Part 101: Twin Towers NPC Chatter

Welcome back!

Thankfully, this update won't be too long.





: Hmm? Where are you guys from? You're not dressed like soldiers, and you don't look much like locals.

: We're local guides! We were assigned here for the Twin Towers study.

: Oh, guides! Well then, please guide us to the entrance. These ruins are a pain!



Every time we get to chat with the Garlyle guys, this one always shows up.

: We're not soldiers. We're guides, from Gumbo Village.

: Oh? Local people, eh? Well... you surprised me. Seeing beautiful girls like you makes me want to live here.

: Well! You and I would get along very well. ♥



You know, I think these hooligans are smashing up the ruins for fun.



Oh sure, that's your excuse.

: It's hot as heck in there, and it's bug-infested. It's a lot of work to fix those heavy tank tracks. I sure envy those Kite pilots. I hear that Kite training is real hard, but I would have done it anyway if I'd known what this would be like.

I'm sure you all know what the guy standing across from him will be saying.



: I mean, the training is very tough and much of the info is top secret, so you can hardly even write letters to anyone. The tank soldiers, they get to sleep while traveling. Maybe I'll ask to transfer to the Tank Corps.

Too obvious to not have.



: Huh? Oh, please calm down. We're just some local guides.

: Local guides?! Hmm... I suppose you could be. Just don't do anything suspicious. This is our food storage tent. Food is a very important part of our military operations, don't you know?

Things that are very special and important to Garlyle: Food, Leen.

: Well, if you understand, then get going! You don't have any business here, do you?!



Jeez, we're just looking around for loot to grab, and we've already cured this guy of his racism.

: You must be kidding! We've got tails and everything!

: OK, guys, let's show them our tails!



Justin doesn't come up with clever plans often, but they're always the greatest.

: OK, all right, never mind. No need to take off your pants!

Dang, or would this guy's response work better as the out-of-context teaser image screenshot?



: Huh? Oh, us? We're, uh... we're guides. We're just doing our work here.

: Oh, is that right? Well, I guess you're looking for some remnants, then. Well, I guess you're looking for some artifacts, then. Excuse me for interrupting you.

: What's an "artifact"?

: People have found and taken many Angelounian jewels from these ruins. It's not nice, but guides do it. I guess you folks won't be involved in that. Good luck with your work. I guess it's tough on these guards. They have to keep their eyes open for people who want to take jewels.

Yeah, we'll be robbing this place blind.



: I know Herr Mullen is very kind to his subordinates, but even he can't do anything about this.



Yeah, how dare they not want to be stationed so far away from their friends and family that even sending a letter is impossible?

: I'm happy that I can see with my own eyes this new world that adventurers the world over can only dream about!

: Yeah... yeah, mister, that's nice.

: But here I am explaining this to humanoids who can't even understand! Ha ha ha!

Noooooo, we've only made this guy's racism worse.



: Some soldiers said these troublemakers look like they're just kids. My theory is they're humanoid adults who just look young. A good theory, considering that they escaped with some other captives of the forces. Some researchers told me that there is an incredible variety of humanoid species. I'm sure that the ones who stole the Garlyle Forces train were a type who don't show their age.



.... Yes. Exactly.



: I don't think you humanoids can understand what I'm saying. Our forces are very proud of.... Oops! That's top secret, so I better be quiet even if you don't understand.

: We're local guides. We came here from Gumbo Village. Say, did you really cross the End of the World?

: Heh heh. I don't you'd understand this, but let me tell ya, we've got these flying machines.... Oops! That's a military secret, so I better be quiet even if you don't understand. No, I've said too much already. I'm not going to say any more. You guides should get back to work.



: Um... we're some local guides!

: Locals, eh? I see. Yeah, you don't look much like us. Wearing faces on top of faces. You've got a weird purple face under a weird yellow face with big ears. They're both weird faces! Ha ha ha!

: Weird face?! That's such a rude thing to say!



: Well, maybe that's not true. Other than that big guy there, you folks look a lot like us.

: Yikes...!

: Ah ha ha! Is that right? But we do have horns underneath these hats!

: Oh well, you still look a lot like us. Isn't this such a nice, warm place, with lots of good food to eat, too? Too bad this mission is so top-secret. I'd like to bring my family out here to live.

: I know what you mean. I've lived here since I was little, but even so I still think this is a very nice area.



: Guides, eh? So, do you guys know a lot about these ruins? If so, I've got a lot to ask you.

: Well, uh... I guess we don't know much at all, really. Heh heh.

: Hey, mister! Are you here to study these ruins?

: My work is to record the figures and sketch the murals here. I'm a painter. I've been interested in archeology ever since I was little. I'm lucky I got into the Garlyle Forces. Now I can go see first-hand the kind of ruins that I had always only dreamed of seeing.

I do like that each of the soldiers have their own histories and motivations. It's a nice, humanizing touch.

Y'know, for the guys who wear red armbands and nazi-salute.



: Can't you tell by looking? I'm engraving my name here as a memento. Don't you guys do that?

: No, we don't. We think that graffiti is bad. It's only for kids.

: Hey, don't get on my case. You guys didn't come here to preach at us, did you?

: Speaking of, do you have a moment to hear about Zogmar, the All-Devourer?



: I've seen a lot of different ruins, and this is the most mysterious one. Why'd they build this place, anyway?

: Um... uh... why? Well, uh... it was, uh....

: Truth is, we don't know either.

: Oh... so, even the local people don't know. That makes sense. That's why we need to be here doing these studies. Once we find out why this place was built, we can find what we're looking for. Hmmm. Well, you'd better stop idling around and get to work. That's why you were sent here, right? So, you'd better get to work helping with the study here.

Wait, so are we supposed to find the entrance, or investigate the ruins?



: Ha ha. I'd heard the local people were bright and cheerful folk. Looks like it's true! I'm studying these ruins. The more I learn, th emore interesting they get.

: I bet you know a whole bunch about ruins, eh mister? Could you teach us some stuff?

: Oh, you're interested in the ruins? Guides who came here before said you folks're only interested in festivals.

: Um, right!

: But we think these weird ruins make a good festival theme! Heh heh heh!

: Sorry, but this study of these ruins is strictly confidential. I must not tell anyone about it.

Ahh, well, we've got a Spirit Stone. I'm sure we'll find out more about these ruins than the Forces'd be able to.

Tune in next time!