This strange medicine bottle dropped from that shadowy version of you we just defeated...
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＠Wu Zetian
Just as I thought.[sr]I know exactly what to do with it.
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＠Mash
W-wait, Wu Zetian. Are you going to drink that?[sr]Are you sure that's a good idea...!?
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＠Paracelsus
...There shouldn't be any problem with that.
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？1：Paracelsus?
？2：What are you doing here!?
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＠Paracelsus
My apologies.[sr]I took the liberty of following you here.
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＠Paracelsus
It's not part of my contract, but as the one who made that elixir, I felt it was only right to see it through to the end...
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＠Wu Zetian
...Will drinking this do what I expect, Doctor?
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＠Paracelsus
Yes. It will restore the memories erased[sr]by drinking a potion of forgetfulness.
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＠Wu Zetian
Hmph, I knew it. Very well then...
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＠Wu Zetian
...Ahh.
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？1：Um... Wu Zetian?
？2：Are you sure that's a good idea...?
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＠Wu Zetian
Of course I am sure!
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＠Wu Zetian
For that matter, I already remember everything now anyway. I'm the one who sent that letter!
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？1：Bwa!?
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＠Wu Zetian
Naturally I would recognize my own handwriting, so I employed someone else to write it for me, and even asked that Egyptian queen to help out as a villain.
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＠Wu Zetian
Then, once all of those preparations were complete,[sr]I had that doctor there prepare both a potion to erase my memories and an antidote, and downed the former...
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＠Paracelsus
That's right. I created an elixir to erase her memories with pinpoint accuracy, and an elixir to restore them...
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＠Paracelsus
...entirely at her request.
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＠Mash
B-but...why!?
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＠Wu Zetian
Well...I suppose because I thought it was long past time that I faced my weakness and overcome it...
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＠Sanzang
Ohhh, you mean your fear of ghosts?
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＠Sanzang
That explains why the Egyptian queen seemed so happy about losing.
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＠Sanzang
She does seem like she'd be enamored with the idea of a king training to be a better king.
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＠Sanzang
And you know me: I'm all about training,[sr]so I think this is great! Congrats!
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＠Wu Zetian
Stop that! I did not do this so you could praise me!
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＠Wu Zetian
...I did all of this on a whim.[sr]A passing flight of fancy on my part.
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＠Wu Zetian
You should be honored by the opportunity to join me on this adventure. I certainly will not be apologizing for dragging you along!
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？1：No problem at all.
？2：I'm thrilled that you got over your fear of ghosts.
？！
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＠Wu Zetian
I see, I see. Well, there is no denying that this slight improvement has made me a completely perfect empress in every way.
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＠Wu Zetian
No doubt this will be an historical event that you shall remember and recount for the rest of your[line 2]
She also told me that ghosts alone would not suffice...so she planned to lure him here with the promise of ultra-premium pet food.
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＠Paracelsus
She must have set up a pitfall on the upper layer.
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＠Paracelsus
Although, given her extreme shock, it would seem the memory restoration elixir was imperfect. Or, perhaps she simply forgot about it. Hmm...
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＠Mash
Whatever the case, it would appear she did not have sufficient mental fortitude remaining to face Fou.
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？1：Do you think she'll be okay, running off on her own like that?
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＠Ereshkigal
Ahh. Nice and dark, thoroughly damp, spacious while still feeling claustrophobic... It's just like being back in Kur.
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＠Ereshkigal
This should be perfect for helping the Gallû Spirits stay in shape.
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＠Ereshkigal
Now then, as the Queen of Kur, I suppose I'd better whip them into shape myself from time to time, or else they'll start to slack off something[line 2]
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＠Wu Zetian
[f x-large]More ghooosts!?
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＠Mash
That sounded like it was Wu Zetian[sr]screaming somewhere way off...
I imagine her earlier resilience was most likely the result of endorphins being produced in response to her extreme situation, which is to say: temporary.
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＠Paracelsus
Unfortunately...one's fears are not so easily overcome.
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＠Mash
Well, uh...I guess we should go look for her then?[sr]We can't go back without her, after all.
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＠Sanzang
Oh, then why don't you and [%1][sr]go back now and let me take care of that?
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＠Sanzang
Finding lost children is what we monks were made for! You know, besides the whole sutra thing.
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？1：Okay then... Thanks, Sanzang.
？！
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＠Sanzang
Nooo problem!
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＠Sanzang
Phew... We finally made it back...
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＠Wu Zetian
(Huff, huff...) Why? Why did King Darius have his undead Athanaton warriors brawl in that cave, TODAY of all days...?
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＠Wu Zetian
I even saw the giant wolf and headless man taking a nap there, and the creepy old mountain man in that corner... Why today!? I didn't hire ANY of them!
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＠Sanzang
It must have been the Buddha's guidance! I think he's got a thing for piling on extra trials like that!
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＠Wu Zetian
Well, I did not ask him for help, either! Hmph...
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＠Wu Zetian
By the way, on a different subject...
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＠Wu Zetian
...now that it is just the two of us, there is something[sr]I would like to ask you, Xuanzang Sanzang.
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＠Sanzang
Hm? What's up?
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＠Wu Zetian
...What did you think of my Tang[sr]dynasty while you were alive?
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＠Wu Zetian
I know it was officially Gaozong's dynasty,[sr]but that is merely a technicality.
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＠Wu Zetian
Even if you were solely focused on the sutras you brought back from the west, surely you must have heard something in the way of rumors.
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＠Sanzang
...Hmm.
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＠Sanzang
I really didn't hear much more than rumors, but I think I heard you did some terrible things to people.
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＠Sanzang
So as a servant of the Buddha, let me be clear.
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＠Sanzang
One should never be cruel or unkind to others![sr]For everything you do to them will be visited upon you!
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＠Wu Zetian
...
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＠Sanzang
...That said.
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＠Sanzang
Sometimes, we try to do the right thing,[sr]and it still ends up turning out badly.
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＠Sanzang
We are only human, you know.
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＠Sanzang
Honestly...I'm not one to talk, since I'm still in training and make a ton of mistakes myself...
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＠Sanzang
I can't be sure that what I do isn't making trouble for others, or isn't what others would consider to be bad.[sr]I still have so much training left to do...
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＠Wu Zetian
...I believed that what I did was right. I believed it was the only way to create a proper, just nation.
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＠Wu Zetian
That is why I did it. That much is absolutely true.[sr]...I am even willing to swear to the Buddha.
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＠Sanzang
Okay. In that case...I don't think[sr]I need to say anything more.
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＠Sanzang
Because...I can't give you the[sr]answer you really want me to.
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＠Sanzang
I'm a disciple of Buddha first and a citizen of Tang second. As they say, only Buddha knows for sure.
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＠Wu Zetian
Hmph. That is all I wanted to hear in response to that meaningless, throwaway question. It was inconsequential. I expected nothing from it.
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＠Sanzang
Yeah? Well good, it all works out, then!
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＠Sanzang
Still, I'll say this. Seeing you come all this way, thinking this much about who you are and who you want to be...
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＠Sanzang
...I think that's really amazing.
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＠Sanzang
We're all just lost children doing our best to find our way forward. As long as you keep up your training like that,[sr]I think you'll be just fine!
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＠Sanzang
Oh, and don't worry![sr]If it looks like you're about to go down a dark path...
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＠Sanzang
...I'll be there to pound the Buddha's proper teachings into you with all my heart and soul!
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＠Wu Zetian
...Good grief. You enlightened monks are more trouble than I realized. I think I preferred the corrupt ones.
