$03-00-02-18-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1098153400 1 Sitonai] [charaSet B 1098153610 1 Gerda] [charaSet C 1098153300 1 Scáthach-Skadi] [charaSet D 8001410 1 Mash] [charaSet E 1098124510 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet F 98115300 1 Holmes] [charaSet H 98115000 1 Effect] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.01] [scene 61602] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sitonai And so, the Scandinavian Lostbelt was saved... [k] @Sitonai The Shadow Border drove off into the sunset...and they all lived happily ever after. [k] [charaFace A 11] @Sitonai ...It would sure be nice if that's how it went,[sr]wouldn't it? [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1]Nothing is ever so easy, though. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 8] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Gerda Um, excuse me. You're not from this village, are you? [k] @Gerda I guess...it's nice to meet you? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFace B 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 0] @Sitonai Oh yes, likewise.[sr]That's right; I came from outside the big gate. [k] [charaFace A 0] @Sitonai But don't worry.[sr]There's no way the giants are getting in here. [k] [charaFace B 1] @Gerda Oh yes. I know that! [k] @Gerda You wouldn't happen to be friends with Lady Mash,[sr][&Mr.:Ms.] [%1], Mr. Napoleon, and that beautiful envoy, would you? [k] @Gerda If you are, that makes you my friend, too! [k] @Sitonai Is that how that works?[sr]Then yes, I guess that does make us friends. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Sitonai It's nice of you to say that. But, you should step back a bit, before you get hurt. [k] [charaFace B 2] @Gerda Huh? [k] [charaFace A 14] @Sitonai In fact, you should go back inside.[sr]And tell the others to do the same. [k] @Gerda O-okay... [k] @Sitonai Go on, hurry. [k] @Gerda A-all right. But what about you? [k] [charaFace A 0] @Sitonai I'll be fine. Now go! Quickly! [k] [charaFace B 1] @Gerda Okay! [k] [messageOff] [se ad443] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [charaMove B -296,0 0.4] [wt 0.6] [seStop ad443 0.8] [wt 0.5] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 11] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sitonai ...Phew. There we go. [k] [charaFace A 14] @Sitonai Now then...time for a little magecraft camouflage. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.0] [cameraMove 1.5 0,-70 1.2] [wt 2.0] [shake 0.05 1 1 3.0] [se ad14] [seVolume ad14 0 0.5] [cueSe Battle bac255] [se ade80] [shake 0.05 2 2 2.0] [scene 61603 2.0] [wt 1.0] [cueSe Battle bac255] [seStop ade80 0.5] [seStop ad14 2.0] [wt 2.4] @Sitonai A great Tree of Emptiness, stretching towards space...[bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] [k] [cameraMove 3.0 0,0 1.01] @Sitonai So, it altered its existence again.[sr]Hmm, or maybe it's more like it was replanted? [k] @Sitonai I guess Surtr didn't swallow the entire tree. Looks like he left most of its roots in the ground. And then, since the trunk wasn't completely cut down either... [k] [messageOff] [wait camera] [se ad173] [wt 1.6] [seStop ad173] [wt 0.5] [cueSe Battle bas5] [cueSeVolume bas5 0 0.2] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] @Scáthach-Skadi ...Correct. [k] [charaFace C 10] @Scáthach-Skadi That Tree of Emptiness must have connected to its roots via a spatial distortion within Surtr's body. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi How bizarre.[sr]Even I would struggle to accomplish such a thing. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Yet for this massive tree,[sr]it is but one more means to ensure its survival. [k] [charaFace C 6] @Scáthach-Skadi I wonder, just where do these[sr]Trees of Emptiness come from... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.8] [charaFace C 10] [wt 0.4] @Scáthach-Skadi Have you not thought the same,[sr]Chaldeans of Proper Human History? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad666] [wt 0.2] [seStop ad666 0.5] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 12] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ...We have. [k] @Mash There's still so much we don't know about them. [k] [charaFace D 8] @Mash But I guess that's true for you too, Scáthach-Skadi. [k] [charaFace D 4] @Mash You grew it despite not even knowing what it really was...all so you could cover a world without humanity. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi What of it? [k] [charaFace C 8] @Scáthach-Skadi I will do whatever I must to protect my world.[sr]That should be abundantly clear by now. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.5] [charaFace C 8] @Scáthach-Skadi The same is true of you as well,[sr]Chaldeans of Proper Human History. Myself... [k] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1] [charaEffect H bit_talk_charge_ppl] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth H 2] [charaDepth C 1] [se ad61] [seVolume ad556 0 0.1] [se ad556] [seVolume ad556 0 0.6] [seVolume ad556 1.0 0.8] [wt 2.0] [seStop ad61 0.5] [seStop ad556 0.5] [se ad574] [se ad641] [wt 0.3] [fadeout white 0.3] [wait fade] [charaChange C 1098153310 8 fade 0.1] [charaPut H 2400,2400] [charaEffectStop H bit_talk_charge_ppl] [wait charaChange C] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk depthOn] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 10] [wt 0.7] @Scáthach-Skadi ...I have always taken responsibility for[sr]deciding who to love, and who to kill.[bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [k] ?1:Whoa, she looks different now... [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 6] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ! [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi You may put your eyes back in their sockets. This is merely the bridal gown I never had a chance to wear. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Now, it is the only thing I have[sr]that comes close to battle dress. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] ?2:It's a Spirit Origin Ascension! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 15] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash N-no, it's not that... [k] @Mash She isn't a Servant, so her body isn't[sr]made out of ether. That means... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] ?! [charaSet A 3033000 1 Ortlinde] [charaSet B 1098123210 1 Goredolf] [charaTalk on] [charaPut H 1] [charaEffect H bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [wt 0.1] [se ad13] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] @Holmes It's an Ascension of her very existence. So even the Heroic Spirit enhancement method Chaldea's summoning system employs is another tool she can wield freely. [k] @Holmes They certainly do not exaggerate when[sr]they say gods are to be feared. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Hehe. Feared, you say? [k] [charaFace C 10] @Scáthach-Skadi Now that you have defeated the Fiery King of Giants,[sr]I must see you as the true monsters, Chaldeans. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 14] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Really? It looked to me like we had to scrounge together every last bit of help we could find, and even then only just barely eked out a victory... [k] [charaFace E 24] @Da Vinci ...but I guess that's not how[sr]you saw it, Scáthach-Skadi. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 15] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash Da Vinci is right! We could never have[sr]hoped to defeat Surtr all on our[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Exactly. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi That is exactly what is so frightening. You walked a razor's edge to accomplish the impossible, without even making an ally of the Counter Force. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Then again, perhaps that is due to[sr]your forming so many bonds here... [k] [charaFace C 8] @Scáthach-Skadi ...despite opportunities to do so in[sr]my land being so thin on the ground. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Holmes ...[sr]... [k] [charaFace F 0] @Holmes ...Your Majesty. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Silence. Do not weaken my resolve. Whenever you speak, you evoke images of Proper Human History's myths. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi But there are no such myths here.[sr]I have no such storied past. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi This is the only world where my Scandinavia exists.[sr]I am sure you cannot think of it as home. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi If you were to take up residence here... [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...then I could continue to love you as your god,[sr]your queen, and your mother... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace C 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 10] @Scáthach-Skadi ...But that can never be. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi You will no doubt continue your journey.[sr]You always have, and you always will. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi You will destroy the Lostbelts in[sr]order to restore your own world. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi So, say no more.[sr]It would make no difference. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Holmes At least allow me one last word, Your Majesty. [k] @Holmes Everything you say is correct. You are walking the path you must follow, just as we are. [k] @Holmes I only wish it didn't have to come to this.[sr]That we might have walked together, rather than separately. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 1.5] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Indeed. But that can never be. [k] [messageOff] [se adm19] [seVolume adm19 0 0.2] [wt 1.0] [seStop adm19 3.0] @Scáthach-Skadi Ortlinde. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [fadeout white 1.5] [se ad606] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.7 1] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 2.0] [wait fade] @Ortlinde You called, my Goddess and Protector? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaDepth C 10] [charaTalk C] [charaFace A 0] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] @Scáthach-Skadi What will you do?[sr]You are free to choose whichever side you prefer. [k] [charaFace A 6] @Ortlinde I will follow my mind wherever it takes me. [k] @Ortlinde Just as Brynhild, Thrúd, Hildr... [k] @Ortlinde ...and now, you, have said to. [k] @Ortlinde You are Scáthach-Skadi, the one who inherited this land from my father. I will fight by your side of my own free will. [k] @Ortlinde ...What is your command? [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [wt 0.8] [charaFace C 5] @Scáthach-Skadi Prepare for battle.[bgm BGM_EVENT_24 0.1][sr]We will protect this tree with our lives. [k] @Ortlinde Understood. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad655] [wt 0.4] [seStop ad655 0.1] [wt 0.5] [se ad655] [wt 0.4] [seStop ad655 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Do you hear that, Chaldea? Can you hear the cries of those birds flapping their wings overhead? [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Should you defeat me and cut down the tree...I shall tell you what they truly are. [k] [messageOff] [se adm19] [seVolume adm19 0 0.2] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 1.0] [seStop adm19 2.0] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Goredolf ...N-nn. I don't suppose there's[sr]any way we can avoid this battle? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 24] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Nope. Not a chance. And this won't be the last time this sort of thing happens. [k] @Da Vinci It's just like she said. We have to take[sr]responsibility for what we're doing. [k] [charaFace E 25] @Da Vinci You understand that, right, Mash?[sr][%1]? [k] ?1:Yeah. I do... ?2:Yeah. I knew that going in. ?! [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 12] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ...We have. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 10] @Scáthach-Skadi Let me ask you this:[bgm BGM_EVENT_24 1.0 0.5] [k] @Scáthach-Skadi How many humans live in your Proper Human History?[sr]Several million? Tens of millions? Hundreds...? [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Then again, I suppose if one includes the lives of flora and fauna, they would be innumerable. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi I see. So that is the responsibility you shoulder as you seek to end my Lostbelt. Hmm. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 0] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 6] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ...? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi ...Very well. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Then for the love I bear for my ten thousand subjects... [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_24 1.0 1.0] [charaFace C 2] @Scáthach-Skadi ...I will take those millions...billions...[sr]That unfathomably vast number of lives...with my own hands! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi I will NOT let this miracle wither away! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace F 0] @Holmes Miracle... I see.[sr]So that's how you think of this land. [k] @Holmes For you, this Lostbelt, and the approximately three thousand years it has known peace, is truly a miracle, isn't it, Your Majesty? [k] @Holmes Then you know.[sr]You've known all along. [k] [charaFace F 6] @Holmes You are fully aware that this Lostbelt's[sr]existence is both abnormal and unnatural. [k] [charaFace F 0] @Holmes What's more, you knew so well before the Crypter came along and informed you of Proper Human History. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 6] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash You knew...?[sr]Even before you knew about Proper Human History!? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Hehe. ...It seems I cannot put[sr]anything past you, wise sage. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Perhaps those piercing eyes of yours in fact surpass Odin's? Mystic Eyes, perchance? ...No, that is not it. They merely reflect your wisdom born of human history's cumulative accomplishments. [k] [charaFace C 10] @Scáthach-Skadi Yes, you are right.[sr]I knew everything. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_24 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 62000] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] @Scáthach-Skadi ...It was supposed to be pruned away.[bgm BGM_EVENT_75 0.1] [k] @Scáthach-Skadi My Scandinavia, my world, the path my people have[sr]walked, was destined to disappear from human history. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi We were not to perish in a Ragnarok gone mad.[sr]We had already survived those days of flame. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Those days may have ended once the gods had sacrificed themselves to transform Surtr into the false sun... [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...but we precious few lives that remained found ourselves in a world that had lost far too much. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Even so, we did our best with what we had. After much struggle and suffering, we began to build a new life. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi And then, human history[line 2]humanity[line 2]erased us. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.6] [wait fade] [cameraFilter gray] [wt 1.0] @Scáthach-Skadi It had all been for nothing. [k] [messageOff] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] @Scáthach-Skadi My love, my hopes, my wishes,[sr]my dreams...all of them were gone. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi All in less than half a year after Surtr had been sealed away, and his broken Ragnarök stopped... [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...humanity decided my land where humans and gods live together did not deserve to exist. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi As far as human history was concerned, the path we were taking after surviving the flames was evil. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...But then, something unexpected happened. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_75 1.5] [wait fade] [scene 61603] [charaSet A 98002000 1 Fou] [wipeOff] [cameraFilter normal] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] @Scáthach-Skadi An impossible three thousand years came and went. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi I do not know whether the Tree of Emptiness was responsible for that paradox...that miracle. [k] [charaFace C 2] @Scáthach-Skadi But what I do know...[bgm BGM_EVENT_91 0.1]is that my land was[sr]reborn on this planet, in the modern day! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi It was a feat greater than any Authority could accomplish![sr]A miracle neither I nor Odin could achieve! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi And so I cannot[line 2]I will[sr]not let that miracle fade away! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi If I must take unfathomable numbers of lives to preserve it, then so be it! I shall consider each and every one my sworn enemy! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Holmes ...Your Majesty. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Silence! No more talk![sr]Consider this lament my declaration of war! [k] [charaFace C 8] @Scáthach-Skadi Three thousand years, and still I remain powerless to support more villages beyond those created in that first six months... [k] [charaFace C 2] @Scáthach-Skadi All this time, and I have still only saved a hundred villages, a mere ten thousand humans! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi I cannot even let any of them live to old age! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi For my love and snow can only extend my Authority to the point before the first signs of spring arrive! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 15] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ...! [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi Haha. Indeed, that Archer spoke the truth. [k] [charaFace C 5] @Scáthach-Skadi This Lostbelt has no future. No tomorrow. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi Though it may be peaceful,[sr]free of conflict and evil... [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...it will never be any more than that.[sr]It has no power to change, to develop. [k] @Scáthach-Skadi No doubt this pathetic state of affairs will continue for thousands upon thousands of years. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 8] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Mash ... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi My love...is not enough...[sr]Spring will never come... Life will never flourish... [k] @Scáthach-Skadi ...[charaFace C 2]But I will not give up![sr]I will never simply resign myself to this fate! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi For three millennia, I have devoted[sr]my power to suppressing Surtr's fires! [k] @Scáthach-Skadi But now! Now that Surtr is[sr]gone from this Lostbelt... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace C 11] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 9] @Scáthach-Skadi ...my power should suffice to bring hope to my land.[sr]So I withdraw my love, and instead offer you death! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Fou ...Fo, fou! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Scáthach-Skadi If you would save your humanity, then kill me! Kill me, and cast us aside, Chaldeans of Proper Human History! [k] ?1:(...I wish it didn't have to be this way, but...) ?2:(...I don't want to defeat you...but I will...!) ?! [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 8] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 0.5] [charaFace D 7] [se bac170] [wt 1.0] @Mash Raising Ortinax output. Switching to combat mode.[sr]Bunker bolt, standing by! [k] [charaFace D 2] @Mash Preparing to engage this Lostbelt's king, Scáthach-Skadi, and commencing demolition of the Tree of Emptiness! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_91 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]