Gate of Memoirs/Dimensional Survey

Knowing Noel, you're about to embark on yet another survey for him...This time, through time itself.
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*"Remember that you hold not unconsiderable power in your hands."
*"Remember what you've wished for..."
*"Choose wisely."
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Music: "Hazama"	Music: "Hazama"
 	
*Since your return from your transdimensional jaunt, you've been instrumental in helping out with Noel's new project.
*With Giselle's help, you compared notes from previous forays across portals...
*...while also doing your best to recall your time in that desolate wasteland when you were so suddenly warped away.
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*It had happened so abruptly. Following sudden blips from a long-destroyed Athensphere, Noel's portal bay suddenly flared to life,
*and that sliver of Void you made contact with—Kranus—almost seemed to beckon you.
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*What greeted you there was someone even more bewildering.
 	
*The familiar visage of a dastardly enemy—indeed, the culprit behind Athensphere's destruction in the first place...
*...So different and changed in this alternate world, right down to his name. And yet...
*Azius...Gazia...Are they one and the same?
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*And then there was the matter of that desolate wasteland you were suddenly thrown into.
*Where you were assaulted by mockeries of your memories, laid bare before you in such startling detail.
 	
*You seemed to be at the whims of S'eljah, the Queen in Cobalt, even within your own mind,
*but the entire altercation reminded you strongly of that singular moment you encountered Kranus—
*shortly after you were portalled to safety by Zenia's device.
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*What did the Queen mean, when she said Athensphere was only "the beginning?"
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Music: "Scrap Stardust"	Music: "Scrap Stardust"
 	
*A month of tireless work later, Noel excitedly leads you into his lab once more.
*Around the portal bay, an array of metal rods and odd-looking cylinders are spread out in the circle.
 	
*Noel: There it is, . A solid month's work and theory, crystallized into a glorious physical form!
 	
*Noel: Let me tell you, it was not easy trying to work on such an abstract concept.
*Noel: But I digress. Giselle, take it away.
 	
*Giselle: So, based on what you've experienced with that "other" Athensphere, Noel and I conclude it's likely an "Echo."
 	
*Giselle: It's a new term we came up with to explain the odd, rippling conundrum that is time and space.
 	
*Giselle: Like real echoes, these "other" worlds reflect the "original" world we've encountered...
*Giselle: But due to a multitude of reasons, they've become slightly distorted in the process.
 	
*Giselle: Though I wouldn't call Azius a "distortion" per se. Anyone who doesn't immediately try to blow up a world is good in my books.
 	
*Noel: There's more to it than this deceptively simple explanation, of course, but it's the best way we can put it.
*Noel: Furthermore, these "Echoes" seem to be capable of affecting others within their own timeline.
 	
*Giselle: Think of time as a singular string that splits off into two.
*Giselle: The one we're currently inhabiting is the "Prime"...
*Giselle: ...And the one that split off houses the "Echoes."
*Giselle: They're both from the same origin, but they are independent of each other...For now.
 	
*Giselle: That's our best conjecture, extrapolating from a single data point.
*Giselle: And that's where you come in.
 	
*You smile wryly, having noticed the padded seat in the center of the refurbished portal bay.
*That one was for you, wasn't it.
 	
*Noel: Oh, don't look so worried. We're not going to launch you into space again.
*Noel: Well, not in a manner of speaking...
 	
*Noel turns the seat around and gestures for you to sit, while fiddling with various screens off to the side.
 	
*Noel: Since developing the Echo theory, we've looked into mapping those signals and tried to find a way to match that specific wavelength.
*Noel: While I would have loved to survey Athensphere's Echo again, it's been elusive so far...
 	
*Noel: It probably has to do with the 'Veil', whatever that is. I'll keep looking into it.
 	
*Giselle: In the meantime, though, we were able to match the signals to Elysia instead, based on existing data.
*Giselle: Aren’t you curious about what that place will look like as an Echo?
 	
*Elysia...
*In that timeline, Azius mentioned that Draegar had died.
*Which means things would be different in that Echo.
*An Elysia uninvaded...What would it be like?
 	
*Giselle: Well, whenever you're ready, .
 	
*Giselle: It won't hurt. That much.