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All right, kid. You asked for it!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Heh heh! You're next, buddy!<Pause>/00
{END}

H-Help!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: <Pause2>...huh? Was it something I said?<Pause>/00
{END}

T-Thank you so much...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Don't worry about it.
Go back to the ocean!<Pause>/00
{END}

Wait!<Pause2><07><Pause>
I'd really like to express my gratitude to
you...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: You mean a reward?<Pause2><07>
What'd you have in mind?<Pause>/00
{END}

Simple! We should get married! Then you'd
become King of the Ocean!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Wh-Wh-<Pause2>What?<Pause>/00
{END}

Didn't you know? I'm the Queen of the Ocean!<Pause>
I can make you my king if I want to! Who would
argue with the queen?<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Weeell...<Pause><Pause2>
<Cursor>-No, I can't!
<Cursor>-Let's get married.<09>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Well...<Pause2> I, uh, owe her...<Pause2>
I owe her some money.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: What? I mean...<Pause>/00
{END}

...I understand. Don't worry about it.<Pause2><07><Pause>
I can give you a little money to help you pay
off your debt. Here's 50 Ragu. Thank you for
rescuing me!<Pause>/00
{END}

I am<Pause2><07> going back to the sea now.<Pause2>
Take care!<Pause>/00
{END}

Hey! This isn't enough!<Pause>/00
{END}

I'm sorry.<Pause2> Still, this does mean I've
got to find another man to be my king...<Pause>/00
{END}

I know! That handsome warrior, Sion
{END}

Garlyle: WHAT?<Pause2><07> Lady, you're about to make
the biggest mistake of your life!<Pause2>
Even you can't be THAT desperate!<Pause>/00
{END}

Eh<Pause2>-heh! Well...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: I'm afraid duty comes first, miss.
I am sworn to prevent the destruction of this
world at any price!<Pause><05>Remember my name! Garlyle, greatest warrior
in the world!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: I... don't know her. Never mind!<Pause>/00
{END}

Mermaid: ...Huh? Hey!<Pause2><07> Where are you going?/00
{END}

Don't worry, miss!<Pause2> We'll save you!
We will, we will!<Pause2><Pause>/00
{END}

Those voices...<Pause2><Pause2><07> Oh, no! Not THEM!<Pause2>
Th-This is bad!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Hey!<Pause2> Stop bothering that Mermaid!<Pause>/00
{END}

Don't let us catch you doing anything like
this again! ...And bow your heads when you're
looking at us!<Pause>/00
{END}

You won't have to worry about them from
now on!<Pause>/00
{END}

I... I... Thank you so much!<Pause>/00
{END}

No need to thank us!<Pause2> We always protect
the weak!<Pause>/00
{END}

Thank you!<Pause2> Please accept<Pause2> a modest reward
of 100,000 Ragu for your troubles! I'm going
back to the ocean now. Farewell!<Pause>/00
{END}

Awesome! Let's go get something to eat!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: ...well, that could have gone better.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: All right. Why not?<Pause>/00
{END}

Hop on my back!<Pause>/00
{END}

Happiness, here we come!<Pause>/00
{END}

And that was the last anyone ever saw of
Garlyle.<Pause>/00
{END}

Courtier: Milord, did you truly capture a
Giant yesssterday?<Pause>
Pipin: Of courssse! BwahahaHAHA!<Pause>/00
{END}

Milord! We've captured a human from the
Toxic Landss! He looksss sssusspicious!
...what ssshould we do?<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Bring him to me!
<Cursor>-Kill him!<09>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-A light...?
<Cursor>-That light is mine!<09>/00
{END}

This? This jewel is<Pause2> a Jade. It belongs to
my beloved. We're traveling the world together
to purify the pollution.<Pause2><Pause>
If you're the all-knowing King of the World,
you already know her name...<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Yes, it's Riza!
<Cursor>-Yes, it's Garlyle!<09>/00
{END}

Pipin: What... What am I doing here?
Where isss Riza?<Pause><Pause2>
I have no time for sssuch foolisssh gamesss!<Pause>/00
{END}

As you command!<Pause>/00
{END}

H-Help!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

I j-just sell herbs! What'd I ever do to
you? Wh-Why do you want to kill me?<Pause>/00
{END}

As you command!<Pause>/00
{END}

You pack of savages! What'd I ever do
to you?
<Pause>/00
{END}

Kneel! Kneel before King Pipin!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Here he issss!<Pause>/00
{END}

Eh? This scaly midget is the almighty King
of the Reptiles? You've got to be kidding!
He's just a runt!<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Strike him!
<Cursor>-Kill! KILL!<09>/00
{END}

Eh heh heh! Well, I can't blame you for
knowing who I am.<Pause2><07><Pause>
As protector of the Chosen, my reputation
clearly proceeds me!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Keep your little scaly mitts away from that!<Pause><Pause2>
Don't worry! Maybe one day when you're all
grown up, you'll have a Jade of your very own!<Pause>
See you around!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Humansss truly are sstrange creaturessss...<Pause>/00
{END}

A green jewel within hisss body?<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Milord! Hissss body hasss turned to sssstone!<Pause>/00
{END}

Oops! Did I mention that whoever touches the
Jade is petrified on the spot?<Pause>/00
{END}

Forget King Pipin... I'm the king now!
King of the World!<Pause>/00
{END}

Fine!<Pause2>
I've had enough!<07>/00
{END}

I didn't want to do this, but...<Pause><Pause2>
You gave me no<Pause2> other choice.<07>
Get out of here!<Pause2> Get out while you still
can!<Pause>/00
{END}

Wait!<Pause>/00
{END}

What isss he doing? Humansss truly are
sstrange beingssss...<Pause>/00
{END}

Hsssst! ...isss that... ticking?<Pause>
I... It can't be!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

3...<Pause2><07> 2...<Pause2><07> 1...<Pause2><07> 0!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Marina: W... What am I doing here?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Now I remember... I'm supposed to do
something with the Egg! But what was it?<Pause><05><Cursor>-Place the Egg!
<Cursor>-Break the Egg!<09>/00
{END}

Marina: L... Looks like it's up to me!
L-<Pause2><07>Let's do it!<Pause><05>
<A1>"<0F><4A><">!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: N-Nothing's happening? Did I...
use the wrong incantation?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: What should I do...?<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Try more mantras!
<Cursor>-Call for help!<09>/00
{END}

Marina: All right!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Still no effect? Nothing's happening...<Pause>
<Pause2><07>Eeeeeek!<Pause>/00
{END}

What is your business here? Why have you come
to our temple?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: What's going on?<Pause2><07>
Monsters?<Pause2><07> This can't be good!<Pause><05><Cursor>-Attack!
<Cursor>-Call for help!<09>/00
{END}

Marina: A-All right!<Pause2><07>
Here goes!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Voice: Foolish girl!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Marina: Eeeeeek! What was THAT?<Pause>/00
{END}

Voice: Breaking the sacred egg entrusted
to you? Unforgiveable!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: I'm s-s-sorry! I-It was an accident!<Pause2><07>
W... Who are you?<Pause>/00
{END}

Prophet: I am a prophet of the Danans!<Pause2><07>
Now you shall be punished for your actions!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: <Pause2>B-But...<Pause>/00
{END}

Prophet: Woman of the sea!<Pause2><Pause>
I hereby condemn you to a life of servitude<Pause2>
to the ruler of this world!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Th... The ruler of this world?<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: <Pause2><07>Bow!<Pause2><07> Bow before Pipin the
Dragon King!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: <Pause2><07>No! This is all wrong!<Pause>
H... How could you be so... so cruel?<Pause2><07>
Ohhhh...!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: ...why isss everyone ssso afraid
of me?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: <Pause2><07>"AQU<">!<Pause2><07>
"AQU<">!<Pause2><07>
"<0F>/33<">!<Pause2><07>
"<0F>:<">!<Pause2><07>
N-N-Nothing's working!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: /3BHuff/3B /3BHuff/3B<Pause2><07> This is the end...<Pause>/00
{END}

Farewell, mermaid...<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Somebody, help! Someone! Anyone!
The more of you, the better!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: What I need right now are friends...<Pause2><07>
But who'd rescue me?<Pause><Pause2>
Who'd be most likely to come help me?
It'd have to be...<Pause>/00
{END}

Who?<A4>-A girl and her pets.
<A4>-Three comrades.
<A4>-Two thieves./0A/00
{END}

Here we are!<Pause>/00
{END}

Let's get out of here!<Pause><05>
<A1>"PRAKER<">!<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: This place had better be worth it!<Pause>/00
{END}

Cid: Look, boss! A mermaid!<Pause>
I bet she knows where we'd be able to find
some treasure around here!<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: You're coming with us, missy!<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: An... ear?<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Marina: Riza! Garlyle! Pipin!<Pause><Pause2><05>What on...<Pause2><07> What am I doing here?
Everyone's waiting for me! Hold on!
I'm on my way!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Hey, you! Out of the way,
you freak!<Pause>/00
{END}

There is a note here...<Pause2><07><Pause>
It says that this monitor links the Jades
together.<Pause><05>Who will<A4>-Sion
{END}

I bestow upon you the light of the vision.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sion
{END}

Dune: Hmm...<Pause2> Everything's getting far
too complicated lately.<Pause>/00
{END}

Cid: Why are you looking so grim, boss?<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: Heh! <Pause2> I don't think I'm the
only one...<Pause>/00
{END}

Cid: What do you mean?<Pause2><07> What's the matter...?<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: Come on. Let's sit down.<Pause>/00
{END}

Dune: I was just thinking...<Pause2><Pause>
What if this Jade here's the thing causing
all of these problems?<Pause>/00
{END}

Cid: C'mon, boss! You know the plan!<Pause>
With the Jade and the Ten Divine Treasures,
we'll create paradise on earth!<Pause>
As long as Brasnir's guiding us, there's no
way in hell we can fail!<Pause>/00
{END}

<07>Legin: Damn it! That creep took out the
bridge!<Pause><05>Sork: So what is happening if we are wanting
to cross the river again?<Pause><05><Pause2>Legin: No use crying over spilled milk.
Let's go!<Pause>/00
{END}

......FOOLS......<Pause>
YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED INSIDE THE
MONITORS. MEIFA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO CALL OUT TO YOU...<Pause>
AND YOU WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THE
IMPENDING APOCALYPSE.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: L-Let's get outta here!<Pause><05>Pipin: We do not even know thisss Meifa!
You are wassssting our time with thissss
nonsssensse of yoursss!<Pause>/00
{END}

......HA HA......
......HA HA HA......<Pause>
YOU STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND.<Pause>
THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE WAS BORN OF
MEIFA'S ACTIONS.<Pause>
YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN HER FACE ONCE,
AND SHALL SEE IT AGAIN IN TIME.<Pause>
WHEN ALL IS PURE ONCE MORE, SHE WILL
REAPPEAR IN THIS WORLD.<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

IN THEIR GREED, THE HUMANS SOUGHT TO
TWIST THE BIO-TANKS TO SERVE THEIR
ENDS.<Pause>
IN DOING SO, THEY SET FREE THE FORCES
WHICH HAVE POISONED THIS PLANET.<Pause>
ONLY I CAN CONTROL THE MACHINES OF
THE TEMPLE OF CULTURE.<Pause><05>......CHOSEN......<Pause>
I AM THE ORIGIN OF THE POLLUTION
YOU WOULD SEEK TO UNDO.<Pause>
YOU MUST NOT ALLOW THIS PLANET TO
COME TO ANY FURTHER HARM.<Pause>
ALL IS DONE... MEIFA IS REVEALED
AND SHATTERED.<Pause>
TAKE THIS WITH YOU. USE THIS AT THE
TEMPLE OF Vairocana AND SHE WILL
APPEAR TO YOU...<Pause>/00
{END}

Whew! We're finally out of that blasted
wall! Let's return to the castle! King
Eltina must be informed!<Pause>
...What an incredible machine!<Pause>/00
{END}

We will wield a weapon no living being
can stand against!<Pause><05>His Majesty must be waiting for us.
Let's go!<Pause>/00
{END}

Save?<Pause>
<Cursor>-Save.
<Cursor>-Don't save.<09>/00
{END}

Go on!<Pause>/00
{END}

Drop in a "/0EQ<">?<Pause>
<Cursor>-Drop one in.
<Cursor>-Forget it.<09>/00
{END}

The jar is empty.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>- Bio-Tank User's Manual -<Pause>
The three Bio-Tanks respond to control dials.
Each dial combination corresponds to a
different mode of operation.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>OPERATION 1:
<A1>WORLD DOMINATION<Pause>
Any monarch may use the Tanks to corrupt the
earth and thus gain power. In time, the Tanks'
conduits will carry the taint across the world.<Pause>
Fear of this power will bring the world to
kneel before him.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>OPERATION 2: 
<A1>WORLD PEACE<Pause>
The Tanks may be used to suffuse the earth with
renewed vitality. The world shall bloom, and
a new age of peace and prosperity will begin.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>WARNING!<Pause>
Only one mode of operation may be active at
any one time. To change modes, use the dials
set into each Bio-Tank.<Pause>
Once turned, the dial will lock into place,
and cannot be used again. Beware! Any mistake
will fatally overload the Bio-Tanks!<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Read the next page.
<Cursor>-Leave it.<09>/00
{END}


<A1>- Operation 1 Manual -<Pause>
Star Tank: Left
Moon Tank: Right
Earth Tank: Right<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>- Operation 2 Manual -<Pause>
Star Tank: Left
Moon Tank: Left
Earth Tank: Right<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>- Archeological Report on
<A1>the Temple of Culture -<Pause>
Iron-plated rooms have been located beneath
the surface. We have found several glowing
walls, but cannot discern their purpose.<Pause>
We also have had a number of narrow escapes
with a strange iron beast. The creature may
be responsible for recent disappearances...<Pause>
Our numbers have been severly dimished since
we entered the Temple.<Pause>/00
{END}

We have discovered a moving chamber.
It appears to travel between the top floor
and basement of the temple structure.<Pause>
It has also been able to travel horizontally
between areas.<Pause>
Another chamber lies to its right, but we lack
the key needed to open it.<Pause>
We will continue our investigation along the
right side of the complex.<Pause>
We may be able to rebuild this facility on a
lesser scale east of Babel.<Pause>
The machinery remains in good condition, and
serves as an excellent model.<Pause>/00
{END}

We have discovered a "Bio-Tank User's Manual<">.<Pause>
Once deciphered, we will hopefully be able to
identify the temple's builders and determine
how this place came to be.<Pause>
A large key has also been discovered.
With it, we have been able to open the
door to the innermost chamber.<Pause>
There, we found three large tanks, but we
do not yet know how to use them.<Pause>
The glowing walls and the iron beast still
remain an enigma, but our research continues
to advance at a steady pace.<Pause>/00
{END}

We have deciphered the "User's Manual<">!
We will now be able to use the tanks in the
innermost chamber. Several scouts were sent
ahead in order to inspect the tanks.<Pause>
His Majesty is determined to activate them and
thus discover their true uses.<Pause>/00
{END}

We have sent in five men to start up the
Bio-Tanks. We have decided to experiment with
their function as a weapon.<Pause>
According to the Manual, the tanks are capable
of generating a substance which spreads through
the earth by means of external conduits.<Pause>
King Eltina has taken possession of the Great
Key for the time being.<Pause>/00
{END}

The factory complex which surrounds the temple
is now completely unearthed.<Pause>
From it, we have gleaned that this site was
once the Armed City Gomorrah.<Pause>
The five men sent to start up the Bio-Tanks
have vanished into thin air.<Pause>
An epidemic of unknown origin has spread
through the entirety of the site.<Pause>
The bodies of the sick are covered by a layer
of toxins. As a result, the affected have been
transferred to a camp in the north.<Pause>/00
{END}

<Pause2>Finally, the taint of the Bio-Tanks has
reached Castle Sodom. The servants have died,
one after another, from their terrible poison.<Pause>
Will I be next to fall prey to the toxin's
burning agonies?<Pause>
And so everything falls apart...<Pause>
I have no doubt in my mind that the shining
giant is the source of this misery.<Pause>
If any life is to survive on this world,
it will be at his mercy alone...<Pause><05>The next page crumbles in your fingers.<Pause>/00
{END}

The book is covered with blood...<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>- Enigmas of the Temple -<Pause2>
<Pause>The glowing walls, the iron beast, and the
Bio-Tanks... Who could have created such
things?<Pause>
A further mystery is the shining giant seen by
several of our number.<Pause>
Some are already claiming it as a creation of
the Goddess Meifa. For my part, I refuse to
draw any conclusions at this point in time.<Pause>
The only certainty is that it is a vital and
central part of this complex.<Pause>/00
{END}

The Bio-Tanks have now been set in motion.<Pause><Pause2>
With the power to change the world, the Tanks
are truly an awesome weapon.<Pause>
Now their payload courses through the Armed
City once more...<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>- Notes on Gomorrah -<Pause2><Pause>
As we have found, the five researchers
succeeded in activating the Bio-Tanks.<Pause>
As if by magic, the earth began to discolor
and the metal rust and flake.<Pause>
One man attempted to stop the mechanism, but
it was too little, too late. If only we had
never found that accursed key!<Pause>/00
{END}

<Pause2>Like the color of earth and sea, the air too
has changed... The power of the Bio-Tanks
makes even nature tremble in its wake.<Pause>
In the midst of it all, the shining giant
watches our death and despair.<Pause>
Does he, too, fear the weapon as we do now?<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: The book... It disappeared!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Riza: Our world... Ruined by such petty
actions...<Pause>/00
{END}

In which direction will you turn the dial?<Pause>/00
{END}

The dial is firmly locked into place.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A4>-Left.
<A4>-Right.
<A4>-Stop./0A/00
{END}

Garlyle: Have we stopped the source of the
pollution?<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Something smells burnt!<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Huh? The Jade!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Pipin: Look! It issss clearing up!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Pipin: The sssource of the Pollution hass been
stopped!<Pause>/00
{END}

Voice: Truly you are worthy of the title of
Chosen! For the first time, we have been able
to witness your true power.<Pause>/00
{END}

Voice: You have passed the greatest test
created by the Danans' descendants.<Pause>/00
{END}

Within this Temple lies a pathway to the
Abyss. Seek out the Oceanic Purifier we
constructed for the Merfolk.<Pause>
In your travels, you will meet the Hegs,
Guardian Deities of the Water. Go forth now,
Chosen, and cleanse the oceans of their taint!<Pause><Pause2>
Fare thee well!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Garlyle: So there's a way to get to the Abyss
somewhere nearby, huh? Let's go and find it!<Pause><Pause2><05>Pipin: What manner of beassst might a Heg be?<Pause><05>Riza: I wonder... Could they be the same
Hegs whose egg Marina was caring for?<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

You have fallen victims to the Bio-Tanks...<Pause><Pause2>
In which era will the next Chosen appear?<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: We can breathe underwater?<Pause><05>Pipin: Isss thisss the path to the Abysss
the voicesss mentioned?<Pause><Pause2><05>Garlyle: It's got to be! But how are we
going to get through?<Pause>/00
{END}

We must open the way for the Chosen and her
companions... Let them protect the blue life
as prophecied!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Wh...? Whoa! That's one hell of a
gust!<Pause2><07><Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Eeeek!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Monster: You will never succeed in purifying
the oceans!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Mouse: Wow!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Riza: Is it morning already?<Pause><05>Garlyle: Yes! Can't you feel the power of
nature coursing in you?<Pause><05>Pipin: Come! Let ussss find the Purifier
and cleanssse the oceans!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Let's do it!<Pause>/00
{END}

Voice: Eeeeeek!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Pipin: Marina! W-What isss thisss beasssst?<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Marina! Hold on!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Oh, Riza! I was just about to
push this button... Then this monster just
shows up out of nowhere!<Pause>/00
{END}

Abrasax: We have made our homes at the
pollution's core... I will not allow you
to destroy the source of our power!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Are you all right, Marina?<Pause><05>Pipin: Ssstop being ssso dissstant!
We are here to asssissst you!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: I... wanted to help the Guardian
Deities escape from here. They need to return
to their homes.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Thissss palace housssess the Oceanic
Purifier, doesss it not?<Pause><05>Garlyle: So we've plugged up the source of
the pollution. Now all we have to do is
get the poison out of oceans themselves!<Pause><05>Riza: Let's push the button!<Pause>/00
{END}

Danapati: It was your race that poisoned the
waters with its actions.<Pause>
And now, after centuries of pollution, you
come to undo your folly?<Pause>
Behold my body, twisted by the toxins unleashed
by your kin! This is what you have visited on
the Merfolk... On my people!<Pause>
You do not deserve a second chance, humans!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Riza: Huh? My Jade is shining...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Behind the door!<Pause2>
The Purifier's got to be there!<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Finally! This must be the Oceanic
Purifier.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Look there! The Guardian Deities!<Pause><05>Pipin: They mussst be the onessss mentioned
in the Propheciessss.<Pause>
The blue life they ssshall protect, and
receive the guidance of the oceanss...<Pause><Pause2><05>Garlyle: They must have come to here to
help, then! They want to save our
planet, too!<Pause>
<05>Marina: I can sense a kind of... sadness.<Pause><05>Pipin: I would be sssad, too, living in
thisss polluted muck!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Garlyle: We've taken care of the air and
earth!<Pause2><07> All that's left now is to clean up
the oceans!<Pause>/00
{END}

Voice: Marvelous! However, the Cataclysm
still advances unabated. In six days, all
your efforts will be for naught!<Pause>
Chosen! Go to the Temple of Vairocana and
receive the words of Meifa!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Now everything is cleansed!<Pause2><Pause><05>Garlyle: It won't make a difference if the
planet's destroyed in six days. But we still
have a chance! We can't give up just yet!<Pause>
<05>Pipin: Ssso we mussst find thisss Meifa asss
sssoon asss possible!<Pause><05>Riza: Unfortunately, I have no idea where
Vairocana even is. How do we get there?<Pause><05>Marina: We should go and ask the Elder in
Lyla. He's bound to know! Get on the Hegs.
I'll lead the way!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Are you sure they're not going to try
and... uh, eat us?<Pause><05>Pipin: Of courssse not, you foolisssh ape!
Let'sss go!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Hurry up!<Pause2> Get on! Every second is
precious!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Riza! Hold on! I'll see you
again soon!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: This is Lyla, the village where
I was born.<Pause><Pause2>
Gosh! Look at how pretty the place is now
that the water's finally clean!<Pause>
Riza... Garlyle... Pipin...
This is all thanks to you.<Pause>
Thank you so much!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: You'd think we were born<Pause2> to help
clean up this world.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Let's go see the Elder!<Pause><Pause2>
His house is just up behind the waterfall.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Elder! I have returned!<Pause>/00
{END}

Elder: You have ensured the safety of the
Guardian Deities-GLUB...<Pause><Pause2>
Now the oceans are pure once more-GLUB.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Yes! I met Riza and her friends
along the way. They rescued me and helped
me protect the Egg.<Pause><Pause2>
It's thanks to them that our planet is now
free of pollution! And now they're trying to
prevent its destruction!<Pause>/00
{END}

Elder: Then all is well-GLUB.<Pause>
But how were they able to enter the Abyss
and come to us-GLUB? Were you able to discover
one of our Heg Shrines-GLUB?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Heg Shrines?<Pause>/00
{END}

Elder: Long ago, before the Age of the
Merfolk, the Danans ruled this world.<Pause>
The Shrines were where the Danans communed
with the Guardian Deities-GLUB.<Pause>
One such Shrine, the Shrine of Vairocana, lies
east of this town-GLUB.<Pause2><Pause>
I travelled there myself to consult with the
Hegs many years ago-GLUB.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Did you say Vairocana?<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: That must be the way into the
Temple of Vairocana! The Guardian Deities
can take us there for sure!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: ...but that would mean leaving the ocean
again!<Pause>
AAHHH!<Pause2><07> Just when I got home...<Pause2><07>
But there's no way around it.
I've got to go, too!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Garlyle: We should be able to take care of it
alone.<Pause2><07> You don't have to come with
us if you don't want to.<Pause>
After all, this is our mission, not yours.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: The Deities will guide US to Vairocana,
Garlyle!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Mighty ones! I beg a boon of you.
Will you take us to the Shrine of Vairocana?<Pause>/00
{END}

<Cursor>-Leave for Vairocana.
<Cursor>-Stay a little longer.<09>/00
{END}

Marina: In time, you'll grow to be the
mightiest beings in the oceans. I promise!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Let's go!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Thank you for delivering us safely
and swiftly, mighty ones! We're exactly where
we need to be now!<Pause>/00
{END}

CHOSEN!<Pause2> OUR ANCESTORS FIRST MET THE
DANAN RACE<Pause2> IN THIS CAVE.<Pause>
A CHANCE ENCOUNTER AS THEY SURFACED
FOR AIR ONE DAY... FAREWELL.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Hsst! That ssmell... Could it be...?<Pause><Pause2><05>Garlyle: What's wrong? Why are you shivering?<Pause><Pause2><05>Marina: You're not afraid, are you? Nobility
isn't afraid of anything!<Pause><Pause2><05>Pipin: My, uh, memoriesss of the Western
Continent <Pause2>are not the fondessst.<Pause><05>Riza: Don't worry! The plants here won't
bite.<Pause><05>Garlyle: Don't worry, Your Lizardship!
We'll keep an eye open for you.<Pause>
No flowers are going to make a meal out
of you on OUR watch!<Pause><Pause2><05>Pipin: I appreciate it.<Pause>
...all the sssame, I would prefer we left,
and ssoon.<Pause><05>Garlyle: Don't be such a wuss, kid!<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: The Jade?<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Pipin? Is it really you?<Pause2>
Where have you been?<Pause>
Everyone has been deeply worried about your
well-being since you vanished.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Sion
{END}

Sage: The Chosen!<Pause2> Then the Jade you bear
must contain the Spirit of Life.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: That'sss right! Jusssst asss the Danan
Propheciesss foretold!<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Silence, child!<Pause2> I had hopes the outside
world would grant you a measure of maturity...<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: As you may know, our<Pause2> ancestors wrote
much on the subject of the Chosen.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: I still can't believe I'm the one
the Prophecies talk about...<Pause><05>Garlyle: Hey! No need to be modest here!
You're the real deal, Riza!<Pause><05>Marina: After everything I've seen, I
wouldn't doubt it for a second.<Pause><05>Pipin: Even the Sssacred Tree sssaid you
were the one, missss!<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: You are guided by the<Pause2> Goddess Meifa...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Who is this Meifa, anyway?<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: We Danans were the first to experience
the Rudra's wrath.<Pause>
In our stead arose the Merfolk, but they too
were destroyed. The Rudra who had cleansed the
seas of life then gave rise to a new race...<Pause>
But the Reptiles' reign too was but a brief
one. A new Rudra arose...<Pause>
Thus the Age of the Giants began with the
scouring of the land. But even they could
not stand against the Rudra's wrath...<Pause>
Humanity arose as light swept the skies clean,
annihilating the Giants. Now the omens tell us
the coming of a new Rudra is nigh...<Pause>
Humanity will fall, and the Great Cycle will
begin once more.<Pause><05>A Jade shall shine in the face of cataclysm,
and the Chosen shall awaken...<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: But why musst thisss terrible cycle
continue? What dessstroyed the Temple of
Culture which birthed the pollution?<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Four thousand years ago, the Age of
Giants had reached its end.<Pause>
It was then that the Goddess Meifa appeared to
us with a task... To build the great machine
that was to become the Air Purifier.<Pause>
Its counterpart were the great Bio-Tanks of
the Temple of Culture. The pollution emitted
by the Bio-Tanks had but one purpose...<Pause>
To act as a signal, spurring the Purifier into
action. To set into motion the events which
would lead to the birth of the Chosen.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: So Meifa knew the guys from the castle
would try to misuse the Tanks, and cause the
pollution needed to get the Air Purifier going.<Pause2><Pause>
She had us figured out from the start...<Pause2><Pause>
Man! Now I know how Pipin feels!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: But nothing hassss changed! We have
cleansssed the pollution, but have not sstopped
the desstruction!<Pause><05>Garlyle: So we have to find magic that's even
more powerful! If we could find out what
brought those islands down from the Heavens...<Pause><05>Marina: It just all feels so... so hopeless.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Nonetheless, it is still possible to
save humanity. However, if this is to happen,
it will be by your hands alone.<Pause>
The only assistance we can give you is the
guidance of our Prophecies...<Pause>
And now the Bloody Roses have begun to bloom...
Time is short indeed.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: That would mean the Goddess must already
be among us.<Pause2><Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: We were told to find the Temple of
Vairocana...<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Then perhaps she is waiting for you
there.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: But how do we get into the Temple?<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Seek the Historians of the Hidden
Village.<Pause>
They have been recording every occurrence
since the birth of our own race.<Pause>
Their knowledge should be able to help you in
your mission. Young Pipin will take you to
them.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Let'sss hurry!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Thisss isss the resssidence of the
hisstoriansssss.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Please be seated.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: You may take a seat now.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: I will only ask this once, Pipin.
Why did you steal the Revive Herb?<Pause><05>Pipin: I... needed it for...
<Pause2>For Riza'sss mother! With the Herb, she...<Pause><05>Sage: I know you are lying, Pipin.
I want the truth.<Pause><05>Pipin: I... have come to trussst thessse
humansss. They have given everything to undo
the missstakes of their ancessstors...<Pause><05>Sage: True this may be, but your intentions
were less than noble than theirs.<Pause>
You planned to revive the Rudra of the
Reptiles, did you not? You stole that Herb
to return that ancient terror to life!<Pause><05>Pipin: But I have been making amendssss!
I have protected the Chosssen on her journey
to cleanssse the planet!<Pause>
And ssso I ssshall continue until we have
achieved our final goal...<Pause>
To make thisss world asss it wasss once,
unssspoiled and pure!<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: So be it. Thank you, Riza.
He appears to have matured since I last saw
him. His heart is softer now.<Pause>
Still, is what he said entirely true?<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Y-Yes! My mother said that it was
my destiny. It's the best thing I can do to
honor her memory.<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: Then I must thank you again. The
Herb this child stole has the power
to bring beings back from the dead.<Pause>
In ages past, the Bloody Roses bloomed when the
Cataclysm began. The inhabitants of this
Village harvested them to create the Herb.<Pause>
We could only save a handful of those who
died at the Rudra's hands...<Pause>
But as long as there were survivors, this
village could endure the Ages.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: How old ARE you, anyway?<Pause>/00
{END}

Sage: I have lived for five hundred years
now... The Herb has given me considerable
longevity.<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}


<A1>Vairocana Key used.<Pause>/00
{END}


<A1>The gates are locked.<Pause>/00
{END}


<A1>Mother-Energy used.<Pause><Pause2><05>
<A1>Powering up monitor functions...<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Meifa: I am Meifa.<Pause2> Chosen, I have long
awaited your arrival...<Pause2><07><Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: What do you want<Pause2> from Riza?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: It is wonderful to finally see you.<Pause>
I have always dreamed this day would come.<Pause2><07><Pause><05>But now we must do battle. I must test the
power that I have bestowed on you.<Pause2><07><Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: What are you trying to accomplisssh,
you bat? Did we not purify nature asss the
Propheciesss commanded?<Pause>
And now you wisssh usss to face you in battle?<Pause><05>Marina: The air, the earth and oceans have
all been purified. The Danan Prophecies have
been fulfilled, haven't they?<Pause>
We did everything we could to save life on
this planet! What more do you want?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: My dear child... There is but one
Prophecy which still remains.<Pause>
With the world in the balance, the Chosen
shall face her creator...<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: The wounds of our world are
beginning to scar...<Pause>
Who could have ever known they ran so deep?<Pause2><07>
Do we really have to fight you?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: I await you on the Northern
Continent.<Pause2> Defeat me and prove beyond
all doubt you are worthy of being the Chosen!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Why these games? The Cataclysm is
getting nearer and nearer!<Pause><Pause2><05>Garlyle: If she's got the power to stop the
Rudra, why doesn't she?<Pause><05>Pipin: Foolisssh ape! Only the Chossen can
avert the coming catassstrophe!<Pause>
Thisss isss a final tesst of the Chosssen's
true worthinessss!<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Whatever the case may be, we'll
have to go and meet her in person.<Pause>
If she needs proof that I can defend the
planet, then so be it.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Riza! Let's go home!<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Yeah!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: If Meifa issss not plotting
desstruction of our planet, who issss?<Pause><05>Marina: A power like that's more than I'd
really like to speculate about...<Pause>
But I still made a promise to protect this
world. That's one promise I'm not going back
on!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}

Riza: Everyone... I know it's my destiny,
but...<Pause><Pause2>
Thank you!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Sheesh! How embarrassing!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Garlyle: I'm staying on 'til the end.
I'm determined to bring some happiness back
into the world!<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: Me too!<Pause><05>Pipin: Riza ssshould be the firssst to
take back<Pause2> her happinessss...<07><Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: There's no time to lose!
Let's head to the Northern Continent!<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: Riza!<Pause2><07><Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Grandfather!<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: I am glad to see you safe<Pause2><07>...<Pause2><07>...
The pollution has ceased but the portents
of late have not been auspicious.<Pause>
After the Sky Islands fell, we found
ourselves half-submerged in water.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Grandfather... My... mother is...<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: I know, my girl. Mistress Zora of Mantra
Peak kept me appraised of your progress.<Pause2><Pause><Pause2><07>
My daughter is dead, by my granddaughter
carries on her work. She is deterred by
nothing and in pursuit of her destiny...<Pause><Pause2><07>
How could anyone hope to defeat her?<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: What are you...?<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: I can see it in your eyes.
It's all written there, plain as day.<Pause><Pause2>
Most importantly, it's the truth.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Grandfather!<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: Uhnnn...<Pause2> Nature's power has been
restored, and at the most critical juncture.<Pause>
But I fear I will not be able to guide you for
much longer. Seek out Zora without delay.
Her knowledge will aid you in your mission.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Grandfather...<Pause>/00
{END}

Zeku: Go... But... come back to me alive.<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: The time has come to test your power.<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: The time for talking is over.
Prepare yourselves!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Meifa: You truly are the Chosen... Your
power is great enough to change the destiny
of this planet.<Pause><05>The force which would destroy your race
awaits you on the Moon. <Pause><05>Its name is Sodom, and its sole purpose is
to annihilate all life.<Pause><05>Only four days remain before Sodom unleashes
the Moonlight in full. After that, humanity
will be no more.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Four days... But how are we going to
get to the Moon in time?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: My heart has already begun the process
of attaching to this machine. Our combined
power shall carry you to Sodom.<Pause2><07><Pause>
Chosen... remember your destiny.<Pause2><07><05><A1>MAIN POWER SOURCE ACTIVATED.<Pause>
<A1>PREPARING DEPARTURE VEHICLE...<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Riza: Is everyone all right?<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Hssst! That wassss decidedly
unpleasssant...<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Are we really on the... Moon?<Pause><Pause2><05>Marina: Let's ask<Pause2> Meifa.<Pause2><Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Is this really the Moon?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: Exit this statue and see with your own
eyes, Chosen.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: How did you manage to get us here?<Pause><05>Pipin: Isss the sssource of the dessstruction
truly out there?<Pause><05>Riza: Yes, but...
Who is behind all of this?
Who commands Sodom?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: It is not my place to say.<Pause><Pause2>
I can only tell you one thing and one thing
alone: If Sodom is not stopped, the Great Cycle
will continue into perpetuity.<Pause>
Since the Danans, each new race has been more
and more warlike. Man's fighting instinct
is the strongest yet...<Pause>
That instinct gave rise to the pollution and
many centuries of warfare.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: ...<Pause2><07>...<Pause2><07>So we must use that instinct
to survive? To prevent something even more
savage from taking over?<Pause2><07><Pause>
Otherwise, humanity just... <Pause2><07>disappears?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: You fight not on your own behalf,
but on that of all races. Only by defeating
Sodom can any of them have a future.<Pause>
There is not much time... The Moonlight will
be unleashed again soon.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Where is Sodom?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: In the complex below this base.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: What's the link between you and
Sodom?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: I have told you everything I can.<Pause>
Now go and fulfill your destiny!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Sounds like we'd better get a
move on.<Pause><05>Marina: Let's find Sodom, and quickly!<Pause><Pause2>/00
{END}


<A1>ELEVATOR OUT OF ORDER<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: We've got to get in here.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Whoa!<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Pipin: What issss thisss light...?<Pause>
Could thisss be Sssodom?<Pause><05>Garlyle: This must be the Moonlight Meifa
was talking about! But how are we going to
stop it?<Pause><05>Marina: There's got to be a way!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Power... Sssodom mussst need power
to generate the Moonlight!<Pause><05>Garlyle: Then all we've got to do is find
a way to turn off the flow!<Pause><05>Marina: The light's targeting our planet!
We've got to hurry!<Pause><05>Riza: All right! Let's figure out where
Sodom's getting its power from!<Pause><05>Pipin: The elevator sshould be able to take
usss there. Perhapsss we ssshould try to
deactivate the elevator sssystems again.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>POWER SOURCE DEACTIVATED.
<A1>BEGINNING SHUTDOWN OF MOONLIGHT SYSTEM.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Filthy device! Thisss isss the end
for you!<Pause><05>Garlyle: Let's do it! All right, Sodom!
This is the final showdown!<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>ENERGY TANK NEEDS ENERGY SOURCE.
<A1>CATACLYSM STOPPED.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: What?<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: That's got to be Sodom!<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Indeed!<Pause><05>Garlyle: Let's do it! All right, Sodom!
This is the final showdown!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Whoa! Is that... our world?<Pause><05>Pipin: It ssseems ssso different from up
here.<Pause><05>Marina: We purified it... Now we've got to
prevent its destruction!<Pause>/00
{END}


<A1>LIFE FORCE CONFIRMED.<Pause2><07>/00
{END}

Riza: That must be Sodom!<Pause><Pause2><05>Garlyle: The source of the Catacylsm...<Pause>/00
{END}

<A1>SECOND RACE - 1
<A1>THIRD RACE - 1
<A1>LAST RACE - 1<Pause2><07>
<A1>INTENSIFY JUDGEMENT - 1<Pause2><07>
<A1>DESTROY FUNCTIONAL LIFE<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: We did it! Our planet's saved at
last!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: You know, I never really noticed
how blue the world really is...<Pause><Pause2><05>Marina: Let's go home!<Pause><Pause2><07><05>Pipin: It isss time to leave thisss
desssolate place.<Pause><05>Garlyle: Right! Let's go see Meifa!<Pause><05>Riza: Yeah!<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: Let's go, Riza!<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: Well-fought! Humanity is truly more
skillful in combat than the older races.<Pause>
But there is one final challenge you must
now face... You must defeat Mitra if you are
to avert another changing of the races.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Mitra? Who's Mitra? Tell us, Meifa!<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: Mitra is the Great Creator of both
the Moon and your own world.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Did she will Sssodom into being,
too?<Pause2><07><Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: Yes. Mitra created Sodom to eliminate
the... old races.<Pause>/00
{END}

Marina: So Sodom destroyed the Merfolk, too...
And we don't take care of Mitra, another Sodom
will arise before long. Right?<Pause><05>Garlyle: Then what's your relationship to
Mitra?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: We are... comrades. Mitra, Saizou,
Hausen and I... The Majestic Four of legend.<Pause>/00
{END}

Pipin: Ssso why did you not take care of
Mitra yourssself?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: Her powers have grown considerably
since we fought together... She is now the
most powerful being on this planet.<Pause>
Only the power of the Jades is capable of
defeating Mitra. Only the Jades united
could hope to stand against her.<Pause>/00
{END}

Garlyle: So the other Jadebearers will take
care of Mitra?<Pause>/00
{END}

Meifa: In time.<Pause><Pause2>
There are duties they must fulfill before
they can join you. For now, all that remains
is to await their arrival.<Pause>
You yourselves would not have as much as a
prayer against Mitra in battle.<Pause>/00
{END}

Riza: Sion
{END}

Meifa: <Pause2>Let us now hope that they manage
to reach this base in time.<Pause><Pause2>
I have already prepared your means of escape.
At the base of this statue, you shall find
two doors.<Pause>
The one to the right leads to escape pods...
devices which can carry you home.<Pause>
It would be wise to leave this place before
the final battle begins.<Pause>/00
{END}

<A3>Riza's Scenario
<A3>--The End/00
{END}


<A3>Prophecies of the Danans
<A3>Chapter 4

<A3>In time, a messenger of
<A3>destruction shall herald the
<A3>end of all living things.

<A3>The river of life shall run,
<A3>ushering in a new age and new
<A3>prosperity.

<A3>As the Ages come and go, one
<A3>who has been chosen to end
<A3>the Cycle shall appear.

<A3>The great hero shall then,
<A3>bearing a brilliant light
<A3>to once again herald the
<A3>destruction of all life,
<A3>redeem the masses and sit
<A3>as the Lord of Nature, the
<A3>Chosen savior of the planet.

<A3>Upon visiting a land distant
<A3>from all, the Chosen shall
<A3>deliver all life and bestow
<A3>upon it the highest blessing.

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<A3>3980
<A3>During an expedition to
<A3>the Tower of the Giants,
<A3>Dr. Muench discovers a
<A3>stone monolith at the
<A3>tower's summit.

<A3>Embedded within the
<A3>ancient stone lay a
<A3>creature of unknown
<A3>origin.

<A3>Muench named this
<A3>monolith the Lago
<A3>Stone.

<A3>3999
<A3>Nineteen years have
<A3>passed since Dr. Muench's
<A3>discovery.
<A3>Now, on the eve of the
<A3>coming millennium,
<A3>Dr. Muench discovered a
<A3>new Lago Stone in the
<A3>Dragon God Ruins./00
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<07>Legin: ...a Lago Stone, huh?<Pause><05>Muench: That of the Reptile race, if I'm
any judge. The carving on the surface
appears to be a creature called a "Rudra<">.<Pause>/00
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<07>Muench: All in all, the power of this stone
is formidable indeed. Do you feel it too,
Surlent?<Pause><05>Surlent: Indeed. Particularly around the
small jewel set into the carving itself...<Pause><05>Muench: We still have a lot of work left to
do on the inscriptions proper.<Pause>
Once translated, they may be able to tell us
more about it.<Pause><05>Legin: This thing's giving me the creeps...<Pause>
Are you sure we ought to be taking this back
to the lab in Avdol? If it's as powerful as
you say it is...<Pause><05>Muench: I had already considered that fact.<Pause>
My old friend Lord Eremia has a powerful
artifact in his possession...<Pause>
Its powers should be able to dampen the Lago
Stone's innate energies.<Pause>/00
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<07>Legin: Is this Stone as old as the last one?<Pause><05><Pause2>Muench: Older still. The Giants' Lago Stone
dates back only 8,000 years...<Pause>
This one, on the other hand, appears to be
nearly 12,000 years old.<Pause><05>Legin: That's a 4000-year difference...<Pause>
You think those old myths are true, then?
The ones about the 4,000-year cycle of
creation and destruction?<Pause>/00
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<07>Muench: If so, my studies have yet to show
conclusive proof for it.<Pause>
As far as any Cataclysm is concerned...
it's only a matter of time, really.<Pause><Pause2><05>Surlent: You believe the myths, then?<Pause><05>Muench: Ha! Who needs ancient mystical beasts?
Between the air and water pollution, we're
doing a fine job ourselves.<Pause>
No, gentlemen! If our destruction looms,
it is by our hands alone.<Pause><05>Muench: At any rate! <Pause2>Go to Eremia and ask him
for the Holy Grail on my behalf.<Pause><05>Surlent: Very well.<Pause><05>Muench: Take care, you! Eremia's Grail is
beyond priceless! If something were to happen
to it...<Pause>/00
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Legin: And you, Doctor?<Pause2><Pause><05>Muench: We shall transport the stone to Oriab
in preparation for shipping.<Pause>
<Pause2>We'll meet up at the inn there once all's said
and done.<Pause><05>Legin: Works for me. Let's go, Mr. Surlent!<Pause>/00
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Legin: Eh? That carving up there looks kinda
familiar...<Pause><05>Archeologist: That thing? That's the Jade Sigil.
<Pause><Pause2>As a symbol, it predates all known races...<Pause><05>Archeologist: You might have remembered it from
the Lago Stone. The Rudra has the same sigil
carved on that jewel of his.<Pause><05>Surlent: Is this Sigil found on all Lago
Stones?<Pause><Pause2><05>Legin: Maybe we should wait with the questions
until we get back.<Pause>
Lord Eremia's practically a legend around here.
Wait 'til you see his place!<Pause>/00
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Archeologist: Oh! Are you heading to Lord
Eremia's? Exit the ruins and...<Pause><Pause2><05>Legin: ...head west. I know the drill.
I've been there before.<Pause>/00
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Eremia: Ah, Surlent! I expect the doctor sent
you. Come for the Grail, have you?<Pause>/00
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Surlent: Indeed, milord. Dr. Muench requires
it for his research.<Pause>/00
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Eremia: The terrible energy of the Lago
Stones, eh?<Pause>/00
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Legin: Yessir!<Pause>/00
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Eremia: Then there's no way around it.
Can't have that old fool risking life and
limb in the name of research, eh?<Pause>/00
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Surlent: We can take it, then?<Pause>/00
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Eremia: Provided you promise to take good care
of it, of course! Much of the Grail's power is
still unknown to us.<Pause>
Don't start banging it about on a lark, you
hear?<Pause>/00
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Surlent: Of course.<Pause>/00
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Eremia: Come!<Pause>/00
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<07>Boy in Red: Quick! To the roof!<Pause2><07>/00
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<07>Surlent: Milord? Are you all right?<Pause><05>Eremia: ...the Grail! They took the Grail!<Pause><Pause2><05>Legin: They WHAT?<Pause><05>Eremia: Guards! GUARDS!
<Pause2>Come, damn you! Come!<Pause>/00
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<A1>Only 15 days remain before the Cataclysm.<Pause2><07>/00
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<07>Boy in Red: Unbelievable! It's actually raining?
<Pause2>Armored Boy: What are we going to do now, boss?
This heist's gone from bad to worse!<Pause>/00
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<07>Armored Boy: C'mon, Dune! Do something!
They're coming! They're coming!<Pause><05><Pause2>Legin: You lousy, thieving scumbags! That
Grail's a public treasure! Return it
immediately!<Pause>/00
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