Wailing Cacophony

Wailing Cacophony is the third part of .
==Steps==
# Pursue Tlazolli
#* Enter Quest Domain: Tlazolli's Forge
# Pursue Tlazolli
#* Area 1 (optional) 
#* Area 2 (optional) 
#* Area 3
#** Wave 1: 
#** Wave 2: 
# Stop Tlazolli's ritual
# Rescue Nepecha
# Rest for a moment with Xilonen
==Gameplay Notes==
* During steps 2-4, a trial Xilonen joins the party.
* Permanently missable chests inside the domain: , .
==Trial Character==
==Dialogue==
;(Read the sign before the domain entrance, optional)
:Warning Sign: "The workshop is closed. No entry."
:Warning Sign: (The workshop entrance seems to be blocked by mud and rocks. It looks like there's no way to gain entry...)
;(Enter the domain and head deeper)
: Paimon: What... is this place?
: Xilonen: Auntie's workshop. It was supposedly closed after she stepped down from her position in the tribe.
: Xilonen: But it appears that we've all been deceived.
;(Approach the first group of enemies)
: Paimon: Why are there people up ahead!?
: Xilonen: If you're up to shady business, you have to hire shady people to help you.
: Xilonen: , let's go! Don't hesitate!
;(Hint shown when a solid Phlogiston wall is approached)
::Children of Echoes can use their abilities to climb on top of this type of solid Phlogiston
;(After defeating the third group of enemies)
: Paimon: The door's closed here, too. Where should we go now?
: Xilonen: The transport system seems to still be functioning. Let's go look for the controls, and get this cart running again.
: Xilonen: Maybe it can take us further inside.
;(Pull the first controller lever)
: Xilonen: Alright, let's keep going.
;(Hint shown if the doors for the carts are not reached on time)
::Operate the controller again to start the cart
;(Hint shown after the third controller lever is approached)
::Activate the controller after the carriage enter the transfer depot
;(Approach the center of the workshop)
: Tlazolli: You got here quick. Impressive.
: Paimon: Nechca's up there! What are you planning to do to her!?
: Tlazolli: I never lied to you. All this time, I've only been trying to save my daughter.
: Tlazolli: Even though she's not my daughter yet... But once everything is over, she will really become my Nechca.
: Paimon: What is she saying? Is she not Nechca?
: Infusing memories...
: Forgetting the past...
: Tlazolli: So you've figured it out? I want to use memories to awaken my Nechca.
: Tlazolli: She has stayed in the Night Kingdom for far too long... She's afraid of the dark and cold.
: Tlazolli: I'm the one who made her stay there alone, so I must bring her back.
: Tlazolli: Don't worry, Nechca. Mom hasn't forgotten anything, she has always remembered your name...
: Night Kingdom?
: So... Is Nechca already dead?
: Xilonen: I'm afraid so.
: Paimon: Then who's that girl lying up there?
: Tlazolli: She's a child from my tribe. Her parents were killed in that same Abyss attack, but wouldn't you know it... Her birthday is the same as that of my Nechca.
: Tlazolli: I raised her and took care of her for many years. I thought that taking her in would... help me feel better.
: Tlazolli: I was so happy the first time she was willing to call me "Mom," but then... I suddenly felt very, very scared.
: Tlazolli: Is she really my child? My child's name is Nechca... It could only be Nechca.
: Tlazolli: How could I be happy? M–My little Nechca is still waiting for me... Waiting for me to get her home.
: Tlazolli: As I said, I only want to bring Nechca back, even if it costs me everything.
: Tlazolli: And now, the time has come for me to pay.
: Tlazolli: As for my useless Ancient Name... Hmph, it's finally time to put it to good use.
: Tlazolli: If you're not willing to help me, then you can become the fuel for Nechca's Ancient Name!
: Xilonen: ...
: Tlazolli: Xilonen, you have yet to make a move. I take it you're examining the Inscriptions around you?
: Tlazolli: It's no use. I've already set up all the Blazegem Inscriptions, and the engraving diagram has already begun to run.
: Tlazolli: It's all thanks to your ideas. Now, the Central Inscription will finally become Nechca's Ancient Name.
: Tlazolli: After Nechca returns, I'll make sure to invite you to her birthday party.
: Let her go!
: Get behind me, Paimon!
: Paimon: You're... You're not gonna go up there, are you?
: Nechca is already dead...
: We can't let her harm an innocent child!
: Xilonen: There's a flaw in this engraving diagram. The weak point is almost about to activate, so on my mark...
: Tlazolli: Don't worry, Nechca... Don't worry... Mom is here...
: Xilonen: Three.
: Tlazolli: Mom will always be with you. I'll never forget you...
: Xilonen: Two.
: Tlazolli: Wake up, Nechca... Now! Please, wake up...
: Xilonen: One!
;(A cinematic plays)
:
::Tlazolli: It's alright... It's alright...
::Tlazolli: You'll see Mommy soon
::Tlazolli: Nechca...
::Xilonen: Keep back. Those are distorted thoughts
::Xilonen: ...And the mists are the thoughts' twisted cries
::Xilonen: If you become tainted by them, they will control you, and you'll never be free again
::Nechca: Where are you...
::Nechca: I don't want medicine... It hurts... It hurts...
::Nechca: Why am I... alone?
::Tlazolli: N – Nechca? Why...?
::Nechca: No more medicine... Will you stay with me forever?
::Nechca: ...Please never leave me again
::Xilonen: Tlazolli
::Xilonen: You're the one who twisted Nechca's name
::Xilonen: Into a shackling prison
::Xilonen: ...It's time for you to hear her true voice
::Xilonen: "Stone engraved and echoing peaks"
::Xilonen: "Converge, disperse, in ashes be reborn"
::Xilonen: "For flames born anew, and the blazing dawn"
::Tlazolli: Mommy will be with you, Nechca...
::Tlazolli: Always and forever...
::Nechca: Mommy, I've always been with you
::Nechca: And now, you're finally listening to me
::Nechca: "The old births the new, as flowers shield the roots"
::Nechca: "So life ever cycles, until we return to the loam"
::Nechca: We've known each other a while, but we've never met
::Nepecha: Y – You're... Nechca?
::Nechca: Yes. But I still don't know your name
::Nepecha: My name's... Nepecha
::Nechca: It really suits you
::Nechca: Nepecha
::Nechca: I bless you from the past
::Nechca: And wish that every day of your future will be filled with peace and happiness
:;(Cinematic ends)
: Tlazolli: I saw Nechca, and was speaking with her, but now, where... Where did she go!?
: Tlazolli: Nechca? Nechca! Where are you? Answer Mommy! Please... Please!
: Tlazolli: Xilonen! You saw her too, didn't you? You saw my little Nechca!
: Tlazolli: I felt her hands and hugged her. I was right... I was right...
: Tlazolli: Those gray shadows were just a minor mistake... I just need to restart the ritual again... Right, I'll start it again, and Nechca will...
: Xilonen: Have you still not come to your senses, Auntie?
: Tlazolli: Hmm? What senses? I was not wrong. Nothing about what happened was wrong!
: Tlazolli: She's just a little upset and was trying to ignore me... That child sure knows how to throw a tantrum... B–But I understand, I can accept that!
: Xilonen: Enough, Tlazolli!
: Xilonen: The person you summoned with the Blazegem Inscription wasn't the real Nechca at all.
: Xilonen: You collected memories of Nechca from countless people, but you forgot one thing...
: Xilonen: Among what you gathered were not only real memories but also countless emotions.
: Xilonen: Didn't you realize what kind of emotions people would feel upon seeing Nechca's condition?
: Xilonen: When people held a dying child's hand... when they felt her faint breath and saw the helplessness in her eyes... When they sensed her body growing colder and colder...
: Xilonen: What could they feel, but abject pain and sorrow?
: Tlazolli: I... I took those emotions...
: Xilonen: You absorbed those emotions into the Blazegem Inscriptions, and solidified them as a piece of her past.
: Xilonen: Those gray figures were projections of that past. They could only reproduce the appearance of Nechca in her sickly state.
: Xilonen: What the real Nechca wished to say was drowned out by those twisted and painful thoughts.
: Tlazolli: I... I didn't want things to turn out like this... All I wanted was to remember Nechca... to see her again...
: Xilonen: Nechca has always been with you, Auntie.
: Xilonen: Everything has long been recorded on your Ancient Name... The one you said was "useless."
: Xilonen: You exhausted every option and sacrificed everything in the hopes of saving your daughter... That's undeniable.
: Xilonen: But have you forgotten the true meaning of your own Ancient Name?
: Tlazolli: My Ancient Name is... ""...
: Xilonen: The immovable love between you and Nechca has already been recorded in your Ancient Name, but you chose to ignore that.
: Xilonen: "Names are blessings from the past to the future..." You told me that, Auntie.
: Xilonen: You gave Nechca her name, her first blessing.
: Xilonen: But now, you've turned her name into a prison by taking an innocent child captive... And you've imprisoned yourself.
: Tlazolli: Nechca is everything to me. Without her, I can't see any future for me.
: Tlazolli: And as for blessings... Haha. What blessings have I had since the day she passed? I see her in my dreams every day, grasping my hand... telling me she's in pain, asking me to hold her.
: Tlazolli: But I can't say anything... I can't grasp her hand... All I can do is shout her name over and over again until I wake up.
: Tlazolli: Every day... every single day, I've hated myself... and Ancient Names, too. Who knows... Maybe hate would have been the only thing left to her, too...
: Xilonen: You think... Nechca would have come to hate you?
: Tlazolli: ...
: Xilonen: Auntie, do you still remember the last words Nechca ever said to you? Do you remember what her final words really were?
: Tlazolli: I... I...
: Xilonen: The reason you haven't felt blessed is because you've forgotten the true past... Auntie, you've been wallowing in memories of your imagination and refused to let go of them.
: Xilonen: A name without a past is nothing but a withered tree with no roots, rotting without a future.
: Xilonen: It's over, Auntie. It's all over now.
: Paimon: Ah, slowly now. Why don't you stay lying down? Uh, on second thought, this might not be the best place to rest...
: Paimon: Xilonen! Nechca... uh, Nepecha can already stand now, so we made our way over.Voice-over mistake: "Nepecha" is incorrectly pronounced.
: Let me help you.
: I can carry you.
: Nepecha: Thank you, Paimon, and ...
: Nepecha: I'm fine, really. The real Nechca helped me just now, so it doesn't hurt much anymore.
: Xilonen: That's good. If you became Nechca, then this story would really become like Tequil the Brave.Voice-over mistake: "[...] become the Tequil the Brave."
: Xilonen: This isn't the place to chat. Come on, let's get out of here.
: Paimon: Uh, but what about Tlazolli?
: Xilonen: Don't worry, she won't be able to cause any more trouble now.
:
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;(Approach the cliffside)
: Xilonen: Alright, I've locked Auntie in the house with a few ropes. I'll take her to the tribe shortly to be punished for what she did.
: Xilonen: As for now, we can get away from the house and get some sun.
: Xilonen: After dealing with all of that, I'm completely out of energy...
: Paimon: She's already planned out everything... Xilonen sure doesn't waste time.
: Paimon: *sigh* It's still so scary to imagine... Tlazolli wanted to turn her adopted child into Nechca, and she even nearly succeeded...
: Good thing we found out in time.
: Xilonen knew what to do right away.
: Paimon: Yeah, you were so cool in the final moments, Xilonen! You went right into action and took control of the situation instantly.Actual voice-over: "Yeah, she was so cool in the final moments! She went right into action and took control of the situation instantly."
: Xilonen: It's all thanks to Nepecha's resilience — she never gave up. If it weren't for her bravely trying to get help, then I wouldn't have noticed Auntie's plans so easily.
: You're so brave, Nepecha.
: You're so smart, Nepecha.
: Nepecha: It was thanks to all of you encouraging me. After all, this was already the last idea I could think of...
: Nepecha: I tried to get the attention of many others who visited before, but they were all either quickly whisked away by Tlazolli, or simply refused to believe me.
: Nepecha: Even if I told them everything, Tlazolli would just blame my illness to cover it up.
: Nepecha: All she had to do was start to cry, and the guests would try to comfort her, but completely forget about me.
: Nepecha: She would inspect all the letters I sent and any gifts I received. And then... if I didn't comply, she would force me to drink some strange medicine.
: Nepecha: It would put me to sleep for a few days, and it would be hard for me to remember anything. I would see a lot of weird things while I slept, and the walls around me would start talking.
: Nepecha: I would be so scared every day... If I wasn't able to get your help this time, I might have just given up.
: That's all in the past now.
: Paimon: You have us now, Nepecha. If anyone dares to hurt you again, and Xilonen will send them flying!
: Nepecha: Y–Yeah... Sorry, I... I just can't help it...
: Paimon: You are already super brave! And you even managed to call Xilonen for help. You definitely found the right person!
: Paimon: Xilonen isn't the kind of person who gets distracted easily by crying. She pays attention when someone's talking and doesn't miss a beat!
: Xilonen: And it was because of your help that I was able to pick up on the details.
: Xilonen: Without you, it would have been extremely difficult for her to communicate that she needed help.
: Xilonen: Tlazolli would certainly be more on guard if I tried to speak with her, and would probably have just kept Nepecha locked up in her room again.
: Paimon: So we had a part to play, too! But, where did Tlazolli even get the confidence to try this scheme? When Nechca was alive, surely many tribe members would have tried to help her.
: Paimon: Was she not scared that someone would realize that Nepecha wasn't Nechca?
: She must have been using the Blazegem Inscriptions for a very long time.
: Xilonen: That's certainly a possibility. The Inscriptions she created would not only collect information related to Nechca's past, but also actively erase people's memories of Nechca.
: Xilonen: It's similar to graffiti. If you want to paint something new on a wall that has been painted before, then first, you must remove the old painting.
: Xilonen: It's possible that I was also one of her targets, which would explain why she was so willing to let me have the Central Inscription.
: Paimon: Whoa, and you still took it! If it were Paimon, she would have thrown that thing away the first chance she had!
: Xilonen: You can't uncover the truth without taking some risks, right? If I hadn't disassembled the Inscription myself, I would have never realized her actual motives.
: Paimon: So you suspected her from the very beginning?
: Xilonen: No. She's my Auntie, after all. How could I have seen her as a villain from the start?
: Xilonen: The most I did was keep the possibility and a corresponding plan in mind. It was just our luck that the worst case scenario actually happened.
: Xilonen: But now that I look back on it, we still managed to rescue a suffering child, even if that wasn't our original intention.
: Xilonen: Anyway, I think we've just about summarized everything and praised each other enough by now.
: Xilonen: Everything is finally over, and Nepecha can now finally be herself.
: Nepecha: So, what should I do now, Xilonen?
: Paimon: You should do whatever you like, of course! No one is going to lock you up anymore.
: Nepecha: But, I... I don't know what I can do.
: Nepecha: Everything I know is about Nechca... What she liked to eat, which flowers she enjoyed, how she acted and spoke.
: Nepecha: I'm not her, but... But I can only be like her. I... I don't know, Xilonen. I just don't know...
: Xilonen: Don't worry, Nepecha. The Blazegem Inscription isn't working anymore. No one will force you to be somebody else again.
: Nepecha: But, I no longer remember anything about myself now besides my name. What if I never remember my life, and lose all of my past?
: Nepecha: I–I'm scared, Xilonen. *sobbing* What should I do?
: Xilonen: Don't cry, Nepecha.
: Xilonen: Here, take this. I took some ore from Tlazolli's collection, and made this as a mold.
: Paimon: A Blazegem Inscription! You can make them too?
: Xilonen: Of course not. It's just a pretty piece of stone. Take it — I've engraved your name, "Nepecha," on the top.
: Xilonen: This is your first blessing, the one you received from a pair of people who loved you with all of their hearts.
: Xilonen: It has always protected you, and stood over you. In all of past, present, and future, it's never strayed far.
: Nepecha: ...But, I don't even remember the names of my parents. I... I don't remember anything...
: Xilonen: ...
: Xilonen: I won't make any big promises and say everything will return to normal for you...Actual voice-over: "for you" is omitted. I'm not sure what kind of future you will face.
: Xilonen: I can only promise that no matter what the future holds, your name will never fade. This is a blessing given to you by a Name Engraver.
: Xilonen: You'll continue to grow and mature, as a sapling sprouts upward and becomes a healthy tree, or as birds spread their wings to fly high into the sky.
: Xilonen: Your name is your starting point, as well as your guide.
: Xilonen: Remember your name and everything you've experienced, and you'll know how to step into your future.
: Nepecha: I... I'll do my best.
: Paimon: You can do it, Nepecha!
: We'll always be with you.
: Nepecha: Thank you all... Xilonen, Paimon, and ...
: Xilonen: If you really can't come up with what to do, don't worry. Just relax and take it easy.
: Xilonen: We're from the same tribe, after all. If nothing else works, I can always go to the elders and look up your history.
: Xilonen: And until then, you can stay at my workshop. I can handle another mouth to feed.
: So you do have a backup plan...
: Do you think you can find anything about her?
: Xilonen: *sigh* I don't know if the plan will work... I'm not even sure who I should look for.
: Xilonen: Rather than placing our hopes on a plan that relies so heavily on luck, we should just focus on ourselves.
: Xilonen: Anyway, enough about that for now. Let me take Tlazolli back to the tribe first. Come with me, Nepecha.
: Xilonen: Oh, gosh, I nearly forgot that we haven't even had dinner yet. What would you like to eat?
: Nepecha: Huh? Oh, anything... I'm not picky.
: Xilonen: Good. Let's go, we have a lot of work to do. We have a very busy future ahead of us.
: Xilonen: Ah, and one more thing...
: Xilonen: Happy Birthday, Nepecha.
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