$94-03-50-33-1-0 [soundStopAll] [imageSet A back71700 1] [imageSet B cut106_trans 1] [imageSet C back71800 1] [imageSet D cut106_trans 1] [imageSet E back71900 1] [imageSet F cut106_trans 1] [imageSet G back71702 1] [imageSet H cut106_trans 1] [charaSet J 5009000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [charaDepth A 2] [charaDepth B 3] [charaDepth C 4] [charaDepth D 5] [charaDepth E 6] [charaDepth F 7] [charaDepth G 8] [charaDepth H 9] [charaDepth J 10] [scene 10000] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaScale J 0.95] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_41] [charaScale B 3.0] [charaFadein B 0.1 0,-600] [charaFadein A 0.1 0,-200] [wt 0.1] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.01] [shake 0.04 5 5 0] [se ad14] [seVolume ad14 0 0] [fadein black 1.5] [seVolume ad14 1.5 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [se ad85] [seVolume ad85 0 0.5] [charaMoveScale B 0.25 0.3] [charaMove B 0,-100 0.3] [wt 0.05] [charaMoveScale A 0.5 0.4] [charaMove A 0,-100 0.4] [wt 0.05] [charaScale C 3.0] [charaScale D 4.0] [charaFadein C 0.2 0,-400] [charaFadein D 0.2 0,-800] [charaMove C 0,-200 0.2] [charaMove D 0,-600 0.2] [charaMoveScale C 1.0 0.2] [charaMoveScale D 3.0 0.2] [wt 1.4] [se ad85] [seVolume ad85 0 0.5] [charaMoveScale D 0.25 0.3] [charaMove D 0,-100 0.3] [wt 0.05] [charaMoveScale C 0.5 0.4] [charaMove C 0,-100 0.4] [wt 0.05] [charaScale E 3.0] [charaScale F 4.0] [charaFadein E 0.2 0,-400] [charaFadein F 0.2 0,-800] [charaMove E 0,-200 0.2] [charaMove F 0,-600 0.2] [charaMoveScale E 1.0 0.2] [charaMoveScale F 3.0 0.2] [wt 1.4] [se ad85] [seVolume ad85 0 0.5] [charaMoveScale F 0.25 0.3] [charaMove F 0,-100 0.3] [wt 0.05] [charaMoveScale E 0.5 0.4] [charaMove E 0,-100 0.4] [wt 0.05] [charaScale G 3.0] [charaScale H 4.0] [charaFadein G 0.2 0,-400] [charaFadein H 0.2 0,-800] [charaMove G 0,-200 0.2] [charaMove H 0,-600 0.2] [charaMoveScale G 1.0 0.2] [charaMoveScale H 3.0 0.2] [wt 2.0] [se ad85] [seVolume ad85 0 0.5] [charaMoveScale H 0.5 0.3] [charaMove H 0,-150 0.3] [wt 0.05] [charaMoveScale G 0.5 0.4] [charaMove G 0,-150 0.4] [fadeout white 0.25] [seStop ad14 0.25] [wait fade] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [shakeStop] [cameraMove 0 0,0 1.01] [charaPut J 2400,2400] [charaEffectStop J bit_talk_41] [scene 46900] [wt 1.0] [charaSet A 6014001 1 "Mata Hari"] [charaSet B 5030001 1 Scheherazade] [charaSet C 98110000 1 "Yagyu Tajima-no-kami"] [charaSet D 3030000 1 Pārvatī] [charaSet E 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet F 1098158220 1 Sion] [charaSet G 1098158230 1 "Sion_Arm Raised_Transmission"] [charaSet H 1098163800 1 Kasuga-no-Tsubone] [charaScale A 1.0] [charaScale B 1.0] [charaScale C 1.0] [charaScale D 1.0] [charaScale E 1.0] [charaScale F 1.0] [charaScale G 1.0] [charaScale H 1.0] [wt 1.0] [fadein white 0.5] [wait fade] [se ad144] [shake 0.02 3 3 0.6] [wt 1.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mata Hari Master! Are you okay!? [k] ?1:I'm fine, yeah. ?2:My head feels a lot better now. ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Scheherazade It seems the worst of the Tokugawafication has worn off. I'm so relieved. [k] ?1:But, Kiara... ?! [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami She chose to stay behind so she could help us escape.[sr]I will never forget your valiant sacrifice, Lady Sessyoin. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Pārvatī If it wasn't for her...we never would[sr]have made it out of there alive. [k] @Pārvatī I can never thank her enough... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad539] [wt 0.3] [seStop ad539 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 14] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Mash Master? Master, is that you? [k] @Mash Our connection came back so suddenly... Or rather, you returned to the surface so quickly that it took me some time to process your coordinates! Are you all right!? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 14] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion From the looks on your faces...I am guessing you have not returned victorious. [k] [charaFace F 5] @Sion We can celebrate our reunion later. Right now, I want you to tell us everything that happened down there. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.5] [wait fade] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 7] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Mash So Kama is Mara the Demon King AND Beast III/L...! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 11] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion One of the Beasts of Disaster, huh... [k] [charaFace F 5] @Sion I have seen those occasionally pop up as possibilities during the Atlas Institute's investigations into the apocalypse but I never thought I would get to see one of these “bad ends” for myself. [k] @Sion In one sense, I am now especially glad that I am not still holed up in the Titan's Pit. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Mash So she's just like Goetia and Tiamat... [k] @Mash Or rather, she's the other half of another Beast, and still in the incomplete, immature stage of her growth... [k] @Mash Still, I can tell just from what you've told us that she's an incredibly formidable threat. [k] @Mash She's a Beast of Pleasure with power linked to the universe who says she wants to shower all of mankind with love... [k] [charaFace E 8] @Mash Kiara's not here anymore because she stayed behind to help the rest of you escape... [k] @Mash And Director Goredolf is still Tokugawafied in the Ooku's innermost chamber. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion This seems like a good time to review[sr]the positives of the situation. [k] @Sion Knowing that you were able to get Scheherazade and Mata Hari to rejoin the team is wonderful news. [k] @Sion I was concerned about how that all went down, since I did not get to give you as detailed instructions as I had hoped to. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mata Hari Thanks, but I'm not sure if we've[sr]actually been much help. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Scheherazade I certainly want to help you as much as I'm able, but, I'm afraid it's taking all I've got just to stay alive... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mata Hari Anyway, at least now we know that the Ooku's inner sanctum completely belongs to Kama. Though we still need to think of a way to deal with that. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion Right. The first thing we need to do is determine everything we can about our enemy. [k] @Sion What is she exactly? What can she do, and what can she not do? What sort of properties does she possess? [k] @Sion It is only once we have the answers to all those questions that her weakness will become apparent, and we can plan how best to strike. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 7] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Mash Right. [k] @Mash Why don't we start with one question in particular: [k] @Mash Just what is the being calling herself Kama who awaits you at the bottom of the Ooku? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 7] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Pārvatī Well... We know she's both Kama, the god of love,[sr]and Mara, the demon of desire. [k] @Pārvatī I've heard that Beasts have multiple forms, so I'm guessing her demonic side must have resonated with Beast III. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion Beasts of Disaster usually need to be fought with the power of the seven Grand Servants chosen by the Counter Force. [k] [charaFace F 11] @Sion But since this one is still immature, and she is inside this Ooku...or rather, herself... [k] @Sion ...the Counter Force still has[sr]not recognized her as a Beast. [k] @Sion That must be why we have not yet[sr]seen so much as one Grand Servant. [k] [charaFace F 0] @Sion Honestly, I think it would be way too reckless[sr]for us to fight a Beast head-on by ourselves. [k] [charaFace F 14] @Sion Which is why we should fight her another way. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Scheherazade What do you mean? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion We should forget that she is a Beast for the moment and look for a weakness intrinsically linked to one of her other properties. [k] @Sion Say, her weakness as Kama, her weakness as Mara,[sr]or a weakness of some other aspect of her altogether. [k] [charaFace F 14] @Sion Can you think of anything like that? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami She is both Tokugawa and Ooku. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 12] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @G:Sion Oh? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami She said as much herself numerous times. [k] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami But most importantly...she holds a pillbox containing Lord Iemitsu's soul within her body. [k] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Much as it pains me to admit this, admit it I must. [k] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami When I attempted to cut her down... [k] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami ...my sword felt as heavy as it[sr]did when Lord Goredolf spoke. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Scheherazade Furthermore...since the Ooku's inner sanctum is the universe, and Kama is linked to the universe... [k] @Scheherazade ...that would mean that Kama[sr]is also linked to the Ooku. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion Hm hm, excellent! The more properties we know of, the more cracks in her armor we should be able to find. [k] @Sion It would seem that Beast III/L has a lot more going on than the other Beasts we have seen to date. [k] @Sion These must be Beast III/L's characteristics...or her nature, as the Beasts themselves would say. [k] ?1:She might have a lot of properties, but it's still just her against all of us. ?2:Hey, two heads are better than one, right?[csr]And we've got way more than two heads here. ?! [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 0.5] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.8] [bgm BGM_EVENT_82 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Mash ...Master is right. No matter how dire things may[sr]seem, [&he:she]...we...don't have to face them alone. [k] @Mash We've always fought as a team,[sr]and that's not about to change now. [k] [charaFace E 7] @Mash I think Kiara must have sent you all back to the surface because she believed we could come up with a plan if we all worked together. [k] @Mash So let's prove her right. [k] [charaFace E 13] @Mash Fortunately, we managed to refine our analytical model even further while we were out of contact. All we have to do now is feed it data. [k] @Mash Can any of you think of any hints that could help us crack this case? Anything at all will do. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 14] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Sion Now that you have told us the gist, I think we need to go over everything that has happened so far in greater detail. [k] @Sion Tell us everything that happened after we lost our connection, starting at the beginning. [k] [charaFace F 17] @Sion We will throw all of that data into the calculation engine and analyze the shit out of it! Pardon my French. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth H 0] [charaDepth D 1] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 0.25] [fowardEffect bit_talk_tornado02] [se ad80] [seVolume ad80 0 0.5] [wt 0.3] [charaSpecialEffect D erasureReverse 1 0.3] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.2 1] [wt 0.1] [seStop ad80 0.3] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk on] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone This is wonderfully reassuring... You truly have some excellent companions, [&Lord:Lady] [%1]. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I guess it's true what they say about great leaders attracting great talent. [k] [charaFace H 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone You must be a truly virtuous young [&man:lady]! As your[sr]acting wet nurse, I couldn't be prouder! (Pat, pat) [k] [messageOff] [se ad458] [charaMoveScale H 1.1 0.5] [charaMove H 0,10 0.25] [wt 0.25] [seStop ad458 0.4] [wt 0.8] [charaMoveReturn H 0,1 0.5] [wt 0.55] [charaMoveReturn H 0,1 0.5] [wt 0.8] ?1:They're all amazing! Every last one of them! ?! [charaFace H 4] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone (I only wish the same was true for Lord Iemitsu.) [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone (With the exception of Lord Munenori, all he has is that traitorous Nobutsuna, and this powerless wet nurse...[sr]I'm so sorry, Lord Iemitsu...) [k] [charaFace H 5] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone (But I can't dwell on that now. I still have to save him, no matter what! Keep your chin up, Fuku!) [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_82 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]