Open Your Heart to Me

Open Your Heart to Me is a World Quest in Ochkanatlan, Natlan.
==Start Location==
Start the quest by inserting the Ancient Flint Key into the small dragon statue.
World Quest Open Your Heart to Me Start Location.png|Open Your Heart to Me's start location
World Quest Open Your Heart to Me Start Location Context.png|Additional context
==Steps==
# Explore ever deeper
#* 
# Investigate the source of the sound
# Deliver the heart fragments to Ixlel
# Help Ixlel find the heart fragments
# Free Ixlel from her bindings
# Evade the Secret Source Sentinel attack
# Free Ixlel from her bindings
# Take the Heart
==Gameplay Notes==
* If the player has already found all three Ancient Jadestone Fragments, step 4 is skipped.
* Completing the quest grants the .
* After completing the quest, the Ancient Flint Key can be placed on a table in the newly-opened chamber, creating a spiritway leading out of Old Core of Chu'ulel.
==Pre-Quest Dialogue==
;(Touch the ancient mechanism by the entrance before obtaining Cocouik's power, optional)
:Ancient Mechanism: (The ancient mechanism remains still. A strong odor of the Abyss lingers around it...)
;(Approach the golden barrier by the entrance before obtaining Cocouik's power, optional)
:Paimon: Gah, ! The Abyssal energy ahead is so strong! Let's think of some way to clear out the energy around here before we continue exploring.
;(Drop down one level, to the Winding Ancient Road)
:Paimon: Wow, it's really cool down here! Paimon didn't think there'd be this much space either...
;(Drop down another level, to the Buried Underground Ruins)
:Paimon: Uh, how deep does this place go? And what sorta person would dig all the way down here? Paimon's kinda curious...
;(While solving the puzzle at the west end of the Buried Underground Ruins)
:;(Start the mechanism)
::Paimon: Hey, it’s one of those weird devices... It’s pulled up the chest from underwater...
:;(Release the mechanism before placing a board, optional)
::Paimon: Ugh, it fell back down again... If only there was something to hold the chest in place...
:;(Start the mechanism while a board is in place, optional)
::Paimon: Uhh... That board is blocking the chest. Maybe we should try sucking up the chest first?
:;(Complete the puzzle)
::Paimon: Yeah, that’s right! Great job!
;(Reach the centre of the Buried Underground Ruins)
:: Rawr, rawr!
:Paimon: Hey, don’t run off, ! It’s really dark here!
:Paimon: Huh? Wait... It looks like these are marks left by someone...
;(Approach the Teleport Waypoint at the west end of the Buried Underground Ruins)
:???: ...Chosen of... Noble one...
;(Approach the central cavern)
:???: ...Ye... Honored... Pay respects...
;(Approach the small dragon statue)
:Paimon: Hey, look, ! This statue seems to have a weird groove on it...
:: Rawr, rawr!
:Paimon: Oh? Is there something that’s really caught your eye, ?
:: Rawr!
:Paimon: Hmm, it seems like he’s saying “Follow me!”... Maybe we should follow him and take a look?
;(Interact with the statue, optional)
:Paimon: What could this groove be for...? C’mon, , let’s follow over there and have a look. Maybe there’s something good waiting for us there!
;(Approach the Ancient Flint Key)
:
;(Pick up the Ancient Flint Key)
:;(Obtain )
:Paimon: Careful! These Secret Source Automatons still work!
;(After defeating )
:Paimon: Wow, that did it! Though, doesn’t this key that found look like it matches that groove in the statue exactly?
:: Rawr! Rawr!
:Paimon: Hehe, he sure looks happy! Anyway, let's find a way out of here first, starting by heading back to the statue!
==Dialogue==
;(Approach the giant statue)
:Paimon: What a strange statue. It looks like... a dragon?
:: Rawr, rawr!
;(Interact with the investigation point)
:Paimon: Ooh, look, a shiny gem! Hang on. It doesn't look like a rock. More like a... shard of metal?
:Paimon: Let's take it with us anyway, . Never know if it'll turn out to be a valuable treasure, eh?
;(Obtain )
;(Insert the key into the mechanism)
:Paimon: The water level's dropped again. Looks like we can keep going now!
;(Interact with the investigation point)
:Paimon: Huh. This fragment's very similar to the one before... It doesn't look artificial, though. What could it have been used for?
;(Obtain )
;(Enter the central cavern)
:Paimon: Wow, didn't expect the statue to be this huge... Who carved this thing, anyway?
:???: ...O Noble one, Chosen of Dragons... Step forward...
;(Approach the strange crystal in front of the barrier)
:Paimon: Hmm, this place seems to have been locked down by the strange rock over there...
:
;(Approach the mechanism)
:Paimon: Ohh, this isn't endless, is it...
:Paimon: I—It's so dark in here... R—Remember to stick close, !
;(Insert the key into the mechanism)
:Paimon: Hehe, guess we just need to insert the key into the statue, just like before, right?
:Paimon: Anyway, don't you think it's super quiet here? No strange mechanical monsters around the statue and stuff... This place is so different from other parts of Ochkanatlan...
:Paimon: Whoa! Abyssal monsters! Why'd they just pop out all of a sudden!?
;(Enter the central cavern)
:???: ...O Noble one, Chosen of Dragons... Step forward and hear my words...
;(Interact with the investigation point)
:Paimon: And another identical fragment... Ugh, come on, we can't put them together at all!
;(Obtain )
;(Approach the center of the platform)
:???: The sovereign ruler of the Land of Flames extends salutations unto you, chosen one. May your path be one paved with flowers that shall never wither.
:Paimon: That voice... Sounds like it came from this... big statue.
: Who are you?
: "Chosen one"? You mean me?
::???: Indeed. Chosen of Dragons you are, and noble elect of mine also.
:Ix Uxul Tz'ib Bolon Ch'ule-L: Dragonlord is my name, aforetime the ruler of Chichen Uctokah.
;()
::Paimon: Ixu... What's your name now? Sure that's something you call yourself, and not some kind of mumbo-jumbo spell?
;()
::Paimon: Ixu... What's your name now? Sure that's something you call yourself, and not some crazy spell?
:Paimon: Whatever, Paimon's gonna call you "Ixlel." That'll do. Not like she'll remember the rest anyway!
:Ixlel: According to the sacred path hath ye and those with ye... No, wait! What did you name me, you white, round, elemental floating object!?
:Paimon: And who are you calling a "white, round, elemental floating object"!? Paimon's the name, this is , and...
:: Rraaar!
: And this is .
:Paimon: Also, you're the one who called yourself "Ix-whachamacallitagain-lel," or whatever, didn't you?
:Ixlel: S—Such impertinence! This sacred name comes from the most glorious of rulers. How dare this white, round, elemental floating object speak thus, and vastly overstep its station!
:Ixlel: Noble ! Forgive my blunt speech, but surely you grant your servant gross latitude, that it should address a sovereign ruler thusly!
: Paimon is not my servant.
::Paimon: Hmph, that's right! We're the best of friends!
::Ixlel: You... friends with an elemental floating object? A... unique choice, I must confess.
: Well said. Now then, Mini Pie, I must have words with thee...
::Paimon: Hey, hey! Who's "Mini Pie," huh? Don't get ahead of yourself over some flattery, you hear?
:Ixlel: In any case, do accept my apologies, noble . You have sojourned far to reach this place, and yet this all-too-humiliating form is all I can display before you.
:Ixlel: Did this despicable statue not entrap me, I would surely have presented myself to you in a more elegant fashion, whether it be in a Dragonlord's form, or a mortal's guise...
:Paimon: Wait, so you're stuck in there?
:Ixlel: Hmph. And you have reason to think otherwise? Think me a mere talking statue, do you?
:Paimon: But... this is the sorta place where "a mere talking statue" wouldn't be too out of place, don'cha think?
:Ixlel: Gah. You insolent creature! I am the sovereign ruler of Chichen Uctokah, a great and glorious Dragonlord... You dare... You dare...!
:Ixlel: If not for that most despised of betrayals, I would never have been trapped in this crude carving!
:Ixlel: B—But anyway! Noble , let me cut this long story short — I am in need of your aid.
: In what matter?
: For what reward?
::Ixlel: Haha. Fret not. Once I am done speaking, you shall know your reward's value.
:Ixlel: My heart was once ripped apart through betrayal, before being hidden in various devices. I would ask you to seek those shards for me. Once that is done...
:Ixlel: Cut my chest open as you would peel Grainfruit leaves, and dig my heart out.
:Paimon: Sure... Uh, wait a minute. You just said something super scary so casually...
:Ixlel: Scary? You mean the Grainfruit? How chicken-hearted you are, elemental floating object...
:Paimon: What? What are you talking about? Who'd be afraid of Grainfruit anyway? Paimon's talking about that last part, with the whole "dig out your heart" thing!
:Ixlel: Hmm? Is that not a more pedestrian thing than Grainfruit? Ah, Noble , do you not have your servants attend you as you partake in sacrifices?
: Why do you want your heart to be dug out?
:Ixlel: For you are the noble one, the Chosen of Dragons. Apart from our lost colleagues in , you alone have the right to give unto me release befitting of my rank.
:Ixlel: If you are familiar with the ancient ways, O Noble , surely you must know that my , created as it was in great antiquity, holds all the memories that were once mine.
:Ixlel: The traitor — may his name be cast into the everlasting flames to burn for thirteen thousand years! — stole my authority, using memories to entrap me here.
:Paimon: What? Can memories be used to restrain peopl— Err, Dragons?
:Ixlel: Hmph. So ignorant are you that it is quite adorable, elemental floating object. Had my authority not been lost, I might yet have taken you in as a pet.
:Ixlel: For mayfly-races, memories are naturally as sweet and lovely as Quenepa Berries, but for long-lived species, memories are naught but curses and shackles.
:Paimon: That's... not easy to understand...
:Ixlel: Whatever the case may be, it was this means by which that wretched renegade forced me to sing for his empire, and for his delusions — for he did not know how to operate this city.
:Ixlel: His pitiful empire and his laughable delusions were both reduced to ash. Yet, here I remain still, imprisoned in this miserable effigy.
:Paimon: Um, even if you say so, it still feels strange to find your heart, only to dig it out again...
:Ixlel: Heh... Still you do not comprehend, you white, round, elemental floating object?
:Ixlel: My life's thread is all but spun out. And even were that not so, my consciousness shall also be utterly depleted in thirty winters.
:Ixlel: My dignity permits me not to die enslaved or confined! Therefore, noble , I beg of you, grant me release.
:Ixlel: I cannot destroy myself, but should you retrieve those fragments, I can pour what remains of my into them, restoring my broken heart to its original state.
:Ixlel: This is a step of , and only by this may I not violate the , sacred law.
:Ixlel: After that, dig my heart out. It is this heart that binds me, that enslaves me, that has tormented me endlessly all these millennia.
:Ixlel: It is the true heart of a Dragonlord, before which all of humanity's gems must shy away in shame. And it shall be your reward — what say you?
;(If all 3 Ancient Jadestone Fragments have not been collected)
:: I understand.
:::Ixlel: You have my thanks. Then, let me sing here, and wait for good tidings from you. Little else can I do now, I fear.
:::Ixlel: Please... find my heart, and grant me noble relief.
:: Is there no other way?
:::Ixlel: Hehe... It seems you have yet to meet my colleagues of old.
:::Ixlel: Otherwise, they would have told you that destruction is our path. There is no need for another, nor is it possible to find one.
:::Ixlel: Regardless, I will sing here and await your decision.
::;(Stand on the central platform)
:::Paimon: Aha, found it! Just one fragment left!
::;(Pick up the final fragment)
:::Paimon: This should be the last fragment! Shall we go back to Ixlel, ?
;(If all 3 Ancient Jadestone Fragments have been collected)
::Paimon: Huh? Wait, when you say "heart," you mean...
::
::Ixlel: Th—These are... Yes. Yes! These are the ones!
::Ixlel: To think that you have already collected all these fragments! Now then, noble , please dig my heart out, and let me perish at your hand!
::Ixlel: Rejoice also, white, round, elemental floating object! For I shall bestow upon you too the honor of witnessing the passing of Chichen Uctokah's ruler!
::Paimon: Whoa, don't get so excited about this stuff, would ya? Anyway, we just need to put these components in first, right?
::Ixlel: Indeed, indeed! Come now, I shall open my heart to you. Take it out, and this task shall be done!
::Paimon: Ugh, do you really have to put it that way?
:: (Insert the fragments.)
::Paimon: Uh, and then...
::;(Submit )
:;(Continue to next section)
;(Talk to Ixlel again, if all fragments were not found or item submission was cancelled)
:Paimon: Hey, Ixlel! We've found the bits and bobs you need!
:Ixlel: Wh—Who do you name "Ixlel," you insolent whelp? I've told you, my name is...
:Ixlel: Alright, never mind! I tire of waiting to die! Come, noble , put ye these into my chest...
:Ixlel: And then dig out my heart, and allow me to perish by your noble hands!
:Ixlel: Rejoice thou also, O white, round, elemental floating object! For I shall bestow upon you too the honor of witnessing the passing of Chichen Uctokah's ruler!
:Paimon: Whoa, don't get so excited about this stuff, would ya? Anyway, we just need to put these components in first, right?
:Ixlel: Indeed, indeed! Come now, I shall open my heart to you. Take it out, and this task shall be done!
:Paimon: Ugh, do you really have to put it that way?
: (Insert the components.)
:Paimon: Uh, and then...
:;(Submit )
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;(After inserting the fragments)
:Paimon: Wh—What is this!?
:Ixlel: Och-Kan... Och-Kan! You despicable beast! You vicious viper! You filthy, traitorous insect! Will you not even let me pass on in peace, you mongrel!?
:Ixlel: ...Apologies, . Please, help me one last time and cut these chains that bind my consciousness, that prevent me from... opening my heart to you...
;(After destroying the chain on the first level)
:Paimon: Phew. That's the chains on the first floor severed! Let's keep on going and take care of the rest!
:Ixlel: O tides, I bid you hearken — hear now the final edict of the Land of Seven Flames' sovereign ruler...
:Ixlel: Topple these long-destroyed halls, for the sake of these puny humans, and for our honor also.
;(After destroying the chains on the second level)
:Paimon: One last floor left! Still, these seals seem pretty crude... is it because they're so old?
:Ixlel: ... Please, be wary! From what I know of the traitor, such seals are far too simple — abnormally so, in fact...
;(While evading the attacks)
:Paimon: Agh! Where did these Secret Source platforms come from this time!?
:Ixlel: Be careful, !
:Ixlel: I understand. Since these are parasites upon my person and life, I merely need to accelerate consumption, and...
;(At the end of the attacks)
:Ixlel: Hmm. It would seem that these toys have run dry as well...
;(After destroying the chains on the third level)
:Ixlel: Next, ... You need only... Take my... heart...
:Ixlel: Thank you... for granting me...
;(Interact with the heart)
:Paimon: Um, Ixlel? You there?
:Statue: (The will imprisoned within the statue has dissipated. Silence alone answers you.)
;(Obtain )
;(After the water level falls)
:Paimon: Huh? That door over there... Why'd it suddenly open?
==Trivia==
* A Remarkable Chest containing the Furnishing Blueprint for Phlogiston Street Lamp: The Road Ahead is hidden beneath the rising Secret Source platform in the Ancient Ruins Walkway.
* It is actually quite difficult to die as an indwelled Koholasaurus during the Secret Sentinel attack phase.
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