$94-00-31-02-1-1 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaSet A 8001001 1 Mash] [charaSet B 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"] [charaSet C 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet D 98065000 1 El-Melloi] [charaSet E 3002000 1 Lancer] [charaSet F 98059000 1 Kayneth] [scene 25000] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] @Mash The enemy Saber has withdrawn from battle! [k] ?1:We don't need to go after her? ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace A 2] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @El-Melloi Leave her be.[sr]The next one is who we should go after. [k] [charaFace A 6] @Mash The next...one? [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi I've been keeping the Servant who was supposed to fight Saber in my Qi Men Dun Jia formation. But it's about time... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 2] [charaFadein E 0.4 1] @Lancer Who are you? Was that strange stone maze your doing!? What happened to Saber!? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Fou Fou!? [k] ?1:Something really came out! ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi Calm yourself, First Spear of the Knights of Fianna. We're not Archibald's enemies. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 5] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Lancer What!?[sr]You know my True Name... [k] @F:??? Humph. We seem to be faced with a formidable opponent. How did you know that I was Lancer's Master? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 0 5 0 0] @Mash ? Where is that voice coming from? [k] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaFace 5] @Dr. Roman He's shielding himself with magecraft.[sr]This Servant's Master is hiding somewhere close by. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi Lord Kayneth, we have hastened to join your side and stand in support of you. [k] @El-Melloi For certain reasons, I cannot divulge my name, so let me give the name of Lady Reines as my guarantor for the time being. [k] @F:??? Reines... My niece?[sr]I demand to know what is going on here! [k] @El-Melloi Though I would not hesitate to provide an explanation at the present time, I would beg your forbearance until tomorrow. [k] [charaFace D 1] @El-Melloi However, allow me to say just one thing in advance: I can tell you the current location of Caster. [k] @F:??? Caster? How do you know that? [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Tomorrow at noon, I will prove the truth of my words. [k] [charaFace D 1] @El-Melloi I will show you anew what value lies in listening to our story. [k] @F:??? Humph... [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Then, we will pay a visit to your penthouse suite in Fuyuki New Tower at 10 p.m. tomorrow night. So for tonight, will you allow us to go? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] @F:??? Ohh? So you even know my address, do you?[sr]...Very well. I don't dislike a smart man like yourself. [k] @F:??? All the more if you're a mage with a sense of gratitude. But that faint trace of a working-class accent in your English... What a shame. [k] @F:??? But, very well. I shall accept your proposal. [k] @F:??? Having observed how you handled Saber earlier, we will depart here in peace. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.4 1] @Kayneth I will neither flee nor hide myself. I look forward to hearing just what it is you're planning. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash That's... Lancer's Master? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace F 0] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein E 0.1 0] @Lancer Are you certain about this, Master? [k] @Kayneth Patience, Lancer. Yes, they are clearly a suspicious bunch. But when you know so little about what you face, it's best to wait and observe. [k] [charaFace F 3] @Kayneth Best to be cautious when starting a fight, got it? [k] @Lancer ...Understood. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi Then we'll be taking our leave.[sr]Come, let's get going, [%1]. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 2.0] [wait fade] [scene 25700] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 2.0] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] @El-Melloi Now then, we can finally take a moment to talk properly. How far did I get in my explanation earlier? [k] ?1:You said that once this war ends, the world will be destroyed... ?! [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Ah yes, that's right. Defeated Servants are absorbed into the Greater Grail of Fuyuki as sacrifices to bring it to completion. [k] @El-Melloi But what happens then is not the granting of a wish, but the release of Aŋra Mainiiu... From the start, this war was never meant to have a winner. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman What a cruel tale... [k] @Dr. Roman After investing so much of yourself and even murdering fellow mages, your reward is the opposite of what you would wish... That's truly cruel... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi It certainly is. I imagine if I'd been the winner of the Fifth Holy Grail War, I would have turned evil from despair. [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Forgive me. And to think I'm the one who's always saying sentimentality is pointless. [k] @El-Melloi In my experience, the Greater Grail activates in a limited capacity after the defeat of the fifth Servant. [k] @El-Melloi However, that also means that if we can convince at least three Servants to withdraw from the battlefield intact... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein C 0.1 0] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 2 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Then the ritual will end up eternally in limbo, the Holy Grail will remain incomplete, and we can simply secure its vessel. Right? [k] @Fou Fooou. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Understood. So this time, we won't be fighting to defeat the other Servants, but to protect them, in a sense. [k] @Mash Though it'd be best if we could resolve all this amicably. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi Right. But we can't assume everyone will agree peacefully. [k] @El-Melloi Since we want the War to end in a stalemate, we need to first seek out and defeat the Servants with whom such an agreement is impossible. [k] ?1:Just when I thought you were a gentleman! ?2:Just when I thought reason would triumph! ?! @El-Melloi I'm aware of my own savagery. [charaFace D 4]Let me say right now that I started off as a cowardly, subservient boy. [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi But the war strategist I housed in my body gets so worked up I couldn't help but change. [k] ?1:He is THE Zhuge Liang. [charaFace D 1] @El-Melloi Truly. Strategists in Ancient China can get even more violent and ruthless than military generals. [k] ?2:Sayest thou truly? [charaFace D 5] @El-Melloi What kind of foolishness is that? [k] [charaFace D 2] @El-Melloi It's one thing if theater actors or poets use that language, but why would you talk like that? Are you making fun of them? [k] @El-Melloi Show some respect! [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Fou Fou, fofofooou... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ?! [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Now, back to our conversation. [k] @El-Melloi Of the participants in this Holy Grail War, there are two Servants we couldn't even try to spare... Caster and Archer. [k] [charaFace D 4] @El-Melloi Without a shred of doubt, I can say those two would be incapable of reaching an understanding with us. [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi So it'd be best to get them out of the way before they start engaging other Servants. [k] @El-Melloi That brings us to Assassin. Their Master is colluding with the one in possession of Archer. [k] @El-Melloi Since we plan to fight Archer, we'll inevitably have to fight Assassin too. Though they've already marked us as opponents anyway. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @Mash Oh, the one we fought right after we Rayshifted here... [k] @El-Melloi Next, we have Berserker... Since his madness prevents us from reasoning with him directly, everything depends on his Master. [k] @El-Melloi The key will be whether we can convince the Master while he's still able to keep full control over Berserker without having to use Command Spells. [k] @El-Melloi That said, there's always the possibility Berserker could go on a rampage himself, independent of his Master's will. [k] @El-Melloi One vital thing I learned after the Fourth War ended is that the one who'd summoned Berserker was in an extremely unstable condition, both physically and mentally. [k] [charaFace D 4] @El-Melloi But I never did get to meet him myself... [k] @Mash Well then, shall we put dealing with Berserker on hold for now? [k] [charaFace D 0] @El-Melloi Though I can't help but feel it is risky, yes. [k] @El-Melloi Therefore, by process of elimination, we can conclude that our best chances for success lie with Saber, Lancer, and Rider. [k] @Dr. Roman Ahh, so that's why you prevented that clash on the docks between Saber and Lancer. [k] [charaFace A 0] @Mash Then that only leaves Rider's faction.[sr]Do you think they'd be likely to cooperate? [k] [charaFace D 4] @El-Melloi ... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Fou Fou? [k] ?1:Why are you falling quiet all of a sudden? ?2:Is there something worrying you? ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @El-Melloi ...Yes. It all depends on how well I can get them to accept what I'll say to them. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 2.0] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]