When the Curtains Close
Last updated 2026-04-17
When the Curtains Close is a World Quest during the A Parade of Providence Event.
Steps
- Talk to Kaveh
- This step is only available if the event World Quest Sachin's Article was completed prior to obtaining When the Curtains Close.
- Go back to the Akademiya and take a look around
- This step is not available if the player tells Kaveh the results of their investigation in Step 1.
Dialogue
Quest DescriptionKaveh mentioned that he would be going to the Akademiya for some alone time. Perhaps you should go talk to him.
- (If the player completed Sachin's Article prior to obtaining this quest)
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- (Talk to Kaveh just outside of the Akademiya's front doors)
- Kaveh: Twenty years ago, the Akademiya had just received Sachin's estate. To celebrate the huge investment, the Akademiya Extravaganza that year was grander than usual.
- Kaveh: I was very young then, and I remember seeing posters for the Interdarshan Championship all over the city. I couldn't help but mention it to my father. I even told him that I really liked the look of the diadem — it was so unique.
- Kaveh: So he said, "Why don't I win it, so I can let you play with it for a few days?"
- Kaveh: That made me very happy, and I nodded enthusiastically. But to my surprise, he didn't win, and when he got back home, he seemed extremely depressed.
- Kaveh: Later, he left home, saying that he wanted to do some investigating in the desert... The quicksand got him not long after that...
- Kaveh: ...For many years, I couldn't face up to it at all. If I'd just kept my mouth shut, maybe none of it would have ever happened.
Your father may have seen Sachin that year.
- Paimon: Wait... So the person we came across in our investigation, who went into the desert twenty years ago... it was...
- Kaveh: ...
- Kaveh: ...Haha... Is that why Sachin thought I looked familiar? I can't believe it...
- Kaveh: ...My father was always too kind for his own good. Sachin's research would have saddened him greatly — he must have gone into the desert when he heard about it to find those who were still suffering... It all makes sense now.
- Kaveh: ...
- Kaveh: I've tried telling myself so many times over the years that maybe his sudden depression wasn't because he didn't win the competition, maybe something else was going on that I wasn't aware of... But in the end, it all started with me mentioning the competition to him.
- Paimon: Aw, Kaveh...
- Kaveh: Don't worry. I... I destroyed the diadem. There will never be another tragedy like this again. Never again...
- (Quest ends)
- (Don't mention the results of the investigation.)
- Kaveh: Sorry... My mind was still on the Championship. Look at me, rambling away.
- Paimon: You look really upset... Are you sure you're okay?
- Kaveh: I'm fine. What's past is past — we need to look towards the future.
- After parting ways with Kaveh, you stroll through the streets for a while...
- (Continue to next section)
- (If the player chose to not tell Kaveh about their investigation or did not complete Sachin's Article prior to obtaining this quest)
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- (Talk to Kaveh or Alhaitham at the same location)
- Kaveh: Where were you while the rest of us were eating together?
- Alhaitham: I don't recall being obligated to report my whereabouts to you.
- Kaveh: Did you go find another hidey-hole to read in? You need to change your ways, you know. You can't survive on books alone.
- Alhaitham: Surviving on meals paid for by you would be harder still.
- Kaveh: You...!
- Kaveh: Hmph, whatever, it doesn't take a genius to guess what you've been up to... You were investigating Sachin, weren't you? It was obvious from your notes. However, I don't believe his research alone would've been enough to pique your interest.
- Kaveh: His way of doing things is disturbing, while you... Well, to be fair, your philosophy disgusts me too, but you and Sachin are nothing alike. I don't imagine your views intersect at all. Egoism and nihilism are not the same thing.
- Alhaitham: My personal interest aside, Sachin's legacy is not entirely meaningless — he conducted experiments on a great scale, and left his findings behind.
- Alhaitham: Also, thanks for the compliment. But I'm actually just passing through — I didn't come here for the conversation. Well, not this one at least.
- Kaveh: What do you mean? What topic of conversation could be more sacred among scholars than the exploration of differing philosophies?
- Alhaitham: Well, based on what I've learned, Sachin and his "disturbing way of doing things" — as you put it — is very likely to have met your father twenty years ago.
- Kaveh: ...What did you say?
- Kaveh: ...Wait, so... No, surely that doesn't mean...
- Kaveh: Hah. So that's why he thought I looked familiar. My father must've gone into the desert due to his influence...
- Alhaitham: I'm afraid so.
- Kaveh: ...
- Kaveh: Good thing I shattered that diadem. From now on... nothing like that will ever have to happen again.
- Alhaitham: The boundaries of knowledge are ever-expanding. Someone else will inevitably pick up the same line of research one day, and Vahumana regards it as a reasonable research direction.
- Kaveh: Oh, not this again... Even if you're right, and people are bound to fall into the same intellectual traps, things won't necessarily go the same way again next time.
- Kaveh: You have to admit that the actions of one individual don't always predict the behavior of the group, and vice-versa. Take Sachin, for instance. He's quite an anomaly.
- Alhaitham: And so is the one who stopped him — you. Conflicts of this nature are indeed exceptional, but it will occur again in the future.
- Alhaitham: You said it yourself — the actions of one individual cannot predict the behavior of a whole group. You know that not everyone would have chosen as you did.
- Kaveh: ...
- Kaveh: ...Even so, I stand by my views. You can forget about trying to convince me.
- Alhaitham: That's fine. We've been arguing over this for years, and I don't hold any hope of you understanding. The issue we're debating has long since moved on from who's right and who's wrong.
- Kaveh: ...Thanks for letting me know all this.
- Alhaitham: What?
- Kaveh: I said, thanks for letting me know. Hey! Stop acting like you didn't hear me! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you!?
- Alhaitham: They say that earnest thanks should be given thrice, so... One more time, please.
- (Quest ends)
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | When the Curtains Close | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 落幕时分 Luòmù Shífēn | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 落幕時分 Luòmù Shífēn | |
| Japanese | 閉幕の時 Heimaku no Toki | |
| Korean | 막이 내릴 무렵 Magi Naeril Muryeop | Around the Time the Curtain Falls |
| Spanish | Cuando se cierra el telón | When the Curtain Closes |
| French | Quand le rideau tombe | When the Curtain Falls |
| Russian | Под занавес Pod zanaves | Behind the Curtains |
| Thai | เมื่อม่านปิดฉากลง | |
| Vietnamese | Thời Khắc Hạ Màn | |
| German | Wenn der Vorhang fällt | When the Curtain Falls |
| Indonesian | Waktu Tirai Panggung Tertutup | When the Stage Curtain is Closed |
| Portuguese | Quando as Cortinas Descem | |
| Turkish | Perde Kapandıktan Sonra | |
| Italian | Quando cala il sipario |
Change History
Released in Version 3.6