＄03-00-04-17-2-1 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1098176200 1 Aśvatthāman] [charaSet B 1098176300 1 "God Arjuna"] [scene 75600] [cameraFilter gray] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_75 0.1] [wt 1.0] ＠ I don't know anything about this Crypter stuff,[sr]but whatever they are, that one was still my Master. [k] ＠ Once he ordered me to leave Arjuna alone,[sr]I was able to hold back my urge to kill him. [k] ＠ But...once my Master was no longer my Master... [k] ＠ Once Arjuna slapped that curse on me like he was putting a collar on a stray dog, and then told me he was my new Master... [k] ＠ There was no way in hell I was going to take that. [k] ＠ I tried to kill him immediately after he cursed me. [k] ＠ I tried to kill him in the span of a single breath...[sr]In the blink of a goddamn eye. [k] ＠ But... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.4 0,-50] [wt 1.8] [charaFadeout B 0.4] ＠ ...it did nothing. [k] ＠ His incredible divine power stopped me, killed me, and brought me back to life. The curse ate away at my body, and I attacked him again. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_75 1.0 0.7] [fadeMove black 1.0 0.4] ＠ Over and over, I was stopped, killed, revived,[sr]and cursed. Stopped. Killed. Revived. Cursed. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_75 1.0 0.5] [fadeMove black 1.0 0.6] ＠ Every time he stopped me, I got angrier.[sr]Every time he killed me, I saw red. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_75 1.0 0.3] [fadeMove black 1.0 0.8] ＠ Every time he revived me, my fury grew. Every time he cursed me, I became still further enraged. [k] [messageOff] [fadeMove black 1.0 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_75 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [cameraFilter normal] [wipeOff] [scene 10000] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [se ad231] [scene 76600 0.2] [wt 0.4] [fadeout black 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 2.0] [scene 75600] [cameraFilter gray] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] ＠ Was I just buying time? No way. I wasn't nearly calm enough to think about drawing Arjuna's attention long enough to let my old Master escape. [k] ＠ ...Though I guess it ended up working out that way. [k] ＠ It was all just desperate fury, all simply in vain... [k] ＠ ...until my spirit finally broke. [k] [messageOff] [se ad437] [effect bit_talk_noise_gr] [wt 0.4] [effectStop bit_talk_noise_gr] ＠ Contorting bowels. Rage. (Hell). Every agony in the world. Tearing myself apart. Decimation of the ego.[sr](A single instant). Drool. Flickering consciousness. [k] [messageOff] [se ad437] [effect bit_talk_noise_gr] [wt 0.6] [effectStop bit_talk_noise_gr] ＠ Purple, red, green, black. Lost vocal chords. Spirit Origin violation. Existing, then not, then existing again. Poisonous thoughts. Defeat, pain, chills, hives, agony, fire, all on top of one another. A terrible curse. [k] ＠ How can I make this damn curse go away?[sr]...What do I have to do to be free of it? [k] ＠ If helping that damn god get the world he wants is the only way for me to escape this damn curse... [k] ＠ If this law far more merciful than[sr]death is the only way to go... [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] ＠ ...then I will BE rage. The moment I stop being angry is the moment I stop being me. So I decided I was going to stay angry all the damn time. [k] ＠ Once I knew I couldn't kill that god beyond gods like this, no matter how angry I got... [k] ＠ ...I instead chose to burn my own damn weakness with the fires of my rage until the very end. [k] ＠ It was humiliating for me.[sr]Along with idiotic, immature, and inferior. [k] ＠ But even so, thanks to that, I knew I'd be able to stay angry until my last breath. [k] ＠ I might've lost the bond with my true Master,[sr]and been forced to submit to my most hated enemy... [k] ＠ ...but at least in this, I still had my pride. [k] ＠ This way, I would at least be able to remain myself right up until this defective, evil world disappeared. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.4 0,-50] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.4 0,-50] [wt 1.0] ＠ Then I'll be able to hit that smug, all-knowing,[sr]all-powerful god with one last shot. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.5] ＠ I'll show him that even with his perfect little plan to recreate as he sees fit, and then only what he deems essential, he still couldn't stop me from being me. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [scene 10000] [cameraFilter normal] [wipeOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaSet A 1098176210 1 Aśvatthāman] [charaSet B 23003001 1 Ganesha] [charaSet C 1098123340 1 Koyanskaya] [charaSet D 1098127610 1 Peperoncino] [charaSet E 1019001 1 Rama] [charaSet F 1039001 1 Lakshmi] [charaSet G 98115300 1 Holmes] [charaSet H 8001410 1 Mash] [charaSet I 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet J 98115000 1 Effect] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] ＠ That way, right when everything's about to end,[sr]I'll get to laugh in his stupid face... [k] [messageOff] [wt 2.0] [se ad715] [effect bit_talk_h_slash01 0,0 V] [effect bit_talk_h_slash01 0,0 F] [wt 0.6] [se ad464] [effect bit_talk_35] [wt 1.5] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [scene 27710] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaShake A 0.05 3 3 0.8] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [charaMove A 0,-30 0.8] [wt 0.3] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [se ad716] [seVolume ad716 0 0.8] [wt 0.5] [seStop ad716 1.0] [wt 1.2] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino ...You really are an odd bird, aren't you? [k] ＠Peperoncino You actually chose to keep losing to Arjuna and his curse just so you could continue to be yourself. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 17] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Exactly. And thanks to that, he's done for,[sr]since there's no possible way to save him. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 5] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama ...Yes, I'm sure there isn't. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaShake A 0.05 3 3 0.4] ＠Aśvatthāman Khh... Ugh, this goddamn pisses me off.[sr]So what're you gonna do now, huh? [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Aśvatthāman You gonna tear me to shreds with that sword of evil's bane? Sounds great. Do it. Come on, do it! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama Even if I did tear you to shreds,[sr]your body would simply regenerate. [k] ＠Rama I suspect it's your connection to Arjuna's nigh-infinite supply of magical energy that forces it to do so. [k] ＠Rama Then, once your body is cursed again, it is subjected to endless torment for all of eternity... [k] [charaFace E 1] ＠Rama Hehe. But, fortunately for you, I know of[sr]a way to do something about that curse. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman What'd you just say? [k] ？1：Way to go, Your Majesty! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama Why thank you, Master. Take a moment to drink in my regal glory if you like. [k] ＠Rama My brother and Sita would often look at me like that... [k] ？2：Ramaaa!!! Attaboooy!!! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 2] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama Hey! You were supposed to gaze at me in awe and admiration there! [k] ＠Rama What are you[line 2]Don't you pat my head![sr]I'm a king! I deserve far more respect than that! [k] ？！ [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Ha. You and your damn nonsense are pissing me off.[sr]What the hell can you even do about this curse? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama This. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] [se ad39] [charaEffect A bit_talk_radiallight02] [wt 1.5] [charaEffectStop A] [wt 0.5] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.8] [charaSet A 1098176200 1 Aśvatthāman] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [fowardEffect bit_talk_radiallight01] [se ad39] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad39 1.0] [fadeout white 1.5] [wt 1.0] [se ad596] [fowardEffectStop bit_talk_radiallight01] [wt 0.5] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaSet E 1098168000 1 Rama] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [wt 0.2] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [charaFace E 5] ＠Rama ...Ngh. This is...quite something, isn't it... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 3] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino Whoa, whoa, whoa! What did you just do!?[sr]Don't tell me you[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Huh!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_82 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [charaShake E 0.05 3 3 0.4] ＠Rama (Cough) Krishna and I...are both avatars of Vishnu...basically beings of the same nature. [k] ＠Rama So if your curse comes from Krishna's power,[sr]I should be more than capable of affecting it. [k] ＠Rama While I can't completely destroy it, of course,[sr]I can at least transfer it from your body to mine... [k] [charaShake E 0.05 3 3 0.4] [charaFace E 2] ＠Rama Ghh, nnngh! Ow ow ow ow! [k] [charaFace E 1] ＠Rama ...I am an invincible king. I'm not about to complain about the pain from a little curse like this. If you thought you just heard otherwise, then I suggest you have your ears checked. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Ganesha ... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 11] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Lakshmi Y-you're out of your mind! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Ugh, I can't stand that sort of simpering self-sacrificing nonsense. If you subject me to any more of this, I'm going to start demanding compensation. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Whoa, whoa, what the hell? Are you stupid or something? Dammit, this pisses me off. I'm still just as angry as ever. [k] ＠Aśvatthāman If I don't have to worry about being held hostage to my damn curse anymore... If there's nothing holding me back... [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Aśvatthāman Arjuna was always my mortal enemy, even before he made himself into some kind of god! There's no way in hell I'm not gonna revolt against him! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Mash !!! [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman But what's the damn point of me being free of my curse if you just end up cursed in my place!? [k] ＠Aśvatthāman All you're doing is gaining one guy and losing another![sr]It's simple math, dammit! Ugh, you frickin' piss me off! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama Don't be ridiculous. Of course I've thought of that. [k] [charaFace E 0] ＠Rama As an avatar of Vishnu, Krishna's curse shouldn't affect me as much as it affected you. [k] ＠Rama Let's say it brings me down to half my normal strength. [k] ＠Rama But in exchange for that strength, we get Aśvatthāman, the hero of the Kauravas. [k] ＠Rama A man who is not only an exceptionally skilled warrior, but a tactician clever enough to serve as commander in chief. [k] ＠Rama That is to say, you are a Servant who can fulfill more than just one role. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_82 1.5] [charaFace E 1] ＠Rama So while we may have lost half a warrior, we effectively gain two to make up for it! That's a net gain of one and a half warriors! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman ... [k] [messageOff] [charaMoveScale A 1.1 0.8] [charaMove A 0,15 0.8] [wt 1.0] ？1：He's stalking over to me now... ？2：He's glaring at me something fierce... ？！ ＠Aśvatthāman You. This guy's your Servant, right?[sr]...Does that mean I should be angry at you? [k] ？1：Go easy on me, please! ？2：I'm sorry! I'm sorry! ？！ [charaSet F 1098124510 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaMoveScale A 1.0 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Mash A-at any rate! Can I please ask you something just to be sure, Aśvatthāman!? [k] [charaFace H 7] ＠Mash Now that you're not cursed anymore,[sr]you no longer have a reason to obey Arjuna. [k] ＠Mash So...does that mean you're willing to help us now? [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Tch. What'd you go and ask that for? [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1]You went and[sr]reminded me of how completely pathetic I've been. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Hmm. I never expected Rama to take on the curse himself, but the benefits of this trade-off may well outweigh the drawbacks. [k] ＠Holmes Having Arjuna's last Lōkapāla come over to our side would be quite the boon indeed. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] [charaMoveReturn I 0,30 0.3] ＠Fou Fo fou, fooou![wait charaMove][charaMoveReturn I 0,30 0.3] [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino ... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman What's that look supposed to mean, ex-Master? If you want to laugh at me, go ahead. It'll give me another reason to be angry. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino Oh, it's not that. I was just thinking how you really are just how you appear through my Tashintsu. You wear your heart on your sleeve...so to speak. [k] ＠Peperoncino So that thing rooted deep inside you is anger. That's what drove you to the Pandavas in the middle of the night. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Hey, I just have to ask: Haven't you ever wished you could just let all your anger go? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Why? 'Cause it's the whole reason I ended up like this? [k] ＠Aśvatthāman Yeah, yeah. I know my anger is what ended up getting me cursed by Krishna while I was alive. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci But you might eventually be able to let go[sr]of it if you'd stayed with Arjuna, right? [k] ＠Da Vinci I doubt he'd want any “defective emotions” in his perfect world, after all. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Aha, now I get it. [k] ＠Aśvatthāman You think I regret giving up that chance to get rid of this anger, don't you? [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Haha. Hahaha. Don't be an idiot.[sr]Why the hell would I ever regret that? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 8] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino It's true, Da Vinci. You've got it backwards.[sr]Anger is everything to him right now. [k] ＠Peperoncino In fact, I think he made sure his anger would be the one part of him to stick around by constantly proving that he was useful with it. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Mash (They were only Master and Servant for a short time, and they're absolutely nothing alike.) [k] ＠Mash (And yet, in spite of that,[sr]Pepe and Aśvatthāman really seem to click.) [k] ＠Mash (Maybe this is what they call chemistry...?) [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Aśvatthāman Yeah. Right now, anger and me are one and the same. It was the one way I had to avenge my father and friend's humiliation. [k] ＠Aśvatthāman If we were back in Kurukshetra when that war was still going on, and they'd been humiliated again... [k] ＠Aśvatthāman ...I'd do the same damn thing without hesitating.[sr]Every time. [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Aśvatthāman I'd have used my anger as a weapon to avenge my father and friend, even if I ended up cursed every damn time! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Peperoncino Got it. I knew you were awkward and simpleminded...but I also know that's why I can trust you. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Okay then, why don't we find somewhere we can relax and figure out our next course of action? You're a tactician too, right? Can't wait to see what you come up with. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama All right, let's[line 2][wt 0.8][charaFace E 2][charaShake E 0.05 3 3 0.3]Ghh! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Ganesha Hah! You look like an old man[sr]who just threw out his back. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama I'm fine, you hear me!? My body just, uh,[sr]hasn't quite adjusted to this curse yet. [k] ＠Rama J-just give me a moment.[sr]I'll be up and about in no time... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Ganesha You know we don't have time to wait around.[sr]Guess I'll just have to give you a piggyback ride. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Rama A-all right. This is degrading, but I do get the feeling I've had something similar happen to me before. [k] [charaFace E 4] ＠Rama ...Perhaps it is just part of my destiny to suffer piggyback rides now and then... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 2.0] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]