$94-03-35-04-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 5005001 1 Andersen] [charaSet B 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet C 5042000 1 "Murasaki Shikibu"] [charaSet D 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet E 6031000 1 Osakabehime] [sceneSet H 10000 1] [charaSet I 5009000 1 Effect] [charaSet J 98115000 1 Effect] [charaScale H 1.01] [branchQuestNotClear lblNotClear 3000303] [scene 66600] [branch lblConf] [label lblNotClear] [scene 10310] [label lblConf] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [se ade12] [wt 2.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Andersen ...[sr]... [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk J] [se ade12] [wt 2.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] @Andersen ...She's not answering. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaEffect J bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [wt 0.2] [se ad13] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] @Mash I'm not reading Osakabehime's magical energy signal either. It looks like she's not in her room. [k] @Mash There's also no Cursed Book Signal, so I don't think we need to worry about getting inside. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I see... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen I didn't think she ever left her room if she could help it. ...Well, at least I have an idea where she might be. [k] [charaFace A 0] @Andersen Now that I've come this far, I might as well show you the rest of the way, too. At least it'll be something different. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I'm so sorry to make you go to all this trouble... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Eh, I'm just helping out a bit on my way back to my easy chair. If you really want to thank me, you can lend me one of your rarer books. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.4] [se ade250] [charaTalk H] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.4] @J:Commentary Despite his cold, off-putting demeanor... [k] [turnPageOff] @J:Commentary ...Mr. Andersen found himself unable to abandon Murasaki in her time of need. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [turnPageOn] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [charaShake D 0.03 4 4 0.4] @Fou Fou!? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash ! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Hm? What is it? Why're you looking at me like that? [k] ?1:When did we get a commentary track here? ?2:You mean I wasn't just imagining things!? ?! [charaFace A 4] @Andersen Commentary? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu A[messageShake 0.03 2 2 1.0]h! I-I-I'm so sorry, Lord Andersen![sr]I just...[wt 1.2]couldn't help it... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Wh-what was that just now!? Did anyone else see that commentary floating above your heads? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu ...Oh, this is just mortifying. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu This is the only technique I ever managed to learn from Lord Abe-no-Seimei... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Taizan Commentary Fest. [k] ?1:Taizan... ?2:Commentary Fest... ?! @Murasaki Shikibu Merely something I came up with. Nothing to do with the resurrection ritual of the Taoist god with a similar name. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Fou Fooou. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I didn't even want to learn it, but I acquired it almost by osmosis while I was around Lord Seimei... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu It's a dreadful technique that exemplifies the worst of Lord Seimei's mischievousness... [k] [charaFace C 5] @Murasaki Shikibu It creates a sort of running commentary that anyone can see or hear...save the one being commented on! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu The commentary cannot lie outright,[sr]but it can reveal very painful truths! [k] [charaFace C 2] @Murasaki Shikibu I remember this one scary monk once told me “Such shame...such cowardice! Mmmm, yes, I have seen this technique's true nature.” [k] [charaFace C 6] @Murasaki Shikibu It still gives me chills to think about it... [k] ?1:A scary monk, huh... ?2:Mmmm, something about the way he speaks sounds familiar... ?! [charaFace C 4] @Murasaki Shikibu He warned it was not a technique to be used lightly,[sr]b-but I'm afraid I went and activated it in spite of myself... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu I'm afraid I often end up doing that whenever I relax my guard... It's almost like a curse... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash A-are you sure it isn't?[sr]Because it really does sound like one... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Fou Fooou. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Please forgive me, Lord Andersen! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Hmph. I got commented on all the time,[sr]it's nothing new to me. [k] @Andersen How many critical and faux-critical reviews do you think we writers have suffered by now? Not to mention all that painful amateur analysis! [k] [charaFace A 5] @Andersen If I had a dime for every slanderous accusation that's been thrown my way, I could have retired after my first book! [k] [charaFace A 0] @Andersen Don't be an idiot, Shikibu.[sr]You're an author; you know what it's like. [k] @Andersen We writers are expected to have a monologue or two ready to go at all times. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace A 1] [wt 1.0] @A:Andersen (Commentator) “...Not to mention, this commentary must be from the great Eastern genius writer, Murasaki Shikibu.” [k] [turnPageOff] @A:Andersen (Commentator) “What greater honor could there be than that? Any man,[sr]no, writer worth his salt should be so lucky.” [k] @A:Andersen (Commentator) Thus, Andersen, still smiling, secretly decided to brag about this to Shakespeare later. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [turnPageOn] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Lord Andersen... [k] ?1:Ander... ?2:(I think...I just saw the ultimate tsundere in action...) ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Hm? Now don't you start too, [%1].[sr]I told you not to worry about it. [k] [se ade250] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.4 0.5] [charaTalk H] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.4] @J:Commentary Indeed, Mr. Andersen, with his sky blue hair and matching eyes, spoke not a hint of falsehood. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.4 1.0] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Oh no, there it goes again...![sr]I'm so sorry! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Oh gosh, oh gosh... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] @Andersen ...So you really don't have any control over it, do you. Since I was the one commented on, I obviously have no idea what it said... [k] [charaFace A 0] @Andersen ...but as a fellow author, I doubt you could have had it say anything that was wrong. Stop apologizing so much. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] @Andersen Now come on. We're going to find Osakabehime and take care of these Cursed Books! [k] [se ade250] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.4 0.5] [charaTalk H] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.4] @J:Commentary “Life in Chaldea isn't quite like life anywhere else. Here, adventure could knock on your door at any time at all.” [k] [turnPageOff] @J:Commentary Thus, resigned to his fate, Mr. Andersen decided he may as well stick around until the Cursed Books were disposed of once and for all. [k] ?1:There it goes again... ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.4 1.0] [turnPageOn] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Fou Fooou! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [scene 70300] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_25 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash This is...the library's reception desk. [k] @Mash I guess this means we're back where we started... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Osakabehime's been coming to the library a lot lately, so since she wasn't in her room, I figured we'd find her here. [k] @Andersen Look, there's a note left on your desk. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Let's take a look. Hmm.[sr]Whoever wrote it has lovely handwriting. [k] @Murasaki Shikibu “Hi, Librarian. You weren't here when I showed up, so being the kind princess that I am, I'll put these books back on the shelves myself.” [k] [charaFace C 1] @Murasaki Shikibu What kind, beautiful lettering. I can almost[sr]see her personality leaping off the page. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Oh? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Ah. [k] @Mash I just realized I forgot to tell you! [k] [charaFace B 1] @Mash In addition to running the library, Murasaki Shikibu also holds calligraphy and creative writing classes. [k] [charaFace B 13] @Mash Oh, and proper letter-writing too... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen I see. That does sound like it would be right up her alley. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu I just wanted to be of whatever help I could to anyone who wished they had beautiful handwriting... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu ...or who wanted to better express their innermost feelings. [k] [charaFace C 1] @Murasaki Shikibu It's not much, but I do hope it's something. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Fou Fou, fou! [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen All right, let's go look for Osakabehime. She said she was going to put some books back on their shelves, right? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 7] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 0] @Murasaki Shikibu Just a moment, please. It would seem...that her note wasn't the only one left here! [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Um... [k] @Murasaki Shikibu “Then I will too.” “Me too.” “Me three.”[sr]“Same.” “As shall I.” “Likewise.” [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen ...[wt 0.7][charaFace A 2]Ugh, great! Just our luck that they all had to run off inside the library! [k] ?1:Let's go after them! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Okay! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash I'll close the hall to the library, just in case! [k] ?2:Maybe we should seal off the entrance, too. [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Right, Senpai! I'll make sure to close off the hall to the library. [k] @Mash If anyone else shows up there, I'll send a message letting them know to wait until you get there. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen That should work. All right, come on. [k] ?! [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 1.0 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_25 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [scene 70400] [wt 1.0] [wipein rightToLeft 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_25 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 6] [charaFadein E 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] @Osakabehime Hm hm hmm♪ [k] [messageOff] [charaMoveReturn E 0,10 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaMoveReturn E 0,10 0.4] [wt 0.6] [charaFace E 1] @Osakabehime What a nice princess I am, putting books back where I got them♪ [k] [charaFace E 4] @Osakabehime ...I guess that would technically be against the rules in most libraries... [k] [charaFace E 6] @Osakabehime ...but it looks like they don't even keep track of who's checked out what in this one. [k] @Osakabehime I'm sure it'll be daijoubu since I let the librarian know what I was doing. Hm hm hmm. [k] [messageOff] [charaMoveReturn E 0,10 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaMoveReturn E 0,10 0.4] [wt 1.0] [wipeout rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.5 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_25 0.5 0.3] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.5] [wipein rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash There she is! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen Good, we found her. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu Oh... It's her![sr]The girl in glasses who frequents my library...! [k] ?1:Osakabehime, wait! Don't return that boook! ?! [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_25 0.5] [wipeout rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.5] [wipein rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 2] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Osakabehime Master! A-a-a-and Murasaki-paisen!?[sr]I mean, Senpai!? [k] [messageOff] [charaFace E 8] [charaShake E 0.03 4 4 0.4] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] @Osakabehime Oh gosh, oh gosh oh gosh...![sr]N-n-n-now what am I gonna do!? [k] @Osakabehime Murasaki and I both love books, and we're both Japanese Servants who are big into literature! There can't be room for both of us in the lineup! [k] @Osakabehime This is exactly why I've been trying to avoid running into her and Ma-chan at the same time! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Fou ...[wt 0.7]Fou? [k] ?1:Uh... ?2:I wouldn't say you're THAT similar... ?! [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash I'm...not sure what to say... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 8] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Osakabehime Oh come on! We're both into books, we're both gloomy...[sr]We're practically identical twins! Right, Ma-chan!? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu U-um, Osakabehime!? Putting aside how similar we might be, could you let me see those books you checked out!? [k] @Murasaki Shikibu Also, have you noticed any books you don't recognize, by any chance!? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Osakabehime Huh? You want to see my books?[sr]Well sure, that's fine with... [k] [charaFace E 2] @Osakabehime Wait. [wt 0.4][charaFace E 8][messageShake 0.03 3 3 0.6]Y-y-you mean, here? In front of Ma-chan!? [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 0.4] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.6] [se ad39] [charaPut I 1] [charaEffect I bit_talk_warp] [wt 3.5] [seStop ad39 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaPut I 1200,1200] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 9] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Osakabehime Kyaa! [k] @Osakabehime How is my book floating on its own...!? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash This is a Cursed Book Signal if ever I saw one![sr]It's very strong, too! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen So given what happened in the study, I'm guessing these things turn into enemies and try to attack us? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Murasaki Shikibu That's right! But once we defeat it,[sr]it will turn back into the book it used to[line 2] [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 8] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [charaShake E 0.03 4 4 0.3] [wt 1.0] @Osakabehime N-n-n-no, please! Anything but that! [k] @Osakabehime I can't let Ma-chan see what I was reading!!! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad57] [shake 0.05 0 4 0.3] [wt 1.3] [seStop ad57 0.1] [se ad17] [wt 2.0] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash The Cursed Book has transformed into an Eastern-style hydra! Be careful, it has a lot of magical energy, too! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 8] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Osakabehime S-[messageShake 0.03 3 3 0.8]stay back! Please![sr]Yamete kudastooop! [k] ?1:Sorry about this, Osakabehime! ?2:I'll do my best not to look at the title! ?! @Osakabehime [f large]Nooo! [k] [messageOff] [se ad7] [charaMove E -150,0 0.4] [charaFadeout E 0.2] [wt 0.5] [charaPut J 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash H-huh!? It looks like...Osakabehime has sided with the Cursed Book serpent...! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Andersen She really was serious about not wanting Master here to see what the book was... The author in me sympathizes. [k] [charaFace A 2] @Andersen All right, I'm not here to judge. Let's take down this serpent and I guess try not to hurt Osakabehime much! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]