Clockwork: IV

Clockwork: IV is an Adventure Mission on Penacony. It is part of the Clockwork chapter.
==Start Location==
To start this mission, activate Clockwork and submit to IV in Golden Hour:
==Steps==
# Talk to IV
# Find the emotionally disturbed IV at the Dream's Edge.
# Return to the Golden Hour. IV awaits at the usual spot.
==Dialogue==
:IV: Our eyes are often said to be the window to our souls. Back then, I wasn't able to grasp the true meaning of this phrase. But now, having gone through some ups and downs, I find myself staring at Penacony, hoping that my gaze can penetrate its extravagant and vain façade...
:IV: She exudes an air of elegance and luxury. The unceasing lights are the pearls on her necklace and the agates on her bracelet... Only by offering things to her can one stand a chance of gaining her favor.
:IV: Outworlder, you now have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to better assimilate in this grand and bustling metropolis. Will you seize it?
: You don't look like a local either.
::IV: ...This isn't the point. You should focus on what this chance can bring you!
: Are you a Riddler?
::IV: How boorish! I can't believe this is how you respond to my kind offer...
:IV: Listen, I have a part-time job for you. If you complete your job well, you'll earn a fortune — a sum you can hardly imagine.
:IV: It's pretty simple — I need you to gather a person's info for me. The means available to you include but not limited to: Recording her work and her everyday life, saving relevant images and videos, and obtaining any information about her via any channel possible...
: Stop! This sounds sick to me...
: Stalking, secret filming, nonstop surveillance...
:IV: Wha...!? Wh—What kind of wrong idea are you getting? I'm not... Oh, I see. I haven't told you anything about me...
:IV: I used to be a manga artist, and I'm now a producer. I was even feature in the Galactic Artists magazine of Epsilon before! Do you have any idea how big a deal that is?
:IV: Ahem, let me cut to the chase here. The subject of my investigation is a big shot in the Bloodhound Family, and I'm planning to film a superhero movie about her.
: It sounds shady to me. I'm not doing it.
:IV: Well... I never force people into doing things they don't like. Since you insist on saying no, I won't push you.
:IV: Anyway, if you change your mind, I'll consider giving you another chance.
===Talk to IV===
;(After unlocking the Emo Dial)
:The Pepeshi before you suddenly clutches his head in agony, with his body trembling uncontrollably. 
:IV: ...Why? Tell me what I did wrong!?
:IV: Those brutal netizens keep questioning my character and abilities... I've already offered my apology. What else do they want me to do!?
:IV: Is my death the only thing that can appease them!?
: Are you okay...
: Calm down, buddy!
:IV: ...Haha... Yeah, indeed! Sooner or later, one will face their true self... I can hear it now. Sweet silence and peace are calling me...
:IV: I'm like a bird trapped in a cage. Jumping off bravely is my only way to freedom!
:IV: Alas... Looking back at my journey, I've never given up my dream, no matter how challenging things are... I didn't expect it was you who stayed by my side in the end.
:IV: It's time to go our separate ways, my friend... I wish to depart in silence, just like a soberer who sets off before dawn so as not to awaken the birds and dew... 
:IV: I don't want any trouble, and Just let me go quietly at the ! I want to be like a bird that flies across the sky without leaving a single trace...
===Find the emotionally disturbed IV at the Dream's Edge.===
;(Approach marked location) 
:IV: ...You're here, after all. Didn't I tell you... Eh? How come you're alone!?
: Don't be upset.
: Who else do you expect to come here?
::IV: ...I... I... No, nothing. I mean it's good enough that you make it here...
:IV: Are you here to see me off, my friend? Do you feel the same way as I do...
:IV: There's no place for people like us, even though the world is vast. When we look back on our journey in Penacony, it will dawn upon us that we are nothing but some travelers without a place to belong...
: Don't you have anything you'll miss?
::IV: ...You bet! My dream, my hard work along the way, and my achievements so far... They're my shackles, but I can't let them go no matter how hard I try.
: But it's impossible to fall to your death in a dream.
::IV: Huh? Oh... I see you're trying to provoke me, but I won't fall for it!
:You carefully step forward, and the Pepeshi person shoots you a warning look, but doesn't seem to be stopping you.
:IV: I didn't want to stoop to the level of my colleagues who degraded and slandered me, and I've long mastered the skill to see the good in the negative remarks made about me, but this time...
:IV: I know they're jealous of me... They can say whatever they want about me, but I can't allow them to ruin my dream!
: That's all the more reason for you to cherish your life then!
::IV: You're right. I should strive for greater achievements to prove them wrong!
::IV: But you won't get it...
: Go ahead and jump. Do a backflip if you can.
::IV: H—How can you have so little empathy!? I knew it! Everyone in this world is so cold and mean!
::IV: People like you will never get it...
:You continue to move towards him, but the Pepeshi person is too absorbed in his own emotions to notice your movements.
:IV: ...You won't understand the amount of pressure and pain I've had to bear all this while...
:IV: I can't help breaking down every time I'm bombarded by insulting and scathing remarks in the middle of the night. Yet, I have to act like nothing is wrong the next day...
:IV: You know—Ahhhh! Help!!!
:The Pepeshi, who seems close to falling off the rooftop, flips his body in the nick of time and grabs your arm for dear life.
:He summons an astonishing amount of strength from his petite figure, leaving a circular red mark on your arm.
:IV: ...Phew... Th—That was scary... I almost died...
: Have you calm down now?
: Do you still want to jump now?
:IV: ...After... going through... that narrow escape, I... phew... have had an epiphany on the true meaning of life.
:IV: What doesn't kill me makes me stronger... L—Let's go. I need to get a grip.
===Return to the Golden Hour. IV awaits at the usual spot.===
;(Talk to IV)
:IV: Ah, I get it now... What's that saying again? Where there's life, there's hope!
:IV: Thank you so much for this valuable lesson, stranger! I won't ever slide into self-destruction again!
: What have I taught you?
::IV: Well... let me think... Yes! You made me realize I should always try to "find a way out even though my life seems to be a drought"!
:: Did you come up with that saying yourself?
:: I'm surprised it rhymes.
::IV: Wh—Why are you being sarcastic? I'm expressing my gratitude to you. Can't you tell?
: You clearly chickened out just now.
::IV: Wh—What are you talking about!? I'm expressing my gratitude to you. Can't you tell?
:IV: Forget it! I never expect you to fully understand my plight! The pressure of dealing with the boycott against me in the industry and my ungrateful employees is just too much sometimes...
:IV: This is exhausting! I understand I've chosen a challenging path for myself... I have to brave through numerous hurdles to get closer to my lofty ambition...
:IV: Now, I need to rest... Here, take this! Consider it a token of appreciation for being my lifesaver!
:Congrats on fixing IV's Emo Dial, tick-tock!
;(Obtain )
;(Talk to IV again, optional)
:Tears trickle down behind his oversized sunglasses. The translucent and glistening teardrops are much like — in the Pepeshi's own words — "the purest yet fragile dream obscured by the harsh reality."
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