$03-00-10-05-2-0 [enableFullScreen] [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 5008002 1 Merlin] [charaSet B 1098231510 1 Mash] [charaSet C 5045001 1 Altria] [charaSet D 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet E 98006200 0 1] [scene 122000] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 7] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa Man, this sure is a huge flower garden. Couldn't be more different from Britain burning to the ground. [k] @Senji Muramasa So the fact that it's called “Land of the Young” must mean there's plenty of food to go around, and people have all the time they could want, right? [k] @Senji Muramasa Yeah, makes sense there's no war or animosity here. [k] @Senji Muramasa Not much reason to do anything bad if you don't gotta take anything from anyone to have what you need. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Merlin That's true. When you have everything you need, there's no void for you to fill. [k] @Merlin That's another way this place is very different from the British Lostbelt, which literally had to be built by filling in the sea with the bodies of dead faeries. [k] [charaFace A 5] @Merlin Speaking of which, this seems like a good time to tell you about what's going on aboveground. [k] @Merlin The prophecy may have said there are two[sr]calamities[line 2]a red one, and a black one... [k] @Merlin Actually, though, there's no limit to the number of calamities. Remember that. [k] @Merlin New calamities will continue to appear as long as their source remains. [k] @Merlin The calamities will never go away until Cernunnos[line 2]the being continually punishing the faeries for their sins[line 2]is truly vanquished. [k] @Merlin Furthermore, thanks to Morgan's hard work, faeries born in the land of the fae can migrate to Proper Human History. [k] @Merlin That means the calamities won't be contained to Britain. They'll spread into and then all across the bleached world until nothing remains of Proper Human History. [k] @Merlin It would basically be a smaller scale version of the King of Mages' Incineration of Humanity. [k] @Merlin So you guys need to defeat every last one of the calamities before that happens. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash ...I see. Then we can't let Cernunnos's curse spread any further. [k] @Mash We need to stop his calamities while they're still contained in Britain. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Merlin Exactly. [k] @Merlin The calamity burning down Britain right now is actually the Great Calamity that was supposed to happen a thousand years ago. [k] @Merlin Morgan averted that calamity by passing it on to a Fang clan faerie... [k] @Merlin Barghest, the leader of the black dogs.[sr]She's not the faerie you knew anymore. [k] @Merlin She's now burning all of Britain as the black calamity... The Calamity of the Beast. [k] ?1:...Barghest... ?2:... ?! [charaFace A 4] @Merlin This was all foreseeable. She was born the Child of Calamity, after all. [k] @Merlin It was Morgan who sealed that fate away by Gifting her a name. She said that as long as Barghest was Gawain, she would never become a mythical hound. [k] @Merlin But, even that could only go so far. [k] @Merlin Barghest was already at her limit, even without you guys defeating her. [k] @Merlin Honestly, it's impressive she lasted as long as she did. [k] @Merlin This won't be easy to hear, but you need to understand: [k] @Merlin Once you get back to the surface, you'll have to fight more than just Cernunnos. [k] @Merlin Like I said, we can't afford to let the calamities leave Britain. [k] @Merlin Letting some faeries migrate to Proper Human History was a nice idea... [k] @Merlin Unfortunately, in Barghest's case, that was never an option. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash ...[sr]... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria ... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Merlin As for the other calamity, Cernunnos... [k] @Merlin That one you can fight without having to feel bad or worry. [k] @Merlin His soul was shattered fourteen thousand years ago. Now he's just a corpse that's not quite done dying. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Merlin That said, he's still a very powerful god. [k] @Merlin His flesh has grown thick enough over those millennia to rival Albion's spirit cavern, and his cursed layer is equivalent to four hundred kilometers' worth of geological stratum. [k] @Merlin You'll need the god of wisdom's curse dispelling, all the fighting forces Chaldea can muster, and a Divine Construct made especially to combat Cernunnos. Even then, you'll only just be able to scrape by. [k] @Merlin Hm. Thinking about it, you honestly may not stand a chance. [k] @Merlin And I can't help you either, since I can't leave this place. The best I can do is show you the way. [k] @Merlin Aww man, I was really hoping to avoid this story ending in total annihilation. [k] ?1:Wat. ?2:So not even you have a plan? And after we came all this way!? ?! [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 2.0] [charaFace A 3] @Merlin I know, right? If only we had a god-slayer's weapon lying around somewhere. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria But we do! We have the perfect trump card for taking on Cernunnos! In fact, it'll be a piece of cake! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Really? But, where is that trump card? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria [f large]It's Muramasa![se ade227] [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 12] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa Say what!? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_139 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria Come on, don't you remember? You told us you could cut any god you came across. [k] @Altria In fact, you were bragging about how you cut a gigantic one clean in half in that, uh, Olympus place. [k] [charaFace C 1] @Altria So there's no reason you can't do the same thing here! And since you didn't do anything noteworthy in Camelot, this'll be your chance to clean your name! [k] ?1:Um... Do you mean “clear your name”? [charaFace C 35] @Altria ...O-oh, is that what you say in Proper Human History?[sr]I see. Good to know. [k] ?2:Hey, yeah! With Muramasa on our side...! ?! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 12] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa ...Well, sure, if you really want me to,[sr]I can try to cut him down. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria There, see! He can do it! Just goes to show, it never hurts to ask! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 3] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa Sheesh. You're finally letting yourself be selfish, and that's the first thing you say? [k] @Senji Muramasa I said I'd TRY, okay? Don't get your hopes up. Not sure how much I can do against that thing. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_139 1.5] [messageOff] [charaSpecialEffect C wipeTime 1 1.5] [wt 0.3] [se ad598] [wt 1.2] [wait charaSpecialEffect C] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 1.2] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 5] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa Altria!? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 14] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Mash Master, Altria just disappeared! Is this one of those checkpoints you mentioned, Merlin!? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Merlin Yep. This is the first.[sr]She's facing her own memories now. [k] @Merlin And while she's doing that, you guys will need to fight and defeat...those. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad598] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.7 1] [wt 2.8] ?1:Merlin, are those[line 2] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_80 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ?2:I see...we've got Avalon wyverns! [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_80 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Merlin Close, but no cigar! Now come on, get your head in the game! [k] ?! @Merlin Those are radical, abstract embodiments of Altria's winter memories. [k] @Merlin She'll never be able to leave those memories until you defeat them. [k] [charaFace A 3] @Merlin But they shouldn't pose any major threat to you now that you've come this far. Go on and give them a good thrashing. [k] @Merlin I'll fight too, of course. It's been ages since I last showed up, after all. [k] @Merlin Plus, I've been wanting to see how much stronger you and Mash have grown up close and in person. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_80 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]