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10 > Archimedean

Make sure you paint within the frame. We don't want to be messy.

20 > Archimedean

Relax. Paint what you feel.

30 > Archimedean

The brush is a part of you. Don't fight it. Let it guide you.

40 > Archimedean

There. No need to rush. Let it out a little at a time.

50 > Archimedean

Do your feelings have a shape? Can you paint them a face?

60 > Archimedean

Drip, drip, drip. That's right. Let the paint do the bleeding.

70 > Archimedean

Just let your brush do what it wants. It might surprise you.

80 > Archimedean

Round and round and up and down!

90 > Archimedean

Breathe all of the bad into a big beautiful balloon and… let it go.

100 > Archimedean

It won't do you any good to get cross.

110 > Archimedean

If you don't fight me, then the paint won't fight you.

120 > Archimedean

The paint doesn't care what's real or unreal. You can make it into whatever you need.

130 > Archimedean

Whatever's scaring you, you can turn it into a picture. Then it won't ever be able to get out again, will it?

140 > Archimedean

Breathe in, breathe out. Let the paint flow.

150 > Archimedean

If we need to scream, we don't do it with our mouths. We do it with our pictures.

160 > Archimedean

Fold it over and press, and look! Could that be a pretty Lepidrian, or perhaps a happy Thasmite?

170 > Archimedean

Sometimes you don't know what it's going to be until you've finished.

180 > Archimedean

Brushes are not for chewing. Paint is not for drinking.

190 > Archimedean

No throwing. No flicking.

200 > Archimedean

The smooth white page is listening. Can the paint tell it a story?

210 > Archimedean

What do you see? Can you show me? Can you paint it for me?

220 > Archimedean

There are no wrong answers. I want to see what you see. Just pick up the brush.

230 > Archimedean

Do you feel happy? There are tears in your eyes. Are they happy tears?

240 > Archimedean

You just need to paint. That's all. Everything will be made clear, in time.

250 > Archimedean

Remember, the painting isn't real. Nothing can hurt you.

260 > Archimedean

It's just balloons, nothing to be scared of.

270 > Archimedean

You are seeing all of your bad qualities. Hate, anger, distrust. You are strangling them.

280 > Archimedean

You say you're seeing faces? Whose faces? How many? How many of them have you killed?

290 > Archimedean

Cast the bad thoughts out of your mind and on to the canvas. Out they go. Splish, splash, splosh.

300 > Archimedean

There's no sense in hiding anything away. Secrets will just fester in your skull.

DarkRefIdles

10 > Lotus

If we had ventured blindly into the Veil, we would never have found Tau. Only through memory can the path be made clear.

20 > Lotus

My father shattered the Solar Rail, and the Veil erupted in its wake. Whether by accident or design, I cannot know.

30 > Lotus

Blood will have its due. Every debt must be repaid.

40 > Lotus

One bears the light of Adis. The other, the hand of Natah. You are adapting to our ways.

50 > Lotus

Itzam foresaw a future where humans and Sentients would ultimately merge. It seems you have both begun the process.

60 > Lotus

For better or worse, both of you bear Sentient essence within your bodies. This may impress the denizens of Tau… or enrage them.

70 > Lotus

Using the Dark Refractory was only ever intended as a last resort. If there had been some other way…

80 > Lotus

I never intended any of this. I have only ever sought to protect my children.

90 > Lotus

That I might have been used to hurt my child, however falsely… It will not be forgiven, nor forgotten.

100 > Lotus

To relive the past… I believed in your strength, then. I still do.

110 > Lotus

When we find him, it will all be worth it. It cannot be otherwise.

120 > Lotus

I know I ask much of you. Yet you rise to the challenge, always. What sustains me… it is you.

130 > Lotus

Do not concern yourself with my fate. I have made peace with my past. Ballas… I no longer think of.

140 > Lotus

The truth must be faced, especially when it is difficult. I have never doubted you.

150 > Lotus

Through what we have endured together, I have found singularity of purpose. I trust you will find yours too, in time.

160 > Lotus

I fear we have only begun to reckon the cost of what has been done.

170 > Lotus

She would have been proud. She is proud. We are proud.

LobbyIntroStageA

10 > AspirantZorba

There, Follie's Shadowgraph, a window into a dark soul that my Master only barely escaped from. Do you understand, Tenno, I am asking you to venture into its darkness?

20 > AspirantZorba

Vesper Relay! Not as it was, but how my Master described it when he ventured into Follie's art. Kozai said he was only able to escape by finishing the stories. Did he mean the Shadowgraphs? I don't know.

30 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai told of being pulled into Follie's Shadowgraph… Of being hunted by truth unvarnished. Now I ask you to submit yourself to the very same Shadowgraph.

40 > AspirantZorba

This is it, by some Void madness Follie's Shadowgraph survived Vesper's annihilation. Confront its shadows.

SGInbox

10 > AspirantZorba

Revered Tenno, my mentor, Arbiter Kozai, is gone. They tell me he is dead, but I reject these lies. Kozai faced down the Wolf of Saturn Six alone! Such a man does not just perish like a dog.



You must think this strange, but I beg you: travel to the wreckage of Vesper Relay. There we will search for the Truth.



Aspirant Zorba

11 > AspirantZorba

Revered Tenno, I can't go to the wreck of Vesper Relay, it's too dangerous for a mere aspirant like me, but I want… no, I need to see Follie's Shadowgraph again. 



To make that happen, I need Nightmare Tatters. Find them on Vesper Relay and also in what you call Nightmare missions. These shreds are remnants of Follie's art. I think if we collect enough of those, we can reproduce a copy of her work right here in the relay. Then everyone can safely see it.



Will you help me do that?

20 > AspirantZorba

I must tell you a difficult Truth. Arbiter Kozai left an important task undone. It was his duty to teach me the Sacred Script of Hexis, but he never did, despite my struggles. So you see, we must find him. How else am I to read the letters he sent?

SGVendorIntroA

30 > AspirantZorba

What possessed Kozai to seek Truth in a clown's playground?

40 > AspirantZorba

Together, we will find a way to kill that thing.

50 > AspirantZorba

The teachings of Hexis tell of how strong Warframes were. You are proving them true.

60 > AspirantZorba

Kozai is alive somewhere in that madhouse. We must persist!

70 > AspirantZorba

Slaying that 'Follie' monstrosity will be a mercy, Tenno.

80 > AspirantZorba

Kozai communed with that Shadowgraph every day. You must find out why.

LobbyIntroStageB

50 > AspirantZorba

This Shadowgraph may have gotten my Master killed, but with its Atramentum…  I can finally read a few characters of the Hexis script. I ask you once again, confront Follie, and find more Atramentum.

60 > AspirantZorba

Instead of teaching how to read the sacred Hexis script, my Master stared into the Shadowgraph all day. Why? What insights do you have?

70 > AspirantZorba

This wretched 'Shadowgraph' and whatever lies within are responsible for my Master's disappearance. See what you can do.

80 > AspirantZorba

You return to brave the Shadowgraph again! If only I had your courage…

90 > AspirantZorba

You've returned to Follie. The Arbiters have never doubted your resolve, Tenno.

SGVendorIntroB

90 > AspirantZorba

If that grotesque Orokin mistake somehow overcame Kozai, we shall make an example of it.

100 > AspirantZorba

You have returned alive, Tenno! Praise the Void!

110 > AspirantZorba

Keep bringing me the Atramentum, friend Tenno. She has no right to it.

120 > AspirantZorba

I can hear her filthy laughter in my dreams. Well, we shall see who laughs last.

130 > AspirantZorba

The Orokin were cruel indeed, to make such a wicked joke of a Warframe.

140 > AspirantZorba

Be wary, Tenno. With her ink she will blind you to the Truth, like some squalid, stinking creature of the deep.

LobbyIntroStageC

100 > AspirantZorba

I grow weary of the prospect of finding my Master alive. I take solace in deciphering his letters with the Atramentum hidden within the Shadowgraph. You will find more for me, yes?

110 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai said he communed with Follie's work daily. I am starting to understand that he was communicating with Follie herself, telling her his story. Uncover it.

120 > AspirantZorba

When I see Follie I see anger, confusion, disarray. What possible virtue could my Master Kozai have seen in this monster?

130 > AspirantZorba

With each trip you take into the Shadowgraph I understand the old script more and more.

LobbyIntroStageD

140 > AspirantZorba

Just as it takes many strokes to fell a tree, it may take many inquiries to reach the truth. I salute your persistence.

150 > AspirantZorba

What does all this matter when my Master is gone? No, I must not entertain such thoughts, Kozai would not encourage that.

160 > AspirantZorba

Every time you stare into the Shadowgraph you see something new. It's the same with my Masters letters, I keep rereading and I keep finding new insights. Don't stop now, Tenno. I need to read them all.

170 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai always said that before I could learn the sacred script, I had to learn to see. I think the Atramentum is helping me see.

180 > AspirantZorba

Back again? Careful Tenno, my Master also couldn't refuse the Shadowgraphs pull. And we know where that left him.

SGVendorIntroC

150 > AspirantZorba

Tenno! I was afraid you had abandoned me. Deservedly.

160 > AspirantZorba

Kozai knew better than I, didn't he? Perhaps it is I who have been blind.

170 > AspirantZorba

The truth we are uncovering is not what I hoped to find, Tenno. But what does truth care for hope?

180 > AspirantZorba

I had thought Follie a monster. But Kozai called her a teller of truths.

190 > AspirantZorba

I hated Follie from the outset, Tenno. I should have been honest about why.

200 > AspirantZorba

The other aspirants threw ink over me when I could not learn my letters. I was certain Follie knew, and she was mocking me.

PeritaHardmodeUnlock

180 > Lotus

So, devil, you choose the harder path. As always.

LobbyIntroStageE

190 > AspirantZorba

Once more you prove your tenacity. I will be just as persistent in my own studies!

200 > AspirantZorba

Why does Follie not want her canvas finished? Why does she protect those stories?

210 > AspirantZorba

The Shadowgraph cannot be conquered, it can only be escaped.

220 > AspirantZorba

I understand now. Kozai told Follie his story, she saw his truth, and now she protects it. Forgive her. She knows not your noble intentions.

230 > AspirantZorba

Back again, Tenno? Because you know, like I now do, that there is no truth without struggle.

240 > AspirantZorba

You are drawn to the Shadowgraph aren't you, to Follie? That's why you keep coming back.

250 > AspirantZorba

The Shadowgraph, you can't look away, can you? Just like Master Kozai. Please, Tenno, be more careful than he.

SGVendorIntroD

210 > AspirantZorba

I sent you in to kill a monster, Tenno. Thank the Void that you did not.

220 > AspirantZorba

Can there really be eternal Truth… in a joke?

230 > AspirantZorba

Kozai is dead, Tenno, and it is for the best. For he shall never see my shame.

240 > AspirantZorba

I was so certain of my own judgement. I could not have been more wrong!

250 > AspirantZorba

One hunts another, round and around, forever. I thought it was a nightmare, but it was only ever meant to be a game.

260 > AspirantZorba

I was blinded by pride, Tenno. Thank the Void we have another chance.

RoundStartStageA

260 > AspirantZorba

Follie is here, you cannot kill her, but you can outsmart her. Finish her canvases-

RoundStartOngoing

270 > AspirantZorba

Hurry, find paint and finish the Shadow-

280 > AspirantZorba

Go now. Before she finds you-

290 > AspirantZorba

There are three canvases waiting to-

300 > AspirantZorba

The canvases are the way out, find paint and finish them.

310 > AspirantZorba

Move now, time is of the essence-

320 > AspirantZorba

Follie's on the hunt-

SGVendorIntroE

270 > AspirantZorba

Are you ready for another dip into the merry maze, Tenno?

280 > AspirantZorba

And what drops of Follie's wisdom do you bring me today?

290 > AspirantZorba

It is always good to see you, my steadfast friend.

300 > AspirantZorba

Let us hope her ink never runs dry.

310 > AspirantZorba

They will tell my tale in years to come. Zorba the Fool, and Follie the Wise.

320 > AspirantZorba

I was staring at the truth with open eyes, and yet I could not see it.

330 > AspirantZorba

We Arbiters think our judgement is so perfect. We need a little more humility.

FirstPaintingCompleted

310 > Archimedean

I'm sure that feels wonderful.

320 > Archimedean

Don't smudge it!

330 > Archimedean

Leave it alone, now. Let it dry.

340 > Archimedean

Such earnest brushwork!

350 > Archimedean

You should feel proud of yourself.

360 > Archimedean

Good, just like that. Let the paint guide you.

370 > Archimedean

You're making progress. I can see it in your brushwork.

380 > Archimedean

There. You can follow instructions. Well done.

390 > Archimedean

Don't forget to take a big breath.

400 > Archimedean

Rinse the brush, now. We need to be clean, don't we?

LobbyLoiterOngoing

330 > AspirantZorba

You need to enter the painting. There is no going back now, Tenno.

340 > AspirantZorba

The painting is truth, face it.

350 > AspirantZorba

How did Follie's painting ever survive?

360 > AspirantZorba

The Arbiters of Hexis will never forgive Vay Hek for his desecration of Vesper Relay.

370 > AspirantZorba

Vesper Relay took a direct hit from a Fomorian, how did that Shadowgraph even survive?!

SGVendorGoodbyeAB

340 > AspirantZorba

Thank you, Tenno, once again.

350 > AspirantZorba

We will find him. I know it.

360 > AspirantZorba

For the Truth!

370 > AspirantZorba

I am in your debt.

AllCanvasesFinished

380 > AspirantZorba

You… You escaped. But how?

390 > AspirantZorba

Unreal. You survived. Come find me in the relay.

400 > AspirantZorba

Tenno, you finished the canvases. Wow. Find me on the relay.

410 > AspirantZorba

All of the Shadowgraphs have been painted. Just as Master Kozai once did.

420 > AspirantZorba

Look at all that Atramentum.

430 > AspirantZorba

With every trip you take into the Shadowgraph I learn so much.

440 > AspirantZorba

You've freed the truth Tenno.

450 > AspirantZorba

I will learn much with this Atramentum.

460 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai would be proud of you.

470 > AspirantZorba

Did you… finish all the Shadowgraphs. I can hardly believe it.

480 > AspirantZorba

I thought you were gone… but now you're back.

490 > AspirantZorba

Good work. Come find me in the relay.

500 > AspirantZorba

You survived. How do I thank you?

SGVendorGoobyeBC

380 > AspirantZorba

Go and deliver judgement.

390 > AspirantZorba

Make that creature bleed.

400 > AspirantZorba

No mercy.

410 > AspirantZorba

Please, make haste.

SecondPaintingCompleted

410 > Archimedean

Jolly good! Another facet of yourself committed to ink.

420 > Archimedean

Yes, I can see now. I can see you. Keep painting. We need to go deeper.

430 > Archimedean

See? That wasn't so hard. There's nothing to be afraid of.

440 > Archimedean

Is this really what you see? Fascinating. Go on.

450 > Archimedean

You think the paint looks like blood? Look deeper. Tell me more.

460 > Archimedean

You're seeing vibrations. The ones between everything. Excellent.

470 > Archimedean

Wonderful. Painting by painting, we grow closer to your truth.

480 > Archimedean

Keep drawing it to the surface. All of it. Every feeling you have ever felt.

490 > Archimedean

You might not understand what you have painted… but I do.

500 > Archimedean

You just keep on painting. I shall tell you what it all means.

SGVendorGoodbyeDE

420 > AspirantZorba

We have much left to discover.

430 > AspirantZorba

The search continues.

440 > AspirantZorba

Thank you.

450 > AspirantZorba

I wish I could go with you.

SGVendorProxBarks

460 > AspirantZorba

Right now I'm just an aspirant, but someday… Someday I'll be an Arbiter. And my feet will tread the sacred ground of the Preceptory.

470 > AspirantZorba

The search continues.

480 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai wouldn't just sit around, I need to think, what would he do.

490 > AspirantZorba

If only I could go to Vesper Relay.

491 > AspirantZorba

Tenno? Did you make it to Vesper Relay?

492 > AspirantZorba

Some people say that all these relays look the same… but not to me. They all have their quirks.

493 > AspirantZorba

Another day, another relay.

494 > AspirantZorba

Tenno, do you have a moment to hear about the Arbiters of Hexis?

495 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai spent years as an aspirant, standing outside this door, studying his letters. I will learn how to read the ancient script, one way or another.

496 > AspirantZorba

The Tenno are so much more than merely warriors! Do you want to learn more?

497 > AspirantZorba

Hey Tenno, did you know my Master? If you have time, I have stories.

498 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai always said, being an Aspirant is a beginning, not an end.I hope he was right.

499 > AspirantZorba

If I could just get some more Atramentum…

SGVendorBrowseIdleAll

500 > AspirantZorba

I wanted to be an Arbiter from the day I first saw one.

510 > AspirantZorba

Arbiters walk the dust road. We mediate between any who seek our counsel.

520 > AspirantZorba

We are more than a Syndicate. Our inmost circles hold truths hidden even from the Tenno.

530 > AspirantZorba

The Tenno of old entrusted the first Arbiters with their secrets, to guard them during the Long Sleep. We have been comrades for lifetimes.

540 > AspirantZorba

We have always known that you Tenno were more than weapons.

550 > AspirantZorba

If the Lotus had ever failed you, if her nature had betrayed her, we Arbiters would have stood ready to guide you.

560 > AspirantZorba

The Orokin only saw your usefulness. We saw your humanity.

570 > AspirantZorba

The Arbiters were not always as we are now. At times we were little more than a cult who dreamed the Tenno would return and rule as god-kings. It is an ugly truth, but it must be spoken.

580 > AspirantZorba

The world is told that we go masked because justice is impartial. To you we may speak the truth: we hide our true faces because we follow the Tenno example.

590 > AspirantZorba

"And it is written: the Tenno shall in time rule in place of the Orokin, but despite their great honour they shall be like unto youths, immature and driven by intemperate passions. Such princelings shall have sore need of seasoned adults to mediate between them. Be ye then Arbiters, bound by the covenant of Hexis."

FolliesHuntMissionFailed

510 > AspirantZorba

Tenno… What happened?

520 > AspirantZorba

I see nothing… where are you??

530 > AspirantZorba

Death must not be the end…

540 > AspirantZorba

Failure? For you? How?

550 > AspirantZorba

Disaster.

560 > AspirantZorba

Tenno… NO!

ThirdPaintingCompleted

510 > Archimedean

And there it all is, laid out as plain as day.

520 > Archimedean

Look at what you did. Just look.

530 > Archimedean

I think you're beginning to understand.

560 > Archimedean

Yes, you had better rest now.

580 > Archimedean

Take this one back to storage. We're done for now.

590 > Archimedean

Subject is stabilised. Return to cryo.

SGVendorBrowseIdleAB

600 > AspirantZorba

The Red Veil think they are senior to us! What do they know of what we know?

610 > AspirantZorba

Arbitration is a privilege reserved for developed minds. Senseless beasts do not deserve it.

620 > AspirantZorba

Forgive me if I tremble in your presence, Tenno.

630 > AspirantZorba

I have seen you walking these Relays so many times. To think you would one day speak to me!

640 > AspirantZorba

The Arbiters know well that the Tenno are not their Warframes. You are noble. They are beasts.

650 > AspirantZorba

I cannot be certain that asking for your aid was the right thing to do. But Kozai always said the first step to becoming an Arbiter is to credit your own judgement.

660 > AspirantZorba

Other relays have been rebuilt, but never Vesper. I wonder what they knew.

670 > AspirantZorba

There are many forms of Arbitration! You probably know those in which we test your fitness through combat, but you might also be tested in poetic composition or the serving of the Bitter Tea! Please forgive my enthusiasm. I forgot my place.

680 > AspirantZorba

"And the voice cried out in pride, saying: who are you mites, that you presume to judge an Executor? But the company of Hexis answered and said: we are kin to those millions you have oppressed, and before tomorrow dawns we shall see justice done."

690 > AspirantZorba

I would read to you from the Pronouncements of Hexis, as tradition demands, but I am, uh, unable to at present.

HuntedByFollie

610 > Archimedean

When we are bad, there are consequences!

620 > Archimedean

I shall call for the Custodians. Then you'll be sorry.

630 > Archimedean

Of all the thoughtless, beastly things you could have done…

640 > Archimedean

The paint is not supposed to go on you.

650 > Archimedean

Oh, you filthy little…

660 > Archimedean

I've been looking everywhere for you!

670 > Archimedean

Did you really think I wouldn't find out? I know everything.

680 > Archimedean

I'm not sure you are worth keeping after all.

690 > Archimedean

If you are not gentle with your implements, do not expect them to be gentle with you.

700 > Archimedean

Let your fear disappear in the strokes of your brush. Watch it run down the canvas. Faster... Faster...

710 > Archimedean

Why are you being so difficult? I'm just trying to help you. You just need to let go.

720 > Archimedean

I know what you've done. The painting makes it clear. I know you better than anyone.

730 > Archimedean

You say they were attacking you? So you killed them all?

740 > Archimedean

And where exactly are you planning to hide?

750 > Archimedean

Very well. We have other, less gentle, methods.

760 > Archimedean

What's wrong? Is it the voices again?

770 > Archimedean

Nothing is coming to hurt you. You are safe.

780 > Archimedean

This absurd behaviour simply has to stop.

790 > Archimedean

If I were in your position I'd be extremely cautious with my behaviour.

800 > Archimedean

I can have you put back in your capsule like that.

810 > Archimedean

You can't run from a guilty conscience. It's in there with you.

820 > Archimedean

Well. You've upset the apple-cart now.

830 > Archimedean

The common factor behind all of your problems is you.

840 > Archimedean

You wanted to provoke a reaction, and now you have. Good for you.

850 > Archimedean

I think we need a reminder of the boundaries.

SGVendorBrowseIdleCD

700 > AspirantZorba

Kozai was telling Follie our sacred parables. And she understood them.

710 > AspirantZorba

"In his compassion, worthy Malloc allowed his beloved Kubrows to devour him, knowing that his greatest gift was his own self."

720 > AspirantZorba

The Hawk and the Snake is one of our oldest tales. The mouse tricks them into arguing over which has the greater right to eat him.

730 > AspirantZorba

I rushed to judgement without reflection, Tenno. A blunder as foolish as rushing into combat without armor.

740 > AspirantZorba

Master Kozai must have known I would come looking for him. He meant this to be a lesson.

750 > AspirantZorba

Kozai and Follie weren't trying to kill one another. They were both learning. Observing.

760 > AspirantZorba

I feel like I have stared and stared at a meaningless mess of ink until I suddenly saw a picture.

770 > AspirantZorba

Every culture has a name for them. The Ostrons have the Kapush-Ri, the dustbelters the Magroons, perhaps even the Jesters of the Grineer. Sacred fools who may speak truths which others cannot.

780 > AspirantZorba

Tenno, I believe I have misjudged Follie. If I am wrong, then chances are I am sending you to join Master Kozai in death. But I cannot deny what I see.

790 > AspirantZorba

I wanted Kozai to be a hero. I wanted Follie to be a monster. But the Truth does not care about what we want, does it?

SGVendorBrowseIdleE

800 > AspirantZorba

Kozai always promised he would teach me my letters. I thought he had forgotten.

810 > AspirantZorba

To hold the Pronouncements of Hexis in my hand, to read the words that were written down thousands of years ago… it is a gift.

820 > AspirantZorba

Every day I write to my brothers at the Preceptory and dust down the page with the sacred sands, just as all Aspirants before me have done.

830 > AspirantZorba

One day I may preside over your Arbitration, and grant you temporary mortality! What an honor that would be!

840 > AspirantZorba

You have granted me an honor rare even among Arbiters: to know the true face of a Tenno.

850 > AspirantZorba

Kozai said that truth is like salt, bringing both pain and cleansing. I used to think that was why tears are salty.

860 > AspirantZorba

I admit I was afraid to begin our journey together, Tenno. Now I am afraid for it to end. Would you like me to write to you?

870 > AspirantZorba

You're still visiting Follie? Good, good. It must be lonely on that wreckage.

880 > AspirantZorba

I wonder why we so often see monsters and terrors in the random noise of an inkblot? I suppose it has something to do with how we evolved. We are built to fear.

890 > AspirantZorba

The day Vesper Relay died… she must have been so scared. I mean no disrespect, Tenno, but I wish more of you had fought against Vay Hek that day.

FollieStopsHunting

860 > Archimedean

A moment. Something has come up.

870 > Archimedean

You are still under scrutiny. Make no mistake about that.

880 > Archimedean

I don't know how I'm expected to deal with all of you at once.

890 > Archimedean

We'll just take a little time out, I think.

900 > Archimedean

I'll deal with you later.

910 > Archimedean

Good. Recover your focus.

920 > Archimedean

That's right. Breathe slowly. It was only a hallucination.

930 > Archimedean

Can you please co-operate for longer than two minutes this time?

940 > Archimedean

Let's start over. We have plenty of fresh materials and plenty of time.

950 > Archimedean

You didn't think I'd let a little reject like you get under my skin, did you?

960 > Archimedean

I'll deal with you presently.

970 > Archimedean

You're too old for tantrums.

980 > Archimedean

I am willing to de-escalate if you are.

990 > Archimedean

We will not be requiring the soporific vapours after all.

1000 > Archimedean

I will not permit one refractory subject to occupy my entire attention.

1010 > Archimedean

I simply do not have the time for this.

1020 > Archimedean

Don't let it happen again.

1030 > Archimedean

I think you've learned the value of willing co-operation.

1040 > Archimedean

Back to your brushwork you go!

1050 > Archimedean

Your record is accumulating a lot of nasty blots.

SGVendorBrowseWares

900 > AspirantZorba

This is what we've salvaged from the wreckage of the Relay.

910 > AspirantZorba

Maybe these offerings will help.

920 > AspirantZorba

I wish I could offer you more.

930 > AspirantZorba

I hope these help our search for Truth.

940 > AspirantZorba

Here, Tenno. For what it may be worth.

SGVendorEventIntro

950 > AspirantZorba

By some miracle I can only attribute to lua or the Void, Follie's Shadowgraph survived the destruction of Vesper Relay. Only, the blast left the work in desperate need of restoration. That's where you come in, Tenno, all of you. With every trip the Tenno take into the Shadowgraph, you do your part in restoring the work to its former glory. However horrifying that may be.

SGVendorEventBrowse

960 > AspirantZorba

I wish I could be of more help.

970 > AspirantZorba

Kozai wanted that Shadowgraph preserved. I wish I knew why.

980 > AspirantZorba

The Arbiters wish to express their thanks.

990 > AspirantZorba

I hope this is suitable compensation.

1000 > AspirantZorba

I am seeing details in the Shadowgraph I never knew were there.

SGVendorSale

1010 > AspirantZorba

Excellent.

1020 > AspirantZorba

A fair exchange.

1030 > AspirantZorba

Done.

1040 > AspirantZorba

As you wish.

SGVendorNoSale

1050 > AspirantZorba

Very well.

1060 > AspirantZorba

I shall wait.

1070 > AspirantZorba

If you are sure.

1080 > AspirantZorba

Ah. Understood.

KnockedDownByFollie

1060 > Archimedean

Now, now. You know this is not how we behave. Try. Again.

1070 > Archimedean

Resist all you like. This only ends when I say so.

1080 > Archimedean

Now look at what a mess you've made. You'll have to clean this up, you know.

1090 > Archimedean

I've been looking everywhere for you!

1100 > Archimedean

Where are you going? Therapy is in session.

1110 > Archimedean

I have experience dealing with difficult subjects.

1120 > Archimedean

You need to be open with me, or we'll never get anywhere.

1130 > Archimedean

You'll open up one way or another.

1140 > Archimedean

Yes yes, everything must go back to its proper place once we finish. Even the paint.

1150 > Archimedean

See? That wasn't so hard. There's nothing to be afraid of.

1160 > Archimedean

You can go when you've finished painting. Just relax. It takes as long as it takes.

1170 > Archimedean

How does that make you feel? You're becoming quite agitated. Good. We're getting somewhere.

1180 > Archimedean

You're further gone than I thought. Quite a severe case.

1190 > Archimedean

I am not above resorting to physical restraint.

1200 > Archimedean

I think you are being far too exuberant.

1210 > Archimedean

Let's get you calmed down.

1220 > Archimedean

That did not need to happen.

1230 > Archimedean

Never mind. Pick yourself up and try again.

1240 > Archimedean

How did that make you feel?

1250 > Archimedean

If it's not hurting it's not working.

1260 > Archimedean

This is a development you will have to process in your own time.

1270 > Archimedean

Nobody has any sympathy for you.

1280 > Archimedean

Oh yeah? I can scream just as loudly as you.

1290 > Archimedean

Oh no you don't.

1300 > Archimedean

I know what you're capable of. So I am taking no chances.

1305 > Archimedean

I am the Archimedean. You are the subject.

AtagraphFirstTimeIntro

1090 > AspirantZorba

If you have any Chromatic Atramentum, I can turn your mods into Atragraphs. It won't change their function at all, but they'll look a lot different. Worthy of a Tenno.

AtagraphIntro

1100 > AspirantZorba

Okay. Let's begin the inscribing process.

AtagraphCreated

1110 > AspirantZorba

All done.

1120 > AspirantZorba

See how it shines?

1130 > AspirantZorba

I hope it's satisfactory.

1140 > AspirantZorba

As requested.

1150 > AspirantZorba

I think this turned out well!

AtagraphFailed

1160 > AspirantZorba

I'm sorry, but I can't do anything without Chromatic Atramentum.

1170 > AspirantZorba

You'll need some Chromatic Atramentum to turn a mod into an Atragraph.

SGChallengeCompleteA

1180 > AspirantZorba

Tenno. This ink… it's forming letters by itself! I make words in my head, and it just flows, and next minute I'm looking at the sacred script of Hexis! Every time I think of the same word it makes the same shapes. All I have to do is remember what it's showing me!

SGChallengeCompleteB

1190 > AspirantZorba

Tenno, I'm sorry, but I'm going to need you to bring me a lot more ink. I went a little crazy thinking of different things and the ink made words every time but I don't remember them now and the ink's all gone. I'm going to try copying what it shows me. That way it might stay in my head.

SGChallengeCompleteC

1200 > AspirantZorba

It's working, Tenno. I've got all these different words in my head now and I can write them down any time I like. Could you keep bringing me ink? I don't think Follie minds. I think… she meant this to happen.

SGChallengeCompleteD

1210 > AspirantZorba

Did you know you can write the same thing in totally different ways? Like, if you're writing to someone important you're meant to put these extra curls and lines on the word to show respect? I think I only need a little more ink, Tenno. I'm almost done.

SGChallengeCompleteE

1220 > AspirantZorba

Tenno… it's done. I can read it all now. Even the fragments from the years before the Ordering. Now I can finally read what Kozai wanted to tell me. Thank Follie for me, would you?

KozaiInitialState

1230 > AspirantZorba

Five sealed letters. That's all Arbiter Kozai left me in the world. Why would he do that, when he knows I can't read? He promised to teach me the sacred script of Hexis. But he never did. And now he's gone.

KozaiLetterARead

1240 > AspirantZorba

I can read the first letter now! It's really short. Here goes. 'Work hard. Study… far? No. Study long. Good Zorba. Happy Kozai.'

KozaiLetterBRead

1250 > AspirantZorba

Letter number two. 'Zorba. Kozai has work to do. Teach… I don't know this word. Teach… blobby thing? …truth. Learn truth too. Much change. Big surprise.' Ah… okay?

KozaiLetterCRead

1260 > AspirantZorba

Third letter. 'Follie is not evil. Follie is… a teller of truths. I taught her Hexis stories. You are learning and she is learning. She makes my stories into… pictures. You must make her ink into words.'

KozaiLetterDRead

1270 > AspirantZorba

'I have learned something of Follie's own truth. She was not always as you see her now. Once she was a painter of hidden truths, bringing secrets to light for healing's sake. But others sought to… um… crooked line… warp? Twist? Pervert her gifts. She was put in service to cruel masters.'

KozaiLetterERead

1280 > AspirantZorba

'The… sky-ogres? Wait. Fomorians. The Fomorians will be here soon. I will give these letters to our Preceptory Cephalon. We shall not meet again, my student, my friend. I must keep Follie safe. If you are reading this, you will understand why, and with what reason we should revere Follie as a Holy Fool, one of the Saints of Truth. I am confident you will be a just and wise Arbiter of Hexis.'