$03-00-13-14-5-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098253600 1 "King of Dinosaurs"] [charaSet B 1098255300 1 Nitocris] [charaSet C 1098257300 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet D 1098257400 1 Sion] [charaSet E 1098239310 1 Kadoc] [charaSet F 98001000 1 Mash] [charaSet G 1098255100 1 Goredolf] [charaSet H 1098158330 1 Nemo] [charaSet I 1098252410 1 Kukulcan] [charaSet J 1098258000 1 "Nodding Deinos"] [charaSet K 1098258200 1 "Chin-Stroking Deinos"] [charaSet L 1098258600 1 "Head Cocked Deinos"] [charaSet S 98115000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [scene 175100] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.2] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 169902] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [se ad6] [seVolume ad6 0 0] [se ade76] [seVolume ade76 0 0] [se ad889] [seVolume ad889 0 0] [se ad5] [seVolume ad5 0 0] [se ad877] [seVolume ad877 0 0] [wt 0.8] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1207] [seVolume ad6 1.0 1.0] [seVolume ade76 1.0 0.6] [seVolume ad889 1.0 1.0] [seVolume ad5 1.0 0.2] [seVolume ad877 1.0 0.2] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1209] [wt 1.2] [seStop ad5 1.5] [seStop ad6 1.5] [seStop ade75 1.5] [seStop ad889 1.5] [seStop ad877 1.5] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_94 0.1] ?1:Wow, you were right, Tepeu. ?2:This is quite a party. ?! [messageOff] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.4 0,-50] [wt 0.4] @King of Dinosaurs Spectacular work, Nitocris. No other warrior has ever managed to drive Camazotz away. [k] @King of Dinosaurs The deinos will never forget what you've done. From now on, whenever they encounter a problem, they'll say: [k] @King of Dinosaurs “Nitocris didn't give up when she drove off that annoying bat. WWND[line 2]What Would Nitocris Do?” [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] @Rejoicing Deinos In-so-lence! In-so-lence! [k] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 0,-50] @Nitocris, Standing Alone on the Altar Huh?[wt 0.5] Huh!?[wt 0.5][sr](*Still not fully grasping the situation) [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.8] [bgm BGM_EVENT_94 0.8 0.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [pictureFrame] [scene 132900] [wt 0.6] [bgm BGM_EVENT_94 0.8 1.0] [fadein black 0.8] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 36] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Party's still going, by the sound of it. I can still hear the deinos all the way out here. [k] [charaFace C 0] @Da Vinci This is not how I imagined today would go, but at least Chaldea's super popular with the deinos now. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_94 1.5] @Da Vinci Starting tomorrow, we should be able to focus on repairing the Border again.[wt 0.9][charaFace C 8] But before that[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Sion Yes. We need to continue our discussion from earlier. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] @Sion It seems that the last Crypter, Daybit Sem Void, has a plan of his own, entirely separate from the Foreign God's. [k] @Sion He means to use ORT, wherever it is in this Lostbelt, to destroy the entire planet. [k] @Sion So our top priority now, ahead of tracking down ORT or cutting down the Tree of Emptiness, is to stop Daybit's plan. [k] [charaFace D 15] @Sion Though of course, since we have not yet been able to detect the Tree of Emptiness, much less locate it... [k] @Sion ...we can do little in the way of planning to cut it down. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth E 4] [charaDepth F 6] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 5] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadeinFSL E 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR F 0.1 2] @Kadoc Yeah, between crashing, getting taken prisoner, the surprise cultural exchange, and the zombie attack... [k] @Kadoc ...I honestly haven't even given a thought to searching for the Tree of Emptiness.[wt 1.1][charaFace E 0] How about you, [%1]? Mash? [k] @Kadoc Have you two seen anything around that looked like it could maybe be the Tree of Emptiness? [k] ?1:Not even a hint of it. ?2:Nope. Hell, Mictlān is chock-full of mysteries. ?! [charaFace F 8] @Mash I agree with Senpai. The surface is completely devastated, while this underground world teems with life. [k] @Mash I think, if we understood Mictlān's structure, we'd have no trouble figuring out where the Tree of Emptiness is, but... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 1] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf Heh, you people are all overthinking this. Things like the Tree of Emptiness are always in the deepest, most inaccessible parts of their world. [k] @Goredolf So it seems clear to me that we'll find Mictlān's Tree of Emptiness at its southernmost point[line 2]the ninth, bottommost stratum, thinking vertically. [k] [charaFace G 2] @Goredolf And that means once the Storm Border is back up and running, we can fly right to it! [k] @Goredolf So for now, let's just be patient. Give our technical advisor and Sion time to finish the repairs while we kick back and relax in our air-conditioned rooms! [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Nemo Not happening, Goredolf. Did you forget about the report of what happened in México City? [k] @Nemo If we don't do something soon, we won't be able to stop the future where ORT wakes up. And we have no idea how long it will be until that happens. [k] @Nemo So the best thing we can do right now is stop Tezcatlipoca and Daybit's plan before they can wake ORT up. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 14] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf Right... That slipped my mind. But the future they saw was already set, no? [k] @Goredolf Will us stopping their plan change that? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Sion Of course. If we do nothing, the future they saw in México City will be set... [k] @Sion ...but right now, we are still at the crossroads of the present. [k] @Sion Should ORT wake, we will no longer be able to alter the future Tezcatlipoca showed us. [k] @Sion However, if we can stop ORT from waking, the future is entirely in our hands. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 23] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Yup. And that's why we need all the information we can get. [k] @Da Vinci Who exactly is Daybit Sem Void? How is he planning to wake ORT? [k] @Da Vinci For that matter, what exactly is ORT? [k] @Da Vinci We still haven't detected it in Mictlān, so right now, we can't even say whether it's asleep or dead? [k] @Da Vinci Without that information, we can't really formulate a plan. [k] [charaFace C 10] @Da Vinci As much as I wish otherwise... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 8] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash ...unfortunately, we don't have any way of finding more information. [k] @Mash Neither the deinos nor the King of Dinosaurs seem to have any knowledge of things outside of Chichén Itzá. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Kadoc Maybe we could infiltrate México City again and ask[sr]Daybit himself...?[wt 0.9][charaFace E 6] Nah, that's a dumb idea. [k] @Kadoc Even if we managed to get in and find him, he'd sooner die than tell us anything. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 18] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf Gnnn. What SHOULD we do then...? [k] @Goredolf It's been less than a year since Daybit came to this Lostbelt, the same as it was for the other Crypters. [k] @Goredolf So where was he for all that time? What was he doing? [k] @Goredolf How did someone so opposed to humanity summon Tezcatlipoca? Where exactly are ORT and the Tree of Emptiness? [k] @Goredolf If only we could talk to someone who had the answers to those questions... [k] @Goredolf Of course, we could never be so lucky as for there to be someone around who conveniently has the knowledge we ne[line 2] [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.5] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.2] [se ade422] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.4 50,0] [charaMove I 1 0.4] [wt 0.2] [seStop ade422 0.2] [wt 0.6] @Kukulcan Oh, is that all you need? [k] @Kukulcan Because I'm pretty sure you can find a deinos who knows what the Crypter's been doing since his arrival. They're in Metztitlán. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.15] [charaTalk off] [charaDepth E 3] [charaDepth G 3] [charaDepth F 2] [charaDepth D 2] [charaDepth H 1] [charaDepth C 1] [charaFace F 6] [charaFace E 3] [charaFace H 8] [charaFadeinFSR F 0.1 300,0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [charaFadeinFSL H 0.1 -300,0] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaFace C 25] [charaFace G 5] [charaFace D 6] [charaFadeinFSR C 0.1 300,0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [charaFadeinFSL D 0.1 -300,0] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] ?1:Kukulcan! When did you get here!? ?2:Metztitlán! Of course! ...What's Metztitlán!? ?! [charaFace I 10] @Kukulcan Oh, sorry. [k] @Kukulcan The deinos have been pestering me for more of your stories. [k] @Kukulcan So, I came here to fetch [%1] and Mash. [k] [charaFace I 2] @Kukulcan But your conversation was so interesting, I just couldn't help but listen in, yes! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 17] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci I see. Sorry we didn't notice you.[sr]So, what is this Metztitlán place? [k] @Da Vinci In our world's Aztec mythology, it is part of the name of the first of the thirteen heavens[line 2]the bottommost domain where the moon moved, Ilhuícatl-Meztli. [k] @Da Vinci So, from what you're saying, I gather it's some kind of moonlike facility overlooking all of Mictlān? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 11] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Kukulcan That's right! Unlike the bastard in the sunglasses, I don't know much about the future, or causality, or any other complicated topics... [k] @Kukulcan ...but I do still want to help you, so I decided to skip the council meeting in Mictlān and come here to talk! [k] [charaFace I 2] @Kukulcan If you don't know the answer to a question, ask someone who does! And there's a very knowledgeable deinos who's good at answering questions in the Metztitlán observatory, yes! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Sion So there is someone up there with an even greater knowledge of Mictlān than you? So where[line 2] [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 1.0] @Sion That is, who in the world is this person? Are they part of the teachings of the sun, like you? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 9] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] [charaFace I 0] @Kukulcan Good question. The circumstances of our births are pretty similar. [k] @Kukulcan If you think of me as Mictlān's new sun, she's Mictlān's new land. She can never leave the place where she was born. [k] @Kukulcan And that place is the last destination humankind can reach on their own power: the observatory that was built in the seventh stratum. [k] @Kukulcan It's known as Metztitlán, the Terminal Observatory, and is the home of Princess Xquic, the stargazer known as Archetype: EARTH. [k] @Kukulcan She is a duplicate of the planet's soul; she has existed ever since Mictlān first came into being. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 2.0] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [bgm BGM_MAP_23 0.1] @Mash The seventh stratum... Metztitlán, the Terminal Observatory... Almost like the Chaldea of Mictlān... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 14] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf Thank you, Kukulcan! I wasn't expecting a lifeline, but you've truly proven to be our savior! [k] @Goredolf All right everyone, you heard the goddess! We're beginning a new operation! [k] @Goredolf [%1], Mash, Habetrot, Da Vinci, and Nitocris over there, having the time of her life! [k] @Goredolf Prepare to leave for the seventh stratum at once! [k] @Goredolf And could I ask you to accompany them too, Kukulcan? Da Vinci will only be there to handle data analysis. [k] @Goredolf You're the strongest fighter around by far. We would be very grateful if you were willing to help [%1]. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace I 2] @Kukulcan Of course! Yay! Thanks, Director! [k] [charaFace I 11] @Kukulcan Now I have the perfect excuse to cancel my annoying council meeting! I can't turn down a request for aid, after all! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Nemo Sion and I will stay here to focus on repairing the Border. Koyanskaya, you're on guard duty. [k] @Nemo What will you do, Kadoc? You'll be helpful no matter which group you go with. [k] @Nemo So you should go where you think you can do the most good. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Kadoc ...Okay. I'll stay with the Border, too. But I can't help with the repairs. [k] @Kadoc I'm going to go over the Clock Tower files, since they might have something on Daybit. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 4] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf Oh, good idea. I think I'll do the same. [k] [charaFace G 18] @Goredolf The Clock Tower files are heavily encrypted, though. We'll need to decrypt them one at a time. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Sion I can help with that. Though it will have to be in my downtime between repair tasks. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 2] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Goredolf All right, then it's settled! Let's get to work, everyone! [k] [charaFace G 16] @Goredolf Oh, but not right this second. [%1] and Kyrielight still need to rest. [k] @Goredolf You both have a responsibility to get seven hours of sleep and two hours of relaxation each day. [k] @Goredolf You'll be departing tomorrow morning. Until then, take some time to enjoy the Chichén Itzá nightlife if you like. [k] ?1:Yes, sir! ?2:Why don't you spend the night in Chichén Itzá too, Commander? [charaFace G 4] @Goredolf H-hmm. Good point. A chance like this doesn't come around every day. If I think of it as a vacation near a tropical rainforest, then maybe[line 2] [k] [charaFace G 12] @Goredolf No, wait! You can't fool me! I just know I'm going to be mistaken for a giant xokta ball the moment I set foot outside... [k] @Goredolf ...and passed around from deinos to deinos until I end up somewhere I don't even want to imagine! [k] ?! [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci But first, we should probably rescue Nitocris from the shrine. [k] @Da Vinci And since the deinos want to hear more Lostbelt stories, we can kill two birds with one stone. [k] @Da Vinci We've got a long journey ahead of us starting tomorrow, so this might be your last chance to talk to them. Make sure to tell them as much as you can. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_23 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [scene 170301] [wt 1.5] [se ad117 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 2.0] [scene 169903 1.2] [wt 1.6] ?1:...And that's the story of the Chinese Lostbelt. ?! [bgm BGM_EVENT_161 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 0] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] @Nodding Deinos Wow, a world of all vassals and just one human? [k] [charaFace J 2] @Nodding Deinos Man, that's efficient. Really efficient. [k] [charaFace J 0] @Nodding Deinos The vassals do all the heavy labor to keep the world running, and provide the king with culture. [k] @Nodding Deinos The king evaluates it all, and becomes the primary figure in making further advancements. [k] @Nodding Deinos Technological development could never take a wrong turn in a world like that. [k] @Nodding Deinos The other Lostbelt worlds were pretty astonishing too, but in terms of completion, the Chinese Lostbelt sounds like it was right at the top. [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk K] [charaFace K 0] [charaFadein K 0.1 1] @Chin-Stroking Deinos I know what you mean. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos No one in this society ever had to feel unnecessary suffering, or want things they could never have. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos Complete, yes. I'd say it is. But at the level of a species, maintaining the status quo is effectively regression. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos No matter how stable the world a species lives in may be, if that species never changes at all... [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos ...it will only be a matter of time before other species surpass them, effectively causing them to degrade. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos But this Qin Shi Huang person managed all those changes themself. So long as they never made a mistake, the Chinese Lostbelt would have been powerful indeed. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos And they did not, in fact, make any mistakes, which is why their empire became eternal. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos It's just too bad their own lifespan was limited. Not necessarily physically, since they did acquire an immortal body, but mentally. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos It almost sounds as though the Great Wall they built enclosed their mind as well as their nation. [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos That part, I honestly didn't understand. Why would a human of that caliber stop trying to grow their territory? [k] @Chin-Stroking Deinos Isn't that why they became emperor in the first place? To grow humanity's domain as far as possible? [k] ?1:Maybe expanding into outer space just wasn't worth the cost? ?2:Maybe they just wanted to test how far they could evolve? ?! [charaFadeout K 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci I'd say it was probably a combination of space travel not seeming to be worth the cost and an interest in pursuing their own evolution. Qin Shi Huang was the ultimate human in a very real sense. [k] @Da Vinci Their ideology was solipsistic, yes, but that was because they truly believed themselves to be the pinnacle of humanity. [k] @Da Vinci And since they were so strong in both mind and body, they probably never saw a need to compare themself to others. [k] @Da Vinci It's the same ideal Kirschtaria tried to bring about. [k] @Da Vinci Qin Shi Huang loved their subjects, and strove to advance the human species as much as possible. [k] @Da Vinci They were a perfected person[line 2]a true Zhenren. [k] @Da Vinci But, unfortunately, there was no one else in that world who could stand as Qin Shi Huang's peer, which ended up leaving them as the only human there was. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk L] [charaFace L 0] [charaFadein L 0.1 1] @Head Cocked Deinos So, they were a really, reeeally hardheaded human? That kind of sounds like Tepeu. He never lets anything stop him, even when he's all alone. [k] @Head Cocked Deinos Wow, these other Lostbelts are amazing. [k] [charaFace L 1] @Head Cocked Deinos We could never try to keep surviving after an extinction. [k] [charaFace L 0] @Head Cocked Deinos And none of us care about having our species flourish or trying to evolve further. [k] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 24] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Really? But surely you guys don't want to go extinct either, right? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 0] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos We do try to avoid death, but that's not the same thing as trying to avoid extinction. [k] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos That would require a way of looking at things which was very focused on us, specifically. We live for something bigger than ourselves. [k] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos That said, no deinos can put into words exactly what that bigger thing is. [k] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos But you taught us that our world is a Lostbelt[line 2]a world that was meant to be pruned away. [k] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos We're grateful to you for that. We're not envious of any of the other Lostbelts, or of Proper Human History. [k] @J:No-Longer Nodding Deinos Because we know that our Mictlān is already a complete and perfect world. [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk L] [charaFace L 2] [charaFadein L 0.1 1] @Head Cocked Deinos Yeah. We all love Mictlān, and we're all grateful to Lady Kukulcan. [k] [charaFace L 1] @Head Cocked Deinos But you know... [k] @Head Cocked Deinos ...I do wonder if our Lostbelt's as meaningful a world as the other ones. I hope so. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_161 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]