Vestal/Barks
< Vestal
Battle
Landing a Critical Hit
- Light take you!
- Blacken our world no longer!
- Begone, foul thing!
- You shall suffer as I have!
- Burn in the holy Flame!
- You are DAMNED!
Entering Death's Door
- I am ready, Light!
Fearful
Becoming Fearful
- I am not up to this task, Light forgive me!
- I will not fear martyrdom. I will not!
- Light, grant me passage through these cursed halls...
- Verse XXI: Heathens alone fear death...
- Spare me this one time, oh Light. Please spare me...
Stressing Party
- Has the Light forsaken us?
- Deliver me, oh holy Flame...
- The shadows are crawling. This place is alive with evil!
Switching Position to the Back
- The Light is eclipsed!
- No! NOOO! They are too strong!
- Get back! Their eyes are cold with murder!
Passing Turn
- Dark whispers bind me!
- Blackness... so much paralyzing blackness...
- I... I can't move... Light protect me!
Camping Stress
- These shadows are unnatural - unholy!
- I have had a vision! Our deaths are imminent!
- The holy Flame whispers of torture and misery!
Getting Hit by Enemy
- Flame... oh Flame... why do you forsake me?
- I have been so very faithful! And yet... now I suffer!?
Enemy Missed Self
- No! No, please, NOOO!
- Leave me be! PLEASE!
Party Member Attack Misses
- No! NOOOO! Keep away from me!
- Now I know my end has come...
Party Member Hit
- No... No, please... (bursts into sobs)
- (tears streaming) Spare me... spare me... spare me...
Enemy Missed Party Member
- I have known despair. Yet the fear of imminent death... (shudder)
- Gods, how I long for the safety of the convent...
Refuses to Move
- The sacred Flame flickers... The path falls to darkness.
- Verse LXI: When all is lost, stand firm. The Flame endures.
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- I... I cannot read the ritual while I shudder so...
- I am trying... but the Light denies a disquieted soul.
- There'no time for that. Evil is drawn to my purity.
Paranoid
Becoming Paranoid
- You are all godless, luring me to my end!
- You test me? Shall I demonstrate the power of faith?
- Stop staring at me. I know your mind!
- Verse XXV: trust not armed men, for they seek to wound.
- You mock me behind my back! Do not deny it!
Stressing Party
- That stone...it gazes at me!
- Must watch their eyes. They all know of my vows...
- There is a presence here. Dark and foul.
Switching Position to the Back
- They will sell us to slavers if they defeat us!
- Ugh! Their foul taint is anathema to my virtue!
- Sin swirls about them... Do not breathe their air!
Passing Turn
- I alone am the bearer of the Light!
- The Verses command patience! I'll not defy them!
- The darkness plays tricks, I will hold fast.
Random Action
- Cowards! You reject the Light!
- I can decide for myself! I am no scullery girl!
- Hands off! I command myself, thank you!
Camping Stress
- Conspiracy, all around me...
- Something disrupts my prayer. An unholy presence...
- Verse XII: quick-burning fires herald pain and torture.
- Don't deny your lust, it's... fully apparent.
Damaging Party Member
- I will not sit idly by and wait for your betrayal!
- I can smell deceit. I've lived among much worse than you!
Refuses to Retreat
- And betray my honor? Is that what you want?
- My virtue far outweighs your falsity. So we stay.
Getting Hit by Enemy
- They know I serve the fire! They seek my death!
- I KNOW them! They are foes of the Flame!
Enemy Missed Self
- My purity is attracting them! They can smell it!
- I like not how that one is looking at me!
Party Member Attack Misses
- I know a liar when I see one. You missed on purpose!
- Traitor! You could not have missed so easily! TRAITOR!
Party Member Hit
- Someone has trained them... We have been tricked!
- You LET yourself be hit... Why would that be?
Enemy Missed Party Member
- I know a liar when I see one. They missed on purpose.
- Traitor! They could not have missed so easily! TRAITOR!
Refuses to Move
- Ha! I see your mind! Stay there, you... filthy lech.
- Oh, yes, any chance to brush by the virgin. I see.
Refuses to Use Item
- Why? To tarnish my pure soul? You are jealous!
- Stand away! Faith alone will heal me!
Refuses to Get Healed
- Don't touch me! The Devil works through you!
- The Light is quite enough for me, thank you.
- I deny your shamanism, kind though it may seem.
Refuses to Get Buffed
- Don't touch me! The Darkness works through you!
- Verse XII: Forbid thyself from incurring debts!
- I cannot trust you!
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- And reveal my secrets? I think not.
- ... No. This is intimacy masquerading as aid.
- I'll not sully my virtue like that. It's... improper.
Refuses to be Target of Camping Skill
- Verse CXI: The pure shall refuse all strangers' gifts.
- We are becoming too familiar. I shall cope alone.
Refuses to Eat when Camping
- The Verses forbid me to eat this... Whatever this is.
- The Verses say nothing about fuzzy bread... hmmm...
Masochistic
Becoming Masochistic
- Through suffering, I will know my faith!
- Verse XIII: only the faithless fear death.
- My mortified flesh armors me against your hate!
- My blood is my penance. Take it, heretic!
- Ha! The Light has already burned away all feeling!
Stressing Party
- Only through pain shall we know forgiveness!
- The pain only proves my devotion!
- Only the unfaithful fear death!
Switching Position to the Front
- I am the Light's martyr - strike me down!
- You cannot harm me! I bear the holy Flame!
- Their lashes will fuel the hearth within!
Random Action
- I relish my trials, I relish my wounds!
- Spill my blood! Its purity shall exorcise you!
- I hurl myself on the altar of faith!
Camping Stress
- Pain is the gateway to divinity!
- We die today. Consumed in the Flame of hope.
Marking Self
- I sacrifice myself for the good of the Light!
- My blood will purify you!
Damaging Self
- The Flame grants power through sacrifice!
- Hear me, Flame! This blood is yours! Now grant me POWER!
Refuses to Retreat
- These marks reveal my faith.
- The Flame fears nothing -- no pain, no defeat.
Getting Hit by Enemy
- (deep inhale) Yes... again!
- It hurts, yes... But also... (blesses herself)
Enemy Missed Self
- Please, please! End this life of slavery! I BEG YOU!
- NOOO! The Flame calls to me! Send me to the Flame!
Party Member Hit
- Yes... Your pain makes you powerful.
- No! Take me instead! I... I have sinned so grievously!
Refuses to Move
- No. The Flame tests my fear of death. I must face it.
- My resolve is weak here. I must train it more fully
Refuses to Use Item
- I thrive on pain. It's the way of my order.
- Let me endure it a bit first. It rejuvenates my soul.
Refuses to Get Healed
- No! The Light commands my pain!
- Take your hands off me... unless you seek to wound me further!
- My vows demand I refuse. You wouldn't understand.
Refuses to Get Buffed
- The Light demands my blood!
- Stay back! My power wanes grows as my wounds mount!
- Save your blessings! The Light relishes in my suffering!
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- A brush with death can truly purify the spirit.
- The Mother Superior would be right to impose ten lashings instead...
- In my life, suffering has been a potent motivator...
Refuses to be Target of Camping Skill
- Pain is a gift from the holy Flame. I cherish it.
- I can take more yet. Save your folksy charms.
Refuses to Eat when Camping
- "Going without" is the chief tenet of vestalhood...
- I decline. The Light shall nourish me.
Abusive
Becoming Abusive
- I am chosen - you are nothing!
- May the Light bring courage to you pathetic cast-offs!
- Stop soiling yourself and fight!
- Blasphemers! You offend my ears AND my eyes!
- That I should be made to breathe the air AND your stink.. Appalling!
Stressing Party
- God favors not the meek! Find some courage or burden me no more!
- Light forsake you, you fiends!
- Burn and die, craven beasts!
Random Action
- You are faithless, but the Light gives me strength!
- I banish you, demons!
- Holy Flame, cauterize the wound of their existence!
Camping Stress
- I'll strike you all down if you get in my way.
- Silence! I am praying for your worthless souls!
- Your rude tongues offend the Light. And me.
Damaging Party Member
- Unholy wretch! I will teach you some propriety!
- Burn! Burn in effigy to the Light!
Party member Attack Hits
- Impressive. But the sacred fire grants superior power.
- ... I could do better. Given half a chance.
Party Member Attack Misses
- Eight year-old girls in the convent are better trained...
- I could fight better in my temple garments...
Party Member Hit
- I am ashamed to be in your presence.
- How uninspiring you are. Sigh.
Refuses to Move
- Don't touch me! I know your.. type.
- Oh yes, a simple touch on the shoulder now. But what later?
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- I'll not lay my hands upon you... defilers.
- Oh? Shall I next bless the innkeeper's wench?
- The Light prescribes my blessings upon the worthy alone!
Refuses to be Target of Camping Skill
- I see you worrying that stone. That is idolatry.
- Ugh. And will you read my palm next, you vile peddler?
Selfish
Becoming Selfish
- The Light guides me, and only me.
- Pay a donation to the church and I will bless your weapon.
- Cast aside your gods. Mine alone is the one holy Light.
- Give me your jewels and I will absolve you of idolatry.
- Collection plate! Please give freely!
Stressing Party
- Surely the Light has grander plans for me?
- Your grunting and crying is disturbing my focus!
- Silence, all! I will now sing a battle hymn!
Switching Position to the Front
- I am chosen!
- Their souls must suffer the flame!
- I cannot see the enemy! Move over!
Switching Position to the Back
- The Light... commands me to serve in other ways.
- Curses, my hair is tangled in my gorget! A moment!
- I can't read the Verses in this light! Ah, that's better.
Passing Turn
- My faith alone is the measure of purity!
- I walk my own path!
- No. The time is not yet right.
Random Action
- The Light's rewards are for me alone!
- My power came at a great price. I use it as i wish.
- The Light alone commands me. None else have the right.
Camping Stress
- I alone hold the pitiful group together.
- Yes, ten percent for the church! This was discussed!
- Give your share to the Light and all will be forgiven.
Getting Hit by Enemy
- For that, I claim your soul! FOR THE FLAME!
- Ungh! For these injuries, I require a greater fee!
Party Member Attack Hits
- Let me kill it! Its soul must perish by my hand!
- Leave that one to me! I must cauterize its existence!
Party Member Attack Misses
- You know, for a donation, the Flame may grant you skill.
- Yes, distract that one while I do the real work.
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- I am quite used to keeping what is mine, thank you.
- Verse VI: Preserve thine own virtue above all else.
- Feh! Only the Light can guide my actions!
Hopeless
Becoming Hopeless
- There is no higher purpose here...
- This mission frays my spirits...
- Why does everyone hate me? Even the mother superior...
- Even the destitute of spirit refuse the Light. Why?
- Verse LXVIII: Pray to the Light, for it will grant you joy...
Stressing Party
- Why have I been abandoned?
- Verse XXXIV: pride is the path to foolishness...
- I feel cold. Dark...
Switching Position to the Front
- My faith... is a lie.
- Why slow the inevitable? Damnation awaits me.
- What is the point of life, of faith?
Switching Position to the Back
- I am unworthy. I cannot carry the Light.
- I cannot lead. I am too... inexperienced.
- Take my place. You are stronger than I.
Passing Turn
- Where there is no Light, there can be no hope...
- Shhh... not even the Light can save us now.
- Call down the Flame yourself. It heeds me no longer.
Random Action
- I am just a shadow in the dark - nothing at all.
- I am no hero! Just a little girl in a woman's garb!
- Poor experience begets poor decisions...
Camping Stress
- The holy Verses no longer resonate, all is lost.
- Dark times, these. Demons and undead plague the land.
- The holy flame flickers. 'Tis a black omen.
Marking Self
- I will burn in blackness... And so shall you!
- Join me! Join me in the black world, denizens of evil!
Damaging Self
- I care not about judgment... I tire of slavery.
- Flame, consume me.
Refuses to Retreat
- What cowardice.
- No. I shall at least die with some dignity.
Refuses to Use Item
- If the Flame cannot suffice, then the Flame has done with me.
- The power of virtue will save me... I hope.
Refuses to Get Healed
- This is my destiny, let me be.
- I am well enough. Go, help the others.
- Verse CXV: when health wanes, only prayer can restore it.
Refuses to Get Buffed
- There is nothing without the Light.
- Stop. I am tainted enough already...
- With every touch or glance, my resolve is corrupted...
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- No blessing in the world will make any difference now.
- Verse LXI: Always know -- never exceed -- thy limits.
- The Light cannot illuminate one shrouded in black...
Refuses to be Target of Camping Skill
- My life, wasted. There is no power in faith.
- I have defied so many Verses... It is futility.
Refuses to Eat when Camping
- Why do they scoff at the Verses? Do I misrepresent them?
- Not unlike the last meal of an unchaste vestal...
Irrational
Becoming Irrational
- There is Light in the stones! And in the smiles of flies!
- My eyes are on fire... So beautiful, I must gouge them out!
- The Versebook is in my hand. I tear a bit and eat it. Mmm.
- Verse XVI: the meek shall... Lords, this scroll is heavy.
- Fetch me a newborn lamb. I must make an offering. Now!
Stressing Party
- A fine crystal shatters! Pottery cracks!
- My flesh turns black! My eyes splinter!
- You are but children! Motherless children!
Switching Position
- The verses number 36 and so too the constellations!
- There is music in the air! LA, LA-LOO, LA-LOOEEOOOAAA!
- Take my arm, like the ladies on the promenade! Weee!
Passing Turn
- It was a beautiful hymn, sung by the pigs of St. Martha's.
- My gloves are soiled, and they in turn soil the holy pages!
- A candle in the dark! Burn, burn, BURN!
Random Action
- The stars and sun are of the same Light, yet I see neither...
- One stunted tree in a fruiting orchard...
- The Flame flickers...
- I see now... Shadows are the children of Light...
Camping Stress
- That Sister Abigail... always a cheat.
- Lord, this chastity belt chafes. Pass the lamp oil.
- Mutilation is a most holy act. Any takers?
Marking Self
- Demons, all. You, my mother, my father... all.
- Anoint yourself with my holy blood, and be damned.
Damaging Party Member
- The fire burns within me! I wield it like a blade!
- You all seek my virtue! But it is not mine to give!
Damaging Self
- FIRE AND DEATH!
- I will be no mother, "superior" or otherwise...
Refuses to Retreat
- HOLD YOUR GROUND! YOU SHAME THE FIRE!
- FLEE NOW, YES! AND MAY THE FIRE DAMN YOUR COWARD SOUL!
Getting Hit by Enemy
- Mother! MOTHER!
- Please! Be kind to me, Sisters!
Enemy Missed Self
- The hissing embers... like a choir of the faithful.
- I am a Flame -- a beacon to the devout.
Party Member Attack Hits
- Mother - Father! Too late! The convent has taken me...
- Hah! Even the pigs of St. Martha's can carry that tune!
Party Member Attack Misses
- But I am only a child. How can you ask that of me... How...
- I ask thee, oh Flame: is it privilege... or slavery?
Party Member Hit
- You will burn for that. .. BUUURRRRRRRRNNNNNN!
- (sobbing uncontrollably)
Refuses to Move
- You touched me... you touched me... you touched me...
- Your heat... it is noticeable... Does the Flame also feel?
Refuses to Use Item
- I don't need anything, not even my faith! Hahaha...
- I have known much darkness. But this seems so very... inky!
Refuses to Get Healed
- It's full of stars - beautiful and horrifying!
- Nonsense! I need only bay leaf and cow urine!
- The whip. The cat. The lash. The scourge.
Refuses to Get Buffed
- I cannot accept help from the faithless...
- I descend into the black lake below. I am lost...
- Horrors! The Flame turns glaucous and crepuscular!
Refuses to Perform Camping Skill
- My versebook pages flutter on the wind - like butterflies!
- They whipped us in the Convent, day and night...
- I am tired, and the sunset is beautiful, is it not?
Refuses to be Target of Camping Skill
- I can't hear you, I've fled this place on wings of light!
- I-I've lost a page...it sits stop the steeple, hee hee hee!
Refuses to Eat when Camping
- Temptation is a wild snake; its venom, my release.
- I'll not eat that! It swarms with dragonflies!
Stalwart
Becoming Stalwart
- My faith shall be my guide!
- My purity shall burn away all blackness!
Reducing Own Stress
- I cannot be extinguished when fire burns within.
- Power is purity!
Courageous
Becoming Courageous
- Worry not, friends. We are protected from above!
- The night is black, yes -- but the Fire burns bright.
Stress Healing Party
- The fire stands with you. Fear not the black.
- Do not despair. As the black deepens, my power grows...
Focused
Becoming Focused
- My path is illuminated!
- By the holy Flame, I shall persevere!
Buffing Party Member
- What grace has given me, let it pass to you, hero.
- The sacred fire whispers your name. You are most blessed.
Powerful
Becoming Powerful
- Holy power courses through me!
- It is as the Versebook says: purity is power.
Buffing Party
- Our actions have pleased the sacred Flame.
- This is a holy boon. Use it wisely.
Vigorous
Becoming Vigorous
- Though caged in steel, my faith burns through.
- I set my soul aflame. Nothing can extinguish it.
Self Healing
- As mother said... my suffering has prepared me well.
- No ill wind can snuff out the sacred Flame.
Final Boss (Spoiler)
“ | I-it's too horrible! Noooo! | „ |
~ The Vestal on being executed by the Heart of Darkness. |