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＠Dr. Roman
Back in Kutha. You certainly got there fast.
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＠Dr. Roman
Although, I suppose Ishtar slowed us down since we had to drag her the whole way...
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＠Ishtar
Ugh... If only Quetzalcoatl wasn't around... I could've escaped...
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＠Quetzalcoatl
Give it up, Ishtar. You promised [%1] too, right?
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＠Quetzalcoatl
If you say you're on their side, you stay on their side until they betray you or fall.
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＠Quetzalcoatl
Isn't that dedication the universal pride of all goddesses?
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＠Ishtar
Okay, okay, I give up. I'll tag along on your trip to the underworld.
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＠Ishtar
But only [%1], Mash, and I are going in.
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＠Ishtar
Quetzalcoatl and Merlin, you stay here. Especially you, Quetzalcoatl. You would be a sitting duck down there.
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＠Quetzalcoatl
...? Yuk ak katán!? (What are you saying!?)
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＠Ishtar
Divinity works negatively in Kur. The weak stay as they are, but the strong are weakened.
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＠Ishtar
Death and its queen, Ereshkigal, rule supreme there. What do you think happens when a god dies in Kur?
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＠Merlin
I see. They'd go wild, say things like “I do not accept death,” and then just head right back to the world above. There'd be no life or death anymore.
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＠Merlin
Even gods must remain in the underworld once they die.
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＠Merlin
So that's why there's a system that nullifies their powers. Fascinating.
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＠Mash
Even knowing what it's like in the underworld, Ishtar, you challenged it anyway. You're amazing.
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＠Ishtar
Mash... You're not saying that sarcastically... You're just a goofball. I can't possibly get mad at you...
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＠Ishtar
I went down to the underworld because I was arrogant.
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＠Ishtar
In the myths surrounding me, I was spoiled, praised, and knew no fear.
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＠Ishtar
So I laughed off the perils of the underworld, and challenged it using seven Authorities.
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＠Ishtar
I felt nothing was impossible for me after conquering Mt. Ebih. But the result was a miserable defeat. A complete, total loss.
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＠Quetzalcoatl
I would have loved to have seen that, yes!
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＠Quetzalcoatl
Worst-case scenario, please make sure at least [%1] and Mash return, yes!
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＠Ishtar
...You do realize that's not what “worst-case scenario” means, right?
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＠Ishtar
We'll either all return after defeating Ereshkigal, or we fail and everyone is trapped. It's only one or the other.
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＠Ishtar
That's why I'm having you two remain here. If it comes to that, then it's your turn.
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＠Ishtar
Figure out a way to strike a deal with Ereshkigal to get her to return Mash and [%1] to the living world.
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＠Merlin
All right. For the good of our mission, I shall remain behind! That said, though, you're a strange one, Ishtar.
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＠Merlin
You're walking into a battle you don't think you can win. Do goddesses mature when they become independent from their fathers?
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＠Ishtar
Say whatever you want. Anyway, where's Ana? You didn't bring her?
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＠Mash
No... She hadn't returned to the Chaldean Embassy. We didn't have time to wait or look for her, so we left her behind.
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＠Ishtar
I see. Well, she'd be useless in the underworld anyway. So I suppose that works out regardless.
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＠Ishtar
...Then, let's begin. Are you really okay with this, [%1]?
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？1：Let's go to the underworld!

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＠Ishtar
No time to hesitate, huh. Fine, I'll share your enthusiasm!
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？2：By the way, how do we get to the underworld?

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＠Ishtar
How, you ask? Hehehe... Like this, of course!
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？！

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＠Ishtar
Mash, take care of [%1]![sr]Merlin, Quetzalcoatl, stand back!
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＠Ishtar
Load the tide-convergence rounds in Maanna's bow cannons! Output at isosceles of 1/3 the lapis lazuli!
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＠Ishtar
Gate of Kur, shatter! Let the light of An shine through the skyless Ki! In other words... I'll blow a giant hole in the ground!
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＠Ishtar
All right, success! This is the underworld, [%1]!
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＠Mash
Owwww... Are you all right, Master? I managed to guard you with my shield... I think...
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？1：Ishtar, why do you have to be so...Ishtar?
？2：Can you do spells that aren't twinkly, Ishtar?

？！

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＠Ishtar
I-I can teleport, too. But if I teleport into the underworld, it'll be scary afterwards.
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＠Ishtar
If my powers are sealed the instant we arrive, we'll all just fall and die.
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＠Ishtar
It's better if we don't have to teleport. You can get to the underworld by digging through the ground, after all.
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＠Mash
Huh...? What did you just say!?
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＠Dr. Roman
Good, I got through! You said you were going to the underworld, so I was worried I might not be able to observe you. Guess I was wrong!
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＠Dr. Roman
I mean, you're really just underground! The real-deal Age of Gods is amazing! The underworld is physically linked to the real world!
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＠Mash
S-so it's true!? It wasn't, like, some area in another dimension!?
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＠Ishtar
Of course. In the Age of Gods, the heavens, the earth, and the underworld are all situated on the same layer of scroll.
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＠Ishtar
The afterlife and the world of the skies become metaphysical only after the end of the Age of Gods.
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？1：Then, this really is the underworld...

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＠Mash
Yes, truly a surprise... This underground cavern is unthinkable by our understanding of geology...
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＠Mash
Oh? Senpai, what are those? Those long, narrow things scattered around... They look like birdcages...
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＠???
...o...uh...o...ooh...
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＠Mash
...There are lights floating around inside them...[sr]Too many to count...
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＠Ishtar
...It's best you don't get near them. Those lights are the souls of the dead[line 2]of humans who have died on the surface.
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＠Mash
...!
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？1：Could those...cages be...

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＠Ishtar
Yup. Ereshkigal's soul cages. Souls trapped in there can never return to the world of the living.
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＠Ishtar
When the physical body dies, the soul starts to fade, then disappears. But Ereshkigal doesn't let that happen.
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＠Ishtar
She cages up the souls of humans she likes, and keeps them at her side to enjoy for tens of thousands of years.
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＠Ishtar
Bare souls like that[line 2]humans without a body[line 2]feel cold. Very cold.
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＠Ishtar
So they start to freeze, beginning with their limbs, until they eventually become living ice.
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＠Ishtar
One would rather fade away than feel that pain[line 2]but these trapped souls can't even do that. They have no freedom.
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＠Ishtar
Until Ereshkigal bores of them, they have to stay there like that, writhing in torment.
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＠Mash
...Then, the souls that withered to death on Earth are here, too?
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＠Ishtar
Most likely. There are more soul cages here than before. Probably thanks to the work of the Three Goddess Alliance.
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＠Ishtar
...I wonder if she's trying to make a kingdom of the dead? She was never cruel like this in the past...
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？1：Where is Ereshkigal?

？！

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＠Ishtar
Over there. On the other side of the narrow cliff path. Ereshkigal's palace is beyond the seven gates.
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＠Ishtar
She can't step one foot outside of that place.
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＠Mash
So, she's trapped inside too? Ereshkigal, a goddess?
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＠Ishtar
Who knows? They say it's what the gods decided.[sr]But it's none of my business.
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＠Ishtar
Anyway, this is where [%1] and Mash come in.
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＠Ishtar
We'll start by going through the first gate over there. Doing so will help you understand the rules of the underworld.
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＠Mash
So she says, Senpai... Well, to start we should get closer to it...
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＠First Gate
Answer me... Answer me...
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＠First Gate
You who live... You who have fallen into the underworld... Tell me how your soul should be...
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＠Ishtar
...[%1], you'll get a binary sort of question. The underworld gates are fair and logical, and their job is to test whether a soul is good or evil.
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＠Ishtar
Good and evil are equal in value. Only the values of that human, the chooser, change... So there's no right answer.
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＠Ishtar
No matter which you choose, we will have to deal with an annoying trial. Just pick whichever answer seems easier.
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＠First Gate
Now, sinful [%1], answer me...
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＠Ishtar
(Huh? [&He:She] got called by name...?)
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＠First Gate
Standards of beauty seem diverse but are absolute. Black wins over white, the earth wins over the heavens. Then...
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＠First Gate
Ereshkigal or Ishtar. Which is more beautiful?
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＠Ishtar
Hold on a sec! That's different from before!
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＠Dr. Roman
All right, a question with not a scrap of logic![sr]Which is it, [%1]!?
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？1：Ishtar.
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＠Ishtar
Heh, of course! You'll be absolutely fine. I thought as much, but thanks, [%1]!
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＠Ishtar
It's not a hard choice when one is a goddess of rot and decay, and the other beauty and bounty!
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＠Ishtar
If it's a beauty contest one thousand out of one hundred people will choose me, of course!
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＠First Gate
NIIITWIIIT...You...shall...die...
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？2：Ereshkigal.
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＠Ishtar
Argh! Betrayed at the very first gate!? Oh, I get it. That's not it. This is a battle of wits!
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＠Ishtar
I-isn't that right? As long as you compliment Ereshkigal, the enemy will weaken. That's what this means, right!?
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＠First Gate
AWWWKWAAARRRD... But...ve...ry...well!
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