1 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: Intraquest created by Michael Freiberg, a production of iHeartRadio and 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: Astro Media Listen with headphones for three D audio. In 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: a distant future, long after the apocalypse was forgotten and 4 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: the history of civilization lost, the world begins again. A 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: primordial evil awakened at the time of the apocalypse, has 6 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: the power to possess the mind. It exists solely as 7 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: the voice of madness in the collective unconscious and rules 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: over a mental realm called the intra. This dark force 9 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: is a threat to end all life and is known 10 00:00:52,360 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: as Umbra. Three Adventurers. Beser a smooth talking leader. See 11 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: that's the thing about hidden passageways, They're always in the 12 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: last place. You look serious, A big hearted brute, serious, 13 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: crush like fun and logo. A nerdy savant. By my 14 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: calculations that depends on a variety of complex factors, assumptions 15 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: of variables. Embark on a quest that could save the world. 16 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: So my partner and I give you this diamond crystal, 17 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: and you tell us everything you know about the stolen 18 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: Ambro or deal Amberorb stolen news to me. You know 19 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: you have eyes and ears all over this city. The 20 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: Orb's property of the Order of Hyperian Sages part of 21 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: their private collection. Lucia, one of the order's own student, 22 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: stole it out from under them, and now she's gone 23 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: missing too. Go figure the Order of Hyperion Sages. Lucia missing, 24 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: you don't say? It's probably the same old story. A 25 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: lost soul in search of meaning devotes their life to 26 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: an arcane order on the promise of answers and a 27 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 1: path to enlightenment, only to realize there was never any 28 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: truth to be found, and now they're trapped. I bet 29 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: Lucia saw the Amber warb as her way out, sold 30 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: the precious gemstone for whatever she could get, and skipped down. 31 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: In any case, the Sages want their or back. Okay, 32 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I've heard the first. How do 33 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: I know if your diamond crystal's real? I can't take 34 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: your word for it. You would enlie to me, now, 35 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: would you. I know you're outsiders, but I run the 36 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: streets in this sandy city, and I can spot a 37 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: liar by tone of voice alone this irregardless, if I 38 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: would lie to you, your guards outnumber me and my 39 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: partner here ten to one. Don't take us for fools. 40 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: We walked into your alley unarmed to ask you for 41 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: a favor. In answer to your question, I can't say 42 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: that I don't disagree with you, and you can take 43 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: my word for that it's real. We'll prove it. Hand 44 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: me that stone slate, one fine grained, heavy stone slate, durable, 45 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: strong dance, get on with it. Diamond, as we all know, 46 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: is the world's hardest material, capable of piercing through anything. 47 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: It's essentially unbreakable. My partner sitting beside me will demonstrate. 48 00:03:43,040 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: Show them. See what did I tell you? Cut straight 49 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: through the slate, no damage to the crystal. This here 50 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: is one hundred percent flawless diamond. Okay, we have a deal. 51 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: Then I'll take the dime. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You can't 52 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: just take the diamond like this, You'll risk exposing it 53 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: to the impurities of the open air. It's not safe 54 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: to transport that way, not without the protection of this 55 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: plush velvet carrying pouch. Yours for the price of one 56 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: black obal. Okay, one black obal. Someone coming there? You 57 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: two are? I searched all over for you just to 58 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: end up in the gutter of some dingy back alley. 59 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: You must be the civilian mercenaries Ether and Serious. I'm logo. 60 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: I'm here on behalf of the agency to seek your 61 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: services for a mission. What's this? You three know each other? Yes? No, no, 62 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: we don't, sir, you must be mistaken. I have never 63 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: seen you before my life. You have the wrong people. No, no, 64 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: you fit the description to a t. Your amulet the 65 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: eye of Imperia, a golden sun with the all seeing 66 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: eye in the center. You're Ether of Imperia either astro 67 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: and Serious. The big hulking fellow sitting by your side, 68 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: his size and features are rather distinct. There's absolutely no 69 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: mistaking it. You two are the civilian mercenaries Ether and 70 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: Serious Ether Serious. That's not who code names code names. 71 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: But he was among partners. Silly me, I forgot our 72 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: new partner would be joining us today. Our third partner logo. 73 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: That's right, our third partner logo logo. You're late again. 74 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: You know we hate it when you're late. It's always 75 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,679 Speaker 1: so disruptive to our work. Luckily, we were just finishing 76 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: up here. When you meet glass crystal glass, No, no, 77 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: not glass, he said, neck glass, as in necklace crystal, 78 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: because diamonds are common gemstones using necklaces isn't that right, Logo? Correct? 79 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: Diamonds are commonly adorned as ornaments around the neck. See now, 80 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: as we just discussed, if you could tell us about 81 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: where to find the object Lucia still, so we can 82 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: recover it to its rightful owner. We'll be on our 83 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: way just as soon as Logo puts the diamond back 84 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: down on the table and the glass crystal. Grab the 85 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: black opal run, don't just walk them. Hurry up. The 86 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: street diverges up ahead. Should we proceed left or right? 87 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: This way? Oh? No, we appear to have reached an 88 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: impasse cornered between two buildings, you, logo, was it the 89 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: door to the building behind you? Try the handle? It's locked. Serious, 90 00:06:53,839 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: break get out away. Come on inside to the stairwell. 91 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: The building own has trivate residence. There's nowhere to hide 92 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: the roof. Head to the roof. Keep going up here 93 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: any moments. What weapons do you have for defense? We 94 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: don't carry weapons. Okay. The building's southern perimeter overlooks the marketplace. 95 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: If a jump is time correctly, escape may be possible 96 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: by landing safely on the passing fruit cart down below. 97 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: Jump from roof? Are you crazy? How high up are 98 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: we there's no way we survive. I can calculate the 99 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: height of the building to check if it's viable, but 100 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: I'll need to borrow the black opal. What's why I 101 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: need it to measure the key variable? Serious? No, trust, 102 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: skinny stick man, there's no other option. Just give them 103 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: the OPAL series here, chick man, take black opal? Okay. 104 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: Total distance is a function of the speed and time 105 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: it takes for an object in free fall to travel 106 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: from peak to trough. Given the mass and size of 107 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: the OPAL, once dropped, its speed should accelerate during the 108 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: duration of the fall, approaching but not reaching terminal velocity. 109 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: Approximating its rate of acceleration, Taking into account that acceleration 110 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: due to gravity is roughly nine point eight one meters 111 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: per second squared, I can determine the height of the 112 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: building by how much time it takes the open to 113 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: reach bottom upon release. What that's your plan? Through a 114 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: OPAL off the roof? See what serious say? It's necessary 115 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: for the calculation? Fine? Go ahead, you can always recover 116 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: it after we jump ready for release? Releasing now one 117 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: point eight seconds flat. That corresponds to a building height 118 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: of roughly fifty feet or five stories high. It should 119 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: put the odds of survival it around fifty percent, with 120 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: the fruit cart cushioning the point of impact depending on ripeness. 121 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: I know serious. I don't like it either, but it's 122 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: the best chance we got. We have to jump. Best 123 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: of luck to both of you. I'll convene with you 124 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: again post vectum. You're jumping with us? What why? I'll 125 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: be safe up here. The guards will kill you. But 126 00:08:55,320 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: I didn't do anything. Okay, how should we time the jump? Now? 127 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: U broke my car? My car? Who will pay for 128 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: these plums? Now? Really? Sorry about that? Serious? You see 129 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: the opal? There? A black opal? Think lucky stars. It 130 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: must have fallen from the sky above. I could finally 131 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: start the stand in my dream, selling fine glass figurines. 132 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: No more rotten fruit for me, bull stop, No, that's ours? 133 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: Oh the black opal come back here. The fruit peddlers 134 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: stole our opal. At least we don't have to worry 135 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: about the cards anymore. Come on, seriously, have business to 136 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: take care of you, Bobo logo whatever, leave us alone. 137 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: I never want to see you again. Wait good, I 138 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: can't believe we didn't get away with the con. We 139 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: were so close. Everything right? Serious? It didn't even suspect 140 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: a thing when you use your hands to break the 141 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: stone slates. Yet somehow we're no closer in tracking down 142 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: the Amber orders. Everything good until past logo show up. 143 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: I know who could have predicted that. No other leads 144 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: never get that order. Back to the stages, we tracked 145 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: down Lucia Kin for clue. Now she has no Kin. 146 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: The order of Hyperion stages are in order of Ascetics. 147 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: It means they've announced all lengths to the material outside world, 148 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: having cut ties to both romantic and blood relations, and 149 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: full commitment to the order. They believe it keeps them 150 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: pure of mind and free of the foolish thoughts floating 151 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: around the heads of us rabble, so they can pursue 152 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: undistracted their higher calling and enlightened knowledge. For the sages, 153 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: the order is their entire world. Either serious. I thought 154 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: that was you two sitting over here. You again, you 155 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: follow us? I thought we made it clear, leave us alone. 156 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: But I never had the chance to deliver the agency's mission. 157 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: It's a retrieval of a satellite dish located deep in 158 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: the Azrael desert, where it is to be recovered from 159 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: the mole layer and safely returned to the lighthouse dropoff 160 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,239 Speaker 1: point located at the other end of the desert. Oh, 161 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: is that all? Are you sure you don't want us 162 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: to sail into space and build a castle in the 163 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: sky while we're there. No recovery of the satellite dish 164 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: is all that is required of the agency. You don't 165 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: get it, do you? You want us to go to 166 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: the mole layer in the Azrael desert. Crossing the desert's 167 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: hard enough, let alone the fact no one's ever been 168 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: to the mole layer before. They're completely isolated from the 169 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: rest of the world. And for good reason. What even 170 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: is a satellite dish? Ah? What is satellite dish? It's 171 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: a tool for communication. Well, whatever it is, we don't care. Look, 172 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: just because your big bad agency send one of their 173 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: spineless stooges to try to recruit us, doesn't mean we're 174 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: going to accept the mission. Tell them to do their 175 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: own dirty work. Ah. But besides, we already have a 176 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: mission with whom The Order of Hyperian Sages. The Order 177 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: of Hyperion Sages Guardians of Ancient Knowledge, a secretive fellowhood 178 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: of ascetic scholars who collect and preserve ancestral wisdom with 179 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: a mission of passing down this knowledge and service of 180 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: the edification of society of venerable organization with a most 181 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: noble cause. Uh sure, and thanks to you, we have 182 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: no chance of fulfilling our end of a contract. You 183 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: logo ruined our payday. Well, whatever the stage we're paying, 184 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: the agency will triple it. I must emphasize that the 185 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: recovery of this satellite dish is of the utmost importance, 186 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: and you know the agency always pays its obligations. As 187 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: is said, a contract with the Agency is as good 188 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: as black opal in your pocket more tonight, good as 189 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: wild goose cheese. Exactly. There's not enough black opal in 190 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: the world to make us take on another one of 191 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: the agency's missions. I mean half the time they don't 192 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: even own the items they've hired us to recover. Well, 193 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: I can assure you for this satellite disretrieval, everything is 194 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: above board and honest, and at least you know you'll 195 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: be dealing with consummate professionals, unlike that miscreant you were 196 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: conversing within the back alleyway. Ah, that miscreant was our 197 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: only lead and you blew it for us. Now we'll 198 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: have to tell the stages we have no chance of 199 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 1: recovering the missing item stolen from their private collection by 200 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: one of their own members. No less so the way 201 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: I see it, logo, you already owe us for the 202 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: pay you made us lose out on ah. Now we 203 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: never home to Imperia. Why can't you go home? Well, 204 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: strictly speaking, when we left Impyia, it wasn't by choice 205 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: Spanish Spanish. Well serious, and I are persona non grata. 206 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: We can't go back home, at least not through the 207 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: main lands. Legend of a sea pass, but what either 208 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: The journey is supposedly dangerous, and we don't even really 209 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: know where the sea pass begins, or for that matter, 210 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 1: where they find the one person who does Who's that 211 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: the night sun, the Night's Sun? None of this matters, 212 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: For all we know, the whole thing's made up anyway, 213 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: Maybe I can help tell me about him. Well, according 214 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: to legends, somewhere just beyond the border of Imperia lives 215 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: the son of a heroic night. He knows the ways 216 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: the sea, and like his father before him, is blessed 217 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: with the knowledge of safe travel to imperiod, we've been 218 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: working in civilian mercenaries, taking on whatever assignments come our way. 219 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: So we can earn enough opals to find and hire 220 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: him as our guide and hope of finally returning home. 221 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: But the Knight's Sun might not even exist. It's from 222 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: a local prophecy, our bedtime story told to Imperian kids. 223 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: The return of the night's Sun, and the night's Sun 224 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: is overtaken by a darkness sphere, the secret path to 225 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: Imperia will be made clear you you know it, the 226 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: return of the night Sun. The prophecy doesn't refer to 227 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: a person. He refers to a solar eclipse. I've researched 228 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: this before. It's in reference to the Sorrows cycle. Sorrows 229 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: cycle an eclipse cycle. Eclipses occur on repeated intervals of time, 230 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: approximately every fifty four years, equivalent to a triple Sorrows. 231 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: A near identical eclipse repeats in the same geographic location 232 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: at the same time of day. That's when your path 233 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: home will be made clear. And to think of it, 234 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: the last totally eclipse visible to imperiod occurred fifty three 235 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: years ago. What ether. I'm trained in celestial navigation. As 236 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: a reward for completing the agency's mission. In addition to 237 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: payment of the opals, I'll guide you to the eclipses 238 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: path of totality and show you your way home. I 239 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: need a moment to talk over this with serious and 240 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: private of course serious. Do you know what this means? Yeah? 241 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: But serious? No trust stick man. Well, maybe make big promise, 242 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: send us on crazy mission. Crazy mission lead to Yes, 243 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: this might be our one chance to return home to 244 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: imperiod and if we don't take the mission, we may 245 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: never get back. You're right, he might be selling us 246 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: a false hope or even plain line. But isn't it 247 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: worth the risk to find out the truth? Okay? Serious 248 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: goal for you, sir. Thanks? Serious, if you're a true 249 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: partner logo, have you come to a decision. We're in 250 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: splendid Naturally, it's best to leave as soon as possible, 251 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: to begin the journey while they're still daylight. I say 252 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: you're coming on the mission, of course, say retrieval of 253 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: the satellite dish's top priority. The agency insists, I joined 254 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: forget it. No, the mission is dangerous enough without you 255 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: getting in our way. What when we said we want 256 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: nothing to do with you, we meant it. You're dead weight, 257 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: you'd get us all chilled. You're turning down the mission, 258 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: but you have to accept no, we don't come on. Serious, 259 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: we're done here. But I was sent with very specific 260 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: instructions to recruit you to It's my first assignment. I 261 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: have to succeed. We work alone, always have, always will. 262 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: So thanks, but no thanks. We'll stick to earning opals 263 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: and make our own way home. Serious back to the 264 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: Order's mission of recovering that stone in gemstone. One way 265 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: or another, we'll find and return to them. That amber 266 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: or amber or amber is a natural palmer of fossilized 267 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: tree resin. Typically orange, is brown in color, and four 268 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: millions of years ago. It's not just valuable as a gemstone, 269 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: it's also coveted for the ancient object preserved inside. What 270 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: did you say about amber? Amber is a record of 271 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: the past. The object and organisms frozen inside the stone 272 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 1: shine a light on ancient life from time immemorial. I 273 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: know an antique dealer who specializes in these sorts of things. 274 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: I can bring you to him at the Toepol. Okay, 275 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: you can take us to him, but that's it. Great. 276 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: The walk over through the market will give you more 277 00:17:51,600 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: time to consider my proposal. Let's go the market. Share 278 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: is a bustling Hey scarves, fine scarves, essential accessories for 279 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: the modern traveler. Which cloth suits your needs? No thanks, 280 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: kid logo. Where's this antique shop? It's straight this way, 281 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: just over on the other side of the market. These 282 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: are handwoven, artisan crafted garments. You won't find any better 283 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: quality in these parts. How about a shiny silk scarf 284 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: to match your amulets? We said, we're not interested. You're 285 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: sure this is the fastest way to the shop. We 286 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: can take side streets, but with the abundance of shady 287 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: characters lurking in the market, it's the beft. We stick 288 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: to the main path. Try it on and see for yourself. 289 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: Don't the big man, book brain tell me? Doesn't your 290 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: friend look like a million black opals? Book brain, get 291 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: your scarf off my neck right now, or they'll be 292 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: using it as a rag to mop up what's left 293 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: of you. Okay, okay, don't need that talk. I'm taking 294 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: my scarf and go. A garment of this quality is 295 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,719 Speaker 1: far too fine for the likes of you anything, at 296 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: least that's over. Talk about a pest ast my amulance 297 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: that kids so ambulances come back to you, your little cheeks. 298 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: What's wrong? You don't understand? Amulet more than shiny object. Amulet, 299 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: keep me for safe? Here we follow? Are you to me? 300 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: I lost him? We recover amulet? You rest logan, Come 301 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: look up there by the stick carts, last figures, bye, 302 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: last figurine, by the figurine of your dreams to day again. 303 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: He's like roue dizzy, serious, make and crash. He's fleeing 304 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: with the amulet. But I have an idea where too. 305 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: If I take the back alleys, I might be able 306 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: to cut him off. Serious, get either and meet me 307 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: at the other side of the market. I'm going to 308 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: get his amulet back and we're gonna got him. He's like, go, 309 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: like go book brain either serious over here my amulet, 310 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: honest mistake. Yeah, we'll just don't make my mistake. And 311 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: like the life you were born into become the life 312 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: you lead. Get out. Uh, we've made it to the 313 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: antique shop. She's kin upon my amulets exactly. Now let's 314 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: go in, dog, my friend, How good to see you, Urian. 315 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: I hope you've come at a good time with me. 316 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,360 Speaker 1: Are my companions ether and serious? Are you and your 317 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 1: friend's logo? I always have time? Ether? Serious, Welcome, Welcome, 318 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,640 Speaker 1: Please come in Serious logo, and I will talk with Urian. 319 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: You see if there's anything useful around the shop, but 320 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: don't touch okay, ah your amulet, I see you where 321 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: the eye of imperial a goal and son with the 322 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: all seeing eye enclosed in its center missticks believe it's 323 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: watchful eyewards off Umber's shadowy influence. Who protects the wearer 324 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: with clarity of mind. It's not every day a rarity 325 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: like this walks in the eye shop. How much my 326 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: amulets not for sale? Serious? Oh? Sorry? So how can 327 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: I help? My partner and I have been hired to 328 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: recover an item stolen from the private collection of the 329 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: Order of Hyperian Sages ah Yes, the Order of Hyperian 330 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: Sages preservers of world history. They believe absolute knowledge is 331 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: the ray of light in this darkened world, that it 332 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: will unlock the path the higher planes of enlightenment. The 333 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: Sages are the foundation of stability in this unstable city. 334 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: The faith of the people depend upon their strength. What 335 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: Adji has been stolen from their collection? An amber orb 336 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: amber orb Yes. Amber is believed to be a gateway 337 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: to the past, to life no longer living. It preserves 338 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 1: the accumulated wisdom of history, with each piece deriving meaning 339 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: from what is contained inside. In mystic circles, it's believed 340 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: that amber can be used to channel the spirit of 341 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: ancient beings. Of course, the orb itself doesn't have any 342 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: real power, only a connection perceived in the mind of 343 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: the possessor. Have you seen it the orb? Sadly it 344 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: has not passed through my shop? Tell me what's this ideal? 345 00:22:53,359 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: Of serious? Serious? No touch. When we received the mission, 346 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: the sages wouldn't tell us any details about the orb. 347 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: They deem the information too sensitive to share in case 348 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: it leaked outside the order. So we've been operating on 349 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: a need to know basis, and once we've recovered the orb, 350 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: we're to bring it straight back. Well, then, there are 351 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: some things you should know about amber to help you 352 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: identify it. First, amber has a distinct sense that gives 353 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: off a coniferous fragrance. Second, it feels warm to the 354 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: touch when rubbed, and third, amber has a low melting point. 355 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: It will begin to decompose when exposed to the flame 356 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: of a candle. But of course, the knowledge of what's 357 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: inside the amber is the real key to understanding its significance. 358 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: Thank you, Urian, we'll have to return to the Order 359 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: to see what we can learn very well, and please 360 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: offer my condolences to the sages for the head Scholar. 361 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: What about the head Scholar, he's just past. He'd been 362 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: ill for a while. Haven't you seen the white smoke? 363 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: Quite smoke, the white smoke rising from the beacon signal 364 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: fire burning atop the Orders institute. It symbolizes strength to 365 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: the people at a head scholars time of death, who 366 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: believe it carries his spirit away to the clouds above 367 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: and signifies successful transition within the Order. Its absence would 368 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: devastate the soul of the city. As night approaches, the 369 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 1: sages will hold a candlelight vigil before that procession to 370 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: the funeral pyre, where the head Scholar's body will be 371 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: cremated so his spirit may pass on from this world 372 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: to the next. A ceremony shouldn't be starting soon. Serious 373 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: not serious spirit, evil spirit in box. We should go now. 374 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: There's no time to waste. You're in Thank you. We'll 375 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: be sure to offer your condolences at the Order logo. 376 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: You can't come with us. I mean, you've been helpful 377 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: in bringing us here, but going forward you'd only slow 378 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: us down. I beg to differ. On the contrary, I 379 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: possess intimate knowledge of scrolls, artifacts and relics. Not to mention, 380 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: I have a photographic memory and a pension for the arcane. 381 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: If you're going to the Order of Hyperian Sages, you 382 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: don't just want me by your side, you need me. Now, 383 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: come on, let's go. Serious logo will lead the way. 384 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: Good luck either serious logo, But be careful chasing shadows 385 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: or you will find them chasing you. And there are 386 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: three of you. Now, have you retrieved the orb? Vice Scholar, 387 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: not yet, but we are very close. All we need 388 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: is more information to understand Lucia's motive for why she 389 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: stole the orb Lucia the Wayward Pupil. Naturally, we'll have 390 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: to search the private collection where it was stolen from 391 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: for clue. Absolutely not, as long as I'm Vice Scholar 392 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: of this order. Like I told you before, the private 393 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: collection is strictly off limits to oxiders. The items are 394 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: still undergoing study and are two live of the damage. 395 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: They are only to be handled by those in the 396 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 1: Order with expert knowledge. Besides, there is nothing in are 397 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: pertaining to these matters anyway. But Vice Scholar, no, the 398 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: answer is no either. Now the head scholars funeral is 399 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: this evening. The white smoke is already rising from the 400 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: beacon to alert the public of his passing. There are 401 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: to be no disturbances. Do I make myself clear? Yes? 402 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: Loud and clear. Good. The ceremony must proceed without a 403 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: hitch to assure the populace that the orders affairs will 404 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: resume as normal and we will remain the pillar of 405 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: strength underpinning the community. As we speak, the funeral pyre 406 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: is being prepared for the head Scholar's cremation ceremony. I 407 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: must take my leave, and just so you're not tempted, no, 408 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: that security will be arriving any moment to guard the 409 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: planet collection from the duration of the ceremony. Now, if 410 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: you want to get paid, I suggest you get back 411 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: out there. I want to see you back here in 412 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: my office now. One either, we had to the private collection, 413 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 1: but you heard the bi Scholar. We're not permitted access. Besides, 414 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: we don't even know where within these vast halls the 415 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: collections located. Oh watch this, excuse me, Junior scholar. Yes, 416 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: we three or the outside security team from any Shire 417 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: hired to guard the Hyperian Sages private collection, you know, 418 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: the room with the widgets and wadgets. We were hired 419 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: by Dean you know who, Dean Ratio, Yes, Dean Ratio. 420 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: He gave us very specific orders that we are to 421 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: report directly to the Private Collection and not inform anyone 422 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: of our arrival due to the confidential nature of the job. 423 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: The Private Collection found in the watchmaccall wing of the Order. 424 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: Are you familiar with it, the Falsome Wing? Yes, of 425 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: course right. We were on our way to the Falsome Wing, 426 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: but we must have taken a wrong turn. These massive halls, 427 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: you know, quite the labyrinth now, I know it's hold 428 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: this umpteen times. But the thing, the jag that marks 429 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: the wing, it's that a way right correct, The symbol 430 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: of the owl head that marks the Falsome Wing. It's 431 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: straight ahead and then left at the end of the hall. 432 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: That'll lead you directly to the private collection. Exactly as 433 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: I thought. Thanks for the chit chat. Well, you three 434 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: better get a move on before someone unauthorized enters. This 435 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: is it the door to the private Collection. It's lies serious, 436 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: come on, let's enter, ah either this collection is astounding. 437 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: I've never seen so many rare texts, artifacts, and valuables 438 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: all in one place. Not to mention the assortment of 439 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: curios out of these and obscura. But remember, stay focused 440 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: on finding clues about the Amber organ a volume of 441 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: the Old Mariner's Almanac. No remaining copies of the manuscript 442 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: are known to exist. I can't believe it's here and 443 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: right next to it. Oh, one of a kind marble 444 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: engraved celestial glue, But the geographic coordinates appear to map 445 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: to fictitious constellations and areas of the sky devoid of stars. 446 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: It must be an early cartographical misprint. Interesting logo. This 447 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: collection is like a treasure drove of ancient knowledge. Shiny serious, 448 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: don't I don't believe a life science mechanical fortune teller automaton. 449 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: The machine's complex ranks, gears, and levers operate in unison 450 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: to create the illusion that it's acting of its own 451 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: volition and engineering marvel. In fact, the art of the 452 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: automaton was thought to be lost, but here it is 453 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: fully functional and perfectly int at great. Maybe they'll use 454 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: its crystal ball to protect the location of the Amber 455 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: orb that seems to be our plane with YouTube fooling around, Okay, okay, 456 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: the amber orb. The objects seemed to be arranged by 457 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: nature of origin. Given the organic composition of amber, it 458 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: should have been classified as part of the biogenic relic 459 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: sessions over here. Ah, it appears this empty, square glass 460 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: container mounted at the top of this wooden pedestal must 461 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: have served as the amber orb display case. There's even 462 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: a descriptive plaque confirming my suspicions. Amber orb with skull incased, 463 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: date unknown, origin unknown. How strange a skull inside the 464 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: amber orb? Of what creature? Look on the pedestal space? 465 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: Someone scratched words into the wood for lies locked away 466 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: in gilded cages. The Order shall return to the darkest ages. 467 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: This is the end of the hyperion sages. It's a threat, 468 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: taunting the order. I sense another presence as at work here. 469 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: There's more to lucious disappearance than the amber orb. Umbra. 470 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: I need to take off my amulet. I have to 471 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: see for myself what happened? Now? Are you sure didn't 472 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: Urian say something about it? Warding off? It's the only way. 473 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: If I let Umbra in, I might find the truth 474 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:58,479 Speaker 1: in the entra me he lapsed either He's either okay, 475 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm all right the tone of the dead. There's a 476 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: message hidden in it. That book should be over this 477 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: way in the funerary text section. Here the back of 478 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 1: the book. Either those are just the blank pages that 479 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: book end the text. Sometimes there's more than meets the eye. Seriously, 480 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: give me a candle off the wall. When the paper 481 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: is exposed to the flame, the writing will reveal itself. Look, huh, 482 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: how is that possible? Invisible ink made from sisters juice. 483 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: Here it's a letter to my dearest love. I long 484 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: for the day when we no longer have to correspond 485 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: in secret and hide our truth from the order. Since 486 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,719 Speaker 1: our last night together, I've missed you more than can 487 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: be put in words. I've never been so lost as 488 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: I am now without you by my side. But I 489 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: know our hearts were made bound. I fear this final 490 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: letter maybe have written too late to reach you, but 491 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: it is not in vain, for we will be reunited soon. 492 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: When you burn, my body will burn with you, and 493 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: I will find you in the intra. May our unborn 494 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: child be spared from this life. You're guiding light now 495 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: and forever, Lucia, Ah. I didn't think the stages were 496 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: allowed to have romantic relationships, they're not. Lucia and the 497 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: head Scholar wrote each other letters in this book to 498 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: communicate in secret. They hid their forbidden affair. Candle wax 499 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: drippings on floor, still warm. Lucia, here in order, serious 500 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: is right? The trail of candlewax leads just outside the 501 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: door to the staircase. Staircase that leads to the roof. 502 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: There's nothing up there but the beacon fire. Come on 503 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: before it's too late. Hey, you three stop order secure 504 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: by scholar. You're expected of the funeral pigher Momentarily were 505 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: you three doing in the plant of connection? Quick the 506 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: stairs amber Orb of eternal Death. You've shown me ancient 507 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 1: memories of worlds long forgotten. I've lived your dreams of 508 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: days gone by, and learned your knowledge of the secrets 509 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: and hidden one thought lost to space and time. It 510 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: was all never so distant. You've shown me. The lives 511 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: we lead in this plane are not fact but fiction. Lucia, 512 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: put down the orb, back away from the fire. It's 513 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: not you talking a human skull inside the orb. But 514 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 1: how is that possible? It takes millions of years for 515 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: ember to fossilize the world must be older than we know. 516 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: The private collection is the preserved knowledge. It's the variant. 517 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 1: They shadow truths and phantom realities crystallize in my mind 518 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: as your darkness takes hold and descends upon my soul. 519 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 1: I give my life to you, and I'm yours forever, 520 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,959 Speaker 1: eternal in time. Umbra, be my guide on the inner 521 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 1: plane and illuminate my path to Lucia. Please don't do this. 522 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: Umbra is using your despair to hurt you, and only 523 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: making you think that the Amber or will reunite you 524 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 1: with your lover at the tolling of the funeral bell. 525 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: Cast me away in a pillar of black smoke, darkest night, 526 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,759 Speaker 1: and shroud the world and shut so only fear you 527 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: are true. Oh No, Lucia's planning to sacrifice herself in 528 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: the flames and turned the beacon's white smoke black, covering 529 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: the land of darkness, shall expose the order and break 530 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: the spirit of the city, so Amber can attack. We 531 00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: have to stop her. All the time is come. With 532 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: each toll of your lasting morn tis outside you, my 533 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: love Eve the good I'll deal with. Lucia. Stop this 534 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:22,239 Speaker 1: foolishness like ones and get away from the fire. Ah 535 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,160 Speaker 1: By Scholar, you don't understand Lucia's going to bring down 536 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: the order Silence. You've got enough. But ah, my blood blackest, 537 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: vile and hottest cold burns clean to feel the fire, Lucia, 538 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: what do you think you're doing? This can all be over. 539 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: Just return the old two bodies burning is one eternal 540 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: and flame like remains preserved in ember Lucia. This won't 541 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: bring back the head, Scholar, My love see you on 542 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: the other side in the I will be your bride 543 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:32,879 Speaker 1: for me. The air Or gets into the fire, m hmm. 544 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,280 Speaker 1: The amber Or has been lost to the world in flames. 545 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: It'll be nothing more than molten rocks. Good you three, 546 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,839 Speaker 1: you're free to go. Released from the assignment. We'll take 547 00:37:53,880 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: care of Lucia, right, Scholar, Now we go, Sir, I agree, 548 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: let's leave. Point. What about our payment? The Amber Orb 549 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: was never returned, but at least its knowledge has been 550 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: kept safe from the public. There are some truths we 551 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: are not yet ready to learn. But now that the 552 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: orb is destroyed, your payment is that you get to 553 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: leave with your lives. Go before I change my mind. 554 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,719 Speaker 1: So in review the mission to recover the satellite dish 555 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: for the agency. First we head to the molayer deep 556 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: in the Azrael Desert. Then once we've secured the satellite dish, 557 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,840 Speaker 1: we'll travel across the desert to liberate at the lighthouse 558 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,320 Speaker 1: drop off point located at the opposite end. It'll be 559 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: like an adventure Stirkman, stick around, It's okay. We'll complete 560 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 1: the mission. Make it home a matter the path onward 561 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: timperre Intquest created by Michael Freiberg, a production of I 562 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: Hear Radio and Astro Media Executive produced by Michael Freiberg 563 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: and I Hear Radio, co produced by Adam Raimunda and 564 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 1: Chelsea English Sound Design and mixed by Dennis Denbeck. Music 565 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: by Trey Toy. 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