＄01-00-07-07-2-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 8001002 1 Mash] [charaSet B 98106200 1 Merlin] [charaSet C 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet D 3027000 1 Ana] [charaSet E 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"] [charaSet F 98024000 1 "Testimony: Rancher A"] [charaSet G 98024000 1 "Testimony: Rancher B"] [charaSet H 98024000 1 "Testimony: Rancher C"] [bgm BGM_MAP_18 0.1] [scene 20730] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.4 1] ＠Testimony: Rancher A What did the goddess Ishtar do, you ask? Just look at all the holes in the ranch! It's obvious! [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher A It's indiscriminate! She zooms around wildly, striking at random! [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher A And that smug laugh... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaTalk G] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein G 0.4 1] ＠Testimony: Rancher B I can't take it... I've just had it... She always attacks right when we're busiest... [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher B Whoosh, whoosh from the sky... Back in my dad's time, she supposedly promised bountiful harvests once every three years, [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher B but this year, it's nothing but losses... It's a miracle that nobody has gotten hurt... [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher B And that smug laugh... She just continues with it, on and on... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 1] [charaFadein H 0.4 1] ＠Testimony: Rancher C I know I should feel fortunate that I at least got a glance of the goddess Ishtar. [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher C But I can't make a living just from gazing at beautiful things. Caring for sheep isn't cheap nowadays. [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher C It's hard enough just trying to drive the Demonic Beasts back, but when we get attacked from the sky, what can we do? [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Testimony: Rancher C The young ones we hired to exterminate the beasts fled... Oh, and that smug laugh... She sounds like she's having fun... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.7] [wait fade] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.4 1] ＠Testimony: Rancher D The goddess of fertility? Ha! In a few centuries, I'm pooooositive she'll be called the demon of Venus! [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher D My ranch is full of holes. My sheep ran off. On top of that, she's so merciless she kills off all the beasts under her command! [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher D To make matters worse, she lands and is all, “I'll take all the gems in your house!” [k] ＠Testimony: Rancher D “I'll let you off with this,” she says, and flies off with a smug laugh! Dammit! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_18 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wipeOff] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] ＠Mash ...Those are all the testimonies from the ranchers. [k] ＠Mash Ishtar's indiscriminate attacks, obstructing ranch operations, and extorting the owners... [k] ＠Mash There's no doubt about it. Ishtar is one special, wicked devil... [k] ？1：...A true money-grubber, huh... [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad13] [charaTalk E] [communicationChara 98003003 1 5 0 4] [wt 0.3] ＠Dr. Roman The goddess of beauty who governs Venus is a greedy miser... It's true that Ishtar is a goddess that loves fortune, yes... [k] ＠Dr. Roman But she usually demands riches from the gods above her. There were no stories about her stealing money from humans... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] ？2：...No. Could it be that she... [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Fou Fou...? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 5] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Ana ...Yes. I agree with [%1]. Ishtar's actions all have something in common. [k] ＠Ana ...So, we shouldn't flat-out call her a fiend. Of course, she is still a greedy devil. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] ？！ [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Oh, there's an interesting tidbit about that. Actually, that Ishtar isn't the normal Ishtar. [k] ＠Merlin Right when the Demonic Beasts showed up in the north, a certain ritual was held by Uruk's Sacred Temple without the king's knowledge. [k] [charaFace B 1] ＠Merlin Simply put, they tried to summon Ishtar, the city's patron deity. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Merlin Uruk is under imperial rule, but it's governed under three powers: the king, the Ritual Sect, and the Sacred Temple. [k] ＠Merlin Of these, the Sacred Temple favors the patron deity over King Gilgamesh. [k] ＠Merlin They saw the signs of this era turning into a Singularity, and saw the instability of space-time as their chance. [k] ＠Merlin As King Gilgamesh opened the treasury of Babylon, and built the fortress at the Northern Wall in Uruk, [k] ＠Merlin the temple matron first summoned a soul compatible with a goddess's divinity, and tried to summon Ishtar using that soul. [k] [charaFace B 1] ＠Merlin It's what you call a Pseudo-Servant in Chaldea. I don't know if that ritual succeeded or not. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Merlin But it is true that the patron deity of Uruk, Ishtar, has manifested nonetheless. [k] ＠Merlin Basically, the gods of Mesopotamia are blond. On the other hand, humans have black heads... black hair. [k] ＠Merlin That Ishtar has black hair, meaning it is definitely a girl that served as her vessel. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 4] ＠Dr. Roman That's...so beyond surprising, I feel very sorry for her... [k] [communicationCharaFace 5] ＠Dr. Roman According to the data observed here, that “Ishtar” is undoubtedly the goddess herself. [k] ＠Dr. Roman That girl must have been a human who was really compatible with her. [k] ＠Dr. Roman The two egos have completely fused together, and created a goddess that is completely new, yet still the same. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Yeah, but thanks to that, [%1] is still alive. [k] ＠Merlin If Ishtar was the Ishtar of myth, [%1] would have been killed back in Babylon. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] ＠Ana ...You may be right. I may not get along with goddesses, but that Ishtar is ever so slightly human. [k] ＠Merlin Oh, it's so rare to hear your real feelings, Ana. How are things different if a goddess is like a human? [k] [charaFace D 3] ＠Ana Oh... [k] ＠Ana ...It's nothing. I hate both. I hate Merlin more, though. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.7] [charaFace D 0] ＠Ana By the way, Demonic Beasts are approaching from up ahead. Let's offer Merlin as a sacrifice so they let us pass. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaFace B 1] ＠Merlin Sorry, I misspoke! I'll apologize and do some physical labor for once! [k] ＠Merlin Now, let's gallantly drive them away, [%1]! Once we go over this hill, Kutha will be right up ahead! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.5] [fadeout black 0.5] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]