return { fadeOut = 1.5, mode = 2, fadeType = 2, once = true, id = "BIHAIGUANGLIN17", fadein = 1.5, scripts = { { side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, bgmDelay = 1, bgm = "battle-pacific", nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Sakura Empire", flashin = { delay = 1, dur = 1, black = true, alpha = { 1, 0 } }, typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "They all disappeared inside the Dragon Palace? Chikuma, Yamakaze, all of them?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "The Dragon Palace... is it really gone now?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 3, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...To that place I sent my planes, but... I could find no trace of them...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 1, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Our counterparts in the Iron Blood said the same thing...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "What foul luck... I thought it would be safe for us to head to the Iron Blood.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Did you request reinforcements from the home islands?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 4, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Nay, for there may be no need... I have seen much in my dreams, of the castle beneath the waves...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 307080, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "And though we may be in a crisis, I have also heard its calls...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 4, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "But more importantly, I saw... the \"Commander.\"", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 1, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "One who guides both the Sakura Empire and the Iron Blood equally...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 307080, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "The importance of this person's past cannot be understated... Alas, my dreams refuse to show it to me...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 4, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "I beseech you, please, find the story of this one's past for me...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "I would be glad to honor your request, Shinano.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Wait, Nagato, may I take on this responsibility?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...I don't know how much Shinano has seen about the Commander, but let me tell you something important first.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 6, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Something... important...?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Right. The reason why the Commander is able to lead ships of all factions.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Allow me to explain. Shinano, as you already may know, us shipgirls are born from the powers of the Wisdom Cube.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Humanity has been researching the Wisdom Cube since the previous war, but to little avail.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...As for our rigging and gear, those are essentially byproducts made from the energy given off by Wisdom Cubes.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Much of the military use of Wisdom Cubes followed the same process.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Indeed. In actuality... Us shipgirls are only a small part of the Wisdom Cubes' saga.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "What?! I've been kept in the dark on this entire matter?!", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Don't be so shocked. There's much I haven't even talked about yet.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "It is often said that Wisdom Cubes \"embody the wishes of humanity,\" but nobody actually knows what that means.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...At least, not according to the information disclosed by the Naval HQ.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "However, the Commander is unique for having a special \"Cube Resonance\" that can help us fully draw out the power from our Wisdom Cubes.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 5, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Cube... Resonance...?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Just as we do not fully understand the true nature of the Wisdom Cubes, we also do not know about how exactly this \"resonance\" works.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "But that's not the important part. I believe that the Commander is far more than simply someone with this special aptitude.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "This is a person willing to treat us as human, someone able to trust and cherish us, regardless of our origins or our past. That... is what truly makes the Commander unique.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305050, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Mikasa...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Global affairs have become more complicated than ever, with each faction acting out of their own interests.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Only the Commander is capable of re-establishing the Azur Lane that previously united the world during the previous war.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 301810, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "Um, pardon me for interrupting, but... there's a message from the Iron Blood...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 301810, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "A woman by the name of Strasser wants to talk about the search effort...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 4, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...I understand. Please put her through...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "I suppose that concludes today's storytime. Maybe we'll be able to continue sometime else.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 2, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 307080, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "...I have one more question... Where is the Commander now...?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Last thing I heard, there was some battle against the Sirens shortly after coming back from the Northern Parliament.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { paintingNoise = true, side = 2, bgName = "bg_story_nepu2", dir = 1, blackBg = true, actor = 305110, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Right. PH Harbor would probably be my best guess, along with that \"Black Dragon.\"", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } } } }