$03-00-09-11-2-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098209400 1 "Lower-Class Gloucester Faerie 1"] [charaFilter A silhouette 00000080] [charaSet B 1098209200 1 "Lower-Class Gloucester Faerie 2"] [charaFilter B silhouette 00000080] [charaSet C 5045000 1 Altria] [charaSet D 5045000 1 Mage] [charaSet E 5045000 1 "Girl Squire"] [charaSet F 4031001 1 "Redra Bit"] [charaSet G 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet H 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet I 1098216200 1 Habetrot] [charaSet J 1098211500 1 "Partygoer Faerie"] [charaSet K 1098209300 1 "Lower-Class Gloucester Faerie 3"] [charaFilter K silhouette 00000080] [scene 123102] [se ad556] [seVolume ad556 0 0] [wt 0.1] [seVolume ad556 1.5 0.8] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [seVolume ad556 1.0 0.3] [wt 1.5] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1109] [seVolume 21_ad1109 0 0.4] [wt 2.5] @ ...I hear a bell ringing. [k] @ I hear a voice[line 2]my voice[line 2]call to me, in a dream that hasn't changed once in my entire life. [k] [messageOff] [seStop 21_ad1109 2.0] [seStop ad556 2.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [cameraFilter gray] [scene 118901] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaFace A 0] [charaFace B 0] [charaFace K 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFadeinFSL K 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR B 0.1 2] @Lower-Class Gloucester Faeries But this is everything we can do for her right now.[sr]We think it'll be at least some use. [k] @Lower-Class Gloucester Faeries So please make sure she gets it, okay? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria ... [k] [charaFace C 7] @Altria Okay, I will. I think the Child of Prophecy will be thrilled to receive this. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaFace A 0] [charaFace B 0] [charaFace K 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFadeinFSL K 0.1 0] [charaFadeinFSR B 0.1 2] @A:Lower-Class Gloucester Faeries Yeah? ...Yeah, we think so too! You guys make sure you keep her safe, okay!? [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.6] [se ad184] [charaMove A -50,0 0.8] [charaMoveFSR B 206,0 0.8] [charaMoveFSL K -306,0 0.8] [wt 0.4] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [charaFadeout K 0.4] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad184 0.5] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk on] @ [lr]I didn't really want to accept those gifts. [k] @ It was all junk. Any upper-class faerie who saw it would think it was just a pile of trash. [k] @ But for those faeries, who struggle just to make it through the day, it was their most precious treasure. [k] @ I could see their hopes, their feelings in those gifts. And I could see their future. [k] @ I saw the hope they were clinging to. I saw their joy in believing in something warm. [k] @ I saw them tear up from the sheer gratitude of being alive, no matter how hard life was for them. [k] @ ...And I saw how they would probably be gone by the next morning. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [cameraFilter normal] [scene 123102] [effect bit_talk_light_loop] [wt 1.0] [se ad556] [seVolume ad556 0 0] [wt 0.1] [seVolume ad556 1.5 0.8] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [effectStop bit_talk_light_loop] [wt 0.7] [scene 123100 0.4] [wt 0.7] [seVolume ad556 3.0 0.3] @ The next time we came to Gloucester, those faeries were nowhere to be seen. [k] @ They didn't entrust their hopes to the Child of Prophecy because they knew they weren't long for this world. [k] @ They would have loved to live longer, but they wanted to help the Child of Prophecy even more. So they gave me the only treasure they had: their lives. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 2.0] [messageOff] [seVolume ad556 1.0 0.8] [effect bit_talk_storm_atc] [wt 1.6] [scene 123102 1.0] [wt 2.0] @ ...I really wish they hadn't. [k] [messageOff] [seStop ad556 2.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [effectDestroy bit_talk_storm_atc] [wt 1.0] [scene 128100] [bgm BGM_EVENT_110 0.5] [wt 0.7] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] @ I see a Britain I don't recognize[sr]in a world I know nothing about. [k] @ I see a young squire standing alone in a town lit only by the rays of the setting sun. [k] @ It's me as a little girl, though raised as a boy. [k] @ This other Altria is placing her hand on the Sword of Selection, even though no one told her to. [k] @Merlin the Mage Britain's destruction is all but certain now. Anyone who would claim its throne is destined to be a sacrificial lamb. [k] @Merlin the Mage If you become its king, the people will place all their hopes on your shoulders, asking you to make everything right. [k] @Merlin the Mage If you fail, they'll be just as quick to curse you, blaming you for everything going wrong. [k] @Merlin the Mage You will gain nothing from this. Truthfully, you'll only be making life harder for yourself. [k] @ [lr]A lone mage with a kind face stands behind her,[sr]encouraging her not to go through with this. [k] @Merlin the Mage You should think long and hard before you make your choice. [k] @Merlin the Mage Once you draw that sword, you'll never be able to go back to an ordinary human life. [k] @ [lr]Yeah. Think about it. No... There's nothing TO[sr]think about. This just doesn't make sense. [k] @ The world ending is everyone's problem to solve. If it's going to end, it should end with everyone cursing each other equally. [k] @ So why? Why are you[line 2] [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] @Girl Squire ...I saw a great many people smiling. [k] @Girl Squire I don't think that was a mistake. [k] [messageOff] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1109] [seVolume 21_ad1109 0 0.4] [wt 2.5] [seStop 21_ad1109 3.0] [wt 0.5] [se ad830] [fadeout white 2.0] [wait fade] [scene 128200] [wt 3.5] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.1] [wt 0.1] [cameraMove 3.0 0,0 1.0] [fadein white 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1.8] @ [lr]And this is what happened as a result. [k] @ A pariah to even her own knights and subjects, even after she rebuilt the entire country... [k] @ Crushed beneath the weight of a world's hope, without ever knowing joy of her own... [k] @ All she built came to ruin, and her trusted companions killed each other... [k] @ Everyone she knew was dead, so she died alone. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 3.0] [wait fade] [scene 123102] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_110 2.0] [wt 0.7] [effect bit_talk_storm_atc] [se ad664] [seVolume ad664 0 0] [seVolume ad664 1.0 0.7] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] @ Is this some kind of joke? It's not funny. It's just cruel. [k] @ How could you just use her to get what you wanted, and then ignore her forever? How could you forget her, like she was just some story you'd finished enjoying? [k] @ Why did she have to do all that? Why did she feel like she had to? [k] @ There was no reason at all for her to become king.[sr]It just seemed like she had the power to. [k] @ I don't understand. [k] @ I've seen her whole life play out now, and it hardly seems like something to aspire to. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] @C:Altria Caster Why did it have to be you? Couldn't you have just let someone else do it? [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] @ [lr]The worst thing I could say slipped out of my mouth[sr]before I could stop myself. My other self quietly turned around to face me, and said: [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] @Girl Squire Perhaps. I do think there may have been someone else suitable for this role. [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] @C:Altria Caster Then why? Why in the world did you do this? [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [effectStop bit_talk_storm_atc] [seStop ad664 2.0] [wt 1.2] @Girl Squire Why? [k] @Girl Squire I think you know the answer better than anyone. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [messageOff] [scene 123100 1.0] [effect bit_talk_light_loop] [wt 2.0] [scene 123102 1.0] [wt 2.0] [scene 123100 1.0] [wt 2.0] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [effectStop bit_talk_light_loop] [effectDestroy bit_talk_light_loop] [effectDestroy bit_talk_snowstorm_02] [wt 1.5] [charaSet C 5045001 1 Altria] [scene 122400] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 2.0] [scene 117502 2.0] [wt 2.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_92 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Redra Bit We've been heading north on the highway all night,[sr]and it's almost noon now. [k] @Redra Bit At this pace, we should arrive at the entrance to the Lake District by nightfall. [k] @Redra Bit Just please remember that we'll be parting ways temporarily once we get there. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Da Vinci Oh, right, about that. I was actually hoping we could tweak our plans a little, and you could head west from here. [k] @Da Vinci That's the way to Manchester, right? I want to stop by there before the Lake District. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 10] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria Manchester? As in Barghest's domain!? Are you sure about this!? [%1]!? [k] ?1:I'm on board, yes. ?2:I already suspected as much. ?! [charaFace C 23] @Altria Gaah! You're a dog person, too!?[sr]Wh-what about you, Muramasa!? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 0] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Senji Muramasa What? Is it really that surprising? [k] @Senji Muramasa I just assumed you'd worked that out when Da Vinci said she wanted to go to Orkney. [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 29] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria Well I didn't, okay!?[sr]What about you, Habetrot!? Did you know!? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk I] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.1 1] @Habetrot Me? Da Vinci talked to me about it before we got on the wagon. [k] @Habetrot She wanted to know if I'd mind stopping there before Orkney. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 35] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria So even you already knew about this, Habbycat...? But, I'm supposed to be the leader... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 12] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] @Da Vinci I'm sorry, Altria. But even if you were on board with this plan, I didn't think you'd be able to keep it to yourself. [k] @Da Vinci Barghest is still technically one of the queen's Tam Lin, so I didn't want Percival or Oberon to know about this. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 11] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria ...G-good point. Percival would certainly worry if he knew we were stopping by an enemy's territory... [k] @Altria And I doubt Oberon would've been happy about it either, since she burned down his forest... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Redra Bit Manchester's a nice place. It's very unlike Oxford, which has been getting more modernized with its restaurants. [k] @Redra Bit It's still an idyllic faerie town,[sr]like you'd see in a story. [k] @Redra Bit Fighting may be against the rules in Gloucester, but Manchester doesn't need to ban fighting. The whole town despises it, you see. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 18] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Altria Really? Even though survival of the fittest is the law of the land there? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 1] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Redra Bit Hahaha. Don't worry. Barghest's take on survival of the fittest isn't quite what you're thinking. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk off] [charaDepth I 3] [charaDepth C 2] [charaDepth G 4] [charaDepth H 5] [charaFace I 0] [charaFadein I 0.1 -420,0] [charaFace C 18] [charaFadein C 0.1 -120,0] [charaFace G 23] [charaFadein G 0.1 120,0] [charaFace H 18] [charaFadein H 0.1 420,0] [wt 1.8] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 0] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Redra Bit You'll see when we get there.[sr]All right then, Manchester it is! [k] @Redra Bit Trust me, it's a lovely place full of peaceful wildlife. [k] [charaFace F 1] @Redra Bit There won't be any fighting there whatsoever! I give you the Redra Bit guarantee! [k] ?1:(Haven't had such a clear red flag in a while.) ?2:(Oh, great. So it'll be nothing but fighting.) ?! [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_92 1.0] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [scene 121200] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] @ [lr][align center]– Manchester  Main Street –[align] [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [scene 114900] [wt 0.5] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] @ [align center]– Inside A Local Tavern –[align] [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 1] [charaFadein J 0.4 1] @Partygoer Faerie Wooo! You tourists look really strong![sr]This is awesome! Get 'em!!! [k] [messageOff] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1124] [wipeout guruguru 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] [soundStopAll] [end]