E5 - A Purge

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[00:02] Dealer
    All fine? No objections?
[00:05] Dealer
    In they go.
[00:10] Assistant 1
    There! The dice are cast!
[00:12] Gambler 4
    Even!
[00:13] Gambler 2
    Even!
[00:14] Gambler 3
    Even!
[00:16] Assistant 1
    No bets on odd? None at all?
[00:23] Nazukihiko
    Odd.
[00:26] Assistant 1
    All bets accounted for.
[00:30] Yukiya
    Come on, odd! Odd!
[00:34] Assistant 1
    Four and two. Even.
[00:40] Assistant 1
    You've lost 50 ryo in all.
[00:42] Yukiya
    What are we gonna do now, young master?!
[00:44] Yukiya
    You already gave them your kimono
    and sword! You've got nothing left!
[00:49] Assistant 2
    Indeed, young master. How will you pay?
[00:52] Assistant 1
    We can hook you up with
    a lucrative job, if you like.
[01:00] Nazukihiko
    No, you need not bother.
[01:04] Nazukihiko
    I will leave him as collateral.
[01:11] Yukiya
    You monster!
SIGN    YATAGARASU
SIGN    The Raven
    Does Not 
    Choose 
    Its Master
SIGN    The Ravine
[02:56] Man 1
    Yukiya.
[02:57] Man 1
    Clean the gambling hall
    once you finish up here.
[03:00] Yukiya
    Right.
[03:00] Man 1
    And when you're done cleaning—
[03:02] Yukiya
    I know, I know.
    Dry the bedding from the brothel, right?
[03:06] Man 1
    If you know, pick up the pace.
[03:09] Courtesan 1
    Hang in there, Yuki!
[03:10] Yukiya
    I will!
[03:15] Courtesan 2
    What a good worker.
[03:17] Courtesan 2
    The men say he's too good
    to leave as collateral.
[03:24] Courtesan 3
    But he's been here a month and a half now.
[03:26] Courtesan 3
    Don't you think his young master
    must have abandoned him?
[03:37] Nazukihiko
    Working hard, I see.
[03:42] Nazukihiko
    I finally got my funds in order.
    I know I've kept you waiting.
[03:48] Yukiya
    Y-Young master.
[03:51] Yukiya
    Young master!
[04:02] Yukiya
    D-Damn it.
[04:14] Yukiya
    Your Highness, where are we going?
[04:19] Yukiya
    We've been climbing for a while now.
[04:23] Yukiya
    I can't take much more—
[04:25] Nazukihiko
    We're here.
[04:41] Sumio
    Hey there.
[04:42] Brothel Owner
    Welcome back, sirs.
[04:46] Yukiya
    Where are we?
[04:48] Sumio
    In the basement of the Watchful Moon.
[04:50] Sumio
    We asked the owner
    to leave it unlocked for us.
[04:52] Yukiya
    So this is the red-light district?
[04:55] Yukiya
    The passage runs all the way here
    from the gambling den in the Ravine?
[04:58] Nazukihiko
    Such tunnels run through the
    Central Mountain like an anthill.
[05:04] Nazukihiko
    Most have outlets behind bushes in the wild
     or under temples and houses of—
[05:10] Yukiya
    Oh, right. So they're secret escape routes
    for court ravens who sneak out at night.
[05:19] Sumio
    Rumor has it a ton of guys have
    gotten lost and died underground.
[05:24] Sumio
    Be careful if you use them.
[05:28] Nazukihiko
    Oh, and Yukiya...
    I've learned my lesson.
[05:32] Nazukihiko
    I placed a terrible burden on you.
[05:35] Yukiya
    Oh, it wasn't that bad.
[05:36] Nazukihiko
    I'd like to recompense you today.
[05:39] Nazukihiko
    Master, I'm booking the whole house tonight.
[05:42] Brothel Owner
    Certainly, sir.
[05:44] Nazukihiko
    Gather all of your prettiest girls—
[05:46] Yukiya
    I really wish you wouldn't!
[05:55] Yukiya
    It happened just the other day.
[05:57] Yukiya
    Some guests at a brothel in the Ravine
    looked like they didn't belong.
[06:03] Yukiya
    Coming through!
[06:08] Courtesan
    The nerve of some people!
[06:10] Courtesan
    They ask for me by name,
    then don't even let me pour their drinks.
[06:26] (Flashback) Nazukihiko
    Have you heard that Natsuka has backers?
[06:32] Yukiya
    Oh, I get it. This is...
[06:35] Yukiya
    a meeting of Natsuka's backers.
[07:01] Court Raven 1
    If I may, Sir Rokon...
[07:08] Court Raven 1
    Would you at least tell us
    the purpose of this gathering?
[07:13] Court Raven 1
    What do you mean by, "Let anyone
    who cares to explain himself come forward"?
[07:18] Court Raven 2
    Does Lord Natsuka know of today's meeting?
[07:23] Rokon
    I haven't informed Lord Natsuka.
    It isn't worth his time.
[07:28] Rokon
    I called you all here for just one reason:
    to uproot the rot for all to see.
[07:37] Rokon
    Isn't that right, Kazumichi?
[07:42] Yukiya
    Kazumichi?
[07:44] (Flashback) Kazumichi
    You can forget about
    attending to the Prince after this!
[07:47] (Flashback) Kazumichi
    Do you realize how hard 
    I worked to arrange that?
[07:52] Yukiya
    Kazumaro's father backs Natsuka?
[07:55] Yukiya
    Why would a northern court raven do that?
[07:58] Yukiya
    I heard the Southern House
    was behind his faction.
[08:02] Kazumichi
    Wh-Whatever do you mean, Sir Rokon?
[08:05] Rokon
    A month and a half ago, you plotted
    to have ruffians assassinate the Prince.
[08:13] Rokon
    And your scheme failed miserably.
[08:16] Rokon
    Even giving you the benefit of the doubt
    and assuming you acted for Lord Natsuka,
[08:22] Rokon
    you still committed
    a fatal blunder you can't fix.
[08:27] Kazumichi
    Wh-What? I know nothing of this matter.
[08:30] Kazumichi
    Why, this is the first I've even heard
    of an attack on His Highness.
[08:34] Kazumichi
    Now, if you'll excuse me.
[08:42] Rokon
    Don't think you can fool me, Kazumichi.
[08:45] Rokon
    I have proof.
[08:47] Rokon
    You dosed the brigands with poison.
[08:51] Rokon
    It was in the drinks you bought them
    "for courage" before the attack.
[08:56] Rokon
    However, one ruffian
    couldn't hold his liquor.
[09:00] Rokon
    He refused the offer of a drink.
[09:03] Rokon
    But seeing his comrades all
    fall around him broke his nerve.
[09:07] Rokon
    Seeking sanctuary, he ran to a temple.
     Clear Mirror Temple, if you can believe it.
[09:13] Rokon
    What if he had run to a temple
    in the Prince's pocket?
[09:20] Rokon
    He'd be living proof leading back to you,
    and even Lord Natsuka would face blame.
[09:26] Rokon
    How would you have taken
    responsibility if that had happened?
[09:29] Kazumichi
    I... I would have... I would have...
[09:32] Rokon
    How many times did I tell you?
[09:35] Rokon
    "Whatever you do, no rash moves."
[09:37] Rokon
    "And if you do make one, do it right."
[09:51] Atsufusa
    What are you doing?
[09:54] Atsufusa
    Sir Kazumichi, are you all right?
[09:59] Yukiya
    I know that court raven.
    Isn't he Lord Natsuka's aide?
[10:06] Rokon
    Atsufusa. I didn't see you here,
    so I assumed you had something to hide.
[10:13] Atsufusa
    You must be mad.
[10:16] Atsufusa
    If the Northern House learns of this,
    they'll turn on us altogether.
[10:20] Rokon
    Fool. That's why I'm doing this in secret.
[10:24] Atsufusa
    Do you, a bodyguard, have that authority?
    We must defer to His Lordship.
[10:42] Natsuka
    Explain all this fuss, Rokon.
[10:45] Rokon
    Why, Lord Natsuka.
[10:47] Rokon
    I was merely asking the man behind
    the blunder we discussed to explain himself.
[10:52] Rokon
    You needn't concern yourself.
[10:55] Atsufusa
    Sir Rokon is invoking your illustrious
    name to commit brutalities.
[11:00] Atsufusa
    All your efforts to win over the
    Northern House may come to naught.
[11:07] Atsufusa
    No, worse than that—
[11:09] Rokon
    Lord Natsuka, you must know
    that I have given my all for you.
[11:19] Rokon
    Won't you please trust me?
[11:26] Natsuka
    Very well.
[11:39] Rokon
    Kazumichi, something's been puzzling me.
[11:43] Rokon
    Would a coward like you
    really take such a big risk?
[11:48] Rokon
    Are you sure no one put you up to it?
[11:51] Kazumichi
    No. No!
[11:53] Rokon
    Out with it, Kazumichi.
[11:56] Kazumichi
    I just thought,
    with the Prince out of the way,
[11:59] Kazumichi
    Lord Natsuka would become our next kin'u.
[12:02] Kazumichi
    I simply wished to help.
[12:05] Rokon
    You've been using Lord Natsuka's
    name to borrow money.
[12:11] Rokon
    And not only have you not paid it back,
    you've been extorting hill ravens, I hear.
[12:18] Atsufusa
    Sir Kazumichi would never...
[12:22] Rokon
    Did you think I wouldn't find out?
[12:25] Rokon
    I've also heard you started
    panicking recently
[12:27] Rokon
    because your son lost you favor
    with the Northern House.
[12:32] Rokon
    Did you think Lord Natsuka would pay off
    your debts if you killed the Prince?
[12:38] Rokon
    And that he'd forgive all your other crimes?
[12:45] Kazumichi
    Lord Natsuka!
[12:46] Kazumichi
    Have mercy! I beg you, spare me!
[12:52] Kazumichi
    Please spare me! Sir Atsufusa! Sir Atsufusa!
[12:57] Rokon
    Watch closely, all of you.
[13:00] Rokon
    See what happens to those
    who defy Lord Natsuka's will.
[13:33] Atsufusa
    How gruesome.
[13:34] Natsuka
    Atsufusa.
[13:36] Natsuka
    Rokon stepped forward to dirty his hands.
[13:40] Natsuka
    This matter would not have
     resolved itself otherwise.
[13:48] Sumio
    I see.
[13:50] Sumio
    So a rogue court raven did it.
[13:54] Sumio
    They'll blame Kazumichi's death
    on robbers or cutthroats,
[13:59] Sumio
    and I doubt that ruffian is still alive.
[14:02] Sumio
    Any more digging seems
     like a waste of time.
[14:05] Yukiya
    Um...
[14:07] Yukiya
    I'm not sure I really follow, but where does
    Lord Natsuka stand in his own faction?
[14:13] Yukiya
    I mean...
[14:14] Nazukihiko
    Natsuka issues no orders himself.
[14:17] Nazukihiko
    The others champion him and
    do what they imagine he wants.
[14:22] Nazukihiko
    That's how his faction operates,
    making it hard to get a clear picture.
[14:26] Yukiya
    So that's how it works.
[14:28] Sumio
    Anything else to report?
[14:30] Yukiya
    Well, I was thinking someone
    must have masterminded the attack.
[14:35] Sumio
    A mastermind?
[14:36] Yukiya
    Like Rokon said,
[14:38] Yukiya
    Kazumichi didn't seem clever enough
    to poison his henchmen ahead of time.
[14:44] Yukiya
    I thought maybe Lord Natsuka had
    ordered it, but going by what you just said...
[14:49] Sumio
    Well, you don't have much evidence.
[14:52] Yukiya
    I guess not.
[14:54] Sumio
    And Kazumichi didn't name names,
    even when being threatened by Rokon?
[14:58] Yukiya
    Right.
[15:02] Yukiya
    What about the Empress?
[15:04] Sumio
    Very likely, but we can't prove it.
[15:08] Sumio
    If only Kazumichi were still alive.
[15:18] Yukiya
    Well then, good night.
[15:23] Nazukihiko
    You may not need me to tell you this,
[15:26] Nazukihiko
    but if you feel the least bit of guilt
    for Kazumichi's rash acts, it is misplaced.
[15:35] Nazukihiko
    He would have done much
    the same sooner or later.
[15:39] Nazukihiko
    You need not let it bother you.
[15:44] Yukiya
    Right.
[15:45] Nazukihiko
    Oh, and you impressed the Ravine-dwellers.
[15:49] Nazukihiko
    "The boy can work," they said.
    "Take your money back. Just let us keep him."
[15:55] Nazukihiko
    I refused, of course.
[15:57] Yukiya
    Um, Your Highness?
[15:58] Nazukihiko
    Yes?
[15:59] Yukiya
    Do you mean to say
    you'd already paid them?
[16:01] Nazukihiko
    Yes. They'll do anything for me,
     so long as I pay.
[16:05] Yukiya
    I knew it.
[16:07] Nazukihiko
    Hm?
[16:08] Yukiya
    You knew all along, didn't you?
    About Natsuka's backers meeting there.
[16:13] Yukiya
    That's why you abandoned me
    in the Ravine like that.
[16:17] Nazukihiko
    Didn't I tell you that was why?
[16:19] Yukiya
    Not one word!
[16:21] Yukiya
    I thought you'd sold me off for real!
[16:25] Yukiya
    I slaved from dawn to dusk!
[16:27] Yukiya
    Why do you always keep me in the dark?
[16:29] Yukiya
    Why don't you ever tell me
    the plan ahead of time?
[16:33] Nazukihiko
    Sorry about that.
[16:40] Yukiya
    Do you think you can
     buy me off with these?!
SIGN    Cherry Blossom Palace
[16:44] Novice Lady-in-Waiting
    Do you think His Highness
    will finally visit this time?
SIGN    Autumn Hall
[16:48] Lady-in-Waiting 1
    Of course he will.
[16:50] Lady-in-Waiting 1
    Tanabata is one of the
    most crucial steps in the rite.
[16:53] Lady-in-Waiting 2
    The ladies vying for the Crown
    Prince's hand have spent a year
[16:58] Lady-in-Waiting 2
    sewing kimono that match
    their own to give to him.
[17:01] Lady-in-Waiting 2
    They hang their gifts outside their halls.
[17:03] Lady-in-Waiting 2
    If His Highness wears one, it is said
    to bode well for the lady who sewed it.
[17:10] Novice Lady-in-Waiting
    So Tanabata cannot go forward without him?
[17:13] Lady-in-Waiting 3
    Of course, professionals 
    do the actual sewing.
[17:17] Lady-in-Waiting 3
    The ladies only add the last stitch, if that.
[17:20] Lady-in-Waiting 3
    Only our lady would 
    actually do it all herself.
[17:24] Kikuno
    You there.
[17:25] Kikuno
    Stop twittering and get to work.
[17:29] Ladies-in-Waiting
    Yes, ma'am.
[17:35] Masuho
    Kikuno.
[17:36] Kikuno
    Y-Yes, my lady?
[17:37] Masuho
    Has His Highness written?
[17:41] Kikuno
    No, not yet.
[17:43] Masuho
    I see.
[17:46] Kikuno
    His Highness must be busy.
     I am sure none of the other ladies have—
[17:50] Masuho
    Ow.
[17:51] Kikuno
    Are you hurt?
[17:53] Masuho
    You always overreact, Kikuno.
[17:56] Masuho
    Now, go. You're distracting me.
[18:00] Kikuno
    His Highness will surely come on Tanabata.
[18:02] Kikuno
    I know His Lordship wrote to the Prince,
    strongly requesting his presence.
SIGN    Spring Hall
[18:21] Asebi
    All done.
[18:22] Ukogi
    And well done.
[18:23] Ukogi
    His Highness will be delighted.
[18:26] Asebi
    But I only added one stitch.
[18:29] Asebi
    Is there not more I can do?
     I could help decorate.
[18:33] Ukogi
    I appreciate the offer, my lady, but no.
[18:35] Ukogi
    Please relax and play your koto.
[18:41] Spring Hall Lady-in-Waiting
    My lady.
[18:43] Spring Hall Lady-in-Waiting
    A royal lady-in-waiting wishes to see you.
[18:46] Asebi
    Royal?
[18:50] Asebi
    Samomo!
[18:51] Asebi
    I am so glad to see you.
[18:55] Samomo
    Forgive me. I know you must be
     busy preparing for Tanabata.
[19:00] Asebi
    Hardly. In fact, I was bored.
[19:02] Asebi
    I feel like no one expects much of me.
[19:05] Samomo
    Surely you jest.
[19:07] Asebi
    No, I mean it.
[19:09] Asebi
    But I cannot blame them.
[19:12] Asebi
    Coming to the palace has highlighted
    how little knowledge and skill I have.
[19:17] Asebi
    I have no right to be here.
[19:20] Samomo
    I disagree.
[19:22] Samomo
    You are beautiful and kind, Lady Asebi.
[19:25] Samomo
    You would make a wonderful consort.
[19:29] Asebi
    Samomo...
[19:31] Samomo
    Please take heart.
[19:33] Samomo
    I have brought a gift
    from Princess Fujinami.
[19:40] Asebi
    My! A nagon koto, and a magnificent one.
[19:45] Samomo
    I believe its name is Drifting Cloud.
[19:47] Asebi
    Drifting Cloud?
[19:49] Asebi
    Princess Fujinami wants me to have it?
[19:51] Samomo
    She says she spoke of you to a
    certain person, who granted permission.
[19:57] Asebi
    Who might that be?
[19:59] Samomo
    Someone of high birth. She said no more.
[20:04] Asebi
    Cherry blossoms and mist.
[20:27] Ukogi
    Drifting Cloud?
[20:37] Asebi
    When was it?
[21:01] Asebi
    The boy wore purple.
[21:06] Asebi
    Of course! Why didn't I realize?
[21:09] Asebi
    Only the most noble members of
    the Royal House may dress in purple.
[21:13] Asebi
    Then, that boy must have been... the Prince?
[21:24] Asebi
    I came to the palace
    so I could see my first love again.
[21:38] Yukiya
    What are you frowning for?
[21:41] Nazukihiko
    I just received a threat.
[21:43] Yukiya
    Y-You got a what?!
[21:50] Yukiya
    So, basically, "I shall overlook
    Your Highness's sloth thus far."
[21:56] Yukiya
    "But whatever happens, no matter how grave,
[21:59] Yukiya
    you absolutely must visit the 
    Cherry Blossom Palace on Tanabata!"
[22:04] Yukiya
    Hey, isn't this...
[22:05] Nazukihiko
    Yes. From the Lord of the West.
[22:08] Yukiya
    Jeez, don't scare me like that.
[22:11] Nazukihiko
    That man has no doubt
    that I will wed his daughter,
[22:16] Nazukihiko
    so he wants to make me
    visit her and seal the deal.
[22:21] Yukiya
    "S-Seal the deal"?
[22:24] Nazukihiko
    By wearing her kimono, of course.
[22:27] Yukiya
    S-Still, Tanabata, huh?
[22:30] Yukiya
    You really can't sit this one out, can you?
[22:35] Yukiya
    Your Highness?
[22:36] Nazukihiko
    I don't want to go.
[22:46] Sumio
    Atsufusa?
[22:48] Atsufusa
    I beg of you!
[22:50] Atsufusa
    Let me speak with His Highness!
[22:52] Atsufusa
    I realize the impertinence
    of my request, but please!
[24:31] Narrator
    Natsuka's aide, Atsufusa.
[24:34] Narrator
    This unexpected visitor
    asks a favor of the Prince.
[24:39] Narrator
    On Tanabata in the Cherry Blossom Palace,
[24:42] Narrator
    the tune Asebi plucks on her koto
    makes waves in women's hearts.
[24:50] Narrator
    Next time: "A Tanabata Invitation."
SIGN    A Tanabata
SIGN    Invitation
SIGN    YATAGARASU:
    The Raven
    Does Not 
    Choose 
    Its Master
SIGN    Illustration: Natsuki