$94-00-58-18-1-0 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_EVENT_28 0.1] [charaSet A 98100400 1 Mash] [charaSet D 2025200 1 Anne] [charaSet F 2025100 1 Mary] [scene 30400] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @Mary What a marvelous cornfield![sr]Thank you, Master! [k] @Anne It looks like we'll be able to harvest a generous amount of corn, no? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Yes... By the way, you mentioned something earlier, but how are corn and pirates connected? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @Mary Right. Mash, Master.[sr]Where do you think is famous for its corn? [k] ?1:The Andes? ?2:No clue... [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Yes... I feel like America would surpass other countries in amount of corn produced. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] ?! @Mary Right. Originally, corn was almost only found in the Americas. [k] @Mary But, at some point it spread to Europe, where we lived at the time. [k] @Anne One man brought it back to Europe from the American continent. [k] @Mary Yes. The man's name was Christopher Columbus. [k] ?1:I've heard of him. ?2:He crossed the Atlantic, right? ?! @Mary It wasn't just corn, either. [k] @Mary Because of him, all kinds of things started to spread throughout Europe that were not formerly there. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Yes, I have heard that his actions led to an unprecedented exchange of flora, fauna, and culture [k] @Mash between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.[sr]They call this phenomenon the “Columbian Exchange.” [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @Mary Oh, I didn't know there was a term for it. [k] @Anne Well, label it however you like.[sr]But if you think about it, it's pretty amazing, right? [k] @Anne Things that people never knew existed... [k] @Anne People from opposite parts of the world probably had no idea other things existed in other places. [k] @Anne Yet such unimaginable things began to spread into their culture one after the other until they were regarded as normal. What people took for granted was completely transformed. [k] @Mary So, here's my thinking. [k] @Mary Columbus's long voyage robbed both continents of their so-called “common knowledge.” [k] @Mary In that sense, that would make Columbus the great forefather of pirates like us. [k] @Anne So we're going to show our respect to our great founder with this cornfield. [k] @Anne Maybe someday we will be lucky enough to plunder some great treasure that will shock the whole world! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_28 2.0] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]