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＠Salieri
Now that this has escalated into a detective competition...or rather, a contest to see who can come up with a more solid structure for this story...
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＠Salieri
...I would like to throw my hat into the ring.[sr]In fact, I feel I must...
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＠Mash
You too, Salieri?
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＠Salieri
Hm?
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＠Mash
I mean, your character has just seemed to draw much less attention compared to everyone else, so...
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＠Salieri
Of course I have questions, though not about the film.[sr]What is it I'm doing here?
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＠Salieri
...No, never mind that. I already decided I would try to live up to the queen's hopes for me.
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＠Mash
...?
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＠Salieri
...I have been thinking about this man I have been inhabiting, Antonio.
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＠Salieri
I wasn't able to learn much about him from Murasaki Shikibu, so I still don't know who he is.
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＠Salieri
All I know is, he shares my name and also used to be a court musician... Ha! How bitterly ironic!
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＠Salieri
...[sr]...
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＠Salieri
Still, if I assume there is a slight chance that Antonio was a flesh and blood person who truly existed, then I can imagine what he must be thinking.
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＠Salieri
It took me some time, but eventually,[sr]I did arrive at the core of who Antonio is.
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＠Ryouma
Yeah, it was tough getting into[sr]our characters, wasn't it?
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＠Ryouma
I'm just glad Murasaki helped me[sr]out by making Roma similar to me.
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＠Salieri
Indeed, she did the same for me and Antonio.
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＠Salieri
It was a conscious choice on her part.[sr]Once I realized that, the rest was relatively easy.
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＠Salieri
Though, at the same time...I also noticed[sr]there was a contradiction in his story.
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＠Tristan
A contradiction, hmm?
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＠Tristan
Given how much has been improvised, I'm not sure there's much point in worrying about a contradiction or two.
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＠Salieri
No, this one goes back to the very beginning...
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＠Salieri
...when Murasaki Shikibu was still[sr]involved with the production.
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＠Salieri
I suspected she planted that detail intentionally,[sr]and thought long and hard about what it could mean!
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＠Moriarty
Hmm, I don't remember anything strange.[sr]All I remember is that the footage came out well...
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＠Salieri
This was from the very beginning! Go on, think back!
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＠Salieri
Surely you remember this exchange[sr]between Antonio and Roma!
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＠G：Roma
Oh, that's all right. At any rate, I'm surprised you made it through the massacre. I remember they slaughtered everyone in the palace that day, even the noncombatants.
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＠F：Antonio
That's, um...
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＠Jeanne Alter
Oh, yeah, I remember that now.[sr]But what's so weird about that line?
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＠Salieri
Everything!
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＠Salieri
Take Vargas and García! How do you think they[sr]survived the massacre when their castle fell!?
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＠Jeanne Alter
How the hell should I know? Maybe they just got lucky?
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＠Ozymandias
You need to ask? The royal family's retainers clearly risked their lives to help them escape.
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＠Ozymandias
That is what it is to be a loyal servant, even in the face of your country's imminent collapse!
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＠Jeanne Alter
You don't say.
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＠Arash
Maybe that means Vargas and García have been fending for themselves all this time because they were the only ones who managed to escape?
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＠Arash
Besides, maybe it's because the prince witnessed loyalty like that when things were so dire...
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＠Arash
...that he grew up with such a strong sense of justice.
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＠Mash
Now that I think about it... It does seem strange that the former government's court musician would have survived.
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＠Salieri
Exactly. When the castle fell, the only ones meriting any sort of protection would have been royalty.
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＠Salieri
Antonio would never have been spared, no matter how talented a musician he may have been.
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＠Moriarty
Perhaps Antonio had some fans among the court,[sr]just as the prince had his retainers?
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＠Salieri
Fans so devoted as to be willing to risk their lives for him? No one would do that, even for a peerless genius, let alone an ordinary person.
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？1：I can think of a few.
？2：No comment.

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＠Salieri
...For the purposes of this story, assume that there was no one quite so odd as that.
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＠Salieri
No, the reason Antonio survived the attack is obvious.
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＠Salieri
He was relieved of his post as court musician just before the revolution took place.
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＠Jeanne Alter
Yeah, that tracks. But why was he fired then?
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＠Salieri
Ha! As if you need ask!
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＠Salieri
Because he lacked talent!
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＠Salieri
And without such talent...he must have been utterly lost once he no longer had his position at the palace.
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＠Mash
That's awful...
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＠Mash
B-but then, in that case, how did[sr]he become such a popular musician?
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＠Salieri
There is a great deal of difference between what is popular with the masses and what is appreciated at court.
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＠Salieri
...A great deal of difference.
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＠Jeanne Alter
Sounds like a guy speaking from experience.
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＠Salieri
...[sr]...
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＠Salieri
...I am not Salieri.[sr]There is no point in bringing that up now.
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＠Salieri
All right, that should fill in the[sr]blanks for Antonio's background.
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＠Salieri
The next question is, why did he so fervently wish to come to the Meihousou?
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＠Tristan
Now that you mention it, he did say he had to pull every string he could just to get here.
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＠Salieri
After hearing rumors that Miguel had a fondness for young women, he may have thought to present Elise as a gift.
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＠Jeanne Alter
Whoa. Scumbag, much? Prick should do[sr]the world a favor and die in a fire.
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＠Jeanne Alter
Hell, I've got some gas and plenty of matches right here. Ready to burn, asshole?
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＠Moriarty
Just as a reminder, there still hasn't been a single crime committed here!
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＠Jeanne Alter
Anyway, I still don't get why Antonio would do that.[sr]He'd already found success as a popular musician, right?
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＠Jeanne Alter
He's got fame and money.[sr]What else would the guy want at this point?
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＠Salieri
That's exactly it.
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＠Salieri
Antonio came to the Meihousou in search of something neither fame nor money could provide him.
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＠Salieri
Something he wanted badly enough that he[sr]was willing to sell off his own partner.
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＠Mash
And what was that?
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＠Salieri
Sheet music. The sheet music left[sr]here by past court musicians.
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＠Ryouma
I don't know how much they left behind, but whatever it was had to be here in the Meihousou.
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＠Ryouma
Miguel was going around collecting all sorts of documents anyway, so I don't see why sheet music couldn't be among them.
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＠Salieri
No matter how successful Antonio[sr]was among the larger populace...
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＠Salieri
...it could never wipe away the stain of his youthful failure. And he found himself unable to turn away from it completely.
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＠Salieri
So he wanted to see the music his dead colleagues had left behind one more time.
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＠Salieri
...He had to know for sure.
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＠Salieri
Had he made up for his prior lack of skill over the past ten years? Or was the gap insurmountable, no matter how hard he worked?
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＠Shakespeare
They do say to write from experience if you want to quickly infuse a work with gravitas.
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＠Shakespeare
While the finer details are, of course, quite different, it would seem bringing in elements of Antonio Salieri's own life here bear that out.
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＠Andersen
It's a hell of a lot to throw at the viewer.[sr]But that's how it should be!
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＠Mash
I think it's a wonderful idea!
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＠Mash
But, um, it doesn't really get to the truth of the larger story, or help with its conclusion, does it?
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＠Mash
If we went with it, it would make this story all about Antonio, rather than the murder at the Meihousou.
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＠Salieri
...I did think about how I could fit this story's existing pieces together.
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＠Salieri
But I'm not as practiced at this as the others. Don't expect too much regarding the truth of this case.
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＠Salieri
That said, I did think of a conclusion. I imagine it's just the sort of thing you would expect from an Avenger.
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＠Moriarty
Well? What is it? Color me curious.
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＠Moriarty
I, for one, would be quite interested in hearing a conclusion that doesn't cast me as the mastermind!
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＠Salieri
I see no point in going into detail[sr]on a story that may never be filmed.
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＠Salieri
All I will say for now is that if we do set about filming it, I expect I will need Sir Tristan's help.
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＠Tristan
Hmm, I see. Well, if my help is required,[sr]then I would be glad to give it.
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＠Tristan
(Though of course, that won't happen,[sr]since my idea is sure to be the one that's chosen.)
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＠Tristan
(At least, I think so!)
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＠Jeanne Alter
Geez, what's got you so worked up?
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