3 - His Butler, Plotting

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[00:01] Student G
    Here they come.
[00:02] Student G
    It's the Prefect 4!
[00:04] Ciel
    Prefects?
[00:06] McMillan
    Think of them as the heads
    of the boarding houses.
[00:09] Sebastian
    In other words, she's saying, "Investigate
    why the Weston students have gone missing."
[00:15] Ciel
    You will support me
    without getting found out.
[00:19] Ciel
    "Drudges"?
[00:20] McMillan
    Maybe the best way to describe it is
    they're like brothers, except only at school.
[00:25] McMillan
    Oh, and the prefects' drudges
    get special privileges!
[00:29] McMillan
    I hear they even get to join the P4 at the
     "midnight tea parties" held by the Head Master!
[00:34] Maurice
    I'm Maurice Cole,
     Prefect Redmond's drudge.
[00:37] Maurice
    Today, everyone was talking
    about the brilliant new student.
[00:42] Maurice
    We'll expect you at four o'clock
[00:44] Maurice
    at the swan gazebo.
[00:47] Clayton
    You're two hours late!
    What's the meaning of this?!
[00:50] Ciel
    I-I was told four o'clock...
[00:52] Maurice
    What? But I specifically said two o'clock.
[00:57] Edward
    You betrayed not only my expectations,
    but those of our seniors.
[01:03] Edward
    Get out!
[01:05] Ciel
    Damn it!
[01:06] Ciel
    I want another pawn to place in his House.
[01:10] Ciel
    It was Derrick's original House, after all...
[01:13] Ciel
    Scarlet Fox is for people
    of exceptionally high birth.
[01:16] Ciel
    We'd need someone with enough status
    and wealth to be guaranteed a place.
[01:20] Ciel
    Curse it! Needs must when the devil drives.
[01:36] McMillan
    Phantomhive, are you asleep?
[01:40] Ciel
    No.
[01:42] McMillan
    Can I come talk to you?
[01:46] Ciel
    All right.
[01:57] McMillan
    I'm sorry I can't stick up
     for you here in school.
[02:00] Ciel
    It's fine. I wouldn't expect you to.
    We each have to make it through six years here.
[02:05] McMillan
    Why did you do it, though?
    Why stand up the P4?
[02:12] Ciel
    It wasn't intentional.
[02:15] Ciel
    I was told to come at four o'clock,
    but they were expecting me at two.
[02:19] McMillan
    What?!
[02:21] Ciel
    Shhh!
[02:24] McMillan
    But the other boys and I heard him
     say four o'clock, too...
[02:27] Ciel
    I'm sure.
[02:29] Ciel
    But there's nothing to be done now.
[02:32] McMillan
    I know—I'll vouch for you!
[02:36] McMillan
    If I alone don't lend you enough credibility,
[02:38] McMillan
    I'll ask some of the other lads, too.
[02:40] McMillan
    We were all eavesdropping.
    I'm sure it'll be fine.
[02:44] McMillan
    After all, you did nothing wrong.
[02:47] Ciel
    That would be a big help.
     Thank you, McMillan.
[02:53] McMillan
    It's nothing, really.
SIGN    What in the world?
SIGN    Oh, wow!
SIGN    Would you look at that!
[04:45] Soma
    Ah, so this is "school"!
[04:49] Soma
    It's quite large! Almost the same size
     as my estate back home!
SIGN    I heard he's an Indian prince!
SIGN    I've never seen an elephant before!
SIGN    Amazing!
[04:55] Ciel
    He certainly got into Red House easily.
[04:58] Ciel
    An Indian royal's brand-name
    and wealth are nothing to sneeze at.
[05:02] Sebastian
    Though I must say I didn't
    expect him to arrive on an elephant...
[05:07] Soma
    Oi, Ciel! Here I am!
[05:11] Ciel
    That fool!
[05:12] Ciel
    I explicitly told him in my letter
    to pretend we aren't acquainted.
[05:15] Soma
    I was surprised to receive a letter from you!
[05:19] Soma
    If you'd told me you didn't want to come
    here alone, I'd have come with you!
[05:23] Soma
    Ciel! Oi, are you listening?
[05:37] Soma
    We're both here, so let's go together!
[05:40] Ciel
    Sod off! And put me down this instant!
[05:43] Ciel
    Ah, I knew I shouldn't have called you here!
[05:45] Sebastian
    Good morning.
[05:46] Student
    Good morning.
[05:49] Soma
    You're not as glum as I was expecting.
[05:52] Soma
    Agni wanted to come along,
    which got rough.
[05:54] Soma
    Apparently, these "public schools"
    don't allow us to bring servants.
[05:57] Ciel
    Not generally, no.
[05:59] (Flashback) Agni
    My prince!
[06:03] Ciel
    Soma, there's a reason I called you here.
[06:07] Soma
    Oh? What is it?
[06:09] Ciel
    Well, you see, I had a row with a boy in your
     boarding house. His name is Maurice Cole.
[06:16] Soma
    Oh?
[06:17] Ciel
    As you know, I don't have many friends.
[06:22] Ciel
    So I don't really know how
    to get back in his good books.
[06:26] Ciel
    I'd like you to help me—
[06:31] Soma
    Very well!
[06:32] Soma
    I shall lend you a hand,
    my naturally gloomy and timid friend!
[06:35] Ciel
    You're exaggerating what I said.
[06:37] Soma
    So inside, you do really care.
[06:39] Soma
    Why don't we start off with
    a curry supper, just the three of us?
[06:42] Ciel
    That won't be possible.
[06:44] Soma
    Why not?
[06:46] Ciel
    Evidently, I've made him so angry,
    he doesn't want to see my face.
[06:50] Ciel
    That's why I'd like to get to know him better
     before conversing with him again.
[06:54] Ciel
    I'd like you to observe him carefully
     and tell me about him.
[06:58] Ciel
    Particularly about what he's like
    when he's in Red House, where I can't go.
[07:02] Ciel
    The tiniest detail could be important.
[07:04] Ciel
    But tell no one.
[07:10] Soma
    Understood. I'll tell no one.
[07:12] Soma
    You can trust me,
    your best friend, with this task.
[07:16] Ciel
    Right... of course...
[07:21] Soma
    Oi, you there. Be friends with Ciel.
[07:26] Maurice
    Pardon?
[07:28] Maurice
    He made the prefects look like fools.
[07:32] Maurice
    As one of their drudges,
    it wouldn't do for me to forgive that.
[07:38] Soma
    Hey, are you sure you can't?
[07:43] Soma
    Hey, he's got some good points!
[07:46] Soma
    Hey, I'm sure you two can talk this out.
[07:50] Soma
    Hey!
[07:51] Soma
    Hey!
[07:54] Soma
    Hey, come on.
[07:56] Soma
    Hey, come on. I'm talking to you!
[08:03] Maurice
    What is the matter with you?!
[08:05] Maurice
    Stop following me around!
[08:10] Soma
    He's a little like Ciel.
[08:19] Soma
    Right, I'm bored! I'll go visit Ciel!
[08:32] Soma
    O-kay! Go, elephant!
[08:35] Soma
    What's that?
[08:38] Soma
    This is the wrong way!
[08:46] Maurice
    It's quiet at last.
[08:51] Maurice
    Th-This can't be...
[09:04] Redmond
    Five Ys for Kadar.
[09:07] Redmond
    And no elephants in Weston from now on.
[09:09] Soma
    Sorry.
[09:10] Maurice
    Make a proper apology!
[09:13] Redmond
    What a pickle.
    We don't have any free rooms.
[09:17] Redmond
    Do you want to stay in mine for a while?
[09:19] Maurice
    Really?
[09:20] Soma
    No, use my bed.
[09:23] Maurice
    Excuse me? Why would I
    want to sleep in your—
[09:27] Soma
    I'm a man with a sense of responsibility.
[09:29] Redmond
    I commend your attitude, Kadar.
[09:32] Redmond
    I'll leave you to it.
[09:33] Maurice
    Wait... Redmond?
[09:36] Soma
    Right, I'll lead the way!
[09:44] Soma
    Use this bed.
[10:04] Soma
    What's he up to this late at night?
[10:14] Soma
    Post room?
[10:23] Soma
    He's...
[10:28] Sebastian
    Welcome, Prince Soma.
[10:31] Sebastian
    My young master awaits you inside.
[10:33] Soma
    I-I thought servants
    were forbidden on campus!
[10:36] Ciel
    Circumstances forced our hand.
[10:39] Sebastian
    Your Highness, may I ask that you keep
    the fact that I am his servant a secret?
[10:45] Sebastian
    If you were to let it slip...
[10:47] Soma
    No, I won't tell! I swear!
[10:51] Ciel
    Well? Have you learnt anything?
[10:53] Soma
    Yes. In fact...
[10:56] Soma
    He snuck off to the post room last night,
[10:58] Soma
    and delivered cards
    to other Red House boys.
[11:02] Soma
    And a whole lot of them, too!
[11:04] Sebastian
    Cards?
[11:05] Soma
    He should just talk to people directly.
[11:08] Sebastian
    Evidence finally seems obtainable.
[11:10] Ciel
    Now it's just a matter of
    how to "reconcile" with him.
[11:15] Soma
    Oh! One more thing...
[11:21] Sebastian
    Young master.
[11:23] Ciel
    Yes. That was the final piece of the puzzle.
[11:26] Ciel
    We owe that to you. Thank you.
[11:33] Soma
    Ta-ta! Come to me again
    if you need another favour!
[11:38] Ciel
    Time for a council of war, Sebastian.
[11:42] Sebastian
    Very good.
[11:44] Ciel
    We'll settle this tomorrow.
[11:52] Maurice
    Well? What do you want?
[11:54] Maurice
    Why did you call me here?
    I have to be at the swan gazebo.
[12:00] Ciel
    I won't take up too much of your time.
[12:02] Ciel
    There's just something
    I'd like to confirm with you.
[12:06] Ciel
    Cole, you seem to have made a mistake when
    you gave me the message about my invitation.
[12:13] Maurice
    You're still saying that?
    You shouldn't blame others for your failings.
[12:18] Ciel
    A kind friend of mine asked
    our classmates what they heard.
[12:21] Ciel
    As the prettiest boy in Weston,
    you always have an audience.
[12:25] Ciel
    A full 18 students testified that
    you mistakenly said "four o'clock."
[12:31] Ciel
    Well, perhaps "mistakenly"
    isn't the right word.
[12:36] Ciel
    It was on purpose, after all.
[12:38] Maurice
    Pah! You overstretch with your accusations.
[12:41] Ciel
    All right, then how do you explain
    Joanne Harcourt and the four other boys?
[12:45] Maurice
    What?
[12:47] (Flashback) Harcourt
    Cole said he gave me an invitation
    to the swan gazebo, but I never got one.
[12:56] Ciel
    The students the prefects
    invited to the swan gazebo.
[12:59] Ciel
    All the ones who broke their appointments
    cite issues with your messages as the cause.
[13:06] Ciel
    For someone in your position as
    a prefect's drudge to tarnish the weak
[13:10] Ciel
    is more than unsporting and underhanded.
    It's the behaviour of a compulsive liar.
[13:15] Ciel
    And on top of that, you even have others
    do the drudge-work for your prefect.
[13:20] Maurice
    Hm? Your meaning escapes me.
[13:24] Ciel
    You haven't done a single thing
    that Redmond has asked of you.
[13:27] Ciel
    You did not organise any data, did not
    iron his things, did not shine his shoes...
[13:31] Ciel
    You did not even make his tea treats.
[13:34] Ciel
    All of your "talents" are a sham!
[13:38] Maurice
    You've got quite the imagination.
[13:40] Maurice
    How dare you accuse me without proof?
[13:42] Ciel
    Oh, but I do have proof.
[13:48] Maurice
    Th-That's...
[13:50] Ciel
    Surely you recognize it?
[13:51] Ciel
    It's one of the cards you send your hangers-on,
     asking them to do your work.
[13:56] Ciel
    Here we have the data-organising one.
[13:59] Ciel
    Here's the ironing one.
[14:01] Ciel
    Here's the shoe-shining one.
[14:02] Ciel
    And here's one you sent the cook
     asking for baked goods.
[14:07] Ciel
    Would you like to see more? I have plenty.
[14:10] Ciel
    They're all written and dated
    in your own handwriting.
[14:15] Maurice
    I explicitly told them to destroy those!
[14:17] Ciel
    Oh, they were destroyed all right.
[14:20] Ciel
    Fortunately, the rubbish
    hadn't been collected yet.
[14:23] Ciel
    You should know that
    it was quite difficult for us
[14:27] Ciel
    to find these bits of torn cards in the
    mountains of rubbish produced by Weston.
[14:34] Ciel
    Not to mention how much work
    it took us to patch them together
[14:37] Ciel
    after they'd been torn up so finely.
[14:41] Ciel
    I wonder what Redmond
    would think if he knew...
[14:46] Ciel
    Aren't you ashamed of yourself
    as a Weston College student?
[14:52] Ciel
    I'm willing to excuse your deceit of us.
[14:58] Ciel
    But you should tell Redmond the truth.
[15:03] Ciel
    You two have a brotherly trust, don't you?
[15:10] Maurice
    You're right. I'll tell him everything.
[15:16] Maurice
    Is that what you expect me to say? Get real!
[15:29] Maurice
    Don't tell me you're dumb enough
    to think I'd come here unprepared.
[15:38] Maurice
    There. Proof destroyed.
[15:41] Maurice
    Poor you, after going
    to such trouble to find it.
[15:45] Maurice
    Who do you think you are,
    you little nuisance?
[15:49] Maurice
    A little favour from your seniors
    has given you a big head.
[15:53] Maurice
    Using others is a talent in its own right.
[15:56] Maurice
    I'm making effective use of
    otherwise unexceptional people.
[16:01] Maurice
    Me, the most beautiful Weston student.
[16:04] Maurice
    Whether or not a boy becomes
    a prefect here sways the rest of his life.
[16:09] Maurice
    Do you have any idea how much
    I've toadied up to the prefects here?
[16:14] Maurice
    An earl like you wouldn't understand what
    it's like to be a younger son, forever untitled.
[16:20] Ciel
    I don't see the value in
    a victory won with false power!
[16:25] Maurice
    Playing the goody-goody, huh?
[16:28] Maurice
    That infuriates me!
[16:29] Maurice
    I'm the one who'll be the
    next prefect of Red House!
[16:33] Maurice
    I'm the one Redmond treats the best!
[16:36] Maurice
    And I'm the most beautiful!
[16:40] Ciel
    What are you do—
[16:43] Maurice
    You were an idiot to pick
    a meeting-place that is so out of the way.
[16:48] Maurice
    No one will come to help you.
[16:50] Maurice
    Now, let's take a little photograph.
[16:54] Maurice
    One that might embarrass you to death.
[17:01] Maurice
    Do it, boys.
[17:09] Ciel
    Please, stop!
[17:12] Edward & Greenhill
    What the hell are you boys doing?!
[17:24] Greenhill
    I vowed never to use violence again. You'll pay
    heavily for making me break that vow, Cole.
[17:30] Maurice
    I-I'm begging you, Greenhill.
    Don't tell Redmond that I—
[17:35] Bluewer
    You don't want to beg for our silence?
[17:38] Maurice
    Bluewer? Violet?
[17:41] Maurice
    Wh-What are you doing here?
[17:43] Ciel
    It would be odd of them
     not to come running
[17:46] Ciel
    after hearing the brilliant and talented
    Maurice Cole was committing violence.
[17:51] Maurice
    But the swan gazebo is so far from here.
    They couldn't have heard my voice—
[17:55] Ciel
    Cole.
[17:57] Ciel
    Sound is transmitted by vibration,
     not by volume.
[18:02] Ciel
    No matter how great the distance,
[18:04] Ciel
    a sound can theoretically be heard
     anywhere its vibrations reach.
[18:07] Ciel
    For example, if you connect thin,
    flat surfaces using pins and thread,
[18:11] Ciel
    which are good at transmitting vibrations,
[18:14] Ciel
    you can create a mechanism for
    transmitting sound across distance.
[18:19] Ciel
    It works...
[18:21] Ciel
    ...just like this.
[18:26] Maurice
    It can't be...
[18:28] Maurice
    It can't be...
[18:30] Maurice
    It can't be...
[18:31] Maurice
    It can't be!
[18:33] Maurice
    It can't be!
[18:39] Redmond
    I heard everything.
[18:43] Maurice
    R-Redmond...
[18:48] Redmond
    I never thought you would betray me as well.
[18:51] Redmond
    I'm ashamed of how poor
    a judge of character I am.
[18:55] Maurice
    I-It's not—
[18:56] Redmond
    I don't want to hear excuses.
[18:59] Redmond
    I'm disappointed in you, Cole!
[19:02] Redmond
    I hereby revoke our brotherly relationship!
[19:17] Ciel
    Cole.
[19:20] Ciel
    I'm sure you can regain others' trust
    if you show them your true self from now on.
[19:27] Maurice
    Phantomhive...
[19:31] Ciel
    That's why...
[19:34] Ciel
    I've distributed photos
    of the true you across campus.
[19:48] Ciel
    I think you should be proud.
[19:52] Ciel
    Your makeup skills are first-rate.
[19:58] Edward
    Ciel.
[20:05] Edward
    I apologize for my unjust accusations.
[20:08] Edward
    Please forgive me.
[20:09] Ciel
    Regardless of the reason, I was late.
[20:13] Edward
    You don't owe me an apology, Edward.
[20:15] Greenhill
    I must say, I'm impressed by your gumption.
[20:20] Greenhill
    No wonder Midford respects you.
[20:22] Violet
    You're very interesting.
[20:26] Bluewer
    You acted very bravely, Phantomhive.
[20:31] Ciel
    He smiled...
[20:33] Ciel
    Th-Thank you.
[20:35] Ciel
    When I learnt I wasn't the only one to suffer,
     I got so passionate about it...
[20:42] Ciel
    I've never been one to let
    rum behaviour go unchallenged.
[20:46] Greenhill
    Following tradition, telling the truth,
    and being of pure and noble character:
[20:51] Greenhill
    that's what makes you a true Weston man.
[21:14] Clayton
    Never breaking trust
    and always remaining humble,
[21:18] Clayton
    while I remain in this holy academic nest,
[21:21] Clayton
    I will build a relationship
    of mutual betterment with you.
[21:24] Clayton
    I swear it before St. George.
[21:28] Clayton
    I ask you to be my drudge,
[21:32] Clayton
    Ciel Phantomhive.
[21:43] Ciel
    I humbly accept.