＄94-04-02-01-1-0

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＠Yu Mei-ren
It's so noisy in here... [bgm BGM_EVENT_95 0.1]This place is like a melting[sr]pot of human desires just waiting to spill over.
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＠Xiang Yu
I was told this Singularity was home[sr]to all manner of new entertainments...
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＠Xiang Yu
...but even I failed to imagine[sr]the sheer extent of this spectacle.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
Human desires are limitless.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
New forms of decadence and madness that people in the past could never conceive of crop up whenever the world changes.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I've seen plenty of people turn feral[sr]from fear and hunger during times of war.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
Now, even amidst these glaring lights and overflowing buffets, these people are exposing their shamelessness for all to see.
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＠Xiang Yu
I'm sorry, Yu. I brought you here in the hope of showing you something new...
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＠Xiang Yu
...but all I did was end up showing you more of the same noise that has always troubled you.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
Not at all, Lord Xiang Yu. As long as I am with you,[sr]I can find happiness wherever we go.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
Hey! How does a roulette wheel just happen to land on black five times in a row!? You sure this game isn't rigged!?
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？1：What's all the commotion over here?
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＠Xiang Yu
Oh, hello, Master.[sr]Are you exploring this city of madness as well?
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？1：Something like that.
？2：Technically, I'm on a mission...
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＠Xiang Yu
My beloved there was just “blowing off some steam,” as they say these days. It has been a delight to see her enjoying herself. She's as happy and bubbly as a little girl!
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I lost AGAIN!? Rrgh, dammit! All right, I'm putting[sr]it all on the next round! This'll turn it all around!
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？1：I don't know if “bubbly” is the word I would use...
？2：Are you sure? It doesn't seem like things are going well...
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＠Xiang Yu
It's all right. My beloved tends to restrain[sr]herself far more than is necessary.
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＠Xiang Yu
I expect that is the natural result of her being forced to live among mortals for so very long.
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＠Xiang Yu
Her true nature is one who embraces freedom, flitting throughout this world as the wind sweeps through the plains.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
All right, I'm going big on the third dozen! That's got to cover all my bases! Actually, the hell with it! I'm throwing the rest of my chips in, too!
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＠Yu Mei-ren
You better not screw me on this if you know what's good for you, dealer! Got it!?
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？1：Aren't you going to help her?
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＠Xiang Yu
No, my ability to calculate the future would be[sr]cheating. [wt 1.0][charaFace C 0]...Incidentally, the next number will be red seven.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
G[messageShake 0.05 3 3 0.55]aaaaaah!!!
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？1：Welp, now she's flat broke...
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＠Mash
That's awful...[sr]If she'd only talked to you beforehand, then[line 2]
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＠Xiang Yu
It's all right.[sr]What my beloved seeks here is pleasure, not profit.
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＠Xiang Yu
She knows that if she were to seek my counsel, that would all collapse like a house of these playing cards.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
Dammit! All right, here![sr]Now hand over more chips!
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？1：Huh? She's still gonna keep playing?
？2：That's the thickest stack of bills I've ever seen in my life...
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＠Xiang Yu
Ahh, she's beautiful even when[sr]she is flushed with passion.
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＠Xiang Yu
At last, my beloved is forgetting all about the fatigue she accumulated over her endless eons. She reminds me of an innocent young girl setting foot in the wider world for the first time.
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＠Mash
Um, that's great, and I really am happy for both of you, but...where did she get all that money?
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＠El-Melloi II
[%1], do you have a minute?[sr]I could really use a hand over here.
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＠El-Melloi II
King David is leading an impromptu[sr]auction in the ballroom as we speak...[bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1]
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＠El-Melloi II
...and I think it may need to be stopped.
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＠Mash
Why? What's David up to now?
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＠El-Melloi II
It would be faster if you took a look for yourselves.[sr]I'll explain further after that.
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＠David
Our next item is this priceless celadon porcelain from China's Jiangxi region.
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＠David
As you can see, this artifact from the Tang dynasty has been preserved in perfect condition. Cash bids only, please.
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＠Gentleman A
Porcelain from Jiangxi, huh. Could be something out of Jingdezhen, though its design seems a bit crude for that.
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＠Gentleman B
Don't be ridiculous. Jingdezhen originated in the Song dynasty. There's no way this dates back to Tang.
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＠Gentleman C
Then again, given everything else that's been sold at this auction, it could be another rare find...
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＠Gentleman C
Maybe it was even glazed in a kiln that predates Jingdezhen entirely...
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＠Gentleman A
Oh come on, that would change Chinese history as we know it. There's no way something that earth-shattering would be sold in a shady underground auction like...
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＠Gentleman A
Actually, now that I think about it, this is probably the only kind of auction where it would be sold, isn't it? I mean, I couldn't imagine something like that being sold openly...
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＠Gentleman B
Hmm. If it really is genuine, the fact that it's purchasable at all would be a small miracle.
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＠Gentleman B
Hmm... Do we make a bid on the off chance it's real, or not? Man, this is a bigger gamble than anything in the casinos.
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＠Mash
Y-yes, this is far beyond what I would have expected an auction like this to be selling.
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＠El-Melloi II
Right. Academically speaking, this is utterly outrageous. It would be a tragedy if these historical artifacts were to be lost without any record of their existence!
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＠El-Melloi II
I've been asking King David to shut it down, but...
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＠David
Why should I do that? Everything I'm selling here was just wasting away in my client's basement.
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＠David
What's wrong with giving the public[sr]an opportunity to see them?
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＠David
In fact, I'd go so far as to say I deserve a Planetary Peace Prize for this contribution to society!
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＠El-Melloi II
How is holding an impromptu auction at a hotel giving the public an opportunity to see them!?
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＠El-Melloi II
If these items really are that valuable, then they need to be sold at a proper auction to verified buyers!
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＠David
Hmm, even if I agreed with that, my client insists that all transactions be made in cash, so there's not much I can do.
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＠David
Besides, what kind of king of Israel would I be if I gave up my twenty-five percent commission?
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？1：Those margins are insane!
？2：Who in the world thought hiring David was a good idea?
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＠El-Melloi II
Listen to me. Not only is selling priceless artifacts like this an affront to the entire field of archaeology...
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＠El-Melloi II
...they could cause untold disaster if[sr]they were to end up in the wrong hands!
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＠El-Melloi II
Just imagine if some unscrupulous actor made counterfeits out of an undiscovered artifact! No one would be able to determine which was the genuine article any longer!
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＠El-Melloi II
It would be infinitely preferable for them to remain buried than for it to come to that!
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＠David
Yes, well, I'd certainly be a bit more wary of that sort of thing if these relics came from the Middle East...
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＠David
...but see how all of these are from China...
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＠David
...I'd prefer if an expert in Chinese affairs handled that sort of thing.
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＠Mash
Why am I not surprised King David[sr]would say something like that...
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＠El-Melloi II
As you can see, [%1], he refuses to listen[sr]to me. Would you please say something to him too?
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＠David
Oh, are you going to join the discussion too,[sr][%1]? Do you have an argument that can overturn the validity of my position?
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＠David
Of course, if you're here to talk business,[sr]I would gladly opt for that over pointless arguing.
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＠David
Honestly, I've given some thought to the dangers El-Melloi mentioned myself, and I'd prefer to avoid them if I can.
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＠David
If you could take all these relics off my hands here and now, I would be more than happy to oblige.
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＠David
Let's see. In that case, I could lower[sr]my margins to only three percent, so...
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＠David
Yes, I'd be willing to let all of[sr]them go for just one billion QP!
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？1：I guess that's a bargain coming from you, but...nope!
？2：Yeah, my QP counter doesn't go that high...
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I'm not paying you to stand around yammering,[sr]King of Israel. How's my fundraising coming along?
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＠David
...
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＠David
Heh. Everything's going swimmingly, of course. Here you go: the proceeds from the last round of bidding.
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？1：It all comes full circle!
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＠El-Melloi II
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＠Yu Mei-ren
What's all the fuss about? Is it such a big deal for me to sell an old teapot just to make some spare cash?
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＠Mash
Does this mean these are all your[sr]possessions up for auction, Yu Mei-ren?
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＠Yu Mei-ren
That's right. They're furnishings I left at the hideouts I'd move around between a long time ago. Junk, basically.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I still remember where those hideouts were, so I stop by now and then to collect the things that haven't fallen apart, since merchants always offer ridiculous amounts of money for them.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I swear, I'll never understand[sr]what you humans see in this junk.
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＠El-Melloi II
How can you not see that this “junk” has incredible historical value!?
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＠Yu Mei-ren
I could understand a secret treasure from the sage world, but I can't for the life of me understand why you'd get so worked up over a piece of trash just because it happens to be a thousand years old.
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＠El-Melloi II
Those thousand years may have been nothing to you,[sr]but they carry a great deal of weight for humanity.
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＠El-Melloi II
Even if you can't understand that, I'd hope you could at least treat them with a modicum of the respect they deserve.
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＠Yu Mei-ren
D[messageShake 0.05 3 3 0.4]on't you lecture me! Besides, unless you're offering[sr]to pay off my debts for me, how else am I going to get money for my casino war chest?
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＠El-Melloi II
THAT'S why you were willing to sell the oldest known celadon porcelain artifacts in recorded history on the black market!? You're a goddamn idiot!
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＠Xiang Yu
I foresaw that my beloved would end up in a dire[sr]predicament.[bgm BGM_EVENT_80 0.1] I don't know why it came to this, but[sr]now that it has, we will do whatever we must to win.
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＠Mash
Senpai... I don't think we'll be able[sr]to talk them into seeing reason.
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？1：Then we'll just have to make them see it another way!
？2：Then we'll just have to knock it into them!
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