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[charaSet A 99502600 1 Mash]
[charaSet B 98113940 1 Fergus]
[charaSet C 5030001 1 Scheherazade]
[charaSet D 98002000 1 Fou]
[charaSet E 98115500 1 "Demon God Phenex"]
[charaSet F 1026001 1 d'Eon]
[charaSet G 4004001 1 Astolfo]
[charaSet H 6027000 1 "Wu Zetian"]

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＠Mash
The Demon God Pillar is slowing down![sr]It's working!
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＠Fergus
Hnghhh... Hraaah![sr]Almost...there...!
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＠Scheherazade
Please, stop it...[sr]You're destroying Laputa!
[k]

＠Scheherazade
If you do that...I'll have to die, over and over, who knows how many times again!
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＠Fergus
Hahaha... This poison's not so bad once you get used to it. It's starting to feel more like a nice hot bath. At any rate...
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＠Fergus
I told you that men and women have an important role, but you still don't get what comes after that.
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＠Scheherazade
...!?
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＠Fergus
It's okay to live in fear of death.[sr]That's a feeling everyone has to different degrees.
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＠Fergus
But it's BECAUSE death inevitably comes at the end that you have to make sure to enjoy life.
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＠Fergus
A good life is one spent enjoying the pleasures it offers. Enjoying food. Enjoying drink. Enjoying battle. Enjoying sex. Enjoying laughter.
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＠Fergus
...I have every sympathy for you that you weren't able to live like that. But even if you weren't...
[k]

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＠Fergus
You should still find a way to smile! That exquisite body of yours is wasted if all you are is miserable!
[k]

？1：Fergus!!!
？2：(Groan)

？！

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＠Fou
Fooou!!!
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＠Fergus
...Wait, no, that's not right.[sr]Sorry, forget I said that.
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＠Fergus
You are a strong woman to have fought death for so long. But the time for that is over. Now, you should live your life in a way that makes you happy.
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＠Fergus
The way you're living now: always shirking away, the fear of death constantly hanging over you to the point where you can't muster the slightest hint of joy...
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＠Fergus
How is that any different from being dead?
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＠Scheherazade
...!
[k]

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＠Fergus
I don't know about you, but the idea of living your whole life dreading what comes at the end doesn't sound like much fun to me!
[k]

＠Fergus
If you're prepared to destroy the world all because you don't want to die... If you've got that much strength within you...
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＠Fergus
Then show me you're also prepared to meet life head-on with a smile!
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＠Scheherazade
I don't understand... I'll never understand.[sr]I can't smile. What would be the point!?
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＠Fergus
Men are suckers for women with lovely smiles.[sr]Naturally, that goes for me too!
[k]

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＠Fergus
So if you smile...you'll be able to land yourself a real catch, like me!
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＠Scheherazade
!?
[k]

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＠Fergus
If you landed me, I'd gladly make love to you. I'd do everything in my power to ensure we had beautiful, healthy children. And...
[k]

＠Fergus
I'd protect you from all manner of deaths, from the pain and frustration that life keeps throwing at you, as much as I possibly can!
[k]

？1：...Is he sexually harassing her?
？2：...Is he confessing his love for her?
？！

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＠Mash
No, this is Fergus's way of being encouraging! Never mind what he's saying! His voice is filled with such life-affirming energy!
[k]

＠Mash
It is practically brimming with energy!
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＠Fergus
Haha, if I inspired that sort of reaction in you, Ms. Mash, that's a fine compliment indeed!
[k]

＠Fergus
But then, I guess that's no surprise, seeing as that was also one of my best pickup lines yet! There's not a woman in the world who wouldn't fall for it!
[k]

＠Fergus
And I haven't let up on my Spiral Sword one bit either!
[k]

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＠Fergus
A true Celtic warrior is one who both gets the girl AND saves the world!
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＠Scheherazade
Th-that is the most arrogant, bullheaded, egotistical, moronic, self-centered way of thinking with one's phallus I've ever heard!
[k]

＠Scheherazade
Those words are no more than wind! They are utterly hollow! There's no way to protect someone from “all manner of deaths.”
[k]

＠Scheherazade
It's absolutely impossible!
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＠Fergus
Hmm, you've got a point there. That may have been a bit much. If someone like Ms. Scáthach were to attack us, we'd be pretty thoroughly screwed.
[k]

＠Fergus
But even in times like that, there'd be something there to replace your fear of death.
[k]

＠Fergus
And I think the quickest way there is to help you get over it.
[k]

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＠Fergus
Have you ever been attended to by a handsome man when you were ill? Or had a beloved child squeeze your hand while you were laid up in bed?
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＠Scheherazade
...I don't understand.[sr]Just what are you trying to say?
[k]

？1：Scheherazade, it's normal to fear death...
？！

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＠Scheherazade
...
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？1：...but fear can be laid to rest by living a meaningful life.
？！

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＠Fergus
Exactly. You see, O beautiful-bodied one?[sr]Even the young Master gets it.
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？1：Well, I HAVE seen it firsthand a lot by now.
？！

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＠Mash
...
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＠Fergus
If a man you loved from the bottom of your heart...or a child you had raised with tender care...were by your side, you wouldn't even have time to fear death.
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＠Fergus
I imagine you're only saying such things because you've never been able to negate that fear.
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＠Scheherazade
...
[k]

＠Scheherazade
...I...
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＠Demon God Phenex
Agh, aggghhh! No. Not yet!
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＠d'Eon
What!? Thin tentacles are shooting out from his body, and headed for... Oh no!
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＠Astolfo
I can't believe he still had that much strength left!
[k]

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＠Demon God Phenex
Aghhh it hurts I'm dying I'm dying while living I'm dying in the middle of the provisional contradiction when life becomes death!
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＠Demon God Phenex
I am too exhausted to escape this muddied space of both life and death, nor can I escape from the spiraling rainbow gouging away at me!
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＠Demon God Phenex
Scheherazade. Scheherazade! Give me the last of your strength, your life, even a little will do... AGHHH!
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＠Demon God Phenex
I...I'll die like this![sr]But the concept I represent will end without dying!
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＠Demon God Phenex
Somewhere, the concept of the phoenix will have a worthless, meaningless end where it dies countless times without rebirth!
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＠Demon God Phenex
I'm melting I'm sinking it hurts it hurts to infinity hurry and give them to me you laggard I don't want to die hurry up hurry up it hurts AAAAAAGGGHHH!!!
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＠Demon God Phenex
How many times have I suffered the pain of death the fear of death it's not fair we're the only ones THE ONLY ONES! It's not fair it's not right I won't I won't I won't accept iiit!
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
...
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＠d'Eon
Hurry, we must finish him off!
[k]

＠d'Eon
Or perhaps we should use a projectile of some sort to finish off Scheherazade instead!?
[k]

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＠Astolfo
Wait! Hang on! Don't think we need to do that!
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＠Scheherazade
...No. This time, I refuse.
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＠Demon God Phenex
Wha...what are you doooing!? Have you gone mad, my friend!? I thought you feared death as I do! That you understood it like I do!
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＠Scheherazade
Indeed... I do. I understand it very well.
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＠Scheherazade
I know that I won't change. Even when this transient life ends, and the next me begins anew elsewhere...
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＠Scheherazade
I have little doubt that I will again be dreading the prospect of death.
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＠Scheherazade
...But despite that, Phenex...
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＠Scheherazade
The way you are now...is just a bit unseemly.
[k]

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＠Demon God Phenex
...What is this what is this what is this!?[sr]Scheherazade!
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＠Scheherazade
...Fearing death as I do, I can't help but be particular about the manner in which I die.
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
And at the least, I've decided I don't want this death to be at the hands of something as unseemly as you.
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＠Scheherazade
It is that simple.
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＠Wu Zetian
Khh... I can't keep this up any longer.[sr]Now is the time! Bring him down!
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＠Fergus
As you wish, my little empress![sr]Hraaahhh!
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＠Demon God Phenex
Ah...agh...AAAaaaghhhHHH Life death life death life death life life death death deaaath AAAGHHH!
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＠Wu Zetian
Neehahah[line 2]No, that's how the daughter of a poor government official would laugh. Kehaha, haha... Yes, there we go. That's how an empress should laugh.
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＠Wu Zetian
I worked...really hard, you know. I studied...as much as I could... I memorized books...and poems... Khh...!
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＠Wu Zetian
I suppressed my desire...to play...[sr]Everything I did...I did to get...where I wanted to go.
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＠Wu Zetian
I am...an empress. I decided...that's what I would be.[sr]So that's what I will be...right to...the end...
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＠Wu Zetian
Kehaha, hahaha! That criminal got the punishment he deserved! Well...done...
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＠d'Eon
Wu Zetian...
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＠Wu Zetian
I only came to see that this criminal was properly punished. I had no interest in saving any of you.
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＠Wu Zetian
(Cough) You hear...me...!?
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？1：I know. But...thank you anyway.
？2：We are in your debt, Your Highness.
？！

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＠Wu Zetian
...Hehe. Still, since I was able to torture that imbecile who tried to overthrow my nation myself...
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＠Wu Zetian
I'm in a rather good mood.[sr]An excellent mood, in fact. So...just for today...
[k]

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＠Wu Zetian
I may just permit you to pat my head, or give me candy...if you like... Neehaha...
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＠Astolfo
...
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＠d'Eon
...
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？1：Maybe...we'll see her again someday.
？！

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＠d'Eon
True. Our lives are prone to unexpected goodbyes and meetings alike. That's just how it is.
[k]

＠d'Eon
And right now, we are still here...
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＠Scheherazade
...As I said, I know that I won't change.[sr]Not one bit.
[k]

＠Scheherazade
But, I think it is your fault that I did that.
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？1：What do you mean?
？2：You sure you haven't changed just a bit?
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＠Scheherazade
It's because you said the fear of death could be laid to rest by living a meaningful life. I simply cannot possibly believe that.
[k]

＠Scheherazade
But it did get me thinking...just a little...in a simplistic, fleeting, reflexive sort of way, without any thought as to what the future may actually hold...
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＠Scheherazade
...about how I might prefer to die when the time comes.
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＠Scheherazade
Dying with those I love by my bedside, secure in the knowledge that I had lived a full life...
[k]

＠Scheherazade
Or dying by becoming part of something unseemly that is just using me as an energy source...
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＠Scheherazade
I thought, “Given the choice between those two possibilities, which should I choose?”
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＠Scheherazade
And I merely ended up choosing the former without even realizing I had done so. That is all.
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＠Fergus
Haha... I see.[sr]Still, I'm glad to hear it...
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？1：Fergus...
？！

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＠Fergus
Now don't look at me like that. I pushed myself well beyond my limits, after all. This was bound to happen when all was said and done. Agh...
[k]

＠Fergus
Both my body and spirit are in tatters at this point.
[k]

＠Fergus
But, having my present and my past, my life and my death, all in one form like this...isn't so bad.
[k]

＠Fergus
Hey, Scheherazade.
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＠Scheherazade
...
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＠Fergus
If I got you to believe in living a meaningful life, then I guess all that blathering of mine paid off.
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＠Fergus
Even if that belief only lasts for this short time.
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＠Fergus
If you can, I hope you'll also sit down at some point and reread the events that took place here in Agartha as one of your own stories.
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＠Fergus
And that you'll come to see yourself as the woman who despised immortality in the end.
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＠Fergus
It'd be a lot more constructive than going through life always thinking about how you don't want to die.
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＠Scheherazade
I...don't know about that.[sr]I still don't understand at all.
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＠Fergus
I see. In that case, you'll need a teacher you can depend on. Someone like Fergus mac Róich: as handsome a man as you'll ever find.
[k]

＠Fergus
The next time you come to life, make sure you seek me out, and let me make love to you. Do that, and you'll be sure to understand.
[k]

？1：Okay, that's clearly sexual harassment!
？！

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＠Scheherazade
...(Sigh) What a strange man you are.
[k]

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＠Fergus
Oho! Does that mean you'll do it!?
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
Not at all. I refuse from the bottom of my heart. In fact,[sr]I thoroughly detest dealing with you in any capacity.
[k]

＠Scheherazade
You're slightly more bearable as you are now, but I refuse to meet your adult self. It would lead to an entirely different, perhaps worse, kind of death.
[k]

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＠Fergus
Hmm. You have a point there.
[k]

＠Fergus
I HAVE made a great many women feel as though they were about to die from sheer bliss.
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
Hehe. Now look what you've done. My end approaches, and I had no time to prepare because you got me thinking about the kind of “death” you would give me. ...Ahh, now I see. So this is what you meant...
[k]

＠Scheherazade
Haha...
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＠Fergus
Hmm. Maybe she did smile in the end, at least a little.
[k]

？1：...Uh... Sure, Fergus. Sure she did.
？！

＠Fergus
Now then...I think it's time for me to go too.
[k]

＠Fergus
I may have been miscast from the start, and I couldn't even do a good job as a bit-part player...
[k]

＠Fergus
But to be honest, I enjoyed adventuring in this underground world with you all. I have no regrets.
[k]

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＠Fergus
I hope we'll meet again someday, if we get the chance.
[k]

＠Fergus
Next time, I hope I can drink with you in my true knight form, without any reservations...
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＠Astolfo
Hmph, some bit player he was.[sr]That kinda extra doesn't even leave room for the stars!
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＠d'Eon
Indeed. Given that he so brilliantly prevented Laputa from crashing into the land...
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？1：Yup. He was the lead role, no two ways about it.

？！

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＠Da Vinci
Hey, guys? Sorry to interrupt, but now's not exactly the time to be getting all sentimental.
[k]

＠Da Vinci
Thanks to Fergus's spiral sword physically destroying Laputa's landscape, it's completely come to a halt...
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＠Da Vinci
...and we no longer have to worry about it falling on a major city. How[charaFace E 5]ever...
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＠Da Vinci
The trade-off is that the Singularity has disappeared, which means Laputa is going to completely fall apart.
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＠Da Vinci
In other words, the chances of your survival are dropping rapidly even as we speak!
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＠Astolfo
Okay, I take that last part back![sr]Fergus isn't the lead anymore!
[k]

＠Astolfo
Where's he get off destroying the ground we walk on without so much as an “Astolfo-may-I?”
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＠d'Eon
Agreed. Though I do not believe there WAS any time to discuss it, nor any alternative solution at hand!
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＠Da Vinci
Mash, the first thing I need you to do is calculate where the wreckage separating from Laputa will land!
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＠Mash
Done! Don't worry, it's going to fall on the Tibetan Plateau. There are no people there!
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
In that case, we'll worry about it later. I do feel a little bad for all the nature and wildlife that's going to be majorly affected by this, though.
[k]

＠Da Vinci
I also don't envy the people from the Association in this time who'll have to deal with this mess, but [charaFace E 2]oh well, nothing I can do about that, no sirree.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
...Now then, next order of business:[sr]rescuing the people still on Laputa!
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＠Astolfo
Can't you just Rayshift Master out of here?
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＠d'Eon
There are other humans here as well, as you may recall. Namely, the surviving Resistance members, and the men who had been imprisoned.
[k]

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＠Astolfo
...Oh crap! I forgot all about them!
[k]

＠Astolfo
Maybe my hippogriff could[line 2]no, there's no way he could carry everyone! What do we do!?
[k]

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＠d'Eon
Wait, I just remembered. Astolfo, remember the Resistance men you put to work?
[k]

＠d'Eon
Thanks to them, the survivors should all be gathered in one place now. Is there no way we can help them escape, Mademoiselle Da Vinci?
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＠Da Vinci
Just call me Da Vinci! Anyway, I know we have to do something about them. The question is: what? Hmm...
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＠Mash
I'm running all sorts of simulations as we speak, but there's so little time!
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＠Astolfo
Oh crap, the shaking's getting even worse.[sr]Don't think we got time to wait for the perfect solution!
[k]

＠Astolfo
F-for the moment, I'll get on my trusty hippogriff and make sure there're no stragglers!
[k]

＠Astolfo
If I find any, I'll bring 'em to the meetup point, so make sure you think of a way to get them out of here in the meantime! Up up and awaaay!
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＠Holmes
Oh, my apologies. I was so taken by the spectacle unfolding before me that I forgot to make my report.
[k]

＠Holmes
Well, better late than never, I suppose: Astolfo, you may wish to pay attention to your flight path.
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＠Astolfo
Ow! What was that!?
[k]

＠Astolfo
It looks like...some sort of flying silver pot?
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＠D：???
Looks like you could use some help![sr]I can feel Mahatma at work in this too!
[k]

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？1：It's Helena! On a flying saucer...!?
？2：Ms. Helena!? You look even more radiant than usual!
？！


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＠Helena
Yes, it's me! Helena Blavatsky, flying explorer extraordinaire!
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＠Mash
Wh-what are you doing here?[sr]I mean, I'm very happy to see you and all, but!
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＠Helena
Hmm... Now you mention it, what AM I doing here?
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＠Helena
First an Agarthan...no, a guy with a weird beard shot me, but I survived because I fell into a nearby river.
[k]

＠Helena
But I was still in really bad shape, so I erected a really strong barrier and went to sleep underground so that I could heal.
[k]

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＠Helena
Then, after I recovered, I started exploring Agartha itself. Oh, and I just happened upon a Holy Grail!
[k]

＠Helena
I brought it back to my mobile lab and used it to power up into Super Helena, which is nice and all...
[k]

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＠Helena
But then I noticed all this shaking, and I thought it might've been something I did. So, I decided to come out and see what was going on.
[k]

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＠Helena
Hm? You know, it actually feels like there was something different about me before I went to sleep, but I can't put my finger on it...
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
If Helena was part of the cast in Scheherazade's story, she may have had some sort of inauthenticity.
[k]

＠Da Vinci
Not that there's any way to find out now, of course.
[k]

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＠Holmes
A Holy Grail underground... Perhaps that was what served as the Singularity's structural core.
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＠Holmes
I imagine it must have come free once the destruction was underway.
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＠Helena
Oh, Sherlock. I didn't know you were here too.[sr]No exploring for you this time, huh.
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＠Helena
Anyway, what happened to Agartha?[sr]When do I get my chance to shine?
[k]

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＠Helena
Wait, hang on. I just realized this whole landmass is flying! What sort of mystical forces are at play here? And why's it all falling apart!?
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＠Helena
Do I even have time to explore it now!?
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＠Mash
Never mind that now, Helena! There's something important we need to ask you! You're the only one who can help us!
[k]

？1：Hey, yeah. With a flying saucer like this...!

[charaFace A 7]

？2：Could you fit about a hundred people on there!?

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＠Helena
Huh? Hmm, well, there's no room for them inside, but I think they could all fit on top...
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？！

＠Mash
Master and d'Eon could ride on Astolfo's hippogriff, but there are other people there that need help.
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＠Mash
All you'd have to do is get them safely to the ground. Please!
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＠Helena
...I get the feeling I already missed out on all the fun stuff, and I am NOT happy about that!
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＠Helena
But in the face of such a heartfelt plea, I suppose I have no choice but to say...
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＠Helena
...of course! Just this once, I'll let you all experience how wonderful Mahatma is for yourselves!
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＠
And so, they watched the events unfold from the back of Astolfo's hippogriff.
[k]

＠
Here the story comes to a close. The fantastical city, created by the soothing words of a woman terrified of death, was falling apart.
[k]

＠
A downward gaze would reveal the men aboard the flying saucer waving their hands wildly...
[k]

＠
...as it made its way to the ground in what might generously be described as an erratic manner.
[k]

＠
No doubt they will soon arrive at their homes, where their loving families await them.
[k]

＠
They will tell their wives, their children, their friends about their adventures here, and, in time, most likely forget about them.
[k]

＠
...That is their story.[sr]A story that only they can tell.
[k]

＠
The destruction continues apace. Pieces of earth, as though suddenly remembering they are not meant to fly...
[k]

＠
...make their way back to the ground where they belong, accompanied by great sounds akin to heavy rain, the peal of thunder, or a woman sobbing.
[k]

＠
...Laputa. “The whore.” For the woman who gave it its name, one filled with self-loathing and resignation...
[k]

＠
...it may have felt like a part of herself...one to which she had entrusted her fondest wish.
[k]

＠
Or perhaps it was more akin to a past she despised...one she wished to destroy by crashing it into the world?
[k]

＠
No doubt such a question will find its answer...in the stories only she can tell...
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＠Holmes
Hmm. Perhaps it needs a bit more?
[k]

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＠Holmes
“Thus, they succeeded brilliantly in carrying out the Remnant Order for the underground world.
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＠Holmes
...But we must not forget that there were four Pillars which escaped from the Temple of Time.
[k]

＠Holmes
We know that there are other survivors still remaining.
[k]

＠Holmes
Curiously, this case[line 2]much like Shinjuku[line 2]seemed steeped in stories.
[k]

＠Holmes
Putting the question of whether these two cases shared similar themes aside...
[k]

＠Holmes
The time will no doubt come soon when they find themselves in the midst of another new story...”
[k]

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＠Holmes
That does make it clearer, but it's also rather superfluous. Then again, it may be important to allude to the fact that these events are still in motion...
[k]

＠Holmes
... (Sigh) I just can't seem to find the right words for this last sentence. I think I shall have to come back to it later.
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＠Holmes
Jotting down my thoughts to help pass the time is all well and good, but it's clear that I have no talent for the written word.
[k]

＠Holmes
I learned that lesson well during the case of the blanched soldier and the case of the lion's mane.
[k]

＠Holmes
If it's all going to turn out the same in the end, I may as well leave the storytelling to Watson and save myself some time.
[k]

＠Holmes
...Then again, when you get right down to it...
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＠Holmes
Perhaps there would be no need to record my cases at all if there were a beautiful woman with a lovely voice ready to tell these “stories” at any time.
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＠Fergus
Oho! I sense a beautiful woman nearby!
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＠Fergus
...Guess I was imagining things.[sr]I could have sworn I smelled perfume, though.
[k]

＠Fergus
Oh well, guess I'll just have to go back to casually showing off my muscles with Celtic push-ups.
[k]

＠Fergus
Back when I was a kid, I used to do this whenever I had a spare moment in order to train...
[k]

＠Fergus
But now that I've put on all this muscle, I only ever do it to show off, don't I.
[k]

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＠Fergus
Hup, hup, hup.
[k]

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＠Fergus
All right, beautiful woman. Feel free to pass through this hall, feast your eyes on these manly muscles, and be overcome with lust any time now...
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＠Fergus
There! Luscious curves at twelve o'clock!
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＠Fergus
Not again...
[k]

＠Fergus
You know, I haven't bedded many women lately. Maybe I've lost my touch? I'd better find a way to turn things around before it's too late.
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
That was too close...
[k]

＠Scheherazade
I must be certain to never, ever run into him.
[k]

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＠Scheherazade
After all...
[k]

[charaFace C 3]
＠Scheherazade
I don't want to die just yet...
[k]








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