$94-08-25-20-1-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098261000 1 Draco] [charaSet B 6048000 1 Locusta] [charaSet C 1098261300 1 Nero] [charaDepth A 10] [charaDepth B 10] [charaDepth C 10] [charaSet D 1098261300 1 Effect] [charaScale D 1.2] [charaDepth D 10] [charaPut D 0,60] [sceneSet S 185300 1] [charaScale S 1.1] [sceneSet T 10001 1] [charaScale T 1.1] [subCameraOn] [charaLayer D sub] [subCameraFilter through] [subRenderFadein 0.1 0,0] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [scene 10000] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [masterBranch _Male _Female] [label _Male] [effect bit_talk_CommandMantra_30 0,20] [se bac41] [wt 1.0] [wt 0.5] [effectStop bit_talk_CommandMantra_30] [branch _Conf] [label _Female] [effect bit_talk_CommandMantra_32 0,20] [se bac41] [wt 1.0] [wt 0.5] [effectStop bit_talk_CommandMantra_32] [label _Conf] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 10000] [backEffect bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [charaEffect D bit_talk_movie_film_v] [wt 0.5] [se ade306] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [seStop ade306 2.5] [wt 1.5] [scene 107900 1.0] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_171 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] @ Perhaps as a reaction to the unorthodox manner in which she attained her position, Nero favored people outside of her family. [k] [messageOff] [scene 185200 1.0] [wt 1.5] @ In fact, she loved the nameless masses of her citizens more than her fellow nobles. [k] @ But not in a way anyone understood. [k] @ She was seen as a ruthless tyrant who, driven by remarkable insight... [k] [messageOff] [scene 181600 1.0] [wt 1.5] @ ...attempted to extinguish a great fire in a single night with her own mother's execution. [k] @ It was there that her life took an even sharper turn. [k] [messageOff] [scene 107900 1.0] [wt 1.5] [backEffect bit_talk_blood_splatter01] [se ad240] [wt 1.5] @ Octavia, the woman her mother compelled her to marry, killed herself. [k] [messageOff] [backEffect bit_talk_blood_splatter02] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1125 0.4] [seStop 21_ad1125 2.0] [wt 1.5] @ To further solidify her hold on power, she had her younger stepbrother, Britannicus, assassinated. [k] @ And from there... [k] @ “You have come a long way, Your Imperial Majesty. A very long way indeed.” [k] @ “I know I am partly to blame, for it was I who first saw your potential.” [k] @ “Now, the small jewel I once saw shining so brightly has become a star of ill omen...” [k] @ “A raging fire that threatens to consume everything, like a catastrophe sent by the heavens themselves.” [k] @ “I knew this would happen, yet I still reached out to that daybreak star twinkling by its lonesome.” [k] @ “Perhaps I should have kept my hands to myself. Perhaps I should have let go when I had the chance. But I did not.” [k] @ “For my actions came from my own inner evil[line 2]my hopeless genuine love.” [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] [wt 1.4] @ “Seneca. My mentor. I do not know what it is you speak of.” [k] @ “What is it that angers you so?” [k] @ “No matter. I forgive you. I shall always forgive you. As many times as you like.” [k] [charaFace C 6] @ “In fact, I forgive all, for I am nothing if not magnanimous.” [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.4] [wt 1.1] @ “...I see. Then if it pleases you, I would like to take my leave.” [k] @ “I will go somewhere far, far away from here. Somewhere you can never reach me.” [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] [wt 1.4] @ “What? I am the emperor of Rome, the ruler of the world.” [k] @ “Where could you possibly go to escape me?” [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.4] [wt 1.1] [backEffect bit_talk_blood_splatter03] [se ad240 0.7] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1101 0.5] [wt 1.7] @ And so... [k] @ ...Nero even drove Seneca[line 2]her only mentor, on whom she depended more than anyone[line 2]to suicide. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.4] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1177] [charaFadeTime T 0.2 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaFadeout T 1.0] [wt 1.2] @ “Your love will never reach them.” [k] @ “For you are an all-consuming flame...” [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.1] [effect bit_talk_burn_screen] [se ad960 0.4] [se ad267 0.8] [se ad429] [wt 1.5] [seStop ad960 1.5] [seStop ad267 1.0] [seStop ad429 4.0] [backEffectStop bit_talk_blood_splatter01] [backEffectStop bit_talk_blood_splatter02] [backEffectStop bit_talk_blood_splatter03] [wt 0.5] [scene 10000] [wt 0.5] [effectDestroy bit_talk_burn_screen] [wt 0.7] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1114 0] [seVolume 21_ad1114 1.5 0.3] [scene 185200 1.0] [effect bit_talk_sparks_fs] [wt 1.5] @ In time, Nero was driven from the throne and branded a traitor to her empire. [k] @ She then made her greatest miscalculation. [k] @ She thought she had devoted herself to her citizens and that they, in turn, loved her policies. [k] @ She was certain they would never stand for her abdication. But... [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_171 0.2] [seStop 21_ad1114 0.2] [cueSe SE_21 21_ade574] [fadeout black 0.2] [wait fade] [effectDestroy bit_talk_sparks_fs] [scene 10000] [wt 1.5] [seVolume ade306 0.5 0.2] [fadein black 0.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] [wt 1.4] @ “They did nothing for me. Not a thing.” [k] @ “Nothing whatsoever...” [k] [messageOff] [seStop ade306 1.4] [charaFadeout C 0.7] [wt 2.0] [se ad207 0] [seVolume ad207 1.5 1.0] [charaFadein S 1.0 50,-250] [charaMove S -50,-250 20.0] [wt 3.0] [seStop ad207 1.5] [scene 185300] @ “...So, this is it.” [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout S 1.0] [backEffect bit_talk_lens_flare_fs 0,-50] [wt 2.5] @ “...My sun has set.” [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.7 1] [wt 1.7] @ “My mentor, I truly have come a long way... To a distant place where no one will ever reach me.” [k] @ “There is no more applause to be heard. No one to be here with me in my final moments.” [k] @ “...All right, Nero Claudius. Let's see what the end has in store for us...” [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [charaFadeout C 1.0] [wt 2.0] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [backEffectDestroy bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [charaEffectDestroy D bit_talk_movie_film_v] [backEffectDestroy bit_talk_lens_flare_fs] [wt 1.5] [scene 185300] [wt 1.0] [cueSe SE_21 21_ade579] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [se ad207 0] [seVolume ad207 0.7 0.4] [wt 0.7] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Draco ...I knew it. I knew this is what I would see. [k] [seStop ad207 2.0] @Draco ...The setting sun. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]