dist the runny appears

ON THE FERRY
	   Guy: Do you remember when the two of us first met, Luke?
	  Luke: I told you I don't remember any of that. That was before I was
		kidnapped.
	   Guy: ...Yeah. You're right. I mean, you're completely different.
	  Luke: Huh?
	   Guy: Ah, I'm just glad you're you.

AT CHESEDONIA
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Skit `Almost Home!'                                                    [SK062]
|
|	 Anise: Now we just have to get to the consulate and sail back to
|		Baticul.
|	   Guy: Well, Luke, that should wrap up your Grand Adventure.
|	  Luke: Hey, quit it with the "Grand Adventure" thing! Besides, I've
|		still got stuff to do after we get back.
|	 Anise: Yeah, you've got an important job back in Baticul!
|	   Guy: Oh, right... Getting an audience with the King.
|	 Anise: And introducing me to your parents! (heart)
|	  Luke: You want to meet them? Sure, go ahead.
|	 Anise: Really? I can't believe it! Yes! (heart)
|   Guy & Luke: Huh...?
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Skit `The Center of Trade'                                             [SK063]
|
|	  Luke: Wow, this place sure is packed.
|	   Guy: Well, you've got stuff coming in from all over the world.
|		Agricultural products, medicines--things like that from Malkuth
|		all pass through the consulate here in Chesedonia. Likewise for
|		products exported from Kimlasca.
|	  Tear: That distribution system supports all those meals you've had.
|	  Luke: Wow. All that food must've had a long trip.
|	   Guy: Kind of like us.
|	  Luke: So we're vegetables now...?
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| Skit `Where is Astor?'                                                 [SK066]
|
|	  Luke: So where is this Astor, anyway?
|	   Ion: Astor's mansion stands in the middle of the town. It actually
|		straddles the Kimlasca-Malkuth border.
|	  Luke: So we just have to head up there, right? Let's go!
|	   Guy: Yeah...but as long as we're here, why don't we do a little
|		shopping? Chesedonia's the trade capital of the world, after
|		all. There's bound to be interesting stuff lying around.
|	  Luke: Sure, why not? Sounds like fun.
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| Skit `Analyzing the Fon Disc'                                          [SK061]
|
|	  Luke: Guy, what are you planning to do with that fon disc, anyway?
|	   Guy: Hmm? Nothing in particular. I'm just curious as to what's on it.
|		I figured there might be something interesting about the Six
|		God-Generals.
|	  Luke: Yeah?
|	  Jade: Indeed, that's a definite possibility. Though it could, of
|		course, be nothing more than a simple technological primer.
|	   Guy: Or maybe it's a diary...
|	  Luke: Yeah, right.
|	  Jade: You never know. Now that would certainly be an enjoyable find...
|	  Luke: Enjoyable?!
|	   Guy: Hah hah. Whatever it is, we'll have to wait for the analysis to
|		find out for sure.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On the ferry...

	  Luke: If we made it this far, we should be in the clear.
	   Guy: Damn! I lost part of the documents when Sync attacked.
	  Jade: Let me see them.
	  Jade: Looks like isofon research. 3.14159265358979322946... This is
		Lorelei's fonon frequency.
	  Luke: Lorelei? Isofons? "Fonon frequencies"? What the heck are you
		talking about?
	  Tear: "Lorelei" is the name for the aggregate sentience of the Seventh
		Fonon.
	 Anise: When a certain amount of a particular fonon gathers together, it
		becomes sentient. Control that, and you can perform high-level
		fonic artes.
	   Guy: Each one has a name. The First Fonon sentience is called
		"Shadow," the Sixth is called "Rem," and so on.
	  Jade: Lorelei still hadn't been observed. Its existence is
		hypothetical.
	  Luke: Huh... How come all of you know this stuff?
	   Guy: Well... It's actually common knowledge.
	  Tear: It's okay, Luke. You can't help it. Just keep learning from here
		on and you'll be fine.
	 Anise: Is it just me...or are you being a lot nicer to Luke all of a
		sudden?
	  Tear: I-I don't know what you mean. Oh, also! All matter emits a fonon
		frequency. They're like fingerprints; no two frequencies are
		the same.
	   Guy: Way to change the subject. Very smooth.
	  Tear: Be quiet, Guy! Isofons are two entities that have the exact same
		fonon frequency. Of course, they don't exist unless
		artificially created.
	  Jade: Of course, if isofons were common, we'd have our hands full with
		hyperresonances all over the place.
	  Luke: (!)
	  Jade: Isofon research holds potential for weapons development, so the
		military has their eye on it.
	 Anise: That "fomicry" technology they worked on a long time ago can
		make isofons, right?
    Ion & Jade: (...)
	   Guy: Yeah, fomicry is like a copy machine, right?
	  Jade: No, replicas created through fomicry are mere imitations. A
		replica may look identical, but its fonon frequency is
		different. One can' produce isofons that way.
	  Luke: Gah! What the hell are you all talking about?! Enough of this
		complicated stuff. Jade can read those documents on his--

A soldier enters.

       Soldier: Emergency! A large number of monsters an unidentified fontech
		signature approaching from Chesedonia!


Two Oracle soldiers burst into the cabin.

	  Tear: Oh, no! They're here!

The party defeats the soldiers.

	  Tear: Can we assume their goal is to stop Ion and the letter from
		reaching Kimlasca?
	   Guy: You don't suppose they'd try to just sink the whole ship, do
		you?
	  Mieu: Master, what do we do?! I can't swim...

Luke kicks Mieu.

	  Luke: Shut up and drown.
	  Jade: But if they intended to sink us, they wouldn't come storming
		aboard.
	 Anise: Then they're trying to take it over!
	   Guy: *Sigh* So then I guess we have to secure the bridge before they
		do, huh?
	  Jade: Exactly.
	  Luke: Why do those Oracle guys want to start a war so badly? What a
		pain....
	  Jade: There's no time for complaints. Let's go.

The party catches up to Barrelow X.

    Barrelow X: Gaaah! Don't interfere!

Guy pulls out his sword.

	   Guy: If you don't want to get smashed, hand over that fonstone!
    Barrelow X: (...)
    Barrelow X: That's extortion! You're evil! But I'm scared so I'll give it
		back.

Barrelow X gives the stone back.

    Barrelow X: You haven't heard the last of me!

Barrelow X jumps into the sea.

	   All: (...)
	  Luke: It ran away...
	 Anise: Um, is it okay for it to get wet?
    Barrelow X: Aaaaaaah!!
	   All: (...)
	  Jade: Naturally, we'll leave it alone.

Guy hands the fonstone back to the man.

	   Guy: Well, anyway, we got the fonstone fragment back. Here you go.
	   NPC: Th-thanks. ...It's not much, but you can have this as thanks. I
		don't need it, anyway...

Obtained Nobile and Winged boots.


	  Dist: I, the genius Dist, once counted that duplicitous snake Jade
		amongst my friends.
	  Jade: Which Jade is that? I don't know any Jades with such poor taste
		in friends.
	  Dist: What did you say?!
	  Jade: Ah ah, careful now, you know how your nose runs when you get
		mad.
	  Dist: Grrrrrrrr! No it doesn't!
    Guy & Luke: (...)
	  Luke: This is stupid...
	   Guy: They're off in their own little world...
	  Dist: Enough of this. Now, hand over the fon disc data!
	  Jade: You mean this?

Dist grabs the data.

 Everyone else: (!)
	  Dist: Hah hah ha! How careless, Jade!
	  Jade: You can have them. I've already memorized their contents.
	  Dist: (!)
	  Dist: Grrrrrrr! I'm being mocked by savages! When you taste the pain
		of my super ultra gorgeous artes, you'll regret what you've
		done!

Kaiser Dist R attacks. Party wins. Dist ends up falling into the sea.

	  Luke: Hey...look...
	  Jade: It'll take more than that to kill him. He has the tenacity of a
		cockroach. Right now, I'm off to check the bridge.
	   Guy: I'll go with you. Ladies, please protect Luke and Ion.
	 Anise: Hmm? Don't tell me you're afraid of us, Guy...
	   Guy: N-no! Of course not!

Guy runs away to the bridge.

	  Luke: What should we do?
	  Tear: Let's check to see if anyone's injured.
	   Ion: Yes, you're right.
	 Anise: It's not easy being a messenger of peace...
	  Luke: You got that right...

The party arrives in Baticul at long last.