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01) Introduction......................................[INTRO]02) Synopsis..........................................[SY000]

- It Started with a Song........................[SY001]- Nighttime in the Valley.......................[SY002]- The Malkuth Empire............................[SY003]

- The Grocers' Hamlet, Engeve...................[SY004]- Sacred Cheagles...............................[SY005]- The Talking Cheagle...........................[SY006]- The Tartarus..................................[SY007]- The Meaning of War............................[SY008]- Resolution....................................[SY009]- The Citadel, St. Binah........................[SY010]- Ion's Situation...............................[SY011]- The Fubras River..............................[SY012]- The Border Fortress, Kaitzur..................[SY013]


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- Disaster at the Port..........................[SY014]- Searching for Memories........................[SY015]- A Trip by Ship................................[SY016]- The Power of Hyperresonance...................[SY017]- The Center of Trade, Chesedonia...............[SY018]- The Dark Wings................................[SY019]- Analyzing the Fon Disc........................[SY020]- The Capital of Light, Baticul.................[SY021]- The Dark Wings Again..........................[SY022]- The Goodwill Ambassador.......................[SY023]- Encounter in the Rain.........................[SY024]- A Calling Voice...............................[SY025]- The Curse Slot................................[SY026]- Distant Feelings..............................[SY027]- The Horrible State of the Mines...............[SY028]- Becoming a Hero...............................[SY029]- The Qliphoth..................................[SY030]- Replica.......................................[SY031]- The Eyes in the Mirror........................[SY032]- Fomicry.......................................[SY033]

- Dirtied Hands.................................[SY034]- The Watchers' Home, Yulia City................[SY035]- The New Journey's Flavor......................[SY036]- Daath, Headquarters of the Order of Lorelei...[SY037]- Worrying About the War........................[SY038]- Rescue........................................[SY039]- The Silver World, Keterburg...................[SY040]- The Silver World, Keterburg...................[SY041]- The Incident in the Forest....................[SY042]- The Floating Capital, Grand Chokmah...........[SY043]- Collapsing Citadel............................[SY044]- The City of Craftsmen, Sheridan...............[SY045]- The Rescue and the Hover Drive................[SY046]- The Rescue and the Hover Drive................[SY047]- The Albiore and the Sinking Town..............[SY048]- The Passage Ring..............................[SY049]- The Binah War.................................[SY050]- Civilians in Wartime..........................[SY051]- The Cease-Fire................................[SY052]- A Fake Princess?..............................[SY053]- The Fate of the Villagers.....................[SY054]- A Prelude to Collapse.........................[SY055]- Diverging from the Score......................[SY056]- The Closed Score..............................[SY057]- The Baticul Incident..........................[SY058]- Through the Marsh.............................[SY059]- The City of Fon Machines, Belkend.............[SY060]

- An Unexpected Meeting.........................[SY061]- The Forbidden Text's Secrets..................[SY062]- After Him!....................................[SY063]- Rejoining Ion.................................[SY064]- Painful Memories..............................[SY065]- Preparing to Lower the Land...................[SY066]- The Place Where It All Started................[SY067]- Unifying the World............................[SY068]- Father and Daughter...........................[SY069]- Retrieving the Flightstone....................[SY070]


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- Treaty Preparations...........................[SY071]- The Peace Treaty..............................[SY072]- Stopping the Core's Vibration.................[SY073]- The Effects of Lowering the Land..............[SY074]- Forgiveness and Uncertainty...................[SY075]- The Grand Maestro and the Volcano.............[SY076]- Distant Siblings..............................[SY077]- Showdown with the God-Generals................[SY078]- The Decisive Battle...........................[SY079]- The Score, Master, and Me.....................[SY080]- An Uncomfortable Home.........................[SY081]- Friendly Words................................[SY082]- Everyone's Feelings...........................[SY083]- The Plot Revived..............................[SY084]- People and the Score..........................[SY085]- The Approaching Evil..........................[SY086]- The Fon Master Offers Hope....................[SY087]- Ion's Legacy..................................[SY088]- The Weight of Hyperresonance and Life.........[SY089]- A Discovery on the Mountain...................[SY090]

- The Grand Maestro's Fate......................[SY091]- The Princess' Birth...........................[SY092]- Clinging to the Score.........................[SY093]- The Forgotten Island..........................[SY094]- The New Order of Lorelei......................[SY095]- As a Fon Master Guardian......................[SY096]- Truth and One's Place in the World............[SY097]- Where the Original Belongs....................[SY098]- Tower to Heaven...............................[SY099]- A Reason for Being Born.......................[SY100]- Those Who Were Driven Away....................[SY101]- Eyes on Me....................................[SY102]- Words Between Father and Daughter.............[SY103]- The Chosen Future.............................[SY104]- One Who Would Seize Glory.....................[SY105]- Casualties of the Score.......................[SY106]- Footsteps to the Finale.......................[SY107]- The Night Before..............................[SY108]- The Glorious Land.............................[SY109]- The Strength of Feelings......................[SY110]- Only Room for One.............................[SY111]- The Grand Fonic Hymn..........................[SY112]- A Raised Cross................................[SY113]- The Promised Time.............................[SY114]

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=======================| Introduction | |[INTRO] |======================================================================

======| The synopsis inside of Tales of the Abyss is unlike any other I'veseen in || an RPG before. Instead of just a general synopsis of what you'vedone, it |


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| is shown through Luke's eyes. It was executed well as you get to seehim || turn from a selfish, sheltered brat to a decent human being, even ifhe is || emo incarnate near the end. >.> The synopsis is also veryinformative, || giving information on the terms used in the game as they're explainedto || Luke.|======================================================================

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===================| Synopsis | |[SY000] |======================================================================

======| The core of the guide is this. There are a few entries that change/

|| appear depending on what you do during the course of the game. I haveput || the circumstances under the title of the entry where that happens.|======================================================================

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=================================| It Started with a Song | |[SY001] |======================================================================

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Remday, Rem-Decan 23, ND2018

Looks like it's going to be another boring day.

Not one thing has gone right over the seven years since mykidnapping, Ilose my memory... They keep me confined here... I keep gettingheadaches andhearing things all the time...

But today, Master Van came to the mansion, so maybe it won't be soboring

after all. Time to head over to the drawing room to see him!

I heard some really depressing news in the drawing room... MasterVan won'tbe able to come and train me for a while. Apparently this "Fon MasterIon" orsomebody from the Order of Lorelei disappeared, so he has to go help inthesearch. This really makes me mad!


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Since he has to go away, he said he'd give me some training today inthecourtyard.

But just as I was practicing with Master Van, I heard a strange song(a"fonic hymn," he called it... What's that?). It made me sleepy, andthen thisweird girl came in and attacked Van.

I tried to stop her, but all of a sudden some incredible powerappearedbetween us, and we were thrown into a valley neither of us werefamiliar with.

==================================| Nighttime in the Valley | |[SY002] |======================================================================

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The girl's name is Tear.She keeps talking about this "Seventh Fonon" and other stuff I don't

understand. She's got a pretty face, but a wretched personality. Shesaidshe'd take me back to the mansion, so we headed out of the valley.

There was a coach driver at the valley's entrance. He said he wasgoing tothe capital, so we paid the fair with Tear's pendant and got on. Whew...Finally I can relax.

I woke up in the coach to a huge noise outside. Apparently it was aMalkuth Land Dreadnaught chasing after some thieves called the DarkWings.

=============================| The Malkuth Empire | |[SY003] |======================================================================

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That's when we realized we weren't in the kingdom of Kimlasca, butratherthe Malkuth Empire--our enemy--instead. And the "capital" the coach was

heading for was Malkuth's capital Grand Chokmah, not Kimlasca'sBaticul. Butnow it's too late to turn around, because the Dark Wings blew up thebridgeback to Baticul when they fled. We ended up heading for the nearbyvillageof Engeve instead.

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| The Grocers' Hamlet, Engeve | |[SY004] |======================================================================

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We finally reached Engeve, the grocer's hamlet--part of the MalkuthEmpire. What a dirty, boring place.

But it looks like they don't call it the grocer's hamlet fornothing. Isaw a really good-looking apple while I was walking, so I picked it upandtook a bite, but all of a sudden this guy started yelling at me to payhim.We've had merchants at the mansion before, and I never had to payanything,so I didn't know what the heck was going on. I gave him some moneyanyway,to shut him up. I guess you always have to do this when you buysomething...

What a pain.

Afterwards, we headed to the inn, where people were talking aboutfoodgetting stolen. All of a sudden they started accusing me and took me toseeRose, the village leader.

There was this four-eyed guy named Jade from the Malkuth army atRose'splace, and he saw right away that I wasn't the food thief. Then FonMasterIon from the Order of Lorelei came in and said that some monsters calledcheagles were responsible, so they finally let me go. I'm still prettymad,though. I thought Ion was missing--what's he doing here? I wanted toask himabout a lot of stuff, but we decided to stay at the inn for the night.

We met this kid at the inn who said she was looking for Ion. Tearsaid thegirl's a Fon Master Guardian. A kid protecting a kid, huh? Anyway, I'mreallytired. Time to get some sleep.

Tear said we'd head for the border tomorrow, but all that businessabout

being called a thief really made me mad, so I decided to go to theCheagleWoods to set things straight once and for all. What do I care if Tearobjects? Tomorrow I'll go to the cheagles' nest in the northern forestandtear them apart!

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[SY005] |======================================================================

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That Ion showed up again, this time collapsed in the Cheagle Woods.Apparently the stuff about the cheagles bothered him too, so he came tocheckit out.

I found out that Tear's one of the Oracle Knights, too--and thatshe'sMaster Van's sister. Why the heck would anyone try to kill their ownbrother?

Just when I was going to ask tear about that, a cheagle appeared, sowewent after it. I can worry about Tear later... Right now, we have to dosomething about those cheagles.

The cheagle got away, but Ion said their nest is deeper inside theforest.

Ion looked like he'd just get in trouble again if we left him alone, soweended up bringing him with us. Tear argued a lot, but then again,that's allshe ever does.

We found some Engeve apples lying around in front of the cheagles'nest.So all those stupid things were responsible after all! I'll go in andsquishevery last one of them!

==============================| The Talking Cheagle | |[SY006] |======================================================================

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Inside the nest, there was a Cheagle Elder that could speak ourlanguage.Apparently this ring called the sorcerer's ring translates for them--not thatI really care.

According to the elder, a young cheagle named Mieu burned up thehome of

these other monsters called ligers, so the ligers came to the CheagleWoodsand said they'd start eating cheagles if the cheagles didn't bring themfood.I think they deserve it, but Ion went and said we should try toconvince theligers to stop.

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Mieu can use the power of the sorcerer's ring to breathe fire. Wecan usethis to burn up grass and stuff to open up passages. I guess we'll justhaveto be careful we don't start any forest fires.

The liger queen was protecting her eggs in the ligers' nest.Apparentlymost monsters are born from eggs. And because of the eggs, the queen wasreally touchy and not in the mood for conversation. She ended upattackingus, and she was really tough. I almost thought we couldn't beat her,but thenthat four-eyed guy from Engeve, Jade, showed up and helped us out. Wemanagedto defeat the liger queen, but I wish we could've avoided breaking alltheeggs in the process.

We weren't able to talk with the ligers, but it looks like theywon't be athreat anymore anyway, so we ended up going back to tell the CheagleElderabout it. What a pain. Apparently Jade had come here to pick up Ion, sohecame with us, but the Fon Master Guardian that had come with him leftearlier. Wasn't she supposed to be protecting Ion? Well, whatever.

We went and told the elder what happened, and somehow we got stuckwithMieu. I don't want any pets! But everyone else said to take him along,so Ifigured I'll bring him back to the mansion and let everybody play withhim.

Finally this food thief problem is taken care of. Let's get out ofthisdirty forest and start back to Baticul.

When we reached the edge of the Cheagle Woods, all of a suddenMalkuthsoldiers appeared and captured me and Tear. It turns out ol' four-eyessentback the Fon Master Guardian, Anise, to bring the soldiers here. Theytook usto the Land Dreadnaught Tartarus. And just when I thought I could go

home...Jeez!

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It looks like Jade took us into custody because he was investigatingtheSeventh Fonon reaction when me and Tear ended up in that valley.

Jade said he's taking Ion to Kimlasca to try and stop a war frombreakingout between Kimlasca and Malkuth. As soon as he found out I'm the sonof DukeFabre, he asked me to help him. He told me to go talk to people aroundtheTartarus, and if I decide I can trust them, to help him out.

What a bore...but I guess I might as well take a look around.

The Malkuth people don't seem so bad (aside from four-eyes). There'snopoint in trying to cause trouble, and I guess it would be pretty bad ifa wardid break out, so in the end, I decided to help.

It looks like what's going on is, Malkuth and Kimlasca could go towar at

any moment, and somebody called Grand Maestro Mohs from the Order ofLoreleiis making things worse. Ion managed to escape from Mohs, and now he'stryingto bring back peace.

But Tear says that Mohs is only working for peace and fulfillment oftheScore, and the one REALLY trying to start a war is Van.

What is she, nuts? There's no way Master Van would do anything likethat!

That really annoyed me, but it's not like she listens to me anyway,so Iguess I'll just wander around the ship some more.

I didn't really have anything else to do, so I was just wanderingaroundthe ship, when all of a sudden monsters attacked. They said there wereligersamong them. Ligers are those things we had to fight in the CheagleWoods,right? And there's a whole pack of them? They'll kill us in an instant!Wetried to escape from the Tartarus, but this guy called Largo the BlackLion,one of the Oracle Knights' "Six God-Generals," came and got in our way.

Hesaid he came to take Ion away...but isn't Ion like his boss orsomething?

And if he's with the Oracle Knights, that puts him under Master Van,too...so what's he doing here?

Largo used a fon slot seal on Jade, which made Jade unable to useany ofhis fonic artes. Things were looking bad, but Jade's pretty strong evenwithout fonic artes. He stabbed and killed Largo with his spear, and


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now hewants us to help him take back the Tartarus. Anise has gone to help Ion,while Tear and I head for the bridge with Jade.

When we got to the bridge, Tear used her fonic hymn to put all theOraclesoldiers to sleep. Tear and Jade went into the bridge to do something,butthey made me stay outside, like I was just getting in the way. I wasannoyedand bored, so I was messing with Mieu when all of a sudden the sleepingsoldier woke up and charged at me.

I reflexively swung my sword at him...and killed him. The commotionwokeup the rest of the Oracle soldiers, and we ended up getting captured.

=============================| The Meaning of War | |[SY008] |

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When I woke up in a cell, Jade and Tear started talking aboutrescuing Ionand escaping from the Tartarus. That means we'd have to fight peopleagain,but they don't even blink at that... And they even started saying I wasaburden, so I decided to fight too. I mean, it's not like I want toswing asword at other people, but I can't stand them making fun of me likethat.

Jade broke out of the cell and activated an emergency shutdownsystem he'dput in the Tartarus. But before we can escape, we'll have to get backourequipment that was taken from us. I wonder where it is...?

We found our equipment pretty quickly. Now we just have to find Ionandget out of here. We're heading for the port hatch, where we can get Ionback.Let's hurry.

We waited in ambush for the Oracle Knights to show up again, and

eventually a woman named Legretta came back with Ion. ApparentlyLegrettaused to be Tear's instructor.

Come to think of it, Tear was with the Oracle Knights too, wasn'tshe? Howcome they're all fighting each other? I remember her saying somethingaboutfactions...

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away,another Oracle Knight named Arietta appeared, and we almost got capturedinstead. But then Guy came from out of nowhere and saved us. He saidhe'dcome looking for me after I disappeared from the manor. That's Guy foryou!

Ion said that when Anise came to rescue him, she got into a fightwith anOracle soldier and got thrown out of the Tartarus. He didn't knowwhether shesurvived, but if she's still alive she should be heading for a towncalledSt. Binah.

=====================| Resolution | |[SY009] |======================================================================

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On the way to St. Binah, Ion collapsed. Talk about a wimp, sheesh. Ohwell, I guess we'd better take a rest now.

While I was explaining the situation to Guy, some Oracle Knightsattackedus all of a sudden. We managed to take care of them, but I couldn't getmyself to kill a real live person...and Tear ended up getting hurtbecause ofit. We ended up staying overnight here to let Tear's injury heal.

Everybody says that I don't have to fight, that it's perfectlynormal forcivilians to be afraid of killing.

But what they're really saying is that I'm just in the way. I don'twantto be treated like that, so I decided I'm going to make myself do it. Idon'twant to kill people, but if I have to do it in order to survive, then Iguessthere's not much choice.

Everyone accepted my resolution and now we're off to St. Binah again.

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| The Citadel, St. Binah | |[SY010] |======================================================================

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We finally reached St. Binah, but Oracle Knights had closed off theentrance. Dammit, they got ahead of us! But as we were thinking aboutwhat todo, a wagon from Engeve came by to deliver food supplies, so we hitcheda


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ride and snuck in.Now we have to find Anise without those Oracle soldiers finding us.

Aniseshould be waiting at the Malkuth base inside the town.

It was the Oracle Knights' Six God-Generals that had blocked off thetown--though only five of them were here. They weren't able to find us, sotheyopened up the entrance again and left. If only they'd left earlier, wewouldn't have had to go to so much trouble to get in.

Anise wasn't in the Malkuth base.When she found out that the Oracle soldiers were watching St. Binah,

sheleft a letter for us and went on ahead. The letter said that she'd gonetoKaitzur, which Jade said is on the other side of the Fubras River to thesouth. So, now we're heading for the Fubras.

==========================| Ion's Situation | |[SY011] |======================================================================

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Ion collapsed yet again. Man, he sure is weak. I guess we'll have tostopand rest for the night.

Apparently Ion collapsed because the Oracle soldiers were dragginghimaround to the Sephiroth.

Sephiroth are something like the planet's vital point. I wanted tofindout what they were doing there, but Ion said it was a secret of theOrder andwouldn't tell me.

We just saved his butt and this is how he acts?!

===========================| The Fubras River | |[SY012] |======================================================================

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We reached the Fubras River, but the bridge was washed out, so now itlooks like we'll have to walk across.

The place is full of monsters, and we'll have to get our feet wet...Whata pain.

We managed to make our way through the monsters and across theriver, butthen Arietta from the Oracle Knights' Six God-Generals found us. She


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said shewanted revenge on us for killing her mother. Apparently she meant theligerqueen that we killed in the Cheagle Woods. But really, who would everthink amonster could be a human's parent?

Just when it looked like we'd have to fight, an earthquake hit, andArietta collapsed. A crack broke open in the ground, and a poison gascalled"miasma" or something started flowing out. We couldn't go anywhere withallthe miasma, but then Tear started singing a different fonic hymn thanthe oneshe'd been using until now, and all of a sudden the miasma disappeared.Shesaid the hymn's power temporarily shields us from the miasma, but itdoesn'tlast long.

When we were about to get going, Jade suddenly moved to kill

Arietta. Itstartled me and I stopped him--I mean, how could you kill someone whenthey're out like that?

Ion also asked Jade to let her go, so we left her there and headedforKaitzur.

=======================================| The Border Fortress, Kaitzur | |[SY013] |======================================================================

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When we reached Kaitzur, Anise was stopped at the border because shedidn't have a passport, so we were finally able to catch up to her. Shekeptthe letter from Malkuth about the peace treaty safe, so that's arelief. Butthen we were suddenly attacked by Asch, one of the Six God-Generals. Igottaken by surprise, but then Master Van appeared--he'd been looking forme!

I guess Asch must've been afraid of Van, because he ran away, butthenTear looked like she was going to kill him. When are things finallygoing to

calm down?!

Anyway, Master Van convinced Tear to put her knife down, and wedecided togo to the inn to hear from Master Van about what's going on.

Tear seems to think Master Van's trying to start a war and that theOracleKnights came and attacked because Van told them to. But Master Van saysthe


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Six God-Generals have taken the side of Grand Maestro Mohs and thatthey'removing under his orders instead of Van's.

Obviously I believe Master Van over Tear. He came to look for me,afterall, and he saved me from Asch, too.

Master Van was surprised to see Ion here after having been lookingforhim. When he found out that Ion was trying to negotiate a peace treaty,Master Van even said that he'd tell the Six God-Generals to stay out ofourway. He said he didn't know whether they'd listen, but he is Master Van,after all!

As for Tear, she only said that she was looking for some SeventhFonstoneor something left behind by Yulia, and didn't really tell me anything.What aloser. She'd be really pretty if she didn't open her mouth so much.

Anyway, so Master Van brought some passports for us so we couldcross theborder and head for the Kaitzur military port further to the south.Finally Ican get back to Kimlasca! Though it'll be a pain to get confined in themansion again...

===============================| Disaster at the Port | |[SY014] |======================================================================

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When we reached the Kaitzur military port, there was some sort ofcommotion going on, and all of a sudden we heard a scream and amonster'sroar. Sounds like trouble...

And trouble it was. Almost all the ships in the harbor had beendestroyed,and a bunch of soldiers were lying dead on the ground. We werewondering whatwas going on, and then we saw Master Van fighting with Arietta from theSixGod-Generals. That damn Arietta caught up with us already.

Arietta kidnapped the maintenance chief from the port, told me andIon togo to Choral Castle, and then flew off on a monster. Did she do allthat justto get us to follow her? We started thinking about what to do, butMaster Vansaid he'd take care of Arietta, and that we should head back to theKaitzurborder checkpoint to wait until a ship's ready. That certainly would bethe


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easiest thing to do, but...

When we were about to leave for Kaitzur, one of the engineers cameandasked us to bring their chief back. Ion said we should go save him, soweended up heading for Choral Castle. Sorry, Master...

Choral Castle is a place east of here that belongs to Father.Apparentlyit's where I was found after Malkuth kidnapped me, not that I rememberit oranything. Anyway, let's see what's there... Who knows--maybe I'll evenremember something.

=================================| Searching for Memories | |[SY015] |======================================================================

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Or maybe not. Even after we reached Choral Castle, nothing came backtome. Oh well, that's not important now anyway--we have to go find thatmaintenance chief. Let's head inside and look for him.

We found a lock on a door that couldn't have belonged to Father, andonthe other side was a room with a strange machine in it. We were lookingaround trying to figure out what it was, when Anise was startled by amouseand jumped onto Guy's back. All of a sudden Guy let out a terriblescream andthrew Anise off.

That really took me by surprise. I knew Guy wasn't good with girls,butI've never seen him so scared like that. He said he lost his familywhen hewas young, and there was probably something that happened then thatmade himafraid of women. I never knew Guy had a past like that... I only eversaw himin the manor.

Jade was acting weird, too. He looked like he recognized the

machine, buthe wouldn't tell us anything about it. We ended up just leaving itbehind andheading on to find the maintenance chief.

We eventually found out that Arietta was on the roof.

But as soon as we reached the roof, one of Arietta's monsters cameandgrabbed me. I blacked out, but I thought I heard something about


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opening mysynchronized fon slots or something... (What the heck are "synchronizedfonslots"?) When I came to, I was lying on that machine we saw earlier.Sync,one of the Six God-Generals, was there too, but when I was about to askhimwhat was up, everybody came back and found me, and Sync fled the scene.

As Sync was leaving, he dropped a fon disc. Guy picked it up andsaid weshould try and find somewhere to analyze it. I thought I saw Sync'smask falloff too, but I couldn't see his face. I wonder if Guy did? Not that Iactually care what he looks like.

Anyway, the maintenance chief is on the roof, so we'll have to gobackthrough all that again to rescue him. What a pain.

Arietta was waiting for us on the roof again, but I wasn't about to

fallfor a stupid trick like that twice. We dodged the monsters' attacks andknocked Arietta out. Jade was about to kill her again, but Ion saidhe'd takeher back and have her stand before an inquiry.

Then, Master Van arrived, and he agreed with Ion.

Apparently Master Van found out that we hadn't arrived in Kaitzur,so hecame to meet us here. I guess we ended up causing him trouble after all.

We handed Arietta over to Master Van and started back for the Kaitzurmilitary port.

=========================| A Trip by Ship | |[SY016] |======================================================================

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At Kaitzur, the ship we were going to ride was already beingrepaired. Itwas going to be a little while, so we decided to stop in and see CountAlmandine, who's in charge of the port.

Count Almandine was angry that Arietta, a member of the Order of

Lorelei,had attacked Kimlascan soldiers. I can't blame him, either. Ion wasapologizing profusely... I guess being the Fon Master must be tough.

Come to think of it, it's my job to see that Ion and Jade make it toBaticul to see my uncle, isn't it? I remembered that and figured I'd askCount Almandine to send a pigeon to Father. It'd be handy if we couldusefonic or fontech or something to send a message, but apparently there'sno


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way to do that.

Anyway, when I told Count Almandine who I was taking along, hisexpressionchanged completely. That's right, Jade's an enemy of Kimlasca... Well,it wastoo late to take it back, and Count Almandine said he'd send off thepigeonanyway. The ship still wasn't ready, so we decided to spend the nighthereand leave in the morning. Now I'll get to travel with Master Van! Thisisgreat!

======================================| The Power of Hyperresonance | |[SY017] |======================================================================

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I've never been on the sea before, but this isn't bad. Well, asidefromthe headaches, but I'm used to those by now.

Master Van sent for me, so I headed for the deck.

On the way to see him, I met Tear. It seems like she's finallyfigured outthat I'm not a Seventh Fonist.

But...I still don't really know what a Seventh Fonist is. I mean,theycame up in my studies, but back then I had so much else to learn--myparents'faces, the language... I'd even forgotten how to walk. I guess I justdidn'thave time to think about the rest of the world...

When I said that to Tear, she suddenly started acting nicer to me andexplained all about Seventh Fonists.

Turns out Seventh Fonists are fonists who can use the Seventh Fonon--mostly healers and Scorers. The Seventh Fonon is this new fonon that wasdiscovered after the basic six elemental fonons, and it can only beused bythose born with the ability.

Apparently, I'm able to use the Seventh Fonon, and that's why Tearmistookme for a Seventh Fonist.

Out on the deck, I got another one of those headaches, and thensomethingstrange happened. I suddenly lost control of my body, and startedhearingthings. Then I started moving like somebody was controlling me, and Imade


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part of the ship disappear. Just when I thought the whole ship would bedestroyed, Master Van appeared and stopped whatever it was that washappening.

Master Van said that the thing I did that made part of the shipdisappearis called hyperresonance, and it's the same thing that happened to meandTear when we were thrown out into that valley.

Hyperresonance is an interference phenomenon that can destroy allmatter.It happens when two Seventh Fonists use the Seventh Fonon at exactlythe sametime under certain conditions. But...apparently I can causehyperresonanceall by myself. Master Van said Malkuth kidnapped me for that power, andKimlasca kept me confined so they could use me in war. Does that mean Iwasgoing to be trapped in the manor until a war started?!

Master Van didn't deny that. He did tell me how I could get aroundit,though.

His solution was for me to become a hero. See, if I can personallystopthe war, I'll become a hero, and then they won't be able to keep meconfinedany longer!

That was when the ship reached Chesedonia, which put an end to ourconversation. We'll have to change ships in Chesedonia to get toBaticul. Idecided to take a look around the town.

==========================================| The Center of Trade, Chesedonia | |[SY018] |======================================================================

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As soon as we reached Chesedonia, Master Van separated from us. Hesaid hehad to turn Arietta over to an Order of Lorelei inspector, and thathe'd be

coming to Baticul later. Unfortunately, we have to leave before that.

Damn, and just when I could've heard more about how to become ahero...

Oh well. I guess I'll head down to the Kimlasca consulate to see iftheship's ready yet.

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autonomousstate all by himself. He had a machine for analyzing fon discs, too, sowehad him analyze the disc we picked up in Choral Castle. The results werepretty long, though, so we decided to wait and read them on the ship.Now allwe have to do is board that ship and we'll be headed for Baticul. Theyshouldknow at the Kimlasca consulate whether it's ready or not.

Just as we left Astor's mansion, Sync of the Six God-Generalssuddenlyattacked us, apparently to get that fon disc back. He succeeded inthat, butwe managed to hold on to the analysis results. We escaped from Sync,ran tothe port and jumped onboard the ship for Baticul. Guy got hurt alittle, butonce we were at sea, we were safe.

On the ship, we started going through the fon disc analysis results,withJade doing most of the explaining. The data on the fon disc was aboutisofons.

It seems people (and in fact everything else in the world) each haveadifferent fonon frequency. When two things share the same fononfrequency,they're called "isofons"--but they can't exist naturally. The only waytofind them is to create them.

There's this technology called "fomicry" which allows replicas ofthingsto be made, but even if the replica looks the same as the original itwasmade from, the replica's fonon frequency ends up being different. Itlookslike the data on the fon disc was about research into technology forcreatingisofons. But it looks like we lost some of the results when Sync stolethedisc back, so we couldn't learn all the details.

Just as we were talking about that, the ship was suddenly attacked.The

Oracle Knights, again?! They just won't quit, will they... At this ratethey'll take over the ship, just like with the Tartarus. If that were tohappen here at sea, we'd be in real trouble, so we headed for thebridge toput a stop to them.

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too. He really got on my nerves, but we defeated him and made it safelyintothe Baticul harbor.

=========================| The Dark Wings | |[SY019] |======================================================================

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While I was wandering around Chesedonia, some weird chick came upall of asudden and started touching me. I wondered what was up with her, but itturnsout she was a pickpocket! She stole my wallet and tried to run away withthese other guys. What the hell! And they said they were the DarkWings! Thebastards! Getting in my way again!

Tear got my wallet back, but the Dark Wings got away. If I ever seethemagain, I'll rip them apart!

=================================| Analyzing the Fon Disc | |[SY020] |======================================================================

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We made it to the consulate, but the ship wasn't ready yet.

We had some time to kill, so we decided to go find this wealthy guynamedAstor to get the fon disc analyzed. Personally I couldn't care lessabout thefon disc, but I do want to see Chesedonia, so I decided to go along.

========================================| The Capital of Light, Baticul | |[SY021] |======================================================================

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General Goldberg and General Cecille were waiting for us at the

port. Theysaid they'd take me back to the manor and Ion and the others to thecastle,but then what about my chance to become a hero and get myself free? Itoldthem I'd take everybody to the castle myself.

It's not like there's anyone here in Baticul who can overrule me, sotheyagreed to that, and now we're heading for the castle.


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This is the first time I've actually been in Baticul since I lost mymemory... It doesn't even feel like home anymore. Oh, well. Right nowwe needto head for the castle to see Uncle.

When we got to the audience room, someone was already there--GrandMaestroMohs, from the Order of Lorelei. I listened to him talk for a littlebit, buthe really bugs me. He talks like he's so special, even though he'sbelow Ion,and all he was doing was spouting lies to try and worsen ourrelationshipwith Malkuth. I guess he's the one behind all this war stuff... MasterVanwasn't doing anything. I bet Tear will change her tone about Mohs afterthis.

We gave the peace letter to Uncle, and then I heard that Mother'sfallen

ill. She's always been pretty weak... Apparently my cousin Natalia isvisiting her, and everybody else wants to see the manor, so we'reheadingthere now.

We ran into Father when we entered the mansion. He was with GeneralCecille, and he was cold to me, as always.

He seemed to be concerned about Master Van. Something worries meaboutthat...

When we reached the drawing room, Natalia was there, just back fromseeingMother.

I haven't seen her in a while, but she was playing the proper lady asalways. When I think about the fact that I'm engaged to her, it reallygetsme down. But Natalia told me something that startled me--apparently, mydisappearance is being blamed on Master Van kidnapping me, and he mightevenbe executed for it. No way! It's Tear's fault! I asked Natalia to talktoUncle about it, and she told me to remember how I proposed to her as akid.How am I supposed to remember that?

Anyway, Natalia went back to the castle to talk to Uncle. I hopeMasterVan will be okay...

When I went to see Mother, she was really happy that I'd come home.I wishFather was even half as nice.

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seemed relieved when Tear apologized for the incident.

Well, I've visited Mother, and I've seen Natalia... Might as well gogetsome rest.

When I returned to my room, Ion, Jade and Anise all said they weregoingback to the castle. Guy has some kind of report to make too, and evenTearfinally left. It's been a long time since I was alone. Finally I canget somegood rest in my own bed. Tomorrow I may be stuck in the manor, but fornowall I want is rest.

===============================| The Dark Wings Again | |[SY022] |

============================================================================

On the way to the castle, we saw the Dark Wings. They look like acircusact or something with those ridiculous outfits.

They tried to steal my wallet in Chesedonia... I'd better watch outforthem.

==================================| The Goodwill Ambassador | |[SY023] |======================================================================

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Gnomeday, Gnome-Decan 2, ND2018

I was worried it'd be back to the old boring days, but when I wokeup Iwas told to go to the castle because Natalia was calling me. It lookslike Iwon't be confined again after all. I wonder what happened to make themlet meout...? Well, whatever the reason, at least I get to go out. I wonder if

Natalia's heard anything about Master Van? Guess I'll hit the castleand findout.

I ran into Tear and Mohs whispering something to each other at thecastleentrance.

They were saying something about the Seventh Fonstone... Is that theScorethat Tear's looking for? Then Mohs noticed me, but he seemed to be in a


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better mood than yesterday. He told me Jade was in the audience hall. HeREALLY bugs me.

I entered the audience hall with Mohs and Tear, and Jade was waitinginside. Uncle and Father were both there, and they told me to go to thetownof Akzeriuth in Malkuth as a goodwill ambassador from Kimlasca.

Apparently there's a bunch of miasma coming out from undergroundthere,and the people of the town are in bad shape. The road to Akzeriuth ontheMalkuth side is unusable and it's only reachable from Kimlasca, soMalkuthwas asking for help. They said that if we save Akzeriuth, it would be agoodstep toward peace.

To be honest, it sounds like a real pain and I didn't want to acceptit,but they said they'd free Master Van if I did, so I gave in. Then Uncle

toldme something unbelievable.

He said I'm the hero read in Yulia's Score.

Yulia's Score contains the world's future, and a part of the SixthFonstone that contains that Score is held by the Kimlasca-Lanvaldearroyalfamily. According to it, one of the royal family with red hair whoinheritsLorelei's power will lead the Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear toprosperity.

In other words, me.

If I go to Akzeriuth, Yulia's Score will come true, and Kimlasca willprosper. This is why they were keeping me in confinement, too. So if Igoalong with this and become a hero, I'll no longer have to be imprisonedin myown manor. Sounds good to me!

It's not just me going to Akzeriuth--Tear and Jade are coming too.Andthey said I could take Guy and Master Van along with me too. Yes! Now Icanfinally go on a trip with Master Van! He's in the underground cell--Ican't

wait to see him!

When I got to the underground cell, Master Van had just beenreleased.There, I found out the true meaning of the Score.

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that's why Master Van said I was being held as a weapon...

The Order of Lorelei seems to believe that my presence will cause awarbetween Malkuth and Kimlasca, and Master Van was trying to keep me frombeingused as a tool of war. Here's his plan.

First, I'll go to Akzeriuth as a goodwill ambassador. The Score saysthatthe war happens when I move people out of Akzeriuth, so instead of doingthat, I'll use hyperresonance to destroy the miasma in the town. Then,instead of returning to Kimlasca, I'll follow Master Van to Daath. Thatway,Kimlasca won't be able to use me.

Master Van's great! He's always thinking of me. I asked him why, andhetold me about something from my past that I've forgotten.

When I was young, I was put through lots of cruel experimentsbecause ofmy hyperresonance power, and so I asked Master Van to take me to Daath.Hetried to take me from the manor once to fulfill my wish. So thatkidnappingthat everybody says was Malkuth's work was actually Master Van tryingto saveme.

Master Van said he'll make sure we get away this time. So I promisedtokeep the plan a secret, and we headed out of the castle to rejoineverybodyelse.

When we rejoined everybody outside, Jade had a real downer for us.He saidthe Oracle Knights were patrolling the sea, and that it was probablyMohstrying to stop me from getting to Akzeriuth. Man, what the hell! What apain... What's with those guys?

Jade suggested putting out a decoy ship and traveling over land toChesedonia instead.

Master Van agreed, and then said he'd ride on the decoy ship withthe rest

of the aid team. He said that it would make the decoy more convincing,but Iwant to stay with him!

He wouldn't listen to me, though, and we ended up having to travelseparately. So I'm stuck with the four-eyed devil, the cold-bloodedgirl, andGuy... It doesn't get any more boring than this. We should be able torejoinMaster Van once we get to Chesedonia, so we'll have to hurry.


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On the way out of Baticul, we ran into Anise. She said Ion'sdisappeared.According to an eyewitness, the Dark Wings kidnapped him and took himout ofthe city. Those Dark Wings sure like to cause trouble! Anise tried toleaveBaticul to find him, but Sync is keeping watch over the exit.

So now if we tried to leave Baticul, Sync would notice us and theOracleKnights would know the ship's a decoy.

That left us without a way out, but then Guy suggested going to anabandoned factory in the old city. We might be able to get outsidethroughit. He said there's an aircar that we can ride to the factory. Anisedecidedto come along to search for Ion, so the five of us headed for the aircarplatform.

================================| Encounter in the Rain | |[SY024] |======================================================================

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When we got to the abandoned factory, Natalia was waiting for us.She saysthat as a princess she can hardly overlook Akzeriuth's plight. ButAkzeriuthis part of Malkuth! Why should she care? That sense of justice, thatalwayswanting to help people--it's really annoying. But Natalia overheard meandVan talking, and she threatened to tell everybody about it, so I gavein andlet her come. Then Tear and everybody gave me nasty looks... Hey, I'mtheambassador! They should just do what I say!

We headed deeper into the factory ruins. Since it used to be afactory, itought to have facilities for disposing of waste water, which means weshouldbe able to get out. We'd better get looking.

We made our way through the factory, defeated a weird monster, andfinallyfound a way out of Baticul. It's pretty high up, so we'll have to take aladder down. Man, what a pain... And now we'll have to cross the desert.*Sigh*

I can't believe what I saw...

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landship I didn't recognize off in the distance, and Sync was takingIon offsomewhere... I ran up to try and save Ion, and then one of the enemiesturnedto face me.

That was the first time I saw Asch's face.

I felt like puking. I actually did puke later. Asch had the sameface asme. It felt like I was looking at myself in a mirror. I still can'tbelieveit... Even for twins we look too alike... What is he, anyway...?

Everyone else was surprised too, but we've got bigger problems. NowtheSix God-Generals know that we're traveling over land, and they got awaywithIon. I thought about going back to Baticul and taking a ship, butNataliasaid the port's closed off and we wouldn't be able to use it. We have

to saveIon anyway, so we ended up continuing our overland trek. For the moment,we'll head for the oasis while we keep watch for any sign of thatlandship.But man... just who is that Asch guy?

==========================| A Calling Voice | |[SY025] |======================================================================

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Just when we reached the oasis, I heard Asch's voice in my head. Itwaslike the voices I hear when I get those headaches, but I knew it wasAschthis time.

Asch told me that Ion's in the Zao Ruins. Why? He's our enemy, isn'the?Is he trying to make fun of us or what? I'm worried he's set a trap orsomething for us, but we don't have any other leads at the moment, so Iguesswe might as well head for the Zao Ruins and take a look.

We found the Zao Ruins buried in the sands. At least it'll be a

littlecooler underground than out in the sun. Okay, let's go find Ion!

Ion was deep down in the ruins. There was some sort of weird door,and Ionwas being made to perform a ritual there. The God-Generals Sync andLargotried to stop us from taking Ion back, but we knocked them out of theway.Asch had been just watching us, but then all of a sudden he came and


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attackedme--using the same sword techniques I learned from Master Van. Thetiming,the distance--everything was the same. It was disturbing.

Anyway, Sync came in and broke us up, then offered to give back Ionaslong as we left. That worked out well for both sides, so we agreed, andheaded out of the Zao Ruins.

Come to think of it, Guy seemed concerned about Sync. I wonder why...

When we got out of the Zao Ruins, I asked Ion what he'd been made todohere. He said that there's a Sephiroth here, and that the Six God-Generalswanted him to remove the "Daathic seal" that was protecting it.

But he didn't say anything about what the seal was for. I don't likethisOrder of Lorelei... They keep too many secrets.

If he's not going to tell us anything, there's no point in stayinghereany longer. We'll all burn up out here like this, and Master Van'swaitingfor us in Chesedonia. Let's get moving.

=========================| The Curse Slot | |[SY026] |======================================================================

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We finally reached Chesedonia, but just as we were about to takecare ofthings at the Malkuth consulate, I got another one of those headachesandstarted hearing voices again. We decided to take a little break at theinn,just to be safe.

We headed for the inn, but all of a sudden I couldn't control mybody. Itseemed like Asch was controlling me instead. He made me pull out mysword andattack Tear, even though I didn't want to. The headache got so bad I

passedout, and got carried to the inn. How embarrassing...

Jade says that Dist probably did something to me back in ChoralCastle.I'd actually forgotten about that. He said that unless we can find Distthere's not much we can do about it.

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to Akzeriuth, and everybody else decided that we could protect him fromtheOracle Knights that way. They all ignored me. I'M the ambassador,dammit!Don't leave me out of things!

Ion and Anise ended up coming along, making seven of us. I just wanttocatch up to Master Van.

Master Van should be in Chesedonia. We'd better hurry to the Malkuthconsulate.

At the Malkuth consulate, we found out that Master Van had alreadyleftfor Kaitzur. Dammit, if only we hadn't gone off to save Ion! Just as wewereabout to go after him, this time Guy suddenly grabbed his arm like hewas inpain, and then he threw me back like he was being controlled. Apparentlysomebody used something called a curse slot on him, which allowed him

to becontrolled. We were going to call a doctor, but he said not to worry,andthat we should go and get on the ship. Ion said the power of the curseslotweakens with distance from the user, too, so we decided to leaveChesedoniaas soon as we could.

As soon as the ship left Chesedonia, Guy started feeling better. Iguessthe user of the curse slot must have been in Chesedonia. That's arelief.

Now we just have to catch up with Master Van.

===========================| Distant Feelings | |[SY027] |======================================================================

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We finally made it to the Kaitzur military port. Now we just have toheadfor Akzeriuth. I want to meet Master Van soon.

We'll have to cross the Deo Pass to get to Akzeriuth. If we don't

catch upwith him there, I probably won't be able to meet him until we reachAkzeriuth...

We reached the Deo Pass, but Master Van wasn't there. I guess hemust bein Akzeriuth already. When I said we shouldn't have wasted time in thedesert, everybody got mad at me. I'm the ambassador--I'm the one who'simportant in making peace, not Ion! What's wrong with calling somethinga


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waste of time if that's what it is? We don't need Ion anyway, so what'stheirproblem? I can't stand these people. I just want to get over the DeoPass andto Akzeriuth as soon as I can, so I can rejoin Master Van. Then I canlosethese idiots too.

Bastards, every one of them!On the way through the Deo Pass, Legretta from the Six God-Generals

attacked us...or more like, she came to talk to Tear into going withher. Andshe called me a defect, the jerk! Everybody else started talking aboutforbidden technology, and about Ion's knowledge of it, and a bunch ofotherstuff I didn't understand. They totally left me out. I'm theambassador! I'mthe most important one here--the chosen hero! You can all just go tohell!

As long as Master Van's with me, that's all I need. I want to find

himsoon.

==========================================| The Horrible State of the Mines | |[SY028] |======================================================================

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Akzeriuth was full of miasma, with people lying on the groundeverywhere... What a dirty place. Everyone started talking about how tosavethem--they weren't even worried about catching whatever those peoplehad. Ijust want to find Master Van--he'll know what I need to do.

Apparently Master Van headed into the mine with the vanguard. I'dbetterhurry after him.

When we were about to enter the mine, an Oracle Knight came up andcalledTear back because he said they found the Seventh Fonstone. I keepgettingconfused because there are good Oracle Knights and bad ones... All Iknow is

that Mohs and the Six God-Generals are enemies, while Ion and MasterVan areallies.

It seems like Tear's real purpose was to look for the SeventhFonstone, soIon agreed and she left. What a relief not to have to deal with thatunsociable girl. Anyway, after Master Van!

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collapsed--it looked really bad. And I still couldn't find Master Van anywhere.And thenI heard Asch's voice in my head, and he told me not to go any farther.Whyshould I listen to a God-General, huh?!

==========================| Becoming a Hero | |[SY029] |======================================================================

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We split up to check out the area, and I finally found Master Van atthefar end of the mine.

There was one of those weird-looking doors behind him like we saw inthe

Zao Ruins (a Daathic seal, was it?). When I approached him, he told Iontoopen the door. Apparently there's something called a "passage ring" inthere,and if I use my hyperresonance on it, the miasma will disappear. MasterVanand I made Ion open the seal, and we headed inside.

We reached the passage ring, and with Master Van's help I caused ahyperresonance.

There was a blinding flash of light and an incredible wind. I feltsomesort of power flowing out of me, and I couldn't stop it. The whole placeshook and started to fall, passage ring and everything. Just then, TearandAsch arrived too.

I don't understand what happened after that.

Master Van called me "replica Luke." Asch yelled at me, "that waswhy Itold you to stop"... Akzeriuth collapsed, disappeared, and I lostconsciousness...

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| The Qliphoth | |[SY030] |======================================================================

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When I came to, we were in some sort of underground world. ApparentlyAkzeriuth disappeared--collapsed into the underground--but Tearprotected uswith her fonic hymn. But Akzeriuth, and everybody living there, weregone...


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Is it because I caused a hyperresonance...? No way... Better not tothinkabout it for now.

This underground world we fell into is called the Qliphoth. The landhereis like a bottomless sea of sludge, and the remnants of Akzeriuth, thepeoplewho survived the fall, got swallowed up by that sea. The only thingleft isthe Tartarus, with its emergency buoy. We fled to the Tartarus beforewe sunkinto the sludge as well.

Tear seems to know a lot about the Qliphoth. She says there's a placecalled Yulia City west of here, so we started out to find it.

The Qliphoth really is empty...no matter how far we go, there'sstill nosign of Yulia City.

While we were traveling, Tear told us something incredible.

The land we lived on was once here in the Qliphoth. Here, they callourland the "Outer Lands," which were made by taking the land from theQliphothand raising it up into the air.

About 2000 years ago, Auldrant became covered in miasma. Legend saysthatthe miasma was sealed underground with Yulia's Score, but in reality,thecrust of the planet itself was raised into the air, trapping the miasmaunderneath it.

The Sephiroth were used to hold the Outer Lands up, by takingadvantage ofthe power that collects at those vital points. And it was the passagerings,protected by Daathic seals, that controlled them.

So what I used hyperresonance to destroy was not the miasma, but thepassage ring and the pillar supporting the Outer Lands...

But I didn't know anything about it, so it's not my fault. Everybodykeepson blaming me--it's not my fault! I didn't make this happen! Master Van

saidto do it, after all. I was just trying to help! It's not my fault! Whyiseverybody leaving me? It's not my fault...

Master isn't feeling well, so I'm writing in his place. Mieu!

Yulia City was behind a big waterfall.

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=========| Replica | |[SY031] |======================================================================

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When the Tartarus reached Yulia City, Asch was there. Asch said thatMaster is a replica of him. Is that why they look the same?

Master got angry and said that he wasn't a replica, and Asch wasreallyangry about Akzeriuth, so they got into a fight.

After the fight, Master passed out. I can understand, with all thesadthings that happened. Poor Master.

=================================| The Eyes in the Mirror | |

[SY032] |======================================================================

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...What does Mieu think he's doing, writing in my diary? Oh well.

While I was unconscious, everyone cut their ties with me. Not that Iblamethem. I really was an idiot...

Anyway, they all decided to work with Asch, so they could get backto theOuter Lands and he could use the Tartarus to get around.

Of course, I only heard that secondhand, because I was still out atthetime. But I'm kind of relieved... At least I didn't have to see themgivingup on me.

Afterwards, Asch sent his voice into my head again. He says it's achannelthat connects the two of us, usable because the two of us areisofons...because I'm a perfect replica of him, down to the fononfrequency.That's why he's able to talk to me like that. ...I don't want to admitit,

but I guess I really am a replica.

Asch told me to try and control him. Of course I tried, but in theend Icouldn't tell whether I really was controlling him or he was justmoving onhis own. In any case, for a time I was able to see things with Asch'seyesand send my voice to him.


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Asch plans to meet with Tear's grandfather Teodoro, the mayor ofYuliaCity. I guess I'll just watch for now.

Asch was working on a plan to use the Sephiroth to raise theTartarus backup to the Outer Lands. Teodoro said that there was still enough powerleft inthe Sephiroth at Akzeriuth to do that, if only once.

The plan succeeded. Asch, Jade, Natalia, Anise, Ion...and Guy--allof themmade it safely back to the Outer Lands inside the Tartarus.

Asch wants to head to Belkend. Apparently there's a fon machinelaboratorythere that Master Van's been using, and Asch wants to find out whathe's upto.

So I really was tricked and betrayed by Master Van... I have no ideawhyhe wanted to make me destroy Akzeriuth. Maybe it would be best to tryandfind out, like Asch says.

Everyone else on the Tartarus wanted to return to their homelands,butthey ended up deciding to work with Asch for a while. They're headingeast toBelkend now.

The group reached Port Belkend, a small town north of Belkenditself. Iwonder what'll be revealed in Belkend? At any rate, we have to headsouth toget there. (Though it'll be Asch doing the walking.)

So Belkend is part of Father's lands... It's the first time I'veever seenit.

Asch seems to think we can learn something about what Master Van'stryingto do at Fon Machine Laboratory I, here in Belkend. We'll just have toheadthere and see what we can find.

At the laboratory, Asch's group encountered a researcher namedSpinoza.Asch says that Spinoza was involved in his--no, in the original Luke'skidnapping, and that he's studying the use of fomicry on living things.

And it turns out that Jade is the one who invented the technology offomicry itself. I never knew that Jade was such an incrediblescientist...

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well. Hesaid something about a preservation project... What could that be? Itsoundedlike it had something to do with fomicry and replicas.

After listening around, a place called Ortion Cavern started to soundsuspicious. A chemical called fonimin that's needed for fomicry can beobtained there, and if Master Van's researching fomicry, he'd need lotsoffonimin. With no other clues, the decision was made to head for OrtionCavern.

But just then, Guy announced that he was leaving. He'd always beenworriedabout me, and now he said that he wanted to wait for me to return,trustingthat I could recover.

Guy... Thanks. He even said it without me present, which made mereallyhappy.

Guy left the others at Belkend, and Asch and the rest headed west forOrtion Cavern, on the Radessian continent.

==================| Fomicry | |[SY033] |======================================================================

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The walls of Ortion Cavern were full of strange minerals that lookedalmost like mirrors. I hope we can learn something about Master Van'splanhere. All we can do for now is head deeper inside and look around.

At the far end of the cave was some fomicry equipment.Jade began investigating the equipment, and discovered that the

researchbeing done here was for making a replica one-tenth the size of Auldrantitself. He also found replica data taken from the people of thedestroyedisland of Hod, almost like they were planning to revive Hod.

But it looks like this facility hasn't been completely abandoned--therewere two cheagles probably used in experiments, an original and itsreplica.

According to Jade, replicas' abilities tend to be inferior to theiroriginals. He also said that sometimes the extraction of replica datacanhave a negative effect on the originals, sometimes even killing them.

For an instant, I was worried that the same thing might happen toAsch,but Jade said that always happened within ten days at most, so if Aschisstill doing this well after seven years, he has nothing to worry about.I was


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relieved, but Asch still seemed concerned about something. I wonderwhat?Jade also mentioned that something different can happen to perfectreplicas,so maybe that's what's bothering him.

Anyway, Asch apparently found what he came for. We learned thatMaster Vanis trying to create some sort of huge replica, possibly the destroyedislandof Hod. But what does that have to do with the loss of Akzeriuth? In anycase, Asch said he was leaving Ortion Cavern, and everyone followed.

At the exit, an earthquake occurred. Asch said that the earthquakemightbe a precursor to the area around St. Binah falling. Since I destroyedthepillar at the Akzeriuth Sephiroth (he called it a "Sephiroth Tree"), theother Sephiroth have been affected as well. What have I done...? Notonly

that, Master Van seems to be trying to get to the other well-protectedpassage rings to use them to speed up the collapse of the outer Lands.St.Binah may really be in danger...

Just then, Asch suddenly cut off the channel between us, and Ifinallywoke up, not hearing anything else from Asch.

That's everything I saw through Asch while I was asleep.

========================| Dirtied Hands | |[SY034] |======================================================================

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When I woke up, I felt like I was back in my own body for the firsttimein a long time.

Mieu was waiting next to me. I wonder why, after how badly I'vealwaystreated him...? But I'm kind of glad he's here.

I may have returned, but I still don't know much about this place,

so Idecided to go find Tear first.

Tear was in the selenia garden.

I told her about the danger St. Binah is in, and asked about a wayback tothe Outer Lands. But Tear responded coldly. She said that I'm alwaysbasingwhat I do on what others say, that I never try and think for myself.


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That was when I first realized the truth. The truth that up untilnow,I've never even once really listened to anyone, considered their wordsordecided for myself what to do. And I knew that I wanted--that I had tochangethat. But I was doubtful Tear would believe simple halfhearted words,so Icut my hair. It's not that I really cared about my hair that much, but Iwanted to show that I was throwing away my old self.

Tear still didn't seem to really believe me, but I'm serious. I willchange.

But I don't even know a way to find out whether St. Binah really isgoingto collapse, much less how to save it if it is. Tear suggested thatTeodoro,the mayor of the city, might know something, so I decided to ask him for

information. This time, I'll think for myself, of course...and takeresponsibility for my actions.

I will never forget that.

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I met Teodoro and heard an unbelievable truth.The collapse of Akzeriuth was written in Yulia's Score, and happened

because it was destined to.And not only that. The destruction of Malkuth's Hod Island, which

led tothe biggest war in recent years, was likewise part of Yulia's Score.

So the people of Yulia City knew about both disasters ahead of time,andsimply let the people of both towns die. Even Tear, who knew that Hod'sfatewas written in the Score, hadn't known that it had simply been allowedto bedestroyed in order to fulfill the Score. She seemed pretty shocked tohearthat.

Unlike Tear, Master Van did know the truth about Hod. Teodoro saidthatalthough he hated it at first, he's come to be a fine watcher, workingas amember of the Order of Lorelei to ensure that the world follows Yulia'sScore. The Order of Lorelei itself is simply the presence of Yulia Cityinthe outer Lands, dedicated to directing the world along the pathwritten inYulia's Score toward the prosperity that the Score foretells. So the


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Order ofLorelei and Yulia City are connected at the top.

A new war between Malkuth and Kimlasca is also written in the Score,andthat's why Grand Maestro Mohs was trying to start a war, in order tofollowthe Score. Even Master Van's using me to destroy Akzeriuth was for thepurpose of the Score. It all comes down to Yulia's Score. If the Scoredoespromise a prosperous future, that's nice...but is that a reason to letpeopleliving now die?

When we asked about St. Binah falling, Teodoro said flatly that itwasimpossible, because the Score doesn't mention it. If we were stillworried,he said, we could use the Yulia Road, a fonic circle used fortransport, to

return to the outer Lands and see for ourselves. I headed back withTear toher house to make preparations for departure.

While we were getting our things packed, Tear told me a little bitabouther past.

She said that both she and Master Van were originally from HodIsland, onthe Outer Lands. When Hod was destroyed, it fell into the Qliphoth muchlikeAkzeriuth did. That time, Master Van used Yulia's fonic hymn tosurvive, andthe two of them were taken in and raised by Teodoro.

Contrary to what Teodoro was saying before, Master Van had alwayshatedthe Score, and one day Tear overheard him saying he was going todestroy theinhabitants of the outer Lands.

That's why Tear had decided to follow Master Van and stop him, evenat thecost of her own life. The duty of looking for the Seventh Fonstone waslikewise just a convenient excuse to stay near Master Van. It lookslike I've

misunderstood her all this time. What a stupid idiot I was...

We finished preparing for our return to the Outer Lands, and headedforthe Yulia Road to check up on St. Binah.

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located. We entered the fonic glyph and returned to the Outer Lands.

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The other end of the Yulia Road was a spring nestled in a smallvalley. Wearrived in an instant... Fonic artes really are incredible. At anyrate, we'dbetter hurry out through the nearby cave.

Guy was waiting for me in the cave. I was really glad to seehim...but I'mnot the real Luke, after all. I wonder if Guy's okay with that... Hesaid notto put myself down, but...I can't help worrying. Not that worrying

about thatwill get me anywhere. I have to get him to accept me as I am now. Firstwe'dbetter hurry out of this place.

When we reached the cave's exit, Jade showed up.But unlike Guy, Jade hadn't come here to wait for me. He was here to

askfor Guy's help to rescue Natalia and Ion, who had been captured by GrandMaestro Mohs. He treated me like I was just in the way. I didn't likeit, butI guess I can't blame him, given the way I used to be. Tear told methat it'snot easy to regain trust once I've lost it.

...Yeah, she's got a point. And besides, I don't have time for self-pityright now. We have to check up on St. Binah, and a war could start too.Ionand Natalia should be willing to help with both problems. It's time toheadfor Daath to rescue them.

On the way to Daath is a place called the Fourth Monument Hill. Thewholecity of Daath is visible from the top of the hill. So that's whereNataliaand Ion are being held... Jade said Anise is in Daath, trying to figure

outwhere they are. I guess we'll be rejoining her once we arrive.

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We rejoined Anise in Daath, and she had discovered that Natalia andIonwere being held in the underground Oracle Headquarters. Outsiders aren'tallowed to enter, so Tear is going to try and sneak us in as purportedwitnesses to the discovery of the Seventh Fonstone. First we have to seeMaestro Tritheim to obtain a pass to enter the Oracle Headquarters.

We succeeded in fooling Tritheim and obtaining a pass to the OracleHeadquarters. Okay, let's head underground.

=================================| Worrying About the War | |[SY038] |======================================================================

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On the way, we overheard Mohs and Legretta talking. It sounds like awarreally is about to start. We'd better find Natalia and Ion fast so we

canstop it.

=================| Rescue | |[SY039] |======================================================================

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We made it into the Oracle Headquarters, but there's no hint of whereNatalia and Ion might be. We'll have to stay low while we look for them.

We found Natalia and Ion in a room in the lower area of theHeadquarters.They were both doing fine. That's a relief, anyway...

Ion said that Master Van was trying to force him to open the Daathicsealson the Sephiroth. Just like Asch said, he must be trying to control theSephiroth to make the Outer Lands collapse. It's too dangerous to standaround here talking, so we decided to return to the Fourth Monument Hillbefore doing anything else.

We fled as far as the Fourth Monument Hill, but it looks likenobody'scoming after us. I guess they can't go and kidnap their leader in broad

daylight... They're not an evil organization, after all.

At this rate, a war's going to break out, and there's still thepossibility that St. Binah will collapse. But considering that Unclesent meto Akzeriuth, I have to assume Mohs has his ear. In that case, wedecided itwould be best to rely on Jade's connections to get help from EmperorPeony ofMalkuth.


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Fortunately, Asch left the Tartarus in Daath Bay for us, and it'scapableof traveling on the sea, so we're going to take it to Malkuth. Theport'snorthwest of the Fourth Monument Hill. We have to hurry.

Grand Chokmah, the capital of Malkuth, apparently closes off itsport whenthere's the threat of war, so we can't enter it from the sea. And notonly isJade probably thought lost in the Akzeriuth disaster, the Tartarus isbelieved to be in the hands of the Oracle Knights. It looks like wewon't beable to use it to get to Grand Chokmah directly. We'll have to land atRotelro Bridge, to the northeast of Chesedonia, and head for GrandChokmah onfoot.

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| The Silver World, Keterburg | |[SY040] |======================================================================

======| This version of the entry will occur if you try to head directly to|| Rotelro Bridge and don't do any sight-seeing in Keterburg ahead oftime. |======================================================================

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On the way to Rotelro Bridge, we encountered a defensive mine. Theresulting damage to the Tartarus was great enough that we could nolongerreach Rotelro Bridge, so we decided to stop at the nearby Keterburg Bayforrepairs.

When we reached the port, a Malkuth soldier tried to interrogate us,butJade's quick thinking got us out of that, saying that he would reportto thegovernor of Keterburg instead. We're now headed for the town ofKeterburg tomeet with the governor.

Wow! Nephry Osborne, the governor of Keterburg, is Jade's sister!

Nephrywas a really nice person, unlike Jade.

Repair of the Tartarus would take some time, so we decided to spenditlooking around the town.

But just as we were leaving, Nephry pulled me aside and told me tocomesee her alone, that she has something important to tell me. I wonderwhat it


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is...

Nephry wanted to tell me about the reason Jade invented fomicry. Idon'tknow how well I can sum it up, but I'll try and write it down here.

Basically, Jade thought up fomicry as a way to replicate a doll thatNephry broke. I guess that is kind of strange... Normally you'd justbuy anew doll. But anyway, that was the first replica he created.

Jade was a genius even when he was young, but he was never reallyable tounderstand the death of living things. He even killed harmless monstersjustfor fun. It was Professor Nebilim, a private teacher, who changed him.But anexperiment Jade performed out of curiosity went awry and killedProfessorNebilim. He used fomicry on her while she was still breathing to try and

revive her. That was the first living replica created...but even thoughitlooked like her, it turned into a monster. Jade then had himselfadopted bythe Curtiss family and entered the army, all in order to reviveProfessorNebilim.

Nephry wanted me, another replica, to act as a deterrent to Jade.She wasworried that he's still trying to revive Professor Nebilim. But hedoesn'tlook that way to me. I don't like him, but he does seem to have commonsense,at least now.

(He probably wouldn't want to hear that from me...)

Jade knew what Nephry had told me, and he said he's not trying toreviveProfessor Nebilim any longer. I think I can believe him when he saysthat...He understands death now. I saw that at Akzeriuth. So he'll be okay...Ithink.

Jade told me not to tell anyone about this. Yeah, I can't blame him.Iwouldn't know how to explain it anyway.

The following morning, the Tartarus was usable again. Time to getback oncourse for Rotelro Bridge.

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======| This version of the entry will be entered if you go to Keterburgdirectly || instead of heading directly for Rotelro Bridge.|======================================================================

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On the way to Rotelro Bridge, we stopped in at Keterburg Bay. Jadedidn'tseem very excited about it.

When we reached the port, a Malkuth soldier tried to interrogate us,butJade's quick thinking got us out of that, saying that he would reportto thegovernor of Keterburg instead. We're now headed for the town ofKeterburg tomeet with the governor.

Wow! Nephry Osborne, the governor of Keterburg, is Jade's sister!Nephrywas a really nice person, unlike Jade.

Maintenance of the Tartarus would take some time, so we decided tospend itlooking around the town.

But just as we were leaving, Nephry pulled me aside and told me tocomesee her alone, that she has something important to tell me. I wonderwhat itis...

Nephry wanted to tell me about the reason Jade invented fomicry. Idon'tknow how well I can sum it up, but I'll try and write it down here.

Basically, Jade thought up fomicry as a way to replicate a doll thatNephry broke. I guess that is kind of strange... Normally you'd justbuy anew doll. But anyway, that was the first replica he created.

Jade was a genius even when he was young, but he was never reallyable tounderstand the death of living things. He even killed harmless monstersjustfor fun. It was Professor Nebilim, a private teacher, who changed him.

But anexperiment Jade performed out of curiosity went awry and killedProfessorNebilim. He used fomicry on her while she was still breathing to try andrevive her. That was the first living replica created...but even thoughitlooked like her, it turned into a monster. Jade then had himselfadopted bythe Curtiss family and entered the army, all in order to reviveProfessor


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Nebilim.

Nephry wanted me, another replica, to act as a deterrent to Jade.She wasworried that he's still trying to revive Professor Nebilim. But hedoesn'tlook that way to me. I don't like him, but he does seem to have commonsense,at least now.

(He probably wouldn't want to hear that from me...)

Jade knew what Nephry had told me, and he said he's not trying toreviveProfessor Nebilim any longer. I think I can believe him when he saysthat...He understands death now. I saw that at Akzeriuth. So he'll be okay...Ithink.

Jade told me not to tell anyone about this. Yeah, I can't blame him.I

wouldn't know how to explain it anyway.

The following morning, the Tartarus was usable again. Time to getback oncourse for Rotelro Bridge.

=====================================| The Incident in the Forest | |[SY042] |======================================================================

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We landed at Rotelro Bridge to head over to Rugnica for GrandChokmah. Butbefore we reach the capital, we'll have to pass through Theor Forest,to thenorth of Rotelro Bridge. We've wasted enough time as it is... We'dbetter getmoving.

We reached Theor Forest, but perhaps in preparation for war, it wascompletely sealed off. We tried to convince them to let us through, butwecouldn't gain their trust yet, so we ended up waiting at the entrancewhileJade went to Grand Chokmah alone to get permission for us to pass.

While we were waiting, all of a sudden we heard a soldier scream inthedistance. That doesn't sound good... We'd better go see what'shappening.

Deeper in the forest, we found a soldier collapsed on the ground. Itseemslike he was attacked by Oracle Knights. They might be trying to breakthrough


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the forest. At any rate, let's try and get to Grand Chokmah!

Just when we were about to reach Grand Chokmah, Largo showed up andattacked us. So he's the one who attacked the Malkuth soldiers!

But just then, Guy started attacking me all of a sudden, controlledbythat curse slot. Ion said it was Sync that was controlling him. Thenanotherearthquake occurred, and we managed to notice Sync hiding. Apparentlytheywere trying to capture Ion. Finally some Malkuth soldiers showed up, andLargo and Sync ran off. We were able to protect Ion, but Guy's stillunconscious, and we all ended up being arrested and taken to GrandChokmah.

==============================================| The Floating Capital, Grand Chokmah | |[SY043] |

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At the entrance to Grand Chokmah, a soldier named General Frings tookcustody of us. Apparently he had come to meet us ad Jade's request. Hegot aroom for us at the hotel so we could cure Guy's curse slot. I was goingtofollow him in, but Ion stopped me.

Ion says that a curse slot can't make you do something you don'treallywant to do. So that means Guy must hate me enough to want to kill me.

I can't believe it... Is it because of Akzeriuth? Or did I hurt Guywithout knowing it...?

General Frings noticed my shock, and made some time for me before wewentto see the Emperor.

I guess I should try to cool myself down a bit...

I was really down and didn't feel like talking to anyone, but Tearbroughtme back to reality. Perhaps Guy did hate me once, she said, but even ifso,he still came back to wait for me at the Yulia Road exit.

...Yeah. I saw him express his trust in me, through Asch's eyes. Ifthereis a reason he hates me enough to want to kill me, I'm sure he'll tellmeabout it. I ought to trust him, just like he trusted me.

Okay, now's not the time to be sitting around depressed. Let's gofindJade and Natalia, and see the Emperor.


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General Frings led us into the castle, and we met with Emperor Peony.

There, we learned that things were just as bad as we had feared.

Kimlasca had declared war on Malkuth, accusing them of killing me andNatalia in the Akzeriuth incident. So that's why things are so tensehere...

And there are reports that the ground near St. Binah is sinking, soitlooks like there's a good possibility St. Binah really willcollapse...eventhough its collapse isn't written in the Score.

Even worse, the Malkuth army was just sitting around, despite beingableto guess at the danger to St. Binah. Apparently they thought thatAkzeriuthwas the work of Kimlasca, done in order to create a reason to go to

war, andthat if the Malkuth army moved to St. Binah, it would suffer the samefate.

I asked Emperor Peony to let us take care of evacuating the peopleof St.Binah. If we're the only ones to enter the town, the Malkuth army willbesafe, whatever happens. I thought we could gain his trust that way.

Jade also spoke up for us, and it was decided to implement the plan:wewould work with the forces stationed in St. Binah to evacuate thecitizens ofthe town. We've got to hurry to St. Binah now, but I'm still worriedaboutGuy... Is he doing okay? We should probably stop by the hotel before weleave.

When we reached the hotel, we found out that Ion had succeeded inremovingthe curse slot on Guy. Guy had already recovered, and he told me of hispast.

Guy was originally from Malkuth--he was the successor to the House ofCount Gardios, the family that controlled Hod Island. But t

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