Indeed,[voice 9010001_0_M732] you should be commended. What's more, this proves without a doubt that steam engines are the strongest form of power.[twt 2.3][charaFace C 3][wait tVoice]
Hahaha, I'm delighted to see you in such high spirits again, Fran.
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[charaTalk B]
[charaFace B 1]
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＠Fran
We won! I really am number one!
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[charaTalk D]
[charaFace D 1]
[charaFadein D 0.1 1]
＠Babbage
Indeed. I'm most impressed with your use of our leftover QP to create a device to absorb my steam exhaust...
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＠Babbage
...and used that steam as fuel for cosmetic steam products.
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[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 1]
[charaFadein C 0.1 1]
＠Professor M
Any good business should benefit the buyer, seller, and manufacturer. Though it may be hard to believe, I have considerable experience with corporate management!
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[charaTalk B]
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＠Fran
Papa, I still have a question.
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[charaFace C 0]
＠Professor M
Of course, sweetie![sr]Tell me, what is it?
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＠Fran
What happened to your evil scheme?
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[charaTalk D]
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＠Babbage
Hm, good question.
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＠Babbage
I thought we would find out what it was once the race was over, but we never did.
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[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 1]
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＠Professor M
Hahahaha, is that all, my beloved daughter and partner?[sr][charaFace C 0]My evil scheme was completed long ago!
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[charaFace C 1]
＠Professor M
But worry not.[sr]It doesn't harm either of you in the slightest!
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[charaFadeout C 0.1]
[charaTalk depthOff]
[charaTalk B]
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＠Fran
...Huh?
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＠Babbage
...Huh?
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[charaTalk C]
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＠Professor M
...Ishtar may have lied about all sorts of things, but there is one thing she said which was absolutely true.
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＠Ishtar
All gambling is rigged to the advantage of whoever's hosting it. If you didn't know what that meant before, hopefully it's become crystal clear by now☆
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＠Professor M
Ishtar's fatal mistake was not competing in the race herself.
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＠Professor M
Granted, it's understandable why she didn't, since the results had nothing to do with her goal...
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＠Professor M
But if she had, she would have given herself a strong alibi.
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[charaFace C 1]
＠Professor M
“Oh wow! Gugalanna came back to life after I won the race! Since he's here, I might as well make him one of my Authorities, seeing as I won the race and all!”
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[charaFace C 0]
＠Professor M
If she had merely said something like that, the other racers would have been hard-pressed to object.
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＠Professor M
"Winner takes all" is all well and good, but the very notion of “spectator takes all” is absurd on its face.
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[charaFace C 5]
＠Professor M
...Which is why I went around taking bets on who would win the race from some of Chaldea's staff and the numerous hedonistically inclined Servants dwelling here.
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＠Professor M
I modestly downplayed our vehicle's specs, and greatly played up the specs for our rivals' machines.
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＠Professor M
Thanks to that, I was able to dramatically increase our winnings. Indeed, the house DOES always win!
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[charaFace C 1]
＠Professor M
Of course, the ones placing the bets had no way of knowing that I was the house in this case.
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＠Professor M
Perhaps matters would have been different if I had harmed [%1] in some way, but with a petty crime of this nature, even Holmes or a user of Clairvoyance would have no choice but to let me go.
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＠Professor M
No thief can hope to escape punishment if their reach exceeds their grasp. Unfortunately for the greedy goddess, she failed to understand that.
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[charaFace C 0]
＠Professor M
Now then, what to do with all this material and QP I've scraped together...?
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[charaFace C 4]
＠Professor M
Under normal circumstances,[sr]I should probably present it to [%1]...
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[charaFace C 1]
＠Professor M
But, as with all matters, timing is everything. At the moment, there is no telling what the future beyond this summer of 2019 holds...
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＠Professor M
So I think I shall hold on to them for just a bit longer.[sr][charaFace C 0]After all, one never knows when they may be needed!
