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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

Episode 1

Thirst for Knowledge

Ilia's Hideout

110369 01 r05Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Intro...downpat?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah, it means you've gotten better. It's a good thing.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Goodthing. Happy then. Thank you, Ilia.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Hee hee! Ilia and Mordecai almost sound like mother and son.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: It's giving me flashbacks to when I was a little girl living with my own mother.

110368 01 r05Meene: I'm glad to see Ilia forming relationships with others, but...

100009 01 base portraitZethia: But his being an otherworldly life-form still worries you.

110368 01 r05Meene: Yes. There's no telling what influence an organism removed from this world's laws might have.

110367 01 r05Ilia: What should we work on next, Mordecai? I'm happy to teach you whatever I know!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Whatever?

110368 01 r05Meene: That is a dangerous offer, Ilia.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Danger...russ.

110367 01 r05Ilia: What do you mean?

110368 01 r05Meene: You know dragons dislike creatures who are not of this world.

110368 01 r05Meene: Offering one knowledge is tantamount to inviting it to dinner and giving it a bed.

110368 01 r05Meene: You risk drawing the dragons' ire.

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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.

110368 01 r05Meene: Why must you ALWAYS be like this?! Do you not understand how much I worry about you?!

110367 01 r05Ilia: And why must YOU constantly forget that I'm a grown woman who doesn't need protecting all the dang time?!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia. Meene.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Now, now! Let's all take a deep breath, calm down, and attempt to—

110368 01 r05Meene: What was that?!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Are we under attack?! I'll go check!

110368 01 r05Meene: Ilia, no! Get back here!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: That sound... I know...

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Huh?


110368 01 r05Meene: What IS that charred and blackened thing?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeaaah, this is one of my tools for experiments. Or it was, anyway.

110368 01 r05Meene: Have you been doing dangerous experiments again?

110367 01 r05Ilia: No! Do you seriously think I'd mess something this basic up?

110368 01 r05Meene: Then who is responsible for it?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: It...me.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Try to imitate Ilia. But then...

110367 01 r05Ilia: Wait, you tried to perform alchemy?!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Just wanted know more about what Ilia does...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: But...broke. Scared everyone.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Meene right. Danger russ for me...learn.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai, you're—

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I sorry!

110367 01 r05Ilia: You're AMAZING! I can't believe you started experimenting all by yourself!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ...Not angry?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Why would I be angry? This is a HUGE milestone in your growth!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Growth goodthing. But if I didn't want learn, not break thing.

110367 01 r05Ilia: I think you've got the wrong idea, buddy.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Gaining knowledge isn't a bad thing. All that matters is what's in the heart of the person who learns it.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Heart...

110367 01 r05Ilia: You said you conducted that experiment because you wanted to know more about the stuff I was doing, right?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Well, there's nothing bad about that. It's just pure curiosity!

110367 01 r05Ilia: You've done nothing wrong, and no one is blaming you for anything.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Even if not from world?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Knowledge belongs to everyone, my man. We all have equal right to learn.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Where you were born or what race you're from don't matter—no one's right to learn should EVER be denied.

110368 01 r05Meene: Ilia...

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mom, you crossed the barriers between faeries and humans and taught me all sorts of things.

110367 01 r05Ilia: So how is that different from me teaching Mordecai?

110368 01 r05Meene: True, but still...

110367 01 r05Ilia: Plus, teaching him about this world will help PREVENT more accidents!

110367 01 r05Ilia: You should know after raising me that there's no limit to curiosity.

110368 01 r05Meene: *sigh* Very well. You win. I leave Mordecai's education to you.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Thanks! ...See, Mordecai? Now you don't have to feel bad about learning!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: What if break Ilia things again?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Every success is built on a failure, buddy. That's just how you learn.

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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.

110367 01 r05Ilia: So let's study all sorts of things together. What do you say?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Thank you! Want learnmore about world! Muchmuch more!

Episode 2

A World of Beauty and Horror

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

110368 01 r05Meene: ......

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

110368 01 r05Meene: Er, Ilia? Did I perhaps do something to offend Mordecai?

110367 01 r05Ilia: I don't think so. Why do you ask?

110368 01 r05Meene: Because lately he has been very busy simply...staring at me.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Well, let's ask him. ...Hey! Mordecai!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Why are you watching Meene, bud?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Because she is pretty.

110368 01 r05Meene: What?!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Do, uh...do you have a thing for her?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Meene's wings are very pretty. I want to look at them all the time.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Oh, THAT'S what you meant. Whew! I thought you had a crush or something.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Crush?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Actually, don't worry about it. Do you like pretty things, Mordecai?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Oh, yes. Meene, can I take off your wings so I can see them more closely?

110368 01 r05Meene: My wings are NOT removable!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Oh. Then can Ilia make faerie wings with alchemy?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Hmmm... Synthesizing faerie wings sounds like an interesting challenge, honestly. Mind if I look into it, Meene?

110368 01 r05Meene: Don't YOU start in with the crazy talk!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Ha ha ha! Sorry. I was only kidding.

110367 01 r05Ilia: You know, Mordecai, there are lots of pretty things besides faerie wings.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Really?!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Really. Here, lemme show you. Come with me, everybody!


110369 01 r05Mordecai: Wow!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah, this lake is one of my favorite hang-out spots. Super pretty, right?

110368 01 r05Meene: A lakeside picnic is a wonderful idea!

100009 01 base portraitZethia: It truly is gorgeous here.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Does water always light up like this?

110367 01 r05Ilia: That isn't the water lighting up, actually: It's sunlight reflecting on the surface.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Reflecting...

110367 01 r05Ilia: That's right. When light touches a surface, it bounces and scatters in a bunch of different directions.

110367 01 r05Ilia: And THAT is what makes this scene so beautiful! Pretty cool stuff, huh?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ah! Ilia! Was that a faerie in the sky?

110367 01 r05Ilia: In the sky...? Oh! No, that wasn't a faerie. That's an animal called a bird.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Birds fly in the sky like faeries?

110367 01 r05Ilia: That's right. They have wings just like faeries that let them fly.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: That must be nice.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Hmm... Maybe I should have synthesized a body with some wings attached to it.

110368 01 r05Meene: A good parent knows not to spoil her child.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Hee hee! ...Hmm? Oh dear! The mana flow is starting to warp!

110368 01 r05Meene: Everyone, get down!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Whew! The sound was pretty far off. And since it was just once, it was probably just a test round.

110368 01 r05Meene: Still, it gave me quite a start. Why would the army be doing training exercises here?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia, let's go to the sound right now!

110367 01 r05Ilia: What's the hurry?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: The bird fell down. We have to help.

110367 01 r05Ilia: What?!


110367 01 r05Ilia: ...Looks like the soldiers have cleared out.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Why are you hiding, Ilia?

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Yes. I hope it isn't hurt.

Unknown???: *ch-chirp*

110369 01 r05Mordecai: There!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai, wait!


110369 01 r05Mordecai: I found it! Over here!

100009 01 base portraitZethia: It's badly injured... I shall treat it at once.

110367 01 r05Ilia: That's a wound from a manacaster. It must have gotten caught up in the military exercise.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Why is the army exercising?

110367 01 r05Ilia: 'Cause us humans are fighting a war with the dragons at the moment.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: War...?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah, war. It means killing each other.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Killing... Why?

110368 01 r05Meene: Because the civilization the humans have built is eating away at dragonkind.

110368 01 r05Meene: And humans would rather fight than surrender what they have made.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Both sides are fighting for their survival, and the ripples from that fight keep reaching further and further out.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: This war is between humans and dragons?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Then why was the bird shot?

110367 01 r05Ilia: I'm afraid that's how war is, buddy.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Once it breaks out, everything around it gets swept up in the fighting.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Heck, this whole beautiful scene around us could all get turned to ash soon.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: That isn't fair. It's too sad.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah, it's an ugly truth for sure, but that's what's happening right now.

110367 01 r05Ilia: I wish the world were full of nothing but pretty things, but it's not, and it sucks.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

110368 01 r05Meene: The bird has been healed.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Really?!

120030 01 base portraitBird: *cheep* *cheep* *cheep*

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Fit as a fiddle, this one.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Thank you, Zethia. I'm very glad.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: This world isn't just pretty things...

Episode 3

A Life's Purpose

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Ilia, where did you want me to put this book you lent... Oh. She's not here.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: She's out with Meene.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Oh. Well, I shall have to come by at a different time to drop this off.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: What is the book about?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Alchemy. I'm nowhere near as well-versed as she is and wanted to study up.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Were you reading as well, Mordecai?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I was. Would you like to try these next?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Hmm, let's see. You have history... A bit of philosophy...

100009 01 base portraitZethia: These are rather advanced tomes! Did you really read them all?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: This surprises you?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: I mean no offense, but it was only recently that you even learned how to introduce yourself properly.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia is a very good teacher.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: But there are still many things I do not understand. I wish to learn more about myself.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I bear a human's appearance, and thought I might learn more of myself if I studied them, but...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Er, Mordecai? Is something on my face?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Zethia, you ARE human, yes?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: What?! Y-yes, of course I am.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I see. At times you give off the same feeling that I do, so I was curious.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: (Ah, I suppose I do technically come from another world. In that regard, I am not so different from him.)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: But you are not from this part of the world, so where do you come from?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: I come from...a place very, very far away.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Do humans fight there as well?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Yes, we also engage in war.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: It seems humans love nothing more than to declare war and fight.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Zethia, is that the purpose of mankind? Is your kind born into the world to kill?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: What makes you think that?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Humans can speak to one another, and are rather swift learners.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Yet instead of understanding each other, they choose to fight.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Is it so strange to wonder if that is the purpose for which they are born?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: I suppose I can't blame you for thinking that when you see the horrors of war.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: But human life is about more than battle.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Ask a person what they were born to do, and each individual will answer differently. That holds for more than just humans.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: What were you were born to do, Zethia?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Heh. That is a rather difficult question. But if I had to choose one thing to call the meaning of my life...

100009 01 base portraitZethia: 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.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: To pray for the future?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: That's right. My body is host to holy mana.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: This mana responds to prayer by granting blessings and prosperity to the world.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: So I pray for everyone to be happy.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: This is surely the reason I was put here.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: (Not to mention my other duties...)

Mysterious Girl: The Other is a foe beyond your strength, yet you alone can purify this evil.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: 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!

100009 01 base portraitZethia: BEGONE FROM THIS WORLD, OTHER!

100009 01 base portraitZethia: (...No. That story is not for his ears.)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: That is rather remarkable.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: How do you mean?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: You think of others beyond yourself.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: It's nothing so special...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I have my hands full worrying about me.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Even there, I barely understand who I am.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I am not human, nor of this world.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: ......

110369 01 r05Mordecai: But I am ALIVE here in this world, so what meaning does that hold?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: What do YOU think, Mordecai?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I fear thinking has not led to an answer, nor has a veritable pile of books.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Until I met Ilia, there was no meaning.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Do you suppose there COULD be meaning to someone like me being born?

100009 01 base portraitZethia: (He is an otherworldly being, just like the Other.)

100009 01 base portraitZethia: (But he, too, has his own hopes and worries...)

100009 01 base portraitZethia: I believe there is meaning, yes—even if it is something you cannot see or understand at the present time.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: No life in this world is without purpose.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Then I can only hope the day will come when I will know mine.

Episode 4

The Shadow of Truth

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia, what is the meaning of my life?

110367 01 r05Ilia: PFFFFFT! *cough* *wheeeeze*

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Are you all right?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yep! I'm good! Just did the ol' spit take with my herbal tea just now.

110367 01 r05Ilia: I didn't think you'd be whacking me over the noggin with a lead pipe of a question first thing in the morning.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: My question is a pipe?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Just means that it's tough and heavy. Oh, and really unexpected.

110368 01 r05Meene: 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.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah, that sounds like me, all right. Anyway, Mordecai, back to your question.

110367 01 r05Ilia: You want to know the reason you were born, right?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Yes. I was summoned to this world and given flesh, and now I live a life here.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: What meaning does that hold? Please explain, Ilia.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Ummmmmmmm...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Is this question hard even for you?

110367 01 r05Ilia: I don't know if I'd say that. It's more like... Hmm, how do I put this?

110367 01 r05Ilia: No, I should just give it to you straight. You have a right to know.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai, the reason you were granted a body here is actually—

110368 01 r05Meene: Whoa! What's that sound?!

110367 01 r05Ilia: It's the intruder alert system! Someone's near the hideout!

110367 01 r05Ilia: We should skedaddle into the woods. Everybody out the back, quickly!


110367 01 r05Ilia: ...Good. The soldiers moved on. Let's split while the coast is clear.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Right. ...Waugh?!

Soldier: Noises from over this way, sir!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Damn!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I'm sorry, Ilia.

110367 01 r05Ilia: It's fine. I'm the one they're after. If I split off, they'll follow me.

110367 01 r05Ilia: You guys use that time to run.

110368 01 r05Meene: Absolutely not! It's too dangerous precisely BECAUSE they're after you!

110367 01 r05Ilia: At this rate, we're all gonna be caught! Take care of Mordecai and Zethia, Meene!

110368 01 r05Meene: Ilia, wait!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I'll go with her.

100009 01 base portraitZethia: Mordecai, now YOU wait!


110367 01 r05Ilia: *huff* *pant* Well, I managed to get their attention focused on me, but now...

Soldier: There! It's Ilia! After her!

110367 01 r05Ilia: These guys just do NOT let up!

Soldier: There's nowhere left to run.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Oh, come on!

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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?

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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!

110367 01 r05Ilia: All right, Ilia. Time for an amazing plan...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ILIAAAAAAAA!

110367 01 r05Ilia: GAH?!

Soldier: Who the devil—BLARGH!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia, are you all right?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai?! Why are you here?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: We need to run. Now.

110367 01 r05Ilia: R-right!

Soldier: Nrgh... After them! GO!


110369 01 r05Mordecai: ...Have we lost them?

110367 01 r05Ilia: I think so. And hey, thanks for that. You saved my buns back there.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I now see what you meant when you said the army would spell trouble for you.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeeaaah, they're pretty clingy.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Let's head back to Meene and Zethia. They must be worried.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Of course.


Unknown???: ...What's up? You wanted to talk to me?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Hmm? I hear voices.)

110368 01 r05Meene: They're still trying to make you open an otherworld gate?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Meene and...Ilia? I wonder what they are talking about.)

110367 01 r05Ilia: They said my work would "end the war." Unbelievable...

110367 01 r05Ilia: They're clearly still trying to harness the power of other worlds into a weapon.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: !

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Then she is being chased because of her research into other worlds.)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (They made her open a gate so they might create a weapon.)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Then the reason I was born is...)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......


110369 01 r05Mordecai: If I truly exist as a mere tool of war...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Then Ilia would be safer without me.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Thank you, Ilia—for everything. Farewell.

Episode 5

A Companion

110367 01 r05Ilia: Meene! Zethia! We have a problem!

110368 01 r05Meene: What's got you in such a tizzy first thing in the morning?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai is gone.


110369 01 r05Mordecai: ...I don't know where I am.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Which way is it to this "capital" where the army is stationed?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I've always had Ilia to lead the way up to this point.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I do hope she isn't cross with me for leaving so suddenly.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: 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.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: If the purpose of my existence is war, I must fulfill that role.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

110369 01 r05Mordecai: To live for war...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Did I study all those things for war?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: It is good to bring war to an end, but to live for that purpose alone...

Unknown???: GrrrrRRRRR!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Aaah!

Dragon: Otherworlder... Begone.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: A dragon...

Dragon: Unbeckoned life, your mere existence frays the weft of this world's order. Return to the world from whence you came!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: It seems I have no choice!

Dragon: Graaaagh! You fool!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Nnngh...

Dragon: Return, I say! Return and never come back! You ought never have been called here!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Hrgh...


110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Why did I run? Where am I trying to go?)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Ah, the army. I must go to them. But... where am I?)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I don't understand anything anymore. What am I doing? What am I? ...Hrgh!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: The dragon's wound cuts deep. I am not human, but I feel pain as they do.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia crafted this flesh vessel well.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Your naaame...will beee...Mordecai!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Mordecai...?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Yeah! Mordecai, my beloved masterwork.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia... I am...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: *gasp* *heave* ...It's the dragon!

Dragon: You'll not escape, otherworlder! I will not suffer you to live in this world!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: GWAAAAUGH! Nrgh...

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Perhaps it would be better to die here...)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (If the alternative is a life meant for war... Then perhaps this is...)

Unknown???: DRIVE BUSTER!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Wha—?! *cough* *cough* Such dust...

110367 01 r05Ilia: Mordecai, this way! RUN!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Ilia?!


110367 01 r05Ilia: *huff* *pant* *gasp* ...Heh. Aaaah ha ha!

110367 01 r05Ilia: We swapped places since yesterday, huh? Well, glad we got out in one piece!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Now lemme see that wound— I'll do what first aid I can here.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: R-right. Thank you.

110367 01 r05Ilia: ...'Kay, that should last until we can have Zethia patch you up proper.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: ......

110367 01 r05Ilia: You okay, bud?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Is it all right for me to return with you?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Obviously! Why would you even ask that?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Because I was born for war.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Muh?!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I overheard you speaking with Meene.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I know the army wishes to use the power of other worlds to wage war, and that was the reason you opened the gate.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: So I thought I ought to fulfill that purpose.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Is...that what you want?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: No. Not at all. But what should I do?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: That dragon before called me "otherworlder."

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Yet I am here, alive in this world.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: 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.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Okay, this is a BIG misunderstanding.

110367 01 r05Ilia: It's true that I opened the otherworld gate at the army's request.

110367 01 r05Ilia: But I didn't give you flesh so you could become their WEAPON!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Then why did you do it?

110367 01 r05Ilia: 'Cause I wanted to talk to you.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Is that...the only reason?

110367 01 r05Ilia: That's it, bud. I never had any intentions for you past that.

110367 01 r05Ilia: That's why you caught me short when you asked what your purpose in life was.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Because it was just a selfish whim.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: It wasn't selfish! I've enjoyed every moment I've spent with you.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Then I guess it's a good thing I whipped you up a body!

110367 01 r05Ilia: But we need to be clear on this, Mordecai: You don't have to live your life the way I tell you to.

110367 01 r05Ilia: No one can tell another person what the purpose of their life is supposed to be. You have to find that for yourself.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Really? But not knowing is so painful.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Is an outsider like me truly allowed to go on living here without a known purpose?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Meanings and purposes are the sort of things you figure out along the way.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Hmm? I don't understand.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Okay, think of it this way: How many lives do you think exist in this world?

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I don't know.

110367 01 r05Ilia: Neither do I, and I'm kind of a genius. But it's gotta be a REALLY big number.

110367 01 r05Ilia: And there are probably just as many things you can learn by coming into contact with all those different lives.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: !

110367 01 r05Ilia: 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?

110367 01 r05Ilia: Assuming you still want to live, that is.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I do, Ilia. I want to live.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: I want to live with YOU!

110367 01 r05Ilia: Then let's get home already. The others are waiting for us!

110369 01 r05Mordecai: Thank you, Ilia.

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (If we all must find the meaning in our own lives...)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (Then for now, at least, I want to believe I am here to be a companion to Ilia.)

110369 01 r05Mordecai: (For my world began when I met her...)

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