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＠Arash
Hey, Master!
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＠Arash
Can I talk to you for a minute?[sr]I've got an idea I wanted to share with you.
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？1：Where's this coming from?

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＠Arash
Well, I was just kind of minding[sr]my business when an idea struck me.
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＠Arash
I know that we can't use the pharaoh's original idea now that Vargas is dead...
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＠Arash
...but if we just tweak it a little,[sr]I think we could still bring it back to life.
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＠Arash
You know, like a phoenix!
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＠Ozymandias
!
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＠Ozymandias
You dare take pity on me?[sr]If so, I will burn you to ashes on the spot...
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＠Ozymandias
...but I can see that I need not worry.[sr]Very well, say your piece!
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＠Mash
H-how do you want to bring Vargas back to life?[sr]He was pretty definitively dead in that last scene...
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＠Ryouma
Especially since I was the one who pronounced him dead.[wt 1.2][charaFace E 0][sr]Oh, I get it. You're saying we make Roma a liar?
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＠Arash
No, no, nothing like that. I'm not talking about Vargas himself coming back to life.
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＠Arash
And Roma wouldn't have any reason to lie.[sr]At least, I don't think he would.
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＠Arash
Normally, one look with my Clairvoyance would reveal how things play out, but since this is an odd Singularity, the usual rules don't apply.
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＠Ozymandias
So? What is this idea of yours?
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＠Arash
It's simple.
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＠Arash
Suffice it to say, I want to honor both your[sr]and Murasaki's wishes for the character.
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＠Arash
It's nothing exceptional, but I think a lot[sr]of people would be willing to accept it.
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＠Arash
In one sense, unveiling it here for the first time works out perfectly.
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＠Ozymandias
How much longer do you intend to keep me waiting?[sr]Hurry and get to the point!
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＠Arash
Haha, sorry about that.[sr]Okay then, here's my idea, for what it's worth.
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＠Arash
...First off, let me ask you something.
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＠Arash
Do you remember what Murasaki told you back when she explained our characters to us?
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＠Ozymandias
Of course. That time, that beautiful woman told me...
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＠Ozymandias
Now I understand! What an amusing[sr]idea you have come up with, Archer!
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＠Mash
Um, Pharaoh Ozymandias? Can I ask what's going on?
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＠Ozymandias
...Heh. It would be uncouth for me to reveal it.[sr]Yes, I see.
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＠Ozymandias
Hahahaha![sr]Haha, hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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＠Jeanne Alter
If there was a joke in there,[sr]I sure as hell missed it.
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＠Jeanne Alter
I remember what Murasaki told us about our characters too. She said you two were the prince of the old Nadai Nadha kingdom, and his attendant...
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＠Jeanne Alter
Ohhh, now I get it. So that's your game.
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＠Arash
Ah, already figured it out, huh? Yup, you got it.[sr]Sorry I couldn't come up with anything better!
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＠Mash
Um, I'm sorry, Arash, but I still don't understand.[sr]Could you tell me what it is you're talking about?
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＠Arash
You're really kind, aren't you, missy.[sr]Okay, let me try this again.
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＠Arash
Murasaki told us that we were[sr]the prince and his attendant.
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＠Arash
So far, I've been playing the attendant, [wt 1.0][charaFadein G 1.0 -120,0][charaMove G -150,30 1.0]and the[sr]pharaoh has been playing the prince, as you'd expect.
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＠Mash
Right... [wt 0.4][charaFace D 6]Oh! You mean...!?
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＠Arash
Haha, I sure do! Now that Vargas is dead,[sr]I thought, what if we turned that around!
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＠Arash
I could be the prince, and the pharaoh could[sr]be my attendant! It'd be a huge twist!
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＠Tristan
Ten years ago, after barely escaping the attack on the palace, the prince and his attendant worked hand in hand to survive, eventually growing up to be a pair of fine young men.
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＠Tristan
Though they didn't think the prince was a wanted man,[sr]they could never be completely sure.
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＠Tristan
So they pretended their relationship was the inverse of its true nature, to better hide the prince's identity.
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＠Arash
Pretty much.
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＠Jeanne Alter
All right, for the moment, let's say we go with this. How do you explain what happened with Gabriela and Salazar then?
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＠Jeanne Alter
Not to mention we still have to fit[sr]The Portrait Painter into all this...
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＠Tristan
Oh, that was me just kind of babbling.[sr]We can cut it out.
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＠Arash
No, don't worry.[sr]I've got something in mind for that, too.
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＠Arash
We could make it so that Salazar always wanted to kill Vargas, and that was why he poisoned the glass.
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＠Arash
But the result was that Gabriela ended[sr]up being the one who took the poisoned glass.
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＠Arash
When his attempt failed, Salazar tried to take a more direct approach to killing Vargas once they were alone, only to die in the process.
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＠Salieri
But why would Salazar do such a thing?[sr]I can't see what his motive could be...
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＠Arash
That's easy. Because he was ordered to.
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＠Ryouma
Hmm. But Salazar worked for Gabriela, didn't he?
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＠Ryouma
Not only did he fail to kill his target,[sr]he ended up almost killing his master.
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＠Ryouma
And on top of all that, he got himself killed when he tried again. Pretty poor excuse for an assassin, don't you think?
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＠Jeanne Alter
Well, given how he bought it when he did,[sr]I don't see how we can get around that...
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＠Arash
Hey now, I'm not so cruel as to make Gabriela out to be the bad guy here. That'd be someone else.
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＠Arash
Someone you'd never expect.
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＠Tristan
...Are you talking about me?
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＠Mash
Huh?
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＠Tristan
True, I suppose having the detective be the culprit would be quite the surprise...
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＠Tristan
Oh no. I'm still not ready to play a cool and collected villain!
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＠Arash
Hahaha, that sounds like a great idea too![sr]But no, that's not what I had in mind.
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＠Tristan
(I'm so embarrassed...)
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＠Arash
I noticed this when I was watching the footage.
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＠Arash
After we recorded the first scene, Murasaki only told two of the actors that their roles were over:
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＠Arash
Old man Tajima, and Izo.
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＠Arash
But she never said that to Moriarty.
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＠Mash
Oh! Now I get it!
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＠Arash
Since Moriarty's part in the movie wasn't over, Murasaki must've been planning to have his character come back, right?
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＠Ryouma
So you're saying Miguel was alive all along?
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＠Jeanne Alter
Then what gives with the funeral?
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＠Salieri
No, wait. It was Salazar who ran the funeral.
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＠Salieri
And as Miguel's loyal servant, he would surely[sr]have no issue aiding his master fake his death.
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＠Arash
Sure, I have no idea why Murasaki might've wanted Moriarty's character to stick around.
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＠Arash
I'm just choosing to believe she did so[sr]because it makes my idea work even better.
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＠Moriarty
Perhaps she merely wanted to keep[sr]me around as a production assistant.
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＠Mash
She might have also planned on filming flashback[sr]scenes... [wt 1.5][charaFace D 13]Either way, I think it's a great idea!
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＠Tristan
That would mean The Portrait Painter...is Miguel.
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＠Moriarty
Haha, looks like you got me!
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？1：You seem pleased.
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＠Moriarty
Of course! It's been too long since I got to play[sr]the mastermind![wt 1.0][charaFace H 5] ...Well, maybe not all that long...
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＠Ozymandias
Even after he retired, he would still be the new nation's founding hero, so he would have retained his vast influence.
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＠Ozymandias
But that does not mean the Republic of Nadai Nadha's political situation was stable.
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＠Ozymandias
There were surely some factions who saw[sr]Miguel not as a hero, but as an obstacle.
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＠Ryouma
I see. So the threat of assassination must've always been looming over his head.
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＠Ozymandias
Thus, he planned to fake his death to remove himself from the spotlight while continuing to rule behind the scenes through Gabriela.
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＠Ozymandias
But then, the lost prince and his attendant suddenly showed up at the Meihousou, endangering everything he had planned.
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＠Ozymandias
Miguel did not know if they were here[sr]by coincidence or to seek revenge.
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＠Ozymandias
Either way, he decided to take care of them before they could discover anything that might truly jeopardize his plans.
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＠Arash
And that's why Miguel ordered Salazar to kill Vargas,[sr]who he thought was the prince.
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＠Arash
The last part of my idea involves García confronting Miguel directly in his hidden chamber, inside the Meihousou...
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＠Arash
Anyway, that's basically what I've got.[sr]What do you think?
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＠Arash
I guess you could say it's my amateurish[sr]attempt at solving this mystery.
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＠Arash
You're welcome to use it as it is, punch it up,[sr]or just toss the idea out whole cloth.
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＠Arash
Although, if you do decide to go with it...
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＠Arash
...I'll let you film a side of[sr]me I don't usually show anyone!
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