- Where...am I?
- Where...am I?
- Let's hold off on the weapons for now, OK? Probably
[cdb]best you don't move at all, actually.
- Wait, Claude? Hold on. What're you all doing here?
- Wait, Claude? Hold on. What're you all doing here?
- I have the same question. It appears we've been
[cdb]swallowed up by some kind of strange magic.
- That was your doing, wasn't it?
- Ngh...
- Ngh...
- When we came to, we were sprawled on the ground
[cdb]here. Charming place, if you ask me.
- Have you truly forgotten everything?
- You transformed and began attacking your allies.
Thankfully, we managed to knock you out and
[cdb]capture you.
- But soon you awoke and fled... Those who saw you
[cdb]said you were like a different person.
- Hmm...
- I guess that...kinda rings a bell.
- I guess that...kinda rings a bell.
- The last thing I remember is Arval telling me to slay
[cdb]the Ashen Demon. At least, I think it was Arval.
- The last thing I remember is Arval telling me to slay
[cdb]the Ashen Demon. At least, I think it was Arval.
- Arval?
- The voice in my head. We've known each other for a
[cdb]few years now.
- The voice in my head. We've known each other for a
[cdb]few years now.
- Uh...huh.
- Pretty out there, right? This is why I never
[cdb]mentioned it.
- Sounds pretty out there, right? This is why I never
[cdb]mentioned it.
- And you claim this "Arval" suddenly decided to turn
[cdb]on you?
- I know how it sounds, but yeah.
- I know how it sounds, but yeah.
- There are two things I can say for sure.
- There are two things I can say for sure.
- The first is that Arval's magic is what dragged us all
[cdb]in here. And the second...is that no one's in my
[cdb]head anymore.
- The first is that Arval's magic is what dragged us all
[cdb]in here. And the second...is that there's no one in my
[cdb]head anymore.
- How can you be certain?
- Because I don't feel them. At least, not in my mind.
Arval's somewhere else now. Somewhere distant.
- Because I don't feel them. At least, not in my mind.
Arval's somewhere else now. Somewhere distant.
- Well that's vague. How are we supposed to make
[cdb]heads or tails of any of this?
- At any rate, you appear more like yourself again,
[cdb]which we can take as a positive sign—and I truly do
[cdb]want to believe you.
- At the very least, I hope you know a way out of this
[cdb]fathomless prison.
- About that. I know I said distant, but Arval's
[cdb]definitely here with us somewhere.
- About that. I know I said distant, but Arval's
[cdb]definitely here with us somewhere.
- If we can find them and figure out what magic they
[cdb]used on us, we might just be able to escape.
- If we can find them and figure out what magic they
[cdb]used on us, we might just be able to escape.
- That sounds wildly optimistic.
- It sure does. But considering we don't know a thing
[cdb]about this place, we might as well give it a shot.
- In that case, let's begin looking around and see if we
[cdb]can't find any clues to where we are.