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qev070203_MSG0001 |
Good heavens! Is that even possible?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0002 |
Hey, kid! Have you ever seen something that overturned[ST:n ]everything you believed in up to that point?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_JNK0010 |
Agree |
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qev070203_SEL0011 |
Nod and say that you have experienced such a thing. |
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qev070203_JNK0020 |
Disagree |
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qev070203_SEL0021 |
Say that everything always falls[ST:n ]within the realm of expectation. |
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qev070203_MSG0003 |
I envy you, kid.[ST:n ]For it seems I've grown overconfident in myself.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0004 |
A scant few decades old and already so aware, eh,[ST:n ]kid? I'm sort of impressed.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0005 |
I thought I'd seen everything in my thousand-plus years[ST:n ]of living.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0006 |
Myriad time periods, countless planets...[ST:n ]I watched an entire civilization rise and fall.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0007 |
Along the way, I guess I fell into the trap of thinking[ST:n ]I'd figured out everything the universe had to offer.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0008 |
Heh. What a fool.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0009 |
And what did it get me? I fell into a rigid mind-set and[ST:n ]was blinded to the simplest of truths![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0010 |
So now I need you to bring me some ancient Nopon[ST:n ]artifacts from all over Mira. ...Immediately.[ST:n ]Do you mind, kid?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0011 |
Specifically, there are three or so of these objects which[ST:n ]will be key. Collect those, and we can finally lay this[ST:n ]mystery bare.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0012 |
This proof will involve a colossal formula—it's more[ST:n ]work than I can reasonably get through on my own.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0013 |
I'll need Veven to carry his weight for once.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0014 |
Er, I think I've been fairly useful so far, haven't I?[ST:n ]I was planning to to just continue that...[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0015 |
Hah! Big words, pip-squeak. I'll hold you to them.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0016 |
You can expect to be run ragged while[ST:n ][ST:playername ] is off relic hunting![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0017 |
Hee hee heeeeee ha ha ha! It's finally finished![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0018 |
It took a small fortune and a complete retool of the[ST:n ]Miramobile, but this new =#o±$4\\\\›* should finally[ST:n ]give us some answers.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0019 |
A machine to measure the sum of everything about this[ST:n ]world. A a less scientific mind might call it...god?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0020 |
I haven't slept—and the work about killed me—but I I[ST:n ]think it's all worth it, don't you?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0021 |
Yes, you were a lot more useful than I expected, Veven.[ST:n ]...Well? What about you, kid? Find those Nopon relics[ST:n ]yet?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0022 |
Great! Installed and ready to go.[ST:n ]I'll fire this sucker up now.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0023 |
......[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0024 |
Amazing... No errors so far![ST:n ]Your algorithm's working like a charm, Veven![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0025 |
That's good. I looked over that thing so many times I[ST:n ]could likely recite it from memory, you know?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0026 |
Yes... Yes! /±x*1a... 8%»$... and 4x%°![ST:n ]And there's the last of it! Eureka! Finally![ST:n ]The great secret of Mira is—[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0027 |
...Wait. What's this? All sequences reversing?[ST:n ]Canceling out entirely? NO! What in the name of[ST:n ]Sir Isaac H. Newton is going on?![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0028 |
The the power output's o-o-overheating?![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0029 |
Now hold on! This phenomenon...it's precisely as if—[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0030 |
It's going critical, Professor! At this rate,[ST:n ]I think we're going to to lose the Miramobile![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0031 |
Waugh? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH![ST:wait ] |
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NewText_17 |
......[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_JNK0030 |
Inquire |
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qev070203_SEL0031 |
Ask how the experiment went. |
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qev070203_JNK0040 |
Sigh |
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qev070203_SEL0041 |
Shake your head at another experiment[ST:n ]gone horribly, horribly wrong. |
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qev070203_MSG0032 |
Can't you tell from looking, kid?! It failed.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0033 |
Yes, yes. Go on. Laugh at the failure if you must, kid.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0034 |
I don't understand—the =#o±$4\\›* was operating[ST:n ]perfectly. It's like Mira itself is denying my[ST:n ]inquisitiveness![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0035 |
The test points to some vague possibilities, but without[ST:n ]data to back them up, any conclusions I draw are[ST:n ]simply meaningless speculation.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0036 |
Did you figure something out, Professor?[ST:n ]When it began to overheat, it certainly did start acting[ST:n ]so so very strange...[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0037 |
I'm a professor, dammit. A scientist! Giving voice to[ST:n ]meaningless speculation is the death of a logical mind![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0038 |
Look to the next test, Veven! We'll refine and improve[ST:n ]and see the veil torn away from this planet.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0039 |
Hello, hello! It's your friendly discount recycled and[ST:n ]secondhand goods merchant, Graham, here![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0040 |
Uh...whoa, sorry. Am I interrupting something?[ST:n ]I just dropped by to square us away on all those[ST:n ]parts you bought from me.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0041 |
Wup, wup... The path of invention calls![ST:n ]New challenges beckon me ever urgently forward![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0042 |
Veven, [ST:playername ], you handle the rest![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_JNK0050 |
Question Graham |
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qev070203_SEL0051 |
Ask Graham about payment for the parts. |
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qev070203_JNK0060 |
Question Veven |
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qev070203_SEL0061 |
Ask Veven why Professor B ran away. |
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qev070203_MSG0043 |
Professor B recently took a small mountain of parts off[ST:n ]my hands—I just swung by to collect my payment.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0044 |
With an extra-special friend-of-the-shop discount,[ST:n ]it comes to an even 100,000,000 credits.[ST:n ]Pretty juicy bit of business, if I say so myself.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0045 |
Um, I don't...think I can...er, pay that?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0046 |
And the professor is broke from building the[ST:n ]Miramobile, so I doubt he has that kind of money[ST:n ]either?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0047 |
Er, I don't know? But seeing Graham here reminds me[ST:n ]that the professor burned through an an awful lot of[ST:n ]funds in this last round of research...[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0048 |
Don't tell me he ran up a colossal tab?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0049 |
And figured he could run away to the future without[ST:n ]paying it off?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0050 |
Oh, you little joker! ...No, seriously, that's not funny.[ST:n ]I had to call in some huge favors to wrangle all those[ST:n ]parts together.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0051 |
Wait, you're serious? ...Oh crap, you ARE serious![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0052 |
If he cheats me out of this tab, my life is over![ST:n ]I don't even want to imagine it![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0053 |
Does it involve you being used as free labor by a[ST:n ]Nopon caravan?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0054 |
Wait, you ARE joking, aren't you?! Ha ha![ST:n ]Fled through time... Ha ha ha ha! Oh man, rich.[ST:n ]You Ma-non are such little imps![ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0055 |
Ah ha ha! Such a kidder! Hooooo! Ha ha haaaaaa...[ST:n ]Please be joking.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0056 |
I'm sorry, but I don't think the professor will[ST:n ]be coming back for a while, you know?[ST:n ]But I'll do what I can to to make this right.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0057 |
......[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0058 |
Do...do you really think he is from the future?[ST:n ]I mean, do you wonder if maybe this is more than[ST:n ]just a really, really, really elaborate con?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_JNK0070 |
Believe |
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qev070203_SEL0071 |
Say that you think Professor B is from the future. |
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qev070203_JNK0080 |
Doubt |
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qev070203_SEL0081 |
Say that Professor B always struck you as suspicious. |
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qev070203_MSG0059 |
Right? I mean, you must be right? Otherwise how could[ST:n ]he come up with with all these amazing inventions?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0060 |
Sure the Miramobile has been one giant failure after[ST:n ]the next, but still...[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0061 |
But his inventions were really solid, don't you think?[ST:n ]I mean, that measuring device was a flawless design[ST:n ]so far as as I could see...[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0062 |
Though I can certainly see why you'd have your doubts,[ST:n ]I guess?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0063 |
Worst case scenario, he's got that technology, right?[ST:n ]I'm sure he'll find a way to to make the money before[ST:n ]the debt crushes him. ...Won't he?[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0064 |
Right! Everything is going to be absolutely...fine?[ST:n ]In any case, I guess I should track down the professor.[ST:wait ] |
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qev070203_MSG0065 |
Oh, and er...[ST:n ]Thank you for your help, [ST:playername ].[ST:wait ] |