Tales of Vesperia Part #45 - Resting at Torim

Part 45: Resting at Torim

I know we haven't been gone for long...but I have to say, it still feels good to be back.

Should I get you pansies some tissues? Or can we go to the inn now? I'm sooo hungry!

All right, all right.

But before we go to the inn, we can talk to the woman over here to activate a sidequest.

What's the matter?
Woman: The shaggothim flowers are only supposed to open during the rainy season, and yet, look! They're already in full bloom!

That sounds pretty weird...
Woman: I know, right? I wonder if someone's been coming here and watering the ground, or something...

Another cause for flowers blooming early could be an imbalance in the aer.

So you're sayin' that this place...?

It's okay. Even if my guess is right, this level of aer imbalance can occasionally be found in nature. Plants are simply more sensitive to changes in the surrounding aer than humans, and they're reacting to that.

We wouldn't wanna have what happened in Heliord happenin' here...

...

I can't believe that dragon freak would do this again...! I'm going to go see...!

Dragon freak, huh...

Huh? It wasn't you?

I plead the fifth.

...

Rita comes back.

It was terrible... There was nothing left for me to fix.

I'm sorry for your...loss.

Urgh... The next time I see that freak, I'm going to punch him into the stratosphere!! Stupid dragon freak!

Whoa, scary.

It's not causing any of you any trouble, is it? I already told you. I'm not going to do anything that would cause any of you harm.

Might as well do some synthing at the shop too.

Reflect: Reflects a small amuont of damage back onto the enemy.
Roll: Halves damage taken while staggered.
Anti Element: Occasionally halves damage taken from elemental attacks.

Guard Artes: Quoting myself from earlier: "Cancels guard motion and performs an arte. Invincible to attacks for a short period of time." I assume this means you can use Artes out of a guard but I can't say I've ever tried.
Guard Plus
Guard Reflect: Reflects 1/5th of the damage taken during guard.

Half Damage
Quater Damage
Minimum Damage
This weapon is every item collector's bane. There's only one Karolian Hammer in the game, the one Karol starts with, and it can be synthed into both this and the Karolian Sword. If you pick this, cool, you can synth this into the Karolian Sword as well. If you pick the Sword, you cannot get the Karolian Hammer +1 until a new game plus. This was fixed in the PS3 version by allowing you to synth Karolian Hammers.

Recover
Taunt
Evade

Alright, now it's time for hearing Raven out.

Fun fact, if the story demands you to stay at an inn but you don't have enough money (like me here, since I spent it at the store), it'll just take the remaining Gald you have and let you rest anyway.

Watch the cutscene!

Then the Don knows that I'm a candidate for the imperial throne too.

Really?

What...? Is it just me?

Anyway, here I finally catch up with ya and I wind up stickin' my foot in that mess back there. It hasn't been easy for old Raven.

...But why worry so much about Estelle?

It's only natural considering the state of things between the empire and the Union.

Each side is trying to feel the other out. The Don just wants to keep track of their movements.

Yes.

Do you know what sort of place a desert is?

Well it's hot, and dry, and they've got a lot of sand there.

That's putting it lightly. It's not as easy as all that though.

Our plan is to get to the area together first.

And then?

...I don't even know where to begin commenting on that plan... So it's not just that you don't want to go back to the castle anymore, right?

Um...well.

It'd be easier on old Raven if you did, though. I'm just sayin'.

No. I'm sorry, but I have to know the truth behind Phaeroh's words...

Huh. Well the Desier continent actually suits me just fine.

Why is that?

Have to deliver a letter to Belius.

Whoa, that's pretty important.

That's the boss of the coliseum and ruler of Nordopolica, isn't it?

Technically speaking, he's called the Duce.

Do you know what's written in the letter?

In particular about that Phaeroh chap you all are followin'. The Don thinks Belius will know somethin' about that monster.

Looks like it just became worth our while to pay this Belius a visit too.

Right.

So if ya don't mind, Raven here'll just tag along with ya.

That's fine. But you'll have to follow the laws of Brave Vesperia.

Got it. It's not like I can go joinin' your guild, ya know. Ya understand.

Why can't you join Brave Vesperia?

It's against the rules for anybody to be in two guilds at the same time. And I guess technically speaking, you are a member of Altosk.

Whaddya mean "technically?"

Okay.

Rita leaves the room.

What...what do you think Rita's going to do?

Hmm, what indeed.

Does this mean we're on our own until we leave tomorrow?

Yeah. We'll all meet down at the harbor then.

We now get the option to talk to all our party members again. Karol's right next to us, so let's start with him.

Mmm... I don't know if I like you calling me that.

The boss is the boss! What would you have me call you instead?

Just call me...whatever you called me before. This "boss" thing seems a little over the top.

Don't you think you'll get used to it?

Well, maybe...

Well, you know way more about guilds than I do, right?

I guess... The boss of a guild has to stand as a role model for everyone else. I wonder if I could be that great of a person...?

Come on, it's not like you're expected to be the best boss ever from the very beginning. You can take it a little at a time. For now, our guild has a job to complete.

You're right. First we need to take Estelle to meet Phaeroh... ...But do you think we'll be able to meet him?

Our guild's job is to figure out a way to meet him. If we can't meet him, we won't get our reward, and people will lose confidence in our abilities. That's all there is to it.

It's more of a challenge that way. And our reward will be that much bigger, too. ...Let's make the best of it.

Y-yeah...

Rita's in the inn's other room.

Yeah, I guess so.

Didn't that thing say that Estelle was an insipid poison or something?

Yeah, I heard.

After something like that I, guess you can't just tell her to forget about the whole thing. But it won't help her if she uses that as an excuse not to deal with the issue of the succession to the throne.

Yeah, I'm worried that might happen.

Yeah, maybe.

But...!

Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying.

It was her decision. We have to let her figure out what she should really do.

You realize it might come to blows with this Phaeroh guy, right?

She's not going to die. That's why I'm going with her.

Argh, have it your way then!

Estelle's outside, staring at the sea.

Whenever something or someone catches my eye, I forget all about everything else... I really lose sight of everything I was planning on doing beforehand.

Yep, that's about right.

I came to my senses after Judith told me. Until now, I've been dragging the rest of you around with me like there's no tomorrow...

Hey, it could be worse. If you were empress, one word from you and the entire empire would run off to do your bidding!

Yeah, hmmm...

Oh yeah?

I've been able to see all sorts of new things. I still don't know whether I'm going to take the imperial throne, but... There are still so many things left to learn about in this world.

And Phaeroh's one of those things?

...It scares me to think about it, but... I have to know who I am. I have to know what he meant by saying I was the "insipid poison of this world."

It sounds like you've made up your mind.

Yuri?

Hmm?

I might end up trying to order you guys around again.

Heh, sure. It's not the sort of personality trait that's easy to fix by yourself. Though there's another guy who's also a tough nut to crack, so I think we'll let him be the one we vent our frustration on.

Well, I'm going back to the inn. I'll see you.

Raven's down at the harbor.

What, you ain't happy?

Well, I'm not exactly jumping for joy.

You're too glum. Lighten up!

That was only because you had to. I still haven't forgotten what you did at Nor Harbor.

You still remember that? Some people just don't know when to give up...

I'm not about to make a list of all your offenses. Saying that I'd rather not have your company on our trip is already more than enough.

Don't worry, don't worry. I'll be on my best behavior! I behaved myself at Keiv Moc, and at Ghasfarost, didn't I?

Yeah, that sure would be nice.

What should worry you more is whether or not these ol' bones will be able to keep up with you young'uns for much longer.

You plan on sticking with us until Estelle goes back to the castle?

Sounds like a tough job.

I wonder if I could hand her over to the Imperial Knights somewhere...

I can see it in your eyes, old man... you're thinking bad thoughts again.

Nah, not at all!

Well, it's really too bad that you're going to be travelling with us, but might as well make the best of it.

Whaddaya mean "really too bad?" Hmm, well, whatever. Anyway, Raven the Great is going back to the inn. Later, boy.

If we attempt to leave town, we run into Judith.

Nah, just going on a walk. Where were you?

Just out for a walk, like you.

What you said to Estelle earlier hasn't been gnawing at you, has it?

What I said earlier?

Didn't you say some pretty harsh things to Estelle...?

Oh, right. Sorry to beat you to the punch like that...

What? You didn't beat me to the punch on anything...

What, you figured it out? You don't have to apologize for something like that.

All right...

So you weren't going off to look for Cumore after feeling bad about hurting Estelle with what you said?

No, I wasn't.

Hmph...

You don't believe me?

You care for other people's feelings a lot more than you let on, I think.

No, not at all!

Well, whatever.

What about you? Aren't you going out to look for him?

I told you already. I'm just going for a walk.

And Repede's right outside the inn.

I said that I will deal with things in my way of doing... But I let Cumore escape that easily. What a shame. I don't know how I could explain this to Flynn...

*Whine*

I know I know. We have guild's job to deal with rather than Cumore.

Woof!

Yeah... I can't just let him loose. Men of his kind will never learn and will always repeat the same thing forever. I'll have to do something. I left the Empire and formed a guild for this kind of purpose.

Woof!

He will get what he deserves.

And that's everyone. Time to rest.

The next morning...

Watch the cutscene!

What should we do about Rita?

That one has her own matters to attend to.

That sounds about right.

So, first to the harbor and then find a boat?

Huh? You mean...

Yeah.

Wasn't there something you had to go do?

You were going to investigate the aer krene, weren't you?

It turns out the one at Keiv Moc the Commandant asked me to look into has already been researched. I hadn't really made up my mind about which route to take to research the others.