$03-00-09-05-1-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 5045000 1 Altria] [charaSet B 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet C 1098209620 1 Oberon] [charaSet D 1098216200 1 Habetrot] [charaSet E 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet F 3039000 1 Gareth] [charaSet G 3047001 1 Percival] [charaSet I 98016000 1 "Round Table Army Soldier"] [sceneSet K 10000 1] [charaScale K 1.01] [sceneSet L 10000 1] [charaScale L 1.01] [sceneSet M 125400 1] [sceneSet N 125400 1] [wt 1.0] [scene 10000] [se ad556] [seVolume ad556 0 0] [wt 0.1] [seVolume ad556 1.5 0.8] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [scene 123102 2.5] [wt 2.9] [seVolume ad556 1.0 0.3] [wt 1.5] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1109] [seVolume 21_ad1109 0 0.4] [wt 2.0] @Altria Caster ...Ahh. I can still hear the bell ringing. [k] @Altria Caster Even though it's been half a day...[sr]Even though everyone smiled and praised me... [k] @Altria Caster Whenever I close my eyes...I can feel that sound, like something grabbing my head from behind. [k] @Altria Caster It feels like this ringing may never go away. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 1.0] [seStop 21_ad1109 1.0] [seStop ad556 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 123101] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_20 0.1] @Altria Caster Another Britain, from a world called Proper Human History. Another version of me, though one entirely unlike me. [k] @Altria Caster An imposing figure, neither mage nor faerie, but a child born to human and dragon. [k] @Altria Caster Altria Pendragon. [k] @Altria Caster The Ideal King who unified the lords of Britain, protected it from outside invaders... [k] @Altria Caster ...and built the towering white castle of Camelot. [k] @Altria Caster She was loved and trusted by all... [k] @Altria Caster ...and she shone brighter and more righteous than anyone else. [k] @Altria Caster With her twelve Knights of the Round Table, her many loyal cavalries, and her ■■■■■■■■■ in hand, she laid the foundation for countless futures. [k] @Altria Caster ...She was a truly great woman.[sr]I've never seen her like. [k] @Altria Caster I don't want to see her. I don't want to be shown her. I can't handle it. I can't believe it. I can't accept it. [k] @Altria Caster After all... [k] @Altria Caster I'm the only one of my kind. I have nowhere to run. No one understands me. Romance is out of the question. [k] @Altria Caster There's no reward. No finish line. No rest. I can't make so much as a single mistake. [k] @Altria Caster Ahh... So many things I'll never have. [k] @Altria Caster How cruel would I have to be for everyone to accept a king like me with a smile? [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_20 2.0] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [scene 10000] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [wipeout openEye 0.1 1.0] [wait wipe] [scene 122400] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [se ad646] [seVolume ad646 0 0] [seVolume ad646 1.0 1.0] [se ad995] [seVolume ad995 0 0] [seVolume ad995 1.0 0.4] [wipein openEye 1.5 1.0] [wait wipe] [wt 1.5] [seStop ad646 2.0] [seStop ad995 2.0] [wt 1.0] @Altria ...Oh, it's morning. I guess we must have covered a lot of ground overnight... [k] @Altria I had the craziest dream. It must be because I rang one of the Bells of Pilgrimage. [k] @Altria ...[wt 1.0]...[sr]...[wt 1.0]...Ahh. [k] @Altria ...That life is no joke. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [pictureFrame] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth K 1] [charaDepth L 1] [charaDepth B 2] [charaDepth C 3] [charaDepth A 4] [charaDepth D 5] [charaDepth E 6] [charaDepth F 7] [charaFadein K 0.1 -1100,0] [charaFadein L 0.1 1100,0] [scene 117500] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] ?1:Well, that was nice. While we were rocking[csr]back and forth in the carriage[line 2] ?! [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Da Vinci We almost made it back to Londinium overnight![sr]Good thing we didn't run into any trouble, huh!? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon I see. So you used the cover of night to get to Norwich without drawing attention. [k] @Oberon And for the return trip, we were lucky enough to get a horse-drawn carriage. [k] @Oberon The queen might technically prohibit animals from being used for manual labor, but there's no real penalty for doing so. [k] @Oberon Right now, only the clan heads have horse-drawn carriages, but who knows? Eventually, everyone might start using them. I guess this is how trends get started. [k] [charaFaceFade C 7 0.2] @Oberon All that said, I wonder why the queen banned horse-drawn carriages in the first place. Does she just love horses? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaSet C 1098209600 1 Oberon] [charaDepth K 1] [charaDepth L 1] [charaDepth C 3] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Habetrot That's part of it, but it's mostly another way to keep faeries in line. If horse-drawn carriages became commonplace, faerie horses would stop being born. [k] @Habetrot Faeries are both cruel and innocent, you know. [k] @Habetrot As soon as something like that becomes popular,[sr]we stop seeking out anything else. [k] @Habetrot I mean, it's been two-thousand and nineteen years since we started seriously copying human culture, right? [k] @Habetrot The fact that horses like Redra Bit and Percival's dear Kundry are still alive and well is proof of Morgan's consideration. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 25] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Ahh, now I see.[sr]So there's work involved in maintaining Mystics. [k] @Da Vinci So Morgan is fine with imitating human society... [k] @Da Vinci ...but she won't allow any cultural imitations that would risk eliminating entire swathes of faerie ecology. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 6] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa ...Gotta say, that's pretty smart of her. [k] @Senji Muramasa Guess she's more than just a cruel queen out to squeeze her citizens for everything they have. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 27] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altria ... [k] ?1:...(Altria's really feeling down, isn't she...) [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon ...[sr](Inadvertently locks eyes with [%1]) [k] [messageOff] [charaFaceFade C 10 0.2] [wt 1.0] [charaFaceFade C 2 0.2] @Oberon Don't be ridiculous! Morgan's a horrible queen! [k] @Oberon A single, tiny kindness does not make a good person. That's just what she wants you to think. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 36] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altria Oberon? [k] ?2:But, the faeries in the Welsh woods were[line 2] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 11] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon Great point. The queen doesn't actually care about the faeries' future at all. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altria Oberon...? [k] ?! [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.0] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon Remember the faeries you all met in my domain,[sr]the Welsh woods? [k] [charaFace C 4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 0.1] @Oberon It's the one place in Britain with autumn leaves. The faeries who fled there are all weak. [k] @Oberon They all ran away to escape cruel mistreatment. They have nowhere else to go in the whole of Britain. [k] @Oberon They were persecuted, ostracized, and accused of spreading poison just by existing. [k] @Oberon You see, they all look like insects, so they lost their homes because of Morgan's hatred of bugs. [k] @Oberon And their low intelligence and innocent nature forever prevented them from taking part in Faerie Britain's imitation of human society. [k] @Oberon My woods are where faeries like that come together until they inevitably die. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 4] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Gareth ...That's right. Under the queen's rule, Faerie Britain has no place for the weak. [k] @Gareth She only cares about the land itself, not the faeries who live on it... [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon Yup. But just because Morgan thinks they're worthless doesn't mean they actually are. [k] @Oberon That forest is home to those with nowhere else to go... [k] @Oberon Those who have been forgotten and left to die having never known anything but ire and antipathy. [k] @Oberon And it was into the heart of that forest that I was summoned. [k] [messageOff] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 1.0 0.4] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaScale M 2.5] [charaScale N 2.5] [charaDepth M 2] [charaDepth N 1] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.1] [scene 125400] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 2.0] [cameraHome 7.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 2.0 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 2.0] @Oberon Of course, Faerie Britain doesn't tolerate any interference from Proper Human History, so I was summoned in a very fragile state. [k] @Oberon I could hardly move, so all I could do was lie there and sleep. [k] @Oberon I think if I'd been the only one there, I would probably have just disappeared again. [k] @Oberon I know I said I only had a cloak on me when I first came here, but that's actually not true. [k] @Oberon I had nothing at all. I was a little cold, even. [k] @Oberon But I wasn't at all scared or lonely. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadein M 1.0 850,-850] [charaMove M 900,-850 5.0] [cueSe Servants_603100 bac554] [seVolume bac554 0 0.4] @Welsh Faeries [image npc_language_5:I've never seen this faerie before.][sr][image npc_language_5:He's all alone. Poor thing.][seStop bac554 1.0] [k] [charaFadein N 0.1 -550,-10] @Welsh Faeries [image npc_language_5:But he's so handsome! He looks so kind!][sr][image npc_language_5:He's like a prince! A prince!] [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout M 1.0] [charaMove N -600,-10 5.0] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1094] [seVolume 21_ad1094 0 0.3] @Welsh Faeries [image npc_language_5:He must be our king!][sr][image npc_language_5:We have a king of our very own now!][seStop 21_ad1094 1.0] [k] @Welsh Faeries [image npc_language_5:We have to protect our king!][sr][image npc_language_5:Let's all help our king! Together!] [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout N 1.0] @Oberon They weren't able to touch me... [k] @Oberon But they did make a perfect circle around me as they waited excitedly for me to wake up. [k] @Oberon You know how just knowing someone is cheering for you can give you the strength to go on? There you go. [k] @Oberon Their voices helped me secure my consciousness, and eventually, stabilize my Spirit Origin and wake up. [k] [messageOff] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 1.0 0.4] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth K 1] [charaDepth L 1] [charaDepth C 3] [charaDepth A 4] [scene 117500] [charaFadein K 0.1 -1100,0] [charaFadein L 0.1 1100,0] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 1.0 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon You could say one of the reasons I'm so...overly invested in Britain's welfare is their kindness. [k] @Oberon Who says they're worthless or incapable of doing anything? They might be powerless, but they were the only ones who cared for me. [k] [charaFace C 10] @Oberon So of course I have to do everything I can to pay them back☆ That's why I care so much about taking Morgan down. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 18] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 1.2] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 11] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon Really, I'm a lot like you, [%1]. [k] @Oberon I might only be the king of the weak and powerless,[sr]but that doesn't mean I'm going to hold anything back. [k] @Oberon Even if I'm never able to save even one faerie, I'm still going to do whatever I can to the best of my ability. [k] [input selectBranch] [seStop ad166 0.1] [seStop ad556 0.1] [seStop ad646 0.1] [seStop ad995 0.1] [cueSeStop 21_ad1109 0.1] [cueSeStop bac554 0.1] [cueSeStop 21_ad1094 0.1] [charaSet A 5045000 1 Altria] [charaSet B 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet C 1098209600 1 Oberon] [charaSet D 1098216200 1 Habetrot] [charaSet E 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet F 3039000 1 Gareth] [charaSet G 3047001 1 Percival] [charaSet I 98016000 1 "Round Table Army Soldier"] [sceneSet K 10000 1] [charaScale K 1.01] [sceneSet L 10000 1] [charaScale L 1.01] [sceneSet M 125400 1] [sceneSet N 125400 1] [charaFadein K 0.1 -1100,0] [charaFadein L 0.1 1100,0] [scene 117500] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 11] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_123 0.1] [messageOff] [maskin black 1.0] [wait mask] [label selectBranch] ?1,1020,saveMaterial:I had no idea... ?2,2020,saveMaterial:Come to think of it, you never did tell[csr]us about your summoning, Oberon. [charaFaceFade C 0 0.2] @Oberon No? Hm, I guess I never did tell you, did I? [k] @Oberon I was summoned to this land a few months before you and your team showed up. [k] @Oberon It was right around the time Beryl first arrived here. [k] @Oberon Proper Human History must have sensed his intervention didn't bode well. [k] ?! [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [wipeout rectangleStripLeftToRight 1.0 1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_123 1.0] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [wt 1.5] [wipein rectangleStripRightToLeft 1.0 1] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 0,-50] @Round Table Army Soldier I have a message for you from Captain Calwas, sir. [k] @Round Table Army Soldier The enemy has already made camp on the north side of Londinium, but you should have no trouble getting in from the south. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 14] [charaFadein G 0.1 0,-50] @Percival Understood. Thank you, soldier. Then we'll continue bringing the Child of Prophecy back to Londinium, just as we planned. [k] @Percival Tell Calwas to hold his ground for now. It's still too early for an all-out war between our forces. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 0,-50] @Round Table Army Soldier Yes, sir! [k] [messageOff] [se ad166] [seStop ad166 0.8] [charaFadeout I 0.4] [wt 1.6] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 1.0 0.4] [wait fade] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth G 1] [charaDepth K 2] [charaDepth L 2] [charaDepth C 3] [charaDepth A 4] [charaDepth E 5] [charaDepth B 6] [charaDepth D 7] [charaDepth F 8] [scene 117500] [charaFadein K 0.1 -1100,0] [charaFadein L 0.1 1100,0] [pictureFrame] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 1.0 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] ?1:What was that all about, Percival? ?! [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 9] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Percival Well, just as we expected...the queen's army has begun to march on Londinium. [k] @Percival She's dispatched Woodwose and his army from up at Oxford. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa That was quick. Can't usually mobilize a whole damn army at the drop of a hat. [k] @Senji Muramasa It's been a day since Altria rang the bell. The queen must've really ridden 'em hard to get them moving so fast. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altria ...Woodwose's army is made up entirely of Fang clan faeries. [k] @Altria They don't typically need weapons, or bother with them, so they can move quickly when they have to. [k] @Altria They're matchless on the battlefield, but they're not so great at occupying territory or laying siege. [k] @Altria So if that's who Morgan sent to Londinium, they shouldn't be much of a threat. [k] @Altria We should be able to wear them down by fortifying our defenses... [k] @Altria ...and taking out Woodwose once he inevitably loses patience and takes the field himself. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 9] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadeinFSL F 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR A 0.1 2] @Gareth ... [k] [charaFace A 7] @Altria Hm? What is it, Gareth? [k] [charaFace F 15] @Gareth O-oh, I'm sorry.[sr]It's just, you seemed so different just now... [k] [charaFace A 8] @Altria Huh? D-did I? [k] @Altria I thought I was just being myself... Haha. Was I more confident or something? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 9] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon As you should be. Remember, you've rung one of the Bells of Pilgrimage now. [k] @Oberon Wherever you go, you're going to attract a lot of faeries who are fed up with the queen's regime. [k] [charaFace C 10] @Oberon So hold your head high! Besides, you really have gotten stronger, right? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 7] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Habetrot Yep. In terms of magical energy, I'd say she's about equal to Morgan's little finger now. [k] @Habetrot I had no idea the Bells of Pilgrimage could do that. [k] @Habetrot No wonder the clan heads weren't so[sr]quick to give you permission. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Gareth And we still have five to go! [k] [charaFace F 5] @Gareth Wait, hang on. There's the Wind clan's in Salisbury, the Wing clan's in Gloucester, the Earth clan's in Norwich, and the Fang clan's in Oxford... [k] [charaFace F 13] @Gareth That's only four bells! What about the Mirror clan's and King Clan's? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon Don't you worry about that. I'm still not sure about the Mirror clan's bell, but I do know about the other one. [k] @Oberon The fifth bell is at the very edge of Britain, at the root of the World Tree's remnants. [k] @Oberon It's in the ruins of Orkney, the now forbidden city at the Ends of the World that was destroyed long ago. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Habetrot ... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 18] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Okay, hold up. I know the bells are important, but right now, we need to focus on Londinium. [k] [charaFace B 5] @Da Vinci Woodwose's army is practically on your doorstep now, right, Percival? Are you sure it's safe for us to go back? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Percival Yes. And I also think we should do just that. [k] @Percival Altria is right.[sr]The Fang clan is poorly suited to siege warfare. [k] @Percival If all we need to do is defend Londinium's walls, we can hold out for ten days even with the forces we have. [k] @Percival That should give us plenty of time to come up with a plan. [k] @Percival Woodwose's army is camped out on the plains about two kilometers north of Londinium... [k] @Percival They don't have the numbers to properly encircle us. [k] @Percival Woodwose's only hope for victory will be to break through our main gate and take over our city from the inside. [k] @Percival Which is why[line 2] [k] ?1:We're going to chip away at his forces while staring him down? ?2:We're going to have a separate unit whittle away at them? ?! [charaFace G 9] @Percival Right. The greatest advantage we have is our ability to retreat to a stronghold whenever we need to. [k] @Percival Even as we're headed back to Londinium... [k] @Percival I'm having the troops we sent out to help free Norwich split up into two squadrons and move out to Londinium's east and west sides. [k] @Percival Part of their job is to deter Woodwose from launching an all-out assault, since doing so would leave his forces vulnerable to an attack from behind... [k] @Percival But if those squadrons get the chance, they'll also attack Woodwose's isolated troops, thereby reducing their overall numbers. [k] [charaFace G 11] @Percival We may not be able to beat them in a straight fight, but in a siege like this, we're pretty evenly matched. [k] @Percival So we'll just have to slowly tip the battle in our favor as it drags on. [k] @Percival Fortunately, we also have the Count in Norwich helping us now, so we should be good on supplies. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa Okay, but while Londinium might not be completely encircled, it's still mostly surrounded, right? [k] @Senji Muramasa Is there some secret entrance or underground path inside or something? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 3] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Percival No... I'm afraid Londinium has nothing like that. [k] @Percival Or at least, if it does,[sr]we haven't been able to find it yet... [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 1.0] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Altria ...Then, does that mean we're about to[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_62 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 11] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Oberon That's right. We're going to look for a weak spot in Woodwose's line and charge right through! [k] @Oberon This is great! It'll be the perfect opportunity to see what our new and improved Altria can do! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 9] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_62 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]