return { fadeType = 1, mode = 2, once = true, id = "POXIAOBINGHUA3", fadein = 1.5, scripts = { { expression = 3, side = 2, dir = 1, bgm = "bgm-cccp2", actor = 705040, nameColor = "#a9f548", say = "Comrade, you’ve been unusually quiet this whole time. Is something troubling you?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "I’ve been trying to piece everything together... The operation briefings laid out the specifics of the operation as well as the necessity of my participation in great detail, but any references of the Arcana Sanctum itself have been extremely vague. It’s almost as if the information has been tampered with.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "What are you able to tell me about this \"Arcana Sanctum?\"", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 5, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "Hmm... The best way of putting it is, the nature of the Sanctum is extremely unique, to the point where we have to be cautious even in our internal briefings. If unredacted information was somehow allowed to spread...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 1, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "Of course I’d be willing to explain things to you, Comrade, as long as you don’t record anything down.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 5, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "Now, where do I begin...", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 702040, side = 2, nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "Comrade, do you know when and how the first shipgirls were born?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "Let’s see if I remember my history... After the Siren invasion, various countries came together to form the Azur Lane and assembled the world’s resources to develop the Wisdom Cube. From there came the shipgirls that were able to turn the tides of the war, right?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 2, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 702040, say = "That would be true, according to the information that has been publicly disclosed. But this explanation is only a half-truth.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 8, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 702040, say = "It’s not quite accurate to say that the Wisdom Cubes gave rise to the shipgirls. Rather, the two appeared at roughly the same time.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "What? Are you saying... the appearance of the shipgirls wasn't due to the invention of Wisdom Cubes...?", dialogShake = { speed = 0.09, x = 10, number = 2 }, typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "Where did you get this information?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 3, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "Haha, it's just a fanciful conjecture. But assuming that what we just told you is true, Comrade, who do you think was the first shipgirl?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "Hm......", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 2, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 702040, say = "Long story short, after we discovered this information, we returned to the sector to conduct an in-depth exploration, and that’s when we discovered the existence of the Arcana Sanctum.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 8, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 702040, say = "Turns out, we later discovered that the Sanctum was actually a Siren stronghold. Perhaps the Sirens weren’t prepared for the forces we had on hand, but we were able to seize control of it through a surprise attack.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { actor = 702040, side = 2, nameColor = "#a9f548", dir = 1, say = "The reason why the Northern Parliament was able to make such a miraculous recovery after being devastated by the Sirens previously... is because of the contents of the Sanctum.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "I see... And is this why the Northern Parliament has been tiptoeing around the issue of how to handle Siren technology?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 5, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "The Royal Navy and Eagle Union will never understand what it feels like to desperately struggle for air when being strangled by an overwhelmingly powerful enemy.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 2, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "In any case, around that time, the Naval HQ managed to successfully develop and mass-produce the Wisdom Cube, and the rest is history. Various countries utilized the Wisdom Cubes to create their own fleets, eventually tipping the scales in our favor.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "Are you implying that the development of the Wisdom Cube hinged upon whatever was in that Sanctum?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 1, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "No, that’s not quite what I’m getting at. We had no hand in the development of the Wisdom Cube, and the resources recovered from the Sanctum didn’t have any records of Wisdom Cubes either.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { expression = 3, nameColor = "#a9f548", side = 2, dir = 1, actor = 705040, say = "If anything, I’m inclined to say that the two are unrelated. However, Wisdom Cubes appeared at around the same time as the first shipgirl,and this alone is something worth thinking about, is it not?", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } }, { side = 2, dir = 1, say = "Who knew that such a shocking revelation would lie beneath something long-considered common sense? I’ll have to thoroughly comb through the files at the Naval HQ when I get back.", typewriter = { speed = 0.05, speedUp = 0.01 }, painting = { alpha = 0.3, time = 1 } } } }