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'''Euden:''' | '''Euden:''' | ||
| − | Something on your mind, Pele?}} | + | Something on your mind, Pele? |
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | Apologies. My thoughts drifted to the past. | ||
| + | Back to when the one-eyed fiend was still my king. | ||
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| + | '''Celliera:''' | ||
| + | Oh, so that one-eyed fiend is actually... | ||
| + | WAIT, WHAAAAAT?! | ||
| + | That fiend was King Archeole?! | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | Yes. He, too, was sealed in the space between worlds on the day we banished Phraeganoth. | ||
| + | The black mana permeating that place transformed him into what you saw. | ||
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| + | '''Elisanne:''' | ||
| + | He must have gone mad if he wanted to unleash his former enemy on the world. | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | Not so. | ||
| + | Even as a fiend, the king remained himself. | ||
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| + | '''Ranzal:''' | ||
| + | Then why's he tryin' to free that super-evil guy he already locked away!? | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | I do not know. | ||
| + | But ever since his transformation, the king has been uttering an unending stream of incantations. | ||
| + | These are aimed not at Phraeganoth, | ||
| + | but at some other unseen party. | ||
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| + | '''Notte:''' | ||
| + | You think that could be the wails from Celliera's story? | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | Regardless, I was his vassal. The failure to stop him in this mad pursuit is mine alone. | ||
| + | ...Or perhaps I ought have aided him, | ||
| + | if I were to be truly loyal. | ||
| + | Even if the world should fall. | ||
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| + | '''Euden:''' | ||
| + | Pele, you can't seriously— | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | I'm sorry. Please forget I said anything. | ||
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| + | '''???:''' | ||
| + | Groooooaaaaaaarrrrrh! | ||
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| + | '''Cleo:''' | ||
| + | It's him! | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | The tear in the space between worlds has been rent completely asunder! | ||
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| + | '''Celliera:''' | ||
| + | Were we too late?! | ||
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| + | '''Ranzal:''' | ||
| + | Here it comes... | ||
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| + | '''Notte:''' | ||
| + | <nowiki>*</nowiki>cough* Ugggh, that SMELL! | ||
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| + | '''Cleo:''' | ||
| + | A sign of Phraeganoth's approach. | ||
| + | The volcano's mana writhes. | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Elisanne:''' | ||
| + | All this just because it draws near?! | ||
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| + | '''Euden:''' | ||
| + | We don't have a choice. We'll enter the rift from this side and stop him before he crosses over. | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | No, you mustn't! | ||
| + | Crossing between worlds is impossible without proper protection. The trip would flay the flesh from your very bones! | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Elisanne:''' | ||
| + | Then you would have us sit here and watch our end come?! | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | I fear safe passage through that tear would require power beyond that which can be found in this world. | ||
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| + | '''Cleo:''' | ||
| + | Power from beyond this world... | ||
| + | Would the otherworld fragment suffice? | ||
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| + | '''Pele:''' | ||
| + | I could not say with certainty. | ||
| + | But...it may be so. | ||
| + | Yet even if it were, Phraeganoth's power is overwhelming. Would you risk an unknown danger only to face a more certain one? | ||
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| + | '''Ranzal:''' | ||
| + | We ain't about to turn and run when the fate of the world's on the line. | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Cleo:''' | ||
| + | No matter how strong the opponent, | ||
| + | we will stand and fight. | ||
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| + | '''Elisanne:''' | ||
| + | If it costs our lives, at least they'll have been spent with purpose. | ||
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| + | '''Euden:''' | ||
| + | And who's to say we fight alone? | ||
| + | There may be other tears elsewhere in the world—and other people brave enough to enter them. | ||
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| + | '''Phraeganoth:''' | ||
| + | Grooooaaaaaarrrggghhh! | ||
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| + | '''Euden:''' | ||
| + | Come on, everyone. Let's do this.}} | ||