$03-00-04-18-1-0 [soundStopAll] [skip false] [scene 10000] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [maskin black 1] [wait mask] [se ad765] [seVolume ad765 0 0.6] [effect bit_talk_yuga_clock_14] [wt 2.3] [se ad758] [wt 13.0] [fadeout black 1.0] [seStop ad765 1.0] [seStop ad758 1.0] [wait fade] [effectStop bit_talk_yuga_clock_14] [effectDestroy bit_talk_yuga_clock_14] [wt 0.5] [skip true] [charaSet A 98115300 1 Holmes] [charaSet B 1098124510 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet C 1098176200 1 Aśvatthāman] [charaSet D 1039001 1 Lakshmi] [charaSet E 1098127610 1 Peperoncino] [charaSet F 8001410 1 Mash] [charaSet G 23003001 1 Ganesha] [charaSet H 1098123340 1 Koyanskaya] [charaSet I 1098123210 1 Goredolf] [charaSet J 5009000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [scene 74901] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Holmes ...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 23] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Hm? Something wrong, Holmes? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Holmes No, it's nothing. For a moment, it seemed as though there was something off about the surrounding area... Hopefully, it was nothing more than a momentary sensor malfunction. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman Hmm. So you thought to use people's faith to tear Arjuna down from his divine throne, huh. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Lakshmi Unfortunately, it didn't work. I never thought even the false god would be so heartless as to cast away every person who lost their faith in him. [k] @Lakshmi I should have known better than to hope for even so much as that from him... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.0] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Peperoncino Honestly, we're kind of stumped right now.[sr]I don't suppose you have any good ideas? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman ... [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaFace C 0] @Aśvatthāman You're on the right track. [k] @Aśvatthāman Taking away Arjuna's god status is almost certainly the only way we'll be able to beat him. [k] ?1:But... ?! [charaFace C 4] @Aśvatthāman I know, dammit. Obviously, we can't count on the people of this world to help with that anymore. [k] [charaFace C 0] @Aśvatthāman So then, our only choice is to use something else.[sr]Assuming we even can, anyway. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 25] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Da Vinci IS there something else we can use? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 7] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman Ugh, dammit, I really didn't want to bring this up since it's a big whole all-or-nothing deal, and that pisses me the hell off. [k] @Aśvatthāman If we mess it up, we'll all be dead and gone. And even if it works, it'd still only give us a tiny chance of coming out on top. [k] [charaFace C 4] @Aśvatthāman You still wanna hear it? [k] ?1:Like you said, we don't have any other choice. ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Right. Please tell us, Aśvatthāman.[sr]Whatever it is, we're ready to hear it. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 0] @Aśvatthāman ...The biggest factor in Arjuna remaining a god and in control of this world is that he's the one advancing the yuga cycle. [k] @Aśvatthāman The obvious idea that anyone capable of destroying and recreating the world would have to be a god, only reinforces his position as one. [k] @Aśvatthāman So as long as he keeps the yuga cycle going,[sr]he's pretty much a perfect god. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 3] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ganesha Makes sense. I mean, you'd have to be one helluva god to remake the whole damn world... [k] [charaFace G 5] @Ganesha Oh crap, that sort of thinking's part[sr]of the problem, isn't it!? Dammit! [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 1.0] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman But if we look at it another way,[sr]that advantage is also a weakness. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_63 0.1] [charaFace C 0] @Aśvatthāman If we can defy that world remaking, even just a tiny bit, then he won't be a perfect god any longer. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Koyanskaya Hmm, I see. Since remaking the world is such a massive undertaking, even the tiniest flaw would have a big impact. [k] @Koyanskaya Like how a single scratch in a large precious gem makes its value plummet. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash But, how would we actually do that? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman That's the problem. We can't take the safe or easy way out with something like this. [k] [charaFace C 4] @Aśvatthāman We'd have to face Arjuna's world[sr]destroying Noble Phantasm head-on... [k] @Aśvatthāman ...refuse to disappear, and continue our existence as continuous entities. [k] @Aśvatthāman Once we've done that, we'll have proven his fallibility, and really messed up the idea of him as some perfect god. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 8] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Goredolf A-are you serious!? You want us to face that terrifying Noble Phantasm head-on!? [k] @Goredolf I thought you were an actual tactician, not an armchair general, you fool! It doesn't matter how plausible something seems if it can't actually be DONE! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Aśvatthāman Shut up, dammit! You think I don't know that!?[sr]That's why I'm saying IF we could pull it off! [k] [charaFace C 0] @Aśvatthāman ...So that's the plan. An almost suicidal battle of endurance where one wrong move means you're gone for good. [k] @Aśvatthāman How about it?[sr]Anyone here think they can pull that off? [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.5] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_63 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]