The Night Before the Trial

The Night Before the Trial is the second act of .
==Start Location==
Start the quest by talking to Inkanak.
The Night Before the Trial Start Location.png|The Night Before the Trial's start location
The Night Before the Trial Start Location Context.png|Additional context
==Steps==
# Look for the on-site staff
# Clear out obstructions within the site (0/4)
#* In the Phlogiston Pile near the Cautious Investigator:
# Return to the vantage point and talk to Inkanak
# Talk to Inkanak
# Complete the flying trial
# Talk to Chasca
# Go and rescue the caravan
# Talk to Allpa
==Gameplay Notes==
* During step 2:
** A trial Chasca joins the party. 
** Leaving the quest area will reset the quest.
** If the Phlogiston Pile is destroyed in one hit (e.g., by blowing up the Explosive Barrels), only the Avatar of Lava will spawn.
* During step 5, the active party is limited to a trial Chasca.
==Trial Character==
==Dialogue==
;(Talk to Inkanak)
: Inkanak: Oh, hey there, Chasca. Did Elder Allpa send you?
: Chasca: Yeah, she's got other things on her plate right now. How are things looking here?
: Inkanak: Hmm, well, the inspection revealed numerous blockages all over the trial arena. It looks like they're the result of ley line disorders caused by repeat Abyss invasions.
: Inkanak: Theoretically, we just need to clear those obstacles, and the arena will fill up with gaseous phlogiston again. But that's proving difficult to achieve in practice, for all sorts of reasons...
: Inkanak: Why don't you head on down and check things out for yourself? Feel free to ask the staff for more details.
;(Talk to Inkanak again, optional)
: Inkanak: Why don't you head on down and check things out for yourself? Feel free to ask the staff for more details.
;(Talk to the Doubtful Investigator or Confused Investigator, optional)
: Doubtful Investigator: How strange... why is there so much solid phlogiston here?
: Confused Investigator: Could be from the Children of Echoes...? Maybe it got swept up here due to the Ley Line disturbances. 
: Doubtful Investigator: Ugh, I can't think of a way to resolve this... Short of going all the way to the Children of Echoes to borrow a ...
;(Talk to the Doubtful Investigator or Confused Investigator after clearing the spout, optional)
: Doubtful Investigator: Whoa! Did you see that!? A tepetlisaur just showed up out of nowhere!
: Confused Investigator: How did it get here? Just passing by, or...? Huh. Well, not gonna argue with a good thing. The spout's clear, that's all that matters...
;(Approach the Bold Investigator)
: Bold Investigator: Oh, are you here to help? Thank goodness! There's no way I could do this all by myself...
: Bold Investigator: The blockage here has to be cleared using a special bomb, but carrying explosives up that steep slope would be a recipe for disaster...
: Bold Investigator: If I dropped it, or slipped and fell, I'd be blown to bits in an instant. So my plan was to transport the bomb to the other side, then send it over in a hot air balloon...
: Bold Investigator: All I need now is for someone else to and problem solved!
: Bold Investigator: What do you think? Simple enough, right?
: I think I can handle that.
:: Is that hot air balloon up there yours, too?
: Bold Investigator: Huh? Oh, THAT one... No, I've got no idea who that belongs to. Or how they got it up so high...
: Bold Investigator: I just wish I could fly up there and check out what kind of tech they're using... Ah well, getting the trial arena back in order is more important.
: Bold Investigator: I'll head over and set up now. Let me know when you're ready!
;(Talk to the Bold Investigator again, optional)
: Bold Investigator: Huh? Why'd you guys follow me? You won't get a good enough view from here.
: Could you go over the plan with me again?
: Bold Investigator: Oh, sure. So, I'm gonna send the explosives over to the spout on the other side in a hot air balloon...
: Bold Investigator: All you have to do is Simple!
;(Call the balloon)
: Bold Investigator: Alright! Get ready...
;(If the player immediately destroys the balloon, optional)
: Bold Investigator: Whoa! Careful! You almost blew me up!
: Bold Investigator: Let's try that again... Geez... That better not have been on purpose...
;(Talk to the Bold Investigator after exploding the rock, optional)
: Bold Investigator: From this angle, you can see more clearly just how high up that hot air balloon is... I wish I knew whose it was.
;(Talk to the Curious Investigator, optional)
: Curious Investigator: This is crazy... I put all of my strength into it, but it just won't break...
: Curious Investigator: Maybe Inkanak was right after all... If a stable structure has formed inside the solid phlogiston, I'll need to hit all the weak spots at the same time to break it...
: Curious Investigator: ...But how am I supposed to do that?
;(Talk to the Curious Investigator after destroying the solid phlogiston, optional)
: Curious Investigator: Ahh, so THAT'S how you do it... Amazing!
;(Talk to the Cautious Investigator, optional)
: Cautious Investigator: Hmm... I think it should be possible to clear this spout .
: Cautious Investigator: But there are signs of strange life in here... Meddling with it might be dangerous...
;(Destroy the rock)
: Cautious Investigator: Aaah! Monsters!
;(After defeating the monster)
: Cautious Investigator: Haha... I thought I was done for! This spout should be good now — thank you very much.
;(Talk to the Cautious Investigator again, optional)
: Cautious Investigator: Haha... I thought I was done for! This spout should be good now — thank you very much.
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;(After clearing all of the blockages)
: Chasca: The gaseous phlogiston is being replenished... Looks like all the spouts have been unblocked. Let's head back up.
;(Approach Inkanak)
: Inkanak: Wow, you took care of everything in no time at all... Incredible work!
: Inkanak: Now, we just have to wait until the gaseous phlogiston is fully replenished. Then we can kick off the retrials.
: Chasca: Hmm... Actually, Inkanak, I'd like to do a test flight first, just to make sure we're not missing anything. Could you arrange that for me?
: Inkanak: Huh? But... you only just finished getting the arena ready, there could still be other hazards we're unaware of...
: Chasca: All the more reason to have me test it out. Think of it as another inspection.
: Inkanak: Eh... I guess you're right — with your flying skills, you won't be in any serious danger, even if there are hazards we overlooked...
: Chasca: The conditions in this area seem a little unstable, but a test-flight is the only way to catch any lingering issues.
: Inkanak: Alright, I'll get things set up for you. Just let me know when you're ready.
;(Talk to Inkanak again)
: Inkanak: Are you ready? This should be a piece of cake for Chasca, but still, try to be careful.
: I'm sure she'll be fine!
:: Inkanak: Alright, then spread your wings and fly!
: Not yet, I need a little more time.
;(After completing the trial successfully) 
: Paimon: That was amazing! Paimon couldn't take her eyes off you!
: So, any further issues with the venue?
: Chasca: Hmm... No, nothing major. Give it a few days, and we should be able to conduct the trials.
: Isidore: Help... Help me!
: Isidore: ...You're from the Flower-Feather Clan, right? Please, come quick, you've got to help us!
: Chasca: Catch your breath first. What's the situation?
: Isidore: W—We were... We got attacked, by a qucusaur!
: Isidore: My friends are still stranded in the middle of the road with the goods we were transporting... Please, I'm begging you, save them!
: Paimon: Huh? Are qucusaurs really that aggressive? Do they usually attack groups of people unprovoked?
: Chasca: Not in my experience... but there are exceptions to every rule. Let's go check it out.
;(Approach the merchants)
: Young Merchant: Ouch...
: Elderly Merchant: I've never seen such an aggressive qucusaur...
;(Talk to the merchants, optional)
: Young Merchant: Ouch...
: Elderly Merchant: I've never seen such an aggressive qucusaur...
;(Approach the marked area)
: Allpa: Hm? Chasca, ? This is a surprise.
: Paimon: Elder Allpa? Huh? So... where's this aggressive qucusaur we've heard about?
: Allpa: Already flew away. Looks like it backed off once it realized that reinforcements were coming.
: Chasca: So why do you think it attacked these people in the first place? Was it after the food?
: Allpa: No, these merchants aren't even transporting food...
: Young Merchant: Ah! Thank goodness! The Phlogiston Wings are intact!
: Chasca: ...Phlogiston Wings?
: Isidore: Ahh, thank you so much for coming to our rescue. These Phlogiston Wings are our most prized goods. If anything happened to them, it would ruin us...
: Allpa: ...Wait a minute, are you the merchants that were looking to collaborate with us? Warmi told me about you.
: Isidore: Yeah, that's us! So... I take it you're Elder Allpa?
: Allpa: I am. You must be exhausted from your journey, not to mention shaken up from the attack. Let me bring you back to our tribe to rest — we can talk business after you've recovered.
: Chasca: But Elder Allpa, what about the qucusaur attack?
: Allpa: Well, our guests here weren't seriously injured, and their goods are intact... Perhaps that qucusaur was just having a bad day.
: Allpa: There are so many of them around here, you'd expect something like this every once in a while. I don't think we need to pursue it any further... More importantly, how are the preparations for the flying trials going? Is everything in order over at the arena?
: Everything's on track.
: The trials will be able to start very soon.
: Isidore: Huh? Did you say... flying trials? Wow, what a coincidence! Sounds like a perfect use case for our Phlogiston Wings! You'll be pleasantly surprised by what they can do!
: Allpa: Oh, really? ...Now I'm intrigued.
: Isidore: Hehe, well then let's forget all about this qucusaur attack for now... We have some serious business to discuss!
: Chasca: ...
: Paimon: So that's it? That all went smoother than expected... Well, guess we'd better get going... Huh? Chasca?
: What are you looking at?
: Chasca: ...
:
: Chasca: A bloodstained feather...
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==Trivia==
* It is possible to reach the balloon in the sky above the Bold Investigator by flying from Ochkanatlan. There is nothing on it.
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