$94-03-35-01-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 5035000 1 Anastasia] [charaSet B 3035001 1 "Qin Liangyu"] [charaSet C 5002001 1 "Gilles de Rais"] [charaSet D 3011001 1 Fionn] [charaSet E 1007001 1 Gawain] [charaSet F 98001000 1 Mash] [charaSet G 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet H 5042000 1 "Murasaki Shikibu"] [charaSet I 1098162300 1 Semiramis] [charaSet J 98115000 1 Effect] [branchQuestNotClear lblNotClear 3000303] [scene 66700] [branch lblConf] [label lblNotClear] [scene 60300] [label lblConf] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Anastasia ...[sr]... [k] [se ade96] @Anastasia (Reading a book) [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Qin Liangyu ...[sr]... [k] [se ade96] @Qin Liangyu (Reading a book) [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Gilles ... [k] [se ade96] @Gilles (Reading a book) [k] ?1:Hm? ?2:I didn't know so many Servants were bookworms... ?! [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 1.0 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 1.0 0.2] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [branchQuestNotClear lblNotClear2 3000303] [scene 66600] [branch lblConf2] [label lblNotClear2] [scene 10310] [label lblConf2] [wt 1.0] [wipein rightToLeft 1.0 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] [se ade96] @Fionn (Reading a book) [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] [se ade96] @Gawain (Reading a book) [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaFace D 0] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 2] [charaMove D -180,0 1.2] [charaMove E 180,0 1.2] [wt 1.0] [se ad420] [seVolume ad420 0 0.1] [wt 0.1] [seVolume ad420 0.1 1.0] [charaFace D 5] [charaFace E 5] [charaShake D 0.02 3 3 0.3] [charaShake E 0.02 3 3 0.3] [charaMove D 0 0.4] [charaMove E 2 0.4] [wt 0.8] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] @Fionn Oh, pardon me.[sr]I was so caught up in this book I didn't even see you! [k] [charaFace D 0] @Fionn Hm? What sort of masterful writing could cause a man[sr]as great as myself to make such a careless mistake? [k] @Fionn Oh, it's nothing, really. Just a book with the simple title of “Fionn mac Cumhaill: Knight of Gold.” [k] [charaFace D 1] @Fionn I have to say, I never knew[sr]reading could be so much fun! [k] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] @Gawain Not at all, good sir. If anyone should beg pardon here, it is I. I am in the same boat as you, Sir Fionn. [k] @Gawain These days, I spend much more time broadening my mind than I do practicing my sword. [k] [charaFace E 4] @Gawain I, too, never thought I would[sr]ever be so engaged with books... [k] @Gawain ...but these neat rows of letters written out on paper are far more engaging than I ever thought possible. [k] [charaFace E 0] @Gawain It has been quite enjoyable,[sr]going back to basics like this. [k] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] @Fionn I know exactly what you mean. I don't even need to consult my thum...er, Finegas, to understand where you are coming from. [k] [charaFace D 0] @Fionn We knights are no more than men who have only tales[sr]of bravery and valor to our names, after all. [k] @Fionn My beloved wife would be worried sick if she[sr]saw me so absorbed in a book, of all things. [k] [charaFace D 5] @Fionn In fact, she would almost certainly suspect me of using it to cover up adultery, or some other distasteful business! [k] [charaFace D 0] @Fionn Not that I would ever do anything of the sort, of course. I trust things are similar in your order as well, Gawain? [k] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] @Gawain That they are. At least for me. [k] @Gawain Say, could I trouble you to lend me that book once you are finished with it, Sir Fionn? [k] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] @Fionn By all means. I would be happy to let you read it. [k] [charaFace D 0] @Fionn Now, what's that you're reading there? ...I see.[sr]So it's called “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”... [k] ?1:Hmmm. ?2:That explains it... ?! [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [branchQuestNotClear lblNotClear3 3000303] [scene 66400] [branch lblConf3] [label lblNotClear3] [scene 10204] [label lblConf3] [wt 1.0] [se ad8] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Mash ... [k] [se ade96] @Mash (Reading a book) [k] @Mash ...[sr]... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou! [k] [messageOff] [se ad7] [effect bit_talk_42 0,0 H] [charaMove G 50,0 0.4] [charaFadeout G 0.4] [wt 0.1] [effectStop bit_talk_42] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk off] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [wt 0.1] [se adm21] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 -260,-300] [charaAttack G normal -20,85 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaMove G 0,0 0.2] [wt 0.3] [charaTalk on] [charaFace F 14] [charaShake F 0.03 2 2 0.4] @Mash Aah! Fou? [k] [messageOff] [charaFace F 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 3] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash S-Senpai! Wh-when did you get here!? [k] @Mash I'm so sorry I didn't notice you sooner! [k] ?1:Don't worry about it. [charaFace F 12] @Mash This is far from the first book I've ever read,[sr]but I was still so caught up in it! [k] [branch select01] ?2:What're you reading, Mash? [charaFace F 0] @Mash The Iliad, Homer's Greek epic. [k] [branch select02_end] ?! [label select01] ?1:What were you reading? ?! [charaFace F 0] @Mash Oh, this is the Iliad, Homer's Greek epic. [k] [label select02_end] @Mash It's about the Trojan War.[sr]The one Achilles and Hektor fought in. [k] ?1:A lot of the Heroic Spirits here love that book. [charaFace F 1] @Mash Oh yes! [k] @Mash The way it's written really makes you feel as if you're right there watching the Greeks and Trojans waging this war on behalf of the Greek gods. [k] @Mash It's a tragic story, so full of death... [k] @Mash ...but it also has such beautiful depictions[sr]of strength and valor on both sides... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace F 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 3] @Mash I'm sorry. Once I started reading it,[sr]I just couldn't put it down. [k] ?2:Didn't a guy named Heinrich Schliemann excavate the ruins of Troy? [charaFace F 1] @Mash Yes, he did! [k] @Mash The Iliad was thought to be entirely fictional for a long time, but thanks to Heinrich Schliemann, an archaeologist from the late nineteenth century, many people now believe this story reflects real historic events. [k] @Mash It's a true Mystic, weaving history and mythology together like few other historical works. [k] ?! ?1:...Sure seems like a lot of people have caught the reading bug. ?! [charaFace F 0] @Mash Oh, really? [k] [messageOff] [charaFace F 13] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 1] @Mash Yes, it looks like they have! [k] [charaFace F 13] @Mash We didn't often see Servants reading,[sr]but now we seem to have books everywhere. [k] @Mash And there's a very simple explanation for that. [k] [charaFace F 1] @Mash Namely... [k] @Mash ...we have a library now! [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 2.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [scene 10000] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [input selectBranch] [messageOff] [skip false] [charaSet A 5035000 1 Anastasia] [charaSet B 3035001 1 "Qin Liangyu"] [charaSet C 5002001 1 "Gilles de Rais"] [charaSet D 3011001 1 Fionn] [charaSet E 1007001 1 Gawain] [charaSet F 98001000 1 Mash] [charaSet G 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet H 5042000 1 "Murasaki Shikibu"] [charaSet I 1098162300 1 Semiramis] [charaSet J 98115000 1 Effect] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.4] [seStop ad5 0.4] [seStop ad7 0.4] [seStop ad8 0.4] [seStop ad420 0.4] [seStop ade96 0.4] [seStop adm21 0.4] [charaPut J 0,-2000] [charaEffectStop J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [scene 10000] [wt 0.4] [soundStopAll] [maskin black 1] [wait mask] [label selectBranch] [skip false] [wt 1.0] [fowardEffect bit_queststart80233] [wait fowardEffect] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 70400] [skip true] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [se ade74] [wt 1.5] [seStop ade74 0.4] [wt 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 13] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash This is it. The underground library. [k] @Mash I'm told it's a massive new library that just showed up here one day, separate from the one we already have. [k] @Mash It might seem like it takes up a lot of room, but they say it's actually using magecraft to bend the space around it. [k] @Mash As a result, it fits entirely in the storage area, and doesn't get in the way of the Magical Reactor or other support systems at all. [k] ?1:First I've heard of this. ?! [charaFace F 12] @Mash R-really? That's odd. It's not like[sr]Da Vinci to leave you out of the loop... [k] @Mash [charaFace F 7]Oh, maybe there's a bug in the email server! [k] ?1:That might be it. @Mash I'll make sure to check on it later.[sr]It could just be a loose cable or something. [k] ?2:Da Vinci's definitely not the type to forget to tell us something important. @Mash No, she's not. [k] ?! [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ade74] [wt 1.5] [seStop ade74 0.4] [wt 0.4] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 1.0] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 0] @Mash ...[sr]... [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] @Mash Back in Chaldea... [k] @Mash ...all of our databases were digitized, and we didn't have much in the way of paper books. [k] [charaFace F 4] @Mash Maybe that's why I got so caught[sr]up in these actual books... [k] ?1:Don't sweat it! Besides, this is your time off! [messageOff] [charaFace F 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 1] @Mash Thank you, Senpai! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou fou. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [branch select01_end] ?2:You really do like paper books, don't you? [charaFace F 0] @Mash ...Yes, I do. [k] @Mash They were very rare back at Chaldea, so... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash ...[sr]... [k] [charaFace F 0] @Mash ...I understand that there's no meaningful difference between reading a tablet or a book in terms of the information you get. [k] @Mash And yet, it's strange. When I read a paper book... [k] [branch select02] ?! [label select02] ?1:You can't put it down? ?! [messageOff] [charaFace F 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 3] @Mash Right. Exactly. [k] ?! [label select01_end] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [se ade74] [wt 1.5] [seStop ade74 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Here we are. This is the underground library's reception desk! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaSet A 5042000 1 "Murasaki Shikibu (Silhouette)"] [scene 70300] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [se ad311] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad311 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth A 6] [charaDepth H 4] [charaTalk off] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [charaFilter A silhouette 00000080] [wt 0.6] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] [wt 0.6] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 0.6] [bgm BGM_EVENT_25 0.1] [charaTalk on] @H:Librarian ...Welcome. [k] [turnPageOff] @H:Librarian My underground library is home to books old and new, from far and wide. [k] @H:Librarian It has history books, biographies, mythology, legends, tragedies, comedies, classics, new releases, fairy tales... [k] @H:Librarian ...period pieces, Westerns, lowbrow humor, political drama, occidental, oriental, Middle Ages, contemporary... [k] @H:Librarian Ancient records, recent best sellers, fiction, nonfiction... As well as maps and field guides. [k] @H:Librarian Oh, and of course...we also have tales of revenge,[sr]and stories of romance. [k] @H:Librarian If there's any book you can't find on our shelves,[sr]please come straight to me. [k] ?1:We really do have a librarian... [charaFace H 7] @H:Librarian ...[sr]... [k] [charaFace H 0] @H:Librarian Good day, Master of Chaldea.[sr]I suppose this is our first time meeting, isn't it? [k] ?2:Nice to meet you. @H:Librarian It's nice to meet you too, Master of Chaldea. [k] ?! @H:Librarian By your leave, I am the librarian of this underground library, and a Caster. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace H 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace H 0] @H:Librarian My True Name is Murasaki Shikibu. [k] [turnPageOn] @Murasaki Shikibu I have been enthralled with letters, words,[sr]and human emotion since I was a child... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I hope you will be patient with me, as there is still much I do not know about the modern world. [k] ?1:Welcome to Chaldea! ?2:I'm [%1]. ?! [messageOff] [charaFace H 1] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Murasaki Shikibu was born in Japan during the Heian period, just like Raikou and Kintoki. [k] ?1:I think...she was an author, right? [charaFace F 1] @Mash Yes! She's best known for The Tale of Genji,[sr]the very first novel in recorded history! [k] [charaFace F 13] @Mash It takes place during the Heian period, focusing specifically on noble society and the exploits of its titular character Hikaru Genji. [k] @Mash But Murasaki Shikibu was also a famous tanka poet. Some of her poems are included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, which is still used in karuta to this day. [k] ?2:She's the tanka poet who wrote The Tale of Genji! [charaFace F 1] @Mash That's right! [k] ?! [charaFace F 0] @Mash As a Heroic Spirit, she manifested as a Caster,[sr]and I believe she specializes in Eastern magecraft. [k] [charaFace F 1] @Mash The results speak for themselves. She used her own magical energy to make this underground library from scratch... [k] @Mash ...converted all the books saved as files in our database into physical objects... [k] @Mash ...and now lends them out to the[sr]Servants and staff for free. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Magecraft...? [k] @Murasaki Shikibu You think I created this library with magecraft...? [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 12] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Y-yes. Didn't you...? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou, fou. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ...Uh, yes. I suppose...I must have. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I consider this a type of onmyoudou myself... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu A type of phenomenon where something miraculous[sr]is spun beyond mortal ken and bound with the mind. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu If such beautiful things as that[sr]are what you call magecraft... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu ...then I am sure what you[sr]said must be true, Lady Mash. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace H 7] [wt 1.0] [charaFace H 0] @Murasaki Shikibu ...To be perfectly honest... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu ...I was never very good at onmyoudou[sr]back in the Heian period. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu It is only now, as a Servant, that I find myself in command of so many skills I could never have managed before. [k] [charaFace H 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I still have much to learn as a Caster, but I hope I can be of use to all of you nonetheless. [k] ?1:Glad to have you with us! ?! @Murasaki Shikibu Thank you, Master. It is a pleasure to be here. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu ...[sr]... [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_25 1.0] [charaFace H 0] @Murasaki Shikibu ...Now, having said that... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace H 4] [wt 1.5] [charaFace H 6] @Murasaki Shikibu I'm[messageShake 0.03 3 3 0.6] so terribly sorry! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [charaMoveReturn G 0,30 0.3] [wt 1.2] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ...I've made a terrible mistake! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I really wanted to do things right this time,[sr]and make a fabulous Heroic Spirit debut... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu But then, it just happened... [k] [charaFace H 5] @Murasaki Shikibu One of the books from a collection I made[sr]using my magical energy got away from me! [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou, fooou! [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Got away? So, you mean...a book's gone berserk? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Yes, that's right. It was just this morning,[sr]when I was organizing the archive... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout circleIn 1.5 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.5] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [effect bit_sepia01] [scene 70700] [wt 1.0] [wipein circleIn 1.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_25 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-50] @Murasaki Shikibu There we go. [k] [messageOff] [charaMove H 0,-60 0.4] [wt 0.2] [se ad144] [seVolume ad144 0 0.25] [wt 0.6] [charaMove H 0,-50 0.4] [wt 1.0] @Murasaki Shikibu Phew. I think that's enough stocking up for today. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I feel bad, putting so many of these books away. People poured their hearts and souls into writing these words. [k] [charaFace H 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I only hope they find their way to someone who truly appreciates them one day... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace H 7] [wt 1.0] @Murasaki Shikibu Hm? Now what's this book?[sr]That's strange. I don't think I recognize it... [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_25 0.4] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.6] [se ad39] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_warp] [wt 3.5] [seStop ad39 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-50] @Murasaki Shikibu W[messageShake 0.03 2 2 0.4]hat!? [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Why is it floating!? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [wt 0.5] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 0.6] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 0.2] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 0.9] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-50] [charaShake H 0.03 4 4 0.4] @Murasaki Shikibu Eek!!! [k] [charaFace H 0] @Murasaki Shikibu H-hey, what are you doing?[sr]Is that...! [k] [charaFace H 2] @Murasaki Shikibu I put that in my bag specifically so...![sr]S-stop! Don't absorb it! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Give that back to me this instant! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [wt 0.5] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 0.6] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 0.2] [se ade36] [flashin once 0.1 0.1 FFFFFF80 FFFFFF00] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 1.0] [se ad39] [seVolume ad39 0 0.1] [seVolume ad39 1.0 1.0] [charaEffectStop J bit_talk_warp] [wt 2.0] [seStop ad39 1.0] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 2] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-50] @Murasaki Shikibu Ah! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Oh no. Is it...gone!? [k] [messageOff] [wipeout circleIn 1.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [pictureFrame] [effectStop bit_sepia01] [scene 70300] [wt 1.0] [wipein circleIn 1.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ...This is all my fault.[sr]I should never have been so careless. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Now one of the books I'd long kept in my library's archive has taken on a cursed life of its own. [k] [charaFace H 0] @Murasaki Shikibu When it is not feeding on all the information and magical energy it can find in its vicinity... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu ...it runs around endlessly in an[sr]instinctual act of self-preservation. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I've come to calling it the Cursed Book.[sr][wt 0.7][charaFace H 4](Sniff)... [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fooou, fou. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ...[sr]... [k] [charaFace H 5] @Murasaki Shikibu Back when I used to serve the Empress, Lady Shoushi, the other ladies-in-waiting used to pick on me for being too highbrow... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I was so saddened by that experience that[sr]I refused to leave my chambers for a time... [k] [charaFace H 4] @Murasaki Shikibu It wasn't until I began feigning the vapidity of an airhead that I only just started to fit in at work... [k] [charaFace H 6] @Murasaki Shikibu But [messageShake 0.03 2 2 0.4]I really wanted to get it right this time! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I was so determined to make a perfect debut as the Heroic Spirit of Books, and that you would all be glad I was here... [k] [charaFace H 4] @Murasaki Shikibu ...(Sniff) But now, I've gone and ruined it all... [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 0.7] ?1:Don't worry, everything will work out. ?2:It sounds like we just need to get that book back, no? ?! [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Right, Master! If this book is dangerous, we can't just let it run around doing whatever it wants! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Fou Fou! [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 7] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ... [k] [charaFace H 0] @Murasaki Shikibu ...Y-you mean, you're not going to chastise me,[sr]Lady Mash? [&Lord:Lady] [%1]? [k] ?1:Of course not. Besides, everyone loves the new library. ?2:Nah, it's fine. Everyone makes mistakes. ?! [messageOff] [charaFace H 2] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [branchQuestNotClear lblNotClear4 3000303] [branch lblConf4] [label lblNotClear4] @Mash Besides, we know from experience that all bets are off when it's Valentine's season! [k] [branch lblNotClear4_out] [label lblConf4] @Mash Besides, we're in the legendary Wandering Sea right now. Anything could happen here! [k] [label lblNotClear4_out] ?! [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [wt 0.2] [se ad13] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] @Semiramis Hm? Oh, good, it seems that was the right switch.[sr]Can you hear me? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Semiramis? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Semiramis Yes, it is I. [k] @Semiramis Da Vinci was feeling ill, so I had little choice but to take over communications for her. [k] [charaFace I 3] @Semiramis Now, uh, regarding the reason I am calling... [k] @Semiramis You see, um, we seem to have an,[sr]ah...emergency on our hands... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.7] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] [charaShake H 0.03 3 3 0.3] [wt 0.8] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Semiramis I noticed a strange book drawing near to my magical energy reserves I had set aside specifically for this year's Valentine's Day... [k] @Semiramis ...and it gobbled up every last drop. There is nothing left for this year's chocolate production at all. [k] ?1:Did you say a strange book!? [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash She did, Senpai! That must be the Cursed Book...! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] ?2:All of it!? [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu [f small]...I'm so sorry... [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] ?! [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 5] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Semiramis It didn't seem to be one of the Demonic Books we usually face. Did it come from that library, by any chance? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Yes, it did! Oh no, this is terrible...![sr]This is just what I was afraid of! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu It's going around attacking people...! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.4] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.6] [se ad9] [seVolume ad9 0 0.4] [wt 2.5] [seStop ad9 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Semiramis Hm? What was that? This control panel is so strange,[sr]it's hard to make heads or tails of it... [k] [charaFace I 7] @Semiramis Hmm. It looks like a number of magical energy signals are headed your way. You'll need to handle them on your own. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffectStop J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad19] [wt 2.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [charaShake G 0.03 4 4 0.4] @Fou Fo, fou!? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 2] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Mash Senpai! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu This is all my fault. I am so, so sorry. [k] [charaFace H 5] @Murasaki Shikibu I have to put an end to this before anyone else gets hurt! Please, let me handle it! [k] ?1:No way! We'll fight with you! ?2:No way! It's too dangerous to fight on your own! ?! [messageOff] [charaFace H 2] [wt 1.0] [charaFace H 5] @Murasaki Shikibu A-all right![sr]...Then let's go! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]