$94-03-50-13-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet B 1098163800 1 Kasuga-no-Tsubone] [charaSet C 1098158220 1 Sion] [charaSet D 1098158230 1 "Sion_Arm Raised_Transmission"] [charaSet E 10003000 1 "Sessyoin Kiara"] [charaSet F 98110000 1 "Yagyu Tajima-no-kami"] [charaSet I 98115000 1 "Effect 2"] [charaSet J 98115000 1 "Effect 1"] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [scene 71800] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash I thought I could help you make headway faster once I'd made some progress on my analysis of the labyrinth's pattern... [k] @Mash ...but I'm afraid its layout is still just too difficult for me to predict. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Mash I'm sorry... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Please, don't be. All the speed in the world isn't going to help us if we just end up running around in circles. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion I am sure we would be taking even longer if we did not have you leading the way, Tsubone. [k] [charaFace C 16] @Sion Relatively speaking, one could argue that we are already hurrying as quickly as we can... [k] [charaFace C 5] @Sion At any rate, analyzing the labyrinth's data is primarily my job, so I promise I will be doing everything in my power to figure out what still lies ahead. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash And I promise I'll be doing my best[sr]to help keep you all healthy! [k] [charaFace A 12] @Mash Speaking of which, you've been walking for a pretty long time now. Are you holding up okay, Master? [k] ?1:Um...I might be feeling a little dizzy... ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Well, we can't have that! Okay, let's take a break then. We'll get nowhere fast if we push ourselves too hard too soon, after all. [k] [charaFace B 13] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Hmm, this place looks kind of like a living room. Maybe there's a futon you can lie down on somewhere... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 0.4] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara ...? [k] [charaFace E 3] @Sessyoin Kiara A futon...in the Ooku... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash At this point, I think anything soft would do. What about seating cushions? Are there any of those there? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 12] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh my... Anything soft would do...!? [k] [charaFace E 13] @Sessyoin Kiara So that is what we need now, is it? [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Something soft upon which Master can lie in sweet repose... You must be referring to a woman's body, yes!? [k] ?1:I mean, yes, those are soft, but... No! ?2:Noooooo no no no no no. Just...no. ?! [charaFace E 6] @Sessyoin Kiara ...Oh, forgive me. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara I suppose I was so distracted that I spoke thoughtlessly, even crudely. [k] [charaFace E 3] @Sessyoin Kiara Perhaps I may have, at times,[sr]a somewhat lurid turn of mind... [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh, how embarrassing... I just hope I haven't said anything to arouse your ire... [k] ?1:(Somewhat???) ?2:(Lurid turn of mind, she says...) ?! [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 1.0] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 9] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone W-well, everyone makes mistakes now and then.[sr]Please, pay it no mind. [k] [charaFace B 0] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I'm more interested to hear what[sr]it was you were thinking about. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone If you're feeling a little unwell yourself,[sr]maybe it would be good for you to rest up too? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh no, quite the opposite. I did not quite understand at first, but as we've made our way through this floor... [k] @Sessyoin Kiara ...I've come to see how I might be able[sr]to help, in however small a way. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Master, you've been receiving mapping data from[sr]Lady Sion and Lady Mash, correct? [k] @Sessyoin Kiara May I borrow the device you have[sr]been using to read it, please? [k] ?1:Uh, sure, fine with me. ?! [charaFace E 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Thank you, Master. Now, let me see[sr]what I can do with this data myself... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace E 0] [wt 0.2] [se ad15] [wt 0.6] [se ad1] [wt 1.2] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Um, I apologize if this is rude, but I'm surprised you know your way around that so well... [k] [charaFace A 1] @Mash I'm impressed you know as much about[sr]computers as you do about Buddhism. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 15] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion Hm? It looks like you are adding[sr]some new numbers to the map... [k] [charaFace C 0] @Sion Fascinating. What is this data,[sr]and how are you evaluating it? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara That's a good question. I suppose the simplest explanation would be that I am merely taking the impressions I gathered in my capacity of my true profession and quantifying them. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 15] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Your true profession? Given how skilled you are as a nun, it's hard to imagine you ever doing any other kind of work. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Teehee. Yes, I am indeed a nun now,[sr]but I am also a therapist of sorts. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara My calling entailed listening to people speak of their troubles, helping them develop strategies for coping, uncovering the traumas they had buried deep within themselves, and then taking that pain away. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara I wouldn't say I exactly chose it as a profession so much as I fell into it when I realized just what it was that I was doing. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I see. Well that's not too surprising. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone I'm sure any highly virtuous member of the clergy would attract people wanting to lay down their burdens. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone After all, saving people is a core part of Buddhist teachings, right? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara ...Yes, that's right. The title given to those who devote themselves to saving all living things is “bodhisattva.” [k] @Sessyoin Kiara That is what I strive for: to do my best to save all living things, no matter how big or small or anything else. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Shujou-muhen-seigando.[sr]The vow to save all living things. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Houmon-mujin-seigangaku.[sr]The vow to learn as many things as possible. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Butsudou-mujou-seiganjou.[sr]The vow to seek enlightenment. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara ...These are the various vows I have made to myself.[sr]I was simply doing my best to uphold them. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara But the desire to save others is still, in itself, a desire. That I once thought of this as my calling only shows how far I still am from enlightenment. [k] [charaFace E 9] @Sessyoin Kiara But that is a paltry price to pay for one such as myself to save those in need, or relieve them of their own earthly desires. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Should it be necessary, I would gladly offer up my body...and soul in service to those in need. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion I recognize those! Those are the four Buddhist vows any budding boddhisatva strives to fulfill! [k] [charaFace C 15] @Sion Oh, wait... [k] ?1:Did you say four? I only counted three. ?2:What's the last one? ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami I believe the fourth is called bon'nou-muryou-seigandan, and that it is the vow to relinquish all one's earthly desires. [k] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami ...I remember hearing about such things from the high priest I studied under as a young man, so as to apply them to my swordsmanship. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Teeheehee. I will say only that[sr]some things are best left unspoken. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara I have, of course, made that vow as well, but I imagine you and I interpret it...rather differently. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Yagyu Tajima-no-kami ... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 7] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara At any rate, it is thanks to all of that... [k] @Sessyoin Kiara ...that I happen to have a bit better understanding[sr]of what goes on in others' hearts than most. [k] [charaFace E 0] @Sessyoin Kiara And that is, perhaps, why I was able to sense this... [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.0] @Sessyoin Kiara In brief, the mazes on these floors all feel as though they represent some condition of the heart. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash ...What do you mean? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 7] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Actions and emotions are inextricably linked. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Just as certain behaviors elicit specific feelings in an individual, so can this apply to any number of people. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara The opposite is true as well, to a degree. Creating feelings in someone can help determine how they may act. [k] [charaFace E 0] @Sessyoin Kiara By way of example, let's say a group of people is exploring a maze, and they come to a fork in the path. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara It is not difficult to imagine that those most enthusiastic among their number might choose one path to take, while those favoring caution might choose another. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara There you have it. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara If you wish your more eager parties to win, you merely place your goal at the end of the path they are more likely to choose, or do the reverse for the cautious. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 12] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Hmm. I suppose you're right. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara So, with that in mind, and based[sr]on the paths we have seen so far... [k] @Sessyoin Kiara ...I was wondering if there might be some rule related to the heart on this floor that could help us determine the correct route. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Those numbers I appended to the map are my estimates based on these theories. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.0] @Sessyoin Kiara And if I'm correct, I believe that on this floor...the more we follow our urge to keep moving forward, the more likely it is we'll come to a dead end. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash ...! [k] ?1:I, uh, I see? ?2:Come to think of it, I might have noticed the same thing... ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara That being the case, we can plot a way forward that will help us reach our goal. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara In essence, what we must do is “lie” to ourselves, in a sense, and choose the path that appeals less to our desire to make forward advances. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Hmm! Now that you mention it, there HAVE been times when we only found a way forward... [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone ...once we investigated places like bathrooms and closets that you would think would be dead ends. [k] [charaFace B 12] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone And then there's the way this path has been anything but straightforward... [k] [charaFace B 13] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone So you're saying there are laws governing these layouts? That it's not all just a coincidence? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Assuming my analysis is correct, yes, I think so. [k] ?1:Huh, that's impressive. ?2:If this is true, it's gonna be super helpful. ?! [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash This is great! I never thought you would provide us with helpful analysis like this on top of your fighting skills! [k] @Mash Having you as the last Servant at Chaldea... [k] @Mash ...might just have been the best stroke[sr]of luck we could have hoped for. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Sion Fluctuations based on one's state of mind, huh...[sr]I was analyzing the rules governing this labyrinth's three-dimensional layout on our end too, of course... [k] @Sion ...but I never would have thought to include psychological parameters that accounted for how you felt by going down certain paths. [k] [charaFace C 4] @Sion I guess there are some things that only become apparent when you are actually out in the field. I cannot believe I missed this! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Please don't feel bad. It is only our good fortune that permitted me to notice this. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara Besides, I doubt this alone will[sr]be enough to see us to our goal. [k] [charaFace E 0] @Sessyoin Kiara Some parts of this I am afraid[sr]I cannot figure out, I must confess... [k] @Sessyoin Kiara ...and I expect we will encounter paths in the future that will be even harder to choose between now that we understand this governing principle. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara So in those cases, we will still need to depend on Lady Kasuga-no-Tsubone to show us the correct path. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone So it still comes down to my intuition, huh?[sr]I can do that! [k] [charaFace B 0] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone All that aside, you really are[sr]something else, Lady Sessyoin. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone Between your cool-headedness, your analytical insights, and your keen observation, I don't think you're quite like any monk I've ever met. [k] [charaFace B 1] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone If it were at all possible, I would love to hire you for the Ooku once this is all over. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone The Ooku's true attendants are always worrying about one thing or another. [k] @Kasuga-no-Tsubone If they could talk to you about their problems, I think you'd be able to help resolve them handily. What do you say, Lady Sessyoin? I'd be happy to reward you handsomely for your trouble! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh my, that sounds lovely. Of course I would be happy to go wherever I'm needed. Oh, but don't worry about a reward. [k] @Sessyoin Kiara I love people so very much.[sr]Guiding them to salvation is its own reward. [k] [messageOff] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaPut I 32,350] [charaEffect I bit_talk_radiallight02] [se adm20] [wt 3.0] ?1:(Gasp) ?2:Something tells me that would be a very bad idea! ?! [se ba1] [seVolume ba1 0 0] [charaEffectStop I bit_talk_radiallight02] [wt 0.2] [seVolume ba1 0.2 0.6] [wt 1.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 1.0 1.0] [charaFace E 3] @Sessyoin Kiara Oh, that's right.[sr]I am your Servant now, yes, Master? [k] [charaFace E 0] @Sessyoin Kiara Forgive me, Lady Kasuga-no-Tsubone, but I'm afraid I must decline your kind offer to serve as the Ooku's therapist. Hehe, sowaka sowaka... [k] ?1:(Kiara really has been a huge help, but something still feels off about her...) ?2:(I get the feeling we shouldn't depend on Kiara too much if we can help it.) ?! [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]