Cupid's Lover

Cupid's Lover is a World Quest in In the Wake of Narcissus: Act I - Search in the Algae Sea.

There are two versions of this quest, depending on whether players started the World Quest Search in the Algae Sea in Series In the Wake of Narcissus: Act I - Search in the Algae Sea or not.

Steps

Find the Seal
Study the Riddle Slate
Look for a way forward
Solve the Orthant's puzzle
1. Enter the Mysterious Ruins and descend to the lower floor.
  - Recon Log Mek - Ousia ×2
2. The following steps can be done in any order:
  1. Connect the left-hand Energy Flow device:
    1. Enter the Looking Glass and light the two unlit torches in the room, then exit the Looking Glass.
    2. Call the Lift to the current floor and release the Energy Flow from the other device on this floor.
    3. Continue past the device and pick up the Special Key on the windowsill.
      - Geological Survey Mek - Ousia ×1
  2. Connect the Energy Flow device straight ahead:
    1. Take the Lift down and enter the underwater area.
    2. Enter the next chamber by activating the mechanism.
    3. Enter the left-hand chamber by activating the mechanism, then use the Xenochromatic Jellyfish trigger the mechanism again.
    4. Release the Energy Flow. This will cause the surrounding area to become dry land.
      - Recon Log Mek - Pneuma ×2
    5. Take the Lift up and release the Energy Flow.
3. Return to the upper floor and use the Special Key to open the door to the last Energy Flow device.
4. Go down and release the Energy Flow.
Obtain the "Soul" piece

Gameplay Notes

A 4★ Nymph's Constancy can be picked up next to the Riddle Slate.

Dialogue

Version 1

This version is obtained if players have not started Search in the Algae Sea.

(Approach the Riddle Slate)

Paimon: Someone was just here! Paimon can't believe we've run into someone with better archaeological exploration chops than us.

Paimon: Is that... a pocket watch on the ground?

Paimon: If this is anything like our usual adventures, we should take a look at this stone tablet.

Paimon: "Lo, this place is the Orthant of Souls, the Shrine of Souls, the Room of Souls..."

Paimon: "I accompany you in eternal rest"... "Born in an instant, often contradicting, always united"... "I am life's most cherished treasure"...

Elementary, my dear friend...

It's a riddle.

Paimon: Hmmm... A valuable pocket watch, and one of life's treasures...

Paimon: Ooh, Paimon knows! It's gotta be Mora!

I—I'm not sure about that...

Paimon: You're right, the answer to a riddle wouldn't be so tacky. Then it must be... What's the word...

Paimon: Right, "wealth"!

Wonderful, that's one answer we can count out.

Paimon: Come on! Why can't you just trust Paimon?

Paimon: Well, if you're so smart, what do you think it is?

Lovely weather we're having.

Paimon: Hey! Don't change the subject.

It's not important. Let's go in deeper and take a look around.

Paimon: Hey! Just admit that you don't know either! Don't run off just because you're embarrassed. Wait up!

(Examine the mechanism)

You carefully inspect the top of the mechanism, but you don't find anything.

(If this is the first location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here?

Paimon: Oh no! It looks like someone already took whatever was here.

Paimon: But who?

(If this is the second location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here either...

(If this is the third location searched)

Paimon: Did someone... take whatever was here, too?

Version 2

This version is obtained if players started Search in the Algae Sea first.

Quest Description

Trace and find the Narzissenkreuz Ordo's seals.

(Approach the marked area)

(If this is the third location searched)

Caterpillar: This is the third seal.

Seymour: "Lo, this place is the Orthant of Souls, the Shrine of Souls, the Room of Souls..."

Seymour: "I accompany you in eternal rest"... "Born in an instant, often contradicting, always united"... "I am life's most cherished treasure"...

Paimon: Phew... Nothing scary this time. Is the answer a pocket watch?

Paimon: Speaking of which, don't you have one too, Ann?

Well, watches *are* expensive...

Paimon: Then the answer must be money, as in Mora!

Caterpillar: Passing away along with your money is life's second-greatest tragedy. Don't ask what the greatest one is.

Ann: What is life's greatest tragedy then?

Seymour: I am aware of this one. It is "to rest in your coffin without a single Mora to your name."

Ann: I'm not sure I agree with those values. Aren't there many things more important than that?

Caterpillar: Well, that's why I said "don't ask."

Seymour: I apologize.

Caterpillar: Anyway, based on the above reasons, I don't think the answer is a fancy timepiece, nor is it Mora.

Paimon: What could it be, then?

Seymour: The answer is simple — I can retrieve similar riddles with a 70% match rate.

Seymour: This is from a centuries-old classic novel. It reads, "I was born in the fleeting moment when eyes meet. I run with my back turned to the one I pursue."

Seymour: "Even after all flesh, bone, and entrails have been sliced away, I still lie nestled with you in the marrow that remains."

Seymour: The answer is "love."

Ann: I get it now. This pocket watch is just like the one I have, then — It must be filled with memories of love.

Now, if only it would open.

Ann: It will, one day.

Ann: Why, well done, you silly dog! Who's the cutest mechanical dog?

Seymour: It was my pleasure. "Cute," however, is a subjective description. I would prefer to be addressed as "the reliable, useful Prototype 4ACV07."

Ann: And that's exactly what makes you so cute.

Caterpillar: Are you reenacting an old conversation? I feel like I've seen this scene before.

Caterpillar: In any case, someone's already solved this riddle. Let's get moving.

(Check the altar)

You carefully inspect the top of the mechanism, but you don't find anything.

(If this is the first location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here?

Caterpillar: It looks like something was here, but someone else took it.

Paimon: Wait, doesn't that mean that our plan's already failed?

Caterpillar: The birth of "reason" requires the merging of the four orthants. If we can get the rest of them, we still have a chance.

Ann: In that case, we'd better hurry to the next area.

(If this is the second location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here either...

Ann: What exactly are we looking for, Caterpillar?

Caterpillar: We're looking for the materials necessary to forge the Holy Blade of Narzissenkreuz.

Caterpillar: The Ordo was able to reproduce the four requisite hypothetical substances here in the material world, based on the esoteric philosophies of the underground kingdom and ancient Fontaine.

Seymour: I do not understand.

Caterpillar: These enigmatic substances are purely experiential. You could say they are even further beyond ordinary logic than elemental power.

Seymour: I entered all introductory to intermediate level textbooks from the Akademiya's Spantamad into my memory banks decades ago. There is nothing mysterious about elemental power.

Caterpillar: Is that so? Anyway, to sum up, this is born of the confluence of traditions from Fontaine and technology from the ancient underground kingdom.

Caterpillar: And thus, four types of substance came into being: Memory, Wish, Soul, and Persona.

Caterpillar: To avoid any possible ambiguity, let's call them the "Memory" piece, "Wish" piece, "Soul" piece, and "Persona" piece.

Paimon: Why are these used to make the Holy Blade?

Caterpillar: In the Narzissenkreuz Ordo's brand of mystical philosophy, the temple is a microcosm of the universe, the members are stand-ins for the gods, and the holy oil is tempered willpower.

Caterpillar: The Holy Blade, on the other hand, is "reason," that which cuts everything open. It can only be born out of consummate human will.

Quite abstruse.

Caterpillar: That's esotericism for you. You attach yourself to anything that looks similar enough, and when this sort of thing becomes magic, fiction becomes reality.

Caterpillar: Anyway, we should make our way to the next area now.

(If this is the third location searched)

Paimon: Did someone... take whatever was here, too?

Caterpillar: Looks that way.

Just who is...?

Caterpillar: It's Jakob.

Seymour: We had an altercation with him inside Elynas once... Clarification: Recently, not "once."

Caterpillar: When I saw that unfortunate victim at the gate, I knew it was his handiwork. It seems he's still active after all.

Paimon: Then what does he want with the stuff he took from here?

Caterpillar: Simple — He too wants to reforge the Holy Blade of Narzissenkreuz. The dream of the Ordo remains unrealized.

Caterpillar: Anyway, we should make our way to the final area now.

Interactables

Main article: Orthant of Souls § Interactables

Excerpt

Not only do we share the same resilient skin,

But the same divine essence flows within our veins.

As there is one wisdom, one melody,

So too are our wills one.

Comrades,

We are the hands and legs, the shield and sword,

Roots and leaves, spring and stream.

We should draw near to each other,

Even unto outlanders must this be so.

Copied from the "Song of Serenity," Movement 2, Stanza 84.

Trivia

The quest's name, Cupid's Lover, likely refers to Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul and consort of Eros, the Greek equivalent of Cupid.

Video Guides

Cupid's Lover Guide

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Cupid's Lover	—
Chinese (Simplified)	丘比特的爱人
Chinese (Traditional)	丘比特的愛人
Japanese	キューピッドの恋人 Kyuupiddo no Koibito	Cupid's Lover
Korean	큐피드의 연인 Kyupideu-ui Yeonin	Cupid's Lover
Spanish	El amor de Cupido	Cupid's Love
French	Amour de Cupide	Cupide's Love
Russian	Любовь Купидона Lyubov' Kupidona	Cupid's Love
Thai	คนรักของ Cupid
Vietnamese	Người Yêu Của Cupid
German	Cupidos Liebhaber	Cupid's Lover
Indonesian	Kekasih Cupid	Cupid's Lover
Portuguese	Amante do Cupido
Turkish	Aşk Tanrısının Sevgilisi
Italian	Amore di Cupido	Cupid's Lover

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