3 67 301 DialogEnable You and the others follow the lonesome figure of Karenina. She eventually stops and hunches near the entrance to the theater. She seems to be peeking at the area inside.
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6 70 301 1 Lucia Karenina...? 1
7 71 301 1 Karenina Shh— 2
8 72 301 1 Karenina Over there. 2
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10 74 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Karenina points at the far side of the stage.
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12 76 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 ??? ...
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14 78 301 The mechanoid sits, posture erect and delicate. Yet can it really be called "sitting" when there's nothing underneath it?
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17 81 301 1 Karenina Fishier than Murmansk. Looks like a tough cookie up there. 2
18 82 301 1 Karenina We may need to take this guy together. 2
19 83 301 1 Lee Wow, tactics. From you? 1
20 84 301 AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Karenina ...Go soft your wares, software man. You doing it or not? 2
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23 87 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 ??? Guests, I presume? Please seat yourselves. The show is about to start. 1
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25 89 301 ...Show?
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28 92 301 1 ??? The mere and humble performer model IX—Bunshiro is pleased to make your acquaintance. 1
29 93 301 1 Karenina "Bunshiro"? Is that your name? 2
30 94 301 1 Bunshiro If you wish, my lady. 1
31 95 302 What are you doing here, Bunshiro? 96
32 96 301 1 Bunshiro I will be playing the character of Bunshiro in the play of "Blessed Bunshiro or: How I Defeated the Dark Ghasts of Yama". 1
33 97 301 1 Bunshiro Though, regrettably, I can only perform the second last act of "And so fades the stars, and I shall wear justice" for you. 1
34 98 302 Why is that? 99
35 99 301 1 Bunshiro The only performer still fit to take the stage, is me. 1
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37 101 301 Originally, there were several hundred performers like me in our glorious and resplendent Glazed Arch.
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39 103 301 1 Bunshiro On that very day, we were supposed to be running our headlining act, "The Gilded Age". 1
40 104 301 1 Bunshiro The play starred both the grand master and the second master of the Glazed Arch, Lian Yu, and Jing Mei. Countless Constructs were activated for the performance, and eighty of them were just the side characters and extras. 1
41 105 301 1 Bunshiro But the cue to start the performance from the main control room never came. 1
42 106 301 1 Bunshiro And before we noticed, the audience also vanished, to a man. 1
43 107 301 AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Bunshiro There was nothing we could do but wait... And the stage remained empty. 1
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45 109 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Grand master Lian Yu was the first to be shut down. After all, he had the highest processing power and ate up the most energy.
46 110 301 The pride of the most esteemed performers—their specs—quickened their own death.
47 111 301 Without knowing when the play would begin... We could only try to limit our energy consumption...
48 112 301 And then we found out. The longer a performer spends off stage, the quicker they deteriorate.
49 113 301 ...That left us no choice. We could only take turns and perform as much as we could.
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51 115 301 1 Bunshiro And then there was one—me. As for the choice of the play today, I decided it together with the last functioning performer, before he too fell to eternal slumber. 1
52 116 301 1 Bunshiro This act requires only a single martial performer. The broken mechanoids that are running around will do as the ghasts of Yama. 1
53 117 301 1 Bunshiro I just need someone to command the play to begin. It can be done in the control booth in the back. And then... I can act. 1
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55 119 301 1 Karenina Why don't you just cue yourself in? 1
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57 121 301 1 Bunshiro For us specialized mechanoids, the control booth is sacrosanct. We are wired to respect it. 1
58 122 301 1 Bunshiro As a "character", we have no concept of a "backstage". One of you will have to go in my stead. 1
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62 126 301 1 Ayla ... 1
63 127 301 1 Sophia Ayla. You look sad. 2
64 128 301 1 Ayla H-huh? Oh, no. I just... think we should help him finish his last act. 1
65 129 301 1 Ayla To pine for a turn that will never arrive, to wait for a Godot that never comes... For any artist or performer... That's too cruel a fate. 1
69 133 301 AniZhuanchangEnd —The performance will be beginning shortly. Please take your seats.—
70 134 301 "——Wait-droids will be serving complimentary fruit platters and face towels. Please feel free to employ their services——"
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72 136 301 1 Ayla I found records of this play in the WGAA archives. Looks like the plot concerned a main character provoking some soldiers in an attempt to start a fight. 1
73 137 301 1 Ayla All we need to do is make sure Bunshiro isn't harmed by the Corrupted as he delivers his lines and runs through his blocking. 1
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75 139 301 Automated Voice As the azure clouds shroud the skies and the dark cyclones ravage the lands, the Yama ghasts entrap our brave heroes—
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77 141 301 1 Bunshiro Aha! You have finally shown yourself, scoundrel! 1
78 142 301 1 Bunshiro Thou hath pilfer'd lives sixteen surnamed Bun, now thy ghasts besiege towns of folk by the million! 1
79 143 301 1 Bunshiro Heaven may be blind, yet I—Bunshiro—am not! 1
80 144 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Bunshiro On, on, on, on, on! Hear, hear, forces of Bun! We fight till our death today! Bring the ghasts their second death! 1
