＄03-00-13-16-2-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098257300 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet B 1098252410 1 Kukulcan] [charaSet C 1098231510 1 Mash] [charaSet D 1098255300 1 Nitocris] [charaSet E 1098252900 1 Tepeu] [charaSet F 1098256600 1 Xquic] [charaSet G 1098255200 1 Habetrot] [charaSet H 1098257600 1 "Da Vinci Servant Avatar"] [charaSet I 1098256300 1 "Ka'an Warrior 1"] [charaSet J 1098256300 1 "Ka'an Warrior 2"] [charaSet K 1098256300 1 "Ka'an Warrior 3"] [charaSet L 1098252940 1 "Tepeu 2"] [sceneSet M 173600 1] [charaScale M 1.4] [charaDepth M 9] [sceneSet N 173600 1] [charaScale N 1.3] [charaDepth N 10] [sceneSet P 10000 1] [charaScale P 1.01] [charaDepth P 1] [imageSet V black_fade_re 1] [charaScale V 2.0] [imageSet U black_fade_re 1] [charaScale U 2.0] [scene 170301] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [scene 170300 1.5] [wt 0.5] [se ad220] [seVolume ad220 0 0] [seVolume ad220 1.0 0.4] [wt 2.5] [seStop ad220 1.0] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1066] [seStop 21_ad1066 6.0] [charaFadein M 1.0 -220,-200] [charaMove M -120,-200 4.5] [wt 3.5] [scene 173600] [charaFadein N 1.0 0,-250] [charaMove N 0,-350 4.5] [wt 3.0] [charaFadeout M 0.1] [wt 0.5] [charaFadeout N 1.0] [wt 2.5] [bgm BGM_MYROOM_4 0.1] ？1：We finally made it to the top! I can't believe how tall it was! ？2：So this is the Mictlān observatory! ？！ [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci A natural biosphere...! This is more like a nature preserve than an observatory! [k] ＠Da Vinci And it's not like the rest of Mictlān, either! This place is straight out of Cenozoic-era Proper Human History! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Kukulcan I'm not surprised. The Malla has no influence here. [k] ＠Kukulcan This is where the planet's sense of touch was dispatched from the inner sea...the place where the Elementals that exist in Proper Human History were born. [k] ＠Kukulcan So since the god filaments didn't create this part of Mictlān, it makes sense that it would be closer to the environments you're familiar with in Proper Human History. [k] ？1：The planet's inner sea... As in, Avalon? ？！ [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Yup. If we think of a planet as a living being, the inner sea is a place for its heart that's guaranteed to exist. [k] ＠Da Vinci You know about Reality Marbles, right? [k] ＠Da Vinci They're essentially a mage's inner world made manifest[line 2]a powerful spell that lays their own mindscape over reality, even if only for a moment. [k] ＠Da Vinci Well, the planet's inner sea is like that, but for Earth. You can think of it as a Reality Marble the planet itself possesses. [k] [charaFace A 21] ＠Da Vinci That being said, Earth is a big place, and even human hearts contain multitudes. [k] ＠Da Vinci For example, the part of its heart that remains close to human society, or the part that has a few bones to pick with it. [k] ＠Da Vinci Avalon is just one of several possible sides of that heart[line 2]one that prefers nature and eschews connections to human society. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash So Elementals born in worlds like that are essentially clones of the planet itself, right? [k] ＠Mash Kukulcan, a moment ago you mentioned the planet's sense of touch. [k] ＠Mash These...feelers are born in the planet's inner sea, make their way to Earth's surface, and ultimately return to the inner sea. [k] ＠Mash But if, for whatever reason, they are unwilling or unable to return... [k] ＠Mash ...they become fairies, Elementals, and Divine Spirits on the planet's surface. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Yeah. Though of course, some fairies, Elementals, and Divine Spirits manifest in other ways, so we can't say that's how they all came to exist. [k] [charaFace A 17] ＠Da Vinci Meanwhile, there are some Elementals who could only have been born in the planet's inner sea. [k] ＠Da Vinci These special spirits are known to be the planet's brain. Since they have hearts, why not brains too? [k] ＠Da Vinci Anyway, these Elementals are born from Earth's earliest memories, which they then inherit themselves. They continually dream about the things taking place on the planet's surface. [k] ＠Da Vinci In the magecraft world, these beings are known as “Archetypes,” and the one up ahead is an incredible recorder of history. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 7] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris ...So this being knows the history of life on this planet, long before the first humans were ever born... [k] ＠Nitocris But, I've also heard that Archetypes take on the form of the dominant species from that age. [k] ＠Nitocris This may be a Lostbelt, but we mustn't forget, a Lostbelt is a hypothetical alternative to Proper Human History. [k] ＠Nitocris In which case, might this Archetype also be humanoid, like us? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Kukulcan I think Tepeu can answer that. Right, Tepeu? You used to be a researcher here, no? [k] ？1：He did? [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] ？2：(Oh, right. Now that I think of it...) [messageOff] [bgm BGM_MYROOM_4 0.7 0.4] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1177] [fadeout white 0.6] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaSet E 1098252940 1 Tepeu] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [cameraFilter gray] [scene 169200] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [bgm BGM_MYROOM_4 0.7 1.0] [fadeout white 0.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaSet E 1098252900 1 Tepeu] [scene 173600] [cameraFilter normal] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 0.8] [wait fade] [wt 0.8] ？！ [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu That's correct. I AM Tepeu the stargazer, you know. I've made the trip between Chichén Itzá and the seventh stratum countless times. [k] ＠Tepeu I've never heard of an Archetype before, though. That must be another bit of knowledge the Crypter brought over. [k] ＠Tepeu ...Though I get the sense you've known the term for some time, Kukulcan. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Kukulcan I'm sorry! Feelings alone just weren't enough to convey the concept clearly! Man, words are perfect for this stuff! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu “The Malla watch over us. They keep their opinions entirely to themselves.” I'm surprised that Kukulcan, the teachings of the sun herself, would be bound to a rule like that. [k] [charaFace E 0] ＠Tepeu Oh well. I couldn't fail to note that Xquic isn't like other deinos. [k] ＠Tepeu Though I also suspect that a Mictlān Archetype is different from one in Proper Human History. [k] ＠Tepeu Mictlān itself is already much like the planet's inner sea. [k] ＠Tepeu It's closed off from both the surface and outer space, unaffected by change. [k] ＠Tepeu For the Archetype born here, it must feel positively suffocating, since she'll never get to see outside it. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk off] [cameraMove 2.5 50,-30 1.1] [charaDepth E 1] [charaScale M 1.1] [wt 1.2] [wipeout rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [cameraHome 0.1] [charaScale C 1.0] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.4 -70,-50] [charaFadein V 0.1 0,-1050] [charaFadein U 0.1 0,250] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth C 2] [charaDepth V 9] [charaDepth U 9] [wt 0.5] [wipein rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 12] ＠Mash Hm? [k] [messageOff] [wipeout rectangleStripRightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout V 0.1] [charaFadeout U 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] [wipein rectangleStripLeftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] ＠Tepeu “A picture is worth a thousand words,” right? Let's keep going. You'll see what I mean once you meet her yourselves. [k] ＠Tepeu Oh, and a word of warning: under no circumstances should you adopt a combat stance, no matter how surprised you may be. [k] ＠Tepeu This Archetype is both highly sensitive and easily hurt. If we scare her off, she'll be useless for at least a few days. [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_MYROOM_4 1.5] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [sceneSet M 173700 1] [sceneSet N 173700 1] [sceneSet O 171701 1] [charaScale M 1.3] [charaScale N 1.2] [charaScale O 1.01] [charaDepth M 9] [charaDepth N 10] [charaDepth O 10] [scene 173700] [charaFadein M 0.1 -150,-200] [wt 1.5] [charaMove M 150,-200 9.0] [se ad218 0] [seVolume ad218 1.5 0.2] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 5.0] [charaScale N 1.2] [charaFadein N 1.0 0,-180] [charaMoveScale N 1.0 6.0] [wt 4.0] [charaFadeout M 0.1] [wt 0.5] [charaFadeout N 1.0] [seStop ad218 3.5] [wt 2.5] ？1：It doesn't look like anyone's here. ？2：I see the inside's full of water, too... ？！ [bgm BGM_MAP_95 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] ＠Tepeu Hello, Xquic. I've brought some guests from Proper Human History here to see you. [k] ＠Tepeu They have some questions they'd like to ask. Could you please come out now? Please, try to get past your shyness. [k] ＠Tepeu They'll find you quickly enough anyway. You're not hidden nearly as well as you think. [k] ＠Tepeu There's a Proper Human History saying that goes “when you cover your head, don't leave your bottom exposed.” Well, we can see your bottom[line 2]that is, your tail, quite clearly. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] ＠??? Nuh-uh! Ugh, you're so mean, Big Brother Tepeu! I was just working up the courage is all. [k] ＠??? Okay, here goes. I'm gonna welcome our guests properly, just like a good shrine maiden would! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_95 1.0] [fadeout white 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 10000] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 10001 10.0] [criMovie talk_mov155 bgmPlay true] [fadeout white 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 173700] [wt 0.5] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [subCameraOn] [charaLayer F sub] [charaLayer N sub] [charaScale F 1.2] [charaScale N 1.5] [charaDepth F 2] [charaDepth N 1] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 330,240] [charaFadein N 0.1 -20,-150] [subCameraFilter maskEdge cut359_mask07 4 175,180,219,255] [subRenderFadein 1.0 0,-270] [subRenderMove 0,-320 1.0] [wt 1.5] ＠F：??? Hello, everyone. It's so nice to meet all of you. Thank you for coming all this way from Chichén Itzá. [k] ＠F：??? I'm Xquic. My job is watching over Mictlān's journey from here in this moon plateau. [k] [charaFace F 7] ＠Xquic There's much I don't know about the wider world, so I might say the wrong thing now and then, so please bear with me. [k] [messageOff] [subRenderFadeout 0.4] [wt 0.7] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth C 1] [charaDepth G 2] [charaDepth D 3] [charaFace D 13] [charaFadeinFSL D 0.1 -320,0] [charaFace G 16] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadeinFSR C 0.1 320,0] [wt 0.7] ＠Mash & Habetrot & Nitocris She... She... She... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [charaFadeout G 0.4] [charaFadeout C 0.4] [wt 1.0] ＠All S[messageShake 0.05 2 2 0.3]he's huuuge! [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk on] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace F 6] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 300,0] [subRenderFadein 0.1 -200,-320] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_MAP_61 0.1] ＠Da Vinci A Diplodocus! You're an actual Diplodocus! [k] ＠Da Vinci Your species was the largest herbivorous dinosaur on Earth! Only you're even bigger than the ones from Proper Human History! [k] ＠Da Vinci You must be at least sixty meters from head to tail! This is amazing! [k] [charaFace F 6] ＠Xquic Hehe, thank you, child of Proper Human History. You have a lovely voice, just as I thought you would. [k] [charaFace A 24] ＠Da Vinci Huh? You know who I am? Did Kukulcan tell you about me? [k] [charaFace F 0] ＠Xquic No, I saw you myself. I can see all the way to the second stratum from here, in fact. [k] ＠Xquic But unlike Kukulcan, I couldn't hear your voices, so I never learned your names. [k] ＠Xquic Would you mind introducing yourselves now? [k] [messageOff] [wipeout rollRight 1.0 1] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_61 1.0] [wait wipe] [subRenderFadeout 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 1.0] [wipein rollLeft 1.0 1] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_COMMON_1 0.1] [charaFace F 7] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Thank you. [k] ＠Xquic [%1], Mash, Habetrot, Da Vinci, and Nitocris. [k] ＠Xquic Even the sounds of your names are unlike anything found here, but they are all so beautiful. I'm glad to have had a chance to hear them for myself. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 13] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Thank you, Xquic. I think your name is beautiful, too. [k] [charaFace C 3] ＠Mash Also, um, I hope you don't mind, but I noticed you called Tepeu “Big Brother” earlier. [k] ＠Mash If it's not too rude, may I ask what your relationship is? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Oh my. Teehee. My, my. [k] ＠Xquic That you even thought to ask the question tells me we are getting along wonderfully, Mash. [k] ＠Xquic As for Big Brother Tepeu's and my relationship[line 2] [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu We're just acquaintances. [k] ＠Tepeu We met when I first came to this observatory to study the stars. [k] ＠Tepeu Don't take her calling me “Big Brother” seriously. That's just something she does. [k] ＠Tepeu It's honestly kind of absurd. Xquic is six million years old, and I'm only a thousand. [k] ？1：Even a thousand's quite a lot from where I stand. ？2：(I figured deinos were long-lived, but wow!) ？！ [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 13] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash I see. So why do you refer to Tepeu as your brother then, Xquic? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Because ever since we first met, he's been bossing me around. [k] ＠Xquic I'm something of a special deinos, you see. [k] ＠Xquic Most deinos never come here because this observatory means nothing to them, but Big Brother Tepeu kept showing up unannounced. A lot. [k] ＠Xquic He also said I was a good for nothing and a waste of space. Also a lot. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu I did not. [k] ＠Tepeu Now would you please stop with the unnecessary small talk and do your job as the eye of the observatory? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic There, see? [k] ＠Xquic He's always scolding me like that just because he happens to know lots of things. [k] [messageOff] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk off] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth C 1] [charaDepth M 2] [charaDepth D 3] [charaDepth B 4] [charaFace C 26] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.2] [charaScale M 1.2] [charaFadein M 1.0 -100,-250] [charaMove M -140,-250 1.0] [charaFace D 8] [charaFadein D 1.0 -210,0] [charaMove D -250,0 1.0] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 1.0 290,0] [charaMove B 250,0 1.0] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaMove D -200,0 1.0] [wt 1.5] [charaMoveReturn D -200,-3 0.3] [charaTalk on] ＠Nitocris (Um... Is this one of those...?) [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 11] [charaMoveReturn B 250,-6 0.4] [wt 0.4] ＠Kukulcan (Yes. He's the typical big brother figure who acts cold on the outside, but still comes to check on her out of concern♡) [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout M 0.4] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu Ugh, I swear. When are you finally going to grow out of such childish nonsense? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Never. You know as well as I do that I'm eternally one year old. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk L] [charaFace L 4] [charaFadein L 0.1 1] ＠L：Tepeu ...Well, I suppose that's true. Since you were born as an extension of the planet's sense of touch, you'll never grow or mature mentally. [k] ＠L：Tepeu That's why you refer to me as your older brother. From your perspective, everyone will always be older than you. [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_COMMON_1 1.0] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [wt 1.4] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_116 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu All right, [%1], Da Vinci, go ahead and[sr]ask Xquic what you'd like to know. [k] ＠Tepeu She sees everything that happens in Mictlān... [k] ＠Tepeu ...so if anyone knows what Daybit has been doing for the past year, it's her. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 2] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Daybit? You want to know about Daybit? [k] ？1：Uh, yeah, we do... Do you know who he is? ？2：That's right... Do you know him? ？！ [charaFace F 5] ＠Xquic Oh yes. He came here almost immediately after he first arrived in Mictlān. [k] ＠Xquic He told me to tell him the truth about Mictlān and its history, and to do it in five minutes because he didn't have time to spare on us. [k] [charaFace F 7] ＠Xquic I knew he was a visitor from Proper Human History, but I also didn't have any reason to refuse, so I told him what he asked for. [k] ＠Xquic In Proper Human History terms, that was exactly one year ago. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu That does match the time the Crypter first showed up. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 9] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris Hold on. You knew about Proper Human History and the Lostbelts before the Crypter arrived, right? [k] ＠Nitocris Then why did you do what he asked? From where you stand, anyone from Proper Human History would be an invader. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Good question. [k] ＠Xquic As an Archetype, I was aware Mictlān is not Earth's true environment. [k] ＠Xquic I could also foresee that Daybit would use the knowledge he gained from me to form the ocelomeh and begin hunting deinos. [k] ＠Xquic That's very sad, of course...but it was still no reason to refuse him. [k] ＠Xquic Everyone has different worldviews, principles, and values. No two people think exactly the same way... [k] ＠Xquic ...and reaching true mutual understanding almost never happens. That's why everyone must be treated equally. [k] ＠Xquic We all know it's wrong to disregard other people's time, ideals, and lives just because they live far away... [k] ＠Xquic ...or because you've never met them, or you have no connection to them, or it won't be to your benefit. [k] ＠Xquic This is the code of ethics for dealing with life we deinos have arrived at over a very, very long time. [k] ＠Xquic We don't discriminate, either positively or negatively, toward anyone, regardless of how strong or weak they might be. [k] ＠Xquic Deinos treat all forms of life equally. [k] ＠Xquic After all, a society where only special people are given special treatment would simply be wrong, wouldn't it? [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash ... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk L] [charaFace L 4] [charaFadein L 0.1 1] ＠L：Tepeu ...[wt 0.5][charaFadeTime P 0.2 0.5](As I thought, it seems she's deeply impressed[sr]Mash.) [k] [charaFadeout P 0.1] ＠L：Tepeu Yes, Xquic complied with Daybit's demands. Which is why she'll now do the same for you. [k] ＠L：Tepeu Now, let's get down to business. What has Daybit been doing, and what is he planning next? [k] ＠L：Tepeu There is no need to discuss anything el[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 3] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Hm? It's not like you to be so impatient, Big Brother Tepeu. [k] ＠Xquic If you want to know Daybit's objective, then you should also know what he asked me. [k] ＠Xquic Isn't that how you would normally approach things like this? [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 24] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Good point. That information is definitely crucial, and I'm also very interested in hearing it. Is something wrong, Tepeu? You've been kind of restless ever since we got here. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Tepeu Have I? ...I suppose I have. I must have gotten more worked up than I realized over being back in the observatory after such a long time away. [k] ＠Tepeu All right, I'll leave the questioning to you, Da Vinci. In the meantime, I'll go prepare the popol ritual. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout E 0.4] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_116 2.5] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1210] [seStop 22_ad1210 1.2] [wt 1.7] ？1：(I don't think Tepeu's irritated so much as he's...suffering?) ？2：(Ritual?) ？！ [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 22] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Hmm. All right, I guess I'll handle the questions then. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_141 0.1 0.8] ＠Da Vinci You said Daybit asked you to tell him the truth about Mictlān and its history, right? [k] ＠Da Vinci Our understanding is, this Lostbelt began when dinosaurs became the dominant species... No wait, that's not right. [k] ＠Da Vinci It began with the fifth of the big five[line 2]the meteorite collision that wiped out nearly all life on Earth's surface. [k] ＠Da Vinci Afterwards, the filament-like alien life-forms that came here on the meteorite restored the land after everything had burned down... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...then they chose the dinosaurs to serve as their hosts, and used them to create Mictlān. [k] ＠Da Vinci That's our current working theory, anyway. Are we on the right track? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Whoa. You're too precious, Da Vinci! I'm amazed you've been thinking about things that happened in the time long, long, long before! [k] [charaFace F 6] ＠Xquic Anyway, yes. That's all correct! Well, some of the finer details differ a little. [k] ＠Xquic In Proper Human History, the filaments came to Earth on the meteorite that crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period. [k] ＠Xquic But in this Lostbelt, that meteorite crashed here with them about three hundred million years ago, at the end of the Carboniferous period. [k] ＠Xquic The filaments that came here from outer space and ended up stranded here are called “Malla” in our native tongue. [k] ＠Xquic When they first landed, they used a network of plant roots to stabilize the supercontinent of Pangaea and keep it from breaking apart into smaller continents. [k] ＠Xquic So this Lostbelt actually started three hundred million years ago, back when Pangaea still existed. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 25] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Th-three hundred million years ago!? Before even the third of the big five took place!? [k] [charaFace A 12] ＠Da Vinci Oh, wait. So THAT'S why [%1] was talking about the Carboniferous period before! [k] [charaFace A 26] ＠Da Vinci Okay, that makes a lot start to add up. [k] ＠Da Vinci In Proper Human History, ninety-five percent of Paleozoic-era aquatic life went extinct during the transition from the Permian period to the Triassic period. [k] ＠Da Vinci That was when dinosaurs stepped in as the dominant life-form, since they were better suited for that environment. [k] ＠Da Vinci After that, Pangaea split apart into the Laurasia continent to the north and the Gondwana continent to the south, which scattered the dinosaurs all across the world. [k] ＠Da Vinci But, if Pangaea hadn't fractured, then the dinosaurs' paradise would have had much greater opportunity to flourish. [k] ＠Da Vinci And as long as the dinosaurs remained at the top of the food chain, there would be no chance for mammals to evolve into intelligent life. [k] ＠Da Vinci So that was how Mictlān began... [k] ＠Da Vinci How the Malla's early arrival changed this world so dramatically! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 14] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash But what about the fourth extinction event at the end of the Triassic period? And the meteorite that crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula at the end of the Cretaceous? [k] ＠Mash Wouldn't either of those have prevented this Lostbelt from occurring? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic I don't know about the fourth and fifth extinction events from Proper Human History, but Mictlān did have a fourth one. [k] ＠Xquic It was sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period. The same time as the fifth extinction event in Proper Human History, the Yucatán Peninsula meteorite. [k] ＠Xquic Once again, a meteorite collided with this planet, burning away everything on the surface and threatening the dinosaurs with extinction. [k] ＠Xquic That's when the Malla came to the rescue. [k] ＠Xquic The Malla foresaw the meteorite's impact and built a shelter deep underground. [k] ＠Xquic They then collected all the energy on the surface of the earth and redirected it to create a subterranean paradise. [k] ＠Xquic All the heat and energy that would have otherwise gone into restoring the surface over the next million years went into creating Biosphere 3. [k] ＠Xquic The result is the Mictlān we have today. [k] ＠Xquic Since then and for the last sixty-six million years, Mictlān has been a world for the deinos. [k] ？1：...(Speechless) ？2：I can barely imagine timelines past a few[csr]thousand years, let alone millions... ？！ [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Habetrot Yeah. This stuff is all way above my head. I'll have to have Mash give me a...very short summary later. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 9] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci I see... So that's why the surface was still postapocalyptic. [k] [charaFace A 8] ＠Da Vinci The seas were dried up, volcanic activity was out of control, and the skies were covered by dense thunderclouds. [k] ＠Da Vinci And it's all because the energy that would have normally gone into letting nature take its course went into Mictlān instead. [k] ＠Da Vinci So here, over the course of almost a hundred million years, the Malla gained control over Earth's surface... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...but that would never have happened in Proper Human History. [k] ＠Da Vinci In Proper Human History, the meteorite that carried the Malla was the one responsible for the fifth extinction event that happened sixty-six million years ago. [k] ＠Da Vinci That meteorite wiped out the dinosaurs and caused more huge changes in Earth's ecosystems. [k] ＠Da Vinci That led to mammals taking over, and over the next forty-million years, humankind's ancestors were born. [k] ＠Da Vinci The Malla had their, uh, fibers full maintaining their own environment and so[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 9] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Kukulcan So by becoming part of Mesoamerican myth, they chose to coexist with its people. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 9] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Hmm. The Malla might have been the deinos' savior, but it sounds like it was a little more complicated for the Earth as a whole. [k] ＠Da Vinci I mean, they basically took a significant portion of Earth and fashioned it into a home for themselves. [k] ＠Da Vinci As an Archetype, what do you think about that? Does it feel like you were robbed or something? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 2] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic What, like, “Curse you, you damn invaders!”? [k] [charaFace F 7] ＠Xquic Not at all. The planet seems to be quite happy as long as life is flourishing, regardless of what form it takes. [k] [charaFace F 0] ＠Xquic Besides, if we're talking about invaders, there's one that label fits much better. [k] ＠Xquic In fact, that invader was the impetus behind Mictlān's creation. [k] ＠Xquic In Proper Human History, the Malla were responsible for the Earth's fifth major extinction event, and created the Yucatán Peninsula's mythological world... [k] ＠Xquic ...but in our Lostbelt, something else was responsible for our third major extinction event: a meteorite that burrowed its way deep below Mictlān. [k] ＠Xquic Like the Malla, it was an invader which arrived sixty-six million years earlier than it should have, owing to slight a deviation in its course. [k] ＠Xquic A planet-eating monster that came here from the Oort cloud in the far reaches of the solar system...[bgmStop BGM_EVENT_141 1.5] [k] ＠Xquic ORT. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [subRenderFadeout 0.1] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_MAP_57 0.1] [wt 0.4] ？1：So that's where ORT comes in... ？2：It'd be nice if someone made a timeline to help me keep track of all this... ？！ [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 23] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci So ORT came to Mictlān early. But, that would mean the deinos should never have prospered to the extent they have... [k] ＠Da Vinci Wait, I've got it. ORT must have died in the impact. [k] ＠Da Vinci That's why no one can find it here no matter how hard they look. No one's ever seen it because it's already dead. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 6] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Oh no, ORT went on quite the rampage after it arrived. It actually completely destroyed Mictlān once. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci You're kidding me! Oh man, I was completely off again! [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Da Vinci But then, how in the world did the deinos survive!? Please, tell us, Xquic! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Oh no, you're adorably smart, Da Vinci. That guess was almost entirely correct. [k] ＠Xquic ORT did die when it fell to Earth. It just doesn't die the same way most living things do. [k] ＠Xquic Sixty million years after ORT first fell to Mictlān and ceased to function... [k] ＠Xquic ...it suddenly began to function again just when the deinos finally arrived at their ethical approach to dealing with life. [k] ＠Xquic This was our world's fourth major extinction event. [k] ＠Xquic It was also when Earth gave birth to me. [k] ＠Xquic And so, all life in Mictlān banded together to defeat ORT. And they succeeded. [k] ＠Xquic The end. [k] ？1：...But even though ORT was defeated, it doesn't fully die, does it...? ？2：...But since ORT doesn't die like we do, it's bound to come back again... ？！ [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 13] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci So this world did already have its fourth major extinction event... [k] ＠Da Vinci That must mean the ORT attack [%1] and Mash saw in México City will be the fifth. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 6] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris I see. Now I understand.[sr]Mash, would you summarize all that for us? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Yes, gladly. It would be too confusing to cross-reference Mictlān's history with Proper Human History... [k] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_57 1.5] ＠Mash ...so I'll just make a timeline for this Lostbelt alone. [k] [messageOff] [charaScale O 1.2] [charaFadein O 0.7 -100,-200] [charaMove O 100,-200 60.0] [wt 1.4] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] ＠ [lr][align center]– Mictlān's History –[align] [k] ＠ 300 Million Years Ago: The Lostbelt begins. The Malla fall to Pangaea on a meteorite and stabilize it with a network of plant roots. [k] ＠ For the next 100 million years, Earth is a paradise ruled by dinosaurs. [k] ＠ 66 Million Years Ago: The Third Mass Extinction Event. The Malla detect a meteorite (ORT) heading toward Earth. [k] ＠ The Malla create Mictlān underground, [FF0000]along with an[-][sr][FF0000]artificial sun.[-] They evacuate all life from the surface to Mictlān. [k] ＠ The meteorite (ORT) punches through the surface to land in Mictlān, embedding itself in the lowest stratum. The impact causes it to stop functioning. [k] ＠ 20 Million Years Ago: Mictlān is thriving. [FF0000]Proconsul[-] (ape precursors of humanity) are born in Mictlān as well. [k] ＠ 6 Million Years Ago: The Fourth Mass Extinction Event. ORT reactivates. Xquic is born. ORT is shut down. [k] ＠ 1 Year Ago: Proper Human History Culture Leak.[sr]The Crypter leads a cultural invasion, which the deinos welcome. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 1.5 0.8] [charaFadeout O 1.0] [wt 1.5] ＠Nitocris Now I see. Great work, Mash. That was all very clear. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 23] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Oh, no. Compared to Xquic, I may as well be Miniscule Kyrielight... [k] ？1：So what was with the parts marked in red? ？！ [charaFace C 13] ＠Mash Oh, Xquic added those. She said they were important. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Okay, now I've got a pretty full picture. It's clear that ORT does exist and is still a threat. [k] ＠Da Vinci No wonder Daybit asked you about all this. Now we're both on equal footing in terms of informa[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Oh, no, I didn't tell Daybit any of this. [k] ＠Xquic I was going to, but he said he didn't need to hear it because he'd already figured it out himself. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 38] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠H：Da Vinci Bwa? [k] ？1：...Damn. ？2：Hang in there, Da Vinci! ？！ [messageOff] [charaChange H 1098257300 9 fade 0.3] [wait charaChange H] ＠H：Da Vinci Khh... Then, what DID Daybit ask you? The location of ORT's remains? [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic No. He asked me if the sun had ever gone out. [k] [messageOff] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 1.2] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 12] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Huh? As in, Mictlān's artificial sun? [k] ＠Mash Why would he want to know if it had ever gone out before? [k] ？1：I know! Because of the ocelomeh's sacrificial faith! ？2：It must have to do with the ocelomeh's belief that human sacrifices can revive the sun! ？！ [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Now I see. I thought it was just a recreation of the Aztec mythology that Tezcatlipoca spread here... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...but if the sun really has gone out before, that would definitely explain the ocelomeh's religious fervor. [k] ＠Da Vinci Tepeu even told us once that Mictlān's sun went into a hibernation of sorts for a time. [k] ＠Da Vinci So what did you tell him, Xquic? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic The truth, of course. [k] ＠Xquic I told him that, six million years ago, the sun disappeared around the time ORT resumed functioning. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.5] ＠Xquic And I told him that was when the Ka'an kingdom, the non-deinos civilization that was also flourishing at the time, died out. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [bgm BGM_MAP_97 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 25] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Huh!? Hold up! Ka'an wasn't a deinos nation!? This is the first I'm hearing about that! [k] ＠Da Vinci So you're saying that, a long time ago, there used to be another, non-deinos civilization here besides México City!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic That's right. That's why I added the part in red about Proconsul being born earlier. [k] ＠Xquic For a hundred thousand years, a human kingdom flourished in Mictlān too. [k] ＠Xquic They were much weaker than the deinos, but they had a great talent for engineering. [k] ＠Xquic Towards the end of the kingdom's life, they built a flying ship very similar to your Storm Border. [k] ＠Xquic That ship is the only reason Mictlān was able to fight back against ORT. [k] ＠Xquic Ka'an's soldiers accepted modifications to their bodies which made them invulnerable. They fought to the last warrior. [k] ＠Xquic It was their efforts that drove ORT down into the bottom stratum. [k] ＠Xquic ORT sunk into a sea of magma, and Mictlān regained the light it had lost. But the cost of victory was the entire kingdom of Ka'an. [k] ＠Xquic Now, the remains of one of their cities have been repurposed into Chichén Itzá. [k] ＠Xquic Not many deinos know that, though. Big Brother Tepeu is probably the only one, and only because he figured it out on his own. [k] ？1：So that's the Ka'an soldiers' story... ？2：That explains a lot... ？！ [messageOff] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1177] [fadeout white 0.5] [wait fade] [subRenderFadeout 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaDepth I 3] [charaDepth J 5] [charaDepth K 4] [effect bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [charaFadein I 0.1 -320,0] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] [charaFadein K 0.1 320,0] [scene 173800] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [fadeout white 0.5] [wait fade] [effectDestroy bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [charaTalk on] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [scene 173700] [wt 0.1] [fadein white 0.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash So, these soldiers enhanced their bodies to last for six million years... And now, they stay intact even in death... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 3] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris ...No wonder those dead spirits were so tired and full of regret. [k] ＠Nitocris Xquic. Did no one from Ka'an survive? Was every last one of them really wiped out? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [subRenderFadein 0.2 0,-320] [wt 0.2] ＠Xquic Oh no. One of them is still alive. [k] ＠Xquic The king of Ka'an who dealt ORT the finishing blow six million years ago after losing all of his people is alive today. [k] ＠Xquic His modified body ended up so strong that he was no longer able to die. In the six million years since, he went insane and began to fly around the underworld, a bat of death. He is still out there, even now. [k] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_97 2.0] ＠Xquic That brave king's name is Camazotz[line 2]the maddened king who continues to search for the people of Ka'an, though they no longer exist. [k] [subRenderFadeout 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 3] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Nitocris ... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]