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...It was, I remember, such a beautiful,[sr]peaceful day.
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The flowers that bloomed here[sr]were so beautiful...so strong.
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＠???
Look at this.[sr]These must be the hardiest flowers in the world.
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Then you too are a flower. A flower blooming[sr]strong here in the confines of the palace.
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That's what I wanted to say. Maybe I actually did.[sr]Or maybe I was never able to summon up the courage.
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Either way, I grieved for the flowers.
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...And yet, now I can no longer even[sr]remember what they looked like.
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＠???
...Why do you look so sad?
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I feel like I'm having a bad dream.
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Why would I feel this way,[sr]when everything I see is so beautiful...?
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＠???
You must be tired.[sr]Come, lay your head on my lap and rest.
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＠???
It is the least I could do for you,[sr]my beloved Tsar...my beloved husband.
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＠Patxi
Dad? Why do Yaga have to be strong?
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＠Father
Well, the way I see it, we Yaga made a mistake.
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＠Patxi
A mistake?
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＠Father
We mistook how the world works...or maybe how we chose it? Whatever it was, we made a mistake, and the world left us behind.
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＠Father
Still, while we may have made a mistake,[sr]that doesn't mean we were in the wrong.
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＠Father
We're still here. We're still alive. So as long as that's the case, we'll keep on fighting until the world ends once and for all.
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＠Patxi
Okay.
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...I still remember that conversation.
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This world is always beset by blizzards.[sr]It's rare that we ever see the sun's light directly.
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It's not just in my head.[sr]Surviving here really does take a lot out of you.
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I think I get what my old man meant now.
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No matter how hard it gets, we will keep on surviving...until there's no more world left to us.
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＠Patxi
(So this is the capital, Yaga Moscow...)
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＠D：Yaga Citizen
Goodness, I can't believe he defied the Tsar...
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＠C：Yaga Citizen
Worthless Yaga. Hell's too good for him.
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＠Patxi
...Dammit.
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＠Oprichnik
Move.
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＠Patxi
Shut up!
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＠Yaga (Child)
Did that Yaga do something bad?
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＠C：Yaga Citizen
He's an incorrigible Yaga who forgot the debt of gratitude we owe to the Tsar. Now he's suffering the consequences for incurring the Tsar's wrath, and rightly so.
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＠C：Yaga Citizen
Make sure you don't ever end up like him.
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＠C：Yaga Citizen
I don't know what he was thinking, defying the strongest being in existence. We all need to stick together if we're going to survive in this world.
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...Stick together, he says? What a laugh.[sr]It's so funny it makes me want to scream.
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All we do is abandon our weak[line 2]we cut them out like Krichat' entrails. In consequence, our numbers are always dwindling. That's who we Yaga are.
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We just keep dying, and killing.[sr]We live without hope.
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We're just waiting for our inevitable doom,[sr]without even trying to fight back against it.
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＠Priest
...You must be the first rebel[sr]to ever make it this far, Patxi.
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＠Patxi
...[sr]...
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＠G：Priest
By the way, there's still something I don't quite understand. After your rebel friends retreated, why did you continue to wander around the town alone?
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＠G：Priest
Surely you weren't just bringing up the rear.
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＠Patxi
...Shut up.
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＠G：Priest
Hmm. Very well then, let's change the subject. Would you mind telling me where the rebel army base is located? It can be our little secret.
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＠G：Priest
I'm afraid I've been so concerned about it that[sr]it's been keeping me up at night, just like Kadoc.
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＠G：Priest
If you could help me with my insomnia,[sr]you have my word that I will let you go in return.
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＠Patxi
You really think I'd ever tell you that!?
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＠G：Priest
Hahaha.
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＠Patxi
...What's so funny?[sr]What's with the creepy laugh?
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＠G：Priest
Easy, young Patxi. Relax.[sr]I know you're just an ordinary Yaga.
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＠G：Priest
As I said before, I also know that even ordinary Yaga are highly resilient creatures. Physically, that is.
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＠G：Priest
Conversely, they are mentally fragile and quite easily broken, especially in the face of someone stronger than they are. Perhaps it's their bestial instincts at work? Who could say?
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＠Patxi
...What're you talking about?[sr]What're you getting at, you evil bastard?
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＠G：Priest
Oh, that should become clear shortly. This will[sr]be a test of sorts for myself as well as for you.
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＠Mash
What is this place...?
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＠Avicebron
It would seem to be a village that the Oprichniki[sr]razed to the ground. Unfortunately, none survived.
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＠Avicebron
Though it pains me to say this, I believe we should set up camp here. We need to take advantage of everything we can, after all.
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＠Goredolf
How could you lose so miserably!?[sr]You had two Servants to their one!
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＠Billy
Sure did. Mighty sorry about that.
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＠Avicebron
I have no excuse.
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？1：We've still got plenty of fight left!
？！

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＠Goredolf
Ha! If that pathetic display was the best you could do, you'll just get your asses handed to you again!
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＠Billy
Care to repeat that for me, fella?
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＠Goredolf
Hmph! It's true![sr]Deep down, you know I'm right!
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＠Billy
Well... Hmm...
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＠Holmes
I believe what Goredolf is trying to say is, that Servant is a fearsome opponent. As such, you could use all the help you can get.
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＠Holmes
So why not have Antonio Salieri there join our side?
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＠Salieri
...Who are you lot?
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＠Mash
We're the Chaldea Security Organization.[sr]We came here from a place outside of Russia.
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＠Mash
...Though I'm afraid we've lost the building[sr]that used to be our headquarters.
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＠Mash
At any rate, the person there with you is[sr][%1], Chaldea's last remaining Master.
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＠Mash
There's also[line 2]
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＠Avicebron
I'm Avicebron. I take it you are THE Salieri?
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＠Salieri
...Perhaps not quite in the way you imply, but yes.[sr]I will admit to being THAT Salieri.
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＠Mash
...What do you mean?
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＠Avicebron
The name “Salieri” is synonymous with one thing.
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？1：What's that?

＠Avicebron
The composer who is most famous for allegedly[sr]murdering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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？2：Wasn't Amadeus, um...

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＠Salieri
No need to dance around it. You have heard I am responsible for Amadeus's death, have you not?
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？！

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＠Salieri
...I am the embodiment of that reputation.
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＠Salieri
Give me a moment while I remove this Mystic Code.
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＠Mash
Mystic Code...?
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＠Salieri
Phew.
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＠Salieri
...This is who I truly am.[sr]Take a look at my Servant power for yourselves.
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＠Mash
O-oh...
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＠Avicebron
Hmm.[sr]You're quite weak.
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＠Avicebron
I didn't think there were any other Servants in this world with lower stats than Shakespeare or myself.
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＠Avicebron
It would seem you even give Andersen[sr]a good run for his money.
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＠Salieri
Of course. I'm just an ordinary composer. I never wrote any symphonies that left a mark on history.
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＠Salieri
At best, I am a mediocrity of a man.[sr]But no matter.
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＠Salieri
The sole reason I exist on the Throne of Heroes at all...
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＠Salieri
...is because I am said to have killed Amadeus.
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＠Salieri
Whether or not I actually did kill him is completely irrelevant.
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＠Salieri
People were convinced that I did, and so, here I am.
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＠Avicebron
Then, one might say you are affected[sr]by the Innocent Monster skill.
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＠Salieri
...I believe so.
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＠Holmes
True, Salieri was indeed suspected of killing Amadeus even when he was still alive.
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＠Mash
Right. They even made a movie about it.
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？1：Okay, so why were you on Ivan the Terrible's side then?
？！

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＠Avicebron
I would like to know that as well.[sr]Are you originally a Servant from this Lostbelt?
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＠Avicebron
I believe the Crypter...that boy,[sr]Kadoc, called this place a Lostbelt.
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＠Salieri
So you know of that name. ...First, let me[sr]answer your question with one of my own.
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＠Salieri
Tell me, humans of Chaldea:[sr]What do you know about the Lostbelts?
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＠Mash
Well, uh... Only that they're abnormal zones[sr]that somewhat resemble Singularities...
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＠Holmes
If you don't mind, Ms. Kyrielight, I'll field that one. First, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Mr. Salieri.
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＠Holmes
I'm Sherlock Holmes, Chaldea's administrative advisor. I became a Servant through unusual means, just like you.
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＠Holmes
We have been investigating this peculiar version of Russia, where history is so unlike our own.
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＠Holmes
I have a number of hypotheses, but had been unable to find a critical element to tie everything together...
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＠Holmes
...until you first mentioned that word.
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＠Holmes
Lostbelt. A chronological table detailing an alternate path taken by human history. An unbroken strip that continues onward to the present day, rather than occupying a single point in time.
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＠Holmes
...No wonder it isn't like a Singularity. A Singularity is one point in time where history as it should be went awry, after all.
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＠Holmes
That is not the case here in Russia. In this world, everything is as it should be. Nothing has gone awry.
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＠Holmes
It has history quite separate from our own Proper Human History, even though it is not a world gone completely mad like the Singularities.
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＠Holmes
No doubt the branching point was the Great Cold Wave that struck four hundred and fifty years ago, when Earth was thrown into a new ice age.
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＠Holmes
And Russia as we see it now is the product of history moving forward from that point.
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＠Mash
So...you're saying this is an ongoing deviation from human history? Is that anything like a parallel world?
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＠Da Vinci
Nope, it's not that. These Lostbelts[sr]are something altogether different.
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＠Da Vinci
If we assume that parallel worlds exist, then their civilization and lifestyle should also be fundamentally the same.
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＠Da Vinci
By definition, they're closely tied to a well-defined base world. In other words, the base world and its parallel worlds are all following the same course.
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＠Da Vinci
But let's say there is a world where history diverges radically, going completely off the rails.
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＠Da Vinci
Say, at one point, something changes irrevocably...it could be a huge natural disaster, or a major technological breakthrough...
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＠Da Vinci
...and the world that's gone off the rails is effectively erased from this universe, deemed to be something that doesn't belong.
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＠Da Vinci
Once that happens, its destruction is all but assured. No matter how developed it might be, its evolution just ends.
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＠Da Vinci
For better or worse, this universe just isn't willing to tolerate worlds whose future prospects are plain to see.
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＠Da Vinci
You know how you prune unnecessary branches when you're trying to grow a tree? Same thing here.
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＠Da Vinci
If a world, even a utopia, strays too far from its base axis, it gets the clippers, so to speak.
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＠Da Vinci
In the magecraft world,[sr]it's called the Pruning Theoretical Phenomenon...
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＠Da Vinci
...and it's what allows our universe to keep expanding unimpeded. That's the Mage's Association stance, anyway.
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＠Mash
The Pruning Theoretical Phenomenon... Then, Russia didn't end up as a frozen wasteland because of a plot, like what happened with the King of Mages...
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＠Holmes
Correct. Its climate has always been like this, and it is in fact that very climate that led to the changes in human history.
[k]

＠Holmes
This is a world where history continued on past the hundred year marker, long after it would ordinarily have been pruned away.
[k]

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＠Holmes
In essence, this history lost to Proper Human History.[sr]But now it has appeared in our own world.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
Right. It looks like strong alternative histories,[sr]or Lostbelts, which we know almost nothing about...
[k]

＠Da Vinci
...are being wielded as weapons to invade[sr]and destroy Proper Human History.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
The Incineration of Humanity was an attack on human history orchestrated by Goetia, a singular entity.
[k]

＠Da Vinci
But now, these Lostbelts are[sr]attacking the very world itself.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
...If I were to give this a name, I think I might call it the Felling Theoretical Phenomenon. Hmm. Yeah, I think I like the sound of that. Let's go with it.
[k]

？1：...Lostbelts...
？2：History that lost to other history...

？！

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＠Meunière
Are you serious...? Then what, you're telling us this Russia is going to become the de facto way of life for the entire planet!?
[k]

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＠Holmes
If it continues on this path, yes.[sr]But of course, we won't let it come to that.
[k]

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＠Holmes
Now then! That went on quite a bit longer than I had anticipated, but that is our current theory.
[k]

＠Holmes
Tell me, Mr. Salieri,[sr]are we more or less on the mark?
[k]

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＠Salieri
...Yes, you're spot-on. I'm impressed you managed to arrive at that conclusion without being from a Lostbelt yourselves.
[k]

＠Salieri
There is nothing more I can tell you beyond what you've figured out. Now that you have the facts, what you do with them is up to you.
[k]

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＠Salieri
As for your original question... You wished to know if I originate from this Lostbelt, and whether I serve that Crypter?
[k]

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＠Salieri
My answer, of course, is no.[sr]This Russia has not known music for some time.
[k]

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＠Salieri
My story is the same as that gunslinger's.
[k]

＠Salieri
I am a Rogue Servant, summoned by the death throes of this land's true form before the Lostbelt overwrote it.
[k]

＠Salieri
My memories of Proper Human History are now vague, and have been conflated with my memories of this Lostbelt.
[k]

＠Salieri
I cannot say if it was that Master or that priest,[sr]but one of them did something to my head.
[k]

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＠Salieri
Even as we speak,[sr]I remain unsure if I am on the right side.
[k]

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＠Mash
...[sr]...
[k]

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＠Avicebron
We will simply have to trust that you are.[sr]If nothing else, we know you are not a Yaga.
[k]

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＠Salieri
Yes, that's true. That is very true...
[k]

＠Salieri
Above all, this world is utterly devoid of music.[sr]...It seems I have no choice but to join your side.
[k]

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＠Holmes
Thank you. We are grateful for your assistance.[bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 0.3][wt 0.5][bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1][charaFace G 5][sr]To begin, we could use any information you have.
[k]

＠Holmes
What can you tell us about the Servants in Yaga Moscow?
[k]

＠Salieri
...I am the court musician.[sr]Nothing less, and nothing more.
[k]

＠Salieri
I had no contact with the outside world. The only one who ever spoke to me was Metropolitan Macarius.
[k]

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＠Holmes
Metropolitan Macarius... That was the only man Ivan the Terrible looked up to as a mentor.
[k]

＠Holmes
Is he a Yaga too?
[k]

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＠Salieri
No, he's a Servant.
[k]

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＠Salieri
He does look human, but I doubt he is the same man.
[k]

＠Salieri
...He's probably Japanese...and a Pseudo-Servant.
[k]

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＠Mash
A Japanese priest...and a Pseudo-Servant...!?
[k]

？1：That must be Father Kotomine...!
？！

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＠Salieri
I don't know anything about any others. The only people I've met are the Oprichniki, and that Master and Servant pair we just fought earlier.
[k]

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＠Holmes
...I see. Well that's disappointing. Very well then, what do you know about that endless storm wall? Or perhaps the Tree of Emptiness?
[k]

＠Salieri
I know nothing about either.[sr]Although...
[k]

＠Salieri
...I did hear Metropolitan Macarius say that that tree is the cornerstone of this Lostbelt.
[k]

＠Salieri
He also said that without the Tree of Emptiness,[sr]it would be impossible to mount an attack on reality.
[k]

？1：So then, that tree really IS the cause of all this...?

？！

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＠Da Vinci
That would definitely seem to make the most sense. For one thing, it's smack-dab in the middle of this Lostbelt.
[k]

＠Da Vinci
And for another, it's a foreign entity that's not even showing up on the Paper Moon's compass.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
This is the same Paper Moon that's been observing this Lostbelt Russia as an ordinary part of the earth's topography, and the only thing it can figure out to do with that tree is exclude it.
[k]

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＠Da Vinci
So for the moment...it would seem safe to assume that that tree is the source of this Felling Theoretical Phenomenon.
[k]

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＠Goredolf
Then, if we do something about that tree,[sr]Russia will return to the way it was?
[k]

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＠Salieri
...Easier said than done.[sr]The Tree of Emptiness lies with the Tsar himself.
[k]

＠Salieri
To reach it, you'll have to face him.
[k]


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＠Holmes
I see. Then it seems we will have to do just that at some point. What about the Oprichniki? How many of them are stationed in the capital?
[k]

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＠Salieri
No less than a small army.
[k]

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＠Holmes
A small army! Just like what we saw in Antarctica![sr]Hahaha, that's going to be quite the obstacle!
[k]


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＠Goredolf
This is no laughing matter, Holmes![sr]I fail to see what you find so funny!
[k]



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？1：Is that Mystic Code you were wearing an Innocent Monster too?
？！

＠Salieri
That's right.
[k]

＠Salieri
I am the Gray Man, the one who drove Mozart to his death.
[k]

＠Salieri
Salieri is no more than an avatar I wear,[sr]so to speak, out of convenience.
[k]

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＠Avicebron
I have one last question:[sr]What do you think of this Lostbelt?
[k]

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＠Salieri
...I think it needs to be fixed.[sr]Isn't that what you people are attempting to do?
[k]

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＠Mash
...Yes. That is certainly one of our goals.
[k]

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＠Salieri
...[sr]...
[k]

＠Salieri
[%1], was it? I can see you[sr]are the conductor of this little orchestra.
[k]

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＠Goredolf
Are you mad!? I'M the commander around here![sr][&He's:She's] nothing more than...than...an occasionally useful trombone!
[k]

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＠Holmes
I suppose that would make me the violin.[sr]Da Vinci, how do you feel about being the flute?
[k]

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＠Salieri
...Good grief. You all certainly do love your digressions, don't you? You remind me of Amadeus and his unshakable high spirits.
[k]

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＠Salieri
[%1]. I would like to speak with Sherlock Holmes.
[k]

＠Salieri
Alone, if possible.
[k]

？1：You sure? Holmes can go on for days, you know.
？2：So you just want me to excuse myself for a bit? Okay.
？！

＠Salieri
My apologies. I hope this won't take too long.
[k]

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＠Billy
Mighty curious to know what that Salieri[sr]fella wants to talk to Holmes about.
[k]

？1：Maybe music and stuff?

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＠Billy
S'pose he IS a musician, ain't he?
[k]

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＠Avicebron
I rather doubt that's what it is...[sr]Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter.
[k]

？2：...This Lostbelt, maybe?

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＠Avicebron
That would be my guess.
[k]

＠Avicebron
Salieri has been here longer than any of us.[sr]I expect he has his own sense of things.
[k]

？！

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＠Salieri
...Thank you for your patience.[sr]Allow me to come to the point.
[k]

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＠Salieri
I have decided to join you, though conditionally.[sr]You may employ my power however you see fit.
[k]

？1：That's great! Thank you!

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＠Mash
Thank you, Salieri!
[k]

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＠Avicebron
So what is this condition?
[k]

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？2：What's the condition?

？！

＠Salieri
Simple.
[k]

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＠Salieri
Should we encounter Amadeus,[sr]you will let me focus on him first and foremost.
[k]

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＠Mash
Wait, what?[sr]Does that mean...you're going to kill him?
[k]

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＠Salieri
Of course.
[k]

＠Salieri
I am the the Man in Grey.[sr]The Innocent Monster known as Salieri.
[k]

＠Salieri
If we were to meet,[sr]I would have no choice but to kill him.
[k]

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＠Mash
...I can't accept that.
[k]

＠Mash
If Amadeus has been summoned here, he's sure[sr]to be a Servant from Proper Human History.
[k]

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＠Salieri
If I had been summoned as an Anti-Hero, so tortured by malice that I was constantly writhing in agony...
[k]

＠Salieri
...I would be so at odds with all of you that we would not even be able to have this conversation.
[k]

＠Salieri
I admit that earlier, I was so overcome by a Berserker-like madness that I simply went around mercilessly slaughtering any Yaga I encountered.
[k]

＠Salieri
But now, I have regained my[sr]senses and my sanity alike.
[k]

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＠Salieri
Even picturing Amadeus's smug, pear-shaped face does little more than make my skin crawl.
[k]

＠Salieri
In other words...
[k]

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＠Avicebron
I see. Like Master, like Servant.
[k]

＠Avicebron
That means the Amadeus who is here is evil now.
[k]

＠Avicebron
I suppose it is the fate of every Servant to be influenced by their Master's personality.
[k]

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＠Salieri
That is why I will kill Amadeus.[sr]I MUST kill him.
[k]

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＠Salieri
It is my destiny, my fate.
[k]

？1：But what if he ISN'T evil?

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＠Salieri
...It would be impossible for that to be the case. But even if he is not, it would be of no consequence.
[k]

？2：What if Amadeus turns out to be on our side?

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＠Salieri
If he is, then I will become your enemy once more.
[k]

？！

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＠Salieri
My purpose in life is to kill Amadeus.[sr]That will never change.
[k]

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＠Salieri
...Now then, that's enough chitchat. We are returning to the rebel army's stronghold tomorrow, are we not?
[k]

＠Salieri
You should rest up while you can, Master.[sr]Now, if you will excuse me.
[k]

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＠Mash
So...Amadeus is our enemy now...
[k]

＠Mash
I know we've fought former allies before,[sr]like Cú Chulainn, but...
[k]

？1：It never gets any easier.
？！

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＠Avicebron
I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. This friend-turned-enemy Servant would be unaware of his betrayal.
[k]

＠Avicebron
Take the heroes of myth. They have always been much more willing to accept shifting allegiances among both their friends and foes.
[k]

＠Avicebron
It was their belief that they would all meet again in Eden, so they had no difficulty taking it in their stride when friend became foe or vice versa.
[k]

＠Avicebron
Above all, there is nothing you could do now that would undo the encouragement he once offered you.
[k]

＠Avicebron
Rest assured that he spoke truly,[sr]sincerely, and from the heart.
[k]

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＠Mash
...That's a good point. Thank you, Avicebron.
[k]

？1：You sounded like a school teacher or something.

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＠Avicebron
Teacher... A school teacher, hmm? Thank you,[sr]but I am very much unfit to be a school teacher.
[k]

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？2：Can I call you “Professor” from now on?

＠Avicebron
Uh...[sr]Please don't. That would be rather painful for me.
[k]

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＠Mash
Painful?
[k]

＠Avicebron
I have no right to be anyone's teacher.
[k]

＠Avicebron
I've long since abandoned any[sr]qualifications I may have had.
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？！

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＠Holmes
Moving on, we need to discuss Kadoc's Servant.
[k]

＠Holmes
I believe she is to him what Ms. Kyrielight is to [%1]: his personal, exclusive Servant.
[k]

＠Holmes
She is also, of course, the monster who[sr]encased all of Chaldea in solid ice.
[k]

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＠Mash
Right. I remember Kadoc called her by[sr]her True Name at one point: Anastasia.
[k]

？1：Anastasia...?

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＠Holmes
If my theory is correct, she is a descendant of the Romanov Dynasty. She is a grand duchess who came to a most tragic end.
[k]

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＠Mash
There's another famous figure by that name, too...
[k]

＠Mash
Ivan the Terrible's first wife, the first tsaritza,[sr]whom he loved with all his heart.
[k]

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？2：Where have I heard that name before...

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＠Holmes
There are two famous figures by that name. One was Ivan the Terrible's tsaritza and first wife, Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva, who supported his reign from the shadows all her life.
[k]

＠Holmes
The other was a descendant of the Romanov Dynasty: Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, a young girl whose passing was mourned by all in the tsardom.
[k]

？！

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＠Holmes
So, which Anastasia are we dealing with here...?
[k]

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＠Holmes
I am afraid there need be no suspense about this.[sr]She is unquestionably the Romanov descendant.
[k]

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＠Billy
How can you be so sure? Since Ivan the Terrible's here, couldn't she be his tsaritza?
[k]

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＠Holmes
I've looked into Tsaritza Anastasia's history, and she is clearly not the type to relish the spotlight.
[k]

＠Holmes
She became tsaritza at the age of seventeen,[sr]and passed away only thirteen years later.
[k]

＠Holmes
Ivan the Terrible took several more wives following her death, but he never opened up to anyone else.
[k]

＠Holmes
Generally speaking, one would indeed expect to find her with him, but it is highly improbable that she would be summoned as a Servant.
[k]

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＠Holmes
Of course, she could still have been an inhabitant of THIS world, just like Ivan the Terrible, which would have made her summoning possible...
[k]

＠Holmes
...but given that she is human in appearance,[sr]that seems altogether improbable as well.
[k]

？1：So then, she's the Romanov Dynasty one?
？2：That would mean she's the other Anastasia then?
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＠Holmes
Precisely.[sr]Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova.
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＠Holmes
She is the Grand Duchess of Ice, a young girl[sr]who bore the brunt of Russia's darkness.
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＠Holmes
...Now then, allow me to share an abridged version of Anastasia's background, and some of the secrets I managed to dig out from Chaldea's library.
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＠Mash
Chaldea's library...?[sr]Wasn't that destroyed in the attack?
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＠Holmes
I anticipated certain emergencies may arise eventually, so I took the liberty of collecting as much useful data from it as I could.
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＠Holmes
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova.
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＠Holmes
She is the fourth daughter of the last Romanovs ever to hold the tsardom: Nikolai II, and his wife, Alexandra.
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＠Holmes
In the years before her death, famine plagued all of Russia as a result of the ongoing First World War.
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＠Holmes
In 1917, frustrations reached a breaking point.[sr]Efforts to quell a protest left some people dead.
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＠Holmes
Some of Russia's soldiers banded together in revolt against the tsardom. Moscow declared martial law in response, but by then, the imperial guards had chosen to side with the rebels.
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＠Holmes
After a tremendous uproar, the Tsar abdicated. The Romanov imperial family fell into disarray, and were essentially confined to house arrest.
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＠Holmes
The historical records described[sr]Nikolai as a good husband and father...
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＠Holmes
...but in light of these events, it would seem he[sr]was ill-equipped to handle the threat to his reign.
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＠Holmes
Alternatively, he may have been perfectly well-equipped, but the times may have simply been too dire for anyone in his position to overcome.
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＠Holmes
In the wake of these events, Russia would end up split into several different factions, eventually uniting as a single nation known as the Soviet Union...but that bit of history can wait for another time.
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＠Holmes
For the moment, let us focus our[sr]attention on Nikolai II's family.
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＠Holmes
Having been confined to their home, their lavish lifestyle evaporated practically overnight, and they were seldom heard from again.
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＠Holmes
Although records do say that they[sr]continued to employ servants and cooks.
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＠Holmes
...At any rate, the situation grew more[sr]dire the following year, in April of 1918.
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＠Holmes
The new Leninist administration feared that the Czechoslovak Legion or White Army would try to reinstate the Tsar's family by force, and decided to have them executed.
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＠Holmes
Ideally, they would have preferred to do so following a trial, in order to create an official record...
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＠Holmes
...but the threat the Tsar's reinstatement posed to their administration forced their hand.
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＠Holmes
Being the cousin of the German kaiser, Anastasia's mother, Alexandra, still had some value as a bargaining chip...
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＠Holmes
...but that value evaporated the instant the German ambassador was assassinated by extremists.
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＠Holmes
In essence, everything about Anastasia's family[line 2]their bloodline, their presence, their very existence[line 2]was seen as a hindrance.
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＠Holmes
This led the powers that be to refrain from making the Romanovs' sentence public, and so instead they determined to do away with them in secret.
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＠Mash
...[sr]...
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＠Holmes
So they were executed. At least, that is how those in power would like it described. Those who were present said it was, in truth, no more than a massacre.
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＠Holmes
Some believed that Anastasia managed to survive her family's execution...but that theory was thoroughly disproven several decades later thanks to DNA testing.
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＠Holmes
There is simply no denying that this innocent young girl had her life ripped from her simply because she was born to the wrong family at the wrong time.
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＠Holmes
Anastasia's story is indeed one of tragedy.[sr]She is one of many sacrificed on the altar of history.
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＠Holmes
However, although her story in Proper Human History ends there, it continues in the history of magecraft.
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＠Mash
The history of magecraft...? Does that mean[sr]the Romanov family was involved in magecraft?
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＠Holmes
I'm afraid the answer to that question remains unclear. They may have had some secret involvement in it, or they may merely have known of its existence.
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＠Holmes
All we know for certain is that a number of lost Fabergé eggs made their way into the world of magecraft.
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＠Holmes
...From that, we learned that each generation's tsar had formed a contract of sorts with a certain Phantasmal.
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＠Holmes
However, as this rumored Phantasmal did not see fit to save Tsar Nikolai II's life, the notion was dismissed as false...
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＠Holmes
...but after seeing Anastasia fight, I have[sr]determined that there is another possibility.
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＠Holmes
She is a shaman, a spirit keeper.
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＠Holmes
In other words, it was neither her father, Nikolai, nor her brother, Alexei, who was the heir to the Romanov magecraft. It was indeed Anastasia herself.
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＠Billy
So she's the heir to an imperial family who've been rulin' over a land of ice and snow for more than three hundred years, huh?
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＠Billy
Ain't quite as bad as Ivan the Terrible,[sr]but still pretty goddamn intimidatin'.
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＠Mash
But here in this Lostbelt, Ivan the Terrible's tsardom has continued unabated for the past four hundred and fifty years...
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＠Billy
Lotta difference 'twixt Yaga history and ours.
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＠Billy
Humans seem more'n a mite frail in comparison, but we got all manner of knowledge and wisdom over the years that let us take down even our toughest enemies.
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＠Billy
So runnin' a place like this for three hundred years is damned impressive, no two ways about it.
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＠Holmes
...Unfortunately, while I have learned a great deal about the threat she poses, I'm afraid I have nothing to offer in the way of strategy against her.
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？1：I see...
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＠Mash
...[sr]...
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＠Billy
Well, times like that, the simpler, the better.[sr]I say we hit her hard and fast! Bushwhack her!
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＠Billy
Not much you can't kill if you keep on pluggin' at it till it stops movin'. If it bleeds, you can kill it!
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＠Holmes
Hmm... Perhaps the simple solution[sr]WOULD be best in this case.
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＠Holmes
For the moment, I suggest we try Billy's plan[sr]of action, such as it is, when next we see her.
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＠Goredolf
What about summoning a new[sr]Servant to serve as a shield?
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＠Goredolf
Naturally, their one job would[sr]be to keep me nice and safe.
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＠Holmes
There you have it, everyone! In the end, you will just have to do the best you can with what you have!
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＠Mash
Good morning, Master.
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？1：Morning, Mash.
？2：Let's get going.
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＠Billy
You heard the [&man:lady]!
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＠Avicebron
...Hm?[sr]Golems, halt.
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＠Mash
Is something wrong, Avicebron?
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＠Salieri
...That's a D'yavol Tron.
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＠Mash
It's surrounded by a large number of smaller Demonic Beasts. You could go around them...
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...This is still an unproven hypothesis, but...
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＠Mash
Yes?
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＠Avicebron
I believe that a D'yavol Tron would, well...
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？1：Make for good golem materials?
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＠Avicebron
...[sr]...Yes.
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＠Salieri
Well, I suppose I'll just have to help you out. This will be quite a foe for our first battle together.
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＠Salieri
Come then!
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