![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"But I'll be damned. I can't believe we haven't found a clue how to get out of here, let alone go on." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"We can go on to find a way out, and do something about this wall to get back to the train. The hardest part of all of this will be figure out something about the wall." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Yeah, that's what I think. But if we do anything about it, it could make things worse. If the trap has been triggered, there must be a good reason for it." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"......" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Brittany? What have you found?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Doesn't this look like a handprint?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"A handprint?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"There is a handprint on the wall. Look, look closely here." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
It's true. It's faint, but I can see it. It's definitely a person's handprint." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Handprint... Where is the handprint?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"It's right here. Around Vivienne's chest." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Alright then, I'll just have a quick touch to make sure." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"......" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Well, nothing unusual. Big and soft as usual." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"What are you doing touching my breasts? I don't have a handprint there. And stop rubbing them so casually." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Mademoiselle Putra, please. The handprint is on the wall. I meant that the handprint on the wall is about as high as Vivienne's chest, not that there is a handprint on Vivienne's chest." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I know that much. No one really thinks there is a handprint on her chest. But, there are no handprints as I can see on the wall." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Me neither. I keep looking and I can't find any handprints." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Hmm. It seems that only me and Mademoiselle Versailles can see it." |
![What We Can See for Both of Us.jpg](/images/2/2e/What_We_Can_See_for_Both_of_Us.jpg) |
Versailles |
"As I stare at it, the outline is becoming clearer and clearer. This size... I wonder if it belongs to a human child." |
Brittany |
"Non, it's a shana handprint. Our shana hands are about that size, even as adults." |
Brittany |
"This is a handprint left by our ancestors. There are no words inscribed on it. There should be no need for tricks." |
Versailles |
"Put your hand here. That's what it probably means." |
Brittany |
"Maybe that's what we're supposed to do, maybe I think." |
Versailles |
"Can it be anyone from the shana tribe? What are the conditions, if any...?" |
Euston |
"Versailles will do it." |
Versailles |
"Knight Commander Euston..." |
Euston |
"You are the chieftain's daughter. Even if you are not blessed with strong magic, your blood is real. You have the blood of a family that has protected the sacred lands, and there is no one better qualified than you to do so." |
Euston |
"It's your role. Even if it ends badly." |
Versailles |
"That is true, just as Knight Commander Euston said." |
Versailles |
"Brittany, you stay close to me. The others should stay a little further away." |
Versailles placed her hand on the 'handprint' on the wall. No handprints are visible to anyone other than the two shana. Yet, Brittany and Versailles could certainly see it. |
Versailles |
"It's so strange. It fits my hand perfectly..." |
Brittany |
"Versailles, look over there!" |
*WHAM* |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"I just saw a new room behind the wall. It disappeared when I took my hand away." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"What about the others? Did you see it?"" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"I see it. It was a much bigger room than this one, I guess. Is it a place for some kind of ceremony?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Saw a big ball on the ceiling. Not sure if it was hanging or attached." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"I think that was a celestial sphere. I think it's a room built around a sphere on the ceiling." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"......" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"If I put my hand on it, the same room appears." |
*WHAM* |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"What about me?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Me too, me too!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"......" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"......" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"No can do." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"No can do. Doesn't look like it responds to pretty girls." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"It doesn't react to pretty girls, but to shana." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"It's enough that it reacts to the shana people. Isn't this our chance to get out of this predicament?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Miss Brittany, let's go and investigate over there ourselves." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"I agree. Maybe we can disarm the trap." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"It's too dangerous for the two of you to investigate alone. Is it not possible for someone other than shana to enter?" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"It would be difficult. I know it must be frustrating, but we have to leave it to the two of you here. If we get out safely, we can take more shana warriors with us to investigate again." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Dear Sir Conductor. If the trap in this room is lifted, your priority should be to secure a way out. If we don't return, go back to the train regardless." |
Conductor |
I don't want that to happen if possible, but I'll consider that as last resort. |
Conductor |
But we will wait as long as we can. The two of you, whatever happens where you go, don't give up until the end. |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Oui, sir. I'll be on my way. Good luck to you all." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Let's go, Mademoiselle Versailles." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Knight Commander Euston, I'll see you later. |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Aye, take care." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"You must listen to what Miss Brittany has to say." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"......" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"For someone who seems so concerned, you don't hesitate to put her in danger." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Yes, I am. So? Is there anything wrong with that?" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"No, it's not strange, I guess...?" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"I am concerned for Versailles as my squire. And I give Versailles dangerous missions as the knight commander. Both are true. I don't see any contradiction between them." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"I am her mentor, but I am also her commander. I order her to do what is necessary for the good of the unit. Wouldn't you agree with that, Miss Finchley?" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"......" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"No, there's nothing I can say to contradict you. I'm in a different position to you." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"What do you mean?" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"I'm a guide now. I'm not a commander leading a unit. So I think I think a bit differently." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Nay... it's a bit of an excuse because I've been an instructor. I wasn't cut out to be a commander, even when I was in the Out-Siders." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"I understand what you are saying. But it is dangerous to have that perception on the battlefield." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"I get that, of course. I'm good at minimizing dangers away." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"It's not all about minimizing danger. It's about completing the mission. Should you forget this, you cannot fulfil your duties as a knight, let alone a commander." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"...Please pardon me. I was out of line, Miss Finchley is a good knight." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"No, you're right. I can see why you are such a good captain and knight commander." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Instructor Finchley. How can I help?" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"No, nothing." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"......" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Queensway, come with me. We're going to check every part of the building in case of an emergency." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Yes!" |