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[charaSet A 1098158200 1 Sion]
[charaSet B 1098158210 1 "Sion Arm Raised"]
[charaSet C 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"]
[charaSet D 5002001 1 Gilles]
[charaSet E 25003002 1 "Heroine XX"]

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[charaTalk C]
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＠Da Vinci
Hmm. Okay, let me make sure I've got this straight.[sr]The key features that define these Outer Gods are:
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＠Da Vinci
One: they're huge, gross, and powerful.
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＠Da Vinci
Two: our usual physics and magecraft rules don't apply, which also makes it hard to communicate.
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＠Da Vinci
Three: they claim ownership rights to Earth, and inventor's rights to its life-forms.
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＠Da Vinci
Four: if they were actually in charge of Earth, they'd turn it into something weird and grotesque.
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＠Da Vinci
Five: most of them have been imprisoned.
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＠Da Vinci
Six: while they generally act independently, some of them are allies, and some are enemies.
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＠Da Vinci
And seven: Regardless of what they look like, they're not immortal metaphysical or conceptual beings. They're still flesh and blood creatures with life spans just as finite as ours.
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＠Da Vinci
That...about sum it up?
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＠Gilles
More or less. I am a bit concerned that we may be in danger of underestimating the threat they pose, but we can put that aside for the moment.
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＠Da Vinci
Now I get it. This theory is basically the antithesis of the last two thousand years of philosophical optimism.
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＠Da Vinci
The author may as well be saying, “We're not pure beings, man. God isn't real. The only reason we're here is 'cause some gross, disgusting monsters made us.”
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＠Da Vinci
When you put it that way, it explains a lot about the Foreigner incidents that have cropped up so far.
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＠B：Sion
You think? Personally, I am inclined to write the whole idea off as fairy-tale nonsense.
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＠Da Vinci
Hey, don't be too quick to dismiss fairy tales, Sion. We've already proven we can hypothesize about something like Void Space, after all.
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＠Da Vinci
Think of it this way. If the world of intellect we know is the inner side, and everything else is the outer side...
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＠Da Vinci
...then it's only logical that from our point of view, everything from ethics to world outlooks would be turned on their heads in that outer side.
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＠Da Vinci
And that definitely lines up with the ideas of a certain early twentieth-century novelist.
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＠A：Sion
I still do not know.[sr]The whole thing sounds ludicrous to me.
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＠Da Vinci
You think? Anyway, let's move on.
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＠Da Vinci
If we're dealing with Outer Gods here, the main points we need to worry about are five, six, and seven, right?
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＠Da Vinci
Since they can't make many direct moves, their options for intervening here are pretty limited.
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＠Da Vinci
We might be able to leverage their oppositions to one another as a means to drive them away.
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＠Da Vinci
And in the worst case, it's possible to use physical, magecraft, and other worldly means to destroy them.
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＠Gilles
Fantastic! I have never seen anyone else grasp these ideas so quickly! You truly are a peerless genius!
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＠Da Vinci
Hehe, you know it![sr]All right, so what's this opposition about, anyway?
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＠Gilles
Ah, yes. While some believe each of the Outer Gods belong to one of four factions, much like the four elementals of earth, water, fire, and wind...
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＠Gilles
...personally, I think that idea is preposterous, and has no basis in fact.
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＠Gilles
However, it IS clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that there are some divinities who are innately opposed to one another simply by virtue of their conflicting natures.
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＠A：Sion
So some gods are in opposition to one another, huh... I do not know about that, but I do know that Hokusai and Abby do not seem in any way adversarial.
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＠Gilles
Very true. In fact, they seem to be very good friends. Indeed, seeing them always brings a smile to my face.
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＠Da Vinci
I'm not gonna make a big thing of it now, but hearing that from you, it sounds more than a little ominous.
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＠Gilles
Hohoho. At any rate, there's no telling what the future may bring.
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＠Gilles
The way things are going now, it's only a matter of time until we encounter a Foreigner with clear hostile intent.
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＠A：Sion
So there is nothing we can do about that?[sr]Well that is not encouraging.
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＠Gilles
I am certain there is a divinity out there who considers Lady Hokusai their enemy, and the same also holds true for Lady Abigail!
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＠Gilles
If both Foreigners were to, as they say, get into a tussle with their enemies, the chaos unleashed would be akin to hell on earth!
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＠Gilles
And as heartwarming as that prospect may be, as the caretakers of this fine facility, I am sure that is a headache you would much prefer to avoid.
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＠Gilles
However, it bears mentioning that if such a brawl did take place, it may actually lead to greater stability than we enjoy right now.
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＠Da Vinci
Is that your way of saying if we had one of these oppositional deities around, they would be a deterrent that keeps their enemy in check and stops the various Foreigners from going off the deep end?
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＠Gilles
In essence, yes. As they say, fire is best fought with fire, and poison with poison. Indeed, even incurable poisons can be contained with another poison of equal potency.
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＠Gilles
While I can see the sense in considering all Foreigners too dangerous to remain, I, for one, am firmly in favor of keeping them around.
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＠Gilles
In fact, I would argue they are the very lamplights keeping the encroaching darkness at bay, thereby preventing a far more disastrous fire from ever occurring! That they are an unparalleled good omen here to fend off a threat to humanity from nothing less than another space-time continuum!
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＠Da Vinci
Hmmm. I think it's way too dangerous to go that far, but I do agree we shouldn't be too quick to get rid of them.
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＠Da Vinci
After all, if knowledge is power, then the unknown is even more power.
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＠A：Sion
I agree with that, too. However, Marshal Gilles, there is still one thing I would like to ask you.
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＠Gilles
By all means, Mademoiselle Sokaris.
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＠B：Sion
What do you think Foreigners actually ARE?
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＠B：Sion
Earlier, you described them as a kind of vaccine inoculating us against greater threats, but that is solely our way of looking at it, right?
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＠Gilles
Ah yes, you have touched upon quite the key conundrum.
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＠Gilles
What, we are all compelled to wonder, are they? Shrine maidens of evil gods? Vessels? Avatars? Replicas?
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＠Gilles
I do have an opinion on the matter,[sr]if you care to hear it.
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＠B：Sion
Of course.
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＠Gilles
I believe they are genuine heroes.
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＠B：Sion
Oh?
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＠Gilles
While one could certainly view them as an abnormal class that was created solely as a means of invading our world...
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＠Gilles
...the fact that these beings from the outer universe can only reach out to this world via the Throne of Heroes speaks volumes.
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＠Gilles
The fact is, if these beings wish to come to our world, their only option is to don a Heroic Spirit[line 2]in other words, a human shadow that has left an indelible mark upon history.
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＠Gilles
And what is that but an incredibly, incredibly binding restriction? It goes to show that even in the face of these Outer Gods, our world remains impenetrable and indomitable.
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＠Gilles
So why should we be particularly afraid of their otherworldly madness? We know that humans are more than capable of going mad, killing, and destroying even without such influences.
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＠Gilles
In fact, I will go so far as to say this: madness creates Anti-Heroes, which go on to create legends of terror.
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＠Gilles
And the Throne of Heroes welcomes all of it.[sr]I trust you see my point?
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＠Gilles
The Foreigner girls are still in the midst of creating their legends, and they are doing so in exactly the same way as all the other Heroic Spirits did during their lifetimes.
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＠Gilles
That is why I have no fear of Foreigners. Indeed, I welcome any and all new arrivals from their class.
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＠Da Vinci
...Well that turned out to be a more interesting discussion than I was expecting. Don't you think, Sion?
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＠A：Sion
I suppose so. Personally, I am still digesting the idea that new Anti-Heroes are being created even as we speak.
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＠Heroine XX
Yaaah! (Splash)
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＠Da Vinci
Oh, hey there, Ms. XX.[sr]Have you been swimming this whole time?
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＠Heroine XX
I have! Since we've been seeing things like multiheaded and flying sharks lately, I thought I'd get in some practice battles to prepare for the upcoming season!
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＠Heroine XX
Oh, crap, I didn't realize I'd been out this late! I'm off to nab whatever's left over from dinner! XX, out for takeouuut!!!
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＠B：Sion
...While we are on the subject,[sr]where does she fit into all of this?
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＠Gilles
Ha...ha...ha... (playing dumb).
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＠Gilles
Getting back on track, by hook or by crook if necessary, I will say I feel a bit uneasy about one thing.
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＠Da Vinci
Oh? And what's that?
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＠Gilles
Remember how I said that conflict between adversarial Foreigners should effectively allow them to cancel each other's power out?
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＠Gilles
Well, if a Foreigner capable of mediating such a conflict were to show up...that would be another matter entirely.
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