<TextBlock 1 w:32 h:2>
Bart
"Are you ready?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 2 w:46 h:4>
Bart
"I'll be waiting here,
so call me when you are
ready to go."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 3 w:46 h:4>
Sigurd
"The cave Shakhan is
heading for is directly
west of Nisan.<New>
It's possible the
remainder of his forces
are gathering there."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 4 w:50 h:4>
Sigurd
"There's still some time
until we leave. Why don't
you make preparations?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 5 w:32 h:4>
Sigurd
"I should have
been honest with
him sooner..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 6 w:36 h:4>
Citan
"It is best not to
worry about it.<New>
You did all you
could at the time.
The young one will
understand."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 7 w:48 h:4>
Maison
"I am sure the young
master would never have
dreamed of such a tale."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 8 w:30 h:3>
Fei
"...<Delay 30>I guess you
already knew?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 9 w:54 h:4>
Maison
"Well, now that you ask...
yes I did.<New>
However, when Sigurd was
telling his story I thought
it was best to stay quiet.<New>
Please try and help the
young master come to terms
with all that he has just
heard."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 10 w:52 h:3>
Maison
"I have been waiting for
this day for a long time."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 11 w:26 h:2>
Margie
"Be careful."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 12 w:42 h:4>
Margie
"Bart told me.
You're helping out
with the plan too?<New>
So you're caught up
in this now as well?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 13 w:40 h:4>
Fei
"I've come this far,
so I might as well
stay till the end."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 14 w:30 h:4>
Margie
"Thanks.
I know you'll
do a good job!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 15 w:50 h:2>
Agnes
"Be careful Bartholomew."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 16 w:42 h:3>
Agnes
"Marguerite and
Bartholomew...<New>
I'm so happy to see
you two getting along
so well."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 17 w:42 h:4>
Margie
"Sister, please stop!<Delay 30>
You're embarrassing
me again."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 18 w:50 h:3>
Agnes
"It's not embarrassing.<New>
Since long ago, the Nisan
Mother and King of Aveh
have always...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 19 w:40 h:3>
Margie
"Hey!<Delay 30>
Enough about this...<New>
Hey...!<Delay 30>
Ouch ouch ouch!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 20 w:30 h:3>
Bart
"Just sit still
like I said."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 21 w:34 h:3>
Margie
"Ohhhhh!<Delay 30>
You're a meanie!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 22 w:14 h:1>
Sigurd!<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 23 w:14 h:1>
Got it!<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 24 w:38 h:3>
Elly
"I want to see the
gate's true shape."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 25 w:36 h:4>
Elly
"Let me come too?"
    Okay
    Sorry!<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 26 w:40 h:4>
Citan
"Hmm...<Delay 30>
Actually, I would
also like to see it.<New>
May I come along?<Delay 30>
I promise not to get
in the way."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 27 w:38 h:4>
Citan
"Exchange with me?"
    Sure
    No way<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 28 w:52 h:3>
Rico
"This is Shakhan's last.<New>
When he kick's the bucket
things in Kislev and Aveh
should calm down a little.<New>
Everything'll be normal."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 29 w:46 h:4>
Rico
"I'm coming too, okay?"
    Great!
    Well...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 30 w:36 h:4>
Billy
"The 'Ethos' was
controlling two of
the three gates!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 31 w:34 h:4>
"Will you take me
along too?"
    Alright!
    Sorry, but...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 32 w:50 h:3>
Maria
"Soon we'll be certain
of the gate's true form."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 33 w:48 h:4>
Maria
"Do you want to change?"
    Please
    That's okay<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 34 w:50 h:4>
<Chu-Chu>
"<Chu-Chu> is raring chu 
go like a big bonfire!<New>
Fei, I'll protect chu
anywhere, in the heart
of a fire or under the
sea chu!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 35 w:42 h:4>
<Chu-Chu>
"So I wanna go chu!"
    I guess it's okay
    Sorry!<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 36 w:52 h:3>
Traveling?
Surely it is tiring.<New>
You're going to that inn?
I'm sure they'll have good
food for you.<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 37 w:48 h:2>
We work in the cathedral
over there.<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 38 w:46 h:2>
Fei
"...So you're sisters?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 39 w:56 h:3>
Yes, that is correct.<New>
We are wandering the land...<New>
searching for the
connection between Nisan
and the outside world.<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 40 w:48 h:3>
Sigurd
"Whenever I come here it
always calms my heart."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 41 w:54 h:4>
Sigurd
"Anyway, young master<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
I want to work out what our
plans from here on are."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 42 w:50 h:3>
Bart
"Alright.<New>
But before we do that...
there is something I want
to ask you."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 43 w:16 h:2>
Sigurd
"...Me?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 44 w:14 h:2>
Bart
"Yeah."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 45 w:46 h:4>
Bart
"Sig...<New>
What's up with you and
that Gebler officer?
What's the connection
between you and him...?<New>
You know,<Delay 30> you sure know
a lot about Gebler for
some reason!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 46 w:30 h:3>
Sigurd
"...Alright.
<Delay 30>I'll tell you."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 47 w:30 h:3>
Sigurd
"Me and...<Delay 30>
Citan, here...<New>
We used to live
in Solaris."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 48 w:42 h:2>
Bart
"Solaris...<New>
...<Delay 30>You mean...
<Delay 30>where Gebler's from?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 49 w:30 h:2>
Sigurd
"That's right."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 50 w:46 h:4>
Sigurd
"Solaris...
calls foreigners
'Lambs'...<New>
They are used as manual
labor. Basically it's
slavery."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 51 w:20 h:2>
Bart
"Slavery?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 52 w:26 h:2>
Fei
"...Lambs..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 53 w:36 h:3>
Fei
"Elly used that
term earlier too."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 54 w:28 h:3>
Bart
"Is that where
you met him?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 55 w:40 h:2>
Citan
"Yes, it was there."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 56 w:42 h:4>
Sigurd
"We worked for the
Solaris government
for a short while...<New>
But we learned to
dislike their methods
and escaped the first
chance we had."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 57 w:28 h:4>
Bart
"...<Delay 30>You were
friends with
these people?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 58 w:54 h:4>
Bart
"I met you when I was a kid
and we've been together
ever since then...<New>
So this would have had to
have happened even before
then."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 59 w:50 h:4>
Bart
"I probably wouldn't have
understood this if I had
heard it earlier but...<New>
...Why didn't you think I
could deal with it now?
Surely you could have
told me about this?<New>
Especially when you had
something to do with the
people who are backing
that Shakhan idiot!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 60 w:32 h:3>
Bart
"I wish you'd
told me sooner."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 61 w:46 h:3>
Sigurd
"...<Delay 30>There's nothing I
can do about that now."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 62 w:48 h:4>
Sigurd
"But, there's one thing
I want you to believe...<New>
We left Solaris on our
own will and for our own
reasons.<New>
Now they've appeared
before us, we can't
just sit back and do
nothing.<New>
If need be, I will give
my life to stop them."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 63 w:46 h:4>
Bart
"Alright, I understand.<Delay 10>
But can you elaborate
a little more?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 64 w:44 h:4>
    Where is Solaris?
    What are Lambs?
    Who is that man?
    Why did you leave?<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 65 w:32 h:2>
    Ask again
    I understand<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 66 w:42 h:4>
Bart
"What bugs me is this<Delay 30>
'Surface Dwellers'
thing...<New>
It's as if Solaris is
in another location.
Like up in the clouds
or something?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 67 w:28 h:2>
Sigurd
"Yes, well..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 68 w:48 h:4>
Sigurd
"The city of Solaris is
covered by a giant dome.<New>
And guessing from the
scenery that's visible,
I think it's somewhere
up high in the sky."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 69 w:46 h:3>
Bart
"You think...<Delay 30>
Didn't you live there?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 70 w:56 h:4>
Sigurd
"It's completely cut off
from the outside world so
I don't know too well.<New>
There's a special way to
get there from the surface."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 71 w:50 h:4>
Sigurd
"To get to Aveh we stowed
away on a regular flight
to the surface."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 72 w:36 h:3>
Citan
"I came much later
than Sigurd did...<New>
But I also escaped
in the same way."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 73 w:54 h:4>
Sigurd
"That is the word Solarians
use to indicate those who
live on the earth.<New>
As I said before, such
'surface dwellers' or
'earth dwellers' are used
for manual labor there."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 74 w:54 h:4>
Sigurd
"Manual labor could be
anything from soldiers to
administrative jobs.<New>
Solaris gathers its
workforce from the land
dwellers. Jobs are divided
up by who is most suitable.<New>
Sometimes people are
brainwashed."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 75 w:30 h:2>
Bart
"Brainwashed!?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 76 w:46 h:4>
Sigurd
"I...<Delay 5>
When you, young master,
were still an infant...<New>
I was used as a test
subject. There was
probably something they
valued inside of me."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 77 w:30 h:2>
Fei
"You too, doc?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 78 w:46 h:3>
Citan
"No...<New>
I was born in the lower
city levels. It is not
a complete secret...<New>
But I guess I am a
Solarian<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 79 w:54 h:4>
Bart
"So why were you collecting
people? <New>
With that much scientific
technology you'd think they
wouldn't need to use
people..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 80 w:48 h:4>
Citan
"You see<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
You still need people
to run a country<Delay 5>...<New>
...<Delay 5>No matter how
scientifically advanced
you are, you have no
support without people."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 81 w:50 h:3>
Sigurd
"Pure Solarians are rare.<New>
They would not even make
up a quarter of Aveh's
total population.<New>
So, they support their
country by stealing
surface dwellers."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 82 w:42 h:3>
Sigurd
"His name is, Kahr...
<Delay 30>Kahran Ramsus.<New>
As you know he's the
Gebler Commander."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 83 w:24 h:2>
Bart
"Ramsus...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 84 w:46 h:3>
Sigurd
"We call him Kahr.<New>
In Solaris there is an
officer training school
called 'Jugend'.<New>
He became the commander
after leaving there."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 85 w:50 h:3>
Citan
"He is a lower level
citizen, the same as me.<New>
However, with his amazing
abilities...<New>
After graduating, he rose
through the ranks with
unparalleled speed."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 86 w:54 h:3>
Sigurd
"That man had one ideal.<New>
To achieve a consolidation
of all his colleagues.<New>
Even land dwellers, if they
had talent, were brought
into the army."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 87 w:42 h:3>
Bart
"So you two were
picked by Ramsus...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 88 w:46 h:4>
Citan
"No,<Delay 5> we were not picked
by him<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>we aligned
ourselves with him."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 89 w:40 h:3>
Sigurd
"At that time<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
we agreed with him."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 90 w:46 h:4>
Citan
"At the time,
Ramsus was our hope.<New>
He had high ideals and
wanted to change the
system in Solaris.<New>
To us test subjects and
lower level citizens,
he was truly all that
we wished for."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 91 w:30 h:2>
Bart
"A benefactor?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 92 w:42 h:4>
Sigurd
"Yes...<Delay 30>even I, a test
subject, was changed
by his ideals."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 93 w:38 h:4>
Bart
"So why was it that
you wanted to flee
from Solaris?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 94 w:54 h:4>
Sigurd
"We were placed in key
military positions by
Ramsus...<New>
And thanks to that, we came
to know the relationship
between Solaris and the
surface dwellers."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 95 w:44 h:2>
Bart
"You mean...Lambs...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 96 w:54 h:4>
Sigurd
"They weren't just using us
'Lambs' for slave labor...<New>
They also selected some of
us, like me, to be used as
subjects in experiments to
refine their drugs...<New>
Drugs that change people's
personalities, to make them
more aggressive and to draw
out their latent abilities.<New>
They were using us as human
guinea pigs to test their
psychological alteration
drugs!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 97 w:50 h:3>
Bart
"Human guinea pigs...!?
Experimenting on humans?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 98 w:50 h:4>
Sigurd
"Yes, for example...
'Drive'!<New>
That drug, and all others
like it that are used
now, are by-products of
human experimentation..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 99 w:50 h:3>
Citan
"However that is not the
test subjects only role."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 100 w:52 h:4>
Fei
"This 'Drive' drug is
something that anyone in
the Solaris army can use?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 101 w:50 h:4>
Citan
"At least anyone in the
Gebler forces who is sent
to the surface..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 102 w:32 h:3>
Bart
"You're worried
about her, huh?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 103 w:12 h:2>
Fei
"...!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 104 w:28 h:3>
Bart
"I saw some<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
in her room."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 105 w:14 h:2>
Fei
"No..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 106 w:54 h:4>
Bart
"...<Delay 5>Anyway<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>using slaves
as guinea pigs<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
How low are these guys<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 107 w:32 h:3>
Bart
"Hmm...<Delay 30>I think I
get most of it."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 108 w:42 h:3>
Bart
"Old Maison!<New>
Go reserve the town
hall for us. We'll
finish talking there.<New>
I'm going outside to
get some air."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 109 w:50 h:4>
Sigurd
"To get to Aveh we stowed
away on a regular flight
to the surface."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 110 w:36 h:3>
Citan
"I came much later
than Sigurd did...<New>
But I also escaped
in the same way."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 111 w:52 h:4>
Fei
"This 'Drive' drug is
something that anyone in
the Solaris army can use?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 112 w:50 h:4>
Citan
"At least anyone in the
Gebler forces who is sent
to the surface..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 113 w:32 h:3>
Bart
"You're worried
about her, huh?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 114 w:12 h:2>
Fei
"...!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 115 w:28 h:3>
Bart
"I saw some<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
in her room."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 116 w:14 h:2>
Fei
"No..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 117 w:54 h:4>
Bart
"...<Delay 5>Anyway<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>using slaves
as guinea pigs<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
How low are these guys<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 118 w:14 h:2>
Bart
"Damn!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 119 w:30 h:2>
Margie
"Good morning!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 120 w:46 h:4>
Margie
"What's with the long
face? Not feeling well?<New>
Or are you feeling sad
about saying goodbye?
Or maybe you're just
nervous?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 121 w:34 h:3>
Bart
"Shut up, stupid!
Don't bug me!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 122 w:20 h:2>
Margie
"Hee hee."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 123 w:36 h:3>
Margie
"Well...
It's almost time."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 124 w:30 h:2>
Bart
"Yeah, yeah..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 125 w:50 h:3>
Bart
"Is everyone ready to go?<New>
I'll be waiting here,
so let me know when you
are through preparing."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 126 w:44 h:4>
Bart
"No activites for you.<Delay 30>
You'll have to settle
down for awhile."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 127 w:36 h:3>
Margie
"What do you mean,
once in awhile?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 128 w:44 h:3>
Bart
"Don't get so excited.<Delay 30>
Ha ha ha ha!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 129 w:18 h:2>
Margie
"Meanie!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 130 w:48 h:2>
Sigurd
"...<Delay 30>Alright.<New>
Please tell Maison we'll
be here a while longer."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 131 w:50 h:4>
Sigurd
"We've heard from our
units in Bledavik.<New>
Things are unfolding
smoothly.
They have entered the
castle.<New>
They are investigating
Shakhan's private room
on the top floor of the
castle.<New>
One more thing, <Delay 30>Yggdrasil
is on station nearby and
has picked up several
Gears on radar."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 132 w:20 h:2>
Bart
"Shakhan!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 133 w:50 h:3>
Sigurd
"Most certainly.<New>
But those Gears went to
the capital then turned
and came back toward us."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 134 w:44 h:4>
Fei
"He saw things weren't
looking too good and
ran away."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 135 w:46 h:4>
Bart
"Yeah.<Delay 30>
But it sounds like he's
coming back here."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 136 w:34 h:2>
Fei
"What's here...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 137 w:40 h:4>
Sigurd
"About that,<Delay 30>
the info from the
capital...<New>
Isn't there a -Gate-
in the area?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 138 w:22 h:2>
Fei
"A -Gate-?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 139 w:16 h:2>
Citan
"Where?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 140 w:50 h:2>
Sigurd
"Directly west of Nisan."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 141 w:52 h:3>
Sigurd
"Young master, do you know
the big cave over there?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 142 w:50 h:4>
Bart
"Cave...<Delay 30>
On the western continent?
It's near the ocean.<New>
If I remember it's big
enough for a Gear to walk
into."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 143 w:54 h:3>
Sigurd
"Yes, there.<New>
They found evidence that
there is some large
building inside that cave."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 144 w:46 h:3>
Fei
"Shakhan is heading for
there..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 145 w:36 h:2>
Fei
"What's he doing?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 146 w:38 h:3>
Bart
"I guess we'll have
to go and see!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 147 w:14 h:2>
Fei
"Okay!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 148 w:46 h:3>
Sigurd
"I'll wait here for
info from the capital."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 149 w:54 h:4>
Citan
"A gate!<New>
Of course I would like to
actually see it...<Delay 30>but this
time I will pass.<New>
There are two more left...
And besides...<New>
Just in case things do not
go well, it might be better
if we stay here and protect
Marguerite."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 150 w:50 h:3>
Bart
"Got it.<Delay 30>
I leave the rest to you!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 151 w:24 h:2>
    Alright!
    Not yet.<Close><Close><End of Block>
