# E3 - If a lion could speak, we couldn't understand
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**[00:15] Bruno**
Yo.
**[00:17] Bruno**
You guys done saying your final goodbyes?
**[00:30] Bruno**
Property damage, aggravated assault,
unlawful use of Witch Kits...
**[00:37] Bruno**
I could pin a whole bunch
of other offenses on you,
**[00:40] Bruno**
but we'll put all that aside for now.
**[00:43] Bruno**
Take a look at this.
**[00:49] Bruno**
Balgo Parks has now been officially
designated a punitive dragon.
**[00:54] Bruno**
From this moment on,
**[00:55] Bruno**
every witch and wizard in Reverse
London will be coming for his head.
**[01:02] Balgo**
Huh? People are gonna be coming after me?
**[01:04] Balgo**
Why, though?
**[01:05] Balgo**
I don't see where this is going...
**[01:08] Bruno**
Really? You guys haven't told him anything?
**[01:12] Bruno**
Then again, I guess not telling a guy
on borrowed time that he's about to die...
**[01:17] Bruno**
might be the most merciful thing you can do!
**[01:21] Balgo**
Wow. Both your face and
your words are terrifying.
**[01:25] Noel**
Ninny, I'm going to shoot
Spark on the count of three,
**[01:28] Noel**
so let's split up.
**[01:29] Ninny**
Okay.
**[01:31] Noel**
Would you rather take Balgo or Macy?
**[01:34] Ninny**
Do you really need to ask that?
**[01:38] Bruno**
I dunno what you two are discussing,
**[01:40] Bruno**
but since everyone in Reverse
London is gonna be hunting him,
**[01:43] Bruno**
where the hell d'you think you can hide?
**[01:46] Macy**
E-Excuse me...
**[01:48] Macy**
Bruno...
**[01:51] Macy**
I just heard Elly. She's getting closer.
**[02:01] Macy**
Elly!
**[02:03] Bruno**
So you followed us, huh?
**[02:09] Bruno**
Too bad, though...
**[02:10] Bruno**
I don't need you anymore.
**[02:17] Bruno**
Huh?!
**[02:18] Noel**
She disappeared?
**[02:20] Ninny**
Come to think of it, when I first saw her,
**[02:23] Ninny**
it looked like she just
appeared out of the darkness...
**[02:27] Ninny**
But no.
**[02:28] Ninny**
She was actually invisible!
**[02:30] Bruno**
I don't have time for this shit!
She used Stealth Scale?!
**[02:34] Bruno**
That's not something
just any dragon can use!
**[03:23] Macy**
Elly?
**[03:42] Ninny**
What the heck? Her size
and shape totally changed!
**[03:48] Noel**
She must've molted in the moonlight.
**[03:50] Ninny**
Wait, what? But that means—
**[03:52] Bruno**
Yeah, exactly.
**[03:56] Bruno**
Using Stealth Scale,
molting in the moonlight...
**[03:59] Bruno**
And... she's got six talons.
**[04:03] Bruno**
Yeah, there's no doubt about it. That one...
**[04:07] Bruno**
is a Märchen.
**[04:10] Balgo**
Wh-What's a Märchen?
**[04:13] Noel**
One of the seven dragons named
after fairy tales that have
**[04:16] Noel**
been around since the
founding of Reverse London.
**[04:20] Noel**
Snow White, Red Dress, Golden Axe,
**[04:25] Noel**
Bubbles, Sugar House, Band of Animals...
**[04:30] Noel**
And...
**[04:32] Noel**
The one it is said only becomes a full-fledged
dragon by molting in the moonlight...
**[04:37] Noel**
Cinderella.
**[04:39] Macy**
Cinderella?
**[04:43] Noel**
It got its name due to the fact
it only matures at night,
**[04:48] Noel**
and because it scatters a dust
called Star Ash when it gets agitated.
**[04:53] Noel**
And everything the dust touches...
**[05:04] Noels**
becomes enveloped in light.
That's what the encyclopedia says.
**[05:09] Ninny**
Why are you being all poetic?!
They're clearly bombs!
**[05:14] Bruno**
Balgo Parks!
**[05:15] Balgo**
Y-Yes?!
**[05:17] Bruno**
I'll hold off on killing you for now.
**[05:21] Bruno**
The Märchens... The dark dragons' ancestors.
**[05:24] Bruno**
Designated wicked dragons that are
permanently authorized for elimination.
**[05:27] Bruno**
Hypothetical enemies of mankind.
**[05:30] Bruno**
Never thought I'd see one with my own eyes...
**[05:35] Bruno**
I'm tingling with excitement.
**[05:37] Ninny**
Hang on a second! You're
planning to fight that thing?
**[05:40] Bruno**
Don't be stupid. I'm not gonna fight it.
**[05:43] Bruno**
I'm gonna kill it.
**[05:45] Bruno**
There's no better way to
make a name for myself.
**[05:48] Bruno**
Don't get in my way, you little shits.
**[05:50] Bruno**
Think you can manage with
just three, Rickenbacker?
**[05:55] Bruno**
That's my boy.
**[05:59] Bruno**
Let's do this!
**[06:02] Ninny**
He seriously went over there.
**[06:06] Ninny**
Niiha, let's go for a frontal attack.
We'll call HQ for reinforcements.
**[06:10] Noel**
No.
**[06:11] Ninny**
What?!
**[06:12] Ninny**
What are you even saying?!
**[06:15] Noel**
Balgo's punitive dragon
designation hasn't been lifted.
**[06:18] Noel**
If we request reinforcements,
Balgo will be killed.
**[06:22] Ninny**
W-Well, yeah... But this is an
emergency, so maybe HQ won't...
**[06:34] Ninny**
What the hell? Are those
Star Ash things alive?!
**[06:36] Noel**
I have no idea!
**[06:38] Ninny**
What did your encyclopedia say?!
**[06:40] Noel**
That dragon's called a Märchen.
**[06:43] Noel**
The only information in
the encyclopedia is legends.
**[06:59] Bruno**
Release code: 0575.
**[07:02] Bruno**
Unlock!
**[07:04] Bruno**
Come!
**[07:05] Bruno**
Hunger Shadow!
**[07:14] Bruno**
Tear into it!
**[07:26] Bruno**
Hunger Shadow couldn't
even draw a drop of blood?
**[07:34] Bruno**
Yo. 'Bout time you little shits showed up.
**[07:38] Bruno**
What happened to the other two?
Did you leave them somewhere safe?
**[07:42] Ninny**
Where would you actually consider "safe"?
**[07:45] Noel**
We just left them over there.
**[07:47] Noel**
Honestly, anywhere's safer than up here.
**[07:50] Bruno**
You're tellin' me.
**[07:53] Bruno**
Back me up, you two!
**[07:56] Bruno**
We can kill Cinderella if we
break her crown-like horns.
**[08:01] Noel**
Are you sure that's not just a legend?
**[08:04] Bruno**
We're fighting a literal fairy tale here!
**[08:06] Bruno**
What else do we have to go on?
**[08:10] Bruno**
If I can nail that thing with your help,
your reps will skyrocket, too.
**[08:15] Bruno**
After that, I might consider
getting you into the Inks.
**[08:18] Ninny**
Yeah, I'm pretty sure...
**[08:20] Noel**
...we never asked for that.
**[08:29] Bruno**
You guys really piss me off. You know that?
**[08:33] Ninny**
Niiha, we'll circle around it
so it doesn't notice us.
**[08:37] Noel**
Understood.
**[08:42] Ninny**
No way! It already figured us out!
**[08:46] Ninny**
We're breaking through, Marshal!
**[09:01] Ninny**
High into the starry road,
to the ends of the night,
**[09:04] Ninny**
White Alva in formation.
**[09:06] Noel**
Leeds wreathe, light right,
**[09:09] Noel**
look heavenward, for there lies your end.
**[09:12] Both**
Magic Number 68: Supernal Jail!
**[09:29] Bruno**
Good job, brats!
**[09:31] Bruno**
Release code: 2028.
**[09:34] Bruno**
Unlock!
**[09:35] Bruno**
Come!
**[09:36] Bruno**
Greedy Curtain!
**[09:40] Bruno**
Once this thing envelops you,
it ain't gonna you out.
**[09:43] Bruno**
You try to explode in there, and the
explosion will kill you, Cinderella!
**[09:55] Balgo**
She self-destructed?!
**[09:56] Macy**
Elly!
**[10:00] Balgo**
They're falling!
**[10:02] Balgo**
I've got you! I've got you! I've got—
**[10:08] Balgo**
I'm sorry, Noel!
**[10:09] Macy**
Nina!
**[10:15] Bruno**
Shit. That thing's still alive.
**[10:18] Bruno**
Guess your own blasts can't kill you.
**[10:22] Bruno**
You damn monster.
**[10:28] Noel**
I guess she's not going to self-destruct.
**[10:31] Ninny**
No fair. She's way too OP.
**[10:33] Balgo**
Y-You okay, Noel?
**[10:36] Noel**
I'm just peachy.
**[10:48] Bruno**
The hell?
**[10:51] Bruno**
Where's it going?
**[10:53] Ninny**
Ow...
**[10:59] Noel**
Cinderella's heading this way!
**[11:01] Noel**
Shield!
**[11:04] Ninny**
Why are you heading over here?
**[11:06] Ninny**
Get mad at that guy, not us!
**[11:08] Balgo**
Ooh, that's a cool spell!
**[11:10] Macy**
Wait!
**[11:13] Macy**
She might be coming to see me.
**[11:15] Macy**
Is there really no other
option than to kill her?
**[11:18] Ninny**
Are you seriously still saying that, Macy?
**[11:20] Noel**
Ninny, concentrate!
**[11:28] Macy**
Nina!
**[11:30] Balgo**
Owie...
**[11:38] Macy**
Wait...
**[11:40] Macy**
Please stop this, Elly!
**[11:42] Macy**
Don't you recognize me?!
**[11:51] Macy**
Elly...
**[11:57] Ninny**
Get back!
**[12:05] Ninny**
This is why I'm telling you it's impossible.
**[12:09] Ninny**
No matter how much you love them,
**[12:12] Ninny**
there are times you just
can't get through to them.
**[12:16] Ninny**
How long are you going to keep this up?
**[12:20] Ninny**
She'll give you strength?
She'll take you somewhere special?
**[12:27] Ninny**
You're not in a damn fairy tale.
**[12:30] Macy**
Nina...
**[12:32] Ninny**
Fairy tales are such bullshit.
**[12:37] Ninny**
What's the point when the spell
breaks in the middle of it all?
**[12:40] Ninny**
It was inevitable because
you broke your promise?
**[12:43] Ninny**
Or time ran out, so what can you do?
**[12:46] Ninny**
Inevitable, my ass!
**[12:48] Ninny**
It's all so stupid!
**[12:51] Ninny**
You and everyone else have no
idea why the spell really breaks.
**[12:57] Ninny**
The reason the spell breaks so randomly...
**[13:00] Ninny**
is because it wasn't your own doing.
**[13:04] Ninny**
Macy, we're supposed to be
the ones casting the spells.
**[13:14] Noel**
It's coming back, Ninny.
**[13:15] Ninny**
Okay! Let's do this!
**[13:18] Balgo**
Noel! Is there anything I can do to help?
**[13:21] Noel**
Absolutely not.
**[13:22] Noel**
Just hold on to that pipe we gave
you and go cower in the corner.
**[13:26] Balgo**
You didn't sugarcoat that at all!
**[13:30] Ninny**
If you understand, get going!
Don't you dare let Osushi get hurt!
**[13:34] Balgo**
Okay, okay, I get it!
**[13:36] Balgo**
Let's stay put, Osushi.
**[13:50] Balgo**
What's this thing?
**[13:50] Both**
We'd like to know that ourselves!
**[13:52] Ninny**
No, seriously! What the hell's with that sword?
**[13:55] Noel**
Did that come from the
pipe we gave you? But how?
**[13:59] Bruno**
There she is, Rickenbacker!
**[14:06] Bruno**
Something's off...
**[14:07] Ninny**
Hey, how'd you do that?
**[14:09] Balgo**
I have no idea!
**[14:10] ---**
Lemme see!
**[14:14] Noel**
Cinderella stopped moving?
**[14:37] Chief**
Good grief. Hopefully that settles that.
**[14:55] Ninny**
What?!
**[14:57] Ninny**
How'd we get zero earnings after all that?!
**[15:01] Chief**
But it's not zero.
**[15:03] Chief**
See? It's right here.
**[15:05] Ninny**
Five points and five scale
pounds is basically zero.
**[15:09] Ninny**
We took down a legendary
dragon and that's all we get?
**[15:12] Ninny**
Of course we're not okay with that!
**[15:14] Chief**
It's a miracle you're not in negative
numbers after all that destruction.
**[15:18] Chief**
Honestly, it's impressive.
**[15:20] Chief**
And anyway, it says here that
Director Bangnyfe dealt the final blow.
**[15:26] Ninny**
Huh?! What the hell?!
**[15:28] Ninny**
He didn't do it, either!
**[15:31] Chief**
If he didn't do it "either," that means
you two also didn't do it, correct?
**[15:36] Chief**
So there you have it.
**[15:39] Chief**
Patchworks is collecting and
preserving Cinderella's corpse.
**[15:42] Chief**
And, oh yeah...
**[15:44] Chief**
Come on in.
**[15:50] Ninny**
Macy? What the hell?!
**[15:53] Ninny**
Don't tell me we're taking in another one!
**[15:55] Chief**
Wow, you're pretty sharp!
**[15:58] Chief**
You got it. We determined
she's a light case of a dragonclad,
**[16:04] Chief**
so we'll be taking her in.
**[16:08] Chief**
Won't that be fun?
**[16:10] Ninny**
No one asked for your opinion!
**[16:15] Macy**
We're going to have so much fun, Nina!
**[16:19] Noel**
Excuse me.
**[16:21] Noel**
What's going to happen to Balgo?
**[16:24] Chief**
Oh, right.
**[16:27] Wolfgang**
A motion to release Balgo Parks
from his punitive dragon status?
**[16:33] Wolfgang**
You're the last person I expected this from.
**[16:36] Wolfgang**
According to our investigation,
**[16:40] Wolfgang**
Balgo Parks had an encounter
with Macy Baljure two months ago.
**[16:45] Wolfgang**
And if that was the trigger that
caused Cinderella to appear,
**[16:51] Wolfgang**
that's more than enough
reason to keep him alive...
**[16:55] Wolfgang**
If he's really going to be the key to
exterminating all of the Märchens.
**[17:05] Guy**
Did you read the Cinderella damage report?
**[17:07] Guy**
Sure did.
**[17:09] Guy**
It's absolutely insane.
**[17:10] Guy**
Good morning!
**[17:12] Guy**
Good morning, Director Squire!
**[17:16] Squire**
I have to ask...
**[17:18] Squire**
When did this area become a storage space?
**[17:22] Guy**
We're terribly sorry!
We'll move them immediately!
**[17:25] Guy**
Come on, hurry up!
**[17:26] Guy**
Yeah.
**[17:40] Squire**
That Junior...
**[17:42] Squire**
I guess I'm glad I wasn't
mistaken about you...
**[17:46] Squire**
Son of a hero.
**[17:51] Balgo**
Osushi!
**[17:53] Balgo**
You're as cute as ever! Yes, you are!
**[17:55] Balgo**
You're so cute, you're set for life!
**[18:00] Balgo**
Welcome back, Noel!
**[18:02] Balgo**
The chief just came by and
took back the mantle and pipe.
**[18:07] Balgo**
I guess I didn't get to keep them after all.
**[18:09] Balgo**
Too bad.
**[18:12] Balgo**
Uh, Noel? Huh?
**[18:23] Balgo**
Did something bad happen?
**[18:27] Noel**
No.
**[18:29] Balgo**
Well, did something good happen, then?
**[18:34] Noel**
Yes.
**[18:37] Balgo**
Well, glad to hear it,
**[18:39] Balgo**
Noel!
**[18:43] Osushi**
Show me your panties!
**[18:50] Osushi**
Noel!
**[18:53] Osushi**
Show me your panties!
**[18:57] Guy**
That's it, that's it.
**[19:00] Guy**
Okay, right there.
**[19:02] Ninny**
Jeez... They finally fixed that stupid thing.
**[19:06] Sign**
"Soul Society West Branch"
**[19:17] Noel**
Please wait, Balgo.
**[19:20] Noel**
I'm going to shut Osushi up forever.