The Duviri Paradox/Transcript

Dialogue during The Duviri Paradox.
==New Player Experience Choice==
Due to the removal of the starting Paradox Path option in , these lines are no longer available.
*Lotus: "Wake up, Tenno. A choice awaits you." 
*Lotus: "The path left is what I would expect of you. A warrior of frightening power. A Warframe at your command." 
*Lotus: "But the path right, a paradox. Here you are, a prisoner of a twisted king. Seemingly powerless." 
*Lotus: "Decide now. But know that in time, both paths converge. And you will hear his voice, that none have heard. Choose." 
==Introduction==
*Dominus Thrax: "Begin again!" 
*Bombastine: "Royal highness, ladies and gentlemen! An entertainment! How many times will one dissenter die......before accepting their fate? How many times will one fool die... How much will one proud human soul suffer......before bending a knee to the greatness of their eternal king? Citizens of Duviri. It is a well-known fact, to each and every one of us, yes? That the unbent knee... must......be......broken."
*Dominus Thrax: "Begin again!" 
==The Spiral==
*Drifter: "Ever get that feeling you're stuck? Spinning inside your little wheel. Only to find... you're right back where you started." 
*Drifter: "(dies)" 
*Drifter: "(breathes)" 
*Drifter: "And so it goes. Day by day, year by year, until you're dead... inside. You feel nothing. You're just a prisoner trapped in the spiral of someone else's dream..." 
*Dominus Thrax: "Begin again!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "...again!" 
*Lodun: "--you've made the king furious! And not just him... ME! We've both had enough of you! By order of his majesty Dominus Thrax, DEATH BY-" 
*Drifter: "Death by impalement." 
*Lodun: "-YOU WILL LOOK AT ME WHEN I-" 
*Drifter: "(stabbed by sword)" 
*???: "But you can send it back to hell." 
*Lodun: "HA! Even better! Death by... METEOR-" 
*Drifter: "(screams and falls)" 
*Drifter: "(struggles with hand)" 
*Lotus: "Wake up, Tenno." 
*Drifter: "(excitement)" 
*Lotus: "Remember."
;Let the Left Hand Guide Your Escape
*Drifter: (sees ) "Why not?" 
*Drifter: (picks up ) "Now what?" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Maybe this will help you relax?" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Haha... what's gotten into you... where's that apathy I've come to love?" 
*Drifter: (after Orowyrm breaks bridge, unsubbed) "Damn it." 
*Drifter: (falling) "(screams)" 
*Lotus: "Wake up, Tenno." 
*Drifter: "A way out?" 
;Let the Hand Guide You
*Citizen 1: "The king! The king! There goes our honored king!" 
*Citizen 2: "Where? Where?! He gave me no eyes to see him!" 
*Citizen 1: "There! I think it's him? Sir, will the dragon devour us today? I live to serve, even as food!" 
*Citizen 2: "What? There's a dragon too?" 
*Citizen 1: "Didn't you hear it?" 
;Talk to Bombastine
*Audience: "(idling)" 
*Bombastine: "I am the Bombastine of the courtly stage... until that witch, Luscinia, took it from me! A fancy new hand, sire? Lucky you." 
*Drifter: "I don't belong here. Shit. I don't even know why I'm talking to you. You're just some Thrax plaything, right?" 
*Bombastine: "Too true. Not like you. No matter how much work I put in." 
*Drifter: "I'm just looking for a way out here."
*Audience: "(laughs)" 
*Bombastine: "A way out? When all of us are obliged to stay?" 
*Drifter: "Where?"
*Bombastine: "Yonder." 
*Drifter: "Don't get in my way."
*Audience: "(laughs)" 
*Bombastine: "Ah! The audience loves you. Of course, they would." 
;Follow the Guiding Light
*Drifter: "What the hell?" 
*Bombastine: "Something fell from heaven. As hard as I fell from the king's favor. Not far from here." 
*Bombastine: "For the person who has everything, a little something extra." 
*Bombastine: "Be on your way. That Orowyrm is hunting, and it has your scent. Though you could buy some time if you fed it Luscinia first." 
*Dominus Thrax: "I've never seen you get this far... sad, isn't it? Though not like you can feel a thing." 
===If Player Dies===
*Dominus Thrax: "What's gotten into you Drifter? You seem a little emotional?" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Every time you try, you die. That's the loop." 
*Dominus Thrax: "This won't last. You're as hollow as the rest of these dolls." 
*Dominus Thrax: "I am your cloud above, your fire below. Your reckoning." 
*Dominus Thrax: "You're as hollow as the rest. Dead inside with the out soon to follow." 
===Inside Teshin's Cave===
;Explore Cave
*Teshin: "Right now, you're thinking... is this real? Or some fevered dream..." 
*Drifter: "I'm wondering why the hell this all feels so damn familiar." 
*Teshin: "Emotions. They guide where others fail. The king's spiral takes away time... experience." 
*Drifter: "You don't seem like the others." 
*Teshin: "I am Teshin." 
*Teshin: "Oh! And this is... well, it was you that named her... remember?" 
**Sol
***Teshin: "Sol. I long to see her purifying light, but a great and terrible wall now divides us. Thrax has trapped you in his bottle... and you must escape." 
**Terra
***Teshin: "Terra. I remember her oceans crashing wild under churning skies. This place is a nightmare facade of that world... a prison from which you must escape." 
**Lua
***Teshin: "Lua. I miss the ebbing of that pensive light. Here we spiral in the constant glare of an absurd purgatory. You need to break free." 
*Drifter: "I'm... Just. So. Tired."
*Teshin: "The figurine you pulled from the paradox. The lost toy of a temperamental child. You need only to find the rest of its pieces." 
*Drifter: "-You can't be serious. You can keep the doll. I've got to get as far away from this as I can."
*Teshin: "You know you cannot run from here with Thrax on the throne. But by all means, try again. I'll even give you my blades." 
*Teshin: "Until the next spiral, then." 
===After Leaving Cave===
;Defeat the Dax
*Dominus Thrax: "Did someone make a new friend? Trying to make me jealous, are you? I'll find him soon enough." 
*Dominus Thrax: "I've tried to laugh it off, but you're testing my limits." 
*Dominus Thrax: "Didn't I warn you?" 
;Escape to the Mainland
*Teshin: "The Orowyrm Lodun, anger personified. Quick, you must find a way to the mainland." 
*Teshin: "Impressive. If you are done gallivanting across the skies, might I suggest finding shelter on the mainland, before Lodun's wrath is turned upon you." 
===Back In Teshin's Cave===
*Teshin: " -you're thinking... is this real?" 
*Drifter: "-some fevered dream. Alright, Teshin. I'll try it your way." 
*Teshin: "You remember. Good. Now we can begin." 
*Teshin: "Warframes. Brought here by the paradox. In the world beyond the wall, they were the weapons of a warrior caste called the Tenno. I suspect your 'hand' may offer a way to control them as they did. Choose." 
*Drifter: "(heavy breathing)" 
*Drifter: "(grunts)" 
*Teshin: "Relax. Let your mind adjust to the disassociation." 
;Learn the Way of the Tenno
*Drifter: "Alright, I think I'm ready." 
*Teshin: "Then go." 
*Teshin: "The king's reach is weaker here in the Undercroft. On the surface, I suspect this Warframe would be a liability, attracting his every wyrm. But here, you can roam free and revel in its power." 
*Drifter: "So what am I doing here, Teshin? A joyride?" 
*Teshin: "You are seeking a paradox. You will need more than her hand and my blades to survive above. Hmm. Here they come." 
*Drifter: "What the hell?" 
*Teshin: "As I understand it, a Warframe is more than a machine. A hybrid creation. Your senses are linked now." 
*Dominus Thrax: "Think you can hide from me down here, Drifter? I play wherever I want!" 
*Teshin: "You're no Tenno, but I have seen worse." 
*Drifter: "Sure. You want to tell me what's so special about these 'Tenno'? This ain't so hard." 
*Teshin: "From the other side... they command the selfsame powers of Void that make the walls of our prison. I suspect the paradox is their attempt to help us." 
*Drifter: "There's something else down here." 
*Teshin: "Yes, a paradox. You must find it." 
*???: "The Tales of Duviri"
*Lotus: "Dream..." 
*Teshin: "Of course. I didn't trust her. Why not? Well, she was a Sentient. I told you already-no, no! I didn't know all that yet, did I? You believe the Orokin had us doomed." 
;Talk to Teshin
*Teshin: "It was war, after all. It defined us. We were made to hate without reflection. Ha! No. No vacations. Hmm... I suppose Saturn, maybe? I've always wanted to see the rings up close..." 
*Teshin: "Feeling better? That Warframe took a greater toll on you than I expected..." 
*Drifter: "Who were you talking to?" 
*Teshin: "If you are recovered, we must begin at once to seek the other pieces of Thrax's figurine. I expect they will manifest the same... as paradoxes on the surface. Gear up, look around, and tell me when you are ready." 
;Look Around
;;Gear up
*Teshin: "Thrax will reset the spiral the moment he senses a Warframe on the surface. We will save that for the Undercroft. This should at least give you a fighting chance against his false Dax." 
;;Inspect Figurine
*Teshin: "All his horses, all his men... The sooner you find the pieces, the sooner you get out of this place." 
;;Inspect Narmer Veil
*Drifter: "How'd you end up here, anyway?" 
*Teshin: "Through the eye of a storm... I'm not sure if I was dead or alive at the time. You?" 
*Drifter: "It's been too long for me. Maybe I was on that ship... Or maybe... the same way you did." 
==The Prince of Fire==
*Teshin: "He's in a mood... see for yourself..." 
*Teshin: "You have angered Thrax, and because he is a creature of emotion, his world follows. From the Duviri Tales... 'The Prince of Fire.'" 
*Teshin: "Be wary. In the story, the king's men had blades of molten steel!" 
 Normal Anger Spiral Dialogue
*Lodun: "Oh, that Imp has gone too damn far this time! He's had his Dax confiscate MY BELONGINGS! POUND THEM INTO THE DIRT AND GET MY GOODS BACK!"
*Dominus Thrax: "I shall retrieve that and tear off the thieving fingers that stole it!"
*???: "The most petty and trivial things could spark Lodun's anger. But the flames quickly rose."
*Lodun: "The Undercroft is an ulcer in the guts of Duviri. Something's happening down there. I can feel it. SORT IT OUT, for Void's sake!"
*???: "Now anger is a powerful weapon, be sure of that. But it burns friend and foe alike."
*Lodun: "The imp's grown suspicious of me. His spies approach even now to *surveil*. ME! One more BUCKET OF PISS splashed in my face for the world to see. Take care of this before we're both in the stocks."
*Dominus Thrax: "For that, Drifter, I shall break something of yours."
*???: "The more Lodun's anger drove people away, the more certain he became that he was right."
*Lodun: "Does that brat on the throne have ANY IDEA how often I've had to send forces into the Undercroft to clean up his mess?"
*???: "In his heart, Lodun knew he was angry with his own powerlessness. And no amount of screaming could remedy that."
*???: "Lodun turned his anger inward... and found the source. Not the world of folly and betrayal but his own shortcomings."
*Lodun: "That's him. Thrax's enforcer. MY REPLACEMENT. For two pins, I'd come down there and smash his face in myself! But I can't, so you have to. Help yourself to his chest."
*Dominus Thrax: "Do you suppose that you have won, worm? Excellent."
*???: "He became an enemy to even himself."
*Lodun: "A legion of FARTY LITTLE ANCESTOR PHANTASMS is attempting to deny me my birthright. Some nonsense about ineligible bloodlines. Purge them!"
*Lodun: "I could have been a good King! But I'll never get the chance, because they HATE ME! EVERYONE HATES ME! WELL, GUESS WHAT? I HATE MYSELF MORE!"
*Lodun: "I was the rightful heir, but the boy was chosen... why is this always happening to me? What is wrong with me? Am I not... GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOU?"
*Teshin: "Do you feel it? Nearby? The paradox you seek." 
*Teshin: "Good. Return to me when you are ready." 
*Drifter: "I guess we're born with anger. An instinct like any other. Like squinting at the sun or... flinching from a burn... but some of us... maybe we learn it." 
*Teshin: "Easy. I have you." 
*Drifter: "Don't." 
*Teshin: "You saw that ship in the sky... The Zariman. Our child king must be one of those who was abandoned there. A Tenno." 
*Explain?
**Drifter: "You said the Tenno are trying to help me... this paradox stuff. Now you're saying Thrax is one of them? He doesn't seem too helpful." 
*Teshin: "The history I know... that Zariman ship returned from the Void, bringing with it the extraordinary power the Tenno command. But here is a different path, I suppose. A difference in parallel. A paradox in itself." 
*What's next?
**Teshin: "The world above changes every day following what Thrax feels. Ready yourself for the next day and consider what you have learned." 
*Teshin: (if mood spiral didn't change) "The day has not changed. The king's mood is the same. I suggest you head back to the Undercroft and hone your skills." 
==The Harbinger of Joy==
*Teshin: "Well, it seems that Thrax woke on the right side of his crib today..." 
*Drifter: "Sickening." 
*Teshin: "Remember, the joy he feels is not lacking in danger. Find the fable hidden and play it out. That way, you may discover the next paradox... the next piece we need." 
 Normal Joy Spiral Dialogue
*Mathila: "Your pain doesn't make you special, you know. What you need is a little exercise! Take that Kaithe of yours for a run!"
*Dominus Thrax: "Aww. You failed to break your neck."
*???: "To the Happy mind, all things seem simple. Problems could be solved simply by making them go away."
*Mathila: "It's time for you to descend into the Undercroft and make things right. It may not be what you want, but it iS what you need."
*???: "Why could other people not simply be as Happy as Mathila was? Why did they have to be so difficult?"
*Mathila: "Oh Barris, have you let the Tamms out again? He takes his responsibilities SO seriously. I'm sure he wouldn't mind you helping him out, this once."
*Mathila: "Look. Tamms running wild. They'd be happier in the safety of a pen, an in their hearts they know it. So you can round them up with a clear conscience."
*Dominus Thrax: "Congratulations, Drifter. Finally you have found creatures who look up to you."
*???: "Mathila's plans were failing, but she put a brave face on it. With a whistle, she went back to work."
*Mathila: "The Undercroft is a source of unbridled negativity. We are about joy and nothing but joy. So your path is clear, isn't it?"
*Mathila: "The Undercroft is a messy, chaotic place, and you will need to work So hard to keep it together in there, but I believe in you. You've got this!"
*???: "Mathila understood that one sometimes has to be cruel to be kind. If happiness required force, so be it."
*Mathila: "You won't be happy until you can stand on your own two feet. Something's hidden nearby YOU are going to find it. By yourself."
*???: "Now no rational person could look upon this chaos and feel Happiness. So Mathila abandoned rationality."
*???: "Joy and madness are both known to laugh aloud. Mathila leapt from one into the embrace of the other."
*Mathila: "Royal Mazes teach independence and build character! Don't give up! Keep trying!"
*Mathila: "I tried! So help me, I tried! I have all this JOY in my SOUL and yet when I try to SHARE IT, NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW! WELL, TRY IGNORING ME NOW!"
*Mathila: "I get it! I do! You all want Happiness, but none of you wants to put in the work! DO YOU THINK THIS BEAUTIFUL LIGHT IN MY HEART JUST GOT THERE BY ITSELF? DO YOU??"
*Teshin: "You found it! Good! So tell me... did Mathila's joy wear off on you?" 
*Drifter: "I hope you're kidding." 
*Dominus Thrax: "You think I'm not paying attention? You think I don't know what you're up to? My Dax are searching... we will find your nasty little den soon enough."
*Drifter: "Our whole lives, we run toward it, some 'thing,' some 'one,' some wavering oasis of joy and contentment. Sad thing is... most happiness seems to come by accident. Maybe it's not about getting it... but letting it." 
*Drifter: "(breathes)" 
*Teshin: "You're smiling." 
*Drifter: "I am not." 
*Teshin: "His memories are giving you something. As these emotions flow through you, you take from him his singular power over the world." 
*Drifter: "I don't want shares-ies. I want out." 
*Teshin: "But look. The Dormizone. It's lit up now."
*Drifter: "Well shit. You hungry?" 
*Teshin: "Go ahead! But save some for Sol/Terra/Lua!" 
==The Covetous Courier==
*Teshin: "Now, do you believe it?" 
*Drifter: "Let's go." 
*Dominus Thrax: "Who is this new friend of yours, anyway? I made you! I kept you safe all this time. They're nothing I can't be!" 
*Teshin: "Ignore him. Play out the day. Let him see that his control has weakened." 
 Normal Envy Spiral Dialogue
*Bombastine: "Mmmm. Cunning devices like this feed Duviri with power, just so those witless peasants can piss it away. It's wasted on them. Recalibrate it in MY favor!"
*???: "Bombastine was never satisfied. He wanted more... for all that others had was an affront to his being."
*Bombastine: "I want what a man of my talent and worth rightly deserves, and that includes the Undercroft that Thrax guards so jealously. Off you pop."
*???: "With sweet words, he persuaded others to his side. But his thoughts were only ever of himself."
*Bombastine: "Hours I've spent gazing into Void mirrors, and here you are, with some mysterious benefactor gazing back! Deal with those, Dax, and see what your friend wants."
*???: "With each new conquest, never once did he think: 'Surely that is enough. Surely now I can stop.'"
*Bombastine: "Whoever controls the Undercroft grasps all of Duviri by the roots. I won't let its reputation stand in the way of claiming what's mine."
*???: "Demented beyond hope of return, Bombastine set his heart on the throne. Was he not as good a king as Thrax?"
*Bombastine: "Ah! I know those Dax. They're the ones that like to use me as a target in their spitting contests. Even the score, would you? Oh, I've dreamed of this."
*???: "Bombastine thought his self-doubt was his alone. If only he had known how many others suffered it too."
*Bombastine: "That meddlesome witch Acrithis says there is hidden knowledge in the old shrines. Assemble one. She can't keep it all for herself."
*Bombastine: "It's not fair! The things I did were supposed to break her, not make her his favorite! I was meant to be the one who was loved! It wasn't me that started stirring up this mess with the executions."
*Dominus Thrax: "It wasn't me that started stirring up this mess with the executions. You got it in your head to get out. Don't you see now that these stories are for you? For us?" 
*Drifter: "No Sol/Terra/Lua?" 
*Teshin: "Hrmmm." 
*Drifter: "Nothing's worse than anger, right? It burns your lungs. It ashes the trees. But you can see it, right? And after it passes... maybe something new sprouts up. But resentment... resentment is desolation. It salts the soil so that nothing ever grows again." 
==Shades of the Undercroft==
*Teshin: "Didn't see it coming did you? That I was just using you? You think there's some magic land outside of here, all there is... is war and suffering. Understand?" 
*Drifter: "I think so." 
*Teshin: "Do you? Do you really? You keep calling this a prison, but you know what it really is? It's the only place in the entire universe that is... Actually. Safe." 
*Drifter: "Clearly." 
*Teshin: "You had it all. A whole world to yourself. But you were bored. Ungrateful. You had to bite the hand that feeds!" 
*Drifter: "Like Sol/Terra/Lua, eh?" 
*Teshin: "Like what?" 
*Teshin: "(grunts)" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Once upon a time... there was a dying old man..." 
*Dominus Thrax: "...As he lay on his bed, dying... he called to each of his beloved children..." 
*Teshin: "Drifter!!!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "When each did hear his rasping call, they answered with a hollow longing!" 
*Teshin: "Drifter!!!" 
*Drifter: "Teshin? Teshin!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "So they came to his bedside one by one, and his firstborn knelt there, and the old man said, 'my child... my child... why be your eyes so dry?'" 
*Dominus Thrax: "And the firstborn said, 'So that I might be strong, father.' And so the old man gave to them the deeds for all his lands." 
*Dominus Thrax: "To his second born, he said again, 'my child... my child... why be your eyes so dry?'" 
*Dominus Thrax: "And his second child said, 'I shed no tears, father, for I chose now to remember only the joy you made of my life.' And so unto him, the old man gave his family home." 
*Dominus Thrax: "And when his last child had entered, he said again, 'my child, my child, you were my favorite of all. Why show you no feelings at all?'" 
*Dominus Thrax: "And the last child said to him. 'I feel nothing, for it was I... who has killed you.'" 
*Drifter: "Where is he?" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Don't you worry. Justice comes swiftly in my kingdom." 
*Drifter: "(grunts)" 
==The Execution==
;Fight to Thrax's Island
*Dominus Thrax: "All Kaithes are banished, by my decree!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "I've never seen you like this! So ready to fight! It makes me so happy!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "But why are you doing this?" 
*Dominus Thrax: "You never cared this much for me..." 
*Lotus: "Wake up, Tenno."
;Find Teshin
*Lodun: "By order of his majesty, Dominus Thrax, you are charged with the crime of treason!" 
*Lodun: "The penalty for which is DEATH! DEATH BY IMPALEMENT!" 
*Lodun: "DEATH BY IMPALEMENT!" 
*Drifter: "Teshin? Teshin!"
*Drifter: "Teshin!" 
*Teshin: "Take care of Sol/Terra/Lua for me." 
*Drifter: "I will." 
*Teshin: "You are feeling, now." 
*Drifter: "I am." 
*Teshin: "Good." 
*Dominus Thrax: "Stop this childish tantrum RIGHT NOW! Do you understand? He's dead and gone and he's not coming back!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "I don't care how angry you get! You can't change ANYTHING. You can't even change yourself!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Jealous of my wyrms? You think stealing them will bring him back? Are you stupid? It's TOO LATE!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "(cries)" 
*Dominus Thrax: "(cries)" 
*Drifter: "This... this is-" 
*Dominus Thrax: "-MINE!" 
*Dominus Thrax: "(cries)" 
*Dominus Thrax: "Mine. Mine. It's mine." 
*Dominus Thrax: "(cries)" 
*Drifter: "You can have it." 
*Drifter: "...can have it." 
==Conclusion==
*Teshin: "-you're thinking... is this real? Or some fevered dream?" 
*Teshin: "You did it. You took control." 
*Drifter: "I always had it. Thrax didn't make this place-" 
*Teshin: "-you did. But... you reset it. You gave it all back to him. Why?" 
*Drifter: "I guess it... felt like a good trade." 
*Teshin: "Mmm!" 
*Drifter: "So... what's next? More training?" 
*Teshin: "Those beyond the wall have helped you. You will need to repay that debt." 
*Teshin: "But you've earned your freedom. A way through the paradox and out of the spiral. Be warned... you will not be as you are now... but as you were then. Do you see it? The other side?" 
*Drifter: "I see it." 
*Teshin: "What will you do?" 
**Leave
***Drifter: "Sometimes you get stuck. Sometimes you go numb. The color drains away. You stop trying, and that just feeds the spiral going down. Maybe you'll get lucky one day. You see yourself in the mirror and snap out of it. But for some of us... it takes more. A friend. A stranger. A story. A helping hand." 
**Stay
***Drifter: "Maybe things don't work out the way you thought. Your life, your dreams your 'self.' No matter where you go, there you are. This loop you're in... maybe it's not so bad after all? It's not a trap or a habit, or a sentence. It's just your life, waiting for you to live it." 
==Inbox Message==
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