$01-00-07-04-3-1 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 8001002 1 Mash] [charaSet B 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"] [charaSet C 4014000 1 Ushiwakamaru] [charaSet D 3006001 1 Benkei] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [scene 32900] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.4 1] @Ushiwakamaru Th-that was quite an experience, wasn't it? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Benkei Yes, it was quite a case. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Who would've imagined the wife was secretly a member of a mysterious species living deep underground, scheming to invade the surface world... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad13] [charaTalk B] [communicationChara 98003003 1 5 0 3] [wt 0.3] @Dr. Roman And who knew that there was an underground lava zone in the suburbs! What an adventure. I can't even begin to put it into words. [k] @Dr. Roman But it was tragic, too... [k] @Dr. Roman Her love truly was real. And in the end, it was what saved the surface world... [k] ?1:Fiery love is universal... ?2:I can't believe she's the last of the Yohimen... ?! [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru I know. Let's advise King Gilgamesh to adjust the laws regarding relations and marital issues with other species, [k] @Ushiwakamaru so no one ever has to see a tragedy like this again. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Speaking of laws, Mesopotamian civilization is built on the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurabi. [k] @Mash The Code of Ur-Nammu was created between this era and the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. [k] @Mash It's said that it consolidated all the nebulous rules into one code, which became humanity's oldest structured law. [k] ?1:I see. Mash, you're really well-informed. [charaFace A 3] @Mash Ah, no... I just have a smattering of knowledge.[sr]I don't know the dictates of the code in detail. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] ?2:Speaking of the Code of Hammurabi... [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 0] @Dr. Roman Yes. The famous code of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” You could say that's the basis for law in modern society. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] ?! [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru By the way. Lord [%1], I hear you've only been here for a short time. [k] @Ushiwakamaru We have been walking and eating around the city, but what about outside of Uruk? [k] @Ushiwakamaru Neither Benkei nor I are very knowledgeable about it, but we could at least tell you about the rumors. [k] ?1:Tell me about the Three Goddess Alliance. [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Yes, that is currently the most important issue. Ushiwakamaru, by all means, tell us. [k] ?2:What kind of hero is Ushiwakamaru? [charaFace C 3] @Ushiwakamaru Uh... Me? That's a difficult one to answer when asked so bluntly. [k] [charaFace C 0] @Ushiwakamaru As you can see, I am a Japanese warrior.[sr]That said, the story of my birth is fairly complicated. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Born in the Heian period, raised in a temple, and trained by a tengu on Mt. Kurama. So I'm ignorant of the world. [k] [charaFace C 3] @Ushiwakamaru I'm a skilled swordswoman.[sr]That's all. Nothing else suited me. [k] [charaFace C 4] @Ushiwakamaru I was nothing more than my big brother's blade, or perhaps nothing else interested me... [k] [charaFace C 0] @Ushiwakamaru I would run around the battlefield without any special aspirations or ideals, just decapitating enemy generals. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Benkei ... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru Also, Ushiwakamaru is my childhood name. [k] @Ushiwakamaru If you were to summon me as a Minamoto[line 2]that is, when I had a position[line 2]I would probably appear different. [k] @Ushiwakamaru She is a cold-blooded warrior who brought death upon many compatriots, and never corrected her foolishness until the very end. [k] [charaFace C 1] @Ushiwakamaru That's why I'm happy as “Ushiwakamaru.” The person I am now is able to accept everything without protest. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Not having that position is what lets me be in such good spirits and talk with you like this, Lord [%1]. [k] @Ushiwakamaru With that in mind, this fleeting life is precious to me. [k] @Ushiwakamaru I feel like I'm in an innocent dream, the sort I had when I knew nothing. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] @Benkei Mm, Lord [%1].[sr]It seems you are interested in Ushiwakamaru. [k] @Benkei If so, talk to this humble servant in secret later on. After all, I, Musashibou Benkei, am Ushiwakamaru's best retainer. [k] @Benkei We are inseparable as master and servant.[sr]We are like childhood best friends. [k] @Benkei I can tell you everything about Ushiwakamaru's matter-of-fact heroic exploits and adventures. [k] [charaFace C 1] @Ushiwakamaru Oh, I will smash that decoration (read: him) one day, so please ignore him. [k] [charaFace C 3] @Ushiwakamaru I'm using him as a shield against arrows, but so far the chance hasn't presented itself. [k] @Benkei Hahaha, you are too harsh with me.[sr]This humble servant's position has become tenuous. [k] @Benkei Therefore, let us change the subject. Lord [%1], you are investigating the Three Goddess Alliance? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Yes, that is currently the most important issue. Ushiwakamaru, by all means, tell us. [k] ?! [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.3] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [wt 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru Needless to say, the Three Goddess Alliance is a major threat to Uruk. [k] @Ushiwakamaru The Demonic Front up north. The jungle in the south. And the aerial attacks from Ishtar in the northeast mountains. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Currently, the city of Uruk is under three separate attacks from these directions. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Leonidas is keeping the Demonic Front to the north in check, but there are no countermeasures for the other two problems. [k] @Ushiwakamaru The goddess Ishtar possesses a bow called the Boat of Heaven. As the name implies, it's a divine vessel that can soar through the sky. [k] @Ushiwakamaru She does not have the overwhelming force of the Demonic Front, but she is still a nuisance. [k] [charaFace C 3] @Ushiwakamaru She's like an unpredictable storm. [k] [charaFace C 0] @Ushiwakamaru As for the jungle in the south...[sr]We don't know anything about it yet. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Benkei King Gilgamesh has sent out a number of scouting parties, but no one has ever returned. [k] @Benkei On the one hand, the Demonic Beast legion is a dynamic invasion, on the other, the jungle is a static invasion. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash So all the forces invading Uruk are unique. [k] @Mash Three menaces... The Three Goddess Alliance...[sr]Who are these goddesses, and what do they want...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Well, we do know that Ishtar is one of them. [k] @Dr. Roman According to King Gilgamesh, the goddesses' objective is capturing the Holy Grail he possesses... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru The Great Grail of Uruk, eh... He flaunted it in front of...[sr]I mean, he allowed me to take a look. [k] @Ushiwakamaru It did indeed look like it contained vast magical energy. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Whether it be goddess, Heroic Spirit, or human, anyone who uses that Grail could easily become king. [k] @Ushiwakamaru Do you suppose the goddesses are after the Greater Grail to re-create this world in their own image after they destroy Uruk? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 1.5] @Dr. Roman The Greater Grail of Uruk...? Is that what King Gilgamesh said, Ushiwaka? [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Ushiwakamaru Yes, that is the name he was so proud to come up with. When I said I wanted to touch it, though, he refused quite vehemently. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Benkei Hmm, a wise judgment from a wise king. Much better than handing to Lord Ushiwakamaru and having her accidentally drop it, smashing it to pieces... [k] @Benkei Or, I could see you saying, “I like this, so I'm keeping it,” and then trying to decapitate the king. Hahahaha. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 3] @Dr. Roman ... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] @Ushiwakamaru Lord Roman, what's the matter?[sr]And Benkei, go sit in the corner until morning. [k] [charaFace D 4] @Benkei Oh... To recreate my standing death through sitting...[sr]The lukewarm stares from the people of Uruk are excruciating. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 0] @Dr. Roman No, it's nothing. Now that I think about it, it's only natural. Forget it. [k] ?1:The Greater Grail of Uruk is not this era's Holy Grail? ?! [communicationCharaFace 5] @Dr. Roman ...Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it means. [k] @Dr. Roman From the beginning, King Gilgamesh possessed a treasure worthy of being called a Holy Grail. [k] @Dr. Roman We mistakenly thought that was the King of Mages' Holy Grail. [k] @Dr. Roman Gilgamesh and Merlin both realized that, but didn't point it out. [k] [communicationCharaFace 4] @Dr. Roman ...Which is vexing. [k] @Dr. Roman Merlin is rotten to the core, so I'm sure we could never get a straight answer from him. [k] @Dr. Roman And as for asking King Gilgamesh, he would only get furious and say, “How dare you compare my treasures to the King of Mages'!” [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Mash Either way, the Holy Grail we're supposed to recover isn't in Uruk, but somewhere else, correct? [k] ?1:Or it could already have been used. [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman ...There's a good chance of that. If you think about it, the very existence of the Three Goddess Alliance is strange. [k] @Dr. Roman It's possible the Holy Grail was used to summon the goddesses... [k] ?2:Maybe the three goddesses have it...? [charaFace A 4] @Mash That would be a real pain... They're powerful opponents already, but if they also had the Holy Grail, we would be no match for them... [k] ?! [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 1.5] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]