Zeal Palace Bedroom Guards
This is the Greater Glory bedroom,
reserved for the principal rulers of
Zeal. None may enter.{full break}
The Queen moved out to the
other room after King Zeal's death
and has not stepped foot in here
since. A sad aura pervades it...{null}
This is the Lesser Glory bedroom,
reserved for non-heir relatives of
the royal family.{full break}
As Queen Zeal's personal quarters,
you are not allowed in except
with her permission.{null}
(Also in the bedroom, let's just put one person on the middle platform at the beginning so it's not totally empty)
(Woman)
It's peaceful here.
The walls, the floor...everything
is soundproofed from the bustle
of the palace.{null}
Lesser Glory Room After You Get Back from Mt. Woe
(Guard)
Heard there's some heavy
construction going on in one of
the Ocean Palace locks today.{full break}
Once Belthasar ditched, Dalton
ordered the slaves to work twice
as hard. He's really pushing to
finish up early.{null}
Zeal Palace Regular Dialogue (once the NPCs are thinned out; these work for any nPC except for the plant lady and a Nu)
(Plant lady)
Hello, visitor.
Have you come to see our gardens?{full break}
Melchior gave me this plant two
weeks ago for my care. He says
it can survive in the most harsh
conditions.{full break}
If he's right, and the earth below
is just sleeping, then one day the
snow will stop and the land will be
like Zeal. It's a viridian wish...{null}
(Nu)
...{delay 03}
Oh, he'll be back, Nu.{null} (deliberately weird, cryptic message not referring to anything in particular)
The cerulean lake is such a nice
retreat. And the palace rises over
with dominion of earth, water, and
air.
Such pale skin...?
Have you come from the land of
snow and ice?{null}
In addition to the Ocean Palace, I've
heard the Gurus are working on
more extravagant inventions.{full break}
But what else do we need once
we're immortal?{null}
I've watched the Earthbound time
to time. They emerge from the caves
in the dead of the day, hunt for sluggish
beasts, and scurry back to safety.{full break}
How can people such as that have
dreams and hopes as we do?{null}
Queen Zeal hit one of her aides last
week. It's something you're not
supposed to talk about, but considering
she did it in front of everyone...{null}
Gaspar and Belthasar sometimes
keep Nu, but I've seen Melchior with
uncanny beings unlike anything else.{null}
Schala's taken good care of Janus,
but even her warmth can't heal his
sadness...{null}
Dalton rose through the ranks with
a bad attitude. Someone should put
that jerk in his place.{null}
Hallway to the Mammon Machine (one woman)
The moment they turned on the
machine months ago, the entire
palace felt alive.{full break}
Such is the magnitude of even
a drop of the god Lavos's crimson
energy.{null}
Hall of the Mammon Machine (just 3 people in there)
(Woman)
They say if you put your ear to
the machine, you can hear a
faint whisper...{null}
(Scientist)
This is the great fire of our
ancestors, which set aflame
the dormant earth and created
our fortunes.{full break}
Once lost, that life-giving fire
now fuels our dreams again.{null}
(Man)
It feels great in here, but...
Could I ever fall asleep by this
thing? No way. The vibrations are
just a little too overwhelming.{null}
POST-Prophet Audience (once Zeal approves of his prophethood; only a few people in each location will actually have changed dialogue)
Enhasa
(Welcome to the city of dreams guy now says...)
Aha, so you're a Prophet!
Do your visions come in dreams?
We must research this possibility!{null}
(Poyozo now says...)
Heard about the news.
So you're a Prophet, eh?
Well, the seals it. Fate exists,
and all our lives are predetermined...{full break}
{Magus}: ...{delay 02}
If a sage knows the future, can
he not then act to change it?{null}
(Our magnificent king woman now says...)
A Prophet...
Can you tell me...will my love
grow? Shall I realize my goals
in the near future?{full break}
I will seek the answers in dreams...{null}
Kajar
(What a raw aura! woman now says...)
So, a Prophet...
I wonder if such an ability is
normal with that kind of
raw magical power?{null}
(The Mammon Machine was designed scientist now says...)
I've heard you are a Prophet.
How unscientific...{full break}
But if the Queen vouches for you,
and welcomes you as guest...
Then there must be some merit
to your claim.{null}
(The Gurus were close guy now says...)
If only you had been on that
fateful journey. Perhaps you might
have felt the Black Wind around
the King, and prevented his death...
Zeal Palace
(Dalton rose through the ranks person now says...)
Wow, your first day here and
you're in the Queen's good graces.
That's gonna make you-know-who
pretty angry.{null}
(Queen Zeal hit one of her aides now says...)
I knew I felt something strange
about you. Will you reveal my
fortunes?{full break}
{Magus}: ...Zeal has but one{line break}
fortune for everyone.{null}
(Such pale skin...? now says...)
I find it hard to believe that
anyone other than an Enlightened
One could possess clairvoyance...{null}
(They say if you put your ear woman in the hall now says...)
Ah, so you can hear the whispers
of time's will...{full break}
Lavos has brought us energy, and
now, a teller of fate. Oh, what
a glorious being...{null} (haha, yes, Lavos did bring Magus to Zeal, after all)
