I've managed to lay claim to the victor's cup...but now comes the real problem.
[k]
[charaFace B 7]
＠Nitocris
How do I report this to Pharaoh Ozymandias without seeming either too excited or too disinterested?
[k]
＠Nitocris
Something tells me that it would be inappropriate for a pharaoh to be too happy about a victory that should have been a certainty anyway...
[k]
＠Nitocris
But at the same time, acting like it was no big deal would belie how difficult it actually was to win, and make me a small-minded liar...
[k]
[charaFace B 8]
＠Nitocris
Hmm... Mmm...
[k]
[messageOff]
[charaFadeout B 0.1]
[se ad311]
[wt 1.0]
[bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.7]
[seStop ad311 0.7]
[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 0]
[charaFadein C 0.4 1]
＠Ozymandias
So, you have returned, Nitocris.
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[charaFadeout C 0.1]
[bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1]
[charaTalk B]
[charaFace C 0]
[charaFadein C 0.1 0]
[charaFace B 3]
[charaFadein B 0.1 2]
＠Nitocris
Ph-Pharaoh Ozymandias!
[k]
[charaFace B 9]
＠Nitocris
(...I guess I'll just have to go with the flow!)
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[charaFace B 2]
＠Nitocris
That's right.[sr]I, Nitocris, have returned as the victor!
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[charaFace C 0]
＠Ozymandias
Of course you have. That is hardly surprising or interesting. But I suppose I will ask you this.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
What were your thoughts...your feelings upon winning?
[k]
[charaFace B 9]
＠Nitocris
W-well, uh...[sr]I suppose first and foremost...
[k]
＠Nitocris
I am relieved that I did not fail to live up to your expectations of me, Pharaoh Ozymandias.
[k]
[charaFace C 5]
＠Ozymandias
...
[k]
[charaFace B 4]
＠Nitocris
(Oh no, he's displeased! I knew it![sr]I really am a failure as a pharaoh!)
[k]
[charaFace C 5]
＠Ozymandias
...Why do you not rejoice?
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[charaFace B 8]
＠Nitocris
Huh? W-well...as you said, Pharaoh Ozymandias,[sr]a pharaoh's victory should have been a certainty!
[k]
＠Nitocris
And yet, I had to struggle till the very end.
[k]
[charaFace C 5]
＠Ozymandias
A struggle, hmm?[sr]Indeed, as pharaohs, our victories ARE certain.
[k]
[charaFace C 9]
＠Ozymandias
But in your case...I knew all along how you would struggle to accomplish yours.
[k]
[charaFace C 5]
＠Ozymandias
However, that has nothing to do with this.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
If a pharaoh could truly win merely by virtue of being a pharaoh, there would have been no need for you to enter this race to begin with.
[k]
[charaFace B 4]
＠Nitocris
Th-then...why DID you allow me to enter it, Pharaoh Ozymandias?
[k]
＠Nitocris
If you knew what would happen all along, then...
[k]
[charaFace C 0]
＠Ozymandias
Yes, of course I knew how it would end.[sr]That is precisely why I let you enter.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
I wanted you to claim the glory of victory with your own hands, and see how thrilled you were upon doing so.
[k]
[charaFace B 7]
＠Nitocris
Huh...?
[k]
[charaFace C 0]
＠Ozymandias
The victory itself was not what interested me.[sr]That was indeed inevitable. Boring.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
Instead...I was expecting you to return with something else worth seeing.
[k]
[charaFace C 5]
＠Ozymandias
And yet you did not. This should have been quite the spectacle, interesting at the very least, but it bores me. There is only one problem here, Pharaoh Nitocris.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
You have disrespected me by failing to live up to my imagination. Do not make me sigh in disappointment.
[k]
＠Ozymandias
...Hmph. This is what comes of thinking too shallowly.
[k]
[bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 0.7]
[charaFace B 2]
＠Nitocris
...!
[k]
[charaFace C 6]
＠Ozymandias
I shall pardon this mistake of yours only once.[sr]Try again.
[k]
[charaFace B 6]
＠Nitocris
Y-yes, sir![sr]In that case...
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[bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1]
[charaFace B 1]
＠Nitocris
I won, Pharaoh Ozymandias![sr]I, a pharaoh, went out there and claimed my victory!
[k]
[charaFace C 1]
＠Ozymandias
Good. Well done, Nitocris! That is how the pharaoh of the heavens ought to look! THAT is truly an expression worthy of the sun itself!
[k]
[messageOff]
[bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.4 0.5]
[wipeout rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.4 1]
[wait wipe]
[charaFadeout C 0.1]
[charaFadeout B 0.1]
[cameraMove 0.1 -100,-20 1.3]
[wt 0.3]
[wipein rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.4 1]
[wait wipe]
[charaTalk B]
[charaFace B 1]
[charaFadein B 0.1 128,-80]
[charaScale B 0.7]
[wt 1.2]
[charaFadeout B 0.4]
[wt 0.4]
[cameraMove 0.7 0,0 1.0]
[wt 1.0]
[charaTalk A]
[charaFace A 0]
[charaFadein A 0.4 1]
＠Partner Caster
Even if this is what we agreed on, I still feel bad about keeping the reward all to myself, so I thought I would at least come and thank her once again.
[k]
＠Partner Caster
...But it seems it would be best if I came back later.
[k]
[messageOff]
[charaFadeout A 0.1]
[wt 0.1]
[cameraMove 0.4 -100,-20 1.3]
[wt 0.5]
[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 2]
[charaFadein C 0.1 128,-80]
[charaScale C 0.7]
[wt 1.2]
[charaFadeout C 0.4]
[wt 0.4]
[cameraMove 0.4 0,0 1.0]
[wt 0.7]
[charaTalk A]
[charaFace A 7]
[charaFadein A 0.2 1]
＠Partner Caster
That man is the kind of king I dislike dealing with the most...
[k]
＠Partner Caster
Even if I can act to be certain of not dying at his hand, you never know what he might do next...
[k]
[charaFace A 0]
＠Partner Caster
Besides, I could never face her if I ended up losing this talisman she made for me on the very first day...
[k]
＠Partner Caster
At any rate, it seems that the Singularity in question has been dealt with successfully.
[k]
＠Partner Caster
I hope that our racing helped to make things easier for Master, if only a little...
[k]
[charaFace A 7]
＠Partner Caster
...Though I suppose whether that was enough to atone for my sins will have to be a story for another night.
[k]
＠Partner Caster
For the moment, I should just make certain that this story wraps up neatly.
[k]
[charaFace A 3]
＠Partner Caster
So on that note... This concludes the summer tale of the fierce, yet kind, pharaoh.
[k]
＠Partner Caster
If you wish to hear the next tale, then I beg you:[sr]please don't kill me...
