＄03-00-01-12-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet B 5036001 1 Avicebron] [charaSet C 7030001 1 "Atalante Alter"] [charaSet D 1098128400 1 "Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male)"] [charaSet E 1098126400 1 Patxi] [charaSet F 2010001 1 Billy] [charaSet G 1098126700 1 "Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female)"] [charaSet H 98115000 1 Effect] [bgm BGM_EVENT_76 0.1] [scene 55100] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaEffect H bit_talk_10_LowLevel] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter This area stopped receiving food from the capital a long time ago. The capital also lays first claim to any Demonic Beasts the hunters catch here. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Atalante Alter That is why these Yaga had no choice but to revolt.[sr]It was the only choice if they wished to survive. [k] ＠Atalante Alter Securing a food supply was our most important order of business as well. It was simply not possible to grow enough grain to feed everyone. [k] ＠Atalante Alter So we worked together with other villages to hunt[sr]Demonic Beasts and share their meat. [charaFace C 4]That was enough to get by...at least, until now... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash Why did the food supply suddenly run out? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter The rebel army simply grew faster than we expected.[sr]There are more mouths to feed now. [k] ＠Atalante Alter We have no right to turn anyone away, after all. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 0] ＠Billy ...Lotta youngsters 'round here.[sr]Ever occur to you to turn them away, Atalante? [k] [charaFace C 5] ＠Atalante Alter No. Their mothers and fathers have all vowed to fight to ensure their children do not go hungry. [k] ＠Atalante Alter ...That system, where the weak are left behind to die, is precisely what they wish to fight against. [k] ＠Atalante Alter As such, the rebel army is honor[sr]bound to keep children alive. [k] ＠Billy Can't say you're bein' exactly[sr]objective about all this, are ya? [k] ＠Atalante Alter No. [k] [charaFace F 1] ＠Billy ...Hell yeah! That's great![sr]Sure am glad I decided to sign on with y'all. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter ...[charaFace C 6][sr]...That aside... [k] ＠Atalante Alter Even as matters stand, our food reserves should have been sufficient to keep us fed for some time. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron Ah, you mean that storehouse. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash Storehouse...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter ...It should be all right to tell you now. We had a hidden storehouse that only a select few of our members knew about. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Billy You're speakin' in the past tense. I'm gonna[sr]venture a guess that it ain't around no more. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter That's right. [k] ＠Atalante Alter We were storing roughly thirty[sr]percent of all of our food there. [k] ＠Atalante Alter When our stronghold's reserves fell low enough, we would restock them from the storehouse, but now... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Billy Now that storehouse is gone, huh? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron Indeed. I am told the Oprichniki found our Yaga as they were carrying food out. [k] ＠Avicebron They then burned down the storehouse[sr]and killed everyone there. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash Th-they burned it down!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter The Oprichniki have no need for food. [k] ＠Atalante Alter No matter how much the rest of the country is starving, they will always favor the Tsar's glory above all else. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron ...I see. Then they are almost certainly Ivan the Terrible's Noble Phantasm, as we suspected. [k] ＠Avicebron But then, how could he maintain his Noble Phantasm for all hours of the day like this? To do so would consume an incredible amount of magical energy. [k] ＠Avicebron ...No, that can't be right. The law of equivalent[sr]exchange simply wouldn't allow for that. [k] ？1：Avicebron? ？！ ＠Avicebron Ah, my apologies. First, we need to resolve our food supply problem, don't we? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter Right. This may be difficult for a human like you to understand, [%1], but Yaga require a tremendous amount of food and can starve very quickly. [k] [charaFace C 6] ＠Atalante Alter On average, a human can go as many as seven days without food as long as they have access to water... [k] ＠Atalante Alter ...but a Yaga can only last without food for three days before they die of starvation. [k] ＠Atalante Alter On top of that, the average Yaga requires several times the calories per day as the average human. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Atalante Alter That is the plight every Yaga faces. If they are to survive in this frozen tundra, they must consume vast quantities of food. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 0] ＠Avicebron ...I see. That does make sense. [k] ＠Avicebron I apologize for this example,[sr]but it reminds me of a certain species of rat. [k] ＠Avicebron This rat would need to eat constantly, or it would burn too many calories and die on the spot. [k] [charaFace C 7] ＠Atalante Alter Is that really the best example[sr]you could come up with...? [k] ＠Avicebron At any rate, with so many Yaga, we could dedicate all of our resources to hunting, and still not have enough food to feed them all. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_76 1.5] ＠Avicebron And we have precious little food left before we run out entirely... All right, how do we resolve this? [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Atalante Alter I had hoped it would not come to this,[sr]but under the circumstances... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter ...we have no choice but to steal food[sr]from the pro-Tsar city of Yaga Smolensk. [k] ＠Atalante Alter Yaga Smolensk is situated some distance away from both the frontier and the capital and has relatively few Oprichniki guarding it. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 2] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 15] [charaFace E 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [charaFadein E 0.1 0] ＠Mash You...you want to steal food...!? [k] ＠Patxi And from my town...!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron ...I see no alternative, though I agree[sr]that it is a most distasteful move. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter I know that! [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Atalante Alter But we must consider the children and elderly who cannot long survive without food. [k] ＠Atalante Alter Even then, it is a catch-22. Should we devote all our food to THEM, our soldiers on the front lines will find themselves too weak to fight. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Atalante Alter Please understand, I know that this is one of the worst moves the rebel army could make. [k] [charaFace C 5] ＠Atalante Alter That is why I have chosen one of the cities most loyal to the Tsar. Further, we will not be taking ALL of their food. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Atalante Alter We will send as many soldiers as we are able,[sr]and attempt to negotiate to secure food. [k] [charaFace C 5] ＠Atalante Alter However, this time we will not give them the option of refusal. We WILL leave with the supplies we require, whether they agree or not. [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Atalante Alter I only hope we can take just enough so[sr]that neither we nor they end up starving... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 2] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male) That's gonna be tough. I mean, they've[sr]already got heaps of food stored away, but... [k] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female) Yeah, they've also got a bunch of secret Demonic Beast hunting grounds they keep to themselves. [k] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male) That's how they do things there. They don't just make sure they've got enough to eat. They always make a bundle by selling off the excess. [k] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female) No wonder they have no problem sucking up to the Oprichniki. They never have to worry about starving! [k] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male) They've got it made there,[sr]just as much as they do up in Yaga Moscow. [k] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female) Some Yaga they are.[sr]They should be ashamed of themselves. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Patxi ...[sr]...Hey. [k] ＠Patxi ...You don't think you guys would do the[sr]same thing if you were in their position? [k] ＠Patxi None of them asked to be in that situation, and it still took everyone who lives there everything they had to build that city. [k] ＠Patxi It's not like they're all living it up, either. Some of them couldn't hunt and ended up starving to death. [k] ＠Patxi Still, even having said all that, I bet it DOES sound like they've got it made compared to life in a village. [k] [charaFace E 4] ＠Patxi But that doesn't mean they're bad guys,[sr]or that it's okay to do whatever you want to them. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Male) You from there or something? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Patxi ...I was. Before they kicked me out. [k] ＠Patxi I'm not gonna defend them,[sr]and I'm not against stealing their food, either. [k] [charaFace E 2] ＠Patxi But they're still Yaga, just like you and me.[sr]Don't forget that. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter ...Patxi is right. I will not have any[sr]harm come to the city's residents. [k] ＠Atalante Alter That was always the plan, but make doubly[sr]sure that all the soldiers know that. [k] ＠Atalante Alter If any one of you so much as touches a hair on a child's head, I will fill you with so many arrows you will wonder when you became a hedgehog. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 0.3] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Yaga Rebel Soldier (Female) What's a hedgehog? Some kind of Demonic Beast? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 7] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Atalante Alter ...Right. I forgot who I was talking to for a moment... [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 0.3] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_82 0.1] [charaFace C 2] ＠Atalante Alter At any rate, we will take what we need to survive. No more. If they think us evil for doing so, let them! [k] ＠Atalante Alter Our goal is to defeat Ivan the Terrible,[sr]and to purge the Oprichniki from this world! [k] ＠Atalante Alter Once we do that, this frozen empire will finally see dawn. The tides of history will once again begin to move! [k] ＠Atalante Alter Soldiers, take up your arms! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad16] [seVolume ad16 0 0.3] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_82 1.0] [seVolume ad16 1.0 0.8] [wt 1.5] [wt 1.5] [seStop ad16 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Patxi ...[sr]...(Sigh) [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 10000] [wipein leftToRight 0.1 1.0] [wait wipe] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [scene 51600] [charaSet A 1098123200 1 Goredolf] [charaSet B 9005001 1 Holmes] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk B] [charaFace A 0] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 -256,-50] [charaFadein B 0.1 256,-50] ＠Holmes Good grief. So they're left with[sr]no choice but to stage an uprising... [k] ＠Goredolf Better than letting some of them starve to death.[sr]Besides, isn't this a welcome turn of events for us? [k] [charaFace B 6] ＠Holmes Guerilla warfare is one thing, but we still have far too few soldiers to think about fighting the Oprichniki head-on. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Holmes As of now, the resistance movement consists of us, the rebel army, Avicebron, Ms. Atalante, Billy, and Beowulf. [k] ＠Holmes Avicebron's golems may be something of an equalizing factor, but we still need at least one more capable ally. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [wipeOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 10000] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [wipeout leftToRight 0.1 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 0.5] [scene 55000] [charaSet A 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet B 5036001 1 Avicebron] [wipein leftToRight 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash ... [k] [charaFace A 12] ＠Mash Um, Patxi? Are you okay with this?[sr]Yaga Smolensk is your hometown, right...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Patxi No, I'm fine with that.[sr]I'd already given up on it anyway. [k] ＠Patxi Besides, it sounds like the leader's gonna make sure our soldiers take it easy on them. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] [charaFadein E 0.1 0] ＠Avicebron ...I don't know if it will be that simple. [k] ＠Patxi Why not, Avicebron? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron I am a Servant.[sr]I still have my memories from my old life. [k] ＠Avicebron I believe I know a little something about Proper Human History, as well as the history of this world. [k] ＠Avicebron And the way I see it... [k] ＠Avicebron ...I'm afraid there are very, very few instances in all of time, past and present, where plundering of this sort went off without a hitch. [k] ＠Avicebron At worst, a squabble could lead to a full-blown massacre. [k] ？1：A massacre...!? ？！ [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash But, that's[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] ＠Billy Oh, it's perfectly likely, Mash. [k] ＠Billy Even Proper Human History's chock fulla people who were smarter'n me and more powerful'n me, and heaps of them did miles worse than anything I ever even dreamed up. [k] ＠Billy And I think you know that just as well as I do. [k] [charaFace F 4] ＠Billy And I know to a certainty that if I'd had that kinda power, I'da done the same terrible things. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash ...[sr]... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron Good intentions notwithstanding,[sr]massacres can still occur. [k] ＠Avicebron And this particular situation will be especially fraught with danger. [k] ＠Avicebron First of all, the Yaga in Patxi's hometown, and the Yaga in the rebel army, do not enjoy the same quality of life. [k] ＠Avicebron And, as we saw earlier, the rebel Yaga resent them for choosing stability, and for swearing fealty to the Tsar and his Oprichniki. [k] ＠Avicebron We cannot be certain that this resentment will not transform this small raid into a massacre. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] ＠Patxi I...I won't let that happen. [k] ＠Avicebron I am afraid that is a promise you cannot keep. [k] [charaFace E 4] ＠Patxi What was that!? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron A massacre is not always some sinister thing arranged by evil men who seek to murder the innocent. [k] ＠Avicebron They are like brush fires,[sr]sparking and spreading out of control. [k] ＠Avicebron Hoaxes, history, hatred, misinformation, suspicion, racial discrimination, disparity of wealth, pride, panic, propaganda... [k] ＠Avicebron All of these things mix together[sr]into a nightmare slurry. [k] ＠Avicebron What is more, these things do not happen gradually,[sr]as in the proverbial slippery slope. [k] ＠Avicebron What happens is that frustration and discontent continue to build to a breaking point until the tiniest spark causes a tremendous explosion. [k] ＠Avicebron If we were on the defending side, it would simply be a matter of keeping the would-be victims safe, but as we are on the aggressors' side, that is not an option. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash Then, there's nothing we can do...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Patxi ...Dammit. [k] ？1：...I at least want to keep the damage to a minimum. ？！ [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron Then we should focus all our efforts on defeating the Oprichniki as swiftly as possible. [k] ＠Avicebron The worst possible scenario would be if the Oprichniki and the rebel army were to wage battle in the city with the residents caught in the cross fire. [k] ＠Avicebron The rebels would assume the city's residents side with the Oprichniki, and the Oprichniki would think nothing of slaughtering residents to get to the rebels. [k] ＠Avicebron That would leave no one willing or able to rescue the residents. Therefore, we must eliminate any factor that might lead to a massacre before it has a chance to cause the situation to escalate. [k] ＠Avicebron ...Would that be acceptable, Master? [k] ？1：Sounds good to me. Let's do it. ？！ ＠Avicebron Understood. In that case, I have a request to make. [k] ＠Avicebron The rebel army still needs some time to prepare before leaving for the city. [k] ＠Avicebron During that time, I would like to gather as many[sr]materials as possible in order to build a wall. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash ...A...wall? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 0.3] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_82 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Avicebron Indeed. A wall of golems. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_82 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]