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40TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SEQ_00Something has this Radiant scout unnerved.
51TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SEQ_01The Radiant scout explains to you that he recently happened upon a voidsent while out on patrol. The beast was strangely docile, however, and against his better judgment, he chose to capture rather than slay it. Hearing of your recent foray into the void, he hopes your expertise can prove useful in discerning what the voidsent may be plotting. To that end, he asks you to accompany him to the Hall of the Radiant Host.
62TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SEQ_02Having died shortly after your arrival at the court of Troia, the sullen-eyed voidsent fled to the Source seeking sanctuary from the void's vicious cycle of undeath. However, it was not fully recovered before making the journey, causing it to split into several lesser voidsent. It asks that you search Radz-at-Han for its missing kin. In exchange, they will share with you knowledge of the void.
73TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SEQ_03You travel about the city and find four wayward hecteyes, each of which recounts a grim tale of the Thirteenth and the denizens of the void. The voidsent will no doubt be glad to be reunited, and the Radiant scout relieved to know the streets are safe.
84TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SEQ_04The sullen-eyed voidsent thanks you for gathering its kindred voidsent, and makes ready to reunite with them...but something is amiss. It would seem there are yet more pieces of itself that have yet to be found. Should the hecteyes sense more wayward voidsent, it hopes you will answer its call for help once more.
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2824TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_TODO_00Speak with the Radiant scout.
2925TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_TODO_01Search for the wayward hecteyes.
3026TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_TODO_02Speak with the sullen-eyed voidsent.
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5248TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_003Ah, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Mistress<Else/>Master</If> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, you couldn't have appeared at a better time!
5349TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_004You see, while out patrolling the city, I chanced to sight a voidsent.
5450TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_005I immediately chased it down with the intent of eliminating it, but something about it struck me as odd. For one, it made no move to defend itself, but simply sat there, er...jiggling. Which is why, against my better judgment, I decided to capture it instead.
5551TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_006Having traveled to the void, I daresay you have considerable knowledge of its denizens. If you have a moment, might I trouble you for your opinion on the creature's unusual behavior?
5652TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_007I'm truly grateful! Now, if you would follow me, the creature is being held in the Hall of the Radiant Host.
5753TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SYSTEM_000_010The voidsent glowers in your direction, but says nothing.
5854TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_100Here it is.
5955TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_101Surprisingly docile, even when I captured it. And there have been no reports of attacks prior to that.
6056TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_102Even so, it's the nature of voidsent to prey on people for their aether. Perhaps it bides its time, waiting to carry out some manner of scheme...
6157TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_103You! I remember you. Yes, you were at Troia. Please, you must help me!
6258TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_Q1_000_000What will you say?
6359TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A1_000_001What do you need help with?
6460TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A1_000_002You were at the castle?
6561TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_105Oho, you <Emphasis>do</Emphasis> understand me!
6662TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_106Indeed I was, but I've since fled here.
6763TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_107I understand the mortal tongue well enough, but I don't have a mouth to produce the sounds. It's been a struggle to convey my thoughts.
6864TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_108But not anymore! You can help me, yes you can!
6965TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_109You can converse with the voidsent? Amazing! Could you ask it why it came here?
7066TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_110When you and yours stormed the castle, I was caught up in the fighting and died.
7167TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_111In time I returned, but I tire of fighting. So I fled, using the gate to your world.
7268TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_112Having just been reborn, however, my essence hadn't fully bound together yet. And so, when I emerged from the gate, it was as several sundered selves.
7369TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_113Frightened and confused, they scattered. Following their trail led me here, my diminutive size allowing me to remain largely unseen.
7470TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_114But by the same token, I can do little more than sneak about. Each of us was weak and powerless. That's why we consumed one another in the first place. Together we were strong. I want you to help me find all of me, so that I can be whole again.
7571TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_Q2_000_000What will you say?
7672TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A2_000_001You wish to strike a bargain, then?
7773TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A2_000_002What did you intend to do in this world?
7874TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_116Yes, I would. To be whole again and live in this world, I would strike a thousand bargains!
7975TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_117Why, live here, of course. I've always wanted to.
8076TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_118I─<Emphasis>we</Emphasis>─still remember the past, you see. Still remember when we were mortals.
8177TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_119We long to have that life again. But we need your help, starting by reuniting us. We won't try to devour anyone even when we're whole, I swear!
8278TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_120You wish to learn more about the void, yes? There is much we can teach you about those who rule its domains. About their past.
8379TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_100_120Find the others, and they'll tell you all they know. No eating, no tricks. Do we have a bargain?
8480TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_121So it crossed over to our world to escape conflict, and now searches for...the rest of itself?
8581TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_122I understand voidsent are quite reliable when it comes to fulfilling a pact. And I daresay having one as an ally would benefit our research into their world...
8682TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_123Very well. If you would be so kind as to search for its kin, I will consult my superiors on how best to deal with them.
8783TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_124By that, I take it we have a bargain. Good, good.
8884TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_125I sense four others close by. When you find them, you need only point them in this direction. Once they sense my presence, I can guide them the rest of the way.
8985TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_130My thanks again for your help. If you could see the other voidsent back here, I will tend to the rest.
9086TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_135Like me, the others have an interest in the lives of mortals. They are bound to be here, in this city.
9187TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SYSTEM_000_200You have found the last of the voidsent. Time to head back to the Hall of the Radiant Host.
9288TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_201What's that? <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> asked you to search for me...in exchange for knowledge about powerful voidsent?
9389TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_202I was still wanting to see this and that, but I suppose a deal is a deal...
9490TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_203Those men over there. Soldiers, are they not? We used to have soldiers in our world, too. There were lots of them during the Contramemoria.
9591TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WARRIOR04660A_000_204Ah, back from Weaver's Warding, are you? I hear you fought well against the voidsent that slipped through.
9692TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WARRIOR04660B_000_205Come now, I merely did my duty. Haven't we all sworn to protect our nation, no matter the cost?
9793TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_206“Protect our nation.” How familiar, those words. Where was it that I heard them...?
9894TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_207Ah, yes. It was the early days of the Contramemoria. The enemy had conjured a terrible eidolon that laid siege to a fortress.
9995TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_208The garrison was made up of ordinary soldiers. Men and women with no remarkable abilities. But led by their valiant commander, they fought bravely and desperately.
10096TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_209They had to last until the memoriate arrived, the commander told them. Needed to hold out no matter the cost.
10197TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_210A memoriate did eventually arrive. But not soon enough for the soldiers.
10298TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_211(-Wayward Hecteye-)Having struck down the eidolon, the memoriate and his servant searched the castle for survivors. They found only the dead.
10399TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_212(-Wayward Hecteye-)But just when they had given up all hope, a faint groaning reached their ears. They rushed over to the sound, and cleared away debris...
104100TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_213(-Wayward Hecteye-)...To find a lone survivor: the garrison commander.
105101TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_214(-Wayward Hecteye-)Instead of joy, however, the sight of the man filled them with anger.
106102TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_STEWARD04660_000_215Your soldiers are slaughtered to a man, yet there's barely a scratch on you! What's the meaning of this!?
107103TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_216The eidolon was savage, but mindless. It was a simple thing to hide myself beneath fallen debris.
108104TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MEMORIAMASTER04660_000_217Hide!? As commander, you had a duty to your men! You were supposed to put their lives before your own!
109105TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_218Spare me! My duty was to ensure the fortress stood─and it did!
110106TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_219Besides, my death would've achieved nothing, honor be damned! No, I'm sworn to protect our nation, and to do that I must live! It isn't my fate to fall here!
111107TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MEMORIAMASTER04660_000_220It isn't your fate, you say?
112108TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_STEWARD04660_000_221Is... Is he...?
113109TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MEMORIAMASTER04660_000_222Merely unconscious. Come, let us bury the soldiers...and their commander with them.
114110TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MEMORIAMASTER04660_000_223Fate shall decide what becomes of him. Whether he lives or dies.
115111TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_STEWARD04660_000_224Very well, my lord.
116112TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_225(-Wayward Hecteye-)Funeral rites were later held for the fallen. But solemn tears quickly gave way to horrified screams as a body emerged from the earth─the commander.
117113TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_226(-Wayward Hecteye-)“I can't die. I must live,” the man is said to have declared.
118114TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_227(-Wayward Hecteye-)The people thought him a demon. A disheveled horror, muttering curses as he wandered off to regions unknown.
119115TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_100_227(-Wayward Hecteye-)Scarmiglione, they called him. A name befitting his newfound grisly visage. A name befitting a monster.
120116TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_228We thought we buried him deep. But a mortal's desire to live is not to be underestimated.
121117TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_229You're a mortal, so I expect you understand that desire.
122118TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660A_000_230Well, that concludes my tale. I had best rejoin my selves. If you'll excuse me...
123119TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_231So this is where mortals consume aether.
124120TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_232Dreading loneliness more than hunger... How very like me. If you don't mind, though, I'd like to observe the mortals a while longer.
125121TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_ARKASODARA04660A_000_233The food here is simply sublime! Why, I feel stronger with every bite, as if the Mrga Themselves were granting me Their blessing!
126122TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_ARKASODARA04660B_000_234The food is tasty, that's true enough. But no food is so sublime as to be a substitute for proper training, my friend.
127123TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_235Stronger with every bite, every feed...
128124TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_236For my part of the bargain, I will tell you about how we voidsent become strong. Simply put, it depends on the quality and quantity of aether we harbor.
129125TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_237When the world was consumed by Darkness, the heroes known as memoriates arose as powerful voidsent.
130126TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_238In contrast, the vast majority of mortals, powerless and unremarkable as they were, became ordinary voidsent. Like me.
131127TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_239There were exceptions, of course. But one in particular, I'll never forget.
132128TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_240(-Wayward Hecteye-)Scarmiglione... Never had I seen a voidsent so craven. Even when pushed to the brink of starvation, he would prey only on those weaker than himself.
133129TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_241(-Wayward Hecteye-)He subsisted on scant leavings, and lived in constant fear and hunger.
134130TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_242(-Wayward Hecteye-)In the face of danger, of voidsent stronger than himself, fleeing was the only option.
135131TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_243(-Wayward Hecteye-)But a day came when he found his way barred.
136132TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_244(-Knight in Black-)How pitiful...
137133TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_245S-Such overwhelming aether... Who is this!?
138134TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_246(-Knight in Black-)You fled instead of facing your foe. Why?
139135TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_247Why? I'm too weak, why else? I would have been devoured.
140136TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_248(-Knight in Black-)So had you enough strength, you would have stood your ground? ...Very well, then.
141137TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_249Wh-What's happening!?
142138TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_250Yesss. I feel it... The power, ssswelling within me!
143139TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_251(-Knight in Black-)Lo, your foe returns.
144140TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_252Hissssss... What have you done to me?
145141TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_253(-Knight in Black-)I granted you but a sliver of aether. 'Twas with the power you already possessed that you defeated your foe.
146142TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_EARTHMONOLITH_000_254I possessed such power...?
147143TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_255(-Knight in Black-)Fear had clouded your eyes. Blinded you to the strength you had attained feeding on the weak.
148144TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_256(-Knight in Black-)If you would free yourself from fear, then join me. You shall have a greater cause to live for and know true power.
149145TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_257(-Wayward Hecteye-)Curious how, in a world without death, the fear of it could be the key to great strength.
150146TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_258(-Wayward Hecteye-)The knight recognized this─recognized the voidsent's potential. And thus did he take him into his service.
151147TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_259Determined as he is to live, it wouldn't surprise me if he were still somewhere out there.
152148TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_260He'd be even more powerful now, I expect, from all the devouring he would have done since. Unlike your world, eating actually makes you stronger in ours.
153149TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660B_000_261Well, I must be going now. The others are waiting.
154150TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_262My other self grows lonely, you say?
155151TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_263My apologies. It was my intent to seek out the others, but I was distracted by the bickering pair of mortals yonder. My goodness, but there's been some colorful language!
156152TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MAN04660_000_264To hells with your father! You shouldn't need his permission just to leave the godsdamned house!
157153TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WOMAN04660_000_265Please, mind your language! What would Father say if he were to hear you?
158154TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_MAN04660_000_266Ugh, it's always “Father this, Father that” with you! I'm sick of it! You're your own woman now─bloody act like one for a change!
159155TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_267Colorful language, yes? Not from the girl, though. Oh no, she appears to be quite well bred.
160156TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_268I just hope she's happier than a girl I knew long, long ago...
161157TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_269(-Wayward Hecteye-)That girl was born into a family of thugs who suddenly found themselves nobility.
162158TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_270(-Wayward Hecteye-)She was raised as a noblewoman, and had servants tending to her every need. But in the end, she was merely a beautiful bird kept in a gilded cage.
163159TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_271(-Wayward Hecteye-)Wanting her to be a proper lady, her parents presided over all aspects of her life. They decided everything for her, telling her what to say and do.
164160TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_272(-Wayward Hecteye-)Chafing from the fetters of her restrictive life, she solicited her handmaiden's aid and stole outside the manor, where she enjoyed a moment of bliss unbeknownst to her parents. Or so she thought...
165161TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_273(-Wayward Hecteye-)It was not long before her father dragged her back to her room, barring the door and windows, denying her even the simple pleasure of an afternoon breeze.
166162TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_274(-Wayward Hecteye-)Even a bird in a cage may chirp freely, but she wasn't even suffered to give voice to her desires.
167163TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_275(-Wayward Hecteye-)But she wouldn't be deterred. Having once tasted sweet freedom, she yearned for more. And one day, she succeeded in sneaking out of the manor a second time.
168164TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_276You're late. I was beginning to think you wouldn't come.
169165TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_277If you're expecting your friends, I'm afraid they're not coming.
170166TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_278F-Father!? How did you─? What do you mean...they're not coming?
171167TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_279I had known that some miscreants were cavorting in these parts, but to think that they'd dare try to consort with my daughter... Well, you needn't worry about them anymore. They're food for the fishes now.
172168TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_280<gasp> How could you do this, Father!? Why must you torment me so!?
173169TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_281Know your place, girl! You are a means for our family to gain influence, and I won't have you sullying yourself with riffraff!
174170TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_282You will not leave your chambers save with my permission, nor will you disobey me again. If you do so, there will be severe consequences. Am I understood?
175171TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_283I said, am I understood!?
176172TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_284...To hell.
177173TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_000_285What did you say?
178174TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_286I said, go to hell!
179175TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_DAD04660_100_286Aaarrrgggh!
180176TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_287Oh, to think that it could be so exhilarating to speak my mind! To do as I please!
181177TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_288No more living in a cage. From this moment on, I am free! Free as the wind!
182178TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_289(-Wayward Hecteye-)The young woman struck out on her own, and in her travels discovered her true calling─not in the halls of lords and ladies, but on the battlefield.
183179TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_290(-Wayward Hecteye-)She became a force of nature, famed for her striking beauty which belied a terrible savagery.
184180TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_100_290(-Wayward Hecteye-)And with this new life she also claimed a new name─Barbariccia.
185181TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_291Indeed, she found her freedom, but did she also find happiness, I wonder...?
186182TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_292I suppose I'll never know. Nor does it matter, for the world that once was is no more.
187183TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660C_000_293Oh, but goodness me. I had better rejoin the others.
188184TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_294Ah, what a refreshing breeze.
189185TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_295I'm to return to the others? Bah, <Emphasis>they</Emphasis> should come <Emphasis>here</Emphasis>!
190186TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_296Would you look at this beautiful, boundless sky? Mortals take to the air from here, do they not? Would that I had wings to soar among the clouds myself...
191187TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_297But we voidsent are not wont to roam, you see. The mightiest among us carve out domains, while the rest labor to stay in their good graces.
192188TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_298Now, the master of a domain seldom ventures outside, for it is in one's territory that one is strongest.
193189TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_299For some, however, such confinement proved trying. As was the case for a certain voidsent I knew.
194190TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_300(-Wayward Hecteye-)I speak of the free-spirited terror, Barbariccia. When she first established her domain, she whiled away the days waiting for her minions to bring her prey.
195191TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_301(-Wayward Hecteye-)The aether amassed from these offerings was devoted to the singular pleasure of caring for her silky, flowing locks. But the resources of her domain were not without their limits.
196192TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_302(-Wayward Hecteye-)It was only when none remained to oppose her that she realized: she was a prisoner in her own domain. And unless she broke free, she would inevitably wither away, alone.
197193TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_303(-Wayward Hecteye-)Not knowing what to do, she had fallen into the depths of despair...when the hand of salvation came to pull her out.
198194TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_304At this rate, my precious hair will frazzle and fray. Had I only the strength to leave my domain...
199195TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_305(-Knight in Black-)If strength is your desire, that is easily granted.
200196TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_306Who are you!?
201197TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_307Ahhh! So much power, surging through me!
202198TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_308(-Knight in Black-)And what will you do with it? What is it you desire?
203199TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_309What I desire... What I desire is...
204200TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_310(-Knight in Black-)You would move your very domain? Impressive.
205201TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_311That I can do such a thing... What have you done to me?
206202TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_312(-Knight in Black-)I granted you aether, nothing more. It was your will that made it possible.
207203TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_313My will...
208204TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_BLACKKNIGHT_000_314(-Knight in Black-)Even so, no matter where you should go, there is naught but Darkness. What could your destination possibly be?
209205TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_WINDMONOLITH_000_315Destination? I have no need of such. I wish but to be free, like the wind.
210206TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_316(-Wayward Hecteye-)In a world that has met its end, rare indeed is the soul who desires freedom so ardently that she could will her very domain to move.
211207TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_317(-Wayward Hecteye-)Recognizing this quality, the knight would grant her more power─and a place of command in his mighty army.
212208TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_318A story worthy of our bargain, I trust. I might've had more to tell had I not fallen off her domain.
213209TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_319It seems you mortals also have a fondness for flying. I'd certainly like to try riding one of these airships of yours...
214210TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_VOIDSENT04660D_000_320But perhaps another time. My other selves will be a blubbering mess if I don't hurry and rejoin them.
215211TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_325The voidsent are all present and accounted for. So long as they remain here, we needn't worry about panic among the townsfolk.
216212TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_400Thank you so much for finding me.
217213TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_401I hope the knowledge I had to share was worthy of our agreement.
218214TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_Q3_000_000What will you say?
219215TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A3_000_001More than worthy, I'd say. They told me of Scarmiglione and Barbariccia.
220216TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_A3_000_002How did you come to know the archfiends?
221217TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_100_401My other selves lived quite disparate lives both as mortals and voidsent. Though I suppose it is rather fortuitous that they crossed paths with such powerful voidsent.
222218TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_110_401But more importantly, what they could offer was worthy of our bargain. For that, I am glad.
223219TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_402All that remains now is for us to rejoin and become whole again.
224220TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_403...Huh? Is...is this not all of me?
225221TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_404There can be no other explanation. There is still more of me lost out there somewhere.
226222TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_405But I don't sense them. Where could they have gone?
227223TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_406You mean there's more of them wandering about!? By the Sisters...
228224TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_407<sigh> At the very least, if what you say is true, they pose no threat to the people.
229225TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_SCOUT04660_000_408Until the others can be found, we will keep these five under our care.
230226TEXT_AKTKMZ101_04660_HECTEYES_000_409Should I sense the others nearby, I hope we can count on you to find them too.