Source

**Source** is a main quest in INSOMNIA: The Ark.

## Quest targets

* Find a girl named Thel
* Meet Gway
* Get Thel's memories back
* Convince Thel that the House by the Sea is an illusion
* Wait for news from General Tanaber
* Go to the House by the Sea and speak with Thel
* Figure out what's going on

## Typical Journal entry

"Long ago, the consistency of the Surface was damaged. Those involved did not expect the elements to become such a curiosity." I can't get the words of the creature in my vision out of my mind. Who was Gway Doro? Why did the anomaly leave me unharmed, while killing others?
Gway claims that the anomaly is the Rupture, through which a distorted stream of Somnia, a domain of a different order, seeps into our physical reality. Unless this flow is stopped, the Nomah people could be facing a great tragedy. He said that I need to find a girl named Thel in my somnic visions for she is the cause of whatever is happening.

I have managed to find Thel. So fragile and sickly, this girl is like a ghost from times gone by who knows no peace. I wasn't able to get any answers out of her. It's difficult for me to understand what laws govern the visions I have. It seems that I'll need help from Gway, a creature from the Rupture.

Gway told me the house I met Thel is nothing more than a looped somnic flow embodying Thel's predeath attempt to protect her consciousness from doom.
Thel, unbeknownst to herself, has built the illusion of a sanctuary, replacing her memories with stories from her favourite book. I need to restore Thel's memories. Although this will cause her serious pain, it's the only way to close the ever-widening Rupture.

It looks like patient JS0515's personal case made an impression on Thel. She is trying to reject her memories. I must find a way to decisively convince Thel that the house by the sea is an illusion. I need to somehow get in touch with Ubu, the sender of the package. He's the only one who can shed light on what's going on.

General Tanaber gave the JS0515 capsule to Doctor Redden. It's possible that it will help bring the sample back to life. I need to wait for news from Tanaber.

I learned a lot about the reasons for the catastrophe in the Limb and about General Tanaber's true motives. The General used his influence to play the situation to his advantage, and the team at the Nest was just his tool. Still, this isn't much of a revelation to me. Whatever happens, there are thousands of lives at stake right now. I need to focus on dealing with the anomaly.
Redden's instruments indicate that the Sample is no longer in stasis. I need to go to the House by the Sea and finish what I started.

A powerful somnic pulse shook me back to reality when Thel found her memories. It looks like the sample has come back to life, but we lost contact with it. I need to figure out what's going on.

## Quest Hints

If you are unsure how to progress after receiving the Quest target "Convince Thel that the House by the Sea is an illusion", talk to General Tanaber and continue with the Boiling Point quest.

When you visit Thel for the final time during this quest, she will be **downstairs** from the entrance; these stairs were previously blocked with rubble. There's no-one else in the house at this point.

Once you've returned to Tanaber and Redden at the end of this quest, leave the room and turn left. You'll find your companions and Riebel (if he's still alive) at the end of the corridor, and you can say farewell to them, as you'll be going on alone. Then turn left and go to the end of the corridor to leave the location. You can now visit other locations on the global map, but when you travel to Asagras Military Base, you will enter the game's finale.

## Rewards

General Tanaber will give you 5000 Payment Tokens mid-way through this quest (when you receive the Quest target "Wait for news from General Tanaber").