001: [ video ]
[The video feed turns on, and at first, all you might be able to see is black. An erroneous feed? No, it's Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg trying to puzzle out how to use the Guide-- he's handled technology before, but only very simple things like microphones and voice enhancers, nothing of this sort.
He turns the Guide over in his hand, freeing the camera from getting just his palm. You now get a good look at the Captain in general with his swept-back blond hair, his brow furrowed in a contemplative lineface.
And instead of, you know, just starting to talk like that, he brings the Guide to his mouth, treating it like a voice recorder.]
Am I to blindly accept that Ivalice has fallen? An unlikely thing to believe-- what jest of fate would welcome peace, only to reduce it to naught?
[This would all be a touching speech if he weren't talking DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA and making everyone go deaf in the process. Basch is oblivious.]
My name is Basch fon Ronsenburg. I would be grateful for any information indicative of the purposes behind my summoning-- I cannot rest idle here. I've the future of my country to serve.
[A pause, and then:]
...If her Majesty is present, I would be most relieved to see her safe. The same goes for those by the name of Vaan, Penelo, Balthier, and Fran, as well as Lord Larsa of House Solidor.
[He presses the Guide to his lips, his eyes closing in contemplation (not that anyone can see it, since the Guide goes black under Basch's mouth), and then the feed switches off.]
He turns the Guide over in his hand, freeing the camera from getting just his palm. You now get a good look at the Captain in general with his swept-back blond hair, his brow furrowed in a contemplative lineface.
And instead of, you know, just starting to talk like that, he brings the Guide to his mouth, treating it like a voice recorder.]
Am I to blindly accept that Ivalice has fallen? An unlikely thing to believe-- what jest of fate would welcome peace, only to reduce it to naught?
[This would all be a touching speech if he weren't talking DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA and making everyone go deaf in the process. Basch is oblivious.]
My name is Basch fon Ronsenburg. I would be grateful for any information indicative of the purposes behind my summoning-- I cannot rest idle here. I've the future of my country to serve.
[A pause, and then:]
...If her Majesty is present, I would be most relieved to see her safe. The same goes for those by the name of Vaan, Penelo, Balthier, and Fran, as well as Lord Larsa of House Solidor.
[He presses the Guide to his lips, his eyes closing in contemplation (not that anyone can see it, since the Guide goes black under Basch's mouth), and then the feed switches off.]