First (1, 2, 3â) seven pages of an upcoming mini series, Imaginarium: Imaginary Friends
It's a little pre-story pet project I'm working on to get a feel for characters in my current novella project. I'm so proud of managing to get these done in like 3 days, and now we'll see if I can get the next half done. It was good practice.
You can catch these in full color on my kofi; but a big special thanks to those who've let me borrow their characters: @chibbycookie @faetotesalive @insolent-creations @author-of-worlds @munnablue
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By request, here are translations from the main story quests âIn Search of Raubahnâ and âKeeping the Flame Aliveâ â or, in more familiar terms, the patch 3.0 Raubahn rescue mission.
Iâm sorry this took quite a while! This was requested sometime around Christmas, but between the holidays, Final Fantasy XV, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and obligations from work and school, I kept putting it off. I feel doubly bad because this particular requester actually donated to my tip jar, but that... didnât expedite the translation process... because Iâm an idiot...
As usual, Iâve provided the Japanese text, my own translation below, and the official English localization in blockquotes. However, Iâm missing a lot of the English lines from this particular part of 3.0 â mostly from the rescue instance itself.Â
I was not sure what the requester was looking for, or what they expected to see from the Japanese text of this questline, so for this particular translation I have prioritized loyalty to the Japanese above most else. It tends towards being overly literal at times, but I hope not to a distracting degree.
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Doware: I have been expecting you. Time is of the essence, so I shall be direct.
Doware: Yuyuhase and his men are bound for Halatali.
Doware: We believe that this is where they intend to carry out the execution.
Doware: My colleague, Hozan, is presently keeping watch over the entrance. Let us make haste and join him.
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Hozan: You come at a good time, my friends. But moments ago, the traitor Ilberd arrived and entered Halatali.
Hozan: From this, we may be certain that General Raubahn is being held within.
Hozan: There is no time to loseâGeneral Aldynn may be executed at any moment. You must enter Halatali and free him from his captors.
Hozan: Please see to your preparations, and tell me when you are ready to proceed. One of our own will accompany you inside.
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Alphinaud: Raubahn's ties to Halatali are well known. That Ilberd should choose this of all places to stage his execution is no coincidence. The fiend... Are there no depths to which he will not stoop?
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Yugiri: Pray forgive me my lateness.
Alphinaud: Lady Yugiri!
Yugiri: Master Alphinaud. I am pleased to see that the light of resolve shines in your eyes once more.
Alphinaud: Ah, yes... How pathetic I must have seemed to you when we last met. I am ashamed to recall it. For a time I was well and truly lost. But with the aid of my comrades, I have since refound my purpose, and I shall take care not to misplace it again.
Yugiri: Since your escape from Ul'dah, my fellow shinobi and I have shadowed the Crystal Braves' every step in hopes of learning the Scions' whereabouts.
Yugiri: Regrettably, our investigation has yet to yield any useful information. Pray forgive us.
Alphinaud: You need not apologize, my ladyâwe are grateful for all that you have done on our behalf. Besides, Raubahn is no less a friend, and we cannot well abandon him to his fate.
Yugiri: Hozanâthe three of us shall attend to the Flame General's rescue. Pray draw away the guards by the entrance. Take Doware and Higiri with you.
Yugiri: With me!
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ALPHINAUD: The Crystal Braves should have the deviceâs authentication key. Let us split up and search for them.
LOCALIZATION
Yugiri: He is bound by some manner of magitek device. Yet I dare not force it openâit may well be booby-trapped.
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YUYUHASE: That will not be necessary.
YUYUHASE: I have no ill will towards any of you, but this, too, is simply work. You see, I was born into a family constrained by the fetters of poverty. Iâm afraid I learned from a very early age that even foul jobs have value.
YUYUHASE: Fret not â you shall not suffer for long. This poisonous mist was specially made by the Alchemistâs Guild. May it deliver you safely to Thalâs realm.
LOCALIZATION
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Yuyuhase: Pray do not take it personally, my friends. You are the victims of harsh economic conditions.
Yuyuhase: Happily, you will not suffer for long. This poison will convey you swiftly unto the bosom of Thal, where I hope to join you, after the passing of many prosperous years.
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CRYSTAL BRAVE ARCHER: Then they die by our hands!
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Raubahn: My...thanks... <cough>
Alphinaud: Slowly, General. You are yet weak from your ordeal.
Yugiri: Nevertheless, we must quit this place.
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Ilberd: I should have known. What are clever contrivances to the Warrior of Light? ...Well done, hero.
Alphinaud: Ilberd...
Ilberd: You mean to struggle on, then? Very well. If you would stand in my way, I will cut you down like all the rest.
Ilberd: Come, Scionsâlet's get this over with.
LOCALIZATION
Ilberd: This changes nothing!
Alphinaud: It is over, Ilberd! Lay down your arms and surrender yourself to justice!
Ilberd: Justice!? Justice for what exactly? 'Twas not I who assassinated the sultana, boy!
Alphinaud: Ere we debate who is responsible for the assassination, I would ask whether an assassination took place at all.
Ilberd: Clever little shite...
I think Ilberdâs overall point is that he and the Warrior of Light are the same, in that they are both constantly being used, and that the reason he hasnât been able to save Ala Mhigo is because heâs always been someone elseâs pawn. However, itâs rather difficult to convey that without writing a totally new and original speech, and Iâm trying to stick to the Japanese text here. The English sounds fine to me.
LOCALIZATION
Ilberd: If you think you fight for justice, lad, you'd best wake up. The truth is, you fight for whoever bloody well tells you to. Can you not see you're being used!? By the Scions, the city-states, even the Crystal Braves. They none of 'em care a whit what you wantâonly what you can do for them.
Ilberd: And how do I know this? Because I'm the sameâa pawn to be used as my masters see fit. All I ever wanted was to liberate my homeland, and I ate dirt to make it happen. But what have I achieved after all these years in servitude? Nothing! Not a bloody thing.
Ilberd: If we ourselves are not freeâfree to think and to actâhow are we ever to reclaim our homeland? Know this: there is nothing I would not give to take back Ala Mhigo! NOTHING!
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Alphinaud: You'll not get away!
Yugiri: No, Master Alphinaud. Now is not the time.
Raubahn: I'm but a cripple and a fool, and still you came for me... I'm in your debt.
Alphinaud: We are all of us fools of fate, General. But even fools have a part to play.
Raubahn: Rest assured, I was not planning to die till I'd avenged the sultana... Still, your words are welcome, lad.
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YUGIRI: As you can see, the rescue was successful. Doware, appraise me of the current situation.
DOWARE: Yes, my lady. We three shinobi dealt with the Crystal Braves standing guard without trouble.Â
DOWARE: However, after that... we saw no one else enter or exit the premises.
YUGIRI: Hmm... they must have fled by some other means. Ilberd and several other ranked members of the Braves managed to escape. Take Hozan and search the surrounding area for signs of their passing.
DOWARE: Yes, my lady.
LOCALIZATION
Messenger: General Aldynn, I presume, and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
Alphinaud: Who are you!? Identify yourself!
Messenger: Pray do not be alarmed. My mistress is a friend, and I come bearing a message of goodwill.
Messenger: For your own safety, she bade me direct your steps to the Waking Sands. Know that Master Urianger awaits you there, along with others sympathetic to your cause.
Messenger: This is no ruse, I assure you. General Aldynnâif you will come with me, I have prepared a carriage, that you may travel in comfort, safe from prying eyes.
Alphinaud: I have spoken with Urianger via linkpearl. He confirms the man's story.
Alphinaud: Raubahn is in safe hands. Let us make our own way to Vesper Bay.
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Urianger: My dearest friends! Praise be unto the Twelve for delivering you from the clutches of treachery.
Pipin: Father!
Raubahn: Pipin, my son... And Master Papashan besides...
Pipin: Forgive me, Father... I should have been at Her Grace's side...
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Dewlala: Save your tears. The sultana yet lives.
Raubahn: You...
Dewlala: It was I who arranged this gathering.
Dewlala: And judging by your perplexed expressions, it would seem introductions are in order. I am Dewlala, head of the Order of Nald'thal, and member of the Syndicate.
Raubahn: What you said about the sultana â is it true? Is she alive?
LOCALIZATION
Dewlala: Young man â I understand you were with the sultana when she drank from the poisoned goblet and collapsed. Would I be correct in assuming that you did not personally verify Her Grace's vital signs?
Raubahn: Why ask, when 'tis plain you know the answer!
Dewlala: Calm yourself, General, and let me finish. The truth is not as you imagine it. You are all victims of a most ingenious ruse â a ruse conceived to eliminate the threat posed by Teledji Adeledji.
LOCALIZATION
Dewlala: 'Tis my belief that Teledji plotted the sultana's assassination alone, but that Lolorito caught wind of his plot, and exploited it to his own ends.
Dewlala: He sought to manipulate you into eliminating Teledji for him, and you duly obliged. At one fell swoop, he removed his two foremost rivals, all the while remaining above suspicion.
Raubahn: Gods strike me down for a fool... But the sultana â how can it be that she lives?
Dewlala: She lives because Lolorito willed it. Her own lady-in-waiting is but one of his many little birds; by her sleight of hand, the poison was switched for a less deadly draft before it could reach her mistress's lips.
LOCALIZATION
Urianger: Some manner of sedative, perchance...of a potency sufficient to induce a slumber like unto death.
Dewlala: Were I to guess, I would say Her Grace is being held somewhere, dreaming dreams of a brighter Ul'dah, even as we speak.
Raubahn: Oh, Nanamo...
Raubahn: I will never forgive Lolorito for his part in this.
LOCALIZATION
Dewlala: Though Lolorito's hands are far from clean, they did pluck Her Grace from the jaws of death. That must count for something.
Dewlala: And though one may call the man's methods into question, it cannot be denied that he knows the value of stability â to the very gil, like as not. He craves power, 'tis true, but he has no desire to depose the sultana.
Dewlala: I had never taken sides in your feud with the Monetarists, but it was not for want of concern for our nation's welfare. Indeed, 'twas out of the desire to see order restored that I furnished your Far Eastern friends with information, and arranged this gathering.
Dewlala: I hope you are ready to work, General, for there is much work to be done. Our first priority must be to bring matters back into balance. Lest you forget Her Grace's words, the true wealth of Ul'dah lies in the health, happiness, and hopes of her people.
Dewlala: As for the more worldly kind of wealth, I am content to let Lolorito help himself to whatever Teledji Adeledji left behind.
Dewlala: You, meanwhile, must do that which you alone can do: rescue Her Grace and take your place at her side once more. For her sake...and that of our nation.
LOCALIZATION
Yugiri: My fellow Domans and I are glad to have been of service in the Flame General's rescue. If there is aught else we can do, know that we are ever at your disposal.
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Papashan: Thank you for rescuing General Raubahn. From the bottom of my heart. To behold him now, gaunt and unkempt... It pains me to think of all the hardship he has endured.
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Dewlala: If we are to see stability restored to Ul'dah, we must needs set aside our differences. No more can there be Monetarists or Royalists.
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Pipin: Father's spirit burns as fiercely as it ever has. I was proud of him when he ruled the bloodsands as the Bull of Ala Mhigo, and I am proud of him now.