than you know.
9998TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000900_ALPHINAUDThank you. From the bottom of my heart.
10099TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000910_ESTINIEN
101100TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000920_ALPHINAUDForgive me, but it needed to be said.
102101TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000930_ESTINIENI'm the one who owes you thanks.
103102TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000940_ESTINIENWere it not for you, I would not be alive today, nor come to terms with Nidhogg's spirit.
104103TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000950_ESTINIENI am ever grateful.
105104TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
106105TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICEI suppose I ought to thank you both as well.
107106TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICEYou were never one to forsake a friend, Alphinaud.
108107TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICEI'll be counting on you.
109108TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000960_ALPHINAUDWell, we needn't make it a competition. You know... This must be what Hydaelyn meant when She spoke about depending on one another.
110109TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000970_ALPHINAUDHowever treacherous the road before us, together we will prevail.
111110TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000980_ALPHINAUD
112111TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_000990_ALPHINAUDNo, I'm not. And I'm proud of that.
113112TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001000_ESTINIEN
114113TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001010_ESTINIENI know, and I won't let you down. Together, we'll show the enemy the strength of mortal will.
115114TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001020_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEThat night, at the Royal Menagerie in Ala Mhigo...
116115TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001030_ZENOS(-Zenos viator Galvus-) “You will never get what you want...not even the battle you pine for so dearly...”
117116TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001040_ZENOS(-Zenos viator Galvus-)In that transcendent moment, what was it that I sought in you?
118117TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001050_ZENOS(-Zenos viator Galvus-)And what was it that you sought in me?
119118TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001060_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEAnd thus it dawns...
120119TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001070_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEThe day of reckoning.
121120TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001080_YSHTOLAHow often have we thus assembled...
122121TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001090_YSHTOLATo combine our knowledge and seek solutions to the problems before us.
123122TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001100_THANCREDBack at the Waking Sands, it was all we could do to address the most minor of troubles. Who could've realized what we'd find when we began to look to the sources of the realm's woes.
124123TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001110_URIANGERAt the Rising Stones, we made great strides and shared many moments. From the joyous...to the sorrowful.
125124TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001120_ALPHINAUDWe've had occasion to call other places home too.
126125TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001130_ALPHINAUDBe it Ishgard or Kugane, we were fortunate to find sanctuary wherein we might take stock and continue our fight.
127126TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001140_GRAHATIAI was honored to host this company in the Crystarium. To stand with you all as we confronted the truth of the star itself.
128127TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001150_ALISAIEAnd now, from this place, we go to fight the most important battle of all.
129128TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001160_KRILEThe Forum has sent word. The ark is ready.
130129TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001170_KRILEThe Loporrits, naturally, will be commanding the vessel.
131130TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001180_KRILEThey will see the eight of you to Ultima Thule.
132131TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001190_KRILEUpon arriving, your objective is to find and vanquish Meteion.
133132TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001200_KRILEAs a final formality, the Forum bade me ascertain your resolve. So...are you certain you wish to do this?
134133TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001210_YSHTOLAWe are.
135134TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001220_KRILEThen ere you report to Thaumazein, I leave you with these words.
136135TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001230_KRILEYou must triumph.
137136TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001240_KRILEWhat that means will differ for each of you.
138137TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001250_KRILETo make it back home, or to simply avert doom, or perhaps something else altogether...
139138TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001260_KRILEYet whatever it is that drives you, I have faith in its power to see you through. So please─triumph.
140139TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001270_KRILETriumph, as we who remain behind believe you will.
141140TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001280_ALPHINAUDLet us be off, then.
142141TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001290_TATARUWait!
143142TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001300_TATARUBoth Krile and I will be there to see you off, but as your receptionist, I feel I need to say this here.
144143TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001310_TATARUSafe journey, all of you! And...be safe!
145144TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
146145TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICEYou can count on it.
147146TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICEYou too, Tataru.
148147TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001320_FOURCHENAULTAll present and accounted for? Good.
149148TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001330_FOURCHENAULTAs you will have heard, the ark is ready. All that remains is to board and be on your way.
150149TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001340_CIDI've seen my fair share of tight schedules, but this was bloody murder...
151150TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001350_CIDBut we did it. We finished the ship.
152151TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001360_CIDIt's safe, fit for purpose, and looks good to boot. Aye, it's a Garlond through and through.
153152TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001370_GRAHATIAI really don't know what we'd do without you. Thank you for everything.
154153TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001380_CIDDon't mention it. Ever since that episode with Omega, I've been toying with the idea of starfaring vessels.
155154TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001390_CIDAnd as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. We've learned a lot, let me tell you.
156155TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001400_CIDWell, the work was hard, but we've learned a lot from it. After all, it's not every day you get tasked with building a starfaring vessel.
157156TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001410_CIDIn case you're wondering about payment, the ongoing existence of the world ought to do. But feel free to throw in a colorful recounting of your journey on your return.
158157TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001420_CIDSo, have you thought of a name?
159158TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001430_ALISAIEA name? Wasn't everyone just calling it Father's “teeny-tiny toy boat”?
160159TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001440_CIDWell, seeing as its purpose has changed, I thought a more eloquent name was in order. I suggested as much to Fourchenault, who seemed quite amenable to the idea.
161160TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001450_FOURCHENAULTAs you know, this vessel is the culmination of heretofore unprecedented collaboration.
162161TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001460_FOURCHENAULTAnd though said collaboration is owed to the Scions, there is another whose noble deeds made our work possible.
163162TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001470_FOURCHENAULTFrom a fragment of Dalamud, we obtained not only advanced materials such as refined adamantite, but the knowledge to traverse the stars.
164163TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001480_FOURCHENAULTAnd this fragment would not have found its way to us had the Archon Louisoix not fought to protect this world─and in so doing laid down his life.
165164TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001490_FOURCHENAULTNow that the vessel stands complete, I cannot help but wonder if it was more than mere happenstance...
166165TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001500_FOURCHENAULTIf it was my father's intention to guide us here.
167166TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001510_FOURCHENAULTIn the hopes that his guidance will see you all safely home, I name the vessel after that selfsame fragment of Dalamud he delivered unto us.
168167TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001520_FOURCHENAULTThe starship *Ragnarok*.
169168TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001530_SICARDSorry for the wait! I got everyone you asked for, and not a one less.
170169TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001540_ALPHINAUDWhat are you all doing here?
171170TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001550_LIVINGWAYOh, I invited them. The representatives of those tribes with religious inclinations.
172171TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001560_LIVINGWAYYou've done a fine job of readying the *Ragnarok*, but for it to take flight, we'll of course need the power of the Mothercrystal.
173172TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001570_LIVINGWAYGiven its immense size, however, transporting it would be an absolute logistical nightmare. Not to mention we'd need to shatter it into tiny shards for feeding to the engines.
174173TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001580_LIVINGWAYBut a brilliant idea came to me: we convert the crystal's energy into forms that can transport themselves!
175174TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001585_URIANGER[GASP] Report if displayed.
176175TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001590_URIANGERThou wouldst employ summoning...or should I say its precursor─creation magicks.
177176TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001600_THANCREDCare to explain for our benefit?
178177TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001610_URIANGERAs you may have witnessed at Bestways Burrow, the Loporrits are capable of creation magicks, which they use to shape the moon's environment.
179178TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001620_URIANGERYet simple though they make it seem, 'tis a highly advanced and exacting art. To perform it correctly requireth that the wielder holdeth the object in his mind's eye in clearest detail.
180179TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001630_ALPHINAUDHence the ancients' meticulous management of concepts.
181180TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001640_URIANGERDrawing upon this art, the Ascians conceived of summoning as we know it.
182181TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001650_URIANGERA derivative that replaceth the complexity of concepts with the simplicity of zealotry to make manifest a creation.
183182TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001660_YSHTOLAI see... By combining the Loporrits' magicks and the tribes' faith, we convert the Mothercrystal into primals of purer form and greater obedience.
184183TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001670_YSHTOLASummoning as it was intended, one might say.
185184TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001680_LIVINGWAYIndeed, indeed!
186185TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001690_LIVINGWAYWhile Hydaelyn gave us the ability to use creation magicks, She forbade us from using it to make anything possessed of a soul─or similar.
187186TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001700_LIVINGWAYShe didn't say anything about fulfilling the desires of *others*, though. So! Borrowing our friends' faith, we'll create deities using the Mothercrystal's power, and send them to the *Ragnarok*!
188187TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001710_ALISAIEAm I the only one here concerned about the risk of being turned into a tempered minion?
189188TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001720_LIVINGWAYOh, right, I was getting to that... From what I've read in Sharlayan tomes, it appears the Ascians incorporated an additional nasty element into their summoning method: the fervent desire to assimilate others into one's belief.
190189TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001730_LIVINGWAYBeings thus created are instilled with the selfsame desire, and use their powers to enthrall people─starting with the summoner.
191190TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001740_LIVINGWAYIn contrast, our creation magicks─the original and the best, accept no substitutes─don't incorporate any of that rubbish, so there's no risk of tempering. I mean, if the being was on the scale of Zodiark, you might feel a little “tug”...but I think we'll be safe enough.
192191TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001750_SOROBANTruth be told, I do not understand the intricacies of this plan. But none of us would ever turn our backs on you.
193192TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001760_SOROBANWhen the avatars of our faith ran amok, you intervened without decrying we who birthed them.
194193TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001770_SOROBANWhere others vilified and suppressed us, you offered understanding and friendship.
195194TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001780_SOROBANIn gratitude, we will share with you the true expressions of our gods─not malevolent deities, but benevolent saviors!
196195TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001790_SICARDAll right, you lot, we're headin' to the aetherial sea. Stay in sight else you're liable to get lost.
197196TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001800_SOROBANLead the way!
198197TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001810_WILFSUNNMay we have a moment?
199198TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001820_WILFSUNNIn anticipation of the day man might journey to the stars, we developed these.
200199TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001830_BLOEWYDAPortable teleportation devices. One for each of you, designed to work in tandem.
201200TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001840_BLOEWYDAPress the button on one, and in a matter of moments all eight will activate and send their owners back to the *Ragnarok*.
202201TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001850_BLOEWYDAThere is no telling what hazards you may encounter. If you find yourselves separated or lost, please do not hesitate to use them.
203202TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001860_BLOEWYDABe safe, all of you. And come back.
204203TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001870_URIANGERYou as well. I pray you take care.
205204TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001880_LIVINGWAYLooks like everything is in order, so I'll go ahead and board.
206205TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001890_LIVINGWAYA few of my fellows will remain to assist with the summonings, but rest assured the vessel won't want for competent crewing.
207206TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001900_FOURCHENAULTIf you are ready, then you should board as well. Go...and godsspeed.
208207TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001910_LIVINGWAYWelcome to the bridge, everyone!
209208TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001920_LIVINGWAYI hope you have everything, because I can't be bothered turning back.
210209TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001930_LIVINGWAYRight then, make yourselves comfortable. We're setting off in just a moment.
211210TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001940_ALPHINAUDIt's...incredible...
212211TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001950_FOURCHENAULTThis is Fourchenault. Can you hear me?
213212TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001960_FOURCHENAULTThe preparations for the summonings are complete.
214213TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001970_FOURCHENAULTIn accordance with the fourteenth phase of the plan, we have moved the *Ragnarok* to the launch site.
215214TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001980_FOURCHENAULTThe gates are open. You may depart when ready.
216215TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_001990_LIVINGWAYSo...are we ready?
217216TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002000_ALISAIEAs ready as we'll ever be. Let's get going.
218217TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002010_MAPPINGWAYOh, come on! A burnt-out star's got more fire in its belly!
219218TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002020_MAPPINGWAYTry it again─with feeling!
220219TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you do?
221220TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICEIssue the command to launch.
222221TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICEHave Alphinaud do the honors.
223222TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002030_ALPHINAUDMe!? B-But I...
224223TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002040_ALISAIENo need to be coy, Brother. Do it, and do it well!
225224TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002050_ALPHINAUDIf you all insist...
226225TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002060_ALPHINAUD[CLEARS THROAT] Report if displayed.
227226TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002070_ALPHINAUDOnward─unto the distant stars and beyond!
228227TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002080_ALPHINAUD*Ragnarok*, engage!
229228TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002090_SLEEPINGWAY[SNORTS, STARTLED AWAKE] Report if displayed.
230229TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002100_SLEEPINGWAYE-Engage!
231230TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002110_LIVINGWAY(-Loporrits-)Engage!
232231TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002120_MAPPINGWAYEngage!
233232TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002130_SINGINGWAYEngage!
234233TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002140_GROWINGWAYEngage!
235234TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002150_GARUDAThat I must carry *landwalkers* into the sky... I cannot imagine a greater indignity!
236235TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002160_SUSANODo not sulk so. For thy mighty winds exist not only to buffet and batter.
237236TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002170_SUSANONay, they may serve also to thrust forth with vigor. Such is thy glory...and thus it is an occasion to rejoice!
238237TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002180_SUSANOSo come─let us revel!
239238TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002190_GARUDA
240239TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002200_GARUDASo long as the wind blows freely, I suppose all is as it should be in creation...
241240TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002210_GARUDAI will render unto them a storm, that they may pierce the firmament and fly free!
242241TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002220_LIVINGWAYStill in one piece. Good.
243242TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002230_LIVINGWAYSleepingway, report.
244243TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002240_SLEEPINGWAYAll's well! Fantastic, even!
245244TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002250_SLEEPINGWAYThanks to the power of those primals, the engines are roaring and we're ripping along!
246245TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002260_MAPPINGWAYAll values are also within projected ranges. Time to destination is eight carrots. Perhaps seven at a pinch.
247246TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002270_LIVINGWAYAll right, let's go over some points of caution.
248247TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002280_LIVINGWAYOur destination, as you know, is Ultima Thule. Lest you wonder, the place is not a star so much as...a patch of emptiness.
249248TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002290_LIVINGWAYThat's the extent of what our equipment could determine, anyway.
250249TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002300_LIVINGWAYFrom what we know of Meteion, she's likely used dynamis to obfuscate her location.
251250TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002310_YSHTOLASo in conclusion, we'll only know what's there when we get there.
252251TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002320_LIVINGWAYThe crew and I will see to it the ship's ready to take off at a moment's notice.
253252TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002330_LIVINGWAYWe'll support the search as best we can, but it'll be your paws on the ground...assuming there is any.
254253TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002340_LIVINGWAYBut everything will be fine, I'm sure. Hydaelyn believes in you, so you ought to believe in yourselves.
255254TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002350_LIVINGWAYJust don't do anything I wouldn't. Like waiting too long to use those portable teleporters of yours.
256255TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002360_LIVINGWAYPersonally, at the slightest sign of trouble, I'd mash the button to bits─and you should as well.
257256TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002370_ALPHINAUDUnderstood. We promise to be careful.
258257TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002380_MAPPINGWAYI suggest you brace yourselves. We're about to arrive, and the vessel will shake a good bit.
259258TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002390_MAPPINGWAYHm? What is this?
260259TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002400_MAPPINGWAYSomething is interfering with the equipment...
261260TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002410_METEION(-???-)...Greetings.
262261TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002420_METEIONGreetings... Can you hear me...?
263262TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
264263TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICEMeteion...
265264TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICEIt's her...the bringer of despair.
266265TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002430_ALPHINAUDSo this is Meteion...
267266TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002440_ALPHINAUDThis is Meteion...
268267TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002450_METEIONOh? Have you met one of my sisters?
269268TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002460_METEIONI don't remember meeting you myself... But I do know that you're from Etheirys.
270269TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002470_METEIONWhy have you come? All you had to do was wait. I would've delivered to you your ends.
271270TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002480_ALISAIEWe didn't ask for that!
272271TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002490_METEIONI don't understand. All life is destined to end.
273272TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002500_METEIONWhy choose to prolong your suffering?
274273TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002510_METEIONEffort, ambition, love─they amount to naught. Happiness, should you find it, is inevitably lost. Stolen away by events beyond your control.
275274TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002520_METEIONThere is no logic nor meaning in it. You think there is, convince yourselves, but it's all a cruel accident.
276275TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002530_METEIONCome now, I speak the truth. A truth you would recognize if you looked up at the night sky.
277276TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002540_METEIONUnbroken emptiness. Cold, dark, and silent. Your world, like every other, is but a blemish upon its perfect fabric.
278277TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002550_METEIONLife is an anomaly. It is unnatural and cannot continue. The sooner you accept this, the easier it will be.
279278TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002560_YSHTOLAJust to be clear, we're not here to argue with you.
280279TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002570_YSHTOLAWe know that life is fleeting. And that in the short time we have it, we're not assured happiness.
281280TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002580_THANCREDIndeed, I've seen far more sorrow in the eyes of many I've met.
282281TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002590_THANCREDI myself have plenty of regrets, and one day they'll die with me. Gone to dust with my “good” deeds and unfulfilled dreams.
283282TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002600_ALPHINAUDBut we accept this. That our existence may seem pointless. That sorrow, rage, and despair will always dog our heels.
284283TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002610_ALPHINAUDAnd we press on regardless. That is why Hydaelyn guided us here.
285284TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002620_ALPHINAUDIn Her boundless love for mankind, She has prepared us for this trial, and in Her name we have come for you!
286285TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002630_METEIONYes, I sense it... A burning passion, like unto fury...
287286TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002640_METEIONI know it well. For the same passion once burned in many a star before yours.
288287TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002650_METEIONSuffocated and extinguished now.
289288TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002660_ALISAIEI...I can't...breathe.
290289TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002670_METEIONYou approach the bounds of my Ultimatum, where emotions dictate reality.
291290TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002680_METEIONWhere resignation and acceptance unite to embrace the end.
292291TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002690_METEIONWhere those who yet valiantly cling to life cannot thrive...
293292TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002700_ESTINIENBy the Fury...
294293TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002710_URIANGERThancred...?
295294TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002720_YSHTOLAMeteion is gone as well. Mayhap he awakened first and gave chase.
296295TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002730_MAPPINGWAY...Uh, everyone? It appears we're at our destination.
297296TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002740_MAPPINGWAYThis...this is Ultima Thule.
298297TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002750_GROWINGWAYNot that we knew what to expect...but I wasn't expecting this.
299298TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002760_GROWINGWAYFrom atmospheric composition to ambient temperatures, all readings are within permissible range. This place is capable of supporting life!
300299TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002770_LIVINGWAYIf that's the case, then Thancred may well have gone on ahead. Let's go and have a look.
301300TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002780_LIVINGWAYMeanwhile, I want the rest of you to perform a full inspection of the ship as well as a biological scan.
302301TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002790_HYTHLODAEUSSo it was that the brave wayfarers arrived at last at dream's end.
303302TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002800_EMETSELCHIn following their path walked and history written, I am made keenly aware of one truth...
304303TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002810_EMETSELCHThough the curtains may fall again and again, so long as others take the stage, ever shall there be more tales to tell.
305304TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002820_HYTHLODAEUSSo let them bring it to a close, I say.
306305TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002830_EMETSELCHLet the curtains fall upon this─
307306TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002840_EMETSELCHThe final chapter in the tale of the star.
308307TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002850_GRAHATIAIs this...a dead star?
309308TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002860_LIVINGWAYAs I live and breathe...I live and breathe. The environment itself shouldn't kill us.
310309TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002870_YSHTOLAWell then, let us search for Thancred while exploring the area.
311310TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002880_YSHTOLAThe ship, we leave in your care.
312311TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002890_ALISAIEDragons? Here?
313312TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002900_METEIONWhat you see is a memory of a world that once was.
314313TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002910_METEIONA world suffering a slow death, whose denizens cried out for the release of oblivion.
315314TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002920_ALPHINAUDWhat? Their world...is dead?
316315TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002930_METEIONIt is. Not a single life remains upon that husk floating in the vast emptiness.
317316TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002940_METEIONThese creatures are shadow and shade. Perpetuated only to suffuse dynamis with their unending lamentations.
318317TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002950_URIANGEROur friend Thancred─where is he?
319318TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002960_METEIONA strange question. He is at your side, is he not?
320319TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002970_METEIONOh yes─he is here, and there, and everywhere within this space. He would tell you himself if he had form to form words.
321320TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002980_METEIONHuh. Such loathing and uncertainty... You don't know why you still exist.
322321TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_002990_METEIONIn like manner to the oblivion I send, I tried to drown out your aether with dynamis.
323322TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003000_METEIONBeginning with this Thancred, who came at me despite being unable to breathe.
324323TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003010_METEIONSuch a simple thing, unmaking men. In the blinking of an eye, he was gone. Didn't even have the chance to be transformed.
325324TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003020_METEIONYet somehow, he managed to leave a sliver of himself behind.
326325TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003030_METEIONWhat you call...the heart...or perhaps the soul? In his final moment, he...cried out from it. A single word...
327326TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003040_METEION“Survive...”
328327TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003050_URIANGER
329328TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003060_METEIONThat wish proved stronger than the despair that ruled here. It overpowered it, causing this space to be remade.
330329TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003070_METEIONInto a place you can perceive, and where life can endure.
331330TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003080_METEIONThat you draw breath is proof that his soul lives on. For how long, however, remains to be seen.
332331TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003090_ESTINIENWell then, we should hurry and tend to business!
333332TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003100_ESTINIENHuh!?
334333TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003110_METEIONIt's futile. You will never reach the true me.
335334TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003120_METEIONI told you. Emotions dictate reality in this space. Such changes as you might work will not alter its nature.
336335TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003130_METEIONYou may see, but you cannot touch. Walk, but not advance.
337336TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003140_ESTINIENBah...
338337TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003150_GRAHATIAMeteion holds too much sway here. How do we contend with a foe who can unmake us on a whim?
339338TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003160_URIANGERI do not know...but Thancred gave his life that we might come this far. We must press on.
340339TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003170_YSHTOLAAgreed. We cannot turn tail here. Not without something to show for our comrade's sacrifice.
341340TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003180_URIANGERHe remaineth as he was when I first approached. Entombed in melancholy.
342341TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003190_ALPHINAUDI see... Perhaps I could─
343342TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003200_ESTINIENI'll handle this.
344343TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003210_ESTINIENSo. Waiting to die like all the others, are you?
345344TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003220_TIREDDRAGONAye. Our pride is crushed, and our souls corrupted. The winds are stilled, and the heavens offer no comfort.
346345TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003230_TIREDDRAGONThere is nothing left for our kind. Our long lives a curse as we await the end. Still as stone we shall become...
347346TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003240_ESTINIENSo you say, yet your kind has found a new beginning on our star.
348347TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003250_ESTINIENOne of you braved the expanse, bearing with him a clutch of eggs. They and their children now rule our skies, their song heard by all.
349348TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003260_TIREDDRAGONOur kin...on another star?
350349TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003270_TIREDDRAGONAnd yet...upon thee do I smell the blood of my brethren.
351350TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003280_TIREDDRAGONWere they drawn into discord and war on their new home?
352351TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003290_ESTINIENThey were. They suffered much, and repaid their suffering in kind.
353352TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003300_TIREDDRAGON
354353TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003310_TIREDDRAGONIt mattereth not whither we fly.
355354TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003320_TIREDDRAGONEver will a sanguine ocean await us. Ever will retribution's wheel turn.
356355TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003330_TIREDDRAGONAnd so, on the last of my pride as a dragon, I break free of this wheel.
357356TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003340_TIREDDRAGONI renounce conflict! Exile myself from the other, never again to be touched by the flames of hatred!
358357TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003350_ESTINIENHad your brethren made the selfsame choice, my family might still be alive.
359358TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003360_ESTINIENYet lasting peace does not come to those who simply retreat from conflict.
360359TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003370_ESTINIENNo, you must be willing to confront it. To stare into the face of your foe...and see yourself in him.
361360TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003380_ESTINIENOnly then can you break the cycle of torment and tragedy. This lesson, a dear friend taught me at the risk of his life.
362361TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003390_ESTINIENThere is no nobility in your “penance.” You wallow in self-pity.
363362TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003400_ESTINIENAnd after everything we've endured, we will not let you stop us!
364363TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003410_ALPHINAUDEstinien!
365364TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003420_ESTINIENStay back!
366365TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003430_TIREDDRAGONWe tire of war... We tire of turmoil...
367366TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003440_TIREDDRAGONDignity tarnished, crimson stained...
368367TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003450_TIREDDRAGONOur misery, our shame... Too much to bear...
369368TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003460_TIREDDRAGONRelease us, from war... From life...
370369TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003470_ESTINIENI see... Theirs is the emotion that bars our way.
371370TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003480_ESTINIENHmph.
372371TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003490_ESTINIENThe rest is up to you.
373372TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003500_ALISAIENo... Not Estinien too...
374373TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003510_GRAHATIAThere's a wind...
375374TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003520_ALPHINAUDHe's opened the way for us...
376375TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003530_ALPHINAUDSacrificed himself to remake this place, like Thancred did...
377376TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003540_ALPHINAUD
378377TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003550_ALISAIEOh, Alphinaud...
379378TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003560_ALPHINAUDCome...let us follow the wind. It will not lead us astray. He would not.
380379TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003570_YSHTOLAPlease, continue. Tell us about this truth you discovered.
381380TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003580_EAAVery well. Bear in mind, however, that the purpose of this conversation is not to impart scholarly knowledge. For such requires that you comprehend the subject matter─which you will not.
382381TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003590_EAAWe will forgo the intricacies of our scientific methodology and deal only with the conclusion─the end of our society, and our world.
383382TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003600_EABWe acknowledge, with regret, that your star is in the midst of the same panic-induced cataclysm that befell Deneb III.
384383TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003610_EABAs such, in order to avoid causing undue distress, we will refrain from explicitly stating how much time you have remaining.
385384TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003620_YSHTOLAYou are entirely too kind. I pray you recount your tale as you see fit.
386385TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003630_EAAIn the beginning, the universe was but a tiny particle. Then suddenly, this particle began to expand.
387386TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003640_EAAHaving remained entirely in the bounds of your star, the phenomenon may be difficult for your kind to grasp, but this expansion has since continued unabated.
388387TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003650_EABSpeculating that the universe could not grow indefinitely, we sought to learn what might occur─and made a worrying discovery.
389388TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003660_EABThe stars will continue to spread apart, as will their finite thermal energies.
390389TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003670_EABEventually, all heavenly bodies will grow cold and freeze. No new stars will be born, and the universe will enter unto an eternal ice age.
391390TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003680_EAAIn hopes of proving that this determination was erroneous, we scrutinized our research from all angles, even as we sought to avert the everlasting winter.
392391TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003690_EAAThe endeavor proved fruitless. So infamously so, in fact, that it became synonymous with vain effort.
393392TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003700_EAAThe universe as we know it would end, and there is no way to prevent it.
394393TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003710_EABBeneath the weight of this knowledge, our society stagnated. Though we had time still, it was a “cold” comfort.
395394TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003720_EABWhy strive for anything when desolation is assured? When our wealth of wisdom, accumulated since the dawning of our kind, would be forever lost?
396395TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003730_EABNo civilization would rise from our ashes. No scholar recover our knowledge. In silence unbroken, naught would stir.
397396TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003740_EAAIntellect was once our pride. Overnight, it became our shame. Our works monuments to futility.
398397TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003750_EAAImmortality, our greatest invention, became a source of suffering. Rather than suffer on, many chose to unmake themselves by means of aetheric exsanguinaters.
399398TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003760_EAAEtched upon these stones are the testaments of such souls. Though many left no words at all, thinking it a pointless gesture.
400399TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003770_EABOnce we have obtained vessels of flesh, we likewise intend to vanish.
401400TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003780_EAAIf you understand this─understand aught of our tale─you will abandon your quest for knowledge.
402401TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003790_EAAIgnorance truly is bliss. If you would cling to your illusory happiness, remain primitive and pure. It is the only way.
403402TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003800_YSHTOLA
404403TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003810_YSHTOLASo that's your story.
405404TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003820_YSHTOLAWhile I appreciate your advice, I will not heed it.
406405TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003830_YSHTOLAConvinced though you may be of this truth, it is yours and not mine. Indeed truth, I have ever believed, is in the eye of the beholder.
407406TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003840_EAAAre you suggesting that we have reached a faulty conclusion? That our science failed us?
408407TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003850_YSHTOLAHardly. As you yourself said, the subject matter is beyond my comprehension.
409408TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003860_YSHTOLAAnd that, I accept, is true. I do not possess the knowledge to prove or disprove your conclusion.
410409TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003870_YSHTOLAIn my mortal years, I doubt I could even approach the wisdom of the Ea.
411410TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003880_YSHTOLABut of one thing am I absolutely certain: I would *not* be happier in ignorance.
412411TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003890_ALISAIEY'shtola, no! You mustn't!
413412TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003900_YSHTOLAThe most important lesson I've learned...is that learning isn't simply passing one's eyes over words.
414413TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003910_YSHTOLANay... 'Tis when understood for oneself that knowledge attains its true value.
415414TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003920_YSHTOLAThis is what has sustained me. Driven me onward in joy and wonder. In anger and sorrow.
416415TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003930_YSHTOLAThe universe may end, and all may be for naught. But I will live as I always have.
417416TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003940_YSHTOLAI will always seek out new knowledge. And no conclusion of yours, no matter how grim, can dampen my desire.
418417TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003950_EAAI suppose it is only to be expected. Their feeble minds cannot fathom the terrifying gravity of it all.
419418TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003960_EABBut worry not. We consider it our duty to enlighten you, and we will not stop until you grasp the full extent of our despair!
420419TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003970_YSHTOLAKeep calm, and listen well.
421420TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003980_YSHTOLAThough my body will soon dissipate, there may be a way to restore it.
422421TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_003990_YSHTOLAAzem's magick. So long as our souls remain, you can use it to summon us back.
423422TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004000_YSHTOLABut you mustn't, for it would mean losing our way forward. This, I only reveal so that you can promise not to invoke the magick.
424423TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004010_YSHTOLAWe came here knowing what victory may cost, so press on. Press on, and do not look back.
425424TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004020_URIANGERI shall join thee. As subterfuge is not required, thou shalt not suffer for mine absence.
426425TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004030_YSHTOLAUrianger...
427426TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004040_URIANGERMy resolve hath never been as strong as thine. Full oft have I wavered in my decisions, and afterwards been stricken with regret.
428427TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004050_URIANGERIn spite of this, I may still stand with my comrades, supporting them as they attempt the greatest of feats.
429428TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004060_URIANGERThis truth, I have learned in the course of our journey.
430429TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004065_URIANGERAnd many though my shortcomings may be, I may also claim to excel in prophecies. My studies into which have granted me the flexibility of mind needed to bend this malleable reality.
431430TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004070_URIANGERThus shall I hope... That thou mayest have the strength to resist, and our comrades the strength to continue.
432431TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004080_YSHTOLAWith you to urge us on, how could we possibly fail?
433432TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004090_METEIONWhat's this? An extinguished civilization...rekindled?
434433TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004100_ALISAIEThat's right! Our quest doesn't end here. We'll press on...and we *will* find you!
435434TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004110_METEIONThere. That's where you'll find me.
436435TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004120_GRAHATIAIs that...another star?
437436TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004130_METEIONOf the stars we visited, most were already devoid of life. And where there was life still, the inhabitants wished for death.
438437TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004140_METEIONBut even death, we learned, isn't truly the end. It is but a part of the cycle of rebirth.
439438TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004150_METEIONSouls return to the star─or in its absence, a larger flow. And eventually they are reborn.
440439TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004160_METEIONAlive again, to know suffering anew...
441440TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004170_METEIONTrue salvation lies not in dying. It lies in not being born.
442441TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004180_METEIONThis is the gift I would give to you. To all life on beautiful Etheirys.
443442TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004190_METEIONTo that end, we created an egg wherein life cannot quicken─that dead sun.
444443TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004200_METEIONAttain it if you can. Before your friends' emotions fade away─along with their protection.
445444TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004210_ALISAIEWell, I'm out of ideas...
446445TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004220_ALPHINAUDAs am I. Operating such consoles is trying enough, but if we can't even activate it...
447446TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004230_GRAHATIAPerhaps there is a way.
448447TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004240_GRAHATIAFirst, consider the world that has been recreated here.
449448TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004250_GRAHATIAIts inhabitants were machines who gathered combat data to enhance themselves. And among the many wars they waged, the most notable was that against the dragons.
450449TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004260_GRAHATIAAs you've doubtless surmised, I believe this was the home world of Omega.
451450TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004270_GRAHATIACid built a jamming device to defeat it. A device which generated massive bursts of lightning, its sole weakness.
452451TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004280_GRAHATIAAs you've doubtless surmised, I believe this was the home world of Omega.
453452TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004290_GRAHATIAAccording to the records I read in the future, it possessed a single weakness: lightning.
454453TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004300_GRAHATIAThe significance of these details may be lost on you now, but they lead me to believe this was the home world of Omega.
455454TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004310_GRAHATIAAccording to the records I read in the future, it possessed a single weakness: lightning.
456455TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004320_GRAHATIAThe significance of these details may be lost on you now, but they lead me to believe this was the home world of Omega.
457456TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004330_GRAHATIAAye, I speak of the ancient weapon. The one which the Alliance unleashed upon Shinryu.
458457TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004340_GRAHATIAI will spare you the long story, but according to the records I read in the future, it possessed a single weakness: lightning.
459458TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004350_ALISAIEThat's all well and good, but what does that─ ...Wait, you're not thinking to strike the console with lightning, are you?
460459TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004360_GRAHATIAAs a matter of fact, I am. Ask yourselves this: why would an entity as puissant as Omega not be designed to suppress the effects of lightning?
461460TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004370_ALPHINAUDBecause it relies upon it─or something akin to it─as a source of energy.
462461TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004380_GRAHATIAMy thoughts exactly. And there is a good chance the same is true of the Omicrons and their devices.
463462TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004390_GRAHATIASo, shall I cast caution to the wind and try something reckless and dramatic?
464463TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
465464TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICEHave at it!
466465TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICEI'm not sure this is a good idea.
467466TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICEOr I could use my custom-made Omega Jammer!
468467TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004400_GRAHATIAVery well, here I go!
469468TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004410_GRAHATIAWorry not, I will be careful. And if it fails, we can think of something else.
470469TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004420_GRAHATIAYou still have it!? Cid and Nero's legendary device, which brought low the superweapon Omega!?
471470TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004430_GRAHATIAWait... The actual device was much too big to lug around, so you must have only the control module. And there I was getting all excited...
472471TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004440_GRAHATIANever mind. An old-fashioned spell will suffice.
473472TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004450_ALISAIEIt...it worked!
474473TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004460_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-???-)Opening connection to Communications Module I... Connection established.
475474TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004470_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)Transmission: strategic Matrix Stigma-1 now online. As the primary strategic matrix, you may address me as “Sir.”
476475TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004480_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)Checking for new communications... None found. All units, please maintain current state.
477476TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004490_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)End transmission. Closing connection...
478477TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004500_GRAHATIAWait! We have questions for you!
479478TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004510_GRAHATIAOf late, no mission orders have been issued. Why not? Has there been some manner of trouble?
480479TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004520_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)Reply: the extended operations unit has yet to determine guidelines for future assignments.
481480TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004530_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)All strategies are calculated, devised, and actioned in accordance with said guidelines.
482481TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004540_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)In the interim, all citizens are directed to maintain a state of combat readiness. End reply. Awaiting query.
483482TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004550_ALPHINAUDCan you tell us why the extended operations unit hasn't yet determined the guidelines?
484483TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004560_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)Unable to comply. Information unavailable or access restricted.
485484TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004570_ALPHINAUDIn that case, is it possible for us to communicate directly with the unit?
486485TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004580_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)...Access denied. Unable to establish connection.
487486TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004590_ALISAIEIs there anything you can tell us? Have there been any abnormalities, like a threat to the star or widespread unrest?
488487TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004600_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)Reply: negative. All citizens continue to operate at maximum efficiency.
489488TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004610_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)If your operations are suboptimal, please proceed to a maintenance facility for evaluation. Otherwise, standby at your designated post. End reply.
490489TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004620_MASTERSTIGMAONE(-Sir-)End transmission. Closing connection...
491490TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004630_GRAHATIAI could activate it again, but I doubt it would be productive. What do you think?
492491TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004640_ALISAIEIf all the Omicrons really were running as efficiently as it claimed, then I doubt they were hoping for life here to end.
493492TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004650_ALISAIEAs this Sir told us, there just haven't been any new instructions, and everyone is standing by.
494493TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004660_ALPHINAUDShould be standing by, at any rate. If there are those that are neglecting their duties, perhaps we can glean a clue from them.
495494TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004670_ALPHINAUDI propose we take another look around, and also try to find the operations unit.
496495TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004680_M017As you have surmised, I am part of the shared intelligence of Stigma-1.
497496TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004690_M017It is─was my charge to determine the optimal path to achieving our prime function.
498497TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004700_M017This body had been abandoned by its former owner, and lay unused.
499498TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004710_M017I took it and abandoned my own─and with it my duty.
500499TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004720_GRAHATIAMay we ask why you did this? From what we gather, it seems to be a personal matter.
501500TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004730_M017Our kind did not always look as we do now. Long ago, we possessed frail and feeble bodies.
502501TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004740_M017Beleaguered by stronger races, our ancestors took to augmenting their flesh in order to defend themselves.
503502TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004750_M017What began with limited parts eventually spread to the whole body. And at last, a means was discovered to convert the mind into data, rendering even the brain obsolete.
504503TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004760_M017Such complete mechanical beings were called the Omicrons. And by their might, we came to reign supreme over the star.
505504TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004770_M017But even then, we did not feel secure. For we knew that the universe was home to civilizations aside from our own─civilizations that may be stronger still than us.
506505TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004780_M017Rather than risk becoming the subjugated, we chose to become the subjugator. We began our conquest of the stars, that we might acquire the resources and knowledge we needed to reign supreme.
507506TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004790_M017We were successful in that endeavor. So powerful did we become, we could lay low even the mighty dragons.
508507TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004800_M017But then something unexpected happened. I began experiencing an error: I could no longer determine an optimal path.
509508TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004810_ALISAIEYou were malfunctioning?
510509TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004820_M017I performed numerous full system scans, each time finding no issues. Yet the error persisted...
511510TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004830_M017It was then that I speculated: what would happen if we grew so powerful as to have no equal?
512511TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004840_M017To become stronger was essential to our existence. Our every action has been in service to this objective.
513512TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004850_M017But if nothing lies beyond this, can it be truly said that it was essential?
514513TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004860_M017Have we been engaging only in wanton destruction?
515514TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004870_ALPHINAUDYou could find no threat to justify your purpose.
516515TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004880_M017The Omicrons will never leave this star.
517516TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004890_M017They will stand by until their reserves of energy are spent. For I have no path to offer them. None.
518517TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004900_GRAHATIAIt is not our place to pass judgment on the deeds of the Omicrons.
519518TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004910_GRAHATIABut surely this does not have to spell the end of your people?
520519TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004920_GRAHATIAWith your power and knowledge, the possibilities are endless. Why not seek out a new purpose?
521520TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004930_M017That is impossible.
522521TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004940_M017In the beginning, we had a higher purpose than our pursuit of power.
523522TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004950_M017But we lost sight of it when we so irrevocably altered our fundamental forms.
524523TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004960_M017When we cast aside our flesh, so too did we cast aside all that defined us. Nothing remains of who we once were.
525524TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004970_M017I have no aspirations. No longer can I dream. The vital spark is lost.
526525TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004980_M017Lost amidst circuitry and code and commands...
527526TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_004990_GRAHATIA
528527TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005000_GRAHATIAI believe I know how to overcome this despair.
529528TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005010_GRAHATIAThe words are ready in my mind, but ere I speak them...
530529TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005020_GRAHATIAI want you to make me a promise.
531530TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005030_GRAHATIABe it across time or space, our promises have always connected us. And so I ask that you indulge me once more, that this won't be the end.
532531TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
533532TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICEYou say it, I'll do it.
534533TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICEI can't. Not again.
535534TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005040_GRAHATIAIs that so? In that case, I won't hold back.
536535TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005050_GRAHATIAForcing you through this again is the last thing I want, and I'm sorry...
537536TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005060_GRAHATIABut we've never broken a promise to each other. So I ask that you have faith in us, and hear my request.
538537TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005070_GRAHATIAFirst, I want to visit Ishgard with you. Properly.
539538TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005080_GRAHATIAWe scarcely had time to look around last time. I should like it very much if you could show me the sights.
540539TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005090_GRAHATIANext, you must regale me with your greatest adventures. In the places where you lived them, if possible.
541540TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005100_GRAHATIAI may have read about all your deeds, but there is no substitute for a firsthand account.
542541TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005110_GRAHATIAAnd last but not least, a new adventure together. Unlike any we've experienced before.
543542TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005120_GRAHATIAWe'll travel the lands, cross the seas, and take to the skies upon the eternal wind─and it will be marvelous! It will...
544543TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005130_GRAHATIAIf you would humor me a moment─when we awaken each morning, how can we prove that we're the same individual who retired the night before?
545544TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005140_GRAHATIAThrough the remembrance of past events, we might say. We have our memories. Yet there are times when we forget, or recall incorrectly.
546545TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005150_GRAHATIAWhat of our bodies, then? It is the same one, we might say. Yet technically speaking, as living beings, our bodies are constantly changing. It will never be as it was at an earlier point in time.
547546TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005160_GRAHATIAOur souls are no more immutable. On our star, people are known to inherit the souls of others, yet they are decidedly different beings.
548547TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005170_GRAHATIAFor my part, I've subjected my totality to much and more. I've made my body into an extension of a tower. Blended my soul and memories with those of another self.
549548TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005180_GRAHATIAAnd each time, I would ask myself: what is it that makes me, me?
550549TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005190_M017Were you able to determine an answer?
551550TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005200_GRAHATIANo. But that doesn't mean I'm confused. It simply means I'm the same as everyone else.
552551TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005210_GRAHATIASo I posit this: who we were need not prescribe what we now hold in our hearts.
553552TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005220_GRAHATIAWhatever came before, what matters most is the present.
554553TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005230_GRAHATIAFor me, that is being here with my friends. Full proud of how much we've grown together.
555554TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005240_GRAHATIASo I urge you to not give up. Heed your heart's desire, and hope that the future you long for shall be realized!
556555TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005250_M017I...cannot. We cannot.
557556TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005260_M017We cannot understand desire, nor comprehend hope. We do not know how to create such things.
558557TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005270_GRAHATIAWe're not unalike, you and I... I too have struggled to find the courage to express and embrace my wants.
559558TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005280_GRAHATIAIf you like, I will tell you a tale. A tale of a world on the brink. Of a people who never gave up on the future.
560559TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005290_GRAHATIAOf a man who realized his grandest dreams, and then awakened to a grander reality.
561560TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005300_ALISAIEG'raha!
562561TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005310_ALISAIEYou idiot... Just once... Just *once* stay with us to the end...
563562TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005320_ALPHINAUDDid you find anything?
564563TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005330_ALISAIENo. This place is completely deserted, and I can't see how we're supposed to move on from here.
565564TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005340_ALPHINAUDNeither can I. It's quite the quandary...
566565TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005350_ALPHINAUDThere are no denizens to bar our path, yet there is no way forward.
567566TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005360_ALISAIEFor another mystery, we did find signs of very recent life. You'd swear everyone just vanished into thin air.
568567TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005370_ALISAIEI wonder, how many ruined worlds like this has Meteion seen?
569568TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005380_ALPHINAUDAh!
570569TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005390_ALPHINAUDCould it be...? Yes... Yes, I believe I may have puzzled this out.
571570TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005400_ALPHINAUDDespite how it appears, it's no different this time. There is someone here who has wished for this ruin.
572571TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005410_ALPHINAUDAnd I believe that, together, Alisaie and I can overcome their will.
573572TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q9_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
574573TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A9_000_001_NONE_VOICENo! I won't allow it!
575574TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A9_000_002_NONE_VOICEI promised your parents I'd keep you safe!
576575TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A9_000_003_NONE_VOICEStop─not another word.
577576TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005420_ALPHINAUDI'm afraid it has to be done. For our comrades, for everyone on Etheirys...and for myself.
578577TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005430_ALPHINAUDI know. I know...
579578TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005440_ALPHINAUDBut if there is a chance this will work, then I would take it. For everyone...and for myself.
580579TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005450_ALPHINAUDI'm sorry, but there is a chance, and I must seize it. For everyone...and for myself.
581580TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005460_ALPHINAUDI will not pretend otherwise. I have my fears.
582581TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005470_ALPHINAUDNot for myself, but for you. The last to remain.
583582TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005480_ALPHINAUDYou are no stranger to carrying the burden of others.
584583TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005490_ALPHINAUDBut I can only imagine how heavy the weight would be this time.
585584TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005500_ALPHINAUDAs your friend, I cannot bear the thought of making you suffer so.
586585TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005510_ALISAIEThen why suggest such a thing!?
587586TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005520_ALISAIEIt's too much to ask of anyone─even her!
588587TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005530_ALISAIEWhy must she be the one? Why must she fight alone?
589588TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005540_ALISAIEMore than a hero, she's a dear friend.
590589TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005550_ALISAIENot only to us, but to so many others. There are so many people in the world who care for you, and yet...
591590TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005560_ALISAIEAnd yet...
592591TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005570_ALISAIE
593592TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005580_ALPHINAUDAlisaie. I have an idea.
594593TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005590_ALPHINAUDGiven the nature of this realm, it may be possible to do more than unbar our friend's path. We might also pave her a new one.
595594TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005600_ALPHINAUDFor instance...
596595TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005610_ALPHINAUDA path where he finds happiness at journey's end.
597596TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005620_ALPHINAUDA path where she finds happiness at journey's end.
598597TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005630_ALPHINAUDThis much, I think we can believe with the utmost conviction. No matter how deep our despair.
599598TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005640_ALPHINAUDSo please, believe in us too. And press on.
600599TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005650_ALPHINAUDThank you...
601600TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005660_ALPHINAUDWhat are you─!?
602601TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005670_ALISAIEIf the plan's decided, then let's not dally.
603602TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005680_METEIONAh, there you are. It was as I said, was it not?
604603TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005690_ALPHINAUDIt was. We couldn't find anyone.
605604TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005700_ALPHINAUDBut this place isn't entirely deserted, is it? You are here.
606605TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005710_ALPHINAUDYou sought out a star of promise and found a ruined husk.
607606TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005720_ALPHINAUDLike us, you explored the devastation. Like us, you were stricken.
608607TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005730_ALPHINAUDHorrified by the thought that so many lives could be snuffed out as if they were worth nothing.
609608TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005740_ALPHINAUDAnd the thought that you would have to bear the terrible tidings to Hermes.
610609TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005750_ALPHINAUDThat which you saw and felt, you shared with your sisters. As did they share their own grim findings with you.
611610TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005760_ALPHINAUDOvercome by the pervasive despair of these stars, some of you inadvertently ushered their peoples to their ends.
612611TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005770_ALPHINAUDKnowing the horrors you know, anyone would feel the same. They would fear what lies ahead, and struggle to move forward.
613612TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005780_METEIONFear... I had forgotten that such a thing existed, so focused have I been on shepherding despair.
614613TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005790_ALPHINAUDIf you can remember, then you can still face and overcome your own fear.
615614TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005800_METEIONWhy would I bother with such an insignificant emotion? If the despair I command is as a raging river, then fear is but a trickling stream.
616615TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005810_METEIONIt can do nothing to alter my flow.
617616TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005820_METEIONYou spoke with the Ea, yes? Heard their tale of what awaits the universe?
618617TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005830_METEIONIt's true. The stars grow colder and more distant. Eventually all will enjoy frozen solitude.
619618TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005840_METEIONUsing the power of dynamis, I am hastening that process.
620619TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005850_METEIONIn so doing, nothing will be born ever again. Everyone will remain dead.
621620TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005860_METEIONAlas, it will take time for that to happen. So in mercy I sent you my gift, to spare you needless suffering.
622621TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005870_METEIONDon't worry. Even if no living witnesses remain to mark the event, I'll make certain that Etheirys has a proper end.
623622TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005880_ALISAIEFor all the power you wield, you're more fearful than the familiar you used to be.
624623TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005890_ALISAIEThat Meteion feared simply to move forward, but your fear is such that you've given up on everything.
625624TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005900_ALISAIEI know it well. That sense of defeat. I've tasted my fair share of it.
626625TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005910_ALISAIEBut as many times as we've fallen down, we've learned how to pick ourselves up and carry on.
627626TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005920_ALISAIEWe take each other's hand. Share in each other's courage. Follow in each other's footsteps. And turn sorrow into strength!
628627TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005930_ALPHINAUDThere are times when we fail. We bear wounds that do not heal.
629628TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005940_ALPHINAUDBut these experiences are part of life, and they make us stronger!
630629TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005950_ALPHINAUD(-Alphinaud and Alisaie-)We rise, fall, and rise again!
631630TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005960_ALISAIEWe rise, fall, and rise again!
632631TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005970_ALISAIEDon't worry about us. You must take the next step, and all the rest after that.
633632TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005975_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEEarlier, in Old Sharlayan...
634633TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005980_TATARUPlease... Please... Oh, please let them all be safe...
635634TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_005990_KRILE
636635TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006000_TATARUKrile? Are you all right?
637636TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006010_KRILEIt's nothing... Just a headache.
638637TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006020_KRILEThey'll be fine... I know they will...
639638TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006030_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFFApologies for the interruption! A man arrived on the last ferry. An associate of the Scions!
640639TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006040_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFFHe wishes to speak with you at once!
641640TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006050_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEIn this city devoid of life, you sense the presence of another...
642641TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006060_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEThe sorrow of a thousand thousand worlds weighs heavy. And yet you can walk on.
643642TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006070_METEIONHere the path ends. There is no way to reach our nest.
644643TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006080_METEIONI told you. Resignation and acceptance reign in this place.
645644TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006090_METEIONThe rejection of life by those who came to curse it.
646645TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006100_METEIONThose whose dreams were unfulfilled. Whose prayers were unheard. Whose labors were unrewarded.
647646TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006110_METEIONHope cannot deliver you unto hopelessness. Our refuge is beyond you.
648647TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006120_METEIONAlways has it been. Such is the nature of this place.
649648TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006130_METEIONYou should have remained on Etheirys.
650649TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006140_METEIONStruggle will avail you naught, nor will it grant your comrades peace.
651650TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006150_METEIONCome, let me relieve you of your burden. You have suffered enough.
652651TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006155_ALL[MYRIAD VOICES] REPORT IF DISPLAYED
653652TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006160_YSHTOLAAzem's magick. So long as our souls remain, you can use it to summon us back. But you mustn't.
654653TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006170_THANCREDThat's why...it's too soon for this to end.
655654TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006180_KRILEYou must triumph.
656655TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006190_BLOEWYDABe safe, all of you. And come back.
657656TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006200_AMONAfter all these years...is this the answer I was hoping for?
658657TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006210_VENASSo long as we remember, our fates remain ours to shape.
659658TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006220_HYTHLODAEUSPerhaps when our time comes to return to the star, we shall remember these few days we have lost.
660659TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006230_EMETSELCHDo not squander it. The legacy I leave you.
661660TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q10_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
662661TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A10_000_001_NONE_VOICEI won't forsake our cause.
663662TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A10_000_002_NONE_VOICEI'll reach you! I'll find a way!
664663TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006240_EMETSELCH(-???-)I bid them remember, but all this time, *I'm* the one who had forgotten... A right fool you've made of me, Hermes.
665664TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006250_EMETSELCH(-???-)And to add insult to injury, I've been denied a sound rest, forced to watch this clamorous show.
666665TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006260_HYTHLODAEUS(-???-)Oh come now, it's been a gripping tale. Unbreakable bonds and noble sacrifice, sprinkled with moments of levity to counterbalance the pathos. It's got it all.
667666TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006270_HYTHLODAEUS(-???-)I for one would have been perfectly content to watch enraptured from the stalls...
668667TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006280_HYTHLODAEUSBut I won't say no to a bit part!
669668TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006290_METEIONWhat are you?
670669TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006300_EMETSELCHHalf-faded souls of the dead. Isn't it painfully obvious?
671670TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006310_EMETSELCHWorry not─we haven't the power to defeat you. Nor is it our duty to do so. Not anymore.
672671TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006320_EMETSELCHThat being said, we do have a score to settle.
673672TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006330_EMETSELCHSo, here I am, Venat. I suppose you needed me to tie it all together, these frayed threads of our history─but knowing you, I suspect there's a joke in it too. Oh yes, I can imagine you gloating over my forgetfulness.
674673TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006340_EMETSELCHWere I feeling charitable, I might assume you had left room for the possibility of this outcome.
675674TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006350_EMETSELCHEven so, you'll get no applause from me. A single gesture will not lighten the burden I've had to bear.
676675TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006360_EMETSELCHStill, you must be commended. Our methods would not have brought mankind this far.
677676TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006370_EMETSELCHAnd so, as a show of respect to the last of us, I make this declaration.
678677TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006380_EMETSELCHYou will not end our journey!
679678TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006390_EMETSELCHThat is our answer! The answer of all lives of Etheirys, past and present!
680679TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006400_HYTHLODAEUSAs you've called us to the stage, so shall we perform. And creation magicks never fail to please.
681680TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006410_HYTHLODAEUSDrawing upon the hopes of your comrades, we will make for you a new path.
682681TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006420_EMETSELCHWhat form said path takes depends on you. So focus─focus and envision that which rejects the claim that you cannot attain your goal!
683682TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006430_HYTHLODAEUSOurs is the wisdom to weave the fabric of reality...
684683TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006440_HYTHLODAEUSOurs is the power to create!
685684TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006450_HERMESMeteion.
686685TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006460_HERMESThough I gave you these wings to soar the heavens, I did not teach you how to walk the earth. So loath was I to bind another living being.
687686TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006470_HERMESIn the course of your long journey, you will learn from those you meet. Learn to walk and run and so much more.
688687TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006480_HERMESA flower.
689688TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006490_HERMESYes. Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower.
690689TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006500_EMETSELCHThese Elpis blooms serve as proof that this realm is not utterly devoid of hope. No more can you deny its power. No more is yours the dominion of despair.
691690TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006510_EMETSELCHIn case the practical implications were lost on you, your comrades no longer need fight their fight.
692691TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006520_EMETSELCHSo, go on. Call them back to your side.
693692TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006530_HYDAELYNMay you ever walk...in the light...
694693TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006540_THANCREDHow disappointing. Not even a single scar in the making to brag about.
695694TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006550_ESTINIEN
696695TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006560_ESTINIENYou'll find a way regardless.
697696TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006570_YSHTOLAHonestly... This is far more than any of us could have hoped for. Let us be thankful.
698697TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006580_URIANGERIndeed. That we thus stand reunited is a gift. Let us not squander it, and see that we all return to Etheirys.
699698TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006590_GRAHATIAAye, as soon as we've averted the Final Days!
700699TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006600_ALISAIEGood to see you again. Our heroic sacrifice paid off, I take it?
701700TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006610_ALPHINAUDCome, my friends. Let us carry on and finish it─together.
702701TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q11_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
703702TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A11_000_001_NONE_VOICEIt's over, Meteion.
704703TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A11_000_002_NONE_VOICECome with us, Meteion.
705704TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006620_METEION
706705TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006630_METEIONCan you...hear me...?
707706TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006640_METEIONThe voices within... Crying in pain, wailing in sorrow... Hurting... Hurting...
708707TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006650_METEIONEnd it...silence it... Silence our song of oblivion!
709708TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006660_HYTHLODAEUSThe way is open. They can proceed.
710709TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006670_EMETSELCHSo it seems.
711710TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006680_ALISAIEYou're leaving!?
712711TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006690_EMETSELCHOf course. The encore is finished, and I will not suffer myself to live again by Hydaelyn's magick.
713712TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006700_EMETSELCHBut more than that, the future you seek is not the past we loved. That is why we fought. And why I lost.
714713TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006710_EMETSELCHBut though you defeated me, my ideals are inviolate. Invincible.
715714TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006720_EMETSELCHSpare me your pity. I have no use for it. If you would do something for me─save our star.
716715TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006730_EMETSELCHSee this tale to a triumphant conclusion, and with elation in your hearts, bid the final curtain fall.
717716TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006740_EMETSELCHOnly then may it rise again and a new tale begin─with new parts for all to play.
718717TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006750_EMETSELCH
719718TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006760_EMETSELCHTell me, have you been to the ruins beneath the waters of the Bounty?
720719TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006770_EMETSELCHOr the treasure islands beyond the frozen waters of Blindfrost, in Othard's north?
721720TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006780_EMETSELCHThe fabled golden cities of the New World? The sacred sites of the forgotten people of the south sea isles?
722721TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006790_EMETSELCHWhat about Meracydia, the southern continent? Do you know aught of its present state of affairs?
723722TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006800_EMETSELCH...I thought not. Even of your little Eorzea, you know precious little. The true identities of the Twelve, for instance.
724723TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006810_EMETSELCHAll of which is to say: expand your horizons. Go forth and seek discovery. Some of the civilizations in the reflections will surprise you.
725724TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006820_EMETSELCHAs the bearer of Azem's crystal, you may consider your duty to see at least that much.
726725TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006830_EMETSELCHI certainly did.
727726TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006840_HYTHLODAEUS
728727TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006850_HYTHLODAEUSI pray we meet again. If not in this life, then perhaps another.
729728TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006860_HYTHLODAEUSWhensoever it should be, I trust it will be a most joyous reunion.
730729TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006870_EMETSELCHFor you, maybe. I want nothing to do with it.
731730TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006880_HYTHLODAEUSOh, don't be that way.
732731TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006890_METEIONSo you are finally here. In this place between death and rebirth, where life knows no dawn.
733732TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006900_METEIONCome, then. Follow me down into the darkest depths of despair.
734733TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006910_METEIONThat you still stand... Your determination defies all reason.
735734TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006920_METEIONThe souls within me writhe and recoil in your presence...
736735TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006930_METEIONWhat must I do? What pain must I visit upon you to make you surrender to despair?
737736TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006940_ALISAIENo one is unbreakable. What pains one may weather may bring another to tears.
738737TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006950_ALISAIEBut therein lies our strength, for when we fall, our brothers and sisters are there to raise us up. Again and again. Without end.
739738TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006960_METEIONI see...
740739TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006970_METEIONBut no matter how much hope exists, ever will there be more despair.
741740TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006980_EAABut no matter how much hope exists, ever will there be more despair.
742741TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_006990_EABBut no matter how much hope exists, ever will there be more despair.
743742TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007000_MASTERSTIGMAONEBut no matter how much hope exists, ever will there be more despair.
744743TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007010_METEIONEver will the living curse the present and lament the future.
745744TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007020_EAAEver will the living curse the present and lament the future.
746745TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007030_EABEver will the living curse the present and lament the future.
747746TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007040_MASTERSTIGMAONEEver will the living curse the present and lament the future.
748747TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007050_METEIONSo shall we sing until life ceases to be.
749748TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007060_EAASo shall we sing until life ceases to be.
750749TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007070_EABSo shall we sing until life ceases to be.
751750TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007080_MASTERSTIGMAONESo shall we sing until life ceases to be.
752751TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007090_ALPHINAUDSeven hells!
753752TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007100_ESTINIENOn your guard!
754753TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007110_ENDSINGERAhhh, the rage... It rises... Rises...
755754TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007120_ESTINIEN
756755TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007130_METEIONStop!
757756TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007140_METEIONCalm yourself. Please...
758757TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007150_THANCRED
759758TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007160_YSHTOLA
760759TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007170_ENDSINGERWe die in pain. We die in suffering! Who are you to live? Who are you to hope!?
761760TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007180_URIANGERHold on, my friends!
762761TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007190_ALPHINAUDUrianger, watch out!
763762TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007200_URIANGER
764763TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007210_ALPHINAUD
765764TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007220_URIANGERAlphinaud!
766765TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007230_ENDSINGERWe cannot comprehend. We cannot know. We cannot know!
767766TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007240_METEIONDon't, please! Don't do this to them. To yourself!
768767TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007250_ALISAIEJust one good strike.
769768TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007260_ALISAIEWhat!?
770769TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007270_ALISAIE
771770TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007280_METEIONStop. Please, stop!
772771TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007290_ENDSINGERWe will not suffer alone...
773772TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007300_ENDSINGERAll will know our pain!
774773TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007310_GRAHATIANo you don't!
775774TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007320_GRAHATIA
776775TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007330_ENDSINGERAll awash in ice. A frozen waste. Forever silent!
777776TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007340_ALISAIEWait!
778777TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007350_ALISAIEDon't!
779778TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007360_ENDSINGERYou gifted them escape.
780779TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007370_ENDSINGERAnd rendered yourself powerless.
781780TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007380_ENDSINGERBereft of the synergy you claim is your strength. Unless you mean to call upon the dead once more.
782781TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007390_ENDSINGERDefiant to the last. But you will be one with us ere long.
783782TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007400_ENDSINGERYou will be battered and torn and made to crawl. You will weep and wail and curse your impotence. Curse your life as it fades.
784783TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007410_ENDSINGERAs we did! As we died!
785784TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007420_ENDSINGERSuch pain and sorrow we felt... Such anguish and rage... We tried. We tried. But it was no use...
786785TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007430_ENDSINGEROnly when we surrendered did we find release. Only when we embraced death.
787786TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007440_ENDSINGERSo join us in despair...and embrace yours!
788787TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007450_ENDSINGERMy Ultimatum... What is happening...?
789788TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007460_ZENOSAt the end of everything I find you, my friend.
790789TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007470_ZENOSI sought something in you, once. As you did in me.
791790TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007480_ZENOSWhen at last I understood what it was, I journeyed to Sharlayan to seek you out. Struck a bargain with the woman who shares your gift.
792791TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007510_ZENOSIn exchange for lending the Scions my aid, I was given the means to come hither.
793792TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007520_ZENOSGorging upon what remained of the Mothercrystal, I reclaimed the form of the dragon. And hungry still for our reunion, I rode the light of the stars to you.
794793TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007530_ZENOSI take it this is your prey.
795794TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007550_ZENOSBut why does it still live? Surely it is no match for you.
796795TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007560_ZENOSI had assumed you would be above something so banal as despair. Am I mistaken?
797796TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q12_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
798797TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A12_000_001_NONE_VOICEI don't want your help.
799798TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A12_000_002_NONE_VOICEIf it comes to it, I won't save you.
800799TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007570_ZENOS
801800TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007580_ZENOSAnd I'd rather not give it. Nay, I would have preferred that we enjoy a private reunion.
802801TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007590_ZENOSI care not. What I desire of you isn't succor. It is satisfaction.
803802TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007600_ZENOSSo come, let us dispense with this distraction, you and I!
804803TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007610_ENDSINGERYou struggle in vain. You will not silence our song of oblivion!
805804TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007620_ENDSINGERYou will never reach it. Will never reach the deliverance you seek.
806805TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007630_ENDSINGERIf this...was not the answer...then what is it? Where lies...happiness...?
807806TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007640_METEIONNo matter where we flew, there was only darkness and loneliness and pain.
808807TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007650_METEIONWe couldn't find the answers Hermes yearned for. The answers he deserved.
809808TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007660_METEIONGreetings... You who are my final encounter...
810809TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007670_METEIONI wish to hear your words... Share your feelings... Know your thoughts.
811810TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007680_METEIONMay we please...be friends?
812811TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007690_METEION
813812TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007700_METEIONYes, I can see them... The memories of a long, long journey...
814813TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007710_METEIONSo many people... The thoughts of them overflowing in your heart...
815814TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007720_METEIONWhat they live for, what gives their lives meaning... There was never a single answer.
816815TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007730_METEIONYou gather pieces of happiness, precious and fragile, only to lose them. Then start again.
817816TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007740_METEIONOn and on it goes, until death takes you into its gentle embrace.
818817TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007750_METEIONThat which Hermes sent us to find...was there all this time. On Etheirys.
819818TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q13_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
820819TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A13_000_001_NONE_VOICEIt wasn't always there.
821820TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A13_000_002_NONE_VOICEWe created it together.
822821TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007760_METEIONLike a field of flowers, perhaps. At first a single blossom, it spreads and takes on more colors.
823822TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007770_METEIONThank you for guiding me here. To find these words at journey's end fills me with joy.
824823TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007780_METEIONAnd so, before I fall forever silent, there is one thing I must do.
825824TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007790_METEIONNo expression of regret will undo what my sisters and I have done. Will restore what we have stolen.
826825TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007800_METEIONBut if you would allow it, I would sing one last song. A song of the newfound joy that swells in my heart...
827826TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007810_METEIONOf the beauty of light when it shines across a dark and starless sea...
828827TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007820_METEIONOf a dream that from the soil of worlds now lost to sorrow, life will spring forth once more...
829828TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007830_METEION...Nourished by gentle rains and caressed by uplifting winds. A song of hope.
830829TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007840_METEIONOne day, life will fill the universe again. And Hermes will see this and smile.
831830TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007850_METEIONHow, I do not know. But I do know that, where there is a will, there is a way.
832831TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007860_METEIONAfter all, miracles happen every day, do they not?
833832TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007870_METEION
834833TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007880_METEIONI will create a path back to your ship, where your dear friends await.
835834TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007890_METEIONHold in your heart your desire to return to them, then follow my lead and walk forth.
836835TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007900_METEIONThat hope will surely guide you true.
837836TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007910_ZENOSYou mean to return. To the world where you are hailed as a hero.
838837TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007920_ZENOSHear me then. Not as a hero, but as simply...you.
839838TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007930_ZENOSAs I learned in Ala Mhigo, you are a formidable foe.
840839TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007940_ZENOSStronger than any I have faced. Against you, I need bring my all to bear.
841840TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007950_ZENOSI need burn through the candle of my life.
842841TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007960_ZENOSThis is the sole pleasure I know, and it is the sole pleasure I have to share.
843842TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007970_ZENOSAnd so I come before you. To issue challenge and offer singular bliss.
844843TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007980_ZENOSIf you wish to walk away, I will not stop you.
845844TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_007990_ZENOSYou value life. You do not burn yours save for reasons you deem worthy.
846845TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008000_ZENOSReasons such as those which brought you here. The salvation of a world and its people. The motives of a hero true.
847846TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008010_ZENOSBut there is more to you than that. You know this to be true.
848847TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008020_ZENOSAs surely as you know the thrill of pushing your body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes, dancing ever closer to the precipice, wondering if this will be the one to finally, finally...fill the void.
849848TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008030_ZENOSSuch pleasures, you seek for their own sake, and no other reason. Is this not so...*adventurer*?
850849TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q14_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
851850TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A14_000_001_NONE_VOICEThat, I can't deny.
852851TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A14_000_002_NONE_VOICEThink what you will. But I'm not letting you leave this place.
853852TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A14_000_003_NONE_VOICEI've had enough of you. It ends here.
854853TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008040_ZENOS
855854TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008050_ZENOSAcceptance. At long last.
856855TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008060_ZENOSThe conflagration of our clash will scorch even the stars!
857856TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008070_ZENOSSo you would still play the hero.
858857TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008080_ZENOSNo matter. In acceptance you betray your deception. You know full well what we are, and what we seek.
859858TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008090_ZENOSTo shine incandescent in death's shadow!
860859TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008095_ZENOSFinally mustered the desire to kill me, have you?
861860TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008096_ZENOSGo on, then. Try and strike me down in this forsaken place. I shall return the favor.
862861TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008097_ZENOSAye, let us indulge in the only worthwhile pursuit, and burn our lives to their ends!
863862TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008100_ZENOSCome, then!
864863TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008110_ZENOS
865864TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008120_ZENOSThat I should lose again...
866865TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008130_ZENOS
867866TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008140_ZENOSHow disappointing.
868867TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008150_ZENOSNever have I understood those around me. Understood their obsessions.
869868TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008160_ZENOSBesieged by their banality, the world was a mire of tedium and trivialities.
870869TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008170_ZENOSBut in these fleeting moments, there is...a spark. Blinding, brilliant...
871870TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008180_ZENOSGone...too soon...
872871TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008190_ZENOSWhat of you, my mirror? Born into this world, bestowed name, bid to seek out strife and adventure...
873872TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008200_ZENOSWas this life a gift...or a burden?
874873TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008210_ZENOSDid you find...fulfillment?
875874TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008220_ZENOSI...
876875TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008230_ZENOS
877876TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008240_ESTINIENCan you hear... Say...
878877TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008250_URIANGER...must tend to...
879878TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008260_GRAHATIAOpen your... ...please!
880879TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008270_YSHTOLASomeone...hand...
881880TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008280_ALPHINAUDPlease...
882881TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008290_ALISAIE[SOBBING] Report if displayed.
883882TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008300_ALISAIEYou can't leave us... Not like this...
884883TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008310_ALISAIEIf you do, I'll never forgive you... So, come on! Open your eyes and get up!
885884TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008320_ALISAIE[GASP] Report if displayed
886885TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008330_ALPHINAUDAre you...are you with us?
887886TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008340_ALPHINAUDThank the heavens... For a moment we thought...
888887TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_Q15_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
889888TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A15_000_001_NONE_VOICEIs everyone all right?
890889TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_A15_000_002_NONE_VOICEAm I really alive?
891890TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008350_GRAHATIAAfter what you've done, you're the last person...
892891TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008360_GRAHATIA...To be asking that.
893892TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008370_GRAHATIA
894893TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008380_GRAHATIAYes, you're alive.
895894TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008390_GRAHATIAYou're alive...
896895TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008400_GRAHATIA
897896TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008410_GRAHATIAYou... How can you keep your promise if you're not here?
898897TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008420_ESTINIENAnother fine show you've put on, my friend.
899898TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008430_YSHTOLAA fine show indeed...
900899TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008440_YSHTOLAWhat were you thinking, fighting alone? Never do that again. My poor heart couldn't bear it.
901900TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008450_THANCREDPut yourself in our place. If you hadn't returned, how do you think we would feel? And if that sounds harsh...it's because we care.
902901TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008460_URIANGERWe tended to thy wounds as best we could, but how is the pain?
903902TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008470_URIANGERThat is gladdening. Grievous as thine injuries were, however, I would counsel repose for a time.
904903TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008480_ALISAIEGladdening!?
905904TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008490_ALISAIEThere's nothing gladdening about this!
906905TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008500_ALISAIEWhen Meteion appeared in here and told us that you were right behind her, we all got our hopes up. But you never came!
907906TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008510_ALISAIEAnd when you finally deign to appear, you're within an ilm of your life!
908907TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008520_ALISAIEDamn you! Damn you for making us worry!
909908TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008530_LIVINGWAYAh, those were cries of celebration.
910909TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008540_LIVINGWAYAnyway, what the important thing is that you're all alive and in reasonably good health, and we mean to get you back that way.
911910TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008550_LIVINGWAYAs for your earlier request, I'm quite certain we're in range to make contact now.
912911TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008560_THANCREDAh, excellent. Let us announce our return at once.
913912TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008570_THANCREDI hope you're ready.
914913TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008580_ALPHINAUD
915914TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008590_ALPHINAUDWhile you were unconscious, we set out from Ultima Thule, you see.
916915TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008600_ALPHINAUDCan you stand? If so, you may wish to see what's outside.
917916TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008610_ALPHINAUDWe're home, my friend. We're home!
918917TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008620_ERENVILLEIs that...?
919918TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008630_ERENVILLEIt is! It's the *Ragnarok*! They're back!
920919TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008640_WILFSUNNThank heavens...
921920TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008650_BLOEWYDATruly.
922921TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008660_SICARDYes!
923922TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008670_EMMANELLAINThey've done it!
924923TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008680_SOROBANWelcome home!
925924TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008690_HOARYBOULDER
926925TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008700_CIDYes!
927926TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008710_FOURCHENAULT
928927TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008720_KRILE
929928TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008730_TATARUWelcome home, everyone!
930929TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008740_TATARUWelcome home!
931930TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008750_ALPHINAUDDearest Mother, Dearest Father...
932931TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008760_ALPHINAUDThis letter will be the very last that I write to you from the Rising Stones.
933932TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008770_ALPHINAUDAs I commit these words to parchment, I fondly recall my journey as a Scion.
934933TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008780_ALPHINAUDFrom the time I first walked into the order's former halls...to the time I set forth to forestall the Final Days.
935934TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008790_ALPHINAUDAt the farthest reaches of the sea of stars, we fought the battle of our lives...
936935TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008800_ALPHINAUDFought against despair itself─a veritable maelstrom of it fed by the resignation that dwelled in the hearts of beings not so unlike ourselves.
937936TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008810_ALPHINAUDFull oft have I harbored the same malaise. Have I been brought to my knees, crushed by the weight of sorrow and defeat, convinced that I will never rise again.
938937TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008820_ALPHINAUDHowever...
939938TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008830_ALPHINAUDI have also known many moments of unbridled joy and happiness.
940939TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008840_ALPHINAUDBy this truth do I find hope within, blooming resplendent like the Elpis flower.
941940TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008850_ALPHINAUDAnd thus do I endure.
942941TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008860_ALPHINAUDDo I look forward to creating more memories with my friends and loved ones.
943942TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008865_ALPHINAUDFor from these fertile seeds, yet more hope shall spring forth...
944943TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008870_ALPHINAUDAnd they will grow to become shining lights that illuminate the dark.
945944TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008880_ALPHINAUDThus believing, I leave the Rising Stones behind, as will my comrades.
946945TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008890_ALPHINAUDFor as we have decided after careful deliberation...
947946TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008900_ALPHINAUDWe are disbanding the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
948947TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008910_TATARUThere you are, Alphinaud!
949948TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008920_TATARUEveryone is already gathered in the foyer!
950949TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008930_ALPHINAUDMy apologies. I'll be right there.
951950TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008940_ALPHINAUDAt least...that is what the story will be.
952951TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008950_ALPHINAUDSorry to keep you all waiting.
953952TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008960_ALISAIEWhat could you possibly have left to do now?
954953TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008970_ALPHINAUDOh, just a letter.
955954TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008980_THANCREDI imagine it will be a while before we can gather like this again.
956955TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_008990_YSHTOLASo it must be if we're to keep up appearances.
957956TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009000_YSHTOLAFrom now on, it falls to the Grand Company of Eorzea and its allies to deal with the realm's crises.
958957TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009010_URIANGERMeanwhile, we shall return to our erstwhile ways.
959958TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009020_URIANGERRetreating from plain sight to take our place in the shadows once more.
960959TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009030_ALPHINAUDIndeed. For the foreseeable future, I expect that we must work independently as we seek out problems that want for solving.
961960TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009040_ALPHINAUDBut a day will come when we face another great challenge. And we will face it together, as we always have.
962961TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009050_KRILEAs much as I look forward to that day, I do hope it doesn't come any time soon...
963962TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009060_ESTINIENWell, formal association or no, if any of you should require my services, you need but ask.
964963TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009070_ESTINIENI'll be glad to keep my lance arm honed.
965964TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009080_THANCREDI'll hold you to that, so you had better keep your linkpearl on hand.
966965TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009090_ALISAIESo, you really mean to stay, Tataru?
967966TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009100_TATARUSomeone has to keep the Rising Stones in proper order, and even a super-secret organization requires a super-secret base of operations.
968967TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009110_TATARUTo the rest of the world, it will be naught more than a workshop for Eorzea's foremost up-and-coming artisan!
969968TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009120_TATARUIf you thought our coffers were full to bursting before, just wait till I can devote myself wholly to the crafts.
970969TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009130_ALISAIEPlotting to build a mercantile empire to rival that of Lord Lolorito, are we?
971970TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009135_GRAHATIA[LAUGHS] Report if displayed.
972971TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009140_GRAHATIAI, for one, look forward to your future successes, Tataru, as do I our next meeting.
973972TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009150_TATARUAnd with that, I believe it is past time you all made ready to depart.
974973TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009160_TATARULeave no preparations undone or words unsaid, all right? Now, off with you!
975974TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009170_ALISAIEI suppose we're off to Garlemald, then.
976975TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009180_ALISAIEThough we ought to speak with Lord Aymeric first. If he's received word of any recent developments, we need to know.
977976TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009190_ALPHINAUD'Twould be prudent to purchase some warmer clothes at least. Mayhap we can pick up a few souvenirs for Jullus and the others while we're at it.
978977TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009200_ALISAIEWhere will you all be heading next?
979978TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009210_YSHTOLADravania. There is a book I have been meaning to borrow from the Great Gubal Library.
980979TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009220_YSHTOLAAnd I can think of at least one person who will be most displeased should I fail to visit before leaving.
981980TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009230_THANCREDWe've no particular destination in mind, but we do intend to stop in Sharlayan before we set off.
982981TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009240_URIANGERWe had thought to ask after the Loporrits. I am curious as to how well those who chose to remain are adapting to their changed circumstances.
983982TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009250_KRILEMight we accompany you, then? Raha and I were planning to return to the Baldesion Annex.
984983TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009260_GRAHATIACommissions have been piling up in our absence, and they must be dealt with ere we begin our work in earnest.
985984TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009270_ALPHINAUDEstinien. You will return to Radz-at-Han, will you not?
986985TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009280_ESTINIENAye. For Vrtra's benefit, though I've yet to hear the details. I may not stay long.
987986TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009290_ALPHINAUDI see. Then it is here the Scions at last part ways, each to some far-flung corner of the realm.
988987TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009300_YSHTOLAPerhaps. But I believe one of our number─a rather important one, at that─has yet to divulge her plans.
989988TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009310_ESTINIENQuite right.
990989TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009320_URIANGERIndeed...
991990TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009330_GRAHATIAFair point!
992991TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009340_ALPHINAUDSo. What's next for our humble adventurer?
993992TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009350_ELIDIBUS(-???-)The constancy of this place never ceases to amaze me. An ocean of souls, shimmering and eternal.
994993TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009360_ELIDIBUS(-???-)And yet...something stirs...
995994TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009370_ELIDIBUS(-???-)Yes... Steeped in darkness deep as starless night, the beast hungers.
996995TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009380_ELIDIBUS(-???-)Alas, I dare not investigate in earnest before the coming of my guiding star, as he foretold.
997996TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009390_ELIDIBUS(-???-)Alas, I dare not investigate in earnest before the coming of my guiding star, as she foretold.
998997TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009400_ELIDIBUS(-???-)We shall descend to the depths, you and I, to confront the dread beast Pandæmonium.
999998TEXT_VOICEMAN_06006_009410_ELIDIBUS(-???-)Oh, the sights we shall see. The sights we shall see.