Main Scenario/The Green Cave

Shimoamazu-no-Iwato Episode
26-1	Welcome to Mt. Ooe
26-2	Anomaly on Mt. Ooe
26-3	Guardians of Mt. Ooe
26-4	The Prankster Girl
26-5	See Through the Sorcery
26-6	Straw Doll Illusion
26-7	The Green Ore
26-8	A Difficult Topic
26-9	The Green Cave
26-10	The Secret of Strength

-The innermost part of "Shimoamazu-no-Iwato", Mt. Ooe.
A place of training where special magic is deployed by Shimoamazu the First, and where the wards' powers have been deliberately weakened to maintain an unstable state. This area, called 'Haha's Chamber', is only accessible with the permission of Shimoamazu the First.
Haha's Chamber is shrouded in a very thick Mist. Even when Shimoamazu the First strengthened the power of the wards, it could not be completely suppressed, and the Mist appeared to be flowing out of Haha's Chamber at any moment.
Putra	"So this is the Haha's Chamber. The atmosphere is completely different from before."
Vivienne	"There is Mist, but that's not the only reason. It's similar to the feeling I had when I first entered the Sea of Fog."
Queensway	"But it doesn't feel as bad as Sea of Fog. I guess it's thanks to Shimoamazu the First."
Yoshino	"Of course. Without the power of Haha Amazu, Yoshino and friends would not be able to enter here."
Miyako	"The forces that are trying to escape from here are colliding with the forces that are trying to contain them, causing a tremendous magical reaction."
Shimoamazu	"It's a vicious circle. That needs to be ended as soon as possible. It's not good for this to go on for too long. If the green ores are attracted to my Haha's and Iwato's magic, then the more my Haha fights against it, the worse the flow gets."
Yakutsk	"CONDUCTOR, STAND BACK!"
Monster	"GRRR--!!"
*SLASH*
Queensway	"Hah!"
Yakutsk	"Nice, Queensway!"
Queensway	"That was close. It appeared suddenly and without a sound. Are you hurt, Conductor sir."
Conductor	I'm okay. Thanks to the fact that everyone was in a defensive stance. Yakutsk and Queensway reacted well. Thank you.
Conductor	However I can't believe we didn't notice the surprise attack from so close now. We didn't even lowered our alertness, yet we were caught off guard.
Shimoamazu	"Where did that monster just appear from...? Conductor-san had his back to a rock wall."
Miyako	"Was it not coming out of the Phantom Mist, but from inside the wall?"
Putra	"No, not the wall. The monster just now came out of the the stones."
Miyako	"Stones? Do you mean these green ores?"
Putra	"Yes. Here, look at this."
Vivienne	"This is the same stone that Shimoamazu's mother showed us earlier."
Yoshino	"The other stones are shining but that one is not, Yoshino wouldn't have noticed if Putra hadn't told me."
Putra	"I was just thinking, this stone spits Mist when it's glowing. And after a while when it loses its shine, it spits out monsters."
Miyako	"A stone that doesn't attract Mist, but monsters..."
Yoshino	"Both Mist and monsters. It's bad because it changes depending on the state."
Shimoamazu	"I see now. No wonder the magic levels increased so fast."
Queensway	"When it glows, it spits Mist, and when it disappears, it calls monsters..."
Yakutsk	"The increase in monsters strengthens the bad magic, the Chasm then opens and calls in more rocks. Good thing it was the outbreak happened inside this Iwato in the first place. If something similar had happened in the mountains, it would have been a major incident."
Yoshino	"Bad things are calling to each other. It's very dangerous to keep them in a small cave."
Putra	"If those stones are not from Flamarine, then where do they come from? I don't think the monsters we saw earlier weren't from Flamarine either."
Miyako	"......"
Miyako	"Isn't that monster from M. Flamarine?"
Yoshino	"Miyako, do you know about that monster?"
Miyako	"No, I'm not very familiar with monsters. But I heard from Versailles that there is an 'ore that summons demons' in M. Flamarine."
Shimoamazu	"Are you saying that this Iwato connected to the Metro universe?"
Yoshino	"It's not impossible. Even the Metro Hole in St. Iris appeared out of nowhere. Yoshino's sure there is a way to connect the two worlds above and below."
Shimoamazu	"I understand that, but the Metro Hole is a tunnel connecting St. Iris and M. St. Iris, right? Why would the Nishiki be connected to M. Flamarine?"
Yoshino	"It's not a given that they are connected directly below. Even Gates used by the Resistance can go to different places, correct?"
Shimoamazu	"What in the world could cause that to happen..."
Miyako	"The Guardians of Metro are calling for help...?"
Shimoamazu	"...Is an interesting thought."
Yoshino	"Miyako, say it again."
Miyako	"Could it be that the Metro Guardians are sending us a signal? Could it be hints, or messages?"
Miyako	"We have the keys to free the Guardians of the Giant Trees. What if the Guardians know this fact? What if they can locate us?"
Yoshino	"They would inform us of something unusual. Call for help. They can do anything."
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"Perhaps the Guardians of the Giant Trees can locate the key."
Yoshino	"That's why they were able to warn this Iwato of the danger even before Yoshino rejoined the SSS? The green ore was found shortly before Miyako and friends have arrived."
Miyako	"Yoshino-chan, do you still have that black doll you picked up at Senbon Torii?"
Yoshino	"Of course, because Yoshino was told to keep it."
Shimoamazu	"Iris Metro anomalies also affect Iris Cloud. Whether it's the work of the Guardians or not, it's now confirmed that the two worlds are connected."
Shimoamazu	"Something very bad is happening in the world below. While the SSS was on expedition to the Voltarja Celestial Sphere, there may have been some major incidents on M. Flamarine."
Putra	"Amazing. So this is what happens when three little detectives get together."
Vivienne	"That's reassuring. Even though they're all tiny."
Putra	"Yes. They're all tiny..."
Yakutsk	"Hey everyone, come here for a second."
Queensway	"There's a green light leaking from a crack in the wall. Perhaps this is the Chasm that Shimoamazu the First was talking about?"
Shimoamazu	"Both of you, don't touch that. I'll have a look at it."
Queensway and Yakutsk say they found a mysterious Chasm. The long, narrow crack, which looked as if it had been slashed by a sword through a hard rock wall, had a green glow to it, as they described.
Shimoamazu	"There is no doubt. This is the 'Chasm' my mother was talking about. The other side is not Shimoamazu-no-Iwato."
Shimoamazu	"...No, it's not even Nishiki."
Yoshino	"That's good. Bingo, Shimoamazu."
Miyako	"The source is definitely from inside this crack."
Shimoamazu	"But we can't interfere from our side. It's difficult to enlarge the Chasm with sorcery."
Shimoamazu	"Do we still have rely on my Haha...?"
Yoshino	"No, we don't, you can do it. Yoshino can help too."
Miyako	"I will help too."
Shimoamazu	"You two..."
Yoshino	"Shimoamazu is Shimoamazu the Second, right? Then you should be able to do it. Otherwise, don't think Haha Amazu would entrust Shimoamazu with this job."
Miyako	"I think so too. Besides, Shimoamazu the First entrusted Shimoamazu to Conductor-san. With the help of Conductor-san, I am sure we will succeed."
Shimoamazu	"Taking the help of Conductor-san..."
Conductor	I'm always ready. I'm already up for it. All we need is you three and my Iron Injection into this crack, right?
Conductor	...That doesn't sound like you, Shimoamazu. This is Shimoamazu-no-Iwato. This is your home.
Shimoamazu	"......"
Shimoamazu	"Yes, it is. I've been out of my mind. Maybe I haven't seen my Haha in a while and I'm off kilter."
Shimoamazu	"Conductor, Yoshino, Miyako, help me. Synchronize our breathing."
Yoshino	"Will show you my shugyou no seika."
Miyako	"I'm not losing either!"
Putra	"Leave it to me to get rid of intruders!"
Queensway	I won't let any of them get near you all."
Shimoamazu	"The time has finally come for me to use my powers as Shimoamazu to protect Mt. Ooe."
Shimoamazu	"Shishou, Amano, Futamata, Karakawa, everyone in Mt. Ooe. Lend me your strength."
Shimoamazu	"......"
*GLEAM*
Shimoamazu began to chant a curse in front of the 'Chasm'. On both her sides, Yoshino and Miyako amplified their magical power. Perhaps reacting to the three's magic, the Mist in the vicinity becomes even thicker.
However, the other Train Knights took cover so that the three could concentrate on their magic. Believing in them, I also concentrated on pouring magic power into the Chasm.
Shimoamazu	"...Reacted. I knew Conductor's power was the key."
*RUMBLE*
Miyako	"The wall will collapse. Be careful."
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Miyako	"This is..."
Shimoamazu	"It looks like the inside of the Chasm we were looking at."
Yoshino	"Lots of green stones. They're sparkling and beautiful."
Vivienne	"It's like jumping into a jewellery box. Nobody would be mad if I took one home, right?"
Shimoamazu	"This is not the time to be so leisurely. This is no longer 'Shimoamazu-no-Iwato'. I can't feel my oka-san's magic at all..."
Miyako	"And there is no way out. I don't see anything like a 'Chasm' anywhere."
Shimoamazu	"I was hoping to get inside, but I didn't expect to not be able to get out. It's like we've come to a completely different world."
Yoshino	"Have we warped into Metro's Flamarine? It's too far to walk back."
Yakutsk	"Even if this is M. Flamarine, we can't even walk back if we can't get out of this cave."
Putra	"......"
Vivienne	"What's wrong, Putra?"
Putra	"That stone glows differently."
Vivienne	"By that stone you mean which stone?"
Putra	"Look, that stone on the boulder there. I think it glows stronger than the other stones."
Vivienne	"They look the same to me..."
Conductor	I'm more interested in the fact that that stone is the only one 'on' that boulder than the way it glows. Perhaps that stone is causing this puzzling phenomenon?
Putra	"Everyone, stay away from me."
Vivienne	"Putra, what on earth are you talking about?"
Putra	"I'm going to touch the stone. I feel like it's calling to me."
Vivienne	"It's dangerous. I don't know what will happen."
Putra	"I will touch it because I don't know what's going to happen. We can't be trapped in here like this."
Vivienne	"Putra..."
Putra	"Sometimes stones in dark and deep places can call people to them. They have a 'desire' to be noticed, to be seen up close."
Shimoamazu	"Who told you this?"
Putra	"My mother. She was a famous stone collector in Flamarine. She knows a lot about mist stones and gemstones, and she was a miner."
Shimoamazu	"......"
Putra	"Heh, it's a story you hear quite often in Flamarine. There's a neat punchline, too, leading to the wordplay 'permata bermata wasiat', stone of will. Silly, isn't it?" Malay wordplay for "Gemstone of will". The original wordplay 意志をもつ石 (ishi wo motsu ishi} means the same thing. Pun doesn't work in English, but works in Malay, and Putra's location in real life is in Malaysia, conveniently.
Putra	"But my mum told me this story with a serious face. The green stone knows the fear of the dark. It's a warning that says 'it's not safe to dig any further'."
Putra	"But the women who struggle and fight deep inside the mines don't get scared like that. The fearless women build a stronghold where there is green stone and lived there. And then they dig holes to go even deeper."
Putra	"So the green stone became interested in humans. Then they began to understand human minds and languages and became guides who helped them in their dark caves."
Putra	"'Olivia the Kind'. The story of a fairy who helps people find their way home. The green stone helps people."
Putra is not afraid of stones. She is not afraid of unknown ores, but she is also not so afraid of the mist stones either, which is inside the danger zones and where their magic is unstable.
Her knowledge of and love for stones brings change to this unknown Green Cave.
Putra	"Something will happen when I touch you. But that something is not necessarily bad."
Putra	"You're the only one... that's calling to me."
The moment Putra picked up the stone, the green stone emitted an intense light in Putra's hand.
*GLEAM*
The colour of the light was not green, but... blue. The 'green ore' had transformed into a 'blue ore'.
Putra	"The colour changed..."
Shimoamazu	"Now, will it be good or bad?"
Monster	"--WOOOARGH!"
Vivienne	"Looks really strong."
Miyako	"It's not a Nishiki demon."
Yoshino	"Uhm, this one is evil."
Putra	"No, this is good news! It's the master of this cave, right? That means if we defeat it, that weird green stone should disappear!"
Yoshino	"Ooooh- that's true, Putra, are you smarter than before?"
Putra	"Of course! I was in charge of brains while Yoshino was away!"
Yakutsk	"Stop goofing around and fight already!"
Putra	"Aye aye sir!"
Shimoamazu	"Good grief, bunch of weirdos."

Shimoamazu-no-Iwato Episode
26-1	Welcome to Mt. Ooe
26-2	Anomaly on Mt. Ooe
26-3	Guardians of Mt. Ooe
26-4	The Prankster Girl
26-5	See Through the Sorcery
26-6	Straw Doll Illusion
26-7	The Green Ore
26-8	A Difficult Topic
26-9	The Green Cave
26-10	The Secret of Strength