E11 - Eloquence and Silence: Opening Act

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[00:03] Ashaf
    You're a valuable human resource.
[00:05] Ashaf
    I would never do anything
    that might result in losing you.
[00:11] Ashaf
    You understand that our interests align.
[00:15] Ashaf
    That's why you've obeyed my orders.
[00:19] Ashaf
    When you suspect I'm "pulling
    something" in spite of that,
[00:22] Ashaf
    I'm only doing so for the sake
     of the larger picture.
[00:26] Ashaf
    Let me repeat myself:
[00:28] Ashaf
    I'm not your enemy,
    and I won't do anything to harm you.
[00:34] Ashaf
    I don't need your faith or trust.
[00:37] Ashaf
    For now, just understand that with your head.
[02:16] Guideau
    Get out already.
[02:18] Ashaf
    Oh, I can't go anywhere until I heal up.
[02:21] Ashaf
    I have broken bones, you know.
[02:25] Ashaf
    Oh, that smarts.
[02:28] Ashaf
    Dear me, what a mess you've made.
[02:34] Ashaf
    This takes me back.
[02:38] Ashaf
    To three years ago, when we first met.
SIGN    Eloquence
    and Silence
SIGN    Opening Act
[02:56] Ashaf
    A village on the Fifth Continent.
[02:59] Ashaf
    Being so far from the Global Holy Church's
    headquarters on the First Continent,
[03:06] Ashaf
    this place hasn't developed
    a magical civilization.
[03:09] Ashaf
    A remote, utterly un-magical village
    in an ordinary, utterly un-magical country.
[03:18] Child
    A coffin! Hey, that was a coffin, right?
[03:21] Mother
    Yes, yes. I'm sure it was.
[03:37] Ashaf
    It couldn't be less remarkable.
[03:39] Ashaf
    But a witch calls this village home.
[03:43] Ashaf
    She's apparently lived here a long time,
[03:46] Ashaf
    but until now, she's never caused a fuss.
[03:50] Ashaf
    Which explains why her presence
    went unremarked upon.
[03:53] Ashaf
    But lately, it's been one
    odd incident after another.
[03:57] Ashaf
    And finally, the fuss drew attention.
[04:02] Ashaf
    Now that this has happened, we must
    take the witch under our wing at once,
[04:07] Ashaf
    before someone turns up dead.
[04:11] Owent
    Let's go.
[04:25] Owent
    Well, this should do it for groceries.
    Do we have anything else to buy?
[04:30] Owent
    Falvell, do you want anything?
[04:36] Owent
    Aw, come on. Don't hold back.
[04:38] Owent
    The latest batch of tea leaves and dyed stuff
    were a hit, so the mayor paid us extra.
[04:44] Owent
    Treat yourself once in a while.
[04:47] Cowherd
    You there!
[04:48] Owent
    What do you—
[04:48] Cowherd
    Look what you've gone and done!
[04:51] Cowherd
    My cows!
[04:53] Cowherd
    Those were my cows!
[04:55] Owent
    I don't know what you mean!
     We didn't touch them!
[04:57] Friend
    Hey, lay off. We've got no proof,
     and the mayor's on her side.
[05:01] Friend
    You'll catch hell if you try anything.
[05:03] Cowherd
    Who else but a witch could've
    done something like that?!
[05:05] Cowherd
    No human could've, that's for sure!
[05:08] Cowherd
    A crazy witch must've done it!
[05:12] Craig
    That's prejudice.
[05:14] Craig
    Ideas like that belong
    in the past, if you ask me.
[05:17] Owent
    Craig.
[05:19] Craig
    This is about what happened
    two days ago, right?
[05:22] Craig
    I didn't witness it myself,
    but I hear livestock fell from the sky.
[05:28] Villager
    Hm? Huh?
[05:31] Villager
    What the...
[05:36] Cowherd
    That's right. And in pieces, too.
[05:39] Cowherd
    Could a human do something like that?
[05:42] Craig
    I doubt it.
[05:44] Craig
    But the same goes for her.
[05:47] Craig
    She couldn't do something like that
     in a million years, either.
[05:50] Cowherd
    What?! But she's a witch!
[05:52] Cowherd
    What makes this pair
    of monsters so different?!
[05:56] Ashaf
    Hi there. Excuse me.
[05:59] Ashaf
    I hate to butt in on a quarrel,
[06:02] Ashaf
    but yours involves someone
     I came here to see,
[06:05] Ashaf
    and your discussion piqued my interest.
[06:08] Ashaf
    Why do you say that she, a witch,
     couldn't have done it?
[06:14] Cowherd
    Wh-Who are you?
[06:16] Owent
    Why? Because it's true.
[06:19] Ashaf
    Oh?
[06:21] Owent
    Everyone calls my big sister a witch,
[06:24] Owent
    but Falvell Farmington
    can't cast a single spell!
[06:30] Ashaf
    Well, now.
[06:30] Cowherd
    What?! You expect me to believe she's
    innocent because she can't use magic?!
[06:35] Cowherd
    Anyone can make an excuse like that!
[06:37] Ashaf
    Not so loud.
[06:39] Ashaf
    I'm afraid I must ask you to leave us.
[06:52] Ashaf
    Put him down.
[06:53] Cowherd
    Sure.
[06:54] Ashaf
    Go home.
[06:56] Cowherd
    Sure.
[06:57] Friend
    All right.
[07:00] Ashaf
    Oh, are you single?
[07:03] Cowherd
    No, I've got a wife.
[07:05] Friend
    Me, too.
[07:06] Ashaf
    Is that so? Then shower them with love.
[07:10] Ashaf
    Why not buy flowers for them on your way home?
[07:12] Friend
    Good idea. I'll do that.
[07:15] Cowherd
    Once in a while, you know?
[07:18] Owent
    Was that... magic?
[07:21] Ashaf
    Well, just a bit.
[07:23] Owent
    Yikes! Magic gives me the creeps!
[07:26] Craig
    Don't tell me you're behind everything?
[07:31] Ashaf
    I wonder.
[07:33] Ashaf
    Well, all joking aside...
[07:35] Craig
    He passed it off as a joke!
[07:37] Ashaf
    Lady Witch, I'd like a word.
[07:41] Ashaf
    I've been looking for you.
[07:43] Ashaf
    I'm Ashaf. A first-rate mage, as you saw.
[07:48] Ashaf
    As you are a witch,
    I have an earnest request for you.
[07:55] Owent
    Suspicious.
[07:56] Craig
    You're super shady, Mister.
[07:58] Owent
    But, well, you did help us out,
    so I guess we owe you a thank you.
[08:10] Cowherd
    Hey, watch it.
[08:11] Cowherd
    You just jostled me.
[08:14] Cowherd
    Are you listening?
[08:43] Ashaf
    Really, now?
[08:53] Ashaf
    I never thought I'd need three layers
    against a flesh-and-blood opponent.
[08:59] Guideau
    Move! You're in my way!
[09:00] Ashaf
    How fierce. What exactly
    am I stopping you from doing?
[09:05] Guideau
    Hand over that witch.
[09:07] Guideau
    She's my prey.
[09:09] Owent
    What's wrong with people today?
[09:12] Owent
    What do you all want with Falvell?!
[09:17] Guideau
    Remember this face?
[09:19] Guideau
    Or this mark?!
[09:22] Owent
    That mark...
[09:25] Guideau
    Sounds like a yes.
[09:43] Owent
    What's this freaky thing?
[09:46] Craig
    It vanished.
[09:49] Ashaf
    Did it protect her?
[09:54] Villager
    Did you see that?
[09:55] Villager
    What was that monster just now?
[09:57] Villager
    There she is.
[09:59] Villager
    The witch! The witch is right there!
[10:01] Villager
    Then that monster was...
[10:03] Ashaf
    Not good. People saw that.
[10:05] Owent
    What?
[10:07] Owent
    No. You're wrong!
[10:09] Owent
    Falvell didn't do anything!
[10:11] Owent
    She didn't!
[10:32] Owent
    We don't have parents.
[10:34] Owent
    The villagers don't treat us like people,
[10:37] Owent
    but the mayor's always been good to us.
[10:41] Owent
    Falvell uses plants from our garden and
    the mountain out back for dyeing and tea,
[10:47] Owent
    and the mayor sells what
    she makes to acquaintances.
[10:51] Owent
    Her stuff's popular.
[11:07] Ashaf
    Well, I'll be.
[11:08] Craig
    Hard to believe how good it tastes, right?
[11:10] Craig
    It's the best tea I've ever had.
[11:14] Owent
    She can't use magic, but she says this is
    part of the witch knowledge she inherited.
[11:19] Ashaf
    I see.
[11:21] Ashaf
    Would you care for a cup, too?
[11:23] Ashaf
    It tastes wonderful.
[11:30] Ashaf
    What a surprise.
[11:32] Ashaf
    I expected you to scream at me to
    undo the spell, but you've stayed calm.
[11:37] Ashaf
    I guess you don't like to waste effort.
[11:39] Ashaf
    And I examined you
    while you were unconscious,
[11:43] Ashaf
    but I found no signs
     of magical enhancement.
[11:47] Ashaf
    Yet you're tough enough to have barely
    a scratch on you. And that brute strength...
[11:53] Ashaf
    You don't strike me as an ordinary human.
[11:58] Ashaf
    That mark on your neck.
[12:00] Ashaf
    It proves you're under
    a witch's curse, doesn't it?
[12:04] Owent
    A witch's curse?
[12:06] Ashaf
    If my guess isn't wrong, you hoped
    she'd give you a clue about the caster.
[12:12] Ashaf
    Or you suspect her of
    casting the curse herself.
[12:18] Ashaf
    Why don't we start there?
[12:21] Ashaf
    But first, may I have a second cup?
[12:27] Ashaf
    Now, let me see. You are?
[12:30] Owent
    My name? Owent.
[12:33] Ashaf
    It's a pleasure, Owent.
[12:35] Ashaf
    I'd like your confirmation.
[12:37] Ashaf
    Falvell can't speak, can she?
[12:39] Owent
    No, she can't.
[12:41] Owent
    Not a single "witch" in our family ever can.
[12:45] Owent
    They can't even make
    noises in their throats.
[12:47] Craig
    What? You told me she was sick.
[12:50] Owent
    Well, I mean, it's a weird story, right?
[12:53] Owent
    We just saw so many crazy things
    that I figured I might as well come clean.
[12:58] Ashaf
    I see. And as such, she can't cast spells.
[13:03] Ashaf
    How much do you all know about magic?
[13:05] Owent
    Not much...
[13:07] Ashaf
    Thank you.
[13:09] Ashaf
    In that case, time for a lesson.
[13:12] Ashaf
    Generally speaking,
[13:15] Ashaf
    a person with magical energy
    casts spells by tracing runes.
[13:21] Ashaf
    We either pour magic
     into pre-written runes,
[13:25] Ashaf
    or write runes using magical energy itself.
[13:37] Ashaf
    Let me treat you.
[13:40] Guideau
    Listen, asshole—
[13:46] Craig
    She froze up?
[13:47] Ashaf
    Well, anyway...
[13:50] Ashaf
    As you can see,
    writing forms the basis of magic.
[13:53] Ashaf
    Spellcasting relies on
    special letters called "runes."
[13:57] Ashaf
    But there are exceptions.
[13:59] Ashaf
    And Falvell, I suspect your
    bloodline is one of them.
[14:05] Ashaf
    Its Origin: the "Mystic Witch,"
     Luna Farmington.
[14:10] Ashaf
    A practitioner of vocative magic
    who cast all her spells with speech.
SIGN    Invocation
[14:17] Ashaf
    But since you can't use your voice,
    you naturally can't cast spells, either.
[14:24] Craig
    For real?
[14:25] Owent
    You sure know a lot.
[14:27] Owent
    Do all mages know so much about witches?
[14:31] Ashaf
    I don't believe so.
[14:33] Ashaf
    Very few have knowledge of
    the Mystic Witch, in particular.
[14:39] Ashaf
    Well?
[14:40] Guideau
    Huh?
[14:41] Ashaf
    Falvell descends from the Mystic Witch.
[14:44] Ashaf
    Does that match the witch who cursed you?
[14:47] Guideau
    Being a different bloodline
    doesn't prove shit.
[14:51] Guideau
    That bitch swaps bodies.
[14:55] Ashaf
    Oh?
[14:56] Guideau
    And you're telling me she can't use magic?
[14:59] Guideau
    What do you call that thing
    that sent me flying, then?!
[15:03] Ashaf
    Yes, that's the problem.
[15:05] Ashaf
    I'm not saying it presents a contradiction.
[15:08] Ashaf
    The problem is that we may have enemies here.
[15:12] Ashaf
    That thing looked exactly
    as though Falvell created it.
[15:17] Ashaf
    But Falvell can't use magic.
[15:21] Ashaf
    Working from that assumption,
[15:23] Ashaf
    someone must have orchestrated
    it to appear that way.
[15:27] Ashaf
    Now that so many people have seen it,
     if any more incidents occur,
[15:33] Ashaf
    all the blame will fall upon the "wicked witch."
[15:38] Ashaf
    Just to check, are there
    any local spellcasters?
[15:41] Owent
    No. Not even one.
[15:44] Ashaf
    I hear these minor odd incidents
    started about a month ago.
[15:48] Ashaf
    Did any outsiders come through around then?
[15:51] Owent
    Not really.
[15:53] Craig
    Well, I guess I might count.
[15:58] Craig
    My dad and I moved here half a year ago.
[16:01] Craig
    Of course, neither of us can do magic, though.
[16:05] Owent
    Craig and his dad help us out!
[16:08] Owent
    They protect us like the mayor does!
[16:12] Ashaf
    No need to be so protective.
[16:16] Ashaf
    I won't pounce on every suspect I find.
[16:19] Ashaf
    Half a year is too long ago.
    He's in the clear.
[16:22] Ashaf
    Hmm... No clues, then.
[16:25] Ashaf
    Our guest still doesn't
    seem convinced, either.
[16:30] Ashaf
    Are you scared?
[16:32] Ashaf
    A bestial woman,
    a mysterious mage, the villagers...
[16:39] Ashaf
    You and your brother are
    surrounded by too many enemies.
[16:42] Craig
    Do you have to spell it out like that?
[16:47] Ashaf
    Don't worry. I've come to
    protect you two from now on.
[16:54] Ashaf
    Let me reintroduce myself.
[16:56] Ashaf
    I come from an occult organization
    of magic, by magic, and for magic:
[17:02] Ashaf
    the Order of Magical Resonance.
[17:05] Ashaf
    Lady Witch, would you return
    to the Order with me?
[17:18] Craig
    I'm back.
[17:20] Sven
    You're home late.
[17:23] Craig
    Hey! Are you drinking Falvell's tea again?
[17:27] Craig
    That's the last of it.
[17:29] Sven
    It's just so good, I can't help it.
[17:34] Craig
    Good thing I got some more.
[17:36] Sven
    Oh, that should keep us for a while.
[17:39] Craig
    Falvell ought to start charging us already.
[17:43] Sven
    We pay her, just not with money.
[17:47] Craig
    Oh, you won't believe what happened today.
[17:51] Owent
    What do you think?
[17:54] Owent
    I've never seriously
    considered leaving the village.
[17:58] Owent
    It doesn't feel real.
[18:01] Owent
    I mean, can you imagine
    this hell ever ending?
[18:05] Owent
    Then again, what's to say things
    will get better if we go?
[18:10] Owent
    To start with, that guy's really shady.
[18:12] Owent
    I don't trust a word he says.
[18:15] (Flashback) Ashaf
    I'll come back tomorrow.
[18:18] Owent
    Don't worry. We're used
    to having lots of enemies.
[18:22] Owent
    This is nothing new.
[18:24] Owent
    We can get by somehow.
[18:28] Owent
    Just like we always have.
[18:31] Owent
    It's all just like always.
[18:38] Owent
    Hey, Falvell...
[18:40] Owent
    Do you trust him? That Ashaf guy?
[18:47] Owent
    Yeah. You're right.
[18:50] Owent
    Okay! I'll whip up something
    extra tasty tonight!
[18:56] Ashaf
    You can't understand it?
[18:58] Ashaf
    Sheltering a witch, you mean?
[19:00] Guideau
    A witch with no magic is just dead weight.
[19:05] Guideau
    What do you want her for?
[19:07] Ashaf
    Oh, so you believe she can't cast spells now?
[19:12] Guideau
    If I see someone up close long enough, I can
    tell if she's that bitch or not on the inside.
[19:17] Ashaf
    Is that so? I'm glad she's
    been cleared of suspicion.
[19:21] Ashaf
    But I wouldn't call her "dead weight."
[19:25] Ashaf
    Do you remember how she
    reacted to seeing your mark?
[19:30] Ashaf
    It clearly rang a bell.
[19:34] Ashaf
    You forgot?
[19:36] Ashaf
    Maybe the hit that sent you flying
    knocked a few memories loose, too.
[19:40] Ashaf
    If you ask me, we shouldn't
    be surprised she recognized it.
[19:45] Ashaf
    She probably has a similar mark
    somewhere on her own body.
[19:50] Ashaf
    Don't you find it strange?
[19:53] Ashaf
    Her voice is the source of her magic.
[19:55] Ashaf
    Generations of witches,
    and only witches, losing their voices
[19:59] Ashaf
    couldn't be more contrived.
[20:02] Ashaf
    So, could she be under a type of curse, too?
[20:08] Ashaf
    Vocative magic boasts unparalleled power.
[20:11] Ashaf
    Perhaps another witch got scared
    and sealed it away with a curse.
[20:16] Guideau
    So what? That makes her even more useless.
[20:20] Guideau
    A witch's curse is a pain in the—
[20:22] Ashaf
    True, it is a nuisance.
[20:24] Ashaf
    Undoing curses is a challenge.
[20:27] Ashaf
    Or it would be, if there
    were only two ways to do it.
[20:32] Guideau
    Hey! What do you know about—
[20:34] Ashaf
    Not now.
[20:36] Ashaf
    I hear a commotion across the way.
[20:42] Ashaf
    Craig!
[20:44] Ashaf
    What's all the fuss? What happened?
[20:47] Craig
    It came back!
[20:48] Craig
    That monster showed up again!
[20:51] Craig
    And then, the mayor...
[20:53] Villager
    How gruesome.
[20:54] Villager
    Her greatest benefactor, of all people.
[20:57] Villager
    Then we were right all along.
[20:59] Villager
    That girl is a devil.
[21:00] Villager
    We can't leave her alive!
[21:03] Craig
    And it gets worse!
[21:04] Craig
    An "expert witch hunter" showed up
    and led the villagers to Falvell's house!
[21:11] Craig
    He had this weird mask on and...
[21:22] Ashaf
    An Executioner!
[21:24] Ashaf
    This really is bad news!
[21:25] Craig
    I'll go with you!
[21:27] Ashaf
    That makes twice.
[21:36] Ashaf
    Executioners work in pairs.
[21:40] Ashaf
    I take it you're one of them.
[21:45] Craig
    That's all the proof you
    needed to pull the trigger?
[21:53] Craig
    You said you'd cleared me,
[21:57] Craig
    but you suspected me this whole time.
[22:00] Craig
    Adults don't play fair.
[22:19] Owent
    What?
[24:01] Ashaf
    I want to teach you what love is.
[24:05] Ashaf
    Next time: "Eloquence
    and Silence: Final Act."
SIGN    Eloquence and Silence
SIGN    Final Act