# E2 - This Talker Is Ruthless
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**[00:00] Noel**
Yup, this is Lloyd's handwriting all right.
**[00:04] Noel**
Basically, he made some bad
investments and fell deep into debt,
**[00:09] Noel**
so he used our party funds,
12.8 million fil, to pay it off.
**[00:14] Noel**
Then he and Tanya fled Etrai
before this all came to light.
**[00:18] Noel**
Is that right?
***SIGN*** Yeah.
**[00:23] Noel**
He's such an idiot!
***SIGN*** What's so funny? Those two screwed us over, you know!
**[00:29] Noel**
That's why I'm busting a gut.
**[00:31] Noel**
Look how the mighty Lloyd has fallen!
**[00:35] Noel**
You should be laughing too, Walter!
***SIGN*** This ain't a laughing matter, you moron!
**[00:40] Noel**
When and where did you get this letter?
***SIGN*** Just now at Lloyd's lodgings.
**[00:46] Noel**
Weren't we supposed to meet
there this afternoon?
***SIGN*** Yeah, except I got the scoop on a good job at the pub last night.
***SIGN*** So I went early to talk to him. I didn't want anyone getting there ahead of us.
***SIGN*** But his place was emptied out, and the owner of the lodge gave me that letter.
**[01:04] Noel**
Did you ask when Lloyd left?
***SIGN*** Last night at around 8 o'clock, supposedly.
**[01:11] Noel**
Meaning they slipped out right before
Etrai shuts its gates for the night.
**[01:16] Noel**
It's 9:30 AM now. More than half a day later.
**[01:20] Noel**
And we weren't supposed to find out
for another few hours.
**[01:23] Noel**
What a cheap way to buy time.
***SIGN*** So, what're we gonna do?
**[01:27] Noel**
There should be a record of their departure.
**[01:29] Noel**
We can ask the authorities
which gate they left from
**[01:32] Noel**
and suss out their destination.
***SIGN*** Can we catch up to them?
**[01:35] Noel**
They're probably on foot since
renting a horse would leave a paper trail.
**[01:39] Noel**
If we rent some good steeds,
we'll catch up easy.
***SIGN*** Okay, let's go!
**[01:41] Noel**
Hold it, hold it. What's your plan?
***SIGN*** I'm gonna find Lloyd and sock him in the face!
***SIGN*** That's the only thing that'll quell my rage!
**[01:50] Noel**
So you'll deck him, fight about it,
and then laugh it off?
**[01:54] Noel**
Trust a muscle-brained meat fairy to write a script
that's all sunshine and rainbows.
***SIGN*** Wha...
***SIGN*** What was that?
**[02:01] Noel**
Listen up. They chose to ditch us and run.
**[02:05] Noel**
You can't just walk back
that kind of betrayal.
**[02:08] Noel**
It's not a matter of catching them
and talking it out.
**[02:10] Noel**
Worst case, we're fighting them to the death.
**[02:14] Noel**
Walter, are you certain you can take on Lloyd?
***SIGN*** With your support, yeah.
**[02:22] Noel**
Then can you fight Tanya too?
**[02:27] Noel**
Even if we manage to win,
we won't get our money back.
**[02:30] Noel**
It'd just be a waste of time.
**[02:31] Noel**
They knew that and figured
we wouldn't come after them.
**[02:35] Noel**
That's why they chose to "elope."
***SIGN*** Damn it! So we just sit here and take it?!
**[02:42] Noel**
Just take it? Don't be stupid.
**[02:45] Noel**
My motto is to repay friend and foe
alike a thousand times over!
***SIGN*** I was wondering where we were going since you told me to gear up.
***SIGN*** Why the Orc Club, of all places?
**[04:28] Noel**
Walter, you're dumb but you're not incapable.
**[04:32] Noel**
You're an excellent Warrior.
***SIGN*** What're you talking about?
**[04:35] Noel**
You have your role,
**[04:37] Noel**
and I have mine.
**[04:39] Noel**
In other words, leave the thinking to me.
**[04:49] Noel**
Listen up, Seekers!
**[04:50] Noel**
I've got a request for everyone here!
**[04:54] Noel**
Lloyd and Tanya, two members
of our group, Blue Beyond,
**[04:58] Noel**
have embezzled our party
funds and run away.
**[05:01] Noel**
We want you to find them
and capture them alive!
**[05:05] Noel**
We're offering a reward of two million fil!
**[05:08] Wolf**
Oh?
***SIGN*** Noel! Why'd you have to go and do that?!
**[05:14] Noel**
Even if we find them ourselves,
we can't do anything alone.
***SIGN*** Buy why tell everyone?
**[05:19] Noel**
We'll never get our guys
without casting a wide net.
***SIGN*** Huh? "Our guys"?
**[05:26] Noel**
You'll see soon enough.
**[05:28] Noel**
Anyone here willing to take the job?
**[05:31] Wolf**
Count us in.
**[05:33] Wolf**
Lightning Bite accepts your request.
**[05:35] Noel**
Wolf...
**[05:37] Wolf**
You'll really pay two million
if we capture them alive?
**[05:40] Noel**
You have my word I'll pay you on the spot.
**[05:42] Wolf**
Do you know where they went?
**[05:44] Noel**
Nope, not a clue.
**[05:46] Noel**
But we know they fled before
the town gates closed last night.
**[05:50] Noel**
They're probably on foot.
**[05:52] Wolf**
Should be easy to catch up, then.
**[05:54] Wolf**
Okay, let's go!
**[05:56] Seeker 1**
You're on!
**[05:57] Seeker 2**
I'm in too!
**[05:58] Seeker 3**
We'll also take the job!
**[06:04] Noel**
Was my hunch wrong?
**[06:06] Stubbles**
Hey.
**[06:07] Stubbles**
I got a question about your request.
**[06:11] Noel**
*Nope. There we go.*
***SIGN*** You know where Lloyd and Tanya are?!
**[06:17] Stubbles**
Yeah. I saw a couple of travelers just
like 'em on my way back from a job.
**[06:22] Stubbles**
It had to be them.
***SIGN*** Where? Tell me now!
**[06:25] Stubbles**
I'm not talking for free, man.
**[06:28] Stubbles**
Capturing them's worth two million, right?
**[06:29] Noel**
One million.
**[06:30] Stubbles**
Huh?
**[06:32] Noel**
Your party couldn't take them out.
**[06:34] Noel**
Which is why you want our help
in exchange for your intel.
**[06:39] Noel**
That's what this is about, right?
**[06:41] Noel**
In that case, you get half. One million.
**[06:43] Stubbles**
That's ridiculous, man!
**[06:45] Stubbles**
I have a party of four, okay?
How about one and a half?
**[06:48] Noel**
One.
**[06:49] Stubbles**
Okay, 1.4 million!
**[06:50] Noel**
One million. If you don't like
the terms, we're done here.
**[06:56] Noel**
*He's shabby.*
**[06:58] Noel**
*An older Seeker who's down on his luck.*
**[07:00] Noel**
* He's probably broke all the time*
* and can't afford to be picky about work.*
**[07:06] Stubbles**
Fine. One million it is.
**[07:10] Stubbles**
But you better pay us on the spot!
**[07:12] Noel**
We have a deal.
**[07:14] Noel**
Now, where are they?
**[07:16] Stubbles**
We passed them on Varley Road,
outside the south gate.
**[07:20] Stubbles**
They're probably headed for Carnot Village.
**[07:23] Noel**
Understood. Get your party
and wait for us at the south gate.
**[07:28] Noel**
Walter.
**[07:29] Noel**
You go with him.
***SIGN*** What about you?
**[07:32] Noel**
I need to take care of something first.
***SIGN*** And what's that?
**[07:37] Noel**
I'll tell you later.
**[07:42] Noel**
Thanks for waiting. Let's head out.
***SIGN*** Noel, are you confident you can fight Lloyd and Tanya?
**[07:50] Noel**
I am. I'll show them no mercy.
***SIGN*** Even if you have to kill them?
**[07:56] Noel**
Of course.
**[07:59] Noel**
Walter, I've always had a contingency
plan for allies betraying me.
**[08:05] Noel**
People are easily led astray, after all.
***SIGN*** You mean you *never* trusted them?
But they were our friends!
**[08:11] Noel**
Trusting someone doesn't
mean having blind faith.
**[08:14] Noel**
You should doubt them yourself.
**[08:16] Noel**
Doubt them and then decide
if you still want to team up with them.
**[08:19] Noel**
That's the basics of building any party.
**[08:23] Noel**
You can wait right here if you want.
***SIGN*** Don't mock me! I'm not that weak.
**[08:28] Noel**
You're soft. Too soft.
**[08:31] Noel**
If you aren't fully committed,
this is going to be painful for you.
**[08:43] Lloyd**
Let's get some good rest tonight
and set out again tomorrow morning.
**[08:48] Tanya**
Yeah, you're right.
**[08:50] Lloyd**
Don't worry. You know how Noel is.
**[08:54] Lloyd**
If he knows he can't get his money back,
he won't bother—
**[08:57] Noel**
Heya! Enjoying a fun date in a rural village?
**[09:05] Noel**
Don't move!
**[09:05] Sign**
STUN HOWL
**[09:06] Sign**
STUN HOWL
**[09:13] Noel**
That was Stun Howl. You let your guard down.
**[09:17] Sign**
This Talker Is Ruthless
***SIGN*** Why?!
***SIGN*** Why'd you betray us?!
**[09:24] Lloyd**
Sorry.
***SIGN*** "Sorry"? That's it?!
**[09:27] Noel**
Stop, Walter.
**[09:29] Noel**
Lloyd, I understand the situation
from your letter.
**[09:33] Noel**
But what'd you do with the reward
from the lesser vampires?
**[09:37] Lloyd**
I'm sorry. I used that too.
**[09:39] Noel**
For another investment?
**[09:41] Lloyd**
No, to pay back a debt.
**[09:44] Noel**
*I see what's going on here now.*
**[09:47] Noel**
The investment story was a lie, wasn't it?
**[09:51] Noel**
You were really gambling.
**[09:53] Noel**
What was it? Cards? Dice? Roulette?
**[09:56] Noel**
You lost big and fell into debt
with some unsavory types.
**[09:59] Noel**
That's why you used the party's money, right?
**[10:02] Noel**
Answer me. Did you gamble away
the money I entrusted to you?
**[10:08] Lloyd**
I'm sorry—
***SIGN*** Screw you! We put our lives on the line to earn that money!
**[10:14] Lloyd**
You have no idea how hard it is
to be the leader!
**[10:17] Lloyd**
It's not like I *wanted* to use the party funds!
**[10:20] Lloyd**
But before I knew it,
**[10:22] Lloyd**
I was in massive debt.
I didn't have any choice about it.
**[10:26] Lloyd**
If you want to criticize me, go right ahead!
**[10:29] Lloyd**
But do you really have any right?
**[10:31] Lloyd**
You push all the burdens
of leadership onto me,
**[10:34] Lloyd**
but want all the privileges when it suits you?
**[10:37] Lloyd**
That's messed—
**[10:42] Noel**
Do we have any right?
**[10:44] Noel**
You bet your ass we do.
**[10:46] Noel**
You're the one who wanted to be
the leader in the first place.
**[10:50] Noel**
Now you wanna talk about how
hard it is? You've got some nerve!
**[10:53] Noel**
You gambled yourself into debt because
you're a screwup! That's the bottom line!
**[11:00] Lloyd**
Please...
**[11:01] Lloyd**
No more...
**[11:05] Noel**
If you want me to forgive you,
then take another thousand kicks.
**[11:08] Noel**
I'll hear your apology after that.
**[11:10] Tanya**
Please, stop this!
**[11:13] Tanya**
Don't hurt Lloyd any more.
**[11:15] Noel**
Shall I kick you instead?
**[11:18] Noel**
I don't discriminate against women.
**[11:21] Noel**
I won't hold back just because you're one.
**[11:26] Tanya**
Wait! That's not what I meant!
**[11:27] Noel**
Spit it out.
**[11:29] Noel**
You were gambling with him too, weren't you?
**[11:32] Sign**
Confess
**[11:34] Tanya**
Yes, that's right.
**[11:36] Tanya**
I dipped into the party funds too.
**[11:38] Tanya**
But this is all Lloyd's stupid fault.
**[11:41] Tanya**
We could've won big if he'd let me play more.
**[11:45] Noel**
*Talker skill: Confess.*
**[11:48] Noel**
*It forces a target to tell the truth.*
**[11:53] Tanya**
Noel! Do you have any idea what you just did?
**[11:56] Tanya**
It's illegal to use mind control
skills for personal gain!
**[11:59] Noel**
Yes, I'd normally go straight to jail.
**[12:01] Noel**
But you're a criminal
who embezzled party funds.
**[12:06] Noel**
Imperial law allows the use of
mind control skills if and only if
**[12:09] Noel**
it's to make criminals admit to their crimes.
**[12:12] Noel**
You're the ones going straight to jail.
**[12:15] Tanya**
N-No way...
**[12:18] Noel**
Congratulations!
**[12:20] Noel**
Embezzlement is punishable
by ten years of hard labor.
**[12:23] Noel**
You can work your asses to death together.
**[12:29] Stubbles**
Looks like you're done talking.
**[12:31] Stubbles**
Time to pay up, then.
**[12:35] Stubbles**
A million fil here and now.
Don't go back on your word now.
**[12:39] Noel**
You'll get your money. Just wait.
**[12:41] Stubbles**
Hey, you better not have tricked us!
**[12:44] Noel**
Get your filthy mitts off me.
**[12:47] Stubbles**
Wh-Why you...
**[12:48] Noel**
I said you'll get your money.
**[12:51] Noel**
Just sit tight and wait there
with your cheap gear, you loser.
**[12:56] Stubbles**
Say that again!
**[13:01] Stubblesparty1**
H-Hey, what have you done?!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Brandon**
That's a cardiac concussion.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Brandon**
You use a powerful strike to the target's
heart to temporarily paralyze it.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Brandon**
Even the strongest of fighters will fail
to remain conscious after taking that.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Brandon**
Unlike other classes,
Talkers have no way to buff themselves.
**[13:28] (Flashback) Brandon**
That's where this move comes in.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Brandon**
It'll help you defend yourself.
**[13:33] (Flashback) Brandon**
Noel, I don't want you getting yourself killed.
**[13:42] Noel**
There he is.
**[13:50] Finocchio**
My goodness! Must the boonies always
be so dreadfully dusty?
**[13:54] Stubblesparty1**
Is that... the slave trader Finocchio Barzini?
**[13:58] Finocchio**
Did I keep you, my darling Noel?
**[14:00] Noel**
* The biggest mafia group*
* in the imperial capital*
**[14:03] Noel**
* is the Luciano family. And this is one of their*
* lieutenants, the boss of the Barzini subfamily.*
**[14:09] Noel**
*He's a man who is...*
**[14:12] Noel**
*refined yet vulgar, cheery yet cruel.*
**[14:15] Noel**
*The very definition of two-faced.*
**[14:17] Noel**
* That's why people have dubbed*
* him the Mad Clown.*
**[14:20] Noel**
You sure took your time.
**[14:21] Finocchio**
Gosh! I rushed all the way here
just for you, you know!
***SIGN*** Noel, is this what you were up to earlier?
**[14:29] Noel**
Exactly. I had a feeling those
two would be dead broke.
**[14:35] Noel**
So I made a deal with Finocchio
to recoup the money we're out.
***SIGN*** Don't tell me...
**[14:41] Noel**
I'm selling Lloyd and Tanya off
to Finocchio as slaves.
**[14:44] Noel**
That should cover our losses.
**[14:48] Tanya**
W-We'll never agree to that!
**[14:49] Noel**
Then I'll be forced to hand you over
to the military police.
**[14:53] Noel**
Do you know the survival rate for prisoners
sent to work in the mines for ten years?
**[15:01] Noel**
A measly 2 percent. Compared to that,
**[15:04] Noel**
you're better off being sold into slavery.
You might luck out with a kind master.
**[15:10] Noel**
There you have it.
Try to find them nice buyers.
**[15:14] Finocchio**
You got it!
**[15:15] Finocchio**
Let me begin my appraisal.
**[15:19] Noel**
Six million fil?
**[15:20] Noel**
That's way too low!
**[15:22] Finocchio**
I'm sorry.
**[15:23] Finocchio**
It's just a matter of bad timing.
**[15:26] Noel**
What do you mean?
**[15:27] Finocchio**
Keep this between us.
**[15:29] Finocchio**
The Holy Cross Church is about to issue
an ordinance of honorable poverty.
**[15:33] Finocchio**
Basically, the rich will have
to cut back on luxuries.
**[15:37] Finocchio**
Spending too much on slaves
would draw the church's ire.
**[15:42] Finocchio**
We'd greatly like to avoid that.
**[15:45] Noel**
Even the mafia that runs Etrai
can't defy the church, huh?
**[15:49] Finocchio**
Something like that.
**[15:52] Noel**
Okay, fine.
**[15:53] Finocchio**
I'm glad you're so understanding!
**[15:56] Finocchio**
I love you, my darling Noel! Smooch!
**[15:58] Noel**
I'll sell them for 11 million fil.
**[16:00] Finocchio**
Oh, thank you kindly!
Eleven million, coming right up—
**[16:05] Finocchio**
Wait, why'd the price increase
by five million?!
**[16:08] Noel**
It just went up to 12 million.
**[16:10] Finocchio**
What?! What in the world are you saying?
**[16:13] Noel**
Now it's 13 million.
**[16:14] Finocchio**
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[16:16] Noel**
Now it's 14 million.
**[16:17] Finocchio**
Hey, Noel.
**[16:20] Noel**
Actually, make it 15 million.
**[16:21] Finocchio**
You little punk!
**[16:23] Finocchio**
How far are you gonna take this nonsense?!
**[16:25] Finocchio**
You think you can pull one over on *me*?
**[16:28] Finocchio**
If you wanna be pig feed so bad,
**[16:30] Finocchio**
I'll gladly cut you up right here and now!
**[16:33] Noel**
If you buy them for 15 million,
**[16:35] Noel**
I'll tell everyone you bought
them for 30, double that.
**[16:39] Finocchio**
You mean to fudge the sale price
to increase their value?
**[16:43] Finocchio**
Even with the religious ordinance coming up,
**[16:46] Finocchio**
the ever-discerning Finocchio Barzini
procured a pair of slaves for 30 million.
**[16:51] Finocchio**
That should garner quite a bit of
interest from the wealthy.
**[16:55] Finocchio**
Those two over there are young and beautiful.
**[16:58] Finocchio**
If there's plenty of demand, you should be
able to offload them for 90 million.
**[17:04] Finocchio**
But you only need to pay me 15 million.
**[17:09] Finocchio**
You get to keep all the profit.
**[17:12] Finocchio**
We'll both be in a lot of
hot water if this gets out.
**[17:15] Noel**
That kind of risk is a walk
in the park for you, no?
**[17:20] Finocchio**
Ugh, I always knew you were
out of your mind, but not like this!
**[17:24] Finocchio**
Say, are you interested in joining my family?
I'll give you a leadership role.
**[17:29] Noel**
I'll pass. So, what do you say?
**[17:31] Finocchio**
Okay!
**[17:33] Finocchio**
But never again, you hear me?
You silly goose!
**[17:36] Finocchio**
Oh, right.
**[17:38] Finocchio**
You there, nasty fellow!
**[17:41] Stubbles**
Y-Yes?!
**[17:42] Finocchio**
Breathe a word of this to anyone,
**[17:45] Finocchio**
and both you and your family
will all be dinner for my pigs!
**[17:50] Finocchio**
You got that?
**[17:51] Stubbles**
I-I... I understand!
**[17:55] Finocchio**
Here. The upfront payment I promised.
**[17:57] Tanya**
Noel, please spare me!
We're friends, aren't we?
**[18:01] Noel**
Friends don't gamble
with their friends' money.
**[18:06] Noel**
Once a traitor, always a traitor.
**[18:09] Noel**
Goodbye.
**[18:11] Tanya**
Help me, Walter!
**[18:14] Tanya**
You've gotta be kidding me!
**[18:16] Tanya**
Aren't you in love with me?!
So help me out here!
**[18:20] Tanya**
You're not gonna do squat when it counts?
Are your virgin balls the size of grapes?
**[18:23] Tanya**
Die, you waste of space!
**[18:25] Tanya**
You useless muscleheaded piece of shit!
**[18:28] Tanya**
Even a half-dead cur would be
more useful than you!
**[18:31] Finocchio**
Dearie me. Women are so frightening.
**[18:37] Finocchio**
See you soon, my darling Noel!
**[18:39] Finocchio**
Mwah!
**[18:42] Noel**
We're leaving, Walter.
**[18:46] Noel**
Here's your reward. One million fil.
**[18:48] Noel**
Your patience paid off, huh?
**[18:51] Stubbles**
Screw you, you weak-ass buffer!
**[18:54] Noel**
Even your insults are as lame as you look.
**[18:57] Noel**
Try to take a page
out of Tanya's book, will you?
**[18:59] Stubbles**
You heartless devil!
**[19:02] Noel**
*Devil?*
**[19:04] Noel**
* For us Seekers who hunt*
* abyssal beasts for a living,*
**[19:06] Noel**
* calling someone that is about the highest*
* form of resentment you can express.*
**[19:10] Noel**
*But if I'm a devil...*
**[19:12] Noel**
* I'll use that notoriety to forge myself*
* into the strongest in the world!*
***SIGN*** What, you come to see me off?
***SIGN*** Hey, this is...
**[19:43] (Flashback) Noel**
Are you going to quit being a Seeker?
**[19:47] (Flashback) Noel**
Walter, this business is no stranger
to party member turnover.
**[19:53] (Flashback) Noel**
If anything, this is a good opportunity.
**[19:56] (Flashback) Noel**
If we make a name as up-and-coming heels...
**[19:59] (Flashback) Walter**
You're strong.
**[20:02] (Flashback) Walter**
Unlike me. I'm...
**[20:06] (Flashback) Noel**
Yes, you lack fortitude. And brains.
**[20:11] (Flashback) Noel**
But you're an excellent Warrior.
**[20:14] (Flashback) Noel**
I know how strong you are better than anyone.
**[20:18] (Flashback) Walter**
Noel?
**[20:20] (Flashback) Noel**
Walter, let's rebuild
Blue Beyond from scratch.
**[20:24] (Flashback) Noel**
I need you.
**[20:31] (Flashback) Walter**
Sorry, I'm going to quit being a Seeker.
**[20:35] (Flashback) Walter**
I'm really sorry.
**[20:41] Noel**
Well, I did what I came to do, so see ya.
**[20:44] Noel**
Take care, Walter.
***SIGN*** Can't tell if the bastard has a heart or not.
***SIGN*** Did you know? You were actually the one Tanya loved.
***SIGN*** But you were looking for something different.
***SIGN*** Not a lover, not an emotional pillar,
***SIGN*** but strength and strength alone.
***SIGN*** You were the only one out of the lot of us who was special.
***SIGN*** Good luck, Noel.
***SIGN*** You were the best brother-in-arms a guy could ask for.
**[21:35] Noel**
Now everything's back to square one.
**[21:46] Noel**
Snakes shed their old skins in order to
grow new, stronger scales.
**[21:53] Noel**
I guess I should too.
**[21:56] Noel**
As of this day, Blue Beyond is born anew.
**[23:35] Sign**
The Real Deal