Aht Urhgan Mission 44: Nashmeira's Plea/Plot Details

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===Game Script===
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Nashmeira's Plea - Aht Urhgan Whitegate
Naja Salaheem: Are ya sure nothin' happened while I was away?
Abquhbah: Yes, President Naja, it's been perfectly peaceful and quiet.
Abquhbah: I don't think there's a single person in Aht Urhgan who would be foolish enough to make trouble for Salaheem's Sentinels.
Naja Salaheem: Hmmm...
Naja Salaheem: I rrreally thought the Immortals would've been breakin' down the door by now.
Abquhbah: Th-the Immortals!?
Abquhbah: Great Walahra! 
P-President Naja! What on Urhguum happened to you!?
Naja Salaheem: Hm? 
Player name! What on Urhguum happened to ya!?
Naja Salaheem: You've been gone so long, I was startin' to get worried.
Naja Salaheem: I wouldn't want anythin' happenin' to such an important investment.
Naja Salaheem: I mean, after the debt ya rrracked up out there, your welfare is of prrrime importance to my purse.
Naja Salaheem: So...you're fine. I'm fine. We're all fine.
Naja Salaheem: It all just seems a little bit too perrrfect.
Naja Salaheem: I'm half expectin' a squad of Immortals to drrrop down on us from the ceiling...
Abquhbah: What!?
Abquhbah: Ah, th-that reminds me, President Naja...
Naja Salaheem: Rrreminds ya of what?
Abquhbah: I completely forgot to mention...Lady Aphmau is waiting for you in your office.
Naja Salaheem: Ya forgot to...Lady Aphmau is here!?
Abquhbah: A thousand pardons! 
She said she wished to speak with you directly, so I asked her to take a seat and served her some chai...
Abquhbah: Why...why is she trying to force the door? 
It's not locked...
???: Gyah!
Naja Salaheem: ...
Nashmeira: ......
Nashmeira: I need to speak with you, Naja...
Naja Salaheem: Abquhbah...show some respect.
Abquhbah: Uh...? 
Oh, o-of course!!
Naja Salaheem: Not to me, ya grrreat blockhead!
Nashmeira: It's not his fault, Naja. 
Abquhbah was never told.
Naja Salaheem: That's no excuse. 
He deserves to be flayed for showing such a lack of etiquette towards a guest of noble blood. 
I beg your forgiveness, Your Magnificence.
Abquhbah: Y-Your Magnif...?
Naja Salaheem: Pull it together, Abquhbah!
Naja Salaheem: (I know, it's a shock--even I was overwhelmed the first time I met the Empress.)
Naja Salaheem: (I mean, it's Her Magnificence!)
Abquhbah: (Y-yes, ma'am...)
Naja Salaheem: (But when this slip of a girl changes the tone of her voice from teenager to all-powerful Empress rrright before your eyes...)
Abquhbah: (So the Royal Puppeteer Aphmau is also--)
Naja Salaheem: (None other than the benefactor of Salaheem's Sentinels and the beloved leader of Aht Urhgan!)
Abquhbah: !!!
Nashmeira: Hey! 
What are you two whispering about?
Nashmeira: Well? Out with it, Abquhbah.
Abquhbah: Y-yes, Y-Y-Your Mag...!
Nashmeira: Abquhbah!?
Naja Salaheem: Nothing to be concerned about, Your Magnificence. 
Mercenaries are trained to sleep anywhere, anytime if the opportunity presents itself.
Nashmeira: How curious. Mercenaries really are quite amazing.
Naja Salaheem: Not to change the subject or anything, Your Magnificence, but I thought the Salaheem Officer Academy might be the safest place for you to take refuge...
Nashmeira: I'm sorry, Naja, but I couldn't just hide and cower while you were risking your life. 
I'm glad you're okay...
Naja Salaheem: You are too kind, Empress.
Nashmeira: I feared for you as well, Player name...
Naja Salaheem: If I hadn't run into him/her on Nyzul Isle, there'd be one less mercenary on the company roster right now.
Nashmeira: Why...? 
Why were you even on Nyzul Isle, Player name?
Naja Salaheem: Allow me to explain.
Naja Salaheem: After receiving the luminian dagger from Your Magnificence, I dispatched a mercenary to investigate.
Naja Salaheem: As we discussed at the academy, the block we believe to house the iron colossus was under heavy guard with restricted access.
Nashmeira: I wonder if that's where they've moved Luzaf...
Naja Salaheem: After scouting the place myself, I believe it to be so.
Nashmeira: I see...but why was Player name there?
Naja Salaheem: Well, I located a single, unguarded passage and, thinking a patrol had gotten careless, took the opportunity to proceed...
Naja Salaheem: That's when I found Player name in a standoff with an Immortal.
Nashmeira: Player name was already there...?
Naja Salaheem: Searching for Luzaf without my authorization!!!
Nashmeira: Oh! 
You were looking for Luzaf, Player name? Thank you!
Naja Salaheem: You are too generous with your praise, Your Magnificence.
Naja Salaheem: Neither Player name nor myself succeeded in rescuing the Admiral...
Nashmeira: But still, you both put yourselves in harm's way and did what you could.
Nashmeira: You have no idea how much that means to me.
Naja Salaheem: Once again, you are too kind, Your Magnificence.
Naja Salaheem: Empress... 
What shall we do?
Naja Salaheem: Even if I marshal the full strength of Salaheem's Sentinels in an effort to destroy the colossus, or rescue Luzaf...
Naja Salaheem: I don't think we can force our way past those defenses...
Nashmeira: ......
Nashmeira: There is another way...
Nashmeira: Once, when I was a child, my mother took me on a trip into the depths of Nyzul Isle.
Naja Salaheem: You went to that insanely dangerous place on a mother-daughter excursion!?
Nashmeira: I was never in any danger. 
It's nothing more than a single hop if you know how to use the transporters...
Naja Salaheem: But why would you want to go there at all?
Nashmeira: It was a special place to my mother and father... I'm sorry, I don't really remember much of that time.
Nashmeira: What I do remember clearly is my mother holding up this mythril mirror in the transporter to send us directly to the innermost chamber.
Nashmeira: The mythril mirror was so pretty that I nagged her constantly until I had a hoard of them in my bedroom...
Naja Salaheem: !?
Naja Salaheem: So, all you do is hold it up in the transporter?
Nashmeira: As far as I know. 
And since my mother said it was our little secret, I'm fairly sure my brother isn't aware of it.
Nashmeira: But if you should use the transporter and suddenly appear in the midst of a battalion of Immortals, you would all be captured.
Nashmeira: That's why I never mentioned it before.
Naja Salaheem: Salaheem's Sentinels laugh in the face of such peril!
Naja Salaheem: If Your Magnificence would permit me to use this mythril mirror, I could assemble my mercenaries and set out on a mission to destroy the colossus.
Naja Salaheem: We could even rescue Luzaf while we were at it!
Nashmeira: If only we had time to prepare for such a mission...
Naja Salaheem: This wouldn't have anything to do with foreign airships exploding over the Wajaom Woodlands, would it?
Nashmeira: Yes, that airship was likely struck by the legendary Divine Spear of Alexander... 
The Age of Judgment is almost upon us.
Naja Salaheem: Then, what do you propose we do?
Nashmeira: I will go myself and attempt to persuade my brother to disable the colossus.
Naja Salaheem: !!!
Nashmeira: I will entrust you with another mythril mirror. 
Your mission will be to rescue Luzaf.
Naja Salaheem: I am your humble servant, Your Magnificence. 
But are you sure of this plan? Perhaps it would be safer if you were to extricate Luzaf, instead...?
Nashmeira: If I fail to convince my brother, the only other way to shut down the colossus is by using the external controls.
Nashmeira: And I am the only person trained in operating such controls--thanks to my mother's education in automaton programming.
Naja Salaheem: It was as if she knew such a day would come... 
Very well, it will be as you command, my Empress.
Nashmeira: I am the Empress no more.
Nashmeira: Yet even without that authority...
Nashmeira: Will you come with me, my mercenary?
:Go with Nashmeira?
::Of course!
::... <----- Chose this option!
Naja Salaheem: Mercenary rank Player name! 
Answer the Empress!
Naja Salaheem: Weren't ya payin' attention!? 
It's your duty as a Salaheem's Sentinel to aid our benefactor!
Naja Salaheem: I've seen the steel you're made of, Player name.
Naja Salaheem: It's time to show that spirit to the Empress!
:Go with Nashmeira?
::Of course! <----- Chose this option!
::...
Nashmeira: I knew you wouldn't disappoint me...
Nashmeira: Would you hold the mythril mirror for me, Player name? 
I feel safer with the mirror--and myself--in your capable hands.
Nashmeira hands you the mythril mirror!
Naja Salaheem: Now that that's settled, let's see about averting this catastrophe!
Nashmeira: Yes, there's no time to lose.
Nashmeira: The iron colossus should be found in the place encompassed in the energy of the astral candescences.
Nashmeira: Let's go, Player name!
Nashmeira: (Watch over us, Ovjang...Mnejing...)
Nashmeira: (And Rishfee, lend us your courage...)
Nashmeira's Plea (pt.1) - Alzadaal Undersea Ruins
Raubahn: We have received an update from a patrol boat in the Gugru Blue. 
A force of close to fifty airships has been sighted advancing on Aht Urhgan.
Razfahd: So...they have come.
Razfahd: This would explain the appearance of the cluster of dots on the control panel display, wouldn't it, Ghatsad?
Ghatsad: Yes, Grand Vizier. 
They appear to be moving slowly, and keeping some distance from each other. They obviously fear the destructive power of the main cannon.
Razfahd: Can we handle them all?
Ghatsad: We focused the energy of the cannon when destroying the previous target, but perhaps this time we should lure the enemy vessels as close as possible and then fire in a diffusion pattern. There's a good chance the entire fleet will be obliterated...
Ghatsad: In any case, we need to wait for the cannon to recharge.
Razfahd: Very well. 
Let us await the arrival of this armada and provide Alexander with a fitting tribute.
Razfahd: We have guests...
Razfahd: You're just in time for the fireworks, Nashmeira.
Nashmeira: I came to speak with you, Razfahd.
Razfahd: Speak with me...? 
I see you've brought your pet mercenary along for the "conversation."
Nashmeira: Player name is here as my friend.
Razfahd: As you wish. 
Now what is it you wish to discuss?
Nashmeira: I want you to stop using this automaton as a weapon of war.
Razfahd: Hmph, I should have known...
Razfahd: Nashmeira, you looked forward to the completion of the colossus as much as anyone.
Nashmeira: This is true...but that was before I learned more about your intentions from Player name and Luzaf.
Nashmeira: If you use this machine to summon the spirit of Alexander, the world will be plunged into Ragnarok!
Nashmeira: In the space of a single night, the Empire will be reduced to a smoking ruin, just like the Alzadaal civilization before us...
Ghatsad: ...
Razfahd: Ragnarok? You disappoint me, Nashmeira. 
The servants of the underworld have poisoned your mind.
Razfahd: The might of Alexander will flood Urhguum with divine illumination, and bring about an eternal peace for the Empire.
Razfahd: This will be the true Age of Judgment. 
Ragnarok was merely an example of how our ancestors failed.
Razfahd: This time, there is nothing to fear.
Razfahd: The astral candescences that form the heart of this colossus have been created using the latest Imperial technology. We will not repeat the mistakes of Alzadaal.
Nashmeira: Razfahd! 
Do you truly believe you can impose your will on a god!?
Nashmeira: And even if you could, the "peace" such a god would grant us is nothing more than a farce.
Nashmeira: Our nations are formed from a gathering of individuals.
Nashmeira: It's when these nations learn to cooperate and live in harmony that we learn the true value of peace.
Nashmeira: The gods bless us when they recognize the efforts we have made.
Razfahd: Ever the idealist, Little Sister...
Razfahd: Do you not see how our Empire is suffering?
Razfahd: The authority we once wielded has all but evaporated. 
Our enemies constantly test our defenses, sniffing for the slightest hint of weakness like a tiger stalking a wounded marid...
Razfahd: Our citizens stand at the brink of oblivion.
Razfahd: And you must learn to accept certain sacrifices in exchange for their salvation.
Nashmeira: Please, Razfahd! 
I know that even Player name here would be willing to speak on our behalf.
Nashmeira: We must try to negotiate with the Middle Lands once more!
Razfahd: It is far too late for that.
Razfahd: A fleet of ships from your precious Middle Lands approaches even as we speak.
Nashmeira: !!!
Razfahd: If we do nothing, Al Zahbi will be engulfed in a sea of flame... 
Who knows how many of our people will die?
Razfahd: The cogs of war have begun to turn, and there is nothing either you or I can do to stop them.
Nashmeira: But we can--!
Razfahd: Nashmeira.
Razfahd: I am resolved to be remembered as the villain in this chapter of history. You need not let it concern you.
Razfahd: But I will tolerate no further hindrances.
Nashmeira: Razfahd...!
Nashmeira: Listen to me, Player name.
Nashmeira: I have failed to persuade my brother to change his course.
Nashmeira: But we cannot allow this colossus to unleash another Divine Spear.
Nashmeira: (Can you see that control box that Ghatsad labors over? I have seen it before.)
Nashmeira: (It's much like one of the animators used to control a normal automaton.)
Nashmeira: (If we can somehow gain access to that box, we should be able to operate the colossus from the outside.)
Nashmeira: (All I need you to do is distract them for a moment!)
Razfahd: What do you think you can do, mercenary? 
Your pitiful efforts will change nothing.
Razfahd: Raubahn.
Raubahn: Sir.
Raubahn: Ah, Player name, long have I awaited the chance to devour your essence.
Nashmeira's Plea (pt.2) - Alzadaal Undersea Ruins
Razfahd: It...it's not possible... 
Alexander! Why do you not respond!?
Razfahd: The control lever... 
Ghatsad! What is going on!?
Alexander: I...am...Alexander. 
Tremble...before me... 
Worship...my greatness...
Razfahd: That voice...! 
It echoes within my skull!
Ghatsad: I don't understand it. 
The colossus is not responding to external commands. 
No...it cannot be...
Alexander: I shall ascend to the heavens...
Nashmeira: Razfahd!?
Nashmeira: Ghatsad! Out of the way!
Nashmeira: Ovjang. Mnejing. 
Lend me your strength...