tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618532189142347452024-03-02T09:28:57.429-08:00Genjuro's AngelsA blog dedicated to fighting against the Curse of Balal. Translations for various media related to the Symphogear anime series including keywords, interviews and game event stories.zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-3633576369465784182022-01-05T07:51:00.001-08:002022-01-05T07:51:04.673-08:00Happy 10th Anniversary!<p>It's a little early in other parts of the world, but it's January 6th in Japan now. That means it's been 10 years since Symphogear first aired! Happy 10th anniversary to one of the best original anime series of all time!! </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>To celebrate, here is the special 4-koma from season 1 that was only available in Newtype Ace magazine. 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I'm back for a final post on this. <p></p><p></p>Hit the jump for translations of the bonus stage and the memoria from the Symphonia event. <p></p><p>That completes all of the material from this event. I hope you enjoyed it! One of the fan groups that recreates events on their <a href="https://unlimited.poweris.moe/">web player</a> will be adding this event some time down the road. Keep an eye on <a href="https://twitter.com/YameteTomete">their twitter</a> for more details! </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Bonus: The Fairy Tale Continues</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(Takes place after Stage 10)</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: …It looks like we’ve made it back.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I feel like I just woke up from a really long dream…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, it’s like we got swept up in some kind of fairy tale or fantasy adventure…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: But that definitely wasn’t a dream or illusion.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Actually, this area… it’s the exact same spot we were in before we got sucked into that world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh yeah, we were in the middle of a mission. I’m guessing all those reports we got must be because the two worlds got connected.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Magic, beasts and angels. There’s no doubt all of that must have come from the other world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: When I first heard the reports, I couldn’t even imagine how we were going to deal with all of that, but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Let me guess, now it doesn’t even make you bat an eye?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes, anything could appear and it wouldn’t shake me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This experience is gonna come in handy for sure.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Not just that, I learned a lot of strategies and sword techniques from that boy.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I hope to spar with him again someday.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Same here. I’d love to sing a duet with that girl when a more peaceful time comes along.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But man, those gels that recover your stamina sure were helpful! And yummy, too!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I wonder if they safely made it back to their own world...</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You don’t have to worry about them, they’ll be fine.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I hope Colette and her group are successful in their journey.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: They’ll pull it off, they’ve got Presea with them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Let’s do the same and put in more work to assure that our world stays safe!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We don’t want to fall short in comparison to Lloyd and the others!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The End</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Memoria: Colette’s Cooking Class</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12px;">(Takes place somewhere between Stages 3 and 4)</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We’ve got plenty of lumber now thanks to Kanade and Presea. I would like to furnish our base a little more, but what?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: In that case, how about we make a kitchen?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That would certainly be nice to have.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: As long as somebody finds ingredients, I can whittle up utensils, tools and whatever else we need.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You really are quite skilled with your hands, Lloyd. It’s amazing how you can make things so quickly.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: The reason Lloyd is so good at it is thanks to his dad. He’s a blacksmith that can make all sorts of things!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: When I was little, I would sneak a peek at my dad working in his shop. I also helped him out with lots of simple jobs.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see. That explains it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hey, we’ve got more lumber we’re adding to the pile here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Thanks for all your hard work, you two.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Please let us know if there’s any other material you need. We can gather it right away.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Boy, I’m starving. Ain’t there anything to eat around here?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: It is close to lunch time, now that you mention it. What should we do about ingredients?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hunting down ingredients while hungry only makes me more tired… we should have stockpiled them first.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That’s a good point, but nothing we can do about it now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: When hunting in nature it’s important to only take what you need when you need it. I believe that’s… how we should operate.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanae: Well yeah, that’s true but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: If we want to eat sooner rather than later, we should split up and start searching for ingredients.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Well then, let’s get moving!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They split up and search-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Are you knowledgeable about wild plants and such?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I wouldn’t say I’m particularly knowledgeable, but I know enough not to cause any problems.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Maria comes running-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m glad I found you two! Have you seen Colette anywhere?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No, she hasn’t come this way…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait, has she gone missing?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I thought she was following behind me, but suddenly she was just gone.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Something might have happened to her!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s possible she only got lost somewhere. Let’s not panic and split up to look for her.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay. I’ll keep my eye out for her and go let the others know.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They search-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It looks like someone passed by here recently. This grass looks flattened in a human shape, don’t tell me…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A dog barks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: ?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Where did you come from, doggy? It’s dangerous on this island because of all the beasts.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dog: *Panting*</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I figured you must be close by.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh, hi Tsubasa. Look, I found a doggy!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dog: Arf!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That’s nice, but you were supposed to be partnered with Maria. You can’t just go off-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh?! Oh my gosh, did we get separated?! I was just so curious about this doggy I ended up chasing after it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Anyway, we need to go back to the base for now. What should we with this dog?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ah! It ran off?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I suppose that it wasn’t very fond of me…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: That’s not true. I’m sure that doggy just had other things to do!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It’ll come back to visit us again, I bet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They return-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So… you went off frolicking with a dog?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m really sorry for causing a fuss by getting lost…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Be more careful next time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I will. If I see another dog, I’ll be sure to tell everyone else first.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Now that we know she’s okay, let’s start getting ready to eat. Running around made me even more hungry…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Okay, I’ll be the chef for today. I would feel bad not contributing as much as the rest of you have.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Huh? <i>You’re </i>going to cook?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes. Mr. Ogawa has been teaching me the basics lately. My cooking should have improved since last time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Oh? I’m excited to see what you’ll make.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Keep your expectations high!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Let’s just help her out when she gets overwhelmed…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Tsubasa starts cooking-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Now this is a setback… The convenient cooking tool I used before isn’t here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Cooking it the way I was taught isn’t going to be possible like this…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: How’s the food coming along?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: About that, if I have to be honest… I’m struggling. I never thought I would have this much trouble just using new tools…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Okay, then I’ll help you out.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: But it’s supposed to be my duty today…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Consider this me paying you back a favor for finding me earlier. Does that sound good?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well I can’t refuse when you put it that way. Very well, let’s cook together.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Great!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: …If Colette is going to help her, then I guess we don’t need to keep watching.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, let’s just wait for them to finish.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Sounds good.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yo! I made some plates to put the food on. I’ll leave them over here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Great, thank you Lloyd.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: By the way, what were you trying to make?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, I hadn’t decided exactly. For starters, I just tried cutting the vegetables…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ummm, looking at what we have, I think a stew would be best.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: We already have a pot, and it doesn’t require many tools.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Makes sense. A stew can be made just by boiling the cut up ingredients, after all.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Exactly. Let’s start putting them in!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Okay. What should we start with?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um, each ingredient needs to cook for a different amount of time. Let’s start with the things that take the longest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Very well, then this should be first…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hey all, sorry to keep you waiting.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wow! You made stew!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It looks very delicious.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I was able to make this yummy stew thanks to her help. I really appreciate it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It was nothing. I just gave Tsubasa some advice, she did most of the cooking herself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’m happy to hear you say that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s chow time! My tummy’s been grumbling for a while now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Then please allow me to start us off. Hands together and… thank you for the meal!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Group: Thank you for the meal!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: How can this be…?! This is actually tasty even though Tsubasa cooked it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What is that supposed to mean?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah this is good stuff! Seconds please!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hehe. I knew her stew would be a hit! And there’s plenty of seconds so eat your fill.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: …It really did turn out well. It’s quite fun to cook together with someone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I really enjoyed it too. Let’s cook again sometime.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A dog barks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh? It’s that dog again. It must have been attracted by the smell of the food.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Have you already given that dog a name?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Nope, I’ll do it now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Why name it? Are you going to keep it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette has a habit of giving names to random dogs she meets. And some of them can be, uh, silly.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: They’re not silly. I think very hard before deciding on a name!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay then, what kind of name are you giving that dog?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: This little guy is…. Tim!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh, I like that name. Definitely looks like a Tim!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It is a cute name. But if it were me, let’s see, I would call this dog… Nanami.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Why that name?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Because it has survived on this crazy island. I’m certain that it could survive the seven seas. (Nana = seven / mi = seas)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You know, it does look like one tough customer!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Nanami is also an adorable name! But the way its nose looks just says “Tim” to me…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Okay, let’s put it to a vote. Everyone can decide which name they think is better.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Let’s do it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Is it just me, or are we about to get dragged into something weird?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: C’mon, what harm could it do? Stuff like this is fun.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I also… want to think up a name to give it. And then I want to squish its little paw pads…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What happened to my refill of the stew…?</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The End</p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33) 3px 3px 9px 5px; display: none; left: 322px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; position: absolute; top: 211px; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-9777523408984179902020-10-04T16:22:00.004-07:002020-10-04T16:22:20.543-07:00Symphonia x Symphogear comes to an end<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzgJ8TfCf4DH1raMAqqP8nXjldYwGtRTnY9-yTWq9jVIqItKjWeYhnno5b1bDeInPgZiDzrpYIcmnzbZf5xNi3Wd_JSfcoVNG-7X6NFDo5vfsIUitzFkbQrfP-p7S9HuMOv9E7MeO054m/s1334/IMG_1429.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1334" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzgJ8TfCf4DH1raMAqqP8nXjldYwGtRTnY9-yTWq9jVIqItKjWeYhnno5b1bDeInPgZiDzrpYIcmnzbZf5xNi3Wd_JSfcoVNG-7X6NFDo5vfsIUitzFkbQrfP-p7S9HuMOv9E7MeO054m/w200-h113/IMG_1429.PNG" width="200" /></a></div>All right! I finished playing through the event - it was a ton of fun! There were a lot of great moments between the characters and although it was a short-lived adventure, you could really feel a bond that developed between everyone. Maybe someday they'll meet again? One can hope! Hit the jump for translations of stages: 7, 8, 9 and 10. <p></p><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 7: Determined to Save the World</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ngh… it seems I fell asleep.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: If you’re still tired, feel free to keep resting.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No, I’ve rested enough. Surely you must be feeling tired, Kanade.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This has all been a walk in the park for me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Although, I will admit I’ve got a craving to eat something yummy.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Where is Maria?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Watching over Colette. She’s been nursing the poor thing non-stop, but I hope she realizes what happened isn’t her fault.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What’s wrong? Just tell me if you want any water, I’ll help you drink some.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Tha… nk… you…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’ve lost count of how many times you’ve said that. You don’t have to keep thanking me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: How is she doing?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: …She’s in bad shape. Even if she tries to sleep, the pain just wakes her up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see… I wish there was something we could do for her.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: The only thing we can do is get that antidote as quickly as possible.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes, but it’s dangerous for us to move around when it’s dark. We’ll have to wait for the sun to come up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Ah, so this is where you guys were. I need to talk to you about something, so will you all gather up?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Sure, we’re on our way.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m sorry, I’d like to stay here…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Oh, that’s right. We should probably stick close to Colette. Okay, I’ll just go gather up Lloyd and the rest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Seems like he’s got something important to say.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …So Genis, what’s this thing you need to talk with us about?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s regarding what Colette said about that Eternal Sword-lookalike being a fake.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Just to be clear, you’re talking about the sword that’s jammed in the device thingy, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yes. If Colette is right about that being a fake, it would explain all of the stuff that Luciel was yelling about.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: He kept saying “Give me the Eternal Sword” and stuff.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, I remember hearing that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Exactly. If the sword in the device really was the Eternal Sword, it wouldn’t make sense for him to say that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It seems reasonable to assume that it’s a fake then.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Does that mean we can break that device without it being a problem?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: That’s still hard to say…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: However, based on everything Luciel has said and done, that device almost certainly has some sort of function to help maintain the island.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That reminds me, he seemed awfully flustered when we first found that device.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: This is just one possibility, but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: If we successfully break that device and this area of space-time gets destroyed, then I believe we’ll be thrown to somewhere else in this world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So then, this island is definitely part of Tethe’alla?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Very likely. Which means there’s a good chance that we’ll be saved. The problem is, there’s no guarantee that Tsubasa and the others will make it back to their world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Worst case scenario, destroying that device takes away any chance of us being able to return home. Is that right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Uhhg… I… I…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette, don’t try to push yourself right now. I’ll listen to everything you have to say later.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Her hand is so small… Even though this girl is suffering so much, is holding her hand really the only thing I can do for her?)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I want to do what it takes to save Colette.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No matter how this turns out in the end, I’m prepared to live with the consequences!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Maria…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’m down with that, count on me to stick with you until the very end.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’m not going to leave our new friends and my new partner out in the cold!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Am I… your partner?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. As long as that doesn’t bother you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It feels… a little strange to be called that. But it’s not unpleasant.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Maria, Kanade… I…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (Even I want to do what it takes to help save this world. But I have my own mission to uphold. And that’s why…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: It’s okay. You don’t have to force yourself to give us an answer right now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s a hard decision to make, after all.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Let’s end the discussion for now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We have to go to those ruins again tomorrow. So everyone should do their best to try and rest up.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (I suppose it’s because I fell asleep earlier, but I can’t seem to sleep now.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hm?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Planning to go the ruins on your own?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …I would never be <i>that</i> reckless. Charging in without thinking would just get me killed.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I can’t afford to lose here, so I know I need to have a proper strategy first.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That’s pretty levelheaded.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: To be honest, I want to save Colette ASAP. But more than anything, I want to do that in a way that doesn’t hurt any more of my friends.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, there’s nothing more painful than seeing your friends get hurt.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd & Tsubasa: Hm?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I knew they’d come…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This presence… it’s coming from the ruins?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see now. You were patrolling around because you expected beasts to come after us.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wanna lend me a hand?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Of course, I’ll lend you my blade!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, then let’s do this!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Rest in peace!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She defeats a beast-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It looks like that was the last one.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah. I’m glad we took care of them without bothering the others.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Time and again, you prove your strength and skill.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …You’re just exaggerating. I wasn’t even able to protect my friends properly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You mean Colette?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yes… I was right next to her, but I couldn’t do a damn thing. I’m supposed to be the one who keeps her safe…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That’s why I know I’m still a weakling.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Acknowledging your weaknesses is a sign of strength. Plus, you have an unwavering heart that keeps you in check.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Keeps me in check?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Deep down you want nothing more than to run to the ruins right now. But your heart is keeping those intense emotions in check.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Holding back your rage and being able to make reasonable decisions that benefit all your friends is proof that you have a strong heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: A strong heart, huh? I just feel like I’m getting desperate to keep both my friends and my world safe…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: For both your friends and the world…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: If worst comes to worst, you would allow me the honor of joining you on that journey?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What?! No, but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Watching all of you fight made me think: As a defender, I want to use my power to help save your world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I appreciate the thought and that’s enough for now. We won’t know how this is all going to play out until the very end.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right, that’s reasonable.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: For the time being, is it all right if I help keep lookout until morning?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sure, let me swap with you. To be honest, I’m feeling sleepy.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Very well. I shall be the first lookout for tonight. I’ll come wake you up when it’s time to change, so rest until then.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m gonna be mad if you just stay by yourself until morning. You better come wake me up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I know. I wouldn’t do anything to upset you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, then goodnight for now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes, goodnight.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So he was only using humans for his experiments?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: My memory is kind of fuzzy because of the drug he used to make me fall asleep. But I started to remember more of what Luciel said.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: He said the new High Exsphere could only be produced using humans, which is why he couldn’t use me for that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What does that mean? Aren’t you human?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, well, he…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I think it’s okay to tell these people. I’m not a human, I’m actually half-elf.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: A half-elf?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Meaning that both human and elf blood runs in my veins. So I’m not actually a human.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Is that like some big secret you have to keep?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: In our world, people like me aren’t treated very well. So my sister and I live our lives while hiding that fact.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Anyways, back to what I was saying, Luciel’s goal is to use the Eternal Sword to create his own world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Which means that other sword was definitely a fake.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What makes you say that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Because if he actually had the Eternal Sword, the he would have created his new world already.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That makes sense.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And I’ve had my suspicions for awhile, about that sword not being the real thing.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Huh, really?! Then why didn’t you say anything?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sorry. I wasn’t actually certain of it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But now, Colette is saying it’s a fake. And I don’t think she’s wrong.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Okay… then where is the actual Eternal Sword?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That’s our real problem. If Luciel hasn’t found it, then who knows where it could be.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Somehow I get the sense that it’s close by, but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You sense it?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Well, it’s nothing, forget it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It would be best if we could secure the real Eternal Sword before we tried to break that device.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And if we have the Eternal Sword, then we can send these ladies back to their original world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: But considering Colette’s condition, we don’t have a lot of time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Not to mention… it’s not clear how long this island will continue to exist.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Which means we need to take action now.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, there’s nothing to think about at this point.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Our first step is getting that antidote.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m joining whoever is going after the antidote.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We have no time. Let’s head right for the ruins. Someone else can look after Colette…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, this isn’t going to work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What’s the problem?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s true that I want to save the world, but I’m not willing to let your wish to go home be sacrificed just to do it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We understand how you feel. But this is the decision that we made ourselves.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There will be time to figure out how we can get back to our world after we’ve saved yours.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, but-!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: The members of S.O.N.G. are the best of the best. I’m sure they’ll find a way to get to us.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You guys…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Rumbling-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Gah! Another quake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This is a huge one!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wh-what’s that?! Look, over there! The sky is starting to fall apart!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: The island has started to collapse!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: There is no time left now. Let’s bring this to an end and get off this island!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Of all the possible times!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: They’re just gonna keep coming without giving us a break.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Whatever, we’ll save further discussion for later!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Dammit… We don’t have time to be wasting on these guys!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I think the time between quakes is getting shorter and shorter!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ahhh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette! What’s wrong?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Her condition is only getting worse… at this rate…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd… I’m still okay…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You’re the total opposite of okay!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m fine, so just…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette, I’m gonna do whatever it takes to save you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yes, we’re going to get that antidote no matter what!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: And we’re gonna kick that sleazeball’s ass while we’re at it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Time to go, let’s head for the ruins! We’re going to put an end to all of this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right. We’ll save Colette, and then we’re gonna find the Eternal Sword…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sylvarant, Tethe’alla, and all of you…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m going to save everything!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 8: For Our Friends!</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I hope everyone is okay…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Flashback-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m leaving Colette in your hands. We can’t afford to bring her to the ruins with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Huh?! Wait a second, I want to go with you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Please, Genis. There’s no one else I can trust with this. I need you to protect Colette.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: …Okay fine. Then take this with you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Is this a map?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I drew it while we had downtime yesterday. If you have this, you should be able to make it through even if the party gets split up in a trap.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Thank you very much, Genis.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Don’t mention it. This is about all I can do for you guys…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We’ll gladly make use of it. Okay, let’s move!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Flashback ends-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: (Is staying here really the only thing I can do?)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: (If I hadn’t gotten captured, then Colette wouldn’t be in this mess.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ugh….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: (I have to think of some way to counteract the poison. Even I can’t totally cure her, maybe I can temporarily relieve the pain.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wait! That’s right! Curry!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: With the medicinal properties of that recipe, it just might work. But I need ingredients…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: There was a food warehouse! Maybe I can find what I need there!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Just hang tight, Colette. I’ll be back in a jiffy!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Get the hell out of my way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Slices beast-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: As we expected, the ruins are filled with beasts. The more time we waste on them, the more fatigue will set in.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: But where is the antidote?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I think the room we saw him using it in is right around here…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This is the correct direction, but it should be further in. Looking at the map… it should be about here, I think.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s past that room with the device.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So we just have to aim for that room first, then.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, so if we take a right at this corner…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: No good. The ruins are falling apart and blocked the path.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: These ruins were already pretty beat up to begin with. Most of the inside is probably already like this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Tsk, they got behind us! There are way more of these things than before!<br />Lloyd: We’re in a hurry! Let’s cut a path through them and go straight for that room!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I dare you to get in my way! Anything that’s in front of me is getting cut down!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Presea and Kanade charge through beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: To be more precise, “anything that’s in front of <i>us”</i>.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hahaha, true that!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Gotta go straight, even farther in!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He cuts down a beast-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, let’s keep this u-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A beast appears and jumps around him-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What?! One acted as a decoy so another could get behind me?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Tsubasa attacks it-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Don’t get too focused on what’s in front, or else you’ll miss what else is around you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sorry, thanks for the save.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s good to proceed towards your goal, but it’s important to maintain perspective as you do so.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You’re right, I might have gotten a little anxious.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: But the fact of the matter is we need to hurry. So we’ll cover you as best we can.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right! I’m counting on you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: There are too many of them. They’re coming from all directions, probably because the noise is attracting them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There has to be a finite number of them, but we don’t have time to waste taking every last one down.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I have an idea. Tsubasa, Lloyd. Can we leave it to you to retrieve the antidote?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The rest of us… will hold them off.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Wait! If anyone is gonna be the rear guard, it’s me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We can’t just leave the 3 of you here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Lloyd, you wanna save Colette right? Then Tsubasa is the best partner to work with your fighting style.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: But even so!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We don’t have the time to debate this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes, just hurry and go now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Presea and Kanade shove Lloyd and Tsubasa-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What the hell?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We’ll follow after you once things calm down here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That’s that. See you later.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They destroy the wall and block the path-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Kanade!! Gah, they cut us off…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hey! What’s the big idea?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Forget it, they won’t be able to hear us now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Those jerks…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Let’s move. We have to keep going as far as we can.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I <i>will</i> get my hands on the antidote and come back. So you guys better stay alive until then!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They go to the room with the device-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Is that Luciel?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Something seems strange about him. He’s clearly seen us, but he’s not making any moves…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You want the antidote to save the girl, right? This is what you need right here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That’s the antidote…? No, first I wanna know why you’re talking normally again! You were-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: A monster that had lost its mind? Well, you’re not wrong about that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Then, why…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I have flipped back and forth between human and beast more times than I can even remember.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: However, the time I can spend as human and the time that I can maintain my human consciousness in beast form are both getting shorter and shorter.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Soon enough, I will completely turn into a beast.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That doesn’t excuse what you did to Colette and my friends! Give us that antidote right now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Why? She’s finally turning into something that I can use in my experiment. Curing her now would be a waste.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Damn you… quit screwing with us!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You monster… how many people have you tortured with that selfish attitude?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Hahahaha! What do you care? You didn’t come here to execute me, now did you?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He destroys the vial-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No! Not the antidote!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Too bad. That was the last one I had.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You bastard! How could you do that?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I have no time left!<br />Luciel: I’m going to use you all as guinea pigs and complete my research!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: God… damn you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Wait! Defeating him isn’t going to get us the antidote!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I know that. But I can’t just let him go…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: And what difference does that make!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ugh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Bastard! Enough of this already!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Lloyd attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes, excellent! My calculations were right! You truly are the perfect specimens!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We’re not specimens! We’re humans!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: No, you’re specimens… my guinea pigs!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You’re the perfect guinea pigs who have much more power than any ordinary human!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Gah! You monster!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Originally, all I tried to do was get my hands on the Eternal Sword. But it opposed my Infidore.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Infidore… that’s the name of that fake Eternal Sword then?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: It’s not fake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: My Infidore is perfect. Which is exactly why the power of the Eternal Sword resisted it!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait, so the reason that we were brought here…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Is because you were close to the Eternal Sword. No, perhaps I should say because you wielded it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: And plus, something I hadn’t calculated for occurred. The door to a total unknown world was opened.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That was our world!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I was surprised at first, but then I realized it was a wonderful accident since it led to even more wonderful specimens for me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I would capture you all and then continue my research.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: If I could prevent myself from completely turning into a beast, then all I had to do was find the Eternal Sword!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So, the Eternal Sword really is somewhere on the island!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Indeed. However, you shall never lay hands upon it! Because I’m going to beat you into submission and find it myself!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: As if!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We have no business here if the antidote is gone. Ugh… Let’s retreat for now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: R-right…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I’m not letting you get away!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Beasts from behind us?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Enough! It’s time to give up. There is no way for you to escape!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sword Rain! Hurricane Thrust!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He cuts down some beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Did we get them all?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Get down!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She defeats another-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Thanks for the save. Wait, there are still more!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He defeats them-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I appreciate the assist!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: These beasts are pretty damn good at hiding their presence.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Don’t think you can escape!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He lashes out-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh… such explosive power.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: No one is left to save you. All of the people on this island are doomed to become my specimens.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You madman!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There has to be a way for us to save Colette. I know it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Let this be the end of it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Nu-uh! The only one meeting his end today is you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Presea and Kanade attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Gaawwgh?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Kanade!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Looks like we managed to catch up. The fact you’re running away must mean you got the antidote, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’m sorry. He destroyed all that was left…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No, I can’t believe it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Fine, then we need to get out of here. There’s no point in staying to fight him.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: More guinea pigs lining up for me! This saves me the trouble of finding you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We ain’t your guinea pigs!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: However, you’re a little too lively for me. I suppose I really only need you to be breathing…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: What are you planning?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ugh!<br />Tsubasa: Kanade! Presea!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: There isn’t a problem… it hard left a scratch.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Heh, he talked tough but that attack was hardly a big deal. I’ve taken worse… ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What’s wrong?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ugh… what the hell… is all this pain?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: My whole body… is on fire…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Oh no, did they get poisoned?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: How does it feel to become my specimens?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No, Kanade…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You’re going to pay for this!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Bastaaaard!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Calm down! If you two end up getting hit with poison, we’re doomed!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Gah… I know that, but-!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: We have to save the two who got hit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Maria is right. Losing our cool is exactly what he wants us to do.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, good point. Let’s get Presea and Kanade somewhere safe for now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: As if I’d just let you get away!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Don’t let him hit you! If that attack of his lands a hit, you’ll get poisoned!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I know!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hey, you two! Can you move?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Of course. I won’t get taken out that easily…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes… but fighting in this state is impossible…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’ll retreat while keeping these two safe. Cover me!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: *Panting*…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Just a little further…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You have no way to escape, but you still intend to put up a fight, eh? I doubt those two can even more anymore.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Pointless struggling. No matter where you flee to, I-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Screw that! We’re not letting you have your way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Then allow me to give you a dose of poison. It will drain away your will to fight back.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That won’t be enough to stop me! I’m going to save everyone <i>no matter what</i>!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Very well, then I shall enjoy watching your heart slowly get shattered to pieces.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Prism Sword!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Argh! Magic?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Genis?! What are you doing here?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I came to back you up, what else! Colette, help them out!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Sure, leave it to me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette, you too?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: But how?! You should be immobile from the poison! Why are you here?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s all thanks to the curry I made. It’s got enough spice to burn that poison to nothing!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That’s ridiculous!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Holy Song!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This song… I feel a power welling up from inside of me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I see, this is the song of the angels that she told me about.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (But wait, this feels just like phonic gain. Is Airgetlahm reacting to it…?)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Argh… you stupid guinea pigs. But power like this is nothing for me to fear!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: (Oh no, it’s not enough… we need more power…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Don’t get reckless Colette!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (I can sing… I can sing together with her…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: ~~♪ ~~♪</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd & Colette: Huh?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: (Maria… she’s matching my song.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: No way! Maria can use the Holy Song, too?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No… this is Airgetlahm tuning their phonic gain to match each other?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: (I can feel the weight of Maria’s singing voice. The intensity is so much greater than when I sing it by myself…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’d like to know a little more about the “songs” of this world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Sure… I’ll explain when all of this is over.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Can you two move now?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, I’m not sure why. Hearing this song made the pain stop being so intense.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m not at full strength, but I won’t fall behind.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: No… this isn’t possible…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, let’s all get the hell out of here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yes! Leave it to me!<br />Colette: I will also put forth my best for everyone!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I’m gonna do everything I can to make up for all my failures before!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Time to wrap this up!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 9: My Emotions that Resound with Yours</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Raging Beast!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Blue Flash!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Me too! Spiral Flare!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: How can they be this strong?! It must be because of that loathsome song!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Guh! That’s not enough to keep me down!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: So, it’s an angelic spell that physically reinforces the body! Fine, all I have to do is stop you from singing it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m not letting that happen!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Get out of my way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That’s nothing!<br />Colette: Ugh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She passes out-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Colette?! Are you okay?! She just fell down…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: *panting*</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: She seems really weak! Did she use too much of the angel spell?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Overdoing the spell wouldn’t cause this. And she should be cured of the poison…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Hahahaha! I knew it! The poison that I created could not be counteracted so easily!<br />Genis: That can’t be… I mean, I thought my antidote worked…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m just a little tired… I’ll be okay…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You’re lying.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I have a friend just like you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Despite her own suffering, she lies and pushes herself just to protect other people.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Her eyes look a lot like yours. Please, just be honest with me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m sorry… the truth is… I’m not cured yet.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Colette…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: But, I was happy Genis tried to help me and I wanted to protect everyone, so…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I knew it, then- Oh no!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You can’t protect anything suffering from my poison like that!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Gah… his attack feels stronger than before!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Dammit… I’m suffering a relapse too. The pain is back…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Same here. I’m sorry…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: The effects of Holy Song wore off!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: If only I was stronger, then I could save everyone…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: It’s fine. You’ve done more than enough already.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: But I… I want to fight even more and keep everyone safe! Even if my body is torn to shreds!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Right, I understand. In that case, be reckless all you want. I’ll protect you from behind.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Just do as your heart desires!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Thank you… Maria.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What is this light?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Maria’s gear changes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: A resonance change… I see, this is your power. Then you and I can work together once again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette… are you up for it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yes!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Respond to her song, Airgetlahm!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Thy faithful servant asketh for thy blessing. Honor us with the splendor of thy song…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: ~~♪ ~~♪</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: ~~♪ ~~♪</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Maria and Colette’s singing is harmonizing…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria & Colette: Holy Song!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What? Not only do I feel stronger, my wounds are actually healing?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: What is this? What are you people?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Presea and Kanade attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Aggrgh! Wh-what was that attack?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Payback for the poison! Hope you liked it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What happened to you two?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I don’t know. For some reason all of my pain and fear went away when I heard that song.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luceil: This is ridiculous! You cannot possibly have been fully cured of my poison!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait, that means Colette must be too!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yes, the feeling of fear inside of me is dissipating. I don’t feel any pain… I think this time I might be really okay!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: This cannot be… my specimens!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I understand… you were upset and hurt by the fact that Mithos abandoned you. But revenge is not the way to go.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Shut up! Silence, silence, silenceee! Guinea pigs like you know nothing!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Please, just stop hurting people. Even you must have a good side somewhere, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Curse youu!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks but is blocked-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I can’t break through?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You will not lay another finger on this girl! Ever again!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Where are you going?! Guinea pigs have no right to rebel against the researcher!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: He’s still going on about that… He just won’t let us go!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Even though we’re totally sick of him!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, but we can’t just let him keep following us like this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Impossible! This power of yours, I won’t allow it!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Just how long do you think it took me to develop that poison?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: The High Exsphere! If I could just complete it then I would be unbeatable!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Screw you and your selfish research! I’m gonna tear it all down!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You’ve hurt so many for your own greed and now you’re going to face the music!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: You will meet your end here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They attack</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Curse youu!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Uh oh, is he getting even stronger?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: His Exsphere is glowing! He might be forcibly drawing power from it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I will slaughter him! The man who stole everything from me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He’s starting to rampage again!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The wall is starting to fall apart. The possibility of us getting buried alive in here is… 87%</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I ain’t staying here to die with this ugly mug!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: If this place comes down, the device may get damaged. Let’s get out of here before a quake hits!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Why?! How did this happen to me?! If only it weren’t for you meddling fools!!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay! We got outside! But…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You won’t get away! My guinea pigs!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Why are there beasts here?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Look, most of the island has been totally destroyed!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So all of these beasts are just fleeing from the destruction!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Does that mean every beast on the island is coming this way?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s too hard to fight against this many of them. If we have to deal with Luciel on top of that, it’ll be next-to-impossible.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Then what should we do?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That guy said the Eternal Sword was somewhere on this island. We just have to find it and get out of here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: If the sword is here, then there are only a few places left it could be. But searching for it while fighting is impossible.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A beast attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: When did that one get here?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ugh! My armed gear…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Tsubasa loses her sword-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: My guinea pigs!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Tsubasa, hold on I’m comin-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Where did they all come from?! Quit coming after me, dammit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ugh, the only weapon I have now is… this old sword. It must be fate that we met on this island! I’ll put you to good use!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: YOU ALLLLL WILL BE EXSPHEREEEES!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Gah!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You can’t hold out with just that janky sword!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m coming, hold on!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Stay out of my way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She defeats a beast-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Thanks, that cleared a path! Now I can reach Tsubasa-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-More beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ugh! This seriously must be every beast on the whole island! How can we deal with numbers like these?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We just have to beat them all.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Tsubasa! Just hold on for a little longer!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You should be telling that to this sword instead!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ETERNAL SWORD! ETERNAL SWOOOOORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I think this sword has reached its limit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Tsk… we aren’t getting any closer to Tsubasa. In fact, we’re just getting driven further apart!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Maybe we could throw Tsubasa her armed gear…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-More beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh bloody hell! I’m getting sick of this! We can’t even get through to where her armed gear is!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: We also can’t provide her decent cover from this distance!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Uwa! I’m getting pushed back!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: There really is no end to these things!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There’s no choice… I’m gonna force my way over there! Back me up everybody!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay. I’m leaving it to you. Don’t miss your opportunity!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s all you, Lloyd!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, we’ll knock ‘em silly with a big attack. You better save Tsubasa and not screw it up!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We’ll make sure you can reach her, Lloyd!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: GET OUTTA THE WAAY!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Kanade uses ANTARES BUSTER-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sweet, now I can go!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Even <i>more</i> of them?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You have to get over to Tsubasa no matter what! Don’t stop and just keep moving!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, we’ll help you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m not letting you beasts get in his way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Maria uses Holy Judgement-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You guys… thanks a bunch! Now just leave it to me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Break! Shatter to pieces!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks Tsubasa-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’m not done yet!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A beast attacks her-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Uh oh! Luciel distracted me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: BREAAAK!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: *gasp*!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Don’t give up!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Lloyd jumps in front of her-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What are you doing?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugah!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Why did you cover for me?! You should have known that attack was going to land!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There’s no way in hell I’m standing by and just watching my friend get hurt!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Here, take my sword. One of them got shattered by that last attack, but this one is still okay.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Use my sword and the one you have to deliver a two-blade attack and tear down that bastard!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Very well, I’ll take that zeal of yours to heart!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Using this life you saved and this sword you lent me... Luciel shall be defeated!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A glowing light appears-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: The swords are… glowing?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: S-somehow the swords are changing shape?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait, that sword is…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: THE ETERNAL SWOOORD?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This is… the Eternal Sword?!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There’s no mistaking it! That’s the Eternal Sword!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I knew it… this is the sword I saw when we were teleported here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">???: My child… let the resounding emotions be your song.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Tsubasa’s gear changes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: The resounding emotions…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What’s with that getup? Wait, did you hear that voice?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes I felt like I heard something. But now’s not the time to worry about that!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Take it, Lloyd! This Eternal Sword!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sure, but… I’m not in the best shape…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-There is a glowing light from the sword that revitalizes him-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait, what…? Oh, I see.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Thank you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ETERNAL SWOOOOOORD!<br />Lloyd: You’ll never get your hands on this! We need it to save the world - to save everyone!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Time to end this, Lloyd!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sure thing, Tsubasa!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: If one sword has a power of 100, then 2 is 200! That means both of us together makes 400!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: En guarde!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’ve already seen all of your moves!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You can’t beat us!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: D-damn youuu!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You keep on attacking and we’ll just…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: …charge in at every opening!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (I don’t even need to ask. I already know how Tsubasa will move and how I should respond!)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (This isn’t just two people using twin blades. We are unified in body and soul, so this is a quad blade style!)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I SHALL CREATE MY IDEAL WOOORLD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Nobody can create a world that only they wish for! Because the world doesn’t belong to just a single person!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: MY REVEEEENGE!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No matter how miserable or painful the world is, people can always join hands and live on together!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: The bonds between people and the emotions that create them! These are our…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Our…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa & Lloyd: Swoooords!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Tsubasa uses Falcon’s Crest-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: URGAAAH!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: The world… my life… it’s all ending…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He dies-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We finally did it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Lloyd! No time to party, the island is-!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I know. Let’s hurry!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, but let me say one thing. That was some amazing swordsmanship, Lloyd!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah! Doing that unison with you was the best thing ever, Tsubasa!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 10: To Their Respective Worlds</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: All right, I think it’s about time that we destroyed this Infidore thing. Everyone ready?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, let’s see this through to the end!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Watch this! Falcon’s Crest!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Kinda too late to ask, but are we sure it was okay to destroy it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I feel like the destruction of the island has only gotten faster.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s okay. When the seal on the Eternal Sword was lifted, everything was explained to me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What do you mean, the sword told you?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, more or less.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What happened this time is that the Eternal Sword was temporarily sealed when it came into contact with Tsubasa’s unknown power.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: As Tsubasa and I came to know and trust each other, that “unknown” power became something “familiar” instead, which undid the seal.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Lloyd… I didn’t really understand any of that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Um… well, let’s not sweat the details.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: The island is disappearing more as we speak, are you sure it’s okay?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We’re all good. Before this place falls apart entirely, I’ll send you back to your world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You can do that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I told you before, the Eternal Sword is capable of it. I just gotta slice like this…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He cuts open a portal-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I had the Eternal Sword connect our worlds. If you go through this, it will definitely get you back home.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Are you really sure it connects to our world?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yep. Apparently because my bond with Tsubasa is very strong right now, I was able to do it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Because of that, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yep. I don’t know if I could manage to do it later down the line, though.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That’s too bad. I thought it might be fun being a woodcutter with you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I wanted to see you perform on the stage, myself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I would have liked to see that too…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: If we meet again, I’ll make sure you get extra special seats! Look forward to it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: For real?! All right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Great, I’m looking forward to it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I guess this is goodbye. Makes me sad to think about…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Same here. I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel sad. But, by some chance, we could meet again someday.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So let’s make this a happy goodbye. I really enjoyed the time we spent together.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yeah, I really had fun feeling like I had a big sister. Let’s cook again together sometime, Maria.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I-I told you not to call me big sister.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Lloyd, let me return your sword. This is the one I borrowed from you in battle. We were saved thanks to this.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I want you to have it. It’s not exactly super important to me… plus, I think it belongs to you now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Really? Then I shall accept it as a token of our friendship. I’ll treasure it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Haha, make sure you keep using it. I’d feel bad for the sword if you just hung it up like a decoration somewhere.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Haha, then I’ll do as you say.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …Well, the island is about to go poof. This is goodbye for real.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Thanks for everything!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It was a struggle, but even more than that… it was fun. Goodby… no, see you again someday.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I had a blast, too! See ya!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’ll never forget you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No need for thanks. You saved us just as much as we saved you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Peace out… It would be nice to see you again someday. If that happens, let’s spar again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Most definitely!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Nnn… where are we?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, are you okay?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You scared us, collapsing suddenly like that. Jeez, did you stay up too late or what?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: If you are feeling tired… it’s best not to push yourself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Lloyd flashes back to what happened-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Huh? I just saw…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (What? What was that?)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Don’t tell me you got hurt?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, I’m not hurt. Anyways, Colette! Where’s everybody else?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Everybody else?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: My sister and the others are waiting over there.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Oh… I see, of course…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Are you sure you’re okay?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m good. It’s nothing.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m glad!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sorry to worry you guys. Let’s head for where Mithos is. <b>We’re going to return this world back to how it should be!!</b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichoDYVIYuq8ViyP9AQY2p5OrG3zJ1Svy2Xb9ta6Tdx1Xuvtci8HKNIC_EPrHsWPRDk9x_NQ6SqLIvBsCBP-c_B41hckWUjr__nMAp57ZX9WQTt1qwHcpr3xxnT5NZNqTVs9wCbqzjwRFV/s1334/IMG_1428.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1334" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichoDYVIYuq8ViyP9AQY2p5OrG3zJ1Svy2Xb9ta6Tdx1Xuvtci8HKNIC_EPrHsWPRDk9x_NQ6SqLIvBsCBP-c_B41hckWUjr__nMAp57ZX9WQTt1qwHcpr3xxnT5NZNqTVs9wCbqzjwRFV/w640-h360/IMG_1428.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">THE END</span></p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33) 3px 3px 9px 5px; cursor: pointer; display: none; left: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 10629px; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-64168361803332835792020-10-03T15:48:00.004-07:002020-10-03T18:57:50.515-07:00More Tales of Symphogear <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhL0m21km4XvtDVJ6-2rBNxgd9m0l1cDAIbhzu3oTEavv_Y_KnkdRz3EqtSSO2AdJxNR4dVVZ21jy_5reDWA-AbCb7JFKskPG_wwrtUoZZchOPYBQQWWpu1xkw2MrlitiGhI7ogWJkK2E/s610/Screen+Shot+2020-10-03+at+5.45.27+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="610" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhL0m21km4XvtDVJ6-2rBNxgd9m0l1cDAIbhzu3oTEavv_Y_KnkdRz3EqtSSO2AdJxNR4dVVZ21jy_5reDWA-AbCb7JFKskPG_wwrtUoZZchOPYBQQWWpu1xkw2MrlitiGhI7ogWJkK2E/w200-h139/Screen+Shot+2020-10-03+at+5.45.27+PM.png" width="200" /></a></div>Hi again! I've been making my way through the Symphonia event and translating as I go. If you're interested, here are translations for stage 4 and stage 5. I hope to update this post with stage 6 and maybe 7 later tonight. My goal is to have finished the whole thing within the next few days. Thanks for reading. :)<div><br /></div><div>Edit: Stage 6 TL added! (Note: spelling of "Leciel" changed to "Luciel". Given what we find out about him, this seems more fitting).<br /><p></p><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Stage 4: Onward, to Search the Dungeon</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s pretty crude, but we’ve set up our base and gathered plenty of food supplies. So, it’s time to search the island again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: In terms of where we should search, I’m very curious about those ruins.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It’s possible that Genis and the others have been captured and trapped inside by someone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Good point. That would explain why he vanished so quickly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Well, that decides it. We’re going to thoroughly search through the ruins.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah. So no more talking, let’s get moving!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: There don’t seem to be any beasts around.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Neither is that huge one we saw. I guess now is our best chance to get inside.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They go inside the ruins-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: This place seems like it could fall apart at any moment.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes. And it’s also incredibly… quiet. Despite the fact it’s supposedly a den of beasts.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Everybody stay alert. Enemies could come at us from literally any direction.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: True that. Let’s proceed with an abundance of caution.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They keep going-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s a dead end… No wait, it looks like there might be more past this door.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, leave it to me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She shoves the door-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It won’t open… Is this door busted?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hey, look over there. There’s something next to the door.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Objects that depict a flower, the sun and… the moon? What are these?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um, I think these are probably a puzzle we have to solve to get by the door.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There’s usually hints to the solution close by… here we go.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Ah! There are similar pictures drawn on the wall!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: These are clearly moon patterns, which means the sun is on the opposite side… and so if we line the flower piece up here…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-There’s a noise and the door opens-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Whoa! It actually opened!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yep, piece of cake.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You figured it out so quickly… but how?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: We’ve had to solve a lot of similar riddles in ruins and caves and such during our journey.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see. How reliable.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: And now there’s a shining floor… seems like some kind of new riddle.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Stepping on it changes the color. Okay, so…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They solve and proceed-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Another door. But how can we use that switch we saw to open it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Nothing happens if you push it, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hey! There’s a mirror over here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: A full-length mirror in a place like this? How odd.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: There’s light coming in from the window. Oh! Perhaps if we use the mirror to reflect light at the switch…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-The door opens-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wow! Awesome!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Our search of the ruins is going really smoothly thanks to them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s a huge help! I totally suck at stuff like this.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You’re all very impressive, being able to solve these puzzles so quickly and with ease.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hehehe, you think so?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I guess we can hold our own without Genis around.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Oh… we’re at the next door.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There’s a switch right next to it. Maybe this one doesn’t have any fancy tricks?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, wait just a se-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Boop!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She pushes the switch-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Huh?! The ceiling opened up instead of the door!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Monsters drop down-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: What?! A bunch of beasts came from above!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That switch was just a fake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: D-damn, I didn’t realize that could be a thing!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Learn from your mistakes later! Right now we need to fight the beasts off!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: If you’re feeling tired, then let us handle this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That’s the last of them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: That was a close call. Here, have an Apple Gel.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Thanks, that helps a lot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hard to believe that making the wrong choice causes beasts to just appear…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It looks like the real switch was hidden under this rock here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Sorry guys. I caused us some real trouble…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Nah, forget it. We’ve made a billion mistakes on our adventure thus far.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I guess puzzle solving has to be done slowly, making sure we take the time to think things over.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That is correct. At the very least, you cannot just wantonly press buttons or switches.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Hey, it’s you! So, you really did go inside of the ruins.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Indeed. I snuck in the other day while you were all fighting the beasts. Thanks to that, I’ve made great progress on my investigation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Or, at least, that’s what I’d like to say… the truth is that there have been so many traps and beasts I haven’t been able to get around much.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That figures. That’s what you get for going off by yourself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: If you don’t mind, I’d like to accompany you again…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: We can’t just abandon him. Nobody minds, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sure. But be careful not to wander off on your own again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes, of course.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: There’s nothing in this room, so we can just ignore it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Oh, please avoid going that way. There is a den of beasts further along.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: If you turn right here…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You seem awfully familiar with the layout here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes. As I told you once before, I’ve explored on my own a number of times. Allow me to be your guide.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: With all these beasts around, I’m surprised you managed to get so far and survive just on your own.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Well, I have been here for many years. I’m very accustomed to hiding from beasts.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Uh-huh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Beasts?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I thought you were an expert at hiding from them…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes, well, they do get the drop on me occasionally. Please fight them off!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Time to do our duty. Let’s take these ones out before anymore show up!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (I don’t care how good he is at hiding. There’s no way he survived for years bumbling around like this… right?)</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: How many is this now?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This is weird. Aren’t there just way too many enemies?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I agree. The paths we take and the rooms we enter all seem to be backfiring on us.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It couldn’t be…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Huh? M-me?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Are you saying I’m intentionally leading you into places with beasts?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: After so many encounters, it’s only natural to be suspicious.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes…. it is most unusual.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: It’s not my fault! The beasts become much more active inside of the ruins!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: More active?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes. I don’t know what the cause behind that is, however. So I would ask you refrain from placing the blame on me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I didn’t realize that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Anyways, it would be nice if we could find a safe path. Then we could-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Eek!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Owie, owie, owie. I fell down again…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh? I thought I heard something near my feet just now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Uh oh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Don’t tell me, is it another trap switch?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I-I’m so sorry…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No apologies, just get behind me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A big crash-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Did the wall just fall apart…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I don’t detect the presence of any beasts. Apparently this was not a trap. Perhaps this is… a hidden passage?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That’s awesome! I can’t believe they found this! You didn’t even know about it, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Y-yes… I was unaware.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: O-oh dear… I broke a whole wall. I hope that’s not a problem…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Let’s proceed inside for now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It connects to a room of some kind.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I wonder what’s inside? Wait, this is…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A sword is stuck in a stone platform-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That looks very similar to the Eternal Sword.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (That sword actually resembles the one I saw when we were transported here…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Is that the Eternal Sword you’ve been searching for?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It looks like it, but I’m not actually sure yet. Let’s get closer and try to verify.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Even up close, this looks like the real deal to me. But…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This platform… it seems to be part of some device and the sword is incorporated into it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hey, Lloyd. Is that really the Eternal Sword?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hard to say… I mean, if that’s the case, then how did it end up in a place like this?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Is there any way for you to identify it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I might know for sure if I grab hold of it. Here I go!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Rumbling-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Huh?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: An earthquake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Guys! Stay low and cover your heads, we gotta make it through this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It seems like the quake has stopped.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That was the biggest one we’ve experienced so far. I’m glad this place didn’t come crumbling down on us.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Considering the timing… did touching the sword trigger the quake? Or was it just a coincidence?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I might have picked a really bad moment to try. Let me give it another go.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You must not touch that sword.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Why not?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That’s no ordinary sword. The device that the sword is part of is creating the space-time that this island exists in.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: To be honest, I have actually visited this same room once before. However, I got here via a different route from the passageway we just took.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: What I discovered upon investigating was that this device is responsible for producing our current space-time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That being said, the power of this device is not perfect. That’s why space-time is collapsing right now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: So why exactly did you not mention any of this before?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Out of precaution. I had only just met you people and there was nothing to assure me you were trustworthy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Well, I suppose we feel the same about you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Anyway, if that device is responsible for producing this space, then wouldn’t we able to go back to our worlds if we destroy it?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That is certainly one possibility. However, it can’t be done flimsily.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: What do you mean by that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: If you strike the device with too weak of a blow, you may only make it malfunction and hasten the destruction of the island.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Just like what happened when that boy touched it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So that’s what the earthquake was about…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That’s why, in order to escape this island, we must find a way to fully destroy the machine in one fell swoop.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I get you. So in that case-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hold on. This sword built into the device… it might be the Eternal Sword that we’ve been looking for.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: But, according to this man, this device has been here for a number of years - right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Indeed. At the very least, it has been here since the time that I arrived on this island.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We were only sent here a few days ago. And the Eternal Sword disappeared at the same time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: In which case, the sword that’s currently stuck in this platform must be a different blade that only resembles the Eternal Sword.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You might be right about that. But the Eternal Sword has the ability to manipulate even time itself. So anything is possible.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Besides, when I touched it earlier, I sensed some sort of power.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But it was just for a moment, so I can’t be 100% positive. That’s why, I’d like to grab hold of it one more time…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Okay, you should investigate it closely to try and be certain.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Right, this might be our best chance. Who knows when that giant beast is gonna come after us again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, go ahead and examine it all you want.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Are you sure? I might just be making the situation with the island worse.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: The Eternal Sword is of absolute importance to us. You should do what it takes to make sure.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Agreed. If we find out this is just a fake… then we can destroy it right away.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I can’t stop you at this point. Feel free to go ahead.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Thank you. Okay guys, brace for another earthquake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Here I go!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Beasts?! Where did they come from?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: From the hidden passage we took earlier!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It will be disastrous if the device gets damaged by them…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right, let’s fend them off!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Stay in front of the device and keep it safe!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay but there are way too many beasts! We’re not gonna hold out long…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Are you okay?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Agh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Tsubasa!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, look out!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd & Tsubasa: Not good!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They are flung back by an attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Both of their hands landed on the sword stuck in the platform…?!)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This is bad! The quake is way too strong, it may even make the whole ruin come crumbling down!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Forget about running, the temors are making it hard to even stay on my feet!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Presea, look out! The ground is splitting!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Aaah!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Dammit! Grab hold!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Aaagh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Oh no, Kanade and Presea!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Did they fall through the floor?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Let’s go after them! The quake has died down, so everybody jump into the hole!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Crap!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Even more beasts… we can’t get close to the hole now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No choice, we’ll have to pull back for now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Stage 5: A Lucky Break?!</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: We managed to get back to the base in one piece.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Are you having regrets about the last battle?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We were in enemy territory, but I let that sword distract me and dropped my guard. And now we lost friends as a result…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Do you honestly think those two would meet their end that easily?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hm…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Kanade is far stronger than that. I absolutely believe that she’s still alive.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What about you?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Same here… I’m gonna believe in them! Presea wouldn’t die from something like that!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And that goes for Genis too! Everyone will get back together and we’ll return home for sure!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes, that’s right.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Thanks for knocking some sense into me. This isn’t the time to wallow in pity.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I have to believe our friends are safe and start thinking about what our next move should be!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Looks like he’s back on his feet.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I was worried since you seemed so depressed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You guys… you were listening?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I also believe in Presea and Genis. I know those two are doing just fine!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right. Sorry for worrying you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You said you were going to check on our remaining supplies. How are we looking?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: We’ve totally run out of Gels and Holy Bottles.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It seems like we used the last of them in that battle earlier…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It took all we had just to make it out of there. We had no choice.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: And also, it seems like Luciel has vanished once again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He was with us at least partway through our retreat from the ruins… perhaps he went off somewhere again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You know, that guy is nothing but suspicious.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yes, but there’s no point fretting about it. Let’s focus on what our next step is.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right. We never figured out what that device really was…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Did you figure anything out from touching it, Lloyd?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …I felt something when I touched that sword.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So, then it must be…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But, I also felt like something was out of place…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Out of place?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’ve handled the Eternal Sword once before.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I can’t explain it clearly, but what I felt now was somehow different from when I handled it before.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: At the same time, I can’t be sure of anything unless we look into it some more. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more use…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, that’s unavoidable. You only were able to touch it for a brief moment, after all.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: For right now, we’ll put aside the mystery of whether the sword in the device is the Eternal Sword or not.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What we do know is that unless we completely destroy that device, we won’t be able to get out of this space.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And if we fumble any moves against it, things will turn out just as bad as they did earlier… If we want to destroy it, then it’s all or nothing.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: But on the other hand, if that really is the Eternal Sword, then we can’t destroy it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Without it, we can’t unite Sylvarant and Tethe’alla and the world will be ruined…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What the hell should we do?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (There are ways for us to get back home. But it seems those methods will require making a great sacrifice…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (And in the end, we must decide upon an answer. Regardless of what shape it takes…)</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Nng… where are we…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ah, nice to see you awake.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I remember… falling into a hole.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. We were lucky it didn’t drop us into a den of beasts or a river or something.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Are you hurt anywhere? I’ve got some Gels left, so eat on up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Thank you so much. I imagine things would have been much worse for me without you here.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh pshaw. Friends always help friends, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Anyways, once you’re feeling up to it we need to figure out a way to get out of here.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Right. We fell into an underground space. Are there any paths back up?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I busted down a few walls and found a path that connects to the ruins. I’m betting it’s connected to the topside somehow.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …I think you’re much more of a spitfire than I am.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Please just let us through here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She defeats some beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There’s a bunch of beasts living around here too, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s gonna be tough for just the two of us to make it through the ruins.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We’re going to need to coordinate more closely than we were before.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, I hear you. How do you usually team up with others?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: My weapon requires me to make large swings that leave a lot of open space. So I tend to work best with long-range support or quick attackers who have a variety of moves.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: …That’s a problem. I’m the same type as you, I blow my way through with big attacks. Fighting with limited space isn’t really my thing…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes, you do certainly seem to have a similar style.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Well, there’s no point forcing ourselves to pick a formation or anything. That actually might end up making us feel cramped, anyways.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Let’s just do our best to match each other’s tempo while in battle.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: During the battle, really?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, the fact that we have similar styles probably means it’s easier for us to get into the same tempo.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Besides, you said it yourself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That we’re similar to each other!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …Yes. I believe you are also someone who understands the pain of loneliness and the irreplaceable value of friends.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. So I know we’re gonna make a good pair!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …Yes. Let’s do our best.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Gasp!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: What’s wrong? Beasts?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Not beasts. It feels like… a human presence?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I might be Tsubasa and the gang. Let’s go check!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Someone’s in this room…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">???: I hope Lloyd and the others are okay…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This voice… it sounds like Genis.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Ah! You came to save me!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I never imagined you would be stuck in a jail cell…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: No matter how I tried to break out, nothing worked.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: These do certainly seem to be extra tough iron bars. Who put you in this place?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: We can talk later. If we don’t hurry, you two are gonna get discovered!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: True enough. Our priority should be getting you out of there! Okay, stand back as far as you can.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: R-right…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’m gonna slice right through these stupid bars!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Not even Gungnir was able to lay a scratch on them…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: No luck, huh… Okay, how about you try looking for a switch on your side that might open the door?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Good call. That would make things simple.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I believe… there is a switch in this room. Let’s split up and look.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Here’s a super obvious switch.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yeah…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But we already learned that switches like these tend to be fakes. Let’s look around more.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Here we go! I just knew there’d be another hidden switch!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes. Now can save Genis.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, let’s do this. Boop!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Rumbling-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Whoa! The walls of the cell are closing in on me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: O-oh no, was the second switch a fake too!?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I’m gonna end up a pancake soon!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The real switch should be somewhere.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We don’t have time to find it. Times like these call for brute strength!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Come on, Presea. Help me destroy the iron bars!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Understood!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: How are they this strong?! Even the two of us together aren’t making a dent!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: What do we do?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Look behind you! There are beasts coming!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Damn, they heard the noise we were making. We need to defeat these guys first!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This is the last one!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We dealt with the beasts but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The walls of the cell are already so close together!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s okay, you two. Just forget about me…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: What are you saying?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s too late! Leave me behind and get out of here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Not happening. We’re not leaving you and we <i>will</i> save you, so listen…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Don’t give up on living!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Don’t give up… on living?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: C’mon, stand back! I’m gonna have another go at the bars!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m not going to give up on saving you either!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Guh… the steel is too hard. But I’ll try again!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You guys…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Okay, I get it. I won’t give up either! I’ll figure out some way out of this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That’s the spirit! Let’s do this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Huh? That sound just now… Hey! Try attacking the same bar that you just hit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, got it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: For some reason this bar sounds different from all the rest. I think… this one is more deteriorated!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Then that’s the one we need to hit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: So close… but it won’t break. You don’t have enough power.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: No problem. In that case we’ll just hit it at the same time! We have to match up our timing perfectly!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: But we’ve never even practiced…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We can do it! I said it before, right? We make a good pair!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You nailed it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: See? Matching each other happens naturally.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Amazing. It’s almost like we’ve practiced it before…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: C’mon! One more go!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Huh? Oh, right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You hit it again! Just a little more!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We’re going to make it, no matter what! So don’t give up until the very end!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We’re gonna save you, so just hang tight!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: My Exsphere is glowing…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I can feel… a power rising! This must be Presea’s…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Kanade’s gear transforms-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Her armor transformed?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: What is going on?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: A resonance change?! But no time for explanations! This time we’re gonna break that bar!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This is the end! Get wrecked!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They attack-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: The bar broke!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Now! Get out!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Uaagh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: W-whew, that was close. Like literally by a hair!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m so glad you’re safe.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Sorry, it’s my fault the trap got activated.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Don’t worry, there’s nothing you could have done. Anyways, thanks for saving me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It was thanks to both of you that I was able to hang on.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Outta the way! We don’t got time to deal with you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She defeat beasts-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: What incredible power…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You called it a “resonance change” earlier, but what does that mean?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: To put it simply, the gear responds to my inner perception of power and changes based on that.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: At that moment, I felt the power from Presea’s Expshere. And that’s when Gungnir responded to that resonance and changed its shape.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I see. That explains why you look so similar to Presea now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …That was difficult for me to understand.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: To be honest, I don’t really get how it works either.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But I think that my gear and your Exsphere responded to our strong desire to save Genis. That’s what matters.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So in other words, I wouldn’t have been able to save him without you there. So thanks, Presea.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Not at all… I didn’t do anything that requires thanks.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yeah, if anyone is doing the thanking it’s gotta be me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Anyways, I’m frustrated that everybody had such a hard time cuz I got myself caught.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m just glad you’re okay. Everyone else was worried about you, too.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: P-Presea! Th-thank you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Speaking of which, who is the one that captured you?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Oh right! It was some guy named Luciel! He said he was gonna use me as part of his experiment!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Wait a minute. What… did you just say?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I said that he planed to use me as a subject in his experiment! It’s totally outrageous!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: No, that’s not what we meant. Are you saying the name of the guy who did this to you was Luciel?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yeah, I’m sure of it. Do you guys know him?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah… I thought he was suspicious. But he might be far more dangerous than any of us expected.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I wonder what kind of experiment he’s trying to do.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Umm, well…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Here we go again. No time for chitchat now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We need to get out these ruins and meet back up with Lloyd first. They need to know about Luciel.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: This place is full of beasts and built like a maze! Where are we supposed to go?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The fatigue of multiple battles is starting to wear us down.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Another crossroads. Uh, I guess we should head right for now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wait! Going that way will lead us back to where we were earlier. We need to go left.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Do you know the way?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I don’t know the whole layout, but I’ve created a map in my head of the places we’ve been.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That’s a big help. Sorry, but this place is just a bunch of nonsense to me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I’ll return the favor for you saving me! Just let me handle this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: The room down that way is one we haven’t been to yet!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Okay, let’s check it out. Be careful though, since anything could be inside.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Right.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wait, that’s Luciel!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Be quiet. He’s trying to do something.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: There’s someone else inside laying on a bed. Wait, is that…?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Yes, have a taste of some pain…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Man: Ugh… s-stop it! Please!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The person laying on the bed seems to be struggling! His body is morphing!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Is he turning into a beast?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: So, this is the experiment he was talking about…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: You seem to be in so much pain. Let me save you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: He’s injecting something again… What is that blue medicine?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Man: Ugh…ugh… waagh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: The man who was struggling is calming down now?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Screw it, we can’t stay here watching any longer! Let’s move!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Wha?! How did you get in here?! You got swept up and died in the earthquake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We came back to wring your stupid little neck. Be grateful!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: That’s not going to happen!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Beasts! I just knew that Luciel was controlling them!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: We have to hurry after him or he’s going to get away!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We have to get rid of these beasts first!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Stage 6: The Truth Revealed</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: Luciel, I’ve decided that you are no longer welcome here. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: P-please wait a moment, Lord Yggdrasill! What is it that I’ve done?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: You betrayed me. You’ve been using Exspheres for your own personal gain. Did you think I wouldn’t find out?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: N-no, you’re mistaken! All of my research is for the sake of producing a new High Exsphere!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: If we can complete the High Exsphere with its own internal key crest, then surely it will become useful as a replacement for the Cruxis Crystal!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: I don’t need to hear your boorish excuses, your exile has already been imposed. Be grateful I left you alive.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Uwaagh! M-my Cruxis Crystal!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: You have no use for it anymore.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Give it back! It belongs to me!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: You pathetic fool!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Gwaaagh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: This belongs to no one at all.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: Farewell. My former brethren.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: *Panting*… I can’t die yet…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I <i>will</i> have my revenge on Yggrdasill! He will pay for getting in the way of my research!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: From right here… from nothing… I shall construct my vengeance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggrdasill: You fell into a gap of space-time and survived, eh Luciel?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: However, there is nothing you can do from there. Enjoy whittling away your time for eternity…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette! Hey, Colette!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh? Lloyd…? Um, what are you doing here?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What do you mean? I was worried because you were groaning really loudly!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Did you have a nightmare or something?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’ll prepare you a warm something to drink. It will help calm you down.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: A dream… that’s right! I had a dream! Lloyd, I saw another fragment of Mithos’ memory. This was one from back when he called himself Yggdrasill.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Mithos’ memory… what happened in this one?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: For some reason Luciel was in this memory…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Luciel?! Are you serious?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: He was doing research to develop a new type of Exsphere. When Mithos found out about it, Luciel was exiled.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: And it seems like at that time, his Cruxis Crystal was stolen by Mithos.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Exspheres and Mithos… are you saying that Luciel is an angel?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hold on a second, we don’t understand any of this.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Uhhh, angels are people from Derris-Kharrlan and Mithos is…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Forget it, there’s so much to explain that my brain is gonna explode. All you need to know is that Luciel is a bad dude for sure!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Well that’s easy enough to understand.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It appears that he’s deeply involved in this whole affair.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Let’s start tracking him right away. There’s only one place he could be!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Where are you, Luciel?! We know you’re here! Show yourself!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Enough of that, please. You mustn’t raise your voice so loud. What will you do if you attract a group of beasts?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Tell me. How are you still okay after having your Cruxis Crystal stolen by Mithos?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I have no idea how you discovered that little fact, but I’ll tell you it was because I had this.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He displays a shining sphere-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Is that a… jewel?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: This is something I created as a product of my research. This is a High Exsphere, which has its own internal key crest - eliminating the need for one!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: After Yggdrassill stole my Cruxis Crystal, I used it on impulse.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: A High Exsphere with its own internal key crest… Can it really be true?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: A revolutionary breakthrough, yes? However, it is still incomplete! There was a problem!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: And thus, it was necessary for me to use you all as guinea pigs to complete it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Wait, are you saying you brought us here just for that?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What’s the point?! What good comes from completing that thing?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Oh, that’s obvious. It’s so that I don’t become like this!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He transforms into the giant beast-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That’s the huge beast that attacked us outside the ruins!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: So that thing was Luciel the whole time?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Indeed. I have no time left. The Infidore I spent so long to create is nothing more than an imitation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: “Infidore”? “Imitation”? Enough with all your mad scientist bullshit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: This space will soon disappear and that will be the end of everything!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-He attacks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, are you okay?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, but…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Even if we wanted to ask more, we’re past the point for words now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: If he’s the cause of everything, then let’s take him down!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: WHERE IS THE HIGH EXSPHERE?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: AND THE ETERNAL SWORD! GIVE IT ALL TO ME!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Is he trying to steal away our Exspheres <i>and</i> the Eternal Sword?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I can fend off his attacks, but that’s about it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Maria, I’ll cover you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Thank you, but don’t put yourself out too far. Taking the full brunt of one of those attacks could kill you!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He’s incredibly powerful. His strength is on a completely different scale than the beasts we fought so far!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: How can we beat this guy?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: THE ETERNAL SWORD BELONGS TO ME!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Dodge, Lloyd!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Damn, no time-!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A slashing sound-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: W-what was that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Looks like we have perfect timing. You guys okay?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Nice save! Thanks a bunch! Wait, what’s with your outfit?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It’s a long story.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Sorry to be late. We’re here to back you up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Presea! You made it out safe too!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: You guys are just helpless without me, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Genis! Where the heck have you been, man?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Sorry to worry you. But right now, we gotta deal with this monster!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s no good, Genis. Our attacks hardly do anything to him!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Okay, then what <i>should</i> we do?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Let’s retreat for the time being, now that we know everyone is safe!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Roger that! I’ll lead the way. We can use the confusing layout of the ruins to shake him off!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Sounds good. We’ll let you lead the way. I’ll cover our rear!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Thanks!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Okay, this way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: RAAAGH! GIVE ME THE ETERNAL SWORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVE ME THE HIGH EXSPHERE! THE CRUXIS CRYSTAAAL!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That thing is on a total rampage! Has it lost its mind or what?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: This is our chance! Everyone focus on making a break for it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …Is he following us at all?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It doesn’t seem so. I believe that we managed to escape.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: That was a real pain in the ass. It was screaming all that weird stuff. What’s the deal?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That was Luciel.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: What?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We actually saw Luciel performing some really vile experiments not too long ago.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />Maria: Experiments… They must be related to his ultimate goal.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We should take a minute to sort out everything we know.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It seems the device with that Eternal Sword-look alike might be the key to getting out of here.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I would like to get a good look at it myself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, I want another chance to check the sword.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay, let’s go back to that room one more time. Luciel has lost his sanity right now, so we should be able to.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, let’s hurry and make tracks!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: This is the place.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It really does look just like the Eternal Sword…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: How do you want to do this?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Delivering any shock to the device would only make things worse with the island. So we need to be very careful.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You’re the boss man here. Get it done.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, but if something goes wrong-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A growl is heard-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s Luciel! He followed us all the way here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: He couldn’t have picked a worse time!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVE ME THE ETERNAL SWOOOORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Why the hell are you asking us for it?! Isn’t the sword stuck in this device the Eternal Sword?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Without it… I cannot accomplish my goal… GIVE ME THE ETERNAL SWOOORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He’s attacking! Talking to him isn’t going to work!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Guh… this is a bad place to fight!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: If any of his attacks hit the device, then…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (Actually, if we just destroy the thing in one blow then everybody may be able to get back to the original worlds…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (But if there’s even a slight chance that this is the Eternal Sword, then I…)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Ghrragh… it hurts… the Cruxis Crystal… the High Exsphere… GIVE IT TO ME!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Ugh… he’s strong…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Bear with it. All we can do right now is protect the device from him!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Don’t hesitate! You have a duty to save your world!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Which means throwing away your only means of doing that isn’t an option!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVE ME THE ETERNAL SWOOOORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Can I hold him off…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (What’s this? My back feels like its on fire. Is this coming from that sword I picked up?)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Straightforward attacks like this should be manageable!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She blocks and then counters-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That move… was that one of mine?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hm? What did I just do? Did the sword make me do that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: WITH THE ETERNAL SWORD, I CAN CREATE MY IDEAL WORLD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ideal world?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ideal world… Eternal Sword… I’m remembering…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Flashback-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: It’s complete. An artificial Eternal Sword. I hereby dub it: The Infidore!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: With this, I shall be able to create my ideal world!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: Luciel… Your lust for power knows no bounds. Much like my own.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Yggdrasill: However, your desires will never come to fruition. Not with that forgery you created.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Returns to present-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: J-just now… I saw Mithos…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVE ME THE ETERNAL SWORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Look man, I’m telling you we don’t have it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Infidore. I see, that’s what that sword is!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd! The Eternal Sword over there is just a fake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Huh?! A fake? What do you mean?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVE ME GIVE ME GIVE MEEEE!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Explosion and rumbling-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Not good, another quake!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Did something hit the device?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This fight is too intense. It’s only a matter of time before one of his attacks manages to hit the device!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette, you can explain later. Right now we need to leave this room! Get him to follow us!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Right, sounds like a plan!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Genis! You sure this is the right way?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yep! If we keep going this way there should be an intersection!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wait, what?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: The path is blocked off?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: It must be his doing. That rampage earlier must have caused all this rubble blocking the way.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: No way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: THERE IS NO TIME! GIVE IT TO ME NOW! ALL OF IT!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: He’s already caught up to us!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Then we just have to get past him and go back the way we came. If we do that, we can escape via another path.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: No, going back is too dangerous. We’ll just blow all this rubble out of the way!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Please fend off Luciel in the meantime.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Good luck, you two. We’ll cover your backs and engage him in interim!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GIVEEEE MEEEE!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Eek!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Look out!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’ll block this one-!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Maria covers for Colette with a shield-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What?! His power is growing even greater!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-The shield breaks-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No! He broke through the barrier! I’m gonna take the hit!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Maria!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Aaaagh!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You bastard!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette! Can you hear me?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m glad you’re okay Maria…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You shouldn’t have been so reckless just to try and protect me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m okay… this isn’t a big deal for me…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You’re a mess! Just stay put!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ugh… ah…. ah….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: It’s not just a normal injury. Something is weird…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What the hell did you do to Colette?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: UUGGHRAAGH!!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Answer me, Luciel!!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Get back! There’s no point trying to talk with him!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wait, is this what Luciel talked about before?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Do you know what’s going on?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yeah, maybe…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-A crashing sound-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Alrighty, sorry to keep you! The path is clear now!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: GRAAGH!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Damn, we have to get out of here.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hang in there, Colette! I’m gonna save you no matter what!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, this is the last wall!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Right!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They smash through-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We can see the outside now. That means we can say goodbye to these ruins, keep it up everyone!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette, hang in there just a little longer!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m okay… really…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Everybody made it out. Now all that’s left…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: ETERNAL SWOOORD!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m beyond tired of hearing you say that!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You just stay put in these ruins, big boy!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-They destroy part of the building-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Good, he can’t get out from there.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes, but whose to say how long that will last. We need to hurry back to our base.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, I’m worried about the state Colette is in.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: How is Colette?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: She’s sleeping right now. However… it’s clear she’s not in very good shape.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What’s happening to her? Genis, did that guy tell you anything?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yeah. When he captured me I pretended not to know anything and coaxed a lot out of him.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Luciel said that he developed a poison in order to create a new Exsphere.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It was a poison that induced pain and fear…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Why make something like that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Exspheres are awakened through human suffering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: So it seems Luciel theorized that by continuing to induce a greater level of suffering, it would then produce and even greater awakening.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: But he said the majority of his subjects couldn’t withstand the pain and died, or turned into beasts….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: How absolutely loathsome…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I see, that explains the medicine we saw him using in his experiment that turned that guy into a beast.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Apparently that poison takes affect even on angels. He said that was another part of his revenge… against Mithos.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So then, if we don’t find a way to extract or cure the poison - Collete is gonna turn into a beast?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Is there no antidote?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: He didn’t mention anything about one…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The experiment we saw him doing… When he gave the man that blue medicine, it seemed to calm and return him to normal.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Maybe that’s it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Oh yeah! That could be an antidote!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, so if we get to the ruins then we can get the antidote!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Meaning that we can save Colette!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: And if she recovers, we can ask her what she meant earlier.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: When she said that Eternal Sword was “fake”, right? It sounded like she had realized something.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: In either case, we’re going to have to into those ruins again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Which means another battle with Luciel.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …We have to go regardless.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ugh… hnnnh…. haah..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s okay, Colette. We’re going to figure this out. Just please hold on for a little longer.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">To be Continued <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33) 3px 3px 9px 5px; cursor: pointer; display: none; left: 80px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; z-index: 2147483647;"></div></div>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-61620348823228298142020-09-30T20:03:00.005-07:002020-10-04T18:59:59.682-07:00Symphogear meets Symphonia! <p><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4g0vFtwevlLjU2BiLhaq5kUENr8-dDt9YPViMRNGTN9-uMNMfXgbSmkctBC3S1UnMR4uuooHog6RQIbzyYVfnq8W-1jUoO89k7BkQYrcwum90V4nEMSd71Al04wD5Fb0qfHcf9-5W16t/s979/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+9.57.27+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="979" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4g0vFtwevlLjU2BiLhaq5kUENr8-dDt9YPViMRNGTN9-uMNMfXgbSmkctBC3S1UnMR4uuooHog6RQIbzyYVfnq8W-1jUoO89k7BkQYrcwum90V4nEMSd71Al04wD5Fb0qfHcf9-5W16t/w200-h143/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+9.57.27+PM.png" width="200" /></a> XDU provides us with a legendary crossover!</p><p></p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33) 3px 3px 9px 5px; display: none; left: 322px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; position: absolute; top: 99px; z-index: 2147483647;"></div><div>It was enough to get me playing the game again, and also translate while I'm at it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hit the jump for the first two story missions. These are just rough translations I wrote while I played through them. They haven't been polished or edited so I apologize if they seem a little odd. </div><div><br /></div><div>Edit: The third mission has been added!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 1: An Encounter With the Unknown<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Unngh… Did I fall asleep?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ow. What the heck happened?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Is this… the ocean?! When did we come here?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hmm… yeah, this place doesn’t seem familiar at all.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Not only is this place strange, but the atmosphere… it just leaves me with a bad feeling.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I wonder what happened? As I recall, we were in the middle of a mission.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right. There were multiple reports of weird sightings and events…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. Like someone saw an angel, and there was another report of some weird bone monsters showing up.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: We were on our way to the location when a rift appeared in the sky…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Maybe this is all related to those reports we got?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: They did say there was someone who could use what looked like alchemy. We might have gotten caught in one of their techniques.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That’s certainly possible. However, I wonder what the giant sword I saw for a moment…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Sword? Where was that?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I saw it while we were floating in this weird space, after we were sucked into the rift.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I don’t remember that.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Same here, I didn’t see it either.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (The two of them didn’t see it? Was my mind just playing tricks on me…?)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wait, are you talking about that janky sword over there?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This sword…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You didn’t have that when we were on the mission. Was it just lying there?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, I’ve never seen this sword before. It’s very rusted and there are a lot of nicks in the blade.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So it’s just a piece of junk.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: The sword I saw was radiating a mysterious purple aura.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A creature roars</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What was that noise?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It sounded like some sort of creature roaring.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Behind you, Tsubasa!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, I see it. Nobody gets the drop on me that easily!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You’re super skilled, being able to ward it off with janky sword like that!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, I didn’t have time to don my gear so I just took a swing at it with this.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Keep your guard up! I’m still sensing bloodlust from it!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It attacks Kanade</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Gah, it was only playing dead. That was a dirty trick!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Are you okay?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Dodging an attack like that is a piece of cake! But what on Earth are these things?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m curious about that, too. But we don’t have time to ponder it over!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right! En guarde!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Imyuteus amenohabakiri tron-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">They fight them off</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: These are monsters? Or maybe beasts is a better way to put it. Anyways, they vanished when we beat them.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: And these… are coins, right? They appeared after the beasts went away.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There’s some kind of stone, too. I don't think these things maintain a very good diet.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It seems we’ve arrived in a world where everything is a mystery to us…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: For sure. The idea of monsters vanishing and leaving coins is not something that could happen in our world.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay, but how are we supposed to get back?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah… I don’t see any sort of gate we can go through.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: If we really did end up here without using Gjallarhorn’s power, then…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: There might not be a way back?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That can’t be… If we managed to get here, then there should be a way to leave!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: In any case, it seems we’ll have to search for it. But first, we’ve got more monsters to fight.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: ….</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Tsubasa, what are you doing?! Don’t just stand there staring at that old sword like an idiot!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ah! Sorry, something feels off about it…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (It’s different from the sword I saw, but they must be related. I’ll keep it with me for now.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Whoa, there are even more of them now!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We’ll have time to think about what they are later, for now we have to deal with this mess we’re in!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: How are we gonna do that with just the 3 of us?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’ll break a hole in their ranks for us to get through!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Nice, Tsubasa!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hold on! This one hasn’t disappeared yet!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh crap-</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’ve got you!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Are you okay?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Huh? Oh, yeah… thank you.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Jeez, Lloyd! How many times do I have to tell you not to go off on your own?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sorry! But I saw these guys getting attacked and had to move.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: I get that, but it’s dangerous to go by yourself!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Who are you?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um, my name is Colette. And we…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: There are still beasts left. We can talk later.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: You’re right, Presea. We have to save these people!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay! Then let’s take care of business!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: No way, we’re not just leaving it all to you. We’ll pull our own weight in battle!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yes!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">-Intermission- </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Double Demon Fang!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Did he just shoot an energy wave from his sword?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, I guess I actually have a similar move myself…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Pow-Pow Hammer!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Air Thrust!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wow, a gust of wind just sliced right through them. Are they like doing magic or something?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Wait, what was that hammer supposed to be?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Punishment!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: And that one is swinging a huge axe around like it’s nothing.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: They all seem really strong, plus they’re obviously experienced in combat. We should maybe play it careful around them…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, we don’t know if they’re really friend or foe.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Whew, we managed to beat them all. Are you guys okay?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. Thank you!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Wait, I know that voice!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Huh? What about my voice?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Oh, nothing. It just sounds a lot like my friend, so I was surprised.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, it is very similar… but more importantly, have any of you seen a sword?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: A sword?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Two of them, a red one and a blue one. You’d definitely know them if you saw them.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No, unfortunately we haven’t seen any swords like that.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I see… well, have you seen any other people? We’re looking for a lady in her 20s who looks awfully similar to this guy!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: She’s my older sister.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Sorry, we haven’t seen her.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, how about a big guy with handcuffs on? Or a girl who fights with pieces of paper?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Haven’t seen anybody like that.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Then a guy with red-</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: How about you calm down for a minute? To be honest with only just woke up a short while ago. We have no idea where this place is.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Then, did all of you get thrown over here too?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So, you guys had the same thing happen?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes. All of a sudden… we were flung into this place. And we ended up being separated from our companions.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Speaking of which, we haven’t introduced ourselves yet. Do you have time for chat?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Just what I was thinking.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: So let me get this straight. Right now we’re in your world, which is one we’ve never heard of before.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Based on the info we shared with each other, yeah. We’ve never heard of your weird power before either… Symphogear, was it?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: You use the pendant… to transform. The technology from your world certainly is mysterious.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It’s amazing how you fight while you sing.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: …</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um… is there something on my face?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: N-no, nothing like that. Don’t mind me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Her voice sounds similar to someone I know… but I can’t place who. Anyways, we don’t have time to make idle chitchat right now.)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I think you guys understand how our powers work now. How about yours?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We use these things: Exspheres.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: That jewel thing on the back of your hand?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: By implanting it on a person’s skin it increases their fighting abilities.<br />Kanade: Neat. So you get stronger just by slapping it on yourself? I’d like one myself.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: It’s not that simple. You can’t properly manage the power of the exsphere without a key crest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Well, I guess everything has a cost huh? So is that magic you used also thanks to the exsphere?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: You mean the spells? Yes. We can do offensive magic or even healing magic with them.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: This world just gets more different from our own the more you tell us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: But actually, this area has different scenery from what we’re used to seeing in our world…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What do you mean?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right now in our world, you can’t really see the blue sky.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So your world doesn’t have a blue sky?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, it’s because our world is in trouble… which is why we need to get back ASAP.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Lloyd…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I know, Genis. We’ll find everybody else and then find the Eternal Sword and get out of here!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: “Eternal Sword”…? Is that the two swords you were asking us about earlier?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: No. That’s actually the Material Blade. I guess they’re kind of similar, but more different than anything.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Anyways, let’s find out more about this island. There’s lots of places we haven’t explored yet.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We’re gonna find everybody before the sun goes down!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hey, if you don’t have anywhere else to be would you like to come with us?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I suppose so. We’ll tag along for now.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Even hearing what they had to say, there’s a lot we don’t understand. Plus it’s not clear if we can really trust them…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I don’t think we need to be so cautious. You're always so uptight, Tsubasa.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Wha?! But given the situation…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, yeah. There’s nothing bad about staying on our guard. For now, let’s just see how things play out.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission- </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We haven’t been around this area, yet.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Sorry, but do you mind walking out in front? You guys are more used to fighting the beasts than we are, right?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Of course, just leave it to us. You guys have to take some time when you transform, anyways.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, please and thanks.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Hey, aren’t you guys being a little too weary around us?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I dont know what you mean.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: We’re both in the same boat in that we don’t fully trust each other. But having you guys be so cautious makes it hard to cooperate.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Is it common to put your safety into the hands of a total stranger in this world?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um, excuse me! Is anybody feeling hungry?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: huh?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: You know, being hungry makes you grumpy! We’ve been walking for a long time and could use a break ourselves.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: T-that’s a good point, but I don’t see how it’s relevant…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, if there’s a good place to sit down then let’s take a break. I would like to talk with Tsubasa and the others more.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Sounds good. I was actually feeling hungry myself.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I could go for some grub!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Hey, Kanade!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh c’mon. We haven’t eaten a thing since we got here.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, that’s true…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Why don’t we just quit playing it so safe? We know from talking with them that they’re not bad people.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Um, is there any kind of food you like? I think we can all become good friends if we share something delicious together.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (It’s true. A girl like her wouldn’t bring harm to anybody.)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay, sure. Let’s make something together.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Great! Thank you, Maria.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, so once we get some food in our bellies will you guys cooperate with us fully and help search the island?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s true for both cooking and exploration, but working together is the best way to get results.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You make a fair point. It’s reassuring to work together with people who actually know this world.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: We have to search for a way for us to get back to our world, anyways.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Then that settles it!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Whoa?! A-an earthquake!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Again?! There was one not too long ago!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Genis: Yeah, this is the second one since we’ve arrived here…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (The sword reacted to something just now…)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Enemies… are approaching us. They’re beasts!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’ll cut down their vanguard!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: C’mon team, let’s get ‘em!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Fighting against numbers like these is a piece of cake!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It really makes a world of difference with 3 more fighters. That was an easy battle.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Yeah, I feel the same.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Okay, time to gather the drops. Lloyd, help me out.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Ah, I will help too.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: So you guys gather up the dropped items. This really is a totally weird world.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Genis, you gotta help out too. Wait, huh?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Colette, where is Genis?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh? I thought he was here a second ago.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Perhaps he got separated from us during the battle.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Genis! If you can hear me, say something!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He might be injured and unable to move. Let’s split up and search!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, please do!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Where the hell did Genis get off to?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd, please calm down.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, I know. But we already lost everybody else, and now if Genis is gone…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You don’t think he got taken away by those monsters earlier?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m not sure if the beasts would do something like that.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: In any case, if we’re going to search it’s probably best to go further inland where more monsters are.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And this… is the last one!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Whew. We finally cleaned them up.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: As we suspected… going further inland brought out more monsters.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’ll defeat as many as it takes to make sure we find Genis!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You certainly have the skills to make that happen.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: However, I must say your fighting style is very peculiar. Did you learn the two-sword style from someone?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I didn’t actually learn from anybody. I’m just fighting in a way that I find easiest.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I see. So you’re self-taught then.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I would be able to fight even better if I had the Material Blade.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Those are the two swords you mentioned earlier.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, the Vorpal Sword and the Flamberge. When you combine those two together they become the Eternal Sword.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What? The swords combine together?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Is that really… so surprising? I think that you also do something very similar yourself.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, she’s got a point.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: As far as we’re concerned… no, as far as our world is concerned, those swords are very important.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: We have to find them before someone tries to use them for something evil.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I didn’t realize how important they were.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah… Tsubasa, what about that sword you picked up earlier?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Oh, you mean this? I don’t think this is one of them… but I suppose I should have them check.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That’s a real junker of a sword. It doesn’t look right at all and even holding it…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, I don’t feel anything from it.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I know! Maybe it just got a little beaten up and if you polish it, it’ll turn into the Eternal Sword!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Maybe. Let’s give it a try!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: If Lloyd didn’t sense anything when holding it… I imagine it will remain just a regular sword even if you polish it.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Besides, I don’t think the Eternal Sword would rust up so easily.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Man, you’re totally unflappable. Always cutting straight to the point and with really sharp opinions…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: She’s a lot more composed than she looks. Definitely gives the impression of an adult.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Adult…! Yes, I am an adult!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hmm… I guess that sword really isn’t the one I’m looking for after all. Sorry to waste the effort you took in finding it.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Not at all, don’t mention it. I know what it’s like to lose an important sword.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I hope we can find it for you soon.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, we’ll definitely find Genis and everyone else… and then that Eternal Sword!<br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /><b>Stage 2: A Strange Presence<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Any sign of Genis?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We found footprints… but they broke off.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I sure hope Genis is okay…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: He’s gotta be fine. There’s no way he would get taken out easily.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah. Behind us.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Maria.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yes, I know. Someone is in the shadows of the forest.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hey! You over there! Get out here! Or else!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">???: H-hold up! I’m not here to fight with you!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: If that’s the case, then show yourself.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">???: Okay fine. Here I am! Look, I don’t have a weapon or anything.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: So who exactly are you?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: My name is Luciel. I’m just an ordinary researcher.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I didn’t think there was anyone living on this island.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Well, this is normally a deserted island. Did you all get blown over here too?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: What? So it happened to you as well?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: It’s been over 10 years now… I was suddenly whisked away to this place and couldn’t get out no matter how I tried.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: More than 10 YEARS?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Correct. I’ve been doing research to try and discover a way off this island, but everything I’ve tried has failed.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Another earthquake!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: The time between quakes is getting shorter now. This could be very bad…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Bad? Is there some kind of problem?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: This island is actually in a different time space than the ordinary.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: All I know for sure is that this island is somewhere in the oceans of Tethe’alla. It’s impossible to come and go through regular means.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I once found it on a boat but no matter how much I tried to land on it, the boat never reached the shore.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh my… so does that mean we can never go back to where we came from?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: I’m not entirely sure yet. There’s not a lot of time for me to investigate more thoroughly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Can you tell us what you mean by that?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: The earthquakes. They are occurring because this dimension is collapsing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Collapsing?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: In which case, we may get flung between dimensions and end up stuck there for eternity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: We would never be able to get home…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So there’s no way off the island AND the island itself is going to disappear?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: No, we may still be able to escape. We just have to find the Eternal Sword.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What do you mean?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: The Eternal Sword can cleave the fabric of time and space itself. So we can use it to break free.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: This guy says there’s no way off the island, which means our missing friends are still here somewhere.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: If this place is falling apart, then we just gotta find everything we need to before it does!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yeah, I know we can do it.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Let’s start by searching for Genis. Have you seen a boy with silver hair around here?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: No, I haven’t. You’re the first people I’ve met here.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: But I’m positive that I know more about this island than any of you do. I’m no good in a fight, but I can help guide you around.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay then. We’re counting on you!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This sounds a little too good to be true…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I agree. Let’s be sure to keep our guard up.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It seems he’s not around here at all.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …There’s no sign of any people period.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: More bad luck. We might need to start thinking of other ways to look…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Come on, Lloyd, you’re just getting bored. This is only our third spot we’ve searched.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hahaha, okay you got me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: B-but… whew, I’m feeling tired from all the walking. Can we please rest a moment?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Alright, time for a break.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’m not feeling particularly tired, so I’ll keep searching around here a bit more.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Are you sure you don’t need to rest?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, I’ve built stamina from mountain climbing and such. I’m fine so don’t pay me any mind!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay, good luck.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Me too… I will join you.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’m totally okay going on my own.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I am also not feeling tired.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: In that case, I’ll have you tag along. Just don’t blame me if you feel tired later.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Okay.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: What kind of object is this Eternal Sword you’re all looking for?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Oh, so the Eternal Sword is actually a weapon that’s usually called the Material Blade.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s comprised of two different swords, a red one and a blue one. They’re called the Vorpal Sword and the Flamberge.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Interesting. A red and blue sword, huh?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Have you seen them anywhere?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Unfortunately I have not.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Bummer… Man, where the hell did they get off to?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Did you drop them somewhere? But that would be strange since you always carry your swords with you…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You know it. I even bring them in the bath with me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: When you were all sent to this island, did you pass out like we did?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yes. We suddenly woke up here.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: In which case, they could have been stolen while you were asleep.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Then they probably would have been stripped of all their possessions. Why just take the swords?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Fair enough. I suppose a serious mugger might even have taken their lives.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: We still have our items so I don’t think it was a thief.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, that seems like a safe bet.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: There’s no way off the island, so they couldn’t sell it for money anyway.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Seriously. Where the hell did they go??</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Heey! You guys! Come over here for a sec!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Was that Kanade? Maybe she found something.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Kanade, did you- … What is that?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah. We found it after taking a good look around. Those are ruins, right?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I thought you said this was a deserted island!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: Since there are ruins, it’s safe to assume people did live here at some point. However, as far as I know that’s not true now…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Damn, more beasts!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Luciel: The beasts seem to have made these ruins their den. I haven’t been able to investigate them as a result.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You should have said that earlier! We need to get out of here right away!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Wait a minute! I want to see what’s inside!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Are you serious?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Our missing friends might be inside there, you know?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Very well, then we let us work together. For this to go well, we’ll have to put our worries about the future aside.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: In that case, let’s wipe these beasts out. Just because it’s their den doesn’t mean there’s an infinite number of them!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Right. Let’s go, Lloyd.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Okay, let’s get searching!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: More beasts right at the entrance? It’s like they’re sentries or something! Well I’ll get them out of the way!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Now we can get inside.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Even more of them popped out!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Pant… pant…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Are you okay, Colette?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Y-yeah, I’m fine…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: We’re reaching the peak of fatigue, we need to stop fighting.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You’re right. And the sun is going down. No choice, let’s make a retreat!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I thought about making a solo charge to get inside, but cooler heads prevail.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Luciel, is there a relatively safe place anywhere nearby? Wait… where did he go?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: He’s gone?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Shit! I was so focused on the fight I didn’t notice. Where did he go off by himself?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: You don’t think he went inside the ruins, do you?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Meaning he found a way to sneak in while we were pounding beasts into the dirt? What the hell was he thinking?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Sadly, we’re not going to be able to go after him like this. We need to pull back.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But if we just leave him like this…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What the?! Is that a giant beast?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Be careful. It’s clearly got us in its sights!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Here it comes!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">They fight it.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Ugh… it’s tough. It’s on a totally different level from the other beasts we’ve fought!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: None of our attacks are getting through to it!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (The fatigue from fighting multiple battles is heavy. We’re at a huge disadvantage if this keeps up.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (I’ll act as a rear guard for everyone and-)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’ll grab its attention and get it focused on me! You all make a run for the forest!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m not leaving you behind Lloyd!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: What she said! I don’t leave people behind as decoys!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But then, at this rate…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Look everyone, it’s acting strange.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: The beast is in pain?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: This is our chance to escape!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Pant… pant… It looks like we managed to shake off that beast.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m real glad we had a Holy Bottle.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: An object that makes it harder for beasts to pursue you. An awfully convenient thing to have.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: However… we don’t have many of them left. We can’t use them frequently.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: ….</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: You okay, Lloyd?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m all right. I was just wondering how the others are fairing right now.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I understand you are worried about them. But right now… all we can do is pray they are okay.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, I know…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So? What do we do now?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Those ruins do have me curious, but we still have more of the island to search.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s too late for anything else today. I’d like to set up a base for us to rest at, even something rudimentary is fine.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Agreed. The ocean is close and the forests are wide. There must be food that we find here.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: It’s kind of like we’re having a camp out.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Feels more like we’re castaways trying to survive…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Okay, so let’s take turns standing guard and get through the night for now.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (…Guys, I sure hope you’re okay).</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The following morning</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />Tsubasa: We found the perfect spot. Let’s make this area our base for today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay, let’s split up the work.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I think letting Presea gather up the materials to make the base is best.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That sounds good. I feel the most suited for that job.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Presea is actually a woodcutter by trade.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wow. Makes sense considering how much you swing that axe around. I’m sure downing trees must be easy enough.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Cool, so gathering up supplies will be a job for the two of us! Let’s get it done, Presea!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I look forward to working with you.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: As for food…</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’ll go!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Then I’ll be the one who goes with her. Beasts can appear anywhere so having a guard would be good.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: In which case, I should go with.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I want you to stay here with Tsubasa. It’ll be a disaster if any beasts destroy what we’ve managed to put together so far.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Don’t you think you and I would be best suited to keeping watch, Maria?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I think it’s better for us to team up with them, rather than struggle on our own since we’re not used to this world.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I can’t argue with that logic. Roger that.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Hey everybody, just promise not to get reckless out there!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Now then, I know we’re supposed to guard the base but that doesn’t mean actually doing anything now. How shall I pass the time?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Actually, where did that boy get off to?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ha! Hiyah! Uwah!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: There you are. Sword training always does get the blood pumping.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: This is about the only thing I can do right now.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: How about you and I have a sparring match?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Against you?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’m interested in your sword techniques. If you’ve got time, I would be interested in crossing blades.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I don’t mind, but against you I don’t think I can pull any punches.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Of course. I plan to go equally as serious on you. Trying to pull any punches will just lead to injury.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Aren’t you going to transform?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: No, I’d like to experience your techniques directly. Actually, I think I have just the thing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: You’re gonna use that old and busted sword?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Although it looks rusted on the outside, I’m sure it’s a proper weapon at its core.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I actually fended off a beast with this once before.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I see… Well then, let’s get this thing started!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Your style is so personalized, it’s hard to read your swordsmanship. However!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Tiger Blade!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’ve seen through that technique already!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Huh?!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: What’s wrong? That all you’ve got?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: As if! Here we go! Sword Rain!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I’ve already seen that one, too!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I’m not done! Omega Tempest!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Demonic Circle!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Just how many techniques do you have?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That’s not even half of them!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I guess I really am at a disadvantage without my gear!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Ugh… that was a sharp attack!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (I know I’m mouthing off at her, but she really is strong… and her swordsmanship is so pure. It’s absolutely unyielding.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: (I’m sure her personality must be equally as honest and direct.)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (At first I thought his moves were very odd, but now I see they reflect a part of him.)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (I understand that now that we’ve crossed swords like this. At the very least, I know he’s not the type to trick people!)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: It’s been a long time since I’ve done training this intense! I’m gonna keep this up as long as I can!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right back at you. I was just thinking I hadn’t had enough yet!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission- </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Let’s see if you can survive this!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: A nice attack! But I can sense a bit of panic coming from your swordsmanship.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, I know that much myself.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: I want to hurry and find Genis and the others. But I know that rushing recklessly doesn’t accomplish anything.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: But even so, I still end up feeling restless.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I know you must be concerned about your friends. It’s understandable you’d want to hurry.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Right, but that’s not all! We’re in the middle of a journey to save the whole world!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: To save the world?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: There’s not much time left for Sylvarant and Tethe’alla. That’s why we have to hurry back as soon as possible.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Right, you mentioned that before. Something about the Eternal Sword being necessary for the sake of the world.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Yeah, without the Eternal Sword we can’t bring the two worlds together. We won’t be able to save either of them!</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: And that’s not even everything… I actually got those swords from my 2 fathers. One from each.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: They are swords that mean a lot to me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: A sword you got from your father, huh?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: I understand that feeling all too well. Just like you, I received something important from my father.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: What was that?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s not something physical. It’s something that was carved out in my heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: A precious feeling that my father entrusted to me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: (I see. He has experienced it too. There’s something that he has to protect, exactly like I do.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: It’s clear to me. You’re definitely not a bad person.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Huh?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Sorry. I apologize for holding suspicions about you for so long.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: That came outta nowhere. Don’t sweat it, I was never bothered by it.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Well, I’d like to make a new promise. If you’re trying to save the world I will do all in my power to aid you.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: Are you sure?</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: Of course. So I will help you to find the Eternal Sword and your missing friends.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tsubasa: You still have an adventure to finish and a world to save, right? Then you need to get back quickly.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lloyd: …Thanks.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">To Be Continued </p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Stage 3: Established Trust</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Hiyaaa!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Wow, you’re a real spitfire! Being able to down a tree with a single swing like that.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It is an ordinary task for me. Anyone can do it… with enough practice.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Practice huh? Well then, I wanna give it a try. I’ll bring one down with my Gungnir!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Huh? You’re going to cut a tree with a spear?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: …Do you think it’s not gonna work?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It’s fundamentally different… from an axe.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: However… someone with your skills might be able to cut a tree if you took the right approach.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Okay then, tell me what the right approach is!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: You want me… to teach you?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Who else is there?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I learned from my papa. If you don’t mind me just repeating his teachings, then I guess…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yeah, let’s do it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: First thing, the angle at which the blade goes into the tree is very important…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …Okay, that’s it. What do you think?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Thanks for teaching me all the deets. I think I know how to do it now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I’m glad to hear that. But… I believe that first-hand experience is what counts. It will be the most beneficial.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You’re right about that. Okay, then let me give everything you taught me a try right now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I’ll split this baby in two with my Gungnir!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-She cuts the tree-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Hey, did you see that! My first one!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: You really did get it on the first try…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep, and it’s all because you taught me the best way to do it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I think it’s actually because you already had the necessary skill to accomplish it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Just take the compliment!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …Understood.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oops, we used up a lot of time. Let’s slice these trees down and make up for it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I think we can easily make up for it… no problem. However, you must be careful not to down too many trees.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Y-yeah, of course. Only the amount we need, right?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Correct.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Well, it’ll be tough to carry them just between the two of us. So let’s take it a little at a time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But before that… let’s clean the floor with these guys!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Monsters appear-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It seems they gathered over here after hearing the trees come down.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We have to carry this wood back to camp! Don’t get in our way!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Battle-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Rising Punishment!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That’s the last of them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Beasts and trees, all hacked in two!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But dealing with beasts and gathering wood… I gotta say I’m feeling tired now.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I have gels here… would you like to eat some?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh, you carry candy around. I guess some parts of you do match your outward appearance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Well then, I’ll help myself to a few!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Huh?! What was that?! It feels like all my fatigue just vanished the instant I ate it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That’s because it’s not candy. They’re called Apple Gels and they are an item that recovers health.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Another convenient item, just like that Holy Bottle thing you used earlier.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It’s a commonly used supply in this world… so it’s not at all hard to come by.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: In addition to this one there are orange, pineapple, mixed and miracle. Each one has a different effect.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So eating just one gel makes you feel better. How does that even work? Feels like anything is possible in other worlds.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Do you have other items like that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Our stock has been exhausted at the moment, but the Panacea Bottle can cure poison, paralysis, and other ill effects.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: There is also the Dark Bottle, which has the opposite effective of the Holy Bottle and can lure in beasts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You even have stuff like that?! That’s incredible but also kinda terrifying.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But thanks to all the cool stuff you got in this world, I guess you don’t need doctors!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: They do not cure sickness, so doctors are still a necessity…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh, I see how it is. Well, what other interesting stuff have you got?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Let’s see, there are many different items but among the most interesting there is…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Thanks for letting me pick your brain about all this stuff. I enjoyed learning about this world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: My pleasure.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But you’ve got a ton of power for such a tiny girl! Thanks to you we’ve gathered up plenty of lumber.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t say that meaning to insult you for being small and cute or anything.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: It’s okay, I am not bothered by it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Actually, while we’re on touchy subjects I wanted to ask you. Why is a kid like you on a journey like this anyway?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I could tell from seeing how experienced you are in dealing with the beasts. You obviously have been on a really dangerous journey.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Well, that’s….</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Ah… forget it. Let’s just pretend I never opened my mouth.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: We only just met yesterday, so I shouldn’t be asking you to share such personal stuff with me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So in exchange, I’ll tell you a bit about myself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Despite what you may think, I’m actually a pretty famous singer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Singer?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I dance and sing and make tons of people smile. I used to be a duo with Tsubasa called Zwei Wing.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Oh… is that so.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But sadly, Tsubasa lost her life during battle.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: What?! Then Tsubasa is…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oh, no! No! I’m talking about the Tsubasa from my world. The Tsubasa who is with us right now is different. Uh, there’s these things called “parallel worlds”…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: “Parallel worlds”?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Well, you don’t have to make sense of it. Hell, I don’t really get it all myself.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But what happened was I had a strong hatred for the enemy that took Tsubasa from me. I kept fighting only for the purpose of obliterating them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I wanted to fight and die just like Tsubasa did… at that time, I had really given up on the idea of even living life.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Giving up on living…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Yep. But then she made me get my head on straight.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: I realized I shouldn’t give up on living. And that I truly do love singing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So that’s when I decided to make that my motto. “Don’t give up on living.”</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …..</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Oops, this kind of story is hard to know how to react to, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: …You and I might actually be quite similar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Huh? Similar?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I was also saved thanks to Lloyd and the others.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: …</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I was a specimen used in part of a certain project. Thanks to that, I gained the power to swing an axe with ease.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: However, at the same time, I lost all of my human emotions. Joy, anger, grief, pleasure…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Your emotions? But you don’t seem like that to me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: That’s because Lloyd and the others rescued me.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The person I used to be… didn’t have the Exsphere properly equipped due to the experiment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: If I had not met with Lloyd and the others, then I think I would still be lacking in many things… including my emotions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So that’s how they saved you, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Yes…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Thanks for sharing your story with me!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: But that Exsphere thing really is impressive. I wanna try using one myself!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: The Exsphere is… a very dangerous object. It is not something that can be utilized so easily.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: So that’s a no go, huh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: Well, I can at least tell you more details about how the Exsphere works.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: Cool, I’d like to hear that too!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: But before that…. there is something I forgot to mention.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: And what’s that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Presea: I am 28 years old, so I am not a child.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kanade: You’re joking…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Intermission-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ummm, so this and this. And this is also an edible plant, I learned about before.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Sounds good. I’ll put them in the basket so just wait a moment.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: W-wait, over there is…!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Huh?! Don’t go off on your own!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: That’s also a wild plant that can be used in cookin- eek!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I hope I make it in time!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Maria grabs the falling Colette-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Whew… that was a close call.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: O-oh, I’m sorry. You saved me from falling flat on my face again.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Don’t apologize. I’m here to escort you, anyways…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Seriously, how many times is that now?! …But I can’t say that to her face.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Thank you! You’re really kind, Maria.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (For some reason I can’t be strict with this girl. But how on Earth does she trip when there’s nothing to trip on?!)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: And plus, that voice… I can’t tell who it reminds me of. I feel like I hear it all the time, but I just can’t place it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh? Did you say something?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Nothing… Hey, there’s a slope coming up so-</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Wh…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Eeeeeek!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Damn! I wasn’t fast enough that time!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Colette! Are you okay?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hehehe… I’m okay. I deal with this all the time.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Seriously? You don’t look to have any injuries, I suppose…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I’m sorry. I know you told me not to go off on my own.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That’s all right. I’m just glad you’re okay.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Anyways, you stumble more than anyone I’ve met.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Wait, what’s this? There’s a ton of delicious looking fruits around here!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: There’s wild veggies over here too! You made a good call to come this way, Maria!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I just picked a direction on instinct. If I had actually been looking for a place like this I’m sure I couldn’t find it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (This girl may be a klutz, but it seems she’s got some awfully strong luck too.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh! I know this veggie!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: It looks pretty unusual. Can it be eaten?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Yeah, if you put it in a stew it adds a lot of delicious flavor.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Oh? So this can be used like that?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ah, not that one. They look very similar, but that one tastes terrible…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Huh?! …I can hardly tell the difference between them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You’re very impressive to not only have all this knowledge, but the sharp eyes needed to tell things apart.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I-it’s nothing special. This is all stuff you come to remember when you’re on a journey.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Serena also would get shy whenever complimented. I wonder if girls of their type are all like that.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh, Lloyd loves this one. I’ll gather up a bunch for him.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Say, I’ve been curious about something but what kind of relationship do you and Lloyd have?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Lloyd and I are childhood friends.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: He came with me on the journey of world regeneration in order to protect me. I was so happy he did.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That’s not exactly what I was trying to ask about. But I suppose that might be best for the two of you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Excuse me…?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Oh it’s nothing. Anyway, tell me more about yourselves and the journey you’ve been on.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Sure. Um, in the beginning I was given the test of the Chosen…</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Time passes-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I see. So you also have something you want to protect that you’re willing to sacrifice for.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: There are lot of things. …Although I know that it’s not good to make myself a sacrifice to do it…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: But even so, there are just so many things I want to keep safe.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: That girl once said something similar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: What girl?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: My little sister. She actually did sacrifice herself in order to keep me safe…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh… Um…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I’m sorry. Don’t read into it too much. All I was trying to say is that you resemble my little sister.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Okay, we’ve gathered up plenty of food supplies so let’s head back. We’re all covered in mud too, so our clothes will need a good cleaning.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hehe, I think I would get spoiled a lot if I had a gentle older sibling like you.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Oh?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Hehehe. Maybe I’d even call you “big sister”</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Huh?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ah, s-sorry about that. I guess suddenly being called that would give anybody a surprise.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Y-yes, just stick to “Maria” if you don’t mind.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: (Calling me “big sister” in a voice like that should be illegal! Ugh! How can this girl be so darn cute?!)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: W-well, if I had a little sister such as yourself I’m sure I would have pampered her.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: If that happened then I may have ended up being even more of a klutz than I am now…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Haha, maybe so. But I bet I couldn’t stay mad at you when you screw up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Oh, wait a minute. I see another edible plant over there!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You really so have sharp eye- no, wait a second!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Huh?!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Beasts appear-<br />Maria: I’m guessing they were attracted here by the smell.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: The beasts are going to eat the food we worked so hard to find!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: No time to fuss, we have to fight them off!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">-Fight-</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Angel Feathers!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Whew, that’s good. Our food is still safe.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Those numbers would have been tough to handle alone. We were able to handle it thanks to your magic.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Not at all. And that wasn’t actually magic, it was an Angel Skill.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: I really don’t get the difference between the two still.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Magic consumes mana to use. They are spells that borrow power from the natural world.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: The blood that flows in elves reacts to mana and creates magic. So you have to be an elf or half-elf to use it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Angel Skills… well “angel” might not be the right word for them. They’re something I become able to use suddenly after becoming an angel.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: In any case, I understand that there’s a difference between them.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: You use that weapon… a chakram, right? You’re quite skilled to be able to use both those and your Angel Skills together.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I think you and your friends are the skilled ones. I feel like I’d bite my tongue if I had to sing while I fought.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Plus, I think I would get too focused on singing and not be able to fight properly.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: The song just comes out of us naturally. We aren’t really conscious of it.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Really?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Yeah, so it’s not especially difficult for us to do. Although things can get rough if we’re put in a situation we can’t sing.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: I see.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Ah! I have an Angel Skill where I sing, too. If we sing it together then it might have double the impact!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Well Phonic Gain does get stronger via singing, so it’s certainly possible.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Colette: Okay, so when I use it will you sing together with me?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Sure. I’m looking forward to doing a duet with you.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">To Be Continued</p></div>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-2441036512954047772020-08-06T16:21:00.007-07:002020-08-06T16:25:31.365-07:00Symphogear S1 Blu-ray on sale October 27<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x846k_4VzcP9xJ0cfWKiFdp3uAGjsjvplfAYU3Bk9yte1koOf8NME1MVpPHpD2tG13s4rqYgmwc3IOC1Vwfe-2GeJS-ybLus-BNvkG0d9SDnYP0R0P_-jkALTaFUZX-KoP1JvH5b4YMO/s400/6770184bd1316d8837a8133ecd864b62_400x400.png" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x846k_4VzcP9xJ0cfWKiFdp3uAGjsjvplfAYU3Bk9yte1koOf8NME1MVpPHpD2tG13s4rqYgmwc3IOC1Vwfe-2GeJS-ybLus-BNvkG0d9SDnYP0R0P_-jkALTaFUZX-KoP1JvH5b4YMO/w164-h164/6770184bd1316d8837a8133ecd864b62_400x400.png" width="164" /></a></div><div><br /></div>AN UPDATE DATO?!<div><br /></div><div>Yes, hello to the folks who still check this blog. I'm not dead!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, I'm far too busy these days to update with much content, but I wanted to make everyone aware that Symphogear will be available for purchase on Blu-ray in the US starting on October 27th! 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An American lab located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It is one of the bases of black arts tech research and was where the F.I.S. once operated out of. This is where the Symphogears, among other things, were developed. This includes: Igalima, Shulshagana and Airget-lahm, which were seized in war. Along with Shenshoujing and Gungnir (another fragment) that were smuggled from Japan. From the outside, this is a laboratory known for producing high technology that is on the world’s leading edge. This includes the nuclear missile that was launched at Japan, and the Echelon system that was used to cover up and delete data relating to the Frontier Incident. This is one place where America’s great power is produced.
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America</h2>
As both the President (AXZ) and American researcher (XV) featured in the series have said: this country got its start by freeing itself from the mysterious and divine. It’s not all that different from how S.O.N.G. works to oppose the supernatural, however America’s methods tend to be very high-handed and have resulted in much criticism from other countries. As it stands, the relationship between America and Japan is strenuous at best. However, progress towards improving those relations is expected.
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Ignite Module</h2>
A combat booster system created from a fragment of the cursed sword Dáinsleif, it was one of the Symphogear’s ultimate weapons. As a result of the final battle against the Director of the Bavarian Illuminati, Adam Weishaupt, it was incinerated after the Symphogear was connected to the radiance of the Lapis Philosophicus. In addition to losing the ability to boost the gear’s output, the loss of the Dáinsleif fragment has also made it more difficult to achieve successful Unison due to the fact the fragment acted as an intermediary between the gears by creating resonance and sympathetic vibration between them. As it stands, the battle potential of the Symphogear system is well below its max.
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The bracelet of Shem-ha</h2>
A golden accessory that was adorned on the right arm of the recovered holy corpse. The corpse was under investigation at the Los Alamos Lab, but it crumbled away and left only the bracelet behind. It was originally taken from S.O.N.G. to America, but then Vanessa stole it away. She was ordered to do so by the Kamakura, Japan’s defender known as Fudo Kazanari.
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Disaster Deployment Law for the Protection of the Nation </h2>
This is an important law that you should remember, not try to fool people by saying “some law.”
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Ready, go!</h2>
It means “Roger!” Or at least it seems to?
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Vanessa</h2>
Her full name is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Diodati">Vanessa Diodati</a>. She is from Stanley, Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the CEO of a film production company known as “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Film_Productions">Hammer</a>”. (Her father is a Brit of Indian descent). In fact, both of her parents were active members of the Bavarian Illuminati and Vanessa herself was engaged in the group’s functions and ceremonies from a young age. She was seen as an exceptionally bright child and was expected to have a promising future. However, during her research into Faust Robes she was caught in an accident that left her near death. Her mortally wounded body was abandoned in favor of a prosthetic one, known as a “Silhouette Body”. Although this granted her a longer life, it displaced her within the hierarchy of Alchemists who only respected “perfect life”. This resulted in her status falling drastically, despite her past achievements. When Vanessa discovered that this all came at the order of her parents themselves, she began to identify herself as a worthless “base metal”. Her Silhouette Body has a system that allows for it to be constantly active, forgoing the process of converting high levels of energy such as the Symphogear or Faust Robe. However in exchange, her output is below that of the Faust Robe and therefore the Silhouette Body it is seen as nothing more than formal wear that Alchemists have access to.
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Daidalos End</h2>
This is Noble Red’s trump card they rely on to overturn the tides of battle. It is only possible for it to be used when Vanessa, Elsa and Millaarc are together and in peak form.
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Noble Red</h2>
A unit of the Bavarian Illuminati that doesn’t actually exist. It is a name that Vanessa, Elsa and Millaarc chose of their own accord to wash away the scorn and shame. It is the proof of their proud crimson bonds with each other, as they struggle against headwinds that relentlessly try to crush them.
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Sorry for being so behind, lots of personal stuff going on lately. I plan to be caught up by the end of this week, though. Thanks for reading! If you have any questions feel free to comment below or hit me up on twitter. Remember to watch the official stream on <a href="https://vrv.co/series/GYMGP8K4Y/Symphogear">VRV</a> or <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/symphogear">CR</a>!<br />
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Antartica</h2>
A continent at the Earth’s most southern pole. In the past, this is where the mythical land of <a href="http://patagoniamonsters.blogspot.com/2009/11/mythical-magallanica.html">Magallanica</a> was said to be. It is mainly shut off from the rest of the world due to harsh and frigid conditions. It is land of sheer white, wrapped in many mysteries and myths including: <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-truth-about-the-mysterious-pyramid-discovered-in-antarctica/">Giant Pyramids</a>, the entrance to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth">Hollow Earth</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes_Land_crater">Wilkes Land Anomaly</a>, <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/30249/hitler-ice-did-nazis-have-secret-antarctic-fortress">a secret Nazi base</a>, the <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%A5%B5%E3%81%AE%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3">Occult Creature</a> of 2chan fame, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness">Mountains of Madness</a> and a certain “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)">Thing</a>” encountered by a Norwegian research team. There are multiple countries that assert a territorial claim to Antartica and its surroundings, however the continent itself has no system of government and thus is a neutral zone. This puts the continent in a complicated situation where it’s difficult to sort through the various interests of each country, which is why there was much dispute over the “coffin” and holy corpse after they surfaced. In the end, America took it partly through force after receiving backing from other countries that feared the Japanese government gaining a monopoly on it due to their connections with S.O.N.G.<br />
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Lake Vostok</h2>
The area where the coffin surfaced is the largest of Antarctica’s subglacial lakes. The surface of the lake is under approximately 4,000 meters of ice and covers a total area of over 14,000 square kilometers. To make a simple comparison, that depth is equivalent to 6 Sky Towers and its area takes up more than 290,400 thousand Dome Stadiums.
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Sneeze</h2>
A reflexive action where air is forcefully blown out of the mouth or nose erratically. It is an involuntary movement. The mechanism by which this happens is not fully understood, and occasionally, may be accompanied by a mysterious and unexpected exclamation.
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Luminous Gate</h2>
A song sung by Tsubasa Kazanari after her global debut. It is composed of her feelings about departing from Japan and setting foot onto the world stage.
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Hamburg Steak</h2>
A meal appreciated by many, and a common reward for a job well done. Naturally, it’s delicious to eat and also fun to make with the person you love.
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Glasses that protect your eyes from the strong rays of the sun and more. Caucasian people wear them comparatively more often due to potential skin damage or changes in skin pigment after prolonged exposure to the sun. They are effective to block out bright lights or hide your eyes. As a result, the expression and true feelings of the person wearing them become difficult to decipher. Perhaps it’s not so clear who Ogawa was talking about when he said: “Something seems to be distracting her.” That woman is also one who yearns to stand upon a stage and not a battlefield.
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Alca-Noise</h2>
An improved version of the Noise created by Alchemy for the purposes of dissecting and analyzing the world. The recipe to create them has long been passed down through the Bavarian Illuminati. Ever since the Magical Girl Incident, it has ceased to be necessary to keep them a secret and thus the Alca-Noise have been appearing on more and more battlefields around the world. It is possible for them to disintegrate any and all objects and they can be tuned to dissolve the composition of any specific target object. Anything that is disintegrated has its organic and inorganic matter reduced to red dust, this once included the Symphogear. When compared to the original Noise they are slightly inferior defensively because their lack of a phase contrast barrier means they cannot adjust their attenuation with our world. This is because the energy used to create the phase contrast barrier is instead focused on their glowing “dissection point,” which disintegrates whatever it touches. However, this doesn't change the fact that they are still an immense threat to humanity.<br />
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Elsa</h2>
Her full name is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan">Elsa Bete</a>. She is from Lozère, a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France. In the past, she suffered physical abuse and imprisonment at the hands of close relatives. She later became a specimen belonging to the Bavarian Illuminati. She has undergone surgery to amplify her nervous system, which resulted in faster reaction times and an enhanced ability to parallel process various stimuli. Not only does she move at speeds far beyond ordinary humans, but she can use the manipulator devices known as “Tail Attachments” as a weapon. In order to reduce the physical strain that comes from using the device, she was implanted with the DNA of numerous beasts. This strengthened her body and gives her somewhat of a feral instinct. Compared to Vanessa and Millaarc, she is weaker in terms of direct battle strength. However, to make up for this, she is very clever and strategic. She can quickly respond to any developing situation with her quick-wit.
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Gance!</h2>
A phrase often uttered by Elsa. It means, “Roger!”
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Millaarc</h2>
Her full name is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla">Millaarc Cranstoun</a>. She is from Steiermark (also known as Styria) a state located in the southeast of Austria. While on a trip to Slovakia, she was kidnapped by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel_(2005_film)">Elite Hunting Club</a> that provides victims for their members to torture. She was later sold to a rural branch of the Bavarian Illuminati and was used as a specimen. The Illuminati manipulated living subjects through a process designed to recreate metamorphosis and other abnormalities seen in legends and myth. In Millaarc’s case, she is a failed experiment that was an attempt to create a “Vampire”. However, she was successfully adorned with a Bio Boosted Unit known as the “Chiroptera”. It can function not only as a flight unit, but can be shifted to her arms or legs to give her incredible strength. As such, she has been confirmed to have at least some traces of the vampire abilities that the Illuminati originally sought. The “Stained Glance” within her eyes is theorized to be another ability that was originally attributed to vampires, but perhaps not.
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Tsubasa’s Concert</h2>
An event held at the multipurpose facility newly built near the Yokohama port known as “Nouvelle Calédonie”. The official name of the concert was: Tsubasa Kazanari Solo live at "roof of heaven”. The venue is known for being the pinnacle of the Japanese entertainment industry, famous for its “Air Garden” that can hold 100,000 spectators. This event was said to be once-in-a-lifetime, planned with an amazing “Flight Night” performance which has never been seen before. The theme of the event was “thank you”, directed at the Japanese fans of Tsubasa Kazanari who helped her achieve a global debut. The contents of the performance were designed to deliver the message of appreciation from Tsubasa herself.
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According to staff documents:<br />
Ticket price: $100 (10,000 yen) [Tax included]<br />
Organizer: Office Isurugi<br />
Backers: Metro Music / Japan Tourism Agency<br />
Sponsors: Hayama Automobiles / Emperor Records / YFN Security Services / Riceball Alley
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Produced by: Cascade Industries
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Angelic Remnant</h2>
This is one of the songs that was especially prepared for the musical duo of Tsubasa and Maria when they originally performed at the “QUEENS of MUSIC” festival. Due to the interference of the terrorist organization, they were unable to perform it upon the stage at that time. It was later selected as the surprise opening song for Tsubasa’s “roof of heaven” concert.
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Episode 2 has aired and is available subbed on <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/symphogear">Crunchyroll</a> or <a href="https://vrv.co/series/GYMGP8K4Y/Symphogear">VRV</a>. Please support the official release. As we wait another 7 days for episode 3, take your time to review episode 1 and read up on these keywords that explain some of what happened. For example: What exactly does G3FA stand for? Read on to find out!<br />
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Fine </h2>
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A prehistoric maiden who once existed within an eternal moment. She appeared multiple times throughout history and was the originator of humanity’s many paradigm shifts. Out of all the people involved with the Symphogear Adaptors, she is one of the most significant. Her name means “the end”. Fine’s soul was reincarnated into the body of a Japanese woman known as Ryoko Sakurai. She then successfully developed the Symphogear System, among other various black arts technology. However, all of them were a mistake - products born from the pain of being unable to convey her emotions due to the Curse of Balal. Although she was immortal, she died with a smile after a certain fist and scythe inspired her to give up her deep-seated convictions. However, the true story behind the cause of her sadness is one that nobody knows. Not even Fine herself.<br />
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Common Sense</h2>
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In a world flooded with nonsense, stubbornly holding on to common sense is akin to being your own worst enemy. However, we must not forget, there are some occasions where common sense can become the perfect blade to cut all the nonsense straight in two!<br />
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<i>“High speed maneuvers on ice call for skates! Duh! (Dess!)”</i><br />
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Rebuild </h2>
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The Symphogear system has 301,655,722 different varieties of locks applied to it. Depending on the Adaptor's level of skill and personal battle style, there is a systematic progression of phases that they go through to release the locks. As a result of the fierce battle against Adam Weishaupt, the Symphogears were rebuilt by the crimson glow of the Lapis Philosophicus. It has been concluded that the current Symphogears now exceed their initial design and have access to abilities of the Faust Robe. After inspection and testing, no problems were found and current circumstances have required their continued use in dealing with supernatural problems. As a result, S.O.N.G. has been collecting data during operations and is monitoring for any changes that have occurred.<br />
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An ID engraved upon each gear by the system’s creator, Ryoko Sakurai. They are as follows:<br />
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SG-r01 Amenohabakiri (Adaptor: Tsubasa)<br />
SG-r02 Ichaival (Adaptor: Chris)<br />
SG-r03’ (Adaptor: Hibiki)<br />
SG-x00 Airget-lahm (Adaptor: Maria)<br />
SG-i01 Shul shagana (Adaptor: Shirabe)<br />
SG-i02 Igalima (Adaptor: Kirika)<br />
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“SG” stands for “Symphogear”. The “r” and “i” stand for “regular” and “irregular”. This is based upon the facts and circumstances regarding their development. The “x”, which is unique to Airget-lahm, indicates “unidentified sacrist”, since it was unable to be classified after analysis. Furthermore, the extra apostrophe after Gungnir’s ID number is to separate it from another unit developed from a fragment of the same sacrist. It also signifies that this unit was developed after the original “03” was. On the whole, whenever the gears are called upon, their model number is usually abbreviated or left out altogether in favor of simply referring to them by the base sacrist. As an addendum, the below list includes the model numbers for the Symphogear units that have been lost:<br />
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SG-r03 Gungnir (Adaptor: Kanade -> Hibiki)<br />
SG-i03 Shenshoujing (Adaptor: Miku)<br />
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Something impossible to categorize as either High Technology or Black Arts Technology. These are phenomenon that completely contradict and transcend our current understanding of reason, technology, and divine providence.<br />
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A precious existence that always watches over us. Our hearts can connect, even without using words.
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A giant structure created by the Annunaki. It is the source of the “Curse of Balal” which obstructs humanity’s ability to reach mutual understanding. In the past, the prehistoric maiden known as Fine set out to entirely destroy the moon and the ruins upon it. Further, Saint Germain and a subset of the Bavarian Illuminati attempted to gain control over it in order to free humanity from the curse. However, both of these plans ultimately failed to succeed. Humanity remains captured in the yoke of disharmony birthed by the lunar ruins.<br />
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A term that refers to the mechanical dolls utilized by alchemists. The recently retrieved Auto-Scorer known as “Tiki” was equipped with the sacrist known as the “Antikythera Mechanism.” It gave her the ability to make planetary observations and record movements and patterns in the stars. The data recovered from her remains was vast and complicated. Among it was a map showing the Leylines of the Earth and the stars, as well as the burial grounds for the “coffin” containing the holy corpse of the Annunaki.<br />
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The Director of the Bavarian Illuminati who reigned from the top of the organization. His true identity is a scrapped human prototype, a doll, created even before the era of prehistoric civilization. The reason he was scrapped was for being too "perfect." He was outfitted with all the abilities and functions that the Annunaki wanted, but this ultimately led them to determine he had zero potential for evolution and thus was passed over as being officially designated as "human." He clashed with the Symphogear Adaptors and other members of the Ilumminati as he sought power to install himself as the ruler of Earth and fight back against the coming revival of the Annunaki. Upon dying, he spat a vile curse upon tomorrow and laughed at the fist of the God Killer.<br />
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After Adam was defeated, the Illuminati fell apart and its remaining members either fled or went into hiding. The majority of these individuals were arrested by government agencies across the world and now await their punishment, however…<br />
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There were a set of experimental specimens, scorned within the organization as being "filthy rustlings". Vanessa, Millaarc and Elsa. They have embraced a dream, claimed an ideal, and are currently progressing towards their goal in deep silence under the water.<br />
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<i>For we are crimson, proud and true - never was a speck of filthy rust upon us. </i><br />
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An abbreviation for “Glitter Gear Gathering Finest Arts”. A technique that was refined from a simple strategy into a useable skill and then finally became trump card. This is unique application of the Symphogear that came about from a strategy previously employed against strong enemies. At first it was simply an idea of “purge the armor and use it to hit,” but later was developed to be more efficient. It takes the outer layer of armor and reconfigures it back into energy. The sequence begins by focusing the energy into the fist, before launching it at the target with precise timing. All 6 Adaptors use it simultaneously, forming an offensive helix that focuses on a single point. It has also been called the “Hexa-Revolver.” After collecting data from practical use and incorporating that into numerous training sessions with support from the gear’s OS, the process has been fairly optimized to assure that balance is maintained when converting the defensive energy into offensive power. Currently, this is the base of the technique, but other potential methods and uses are still being explored.
The technique has a notable weakness in that upon entering “blast off” form, each protective field that the gear emits is significantly reduced. In this state, there is a limit to how much the Alca-Noise’s attacks can be blocked, meaning that depending upon the situation even a Symphogear Adaptor could take a fatal hit from them. It is a “trump card” in that sense that it's strong enough to turn the tide of a battle, however it should not be used recklessly. The Adaptor’s must be confident it will end the battle, lest they find themselves being defeated instead.<br />
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"Custodian" a word that means "ruler" and "controller," it refers to those who have been revered as Gods and Creators of the world. Their true identity is a group of deities that appear in the myths of the ancient Sumerians - the Anunnaki. They created humanity's prototype, Adam, and later they cast the Curse of Balal upon all of humanity in order to seal our mutual understanding. However, even now they remain an existence that is largely shrouded in mystery.<br />
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Hello again, folks! XV has only just begun so there's not a lot of updates to provide you with yet, but now is a good opportunity to review and prepare for the upcoming ride on the hype train. To start, the official site has uploaded a few keywords that go over important concepts. Plus, this week was the release of Hibiki's CD and if you want to spoil yourself on the 2nd song the lyrics are here.<br />
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<b>S.O.N.G.</b></h3>
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An abbreviation of “<i>Squad of Nexus Guardians</i>.” Once a secret branch of the Japanese Government known as the “Singular Disaster Anti-riot Unit Division 2,” it is now under the direct command of the United Nations. The organization has been reformed into an anti-riot taskforce that deals in supernatural and paranormal disasters. In accordance with this, the Japanese Security Council drafted a new set of protocols that allow the group to act overseas.
On the surface the reason for the creation of this taskforce was to deal with large-scale disasters that were the result of sacrists or other paranormal phenomena. However, behind the scenes, the decision was coordinated by each country in an effort to keep watch over the black arts technology owned by the Japanese Government. The Tactical Commander, Genjuro Kazanari, along with the majority of the members from Div 2 were moved and appointed as members of the taskforce.<br />
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<b>Symphogear System</b></h3>
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A general term for the mechanical armor created by Sakurai Ryoko, technology expert of S.O.N.G.'s predecessor - the Singular Disaster Anti-riot Unit Division 2. The system was created by using sacrists as a base. The Symphogear's greatest trait is its internal function that plays a melody derived from the Adaptor's thoughts and emotions via sympathetic vibration. By synchronizing that melody with the Adaptor through singing, the Symphogear displays an incredibly high level of battle potential. The developer of the system, Sakurai Ryoko, has since passed away and it is now impossible to create new Symphogears. It is currently becoming a lost technology.<br />
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<b>Converter Unit</b></h3>
<b><br /></b>The pendants that the Adaptors keep on them at all times are equipped with a converter function that forms the Symphogear around them by using the energy that is produced by the sacrist at its core. In order to activate the pendant, the Adaptor must sing a certain phrase referred to as a “Chant.”<br />
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<b>Harmonizer </b></h3>
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Individuals whose songs resonate with a sacrist are capable of producing the "Chant" necessary to activate the Symphogear - they are called "Harmonizers." Currently there are three categories of Harmonizers.
The first type are individuals like Tsubasa, Chris and Serena. They are born with an innate aptitude which can become stabilized through proper training.
The second type are individuals like Kanade, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika. Although they are born with an innate aptitude, training alone is not enough and they require doses of drugs in order to temporarily raise their link coefficient.
The third type is unique to a single individual, Hibiki. At first she became an Adaptor as a result of her body fusing with her sacrist after an accident. However, due to a certain event, she became a true Harmonizer not through training or drugs, but by miraculously procuring the necessary amount of link coefficiency. Her transformation from a Sacrist Fusion to a Harmonizer is currently being investigated and it has been theorized that her involvement in the Frontier Incident contributed significantly to this change.<br />
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<b>Sacrist</b></h3>
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This is a term which refers to ancient weapons and tools with hidden supernatural powers that appear in myths and folklore from all around the world. Sacrists are impossible to create without the use of black arts technology, which is lost in the current era, but they have been successfully excavated throughout various ruins in the world.
Due to the passing of time, these artifacts have suffered much deterioration and damage. Even in large-scale excavation projects, finding pieces that are completely intact is incredibly rare. Therefore, in most cases, only "sacrist fragments" have been recovered. Sacrists that are in a grounded state can shift into an active state through the power of song, thereby releasing their inner power.
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<b>LiNKER</b></h3>
<b><br /></b>A control drug that links the power of sacrists and the human body. Normally, individuals who are not natural Harmonizers cannot become a Symphogear Adaptor. However, if an individual has even a small amount of the necessary link coefficient, the LiNKER drug can forcibly raise that amount to the level of a Harmonizer.
Of course the higher the link coefficient must be raised, the greater the strain put upon the body. Subjects who used it were often put into a state of shock and lost consciousness, and clinical trials resulted more often in crippling or killing individuals than actually turning them into a Harmonizer. The drug was originally developed by the creator of the Symphogear System itself, Sakurai Ryoko. However, it was later passed to the F.I.S. and Dr. Ver, who proceeded with it under the theme of "Pleasant for you" and managed to develop a safer form of LiNKER with a very small physical burden and a more thorough cleansing process. The final recipe was completed by Elfnein, S.O.N.G.'s resident advisor on technology and Alchemy. Currently there are 3 Adaptors who utilize LiNKER in order to use the Symphogear System - Maria, Kirika and Shirabe.<br />
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<b>Bavarian Illuminati</b></h3>
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A secret society that originated in Europe. A large number of their members are known as Alchemists, users of black art technology. From ancient times, the group has maneuvered in secret and manipulated history. As a result, they are responsible for the current state of Europe which has led to it being named “the Dark Continent.” After a fierce struggle the Director of the Illuminati, Adam Weishaupt, was defeated and the organization completely fell apart. The remnants of the group went into hiding underground, and are currently being tracked down by government intelligence operations across the world.<br />
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This is an off-shoot of the ancient black arts technology that evolved separately from modern day science. It originated in Europe and has remained in the shadows as it spread throughout the world up until today. Alchemists can transmute and produce energy through incinerating "memories" and "lifeforce", and at times this has been considered "magic". Alchemy is a technical system that has many variations, however its manipulation of energy is very similar to the techniques presented in the Sakurai Theory.
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<b>God Killer (***)</b></h3>
<b><br /></b>A power that is not inherent to Hibiki nor Gungnir itself. Instead, it is something unique to the Gungnir that Hibiki wears, its very existence having become warped after thousands of years through the power of words. It's different from the Symphogear, which uses the power of song, and rather is classified as a "Philosophical Armament." It has the ability to reverse and overpower the damage it receives. It is the ultimate weapon and only method to handle the principle that exists outside the logic of our world known as "Divine Providence". Countless times throughout humanity's history divine powers have impeded progress, but the God Killer effectively acts as a poison that renders them immediately worthless. This ability lies within Hibiki Tachibana's fist. <b><br /></b>
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"Within this hand that joins others - is the power to kill God"<br />
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<b>Lyrics for Hibiki's second song (spoilers!)</b></h3>
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<i>Only to You</i>
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The sun sets, the wind shifts<br />
Street lights softly switch on<br />
My doubts and loneliness <br />
They lead me astray<br />
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I was also scared, scared of being alone<br />
Because the darkness of night is a mirror that reflects the past<br />
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My right hand, my heart, my everything<br />
Exist for the future (Miku)<br />
...However, all I've done is destroy<br />
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That pain in my heart, you wrapped in kindness<br />
You said, "let's go see a night that feels less lonely"<br />
On that hill, looking at the stars cascading down<br />
I squeezed your hand and you squeezed back<br />
I knew I shouldn't cry into your hand, but I couldn't help it...<br />
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I was a broken, lame and cowardly hero<br />
Only noticing your tears when things got rough<br />
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"I'll just be gone for a bit" I hurt you with those words <br />
I never even gave you the chance to keep me safe<br />
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You thanked me for being born into this world<br />
And that spirit of yours helped me to stand on my own<br />
Eternal love... I know I have to answer yours<br />
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I'm not good with difficult things, because I'm stupid<br />
So I don't think I'll ever find the right words, but<br />
We're here now, in this one in a billion moment<br />
We'll live out our time together, hand in hand<br />
No miracle is too great for us!<br />
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My right hand, my heart, my everything<br />
Exist for the future <br />
...Please let me make an eternal promise<br />
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To give you the time which you were named for (future)...<br />
To continue these days where we can say "see you tomorrow"...!<br />
Like blooming flowers, standing in the warmth of the sun<br />
Together, our dream will resound... and echo on!<br />
Let's live together...!<br />
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I don't care if I'm a broken and lame hero<br />
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Less than half an hour until XV! I've rushed to get this incredible with Aoi Yuki done in time for people to read it before the episode airs. She talks about her overall experience with the series and also touches on the developments in season 5. Please enjoy! </div>
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<i>Turning the anxiety from
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<i>But what exactly
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<i>However, now it's
different. Everyone seems to know that Symphogear = hot-blooded
songs and intense battles. Even more, it has become a lengthy series
with 5 seasons to its name.
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<i>Even to the viewers,
following the series over the years has become like building their
own history of combat experience, which has nurtured a strange sense
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<i>"Once I learned
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<i>Words that could
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character's actress: Aoi Yuki.
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<i>The Symphogear
series has created a real fascination among its fandom. Known for
having characters with strong and colorful personalities, intense
battles and unexpected twists, amazing character and battle songs,
extensive concerts, and much more. These elements have captured the
hearts of many fans.
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<i>This July, the fifth
and final season "Symphogear XV" will air.
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<i>Aoi Yuki shared with
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Symphogear has become so beloved among its fans.</i>
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Please tell us your
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<b>Aoi:</b> Season 1
already had a completed story and I didn't think there would be a
continuation, so at that time I felt that I already thrown everything
I had at the series. However, we were able to follow it up with a
season 2, 3 and now we've finally made it to 5. Among recent anime, I
think its very rare for a series to run on for this long. I think
that's thanks to all the people out there who have continued to show
their love and support for the series, and I have nothing but
appreciation for them. I believe that one of the trademarks of
Symphogear is that it never puts on the breaks and is constantly
trying to top itself, and I'm very happy that it has continued to
bring in new fans with each season.
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So when you look
back, does it feel more like "we've finally made it this far" or
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<b>Aoi:</b> I would say
more of "we've finally made it this far"... (laugh). I'm
going to allow myself to be frank and say, back when season 2 was
announced I fell into despair thinking "it's not over yet"
(bitter laugh). Of course, I was happy that the series itself would
continue, but personally speaking all I could feel was "I'm
going to have to do these difficult recording sessions again."
That's how hard I was pushing myself back then. Then when season 2
ended, "Season 3 is greenlit!" and after that ended "Season 4 and 5 have been greenlit!" Each time it happened
I thought "Okay, I can't let myself stop just yet" and kept
myself running headlong into it. And now, season 5 is the climax
within a climax. It will reveal the truths of the story that bring
everything to a close as a fully compiled series. So right now my
feelings are: "somehow, I've finally made it this far."
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Season 1 began back
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<b>Aoi:</b> Each season I
thought, "this might be the end", and so now that we've
come to season 5 I'm thinking "boy, we've already been through 5
seasons" (laugh). I'm the type who always puts my best in until
the very end, so I've constantly been putting my entire heart into
all of it. Then afterwards they tell me there's going to be more and
I think, "I just put 120% into it, so now I have to go even
further beyond that?" And that's happened a total of 3 times
now... (laugh).
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<b>Aoi:</b> That being
said, as we entered the later half of earlier seasons I started to
get precognitions about it! Like, "another season is coming!"
(laugh). However, for season 4 we already knew ahead of time that
season 5 was waiting for us, so I went into it with a different
resolve than usual. Actually, back in season 1 there were times I
felt "I'm lacking so much." However, now that we've made it
to season 5 I've finally realized it doesn't matter what I "can't"
do, I simply need the resolve to "exist as Hibiki for as long
as it takes." When it comes to singing and acting... or rather,
being Hibiki, I've gained the confidence that no one can beat me over
these 7 years.
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<b>Aoi: </b>By no means do
I intend to say that I carry regrets about season 1, but at the time
I felt totally unable to reach the goal. My own expectations and that of the people
around me formed hurdles that were just too high, and
my skills at the time were yet undeveloped. In season 2, I was able
to reflect and begin working to improve and so when season 3 came
around, I had nearly mastered it to perfection and now that's where
I'm at with season 4 and 5. Among it all, I came to the conclusion
that I simply didn't have time to worry about anything. Of course, it
still left me with anxiety, but at that point I was already the age
where I shouldn't be letting it persist. You see, in season 3 we
started to get cast members who were younger and more inexperienced
than me. I knew that if I was letting my anxiousness show that it
would affect them negatively. Up until then I had simply been following the leader, but I knew it was now my time to lead and put myself out
in front, which led to me feeling strongly that I couldn't let myself
be frightened anymore. In that regard, I really felt I was the same
as Hibiki. In season 1 I was full of nothing but worry, but in season
2 I gained new friends and slowly began to realize that "this is
what standing upon the battlefield feels like." Once I learned
how to fight in that world, I became able to accept my anxiety.
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<b>Aoi:</b> I was
blissfully happy with our new additions to the cast. I heard early on
that Maria and the others would end up as allies, but I was so
excited to find out how that was going to happen. Hibiki is a girl
who never gives up, so I felt that as long as she was being
optimistic then I would do just the same. Personally speaking, I
approached season 2 with the attitude of "I'm gonna get it
done!" and I was able to retain my optimistic outlook from start
to finish.
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<b>Aoi: </b> During the
battle songs in season 1 there weren't really a lot of instances of
me going "hiya!" and such. Back then, I really had no idea
how to work them in and couldn't get the hang of it. However, then it
came time for the 2012 concert and I got to experience how the fans
were reacting to the charms of Symphogear. I learned that the reason
they were able to accept me as Hibiki was because her spunkiness and
my recklessness were synchronized with each other. It was actually
the first time I had realized that. Thinking about it like that, I
started to notice I accomplished more than I had originally thought.
In that sense, I was really glad that there was a second season. When it came time for me to perform her again, I thought hard
about the best way I could get her spunkiness and desperation in the
fight scenes across. It was really difficult, but I came to
understand that "this is exactly what makes Symphogear so
enjoyable." Plus, I thought that if we were able to leave the
recording sessions with a sense of enjoyment and accomplishment, then that would
make it all the more fun for viewers. In hindsight, I think it was
full of challenges, but right now the fun memories have left
a stronger impression.
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<b>Aoi: </b>That fight,
from the perspective of Hibiki and Miku, is one of the most important
things to happen. Their relationship after that is heavily influenced
by the events of that day. Personally speaking, that was the scene
where I really felt I had a solid grasp on what "Symphogear"
is and I recall even now that it was really fun to record the
back-and-forth struggle between them.
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<b>Aoi: </b>That season
heavily featured Carol and her relationship with her father, which
allowed them to introduce not just Hibiki's father, but her whole
family in general. I think up until that point, Hibiki had just
kept running headlong into things because she thought that if she
stopped it would cause her to lose everything. However, she made new
friends and found a place where she could belong and that offered her
and the others an opportunity to actually stop for once. That was
when they began to look back on their past and that is what gave birth to season 3. In
the end, Carol and Hibiki were unable to come to an understanding
with each other. As Hibiki's actress, it even came as a shock to me to
learn "there are people who aren't willing to join hands"...
Of course, at the very end Carol did take Hibiki's hand, but that was actually her father's hand in essence. That's why, my personal take in regards
to the fight against Carol, is that we won but also lost at the same
time. I always imagine that Hibiki must take time to reflect back
on the fact she was unable to join hands with Carol. It's
because of that experience that when it came to season 4, her
motivation to join hands with others was so strong, that she was able
to get through to Saint Germain.
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between the adaptors outside of Hibiki began to develop. On an
installment of Symphogear Radio there was talk that "Hibiki's
overall clinginess has begun to settle down" (laugh).
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<b>Aoi: </b>That's right!
Up through season 2 Hibiki had been really insistent and clingy, but
when it came to season 3 everyone else started to open up and cling
to each other (laugh). They grew stronger as they survived each
battle and by the end of season 3 all of them were just really manly.
Also, Hibiki's relationship with Miku became stable... or rather,
Miku stopped worrying so much. Whenever Hibiki loses sight of
herself, Miku will come to save her. I think it's because of the events
of season 2 that really helped to solidify their relationship to this
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professional", and "has come to understand her reckless
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<b>Aoi: </b>At the end of
season 3, Hibiki realized that recklessly giving something her all
is not enough to get results. Up until then, I believed that if she
put 120% into something that was enough to accomplish anything. I
think she really had the strength to back that up, especially
because everyone responded to her spunkiness and lent their own
strength. However, through the events with Carol she learned that
"there are hands you can't grab hold of by just charging
straight at them." I think that was a big step for her character
in terms of becoming more mature. I wouldn't say that she matured in
season 3, but took what she learned from those events and then put
them into practice with season 4. Miku and the other members of the
team became stronger and as they became a source of reliance, it
allowed Hibiki more time to fret over things. Everyone understands
that Hibiki is a girl who finds the answer to her problems by
fretting over them. So I felt that everyone created some time for her
based on their prior experience to allow her to do that. As a result,
I really came to sympathize with Hibiki's drive to join her hand with
Saint Germain's. I felt that "this is something I really need to
come through in my performance." Up until now, Hibiki's approach
has been "I don't really understand you, but I'd like to be
friends with you." But after Carol it became, "I have to
understand them, in order not to lose them. I have to find a way to
join hands." That's how her thought process has evolved.
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see in season 4 is how she's matured not just as an adaptor, but as a
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<b>Aoi:</b> Then after
season 4 ended, at Symphogear Live 2018, I was able to sing Hibiki's
"Blooming Courage" song together with Minako (Saint
Germain). Throughout the series, most of Hibiki's songs have been
about her own personal sense of justice, and were rarely directed at
anyone else in particular. However, "Blooming Courage" was
really impactful because it was all about how she wanted to
understand Saint Germain and addressed her specifically. That's why,
when it came to the concert, I made the request "if the
alchemist team is going to be there, I'd like to sing with her."
Both the staff and Minako said "sure!", and we had them set
it up so that we could sing together. I felt that moment was the
first time that I was able to make one of Hibiki's dreams come true.
I just really felt that it was a song that she would have liked to
have the chance to sing with Saint Germain. This whole time I've felt
nothing but indebted to Hibiki for always saving me and so that
moment on the stage was when I finally felt that I was able to do
something to repay her, even though I had to borrow some help to get
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<b>Aoi: </b>When I saw the
key visual for the first time, I did get really worried. Hibiki and
Miku looking up at the night sky... for the two of them, watching
shooting stars is supposed to be a symbol of their happiness. But the
shooting stars being the color of the Symphogears, and their backs to
the viewer, not to mention the tagline. I think there's a lot you can
surmise from it all. In season 5, they will befall numerous dreadful
and sad events that ordinary humans would be unable to overcome.
However, I play my role as Hibiki believing that these girls have
grown strong enough to overcome anything that comes their way. As of
this interview we're only halfway through recording, so I have no
idea what lies in store for them at the very end, but I'm going in
prepared for anything. I think that Hibiki herself is prepared to
give it her all and never lose heart through anything. In season 4
the adaptors went into combat as a set of professionals and I think
in season 5 they've sharpened their senses even more. I think rather
than saying professionals they're more "masters" at this
point? (laugh). I definitely think there's a part of the season that
displays them as true "artisans" of the Symphogear, of
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<b>Aoi: </b>Right now,
Hibiki hasn't changed her stance. She asks: "Why are you doing this?"
"Isn't there some way we can reach an understanding?" She
keeps trying, but it's turning out to be very hard to find even
ground.
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How about the other
adaptors?
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<b>Aoi: </b>Personally, I'd like
everyone to watch out for Tsubasa. This time she's playing a much
more fundamental role than ever before. There are a lot of things
going on, but compared to everyone around her, Hibiki has been rather
stable and I hope that nuance is coming through in my performance.
It's not just Hibiki, but every character has circumstances that
create these subtle nuances and it's important to remember that they
have many allies. No matter what situation they find themselves in,
there are people who will fight by their side, and I think that's a
strength that is only possible because we've built up to season 5.
That's why, if you compare them in season 1 to season 5, you'll
definitely think "wow, they're adults now!" I think this is
especially true of Hibiki! Throughout seasons 1 to 3, she was always
wondering: "What is a hero?" and "I don't want to
become a hero, but..." She's spent a long time denying that
she's a special person, but in season 5 I think you can say she
embraces her hero status (laugh). I think that she's finally digested
all of these expectations people have of her. Once she's come to a
conclusion about something like that, she becomes really strong and
reliable! Personally speaking, as I read through the scripts I feel
that something scary is waiting down the road, and I think Hibiki
also must feel that fear to a certain extent, but she's also stable
enough at this point that I think "it's okay, we'll definitely
overcome it no matter what!"
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Nothing can get in
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<b>Aoi: </b>I'm positive
that everyone is nervous after seeing the key visual and tagline, but
when Hibiki is unbound she's super strong you know? (laugh). She's well beyond
superhuman at this point!
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A perfect example is
the end of season 4, where she had the alchemic gold shine and
created an absolute blizzard of punches with an "oraoraoraora"
(laugh).
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<b>Aoi:</b> That scene is
really Symphogear-y and cool to watch, but... all I could think was
that I'm glad she's not mad at me (laugh). I've gotten comments from
people who weren't involved in the production who said: "I never
thought there'd an ora ora, which is exactly why it was so awesome."
Then they ask me: "Was that in the script?" and I tell them
"Nope, that was me ad-libbing" (laugh). I thought it was
really great that the director gave me the green-light! I think that
for Symphogear, it's important to have a mix of these elements that
are surprising, passionate and just plain cool. When an idea hits
like "this could work!" we give it a try and sometimes it
just fits right in (laugh).
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Like how in episode
1 of season 4, Tsubasa invades the enemy base on her bike before
Ogawa suddenly shows up with Hibiki and Chris in tow on a kite
(laugh).
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<b>Aoi:</b> Exactly
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I definitely think
scenes like that are part of the charm of the series (laugh).
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<b>Aoi:</b> Everyone is
always saying that one line now: "it itches, but feels so good!"
(laugh).
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What are your
current experiences like in the recording sessions?
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<b>Aoi:</b> From episode 1,
Hibiki is already out there singing up a storm! The enemy in season 5
is a type of opponent that we've never fought before, so they end up
giving the adaptors quite a hard time. If I were to drop a hint here,
I would say something like: "humans are the enemies of
humans"....! As for the recording sessions, I psyched myself up by thinking "I'm really going to go at it this time!" and in
fact I brought so much passion to it that the mic has toppled over a
few times.
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When it comes to
being Hibiki, is there any sort of central piece you've found to
getting into character?
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<b>Aoi:</b> After playing
her for 7 years, I would say the existence of Hibiki inside of me has
taken on kind of a shapeless mold. By which I mean, I no longer need
anything solid to grasp onto to get into character. In fact, whenever
I get the songs and lyrics, I always end up just becoming her.
Speaking of which, when the recording for episode 1 finished I
remember that Mr. Agematsu said to me: "That was a great first
episode. It really feels just like "Symphogear" should."
And that made me super happy.
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If Mr. Agematsu is
saying that, then you really do have a perfect grasp on the character
after these 7 years.
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<b>Aoi:</b> W-Well, I'm not
so sure about that... (laugh). I think I would put it like this: No
matter if the sound of my voice is off or out of rhythm, what this
series has taught me is that is that I should put my faith in the
others around me and just stay focused on believing that I am Hibiki.
Though, as a performer if I wasn't able to do that it would
definitely be a problem... even if a voice actor could get by without
singing, if they couldn't act then that would be really bad (laugh).
Right now, my singing and acting are linked and I enjoy that.
Naturally, we finally made it season 5 so we can't just have
"Symphogear" fall apart here. I hope that when it starts
airing, the fans will get pumped up.
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What do you think
are the reasons that "Symphogear" as a series has become
beloved by so many people?
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<b>Aoi:</b> I've performed
in many different anime and I think that for series where the fans
are really supportive, the staff are equally pouring as much love and
effort into its production. When it comes to Symphogear, you can
really feel the love for it coming from not just the fans, but also
the staff and cast. The people who work on Symphogear are constantly
thinking about what they can do to make it even better. That's why I
would like even more people to watch it and fall in love with it. I
hope that the staff's passion reaches the viewers and leaves them
feeling fulfilled. I think that in the end, the love really comes
through in this series. The fans respond to that love and it creates
a really strong reaction among them.
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When it comes to
this series, you hear similar stories from the radio show, the events
and all the members of the cast, so it really shines through.
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<b>Aoi:</b> Symphogear was
built on love and it powers through by using that love as its engine.
I think that becomes clear as you watch it, so I hope the fans will
reward the staff for their efforts.
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Lastly, please send
a message to all the passionate Symphogear fans out there.
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<b>Aoi: </b> From season 1
to season 2, season 2 to season 3, season 3 to season 4 and now
season 4 to season 5. Each time the love and passion just build even
stronger, so it may be hard to believe... but! In season 5! It will
grow! Even more! And more! Intense and hot-blooded! All of us in the cast
have put our hearts and souls into it! Since season 1 we have been
putting our everything into it, but now in season 5 that "everything"
is on a new level that doesn't even compare! The reason for that is
because, personally, my skills have expanded and I have grown as an
actress, and my teamwork with everyone has become better too! But the
biggest reason is because I know that the fans are ready and willing
to embrace and accept whatever comes at them, so having that trust is
what enabled me to power up even more! We've worked on this season to
make it the ultimate expression of "Symphogear" that leaves
you feeling more satisfied than ever before! So please, watch and
enjoy Symphogear XV!
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Thank you very much.
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Back when AXZ ended I had hoped to translate all of these pair interviews before season 5 started, but I didn't make it. I will definitely go back to finish 4, 5 and 6 at some point, but for now I've skipped to the final entry to get people prepped for XV. Enjoy!<br />
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For the final entry in this series, we’re sitting down with the co-creators of Symphogear: Mr. Akifumi Kaneko and Mr. Noriyasu Agematsu. They’re going to talk about how the story and music of AXZ were born, and how it will connect into season 5. Now that AXZ has ended, they can give us all the inside info! </h2>
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Regarding the title of season 4, “AXZ”, was this something you thought up, Mr. Kaneko?</h3>
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<b style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Yes, I was the one who proposed it and we decided to use it after some discussion. One of the main elements of the story this season was the “Philosopher’s Stone” and I wanted to incorporate that in the title somehow. Of course, we couldn’t just call it: “Symphogear: Philosopher’s Stone” (laugh). However, the Philosopher’s Stone has been called “one the all” and in other words that can mean “A to Z”. So I took that and made it “A times Z” hence “AXZ”. At the same time, you pronounce it like “axis”, which is another meaning it carries. The theme of this season was “choosing justice” and when you connect it to season 5 it becomes the axis that all the different choices rotate around.<br />
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Can you tell us more about why you decided upon the theme of “choosing justice”? </h3>
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Mr. Agematsu, after you first saw the story outline for AXZ, how did you approach production of the music? </h3>
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In regards to the new characters associated with Bavarian Illuminati, how did you approach working them into the story? </h3>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Together, Saint Germain, Cagliostro and Prelati make a complete set. My intention was that they alone formed a perfect little world. At their core, they are friends with incredibly deep bonds. In a manner of speaking, they are one form that justice can take. This is why when I established their characters I gave them eternal life and the ability to draw power through the sacrifice of other lives. As perfect beings, they needed to have a relation to the concept of “death”. On Hibiki’s side you have people who resolve by problems by “putting their lives at stake.” Meanwhile, on Saint Germain’s side you have people that try to secure the future by “bringing light to death”. Both groups are ultimately working towards the same goal, however I thought it would be interesting if they had completely different ideas on how to go about it. A lot of this was heavily influenced by Mr. Agematsu after he came up with “shitou” (deathlight) as the title of their song.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> Looking at Mr. Kaneko’s ideas for AXZ, it seemed clear that “death” would be a theme. So, I came up with “deathlight” as a way to capture that concept in a positive manner. Ultimately, Saint Germain’s group give up their lives trying to fulfill a greater goal. Honestly, I had hoped that would be the kind of characters they turned out to be. It’s a bit contradictory, but while “bringing light to death” does essentially just mean “death” the “light” aspect is intended to mean “something revealed or left behind.” I thought combining those words into one was a great idea, so I submitted it for Mr. Kaneko’s consideration.<br />
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What sort of things did you keep in mind when you produced “Deathlight - Ewigkeit”? </h3>
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> When I began producing the song, it had already been decided in the plot that it would be sung twice. For its use in episode 1, I really wanted to portray the sense of mysteriousness of these characters and also their amazing singing ability. That’s why I decided to make it a capella with no instrumental accompaniment. When it came to episode 12, the melody was the same but the lyrics changed from German to Japanese, because the song is intended to convey their determination in the face of death. Of course I had to be careful because it’s not supposed to be a somber song of finality, but a heroic battle song that they sing while standing at death’s door. I wanted it to convey the image of heroism and antiquity that is unique to the alchemists. In general, the songs of AXZ were all like this. Instead of giving in to my desires to create certain types of songs, I took both the story and future concert into consideration and approached the production of the music in a more logical way.
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> In every season there have been a lot of songs that were dramatic, but this time I think the story aspects were so strongly tied to them that it really helped create an extra level of excitement, for which I was very grateful.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Yes, certainly. Whenever I come up with a character, I’m usually influenced by people I’ve interacted with recently or seen on TV. In this case, the story of these three characters is pretty emotionally heavy, so I tried to create some distance from that by modeling them after comedians who have a certain back-and-forth between each other.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> Oh? Who exactly did you model them after?
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> The group known as “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEjDfV68hc">Tokyo 03</a>”.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> The adaptors are all modeled after people who I know, too. Of course, no one exists who is exactly like those girls, so what I do is take only some of the qualities of their models and stretch them out to create somewhat of a caricature.<br />
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In this season, the adaptors formed new pairs to sing new unison songs. What kind of ideas was this aspect of the story born from? </h3>
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> We thought a lot about what sort of theme we should use to combine the characters different styles into unison songs and still make it feel fresh. At that point, we realized that we hadn’t worked the transformation chant melodies into any individual songs yet. So, the transformation chants serve as an intro and then pop up throughout different parts of the song. For example, in Tsubasa and Shirabe’s song, the orchestrated bridge features both of their transformation chant melodies. I thought that by using the music to demonstrate their respective chants responding to each other, that would be the basis for which the gears evolved and changed their form. I worked with everyone else on the staff to establish that as a rule.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Although I was the one who put the whole thing in motion, the songs really surpassed all my expectations and made me happy to hear. I’ll admit my motive in making it a plot point was somewhat of a prank, but in the end I felt like you stepped up and threw it right back at me.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> All of us on the composing side were excited to make them. We’ve been through 4 seasons now, so there was a sense of wanting to inject something fresh into the music. Of course, it was a surprise to see these pairings were how you were going to accomplish it. I honestly felt like you had given me some new toys to play with (laugh).<br />
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“Wind of Axia” was the ending of episode 6 and also played a big role in the final episode. How exactly did that come about? </h3>
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> That song was one proposed to us by the Music Director, Ms. Asami Suita. She’s always been very passionate about the Symphogear project and has been a staff member with us since the beginning. Admittedly, one reason I was excited to do it was so that we could respond to her passion (laugh). But I was really impressed with her idea to combine the transformation chants, superb song and battle songs all into one.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Within AXZ, the end of episode 6 is one spot where the story takes a break of sorts. The LiNKER plot line comes to an end in that episode, and there is a buildup to the climax as the battle with the Illuminati becomes much more serious. So, that’s why we thought about having a special ending for that particular episode. That’s when we went to confer with Ms. Suita and she gave us a bunch of ideas. She is always a huge help when it comes to music, but in this case she also helped to bring the story together as well.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> The transformation chants were originally a single song to begin with. In “Babel of Beginning” their lyrics were translated into Japanese, but considering the story in AXZ, Ms. Suita suggested that we have them play in full from the start as they originally were. I thought it was a great concept that deepened the meaning behind “Babel of Beginning” itself. “Babel of Beginning” has that sort of “final form” feeling to it, but by joining it together with this new song, we were able to create a fresh and exciting ending once again. I thought “joining” two pieces together like that was really fitting for Symphogear. Of course, now that we’ve created these masterpieces I really worry about what we’re going to have to come up with for season 5… (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> In terms of being allowed to do what I wanted, episodes 1 and 2 for sure. Both of those together, I approached with the intent of creating a pure “Hollywood” feel. I was raised on Hollywood films, so to be able to fit so many different aspects of those into this series, I really owe my thanks to the efforts of the other staff.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> I have to agree with episodes 1 and 2. “What is Symphogear?” - I think people can easily understand the answer by watching those two. It’s the ideal representation of an anime where the music and animation are perfectly combined. If people get asked what kind of series “Symphogear” is, I hope they would show them these episodes. In regards to other scenes… well, Adam getting naked to transmute gold (laugh). Not only did that scene have an impending sense of doom, but the nudity just doubled the impact and it was truly amazing.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Well, this time I had Mr. Agematsu come up with the majority of the song titles.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> I usually leave the titles up to Mr. Kaneko, so to be honest I didn’t feel like I had come up with that many, but I guess I did.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> For example, “Resounding Infinity” was one that you came up with.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> That’s right! And you were the one who responded to that with “Melodic Sorority”.
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> When I ask for a song to be produced, I provide a general theme and details of the story along with the character’s feelings and motivations. Mr. Agematsu then comes up with the lyrics and at the very end, I’m the one who provides the title. That’s usually how it’s gone up until now. However, this time Mr. Agematsu had a lot of ideas. For example, the unison song titles were all thought up by him. Although, I came up with “Blooming Courage” before the song was produced and asked them to stick with that title.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> I think for season 5, you should go ahead and decide all of the song titles beforehand.
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> I think deciding all of them ahead of time might be a struggle (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> Okay, I’ve taken your order (laugh).<br />
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Of course, what kind of interview would this be if we didn’t ask about season 5. The end of AXZ focused on Miku in a way that made it seem like bad things might be in store, so I know there are a lot of people curious about it… </h3>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: white;"><b>Kaneko:</b></span> For this season, I went along with Mr. Agematsu’s wish to show that “there will be more” at the very end. Since we already know there’ll be a season 5, we were able to bring AXZ to a close like that.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span> </b>This season was really exciting for me, precisely because of that.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> It’s my personal philosophy that the most important aspect of a story is to provide a proper ending. That’s why up through GX I always made sure it ended with a clear “that’s all!” even though I had left some foreshadowing to allow people to imagine the future. However, this time there was a need for it to connect directly to the next season, which is why it ended like it did. Although people may get the impression of “bad things” happening, from our perspective the intent is that it’ll just be “more of the usual Symphogear”. The adaptors have always fought hard to obtain the happiest ending possible, even in the toughest of situations. Their fight will continue, so please just wait patiently.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: white;">Agematsu:</span></b> I’m the opposite of Mr. Kaneko, I prefer being able to show everyone “there’s still more to come”. Maybe that’s because I’m the type who likes to get excited by imagining all the things that are to come. I’ve always wanted Symphogear to have that feeling, which is why the end of each episode is meant to pull you into the next one. That being said, this time we actually ended the whole season that way and at the current moment I have no idea what’s going to happen, so I’m very excited. All the members of Elements Garden will be ready to bring their absolute best!<br />
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Please sum up Symphogear in one word!</h3>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Kaneko:</span></b> (Tolerance of) Disharmony<br />
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Big updates this week, folks! New PV, new characters, the whole shebang. Plus, the END of Symphogear?! Hit the jump for all the details and more.<br />
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The youtube description and the Symphogear twitter account describe this is as "the grande finale of the Symphogear TV series". The PV has no new text or story information, but previews the new opening theme "<b>METANOIA</b>" by Nana Mizuki. The definition of Metanoia is: "a change in one's way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion." Also if you take it backwards in Japanese: "Ai no ta me" which means "For Love". The ending will be "<b>Lasting Song</b>" by Ayahi Takagaki. The series will officially begin airing in Japan on July 6th starting at 1 am local time.<br />
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An event showcasing the first episode will be held on June 27th in Tokyo. Aoi Yuki (Hibiki), Yuka Iguchi (Miku), Yoko Hikasa (Maria) and Hideo Ishikawa (Genjuro) will be present at the event. A video digest of this event will likely be available on the first XV blu-ray volume. Tickets go on sale starting June 22nd at 10 am for the general public. Pre-reservations will open on June 12 at 11 am. The tickets cost 2,000 yen.<br />
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<b>Vanessa (voiced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Ichimichi">MAO</a>)</b></div>
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The woman who currently leads the remnants of the Bavarian Illuminati. Although she acts as the head of the organization, it's not because she possesses great leadership skills or superior combat ability. She ended up taking the job simply because she felt a sense of responsibility as the most senior remaining member. It is a little unfortunate, but despite her soft tone of voice, she hides a rather harsh personality that enables her to do what needs to be done. Within the Illuminati, she served as an engineer who worked on the development of the Faust Robes. However, most of her original body was severely damaged due to an accident. She ultimately became an alchemic cyborg that uses the Faust Robe to supplant her missing body functions.<br />
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A member of the Bavarian Illuminati. She is a failed experiment created by the group in their attempt to reproduce monsters of myth and legend. This was all motivated by the organization's goal of obtaining the "perfect life". Thanks to her ability to fly she has impressive mobility and her enhanced physical strength can be used to great effect as a weapon. Not only that, but her eyes (known as "Stained Glance") can unleash a psychic radiance (called the "Mindflayer"). It can be utilized in a variety of offensive ways and can strike directly at an enemy's weak point. She often parades around as the villain, but only because she wants to keep her friend's hands from getting dirty as much as possible. Alternatively, when dealing with someone she doesn't consider a friend, she is capable of completely killing her emotions.<br />
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A member of the Bavarian Illuminati. She was one of the organization's experiments, along with Vanessa and Millaarc. They were all scorned within the organization as being "filthy rustlings". Despite her bitter past she stands strong like a tree, a girl of unwavering optimism. Within the current remnants of the Illuminati she is the youngest, but very clever and perceptive. She serves as the little mediator of the group. Her beast implants give her a unique battle style, which is based on nerve enhancement. She has various tail attachments that can connect to a jack in her tailbone, which serve as her main armament. </div>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illithid">Mindflayer</a> is a reference to the D&D monster, presumably. Based on her design, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla">perhaps name</a>, I would guess vampire she's based off of is a vampire. </li>
<li>Regarding "<b>rust</b>lings": The intent with this is that the experiments the Illumanti did were ultimately designed to create the lapis philosophicus, which glows a <b>brilliant red</b>, and these girls were all failed experiments of that, hence "<b>rust</b>" colored. </li>
<li>"Strong like a tree" in particular the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thujopsis">Japanese cypress</a>. This is totally Kaneko being Kaneko with his descriptions. </li>
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I find it interesting that the character descriptions of each new character seem to evoke one of the FIS girls. Vanessa is described as "soft, but harsh" which is similar to how Maria was introduced on G's website. Millaarc's profile says she goes out her way to make herself appear a certain way to avoid putting stress on her friends, which is pretty much what Kirika does. Finally, Elsa is a clever and optimistic girl with a bitter past... kinda sounds like Shirabe to me. Anyway this doesn't mean anything, but may give us some insight into how their relationships with the adaptors will play out. </div>
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In general, I think the introduction of "remnants" of the Illuminati is just a huge distraction. They will of course play a role in the season, but I get the feeling they won't serve as the main antagonists because we have bigger fish to fry (custodians). However, it's interesting to note that all of them seem capable of combat without relying on a Faust Robe (though, I guess Vanessa kind of does), which probably means we won't be getting any new transformations/armor for them. </div>
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Okay, so let's talk about the biggest piece of news out of all of this: <b>Symphogear is ending</b>. I've mentioned the potential a few times before, but I said I wasn't going to touch on it because it was pointless to speculate. Well, today's news confirms that season 5 will be the end of Symphogear as an anime TV series. Does that leave the possibility open for spin-offs or movies? Sure, I don't doubt we may get something down the road. But for the foreseeable future, this is going to be it and I have long suspected and wished for this to happen. It is my personal opinion that any good story must end and so many anime (or their respective manga) fall into the trap of extending their stories to capitalize on popularity and make money. Symphogear is a little different because it's anime original and has slowly grown in popularity over time. Contrary to popular belief, Kaneko and Agematsu have stated in past interviews that Symphogear was <b>not</b> designed or created to sell CDs. At its core Symphogear was created by Agematsu's drive to change music in anime, and a desire to have Kaneko tell his story.</div>
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Back in season 1, there was an interview in the Design Works book that describes how Symphogear first got started. One day I'll get around to finishing my translation, but for now here's the gist: Agematsu wrote down a bunch of ideas into a notebook. He gave this notebook to Kaneko and asked him to write a story. However, they only had 13 episodes to work with so Kaneko picked only some of those ideas to use. This included things like "a concert scene in episode 1 that gets attacked" and "a technique that puts the user near death and sometimes causes the MC to go crazy." Among the ideas that fell to the wayside were: "a team of 5 main characters", this was later picked up and used in G, when they created a team of 6. "Four emperor villains and a last boss", this was later picked up and used in GX with Carol and the Autoscorers. And finally a "beautiful form" which later became Adam's final form in AXZ. The only other ideas mentioned, but not yet adapted, are "a strange pet" and "a book of prophecy that relates to the mystery of the world." Will those appear in XV in some form? It seems likely.</div>
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Each season of Symphogear was created referring to the same base: Agematsu's original ideas. Of course, this all came with a mix of Kaneko's own flair. For example, G first introduced the term "Illuminati" which wasn't fully explored until AXZ. Of the few terms we have yet to explore is "Custodian", which will undoubtedly be covered in XV. My ultimate point here is that after 5 seasons, they've finally exhausted their "source" material and Kaneko has crafted the story to come to a definitive climax where (hopefully) all the loose ends will be tied up. There is no better time to end it. Not to mention that Kaneko and Agematsu also both have their hands in other projects.<br />
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So, what does this mean for the future? Well, it doesn't seem that XDU will be going away any time soon so there will be plenty of supplemental content there for fans to enjoy. There will also be <a href="http://gekkan-bushi.com/comic_symphogear2/">another comic anthology</a> being published soon. I also have no doubt a new set of Zesshoushinais will be on the upcoming blu-rays and, of course, we have Symphogear Live 2019/20 to look forward to. Plus, there are still a few avenues of content that I am hopeful for. One unexplored idea mentioned in interviews that I remember is a prequel idea Kaneko had featuring Kanade & Tsubasa. If they ever get around to doing a film adaptation of season 1, I'm certain that would be included. For now though, just sit back and enjoy the ride that will be XV. Stay tuned for more updates and as always, thanks for your support. </div>
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Hi all! Another week and another update on the XV site. This time all of the subcharacter bios have been added, so I went ahead and translated them. It's not as big of an update as last time, but there's still some amusing stuff in here. Enjoy and as always, comments are welcome. Thanks for reading.<br />
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Hibiki Tachibana’s best friend and sunshine. A symbol of the ordinary life she should always return to.
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If she does nothing but keep those feelings suppressed inside, the day will come when she must inevitably shade her eyes from that dazzling smile. Why do people struggle so much to convey their feelings? The questions that Miku always asks herself continue to plague her again today.<br />
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A girl who serves as an advisor to S.O.N.G. as they deal with any and all supernatural threats. She is proficient in many fields including black art technology, but specializes in alchemy. Elfnein’s body is something that she inherited from the alchemist known as Carol, who could be considered another version of her.<br />
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Rather than calling her a workaholic, it’s easier to describe her as an individual who knows nothing but work. Even on her days off, she choses not to leave headquarters and instead spends time in her laboratory, immersing herself in experiments related to her hobby of brain and memory function.<br />
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The commander who is in charge of the UN’s supernatural disaster taskforce known as S.O.N.G. He is understanding and sympathetic to the trauma that the adaptors face out on the battlefield. Genjuro himself is master of combat who is well-versed in the martial arts.
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However, he has had few opportunities to be on the frontlines as of late. Instead, he has been focused almost solely on dealing with threats of intrigue and treachery, coming from both within and outside of Japan. In the past, he was a police officer assigned to the public safety division. People familiar with his work from around that time call him “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanzo_the_Razor">The Razor</a>”.<br />
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He is a skilled agent assigned to S.O.N.G.’s investigation unit. He maintains a public cover as the manager of the pop singer Tsubasa Kazanari. He has worked alongside the commander, Genjuro Kazanari, for a long time.<br />
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Occasionally, he can be seen in headquarters acting as Genjuro’s right-hand man. When necessary, he does not hesitate to join the supernatural battles on the frontlines. He uses handheld weapons and vehicles to perform modern-day ninjutsu in combat.<br />
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One of the operators who works to keep tabs on the Symphogear adaptor’s combat status. He mainly deals with data processing and is a recognized authority on trajectory calculations.
He has a habit of making unnecessary comments and pointless complaints, but this can perhaps be considered a side-effect of his skills in observation and analysis. His personality is cowardly and cautious, just like any normal person.<br />
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One of the operators who works to keep tabs on the Symphogear adaptor’s combat status. She mainly deals with data processing, but is also an important source of mental support as she expresses gentle concern for the adaptors.
She has a very kind, yet tough personality. She has occasionally used her handgun to get involved in the action, putting some of the male staff members to shame. Her skills with a gun are enough to surprise even the staff who specialize in firearms. She also is a qualified instructor in coffee brewing.<br />
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Tsubasa Kazanari’s father (per official documents), and Genjuro’s older brother. He is the Director of Cabinet Intelligence in the Japanese government. He works from the shadows to assure the country’s national security. He holds a lot of clout not just within the country, but also within the International community.<br />
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In the past, his shrewd and calm personality left the impression of someone very cruel. However, as he forged a closer relationship with his daughter Tsubasa, he has slowly begun to learn “passion” and reinforced his faith in politics.
In truth, he is an incredibly doting parent, but just like his daughter, struggles awkwardly to express himself.<br />
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Despite being well over the age of 100, he is still healthy and active. He is a political fixer who pulls many strings in Japan. He was the very first commander of the Singular Disaster Anti-Riot Unit’s Second Division, however he was forced to resign after being caught up in a scandal. He left the position to his younger son, Genjuro, and then confined himself to his residence.<br />
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This was believed to be a sign of his retirement, however he only hid himself from public view to starting exerting his influence in secret. It was his efforts that forced Japan’s disaster defense bill into law.
He is without a doubt, a true example of the Japanese “sentinel”. He works to safeguard the very foundations of the country. All of his former political rivals feared him, unanimously referring to him as a “monster”.<br />
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Impressions</h3>
There's not too much to say about these. There have been some interesting changes from past seasons. For example, Fujitaka's profile no longer makes fun of him, haha. As always, Genjuro's profile comes with a reference to a movie. Technically speaking "the razor" was Hanzo's nickname and the one stated on Genjuro's page is just the title of the movie series "Goyokiba", but I thought it would sound cooler the other way around. Also, Fudo's summary really makes him out to be the big baddie. Not only is he super old, but they used to call him a "monster". I could totally see him pulling the "I must live forever because only I am good enough to save Japan" and then using some power to turn himself into an immortal monster thing. We'll see.<br />
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Perhaps the most interesting entry among all of these is Miku's, since it's hinting at a lot. Longtime fans will remember that ever since season 1, there has been a certain thing Miku has tried to tell Hibiki. In each season there is at least one or two scenes where Miku tries to confess to something, but was always interrupted or didn't have the courage. It seems XV will finally be the opportunity for her to do it. However, it is worrisome that she still carries guilt for Hibiki's situation. We all remember the last time Miku took it upon herself to try and make things better...<br />
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The fifth season is almost here! As of yesterday, the official site has opened and the hype train wheels have started rolling. Let's break down what was included in the recent update and talk about what it means in the bigger picture based on the previous seasons.<br />
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The progenitor of mankind, Adam Weishaupt, sought the Power of God with the intent of using it to destroy God itself. He was ultimately defeated by the Alchemic Gold Symphogear that was transmuted through the power of the Lapis Philosophicus held by Saint Germain's team.<br />
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This event triggered the downfall of the Bavarian Illuminati, which has long maneuvered in secret. The few remaining members are being tracked down by government intelligence operations across the world. However…<br />
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The Bavarian Illuminati was not the only organization to face reprisal for its actions.<br />
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Although America once stood as a world superpower, it now grapples with harsh criticism, persecution and isolation from the international community over the fact that it launched a nuclear weapon at Japan. As it stands, strife with America could be the coals that stoke the flames of a new world war. In order to prevent this, many hoped to find a quick political resolution. However, the situation grew complex as each country moved fueled by their own motives, so very little progress has been made currently.<br />
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For its own part, Japan has laid out a policy of cooperation with America and made an appeal to amend their relations. However, the general mood of those actually involved is still standoffish and thus no firm agreements have been made.<br />
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The outlook for the world's future remains unclear.<br />
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And even here, tensions are high.<br />
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At a popular date spot, where every landmark of the city can be seen, two students from Lydian Music Academy ride in the gondola of a giant Ferris wheel. Their names are Hibiki Tachibana and Miku Kohinata. They hold in their hands a delicious serving of taiyaki, filled with red bean paste and mochi. The perfect balance of flavor, not too sweet, just like a bowl of zenzai soup.<br />
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However, an air of nervousness floats between them. Miku casually shoots a question in Hibiki’s direction. But Hibiki is left too stunned to reply. What exactly is running through her head?<br />
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From the past to the present, the threads of many stories shall all converge on XV.<br />
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A battle surrounds the Saint’s Corpse, forever in the midst of midsummer.<br />
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As the lake begins to split, the girl’s singing voices shall unleash their radiance.<br />
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<u>Characters</u></h3>
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A formerly ordinary girl who was thrown into a series of cruel battles by happenstance. She is an optimist with a very bright personality that is so strong it even rubs off on the people around her. She was not a normal Symphogear adaptor at first, but rather a “medical fusion” with the "Gungnir" sacrist after pieces of it were stuck in her chest.<br />
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Ever since the Saint’s death was confirmed, Gungnir has spent over 2,000 years slowly gaining a unique power. Thanks to misconceptions, it now has the ability to kill a god in a single blow. As a result, Hibiki’s fist is now known as the “God Killer", not only out of fear, but hope.<br />
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She is a pop song artist who got her start in Japan, but has since branched out into England. Also a modern day sentinel. She has sharpened her combat skills from a very young age, making her a very reliable warrior who is unmatched on the battlefield. (On the other hand, she has such a poor grasp on essential life skills that it’s almost adorable. In a word, she’s very messy.)<br />
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She dons the Symphogear that was created from fragments of the "Ame-no-Habakiri" sacrist. At one point in her life she lost an irreplaceable wing, which made her heart very fragile for a brief time. However, she overcame that sorrow and discovered the path she wants to follow. As a result, her resolve and her voice have reached a state of perfection.<br />
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An orphan who was raised in the Val Verde Commonwealth, a country in South America that was ravaged by instability and civil war. In the past, her frayed heart led her to fight against Hibiki and Tsubasa. However, after her feelings were laid bare, they were able to reconcile and now she is one of the team. She dons the Symphogear that was created from fragments of the "Ichaival" sacrist.<br />
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She is very kind and incredibly thoughtful to others, but in contrast her manner of speech and attitude can be quite crude. Her grades in school are at the top of the class, however perhaps due to her crudeness she is often not thought of as being that smart.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Maria Cadenzavna Eve (Yoko Hikasa)</b></div>
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She is incredibly bad at lying, but in the past she was forced to use lies to cover up her weakness and sense of justice in order to fight. She dons a Symphogear that was created from a mysterious sacrist. It has been unknown for a long time, but out of convenience and due to its silver shine, it started to be called “Airgetlahm”.<br />
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In addition to having a lavish appearance, she is a prodigy on many different levels. Although she is often out on the frontlines, her natural disposition is a mother figure whose work is mostly kept behind-the-scenes.<br />
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At a very young age she got caught in a traffic accident that took both her parents and left her as the only survivor. Due to that accident, she lost most of her memories and any documents that explained who she was.<br />
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She dons the Symphogear that was created from fragments of the “Shul Shagana” sacrist. Shul Shagana is a red blade that forms a pair with Kirika Akatsuki’s Igalima. The two blades have a special ability that drastically raises their power when used in tandem.<br />
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Her delicate features leave the impression of a girl who is quiet and well-mannered, but that’s far from accurate. In fact, rather than just rolling with the punches, she is the type who aggressively charges in and cuts her way through.<br />
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She was raised in an American research facility. At first intended to be a vessel for the soul of the pre-historic maiden known as Fine, she was later treated as a counteragent against the Japanese government.<br />
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She dons the Symphogear created from fragments of the “Iglima” sacrist. Iglima is a green blade that forms a pair with Shirabe Tsukuyomi’s Shul Shagana. The two blades have a special ability that drastically raises their power when used in tandem.<br />
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She is the super cheerful type who always sets the mood, but has an inner strength that makes her ready to face danger in times of crisis. However, she can be foolish when charging into situations by herself, as it usually ends with her not getting very far.<br />
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<b><u>Staff</u></b></h3>
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The entire main staff return from the previous seasons.<br />
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One important change is that Kaneko is only credited as "Script Supervisor" instead of "Script Writer", which is the same as AXZ. This likely means that after Kaneko drafted the overarching story individual writers were tasked with certain episodes before Kaneko ultimately went through and edited them all for consistency with his style.<br />
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Another notable change is that Fumiaki Kota is credited for "Alca-Noise Design" instead of simply "Noise Design". It seems likely the Alca-Noise will be playing a role in XV, similar to AXZ. He was also moved from Action Director to Assistant Director. This might be notable since as Action Director he was responsible for a lot of Hibiki's martial arts sequences.<br />
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The last note I'll make here is that XV will have 4 different Action Directors and 3 Main Animators. This is quite a bump up from previous seasons. Fingers crossed for the best production quality we've seen yet!<br />
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From the introduction page: This is mostly fluff so I didn't TL it, but it does say that “new characters” and “new songs” will be part of XV. It also officially states that AXZ and XV are directly connected in terms of the story (a first for this series). It also describes XV as being a “compilation” of the entire Symphogear series. It's vague as to what this means, but I suspect the intention is that it will close up threads that were left open from previous seasons and revisit events that were never fully explored. It also seems to provide an indication that this may be the final season (more on that in the "impressions" section below).<br />
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TL NOTE Saint’s Corpse: Aside from being a <a href="https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Saint%27s_Corpse">JoJo reference</a> (part 7 spoilers!), this new term can refer to a few things, but based on context it seems to indicate the body of Jesus Christ. In AXZ, the Val Verde Documents revealed that Gungnir has the “God Killer” power. This is because it is a Philosophical Armament that gained its power from what people believe it to be. The documents explain that over 2,000 years ago the “child of god” was killed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus">lance</a>. That lance was believed to be Gungnir. Thus Gungnir can kill Gods. However, there are a number of interesting points here. Firstly, what was referred to as the “child of god” in AXZ is now referred to as a “Saint” in the XV character descriptions (see Hibiki's above). The same kanji is used to describe the corpse, hence why I chose “Saint’s Corpse” for the translation. More specifically, those kanji are part of Japanese word for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin">Shroud of Turin</a>, the piece of cloth Jesus was buried with. However, it’s not clear whether the “corpse” here is meant to be that of the Saint or that of God. More importantly, in the world of Symphogear we know that the “Gods” as Adam and Fine knew them were the Custodians/Anunnaki. But then who is the “child of god”? Or even the “Saint”? Only time will tell.<br />
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TL NOTE Midsummer: I'm sure most of you are confused, since the character designs make it evident that XV will take place in the winter. Well, I can assure you that it's not a mistranslation and that the Japanese fans are equally as confused. It's just Kaneko being cryptic as usual. My personal theory is that perhaps some of the story will be taking place in the past, hence why this is inconsistent with the current day. For reference: S1 took place in spring, G in fall, GX in summer, AXZ in late summer to early fall and XV continues from there into winter.<br />
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TL NOTE lake begins to split: In Japanese it specifically says the "surface" of the lake, which may hint that something is coming out of the water. But because there are so many religious references I thought about what if the lake was being split in two, like Moses crossing the red sea. Perhaps there's something hidden at the bottom of the lake?<br />
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The "kill God/You" tagline: I saw a lot of people get scared about this line because it's pretty dramatic, but I'll just point out that every season has had a dreary tagline: S1 - These girls' songs are stained with blood. G - Farewell, Gungnir. GX - There is a song to destroy the world. AXZ - The one that is all, shall bring light upon death. My favorite take on this so far is that the "God/You" the tagline refers to are the gears, which is why Hibiki and Miku are staring up at 6 colored shooting stars in the promotional image. I'm not sure how that would work out plot-wise, but I think we all know it's not actually referring to Hibiki killing Miku.<br />
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The final season: Ever since we got a look at the logo for XV there has been some talk about whether this season will be the end or not. It's hard to say for sure, but the marketing seems to hint that it might be. At the very least, it seems to suggest this will be the end of Hibiki's story. To be honest, I think Kaneko is the type who would like to end it ("<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "ubuntu"; font-size: 14px;">In my opinion it is more important to provide a firm end to a story rather than worry about continuing it"</span>) but I also suspect that Agematsu doesn't want it to end (nor would the sponsors) so I think the series will continue in some form or another. In any case, we won't know anything for sure until XV is over, so my speculation will end there.<br />
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Shirabe's character bio: We finally got some details about her past that I don't think have been officially revealed until now. It's quite sad to read, but it makes me curious since it seems to highlight the fact that we have no idea who Shirabe really is. So, will her "true" identity be important in XV?<br />
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Maria's character bio: This is either an easter egg or a bombshell. It could be an easter egg in the sense that "Airgetlahm" took different forms in the Wild Arms games and nobody is sure what it was based on there either. OR it could be hinting that Maria's sacrist isn't Airgetlahm at all and will actually be revealed as something else with a new power (perhaps akin to Gungnir being a Philosophical Armament).<br />
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Prologue: There's some wording in the prologue that says a lot of things will "converge" in XV, notably from "past to present". What makes me curious is that I suspect this doesn't simply mean the time from season 1 and onward. I think it means the distant past, back in Fine's time, when the Symphogear story really began. It's also interesting to note here that the word "story" is used, which makes me think Kaneko is using XV to explore the side "stories" in his head that he's used to shape the mythology of the series, but never fully explored with us.<br />
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Other stuff: All the new designs are great. I really appreciate that winter clothes means they've actually covered up and not showing as much skin. Kudos to Dan-sensei for her wonderful aesthetics. Also noteworthy that Hibiki, Chris, Shirabe and Kirika all still have school uniform designs (albeit covered with coats), so that seems to imply there will be some slice-of-life scenes. Will anime-chan and company make an appearance? I sure hope so.<br />
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That's all for now. Expect another blog post when the second round of updates arrive. Thanks for reading!<br />
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<br />zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-50907011705851564832019-03-21T18:51:00.005-07:002019-03-21T18:52:59.031-07:00Symphogear AXZ: Special Discussion Series #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi all! I started a new job so I've been really busy for the past few months, I apologize for the lack of updates. However, I have not forgotten the blog and I still plan to update when I can. My coverage of XV may not be as comprehensive as previous seasons, but I'll do my best come summer. In the meantime, here's the next installment of the AXZ pair interviews. Enjoy!<br />
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<i>For the third installment we've invited Yoko Hikasa (Maria) and Misaki Kuno (Elfnein) to join us. Although Maria and Elfnein have different positions on the Symphogear team, they've both embraced and overcome "weakness" during the course of the series. What sort of experiences have Ms. Hikasa and Ms. Kuno had with acting as these characters? And, is that where "love" can be found?!
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"> Ms. Kuno, you originally joined the cast in the third season. Do you remember what it was like when you first started recording? </span></i></h4>
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<span style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: #f1c232;">Kuno:</b></span> I had been told it was a series that focused on singing while fighting, and I've never been involved with a production like that before. I had no idea what to expect and my imagination was running wild the first time I joined the recording sessions.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: white;"><b style="background-color: #f1c232;">Kuno:</b></span> Yes. After we finished recoding the dialogue, I was able to watch the song recording through a monitor. I was very impressed and inspired by it. When I watched Ms. Hikasa perform, I could really feel that Maria was getting stronger and tougher.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span> </span></b>She becomes a bit of a tough punk, yeah (laugh).<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> That's for sure (laugh). I always thought that Ms. Hikasa was cool, but she's even more dazzling when she performs and it really moved me.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I remember that when we started GX I felt the hurdle had really been raised high. I think that's mostly because of the difference in songs, G's "Violent Spear Gungnir" and GX's "Silver Arm Airgetlahm" have very differently melodies. "Silver Arm Airgetlham" is a lot faster and there are hardly any pauses to catch my breath, not to mention that it requires me to hit high and low notes. Thinking back on it now, there were a lot of parts I desperately struggled with, but going past GX and getting in to AXZ, "Stand up! Ready!!" was a song I was able to sing surprisingly easily. At the beginning I had the impression it was going to be another difficult song and even other members of the cast told me "that seems rough", but I oddly felt like it hadn't challenged me enough after we finished. I realized then that Maria had helped me to grow stronger. However, I might have screwed up when I went and told that to Mr. Kaneko afterwards. I might end up having an even harder time in season 5 and that scares me (laugh).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> Ms. Kuno, when you watched the recording sessions did you ever feel like singing yourself?</i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> The thought of it actually makes me pretty nervous (laugh). Oh, but I will say that since I joined the cast in GX I started getting letters from fans and some of them ask "will Elfnein sing?" And some of them even sent letters at the end of the season saying "I believe Elfnein will sing someday".<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Wow, really?<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It seems like many people are strongly wishing for it. Although, Elfnein is not a Symphogear user, so I have to say I feel kind of sorry that she probably won't...<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> But you know, it's possible she may sing without having to fight. For example, there was a scene where Chris and the Tachibana trio sang at the school festival. Elfnein might even end up singing a duet with Ms. Tomosato at some point.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It's true, she is very friendly with Ms. Tomosato.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Right? It would be nice if that happened down the road.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> I think the fans would really enjoy it as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> When you began recording for the series in GX, what impressions did you have of Elfnein as a character?</i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Well, not only was she not a human, but I wasn't clear on if she had emotions or if she could even converse with the other characters. So, I had to ask the staff for a more detailed explanation of the role. I learned that she did have emotions and could speak normally, which didn't make her very different from a human, and that was a relief for me.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> When Elfnein was first introduced into the series, I actually thought that she would be the final boss. We aren't made aware of all the details during recording, so for a while I actually had suspicions that she might have been controlling Carol behind the scenes (laugh). But I was totally wrong, she really was just a sweet girl.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Well, she was made to serve as a spy without even knowing it. But in the end, she was dedicated to stopping Carol's rampage and did her hardest to make that come to fruition.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In both GX and AXZ there are a number of scenes that really focus on the relationship between Maria and Elfnein.</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Well, she's a fundamental part of Maria's life at this point. They're both a pair of negative thinkers that worry over things together (laugh).<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> They both have a habit of hiding in their shells, that's for sure.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Right? That's precisely why I think they've developed this relationship where they help each other out. Sometimes akin to mother and daughter, other times sisters, or even just as good friends. I think they've become an irreplaceable source of growth for one another. At times Elfnein matures from getting Maria's advice, and other times Maria is able to find a path forward thanks to Elfnein's advice. I got the feeling that in AXZ especially, there were a number of times where they had that type of back and forth between each other.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Yeah, there were many scenes.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> In episode 2 there was a scene that really tugged at my heart, when the FIS team is singing "Melodic Sorority" and Elfnein stands up shouting "Don't give up!". It wasn't just the fact it was Elfnein's dialogue, but also because I love Kuno-chan's pure voice...<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Huh?!<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> It really helped me find my courage. It felt like Elfnein was right there fighting alongside us.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> That makes me so happy! Elfnein is a character that has no confidence in herself. She mostly just feels like a burden to everyone around her and mopes about it. However, she really believes in all of the Symphogear Adaptors, Maria in particular. Precisely because she can't join them on the battlefield, she feels strongly about doing her utmost to support them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> Elfnein serves an important role as a character who explains technical concepts in the series. She stands out as having a lot of complex dialog, so in that regard were there any challenges you had with the role?</i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It was a challenge because there were a lot of words in the script that I didn't understand at first. Elfnein is a character who fully understands the concepts she explains, so I thought that if I didn't have an understanding myself, the people listening would just feel like I was just talking a bunch of gibberish. I've made it a habit to research all the words that I don't understand prior to recording. I spend a lot of time practicing dialogue. I consider the pacing, where to put breaks in to make it easier to listen to, my manner of speech, and even what words I should stress to make sure the core concepts come across.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Even from the start of GX, you had to deal with a lot of difficult vocabulary.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> The word I struggled with the most in GX was definitely "Vaimānika Śāstra". Not only was it something I had never heard of it, but it was really easy to flub if I didn't stay focused.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> But the most amazing thing about Kuno-chan is that she never actually flubs.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Because if I flub even once I trap myself in a negative spiral... I'm mentally weak in that sense.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Not at all, I remember even during practice you read everything smoothly. I was always surprised and thought you were a model for what a "voice actor" really is.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> I'm happy to hear you say that. But I feel the same as Elfnein in that because I don't have a singing role, I should put in extra effort to make sure I fully accomplish my role among the cast. Elfnein doesn't fight out on the battlefield, so she puts everything into doing the research. I'm not good at expressing emotion through song, so I want to put all my effort into delivering my lines well.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I think you always say things so smoothly that I'm sure the staff often think "oh, we can just have Elfnein explain this part" and such! (laugh). There was definitely more explanatory dialogue from her in AXZ than before.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> I noticed that as well. There were a few times I caught myself thinking "just how long is this line going to go on for"? (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> There are some parts in the script where it's just "Elfnein Elfnein Elfnein".<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Like you said about the songs earlier, I also felt the hurdle was raised on the dialogue I had to deliver. In that sense, I definitely feel like it was a worthwhile experience.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I remember thinking "oh jeez" when Dr. Ver made his appearance again (laugh). I never expected them to find Dr. Ver inside of Maria's brain...<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It was a surprise for sure. Speaking from Elfnein's perspective, I was happy that Maria trusted her enough to let her be the one who dived deep into Maria's own consciousness. After all, that's such a private part of ourselves that we wouldn’t just let anyone experience it. So, I thought this part of the story only happened because they have a very trusting relationship.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I really felt that it was proof of how strong Maria has become. She came face-to-face with her traumatic past and was able to overcome it, all while letting Elfnein be witness to it. Also, when Elfnein found herself in trouble Maria gallantly arrived to save the day... I think nobody can compare her mental state to tofu anymore (laugh).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> (Laugh). Certainly, it was a scene that really showed that Maria had overcome something major.</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I think that scene had some impact on everyone personally, too. There are some things in life that we only see from one perspective, particularly if they are sad or painful. However, in reality, if you frame it from a different perspective then you start to see a lot more. For example, when we saw things from Nastassja's perspective it became evident that it was also painful for her, and it changed our perception of the situation. The whole scene really made me conscious of that fact.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It's really wonderful to see Maria face her past and find a way to come to terms with it.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> "You're the worst of the worst, Dr. Ver." That's one Maria's famous lines now. But you know, when Ms. Nana (Mizuki) saw that scene she blurted out "I wonder if Maria actually has a big crush on Dr. Ver?". I didn't think that was the case at all so I was just like "Huh?!" and went to go check with Mr. Kaneko to be sure.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Ms. Nana's interpretation is quite deep and interesting.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> I think perhaps it's more of a "love to hate" type of feeling (laugh). I thought Ms. Nana's interpretation was too crazy. But it's true that in G Dr. Ver had control over Maria's weak mental state and after all that happened, she wasn't able to overcome his leftover influence without Elfnein's help, so in a certain sense he was an important figure to her.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The scene where Maria comes to realize "it's love" is one that's pretty surprising since it's a callback to previous seasons.</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Well sure, but everybody actually laughed at me when we recorded it (laugh).<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> You've got it wrong! I delivered the line before yours, but it came off really flat, so when you delivered this super passionate "it's love!" line the balance with mine seemed way off. That's where everyone kind of butt in with jokes about how "only Hikasa is getting passionate about it."<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> "Maria, what's got you all worked up?!" is the kind of reaction it felt like.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> It's all my fault...<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> No, no, no! We pulled it off well during the final recording.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> The song that the FIS group sings in episodes 1 and 2. Up until now, Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris have shared these intense songs that have signified them as a trio, and so I was expecting something similar for the FIS group. However, in the end it actually ended up having a very different style compared to their songs and I thought it was interesting. However, it requires us to harmonize our voices together and there's some parts where we have to shout out like "Ohh!". At first, we were all worried about how best to pull that off. Eventually we said "let's just give it a try" which is basically a catchphrase among the cast of Symphogear at his point, and it came together surprisingly well when we sang, so all of our concerns were unnecessary in the end. I was really happy with how well we came together to create that harmony.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> I think the best part of "Melodic Sorority" is all of the lyrics that convey empathy for others. I think it's really incredible that they can fight out on the battlefield and still have their thoughts focused on the people around them.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> It's a song that they fill with their gratitude for all the people who have helped and supported them to this point. That's why they want to support someone else in turn and pay it forward, so I think the lyrics reflect the theme of everyone helping each other out.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> When it comes to Elfnein, I like the scenes where she remembers Carol. I think one of the reasons why Elfnein is able to work so hard on her research is because of Carol. Not only does she owe Carol a debt for saving her life, but she also wants to be able to see Carol again. So, a lot of her dialogue makes it feel like she keeps a piece of Carol in her heart and I take a lot of care in delivering those lines.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Up until now there have been a number of solo songs and triplet songs, but in the later half there are even more types of songs to look forward to. Please enjoy them.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> In the remaining episodes, each character's emotions will come into focus as they reflect back on their past and come face-to-face with the current reality. I hope everyone will stay to watch all of their dazzling scenes until the very end.<br />
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<i>Please sum up Symphogear in one word!</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #a64d79;">Hikasa:</span></span></b> Why "love"?!<br />
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<b style="background-color: #f1c232; color: white;">Kuno:</b> Self-restraint.<br />
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If you follow my twitter you already know, but for those you wondering why I haven't updated recently it's because I left Japan and moved back to the US for work. This has left me too busy to update the blog, but I still plan to update in my spare time. I recently found time to complete the next AXZ "pair" interview featuring Hideo Ishikawa (Genjuro) and Soichiro Hoshi (Ogawa).<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">This time we're sitting down for a discussion with the adult duo of Symphogear. Having played the same roles throughout every season, can you tell us how you feel about your characters currently?</span></i></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Ever since the F.I.S. girls joined the group, I feel like Genjuro has forgotten how to fight (laugh).<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>Hoshi:</b></span> Oh yeah, now that you mention it, he fought against Fine in season 1 right?<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> He completely overwhelmed Fine, but lately he's just become the "explanation master." He'll start off by bringing up something that either Fujitaka or Tomosato will analyze and then he'll take that and put it in layman's terms.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> That's true (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> And now that I think about it, Ogawa has changed too hasn't he? In AXZ there hasn't been an opportunity for Tsubasa to perform as a singer, so he is completely regulated to his job as an Intelligence Agent.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Him acting as Tsubasa's manager does feel a little nostalgic, yeah. Actually, in season 1 it seemed like he was nothing more than an ordinary manager, but at some point before I realized it he had become a ninja (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> He ran across the water in G, right? I remember thinking back then "something's different about this guy," then in GX when he used the shadow weave technique it confirmed to me that "this guy is actually really strong."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Over the seasons, Ogawa has become increasingly more active as a character.</i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> In season 1 his character description stated that he specialized in working behind the scenes, but at the end he wasn't able to stand up against Fine and so his role was mainly just to support Tsubasa. However, his development since then has progressed incredibly fast.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Inversely, Genjuro went all out in season 1 and he hasn't be able to do it again since then so that's a little disappointing. Of course he still serves as the final ultimate secret weapon, but I want to see him fight!<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> However, his amount of dialog hasn't really changed right?<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> It hasn't. As usual, he talks about a lot of complicated stuff. Ogawa's dialog hasn't changed much either right?<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> It hasn't really, but I find myself wishing he had more catchphrases or lines that stand out. For example in season 1 he said things like "Please don't leave Tsubasa all alone in the world" or "I'm just a coward. There are many other people who are truly kind." These type of lines reveal a little of his personal side. Back then, I thought that's what made him really cool.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> And now we get to struggle with all the explanations. These's always a lot of words that are hard to say.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yes, even the shorter lines can be difficult.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Well in G, there was a scene where Genjuro got to sing the song "Hero Story." </i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> And ever since then they've never let him sing again, so I think they learned their lesson. Making this type of character sing is just a bad idea.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> I don't think that's the case at all! (laugh) What's the story behind you being asked to sing that song, anyway?<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Well I'm certain that either Mr. Agematsu or Mr. Kaneko must have thought "Ishikawa is always asking us to let him sing, so we'll give him something to sing." But to be frank, I never once requested to sing. What I asked them for was to be given a gear.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> I guess they interpreted that request a little differently than you intended (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> But of course, it's thanks to that song that I was able to participate in the 2013 concert so I'm incredibly grateful.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Can you tell us a story about something from seasons 1 through 3 that left an impression on you?</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> I'd have to say the concert scene in episode 1 of each season is the most memorable for me. In season 1, I participated in recording the crowd's background cheering for the first time. Ever since then I've always looked forward to doing more of that.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> I wasn't able to participate in that recording session for season 1. It wasn't until G that I got to experience that and it was really fun for me as well.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> In general, "Symphogear" was known for having those concert scenes in episode 1, so when they left it out of AXZ it was a little sad, but at the same time helped to make the season feel fresh.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yeah, it became something that everyone looked forward to.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Also, in each season there was a veteran actor or actress who came to participate and I always looked forward to meeting them. In season 1 we had Mrs. Minami (Takayama), in G Mrs. Kikuko (Inoue) and in GX Mr. Seki (Toshihiko). Season 1 was especially memorable for me in that regard. Whenever Mrs. Minami came to record she would always invite me out for food afterwards, like "Hide, let's go" and I'd say "yes m'am!"<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> So you two were pretty close.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> I've been indebted to her for a long time, so I can never defy her (laugh). But it was always reassuring to have someone else on the cast who was even more of an adult than we are.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>And what about you, Mr. Hoshi? </i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Well as I said earlier, I fondly remember the first episode of season 2 because I was able to participate in the crowd recording session, but I also felt that Maria's first appearance was particularly striking. "With a character this confident and strong, I wonder how things will turn out in the end," I remember thinking to myself.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> I never imagined that she would eventually become an ally.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> To be honest, I quite like Maria. The gap that was created between her character's initial boldness and how she's settled into her current personality is quite nice. In AXZ episode 1 there were also some cute scenes where she was teased by Tsubasa.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Yeah, she's become a character that's always so serious that it causes her to become a bit of an airhead at times.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> All of the female characters are cute, so I can't possibly choose.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yes, each one of them has their own wonderful traits.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> ....I suppose, for now, I'll choose Mrs. Kikuko's character.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> What do you mean "I suppose, for now"? (laugh)<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Yep, I pick Mrs. Kikuko and Mrs. Minami.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Why are you trying so hard to appeal to the veterans? (laugh)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>How do you interpret the relationship between Genjuro, Ogawa and the six Symphogear Adaptors? </i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Well from their perspective, I imagine each of the girls has a different view of Genjuro. To Hibiki he is her master, to Tsubasa he is her uncle, and to Chris he's more of a foster parent. And I'm sure Maria, Kirika and Shirabe must all seem him differently as well. However, in AXZ it mostly feels like he's become the de-facto guardian of all of them.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Speaking from Ogawa's perspective, his relationship with Tsubasa is definitely unique. In season 1 he was fully dedicated to being her manager, and often supported her both in official and personal matters. Now that Tsubasa has grown up a little bit, she's become able to handle it by herself and so now he watches over her from afar. Actually I feel like he's more focused on supporting the other girls at this point.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Yeah, in the AXZ opening he was even helping Maria with her training.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Somehow he ended up as her boxing trainer, it seems (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> I'm sure he must be doing similar things for the others, even if we don't see it.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> It might not be featured in the show itself, but it seems very likely that both Ogawa and Genjuro are participating in the Adaptor's training sessions.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> And in that regard all six of the girls must definitely consider both of them "pretty damn strong."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Especially with the rumor that Genjuro is the strongest man alive. </i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> It definitely makes you curious how exactly he became as strong as he is (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> It's because Genjuro is a man of the heart. He lives his life under the mantra that "anything is possible, if you put your mind to it." That's why when it comes to martial arts or replicating scenes from action movies, if he thinks it can be done then he just does it. I think he's the type of person that by simply believing he can be the strongest, actually becomes it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>So, tell us how you feel about AXZ which currently just finished airing its fifth episode. </i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Personally speaking, I'm really happy that Mr. Miki (Shinichiro) joined the cast this season. In the past I actually did some assistant work at one of Mrs. Minami's concerts and I originally met him there. Ever since then we've gotten along well. Recently we even started talking about how interesting it would be if Mrs. Minami was at the recording with us.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> For me, I'm completely dedicated to watching over and supporting the girls. They've all come along so far, I think it's best that they let loose as much as possible. They sing, fight, and just go crazy. I think that's the most appealing part of "Symphogear" and everyone has always given it their best, so I enjoy it most just sitting back and watching from above so to speak.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> It's always fun to hear the more ridiculous lines of dialog the show is known for.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Certainly, we can definitely tell that the writers are really enjoying their jobs with every line.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Another interesting thing about AXZ is that the introduction of Cagliostro's character has made me realize just how manly the girls are when they fight. On one hand I watch Aoi Shota giving a girly "Aiieee~" and at the same time watch Hibiki shout"ORYAAAAA!"<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yeah, the girl's side of the recording booth exudes more manliness.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> I think that's really great and it made me realize that their "intensity" is a fundamental part of what makes "Symphogear" so entertaining.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In terms of intense, in episode 1 we got to see Ogawa flying through the air using only a kite. </i></span></h4>
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yeah, he not only gave Hibiki and Chris a ride but started fighting the instant he hit the ground. He just nonchalantly busted out some ninja moves and was a fundamental part of the big opening scene.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> It was pretty surreal to see him riding on that kite in just a regular old suit. Not to mention the kite was marked with the "忍" ("to hide") character.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> He wasn't even trying to hide himself at all (laugh).<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Maybe only folks in our generation would understand this, but that scene reminded me of this old TV show called "<i>Masked Ninja: Akakage.</i>" Ogawa was just like the character Shirokage, who would always ride down on his kite yelling "Akakage-dono!"<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Another major draw of "Symphogear" is definitely all of those small references to nostalgic <i>tokusatsu</i> films and TV shows that get snuck in everywhere. The fans can never get enough. Although it can be difficult to understand the plot or terminology sometimes, the way this show entertains you with both moments of intensity and nostalgia makes it really easy to get into.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>What can we expect to see from Ogawa and Genjuro in the rest of the season?</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> There will be scene where each of them has a significant impact on the Adaptors. Actually, it should be coming up relatively soon.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Yes, it came sooner than I expected. There's a moment when it might surprise people that Ogawa gets involved, and I think he has a rather significant impact upon one of the girls.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> It will be THE scene to watch out for in AXZ.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Maybe, it's possible there will be something even greater in store from the parts that we haven't finished recording yet.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> If there's something I can fight, I want to fight!<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Hahaha (laugh). Ogawa is satisfied with just hanging out behind the scenes and supporting the girls. I hope the viewers will consider all the work he does in the shadows that doesn't make into the show itself.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The battles that the Adaptors face will only become more intense from here on out.</i></span></h4>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> The stronger the enemy, the stronger that Hibiki and the others become. Of course, in each series we end up with an enemy who greatly surpasses them. This season the enemy is once again someone they can't deal with through ordinary means. So it's interesting for us as well to see how the girls will become strong enough to deal with the threat.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Even if the enemy get increasingly stronger, we can keep watching without stressing too much. I think the reason for that is because the girls are capable of overcoming their own weaknesses without having to rely upon the adults for help. The adults may provide them with a hint on how to move forward, but the girls always resolve the problem by themselves in the end. I'm sure that at the end of this season too, each of them will have found their own answer.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Also, I think everyone can look forward to unique dialogs between the girls themselves. There is a certain story that also involves Ogawa, but one of the highlights of AXZ is watching certain aspects begin to crossover where they hadn't before.<br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Currently there's a few episodes left we haven't recorded yet, so we're also excited to see how those turn out.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> We only find out about what happens when we receive the scripts, and that generally only happens slightly earlier than when you all can watch it. So I look forward to finding out what happens along with the rest of you.<br />
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<i>Please sum up Symphogear in one word!</i><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Ishikawa:</span></b> Fired-up<br />
<b style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hoshi:</b> Fist<br />
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XDU is pumping out a lot of new content this Christmas season. New events, new gear designs and plenty of new memoria that tell some silly side stories. This time we have a focus on a character who hasn't gotten much attention: the SONG bridge bunny Aoi Tomosato!<br />
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Late one night at S.O.N.G. Headquarters, Tomosato is fiercely typing away at her terminal on the bridge. Suddenly, Genjuro enters.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></h3>
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<i>Tomosato: Oh, you think so? I guess now that you mention it…</i></div>
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<i>Tomosato: Kanade sure is amazing. Her battle data has surprisingly high numbers, even when compared to the other girls.</i></div>
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<i>Tomosato: Commander, regarding what I should work on next… Is there any data that needs immediate processing?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Genjuro: Reducing the number of available vacation days you have.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Genjuro: You haven’t taken a break at all recently. There’s nothing we need done immediately, so you should use this time to rest up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Fujitaka: Why don’t you take a day off? I owe you one from when I had that cold, so I’ll pick up the slack while you’re gone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Hibiki: Master, we’re back!</i></div>
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<i>Kirika: I knew she must be strong since she was Tsubasa’s partner!</i></div>
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<i>Hibiki: Vacation…I’m jealous. If only we could take a break from school but still get credit on the test…</i></div>
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<i>Kirika: Whoa that’s a great idea!</i></div>
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<i>Shirabe: If that happened it would start a revolution for sure…</i></div>
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<i>Chris: Even if that were the case, your grades would still depend on all your scores overall. And knowing you, you wouldn’t be able to get enough points anyway.</i></div>
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<i>Kanade: Great, then let’s do it. Where can we have some fun? Got any ideas?</i></div>
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<i>Kanade: …I never would have expected such a nice place way out here. I wonder if there’s a similar spot in my world.</i></div>
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<i>Kanade: Yep. At the very least, he’s not a superhuman like yours. But when it comes to taking charge, strategizing and giving orders, he’s top notch.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Tomosato: From my perspective I think I’d prefer him to be like yours… Ours is always wanting to leave the bridge even though he’s the Commander…</i></div>
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An abbreviation of “Squad of Nexus Guardians.”
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Once a secret branch of the Japanese Government known as the “Singular Disaster Anti-riot Unit Division 2,” it is now under the direct command of the United Nations. The organization has been reformed into an Anti-riot taskforce that deals in supernatural and paranormal disasters. In accordance with this the Japanese Security Council drafted a new set of protocols that allow the group to act overseas.
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On the surface the reason for the creation of this taskforce was in order to deal with large-scale disasters that were the result of sacrists or other paranormal phenomena. However, behind the scenes, the decision was coordinated by each country in an effort to keep watch over the black arts technology owned by the Japanese Government. The Tactical Commander, Genjuro Kazanari, along with the majority of the members from Div 2 were moved and appointed as members of the taskforce. As a result, it remains a specialized and highly-skilled organization.
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Based on the "Sakurai Theory" established by the Singular Disaster Anti-riot Unit Division 2's former technology expert, Sakurai Ryoko, "Symphogear" is the name of a special counter-measure FG-type armor that was created using sacrists as a base.
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The individuals who utilize this system are referred to as "Adaptors."
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The Symphogear's greatest trait is its internal function that plays a melody derived from the Adaptor's thoughts and emotions via sympathetic vibration. By synchronizing that melody with the Adaptor through singing, the Symphogear displays an incredibly high level of battle potential.
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The Symphogear system has 301,655,722 different varieties of locks applied to it. Depending on the Adaptor's level of skill and personal battle style, there is a systematic progression of phases that they go through to release the locks.
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Individuals whose songs resonate with a sacrist are capable of producing the "Chant" necessary to activate the Symphogear - they are called "Harmonizers." Currently there are three categories of Harmonizers.
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The first type are individuals like Tsubasa, Chris and Serena. They are born with an innate aptitude which can become stable through proper training.
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The second type are individuals like Kanade, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika. Although they are born with an innate aptitude, training alone is not enough and they require doses of drugs in order to temporarily raise their link coefficient.
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The third type is unique to a single individual, Hibiki. At first she became an Adaptor as a result of her body fusing with her sacrist after an accident. However, in Earth's eleventh hour, she became a true Harmonizer not through training or drugs, but by forcibly taking the necessary amount of link coefficiency.
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Her transformation from a Sacrist Fusion to a Harmonizer is still a complete mystery. Despite attempts to research it, there has been little progress, and currently it is simply considered a miracle.
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<i>Sacrist</i>
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This is a term which refers to ancient weapons and tools with hidden supernatural powers that appear in myths and folklore from all around the world. Sacrists are impossible to create without the use of black arts technology which is lost in the current era, but they have been successfully excavated throughout various ruins in the world.
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Due to the passing of time these artifacts have suffered much deterioration and damage. Even in large-scale excavation projects, finding pieces that are completely intact is incredibly rare. Therefore, in most cases, only "sacrist fragments" have been recovered. Sacrists that are in a grounded state can shift into an active state through the power of song, thereby releasing their inner power.
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<i>LiNKER</i>
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A control drug that links the power of sacrists and the human body. It was developed by Div 2's technology expert, Sakurai Ryoko (Fine). Normally, individuals who are not natural Harmonizers cannot become a Symphogear Adaptor. However, if an individual has even a small amount of the necessary link coefficient, the LiNKER drug can forcibly raise that amount to the level of a Harmonizer.
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Of course the higher the link coefficient must be raised, the greater the strain put upon the body. It is an incredibly dangerous and intense drug. Subjects who used it were often put into a state of shock and lost consciousness, and clinical trials resulted more often in crippling or killing individuals than actually turning them into a Harmonizer. It was for this reason that the drug was changed to put a time limit upon its effectiveness, and also a method developed to cleanse it from the body. Samples of LiNKER along with data taken from the subject Kanade Amou, were leaked by Sakurai Ryoko to the American F.I.S. whose biochemists were tasked with tweaking and manufacturing the drug on a larger scale. Under the charge of Dr. Ver the project proceeded under the theme of "Pleasant for you" and they managed to develop a safer form of LiNKER with a very small physical burden and a more thorough cleansing process.
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Maria, Shirabe and Kirika are all individuals who cannot use the Symphogear without the assistance of LiNKER. If they didn't take the drug and attempted to use the gear without raising their link coefficient to the required level, it would have an immediate and direct backfire on their bodies. The backfire produced by the Symphogear becomes worse the lower the Adaptor's link coefficient is, and also the higher the energy output of the gear is raised. In the worst case scenario it is possible for an Adaptor to be killed by the Symphogear. Currently, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika are using the model of LiNKER that was once used by their now deceased predecessor, Kanade. This version of the drug, model_k, is an old version that was produced prior to Dr. Ver's influence and therefore puts a greater burden on the Adaptor's body, as well as having an unstable time limit of effectiveness.
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Currently a new version of LiNKER has yet to be successfully produced, and with no scientist around with the necessary knowledge to make it, the stockpile of model_k is slowly being reduced by use in training and battle.
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<i>Dr. Ver's Datachip</i>
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On the verge of death within the collapsing Château de Tiffauges, Dr. Ver handed this object over to Maria. Behind the various layers of protection that he put on it, a recipe for the development and production of a new LiNKER was successfully recovered. The datachip contains a record of Dr. Ver's studies and research that he put together out of boredom while he was held within the undersea Dragon Palace. Thanks to Elfnein's help, currently a large portion of the LiNKER recipe has been decoded. However, a major component that acts as the core of the drug remains unclear and the new version has yet to be completed.
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<i>Bavarian Illuminati</i>
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A secret society that originated in Europe. A large number of their members are known as Alchemists, users of black art technology. From ancient times, the group has maneuvered in secret and manipulated history. As a result, they are responsible for the current state of Europe which has led to it being named “the Dark Continent.” They also were deeply involved in the “Frontier Incident” and “Magical Girl Incident” that the Symphogear Adaptor's took part in. The situation has now gotten to the point where direct conflict with the group is unavoidable. The individual who acts as the head and controls all divisions of the group is also its creator, Adam Weishaupt. He is an individual whose lineage is deeply shrouded in mystery.
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<i>Alchemy</i>
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Also referred to as magic, this is an off-shoot of the ancient black arts technology that evolved separately from modern day science. It originated in Europe and has remained in the shadows as it spread throughout the world up until today. Alchemy is a technical system that has many variations, however its manipulation of energy is very similar to the techniques presented in the Sakurai Theory.
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<i>Alca-Noise</i>
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An improved version of the Noise created by Alchemy for the purposes of dissecting and analyzing the world. The recipe to create them has long been passed down through the Bavarian Illuminati. Ever since the Magical Girl Incident, it has ceased to be necessary to keep them a secret and thus the Alca-Noise have been appearing on more and more battlefields around the world. It is possible for non-Alchemists to control and summon them, thanks to a small staff that acts like Solomon's Cane.
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It is possible for them to disintegrate any and all objects and they can be tuned to dissolve the composition of any specific target object. Anything that is disintegrated has its organic and inorganic matter reduced to red dust, this once included the Symphogear.
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When compared to the original Noise they are slightly inferior defensively because their lack of a phase contrast barrier means they cannot adjust their attenuation with our world. This is because the energy used to create the phase contrast barrier is instead focused on their glowing “dissection point,” which disintegrates anything it touches. However, this doesn't change the fact that they are still an immense threat to humanity.
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<i>Summer Homework</i>
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While fighting against numerous supernatural forces for the sake of humanity, this is one worry that persistently clings to a small corner of Hibiki's mind. She wants to hurry up and just be done with it.
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The second semester has already begun, yet as per usual her homework remains unfinished. The staff of Lydian Music Academy are aware of Hibiki's special circumstances and have simply granted her an extension, never an exemption. This is not the result of strict rules, but rather the result of their kindness. Despite her unique situation, they treat her the same as all the other students. (Whether this comes across or not to Hibiki herself seems largely doubtful however...)
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She never looked cool while doing it. Sometimes struggling to her wits end, other times crying like a baby, but thanks to some unconventional assistance she was finally able to finish her summer homework. To Hibiki Tachibana, who lives in the middle of the paranormal, the mundanity of every day life is something important and special. If she was by herself, she might have cracked under the pressure. However, at all times she is surrounded by friends, companions and sunshine.
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<i>Europe's Decline</i>
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A series of large scale events led to a major economic collapse throughout the continent, leaving its
infrastructure crushed and weak. With the exception of Greece, every country's government fell into disarray and are now practically non-existent. The decline has made crime run rampant and unchecked, and many of the occult groups that had been kept in check now freely spread underground, leading to the rise of many old fashioned secret societies. The darkness this situation has created is filled with many mysteries and unknown peculiarities. With Europe in this condition, people have taken to calling it the “Dark Continent” as Africa had once been.
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Ever since the end of the Magical Girl Incident, S.O.N.G. has continued to investigate the causes behind it. It was thought that Carol, who was born in Europe, took advantage of America's fall from power and sought to move her plans forward under the backing of some European society, or nation, with its own goals in mind. However, some people still harbor doubt and wonder if the whole thing could still have been in line with America's plans. As of yet, the true details of the situation remain unclear.
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<i>Valverde Commonwealth</i>
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A small country in South America run by a military regime. It is always in a state of political instability and despite being a small country, has frequently been faced with large crises and threats. The current dictatorship has been in control for a long time, forcing their citizens to live under harsh conditions. Skirmishes with rebel groups have sporadically been repeated over the years without much change. However, when it became proven that the military was using Alca-Noise the United Nations decided upon an armed intervention. As a result, S.O.N.G. was mobilized.
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The moral and combat skill of Valverde's troops are incredibly low when compared to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and are more like “immature soldiers” that are often described in fiction. This gang of delinquents has no regard for rules nor any sort of respect for orders or the chain of command. They were not considered dangerous until they were supplied black art technology which instantly found them as a major threat in the eyes of the rest of the world.
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<i>Floating Carrier</i>
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A defensive facility of the Valverde Commonwealth that, along with numerous anti-aircraft guns, they used in attempt to stop the invading UN forces. It's official name is the “SFC2 Esperanza.” Originally it was a naval warship that belong to Russia, however after years of use it was marked for scrap and then subsequently sold and laundered through illegal gambling establishments on the high seas before it eventually came into the possession of the rogue nation, the Valverde Commonwealth. Of course, it was not originally equipped for flight or stealth, and it was only after the Bavarian Illuminati offered their black art technology that it became an “unthinkable weapon, a weapon that must not exist.”
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A hybrid weapon composed of both modern and black arts technology, it appeared suddenly within the skies of Tokyo. This is the sister ship of the floating carrier that was destroyed by Hibiki and the others in Val Verde. It is suspected that Saint Germain and the Bavarian Illuminati smuggled it into the country. It's formal name is the SFC1 Arius. The General Class SFC2 Esperanza was a ship that prioritized in offensive capabilities and so the President Class SFC1 Arius pales in comparison. It is a flagship primarily designed to hold communication equipment for sending out information and commands.
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<i>Barrier of Die Spinne</i>
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A mysterious barrier that functions to keep people away by diverting their consciousness, making something appear as if it does not exist. It not only affects human consciousness, but also interferes with direct signals sent by machines. A location protected by this barrier is not only the safest possible place, but it is also a perfect secret flower garden to keep ones valuables and classified materials.
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<i>Power of God</i>
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The "absolute power" sought by the Bavarian Illuminati. The result of centuries of research performed by those involved with Saint Germain, it has finally reached a completed form. The "Power of God" created through the lives of many sacrifices is a pure high level energy with no true shape or color. However, through the influence of thought it was reformed into a "weapon" designed with a specific goal. In the Valverde experiment, it was given form through the envisionment of the South American god known as Youaltepuztli. As a result it manifested in a terrifying and monstrous form that immediately assaulted Fujitaka and Tomosato as they were on reconnaissance.
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It has offensive capabilities that can overwhelm even the Symphogear system, however more than that it has the ability to offset damage done to it by sacrificing one version of itself in a parallel universe. This ability that transcends the realm of logic makes it essentially invincible and therefore is its greatest strength. After it reached its completed form, it became possible for any Alchemist to summon and utilize it. However, in the battle at the Escalon Airport it took Hibiki's punch and was completely obliterated before it could make use of its nearly invincible ability.
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<i>Tiki Statue</i>
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A female doll trapped within an amber crystal. Several hundred years ago it sunk and was lost to the sea, becoming dormant. However, during the great world war it was discovered and recovered by a U-boat attached to the German Navy. The results of the investigation done at that time determined that it was something developed using unknown technology and techniques and was thus labeled a "sacrist." However nothing regarding how it could be used was determined and became nothing more than something that sat in storage. After the war ended it was taken to the Valverde Commonwealth by a defecting soldier and had remained there until now.
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Revived from her dormant state by the power of the Antikythera Mechanism, Tiki has resumed her duties as a recorder of planetary motion by updating her star charts. She does not possess any direct offensive abilities. In order to achieve the goals of the Bavarian Illuminati, she has joined Saint Germain. She has the personality of a girl who is in love with love, and always wants to see the object of her affection. She has a dream that by having such a passionate romance, she will one day be more than just a doll. Perhaps its for that reason, but since she has awoken she's become obsessed with reading shojo manga.
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As an Auto-Scorer, Tiki's primary function is to use her data of the stars to determine the exact timing when the Orion constellation matches up with the leyline points on the ground. That is when the ritual must be performed. Furthermore, the concept of love that she impressed upon herself gives her blind devotion to Adam and thus when she obtained the immense power from God's Gate, she became a weapon on par with the strength of a God. As can be surmised from Tiki's behavior, although her words are spiteful, she doesn't actually feel any ill-will. She does not function within the concepts of good and evil, but rather simply "ignorance." To put it in perspective, this attitude is identical to the craze that swept Hibiki Tachibana's junior high school, as the rumors that hurt her were spread with no real reason or intent. With no clear leader or agitator in the school, within the classroom, within the cliques, all that could be seen was a faint outline that looked "human" (doll). The average person is unaware they carry a blade, one that is used whenever they speak wantonly, without thinking of the consequences. And that can kill heroes.
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<i>Training</i>
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The daily life of the Adaptors. It has been thought that the most important aspect of being able to control the Symphogear's power is not high physical strength or incredible reflexes, but rather stability in ones mental state. However, if that is the case then why do the Adaptors go through such intense training on a regular basis? That is to create a strong belief in themselves. To raise their level of "self-confidence." How much can they love themselves, as they fight to stay true to their beliefs? As long as they believe in themselves, they will always have someone to depend on and can survive even the worst of situations. With that in mind, suitable training menus are prepared for each of them individually. One could simply say that this is just the result of their will-power, but in reality each Adaptor has shown a slight rise in their link coefficient which has improved their fighting strength as well.
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Shirabe: "That's why it's not cheating if I use roller blades, Kiri-chan"<br />
Kirika: "That still doesn't sound right to me. It's like they're just blowing smoke!"
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<i>The Fundamentals of Cuteness</i>
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There are people who like dogs, and people who like cats. Everybody is unique.
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<i>Curse of Balal</i>
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A "curse" that hinders humanity's ability to communicate and reach mutual understanding. In the distant past the rulers of humanity, known as the Custodians, remodeled Earth's moon into a device that emitted the Curse of Balal and blocked our shared language. Ever since the loss of the Unified Language, humanity has suffered through numerous conflicts.
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<i>Adam Weishaupt</i>
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The person who exists at the top of the hierarchy of the Bavarian Illuminati that the Alchemists belong to, he is the Director of the organization. He himself is a super high-class alchemist and can utilize all of the alchemy that his subordinates use, but even better.
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His true identity is a scrapped human prototype, a doll, created even before the era of prehistoric civilization. The reason he was scrapped was for being too "perfect." He was outfitted with all the abilities and functions that his creators wanted, but only those and nothing else. Eventually it was determined that this caused him to have zero potential for evolution and thus he was passed over as being officially designated as "human." He was scheduled to be expunged, but broke free of his chains and fled. His creators ceased to hold any further interest, leaving him to lurk throughout history. Instead his creators combined the qualities they both liked and disliked into an imperfect being (the human species) which was formally accepted by them. However, Adam realized he surpassed these beings and thus determined to find a way to stand on equal ground with his creators. That was the beginning of the society formed by Alchemists. In order to stand above all else, the Bavarian Illuminati was created under the ideal of seeking perfection. However Adam was already "perfect," yet could not produce any new power or plans on his own. Thus in order to reach his creators he covered for that by leaving it all in the hands of the other Alchemists. The lapis philosophorum, the transmutation of gold, Tiki, his use of the four elements (Aristotle) and even his cool hat were all things laid out before him by someone else's research. The perfect yet incompetent Adam has always progressed toward his goal with a smile on his face, treading paths that had already been forged by others.
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Having exhausted a considerable amount of his power to open an alternative God's Gate within the Orion constellation, he planned on the Divine Weapon being able to make up the difference during the final showdown with the Symphogear adaptors. However it was promptly defeated in a single blow from the God Killer. Facing this desperate situation he was left with no choice but to divert the energy he uses to maintain his beauty (quite an enormous amount) and turn it into offensive power instead. Thus he grew horns and took on a final form, which resembled that of a demonic goat. In reality, this is his true form that he has kept hidden behind his pride out of shame. On a related note, in the 19th century there was a sole member of the Bavarian Illuminati who caught a glimpse of Adam's true form and used it as the basis for a painting, in which he also inscribed the words that embody Alchemy (Solve et Coagula).
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<i>Telepathy</i>
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One of the Alchemists means of communication, which utilizes an exchange of sympathy force. It enables communication between subjects that are far apart. Normally, both the sender and receiver are required to be telepaths for it to work. However, high-class practitioners (Telepath Mages) are able to convert the mind's thought signals into a physical form, which allows communication with individuals who are not telepaths. For Director Adam Weishaupt, his thoughts when given physical form turned into an old-fashioned phone. It not only made it possible for him to communicate with Tiki, who is not a telepath, but it also functions as a highly encrypted communication signal that is very difficult for third parties to intercept.
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The sound of a ringing telephone. It's something difficult to resist, pulling people's attention almost like gravity. Even in the midst of battle, reacting to the sound for just a second creates an opening. To a certain extent this shows the level of Adam's cunning, taking advantage of the habits practiced by modern man. This is perhaps the first time in human history that mastery of the telephone could be perceived as threatening.
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<i>Ignite Module</i>
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A combat booster that was developed after the analysis of the "berserk" mechanism that was only previously observed in a very rare case of human/sacrist fusion. It was added into the Symphogear system after it suffered damaged from the Alca-Noise. The mechanism that triggers it utilizes a fragment of the cursed sword Dáinsleif. The command word necessary to activate it is "Unsheathe." The Ignite Module grants the user a high increase in energy output and durability for a short period of time. Because the threats that accompany the berserk form are still present, the module is furnished with 3 different levels of safeties to ensure that the Adaptor will not lose their mind when using it. Each time a safety is released, the berserk energy is more purely focused into the user’s combat potential. However there is a time limit attached (a count of 999), that starts from when the first stage of Unsheathe (Nigendo) is activated. From there if the user proceeds to the second grade (Albedo) or beyond (Rubedo), the energy gets used up at an even faster rate and upon use will naturally exhaust the count faster. When the count becomes 0 the system will forcibly cancel the Symphogear, even if the user is in the middle of a battle, and therefore depending on the circumstances may expose the Adaptor to even further danger.
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<i>Anti_LiNKER</i>
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A chemical that does the opposite of LiNKER by forcibly reducing the Adaptor's link coefficients. When their link coefficient is reduced it increases the affect of the gear's backfire upon them, which drastically limits their combat potential and is effectively a deadly poison to them.
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In the past, Dr. Ver developed Anti_LiNKER and used it to cause a number of serious problems for the Symphogear adaptors. However, this time it played an important role in "Operation: Birthday Party" as a means to separate Hibiki from the energy (the Power of God) that consumed her and gave her a divine form. This particular batch of Anti_LiNKER was improvised by Elfnein, who had completed the LiNKER recipe. However, it's accuracy and effectiveness is quite low and can't compare to the version that is humbly made by Dr. Ver.
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<i>Saint Germain's Past</i>
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The childhood memories of Saint Germain, who is believed by some to have lived for thousands of years. Born as a slave, she suffered frequent acts of violence and molestation for no given reason. However, she was taught the alphabet at the amusement of one noble who frequently called her to his bed. Ever since then she filled her empty heart with a desire for further knowledge. Time passed. Saint Germain next appeared in the high society of France, wearing the clothes of a man and carrying the air of a sophisticated individual well versed in fine arts and academics. At some point this led to her being given the title of "Count." Over time she amassed many followers and allies which gave her enough financial standing to pursue research into the "Philosopher's Stone" of Alchemy.
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<i>The Extraordinary Singin' Hood!</i>
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An increasingly popular manga that started publishing in a monthly shojo magazine about half a year ago. Shortly after the release of its first volume, an anime project was announced and is currently underway. The series tagline is "The love song of 3 million girls." Even though the Singular Disaster Anti-Riot Unit Div 2 was reformed into the United Nation's S.O.N.G. unit there is still a need for their activities to be kept confidential. Up until now they had managed to keep things under control with confidentiality agreements and media manipulation, but despite keeping constant tabs on the flow of information online, there is no real defense against people's everyday gossip. And thus, little by little, people began to talk about the "songs of girls" that could be heard "in areas struck by disaster." Of course this spread most quickly among schools through students and so eventually the government tasked an advertisement agency to devise a plan to deal with this. The result was a comic adaptation of the rumors in the form of "The Extraordinary Singin' Hood!" sponsored by a major publisher. Just as the stories of "the Human-Faced Dog" and "the Slit Mouthed Woman" became adapted into various forms of popular media, eventually the idea that the story is "fiction" became accepted by the public and the truth was successfully concealed. Currently the plan has kept the unwanted flow of confidential information at a minimum.
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The story takes place in the Happy Song Kingdom, where guardian angels watch over the Earth. In a test to determine the future successor of the Head Archangel, the main character Singin' Hood along with numerous other candidates visit the Earth. There they use their song magic to transform and and bring peace and happiness to humans. The candidate that makes the most amount of humans happy will be chosen as the next Head Archangel. Despite being a bit of a scatterbrain, Singin' Hood is always energetic and tries her best in the competition. Sometimes she finds herself cooperating with the other candidates as she attempts to find the "Fragments of Happiness" and collect them all within a year's time. The first story involves the embezzlement of public utility funds from a local credit union and the lone clerk who is framed for it by a corrupt member of congress. The scandal was supposed to be covered up by a "double suicide" committed by the man and his wife, but thanks to the power of song Singin' Hood resolves the case. This first installment, entitled "The Concealed Account Book," was drafted by a group of government officials with no penchant for compelling storytelling. But despite expectations it was a great success and was somehow met with positive reviews from a broad range of readers. From there, Singin' Hood finds a home with the clerk's family and experiences joy, sorrow, and the awakening feelings of love throughout puberty. It has become a popular magical, heartwarming story, where Singin' Hood learns the true meaning of happiness. It started as a propaganda project that only had funding for a manga, but has since exploded into an anime franchise with a wide range of associated merchandise and toys, that has raked in tons of revenue.
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On a related note, there is a story behind the song included on AXZ character CD #4: "Spread happiness ♡ Singin' Hood!" By coincidence Chris came across and began watching the anime adaptation of Singin' Hood. Sometime after AXZ, she was invited to karaoke by her friends where she tried singing the opening song and that's what is featured on the CD. At first Chris didn't really care about the series, as she was aware of its true origins, but at some point as she followed along she became hooked on it.
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<i>The Kazanari Agency</i>
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The ghost of a special branch of the Japanese army that was established in World War II. Created with the purpose of breaking a foreseen stalemate in the war, the agency cooperated with Germany's Ahnenerbe, the Thule Society, the Vril Society and others to conduct the world's first research on sacrists. A portion of that research was inherited by the Singular Disaster Anti-riot Unit Div 2, and later S.O.N.G. Currently the agency exists as an advisory board to the government on issues of National Security. It exerts a tremendous amount of influence on the political system.
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<i>Receptor Children</i>
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A generic term for observation subjects who were gathered to become vessels for Fine's soul. The biggest weakpoint of Fine's reincarnation system is that those who hold her seal carved into their genes must be exposed to an aufwachen waveform, it's the only point of the system that is left up to an overwhelming amount of simple chance. Regardless of the fact that her vessels can inherit her paranormal powers and memories, if they are not in an environment where those abilities can revive, then idle time simply passes. Thus, in order to overcome the weakness and prepare an "insurance," Fine began the project with the American government's F.I.S. If she lost the use of her current vessel in the middle of her plans, she wanted to assure she could revive without losing any time and restart her ambitions. Thus the receptor children were her attempt to prepare her next vessel ahead of time. By searching through hospital records and personal information she isolated potential candidates, particularly those with thin ties to society, for example "those with no living relatives" (and in particular "infants and children). Above all, Japan had the highest amount of potential receptor children, and the reason for that is in about 722 BC a branch of a family in the Middle East that held the seal of Fine entered into ancient Japan.
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<i>Prelati's stuffed animal</i>
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<i>Faust Robe</i>
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This is a protector armor that is transmuted via alchemic techniques utilizing a large amount of energy. In this sense it can be thought of as a twin of the Symphogear system. The biggest difference between the two, is that a Faust Robe does not require an Activation Chant to be used. The Faust Robes worn by Saint Germain, Cagliostro and Prelati are all sourced from the Lapis Philosophorum, however it has been especially tuned to each of their unique needs and fighting styles. The capabilities of their Faust Robes are beyond impressive and not only surpass a regular Symphogear but can even suppress the power of the Ignite Module which is supposed to be an ace in the hole.
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<i>Lapis Philosophorum</i>
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One of the secrets of Alchemy. A brilliant red gem also known as "the Philosopher's Stone." Since ancient times it has been the peak of their craft that Alchemists have constantly sought to achieve. However it is also a starting point for further advancement. Similar to a sacrist, it can become the source of a large amount of energy. However it cannot be classified as a sacrist, as it is a modern achievement of the Alchemists that represents their newly obtained knowledge.
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Not only can it be used to enable the transmutation of objects, but it has also been said to act as a cure-all for any illness or impurity. In fact it has demonstrated the ability to not only forcibly shut down Dainsleif, the core of the Ignite Module, and reset the Symphogear to its normal state, but also take the feedback of that process and deal it as damage directly to the Adaptors. It could be said that it is the most effective counter, completely ripping out the fangs of the Ignite Module. The Lapis Philosophorum is the magnum opus of alchemy spoken of since ancient times, and its legend was spread to Greece and Egypt during the Hellenistic period by Augurello who wrote "Chrysopoeia." Within in, he described it as "one the all." This phrase was later used by Xenophanes to describe God in a manner similar to Pantheism. Indeed, it is the "Perfection" that the alchemists have long sought after. Currently, there are 3 lapis that have been reborn as Faust Robes which give overwhelming strength and a pure radiance to Saint Germain, Cagliostro and Prelati.
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<i>Spell Caster</i>
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A converter unit that releases the power of the Lapis Philosophorum and reforms it into an equippable Faust Robe. It has been specially tuned for use with each alchemist. For Saint Germain it takes the form of a gun, for Cagliostro a ring and for Prelati a kendama.
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After it converts the light of the Lapis into a Faust Robe, this device acts just like the Symphogear's Armed Gear - as a weapon that is tuned to the user's battle style. In episode 12, it was left behind after the Alchemists brought light upon death to prevent the damage from the nuke. As their perfect bodies disintegrated into the sky, the Spell Caster should have vanished along with them. However the force of their will - their bonds, which surpass even perfection, assured that it stayed in this world for just a little while longer.
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<i>Château de Tiffauges</i>
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A large device constructed to dissect the world. It is known as a World Destructor. It was mainly utilized by the Alchemist Carol during her involvement in the Magical Girl Incident, however it is believed that Prelati also had a hand in its construction (mainly the design). This is supported by some of what Prelati has said and done in the series thus far, but there is another main reason. In the past, Prelati committed atrocious acts of evil for pleasure in a castle that shares the same name.
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<i>Gold Transmutation</i>
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A technique to create gold that involves a conversion of chemical elements via nuclear fusion created through incredibly high temperature and pressure. The cold fusion theory commonly referred to in Alchemy was originally discovered and established by the highest level Alchemists in the Bavarian Illuminati. However, in order to make it a reality an unrealistically huge amount of magic power was necessary. The dream of advancing the theory forward was left as nothing more than academic chatter. But, the director Adam Weishaupt has access to magic that goes far beyond unordinary limits and had no problem bringing forth enough power to make the theory a reality. Despite the huge amount of energy he expended to create the "gold" it amounted to no more than a pitiful amount that sat in the palm of his hand. As the name implies, "transmutation" is an act that changes the chemical makeup of an object and the extraordinary amount of energy required makes it a technique with terrible cost performance. However, being able to amass that much energy boasts tremendous power and Adam did not use it simply to create "gold" but rather as a strategic show of his capabilities.
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The assistance from Tsubasa, Chris, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika combined with the strong wills of Saint Germain, Cagliostro and Prelati took the form of a radiant, golden Symphogear. It is the result of Hibiki Tachibana's blooming courage as it broke the boundaries between friend and enemy. The fruit of her labour: Limited Model_Alchemic Gold. Adam referred to this phenomenon as "gold transmutation," however in reality it is different from the physical creation of gold via cold fusion that he had performed before. This was a more pure form of alchemy, a true "transmutation to gold." It seems that the crushed Spell Caster's energy which normally forms the Faust Robe became active during the violent exchanges of the final battle and acted as the catalyst. The Lapis Philosophorum that was the power source for Saint Germain and the others does more than just cleanse impurities. Legends say it also has the ability to transform base metals into precious metals, or in other words to directly turn imperfect things into their perfect form. In the instant that Hibiki's Symphogear turned completely golden, her body temporarily became a type of living alchemic reactor. And similar to when her body was a sacrist fusion, she demonstrated explosive power far beyond the norm and it completely overwhelmed Adam even in his full powered final form.
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<i>Direct Feedback System</i>
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Developed by a team that had Dr. Ver at its core, this is a device that enables direct interference into the human brain. Unlike other countries (mainly Japan), America applied its sacrist research mechanically and used black arts tech to develop things such as the "Air Carrier" helicopter that was equipped with "Wizardry Stealth" and the "Remover Ray." The Direct Feedback System is also one of the results of their research. It was once cruelly used to warp the emotions of Miku Kohinata and force her to don the Shen-shou-jing Symphogear. After the end of the Frontier Incident, many items were gathered as evidence and the Direct Feedback System was one of them.
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<i>Electric Field Microscope Beatrice</i>
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An (in)complete device developed by Elfnein utilizing alchemy and the Direct Feedback System as a base. She developed it with the goal of being able to observe and understand the human brain. The device sends an electric signal into the patient's brain and then develops a virtual version based off the response. On the other end, the observer's consciousness is converted to electric signals and sent into the virtual realm where the "world" of the brain can be viewed from the inside. The most important feature of the device is the mechanism by which it reduces potential damage to the patient's brain. Unlike the case of Miku Kohinata and the Shen-shou-jing Symphogear, the device does not directly interfere with the patient's brain and instead recreates the brain's signals in a fake, virtual realm. However, this does not mean that it is devoid of risk. There are many potential dangers including loss of the subject's personality or fusion with the observer's consciousness. The device is named after "Beatrice" from the works of the Italian Poet, Dante. Just as he met her in hell, the observer must also enter and travel through a "dangerous world," the subject's virtual consciousness. Another reason for the name is that the root of "Beatrice" (Viatrix) comes from the Latin "viare" which means "to travel."
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<i>Chocolate pollock roe flavored crêpe</i>
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Inspired by the salty-sweetness of chocolate covered potato chips, this is the recommended seasonal flavor created by the shop's owner. The crêpe is filled with a rich pollock roe ordered directly from a famous store in the Hakata region of Fukuoka. Filled to an extravagant amount, this crêpe is a true gem of luxury. The store proudly presents this flavor of adventure to you, the customer who likes to play with fire and isn't held back by preconceptions.
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<i>Love</i>
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The word shouted by Dr. Ver from within Maria's very soul.
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This and that, are probably, definitely so.
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(TL note: This is a reference to the song "Love like a flower in water" sung by the actress Keiko Matsuzaka, which was the main theme of a Japanese TV drama from the late 1970s. The lyrics start with: This is love, that is love, probably love, definitely love.)
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<i>Moon Ruins</i>
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Far in the distant past... A giant structure was created by the mysterious entities known as the Custodians, who formerly ruled over humanity. It is the source of the "Curse of Balal" that prevents humanity from obtaining mutual understanding. As if applying a patch file of dissonance upon the human soul, Saint Germain views the moon as shackles that must be removed to free humanity. Thus she attempts to gain control of it and put an end to the Curse of Balal. For that purpose, she has sacrificed an enormous amount of time and human lives as compensation.
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In the past, the Priestess Fine attempted to destroy the moon in its entirety to stop the Curse of Balal. In contrast to that, Saint Germain and the others have planned to overwrite the system to give themselves administrative authority and using that control, end the curse. Fine's reason for wanting to destroy the moon was to recover the Unified Language, but Saint Germain and the others wish to end the Curse of Balal in order to free humanity from its subjugation. Although the actions of both parties may seem to line up with each other, their goals are very different. In order to gain control of the moon, it is thought that power equal to that of the Custodians is necessary. Therefore, they seek "the Power of God" which is said to be overwhelming.
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<i>Dr. Ver</i>
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Full name: John Wayne Vercingétorix
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The developer of LiNKER, a drug which connects the human body and sacrists (Symphogears). Now deceased. A participant in both the Frontier Incident and the Magical Girl Incident, he exists as a stubborn memory within Maria's consciousness. Perhaps due to a weak bone structure in his body, he often fell down. He caused numerous problems for the Symphogear Adaptors as a man who took his goal of becoming a Hero way too far. Unphased by and unsympathetic to the problems of others, his conduct and attitude seems proof of his genius. However, for the ordinary people who have to deal with him he is a calamity given human form. As a student of Yale University, he was able to fully utilize and display his extraordinary intellect. He participated in several secret societies within the University, which eventually lead to an invite directly from the Federal Institute of Sacrists (FIS).
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<i>Leylines</i>
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An extensive pipeline of energy that flows around the globe, known by various names such as the Earth Veins, Spirit Veins or Dragon Veins. Previously, they were utilized by the Alchemist Carol together with Chateau de Tiffauges as she attempted to dissect and analyze the world. However, that was stopped thanks to the actions of S.O.N.G. and the Symphogear Adaptors. The Alchemists have stated they need an accumulation of life energy to transmutate the "Power of God" and knowing this S.O.N.G. has theorized they may attempt to use the Leyline to collect the life energy of the very Earth itself. Plans are now being put into motion to hopefully forestall this possibility.
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<i>The Perfect Body</i>
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In order to don a Faust Robe, the user must have a female body. The male body does not have the necessary biological compatibility with a protector created and affixed through energy, thereby making the female form the most ideal. Cagliostro and Prelati formerly had male bodies, but after they embraced the wisdom and ideals of Saint Germain, she granted them the perfect body. In other words, she reconstructed them into super humans with a base female form. They also all share eternal youth granted by the power of Alchemy. The teachings of Alchemy have long led Alchemists to obtain "perfection" and this has now been found in multiple forms including "the Power of God," the "Lapis Philosophorum" and the "Perfect Body." Even without using the Faust Robe, their physical capabilities have enough power to match the Symphogear and the amount of life energy within them far surpasses that of a normal human. It was for this reason that Adam suggested that "the Perfect Body" be used as a sacrifice in order to make up for the lack of necessary energy to perform the ritual.
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<i>Dragon Palace of the Abyss</i>
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The nickname of the fortress constructed at the bottom of the sea that was designed to hold dangerous sacrists and other objects related to black arts tech that have yet to be analyzed. It had a reputation similar to the Tamatebako of the Urashima Taro legend, in that if you open it then nothing good will happen. That is the source of its nickname. The Japanese Government in coordination with the United Nations used the fortress to store various confiscated items. However, what was kept there were not items of any actual value, but rather items that were dangerous and difficult to handle. In reality, there were very few items that could actually be considered for practical use. Due to collateral damage from combat with the Auto-Scorer Leiur, the structure collapsed due to the water pressure. Currently the remains are spread across the bottom of the ocean.
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<i>The Fool's Stone</i>
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The nickname given to the unanalyzed substance that once fell off of Hibiki's chest. Chris Yukine thought up the name. In the past, Hibiki's body was fused with the fragments of Gungnir (the first medical case of a fusion between human and sacrist). As the fusion grew deeper, it gave birth to various supernatural phenomena. One example of this was Spontaneous Combustion - the abnormal rise of Hibiki's body temperature to extreme levels. The inside of her body became like a kiln, creating a substance that eventually grew outside of the body and was collected. The research teams determined the substance had a composition extremely similar to that of the human body and the phase during which it was created was fixed at an imaginary number. Various parts of it differed from the makeup of the human body and it was temporarily filed as an undiscovered substance. Up until this point, it had been stored at a special location along with other unanalyzed objects that are controlled by the Japanese Government in cooperation with the United Nations. When Elfnein read the report about this object she didn't approach it scientifically as the research teams did, but rather applied her own unique approach as an Alchemist. She realized that the identity of the substance was like a "Philosopher's stone set in a negative phase." From there, she began to build her hypothesis.
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A fragment of hope, salvaged from sludge and ruins at the bottom of the sea - the only remains of the special storage facility for unanalyzed and dangerous objects. "The Fool's Stone" is identical to the Philosopher's Stone but is set in a negative phase, and so after Elfnein used her alchemy to integrate it into the Symphogear System it became possible for the Adaptors to once again use the Ignite Module. It acts as a "Nullification Barrier Coating" that prevents the Philosopher's Stone from forcibly canceling the Ignite form, and brings their combat potential back on an even level to the Faust Robe.
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Normally the integration of such a "foreign material" into the Symphogear System would do nothing but potentially obstruct its normal functions, making it completely useless. However because this material exists in a phase that is the true opposite of the Philosopher's stone, is successfully became a countermeasure to the Lapis Philosophorum which is perhaps its only potential use.
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<i>Beef Stroganoff</i>
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Just like the Extraordinary Singin' Hood, those who fight while singing certainly do exist. And so do those who know that if you sing while you cook, it could lead to disaster. However this time was no child's play. The recipe was studied ahead of time, the ingredients carefully prepared, and each move executed with precision. In the past, the cooking your mother did may have seemed so effortless you would question whether she was actually trying. However, when you realize that is actually the result of a tremendous amount of experience then it will lead you to a new level of enlightenment and bring your cooking closer to perfection than it ever has been before. One such dish is of course, beef stroganoff. "The name beef doesn't come from the meat" Who exactly was it, that said those words? But of course from the perspective of a high schooler making the dish, that question is completely meaningless. The pot of pure bliss simply simmers upon the stove, embodying the vastness of Russian cuisine.<br />
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Hibiki: "That's more than okay! Just leave the extra to me~"
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<i>Unison</i>
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Two Symphogears were made from the pair of weapons wielded by the Sumerian Goddess Zababa, the red blade Shul-Shagana and the green blade Igalima. When used at the same time, they have the special effect of amplifying one another's power, a process referred to as Unison. When it comes to battle sense, experience and overall strength - Kirika and Shirabe are lacking in comparison to the other Adaptors. However, the special trait of their gears makes them capable of producing a stronger output than anyone else can if the right conditions are met. In reality, Shirabe and Kirika have overcome numerous enemies who were beyond their strength level as a result of this. Because the Lapis Philosophorum sealed the power of the Ignite Module, Genjuro foresaw that Unison would become a necessary part of their future strategies. However, he also knew that Unison had an easily exploitable weakness in that it becomes unusable if Kirika and Shirabe are separated from each other. So, he proposed new Unison Patterns and began training the Adaptors to use them. In a sense, this was to be a Unison of Friendship. Instead of relying upon the traits of the gears themselves, such as Shul-Shagana and Igalima, they would attempt a "Mock Unison" that used the relationship bonds of the Adaptors themselves as a base.
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In past battles there have been multiple instances of the Adaptor's uniting their feelings together, which resulted in a shared melody and song that welled up in all of their hearts. This resonance of Phonic Gain has been confirmed possible, and so the goal of this training was to make that ability more instant and convenient and thereby reliable in battle. Of course it is impossible for this Mock Unison to drive their output as high as the power achieved by Kirika and Shirabe, however for strategic purposes it makes it easier for them work together in different pairs and also raises their performance to a level that covers for their weaknesses. While this idea seems simple, it is not easy to actually execute. However for Chris and Maria who not only have a lot of natural talent but have also come back from the verge of death multiple times, their experiences brought them closer together to the point where it made the miracle of Mock Unison possible.
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<i>The balance of Macrocosm and Microcosm</i>
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"Macrocosm" is a large scale view of our physical universe as a whole. "Microcosm" is a small scale view of our physical universe as individual pieces. By processing both of these views together, one should be able to analyze the existence and construction of all things and then recreate them. It is the very basis of all thought and study within the field of alchemy. This idea can be seen reflected in many of the symbols left behind by numerous alchemists over the years. Elfnein adopted this approach in her development of the countermeasure to the Lapis Philosophorum. The "Philosopher's Stone" is an object created through the life energy of the entire world. Meanwhile, the "Fool's Stone" was created through the life energy a small, single individual: Hibiki Tachibana. A phrase used to denote the Philosopher's Stone is "the one that is all" and this is yet another representation of "Microcosm" (one) and "Macrocosm" (all) that implies it is perfect existence given form.
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<i>Reactive Contamination </i>
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A malfunction in the converter unit of the Symphogear system that comes about as a result of the Fool's Stone counteracting the effects of the Philosopher's Stone (lapis philosophorum). With no hard data on the lapis philosophorum readily available, Elfnein's working theory on how to counteract the suppression of the Ignite Module was mainly based on observations and guess work. While the "Nullification Barrier Coating" was a success, the energy output was unstable due to an error in measurement which put stress upon the system and ultimately resulted in a "Logic Error" bug that left the system unable to fully utilize all of its functions properly. While this poses no dire threat to the Symphogear system itself, an adequate overhaul is necessary to debug the process and will take a fair amount of time and effort to complete.
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Thanks to Saint Germain and the information she handed over regarding the Lapis Philosophorum, the reactive contamination cleansing process was sped up considerably. When it came time to rescue Hibiki from the Power of God, Tsubasa, Chris, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika's converter units had already been decontaminated. Thus "Operation: Birthday Party" was able to begin with all participating members in perfect condition. However, just after they managed to recover Hibiki they were forced into an even more dire situation and eventually found themselves facing down Adam Weishaput for the last time. At this point Hibiki's converter was the only one that had not been decontaminated and that made it like a ticking time-bomb. Unfortunately it exploded with the worst possible timing, right as she went in for the final blow. Her Symphogear instantly became dysfunctional (Gungnir_Status Ailment) and she was unable to rely on its abilities. With its output falling drastically, the gear turned grayscale and became nothing more than shackles upon Hibiki's body. With her unable to even move, Adam prepared to deliver his own final blow. At that moment, Tsubasa and the others converted the armor of their cleansed gears into energy and released it at Hibiki. The outside energy was able to compensate for Gungnir's low output and thanks to that quick thinking, Hibiki was able to escape the impending attack. Although Gungnir remained greyscale, her friend's thoughts and feelings became a rainbow-colored phosphorescence that surrounded her. Further, Hibiki's ability to "connect" gave her limited access to the other gear's attacks and abilities.
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<i>Orion and God's Gate</i>
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There exist a group of shrines in Saitama Prefecture (Hikawa Shrine, Hikawanyotai Shrine, Nakyama Shrine, Hisaizu Shrine, Tsuki Shrine) that form a pattern incredibly similar to that of the Orion constellation. In fact it is the exact reverse of it, as if reflected in a mirror, and its shape is often likened to a Japanese drum. In ancient Egypt, Osiris was represented in the heavens by Orion and the constellation is said to have been "God's Gate." For that reason legends have passed that this gate either connects to God, or is where God actually resides. For now the details remain unclear, but there is no doubt that this has a connection the plans of the Bavarian Illuminati who seek to put the power of God into a new form. Further, in the Sumerian language the idea of God's Gate is represented by the word "Kadingir." The Bavarian Illuminati and the Pre-historic Priestess Fine. These two sides both strive for the end of the Curse of Balal, and whether by coincidence or otherwise both their plans have involved the use of God's Gate on a grand scale. Could their desires ultimately be the same as well? Or perhaps, possibly...
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<i>Hida Ninja Clan</i>
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A group of elite ninja that lived hidden among the mountains of Hida. Utilizing thunder, water, earth, wind, fire, metal and flower - through these seven different styles of superhuman techniques they were known not only for their intelligence gathering network, but also for their combat prowess. They served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi until they disappeared after the Battle of Sekigahara (although unofficially there are records of their participation in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate). After the Meiji Restoration, they were in service to the Japanese Government and continue to do so to this day. This is the history of the Ogawa Family. The previous head of the family, Kunimitsu Ogawa, also fought for the greater good outside of the public eye similar to the Adaptors. He fought against the Taurus Twins who sought greater Westernization, and was a key part of preventing their "Sanctuary Plan" from reaching realization. There are many stories of his battles against evil in the shadows that helped to create the peace of today.
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Throughout the world there are numerous legends passed down of "God," a being of superior power and status. Likewise, many legends also exist regarding how this being ultimately met its end. Although details remain unclear, talk of a "God Killer" power has been brought up as potential countermeasure to the "Power of God" that the Bavarian Illuminati seek to obtain. Maria believed that Hibiki's Gungnir might be the key based on the fact it defeated the "Power of God" prototype "Youaltepuztli" in episode 2. However, as Tsubasa remarked, there are no generally known legends of Gungnir having that type of power or ability. The key to unlock the secret of this mechanism almost certainly lies within Germany's secret documents from the previous world war. However, all the data that the Kazanari Agency obtained, as well as the documents brought from Valverde, have been reduced to ashes. The Germans struggled with the limits of eugenics as they sought to obtain the "power to kill a god," meanwhile Japan focused its research on the "Mighty Spear Gungnir" that they received from them. Perhaps it is not Gungnir itself, but rather "something" that connects these two threads together is the true "God Killer," or maybe...
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A member of S.O.N.G.'s "Team Blue" that was dispatched to provide security at the leyline points that formed the inverse Orion constellation which was identified as "God's Gate." His official codename is "BLUE-3." He attempted to get in contact with the other members of his team when he noticed something strange, but before he knew it he met his end at the hand of one of Saint Germain's alchemic bullets.
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On a slightly unrelated note, there exists an incredible man with a similar name: "Bruce Lee." He was an actor, producer, writer and talented martial artist. At the same time (although this seems contradictory) he was also one of two people, called the "strongest man on Earth." (TL note: this is reference to Shinobu Kaze's manga "Chijo Saikyo no Otoko: Ryu" in which Bruce Lee and Miyamoto Musashi, both known as "the strongest man on Earth," are resurrected by Jesus to kill the main character, Ryu, before he can awaken as the Antichrist.)
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His most famous work, "Enter the Dragon," became a huge hit all over the world and left a deep impression on the genre of action movies after its release. He died at the very young age of 32, and had passed away before the height of the trend that he himself started. For that reason he quickly passed into legend, almost that of a God, and even now there are "men eternally reliving their middle school days" that respectfully refer to him as "Master." On yet another slightly unrelated note, this legendary man will never appear directly in the story of Symphogear. But in reality, a number of famous lines from the movies he starred in have been adapted and made their way into the script at more than one occasion.
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Glittering lights mark the points. If you connect the points, lines begin to form. If you follow the lines, they eventually come together to form a circular pattern. That pattern has form and meaning, and when completed creates a magic circle. The space filled by that magical circle becomes "God's Gate" and it drains the life energy that flows from the points that connect the leylines. Using that energy to transmutate the "Power of God" was the Bavarian Illuminati's plan. For most of the time S.O.N.G. had simply been chasing them, but after their battles with the Alchemists they took the fragments of data they obtained and saw through their intentions. Their counter plan was to use the Keystones that act as the safety valves of the leylines and temporarily block the flow of energy. However, the leylines are an important source of energy that makes the land fertile and stopping the flow might risk inducing a "wasteland effect" that causes the land to wither. It was for this reason that the Director of Cabinet Intelligence, Yatsuhiro Kazanari (a man who works mostly in a gray area), called a meeting with heads of each administrative division of Japan. With various assurances and guarantees, including ample reparation, a vote was cast that successfully put the plan into action. They waited until the spiritual pressure had rose to the limit, then used the keystones to shut down the flow of the leyline energy into God's Gate. They successfully put a stop to the plans of the Bavarian Illuminati.
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The long, drawn out monologues weren't in vain. What a relief.
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(TL Note: Nobody seems to have any solid idea what this actually refers to. It mostly likely refers to Yatsuhiro working to convince Japanese government officials to back the plan. But it could possibly refer to Kaneko convincing the rest of the staff to go along with his whims...or even the keywords themselves.)
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The name given to Tiki after she was converted into a weapon by drawing power not from the stars of Earth, but rather the stars of the Heavens. The form Tiki took acts like a protector created from energy and fashioned around her like armor, similar to the Symphogears worn by the Adaptors. The appearance of this form is heavily influenced by her innocent and ridiculous dream of being able to use the Power of God to become human and bear enough children to make a baseball team. At Adam's whim, although she would have done it for his sake regardless, she became a murderous and destructive weapon with not even the slightest show of hesitation. The true potential of this weapon is far beyond human comprehension. It shares the perfect defensive ability previously displayed by the prototype, Youaltepuztli, that negates any damage by sacrificing one of its existences in a parallel world. However, even beyond that it can also sacrifice one of its alternative selves and use the resulting energy as an overwhelming offensive attack that strikes like a storm.
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A trove of documents created by the German army during the previous war that were held by the Valverde Government. There is no particular order or classification for these documents, they contain a truly wide variety of things. From catalogs of art pieces that were lost or destroyed during the war, to a letter from a lone soldier written to his fiance back home. Part of these documents, a very small part, relate to a subject now considered taboo: the creation of superhumans through eugenics. They also contain research relating to a certain "spear"that was used by a centurion.
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A new law established in an effort to adapt to the recent outbreaks of supernatural disasters. It was recklessly pushed through the Diet so that it could be immediately enforced, and has become the target of attacks brought on by opposition parties. The law allows for the mobilization of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces not only in the event of singular disasters (the Noise), but also any disasters caused by sacrists or black arts tech. It was written so broad interpretations could be made to allow for flexible responses in the event of unforeseen disasters. It's enforcement can be quite ruthless, allowing for a termination (and prompt retreat) order against a target without the need for debate, as was the case for the Symphogear adaptor who was consumed by the Power of God.
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A three-stage megaton bomb launched from a nuclear submarine, the USS Susquehanna. Its codename is "Osterman." It has the force of more than 100 megatons, presumed to be a Super Tsar Bomba Class weapon. It was fired as the first step in creating a New World Order, freeing humanity from an era filled with mystery and uncertainty. In other words, this was yet another "God Killer." It is the magnum opus of human technology. Had it actually exploded it would have not only reduced Kanto to ashes, but also caused irreparable harm to the surrounding area. However, the power of the bullet-type lapis philosophorum combined with the sacrifice of 3 lives and their accompanying perfect bodies, was enough to restrain this huge amount of destruction and completely purify any radioactive pollution that was caused.
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Just as Carol once said, and as has been inferred throughout history, Alchemy and Song share a deep connection to each another. The song that was sung by the Alchemists is actually a technique which consumes life for transmutation into energy. In episode 1 the Alchemists used it upon their selected sacrifices and took those lives to transmute energy, which they then used to complete Youaltepuztli. However in episode 12 it was used upon their very own lives, 3 forms of perfect beauty. By making the ultimate sacrifice they were able to transmute an even higher level of energy that was strong enough to completely neutralize the eternal pollution of the land that would have resulted from use of the nuclear weapon. A number of mechanisms in this process are nearly identical to that of the "Superb Song," the last resort of the Symphogear adaptors - a song that burns life.
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Separated from its previous host Tiki and transferred to the new vessel of God, Hibiki Tachibana, the Power of God manifested in silver colored mayhem. A giant of light. It's official designation is "Divine Weapon type2_Hibiki" but was also given the "Destructor God Hibiki" name out of convenience. In Tiki's case, her obedient and blind love for Adam created a convenient weapon (woman) for him to use. However in this irregular case, the Power of God was overlaid upon the God Killer curse that was affixed to Gungnir. As a result the manifestation stopped at a level far from even being considered a demigod, and would perhaps be more likened to that of a newborn god. Even so the power of the giant was fearsome, in particular the beams shot from its mouth were more than enough to lay waste to the surrounding area. In fact, analysis revealed that these beams are its voice applied to a directional melody and released with high density and compression. In other words, they were a plasmified "song."
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Although the primary cause is unclear, a fraction of the 301,655,722 locks upon the Symphogear system are occasionally rearranged and result in changes to the gears that are attuned to the adaptor's skills, thoughts and battle styles. In the final episode of AXZ the Rebuilt gears had a power output that was equal to that of the X-Drive form, but it only lasted for a short time until Dáinsleif was completely incinerated. The intense aura that encompassed the gears was the energy of Dáinsleif itself as it slowly faded away in real time. When that aura disappeared it signaled the loss of one signature function of the system, the "Ignite Module."
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A feat that has slaughtered many miracles upon the trails of this tale. It has been repeatedly used to fully unlock the Symphogear and access the X-Drive form. This form grants not only the ability of flight, but also sharply raises the gear's output and power. It was expected that it could be used against Adam in the final battle, but under the circumstances they were unable to acquire the necessary amount of phonic gain. However when Adam heartlessly released the last of the Faust Robe's energy, Hibiki had a drastic thought (or perhaps lack thereof) to use it against him. With the backup provided by her friends and from the bridge, they were able to put that energy to optimal use and partially succeed in the Hexa-Conversion. In this instance the technique was not used to activate the X-Drive form, but rather to simply increase the gear's output and force an instance of Rebuild. This use of the technique was created thanks to Hibiki's flexible and free thinking (or perhaps lack thereof), along with the backup of HQ, and the similarities shared by songs (the Symphogear) and alchemy (the Faust Robe).
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"Custodian" a word that means "ruler" and " controller," it refers to those who have been revered as Gods and Creators of the world. Their true identity is a group of deities that appear in the myths of the ancient Sumerians - the Anunnaki. They created humanity's prototype, Adam, and later they cast the Curse of Balal upon all of humanity in order to seal our mutual understanding. However, even now they remain an existence that is largely shrouded in mystery.
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<i>Smile</i>
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The name of the blooming flower at the end of this story.
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Up through yesterday, a hand was always reaching for this flower that was blooming in the sunshine.
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Today, November 7th, is Miku's Birthday! To celebrate XD has added a new side story memoria that tells a short story of how she and Hibiki celebrated this year. Enjoy the TL.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We join Hibiki and Miku preparing to celebrate her birthday in their room at the Lydian dorms...</span><br />
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<i>Hibiki: Happy Birthday, Miku!</i><br />
<i>Miku: Thanks, Hibiki</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: It feels like a lot has happened over the past year…</i><br />
<i>Miku: That’s for sure</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: But you know, the reason I’ve been able to keep on is all thanks to you, Miku</i><br />
<i>Miku: The same is true for me about you, Hibiki</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: I’m counting on you again this year</i><br />
<i>Miku: Hehe…me too</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Alright then, it’s time to light the candles on the cake</i><br />
<i>Miku: Okay</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly, Hibiki’s SONG communicator rings and interrupts the festivities...</span><br />
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<i>Hibiki: Eh!? A mission on today of all days?!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Ugh…I have a bad feeling about this</i><br />
<i>Miku: It’s okay, you should hurry and answer it</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: R-Right… Hello, this is Hibiki. Yes…I understand. I’m on my way. </i><br />
<i>Miku: ……</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: …I’m sorry, Miku. I have to go</i><br />
<i>Miku: Don’t worry, I understand. It’s your job after all</i><br />
<i>Miku: Just promise me to be careful out there. I don’t want you getting hurt while worrying about today’s plans.</i><br />
<i>HIbiki: Sure, of course. Well then….I’m off!</i><br />
<i>Miku: Take care, Hibiki</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: I’ll definitely be back ASAP!</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hibiki rushes out, leaving Miku all by herself. She sits on the couch and waits.</span><br />
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<i>Miku: ……</i><br />
<i>Miku: Sigh…nothing I can do about it, I guess</i><br />
<i>Miku: The Hibiki I love the most…is the one who does everything she can to help others…</i><br />
<i>Miku: There’s nothing that can be done, but still…its lonely…</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some time passes and it starts to grow dark as the sun sets. Miku wakes up, still waiting on the couch.</span><br />
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<i>Miku: …Oh that’s not good, I fell asleep</i><br />
<i>Miku: Wait, it’s already this late?</i><br />
<i>Miku: She’s been gone awhile…I wonder if she’ll be back soon…</i><br />
<i>Miku: Hibiki…I just hope she isn’t hurt…</i><br />
<i>Miku: (I’m sure she’s fine. It’s Hibiki. Of course she’s going to walk through that door with that same big old smile on her face…)</i><br />
<i>Miku: Sigh…</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little does Miku realize, but Hibiki has already returned along with Chris. They sneak through the room behind the couch...</span><br />
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<i>Chris: (Hey, there she is…)</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: (We should be more sneaky, Chris-chan…)</i><br />
<i>Chris: (It’s fine. She hasn’t even noticed we’re here)</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: (Are you ready? On the count of 3, okay?)</i><br />
<i>Chris: (Yeah, I know I know)</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: (Okay…1, 2…!)</i><br />
<i>Hibiki/Chris: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!</i><br />
<i>Miku: Waaah! </i><br />
<i>Miku: W-Whoa! Don’t scare me like that!</i><br />
<i>Miku: Hibiki…when did you get back?!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Just a minute ago. Looks like our little surprise worked, Chris-chan!</i><br />
<i>Miku: Geez, you even dragged Chris into this…? I thought I was going to have a heart attack</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Sorry, sorry. Actually Chris came up with this little prank and I totally just went along.</i><br />
<i>Chris: Hey, don’t make me the bad guy here. You were the one saying you wanted to surprise her right?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Oh? Did I say that?</i><br />
<i>Miku: Hibiki you little sneak</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Hahahaha…sorry!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Anyway, here take this. It’s your birthday present. Sorry I didn’t give it to you earlier.</i><br />
<i>Miku: Oh wow, thanks! Can I open it?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Of course, I just hope you like it…</i><br />
<i>Miku: Yay! Oh, wow a nail color set?</i><br />
<i>Miku: Thanks, but doesn’t this seem a little mature for me?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: No way! You’re becoming more of an adult every day Miku!</i><br />
<i>Miku: I’m not sure about that…but thanks. I’ll try to paint my nails the next time we go out together</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Yay! It’s a date!</i><br />
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<i>Chris: Geez…am I just in the way here or what? </i><br />
<i>Miku: N-Not at all!</i><br />
<i>Chris: Alright, well this one is from me. I got it last minute, so it’s nothing special. </i><br />
<i>Miku: Wow…what a cute music box! Is it really okay for me to have this?</i><br />
<i>Chris: Yeah sure, it’s just something I had bought for myself awhile back.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Don’t be shy, you actually got it especially for today didn’t you? </i><br />
<i>Chris: No, of course not!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: But just look, it’s still in the package from the stor-</i><br />
<i>Chris: Don’t bother with the details! *smack*</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Ow! </i><br />
<i>Miku: Thank you Chris, I’m so happy!</i><br />
<i>Chris: You don’t have to go thanking me for it or anything, it’s nothing…</i><br />
<i>Chris: Anyway, let’s get this party started. My stomach isn’t bottomless like this dummy's, but I’m getting hungry</i><br />
<i>Miku: Oh, I left the cake in the fridge. Just hang on for a second, I’ll go get it </i><br />
<i>Hibiki: No, no! You’re the birthday girl, so just let us handle all the prep work!</i><br />
<i>Chris: She’s right, just leave everything to us</i><br />
<i>Miku: Thanks, you two</i><br />
<i>Miku: (I was afraid I was going to spend this birthday by myself...what a relief)</i><br />
<i>Miku: (Hibiki, Chris… This made me more happy than you can imagine)</i><br />
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<b>THE END</b>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-14120842337211055902017-10-30T05:04:00.000-07:002017-10-30T05:04:45.502-07:00Symphogear AXZ: Special Discussion Series #1 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While AXZ was airing, there was a set of 7 "pair" interviews that were released on the official site that featured various cast and staff members. These are on my backburner for right now, but I've already finished the first one which features Aoi Yuki (Hibiki) and Yuka Iguchi (Miku). Enjoy!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Before we get to talking about AXZ, I'd like to have you summarize the relationship of Hibiki and Miku throughout seasons 1 to 3. There really has been a lot of drama between them. </span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I feel like they went through the dating phase and made it all the way to getting married. (Laugh)<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Basically it feels like in season 1 they dated, in G they had a fight and made-up, in GX they got married and now in AXZ it’s their married life 1 year later. I think their relationship is pretty calm and composed like that.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Yeah, right now there’s a sense of security and trust between them.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">So in G, would you say that their fight was the big turning point?</span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> For Miku, definitely. She wanted to believe in Hibiki and wait for her patiently, but she became so overwhelmed by the anxiety and worry that it led to her wanting to fight and protect Hibiki instead. However, when Hibiki saved her she gained a renewed understanding of her role as Hibiki’s sunshine and became able to believe not just in Hibiki, but also in herself. From that point onward her position is “it’s okay for me to stay here, it’s okay for me to wait” so no matter where Hibiki goes off to Miku stands firm and encourages her by saying “take care” as she leaves.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> On the other hand, Hibiki is pretty dense so although she thinks of Miku as her sunshine she didn’t really recognize what Miku was going through at that time. It was like “Whoa, I had no idea! Sorry!” (Laugh) To be honest, Hibiki doesn’t even really reflect on her own circumstances, much less anyone else’s. But I think she was able to learn from that experience and now more actively considers the things she holds dear and needs to protect.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Hibiki has faced off against a lot of different people, and to be honest I figured Miku would end up being one of them eventually…<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> For Hibiki, that fight with Miku is the most significant so far. Up until then she had managed to make things work by just fighting her point across, but faced with Miku as an opponent she realized that punching alone wasn’t going to be enough. She needed a new approach when confronting others and I think Miku helped her figure that out.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Do you remember recording for those episodes?</span> </i><br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Well I remember being told by the Sound Director “Please yell, but please also sing” and thinking “What does that mean!?” (Laugh) But I remember watching the finished product and it really made me think “This is Symphogear." It truly was an emotional set of episodes.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Yeah, there have been plenty of intense episodes, but these were especially so.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I think if Miku hadn’t used the Shen Shou Jing gear, then Hibiki never would have changed. At that time I really felt that she had been saved by Miku’s love. I think Symphogear has a lot of scenes where the viewer is persuaded by force, which is true of this scene too, but it also succeeded on coming across at an emotional level.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Back then I had spent the whole time from an outside perspective, just watching everyone else sing, so when it came time for me to do it I wasn’t really sure what I had gotten into. The experience really renewed how much respect I have for the talents of Ao-chan and the rest of the main cast.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Then, as you mentioned earlier, by GX Hibiki and Miku have developed a very firm mutual trust in each other.</span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I really felt a sense of composure and confidence from Miku, like a woman who’s already signed the marriage papers. (Laugh)<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Hibiki had a lot of big problems then, like being unable to sing and worrying about her Father, but despite all that her relationship with Miku remained calm and steady.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I think just having Miku there made a huge difference. No matter how beat up Hibiki got or how many things weighed down upon her, there was a sense of peace from the fact that Miku would always be there and would never betray her, which is what I think enabled her to face all those problems. When she became unable to sing the one who helped her out of that rut was Miku and I was really moved by it, like it’s clear that as her wife she understands Hibiki the best. (Laugh)<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> A lot of Symphogear’s appeal comes from all the singing and fighting, but it was GX that made me realize that at the root of it all is love. Not just between Hibiki and Miku, but as the series grows there are various forms of love that continue to pile up and make it stronger, which I’m really happy about.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Now we’ve reached the start of the 4th season, AXZ, and right from the outset of episode 1 we get a look at Hibiki and Miku’s intimate relationship. </span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> The main highlight of episode 1 is of course all the fighting, but I was really happy to see their relationship nicely summed up in that one scene. The most interesting part for me was when Miku watches Hibiki leave, “Miku gets a cheerful look on her face,” was written in the script. They’ve really overcome a lot together and that is the proof.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> They’ve become adults!<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Because they’ve been through so much already, I honestly felt so relieved. Like, now Miku has reached a level of composure that when I come in for recording session I’m really at ease.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> There are a lot of pairings in Symphogear (Laugh), but it finally feels like these two have become perfect. I mean they’re lovey-dovey right from the start, and actually I can tell you there are some more episodes later on we just finished recording where they’re even more lovey-dovey.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Yes definitely, at this point in AXZ there have been no signs of any problems in their relationship. Of course, this is Symphogear so I can’t really speak for the future, but for the time being there are no uneasy feelings like there were in G.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Just seeing how nice and content Miku is makes me feel warm inside.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Right? There is actually a rare moment where Miku has an extended monologue coming up this season, and I hope everyone will look forward to it. I think it’s a scene that shows just how deeply Miku thinks about Hibiki and it will make everyone able to understand her feelings.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">In episode 3 there was also a scene between them where Miku was concerned over Hibiki, who was worrying over Chris.</span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Hibiki is too dependent upon Miku’s mature advice!<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> I think it goes both ways. Miku always thinks “well Hibiki needs the help” so she just ends up pampering her. (Laugh)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><b>Aoi:</b></span> They make a great combo. But actually I felt there was one thing Hibiki became more mature about here. In this scene, she was protecting her promise to not hide any secrets from Miku!<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Oh I think Miku was happy about that, too. Not only does she want to help Hibiki sort out her problems, but of course anyone wants to be able to understand what the person they love is thinking, so when Hibiki finally talks to her I think Miku felt really relieved.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I also thought that Hibiki’s concerns were slightly different than usual this time. Up until now she’s always been worried over her relationships, or her past and it’s always been her at the center of it all. But this time she was worried about Chris and wanted to help her, so she’s worrying more about others. Even though Chris was troubled, I think this was a happy moment for Hibiki.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Which is why she didn’t have a gloomy look on her face.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Exactly. You get the feeling that she’s trying to resolve the problem by working together with everyone. The teamwork between the 6 adaptors has gotten better and although they’re still risking their lives, I think they get a real sense of satisfaction out of everything. So not only is Hibiki living a happy married life, but things are great at her job which makes everything a win-win. (Laugh)<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Hahaha (Laugh). But you know, that feeling of satisfaction is only there because of all they’ve overcome in the past. The reason why Miku can smile so often now is because of all the things that Hibiki took on and dealt with. She’s become this reliable figure who encourages others onward, pulling them along…she truly is just so heroic. I think that if anyone can someday guide Saint Germain and the others to the light, it’s Hibiki.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"> So tell us, looking at each other’s character what makes them attractive? </span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Everything!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><b>Aoi:</b></span> The way she always sees Hibiki through rose-colored glasses!<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> To be frank I could talk about Hibiki's good points all day, but I think the biggest appeal to me is just how straightforward she is. The way she never gives up on living life her way, always trying to reach out to everyone regardless of whether they are friend or foe, it’s so cool.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Miku’s is…the fact that she’s so forgiving. Hibiki is the type who is always reaching out to others so to a certain extent she is forgiving too, but to be able to strongly embrace that type of person I think Miku is the only one for her.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Well inversely, Hibiki is the only one capable of taking all of Miku’s love.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Lately it does seem like Miku’s love has become a tad overbearing hasn’t it? (Laugh)<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> In episode 1 of AXZ when we recorded the scene where Miku agrees to help finish Hibiki finish her homework before her birthday comes, we thought “It’s definitely because she wants to be able to spend the day together with Hibiki on her birthday.”<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Yeah, I figure that Miku is the type that would get upset if you didn’t remember an anniversary.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Yeah, which is why she isn’t going to let homework stand in the way of something as important as a Birthday!<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Really I think Miku must have a notebook where she keeps track of various anniversary dates that are all surrounded with hearts. (Laugh)<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Next I wanted to ask about your experience recording the series, if I’m not mistaken it’s been about 2 years since you recorded the last season. What were your impressions coming back? </span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Well it actually really helped to have that scene with Miku at the start, I was able to slip right back into character. Hibiki is prone to getting scenes where she just becomes way too cool, and sometimes it's difficult for me to keep her two sides balanced. But this time she had that scene with Miku so she starts off as this completely normal girl, which serves as a perfect contrast to the heroic scenes she has later in the episode, so I was able to grab a handle on both with no troubles.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Yeah, I also had no trouble getting right back into it. I’m friendly with the other members of the cast too, so instead of feeling like “wow it's been so long” it was more like “wow the fun is finally starting up again.”<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of, the cast became even more extravagant in AXZ thanks to 3 new characters who appear as part of the Bavarian Illuminati.</span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Yes, and recording for Symphogear is such a unique experience that I think the new cast members were a little bewildered at first. But you know, Ao-chan stepped right up and just kind of said “Symphogear works like this! Follow me!” I think she was really someone they relied upon.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I’m so happy to hear you say that.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> I think Ao-chan’s performance is actually a guiding light not only for the new and returning cast, but also for the viewers themselves.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I actually had a chance to leave with Rina-chan (Prelati) after recording one time and she said to me “You looked like you were having fun when I watched the 3 of you sing during recording for episode 1” and that made me so happy. Even though for us cast members Symphogear isn’t much different than participating on a team sport, there is this rumor in the industry that the recording sessions are so intense that it makes your vocal chords wither. (Laugh) That isn’t true so I really wanted them to understand that it’s actually quite fun, so when she responded with that impression I was really glad.<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> I’m looking forward to all the new synergy that’s going to result from the addition of 3 new characters to the usual 6 adaptors.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Well this cast only consists of people who give it 120%, so I’m sure it’ll get more intense from here on out. It really is just like a sport!<br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> “Symphogear is a sport” is already a famous phrase!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Actually, I’ve also heard that the recording set-up was actually changed a bit for AXZ.</span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> A few days ago I heard the staff saying that the theme of seasons 4 and 5 is to “bring Symphogear to perfection.” So I think that the changes in the recording equipment were meant to bring out the best that Ao-chan and the others have to offer as a means of making Symphogear as perfect as it can be.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> I think it’s wonderful the cast and staff share that feeling of wanting to make the show as best they can in their own way. Everybody is willing to do whatever they need to! It really feels like we’re all facing the same direction and making progress together as a whole.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lastly, please tell us what to keep our eyes peeled for in the episodes to come. </span></i><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</b> Well, AXZ may have started out with a glimpse at the lovey-dovey life of a married couple but the crazy twists of the usual Symphogear series are definitely coming. So not only will you be able to see the cool husband fighting her battles, but I think people will enjoy the interactions she has with the new characters as well. Also, don’t forget to listen to the radio show!<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</b> Amazing! Cool! Intense! That’s what you have to look forward to. Also, there is development between Hibiki and Miku that will make anybody jump aboard the “HibiMiku” train if they haven’t already. Please look forward to their “precious aura.” And I’ll be making my way onto the radio show eventually as well!<br />
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<i>Please sum up Symphogear in one word</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Aoi:</span> Strong!<br />
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<span style="background-color: magenta;">Yuka:</span> Aoi Yuki<br />
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This is the final chapter of the event, but the story ends midway because they've announced there will be a continuation later on. We don't know when it will start yet, but hopefully it won't be too long. Until then, enjoy the exciting developments of this part.<br />
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<b>A Sagacious Ally: Fine (Part 3)</b><br />
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Having safely escaped from Div 2, the girls and Fine move around the city under the darkness of night.<br />
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<i>Fine: …It seems we finally made it out.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Huff…Huff…Y-yeah...</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: …Is everyone alright?</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Yeah. It was a little tough to keep running this far…</i><br />
<i>Fine: Now then, if we can just slip away undetected then-</i><br />
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Suddenly a green flash of light surrounds them and numerous Noise appear, cornering the group.<br />
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<i>Fine: Well, it seems that nothing can go smoothly today.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Eh!? How do they always appear at the worst possible time?</i><br />
<i>Fine: It shouldn’t come as a surprise. Our pursuers have control of “Solomon’s Cane” after all.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Solomon’s Cane..?!</i><br />
<i>Fine: So, what shall we do? Just to let you know, you shouldn’t expect much help from me against the Noise.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: At times like these it’s not even a question!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: We’ll beat them back…with the song in our hearts!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Balwisyall Nescell gungnir tron…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Here I go! Oraaaaa!!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Even if it's a trap, my sword will easily cut the snare!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: The Noise can’t defeat us! Haaa!</i><br />
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Fine watches, a smile upon her face, as the girls proceed to don their gears and wipe out the hoards of Noise. However, they continue to appear as quickly as they are defeated.<br />
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<i>Tsubasa: Gah…there’s no end to them.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: We have to find the person who keeps summoning them…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: But there’s just so many of them I can’t figure out where the source is…</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Then we’ll just drastically cut their numbers in one go. Let’s do it! Unsheathe!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: …Roger!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Okay, Tsubasa-san! Ignite Modu- wah!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: What’s wrong, Tachibana!? Hurry and activate the Ignite-</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: N-No! We can’t! Look over there!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: A Karma Noise! This isn’t good!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Damn… It was lured out by our battle. We can’t use the Ignite Module now…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Then we’ll use S2CA and-</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: No! That will exhaust our combat potential. Don’t forget the enemy has control of Solomon’s Cane!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: But even so, if this keeps up we’ll eventually just wear down…</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Regardless, we can’t risk leaving ourselves wide-open right now-</i><br />
<i>Fine: …What are you girls doing! Is that the best your songs have to offer? Don’t stop, keep singing!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: …We know!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: She’s right, all we can do right now is believe in our songs!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Of course! Let’s move!</i></div>
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G-Beat begin to play as Hibiki and the others coordinate their attacks and defeat the regular Noise while simultaneously holding off the Karma Noise.<br />
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<i>Hibiki: Ohhhhh!!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Haaaah!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Hiyaah!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: We’re not done yet!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Excellent…their phonic gain is going even higher now… keep at it girls!</i><br />
<i>Fine: …That’s it! You’ve done it!</i><br />
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A bright flash of light suddenly emanates from Fine. The Nehushtan armor of this world awakens and she immediately puts it use - taking on a familiar golden form.<br />
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<i>Fine: Hahaha…at last, one of my dearest desires has been granted!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Wha-! That’s…the Nehushtan armor!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Indeed…this armor was activated by your singing.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: So, you really are…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: W-Where were you hiding that this whole time!?</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: I don’t think that’s what we should be worried about.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: What are you planning to do now?</i><br />
<i>Fine: Fufu…is it not obvious?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Ugh…</i><br />
<i>Fine: Haaaah!</i><br />
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<i>Hibiki: You’re attacking them…? So, you’re going to fight with us!</i><br />
<i>Fine: I told you earlier, didn’t I? I have questions of my own for you girls to answer.</i><br />
<i>Fine: And also…it would seem I owe you a debt of gratitude.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: A debt…? Did I do something?</i><br />
<i>Fine: Never you mind.</i><br />
<i>Fine: …Now as for these pathetic, brainless, carbon pieces of filth. Wither and die before the might of a complete sacrist!</i></div>
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<i>Fine: …That’s the last of them.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Y-yeah. Boy, I’m beat…</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: But it seems the Karma Noise managed to slip away…</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: I didn’t even notice it disappear during all the fighting.</i><br />
<i>Fine: It’s designed that way. A type of automatic weapon, there’s not much sense worrying about it.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (I never expected a day would come when I fought along side the Nehushtan armor…)</i><br />
<i>Fine: Now then, I suppose an introduction is better late than never.</i><br />
<i>Fine: I am Fine. An existence who bears a name that signifies “the end.”</i><br />
<i>Fine: I was reincarnated into the human body of “Ryoko Sakurai.”</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: ……</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: ……</i><br />
<i>Fine: However, I take it you knew that much already.</i><br />
<i>Fine: But now that I’ve shared my story, it would only be fair to let me hear yours, no?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Yes, well….</i><br />
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<i>Fine: So, you’re not going to tell me anything other than your names. Well, that’s okay for now.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Let’s move on to more pressing matters.</i><br />
<i>Fine: I’m planning to return and retake Div 2. Would you girls mind lending me a hand?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Of cou-mh mhmph!?!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: *covering Hibiki’s mouth* …You need to think more before you speak.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Why do you want to retake Div 2?</i><br />
<i>Fine: For Ryoko Sakurai and myself, it’s the only place to call home at the moment.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Having something that important stolen away, isn’t it only natural to want to take it back?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: ….</i><br />
<i>Fine: You don’t look convinced. Hard to trust me, I take it? Fufu…</i><br />
<i>Fine: But, surely there must be someone you want to save as well? You wouldn’t leave the members of Div 2 to die would you?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: We-</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Mphm! Mphhmhphmp!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: H-Hibiki-san, stop squirming!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Mpmm- Ah! *breaks free from Shirabe's hold* ...We would never abandon them!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Tachibana…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Ryoko-san, we will help you! Let’s take Div 2 back together!</i><br />
<i>Fine: I see…then I hope we can get along. Also, I’m not Ryoko. I am Fine.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: But to me, Ryoko-san is Ryoko-san!</i><br />
<i>Fine: A little hardheaded, are we? Very well. I suppose you’re all tired after today. I’ll lead you to one of my hideouts, you should rest while you can.</i></div>
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<i>Shirabe: I wonder if this was the right decision…</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: I’m not sure. However, I think Tachibana was right. We can’t just leave Div 2 in that situation.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Plus, there’s also the Karma Noise to consider. Even if this Fine is planning to destroy the moon like the one in our world did…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: It’s okay! I’m sure we can reach an understanding with Ryoko-san!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: I would like to hope that as well…for now we managed to dodge the issue, but eventually…</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: You mean the fact that we came from a parallel world?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Yes…particularly the existence of Gjallarhorn itself. If she was to discover that, then who knows…</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Then next time she asks us, what are we going to say…?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Let’s say we’re members of an organization based in Europe. There’s so many over there it won’t be easy to pinpoint one, so it should buy us some time.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Understood.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Okay…I’m not too confident about this though.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: By the way…what are we going to do about the Doctor?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Oh yeah! I forgot he was here too!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Of course, I have concerns about him as well…but doesn’t it make sense for Fine to be our first priority?</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Yes I think so too, but…I’m still really worried.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Well that’s only natural given who we’re dealing with.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Then let’s stay alert. For now though, he didn’t seem to have the Nephilim arm so don’t let him worry you too much.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Yeah, that’s right.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: …Alright.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (Fine and Dr. Ver…)</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (Will they stand before us as enemies once again…?)</i></div>
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<b><br /></b>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-30490354607495898652017-10-16T06:48:00.001-07:002017-10-16T06:59:48.226-07:00Nana Mizuki Announces Newest Album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today Nana's <a href="https://www.mizukinana.jp/news/#news1272">official website</a> updated with an announcement on the release of her newest album. It will feature a number of Symphogear songs including one that has yet to be released!<br />
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Nana Mizuki's Best Of Album: "THE MUSEUM III" will be released on January 10th, 2018. It will feature a total of 16 tracks and be released in 2 versions: one with a blu-ray and one with a DVD. Both versions will retail for 3,500 yen (about $32). All of the Symphogear openings will be included: Synchrogazer, Vitalization, Exterminate and Testament! However, the version of Testament featured is the special extended <b>"-Aufwachen Form-"</b> that was played in the final episode of AXZ and has never been released before. The other tracks on the album include her hits from other anime such as Blood-C, Nanoha, Cross Ange and Valvrave.<br />
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The event continues as Tsubasa, Hibiki and Shirabe further explore the parallel world. What exactly is Fine's goal in helping them escape? What happened to Div 2? Where is Genjuro? Are there any other familiar faces around? Read on and find out!<br />
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Along the hallways of Div 2 HQ, Fine leads the girls away from the room where they were held captive…<br />
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<i>Fine: …Come this way. There are sensors near the floor, be careful not to get caught by them.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: …Understood.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: What does all of this mean…?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Y-Yeah! First we find out the black suits aren’t part of Div 2 and now Ryoko-san is here! What’s up with this world?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: I-I’m just as clueless as you are.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Girls, could you drop all the secret chit-chatter?</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: We’re sorry!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: …To be frank, we’re having some doubts about whether to follow you or not.</i><br />
<i>Fine: …I suppose that’s to be expected. Very well, I’ll fill you in a little.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Right now Division 2 of the Singular Disaster Anti-Riot Unit is under the control of a certain armed group.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Under the control of an armed group…ehhh!? Are you saying Div 2 was taken over!?</i><br />
<i>Fine: Precisely.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: And Commander Kazanari?</i><br />
<i>Fine: …Not here, he was called away by one of his superiors. If he had been around then they wouldn’t have had such an easy time, I’m sure.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Sigh, why did he have to go off at a time like this…</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (…Which means it’s safe to say this world’s Commander is pretty similar to our own)</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Totally, if my Master were here there’d be nothing to worry about~ Um, so what about the others?</i><br />
<i>Fine: The other members of Div 2 are being confined in various locations, or moving about under heavy guard.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: So everyone’s okay then…</i><br />
<i>Fine: …You seem quite familiar with Div 2 and its people.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: More importantly, why exactly is this armed group after us?</i><br />
<i>Fine: Because you were wore those gears and defeated the Noise.</i><br />
<i>Fine: The Symphogear system…this is the first time I’ve laid eyes on a completed version. It was supposed to be nothing more than a theory, except now here you are.</i><br />
<i>Fine: I suppose they just couldn’t help themselves after they saw it in action.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Nothing more than a theory…which means that over here there are no Adaptors…</i><br />
<i>Fine: Over here, eh? Fufu… Indeed, there is no such existence as an “Adaptor” here.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (Fine… Was her vessel in this world also Dr. Sakurai? At this point I can only guess as much…)</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: …I have one more thing I’d like you to answer.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Very well. Ask whatever you wish. I’ve taken quite an interest in you girls as well.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Your goal, is it-</i></div>
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<i>Hibiki: Tsubasa-san!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: D-Damn, did they find us?</i><br />
<i>Fine: The security cameras… Tsk, they switched their positions. What petty tricks…</i><br />
<i>Fine: Our little chat will have to end here. We’re making our escape now!!</i></div>
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<i>Suits: I see them over here! Don’t let them escape!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Tsk… They’re all over the place. We can’t take this route…</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: This way! I don’t see any of them down here!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Tsukiyomi, wait! Over there is-</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Eh!? No way, they were lying in wait!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Look out!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Damn it, I hate playing parent!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Ahh!</i><br />
<i>Fine: -!?</i><br />
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<i>Shirabe: T-Thank you…</i><br />
<i>Fine: …Don’t fret over it.</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Over this way, you two!</i><br />
<i>Fine: …Let’s get moving.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Whoa-! There’s more of them over here!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Ugh, they’ve got us surrounded.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Adaptors aren’t something that can be replaced, yet they still insist on shooting their little guns…</i><br />
<i>Fine: Girls, what is it going to take for you to get those gears on and help us out of this mess?</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: …If it comes to the worst, we’ll consider it. However a sentinel’s blade is not one to be held against people.</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: I don’t want to use my gear…to injure anyone.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: …Me too. But even so, I don’t intend to just sit here and die.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Fufu…cheeky little girls aren’t you? I bet you could easily knock them over like bowling pins.</i><br />
<i>Fine: But so be it, things aren’t looking very good for us. We need a way out…</i></div>
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<i>Hibiki: W-What was that?!</i><br />
<i>???: A hopeless situation with no way out. Times like those call for none other than myself.</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Bwah!? T-That voice-</i><br />
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<i>Ver’s Squad-member #1: Doctor! Why did you give away our position!?</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Because I heard a voice calling out for me! A voice in fear!</i><br />
<i>Ver’s Squad-member #2: Forget it, hurry and spread out! Here come the enemy!</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Sigh, my squad really has no sense of humor do they?</i><br />
<i>Fine: Long time, no see. Mr. Mad Scientist.</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: That’s not very nice. I’m quite sane, you know. In fact, my brain cells are infinitely superior to the average man!</i><br />
<i>Shirabe: Even the Doctor showed up…</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Oh! You must be the young ladies who own those wonderful gears. You have no need to worry, for I am here!</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Now, let’s leave that awful woman behind and escape together!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Eh!? What!? U-Uh…</i><br />
<i>Fine: I’m afraid they already have a date with me. Would you kindly step off?</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: As if! I’ve waited and waited for this once in a blue moon opportunity. I have no intention of letting it slip through my fingers!</i><br />
<i>Fine: I won’t let your hands anywhere near these girls.</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Oh shut it, as if you’re any different than me! You only waltzed in here because of the Symphogear!</i><br />
<i>Fine: …I won’t deny that.</i></div>
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<i>Suits: They’re down here! This way!</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Oh joy, enemy reinforcements. I hate people who can’t take a hint!</i><br />
<i>Fine: Fufu… Whatever shall you do?</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Well I suppose there’s no choice. I’ll leave those girls in your hands for the time being.</i><br />
<i>Fine: That’s for the best.</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Now then, girls!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: Eh, ah, yes…?</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Don’t forget the one who saved you down here today was none other than me, Dr. Ver!</i><br />
<i>Hibiki: Ehhh… S-sure, we got it.</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Heh heh, then I shall hold the enemy off. Well then, get running!</i><br />
<i>Ver’s Squad-member #1: We’re the ones actually holding them off though…</i><br />
<i>Ver’s Squad-member #2: Leave it, he’ll never stop if you don’t.</i><br />
<i>Fine: Having to follow this disaster of a doctor, I sympathize. But do stall them as long as you can.</i><br />
<i>Dr. Ver: Shut it! Nobody is taking orders from you!</i><br />
<i>Tsubasa: (Fine, and now Dr. Ver…in a world without the Symphogear. What exactly happened over here?)</i><br />
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The girls run off with Fine, leaving Ver and his squad behind as they make their escape.<br />
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<b>TO BE CONTINUED</b>zoid9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/06168155761966381630noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061853218914234745.post-1231717031442316442017-10-15T07:08:00.004-07:002017-10-15T07:08:50.150-07:00XD Side Story Corner #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_1235915915"></span><span id="goog_1235915916"></span>Today, October 15th, is Serena Cadenzavna Eve's official birthday! To celebrate, a new side story quest has been added to the game. In honor of the occasion I've provided a quick translation. The story takes place during her time with Maria and the others at the F.I.S. facilities. Enjoy!<br />
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Within the F.I.S. laboratories of the Receptor Children project...<br />
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<i>Nastassja: Maria? You asked for me?</i><br />
<i>Maria: Um, Mom…</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: What’s wrong?</i><br />
<i>Maria: Uh, well…</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: If you have something to say, speak clearly.</i><br />
<i>Maria: I want to ask you…for a favor.</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: A favor? What is it?</i><br />
<i>Maria: It’s almost Serena’s birthday. So…I’d like to give her a present but…</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: I see…you need a present.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Yeah…Serena likes pudding, so I want to give her some…</i><br />
<i>Maria: Just one cup is enough. I just really want her to be able to eat some on her birthday…</i><br />
<i>Maria: Is that…okay…?</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: Hm, pudding… If that’s all, then I don’t see any problem.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Really!?</i><br />
<i>Nastassja: However, you must keep this a secret from the other children. Otherwise they’ll all want some.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Okay! Thank you Mom!</i></div>
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<i>Maria: Happy Birthday, Serena. Here’s your present.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Wow! Pudding! Where did you get this from?</i><br />
<i>Maria: Yeah, it’s special just for today. Mom got it for you.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Mom did…?</i><br />
<i>Maria: What’s wrong?</i><br />
<i>Serena: Mom is usually so scary…I never thought she’d give me a present…</i><br />
<i>Maria: It’s because you’re such a good girl, of course.</i><br />
<i>Maria: But anyway, you should eat it while its still cold.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Is it really okay for me to have it?</i><br />
<i>Maria: Of course it is.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Yay! Thank you big sis! It looks so yummy!</i><br />
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<i>Serena: Munch munch munch… It’s delicious! The best pudding I’ve ever had!</i><br />
<i>Maria: (Envious Gulp)</i><br />
<i>Serena: There’s two spoons here, so you have some too big sis!</i><br />
<i>Maria: …Are you sure? It’s your birthday present…</i><br />
<i>Serena: Of course! Keeping something this yummy to myself would be such a waste.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Being able to share it with you will make it even better, big sis!</i><br />
<i>Maria: …Okay then, I’ll have some too.</i><br />
<i>Maria: !? Wow, this really is incredibly delicious!</i><br />
<i>Serena: I know, right! I’m so glad you like it too.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Hehe…thanks Serena.</i><br />
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<i>Serena: I knew this would make it even better.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Huh?</i><br />
<i>Serena: If I had kept this all to myself then I wouldn’t have had a chance to see your happy face just now, big sis.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Being able to see you happy makes me really happy too.</i><br />
<i>Maria: …Yeah, the same goes for me.</i><br />
<i>Serena: Hehehehe, I love you big sis!</i><br />
<i>Serena: Let’s celebrate next year and every time after, together forever.</i><br />
<i>Maria: Hehe, of course we will!</i></div>
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