＄94-01-53-07-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1098116900 1 Enkidu] [charaSet B 1098116400 1 Ishtar] [charaSet C 5032000 1 Nero] [charaSet D 4027001 1 "Altria Alter"] [charaSet E 6028001 1 Nitocris] [charaSet F 1098117200 1 Helena] [charaSet G 3029002 1 Minamoto-no-Raikou] [charaSet H 7029000 1 "Oda Nobunaga"] [scene 45200] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [se ad54] [shake 0.03 2 2 0.4] [wt 1.2] [se ad54] [shake 0.03 2 2 0.4] [wt 1.0] [se ad54] [shake 0.03 2 2 0.4] [wt 1.2] [se ad54] [shake 0.03 2 2 0.4] [wt 1.0] [se ad228] [seVolume ad228 0 0.9] [seStop ad228 1.5] [shake 0.03 3 3 1.0] [scene 45201 0.7] [wt 0.6] [se ad216] [seVolume ad216 0 0.4] [wt 0.4] [fadeout white 1.5] [wt 0.7] [se ad79] [seVolume ad79 0 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [scene 45110] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.4 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Ishtar Looks like you're all here. Remember everyone: the race is still on, so I'm keeping track of how long it took each of you to get here! [k] ＠Ishtar Now, as for the prisoner in this checkpoint... [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Ishtar This time, I'm not going to say anything.[sr]I want all of you to talk this out among yourselves. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.2] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.2] ＠A：??? Well, hello there.[sr]It's not often I get visitors. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Nero Hm? Is this the one that scorpion woman told us about? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 10] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Altria Alter It seems so, yes. This is the “dangerous criminal” she mentioned. They certainly seem to be getting a different sort of treatment than the rest of the prisoners. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 8] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Nitocris Those are some awfully secure bonds.[sr]It's almost hard to believe we're in the same prison... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Helena Well, it's not as if they've been completely denied any freedom. Look, they're using their chains to pick up and read...clay tablets? [k] ＠Helena ...It may look like a pretty analog setup,[sr]but its inner mechanisms are amazing. [k] ＠Helena All they need do is brush their fingertips across the surface, and it changes to the next page. I wonder what time period it's from... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠A：??? Books are great. You should all read the book of the gods. It will give you knowledge, and help you grow as a person. [k] ＠A：??? As far as I'm concerned, there is no downside whatsoever to learning the teachings of the gods. [k] ＠A：??? It's like a book of instructions,[sr]or maybe commands, or specifications... [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠A：??? Hmm, I can see none of that interests you.[sr]Well then, let me introduce myself. [k] ＠Enkidu I'm Enkidu, the thought criminal from the Age of Gods. I've been a prisoner here so long I've lost track of time. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Minamoto-no-Raikou May I ask what you did to warrant such a lengthy incarceration, and in such confining restraints? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Enkidu Well, the short version is probably that I refused to obey Medb and become one of her subjects. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 7] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris That can't possibly be the only reason you've been kept here like this. Are you sure there isn't anything else? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Oda Nobunaga Yeah, come on! Be honest with us. Surely you must have done something else to land you here? [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Oda Nobunaga My impression of you was that you had done something like, say...force people to play a game where they have to look for a bomb you've hidden in a teapot... [k] ＠Oda Nobunaga ...or maybe trick some weak-willed people into starting a riot with words alone. You know, some sort of devilish criminal genius plot like that. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Enkidu Impressions, eh. That was certainly part of it.[sr]As soon as Medb saw me, she said: [k] [charaFace A 2] ＠Enkidu “That face! That's the face of a dastardly mastermind! A psychopath who thinks as little of plotting to overthrow nations as he does making his morning tea!” [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Enkidu “That's the kind of criminal who would come up with the sort of calculated, coldhearted plot that could throw the entire kingdom of Connacht into pandemonium and somehow leave their hands completely clean when it was all over!” [k] [charaFace A 2] ＠Enkidu “That's the kind of loathsome deviant we're dealing with here! Everyone, get them!” [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Enkidu And just like that, they brought me here, no questions asked. It was, as they say, a trumped-up charge. [k] [charaSet B 1031001 1 Fran] [charaSet E 2023000 1 "Professor M"] [charaSet H 5030001 1 "Caster of Storytelling"] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Fran Uh. Poor thing. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Enkidu Well, there's no telling what the future holds. [k] ＠Enkidu It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that I might come up with such a plot the next day. So Medb may not have been entirely off-base. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Nero (He is certainly reacting to his circumstances remarkably well! Or is he actually a she?) [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 6] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Minamoto-no-Raikou ...Nonetheless, you did not actually commit any crimes, correct? [k] [charaFace G 5] ＠Minamoto-no-Raikou And even if you had, there is no way you could hope to reform while bound as you are. As a prefect, I cannot overlook this transgression. [k] [se ad51] [wt 0.3] ＠Minamoto-no-Raikou Stay right where you are.[sr]Do not move a muscle. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.4] [se bac136] [charaEffect A bit_talk_12] [wt 1.0] [charaEffectStop A bit_talk_12] [se ad110] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 0.7] [charaSet A 3008000 1 Enkidu] [wt 0.7] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] ＠Enkidu My, it's been so long since I've had my restraints removed for anything other than meals. [k] ＠Enkidu Thank you. Those restraints were made to be impossible for me to remove on my own, so there's no telling how long I might have had to stay here if you hadn't come along. [k] ＠Enkidu As you can see, Queen Medb's weakness is the fact that she is focused solely on restraining criminals, and is thus helpless against other forms of power. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Enkidu Her authority must only extend to captured criminals, and doesn't have any effect on external sources of power. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Enkidu Say, I know this is shameless of me since you've already been kind enough to help me, but since it's been so long since I've been free, I hope you don't mind if I ask you for another favor? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Altria Alter What is it?[sr]Do you wish for me to clean this room for you? [k] [charaFace D 11] ＠Altria Alter Right now, I am a summer maid devoted to serving Master. However, I would be willing to make a house call if [&he:she] were to grant me permission. [k] [charaFace D 0] ＠Altria Alter That would even give me an excuse to employ the Maid Rewards Cards I made, though I never truly believed I would have a chance to make use of them. [k] ＠Altria Alter Very well, your pleas have convinced me, I shall clean up everything in this room so fast it will make your head spin...[charaFace D 1]and I shall not stop until, with tears in your eyes, you beg me to do so. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Enkidu No, it's not that. I mean, I WOULD love for you to clean up the rust and mold that's built up here over the years, but I have something else in mind. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Enkidu I've been bound up in here for so long that I'm a little worried I may not be fully functional. [k] ＠Enkidu It's not exactly an urgent matter right now...but as a weapon, it would be very embarrassing to find out I wasn't functioning properly in the middle of a battle. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Enkidu Could I ask you to assist me in a combat test,[sr]so I can see how everything is working? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 0.3] [wt 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Nero If you and Gorgon are anything to go by, it would seem the prisoners here are severely bereft of playmates. [k] [charaFace C 8] ＠Nero Although, I suppose I cannot say I am surprised, given how you have been forced to live in a moldy, rat-infested cell like this for so long. [k] [charaFace C 1] ＠Nero Fortunately for you, I am as generous as I am kind. Children often asked me to play with them when I traveled around town incognito, and I would gladly oblige them. [k] ＠Nero Of course, I am also an exemplary emperor who takes every one of her pursuits seriously, so I always ended up beating them so soundly they would go home bawling! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Helena Ugh. That's really not something to brag about, you know. [k] [charaFace F 1] ＠Helena Still, in this case, I guess it's okay,[sr]since there are so many of us here. [k] [charaFace F 0] ＠Helena This could even be a more efficient way of introducing ourselves! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] ＠Caster of Storytelling Ahh...[sr]Why is everyone here always so eager for a fight? [k] [charaFace H 6] ＠Caster of Storytelling And here I was hoping that being confined in a death row prison might keep me safe from dangerous and potentially deadly situations. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]