MC Conversations

## Ywain x Merlina
## C
## Available immediately on Interlude
\f[2|Ywain]
\s[2]
Hey, Merlina!|
\s[-2]

\w[16]

\f[6|Merlina]\m[6|5]\w[8]
\s[5]
Yeah? What is it?|

\s[2]
I'm curious. What made you want\n
to tag along with Pelly and me?|

\s[5]
Ahem, it would be 'Pelly and I'.|

\s[2]
... Listen, grammar goblin, you know\n
what I meant, so don't be pedantic.|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Hah. Don't be upset at me because\n
you don't know how to speak properly.|\e[5|0]\n
... As for your question, why wouldn't\n
I come along? It's always the three of us.\n
They even call us the jewels of Merovin.|\n
Named after the three legendary gemstones.|

\s[2]
I don't know a single person who has\n
ever referred to us as something so... stupid.|

\s[5]
I think it's nice to be appreciated.|

\s[2]
... Anyway, I ask because while it may be\n
true that we always hang out on normal\n
occasions, this is a lot more... serious.|\n
We're in the middle of a full-scale war\n
with Avilion. And fighting some weird\n
evil cult as well. It's dangerous.|

\s[5]
Hence why I'm here to make sure you\n
two don't end up hurting yourselves.|

\s[2]
I'm more concerned you're going\n
to end up getting yourself hurt.|

\s[5]
Oh? Soft spot for me, Ywain?|

\s[2]\e[2|2]
Merlina, you were literally held hostage\n
by my father's soldiers. ... Come to think\n
of it, you never said how you escaped that.|

\s[5]
I'm more resourceful than you\n
may think. You don't need to worry\n
about me, I'll be just fine.|
\s[-2]

\w[16]

\s[2]\b[2|2]
Stupid... You're basically my other little\n
sister. How am I not going to worry?|
\s[-2]

## Pellinore x Merlina
## C
## Available immediately on Interlude
\f[6|Merlina]\m[6|5]\w[4]
\s[5]
Pelly! Can I show you something?|
\s[-2]

\f[2|Pellinore]
\s[2]
Sure, what is it, Merlina?|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Check out this new spellbook I\n
picked up. White magic has got\n
to be the coolest magic ever.|

\s[2]
It's really awesome, I agree. I'm\n
honestly a bit jealous you managed\n
to get it, while I never was able.|

\s[5]\e[5|0]
Oh, right. Sorry... I guess I got lucky.|

\s[2]\e[2|1]
I'll say! Especially since before I left\n
for Hreidmar, you could only use staves,\n
and now you're casting magic left and right!|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Heh. I am pretty incredible, aren't I?|

\s[2]
You'll need to teach me some day.\n
How did you learn it anyway?|

\s[5]\e[5|0]
Oh, White Magic? It's uh... A long story.|\n
But, it turns out that the black magic\n
General Anna was teaching us isn't that\n
different from White Magic incantations.|\n
I just was able to actually get these\n
some to do something, unlike the others.|

\s[2]\e[2|0]
Ah, yeah... I remember trying to use\n
the training tome and getting nothing\n
to work. It was disheartening.|

\s[5]
You really did want to use magic, huh?|

\s[2]
Yeah, I even asked Eliza to teach me\n
before. She refused, so I snuck into\n
her room and tried to use one of them.|

\s[5]\m[5|5]\e[5|1]
Hahaha! And you blew out a wall!|

\s[2]
... Yep. My mother was really upset,\n
but my father just laughed at it.|\n
Eliza had to rebuild the wall, though.|\n
She was really mad at me, but she was\n
the best mage in the castle, so it made\n
the most sense for her to repair it.|

\s[5]
Always cleaning up after\n
her little brother, huh?|

\s[2]
... I guess so. Not the best\n
sibling in the world, am I?|
\s[-2]
\f[2|nil]
\w[4]

\e[5|0]\m[5|4]\w[4]
\s[4]
Wait, Pelly! I didn't mean it like that...|
\s[-2]

## Pellinore x Ywain
## C
## Available immediately on Interlude
\f[2|Pellinore]\f[5|Ywain]
\s[2]
Ywain, are you still mad at me?|

\s[5]
Huh? When was I upset with you?|

\s[2]
Before, when I went behind your back\n
and sent a letter to General Anna and\n
involved Kameloth in our affairs.|

\s[5]
Oh. I wasn't even really mad at you,\n
per say, I was more disappointed\n
made the decision without my input.|\n
But, at the end of the day, you made\n
the right call. Hell, if you didn't,\n
we'd probably be dead right now.|\n
Your choice basically saved all of\n
Merovin. No need to apologize to me\n
just because I didn't know about it.|

\s[2]
... I see...|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Come on, Pelly, give yourself more credit.\n
Had I been involved, I would have probably\n
said it to the wrong person and ruined it.|\n
I'm just a lunkhead with a lance, but\n
you've got a lot of foresight for situations\n
like this. Play to your strengths.|

\s[2]
If you really think so... But, thanks, Ywain.|

\s[5]
Of course. Now, stop moping around,\n
or I'll get Merlina to harass you.|

\s[2]\m[2|2]\e[2|1]
Okay, okay! I'll stop. Promise!|
\s[-2]

## Ywain x Merlina
## B
## Available after chapter 12
\r[5]\f[5|Merlina]
\w[16]
\f[1|Ywain]\m[1|2]\w[4]
\s[2]
Merlina, there you are.|

\r[5]\s[5]
Huh? What is it?|

\s[2]
I've got a bone to pick with you.|

\s[5]
Oh great. What now?|

\s[2]
'Pelly and I' was correct, you\n
were wrong. I asked Pellinore.|

\s[5]
Huh?|

\s[2]
Pellinore told me that when you're\n
deciding whether it's 'I' vs 'me',\n
you can just get rid of the other person.|\n
"Tag along with me; tag along with I".|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Jeez, you were that hung up on my\n
correction that you went and double\n
checked my work? What a weirdo.|

\s[2]
... Yeah, I guess it's not that important.|\e[5|0]\n
Anyway, what I wanted to ask you was\n
if you were okay. Like... actually okay.|

\s[5]
Uh... Yeah. Are you referring to something--|

\s[2]
Typhon. That's what I'm referring to.|

\s[5]
Ah... Y-yeah, that was... Certainly something.\n
Summoning monsters before our very eyes,\n
and then he even died... And came back to life.|

\s[2]
Exactly. I know you're prone to nightmares, so I\n
thought either Pelly or I should check up on you.|

\s[5]\e[5|2]
Ywain, I may be younger, but I'm not\n
THAT much younger. I'm not a baby.|\n
I don't need my mother if I have a bad\n
dream. I'll be just fine, thank you.|

\s[2]
Sigh... I didn't mean it like that.\n
More or less if you needed to talk,\n
I'm always there to listen.|\n
... Pelly is as well. You've sort\n
of shut us both out recently.|

\s[5]\e[5|0]
... Sorry. It's just... there's\n
been so much going on. I'm just\n
still trying to process it all.|

\s[2]
You and me both, sister.|
\s[-2]

## Pellinore x Merlina
## B
## Available after ch12
\f[2|Pellinore]\f[5|Merlina]
\s[2]
... ... ...|

\s[5]
... ... ...|

\s[2]
... ... Nothing. I can't do it.|

\s[5]\m[5|5]
Aww, come on, Pelly! Keep trying!|

\s[2]
I don't think it's meant to be.|\n
It's not your teaching, I just\n
don't have that innate ability.|

\s[5]
I don't get it... You were so much\n
better than me when we were young,\n
but now you can't even get a spark.|\n
How did you manage to blast a hole\n
in a wall before? This is so strange...|

\s[2]
I... think it's due to the illness\n
I had that year before we went to\n
the magical academy in Kameloth.|\n
The one that going all around Merovin.|

\s[5]
... You know, that would make sense.|\n
They called it the Silencing plague\n
because of how it affected mages more\n
severely than anyone else...|\n
You were bedridden for weeks... I wasn't\n
even sure if you were going to be okay.|

\s[2]
You were worried about me?|

\s[5]\e[5|2]\m[5|5]
Of course I was! You don't think I'd\n
care that my best friend was in bed\n
sick and I couldn't even see him?!|

\s[2]\m[2|2]
B-best friend?|

\s[5]\e[5|0]
Well, yeah, you're my best friend.\n
I thought you knew that already.|

\s[2]
You never said... \e[2|1]but, it's nice to hear.|

\s[5]
Aww man, are you going to make fun\n
of me too? It's bad enough Ywain\n
teases me when I say stuff like that.|

\s[2]
No, no! I just... I didn't know.\n
Thank you. You're my best friend too.|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
I'd better be! Hah! Take that, Ywain!|\n
Next time we see him, we need to rub\n
that in his face. He's the odd one out!|

\s[2]\e[2|0]
Well, I don't know about that...|
\s[-2]

\s[2]
Anyway, thanks for trying to teach\n
me, but I think I'll stick to my\n
bow and arrows. I can manage those.|

\s[5]
We can always try again later, I know\n
you have some hidden potential in you.|\n
I mean, you can use those magical arrows\n
that Eliza and your parents got for you,\n
so that has to count for something.|

\s[2]\e[2|1]
Yeah, you're right. We'll try again\n
once this war is over and we manage\n
to have peace all over Prydain.|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Sounds good to me!|
\s[-2]

## Pellinore x Ywain
## B
\f[5|Ywain]\f[2|Pellinore]
\s[2]
Whew... This campaign is a lot more\n
difficult than I initially thought.|

\s[5]
You thought going up against the\n
strongest nation in all of Prydain\n
was going to be easy?|

\s[2]
No no! I meant, er... I mean, I\n
expected hardships, but things like...|

\s[5]
Monsters straight out of storybooks?|

\s[2]
Yeah, that. I wasn't exactly expecting that.|

\s[5]
Me neither. When that... demon walked out of\n
that summoning circle, my blood went as cold\n
as ice. You can't train for something like that.|

\s[2]
At least we made it out alive...|

\s[5]
I'd have dragged you out of there\n
even if you weren't able to move.|\n
We were always getting out of there.\n
There's no way I'd ever let anything\n
happen to you or Merlina. Not ever.|

\s[2]
You mean that, don't you?|

\s[5]
Of course I do. You're telling\n
me you don't feel the same?|

\s[2]
I... I'm not as strong as you are, Ywain.\n
I would struggle with determining who\n
to save first and let everyone down.|

\s[5]
Jeez, Pelly, it's not that serious.|\n
I mean, that situation was, but I'm\n
certain when the time comes, you'd\n
come through for all of us.|

\s[2]
Don't you mean 'if' the time comes?|

\s[5]
Honestly? With the way things have\n
been going, it's bound to happen.|\n
... Also, save Merlina first. So,\n
I solved that dilemma for you. I'm\n
sure she'd say the same thing.|

\s[2]
I think you'd be wrong there...|
\s[-2]

## Base conversation ch16
## Only if all 3 have B supports with each other
\g[Castle]
\f[2|Pellinore]\f[1|Merlina]\f[5|Ywain]
\s[5]
Well... How about that...\n
She really was the princess.|

\s[1]
I--|

\s[5]
Don't start. None of us knew,\n
don't pretend to be smarter than us.|

\s[1]
... \e[1|1]Heh. Okay, you got me.|

\s[2]
This is a really big deal though.|\e[1|0]\n
Kronos has been shown to have ties with\n
Avilion... Meaning Avilion tried to get\n
rid of another county's royal bloodline.|

\s[5]
Yeah, this is huge news. Makes sense that\n
Kameloth would formally join the war now.|\n
Avilion now has both Merovin and Kameloth\n
against them. Empress Artura is cornered.|

\s[1]
So, we're almost done then. Great! I'm\n
so tired of this. None of it has been\n
fun, and we almost died. Multiple times.|

\s[5]
No one told you to come.|

\s[1]\e[1|2]
Listen, you--|

\s[2]
But! We're happy you're here anyway. At\n
least I am. Your magic has been invaluable.|

\s[1]
THANK YOU, PELLINORE. At least\n
SOMEONE is appreciative of my efforts!|

\s[5]
... Speaking of magic, you still haven't\n
told us how you learned white magic.|

\s[2]
Oh, that's right.|
\s[-2]

\f[2|nil]\f[6|Pellinore]
\m[1|2]\w[8]
\s[2]
You guys are going to be\n
pretty disappointed in this\n
story, but here goes...|
\s[-2]

\event

\s[2]
I was blessed by the goddess.|

\s[6]
I'm sorry?|

\s[5]
... Come on, at least think\n
of a better lie than that.|

\s[2]\m[2|2]
I'm not lying! It's the truth, her\n
name was like Dianthe or something,\n
and she gave me some of her power!|

\s[6]
... Merlina...|

\s[2]
Grah, I knew I should have just\n
lied to you guys. No one's going\n
to believe me... But it's true!|

\s[5]
Okay, let's pretend that we believe\n
you. Who even is 'Dianthe'? No church\n
here worships such a figure.|\n
The church of Pryderi worships the dragon\n
Sugaris, Arawn worships the angel tribe,\n
and Dryfed worships nature itself.|\n
Where does this person fit in?|

\s[2]
I... I don't know! I didn't ask her!|

\s[6]
... Maybe there's more to this.|\n
Ywain, we shouldn't be so quick to\n
dismiss this. Merlina doesn't have\n
a reason to lie to us about this.|

\s[5]
... I mean, I guess, but still...|

\s[2]
How about this; if I see her again,\n
I'll ask her to stay so you can\n
see her for yourself. How's that?|

\s[6]
Er... have you seen her again?|

\s[2]
Uh... Yeah. Once, when we were fighting\n
that Kronos guy. I saw her, or at least I\n
thought I did... She had robes on though.|

\s[5]
Robes? So she was hooded?|

\s[2]
Yeah. Now that I think about it, I called\n
out to her too, but she didn't even react.|\n
It was strange, when I met her she was so\n
kind, but here she was entirely closed off.|

\s[6]
Well, no use in worrying about that\n
now. But, maybe if you see her again,\n
tell us first instead of asking her.|

\s[5]
Just in case. You never know,\n
they could be dangerous.|

\s[2]
I don't think so... But, all right.|
\s[-2]

## Ywain x Merlina
## A
\f[2|Merlina]\f[5|Ywain]
\s[2]
Ah! Ywain, there you are. I was looking for you.|

\s[5]
Oh boy, that can't be good...|

\s[2]\m[2|2]
Hey! I'm not all bad!|

\s[5]
That's to be determined. What do you need?|

\s[2]
I wanted to know what your plans\n
were. You know, since we're almost\n
done with this war and everything.|\n
... I imagine you've thought about\n
everything that's happened since\n
your father's... rebellion.|

\s[5]
Yeah... God, I know right now Merovin\n
is all joined at the hip, but once\n
wartime ends, I can't imagine it'll last.|\n
Maybe... Maybe he was right, the Alliance\n
was always bound to fall. His actions\n
were wrong, and I'll never agree with him.|\n
But... We're just such different people.\n
We have different wants and needs, and we're\n
not even really close to each other.|

\s[2]
I wasn't expecting that kind of response...\n
So, you think Merovin should split apart?|

\s[5]
I didn't say that, only that this sort\n
of conflict was inevitable. We either need\n
more solid alliances or to split apart.|\n
You know, like... Marriages or something.|

\s[2]\e[2|1]
Ah, so I should marry you, and\n
that would fix everything, right?|

\s[5]\m[5|5]
Whoa, h-hey now, stop making jokes like that.|

\s[2]\e[2|0]
... It's not a joke. Reginn and Otr\n
joining hands would basically unify\n
all of western Merovin with central.|\n
And, since Fafnir and Hreidmar are\n
left, and they were always unified with\n
the rest of Merovin... We're done.|\e[2|1]\n
Of course, the downside is that I'd\n
have to look at your ugly mug every day.|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Right back at you.\e[5|0] But, are you really\n
interested in a purely political marriage?|\n
I always figured you'd marry for love.|
\s[-2]

\e[2|2]
\w[60]

\s[2]
You know, Ywain, you're pretty stupid sometimes.|
\s[-2]

\f[2|nil]

\s[5]
Huh? What did I say?|
\s[-2]

## Pellinore x Merlina
## A
(Not written)

## Pellinore x Ywain
## A
\f[5|Ywain]\w[16]
\s[5]
Pellinore! Can we talk for a moment?|
\s[-2]

\w[16]

\f[2|Pellinore]\s[2]
Hmm? Sure, Ywain.|

\s[5]
Assuming we win this war and make\n
it back to Merovin in one piece,\n
what are you plans for Fafnir?|

\s[2]\m[2|2]
M-my plans? What do you mean?|

\s[5]
I mean, you led our army both against\n
Avilion's as well as my... father's rebellion.|\n
I don't know why Lord Lot wouldn't\n
retire and give the position of\n
Marquess to you when you return.|

\s[2]
I... I don't know if I'm really qualified.|\n
It's not like I did any of this on my own,\n
if not for you, Eliza, Merlina, General Anna,\n
Sir Brychan... I'd have been lost. Trust me.|

\s[5]
You know, great leaders are successful\n
because of the company they have,\n
not due to their efforts alone.|\n
The fact that you're able to see what\n
specific areas you lack skill in is what\n
makes you that much better as a leader.|\n
You can identify who can help the best\n
and put them there to act. You delegate.|

\s[2]
So... You really think I could be Marquess?|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Of course I do. I bet Eliza thinks the same.|

\s[2]
Hm... What about you, though? Ever since\n
Lord Urien's rebellion... The position\n
of Reginn Marquess has been vacant.|

\s[5]\e[5|0]
... Yeah, I'm aware. If you asked me\n
before this whole mess, I'd have told\n
you I'm more than ready to lead Reginn.|\n
Now, I'm not so sure it's a good idea.|

\s[2]
Someone else should take control?|

\s[5]
Well, maybe, but my concern is that my\n
father's rebellion exposed a lot of flaws\n
within the alliance. Make me wonder...|\n
Maybe, despite his methods being wrong,\n
his idea being right. Maybe the Merovin\n
Alliance should be dissolved entirely.|

\s[2]
That... is not something I agree with.\n
But, I think you're right, we need\n
to rediscuss terms and agreements.|\n
But, we can talk about that later.|

\s[5]\e[5|1]
Obviously, yeah. We have to win this war first.|
\s[-2]

\f[5|nil]

\w[16]

\s[2]
... Does Ywain have a point, though? Hmm...\n
I've never really considered breaking apart\n
Merovin into its own city states...|
\s[-2]