Script of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Natural Selection
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The following is the script of dialogue used in the hero quest Natural Selection.
Contents
Defeat the Mystery Agnus Ninjas • Follow the trail • Reach the end of the trail • Reach Colony Tau • Talk with Juniper • Talk with Raine • Talk with Geum • Talk with Graziana • Explore Colony Tau • Head for Colony Tau Entrance • Defeat the Tau-Raiding Monsters
Juniper[edit]
Lanz
Hey... You sure we're going the right way, guys?
Sena
Mmm... Well, it's a path, at least...
Noah
Looks like it's going to be a real pain getting through here.
Taion
True. But we don't have the luxury of loitering.
Eunie
Well, I don't see any other road to take. So, let's just get this over with.
An Agnian soldier emerges from above, sliding down a metal wire towards the party. They fire a set of ether-based arrows from a bow-like Blade at Eunie. Mio detects the soldier's attack and sprints towards Eunie.
Mio
...?! Eunie, look out!
Mio pushes Eunie out of the arrows' trajectory, narrowly dodging them. The arrows strike the ground where Eunie once was and after a few seconds, explode.
Eunie
Waaugh?!
The Agnian archer displays themselves from up high, and Eunie gets back on her feet, summons her Blade and shoots at them. They dodge and face the party. Four other Agnian soldiers slide down the wire and stand alongside the archer.
Lanz
Wha- What the?! An ambush?!
Noah
Ah?! Weapons, quick!
Defeat the Mystery Agnus Ninjas[edit]
The archer's name is revealed to be Juniper.
Juniper
...
Noah
We just want to pass through! We're not looking for trouble!
Sena
C'mon guys, what's your problem?
Carson
Juniper! Imogen's at her limit! She can't keep going!
Noah
(Huh?)
Selin
Spark... And we could've had their life, too... So close!
Noah
...Ah!
Juniper
That's very unfortunate. We'll have to retreat, then.
Juniper and their posse retreat.
Lanz
What was all that about? Weirdos.
Taion
Noah? What's wrong?
Noah
I was just thinking...
Taion
About that archer? They seemed quite the formidable opponent, to be sure...
Noah
That's true, but there was something else about them...
Mio
Say, you don't think...?
Noah
Those soldiers' Flame Clocks, they might be getting low...
Taion
Oh, come on, Noah. You'd better not be thinking of offering your assistance...
Noah
It's...hard to put into words, but something's off.
Taion
And you think we have time to be traipsing around on this whim of yours?
Sena
It really bothers you?
Noah
Yeah.
Eunie
Give it up, Taion. Once Noah's like this, there's no stopping him.
Taion
...Why do I bother?
Lanz
Besides, Noah's intuition's usually pretty on the mark.
Sena
We could just take a look? A tiny little peek?
Taion
...Fine. I can see no amount of reasoning is going to dissuade you.
However, if it turns out to be nothing, we head straight back and move on. Acceptable?
However, if it turns out to be nothing, we head straight back and move on. Acceptable?
Noah
That's fine. OK, let's move. We should be able to catch up to them if we follow their tracks.
Follow the trail[edit]
Lanz
Noah... You know how folks are when their Flame Clock runs low. They'll come at us like starved beasts.
Noah
Yeah, I know. But I can't just turn a blind eye.
Reach the end of the trail[edit]
Taion
Judging by how the tracks stop here, it seems that this is where those soldiers passed through.
Sena
Through here? But...how?
Noah
Hmm. Doesn't look easily traversable, does it?
Lanz
Yeah, I can't see us getting across there any time soon...
Taion
We could always take a detour. Look, this way.
Noah
Yeah. Thanks, Taion.
Taion
Like I said, we can't afford to be hanging around here.
Come on, we haven't got all day.
Come on, we haven't got all day.
Eunie
Nimble little so-and-sos, sliding down here on a rope.
Sena
I wonder if they could teach me to do that...
Reach Colony Tau[edit]
The party stands outside the secluded Colony Tau.
Sena
...This is crazy. There was a colony, here?!
Juniper walks out of the colony to meet the party.
Juniper
That's right. This is an abandoned colony.
Noah
Please, listen to us! We didn't come here to fight you!
Juniper
...
Noah
We can free you from your Flame Clock.
Juniper
...Free us?
Noah
You don't have much time left on yours, do you? We can help you with that, so if you'd just-
Juniper
Stop attacking you?
Noah
Yeah...
Juniper
...
All right. I'll hear you out.
All right. I'll hear you out.
Noah
...Ah, thank you!
Juniper
Please, come in.
Juniper walks back into the colony.
Taion
They're still wary of us. We can't let our guard down.
Talk with Juniper[edit]
Juniper
Please, come inside.
Talk with Raine[edit]
Raine
Commander Juniper's decided. We won't attack you.
But I dare you to try some funny business. We'll see how you'll fare then...
But I dare you to try some funny business. We'll see how you'll fare then...
Talk with Geum[edit]
Geum
This is Colony Tau. As you can tell, it's seen better days...
Talk with Graziana[edit]
Graziana
Life out here isn't a bed of roses, but sharing the good and bad with everyone, it's kinda fun, too.
...Though I guess maybe that's not something you outsiders can easily relate to...
...Though I guess maybe that's not something you outsiders can easily relate to...
Explore Colony Tau[edit]
Sena
Not a lotta people around...
Mio
Yeah... It's quite unlike any other colony...
Lanz
Even for a place this tumbledown, the people here seem so resigned...
Noah
Yeah. It feels like it's completely cut off from the outside world...
Taion
I've seen a few colonies with dwindling Flame Clocks before, but this one is especially bizarre...
Noah
It's like they're not trying to survive here at all... Do you get that impression?
Taion
Back when I was stationed at Lambda, I'd heard rumors about Colony Tau.
Mio
What did they say?
Taion
That deep in the forest, there's a colony with some very peculiar customs and traditions.
This is my first time seeing it in reality, but I never expected it to be so run-down...
This is my first time seeing it in reality, but I never expected it to be so run-down...
Sena
Did you have any dealings with it?
Taion
None at all. This is just hearsay from Commander Isurd.
Noah
Anyway, we should hurry. Let's smash the Flame Clock and free everyone.
Juniper
It being an abandoned colony, we are continually starved of sufficient life sources.
Noah
Wait... Are you the commander?
Juniper
That's right. Sorry I failed to tell you before. I am Juniper, and it's my job to lead Colony Tau.
Taion
If that's so, then surely you must know who we are.
Juniper
I'm afraid I know nothing.
Noah
...Huh.
Juniper
We have no need of such information.
Raine
Juniper told us we'd welcome you in, whoever you might turn out to be.
So that's the rule. We don't ask questions.
So that's the rule. We don't ask questions.
Eunie
But you attacked us back there!
Raine
Our scouts told us about some monsters in the forest they'd never seen before, so we sent them out on a hunt.
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.
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.
Juniper
Though contrary to our plan, we were made to retreat.
Lanz
Oh yeah, what about your Consul? Where are they hiding?
Juniper
I told you, this is an abandoned colony. Our Consul rarely visits us.
Mio
You're in such a strange situation...
Noah
All the more reason to get you out of this predicament!
Raine
I think you guys are getting the wrong end of the stick here.
Juniper
...
It's true. We aren't afraid of Colony Tau's Flame Clock running out.
All it means is the end of our days gazing at our ever-diminishing supply.
It's true. We aren't afraid of Colony Tau's Flame Clock running out.
All it means is the end of our days gazing at our ever-diminishing supply.
Noah
But you could die!
Raine
Uh-huh. As if we'd just let you waltz in and break our Flame Clock.
Juniper
We all have to perish someday.
If our lives should expire, then we'll sink into silence, darkness...oblivion.
We'll return to the earth...
If our lives should expire, then we'll sink into silence, darkness...oblivion.
We'll return to the earth...
Mio
...
Noah
Yes, but...! You can't just...!
Juniper
The land will take us, and we will simply "be".
That's how it is at Colony Tau. No one will ever think of us, and yet here we are.
Slowly but surely, we are withering.
We don't always find the nutrition that we need to live.
If Colony Tau cannot accumulate the vital flames it needs, then it proves only that we were too weak.
And in nature, the weak are destined to perish.
That's how it is at Colony Tau. No one will ever think of us, and yet here we are.
Slowly but surely, we are withering.
We don't always find the nutrition that we need to live.
If Colony Tau cannot accumulate the vital flames it needs, then it proves only that we were too weak.
And in nature, the weak are destined to perish.
Taion
Though logic would dictate that nature is pushing you to become stronger.
Lanz
If we set you free, you won't have to worry about all this crap.
Juniper
We neither worry nor fear for what may come to pass.
Raine
We've already lost so many of our friends and allies.
Juniper
And every time, we returned their bodies to the earth.
Such will be our fate.
Such will be our fate.
Raine
What's the point in fearing the inevitable?
We know we're gonna die. What's wrong with us living the way we always have?
We know we're gonna die. What's wrong with us living the way we always have?
Noah
But how do you live without hope?
Juniper
It will spell the end of the story that our predecessors weaved for generations... A tale cut short.
I won't argue that it feels a little melancholy...
In that sense, if we were to be freed from the Flame Clock, then...
I won't argue that it feels a little melancholy...
In that sense, if we were to be freed from the Flame Clock, then...
Selin
Juniper, bad news!
Juniper
...Tell me.
Selin
The monsters're coming straight for the colony! And they already took one of us down!
Juniper
No... They came all the way here?!
Noah
We'll join you!
Head for Colony Tau Entrance[edit]
Juniper
Ngh...!
Raine
Juniper, we need orders!
Juniper
...This is perfectly fine. We'll defeat them right here.
Noah
Juniper!
Juniper
What are you...?
Lanz
Ask us later.
Noah
We'll back you up!
Juniper
Thank you. I'll fight to the best of my ability as well.
Noah
Here we go!
Defeat the Tau-Raiding Monsters[edit]
Raine
Geum's OK! He's still alive! Thank the flames...
Juniper
I'm so glad we made it in time... I'm so glad...
Again, accept my thanks. We couldn't have done this without you.
Again, accept my thanks. We couldn't have done this without you.
Noah
Don't worry about it.
Juniper
...
I suppose it's strange of me to talk about the laws of nature when I fear losing my friends.
I suppose it's strange of me to talk about the laws of nature when I fear losing my friends.
Noah
Not at all. Honestly, that seems like the most natural thing of all.
Juniper
When you told me that you would release us from the Flame Clock...
I thought that if you really were telling the truth, it would make life easier.
But...at the same time, I began to hate the fact that I was looking for a way out.
Looking up at our Clock, seeing the life ebbing away... I'd already accepted my fate.
And letting go of that status quo, wretched though it was... After so long, I was scared of what might happen if we did.
I thought that if you really were telling the truth, it would make life easier.
But...at the same time, I began to hate the fact that I was looking for a way out.
Looking up at our Clock, seeing the life ebbing away... I'd already accepted my fate.
And letting go of that status quo, wretched though it was... After so long, I was scared of what might happen if we did.
Raine
Juniper...
Juniper
Noah, your words at the time seemed so appealing to me.
I could not destroy the collective efforts that became the colony, and everything it represents, with my own two hands.
But then you said you would destroy it for us. We'd be guilt-free.
If that isn't appealing...then what is?
I could not destroy the collective efforts that became the colony, and everything it represents, with my own two hands.
But then you said you would destroy it for us. We'd be guilt-free.
If that isn't appealing...then what is?
Noah
You must've been aware of how tragic it is to simply await death.
That's why you invited us, isn't it?
That's why you invited us, isn't it?
Juniper
Even now, I'm not afraid of dying.
But I hated the idea of losing those I hold dear...
When I saw my friend lying there...
I remembered what you told me, and, for a brief moment, felt the grip of fear.
I felt so weak and helpless...yet at the same time, I didn't want to let go of my dear friend.
So I must have closed myself off. I stopped thinking. Closed my eyes and covered my ears...
Perhaps I was simply...waiting for the inevitable release.
But I hated the idea of losing those I hold dear...
When I saw my friend lying there...
I remembered what you told me, and, for a brief moment, felt the grip of fear.
I felt so weak and helpless...yet at the same time, I didn't want to let go of my dear friend.
So I must have closed myself off. I stopped thinking. Closed my eyes and covered my ears...
Perhaps I was simply...waiting for the inevitable release.
Noah
Even so, we have to keep thinking.
Mio
That's right - even if there are things we'd rather not see, we still need to look.
Noah
And breaking out of your shell, scrambling in desperation for a way to escape despair? That's not what I call being weak.
You've defended this place for so long. Why? Because you're strong.
And once you're no longer shackled by the rules of the Flame Clock, you can accept a different reality...
You can become stronger still. I know it.
You've defended this place for so long. Why? Because you're strong.
And once you're no longer shackled by the rules of the Flame Clock, you can accept a different reality...
You can become stronger still. I know it.
Juniper
We can?
Noah
You can.
Mio
It won't be easy - far from it. But we'll help you.
Raine
Juniper... It's your call.
Selin
We've made it this far thanks to you.
Juniper
Yes... I suppose so...
If...there is a possibility that you can release us from the Clock, then...please.
If...there is a possibility that you can release us from the Clock, then...please.
Raine
And if not, it's not like anything's changed.
Juniper
Haha! Very true. If you can't break it, I can live with that too.
Nothing changes without a reason, without a cause.
Perhaps this event will teach me to see things in a new light...
Nothing changes without a reason, without a cause.
Perhaps this event will teach me to see things in a new light...
Colony Tau Liberated[edit]
Noah
Here we go!
Flame Clock destroyed[edit]
Juniper
I see acceptance is actually surprisingly easy, when it comes down to it.
Sena
I think it probably is, yeah.
Juniper
Ah... I'm sorry if this seems rude, but could I ask another favor of you?
Noah
Sure.
Juniper
I'd like to learn much more of the world. Become a stronger individual.
To that end, is there any chance I could accompany you?
To that end, is there any chance I could accompany you?
Lanz
Whaddaya say, guys?
Taion
We could certainly do with someone of Juniper's caliber...
Noah
It'd be reassuring to have you on board. You're very welcome to join.
Eunie
Is your colony gonna be OK, though? Can they get on without you?
Juniper
Colony Tau needs to undergo change too. We need to extend our knowledge and grow.
So I'd like you to take me on a trip. Somewhere far away... And show me something new.
So I'd like you to take me on a trip. Somewhere far away... And show me something new.
Selin
A journey of discovery, huh? I guess that's another thing we need in order to grow.
Raine
Might be an idea to send some of our younger recruits out too. Could be a good lesson.
Juniper
It's time to breathe new life into our colony. Let us break free from the chains that once bound us.
Raine
I guess I'm still hanging about, though. Can't have us all gallivanting about the place.
Lanz
Your Consul really doesn't bother to show up, huh...
Mio
Even after we broke the Flame Clock... You'd think they'd know.
Eunie
Better this way, if you ask me.
Taion
Still, we shouldn't rule out the possibility that they'll make trouble for you.
Noah
If something happens, you tell us immediately, OK?
Raine
Sure, can do. We'll be counting on you.
Taion
Well, we don't have all day. I think it's about time we made tracks, no?
Noah
You're right. Time to move, then.
Juniper
Well then, everyone...
Raine
Ah, don't worry about us. You know we can handle ourselves.
Selin
We'll prove that Colony Tau can be so much more!
Juniper
Yes... I'm sure it will be.
Raine
Off you go then, skedaddle. The colony's staying right here, waiting for your return...