Prologue

## VT Prologue
## Intro 1
\g[Chamber]
\f[2|Azai]\f[5|NobleM-1]\fc[5|Sienne]\f[6|NobleM-2]\fc[6|Sienne]
\s[2]
I already told you no. How many\n
times must I repeat myself to you?|

\s[5]
Lady Azai, you are not being reasonable!\n
Nor realistic! Just because you refuse to\n
act does not mean the other clans will\n
follow your lead! This is serious--|

\s[2]\e[2|2]
Are you Daiymo of the Sienne clan?|

\s[5]
Er... N-no...|

\s[2]
How about you, Senator?|

\s[6]
... No, Lady Azai. But--|

\s[2]
Then as acting Daiymo, I will make\n
the decisions here regarding our clan.|\n
Do I make myself clear? Or do you\n
require yet another explanation?|\n
We cannot add to the flames of war\n
at a time like this. Conquering and\n
forcefully unifying will bring us ruin.|

\s[6]
... Lady Azai, what are we to do when\n
Tigris, Gohn, and Vionne have already\n
decided to being their conquest?|\n
Do you wish for us to blissfully ignore\n
them and hope they all kill each other?|

\s[2]\e[2|0]
We strive for peace. I will send a--|

\s[5]\m[5|5]\e[5|2]\w[8]
A letter was already sent to Lord\n
Hideyoshi! Do you know what happened\n
to the messenger? My son?|\n
He may never walk again, in pursuit\n
of your flawed idea of 'peace'.|

\s[2]
... I know, and I am sorry for what\n
happened. But, if we were to lash out--|

\s[5]
I know. It would cause a full scale war.\n
Likely with countless lives lost and the\n
survivors left to pick up the pieces.|

\b[2|2]\s[2]
... ... ...|

\s[6]
Sigh. I apologize for myself, as well\n
as my fellow senator's outburst.|\n
We know you are trying to do the best\n
you can for the Sienne clan given the\n
unfortunate circumstances that befall us.|

\s[5]
... I apologize as well. If\n
Lord Asakura were here...|

\b[2|0]\s[2]
I miss him greatly. But, it has been\n
over a year without correspondence.|

\s[5]
We must... find a way to move forward.|

\s[2]
Indeed...|
\s[-2]

## Intro 2
\g[Hall]
\f[6|Azai]\m[6|5]\w[8]
\s[5]
Hah... Hah...|
\s[-2]

\f[1|Oeyo]\m[1|2]\w[8]
\s[2]
Lady Azai! Your meeting has concluded?|
\s[-2]
\f[1|Chacha]\w[8]

\s[5]
That it has, Oeyo. It was... heated.|

\s[1]
Admittedly, we could tell, Lady Azai.|

\s[5]
I cannot fault them for their reasoning,\n
but war is never a good idea. We must\n
prevent bloodshed, not participate in it.|

\s[2]\m[2|2]
I agree! ... But, do we have a choice?|

\s[1]
... Regardless of what we do, Tigris will\n
continue making threats. And given Gohn and\n
Vionne's history, war is sure to break out.|

\s[5]\b[5|2]
My efforts are for naught, it seems...|

\s[1]
Perhaps, but maybe we will get lucky.|

\s[5]\b[5|0]
Lucky? How do you figure, Chacha?|

\s[1]



## Notes:
Hideyori betrays Azai after being convinced by Yoshimoto
- Azai did not force Tigris to fight for them but instead allowed those who did not want to fight to go free, this bothers Hideyori because he sees this as weak; a decisive decision would be to put them to the sword if they did not obey
- Upon defeating either Gohn or Vionne, Azai wanted to use resources to aid in reconstruction, which to Hideyori is a poor use of resources because the war is not over yet