＄03-00-09-00-1-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 1098181900 1 "Nemo Marine 1"] [charaSet B 4037000 1 Nemo] [charaSet C 9005001 1 Holmes] [charaSet D 1098123200 1 Goredolf] [charaSet E 1098123000 1 Meunière] [charaSet F 1098181900 1 "Nemo Marine 2"] [charaSet G 1098181900 1 "Nemo Marine 3"] [charaSet H 1098181900 1 "Nemo Marine 4"] [charaSet N 98115000 1 Effect] [charaSet I 8001410 1 Mash] [charaSet J 5045000 1 "Altria Caster"] [charaSet K 2008002 1 Tristan] [charaSet L 1098124500 1 "Da Vinci"] [charaSet M 1098209600 1 Oberon] [charaSet O 4035001 1 "Da Vinci Second"] [charaSet P 1098213600 1 "Queen Morgan"] [charaSet Q 1098210410 1 Mors] [charaPut N 2000,2000] [charaEffect N bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [scene 86202] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 1] [wt 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] ＠Nemo Marine Extra! Extra! Extra from the deck![sr]Da Vinci's Tiphone is back! [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 1] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo Thanks, Marine. Let Tiphone rest up in her cage until we're done writing our response. [k] [messageOff] [se ade96] [wt 1.0] [charaFace B 0] ＠Nemo ...Scans for hazardous substances and contaminants are clear. It's a report from Da Vinci. Director Musik, Holmes, if you would. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth C 2] [charaDepth D 1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaFace D 4] [charaFadein D 0.4 -192,0] [charaMoveReturn D -180,0 0.6] ＠Holmes Very well, let's take a look.[sr]...Hmm, I see. Oho... Fascinating. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [wt 0.4] [charaFadein D 0.4 192,0] [charaMoveReturn D 180,0 0.6] ＠Holmes Heads of the faerie clans... Calamities...[sr]A mysterious faerie horse who goes by “Redra Bit”... [k] [charaFace C 8] ＠Holmes Yes, this report has proven to be yet another scintillating array of tidbits. Care to read it yourself, Goredolf? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [wt 1.0] [charaFace D 15] ＠Goredolf Yes, of course. I am Chaldea's Director, after all. It's my job to stay abreast of all our latest developments. [k] [charaFace D 11] ＠Goredolf If you'll all pipe down, Captain, Marines, and Pot-Au-Feu, I'll read it out loud so you can follow along. [k] [charaFace D 1] ＠Goredolf All right, to start off, let's go over what we know about Faerie Britain thus far... [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 1.0] [wipeout circleIn 1.0 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [scene 10000] [wt 0.5] [wipein circleIn 0.1 1] [wait wipe] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [scene 117100] [charaPut N 0,0] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_MAP_73 0.1] [charaScale D 0.8] [charaFace D 0] [overlayFadein D 0.1 400,-200] ＠Goredolf Faerie Britain, aka the Sixth Lostbelt, is a dangerous place where no electronic devices can function. [k] ＠Goredolf [%1], Chaldea's resident Master and[sr]special investigations officer... [k] [charaTalk depthOff] [charaDepth I 3] [charaDepth L 2] [charaDepth K 1] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.4 250,0] ＠Goredolf ...[&his:her] exclusive Servant, Mash Kyrielight... [k] [charaFace L 0] [charaFadein L 0.4 -100,0] ＠Goredolf ...our technical advisor, Leonardo da Vinci,[wt 0.5][charaFace K 3][charaFadein K 0.4 -350,0] and[sr]Tristan, a Servant who was summoned out of nowhere... [k] ＠Goredolf ...all set foot on Britain together. [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [scene 122500] [charaFadeout I 0.1] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [wt 0.4] [charaFace D 15] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] ＠Goredolf However, upon entering the fae domain[sr]known as the Nameless Woods... [k] ＠Goredolf ...they forgot their own names and[sr]memories, and ended up separated. [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [scene 117200] [wt 0.4] [charaFace D 1] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] ＠Goredolf [%1] awoke in the village of Cornwall... [k] [charaDepth J 2] [charaDepth K 1] [charaFace J 6] [charaFadein J 0.4 150,0] ＠Goredolf ...where [&he:she] made contact with a local faerie, Altria[sr]Caster, who would come to aid Chaldea in our mission. [k] [charaFace K 0] [charaFadein K 0.4 -350,0] ＠Goredolf Thanks to her and Tristan,[sr][%1] escaped from the Nameless Woods... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [scene 117400] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [wt 0.4] [charaFace D 10] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFace M 1] [charaFadein M 0.4 0,0] ＠Goredolf ...where [&he:she] then met another collaborator[sr]by the name of Oberon the Faerie King... [k] ＠Goredolf ...and began [&his:her] investigation in earnest. [k] [charaFadeout M 0.4] [charaFace O 1] [charaFadein O 0.4 -200,0] ＠Goredolf After reuniting with Da Vinci... [k] [charaFadeout O 0.4] ＠Goredolf [%1] began gathering information on Faerie[sr]Britain, with a focus on anything that might lead[sr][&him:her] to Mash Kyrielight. [k] [charaFace P 0] [charaFadein P 0.4 0,0] ＠Goredolf This Lostbelt's king is Morgan, a faerie who has been ruling for the past two thousand years. [k] [charaFadeout P 0.4] ＠Goredolf The faeries who populate it are divided into six clans, and they also control the human population. [k] [charaFace D 5] [charaFace Q 0] [charaFadein Q 0.4 -100,0] ＠Goredolf There are creatures known as mors who are the faeries' natural predators. There are also Tam Lin, faerie knights who posses the names of Heroic Spirits from Proper Human History. [k] [charaFadeout Q 0.4] ＠Goredolf There are calamities that occur every hundred years, and great calamities that occur every thousand. [k] [charaFace D 1] ＠Goredolf And...there is a figure called the Child of Prophecy who is said to be the one who will defeat Morgan. [k] ＠Goredolf After undertaking a pilgrimage to ring six bells kept by each heads of the six clans... [k] ＠Goredolf ...she will then go on to defeat Morgan, and become the true king of Britain. [k] [charaFace D 11] ＠Goredolf Naturally, as you can imagine, [%1] would[sr]never let her do something like that on her own... [k] ＠Goredolf ...so [&he:she] proposed a partnership with Altria[sr]Caster without even waiting for my orders. [k] ＠Goredolf So now, we are obliged to lend the Child of Prophecy our full support in order to defeat our common enemy, Morgan. [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaSet I 1098209000 1 Aurora] [charaSet J 1050000 1 "Tam Lin Gawain"] [charaDepth I 1] [charaDepth J 2] [scene 117600] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 15] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFace I 1] [charaFadein I 0.4 300,0] ＠Goredolf In the time since our last report, [%1]'s[sr]team met with Aurora, the head of the Wind clan...[wt 1.2][charaFace J 0][charaFadein J 0.4 -300,0][sr]Had a run-in with Tam Lin Gawain at a ranch for keeping humans... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaSet I 2043000 1 "Tam Lin Tristan"] [charaSet J 1049000 1 "Senji Muramasa"] [charaSet K 1098210100 1 Murian] [charaSet L 1098230600 1 Koyanskaya_Dress] [scene 118900] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk D] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaDepth K 4] [charaDepth L 3] [charaDepth I 2] [charaDepth J 1] [charaFace I 2] [charaFadein I 0.4 -200,0] ＠Goredolf ...fought Tam Lin Tristan at an auction house,[wt 1.2][charaFace J 0][charaFadein J 0.4 200,0][sr]where they also rescued Senji Muramasa, a Servant Disciple of the Foreign God... [k] [charaFadeout I 0.4] [charaFadeout J 0.4] [charaFace K 1] [charaFadein K 0.4 200,0] ＠Goredolf ...met with Murian, the head of the Wing clan...[wt 1.2][charaFace L 0][charaFadein L 0.4 -200,0]encountered Koyanskaya in yet another new outfit... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout K 0.1] [charaFadeout L 0.1] [charaSet I 3039000 1 Gareth] [charaSet J 4031000 1 "Redra Bit"] [scene 118600] [charaDepth I 2] [charaDepth J 1] [charaTalk D] [wt 0.5] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFace I 18] [charaFadein I 0.4 200,0] ＠Goredolf ...and had another local faerie by the name of Gareth[wt 1.2][charaFace J 1][charaFadein J 0.4 -300,0][sr]and a mysterious fae horse called Redra Bit join their team. [k] [charaFadeout I 0.4] [charaFadeout J 0.4] ＠Goredolf After a series of adventures, including a battle against the Dracae in the River of Tears... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaSet I 1098231510 1 Mash] [charaSet J 1098210900 1 Pepe] [charaTalk D] [scene 119702] [wt 0.5] [charaFace D 0] [wipein rightToLeft 0.7 1] [wait wipe] ＠Goredolf ...[%1]'s team finally arrived[sr]in the city of Norwich. [k] [charaFace I 7] [charaFadein I 0.4 -100,0] ＠Goredolf There, who should they encounter but Mash Kyrielight, whom the local faeries believed to be the Child of Prophecy! [k] [charaFace D 18] ＠Goredolf Nnn, no matter how many times I reread this part,[sr]it still doesn't make sense to me! [k] ＠Goredolf How did Kyrielight come to be known[sr]as the Child of Prophecy? [k] ＠Goredolf And what in the world is a “Habbycat”? Grr, if only this report could respond to questions! [k] [charaFadeout I 0.4] [charaFace D 10] ＠Goredolf But, since it can't, we'll just have to use our imaginations to fill in the gaps. [k] ＠Goredolf I'm guessing Kyrielight had her own share of troubles after escaping the Nameless Woods. [k] ＠Goredolf At one point, she probably ended up saving some people[line 2]er, faeries?[line 2]up in the northern part of Britain... [k] ＠Goredolf ...which probably led them to regard her as a hero. [k] [charaFace J 6] [charaFadein J 0.4 -100,0] ＠Goredolf At any rate, the report also says that [%1]'s[sr]team made contact with the Crypter Peperoncino, who had been laying low in Norwich. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout J 1.0] [scene 125700 1.0] ＠Goredolf After numerous mishaps,[sr]the calamity of Norwich finally appeared. [k] [messageOff] [scene 119600 1.0] [wt 1.0] [charaFace D 1] ＠Goredolf Fortunately, with Chaldea's help, the Child of Prophecy was able to defeat this calamity. [k] [charaFace D 4] ＠Goredolf However... [k] [charaFace D 18] ＠Goredolf Shortly after Mash Kyrielight had finally been reunited with [%1]... [k] ＠Goredolf ...she was whisked away to parts unknown by a[sr]mysterious phenomenon, separating her from[sr][%1] once again... [k] [charaFace D 5] ＠Goredolf But, there is no time to grieve this[sr]unfortunate turn of events. [k] ＠Goredolf I'm certain [%1] would agree. [k] ＠Goredolf For you see, in a surprising turn of events... [k] ＠Goredolf [&He:She] and Altria were invited to Camelot[line 2]home[sr]of King Arthur in Proper Human History, and location[sr]of the evil castle in Faerie Britain[line 2]by High[sr]Queen Morgan herself. [k] ＠Goredolf The very Morgan who possesses Rhongomyniad, a powerful spell that could be used to fight the Foreign God, and one of our main objectives in coming to this Lostbelt in the first place. [k] ＠Goredolf Now, [%1], Da Vinci, Altria, Gareth,[sr]Muramasa, and...(sigh) Habbycat... [k] ＠Goredolf ...have accepted Morgan's invitation, and are setting out for Camelot first thing tomorrow! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_MAP_73 1.0] [wipeout circleIn 1.0 1] [wait wipe] [charaScale D 1.0] [scene 86202] [charaTalk depthOn] [charaPut N 2000,2000] [charaEffectStop N bit_sepia01_depth_fs] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaPut D 1] [wt 0.7] [wipein circleIn 1.0 1] [wait wipe] ＠Goredolf And that's all she wrote. Now, do you all feel sufficiently caught up? [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [cueSe SE_21 21_ad1139] [seVolume 21_ad1139 0 0.6] [charaTalk off] [charaFace A 1] [charaFace F 3] [charaFace G 1] [charaFace H 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 -150,0] [charaFadein F 0.1 150,0] [charaFadeinFSR G 0.1 400,0] [charaFadeinFSL H 0.1 -400,0] [wt 1.5] ＠Nemo Marine Yeah, we got most of that! Thanks! Okay, we're gonna head back to our posts now! [k] [messageOff] [se ad456] [se ade172] [charaMove A -200,0 0.4] [charaMove F 200,0 0.4] [charaMoveFSR G 450,0 0.4] [charaMoveFSL H -450,0 0.4] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [charaFadeout F 0.4] [charaFadeout G 0.4] [charaFadeout H 0.4] [wt 0.4] [seStop ade172 1.0] [seStop ad456 1.0] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Meunière Sounds like things are pretty crazy out there, again.[sr]I hope Mash is okay... [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Not to worry. Da Vinci's report was quite upbeat, so if nothing else, we can be certain that Mash is safe. [k] ＠Holmes The real problem is this “water mirror” spell of Morgan's. [k] [charaFace C 5] ＠Holmes According to the data enclosed along with the report, it would seem that[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 5] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf So those dark clouds over the city of Norwich weren't a calamity pool, but one of Morgan's spells... [k] ＠Goredolf It's hard to believe she was able to remotely control such a powerful spell from over a hundred kilometers away... [k] [charaFace D 15] ＠Goredolf Between this water mirror and Rhongomyniad, it's clear she's a powerful enemy on par with any of the other Lostbelt kings we've seen. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo I'm afraid I don't know much about Morgan's legend. Could I ask you to fill me in? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Meunière I only know her story from Proper Human History, but if you'll settle for that, then sure. All right, let's start with her general background. [k] ＠Meunière According to British myth, she is “the good fairy of the lake”... [k] ＠Meunière And in the legend of King Arthur, she's depicted as an evil witch bent on destroying him. [k] ＠Meunière Morgan was the child of the Duke[sr]of Tintagel and Lady Igraine... [k] ＠Meunière ...and later became King Arthur's half sister after her mother married King Uther. [k] ＠Meunière But despite their family ties, she grew jealous of him, and began plotting all sorts of wickedness to make his life miserable. [k] ＠Meunière Some of her more notable misdeeds include stealing the sacred sword's scabbard and seducing Lancelot... [k] ＠Meunière But the worst thing she did was trick King Arthur into impregnating her with Mordred, who she later sent to join the Round Table. [k] ＠Meunière There were a lot of factors leading to the downfall of King Arthur's kingdom, but Morgan's definitely the one who tipped it over the edge. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Paradoxically, there are also some who believe another side of Morgan was devoted protecting King Arthur. [k] ＠Holmes Those theories claim that Morgan and Viviane, the Lady of the Lake who gave King Arthur the sacred sword and protected him in death, are in fact the same person. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo Sounds like her lust for power led her to become a femme fatale who ruined an entire nation. [k] ＠Nemo So what's the magecraft world's consensus on her? There must be more to her story than what's commonly known. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 10] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Indeed, there is. I went through our database myself after receiving our technical advisor's first report... [k] ＠Goredolf There was one bombshell right out of the gate, and it relates to her birth. [k] ＠Goredolf It turns out Morgan was not actually the Duke of Tintagel's daughter. That was only a pretense. [k] ＠Goredolf She was actually the child of Lady Igraine and King Uther, the rightful king of Britain. [k] ＠Goredolf More stunning still, Morgan was never human. [k] ＠Goredolf Instead, she was a fae child, an offspring of the Isle of Britain, just like Vortigern, the Cowardly King. [k] ＠Goredolf But apparently, Morgan kept that fact secret, and pretended to be merely a normal human child. [k] ＠Goredolf Still, with King Uther as her father, and in the absence of a rightful heir, she would have been next in line for the throne. [k] ＠Goredolf But then, a rightful heir did appear. [k] ＠Goredolf Once Altria[line 2]King Arthur was accepted by the sacred sword and unified the lords of Britain under her leadership... [k] ＠Goredolf Morgan stopped hiding her Mystics, that is, the power of her fae nature, and started poisoning Camelot every chance she could. [k] ＠Goredolf She told herself, “Altria is nothing more than a human king, made so by other humans.” [k] ＠Goredolf “I am Britain's true king. I alone deserve to inherit its Mystics.” [k] ＠Goredolf This conviction of hers grew to the point that she eventually came to despise her father, King Uther... [k] ＠Goredolf ...her sister, Altria, and every human who refused to obey her. It was a major factor in her decision to try to destroy Britain. [k] [charaFace D 4] ＠Goredolf Why did King Arthur's once noble older sister, Morgan, become Camelot's greatest enemy in her later years? [k] ＠Goredolf Apparently that's the answer. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Meunière Yup. Even after she had settled in as Queen of Orkney, she still plotted Camelot's downfall from afar. [k] ＠Meunière Four of the Knights of the Round Table[line 2]Gawain, Gaheris, Gareth, and Agravain[line 2]were Morgan's children. [k] [charaFace E 3] ＠Meunière Mordred was... Well, I don't know if I should say this without them here... [k] ＠Meunière But some experts think they were actually a homunculus Morgan created, or maybe a clone of King Arthur. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo ...Particulars like that aside, it sounds pretty clear that she was an enemy of King Arthur... [k] ＠Nemo ...and a witch who tried to destroy all of Britain. [k] ＠Nemo So what about the supposed side of her that was focused on keeping King Arthur safe? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 7] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes An excellent question, Captain. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Holmes There are numerous Arthurian legends, and each of them describes Morgan differently. [k] ＠Holmes One claims she was King Arthur's noble sister. Another claims she was the Lady of the Lake. Yet another claims she had been a goddess of Britain since ancient times. [k] ＠Holmes Needless to say, each claim would seem to rule the others out as a possibility. [k] ＠Holmes Common sense would dictate that one of these theories is correct, and the others refer to someone else entirely. [k] [charaFace C 6] ＠Holmes But I believe that they are, in fact, all true, and that Morgan was possessed of three aspects. [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Holmes Given that she was born under supernatural circumstances, I surmise that her human side... [k] ＠Holmes ...her fairy side, and the part of her that was Britain's own avatar all existed simultaneously. [k] ＠Holmes But as these parts of herself are essentially irreconcilable within a single entity... [k] ＠Holmes ...I suspect each of these aspects became an independent being. [k] ＠Holmes One was her human side: Altria's kind older sister, Morgan. [k] ＠Holmes Another was her fairy side: Viviane, the Lady of the Lake. [k] ＠Holmes And the third was the avatar of Britain: Morgan le Fay. [k] ＠Holmes If we assume that to be the case, everything makes sense. [k] ＠Holmes The Knights of the Round Table, then, did not bring her to justice because she was both evil and good. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo Now I see. Okay, I'm convinced. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Nemo ...But, hang on. Isn't Viviane another name for Nimue? The fairy who imprisoned Merlin? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Yes, it is. Morgan is both King Arthur's rival, and Merlin's greatest enemy. [k] ＠Holmes Though Merlin was the one who taught Viviane magecraft, her infatuation with him eventually led to her despising him, and ultimately, sealing him away. [k] ＠Holmes To do so, she employed a great Bounded Field in the form of a sarcophagus spell inscribed with the words “Only those free of sin may pass.” As an incubus, not even Merlin could escape it. [k] ＠Holmes It was a spell from the Age of Gods known as Garden, which could only be used by the avatar of a Mystic. [k] [charaFace C 5] ＠Holmes While it's still unclear how much this Lostbelt's Morgan has in common with Morgan from Proper Human History... [k] ＠Holmes It would seem prudent to assume that she has more weapons at her disposal than Rhongomyniad alone. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 3] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] ＠Meunière ...(Sigh). First it's the Lion King in Jerusalem, now it's Morgan in Faerie Britain, huh? [k] ＠Meunière I swear, why are we always getting mixed up with Arthurian legends? I mean, I can understand it in this case since we're in Britain now and all, but still! [k] [charaFace E 2] ＠Meunière I mean, what're we gonna do if Albion shows up next!? I don't think even the Storm Border would have a chance! [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 2] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo Albion? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes That is what this isle was known as in ancient times, before it came to be called Britain. [k] ＠Holmes Though of course, that name also refers to something else in the magecraft world. [k] ＠Holmes There, it refers to the last pure-blooded dragon: Albion. [k] ＠Holmes An extinct Phantasmal who remained on the Isle of Britain even as the Age of Gods came to an end. [k] ＠Holmes The creatures we call “dragons” today are simply animals who happened to acquire some of the dragon genes left behind by the dragonkin who went over to the Reverse Side of the World... [k] ＠Holmes ...and ended up adopting the dragons' way of life while preserving their own. [k] ＠Holmes With the exception of Albion's corpse, not a single pure-blooded dragon is left on this entire planet. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] ＠Goredolf Yes, that is what they say in the Clock Tower, isn't it!? Quite a romantic notion, that! [k] [charaFace D 11] ＠Goredolf But that is all it is, and Albion is but one in a long list of fairy tales. [k] [charaFace D 5] ＠Goredolf More importantly, it's now been twenty-eight days since we began this mission. [k] ＠Goredolf Thanks to the concentrated fruit essences our technical advisor has been sending along with her reports, we now have magical energy to spare, which would let us remain here past our initial fifty day estimate. [k] ＠Goredolf Perhaps we should advise them to stop by the Border? [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo ...True, maybe we should. Ideally, I was hoping to complete this mission within thirty days, but that's clearly not going to happen. [k] ＠Nemo That said, we still don't know exactly when the collapse is going to begin, so we shouldn't be too quick to change our time limit. [k] ＠Nemo If we stick to our initial plan, we still have seventeen days left to complete the mission. Do you think [%1]'s team can pull it off in that[sr]time frame, Holmes? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes ...Well, according to Da Vinci's report, it would seem the circumstances are nearly all in place. [k] ＠Holmes If their meeting with High Queen Morgan ends peacefully, and she proves willing to share information about Rhongomyniad with them... [k] ＠Holmes ...they can then devote the rest of their time to investigating the collapse. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Nemo ...And if it doesn't end peacefully? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Now that Chaldea has thrown their lot in with the Child of Prophecy, war is all but inevitable. [k] ＠Holmes We already know the extent of Faerie Britain's military power. [k] ＠Holmes If Altria is able to complete her pilgrimage and muster a significant anti-queen force, the battle for Camelot will be decided in a single day. [k] ＠Holmes ...I suspect that battle will take place in sixteen days at the earliest, just barely within our deadline. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]