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| - |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !For Whom the Verse is Sung (pt.1) - Ru'Lude Gardens |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Chapter 6: Echoes of Time Pherimociel: Player name. What business do you have here today? If you seek Captain Wolfgang, he is currently... Pherimociel: You are here about the girl, Prishe? And the warrant for her arrest? Pherimociel: She presented herself at the palace of her own free will, not so long ago. Pherimociel: Naturally, she was taken into custody, but her demands for an audience with a higher authority are becoming increasingly vocal. Pherimociel: I wonder if Captain Wolfgang will return from his duties any time in the near future... Ulmia: Player name! Ulmia: I apologize for interrupting your conversation, but...could you walk with me for a moment? Ulmia: Why would Prishe surrender herself so easily...? Ulmia: I have no idea what she could be thinking. Ulmia: Thank the mercy of Altana that Prishe has escaped any punishment while the Jeunoan government is occupied with other matters. Ulmia: If only we could use this opportunity to rescue her somehow... Tenzen: Player name! Lady Ulmia! Ulmia: Tenzen! Tenzen: I am glad to have found you. You have heard of young Lady Prishe's predicament? Tenzen: We need to gather everyone together to unite our actions and plan our next move. Tenzen: The rest of our friends are waiting in a tavern in Upper Jeuno. Ulmia: A tavern in Upper Jeuno...? Tenzen: Aldo has used his influence to secure the establishment for our exclusive use, if only for a short while. Tenzen: I will await you on the premises. Until then. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !For Whom the Verse is Sung - Upper Jeuno |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Tenzen: Player name, it is good to see you. Tenzen: We have finally grasped the entire tapestry that our separate tales have woven. Tenzen: I never believed that something like this was possible. Tenzen: I suggest you prepare yourself before Lady Ulmia arrives. Ulmia: Why is everyone so quiet? Is something wrong? Tenzen: Lady Ulmia, we have been waiting for you. Will you steel your heart and listen to the story we have to tell? Tenzen: Of course, we have tried to refute this conclusion and find some other explanation. Tenzen: However, we now know that the boy, Selh'teus, has come to thwart the plans of the ancient ones and steal the light of the crystals. Louverance: We also know that the Divinity of Darkness that rules over the Kindred was not Promathia after all. Jabbos: But...the Moblins...heard from...the Divinity of Darkness...that the...Keeper of the Apocalypse...has already...arisen. Shikaree Z: And surely you have seen the magicite imbedded in Prishe's chest? Shikaree Z: According to your explanation, that stone contained the Emptiness of the Twilight God, Promathia. Tenzen: Lady Ulmia. This must come as a shock for one so close to Lady Prishe. Tenzen: But I must inform you of the facts I have learned from the terrestrial avatars Carbuncle and Fenrir. Tenzen: After ten thousand years, the Keeper of the Apocalypse was fated to be born in the nation of Tavnazia! Ulmia: Surely you are not saying that this keeper you speak of is Prishe! Ulmia: That is impossible! I refuse to believe it! Ulmia: We have been friends since the time before Tavnazia's destruction! Ulmia: I can honestly say that I have never met a person more pure of heart. Ulmia: She has more faith, and more courage... Ulmia: How could she be the Keeper of the Apocalypse and still urge Diabolos to save the world? Tenzen: It is true that I do not know of anyone who possesses the zest for life that Prishe has. Tenzen: And if we had but the time and the knowledge, we would rescue Lady Prishe from this destiny. Tenzen: However, we have no time remaining. Tenzen: A duty lies before us: Lord Bahamut and his minions must be stopped! Shikaree Z: And if Cardinal Mildaurion is still alive as we believe, she will be planning to use Prishe to awaken the Twilight God. Shikaree Z: With Prishe and her magicite in the cardinal's possession, the world is one step away from oblivion! Jabbos: When Promathia...awakens...there will be...no stopping...the Moblins. Ulmia: Stop it, all of you. You truly intend to do away with Prishe if it means the plans of Wyrmking Bahamut will be prevented? Ulmia: That is something I cannot do! Tenzen: Lady Ulmia! Tenzen: ... Shikaree Z: Let her be. The first thing we have to do is rrrescue Prishe from the Grand Duke Palace. I'll start working on a plan. Louverance: I will call upon some old acquaintances. They may be able to help us. Jabbos: I wish...no more lives...to be lost. I...will do...what I can. Tenzen: Player name. Tenzen: Do you agree with our decision? Do you agree? No, I don't. There's no other way. What decision? "What decision?" Tenzen: In order to save the world from destruction, we must defeat the one known as the Keeper of the Apocalypse. Tenzen: Even if Lady Prishe herself is the Keeper, I will not fail to carry out this task. (Choose again.) "No, I don't." Tenzen: Do not let our actions concern you. Tenzen: You are free to follow your own path from here. Tenzen: I only ask that you look after Lady Ulmia. She did not take this news well. "There's no other way." Tenzen: You understand what we have all agreed to here? We have come to a brutal and bloody conclusion. Tenzen: Although no one life holds more importance than another, I have a duty to save the world, no matter the cost. Tenzen: But still... I worry for Lady Ulmia. Tenzen: There is little you can say to comfort her, but at least see her safely to Tavnazia. Tenzen: If you ask the aid of Lady Esha'ntarl, I am sure your return will be a swift one. Tenzen: Until we meet again! |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !For Whom the Verse is Sung (pt.2) - Ru'Lude Gardens |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Ulmia: Player name. Ulmia: I must apologize for my childish behavior. I never should have run off in such a flustered state. Ulmia: I do understand what everyone is saying. Ulmia: I understand that the Wyrmking, Bahamut, plans to obliterate all the peoples of Vana'diel. Ulmia: Even with the might of the Jeuno Armada, many more innocent lives will be lost in this conflict if something is not done. Ulmia: And I do understand that everyone truly wishes to rescue Prishe from her destiny... Ulmia: However, it is as Lord Diabolos has said. We cannot save both the world and all of her people. Ulmia: Lord Diabolos... I wonder if he called Prishe into his dreamworld because he knew the truth of her identity--that she is the Keeper of the Apocalypse. Ulmia: Was Cardinal Mildaurion also aware of this truth? Is that why she gave Prishe that amulet? But I still... Ulmia: Player name, it may be too late at this point, but there is something I must tell you. Ulmia: When Prishe had collapsed, and her amulet was stolen... Prishe: It was only for a second, but I'm pretty damn sure. Prishe: The presence I felt when the amulet was stolen... It was definitely Miss Mildaurion! Ulmia: You're saying that Cardinal Mildaurion took the amulet from you? Ulmia: Why would she act in such a manner? Did not the cardinal give the amulet to you as a gift? Prishe: Yeah, she did. Miss Mildaurion was always watching over me through the amulet. Prishe: She was always making sure I wasn't thinking of doing something stupid or getting myself into trouble. Prishe: But she needed to take the amulet back. Prishe: An old, old friend she'd waited a long, long time for had finally returned... Prishe: She apologized to me in her thoughts. Said that I would be safe while I was in Jeuno... Ulmia: But then... Ulmia: Cardinal Mildaurion would have known that we, the survivors of the Great War, were unable to leave the island... Ulmia: She knew, but she did not come to help us. She abandoned us to our fate...? Prishe: No, I don't think so. Miss Mildaurion left it to me. Ulmia: Left what to you...? Ulmia: What was Prishe about to say, I wonder. Ulmia: What could Cardinal Mildaurion have entrusted to us? Surely not the resurrection of the Twilight God...? Ulmia: It might be naive of me to believe that you are on my side. Ulmia: However, I am not willing to give up. Ulmia: I want to sing of a world where both Vana'diel and all of her people are saved. Ulmia: Will you dream of such a world alongside me? Do you dare to dream? Yes, I'll fight to the end! <----- Chose this option! Reality is not that kind... Ulmia: Thank you, Player name! Do you dare to dream? Yes, I'll fight to the end! Reality is not that kind... <----- Chose this option! Ulmia: I am sorry. I have asked too much without considering your feelings. Ulmia: I will once again go to the Grand Duke Palace. I've not found anyone in town who has information, but Makki-Chebukki and the others have probably tracked down some rumors. Ulmia: There must be something we can do to save Prishe... There must be someone who knows of the cardinal... |}
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