$94-03-50-01-3-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 10003000 1 "Sessyoin Kiara"] [charaSet B 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet C 1098158220 1 Sion] [charaSet D 1098158230 1 "Sion_Arm Raised_Transmission"] [charaSet E 3030000 1 Pārvatī] [charaSet F 1098163800 1 Kasuga-no-Tsubone] [imageSet G cut106_trans 1] [charaScale G 1.01] [charaSet J 5009000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [scene 10000] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] @ I felt as though something...[sr]or someone...was calling me. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] @ I am not just one thing now. [k] @ All sorts of things are layered on top of each other to form me...though I also feel as though it has been that way for a very long time. [k] @ I am a goddess. I am the wife of the supreme god, Maheśvara. I am a Servant. I am the avatar of mankind. I am called upon by humans. I am one who aids the effort to protect the world. [k] @ And now, I am being called away..[sr]heading there as I speak. [k] @ Though I'm sure I am being called away, I also know that I'm heading there of my own volition. [k] @ I have to. I must.[sr]The impulses within my Divine Core demand it. [k] @ I brush off the arm rudely trying to take hold of me, but I don't run away from it. Instead, I follow it to its source. [k] @ I step out of a passageway made by humans,[sr]with human craftsmanship. [k] @ I head towards a place that is not now.[sr]A time that is not here. [k] @ I know something is waiting for me; something I can't ignore. And now, I arrive at a land of humanity, twisted beyond all recognition... [k] [messageOff] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.6 0.2] [se ade283] [wt 2.0] [seStop ade283 0.6] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [scene 10001] [charaFadein G 0.1 0,-200] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 1.5 1.0] [wt 1.5] @ ...I saw it the moment I arrived. [k] @ The light of a soul, so faint it seemed[sr]as though it might go out at any moment. [k] @ It was so small. So weak.[sr]But...it was still glowing. [k] @ Even if it was fated to vanish in an instant,[sr]it was still there. I saw it. [k] @ It looked to me like it was struggling desperately against something...like it was waiting for help. [k] @ (...) [k] @ I'm sure this isn't the reason I came here. [k] @ It was only by coincidence that I happened to find this tiny remnant of a human soul. [k] @ But, that's exactly why...I had to help it somehow. [k] @ After all, if I came across a person in trouble,[sr]I wouldn't need a reason to help them. [k] @ Every decent person would hope to do the same[sr](even if they rarely do in practice)... [k] @ So as a kind and loving goddess, how could I refuse... [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.2] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.5] [wt 0.5] [charaPut J 2400,2400] [se ad12] [seVolume ad12 0 0.0] [charaEffect J bit_talk_07_02] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [scene 10000] [wipeOff] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [charaPut J 1] [seVolume ad12 0.3 1.0] [wt 1.5] [fadeout white 1.5] [wait fade] [scene 46900] [wt 1.0] [fadein white 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] @Sessyoin Kiara Teehee. It looks like we've arrived successfully,[sr][&Lord:Lady] [%1]! [k] @Sessyoin Kiara So that was a Rayshift... How novel. It's quite a different Mystic, and even experience, than entering someone's mind. Tehehe... [k] ?1:What is this place...? ?! [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [se ad13] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] @Mash Usually, we would try to set the Rayshift coordinates to give you some time to take stock of your surroundings, but we simply didn't have the time. [k] @Mash So instead, we went with a location as[sr]close as possible to the target reading. [k] @Mash As a result, it looks like you've ended up inside Edo Castle[line 2]the heart of Edo's governing authority. [k] [charaFace B 7] @Mash You've essentially directly invaded the most heavily secured base of the entire country. [k] @Mash There's no telling who or what might be nearby,[sr]or what could happen, even from our end. [k] @Mash Master, Kiara, please be as careful as possible! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara ...Yes, that's true. At this point in history, Edo Castle was so tightly guarded that not even a fly could get through unnoticed. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara If a thief or spy did manage to sneak in, the guards would surround them ten, perhaps even twenty to one...or at least, I thought they would. [k] [charaFace A 11] @Sessyoin Kiara But instead, it's eerily quiet here.[sr]Why, it's almost as if[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion You can take stock of your surroundings later! You are almost on top of the Servant reading we were targeting! [k] @Sion Please rendezvous with them first. Once they've joined you, you can start gathering information! [k] ?1:Roger that! ?2:Let's go, Kiara! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara ...All right. I'm very disappointed,[sr]but I guess it just wasn't meant to be today. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Ahh... And I was so looking forward to being pinned down by guards. [k] ?! [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 0.4] [wait fade] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 1.0] [wait fade] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash I see them! Over there! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.3] [cameraMove 1.0 86,0 1.2] [wt 1.2] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 9] [charaScale F 0.83] [charaFadein F 0.4 -96,-48] [wt 2.5] [wipeout rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.5 1] [wait wipe] [cameraHome 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaScale F 1.0] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] [wipein rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.5 1] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] @Sion Oho, so that is Shiva's wife, Pārvatī...or rather,[sr]a Pseudo-Servant of her! [k] @Sion Perhaps she was able to hold out better by virtue of being a Divine Spirit. Or maybe there is another reason why she was the only one to evade capture... [k] @Sion At any rate, she did great holding out[sr]against the enemy's reverse-summoning! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh yes, she must be wonderfully strong-willed! We had better help her before this enemy or whoever can steal her away! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.5] ?1:Hey Par, it's me, [%1]! ?2:That kimono really suits you, Par. ?! [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 11] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 0.6] [charaFace F 5] @F:Pārvatī? ...No. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Huh? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 11] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @F:Pārvatī? I said, no. [k] [charaFace F 5] @F:Pārvatī? I am not the Indian goddess Pārvatī. [k] ?1:Th-then, who are you? [messageOff] [charaFace F 11] [wt 1.0] ?2:Oh no... Par's on the fritz! [charaFace F 2] @F:Pārvatī? Hey! I don't know what that means, but I can still tell you're treating me like some sort of lunatic! [k] [charaFace F 11] @F:Pārvatī? Still...I suppose that's understandable,[sr]since I have yet to tell you my name. [k] ?! [charaFace F 2] @F:Pārvatī? Very well then, I still don't know who you are,[sr]but I will tell you who I am! [k] @F:Pārvatī? I am the one who oversees Ooku here in Edo Castle. Once, I also served as Third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu's wet nurse. [k] @F:Pārvatī? My surname is Saito, my given name, Fuku. Now, I go by the name bestowed upon me by the Imperial Court...[sr][wt 0.8]Kasuga-no-Tsubone! [k] ?1:Say whaaaaaat!? ?! [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh my. Oh my, oh my. Kasuga-no-Tsubone is one of the most famous women in Japanese history. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Although, given how great your surprise is, Master...[sr]I'm guessing she doesn't look quite how you expected? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 12] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash I-it's not that.[sr]Apart from her outfit... [k] @Mash ...that's definitely the Pārvatī we know.[sr]What in the world is going on here...? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth E 0] [charaDepth F 1] [charaFace F 11] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 0.85] [fowardEffect bit_talk_tornado02] [se ad80] [seVolume ad80 0 0.5] [wt 0.35] [charaSpecialEffect F erasureReverse 1 0.3] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.15 1] [wt 0.05] [seStop ad80 0.3] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 0.5] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] @Pārvatī I'm afraid it's kind of complicated. [k] [charaFace E 0] @Pārvatī Oh, to be clear, I am the goddess Pārvatī you know. Shiva's wife, goddess of elegance and grace...all of that. [k] [charaFace E 1] @Pārvatī For a while, I was a little worried how this would all turn out, but I feel much better now that you're here,[sr][%1]! [k] ?1:Wait. What? Huh!? ?! [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 15] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion Hmm? What could these readings mean... Is there someone else there inside of your Spirit Origin...? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth F 0] [charaDepth E 1] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [wt 0.25] [fowardEffect bit_talk_tornado02] [se ad80] [seVolume ad80 0 0.5] [wt 0.3] [charaSpecialEffect E erasureReverse 1 0.3] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.2 1] [wt 0.1] [seStop ad80 0.3] [wt 0.5] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I see. So you are acquaintances of Lady Par.[sr]Please forgive my earlier outburst. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I'm afraid I still don't understand what's going on very well myself, but I'll do my best to explain what I can. [k] [charaFace F 6] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone It's only proper, after all. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.0] [charaFace F 12] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Ahem. [wt 0.4][charaFace F 13]This is, of course, not my own body.[sr]I had fallen ill, and was waiting for death to take me... [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone In fact, I think it was after the final thread joining me to this life had snapped that Lady Par rescued me. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone At that moment, I noticed something strange was happening to Edo Castle, and had a flash of insight. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1] [charaFace F 5] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone It must have been the heavens themselves, or perhaps Lord Toushou Daigongen, who delivered this Indian goddess to me in my hour of need. [k] [charaFace F 2] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone They must want me to use this goddess's body and powers to do something about this predicament! [k] [messageOff] [charaDepth E 0] [charaDepth F 1] [wt 0.25] [fowardEffect bit_talk_tornado02] [se ad80] [seVolume ad80 0 0.5] [wt 0.35] [charaSpecialEffect F erasureReverse 1 0.3] [charaFace E 10] [charaFadein E 0.15 1] [wt 0.05] [seStop ad80 0.3] [wt 0.5] @Pārvatī Um, as I said earlier, I don't think[sr]that's what's going on here... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.25] [charaDepth F 0] [charaDepth E 1] [wt 0.25] [fowardEffect bit_talk_tornado02] [se ad80] [seVolume ad80 0 0.5] [wt 0.3] [charaSpecialEffect E erasureReverse 1 0.3] [charaFace F 2] [charaFadein F 0.2 1] [wt 0.1] [seStop ad80 0.3] [wt 0.5] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Of course it is! It must be![sr]I'm at least reasonably sure! [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone How else could something this preposterous, this absurd, this ridiculously far-fetched, even happen!? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 1.0] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 15] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash I-if her voice is anything to go by,[sr]she has a lot more energy than I expected... [k] [charaFace B 7] @Mash But, um, never mind that. What is this predicament happening at Edo Castle right now...? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I am neither a warrior nor do I practice any kind of sorcery. I was only given my current title thanks to the little skill I have with the naginata. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone The significance of this could not be clearer! [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 13] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone The predicament I speak of has befallen Edo Castle's innermost chambers, where no man but the shogun himself is allowed to enter. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I speak, of course, of the place where the shogun's wife and concubines live...the Ooku. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I don't know how or why, but everyone in Edo Castle has completely disappeared, and in their place... [k] [charaFace F 2] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone ...the Ooku has transformed into a labyrinth that appears to reach deep into the bowels of the Earth! 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