Where Messengers Gather (Ulmia's Path)/Plot Details

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===Game Script===
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Where Messengers Gather - Southern San d'Oria
Hinaree: Ah, you are the adventurer that stopped by before. 
Did you happen to find Prishe?
Hinaree: I see... 
I heard from Ulmia about what has transpired.
Hinaree: It is distressing to hear that Prishe, as ill as she is, is involved in all this. And now Ulmia says that she is missing and that the Jeunoan government has issued a warrant for her capture.
Hinaree: Player name, you are acquainted with Prishe, are you not?
Hinaree: Though I met her only once long ago, I cannot believe that she could do the things the duchy is accusing her of.
Hinaree: It may simply be a needless worry, but there is one thing that troubles me.
Hinaree: When Cardinal Mildaurion brought her disciple, Prishe, to our residence, my husband told me to watch out for her...
Hinaree: When I asked why, he said that her birth was a great misfortune, and that in due time she would commit a great crime against Vana'diel and her children--this was her destiny.
Hinaree: And that was all he would say...
Hinaree: Oh, do not worry, Player name. I have abandoned all self-interests and pledged my services to the Dawn Goddess.
Hinaree: I do not care whether or not one has committed crimes in the past. I cannot turn my back on one who pleads for help.
Hinaree: I have offered my assistance to Ulmia in her time of need. I have also suggested that she stay here.
Hinaree: Please, would you be so kind as to relay an important message to her?
Hinaree: Moments ago, a high priest from the cathedral, Chasalvige, stopped by. He asked to speak with Ulmia.
Hinaree: I believe she is somewhere near the port. I would be extremely grateful if you would find her and tell her to visit the cathedral.
Entanglement - Port San d'Oria
Answald: I wonder who that beautiful young lass is waiting for every day and every night down by the docks...
Altiret: I dare you to go down there and ask her name. You think you could handle that?
Eaugouint: You've got to be joking! We're still on duty! Though I do get off in three hours...
Felippe: A fine tune it is. Never heard it before, but it somehow sounds familiar...
Bellue: I never thought I'd live to hear that melody again. Brings back memories, it does...
Bonarpant: You still haven't found the girl you're looking for?
Ulmia: No, I have not...
Prietta: Don't worry. She'll turn up, I guarantee it. You'd have to be crazy not to be drawn by the sweet melody of Ulmia's harp.
Shikaree X: Hey, music-lady, you wouldn't happen to be looking for somebody, would you?
Ulmia: Ah...y-yes I am!
Ulmia: I am searching for a young girl. Her hair is light blue, and she is dressed in the theologian gowns of the Tavnazian Cathedral.
Shikaree X: Hmmm... 
Blue hairrr... Theologian gowns...
Shikaree X: Sounds a lot like the girl that the guys up in Jeuno are looking for.
Ulmia: ! 
Um...
Ulmia: Kind traveler, do you know anything of the girl that the duchy seeks?
Shikaree X: Yeah, well, it just happens to be that I'm looking for the same girl.
Shikaree X: Now whether that girl is the same girl you'rrre looking for...I don't know.
Ulmia: ...
Ulmia: I do not mean to pry, but has Jeuno hired you to find the girl they are searching for?
Shikaree X: Does it look like I work for the duchy? If that's what you want to believe, go rrright ahead. You Elvaan are all the same--only seeing what you want to see.
Ulmia: ...
Shikaree X: Hey, did you know that along with the girl's, there's another warrant out for the capture of some strrrange boy?
Shikaree X: How much do you want to bet that those two are togetherrr?
Ulmia: I do not know... 
But if the girl you and I are searching for is the same person, I can tell you this... She is not one to run.
Shikaree X: Huh... 
Catching mice is what we Mithra live for, but it's turning out to look like this job is going to be a little differrrent.
Shikaree X: Oh well, I don't have time to play two games of cat and mouse, so I guess I'll just concentrrrate on the boy.
Ulmia: Wait! 
What... What do you know of the boy?
Shikaree X: Hah hah... 
Music-lady, you should be careful about what you ask. The answerrr might just bite you back.
Ulmia: ...
Shikaree X: If the girl you are looking for is the same one I'm seeking, then we'll meet again.
Shikaree X: If you still want to know the answerrr to your question, then I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you. Until next time...
Ulmia: Player name!
:What do you wish to ask?
::Are you all right? <----- Chose this option!
::Who was that?
Ulmia: I-I'm fine... 
I do not know who that Mithra was, but I have a feeling she is searching for Prishe.
:What do you wish to ask?
::Are you all right?
::Who was that? <----- Chose this option!
Ulmia: I do not know who that Mithra was, but I have a feeling she is searching for Prishe.
Ulmia: Those eyes... 
It was as if she were hunting prey...
Ulmia: Player name! 
Is... Is Prishe all right? 
She is, is she not? Please, tell me she is...
:Prishe is...
::fine. <----- Chose this option!
::in trouble.
Ulmia: Oh, thank you, Player name. 
It comforts me to hear you say that.
:Prishe is...
::fine.
::in trouble. <----- Chose this option!
Ulmia: So you feel the same as I, Player name... 
However...
Ulmia: As long as you are here by my side, I believe that everything will be fine...
Ulmia: I... 
Oh, I am sorry, I did not mean...
Ulmia: Lady Hinaree has introduced me to many people she believed may know something of Prishe, but I have uncovered nothing...
Ulmia: I am so worried... If anything were to happen to her...
Ulmia: What? 
You have a message from Lady Hinaree?
Ulmia: I am to meet with High Priest Chasalvige in the cathedral?
Ulmia: Thank you very much, Player name!
Ulmia: I will make for Northern San d'Oria right away!
Entanglement - Northern San d'Oria
Chasalvige: Ah, Player name. 
My curiosity was sufficiently piqued to do some investigating of my own into the Knights Mistalle...
Ulmia: It is lovely to see you again, High Priest Chasalvige. 
I am afraid I neglected to properly introduce myself at our first meeting.
Ulmia: My name is Ulmia. 
I was advised to seek your counsel by Lady Hinaree.
Chasalvige: Now I understand.
Chasalvige: The reason for your keen interest in the nature of Paradise and the curse of the Twilight God is clear to me.
Chasalvige: Lady Ulmia. 
And you, Player name.
Chasalvige: You need not fear being overheard in this place. 
Let us be entirely truthful with one another and speak openly of these matters.
Chasalvige: ...Matters concerning the Tavnazian choir's efforts to complete the five verses.
Ulmia: You know of the song?
Chasalvige: Before the advent of the Great War, you came to visit Lady Hinaree with Cardinal Mildaurion and her companion, did you not?
Chasalvige: I was permitted to accompany Papsque Muchavatte, and was present at the proceedings.
Chasalvige: I am certain that at that time, you had little idea of the reason behind that gathering.
Chasalvige: It was, in fact, a meeting to improve the failing relations between the cathedrals of San d'Oria and Tavnazia.
Chasalvige: In particular, there seemed to be no end to the unsavory rumors surrounding the Tavnazian Cathedral. 
This was perhaps due to the strict policy of secrecy the Tavnazians had adopted following the period of internecine conflict in San d'Oria.
Chasalvige: The papsque sent a messenger to determine the accuracy of these rumors.
Chasalvige: However, Cardinal Mildaurion arrived accompanied by two young girls.
Chasalvige: And one of those girls--you, Ulmia--sang a certain song...
Ulmia: Yes, I remember. 
But my voice was still untrained and Papsque Muchavatte grew furious at my terrible singing.
Chasalvige: No, child, that is not why he was angry. 
The reason behind the papsque's outburst was his fear that the song you were singing would be completed...
Chasalvige: He was frantic to stem the dreadful power of that song.
Ulmia: Dreadful power?
Chasalvige: It is perhaps for the best that you remained ignorant of the truth.
Chasalvige: This story finds its beginning almost five hundred years ago... 
It reaches back to an era considered to be a time of humiliation for the Elvaan.
Chasalvige: At that time, the Quon continent was under the control of an army dispatched by the Federation of Windurst.
Chasalvige: The Elvaan race had yet to form a nation of their own, and the numerous tribes lived in forests apart from one another.
Chasalvige: But even as now, the blood of the Elvaan ran deep with pride. 
Swearing victory upon his sword, the hero Lanfeaur d'Oraguille came forth to lead our people to freedom.
Chasalvige: Along with General Alphollon Tajeux, who was later to become the Marquis of Tavnazia, they founded a kingdom on the strength of two valuable artifacts.
Chasalvige: However, after the battle to emancipate the Elvaan, both of these treasure were lost.
Chasalvige: In their respective places in the cathedrals of San d'Oria and Tavnazia, two mysterious stone tablets were left behind.
Chasalvige: We toiled long and hard to solve the riddles of the tablets, and were finally able to retrieve one of the objects in the age of King Ranperre--the holy sword, Lightbringer.
Chasalvige: In spite of this success, the Tavnazian Cathedral refused to reveal the contents of the second tablet.
Chasalvige: A secret investigation instigated by the San d'Orian Cathedral discovered the writings upon the stone were actually the verses of a song.
Chasalvige: Yes, you know this song only too well... 
It was the Lay of the Immortals.
Chasalvige: It was a song that would conclude with the manifestation of a deity.
Ulmia: A song to call the gods!? 
I never knew...
Chasalvige: The Tavnazian Cathedral had deciphered the words, but the melody yet eluded them. 
The search for one who could perform the song was apparently long and arduous.
Chasalvige: However, when you appeared and were able to sing the opening verse, the song showed its first promise of power.
Ulmia: But I...! 
I was told the lay was sung to prove that Prishe was not the abhorrent one!
Chasalvige: I know this. That is why I summoned you here to explain the truth behind these matters.
Chasalvige: I have learned from this adventurer that a knight is searching for Cardinal Mildaurion under orders from the San d'Orian Cathedral.
Chasalvige: From what I could discover, he has traveled to the Northlands to learn more about the Twilight God.
Ulmia: !
Chasalvige: I know not her purpose, but Cardinal Mildaurion was also seeking knowledge regarding Promathia.
Ulmia: Cardinal Mildaurion!?
Chasalvige: Please heed my words. 
Never forget the significance of that song, or your own worth as one who holds knowledge of its mysteries. If the cardinal discovers that you still live...
Ulmia: ...!?
Chasalvige: Lady Ulmia, I implore you: 
Find your companion and return to Tavnazia.
Chasalvige: I spoke with the researchers in Beaucedine on the matter of Sir Louverance.
Chasalvige: From what I can gather, your friend has most likely been transported to the Rhinostery in the Federation of Windurst.
Ulmia: That is good news! 
Thank you, High Priest Chasalvige. 
We will continue our search in the city of Windurst!
Head Wind - Windurst Waters
Kerutoto: Woah! 
Your aura is blinding! 
What on Vana'diel are you carrying!?
Kerutoto: Look, I can't sleep with you standing there like a muddled mandragora.
Kerutoto: Hm? 
You're looking for a girl with crikey-spiky hair you could use as nails?
Kerutoto: Oh, I know the one. 
She was taken to Doctor Koru-Moru's mansion.
Kerutoto: But are you a friend of hers? 
That girl is a disastaru waiting to happen. 
Unlike the light I seen in your aura, she is surrounded by a dark, creepy-weepy cloud.
Kerutoto: It is that very cloud of doom and gloom that has made her a target of the great being I see in my dreams.
Kerutoto: But now that someone, somewhere has activatarued the ruins of Pso'Xja, that great being can no longer act freely-weely.
Kerutoto: The being is so furious-wurious over losing its prey, I don'taru think I'll be seeing any pleasantaru dreams for a while...
Head Wind - Windurst Walls
Yoran-Oran: Aren't you the adventurer that brought-ethy those three catastrophes to my doorstep!?
Yoran-Oran: What disasters do you have-ethy in store for me today!?
Yoran-Oran: I might have been caught-ethy off-guard by past events, but this time I'm ready for you!
Ulmia: Pardon my intrusion, but would this be the residence of the former Rhinostery minister?
Ulmia: Player name! 
Thank the Goddess you're here. 
It seems you were one step ahead of me.
Yoran-Oran: Well, well. Who is this enchanting-ethy young lady?
Yoran-Oran: Hahaha! 
Did you think-ethy this would be enough to startle me silly?
Yoran-Oran: I'll have you know-ethy I'm one of the calmest, most unshakable...
Kapeh Myohrye: Is this the residence of Doctor Yoran-Oran!?
Muhk Johldy: Is the doctor arrround!?
Shikaree Y: I am the Mithran Tracker, Shikaree Y. 
Are you ready to meet your doom, Doctor Yoran-Oran?
Yoran-Oran: A M-M-Mithran Tracker!?
Shikaree Y: Ordinarily, I would have you faint in terrorrr after you've heard what I've come to say.
Shikaree Y: Doctor Yoran-Oran. 
Surely you already suspect the reason I am here?
Shikaree Y: Come, come, there's no point in hiding it. We Mithran Trackers are able to sense that abhorrent power.
Yoran-Oran: Abhorrent power...?
Shikaree Y: You Tarutaru have had little experience with this type of mystical energy.
Shikaree Y: But the Mithra know it all too well. A stone pulsing with that darrrk power was the cause of bloodshed within my tribe.
Shikaree Y: You will hand the stone over to me immediately. 
The magicite. Now, sweetheart.
Yoran-Oran: M-M-Miss Mithran Tracker... 
I understand-ethy your concerns. B-b-but are you sure you don't have me confused-thy with somebody else?
Yoran-Oran: I am an avid-ethy researcher of all things earthen, but I have-ethy no samples of this dreadful "magicite" you speak of...
Shikaree Y: Is that right, sugarplum? 
I don't usually like to say this up front, but I do so love the sight of brrright, gushing blood.
Yoran-Oran: ...!
I told you, I don't know anything about-ethy this stone! 
I can't give-ethy you what I don't have!
Yoran-Oran: Eeek!
Ulmia: Enough of this! 
How dare you threaten this poor man with violence!
Ulmia: Do you truly believe this tyrannical method will lead to any sort of justice!? 
He swears that he does not have the magicite...!
Muhk Johldy: If he doesn't have it, then maybe you carry the stone?
Kapeh Myohrye: Or maybe this adventurerrr?
???: Heh heh heh... 
You're way off the mark, ladies!
Shikaree Y: !?
Prishe: The only person carrying magicite here...is me!
Prishe: For I am the great Prishe!
Ulmia: Prishe!
Prishe: Hey, guys! Sorry to keep you hanging. 
But now that I'm here, everything'll be just peachy.
Ulmia: Just peachy!? Look at the situation we're in, you ninny!
Shantotto: That's far enough. 
You kitties play far too rough!
Yoran-Oran: Doctor Shantotto!?
Shantotto: Shikaree Y, you rabid feline. 
You may be a Mithran Tracker, but I'll be a Cardian's mother before I let you run amok in this city of mine!
Shikaree Y: How I loathe complications.
Shantotto: And you, Yoran-Oran. 
Since I have the floor, I'll speak while I can!
Shantotto: This story's going to the press. 
Another illegitimate child, and Elvaan, no less!
Yoran-Oran: Wha-!? 
No! You've got it all wrong-ethy!
Shantotto: Now to the heartaru of the matter. 
Prishe, show everyone the stone and end this meaningless chatter.
Shantotto: Show them why the magicite is not yours to give. 
Show them why it would be impossible for you to hand over the stone--and live.
Shikaree Y: What does she mean?
Prishe: If that's what it takes. 
Nobody blink, now!
Muhk Johldy: (How... 
How is this possible...?)
Kapeh Myohrye: (The magicite...imbedded in herrr flesh...)
Shikaree Y: ...
Shikaree Y: Magicite is a stone that awakens an overwhelming darrrkness within the possessor.
Shikaree Y: The possessor eventually sheds any vestige of mortality, becoming an anathema to other living creatures.
Shikaree Y: Tell me, cutiepie. 
Why do you have that stone imbedded within you? 
Why have you not become an abhorrent being, feared by all?
Prishe: An "abhorrent" being, huh? 
I just can't get away from that word, can I?
Prishe: Well, I've stayed in this place long enough.
Prishe: I gotta go throw down with Bahamut. 
The fate of Vana'diel is at stake!
Shikaree Y: Bahamut? 
You mean the Wyrmking, Bahamut?
Prishe: No, my uncle Bahamut. 
Of course I mean the Wyrmking!
Shikaree Y: Under normal circumstances, it would be my duty as a Mithran Tracker to gain possession of that magicite by any means necessary, even if it meant carrrving it out of your hide...
Shikaree Y: But why don't you accompany me to Attohwa Chasm instead, honeybee?
Shikaree Y: There's someone there who should know a lot about that black magicite you have...
Prishe: Hmm. 
That could be fun.
Ulmia: Prishe? 
What are you thinking!?
Prishe: Ulmia, I'm gonna go with this cat-lady. 
She might be able to help me find the Star of Tavnazia.
Ulmia: Prishe!?
Prishe: Player name, take care of Ulmia!
Prishe: And thanks for your help, Docs!
Shantotto: Docs...!?
Ulmia: Why is that cursed stone in Prishe's chest...?
Ulmia: And why has she decided to seek out the Star of Tavnazia after all this time? 
I must go to Attohwa Chasm as well...
Head Wind (pt.1) - Boneyard Gully
Shikaree Z: So Mildaurion wasn't in the safehold after all.
Shikaree Z: Her whereabouts may still elude us, but I am certain the cardinal lives.
Shikaree Z: Mildaurion must be found and punished for her sins before the whole world ends up like this barren land...
Shikaree X: Leave it up to me, sis. 
Once I track down the theologian, Prishe, she'll be able to tell me where the carrrdinal is hiding.
Shikaree X: Prishe's trrrail leads to the Rhinostery in Windurst. 
I'll head there right now!
Shikaree Y: Too late, buttercup. 
You've gotta move faster than that.
Shikaree X: How did you...!?
Shikaree Z: You...!?
Shikaree Z: Prishe!? 
You haven't changed at all...
Prishe: Yeah, I watch my diet. 
Good to see you're still kicking, too, Miss Tracker. 
It's been a while.
Shikaree Y: A meeting of old friends?
Shikaree Z: This girl is no friend of mine. 
She is the youth that manipulated the Tavnazian Cathedral alongside Cardinal Mildaurion!
Shikaree Z: Do not tell me that you've forgotten our warning!
Shikaree Z: When the Wyrmking returns, a new war will erupt between the dragons and Altana's children...
Shikaree Z: Before that happens, we must wake the sleeping gods with the Lay of the Immortals and beseech their aid!
Shikaree Z: Can you not see!? 
The future that we most feared has come to pass!
Shikaree Z: Of course we Mithran Trackers carry heavy sins of our own...
Shikaree Z: We failed to see through your honeyed words, even going so far as to aid you in your demented plans...
Shikaree Z: Who would ever have believed those plans involved rrresurrecting the Twilight God with the Lay of the Immortals!
Prishe: Now hang on there, furball, aren't you getting your facts mixed up?
Prishe: It's true that Cardinal Mildaurion never really intended to wake up your fusty old gods...
Prishe: But we never did anything to bring back Promathia!
Shikaree X: Then why does that girl behind you sing the Lay of the Immortals?
Shikaree Y: And the magicite you possess was the same material used by the beastmen to revive the Shadow Lord!
Prishe: The Shadow Lord...?
Shikaree Z: Don't play coy with us!
Shikaree Z: If you had no intention of awakening the sleeping gods...
Shikaree Z: ...why would you need to find a singer for the Lay of the Immortals!?
Shikaree Z: What have you brought forth from the abyss of death with the power of the magicite!?
Prishe: I give up. 
There's no talking to you guys when you get all fanatical like this.
Prishe: That's why we never told you the truth.
Shikaree X: Why, you little brrrat!
Shikaree Z: Yes, you're rrright, we are singular in our purpose. 
If you understand our zeal, then there is nothing left to talk about.
Shikaree Z: We are not here to probe your other sins. 
We are here to demand payment for a single crime.
Shikaree X: The crrrime of singing the Lay of the Immortals!
Shikaree Y: You will be held rrresponsible for the sins of Mildaurion!
Shikaree Z: There will be no hearing! 
Prepare to face your judgement!!!
Head Wind (pt.2) - Boneyard Gully
Shikaree Z: Why...? 
No...strength...left...
Shikaree Y: Some strange power...at work?
Prishe: You guys can't kill us.
Prishe: We've spent a long time dealing with things that people were never meant to encounter. 
And we're gonna finish what we set out to do.
Shikaree Z: What are you...?
Prishe: I know exactly what you girls are trying to get at.
Prishe: You want to save everyone--save Vana'diel. 
I know I'm right 'cos I feel that way, too.
Prishe: We thought bringing back Promathia was the only way.
Ulmia: Prishe, you never mentioned...!?
Shikaree Z: Mildaurion...! 
I knew it...!
Prishe: If you want me to pay for that crime, I'm happy to do it. 
But not for you.
Prishe: Not for the terrestrial avatars, not for the sleeping gods, and definitely not for the beastmen.
Shikaree Z: !?
Prishe: I'll do it for me. 
Because my crime was abandoning myself.
Prishe: Now, I want some answers. 
Where can I find the "Star of Tavnazia"?
Prishe: Where is this...?
Prishe: The Uleguerand Range...?
Prishe: Wow, the beastmen carried it pretty far, huh?
Prishe: But that's my magicite! 
I gotta get it back!
Ulmia: Prishe!?
Shikaree Z: Come back!
Flames for the Dead (pt.1) - Bearclaw Pinnacle
A magical barrier prevents you from moving any closer.
Prishe: You made it, Player name.
Prishe: Just in time, too! 
You were about to be the lucky recipient of Lady Prishe's Punishment 'n Pain Special!
Prishe: So this is the beastman barrier I've heard so much about? 
Hmph. Step aside and watch a professional at work.
Prishe: Woah! Get a load of this place!
Prishe: Why did the beastmen bring that chunk of magicite here?
Prishe: The poor bastard who found it woulda been pretty messed up, I'd say...
Prishe: I s'pose you wouldn't know too much about that particular chunk of magicite.
Prishe: The Emptiness sealed within made it unique.
Prishe: You've heard about the magicite known as the Star of Tavnazia, right? And I bet you know that a piece of it was stolen and sold to Bastok before the war, too, right?
Prishe: Well, an allied expedition came here to the Northlands thirty years ago bearing that chunk of magicite. Its members were poisoned by the voice of darkness sealed within the stone.
Prishe: "Give in to thy desires." 
"Return to thy true self..."
Prishe: That voice beckons to the darkness within us, over and over...
Prishe: That's why the members of the expedition went a little loopy. You can't really blame them, though.
Prishe: I mean, you would, too, if the Twilight God was whispering in your ear!
Louverance: The voice of Promathia...?
Prishe: What the...!? 
You eavesdropping again!?
Louverance: You must tell me more of this tale.
Louverance: I am Louverance N Mistalle. 
Francmage M Mistalle, Royal Knight and member of the allied expedition, was my grandfather.
Prishe: Oh, so that's which one you are. 
In that case, I know all about you, too.
Prishe: So, you've finally come back. 
Did you manage to avenge your grandfather's death?
Louverance: How did you know about that!? 
Could it be that you're...?
Prishe: You got it, buddy. 
It's your unlucky day. I'm Prishe, and this here's Player name.
Louverance: You two...
Prishe: Hehehe. I bet you've heard that nobody knows what to make of us, huh?
Prishe: But, as that doesn't bother me one bit, you shouldn't let it bother you either. 
What I want to hear is the lowdown on the big boss behind the Kindred of the Northlands.
Prishe: The Mithra seem to think that it's Promathia, but I know better than that.
Prishe: So, who the hell is it? 
He's called the Divinity of Darkness by the beastmen, apparently.
Louverance: I returned here to investigate that very fact...
Louverance: The legends of the northern islands tell that the Divinity of Darkness slumbers in this land.
Louverance: At some time in the past, the Shadow Lord followed the voice of this sleeping deity to its source.
Louverance: His actions led by the powerful stone in the possession of the Shadow Lord, the Divinity of Darkness created an army of demons to enter the service of his visitor.
Prishe: I think I'm starting to get it now. 
The being who the beastmen call Promathia is actually...
Louverance: Tell me! 
I must know the truth!
???: Prishe!
Louverance: Wait! 
Be on your guard! There is something strange afoot!
Louverance: Back to the abyss, foul beast!
Flames for the Dead (pt.2) - Bearclaw Pinnacle
Prishe: Player name! 
I knew you were tough!
Prishe: That guy definitely has an eye for adventurers. 
Talk about dumb luck!
Shikaree Z: What happened to the rrresting place of the sleeping god...?
Louverance: You know of the divinity said to slumber here?
Shikaree Z: There should be an enormous crystal of darkness here.
Shikaree Z: It can't be... 
The beastman deity you speak of...!
Shikaree Z: !!!
Prishe: Ooh!
Ulmia: Is that...!?
Shikaree Z: Stay back! 
The voice of darkness will have you!
Shikaree Z: I will never forget that stone! 
It is the magicite that drove the allied expedition members to madness!
Louverance: That stone is responsible for my grandfather's fate?
Shikaree Z: No!
Prishe: You've come back...
Prishe: Welcome home, my little lost magicite...
Ulmia: Prishe!?
Ulmia: I must follow my friend... I must learn the truth...
Ulmia: Player name, I shall see you back in Bastok. 
May the light of Altana guide you on your journey.
Flames for the Dead - Metalworks
Cid: Ulmia!? 
Who is that with you? They're not...
Ulmia: Yes, they are the Mithran sin hunters--the trackers who have come to our land to find Prishe.
Cid: Mithran sin hunters! 
Then Prishe has already been...punished!?
Ulmia: Of course not, Master Cid! 
However, we were able to find her!
Ulmia: But now she is gone again... And she took the magicite with her!
Cid: The magicite! Fill me in on the details, Ulmia.
Cid: I see... 
I didn't realize that Tavnazia's magicite was that powerful...or that dangerous.
Cid: So, it was the energy from that stone that affected the members of the Multinational Expedition--it invaded their hearts and minds, ultimately driving them to do the unspeakable.
Shikaree Z: Exactly. Our country's rrrepresentative on that expedition found a shard of magicite and brought it back to our homeland. It was then that we, too, realized its terrifying power.
Shikaree Z: No, it was a completely different investigation that led us to the answer. While searching for the rrrelic of the dragon stolen from the Temple of Uggalepih, we found what we were looking for.
Ulmia: You... 
You met with Prishe and Cardinal Mildaurion in the Tavnazian Cathedral?
Shikaree Z: After a bit of...persuasion, the cardinal showed us what they called the "Star of Tavnazia." In other words--magicite.
Shikaree Z: We told her of the terrible power that the magicite contained, and demanded that she dispose of it somewhere it would never be seen again.
Shikaree Z: However, the cardinal would not listen to rrreason.
Shikaree Z: She would only say that the stone was necessary to wake the gods from their eternal slumber.
Cid: Wake the gods...? But that's...!
Ulmia: I could not bring myself to believe Miss Shikaree's words, either. Not until I heard the same story from the San d'Orian Cathedral...
Ulmia: The hymns the Tavnazian choir would sing... their words possessed the power to bring the gods back to life.
Cid: A stone... 
A song...
Cid: Wait! That song Prishe sang to help Selh'teus escape. Is that the same song?
Cid: And so, the whole song has been recited...?
Shikaree Z: No. 
There is a fifth verse...and only the sleeping gods know it.
Shikaree Z: However, if one were to inquire with the god that recently awoke in the Uleguerand Range, it is only a matter of time before the fifth and final verse is sung.
Shikaree Z: Or possibly the woman in Sel-- 
No, I cannot trust you yet with that information. 
Good day.
Cornelia: Uncle Cid! 
The Tenshodo just sent a message! 
Prishe has been spotted--in Jeuno!
Cid: What!?
Ulmia: Prishe? In Jeuno!?
Cornelia: They told her that there was a warrant out for her capture, but she didn't seem to listen.
Cornelia: What's wrong? Why would she go and risk being captured!?
Ulmia: Jeuno... 
Perhaps... Perhaps she has gone to meet with...
Cid: Ulmia? Is there something we should know?
Ulmia: Master Cid! I must leave for Jeuno immediately!
Cid: Ulmia!
Cid: This doesn't look good... 
Raibaht! Find Tenzen and Louverance and tell them what has happened. Then hurry to Jeuno.
Cid: Tell them not to worry about Movalpolos. I'll have a party of musketeers...no, gold musketeers sent there right away.
Cid: Player name. You had better go to Jeuno as well.
Cid: If you can't find Prishe, then we'll all meet in front of the Grand Duke Palace and plan our next move.
Cid: If she's already been captured, then I can guarantee you she'll be somewhere in that building.