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For the first part of the story, see Intervallo III: Yield My Flesh to Claim Their Bones/Story Episodes.
5.5-24: A Blade Fiend's Fathoms - Part 1
Played before entering to Story Dungeon 5.5-24
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Bamboo-hatted Kim? |
… Haah. Hah. |
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FAUST |
This is a dungeon—A Mirror Dungeon of the Fathoms. |
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GREGOR |
This is just like the Dingdong's Bar & Fryers, huh? |
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SINCLAIR |
It's 'Eunbong's', Gregor. 'Eunbong's'… |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim? |
……. |
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MEURSAULT |
He has already entered the dungeon. |
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HEATHCLIFF |
Haah… so we've got to follow the bloke, eh? |
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DANTE |
<Yeah… we were ordered to secure the Distortion as well. So…> |
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DANTE |
<That 'Monolith' has to be somewhere in there, too.> |
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Aeng-du |
… Let us follow. |
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OUTIS |
Advancing. |
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Aeng-du |
This is… |
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YI SANG |
This place has taken the likeness of S Corp… |
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Aeng-du |
Not just anywhere in S Corp. |
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Aeng-du |
You call this place the 'fathoms of ego'…? It appears that mentor Bamboo-hatted Kim's memories are… affecting this place. |
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YI SANG |
Is there aught from his past that you are aware of? |
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Aeng-du |
No… nothing in detail. I don't believe I have the right to divulge a depiction of his past based on hearsay, either. |
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YI SANG |
… Mm. |
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Aeng-du |
When he appeared so suddenly at this building… |
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Aeng-du |
… I don't suppose he had much trouble cutting down the Kurokumo Clan henchmen. |
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Aeng-du |
I am certain he was flanked by competent men and women. It would not have mattered how many henchmen they threw against the mentor; nothing short of a Kurokumo Clan officer could have given him any trouble. In fact, I surmise that he would have been able to cut down a hundred of their men on his own. |
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Aeng-du |
But… |
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Aeng-du |
Not all those who accompanied master Bamboo-hatted Kim were as powerful as he. His capabilities lie far beyond our own. |
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Aeng-du |
His fellows must have fallen one by one before the endless onslaught of the Kurokumo Clan henchmen. |
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Aeng-du |
And… I cannot help but imagine that the sight must have reminded him of a rather tragic event in his past. |
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Aeng-du |
An unpleasant event that likely shook mentor Bamboo-hatted Kim to the core. |
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FAUST |
That alone fits numerous criteria that make it ripe for a manifestation of a Distortion. He was in a very receptive state to the Monolith's influences as well. |
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Aeng-du |
So that is how… the mentor became beholden to his blade. Like a fiend… |
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Aeng-du |
Yet… still… how could he… |
5.5-24: A Blade Fiend's Fathoms - Part 2
Played before entering the final node of Story Dungeon 5.5-24
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DANTE |
<So that thing behind him is…> |
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FAUST |
Indeed, that is the Monolith. The artifact must have entered his fathoms of ego the moment it imbued Bamboo-hatted Kim with strength. |
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Aeng-du |
This manor must be… where the mentor's last protectee resided before we departed S Corp. |
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Aeng-du |
Ah… such massacre… |
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Aeng-du |
Mentor, was this carnage the memory that has haunted your dreams and your waking hours for so long…? |
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Aeng-du |
Yet… the deaths of our dear fellows… |
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DANTE |
<…Ah.> |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
… For a fleeting moment, I once had this thing people call 'honor'. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
Vile men, whose hearts are consumed by evil, oft approach virtuous officials to seek harm. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
And I considered it an honorable deed to be a protector of the virtuous, to hew those that sought harm against them. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
Yet, to be virtuous in a world of the vicious was to be prey to this merciless world. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
And before such overwhelming might of the vicious, the irrevocably corrupt officials… my strength was inconsequential. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
I had little choice but to leave S Corp. cradling my broken spirit alongside my fellows. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
I have left my scarred honor behind at the land of my failure. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
We became vagabonds. Lost, wandering, and weary; aimless drifters without a place to call their home. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
Even their faith in my decision to leave began to crumble piece by piece. So did my faith in myself. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
I began to… fall apart. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
I have already failed once. What's there to say that I am not failing my dear fellows once again…? |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
The least I could do is to help them lead a stable life… |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
Yet that 'invitation' I received… only led them to their demise. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
In the end… I failed my mission. I failed my honor. I failed my dear fellows. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim? |
Again, I am returned to the land of my failure… |
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DANTE |
<Guys. We're putting an end to this. Right here, right now.> |
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OUTIS |
Yes. It appears that we have no choice. |
5.5-24: A Blade Fiend's Fathoms - Part 3
Played after clearing of Story Dungeon 5.5-24
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DANTE |
<Ah, the dungeon…> |
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Radio |
Hiya! Can you hear me? If you do, gimme a 'tick-tock'! |
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DANTE |
<Tick-tock.> |
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ISHMAEL |
Very funny, Dante. You know we just barely survived a deadly encounter, right? |
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Radio |
Perfect! We really don't have much time left. Since it looks like the Monolith's briefly stabilized, lemme teach you how to lock it down. |
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Radio |
Don't take too long, or that Distortion's gonna turn into an Abnormality! Follow my instructions to a T, and don't lag behind! It's all about precision and speed! |
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GREGOR |
She seems awfully cheerful for how, uh, dire the situation is… |
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DANTE |
<Ooh… some light came out of it when I reached out with my fingers.> |
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Radio |
Right, straight down from there. Yep, you're doing good. Now move left… take it slow, now. |
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Bamboo-hatted Kim |
Aagh… |
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Aeng-du |
Mentor! |
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Radio |
Good work! Detective, the levels are stabilizing! |
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Radio |
Ah, I can't seem to stop calling you Detective, huh. Sorry, old habits die hard, y'know… |
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Radio |
Good work, bus dudes! LCA'll be there in a min, so just sit tight! |
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DANTE |
<Huh? LCA? Not that rude After Team lady from earlier…?> |
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Ezra |
Well, anyways! Thanks for the assist, everyone! LCD Distortion Task Force Ezra, over and out! |
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RODION |
My, my! They're really piling in, huh? |
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FAUST |
LCA… the special operations unit. |
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Reticent Employee |
Orders. Commencing secured item retrieval. |
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DANTE |
<Uh, right. The item is—> |
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Brisk Employee |
Custody Target T-276 confirmed and secured. |
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DANTE |
<Well, looks like our job is done here.> |
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Reticent Employee |
Trouble. T-276-01 unconfirmed. Requesting location. |
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HEATHCLIFF |
What are you blathering about? |
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Reticent Employee |
… Rewording. Where is the Distorted individual? |
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YI SANG |
Ah, I am aware of whom you seek. He sits next to the Monolith— |
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DON QUIXOTE |
Huh? W-where hast he gone? |
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MEURSAULT |
The individual by the name Aeng-du dragged him behind that sofa. Approximate time of event: three minutes ago. |
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DANTE |
<… Didn't I ask you to tell us if you notice something important going on in the background…?> |
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MEURSAULT |
… I will make an immediate report should an identical event occur. |
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Reticent Employee |
Alert. Abnormal reaction detected from an entity in T-276-01's proximity. |
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Aeng-du |
Ah… Ahh…! |
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YI SANG |
Miss Aeng-du! |
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Aeng-du |
I… know not of your painful past. I cannot possibly know in detail what you have gone through. |
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Aeng-du |
But… But…! That cannot be a just reason, an excuse for cutting down your very own fellows…! |
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YI SANG |
Miss Aeng-du! That man was not himself! |
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Aeng-du |
If the blade has consumed my mentor, turned him into a fiend… then I will end him myself… it has to be me… |
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Aeng-du |
… No. Not at all. |
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Aeng-du |
It's all… excuses. That's all it is. |
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Aeng-du |
If mentor didn't bring some odd 'invitation' to us… |
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Aeng-du |
If he hadn't caused us to flee S Corp., our home, to begin with…! |
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Aeng-du |
Oh… Yes. I hear you. Your voice is finally… growing clearer… |
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Reticent Employee |
Mutation. Distortion of the subject entity confirmed. |
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Reticent Employee |
Suspicion. Phase 1 of the Monolith reactivation process may have been engaged. |
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DANTE |
<Meursault! Knock miss Aeng-du out!> |
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MEURSAULT |
… Hmph! |
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Aeng-du |
Ah… |
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Reticent Employee |
… Stabilized. Distortion nullified by the Subject's loss of consciousness. |
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Reticent Employee |
Stab wound confirmed on subject T-276-01. Wound not critical. Will not pose challenge to retrieval and recovery. |
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MEURSAULT |
I have carried out the task as you have ordered. |
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DANTE |
<Haah… Thank you.> |
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RODION |
Woah… What just happened…? |
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DANTE |
<Was that caused by the Monolith's influence, too?> |
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FAUST |
A plausible explanation. The Monolith was properly sealed, but its lingering influence seems to have seeped into her. |
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Ezra |
Oh! OH! Hey! The levels went bonkers over there just now! |
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Reticent Employee |
Requesting radio. I will receive LCD's message. |
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DANTE |
<Uh, okay.> |
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Reticent Employee |
Acknowledged. Please speak. |
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Ezra |
Huh? Oh! You're LCA, aren't you? I'm Ezra from LCD, nice to— |
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Reticent Employee |
Acknowledged. Commencing sitrep. |
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Ezra |
You know what? You're not the only one who knows how to cut people off. I already got your 'sitrep', okay? I don't need it. |
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Ezra |
There are two people there, right? Just bring them both over here. |
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Reticent Employee |
Negative. Exact orders state that retrieval targets are to be— |
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Ezra |
C'mon, loosen up some, huh~? |
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Reticent Employee |
Concern. The Monolith alone will be a difficult subject to contain. |
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Ezra |
Aw~ That's okay. Our very own detecti— I mean, our very own LCD Team Leader said she'll take care of it. |
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Ezra |
Besides, that Monolith? Detective and I have successfully retrieved that before. |
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Ezra |
AND, considering that the two of them are both returnees from the Library… considering that the two of them have both been pulled from the edge of Distortion… it'll definitely help us with our records, don't you think? |
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Reticent Employee |
Understood. However— |
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HEATHCLIFF |
What the hell? Are we kidnapping them for some dodgy human experiments or something? |
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Ezra |
Ookay, so I know that there's been scary rumors of kidnappings in T Corp., but… what we're doing here is completely unrelated, alright? I'd appreciate it if you didn't compare us to the likes of those Backstreets rumors. |
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Ezra |
Sure, you guys can leave them there. But if we don't take them in, they'll Distort and get killed. And who knows? The Kurokumo Clan or even the Thumb could catch wind of this and pick them up instead. |
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HEATHCLIFF |
I suppose you're right… |
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Ezra |
Anyways… Make sure to bring them in! Both. Of. Them. Okay~? |
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Reticent Employee |
… Acknowledged. Retrieving now. |
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RODION |
Right, so… mission accomplished, huh? |
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DANTE |
<I guess so.> |
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Reticent Employee |
Warning. Recommended action for the manager: immediate extraction from the scene. Imminent arrival of the Thumb: highly likely. |
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RYŌSHŪ |
So, after the Middle is the Thumb. Heh, what I wouldn't give to see the look on their stuck-up faces. |
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ISHMAEL |
I think he's telling us to get out of here before the Thumb catches us red-handed… |
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Reticent Employee |
Correction. Limbus Company was already on a crash course against the Thumb the moment we commenced this mission. |
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ISHMAEL |
… That makes sense. It'll only be a matter of time before they put the pieces together and realize that we're involved in what happened. |
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ISHMAEL |
Are you sure that we can handle not only the Middle… but also the Thumb? |
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Reticent Employee |
… Irrelevant. |
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Reticent Employee |
A foe is a friend, and a friend is a foe for Limbus Company. |
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Reticent Employee |
Delayed. Extracting scene first. |
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RODION |
Whewie, we really ran into a lot of people in such a short time, huh? |
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ISHMAEL |
Well, I'm pretty happy that I got to know more about the workings of this company. |
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SINCLAIR |
… I wonder what's going to happen to Aeng-du or Bamboo-hatted Kim? |
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OUTIS |
That does not appear to be information we are privy to. Though we all work under the same company, all that the LCD shared with us was the name of our contact: 'Ezra'. |
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DON QUIXOTE |
T-then, is Limbus Company truly kidnapping people for human experi— |
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GREGOR |
… You don't just start experimenting on humans like that. It's not something that just happens. Remember what that LCD woman said? Rumors are just that: rumors. |
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DANTE |
<… There's LCD, but LCA just seems… really out of place. Even when compared to other departments… It's like they're from a completely different company.> |
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DANTE |
<… Faust, you're not gonna answer any of my questions, are you?> |
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FAUST |
I apologize. At the present moment, it is difficult for me to disclose any information that does not concern the LCB department. |
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DANTE |
<Haah…> |
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Vergilius |
It's like impatience is a prerequisite for boarding this bus, manager or Sinner. |
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Vergilius |
Your journey will inevitably lead to the answers to all of your questions, Dante. |
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Vergilius |
Just follow the path, and it shall all be revealed. You have no reason to rush. |
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Vergilius |
Besides… |
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Vergilius |
… It's nothing. |
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Vergilius |
Hah, perhaps your impatience is rubbing off on me. I suppose I shall find out along the way as well. |
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Vergilius |
Let's go, Charon. |
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Charon |
Been waiting for vroom-vroom time. |
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Charon |
Driving to the famous heights of T Corp. |
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HEATHCLIFF |
……. |