Julia

Julia is an NPC on Amphoreus, located in "Eternal Holy City" Okhema and Beyond Time: An Eternal Page.

Profile

Julia is a scholar of the Grove of Epiphany and creator of the Open-Source Knowledge Theory, believing the Grove's knowledge should be free.

Location

Voice Lines

(Version 1)

▶ "Knowledge should be free. Why can't they see it?"

(Version 2)

▶ "Why should knowledge have a price? Would Phagousa charge for the waters of the spring?"

Dialogue

(When Julia is located in the Marmoreal Baths)

(First interaction)

Julia: Knowledge should be free, and the contents on tablets should be made public without remuneration. Keeping it in a private collection, what nonsense is that? Bah, why can't everyone understand what I'm saying?

What are you muttering about?

Julia: Muttering? What're you talking about? I am proclaiming the path I have pursued my entire life, the way of Cerces!

Not very appropriate to lecture at the bath, is it?

Julia: Not really? Everyone's calm and gathered in a bath. It's the most perfect place in all of Okhema!

Julia: An introduction is in order: I am Julia, a Grove scholar, and now a bath regular. I always enjoy the chance to regale everyone here about Cerces, the path to which I have devoted my life.

Julia: Alas, not many are willing to listen these days. Maybe because they've heard it dozens of times. But you, you're an unfamiliar face. You're new, aren't you? Care to listen to my mind-blowing theories?

Sure, I'd like to know how "mind-blowing" they are.

Julia: Haha, when I spotted you from afar just now, I thought you have an extraordinary energy — must be a clever person! I just knew I wasn't wrong!

Hold it right there. I'm not interested in this stuff.

Julia: Tsk, you look like an extraordinary person, but you're just as intransigent as those old farts in the Grove. What a shame.

Julia: In this bath, I only ever talk about two topics. One of them's complaining about short-sighted crooks like my elder sister, and the other is my Open-Source Knowledge Theory.

Julia: The Grove may have monikers like the "Erudite Temple," "Cerces' Blessed Sanctuary" and whatnot, but they're all just lies.

Julia: You have to pay to read the slates' contents, and it's paid admittance for meeting discussions. Ordinary citizens have no chance to even come into contact with such knowledge.

Julia: But look at Okhema — the Titans' miracles can be seen throughout her streets. What right do mortals have to charge a fee? Why is knowledge behind a paywall? Would Phagousa charge for their springwater? Would Kephale make you pay to bask in its light?

Julia: All knowledge should be shared with the public. If there's anything you wish to learn from the Grove, just approach me, and I'll teach you everything free of charge. I'll show those selfish scholars like my sister how true knowledge should be disseminated!

(Subsequent interactions)

Julia: Why do I have to pay for knowledge? Would Phagousa charge for their springwater? It's not like it's my sister's... Oh, it's you. What's going on? Here to listen to my Open-Source Knowledge Theory?

Yes, can I speak with you?

Julia: Of course, I'm not some pretentious old fart from the Grove. I love talking to everyone. Inspiration always creeps in during the most surprising situations, like banter.

What are you researching as a Grove scholar?

Julia: My research? Oh, it's so all-encompassing! I mainly study the relationship between Titanic thoughts and the natural laws of Amphoreus. Did you know that the whole of Okhema, nay, the whole of Amphoreus, is a manifestation of the Titanic thoughts?

Julia: For example, I noticed that Janus' mode of thought may have influenced the entire world's spatial structure. Have you noticed that Okhema's buildings always come in pairs? This could be an allusion to Janus' duality!

Julia: Also, I am researching on how to forecast black tide movement by analyzing Oronyx's prophecies. If I succeed, we will know where the black tide will strike next, and evacuate the people in time!

Julia: It's a pity that my research has hit a bit of a bottleneck. It's all the fault of those self-serving scoundrels who keep wanting me to conduct practical research. I can't even perform the most basic of meditations now!

Why do scholars always stay in the baths?

Julia: Ha! You think I'm slacking off? Huge mistake! Lemme tell you: The bath is the best research lab I can find!

Julia: First, the water here originates directly from springwater blessed by Phagousa. Can you imagine that? To be soaked in pure divinity on the daily! I am meditating here to try to understand Phagousa's thought process.

Julia: Next, look at the people around. Scholars and craftsmen from all disciplines, even Chrysos Heirs, they all flock here. The latest academic trends are within earshot, unlike the watered-down information fed through a drip by those old fogeys.

Julia: Most importantly, this is the epitome of freedom! No one to stick it to me, tell me what I should be working on or otherwise. I can ruminate on the most far-fetched of concepts that may turn out to be grand theories that can change the whole Amphoreus!

Julia: So don't think I'm trying to avoid work here. Quite the contrary, I am conducting research that is far more meaningful than whatever is in the Grove, fettered by shackles of worldly sentiments!

What's going on with you and your elder sister?

Julia: Oh, you mean Vipsania? She manages the financial stuff, and our ideals couldn't be farther apart. We'll just bicker every day if we're both home.

Julia: All she talks about is "controlling the budget" and "lacks a practical value proposition." Oh, puh-lease! Was Aquila even thinking of Okhema's illumination problem when it created light?

Julia: Our philosophies are as opposite as fire and ice. She wants to turn the Grove into some workshop that can resolve everyday problems, while I want to turn it into a wellspring of openly shared knowledge, for everyone in Amphoreus to revel in Cerces' wisdom!

That's all for now.

Julia: All right, I'm getting tired. I'm all parched from a long day of talking...

I've got to go. Talk to you later.

Julia: Okay, we'll talk next time.

Beyond Time: An Eternal Page

Julia: Just as I thought. Even now, I still can't stand that money-grubbing stench of yours!

Vipsania: *sigh* Oh, my foolish little sister, keep drowning in your unrealistic idealism.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Julia
Chinese (Simplified)	尤利娅
Chinese (Traditional)	尤利婭
Japanese	ユリア
Korean	줄리아
Spanish	Julia
French	Julia
Russian	Юлия
Thai	Julia
Vietnamese	Julia
German	Julia
Indonesian	Julia
Portuguese	Julia

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