#game transcript

I just spotted a thread in the SoM reddit, which linked to a site where a couple folks have transcribed all the dialogue from the game! You can check the transcripts on their website here! (There's also transcripts for a few other games, like Myst and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.)

Stellis Donas: As long as you and I are together, there will always be complications. It's what makes it fun.

Kaliyo Djannis: If you die--again--don't expect me to play the grieving widow.

Kaliyo Djannis: I'd shoot myself before putting flowers on your grave.

I decided to reload a VP save, send Janus to Valhalla (I had kept him in my party because of poison damage being useful) and remind myself of his dialogue there. Transcribing here for reference. (I didn’t get the mission, because IIRC that changes with every game and is the same for each Einherjar. I’ve been tempted to transcribe all of the war missions, but that takes patience I don’t really have at the moment.)

Just posting this here for later reference. 

SO2 (Second Evolution) PA in Energy Nede, Krosse Castle.

Rena: What’s wrong, Noel? Noel: Oh, hello there, Rena. There’s something that’s been bothering me, actually. Have you heard any insects buzzing around since we came to this town, Rena? Rena: Huh? Come to think of it… not really, no. Noel: I thought so. This town just isn’t normal. It’s a pure fabrication, a place that only people can live in, and nothing more. And I have to say, I don’t like this place one bit.

1. But towns are made for people, aren’t they?

2. Aren’t you exaggerating a little?

3. Maybe it’s good animals don’t live in towns.

1. Rena: But aren’t cities made for people to live in? Of course they’re going to be “fabrications.” Noel: Ha ha ha, you have a point there. But we’re part of nature, like everything else, and we’ve created a place to live that forbids any other type of creature from thriving on it. I don’t know, I just think there’s something painfully wrong about all this. Rena: You think so? I’m not sure what the problem is. Noel: It’s probably better to think like that. If you never have to think about it, then you don’t have to worry about it. - We’re a part of nature too. We shouldn’t think of ourselves as anything special.

2. Rena: Don’t you think you’re overreacting a bit, Noel? Noel: No, I don’t think so. I guess it wouldn’t occur to you right off the bat, having grown up on Expel and all... Just remember one thing: we are nothing more than a single piece in the grand scheme that we call nature. There is nothing even remotely special or unique about our existence. Rena: Uh... yeah. - Noel: Boy... I wish I had a chance to visit Expel sometimes. Rena: If that’s the case, how about we take a trip there together once everything’s back to normal? I could be your tour guide. Noel: That’d be nice... assuming that actually happens, anyway. - Rena: Please come visit sometime. I’d be happy to guide you around town. Noel: Thank you. I might take you up on your offer someday. 3. Rena: I kind of like having nothing but people here. In my village, we have people get attacked and injured by animals every year. Some of them have even died as a result... Noel: Really? I... I’m sorry to hear that. - Noel: Maybe nature preservation’s nothing but a foolish illusion created by people who have no sense of reality. Rena: ?