• Meimona: Whoa... the ceiling's so low!
• Aria: It's a lot smaller on the inside than I imagined...
• Reed: I'm willing to bet that's just the size of the entrance area.
• Nino: It's probably way bigger deeper in.

Party: Survey your surroundings.

• Aria: This temple's interior is pretty intricate, huh?
• Five: Decorated with... sparkly gold!
• Meimona: Gotta say, I'm a big fan so far!
• Nino: There must be someone taking good care of this place.
• Meimona: Hummm, but it's so quiet, isn't it?
• Nino: Maybe there's no one here besides us?
• Nino: Including the temple's retainers.
• Aria: I sure hope that's the case...
• Meimona: Sooo, the rift we're looking for really is in here?
• Reed: Yeah. We just have to keep going forward.
• Aria: Let's go, then!

Party: Proceed to the next room.

• Nino: Oh, there's two doors here.
• Aria: Which way do we go?
• Meimona: Hehe, why not both? Let's go left first!
• Reed: ...
• Aria: Is something up, Reed?
• Reed: ...Nothing major. It's just... hm.
• Reed: I guess now's a good time as any to say this.

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• Reed: To be honest, this rift is pretty weird.
• Reed: As far as rifts go, anyway...
• Reed: It's signal is the most consistent I've seen so far.
• Reed: It's been there the entire time we've spent in town,
• Reed: And has barely fluctuated from its base frequency.
• Meimona: ...Huh...
• Reed: I'm used to having to race against the clock when it comes to rifts,
• Reed: Since most of 'em don't last long before they close off.
• Reed: But this one's a whole other story.
• Aria: So if we were to create a categorization for rifts,
• Aria: You'd file this one under the "stable" label?
• Reed: Definitely.
• Reed: It's nowhere near as volatile as the average rift tends to be.
• Nino: Oh, so what I'm hearing is...
• Nino: It's totally fine to keep taking our sweet time, yeah?
• Aria: Why is that your first takeaway...
• Meimona: Haha, that's great news!
• Meimona: We don't have to worry about being stuck here or anything!

Party: Take the path on the left.

• Nino: ...No doors here, huh.
• Reed: This is pretty much a dead-end, then.
• Aria: It's just one small room, with a... whoa!
• Aria: That looks like a treasure chest on the table!
• Meimona: Oooh, can we open it? Can we? Pleaaaase?
• Five: Yes! I want... sparkly gold treasure!
• Reed: Would you even listen if we said "no"?
• Meimona: Nope!
• Reed: Go nuts, then.
• Meimona: Ohohoh, let's see, what's in the box... oh?
• Meimona: What the heck! It's locked!?
• Reed: Duh.
• Nino: I figured that'd be the case.
• Aria: But why? The lock seems useless if the chest is just out here...
• Aria: It's like whoever put it here didn't even intend to hide it.
• Nino: Hm, good point...
• Meimona: Can I crack it open, guys? Can I!?
• Nino: Hey, did you already forget about the contract?
• Aria: Yeah, we shouldn't break anything while we're here, Mei!
• Meimona: Nuh-uh! You're wrong!
• Meimona: The contract does forbid "acts of destruction"...
• Meimona: But it doesn't say anything about taking stuff, does it?
• Meimona: Soooooo, I'll just take this chest and perform Destruction on its lock outside of the temple! How's that?
• Aria: Huh... i-is that allowed?
• Reed: I see bending the rules comes naturally to Mei.
• Five: But, but... stealing is bad!!!
• Five: Mei, Aurora will be sooooo mad at you!
• Nino: Aurora's not stupid enough to be tricked by that, Mei.
• Aria: The least you could do is ask for permission...
• Meimona: Buh, you're nooooo fun!
• Reed: Just forget about this box for now. Our priority is finding the rift.
• Reed: You can consider taking stuff with you after we do that.
• Meimona: Ooooh! Alright, if you say so!
• Aria: I-I don't condone this at all, just so you know!
• Meimona: Treasure in a dungeon is MEANT to be taken, Aria!
• Aria: Um. This is a temple...
• Nino: Are we done with this room, Reed?
• Reed: Pretty much? There's nothing besides the treasure and the bookshelves.
• Reed: And don't think about sitting down to read some books now of all times.
• Nino: I-I wasn't thinking that! Totally not...

Party: Return to the previous room.

Party: Take the path on the right.

• Nino: What the- there's no doors here either?
• Nino: So this is also a dead-end?
• Reed: ...
• Aria: Ooh, this room looks identical to the other one!
• Meimona: Not quite! There's one veeery important difference.
• Meimona: I don't see any sparkly gold treasure chests here! Do you?
• Five: No! no treasures. Only more books!
• Meimona: Don't any of you dare tell me it's "the treasure of knowledge" now!
• Aria: Huh... so the entire temple is just these four rooms, then.
• Nino: No way! The pyramid structure looked way bigger outside for this to be all of it.
• Meimona: Then where are we supposed to go next? We gotta find the rift!
• Aria: Could the path be hidden in one of these rooms?
• Aria: Like, behind one of the bookshelves, maybe!
• Nino: That might be it. Reed, can your detector help us out here?
• Meimona: Yeah! Is the way to the rift in this room, or the other one?
• Reed: ...Guys.
• Reed: There's no turning on my map.
• Reed: The path it calculated is literally a straight line forward.
• Nino: What? So it's neither of these rooms?
• Aria: We're not supposed to take a left or a right...?
• Meimona: Huuuh! Are you sure your thingy is working properly, Reed?
• Reed: It's been accurate 10 times out of 10 in my experience.
• Reed: I'm not about to start doubting it now.
• Meimona: Well I think you're gonna have to update that to 9/10,
• Meimona: 'cause there's just nothing more to the temple here, apparently?
• Five: Nino... I, don't understand... I feel lost!
• Five: Where must everyone go now?