msg_tq002004f

1 tq002004_msg0001 4 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 I've seen a few colonies with
dwindling Flame Clocks before,
but this one is especially bizarre...
2 tq002004_msg0002 1 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 It's like they're not trying to survive
here at all... Do you get that impression?
3 tq002004_msg0003 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Back when I was stationed at Lambda,
I'd heard rumors about Colony Tau.
4 tq002004_msg0004 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 What did they say?
5 tq002004_msg0005 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 That deep in the forest, there's a
colony with some very peculiar
customs and traditions.
6 tq002004_msg0006 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 This is my first time seeing it in
reality, but I never expected it to
be so run-down...
7 tq002004_msg0007 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Did you have any dealings with it?
8 tq002004_msg0008 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 None at all. This is just hearsay
from Commander Isurd.
9 tq002004_msg0009 1 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 Anyway, we should hurry. Let's smash
the Flame Clock and free everyone.
10 tq002004_msg0010 L 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It being an abandoned colony,
we are continually starved of
sufficient life sources.
11 tq002004_msg0011 1 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 Wait... Are you the commander?
12 tq002004_msg0012 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 That's right. Sorry I failed to
tell you before. I am Juniper,
and it's my job to lead Colony Tau.
13 tq002004_msg0013 4 0x8148 0x4081 0x430 126 If that's so, then surely
you must know who we are.
14 tq002004_msg0014 L 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I'm afraid I know nothing.
15 tq002004_msg0015 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Huh.
16 tq002004_msg0016 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We have no need of such information.
17 tq002004_msg0017 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Juniper told us we'd welcome you in,
whoever you might turn out to be.
18 tq002004_msg0018 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 So that's the rule. We don't ask questions.
19 tq002004_msg0019 3 0x8111 0x30004081 0x430 126 But you attacked us back there!
20 tq002004_msg0021 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Our scouts told us about some monsters
in the forest they'd never seen before, so
we sent them out on a hunt.
21 tq002004_msg0022 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But then they bumped into you en route.
They must've figured it'd be more
efficient to get you out of the way first.
22 tq002004_msg0023 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 Though contrary to our plan,
we were made to retreat.
23 tq002004_msg0025 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh yeah, what about your Consul?
Where are they hiding?
24 tq002004_msg0026 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 I told you, this is an abandoned colony.
Our Consul rarely visits us.
25 tq002004_msg0027 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 You're in such a strange situation...
26 tq002004_msg0028 1 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 All the more reason to get you
out of this predicament!
27 tq002004_msg0029 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I think you guys are getting the
wrong end of the stick here.
28 tq002004_msg0030 L 0x8100 0x10004081 0x430 126 ...
29 tq002004_msg0031 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 It's true. We aren't afraid of Colony Tau's
Flame Clock running out.
30 tq002004_msg0032 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 All it means is the end of our days
gazing at our ever-diminishing supply.
31 tq002004_msg0033 1 0x8101 0x30004081 0x430 126 But you could die!
32 tq002004_msg0034 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Uh-huh. As if we'd just let you waltz in
and break our Flame Clock.
33 tq002004_msg0035 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We all have to perish someday.
34 tq002004_msg0036 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 If our lives should expire, then we'll sink
into silence, darkness...oblivion.
35 tq002004_msg0037 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We'll return to the earth...
36 tq002004_msg0038 2 0x8100 0x10004081 0x430 126 ...
37 tq002004_msg0039 1 0x8101 0x4081 0x430 126 Yes, but...! You can't just...!
38 tq002004_msg0040 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 The land will take us, and
we will simply "be".
39 tq002004_msg0041 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 That's how it is at Colony Tau.
No one will ever think of us,
and yet here we are.
40 tq002004_msg0042 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 Slowly but surely,
we are withering.
41 tq002004_msg0043 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We don't always find the nutrition
that we need to live.
42 tq002004_msg0044 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 If Colony Tau cannot accumulate
the vital flames it needs, then it proves
only that we were too weak.
43 tq002004_msg0045 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 And in nature, the weak are
destined to perish.
44 tq002004_msg0046 4 0x8178 0x4081 0x430 126 Though logic would dictate that nature
is pushing you to become stronger.
45 tq002004_msg0047 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If we set you free, you won't
have to worry about all this crap.
46 tq002004_msg0048 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We neither worry nor fear for
what may come to pass.
47 tq002004_msg0049 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We've already lost so many
of our friends and allies.
48 tq002004_msg0050 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 And every time, we returned
their bodies to the earth.
49 tq002004_msg0051 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 Such will be our fate.
50 tq002004_msg0052 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 What's the point in fearing
the inevitable?
51 tq002004_msg0053 _c1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We know we're gonna die.
What's wrong with us living the
way we always have?
52 tq002004_msg0054 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But how do you live without hope?
53 tq002004_msg0055 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 It will spell the end of the story that our
predecessors weaved for generations...
A tale cut short.
54 tq002004_msg0056 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 I won't argue that it feels
a little melancholy...
55 tq002004_msg0057 L 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 In that sense, if we were to be freed
from the Flame Clock, then...
56 tq002004_msg0058 Wd1 0x8101 0x30004081 0x430 126 Juniper, bad news!
57 tq002004_msg0059 L 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Tell me.
58 tq002004_msg0060 Wd1 0x8101 0x30004081 0x430 126 The monsters're coming straight
for the colony! And they already
took one of us down!
59 tq002004_msg0061 L 0x8150 0x4081 0x430 126 No... They came all the way here?!
60 tq002004_msg0062 1 0x8129 0x30004081 0x430 126 We'll join you!