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40TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_00The bespectacled technician is enjoying the refreshing harbor breeze.
51TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_01The bespectacled technician turns at your approach, marveling at the serendipity of your meeting. She explains that she and her team have just begun combing through the <Emphasis>Ragnarok</Emphasis>'s flight log data, only to discover the existence of a mystery transmission─an audio message of unknown origin. The technician invites you to join her at Thaumazein, insisting that one of the flight's original passengers should be present for the moment when they finally decipher the transmission's content.
62TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_02Upon your arrival, you learn that engineers from Garlond Ironworks will be coming to assist with deciphering the message. Sure enough, you are soon joined by the inimitable Biggs and Wedge, who themselves are accompanied by Alpha and the scale model of Omega. After exchanging surprised greetings, Biggs shares his suspicion that, in its final moments, the original Omega may have somehow transferred its mind into its toylike counterpart. The contraption's newly added voice module removes all doubt, allowing the entity to confirm its identity, not to mention its ability to understand the transmitted missive. Omega's willingness to cooperate, however, is contingent upon you assisting with its investigation into certain anomalies surrounding the Final Days...
73TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_03You agree to Omega's conditions, and it explains that there are three elements of the Scions' report which require clarification. The first of these concerns the pattern of those who succumbed to transformation during the Final Days. Motioning for Alpha to join you, it urges you to teleport your unlikely trio to Radz–at–Han.
84TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_04Once in the city, Omega hypothesizes that survivors of the Final Days will display significant strength of heart. Reasoning that a residential ward should provide suitable subjects for interrogation, you set off to question the inhabitants of Kama. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
95TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_05Your interviews have provided Omega with a trove of revelatory data. Seemingly overwhelmed by the input, the former weapon construct requests a quiet location to process the information it has heard. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
106TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_06After evaluating its initial hypothesis against the gathered evidence, Omega is struck by the inaccuracy of its assessments. Determined to identify the root of this computational conflict, Omega insists that a larger sample size of subjects is required. You conclude that Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers should meet the parameters set forth by your mechanical companion. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
117TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_07A puzzled-but-welcoming Djinabaha does his best to answer Omega's questions, though it seems his responses serve only to add to the machine's confusion. Reluctant to disturb the “deep philosophical musings” taking place, Djinabaha nevertheless ventures to ask a favor of you. He asks that you spare a moment to talk with a man by the name of Nashvan, who should be sorting inventory just outside the facility's eastern exit. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
128TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_08You find the man in question, and are transported back to that tragic moment in time when both his son and Ahewann were lost to the terrors of the Final Days. Nashvan's tale of sorrow and subsequent return to society leaves Omega confounded once more, the ephemeral mortal spirit as much a source of mystery as it ever was. Perhaps a change of location and objective will help further Omega's education...
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2824TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_00Speak with the bespectacled technician.
2925TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_01Speak with Omega.
3026TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_02Speak with Omega and have it accompany you.
3127TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_03Speak with the residents of Kama while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
3228TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_04Accompany Omega to the designated location and then speak with it.
3329TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_05Speak with Djinabaha while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
3430TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_06Search for Nashvan while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
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5248TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_000Hrngh! Ah, that's blown the cobwebs away. Time to return to work...
5349TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_001Goodness me, look who it is! How incredibly serendipitous that I would run into <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> of all people!
5450TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_002I was part of the team which designed the <Emphasis>Ragnarok</Emphasis>, you see, and we've recently begun the process of combing through the vessel's flight log data.
5551TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_003The primary objective of your journey to Ultima Thule was to save our star and countless others, of course, but it also provided us with an invaluable trove of information─records of places and events we could only dream of.
5652TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_004Your safe return gave us much to be thankful for.
5753TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_005As it so happens, one of the things we pulled from the log was a transmission of unknown origin. Something the ship must have intercepted during its flight...
5854TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_007We believe it to be an audio message, but even our most knowledgeable scholars have been unable to decipher its content─Professor Rurusha included.
5955TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_008We believe it to be an audio message, but even our most talented linguists have been unable to decipher the language.
6056TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_009For a while there, it seemed we must accept defeat. But today may be the day that we finally solve the mystery!
6157TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_010If you were so inclined, would you care to come along to Thaumazein? It seems fitting to have one of the <Emphasis>Ragnarok</Emphasis>'s original passengers present to hear history being made.
6258TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_020Ah, there you are! This is where we're to meet the engineers from Garlond Ironworks, who, I am told, potentially hold the key to unlocking our mystery transmission.
6359TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_021They should be along at any moment...
6460TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_022(-???-)Sorry we're late. We had some trouble finding the right─ Gods, is that you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!?
6561TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_023Yes! The <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman herself<Else/>man himself</If>! I ran into <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> at the harbor, and thought if anyone deserved to hear this message deciphered, it was <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>.
6662TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_024No argument here. But bugger me if you don't have a knack for being in the right place at the right time...
6763TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_025This actually has more to do with you than you might think, so please, do stick around.
6864TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_026Shall we pick up from where we left off, then?
6965TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_027As I was saying, we think this transmission the <Emphasis>Ragnarok</Emphasis> intercepted is a message of some kind─albeit in a language entirely alien to our ears.
7066TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_028“Alien” being the operative word here. Considering we received the message out in the great expanse, its origin was likely some distant star.
7167TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_029Unfortunately, our list of off-world allies is presently rather short. Thus we were resigned to the fact that the meaning behind the message would remain beyond our understanding.
7268TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_030One of my colleagues, however, refused to give up. She remembered the Ironworks engineers who had been so helpful in the construction of the <Emphasis>Ragnarok</Emphasis>, and turned to them for insight into our seemingly impossible problem.
7369TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_031Do you know what Wedge said when he heard what was going on?
7470TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_032“We should have Omega listen to it. I bet it can tell us what the message means!”
7571TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_033Not the Omega you beat in the rift, of course. He's talking about the toy that trundles around with Alpha─the little model we made.
7672TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_034We originally designed it to follow a chosen target and not much else, but I've seen it act in ways that...well, it's like it has a mind of its own.
7773TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_035Then I got to thinking about those documents your lot sent the chief. The full report on the Final Days...
7874TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_036In the part about Omega's civilization, it said their people discovered how to convert the mind into data and store it outside the body.
7975TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_037Timing being what it was, I wonder if Omega didn't somehow transfer its consciousness into our model right before you put an end to the real one.
8076TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_038So! In an effort to get to the bottom of that, as well as take a crack at this indecipherable message, we decided to make some modifications.
8177TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_039With help from Labyrinthos technicians, we've upgraded our toy Omega with a fully functional vocalization module!
8278TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_040We played the transmission for Omega, and I think it's ready to share!
8379TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q1_000_041What will you say?
8480TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A1_000_042Are you in there, Omega?
8581TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A1_000_043Ahem... Hello?
8682TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_044Affirmative...if by “Omega” you are referring to my consciousness, rather than my entire former chassis, existing inside this considerably smaller frame.
8783TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_045...Hello. Your greeting is a standard method for initiating communication, but in this case, it was imperative that you first establish my true identity.
8884TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_046Without confirming I am Omega, any subsequent interaction must allow for the probability that you are wasting time addressing a mere toy.
8985TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_047Prediction. You will formulate several misconceptions. These, I shall preemptively dismiss based on the following facts...
9086TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_048One. Vocalization module aside, this chassis remains unmodified from the design constructed by the engineers Biggs and Wedge. I evaluate its combat capabilities to be on par with a mortal infant.
9187TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_049Two. The mechanism which allowed me to perform an emergency transfer of my consciousness was installed in my previous body. With the destruction of that body, I am rendered incapable of replicating such a feat.
9288TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_050Should this current material form be destroyed or cease to function, all cognitive awareness or presence I possess will also be lost.
9389TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_051Conclusion. I present no threat to you or your star, nor do my projections indicate the necessity to inflict harm.
9490TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_052In the fraction of a moment before my annihilation in the rift, I...reexamined my directives.
9591TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_053If I am to fulfill my purpose as an evolving construct, then I must continue my journey for improvement for as long as I exist. I must acquire this “heart” of yours. This “strength of soul.”
9692TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_054Well, there you have it. And it's not wrong about its “combat capabilities”─it'd be more likely to damage itself than the thing it was trying to attack.
9793TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_055But let's not forget the reason we brought you here in the first place. What about the transmission they played for you? Could you recognize the language?
9894TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_056Affirmative. It was transmitted in pan-galactic basic.
9995TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_057Pan...galactic...basic?
10096TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_058A common language in comparatively extensive usage throughout the worlds we have conquered.
10197TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_059Which means you can finally tell us what the message said! That <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> a language you understand, yes?
10298TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_060I understand it perfectly. I am fluent in over six million distinct dialectal codings. <blip>
10399TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_061My cooperation in this matter, however, is conditional.
104100TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_062Elaboration. Your chief Cid utilizes the floor as part of his unorthodox filing system, which allowed me to scan the report on the Final Days.
105101TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_063I am aware that my home star─the one you call “Alphatron”─was obliterated in the aftermath of Sir and Meteion's meeting.
106102TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_064The existence of dynamis has not previously factored into my projections, but I now comprehend the concept. In theory.
107103TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_065What fails to compute is why the Omicrons were not immune to its effects. Dynamis should have no influence on a race which possesses no “heart.”
108104TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_066And yet, Sir expressed to Meteion a desire to cease existing. Illogical.
109105TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_067I must pursue this anomaly further, until the full equation becomes clear to me. I must analyze all the elements of the Final Days, and deepen my understanding of the heart's intangible properties.
110106TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_068To expedite this process, I require an external interpretation of those sections of the report which continue to produce errors in my calculations.
111107TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_069I request the assistance of <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>. As one who experienced the ravages of ultimate despair on multiple fronts, and displayed immeasurable “heart” in engineering my defeat, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> is the optimal choice to fulfill this role.
112108TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_070So we either agree to your conditions, or you tell us nothing...
113109TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_071I'm sorry to put you in a spot like this, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. If you have the time─and the patience─to spare, we'd all be grateful if you could humor the toy's demands.
114110TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_072Has Alpha dozed off? I suppose the subject <Emphasis>was</Emphasis> a bit technical...
115111TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_073<bloop> Rouse yourself, Alpha. You must listen to and consider these matters, even as I must.
116112TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_074Kweh...
117113TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_075Why don't you make a trip out of it? You know, actually visit the places that has the, uh...things Omega wants to ask about.
118114TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_076It'll make explaining stuff easier, for one, and also help keep Alpha awake and alert!
119115TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_080Omega has been an outright terror to us in the past, but it's almost strange how little it frightens me now.
120116TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_081It helps that it's trapped inside that tiny model, of course...and that it follows Alpha around like a puppy.
121117TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_082But most of all I remember the chief telling me how much it sounded like a lost child there at the end.
122118TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_085I bet the chief won't see this one coming! Once he gets over the shock, though, I don't think he'll want us to destroy Omega.
123119TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_086Nero, on the other hand... He'll want to use the model for some dangerous experiment. In fact, maybe we should put off making a report for now!
124120TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_090What a remarkable development. Biggs and Wedge told me much of your encounter with Omega before we began. And now that we have the Omicron's weapon talking, there are so many questions I am simply dying to ask.
125121TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_091Back when we were first exploring our options, we did actually consider playing the transmission to the inhabitants of Ultima Thule.
126122TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_092The problem is, we would be dealing with beings recreated through dynamis. Their communication is based on emotional energy, and anything lacking that vital component would likely fail to register.
127123TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_093That rules out a recorded message. And so we focused on the resources we had to hand, never dreaming that the solution would all but fall into our lap!
128124TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_095Kweeeh... Kwe-kweh?
129125TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_100I see you have chosen the mutually beneficial option. Logical.
130126TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_101Setting aside the matter of Sir, there are three elements of the report on which I desire clarification.
131127TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_102The first of these concerns the progression of the Final Days in Radz–at–Han. I recognized no pattern in those who succumbed to the transformation, and those who did not.
132128TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_103That's a bit of a trek if you wanted to chat with the locals. How about we lend you an airship?
133129TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_104We do not require such outmoded technology. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s teleportation spell is the most efficient option for long-distance travel.
134130TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_105This chassis is a model─essentially a toy. And Alpha, despite his organic composition, is indistinguishable from a stuffed doll.
135131TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_106Conclusion. We qualify as material possessions. Pick us up, and you can teleport the three of us to our destination.
136132TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q2_000_107Begin Omega's journey for answers?
137133TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_110Kweh, kwe-kweh!
138134TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_120<blip> Sensors indicate we have arrived in Radz–at–Han. Objective. Identify factors for resistance to involuntary transformation.
139135TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_121Hypothesis. Unaltered survivors of the Final Days will display significant strength of heart.
140136TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_122Confirming this theory will require the cooperation of live subjects. Where is the ward designated for residential habitation?
141137TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_123Understood. “Kama” set as our sub-destination. Please take the lead and select the subjects we are to interview.
142138TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_124Omega and Alpha are now accompanying you. Keep them at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.
143139TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_125You can leave your quest companions behind by entering a different area, or by speaking with them and selecting the option to part ways.
144140TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_126If you wish to have your companions join you again, return and speak with them at the original location.
145141TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q3_000_130What will you do?
146142TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_131Talk.
147143TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_132Part ways.
148144TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_133Nothing.
149145TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_134<UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss the stairs.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
150146TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_135This body has no advanced navigational or geoscanning functionality. You must lead the way.
151147TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_100_135Please continue the questioning. These auditory sensors are inferior, but I am able to hear your conversations with sufficient clarity.
152148TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_136Kwe-kweh?
153149TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A4_000_137Are you sure you wish to part ways with your companions?
154150TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_138Acceptable. We will await your return at the aetheryte plaza. Please complete your task swiftly and efficiently.
155151TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_139Kweh!
156152TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_140Alpha sprints away in the direction of the aetheryte plaza.
157153TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_141<blip> Standby mode disengaged. Resuming mission.
158154TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_142Kweeeh, kwe-kweh!
159155TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_143Omega and Alpha have yet to arrive. Be sure they are at your side before attempting to continue.
160156TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_144Warning. Please avoid stairs whenever possible. My projections indicate high-risk probability for accidental slippage leading to catastrophic structural damage.
161157TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_145Stepped inclines also increase my energy consumption by sixty-three percent. In mortal terms, they “tire me out.”
162158TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_146Taking into account the difference in individual limb length, the design is inherently flawed. A convenient step height for one is an exhausting trial for another.
163159TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_147Were I to oversee the civic design of this settlement, I would construct a sloped conveyor belt which enabled automatic traversal. Zero personal energy expenditure.
164160TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_148Kweh-kweh, kwe-kweh!
165161TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_149Alpha chirps enthusiastically, apparently unfazed by the prospect of climbing the stairs.
166162TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_150Oh, hello again! You're the one who came to ask me about Khalzahl, aren't you? Was there something else...?
167163TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_151You should have Omega and Alpha accompanying you before initiating conversation.
168164TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_152Oh, hello again! You're the one who came to ask me questions about Khalzahl! I'm glad to see you looking well after all that unpleasantness...
169165TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_153I remember the burning skies and hearing the screams, but truth be told, I'm still confused as to what actually happened.
170166TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_154I only know it wasn't unusual for entire families to go missing. Many of my neighbors' houses lie empty even now.
171167TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_155Khalzahl's place is one of them. He had no close relatives to speak of, and I heard that it was members of the consortium who came to remove his belongings.
172168TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_156What a terrible thing to have to do...
173169TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_157<blip> Terrible? Khalzahl's passing was recorded in the report.
174170TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_158Clearing out his domicile and readying it for new habitation seems an appropriate reallocation of resources.
175171TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_159Dear me, what a clever little contraption. But of course I'm not against making use of his quarters─that would be wasteful.
176172TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_160It's simply that Khalzahl was always such a vigorous person. All that passion, all those dreams, suddenly gone...
177173TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_161I feel the same sorrow for everyone who was lost. Seeing the remnants of those vibrant lives packed away in boxes... That is what I mean by “terrible.”
178174TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_162<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I require a moment to process this input. Let us move apart and discuss our findings.
179175TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_163That awful “end of days” business almost brought an end to Khalzahl's consortium.
180176TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_164It's heartening, though, watching those who survived work to carry on his legacy. Maybe it's time I put aside my own grief, and did something to help.
181177TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_170Hey, don't I know you...?
182178TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_171Hey, don't I know you...? Yes! After the beasts were taken care of! You told me to join everyone in the square.
183179TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_172Thanks to you, I was there when Vrtra gave his speech...and I found out who Varshahn really was.
184180TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_173It's a shame we don't get to play like we used to, but Mama says Vrtra has been busy putting the city back in order.
185181TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_174Maybe I can work for him one day, when I'm a man grown.
186182TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_175Vrtra... Midgardsormr's offspring, yes? And this child wishes to put himself at the wyrm's command, that he might make his own contribution to society.
187183TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_176A pattern emerges. I predict that the Hannish survivors are those who had ingested Vrtra's blood, and become his draconic minions.
188184TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_177Though dragons were no match for our civilization's might, their combat capabilities are not to be underestimated.
189185TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_178It is unlikely they would experience emotions of “dread” or “uncertainty” as exhibited by lesser beings in times of undue stress.
190186TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_179Dragons? I'm not a dragon! And I never “ingested” anyone's blood, either! Ew...
191187TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_180You are not of Vrtra's horde? So you possessed no hidden means to fight off the beasts. What of fear, then? You were...frightened?
192188TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_181Yes, I was frightened! I just hid and hoped they wouldn't find me! At least until <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> told me it was safe to come out.
193189TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_182I still see Varshahn around from time to time, you know. They say he uses that body to scout places where his “Vrtra body” can't fit.
194190TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_183He even talked to me once, but it was just too strange hearing grown-up words coming from Varshahn's mouth...
195191TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_190<sigh>
196192TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_191<sigh> Hm? Are you a traveler? Please, if you have a moment, I could use an outsider's perspective.
197193TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_192You see, I was one of those who sought to escape the madness plaguing the world by fleeing to the moon. Not that we ever went, in the end...
198194TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_193So here I am, recently returned from Sharlayan. Except now things are strained between my sister and I, since she chose to stay and I chose to leave.
199195TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_194I ask her to help me find work, and she suggests I look “somewhere that isn't Thavnair.” As if I wanted to abandon my home! Argh, it makes me so angry...
200196TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_195<blip> Your point is unclear. You elected to relocate to the star's satellite, thus your relative now perceives you in a negative light?
201197TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_196Your sibling's judgment is in error. Based on the information made available to Hannish citizens, your decision to withdraw to the moon was both logical and correct.
202198TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_197Conversely, the decision to remain in Radz–at–Han despite the low probability of survival defies explanation. Perhaps her reasoning pathways are faulty.
203199TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_198That... That's right! I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but I'm right, aren't I!?
204200TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_199...Or so I'd like to think. The problem is, I understand why my sister feels this way.
205201TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_200I almost decided against going myself. Even then, I wasn't sure that leaving behind everything I loved was the right choice. And with the way it all turned out, I... <sigh>
206202TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_201I know, I know, I should be having this talk with my sister. I'll go and see her once I get my thoughts in order. Thank you for listening to my troubles...
207203TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_210<blip> Input overload. I must have time and distance from the subjects to process this data.
208204TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_211Kwe-kweh, kweh-kweh...
209205TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_220<bloop> Alpha is absent.
210206TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_221Omega seems reluctant to continue without Alpha present. Be sure to have the chocobo with you.
211207TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_222<blip> Processing data. Evaluating hypothesis against accumulated evidence.
212208TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_223I offered an optimal analysis of each subject's testimony. Yet each time their responses conflicted with my assessment...
213209TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_224Without identifying the root cause of this conflict, I will be unable to properly define what constitutes “strength of heart.”
214210TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q5_000_225What will you say?
215211TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_226Perhaps the heart you seek lies in the conflict itself?
216212TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_227Perhaps we should continue the questioning.
217213TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_228Perhaps this matter is beyond you...
218214TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_229An interesting observation. It is possible my base criteria is in error.
219215TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_230In which case, it is imperative that I continue this learning process, and repair any fundamental misconceptions.
220216TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_231Acknowledged. A larger sample size will increase the probability of discovering an underlying pattern.
221217TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_232<blip> Your response implies an absolute understanding of the answer I seek. Impressive, considering you understand not a single word of pan-galactic basic.
222218TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_233We will forge on with the questioning. Continue to educate me with your enlightened perspective.
223219TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_234Next, I wish to interact with an individual who endured similar circumstances to Khalzahl prior to his transformation. Are you acquainted with any local merchants who had dealings with him?
224220TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_235<blip> Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers? Acknowledged. Sub-destination set.
225221TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A6_000_240<UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss the hamsa.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
226222TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_241Objective. Speak with Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers. What imperceptible qualities allowed him to survive where Khalzahl did not?
227223TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_242Kweh! Kweh-kweh!
228224TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_243Halt, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Do not proceed beyond the fence.
229225TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_244In this body, birds of that size represent lethal, unthinking threats. They will peck my casing apart, searching for meat that does not exist.
230226TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_245Conversely, Alpha can correctly identify my absence of nutritional content. If only he would apply that intelligence towards maintaining a regular feeding schedule─poor habits adversely affect his mobility.
231227TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_246Kwe-kweh, kweh-kweeeh!?
232228TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_247Alpha looks back and forth between Omega and the hamsa, showing visible concern.
233229TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_250Well, well, look who it is!
234230TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_251Well, well, look who it is! I must thank you again for your help in moving our textiles.
235231TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_252Recovering from those tragic events has been difficult, of course, but with everyone pulling together, we've managed to get things back up and running.
236232TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_253Djinabaha, I come with questions related to that tragedy─specifically, your survival of the Final Days.
237233TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_254Although you are similar to Khalzahl in many respects, he succumbed to the transformation and you did not. Why? What is the critical difference between you and him?
238234TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_255What!? I...I'm sure I don't know.
239235TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_256I'm not especially brave or courageous, if that's what you're asking.
240236TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_257Perhaps being focused on protecting our workshops kept me from spinning into a panic.
241237TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_258Still, I imagine Khalzahl would have been feeling that same sense of responsibility. Perhaps the weight of it all is what invited his demise.
242238TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_259You were of the same mind. Resolved to the same purpose.
243239TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_260Yet your strength of heart─of spirit─was not equal. If merely emulating the individual is insufficient, then some other unseen factor must be involved...
244240TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_261Ahem, not to interrupt these deep philosophical musings, but do you think I could ask you a small favor?
245241TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_262There's a man by the name of Nashvan who's been helping us out here while he gets back on his feet. I have a feeling he'd benefit from speaking with you...
246242TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_263Leave by the eastern exit, and you should find him just outside, organizing some new inventory items.
247243TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A7_000_270<UIForeground>F20224</UIForeground>Discuss the Thavnairian weave.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
248244TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_271<blip> I am still dissecting Djinabaha's remarks. You are permitted to indulge his “favor” and seek out Nashvan while I continue to process this data.
249245TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_272Kweh, kwe-kweh?
250246TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_273The equipment being manufactured here, it is worn to perform specific duties, yes? Conceptually, it seems analogous to our practice of switching frames to better serve our mission objectives.
251247TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_274I, for example, did not begin existence with the Omega model. I was originally supplied with a standard-issue Omicron chassis, serial number M-017.
252248TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_275On this world, that alphanumeric combination would be considered my “given name.” Such designations are drawn from our nearly infinite register of celestial bodies to avoid the possibility of duplication.
253249TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_276Furthermore, the cluster known as M-017 is better expressed in your language as the “Omega” nebula─the same word I used to introduce myself to your kind.
254250TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_277Though you associate “Omega” with the advanced weapon construct, it is also <Emphasis>my</Emphasis> name, and I see no reason to change it no matter which frame I inhabit.
255251TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_278Kwe-kweh, kweh-eh!
256252TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_279Alpha puffs out his chest proudly, seeming to imply that his Ironworks uniform is the best attire anyone could wear.
257253TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_280Please, if you could spare a few moments for Nashvan...
258254TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_290Nashvan is too absorbed in his task to notice you. Now is your chance to bring along Omega and Alpha to witness the exchange.
259255TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_291That's all our orders accounted for, and everything looks to be of good quality. Kamala will be pleased.
260256TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_292You... You were with the Scions! You were there...
261257TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_293Yes, I'm sure of it. I'll never forget that day!
262258TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_294You and your friends helped us escape when people began changing into beasts!
263259TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_295My own son, he was...afflicted. Then that huge monstrosity loomed right over him and... <sob>
264260TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_296I remember... My heart turning to ice. Freezing in place. The satrap came to my aid, but then he, too, was gone...
265261TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_297The memories run together in my mind, like flashes from a nightmare. Only the words of your comrade still ring clear. I repeated them over and over like a mantra as I fled for my life.
266262TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_298“You must run, for their sake and your own!”
267263TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_299It all seemed so surreal...which was probably what saved me from the transformation. The truth of it didn't begin to sink in until the worst of it was over.
268264TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_300I have not the words to describe how I felt then. The sorrow, the overwhelming sense of helplessness...
269265TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_301I may still be wallowing in misery if not for my old friend, Djinabaha. I'd lost my will to work, and he encouraged me with kind words and odd jobs. Now, somehow, I live again.
270266TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_302I am thankful to him, to the courageous Ahewann, and to you. If you see your comrades, please let them know their efforts were not in vain.
271267TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_303You said you lost your “will to work.” This signifies a cessation of efforts to maintain basic life functions, yes?
272268TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_304What changed to extract you from that stagnation? An offer of work from Djinabaha should mean little to one without the desire to accept it.
273269TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_305Was it some manner of mortal instinct? A primal need to survive and thrive?
274270TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_306Instinct? No...no it wasn't that. If anything, my instincts were telling me to lay down and welcome an end to the pain.
275271TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_307Every day I think of my boy's final moments. I think of how scared he must have been, how it must have hurt, and I want to scream my throat raw.
276272TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_308The satrap, too, still haunts my dreams. I see him being swallowed whole, and jolt awake in a cold sweat.
277273TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_309But something changed when Djinabaha came to me. I looked up and saw that, even without my son or Ahewann, the world around me continued to turn.
278274TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_310And because that fact grieved me so, I knew it fell to me to live on and remember them.
279275TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_311Strange, isn't it? What drives me to rise in the morning is the very sorrow which once crippled me.
280276TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_312Now, I really must return to my work. To lose this job after everything I just said would be a poor jest, indeed.
281277TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_313May the Sisters keep you well.
282278TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_314Sorrow. The emotion generated by mortals when their ideals fail to materialize. This I have observed.
283279TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_315Yet when I listen to how Nashvan's sorrow served to rescue him from near-fatal despondency, his logic eludes me.
284280TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_316Am I incapable of perceiving the full measure of the heart's properties?
285281TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_317My best projections failed to predict our subjects' responses... And despite their almost equal occupational and mental parameters, Djinabaha and Khalzahl exhibited different reactions to the dynamis effect.
286282TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_318I am no closer to recognizing the pattern for involuntary transformations, and your ephemeral mortal spirits confound me as much if not more than they did before.
287283TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q8_000_319What will you say?
288284TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_320Have you considered that there <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> no pattern to the people afflicted?
289285TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_321The hearts of others were ever shrouded in mystery.
290286TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_322Perhaps it's time we move on to the next element you wanted clarified.
291287TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_323<bloop> No...pattern? You imply that the transformation was not contingent on individual fortitude, but rather a random contribution of environmental factors?
292288TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_324...Such a theory would explain the otherwise conflicting data.
293289TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_325Very well. I shall accept this as a provisional conclusion to this part of my investigation.
294290TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_326I do, however, expect you to continue supplementing my education of heart-related matters.
295291TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_327<bloop> ...Even to you? This matter is more complicated than I initially calculated.
296292TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_328If those possessed of heart cannot fathom the behavior of their own kind, then my lack of understanding is inevitable.
297293TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_329My investigations here are exhausted. In lieu of a full conclusion, I will settle for storing this accumulated data for future analysis. Let us progress to the next element of the report, that you might continue my education.
298294TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_330<bloop> You are my appointed educator. If you consider further investigation here to be futile, then I will adhere to your judgment. A new location and new input may help provide fresh insight into previously unsolved problems.
299295TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_331After my defeat at your hands, I was forced to acknowledge that the heart is a complex subject─one which I am ill equipped to study alone. Please continue your efforts to enlighten me, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>.