＄03-00-01-04-1-0
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[charaSet B 98115300 1 Holmes]
[charaSet C 5036001 1 Avicebron]
[charaSet D 1098126400 1 Patxi]
[charaSet E 1098128600 1 Yaga]
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[charaSet G 1098123210 1 Goredolf]
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＠Avicebron
Very well then, let us be on our way, Master.
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＠Avicebron
I have sealed off and hidden this workshop[sr]with boulders. It shall be our secret hideout.
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＠Mash
It's very well hidden. I can't see it at all anymore.[sr]But, how are we going to find it again ourselves...?
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＠Avicebron
Not to worry. I've set a golem to sense[sr]when we draw near and guide us in.
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？1：Wow, let's hear it for golems!
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＠Avicebron
It's nothing special for a golem keeper like me.[sr]Although as a mage, I am merely second-rate.
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＠Avicebron
Now then, let us head for one of the[sr]villages said to be aiding the rebel army.
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＠Holmes
If I may, do be as quick about this as you can.
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＠Patxi
I know. Anyway, we'll have to pass through[sr]another village to get to the one we want.
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＠Patxi
Make sure you stay out of trouble there.[sr]It's mostly neutral, but it does lean pro-Ivan.
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＠Patxi
...All right, let's get in and get out quickly,[sr]before anyone notices how much you guys stand out.
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＠Yaga
...Hold it!
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＠Patxi
What do you want?
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＠Yaga
...You've got to pay the toll.[sr]If you mean to use our village as a shortcut, it's only fair.
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＠Patxi
That's ridiculous. I'm not paying that.
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＠Yaga
You're off to join the rebel army, right? You can pay the toll, or I can capture and report you. Either way, it's no fur off my snout.
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＠Avicebron
Regrettably, we don't have a single[sr]ruble to our name at the moment.
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＠Avicebron
And I do not wish to cause you injury if I can help it. However, if we cannot settle this peacefully...
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＠Avicebron
Well, Master?[sr]What would you have us do?
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？1：Let's make a break for it.

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＠Patxi
...Tch, guess that's the only choice we got.[sr]C'mon, [%1]!
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＠Avicebron
If you wish to run away,[sr]then I shall have my golems form a protective wall.
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＠Avicebron
Mash, you get on top of the getaway golem.
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＠Mash
R-right!
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？2：Let's try to persuade them.

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＠Patxi
Persuade them, huh. I don't know...
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＠Avicebron
Tell me, are your labor needs being sufficiently met?
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＠Yaga
Take a look around. What do YOU think?
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＠Avicebron
Then allow me to present you with this.
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＠Yaga
Aah! What IS that!?
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＠Avicebron
A moving statue of sorts, powered by magecraft. It's not the most nimble thing, but it can quite capably handle any hard labor you wish to throw at it.
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＠Yaga
...A-and you're just giving it to us? For free?
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＠Avicebron
Of course not. In exchange, you will pretend you never saw us, and let us be on our way.
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＠Avicebron
That way, we can reach our destination unimpeded, and all of you will gain an endless source of free labor.
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＠Avicebron
...So, do we have a deal?
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？！


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＠Avicebron
...My my, that certainly took a while.
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＠Goredolf
...I see that village is incapable of picking a side.
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＠Patxi
I'm surprised you could tell, human.[sr]Yeah, that's right.
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＠Patxi
That village is full of Yaga[sr]who can't make up their minds.
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＠Mash
...What do you mean?
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＠Goredolf
They continue to support Ivan the Terrible, while also making deals that obviously help the rebel army.
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＠Goredolf
Places like that are inevitably seen as enemies by both sides. They end up destroyed when one invades.
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＠Holmes
Still, given their location, it is likely they are left with no other choice. They are situated far from the capital, and close to the rebel army, after all.
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＠Holmes
Can we truly blame them for living their lives the best they can with the meager options available to them?
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＠Goredolf
Hmph. The trick to living a life with one foot in two camps is to throw away all you hold dear and compromise every step of the way.
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＠Goredolf
While you may never enjoy a better tomorrow, at least you have the solace of knowing yesterday wasn't too bad.
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＠Goredolf
If you cannot do that, but instead constantly flit[sr]back and forth, you doom yourself to destruction.
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＠Goredolf
I saw it happen to my own family back when the[sr]political infighting grew especially fierce!
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＠Goredolf
...Uh oh. Just thinking about it is making me nauseous...
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？1：Please try to calm down.
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＠Mash
...I don't know too much about it myself, but I've heard that, for a mage, there are few things worse than having their family fall to ruin...
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＠Patxi
...You hit the nail on the head.[sr]That village IS flitting back and forth.
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＠Patxi
They're scrambling around trying to make[sr]ends meet and getting nowhere fast.
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＠Mash
All that aside...
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＠Mash
That village seemed very different[sr]from the town where you lived, Patxi.
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＠Mash
It almost felt like something out of the Middle Ages...
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＠Holmes
True, Yaga Smolensk's buildings did[sr]appear to be a bit more modern.
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＠Patxi
That's 'cause they were made back in human times.
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＠Mash
Then, those buildings are all[sr]over four hundred years old?
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＠Patxi
That's right. They've been patched up over the years,[sr]but no one knows how to build like that anymore.
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＠Patxi
The best we can do now is fill in any holes that show up.
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＠Patxi
...If we ever had a major earthquake, everything'd probably come tumbling down like a house of cards.
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＠Avicebron
Much as I would be interested to learn more about the Yaga's civilization, I believe we should set that aside for the moment.
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＠Avicebron
Right now, our most pressing concern is finding[sr]a way to make contact with the rebel army.
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＠Mash
You're right, Avicebron.[wt 0.8][sr]Let's see...
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＠Mash
What if we start casually dropping words like “Servant,” “Master,” and “Singularity” when we talk to other Yaga!?
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？1：I've always wanted to be a secret agent!
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＠Mash
Right!?
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＠Avicebron
...Unfortunately, I don't believe it will be that easy.
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＠Avicebron
The rank-and-file soldiers have most[sr]likely never heard of those things.
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＠Avicebron
We must also not forget that there are Servants[sr]on the enemy's side as well as our own.
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＠Avicebron
Merely revealing ourselves as Master and Servant may not be enough to convince the rebels of our intentions.
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＠Holmes
Quite right.
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＠Holmes
As such, we should keep things simple and merely[sr]do what we can to demonstrate our desire to join.
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＠Holmes
Tell me, Patxi, do you have any[sr]interest in joining the rebel army?
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＠Patxi
...Ivan the Terrible's been ruling this land with his Oprichniki for four hundred and fifty years now.
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＠Patxi
He's the great Tsar! He's freakin' IMMORTAL. We've been living in fear of his regime all our lives, but...
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＠Patxi
...if my only choices now are to curl up and die, or to go down fighting...I'll choose the latter. Proudly.
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＠Holmes
Hmm, I see.
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＠Holmes
Personally, I would have been satisfied if you were merely willing to pretend to join them, but this should suffice just as well.
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＠Patxi
Hey, you're the guys who got me mixed[sr]up in all this in the first place.
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＠Holmes
Ah, you have me there.
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？1：I'm sorry.

＠Patxi
Don't worry about it.
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＠Patxi
Truth to tell, I've been pissed off for a while about how I've had to just sit back and take all this shit.
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？2：Are you sure about this?

＠Patxi
Yeah, I'm sure.
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＠Patxi
You guys're strong, and there's one of these[sr]Servant people in the rebel army too, right?
[k]

＠Patxi
So...we might just have a fighting[sr]chance against the Tsar.
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？！

＠Holmes
...I suppose the right thing to do[sr]here would be to honor your wishes.
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＠Goredolf
How much longer are you going to drag this interminable conversation out? If he wants to do it, let him do it.
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＠Goredolf
We need to hurry and repair the Shadow Border.
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＠Goredolf
The Oprichniki could be looking for us even as we speak!
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＠Avicebron
In that case, why don't we let Patxi go into the village first, and meet back up with him later?
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＠Patxi
Sounds great to me.[sr]Don't worry, I'll make sure to introduce you guys.
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＠Patxi
After all, you're all I've got to hang my hat on.
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＠Patxi
Okay, just sit tight.
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＠Avicebron
Is something bothering you, Master?
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＠Avicebron
Do you regret involving Patxi in this ordeal?
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？1：A little...

＠Avicebron
...This may sound harsh, but if you truly regret that decision, I believe you should have gone your separate ways back when you first met him.
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＠Avicebron
But do keep in mind that, now that things have[sr]come to this, he is making decisions for himself.
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＠Avicebron
If you wish to respect those decisions,[sr]then silence, as they say, is golden.
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？2：I do want to respect his wishes, but...

＠Avicebron
There is nothing more you can do now.
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＠Avicebron
Sometimes, we decide our own fate,[sr]and sometimes, others decide it for us.
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？！

＠Avicebron
Now, we must be patient.[sr]Rome was not built in a day, correct?
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＠Avicebron
This is true for golems as well.
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＠Da Vinci
Uh, really? 'Cause you sure seem to have been throwing them together by the score in, like, seconds.
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＠Avicebron
That is simply the nature of my magecraft.
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＠Avicebron
And trust me, I did not reach this point in a day.
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＠Mash
...It's starting to get dark.
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＠Mash
What should we do?[sr]It MUST be okay to enter the village now, right?
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＠Avicebron
Wait. Someone's coming.
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？1：May I ask who you are?
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＠Yaga
You the ones Patxi was talking about?
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？1：That's us.
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＠Yaga
Can you take your hoods off so I can see your faces?
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＠Yaga
...I'll be damned.[sr]Guess he was telling the truth.
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＠Avicebron
Indeed he was. Incidentally, I will tell you now that I have no intention of removing my mask.
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＠Avicebron
...Now, may we ask you something?
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＠Avicebron
We have proven to you that we are not Yaga. So why are your comrades still training their firearms on us?
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＠Yaga
Easy. There's been some rumors[sr]going around lately, you see...
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＠Yaga
...and they say that Ivan the Terrible's working with a human mage now. One with a human-bodied Servant in tow!
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＠Yaga
Sorry pal, but you're not getting any mercy from us!
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＠Avicebron
...Well, Master, what would you have us do?
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？1：Please don't kill them.

＠Avicebron
Hmm. If that is your command, then that is what[sr]I shall do. Is that your wish as well, Mash?
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＠Mash
...Yes. They're just trying to protect themselves, so...
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＠Avicebron
I see. Then I shall instruct my golems not to kill.
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？2：Just hit them with the back of your sword, please.

＠Avicebron
That will be difficult,[sr]as my golems do not have swords, Master.
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＠Avicebron
...I jest. I understand your meaning, of course,[sr]so I shall do my best to honor your request.
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？！

＠Avicebron
Now, let me show you the most well-kept[sr]secret among the golems I command.
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＠Avicebron
My fair Yaga, while I pledge to do my utmost to restrain myself, I am afraid that I cannot be held responsible should one of my golems strike you in a particularly vulnerable place.
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＠Avicebron
Say your prayers.
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