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|Summary=Tales of a dangerous fiend bring the prince to Mount Archeole, where he meets Celliera, a knight's armsmaster. She explains that she, too, seeks the same massive beast, and they decide to pursue it together. | |Summary=Tales of a dangerous fiend bring the prince to Mount Archeole, where he meets Celliera, a knight's armsmaster. She explains that she, too, seeks the same massive beast, and they decide to pursue it together. | ||
| − | |Dialogue= | + | |Dialogue={{ST|Ominous Fiend}} RooOOooOOOooAAArgh! |
| − | RooOOooOOOooAAArgh! | + | {{ST|???}} The black mana thickens... I can see his image dancing in its whorls. |
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| − | The black mana thickens... I can see his image dancing in its whorls. | ||
Phraeganoth, the world-devourer... | Phraeganoth, the world-devourer... | ||
At this rate, it's only a matter of time before he is reborn. | At this rate, it's only a matter of time before he is reborn. | ||
The fool seeking to revive him must be stopped, and quickly... | The fool seeking to revive him must be stopped, and quickly... | ||
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| − | + | Mount Archeole | |
-Cavern's Mouth-</center><br /> | -Cavern's Mouth-</center><br /> | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Hraaaah! | |
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| − | Hraaaah! | ||
I'd hoped the talk of fiends here was overstated, but this place is overflowing with them... | I'd hoped the talk of fiends here was overstated, but this place is overflowing with them... | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} Ugh! There's no end to them! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} They've got numbers, but that's all. | |
| − | Ugh! There's no end to them! | ||
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| − | They've got numbers, but that's all. | ||
Stay calm. We'll be through 'em in— | Stay calm. We'll be through 'em in— | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Fiend}} SKREEE! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Aaand we're surrounded. | |
| − | SKREEE! | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Seems we're in a bit of a pickle here... |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Damn... | |
| − | + | {{ST|???}} I will lend you my blade! | |
| − | Aaand we're surrounded. | + | {{ST|Euden}} Who are you?! |
| − | + | {{ST|???}} Formalities later! HYAH! | |
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| − | Seems we're in a bit of a pickle here... | ||
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| − | Damn... | ||
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| − | I will lend you my blade! | ||
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| − | Who are you?! | ||
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| − | Formalities later! HYAH! | ||
HRNH! YAH! HAAAAAH! | HRNH! YAH! HAAAAAH! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Her precision is astonishing... | |
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| − | Her precision is astonishing... | ||
Every swing is a mortal blow! | Every swing is a mortal blow! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} We're not spectators here! Fight! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} On it! | |
| − | We're not spectators here! Fight! | + | {{ST|???}} ...That was the last of them. |
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| − | On it! | ||
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| − | ...That was the last of them. | ||
Are any of you hurt? | Are any of you hurt? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} We're fine, thanks to you. | |
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| − | We're fine, thanks to you. | ||
May I ask your name? | May I ask your name? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Celliera! I serve as knight's armsmaster. | |
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| − | Celliera! I serve as knight's armsmaster. | ||
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<center>''[[Celliera|"Hot-Blooded Instructor: Celliera"]]''</center> | <center>''[[Celliera|"Hot-Blooded Instructor: Celliera"]]''</center> | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} Teachin' the sword to highborn children? | |
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| − | Teachin' the sword to highborn children? | ||
That's a pretty high-rankin' position. | That's a pretty high-rankin' position. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Why have you come here? This mountain is no place for leisure hiking. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} The villagers at the base asked our help in slaying fiends. | |
| − | Why have you come here? This mountain is no place for leisure hiking. | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Aid to the people! A noble cause indeed. |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} And what brings you up here, Celliera? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} A training camp—the rigors here are perfect for hardening both body and mind. | |
| − | The villagers at the base asked our help in slaying fiends. | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} This a trainin' camp for one or somethin'? |
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| − | Aid to the people! A noble cause indeed. | ||
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| − | And what brings you up here, Celliera? | ||
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| − | A training camp—the rigors here are perfect for hardening both body and mind. | ||
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| − | This a trainin' camp for one or somethin'? | ||
I don't see anybody with ya. | I don't see anybody with ya. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} I WAS here with my students...until they fled for the foothills. | |
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| − | I WAS here with my students...until they fled for the foothills. | ||
That giant fiend had them running scared. | That giant fiend had them running scared. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Just how big a fiend was it? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Extremely. And uncanny, besides. | |
| − | Just how big a fiend was it? | ||
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| − | Extremely. And uncanny, besides. | ||
It appeared before us out of nowhere, | It appeared before us out of nowhere, | ||
then banished like smoke and oakum. | then banished like smoke and oakum. | ||
Next thing I heard was a chorus of screams and a stampede of footsteps down the mountainside. | Next thing I heard was a chorus of screams and a stampede of footsteps down the mountainside. | ||
These rich whelps have no spleen at all! | These rich whelps have no spleen at all! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} And now yer stranded up here alone, yeah? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} I do not fancy the implication, sir! | |
| − | And now yer stranded up here alone, yeah? | ||
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| − | I do not fancy the implication, sir! | ||
I remained here quite intentionally. | I remained here quite intentionally. | ||
I've no mind to leave this mountain until the giant fiend is slain. | I've no mind to leave this mountain until the giant fiend is slain. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} You're going to hunt it? Why? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} As a lesson to the young ones! I'll toss the corpse at their feet and lecture the daylights out of the little cowards. | |
| − | You're going to hunt it? Why? | ||
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| − | As a lesson to the young ones! I'll toss the corpse at their feet and lecture the daylights out of the little cowards. | ||
"You turned tail and ran, from THIS?" Hah! | "You turned tail and ran, from THIS?" Hah! | ||
...They'll soon learn there's no terror more dire than disappointing me. | ...They'll soon learn there's no terror more dire than disappointing me. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Your teaching methods feel...intense. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} It seems our aims align. Will you join us? | |
| − | Your teaching methods feel...intense. | + | {{ST|Celliera}} You wouldn't mind? |
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} It makes sense. We're trying to clear out every fiend here—including yours. | |
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| − | It seems our aims align. Will you join us? | ||
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| − | You wouldn't mind? | ||
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| − | It makes sense. We're trying to clear out every fiend here—including yours. | ||
And if we hunt the same prey— | And if we hunt the same prey— | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Then it only makes sense to do it together. | |
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| − | Then it only makes sense to do it together. | ||
Indeed, indeed. | Indeed, indeed. | ||
Very well. I accept your offer. | Very well. I accept your offer. | ||
Now, allow me to make you one in return! | Now, allow me to make you one in return! | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>grope* | <nowiki>*</nowiki>grope* | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Gah! What are you doing, and why does it involve so much touching?! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Hmm, I see. You've considerable tone, | |
| − | Gah! What are you doing, and why does it involve so much touching?! | ||
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| − | Hmm, I see. You've considerable tone, | ||
but your muscles favor your dominant hand and pivot leg. | but your muscles favor your dominant hand and pivot leg. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Wait, you can tell all that by touching me? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Muscles are loquacious things if you know how to listen. Now if you'll excuse me... | |
| − | Wait, you can tell all that by touching me? | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Eagh! |
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Waugh! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} Aieeeeee! | |
| − | Muscles are loquacious things if you know how to listen. Now if you'll excuse me... | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Mmm-hmm, mmmm-hm. Yes, well, I've a firm grasp of all of your conditions now. |
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| − | Eagh! | ||
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| − | Waugh! | ||
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| − | Aieeeeee! | ||
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| − | Mmm-hmm, mmmm-hm. Yes, well, I've a firm grasp of all of your conditions now. | ||
...No pun intended. | ...No pun intended. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} And...this relates to your proposal? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} A thought struck me as I watched you dispatch those fiends. | |
| − | And...this relates to your proposal? | ||
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| − | A thought struck me as I watched you dispatch those fiends. | ||
You're uncommon talents, to the last. | You're uncommon talents, to the last. | ||
Diamonds in the rough, just begging to be dug out and polished! | Diamonds in the rough, just begging to be dug out and polished! | ||
My heart has been racing ever since! | My heart has been racing ever since! | ||
I want to shape you. To put chisel to marble and sculpt you into warriors fit to make history! | I want to shape you. To put chisel to marble and sculpt you into warriors fit to make history! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Well, you're certainly enthusiastic. | |
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| − | Well, you're certainly enthusiastic. | ||
Do you speak to all your students like this? | Do you speak to all your students like this? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Please, you must allow me to train you for as long as we travel together. I insist! | |
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| − | Please, you must allow me to train you for as long as we travel together. I insist! | ||
Say the word, and I'll put together a regimen guaranteed to produce results in the brief time we share. | Say the word, and I'll put together a regimen guaranteed to produce results in the brief time we share. | ||
I'll stake my reputation as knight's armsmaster on this fact: You will leave this mountain feeling stronger than ever! | I'll stake my reputation as knight's armsmaster on this fact: You will leave this mountain feeling stronger than ever! | ||
And now that I'm acquainted with your muscles, i can offer each of you my own personalized advice. | And now that I'm acquainted with your muscles, i can offer each of you my own personalized advice. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} That's...pretty temptin', actually. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} It IS, isn't it? So then, say you will. | |
| − | That's...pretty temptin', actually. | ||
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| − | It IS, isn't it? So then, say you will. | ||
Please? Please please pleeeease?! | Please? Please please pleeeease?! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} Her eyes have gone from sparkling to madwoman, Euden. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} If it can make us stronger, I see no reason to decline. | |
| − | Her eyes have gone from sparkling to madwoman, Euden. | + | {{ST|Celliera}} YEEEEEESSSSSS! |
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| − | If it can make us stronger, I see no reason to decline. | ||
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| − | YEEEEEESSSSSS! | ||
From this moment on, I am your knight's armsmaster! Is that understood?! | From this moment on, I am your knight's armsmaster! Is that understood?! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Everyone}} Yes, Armsmaster! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Ahh, I do love that sound. May I, uh... | |
| − | Yes, Armsmaster! | ||
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| − | Ahh, I do love that sound. May I, uh... | ||
May I have another round? | May I have another round? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Everyone}} Yes...Armsmaster? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} GOOD. All right then, listen up! | |
| − | Yes...Armsmaster? | ||
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| − | GOOD. All right then, listen up! | ||
I'm going to make it my personal responsibility to turn every last one of you little whelps into a WOLF! | I'm going to make it my personal responsibility to turn every last one of you little whelps into a WOLF! | ||
First, let's get you warmed up—I want you to run to the peak and slay any fiends we find along the way. | First, let's get you warmed up—I want you to run to the peak and slay any fiends we find along the way. | ||
FOLLOW ME! | FOLLOW ME! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|???}} ...nngh...someone... | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Huh? | |
| − | ...nngh...someone... | + | {{ST|???}} ...anyone...nnrgh...save... |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Did you hear that, Notte? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} Hear what? And before you answer: no. | |
| − | Huh? | ||
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| − | ...anyone...nnrgh...save... | ||
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| − | Did you hear that, Notte? | ||
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| − | Hear what? And before you answer: no. | ||
You sure it wasn't your imagination? | You sure it wasn't your imagination? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Stow the chatter, whelps! I'll kick any stragglers up this hill and back! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} C-coming! | |
| − | Stow the chatter, whelps! I'll kick any stragglers up this hill and back! | + | {{ST|???}} Nngh... Someone, please... |
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| − | C-coming! | ||
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| − | Nngh... Someone, please... | ||
save this...world...}} | save this...world...}} | ||