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Lia @liareplaysbk · 06:47 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Yesterday was SP combos while waiting for Quest Magnus to age. I’m going to keep doing more combos because they’re waaaaay less annoying with a single character, but first let’s go poke around Alfard and talk to everyone.
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:17 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Mintaka is all business as usual, for the time being. Some soldiers express concern about their grand manifest destiny or whatever, since the Emperor had an “accident”.
Scalla’s mother (back to Scalla in a sec) has heard a bit more.
A soldier: “Now that our Emperor has passed away, the grand vision I foresaw is dead as well.” Scalla’s Mother: “Since the Emperor passed away, the Duchess of Mira has been leading this nation.” Scalla’s Mother: “But... I haven’t heard good things about her.” Scalla’s Mother: “I heard the Emperor was killed in that accident. I also heard the Duchess was there with him...”
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:22 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Scalla was the kid who hadn’t been brainwashed yet. She expresses distress about Azha, a wish for peace and to commit her life to making things better. Good kid!
So we, er, read her journal and pull out the essence of that wish, somehow?
Scalla: “Someone told me that, a long time ago, many people were killed in Azha.” Scalla: “I... when I heard it... I couldn’t stop crying...” Inspection text: “The longing for peace and similar things are written in the diary.” Info text: “Magna Essence of the Girl’s Thoughts has been trapped in a Blank Magnus.”
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:27 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Also in Mintaka, we go back to Lyude’s place (even if statistically that’s a VERY BAD IDEA, the smart thing would be to keep watch on the place) because that’s where his 5th finisher is.
And some so-smart soldiers with possibly a bad translation are apparently not looking for us.
Textbox: “You’ve obtained a Magnus: Intermezzo” Soldier 1: “Leave that country bumpkin alone and come finish your job, or the lady will be displeased with you.” Soldier 2: “...Yeah, you’re right. This bloke can’t be the one our lady was talking about.”
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:33 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
We can then use that to convince the kid blocking the path in Azha that hashtag not all Imperials, which, oh well.
Child: “I have nothing to say to people from the Empire.” The Quest Magnus UI, focused on Girl’s Thoughts. Child: “You came a very long way just to tell me that? You’re... actually a good person.” Child: “I believe in you... and the message of that girl named Scalla!”
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:34 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
At least Scalla is saying that getting to peace will be lifelong work, will mean getting uncomfortable with the peace she has been enjoying at the cost of others, and serving the people of Azha rather than the other way ‘round.
Which is more nuance than I recalled.
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:36 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Last tidbits are very vague pointers at the Lava Caves, but they can be interpreted as being about the recent showdown.
Unlike the other islands we don’t really get obvious hints that the dimensional crack is that way.
Random NPC: “Word on the street is that a lot of people have disappeared in the Azha Lava Caves.” Child: “Everyone says there’s something really neat at the deepest end of the caves.”
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Lia @liareplaysbk · 08:37 PM · Nov 21, 2020 Permalink 
Then it’s back to combos until I run out of stuff to merge. Nothing to see theeeeere