$94-01-88-08-2-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 2022000 1 "Altera Santa"] [charaSet B 1098122800 1 Ereshkigal] [charaSet C 1098122820 1 Ereshkigal] [charaSet D 98025100 1 Voice] [charaSet E 98025100 1 "Effect Dummy"] [scene 51100] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.8] [se ad130] [wipeout rectangleStripDownToUp 2.0 1.0] [wt 0.5] [se ade54] [fowardEffect bit_talk_bubble] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [seStop ade54 2.0] [scene 51200] [wipein rectangleStripDownToUp 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [fowardEffectStop bit_talk_bubble] [wt 2.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.7 1] [wt 1.0] @Altera Santa ...You ARE there, right, [%1]?[sr]I can sense you, but I can't see you... [k] @Altera Santa I can't even see myself, for that matter. So this is the bottom of the abyss, a place devoid of light... [k] @Ereshkigal ...I can't believe it. A human, ignoring my warning, and coming down all this way. [k] ?1:Ereshkigal! ?! [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 0.4] @Ereshkigal That's the fifth time you've spoken my name.[sr]Now you are REALLY dead. That said... [k] @Ereshkigal ... (Sigh) [k] @Ereshkigal Whatever your reasons are, I really must commend you for actually making it here. [k] @Ereshkigal So before I skewer you with my spear,[sr]I can at least ask you this: [k] @Ereshkigal Why did you come this far, human?[sr]Why have you shown yourself before me? [k] ?1:I came here to see you, of course. ?2:I'm here to help you, whatever the circumstances. ?! @Ereshkigal I see.[sr]In that case... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.7 1] [wt 1.5] @Ereshkigal Can you still look upon me so fondly,[sr]even after seeing me like this...? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altera Santa ...![sr](Her face... It's rotted off...) [k] ?1:... ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Ereshkigal I don't know anything about you.[sr]Any memories I had of fighting by your side are gone. [k] @Ereshkigal Nergal told me about Chaldea. He also told me that as long as you're around, I'll never be able to disappear. [k] @Ereshkigal ...I can't have that. Now that I'm losing my power,[sr]I can't rule the underworld anymore. [k] @Ereshkigal I have nothing against you personally, but I need you to go away if the underworld is to survive. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altera Santa ...Wait. I've been thinking about this a lot, and it doesn't make any sense. [k] @Altera Santa You say you need Chaldea to go away so that you can disappear yourself. [k] @Altera Santa But I also heard that you'll disappear even before Chaldea succumbs to the Sumerian Fever. [k] @Altera Santa So then, why attack Chaldea at all if things are going to turn out the same regardless? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Ereshkigal ...It would not be the same. Anyone who could reduce me to this state is far too dangerous to let live. [k] @Ereshkigal Whether I exist or not, Chaldea is a threat. In which case, as the ruler of the underworld, it falls to me to do something about it. [k] @Ereshkigal So before I disappear, I'm going to make amends for my sins. When you are facing death, you humans put your affairs in order, right? [k] @Ereshkigal That's what I'm doing.[sr]I'm using the last of my power to help the underworld. [k] ?1:... ?! [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altera Santa [%1]? [k] ?1:Why do you have to disappear at all? [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Ereshkigal Well... Because... [k] ?2:Just forget about this place. [charaFace A 11] @Altera Santa ...Oh, that's bad. Really, really bad.[sr]That's the sort of thing Ishtar would[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Ereshkigal ...You're right.[sr]I must thank you for your words. [k] @Ereshkigal Now I no longer have the slightest compunction about punishing you. [k] ?! [messageOff] [se ad448] [charaTalk off] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.7 1] [charaFadeout B 0.7] [wt 1.5] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk on] @Voice That's enough, Ereshkigal.[sr]You and your guests have said plenty. [k] @Voice You have done your job well.[sr]Now, I shall take over for you. [k] @Voice The underworld is the last bastion for the gods that have declined and vanished. A mystic land of darkness the light of humanity can never reach. [k] @Voice If you truly wish to protect the underworld, then you will obey me. Do that, and the underworld shall become a land where the dead writhe in pain... [k] @Voice Do that, and it shall be reborn as a garden of terror, as a world of death, dust, maggots, and plague! [k] [charaTalk off] @Ereshkigal ... [k] ?1:Is that Nergal...!? ?2:Don't tell me he's down here too...!? ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altera Santa ...I see. Now it all makes sense. [k] @Altera Santa That's Nergal's Authority.[sr]The same one Ereshkigal laid claim to. [k] @Altera Santa When Nergal lost to Ereshkigal in the underworld, he left behind his hatred. His rage. [k] @Altera Santa Now, with Ereshkigal weakened, that rage has gained new life...and it's using Nergal's remnants[line 2]his Authority[line 2]as an avatar. [k] @Altera Santa It's basically Nergal's spiritual substitute, representing his essence. [k] @Altera Santa Another ruler of the underworld who would never have shown himself if Ereshkigal hadn't been weakened. [k] @Voice Correct. Ereshkigal is the good Gallû Spirit, and I am the evil one. [k] @Voice We are both incarnations of the underworld itself.[sr]We both represent its future. [k] @Voice Humans cannot hold gods to their standards of good and evil. There are times when so-called good decisions can kill an entire world. [k] @Voice Now, come, Ereshkigal. The time has come to fulfill your duty. Kill them, and disappear completely. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ereshkigal ... [k] ?1:Ereshkigal...! ?! [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 3.0] @Ereshkigal ...I am not the Ereshkigal you know.[sr]I am the Queen of Kur, fallen to disgrace. [k] @Ereshkigal It is only right for one who has lost their power to vacate their position. ...But before I do, I must make amends for the wrongs I have committed. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_24 0.1] @Ereshkigal I have watched your descent through the underworld, mage from a distant land. I will even admit that I enjoyed it. [k] @Ereshkigal But I cannot forget the ruin and disorder that you have brought to the underworld. Now, I will pass judgment on you myself...! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_24 0.5] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]