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The screen is black.
| Navigator: |
"Many secrets are hidden under this mysterious land."
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| Navigator: |
"Among them, the ancient ruins are..."
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| Carleen: |
Is this the book Her Majesty gave you?
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| Navigator: |
Yes. There are many cute pictures in it. I like it a lot.
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| Carleen: |
I've received this book before too.
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| Carleen: |
I heard all children read this book to learn about Northland.
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| Carleen: |
Her Majesty often gives this type of book to children.
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| Navigator: |
Is she treating me like a child?
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| Carleen: |
This is a classic one, quite worth reading.
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| Navigator: |
Fine then, it's probably because I said I wanted to play for a little longer in Northland before I left.
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| Navigator: |
That must be why she gave me this book.
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| Vice: |
Actually, I can report back to Illumina by myself. You don't need to give me a ride with the Colossus...
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| Navigator: |
Well, the Colossus is much faster.
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| Navigator: |
Besides, I'm hoping you can treat me to a meal or something after we arrive in Illumina.
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| Navigator: |
I miss the specialties of Illumina all of a sudden.
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| Carleen: |
Are you referring to those industrial foods?
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| Vice: |
Industrial foods are delicious! And they keep well.
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| Vice: |
Navigator, if you really can't wait...
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| Vice: |
I've learned how to make canned potato soup. I can cook you a meal now!
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| Navigator: |
No, that won't be necessary...
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| Navigator: |
Oh right, Carleen, are you going back to Lumopolis? I can drop you off on the way.
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| Carleen: |
I'm not going back for now.
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| Carleen: |
I think it might be a good idea to explore the land as a wandering knight.
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| Navigator: |
Huh? Are you serious?
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| Carleen: |
No, I'm just joking.
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| Vice: |
Since you're not in a rush to return to Lumopolis, come with me to Illumine first. Let me get in touch with them first...
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The screen shakes and a static effect plays.
Ksss... Ksss.
| Vice: |
Huh? There's a strange signal in the communication system.
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The screen shakes and static plays again.
Ksss... Ksss.
| Navigator: |
The signal is poor, so it's all noise. Let me tune it...
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| Vice: |
Almost done. Let me listen carefully now.
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Ksss... Ksss.
| Vice: |
This... This is an encrypted signal of Illumina?!
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| Carleen: |
Is it another coded message from Illumina?
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| Vice: |
Yes... But the encryption method is different from the one I know.
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| Vice: |
It seems like a set of coordinate signals.
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| Vice: |
I can barely parse out a range of coordinates.
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| Vice: |
It's in the mountains of Northland.
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| Navigator: |
Didn't we just fly over the mountains?
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| Vice: |
Yes, I want to...
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| Carleen: |
Don't you need to report back to Illumina? Don't let yourself get delayed on the way.
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| Vice: |
Illumina often dispatches people to explore undeveloped regions. I'm worried that the signal might be someone asking for help...
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| Vice: |
Even though it isn't a standard distress signal.
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| Carleen: |
These coordinates are spreading over a large area. You might not find anything even if you go.
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| Carleen: |
You can report this to Illumina first.
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| Vice: |
I will do that.
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| Vice: |
But we're closer to there right now, so we can take action sooner.
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| Carleen: |
Well, if you insist. We have no reason to stop you then.
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| Carleen: |
Do you agree with me, Navigator?
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| Vice: |
You... You're willing to come with me?
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| Navigator: |
Of course, I've already adjusted the direction. We'll arrive there soon.
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The scene changes to a backdrop overlooking the Mountain Tundra.
Mountain Tundra
| Carleen: |
Has your detector found anything?
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| Vice: |
Nope, no reaction at all.
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| Navigator: |
What's this?
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| Vice: |
It's an Illumina detector. It can detect abnormal energy. This is what led me to your Colossus.
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| Vice: |
I wanted to use it to detect the direction of the signal...
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| Vice: |
But it isn't reacting at all.
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| Navigator: |
What shall we do now?
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| Vice: |
We'll use the most old-fashioned way—search every inch of land within range of the coordinates.
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| Carleen: |
Vice, Navigator, take a look at this.
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| Vice: |
What a large crack!
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| Carleen: |
Why is there such a large crack here? And it looks bottomless too...
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| Vice: |
When we were in the Northland, I heard that there had been frequent earthquakes around these mountains recently.
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| Vice: |
It might have been caused by movements of the tectonic plates or something... I don't quite understand that stuff.
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| Navigator: |
It'll be a disaster if we fall into it by mistake.
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| Carleen: |
Who would fall into such an obvious crack...
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| Vice: |
Hello? Anyone there? Is anyone down there?
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| Carleen: |
Vice, you...?
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| Vice: |
Uh, I just thought, um, maybe...
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| Vice: |
Maybe someone really did fall there and start to send distress signals... Just like me...
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| Navigator: |
When I first met Vice, she had fallen down from the surface because she wasn't careful.
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| Vice: |
That was an accident! It wasn't because I wasn't careful!
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| Vice: |
Also, they might not have fallen down! Maybe they went down to investigate something.
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| Navigator: |
Investigate what?
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| Vice: |
Um, underground mines or water sources?
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| Navigator: |
Hello? Is anyone down there?
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| Navigator: |
...
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| Navigator: |
I can't hear anything or sense anyone.
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| Carleen: |
Let's go and look elsewhere then...
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| Vice: |
Hold on! My communicator is beeping!
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| Vice: |
So the signal is coming from that place...
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Rumble!
| Vice: |
Oh no! Get away from that crack now!
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| Vice: |
It's an earthquake!!!
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Boom!
The screen fills with dust and fades to black.
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