5 - Negotiated Solution

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[00:03] (Flashback) Victoria
    You have my permission to use Zicterium.
[00:06] (Flashback) Victoria
    Purge the vampires!
[00:09] Fran
    I have to stop this...
[00:28] Fran
    I only wish it had all been a dream...
SIGN    Negotiated Solution
[02:06] Leonhardt
    Last week's train explosion
    is being reported
[02:08] Leonhardt
    as a terrorist act carried out by
    Victor Frankenstein and his gang.
[02:13] Victoria
    That would be Finis's doing.
[02:19] Victoria
    Well, no matter.
[02:22] Victoria
    Anyway, it seems Finis desperately
    wants that monster.
[02:27] Victoria
    You said you saw her,
    did you not, Leonhardt?
[02:31] Leonhardt
    I did.
[02:35] Victoria
    I am interested.
[02:37] Victoria
    If I could get my hands on that monster,
[02:40] Victoria
    what would happen to the
    look on that boy's face?
[02:45] Lupin
    So we're all on the wanted list, huh?
[02:48] Lupin
    What to do about this?
[02:49] Van
    If we leave London,
    most would stop chasing us,
[02:52] Van
    but we can't achieve our goal that way.
[02:54] Lupin
    That's true. Jeez...
[02:56] Lupin
    The town's all hyped up for
    the knighting ceremony,
[02:59] Lupin
    and we can't even enjoy the festivities.
[03:03] Lupin
    Don't make that face.
[03:05] Lupin
    Saint's already taking action.
[03:08] Lupin
    He'll figure out something we can do.
SIGN    Okay...
[03:11] Impey
    Sorry for the wait.
[03:13] Impey
    Lunch is ready... Hey!
[03:15] Impey
    Sisi! Not that part!
[03:21] Impey
    Jeez... Are all my other
    missing parts his victims, too?
[03:25] Lupin
    You just can't keep all
    your junk tidied up.
[03:28] Impey
    Huh?! Th-That's not true!
SIGN    Is Fran all right?
SIGN    He hasn't eaten since yesterday.
[03:36] Impey
    He's been locked up in his lab.
[03:39] Impey
    Maybe being marked as the
    principal offender is bugging him.
[03:42] Lupin
    I doubt that.
[03:44] Van
    Fran once had the confidence
    of Queen Victoria.
[03:48] Van
    I'm sure he has some things on
    his mind after what's happened.
SIGN    Fran...
[04:08] Fran
    Thanks for going to the trouble.
[04:10] Fran
    Once I start my experiments,
    I get too focused.
[04:13] Fran
    I forgot to eat.
SIGN    You should rest a little.
SIGN    You always work so hard for us.
[04:19] Fran
    Oh, no...
[04:21] Fran
    It's okay. I'm someone you should resent.
[04:27] Fran
    What about you? You seem down.
SIGN    I'm confused.
SIGN    About Finis being my younger brother...
SIGN    He said he knew about the Horologium, and about my father.
SIGN    What is Finis trying to do?
[04:48] Fran
    Don't worry.
[04:49] Fran
    You can trust Lupin.
[04:51] Fran
    Van and the Count will protect
    you if necessary, too.
[04:55] Fran
    Oh, and Impey too, of course.
SIGN    You're also very dependable, Fran.
SIGN    I'll try my best to be of use to all of you.
[05:07] Fran
    Cardia...
[05:10] Fran
    That's right.
[05:13] Fran
    For all of us.
[05:25] Gang1
    Did you hear about the prize for the race?
[05:27] Gang2
    Yeah, they say it's something that
    belonged to the modern-day Prometheus.
[05:43] Guinevere
    "I've heard what's going on."
[05:46] Guinevere
    "I'll lend you a hand anytime you need."
[05:49] Guinevere
    That's the message I was told to relay.
[05:51] Saint
    There'll be no need for that.
[05:55] Saint
    They are not the types to
    be apprehended so easily.
SIGN    Fran?
[06:32] Soldier
    You're...
[06:34] Soldier
    Hold it!
[06:38] Soldier
    Stop!
[06:47] Fran
    Sorry, but I need to borrow your clothes.
[06:51] Fran
    Where's the other one?
[06:53] Soldier
    You!
[07:00] Fran
    C-Cardia?!
[07:02] Fran
    Why—
SIGN    I saw you leave, so I followed you.
[07:07] Fran
    Followed me? But...
[07:08] Fran
    Wh-What are you doing?
SIGN    You need his clothes, right?
[07:13] Fran
    Yeah, but...
[07:14] Fran
    Wait, that's not the point!
[07:17] Fran
    You know you shouldn't be here.
[07:20] Fran
    The others will be worried.
SIGN    The same goes for you.
SIGN    Where are you going?
[07:25] Fran
    Where am I...
[07:28] Fran
    I'm heading to Buckingham Palace.
[07:33] Fran
    I'm going to get our wanted status revoked.
[07:35] Fran
    I'll negotiate with Victoria.
SIGN    Negotiate?
[07:41] Fran
    We need to run for now!
[07:53] Fran
    Let's hide here and keep an
    eye on things for a while.
SIGN    I'm worried about you, Fran.
[07:59] Fran
    I'm fine. This is something I need to do.
[08:02] Fran
    If we make it back safe...
[08:05] Fran
    I know.
[08:08] Fran
    I'd like to sleep to my heart's content.
[08:11] Fran
    And...
[08:13] Fran
    I'll get Impey to cook us a feast.
[08:15] Fran
    We'll all shop for ingredients together.
[08:21] Fran
    Here. It's your turn next.
[08:24] Fran
    What do you want to do?
SIGN    Lupin asked me the same thing.
SIGN    He asked if I had a wish.
[08:32] Fran
    And?
SIGN    I want to feel warmth, too.
SIGN    I want to touch it with my hands.
SIGN    But I can't.
SIGN    So long as I have this poison, it's impossible.
[08:53] Fran
    Your poison...
[08:57] Fran
    I—
[08:59] Leonhardt
    I am Rempart Leonhardt of the British Army.
[09:04] Leonhardt
    Victor Frankenstein, you and your gang
[09:07] Leonhardt
    are to surrender graciously!
[09:11] Fran
    How did they find us?
[09:14] Fran
    Twilight!
[09:22] Fran
    I'll protect you. Trust me.
[09:33] Leonhardt
    After them! Follow me!
[09:55] Fran
    Cardia!
[10:02] Leonhardt
    I won't harm you.
[10:03] Leonhardt
    I've been ordered to
    bring you back with me.
[10:11] Leonhardt
    As fellow servants of England,
[10:14] Leonhardt
    I ask you to stand down.
[10:23] Fran
    Cardia, now's our chance.
[10:58] Soldier
    Wh-What is this?!
[11:02] Lupin
    You got the jump on the
    gentleman thief. Not bad.
[11:06] Lupin
    I came to help you two.
SIGN    Lupin, why are you here?
[11:13] Van
    We don't have time to chat.
[11:19] Van
    Run!
[11:22] Lupin
    Fran, you disappeared right
    before the knighting ceremony.
[11:25] Lupin
    I figured you were probably
    planning to try something.
[11:29] Lupin
    We were right to track
    the army's movements.
[11:33] Fran
    Clever, as usual.
[11:35] Fran
    Lupin?
[11:36] Lupin
    Impey's waiting up ahead.
[11:38] Lupin
    Run to him!
[11:40] Fran
    But what about you two?
[11:41] Fran
    There aren't enough of them to worry about.
[11:44] Fran
    Thanks.
[11:50] Lupin
    Now, then...
[11:51] Lupin
    Your opponents are the
    gentleman thief and his henchman.
[11:55] Lupin
    Don't think you'll get to
    leave here unscathed.
[11:57] Van
    Who're you calling a henchman?
SIGN    Impey!
[12:08] Impey
    You're here!
[12:10] Impey
    I've missed you, Cardia!
[12:14] Fran
    Can this thing carry three?
[12:15] Impey
    It can now. I've improved it.
[12:17] Impey
    It takes a little time
    to fire up, though...
[12:21] Leonhardt
    Professor Stein! I can't let you escape!
[12:24] Fran
    Impey, hurry!
[12:26] Impey
    I know, I know.
[12:37] Impey
    Yes! We've taken flight into the vast sky!
[12:42] Lupin
    Van! We're getting out of here, too!
[12:47] Soldier
    Hold it!
[12:53] Impey
    So, where're we headed?
[12:55] Fran
    Buckingham Palace.
[12:56] Impey
    Okay, then. The palace it is.
[12:59] Impey
    Wait! The palace?!
[13:00] Fran
    After I get out, I want you
    to escape with Cardia.
[13:03] Impey
    H-Huh?
SIGN    Fran, you're really going alone?
[13:09] Impey
    I figured that huge thing would be here.
[13:19] Impey
    Huh?!
[13:20] Impey
    They're shooting in the
    middle of the city?!
[13:22] Fran
    Impey! Evade them and get to the palace!
[13:24] Impey
    That's gonna be really hard!
[13:29] Impey
    Damn it! We're desperate now!
[13:39] Impey
    All right!
[13:40] Fran
    I see it!
[13:41] Fran
    Buckingham Palace!
[13:46] Impey
    Oh, crap!
[13:55] Guy
    Hey, what is that?
SIGN    Successful landing?
[14:13] Impey
    Well, we managed to get—
[14:15] Impey
    into trouble!
[14:16] Soldier
    You're the wanted criminals, aren't you?!
[14:21] Fran
    Don't move!
[14:22] Fran
    I've rigged bombs all over the grounds!
SIGN    Fran?
[14:32] Fran
    Try anything funny and everyone
    here gets blown to bits!
[14:37] Fran
    Victoria!
[14:39] Fran
    I need to talk to you!
    Send your soldiers away!
[14:44] Fran
    Good. Now don't make a move.
SIGN    Fran...
[14:48] Fran
    It's okay. Wait right here.
[14:55] Victoria
    It's been a long time, Professor Stein.
[14:59] Victoria
    This has turned into quite
    the romantic reunion.
[15:02] Fran
    If you don't want this place to explode,
[15:04] Fran
    revoke our wanted status immediately
    and guarantee our safety.
[15:10] Fran
    Swear you won't hold us responsible
    for the recent disturbance.
[15:16] Victoria
    You mean to threaten me, the one who stands
    at the top of the British Empire?
[15:21] Victoria
    That isn't like you.
[15:24] Victoria
    Have those friends of yours influenced you?
[15:26] Impey
    She's scary! Is this really gonna work?
[15:29] Victoria
    What a pretty girl. Almost like... Yes,
[15:32] Victoria
    like a manmade doll.
[15:36] Fran
    She has nothing to do with this!
[15:39] Fran
    All you need to do is accept my demands.
[15:45] Victoria
    You think a silly toy like that
[15:48] Victoria
    can fool me, Alexandrina Victoria?
[15:53] Victoria
    You're a terrible negotiator.
SIGN    No!
[15:59] Impey
    Cardia, don't! It's dangerous!
SIGN    Fran!
[16:04] Fran
    Liquid explosive.
[16:06] Fran
    If this hits the ground, you and I
[16:09] Fran
    are both dead.
[16:11] Fran
    I've taken steps to ensure
    that the information
[16:13] Fran
    you want on Zicterium will spread
    to other countries if I die.
[16:19] Fran
    That's the scenario you
    fear the most, isn't it?
[16:28] Victoria
    It appears you're telling
    the truth this time.
[16:31] Victoria
    And I had such high hopes for you.
    How could you treat me this way?
[16:35] Fran
    You're the one who betrayed me!
[16:39] (Flashback) Fran
    You want to use Zicterium
    in the Vampire War?
[16:42] (Flashback) Victoria
    This country is surrounded by major powers.
[16:46] (Flashback) Victoria
    There's no telling when
    one might attack us.
[16:49] (Flashback) Victoria
    Our only hope to prevent that is to show
    them our overwhelming military might.
[16:56] Fran
    I can still stop this...
    There's still time.
[17:05] (Flashback) Fran
    No...
[17:06] (Flashback) Fran
    This wasn't supposed to happen...
[17:11] (Flashback) Fran
    I...
[17:13] (Flashback) Fran
    I never meant to create any weapons.
[17:16] (Flashback) Fran
    For everyone in this country... I wanted...
[17:28] Fran
    Choose now, Victoria.
[17:31] Fran
    Die with me here and let that knowledge
    spread throughout the world,
[17:35] Fran
    or set us free.
[17:56] Victoria
    My beloved citizens,
[17:59] Victoria
    it has just been proven that
    all the charges brought against
[18:05] Victoria
    Victor Frankenstein and his gang are false.
[18:09] Victoria
    Upon my crown,
[18:12] Victoria
    I guarantee their safety.
[18:14] Victoria
    Any who harm them will be considered
    an enemy of the British Empire.
[18:20] Victoria
    Professor Stein.
[18:22] Victoria
    I will grant you this victory out of
    respect for your strong resolve.
[18:27] Victoria
    However, I advise you against angering me.
SIGN    Fran...
[18:50] Fran
    There's something I want you all to know.
[18:52] Fran
    I was once involved in a certain
    project as an alchemist.
[18:57] Fran
    It was a project to create
    the Philosopher's Stone.
[19:02] Lupin
    The Philosopher's Stone?
[19:04] Lupin
    The thing that can turn junk into gold
[19:07] Lupin
    and give people eternal life?
[19:10] Lupin
    Isn't that just a legend, though?
[19:12] Lupin
    No one could make one.
[19:14] Fran
    Right. There was no way we could make one.
[19:18] Fran
    But at the time, I believed I could.
[19:22] Fran
    So I tried it, and as a result,
[19:25] Fran
    I created something terrifying.
[19:29] Fran
    It was called Zicterium.
[19:31] Fran
    A devilish poison used to massacre
    vampires in the war two years ago.
[19:39] Impey
    You mean...
[19:41] Fran
    Isaac himself took over
    the project after that.
[19:44] Lupin
    Isaac?!
[19:47] Fran
    And he created something
    else from the Zicterium.
[19:52] Fran
    It was the Horologium.
[19:55] Fran
    After witnessing the poison
    I created being used as a weapon,
[20:00] Fran
    I fled. I was terrified.
[20:03] Fran
    I'm sorry I didn't say anything.
[20:05] Fran
    Cardia, all the agony you've
    experienced is my fault.
[20:10] Fran
    If I hadn't created that
    poison, you wouldn't...
SIGN    But it's thanks to the Horologium that I'm alive.
SIGN    I can enjoy being with you all.
SIGN    It feels warm.
SIGN    That makes me happy.
SIGN    It's thanks to you that I'm here.
SIGN    Thank you, Fran.
[20:52] Fran
    Thank you, Cardia.
[21:02] Fran
    Smiling suits you,
    just like any other girl.
[21:06] Fran
    I swear to you, Cardia,
[21:08] Fran
    that I'll get rid of the
    poison in you someday.
[21:12] Fran
    Your wish isn't impossible at all.
[21:16] Fran
    Let me prove that to you.
[21:20] Cardia
    I had given up so long ago
    on touching anyone,
[21:26] Cardia
    on dreaming like a normal person.
[21:29] Cardia
    Right now, none of those
    wishes can come true,
[21:33] Cardia
    but can I really continue to wish for them?
[23:09] Impey
    To our freedom!
[23:13] Lupin
    How many toasts have you made now?
[23:15] Van
    This should make it a bit easier to work.
[23:18] Fran
    Isaac had his own research facility.
[23:22] Fran
    If we can just find it,
    we can move forward...
[23:25] Saint
    We might yet find out.
SIGN    Saint?
[23:29] Lupin
    Did you find something?
[23:31] Saint
    Yes.
[23:32] Saint
    Now it's all up to his efforts.