- 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.
- Huh? What are you doing here, Claude? Glad to see
[cdb]you're OK, at least.
- Huh? What're you doing here, Claude? Glad to see
[cdb]you're OK, at least.
- Not sure "OK" is the word I'd go with. Dimitri and I
[cdb]got sucked into some weird magic vortex.
- One of your making, I can only presume.
- ...
- ...
- When we came to, we were sprawled on the ground
[cdb]here. Charming place, if you ask me.
- I take it you don't remember what happened.
- You changed—attempted to strike at us. We were
[cdb]thankfully able to subdue you, at least temporarily...
- But you came to and fled not long after. You were,
[cdb]by all accounts, a different person entirely.
- 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 no one's in my
[cdb]head anymore.
- What? How can you be sure?
- 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 the very least, I believe your account well enough
[cdb]to say you're no longer a threat to us.
- Right. We can save all that metaphysics stuff for some
[cdb]other time.
- Anyhow, you wouldn't happen to know a way out of
[cdb]this dark void...place, would you?
- 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.
- You sure are optimistic for someone who's surrounded
[cdb]by horrible nothingness.
- Ngh... It isn't as though we have any alternatives.
- We should take a look around. Perhaps we can learn
[cdb]more about this place in the process... Hm?
- Uh, Dimitri? Where are you going?