＄03-00-13-20-1-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098231510 1 Mash] [charaSet B 1098253800 1 "Wak Chan"] [charaSet C 1098255300 1 Nitocris] [charaSet D 1098252940 1 Tepeu] [charaSet E 1098257300 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet F 1098257420 1 Sion] [charaSet G 1098257200 1 "Ereshkigal (Alter)"] [charaSet H 1098239310 1 Kadoc] [charaSet I 1098255100 1 Goredolf] [charaSet J 1098254110 1 Koyanskaya] [imageSet P back10000 1 1] [charaScale P 1.3] [sceneSet Q 169100 1] [sceneSet R 169100 1] [sceneSet S 73400 1] [sceneSet T 142000 1] [charaSet U 98115000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [charaSet V 98115000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [cameraMove 0 0,0 1.01] [charaPut V 2000,2500] [charaEffect V bit_sepia01_fade_fs] [scene 169100] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1219] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 0 0] [shake 0.01 1 2 0] [charaScale Q 1.2] [charaFadein Q 0.1 -120,-260] [bgm BGM_EVENT_63 1.5] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.5 0.8] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [shakeStop] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0.2] [subCameraOn 1] [charaLayer A sub #A] [charaLayer C sub #A] [charaLayer E sub #A] [charaLayer F sub #A] [charaLayer U sub #A] [charaLayer R sub #A] [subCameraFilter #A maskEdge cut359_mask05 3 255,255,255,255 0] [charaScale B 1.3] [charaScale D 1.3] [charaScale E 1.0] [charaScale A 1.0] [charaScale C 1.0] [charaScale R 1.2] [charaDepth Q 1] [charaDepth R 2] [charaDepth A 3] [charaDepth C 3] [charaDepth E 3] [charaDepth P 3] [charaDepth B 4] [charaDepth D 4] [charaDepth U 9] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 -80,350] [charaFadein R 0.1 0,220] [charaTalk A] [subRenderFadeinFSR #A 0.4 300,-380] [wt 0.5] ＠Mash We've passed the Metztitlán observatory in the seventh stratum, and will soon be entering the eighth. [k] ＠Mash It took us six hours to reach the third underworld boundary in the sixth stratum in the Shadow Border. We were going to have to walk the rest of the way, but[line 2] [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadeinFSL B 0.4 0,50] [wt 0.4] ＠Wak Chan The King of Dinosaurs gave me a job to do, and I'm gonna see it done! [k] [charaFaceFade B 6 0.2] ＠Wak Chan It'll be way faster if I carry you through the jungle, and you three weigh practically nothing! [k] [charaTalk C] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 0,350] ＠Nitocris You are giving us a wonderfully steady ride, Wak Chan. Even at this speed, we're not getting jostled at all! [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Nitocris It's like your legs and your torso are completely separate beings. When it comes to pure riding comfort, you even surpass the Sphinx! [k] ？1：Seriously, this is amazing! How do you do it!? [charaFace B 7] ＠Wak Chan I just absorb all the impact of each step with my legs! If I let it reach my stomach, it could do some damage! [k] ？2：Thank you, Wak Chan! [charaFace B 7] ＠Wak Chan You can thank me after we've made it to your destination! Even I'm scared of what's up ahead! [k] ？！ [messageOff] [subRenderFadeout #A 0.4] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0] [cueSe SE_22 22_ad1210] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 0 0.1] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 1.0 0.5] [charaTalk D] [charaMoveFSL B 60,50 0.4] [charaMove Q -80,-260 0.5] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 0.1] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadeinFSL D 0.4 -10,0] [charaMoveFSL D 50,0 0.4] [wt 0.7] ＠Tepeu It's very fortunate you were still in Chichén Itzá,[sr]Wak Chan. [k] ＠Tepeu I was concerned that Chaldea would lack transportation for their operation, but that's no longer a problem. [k] ＠Tepeu On a related note, how are you doing back there,[sr]Da Vinci? [k] ＠Tepeu I'm sorry I can't provide the same stability as Wak Chan, but I can at least float and glide a little bit. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk E] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.1 0,350] [subRenderFadeinFSR #A 0.2 300,-380] [wt 0.2] ＠Da Vinci Are you kidding!? I'm having the time of my life! I didn't know your feathered arms could also work as wings! [k] [charaFaceFade D 4 0.2] ＠Tepeu They're mainly to stabilize my posture, but yes, they do. [k] [subRenderFadeout #A 0.4] ＠Tepeu If I use the spell Professor taught me, I might even be able to fly like Dumuzid. [k] [charaFaceFade D 0 0.2] ＠Tepeu Anyway,[sr]I know the seven of us[line 2][%1],[sr]Mash, Nitocris, Da Vinci, Wak Chan, myself, and Habetrot in her base state[line 2]are making our way to the bottom stratum as quickly as we can go... [k] ＠Tepeu ...but do you happen to have any questions about the eighth stratum[line 2]the final level of the underworld[line 2]before we arrive? [k] ？1：I thought nobody could get in there most of the time. ？2：Do you have any information about it, Tepeu? ？！ ＠Tepeu There are a few legends passed down orally among Chichén Itzá's priests. [k] [charaFaceFade D 6 0.2] ＠Tepeu The fourth level of the underworld is known as Yayauhqui, the Black Line. It's a range of underground mountains devoid of sunlight. [k] ＠Tepeu It's said to be covered by a steep mountain range, but that those mountains are actually hollow, and there's another mountain range inside them. [k] ＠Tepeu It is essentially a cavern which contains an underground mountain range entirely devoid of sunlight. [k] ＠Tepeu It's also that terrible bat Camazotz's nest, so I suppose that makes him the fourth underworld guardian. [k] [messageOff] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 1.0 0] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0.5] [charaTalk B] [charaMoveFSL D -10,0 0.4] [charaMove Q -120,-260 0.5] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [wt 0.1] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadeinFSL B 0.4 60,50] [charaMoveFSL B 0,50 0.4] [wt 0.7] ＠Wak Chan You're gonna fight the vampire bat!? Oh man, if only Lady Kukulcan were here too! [k] [messageOff] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 1.0 0.4] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0] [charaTalk D] [charaMoveFSL B 60,50 0.4] [charaMove Q -80,-260 0.5] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 0.1] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadeinFSL D 0.4 -10,0] [charaMoveFSL D 50,0 0.4] [wt 0.7] ＠Tepeu Wak Chan. You know that Kukulcan would never fight Mictlān's own denizens. [k] ＠Tepeu In fact, she's probably far more likely to attack Chaldea at this point. [k] [charaFaceFade D 4 0.2] ＠Tepeu Be careful not to greet her casually if you should happen to see her. She'll probably chop the people on your back right in half, and you along with them. [k] [messageOff] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 1.0 0] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0.4] [charaTalk B] [charaMoveFSL D -10,0 0.4] [charaMove Q -120,-260 0.5] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [wt 0.1] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadeinFSL B 0.4 60,50] [charaMoveFSL B 0,50 0.4] [wt 0.7] ＠Wak Chan Oh man, really!? Then again, that does sound like her! [k] [charaFace B 6] ＠Wak Chan Whenever Lady Kukulcan decides something's threatening Mictlān's peace, she wastes no time obliterating it! Like unintelligent deinos! [k] ＠Wak Chan Oh well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it! [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Wak Chan I can dodge one or two of her attacks, but after that, it'll be up to you guys to figure out what to do! [k] ？1：Are you...okay with fighting Kukulcan, Wak Chan? ？2：But, she's the god of all deinos, right? Can you fight her? ？！ [charaFaceFade B 0 0.2] ＠Wak Chan There's no law that says we can't defy our god. Besides, people and gods are both living creatures. [k] ＠Wak Chan All that matters is whether or not you can get along, and whether or not your goals align. [k] ＠Wak Chan Lady Kukulcan wants to protect Mictlān, and you guys want to save your world. [k] [charaFace B 1] ＠Wak Chan I figure both of you are right, so I'm gonna help the side I can! [k] [charaFaceFade B 7 0.2] ＠Wak Chan Oh, but you'll have to let me think about it if Lady Kukulcan asks me to join her side! [k] ＠Wak Chan She wouldn't ever do that, though! The teachings of the sun's whole thing is letting us roam free rather than tying us down! [k] [charaFace E 0] [subRenderFadeinFSR #A 0.2 300,-380] ＠Da Vinci ...I see. So Kukulcan's not a dominant father figure, but a watchful mother figure. [k] [charaFace E 34] ＠Da Vinci I suppose I always knew this Lostbelt's king would end up being our enemy. [k] ＠Da Vinci But it still sucks, knowing how naturally bighearted she is. [k] [messageOff] [subRenderFadeout #A 0.4] [charaTalk off] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1210 1.0 0.4] [cueSeVolume 22_ad1219 1.0 0.4] [charaTalk D,B] [charaMoveFSL B 120,50 0.5] [charaMove Q -60,-260 0.5] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaScale D 0.8] [charaDepth D 2] [charaDepth B 4] [charaDepth Q 1] [charaDepth R 2] [charaDepth A 3] [charaDepth C 3] [charaDepth E 3] [charaDepth P 3] [charaDepth B 4] [charaDepth D 4] [charaDepth F 5] [charaDepth U 9] [charaFaceFade B 3 0.2] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadeinFSL D 0.4 -290,-200] [charaMoveFSL D -190,-200 0.4] [wt 0.6] ＠Tepeu & Wak Chan=spot[D,B] “Bighearted”? Are you sure you don't mean “big-muscled”? [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk F] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut U 0,400] [charaEffect U bit_talk_10_LowLevel_depth] [wt 0.1] [se ad13] [wt 0.3] [charaFace F 9] [charaFadein F 0.1 0,350] [subRenderFadeinFSR #A 0.2 300,-380] ＠Sion We will certainly need to watch out for Kukulcan, but we should also be wary of U-Olga Marie. [k] ＠Sion There is a very good chance that she and Rasputin are moving to acquire ORT for their own ends as well. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut U 2000,2500] [charaEffectStop U bit_talk_10_LowLevel_depth] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 0,350] ＠Nitocris So our ultimate obstacles are Kukulcan and the Foreign God. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 23] [charaFadein E 0.1 0,350] ＠Da Vinci Yup. Though right now, our most pressing concerns are whether Kadoc's team succeeds with their assault and our attempt to cross the fourth underworld border. [k] ＠Da Vinci We're going to focus on the latter, so we're counting on you to back up Kadoc's team, Sion. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_63 1.5] [cueSeStop 22_ad1210 1.5] [cueSeStop 22_ad1219 1.5] [wait fade] [subRenderFadeout #A 0.1] [charaFadeout R 0.1] [charaFadeout Q 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.2] [subCameraOff] [charaLayer A normal] [charaLayer C normal] [charaLayer E normal] [charaLayer F normal] [charaLayer U normal] [charaLayer R normal] [charaScale B 1.0] [charaScale D 1.0] [charaScale A 1.0] [charaScale C 1.0] [charaScale E 1.0] [charaScale F 1.0] [charaScale U 1.0] [charaScale R 1.0] [wt 0.2] [scene 174000] [wt 1.0] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [cameraFilter gray] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 1] [charaFadein G 0.1 0,-50] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) Sorry, but I can't help you. [k] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) Firstly, you still haven't made it through the third underworld border, which would normally make it completely impossible for you to act freely. [k] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) I'm only allowing you to do that here as a favor[sr]to [%1]. [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) Second, Daybit the Crypter has already made it through here, so I have no right to touch him. [k] [charaFace G 26] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) And third, I still have to find Dumuzid. There's no telling what he might get up to if left to his own devices. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 1] [charaFadein H 0.1 0,-50] ＠Kadoc So you're saying we have to take down Daybit all on our own. And probably Tezcatlipoca too, since he'll most likely be accompanying him. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 0,-50] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) Yes. Still, I'm not completely heartless. [k] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) As soon as the Crypter arrives here, I'll inform you of his route, so you can pick a perfect spot to ambush him. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) Crypter or not, he's still only human. And even Tezcatlipoca's vessel is a human body, not a Spirit Origin. [k] [charaFace G 22] ＠Ereshkigal (Alter) You should be able to win as long as you go in properly prepared. Good luck. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 1.0 0.5] [wait fade] [pictureFrame] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [scene 142000] [cameraFilter normal] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 1.0 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc It's been an hour since then... [%1]'s group must be in the seventh stratum by now. [k] ＠Kadoc Good thing we managed to get here before Daybit. I've never been so happy to have access to a big car and a top-tier driver. [k] ＠Kadoc I still can't believe how quickly you got us through that jungle. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 1.0] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 16] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf You're telling me.[sr]...Now, remind me, if you would. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] [charaFace I 7] ＠Goredolf What in the world am I doing on the assault team, Zemlupus!? Couldn't you have chosen Meunière to drive you instead!? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 18] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Remember, Your Excellency, Lord Meunière's wounds still aren't fully healed. [k] ＠Koyanskaya If he were to start bleeding from his forehead while driving through the jungle, we would all be dead in no time. [k] ＠Koyanskaya You're a racer, so you surely understand the danger of getting sweat in your eyes while driving a dangerous course. [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 11] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Hrk. Just had to go right for my pride, didn't you!? [k] ＠Goredolf Very well then, who's going to take the navigator's seat!? Who can I trust to wipe the sweat from my brow!? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 5] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Why, me, of course♡ [k] ＠Koyanskaya I would be honored to use these big...soft...rabbit ear pom-poms to gently, delicately wipe the sweat from your forehead, Your Excellency♡ [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 4] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf ...Can I contract you to be my exclusive navigator for the whole season? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.5 0.5] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth P 4] [charaDepth H 6] [charaPut P 1] [charaFadeTime P 0.2 0.5] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc (Damn, it's giving me chills just listening to her play him like a fiddle. I guess Goredolf has yet to learn his lesson...) [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 1.5] [charaFadeout P 0.2] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc Hey, if you're out to wreck your life, I'm not gonna stop you. Can you at least wait till we're back on the surface, though? [k] ＠Kadoc Koyanskaya, have you heard from Ereshkigal yet? [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_124 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 18] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Just now, in fact. Lord Daybit is proceeding along the route we expected. Here you go. [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad15] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 5] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Cripes, they're moving damn quickly, too! We'll never catch them here! [k] [charaFace I 1] ＠Goredolf Still... Heh. It seems your time is finally up, Daybit Sem Void. We're about twenty kilometers from our intercept point. [k] ＠Goredolf I can get us there quick as a wink. Prepare to eat the dust of my record-breaking lap time. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 1] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc Hang on. I want to shift the intercept point to here. We should wait to ambush them in the middle of the desert. [k] ＠Kadoc You can get us there in ten minutes, right? Koyanskaya and I will take it from there. [k] ＠Kadoc I'm going to set up as many explosives and beast traps as possible, so I'll need your merchandise. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 28] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Of course. Just leave it to me. With all these claymores and C-2 explosives, not even a rat[line 2]no, not so much as a bug will get past us. [k] [charaFace J 24] ＠Koyanskaya I'm more than happy to pay them back for what they did to Chichén Itzá...with interest! [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 2] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf All right, fasten your seat belts, because I'm about to kick this baby into high gear! Let's go set the perfect trap! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.25] [se ad748] [cameraMove 0.5 0,9 1.01] [wt 0.9] [se ad346] [shake 0.01 0 1 0.3] [wt 0.3] [seStop ad346 0.2] [wt 0.9] [se ad729] [seVolume ad729 0 0] [seVolume ad729 0.4 1.0] [wt 0.1] [shake 0.01 1 1 0] [wt 2.5] [seVolume ad729 0.6 0.2] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 0] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya By the way, Kadoc, I noticed you were researching something in the Storm Border's library. [k] ＠Koyanskaya Did you find what you were looking for? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc ...Yeah. I tracked down a record that I think has to do with Daybit's past. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 5] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf You did!? Dammit, man, why didn't you say so sooner!? [k] ＠Goredolf I can't focus on what you're saying while I'm driving! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc ...It's no big deal. Knowing this information earlier wouldn't have made any difference. [k] ＠Kadoc I didn't mention it at the briefing 'cause I knew it would only get an, “...And?” at best. [k] [shakeStop] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_124 1.5] [seStop ad729 1.5] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc But I guess now's as good a time as any to share. [k] ＠Kadoc Daybit Sem Void. [k] ＠Kadoc If you've ever wanted to know how he became the maverick of the Clock Tower, today's your lucky day. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [cameraMove 0 0,0 1.01] [charaPut V 1] [wt 1.5] [charaDepth I 7] [charaDepth J 7] [charaDepth T 6] [charaDepth V 2] [charaDepth S 1] [charaScale S 1.2] [charaFadein S 0.1 50,-225] [charaMove S -50,-225 50.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 0.3] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] ＠Kadoc There are three major factions in the Mage's Association: Egypt's Atlas Institute, the North Sea's Wandering Sea... [k] ＠Kadoc ...and the biggest one, London's Clock Tower. Hell, it's so big it's basically synonymous with the Association. [k] ＠Kadoc Anyway, the Clock Tower is divided into thirteen departments: [k] ＠Kadoc Mystile, Solonea, Evocation, Kishur... [k] ＠Kadoc ...Chimera, Brishsan, Yumina, Astromancy, Valuay, Jigmarie... [k] ＠Kadoc ...Meluastea, Policies, and the newest one established two hundred years ago, Norwich. [k] ＠Kadoc Chaldea was founded by the Lord of Astromancy, Marisbury Animusphere. [k] ＠Kadoc Naturally, that means most of Chaldea's mages[line 2]about eighty percent of them[line 2]came from Astromancy. The other twenty percent were scouted. [k] ＠Kadoc Kirschtaria, Team A's leader, was obviously a young Astromancy genius. [k] ＠Kadoc But Daybit, who was said to be just as brilliant as Kirschtaria, came from the Brishsan department. [k] [messageOff] [charaEffectStop V bit_sepia01_fade_fs] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 1] [charaFadein J 1.2 1] [charaFadein T 1.2 0,-200] [wt 1.4] ＠Koyanskaya Brishsan... The department which studies mythology and performs reconstructions. I'd bet they have a lot of dealings with Servants, too. [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut V 2000,2500] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 1] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf ...Heh. Don't make me laugh. It makes my mustache quiver. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 21] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Do you have something to say, Driver? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 3] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf I used to think the same thing at first. Haha, I swear, this is the whole problem with amateurs. [k] [charaFace I 1] ＠Goredolf Listen. Servants are familiars with spirit bodies, which puts them under Evocation's jurisdiction. [k] ＠Goredolf Meanwhile, the Clock Tower's dean, who's also the Lord of Brishsan, categorized Brishsan as the department which studies nonhuman creatures like angels and demons. [k] ＠Goredolf Obviously, neither of those have anything to do with mythology or heroes. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 30] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Oh my, if your mustache quivering bothers you so much, perhaps I should shave it off for you. [k] [charaFace J 1] ＠Koyanskaya Wait. Shouldn't researching angels and demons also involve Servants, since they're all mythological phenomena? [k] ＠Koyanskaya For example, the Divine Spirit that served as my own point of reference came from the Kojiki[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc You're mistaken, Koyanskaya. [k] ＠Kadoc Solonea, Evocation, Astromancy, and Meluastea all deal with mythologies from around the world, too. [k] ＠Kadoc They're considered part of the shared laws and disciplines that humanity has built up over the course of history. [k] ＠Kadoc So for mages, the angels and demons that show up in various mythologies are just a normal part of life. [k] ＠Kadoc The Mage's Association takes that a step further by treating all of human history as a single legend, which it then helps cultivate. [k] ＠Kadoc The Association sees myths as a facet of common knowledge rather than as something worth devoting an entire department to study. [k] ＠Kadoc The only thing the Association would accept as a true legend is something beyond the bounds of that common knowledge. [k] [charaFace H 5] ＠Kadoc I'd guess Brishsan doesn't deal with matters from Earth. It deals with out-of-place artifacts steeped in unknown laws. [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc The kind found scattered all over Earth since ancient times, but never spoken of in any mythology. [k] ＠Kadoc Even in the magecraft world, where angels and demons are just a fact of life, there are some that are considered taboo because they're threats to all of humankind. [k] ＠Kadoc It's Brishsan's job to discover, study, and store these kinds of threats. [k] ＠Kadoc The other departments contribute to humankind in different ways, but Brishsan is focused on keeping inhuman things away from us. [k] ＠Kadoc Part of that is because the Lord of Brishsan is also the dean of the Clock Tower. [k] ＠Kadoc No mage born in the A.D. era who knows anything about modern civilization could handle it. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Indeed. The dean has a select group of elites that report directly to him. Well, I say “elites,” but in truth, they're anything but. [k] ＠Goredolf Any who join can never move up. They're little more than slaves who spend their lives working to understand extraterrestrial threats. [k] ＠Goredolf Suffice to say, it's not easy to quit that department, which is why we can assume Animusphere recruited Daybit directly. [k] ＠Goredolf With another Lord negotiating personally, I'm sure even the dean couldn't have denied the request. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 1] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc ...Actually, Animusphere had nothing to do with it. [k] ＠Kadoc They made it sound like he had been banished, but the truth is, he left voluntarily. [k] ＠Kadoc I'm sure Director Marisbury did personally invite him, but it was ultimately his choice to leave Brishsan and join Chaldea. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 20] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya I see. So he essentially sold himself to Chaldea. [k] ＠Koyanskaya I assume you went back over his records before he left Brishsan then? They WERE in the database, right? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.5] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 5] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc Yeah. All eight years he spent in Brishsan. [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc But there's not a single record of him before that. [k] [bgm BGM_MAP_36 0.1] ＠Kadoc There's no mention of him in Brishsan or Astromancy. [k] ＠Kadoc Whenever a new student enrolls in the Clock Tower, there's always an entry made for them in Mystile's database, but there wasn't anything on him in that one, either. [k] ＠Kadoc All we know is that Daybit was a genius who suddenly showed up at the Clock Tower when he was ten years old. [k] ＠Kadoc I might have been able to find out more if Policies' database had been shared with the Border. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 14] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf That would never, ever happen! Policies is also the Clock Tower's internal investigations agency. [k] ＠Goredolf Giving outsiders such sensitive information could lead to all the Clock Tower's scandals becoming public knowledge! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 4] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Oh my. So that's what you were up to back when you were in Policies, Your Excellency☆ [k] [charaFace J 18] ＠Koyanskaya So you held your fellow mage's pasts over their heads in ways that more skirted the law than followed it. Am I correct? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 14] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf ...[wt 0.9][charaFace I 1][sr]You were saying, Kadoc? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc ...Right. At that point, I stopped trying to investigate Daybit's past and started looking through all of Brishsan's records. [k] ＠Kadoc It wasn't easy, since each day's records were individually locked down. Normally, I'd never have been able to sift through them all on my own. [k] ＠Kadoc But luckily, I knew exactly which year to check, and with Sion's help I eventually found it. [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc There was a file from July 2006 that was just titled “Record: Five Minutes.” [k] ＠Kadoc Unfortunately, I wasn't able to decrypt the file's contents. [k] ＠Kadoc Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that the file contained nothing noteworthy at all. [k] ＠Kadoc But, on that same day, a strange and inexplicable accident happened in London and a neighboring college town. [k] ＠Kadoc That day, every single spell in London suddenly stopped working. [k] ＠Kadoc Of course, pretty much everyone noticed the abnormality, so it wasn't long before it was fixed. [k] ＠Kadoc The mages figured they must have made a mistake in their spells, and decided it wasn't worth reporting. [k] ＠Kadoc As a result, the incident was never made public, and nobody at the institute was ever held responsible. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Huh. I'm quite sure I would have recognized this as a major incident if I had been there at the time. [k] ＠Goredolf Since so many people never knew about it, does that mean it happened in the dead of night or something? [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 1] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya Your Excellency? Do kindly shut up. [k] ＠Koyanskaya ...So this “Record: Five Minutes” file from Brishsan is dated the same as this incident when every spell in London stopped? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc That's right. What happened was, an angel relic was exposed in a prep room for one of Brishsan's faculty. [k] ＠Kadoc In real-world time, it was only exposed for 0.2 seconds, but that was thought to have been enough to shut down all the Clock Tower's spells. [k] ＠Kadoc There's no record of who that room belonged to anywhere. It's gone from every document, and from the mind of every person who could have known, so there's just no way to look it up. [k] ＠Kadoc My guess is that the only one who might still remember is the dean. [k] [charaFace H 5] ＠Kadoc At any rate, whoever caused such incredible damage to every mage in the Clock Tower, even if only for a moment, became quite literally nonexistent. [k] ＠Kadoc However, records of that incident state that there was a single survivor in the prep room. [k] [charaFace H 0] ＠Kadoc Given the situation, he was almost certainly that teacher's son. He was ten years old at the time, but he soon went missing as well. [k] ＠Kadoc A few months later, on the dean's personal recommendation, a boy genius with no prior record suddenly showed up in Brishsan. [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc As you can probably guess, that was Daybit Sem Void. The records didn't list his actual age, but physically, they said he looked to be about ten years old. [k] ＠Kadoc So my take is this: the boy who lost his father to the angel relic must be Daybit. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 4] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf I see. So as a boy, he lost both his father and proof of his lineage. [k] [charaFace I 15] ＠Goredolf Although, this angel relic... Isn't it one of those dangerous artifacts that will drive you mad just by looking at it? [k] ＠Goredolf According to one popular theory, those artifacts will vaporize your brain before transmitting a signal to the beings that dropped them off on Earth... [k] ＠Goredolf So, that would mean that, ever since then, Daybit Sem Void has been... [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 20] [charaFadein J 0.1 1] ＠Koyanskaya ...I see. Now I understand. [k] ＠Koyanskaya “Daybit Sem Void was omitted because his way of thinking and living never belonged with humanity in the first place.” [k] ＠Koyanskaya Those were some of the last words Lord Kirschtaria wrote about him, right? [k] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 5] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf So if he's not part of humankind...he must be one of the Foreign God's subordinates bent on taking over Earth! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_36 2.0] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] ＠Kadoc ... [k] [charaFace H 1] ＠Kadoc Sorry, but that's all the time I have to talk. We've reached the intercept point. [k] ＠Kadoc Cut the Shadow Border's engine and set it to camouflage mode over by those sand dunes. [k] ＠Kadoc Let's go, Koyanskaya. I need you to set enough land mines across a five hundred meter radius to make this place a hell on Earth. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]