"Woah, woah, new idea." "You surrender to me." "It's just one option." "But what if instead of that, you run home to the city, and on your way you tell all the other scout teams that I died." "That will put me at ease." "Just hand it over." "Come on, what have you got?" "Don't you wanna live out here in this glorious Empire and serve The Nomads?" "That's the deal Catherine made." "She's probably selling city secrets to The Nomad King in his bed right now!" "Scout Team Seven to Control, Scout Team Seven to Control!" "Team Seven, what's your location?" "Nomad outpost!" "What's the situation?" "The situation's bad, we found Sol!" " Scout down..." " Wait, wait, shut up, shut up, what's your situation?" "Scout down, request backup." "Which outpost, I need your exact location." "Come in Team Ten, what's happening?" "Team..." "You might wanna fix that arm." "I don't need it to kill you." "These Nomads were ruthless people." "Mad like you, watch what they did." "This is gonna hurt!" "Turn it off, and I won't kill you." "Really..." "If you slide this back in, can that arm break that chain?" "How bad is Sun Disease?" "I can't imagine this being the last face you see before you die." "What a horrible way to die." "You know, I'm disappointed." "They said you were clever and dangerous." "This is a horrible way to die." "Hello?" "Who is this?" "I'm with Scout Team Seven..." "One of the teams looking for Sol?" "Yes, but you shouldn't worry about him anymore, he isn't a problem." "The mission was very successful." "Who is this?" "Do you know if there's any way to turn off the giant torture machine?" "A funny thing happened." "Cleo isn't there?" "Cleo, no, Cleo's away at the moment." "So this machine..." "You tell her the deal is off." "That was the most useless conversation I've ever had in my life." "Hello, hello?" "I don't suppose you know who that was." "What did they say?" "Can I have some assistance?" "Maybe, answer my question." "Ahhh!" "They asked for Cleo and said the deal was off." "Not much of a conversationalist, are you Cleo?" "You stole my call!" "Half the world's dead, look where we are, and I get my call stolen?" "What are the odds?" "Perhaps they're regrettably higher than you might expect." "This is just funny." "Ahhh, I fail to see the humor, Senorita." "Can you hand me that bolt over there?" "What are you supposed to be?" "Please give me the bolt, it's right there." "Just hand me that bolt, get the bolt, please, right there." "You've got Sun Disease." "Why didn't you protect your eyes?" "You must not be from around here." "Just kick the bolt in my direction!" "It's looks like you've got steel in there, that's rare." "Did someone from Paradise City make that for you?" "Ahhh, lady, give me the bolt!" "Well for that we'll have to work out an exchange." "Afraid I don't do favors for inconsiderate people." "I apologize for skipping the social niceties of introductions, I would love to learn more about you, you seem like a very interesting person, but if you don't give me that bolt, I'm going to die!" "Well obviously you're gonna die." "Horrifically from the looks of things." "How can a bolt help you?" "I'll show you!" "What will you trade me for it?" "Maybe you can tell me how to find your friend from Paradise." "Ahhhh!" "I came from Paradise." "I can get you inside if you want." "You're from Paradise?" "Yeah." "Huh, how would you get me in?" "It's hidden, no one on the outside knows how to find it." "I do, I stole an access card, I can give it to you." "An access card?" "Ahhhh!" "It's a Presidential key." "It opens any city gate, you can walk right in." "And right back out?" "Sure, what, are you planning a robbery?" "My plans really aren't your concern." "Impressive." "Well thank you, lead on." "Give me the card." "What can you trade me for it?" "A bullet." "Listen Senorita, I don't usually kill women, but for you, I might make an exception." "That was your last shot, wasn't it?" "Would I still be standing here if it was?" "I don't know." "Why is the card so important to you that you'd break our deal?" "I thought you'd be honorable." "Honorable is just a word people give you when you do what they want." "And I didn't promise you anything." "I can't give you the card because" "I need it to trade to The Nomad King for a woman." "Named Catherine." "Who is she to you?" "Everything." "What's Paradise to you?" "Everything." "If you give the King an access card to the city, he'll go and destroy it." "She's worth it." "I don't help other people, Senorita, so either go away or kill me." "Ooof, ahhh!" "We done with this fight now?" "So, you clever enough to get Catherine without this, or will you try to steal it back?" "Nah, it's yours." "I can still get her, it'll just be harder." "You know how to get to the King?" "Yeah." "You show me how to get to him," "I'll tell you how to get into Paradise." "Deal?" "Deal." "What's your name anyway?" "Sol." "Nice to meet you." "If this is one of The Nomad Army's abandoned storage outposts, why are we sneaking up to it?" "Are we supposed to be frightened of Warriors and Invisibles, and what else?" "Not... did you see that?" "Creatures." "I didn't see anything." "Yeah, well how reliable is your eyesight?" "Look, Sun Disease would drive me crazy." "If every time I looked at other people's faces I saw my own?" "No thank you." "Does it happen with everyone you look at?" "Do I look like you to you?" "Yes, everybody looks like me to me, but I can read your face, you can't lie to me." "I never lie." "Are you up for this?" "Nobody can stop me from getting to her." "Including Creatures." "Ahhh!" "What the hell is wrong with this individual?" "Cleo, shoot it!" "Now!" "What, you're out of bullets?" "!" "You said you weren't out of bullets!" "I never said that!" "It was a direct implication." "I thought you could read my face, you're an arrogant bastard." "Oh don't you criticize me!" "Don't yell at me!" "I'm not yelling at you!" "Yes you are!" "Some help you are." "I don't believe this." "You don't want to point a weapon at someone if you can't use it anyway." "You'd better listen to me next time I tell you..." "Don't do that." "Why didn't you kill him?" "He didn't know what he was doing." "It isn't their fault, they're mad." "The world is lonely and quiet enough, you don't need to take more out of it." "Injury is great conflict resolution." "Killing lasts longer." "Get whatever you need and let's go." "Unless you wanna fix your gun and point it at that guy for awhile." "Hey, will you check that Creature's pockets?" "See what he's got, they steal stuff." "Why would he want anything?" "Cleo, how attached are you to your Creature theory?" "Because this is just a man in a mask." "What does he look like?" "Handsome." "You afraid or something?" "Some people I was friends with were taken by The King and turned into Creatures, he's not one of them." "Would you consider this normal behavior?" "There are more Creatures out here, so maybe try not to get your ass kicked next time, yeah?" "I did not get my..." "I'm breathing, he's not, that's conflict resolution." "I got a whole arm made out of conflict resolution!" "What are you doing, we have to go." "I am Lear, elite Junior King of this outpost!" "Who dareth trespass?" "Oh great." "If we don't fight him, he'll follow us until we do." "What don't you take care of this one, huh?" "Who are you, who is that man there?" "Cleo, oh I've heard talk of you." "They say you are a fortune that rivals the treasures of the Isle De Roca." "You're a little behind the times." "Madam, I demand your attention!" "From there, do not move, I am to be viewed from below or from an inferior angle." "Your hair suggests you believe in alternative hygienic standards." "Your witticism lacks a definitive luster and the caliber of even a lower class education." "And the layout of your face, on the whole, offends me." "I shall therefore acquisit my rights as heir to the throne and challenge you to a duel." "It will be a mighty battle for me." "For you, it will suck." "The winner, in other words I, shall receive your treasure." "The loser, shortly hereafter to be known forever as you, dies." "And now we come to it, you behold my mighty challenge!" "The Duke of Lear descends upon you with the fury of an army!" "Hey Sol, may I borrow you for a moment?" "Madam, I am protected by powers of nobility." "Now have at thee, you shoddy gnat!" "You pukish relic!" "Are you serious?" "Ha ha, oof!" "Foul play, madam, foul play." "You lack an applicable skill set!" "My worst day is the peak of your craftsmanship." "Your ability is less than good." "Ah, you swarthy dog!" "Embrace your forthcoming demise!" "No, back you... hither away from my ship!" "You know how long it took me to get those suckers?" "A really long time!" "Amateur..." "A monumental error." "Sol!" "Oh those are pretty, yes, give." "Sol!" "Oof!" "Sol, don't kill him!" "Ahhh!" "Sol, no!" "That was The Nomad King's cousin." "He looked like just another asshole to me." "I fixed my arm." "Once he find out what you did, we'll have no chance of getting to Catherine quietly." "There are dead bodies all over the place." "I had a few here and there, so what?" "So what?" "Maybe we were both better off alone." "Do you keep your promises?" "Of course." "You're nothing in this world if you don't." "Good, then you have to take me to Catherine." "We have to stay together." "Why should I trust you?" "I don't care for the situation." "Neither do I, but you're the only breathing person I know, and I'm lost." "So this Catherine, she means a lot to you?" "You could say that." "Good." "Well guide, guide." "Where are we going?" "We need better weapons." "There's another outpost not too far from here." "A full armory." "You have no idea where you're going, do you?" "No, there used to be an armory here." "Stop!" "Woah..." "I cannot believe we walked into this without setting anything off." "We were lucky." "I'm sure they're all duds." "You have no idea what you're talking about." "I don't have any..." "Which one of us thinks that this is a bomb?" "Cleo?" "What are you doing?" "I want these." "Where could you possibly wear those?" "There's one main city left on Earth, it's hidden underground, and no one goes out to eat!" "I like them, go to Hell." "You're being irrational!" "I am?" "You don't protect your prosthetic arm in the dirtiest part of the world?" "Yeah, that's irrational." "It's not a prosthetic, it's a deadly weapon." "Ah, shit!" "That silly sword bitch broke my goggles." "Keep your eyes closed." "Yeah, thanks." "Let me see." "Let me see them!" "No, you break everything you touch." "No I don't." "Let me see them." "Ah..." "What was that?" "Uh, your goggles made a noise." "Wait, where are you going?" "Come back..." "look, we're surrounded by bombs." "Just don't move." "What was that, did you just break my goggles?" "No, but I did happen to set off one of these extremely hazardous duds." "Relax, nothing bad is going to happen." "Oh shit, Cleo!" "Sol?" "Sol?" "!" "Oh come on!" "Cleo, Cleo, are you okay?" "Your eyes..." "You needed help." "You shouldn't have done that." "I can get out of this on my own." "Don't, stop struggling, it gets tighter every time you move, you can't get out of it." "Watch me." "Stop it!" "Maybe this partnership wasn't a good idea." "Just go, I'll be fine." "What is wrong with you?" "You are aggravating!" "You're an aggravating woman." "You yell at me when I kill people, you keep taking my arm bolt, and frankly your planning is sub par." "I wasn't gonna say anything about that, but it's becoming an issue." "So you don't think you need any help." "How can you help me?" "What are those?" "Keys." "For what?" "They help with things." "This is your trap, isn't it?" "I didn't mean what I said." "This is a delightful partnership with many perks, it's just that anyone I... everyone I... the people around me die quite often." "I just thought it would be nice, for you, if you didn't die." "It'd be nice for me too." "Thank you." "You saved my life, you keep doing that." "Don't take it personally." "What if I did, I might suspect you cared about me and we'd have to get to know each other." "Do I look better to you now?" "I liked the way you looked before." "That's too bad." "It's okay, I can remember." "Hey, I think my mind is playing tricks on me." "When I first opened my eyes, I thought I saw a girl." "Yeah, that's Sun Disease." "You were just hallucinating, don't worry about it." "We keep finding these." "This one was just killed." "Thought you could sneak up on me, eh?" "That's her." "Him, her, you don't know." "He kind of looks like me." "Have you seen my parents?" "All right, that sounded like a girl, but look..." "Team Nine to Control," "I found my partner's body in pieces." "The Cannibal Giric is hunting" "Sol and Cleo, find them before he does, and don't let him catch you too." "Team Nine, come in Team Nine." "Team Nine?" "I mean look, it's a habit." "I didn't know you'd like her." "It just happens." "Killing is a way of life, could you try not being upset about this?" "I'm not upset!" "Ugh, this disease is intolerable." "It's disorienting at first, but you get used to it." "They have a cure for this in the West." "They say there's some real humanity left out there, good people." "If they got cured, they'd have to keep track of all those new faces." "There might be something liberating about starting over." "Sure, we can have insane conversations where you ignore everything that just happened!" "Thinks of the lives I might have saved." "You should be thanking me, it's probably the best thing I've done since we've met." "If I didn't kill her then, she might have killed us later, it was her or us, and I chose us!" "Cleo!" "Woah, that sucked." "Hey there!" "Man, had that trap all worked out too." "You know how hard it is to bury yourself?" "It's ridiculous!" "Sorry about that, I thought you were more Creatures, they'll steal anything." "Who are you?" "Just another poor working stiff, a proletariat sent to nab him." "I love that now I find you." "Oh, you're under arrest by the way." "Who chained you?" "Just some Creatures, it took like, seven, nineteen Creatures to restrain me." "They left to get The Witch Warrior because apparently I'm not good at answering questions, so the" "Warrior is supposed to "influence" me." "I can't wait." "Sol, Sol, I always really liked you, man!" "I mean I like that you tried in Paradise, man." "Reform and old school, I get it!" "You're just misunderstood!" "So you wanna break this chain for me?" "Sure, if you promise to tell all the other scout teams I'm dead." "Promise..." "Yeah, yeah, that wouldn't be a problem." "What if, also, you traded me your access card." "Or we can forget the card!" "We can forget the card!" "I'll tell everyone you're dead if you kill The Oracle!" "And then snap my chain." "Why would they believe you?" "Because I'm really popular." "I used to be a Scout, in fact, I got 50 of my closest City Scout bros coming to rescue me right now!" "Part of that is because word is" "I'm sitting on Sol's path and they want him bad." "But I'm plenty popular." "He's a liar. come on!" "I know, but we don't know how many scouts are after you." "We're going straight to The King." "All right, The Oracle's harder to find than Paradise." "Not for me." "Hey, why do you want The Oracle dead?" "Oh, I don't, Paradise does." "She's plotting with The Nomad King to take the city down." "What kind of proof do you need?" "Her head." "Decapitation." "Ssszzt!" "What if you die before we get the head back here?" "Yeah, hey, you'd better hurry if you wanna beat all these people back here because, you know, if they're here and you're here, it gets political." "And who needs that, right?" "Sol, you know." "I don't trust him, I'm not doing it!" "Look at him, who's gonna listen to him?" "He looks like a weasel!" "Yeah, but hypothetically, if my friends didn't belive me that you were dead, and that's a big if, bro, I am like the point man with these fellas." "But if they don't, it won't matter because if we have proof that The Oracle is dead, taking that proof home is way bigger than you and your stolen access card." "You're scot-free, man." "Ahem." "I don't wanna talk about it." "Okay..." "What?" "Would it bother you if I don't do this with you?" "Don't look at me like that." "I have no desire to tangle with some spirit spitting religious..." "She's really more like a Therapist." "Are you trying to make me kill now?" "No, I'm not, it's just I can't do it." "We know each other, it would be weird." "So I offer her an invocation asking her to join us." "If she accepts, the rock will burn." "And then she'll appear." "She comes to us?" "Shouldn't she know we're coming and already be here, like an Oracle?" "Trust me, she's a professional." "Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comt..." "Clearly." "I'm not getting it high enough." "Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sep... arrgh, I used to be able to do this!" "Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sepientia ducae!" "With any luck, she's not on vacation." "She travels." "What kind of a situation is it to have half a boat, I mean really, everyone else has a whole boat." "It really really depresses me to think every time that I... oh, okay, you've killed it." "Very good, Arthur, but you've killed it, you don't have to kill it anymore." "Arthur, put the oar down, hunny." "I might need to talk with her for a minute first." "And hurry up, darling." "Sweetheart!" "Hi!" "Don't worry, it was working vacation." "I needed a fish for this, otherwise" "I would have arrived sooner." "It's been forever, you look beautiful!" "Let me guess, you brought someone to kill me." "We'll talk about it." "Arthur, set up my office." "I almost forgot how dull this part of the world's become, things are so dead around here." "I wanna hear all about your drama." "Now you need to start collecting the... plant, there's a famine coming, you'll do well." "Sweetie, your eyes!" "I told you you would catch Sun Disease if you left me." "Yeah, but now you look better than ever." "Hmmm, imagine what he sees." "I know we parted on bad terms." "I hope by now your realize my visions come true for those who take my advice." "I heard you allied yourself with The Nomad King." "I told you I would never do that." "His people have done enough damage around here." "Try prophesying a fortune to a Creature." "It's pointless, what's an Oracle to do with the rest of her life under these conditions?" "Naturally I could tell you, but it would depress you." "Well if that's how you feel, then why do you have a Creature working for you?" "He's a defector, no one you knew." "Does he know that anything you promise him is a lie and you'll throw him away once you're bored?" "I don't lie." "You promised me a family and it never happened." "You're confused, and I never throw anyone away, I simply help people find their most appropriate path." "The smart ones listen." "A little faith on your part wouldn't kill you." "It might even make your personality more attractive, but what do I know?" "It's sad really, and don't get me started on your silly pipe dream about the Isle De Roca." "Money can't buy you what you want." "It will never bring them back, you know." "Your family is gone." "Don't blame me for seeing what" "I see, sweetheart, it's all there, right in front of me." "When the reunion is over, I'd like it if we could move this thing along." "Why did you sell out to the prisoner?" "He's not ready to listen." "Hold this, Ahab." "Sol, what are you doing?" "It's just a trick, get up!" "Why don't you kill me if you wanna save him from the City Scouts?" "Your sword could take my head off." "Ssszzt, right?" "!" "So please dear, do something or be quiet." "You're adorable, you try so hard." "You need to follow your heart and stop chasing your past." "Pay attention." "He's doing that, he's following his heart..." "He's following his ego." "What is killing Catherine really going to accomplish?" "Killing her?" "Stay on this path, and you'll repeat your misery forever." "She's not the end, she isn't." "Listen, she's not the end." "See, I'm not so bad." "Normally I'd charge for this." "She's just a con artist." "What did you do to him?" "Isn't Cleo beautiful?" "I thought you'd might like to see her." "It's interesting how you look to each other." "I can't cure Sun Disease, Sol, but I can pause it." "Do you like her?" "You look like the same person." "You're the same woman." "No, I'm just choosing to appear as Cleo to both of you right now." "I'm The Oracle, I get to mess around like that." "Besides, you don't look so good in my outfit." "You have two choices." "One is you can kill me for the prisoner and save yourself from the Scouts, but if Cleo stays with you and you kill Catherine, she will eventually die." "Wanna hear about the second path?" "Leave it all behind, leave the hunt for Catherine." "Leave killing altogether and walk away." "That goes for you too, sweetheart." "Abandon your fruitless treasure hunt." "Leave your family in the past where they belong and go West with him." "Certain things cannot be undone, so be sure you're right before you act." "Killing you will make half our enemies go away." "But what about this enemy?" "My death will only make him stronger." "This is a mistake." "You don't believe anything she said, do you?" "Yup." "Cleo, she also said that she couldn't die." "Yeah, she dies all the time." "She thinks it helps her reputation." "Nothing is going to happen to you, you're with me." "I can kill anything that comes between us and Catherine." "Well you can't protect me from you, and you're what's gonna cause this." "Woah woah woah!" "No, I'm fine, I'm fine." "Okay, help." "Why are you so hell bent on going after something that won't make your lift any better?" "You're the most stubborn..." "Woah, hey!" "Here, give me your hand." "How could The Oracle pick us for each other?" "Listen, Senorita, I didn't ask you to be with me!" "Why do you want a family anyway?" "I don't." "I gave up on that a long time ago." "And besides, I wouldn't pick you." "Wait, what?" "Hey, why not?" "!" "Wait, we've been through here before!" "No we haven't." "It's like a labyrinth, you're just confused." "Shit!" "So who would you pick?" "Him?" "Well he doesn't lie or kill people." "I don't lie." "You told me Catherine was your lover you were rescuing, you just wanna kill her." "I can see how you might have been misled by that point, but I never said that exactly." "Technically, I didn't lie." "Yeah, well technically, if I stay with you and you kill her, I'll die." "Woah, oh... hey!" "Even if she's right, and she's not, she said you'll die eventually." "Everybody dies eventually." "Hey, let me explain something about Oracle terminology." ""Eventually" means like Tuesday." "Yeah, I don't believe that." "I have to get away from you." "We had a deal!" "You are not done until I find Catherine." "Now let's go and get these Scouts off our back." "I don't wanna run into them again." "Yeah, neither do I." "Oh, you guys, I love you guys!" "Where are your friends?" "Funny thing about that is my bros came by and left me here, they're a riot." "They really want Sol." "But this, this, when they see this, when they come back, they will, they love me, this puts you out of their minds and I will be a rich man." "That's disgusting." "You wanna lose that arm too?" "Hey now, lover's quarrel?" "Would you mind holding off on that for just a minute and snap this chain?" "I can catch up to my friends right now and tell them that you're dead." "For you guys, anything, or you know what?" "I promise." "Come in, guys, come in, big news!" "What do you want, asshole?" "We're not rescuing you." "He's like my brother." "Hey buddy, Sol and that chick we robbed are dead." "They came by, The Oracle was chasing them, she killed them, but man, I was... and I got her, I killed The Oracle, it was ridiculous!" "Mission accomplished, bro, we're going home!" "I'll send you one Scout Team, but if you're lying again, we'll leave you there for good." "What a joker." "So how about snapping my chain?" "The Witch Warrior's coming soon." "That doesn't sound good." "It's better if I just go and meet my friends." "Who sent your people to rob me?" "What, hey, hey!" "You guys are jerks!" "This is a jerk move, man!" "I tried to play the diplomat like a good guy!" "I don't ask for anything in return!" "One head, no big deal!" "And what do you do for me?" "!" "You play the screw you card, nice!" "This is nice!" "You know how long I'm gonna be stuck out here for?" "!" "Yeah, I don't either, that sucks!" "If The Oracle made them rob you, then she can't be trusted!" "You're not going to die, we're not, we're not on one of her paths, we're not stuck in her grip!" "Yes we are!" "Stay away from me." "You can't leave me!" "Cleo?" "Cleo!" "Sol, Sol, Soool..." "This could be a problem." "It's not her, get the safe box anyway." "Easy, son, it isn't wise to travel at night." "Too many Invisibles." "Stay down now!" "You son of a bitch!" "That was the safe box, nobody was gonna find ya!" "I save your life and you break my stuff." "Now I gotta build a new one!" "You stop right there or get a little dose of my ear killer." "Sit down and eat." "What were you doing out at night?" "I'm on my way to see The King." "Good luck, I hear nobody sees him face to face." "I'm looking for my daughter." "My wife is out scouring right now." "You let your wife wander alone?" "I can't stop her." "See, we used to all travel together as a family." "Who keeps a family these days?" "My daughter started going off alone." "Instead of making her stay with us, I gave her weapons to protect herself." "One day she just didn't come back." "What kind of weapons did you give her?" "Just these." "You can find them all over the place, lots of people have them." "Years ago, I met an Oracle, and she told me I would have a daughter and that my little girl would change the world." "If she dies, I messed up a prophecy." "How would the world change because of her?" "The Empire would fall, I think, I don't know." "It would stop this endless cycle of violence we're all living in." "How am I supposed to live with myself if I made it so that can't happen?" "It's not your fault." "I met your daughter." "I thought she was someone dangerous, those arrows really have been used all over the place." "When did you see her?" "!" "Where is she?" "!" "She's dead." "I killed her." "Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sepientia ducae!" "Come on, where are you?" "Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sep..." "Sepientia ducae." "Go eat somebody else!" "Hi." "Hi." "All gone!" "I sure had you and your boyfriend fooled, didn't I?" "I thought he was gonna pop my head off!" "He hurt me so bad, big bully." "Do you kill people with those?" "I just dance with them." "Shoom, shoom!" "Look!" "Aren't I clever?" "What can you trade me for it, a bullet, you said you were out of bullets, I never said that, it was a direct implication," "I thought you read my face, you're an arrogant bastard, don't you criticize me, don't yell at me," "I'm not yelling at you, yes you are!" "That was your last shot, wasn't it?" "Would I still be standing here if it was?" "You're a goner, you know." "You should pay attention to me, you should listen to me when I talk to you because if you choose this first path," "Cleo will eventually die." "Sol's a goners too." "I saw him with my daddy!" "He told my daddy he killed me, and oh boy, you wouldn't believe what Daddy did!" "Is your daddy nearby?" "You should stay away from him." "Tell me where he is." "Mmmmm, no." "Tell me!" "Rawr!" "Hello there!" "I'm looking for my friend." "Does he have a robotic arm and an overdeveloped streak of arrogance?" "He's your friend?" "Yes..." "Argh, ow, why can't people just shake hands when they meet anymore?" "!" "And you're next after him." "Hey, you know your daughter's just over that ridge." "You don't know my daughter." "She showed her dancing to me." "Do you know about her dancing?" "That way." "Your friend's right down here." "Sol?" "Sol?" "Cleo?" "Where are we?" "Oh, um, I got stabbed in the ass with an arrow, I'll be two minutes." "Hey!" "Hello!" "Why do you wanna go to Paradise?" "Some Scout stole something valuable from me." "It was my mother's." "It's all I have left of my family." "Even I wouldn't try and break into that place." "Is this thing worth dying for?" "Is Catherine?" "That's different, what I'm doing won't kill me." "Hey, do you think we're being followed?" "Yeah, maybe, we're pretty close to The King." "Then why are we stopping to rest?" "Won't The King's men attack us?" "Or wait until I'm asleep and take you?" "Take me?" "No, no people stay out of cemeteries." "They're haunted you know." "Let's go back to your cave." "No, it's the only home I have and you attract too much attention." "Oh don't apologize." "My father was a reformer in Paradise." "So many people loved him." "He was a great man." "Catherine turned out to be a Nomad spy." "She and her friends, they murdered my father." "I killed them all, except Catherine, before I was caught and sent to prison." "I broke out to find her." "I'm sorry." "I feel like I've been chasing Catherine forever." "I'm tired." "What?" "Do you think that we have to keep being the way that we are forever?" "I mean is this still worth everything to you?" "No." "I wanted to believe that you were chasing Catherine for love." "I wondered what it would be like to have a man like you chase me." "Some fantasy." "I've never known anyone to fall in love like that, Senorita." "Sounds foolish." "Yeah, it does." "Thanks." "For the food." "You know, they aren't just good for you." "They're also beautiful." "Women love these, just in case you ever feel like, I don't know, indulging in anything foolish." "Maybe I am a fool, and I was just..." "I've been thinking about what The Oracle said." "You don't believe in her." "No, but you do." "Why is she interfering with you and me?" "I don't know, she's tricky." "She's the closest to family I have, but she plays with people, it's a game to her." "She told me that phone call would be my way into Paradise, but I wasn't expecting you." "I don't know what she's up to exactly, but there's always a catch." "Are you calling me a catch?" "Maybe." "I don't wanna see my face on yours anymore." "You said they cure Sun Disease in the West, right?" "Mmmhm." "Well I was wondering if you would take me there, and you could stay with me after I kill Catherine." "You can't..." "She's the last one." "I promise to stop killing after her." "You'd have to stop now if you want me to go with you." "And you'd have to give up Paradise." "Yeah, is it worth it?" "I don't know, maybe." "I'll tell you that man at the well had me convinced that his daughter was the most important thing in the world." "And I destroyed it." "I don't wanna do this anymore." "I could give up Catherine for you, I will, now." "Do you promise?" "I do." "So when do we leave?" "Tomorrow." "Not right now?" "No, no, now would be terrible timing." "You think so?" "Yeah, I do." "Wait, I can't." "It's not you, it's me." "Hello?" "Hello, hello." "Didn't I ask you if exactly this would happen?" "You did, that's funny." "I think you have a misunderstanding of humor, Senorita." "It's not working?" "We should have stayed awake." "Think they knocked us out with something when we fell asleep." "Uh, they're awake, do it again, he wants them unconscious." "Hello?" "Yes." "What's he saying?" "Yes." "What's wrong?" "It's The Witch Warrior." "Is it The Witch Warrior?" "Yeah." "Oh, okay." "Witch Warriors are The King's head assassins." "I think they're actually only one Warrior left." "That's good." "They'll probably take us to meet" "The King and execute us there." "That's bad." "Wait, so here, not over at, uh..." "What happened, did he hang up on you?" "Yeah, you know, I mean I've got feelings too, I've got kids..." "I know you do, I know you do." "It's really just, you know, this is not well." "What is wrong with that guy?" "I don't know, he wants us to wait here." "I thought he wanted us to go to the ocean." "No, no beach anymore, he wants us to wait right here." "Wait a minute, was it supposed to be the beach or the ocean?" "Well both I guess." "It was the beach, which is at the ocean, but now it's here." "Oh, okay, how come?" "Are we dying?" "Yes." "Well that was lucky." "Oh shit, that The Witch Warrior?" "Yup, that'd be him." "Oh this can only go well." "God, that arm is brilliant, mate." "But you might think about keeping it clean." "This climate is Machiavellian." "What we wouldn't give for a flat on the ocean with no parasites and clean air." "We're paid to kill people in the desert, but we're philosophically opposed to dirt." "Our charge in life is fantastically ironic." "See this?" "If her heart stops beating, we, and whoever's nearby who just killed us explode." "That's what they told us anyway." "It's a deterrent to protect us from assassination." "The mad king, in his infinite wisdom, wired it to all his finest assassins." "Guy's a wanker, make a note of that." "I will, thank you." "Right, upon finding you, we are meant to transport you to" "The King directly whereupon it's on to your execution before his eyes." "But that's no matter now, this changes everything." "We killed some Scouts who were carrying this." "Thankfully, we know The Oracle isn't really dead, but we're sure she's quite upset nevertheless." "Have you spoken to her?" "Sadly, no, we can't find her." "And that, my dear, is why we're disobeying orders, jumping the gun, reaching Command and being an otherwise right git by using you for our own splendidly selfish gains." "Now this is a portal." "Should lead straight to The King, zap." "This is where we would drop you off later were we not disobeying orders, jumping the gun, breaching" "Command and being an otherwise..." "We got it." "How does it work?" "Get my manual, there we go." "Apply hand to surface." "All right, suppose we'll give that a go." "You realize this won't end well for you." "Unless you make a deal with us that would transpire thusly, you take us to The Oracle, and we'll release you." "Why do you wanna see The Oracle?" "That, my dear, is between her and us." "You let Cleo go now, and I'll help you find her." "I've seen her summon before." "No bright ideas." "I hope that's the most work we'll do all day." "You can come back for her after." "Fine, let's go." "You and that arm seem useful." "When The Oracle's out of the way and we're in charge, perhaps you could be our personal minion." "I appreciate that!" "Are you out to ruin our day?" "Sol, what are you doing?" "!" "Keeping my promise, he's not dead." "You didn't promise to get beaten to death." "Well I don't see you helping the situation!" "Can't you knock him out?" "No, good thought though." "King!" "The King!" "The Nomad King, where are you?" "!" "Hello!" "Woah..." "Welcome back." "Back?" "I know, you don't remember." "Have a seat in that chair." "Don't worry, Cleo will be fine." "Put those on." "Please." "I believe I deserve to be seen properly." "I thought things got screwed up when that woman got involved, but you made it." "Thank you for not killing all the Scouts this time." "We can reuse them if you like." "Reuse?" "Oh yes, The Empire's population is wearing thinner and thinner, but don't worry, sir, I'll keep you well stacked." "Why do you keep calling me sir?" "All right, I apologize." "I should keep this simple." "I'm not The King." "You are." "I'm your personal Physician." "And loyal servant, here again running the show for you as promised." "Ever since you replaced The King." "Because since then, this part of the world got boring!" "We have no war." "That's a lie." "I'm not The King, I escaped from prison." "You did the first time." "Now I just reset your memory back to then every time." "Every time?" "Oh you've played this game..." "I don't even know how many times, a lot." "It's your entertainment." "After you've conquered this fairly isolated region of the world, you had me set up this repeating event where you go on a mission to kill Catherine and The King." "Now each adventure is different, but at the end the latest Witch Warrior sends you here, you duel, you fight, you win." "I strap this onto your head and I reset you." "Back to the beginning." "That's impossible!" "Not really." "Catherine didn't murder your father." "You left Paradise, killed her, killed" "The Nomad King, and took the throne for yourself." "Well done, sir." "However, lately I've noticed that you need to kill more and more people to reach any level of satisfaction whatsoever." "It's gonna be problematic for me if we keep going at this rate, you know?" "No." "I made a promise to never kill again." "No, this is who you are." "Ahh, ow!" "You're lying to me." "No, I'm not." "I am serving you faithfully." "Sir, put this on." "You'll wake up thinking you've stolen the access card and are fresh out of prison." "My men from West will arrive shortly and cure your Sun Disease." "The next Catherine, who you didn't get to meet this time because you are a titch early, is a sitting image of the original, so if you happen to contract Sun Disease again, you get it about half the time." "We'll cure you again just before so that you can see her and savor your kill." "What about my arm?" "That can't happen every time." "About that..." "We can't reset that because last time what happened is you got too carried away, and you killed the previous Witch Warrior." "When he blew up, you burnt your arm." "Now they don't carry real bombs anymore." "We've replaced them with something else." "It's a secret, they don't know." "So I worked your arm into the scenario." "Eh, do you like this?" "Wow, do you like this one, do you want a new one?" "What happens if I die?" "You?" "We've had a couple of close calls, but that particular outcome," "I think, is highly unlikely." "All right, you know what?" "I like the idea of you having a sexy female guide, I can add that." "You can fall in love, become a little more human." "What do you think?" "Wait, The Oracle, she's real." "Yes, but I wanna keep her out of the picture." "That woman, she wasn't supposed to get involved." "So just whatever she said to you, just forget it." "Well you're about to forget it anyway." "Not forget, we repress your memories, we do not erase them, you are still you under it all." "Sir, what are you doing?" "Ow, ugh!" "Ahh!" "This is a trick!" "What happens if I don't put this on?" "Then you'll have a chance to save Cleo." "The Witch Warrior will kill her." "What are you doing here?" "Fulfilling my promise to Cleo." "I told her I'd take care of her." "Is that why you had her robbed?" "Yes, I promised her a family." "How else was I supposed to get her out of here?" "I called her to take you to the West, but she missed the call thanks to you, and I had to leave my vacation to come fix everything." "Nothing but lunatics in the West, sir." "You're not supposed to be here, lady!" "And you shouldn't tamper with my design." "This cycle's fragile and precise." "He made me promise to keep this going, and I have." "Sol, do you want to be a monster forever?" "This idiot here, this complete fool, would have you believe that you are a King." "But I say you are the sad ruler of a land that owns you." "It's ludicrous!" "Sir, put my device on." "This land has nothing left but your excellency." "I got mini societies built around your patterns." "You are The Empire." "Forget about Cleo, I'll get you a better girl." "You can have 10 girls, 20!" "Is Cleo going to die if she stays with me?" "Yes, if you stay here in this endless cycle of violence." "The West is your only hope." "I have a man from the West coming, sir." "He'll supply you with new goggles." "Put the device on." "I can do this forever." "Ahh, again?" "Don't you see how this works?" "You need me!" "I make this world turn." "The world is big!" "And you are tiny." "If you don't stop what you're doing, you're not gonna like where you end up." "And break my promise?" "He needs me!" "Why?" "You look like everybody else." "Sir..." "This is your dream." "This is Paradise." "I don't want a revolving kingdom!" "This ends now." "We could change the cycle, modify it." "You could live out other fantasies." "Get out of my face." "No, no, not the water!" "What have you done?" "!" "My devices will be ruined!" "Cleo says you travel a lot." "Is that right?" "You wanna go somewhere?" "Yeah." "Oraculum sacrum veniet nos comtua sepientia duchee!" "Sepientia ducae." "Sepenchia duchee." "Sepientia ducae." "That's what we said!" "No, it isn't." "You said this would work." "Shame, looks like we'll have to kill you after all." "That'll probably make her visit us right quick." "Try it again!" "Oraculum sacrum veniet nos comtua sepientia ducae." "Hell with it." "You can do it, you're doing good." "Oraculum sacrum veniet nos comtua sepientia ducae." "Bitch come here!" "Sorry luv, that plan's bollocks." "We'll make this quick." "Sorry." "Ow!" "Not exactly going quick, is it?" "Hold on." "Useless piece of equipment." "You don't have to take it personally." "Maybe you could just quickly dehydrate for us." "What are you running around with Sol for anyway?" "It's pointless to fall in love these days." "And if Sol is still alive, he's probably selling you out somewhere." "No he isn't." "Darling, what's the point?" "Hope is the major prerequisite of misery." "It takes days to dehydrate, doesn't it?" "There's got to be an easier way than this to establish disgusting quantities of wealth and power." "If only there was a way to do it from a hammock." "You don't strike me as the take over the world type." "Not take over, rule." "There's a big difference." "Taking over takes all the work!" "Somebody else does that." "Contractors likely." "We simply rule over a previously conquered Empire from a quiet den." "Let's walk to The Oracle." "There they are." "You're not interested in letting The Witch Warrior find you?" "Just because I haven't died yet doesn't mean I wanna push my luck." "What's going to happen to The Empire without me?" "Oh, I think we'll survive." "Here, Cleo will love these." "I've got one better." "She loves these flowers." "Take the shoes, trust me." "I'm sorry I took your head off." "How'd you come back?" "What good is an Oracle if she tells her secrets?" "You think anyone can do what I do?" "Now go." "You kids are a long time away from happiness and babies, nothing's over yet." "Happiness and what?" "Have you heard of The Isle De Roca?" "You mean the secret island of Lemorian survivors." "Home to untold tons of wealth?" "We might have." "If I gave you a map to it, would you forget about The Oracle and let me go?" "So you can go after Sol?" "Are you trying to make more trouble for yourself?" "Yes." "Think we could pay someone to take this bomb off?" "Fine, you produce this map, you're free to get yourself killed by someone else." "Hmmm, this is better than ruling The Empire." "We could buy a whole country and retire." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Get going then..." "Oh, bugger!" "But I had it under control." "I know what I'm doing." "Oh sh..." "What's going on?" "No one's ever escape The King, ever!" "Well he couldn't have escaped unless he killed The King, right?" "Of course right, so you must've killed him." "And killing The King means you've become The King." "So you are The King now!" "You're actually on the right track." "All right." "Really?" "Okay, you have to listen to him." "In theory, yes, but, you know, unless I replace him..." "Wealth, power." "You can have it all!" "My wonderful kingdom of dirt, take it." "It doesn't work like that." "You see, you have to die, or someone will find out." "I can keep a secret." "Fight me." "What..." "Ah, oooh, ah, ah!" "To the death!" "You will die so we can be King!" "In just a minute." "Catch us!" "We don't have to." "We will pay every assassin on Earth to find you." "Everywhere you go, your names will be known." "Even the West won't take you in because whoever takes you in will be murdered." "Their children will be murdered." "Anyone who sees your face and doesn't try to kill you will be murdered." "There will be no end to your suffering." "So fight me." "Fight me." "Fight me!" "Does he count?" "Fight me!" "Come on, fight me, fight me!" "Fight me!" "Now look what you've done!" "It is extremely uncomfortable." "Cleo, come here." "Get us out and you can have the map back." "We're not going to explode, see?" "Right, one last thing, you're dead!" "Oh..." "Oh no, that's terrible inconvenient." "Don't worry about the gas, sir, it's temporary." "You and The Oracle just had to get involved, didn't you?" "Women, I swear they'll be the death of me." "Here we go, okay, okay." "Got it..." "Gah!" "I'll have to reset you at my outpost." "What the..." "Oh, ooo, you almost took him away from me." "And you killed my Witch Warrior!" "I really liked that one." "You love Sol, don't you?" "When the paralysis wears off, I hope you come find him." "See, I'm resetting his memory." "You'll be a stranger to him." "In fact, he'll probably kill you." "I want you to understand this." "Whatever you and The Oracle think you've accomplished, I'm undoing it." "Come on, Sol, let's get you back home." "Hello?" "Sweetheart!" "Whoever you are, you don't belong in that chair!" "Get out!" "Hello!" "Get off there!" "Yeah, I'm talking to you." "But I have to sit down." "I hurt my leg, see?" "My daddy made that crutch for me." "What are you doing with it?" "He tried to take it away too, but I wanted to dance with it." "He asked me what kind of dancing do I do." "So I showed him, I showed him good." "I danced with Daddy." "Would you like to dance with me?" "The Oracle said you would." "Absolutely not!" "The King may return at any moment, so get..." "Ooooooh..." "You get off there!" "Mmmmm, no." "You do as I say!" "No." "Disobeying me..." "Is the same as disobeying The King himself." "Ah, ahhh!" "I got your spine, didn't I?" "Ooooo..." "We can dance for a long time now." "Sol!" "Who are you?" "How do you know my name?" "It's me, Cleo." "You know me." "Lady, I don't know you." "Did he fix your eyes?" "Can you see my face with those eyes?" "I can see your face." "Look, I'm sure you're a lovely woman, but I don't have time for you." "Wait, don't you at least recognize my voice?" "No!" "Well what's the last thing you remember?" "See?" "A prison, I was in prison." "My memory's fine, you're confused, leave!" "No, I know you." "I wouldn't have done that if I were you." "Let me go." "Before you get hurt, let me go." "I can't, I can't." "No!" "They fixed your arm too." "The bolt came up before." "What?" "This desert is filled with crazy people!" "I can't..." "We're in love." "Oh..."