E14 - The Taboo Elixir

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[01:49] Boy
    Shh! Don't cry!
SIGN    YATAGARASU
SIGN    The Raven
    Does Not 
    Choose 
    Its Master
SIGN    The North
SIGN    Physician
SIGN    Physician
SIGN    The Lord's manor, Taruhi
[04:29] Azusa
    Yukiya. Yukiya!
[04:33] Azusa
    Rise and shine.
[04:39] Azusa
    Yukiya.
[04:42] Yukiya
    Mother.
[04:45] Yukiya
    Good morning.
[04:47] Azusa
    Good morning.
[04:48] Azusa
    For the second time today.
[04:52] Yukiya
    What do you mean?
[04:55] Azusa
    Yukima and Yukichi went out
    right after breakfast.
SIGN    Wife of the Lord of Taruhi
    Azusa
[05:02] Azusa
    They looked like they had
    somewhere they had to be.
[05:07] Yukiya
    Plum picking!
[05:09] Yukiya
    Of course! Today's the plum harvest!
[05:11] Yukiya
    Ah! How could I fall back asleep?
[05:15] Yukiya
    Aw, man.
[05:24] Azusa
    Are you feeling all right?
[05:27] Yukiya
    I-I'm fine, mother.
[05:30] Yukiya
    Never been healthier.
[05:32] Yukiya
    Anyway, see you later.
SIGN    The Lord of Taruhi's
     third son
    Yukichi
[06:07] Yukichi
    Yukiya!
SIGN    The Lord of Taruhi's
    eldest son
    Yukima
[06:10] Yukima
    Don't go telling us you're sorry.
[06:12] Yukima
    You're late! The harvest is already over!
[06:18] Villager 1
    He never changes.
[06:20] Villager 1
    It's been two whole months
    since he got back from the Center.
[06:23] Villager 2
    Leave him be. I like that
    the middle brother's so easygoing.
[06:29] Yukiya
    Aw, man. I really messed up.
[06:32] Yukiya
    Guess I might as well land.
[06:40] Yukiya
    Huh? Is that guy hurt or something?
[06:56] Yukiya
    Whoa!
[07:02] Yukima
    What are they doing?
[07:20] Yukima
    Yukiya!
[07:22] Yukiya
    Ow.
[07:24] Yukima
    Are you all right?
[07:25] Yukiya
    Something's wrong with that guy.
[07:27] Yukima
    Huh?
[07:28] Yukiya
    He tried to grab me and
    slam me into the ground.
[07:33] Yukiya
    He didn't even care that he might also die.
[07:37] Yukiya
    Brother.
[07:39] Yukima
    Everyone! Into the sheds!
[07:45] Yukima
    Hurry!
[07:51] Old Man
    Ow, that smarts.
[07:53] Yukiya
    Gramps!
[08:07] Yukiya
    Huh?
[08:14] Yukiya
    Now's our chance.
[08:15] Old Man
    R-Right.
[08:34] Yukiya
    Wow.
[08:41] Yukiya
    Thank you so much, Mr. uh...
[08:44] Nazukihiko
    You're not hurt, are you?
[08:45] Yukiya
    Huh?
[08:47] Yukiya
    Huh? What?!
[08:55] Yukimasa
    Come. Have a drink.
SIGN    The Lord of Taruhi
    in the North
    Yukimasa
[09:05] Yukimasa
    Well, I'll be. You really
    know how to put it away.
[09:10] Nazukihiko
    They say fate works in strange ways.
[09:13] Nazukihiko
    Still, I never imagined I'd run into you here.
     What a coincidence, Sir Yukiya.
[09:19] Yukiya
    Sure. Whatever you say.
[09:21] Yukimasa
    Yukiya, at least try to act friendly.
[09:24] Yukimasa
    I beg your pardon, Sir Sumimaru.
[09:27] Yukimasa
    My second son isn't good for much.
[09:29] Yukimasa
    No doubt he caused you no end
    of trouble in the Center.
[09:33] Nazukihiko
    Not at all. Your son was a great help
     to His Highness and myself.
[09:38] Yukimasa
    Oh, there's no need for flattery.
[09:42] Yukimasa
    He admitted he was so useless
    the Prince couldn't wait to send him packing.
[09:54] Azusa
    Please, eat your fill.
[09:59] Azusa
    These young sweetfish are freshly caught.
[10:02] Azusa
    Come now. Start serving.
[10:04] Maidservants
    Yes, my lady.
[10:11] Guard
    Do me a favor and stay put.
[10:16] Yukimasa
    A taboo elixir?
[10:19] Nazukihiko
    Those who take it supposedly
    feel utterly fulfilled.
[10:23] Nazukihiko
    They brim with confidence,
    as if they had ascended to godhood.
[10:29] Nazukihiko
    But after repeated doses,
    they lose their minds...
[10:31] Yukichi
    And end up like that guy today?
[10:33] Nazukihiko
    Indeed.
[10:35] Yukimasa
    How could such a drug...
[10:37] Yukimasa
    But wait...
[10:43] Yukimasa
    A little while back, I got a report
    of someone at the Taruhi inn
[10:48] Yukimasa
    peddling some strange medicine
    they claim had caught on in the Center.
[10:53] Yukimasa
    I took my men to investigate,
[10:58] Yukimasa
    but we couldn't find any solid proof.
[11:01] Nazukihiko
    The drug definitely exists.
[11:05] Nazukihiko
    But we know far too little about it.
[11:08] Nazukihiko
    What is it made of? Who is spreading it?
     How? And for how long?
[11:13] Yukimasa
    So you have come to investigate?
[11:15] Nazukihiko
    Yes. On direct orders from His Highness.
[11:19] Yukimasa
    Truly? Then, allow us to
    assist you in any way we can.
[11:25] Yukimasa
    This matter concerns
    the peace of the North as well.
[11:28] Nazukihiko
    Thank you.
[11:29] Nazukihiko
    In that case...
[11:32] Nazukihiko
    May I borrow Sir Yukiya?
[11:35] Yukiya
    Huh?
[11:36] Yukimasa
    Y-Yukiya? But a blockhead like him won't—
[11:40] Yukiya
    I respectfully decline!
[11:45] Yukiya
    I can't trust myself with
    such a weighty responsibility.
[11:49] Yukiya
    Only today, I slept in, even though
    I promised to help with the harvest.
[11:54] Yukiya
    I'll help in any way I can, but I don't
    believe I'd make a fitting companion.
[12:00] Yukiya
    Please take my eldest brother,
     Yukima, instead.
[12:08] Yukima
    No, I beg you to take Yukiya.
[12:11] Yukiya
    What?
[12:12] Yukima
    I have faith that my brother
     will not disappoint you.
[12:15] Yukima
    He works well when he puts his mind to it.
[12:16] Yukiya
    What are you talking about?
[12:18] Yukiya
    I just got in everyone's way in the Center!
[12:21] Yukima
    But you won't tell us anything
    about your duties there.
[12:26] Yukima
    Only that they couldn't
    wait to be rid of you.
[12:29] Yukiya
    Brother!
[12:33] Yukima
    Sir Sumimaru spent a year with you
     and is still asking for your help.
[12:39] Yukima
    What clearer proof could there be?
[12:43] Azusa
    Boys, don't forget we have a guest present.
[12:49] Yukimasa
    I'm sorry you had to see that.
[12:51] Nazukihiko
    Don't be.
[12:53] Yukimasa
    I suppose you might find it easier
    to work with a familiar face.
[12:57] Yukimasa
    Set Yukiya to do any odd jobs
     you may have for him.
SIGN    Sugou, Taruhi
SIGN    Koume
[13:19] Koume
    What did you just say?
[13:22] Jihei
    Let's bring an end to this.
[13:25] Jihei
    We can live out in the countryside.
[13:28] Jihei
    We'll get away from the Center and
    run a little shop where no one knows us.
[13:35] Koume
    You've said that before.
[13:37] Jihei
    I mean it this time.
SIGN    Jihei
[13:41] Jihei
    I'll turn over a new leaf.
[13:57] Jihei
    Where are you going?
[14:00] Koume
    The outhouse.
[14:30] Yukiya
    Your "kin'u instinct"
    was right on the money.
[14:34] Yukiya
    Or did you know this would happen all along...
[14:38] Yukiya
    Your Highness?
[14:44] Nazukihiko
    You must be confused.
[14:46] Nazukihiko
    His Highness is in the Center,
    doing his duty with aplomb.
[14:50] Nazukihiko
    For the moment, I am merely
    his attendant, Sumimaru.
[14:57] Nazukihiko
    And I haven't come to bring you back.
[15:00] Nazukihiko
    People will hesitate to answer an outsider
    if there are local accomplices.
[15:07] Nazukihiko
    I would be glad to have you along,
[15:09] Nazukihiko
    but I won't force you if you refuse.
[15:14] Nazukihiko
    I learned of the elixir ten days ago.
[15:18] Nazukihiko
    According to a petition
    from the pleasure quarter,
[15:20] Nazukihiko
    a courtesan was flailing wildly in
    raven shape, unable to change back.
[15:26] Nazukihiko
    An investigation revealed
    similar cases throughout the Center.
[15:32] Nazukihiko
    Then I heard of a man peddling
    suspicious medicine in Taruhi.
[15:40] Nazukihiko
    This is hardly the first drug
    used to bring pleasure.
[15:45] Nazukihiko
    The people of the Ravine
    control all the others,
[15:48] Nazukihiko
    but not even they know
    where this one comes from.
[16:03] Nazukihiko
    A mere few doses destroy both a person's
    reason and power to take human shape.
[16:08] Nazukihiko
    The Center's physicians have devoted
    themselves to finding a cure,
[16:12] Nazukihiko
    but they have yet to discover
    any way to reverse the effects.
[16:18] Nazukihiko
    If we stand idly by while
    it spreads through Yamauchi...
[16:23] Yukiya
    Taruhi and the very existence
    of the yatagarasu will be in danger?
[16:41] Yukimasa
    What happened?
[16:44] Guard
    He suddenly went berserk.
[16:50] Yukima
    Did that medicine cause this, too?
[16:55] Courtesan
    Can I have more?
[16:58] Dandy
    I don't know. It's awfully rare.
[17:01] Courtesan
    Have a heart.
[17:03] Courtesan
    Tell me, what do you call it?
[17:06] Nazukihiko
    I'm told that in some quarters,
    the drug goes by the name...
SIGN    Sagecap
SIGN    Sagecap
[17:13] Nazukihiko
    "Sagecap."
[17:16] Yukiya
    Sagecap.
[17:35] Shopkeeper
    Sorry. We're out of stock.
[17:55] Yukimasa
    I sent my men out ahead of you.
[17:58] Yukimasa
    I am certain you will find them useful.
[18:02] Nazukihiko
    I am much obliged.
[18:04] Yukima
    Please don't hesitate to
    put my brother to work.
[18:08] Yukima
    Yukiya, you have an important job.
     We're counting on you.
[18:11] Yukiya
    Yes, brother.
[18:17] Yukiya
    I'll see you soon.
[18:52] Nazukihiko
    You're lucky to have
    brothers like them, Yukiya.
[18:57] Yukiya
    Your Highness doesn't play fair.
[18:59] Nazukihiko
    How so?
[19:00] Yukiya
    You said you wouldn't force me if I refused,
[19:03] Yukiya
    but you must have known
    I couldn't ignore a threat to Taruhi.
[19:09] Nazukihiko
    Oh, that's what you mean.
[19:11] Nazukihiko
    Well, work hard for this place
    that means so much to you.
SIGN    Sunrise Palace
[19:36] Sumio
    Blue.
[19:39] Sumio
    Blue.
[19:41] Sumio
    Blue. Blue.
[19:45] Sumio
    You'd better come back soon, Nazukihiko.
SIGN    Tamari, Taruhi
[20:04] Merchant 1
    Ah, I've had it.
[20:08] Merchant 1
    Damn it all.
[20:12] Merchant 2
    What's wrong?
[20:14] Merchant 1
    A customer stood me up.
[20:17] Merchant 1
    I was supposed to meet
    someone from Sugou here.
[20:21] Merchant 1
    I've been waiting since yesterday.
[20:29] Yukiya
    No leads here, either.
[20:31] Nazukihiko
    I wouldn't say that.
[20:33] Nazukihiko
    We got a description
    of our suspected dealer.
[20:37] Yukiya
    "A thin man of about 40 years of age"?
[20:41] Yukiya
    Do you have any idea
    how many of those there are?
SIGN    Sugou
SIGN    Mukawa
SIGN    Hirai
SIGN    Taruhi
SIGN    Shiozawa
SIGN    Inemura
SIGN    Tamari
SIGN    Sugou
SIGN    Mukawa
SIGN    Taruhi
SIGN    Shiozawa
SIGN    Inemura
SIGN    Tamari
SIGN    Sugou
SIGN    Mukawa
SIGN    Taruhi
SIGN    Shiozawa
SIGN    Inemura
SIGN    Tamari
SIGN    Nakasato
SIGN    Sugou
SIGN    Mukawa
SIGN    Taruhi
SIGN    Shiozawa
SIGN    Inemura
SIGN    Tamari
SIGN    Nakasato
SIGN    Sugou
SIGN    Mukawa
SIGN    Taruhi
SIGN    Shiozawa
SIGN    Inemura
SIGN    Tamari
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Nakasato
[20:49] Yukiya
    Let me see. The next town is...
[20:52] Merchant 1
    Gh-Ghost-fire?
[20:55] Merchant 1
    You mean those lights up in the hills
     that lead people astray?
[20:59] Merchant 3
    Yeah. I saw lights flickering
    on the brow of the hill at Sugou.
[21:07] Merchant 2
    Yup, that's ghost-fire all right.
    I hear it's been showing up a lot lately.
[21:13] Merchant 1
    Stop, both of you!
[21:15] Merchant 1
    I'm trying to get answers, and you just—
[21:17] Nazukihiko
    Let me buy you a drink.
[21:20] Nazukihiko
    In exchange, would you mind
    telling me the whole story?
[21:24] Merchants
    Huh?
[21:32] Yukiya
    So wait, how did we get stuck 
    delivering this stuff to Sugou?
[21:36] Nazukihiko
    I got in too deep to back out.
[21:38] Yukiya
    What good will looking
     into ghost-fire do us?
[21:41] Nazukihiko
    I don't know, but it's another anomaly
    in Taruhi at around the same time.
[21:45] Nazukihiko
    There must be some connection.
[21:47] Yukiya
    Your "kin'u instinct" again?
[21:50] Nazukihiko
    Exactly.
[22:06] Yukiya
    Maybe everyone's out in the fields?
[22:10] Yukiya
    I know this smell.
[22:14] Nazukihiko
    Be ready to fly at a moment's notice.
[24:31] Narrator
    A grotesque horror reveals itself.
[24:36] Narrator
    The reek of death
    clings to the small village.
[24:42] Narrator
    A lone girl escaped the slaughter,
[24:45] Narrator
    but is she friend or foe?
SIGN    The Girl
SIGN    Who Lived
[24:50] Narrator
    Next time: "The Girl Who Lived."
SIGN    YATAGARASU:
    The Raven
    Does Not 
    Choose 
    Its Master
SIGN    Illustration: Natsuki