$94-08-25-17-1-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1057000 1 Sétanta] [charaSet B 6048001 1 Locusta] [charaSet C 6048000 1 Locusta_First] [charaSet D 1098261300 1 "Nero (Face Hidden)"] [charaSet E 1098120600 1 "Child 1"] [charaFilter E silhouette 00000080] [charaSet F 1098153910 1 "Child 2"] [charaFilter F silhouette 00000080] [charaSet G 1098154110 1 "Child 3"] [charaFilter G silhouette 00000080] [imageSet H cut049_frame03 1 1] [charaScale H 1.34] [charaSet I 33001001 1 Effect] [charaSet J 33001001 1 Effect] [sceneSet K 107900 1] [charaScale K 1.2] [sceneSet L 116600 1] [charaScale L 1.2] [sceneSet M 10000 1] [charaScale M 1.2] [scene 107900] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth I 1] [charaDepth C 2] [charaDepth J 3] [charaDepth D 4] [charaDepth K 5] [charaDepth L 6] [charaDepth M 7] [charaDepth H 8] [charaPut I 1] [charaEffect I bit_talk_curtain03_depth] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-360] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaEffectStop I bit_talk_curtain03_depth] [wait charaEffect I] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_129 0.1] @ [lr]She was born at the breaking of the dawn, not as the emperor's heir, but as the last of her family's line. [k] @ She had no desire for the throne, nor any means of attaining it. Not with her father being weak and without backing. [k] @ The first thing that sent her life down a different path... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadein K 0.7 80,-200] [charaMove K -80,-200 50.0] [wt 0.9] @ “I love you, Nero.” [k] @ “I've decided I'm going to make you emperor.” [k] @ “In service of that goal...” [k] @ “...I will do anything.” [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout K 1.0] [wt 1.4] @ ...was her mother, Agrippina's, debauchery. [k] @ Nero's mother remarried the previous emperor, Claudius. From there, she employed every devious scheme she could imagine to insure her child became the next emperor. [k] @ Nero was wed to the previous emperor's daughter, Octavia. [k] @ This made Nero the next in line over her younger stepbrother, Britannicus. [k] @ The next step... [k] [messageOff] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1118] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_35] [wt 2.5] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 18] [charaFadein C 0.4 0,-50] [wt 1.0] @ ...was the emperor's assassination. [k] @ Following the assassination of Emperor Claudius, Nero was installed as his successor. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.4] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.4 0,-50] [wt 0.5] @ And so, at the young age of seventeen, Nero ascended to rulership over the Roman Empire as its fifth emperor. Her own wishes were simply not a factor. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_129 1.0] [charaFadein M 1.0 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout M 1.0] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] @ Perhaps as a reaction to the...unorthodox manner in which she attained her position, Nero favored people outside of her family. [k] @ In fact, she loved the nameless masses of her citizens more than her fellow nobles. [k] @ She opposed both the corrupt politics of the nation, driven as they were purely by self-interest, and the Senate which was so blinded by its own privilege. [k] @ However, the path to Nero's reforms was not entirely free of thorns. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadein L 0.7 -200,-200] [charaMove L 200,-200 100.0] [wt 0.9] @ “That man served me faithfully. Grant him amnesty, Nero.” [k] @ “I can't stand that woman. Have her killed, Nero.” [k] @ “Nero. Darling Nero. My Nero. You are the emperor of Rome and therefore ruler of all the world.” [k] @ “Your word is law. If something troubles you, it should not dare to exist.” [k] @ “This is all for you, Nero.” [k] @ “I love you, Nero.” [k] @ “I love you.” [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout L 0.7] [wt 0.8] @ Nero's mother regularly insisted that Nero make policy decisions to suit her personal interests, and kept Nero from reaching a resolution with the Senate. [k] @ Agrippina saw her daughter... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] @ “Nero, I don't understand what you're saying. I truly don't.” [k] @ “You think I don't treat you like a person? Oh, silly.” [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 2.0] [charaFadein M 0.1 0,-200] @ “Of course I don't. I never have.” [k] @ “Nero. Darling Nero. My Nero. My dear, beloved...” [k] @ “...emperor doll.” [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.6] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] @ ...as no more than a means to her becoming the mother of an emperor. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout M 0.1] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [charaPut H 2000,2000] [wt 0.5] [scene 184700] [backEffect bit_talk_rain01] [wt 1.5] [se ade307] [seVolume ade307 0 0] [seVolume ade307 1.5 0.2] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [masterBranch _Male _Female] [label _Male] [effect bit_talk_CommandMantra_29] [se bac41] [wt 2.0] [effectStop bit_talk_CommandMantra_29] [wt 0.6] [branch _branchEnd] [label _Female] [effect bit_talk_CommandMantra_31] [se bac41] [wt 2.0] [effectStop bit_talk_CommandMantra_31] [wt 0.6] [branch _branchEnd] [label _branchEnd] [wt 0.5] ?1:...My Command Spells are burning again... ?2:Whose dream was that...? ?! @Sétanta Master! Are you there!? [k] [messageOff] [seStop ade307 1.5] [cueSe SE_23 23_ade828] [wt 1.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.5] [seStop 23_ade828] [wt 0.1] @Sétanta Phew, you're okay! Stick close to me from now on, all right!? [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaFace A 4] @Sétanta This rain is seriously nasty stuff. Ever since it started... [k] [messageOff] [se bas13] [effect bit_talk_debuff] [charaShake A 0.05 2 2 0.3] [charaFace A 11] @Sétanta Khh... My body's felt way heavier than it did in the fog! [k] ?1:Are you okay, Sétanta? [charaFace A 2] @Sétanta Never mind me! What about you!? [k] ?2:You're right. This IS nasty. @Sétanta Dammit. Is there really nothing we can do? [k] ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 13] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Locusta ... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sétanta Mushroom lady![sr]...Hey, you okay? You're looking real pale. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 13] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Locusta Lady Nero... Lady Nerooo... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sétanta Well, she's off in her own world. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [cameraMove 1.0 40,0 1.1] [wait camera] [wt 0.2] [cameraMove 1.5 -40,0 1.1] [wait camera] [wt 0.2] [cameraHome 1.0] [wt 1.5] ?1:...I don't see Draco anywhere. ?! [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sétanta Well, shit. So much for making our way underground. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 2.0] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.4 1] [wt 0.7] @??? We're sorry, Mommy. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadeinFSL F 0.4 -300,0] [wt 0.5] @??? But we want to go home. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadeinFSR G 0.4 300,0] [wt 0.5] @??? We want to go home. We want to go home. We want to go home... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_80 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sétanta ...Damn, I really don't know how we're gonna get out of this one. Eh, guess it'll at least be a challenge! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_80 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]