WEBVTT - Ep5B | Pyrite Kingdom - Nero’s Return

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<v Speaker 1>InterQuest created by Michael Freiberg, a production of iHeartRadio and

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<v Speaker 1>in you have to tell me what does the shadowland?

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<v Speaker 1>King's secret weakness Either the truth is the truth is.

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<v Speaker 1>Nero is no real king. He wields no actual power

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<v Speaker 1>except in the minds of his enemies. He has no virtue,

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<v Speaker 1>no followers who support him. He doesn't wish to lead

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<v Speaker 1>or rule. He only wants to conquer so others may

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<v Speaker 1>fear him. His kingdom is nothing but artifice. It simply

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<v Speaker 1>does not exist. Nero is an impostor, a poward, an

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<v Speaker 1>abstract manifestation come to life. If he could, he would

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<v Speaker 1>betray himself at once. Nero is the antithesis of a king.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a puppet of his own device. So how

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<v Speaker 1>do we use this to defeat him? All of this

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<v Speaker 1>he already knows to be true, but he's buried deep down.

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<v Speaker 1>Capturing and confronting him with the truth is the key

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<v Speaker 1>to his defeat. For as core as Nero's belief is

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<v Speaker 1>that he is a great king, a conceit essential to

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<v Speaker 1>his very being, his ego cannot fathom defeat. His body

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<v Speaker 1>would break down his mind rejected the mirror. Either the

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<v Speaker 1>mirror is the answer to deciphering the puzzle. By holding

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<v Speaker 1>a mirror up to his true nature, you'll expose him

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<v Speaker 1>for who he truly is. In the mirror, all will

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<v Speaker 1>be reviewed the mirror. Either sand and barrel and the

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<v Speaker 1>tea kettle, victory sword, no blade, black pages in the

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<v Speaker 1>books armor not army armor armor crash and look the

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<v Speaker 1>opals black dunbells. H. I should be going now to

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<v Speaker 1>the central bell tower. I must keep look out for dero. H.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll leave it once YouTube calm down. But either everything

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<v Speaker 1>fade nothing here is real. Whatever you're trying to say, stop,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. King Oran already told me everything I

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<v Speaker 1>need to know to open the black stone door to

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<v Speaker 1>the Oasis ground. We'll get the water we came for

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<v Speaker 1>and leave before a Nero even shows up. Thanks to me,

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<v Speaker 1>we won't be fighting Waterland's war. Come on to the

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<v Speaker 1>oasis door. No, what did Oran tell you is the

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<v Speaker 1>key to the door's hieroglyphics cipher. I didn't ask, huh.

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<v Speaker 1>But back in the throne room, Orn gave me his

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<v Speaker 1>Royal Waterland badge to wear in battle. You know his

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<v Speaker 1>prized emblem bearing his name with the symbol of the

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<v Speaker 1>water buffalo and the word flow. So you think the

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<v Speaker 1>symbol of the water buffalo is the cipher's key. Not quite?

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<v Speaker 1>See the mirror on the door, What about it? Oran

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<v Speaker 1>told me that the mirror is the key to deciphering

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<v Speaker 1>the puzzle, and the mirror all will be revealed. Look

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<v Speaker 1>the writing on the badge reversed in the mirror, flow

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<v Speaker 1>become wolf exactly. The key to opening the Oysters store

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<v Speaker 1>isn't the water buffalo. It's the symbol of the wolf. Brilliant.

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<v Speaker 1>Either don't thank me, thank the guardian, or blow the

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<v Speaker 1>waterland oasis, the one, the oasis waiting for us. Um

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<v Speaker 1>just a little farther, I can see it. He don't

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<v Speaker 1>stop now. We're almost there, by the mountain border at

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<v Speaker 1>the end. A few more steps until he reach water.

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<v Speaker 1>The water it's sand the oasis mirage. Oh what's that

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<v Speaker 1>ringing noise? Her time? We have to leave now, Hu,

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<v Speaker 1>don't just stand there, keep up, Oh, Neil put the

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<v Speaker 1>arrival of the King of the shadow man sage of

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. I turn up the night, but one true

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<v Speaker 1>king kay Sirrah outa flight, start aways the store still

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<v Speaker 1>up and get behind that dick car boring through fireball firecrackers.

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<v Speaker 1>He also will get to be carrying a round point

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<v Speaker 1>shovel over his shoulder. Welcome, Wow, comes on the Schapo

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<v Speaker 1>land all of your grain, King hero by royal subjects.

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<v Speaker 1>How nice have you to join me? You're just in

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<v Speaker 1>time for the coronation ceremony. Orn's gone completely mad. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we played pretend he let go good idea serious nero,

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<v Speaker 1>are one true king. Congratulations of the highest order on

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<v Speaker 1>your crowning. Poor timing, however, as you were just about

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<v Speaker 1>the league logo your king fyebrows. They burned him off.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a celebration. Deel the boy king long making rain

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<v Speaker 1>and life longer? Maybe rain? What do we do? Huh serious?

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<v Speaker 1>Charge him? No, it's too dangerous to defeat him. We

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<v Speaker 1>have to confront him with the truth. Ah Ord, that's enough,

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<v Speaker 1>stop this silly charade. We're leaving now. You must be mistaken.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hero k up the shadowland or in I killed

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<v Speaker 1>him now, boy trying the celebration. The pigs, little pigs.

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<v Speaker 1>Fine the flat stone door wide open and let the

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<v Speaker 1>big bad come in. What's he doing out in the

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<v Speaker 1>grounds and digging? Some kind of hole. Given his pension

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<v Speaker 1>for fine grade pyrotechnics, and using the basis of inductive reasoning,

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<v Speaker 1>logic dictates that he's digging our graves when he kills

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<v Speaker 1>us then buries our bodies out in the fake away.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a san right to the drawbridge. Sin right now

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<v Speaker 1>the torch lights in the ground. Holler out, which way

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<v Speaker 1>do we go? Serious? Track one? Printed dark? All right? Follow?

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<v Speaker 1>I had draw bridge? All right? Wait, don't take another step.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a trip wire on the drawbridge. It's rig full

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<v Speaker 1>of explosives. Who now run the fire ship and off

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<v Speaker 1>and it all that? Look the bridge? Are we out? Nero?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want from us? Never? Is it water

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<v Speaker 1>you're after? We can take you where or in hit

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<v Speaker 1>his barrels of oasis water. Just put down the fireworks

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<v Speaker 1>and you can well, devils. I know there's no oasis water,

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<v Speaker 1>and never was. I came from the royal chalice, buried

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<v Speaker 1>under date the sand of the Imperial House, and now

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<v Speaker 1>it's all mine. That water cup from Castle Banner. You

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<v Speaker 1>got what you came for. Let us go to leave

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<v Speaker 1>this kingdom. There's only one way out. You must pledge

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<v Speaker 1>royalty to your king and seal your fate through the

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<v Speaker 1>divine drinking ceremony. Divine drinking ceremony from the royal chalice,

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<v Speaker 1>we shall consume me the vial of sacred redwater containing

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<v Speaker 1>the blood of m Then I shall reign eternal in

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<v Speaker 1>the intra, with you serving as my subject for ever

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<v Speaker 1>in this realm and the next sacred red water. Ether

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<v Speaker 1>that sounds like roaming unnaturally occurring toxin found in seawater.

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<v Speaker 1>It's poisoned. I figured as much, Nero. There's no realm

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<v Speaker 1>in this world where we serve under you as king

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<v Speaker 1>of the water. I'm royal. Get it off me, Get

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<v Speaker 1>off extra now quick. Let's head to the throne room.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is it orangs escape tunnel, which leads to

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<v Speaker 1>the outside right rod rod behind the throne. The entrance

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<v Speaker 1>to the escape tunnel was hidden in the wall ron

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<v Speaker 1>heavy her the door. The door to the tunnel's locked.

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<v Speaker 1>Move serious smash. No, this door, like the one in

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<v Speaker 1>the grounds, is made of impenetrable black stone. The only

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<v Speaker 1>way to open it is by solving another hieroglyphic cipher.

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<v Speaker 1>Try the symbol of the wolf. That's not it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>somebody crying. Wolf sounds like my audience to bang it out. Bravo.

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<v Speaker 1>Lucky for you three, there's still more to go. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>saved the best for laugh a spock tractical to handle

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<v Speaker 1>the show. If you out serve me in this life, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>serve me the next one. Oh, it's dynamite the bladder,

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<v Speaker 1>the room. I didn't make you a ten seconds to

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<v Speaker 1>build that naked into the water. Well you go, well,

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<v Speaker 1>well you good lie at the bottom of a talking

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<v Speaker 1>win cat her light narrow you win. We'll pledge loyalty

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<v Speaker 1>to you and perform the drinking ceremony. Just lower the

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<v Speaker 1>rope and let us out of here. Ah, so you

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<v Speaker 1>wish to save as my royal subjects? After all, I've

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<v Speaker 1>lowered the rope. Now prove it kiss the kings? So

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<v Speaker 1>what prove your loyalty? Before I let you out? I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to climb. I'm up here, one by one

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<v Speaker 1>and kids the King's dude. Oh okay, okay, we'll do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't bear it down here. I'll go first. M

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<v Speaker 1>pick one's nuts. Come here and kiss the King's doe. H.

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<v Speaker 1>That's sure to leave him. Bump on the old noggin

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<v Speaker 1>buffoll of you. What do you doing here? Daddy? Would

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<v Speaker 1>keep you safe my leash. Thank goodness you're awake. You

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<v Speaker 1>had quite a stumble, Yes, yes I did. Wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>the BG one. He knocked me out after you kissed

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<v Speaker 1>my toe. No, no, no, no, you're mistaken. After we

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<v Speaker 1>pledged our allegiance to you, your highness, you became so

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelmed with rapture it seemed as if you were about

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<v Speaker 1>to ascend to Umbrah's realm of the Intra without even

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<v Speaker 1>conducting the drinking ceremony. That's when you passed out. Ah

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<v Speaker 1>ah hmm, yes, yes, now that I think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>of course that's what happened. He How could the light

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<v Speaker 1>of you and then opposed a threat to the great king? Nero? Now, subjects,

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<v Speaker 1>we must resume where we last left off the drinking ceremony.

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<v Speaker 1>The chalice demands we drink from it harmdus milk, the

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<v Speaker 1>blood of Umbra. We shall transcend this motor realm, and

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<v Speaker 1>I will rule eternal patil. Where are the three of you?

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the one with the ambulance? Ether he's out securing

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<v Speaker 1>in the castle perimeter. He'll be right back. That breaking noise?

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<v Speaker 1>What is that? Nero, my lord? We're under siege? What

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<v Speaker 1>we're being attacked by who? Or but that's impossible, or instead,

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<v Speaker 1>I assure you he's very much alive, my lord. He'll

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<v Speaker 1>soon have crossed the exterior mote and breach the castle walls.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have much time, Oran. There's nothing I'd like

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<v Speaker 1>more than to slay you again. Battle, stay sentence, prepare

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<v Speaker 1>for war. My subjects serious thought to the barracks, report

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<v Speaker 1>to the war room at once my lead, and you.

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<v Speaker 1>Either you'll stay with me here in the throne room

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<v Speaker 1>and help me get inside the mind of a fallen key,

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<v Speaker 1>orin is no match for King Nero. What could Ran

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<v Speaker 1>be after? There's nothing left for him here. All his

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<v Speaker 1>people abandoned him long ago, Nero, my and true King.

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<v Speaker 1>I served under Orange in the Waterland Kingdoms. I know

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<v Speaker 1>how he thinks. What he's after. He's come back for

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<v Speaker 1>the oasis the ohsus. Then we must protect the imperial

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<v Speaker 1>grounds at all costs. An explosion in the barracks probably nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'll go check out and stay here in the

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<v Speaker 1>throne room. Or an attack flame and time AfOR trate

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<v Speaker 1>it out. Put it out? Is the sen from the

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<v Speaker 1>bar room. Er Just stand in by Evan car her

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<v Speaker 1>everything white Wiking. Yes, yes, of course, any news to report.

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<v Speaker 1>Have we kept Oran outside the kingdom's walls. I'm afraid

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<v Speaker 1>not Orn and his soldiers have entered the castle. Yea,

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<v Speaker 1>how could this be? Shell? They head down to the

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<v Speaker 1>imperial grounds and secure the oasis door at once, either

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<v Speaker 1>at once. We must do everything in our power to

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<v Speaker 1>insure Oran never gets his hands on the Oasis water

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<v Speaker 1>the war room, White Lord, ye war go down to

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<v Speaker 1>the imperial grounds, secure the Blackstone door and make certain

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<v Speaker 1>the mirror is in place to keep Oran out. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>check out the war room. What happy here? Cannon fire, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>They have the castle surrounded with heavy artillery. We've sustained

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<v Speaker 1>critical damage on the western front from the blast. A

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<v Speaker 1>cannon ball not too close. It might still be active.

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<v Speaker 1>It smells like a big ball of beetle poof. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what cannon fire smells like. Good start, get that out

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<v Speaker 1>of my face. That's not fit. The gris a king.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not all. They sent a message, Nero, I am

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<v Speaker 1>the physical reflection of your greatest nightmare. I've taken the Oasis.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming for the throne, signed Orn, King of the

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<v Speaker 1>water Land. I must return to the throne room at

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<v Speaker 1>once eat where are you? There's no human defending the castle.

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<v Speaker 1>They must perform the drinking ceremony before or in and

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<v Speaker 1>his soldiers or silver Nights. One of them wears either ambulance.

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<v Speaker 1>The three myself killed them. Now come for me, stab me,

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you when you take the part, get the

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<v Speaker 1>royal tars that he really that's all this about them?

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<v Speaker 1>Ta me one, you come back to finish me, suspend

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<v Speaker 1>it or a fright the moor on silver in the

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<v Speaker 1>arms of your nights, and you've brought your own pouch

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<v Speaker 1>of firework this time just like wine. M M. Put

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<v Speaker 1>all ends here steps from the royal water well? Shall

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<v Speaker 1>we read us on to these bag of tricks? Good?

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<v Speaker 1>You agree? I want to face you man to man. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't goes down. We did it, Nero shattered the

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<v Speaker 1>grounds dooor mirror we were holding and fell into the

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<v Speaker 1>water well. He should be unconscious now right where we

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<v Speaker 1>want him. Serious Logo, we have to get down there

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<v Speaker 1>and tie him up before he waits. Nero's mind can't

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<v Speaker 1>fathom defeat. There's not a moment to waste. H help

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<v Speaker 1>help trapped water water or is that you either serious? Logo,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you free doing down here in the well?

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<v Speaker 1>We came to rescue you. I must have passed out again.

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<v Speaker 1>Who did this to me? It was Nero, wasn't it? Yeah? Nero? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I knew he'd return. Is he still here? He's been

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<v Speaker 1>defeated for now? Then the oasis water is safe. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no oasis water. Orange, I see you found out the truth?

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<v Speaker 1>The truth or the truth is that you're Nero. Impossible,

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<v Speaker 1>It's beyond possible, it's certain. How how can that be?

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<v Speaker 1>Nero was nothing more than a manifestation of umbre. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't believe it, believe this royal jealous But but I

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<v Speaker 1>buried that long ago, deep in the oasis sands, somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>no one could ever find it. No, then it must

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<v Speaker 1>be true, a Nero. We'll help you out of the well.

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<v Speaker 1>But then we want the truth. What really happened here? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Or I think I see it on the throne. Now

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<v Speaker 1>tell me the story of the Waterland Kingdom this time,

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<v Speaker 1>tell me the truth. Either the story I told you

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<v Speaker 1>earlier was true but incomplete. I was the prodigal prince

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<v Speaker 1>the Great Kingdom, and when I came of age, I

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<v Speaker 1>did leave home on an expedition accompanied by a team

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<v Speaker 1>of our best soldiers, blessed with the Royal Chalice. I

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<v Speaker 1>was determined to prove myself that as not only a

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<v Speaker 1>worthy heir to the throne, but as a formidable adversary

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<v Speaker 1>with the kingdom of his own. After weeks of empty searching,

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<v Speaker 1>I finally happened upon this oasis, This oasis which was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing more than a mirage, This oasis which would be

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<v Speaker 1>my downfall. I should have turned back at once, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was too weak. I couldn't let down those who

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<v Speaker 1>had given up everything to follow me. I couldn't admit

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<v Speaker 1>my failures that I was no king. I couldn't bear

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<v Speaker 1>to face the truth. So I became the mirage. I

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<v Speaker 1>lied to my people, forbid them from entering the oasis,

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<v Speaker 1>and spent my vast inheritance maintaining the illusion. The emerging

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<v Speaker 1>trade routes served only one purpose, secretly, bring water into

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<v Speaker 1>the castle by the Barrelful out of these lies, the

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<v Speaker 1>water land Kingdom rose to power, and so began my

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<v Speaker 1>reign as king. The Royal Chalice, as you can imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>once I begin of hope and promise, was now nothing

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<v Speaker 1>more than a painful reminder of the truth, so I

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<v Speaker 1>buried it away deep in the oasis sands. I'll being

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<v Speaker 1>to forget my past, and in doing so, I buried

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<v Speaker 1>a piece of myself down with it. From that day on,

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<v Speaker 1>my delusion grew. I began to believe lies were true.

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<v Speaker 1>Eventually the resources were exhausted and the water ran dry.

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<v Speaker 1>Could no longer keep up the facade. But I was

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<v Speaker 1>so lost in my mind that I began to accuse

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<v Speaker 1>my own subject of conspiring against me. Hunted by the

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<v Speaker 1>memory of the chalice, I waged war on my own

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<v Speaker 1>kingdom till one evening on a full moon sky, the

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<v Speaker 1>shadow land King first arrived, a phantom from the black

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<v Speaker 1>void of night. Nero took everything from me. Vi sanity

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<v Speaker 1>from my mind, the spirit from my soul, the life

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<v Speaker 1>from my body. One by one, my people left to

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<v Speaker 1>wander in the desert or hideout in the caves, hopelessly

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<v Speaker 1>awaiting the day I defeated the shadow King within that

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<v Speaker 1>he could finally return home. And now I know the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>I was Nero and Umbras to blame. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>showing me this and breaking the illusion. There is only

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<v Speaker 1>one thing left to do. Please follow me one last

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<v Speaker 1>time to the oasis sands. Okay, we'll go with you, Oran, Oran,

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<v Speaker 1>What else you have to find out here? Something I

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<v Speaker 1>left buried in the sands long ago. But I've never

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten the knowledge that this chalice holds no real power

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<v Speaker 1>over me. I am the only king, the one true

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<v Speaker 1>king of my soul. Either my badge, place it in

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<v Speaker 1>the hold beside my chalice. Okay, serious, logo, Hand me

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<v Speaker 1>the fireworks. This should be sufficient time to get rid

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<v Speaker 1>of these, for the king is dead. Long live the king.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to the cipher on the escape tunnel door leading

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<v Speaker 1>to the outside is the symbol of the Chapas. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>it never did me any good. I was always too

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to leave this place. Before you leave, it would

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<v Speaker 1>mean so much to an old king if you three

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<v Speaker 1>would accept my last remaining bottle of waterland water for

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<v Speaker 1>your journey. Are you sure you won't come with us?

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<v Speaker 1>How will you survive? And if Neuror comes back, what

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<v Speaker 1>will happen to you? Where will you go? The king's

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<v Speaker 1>kingdom is with his people. Don't worry, My people will

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<v Speaker 1>return from me. I'm finally going home. Onwards through the

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<v Speaker 1>desert to the Molary to recover the satellite dish or ends.

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<v Speaker 1>Water will keep us hydrated during our journey. What's this

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<v Speaker 1>in my back? A canteen? It turns out we had

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<v Speaker 1>water after all. Well, you never can have too much

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<v Speaker 1>of an offential resource A either you'll think nero gone forever.

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