＄01-00-07-02-4-0 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_MAP_18 0.1] [charaSet A 8001002 1 Mash] [charaSet B 98003000 1 "Dr. Roman"] [charaSet C 98106200 1 Merlin] [charaSet D 3027000 1 Ana] [charaSet E 2002001 1 Gilgamesh] [scene 20730] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.4] [se ad13] [charaTalk B] [communicationChara 98003003 1 5 0 0] [wt 0.3] ＠Dr. Roman We've been marching for an entire day.[sr]You must be tired, [%1]. [k] ＠Dr. Roman But we're almost there. Just hang in there a little longer. [k] ＠Dr. Roman That area is easy to observe.[sr]We can finally have a proper operation. [k] ＠Dr. Roman Just a little bit more... One more day, and you should arrive at what I believe is the city of Uruk. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin It's easy to observe this area because it's still close to the “former Mesopotamian world.” [k] ＠Merlin The only safe place is the area around Uruk, where the king is going strong and maintaining an environment livable for humans. [k] ＠Merlin Northern Mesopotamia has become a kingdom of Demonic Beasts, while the south has become a mysterious jungle that no one returns from. [k] ＠Merlin For humans who survived attacks by Demonic Beasts, the city of Uruk is the only refuge. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Ana ... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] ＠Dr. Roman Now I understand the situation here. [k] ＠Dr. Roman With the rise of the Three Goddess Alliance, the Sumerian city-states have been dealt a devastating blow. [k] ＠Dr. Roman Many cities have been destroyed and many people have fled to Uruk, the center of this world. [k] ＠Dr. Roman The Demonic Beasts' invasion up north is the most serious issue at hand, as they're currently the major force wiping out humanity. [k] ＠Dr. Roman In response, Uruk's king has dissolved the city of Babylon and hastily constructed a great fortress known as the Northern Wall of Uruk. [k] ＠Dr. Roman In other words, Babylonia has turned itself into the front line for the war against Demonic Beasts. It's the last fort protecting the Mesopotamian world. Correct? [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Yes. It's still unknown how the King of Mages influenced this era, but if the Demonic Beasts bring down Uruk, human history is finished. [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Merlin If the first dynasty of Sumer, the blueprint of city-states, is destroyed, there is no certainty in what will become of the human race afterwards. [k] ＠Merlin During the same period, Egypt's first dynasty was also flourishing, but they alone can't preserve the Foundation of Humanity. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Merlin Therefore, there are two things you need to do. [k] ＠Merlin First, search for the Holy Grail the King of Mages sent to this era and retrieve it. That should give us an idea about his plot. [k] ＠Merlin Next, take down the Three Goddess Alliance if possible. Although that fight should belong to the people of this era... [k] ＠Merlin ...if we do nothing, the Foundation of Humanity can't be restored. This task is beyond our abilities, but it is what we must do. [k] ？1：What do we know about the alliance? [charaFace C 4] ＠Merlin Not much. Out of the three goddesses, I only know the True Name for one. [k] ＠Merlin There's the goddess controlling all Demonic Beasts up north, the goddess residing in jungles in the south, [k] ＠Merlin then there's the soaring goddess who has no fixed residence. [k] ＠Merlin The biggest threat is the goddess in the north, but the soaring goddess is another problem altogether. [k] ＠Merlin In a way, she's the most troublesome goddess in Mesopotamia, even more so than the goddess controlling the Demonic Beasts. [k] ＠Merlin The people of Uruk are still puzzled over what to do about her. [k] ？2：What were you doing, Merlin? [charaFace C 1] ＠Merlin I was looking for something, under orders from the king. That's also why I was in the Cedar Forest. [k] ＠Merlin I was searching for something called the Tablet of Destinies, but I've put that on hold so I can guide you to Uruk. [k] ？！ [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 5] ＠Dr. Roman ...Hmmm. It seems all roads lead to Uruk. [k] ＠Dr. Roman Merlin. Is King Gilgamesh really the one ruling over Uruk now? [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Yes, it is indeed King Gilgamesh![sr]The most tyrannical of all ancient kings! [k] [wt 0.2] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [wt 0.1] [scene 28300 0.5] [wt 0.1] [charaScale E 1.5] [charaPut E 0,0] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 1] [charaFadeTime E 0.4 0.6] [wt 2.0] [charaFadeTime E 0.4 0] [scene 20730 0.5] [wt 0.7] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin He severed his ties with the gods because of their arrogance! The most beautiful women and treasures are his to own! [k] ＠Merlin The most irrational and unreasonable king who would just as readily kill his followers as his enemies! [k] ？1：That's scary! ？2：So he's just a villain? ？！ [charaFadeout C 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_18 0.4] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.[sr]The king of Uruk in ancient Mesopotamia. [k] ＠Mash He is a historical figure who appeared in the Epic of Gilgamesh, mankind's oldest heroic epic, [k] ＠Mash as well as other ancient Mesopotamian stories. [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Mash His historical name was Bilgamesh, where “bilga” means ancestors, and “mesh” means hero. [k] ＠Mash His father was King Lugalbanda, a demigod.[sr]His mother was the goddess Ninsun. [k] ＠Mash He was a hero born of god and human, which made him a combination of the two. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash In his youth, he was fond of people, while also being a sage grounded in reason, [k] ＠Mash but he became the complete opposite in his adolescence. He turned into an out-of-control tyrant. [k] ＠Mash He gathered the land's fortune, demanded prosperity in toil from his citizens, and abandoned the gods as relics of the past. [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Mash To admonish him, the gods created the being that appeared before us, Enkidu. [k] ＠Mash As fate would have it, Enkidu and King Gilgamesh fought for three days and three nights in front of a temple in Uruk. [k] ＠Mash The battle was a draw. Afterwards, King Gilgamesh recognized Enkidu as his only friend. [k] ＠Mash His tyranny relaxed a bit and he governed the country while still being feared by the citizens of Uruk. [k] ＠Mash However... [k] ？1：However? [charaFace A 12] ＠Mash Yes. King Gilgamesh matured as a king after gaining a friend, but encountered many trials. [k] ？2：You know quite a bit, Mash. [charaFace A 3] ＠Mash Y-yes. After we found out about the era of the Seventh Singularity, I studied so I could be useful to you, Senpai... [k] ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Oh, the Cedar of Lebanon story. [k] ＠Merlin King Gilgamesh set foot into the holy ground of the Forest of White Cedars and killed Humbaba, the Demonic Beast guarding it. [k] ＠Merlin Due to Mesopotamia's climate, the country was always in need of lumber. [k] ＠Merlin Bringing home quality cedar was his obligation, as both a king and a hero. [k] ＠Merlin However, his achievement captured the attention of a wicked goddess. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Merlin The goddess's curiosity drove her to desire all things unusual, beautiful and praise-worthy. [k] ＠Merlin Who was this wicked goddess you ask? She was Inanna, Queen of Heaven, daughter of An, also known as Ishtar. And she set her sights on Gilgamesh. [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Merlin The world's greatest goddess confessed her love to the King of Heroes. However, King Gilgamesh rejected her. [k] ＠Merlin Why? Because Gilgamesh knew how coldly she treated her husband Dumuzid. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Merlin This must have been quite a shock to Ishtar.[sr]To be rejected by a man... by a mere human! [k] ＠Merlin Furious, Ishtar went crying to her father... [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Merlin ...who, out of love for her, gave her something terrible. [k] ＠Merlin A Divine Beast powerful enough to destroy the world... Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven. With it, Ishtar tried to destroy Uruk. [k] ＠Merlin The bull damaged crops, made the rivers run dry, and summoned a tempest before being defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu. [k] ＠Merlin Uruk was saved, but by killing the holy beast, Enkidu incurred the wrath of the gods and for their sins, the gods killed Enkidu. [k] ＠Merlin It was, after all, the gods who created Enkidu in the first place. In modern parlance, the gods flipped Enkidu's off switch. [k] [charaFace C 3] ＠Merlin Honestly. The Mesopotamian gods' greatest fault was being pushovers to their daughters. [k] ＠Merlin Between An and Enki of the Abyss, Ishtar was given a multitude of treasures. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 3] ＠Dr. Roman Yes, yes. From that story alone, it's easy to see that Ishtar had a pampered upbringing... [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash That's right. The death of his only friend, Enkidu, was King Gilgamesh's first real encounter with mortality. [k] ＠Mash Death claimed even Enkidu, the mighty king's equal. Gilgamesh, in turn, began to wonder whether it was possible to conquer death. [k] [charaFace A 8] ＠Mash As a result, King Gilgamesh embarked on a quest for immortality. He went to the ends of the earth, descended into the Abyss... [k] ＠Mash ...and at its bottom, obtained the Herb of Rejuvenation. However[charaFace A 12]... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 3] ＠Dr. Roman It was stolen by a snake, right? [k] [communicationCharaFace 5] ＠Dr. Roman Gilgamesh returned to the surface and went to bathe. While he soaked, a snake crept in and ate the herb. [k] ＠Dr. Roman And so, snakes gained the ability to shed their skin, and humans forever lost the chance to become immortal. [k] [communicationCharaFace 3] ＠Dr. Roman No one could ever really know what effect that had on the king's state of mind. [k] [communicationCharaFace 5] ＠Dr. Roman Anyway, King Gilgamesh returned to Uruk, but because of his absence, the city had nearly fallen into ruin. [k] ＠Dr. Roman Reflecting on his own selfishness, he decided to try and restore Uruk. [k] ＠Dr. Roman From then on, he never went on quests, instead focusing on his kingly duties. [k] [communicationCharaFace 0] ＠Dr. Roman There you have it. The Epic of Gilgamesh in a nutshell. [k] ＠Dr. Roman The epic was set down in poetry, so we can only imagine what the truth may have been. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 3] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Merlin Did he really seek out the magical herb because he feared death, or was it because he loathed death? [k] ＠Merlin I think it would be interesting to ask the man himself.[sr]Oh, but... [k] [charaFace C 4] ＠Merlin I suppose he isn't the type of person who would speak freely about his memories. Unless you were his traveling companion or something. [k] [charaFace C 1] ＠Merlin The point is, this is a man who had the guts to call a goddess as powerful, though spoiled, as Ishtar a fool and kick her to the curb... [k] ＠Merlin ...while bragging about possessing the originals of all the Noble Phantasms and having the greatest advantage over any hero. [k] ＠Merlin Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes, is an extremely arrogant, cold-blooded tyrant. Remember that. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 0.3] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash ...Yes. And that is the legend of Gilgamesh, King of Heroes. Was it useful, Senpai? [k] ？1：... (And what am I supposed to do?) ？2：... (So what's going to happen?) ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [communicationCharaLoop 98003003 1 5 0 1] ＠Dr. Roman Hahaha. It looks like you don't want to go, [%1]! [k] [communicationCharaFace 3] ＠Dr. Roman I can understand that.[sr]After all, I'm trembling with fear, too. [k] ＠Dr. Roman And it's a town in 2600 B.C., right? There's a cold-blooded king in a violent world where might makes right. [k] ＠Dr. Roman I'm sure culture shock is inevitable, so you should mentally prepare yourself, yep. [k] [communicationCharaClear] [wait communicationChara] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Ana ...Excuse me. We've got trouble. Demonic Beasts that have strayed from the pack are heading our way. [k] ＠Ana ...Are you still going to talk?[sr]If so, I can handle them alone... [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash N-no, we'll go![sr]Thank you for pointing them out, Miss Ana! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Ana ...No need to use “Miss.”[sr]But I'd appreciate some extra hands. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.4] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]