- this memory is starting out with warring senses of both accomplishment and loss. you are on the top of the tower again, with your comrades who all seem very stressed and relieved. - you watch your SUPER COOL FRIEND wake up. the researchers and engineers-- start to realize, that a few people are missing. you and your friend exchange a look, and you let them explain that Unei and Doga, two of the people you went to save... chose to stay in the World of Darkness. To fulfill their purpose. - this is honestly taken pretty calmly, but the concern of it now being impossible to seal the tower comes up. you say that, no, Unei and Doga entrusted you with their blood. you can now control the Crystal Tower. - Rammbroes is excited! and tells you to seal the tower. you decline, saying that your companions have had a long and exhausting battle, and that you yourself are tired. you are up to something, but no one seems to realize, and this excuse is accepted. - as the researchers and engineers walk away, you turn to your SUPER COOL FRIEND and tell them that no one else could have succeeded where they just did. you say that you wish you could have been of more use in the rift, but the reality is you were just a vessel for Unei and Doga's blood... - your friend gestures to you. - "Hm? Have I remembered what I wished to? ...Yes, something has come back to me. Gaining royal blood and witnessing true bravery has reminded me of my forebears' dearest wish." - then you tell them to go on ahead of you. that there's something small you need to take care of before you head back to camp. and once they're out of earshot... - "I could not have asked for a better comrade. If only I could have been a part of your adventures for longer, [COOL FRIEND]... Alas, fate dictates I have a different role to play. A wish hidden for millennia, and brought to light by the good people of NOAH... Now, finally, 'tis my time to see it realized."
more journal text: "You tell Cid and Rammbroes of what occurred in the World of Darkness. Suddenly, a researcher dashes up, and tells you in panicked tones that G'raha Tia is ordering researchers out of the Crystal Tower."
- your friends come running up to the front door of the tower, but you're waiting for them, and tell them not to pass the threshhold. - rammbroes tries to talk you down, asks you to come out so you can discuss this together, asks for a hint of your plan. - you apologize with a smile, and tell him you can't. - Rammbroes comes straight out of bargaining into anger, but you simply tell him that Unei and Doga fulfilled their destiny, and you must as well. - you explain that after the fall of the tower, an allagan princess used technology to give her blood and memories to one of G'raha's ancestors, the man she trusted the most. - the tower was a beacon of hope for humanity, you say, and you are to see it become one again. - Cid argues that its power is too dangerous for Eorzea right now. it's too great a power that they understand too little to use correctly. - you agree. you say that they could wait for someone, someday, to reach the same heights as the allagan empire, but by then the royal bloodline would be fully lost to time, and with it the means to actually use the tower. - but you can put the tower into a deep sleep, along with yourself. you will wait for man to be worthy of this power, and when you are awoken, guide them. - "The future is where my destiny awaits." - You look to your friend. "But yours lies outside of these doors. Go. Create a future where hope reigns, and the tragedies of the past are but memories. No one but you can accomplish such things." - cid relents, but promises to make strides towards that brighter future as well. his engineers biggs and wedge as well. rammbroes relents. - you tell your cool friend that doubtless their heroism will be the star by which you chart your course when you awaken. then you say you're in the mood for a nap, and that you eagerly await the bright future they will build for you. - and you close the door as you walk away, powering down the tower bit by bit.
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CRYSTAL TOWER RAIDS - SEALING THE TOWER
- you watch your SUPER COOL FRIEND wake up. the researchers and engineers-- start to realize, that a few people are missing. you and your friend exchange a look, and you let them explain that Unei and Doga, two of the people you went to save... chose to stay in the World of Darkness. To fulfill their purpose.
- this is honestly taken pretty calmly, but the concern of it now being impossible to seal the tower comes up. you say that, no, Unei and Doga entrusted you with their blood. you can now control the Crystal Tower.
- Rammbroes is excited! and tells you to seal the tower. you decline, saying that your companions have had a long and exhausting battle, and that you yourself are tired. you are up to something, but no one seems to realize, and this excuse is accepted.
- as the researchers and engineers walk away, you turn to your SUPER COOL FRIEND and tell them that no one else could have succeeded where they just did. you say that you wish you could have been of more use in the rift, but the reality is you were just a vessel for Unei and Doga's blood...
- your friend gestures to you.
- "Hm? Have I remembered what I wished to? ...Yes, something has come back to me. Gaining royal blood and witnessing true bravery has reminded me of my forebears' dearest wish."
- then you tell them to go on ahead of you. that there's something small you need to take care of before you head back to camp. and once they're out of earshot...
- "I could not have asked for a better comrade. If only I could have been a part of your adventures for longer, [COOL FRIEND]... Alas, fate dictates I have a different role to play. A wish hidden for millennia, and brought to light by the good people of NOAH... Now, finally, 'tis my time to see it realized."
more journal text:
"You tell Cid and Rammbroes of what occurred in the World of Darkness. Suddenly, a researcher dashes up, and tells you in panicked tones that G'raha Tia is ordering researchers out of the Crystal Tower."
- your friends come running up to the front door of the tower, but you're waiting for them, and tell them not to pass the threshhold.
- rammbroes tries to talk you down, asks you to come out so you can discuss this together, asks for a hint of your plan.
- you apologize with a smile, and tell him you can't.
- Rammbroes comes straight out of bargaining into anger, but you simply tell him that Unei and Doga fulfilled their destiny, and you must as well.
- you explain that after the fall of the tower, an allagan princess used technology to give her blood and memories to one of G'raha's ancestors, the man she trusted the most.
- the tower was a beacon of hope for humanity, you say, and you are to see it become one again.
- Cid argues that its power is too dangerous for Eorzea right now. it's too great a power that they understand too little to use correctly.
- you agree. you say that they could wait for someone, someday, to reach the same heights as the allagan empire, but by then the royal bloodline would be fully lost to time, and with it the means to actually use the tower.
- but you can put the tower into a deep sleep, along with yourself. you will wait for man to be worthy of this power, and when you are awoken, guide them.
- "The future is where my destiny awaits."
- You look to your friend. "But yours lies outside of these doors. Go. Create a future where hope reigns, and the tragedies of the past are but memories. No one but you can accomplish such things."
- cid relents, but promises to make strides towards that brighter future as well. his engineers biggs and wedge as well. rammbroes relents.
- you tell your cool friend that doubtless their heroism will be the star by which you chart your course when you awaken. then you say you're in the mood for a nap, and that you eagerly await the bright future they will build for you.
- and you close the door as you walk away, powering down the tower bit by bit.