Episode 31: Zeporah's Gift

The group travels across the desert in their modified wagon, encountering strange, alien lifeforms along the way, and resting during the day.

On the second morning of travel, they are attacked by a large, serpentine, airborne construct. Kika gives Luciana her bow and arrows back during the battle, and the group is victorious when Fan, riding the creature, delivers several hard blows.

The following morning, the party spots something shiny in the distance. Luciana sends Corvus to investigate and the party waits in their tent. Frederick plays his violin for the first time in the group's presence. Luciana sees through Corvus' eyes that the shiny object is what looks like a metallic ship, abandoned in the sand. The group proceeds towards it, and reaches it after several hours.

The ship is called the Epoch, and activates when its power source, the blue orb from the Temple of Bahamut, is replaced. The ship's computer fails to recognize the party and shuts down access to its systems, but a recording left by Zeporah begins to play, addressing the group.

''“If you are hearing this, then we have failed. And for that, I am - we are - truly, deeply sorry. We have failed you all. Panterra was never supposed to be a long-term solution. We had hoped we would only need it for a short period while we developed an alternative, that was always the plan, but… as I suspected, we were foolish. We were overconfident. At least, the others were… what am I saying, I do not have time to - you will see. I imported our logs - um... records - like this, what you are seeing now. I had to delete them so as to… appear like I was not going against the wishes of the Council, but - I have left you a program - ah, hm, maybe you won’t… know what is a program… okay, let’s keep this simple. The program will run automatically. It will take some time to recover the logs, but you should see them begin to appear over the next few days. They will show you everything. I am sorry I cannot say more, I do not have much time - if you need anything, ask the computer - ask the ship. It will help you. I pray - I pray to Bahamut that you are able to do what we could not. I trust - I trust whatever decision you make will be the right one. Good luck.” - ''Zeporah's recording

The system's security lock is then overridden, and it asks the group if they wish to form a new crew.