2 - The Strongest Stalker

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SIGN    The Strongest Stalker
[02:02] Lupin
    Time for breakfast, princess...
[02:05] Lupin
    Oh, boy.
[02:13] Impey
    Whoa, Sisi...
[02:15] Impey
    I know, I know.
[02:16] Impey
    I haven't forgotten yours, okay?
[02:21] Impey
    Here.
[02:22] Fran
    Did you sleep well?
[02:23] Impey
    Here.
[02:26] Lupin
    Not very.
[02:28] Lupin
    You need to do something about the
    household items Cardia uses, and soon.
[02:32] Lupin
    On the double with a pillow, especially.
[02:36] Impey
    Utensils, too, please!
[02:38] Impey
    If you're only going to eat sandwiches,
[02:40] Impey
    Impey the genius chef
    can't show off his skills!
SIGN    The sandwiches you made for dinner last night were so delicious, though.
SIGN    I was surprised to learn what a good cook you are.
[02:52] Impey
    Cardia! You really are an angel!
[02:55] Impey
    Marry me!
SIGN    If you touch me, you'll melt.
[02:58] Impey
    Whoa...
[03:00] Impey
    Well, love is never without its obstacles.
[03:05] Saint
    You all sound more lively
    than usual this morning.
[03:07] Lupin
    Saint?
[03:08] Lupin
    You're back?
SIGN    Saint?
[03:12] (Flashback) Impey
    There's one other guy, Saint, but...
[03:15] (Flashback) Lupin
    I'm sure he'll show up sooner or later.
[03:19] Saint
    Welcome to my mansion.
[03:21] Saint
    I'm Saint-Germain.
     A pleasure to meet you, Cardia.
[03:27] Saint
    I have been waiting for you for a very long time.
SIGN    Waiting... for me?
[03:34] Impey
    Hey! No hitting on Cardia!
[03:36] Lupin
    Like you're one to talk.
[03:47] Lupin
    Saint is a guy with weird taste.
[03:50] Lupin
    He does a lot to support us.
[03:52] Saint
    Nobility is just so boring.
[03:54] Impey
    Right, right!
[03:56] Impey
    He's so bored, he even takes in terrorists!
[03:59] Fran
    I told you, I was framed!
[04:04] Fran
    Oh, I used to work for the
    government as a researcher.
[04:09] Impey
    He was the Head Royal Alchemist.
[04:11] Impey
    An elite among elites, basically.
[04:14] Fran
    I'm no elite anymore, though.
    Now I'm on the run from the government.
SIGN    Did you quit? Why?
[04:21] Fran
    Well...
[04:30] Impey
    Well, everyone has a thing or two
    that they don't want to talk about!
[04:34] Impey
    More importantly, what are we gonna do now?
[04:39] Lupin
    The first phase, getting the Horologium
    away from Twilight, was successful.
[04:44] Lupin
    So, next...
[04:46] Lupin
    I think our best option is to lie low
     and gather information on them.
[04:51] Impey
    Isn't there a way to make things go faster?
[04:54] Impey
    Like capturing Twilight's leader!
[04:57] Impey
    Tell 'em to cut out the terrorism,
     and slug 'em a good one!
[05:00] Fran
    I'm not sure we have the strength
    between us to get away with that.
[05:04] Lupin
    We'll start with what we're sure we can do.
[05:06] Lupin
    Fortunately, we have the princess,
    and she can give us some clues.
[05:18] Finis
    What a disappointment.
[05:20] Finis
    I can't believe you let some
    petty thief snatch our prey.
[05:23] Finis
    How far the Royal Family's
     personal guard has fallen.
[05:27] Finis
    Don't you agree with me,
[05:30] Finis
    Your Majesty?
[05:33] Victoria
    If you had disclosed more accurate
     information about the monster,
[05:36] Victoria
    this would never have happened.
[05:39] Victoria
    Do you not agree,
[05:41] Victoria
    Finis, leader of Twilight?
[05:45] Finis
    Listen to you! Isn't keeping
    secrets your forte?
[05:49] Finis
    While London prospers, so many
    have shed blood in the shadows...
[05:54] Finis
    Both humans, and those not quite human.
[05:57] Finis
    How many filthy, unspeakable jobs
     do you think we've accepted for you?
[06:07] Finis
    In any case...
[06:09] Finis
    You can forget about this mission.
[06:12] Finis
    We have our soldiers on
     the move to reclaim our prey.
[06:16] Victoria
    Are you saying you set those
    ghastly men of yours loose in my city?
[06:20] Finis
    If your dogs hadn't screwed up,
     I wouldn't have had to do a thing.
[06:26] Finis
    Why don't you all have a meeting
    to discuss your failure later?
[06:30] Victoria
    Finis.
[06:32] Victoria
    You may think you have me
    at your beck and call,
[06:36] Victoria
    but as you were born in this country,
[06:37] Victoria
    you are still my precious child.
[06:41] Victoria
    When a child takes his mischief too far,
    it's a mother's job to punish him.
[06:46] Victoria
    Do remember that.
[07:02] Fran
    Thanks.
[07:04] Lupin
    Well, Fran? Did you figure anything out?
[07:06] Fran
    Yeah.
[07:08] Fran
    As we thought, the poison in Cardia's
     body is a result of the Horologium.
[07:13] Lupin
    Can't you remove it from her body?
[07:15] Fran
    I...
[07:17] Fran
    can't recommend that.
[07:20] Fran
    I sort of predicted this, but...
[07:22] Fran
    Cardia, I don't hear a heartbeat.
[07:27] Fran
    It's possible that your heart
     itself has been lost.
SIGN    I have... no heart?
[07:35] Fran
    What keeps you alive is, without a doubt,
     the eternally-beating heart...
[07:41] Fran
    the Horologium itself.
[07:44] Fran
    It functions as your heart.
[07:52] Lupin
    Okay, then!
[07:54] Lupin
    Cardia, let's go to town.
SIGN    Now?
[07:58] Lupin
    No time like the present, as they say.
[08:33] Soldier
    Please proceed,
[08:34] Soldier
    Baron Gilford Dudley and party.
[08:46] Fran
    Well done!
SIGN    Is it okay to take those off?
[08:50] Fran
    We're safe once we pass inspection.
[08:52] Lupin
    The Yard is probably
    short-staffed right now,
[08:55] Lupin
    what with all those thefts
     targeting noble households lately.
[08:59] Impey
    Oh, that flashy thief, right?
[09:02] Lupin
    It's not me.
[09:05] Fran
    Well, this is my stop.
[09:07] Fran
    You're not coming with us?
[09:09] Fran
    There's something I want to pick up.
[09:12] Fran
    Let's go, Impey.
[09:13] Impey
    What?! I wanna stay with Cardia—
[09:16] Fran
    You promised to help me, didn't you?
[09:20] Lupin
    Well, then, shall we treat
    ourselves to a date?
SIGN    Date?
SIGN    There are so many people, both inside and outside the gate.
SIGN    Did my father really commit terrorist acts in this town?
[09:36] Lupin
    Yeah, sadly, there's no doubt about it.
SIGN    What if... What if a terrorist attack were to happen?
[09:44] Lupin
    A lot of people would die.
[09:46] Lupin
    That's why
[09:48] Lupin
    we have to stop it from happening.
[09:53] Lupin
    Anyway!
[09:54] Lupin
    Next, I'll show you the busiest place in London!
SIGN    This is a casino?
[10:16] Lupin
    Oh, you know about them?
SIGN    I read about them in books. People come here to get more money.
[10:22] Lupin
    Money isn't all you get here, though.
[10:24] Lupin
    This casino is an underground trade show.
[10:26] Lupin
    All sorts of info flies around.
SIGN    Gathering information?
SIGN    Was I in the way?
[10:33] Lupin
    In the way?
SIGN    Since I can't do anything...
SIGN    I can't talk like you, Lupin.
[10:44] Lupin
    A chatty Cardia would be an amusing sight,
     but don't worry about that.
[10:49] Lupin
    We're just here today because I thought
     it'd be a nice change of pace for you.
SIGN    Why are you doing all this for me?
[10:55] Lupin
    Huh?
SIGN    You, Fran, and Impey are very kind to me.
SIGN    But I...
[11:05] Lupin
    You saw Sisi's leg, right?
[11:11] Lupin
    Apparently, some complete
    stranger lopped it off.
[11:15] Lupin
    Impey brought him home,
    saying he felt sorry for him,
[11:19] Lupin
    and made that prosthetic leg,
    bawling all the while.
[11:22] Lupin
    His love is still one-sided, though.
[11:25] Lupin
    But Sisi is still alive because of that.
[11:29] Lupin
    He loves his food, too.
[11:32] Lupin
    It's the same for you.
[11:34] Lupin
    So what if you have
    no heart? You're still alive.
[11:38] Lupin
    You're no different from us.
[11:40] Lupin
    Right?
SIGN    Yeah.
[11:47] Lupin
    Besides...
[11:48] Lupin
    A heart doesn't really start beating
    until you find the person you love.
SIGN    Huh?
[11:53] Lupin
    Whether you're a man or a woman,
    when you truly fall in love,
[11:56] Lupin
    you want to touch the one you love.
[11:59] Lupin
    When you feel their warmth,
[12:03] Lupin
    this starts to beat.
SIGN    I want to touch...
[12:16] Lupin
    Huh?
SIGN    You said you would grant my wish.
SIGN    I want to touch you.
SIGN    I want to feel your warmth.
[12:28] Lupin
    Er, that... sure is a pick-up line...
SIGN    Pick-up...
[12:35] Lupin
    Never mind.
[12:39] Lupin
    Understood.
[12:41] Lupin
    On my name, Arsène Lupin,
[12:43] Lupin
    I swear that I shall grant your wish.
[12:49] Lupin
    I'll save the kiss until then.
SIGN    Lupin?
[13:00] Lupin
    Cardia, we're leaving.
[13:25] Impey
    Beautiful women are the best!
[13:27] Fran
    I'm back.
[13:42] Lupin
    Twilight!
[13:50] Twilight
    What?
[13:50] Twilight
    They're gone?!
[14:10] Lupin
    They flanked us, huh?
[14:34] Van
    Don't move.
[14:36] Van
    They're rock salt shells,
    but still hurt if they hit,
[14:39] Van
    Arsène Lupin.
[14:41] Lupin
    Have we met, pretty boy?
[14:44] Lupin
    Not that you're as pretty as me.
[14:47] Van
    Give me the monster.
[14:50] Van
    I know you snatched
     Twilight's prey from them.
[14:55] Van
    Just hand it over.
[14:56] Lupin
    Sorry, but I never stole any monster.
SIGN    Wait.
SIGN    The monster you speak of is me.
SIGN    Don't hurt Lupin.
[15:08] Lupin
    Hey, Cardia!
[15:10] Van
    You're... the monster?
[15:14] Fran
    Both of you, get down!
[15:20] Fran
    Let's go!
[15:21] Fran
    Hurry!
[15:22] Lupin
    Thanks for the help.
[15:23] Lupin
    Cardia, I'll— whoa!
SIGN    It's easier to run this way.
[15:30] Lupin
    You...
[15:32] Lupin
    Jeez... Just don't trip!
[15:52] Impey
    Get in! Quick!
[15:55] Impey
    Did we get away?
[15:57] Lupin
    Don't let your guard down.
[15:59] Lupin
    Not only did he know of me,
    he also put out a net.
[16:02] Lupin
    I wouldn't put it past him
    to know our escape route.
[16:05] Fran
    If anyone could, it'd be him.
[16:08] Lupin
    Huh?
SIGN    Fran, do you know that man?
[16:11] Fran
    Yeah. I saw him when I lived at the palace.
[16:14] Lupin
    The palace?
[16:32] Lupin
    Are you all right, Cardia?
SIGN    Yes, I'm fine.
[16:44] Impey
    Lupin! Cardia!
[16:47] Fran
    I'm sure of it now.
[16:48] Fran
    He used to be a member of Twilight.
[16:51] Fran
    They called him the "human weapon"...
[16:53] Fran
    Abraham Van Helsing.
[16:57] Van
    Woman.
[16:59] Van
    What do they mean when
     they call you a monster?
[17:02] Van
    Do you have those jewels, the Horologium?
SIGN    I am Cardia, daughter of Isaac Beckford.
[17:18] Van
    You're Isaac's daughter?
[17:21] Van
    I see. You'll make good bait.
[17:25] Fran
    Van.
[17:27] Fran
    It sounds like you want to use her to
     make some kind of deal with Twilight.
[17:33] Fran
    What are you really after?
[17:36] Van
    I have only one target.
[17:39] Van
    The leader of Twilight, Finis.
[17:42] Van
    I'll have him dragged before me
[17:45] Van
    and make him pay for the unforgivable
     atrocities he's committed.
[17:50] Van
    And this woman...
[17:53] Van
    is a necessary pawn in my plan.
[17:57] Fran
    In that case, there's a better way.
[18:00] Fran
    Work with us.
[18:02] Impey
    Huh?!
[18:03] Van
    What did you say?
[18:05] Fran
    If you consider both of our objectives,
[18:07] Fran
    working together should benefit
    you as much as it would us.
[18:11] Impey
    H-Hang on, Fran! What are you saying?!
[18:14] Lupin
    Yeah, that might be wise.
[18:17] Impey
    Huh?!
[18:19] Fran
    Even if we escape today,
    it won't change anything.
[18:22] Fran
    But if you're on our side,
[18:25] Fran
    we'll have a powerful force
    to go up against Twilight.
[18:28] Fran
    Isn't it win-win?
[18:30] Impey
    I see... Wait, really?
[18:34] Fran
    What do you say?
[18:37] Van
    I refuse.
[18:38] Van
    Talking any longer is a waste of time.
[18:41] Van
    Come, woman.
SIGN    Lupin...
[18:49] Lupin
    I can't trust some rude jerk who'd
    decline our gracious invitation
[18:54] Lupin
    to escort a lady anywhere.
[18:58] Van
    Have it your way.
SIGN    Don't—
SIGN    Lupin?
[19:16] Impey
    Lupin!
[19:20] Lupin
    "Lupin's Magic," I call it.
[19:24] Van
    You... rigged my gun?
[19:27] Lupin
    Want me to reveal the secret of my magic?
[19:31] Lupin
    I put adhesive putty on a ball
     I stole from the casino
[19:35] Lupin
    and stuffed it in the muzzle of your gun.
[19:37] Impey
    But when did you do that?
[19:39] Lupin
    While my very perceptive assistant
     was talking up a storm.
[19:46] Fran
    I was serious about the offer, though.
[19:50] Fran
    Our goal is to stop Twilight's plot,
[19:54] Fran
    but unfortunately, we lack
     the force to stand against them.
[19:58] Van
    You're very honest.
[20:00] Van
    But how would I benefit
    from becoming your sword?
[20:05] Fran
    If you join us,
[20:07] Fran
    we'll be able to pull off
    some daring operations.
[20:10] Fran
    And the more our enemy comes to despise us,
[20:13] Fran
    the thicker our red thread of fate grows.
[20:15] Fran
    I guarantee it.
[20:17] Fran
    Finis will, without a doubt,
    show himself to us.
[20:21] Fran
    I'll ask again.
[20:23] Fran
    Let's work together.
[20:28] Van
    Fine.
[20:30] Van
    I'll take you up on that,
    Victor Frankenstein.
[20:34] Fran
    Huh? Y-You know my...
[20:37] Van
    How could I not know the former
     Head Royal Alchemist?
[20:45] Impey
    So, um... Can we say that's
    one matter resolved for now?
SIGN    So he'll be one of us now?
[20:53] Lupin
    Yeah, I hope so, at least.
[20:57] Lupin
    But he's got some complicated motivations.
[21:03] Cardia
    I feel like his cold eyes
    could hold me prisoner,
[21:07] Cardia
    because I saw a sad color in their depths.
[21:11] Cardia
    Why is he crying?
[21:14] Cardia
    What is he hiding in his heart?
[22:55] Lupin
    I knew we could count on you!
[22:57] Impey
    Now I can really show
    off my cooking skills!
SIGN    Thank you, Fran.
[23:02] Fran
    You're welcome. Now... may I?
[23:07] Fran
    I wonder how this cloth was made...
[23:10] Fran
    The material's normal, so it's not the textile.
[23:13] Fran
    Is something coating the surface?
[23:15] Lupin
    Hey!
[23:16] Fran
    Huh?
[23:17] Fran
    Oh! S-Sorry! I didn't mean any harm!
SIGN    I don't mind.
[23:28] Saint
    Looks like one more red thread
[23:31] Saint
    has become tangled around him now...