(Un)fortunately, there appears to be someone else who is alive in this forsaken place besides them. The Tarutaru emerged from the northern entrance to the village and unlike them, didn't seem to have aged a day. She walked toward them and would walk past them if uninterrupted, as if she had been on her way out. At least she didn't seem to be intent on attacking them.

"It is not working. Something - or rather someone - is blocking its functions."

Right behind her is a Moogle-- Artemicion given the striped colors on his fur. He doesn't, however, have his monocle or top hat any more.