Zodiark's Codex entry what do we think about it?

[Brinne]

Don't forget about the researcher doing experiments by hand in Elpis that are on one of the far off and can't reach due to map boundaries floating islands. Where they're seen as a bunch of weirdos.

Ooh, the Cthonic Horns! I loved those guys and was really hoping we might get some more content with them, since they have a whole section of the map to themselves, but alas, I guess it was not to be.

The best part about them was how snobby they were right back to the Ancients who were snobby at them. Wasn't one of them all "oh god not Azem" when you first talk to them too?

...? I may have missed that!

I don't think I did finish those Elpis quests, come to think of it.

They have a sightseeing log too!

The researchers of this small facility are unlike their colleagues in that they seek to manifest new creations without the aid of creation magicks. Their natural breeding program pairs creatures with differing characteristics, relying purely on chance to conceive heretofore unimagined possibilities.

EDIT: YEAH!!! re: Azem

Azem? What in the blazes are you doing here? Hold on─ You seem...thinner somehow.

Hmm... You have much in common with him but it's clear you're not one of us. A familiar perhaps?

I suppose it's just like him to send one of his minions to poke its nose into our affairs. But since you're here, instead of hanging around like a bad smell, why don't you make yourself useful?

god i love the ancients so much

EDIT II:

Yep, seen as weird aberrations to the normal way things are done on Elpis because their methods allow for variable outcomes and mutations that the researchers weren't aiming for - the implication that these researchers are seen as purposefully using the less effective and efficient methods just to be different and that creating something that doesn't follow your plans and isn't in your control is something that can and should be avoided.

As usual, the hard framing of the Ancients of scarily judging anyone who dares step out of line as "weird aberrations" is pretty exaggerated, if you actually look at the text, though yes, most of them can't immediately see the point of doing things this way. Considering what a (hilarious) jerk the Cthonic Horns guy is, I'd say they're pretty nice about it, all things considered, lol.