6 - Where Pride and Train Tracks Lead

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SIGN    The tragic accident occurred
    at 8:18 local time,
SIGN    at the Peshi-Rokkusu border.
SIGN    The central council has convened an emergency
    session and made the following statement.
SIGN    We will devote all available resources
[00:15] Council
    to rescuing the passengers and
    conducting a speedy investigation.
[00:19] News
    More names of casualties
    have been released.
[00:24] News
    We now have sixty-three total casualties.
[02:07] Gro
    What do you want?
[02:10] Gro
    You wouldn't have come here
    unless you had a reason.
[02:13] J
    You're right.
[02:14] Gro
    Did you finish your audits?
[02:16] J
    I only have the south sector left.
[02:19] J
    I'll return to Bādon tomorrow.
[02:21] Gro
    What are you thinking?
[02:24] Gro
    Your wandering gaze said you
    were thinking something.
[02:27] Gro
    Rokkusu residents have good eyes.
[02:32] J
    I was just remembering.
[02:34] J
    I read an article in Kororē District.
[02:38] J
    An interview with Director-General Mauve
    when she was Kororē branch director,
[02:43] J
    after she'd been appointed director-general.
[02:45] J
    Kororē branch had a "Mauve
    Avenue" in their offices.
[02:49] J
    They must have been proud of the first female
    director-general being from their ranks.
[02:53] J
    The article was displayed there.
[02:56] J
    In it, the director-general spoke of you.
[02:59] J
    That's what I was remembering.
[03:02] J
    That's all.
[03:03] Gro
    That's all?
[03:05] J
    That's a lie.
[03:07] J
    I never noticed I had an observer
    you'd assigned to me.
[03:13] J
    But he isn't a straightforward guy.
[03:16] J
    He may have lied in his reports.
[03:20] Gro
    What are you trying to say?
[03:25] J
    My parents died in the train accident
[03:28] J
    that happened thirteen years ago
[03:31] J
    on the border between
    here and Peshi District.
[03:35] J
    The responses to the accident by
    the districts weren't even close.
[03:39] J
    Peshi District refused any responsibility.
[03:42] J
    And to avoid strife, Rokkusu took
    full responsibility.
[03:47] J
    The one who counseled the Rokkusu chief to,
    and to bring the national rail under ACCA,
[03:52] J
    then made it happen
[03:54] J
    was you, the Rokkusu branch chief.
[03:56] J
    It's widely known that since then,
    the number of rail accidents
[03:59] J
    has rapidly declined.
[04:02] J
    You said, "ACCA exists to build
    a better nation."
[04:06] J
    In the article, Director-General Mauve
[04:09] J
    spoke of her respect for you.
[04:12] J
    I agree with her sentiment.
[04:15] J
    I say this, without understanding my situation.
[04:19] J
    I don't understand what this coup
    d'état business is all about,
[04:22] J
    but I've heard I'm involved, somehow.
[04:26] J
    I've also heard speculation that
    you may be a coup sympathizer.
[04:31] J
    But just as I am not involved,
[04:34] J
    I don't think you are involved in any of it.
[04:38] J
    That's all.
[04:40] J
    I'm sorry to interrupt your time off.
[04:48] Gro
    How naïve.
[04:51] Owl
    Knot...
[04:52] Owl
    If I remember correctly,
[04:53] Owl
    isn't Jean supposed to be back today?
[04:56] Knot
    Yes.
[04:57] Knot
    He was back earlier, but left right away,
[05:00] Knot
    after dropping off presents
    from his Rokkusu audit.
[05:07] J
    You haven't gone back home, then.
[05:10] Mauve
    I was waiting for you to return.
[05:13] Mauve
    And about what we discussed?
[05:15] Mauve
    Is there anything you want to tell me?
[05:18] J
    Nothing of note.
[05:21] Mauve
    I see.
[05:23] Mauve
    You are less useful than expected.
[05:39] News
    Representatives from Peshi and Rokkusu
[05:41] News
    have been holding a press conference.
[05:44] News
    While Peshi has focused on
    identifying the accident's cause,
SIGN    Rokkusu's goal is comprehensive discussion.
SIGN    Their differences in opinion
    are creating a rift.
[05:55] News
    Now, a month after the accident,
[05:57] News
    Peshi and Rokkusu talks
    have hit another impasse.
[06:01] News
    A follow-up interview with Rokkusu Branch
    Chief Grossular has attracted attention.
SIGN    We must not burden the families
SIGN    of victims with quibbling over
    who bears responsibility.
[06:12] Gro
    The Rokkusu district chief agrees
[06:14] Gro
    and will soon release a statement.
[06:17] Gro
    I also believe we should
    work toward bringing
[06:20] Gro
    the national rail under ACCA.
[06:22] Gro
    ACCA's duty is to protect the
    livelihood of all citizens.
SIGN    ACCA is for the people.
[06:30] News
    After announcing that Rokkusu
    will bear full responsibility,
[06:34] News
    the Rokkusu district chief is departing
    for his tour to visit the victims' family.
[06:38] News
    Branch Chief Grossular, said to have aided
    these developments, accompanies him.
[06:54] Lotta
    Oh, come on...
[06:55] Lotta
    You'll catch a cold.
[06:57] Lotta
    Up, both of you!
[06:59] Lotta
    Wake up already!
[07:02] Nino
    I hurt all over.
[07:04] L
    Serves you right, falling asleep like that.
[07:07] Nino
    Jean drank too much and couldn't get up.
[07:10] L
    Did something happen to him?
[07:12] Nino
    He got scolded by a superior officer.
[07:14] L
    The department chief?
[07:15] Nino
    Someone higher up.
[07:19] L
    I'll bring water.
[07:20] L
    You really shouldn't drink so much.
[07:23] Nino
    I didn't make you drink this time.
[07:27] Nino
    You have to work on your reporting skills.
[07:32] Moz
    Deputy Chief,
[07:33] Moz
    we have snacks today.
[07:36] J
    Don't want any.
[07:37] Knot
    Are you all right?
[07:38] J
    Mostly...
[07:40] Knot
    You wrote up the audit report, right?
[07:42] Knot
    Starting today, the chief's on break, too.
[07:44] Knot
    Why not go home?
[07:45] J
    Well...
[07:47] Atri
    Deputy Chief, you're on break
    starting day after tomorrow, right?
[07:50] Atri
    Do you have any plans?
[07:52] J
    I'll just be at home.
[07:54] Moz
    Where do you want to go for
    the New Year's countdown?
[07:56] Keli
    There are a lot of options.
[07:58] Moz
    I want to toast in the new
    year with champagne!
[08:00] Keli
    Uh, let's see which places
    offer drinks like that...
[08:04] Atri
    This is a really secret hole in the wall.
[08:06] Keli
    Huh?!
[08:07] Moz
    Oh, where?
[08:08] Moz
    Hey... This is the deputy
    chief's apartment building!
[08:11] J
    I don't own the building.
[08:13] J
    We have a party every year
    in our entrance hall.
[08:16] J
    General managers of big department
    stores and stuff live there.
[08:20] J
    We let them do what they want.
[08:22] Staff
    Can we come?
[08:24] J
    Sure.
[08:25] Keli
    Deputy Chief, you'll also be there, right?
[08:28] Atri
    You won't sleep through it, right?
[08:30] J
    I'm sure my sister will be there.
[08:32] Atri
    But you're the building manager, aren't you?
[08:34] J
    I don't do anything, though...
[08:36] Moz
    Knot, why don't you come, too?
[08:38] Knot
    Sorry, I have kids, so I'll pass.
[08:41] Moz
    Oh, okay. Too bad.
[08:43] Knot
    Once they're a little older, I can.
[08:47] Lotta
    Why don't we have a party at our place?
[08:50] Lotta
    The little ones can sleep when they get tired.
[08:54] Lotta
    And we have a spare room,
    so people can stay over.
[08:56] Lotta
    Take the smoking outside, Jean.
[08:59] J
    That's what she said.
[09:00] All
    Yay!
[09:09] All
    Cheers!
[09:14] J
    Huh?
[09:15] J
    Mushroomhead's here.
[09:17] L
    Is he with your department?
[09:18] J
    No, he works at the branch office.
[09:20] J
    I've lent him my lighter, though.
[09:22] L
    Oh, he smokes, too?
[09:25] J
    Well...
[09:27] J
    I'm going to have a smoke.
[09:29] Rail
    Oh, he left!
[09:30] Rail
    Now's my chance!
[09:31] Rail
    Hello...
[09:32] L
    Happy New Year.
[09:34] Rail
    Right, Happy New Year.
[09:37] Rail
    Here's a cake from Dōwā. I heard you like it.
[09:40] L
    Oh, thank you so much!
[09:42] L
    Maybe a thank you for the lighter?
[09:44] L
    He went to all that trouble
[09:46] L
    because he knows Jean likes Dōwān cakes.
[09:48] L
    He's just a like a girl!
[09:49] Keli
    Oh, it's the chief.
[09:51] Keli
    He's finally here.
[09:52] Owl
    Happy New Year.
[09:53] Owl
    There was a lot of traffic.
[09:56] Atri
    Knot's family is over there.
[09:58] Moz
    It's amazing!
[09:59] Moz
    There's a kids' corner!
[10:02] Keli
    This means they can relax and
    enjoy themselves to the hilt!
[10:06] Owl
    Lotta...
[10:08] L
    Oh, Department Chief!
[10:09] Owl
    Happy New Year.
[10:11] L
    Happy New Year.
[10:13] Owl
    The owner of the cafe we went to last time
[10:13] Rail
    He's the one who had tea with Lotta before!
[10:15] Owl
    baked a cake they eat in Dōwā
    to celebrate New Year's.
[10:19] Owl
    I got one for you.
[10:20] L
    Oh!
[10:21] L
    Thank you so much!
[10:23] Rail
    He might be an even bigger
    obstacle than the brother.
[10:27] Residents
    Happy New Year, Jean.
[10:29] J
    Happy New Year.
[10:31] Residents
    Feel free to smoke here.
[10:34] J
    Thank you.
[10:35] Residents
    We received an order from Fāmasu District.
[10:38] Residents
    They ordered more than fifty
    donut vending machines.
[10:41] Residents
    My company got a massive order, too.
[10:43] Residents
    From Jumōku District.
[10:46] J
    That's good to hear.
[10:47] Residents
    We also got one.
[10:48] Residents
    I hope you'll continue to help us this year.
[10:50] J
    Of course.
[10:51] L
    Amazing!
[10:53] Staff
    So cute!
[11:06] Atri
    Wow, you have an impressive guest list.
[11:09] Atri
    You say you're just the manager,
    but you have a great top-floor unit.
[11:13] Moz
    Has your family been in the business long?
[11:15] J
    Only starting with my parents.
[11:17] Atri
    How did they end up in this position?
[11:19] J
    No idea.
[11:20] J
    I never really asked.
[11:22] Moz
    Which one is the landlord?
[11:25] J
    I don't think he's here.
[11:27] J
    Actually, I don't know what he looks like.
[11:29] All
    Huh?
[11:30] Keli
    You really don't care about details,
    do you, Deputy Chief?
[11:33] Moz
    I thought you were just a private person,
[11:35] Moz
    but maybe you just don't concern
    yourself with personal matters.
[11:50] Mauve
    It's been a hundred years
    since ACCA's birth.
[11:55] Mauve
    It seems I must be the one
    to make a move, after all.
[12:04] Mauve
    Now, in the hundredth year
    following ACCA's creation,
[12:08] Mauve
    I expect all of you to strive
    even harder in your jobs.
[12:11] Mauve
    Do not forget you are with ACCA.
[12:15] Mauve
    We protect the citizens' livelihood.
[12:19] Atri
    That was no different from the other
    New Year's all-hands meeting.
[12:22] Moz
    I thought it'd be different for
    ACCA's hundredth year.
[12:25] Keli
    I hear many people will come to
    the centennial from all over.
[12:29] Atri
    Oh, right.
[12:30] Atri
    Guess there'll be a ceremony.
[12:32] Keli
    They might decide next term's assignments
[12:34] Keli
    for the Inspection Department, too.
[12:36] Keli
    Everyone will be there.
[12:38] Moz
    I wonder if the deputy chief
    will get his transfer request.
[12:41] Atri
    I just have this feeling that
    nothing will change here.
[12:44] Keli
    Yeah.
[12:48] Mauve
    You've all helped me numerous
    times since Kororē District,
[12:51] Mauve
    but your speed still amazes me.
[12:53] Staff
    We were allowed to come assist you
[12:55] Staff
    when you were appointed director-general.
[12:59] Staff
    You said to conduct district inspections
[13:01] Staff
    to get a lay of the land before
    the centennial celebration.
[13:05] Staff
    But in truth, the coup rumors
    were involved, after all.
[13:08] Mauve
    I did hesitate to involve you all
    in this coup d'état matter.
[13:14] Mauve
    Once you acted, those in the know
    might realize what was happening.
[13:17] Mauve
    I've been forbidden from
    my own investigation.
[13:21] Mauve
    But based on your reports,
[13:23] Mauve
    we don't seem to be in imminent danger.
[13:26] Mauve
    The king's health is of concern.
[13:28] Mauve
    But as we saw the other day,
    he seems well enough.
[13:32] Mauve
    Whether a coup happens will
    depend on the royal family.
[13:36] Mauve
    As for the districts, it seems
    to be business as usual.
[13:39] Mauve
    However, there is one concern.
[13:42] Staff
    What would that be?
[13:45] Mauve
    When I went home,
[13:46] Mauve
    I met with Kororē District Branch Chief
    Griese and District Chief Clem.
[13:51] Mauve
    When I sprang the topic of a
    possible coup d'état on them,
[13:54] Mauve
    there was something odd
    about their reaction.
[13:58] Mauve
    So something is going on.
[14:00] Staff
    We'll look into it.
[14:02] Mauve
    Please do.
[14:05] Staff
    What will you do about
    the Suitsu coup d'état?
[14:08] Mauve
    I'd heard of past cover-ups,
[14:11] Mauve
    but it's the first since I
    became director-general.
[14:15] Mauve
    Not to mention, it happened during
    Otus's audit, just a while ago.
[14:18] Staff
    What an utter failure by the Inspection
    Department, given their role.
[14:22] Mauve
    Protecting their subordinates
    probably affected it.
[14:25] Mauve
    It was to protect the Inspection Department.
[14:28] Mauve
    He takes his job seriously.
[14:31] Mauve
    However, he does not seem loyal to me.
[14:35] Staff
    One more thing, ma'am.
[14:36] Staff
    This has not been proven,
[14:39] Staff
    but regarding Grossular's
    possible involvement...
[14:42] Mauve
    Let's hear it.
[14:46] Gro
    I see.
[14:47] Gro
    I'll do as you say.
[14:52] Jean
    I never noticed I had an observer
[14:55] Jean
    you'd assigned to me.
[14:58] Gro
    As for why Otus realized
    he was being watched...
[15:07] Pine
    How unusual to see Chief Officer Grossular
[15:11] Pine
    in the common room.
[15:12] Spade
    Apparently, various things outside the
    norm occur in the hundredth year.
[15:20] Lilium
    Yes?
[15:23] Gro
    Why did you leak information
    about Crow to Otus?
[15:27] Lilium
    I wanted him to do something.
[15:30] Gro
    But it was careless.
[15:32] Lilium
    My apologies.
[15:34] Gro
    You are the one taking reckless action,
[15:37] Gro
    Chief Officer Lilium.
[15:40] Lilium
    I want you to share all the information
[15:42] Lilium
    you have on Otus with us.
[15:46] Lilium
    And I'd like us to formally debate
    the appropriate course together
[15:49] Lilium
    for ACCA's future.
[15:53] Gro
    I shall set a time and place.
[16:02] Lilium
    I think I won that round.
SIGN    Hare District
[16:09] BC
    Bring on the dishes!
[16:11] Staff
    Coming!
[16:12] BC
    Please dig in, Mr. Otus.
[16:16] J
    You can just call me Jean.
[16:18] J
    Did you even call me that
    last time, Branch Chief?
[16:20] BC
    Now, now...
[16:22] BC
    I'm so glad you came all the way out here.
[16:24] BC
    We're out of beer!
SIGN    ACCA Inspection Department
    Hare Branch Supervisor
    Pulse
[16:28] P
    You're really getting the red carpet.
[16:31] J
    Seems that way.
[16:33] BC
    Now, now.
[16:34] J
    Everyone here seems cheerful.
[16:36] P
    They're pretty happy-go-lucky, but today,
    they've been over the top.
[16:40] J
    They're full of energy.
[16:41] P
    They have the nation's
    highest life expectancy.
[16:43] P
    The food's really good here, after all.
[16:45] BC
    Oh, District Chief!
[16:48] DC
    Hey, sorry to be late.
[16:50] P
    Wow, even the district chief's here!
[16:52] P
    What's going on?
[16:53] DC
    Thank you for coming out here, Mr. Otus!
[16:55] DC
    I'm Sereno, the district chief.
[16:58] J
    Nice to meet you.
[16:58] DC
    You cut quite an impressive
    figure, even from afar.
[17:02] DC
    But you're even more so, up close.
[17:05] BC
    Oh, indeed!
[17:07] J
    The people of Hare District
    are far more impressive.
[17:10] J
    Everyone's so energetic.
[17:11] DC
    Oh, no need for that.
[17:14] BC
    The district chief is turning 91 this year!
[17:18] BC
    Doesn't look it, does he?
[17:19] J
    That's amazing!
[17:20] BC
    Compared to him, I'm still
    green around the ears.
[17:25] BC
    Many people who went through
    the coup a century ago
[17:28] BC
    are still alive in this district.
[17:30] J
    The coup d'état, huh?
[17:35] J
    I really need to return with some information,
[17:37] J
    or I'll be in trouble.
[17:39] DC
    So, how's it going?
[17:41] DC
    How are things progressing?
[17:43] J
    Progressing?
[17:43] DC
    Oh, um, you know...
[17:45] DC
    You're making quite the rounds,
    with all your audits.
[17:48] J
    Oh, this will be my seventh district.
[17:51] DC
    How are things in the other districts?
[17:53] J
    Huh?
[17:54] DC
    Well, you wouldn't want to blabber
    about that in another district!
[17:58] BC
    Indeed!
[18:01] Lilium
    You're the intermediary for the
    rebels planning a coup d'état.
[18:04] J
    I see.
[18:05] J
    That's the role I'm said to play.
[18:09] J
    His question just now
[18:10] J
    was to probe how other districts
    feel about a coup d'état.
[18:15] J
    Then, I might learn something
[18:16] J
    if I act the part and talk to them.
[18:21] J
    But how should I do that?
[18:23] J
    Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to pile so much on.
[18:26] P
    Oh, thanks so much, Deputy Chief!
[18:29] J
    Should I just get them drunk?
[18:32] J
    Nino's really good at making me drink.
[18:35] J
    Please.
[18:36] DC
    Huh?
[18:37] BC
    Oh, please. You first, Mr. Otus!
[18:39] J
    But I want to pour you drinks.
[18:41] DC
    Really?
[18:43] DC
    Then, thank you.
[18:53] J
    In the end,
[18:55] J
    I only got bits and pieces out of them.
[18:59] BC
    I can't drink anymore.
[19:01] J
    Though it's for the director-general,
[19:04] J
    doing things I hate happening
    to me, to someone else sucks.
[19:07] Nino
    Good work.
[19:09] Nino
    Want a drink?
[19:11] J
    No, I don't.
[19:16] J
    I don't know if the information's useful,
[19:19] J
    but I guess it's better than no information.
[19:28] J
    She isn't coming at all.
[19:34] Staff
    Privy Council President Qualm,
[19:36] Staff
    His Highness, Prince Schwan,
    wishes to meet with you.
[19:42] Sch
    The portrait I had commissioned for
    my coming of age is now complete.
[19:46] Sch
    I would like to display it
[19:48] Sch
    in the Dōwā family portrait hall.
[19:51] Q
    Understood, Your Highness.
[19:52] Q
    I shall have it done.
[19:54] Sch
    I will decide where it should be put.
[19:57] Sch
    Give me permission to enter the portrait hall.
[20:00] Sch
    My grandfather treasures the hall
    as the place he finds peace.
[20:02] Sch
    I was to speak with you before entering it.
[20:06] Sch
    So I'm not forbidden from entering it, am I?
[20:10] Sch
    I will hang the portrait myself.
[20:13] Q
    Understood, Your Highness.
[20:15] Q
    But only you may enter the hall.
[20:17] Q
    We, of the Privy Council,
    will carry the portrait for you.
[20:25] Sch
    It's been ten years since
    I've been in this room.
[20:29] Q
    Where should we hang the portrait?
[20:32] Sch
    Let's put it next to this one.
[20:34] Sch
    Grandfather always sits there, doesn't he?
[20:38] Sch
    Let us hang the portrait where he
    can easily see his successor, me.
[20:47] Magie
    How did it go, Your Highness?
[20:49] Sch
    I put it in a good spot.
[20:51] Magie
    I'm happy to hear that.
[20:53] Magie
    What should we do about the
    bakery, Your Highness?
[20:57] Sch
    I don't remember that topic being
    a discussion point, Magie.
[21:01] Magie
    Perhaps you should go to
    Bādon once, Your Highness.
[21:06] Magie
    Broadening your horizons is important.
[21:09] Sch
    I do want to go to Bādon.
[21:12] Sch
    As future king, there are many
    things I should learn.
[21:16] Sch
    But the Dōwā family has traditionally disliked
[21:20] Sch
    for their women and children
    to leave their home district.
[21:24] Sch
    For that reason, I've never
    had occasion to leave.
[21:28] Sch
    All because of that tragedy
    thirty-three years ago.
[21:36] News
    Our land, sea, and air transportation has
[21:39] News
    now marked two years without accident.
[21:42] L
    Wow! ACCA is amazing.
[21:44] J
    The Transportation Department is
    always undergoing improvement.
[21:47] L
    So is the Medical Department.
[21:49] L
    The citizens' lives are being improved
    in visible ways, so ACCA
[21:53] L
    will become more popular than ever.
[21:55] L
    Oh, toast's done!
[21:57] J
    You made more toast?
[21:58] L
    I mean, every day, you're buying
    sandwich bread from Mugimaki.
[22:02] L
    Eat one more slice, okay?
[22:06] J
    Popular, huh?
[22:09] News
    Flight BD022 to Dōwā is leaving the gate.
[22:14] News
    Passengers, please proceed to
    Gate 9, as soon as possible.
SIGN    The Truth Emerges in the Night Mists
[23:55] Nino
    Next time on ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.,
[23:58] Nino
    The Truth Emerges in the Night Mists.
[24:00] Nino
    The next audit's in Dōwā?
[24:03] Nino
    He's already on his eighth.
[24:05] Nino
    Can't you slow down for once?