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@Pārvatī
They dropped a key![sr]This should get us through this door.
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?1:Is it just me, or are there way too many locked doors on this floor...?
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@Mata Hari
It's definitely not just you. It's great that it's easy to spot the attendants with keys, since they all keep them around their waists...
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@Mata Hari
...but it's a real hassle to have to defeat them every time we just want to open a door.
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@Mata Hari
Well anyway, what do you say we just keep going for now?
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?1:Not again...
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
Wait... Look at the room next to us.
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@Pārvatī
There are attendants working on something.[sr]They don't seem to have noticed us. And look...
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@Scheherazade
It looks like...a key.
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@Mata Hari
If we can sneak past them and borrow it, maybe we could move on without having to fight them?
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@Mata Hari
...Then again, I guess that sort of underhanded trick goes against your honor, Mr. Swordsman?
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
There is more to the way of the sword than simply cutting. If one can win without drawing one's blade, all the better.
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
I do not think now is the time to cut off their heads.
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
That's samurai talk for “Doesn't bother me.” So then I guess the question is, how do we proceed from here?
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@Mata Hari
What if I use my Espionage skill?
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@Mata Hari
I don't know how well it'll work on these dolls, but there's only one way to find out.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Just a moment, please. Given how things are unfolding...[sr]I think this floor pertains to Fuchutoukai.
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?1:I knew this had to be connected to a precept...
?2:Another one of the five precepts, huh.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Yes.[sr]Fuchutoukai is the precept that forbids stealing.
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
Stealing? Well that's just common sense.
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I've always made very sure that my charges know how wrong that sort of thing is!
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
One can't possibly hope to become a respectable shogun or samurai without a strong moral foundation!
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
Still... Are you saying that taking a key from these dolls would still constitute stealing?
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Based on what we've seen thus far, I think it's safe to say that our enemies want us to break these precepts.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Though I still can't say what their purpose in doing so might be.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
This is just like the last floor.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Now that I've noticed this, I cannot help but feel that going along with what they want would be a bad idea...
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@Mata Hari
Maybe it would, but I don't see what choice we have.
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@Mata Hari
If things are structurally set up here so that we have to break these precepts to advance, what else can we do?
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@Scheherazade
I think our only option may be to find another way to advance without following our enemy's expectations...
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@Scheherazade
...like how Mata Hari used her Noble Phantasm to intoxicate Master without requiring [&him:her] to drink.
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@Scheherazade
Because one way or another...we absolutely have to keep going.
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@Scheherazade
There are still many people we need to rescue.
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?1:Yeah...I think you're right.
?2:Guess we'll just have to steel ourselves for whatever happens.
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@Mata Hari
Advancing in a way that goes against expectations is all well and good, but I can't think of many possible options.
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@Mata Hari
We could take the keys by force, or we could take them sneakily, but we'd still be taking them either way.
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@Scheherazade
Not necessarily. We can go one step further removed.
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@Mata Hari
How so?
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@Scheherazade
I think it's a question of who exactly steals the keys and breaks the precept.
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@Scheherazade
Master doing so is probably the most dangerous option, followed by having one of [&his:her] Servants do so in [&his:her] stead.
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@Scheherazade
But, if a Servant had something else steal the keys...would that not go against Kama's expectations?
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@Sessyoin Kiara
Now I see.[sr]You make an excellent point.
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@Sessyoin Kiara
True, the further we are from breaking the precept ourselves, the safer it most likely is.
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?1:Is this going where I think it's going!?
?2:Does this mean we'll get to hear that famous story!?
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@Scheherazade
Yes. Fortunately, I happen to know the story of a certain thief. Allow me to tell it to you now.
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@Scheherazade
Long, long ago, there were two brothers in the land of Persia. The elder brother was named Cassim, and the younger was named Ali Baba...
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@Mata Hari
Ooh, what are those? They kind of look like cute little girls... Is that Ali Baba?
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@Scheherazade
No, this one will be playing one of his enemies.[sr]Very well, bandit leader, you know what to do...
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
I can see that they are quite spry, and that they are adept at erasing their presence.
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
But there are no longer any blind spots for them to hide in. It will be difficult for them to carry out their task without the enemy's notice.
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?1:Don't worry, they'll be fine.
?2:Between all forty thieves, I'm sure they'll figure something out!
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
My, now something even smaller and cuter is rattling the sliding door in the next room...
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@G:Attendant
...? What was THAT noise.[sr]I'll go CHECK...
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@Scheherazade
...And they lived happily ever after...
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@Mata Hari
We got the key! Hooray!
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@Sessyoin Kiara
It does seem that we have no choice but to acquire these keys in order to proceed, so this is surely the next best way to do so.
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
All right then, let's get moving before those dolls see us.
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@Mata Hari
Hehe, on a different subject, it was wonderful getting to hear the narrator of One Thousand and One Nights tell one of her stories in person.
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@Mata Hari
I can't wait to hear what happens next. Actually, I'd love to hear another story, too. Oh, but, I guess we have to wait until tomorrow night for that, huh?
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@Scheherazade
Hehe. Thank you for your kind words.
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@Scheherazade
Rest assured, I am no longer telling my stories so as to live for a thousand more nights, but to help end this Singularity's story as soon as possible.
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@Scheherazade
So I will be happy to tell as many tales as needed to...[wt 0.6]Oh?
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@Kasuga-no-Tsubone
This next door doesn't have a keyhole! There's just a pedestal with a very conspicuous hollow nearby!
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
There, in that room. Once again, there are a great number of attendants...but there is also an ornament in the panel that could easily be removed.
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@Yagyu Tajima-no-kami
It seems as though it would be a perfect fit for the hollow in the pedestal.
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?1:We don't need a key, we need a key item!
?2:Now she's just giving us the runaround!
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@Mata Hari
It looks like I won't have to wait long to hear another story from you after all.
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@Mata Hari
I'm glad I'll get to hear one again so soon, but I also feel bad about making you do all the work...
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@Scheherazade
...Worry not. Please, let me handle this.
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@Scheherazade
Between Ali Baba, who made his way past forty cunning thieves... The deity of thievery, Ali al-Zaibak... The djinn's illusions...
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@Scheherazade
Prince Ahmed ad-Danaf... Hasan Shuman... And Dalilah and her daughter, Zaynab... I have no end of characters to draw upon.
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@Scheherazade
If my stories are needed to let us advance... If they are needed to rescue someone who needs help...
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@Scheherazade
Then I will gladly tell as many as I can, even if my throat should run as dry as the desert sands...
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