Quotes
- On Sortied
- For my beloveds!
- On Entering a Room
- Let us press on and see our dreams fulfilled!
- When Quest Begins
- Let us end this fight together!
- Are you prepared to risk it all?
- Response to Beginning of a Quest
- Let us continue on to a brighter future.
- My resolve is steeled.
- When Controlling Character in Quest
- You called?
- When Receiving a Heal
- My thanks.
- I can fight once more.
- When Entering a Boss' Room
- This battle decides all!
- We will win for the sake of those we love!
- Response to Entering a Boss' Room
- Yes, let us end it now!
- Let us win the day!
- Upon Getting to Low Health
- My body is not yet broken!
- Am I to be pushed so far...?
- Upon Opening a Chest
- Perhaps Ilia can use this for her experiments.
- If you are happy with this, then so am I.
- Boss on Low Health
- One final push!
- It's time to end this!
- Boss Enters Break State
- Back to the depths with you!
- Now! Secure our victory!
- Rare Enemy Spawns
- A curious creature, no?
- Is that from another world?
- Upon Death
- I'm sorry, Ilia...
- I would sooner perish than be consumed by hate.
- Upon Revival
- I'll not lose what matters to me.
- When Using Weapon/Shared Skills
- Damage: Begone!
- Buff Self: Power wells within me.
- Buff Ally: Onward.
- Debuff Enemy: STAY out of my way.
- Heal Ally: Can you still fight?
- Heal Self: I'll not fall!
- Player Uses Damaging Skill
- Such skill!
- You're a prodigy too, I see.
- When Shape Shifting is Ready
- My heart and the dragon's burn as one!
- I shall reach across worlds and take your hand!
- Shape Shifting into Dragon
- We fly together, dragon.
- Idle During Quest
- Is your body weary?
- I must stop the hate...
- Quest Clear
- I'm glad I was able to protect those I love.
- Quest Failure
- I didn't possess the strength to protect what I love.
- Home Screen Walking
- This world is beautiful.
- I shall return to my friends.
- I dislike the darkness.
- Hunger is quite inconvenient.
- I learned a great deal today.
- Perhaps I will bring them something.
- Home Screen Inside
- If we could share our feelings without words, it would deepen our bond even more.
- There are things I lack, but also things only I have—this is what forms the core of my being.
- Ever since I gained this body, I grow tired at night—yet Ilia can go days without sleeping.
- I never knew how handy arms could be... I'm especially fond of using them to engage in a hug.
- Anger frightens me; it's easy to see how such a powerful emotion could consume you utterly.
- It is not a pure life that is beautiful, but a life that has known love.
- Home Screen Portrait
- This mouth is so handy! I can eat, I can talk, clearly she was right to give me one.
- My flesh is Ilia's greatest masterpiece. Would you care to see more? I don't mind stripping down.
- Is Meene also an alchemist? If not, how did she transform raw vegetables into this thing called soup?
- How do people hate? And since I take the form of a person, do I also possess this capacity?
- I will protect the people I love, even if it means making an enemy of the world.
- Collection Portrait
- People cry when they are happy, and laugh when they are sad. It is very complicated.
- I asked Ilia to replace the body of an injured bird. She refused, instead teaching me to provide medical aid to it.
- Books are fascinating! Particularly those depicting fanciful stories. How amazing humans are to create whole new worlds within mere pieces of paper!
- Could I remain as I am without Ilia?
- The reason I was born is surely so I may know love.
- Limited Lines
- Halloween:
- Dragonyule:
- New Year:
- Giving Valentine's:
- Receiving Valentine's:
- Anniversary Lines
- 2nd Anniversary: Salutations and congratulations on two years! I have grown rather accustomed to this world, but have you grown accustomed to me?
- At The Halidom
- Will you teach me something new?
- So many different species living together...
- What do you love?
- New Mana Circle Unlocked
- I feel myself growing stronger!
- On Mana Circle Fully Unbound
- This power is enough to overcome even the darkness of hatred!
- Upon Maxed Out Friendship
- In my original form, perfect yet empty, I did not know this feeling... This is love. I will fight with you to protect this world.
Adventurer Story Episodes
Thirst for Knowledge
Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai?
Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat.
Ilia: Yeah, it means you've gotten better. It's a good thing.
Mordecai: Goodthing. Happy then. Thank you, Ilia.
Zethia: Hee hee! Ilia and Mordecai almost sound like mother and son.
Zethia: It's giving me flashbacks to when I was a little girl living with my own mother.
Meene: I'm glad to see Ilia forming relationships with others, but...
Zethia: But his being an otherworldly life-form still worries you.
Meene: Yes. There's no telling what influence an organism removed from this world's laws might have.
Ilia: What should we work on next, Mordecai? I'm happy to teach you whatever I know!
Meene: That is a dangerous offer, Ilia.
Meene: You know dragons dislike creatures who are not of this world.
Meene: Offering one knowledge is tantamount to inviting it to dinner and giving it a bed.
Meene: You risk drawing the dragons' ire.
Ilia: If you worry about the worst-case scenario, you'd never get ANYTHING done! Sheesh! Besides, if they get mad, I'll deal with it.
Meene: Why must you ALWAYS be like this?! Do you not understand how much I worry about you?!
Ilia: And why must YOU constantly forget that I'm a grown woman who doesn't need protecting all the dang time?!
Zethia: Now, now! Let's all take a deep breath, calm down, and attempt to—
Ilia: Are we under attack?! I'll go check!
Meene: Ilia, no! Get back here!
Mordecai: That sound... I know...
Zethia: Huh?
Meene: What IS that charred and blackened thing?
Ilia: Yeaaah, this is one of my tools for experiments. Or it was, anyway.
Meene: Have you been doing dangerous experiments again?
Ilia: No! Do you seriously think I'd mess something this basic up?
Meene: Then who is responsible for it?
Mordecai: Try to imitate Ilia. But then...
Ilia: Wait, you tried to perform alchemy?!
Mordecai: Just wanted know more about what Ilia does...
Mordecai: But...broke. Scared everyone.
Mordecai: Meene right. Danger russ for me...learn.
Ilia: You're AMAZING! I can't believe you started experimenting all by yourself!
Ilia: Why would I be angry? This is a HUGE milestone in your growth!
Mordecai: Growth goodthing. But if I didn't want learn, not break thing.
Ilia: I think you've got the wrong idea, buddy.
Ilia: Gaining knowledge isn't a bad thing. All that matters is what's in the heart of the person who learns it.
Ilia: You said you conducted that experiment because you wanted to know more about the stuff I was doing, right?
Ilia: Well, there's nothing bad about that. It's just pure curiosity!
Ilia: You've done nothing wrong, and no one is blaming you for anything.
Mordecai: Even if not from world?
Ilia: Knowledge belongs to everyone, my man. We all have equal right to learn.
Ilia: Where you were born or what race you're from don't matter—no one's right to learn should EVER be denied.
Ilia: Mom, you crossed the barriers between faeries and humans and taught me all sorts of things.
Ilia: So how is that different from me teaching Mordecai?
Ilia: Plus, teaching him about this world will help PREVENT more accidents!
Ilia: You should know after raising me that there's no limit to curiosity.
Meene: *sigh* Very well. You win. I leave Mordecai's education to you.
Ilia: Thanks! ...See, Mordecai? Now you don't have to feel bad about learning!
Mordecai: What if break Ilia things again?
Ilia: Every success is built on a failure, buddy. That's just how you learn.
Ilia: But if you seek out the reasons for your failures and let them lead you to success, it's all worth it in the end.
Ilia: So let's study all sorts of things together. What do you say?
Mordecai: Thank you! Want learnmore about world! Muchmuch more!
A World of Beauty and Horror
Meene: Er, Ilia? Did I perhaps do something to offend Mordecai?
Ilia: I don't think so. Why do you ask?
Meene: Because lately he has been very busy simply...staring at me.
Ilia: Well, let's ask him. ...Hey! Mordecai!
Ilia: Why are you watching Meene, bud?
Mordecai: Because she is pretty.
Ilia: Do, uh...do you have a thing for her?
Mordecai: Meene's wings are very pretty. I want to look at them all the time.
Ilia: Oh, THAT'S what you meant. Whew! I thought you had a crush or something.
Ilia: Actually, don't worry about it. Do you like pretty things, Mordecai?
Mordecai: Oh, yes. Meene, can I take off your wings so I can see them more closely?
Meene: My wings are NOT removable!
Mordecai: Oh. Then can Ilia make faerie wings with alchemy?
Ilia: Hmmm... Synthesizing faerie wings sounds like an interesting challenge, honestly. Mind if I look into it, Meene?
Meene: Don't YOU start in with the crazy talk!
Ilia: Ha ha ha! Sorry. I was only kidding.
Ilia: You know, Mordecai, there are lots of pretty things besides faerie wings.
Ilia: Really. Here, lemme show you. Come with me, everybody!
Ilia: Yeah, this lake is one of my favorite hang-out spots. Super pretty, right?
Meene: A lakeside picnic is a wonderful idea!
Zethia: It truly is gorgeous here.
Mordecai: Does water always light up like this?
Ilia: That isn't the water lighting up, actually: It's sunlight reflecting on the surface.
Ilia: That's right. When light touches a surface, it bounces and scatters in a bunch of different directions.
Ilia: And THAT is what makes this scene so beautiful! Pretty cool stuff, huh?
Mordecai: Ah! Ilia! Was that a faerie in the sky?
Ilia: In the sky...? Oh! No, that wasn't a faerie. That's an animal called a bird.
Mordecai: Birds fly in the sky like faeries?
Ilia: That's right. They have wings just like faeries that let them fly.
Ilia: Hmm... Maybe I should have synthesized a body with some wings attached to it.
Meene: A good parent knows not to spoil her child.
Zethia: Hee hee! ...Hmm? Oh dear! The mana flow is starting to warp!
Ilia: Whew! The sound was pretty far off. And since it was just once, it was probably just a test round.
Meene: Still, it gave me quite a start. Why would the army be doing training exercises here?
Mordecai: Ilia, let's go to the sound right now!
Mordecai: The bird fell down. We have to help.
Ilia: ...Looks like the soldiers have cleared out.
Mordecai: Why are you hiding, Ilia?
Ilia: If someone from the army saw us, it would get...complicated. Let's look for that bird. You're worried about it, aren't you?
Mordecai: Yes. I hope it isn't hurt.
???: *ch-chirp*
Mordecai: I found it! Over here!
Zethia: It's badly injured... I shall treat it at once.
Ilia: That's a wound from a manacaster. It must have gotten caught up in the military exercise.
Mordecai: Why is the army exercising?
Ilia: 'Cause us humans are fighting a war with the dragons at the moment.
Ilia: Yeah, war. It means killing each other.
Meene: Because the civilization the humans have built is eating away at dragonkind.
Meene: And humans would rather fight than surrender what they have made.
Ilia: Both sides are fighting for their survival, and the ripples from that fight keep reaching further and further out.
Mordecai: This war is between humans and dragons?
Mordecai: Then why was the bird shot?
Ilia: I'm afraid that's how war is, buddy.
Ilia: Once it breaks out, everything around it gets swept up in the fighting.
Ilia: Heck, this whole beautiful scene around us could all get turned to ash soon.
Mordecai: That isn't fair. It's too sad.
Ilia: Yeah, it's an ugly truth for sure, but that's what's happening right now.
Ilia: I wish the world were full of nothing but pretty things, but it's not, and it sucks.
Meene: The bird has been healed.
Bird: *cheep* *cheep* *cheep*
Zethia: Fit as a fiddle, this one.
A Life's Purpose
Zethia: Ilia, where did you want me to put this book you lent... Oh. She's not here.
Mordecai: She's out with Meene.
Zethia: Oh. Well, I shall have to come by at a different time to drop this off.
Mordecai: What is the book about?
Zethia: Alchemy. I'm nowhere near as well-versed as she is and wanted to study up.
Zethia: Were you reading as well, Mordecai?
Mordecai: I was. Would you like to try these next?
Zethia: Hmm, let's see. You have history... A bit of philosophy...
Zethia: These are rather advanced tomes! Did you really read them all?
Zethia: I mean no offense, but it was only recently that you even learned how to introduce yourself properly.
Mordecai: Ilia is a very good teacher.
Mordecai: But there are still many things I do not understand. I wish to learn more about myself.
Mordecai: I bear a human's appearance, and thought I might learn more of myself if I studied them, but...
Zethia: Er, Mordecai? Is something on my face?
Mordecai: Zethia, you ARE human, yes?
Zethia: What?! Y-yes, of course I am.
Mordecai: I see. At times you give off the same feeling that I do, so I was curious.
Zethia: (Ah, I suppose I do technically come from another world. In that regard, I am not so different from him.)
Mordecai: But you are not from this part of the world, so where do you come from?
Zethia: I come from...a place very, very far away.
Mordecai: Do humans fight there as well?
Zethia: Yes, we also engage in war.
Mordecai: It seems humans love nothing more than to declare war and fight.
Mordecai: Zethia, is that the purpose of mankind? Is your kind born into the world to kill?
Zethia: What makes you think that?
Mordecai: Humans can speak to one another, and are rather swift learners.
Mordecai: Yet instead of understanding each other, they choose to fight.
Mordecai: Is it so strange to wonder if that is the purpose for which they are born?
Zethia: I suppose I can't blame you for thinking that when you see the horrors of war.
Zethia: But human life is about more than battle.
Zethia: Ask a person what they were born to do, and each individual will answer differently. That holds for more than just humans.
Mordecai: What were you were born to do, Zethia?
Zethia: Heh. That is a rather difficult question. But if I had to choose one thing to call the meaning of my life...
Zethia: As the Auspex, my purpose is to pray for a safe and prosperous future for the world, as well as all the people within it.
Mordecai: To pray for the future?
Zethia: That's right. My body is host to holy mana.
Zethia: This mana responds to prayer by granting blessings and prosperity to the world.
Zethia: So I pray for everyone to be happy.
Zethia: This is surely the reason I was put here.
Zethia: (Not to mention my other duties...)
Mysterious Girl: The Other is a foe beyond your strength, yet you alone can purify this evil.
Zethia: A feat that only I can manage, yet one I cannot manage alone? We are doomed if this is so!
Mysterious Girl: But you have me...and I have your power.
Mysterious Girl: With the two of us together, your power doubles—which means we may yet dispel his foul presence!
Both Zethias: HaaaAAAH!
Zethia: BEGONE FROM THIS WORLD, OTHER!
Zethia: (...No. That story is not for his ears.)
Mordecai: That is rather remarkable.
Zethia: How do you mean?
Mordecai: You think of others beyond yourself.
Zethia: It's nothing so special...
Mordecai: I have my hands full worrying about me.
Mordecai: Even there, I barely understand who I am.
Mordecai: I am not human, nor of this world.
Zethia: ......
Mordecai: But I am ALIVE here in this world, so what meaning does that hold?
Zethia: What do YOU think, Mordecai?
Mordecai: I fear thinking has not led to an answer, nor has a veritable pile of books.
Mordecai: Until I met Ilia, there was no meaning.
Mordecai: Do you suppose there COULD be meaning to someone like me being born?
Zethia: (He is an otherworldly being, just like the Other.)
Zethia: (But he, too, has his own hopes and worries...)
Zethia: I believe there is meaning, yes—even if it is something you cannot see or understand at the present time.
Zethia: No life in this world is without purpose.
Mordecai: Then I can only hope the day will come when I will know mine.
The Shadow of Truth
Mordecai: Ilia, what is the meaning of my life?
Ilia: PFFFFFT! *cough* *wheeeeze*
Ilia: Yep! I'm good! Just did the ol' spit take with my herbal tea just now.
Ilia: I didn't think you'd be whacking me over the noggin with a lead pipe of a question first thing in the morning.
Mordecai: My question is a pipe?
Ilia: Just means that it's tough and heavy. Oh, and really unexpected.
Meene: Now I KNOW he's learning from you; you used to hit me with so many such questions, it's a wonder my wings didn't fall off in the night.
Ilia: Yeah, that sounds like me, all right. Anyway, Mordecai, back to your question.
Ilia: You want to know the reason you were born, right?
Mordecai: Yes. I was summoned to this world and given flesh, and now I live a life here.
Mordecai: What meaning does that hold? Please explain, Ilia.
Mordecai: Is this question hard even for you?
Ilia: I don't know if I'd say that. It's more like... Hmm, how do I put this?
Ilia: No, I should just give it to you straight. You have a right to know.
Ilia: Mordecai, the reason you were granted a body here is actually—
Meene: Whoa! What's that sound?!
Ilia: It's the intruder alert system! Someone's near the hideout!
Ilia: We should skedaddle into the woods. Everybody out the back, quickly!
Ilia: ...Good. The soldiers moved on. Let's split while the coast is clear.
Soldier: Noises from over this way, sir!
Ilia: It's fine. I'm the one they're after. If I split off, they'll follow me.
Ilia: You guys use that time to run.
Meene: Absolutely not! It's too dangerous precisely BECAUSE they're after you!
Ilia: At this rate, we're all gonna be caught! Take care of Mordecai and Zethia, Meene!
Zethia: Mordecai, now YOU wait!
Ilia: *huff* *pant* Well, I managed to get their attention focused on me, but now...
Soldier: There! It's Ilia! After her!
Ilia: These guys just do NOT let up!
Soldier: There's nowhere left to run.
Ilia: A pincer maneuver against one little girl? You guys are getting desperate.
Soldier: We'll see how long your jokes last when you're dragged before Lord Augus, girl.
Soldier: Your research will end this fell war. What nobler end could you wish for your life's work?
Ilia: I might buy that if I thought you jokers had any intention of actually ending the war.
Soldier: You impudent... So be it! If you'll not obey willingly, I will have you brought to heel by force of arms!
Ilia: All right, Ilia. Time for an amazing plan...
Soldier: Who the devil—BLARGH!
Mordecai: Ilia, are you all right?
Ilia: Mordecai?! Why are you here?
Mordecai: We need to run. Now.
Soldier: Nrgh... After them! GO!
Mordecai: ...Have we lost them?
Ilia: I think so. And hey, thanks for that. You saved my buns back there.
Mordecai: I now see what you meant when you said the army would spell trouble for you.
Ilia: Yeeaaah, they're pretty clingy.
Ilia: Let's head back to Meene and Zethia. They must be worried.
???: ...What's up? You wanted to talk to me?
Mordecai: (Hmm? I hear voices.)
Meene: They're still trying to make you open an otherworld gate?
Mordecai: (Meene and...Ilia? I wonder what they are talking about.)
Ilia: They said my work would "end the war." Unbelievable...
Ilia: They're clearly still trying to harness the power of other worlds into a weapon.
Mordecai: (Then she is being chased because of her research into other worlds.)
Mordecai: (They made her open a gate so they might create a weapon.)
Mordecai: (Then the reason I was born is...)
Mordecai: If I truly exist as a mere tool of war...
A Companion
Ilia: Meene! Zethia! We have a problem!
Meene: What's got you in such a tizzy first thing in the morning?
Mordecai: ...I don't know where I am.
Mordecai: Which way is it to this "capital" where the army is stationed?
Mordecai: I've always had Ilia to lead the way up to this point.
Mordecai: I do hope she isn't cross with me for leaving so suddenly.
Mordecai: But no, this is for the best. After all, she said the army's plan was to use the power of other worlds in weapon form.
Mordecai: If the purpose of my existence is war, I must fulfill that role.
Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai?
Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat.
Mordecai: Did I study all those things for war?
Mordecai: It is good to bring war to an end, but to live for that purpose alone...
???: GrrrrRRRRR!
Dragon: Otherworlder... Begone.
Dragon: Unbeckoned life, your mere existence frays the weft of this world's order. Return to the world from whence you came!
Mordecai: It seems I have no choice!
Dragon: Graaaagh! You fool!
Dragon: Return, I say! Return and never come back! You ought never have been called here!
Mordecai: (Why did I run? Where am I trying to go?)
Mordecai: (Ah, the army. I must go to them. But... where am I?)
Mordecai: I don't understand anything anymore. What am I doing? What am I? ...Hrgh!
Mordecai: The dragon's wound cuts deep. I am not human, but I feel pain as they do.
Mordecai: Ilia crafted this flesh vessel well.
Ilia: Your naaame...will beee...Mordecai!
Ilia: Yeah! Mordecai, my beloved masterwork.
Mordecai: *gasp* *heave* ...It's the dragon!
Dragon: You'll not escape, otherworlder! I will not suffer you to live in this world!
Mordecai: (Perhaps it would be better to die here...)
Mordecai: (If the alternative is a life meant for war... Then perhaps this is...)
???: DRIVE BUSTER!
Mordecai: Wha—?! *cough* *cough* Such dust...
Ilia: Mordecai, this way! RUN!
Ilia: *huff* *pant* *gasp* ...Heh. Aaaah ha ha!
Ilia: We swapped places since yesterday, huh? Well, glad we got out in one piece!
Ilia: Now lemme see that wound— I'll do what first aid I can here.
Ilia: ...'Kay, that should last until we can have Zethia patch you up proper.
Mordecai: Is it all right for me to return with you?
Ilia: Obviously! Why would you even ask that?
Mordecai: Because I was born for war.
Mordecai: I overheard you speaking with Meene.
Mordecai: I know the army wishes to use the power of other worlds to wage war, and that was the reason you opened the gate.
Mordecai: So I thought I ought to fulfill that purpose.
Ilia: Is...that what you want?
Mordecai: No. Not at all. But what should I do?
Mordecai: That dragon before called me "otherworlder."
Mordecai: Yet I am here, alive in this world.
Mordecai: If a life of war is the only path ahead, then I must walk it, else I will have no right to exist in this world.
Ilia: Okay, this is a BIG misunderstanding.
Ilia: It's true that I opened the otherworld gate at the army's request.
Ilia: But I didn't give you flesh so you could become their WEAPON!
Mordecai: Then why did you do it?
Ilia: 'Cause I wanted to talk to you.
Mordecai: Is that...the only reason?
Ilia: That's it, bud. I never had any intentions for you past that.
Ilia: That's why you caught me short when you asked what your purpose in life was.
Ilia: Because it was just a selfish whim.
Mordecai: It wasn't selfish! I've enjoyed every moment I've spent with you.
Ilia: Then I guess it's a good thing I whipped you up a body!
Ilia: But we need to be clear on this, Mordecai: You don't have to live your life the way I tell you to.
Ilia: No one can tell another person what the purpose of their life is supposed to be. You have to find that for yourself.
Mordecai: Really? But not knowing is so painful.
Mordecai: Is an outsider like me truly allowed to go on living here without a known purpose?
Ilia: Meanings and purposes are the sort of things you figure out along the way.
Mordecai: Hmm? I don't understand.
Ilia: Okay, think of it this way: How many lives do you think exist in this world?
Ilia: Neither do I, and I'm kind of a genius. But it's gotta be a REALLY big number.
Ilia: And there are probably just as many things you can learn by coming into contact with all those different lives.
Ilia: Right now, you can be living in this world in order to figure out WHY you're living in this world. That works for a purpose, yeah?
Ilia: Assuming you still want to live, that is.
Mordecai: I do, Ilia. I want to live.
Mordecai: I want to live with YOU!
Ilia: Then let's get home already. The others are waiting for us!
Mordecai: (If we all must find the meaning in our own lives...)
Mordecai: (Then for now, at least, I want to believe I am here to be a companion to Ilia.)