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＄03-00-06-08-1-0
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[charaSet A 1098192010 1 "Child with Hood Over Head"]
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[charaSet B 1098127920 1 Kadoc]
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[charaSet C 1098123710 1 Kirschtaria]
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＠
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If anyone were to ask when my life changed, I know exactly what I would tell them: springtime, when I was fifteen.
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[k]
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＠
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That said, this isn't the kind of thing you go around telling people about. By all rights, I should take it to my grave.
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＠
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Back then, I was enrolled in the Astromancy Department at the Clock Tower, aka the Mage's Association's headquarters.
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[k]
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＠
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I was the thirteenth heir to the Wodime legacy[line 2][sr]the child who had been granted the protection of the stars.
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＠
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I was said to possess the greatest magical[sr]circuits of any Wodime to date...
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...and that I was a genius who had already been promised the keys to the Wodime family in a few years' time by the eleventh head of the estate, who led the family even now.
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＠
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Those were the sort of things everyone[sr]else would say about me.
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Me, a genius? Even though I usually spend each[sr]day sifting through other departments' files?
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[k]
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＠
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[lr]That was always the sort of response I gave,[sr]but I did so more from conceit than modesty.
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[k]
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＠
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I knew I was talented. I was confident I would one day be exactly what everyone expected me to be and more.
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I wanted for nothing; not lineage, nor talent, nor affection. With so many things working in my favor, it was easy to push myself to greater heights without leaning on my environment.
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[k]
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＠
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Back then, I took pride in my excellence,[sr]and would constantly work to further improve myself.
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I believed those blessed with natural talent should still continue to apply themselves, should set their sights on even greater stages.
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I was completely convinced that there was nothing I[sr]could not do, and nothing that was beyond my reach.
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＠Child Crouching On Bridge
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...
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＠Kirschtaria
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...
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＠
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[lr]For the past six months, crossing the great bridge to[sr]reach the Evocation Department college had become something of a routine of mine.
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＠
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I noticed what appeared to be beggars by the path at the opposite side, but I never gave them any thought.
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At the time, I didn't even see them. It wasn't that[sr]I disliked them, or that I was trying to avoid them.
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It was that, for me,[sr]they may as well not have existed at all.
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[k]
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＠
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I was a prodigy, born to carve out a new age of magecraft. I didn't have time to get involved with people like them.
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＠
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I was born into an environment far better than most could hope for, with talents far greater than most could dream of.
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That was why I had a duty to fulfill.
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I was going to create something beautiful.[sr]I was going to create something wonderful.
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It was that ideal, that passion, that made me apply myself to my studies day in and day out.
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＠
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It was the reason I so frequently visited that college,[sr]even when it arguably belonged to an enemy.
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＠
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I didn't realize how arrogant[sr]I was being, how childish.
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＠
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On that day, I was headed home later than usual. It was the middle of the night, with no one on the bridge, and the stars hidden behind the clouds.
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[k]
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＠Man in Hat
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Kirschtaria Wodime.
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＠
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[lr]Everything happened so fast that I failed to react in time. That turned out to be a fatal mistake.
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[k]
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＠
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I wasn't surprised that an assassin had been[sr]sent to try to kill someone as young as me.
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I was surprised because my would-be assassin was a manservant I had frequently seen in my own house.
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＠
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I counterattacked automatically, before I even thought about what to do, thanks to the spells that had been engraved onto my body.
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[k]
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The assassin never got another chance. Vacuum blades[sr]sliced him to bits before he could pull the trigger again.
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＠
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But, it was enough. He had already critically[sr]wounded me, and there was no hope of escape.
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He wasn't the only assassin who had been[sr]sent to take my life. I knew because...
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[k]
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＠Man in Coat
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It's done. Send out more men.[sr]Find Kirschtaria's body.
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[lr]...it was my father, trying to kill his own son.
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＠Kirschtaria
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Ghh...!
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＠Man in Coat
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He fell into the river! Find him!
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＠
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[lr]Of course, I wasn't the one who had fallen in.[sr]It was my ring, after I had cast a weight alteration spell on it.
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[k]
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＠
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I knew it wouldn't do more than buy me some time,[sr]but at that moment, it was the best move I could make.
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[k]
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After I drew the assassins' attention towards the river, I activated a footstep cancellation spell in my shoes and got as far away from them as I could.
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[k]
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＠Kirschtaria
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Okay... Now what do I...
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[lr]My consciousness began to fade away.
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I went back to the bridge instead of heading to the city exit, and my strength gave out just as I was making my way to a narrow back alley.
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[k]
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At the time, I didn't yet know that my assailant's[sr]weapon wasn't ordinary magecraft...
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[k]
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...Rather, it was a kind of poison just like the sort used by a famous mage killer that was designed to attack magical circuits directly.
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Ghh...
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[se ad142]
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[lr]I was in a dimly lit room. Within it was nothing more than the sound of dripping water and the scent of mildew.
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[k]
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I was on a makeshift bed made from an old wooden crate.[sr]A bare minimum of bandaging had been applied to my back.
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[k]
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There was no pillow. No blankets.[sr]And no restraints on my arms or legs.
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I was technically free, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to move so much as a finger. The wound in my chest had yet to close, and I lacked the strength even to stand.
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I had been laid down to rest with[sr]no more ceremony than a corpse.
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[k]
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＠Kirschtaria
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Where...am I...
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[lr]At first, I thought my assassins had captured me...but[sr]then I realized they would have no reason to keep me alive.
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After all, since it was my own family was trying to kill me, there was little sense in torturing me for information.
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I couldn't understand what was going on.[sr]My thoughts refused to put themselves in order.
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Still just barely conscious, I managed to crane my neck enough to observe the dimly lit room...
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＠Something Creepy
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Heehee... Heeheehee...[sr]...Heehee... Heehee...
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＠Kirschtaria
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...
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[lr]Something was in the corner of the room, as if it were[sr]trying to hide from what little light there was.
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It was then that I noticed something...strange staring directly at me.
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＠Kadoc
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(...Seriously?)
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＠Kadoc
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(Just when I decide to stop by so it doesn't look[sr]like I've been gone for two days straight...)
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＠Kirschtaria
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(...Zzzzzz.)
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[charaTalk B]
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＠Kadoc
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I can't believe this guy. He's just basking in the sun, snoozing away on a bench without so much as a single guard.
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＠Kadoc
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...Hey. Hey, Wodime, don't you[sr]think it's time you got up?
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＠Kadoc
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You ARE the Crypters' leader, right?
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＠Kadoc
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Aren't you the one guy representing humanity in the power struggle between the Olympian gods and humans?
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[charaFace B 2]
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＠Kadoc
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How can you just leave yourself completely defenseless[sr]like this!? Come on, wake up already!
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Is that you, Kadoc?[sr]Wait... Kadoc...?
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[charaTalk C]
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[charaFace C 11]
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＠Kirschtaria
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What are you doing here?[sr]This is my roo[line 2]
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[charaFace C 3]
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Never mind. No it isn't. This is the Hanging Gardens of the Great Orbital Shrine Olympia.
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[charaFace C 1]
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＠Kirschtaria
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Well, that was careless of me. The sunlight was so pleasant that I didn't even realize I had fallen asleep. I was dreaming about something I hadn't thought about in a long time.
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＠Kirschtaria
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I feel very silly. I guess I just get too relaxed without Caenis around to keep me in line.
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[charaFace C 10]
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＠Kirschtaria
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Anyway, thank you for waking me up[sr]before I could waste any more time.
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＠Kadoc
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...You don't have to thank me. I only spoke[sr]up 'cause it was weird seeing you like that.
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[charaFace C 11]
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＠Kirschtaria
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Weird? How so?
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[charaFace B 4]
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＠Kadoc
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Well, you're not exactly the sort of[sr]guy to just doze off out in public.
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＠Kadoc
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You're, like, perfectionism incarnate.[sr]You don't get to take naps like a typical college slacker.
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[charaFace C 8]
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＠Kirschtaria
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...I see. While I do take some issue with the impression you seem to have of me...
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[charaFace C 0]
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＠Kirschtaria
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...I also understand now why it is you were so surprised. I'll be more careful in future.
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＠Kirschtaria
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Now then, what is it you wished to see me about, Kadoc?[sr]Do you have something to report to me?
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[charaTalk B]
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＠Kadoc
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(Aw crap. I was so shocked seeing him sleeping like that I forgot I didn't actually have anything to tell him...)
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[k]
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[charaFace B 10]
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＠Kadoc
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(And I can't just fib, or he'll know I've been up to something... Wait, I've got it.)
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[k]
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＠Kadoc
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They got Demeter.
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＠Kadoc
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One of the great gods of Olympus, gone just like that.[sr]Some perfect being she turned out to be.
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＠Kadoc
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Oh, and one more thing.[sr]A tan Lancer with white hair was helping them out.
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＠Kadoc
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Luckily, it looks like Europa didn't catch that part.
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＠Kadoc
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So, how's it feel, Wodime?
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＠Kadoc
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How's it feel knowing the loser you thought you'd disposed of is not only alive, but actively working against you now?
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＠Kirschtaria
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That is a surprise. I never would have expected Caenis to go over to Chaldea's side.
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＠Kirschtaria
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And they managed to destroy Demeter's true form?[sr]They must have been far better prepared than I thought.
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＠Kirschtaria
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So, a tiny rebel force managed to bring down a powerful authority figure. How very...rock 'n' roll.
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＠Kirschtaria
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No, wait. Heavy metal feels more appropriate,[sr]given the composition of the gods' bodies.
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＠Kadoc
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Uh... Am I going deaf or did you[sr]just make a lame pun about music?
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Apologies.[sr]Perhaps I have not quite awakened yet.
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＠Kirschtaria
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At any rate, I'm surprised you knew[sr]something even Queen Europa did not.
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＠Kirschtaria
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It almost sounds as though you were there watching things unfold in person, Kadoc. You must have found yourself a very good familiar indeed.
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＠Kadoc
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...Well, you know, I can't just sit[sr]around here mooching free grub forever.
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＠Kadoc
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I'm still a Crypter, after all, so I need to be[sr]ready to fight again at least one more time.
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＠Kirschtaria
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I see. Then make sure you take good care of that familiar. An ace up your sleeve can mean the difference between life and death, after all.
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＠Kirschtaria
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Rest assured, you don't need to tell me, the other Crypters, or anyone else in Olympus, what yours is.
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＠Kirschtaria
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That said, if it should come to light that you[sr]were using something you shouldn't be...
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＠Kirschtaria
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...then I will unfortunately be forced to respond in whatever way is appropriate. I have my own role to fulfill, after all.
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＠Kadoc
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... (Shit. How much does he know...?[sr]I'd better change the subject, fast.)
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＠Kadoc
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So, uh, by the way, about Demeter...
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＠Kadoc
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Chaldea might've been able to beat her, but it still[sr]wasn't because they straight up overpowered her.
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＠Kadoc
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It looked to me like Demeter was looking for something... No, that's not right. Maybe trying to recover something.
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＠Kadoc
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She kept apologizing, over and over.
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＠Kadoc
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And not to the Olympians she was killing,[sr]but to one person in particular.
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＠Kadoc
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That's the only reason they were able to destroy her.[sr]Any idea what she was looking for?
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＠Kirschtaria
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...I see. So that did hold her back,[sr]as I suspected it might.
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＠Kirschtaria
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...Just like in Proper Human History, this Lostbelt's Demeter once had a daughter she loved dearly.
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＠Kirschtaria
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Her name was Persephone. It's said that Demeter wept long and hard after Hades stole her away to the underworld...
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＠Kirschtaria
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...yet despite that,[sr]she never stopped loving her daughter.
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＠Kirschtaria
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But, a few thousand years ago,[sr]her daughter died during the fourth machia.
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＠Kadoc
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...Hang on, Wodime. That doesn't add up.
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＠Kadoc
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I don't know if she was a full god or a demigod or what, but I thought people didn't die in this city.
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＠Kirschtaria
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Not necessarily.[sr]Humans are simply incapable of killing other humans.
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＠Kirschtaria
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The immortality humans enjoy in this Lostbelt is not true immortality, but pseudo-immortality.
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＠Kirschtaria
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The gods can easily end their subjects'[sr]pseudo-immortal lives if they wish.
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＠Kirschtaria
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So the one who killed Persephone was[line 2]
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＠Kadoc
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One of the gods? You mean, one of the[sr]gods from the coexistence faction?
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＠Kirschtaria
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No, it was not one of them.
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＠Kadoc
|
||
Then...
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＠Kirschtaria
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Persephone sided with the coexistence faction,[sr]so Zeus ordered Demeter to kill her own daughter.
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＠Kadoc
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!
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＠Kadoc
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||
...So, she was calling out to the daughter[sr]she killed...as if she was still alive, huh.
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＠Kadoc
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||
...Sounds almost human of her.
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＠Kadoc
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||
These gods are machines, right? How can they function[sr]properly when they're contradicting themselves like that?
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＠Kirschtaria
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||
I understand your confusion, but it is precisely their machine nature that means this was no contradiction at all.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
Their minds don't work like ours, after all. That's the tragedy of the Twelve Olympian Machine Gods right there.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
Whether gods create humans, or humans create gods, both sides usually share a common understanding of the world in which they live.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
But the Olympians are different. They weren't gods to begin with. They only came to be defined that way over time.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
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||
It was because their functions enabled them to control[sr]the weather... Provide endless amounts of food...
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
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||
Destroy various life-forms' memories...[sr]And mass-produce weapons...
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
That led to the residents of this[sr]Lostbelt seeing them as gods.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
They then incorporated this definition into their[sr]functions in order to operate more smoothly on this planet.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
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||
After all, the people of the ancient world wanted superior beings they could pray to, not cold, unfeeling spaceships.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
And so, they accepted the new roles they had been given, and became mechanical gods instead of mere machines.
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
As a result, they ended up making this god play-acting into a new directive, all without ever understanding how the intelligent beings treating them as gods actually felt.
|
||
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＠Kadoc
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||
...Cold and unfeeling, huh?
|
||
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＠Kadoc
|
||
So, is that why Demeter went nuts? Because she ended up with feelings tacked onto herself when she didn't need them?
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
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||
This was less a matter of contradiction[sr]than it was of conflict.
|
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
Humans can rationalize acts like that by telling[sr]themselves there was nothing else they could have done...
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
...but she had no choice but to treat the order to[sr]kill her own daughter like any other assigned task.
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
She wasn't crazy. She was just in pain.
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
That's what it means to be a god in this Lostbelt.
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
It's also why they were able to realize a real-life utopia, where nobody has to die or grow old.
|
||
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＠Kadoc
|
||
...And here I thought machines[sr]always operated on pure logic.
|
||
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＠Kadoc
|
||
All right, if that's what the gods are like here,[sr]then what's your game, Wodime?
|
||
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||
＠Kadoc
|
||
Your goal is to bring about the Age of Gods again, right? Is that really the kind of god you wanna be?
|
||
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＠Kirschtaria
|
||
Of course gods should run the world.[sr]That being said...
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
The future[line 2]the answer I seek[line 2]is a little different from Zeus's.
|
||
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||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
What I seek, Kadoc, is an even more perfect age[line 2]an age where there will be neither conflict nor contradiction.
|
||
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||
＠Kirschtaria
|
||
It is my responsibility to see that age come about...[sr]and, it is what the Foreign God wishes.
|
||
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＠Kadoc
|
||
...
|
||
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