$01-00-07-19-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 5018001 1 Gilgamesh] [charaSet B 98107500 1 "Uruk Soldier"] [charaSet C 8001002 1 Mash] [charaSet D 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"] [charaSet E 3028000 1 "Jaguar Warrior"] [charaSet F 4018001 1 Quetzalcoatl] [charaSet G 2020001 1 Ishtar] [charaSet H 99371100 1 Ereshkigal] [scene 33100] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] @Gilgamesh So you're back, [%1]. Then let's begin the briefing. First, the soldiers' report. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Uruk Soldier Yes, my king! [k] @Uruk Soldier Currently, there are 306 citizens left in Uruk. Of those, 212 are soldiers, and the rest are civilians. [k] @Uruk Soldier Initially, the citizens refused to evacuate, but after the king spoke to them, they agreed to evacuate to the Northern Wall. [k] @Uruk Soldier Of the citizens who already escaped to the Northern Wall, there are 157 survivors. After this afternoon's Laḫmu attack, there are now 38 surviving soldiers. [k] @Uruk Soldier All together, there are five hundred humans left alive in Sumer. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash ...Huh? Five hundred... That's all...? [k] @Mash I'm sorry. That report must be mistaken, right...? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] @Gilgamesh No. It's correct. Between the two Laḫmu attacks and the sea encroachment, the first dynasty of Uruk has fallen. [k] @Gilgamesh Even if we make it through this predicament, the kingdom cannot be maintained. It would only go into decline. [k] [charaFace C 6] @Mash Wha...? [k] [charaFace A 3] @Gilgamesh Do not despair. Even if we perish, as long as Sumerian culture survives, there will be others who will follow in our footsteps. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh As for the Laḫmu, they have split into two groups. One group stops on the spot and turns into a sphere as soon as the sun sets. [k] @Gilgamesh The other flies back to Tiamat, and guards her surroundings. [k] @Gilgamesh So, Romani Archaman. You've had almost half a day. I presume you are finished with your analysis of Tiamat? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Of course. Tiamat's specs and abilities are exactly as stated in the report I submitted to you. [k] [communicationCharaFace 0] @Dr. Roman [%1], you should also take a look at it later. [k] @Dr. Roman The material data on the terminal over there has been updated. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 0,-10] @Gilgamesh I see. This is good work. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Hummm... [k] [se ad7] [charaFace A 2] [charaMove A 0,0 0.2] @Gilgamesh Curse it! Are you on Tiamat's side or something!? There is nothing in here about her weaknesses! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 2] @Dr. Roman Believe me, I wanted to write at least one possible method of attack! But the report is accurate! [k] @Dr. Roman She's just perfect, with no physical or mythical shortcomings! We're no match for her! [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Hmmm... When you say that with tears in your eyes, I suppose I can't be too hard on you. Good work. You can return to your post. [k] [charaFace A 5] @Gilgamesh But we can't lose control of our emotions here. Well, Jaguar Warrior? What's your take on Tiamat? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 2] @Jaguar Warrior She was huge. Gigantic. And paws-itively awesome! [k] [charaFace A 5] [messageShake 0.05 4 4 0.4] @Gilgamesh Nonsense! I am not asking for your idiotic human impressions of her! Use your animal instincts to tell me something useful! [k] [charaFace E 2] @Jaguar Warrior Oh, you mean that! [k] [charaFace E 5] @Jaguar Warrior At her speed, she'll reach the coast in half a day. I'm guessing it'll take her about a day to get from there to Uruk! [k] [charaFace A 5] @Gilgamesh ...Tch, that is fast. All we can do is intercept her. [k] ?1:Is Tiamat heading straight for Uruk? ?2:Why is she targeting Uruk? ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Quetzalcoatl Because this city and Gilgamesh are the symbols of Sumerian civilization. [k] @Quetzalcoatl Tiamat sees things differently than you or I, yes. To her, humans and the land are all a single life-form. [k] @Quetzalcoatl Tiamat is after Uruk, the heart of this land, driven by her primordial instincts. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 8] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar ...So that's why she's ignoring my temple. Even if Mt. Ebih disappears, civilization will carry on. [k] @Ishtar But if Uruk and this golden dummy are annihilated here, Mesopotamian civilization itself will vanish. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh That's right. If you wish to protect human history, you have to stop Tiamat at all costs. [k] @Gilgamesh ...But. No attacks work on Tiamat. [k] @Gilgamesh I tried to create an opportunity, but I didn't think she would be quite so enormous. [k] @Gilgamesh We can neither stop her nor drive her back. Why is Tiamat invincible, anyway? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Oh, on that point, I do have a theory... [k] @Dr. Roman Tiamat... Actually, I believe all of the Beasts have individual differences. [k] @Dr. Roman Of all of them, Tiamat's inborn nature is to never experience death. No matter what she does, death will never find her. [k] @Dr. Roman [%1] destroying Tiamat's brain out at sea more or less proved the theory. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh So she regenerated after she died. Isn't that just resurrection? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman No, it's different. It's more retrogression than regeneration. [k] [communicationCharaFace 3] @Dr. Roman I know this sounds absurd, but stay with me:[sr]Tiamat [communicationCharaFace 5]is the mother of all life in existence. [k] @Dr. Roman The very fact that we're alive proves her existence. That's why there's no way to destroy her. [k] @Dr. Roman It's paradoxical, but as long as life continues to exist on land, Tiamat, Beast II, will never die. [k] @Dr. Roman She is the beginning and the end. [k] @Dr. Roman The only way she could be affected by the normal laws of physics, and be harmed, is as the last thing on the world to die. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 14] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash B-but we definitely can't beat her! I mean, there's no point! [k] @Mash To defeat Tiamat, first the human race would need to... All life on Earth would have to die out! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 7] @Dr. Roman ...That's right. That's why I had no choice but to report that she's invincible. [k] ?1:As long as there's life... [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 4] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Jaguar Warrior Stop it. No more brain-teasers. I'm bad at them. Somebody, do something. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ?2:...So then, what about the opposite? [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh ...Exactly. Brazen of you to think as I do. [k] [charaFace A 2] ?! @Gilgamesh Ereshkigal! Ereshkigal! Ereshkigal, are you there!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [messageOff] [se ad52] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 14] [charaFadeTime H 0.7 0.7] [wt 0.7] @Ereshkigal Shush. Be more respectful when you're trying to call a goddess! [k] @Ereshkigal I've been busy taking care of souls since yesterday! I would even take a dead man's help at this point! [k] @Ereshkigal First of all, I didn't lend you the Mirror of Kur so you and I could chat. It was just an apology for everything I've done... [k] ?1:Hi. ?2:Hello. ?! [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.4] [charaFace H 11] @Ereshkigal ...O-oh! It's... Give me a moment. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.4] [wt 0.4] [messageOff] [se ad168] [seVolume ad168 0 0.4] [wt 0.46] [seStop ad168] [wt 0.7] [bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadeTime H 0.7 0.7] [wt 0.7] @Ereshkigal ...Ahem. [k] [charaFace H 1] @Ereshkigal Ereshkigal, Goddess of the Underworld, is here in all of her splendor. Do you have business with me, king of Uruk? [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 13] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash Ereshkigal, you're being so formal all of a sudden! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Ah. You're much prettier than the celestial goddess. It looks like some soul-searching in the Underworld has made you more ladylike. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFace G 10] [charaFadein G 0.1 2] @Ishtar Why are you looking at me, Goldie? And stop smiling at her, [%1]. [k] @Ishtar You're embarrassing me two times over. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh The fact of the matter is, I called you here to ask a favor. [k] @Gilgamesh Currently, Tiamat is heading for Uruk. She will arrive in two days. [k] @Gilgamesh If we don't defeat her, Mesopotamia will fall. However, Tiamat will not die as long as there is life on Earth. [k] @Gilgamesh Therefore, Mistress of the Underworld, I want you to attend to Tiamat. [k] @Gilgamesh If death cannot touch her in a world full of life, then send her down to a world devoid of life. [k] @Gilgamesh In the Underworld, wouldn't she be the last living thing? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 0.4] [charaTalk off] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 0 5 0 5] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] @Dr. Roman & Quetzalcoatl ! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [bgm BGM_EVENT_4 0.1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 9] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal Huh? What are you talking about? Summon Mother to my Underworld? [k] [charaFace H 7] @Ereshkigal Wait, did you say “send”? You seriously said “send her down!” [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Of course! Ereshkigal, Goddess of Kur! In the name of the king, I command you! [k] @Gilgamesh Open the gate of the Underworld across all of Uruk and bind the Beast of Disaster that calls itself Tiamat down in the bowels of the earth! [k] @Gilgamesh That is your role after wreaking havoc with the Three Goddess Alliance! Consider that to be your atonement! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 6] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal Humph. What's impossible is impossible, and THAT'S impossible! Are you telling me to bring the Underworld directly beneath Uruk!? [k] @Ereshkigal How do you expect me to do something so ridiculous!? Ugh! I guess I have no choice! [k] ?1:Then you'll do it!? ?! [charaFace H 11] @Ereshkigal Uh... W-well, yes. After all, if I don't, Mesopotamia will be wiped out, right? [k] @Ereshkigal I've been listening all this time. Ever since you returned to the surface. All the time, actually. [k] @Ereshkigal So I know what King Gilgamesh is talking about. To be honest, I was even a little impressed. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh I knew it! I knew the Underworld was the way to go. Ishtar, you should do some soul-searching so you can be less useless! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 2] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal But! Being convinced and doing it are two different things, Gilgamesh! [k] @Ereshkigal Do you really think covering the entirety of Uruk with a hole of death is a simple task, even for me!? [k] @Ereshkigal Just doing it in my jurisdiction of Kutha City was a major undertaking. As big as Uruk is, it will probably take me at least ten years. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Wha...!? Ten years...![sr]...We don't have that kind of time... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 1] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal Well, actually, um, since I hate Uruk, I miiiight have been plotting something the whole time, so give me three days and it'll be ready! [k] ?1:Nice one, Ereshkigal! [charaFace H 8] @Ereshkigal Y-you think so? Then it was worth cursing every night! [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] ?2:You and Ishtar...are two of a kind...! [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 11] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar Oh, stop... Now you're embarrassing me three times over... [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] ?! [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Fwahahahaa! Brilliant, Ereshkigal! But you and I need to chat a little more later! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Quetzalcoatl If we can manage to drop Tiamat into the Underworld, then defeating her may not be impossible. [k] @Quetzalcoatl But what are we going to do about the time issue? [k] @Quetzalcoatl Tiamat will arrive here in Uruk in two days. Ereshkigal needs three days to prepare the gate to the underworld. [k] @Quetzalcoatl If we defeat Tiamat after Uruk falls, we won't be able to repair the collapse of the Foundation of Humanity. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal You people will have to deal with that. My hands are full preparing the gate. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman ...Two days... Or even one day. We need to hold Tiamat off at least that long... [k] @Dr. Roman But how...? The Axe of Marduk is broken... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Fear not. I already see a strategy for victory. Here is a chance for Ishtar to actually be useful! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar ...? Why me? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 1] @Dr. Roman Oh...! I see. With Ishtar, certainly! [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Quetzalcoatl Oh, that's right, yes! It'll be a cinch with Ishtar, yes! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Jaguar Warrior So that's how we'll do it! You're amazing, Ishtar! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 13] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash Yes! It's just like Merlin said! [k] ?1:That's our Ishtar! [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal ...Humph. It's not that Ishtar herself is all that. [k] [charaFace H 3] @Ereshkigal An spoiled her rotten. I'm so much more amazing because I can set up an underworld gate. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] ?2:...What's going on? [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 9] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar G-good question. Why is everyone except for [%1] so excited!? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] ?! [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Hahaha, you are just playing dumb. What a nice way of showing us the ace up your sleeve. [k] [charaFace A 0] @Gilgamesh But enough of that. Come now. Call on Gugalanna. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 16] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar Geh. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 13] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash Yes. Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven, who serves Ishtar! It's said to be as big as a mountain and Sumer's greatest Holy Beast! [k] @Mash I bet Gugalanna can stop Tiamat in her tracks! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 14] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar Ah, yes. Of course. That's right. With my Gugalanna, yes. In its heyday, Gugalanna could even make the Tigris River run dry. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Quetzalcoatl I heard about that from the people of Ur, yes! They all say Ishtar's servant Gugalanna is a Holy Beast to be feared! [k] @Quetzalcoatl They praised you too, Ishtar, yes! [k] @Quetzalcoatl A Holy Beast that none of the other gods could tame, but I hear that you managed to bring it to heel first by being strict, then by being more strict! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 15] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar Y-yes, that's right. Gugalanna is like my...um...vehicle. [k] @Ishtar But everyone, I think you're making too big of a deal out of it. Gugalanna isn't really that great. [k] @Ishtar It wouldn't be of any use against Tiamat... [k] ?1:Gugaaalaaannaaa! Gugaaalaaannaaa! ?2:Ishtaaar! Ishtaaar! ?! [charaFace G 9] @Ishtar (Gulp) [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh ...What's the matter? You don't look well. [k] @Gilgamesh Normally we'd all have to listen to your irritating high-pitched laughter while you brag about how great he is, even though it's not even yours originally. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_4 0.7] @Gilgamesh No... Don't tell me[line 3] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 11] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar ...No. I don't have Gugalanna. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash What did you just say!? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 12] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar I don't have it! I lost it! I lost it somewhere! [k] @Ishtar I think it was in the north, but I couldn't find it anywhere! [k] @Ishtar I even searched all through Babylon, but I just can't find hide nor hair of Gugalanna! [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh (Speechless) [k] [charaFace A 2] [messageShake 0.05 4 4 0.4] @Gilgamesh Y-you stupid, useless, bratty goddess! Why did we even bother recruiting you!? [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 2.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 3.0] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 12] [charaFadein G 0.4 1] @Ishtar ... (Made to stand holding a clay tablet that reads, “Worst goddess.”) [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh Well this is just perfect, and right when we were one step away from having a workable plan... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] @Dr. Roman Now we're up against a wall... [k] @Dr. Roman All of us at Chaldea want to agree on the strategy of luring Tiamat to Uruk and then sending her to the Underworld. [k] @Dr. Roman But there just isn't enough time. [k] [communicationCharaFace 7] @Dr. Roman ...You COULD go up against Tiamat and just accept that you'd die or get swallowed up by the mud, but then we'd be even worse off... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Mash ... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 4] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] [charaPut H 0] [charaFadeTime H 0.1 0.7] [wt 0.1] @Ereshkigal ... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 2] @Quetzalcoatl ... [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 11] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Ishtar ... (Made to stand holding a clay tablet that reads, “Worst goddess.”) [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.7] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Gilgamesh ...Fine. Adjourned. This war council is taking a break. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaFace A 0] @Gilgamesh Whining will do us no good. We have no plan, but hastiness is also the height of folly. [k] @Gilgamesh And [%1] is exhausted. Let us rest our weary bones here. [k] ?1:King Gilgamesh? ?2:...Are you giving us a day off? ?! [charaFace A 1] @Gilgamesh There isn't much time until dawn. [k] @Gilgamesh This will be our last chance to relax in Uruk. Everyone, replenish your energy. [k] @Gilgamesh But don't stop thinking. We are not going to sleep and just give up. [k] @Gilgamesh We're going to get through tonight so we can survive tomorrow. [k] [wt 0.2] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]