The Sealer's Code
Wu Kong: Hey, master! Is it that castle?!
Xuan Zang: There is no need to shout, Wu Kong. I can hear you perfectly well.
Luca: ...Hey, hold up. Isn't that—
Wu Kong: Oh, it's Luca! Heeeeey, Luca!
Luca: Well, if it isn't Wu Kong and Xuan Zang!
Euden: It's good to see you both.
Xuan Zang: I am pleased to see you doing well, Prince—and I thank you again for all of your recent assistance. We had some business nearby, and so dropped in to offer greetings.
Luca: What kind of business?
Wu Kong: We only deal in one kind of business, friend: Qilin relics!
Euden: Those are the potentially dangerous items left behind by ancient members of the Qilin, right? Did you find one nearby?
Wu Kong: We sure did! Or at least, we know there's one around here SOMEWHERE, so we decided to swing by and track it down.
Luca: In that case, you should make our castle your base of operations! That's okay, right, Euden?
Euden: Sounds good to me.
Wu Kong: Niiice! Okay, Luca, time to give me the ten-cent tour of your digs.
Xuan Zang: While it is most gracious indeed of you to offer, this is hospitality we cannot accept.
Euden: Er, why not?
Xuan Zang: In the prosecution of our mission as sealers, we make use of the relics we seek to lock away. The huge power of those relics is often beyond the ken of our current environs. Thus, any who would wield such power must take leave of the world at large. I am afraid we cannot lend our efforts to your fight, Euden. And as we cannot do so, I cannot permit us to impose upon your hospitality.
Euden: Actually, not everyone who lives at the castle fights for us.
Luca: Yeah, some of 'em just treat the castle as one big crash pad.
Euden: I don't want to force the issue on you, but if you aren't fully rested and ready, couldn't that hinder your mission?
Wu Kong: C'mon, master! Let's crash on their couch!
Xuan Zang: What you say does bear SOME merit... Very well. In that case, we shall take you up on your most generous offer.
Villager: Oh, thank you so very much, Prince Euden! If you weren't there, there's no telling WHAT might've happened! How can we ever repay you?
Euden: That won't be necessary. You and your people are welcome to stay here at the castle for as long as you need.
Xuan Zang: Hmm...
Ranzal: Somethin' up, Xuan Zang?
Xuan Zang: Not with me, no. I was merely wondering about those villagers over there.
Ranzal: Yeah, the Empire came blowin' through and razed their town to the ground, so we're givin' 'em a place to stay.
Xuan Zang: Are there other such refugees here?
Ranzal: Oh, we got refugees up the wazoo, unfortunately. The Empire's been real busy lately, and the prince ain't the type'a guy what to turn anybody away.
Xuan Zang: Most interesting.
Wu Kong: *sigh* We wandered around all day, and didn't find a single Qilin relic.
Xuan Zang: Such steady, measured investigation is the duty of a sealer. It is something to be appreciated, not complained about.
Wu Kong: Yeah, but I'm tiiiiiired! Can't we call it a day or something, master?
Xuan Zang: I suppose we HAVE been going for a while. Also, if we're out too late, it might be troublesome for the people of the castle.
Wu Kong: Niiice! Oh man, I wonder what kinda grub Cleo whipped up today...?
Xuan Zang: You partake far too readily of their hospitality, Wu Kong. I would have you... Hold a moment. What is that?
Villager: Keep going, everyone! The Halidom is just ahead! *pant* *pant* ...Ah! I won't make it... Don't worry about me. Keep going!
Imperial Soldier: This is as far as you go, rebels! We're not letting you reach your precious traitor prince's castle!
Wu Kong: The Empire's gonna get 'em, master! What're we gonna do?
Xuan Zang: The Sealer's Code forbids our interference. We cannot take sides in this dispute.
Wu Kong: But master, they...
Imperial Soldier: You lot made trouble for the Empire, and now you'll face the Empire's punishment!
Villager: Noooo!
Imperial Soldier: Clap these fools in irons and take them to the work camp, men! They'll toil until they beg for death...then toil some more! Bwaaa ha ha ha!
Imperial Soldiers: Sir, yes, sir!
Xuan Zang: Come, Wu Kong. We are going.
Wu Kong: No! We can't just ignore those people! I mean, I get that the Sealer's Code forbids interference or whatever, but it can't possibly mean for us to ignore THIS!
Xuan Zang: Ah. I fear you have misunderstood me. When I said we were going, I meant that we were going to free those villagers.
Wu Kong: Really, master?!
Xuan Zang: To break the Sealer's Code is dire indeed. But sealer or not, to do nothing in the face of such suffering cannot be the proper course of action!
Wu Kong: Then let's get to work, master!
Xuan Zang: The tyranny of this Empire is far beyond what I had imagined possible. And as a denizen of this world, I will not stand by and allow them to continue such wanton cruelty unhindered.
Wu Kong: Wait. You don't mean...
Xuan Zang: I do indeed. We will lend our strength to the cause of Euden!
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