The Forgotten Lighthouse

(Enter the Witch's Lodge)

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: This must be the final door, right? Let's hurry up and find Nicole!

(Approach the door)

(The scene cuts to Nicole alone in the room)

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 01a.ogg Nicole: Look at the time! What am I going to do now... They'll be here any minute...

(The scene cuts to Traveler and Paimon opening the door)

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: Hello, Nicole, we're heeeere! Hey, why are you pushing us out?

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 02.ogg Nicole: Oh dear, oh dear... I'm sorry about this...

Aren't you ready yet?

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 03.ogg Nicole: How should I put this... Oh, blast, I'm afraid I can't explain it very clearly. I'll have to tell you the whole story...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 04.ogg Nicole: It all started the first time the mages challenged the Anemo Archon...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: Nicole, that's... way too long ago!

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 05.ogg Nicole: Ugh, this isn't fair! It's so embarrassing that you'd end up having to hear this from my own mouth... No! It can't be helped, the facts are the facts... Just so long as Alice doesn't hear about this, there's no reason for anyone to laugh...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: Oh dear, her inner monologue's leaking out again... Besides, it's not really coming from her own "mouth"...

Shh...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 06.ogg Nicole: I decided to hide the feathers at the top of the study. I figured if I made things harder, there'd be a greater sense of accomplishment...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 07.ogg Nicole: But I'm really not very good at controlling these carefree eddies. I can only fly so high before I seem to hit an invisible ceiling.

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 05.ogg Paimon: Can't you use magic to bring the feathers back down?

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 08.ogg Nicole: Where would be the fun in that!?

Media:vo nkwq104 1 paimon 06.ogg Paimon: Oh, Paimon sees your point... Hmm, that sure is a tricky one...

Nicole, could you try saying something?

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 09.ogg Nicole: What do you want me to say?

In Simulanka, words are magic.

Maybe you could say something that will become a staircase...

Media:vo nkwq104 1 nicole 10.ogg Nicole: Oh! I get what you're saying! Alright, I'll give it a try!

(Land on the stack of books)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Nicole, this is a dead end!

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 01.ogg Nicole: Leave it to me.

(A golden platform appears. When translated, it reads "emoi melesei".)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: Whoa, it really worked! Say something else!

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 02.ogg Nicole: Leave it to me! Leave it to me! Leave it to me!

(More platforms appear)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: Eh... You're just repeating yourself...

(Touch the first feather fragment)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 03.ogg Nicole: Let light shine the way ahead!

(New platforms appear. When translated, they read "lampeto to phosl".)

(Touch the second feather fragment)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 04.ogg Nicole: Go up from here!

(Ascending platforms appear. When translated, they read "anastethia".)

(Approach the platform)

Media:vo nkwq104 2 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: Whoa, that gap's so big!

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 06.ogg Nicole: All things may serve as guides... The scriptures filled... with names divine! The words and chapters... intertwine... and angels act with deeds aligned! In this sacred place, let words forge the path ahead.

(An extremely long platform appears. When translated, it reads "chalkeue tois logois ten ano klimaka".)

Stairway of Words: ~

Media:vo nkwq104 2 nicole 07.ogg Nicole: See? All taken care of.

(Touch all three feathers and open the chest)

Media:vo nkwq104 3 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Treasure! Woohoo, this is so much fun!

Media:vo nkwq104 3 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: But... Paimon's head really is pounding. Seriously, did Nicole actually need to shout that loud just to make those stairs appear...?

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 01.ogg Nicole: What's this? Complaining now, are we? Aren't you worried a powerful mage like me might snap her fingers and turn those new trinkets into turnips?

P—Paimon didn't mean anything by it...

Come on, don't take it to heart...

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 02.ogg Nicole: Hehe, I'm only joking with you. You should know I'm not the silent, sulking sort of angel that keeps track of every little slight.

(The scene becomes black and white except for Traveler, Paimon, and Nicole)

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 03a.ogg Nicole: ...And so, when their day of reckoning finally arrived, (‍TravelerThe player's chosen name for the Traveler‍) and Paimon ascended the seven-tiered steps to find a familiar figure awaiting them.

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 04.ogg Nicole: Radiant flames converged to form wings upon her back. Her figure remained as noble and beautiful as the day they first met, yet her eyes now shone with a cruel light.

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 05.ogg Nicole: "But why?" asked (‍TravelerThe player's chosen name for the Traveler‍) and Paimon in unison.

Media:vo nkwq104 3 nicole 06.ogg Nicole: "It all started the day Paimon complained that I shouted too loudly!"

Media:vo nkwq104 3 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: Hey! Words are magic here, don't you know! Don't say such scary things!

Post-Quest Dialogue

(Re-enter the room with Nicole as the active character and interact with the bookshelf by the couch on the left side of the room)

Observe

Nicole: (Not this one. Where's the book I was reading last time? I even left a bookmark in it specifically... Where in Teyvat did I put it...?)

Nicole: (Oh, no... I didn't put it on the top shelf in the study, did I...?)

(A wind tunnel appears)

(Ascend to the highest platform and observe the stack of books on the counter to the left of the typewriter)

Observe

Nicole: (Found it! Thank you, memory, for your guidance. It's like I'm my very own guiding angel, hehe...)

(A Precious Chest appears containing Mora ×200,000)