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| - |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Flames in the Darkness - Misareaux Coast |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Tenzen: So the Emptiness has now devoured Hakutei River... ???: With the waters gone, bandit tribes have little trouble staging raids across the border. Our empire's defenses are crumbling. ???: Lord Tenzen, your blade knows no equal. I beg of you to return and lead our soldiers into battle. Tenzen: But my guiding flame has been extinguished... ???: We are aware of your situation. However, the emperor will grant you his forgiveness. ???: You need only conquer the barbarians that mass against us, and reignite the Phoenix Blade upon their flesh. Tenzen: And if that is not enough? ???: Then it will be time to undertake our most desperate plan. Based on your information, we will invade the city of Jeuno. ???: Liberating the mothercrystals is the only way to stem the tide of Emptiness. Tenzen: You speak truly. And yet I cannot return to our country. Not until I carry out the final duty entrusted to me by the noble Phoenix. ???: Final duty...? Tenzen: When the Phoenix Blade released its energy to shield us from Bahamut, I could hear every single voice. Tenzen: The voices of all the children who, in my weakness, I failed to save. Tenzen: If I betray them here, it will be an unforgivable insult to their faith in me. I must strive until the end, with the very last spark of this life I have pledged. Tenzen: I will secure the safety of the mothercrystals upon which rests the fate of Vana'diel... ???: Understood, Lord Tenzen. Your words will be relayed. Tenzen: ... Player name, I did not see you. Are you alone? Tenzen: I, too, have found myself alone. Tenzen: These sudden separations are truly a lonely experience, don't you agree? Tenzen: Phoenix has ordered me to lead you to the fifth mothercrystal. Tenzen: And we must hurry. Tenzen: There is little remaining of the time her sacrifice has bought us. Tenzen: Let us board the airship for Jeuno. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Flames in the Darkness - Sealion's Den |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Sueleen: You just missed them! Not more than a couple of minutes ago, an airship from Jeuno came and took Prishe and her friends away. Sueleen: Ulmia said that they should wait for you, but Prishe said you'd find your own way back to the mainland...so they left. Sueleen: I wonder if that means they'll be sending another ship... Sueleen: If that's the case, those three Tarutaru should have waited instead of hiding away in those barrels. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Flames in the Darkness - Ru'Lude Gardens |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Wolfgang: Player name! It appears you caught up with the armada. Wolfgang: I heard the report. The attack against Bahamut failed, but we have dealt him a critical blow. Wolfgang: Lady Esha'ntarl is to join the main fleet and lead our forces in a mass assault. Wolfgang: She mentioned that she would like to meet with you all before the attack commences. You are to meet her for a confidential briefing in the tavern in Upper Jeuno. Wolfgang: Do not keep Lady Esha'ntarl waiting. May victory in battle be yours. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Flames in the Darkness - Upper Jeuno |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Mildaurion: I am glad to see that you have all survived unscathed. Shikaree Z: You...! Jabbos: You are...the priest...!? Mildaurion: Nice to see you both again after so long. Mildaurion: It's been twenty years since I've seen you, Shikaree Z. And a hundred years for you, Jabbos, if I'm not mistaken. Mildaurion: And you, the man of extraordinary luck. Louverance: I am most delighted to be in you presence once more, Cardinal Mildaurion. Mildaurion: I would love to celebrate this long overdue reunion; however, now is not the time. Mildaurion: Lord Bahamut has revealed to us an unsettling truth--the Keeper of the Apocalypse waits in the celestial captial of Al'Taieu. Mildaurion: Until now, the Armathrwn Society had believed the city of Al'Taieu destroyed. Mildaurion: Judging by the counsel of the terrestrial avatars and the memories of Selh'teus, however, we can assume that the celestial capital still exists. Mildaurion: The society is now focused on gaining further information. To this end, the objective of our next operation is to capture--not kill--Lord Bahamut. Mildaurion: I, Esha'ntarl, will join the main fleet of warships and head once more to the ends of the earth. Mildaurion: But there is another important matter that requires our immediate attention--a matter involving the fifth mothercrystal. Mildaurion: Someone has apparently severed the fifth crystal from the Crystal Line. Louverance: When the boy, Selh'teus, appeared, was not this Crystal Line the conduit he traversed with Lord Bahamut? Prishe: Just a damn moment! So now we can't use this pipeline gizmo to get to the fifth mothercrystal!? Prishe: How are we supposed to get to Al'Taieu and wipe the floor with the Keeper of the Apocalypse!? Tenzen: How, indeed. In any event, we must search for an alternative route now that Phoenix is no longer with us. Shikaree Z: Wait. Mildaurion, you mentioned that "someone" isolated the fifth mothercrystal? Shikaree Z: Who is rrresponsible for this act of sabotage? Mildaurion: I do not know. The only people capable of such a feat would be either Selh'teus, or Nag'molada... Mildaurion: I currently have Jeunoan troops preparing to invade Movalpolos. Jabbos: M...Movalpolos...!? Jabbos: The Moblins...are in danger...!? I must...leave...immediately! Louverance: Jabbos has spent a century living with the Moblins in an effort to avert this sort of development. Louverance: This is most worrisome. I shall follow him and see he does not come to harm. Shikaree Z: I will accompany you! Mildaurion: I realize that Jabbos has tried for years to convince the Moblins that they are not the children of Promathia. Mildaurion: But for the sake of the mothercrystal, the Moblins cannot be left to their own devices. Mildaurion: If he fails to persuade them otherwise, they may attempt to destroy the fifth crystal. Tenzen: Destroy the crystal!? Mildaurion: The mothercrystal is at both the beginning and the end of a person's journey in this life. Mildaurion: After learning this fact from Jabbos, the Moblins now believe that destroying the mothercrystal will spell the end for the children of Altana. Ulmia: How could Jabbos fail to mention something so important!? Prishe: He had no choice. If that kinda thing became public knowledge, Movalpolos would be gutted and all the Moblins slaughtered. Ulmia: ! Prishe: Miss Mildaurion. I'm not in a position to be giving advice to a ten thousand-year-old, but just hear me out. Prishe: Killing every last Moblin might make this mess all nice and neat, but it's not what I'd call a solution. Prishe: Isn't this the exact thing that Bahamut is trying to do? Tenzen: ... Mildaurion: You are right... Nothing good can come of this... Mildaurion: I will plead with the Armathrwn Society to find a peaceable solution to this problem. Prishe: Thanks, Miss Mildaurion! Mildaurion: But from this point onward I will be joining the society to monitor its actions. Mildaurion: My movements will be limited, but rest assured that I will be watching over you always. Now go, my brave companions. The fate of the world and her people is in your hands. Prishe: Alrighty! Ulmia, Tenzen, Player name! On to Movalpolos! Prishe: Everyone who wants to scrap it out for the ultimate victory, follow me!!! |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Flames in the Darkness - Upper Jeuno |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Jabbos: Swipostik! Swipostik!!! Jabbos: Chekochuk! Jabbos: Noooooooo!!! Jabbos: You... You...did this...! Prishe: Whoa, hold on, Jabbo-man! They didn't do squat! Cherukiki: Nag'molada... Kukki-Chebukki: He did it! Makki-Chebukki: He's a bad, bad man! Cherukiki: Waaah! Kukki-Chebukki: Waaah! Makki-Chebukki: He's a bad, bad man! Ulmia: It is all right, children. Prishe and I are here now. We will not allow Nag'molada to harm you. Prishe: Come out, you lousy rat! Come out and fight like a man! Tenzen: They're still alive! Come, give me a hand! Jabbos: ... Prishe: I'm really sorry, Jabbos. It's all my fault. If I hadn't told Nag'molada about Movalpolos, none of this would have happened. Prishe: I should have known that creep would do something this low... Jabbos: ... Jabbos: You...knew that...he was planning...to call forth...the Wyrmking... Jabbos: You were only...trying to stop...him... Prishe: ... Ulmia: According to the Tarutaru, Nag'molada disappeared down the path the Moblins cleared for Selh'teus. Louverance: However, it seems as if he caused a cave-in to prevent us from following him... Louverance: The Moblins' wounds are severe. It would be impossible for them to aid us in clearing the tunnel... Shikaree Z: He missed their vital organs on purpose. He knew exactly what he was doing. Nag'molada is toying with us... Jabbos: Arrrgh! I will not...forgive...him for what...he has done to...my friends... Nag'molada...you won't get...away... Prishe: Hold on! Shikaree Z: What do you think you are doing!? Jabbos: What...does it...look like...!? Jabbos: When I'm...through with him...he'll know...the meaning...of pain! Louverance: Calm down, my friend. We all understand how you feel, but you will never be able to clear this tunnel by yourself. Jabbos: But if I...don't...who...will...? Prishe: Dammit! What in Altana's name are we supposed to do now, huh!? Tenzen: No matter the hardship, there will always be a path lighted for the righteous. Tenzen: When the land no longer gives an answer, we must look to the heavens for guidance. Tenzen: Phoenix will be our guiding light. She will show us the way. Tenzen: I do not know how, and I do not know when, but I know she will... Ulmia: Look to the heavens...? Could the path we are searching for...be located in the heavens? Prishe: Well, there you go! If pushin' gets you nowhere, start pullin'! THat's what I always say! Prishe: C'mon! Let's go see our buddy Cid. He'll help us out! Prishe: Jabbos! If you really want to get some revenge, stop your whinin' and come with us! |}
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