Mission:The Choice of Hope - Part Six: The Life of David Hazen

Part 6: The Life of David Hazen

Briefing

I've tried to get in touch with Scirocco, but he is not responding. I fear that Mot is aware that we're getting closer to finding his weakness and has either killed Scirocco or is in the process of doing so; it will then command its minions to destroy the last traces of Hazen's journal.

Even if we free every single person within Mot, the monster will just absorb them once again. Hazen must have had a way around that with the magic he used. It's a long shot yet again, Character, but our long shot from before paid off with the Sentinel.

• I'll go to the office and save Scirocco.

Thank you, Character. I must continue work on my end to prepare for what might be the final battle for our world.

If Scirocco has fallen, then you must be the one who tracks down the final pieces of Hazen's journal. If what Heather Townshend said is true, it will contain the missing piece to the true purpose of Hazen's runes.

If not... well, then we'll have to hope for another miracle.

Find David Hazen's Missing Journal

Mission Objective(s)

You enter the old office building where the last pieces of Hazen's journal are.

• Find David Hazen's Missing Journal
  • 3 pieces of David Hazen's journal to find
  • Rescue Scirocco
  • Speak with Madame Bellerose

Madame Bellerose

Briefing

Character... I remember you... you saved my life before.

It's all flooding back to me now... My life before coming to this city. I've spent too long here... Mot's minions twisted my mind... My will...

I came here looking for a challenge... something to prove my new abilities against. What I found was...

I must go, Character. I must leave this city and never return to it. Thank you for your help... I do not wish to think about what would've happen if you had not already saved me before.

• Hold on, I didn't save you for nothing. I deserve something in return.

+++ Missing Information +++

• Goodbye, Bellerose.

Incarnate Rival You rescued Madame Bellerose from the forces of Dark Astoria. She eventually succumbed to Mot's will and attacked you, but came to her senses before it was too late. Did you choose to spare her life, or end it when she refused to pay you back?

Detective Hopp

Briefing

You see Detective Hopp laying on the ground, badly beaten by the Banished Pantheon. However, he seems to still be holding on to his life by a bare thread.

Character... it feels like forever ago that... you last saved me...

Mot... the Pantheon... they brought me here to suffer... to make me think life was nothing but suffering. They tried... to beat it into me... that there was no hope. But then I remembered... the time you saved me... that even in this desperate hour... even when Mot's power seems to be infinite... there's still someone who can make a stand against it... there's... there's still hope...

I've been hanging on to my life... hoping that something would happen... that someone would come to... to save me. Please... Character... there's an emergency... PPD teleporter... got it from... a guy named... Roy Cooling... back before I came here. I... hah...

I had finally... gotten it fixed... when the Pantheon ambushed me. Please... activate it... help me get out of here.

• (Activate Hopp's PPD teleporter)

Buddy Cop You rescued Detective Hopp from the Banished Pantheon in Dark Astoria. When the time came, he remembered you and was able to stay alive long enough for you to find him. The question is, did you actually save him?

Debriefing

Brilliant work, Character! I can't believe it... all of this time, we were looking at one half of the puzzle! How could I have not seen this before?!

Of course you can't banish Mot into the spirit world... that would just be sweeping the problem underneath a rug! You have to hit the creature in its heart, its ability to absorb death and suffering! This is... we have a hope now, Character, although it's still a long shot. Tielekku can utilize the power of the runes in Dark Astoria and your own Incarnate powers to create the barrier to seal Mot's power. But first, you'll need to free Tielekku, which will involve you getting inside of Mot... which involves you getting to Mot's maw to work with the Sentinel, which then involves you not having Mot's full attention on you.

There are a lot of ways for this to fail, Character, but that's what I've been preparing for. It's time for the final battle for our world, and you're at the heart of it.

Enemies

• Banished Pantheon
  

Notable NPCs

• Madame Bellerose
• Detective Hopp