$03-00-01-12-1-1 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet B 5036001 1 Avicebron] [charaSet C 1098126400 1 Patxi] [charaSet D 2010001 1 Billy] [charaSet E 1098127100 1 Shanshan] [charaSet G 7030001 1 "Atalante Alter"] [charaSet H 98115000 1 Effect] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [scene 54103] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaMoveReturn C 0,-4 0.3] [wt 0.5] @Patxi (Huff, huff, [charaMoveReturn C 0,-4 0.3][wt 0.5]huff...) [charaMoveReturn C 0,-4 0.3][wt 0.5][sr]I got the golem cores! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Billy Damn, but I'm beat. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Avicebron Excellent. It seems this version of[sr]Russia is well-suited to golem-making. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 0.5] [charaMove C 0,5 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaMove C 0,-15 0.2] [wt 0.2] [se ad432] [wt 0.5] [charaMove C 0,5 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaMove C 0,-15 0.2] [wt 0.2] [se ad432] [wt 0.2] [charaMove C 0,0 0.5] [wt 1.0] ?1:Sorry about this, Patxi. [charaFace C 2] @Patxi You should be![sr]It was damn tough, even WITH the pickax! [k] [charaFace C 0] ?2:I wish I could help too. @Patxi Those arms of yours are so scrawny,[sr]I can't imagine you doing anything with them! [k] ?! @Patxi All right, I got a little meat.[sr]Not much, but it's better than not eating. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Avicebron Very well, I will keep working to make as many golems as I can in the time we have. Let me know when the rebel army is about to move out. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 2] @Billy Got it.[sr]Shanshan, c'mon over and learn this fella's scent. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk E] [wt 0.1] [se ad583] [charaMoveReturn E 256,10 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaMoveReturn E 256,10 0.4] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Avicebron ...Are you sure he can? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] @Billy Good point. You seem like you ain't got much of an odor to you. How 'bout he learns the smell of the earth makin' up these golems instead? [k] @Avicebron That does seem like it would work better.[sr]All right, I will await your message. [k] @Billy Got it. Okay, let's head back then. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaSet E 1098128400 1 "Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male)"] [charaSet F 1098126700 1 "Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female)"] [wt 0.5] [scene 54900] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaEffect H bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [charaTalk off] [charaFace E 0] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [fadein black 1.0] [se ad4 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 0.5] [seStop ad4 2.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk on] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Patxi Man, you could almost cut the tension with a knife... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad173] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 5] [charaFadein G 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] [seStop ad173 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_76 0.1] @Atalante Alter Of course. This excursion will be nothing like the[sr]small-scale skirmishes we have been waging thus far. [k] @Atalante Alter Not to mention there is a very real risk that we may have to deal with a large number of Oprichniki. [k] ?1:Atalante! ?! @Atalante Alter What is it, Chaldeans? Is something on your mind? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Yes, as a matter of fact... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 6] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Atalante Alter A massacre, huh... [k] [charaFace G 4] @Atalante Alter ...True. It would be dishonest of me to say that the possibility never crossed my mind. [k] [charaFace G 5] @Atalante Alter But what of it?[sr]I have a duty to keep these rebels safe. [k] @Atalante Alter It falls to me to save the parents attempting to atone for their children's deaths with their own lives. [k] @Atalante Alter I understand that this is not the sort of majestic act that will stop this nightmarish chain of events. [k] [charaFace G 6] @Atalante Alter However, so long as a massacre remains only a possibility and not a certainty...I cannot concern myself with it. [k] [charaFace G 4] @Atalante Alter ...Do you know what it feels like to be a soldier given food meant for starving children, just so you do not collapse from hunger on the battlefield? [k] [charaFace G 6] @Atalante Alter Perhaps the truly contemptible thing is neither the Tsar, nor the Oprichniki... [k] [charaFace G 0] @Atalante Alter ...but this very world,[sr]for making it nearly impossible to grow grain here. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Patxi The world itself, huh... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 6] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Atalante Alter At any rate, there is still some time before we depart. I will pass on your concerns to the soldiers myself. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 13] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Thank you, Atalante! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_76 1.0 0.7] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Atalante Alter ...It is almost more than I can bear, [%1]. [k] @Atalante Alter Like Billy and Beowulf,[sr]I have no memory of fighting to restore humanity. [k] [charaFace G 4] @Atalante Alter But, is fighting[line 2]saving the world,[sr]supposed to be this painful? [k] @Atalante Alter I...cannot tell any longer. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_76 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 1.0] [scene 54600] [charaSet A 1098124400 1 "Grand Duchess"] [charaSet B 1098123410 1 Priest] [charaSet C 1098127900 1 Kadoc] [charaSet D 5015002 1 Amadeus] [charaSet E 11006000 1 "Amadeus Alter"] [charaSet F 1098124800 1 "Foreign Girl"] [charaSet H 98115000 1 Effect] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Grand Duchess ...Metropolitan Macarius.[sr]The Tsar wishes to see you. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace A 0] [charaFace B 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 0] @Priest Does he now?[sr]How unusual for him to wake up at this time of day. [k] [charaFace B 4] @Priest He must have had a bad dream.[sr]Very well, I'll be right there. [k] [charaFace A 5] @Grand Duchess ...Do hurry, please.[sr]If you upset him, even you may not survive his ire. [k] [charaFace B 7] @Priest That could be difficult. It is my job to sway the Tsar's decisions. I cannot simply tell him what he wishes to hear to the exclusion of all else. [k] @Priest I must be frank, even if he may not like what I have to say. Isn't that the role of Metropolitan Macarius? [k] [charaFace B 0] @Grand Duchess ...“Metropolitan Macarius”, huh? [k] @Grand Duchess May I ask you something...Father? [k] [charaFace B 10] @Priest Of course. [k] @Grand Duchess I can't tell what it is you want.[sr]I can't tell what your ultimate goal is. [k] @Grand Duchess ...And I can't tell what you really think. [k] [charaFace B 9] @Priest I desire what you desire, Grand Duchess.[sr]You and I wish for the same things. [k] @Priest I promise you, that much is true. If I were asked to choose a side, I would absolutely choose yours. [k] [charaFace A 2] @Grand Duchess Huh? [k] [charaFace B 8] @Priest ...Heh. Forgive me, that joke was in poor taste.[sr]Just the improper remarks of a certain foolish man. [k] @Priest To you, that must have sounded downright abusive.[sr]Please, forget I said anything. [k] [charaFace B 7] @Priest I am here to do my job, nothing more. Even if I must reduce myself to a pawn in the process. [k] @Priest I am here to sing the praises of survival, to offer condolences upon death, to confer blessings upon all manner of life... [k] @Priest ...and to bring salvation to the forlorn souls of this eternal tundra. Right now, that is all I am concerned with, Your Imperial Highness. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Grand Duchess ...I see.[sr]Go on, you shouldn't keep the Tsar waiting. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [charaFace A 0] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 1.0] [se ad95] [wait fade] [seStop ad95 0.5] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Kadoc Good, he's gone. I still have no idea what that guy's really thinking. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 0] @Grand Duchess It's strange.[sr]I don't distrust him as much as you do. [k] @Kadoc You're kidding me. He's one of the[sr]Servants that not even Wodime can control. [k] @Kadoc You know, the guys Wodime calls the Disciples of the Foreign God? In some ways, they're even more trouble than Chaldea... [k] [charaFace A 0] @Grand Duchess ...That's true. And I know we shouldn't trust them,[sr]just like we shouldn't trust Koyanskaya. [k] @Grand Duchess But, for some reason... [k] [charaFace A 4] @Grand Duchess ...I really do feel like Father Macarius is going to stick with us to the end, no matter what. [k] @Kadoc ...? [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 54500] [cameraMove 0.1 70,-65 1.2] [charaScale B 0.84] [charaScale D 0.84] [charaScale E 0.84] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 1.0] [se ad95 1.0] [wait fade] [seStop ad95 0.5] [charaDepth B 10] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.4 -70,18] [wt 0.4] @Priest I know you're there, Gottlieb. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.4 -70,18] [wt 0.4] @D:Amadeus Alter ...Are you here to anger the Tsar, Macarius?[sr]He's dreaming peacefully now. Don't wake him. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 -70,18] @B:Priest It's my duty as the Metropolitan of Moscow to inform the Tsar how his campaigns are faring. Don't worry, I won't make an ordeal out of it. [k] @B:Priest The Tsar allowed his anger to get the better of him not too long ago, and ended up wiping an entire village off the map. [k] @B:Priest He feels very bad about that, you see, so I imagine he will devote himself to prayer for some time as penance. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 -70,18] @D:Amadeus Alter Is that all? [k] @D:Amadeus Alter If you have nothing to say to the Tsar, then I assume you have something to say to me. What is it? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 10] [charaFadein B 0.1 -70,18] @Priest I was just curious how you are feeling,[sr]now that you have materialized as a Servant. [k] @Priest After all, you and I are much alike. [k] @Priest Neither of us would generally be expected to become a Heroic Spirit. It's only thanks to finding a suitable human body that we were able to become Servants. [k] [charaFace B 8] @Priest And it IS nice, being a Servant. No need to[sr]worry about wasted time on sleep or meals. [k] @Priest But of course, just because it's possible[sr]to do so doesn't mean it's pleasant. [k] @Priest Gottlieb, you must be tired of doing[sr]nothing but playing the piano all day. [k] [charaFace B 2] @Priest Now is your chance to fulfill your true purpose as a Servant. You are to leave for Yaga Kazan. [k] @Priest A band of rebels comprised of ex-nobility has taken the city over. Go there with the Oprichniki and wipe them all out as quickly as possible. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 150,18] [charaFadein B 0.1 -290,18] @D:Amadeus Alter You want me to leave my piano?[sr]...What are you thinking? [k] [charaFace B 7] @Priest Worry not, I will handle your duties in your absence.[sr]They were mine before you were summoned, after all. [k] @Priest Rest assured that the Tsar will be[sr]duly pacified while you are gone. [k] @D:Amadeus Alter ...Very well. [k] [charaFace B 10] @Priest Make sure you do a good job, Maestro. If you don't, this Lostbelt will be subjected to an even more torturous hell. [k] @D:Amadeus Alter Was I not summoned to ensure that hell endures? [k] @D:Amadeus Alter ...Fine then, I will kill them all.[sr]Make sure the Oprichniki can keep up with me. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 -70,18] @D:Amadeus Alter Somebody, fetch me a Bicorn! [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk off] [charaDepth E 10] [charaDepth D 5] [charaPut H -70,18] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 1.0 -70,18] [charaEffect H bit_talk_11] [se ad606] [seVolume ad606 0 0.7] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout D 1.0] [wt 0.5] [charaEffectStop H bit_talk_11] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 -70,18] @Priest I wish you luck, Gottlieb. [k] @Priest Or would you prefer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 6] [charaFadein E 0.1 -70,18] @Amadeus Alter ...Thank you. I shall ensure those who defy[sr]the Tsar meet with swift and terrible death. [k] @Amadeus Alter Just as surely as my own death[sr]was arranged by the Man in Grey. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout E 1.0] [se ad311] [wt 0.5] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad311 0.5] [wt 1.2] [shake 0.05 4 1 1.5] [se ad14] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad14 2.0] @A:Ivan the Terrible Ah, Father Macarius... My beloved wife, Anastasia,[sr]has informed me of what has been happening. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible She tells me you have been traveling the land, spreading peace, and preaching my gospel in my stead. [k] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 -70,18] @Priest It is a pleasure to see you again, Your Imperial Majesty. It fills my heart with joy to see you doing so well today. [k] @Priest If the people living on the frontier of Russia are ignorant of your glory, then I must head there at once to enlighten them. [k] @Priest But as you can see, I too am old and frail. I'm afraid I can only serve in your stead for so long. [k] @Priest My deepest wish is that your wounds will soon heal, so that you may reassure your subjects in person. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible Yes... Yes, you're right... You must be the only one who dares to reprimand or criticize me... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible It is like a dream... Yes, just like a dream...[sr]It is like...like my Russia, as it once was... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I seek peace, all for the sake of love...[sr]Anastasia... Anastasia, light of my life... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I will never lose you again...[sr]Russia must remain forevermore... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible Macarius, you are the one man worthy of my trust. Tell me, is the frontier still a lawless, forsaken land? [k] @B:Priest Not at all, tsar. The Yaga there know of you, and have nothing but respect and admiration for you. [k] @B:Priest This is thanks entirely to your guards patrolling the land to maintain peace and order. The only problem is that there are not quite enough of them. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible ...I see.[sr]Then I shall bolster the Oprichniki's numbers. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I shall send them even to the cities in the farthest reaches of the land. Will that do, Macarius? [k] @Priest Indeed it will. That is just what is needed. Do that, and all the Yaga will surely be able to receive your grace. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible ...[sr]...Forgive me, Macarius. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I have become something dreadful. [k] [charaFace B 3] @B:Priest What do you mean, my tsar? [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I have been alive for four hundred and fifty years,[sr]and I will surely continue to live forever. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible But I am still not strong enough.[sr]My glory as tsar is...lacking. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I must bring light to all reaches of the world. I must bring love capable of withstanding this blizzard to all the Yaga. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible And to do that...I must eliminate[sr]all those with evil in their hearts. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I have received a revelation from a god. Though it may be a god from a distant land, it is still very much like the God we know. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible This god told me to spread the glory of Russia far and wide, and to condemn those worlds that did not end up like our own. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible They told me to wipe out the so-called proper humanity who did not see fit to save us, to eliminate the cursed stargazers of Chaldea! [k] [messageOff] [se ad14] [shake 0.05 0 5 2.0] [wt 2.0] [seStop ad14 0.5] [wt 0.5] @A:Ivan the Terrible ...But alas, I cannot take action against them myself.[sr]I have already made the mistake of acting in anger. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible And in consequence, an entire village is gone. [k] [charaFace B 0] @B:Priest Those Yaga had abandoned their faith,[sr]and neglected to pay you homage, tsar. [k] @B:Priest It was only a matter of time until they gave in to the temptations of evil, and fell prey to the blizzard. You need not pity them. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible You may be right... And yet...if only I were[sr]stronger, this could all have been avoided... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible The Foreign God brought salvation upon this land. It gave us the Tree of Emptiness...the power with which to fight the other Lostbelts. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible Thanks to the Foreign God's blessing, the entire world will one day be just like this Russia... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible ...I...I do not care for that power... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I may be the rightful ruler of the world...but what[sr]would I rule if the entire world were frozen solid? [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible I am the great Tsar... The Tsar cannot[sr]make mistakes, the Tsar can never err... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible This time... This time, the glory of my great Russia will know no bounds. I will make sure of it. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible And to do that, I will need the Oprichniki... My faithful hunting dogs who will lay the groundwork to make my dream possible... [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible Macarius... I AM doing the right thing, aren't I?[sr]I must not...stop now...surely...? [k] [charaFace B 1] @B:Priest Of course you are, and of course you must not, tsar.[sr]But the time is not yet right for you to awaken. [k] @B:Priest You must let your wounds heal and wait for the day when your eyes will truly open. [k] @B:Priest That will be a day of feasting and celebration.[sr]The day when a new Russia finally blooms. [k] @B:Priest But for now, you must rest and recuperate.[sr]You must sleep. [k] @A:Ivan the Terrible Yes... Yes... I cannot hear the piano any longer, but... Ah, Macarius... If that is what you say, then that is what I shall do... [k] [messageOff] [se ad14] [seVolume ad14 0 0.5] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad14 1.5] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.0] [charaScale B 1.0] [charaScale D 1.0] [charaScale E 1.0] [wt 1.0] [scene 54500] [fadein black 1.0] [se ad95] [wait fade] [seStop ad95 0.5] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.4 1] @Priest ...The Tsar has gone back to sleep.[sr]Russia will once again know peace, albeit temporarily. [k] @Priest Now we no longer need to worry about the Tsar knocking down the Tree of Emptiness. Will this do, O Foreign Priestess? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.4 1] @??? ... [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout F 1.0] [wt 1.5] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 10] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Priest Heh. I can't tell if she's happy or upset. [k] @Priest Even if I can't understand her language, I should at least learn to read her expressions, or I'll never be able to listen to her confessions. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]