dramatispersonae

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There is cauldron in the center over your area. The walls are tinged in your team's colors, but besides the cauldron, it's bare.

The water in the cauldron is glowing faintly.

Then, Nimue speaks, and as she speaks, the cauldron begins to reflect her vision.

"There lies a kingdom in ruin... Through no fault of its own. All of its inhabitants dead, or lost to the world. Though it lies in ruin, you can see the the faint remnants of the beauty it once contained."

A pause, her voice sounds fainter now.

"Heroes... you have choices that we do not. How... would you use them...?"

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"What would you do for this kingdom now?"

"You may choose as you see fit the fate that you would believe... it deserves."

"You may ask me any questions."

"And I, in turn, may ask you questions for your answer."

Shouldn't it be restored...?

I wonder how we can go about doing that...

I guess like she said there are a lot of options... What do you think Lizard-kun? I think reseting it would be best? To what it once was.

But if we reset it, whatever happened to it would just happen over and over again, right?

Maybe we can rebuild it instead. Bring new people and let them know about the old Kingdom's story, so that it'll live forever.

Well if the kingdom wasn't to blame for being destroyed, isn't that a tragedy?

That's true. Should we just fiddle with time then? Make it so the people will be warned beforehand before the tragedy happens again, so they'll be able to avoid it.

Like going back to a key save point and taking a different storyline option.

That's right...! It should be easy like that!

Is that our answer then? Turn back time to before the kingdom was destroyed and prevent it?

Yes! Let's save the kingdom~!

Okay! That's our answer Nimue-san. If we could do anything, we'd go back in time and save the kingdom.

"But can you go back in time...?"

...Could we? I mean, if that's not possible we need a new answer. But it's what we'd want to do if we could...

—Since I'm the devil's clone, I definitely must have some amazing powers somewhere.

So we'll use those to go back in time.

That works.

"I can not do this... If you can not, or do not know someone who can... I do not see how it is possible."

Lizard-kun thinks he might be able to some day. So I'll rely on my teammate and believe in the impossible.

"I see..."

"Should it? Are there not many choices...?"

"The kingdom was once a great kingdom, filled with loyal subjects, and guarded by a fair king and his chivalrous knights."

The cauldron begins to reflect this, rewinding in time.

"However, there is a traitor in their midst, who seeks to destroy them. How would you prevent this?"

A traitor...

That's hard to say.

We have to identify them... And then inform the king.

Mmm... since we went back in time, maybe we check the kingdom's history to identify the traitor. We have future knowledge on our side.

That's true. We could ask about the traitor from the survivors before we go back. Then have him arrested before he can do anything.

Then that'll be our answer...! Can we do that?

That seems like the best plan.

"It's.. unorthodox... But what... would you do if you couldn't know?"

Mm... Then we'd have to investigate everyone who could come close to the king.

That's right! We could be detectives and look for clues and suspicious behavior!

"What would you look for?"

As Lizard-kun said, clues and suspicious behavior.

"I see..."

"Our king is but a young boy-- barely able to lift a sword... and yet he now bears the weight of a mighty kingdom on his shoulders."

The image in the cauldron is of a young boy, awkward and gawky, yet he wears a crown upon his head, even as he seems a bit ill at ease.

"What... would you tell this young boy?"

A king so young...? Is it really safe? Maybe we should give him an advisor...

That seems a little unfair... But isn't there a lot we should tell him? And have someone to support him--definitely an advisor.

[ nodding ]

Someone who'd be able to stay with him and support him so he won't feel alone with so much on his shoulders.

But I'm not really sure what to tell a King.

There's too much. If he were older there'd be a lot of advice, but putting that all on a kid...

I guess all we can tell him is to be careful about who he chooses as his knights, but... I can't think of anything else.

And... Not to get overwhelmed?

And to have fun from time to time...!

And to always follow his sense of right, no matter how powerful he was.

That's a good one! I think that's all that's really important.

Then... Eh.. That's what we'll tell him I guess?

And also.... "Good luck."

You are able to return to the ring...

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