(Huff, huff, [charaMoveReturn C 0,-4 0.3][wt 0.5]huff...) [charaMoveReturn C 0,-4 0.3][wt 0.5][sr]I got the golem cores!
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@Billy
Damn, but I'm beat.
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@Avicebron
Excellent. It seems this version of[sr]Russia is well-suited to golem-making.
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?1:Sorry about this, Patxi.
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@Patxi
You should be![sr]It was damn tough, even WITH the pickax!
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?2:I wish I could help too.
@Patxi
Those arms of yours are so scrawny,[sr]I can't imagine you doing anything with them!
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?!
@Patxi
All right, I got a little meat.[sr]Not much, but it's better than not eating.
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@Avicebron
Very well, I will keep working to make as many golems as I can in the time we have. Let me know when the rebel army is about to move out.
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@Billy
Got it.[sr]Shanshan, c'mon over and learn this fella's scent.
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@Avicebron
...Are you sure he can?
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@Billy
Good point. You seem like you ain't got much of an odor to you. How 'bout he learns the smell of the earth makin' up these golems instead?
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@Avicebron
That does seem like it would work better.[sr]All right, I will await your message.
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@Billy
Got it. Okay, let's head back then.
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@Patxi
Man, you could almost cut the tension with a knife...
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@Atalante Alter
Of course. This excursion will be nothing like the[sr]small-scale skirmishes we have been waging thus far.
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@Atalante Alter
Not to mention there is a very real risk that we may have to deal with a large number of Oprichniki.
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?1:Atalante!
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@Atalante Alter
What is it, Chaldeans? Is something on your mind?
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@Mash
Yes, as a matter of fact...
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@Atalante Alter
A massacre, huh...
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@Atalante Alter
...True. It would be dishonest of me to say that the possibility never crossed my mind.
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@Atalante Alter
But what of it?[sr]I have a duty to keep these rebels safe.
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@Atalante Alter
It falls to me to save the parents attempting to atone for their children's deaths with their own lives.
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@Atalante Alter
I understand that this is not the sort of majestic act that will stop this nightmarish chain of events.
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@Atalante Alter
However, so long as a massacre remains only a possibility and not a certainty...I cannot concern myself with it.
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@Atalante Alter
...Do you know what it feels like to be a soldier given food meant for starving children, just so you do not collapse from hunger on the battlefield?
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@Atalante Alter
Perhaps the truly contemptible thing is neither the Tsar, nor the Oprichniki...
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@Atalante Alter
...but this very world,[sr]for making it nearly impossible to grow grain here.
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@Patxi
The world itself, huh...
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@Atalante Alter
At any rate, there is still some time before we depart. I will pass on your concerns to the soldiers myself.
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@Mash
Thank you, Atalante!
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@Atalante Alter
...It is almost more than I can bear, [%1].
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@Atalante Alter
Like Billy and Beowulf,[sr]I have no memory of fighting to restore humanity.
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@Atalante Alter
But, is fighting[line 2]saving the world,[sr]supposed to be this painful?
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@Atalante Alter
I...cannot tell any longer.
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@Grand Duchess
...Metropolitan Macarius.[sr]The Tsar wishes to see you.
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@Priest
Does he now?[sr]How unusual for him to wake up at this time of day.
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@Priest
He must have had a bad dream.[sr]Very well, I'll be right there.
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@Grand Duchess
...Do hurry, please.[sr]If you upset him, even you may not survive his ire.
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@Priest
That could be difficult. It is my job to sway the Tsar's decisions. I cannot simply tell him what he wishes to hear to the exclusion of all else.
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@Priest
I must be frank, even if he may not like what I have to say. Isn't that the role of Metropolitan Macarius?
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@Grand Duchess
...“Metropolitan Macarius”, huh?
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@Grand Duchess
May I ask you something...Father?
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@Priest
Of course.
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@Grand Duchess
I can't tell what it is you want.[sr]I can't tell what your ultimate goal is.
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@Grand Duchess
...And I can't tell what you really think.
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@Priest
I desire what you desire, Grand Duchess.[sr]You and I wish for the same things.
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@Priest
I promise you, that much is true. If I were asked to choose a side, I would absolutely choose yours.
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@Grand Duchess
Huh?
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@Priest
...Heh. Forgive me, that joke was in poor taste.[sr]Just the improper remarks of a certain foolish man.
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@Priest
To you, that must have sounded downright abusive.[sr]Please, forget I said anything.
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@Priest
I am here to do my job, nothing more. Even if I must reduce myself to a pawn in the process.
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@Priest
I am here to sing the praises of survival, to offer condolences upon death, to confer blessings upon all manner of life...
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@Priest
...and to bring salvation to the forlorn souls of this eternal tundra. Right now, that is all I am concerned with, Your Imperial Highness.
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@Grand Duchess
...I see.[sr]Go on, you shouldn't keep the Tsar waiting.
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@Kadoc
Good, he's gone. I still have no idea what that guy's really thinking.
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@Grand Duchess
It's strange.[sr]I don't distrust him as much as you do.
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@Kadoc
You're kidding me. He's one of the[sr]Servants that not even Wodime can control.
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@Kadoc
You know, the guys Wodime calls the Disciples of the Foreign God? In some ways, they're even more trouble than Chaldea...
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@Grand Duchess
...That's true. And I know we shouldn't trust them,[sr]just like we shouldn't trust Koyanskaya.
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@Grand Duchess
But, for some reason...
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@Grand Duchess
...I really do feel like Father Macarius is going to stick with us to the end, no matter what.
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@Kadoc
...?
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@Priest
I know you're there, Gottlieb.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
...Are you here to anger the Tsar, Macarius?[sr]He's dreaming peacefully now. Don't wake him.
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@B:Priest
It's my duty as the Metropolitan of Moscow to inform the Tsar how his campaigns are faring. Don't worry, I won't make an ordeal out of it.
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@B:Priest
The Tsar allowed his anger to get the better of him not too long ago, and ended up wiping an entire village off the map.
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@B:Priest
He feels very bad about that, you see, so I imagine he will devote himself to prayer for some time as penance.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
Is that all?
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@D:Amadeus Alter
If you have nothing to say to the Tsar, then I assume you have something to say to me. What is it?
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@Priest
I was just curious how you are feeling,[sr]now that you have materialized as a Servant.
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@Priest
After all, you and I are much alike.
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@Priest
Neither of us would generally be expected to become a Heroic Spirit. It's only thanks to finding a suitable human body that we were able to become Servants.
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@Priest
And it IS nice, being a Servant. No need to[sr]worry about wasted time on sleep or meals.
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@Priest
But of course, just because it's possible[sr]to do so doesn't mean it's pleasant.
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@Priest
Gottlieb, you must be tired of doing[sr]nothing but playing the piano all day.
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@Priest
Now is your chance to fulfill your true purpose as a Servant. You are to leave for Yaga Kazan.
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@Priest
A band of rebels comprised of ex-nobility has taken the city over. Go there with the Oprichniki and wipe them all out as quickly as possible.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
You want me to leave my piano?[sr]...What are you thinking?
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@Priest
Worry not, I will handle your duties in your absence.[sr]They were mine before you were summoned, after all.
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@Priest
Rest assured that the Tsar will be[sr]duly pacified while you are gone.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
...Very well.
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@Priest
Make sure you do a good job, Maestro. If you don't, this Lostbelt will be subjected to an even more torturous hell.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
Was I not summoned to ensure that hell endures?
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@D:Amadeus Alter
...Fine then, I will kill them all.[sr]Make sure the Oprichniki can keep up with me.
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@D:Amadeus Alter
Somebody, fetch me a Bicorn!
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@Priest
I wish you luck, Gottlieb.
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@Priest
Or would you prefer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
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@Amadeus Alter
...Thank you. I shall ensure those who defy[sr]the Tsar meet with swift and terrible death.