E2 - Sword Arts

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[00:02] Katie
    Did you sleep well?
[00:04] Nanao
    Yes, I slept splendidly!
[00:06] Katie
    There they are!
[00:09] Chela
    Good morning, Oliver, Pete.
[00:12] Chela
    Did you sleep well last night?
[00:16] Pete
    I guess.
[00:17] Oliver
    Yes, luckily.
[00:20] Guy
    Sorry I'm late!
[00:21] Guy
    I almost overslept!
[00:24] Guy
    Why didn't somebody tell me
    there were clocknoks here?
[00:27] Katie
    Clocknoks?
[00:29] Katie
    I didn't see any in my room.
[00:31] Katie
    Nanao was up early, though.
[00:33] Nanao
    I just naturally rise around six.
[00:38] Guy
    You're wearing your uniform today, Nanao?
[00:40] Nanao
    Indeed.
[00:41] Nanao
    It had arrived at my room last night.
[00:43] Nanao
    Do I look the part of a mage now?
[00:47] Katie
    You sure do!
[00:48] Guy
    You look great!
[00:53] Guy
    By the way, Oliver,
[00:55] Guy
    is it just me or is your robe... kind of damp?
[00:58] Oliver
    You're definitely imagining things.
[00:59] Pete
    Let's just hurry up and eat breakfast.
[01:02] Pete
    Our first day is packed with classes!
[01:05] Pete
    There's no time to waste!
[01:06] Guy
    Calm down!
[01:07] Pete
    Don't put your hand on my head!
[01:10] Nanao
    I can certainly understand your excitement.
[01:13] Nanao
    I cannot wait to find out
    what magic class is like!
SIGN    Reign of the Seven Spellblades
SIGN    First Period
SIGN    Sword Arts
[02:48] Garland
    Welcome, new students, to sword arts class.
[02:52] Garland
    Before we start swinging
    our athames around, though,
SIGN    Instructor
SIGN    Luther Garland
[02:56] Garland
    let's start by reminding ourselves
    what sword arts actually are.
[03:00] Garland
    Can someone define the term for me?
[03:01] Pete
    I can, Master Garland.
[03:03] Garland
    You, then.
[03:05] Garland
    First, give me your name.
[03:06] Pete
    Y-Yes, sir! I'm Pete Reston!
[03:09] Students
    First day, and he's already the teacher's pet?
[03:11] Students
    He's an ordinary, I heard.
[03:14] Students
    Total egghead, from the look of it.
[03:19] Pete
    Sword arts are the techniques
    performed using these athames.
[03:25] Pete
    The use of athames as a complement to
    white wands dates back to 400 years ago,
[03:31] Pete
    when a famous mage named Wilf Badderwell
    lost a duel to a nonmagical.
[03:38] Pete
    Ever since then, mages have carried athames
    to deal with attacks from close range,
[03:42] Pete
    where they otherwise wouldn't have
    time to chant an incantation.
[03:47] Pete
    Not only can they fight
    with the blade itself,
[03:49] Pete
    they can also use incantationless magic
    to dazzle or disorient an enemy,
[03:53] Pete
    allowing for a variety of combat styles.
[03:57] Garland
    When you fight at close enough range that
    you can take one step and cut down your foe,
[04:01] Garland
    we call that the "one-step,
    one-spell distance."
[04:04] Garland
    It's in this tiny world that you will fight
    with your blade and magic.
[04:08] Garland
    That is what it means to master sword arts.
[04:10] Garland
    We always kick off the first day
[04:11] Garland
    by having two people who already know
    how to fight put on a duel for us.
[04:15] Garland
    Any volunteers?
[04:19] Nanao
    Please, allow me the honor!
[04:22] Katie
    Nanao?
[04:24] Garland
    So you're the famous Ms. Hibiya?
[04:26] Garland
    It's not that I don't
    appreciate the enthusiasm,
[04:29] Garland
    but can you really use sword ar—
[04:31] Richard
    Mr. Garland, if I may, as well.
[04:33] Richard
    I am Richard Andrews.
[04:35] Richard
    I've heard stories that she defeated
    a troll with just a sword.
[04:39] Richard
    This would be a perfect opportunity for her
    to show us how they fight in Azia.
[04:45] Katie
    I don't like him.
[04:47] Oliver
    He wants to show off that
    he's tougher than Nanao?
[04:50] Oliver
    Taking advantage of her lack
    of sword arts experience...
[04:52] Garland
    Well, if you both agree.
[04:56] Oliver
    I'm Oliver Horn.
[04:57] Oliver
    I'd like to duel Nanao.
[05:02] Richard
    Hey, you.
[05:03] Richard
    Back off.
[05:04] Richard
    I asked first—
[05:05] Oliver
    You're the one who needs to back off.
[05:06] Oliver
    I fought that troll alongside Nanao,
    so we already have a connection.
[05:10] Oliver
    I see.
[05:12] Oliver
    He's one of the ones who was close by
    during the incident but did nothing.
[05:16] Richard
    You seem quite proud of
    the fact that you fought.
[05:20] Richard
    But in a situation like that,
[05:22] Richard
    the smart thing would be to leave it
    to the teachers or upperclassmen.
[05:24] Oliver
    A very rational decision.
[05:26] Oliver
    So that's the choice you'd make, then, when a
    classmate was about to be crushed before you?
[05:31] Richard
    Why, you...
[05:32] Chela
    I'll challenge you, then, Mr. Andrews.
[05:38] Richard
    Ms. McFarlane.
[05:40] Chela
    Everyone will be much more
    impressed if you can defeat me.
[05:44] Chela
    Or are you afraid?
[05:47] Richard
    Of course not!
[05:49] Chela
    Then it's settled.
[05:50] Oliver
    Do those two know each other?
[05:52] Oliver
    Either way, though... Thanks, Chela!
[05:55] Garland
    Then the first duel will be between
    Ms. Hibiya and Mr. Horn.
[05:59] Garland
    The second duel will be between
    Mr. Andrews and Ms. McFarlane.
[06:04] Garland
    First pair, to the center!
[06:06] Garland
    Bow, and then draw!
[06:11] Garland
    Securus.
[06:15] Garland
    I've cast an anti-lethality
    spell on your swords.
[06:18] Garland
    Now you won't injure each other.
[06:22] Nanao
    You're right!
[06:23] Garland
    This is the only form in which combat
    between students is allowed.
[06:28] Garland
    The penalty for breaking this rule is harsh!
[06:31] Garland
    There's no time limit.
[06:32] Garland
    The duel ends when one of you inflicts
    a mortal blow to the head or chest.
[06:37] Garland
    Now, raise your weapons!
[06:39] Nanao
    Let us face each other
    honorably in battle, Oliver!
[06:42] Oliver
    Yup, let's!
[06:44] Oliver
    Nanao doesn't know magic.
[06:47] Oliver
    I won't use my magic. I'll just
    fight a little and call it a day.
[06:53] Oliver
    No, that's wrong!
[06:55] Garland
    Begin!
[06:56] Oliver
    I can't afford to hold back against her!
[07:02] Oliver
    I can't keep her at bay!
[07:04] Oliver
    Grave Soil!
[07:10] Oliver
    Got her!
[07:12] Oliver
    What?
[07:16] Oliver
    Don't try to block! Try to deflect!
[07:24] Oliver
    Now!
[07:47] Oliver
    There's no doubt about it.
[07:49] Oliver
    She's killed people with that sword.
[07:51] Oliver
    And not just a dozen or so.
[07:56] Oliver
    How much blood has that blade seen?
[08:01] Nanao
    Here...
[08:07] Nanao
    It was right here...
[08:19] Oliver
    Don't cry.
[08:21] Oliver
    I want to stop her tears.
[08:23] Oliver
    With everything I have in this moment,
    holding nothing back at all...
[08:34] Nanao
    You have my thanks.
[08:40] Oliver
    We'll fight here until one of us dies!
[08:45] Garland
    That's enough!
[08:47] Garland
    Both of you, swords down! Now!
[08:49] Garland
    I most definitely did not tell you
    to try to kill each other.
[08:53] Garland
    I'm sure you did it unconsciously,
    but you both broke the anti-lethality spell!
[08:57] Oliver
    What was I just about to do?
[09:01] Oliver
    Both of you, sheathe your
    swords and go take a rest.
[09:08] Nanao
    How many of Nanao's attacks just now
    could you have deflected, Mr. Andrews?
[09:16] Chela
    Master Garland!
[09:18] Chela
    I don't think the new students
    need to see any more fighting.
[09:21] Chela
    May I retract my earlier offer?
[09:23] Garland
    If the two of you agree.
[09:26] Richard
    I'm fine with that.
[09:31] Garland
    Now, let's get back to the lesson!
[09:39] Nanao
    Oliver!
[09:41] Nanao
    That was a wonderful fight!
[09:45] Nanao
    I've never had such a fulfilling duel!
[09:52] Nanao
    The one thing I regret, though,
    is that we were unable to finish.
[09:57] Nanao
    I want to see what lies beyond that moment,
[10:00] Nanao
    more than anything in the world!
[10:03] Nanao
    Don't you?
[10:05] Nanao
    So fight me again, Oliver!
[10:08] Nanao
    This time, until we're both satisfied!
[10:10] Nanao
    With real blades, no spell dulling their edge!
[10:13] Oliver
    I refuse!
[10:16] Oliver
    I'll never fight you again!
[10:18] Nanao
    But why?
[10:20] Oliver
    I don't owe you a reason.
[10:22] Oliver
    I just don't want to do it!
[10:24] Oliver
    I don't want to kill you,
[10:27] Oliver
    and I don't want you to kill me!
[10:34] Nanao
    Why?
SIGN    Reign of the Seven Spellblades
[10:47] Guy
    There's so much...
[10:49] Guy
    There's so much more to learn than I thought!
[10:51] Chela
    Spellology class was filled
    with surprises, huh?
[10:53] Guy
    Surprises...?
[10:55] Guy
    I mean, we'd only just left sword arts class
    when she started lecturing us!
SIGN    Second Period
SIGN    Spellology
[11:00] (Flashback) Gilcrist
    Hmph!
[11:01] (Flashback) Gilcrist
    Look at those unsightly athames.
[11:04] (Flashback) Gilcrist
    We mages have no need of anything
    but our white wands!
SIGN    Teacher
SIGN    Frances Gilchrist
[11:11] (Flashback) Gilcrist
    If there's one thing I want
    to teach you, it's this:
[11:13] (Flashback) Gilcrist
    If you call yourself any kind of mage,
    solve your problems with magic.
[11:20] Pete
    She sure had a lot of familiars...
[11:24] Guy
    This day's been full of surprises.
[11:27] Guy
    Who knows what's going to happen
    in the afternoon classes?
[11:30] Katie
    Next is magical biology, right?
[11:32] Katie
    I've been looking forward to it all day!
SIGN    Third Period
SIGN    Magical Biology
[11:35] Aldiss
    If any of you are the animal-loving,
    "Oh-they're-so-cute" types,
[11:38] Aldiss
    in my class, you can take your ideals...
[11:41] Aldiss
    and throw that shit in the trash.
SIGN    Teacher
SIGN    Vanessa Aldiss
[11:45] Aldiss
    Here, we treat magical
    creatures as resources.
[11:49] Aldiss
    And you're going to learn
    how to best exploit them.
[11:52] Aldiss
    Here's your task for today.
[11:57] Katie
    They're so cute...
[11:59] Aldiss
    Magical silkworms.
[12:00] Aldiss
    They'll make as many cocoons as you want,
    as long as you feed them with magic.
[12:05] Student
    They don't grow up into adult insects?
[12:06] Aldiss
    Just rip off the cocoon first.
[12:09] Aldiss
    That is, if you can feed them
    with the right amount of magic.
[12:13] Aldiss
    Give too much, and...
[12:20] Pete
    A black cocoon?
[12:21] Aldiss
    Stay back. It'll bust out
    of there any moment now.
[12:29] Aldiss
    ...they turn into fierce monsters.
[12:32] Aldiss
    Flamma.
[12:35] Aldiss
    So, your job for today is cocoon-making.
[12:39] Aldiss
    You'll each have ten. If you succeed
    with five, that's a passing grade.
[12:43] Aldiss
    Any screwups, you clean up yourself.
[12:46] Aldiss
    Nobody helps anybody else!
[12:48] Aldiss
    And with that...
[12:49] Aldiss
    Begin!
[12:54] Students
    It turned black already!
[12:55] Students
    Hurry up and burn it, idiot!
[12:57] Students
    How much magic do I feed it?
[12:58] Students
    Shut up! I can't concentrate!
[13:03] Chela
    Today's class is pretty easy.
[13:11] Chela
    That's one failure.
[13:12] Chela
    Flamma.
[13:15] Guy
    Is it that easy for you?
[13:17] Chela
    Oh? We only need five to pass,
    so I think I've done pretty well.
[13:22] Chela
    Oliver, you don't find this at all
    difficult either, do you?
[13:24] Chela
    Why not help Katie or Pete?
[13:27] Chela
    I'll help Nanao.
[13:30] Chela
    I can tell.
[13:32] Chela
    Something happened between
    you and Nanao, right?
[13:36] Oliver
    Thanks.
[13:39] Guy
    Wh-What about me?
[13:40] Chela
    Go get your five failures
    out of the way first.
[13:43] Chela
    I'll help you once you've
    got a sense for it.
[13:46] Guy
    She already knows I'm
    really clumsy! Damn it!
[13:55] Pete
    I just barely made five.
[14:01] Guy
    Flamma!
[14:02] Guy
    Damn it!
[14:04] Guy
    I only got four!
[14:05] Students
    I got it!
[14:06] Aldiss
    Well, I guess this year's freshmen
    are better than most.
[14:06] Students
    Damn it!
[14:08] Aldiss
    I don't see anybody getting attacked...
[14:12] Aldiss
    You're still on your fifth?
[14:14] Aldiss
    You just need to feed them some magic.
[14:17] Katie
    I know!
[14:18] Aldiss
    They're just silkworms.
[14:20] Katie
    Be quiet, please!
[14:32] Chela
    Nanao finished up.
[14:34] Chela
    Hers were almost all failures, though.
[14:36] Chela
    What about Katie?
[14:37] Oliver
    She's done fine up to her ninth, but...
[14:40] Chela
    She's doing great, then.
[14:41] Chela
    She shouldn't need to be so careful
    with the last one.
[14:45] Oliver
    Her goal is different than ours.
[14:48] Oliver
    She doesn't care about the class.
[14:50] Oliver
    Katie wants to save the lives of as
    many living creatures as she can.
[14:56] Katie
    It's okay.
[14:58] Katie
    You'll be okay!
[15:07] Oliver
    It's a failure! Burn it, now!
[15:10] Oliver
    Katie!
[15:10] Katie
    It's still okay! If I rip off
    the cocoon, it'll be okay!
[15:20] Aldiss
    You two lose points for helping her.
[15:25] Katie
    I'm sorry...
[15:27] Katie
    For making you leave class to come with me.
[15:31] Oliver
    It's okay.
[15:32] Oliver
    I didn't want to be there either.
[15:37] Katie
    My family had a bunch of animals.
[15:41] Katie
    Everything from dogs and cats
    to magical creatures.
[15:43] Katie
    Demi-humans, too.
[15:47] Katie
    I was especially close with our troll, Patro.
[15:50] Oliver
    I see.
[15:52] Katie
    That's why, whenever I see an animal or
    demi-human get hurt, I can't take it...
[15:59] Katie
    Rationally, I know that society needs
    to do these things to advance.
[16:05] Katie
    But to a mage, everything without human
    rights is just a resource to exploit.
[16:13] Katie
    And I just can't accept that.
[16:16] Katie
    I don't want to accept what's
    normal here at Kimberly.
[16:19] Oliver
    Your childhood home must've been like
    growing up among angels in paradise.
[16:25] Oliver
    But you've come down to Earth now.
[16:28] Oliver
    You've experienced the cruelty of this world,
[16:31] Oliver
    so you can't stay an angel anymore.
[16:36] Oliver
    But if you nonetheless choose to remain
    the kind person that you are...
[16:40] Oliver
    I think that's a noble thing.
[16:43] Oliver
    Much more noble than any angel.
[16:47] Oliver
    S-So what I'm getting at, Katie,
[16:49] Oliver
    is that you've only seen
    a small part of Kimberly.
[16:53] Oliver
    You don't have to grow disillusioned
    or make a decision just yet.
[16:57] Oliver
    And...
[17:01] Guy
    Oww...
[17:02] Oliver
    You're not alone, as you can see.
[17:07] Katie
    Yeah. Thanks!
[17:16] Teresa
    Your first day has been difficult, I see.
[17:19] Oliver
    Is that sarcasm, Ms. Carste?
[17:21] Teresa
    Not at all.
[17:23] Teresa
    I recommend choosing your friends
    more carefully, though.
[17:25] Teresa
    Someone who can't even kill a single
    silkworm is unlikely to survive here.
[17:30] Oliver
    I'll decide that for myself.
[17:32] Teresa
    I apologize.
[17:33] Oliver
    Did you need something?
[17:34] Teresa
    Yes. I will be heading to
    Master Gwyn's workshop.
[17:39] Teresa
    I wanted you to know that I'll be
    leaving your side for a while.
[17:42] Oliver
    All right.
[17:43] Oliver
    Tell him I said hello.
[17:46] Teresa
    I will.
[17:52] Katie
    That was so good!
[17:54] Katie
    I'm so full!
[17:55] Guy
    You're all better now, huh?
[17:58] Katie
    Yeah, I'm fine now.
[18:01] Katie
    But Nanao looks a bit down.
[18:04] Nanao
    That's not true.
[18:05] Katie
    Are you homesick?
[18:07] Katie
    If you need someone to talk to, tell me!
[18:09] Katie
    I'll help you any way I can!
[18:12] Nanao
    You have my thanks.
[18:13] Pete
    Huh?
[18:15] Pete
    Oh, right.
[18:17] Pete
    I gotta go back to the classroom.
[18:19] Guy
    What for?
[18:20] Pete
    I forgot my book.
[18:21] Pete
    I think it was in spellology class.
[18:23] Pete
    I'll go get it right now.
[18:30] Oliver
    You shouldn't assume things lost
    in Kimberly are so easily found.
[18:33] Oliver
    We'll go with you.
[18:34] Chela
    A mischievous fairy may have taken it.
[18:38] Chela
    The rest of you should
    head back to your rooms.
[18:40] Oliver
    Let's hurry, Pete.
[18:41] Pete
    Hey, don't drag me like that!
[18:43] Oliver
    Just come along.
[18:45] Guy
    They seem really tense...
[18:48] Katie
    Actually, I think I heard once
[18:50] Katie
    that Kimberly's school building
    sits on top of a giant labyrinth.
[18:56] Katie
    And that at night, that labyrinth
    starts to encroach upon the building.
[19:01] Pete
    Here it is!
[19:03] Pete
    And you made me think it'd be hard to find!
[19:06] Pete
    You guys were pulling my leg, weren't you?
[19:09] Oliver
    Let's get back before it gets late.
[19:11] Chela
    Yes.
[19:12] Chela
    We're not ready to be in the school
    for long after dark.
[19:16] Pete
    Like I said, quit dragging me!
[19:22] Pete
    A dead end?
[19:29] Chela
    The sun only just set, and the
    encroachment's already spread this far?
[19:33] Pete
    What do we do?
[19:34] Oliver
    Don't worry.
[19:35] Oliver
    New students getting stranded
    happens all the time at Kimberly.
[19:38] Oliver
    There should be instructors and
    upperclassmen patrolling the school.
[19:41] Ophelia
    It makes me happy to know
    you're counting on me.
[19:45] Pete
    Wait, Pete!
[19:50] Ophelia
    One little lost sheep, two, three...
[19:56] Ophelia
    How cute!
[19:58] Ophelia
    So cute, I could just eat you all up!
[20:05] Oliver
    Hello, ma'am.
[20:06] Oliver
    You are an upperclassman, right?
[20:08] Ophelia
    Yes.
[20:09] Ophelia
    Ophelia Salvadori. A fourth-year student.
[20:13] Oliver
    Salvadori?!
[20:15] Student
    O-Ophe...
[20:16] Ophelia
    Dolor.
[20:18] Ophelia
    How impolite.
[20:20] Ophelia
    Don't worry about him.
    He just needs discipline.
[20:23] Oliver
    I'm Oliver Horn, a first-year.
[20:26] Oliver
    Your reputation precedes you, Miss Salvadori.
[20:29] Ophelia
    Oh, you know of me?
[20:32] Oliver
    I've read your thesis.
[20:33] Oliver
    "A Study of Rapid Development from
    Interbreeding Krakens and Scyllas."
[20:38] Oliver
    It was wonderful.
[20:41] Oliver
    It gave me the shivers, actually.
[20:43] Ophelia
    I see.
[20:44] Ophelia
    You know my research well, then.
[20:52] Chela
    No, Pete!
[20:57] Ophelia
    You can withstand it, huh?
[20:59] Ophelia
    You're a tough kid.
[21:02] Ophelia
    Don't get so mad.
[21:04] Ophelia
    It's just how my body works.
[21:06] Ophelia
    I spread this everywhere just by breathing.
[21:11] Ophelia
    Now, why not come a little closer?
[21:15] Oliver
    I must refuse.
[21:17] Oliver
    Let's go.
[21:22] Ophelia
    Oh, my.
[21:29] Oliver
    This smell... It's the stench of death!
[21:32] Rivermoore
    Don't be in such a hurry.
[21:34] Rivermoore
    She's a lonely woman, you know.
[21:36] Rivermoore
    Why not give her a little more of your time?
[21:40] Rivermoore
    I'm Cyrus Rivermoore, a fifth-year.
[21:42] Rivermoore
    If you don't like her,
    I'll be happy to look after you.
[21:46] Ophelia
    You're such cold children, running away
    in the middle of our conversation.
[21:51] Ophelia
    Perhaps you need discipline as well?
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