E11 - Alba

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[00:15] Haga
    Gaydle murdered the fighters
    from his village and then fled.
[00:20] Haga
    We chased him and caught up to him
    in a cave missing textures on its walls.
[00:26] Haga
    There we found Yamanaka, who was
    standing stock-still for some reason.
[00:30] Haga
    It seemed like Tesla-san was able
    to communicate with him,
[00:34] Haga
    but Gaydle flew into a rage
    and attacked her.
[00:37] Haga
    He's gone completely out of control.
[00:40] Haga
    Not even a shot from the skull
    cannon was able to stop him.
[00:48] Haga
    I need to make bug reports.
    One for Yamanaka losing input.
[00:52] Haga
    One for the untextured walls.
[00:56] Haga
    I don't think they're related, though.
[00:59] Haga
    As for Gaydle...
[01:01] Amano
    Hey, Haga. Do we head back to Bayle?
[01:04] Haga
    Y-Yeah, but we need
    to warn the villagers first.
[01:08] Amano
    Warn them?
[01:09] Akira
    Is there any point?
[01:11] Haga
    I don't know.
[01:13] Haga
    But we have to try!
[02:56] Sign
    Alba
[02:56] Sign
    Alba
[02:57] Haga
    Please, everyone! You have to run!
[03:00] Man
    There's no way!
[03:01] Man
    We'd rather fight to the death
    than flee our village!
[03:04] Haga
    Don't say that...
[03:06] Haga
    You can always come back later!
[03:08] Akira
    Haga-chan, mountain fighters
    are forever bound to their lands.
[03:12] Akira
    You'll never convince them.
[03:13] Haga
    But...
[03:14] Amano
    We have to go, Haga.
[03:39] Gaydle
    What do I do? What am I supposed to do?!
[03:44] Gaydle
    Everyone!
[03:56] Haga
    Invisibility? Nice thinking, Amano-san!
[03:59] Haga
    And Akira-san...
[04:02] Haga
    Not good. She hasn't fully recovered.
[04:20] Haga
    Please stop this, Gaydle-san!
[04:24] Gaydle
    Don't get in my way!
[04:35] Haga
    I'm... probably screwed...
[04:48] (Flashback) Yamanaka
    That's not how it works, Gaydle.
[04:51] (Flashback) Yamanaka
    The strong have to protect people.
[04:56] Gaydle
    What am I doing?
[05:05] Gaydle
    I'm acting just like the giants.
[05:15] Gaydle
    What have I done to the people of the village?
[05:20] Gaydle
    And to Nikola-san, Haga-san,
     and their friends?
[05:23] Gaydle
    I've hurt them so much.
[05:28] Haga
    Gaydle-san, I don't know how long it'll take,
    but can you hang in there and let me help you?
[05:34] Haga
    I'm sure I can come up with something.
[05:38] Haga
    Just stay in the cave for a while...
[05:42] Gaydle
    Haga-san...
[05:45] Gaydle
    I think I was having a nightmare.
[05:50] Gaydle
    It was all a dream.
[05:53] Gaydle
    There's no way I could ever get
    strong enough to do all this.
[05:59] Amano
    I don't know what's going on,
    but did he persuade him?
[06:02] Amano
    Nice going, Haga.
[06:10] Gaydle
    Even if I'm big, I'm still a crybaby.
[06:13] Gaydle
    I'm so embarrassed.
[06:20] Gaydle
    Gaydle-san!
[06:22] Gaydle
    Huh?
[06:33] Akira
    That's enough, I think.
[06:36] Gaydle
    Yamanaka-sama...
[06:45] Haga
    Akira-san, did you just use
     the "kill" console command?!
[06:50] Akira
    Yup.
[06:52] Haga
    He'd almost come back to his senses!
    We could've talked him down!
[06:56] Akira
    For now, sure.
[06:58] Akira
    But you don't know what he'd do in the future.
[07:01] Haga
    I can't believe you used debug mode!
[07:04] Akira
    This was my first time doing it against an NPC,
[07:08] Akira
    but it was clear which path
    posed the lesser risk.
[07:11] Akira
    Our lives are our top priority.
[07:15] Haga
    No! I've seen possibilities worse than death!
[07:20] Haga
    Don't touch debug mode!
[07:21] Akira
    Gaydle's dead now and we're still alive.
     That's all that matters, isn't it?
[07:25] Haga
    No, you're wrong! You can't do that!
[07:29] Akira
    Haga-chan, I'm getting tired of you.
[07:32] Akira
    If you're going to keep blathering,
    I'll have to resort to this.
[07:36] Akira
    You follow?
[07:38] Amano
    Wait, whoa. What are those two idiots doing?
[07:43] Akira
    Incoming!
[07:44] Amano
    This is bad. Haga! Giants!
[07:47] Amano
    Giants are attacking!
[07:54] Haga
    Now, of all times?
[07:56] Haga
    Akira-san and I are both exhausted.
[08:05] Akira
    Haga-chan, temporary truce.
[08:08] Amano
    Let's get out of here!
[08:10] Haga
    Nikola-san is still...
[08:13] Haga
    But this is all we can do for now!
[08:44] Haga
    What are we even doing?
[08:48] Haga
    Our job is just to observe and report.
[08:52] Haga
    But we've meddled in so many lives...
    We've even killed people.
[08:56] Haga
    Yet when it matters, we can't do anything.
[09:00] Akira
    You're exaggerating.
[09:02] Akira
    They were all NPCs.
[09:04] Haga
    I know, but...
[09:07] Amano
    I guess what I did to Luu...
    Yeah, it was no different.
[09:14] Amano
    But we're just debuggers.
[09:17] Amano
    Nothing more, nothing less.
[09:22] Amano
    Anyway, about Nikola...
[09:25] Amano
    She still hasn't woken up.
[09:27] Amano
    We don't have any medicine, so I think
    we need to take her to a temple.
[09:31] Haga
    Yeah. I've been worried about that, too.
[09:34] Haga
    She's breathing, but...
[09:38] Akira
    Let's push through the rest of this country
    as fast as we can and make for Sai.
[09:41] Amano
    That's where your friends are, right?
[09:44] Akira
    Yes, in the capital city of Mazuna.
[09:47] Akira
    The high priest there is amazing.
[09:49] Akira
    We could ask him to heal her.
[09:52] Akira
    Don't tell me you're thinking about how
    you're not finished debugging here yet.
[09:58] Akira
    Nikola-chan's life is
     more important, isn't it?
[10:02] Haga
    You're right.
[10:14] Haga
    Let's make for Sai.
[10:20] Sign
     Mountain People
    
    The people of the Stamao Mountains live alongside
    the mountain gods. They will never leave their lands,
    choosing instead to fight against invasion to the death.
[10:25] Sign
    Principality of Sai
    
    A small nation ruled by Duke Yaima. Its "Lost Forest"
     covers most of the nation, which is dotted with lord elf
    villages that engage in regular trade with humans.
[10:30] Sign
    One
    Month
    Later
[10:37] Haga
    Is this really Sai?
[10:40] Sign
    ...created during ancient times, and remnants of an
     ancient civilization can still be found along the paths.
    
    Principality of Sai
    Most of its territory is almost entirely covered in forest.
    The capital city of Mazuna is protected by high walls
    and is home to Mazuna Temple.
[10:40] Haga
    The documentation says the country's
     "almost entirely covered in forest."
[10:47] Haga
    Is this a bug?
[10:49] Amano
    You never change.
[10:51] Akira
    The power balance between
    the elementals is broken here.
[10:55] Akira
    It hasn't been green for a long time.
[10:58] Haga
    I see.
[10:59] Haga
    The story does mention disasters
    are happening all over the world.
[11:02] Amano
    Maybe fixing this is the
    main quest for the area.
[11:06] Akira
    Besides that...
[11:08] Akira
    Why has a ten-day walk
     taken us an entire month?!
[11:11] Akira
    Why were you debugging the whole way?!
[11:12] Sign
    Tons of bug
    report sheets
[11:12] Haga
    You're asking that now?
[11:14] Akira
    Nikola-chan's our top priority, right?!
[11:16] Akira
    I keep telling you that, and you won't listen!
[11:18] Akira
    What's wrong with you?!
[11:19] Haga
    I-I mean, you're totally right.
[11:23] Haga
    But at least she's been eating.
[11:27] Akira
    That doesn't excuse a
     month of lollygagging!
[11:28] Akira
    Stop messing around!
[11:30] Haga
    I'm sorry.
[11:33] Amano
    Good grief.
[11:36] Akira
    Once we're over this hill,
    we'll reach Mazuna.
[11:39] Amano
    At long last.
[11:42] Haga
    What's wrong?
[11:44] Amano
    I hear something. Footsteps?
[11:53] Haga
    The city's surrounded.
[11:55] Amano
    We can't get inside like this.
[11:58] Akira
    It's fine.
[11:59] Akira
    This is just "The Rebel Army,"
    a sidequest for the city.
[12:02] Haga
    Akira-san! Wait!
[12:04] Haga
    That's dangerous! Akira-san!
[12:10] Soldiers
    Who are you?!
[12:12] Soldiers
    Must be a servant of the king!
[12:13] Haga
    Amano-san, you stay here with Nikola-san.
[12:16] Haga
    Jeez, I swear...
[12:32] Amano
    What?
[13:00] Amano
    That's "Squash," a spell only the
    highest-ranking priests can use!
[13:04] Amano
    And they have to invoke a miracle
    from their god to cast it!
[13:14] Akira
    See? All cleaned up.
[13:38] Akane
    I knew it was you, Akira!
[13:41] Akane
    Akira!
[13:42] Akira
    Ren! Akane!
[13:45] Haga
    Those must be Akira-san's friends.
[14:02] Akira
    Come on. Hurry up, you two.
[14:05] Haga/Amano
    R-Right.
[14:11] Ren
    I see.
[14:12] Ren
    A modified NPC, was it?
[14:14] Ren
    I'm sure that was difficult.
[14:16] Ren
    But you all made it here because
    you did what you believed was right.
[14:19] Sign
    Entermation, Inc.
    Ren Mizoguchi
[14:22] Ren
    No crying over spilled milk.
[14:23] Akane
    Even if Akira is a little short-tempered.
[14:23] Sign
    Entermation, Inc.
    Akane Miyazaki
[14:28] Akira
    I mean, I do think I went a little too far.
[14:33] Ren
    We've been receiving regular
    reports from Akira.
[14:36] Ren
    So I know just how much you've been through.
[14:42] Ren
    You...
[14:45] Ren
    You did great!
[14:47] Haga
    Wh-Wh-Wh-Whoa, there!
[14:48] Akane
    You did great too, Amano!
[14:55] Ren
    Just thinking of how hard you've worked...
[14:58] Akira
    It brings me to tears!
[14:59] Amano
    Birds of a feather with Akira for sure.
[15:04] Ren
    And this young lady, too!
[15:05] Haga
    U-Uh, um, now's not a good time!
[15:09] Ren
    I see.
[15:11] Ren
    She's the one who ate the debugger stone.
[15:14] Akira
    Yeah.
[15:15] Akira
    I was hoping she could explain
    that when she woke up.
[15:19] Akira
    But she's been asleep all this time.
[15:21] Ren
    Let's have our leader, Alba-sama,
    take a look at her.
[15:26] Haga
    Your leader?
[15:28] Ren
    I'm sure you yourselves have felt...
[15:32] Ren
    the despair of realizing you couldn't log out.
[15:35] Ren
    A terror with no release.
[15:37] Ren
    It was Alba-sama who came to us when it
    struck and gave us a goal to strive for.
[15:43] Ren
    Even now, he protects us with
    miraculous powers like Squash.
[15:50] Haga
    Is he an NPC?
[15:52] Akira
    He's really amazing!
[15:55] Akira
    He's not here right now,
    but he'll be back soon.
[15:58] Haga
    I see.
[15:59] Akane
    You two look super tired.
[16:03] Haga
    Oh, do we?
[16:06] Ren
    Haga-san.
[16:07] Ren
    We're always thinking of ways to
     reduce stress, like hugging and kissing.
[16:15] Ren
    I can't promise it will do much,
[16:17] Ren
    but there's an ancient ritual in this
    country that you might try.
[16:26] Ren
    Write down your worries and
     anything you wish to forget.
[16:30] Ren
    Then place the paper in this dish.
[16:32] Haga
    Okay.
[16:33] Akira
    I haven't done this in ages.
[16:35] Akira
    Maybe I'll do it, too.
[16:36] Akane
    Me, too!
[16:40] Sign
    ...bothered by the fact that I haven't
    found any game-freezing bugs...
    ...want to find more...
[16:40] Amano
    "I'm bothered by the fact that I haven't
    found any game-freezing bugs.
[16:44] Amano
    I want to find more important issues."
[16:48] Ren
    Include your name too, if you would.
[16:50] Haga
    Oh, sure.
[16:52] Sign
    Makoto
[16:58] Ren
    Now...
[17:00] Ren
    Great Mardel, who rules over
    destruction and rebirth,
[17:04] Ren
    take hold of that which pains them.
[17:15] Akane
    Doing this once in a while sure feels great.
[17:30] Ren
    They've been purified.
[17:31] Ren
    How do you feel?
[17:32] Haga
    I do feel a little better somehow.
[17:36] Haga
    It's like I've been running
    at full speed for so long.
[17:40] Ren
    Truly, you've worked so very hard.
[17:42] Ren
    Please get some rest.
[17:52] Amano
    I've never used such a
     big bath in this game.
[17:56] Haga
    This country is wonderful.
[17:59] Amano
    Got that right.
[18:01] Amano
    They were really laying it on with you.
[18:04] (Flashback) Ren
    What? You made all these bug reports yourself?
[18:06] (Flashback) Girl
    Wow!
[18:09] Haga
    We're going to start swapping intel tomorrow.
[18:12] Haga
    They said they want to do a study group.
[18:14] Amano
    Good for you. I'm not going.
[18:22] Akira
    Want me to wash your back?
[18:28] Akane
    Men and women share
     all the baths in this country.
[18:34] Akira
    Haga-chan, it's true that I was
    investigating other countries
[18:38] Akira
    because Ren and Alba-sama asked me to.
[18:40] Akira
    But I was genuinely impressed with
    how seriously you take your work.
[18:44] Akira
    You don't see that every day.
[18:46] Haga
    Th-Thank you...
[18:49] Haga
    What are you going to do now, Akira-san?
[18:52] Haga
    Will you be staying here?
[18:55] Akira
    Traveling around is fun, and there are
     still weird debuggers out there.
[19:00] Akira
    What are you going to do?
[19:01] Akira
    Keep traveling with Nikola-chan?
[19:03] Haga
    Yeah. Well, while debugging.
[19:06] Akira
    Of course. That's just who you are.
[19:10] Akane
    Hey, do you two want some fruit milk
     when we get out of the bath?
[19:15] Haga
    You have that?!
[19:16] Akane
    Coffee milk, too!
[19:19] Amano
    Wow!
[19:21] Haga
    This is the best country ever!
[19:23] Akira
    Right?
[19:25] Akira
    There's so much here that
    you can't get elsewhere!
[19:35] Alba
    Akira, are these the ones
    who want salvation from me?
[19:40] Akira
    Yes, that is correct.
[19:43] Akira
    The girl they travel with
    has not awoken in weeks.
[19:46] Akira
    They ask that you look at her, Alba-sama.
[19:51] Haga
    This kid's their leader?
[19:59] Haga
    This is Nikola-san.
[20:01] Haga
    She's been asleep for a month.
[20:03] Haga
    She eats, but...
[20:16] Alba
    It appears she was quite badly injured.
[20:23] Alba
    Th-This girl is...
[20:25] Haga
    I-Is something wrong?
[20:28] Alba
    No...
[20:29] Alba
    I'm going to try.
[20:46] Haga
    N-Nikola-san!
[21:02] Ren
    Alba-sama! Are you okay?!
[21:04] Alba
    That hurt, damn it!
[21:06] Ren
    Akane! Call the guards!
[21:08] Akane
    On it!
[21:12] Alba
    Wait, Ren! Don't!
[21:14] Ren
    But...
[21:15] Nikola
    What do you think you're doing, Alba?
[21:18] Alba
    This is why I wasn't sure if
     I should wake you up, Big Sis Tesla!
[21:23] Amano
    "B-Big Sis"?
[21:26] Haga
    Are you telling me Alba-sama is...
[21:29] Nikola
    Yes, we are both meta AIs
    that control this game.
[21:34] Akira
    Meta AIs?
[21:37] Haga
    Tesla, I thought you were the only one...
[21:42] Nikola
    In order to keep each country
    in this game distinct,
[21:46] Nikola
    they each have their own meta AI
[21:49] Nikola
    which governs its nation
    under different principles.
[21:54] Amano
    I see.
[21:55] Amano
    So there are five meta AIs, huh?
[21:58] Amano
    Like five siblings.
[21:59] Nikola
    We have regular meetings, naturally.
[22:04] Nikola
    Now, Alba....
[22:06] Nikola
    Do you think you're a king?
    What are you doing here?
[22:11] Nikola
    Calling down Squash?
[22:14] Nikola
    Are you trying to use these
    debuggers to rule your country?
[22:17] Nikola
    At our last meeting, we all decided
    debugging was our top priority!
[22:23] Nikola
    What are you planning?
[22:25] Nikola
    Let's hear it, Alba.