King Questions

All questions you can ask the King in ACT 3 and 4, including variations for quest progress and Acts.

All questions, excluding "What's Wish Craft?", "What did you wish for?" and "Flower for you." are not available after completing Kingquest.

See also: Kingquest.


Index


If you've asked all questions in a loop:

Required questions

"What's your goal?"

This belongs to the set of three intro questions.


King: Oh...... My goal...?

King: ......

Isabeau (disappointed1): Sif... Does it matter?

Bonnie (angry1): It doesn't!!! Your reasons don't matter at all!!!



Siffrin: "Why do you want to freeze Vaugarde in time?"

Mirabelle (anxious3): Siffrin...?

King: ......

King: Oooh, oooooooh...!!!

King: Can't you guess......? Can't you tell?

King: Oh, stars...... I thought my intentions were clear...

Mirabelle (fight1): We don't know! We don't understand you!!!

Mirabelle (fight4): Why would you want to make an entire country suffer And expect everyone to be okay with it!

Mirabelle (stressed1): There must be a reason!!! Why would you freeze Vaugarde in time!!!

Odile (question1): And only Vaugarde, for that matter?

Isabeau (angry1): That's true... No other country has been attacked.

Isabeau (angry2): With a power like yours, you could freeze more than just Vaugarde.

Isabeau (disappointed1): But you stopped at the borders. Other countries are safe. Why?

King: Oooh, ooooooh......

King: Because...... Vaugarde......

King: Is perfect.

Mirabelle (anxious3): Perfect...?

King: Such welcoming, creative people.

King: Always willing to welcome travelers in, even travelers with no name, no home to speak of......

King: Such...... Precious memories......

King: It is perfect. I do not want it to change. I want it to stay exactly how it is.

King: So it cannot ever be destroyed.

Bonnie (sulk2): That's so...

Odile (dotdotdot3): What backwards thinking.

Mirabelle (fight1): I don't know what about Vaugarde made it perfect for you, but you cannot stop us from living!!!

King: ......


(...)


"Are you the one doing this to me?

This belongs to the set of three intro questions


King: Oh, oooooh...... "Doing this"......?



Mirabelle (anxious3): Huh?

Odile (worried2): Imprisoning you...?

King: ......Whatever is happening to you, I am not the one responsible, bright one.

King: But...... That scent around you, could it be......

King: ......

King: It does not matter.


Asking for the first time:

(...)

(He doesn't seem to know what you're talking about.)

(So the King isn't the one responsible for the loops?)

(...Isn't that weird?)

(You're looping through time, he's freezing it...)

(Aren't you using the same power?)

(Power over time?)


Asking subsequent times:

(...)


"How are you freezing people in time?"

This belongs to the set of three intro questions.


King: ......Ha.

Isabeau (hahaaa1): Pst, Sif, could've told you that one if you asked.

Isabeau (hm2): It's Time Craft, buddy.


Odile (dotdotdot1): Time Craft... The ability to craft time itself.

Odile (dotdotdot2): But Time Craft is supposed to be impossible to control...

Odile (question1): How can you use it, yet alone do it as such a grand scale?

King: Ha...... If the bright one isn't bright enough to know of Time Craft......

King: They will not be bright enough to understand how.


(Ouch.)


Bonnie (no!1): Don't be mean to Frin!!! Shut up!!!

Asking for the first time:

(Time Craft...)

(That's something to look into, isn't it?)

(Either way... It doesn't seem like he's the one trapping you here.)


If you have not talked to the Head Housemaiden in ACT 3:

(...Since you're here, it might be worth it to beat the King now, so you can go talk to the Head Housemaiden...)

(She said something before. About how you're looping. About something being broken.)

(She knew something!)

(After that, you have to find more information about Time Craft somewhere.)

(And you can always go back and fight the King if you have anything else to talk about.)

If you have talked to the Head Housemaiden in ACT 3:

(...You have to find more information about Time Craft somewhere.)

(And you can always go back and fight the King if you have anything else to talk about.)

If you've asked this question before:

(...)


"So, you're using Time Craft?"

This question can be asked after rereading the Craftology book in the candle dorm on Floor 1.


King: Time Craft......? I suppose I am.

Odile (question1): But, if you're using Time Craft... How did you manage to control it?

Odile (dotdotdot2): Time Craft should use immeasurable amounts of power that no mere human could have... So how...

King: Ha......!

King: Yes, it is true...... I could not have harvested Time Craft on my own.

King: So...... I had some help.

Mirabelle (anxious2): Help? Who would...?

King: Ooooh, ooooooh...... Isn't it obvious?

King: The Universe would.



King: Ah, aaaaaah! I only had to wish for it......

King: And the Universe delivered.

Mirabelle (awkward2): "The Universe"...? Who is that? A person?

Isabeau (angry2): Nah, it's, it's...

Isabeau (boo1): Wow, it's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't seem to remember.

Odile (question1): It's... What's beyond this plane, correct? What's in the sky?



(The King sobs.)


King: Oooh, oooooooh......!!!

King: Aaaah!!! I knew Vaugardians were ignorant of it...... But I did not think travelers from other countries were, too......!

King: How...... How could you have......

Odile (dotdotdot2): "Vaugardians", huh...

Odile (lol2): Interesting choice of words. Are you not from Vaugarde yourself?

Mirabelle (anxious2): He isn't, madame Odile... I feel like I've seen an article about it somewhere recently.

Mirabelle (awkward2): I saw it today... Where was it again?

Isabeau (hm2): So you're not from Vaugarde, but you still want to freeze it in time?

Isabeau (really3): Where do you call home, then?


(The King flinches.)

(He does not answer.)


First time:

(...)

(You shake your head, and breathe out.)

(An article about the King, somewhere...)

(If Mirabelle remembers it, you might've seen it somewhere too. Could it be somewhere in the House?)


Subsequent times:

(You do not react.)


"What should I remember?"

This question can be asked after interacting with the big window inside the observatory on Floor 3.


First time:

(Every single time you face him...)

(He asks if you remember.)

(There's something he thinks you should know... Should remember... But...)

Subsequent times:

(You ask again, but you know, you know, you know.)


King: ......

Odile (question1): Does it really matter, Siffrin? He could just be trying to confuse you.

Bonnie (no!1): Yeah!!! Speaking in riddles to Frin!!!

Bonnie (angry1): Stop trying to confuse him! He hasn't forgotten anything!!!

Siffrin (hide4): "What have I forgotten?"


King: Forgotten?

King: Oh, bright one, bright one, why...... Why would you ask......

King: Don't you know at this point what you've forgotten? Haven't you always known?

King: Can't you see the hole it has left behind, if not what used to fill it?

King: Don't you feel it? Its absence?

Isabeau (fight1): What the crab is he--

King: ALL OF IT!!!!!!

King: YOU'VE FORGOTTEN IT ALL, BRIGHT ONE!!!!!! THEY ALL HAVE!!!!!! WE ALL HAVE!!!!!!

King: No one can say it!!! No one can even remember it!!! It escapes us, it will keep escaping us!!!

King: Ooooh, why don't you remember?! I can tell!

King: Everything, from your accent, to the way you use Craft, to the stitching on your cloak and hat, to those pins you wear--

King: You should remember!!! You and I, of all people standing here, should remember!!!!!!

King: Bright one, please, please!!! Just remember it!!! Say it!!! Make it real!!!

King: Please...... If you can remember, then...... Then maybe......

King: ......


(...)


Mirabelle (anxious3): What is happening? Is he okay...?

Odile (worried1): Something we've all forgotten...?

Bonnie (no!1): I haven't forgotten anything, stupid!!!

Isabeau (hm4): ... Sif...?


First time:

(Something you've forgotten.)

(Something everyone has, even if they don't pay attention to it.)

(The hole it has left behind.)

(Something bigger than just the stars.)

(What you're trying to remember doesn't exist anymore, but...)

(But someone might still have written proof it existed, haven't they?)


Subsequent times:

(You know,

you know,

you know.)


"Where are you from?" (Say it.)

Source: Common Event 175 (AsktheKing?) + Common Event 238 (King_Country)

The non-optional version of "Where are you from?" after picking up the Sparkling Diary and looking at the mirror again. For the full event, see Kingquest.


(Ask later.)

Source: Common Event 175 (AsktheKing?)

When doing all friendquests for the first time, the option appears to ask the King on a later loop, so as not to interrupt. Because asking makes you die.


(...)

(This feels important... But you'd still like to talk to the Head Housemaiden during this loop, while you're so close to your family members.)

(Are you sure you want to ask the King about this now...?)

(...)

(No, ask him later.)

(You shake your head.)

(You can ask him later.)


"Where are you from?"


(Yes, ask the King now.)

(You open your mouth.)


Siffrin: "Where are you from?"


(Will he say it if you ask?)

(Can he say it?)

(Someone asked you this exact question before, and you couldn't answer, you couldn't say anything, you forgot it all, but... But...!!!)


King: Where...... Where I'm from......?

King: Oooooh...... Bright one..... If you're asking, with such a look in your eye......

King: Do you remember, then? Can you see it? Can you picture it?

King: Bright one. Bright one, please, you can't...... You have to remember......

King: I know you can, we both can...... We're the only ones present here who can!!!

Mirabelle (anxious3): What...?

Odile (sad1): Siffrin, what is he talking about?

Isabeau (hm4): Sif? Sif, are you okay?

King: Bright one......

King: ......

King: No. You're trying, I can tell. But the knowledge keeps escaping you, doesn't it...... Slipping through your fingers......

King: It is the same for me.


King: But we have to try to remember, bright one!!! I see flashes of it, of what was!!!

King: The mountains!!! The sea!!! The lightless sand, dark like the night sky!!!

King: Our country, bright one!!! Our country!!! Our home!!!!!!

King: We have to say it!!! We cannot let oblivion win!!! Our home!!!!!!

King: We can rebuild it, together!!! Your power and mine!!! We just have to wish for it!!! We just have to ask!!!!!!

King: WE JUST HAVE TO SAY ITS NAME!!!!!


An animation plays. The image of a four-pointed white star on a black background appears. Three beeps can be heard, representing the King's voice. When he finishes, the star shakes. It turns red, changing shape and forming cracks.


Back in battle, the screen is darker than before. Siffrin and the King take damage. Siffrin's battle portrait now looks frightened.


(NGH...!!!)


Mirabelle (uwah!1): AH!!!

Isabeau (huhwah1): SIF?!

King: AH!!!!!!

King: No, no, no......


(...No, no, no!!!)

(You heard it, he said it, he tried to say it! Your country's name, your home, your--)

(No, no, it's gone, it's gone!!!!!!)

(Did he say it, all of it?! Did he say it?!?)

(You couldn't hear it, can't remember it, can't--)


Mirabelle (awawa1): W-What's happening?!

Odile (fight1): The King is attacking Siffrin... Everyone, protect him!!!

Bonnie (angry1): Stop talking, King!!! Leave Frin alone!!!

Isabeau (fight1): Sif!!!


(Your head, it feels like it's splitting in two--)

(Your country, your home!!!)

(You can't remember it!!! It's gone, it's gone, it's gone!!!)

(gone from your past gone from your mind gone from the very planet you stand on and it was yours!!! It was yours!!!)

(It was yours and it's gone and you can't even say its name!!!)

(But if he-- If the King could, then maybe--)

(MAYBE...!!!)


First attempt


(Say it!!!)

(You have to say it!!! If he couldn't do it, maybe you can! Maybe you both can!!!)


King: Bright one, please, please!!!!!!


(You inhale, you try to grasp it, grasp its name--)


The same animation as before repeats. A white star on a black background, this time with three lighter beeps representing Siffrin's voice. When the star turns red and shatters, the cracking noise is harsher.

Back in battle, Siffrin and the King take more damage than before, and the screen turns even darker.


(AH...!!!)


King: NO!!!!!!


(Your throat... Your head......!!!)

(It hurts, it hurts...)

(You spit blood, you hack up, you have to get it out--)


King: Bright one, I-- Almost heard it, I......!!!

King: Please, again!!! Once again, we have to try...... Together!!!!!!


(Your entire body hurts...!!!)


(Don't!!!)

(You can't hear it, you can't remember it, it's useless!!!)

(Let it die, let it be forgotten! You don't need it, you don't need to know--)


King: BRIGHT ONE!!!!!!


(No, no, no, you can't, you won't.)

(Hands clutching your head, you take a step back, then another.)

(Everyone lines up before you.)


Isabeau (fight1): Sif, what's happening?! Talk to us!!!

Mirabelle (fight4): Don't listen to the King, Siffrin!!! We'll protect you!!!

King: BRIGHT ONE!!! SAY IT!!!!!!

Odile (fight1): Don't look at him, you're fighting us right now--

Bonnie (crying1): Go away!!! Stop hurting Frin!!!

King: PLEASE!!!!!! IF WE SAY IT TOGETHER, TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME COUNTRY, I'M SURE WE CAN--

King: WE CAN REMEMBER IT!!! PLEASE!!!!!!


(Your entire body hurts...!!!)

Second attempt


(SAY IT!!!)

(Your head is killing you!!!)

(But you have to try, you have to--)


Isabeau (scared1): We have to stop the King...!!!

Odile (no!1): Siffrin, whatever he's telling you to say, STOP!!!

Bonnie (crying3): FRIN!!!

Mirabelle (fight4): SIFFRIN!!!!!!


(But you have to, but you have to!!!)

(What do they know, anyway? What do they understand, anyway?!)

(The pain of not remembering your own blinding country!!! Your own home!!!)

(The King is right, you have to get it back, you HAVE TO GET IT BACK...!!!!!!)

(You inhale...)


The animation plays again. This time, Siffrin's and the King's voices can be heard together. The star cracks like a whip.

In battle, both Siffrin and the King take 9999 damage. The screen is dim, nearly black.

(Someone is screaming)

(You realize  it's your own voice)

(your throat  feels raw  your head feels like it's splitting in two  your stoma ch  feels  like a  bl ack hole--)

(the scent of sug ar is all  a rou nd you,  so th ick yo u alm os t ga g o n it)

(yo u  c a n  ' t

h o  l  d  o  n t o  a n  y  t h  i n  g

  a n  y  m  o  r  e)

(  y  o  u  


(DON'T!!!)

(You won't,

you won't,

you won't!!!!!!)

(You shake your head and cover your mouth!)

(BETTER KILL THE HOPE BEFORE IT GETS CRUSHED!!!)


King: BRIGHT ONE!!!

Siffrin (angry4): "NO!!!!!!"

Siffrin (angry4): "I WILL NOT, I CANNOT!!!"

Siffrin (yelling4): "Our country is gone, King!!! It's gone and buried!!!"

Siffrin (no!!!1): "What good will it do to remember it?!?"

Siffrin (no!!!1): "We don't need to remember! We need to let it go! We HAVE to let it go!!!"

Siffrin (angry4): ""Let it die! Let it DIE!!!! LET IT DIE!!!!!!"

King: No, no, no, aaah......

King: NO......!!!!!!


(You hear the King scream)

(You feel wind on your face)

(And t h e n)


Regardless of choice:

The screen fades to black for several seconds. Then, the Game Over screen appears, with the caption (BUT IT'S ALL GONE!!!!!!).

Siffrin is torn back in time and snaps awake in the meadow. Their monologue begins as they lie still in the grass.


Optional questions

"Why call yourself King?"

This question is unlocked by interacting with the Head Housemaiden's notes on the King in her room on Floor 2.

WIP: Add link here once room page is done.


King: Oh...... Ooooooooh......

King: I have...... I have decided my will is more just than the will of Vaugarde.

King: Vaugarde doesn't know...... No one knows that I am doing what needs to be done!!!

King: They do not understand!!!

King: Someone who selfishly does what needs to be done, against the will of the people......

King: In Vaugarde, such a person can only be called a King.

Mirabelle (stressed1): So you know!!! You know that what you're doing is wrong, that no one wants to be frozen in time!!!

King: Against the will of the people...... Yes.

King: Against the will of the Universe...... No.

King: It is not wrong. Our will is not wrong.

King: I just want Vaugarde to stay like this. Forever. Forever. Forever......


"Where are you from?"

This question is unlocked by interacting with the newspaper, and can only be asked before rereading the Sparkling Diary, or else it'll trigger a special event. Technically, this one's optional.


Siffrin: "Where are you from?"

King: !!!!!!

King: ......


(The King looks straight at you.)


King: .....What about you, bright one......

King: Where are you from?


(You flinch.)

(...)


(You do not answer.)

(You cannot answer.)

(You hear the King laugh.)


"Why are you so tall?"

This question is unlocked by interacting with the book on Body Craft in the Changing Room on Floor 3.

WIP note: Link here once the room page is done.


King: Oh......

King: Quite honestly...... It just happened.

Isabeau (omgggg1): "IT JUST HAPPENED"?!?

Odile (urgh1): How?!?

King: After I fully accepted the power at my disposal...... I found myself like this. Towering over everyone.

King: But I do not mind.

King: I can see very far, in this body.

King: I can even see......

King: . . . . . .


"Flower for you."

Only available with the Bright Flower in your inventory.


(You offer the Bright Flower to the King.)


King: ......

Odile (hm1): What.

Mirabelle (awawa1): Siffrin?!?

Isabeau (hahaaa1): Uh, Sif, I don't know how it works where you're from...

Isabeau (hahaaa1): But in Vaugarde, we only give flowers to people we, um... Actually like.

Siffrin (tired1): (...) "I remember that you can give flowers to whoever you want, as long as they're..."

King: ......Important.

King: Friends, family, rivals...... Enemies......


(The King takes a step forward, and gently takes the flower from your hand.)


King: ......

King: Bright one...... No matter how this battle ends......

King: Will you remember me......?


Siffrin (hide1): (...)


"Yes."

King: ......

King: Ha......

King: Let us make this battle a moment truly worth remembering, then!


"No."

King: Ha.

King: ......

King: If it's any consolation......

King: I'll remember you after I defeat you, bright one.


"What's Wish Craft?"

This question is unlocked after completing Kingquest.

King: Oooh, oooooooh......

King: This sticky, sweet smell......

King: It is around you......

King: It is around me.

King: It is around all your companions.

King: It is around the whole of Vaugarde.

King: Hahaha...... I wonder how this country looks, from the outside in.

King: Skipping and stopping...... Rewinding and restarting.

King: It is not true eternity...... But it is close enough, I suppose.

King: Whoever caused this must've had a belief stronger than mine......


"What did you wish for?"

Unlocked after interacting with the Wish Craft book in the locked Storage Room on Floor 1.

WIP note: Add link here once room page is done.


King: Ha...... So you remember......

King: I wished...... I wished......! Oh......!!!!!!

King: What else? I wished for power...... The power to make my true wish come true......!

King: The power to Craft myself as a deity, the power to freeze time!!!

King: Hahaha...... What about you, forgetful one......? What are you hungering for? What is your wish?!?

King: WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?!?!?


(...)