＄03-00-08-04-2-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 5045000 1 Altria] [charaSet B 2008002 1 Tristan] [charaSet C 1098209600 1 Oberon] [charaSet D 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [imageSet E cut252_brk 1] [charaSet G 1001000 1 "Altria (Saber)"] [charaSet H 98006300 1 "Fodder Enemy Smoke"] [charaFilter H silhouette 00000080] [charaSet I 98115000 1 Effect] [charaScale I 1.1] [sceneSet J 10000 1] [charaScale J 1.01] [charaSet K 1020001 1 "Lancelot (Saber)"] [charaSet L 1007001 1 Gawain] [scene 117900] [se ad311] [fadein black 2.3] [wt 1.8] [seStop ad311 0.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon So she wants us to get rid of the calamity in Norwich, huh... I didn't think she'd be the one to bring it up. [k] ？1：What IS the calamity in Norwich? ？！ [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [charaFace C 7] ＠Oberon I don't know much about these calamities either, since I've never seen one for myself, but I have heard plenty of stories. [k] ＠Oberon Apparently, they're a kind of natural disaster that befalls Faerie Britain every hundred years. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 24] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci I've heard about these calamities too, and I've also already told [%1] about them. [k] ＠Da Vinci Norwich is a port town in eastern Britain, and apparently, it's been showing signs that it'll be the home of the next calamity for a few months now. [k] ＠Da Vinci They say there's a ton of black soot rising into the air that's gathered above it like rain clouds. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Tristan Aurora said she'd permit us to ring the bell as long as we can resolve this calamity, right? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria So we need to disperse these clouds of soot, huh... Unfortunately, I never learned any magecraft that could do that. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Oberon Well, that's okay. Norwich is a tall enough order that I think we can forget about it for the time being. [k] ＠Oberon Right now, our top priority is finding Mash. [k] ＠Oberon And now that Aurora is helping us do that, we should receive some word of her whereabouts in a few days. [k] ＠Oberon So all you guys need to do is wait at the inn until then. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Oberon Then again, doing nothing might not be the best use of our time, hm? [k] ＠Oberon Okay, I'll send you a list of things you can do to earn money and gather information later then. [k] ？1：Later? Why later? ？2：Are you going off on your own again? ？！ [charaFace C 1] ＠Oberon Well, you know, I thought about what Coral said, and I probably should see about paying my tabs before I start racking up more. [k] ＠Oberon Okay, that's all for now![sr]I'll see you all again in three days! [k] [messageOff] [se ade422] [seVolume ade422 0 0.5] [se ad95] [se ade421] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.2] [wipeout rightToLeft 1.2 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 10000] [wipein leftToRight 0.1 1] [wait wipe] [seStop ad95 1.0] [seStop ade421 1.0] [seStop ade422 1.0] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [scene 117900] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 0,-50] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] [charaFaceFade C 7 0.1] [wt 0.2] ＠Oberon ...There. That should get them to rest up in[bgm BGM_MAP_10 0.1][sr]Salisbury at least a little more. [k] ＠Oberon Meanwhile, I've got my work cut out for me. First, I'll need to go find out what's going on in Norwich. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1094] [seVolume 21_ad1094 0 0] [seVolume 21_ad1094 1.0 1.0] [wt 0.5] [seStop 21_ad1094 1.0] [charaFadein E 0.4 0,-200] [wt 1.5] [charaFadeout E 0.2] [wt 0.2] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 0,-50] ＠Oberon Oh, welcome back, Blanca. How's the situation up north? [k] ＠Oberon How far have Cnoc na Riabh's forces advanced? [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 2] ＠Oberon Huh? Another Child of Prophecy has shown up there!? [k] [messageOff] [charaFace C 5] [wt 1.0] [charaFace C 4] ＠Oberon I definitely wasn't expecting that. Ainsel didn't say anything about there being two of them in her prophecy. [k] ＠Oberon This puts Altria in an even more precarious position. I thought I'd have more time... [k] ＠Oberon Hm? Yes, of course Altria is the real Child of Prophecy. That much was never in doubt. [k] ＠Oberon But it won't matter who the real one is. What matters will be who the faeries BELIEVE is the real one. [k] [charaFace C 1] ＠Oberon Still, it's not all bad. Let's focus on the silver lining here. [k] ＠Oberon A false Child of Prophecy in the north is bound to draw Morgan's attention... [k] ＠Oberon ...which means Altria and [%1][sr]should be safe for now. [k] ＠Oberon That'll give me time to ensure they grow stronger. They're not ready for Norwich. [k] ＠Oberon They need to experience Britain for themselves, and to gain the power to adapt to and conquer its challenges. [k] ＠Oberon Do we really have time for that, you say? Haha, you're a tough crowd, aren't you, Blanca? [k] ＠Oberon But you have to take your time with the opening act. That's how it was for us at first too, remember? [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_10 2.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [pictureFrame] [wt 1.5] [scene 117700] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 11] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Altria ... [k] ？1：Something wrong, Altria? ？2：Still thinking about that meeting? ？！ [charaFace A 8] ＠Altria Oh, no, I'm fine. I was just nervous, since I'm not used to speaking with the head of an entire clan... Hahaha... [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Altria ...Sorry. I've got a lot on my mind. I think I'm just going to turn in for the night. [k] ＠Altria Let's meet up here again tomorrow morning, okay?[sr]Bye for now! [k] [messageOff] [se ade247] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 1.0] [seStop ade247 0.5] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 24] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Hmm. Looks like we'll have to readjust our perceptions of her, too. [k] ＠Da Vinci Come on, [%1], Tristan.[sr]Let's head back to our room. [k] ＠Da Vinci We should talk about our next moves while it's still safe to do so. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 1.0 0.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [scene 117800] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 1.0 1.0] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci ...Okay, that's everything that's happened so far in a nice, tidy report. [k] ＠Da Vinci It's all yours now, Tiphone![sr]Take it away, my little familiar! [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1078] [wt 2.5] [charaFace D 7] ＠Da Vinci There, that takes care of our report to the Storm Border. We should hear back from them in about two days. [k] [charaFace D 24] ＠Da Vinci Now, let's go over everything we've learned so far. That said, our main topic isn't Morgan, but[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Tristan ...The Child of Prophecy who's supposedly going to defeat her, right? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 24] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci Yup. The truth is, we've been dropping our guard around her a little too much. [k] ＠Da Vinci At first, we thought it was just a coincidence that she shared a name with King Arthur and didn't think about it any further, but we can now say for certain that she IS this Lostbelt's King Arthur. [k] ＠Da Vinci I'm sure I don't need to remind you two that Chaldea already confronted the legends about King Arthur in the Sixth Singularity... [k] ＠Da Vinci But I still think it's worth our time to quickly refresh our memories of those legends, just so we're all on the same page. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout white 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [scene 107600] [charaPut I 0,15] [charaEffect I bit_sepia01] [wt 1.0] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_MAP_12 0.1] ＠Da Vinci The legend of King Arthur takes place in the fifth century, a time when Britain was in great turmoil. [k] ＠Da Vinci It began with the collapse of the continental empire. With the empire no longer keeping Britain safe... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...it came under frequent attack by the Saxons, a foreign enemy who crossed the sea to attack British shores. [k] [messageOff] [scene 111700 2.0] [wt 2.5] ＠Da Vinci At the time, Britain was an island nation ruled by many different clans and those clans' kings. [k] ＠Da Vinci While there were always constant squabbles between the clans... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...there was also a war with the Picts up in the north, where the clans' kings agreed to work together. [k] ＠Da Vinci But one king created an irreparable rift in this alliance. [k] [messageOff] [scene 107900 2.0] [wt 2.0] [charaFadein H 1.0 1] [wt 1.0] ＠Da Vinci He used the other clans for his own ends, with the goal of ultimately uniting all of Britain. [k] ＠Da Vinci His name was Vortigern. [k] ＠Da Vinci He was said to be the avatar of a white dragon born from Britain itself... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...made to bring it to ruin. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout H 0.7] [scene 107600 2.0] [wt 2.0] ＠Da Vinci Vortigern invited the Saxons to the isle, throwing it into chaos. [k] ＠Da Vinci Londinium, the fortress city that served as the heart of Britain during the empire's reign, was destroyed. [k] ＠Da Vinci Vortigern then defeated and killed Uther Pendragon, the greatest king in all of Britain. [k] ＠Da Vinci And so, Britain entered a dark age[line 2]a time where none on the island could escape its imminent destruction. [k] [messageOff] [scene 111700 1.0] [wt 2.0] ＠Da Vinci However, hope still remained. [k] ＠Da Vinci King Uther's most trusted aide, Merlin, the great mage who had long kept Britain safe... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...told people that this, too,[sr]was all part of the prophecy. [k] ＠Da Vinci “King Uther has already chosen his successor.[sr]They shall be the next king.” [k] ＠Da Vinci “Whoever draws the Sword of Selection from this stone shall be Britain's king.” [k] ＠Da Vinci Many knights tried their hand at drawing the sword, but none of them succeeded. [k] ＠Da Vinci It was only once the knights had all left, convinced that the Sword of Selection was no more than a delusion... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...that a young squire of fifteen[line 2]a boy who had been raised without ever knowing he was King Uther's son... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...came and drew the sword from the stone with no one there to bear witness. [k] ＠Da Vinci That sword was Caliburn. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk off] [charaScale G 1.5] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaPut G 120,0] [charaFadeTime G 1.0 0.8] [wt 1.0] ＠Da Vinci And that boy did indeed go on to[sr]become the king of Britain... [k] ＠Da Vinci Arthur Pendragon, the knight among knights. [k] ＠Da Vinci Or as we know her, Altria Pendragon. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout G 1.0] [scene 29102 1.0] [wt 2.0] [charaScale G 1.0] ＠Da Vinci After announcing himself as King Uther's successor, King Arthur assembled the lords of Britain... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...and lead them to twelve magnificent victories against the Saxons. [k] ＠Da Vinci In doing so, he proved himself an invincible king, the undefeated King of Knights. [k] ＠Da Vinci But, unbeknownst to him, the Saxons weren't his only enemy. The greatest threat the King of Knights faced came from within his own family. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.4 1] [wt 1.0] [charaSet G 1001001 1 "Altria (Saber)"] ＠Da Vinci Vortigern, the avatar of the white dragon who defeated King Arthur's father, Uther, and brought Britain to its knees. [k] ＠Da Vinci Morgan, the faerie queen who declared it was Britain's very will that she become its ruler. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.4] ＠Da Vinci Morgan's machinations succeeded in robbing the King of Knights of Caliburn, but the faeries gave him an even greater sword. [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.4 1] [wt 1.0] ＠Da Vinci That sword was Excalibur, a sacred sword forged within the planet's inner sea. [k] ＠Da Vinci In the world of magecraft, it's considered a Divine Construct, an ultimate weapon meant to destroy that which threatens the very planet. [k] ＠Da Vinci In laying claim to this sacred sword, King Arthur became Britain's savior in both name and deed. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout G 1.0] [scene 29800 1.0] [wt 2.0] ＠Da Vinci After a climactic battle with Vortigern in the ruins of Londinium... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...King Arthur, with help from the faeries, built the towering white castle of Camelot. [k] ＠Da Vinci Lords from all across the isle came to Camelot to serve the King of Knights. They became the Knights of the Round Table, where all were treated as equals. [k] ＠Da Vinci It's a bit odd telling this story with Tristan here, but this is how the Knights of the Round Table were formed. [k] [charaScale K 1.5] [charaFace K 0] [charaPut K 300,0] [charaMove K 300,30 5.0] [charaFadeTime K 0.4 0.7] ＠Da Vinci Lancelot, the knight from France blessed by the Lady of the Lake. [k] [charaFadeout K 0.4] [charaScale L 1.5] [charaFace L 0] [charaPut L -300,0] [charaMove L -300,-30 5.0] [charaFadeTime L 0.4 0.7] ＠Da Vinci Gawain, the heir of Orkney blessed by the sun. [k] [charaFadeout L 0.4] [charaScale B 1.5] [charaFace B 0] [charaPut B 0,0] [charaMove B 0,30 5.0] [charaFadeTime B 0.4 0.7] ＠Da Vinci Tristan, nephew to the Duke of Cornwall, and the prince of tragedy. He[line 2]well, you[line 2]are also said to be the symbol of the Romantic period. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.4] ＠Tristan ...That's right. Those are the proud Knights of the Round Table, my cherished friends who filled its thirteen seats. [k] [charaScale B 1.0] [charaTalk on] ＠Tristan Sturdy Percival. Clever Kay.[sr]Loyal Bedivere. Earnest Gaheris. [k] ＠Tristan Kindhearted Gareth. Agravain the Enforcer.[sr]Palamedes the Duelist. Taciturn Mordred. [k] ＠Tristan And the greatest knight of all, chosen by the Holy Grail: Galahad the Revelation. [k] ＠Tristan In addition to King Arthur, the first seat... [k] ＠Tristan You could also count King Pellinore, King Arthur's trusted advisor, and Bors, the future eleventh seat, for fifteen in total. [k] ＠Tristan At any rate, those are the Knights of the Round Table I knew when they were at their peak. [k] [messageOff] [scene 29102 1.0] [wt 1.0] ＠Da Vinci Yeah. The Knights of the Round Table's peak is also the happiest time in the legend of King Arthur. [k] ＠Da Vinci While other problems would present themselves in the quest for the Holy Grail, and in the decisive battles against the Picts and the Saxons... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...it was the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, King Arthur's queen, that changed things forever. [k] ＠Da Vinci Once their affair came to light, the Knights of the Round Table became shadows of their former selves. [k] ＠Da Vinci During an expedition to the Roman Empire, Mordred took advantage of King Arthur's absence and staged a rebellion. [k] ＠Da Vinci That was the beginning of what would later be known as King Arthur's final battle...the Battle of Camlann. [k] ＠Da Vinci It was in this battle that King Arthur drew his final breath... [k] ＠Da Vinci Bedivere personally returned the sacred sword to the faeries... [k] ＠Da Vinci And the final chapter of ancient Britain's history was concluded. [k] [messageOff] [scene 34901 1.0] [wt 1.0] ＠Da Vinci After that, King Arthur's body was brought to Avalon, the paradise at the World's End, by the faeries of the lake... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...as the future king who would one day return to life. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.5] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_12 2.5] [wait fade] [charaEffectStop I bit_sepia01] [wt 1.0] [scene 117801] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci And that's the quick and dirty version of the legend of King Arthur. Thanks for listening☆ [k] ？1：Oh wow, it's already nighttime. ？2：Yep, think I've got it. ？！ [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaFace D 25] ＠Da Vinci So, with all that in mind, let's get back to the British Lostbelt. [k] ＠Da Vinci In Proper Human History, King Arthur drew the Sword of Selection while he was still an unknown boy... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...and amidst the hope, envy, admiration, and prejudice of the other knights, ascended to the throne as king. [k] ＠Da Vinci Meanwhile, here in Faerie Britain, Altria may still be unknown and unrecognized... [k] ＠Da Vinci But even so, she wields the Staff of Selection, and she was traveling across Britain on her own as the Child of Prophecy. [k] ＠Da Vinci So she's got the same name, the same face, and the same destiny. No way all that can be coincidence. [k] ＠Da Vinci Which means Altria Caster is this world's King Arthur. [k] ＠Da Vinci She's destined to be Britain's savior. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Tristan ...Britain's savior, huh.[sr]But, why now? [k] ＠Tristan King Arthur saved Britain in the fifth century,[sr]but this is 2019. [k] ＠Tristan If she really is Britain's savior, shouldn't she have shown up in the distant past? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 34] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Da Vinci That's the question, isn't it? I'm not sure why her story's taking place now, either. [k] [charaFace D 25] ＠Da Vinci But, I did overhear one interesting thing from some local faeries. [k] ＠Da Vinci Apparently, the Child of Prophecy is the reincarnation of Aesc the Savior, and was sent here to save Britain once again. [k] ？1：Aesc? As in, the world tree from Norse mythology? ？！ [charaFace D 36] ＠Da Vinci Yup. Or at least, it's the same name. [k] [charaFace D 24] ＠Da Vinci See, once Morgan began ruling Britain, she officially named this period of time the Era of the High Queen... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...and the timing lines up exactly with when Proper Human History changed to A.D. [k] ＠Da Vinci But while Proper Human History stopped in the year A.D. 2019, in this world, the year 2019 of the Era of the High Queen is still unfolding. [k] ＠Da Vinci And the previous era[line 2]aka B.C. in Proper Human History terms... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...is called the Fae Era. [k] ＠Da Vinci Furthermore, during the Fae Era, there was apparently a faerie who saved Britain from the calamities countless times: [k] ＠Da Vinci Aesc the Savior. [k] ＠Da Vinci Apparently, there are only a few faeries left who still remember her: Ector the Immortal, Grand Duke “Waste Heat” Wryneck, Grímr the Sage, and Totorot, the First Knight... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...but they still speak of her legend in hushed tones. [k] [charaFace D 0] ＠Da Vinci So if a savior showed up in this world before, that may mean Faerie Britain has a system for such things... [k] ＠Da Vinci Something akin to the Counter Force that the isle itself[sr]uses to fight back when Britain is in danger. [k] [charaFace D 27] ＠Da Vinci And if that's true, it would explain why Altria was only born now, in this time. [k] ＠Da Vinci Plus, we're going up against High Queen freaking Morgan here. Who else BUT King Arthur would fight her? [k] ？1：...A savior reborn... ？2：(I wonder if Morgan really is still a bad guy in this Lostbelt...) ？！ [charaFace D 25] ＠Da Vinci Anyway, that took longer than I expected, but now that we've gone over everything, I'm gonna make two suggestions. [k] ＠Da Vinci First, I think we should continue working with Altria Caster. [k] ＠Da Vinci While we don't necessarily have to destroy this Lostbelt, it does seem pretty clear that we'll need to face High Queen Morgan at some point. [k] ＠Da Vinci And when we do, having the Child of Prophecy on our side can only work to our advantage. [k] ＠Da Vinci And second, I think we should keep our goal, including Chaldea's whole deal, to ourselves. [k] ＠Da Vinci It's fine to tell her about Proper Human History. Hell, it'd be impossible to communicate if we didn't. [k] ＠Da Vinci But we shouldn't reveal that we've eliminated five other Lostbelts to date. [k] [charaFace D 24] ＠Da Vinci ...I know it's not the most honest move, but sometimes, not laying all your cards on the table is the way to go. [k] ＠Da Vinci Like I said before, there's something strange about this world, even for a Lostbelt, and there's still way too much we don't know. [k] ＠Da Vinci So until we have a much better understanding of what's going on here, I want to keep our goal at stopping Britain from disappearing. [k] ＠Da Vinci ...Even if we eventually end up having to fight it after saving it. [k] ？1：...Okay. So we can't tell Altria about any of this then? ？2：So we're going to keep all this from Altria? ？！ [charaFace D 0] ＠Da Vinci That's right. I'm sorry, [%1].[sr]I know that won't be easy for you. [k] ＠Da Vinci But for what it's worth, my intuition is telling me things aren't going to come to that. [k] ＠Da Vinci I have a feeling we're going to save Britain, stop this collapse from destroying our world... [k] ＠Da Vinci ...and go our separate ways with a smile, without ever having to do battle with Britain. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]