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The following is the script of dialogue used in cutscenes in Side Story: Mio. For the preceding cutscene (for which the quest activates upon completion), see Script of Xenoblade Chronicles 3/Chapter 6#My Days with Miyabi, Part 1.


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My Days with Miyabi, Part 2[edit]

Mio
(sad breath)
Nadja
Hey!
Mio
Nadja...?
Nadja
What's up? Fine-tuning?
Mio
Yeah...
Got another...battle tomorrow...
Nadja
Bit of a waste, ah?
And you're such a slick fighter too...
Can't believe they paired you with that klutz Miyabi...
I don't know what the commander was thinking...
Mio
Uh...? Ahaha...
Nadja
Eh, at least you get to take it easy.
Low risk of dying, when you're in the rear guard.
Mio
Uhm...
Unknown NPC
Nadja! We're waiting for you! Mission briefing?
Nadja
Cool, be right there!
Later!
Unknown NPC
Guess we live to fight another day!
C'mon, let's head back.
To be fair, we scored some good points today!
Tally's next week, was it?
Mio
This is all...such a waste...
Miyabi
What is?
Mio
Everyone else is out collecting life,
and here we are, noodling our tunes...
What use are we really...? To the colony and everyone?
Miyabi
I think it's obvious.
We can only truly contribute...
after death, is all.
Mio
"After death", though? Isn't that just pointless?
We could be playing our hearts out here,
and nobody'd even see us.
Miyabi
Is that right?
Mio
Sure it is!
Miyabi
Mio... Is that why you're here, for recognition?
Is that why you're being an off-seer?
For a commendation?
Mio
No, it's just...
...duty...?
Miyabi
You know,
I'm actually glad I was born a klutz.
Mio
...I bet you're just scared.
Miyabi
Mm...
It is scary...fighting.
I am afraid
to steal others' lives with my own hands.
Actually, I'm impressed that it comes so easy, to everyone else.
Mio
It's just natural.
We all of us live to fight.
Miyabi
You're wrong.
We just have to... We fight to live, that's all.
Mio... Have you ever touched a mote of light from a Kevesi?
They're the same as ours.
On the other side, the people live hoping the same things as us.
It's a sad fate...
Still...
if we're forced to live this way...
the least we can do...
is this.
Fly high!
Ever higher!
Goodbye...
and...thank you.
To send on the voices of the departed
is an off-seer's purpose...
It's not a waste at all,
so long as those voices speak to you...
Mio
Voices...?
Nadja
Mio!
Miyabi!
Thanks, guys!

En Route to Colony Omega[edit]

Noah
This is the west route, right? And you say we'll find Colony Omega here?
Mio
Yeah. The colony I was at with Miyabi...


Approaching Tsang Camp[edit]

Eunie
Brr... It's so cold I might fall over...
Mio
...Should we take a breather?
Noah
Sounds good...
Taion
The cold of the highlands is no joke. It would...definitely be a good idea to rest up.
Mio
How about that spot, over there?
Noah
Yeah, that looks good. Let's go.

Colony Omega[edit]

Noah
Mio, can you tell us more about Colony Omega?
I've had glimpses when we Interlink,
but what does it all mean...?
Mio
Right... I'll try.
Sena, is that OK?
May I?
Sena
Yeah, I don't see a problem with that.
You can tell them.
Mio
Five years ago,
the three of us were footsoldiers in Colony Theta.
One day, with no reason given,
we were transferred to Colony Omega.
We didn't fight.
Rather...we were subject to daily examinations for no clear reason.
Then one day, there was a...
an accident.
Miya...bi...?
Miyabi
Just wait...
Mio
Aah...
Miyabi
Mio. Take this...
I'm giving you my whole self.
So please...
Live life in my stead.
Mio
Miyabi...
Miyabi
Thank you...
Mio
Aah...
Miyabi!!!
Sena
I... I couldn't do a thing...
I wasn't any use... None at all...
Mio
Sena... Miyabi was a hero...
All that an off-seer ought to be...
she put it in here,
and she gave it to me...
Truly a...
hero...
I decided. I'll find it for myself.
I'll leave my mark,
on others and the world.
This lifetime...that Miyabi gave to me...
I'll use it well!
Regret all you want...but the past can never be changed.
But...you can change who you are in the present.
If I was stronger then... Like now... I might've been able to save everyone...
Is it wrong to think that?
Lanz
Not at all.
I feel you.
I know I wish I'd been stronger...back then.
Mio
So yeah, I want to go back there, with that in mind.
And now I have the chance.
Taion
Mio, what kind of Colony is this Omega?
I never even knew it existed.
Lanz
Yeah, our side didn't know about it either.
Eunie
We've got...what, 23 Agnian colonies in all?
They go up to Psi.
Mio
Good intel.
Eunie
Hey now...don't go lumping me in with Lanz. I took my education seriously.
Lanz
Ah, shaddap. Don't flatter yourself!
Mio
Colony Omega was...an independent entity.
It never engaged.
The name it used was Agnian, but even that...
wasn't the whole truth.
Omega's administrator...
was the Moebius Y.
He was...performing some kind of experiment there,
using us as guinea pigs.
I don't know what he was doing. M wasn't briefed on it either.
All I can remember is... that oddly-glowing...violet Flame Clock.
Eunie
A Colony that doesn't fight...
Lanz
Never knew that was even a thing.
Mio
Y's restored it now.
Colony Omega, I mean.
Noah
You know this from M?
Taion
Sena, anything to add?
Sena
I don't really know much about it...
The accident happened... pretty soon after we were moved.
Taion
I see...
Mio
Omega's existence...the tests... It was all Y.
That's just...the Moebius he is.
Sena
Ah...!
Taion
Do share.
Sena
Mimi, remember?
Didn't we see the same color...
on Ethel and Cammuravi's Ferronises?
Mio
(surprised breath)
Sena
I could...be wrong...
Mio
No, you're spot on.
Good call, Sena! I didn't think of that at all.
Sena
Really?
Mio
Ethel and Cammuravi had their lives taken.
And in that accident, so were the whole Colony's...
Most likely, Y was...running experiments that could potentially prove fatal to us soldiers.
Sena
And now that the Colony's back...
You're thinking...Miyabi's still in there!
Mio
Yeah.
That's why I have to go...
To end this. He's toyed with our lives as he pleases for long enough!
Sena
...Exactly.
I'm with you! Let me go too!
Taion
We're all going, I thought?
...Right?
Noah
Yeah. Obviously.
Let's go, Mio.
To Colony Omega.
Mio
Everyone, thank you.
This time, I'll do the saving!
Consul Y
The brilliance doth please.
For ceaseless eons, we Moebius
have abidden apace with this world.
Yet with drawn-out abiding,
many lost sight of the pith thereof...
dissipating slowly, as doth the world.
The brilliance of life is exigent.
More dazzling than now...
If we wish...to save the world...

Leaving Tsang Camp[edit]

Sena
The new Colony Omega's somewhere around here, right?
Mio
Yeah... It should come into view any minute now.

Colony Omega in View[edit]

Sena
No way... It really *is* Colony Omega...
Mio
Miyabi...

Approaching the Mixed Unit[edit]

Noah
Hmm. I don't suppose they'll let us past.
Mio
There's only one way to Omega, and it's through them...

The Battle with the Mixed Unit[edit]

Lanz
Wait a sec...
Eunie
They're a mixed unit?!
But that's just not possible!
Taion
Possible or not, it's what we've got to deal with right now.
We'll just have to adapt.
Eunie
Tch...
Noah
Unusual... They might be stretched thin.
Eunie
Huh?
Noah
If it's like Mio said...and they've been running an experiment out of Omega...
Taion
These soldiers are evidently one of the results!
Sena
Keves and Agnus...
What kind of experiment could involve both of them...?
Mio
I don't know.
But...I do know...the answer lies ahead.
Mio
Let's aim for the Flame Clock. We're sure to learn something there...

Entering Colony Omega[edit]

Taion
How surprising, an ambush.
Lanz
We'd better give 'em a proper welcome!

Consul Y[edit]

Eunie
Ungh...!
M-Mwamba?!
Mio
Hackt...
Lanz
They've been...
reborn?
Eunie
No...if that was the case, wouldn't they be way younger?
Mwamba looks like he did this term!
Lanz
Mwamba! It's me!
Lanz! You know me!
S-stop it!
Mwamba!
Taion
And now Cammuravi?!
What's going on?
Noah
This melody...
Mio
Miyabi!
Sena
It's Miyabi?!
Mio
Y...
Noah
So that's...Y.
Sena
Miyabi! It's me, Sena, your friend!
We came to save you! You don't have to fight for him any more!
So stop, and come along with us!
Consul Y
Save thy breath.
The revenants neither remember nor feel.
Only...the instinct...to fight tooth and nail for survival.
Normally, they would undergo basic conditioning in a cradle prior to being awoken.
As you all once did...
They would fight for ten years, before returning to Her Majesty.
Lanz
What a piece of work...
Consul Y
These younglings... They live for the sole purpose of battle.
They are just...as you are.
Noah
You're full of it!
Our memories and feelings, they define us. They dictate who we are!
When you take all of that away-
Consul Y
'Tis a phantasm.
Fundamentally...memories and feelings
are but tacked-on extras, an afterthought.
Taion
"Tacked-on"?
Cut the crap!
Consul Y
Oh, they are as sheep.
You are simply deceiving yourselves, wishing to divine some meaning
from something that is devoid of it.
Taion
Urgh...
Noah
Why are you doing this?
What's your goal?!
Consul Y
Merely the betterment of life for Moebius.
Noah
What?
Consul Y
For such is Z's humble desire...
Noah
Z...!
Consul Y
It is Z who wove the fabric of this world.
Consequently, we who are his avatars
enjoy powers beyond mortal ken.
Sena
Moebius are Z's..."avatars"?
Consul Y
The gift I was imparted... is the creation of Flame Clocks.
Must I say more?
I hold the life of every soldier
in the very palm of my hand!
Indeed, the Flame Clocks... They are part of my very being!
Ethel and Cammuravi's Flame Clocks... Those were some of my finest work.
Did they not thrill you?
The ebb and flow of their lives...!
Ahhhh...
Then did it strike me...
Like unto a flame, human life also doth glow and glimmer brightest just afore it is quenched.
And hence...
There can be no greater nourishment!
Indeed...
This Flame Clock is therefore my proudest creation.
The final year, when life is at its most dazzling!
A Clock that gives rise to a sublime instant!
'Tis a Flame Clock most radiant!
Noah
Final year...?
So that's it!
Mwamba and Cammuravi... You brought them back close to their Homecoming!
Mio
Y...!
Eunie
This is all kinds of screwed up...
I've never met anyone I wanted to punch more...!
Lanz
Yeah... Even for Moebius, he takes the biscuit!
Consul Y
What is the matter?
Proceed with the killing!
Let your function be fulfilled, and kill!
And I shall raise you up as many times as needed!
With my Flame Clock ablaze!
Noah
He's mad...!
Consul Y
Come! COME!
Let mine eyes feast!
Upon the brilliance of your lives!
Here, anon!

Miyabi's Melody[edit]

Noah
(heavy panting)
Eunie
Ugh, Mwamba... When did you get so strong?!
Taion
Cammuravi too.
The last time we fought, he was in a Ferronis,
but he seems to be even more driven this time round!
Sparks!
Is this their fight or flight instinct...?
Sena
Poor Miyabi...
They're strong, all right...
But...that's all they are!
Taion
Huh?
Sena
The melody Miyabi used to play? It wasn't like this!
There's no way it was ever this sad!
Mio
So then...
Noah
Yeah...
They're hollow. There's no will behind their actions.
It's not our old friends that we're fighting here...
It's something else!
Consul Y
An astute observation, yes.
It is so.
Owing to the basic conditioning being lacking, their psyches are rather unstable.
The melody you hear serves to prop them up.
An off-seer...conveys peace to their cohorts.
They enable them to realize dreams.
That is what I focused my efforts on, and iterated!
Noah
That's wrong! You can't use the off-seers!
Consul Y
Au contraire, au contraire!
Behold for thyself.
The mental instability is assuaged,
and their movements adhere to the base specifications.
Certainly, there is no will behind it,
but "will" is an undesired side-effect!
Sena
Evil...
Mio
You can't do this...
Not to Miyabi... Not to our off-seeing rites...
How dare you use them to your own ends!
Noah
That's a good tune.
A Crys original?
Crys
Yeah, I suppose it is.
Noah
Maybe I'll pinch it as well.
Crys
You've got your own tunes, Noah.
Those are...just as good.
Wonderful, I'd say...
Noah
Really?
I only tweaked a few notes in a score from my previous Colony...
Crys
It's not the notes that matter...
It's the feelings you imbue them with.
Noah
Feelings?
Crys
Raw emotion... It resonates.
Noah
Mio! It's feelings!
Mio
Feelings?
Noah
It's the off-seer melody we've been playing. We just need to play it again now.
She's an off-seer too.
I know for sure it'll reach her!
Mio
Of course, yeah. Our melody, just like always...
Noah
Yeah.
Mio
Understood! I'm taking the lead. You follow!
Taion
Noah, Mio, what're you-?!
Eunie
Wow, good thinking, you two.
Taion
Huh?
Eunie
I'm saying, this might actually work!
C'mon guys, defend!
Lanz! Sena!
Lanz
Arright!
Sena
Sure thing!
Consul Y
Huh? What in the...?!
Mio
(Miyabi...?)
(Hear me?)
(It's me, Mio.)
(Remember?)
(That day, when you first explained to me the purpose of an off-seer, softly.)
(That fateful day, when the lights of life danced into the sky, so high...)
(Ever since that day, I've... I've done my best.)
(To play that melody
you trusted me with.)
(Miyabi...)
(You gave me newfound life, back then.)
(Now, let it be my turn.)
Miyabi
Mio...
...help me...
Mio
(Just wait, Miyabi.)
(I'll be with you soon...!)
Mwamba
Noah...
Hackt
Mio...
Miyabi
Mio...!
Consul Y
Huh...? How can this be...?
Their memories...
Their minds ought to have all been scoured clean...!
Mio
Y...
An off-seer's melody, it's more than a sequence of notes.
It is shaped by feelings;
those of the player and of the ones being played for.
All I did, was shape the feeling Miyabi passed to me,
and play my heart out!
Consul Y
Inconceivable...
You were able to override Z's precepts...?! (shivery breath)
No Ouroboros should command that sort of power!
The Sword of the End?!
That's what's behind this reprehensible act?!
Well then...
I shall just have to ascertain the matter!
Sena
Oh spark! He's coming!
Taion
*Now* he steps in?
Eunie
He's even chunkier than that K guy...
Lanz
That is a lot of chunk...!
Noah! Mio!
C'mon!
Noah
Yeah!
Take him down. Then we can free the Colony!
Moebius Y
Since you vermin are no longer bound by the Flame Clocks,
my Moebius power sadly holds no sway over you...
Ergo!
At this late hour, I will bring my mind, spirit and flesh to bear
and batter you all into oblivion!
Come...! Come! COME!!!
May the bloody sport commence!

The End of a Nightmare[edit]

Sena
Noah! It's time!
Quick, set them all free!
Taion
Cut the Flame Clock, now!
Moebius Y
A creditable effort, Ouroboros.
Reviving their memories is no small feat...
And how scintillating a display...!
Now take that brilliance in hand,
and spread it wide,
and in so doing illuminate the world therewith!
I shall be watching...eagerly!
Taion
He got away...
Mio
Miyabi...
Sena
Miyabi...!
Miyabi
I've, uh...
I've been listening all along.
The melody you've been playing.
Every day, since then...
Mio
Yeah.
Miyabi, thanks to you...I sent on so many. So many voices to so many others.
And I'm not done yet... I'll keep going...!
Miyabi
It was a gorgeous melody.
Yours...and...?
Noah
Noah. Nice to meet you, I guess.
Though I already feel like I know you.
Miyabi
Noah, huh?
Yours was very beautiful, just like Mio's.
Noah
I owe it to this.
Miyabi
No, you... You hold onto that.
Noah
Oh... I-I'm sorry.
I'll wash it. It'll be as good as new...!
Mio
Dummy... That's not what she was trying to say at all.
Noah
Wait, why am I...?
Miyabi
Right?
From me to Mio, and from her to you...
The feeling is passed on.
Until you can make your voice truly heard... please, keep it with you.
Yeah?
Noah
I will.
If that's how you feel, I'll be more than happy to keep using it.
Miyabi
Take care, then.
Mio...
Mio
Huh?
Miyabi
You've become the greatest off-seer I've ever seen.
Mio
...Oh, there's still room to grow.
But at least, I've found my stride.
Since I'm...not alone.
Miyabi
Could I, uh...come with you?
Mio
Of course.
You're back, Miyabi.
Sena
We really missed you!
Miyabi
Thank you, Mio, Sena!

The Colony Omega Soldiers[edit]

Noah
We can't do anything about this now, but we can't forget about Cammuravi and the others.
Eunie
Yeah, they must be pretty bamboozled.
Noah
There is that, but also, they're supposed to be dead.
Even if they wake up, they can't go back to their old colonies.
Taion
Should we discuss this with Travis?
If they're in the City, we don't have to worry about them bumping into old friends...
And Moebius wouldn't be able to mess with them too easily, either.
Noah
...OK then.
Noah calls Travis on his iris.
Travis
Hey, how are things?
Noah
We actually wanted to talk you, if that's OK...
Noah explains the situation to Travis off screen.
Travis
More ridiculous tech, eh? Oof.
Noah
We destroyed their Flame Clock, so we shouldn't have to worry about the colony. But on the other hand...
Travis
Right, what comes next for your friends is a different matter.
I get it. I'll send some guys over as soon as I get the chance.
There's a crew on a scavenger mission close by.
Noah
Thanks. That's a big help.
We are planning on going to the Cloudkeep next.
Travis
Gotcha.
Sena looks in the direction of Colony Omega.
Taion
Worried about something?
Sena
Just wondering if they'll know to see the City people as allies...
Gah, sorry, that was a weird thing to say.
Anyway, we made it this far, so let's hurry to the Cloudkeep!