＄91-60-27-01-1-0 [soundStopAll] [scene 10400] [charaSet A 98001000 1 Mash] [charaSet B 6027000 1 "Wu Zetian"] [charaSet C 98115000 1 NPC] [charaSet D 25002000 1 "Katsushika Hokusai"] [messageOff] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [se ad8] [wt 1.7] [fadein black 0.8] [wait fade] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.2 2] [charaMove B 0,0 0.2] [wt 0.4] ＠Wu Zetian [f x-large][messageShake 0.01 8 4 0.45]THIS WILL NOT STAND! [k] ？1：Hopping mad right out of the gate!? ？2：Whatever it was, I'm sorry, Your Imperial Majesty! [charaFace B 0] ＠Wu Zetian Hmm. Well, for the moment, I commend you for knowing your place and apologizing with all due profuseness. [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Wu Zetian However, you are not the problem! [k] ？！ [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 0] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.4 2] [wt 0.4] ＠Mash Wh-what's the matter, Wu Zetian? [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Wu Zetian It's outrageous! Abhorrent! Abominable![sr]Just take a look at this! [k] [se adm28] [wt 0.6] [seStop adm28 0.2] [wt 0.7] [charaFace A 12] ＠Mash ...A letter? [k] [charaFace B 2] [charaShake B 0.01 10 10 0.4] ＠Wu Zetian Is it not horrendous!? It's impertinent! Insolent! Inexcusable! Grrr, just reading it again makes my blood boil! [k] [charaFace A 8] ＠Mash Um...this is Chinese, right?[sr]I'm sorry, but I don't know Chinese... [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Mash Oh, but you said you studied it before you came to Chaldea, right, Senpai? Can you tell what it says? [k] ？1：(Uh, I took an intro class and this is not beginner's stuff.) ？2：(Even if I knew more, this handwriting is way beyond my level.) ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Wu Zetian I see. So you can't read it yourself then. You remind me of a small animal, with the way you are always cocking your head. I shall call you Pá Tù, or “little rabbit,” from now on. [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Wu Zetian ...Wait, does this mean I must read the contents of this dreadful letter for you myself!? [k] ＠Wu Zetian Grrr, how utterly infuriating![sr]I cannot believe I need to waste my time like this! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash I'm sorry for the trouble, but I'm afraid we don't have any other way of finding out what's bothering you.[sr]What does the letter say? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Wu Zetian Translating the whole thing sentence by sentence would make me blow a gasket, so I'll just summarize. [k] ＠Wu Zetian It is a letter filled with the[sr]most horrid insults about me! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash !? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Wu Zetian It says I am a coward who fears ghosts,[sr]and a child who dislikes cats! Completely untrue! [k] ＠Wu Zetian It is not that I dislike them or get nervous around them.[sr]I simply do not care for them. Who does this writer think they are, ridiculing me in such a fashion!? [k] ＠Wu Zetian Grrr, I knew it. Just thinking about[sr]what it says makes me see red...! [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Wu Zetian And here is the real problem. It is clear that whoever sent this letter does not like me. [k] ＠Wu Zetian Evidently, it is not enough for the writer to insult me. They claim a desire to settle things with me, and include coordinates telling me where to meet them. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash ...Are you going to go? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Wu Zetian Of course! As an empress, I cannot let such grave insults pass. Whoever wrote this must be punished. [k] ＠Wu Zetian You will come with me, Master Pá Tù![sr]In fact, I am here to collect you for this task! [k] ？1：Me? Why!? ？！ [charaFace B 4] ＠Wu Zetian Oh, right. You could not read it, so you could not see that it explicitly says to come with you. [k] ＠Wu Zetian Perhaps they wish for you to[sr]attend as a witness to our duel. [k] ＠Wu Zetian While I am loathe to comply with the directions of this foul criminal, I cannot hope to exact justice upon them if I do not do as they say. [k] ＠Wu Zetian One must always sweat the small stuff before one can sweat the big stuff. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Wu Zetian Oh, do not worry. Once the culprit is revealed,[sr]that will be the end of it. [k] ＠Wu Zetian By the time I am through punishing them for their unforgivable first-degree crime of “dissing” me... [k] ＠Wu Zetian ...they will wish they had never so much as thought to write that letter! Keh heh heh...! [k] [charaFace B 1] ＠Wu Zetian Now, come, Master. You too, uh...Mash! [k] [messageOff] [se ad60] [seVolume ad60 0 0.3] [charaMove B -64,0 0.7] [wt 0.3] [seStop ad60 0.7] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 0.7] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Mash ...I guess I don't have any right to say no. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash I just hope we can help guide this escapade somewhere peaceful, Senpai! [k] [charaFace B 2] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 -360,0] [charaMove B -356,0 0.2] [wt 0.1] [se ad54] [seVolume ad54 0 0.2] [seStop ad54 0.25] ＠Wu Zetian Oh! I was so furious I almost forgot. That little cat who goes around screeching “fou” isn't here with you, is it!? [k] ＠Wu Zetian If it popped up out of nowhere, I think my heart would sto[line 2]I mean, I might accidentally end up skinning it alive! (Sideways glance) [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash As usual, I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for you about whether Fou is a cat or not... [k] ＠Mash ...but now that you mention it, I haven't yet seen him today. He must be off playing somewhere else. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Wu Zetian Good, good. If I never see that little furball again, it will still be too soon. [k] ＠Wu Zetian Now come, let us be on our way before that strange cat returns to this room! [k] [messageOff] [se ad60] [seVolume ad60 0 0.3] [charaMove B -376,0 0.7] [wt 0.3] [seStop ad60 0.7] [charaFadeout B 0.4] [wt 1.0] [charaFace A 8] ＠Mash (...It certainly looks to me as though Wu Zetian is afraid of cats...) [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 1] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 1] [scene 10310] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [fadein black 1] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 0] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 2] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash So...whoever wrote the letter told you to meet them somewhere inside Chaldea? [k] ＠Wu Zetian No, they did not. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Mash Then...what are we doing here? [k] ＠Mash Given how upset you were, I thought we would be storming the meeting place immediately... [k] ＠Wu Zetian Then you thought wrong.[sr]I am neither impetuous nor impulsive. [k] ＠Wu Zetian I may be noble, but I am not like those other foolish emperors who have their nobility and nothing else. [k] ？1：You always work so hard! ？2：You always try your best! ？！ [charaFace B 3] ＠Wu Zetian [messageShake 0.01 4 2 0.25] B-be quiet! That is not what I am talking about! [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Wu Zetian I only mean that I am both calm and collected,[sr]as any good ruler must be. [k] ＠Wu Zetian The first order of business in any endeavor is to solidify your position...in other words, to gather information. [k] [charaFace A 12] ＠Mash I'm not sure I would describe how you were acting earlier as “calm and collected”... [k] ＠Mash Anyway, I presume you mean gathering information about whoever wrote the letter? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Wu Zetian Indeed. It would be the height of foolishness to enter the enemy's domain without a plan when we have plenty of time to prepare. [k] ＠Wu Zetian First, we shall discover the identity of this the letter's impudent author, or at least obtain a hint that may end up saving us some time. [k] ＠Wu Zetian If we should end up coming face-to-face with this villain while investigating their identity, well, that is quite all right with me. [k] ＠Wu Zetian After all, it is not a fight with this person that I desire. Instead, I want the quickest possible route to giving them the punishment they so richly deserve! [k] ？1：So, where are we headed now then? ？！ [charaFace B 0] ＠Wu Zetian Keh heh heh. Between this style of Chinese from my original time period, and this handwriting I am unfamiliar with, this accursed letter is itself a veritable treasure trove of information. [k] ＠Wu Zetian As you know from how you could not make heads nor tails of it, there are precious few people here who could have written such a letter. [k] ＠Wu Zetian That, in turn, makes it very easy[sr]to narrow down our list of suspects! [k] ＠Wu Zetian In fact, we are heading towards the first of them as we speak. This letter was written with a brush, after all! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 1] [wipeout rightToLeft 1 1] [wt 1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [scene 10310] [charaFace D 7] [charaTalk D] [bgm BGM_EVENT_7 0.1] [wipein leftToRight 1 1] [wt 1.2] [charaFadein D 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] ＠Katsushika Hokusai Huh? A letter? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace D 7] [charaFadein D 0.1 0] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 2] ＠Wu Zetian Correct! Now fess up! It was you who wrote that insolent, impudent missive, wasn't it!? [k] [charaFace D 11] ＠Katsushika Hokusai The hell're ya talkin' about?[sr]What would I go and do something like that for? [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Wu Zetian So, you would feign innocence, eh. Well, if you think I am simply going to wait for you to confess, you clearly do not know how capable my Torturers are at extracting information. [k] ＠Wu Zetian Besides, everyone in Chaldea knows[sr]that you and brushes go hand in hand! [k] [charaFace D 10] ＠Katsushika Hokusai Hah. You might be right about that, but my thing is paintin' pictures, not writin' letters! [k] ＠Katsushika Hokusai I'm a painter. That's what I do. I wouldn't go writin' a letter without a single illustration even if you paid me. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Wu Zetian R-really? Then, you truly did not write this? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash If I may, I can't imagine what motive Hokusai would have for writing it, either... [k] ？1：Yeah, this seems like kind of a stretch. ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 14] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Katsushika Hokusai That aside...lookin' at this letter now, I might have an idea or two about who actually did write it. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Wu Zetian You might!?[sr]Then hurry up and tell me who it is! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 5] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Katsushika Hokusai What, I'm just gonna do that outta the goodness of my heart after you barge in accusin' me of stuff? [k] [charaFace D 16] ＠Katsushika Hokusai I hate to sound like the hoity-toity merchants...but I ain't tellin' you that for free. [k] [charaFace D 6] ＠Katsushika Hokusai You're an empress from way back in the Tang dynasty, right? [k] ＠Katsushika Hokusai You're a lot younger than I thought you'd be, but you got the posture and the eyes of a damn fine model. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 3] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Wu Zetian You wish to paint me with that brush of yours?[sr]Well, I certainly commend your eye for beauty. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Wu Zetian However...I regrettably do not[sr]have the time to model right now. [k] ＠Wu Zetian Here, I am willing to pay for your help,[sr]so just tell me who you think it is already. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 14] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Katsushika Hokusai Heh, you're a real piece a' work, ain'tcha?[sr]If I wanted money, I woulda asked for it! [k] ＠Katsushika Hokusai Money disappears whenever you need to eat or drink,[sr]but a painting lasts forever! [k] [charaFace D 0] ＠Katsushika Hokusai I also would've had to go a thousand years before the Edo period and get some monks to take me with 'em to China to have a hope of painting you when I was alive. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_7 1.0] [charaFace D 2] ＠Katsushika Hokusai Ain't no way I'm gonna pass up this chance now. If you ain't gonna let me paint ya peacefully, I'll just have to do it...er, unpeacefully! [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Wu Zetian Grrr! So you really are determined[sr]to paint me in the nude, aren't you!? [k] ＠Wu Zetian While understandable that you would be fascinated by my beauty, I cannot commend you for appreciating it in such a deviant manner! Help me, Master! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 14] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 0.1] ＠Mash Did I miss the part where Hokusai[sr]said she wanted to paint you nude!? [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.5] [fadeout black 0.5] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]