＄03-00-08-11-3-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 5045000 1 Altria] [charaSet B 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet C 1098209600 1 Oberon] [charaSet D 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet G 1098231510 1 Mash] [sceneSet H 10000 1] [charaScale H 1.01] [charaSet I 3039000 1 Gareth] [sceneSet J 10001 1] [charaScale J 1.01] [charaSet N 98115000 1 Effect] [charaSet R 1098210900 1 "Count Peperon"] [scene 120200] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 8] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon I see... So there's another threat to the world besides the Bleached Earth Phenomenon. [k] ＠Count Peperon And you came here to stop this collapse. [k] [charaFace R 6] ＠Count Peperon Yep, that tracks. Not really the kinda thing you can just turn your back on. [k] [charaFace R 4] ＠Count Peperon Sounds like things didn't go so well after you made land, though. So that's why Mashie isn't here with you. [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 25] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci [%1], Mash, and I all ended up taking[sr]different routes out of the Nameless Woods. [k] ＠Da Vinci Mash somehow ended up in the north, and some of the faeries think she's the Child of Prophecy now. [k] ＠Da Vinci Do you know anything about how that happened,[sr]Count Peperon? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 8] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon No, I don't. I didn't even know people thought Mashie was the Child of Prophecy until you told me. [k] ＠Count Peperon But I do know she's definitely not the Child of Prophecy. For one thing, she's not even a faerie. [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 12] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Gareth Exactly! The only real Child of Prophecy is Altria! Accept no substitutes! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria Haha, I don't think you need to be THAT insistent about it, Gareth... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 0] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon No, she's right. You ARE the Child of Prophecy.[sr]You did come here with [%1]. [k] ＠Count Peperon I've heard Ainsel's prophecy too. You've got the Staff of Selection, and you're traveling with a visitor from a foreign land. [k] ＠Count Peperon That right there says it all. You're this land's savior, no doubt about it. [k] ＠Count Peperon And if the fact that you match the prophecy perfectly wasn't enough, there's also your soul's aura. That alone tells me everything I need to know. [k] ＠Count Peperon So chin up, Altria. You're stronger than you think. [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria Oh... Uh, thank you, Count Peperon. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 7] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon That said... [k] ＠Count Peperon Are you sure it's a good idea to talk about Proper Human History in front of Altria and Gareth? [k] ＠Count Peperon Or does Chaldea just not care about secrecy like they used to? [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 14] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci I know... Gordy's definitely not going to be happy about this when he finds out. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Da Vinci But our Master insisted on at least coming clean about our objective. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 4] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon Oh my, how decent of you. But aren't you worried that might arouse suspicion? [k] ＠Count Peperon These faeries will think you're crazy if you go around talking about Proper Human History here, you know. [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFace I 18] [charaFadeinFSL I 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR A 0.1 2] ＠Altria Oh, you don't have to worry about that. We have nooo idea what [&he's:she's] talking about, anyway! [k] ＠Gareth Likewise! [k] ＠Gareth But that's okay! Whatever it is [&he's:she's] trying to[sr]do here, we can tell it means a lot to [&him:her]! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 6] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon ...Oh my, what wonderful companions you have. You are so very, very lucky. I'm jealous, even. [k] ＠Count Peperon The world's full of strong people. Smart ones too. [k] ＠Count Peperon But the only way you get dependable friends like that is to live a life of integrity. [k] [charaFace R 9] ＠Count Peperon The only friends I attract as just as selfish as I am! [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci That's not true, Count. Those soldiers who brought us here didn't just respect you for your money. They genuinely trusted you. [k] ＠Da Vinci You're not nearly as awful a person as you make yourself out to be. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 6] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon You think so? Okay, moving right along! [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon Count, do you mind if I ask you something? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 0] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadeinFSL R 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR C 0.1 2] ＠Count Peperon Not at all, hon. I'm always thrilled to answer any questions a prince charming like yourself might have for me. [k] ＠Oberon We need to know more about what's going on with Norwich and Spriggan. [k] ＠Oberon Why aren't the faeries who live here evacuating? [k] ＠Oberon What does Spriggan plan to do when[sr]the calamity finally hits? [k] ＠Oberon Can you tell us anything on either subject? [k] [charaFace R 8] ＠Count Peperon Oh, that's easy, Oberon. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 0] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon One reason the Norwich faeries aren't evacuating is because they don't fear death as much as we do... [k] ＠Count Peperon But the biggest has to do with their jobs and the land. [k] ＠Count Peperon You already know how much faeries care about their purpose, right? [k] ＠Count Peperon Well, for the faeries of Norwich, their purpose is their job, so they can't just give it up and look for another. [k] ＠Count Peperon On top of that, they're also being held back by psychological shackles. [k] [charaFace R 8] ＠Count Peperon You see, Spriggan actually sold Norwich's land right before those dark clouds showed up above it. [k] ＠Count Peperon You see, back when he stole Norwich out from under the previous lord, Boggart... [k] ＠Count Peperon ...Boggart, and all the faeries who owned land here, were banished to the north... [k] ＠Count Peperon ...and Spriggan claimed all this land for himself. [k] ＠Count Peperon For a long time, every smith in Norwich rented the land they needed to ply their trade... [k] ＠Count Peperon But now, at long last, the land was put up for sale, and the faeries all worked together to buy it for themselves. [k] ＠Count Peperon That includes faeries Spriggan has been exploiting all this time... [k] ＠Count Peperon ...and faeries who sold everything they had so they could finally afford their own land. [k] ＠Count Peperon Things were much happier in Norwich after that.[sr]But then[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci The calamity pool showed up in the sky... [k] ＠Da Vinci So these faeries won't leave Norwich because they finally have their own land here, huh... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Senji Muramasa I believe it. To a smith, their forge is more important than their life. [k] ＠Senji Muramasa They could never leave it, no matter how scared they might be of this calamity pool. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 9] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Gareth Is that why you put your security detail together? Because you didn't think Spriggan's soldiers alone would be enough? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 6] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon No. Spriggan's army has no intention[sr]of keeping Norwich safe. [k] ＠Count Peperon If anything, he wants the calamity to get here. [k] ＠Count Peperon I expect he'd like nothing better than if it got rid of all the faeries and buildings for him. [k] ？1：Why's that? [charaFace R 7] ＠Count Peperon Well... [k] ？2：I see... Because he wants to nullify his contract. [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 15] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Senji Muramasa Ahh, now I get it. He's a land shark. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 7] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon That's right. It makes sense you'd have some experience with this sort of thing, huh, Muramasie? [k] ？！ [charaFace R 8] ＠Count Peperon Spriggan never meant to give up this land. He knew the calamity could be coming. [k] ＠Count Peperon It's right there in the prophecy, after all. The part about disaster befalling a city of iron and soot. [k] ＠Count Peperon So first, he sold the land to the[sr]faeries at a high price... [k] ＠Count Peperon And then, once the calamity comes and effectively leaves all Norwich vacant, he'll buy it back for a steal. [k] ＠Count Peperon Norwich's inheritance tax is stupidly expensive. The next generation faeries could never hope to pay it. [k] ＠Count Peperon This way, Spriggan gets both the money for the land, and the rights to redevelop it however he likes. [k] ＠Count Peperon Two birds, one stone, and he doesn't even have to throw it himself. [k] ＠Count Peperon The only other place you'd find a faerie that devious is Proper Human History. [k] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon Are you kidding!? That's even more horrible than anything any faerie in Proper Human History's done! I knew Spriggan was shameless, but I had no idea he was THAT awful!!! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria So that's why the faeries here are still living their lives as usual... [k] ＠Altria No... It's not that. They don't have any other choice. After all, if they left here... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 4] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Gareth They'd be broke, and unable to pay[sr]next year's existence tax... [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon I knew it was strange. [k] ＠Oberon Why were there still faeries who cared about the well-being of their human servants here? [k] ＠Oberon The calamity will kill humans too. [k] ＠Oberon Now I see. Those faeries probably want to run away, but they can't bring themselves to actually do it. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 22] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Hold on. You said Spriggan has no intention of keeping Norwich safe, right? [k] ＠Da Vinci So then, what if he tries to do something to Mash!? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon Oh, you don't have to worry about her. She had as much magical energy as a Tam Lin. [k] ＠Oberon There's no way Spriggan could do anything to stop her. At best, he can just stall her by entertaining her in his castle. [k] ＠Oberon No, the real problem is...we no longer have any way to see her again. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 11] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria Oh, right... [k] ＠Altria If Spriggan only cares about saving his own inner circle, he'd never let the Child of Prophecy leave the castle... [k] ＠Altria The second he let her talk to the faeries in town, Mash'd figure out what's really going on... [k] ？1：...If Mash won't come to us, we'll just have to go to her. ？2：...Guess this means we'll just have to sneak into Spriggan's castle then. ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk R] [charaFace R 8] [charaFadein R 0.1 1] ＠Count Peperon I wouldn't recommend that. Spriggan's castle is the most heavily guarded place in all of Britain. [k] ＠Count Peperon It's commonly known as the vault castle, and it's like Spriggan's antisocial personality come to architectural life. [k] ＠Count Peperon If they hole up in there, not even the Tam Lin would have an easy time breaking her out. [k] [charaFace R 4] ＠Count Peperon I know there's nothing you can do about it now, but you really shouldn't have let Mashie go with him... [k] ＠Count Peperon The only way we'll be able to see her again now is if she leaves the castle of her own accord. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]