Gate of Memoirs/Meirith's Answer

The Guardians of Meirith survive their battle with the gods, and reaffirm their bonds with each other. As they do, a lone demon appears before them.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Transcendence" 	Music: "Transcendence"
 	
*Melord: Ugh... I-Impossible... 
*Melord: I'm a disciple... yet my power was surpassed by mere humans...
 	
*Fadahl: Take this!! Magna Arca!!
 	
*Quaid: And this'll...finish you! Nandikeshvara's End!!
 	
*Melord: Ahhh...!
*Melord: No...this cannot be...
*Melord: My lord's orders...will go unfulfilled...and I will...fall to ruin in this dark world...? 
*Melord: Does this mean...we will be overthrown by mere humans?
*Melord: No, this isn't over yet...
*Melord: I-I will find a way to survive...
*Melord: I'll be back!
 	
**Grrrrooowwll!*
Music: "Holy Place" 	Music: "Holy Place"
 	
*Claire: *Huff* *huff...*
 	
*Diana: ......
 	
*Colt: Is he...dead?
 	
*Ivris: I sense that all the magic power from this area has vanished. However...
 	
*Fadahl: Yeah, I felt it too. At the very end some very faint power moved off somewhere.
*Fadahl: There's still the chance he only ran away.
 	
*Diana: But with the condition he was in, he won't be back any time soon. In the meantime it's safe to assume we're not in any immediate danger.
 	
*Fadahl: Yeah, we can be sure of that.
 	
*Diana: Still, just who was he, I wonder?
 	
*Fadahl: Beats me.
 	
*Fadahl: But something tells me that everything he said was the truth.
*Fadahl: And although he was our enemy, something tells me he was not truly evil.
 	
*Diana: But even so, Lord Karna Masta is still in danger, right?!
*Diana: We have to get back quickly!
*Diana: Fadahl, how are we supposed to get back to Grand Gaia after completing a mission?
 	
*Fadahl: If we go to the same place where we first stepped foot here...
*Fadahl: ...the servants of Lord Karna Masta are supposed to come to meet us.
*Fadahl: After we regroup with the troops, let's head there.
 	
*???: I hate to be the one to tell you, but, even if you go, no one will come for you.
 	
*Colt: Who's there?!
Music: "Twilight Gleam"	Music: "Twilight Gleam"
 	
*Graham: Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Demon Graham.
 	
*Claire: You're...a demon?!
 	
*Fadahl: This feeling... Are you the presence the troops went to investigate...?
 	
*Fadahl: You...! What's happened to the troops?!
 	
*Graham: Have no fear.
*Graham: They overcame my trial, and are now headed here.
*Graham: But, it seems that Melord has been defeated.
*Graham: As expected of Grand Gaia's elite Guardians of Meirith...I guess I should say.
 	
*Quaid: What do you mean no one's coming for us?
 	
*Colt: He's lying! You can't trust a word these demons say!
 	
*Graham: Believe me, don't believe me... I'll leave that decision up to you.
*Graham: But, I can promise you'll find no one waiting for you if you go.
*Graham: As they are quite busy at the moment defending the Holy Emperor Karna Masta from those who are after his life.
*Graham: They have no time to spare for mere humans, such as yourselves.
 	
*Claire: Fadahl, what do you think?
 	
*Fadahl: In such a situation it could be possible.
 	
*Fadahl: However, Graham, was it?
*Fadahl: Why did you come to tell us this? What do you stand to gain?
*Fadahl: We had assumed that you were affiliated with Ragruvord.
 	
*Graham: You assumed correct. I am a servant of Lord Ragruvord.
*Graham: I thought that by serving him, I would be able to get to Grand Gaia...
*Graham: ...until unexpected disturbances such as yourselves showed up.
 	
*Colt: Are you going to attack us?! Because if you are...
 	
*Graham: Don't jump to conclusions.
*Graham: My main goal is still to get to Grand Gaia.
*Graham: Fighting you here would do nothing towards achieving that goal, so I have no intention of fighting you.
 	
*Claire: Then...why have you come here?
 	
*Graham: Out of spite. I came out of spite for you all, who got in the way of my goal.
*Graham: I could have used Melord to reach Grand Gaia...
*Graham: ...but you just had to go and kill him.
*Graham: For being affiliated with a god, you really are a pathetic bunch.
*Graham: But oh well, I can at least take comfort in seeing...
*Graham: ...the despair on all your faces when you are unable to return to Grand Gaia.
 	
*Ivris: That's in bad taste...
 	
*Graham: You flatter me.
*Graham: Now then, allow me to ask you a question that's also in "bad" taste...
*Graham: You've all learned through this experience that there are different gods, with different ways of thinking.
*Graham: If one of these gods decided to wipe you humans from this planet...
*Graham: ...as servants to the gods, what would you do?
*Graham: Would you die quietly as your god wishes?
*Graham: Or would you rise up, and rebel?
 	
*Colt: A god would never intentionally destroy humanity! That question's not even worth considering!
 	
*Graham: You find it unthinkable? You really are nothing but insects.
 	
*Quaid: No, what we mean is, our choice in that situation goes without saying.
 	
*Graham: Oh?
 	
*Quaid: If it ever came to that, we would side with neither humans nor gods.
 	
*Quaid: We would make every effort to restore peace between humans and the gods, until the very end.
 	
*Graham: ......
*Graham: How noble... You've chosen the kind of answer I hate most.
*Graham: Yet, it suits you well. It is very much the answer I'd expect from one that embodies all that is Meirith.
*Graham: I do believe that I loathe you.
 	
*Quaid: ......
 	
*Graham: Don't worry about it.
*Graham: I'm not actually planning to do anything to you.
*Graham: I shall leave you here.
*Graham: I look forward to seeing how you choose to live on trapped in this realm.
*Graham: Hehehehehehe...
 	
*Colt: ...... What was all that about?
 	
*Ivris: He certainly was a strange demon.
 	
*Diana: ...... There's no point trying to understand demons.
*Diana: There are demons who only care about combat, after all...
 	
*Claire: True. More importantly, what do we do now?
*Claire: Well, nothing has changed. This is still a dangerous place to be.
*Claire: Acting without a plan would be reckless.
 	
*Fadahl: Yeah...
 	
*Fadahl: First, we should wait to regroup with the troops. Once we do, we'll return to the place we arrived at as planned. 
*Fadahl: And if, as Graham says, no one is there to meet us...
*Fadahl: ...then we'll find a way to return to Grand Gaia by ourselves.
 	
*Ivris: Will we be able to find a way?
 	
*Fadahl: I don't know...
 	
*Claire: ......
 	
*Colt: ......
 	
*Quaid: It won't be a problem.
 	
*Diana: Huh?
 	
*Quaid: No matter what troubles we face or strong enemies stand in our way, we will overcome them.
*Quaid: Right now, all six of us are together.
 	
*Quaid: We are the Guardians of Meirith!
 	
*Colt: Huh? Why are you so carefree all of a sudden?
*Colt: What does Claire see in this guy...?
 	
*Claire: What was that, Colt?
 	
*Colt: N-Nothing!
 	
*Ivris: I'm pretty sure...
*Ivris: ...I just heard him say something like, "I love my sister!"
 	
*Colt: I didn't say that!
 	
*Ivris: What? So you don't love her?!
 	
*Colt: Ivris!
 	
*Claire: Honestly. You really have no sense of the danger we're in, do you?
*Claire: And you all accuse Quaid of not taking things seriously enough.
 	
*Diana: He he, I think it's for the best.
*Diana: I feel much better with everyone here together.
 	
*Diana: So, Claire...
*Diana: ...pretend our conversation earlier never happened.
*Diana: And, from now we're rivals, okay?
 	
*Claire: Huh?!
 	
*Claire: ......
 	
*Claire: Yes, I guess we are. I promise you I won't give up easily.
*Claire: Let's make sure to give him some real trouble, when we return to Grand Gaia.
 	
*Quaid: Claire, Diana, what are you two muttering about over there?
 	
*Diana & Claire: Nothing!
 	
*Quaid: Uh... Hey Fadahl, what's the deal with those two?
 	
*Fadahl: Who knows?
 	
*Fadahl: I really have no idea...
 	
*Fadahl: Anyway, Quaid, the troops are approaching from over there.
*Fadahl: Let's head out to regroup.
 	
*Quaid: Good idea.
 	
*Quaid: All right, Guardians of Meirith! Let's head back to Grand Gaia!
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Hazama"	Music: "Hazama"
 	
*Rhynt: I see. So an ending such as this was possible after all.
 	
*Noel: Yes.
*Noel: It seems that from the beginning, Meirith's Ishgria expedition force was interrupted by various other gods.
*Noel: And overcoming those interferences...
*Noel: ...was due to their superior resourcefulness...or maybe it was just their intuition.
 	
*Rhynt: So, in the end, that makes the key player in this expedition...Quaid?
 	
*Noel: Hm... That's a hard question to answer...
 	
*Rhynt: By the bye...I do believe an apology from you is in order.
 	
*Noel: ...... Sorry.
*Noel: It wasn't a very good idea to try and personally control the system.
*Noel: I learned my lesson.
 	
*Rhynt: ......
*Rhynt: I must confess, I am more concerned with the question you had the demon ask.
*Rhynt: What was the reasoning behind it?
 	
*Noel: I...merely wanted to know...
*Noel: ...just what kind of people were the "Guardians of Meirith."
 	
*Noel: In the great battle between gods and humans, there were a few humans who still sided with the gods.
*Noel: I wanted to see if the "Guardians of Meirith" were the same sort of people.
 	
*Rhynt: And? Are you satisfied with their answer?
 	
*Noel: I'm not sure...
 	
*Noel: But...it certainly seemed like a befitting answer...
*Noel: Befitting of Meirith, that is.