Don't Mind Me, I'll Just Watch From the Shadows...
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[After walking for quite a while, I could finally see a building in the distance.]
{"ăăăâŚâŚăăĺăŽăăăŞ...}
["Amazing... It's like a castle...]
...
{âŚâŚăĺă ăă."}
[... That actually is a castle, isn't it?"]
{ăĺăŽăăăŞĺ ´ćă¨ăăă芹ă§ăŻăŞăăčŚäşăŤăăĺă ă}
[Not just any castle. A magnificent one.]
{ĺçśă¨ăăŚăăžăă夢ăŽä¸ă ă¨ăăăă¨ăŻă}
[I'm awestruck. As if to further prove that this is undeniably a dream, this]
{ăăăŻĺ§ăŽĺŚăă§ăăĺżçĺŚçăŽä¸çăŞăŽă ă}
[scene looks just like the one my sister had described from that psychology book.]
{ĺżăŽä¸ăŽä¸çâŚâŚăčŞĺăŽä¸ăŤăăăŞăĄăŤăăłăŞé¨ĺăăăŁăă¨ăŻâŚâŚă}
[This is a world built from my own desires... And there's a fairy tale castle in it...]
"...
{ăăă..."}
[Yikes..."]
{ĺăčŚăŚčľ¤é˘ăăă¨ăăă獯ăăčŚăă¨ăăăŽĺăăăŞăĺĺżăăăŚăăžăă}
[My face goes red with embarrassment. Such a gaudy building seems
incomprehensible to have come from my mind.]
{ăăâŚâŚă˘ăăŤăăŞĺ¤˘ăŽăťăăăžă ćĽăăăăăŞăăŁăăăăăăŞăă}
[Even a more... adult dream would have been less embarrassing than this.]
{ć§ĺĽăŤăăăăç§ăŽĺš´ă§ăăăă夢ăăżăăŽăŻćŁĺ¸¸ă }
[At my age, that kind of thing is far more normal]
{ďźă¨ăäżĺĽăŽććĽă§ăăŁăŚăăďźă}
[(at least, if my health sciences class is to be believed).]
{é˘ĺżăťčĺłăŽăăăĺš´é ă ăăăăŁăĄćšé˘ăŞăçé ¸ăŁăąăć°ćăĄă§ç´ĺž}
[My teachers say this is an age of "interest, curiosity, and coming to terms with ]
{ă§ăăăăăăăăăăă夢ăŽăťăăĺéĄă ă}
[bittersweet emotions". So it's dreams like this seem questionable.]
{ćć¸ăăŚă¨ăăŤĺżăăŚăăä˝ćăçľľă貟ăĺşăăăŚăăć°ĺă}
[This feels more like a drawing I might have done when I was young, and long
since forgotten about.]
{čŚăăăŞăăćĽăăăăăăă}
[I don't even want to look at it. It's humiliating.]
{ďźç§ăăĄăŤăăłĺĽ˝ăă ăŁăăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(Who knew I had such a deep love of fairy tales...)]
{ďźăăŽăăŠăăŠăăćăăĺŽăŻĺĽ˝ăăŞăă ăŁăăăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(Maybe I've actually secretly loved these frilly clothes all along...)]
(...)
{ďźâŚâŚăăăďź}
[(... Wow.)]
{辤ăăŞăŁăéĄăăäťĺşŚăŻéăăăă}
[My red face drains of colour at that thought.]
{ăăŽăĺ°ĺĽłčśŁĺłăŞćčŁ ăŻç§ăŽĺĽ˝ăżă§ăŻăŞăă}
[There's no way these childish outfits are to my tastes.]
{âŚâŚă¨ăčŞĺă§ăŻćăŁăŚăăă}
[... Or so I thought.]
{ĺ§ăŽčśŁĺłă ăăăăŻç§ăŽčśŁĺłă§ăŻăŞăăă¨ă}
[These are to my elder sister's liking. Not mine.]
{ăă厜ăŽĺ¨ăŞăă°}
[If I were the daughter of a wealthy family,]
{ăăŽĺš´é˝˘ă§çăŚăăŚăăăăăăŞăăăśă¤ăłă ăăăăŠăăŠăăăăŚăăă}
[it wouldn't be strange to wear things with these fluttery designs.]
{ç§ăŻăăăŁă¨ăˇăłăăŤăŞćăŽăťăă弽ăă ă}
[But I prefer simpler outfits, myself.]
{ĺ§ăŻăăăăćăçăă¨ĺăśăăç§čŞčşŤăŻĺš´ăéăăăă¨ăŤ}
[My sister is always delighted to put on things like this,]
{ćĽăăăăăŞăŁăŚăăăäźźĺăăăŠăăăăăă ăăăă弽ăżăăăă}
[but I get more ashamed to wear them every year.]
{ĺ§ăčŞăăŚăăăăăăŤăăăăŚäźźĺăăŞăăăă§ăŻăŞăă¨ćăă}
[She praises me when I wear them, but I don't think they suit me at all.]
{ăăăă蜣ĺłăăăŞăă}
[It's just not my taste.]
{(...ă§ăăăĺă夢ăżăăăăŞăă}
[(... But, if you see a castle like this in your dreams,]
{čŞĺăŤĺŻžăăčŞčăćšăăăťăăăăăăăăăŞă.)}
[your bound to reevaluate what you thought of yourself.)]
{ďźčśŁĺłăăăŞăă¨ćăŁăŚăăćăăăăăăŚĺ¤˘ăŽä¸ă§ăžă§čşŤăŤçăăŚăăă...)}
[(On top of that, if these clothes really weren't to my tastes, then why am I
still wearing them in this imaginary world...?)]
{ăăă§ăăĺăŽä¸ăŤé鍪碧çźăŽçĺć§ă§ăĺž ăŁăŚăăăăŠăăăăă}
[What if there's a handsome prince waiting for me in that castle, with blonde hair]
{ăăŽä¸ăç˝éŚŹăŤăŞăăäšăŁăŚăăăâŚâŚ}
[and blue eyes... riding a white horse, or something...]
{ďźâŚâŚăŚăśăăăďź}
[(... That would be too much.)]
{ďźé ăăăč˝éŚŹăăŚăăžăâŚâŚďź}
[(I'd have to rip him off the horse...)]
{ç˝éŚŹăŽçĺăăăă ăăŻăŞăă¨äżĄăăăă}
[Prince Charming. I don't want to believe there's someone like that in there.]
{ăăăŞăĄăŤăăłăŞăăŽă桹幤ĺżçăăçžăăăă}
[If that's the kind of thing that manifests in my psyche, then everything I knew]
{ăăăžă§äżĄăăŚăăčŞĺĺăăăăăăă¨éłăăăŚăŚĺ´ŠăăŚăăžăă}
[about myself would be destroyed. I can already imagine the sound it would
make as it shattered.]
{ćăăăŽčŚăăă¨ăăăăä¸ç¨ŽăŽćĺ°ăŽăăăŞăăŁăŹăłă¸ăŁăźç˛žçĽă§ă}
[As if it were a challenge to prove myself wrong,]
{ĺăŽăťăă¸ĺăăŁăă}
[I headed towards the castle with a fire in my eyes.]
{é˘ĺčăăăŽç§ă¨ăăŚăŻăçťćçăŞčĄĺă ă}
[It should be noted that this was a revolutionary behaviour, coming from
someone as unmotivated as myself.]
{ăŞăŤăăăčŚăăăăŤĺăŻé ăăé çŽăŤčŚăŚăćăăăŞăŽă ăăă}
[Regardless, the castle is still extremely far away. That's clear, even from this]
{ĺŽéăŤćŠăă°éćšăăŞăă ăăă}
[distance. It's still going to be an absurd amount of walking to get there.]
{ĺşĺ¤§ăŞĺşăçŞăŁĺăăă°ăŞăăăć´ăŤĺăŻä¸ăŽä¸ăŤăăă}
[The castle is situated at the top of a massive hill, and before that, there's a vast
garden maze to cross.]
{ćč¨ĺĄăä¸ăăă ăă§ćťăŤăăăŤăŞăŁăăŽăŤ,}
[Even though I practically died from descending that Clocktower,]
{ăăŁăŹăłă¸ăŁăźăăăčĄĺă¨ăăă.}
[my body was powered by determination.]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{"âŚâŚçĄčŹă ăŁă."}
["... This was a terrible idea."]
{ĺăŻăăăŻăé ăăŁăăćŠăăŚăćŠăăŚăčżäťăăŞăă}
[The castle is still so far. I walked and walked, and I'm nowhere near it.]
{čżäťăăŚăŻăăăŽă ăăăăčŚăçŽăŤăŻéĽă彟ćšăé ăăŽăžăžă ă}
[I have to wonder if I'm really getting any closer at all. As it is, it still feels miles
away.]
{ăăăăăĺă¸čĄăçăăžă§ăŽĺşăĺşĺ¤§ă ăăăăç§ăŽĺ¤˘ăçăăŞăă}
[Even just the garden on the way to the castle is massive on it's own. As
expected, my dream wasn't going to go easy on me.]
{ĺ ç¨ä¸ăăŚăăĺĄă¨ăăăăăăă¨éĺăăăăŚăăăä¸çă ă}
[Apparently, coming down that tower wasn't enough physical exertion to satisfy]
{ćčżăéĺä¸čśłć°ĺłă ă¨ăăčŚĺăŞăŽă ăăăă}
[this world. Now that I think of it, maybe this dream is really just telling me I need
more exercise.]
{ăăăŻĺ¤˘ă ăă ăă夢ă ă¨ăăŚăăăă¤ă ăăŻč¨ąăăŞăă}
[This is a dream. But even in a dream, this man is unforgivable.]
{ç˝éŚŹăŤäšăŁăçĺć§äťĽä¸ăŤć˛ćŽşăăă.}
[I didn't want to find a Prince Charming here, but this is so much worse.]
{ă˘ăăŤăăŞĺ¤˘ă§ă,ăăă¤ă¨ă ăăŻĺžĄĺ .}
[I'm tempted to just beat him to death right now. Thank God this wasn't a
mature dream after all, because I would just feel sorry for myself then.]
Peter: {"ăŞăă ăăăćć ˘ă§ăăŞăăŞăŁăăă§ăă?"}
["What on Earth are you doing here? Has your patience already run out,
my dear?"]
Alice: {ç§ăŽĺˇăăčŚçˇăŞăŠć°ăŤăăăăăźăżăźăŻăŤăăŤăçŹăă}
[Without noticing my icy glare, Peter just smiled brightly.]
Peter: {"ĺă¨é˘ăéŁăăŽăŞăăćĺăăăăč¨ăŁăŚăăăă°ăăăŽăŤ.}
["If it hurt you so to be apart, you should have told me from the start.]
{ăăŁăąăăĺăŽăă¨ăĺż čŚăŞăă§ăăăďź}
[As expected, you need me near.]
{ăăăĄăăŁă¨ç´ ç´ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăă°ăĺă ăŁăŚ..."}
[If you could only be more honest, I would--"]
Alice: {ăăăďźďźďź}
[Wham!!!]
{"âŚâŚä˝ăééłăčăăăă."}
["... I thought I heard something, but I must have been mistaken."]
{ćăĺăă掴ăäťăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤâŚâŚćć ˘ăŞăăŞăçˇă ă}
[I struck him with all my heart. I genuinely have no tolerance for this man.]
{ăăźăżăźăŻăă°ăăčŚăăă§ăăăăŽăŽăăăăŚçăżăŤćŞăă 襨ć ăćťăă}
[Peter only seemed to suffer for a moment, before his expression of pain twisted]
{čăçŹăŁăăĺăŤćŽ´ăŁăă¨ăă¨ăĺĺżăéăă}
[into a thin smile. This isn't the same kind of reaction he gave the last time I hit
him.]
Peter: {"âŚâŚăľăľăľăŁ."}
["... Hmhmhmhm~."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŞăăŞăŤďźćăĄćăćŞăăŁă?"}
["... Wh-What happened? Did I knock something loose?"]
{ďźä¸ć°ĺłâŚâŚďź}
[(This is unsettling...)]
Peter: {"ĺăăŁăŚăăžăăăă˘ăŞăš..."}
["My apologies Alice, I see now..."]
Alice: {č¨čéăăĺžĺżéĄă§ä˝ĺşŚăé ˇăăăźăżăźă}
[As he said this, he began lightly nodding his head over and over, as if he was
satisfied with his own conclusion.]
{ä˝ăĺăăŁăŚăăă¨ăăăŽăăćŹć°ă§ăä¸ć°ĺłă ă}
[What is it that he thinks he sees? This isn't giving me a good feeling.]
{"ä˝ă..."}
["What are you-..."]
Peter: {"ĺăŽç解ăčśłăăŞăăŁăă¨ăăăă¨ă§ăă}
["I'd like to apologize for my earlier understanding. Or should I say, Â lack thereof.]
{ăăăăăăŞăăŽćć 襨çžăŞăă§ăăă?"}
[But now I know the truth of the matter. That this is how you show your love!"]
Alice: "Nng...
{âŚâŚăŻă?"}
[... Whaa--?"]
{ç´ ăŁé çăŞĺŁ°ăä¸ăăŚăăžăă}
[My voice raised in confusion.]
{ç解ăčśłăăŞăăŠăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[It's not that I don't understand what he said.]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăŽč¨ăăă¨ăŻăĺ°ĺşç解ăŽĺăśçŻçăčś ăăŚăăă}
[It's that this rabbit's words are beyond comprehension.]
{ăăăăăźăżăźăŻăć°ăŤăăć§ĺăăŞă芹ăçśăăă}
[However, Peter can't read the situation, and continues his rambling.]
Peter: {"ĺ¤ĺăŞĺă¨ăăăŠăăĺ¤çăŽçĽčăŤăŻçăăăăăăŞĺ埡ăç´ăăŚăăăžăă.}
["I'm an educated man, but there is knowledge that I lack. I must further studies on your world. There are secrets I've yet to crack.]
{çĽčä¸čśłăăăăăŞăăŽćŞăă ćć 襨çžăĺăć˘ăĺăăŞăăŁăă¨ăŻâŚâŚ}
[Poorly informed as I was, how could I have known of your twisted affection?...}
{ĺăŽä¸ĺžłăŽăăăă¨ăăă§ă."}
[I am unworthy of your love, and ashamed by my prior objection."]
Alice: "...
{ç é˘ăŤčĄăăšăă ăăăăăŚăĺ Ľé˘ăăŚä¸çĺşăŚăăŞăăťăăăă."}
[You should see a doctor. It may be better if you just stay hospitalized for a
while. Maybe for life."]
Peter: {"ćć 襨çžăŤăăăăăăŞĺ˝˘ăăăă}
["There are many ways to show you care. No need to be shy.]
{ăăŞăăŻăăĄăăŁă¨ă°ăăă˘ăăăźăăŤĺ弽ăŞç §ăĺąăăăŞăă§ăăă."}
[Your abnormality's a minor quirk. I won't bat an eye."]
Alice: "...
{ăŚăç §ăĺąăăă§ăăŁăŚâŚâŚďźćăăăăă¨ăč¨ăăŞăă§ă."}
[S-Shy...? Don't say something so off-putting."]
{ăăăăăăŁă¨ăčçăĺŻăăŞăă}
[Brrrr, a shiver runs down my spine.]
{ăĄăăăŠăčŞĺăŽćć§ăŤçăăćăĄĺ§ăăŚăăă¨ăăă ă}
[At that point, my own refuting seemed weak.]
{çćă埡ăžăăăăŞăă¨ăč¨ăăŞăă§ăťăăă}
[I think that only strengthened his resolve. I wish I hadn't said anything.]
{ăç §ăĺąăăăăŞăăŚăăćăăăĺčŞă¨čŞĺăçľăłäťăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[I just can't stand the thought that he'd put my name beside the term "shy".]
{"ăăăŤăă˘ăăăźăăŤăŁăŚä˝ăăç§ăŻăăăŁăŚăăźăăŤă ă.}
["Besides, what's "abnormal" about me? I'm completely normal.]
{ăăăăżăăăŞĺ¤čłŞč ă¨ä¸çˇăŤăăŞăă§."}
[Don't lump me in with a deviant like you."]
{ç¨ăă§ăĺ ŞăăŞăăă¨ăŻăăă§ăŤĺăăŁăŚăăă}
[I couldn't help but glare at him.]
{ăăă,ĺăăŁăŚăăăăă¨ăăŁăŚăăŽçˇăĺăŤăăŚç¨ăžăăŤăăăăă ăăă.}
[With a man like this, I can't take my eyes off him for a second.]
{çĄé§ă ă¨ĺăăŁăŚăăŚăăç¨ăă§ăăžăă}
[It may be futile, but I still have to do it.]
{ăăăŚăăăŁăąăăăźăżăźăŤăŻĺ Şăăć§ĺăăŞă. ä˝ăč¨ăŁăŚăçĄé§ăŞăăă .}
[Though, Peter doesn't seem affected at all. No matter what I say, it's useless. He
won't hear it.]
Peter: {"ĺăŻçé˘çŽăŞăŚăľăŽă§ăă}
["I'm a straightforward rabbit, as I've already said.]
{çé˘çŽăăăŚăăăŁăĄćšé˘ă§ăŽćć ăç解ăăăăŞăăŁă."}
[But I was clearly too straightforward, and your inclinations were misread."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăăăŁăĄćšé˘ăŁăŚăăŠăŁăĄćšé˘ă."}
["... My inclinations? What do you mean by inclinations?"]
Peter: {"ăďźă¨ăšăă¨ă ăă§ăăă¨ăă¨ăšă ă¨ăăćšé˘ă§..."}
["Hm? If I were to guess, you would be an S..."]
{ç¸ĺ¤ăăăăŠăăčŁăăăăăăŞâŚâŚăăăŤăăŤăăă¨ăă襨çžă§ăŻăŞă}
[But as usual, there's something more to his expression... It's not what you'd call]
{ăăŤăžăŤăžăă¨ăăăŤăăŤăăă¨ăăă襨çžăéŠăăăăŞçŹéĄă ă}
[a friendly smile, it's more like a self-satisfied smirk, or a smug grin.]
{ďźă¨ăšăă¨ă ă§ăăŁăŚâŚâŚďźďźăŠăŁăĄă§ăăŞăăăďźďźďź}
[(An S...!? I'm no such thing!)]
{çşč¨ĺ 厚ă¨ĺăăăć°ăé ăăŞăăăăŤăŞăă}
[Considering the implications of his words, I feel lightheaded.]
Peter: {"ă§ă,ä¸ă¤ĺéĄăćăĄä¸ăăŁăŚăăăă§ăăă.ăăă,ăăŞăé大ăŞĺéĄă..."}
["But now there's one more issue I must raise. A dire matter, I must confess..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚćăĄä¸ăăŁăŚăăĺéĄăŻä¸ă¤ăŠăăăăăŞăă."}
["... No. I don't want to hear it, no matter what this dire matter is."]
{ăăăăăăăăč¨ăŁăŚăçĄé§ă}
[I say, knowing full-well that it's not going to stop him.]
Peter: {"ćŽĺżľăŞăă¨ăŤăă¨ăšăă¨ă ăă§ăăă¨ăĺăă¨ăšăŽćšé˘ăŞăă§ăă}
["When speaking in terms of M and S, I too am the latter.]
{ĺ°ăăžăăăăăăăăćçŤăăŞă."}
[And that concerns me, since it means that our arrangement could be shattered."]
Alice: {"ćçŤăăŞăăŚçľć§ăďźăăăćçŤăăăć°ăŞăŽăăăŽĺ¤čłŞč ...!"}
["There is no 'arrangement', thank you very much! What kind of connection do
you think I have with you, pervert!?"]
Peter: {"ä˝ăŁăŚâŚâŚăâŚâŚč¨ăăăć°ă§ăăďź}
["What kind...? ... You want me to say it?]
{ăăâŚâŚăăăăă蜣ĺă§ăăăă.}
[Ah hah~... so that's your aim.]
{ăăăăĺąć§ăĺăăŁăŚăăăŽăăŞăă ă漽ăăă§ăăă}
[Mmhm~, it could be fun after all if our traits are the same.]
{ĺăŁăŚăćĄĺ¤ă¨ăăŁăĄćšé˘ă§ăăăăăă..."}
[Who knows? I may even end up being quite good at this game."]
Alice: {"ĺćăŤăăŠăă¸ă§ăăăŁăŚăŞăăăâŚâŚéĄăčżäťăăŞăă§ă.}
["Feel free to go play that game by yourself... And keep your face
away from me.]
{ăŠăăŚăç§ăăĺă¸ĺăăăŽ."}
[You're evil. Leave me alone. I'm heading to that castle."]
{ăăăžă§ĺă¸čĄăăă¨ăŤĺşĺˇăăŚăăăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[I'm not even that insistent on getting to the castle anymore.]
{ăŠăĄăăă¨ăăă¨ăéä¸ă§čŤŚăăăăă¨čăăŚăăă¨ăăă ă}
[Maybe I'll find a nice place to give up on the way. Either-or.]
{ăăăăäťăŻăăéăĺŁä¸ăŤćăăă}
[But for now, I think it's a good excuse to get out of here.]
Peter: {"ă ăăăĺăŤäźăăŤćĽăŚăăăăă§ăăă?}
["So you really did come just for me?]
{ĺăŞăăĺăŽé ĺă§ăă}
[Since, that castle is my home, you see. And if you're tired,]
{ćťĺ¨ăăŚăăăŚăăăăâŚâŚăăăă ăĺăŽé¨ĺąă§ćŽăăăžăăă.}
[there's no need to stray... since my room can be shared during your stay.]
{ăĺă§ăĺă¨ăăŁă¨ä¸çˇăŤćŽăăăă§ăă}
[Plus, I'm always on the castle grounds, each day of the year.]
{ăăŞăăŻăăŠăăŤăčĄăăŞăăă°ăăăă§ăăĺăăŠăăŤăčĄăăžăăăă.}
[So if you chose to move out here for good, you can always keep me near.]
{ăăăăăćĄă ă¨ćăăžăă?"}
[So what do you say, Alice? Is my proposal music to your ear?"]
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŽéĄăčżăăćĺĽăŽäťăćăăŞăçžĺ˝˘ă ă}
[Peter's face is close. Still, I can't find any point to complain about as far as looks.]
{č¨ăŁăŚăăĺ°čŠăŻăă°ăăšăăźăŤăźăĺ¤čłŞč ăŤăăčăăăŞăăă}
[Every word he says is that of a degenerate stalker,]
{ăĄăŤăăłăŞăăŁăŤăżăźăéăă°çăčăăăŞăăă¨ăăŞăă}
[but if I force it through a fairy tale filter, it sounds almost sweet.]
{"âŚâŚâŚâŚăăžăăâŚâŚ"}
["... No way..."]
Peter: {"ăŻă?"}
["Yes?"]
Alice: {"ăžăăăăăăăçĺć§ăŞăăăăŞăă§ăăăă?"}
["There's no way... Are you actually a prince?"]
Peter: {"âŚâŚçĺć§?}
["... A prince?]
{ăăăďźć¨ŠĺăŻăăăžăăăŠăĺăŻçĺăŞăŠă§ăŻăŞăăŚ..."}
[Where did you get such a thought? I may have power, but a prince I am not..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŞăă ăçĺăŞăăăăŁăăŽăŤ."}
["... Huh. That's a shame. I would've like it if you were a prince."]
Peter: {"ăŞăă§ăăçĺăŞăăă弽ăżăŞăă§ăă?"}
["Is a prince the type of man you'd prefer?"]
Alice: {"č˝éŚŹăăăŚăăăăŽăŤăŁăŚčŠąă."}
["I was just looking forward to pulling you down off your horse."]
Peter: "Hnn???"
Alice: {"ăŞăă§ăăŞăăăăăŁăĄăŽčŠą."}
["Don't worry about it. It's not important."]
{ćĺłăĺăăăŞăă¨ăăéĄăŤăćşéŁ˛ăä¸ăăă}
[I felt some satisfaction as he looked at me in confusion.]
{ç§ăŞăăŚăăăŽĺ¤˘ăčŚĺ§ăăŚăăćĺłăĺăăăŞăăă¨ă ăăă ă}
[That was the same look I must have had when I first came into this dream.]
Peter: "Mh...
{çĺć§ăŞăăŚăăŽăă弽ăżă¨ăŻăă弳ăŽĺăăăăă¨ă ."}
[If a princely type will sate your hunger, your tastes suit a girl much younger."]
Alice: {č¨čăŻĺŞăăăă声ăŻĺˇăăăčŚä¸ăăăăŞčŠąăćšă}
[His tone is gentle, but his words are sharp. He speaks as if he's looking
down on me.]
{"çĺć§ă弽ăăŞăăăăăŞăăă."}
["Princes aren't to my tastes at all."]
{ä¸ĺżăŻćăăĺ ĽăăŚăăăă芹ăčăăŚăăăăă¨ăŻćĺž ăăŚăăŞăă}
[It came out sounding more or less like an excuse, but I don't expect him to]
{äşćłéăăăăźăżăźăŻčăăŚăăăŞăă}
[hear anything I said anyway. And, unsurprisingly, he ignores me.]
{čăăŚăăŞăă¨ăăăăăčăć°ăăŞăăŽă ăăă}
[It's not that he can't hear, I think he simply doesn't care to hear.]
{大ăăŞăčłăŻăčŞĺăŤé˝ĺăŽăăăă¨ăăčăăăŞăăăăă}
[Those huge ears only pick up on what's convenient for him.]
Peter: {"ă§ăăăăă§ăăăăăŞăăŽăăăŞăăĺăŻĺĽłçăčŁĺăăžă.}
["But I don't mind. If it's for you, even my Queen's allegiance will swing.]
{âŚâŚăăă§ăăăăăăăçăŤăŞăŁăŚăăžăăžăăăŠă}
[... Ah-, but that wouldn't turn out quite right. For then I would become King."]
{ăăăăăăŽäşç´°ăŞéăăŞăăăăă§ăăă?"}
[Would you still be fine with that? It's such a trivial thing."]
Alice: {ă´ăăăŁă¨ăŚăľăŽčłăĺăăăăĺŻćăăăăăŞăă¨ăăŞăăŁăă}
[His rabbit ears bounced expectantly, but it wasn't cute at all.]
Peter: {"ĺŹăăă§ăăďźăăăă˘ăŞăšăĺă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăŚăăžăă?"}
["Well, Alice? Does that plan fill you will glee? If I can deliver, will you come
to love me?"]
Alice: {ĺ ĺťă¨ăŻĺĽăŽćĺłă§ăăăăŁă¨ăăă}
[Just like earlier, I shudder. But, more intensely this time.]
Peter: {"ăăăćŠăĺă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăŚăă ăăă."}
["I hope you're going to change your tune. It would be such a blessing if you'd
love me soon."]
Alice: {"ă ăăăăăăăŞăăâŚâŚ}
["Who would ever--...]
{ăĄăâŚâŚéĄăčżâŚâŚ"}
[H-Hey... Back up a bit..."]
{éĄăăŠăăŠăčżäťăăŚăăă}
[His face drew steadily closer and closer.]
{ćźăčżăăă¨ăăă,ćăćĄăă,ăăžăĺăĺ ĽăăăăŞăăăăŤăăŁăŚăăăă.}
[When I tried to push him away, he took my hands in his, and held them there
with force.]
{ďźăŞăŤăăłă¤ăâŚâŚăçľć§âŚâŚďź}
[(What's with this guy... He's--...)]
{ăăä¸ĺşŚćŽ´ăăă¨ăă.}
[Hit him again.] (=)
==================== FIRST CHOICE ============================
Alice: {"ď˝ď˝ď˝ď˝ăŁ."}
["Gh~~~~."]
{躍ă獌ăă .}
[My body feels paralyzed.]
{ăăä¸ĺşŚĺ ĺťăŽăăăŤćŽ´ăŁăŚăăăăă¨ćăă,ăŞăăćăĺşăŞă.}
[I want to clench my hands into fists to punch him, but my hands aren't moving.]
{ćăŻćĄăčžźăžăăŚăăăćľćăăăăŻă§ăăăŻăăŞăŽăŤăăŞăăă}
[It's not because he's holding me so tightly I can't move. I should be able to resist,]
{掾ă ă¨ăăăŽéĄă迍ăăă¨ăŤăć ŁăăŚăăžăŁăăŽă ăăăă}
[so why aren't I moving? Have I just accepted that this is going to happen,
regardless?]
{ďźăăăăăăžăăăăăăŞďź}
[(No, no! I would never let that happen.)]
{ăăăŞĺ¤ć ăŚăľăŽăŤăŞăŠć ŁăăăăŞăă}
[I can't just "get used" to the actions of such a perverted rabbit.]
{ăăăćľćăăŞăăŁăăŽăŻă彟ăŽć°ăăăăăŚăăžăŁăăăă ă}
[And now, my lack of resistance seems to have encouraged him.]
Peter: {"äťĺşŚăŻćŽ´ăăă¨ăăŞăăă§ăăăă˘ăŞăšăăľăľâŚâŚăŁ."}
["Alice, what a welcome sight. So you've decided not to fight? Hmhm~..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŁ!"}
["... Ngh!"]
{ćŻă觌ăăăťăŠăŽčˇé˘ă§ĺăăăăăăŽăžăžă§ăŻăăžăâŚâŚă}
[I could feel his breath on my face as he whispered the words. At this rate, he's
going to--...]
================== SECOND CHOICE ===========================
Alice: {"ď˝ď˝ď˝ď˝ăŁ."}
["Gh~~~~."]
{躍ă獌ăă ăăăä¸ĺşŚĺ ĺťăŽăăăŤćŽ´ăŁăŚăăăă¨ă严ćăŤĺăčžźăă.}
[My body feels paralyzed. Both of my hands clench into fists, preparing to
punch him again.]
{ćĄăčžźăžăăŚăăžăŁăŚăăăăăăăăă¨ĺăăăććă解ăăă¨ăăă}
[Even though he was gripping me tightly, I kept struggling to free myself.]
Peter: {"ăľâŚâŚăé§çŽă§ăăăă˘ăŞăšăĺă ăŁăŚăăăä˝ĺşŚă大人ăăăŻćŽ´ăăăžăă"}
["Hm~... Now now, Alice, try to be good. I've been meekly accepting your
abuse far more than I should."]
Alice: {"ăăŽâŚâŚăŁ!"}
["This is--... Ng!"]
{ćŻă觌ăăăťăŠăŽčˇé˘ă§ĺăĄčŞăŁăăăăŤĺăăăăăăŽăžăžă§ăŻăăžă...}
[I could feel his breath on my face as he whispered the words with elation. At this rate, he's going to--...]
=============================================================
"..."
* Peter steps back
{âŚâŚă¨ăčŚćăćąşăăŚçŽăéăăăă¨ăăă¨ăăăăźăżăźăŻăąăŁă¨é˘ăăă}
[... I had closed my eyes, bracing myself. But suddenly, I felt Peter's hands
release.]
Peter: "..."
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚďźä˝ă ăĺăăăŞăăăŠăĺŠăăŁăďźďź}
[(...? I don't quite understand, but, he's letting me go?)]
Peter: {"âŚâŚä˝ăŽç¨ă§ăďźäźäť¤ă§ăă?"}
["... Another message? What is it this time? You should know that interrupting
me is practically crime."]
Soldier 2: {"âŚâŚăŻăŁăăéŞéăăăŚçłă訳ăăăžăăăăăŻă¤ăĺż."}
["... Hup. I apologize for the intrusion, Lord White.]
Alice: {ç§ăŻćĽčżăŤć°äťăăŞăăŁăăăčżăăŤĺ ľĺŁŤăçŤăŁăŚăăă}
[I hadn't noticed him approach, but a soldier was standing right behind me.]
Peter: {"ăžăŁăăă§ăăéŞéăŞăŽăŻćăăăŞăă§ăăăé ć ŽăăŚăăăăžăă?"}
["Of course you do. You're aware you're a pain. So then, why don't you
simply take this chance to refrain?"]
Soldier 2: {"弳çéä¸ăăĺźăłăŞăŽă§ăăăăčŹčŚĺŽ¤ăŤćĽăăăăŤă¨ăŽăĺ˝äť¤ă§..."}
["Her Majesty the Queen has requested your presence. It's an order, sir. You
have to come to the Audience Chamber immediately..."]
Peter: "...
{ăŻăâŚâŚăăĺ˝äť¤ă¨ăăă°ăäťćšăăăžăăă...}
[Haa... These meaningless orders feel like a tether...]
{ăăŁăăăăă¨ăăă ăŁăăŽăŤăăăżăžăăăă˘ăŞăšăĺăŻčĄăăŞăăŚăŻ."}
[I'm sorry Alice, I must go. But I'm so glad we could share this precious
time together."]
Alice: {"ăĄăŁă¨ăăăžăŞăăŞăăăŞăăăă°ăă°ăčĄăŁăŚćĽăŚăĄăăă ăă}
["No need to apologize. It sounds like you're awfully busy.]
{ćťăŁăŚăăŞăă§ă."}
[Don't even worry about having to come back."]
{ăăă¨ăăă ăŁăăŽăŻăăźăżăźă ăă§ăç§ă¨ăăŚăŻĺąćŠä¸éŤŞă ăŁăă}
[Peter is the only one who thought this had been a pleasant interaction. From]
{ä¸ćăăăŚăăăĺ ľĺŁŤăŤćčŹăă.}
[my side, it was more of a close call. I'm thankful for the soldier's interruption.]
Peter: {"ăăŞăăŁăŚăćŹĺ˝ăŤç §ăĺąăŞăă§ăă."}
["You really are too kind, Alice."]
* Peter approaches and gives her a small kiss
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŻă罎ăăżăăă¨ă§ăăăăăăŤé ŹăŤăăšăăăă}
[Peter kissed my cheek as if he was leaving a parting gift.]
{ăĄă ăŁă¨ăăéłăŤăĺăłăăŁă¨ăă.}
[The sound of it made me shudder again.]
Soldier 2: {"ăăŻă¤ăĺżăăćĽăăă ăă. ĺ¤§ĺš ăŞé ĺťăŤă弳çéä¸ăŻĺ¤§ĺą¤ăćăă§..."}
["Lord White, we should make haste. If you're late again, Her Majesty will be
furious..."]
Peter: {"ăŞăă§ăăćĽăăăŞăă§ăă ăăăä¸ćă¨ăăç´ćă ăŁăăŻăă§ăă?"}
["I've no reason to rush, so you can stop with your plea. I know perfectly well
that our meeting is at 3."]
Peter: {"ç´ćăăŚăăćźăŽä¸ćăŻĺĺăăăăăăăăăăŞăă§ăăă}
["It may be true that 3 o'clock has passed, but all 4 were afternoon.]
{ĺ¤ăŽä¸ćăŻăžă ăăŚăăŞăăĺ¤ăŤéăŤĺăă°ăăă§ăăăăŤ.}
[That's 15:00, if I'm not mistaken. We'll meet at the first 3 under the moon.]
{ĺăŻăăĄăă¨ćéăĺŽăŁăŚăăăŽăŤăăă¤ăé ĺťéă¨ăé ˇăč¨ăăăăă ...}
[I'm always exactly on time, you see, so I can't understand why you always
impugn..."]
Alice: {ăăăŁă¨č¨ăĺăăăźăżăźăĺăăŁăŚăăŚč¨ăŁăŚăăéĄă ă}
[Peter is nonchalant. His expression says that he doesn't think he's in the wrong.]
{"ăăăăŁăŚććŞăăŠăăçé˘çŽăŞăŽă."}
["You're the worst. I thought you said you were a serious rabbit?"]
Peter: {"ă˘ăŞăšăćăăŞăă§ăă ăăăçˇăăč ăäťäşăăăăă§ăă}
["My darling Alice, you must be so upset I can't stay.]
{ĺăŻçé˘çŽăŞăŚăľăŽă ăăăä¸ĺ¸ăŽĺźăłĺşăăŤăŻéăăăŞă.}
[But as a man, and a serious rabbit, my boss is someone I cannot disobey.
{ăăŽĺăŤăăăă§ăćťĺ¨ăăŚăăă§ăăăăĺžă§ĺäźăăžăăă.}
[If you choose to linger in the castle, it would be a welcome treat. Then, after
I return again, once more we can meet."]
Alice: {"ăăäźăăăăŞăă}
["I don't want to see you again.]
{ăăăăăăŞăĺ ăŤĺ¸°ăăăăĺŽĺżăăŚäťäşăŤĺąăżăŞăă."}
[I plan to get home without your help, so you can just focus on your job."]
Peter: {"ăăŚăăŚăă¨ăăă§âŚâŚ"}
["Right, right, there's one thing I still have to ask..."]
Alice: {ăăŻăäşşăŽčŠąăčăăŞăçˇă ă}
[Words just pass right through a man like him.]
{éĄăŤč˛źăă¤ăăăăăŞĺžŽçŹăżă澎ăăšăăžăžăĺ ľĺŁŤăŤĺăç´ă.}
[Wearing the same smile as always, he turns to face the soldier.]
Peter: {"... ĺăŽčŠąăčăăŚăăžăăžăăăă?"}
["... How much did you hear, as you came for this task?"]
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŻăćä¸ćč¨ăćăĄä¸ăăă}
[Peter took out his pocket watch.]
{ăŞăăăĺ ľĺŁŤăŻă˛ăŁă¨ĺŁ°ăăăăăč ăăăăăŞĺŁ°ăŤăçĺ珌ă澎ăăśă}
[And for some reason, the soldier flinched. Seeing his frightened reaction raised a question mark for me.]
{ăăźăżăźăŻćč¨ăćăĄä¸ăăă ăă ăăăŽçˇăćĺłăŽĺăăăŞăčĄĺăŤ}
[All Peter did was lift up his watch. It's a behaviour that even I'm used to seeing]
{ĺşăăŽăŤăŻć ŁăăŚăăăăćč¨ă觌ăăŽăŻăăăăăăŞčĄĺă§ăăŞăă}
[by this point. He's checked it many times in this conversation alone.]
Peter: {"ăăŽĺăŽăăăŞă弳çăčŁĺăă¨č¨ăŁăé¨ĺă§ăăčăăŚăăă§ăăă?}
["Were you present when I said that I'd betray the Queen for this girl?]
{ăăăčăăăĄăăăşă¤ă芹ă ăŁăăă§ăă.}
[Because that is one rumour I can't allow to swirl.]
{ĺé罪ăŞăăŚč¨ăăăăé˘ĺă§ăăăăăăŤăćăăăŚăăžăăăă ."}
[I'd rather avoid the accusation of treason. It would be a pain to receive
scolding for such an unnecessary reason.]
Alice: {ďźćăăăăăăăăăăžăŞăă¨ćăăăŠâŚâŚďź}
[(I would think such a crime would get a bit more than a scolding, but...)]
Soldier 2: {"ăăŁăčăăŚăăžăăâŚâŚďźăăăŞčŠąăŻâŚâŚ"}
["I-I wasn't listening to your conversation...! I didn't hear anything...!"]
Alice: {ĺ ľĺŁŤăŻăéăăŞăŁăŚéŚăćŻăă彟ăä˝ăăăăŞăŤćăăŚăăăŽăĺăăăŞăă}
[The soldier was so vehemently denying it that he looked like he was turning blue.
But I still don't understand what he's so afraid of.]
{ăăăŻăćĺłăŽĺăăăŞăăă¨ă ăăă ă}
[Though, that could be said of so many things here.]
Peter: {"âŚâŚăăă§ăă?}
["... Is that so?]
{ă§ăăäťčăăŚăăžăŁăăăăŞăă§ăăăĺăăă¨ă§ăăă."}
[Well, regardless, you've still heard it now. The knowledge is the same, and that
I can't allow."]
* Thereâs a flash...
Alice: {ćä¸ćč¨ăĺ ăă}
[The pocket watch started to glow.]
{ĺ ăŁăă ăă§ăŞăăéăŤĺ¤ăăŁăăăŚăŞăŚăšăŽĺˇĽĺ ˇă¨ĺăăăăŤă}
[Not only glow, but transform. It became a gun, just like Julius' wrench.]
{ă ăăç°ăŞăéă ă}
[But, a different model of gun.]
* BANG *Â
{ăŠăăŁă¨ăä˝ăéłăăăŚăĺ ľĺŁŤăĺăăă}
[There was a short bang, and the soldier collapsed.]
{ăăăé声ă ă¨ăŻăăă°ăăć°äťăăŞăăŁăă}
[It was only then that it registered that the sound had actually been a gunshot.]
{ă˝ăăă¨ăăŚăăç§ăçĄčŚăăŚă}
[I just stared vacantly as Peter then]
{ăăźăżăźăŻĺăăĺ ľĺŁŤăŤć´ăŤä˝çşăćăĄăăă ă}
[fired even more bullets into the soldier's body without even looking up.]
* Bang * Bang *
{ăŠăăăŠăăă¨ăăžăä˝ăéłăăăă}
[Bang, bang. The same low sound echoes through my ears again.]
{çćŁăŞăŽăčĄćăŤăăćŻĺăŞăŽăăćăĄăăăăłăŤĺ ľĺŁŤăŽä˝ă衳ăăă}
[The soldier's body jumps with each shot, and I can't tell whether it's caused by the impact of the bullet, or if they're only his dying spasms.]
Peter: {"âŚâŚäźäť¤ăăčŚĺ´ć§ă§ă."}
["... Thank you for your report."]
Alice: {ĺăăŞăĺ ľĺŁŤăčŚä¸ăăă確čŞăăăăăăăăç§ăŤĺăĺăŁăă}
[He looked down on the unmoving soldier, as if waiting for confirmation.
Then, he turned back to me.]
Peter: {"éŠăăăžăă?"}
["Did that startle you, my dear? I tried to keep it short."]
Alice: {ĺżé ă¨ćĺž ăăŞăăžăăŤăŞăŁă声éłă§ĺ°ăăăăă}
[His voice was a mixture of concern and anticipation.]
{ăŠăăăçăăĺž ăŁăŚăăăŽăăăăŽçˇăŽć°ćăĄăŞăŠçĽăăŻăăăŞăă}
[I don't know what kind of response to give, since I have no idea what's going]
{ä¸ĺŽăăăŞăăăé˘ç˝ăăăŤăç§ăŽĺĺżăĺž ăŁăŚăăă}
[on in this man's head. The way he's waiting for my reaction seems like he
can't decide whether he's anxious or excited.]
{ăŻăŁăăŻăŻăŁďźéăăžăăăéăăžăăă˘ăŞăš.}
[Ahahahaha~! Not at all, Alice! What a silly thing to say!]
{ćĺăăăăăžăăăăăŻăŻăŻ."}
[I would never try to deceive you that way! Ahahahahaha~."]
Alice: {"ăăăă夢ăŽä¸çă§ćĺăăŞăăăăŚăŞăŚăšăĺăăăăŞăă¨ăăăŚăăăăă}
["Oh, right. There wouldn't need to be "magic" in a dream world. It's just that,]
{ăăăăćĺăćľčĄăŁăŚăăăŽăă¨ćăŁăă ă."}
[Julius did a similar trick earlier, so I guessed it was just a common thing
around here."]
Peter: {"... ăŚăŞăŚăš."}
["... Julius."]
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŻăă´ăăă¨çŹăăć˘ăăă}
[Peter's laugh was immediately cut off.]
{äťăŽăŚăŞăŚăšăŞăăŚçĽăăŞăăă}
[I don't know of any other Julius. If there's another person with the same name]
{ĺĺ§ĺĺăŽĺĽäşşă§ăăăŞăéăăĺ ĺťäźăŁăăŚăŞăŚăšă."}
[around here, then to clarify, I'm referring to the one we spoke to earlier."]
Peter: {"ăŚăŞăŚăšďźă˘ăłăŹăźăéăćăŁăăă§ăăďźăăŽĺĺąč ă,ăăŞăăŽăăăŤ."}
["Julius shot his gun? Is that what you're trying to say? So you can even make
that obstinate Clockmaker sway?"]
Alice: {"ç§ăŽăăăŁăŚăăăăăŞăăă}
["It's not like he did it for my sake or anything. I was just being a nuisance.]
{ééăŤă¤ăăŚăăăăé¨ăă ăăăäťćšăŞăăŁăŚćăă§âŚâŚ"}
[He probably only used it as a last resort since I was being so noisy..."]
{ăăăă§ăăŁăă¨ăăăľăăŤăŻăă¨ăŚăčŚăăŞăăŁăă}
[It definitely didn't feel like something he wanted to do.]
Peter: {"ĺăăă¨ăĺăăă¨ă§ăăăŁăăŠăéăăŁăŚăăăă§ă.}
["Your words and mine sound exactly the same. If he really shot, then you are
to blame.]
{ăăă¤ăéăćă¤ăŁăŚćĺłăŻâŚâŚ}
[And for a man such as him, that fact is simply too strange...]
{ăăăĺ ĺťçŤăŚçśăăŤćéăĺ¤ăăŁăăŽăŻăăăăăăă ăŁăăă§ăă!?"}
[Ah! So, was that also the reason for the sudden time change!?]
Alice: {"ăâŚâŚăď˝ă¨?}
["Er... Huh?]
{ăăŽăăă§ăé ĺťăăĄăăŁăăŽăăăďźă ă¨ăăăćŞăăă¨ăâŚâŚ}
[Is that why you were late today? If so, I am sorry about that...]
{...ă§ăăćźĺĺĺăé ĺťăăŚăăăŽăăďźăăăăç§ăŽăăăŁăŚăăăă..."}
[... But, since you were already 4 days late, don't try and blame me for the rest..."]
Peter: {"é ĺťăŞăăŚăŠăă§ăăăăă§ăďźâŚâŚăăăăăăŞăăăăăăŞăăŞ.}
["I could care less how many days I neglect!... No, I'm upset by something I
did not expect.]
{ăăăăăă˘ăŞăšăăŚăŞăŚăšăŤć°ăŤĺ Ľăăăăă§ăăďźďźé ˇăă§ă."}
[How dare that Julius fall for you!? He's a terrible man! Tell me it isn't true!"]
Alice: {"ć°ăŤĺ Ľăăăďźć°ăŤĺ ĽăăăăŽăăăă§âŚâŚ}
["Fall for me? I think it's a bit much to say that all of a sudden...]
{ć°ăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăăŽăŞăăăăŁă¨ĺŞăăăăŚăăăă°ăăăŽăŤ."}
[If he was interested in me at all, I'd hope he would be a bit more friendly."]
Peter: {"ăŚăŞăŚăšăŤăăŚăżăă°,éăćăŁăŚăăă ăă§ăć°ăŤĺ Ľăăăć°ăŤĺ Ľăă§ăă!}
["If we're speaking of Julius firing a gun, you're already clearly his number one!]
{ä˝ćč ă ăăă¨ăăŁăŚăéĺ°ăŤĺŞăăăă!"}
[Even with your role of Outsider in mind, he was being far too kind!"]
{âŚâŚä˝ăćăŁăŚăăăŽďźăŚăŞăŚăšă茪ĺăŤăăŚăăăăŽă瞨ăžăăăŽ?"}
[... Is that what's got you so mad? You're just jealous that Julius actually
showed me some consideration?"]
Peter: {"瞨ăžăăăăăŞăă§ăăăďźćăăăă§ăăďźé ˇăă§ă!!!"}
["There's no reason at all for me to be jealous! That pitiful man is
just overzealous!!!"]
Alice: {"é ˇăăă¨ăŞăăŚăăŚăăŞăăăăä˝ăč¨ăŁăŚăăăŽ."}
["I don't think that's the case. What are you even talking about?"]
{äźăŁăŚéăăŞăäşşéăŤć§ĺăĺăăăăăăŞćčŚăă¨ăćăŁăăă}
[It feels strangely like a situation where the two old friends get divided by]
{彟ăăŻăăăŞăŤčŚŞăăăăŤăŻčŚăăŞăăŁăă}
[a newcomer. Except, those two don't seem to be close.]
Peter: {"é ˇăă§ăăďźďźďźćľŽć°ăăăŞăăŚ!"}
["And you're equally awful, I hope you're aware!!! I can't believe you would
even indulge this affair!"]
Alice: "...
{âŚâŚăăăă¨čŠąăăŚăăă¨ăé çăăăŚăă."}
[... Talking to you makes my head hurt."]
Peter: {"澎ć°ăă罪ăŽćčă§ăă."}
["That's the guilt of your fickleness that you'll have to bear."]
Alice: {âŚâŚăăŻăăč¨ăčżăć°ă夹ăă.}
[... I don't even feel like responding anymore.]
{澎ć°ăŞăŠăăčŚăăŻăŞăă罪ăŽćčăŞăŠč˝çăăăăăăŞăă}
[I have no recollection of any kind of "affair", so my conscience is clean.]
{大ĺćă¨ăăŚăăăă¤ă¨äťăĺăŁăčŚăăŞăŠăŞăăŽă ă}
[More importantly, I don't recall being involved with this man in any way either.]
Peter: {"ăăăžă澎ć°ăăŞăă§ăă ăăăă}
["Please be more considerate. It makes me sick to see you cheat.]
{ćŹĺ˝ăŻăĺ䝼ĺ¤ăŽčŞ°ăŤăć°ăŤĺ ĽăăăŚăťăăăŞăăă§ă.}
[You should only wish to be with me. Can't you hear when I entreat?]
{ăăŽä¸çăŤăăŚăăăăăăŞăäťćšăŞăă§ăăăŠăćŹĺ˝ăŻ..."}
[But, if it means that you'll stay in this world, perhaps I shouldn't compete..."]
Alice: {"ăŻă..."}
["Hah..."]
{ăăźăżăźăŻăăŽĺžăăśă¤ăśă¤ă¨č¨ăŁăăăç§ăŻĺłăă塌ăŤčăćľăăŚăăă}
[Peter's words trail off into mumbles, but I wasn't paying attention anyways.]
Peter: {"... âŚâŚăăăĺăŻăäťäşăŤčĄăŁăŚăăžăăăăšăăŞăźĺĽłăŽç¸ćăŁăŚ}
["... Well then, I should be off to work. You're so hysteric it's causing me stress.]
{ç˛ăăăă§ăăăŠă澎ć°ăăăŞăăă§ĺŽĺżăăŚăă ăăăăŁ.}
[And please know that you can rest assured about your escapades.]
{ĺăŻăăăŞăä¸çă§ăăăăŁ."}
[I'll stay devoted to you nonetheless."]
{ăăźăżăźăčŚéăă}
[I watch Peter head off.]
{"... 夢ă§ă訹ăăŞăăăăăăă弽ăăŞăçˇă ă."}
["... Even in a dream, I can't forgive a man who's this horrible."]
{ĺ°é˘ăŤĺăăĺ ľĺŁŤăŻćśăăŚăŞăăŞăăŞăă}
[The soldier was still lying on the ground, exactly where Peter left him.]
{ă°ăăăšăŻă¨ăăăťăŠă§ăŻăŞăăăçžĺŽĺłăŽăă夢ă ă}
[I wouldn't go as far as to say this is some grotesque nightmare, but it's certainly
a dream that presents everything as a harsh, palpable reality.]
{ăă°ăăăăă¨ăĺĽăŽĺ ľĺŁŤăçžăăŚçäťăăŚăăŁăă}
[After a little while, some other soldiers appeared to remove the body.]
Soldier 4: {"ćŽĺăçäťăăŤćĽăăžă§ćžç˝ŽăăŚăăăă}
["If this is left until the Afterimage arrive,]
{弳çéä¸ăăčŚĺăăŤăŞăăăăăăŞă..."}
[Her Majesty may place the blame on you..."]
Soldier 3: {"çäťăăŚăăăâŚ"}
["We'll take care of it..."]
Alice: {ďźćŽĺâŚâŚďźďź}
[(Afterimage...?)]
{ďźćŽĺăŁăŚăŞăă ăăâŚâŚďź}
[(I wonder what that means...)]
{ă¨ăăă§ăĺ ľĺŁŤéăŻç帽ĺă袍ăŁăŚăăăă}
[But besides that, all of the soldiers here have such tall hats.]
{ăŚăľăŽčłăŻă¤ăăŚăăăŽăăăŞăăŽăă}
[Do they all have rabbit ears like Peter?]
{ç´ćĽčăăŚăżăć°ăŤăŻăŞăăŞăăăć°ăŤăŞăŁăă}
[I don't feel like I should ask them directly, but I'm curious.]
(...)
{ďźăăŚă¨ăç§ăŻăŠăăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(What am I supposed to do now...?)]
CHOICE
{ĺă¸ĺăă.}
[I should continue to the castle.] (=)
OR
{迡衯ăŽĺşăćŁçăăŚăżă.}
[I'll walk around the garden maze.] (Ace +1)
==================== FIRST CHOICE ============================
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŤäźăŁăŚć°ăĺăăăăăĺă¸ĺăăă}
[Even though it was discouraging to run into Peter, I decide to continue on
to the castle.]
{äťăŤçŽçĺ°ăăŞăăăăăăăŁăŚăćťĺ¨ĺ ´ćăćąşăăŞăăŚăŻăŞăăŞăăŁăă}
[I don't have anywhere else to go. So, at least for now, I should stay here.]
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{ĺă¸ăŽéăé ăăŁăăä¸ăŽä¸ăŤăăăŽă§čżˇăăă¨ăŞăăăŠăçăăăă}
[The path up the hill to the castle is long, but at least I won't get lost. Still, even]
{çŽçĺ°ăčŚăăŚăăăăă¨ăăŁăŚčˇé˘ăŻç¸ŽăžăăŞăă}
[though I can clearly see my destination, it doesn't appear to be getting any closer.]
{芹ăç¸ćăăŞăăĺťśă ă¨ĺăä¸ăăăăăăăăŤăŞăăă}
[With no one to talk to, I trudge further and further up the steep hill.]
{ćč¨ĺĄă¨ĺăăĺźăčżăăŽăé˘ĺă ă¨ăăççąă§ăŞăă¨ăä¸ăăăŁăă}
[It was disheartening, but going all the way back to the Clocktower was too much
trouble, so I kept climbing.]
{(...é掾ăĺă大ĺŤă.}
[(... Hills and stairs are detestable things.]
{ăăă§ĺăŤçăăŚăé掾ă ăŁăăăăă,ăŠăăăŚăăăă.)}
[What would I even do if I have to climb another staircase inside the castle?)]
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{ĺŤăŞćłĺăžă§ĺşăăĺ§ăăă¨ăăă§, ä¸ăĺăŻçľăăŁă. ăăŁă¨ĺăŤĺ°çăă.}
[Just as my imagination was spreading to such terrible thoughts, my climb was over. At last, I had arrived at the castle.]
{"ăăăăĺ..."}
["It's incredible..."]
{ăăăăŞćĺłă§ăăăăăăĺăă ă}
[Incredible in a number of ways.]
{大ăăăçŤć´žăŞăĺăăăăłăăă§ă蹪ĺ˘ă§âŚâŚă}
[This castle is grand and imposing. But also gaudy and lavish...]
{ăăăŚâŚâŚăăĄăŤăăłă ăçžĺŽăŽĺăŤăŻăăăăŞăăăăčŻçžăŞčŁ 飞ă}
[It's like... a fairy tale. No real castle would ever have an over-the-top design like this.]
{ăĄăŤăăłăăăŻăŞă˘ăăźăă}
[Everything is themed.]
{ăăźăăăăŁăąăâŚâŚ}
[There are hearts everywhere...]
{ďźĺ¤˘ăŽĺ˝ă ăăăŁăŚăćŹć°ăŞăăśă¤ăłăŽăĺă ăďź}
[(Only a country of dreams would have such an unusual design for a castle.)]
{ďźčŚäşăŞăžă§ăŤâŚâŚďź}
[(In order to be beautiful...)]
{ďźâŚâŚćŠč˝ć§ă庌ĺ¤čŚăăăŚăăďź}
[(... It completely ignores any kind of functionality.)]
{ă˝ăăă¨ĺăčŚä¸ăăă}
[I stare blankly up at the castle.]
{ăă°ăăčŚçŠăăŚăăŚăčŚéŁ˝ăăŞăăăăăéçžĺŽçă ăŁăă}
[Yet no matter how long stared, I never got tired of looking at it. It's unbelievable.]
{čŞĺăŽćłĺĺăŤćĺżăăŚăăžă.}
[I have to admire my imagination.]
{ç§ăŽä¸ăŤăăăŞăĄăŤăăłăŞé¨ĺăăăŁăă¨ăŻ...}
[To think that this glittering castle came out of my head...]
{éŠăăŽéŁçśă ă}
[The surprises just keep coming.]
{ďźâŚâŚăăăăŚăăŚăăäťćšăŞăăăďź}
[(... I won't get anywhere like this, though.)]
{ăă°ăăĺăŤčŚćăăŚăăăă}
[I looked at the castle for a while, but I knew that I]
{çŞăŁçŤăŁăŚăăŚăä˝ăé˛ĺąăŻăŞăăŽă§ĺă¸ĺ ĽăŁăŚăăă}
[wouldn't make any progress by just standing around. It was time to head in.]
{ăăăăçžĺŽă§ăŻăăăăŞăăĺăăăăă¨ăăă䝼ĺăŤă}
[More proof that there's no way that any of this could be real. People shouldn't]
{ćŽćŽľăŞăăŠăăŠăă¨ăĺă¸äšăčžźăăă¨ăăć°ăŤăŞăŠăŞăăŞăă}
[be able to just waltz right into a castle like this without being stopped or questioned.]
{ăă䝼ĺăŤăĺăŤčĄăćŠäźăŞăŠăŞăă}
[I've never even had a chance to enter a castle before.]
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* She steps through the front entrance
{ĺĺ ăŤĺ Ľăă}
[I'm inside.]
{ĺĺ ăŻĺĺ ă§ăăăŻăćŠč˝ć§ăŞăŠăžăŁăăçĄčŚăăć§é ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăă}
[Even the castle's interior ignores any kind of functionality.]
{ďźăăŽčŁ 飞ăŤăŻä¸ä˝ä˝ăŽćĺłăâŚâŚďź}
[(What's the point of having all of this useless decoration...?)]
{ďźăăăăăăăčŁ éŁžăŤćĺłăŞăăŚăŞăăâŚâŚďź}
[(No, I'm certain there's no reason to any of it...)]
{ćĺżăăŞăăďźĺă°ĺă桡ăăă§ăŻăăăďźăă°ăăćŠăăŚăăă¨ă}
[After walking around in a daze of admiration (and slight disgust),]
{ăĄă¤ăăŤĺşăăăăă}
[I came across some maids.]
{ăăăŞă¨ăăăžă§ĺćăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚăăŚćăăăăŽăă¨ćăŁăăă}
[I expected them to be upset that I was wandering around in here,]
{彟弳éăŻé常ăŤä¸éăŞĺŻžĺżăăăŚăăăă}
[but the women gave me a strangely courteous reception.]
Maid A: {"ăăăăăăăźăăŽĺă¸."}
["Welcome to Heart Castle."]
Alice: {ćĺăăĺşčżăăć 庌ă ăäžľĺ Ľč ăŤĺŻžăăć 庌ă§ăŻăŞăă}
[Rather than treating me like an intruder, they greet me like a guest.]
Maid A: {"厰ç¸éŁä¸ăăäźşăŁăŚăăăžă.}
["We were told of your arrival by His Excellency, the Prime Minister.]
{ăăăŚăŞăăăăăăŤă¨ăăăŞăć§ăŤăŻăăŽĺăŤćťĺ¨ăăŚăăă ăăžă."}
[We will provide you whatever you require during your stay here at the Castle."]
Alice: {çĺăéĄăŤčĄ¨ăăŚăăăăă§ă誏ćăăŚăăăăăăăăćĺłăĺăăăŞăă}
[They must have seen the suspicion on my face, because they started to explain. But, I still don't understand.]
{ćťĺ¨ăăăŚăăăăăŽăŻéĄăŁăăă ăâŚâŚă}
[I was hoping to find a place to stay, but...]
{"厰ç¸éŁä¸?"}
["His Excellency, the Prime Minister?"]
{ďźčŞ°ă ăăăăŻâŚâŚăăăăŞĺăäşşăŤçĽăĺăăŞăăŚăăŞăăăďź}
[(Who is she talking about...? I haven't met anyone here with a title like that.)]
Maid A: {"ăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăć§ăăăŻă¤ăĺżă§ă."}
["The Prime Minister, Mister Peter White."]
Maid B: {"厰ç¸éŁä¸ăçćăé¤ăăŚăŻăä¸çŞăŽć¨Šĺč ă§ăă."}
["His Excellency is the most powerful person in the country, outside of the
royal family."]
Alice: {"ăăźăżăźăďźďźĺŽ°ç¸ďźďźăăă¤ă!?}
["Peter!? A Prime Minister!? Him!?]
{ăăă¤ă厰ç¸ăŞăăŚăä˝ăăŽééăăăăŞăăŽ!?"}
[Someone like him can't be in a position like that. There must be some mistake!"]
{ĺ ĺťăŽăŚăŞăŚăšă§ăŻăŞăăă}
[I know I said this about Julius earlier, but this time I honestly believe]
{ĺĺ§ĺĺă§ĺĽäşşăăăăŽăăăăăŞăă¨ćŹć°ă§čăăă}
[there has to be another person with the exact same first and last names.]
{éŚç¸ăćżĺĺŚçăŽćéŤĺŽăçćżăŽćéŤčŁä˝ĺŽă}
[Prime Minister. The person who handles the most important government affairs.
The highest tier of a monarchy's politics.]
{厰ç¸ă¨ăăŁăŚăăćĺłăŻĺšžéăăăăă}
[The title could have a number of meanings.]
{ăŠăăćăăŚăăă¨ăăŚăăăăŞăăŽéŤä˝ă ă}
[But no matter which one you choose, it's a considerably powerful position.]
{彟弳éăŽč¨ăăăăŤăçćăŞăŠăŽçšćŽăŞć¨Šĺč ăé¤ăăŚăŻćéŤä˝ăŤăăăă}
[As the maids said, it's the most prominent position outside of the royal family.]
{âŚâŚă¨ăçżăŁăăç§ăŽçĽăăăźăżăźăăăăŤăăăă¨ăŻćăăŞăă}
[... I understand that much. But, the Peter I know doesn't fit that title.]
Maid A: {"ăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăă¨ăăăćšăŻăăŻă¤ăĺżăă ăä¸äşşă§ăă."}
["There is only one Peter White, and that is Prime Minister White."]
Maid B: {"ăă¨ăĺăĺĺăŽč ăăăă¨ăăŚă}
["Supposing there was another man with the same name,]
{ăă§ăŤăăŻă¤ăĺżăŤćăĄćŽşăăăŚăăăă¨ă§ăăă."}
[I am quite sure Prime Minister White would have shot him long ago."]
Maid A: {"ăăŽćšăăčłăăăăă§ăăăŽ.}
["He has excellent ears.]
{ĺăĺĺăŞăŠăă訹ăăŤăŞăăŻăăăăăžăă."}
[I am certain he would not forgive someone if he heard them using his name."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăăăăăĺżçăăă ăăăăăă¤."}
["... Maybe it is him. Sounds like his heart is small enough."]
{ăŠăăăĺä¸äşşçŠăăăă}
[It seems like it's the same person after all.]
{ďźăăŽĺ˝ăŁăŚăăăăŞĺĽ´ăŤĺŽ°ç¸ăäťťăăŚăăăă âŚâŚďź}
[(This country would trust a man like that as their Prime Minister...?)]
"..."
{ăăŽĺ˝ăăăŽĺăŻăăăăă}
[This castle and this entire country are insane.]
{ăăăăă¨ăăă°ăăăŽäşşéăă ă}
[These people are strange, too.]
{ĺăăăăŞéĄă§ăĺăăăăŞćčŁ ăĺăăăăŞĺŁ°ăçžäşşă ăä¸ć°ĺłăŞăĄă¤ăă}
[The same face, the same clothes, the same voice. A pair of beautiful, yet uncanny,
maids.]
{ćľćăŞăŠăŻćăăŞăăăăŠăăćăĄč§Łăčžăăă ă}
[I don't feel any hostility, but I also don't think I'll be able to speak to them easily.]
{ĺ°ăčŚćăăŚăăžăŁăŚĺşăăŞă. }
[I can't help my nerves. The maids haven't]
{ăĄă¤ăéă襨ć ăĺ¤ăă, ăŞăă ăć°ăžăăăŞăŁă.}
[changed their expressions at all, and this atmosphere is making me uneasy.]
???: {"ăă ăăž~"}
["I'm home~"]
* Footsteps approaching
Alice: {ĺăŽĺ ĽăĺŁäťčżă§ä˝ăă§ăăă¨ăĺ ´éăăŞćăă声ăéżăăă}
[As we stood there by the castle entrance, a lively voice suddenly echoed through
the hall, instantly killing the tension.]
Ace: {"äš ă ăŽćă厜ă ăâŚâŚ ďźďźďźćé帯ăśăăăăă ăŞ.}
["I haven't been back in a while... It must be at least 300 periods.]
{ďźďźďźă ăŁăăŻăă ăĺăŁăŚăăăŞ?"}
[I was expecting around 317. Is that about right?"]
Alice: {ă˛ăăă¨ć¨ŞăĺăăăĄă¤ăăŤĺ°ăăă}
[He turned and casually asked the maids.]
{ă¨ăźăšă¨ĺźă°ăăçˇăŻăĺ ľĺŁŤéă¨ăŻç°ăŞăćčŁ ăăăŚăăă}
[The man they called Ace was dressed differently than the soldiers I've seen.]
{ç°ăŞăăăŽăŽăĺăŽé˘äżč ăăăćă ăăăśă¤ăłăäźźăŚăăă}
[He's clearly still related to the castle, though. The design is consistent.]
Maid A : {"âŚăăăăă¨ăźăšć§ăĺĺăĺăĺşăŚăăďźďźďźĺćé帯ăĺ¤ăăăžăă."}
["Ah... No, Master Ace. It has been 312 periods since you left the castle."]
Maid B: {"âŚâŚăäš ăăśăă§ă."}
["... It has been a while."]
Ace: {"ăăŁăăŞăă ăäżşăŽč¨çŽăăďźĺĺăćŠăăăăŞăăăäżşăé˛ćŠăăŚăăăă ăŞ."}
["Oh, what~? That's 5 periods faster than I thought. I'm improving~."]
Maid A: {"âŚâŚăăă§ăăă."}
["Ah... It appears so."]
Maid B: {"âŚâŚé˛ćŠăăăŚăăăžăăă}
["... You have certainly improved~.]
{ĺă ĺăŻďźďźďźĺćé帯ăĺ¤ăăăžă§ăćťăăŤăŞăăžăăă§ăăăăŽ."}
[There were 439 periods before you returned the last time."]
Ace: {"ă ăďźäżşăŁăŚăĺé˛ăăŚăăăŞ."}
[Really? I guess I am making progress."]
Maid A: {"ăăŽčŞżĺă§ăä¸čśłéŁăłăŤĺé˛ăŞăăŁăŚăă ăă.}
["This is a great leap forward, but please continue to advance.]
{ăăăăă°ăăăăăéă弳çéä¸ăŤăăăăăăăżăžăă."}
[That way, we won't have to keep facing the Queen's reprimands."]
Ace: {"ăŻăŻăŁăăăžăŞăăăžăŞăă帰ăăăăŚă帰ăŁăŚăăăŞăăŁăăă ă.}
["Ahaha~, sorry, sorry. But I couldn't make it back faster even if I wanted to.]
{äżşăŁăŚăăăéăŤčżˇăăă ăăŞăâŚâŚ}
[I always end up getting lost...]
{ă§ă, ćĺž ăăŚăŚăăă! äżşăŻăăă. ăă¤ă, éăŤčżˇăăŞăăăăŤăŞăŁăŚăă."}
[But, you just wait! Someday, I'm going to make it back without getting lost even
once~."]
Alice: {ç§ăŤăŻ, ăĄă¤ăéăŽč¨čăŻĺŤĺłăŤčăăă. ă ă,çˇăŤăŻăăăŻčăăăŞăăăă .}
[The maid's voices were dripping in sarcasm, but the man didn't seem to notice.]
{ăăăăă¨ćăăă}
[He just let out another lighthearted laugh.]
{ăăŽĺ˝ăŽćéĺşćşăŻăăĺăăăŞăăăăăŤăăŚăăďźďźďźĺăćé帯ă}
[I don't know what the norm is in regards to time in this country. Nevertheless, if]
{ĺ¤ăăăžă§ĺ¸°ăŁăŚăăăăŞăă¨ăŻăăăăéăŤčżˇăăă§ăăăŹăăŤăŞăŽă ăăăă}
[he hasn't been home in 439 periods, I don't think 'I always end up getting lost' really conveys the extent of it.]
Maid B: {"漽ăăżăŤăăŚăăăžăăâŚâŚ"}
["I will be happy to see it..."]
Ace: {"ăăă漽ăăżăŤăăŚăăŚăă!"}
["Yup, look forward to it!"]
Alice: {ďźăŞăăŚăă¸ăăŁăăŞäşşăŞăŽăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(How is he such a positive person...?)]
{ďźăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(He's...)]
(...)
{ďźâŚâŚâŚăŞăăŚć°ăĺăăăăŤăŞăäşşăŞăă ăăďź}
[(... I don't expect I'll get along very well with this guy.)]
{čŚăăăăŤĺĺăăŞäşşă ă}
[You can tell how enthusiastic he is with just one look.]
{ç§ăŻĺžăĺăăăă¤ć šăćăă}
[The complete opposite of me. I'm a pessimist right down to my roots.]
{ăăăăćăăäşşăčŚăŚăăă¨ăä˝č¨ăŤćăăŞăăăă ă}
[And looking at someone this cheerful only makes me feel even worse.]
"..."
{ç§ăŻĺĺăăŞäşşăčŚćă ă, ă ăăăĺ ćšăç§ăĺŤă.}
[I'm not good at dealing with positive people, and they generally don't like me very]
{čˇé˘ă罎ăăăăăŚăă.}
[much either. It'll be easy to put some distance between us.]
{çˇă¨çŽăĺăă}
[The man finally noticed me.]
Ace: {"ĺăŻďźčŚăŞăéĄă ă."}
["And you are...? I've never seen your face before."]
Maid B: {"ăăŽćšăŻă厰ç¸éŁä¸ăŽă厢人ă§ă.}
["She is a guest of the Prime Minister.]
{ăăăŚăŞăăăăăäť°ăă¤ăăŁăŚăăăžă."}
[We have orders to give her a warm reception."]
Alice: {ç§ăĺăăăăŽăŤăăĄă¤ăéăçăăŚăăžăă}
[Even though he was addressing me, the maid answered before I had a chance.]
{ăăăŻăăă§é˝ĺăăăăćľăăăăŽăŞăćľăăŚăăžăăăăŁăăă}
[Not that I mind. She summed up my circumstances well enough, and I'd rather not]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻç§ăŽć¨ćśăĺž ăŁăŚăăăăă ă}
[speak if I don't have to. But, Ace still seemed to be waiting on my response.]
Ace: {"ăăźăżăźăăăŽă厢ăăďźçăăăŞăâŚâŚ."}
["Peter has a visitor? That's unusual..."]
Alice: {ăăăăă¨ç§ăčŚăă}
[He stared at me with uncertainty.]
{ăĄă¤ăăŽčŞŹćă ăă§ăŻčśłăăŞăăŁăăăăă}
[I guess the maid's explanation wasn't enough.]
{ăăŁă¨čŠłăăçĽăăăă¨ăăććăé ăăăăŞăă}
[He wasn't hiding the fact that he wanted to hear more.]
{"âŚâŚç§ăŻăă˘ăŞăšďźăŞăăŤăăăăăăă¨ăźăšăă."}
["... My name is Alice Liddel. Nice to meet you, Mister Ace, sir."]
{ăĄă¤ăéăćŹç§°ăă¤ăăŚăăăăăŽäşşăŻăăăŞăăŽčşŤĺăŽäşşăŞăă ăăă}
[The maids referred to him as 'Master Ace', so he must be a man of decent
social standing.]
{ćčŁ ăăăăä¸čŹăŽĺ ľĺŁŤă¨ăŻĺĽć źăŞăŽă ă¨çĽăăă}
[From his attire alone, I can tell he's more than just an average soldier.]
{çĄç¤źăŤĺ˝ăăăŞăç¨ĺşŚăŤç´ ăŁć°ăŞăčŞĺˇąç´šäťăăă}
[I introduce myself carefully, as to avoid insulting him.]
{ăăžă芹ăăăăŞăăă芹ăăăă°ăăăăç¸ćăăä¸ĺżŤăŤăăăŚăăžăă}
[It would probably only make things uncomfortable if I say any more, anyway.]
Ace: {"ăăăăďźäżşăŻă¨ăźăš."}
["Nice to meet you! My name's Ace."]
{ďźăăăă ăăăĺ ĺťăă¨ăźăšăăăŁăŚč¨ăŁăŚăă§ăăăă}
[(I just said his name. And the maids have said it multiple times.]
{éč¤ăăŚĺäšăĺż čŚăŻăŞăăŽăâŚâŚďź}
[He didn't need to repeat it...)]
{ç§ăŻĺŤăŞăă¤ăŞăŽă§ăčŚćăŞç¸ćă ă¨ç˛ć˘ăăžă§ăăŚăăžăă}
[I'm so awful. I'm always finding fault in other people for no reason.]
{ăăăăäşşă¨čŠąăăŚăăă¨ăčŞĺăŽĺŤăŞă¨ăăăăăĺşăăŤăŞăă}
[Talking to someone like this always brings my worst points to the surface.]
{ă ăăăĺ°ăŽăă¨ĺŤăăŤăŞăăŽă ă}
[Which only makes me hate him all the more. I just want to take my anger]
{ĺ Ťă¤ĺ˝ăăć°ĺłă ăăčŞĺăŽĺĺąăăčŚăăăăĺŤăă}
[out on him, because he makes me see my own meanness all the more clearly.]
Ace: {"ă¨ăźăšă ăŁăŚ! ă˘ăŞăš."}
["I said Ace, Alice!"]
Alice: {"ĺĺăŻăăäźşăăžăăăăŠ?"}
["I just said your name, didn't I?"]
Ace: {"ă¨ăźăšăăăäťăăŻĺăŁăŚăăă?}
["No 'Mister'. Just Ace."]
{ĺăżăăăŞĺĽłăŽĺăŤă¨ăźăšăăăŞăăŚč¨ăăăăŽăăŞăă ăĺ¤ăŞćăă ."}
[It feels weird for a young girl like you to call me Mister."]
Alice: {"ă§ă⌠彟弳éăŻă¨ăźăšć§ăŁăŚč¨ăŁăŚăăăăç§ăăăĺźăă ăťăăăă?"}
["Sorry... I thought that would be better, since the maids were treating you so highly. What would you rather be called? Sir Ace?"]
{ĺăăŚă芹ăćšăĺ´Šăă}
[I was so caught off guard, all the subtlety in my speech was gone.]
{ăŠăăăăăŽĺ°ä˝ăŽäşşăăŻçĽăăŞăă,}
[I don't know what kind of title he has, but it's not very likely]
{ĺźăłć¨ăŚăŤăăăăăŞčşŤĺă§ăăŞăăăă .}
[that he's in the kind of position where people would refer to him without honorifics.]
{ăăăŤăăăăŞăŤăăŹăłăăŞăźăŞé˘äżăŤăŞăăăăŞăă}
[Besides, I'm not interested in getting that friendly with him.]
Ace: {"ăăăŚăăăďźă¨ăźăšăăăăăć´ăŤé ˇă...}
["Please don't! That's even worse than Mister...]
{âŚâŚăŞă?"}
[... Don't you think?"]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻăăĄă¤ăéăŤĺćăćąăăă}
[Ace looked to the maids for agreement.]
Maid A: {"ăăăăéăŻă使ç¨äşşă§ăăă."}
["We are no more than servants."]
Maid B: {"ćŹç§°ăăă¤ăăăăŽăŻĺ˝çśăŽăă¨ă§ăăăă¨ăźăšć§."}
["It is only natural that we use honorifics when speaking with you, Master Ace."]
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăéăŻăçĽăăŹéĄă§ăăžăă}
[The maids avoided the question.]
{ďźç§ăăăăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(I should follow their example...)]
{ă ăăç§ă¨ĺ˝źĺĽłéă¨ă§ăŻçŤĺ ´ăéăă}
[But, sadly, the maids and I aren't in the same position.]
Ace: {"ă¨ăźăšć§ăŁăŚĺźăśăŞ.}
["Stop calling me Master.]
{âŚâŚăŁăŚăä˝ĺşŚč¨ăŁăŚăčăăŚăăăŞăăăŞăăăăăăăć ŁăăăăăŻă..."}
[... Tch, you never listen, no matter how many times I ask. I guess it doesn't matter, I'm used to it. Hah...]
Alice: {"ăľâŚâŚ"}
["Hehe..."]
{ăăăăăăć§ĺăé˘ç˝ăăĺ°ăă°ăăĺŞăăć°ĺăŤăŞăă}
[It's kind of funny to see him admit defeat. It's at least lightened the mood a little.]
{çĄćčăŽăăĄăŤăĺ°ăăŞçŹăăćźăăă}
[I let out a small laugh without even realizing.]
{"ç§ăŻăăăŽä˝żç¨äşşăăăŞăăăăćŹç§°ăŻăăăŚăăăăă¨ăźăš."}
["Since I don't work here, I guess I don't have to use honorifics with you. Ace."]
Ace: {"ďźĺŠăăăăă厢ăăăŤăžă§ă¨ăźăšć§ăŞăăŚĺźă°ăăĄăĺ ŞăăŞă.}
["Oh-! I've been spared~. I couldn't bear it if the guest was going to be so formal
with me, too.]
{ăăăă¨ăăă˘ăŞăšăĺăŻăăĺă ă."}
[Thanks, Alice. You seem like a good girl."]
Alice: {ďźăăĺâŚâŚďź}
[(A good girl...)]
{"ç§ăăăĺăŁăŚč¨ăăăăŽăŻĺĽ˝ăăăăŞă."}
["I don't like being called a good girl."]
{ä¸ćăŤĺĽ˝ăăăŚăĺ°ăăĺˇăăĺżăăă}
[My response was cold. I never know how to deal with people when they say things like that.]
{ç´ ăŁć°ăŞăč¨ăŁăăŽăŤăă¨ăźăšăŻĺ Şăăăăăăă¨ăă¨ç§ăčŚčżăăă}
[But, at my harsh reply, Ace just stared at me in confusion.]
{夹礟ăŞć 庌ăă¨ăç§ă貏ăăăăăăŠăăăŚďźă¨ăăăăăŞéĄăăăŚăăă}
[I don't understand. Rather than persecuting me for my rude behaviour, it was as if he just wanted to ask 'why'?]
{ďźâŚâŚăăăăăĺăăďź}
[(... Ugh, I give up.)]
{ç´ ç´ă§ăĺăăăăăăăăĺăŞăŽăŻăăăŽäşşă ă}
[He's so honest and easy to read. A genuinely nice guy.]
{ăăăŚăç§ăŻăăĺăĺŤăă}
[And, I hate nice guys.]
{"ĺŤăăŞăŽ."}
["I hate..."]
{ăăŞăăżăăăŞäşşăăĺŁăŽä¸ă§ĺăă}
[People like you. I grumble under my breath.]
Ace: {"ăăŁăâŚâŚ}
["I see...]
{...ĺŤăŞĺźăłćšăăĄăăŁăŚăăăăŞ? č¨ăăŞăăăć°ăă¤ăăăă訹ăăŚăăă."}
[... I'm sorry for calling you something you didn't like. I'll be careful not to say it again, so I hope you'll excuse the mistake."]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻăä˝ăŽčşčşăăăŞăčŹç˝Şăăă}
[Ace apologizes with no hesitation.]
"..."
{ĺăăă}
[I'm stunned.]
{ďźćŹĺ˝ăŤăăäşşăŞăă ăăăăŽäşşâŚâŚďź}
[(This guy really is a good person...)]
{ă¨ăźăšăčŹăĺż čŚăŞăăŚăăžăă§ăŞăăăăŽĺż čŚăăăă¨ăăăăç§ăŽăťăă ă}
[There was nothing for him to be sorry for. If anything, I should be the one apologizing.]
{ć 庌ăćŞăăăăŞăăŽéăăŞăăŽăŤă¨ăźăšăĺŤăŁăŚăăă}
[I'm terrible. I have no reason to hate Ace.]
{ă¤ăăăăăŚăăŚăććŞă ăčŞĺăćĽăăăăăŞăŁăŚăăă}
[I can't believe I'm this unsociable. I'm ashamed of myself.]
{ćĽăŤăăăăăăŚăăžăăăŞăă ăăă}
[I don't know why I suddenly feel so nervous.]
{ăŞăă ăŁăŚăăăăŞăŤăăăŤăŞăŁăŚčŚććčăĺşăăŚăăžăŁăăă ăăă}
[Why am I making it so obvious that I'm not used to dealing with things like this?]
{ĺäžăŁă˝ăćŻčăă ă}
[I feel like a child.]
{"訳ăŽăăăăŞăĺ ç¸ăă¤ăăĄăăŁăŚ..."}
["There was no reason for me to say that to you..."]
Ace: {"? ăăăŁăŚăăăăŁăŚ.}
["Huh? It's okay, don't worry about it.]
{ĺă ăŁăŚăäżşăă¨ăźăšć§ăŞăăŚĺźăă§ăťăăăŞăăŁăŚč¨ăŁăăčăăŚăăă}
[After all, you listened when I said I didn't want you to call me Mister Ace, didn't you?]
{ăăăŞăăăäżşăć°ăéŁăăšăă ăŁăăăŞ."}
[I should give you the same consideration."]
{ďźăŚăśăăŞăăťăŠăăäşşă ăăçłă訳ăŞăăăŠăç´ ç´ăŤčŹăăŞăâŚâŚďź}
[(He's such a good person it's annoying. I'm sorry, but I could never apologize
so meekly to everything...)]
{ĺĺăă§ćăăăŚăăăăăăăăŽä¸ăéăă}
[This is a kind, pleasant, open-minded man. But dense above all else.]
{ç§ăŽĺŤăăŞăżă¤ăăŽĺ ¸ĺă ăčŞĺăćŞăăŽăŤăčŹăć°ăŤăŞăăŞăă}
[A perfect example of the type of guy I hate most. Even though I know I'm a
bad person, I don't feel like I should have to apologize for it.]
Ace: {"ăăŚăă¨ăäš ăăśăăŽćă厜ă ăé¨ĺąăŤćťăŁăŚĺŻăă."}
["Well then~. It's been such a long time since I've been home. I should relax in my room
for a bit."]
* Ace turns to leave
Alice: {ăăč¨ăŁăŚăă¨ăźăšăŻăăăăćŠăĺşăă}
[With that said, Ace briskly started to walk away.]
Maid B: {"âŚâŚăčŞĺăŽăé¨ĺąă§ăăăăĺ寞ă§ăă."}
["... If you wish to return to your room, it would be the other way."]
Ace: {"ăďźăă?}
["Hm? What?]
{ă§ăăäżşăŽé¨ĺąăŁăŚĺăŽçŤŻă ăŁăăŻăă ă?"}
[But I thought my room was in the South Wing?"]
Alice: {ĺźăłć˘ăăăăŚćŻăčżăŁăă¨ăźăšăŻăăăă¨ăă¨ăăŚé˛čĄćšĺăć塎ăă}
[Ace looked over his shoulder at us, and pointed down the hall in the direction]
{ăĄă¤ăăŻäşäşşćăŁăŚčŠăč˝ă¨ăăă}
[he was facing. Both of the maids' shoulders sunk in unison.]
Maid A: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚĺăŻăăăĄăă§ă."}
["... The South Wing is that way."]
Maid B: {"ăé˛ăżăŽćšĺăŻĺćąă§ăă..."}
["You are heading Northeast..."]
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăăć塎ăăćšĺăŤçŽăĺăăă¨ăźăšă}
[Ace turned his gaze to where the maid was pointing.]
{ă˝ăăă¨ćăćăĄăăăŞĺ˘ăă§éĄăĺźăăă}
[In a snap, he spun on his heels.]
Ace: {"ăăďźăăŁăăăŁăďźčżéă ăŁăăŞ."}
["O~h~! Got it, got it! I guess I wasn't paying attention."]
Alice: {ďźčżéăă§ăă誤塎ďźăžăŁăăăŽĺĽćšĺăăăŞăăŽâŚâŚďź}
[('Wasn't paying attention'? He was going the complete opposite direction...)]
Maid A: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăćĄĺ ăăăăžăăăă?"}
["... Would you like us to escort you?"]
Maid B: {"ăžăăĺĺ ă§ééŁăŞăăă¨ĺäťă§ăă..."}
["It would be no trouble, since it is within the castle..."]
Ace: {"ăăăăĺăăäťäşăăăă ăďź}
["It's fine. You guys have your own jobs to handle, right?]
{ăăźăżăźăăăŽĺ˝äť¤ăĺžĺăăŤăŞăăăăăăĺžăćăă?}
[It would be scary to deal with Peter later if he hears you didn't finish your work.]
{ć ă§çŚăă¨ăăăăŞăă¨ăŞăăäżşăŻăŽăăłăčĄăă."}
[Besides, I'm not in any rush. I'd rather take my time, and make the most of the
journey."]
* Ace starts walking again
Alice: {čŞĺăŽĺŽśďźĺďźďźăŽćˇĺ°ĺ ăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚăă彟ăŽć ăŻçľăăŁăŚăăŞăăăăă}
[Even though he's in his own home (castle?), his 'journey' isn't finished yet?]
{çšăŤć¨ćśăăŞăăŽă§ăăăŽăžăžčŚéăă}
[Since we hadn't had much of an introduction, I decided it was better to see him
off without asking.]
{ĺťăéă彟ăŻćŻăĺăăŚăŤăŁă¨çŹăŁăă}
[Just as he was about to leave, Ace looked back over his shoulder with a smile.]
{ĺ°ĺš´ăŽăăăŞçŹăćšăăăäşşă ăĺăĺăŽéčˇă§ăăăăźăżăźă¨ăŻĺ¤§ĺéăă}
[He smiles brightly, like a little boy. He may be an official in the same castle, but he is considerably different than Peter.]
Ace: {"äżşăŻăĺăżăăăŞĺăĺŤăăăăŞăă."}
["I don't hate girls like you."]
Alice: "...?"
Ace: {"弽ăăŞăżă¤ăă ăă ăăăäżşăŽăă¨ĺŤăăŞăă§ăťăăăŞ."}
["I like your type. So, I hope you don't hate me."]
Alice: "...
Huh...!?"
{ăăŁă¨é ŹăçąăăŞăă弽ăăŞăżă¤ăă ă¨č¨ăăăăă¨ăŤĺŻžăăŚă§ăŻăŞăă}
[I could feel my cheeks turn bright red. But it wasn't because he called me his type.]
{ďźâŚâŚć°äťăăăŚăăăă ăďź}
[(... It was because he knew.)]
{彟ăŻć°äťăăŚăăăŽă ă}
[He knew all this time. When I made such a fuss over being]
{ç§ăăĺŤăăă ă¨č¨ăŁăăŽăŻăăăĺă ă¨ăă襨çžă§ăŻăŞăă¨ăźăšăŤĺŻžăăŚă}
[called a good girl earlier, he knew that my anger was really directed at him.]
{ăăŽäşşăŻăĄăăă¨ć°äťăăŚăăăĺĺăă§ćăăăŚăăăăăă}
[This is a kind, pleasant, open-minded man. Who is fully aware of his surroundings.]
{ç§ăŽĺŤăăŞăżă¤ăăŽäşşé. ă§ăăéăăŻăŞă.}
[I still don't like people like him. But, he's not dense.]
{ăăăăŁăăżă¤ăăŻçˇăăŚéăăăŽă¨ćăŁăŚăăăă}
[I always thought this kind of person was just thick-headed,]
{彟ăŻăăăŤĺ˝ăŚăŻăžăăŞăăŁăăăă ă}
[but at the very least, that standard doesn't apply to him.]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻăç§ăé Źă辤ăăăŚăăăŽăčŚăŚĺŞăăçŽăăăă}
[Ace looked at my blushing cheeks with gentle eyes.]
* Ace turns to leave
{ăăŽăžăžĺťăŁăŚăăžăă}
[Then left without another word.]
{彟ăćŞăăăă§ăŻăŞăăăăăŠă錏隿ăŤăăăăăăŞć°ăăăă}
[It isn't his fault, but I feel like an idiot.]
{éŻčŚă ă彟ăŽçŽăŤăŻčŁčĄ¨ăăŞăăŁăă}
[It's all in my head. There was no hidden meaning to that look.]
{ăăăŻăç§ăčŞĺă§ĺćăŤâŚâŚă}
[I'm just being deluded...]
Maid A: {"ăćĄĺ ăăžăă."}
["Allow us to escort you."]
Maid B: {"ăăć示ăăăŚăăăžăăŽă§."}
["We have been instructed to do so."]
* The maidsâ footsteps echo in the hall
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăĺťăă¨ăăĄă¤ăéăŻăŞăŤăă¨ăăŞăăŁăăăăŤĺťä¸ăćŠăĺ§ăăă}
[As soon as Ace disappeared from the corridor, the maids began walking as if nothinghad happened.]
{ăéĄăăăžă..."}
[Please do..."]
=================== SECOND CHOICE ==========================
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŻ, ĺăŤĺăăŁă.ăăäźăăăăŞăăŽă§, ĺşăćŁçăăŚăżăăă¨ăŤăă.}
[Peter was heading to the castle. I'd rather not run into him again, so I think I'll
just wander the garden for now.]
{ĺ ´ćăĺ¤ăăŚăăăăŽă ăă}
[I'm not against checking out other locations,]
{ăăăžă§ćŠăăŚćĽăŚä˝ăăăŞăă¨ăăăŽăč šçŤăăăă}
[I'd just be upset if I walked all this way for nothing.]
{"ăăă¤ăŁăŚâŚâŚă弽ăăŤăŞăăŞăâŚâŚ"}
["I could never... come to like a man like him..."]
{弽ăăŤăŞăĺż čŚăăŞăă}
[I don't need to like him either.]
{ă ăăäşĺşŚăäźăă¨ăăăăżăă¨ĺ˝źăŻăăŽĺ¤˘ăŽä¸ă§ăŽéčŚäşşçŠă ă}
[But, if I keep seeing him around my dream, he must be someone important.]
{夢ăŞăŽă ăăçžĺ˝˘ăŞăŽă ăăă大çŽăŤăżăŚăăă°ăăă}
[He's got the handsome face of someone that could only be imaginary, so he's not]
{ćč´ăăăăăăšăăăăăăçŽăŽĺă§äşşăćăĄćŽşăăăă¨ăăăâŚâŚ}
[hard on the eyes. It's just the kidnapping, forced kissing, and shooting people to
death...]
{"âŚâŚĺĽ˝ăăŤăŞăăťăăéŁăăăăă."}
["... It would be problematic if I fell for such an awful person."]
{ćŠă ăŤčŤŚăăăăăăŞäşşăŤĺĽ˝ćăćăŚăăćăŚăă§ă}
[I quickly abandoned the thought. If I ever came to care about someone like him,]
{čŞĺăŽćŁć°ăçăăăă ă}
[I'd doubt my own sanity.]
{äťă§ăăăăĺă夢čŚăăăăŞčŞĺăŤăăăăăăŚăăă}
[I'm already fed up with seeing this castle as it is.]
{ăă䝼ä¸ăčŞĺăŽé ăŽć§é ăçăăăăăŞăă}
[I don't want to question what's going on in my head any more than I already am.]
"..."
{çŽçĺ°ăăŞăćŠăăŚăăă¨ăăăăťăŠčˇé˘ăćăăŞăă}
[Now that I'm walking without a destination, I don't really feel the distance.]
{çŚăăŞăăŚăăăăăăăăćéăŻĺĽ˝ăă ă}
[I like having time like this. It's nice not having to rush.]
???: {"ăăďźčŚăăăŞăĺă ăŞ."}
["Huh? I've never seen you before."]
Alice: "?"
{ăľăăľăĺşăćŁçăăŚăăă¨ăĺ ľĺŁŤéă¨ç°ăŞăćčŁ ăăăçˇć§ăŤäźăŁăă}
[As I wandered aimlessly through the garden, I encountered another man. He's
dressed differently than the soldiers from earlier.]
{ç°ăŞăăăŽăŽăĺăŽé˘äżč ăăăćă ăăăśă¤ăłăäźźăŚăăă}
[He's clearly still related to the castle, though. The design is consistent.]
{ďźăăăŻâŚâŚăčˇĺ質ĺăăăŚăăăŽďźďź}
[(Is this going to be... like police questioning?)]
{ĺ ľĺŁŤéă¨ăŻä˝ĺşŚăăăéăŁăăăŽăŽă}
[I'd passed by many soldiers as I walked, and none seemed to pay me any mind,]
{ç´ éăăăăăŽă§čŞçąăŤčĄăćĽăăŚăăĺ ´ćă ă¨ćăŁăŚăăă}
[so I assumed this place must be open to the public.]
{声ăăăăăăă¨ăăăă¨ăŻăăă¤ăŽăžăŤăé˘äżč 䝼ĺ¤çŤăĄĺ ĽăçŚć˘ăŽĺ ´ć}
[But if I'm being called out for something, maybe I've entered a restricted]
{ăŤĺ Ľăčžźăă§ăăžăŁăăŽăăăăăŞăă}
[area without realizing.]
{"ăăăŤăĄăŻăăăŽăç§ăä¸ĺŻŠč ă¨ăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăŚ..."}
["Good morning. Um, I'm sorry, I hope I don't seem suspicious..."]
{ĺćăŤĺ Ľăčžźăă§ăăč˛ ăçŽăăăĺăč¨ă訳ăăčžăă}
[Since I walked in without thinking, I feel obliged to explain myself.]
{çˇć§ăŻăćĽăăă§ăăŞă芹ăčăăŚăăăă}
[I don't know what to say, but the man doesn't press me to continue. He just
listens.]
{ăŚăľăŽčłăă¤ăăŚăăŞăăăžă¨ăăŞäşşă ă}
[He seems like a normal person. He doesn't have rabbit ears, at least. My first]
{ăăźăżăźă¨ăŻăăćĺłă§éăŁăäşşă ăăăăŽĺ ´ăŤăăăŚăŻăăăŤăăă}
[impression of him is already better than Peter, but this situation is still
intimidating.]
{ä¸ćłäžľĺ Ľăăăăăžăč¨ă訳ăćăă¤ăăŞăă}
[It's not like I have a good excuse to be trespassing.]
{ďźăăŽĺ¤˘, çžĺŽçăăăă. 夢ăŞăă ăă, ăŠăă§ăăăŞăźăăšă§ăăăăăŞăďź}
[(This dream is too realistic. Shouldn't I be allowed to go wherever I want?)]
{"ă... ăď˝ă¨ăç§ă錏隿ăŚăľăŽâŚâŚăăăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăŽçĽăĺăăŞăŽ."}
["Uh... Well, I'm an acquaintance of the stupid rabb--... Er, Peter White."]
{ăăźăżăźăăăŽĺéăŞăŽăďźĺă???}
[A friend of Peter's? You???"]
Alice: {ĺă ăăă¨ăăćăă§éŠăăăă}
[He seems so surprised, he must think I'm lying.]
{ăăăŽäşşăćŽéăŽĺéăŞăăŚăăăă âŚâŚăă¨ă}
[I could hear him mumble to himself 'He's friends with someone this normal?',]
{ă˝ă¤ăă¨ĺăăăč¨čăăăăŤăŞă˘ăŤă§ćăă}
[but, he said it so doubtfully that it honestly scared me.]
{弴ăŻăăŠăăăĺĺăŤăćŽéăăăŞăă¨ăăçŽă§čŚăăăŚăăăăăă}
[At least this man seems to recognize the abnormality of his colleagues.]
{ç§ă¨ĺăčŞčăŽäşşăăăŚăăăŁăă}
[I'm glad there's someone I can relate to around here.]
{ăăŽäşşăŻăăŚăăăŠă弳ăŽĺăŽĺéăŞăăŚăăŞăăăăŁăŚăăăăă}
[He's a well-known man, it's just that he doesn't have many female friends.]
{ćŽéăŽĺéčŞä˝ăăŞăăăăŁăŚăăăă...}
[He doesn't have many friends at all...]
{ă ăŁăŚăăăźăżăźăăăŁăŚăăăćĺ°ćŞăăă ăďź}
[After all, Peter is a pretty cruel man, isn't he?]
{ăăŽéăâŚâŚăăăăćŞăćĺłăăăŞăăă ăŁ."}
[Just the other day, he--... ...Ah, sorry, I hope you don't take this the wrong way."]
Alice: {彟ăŻăăăăă¨ĺźč§ŁăăăăăŠăčăăŚăćŞăćĺłăŤăăă¨ăăŞăă}
[Flustered, he tries to defend himself, but I don't think the things he said can be
taken any other way.]
{"ç§ăăĺéă¨ăăăăă§ăŻâŚâŚăăă ăŽçĽăĺăă."}
["I'm not his friend, either... Just an acquaintance ."]
???: {"ăăŁăąă."}
["Thought so."]
Alice: {ăŞăă ăč¨čăŤĺŽćăăăăŁăŚăăă}
[His tone made it feel like he genuinely cared.]
???: {"ă§ďźĺăŻăăăźăżăźăăă訪ăăŚăăăŽă?}
["So? Did you come to pay Peter a visit then?]
{彟ăăăă¨ăăăăčŹčŚĺŽ¤ăăăŞăăăŞă厰ç¸ăŻăŠăšăŽăăăŤ}
[If he's around, he's probably in the Audience Chamber.]
{é ĺťăćŹ ĺ¸ă°ăăă ăăă弳çéä¸ăŤăăŁă´ăŠăĺąăăăŚăăăŻăă .}
[The Prime Minister has a tendency to be late or absent, so there's a good chance he's getting another reprimand from the Queen.]
{...ĺąăăăăăăŁăŚĺ ŞăăăăŞăăăă}
[... But, he never really takes any of the scolding to heart,]
{ăăčŞä˝ăćéăŽçĄé§ă ă¨ćăăă ăăŠăŞ."}
[so the entire thing is just a waste of time, I think."]
{ăăăă¨č¨ăăăč¨čăŤčłăçăă}
[I doubt my ears at the nonchalant way this man spoke about it.]
{ç§ăŽăťăăĺ寞é˘ăŽç¸ćăŤăăć 庌ă§ăŻăŞăăăć§ăăă大声ăä¸ăăă}
[I know that I should be more restrained when I'm meeting someone for the first]
{ĺ ăă夢ăŽä¸ăŽçťĺ ´äşşçŠăŤé ć Žăăć°ăŻăăžă辡ăăăŞăă}
[time, but I raised my voice regardless. He's just another character in my head, so I'm not worried about etiquette.]
{"čŚăăŞă!!! ăăăŞăŽă厰ç¸ă ăŁăăăćżć˛ťăŞăăŚćăçŤăăŞăă§ăăă!?"}
["I can't see that at all!!! If that's your Prime Minister, how do you even have a
functioning government!?"]
???: {"äżşăăăćăăăŠ."}
["I feel the same way, but..."]
Alice: {"ăă¤ăăăăŞčŞżĺăŞăă誰ă ăŁăŚăăćăă§ăăăă."}
["If he always acts like that, I don't see why anyone would disagree."]
???: {"ă§ăăăăŽäşşăăăăé ăăăăŚăăă埡ăăă ă."}
["But, he's still a really smart guy, and definitely capable."]
Alice: {ĺ°ăç ăă芹ăćšăŤăŞăăăăŽäşşă¨ăŻăćăĄč§Łăăăăăă ă}
[His manner of speaking feels a bit more casual now. I don't think I have to be so
on guard.]
{"ăăăć§ć źćŞăăă ăăŠă."}
["His personality is still awful though."]
???: {"ăŻăŻăŁăăăăŻăŞăăăăăŞăăăŞ."}
["Haha~, yeah, he's not very good in that department."]
Alice: {éĄăčŚĺăăăŚăăăăŁă¨çŹăă}
[We look at one another and laugh.]
{ăăăŁăăăăŽä¸çă§ăŻć§ć źă¨ĺŁăŽćŞăäşşăăăăŞăăŽăă¨ćăŁăă}
[I'm glad. I thought this world was made up entirely of people with bad attitudes. ]
{ăăŽäşşăŻčŠąăăăăă}
[But this one is so easy to talk to.]
Ace: {"äżşăŻăă¨ăźăšăăăźăăŽĺăŽé¨ĺŁŤă ăĺăŻ?"}
["I'm Ace, by the way. Knight of the Castle of Hearts. And you are?"]
Alice: {"é¨ĺŁŤďźăăăŤăăăăŞćăă.}
["A knight! You definitely suit the position.]
{ç§ăŻăă˘ăŞăšďźăŞăăŤâŚâŚä˝ćč ăăăă."}
[My name is Alice Liddel... I guess I'm an Outsider."]
{ăăă§ăŚăŞăŚăšăŤĺ¤§é¨ăăăăăŽă§ăä¸ĺżčŞĺˇąç´šäťăŤäťăĺ ăăă}
[After the uproar Julius made about it, I felt like I should add that to my
introduction.]
{ä˝ćč ăăŞăă ăĺŤăŞéżăă ăăăăŽĺ˝ăŽä˝äşşă§ăŻăŞăă}
[Outsider. I don't like how it sounds, but it is true that I'm not a resident of this
place.]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻăĺ ăăŤéŠăăć§ĺăčŚăăă}
[Ace seems a bit shocked to hear it, too.]
Ace: {"ä˝ćč ďźăăăĺăŻĺ¤ăŽä¸çăŽäşşăŞăŽă.}
["An Outsider? Then, you're not from this world?]
{âŚâŚăŚăŞăŚăšă大é¨ăăăă ăăăŞ."}
[... Julius is gonna have a fit."]
Alice: {"ďźăŚăŞăŚăšăçĽăŁăŚăăăŽ!?"}
["...! You know Julius!?"]
{äťĺşŚăŻăăĄăăéŠăçŞă ăĺ˘ăčžźăă§ĺăčżăă}
[Now it's my turn to be surprised. Then he asked the question back to me.]
Ace: {"ăďźĺăăăăŚăŞăŚăšăçĽăŁăŚăăăŽă?"}
[Huh? Do you know Julius?"]
Alice: {"ĺ ĺťăäźăŁăă¨ăăăăăăăŤćĽăŚăăăăă...}
["I met him a little while ago. Right after I first came here...]
{ăăŞăăçĽăĺăăŞăŽ?"}
[Are you two acquaintance s?"]
Ace: {"ĺéă ăăćčżäźăŁăŚăŞăăă ăăŠăĺ ć°ăŤăăŚăă?"}
["We're friends! Â But, I haven't visited in a while. Is he doing alright?"]
Alice: {ăăŽéĺš´ă¨ăŚăŞăŚăšăĺéăćĺ¤ă¨ç´ĺžă§ăăă}
[I didn't expect a pleasant young man like this to be friends with Julius. But, it
makes a surprising amount of sense.]
{ăăă ăĺĺąăăăŞäşşă ă¨ă}
[With a cranky guy like that,]
{ăăăăă§ĺżăŽĺşăäşşă§ăŞăăă°ă¨ăŚăĺéăŤăŞăăžăă}
[it would take someone with a big heart to want to stay his friend.]
{ăăăŚăăŚăŞăŚăšă¨ĺéăŤăŞăăăăăăăăăă§ĺżăŽĺşăäşşăŤăă}
[So, hearing someone with this level of kindness say]
{ćŽéăŽĺéăăăŞăăăăă¨č¨ăăăăăźăżăźăŻç¸ĺ˝ăŞăăŽă ă}
[I'm too normal to be a friend of Peter's is welcome.]
{"ăăăŞăŤéˇăăăăăăăăŞăăă芳ăăć§ĺăžă§ăŻĺăăăŞăăăŠă}
["I didn't stay very long, so I can't say much,]
{ĺ ć°ăăă ăŁăă.}
[but, he seemed well.]
{čż˝ăĺşăăăĄăăŁăăăŠăćŻčźç茪ĺăŤăăŚăăă."}
[He kicked me out, but otherwise, he was relatively considerate."]
Ace: {"弳ăŽĺăčż˝ăĺşăăăŽăâŚâŚăăžăŁăăâŚâŚăă§ăăăăă¤ăăăă.}
["He kicked out a girl...? Good grief... But, seems like him.]
{ä¸ĺĽĺşˇăŞçć´ťăăăŚăăă ăăŞăâŚâŚ}
[The way he lives is just so unhealthy...]
{ćč¨ă°ăăăăăŁăŚăćč¨ĺĄăăĺşăăăŞă."}
[All he ever does is fiddle with watches, and he never leaves the Clocktower."]
Alice: {"ä˝ăżčžźăżă§äťäşăăăŚăăăŽăăďźăăăŤăčˇäşşă¨ăăăľăă ăŁăăă}
["He has a live-in job, right? He definitely felt like a craftsman.]
{äťäşçąĺżăă."}
[He was really keen to get back to work."]
Ace: {"çąĺżăŠăăăăçć´ťăŽăăšăŚă¨ăăŁăŚăéč¨ăăăŞăăăăă¤ă¨ăăăâŚâŚ"}
["The word keen doesn't do him justice. It wouldn't be exaggerating to say that his job is his life. That guy really is--..."]
Alice: {ĺ ąéăŽçĽäşşăĺžăăă¨ă§ăă¨ăźăšă¨ç§ăŻä¸ć°ăŤćăĄč§Łăăă}
[Having a mutual friend to talk about instantly relieved any tension between]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻć°ăăăŞäşşă ăŁăăăç§ăŻç§ă§çăăŤéŁ˘ăăŚăăă}
[Ace and I. He was so light-hearted, it made me realize just how starved I was for someone to comfort me.]
{夢ăŽä¸çăŤćĽăŚäťĽćĽăććŞăŽăăšăăăăăçŽăŽĺă§é掺äşäťśă}
[Ever since I came to this world, all I've had is a terrible kiss and the unthinkable]
{ăăŁăăă¨ăăăŞăă¨ăăŞăăâŚâŚä¸ťăŤăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăŽăăă ă}
[experience of watching someone be gunned down before my eyes... All thanks to Peter White.]
{"ç§ăăăźăżăźăŤćč´ăăăŚăăŽĺ˝ăŤéŁăăŚćĽăăăăŽ."}
["The only reason I'm even here is because Peter kidnapped me."]
Ace: {"ăăćč´âŚâŚăćăĺ˝ăŽĺŽ°ç¸éŁä¸ăŻç¸ĺ¤ăăăă¨ăă§ăăŞăăŞ...}
["K-Kidnapped... I hate the fact that our country's own Prime Minister could
do something that outrageous...]
{...ä˝ăăăăŞăăŁă?}
[... He didn't do anything to you, did he? I never]
{弳ăŽĺăŤä¸éăĺăăăăŞäşşă§ăŻăŞăăŁăăŻăă ăăŠ..."}
[seen him as the kind of person to do something unlawful to a woman, but..."]
{ăăăă¨ăăă°ăăăăăăăăŻăăăăăăăŞă¨ă}
[He definitely did things. Ace isn't far off.]
{ä¸éăĺăă¨ăăă¨ăăăŁă¨ăăă¤ăŞăăăĽă˘ăłăšă ăă}
[But the way he says 'unlawful' has a more vulgar nuance than necessary.]
{埡ĺźăŞăăšďźă¨ăăăŽăăŠăăďźă ăŁăŚĺ ĺăŤč˛ŹăăăăŚăăăăšăčĄçşă ă}
[Still, that forceful kiss (if you can call it that), should be more than enough to
condemn him on.]
Ace: {"弳ăŽĺăŤä¸ĺăŞçäźźăăăăŞăăŚćä˝ă ăăăă厰ç¸ă§ă..."}
["Anyone who would harm a young woman is unforgivable. He might be
Prime Minister, but..."]
Alice: {"ăăăăăŚăŞăăăăăăăă¨ăŻ..."}
["H-He didn't do anything. It's not a big deal..."]
Ace: {"...ćŹĺ˝?"}
["... You're sure?"]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻé¨ĺŁŤăŽĺăŤćĽăăŹéŤć˝ăŞäşşăŽăăă ă}
[Ace seems like a virtuous person, honourably wearing his title as Knight.]
{ăăăăćŽĺżľăŞăă¨ăŤăç§ăŻĺŽăăăŚăăăăăăč¨ăăżă¤ăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[But, sadly, I'm not the type to whine and hope for someone else's protection.]
{é¨ĺŁŤăŤĺŽăăăăŞăăŚăç˝éŚŹăŽçĺć§ăăăŻăăˇăăăăăŞăă}
[Having my honour defended by a knight might be more bearable than Prince]
{ĺăăăăăŤăĄăŤăăłă ăĺĺźăăŚăťăăă}
[Charming riding in on a white horse, but it's still just a fairy tale. I hope he
understands.]
{"ăăăćŹĺ˝."}
["Yes, I'm sure."]
Ace: {"âŚâŚĺăăăč¨ăăŞăăăăăăŠ.}
["... If you say so, then alright.]
{ăăŽäşşăçžĺ˝˘ă ăăăŞ..."}
[I get it though. He's an attractive guy, so..."]
Alice: {"ăăăăăăăźăżăźăŽéĄăŻăăăăŠăéĄăăŠăăŽă¨ăăĺéĄă§ăŻăŞăăŚăâŚ"}
["No no, I admit, Peter's got a nice face, but I'm not trying to cover for him
because of that or anything..."]
{éĄăăăăŽăŻäşĺŽă ăăăăŽäťăŻĺ´ŠĺŁăăŚăăă}
[He is a good-looking man, but everything falls apart outside of that.]
{ăŞăă ăăă¨ăźăšăŤčŞ¤č§ŁăăăŚăăć°ăăăă}
[I feel like Ace is misunderstanding a bit.]
Ace: {"çľćçăŤĺćăŤčłăŁăăŽăŞăăăăă ă桹ăăŻčăăŞăă."}
["As long as you both came to a consensual agreement, then it's not my business. I won't pry any further."]
Alice: {"ééăăŞăă誤解ăăŚăăăăăăăĺŤď˝ăŞćšĺăŤ."}
["You are without a doubt misinterpreting the situation. In a really bad way, too."]
{âŚâŚă¨ăźăšăăăŞăă壎羜ăŞčŞ¤č§ŁăăăŚăăăă}
[... Ace, you have gotten this confused on a massive scale.]
{äšąć´ăăăă¨ăăăăăŁăăă¨ăŻăŞăăŁăŚâŚâŚ}
[Peter was rough with me, but not that kind of 'rough'...]
Ace: {"ăăăŁăŚăäżşăŻăăăŞăŤéćŽăăăŞăă.}
["I said it's fine. I'm not so presumptuous that I'm going to keep pressing it.]
{ăăăăŞé˘äżăăăăăŞă}
[There are all kinds of relationships out there.]
{äżşăŤăŻăăĺăăăŞăăăŠăç´ĺžăŽä¸ăŞăăăăăăŽăă˘ăŞă ă¨ćă."}
[Just because I don't understand it myself, doesn't mean there's anything wrong
with it, as long as there's consent."]
Alice: {ç§ăŤăăăĺăăăŞăăăĺäşşçăŤăăăăăŽăŻăăˇă ă¨ćăă}
[I don't understand it either, and personally, I think it's unacceptable.]
{ďźç解ă示ăăăăăăé¨ĺŁŤă¨ăăăŠăçˇă ăŞâŚâŚďź}
[(Even though I know he's trying to be sympathetic, this knight still has his mind
in the gutter like a man...)]
{"...ĺşćŹçăŤ, ăăăŽä˝äşşăŻăŠăă¤ăăăă¤ăäşşăŽčŠąăčăăŚăăăŞăăăă."}
["... I guess it's just the norm that people around here don't listen, no matter who
they are."]
{ĺźćăăăŽăé˘ĺă ă}
[It's too much trouble trying to explain myself.]
{ăăźăżăźăŤăŻč˛¸ăăăăăŽăăăăŞăŽă厰ç¸ă ăŁăŚăăăŞăă}
[Peter owes me a debt. If he's really the Prime Minister as you say,]
{ăĄăăă¨č˛Źäťťăă¨ăŁăŚç§ăăăŚăŞăăŚă."}
[then I suppose it's your responsibility to escort me to him."]
{ăŞăă ăăăăŽĺ¤˘ăčŚĺ§ăăŚăăă}
[This is all so mundane compared to when I first entered this dream.]
{ç´ ăĺşăăăŚăăć°ăăăăćăăăăŞăŽă¨ăŻăĺ°ăéăă}
[I feel like I'm starting to give up on my good-natured behaviour completely.]
{ăăă漽ă ăĺăă¤ăăŞăăŚăăăăăčĄĺăŽăăĺăŤčŚăćăăŞăăŚăăă}
[And it's comfortable. I don't have to lie, or act like a good little girl anymore.]
{ăăăčŚăă夢ă ăăă}
[Since I'm going to wake up eventually, I don't have to worry about]
{ăăŽĺžăŽĺ˝ąéżă誰ăăăăŽčŠäžĄăć°ăŤăăŞăăŚăăăăć°ĺăăăă}
[things like consequences, or people's opinions of me after the fact. It feels good.]
Ace: {"âŚâŚăăăăĺĺăĺăăçĄç¤źăŻăéŁĺ¸Żč˛Źäťťă ăć˝ĺăăŞăă¨ăŞ."}
["... That's fine. If one of my colleagues has treated you inappropriately, then I
take it as my responsibility to restore the situation."]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻăĺéă ă¨ăăăŚăŞăŚăšäťĽä¸ăŤčŚŞĺă§ăăăŽä¸ĺžĺăŞçˇă ăŁăă}
[Ace is a far more considerate and sincere man than his friend Julius.]
{ă¤ăžăăă¨ăŁăŚăăăäşşă . ăăŽçĄčśčŚčśăŞä¸çăŤăăăžă¨ăăŞäşşăŻăăăăă.}
[He's so clearly a good person. Even in this absurd world, I'm happy to know
there's at least one decent human.]
{ăăăŤăăŚăľăŽčłăă¤ăăŚăăŞăăăăŽäşşăăă¨ăŚăć źĺĽ˝ăăčŚăăŚăăă}
[Moreover, he doesn't have rabbit ears. He's actually a pretty attractive guy.]
{é¨ĺŁŤć§ć§ă . ăăă, 厰ç¸ăĺĺă¨ăăăăăŤăŻăăŽäşşăŽéç´ăéŤăăŽă ăă.}
[Considering that he has a distinguished title like knight, and the way he refers to
Peter as a colleague, he must be someone with incredible social standing.]
{ăăäşşă§ă躍ĺăéŤăăăăăăäşşăŻĺ¤§ĺĽ˝ăă ă}
[Good-natured, high-class. I think I could really like this person.]
{ćŻéă¨ăăčżäťăăŤăŞăŁăŚăäžżĺŽăăŻăăŁăŚăăăăăă}
[By all means, I should make his acquaintance. It will certainly be beneficial to
have him on my side.]
{"ăŚăŞăŚăšăč¨ăăŤăŻă}
["Julius was telling me that, if I find a suitable]
{ăăŽĺ˝ă§éŠĺ˝ăŤäşşă¨äş¤ćľăăă°éŠĺ˝ăŞććăŤéŠĺ˝ăŞćăă§ćťăăăăăă."}
[person to spend a bit of time with, I'll be able to leave this country."]
{ăăăăč¨ĺŽăŽĺ¤˘ăăăă}
[It certainly seems like a rule made up in a dream. But, I know I'll wake]
{éŠĺ˝ăŤéăăăŚăçŽăŻčŚăăă ăăăăćăŞăŽă§ĺžăŁăŚăăă}
[up regardless, so there's no harm in going along with it since I have the time.]
Ace: {"ćéăŽçŞäşşă§ăăăŚăŞăŚăšăč¨ăăŞăăăăŞăă ăăă}
["Julius is the Keeper of Time. If he said so, then it must be true.]
{ăăăŞăăĺăŤćťĺ¨ăăă¨ăăă."}
[If it'll help, you're welcome to stay at the castle for a while."]
Alice: {"ĺăŤďźăăăŽ?"}
["The castle? Are you sure that's okay?"]
{é˘äżăŽăŞăäşşăăĺăŤä˝ăžăăăăŞăăŚăćŽéăŤčăăă°ăăăăŞă芹ă ă}
[I can't imagine that someone completely unrelated would just be allowed to live
in the castle like that.]
Ace: {"ă ăŁăŚăĺăŻăăźăżăźăăăŽçĽăĺăă§ăäżşă¨ăçĽăĺăă ."}
["Of course. After all, you're an acquaintance of Peter. And you're an acquaintance of mine now, too."]
Alice: {ăŤăŁă¨çŹăéĄăŻăć¸ ă ăăă}
[His smiling face is refreshing.]
{ăăźăżăźăŽăŤăăŤăçŹăăčŚăĺžă ăăăçšăŤăăćăă}
[Especially when I compare it to the thought of Peter's deceitful grins.]
{"ăăŞăă¨ăŻăçĽăĺăăăăŞăăŚĺéăŤăŞăăăă."}
["In your case, I think I'd like to be friends, rather than acquaintances."]
{äşăăŤĺžŽçŹăżĺăăĺ ąăŤĺşăćŠăĺşăă}
[We smile at each other as we proceed through the garden side-by-side.]
{éčŤăăăŞăăăśăă¤ăă¨ăĺşăĺşă§ăăăăăŚćŠăăŚăăć°ăăăŞăă}
[Wandering along is so much better with our idle chatter. I don't think the walk
will feel as long now, even in this vast garden.]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{ăăăăăăă漽ăăćéăŻçăă¨ăăŁăŚăăćŠăĺăă°čśłăçăăŞăă}
[But then, even if this time has been enjoyable, my feet were bound to start
hurting before long.]
{ďźăžăŁăăăä˝č¨ăŞăă¨ă ăăăŞă˘ăŤăŞĺ¤˘ă ăďź}
[(Seriously, why is it that only the most mundane things are realistic in this
dream?)]
{çžĺŽçă§ăŞăăă¨ă¨ăăŚăŻăćŠăĺăŁăŚăăéăŤäşĺăćé帯ăĺ¤ăăŁăă}
[Even just while we've been walking, the time of day has changed twice.]
{ćźăăĺ¤ăŤăăăăŚăžăćźă¸ă}
[From day to night, then back to day.]
{"ăăăă¨ăźăšăăăăăăĺă¸ĺăăăŞă?}
["Hey, Ace. Can we head to the castle soon?]
{ç§ăăĄăăŁă¨ç˛ăăĄăăŁăăăčśłăäźăăă."}
[I'm getting a bit tired. I'd like to rest my feet."]
Ace: {"ăďźä˝ăč¨ăŁăŚăăă ăĺ ĺťăăăăŁă¨ĺăŤĺăăŁăŚăăă?"}
["Huh? What do you mean? We've been heading to the castle this entire time."]
Alice: {"ăďźăăŁăĄăăăä˝ăč¨ăŁăŚăăăŽ..."}
["Huh? No, we definitely haven't. What are you talking about...?"]
{ćăăăŤăç§éăŻĺăĺ ´ćăăăăăĺăŁăŚăăă}
[We've obviously just been walking laps of the same place.]
{ăăŽĺşăŻčąĺ˝ĺźăŽĺşĺăŤăăăăăăăŤčżˇčˇŻăŤäźźăăé ăăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăă}
[This style of garden is popular in England. It may be structured like a maze,]
{ăăăťăŠč¤éă§ăŻăŞăăäşşă迡ăăăťăŠăŽé ăăŤăŻăŞăŁăŚăăŞăă}
[but it isn't that complex. It's clearly not designed to really get people lost.]
{ĺă¸ĺăăăŽăŞăăćšĺăéăă}
[If we were heading to the castle, we'd be going the other way. Ace took the]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻçĺ ăăŚăĺ寞ćšĺă¸čĄăăă¨ăăŚăăă}
[initiative to lead, and has been heading the opposite direction this whole time.]
{ćŁçăŤäťăĺăŁăŚăăăŚăăăŽă ă¨ćăŁăŚăăăâŚâŚă}
[I thought he just wanted to wander so we could talk...]
Ace: {"ĺă迡ĺăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăă ăă?"}
["I guess you must have lost the way too then, huh?"]
Alice: {"ăăăďźç§ăŻčżˇăŁăŚăŞăăăăŞăăŁăăă."}
["No? I'm not lost at all."]
{ďźâŚâŚĺăďźďź}
[(... Too?)]
{"ă¨ăźăšăŻâŚâŚă迡ĺăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăŽ?"}
["Ace... are you lost?"]
Ace: {"ăăĄăăă ăäżşă迡ăăŞăéăŻăŞăăăŠăăŞéă§ăăăăžăă迡ăă."}
["Of course I am. There's no way I wouldn't have gotten lost. No matter where I
go, I always have a hard time finding my way."]
Alice: {é¨ĺŁŤć§ăŻăĺ ă ă¨č¨ăĺăŁăă}
[The Knight states proudly.]
"...
{âŚâŚăăŞăăăăăŤä˝ăă§ăăăŽăă?"}
[... You live here, don't you?"]
Ace: {"ăăăčˇĺ ´ĺ źä˝ĺą ă ."}
["That's right. It's both my workplace and home."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăă§čżˇĺ?"}
["... And you're lost?"]
Ace: {"äżşăŻăăŠăă ăŁăŚčżˇăăăăçĽăăŞăéă§ă迡ăăăçĽăŁăŚăéă§ă迡ă.}
["I can get lost anywhere. I lose my way just as well on familiar routes, as I do on
routes I've never taken.]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšă¨ăăžăŤăăäźăăŞăăŽăăăŽăăăŞăă ă}
[That's why I only visit Julius every once in a while.]
{ćč¨ĺĄăŤçăăžă§ďźďźďźĺăăăăŻćé帯ăĺ¤ăăŁăŚăăžă.}
[It takes about 200 time-changes to reach the Clocktower from here.]
{ăăăŞäżşăăăăŽčżˇčˇŻăżăăăŞĺşă§čżˇăăŞăăŁăăăăăăăă}
[For me, it'd be strange if I didn't get lost in this labyrinth of a garden.]
{ăŠăăăŁăŚĺăŤćťăŁăăăăăŽăăăăŁăąăĺăăăŞă."}
[Frankly, I don't have the slightest idea of how to get to the castle from here."]
Alice: {ăăŽăăăĺ ă ă¨ăč¨ăĺăă}
[He says all of this with a concerning amount of confidence.]
{ăĄăŞăżăŤç§ăŽĺ ´ĺăŻăćč¨ĺĄăăĺăŽĺşĺăŤçăăžă§ćé帯ăŻ}
[By comparison, I made it from the Clocktower to the castle garden without]
{ä¸ĺşŚăĺ¤ăăăŞăăŁăăéăŤčżˇăăă¨ăăŞăăŁăă}
[having the time change even once. There's no way anyone could get lost.]
{âŚâŚä¸ćŹéă ăŁăăăă}
[... It's a straight road.]
"...
{ĺżľăŽăăăŤčăăŚăăă¨ăćčżăăŽĺăŤĺźăŁčśăăŚăăă¨ăăăăŞăăŽăă?"}
[I'm asking just to be sure, but, you haven't moved into this castle recently, have
you?"]
Ace: {"äżşăŻ, ăăŁă¨ăăŽĺăŤä˝ăă§ăăďźă§ă, ćťăŁăŚăăăăă¨ăăťă¨ăăŠăŞăăă,}
["I've lived in this castle forever. But, I almost never make it back home.]
{çć´ťăŽĺ¤§é¨ĺăŻćžćľŞăăŚéăăăŚăăăŠă.}
[I've been wandering for most of my life.]
{äťĺăĺăŽĺşăžă§ćťăăăŽăďźďźďźćé帯ăśăă ă}
[This time, I made it back to the garden in only 317 periods.]
{éăăăăă°ăăă¨ďźďźĺăăăćé帯ăĺ¤ăăé ăŤăŻĺĺ ăŤĺ Ľăăă ă."}
[With some luck, I should be able to reach the castle in 30-or-so more."]
Alice: {čśłăăăăăăăŚăăăăăăŚăé ăăăăăăăŚăăă}
[My feet were already throbbing with pain, but now my head is too.]
{ăăŽäşşăŻăééăăŞăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăŽĺĺă ă}
[I have no doubt that this guy is an associate of Peter's after all.]
{"...čśłăçăăăăăăŞăŤĺž ăŁăŚăăăăŞăăăăç§ăĺ ĺ°ăăŚăăăăăă."}
["... I'd rather not wait that long since my legs are already sore. Is it alright if I
take the lead?"]
Ace: {"ăăă¤ăŻĺŠăăăăăăă¨ăăă˘ăŞăš.}
["That'd be a big help. Thanks, Alice.]
{ăŠăăŞĺĽ´ăŽćĄĺ ă§ăăäżşăăăŻç˘şĺŽăŤćŠăăăăŞăäżşăćšĺéłç´ăŞă }
[Any guidance at all is sure to get there faster than I would. Not only do I have]
{ăă§ăŞăăŚéăćŞăăăăéŠĺ˝ăŤćŠăăŚăĺ ¨çśăăŠăçăăŞăăă ."}
[no sense of direction, but I've got some pretty bad luck, too. No matter how far I
walk, I never seem to reach my destination."]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻćŞăłăăăăăç˝ăăăŤç¤źăĺŁăŤăăă}
[With no embarrassment whatsoever, Ace energetically shows his appreciation.]
{"âŚâŚć§ăăŞăăăäşşéăĺžćä¸ĺžćăŻăăăăŽă."}
["... No problem. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses."]
{čąĺăăăăăăăăźăżăźă§ăăă°ćłéިăŽä¸ă¤ă§ăăăăŚăăŁăăă}
[I feel exhausted. If this was Peter, I would have already given him another fist,]
{ăăŽäşşă ă¨ăăăă寞ĺżăŻĺşćĽăŞăă}
[but I could never do that to someone like this.]
{ćĺĽăŽä¸ă¤ăäşă¤ăŻĺ°ăčžźăăŚăăžăă夊çśă§ăăäşşă¨ăăăŽăŻăĺžă ă}
[He's a good person at heart, so I'll let the first one or two complaints slide.]
{"ăăŁăĄă ă¨ćăăăĺ¤ĺăăăčĄăă°..."}
["I think it's this way. If we take this path, we should..."]
{ĺăăŚăăăŤćĽăç§ăăăŽĺăŽä˝äşşăćĄĺ ăăă¨ăăăĺĽĺŚăŞć§ĺłă ă}
[It feels strange to be guiding someone else, in a place where I've never been]
{ă¨ăźăšăŻç´ ç´ăŤă¤ăăŚăăă}
[before. But, Ace follows my direction without hesitation.]
Ace: {"ĺăăŚćĽăĺ ´ćăŞăŽăŤăéăĺăăăŽă?"}
["You know the way, even though it's your first time here?"]
Alice: {"ăâŚâŚďźă ăŁăŚăč¤éăŞéăăăŞăă..."}
["Hm...? Well, it's not a complicated path..."]
Ace: {"ĺăŻăéćĄĺ äşşăŤăŞăăă."}
["Wow~, you should become a travel guide."]
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚăĺăčŚăăŚăăăă§ăăăŠďź}
[(... We can see the castle from here...)]
{ćĺżăăŚăăăăăç§ăăăăă¨ĺ˝źăŽăťăăăăăă}
[Ace is astounded, but I think he's more astonishing than I am.]
{"ĺăŻăăŁăĄăŽćšĺăŤčŚăăŚăăăŽăŤăăŠăăăŚĺłă¨ă塌ăŤčĄăăă¨ăăăŽ?"}
["The castle is up ahead, so why would you have to turn left or right before getting there?"]
{ĺ寞ăŤčĄăăă¨ăăŞăă ăăžăăăăăăŞăăăčŚĺ˝éăă ă}
[The only way that would be logical is if I was purposely avoiding the castle,
which may actually end up having been the better option, but that's beside the
point.]
{迡衯ă¨ăăăťăŠéŁč§ŁăŞé ăăŽĺşă§ăăŞăă}
[This garden isn't some convoluted maze.]
{čŚăăŚăăăŽă ăăăăăĄăăŽćšĺă¸é˛ăă°ăăă}
[I can see our destination, so as long as we're facing that way, we'll be fine.]
Ace: {"ă ăŁăŚăăăŁăĄăŽăťăăčżéăăăŞăă."}
["Because that way's a shortcut."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚĺłă塌ă¸čĄăăŽă?"}
["... Which way? Left or right?"]
Ace: {"čżéăŞć°ăăăŞăă?"}
["Don't they both feel like shortcuts?"]
Alice: {"ĺ ¨çś."}
["Not at all."]
Ace: {"ă ăŁăŚăăžăŁăăčĄăŁăăčĄăć˘ăžăăŤăŞăŁăăăăŚăă§ă¤ăłăăăăăăŽă ăă."}
["But, if we keep going straight, we'll reach a dead end eventually. That's just
logic."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăăăăśăé˛ăă ăăŠăčĄăć˘ăžăăŤăŞăăăŞăăŞăăă?"}
["... We've come a pretty long way, and I haven't seen a dead end yet. Have you?"]
Ace: {"ĺ¤ă ăăŞă...}
["Yeah, it's weird...]
{ćŽéăŤăžăŁăăé˛ăă§ăžăŁăăĺ°çăăăŞăăŚăé˘ç˝ăżăăŞăă..."}
[But if you can get wherever you need to go just by walking in a straight line, that
doesn't seem very interesting..."]
Alice: "..."
{(...ăăŽäşşăŁăŚăç˝ăăăăăŤčŚăăăăŠăăŞăćťăăăŚăăăăăăŞăăăă)}
[(... This man seemed refreshing at first, but now I'm leaning heavily to the
contrary.)]
{掾ă ă¨ăăăăŞć°ăăăŚăăăăăŽăŽčŚćšăăăŞăćŞăă§ăăć°ăăăă}
[I've been feeling this more and more, but I think he must have a considerably
warped perspective.]
{"ăă¤ăăŻăĺ ľĺŁŤăăă¨ăăŤéćĄĺ ăé źăă§ăăăŽ?"}
["Do you usually ask one of the soldiers to show you the way?"]
Ace: {"ăăăăčŞĺă§ăŞăă¨ăăăŠăçăă.}
["Nah. I'll manage on my own eventually.]
{éćĄĺ ăăŚăăăă¨ăăă漽ă ăăŠăć ăŽćĽ˝ăăżăčăăăă."}
[Asking directions may be easier, but then you lose the pleasure of the trip."]
Alice: {ăăăĄéăăăăăăŞăăăĺŤĺłă¨ă¨ăăŞăăă¨ăăŞăă}
[This may be a bit sharp, but I can't think of any response that isn't sarcastic.]
{"čŞĺă ă¨âŚâŚăăăăćéăăăăă§ăăă."}
["I get the feeling that when you 'manage on your own'... it takes a pretty long
time."]
Ace: {"ăăăć ăŽćĽ˝ăăżăŽăăĄă."}
["But it also makes for a much more enjoyable journey."]
Alice: {"ăăăăäťăŻćĽ˝ăăżăéŞéăăăŚăăăă¨ăŤăŞăăă."}
["Then, am I interrupting the fun of your trip by doing this?"]
Ace: {"ăăăŞăă¨ăŞăăăĺăżăăăŞĺăŤéćĄĺ ăăŚăăăăăŽăŻăćŞăć°ăăăŞă."}
["Not at all. There's nothing to complain about when I have a girl like you leading
the way."]
Alice: {ç˝ăăăŤč¨ăăăŚăĺçăăă}
[His playful response makes me stop and think.]
{ć˛č§Łăăă¨ăżăŠăˇăŽăăăŞçşč¨ă ăă彟ăŻćŹĺ˝ăŤç˝ăăă ă}
[Words like that could be misconstrued as him trying to hit on me, but I think the
truth is that he's just too carefree to realize.]
{ďźâŚâŚćťăăăŚăăăŽăŻăç§ăăďź}
[(... Now I'm the one misunderstanding.)]
{ďźăăăŞăăăăŤăăăäşşăăăŞăŽăŤčŁăĺăăŁăĄăăăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(I can't believe I'm being so suspicious of someone who's been nothing but kind
to me...)]
{ďźç˝ăăăŞăźăŠĺşăžăăăŞăŽăŤă錏隿ăăăŞăăŽăç§ăĺŤăŞĺĽ´ă ăâŚâŚďź}
[(He exudes nothing but positivity. I feel like an idiot. I'm a bad person...)]
{誤éĺăăăăŤăŤăăă¨çŹăă¨ăăŤăăŤăă¨čżăăăă}
[I laughed to disguise my thoughts, and he returned a friendly smile.]
{ďźâŚâŚăăăăăŁăąăăăäşşďź}
[(... Yup. He's too nice.)]
{"ăăăăçăăăă."}
["We should be there soon."]
(...)
{ăŞăă ăăăăăăŞĺ ˇĺă ăç§ăŻăă¸ăżăźă§ă彟ăŻăăăŤä˝ăă§ăăă}
[That felt a bit ridiculous to say. I'm a visitor, and he lives here.]
{ĺžćä¸ĺžćăŻäşşăăăăă¨ăŻăăăçŤĺ ´çăŤăăăăă}
[Sure, everyone has strong and weak points, as I've said, but this is just an
unusual position to be in.]
{ăăžăăé źăăŤăŞăăŞăăăăăă ăâŚă¨ăŻăćăŁăă ăă§č¨ăăŞăăŁăâŚ}
[And you aren't reliable at all... Even though I thought as much, obviously I would
never say that...]
{(... ăăăŞç˝ăăăŞäşşăŤçŽčăčăăĄăăăŞăăŚăç§ăŁăŚăŠăăžă§ĺŤăŞĺĽ´ăŞăŽďź}
[(... Thinking something so cynical about someone so genuine really puts in
perspective how awful I am.)]
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{ĺăŤĺ°çăăĺĺ ăŤĺ ĽăŁăăă¨ăźăšăŻćĺżăăăă¨ăăŁăć§ĺă ă}
[Once we were inside the castle, Ace looked awestruck.]
Ace: {"ăăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤçăăĄăăŁăă."}
["Incredible~. We actually made it."]
Alice: {"ä¸ăŽä¸ăŤčŚăăŚăăăă ăăŽăçăăŤćąşăžăŁăŚăăăă."}
["It's at the top of a hill. We couldn't miss it."]
Ace: {"ă§ăăĺăăŚćĽăĺ ´ćă ăăďźăăăă."}
["But, this is the first time you've been here, right? So it's incredible~."]
Alice: {"ĺăăŚă ăăă¨ăä¸ăŽä¸ăŤčŚăăŚăăă°čŞ°ă ăŁăŚčĄăăăŤćąşăžăŁăŚâŚâŚă}
["It is my first time here, but again, it's on a hill. Anyone could see it for miles--...]
{ăăźâŚâŚăăăăăăŠăăăăăžăăŚ."}
[Hah... Â Fine. It was my pleasure. Glad to help."]
{ćč¨ĺĄăăăăăŤçăăžă§ďźďźďźĺăćé帯ăĺ¤ăăăăăŞäşşăŤăăŚăżăă°ă}
[For someone who takes 200 time periods to go from here to the Clocktower,]
{確ăăŤĺćĽă ăăă称čłăŻĺăĺăŁăŚăăă}
[this certainly must seem like an achievement. I should just accept the praise.]
{ç§ăăăăŚăżăă°ăăăăŞăŤćéăăăăăăăťăăĺćĽă ă}
[If you ask me though, being able to waste that much time is an achievement in]
{ă¨ăŚăçäźźă§ăăŞăă}
[itself. I don't think I could manage that if I tried.]
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Ace: {"ăăŚăă¨ăäš ă ăŽćă厜ă .}
["Ah~, back home after such a long time.]
{âŚâŚäżşăŽé¨ĺąăŻăŠăă ăŁăăăŞ."}
[Hhm... I wonder where my room is."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚçĽăăŞă."}
["... You don't know?"]
{ĺŻĺćłăŞăă¨ăŤăăăŽäşşăŻčŞĺăŽé¨ĺąăĺăăăŞăăăăă}
[I pity this poor man who can't even find his own bedroom.]
Ace: {"ăď˝ă¨ăäżşăŻăăăăčŞĺăŽé¨ĺąăćăăŤć ăŤĺşăăâŚâŚăĺăŻăŠăăă?}
["Umm... I guess from here, I'll be off on a journey to find my room... What are
you going to do?]
{čŹčŚĺŽ¤ăŤčĄăăăăŞăăéŁăăŚčĄăŁăŚăăŁăŚăăăăďźâŚç˘şĺŽăŤčżˇăăăŠ."}
[If you still want to go to the Audience Chamber to find Peter, I don't mind taking
you there~... But I'm guaranteed to get lost."]
Alice: {čŞĺăŽé¨ĺąćăăŽć âŚâŚă}
[A journey to find his room...]
{ďźčŞĺćăăŽć ăŞăčăăăă¨ăăăăăŠâŚâŚďź}
[(I've heard of taking a journey to find yourself, but...)]
{ďźăăăăăăĺăăăŞăăŽăăăć ăŞăăă§čŞĺăăżă¤ăăăŁăăŞăă§ăăďź}
[(I've never really understood that. You can't possibly find yourself by taking a
trip somewhere.)]
{ăăăăăă䝼ä¸ăŤčŞĺăŽé¨ĺąćăăŽć ă¨ăăăŽăčŹă ă}
[But taking a trip to find your own room is an even greater mystery.]
{ăăăŞć ăăăŚăăäşşéăŤăŻăçăžăăŚĺăăŚĺşäźăŁăă}
[This is the first time I've met someone who would call such a thing a 'journey'.]
{ďźăŠăăăŠăăăŁăŚăčŞĺăŽé¨ĺąăćăăŚčżˇăăăŽăâŚâŚďź}
[(How is it even possible for someone to get lost on the way to their room...?)]
{"菚ăă§é ć Žçłăä¸ăăăâŚâŚăăăăăăăŤăčśłăçă...}
["I'll have to respectfully decline... My feet are already too sore...]
{ăăăăăç§ăčŹčŚĺŽ¤ăŞăăčĄăăăăŞăăăŽăăăźăżăźă¨äźăăăăŞă."}
[Besides, I never wanted to go to the Audience Chamber from the beginning. I'd
rather not run into Peter."]
Ace: {"ăăăăăăăăăŽčžşă§ăĺĽăă ăŞ.}
["I see. Then, I guess this is where we part ways.]
* Clap, clap*
{ăď˝ăă誰ă!"}
[Hey~, anybody there!"]
Alice: {ă¨ăźăšăŻăąăăąăă¨ćăĺŠăăŚăäşşăĺźăă ă}
[Ace clapped his hands, seeming to be calling for someone.]
* Ding ding ding
{ă¨ăźăšăŻä˝ăćăŁăŚăăŞăăŽăŤăăĄăăăźăă¨ăăăŤăŽéłăăăă}
[Even though he doesn't have anything in his hands, I hear a chime, like a bell.]
{ăăŽéłăŤăăĄă¤ăăé§ăă¤ăăă}
[At the sound, some maids come rushing in.]
Maid A: {"ăäš ăăśăă§ăăă¨ăźăšć§ăăćťăăŤăŞăăăžăăăŽă."}
["It's been a while, Master Ace. I see you made it back."]
Maid B: {"ăŠăăŞăăăžăă?"}
["How can we assist you?"]
Ace: {"ăăŽĺăŻăäżşă¨ăăźăżăźăăăŽĺŽ˘äşşăŞăă ăăăăŚăŞăăăŚăăŁăŚăă.}
["This girl is a guest of both Peter and myself. Please make her feel welcome.]
{ééăŁăŚăăéăĺăăŞăăăăŤăŞăé źăă?"}
[By no means should anyone point a gun at her. Can you make sure of that?"]
Maid A: {"ĺăăăžăă."}
["Understood."]
Maid B: {"ăäťťăăă ăă."}
["Please leave it to me."]
Alice: {éăĺăăŞăăăăŤăŞăăŚăăĄă¤ăă¸ăŽćł¨ćă¨ăăŚăŻăŠăăă¨ćăă}
[I wonder why he's telling the maids not to point guns at me.]
{ăăăăçĺ¤ăă§ăăŞăăăĄă¤ăéăŻăăăŁăăă¨éăćşĺ¸ŻăăŚăăă}
[Well, I suppose it isn't that far-fetched to think the attendants of a castle
carry concealed weapons.]
Ace: {"äżşăŻčĄăăăŠăç¨ăăăŁăă使ç¨äşşéăŤé źăă°ăăŁăŚăăăăă.}
["I'm going to go, but if you need anything, just ask one of the servants.]
{éăăăăă°ăĺäźăăă ăăăăăăăŞăă˘ăŞăš!"}
[With some luck, maybe we'll meet again. See ya, Alice!"]
* Ace walks away
Alice: {"...ĺĺ ăŤăăŚăéăăăăŞăă¨äźăăŞăăŁăŚăŠăăŞăŽ..."}
["... If he's going to be in the same castle, why does he need good luck for us to
meet again...?"]
{確ăăŤĺăŻéŚŹéšżă§ăăĺşăăăă¨ăźăšăŻăăăŽä˝äşşăŽăŻăă ă}
[The castle is absurdly huge, but Ace is still supposed to be a resident here.]
{çéĺ ĽăăŽćšĺéłç´ă§ăăăăćŹäşşăăăăĺăĺ ĽăăŚăăžăŁăŚăăă}
[I guess when there's not a cell in your body with any sense of direction, you
probably come to accept it.]
{ďźčŞĺăŽĺŽśâŚâŚĺăŽä¸ă§čĄăĺăăŞăăĺżé ă ăďź}
[(For some reason... I'm worried he'll get so lost that they'll end up finding him
collapsed before he even made it to his room.)]
{ăŻăă¨ă横ăŤä˝ăăĄă¤ăéăčŚăŚć°äťăă}
[Suddenly, I realize, seeing the two maids standing abreast of one-another.]
{"ăăŞăéăŤćĄĺ ăăŚăăăă°ăăăŁăăăăăŞăăŽďź}
["Do you think you could show him the way?]
{使ç¨äşşăŞăăă¨ăźăšăŽé¨ĺąăçĽăŁăŚăăăăă?"}
[If you're the servants, you must know where Ace's room is, right?"]
Maid A: {"ăăĄăăăĺăăŚăăăžăăăŠ..."}
["Of course we know, but..."]
Maid B: {"ă¨ăźăšć§ăŻéćĄĺ ăăćăżăŤăŞăăžăăăă..."}
["Master Ace has no desire to be given guidance..."]
Alice: {"? ăăăŞăŽ?}
["Hm? Really?]
{ă§ăăăăăžă§ăŻç§ăéćĄĺ ăăŚăăăŽăďźćĺŚăăăăăăŞăăŁăăăŠ."}
[He let me lead him all the way here, though. He never tried to argue it, but..."]
{ďźéćĄĺ ăăŞăăťăă漽ăăă¨ăŻč¨ăăăăăŠďź}
[(He did say it was more enjoyable without a guide...)]
{ă§ăăćĺŚăăăăăŻăăŞăăŁăă}
[Still, it didn't seem like he would refuse. He was always so cheerful,]
{ă¨ăŤăăç˝ăăă§ă弳ć§ăçĄç˘ăŤćąăŁăăăăŞăăăăŞĺ°čąĄă ă}
[and I got the impression that he treated women with great respect.]
Maid A: {"ăăăŻăăăŞăć§ăć°ăŤĺ Ľăăăăăăă§ăŻăŞăă§ăăăă."}
["Perhaps you are someone of greater significance to him."]
Maid B: {"ăăăăéăŻăăäťăăăă ăă§ăăăĺ˝äť¤ăăŞăăă°ăĺăăăăžăă."}
["We are merely servants. Unless he has an order for us, we don't often interact."]
Alice: "..."
{ĺăăăăŞéĄă§ăĺăăăăŞćčŁ ăçžäşşă ăä¸ć°ĺłăŞăĄă¤ăéă}
[The same face, the same clothes. A pair of beautiful, yet uncanny, maids.]
{ćľćăŞăŠăŻćăăŞăă¨ăăă¨ăźăšă¨éăŁăŚă}
[I don't feel any hostility, but unlike Ace, I also don't feel like these are]
{ăŠăă䝲čŻăăŞăăŤăăăăŞĺ°čąĄăĺăăăăŠăăŤăăçĄćŠčłŞăŞâŚâŚă}
[people I'm going to be speak to easily. They seem almost... artificial...]
Maid A: {"ăăŞăć§ăŻăéćĄĺ ăăćăżă§ăă?"}
["Perhaps you are in need of guidance yourself, Miss?"]
Maid B: {"ăćăżăŞăăăćĄĺ ăăăăžă."}
["If that is your wish, please allow us to assist you."]
Alice: {"ăď˝ă¨âŚâŚăăăăăăéĄăĺşćĽăžăă?"}
["Ah... Well then, could you please show me around?"]
{çăžăŁăŚăăžăăčŞçśă¨čŠąăćšăäťäşşčĄĺăŤăŞăŁăă}
[I respectfully accept their offer. My manner of speaking instinctually falls back
on formality when they address me like this.]
Maid A: {"ă§ăŻăăăĄăă§ă."}
["Then, this way."]
Maid B: {"ă¤ăăŚăăŚăă ăă."}
["Please follow me."]
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* The maids start to lead her down the hall
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăăŻăăăăŁă¨ćťăăăăŤĺťä¸ăćŠăăŚăă. ć ăŚăŚčż˝ăăăăă}
[The maids move down the hall so smoothly it's as if they're gliding. I rush to keep up.]
Maid A: {"ăăĄăăăĺ ľĺŁŤăŽčŠ°ăćăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăžăăŚ..."}
["The Soldier's Offices are this way..."]
Maid B: {"ăăĄăăŤăéŁĺ ăăăăăžăăćçăŻä˝żç¨äşşăŤč¨ăŁăŚăă ăăă°ă}
["And this way is the Dining Hall. Speak to the head chef there, and they will]
{ç¨ćăăăăžăăăčŞçąăŤä˝żăăăăăăłăăăăăžăăŚ..."}
[prepare whatever meal you would like. The kitchen is also freely available for
your personal use..."]
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăéăŻăăăăăŤĺłăćăăă塌ăćăăăăăă}
[As if mirroring one another, each of the maids was pointing right and left
respectively.]
Maid A: {"ăăăăŽč§ăăăăĄă¤ăăŽä˝ăżčžźăżé¨ĺąă§..."}
["Around this corner are the Maid's Quarters..."]
Maid B: {"ăăĄăăŻăăăšăŚĺŽ˘ĺŽ¤ă§ăăă厢ć§ăŞăŠćť ĺ¤ăŤăăăŁăăăăžăăăăŠă}
["And everything in this direction are Guest Rooms. We seldom have guests, but]
{常ăŤăŤăźă ăŻăŞăźăăłă°ăŻćŹ ăăăŚăăăžăăăŽă§..."}
[the rooms are always thoroughly cleaned without fail..."]
Maid A: {"ăăăŽč§ă..."}
["Around this corner, we have..."]
{ç§ăŻă¨ăźăšăťăŠćšĺéłç´ăăăŞăăăŠă}
[I may not be as poor with directions as Ace, but I'll never remember if you're]
{ăăăŞăŤä¸ć°ăŤćăăăăŚăčŚăăăăŞăăďźé ăăăăăăăŁăĄăă!"}
[going to tell me everything at once like this! My head's already jumbled up from
trying to take it all in!"]
{ă¨ăŚăĺşăĺăŽä¸ăĺťä¸ăŻăŠăăäźźăăĺŻăŁăăă ă}
[On top of being an incredibly vast castle, every corridor looks almost exactly the]
{ĺťä¸ăŽĺ ăŤăăéĺăŞćăéăăă¨ăăžăĺăăăăŞĺťä¸ăçśăăŚăăă}
[same. We pass through massive doors at the end of one hall, only to enter yet
another area that looks practically identical to the last.]
{ăăŽçš°ăčżăăŞä¸ăăĄă¤ăéăŻçŤăŚçśăăŤč§ŁčŞŹăăŚăăăčŚăăăăŞăă}
[This repetition, paired with the constant commentary by the maids makes it
impossible for me to remember anything.]
Maid A: {"塌ć§ă§ăă..."}
["Is that so..."]
Maid B: {"ăăă§ăŻăćĺăăăăä¸ĺşŚ..."}
["In that case, please allow us to start again from the beginning..."]
Maid A: {"äťĺşŚăŻăăŁăăă¨..."}
["This time, more slowly..."]
Alice: {ćšĺ蝢ćăăŚĺ ăŽĺ ´ćă¸ćťăăă¨ăăăŽăć ăŚăŚçăăă}
[They instantly changed their course, turning back in the direction we came from,
but I stopped them as quickly as I could.]
{"ăăăŞăăăăŞăďźĺ ľĺŁŤăŽčŠ°ăćăăĄă¤ăăăăŽä˝ăżčžźăżé¨ĺąăŞăă}
["It's fine! I don't need it! The Soldier's Offices, the Maid's Quarters... you don't]
{ćăăŚăăăŁăŚăăç¨äşăŞăăŚăŞăăăŽ!}
[need to tell me any of that! I don't have any business in those places!]
{ăăăŁăŚăĺ ĽăŁăĄăăăăŞăĺ ´ćă§ăăăďź}
[Aren't those areas off-limits anyways? ]
{čĄăŁăŚăăăĺ ´ćă ăćăăŚăăăŞă?"}
[Why don't you just tell me about the places I'm allowed to go."]
Maid A: {"ĺ ĽăŁăŚăŻăăăŞăĺ ´ćďźăăăŞĺ ´ćăŻăăăăžăă.}
["'Off-limits'? There are no places with such restriction.]
{ăŠăă¸ăĺ ĽăăŤăŞăŁăŚăć§ăăžăăă."}
[You are free to enter any room at any time."]
Maid B: {"ăăă§ăă弽ăăŞĺ ´ćă¸ĺĽ˝ăăŞă ăăăăŁăăăŁăŚăă ăă."}
["That is correct. Feel free to come and go as you please, wherever you
would like."]
Maid A: {"ăăŞăć§ăŻă厢ć§ă§ăăăŽ."}
["You are our guest, Miss."]
Maid B: {"ăŠăă¸ĺ ĽăăŽăčŞçąă§ă."}
["You may enter any area as it pleases you."]
Maid A: {"ăŠăă¸čĄăăŽăčŞçą."}
["You may come and go as it pleases you."]
Maid B: {"ä˝ăăăŚăă ăăŁăŚăć§ăăžăă."}
["You can do whatever you wish with no consequence."]
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăăŻăĺŁăćăăŚčŞçąăŤăă¨çš°ăčżăă}
[The maids speak one after the other, over and over, reiterating my 'freedom'.]
{ććžăăŽćĺž ă¨ăăăăŽăăăăăŞăăăć¸ćăŁăŚăăžăŁăă}
[You could call it open hospitality, but I was perplexed.]
{"ăăăŞăă¨č¨ăŁăŚâŚâŚ äşşăŽé¨ĺąăŤĺćăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚĺą 座ăŁăĄăăăşă¤ă§ăăă?"}
["You say that, but... don't you think it would be uncomfortable if I just walked
into one of your rooms unannounced like that?"]
Maid A: {"ć§ăăžăăă."}
["That is not a problem."]
Maid B: {"ăčŞçąăŤăŠăă."}
["If that is what you wish, then by all means."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăďźăăăă..."}
["... Huh? No, no, no..."]
{ăăŽĺă§ăŻ, 使ç¨äşşăă厢ăŽććăĺ°éăăăăă. ăăăŤăăŚăčĄăéăă .}
[It seems like the guest holds priority over the servants in this castle. But even so,
this is going to far.]
{"ăă¨ăă°ăăăăĺăäşşăŽé¨ĺąă ăŁăăăŠăăăăŽ?"}
["So then, what would happen if I entered  the room of someone in a higher
position?"]
Maid A: {"ăăŻă¤ăĺżăŞăăăĺăłăŤăŞăă§ăăă."}
["If you are meaning Prime Minister White, I'm sure he would be overjoyed."]
Alice: {ăĄă¤ăăŽĺŁăăăăăăă¨ĺ¤ć ăŚăľăŽăŽĺĺăéŁăłĺşăă}
[The pervert rabbit's name slipped out of the maid's mouth without hesitation.]
{"ăăźăżăźă?"}
["Peter?"]
Maid B: {"ăăŞăć§ăăĺ ăŤĺă¸ćťăŁăŚăăăŁăăăăžăă."}
["He returned to the castle shortly before you arrived, Miss."]
Maid A: {"ăăăŚăăăăăéăŤăĺ˝ăăŤăŞăăăžăă."}
["And delivered us our orders."]
Maid B: {"ä¸éăŤăăăŚăŞăăăăăăŤă¨ă}
["To give you a courteous reception.]
{ăăŻă¤ăĺżăŽăé¨ĺąăŤăćĄĺ ăăăăć示ăăăŚăăăžăă."}
[Then direct you to Prime Minister White's chambers."]
Alice: {"... ă."}
["... Ghk--."]
{ďźăžăŁăăĺăăăăŞăă¨ćăŁăŚăăăăăăăăăă¨ă ăŁăăŽďźďź}
[(I thought it was strange to be given free reign like this. Was this all his doing?)]
{"ĺčŤăăăŞăăă羜寞ĺŤă.}
["That's not funny. I would never.]
{ăăăŞĺĽ´ăŽé¨ĺąăŤćťĺ¨ăăăăăăŞăăäťăăăă."}
[If my only option is to stay in that man's room, then I'll find somewhere else."]
{ăŞăăăźăżăźăăăăŞăŤç§ăŤĺşĺˇăăăŽăĺăăăŞăăă迡ćăŞă ăă ă}
[I don't know why Peter has such a fixation on me, but it's nothing but trouble.]
Maid A: {"ăăă§ăă..."}
["I see..."]
Maid B: {"ă§ăăăćĄĺ ăăăăăŤă¨çłăäťăăŁăŚăăăžăăŽă§..."}
["But, it was his order for us to show you the way..."]
{ďźăăăŞăŽă§ăă厰ç¸ă ăăŽăăéăăăŞăăâŚâŚďź}
[(Since he's the Prime Minister, I suppose they can't defy him...)]
{ďźç§ăŽăăă§ăăĄă¤ăăăéăĺąăăăăć°ăŽćŻă ăâŚâŚďź}
[(I would feel terrible if the maids were scolded because of me...)]
{ĺ ĺťăŽäťśăăăăŚăă彟ăé¨ä¸ăŤĺŞăăăŞăăŽăŻçŽăŤčŚăăŚăăă}
[But then, thinking back to what happened earlier, it's clear that he's remarkably]
{ĺąăăăăŠăăăăăăŽćĺăŽăăăŞććłă§éăćăĄăăăŞăă}
[cruel to his subordinates. Far from mere scolding, he might just shoot them with
that trick gun of his.]
{ă ă, ăăźăżăźăŽé¨ĺąăŤćťĺ¨ăăć°ăŞăŠăŞăăŁă.}
[Still, I can't possibly stay in Peter's room, either.]
{ĺĽăŽćĺłă§, ç§ăŽčşŤăĺąéşă .}
[I would be in a completely different kind of danger in that case.]
{"âŚâŚćĄĺ ăăăŁăŚć示ăăăăŽăă?}
["... You were only given instruction to show me the way, right?]
{ăăăăćĄĺ ăăŚăăăźăżăźăŻăăžă čŹčŚĺŽ¤ăă?"}
[Alright, then show me. Peter is still in the Audience Chamber, isn't he?"]
Maid A: {"ăŻăă弳çéä¸ăŤčŹčŚăŞăăŁăŚăăăŻăă§ă."}
["Yes, he should still be holding audience with the Queen at this time."]
Alice: {"ăŞăă大ä¸ĺ¤ŤăăćĽăă§ćĄĺ ăăŚ.}
["In that case, let's go. Take me there quickly.]
{ćĄĺ ăăŚăăăŁăăăĺžăŻéŠĺ˝ăŞé¨ĺąăŤćťĺ¨ăăăŚăăăăă."}
[Once you've shown me, then I'll decide on an appropriate room to stay in
myself."]
{ćĄĺ ăăă¨ć示ăăăŚăăŚăăăăăŤćťĺ¨ăăăă¨ăŻč¨ăăăŚăăŞăăăăă}
[They were ordered to tell me where Peter's room is, but they never said it was an]
{彟弳éăŻĺčŤăăŞăăŁăă}
[order that I would have to stay there. Neither of the women refuted my request.]
{ĺż ĺŽăŞä˝żç¨äşşă ă漾獯ăŞăžă§ăŤă}
[They are devoted servants. Extremely devoted.]
{"厢厤ăŻăŠăă§ă使ăŁăŚć§ăăŞăăŽăă?"}
["I can use whichever guest room I want, right?"]
Maid B: {"ăăăăăĄăăŻăăăšăŚĺŽ˘ĺŽ¤ă§ăăăčŞçąăŤă使ăăă ăă."}
["That is correct. The guest rooms are that way. Please make use of them as you
like."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăŽăăă˘ĺ ¨é¨?"}
["... Are there guest rooms throughout this entire floor?"]
Maid A: {"äşéă¨ä¸éăăťă¨ăăŠă厢厤ă§ăă."}
["The second and third floors are also made up mostly of guest rooms."]
Maid B: {"ăăŽăĺăŻĺşăăŽă§âŚâŚ"}
["This castle is extremely spacious..."]
Maid A: {"ăćé¤ă大ĺ¤ăŞăă§ă."}
["It requires a tremendous amount of cleaning."]
Alice: {ăăă ăăŽĺşăăăăă°ă大ĺ¤ă ăăă}
[It must be incredibly difficult to maintain a castle this size.]
{ä˝äşşăăăăăăçĽăăŞăăăăĄă¤ăăŤĺć ăăă}
[I don't know how many people it must take, but I feel sorry for the maids.]
{"äťăŽććăă厢ăăăŻăăŞăăŽ?"}
["Are there any other guests right now?"]
Maid B: {"弳çéä¸ăŻă誰ă¨ă茪ăăăŞăăăžăă."}
["Her Majesty is not personally close with anyone."]
Maid A: {"ă§ăăăăăăčč¸äźăéăăăžăăŽă}
["But, we will be holding a ball in the near future.]
{ăăŽă¨ăăŤăŻă厢ć§ă§ćş˘ăăăăăă¨ă§ăăă."}
[At that time, we will be overflowing with guests."]
Alice: {čč¸äźăăžăăĄăŤăăłăŞč¨čăĺşăŚăăă}
[A ball. Yet another word you only hear in fairy tales.]
{"čč¸äźăŻăăă¤é éăăăăŽăăă."}
["When is the ball going to be held?"]
{ăăăžă§ăŤĺşăŚčĄăăăĺżăŤćąşăăă}
[That will be my deadline. I have to get out of this place before then.]
{ăăăŞăĄăŤăăłçŠşéă§ăééăŁăŚç˝éŚŹăŽçĺć§ă¨ă§ăééăăă大ĺ¤ă ă}
[It would be a disaster if I accidentally bumped into a real Prince Charming while]
{ăăžăăŽéçžĺŽĺ ˇĺăŤĺăăŚăăžăăăăŞăă}
[staying in a fairy tale castle. I would probably actually throw up.]
Maid B: {"ăă¨ăďźďźďźăăăćéăĺ¤ăăŁăăéăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞăă§ăăăă."}
["I believe the event opens approximately 500 periods from now."]
Maid A: {"éăăžăăăă¨ďźďźďźăăăă ăŁăăŻăă§ăăăăăŁă¨ĺ ăăăăăžăă."}
["No. I think it is after 600 periods. It can't possibly be any sooner than that."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŠăŁăĄăŤăăŚăăăăăăŠăăăăĺ ăŽăă¨ăŞăŽăĺăăăŞăă."}
["... It doesn't make a difference which one it is if I still don't know how long that
is."]
{ä˝éąéĺ ă¨ăä˝ăśćĺ ă¨ăăăăĺ ˇä˝çăŞćéă§ăŻăŞăăŽă ă}
[There's no concrete time period being given. Are they talking about weeks?]
{ďźďźďźĺćé帯ăĺ¤ăăă¨ăăăăĺç´č¨çŽăŞăç´ďźďźďźćĽĺźˇă}
[Months? If I use normal days as a reference, then 500 time periods would be
about 166 days.]
{ďźďźďźĺăŞăăďźďźďźćĽĺžăăăăăăăăŽćéăŻăăŚăŤăŞăăŞăă}
[Or, 600 time periods would be 200 days. Except, time here is unreliable.]
{ă ăăă彟弳éăăď˝ăăăăă¨ăă襨çžăăĺşćĽăŞăăŽă ăăă}
[So, the women can only use 'approximately' when they talk about it.]
{ăăăăćé帯ăĺ¤ăăăă¨ćăă°ăăžăŁăăĺ¤ăăăŞăććăăăăăăă}
[Sometimes the time changes constantly, and other times long stretches can go by
where there's no change at all.]
{ćłĺć§ăăŞăćéĺ¤ĺăä˝ĺ ćč¨ăçăŁăŚĺ˝çśă ă}
[There's no natural pattern for the time changes here. Even my biological clock
has lost track.]
Maid B: {"éĺŹććăŻĺĽłçéä¸ăăćąşăăŤăŞăăžă."}
["It is Her Majesty's decision when the event will be held."]
Maid A: {"ä¸ć˘ăŤăŞăăă¨ăăăăăžăă弳çéä¸ăŽăĺżćŹĄçŹŹă§ăă."}
["It may even be cancelled. It all depends on Her Majesty's will."]
Alice: {"ăăźăżăźăă弳çć§ăŤĺąăăăă¨ăč¨ăŁăŚăăâŚâŚ}
["Peter also mentioned that he was going to be reprimanded by the Queen...]
{弳çć§ăćŻé ăăŚăăĺ˝ăŁăŚçăăăăçć§ăŻăăŞăăŽă."}
[It's odd for the Queen to control the country though. Do you not have a King?"]
Maid A: {"ăăăăçć§ăăăăŁăăăăžă."}
["No, we have a King as well."]
Alice: {"ăăăŞăŽăŤă弳çć§ăăăŽĺăćŻé ăăŚăăăŽ?"}
["And yet, the Queen is the one who rules the castle?"]
Maid A: {"ăăăă珏ä¸ăŽć¨Šĺč ăŻçć§ă§ă."}
["Not at all. The King is the first authority on all matters."]
Alice: {"ďźă§ăăăăźăżăźăăăŞăéăĺŁăŤăăăŽăŻĺĽłçć§ăŽăă¨ă°ăăăăăŞă."}
[Hm? But, the only one you or Peter seem to bring up is the Queen."]
{äťăŽäťăžă§ăçć§ăăăă¨ăăăă¨čŞä˝ăć°äťăăŞăăŁăă}
[Until now, I wasn't even aware this place had a King.]
{ďźä¸ä˝ăŽäşşăŽĺĺăĺşăŚăăŞăăŁăŚăăăŽăŻă}
[(When people aren't even willing to mention the name of someone in such a]
{ćăăăăŚăăăčăăŤăăăŚăăăăŽăŠăĄăăă ăăŠďź}
[high standing, it's usually out of either disrespect, or fear.)]
{ç§ăŻăçćăŤçĽăĺăăŞăŠăăŞăăčŁçŚăŞĺŽśăŽçăžăă¨ăŻăăăĺšłć°ă ă}
[I've never been acquainted with royalty before. I was born into a wealthy family,
but we were still commoners.]
{ă ăăăĺşćşăŻăăŁă¨čşŤčżăŞéĺŁçć´ťăŽĺ ´ăĺŚć ĄçăŽčŠąăŤăŞăă}
[So, this made more sense when I converted it to a more familiar topic,
like school.]
{ĺŚć Ąă§ä¸çŞĺăăŻăăŞăŽăŤäźčŠąăŤĺĺăŽĺşăŚăăŞăć Ąéˇĺ çă}
[It's like when some students talk about the principal, or the class president,]
{ĺŚç´ă§ä¸çŞăŞăŻăăŞăŽăŤčŠąéĄăŤăŞăăŞăĺŚç´ĺ§ĺĄéˇăăăăŞćăă ă}
[and avoid mentioning their names. It feels like that kind of hushed topic.]
{"珏ä¸ăŽć¨Šĺč ăŻçć§ă§ăăĺŽć¨ŠăŻĺĽłçć§ăŤăăăŽă."}
["The King may be the first authority, but the Queen has the real power,
doesn't she?"]
{ăăăăăă¨ă ăăă¨ăĺ çˇčŠąăăăăăăŤčŠąăăăăă}
[I may not know whether it's true, but I still end up addressing them as if
we're gossiping.]
{ăăă§ăăăăăăĄă¤ăéăŻçŹăŁăŚăăăăé°ĺ˛ć°ăĺăăă}
[Then, after a moment, the maids start to giggle. The atmosphere suddenly seems
to have lightened.]
Maid A: {"ăľăľă弳çéä¸ăŻă埡ăćšăŞăă§ă."}
["Aha~, Her Majesty has a strong personality."]
Maid B: {"ăľăľăçć§ăŻćźăăć°ĺłăŞăă§ă."}
["Mhm~, she certainly keeps the King on the ropes."]
Alice: {彟弳éăŻç ăăć§ĺă§ăăăăăçŹăă}
[They look far more approachable now that they're laughing.]
{ăăŁăăăăć´ăă°ăă¨ăŚă芹ăăăăă}
[If I had seen this side of them sooner, it would have been far easier to speak to]
{ăă°ăăćŠăăăĄăŤăéčŤăĺşćĽăăăăăŤăŻäť˛čŻăăŞăăă}
[them. I didn't think I would be able to have a friendly chat with them like this.]
Maid A: {"ăăăăă."}
["It's a bit amusing."]
Maid B: {"ăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤăăăâŚâŚăăľăľăľăŁ."}
["Yes, it is, isn't it?... Aha~."]
Alice: {"ăŞăăŤďźç§ă ăăŽăč ăŤăăŞăă§ă."}
["What is it~? Don't leave me out."]
{ăăăăă¨çŹăăĄă¤ăéăŤćˇˇăăăç§ăçŹăă}
[My laugh mixed in with the maids. Ace was a friendly person,]
{ă¨ăźăšăć°ăăă ăŁăăă弳ĺ壍ă ă¨ăžăéăŁăć°ĺŽăăăăă}
[but I have a different sense of ease finally being around other women here.]
Maid A: {"ăľăľăă ăŁăŚăăăăăéăăă¤ăăŻăăăŞăľăăăăŞăăă§ăăăŽ."}
["Hehe~. It's just that we don't get to feel this way often."]
Maid B: {"ăăźăăŽăĺăŽäşşéăŻă}
["When others speak of Heart Castle,]
{ăżăăŞăăźăăĺăŁăŚăăăżăăă ăŁăŚč¨ăăăăă§ăă."}
[they all say that our people have hearts of ice."]
Maid A: {"ă¨ăŁăŚăăĺˇé ˇă ăă."}
["They say we're always so cruel."]
Maid B: {"ăăăăăćŽé ˇă ăă."}
["Yes yes, always so cruel."]
Alice: {ćăăăăŤçš°ăčżăăăžăă§ăć示ă§ăăăăăăŚăăăăŽăăă ă}
[They repeated it like they were reciting a poem. It's as if they were hinting at
something deeper.]
{"ăăăŞăľăăŤăŻčŚăăŞăăăăăŞăéăŻăăäşşă.}
["I haven't seen any such thing. You're both good people.]
{ćĺăŻăĄăăŁă¨ĺăŁäťăăŤăăăă¨ćăŁăăăŠăĺéăă ăŁăă}
[I admit that I thought you were a bit hard to approach at first, but I just]
{äťăŻăĺˇăăćăăŞăăŚĺ ¨çśăăŞă."}
[misunderstood you. Now, I know you're not cold people at all."]
Maid A: "Ah..."
Maid B: "Oh..."
Alice: {"ç§ăżăăăŤăĺéăăăŚăăŽăžăžăŞäşşăĺ¤ăăăăăŞăďź}
["Maybe you're just like me. People probably misjudge you a lot.]
{珏ä¸ĺ°čąĄăŁăŚéŁăăăăă."}
[First impressions are hard, aren't they?"]
{ăĄă¤ăéăŻă辤ăăŞăŁăăç §ăăŚăăăŽă ăăč¤éăăăŞéĄăăăŚăăă}
[The maids were blushing now. But, I can't tell if they're just being shy, because
their expression seem complex.]
{"çĽăă°ă弽ăăăăăăăăŞăéăŁăŚăĺŻćăăăŽ."}
["But I'm sure anyone who gets to know you must like you. You're so cute, too."]
Maid A: "Oh..."
Maid B: "Hha--..."
Maid A: {"ăăŞăć§ăăăăŻă¤ăĺżăŤĺĽ˝ăăăççąăĺăăăžăă."}
["I can understand why Prime Minister White is so fond of you, Miss."]
Maid B: {"ăăăăéăăăăŞăć§ă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăŚăăžăăă."}
["It seems that even we have come to like you, Miss."]
Alice: "?
{ç§ăŻăăăźăżăźăăăăŞăéăŽăťăă弽ăă ăăăăŽäşşăĺŤăăŞăŽ."}
[I already like the two of you better than Peter. I hate that man."]
{ĺŁă ăă§ăŞăă彟弳éă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăă}
[That isn't just flattery either. I really do like these two.]
{ăăăŚă彟弳éăç§ă弽ăăŚăăăŚăăăŽăĺăăă}
[And I can tell that they genuinely like me, too.]
{ăŠăăăŚă ăăăä¸ćč°ăŤćăă}
[Though, I wonder why. Something about it feels strange.]
{ăăăăŤéĺćăčŚăĺ§ăăăă¨ăźăšăŽă¨ăăŤăćăăéĺćă ă}
[I just get this uncomfortable feeling. It's the same kind of feeling I got from Ace,
too.]
{(ç§ăŻăäşşăŤĺĽ˝ăăăăťăă ăŁăăăăďźăăăŞăă¨ăŻăŞăăŁăăŻăăŞăŽăŤ...)}
[(Am I really the kind of person these people like? I've never had anyone come to like me so easily before...)]
Maid B: {"ăăŻă¤ăĺżăŤăćăŤĺ ĽăăŞăăăŽăăăăŽă."}
["So there is something even Prime Minister White cannot obtain."]
Alice: {ăăăăçŹă彟弳éăŤăĺˇé ˇă¨ăćŽé ˇă¨ăăăč¨čăŻäźźĺăăŞăă}
[As the women giggle, I can't imagine anyone calling them cruel or coldhearted.]
{č °ăŤă¤ăăéăŤăŻĺĺ¨ćăăăăâŚâŚăăăăé¤ăă°çśşéşăŞăĄă¤ăéă ă}
[Each of them does have a gun on her hip, but... if you remove that, they just look like a pair of beautiful maids.]
Maid A: {"ăăăăŠăă¸čĄăŁăŚăăăŞăć§ăŽčŞçąă§ăăăŠă}
["Well, you are still free to roam the castle at your leisure.]
{弳çéä¸ăŽăé¨ĺąăŤăŻčżäťăăŞăăăăŤăăŚăă ăăă?"}
[All we ask is that you do not approach the Queen's room, please."]
Maid B: {"ĺ ĽăăăăŽăŞăĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăăŽă§ăăăŠăĺąéşă ăăâŚâŚ"}
["If you wish to enter, you are of course allowed. However, it is dangerous to do
so..."]
Alice: {ăăźăżăźăŽé¨ĺąăćĄĺ ăăŚăăăĺžăäťăŽä¸ťčŚăŞĺ ´ćă¸ăćĄĺ ăăŚăăăă}
[After showing me to Peter's room, they lead me around to all of the major]
{éä¸ăăăăăă¨ĺăăăă}
[locations in the castle. The entire time we walked though, they kept whispering
to each other as if they were hiding something.]
{ďźĺąéşăŁăŚăăŠăăăăă¨ă ăăăčŚĺăĺłăăă¨ăďźďźďźďź}
[(I wonder what they mean by dangerous. Does it just have tight security
or something???)]
{"é¨ĺąăééăăĄăăăŞăéăăĺ Ľăă¤ăăăŻăŞăăă}
["I don't have any intention of entering the Queen's room, so unless I get lost, and]
{弳çéä¸ăŽé¨ĺąăŞăăŚăĺ ĽăŁăĄăăžăăă§ăăă.}
[walk in by accident, you shouldn't have to worry about that. I don't think it's
appropriate to enter such a place.]
{ă§ăăăć¨ćśăăăăăšăăŞăŽăăă."}
[However, I do think I should at least introduce myself to her."]
Maid A: {"ăăăăťăăăăă§ăă."}
["It may be better if you don't."]
Maid B: {"ĺąéşă§ă."}
["It's dangerous."]
Alice: {ďźĺąéşďźďźďźďź}
[(Dangerous???)]
{"ăŠăăăŚĺąéşăŞăŽ?"}
["Why would it be dangerous?"]
Maid A: {"ăăĄăăăéŚăĺăăăăŚăăžăăăă§ăă."}
["Because she would certainly have you beheaded."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŞăă§ăăŁăŚ?"}
["... What did you say?"]
Maid B: {"ăćŠĺŤăćăăăćťĺăŤăăăŚăăžăăžă."}
["If you fail to keep her in high spirits, she will have you put to death."]
Alice: {é¨ä¸ăé¨ä¸ăŞăăä¸ĺ¸ăä¸ĺ¸ă ă}
[It takes a powerful boss to make such subservient servants.]
{ăăźăżăźăé ĺťéă ă¨çĽăŁăă¨ăăŤăŻăä¸ĺ¸ăŻăăăčŚĺ´ăăŚăăă ăăă¨}
[When I heard of Peter's habit of being late, I only thought that his boss was the]
{ćăŁăăă弳çć§ă¨ăăăŽăŻăăăśăăŞć´ĺăăăă}
[one who would have a hard time. But now I see that the Queen herself might be a tyrant.]
Maid A: {"ééăŁăŚăé¨ĺąăŤĺ ĽăŁăăă確ĺŽăŤéŚăćŹăăăžăă}
["If you enter her chambers by mistake, she'll certainly cut off your head.]
{ĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăăŽă§ăăăŠăĺ Ľăă¨ĺąéşă§ă."}
[It's fine to enter, but if you do, it is at your own risk."]
Alice: {"ĺ ĽăŁăĄăé§çŽăŁăŚăă¨ă§ăăăăăăăŻ."}
["Just tell me it's off-limits to enter, in that case."]
{éŚăćŹăăăŚăăžăăăăŞĺ ´ćăăĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăăŞăăŚč¨ăăŞăă§ăťăăă}
[I'd rather they didn't tell me 'it's fine' to go into a place where I'll get beheaded.]
{ćťĺăŤăŞăă¨ĺăăŁăŚăăŚă誰ăĺ ĽăăăŽăă}
[Who would willingly walk into a room that has a death penalty?]
{čśłăç˛ăăăŽă§ĺŽ˘ĺŽ¤ă¸ĺźăŁăăăă¨ćăŁăŚăăă¨ăăă ăŁăăă}
[I'm already worn out, so I was hoping to head back to one of the guest rooms]
{ăăĺ°ăćŠăĺż čŚăĺşćĽăŚăăžăŁăă}
[soon, but now I'll have to walk a little more.]
{"弳çć§ăŽé¨ĺąăŽĺ ´ćăćĄĺ ăăŚăăăă?"}
["Can you show me to the Queen's room please?"]
{ä¸ăä¸ăŤăééăŁăŚčżäťăăŚăăžăăŞăăăăä˝ç˝ŽăŽç˘şčŞăăăăŚăăăă}
[If I'm going to be avoiding this place, I should know where it is.]
{ćĄĺ ăăŚăăăŁăĺžăŻăăăăăăŤăŞăŁăŚăăă}
[But, after being led around so much today, I was exhausted.]
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{ăăźăăŽĺăŽĺŽ˘ĺŽ¤ăŻâŚâŚăăŞăă¨ăăăâŚâŚăăźăăŽĺăăă厢厤ă ăŁăă}
[I don't know how else to say this, but... the guest rooms of Heart Castle... look
like guest rooms of a Heart Castle.]
{ăăăăăăŤăăăźă形ăŽčŁ 飞ă溢ăăŚăăă}
[The entire room is overflowing with heart-shaped motifs.]
{ďźĺä¸ăăăźăă使ăăŞăăăŞăăŞăăŁăŚăăćąşăžăă§ăăăăŽăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(I wonder if it's some kind of rule that everything in the castle has to have a
heart theme...)]
{ďźčľ¤âŚâŚďź}
[(It's so red...)]
{ďźçŽăŤçăăŞâŚâŚďź}
[(My eyes hurt...)]
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* Day to Night, to Evening, to Night, to Morning, to Evening, to Day...
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{ćé帯ăä˝ĺşŚăĺ¤ăăă}
[I don't know how much time has passed,]
{ăŞăă ăăă ă¨ăăźăăŽĺă§ăŽçć´ťăŤăé ĺżăăŚăăžăŁăă}
[but somehow I think I've grown accustomed to daily life at the castle.]
{ç§ăŻăăăžăŤé¨ĺąăĺ¤ăăŞăă厢厤ăŤćťĺ¨ăăăŚăăăŁăŚăăă}
[Every once in a while, I move into another guest room, just to change things up.]
{ĺşăĺĺ ăŤăăé¨ĺąăŻçĄć°ăŤčżăăăă¨ă芹ăéŁćłăăăă}
[There's a practically infinite number of rooms, just like you'd expect from a fairy
tale castle.]
{ďźăăăŤăăŚăâŚâŚé ĺżă§ăăĄăăăăŽăŞăŽăďź}
[(All things considered... it really shows that I can adapt to anything.)]
{ćĺăŻçĄčśčŚčśăŞä¸çă ă¨ćăŁăŚăăŚăäťă§ăăăćăŁăŚăăăă}
[In the beginning I thought this world was completely nonsensical,]
{ć Łăăă°ăăŽä¸çăŻăăăťăŠçšç°ă§ăăŞăă}
[but now that I've gotten used to it, it doesn't seem that peculiar at all.]
{äşşăŻăćĺ¤ă¨ćŽéăŤçć´ťăăŚăăďźćĺ¤ă¨ăă ďźă}
[The people here live surprisingly ordinary lives (very surprisingly).]
{犺ăéŁăă ăĺşćĽăŞăăăéćłă使ăăŞăă}
[They don't fly, or do magic.]
{ĺ°ăŞăă¨ăăĺŚç˛žăăăŻĺşăŚăăăăŤăŞăăŁăă}
[At the very least, I haven't seen any mythical creatures yet.]
{ďźâŚâŚĺŽĺżăăďź}
[(... Which is relieving.)]
{ăăăăăăăŽćéĺ¤ĺăŻăééăăŞăçĄčśčŚčśă ă}
[However, the time shifts here are still certainly absurd. Noon follows night,]
{ćźăŽćŹĄăŻĺ¤ăăăŽćŹĄăŤćźăăăăăăžăĺ¤ăăăăĺ¤ćšăŤăŞăŁăăă}
[which turns back to noon, and back to night, and then evening.]
{ćłĺć§ăä˝ăăŞăăăăăăĺ¤ăăă}
[There's no rhyme or reason, it just keeps changing.]
{ĺ¤ĺăăéăăăăŽă¨ăăŠăăŞăŽă§ăćéćčŚăĺžă ăŤçăŁăŚăăă}
[The length of any time of day is so variable, I've lost all sense of time.]
{äťĺăăăŽăŻăĺăŤćĽăŚăăçľć§ăŞćéăçľéăăă¨ăăăă¨ăăăă ă}
[But one thing I do know is that it's been quite a while since I came to this castle.]
{ăăăŽăĄă¤ăăŤăĺ ľĺŁŤăŤăçĽăĺăăĺ˘ăăă}
[I've gotten to know more of the maids and soldiers as well.]
{誰ă彟ăĺăăŤčŚăăŚăăĺ ¨ĺĄăéăäşşă ă}
[They may look the same, but they all have unique personalities.]
{茪ăăăŞăă°ăéĄă¨ăăăăŽăčŚăăŚăăă}
[As I became closer to them, I found I could even see their faces.]
{ăăăžă§ăŻăŽăŁăşăăźăă ăŁăéĄăŤăĺăĺşăŚăăă}
[I used to think they were featureless, but I can see slight differences now.]
{ĺć§ăčŚăăă°ćçăăă, äşşă弽ăăŤăŞăă°ĺ˝źăăăăĺ ´ćă弽ăăŤăŞă.}
[And the more I learned their personalities, the more attached I grew to them.]
{ç§ăŻă夢ăŽä¸ăŽĺ ´ćăăăźăăŽĺăć°ăŤĺ Ľăĺ§ăăŚăăă}
[By coming to like the people, I think the place has grown on me, too. I've taken a liking to this dream of a Castle of Hearts.]
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* Day to Night, to Evening, to Day...
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{ĺă§ăŽçć´ťăŤăć ŁăăŚăăă}
[Life at the castle is straightforward now.]
{ĺąéşăŞĺ ´ćăčŚăăă, ä˝ăéăăă¨ăăăŚăżăăă.}
[I know which places to keep away from, so I should go find something to do.]
{ăăčăăä˝čŁăĺşăŚăă.}
[It's not like I don't have the free time.]
CHOICE
{ĺăć˘ć¤ăăŚăżă.}
[Explore the castle.] (Vivaldi +1)
OR
{ăăŽăžăžĺŽ˘ĺŽ¤ăŤçăžă.}
[Stay in the guest room.] (=)
Alice in the Country of Hearts (Heart no Kuni no Alice), Part 1 - Common Prologue
???: {"ăă, çĽăŁăŚăăžă?}
["Hey... didn't you know?]
{ă˛ăźă ăŤăŻ 常㍠ăŤăźăŤ ă ăăăă . ĺŽăăŞăă ăăăŞă ăŤăźăŤ.}
[A game is never without rules. Rules which must be followed.]
{ăă¤ă ăŁăŚ, ćĺ ăă 埡ĺśç ㍠湺ăžăŁăŚ ăă ăă¨.}
[This is something that is always set from the very beginning.]
{ăăŞă ă ă˛ăźă ㍠ĺĺ ăăŞăă ăăăŞă ă㨠ă, ăŤăźăŤ.}
[And your participation in this game is one such rule.]
{埡ĺśç ㍠湺ăžăŁăŚ ăă.}
[Something that has already been decided.]
{ăă, ăă㪠ăă¨,}
[Though, even if I hadn't told you,]
{äťć´ 誏ć ăŞă㌠ăăŞă㌠ă ăăŞă 㯠ăă çĽăŁăŚăăžă ăă?}
[you would have known this much already, wouldn't you?]
{ă? çĽăăŞăăŁăăŁăŚ?}
[Hm? You mean you didn't know?]
{äť ăŽ čŞŹć 㧠çĽăŁă ăă ăă, ĺéĄăŞă ă§ă ă.}
[Well then, that's not a problem, since I've just given you the explanation.]
{ăă, ăťă...}
[Hey, look...]
..."
???: {"ăă, ă˛ăźă ă ĺ§ăžă ă..."}
["So then, the game has begun..."]
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Alice: {çŽ ă éăă ă¨, ăă¤ă㎠ćŻč˛ ă ĺşăăŁăŚăă.}
[When I open my eyes, the usual scenery fills my sight.]
{čą ăŽ ĺ˛ăă ĺş. ăŽăŠă 㧠çžăă, ăă¤ă㎠ćĽĺ¸¸.}
[The garden's flowers are in bloom. Everything is as beautiful and peaceful as always.]
{(é ă çă...)}
[(Ow, my head...)]
{ćĽ ăŤ čľˇă ä¸ ă ăă ă¨, é ă ăşăăşă ăă.}
[After sitting up so suddenly, my head was throbbing.]
Lorina: {"ăăŞăăŁăă... ăă... ĺąĺ¤ 㧠ăćźĺŻ ăŞă㌠ăă ăă ă?"}
["Alice... again...? That's what happens when you take naps outdoors."]
Alice: {横 ă§ ćŹ ă čŞăă§ăă ĺ§ ă ăăăă çŹă.}
[My elder sister, who was reading a book beside me, giggles.]
{(ăă, ĺŞé ă ăŞ...)}
[(Ah, she's so elegant...)]
{辡ăćă ㎠é ă§, ăźăăă ćă.}
[My thoughts are fuzzy from just waking up.]
{ĺŻčľˇă ㍠čŚăŚ ă, ĺ§ ăŻ çžăă.}
[But even still, I can't help but admire how beautiful my sister is.]
{ä¸čŹç ㍠čŚăŚ čŻ ă ăă ĺĽłć§ ă§ăŻăŞă ㎠ă ăă ă,}
[She's not the kind of woman that most would call glamorous,]
{ç§ ăŤăŻ čźă㌠čŚăă.}
[but to me, it's as if she sparkles.]
{çŹă声 ăžă§, čą ăŽ ăă.}
[Even the sound of her laugh reminds me of a delicate flower.]
{大ăă ăăăăăŞă ă, ăă ăăă ㎠形厚 ă ĺż čŚ ă .}
[That may seem like an exaggeration, but it's the only suitable comparison.]
{ç§ ă¨ ăŻ, ăžă㧠éă.}
[She's completely different from me.]
{(... ăăă§, ĺă 弳 ăŁăŚăă ćŹă ăŞăă ă㎠ă.)}
[(... I can't possibly compare to a woman like her.)]
Lorina: {"ăăŞă ă ĺš´é ăŞăă ăă, ăăă¨ăă ㍠ăăŞă㌠ăŻ."}
["You're getting to the age where you really must behave more like a lady."]
Alice: {çŞă ă¤ă¤ ă, ĺŞăă ĺ§ăă.}
[My sister is even graceful while scolding me.]
{ĺżăă 严茪 ㎠䝣ăă ㍠ĺ ㍠ă㌠ăăă,}
[To make up for my parents being busy,]
{ĺ§ ă§ ăă ćŻ ăŽ ăă㪠ĺĺ¨ ă§ă ăăäşş ă .}
[she's had to take over the role of mother.]
{ĺć ăă ă¤ăă ăŻăŞă ㎠ă§, ăăŻăăă 㨠蝽ăçă ăŚăă.}
[With no intention of arguing the matter, I answer her with a small "Yes..."]
{(ăă¤ă, ç§ ă ăă㪠ćˇĺĽł ㍠ăŞă ㎠ăăă...)}
[(I wonder if I'll become a proper lady, too, someday...)]
{ĺ§ăă ăżăă ăŞ...}
[Just like my sister...]
(...)
{(... çĄçăŁă˝ăăŞă.)}
[(... I don't think that's even possible.)]
{ĺş ă§ ăăăă ĺŻăŚăă ăă ă§ăŻ, é 㯠é ă.}
[At the very least, it's a long way off for someone who sleeps in the garden.]
{ă ăăăŞă ĺŻčť˘ăł ăŞăă, ĺ§ ă čŚä¸ăă.}
[Lying carelessly in the grass, I look up at my sister.]
{ç§ ăŤăŻ, ă㎠ä˝ç˝Ž ă ăäźźĺăă .}
[This position suits me perfectly.]
{çžăă ăăŽ ăŽ ä¸ ăŤ ăă ă ă 㧠嚸ă.}
[Merely being near someone so flawless is a blessing.]
{çžăă ă㎠ă čŚä¸ă㌠ăă.}
[I continue to admire the beautiful thing before me.]
{ćĽććĽ ăŻ ĺĽ˝ă ă .}
[This is why I enjoy Sundays.]
{ćŠć ăă ćäź ăŽ ç¤źć㍠čĄăăŞăăă°ăŞăăŞă ㎠ă é˘ĺă ă,}
[It's a bother having to get up early for church, but]
{ć ă㪠ĺĺž ă éăă㌠ăă 㨠ăă㍠çăăăŚăăžă.}
[being able to spend my afternoons leisurely like this easily makes up for it.]
{ćäź ă¸ čĄă ăă,}
[More so than going to church,]
{äť ă㎠ćé ㎠ăťăă ăăťăŠ çĽč㪠ă㎠㍠ćăă.}
[this is the time that I consider the most sacred.]
"...
{ăŞăă ă, ĺ¤ăŞ ĺ¤˘ ă ăżă ă."}
[I feel like I just had such a strange dream."]
{ăăăă ă ăŞăă, 芹ăăăă.}
[Idly, I try to strike up a conversation.]
{芹ăăŚăăŞă 㨠ĺăł ç ć° ăŤ ĺźăčžźăžă㌠ăăžă.}
[If we stay in silence like this, I'll just end up falling asleep again.]
Lorina: {"夢? ăŠăăŞ???"}
["A dream? What kind of dream?"]
Alice: {ăŠăăŞ...}
[What kind...?]
{ă㎠çžăă ĺş ăŤ äźźĺă ăă㪠夢 㧠㯠ăŞăăŁă.}
[Well, it wasn't a dream that belongs in this wonderful garden.]
{ćăăŚ, ĺăŞă ć°ć㥠㍠ăŞă 夢.}
[It was dark, and empty.]
{ăŠăăžă§ ă ćăăŚ, 桹ă. č˝ăĄăŚ ăă ăă㪠夢.}
[A deep, heavy, dark. Surrounding me as if I was falling.]
{夢 ă 㨠ĺăăŁăŚăă ăŽăŤ, ăă ćťăăŞă 㨠ćăŁă.}
[Even though I knew it was a dream, I felt like I would never come back.]
"..."
{ă§ă, ćŞĺ¤˘ ă§ăŻ ăŞăăŁă.}
[Yet, it wasn't a nightmare.]
{ăă ă ä¸ćč° ă . ćťăăŞă 㨠ćăŁă ă¨ă,}
[That's the strangest part. At the moment I thought I'd never return,]
{澎ăăă ć°ć㥠㯠羜ć ă§ă ćć ă§ă ăŞă, ĺŽĺ ľ ă ăŁă.}
[the feeling that came to mind wasn't fear, but relief.]
{"ăď˝ă... 芳ăă 㯠čŚăăŚăăŞă ăŽ...}
["Hmm... I don't remember it very well...]
{ă˛ăźă ă ăŠă ă¨ă, ăŤăźăŤ ă ăŞă㨠ă..."}
[Something about a game, and rules..."]
Lorina: {"ă˛ăźă ? ă˘ăŞăš, ă˛ăźă ă ăăăăŁă ăŽ?}
["A game? Did you want to play a game, Alice?]
{ăăăăŞăă ă.}
[I'm so sorry.]
{ćčż, ćŹ ă°ăă čŞăă§ă㌠ć§ăŁăŚ ăăăăăŞăăŁă ă ă."}
[I've been focusing on nothing but books these days, haven't I?"]
Alice: {"ă?}
["Huh?]
{ăă㪠ăă¨ăŞă ă ă. ăă㪠éĄăăŞă ă§, ĺ§ăă."}
[That's not true. Please, don't make that face, Lorina."]
{ĺ§ ăŻ, ćčż ĺşćĽă ăăźă¤ăăŹăłă ă ä˝ĺŽś 㪠ăă ă ăăŁăŚ,}
[My sister has recently begun dating an author, and while she's always]
{ăă¨ă㨠čŞć¸ĺŽś ăŞăŽăŤ 磨ăăăăăŁă.}
[been an avid reader, she's still been working hard to improve her skills lately.]
{čŞć¸ĺŽś ăŞăŽ 㯠ćŞă ă㨠ăăăŞă.}
[Though, being a bookworm isn't a bad thing.]
{ç§ ă, ĺ§ ăŽ čŞć¸ ㎠éŞé ă ăă ă¤ăă ăŻăŞă ă,}
[I don't want to be a nuisance, and interrupt my sister's reading,]
{ć§ăŁăŚ ăăă ăŞă㌠ćăă ăă㪠ĺäž ă§ăăŞă.}
[and it's not as if I'm going to sulk about it like a child.]
{ăžăăŚă, ĺ§ăă ㍠ć˛ăă éĄ ă ăăă ă¤ăă 㯠ćŻé ăŞă ㎠ă .}
[But above everything else, I never wanted to upset her over it.]
Lorina: {"ăăă, 夢 㯠éĄć ㎠襨ă ă¨ăă ă.}
["No. A dream is a manifestation of your true desires.]
{ă㎠ĺ, čŞăă§ăă ĺżçĺŚ ăŽ ćŹ ăŤ ć¸ă㌠ăăŁă ăăŽ.}
[At least, that's what it said in a psychology book I read before this.]
{ăăă¨, ăăă, ăăă¤ă ㎠夢 çčŤ ă ăŁă ăăă?}
[Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, I think it was Freud's Interpretation of Dreams.]
{夢 ㎠ćĺł ăŻ ĺ¸¸ ㍠éĄć ĺ čśł ㍠é˘ăăŁăŚ ăă ㎠ă.}
[It said that the meaning of a dream is always driven by the desire to fulfill a
wish.]
{ăăĄăă, ăăšăŚ ă ăă ă¨ăŻ č¨ăĺăăŞă çš ă ăă ăăŠ,}
[Of course, I wouldn't go as far as to say that everything in the book makes a]
{夢 㯠éĄć ă 蹥垴 ĺăăă ă㎠㧠ăă ă㨠ă ĺ¤ă ㎠ă."}
[flawless argument, however, the idea that your desires influence the symbols that
appear in your dreams is common."]
Alice: {"ă¸, ă¸ă... ĺ§ăă ăŁăŚ, ćŹĺ˝ăŤ çŠçĽă ăŞăŽ ă."}
["Re-Really...? Lorina, you must know about everything."]
{éŠĺ˝ăŤ ç¸ć§ ă ăăŁăŚăă. ćĺż ăŻ ăă ă,}
[I respond so that she knows I'm paying attention. But, as much as I admire her,]
{ăăă¤ă ă ăŠă ă¨ă č¨ăă㌠ă ă´ăă¨ăăŞă.}
[I just couldn't focus when the conversation turned to Freud.]
{ĺ§ ăŻ ăăă. ĺŞăă ă, é ă ăă ă, ćć ă ă㌠ăă.}
[I really have the most amazing elder sister. Gentle, intelligent, and passionate.]
{ăăšăŚ, ç§ ăŤăŻ ĺ˝ăŚăŻăžăăŞă.}
[All of the traits that I don't have.]
{ĺă 弳 㧠ĺ§ĺŚš ăŞăŽăŤ, ĺĽ ăŽ çă çŠ ăŽ ăă ă .}
[Even though we're sisters, it's as if I'm a completely different species.]
{弳 ă¨ă㌠çćł ăŽ čąĄĺž´ 㨠ćăă ăă㪠人 ă ĺ ㍠ăă ăăă,}
[Next to someone who represents everything that makes an ideal woman,]
{ç§ ăŤăŻ ćˇĺĽł ă¨ă㌠㎠ćč ă ćŹ č˝ ă㌠ăă.}
[I lack any sense of being a lady.]
{ĺ§ ăŽ ćč˛ ă ćŞă ăă ă§ăŻăŞă.}
[It's not a bad thing that my sister is well-educated,]
{ĺźľăĺă ć° ă ăžăŁăă ăŞă ăŞăŁăŚ ăăžă ㎠ă .}
[but there's no chance I could ever compete.]
{"ăă, äťćĽ 㯠ăŞăăŽ ćŹ ăčŞă㧠ăă ăŽ? ăăŽ... ĺżçĺŚ ăŽ ćŹ?"}
["Hey, what are you reading today? Is that... a psychology book?"]
Lorina: {"ăă, ă㎠ćŹ?}
["Oh, this one?]
{ăăăă... ăă ă¨ă č¨ăă ă, ăă ă§ăŞă ă¨ă č¨ăă ă.}
[Well... you certainly could say that it is, and you could also say that it isn't.]
{獼芹 ㎠ăăăŞ, ĺ°čŞŹ ㎠ăă㪠芹 ăŞăŽ."}
[It's a short story, almost like a fairy tale."]
Alice {"獼芹..."}
["A fairy tale..."]
{ă˝ăă ă¨ă㌠ăăžă.}
[I stare at her blankly.]
Lorina: {"ăă, 錏隿 ㍠ăă ă㎠ăăăŞă ă ă.}
["Oh, it's not just some childish story.]
{獼芹 ă ĺ 獼ĺă ㎠ĺ°čŞŹ ăŤăŻ,}
[When you look deeper, fairy tales and children's novels]
{čŁ ăŤ äźč¨ ă ćč¨ ă ĺŤăžă㌠ăă ăă§ă ăăŽ."}
[are often someone's life story or contain valuable lessons."]
Alice: {"ă... 錏隿㍠ăă ăăăăŞă ă.}
["Ah... I wasn't thinking it was childish.]
{ĺ§ăă ă 獼芹 ă čŞă ăŞă㌠çăă 㨠ćăŁă ă ă."}
[I just thought it was strange for you to be reading a fairy tale."]
{ăă¤ă ĺ§ ăŻ éŁăă ćŹ ă°ăă čŞă㧠ăă.}
[Lorina only likes to read the most difficult books.]
{ç§ ăŞăăŚ, ĺé é¨ĺ 㧠ç ăăŞăŁăŚ ăăžă ăă㪠ă㎠ă°ăă ă .}
[Whenever I try to read them, I fall asleep before I get through the first chapter.]
Lorina: {"獼芹 ăŻ, ă㎠弼 ㍠ćč¨ ă ĺŤăžă㌠ăă 㨠ĺăăŁăŚ ăă ăă}
["Since it is a fairy tale, it should already be understood that it contains a lesson,]
{ç°Ąĺ ă ăăŠ... ăăŽ ćŹ ăŻ... ç°Ąĺ ă ă㊠éŁč§Ł ă ă."}
[however... with this book... it's simple, yet complicated."]
Alice: {"ăŠăăă ăă¨?"}
["What do you mean?"]
Lorina: {"桹čŞăżăă㰠弼 ă 桹ă ăăŠ,}
["If you read deep enough into it, it can be profound,]
{桹čŞăżăăĄă é§çŽăŞ ć° ă ăă ăŽ.}
[but trying to read deeply into everything is also a bad thing.]
{弼 ă ăă ă㨠ă ćăă ăŞăŽăŤ,}
[Although it is obvious that there is an underlying message,]
{éŁăă čăăĄă 弼 ă čŚăăŞă ăŞă ăŁăŚ ăă ă..."}
[if you think too hard about everything, you still won't be able to see it...]
Alice: {"... ăŻă.}
["... Huh.]
{ăăŁăąă éŁăă 芹 ăŞăŽ ă.}
[I knew it must be a challenging book.]
{ăăă¨ă, ĺ§ăă ă éŁăăăăĄăăŁăŚ ăă ă ă ăŞăŽ ăăă."}
[Either that, or maybe you're only making it harder for yourself, Lorina."]
Lorina: {"ăď˝ă... ăŠăăŞăŽ ăăă... ç§ăŁăŚ, ăă čă ăŤăŻ ăžăŁăĄăă ㎠ăă..."}
["Hmm... I wonder... Perhaps I've fallen into the trap of thinking too much."]
Alice: {çé˘çŽ 㪠人 ă . 錏隿 ㍠ă㌠ăă ăă 㧠ăŞă, 垎çŹăžăă.}
[She's such a serious person. Never fooling around, and always pleasant.]
{ăă çé˘çŽăŞ ă ă 㧠ăŞă, ăăăăŁăŚ ćŠă姿 ă ĺŽ ăŤ ĺĽłć§ăăă.}
[But even though she's serious, she seems even more feminine this way.]
{ĺŻćă 㨠ćăă ççé˘çŽă ă .}
[Her face is so earnestly worried, it's cute.]
{"ăŠăăă 芹 ăŞăŽ?"}
["What kind of story is it?"]
Lorina: {"ăšăăźăŞăź...? ăăăŁă¨ ă, 弳ăŽĺ ă ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝ ㍠迡ăčžźă ㎠ă.}
["The story...? Well, it's about a girl who loses her way, and ends up in a place
called Wonderland.]
{ăă㧠ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝ 㪠ĺéş ă ăă ăă ăăŠ... }
[It's mostly about her adventures in a mysterious world, however...]
{ćĺ 㯠ă, ăŚăľăŽ ă..."}
[it all started when a rabbit--..."]
Alice: {ć ă ćŻăŁăŚ, ä¸ćă㌠ăăă. 芹 ă éˇăăŞă ăă ă .}
[I wave my hand to stop her. This seems like a long explanation.]
{ĺŽăŽă¨ăă, ç ăăŞă ăă㍠芹 ă㌠ăă ă ă ă§ ćŹ ăŤ ĺŻžăăŚ}
[To tell the truth, I only asked about the story to keep myself from falling asleep,]
{㎠čĺł ăŻ čă. ăăăžă§ 芳細 ă çĽăăă ăă ă§ăŻăŞăăŁă.}
[and I don't really have any interest in the book. I don't need her to go into that
much detail.]
{"ăă, éä¸ çľé 㯠ăŻăăăŁăĄăăŁăŚ ăă ă.}
["Uh, it's okay if you just skip the middle.]
{弳ăŽĺ ă ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź ăŽ, ĺéş ă㎠ăŞăŽ ă. ăăă§?}
[The main character is a girl, she goes on an adventure. And?]
{ćĺž ăŻ ăŠă ăŞă ăŽ?"}
[What happens at the end?"]
Lorina: {"... ćĺž!? ăăăŞ, ćĺž ă ă çĽăăă ă ăŞăăŚ..."}
["... The end!? You really only want to know the ending...?"]
Alice: {"ç§, ć¨ç ĺ°čŞŹ ㎠çŻäşş 㨠ăăŞă㯠ă ĺ ㍠čă㌠ăăăăă,}
["I'm a special breed of person that wants to see the criminal revealed in the]
{ĺĽçš 㪠人税 ăŞăŽ ă. ăăăă ă ă çĽăăă ăŽ."}
[beginning of the detective novel, and find out their motivations as I go. I just
want a summary."]
Lorina: {"ăăŞă ăŁăŚ ĺ ăŻ, ăă...}
["You're still such a child, but alright...]
{ă㎠ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝ ㎠弳çć§ ă ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź ă čŁĺ¤ ㍠ăăă ㎠ă.}
[The Queen of Wonderland puts the girl on trial.]
{ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź 㯠éăĺşă ăŽ."}
[But the heroine escapes."]
Alice: {"? čŁĺ¤ 㧠éăĺşăă ăťăŠ, ćé ă 硊ăăŁă ăŽ?}
["...? How did she escape from the trial? Were her handcuffs loose?]
{čŚĺ ㎠人é ăŻ ä˝ ă ăăŚăă ăŽ?"}
[What were the guards doing?"]
Lorina: {"ăăăă 芹 ăăăŞă ㎠ă...}
["It's not that kind of story...]
{ĺż ćť ăŤ éăăŚ, ăăă§ çŽ ă čŚăžă ăŽ."}
[She was frantically trying to run away, when she suddenly opened her eyes."]
Alice: {"... ăŞăă , 夢ăŞă ăŞăŽ ă."}
["... What? It's one of those "it was all a dream" endings?"]
Lorina: {"ăăăă 㨠ĺ ăĺăăŞă ă㊠ă..."}
["You could say it all meant nothing in the end, but..."]
{čŞč ăŤă¨ăŁăŚ, 夢ăŞă 㨠ćťăŤ ăŞă 㯠ć ă}
[For the reader, "it was all a dream" endings and "they were dead all along"]
{ăĺ ăĺăăŞăăăŞă 㨠ăăă.}
[endings can just as easily be called "it all meant nothing" endings.]
{"使ăĺ¤ăăă ăă㪠çľăă ćš ă...}
["That kind of ending is a bit overused...]
{... �"}
[... So?"]
Lorina: {"ă?"}
["Hm?"]
Alice: {"çľćŤ ăŻ?"}
[What happened in the end?]
Lorina: {"ăă ă çľćŤ ă. äť č¨ăŁă ㎠ă ăŠăšă."}
["That was it. What I just told you was the end."]
Alice: {"çŽ ă čŚăăŚ, ăă㧠ăăăžă?"}
["She opened her eyes, and that was it?"]
Lorina: {"ăă ăŞăŽ."}
["That was it."]
Alice: {"ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź 㯠ăăăă ăŠă ă ăŞă ăŞăăŁă ăŽ?}
["Didn't the protagonist do anything after that?]
{ăăăžă§ ĺéş ăă ㎠ăŞă,}
[If she'd been on such an adventure up to that point,]
{çˇ ă ㍠ĺżçćĺ ăăă 㯠ăăŁă ăă§ăăă?"}
[wasn't there at least some kind of explanation of her psyche in the end?"]
Lorina: {"çš ăŤ ćĺ ăă㌠ăăŞă ă.}
["Nothing in particular.]
{ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź ㎠ĺżçćĺ 㧠ăŞă,}
[The protagonist's psychology isn't explained in the end,]
{ăĺ§ăă ㎠ĺżçćĺ ă§ çˇ ăă ăăăă ㎠ă.}
[rather, it defines her elder sister's condition.]
{ä¸ťäşşĺ Ź ă ç´ ćľ ăŞ ĺ¤§äşş ㍠ăŞăŁăŚ ăăă ăă㍠ăŁăŚ,}
[The sister only hopes that the protagonist will become]
{ăĺ§ăă 㯠éĄă ăŽ.}
[a wonderful adult someday.]
{ăă ă, ă㎠çŠčŞ ăŽ çľăă ćš..."}
[And that's the way this tale ends..."]
Lorina: {"獼芹 ăă ăŻ... ĺ°ă 大人 ĺă ăăă.}
["More than children... I think this story is aimed at young adults.]
{ĺäž ă čŞă㧠漽ăăă ăă㪠芹 ăăăŞă ăăăăăŞă ă.}
[If a child were to read this, I do not believe they would enjoy it very much.]
{貸ă㌠ăăăžăăă ă?"}
[Would you like to borrow it?"]
Alice: {"ĺäž ă čŞă㧠漽ăăă ăă㪠芹 ăăăŞă ă§ăăă?}
["Didn't you just say that children wouldn't enjoy reading it?]
{ăăă, ăăŁă¨ ç§ ă čŞă㧠ă 漽ăăăŞă ă."}
[Then, I'm certain I wouldn't be able to enjoy it either."]
{ăă㪠芹, 大人 ă§ă 漽ăăăŞă ć° ă ăă. ăŠă ă é˘ç˝ă ăŽă,}
[I feel like even adults wouldn't be interested in this story.]
{ăăăă ă čăă éă ă§ăŻ čĺł ă ă˛ăăăŞă.}
[After hearing the summary, I'm not invested at all.]
{ĺ§ ăŽ ăă㍠桹čŞăżă㌠ăżăă ă¨ăă ć° ă 辡ăăŞăăŁă.}
[I definitely won't read into things as deeply as my sister.]
{ĺăă ă¨ăă ă§, ćă¤ăă ㎠ăžăž ĺăăŁăąăŞă ㍠ăŞăŁăŚăăžă ă ăă.}
[Even if I borrowed it, it would end up sitting completely untouched.]
{"ç§ ăŤăŻ, ăăăă çšç´° 㪠芹 㯠ĺăăŚăăŞă ăŽ."}
["Subtle stories like that don't really suit me."]
{ĺŽăŽă¨ăă, ç§ ă ăăŞă ćŹ ă 弽ă 㪠ăťă ă .}
[Truthfully, I also like to read quite a bit.]
{ăăăă ă¨ăă 㯠ăăă㍠ĺ§ĺŚš ă¨ăăă ă, ćŹ ăŻ ăă čŞă.}
[One similarity that my sister and I share is a skill for reading.]
{ă ă, 弽㿠ă¨ăăă㎠ă ăă.}
[It's only our tastes that differ.]
{"賢ăă㪠芹 㯠ă㥠ă ă. ăăŁă¨, ĺăă ăăă ă㎠ă§ăŞă ă¨."}
["I don't like these intellectual books. I'm more interested in things that are easier
to understand."]
Lorina: {"ăă, ăžă... ăăŞăăŁăă, ăă¤ă ăăăŞăľăăŤ...}
["Come now... You always behave like this...]
{ăăŞă 㯠ăă ĺäž ăăăŞăă, ćŹĺ˝ 㯠ăăă é ă ăă ă§ăăă?}
[You are no longer a child, and you must see how bright of a girl you are, don't]
{ĺŚć Ą ㎠ć縞 ă ăă ă,}
[you? Your grades are good, and I heard from]
{ăŞăă§ă ăă¤ăŞă ăăŞăăŁăŚ ĺ ç ă čŞă㌠ăăăŁăăăŁă ă ă."}
[your teacher that you can handle all of the lessons without extra help."]
Alice: {"ăăăŻ, ăă čŞ˛éĄ ă ăăŞă㌠ăă ă ă ă§...}
["That's just being able to do normal homework though...]
{ăžă, é˘čŤ ㍠čĄăŁăŚ ăăă ăŽ?}
[Still, did you really go to another interview with my teacher though?]
{ăă㪠ăŽ, 瞊ĺ ăăăŞă ăă ăă čĄăăŞă㌠ă ăă ăŽăŤ."}
[You know it's fine if you don't. It's not your responsibility."]
Lorina: {"ăă 㯠ăăăŞă ă.}
["You know that isn't true.]
{ç§ ăŻ, ăăŞă ㎠ćŻčŚŞ 䝣ăă ăŞăă§ă ăă ă.}
[I have to stand-in for Mother right now.]
{ăăŞă 㯠ăăăăŁă éŁçľĄ ă ăă㍠é ă㌠ăăžă ăă,}
[And since you always hide things like this, it makes it so hard to find out]
{ć˘ă ĺ˝ăŚă ăŽăŤ čŚĺ´ ăă ă."}
[how you're doing, and I worry."]
Alice: {ĺŞăă çŽ ă§ čŚă¤ăăăăŚ, ç §ăă. ăăăăŁăă.}
[The way her caring eyes fix on me makes me feel sheepish. It's embarrassing.]
{ăăŞăźă ďź ăŞăăŤ. ĺ§ ă§ ăă ćŻ ăŽ ăă㪠ĺĺ¨ ăŽ äşş.}
[Lorina Liddel, both sister and mother.]
{ĺš´čĽă ĺ§ ăŞăŽăŤ, ćŹçŠ ㎠ćŻčŚŞ 㨠éŻčŚ ă ăă ㍠ăŞă.}
[Even though she's still young, sometimes I mistake her for my real mother.]
{ăăă ă, 彟弳 㯠ć ă 桹ă.}
[Still looking my way, she exhales deeply.]
{ç§ ăŤă, ĺŻćă 匚, ĺŻćă ĺ¨ ă ćźă㌠ăżăă ă¨ăă ć° ăŤ}
[It's as if I'm acting both as her cute little sister, and daughter.]
{ăă㌠ăăă. 彟弳 ㎠ćĺž ăŤ ĺżă, ăăăŞă ăŞăăă°, ă¨.}
[I should do my best to meet her expectations for me.]
{"... ăăăă¨ă. ăă¤ă ćé ă ăăăăăĄăăŁăŚ ăăă ă."}
["... Thank you. I'm sorry I always end up taking so much of your time."]
Lorina: {"ä˝ č¨ăŁăŚă ăŽ. 厜ć ăăăŞă.}
["What are you saying? We're family, aren't we?]
{ăă㍠é˘čŤ ăŞă㌠ć°ĺĺ ㎠ă㨠ă.}
[Besides, the interview was only 10 minutes long.]
{ćé ăŞă㌠ă㎠ăăăŞă ă."}
[It was hardly taking up my time."]
Alice: {"ăă?... çśăă ㍠čăă㌠ăăăă ă."}
["Really?... I wish Father could hear about it."]
Lorina: {"ăçść§ ăŻ..."}
["Father is--..."]
Alice: {"ăŻă, ăŻă. ăăăăŞăă.}
["I know, I know. I'm sorry.]
{ăă ăă, çśăă 㯠ăäťäş ă ăă ăăŽ.}
[Father has to take care of his work.]
{ă ăă, ç§ ăŤ ĺ˛ă ćé ăŞă㌠ăŞă㌠ĺ˝çś."}
[Of course he can't always make time for me."]
Lorina: {"... ă˘ăŞăš."}
["... Alice."]
Alice: "...
{... ăăă. çŽč ă č¨ăŁăĄăă ㎠㯠ç ăŞăŽ ă."}
[... Sorry. I know my sarcasm is a bad habit."]
{ăşăă 㨠č ă ĺşă. ĺäžăŁă˝ă.}
[I say, sticking my tongue out jokingly. Just like a child.]
{ĺäž ăŽ ăă㍠ćŻčă ㎠ăŻ, 漽ă ăă ă .}
[It's so easy to just behave like a child.]
{ĺš´ ㎠ĺ˛ăŤ ĺäžăŁă˝ă ć ă, ĺ§ ăŽ čśŁĺł. ĺ§ ăŻ, ç§ ăŽ ă㨠ă, ăă}
[Even my clothes are immature for my age, but Lorina thinks they're cute.]
{ä¸äşşăŽĺŚš ăť ă¤ăźăăŁăš ĺć§ ăŤ ĺŻćă 匚 ă 㨠ćăŁăŚ ăă㌠ăă.}
[She treats me the same way as she does my other, younger, sister, Edith.]
{ă ăă, ĺéă ă ăăŚ ä˝ ă§ă 弽ćç ㍠čŚăŚ ăă.}
[So, she looks past everything I do as if it's a misunderstanding.]
{äť ăŽ ăăă¨ă ăŤă ć˛ăă éĄ ă ăă㌠ăăžăŁă ă,}
[In our exchange just now, even though I know I made my sister upset,]
{ăă ăŤă ĺ¤ĺ 㪠誤解 ă ĺŤăžă㌠ăă ăŻă ă .}
[I'm sure that she thought of it as nothing but a slip of the tongue.]
{çśčŚŞ ă ć§ăŁăŚ ăăăŞăăŚ, ćă㌠ăă 匚.}
[Her baby sister is just sulking about how father doesn't spend enough time with]
{ĺ°ă ă°ăă ㎠ä¸ĺš¸.}
[us. Nothing but a little outburst.]
{(ĺ˘é ç ăŤ, ăăăŤă 厜ć ă㎠㎠ĺ°čŞŹ ㍠ăăăă ă ă.)}
[(I'm sure there are all kinds of books about families just like this.)]
{ăăăă, ĺżçĺŚ ă ĺż čŚ ă¨ ăăă㪠çšç´°ăŞ ĺ°ĺĽłĺ.}
[With images of delicate little girls in need of psychological examination.]
{ĺ§ ă ĺżçĺŚ ăŽ ćŹ ă čŞăżćźăŁăŚ ăă ㎠ă ăŁăŚ,}
[After all, Lorina's been reading quite a few psychology books these days,]
{ç§ ăŤ ăžăŁăă é˘äżăŞă ă¨ăŻ ćăăŞă. ĺ§ ăŻ ç§ ă 誤解 ă㌠ăă.}
[and I can't imagine that's completely unrelated to me. But if that is the case, she's
also misunderstanding me.]
{(ĺˇă¤ă ăăă, ĺ¤ć 㪠嚴é ă ă¨ă...)}
[(Apparently, girls my age are fragile and sensitive...)]
{čŞĺ ă ăă ćăă㌠ăă ă¨ăăă, ăĄăăŁă¨ ăăŁă¨ăăŞă.}
[But if she actually thinks of me that way, it's a bit off-putting.]
{ĺŽé ăŽ ç§ ăŻ, ăă㪠㍠ĺŻćăăă ăŻăŞă ㎠ă .}
[In reality, I'm not at all as sweet and gentle as that.]
{çś ă ĺŚć Ą ㎠é˘čŤ ㍠ćĽă ă ăŠăăăŞăŠ, ăŠăăăŚă ăă.}
[It really makes no difference to me whether or not Father comes to]
{ăă㪠ă㨠㧠ćăă ăŞă㌠錏隿 ăăă.}
[parent-teacher interviews, for example. It would be absurd to mope about
something as small as that.]
{ĺăăŚ, ćč˛č˛ť ă ç洝貝 ă ćăŁăŚ ăăăŚăă.}
[He's working to pay for our house, and schooling.]
{ăăă ă㧠çśčŚŞ ă¨ă㌠㯠ĺ ĺ ă .}
[That's enough to ask of him already.]
{çś ăŻ, 大é 飲㿠ă§ăăŞăăă° ć´ĺ ă ćŻăă ăă ă§ăăŞă.}
[Father isn't a heavy drinker, and he would never be violent. He's not even]
{粞çĽç ăŤă, 厜ć ă ĺˇă¤ăăă 㯠ăăŞă.}
[emotionally distant, so there's nothing that's going to tear our family apart.]
{ç§ ă, ć°č˛ăŽćŞă 厜ć ă㎠㎠ĺ°čŞŹ ㎠ăăăŤ, ăăçśăă ăŻ}
[I'm not like those immature children you read about, going on about how I hate]
{ç§ ă ćă㌠ăă㌠ăăŞă ăă ăă ăŞăŠă¨ăăă ăă㪠嚴 ă§ăăŞă.}
[my father, or grumbling about useless things.]
{(ćĽč§Ś ă ĺ°ăŞă ă ăă§,}
[(It's true we don't have much time together,]
{ăžăŁăă ㎠çĄé˘ĺż ăŁăŚăă ăă ăăăŞă ăăŽ.)}
[but that doesn't make me feel any colder towards my family or anything.)]
{ă§ă, çś ă ćă㌠ăă ㎠ăŻ, ćŻ ă ă.}
[However, Father only really loves Mother.]
{éĺťĺ˝˘ ă . ćŻ ă ă, ă ăŁă.}
[That should actually be in the past tense. Mother was the only one.]
{ă ăă, ćŻ ăŽ ĺäž ă§ ăă ç§é ㎠é˘ĺ ă ăżăŚ ăăă.}
[And that's the real reason he still takes care of her children.]
{ĺŽĺ 㧠ăă ăŞăă, ăŠăă čŞĺ ㎠ĺäž ă¨ăă ćčŚ ăŻ čăă}
[Although he is our biological father, there's never been a very deep feeling that]
{ă ă... ă ăăŠ, ăăăŞă ㍠大ĺ ㍠ćąăŁăŚ ăă㌠ăă.}
[we're his children... Still, he treats us with great care.]
{ä¸ćş ăŞăŽ ăŻ, ĺ§ ăŤ ćé ă ăăăă㌠ăă ăă¨.}
[I'm only upset that I impose on my sister's time.]
{ăăăă㌠ăăžăŁăŚ ăă čŞĺ ㍠ă¤ăŠă¤ă.}
[It annoys me to know that I inconvenience her.]
{ĺ§ ăŽ č¨ăéă, ç§ăŻăă ĺäžă§ăŻăŞă.}
[As my sister said, I'm not a child anymore.]
{ăăă, ăžă ĺäžă§ ăçśăăŞă㌠ăŞăăŞă.}
[However, I have to keep living like one.]
{é¤č˛ăă, é˘ĺ ă ăżăŚăăăŁăŚăă. čŞĺă ă㧠㯠çŤăŚă,}
[I'm being cared for, and watched over. I can't stand on my own,]
{ä¸ĺ¨ ăăĄăŽ çś ăŽ ăăă§ ĺ§ ăŤăŻ é˘ĺăŽăă éăă .}
[and because of my father's absence, all the burden lands on my sister.]
{(ă㤠çľĺŠ ăăăŁăŚăăăăăŞă ăŽăŤ...)}
[(I wonder how long it will be until she gets married...)]
{ćąĺŠč ă ĺž ă çľśăăŞă ăŽăŤ, ĺ§ăŻç§ăĺžčŚäşşăŽ ĺż čŚ}
[Even though she has no shortage of suitors, my sister says she isn't going]
{ăŽăŞăăŞă ĺš´ ăŤăŞăăžă§ăŻ çľĺŠăă ć°ăăŞăă¨ăă.}
[to worry about marriage until she no longer has to act as my legal guardian.]
{ĺŤăé ăăŚăăžă ăť}
[She may miss her chance to marry because of me.]
{ĺż čŚăŞă 㨠ćăżăŞăăă, ç§ăŻăžă é˘ĺăăżăăăçŤĺ ´ ă čąăăŞă.}
[But, while I don't want to be a bother, I'm in no position to deny her.]
{ăŠăăăăăăŞă. ç§ăŻ ĺäž ă ăă.}
[There's no other way. Since I'm still a child.]
{ä˝ ă ĺżă大人ă§ă, çŤĺ ´ 㯠ĺäž ă . ăă㪠čŞĺ ă ĺŤăă .}
[My body and mind may be that of an adult, but I'm stuck in the position of a
child. And I hate myself for it.]
{çśăŤ 寞ă㌠çŽč ă č¨ăŁăăăŞă ăŽăŻ, äťćšăŞă.}
[So I can't help making cynical remarks about my father.]
{ç§ăĺ§ăŤ 迡ć ăăăăăă ĺžăŞăăŽăŻ,}
[After all, at the end of the day,]
{çľĺąăŽă¨ăă ä¸ĺ¨ ăăĄăŞ çśăŽăă ă ăăă .}
[the reason I have to bother Lorina is because he's not around.]
{ĺ ć ăĺăăŁăŚăăŚă, ĺŤăă .}
[I can understand my circumstances, and still hate them.]
{čŞĺăŽçŤĺ ´ă¨ĺăăăŚ, ĺŤăăăă ĺžăŞă.}
[I can't help but loathe my position in it all.]
CG - Storytime with Lorina
{"ă§ă... ç§ăăŞăă§ăăă¤ăŞăăăŞă, ăă..."}
["But... It's not as if I'm doing anything out of the ordinary..."]
{é˘čŤă§ čŞăăăăă¨ăă é¨ĺă, çŽčăŤčăăă.}
[I find it ironic to hear that I received praise at the teacher's interview.]
{ĺŽéăŤăŻ, 誰ăăŤé˘ĺăăżăŚăăăăă°ăŞăă, }
[In every aspect of my life,]
{ă㎠çžçś ă ćç ´ăăăă¨ăĺşćĽăŞăăŽăŤ.}
[I always have people assessing my condition.]
{"ĺ çăăăč¨ăŁăăŽ? ăăăŁăŚ, čŞăč¨čăŞăŽăăă."}
["Did Teacher really say that? In that case, maybe I should take it as a
compliment."]
{ć äťťăŽć帍ă, ćĺ°ćŞăćăĺşăăŚăżă.}
[I think of how ill-tempered my teacher usually is.]
{ĺŚć Ąă§ăŽç§ăŻ, ĺŞç§ăŞć縞ăĺŠăă ăăŚăŻăăŚă, ĺŞççă§ăŻăŞă.}
[Even though I have excellent grades in school, I'm not an honour student.]
{ĺ ç㍠寞ăăŚ, ćŞćŻăăăă° ćĺ°ćŞăăă.}
[It seems that when you pull pranks on the teacher, they get upset.]
Lorina: {"ă˘ăŞăš... ĺŚć ĄăĺŤăăŤăŞăŁăăŽ?"}
["Alice... Do you dislike your school?"]
Alice: {(... ç§ăŁăŚă°, ăŠăăăŚăă...)}
[(... I already told you, so why are you asking again...)]
{ăŠăăŤă čŚé ăćŞă.}
[This is a bad topic.]
{ăă㪠ć°ăŻăŞăăŽăŤ, ć˛ăăéĄăăăăŚăăžă.}
[I make an apologetic face, even though that isn't how I really feel.]
{ăčˇçŠ ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăŚ, ĺ˘çŠ´ăćăăŽă ăăăăžă.}
[Adding another burden for her would only be digging my own grave.]
{"ăăăŞăă¨ăŞăă. ćăă§čĄăăăŚăăăŁăŚăăăă ăăŽ.}
["That's not it at all. I'm happy to be able to go there.]
{ĺŚć ĄăŻćĽ˝ăăă. ććĽă, ĺéäťăĺăăć°éŽŽăŞăŽ."}
[School is fun. The lessons are interesting, and I've met so many new people."]
Lorina: {"ćŹĺ˝? ăăăăăăăăăŚăăŞă?"}
["Really? You aren't being bullied, are you?"]
Alice: {"ăăă..."}
["Bullied..."]
{ăśăŁă¨, ăľăĺşăăăăŤăŞă. ĺ§ă çĺŁăŤĺżé ăăŚăăăŽă, ä˝č¨ăŤăăăă.}
[I was so surprised I almost laughed. And Lorina looks so genuinely concerned
it's only making it worse.]
{"... ăŁ... ĺäşşé˘äżăŻ... čŻĺĽ˝ă..."}
["... Hmhm~... My friends are great... really..."]
{ĺ§ăŻçĺŁ.}
[My sister is so serious.]
{çĺŁăŞăŽă . çŹăŁăĄăăăăŞă.}
[Serious. So I shouldn't smile.]
{ĺ§ăŽĺżé ăŻ, çĺ¤ăă§ăŻăŞă.}
[It's not that Lorina's concerns are absurd.]
{ăăă, ĺ§ăŽä¸ăŽç§ăŻăăŻă ĺéăăăăŚăă.}
[There just seems to be a lot of miscommunication between her and I.]
{ćă厜ăŻ, 貴ć ㎠厜糝ăŞăŠă§ăŻăŞăă, ăăăŞă㍠čŁçŚă .}
[Our family may not be aristocrats or anything, but we're still well-off.]
{ĺ§ăŻç§ăŽăăă¨ĺŽśăŤăăŚăăăă, ćŻčŚŞăŽăăăŤĺŽśäşăăăŞăăŚăăăŚăăă,}
[And although my sister stays living at our house for my sake, and does the]
{ä˝ăżčžźăżăŽä˝żç¨äşşăéăăăăăăŤĺŽśč¨ăŻć˝¤ăŁăŚăă.}
[housework, we can also afford to have a live-in maid.]
{äťă ăŁăŚ, ĺşăĺąćˇăŽĺŽśäşćäźăăŤ, éăă§ĺŽśćżĺŠŚăćĽăŚăăăŽă .}
[Even now, the housekeeper is somewhere on the vast grounds of our residence.]
{ĺąćˇăŽä¸ăĺżăăĺăĺă弳ć§ăćć çŞăăčŚă.}
[Sometimes I see her busily moving past the windows.]
{ĺäşşăŽĺäžăćăŁăć°ăŽăăä¸ĺš´ĺĽłć§ă ă, ăăăžăăăŚ... }
[She's a nice middle-aged woman with four children, a bit loud, but--...]
{ă¨ăăă, ćă厜ăŻăăăăăŤčŁçŚă .}
[Anyway, that's how wealthy my family is.]
{貴ćăŽăăăŞĺ°ä˝ăŻăŞăă¨ă, ăăŽăăă㎠čłçŁăăă 厜ăŞăă°,}
[Even without the status of nobles, if a family has this many assets,]
{ĺäžăŤăŻĺŽśĺşć帍ăă¤ăăăĺŻĺŽżĺśăŽĺŚć Ąă§ćč˛ăĺăăăăăŽă匼ĺ˝.}
[it's reasonable that their children would go to a boarding school, or have a private
tutor.]
{ä¸çżăŤĺžăă°, ç§ăĺ§ăăăă§ăăŁăăăăŤĺŽśĺşć帍ăŤćăăăšăă .}
[Following that social construct, I should be taught by a personal tutor, like]
{ăăăăŻ, 匚 ăť ă¤ăźăăŁăš ăŽăăăŤĺŻĺŽżĺśăŽĺŚć ĄăŤĺ Ľăă.}
[Lorina was. Or, enroll in a private school, like Edith.]
{ĺŽé, ć°ĺš´ĺăžă§ăŻ ç§ăŤă厜ĺşć帍ăă¤ăăŚăă. ĺăŽĺŽśĺşć帍ă}
[Actually, until a few years ago, I had a private teacher, too.]
{čžăăă¨ă, é źăżčžźăă§ĺ ŹçŤăŽĺŚć ĄăŤčť˘ĺ ĽăăăŚăăăŁăăŽă .}
[After he resigned, I asked to attend a public school.]
{çśăŻć¸ăŁăă, ĺ§ă誏ĺžăăŚăăă. ăžăŁăă, ĺ§ăŤăŻé ăä¸ăăăŞă.}
[Father was reluctant, but Lorina persuaded him. He was no match for her.]
{"漽ăă ĺŚć Ąçć´ťăăăăŁăŚăăă. ćŹĺ˝ă?"}
["My school life is honestly fine. Okay?"]
Lorina: {"... ăŞă, ăăă. ăăŞăăĺŚć ĄăŤéăăăă¨č¨ăĺşăăă¨ă}
["... In that case, alright. Ever since you first]
{ăŤăŻăŠăăŞăăă¨ăă¨ćăŁăăăŠ..."}
[said you wanted to attend that school, I've just worried about things like that."]
Alice: {"ă㎠çŻăŻă迡ćăăăăăăžăăŚ..."}
["I'm sorry that it troubled you..."]
Lorina: {"ĺčŤăŤčăăăŞăăŽ, ăăŞăăŽăŻ.}
["That didn't sound like a joke to me.]
{ćăă, ăŠăă äťäşşčĄĺă§... ăăŁă¨, çăăŚăăăăŽăŤ."}
[Do you still have to stand on formality so much? It is alright to depend on me more,
you know."]
Alice: {"çăăŚăăăă. äťă ăŁăŚ, ăăă.}
["I do depend on you. So much, even now.]
{ăăăç§ăŞăăŽçăćšăŞăŽ."}
[This is how I'd rather be helped."]
Lorina: {"ăŻă... ĺŤăăăŚăŻăăŞăă¨ćăăăŠ..."}
["I don't think you're doing this because you dislike me, but..."]
Alice: {"ĺŤă ăŠăăă, 大弽ă ă. ĺ§ăă."}
["I don't dislike you at all. I love you. You're my sister."]
{ĺ§ăŽĺŽĺżăăă§ăăăč¨čăé¸ăłăŞăăă, ĺŚĺŽăŻăăăăŞă.}
[While choosing my words carefully, to set my sisters mind at ease, I can't]
{ăŠăăçˇĺźăăăăŚăăžăŁăŚăă.}
[completely deny it. I have been keeping my distance.]
{ĺŻćăăśăŁăŚă, ćŹĺ˝ăŻçăćšăŞăăŚăăĺăăăŞă.}
[Even though I put on this cute façade, I really don't know how to depend on others.]
{弽ăăćšăŞăăŚ, ăăŁă¨ĺăăăŞă.}
[And I really don't know how to be charming, either.]
{ăăĄăăăăŽčłçŁĺŽśĺą¤ă ă¨, 貴ćăŽăăžăăĺ¤äźçăŤăćăăăćŠäźăăă.}
[Since we're in a wealthy class, we often get invited to aristocratic soirĂŠes.]
{ăăă§ĺžăćč¨ăŻ, ç§ăŤăŻĺăăŚăăŞăă¨ăăăă¨.}
[And thanks to this, I've learned that I'm not suited for it at all.]
{ç§ăŻă¤ăźăăŁăšăŽăăăŤçĄéŞć°ă§ăŻăŞă, ĺ§ăŽăăăŤĺŞé ă§ăăŞă.}
[I'm not innocent like Edith, or graceful like Lorina.]
{(ăăă§ă, ćŻăăŞăĺşćĽă.)}
[(But, I can still pretend to be.)]
{ĺŞé ăŤăŞăăŚçŹăăŞăă, čŁ ăă ăăŞăç°Ąĺă . ăă¤ăăăŁăŚăăăă¨.}
[I may not have a delicate demeanor, but it's still easy to look as if I fit in. I do it
all the time.]
{ăĺćšăŽéăžăă§ăŻ,}
[Whenever I'm at a high-class gathering,]
{ĺ§ăŤĺăăŁăŚčŠąăăăăŤĺŻćăĺäžăćźăăă°éŁăăŞă.}
[no one bats an eye as I follow my sister around like a child.]
{éăŤ, ăăă§ăŻäšăĺăăŞăăŽăĺŚć Ąă .}
[Conversely, that tactic can't help me when it comes to school. The]
{éćăĄăŽĺ¨ăĺ ŹçŤăŽĺŚć ĄăŤčĄăă°, ĺćă財ă.}
[daughter of a wealthy family attending a public school only draws animosity.]
{ä¸çşăŽĺă桡ăăŁăŚăă. ç°çŤŻăŤçĽçľčłŞăŞăŽăŻ, ăŠăă§ăĺăă .}
[I'm mixed in with the average children from town. And they're as nervous about
an outsider as anyone would be.]
{ăăă, ç§ăŻéťăŁăŚăăăăăăăăăŞĺŻćăăă弳ăŽĺăăăŞă.}
[But, I'm not the shy kind of girl who will just quietly let others tease me.]
{čăăăă¨ăçžĺžłăŞăăŚ, ăăăăčăăăăŞă.}
[Being able to put up with things like that is a virtue I certainly lack.]
{(ĺăăŚăăŞăăăŽ.)}
[(I can't let things like that stand.)]
{ĺŚć Ąă§ăŻ, ĺŻćăăśăŁăăăăŞă.}
[At school, I don't act like a cute little girl. While I'm sure there's]
{ćŻ çśă¨ĺăćľăăăćšăăăăŽă ăăă, ç§ăŽĺŻžĺżăŻĺŽăŤĺç´ă .}
[a more peaceful way to stave off their harassment, my response is simple.]
{ĺŠăăăă°ĺŠăčżăă, ć°´ăăăăăăă°ćŹĄăŽćĽăŤăŻćłĽć°´ăăăăŚăă.}
[I retaliate. If someone dumps water on me, the next day, I'll dump muddy]
{ćĺ°ćŞăăăăă°ĺăŤăăŚčżă.}
[water on them. I simply give back what I receive, two-fold.]
{ăăăăăă¨ăăĺăéăŤćłŁăăăăă¨ăć°çĽăă.}
[I don't know how many kids I've made cry because they tried to pick on me.]
{ăäşăĺăĺŁăĺşćĽăăăăŞçŤĺ ´ă§ăŻăŞăăă, ăăŽčžşăŻăăžăăăŁă.}
[And since we would then be in a position where we'd both be in trouble if the
teachers got involved, the situation usually ends there.]
{ăăŽć°ć§ăć°é˘¨ăŤĺăŁăŚăăăăă§, äťă§ăŻĺăĺ Ľăă, ĺéăĺ¤ă.}
[But, that disposition must have worked out, since nowadays I'm fairly popular,
and I really do have many friends.]
{厜ăŽăă¨ă§, ăŠăăăč¨ăŁăŚăăăăăŞäşşăŻĺ¨ăăŤăăŞăăăŁă.}
[Eventually, people stopped talking about my family around me.]
{ç§ă厜ăŽăă¨ăŻčŠąăăŞă.}
[And I never brought it up either.]
{ĺŚć ĄăŤăăăŽăŻćĽ˝ă§, ĺćăŤĺŠăăŚăăăŞăăŁă}
[School became comfortable. And now, all of those teachers who]
{ĺ çăćŞćŻăŽĺŻžčąĄăŤăăćŻćĽăŻćéŤăŤć°ĺăăă.}
[never helped me when I needed it are the targets of my mischief instead.]
{ć縞ăŻăăăćžç˝Žăăč˛ ăçŽăăăăŽă§, ä¸ćăŞăă¨ăč¨ăăžă.}
[Since my grades always stay high, and they know it's because they ignored me,
they feel obligated not to say anything.]
{ć帍ăŤă¨ăŁăŚă, ćąăăŤăăĺŻčŁĺą¤ăŽĺ弳ăŞăŠćŠă ăŤčŞä¸ťéĺŚăăŚ}
[As far as the teachers are concerned, they just want all the "difficult" rich kids]
{ăťăăăŁăăŽă ăăă... 泣ăăŚĺŽśăŤĺ¸°ăăťăŠ, ç§ăŻĺźąăăŞăăŁă.}
[to graduate as soon as possible... and I have no intention of going home,
and crying to my family about it.]
{äťă§ăŻ, ćşśăčžźăăŚăăă¨ăăčŞäżĄăăăŁă.}
[Now I have the confidence to fit in.]
{äťćăŞăćŞćŻă, 錏隿ăăäźčŠąă漽ăăă.}
[I can finally joke around, and be mischievous like everyone else.]
{"ĺŚć ĄăŻćĽ˝ăăă. ă¨ăŁăŚă.}
["School is fun. Really.]
{čĄăăăŚăăăŚăăĺ§ăăăŤăŻ, ăăăćčŹăăŚăă."}
[I'm so thankful to you, Lorina. You're the reason I was able to go."]
{ăŤăăžăă¨çŹăăŽăŻĺżăŽä¸ă ăăŤăăŚăăăŚ,}
[I keep the smug laughs to myself,]
{ĺ§ăŤăŻĺŻćăçŹéĄăĺăăŚăă.}
[and turn a sweet smile to my sister.]
{ĺŻćă... ăŻăă .}
[Nice and cute... like I should be.]
{čŁăéăăŚčŚăăŞăăă°.}
[I can't let her see through that.]
{嚸ăăŤăăŚ, ĺżçĺŚăĺŚăśĺ§ăŤăĺżăŽéčŚăŻă§ăăŞă.}
[Luckily, even after all of her studies in psychology, my sister still can't read]
{ăŤăŁăăă¨, ĺŞăăçŹéĄăčżăăă.}
[my heart. With my cute grin, she returns a gentle smile.]
{(ăźăź... ăă, ăăŁăąă.)}
[(--... Right, as expected.)]
{(ä˝ăăăăéă. ç§ă¨ăŻ.)}
[(I'm nothing like her.)]
Lorina: {"ăăŞăă大人ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăžăăŽăă... ĺ°ăĺŻăăă."}
["Thinking that you're already an adult... It's a bit lonesome."]
Alice: {"ä˝č¨ăŁăŚăăăŽ. ç§ăŻăžă ĺäžă."}
["What are you talking about? I'm still just a child."]
Lorina: {"é ăäşăăĺ§ăăăăăŤăŞăŁăă, ăă大人ă ă."}
["If you've started keeping secrets, you're an adult."]
Alice: {"ăăăŞ... éăăă.}
["It's... nothing like that.]
{é ăäşăŞăăŚăăŚăăŞă."}
[I don't have any secrets."]
{ĺŚĺŽăŤ, ĺăăăă.}
[I deny it firmly.]
{(éăă. 大人ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăăăăăŞă.)}
[(She's wrong. It isn't because I'm becoming an adult.)]
{(ç§ăŻ, ćăăăăă ăŁăă. ĺäžăŽé ăă, ăăă ăŁă.)}
[(I've been this way for a long time. For as long as I can remember.)]
{ä˝ăăăă, ĺ§ă¨ăŻéă. ăžăŁăăç°ăŞă.}
[My sister and I have never been the same. Not at all.]
Lorina: {"ă¤ăźăăŁăšăŽăăăŤĺŻĺŽżčăŤä˝ăă§ăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăăŠ,}
["You aren't attending a boarding school like Edith,]
{ćčżăŻăăŞăă¨ăŽéăŤăčˇé˘ăćăăă."}
[and yet I feel like we've grown so distant lately."]
Alice: (...)
{ćčżăŤăŞăŁăŚăăŁă¨ćăĺ§ăăăŞăăŚ, ĺć°ăăă.}
[It's pretty optimistic to say this has only started recently.]
Lorina: {"ăăăăŚ, ç§ă¨ćĽćăŽĺĺžăéăăăŚăăăăŽăăă¤ăžă§ăăă."}
["I wonder how much longer you'll want to keep spending your Sunday afternoons
with me like this."]
Alice: {"... ăăŁă¨ă."}
["... Always."]
{ç§ăăăŽĺŽśăĺşăŚčĄăćĽăžă§, ăăŁă¨.}
[Until the day I leave this house, always.]
{ĺšłćĽăŽćžčŞ˛ĺžă¨ĺććĽăŻĺéă¨éăăćé.}
[I spend my after-school time with my friends all week.]
{ćĽććĽăŻ, ĺ§ă¨éăăă¨ćąşăăŚăă.}
[But, I've decided that Sundays are just for my sister.]
{äťăŤäşĺŽăăŞă.}
[I don't make any other plans.]
Lorina: {"ăă¤ă, ăăŞăăŤăç´ ćľăŞäşşăçžăăŚ, ç§ăŞăăŚć§ăŁăŚăăăŞăăŞăă."}
["One day, someone wonderful will come into your life, and you won't make time
for me anymore."]
Alice: {ĺŻăăă¨ćĺž ăăăăŚ, ç§ăčŚă.}
[She looks at me with hope and loneliness.]
{ăăăŞçŽă§čŚăŞăă§ăťăă. ĺ§ă¨ç§ăŻ, ăžăŁăăéă.}
[I wish she wouldn't look at me with such eyes. I'm not like her.]
{(ăăăŞćĽăŻ, ć°¸é ăŤćĽăŞăăăăăŞăăăă.)}
[(I don't think a day like that will ever come.)]
Lorina: {"ăľăľ... ăăŞăăćäşşăăăŽĺŽśăŤéŁăăŚăăćĽăäťăă漽ăăżă ă."}
["Hmhm~... I'm looking forward to the day you bring a boyfriend home to
meet me."]
Alice: {(... ăăă ăăŻăăăăŞăăŁăŚ, ĺăăŁăŚă.)}
[(... I wish she understood how unlikely that was.)]
{čŚçˇăé¸ăăăç§ă, ĺ§ăŻĺ, é˝ĺăăĺéăăăŚăăă.}
[When I averted my gaze, my sister seems to have misread me yet again.]
{ç §ăăăŽă ă¨ă§ăćăŁăăŻăă .}
[She must think it's because I'm embarassed.]
Lorina: {"ăăăăŚéăăăăŽă, äťăŽĺ ă ăă...}
["We can only stay like this for now...]
{... ăăă . äťăă, ă˛ăźă ăăăžăăăă."}
[... Right. How about we play a game now then?"]
Alice: {"ă?"}
["Huh?"]
Lorina: {"夢ăŤăżăăăăă ăăŽ.}
["That's what you dreamt of, isn't it?]
{ăăŁă˝ăŠăăăăăă§ăăă? äťăĺăă.}
[Which means that you must want to play something. We should go along with it.]
{ä˝ăăă? ăă§ăš? ăŞăťă?"}
[What would you like? Chess? Othello?"]
Alice: {"ăăăŽăŤ...}
["That's nice, but...]
{ćŹĺ˝ăŤ, ă˛ăźă ăăăăăăăăăŞăăŽă.}
[I don't really want to play a game.]
{ĺ§ăăă, ćŹăŽçśăăć°ăŤăŞăă§ăăă?"}
[I thought you would want to continue your book?"]
{ĺ§ăŻć°ăéŁăŁăŚăăăŚăăăăă ă, ćĺ°ăăŻăŁăŚăăăăă§ăŻăŞă, ćŹĺ˝ăŤ.}
[My sister seems to be trying for my sake, but I honestly have no interest.]
{ç§ăŻ, ă˛ăźă ăăăăăăăăăŞă. ă˛ăźă ăŞăă, ăăăăŞă.}
[I don't want to play a game. I don't really like games of any kind.]
{ĺ ĺťăżă夢ăŻ... éĄćă¨ăăăăă, ăăŁă¨... 埡ĺśçăŞĺ¤˘ă ăŁă.}
[And besides, that dream earlier felt... less like something I wanted to do, and more
like... something I had to do.]
{ăă, ă˛ăźă ăăăăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞă, ăăăŞăăŚăŻăăăŞăăă¨ăăăăăŞĺ¤˘.}
[Right. The dream didn't ask if I "wanted" to play a game, it was telling me I had
no choice.]
Lorina: {"ă¤ăăŞăăă¨ăč¨ăăŞăă§. ă˛ăźă ăŻä¸äşşăăĺşćĽăŞăăŽă?}
["Don't say something cold like that. I can't play alone, after all.]
{ăăŁăăă ăă, äš ăăśăăŤă˛ăźă ăăăžăăă?"}
[Don't you think we should at least play since it's been so long?"]
Alice: {"ăăă, ä¸äşşăăĺşćĽăŞăăăŠ... ăăĺż čŚăăŞăă..."}
["I understand that you can't play on your own... but I'm saying that you really don't
have to..."]
Lorina: {"ăăźăă˛ăźă ăé˘ĺăŞă, ć°čť˝ăŤăŤăźăă˛ăźă ăŻăŠăăăă?}
["If a board game is too much trouble, what if we just play a card game instead?]
{ăăăă... ăŤăźăă˛ăźă ăŤăč˛ă ăăăăŠ, ăˇăłăăŤăŤ...}
[Hmm... There are so many card games, so why don't we pick something simple...]
{ăăŠăłăăŞăăăŻ?"}
[How about Trump?"]
Alice: {"... ăăŠăłă?"}
["...Trump?"]
{ăŠăăăŁ, ă¨. ĺżčă衳ăă.}
[Bdmp. My heart jumps.]
Lorina: {"ăŠă? ăăŠăłăăŞă, éăłćšăăăŞă¨ăźăˇă§ăłăăăă..."}
["Well? With Trump, there are variations. If you want, we can--..."]
Alice: {"... ă, ăăă. ăăă, ăŤăźăă˛ăźă ă. ăăŠăłăă§... ăăă."}
["... I-I see. Then, let's go with cards. Trump is... fine."]
{ä˝ä¸ă, ăăźăăŤăŞăŁăăăă . ăŠăăŠăă¨, čćă¤.}
[My entire body feels like a heart now. Steadily beating.]
{ăă, ăăăŞăăŚăŻăăăŞăă. ç§ăŻ, ăăŠăłăăăăăŞăăŚăŻăăăŞăă.}
[That's right, I have no choice. I have to play.]
{ăăă...}
[Since...]
{"ăŤăźăŤă ăă."}
["That's the rule."]
Lorina: {"ă? ä˝ăč¨ăŁă. ă˘ăŞăš."}
["Hm? Did you say something, Alice?"]
Alice: {"ă? ăăă??? ç§, ä˝ăč¨ăŁă???"}
["Huh? Uhh??? Did I say something???"]
{ă¨ăăă¨çźăä¸ăă, ĺăłç ăăŞăŁăŚăă. é˝ć°ăŽăăă .}
[My eyelids drooped drowsily, and I suddenly felt like I needed to go back to sleep.
It must be because of the weather.]
Lorina: {"ăľăľăŁ. ĺŤă ă, ă˘ăŞăš, ăžă ĺŻăźăăŚăăăŽă.}
["Hmhm~. Oh no, Alice, are you still half asleep?]
{ăăăŠăłăăŻ, ç§ăĺăŁăŚăăŚăăăă. ĺž ăŁăŚăăéăŤ, ĺŻăĄăé§çŽăă."}
[I'm going to go fetch the cards. Try not to drift off before I get back, alright?"]
Alice: {ĺ§ăăăŻ, ćŹăŤăăăăćăă§, 躍蝽ăŤçŤăĄä¸ăăŁă.}
[My sister put a bookmark between the pages of her book, and quickly stood up.]
{ĺž ăŁăŚăăăă...}
[But since I'm waiting...]
..."
{éăĺăăăă, ĺ§ăăă厜ăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚčĄăă¨ĺćăŤăă¨ăă¨ăĺ§ăă.}
[Even though she warned me, the moment Lorina entered the house, I started dozing
off.]
{ăăŠăłăăŻ, ăăźăă˛ăźă çă¨ä¸çˇăŤçŠç˝ŽăŤăăăŻăă ăă,}
[Since the cards and board games should be in the storage room,]
{ć˘ăăŽăŤăŻăăŁă¨ćéăăăă.}
[she'll probably be gone for a while.]
{ćăŻăă, 厜ćă§éăă ăăŽă . ć...}
[This was something my family used to do together all the time. Back then...]
{ćŻăçăăŚăăé ăŻ, ăă...}
[When Mother was still alive, we often...]
"..."
{ĺ§ăŻç§ăŽăăăŤăăŠăłăăć˘ăăŚăăăŚăăăŽăŤ, ăă¨ăă¨ăă}
[Even though I know Lorina is hunting for cards for me, I still keep nodding off.]
{ăŞăăŚé ˇă匚ă ă¨ćăă, ć˘ăăăăŞă. čŚçă, ăžăăźăăăăăŚăă.}
[I feel like an awful little sister, but I can't stop. My vision is fading again.]
{ćăă, ĺĺžăŽĺş. čăŽĺăă¨, ćăăăŞćĽĺˇŽă.}
[The warmth of the afternoon garden, the scent of the grass, and the soft sunlight...]
{ç ăăŤăŻćéŤăŽç°ĺ˘ăŤ, çźăéăăŞăŁăŚăă.}
[With these perfect conditions, my eyelids grow heavy again.]
{ăă¤ăăŽćŻč˛. čąăŽĺ˛ăăĺş.}
[The usual scenery. The garden's flowers are in bloom.]
{ăŽăŠăă§çžăă, ăă¤ăăŽćĽĺ¸¸.}
[Everything is as beautiful and peaceful as always.]
* Alice blinks once more, and...
{čśăă˛ăă˛ăčăŁăŚ, ćăçăăŚăľăŽăčľ°ăŁăŚăă.}
[A butterfly fluttered in front of me, and a clothed rabbit hurried past.]
{ăăăćĽĺ¸¸ă ăŁăă, ăăăă. ăăăăŞăăă¨ă .}
[This is too ridiculous to be "like always". No, this is impossible.]
{ăă°ăăŁă¨, 辡ăä¸ăă.}
[I sit up with a jolt.]
{"ăăăŁ!"}
["Oww--!"]
{ăžăćĽăŤčľˇăä¸ăăŁăăăă§é ăçă. ăăăăăăŚ, ă¸ăăčžźă.}
[Yet again I gave myself a headache from sitting up too quickly. I feel dizzy.]
{ä˝čĄĺ§ăŞăŽăăăăăŞă. é ăçă.}
[Maybe I have low blood pressure. My head hurts.]
(...)
(...)
{(... ăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚ, ăŠăă§ăăăă.)}
[(... I'm not going to worry about the rabbit.)]
{ăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚăăăăăăăă ăă, ăăŽĺ ăŽä¸ĺšăćăçăŚăăŚă,}
[There are so many rabbits, sooner or later one was bound to dress himself.]
{ăăăťăŠä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ăăăŞă.}
[It's not that crazy.]
{(ç§ăŻç˛ăăŚăăăă ... ĺŻăă.)}
[(I must be tired... I think I should sleep after all.)]
* Alice closes her eyes
"..."
...
White Rabbit: {"... ăŁăŚ, ăă! čż˝ăăăăă¨ăăă§ăă!?}
["... Hey! This way! Follow me!]
{ăŞăŤ, çĄčŚăăŚăăăă§ă!? ăŚăľăŽăčż˝ăăăăŞăăé§çŽă§ăăă!?"}
[What's with that bored face!? Don't you know, you must give chase!?"]
Alice: {... ăŚăľăŽăĺăŁăŚăă.}
[... Now the rabbit's talking.]
{ăăă, ăžă, ăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚăăăăăăăŽă .}
[But, again, there are just so many rabbits.]
{ăăŽĺ ăŽä¸ĺšăćăçăŚăăŚă, ăăŽä¸ĺăŁăŚăăŚă,}
[Sooner or later one was bound to dress himself, and learn to speak.]
{ăăăťăŠä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ăăăŞă.}
[It's not that crazy.]
{(ăă, ăžă, ä¸ćč°ă ăăŠ...)}
[(Er, well, it is crazy, but...)]
{(ç§ăŻ, ç¸ĺ˝ăŤç˛ăăŚăăăă ă... ĺŻăă.)}
[(I'm tired enough that it makes sense... I should get some sleep.)]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăă! čĽăăăĄăăăăăŞçĄć°ĺăăĺ°ćĽăŻćăă§ăă!"}
["Hey, hey! Don't sleep here! Consider the result! If you're this dreary now, what hope
do you have as an adult!?"]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚăăăăăă. ăăŽĺ ăŽä¸ĺšăćăçăŚăăŚă,}
[There are so many rabbits. One was bound to dress himself, ]
{ăăŽä¸ĺăŁăŚăăŚă,ăăŽä¸ç§ă芰ăŁăŚăăŚă, ăăăťăŠä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ăăăŞă.}
[and learn to speak so he can scold me. It's not that crazy.]
{... ĺŻăă.}
[... I have to sleep.]
{ĺŻăăăăăŞă. ç§ăŻç˛ăăăŁăŚăă.}
[I can't get up now. I'm already completely exhausted.]
{ćăăăŤ, é˘ĺäşăŽčăăăă... ćŁç´, é˘ăăăăăŞă.}
[Besides, this scene reeks of trouble... Frankly, I don't want anything to do with it.]
White Rabbit: {"çĄčŚăăŞăă§ăă ăăăŁăŚ! ăťă, ĺăčż˝ăăăăŞăă¨!"}
["Please don't just ignore me with a scoff! Look, at least chase me off!"]
Alice: {ĺ§ăŤăĺ°č¨ăč¨ăăăă¨ăăŽĺŽçŞăťç¸ĺŻĺ Ľăă芌ăżă.}
[I keep pretending to sleep, the same way I do when my sister comes to nag me.]
{ă ăă ăă¨, ćŹĺ˝ăŤç ăăŞăŁăŚăă. ăă°ăăăăă, ćŹĺ˝ăŤç ăŁăŚăăžăă ăă.}
[At least I gradually get more and more tired while doing this. If I can  keep it up,
I'll finally be able to fall sleep for real.]
{ĺ§ăŤăŻćŞăă, ç ăăŚĺšťčŚăťĺšťč´ççśăĺşăŚăăăăă§ăŻéçă .}
[I know this is a shame for my sister, but when I'm at the point where I have symptoms]
{ĺžă§čľˇăăăŚăăăăă°ăă.}
[of auditory and visual hallucinations, I'm past my limit. She can just wake me up later.]
{ćăăŞćĽĺˇŽăăŤ, ăŠăăžă§ă夢ăŞăŽăĺăăăŞăăŞă. }
[In this gentle sunlight, I can't tell whether I'm asleep or not anymore.]
{ăăŁă¨, ĺăăŚăľăŽă夢ă ăŁăăŽă .}
[But this rabbit has to be part of a dream.]
{çžĺŽăăăŞă...}
[It's certainly not reality...]
{ăľăăă¨, ĺŽăŤćľŽăăăăŞćčŚ.}
[Suddenly, I feel like I'm lifting into the air.]
"...
...?
{ăăăă!!???"}
[Waaaaa!!???"]
{ç§ăŻ, ç¸ĺŻĺ ĽăăăăŚăăăŽăĺżă, çŽăéăă.}
[I forgot that I was only pretending to sleep, and opened my eyes.]
{ăăăŤăŻĺ ăťăŠăžă§ăăăŚăľăŽăŻăăŞăăŚ, ăĄăăŁă¨ă¤ăłăăŞé˘¨ăŽăĺ ăăă...}
[The rabbit that was there until just now had disappeared, and in it's place was a]
{ăăŁăźă ăă¤ăłăăŻ, ăŚăľăŽčł...}
[smart-looking man... with a charming set of rabbit ears...]
White Rabbit: {"čłĺ ă§ĺŤă°ăŞăă§ăă ăăă."}
["Oh dear, could you please not scream so close to my ear."]
Alice: {ă¤ăłăăŞé˘¨ăŽăĺ ăăăŻ, ăŚăľăŽčłăă´ăă´ăăăă.}
[The man's rabbit ears twitched at my voice.]
{確ăăŤ, 大ăăŞčłăŽăăĺă§ĺŤă°ăăăăăăăă ăă.}
[I'm sure that shouting near large ears like that must be especially loud for him.]
{... čżăăăăă¨ăĺéĄă .}
[... The problem is how close I am.]
{"ă, ăăă... éăăăŚă."}
["Uh, sorry... Just put me down."]
{ç§ăŻćŞăăŞăăŽăŤ, ĺĺ°çăŤčŹăŁăŚăăžă.}
[I know I'm not the one at fault here, but the apology was reflexive.]
{ăŚăľăŽčłăŽăĺ ăăăĺ ĺăŤéćĽĺ¸¸çă ă,}
[The man with rabbit ears is more than strange enough on his own,]
{ăăŽăĺ ăăăŤćąăä¸ăăăăŚăăäşć ăŻć´ăŤéćĽĺ¸¸çă ăŁă.}
[but the fact that he's holding me up right now is too much.]
{ăăŁăăăăĺ ăăăŤćąăä¸ăăăăăăăă,}
[It makes me think of romance stories, with a blushing maiden being]
{äšĺĽłă¨ăăŚăŻéĄă辤ăăăˇăăĽă¨ăźăˇă§ăłă .}
[carried around in the arms of a handsome young man.]
{... ăŚăľăŽčłăçĄčŚăăă°ăŽčŠąă ă.}
[... Although, those stories forgot the ears.]
White Rabbit: {"çăăăéăăăŚăăăžă. ă, čĄăăžăă."}
["I'll set you down as soon as we return. And we're already close, so there's
no concern."]
Alice: {ăĺ ăăăŻç§ăćąăä¸ăăăžăž, ă´ăăă´ăă犴ăŤĺăăŁăŚé˛ăă§ăă.}
[Without any care for my words, the man continues towards the hole with a bounce in his step.]
{(... 犴?)}
[(... A hole?)]
{"ăŞăŁ!? ăŞăă§, ăăĄăŽĺşăŤăăăŞéŚŹéšżă§ăă犴ă!?"}
["Wha-!? Why would someone leave such a ridiculous hole in our garden!?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŚ, ăŞăă§ă§ăăă."}
["Yes, please tell me why."]
Alice: {"ăŞăă§ăŁăŚ, ăŞăă§ăŞăă§ăŞăă§!?"}
["I asked you why, so why would you ask me why!?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŚăăŚ, ăŞăă§ă§ăăăăă?"}
["Well, at least this way it seems we're tied."]
Alice: {ăăăŞĺ¤§ăăăŚćˇąă犴, čŚăăă¨ăăŞă. ĺşăčŚăăŞă.}
[I've never seen any hole like this. It's as if there's no bottom.]
{ăăăŞçŠ´, ăăĄăŽĺşăŤăăăŻăăăŞă.}
[There's no way this was in our garden before.]
{ăă¤čŞ°ăćăŁăăă ? ăžăŁăăć°äťăăŞăăŁă.}
[When did someone dig this? I had no idea there was any work being done out here.]
White Rabbit: {"ä˝ć ăăăŤçŠ´ăăăăăŻă¨ăăăă¨ăăŚ,}
["Ignoring the why, there is still a hole.]
{犴ăăăŁăăéŁăłčžźăžăŞăăŚăŻ."}
[Meaning I must leap in, since that is my role."]
Alice: {"ăăă!?}
["Huh!?]
{ăŞăŤ!? ä˝č¨ăŁăŚăăăŽ, ăăă!!!"}
[What!? What are you talking about!!!?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŁ."}
["Hup~!"]
Alice: {ăĺ ăăăŻčşčşăăăă, ăłăď˝ăă¨, 犴ăŤéŁăłčžźă.}
[Without hesitation, the man leaps into the hole with a mighty bounce.]
{... ç§ăćąăăăžăžă§.}
[... Still holding me in his arms.]
{ç§ăŻ, 確ăăŤăĄăăŁă¨ă°ăăçĄć°ĺăăăăăŞăăăŠ,}
[I might be a bit too apathetic at times,
{čŞĺˇçăčŞćŽşéĄćăăŞăăăăźăźăź!?}
[but I have no desire to hurt or kill myself---!]
{čŞćŽşăŚăľăŽăŤäťăĺăăăăŞăăźăźăźăźăź!!!"}
[I didn't want to end up with a suicidal rabbit---!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"čłĺ ă§ĺŤă°ăŞăă§ăă ăăăŁăŚă°ăźăźăź!}
["I've told you before, please don't shout near my ears---!]
{ĺă ăŁăŚ, čŞćŽşéĄćăŞăăŚăăăžăăăăŁ! čŞćŽşăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚé ˇăă§ă!"}
[After all, I had no death wish by jumping in here! Calling me suicidal is far too severe!"]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŽăĺ ăăăŻĺčŤăăŚăăă, ăžă¨ăăŤĺăĺăŁăŚăăăăŞă.}
[The rabbit-man objects, but I don't pay it any attention.]
{ăłă ăăłă ăă¨, ăăăĺ˘ăă§č˝ăĄăŚăă. ăăŞăă, ăăăŁă¨ĺˇăă.}
[The air is whipping past as we fall with incredible force, and my blood is running cold.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăă§ăă! čłăăăăăăăžă!}
["Please stop shouting! That sound is painfully shrill!]
{犴ăŽä¸ăŻéżăăă§ăăăăăźăźăź! ăéăăŤăéĄăăăžă!"}
[This hole makes it echo---! I've had more than my fill!"]
Alice: {"ăăăăăŽăŻăăăă! ăăŽ, ăłăšăăŹăŚăľăŽçˇ! ĺ¤čłŞč !}
["You're the one who needs to shut up! You perverted rabbit cosplayer!]
{ăĄăăŁă¨ă°ăăéĄăăăăăăŁăŚ,}
[The abduction was bad enough, ]
{čŞćăăä¸ăŤçĄçĺżä¸ăŞăăŚçŻç˝Şăăźăźăź!!!"}
[but dragging me into a forced double suicide is insane---!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"ă, ăłăšăăŹ!? ă¸... ĺ¤čłŞč ăŁăŚ... ă˛ăŠ...}
["C-Cosplayer!? P-... Perverted... How terrible...]
{čŞćŽşăŚăľăŽă¨ă, ĺ¤čłŞč ă¨ă... é ˇăă§ă... ăŁ!}
[Calling me a "suicidal rabbit" and "pervert"... it's awfully cruel...!]
{ĺăŻăăŞăăŽăă¨ă弽ăăŞăŽăŤăŁ."}
[After all, I adore you. Nothing short of a cherished jewel."]
{çŞçśăŽĺç˝ăŤ, ĺ¤čłŞč ă¨ăăčŞčăćąşĺŽçăŤăŞă.}
[With that sudden confession, his status as a pervert was confirmed.]
{"äşĺŽă§ăăăźăźăźăźăź!!!}
["It's all fact though-----!!!]
{ĺ¤čłŞč ăăăŞăă, ĺ¤čłŞăŚăľăŽă!!! ăŠăŁăĄăŤăăŚă, ä¸ĺŻŠč ... ä¸ĺŻŠăŚăľăŽă!"}
[Even if you're not a pervert, you're still suspicious!!! And no matter what I call you,
you're definitely a degenerate of a man... or, rabbit..."]
White Rabbit: {"ä¸ĺŻŠăŚăľăŽ!? ăŞăă§ăă, ăăăŻ!!!}
["A degenerate rabbit!? What do you mean!!!?]
Alice: {"čŞ ĺŽăŞăŚăľăŽăăăŻ, 弳ăŽĺă犴ăŤĺźăŁăąăčžźăă ăăăŞăăă!!!"}
["A trustworthy rabbit wouldn't drag a girl down a hole!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"... ă? ăď˝ă... ăăăŻăăăă..."}
["... Hm? Hmm... You may have a point..."]
Alice: {"ăăă! ăăăăŻ, čŞ ĺŽăŞăŚăľăŽăăăăăŞăă!"}
["See!? You aren't a trustworthy rabbit at all!"]
{... ăă, ăăăăčŞ ĺŽăŞăŚăľăŽăŁăŚ, ăŠăăŞă .}
[... Though, I've never had to judge the trustworthiness of a rabbit before.]
{ç§ăŤăŻ, ăŚăľăŽăŽçĽăĺăăŞăăŚăăŞă. ćŻčźĺŻžčąĄăăŞă.}
[I don't happen to have any rabbit acquaintances, so it's not like I have a point of
comparison.]
(...)
{(... ĺ˝ăăĺăă.)}
[(... Which is normal, isn't it?)]
{ăă, ĺ˝ăăĺă . ăŚăľăŽăŤçĽăĺăăŞăăŚ, ăăŚăăžăă.}
[Right, of course it's normal. Where would you even go to meet rabbits?]
{ăăăăă, ĺéăŽéŁźăŁăŚăăăăăăŽăŚăľăŽăăăă .}
[At best, I have a friend who keeps one as a pet.]
{ĺăŁăă, äşşĺăŤăŞăŁăă, ĺŁĺ§ĺŠăăăăăŞăŚăľăŽăŻçĽăăŞă.}
[But I don't know of any rabbits that turn human and argue with you.]
{"ăăăŻĺ¤˘ăă...}
["This is a dream, isn't it...?]
{ăăăŻĺ¤˘, ăăăŻĺ¤˘, ăăăŻĺ¤˘..."}
[It's all a dream, it's all a dream, it's all a dream..."]
{ă˛ă ăă˛ă ăč˝ăĄăŞăă, čŞĺăŤč¨ăčăăă.}
[I tell myself as I continue to drop.]
{ăăăŻ, 夢ă . 夢ăŽăŻă.}
[This is a dream. It must be a dream.]
{... 夢ă§ăăŁăŚăťăă.}
[... I hope this is a dream.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăŻăŁ, 夢ăăăŞăă§ăă."}
["Ahaha~, this is no dream."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻ, ç§ăŽĺ¸ćăăăŁăăă¨ćăĄç ă.}
[And the rabbit shatters my hopes without hesitation.]
{"夢ă! 夢ăăăŞăăŁăăćťăăăăăăăŞă!!!"}
["It's a dream! Because if this isn't a dream, we're going to die!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"ćťăŹ?"}
["Die?"]
Alice: {ă´ăăăă¨, çčłăĺă.}
[One of his ears shifts with confusion.]
{ăăăŞĺŻćăăăäťčăăăŚă, ăĄăŁă¨ăĺŻćăăŞă.}
[But even such an adorable gesture can't make him cute.]
{ç§ăŽĺŻćăăśăăŁĺăăăć°č˛ăćŞă.}
[I only see it as a disgusting attempt at playing innocent.]
{"ćťăŹăŤćąşăŁăŚăăă§ăăă! ăăăŞćˇąă犴ăŤč˝ăĄăă!}
["You've already accepted that we're going to die! You were the one who jumped
into this bottomless pit!]
{ĺ°é˘ăŤçăăă, äşşçăŽçľăăă! ä¸çŹă§ćťăăăăă!"}
[When we finally hit the ground, our lives are over! It'll be instant death!"]
{ăăă ăč˝ăĄăŚăăăŽă . č˝ä¸ćéăéˇă, ĺťśă ă¨č˝ăĄçśăăŚăă.}
[We just keep falling. It goes on and on, as if it's never going to end.]
{ăŠăă ă桹ăăŽă, ćłĺăă¤ăăŞă. ćłĺăăăăŞă.}
[I couldn't even imagine how deep this hole must be. And I'd rather not try to.]
{çľăăăăŞăăăăŞçŠ´ă ă, ăŠăă ă桹ăăŚăăă¤ăĺşăŤçă.}
[It feels infinitely deep, but I know that there will still be a bottom.]
{ăăă夢ă§ăŞăăŁăă, ééăăŞăćťăă§ăăžă.}
[If this isn't a dream, I have no doubt I'm going to die.]
White Rabbit: {"ăľď˝ă... ăăăŞăăŽă§ăăă...}
["Hmm~... Is that so...?]
{ăď˝, ă§ă, ăăă§ăă. äşşéă ăŁăăćťăăăăăăăăăžăăă.}
[Oh~, I see, that must be it! If I were human, I might die in this  pit.]
{ĺăŻăŚăľăŽăăćťăŤăăăžăăăăŠ..."}
[But as a rabbit, I'm not worried one bit..."]
Alice: {"ăŚăľăŽă ăŁăŚćťăŹăă!!!"}
["Rabbits die too!!!"]
{ăăăťăŠăŽçŠ´ăŤč˝ăĄăŚ, ăŚăľăŽă ăäžĺ¤çăŤĺŠăăăŞăăŚăă¨ăŻăăăăŞă.}
[Falling from this kind of height, there's no way a rabbit is going to be any exception.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăŻăŻ... ăŁ. ăăŽç¨ĺşŚăŽçŠ´ă§ćťăŹăăăăăăžăăăŁăŚ."}
["Ahaha~... There's no way I can die with a hole just this deep."]
Alice: {"ăăŽç¨ĺşŚ!?"}
["Just this deep!?"]
{ăăŽçŠ´ăăăăŽç¨ĺşŚăă ă¨ăăă, ăŠăŽçŠ´ă ăŁăŚăăăŽç¨ĺşŚăă§ăăă§ăăžă.}
[If this hole is "just this deep", then what kind of hole does he consider deep?]
White Rabbit: {"ăăă§ăă. ăăŽç¨ĺşŚ...}
["That's right. It isn't that deep...]
{ă... ăăăăçăăžăă..."}
[See...? We're almost at the end of our leap..."]
Alice: "!!!
{ă, ĺŤ...!!! ç§, ăžă ćťăŤăăăŞ... ăŁ."}
[N-No...!!! I don't want to die yet...!"]
White Rabbit: {"ăŞăă§ă? ăžă çăăăăŞăăă§ăă?"}
["You seem upset. Did you not want to arrive yet?"]
Alice: {"çăăăăŞăăŁăŚăăă..."}
["I wasn't meaning the "arrival"..."]
{(çĄäşă§ăăă...)}
[(I just want to be alive when we do...)]
{ăăŽçŠ´ăŽćˇąăă§ăŻ, ĺ°çăă¤ăłăźăŤćťă .}
[At this depth, arrival and death are one in the same.]
{"č˝ăĄçśăăăăăăăăŞăăăŠ, ćťăŤăăăŞăăăçăăăăăŞă..."}
["I don't think I want to just keep falling forever, but I don't want to reach the
ground, and die, either..."]
White Rabbit: {"ă! č˝ăĄăăŽăŤăŻăžăŁăĄăăŁăăă§ăăă?"}
["Oh, I see~! So now you're happy to keep falling with me?"]
Alice: {"ăŻăžă...?"}
["Happy...?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăă§ăăăď˝. č˝ăĄăŚăăăŽăŁăŚćĽ˝ăăă§ăăă.}
["That's right~. You're indecision on our arrival is well understood.]
{ĺă, ăă¤ăžă§ăč˝ăĄăŚăăăć°ĺăŤăŞăăă¨ăăăăžăă.}
[Sometimes I'd like to fall forever, too, if I could.]
{ăăăŁă¨ăăŚ, ăăŁăăăăăŁăŚăăă..."}
[But a quick trip to clear my head is still good..."]
Alice: {"ăăăŁă¨ăăăă!!!!! ăŻăžăăăăăă!!"}
["This isn't some "quick trip"!!! And you're the only one who thinks this is pleasant!!"]
{éżĺăŞăă¨ăăŹăăăŚăľăŽăĺźľăĺăăŚăăăă.}
[I want to punch this simpleton of a rabbit for saying such stupid things.]
{ăăăĺ°ăŤčśłăă¤ăăăăĺ ´ă ăŁăă, ééăăŞăăăăăŚăă.}
[And if my feet were on solid ground, I certainly would.]
{éăăŞăăťăŠ, ăăăŁă¨ăăăăŚ, ăăŁăăăŠăăăćťăŤăăă .}
[Far from "clearing my head", right now I'm as pale as death. ]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăă¨ä¸çˇă ă¨, ä˝č¨ăŤćĽ˝ăă. ĺăăŻăžăăăă§ă..."}
["I'm even more happy that we can be together. Right now I really feel light as
a feather..."]
Alice: {ăăŁă¨ăă¨ĺăă, ć´ăŤăăăŁă¨čĄăŽć°ăĺźă.}
[The excitement in his voice as he spoke somehow made my blood run even colder.]
{(ĺ¤čłŞč ...)}
[(Pervert...)]
{(ĺ¤čłŞč ă¨ĺżä¸...)}
[(I was dragged into a suicide pact with a pervert...)]
{"ăăăŞäşşçăŽĺšĺźăăŻĺŤď˝ď˝ď˝...!!!"}
["I can't believe this is how it ends~~~!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăŻăŻ... ăă¤ăžă§ăč˝ăĄăŚăăăăŁăŚăăć°ćăĄăŻĺăăăžăăăŠ,}
["Ahaha... I know you've been enjoying the drop, but sadly,]
{ăăăŻăăăžăă."}
[it still must come to a stop."]
Alice: {"ăăăŞăă¨č¨ăŁăŚăăŞă!!!"}
["I never said anything like that!!!"]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăŻăŁ, çăăžăăď˝"}
["Haha~, we're here~!"]
{çŽăéăă. ăšăăŠăăżăŞčŞĺăŽĺ§żăçŽăŽčŁăŤćľŽăăś.}
[I close my eyes, but the image of my splattered form still drifts in the back of my mind.]
{(ćăă°, çăäşşçă ăŁă...)}
[(I think back on how short my life was...)]
{äşşăŻćťăŹééăŤč˛ă ăćăĺşăŤćľ¸ăŁăăćŞçˇ´ăćăăă ăăăă¨ăăă,}
[They say that right before you die your mind floods with memories and regrets,]
{ăăăăăă¨ăŻćă澎ăă°ăŞă.}
[but I'm not thinking of anything important at all.]
{ĺ§ăťăăŞăźăăŻć˛ăăă ăăă,}
[I know that Lorina will be sad,]
{ăăŁă¨ĺ°ćĽăŻĺ§ăŤčŚĺăçˇć§ă¨çľĺŠăăŚĺš¸ăăŞĺŽśĺşăçŻăă ăă.}
[but at least now her chances are better for finding a good man, and starting a family.]
{ćťăă 匚ăŽăă¨ăĺżăăăŤ, ć°ĺą ăŽĺççŤăŚăŤéŁžăŁăŚăăăăŻăă .}
[And I'm sure she'll keep a framed photo of me in her new home, so as not to forget
her dead sister.]
{匚ăŽă¤ăźăăŁăš ăŻ... ăăŽĺăŻćłŁăă ăă. ăăăăă¨, ăăăăăťăŠăŤ.}
[My younger sister, Edith... I think she'll cry. Bawling her eyes out.]
{ă§ă, çŤăĄç´ăăćŠă. çŽăč ŤăăăŚ, 揥ăŽăŤăŻçŤăĄç´ăă.}
[But, she'll recover quickly. After the redness in her eyes fade, she'll get over it.]
{çśăŻ... 泣ăăăŠăăăćŞăăăăŽă . ćŻăćťăă§äťĽćĽ,}
[As for father... I doubt he'll cry. Ever since mother died,]
{çśăŻäťäşăŽéŹźă¨ĺăăŚăăŚ, 厜ăŤăăćéăăťă¨ăăŠăŞă.}
[he's become a work-addict, and spends almost no time with us.]
{ĺăŤéĄăĺăăăăŽăăă¤ă ăŁăăăčŚăăŚăăŞă.}
[I don't even remember the last time we spoke face-to-face,]
{ăžă¨ăăŞäźčŠąăăăăă¨ăŞăŠ, éĽăćă .}
[or had a real conversation. It's been so long.]
{çăŁăăăăŤäťäşăŤćăćŽăăçśăŻ, çśčŚŞă¨ăăŚăŻĺ¤ąć źă§ă复ă¨ăăŚăŻ}
[Father drives himself mad over work. He's incapable of being a proper father-figure,]
{ćéŤăŞăŽă ăă. ĺĺŠăŞăŠćăă¤ăăăăŞăäşşă .}
[but at least he's a fine husband. Not once has he even mentioned remarrying.]
{(... 瞨ăžăă.)}
[(... I'm jealous.)]
{彟ăĺŤăă§, ĺăă§, ĺŤăžăă.}
[I hate him, pity him, and envy him.]
{夹ăŁăăçăăťăŠăŤĺĽ˝ăăŞäşşă¨çľă°ăăŚăăăŽă .}
[He had someone he loved so much, that losing her drove him nearly mad.]
{çśăŽä¸çăŻ, ćŻă夹ăŁăŚç°č˛ăŤăŞăŁă.}
[Father's whole world is grey without Mother in it.]
{ç§ăćťăă§ă, ä¸çăŻä˝ăĺ¤ăăăŞă. ç§ăćťăă§ă, 誰ăçăŁăăăăŞă.}
[But, even if I die, nothing in the world will really change. No one's life will
be devastated when I die.]
{ćŞçˇ´ăăăă¨ăăă°... ăăăăćŞçˇ´ăăŞăăă¨ăćŞçˇ´ă .}
[If I have any regret... it's that all of my regrets are so small.]
{ç§ăŤăŻ, ćŽăăŚăăŁăŚä¸ĺŽăŞäşşăăăŞă. ç§ăŞăă§ăŻçăŁăŚăăžăăăăŞäşşă.}
[I'm not leaving behind anyone who's going to worry about me. Anyone who's going
to go mad with grief.]
{(ç§ăŤăŻ, çĄçă ă.)}
[(There's no chance.)]
{ç§ăŤăŻ. ăăŁă¨, ăăŁă¨.}
[I'm certain. Like always.]
{ç§ăŻ, ćŻăŽăăăŤăĺ§ăŽăăăŤăăŞăăŞă.}
[I'm not like my mother, or my sister.]
White Rabbit: {"... ăŻă, ĺ°çăŁ!"}
["... Alright, we've arrived~!"]
* There's a bouncing sound
Alice: {ă´ăď˝ăă¨, 大ăăăăŚăłăăă.}
[Suddenly, he springs forward with a great bound.]
{ă¨ăŚă¤ăăŞă大ăăŞăăŠăłăăŞăłă§čˇłăăćă.}
[It felt like we'd bounced off a massive trampoline.]
{ç¸ĺ˝ăŤćˇąăĺşăžă§č˝ăĄăăŻăăŞăŽăŤ,}
[It wasn't at all the kind of landing I expected after such an incredible fall.]
{ćťăŹăŠăăă, čĄćăŻăťă¨ăăŠăŞăăŁă.}
[There was barely any impact at all, let alone the death I was anticipating.]
{(... ăăăăă.)}
[(... What an amazing spring.)]
{č˝ä¸ćéăŻă¨ăŚăéˇăćăăăăă, ććă§ćčŚăçăŁăŚăăăŽăăăăăŞă.}
[The fall time felt so incredibly long, but maybe my mind was just blank from fear.]
{ćăŁăăă, ćľ ă犴ă ăŁăăŽă ăăă.}
[Was it really just a shallow pit we fell into?]
{ăăăă¨çŽăéăăă¨, ăăăŻ...}
[As I slowly open my eyes, what's there is...]
"...
{... ăŠă, ăă."}
[... What is this?"]
{çŽăŽĺăŤĺşăăăŽăŻ, ćăăăŤç§ăŽĺŽśăŽĺşă§ăŻăŞă.}
[The place that stretched out before my eyes was clearly not my family's garden.]
{ĺ°ĺşćˇąăăŽ, çăŁćăŞć´çŞă§ăăŞă.}
[Nor was it some pitch-black cave in the depths of the Earth.]
{桹ă犴ăŽĺşă¨ăŻćăăŞă, ćăăÂćŻč˛...}
[It doesn't seem like we're underground. The scenery is so bright...]
{犴ăŽĺşă¨ăăăă, ĺąćĺ°ăŽăăăŞčŚć´ăăăŽăăĺ ´ćă . ĺĄăŽä¸éăŽăăăŞ...}
[Rather than the bottom of a hole, this seems like the upper floor of some kind of
observation tower. I can see outside in all directions...]
White Rabbit: {"ă? ăăăăŠăăăŁăŚ? ăăăŻ, ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝ă§ăă."}
["Hm? You mean you don't understand? This is the country of Wonderland."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻ, 質ĺčŞä˝ăä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ă ă¨ăăăăăŤçăă.}
[The rabbit responds to me as if my question was the strangest thing here.]
{ĺşăăćŻč˛ăŤčŚčŚăăŻăŞă. ĺ°ăăŞăă¨ă, ăăĄăŽčżćă§ăŻăŞăăăă .}
[I don't recognize the landscape that's stretching out before me. At the very least, it's not in my neighborhood.]
{犴ăŤč˝ăĄăŚ, çĽăăŞăĺ°ĺăŽĺĄăŽä¸. 確ăăŤä¸ćč°ă¨ăă襨çžă§ăăŞă.}
[Falling down a hole, and landing at the top of a tower. I certainly can't describe this as anything short of a "wonder".]
{"ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝..."}
["Wonderland..."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăă. ä¸ćč°ăŽĺ˝.}
["Yes, yes~! That's where you stand.]
{ăŻăłăăźăŠăłă ăŤăăăă, ă˘ăŞăš."}
[So, Alice, welcome, to Wonderland."]
Alice: "..."
(...)
{(éĄăŻăăăŽăŤ, ĺŻĺćłăŤ...)}
[(He's not bad-looking. What a shame about the rest...)]
{ăăŽăăŁăăăăĺ ăăăŻ, čĽĺš˛, ď˝ď˝ď˝ď˝çłťăŽäşşăăă.}
[For such a clean-cut guy, he seems to be one of those loonies.]
{"... ăŻăŁ!}
["... Uh-!]
{... ăŞăă§, ç§ăŽĺĺă..."}
[... Why do you know my name...?"]
{犴ăč˝ăĄăă¨ăă¨ăŻĺĽăŽćĺłă§ăăŁă¨ăă.}
[I shuddered as I realized.]
{ăăăŞçĽăĺăăŻăăŻă. 厜ăŤćăăčŚăăăŞă.}
[I don't know anyone like this. I've certainly never had him at my house.]
{ĺ§ăçś, 匚ăŞăŠăŽçĽăĺăă¨ăćăăŞăăŁă.}
[And I don't recall any acquaintances of my father or sister looking like this.]
{(ăŚăľăŽăłăšăăŹă§ä¸ćłäžľĺ ĽăťčŞćăťçĄçĺżä¸ćŞéăŽä¸... ăšăăźăŤăź?)}
[(On top of being a rabbit cosplayer, who abducted me, and tried to kill us both... is he also a stalker?)]
{ăăŁăąă, ĺ¤čłŞč ... ăžăăăă¨ăŞă, ĺ¤čłŞč ...}
[As expected, he's a pervert... Unmistakably, a pervert...]
{ăăźăă§ăŻăăŞĺ§ă§ăŻăŞă, ç§ăŽăťăăăšăăźăăłă°ăăăăă, 蜣ĺłăćŞă.}
[And one with poor tastes, if he chose to stalk me over my sister.]
{(éĄăŻăăăŽăŤ, ăăŁăăăŞă...)}
[(Again, what a waste of a handsome face...)]
{ăĄăăŁă¨, ăăăŞă¨ăă.}
[It almost brings a tear to my eye.]
{"ăăŞăăŁăŚ..."}
["So, you..."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăăă... ăŞăŤ, ĺăăżăŽçŽă§čŚăŚăăăă§ă.}
["Hey hey hey... Don't stare like you want to make some kind of plea.]
{... ăŞăă ă, ăăă§ăăŞăăă¨ăčăăŚăăăă§ăă."}
[... It seems you're thinking something indecent of me."]
Alice: {"... ăă.}
["... Well...]
{ĺąéşăăăŞäşşă ăŞă... ăŁăŚ."}
[You do seem like a dangerous person... So..."]
{ă¸ăăăăă ăžăž, ăăăăă¨čˇé˘ăă¨ă.}
[From my position on the floor, I start to slink backwards, making some distance.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺąéşăăăăăžăăă. čŚćăăŞăăŚă, ä˝ăăăžăăăŁăŚ."}
["I promise you I'm not a threat. There's no reason to fear or fret."]
Alice: {"ă§ă..."}
["But..."]
{ăšăăźăŤăźăŽč¨ăăă¨ăŞăă俥ç¨ăăŞăăŞă...}
[As if I can trust the words of a stalker...]
White Rabbit: {"ă˘ăŞăš, ăăŞăăŤĺąĺŽłăĺ ăăă¤ăăăŻăăăžăăă... ĺăŻ."}
["Alice, I don't know how you want me to explain, but... I'm the last person who would
ever cause you pain."]
Alice: {"... ĺŤăżăŽăăč¨ăćšăăăăă."}
["... The way you speak makes me think you have some kind of ulterior motive."]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăŻăŻ. ĺŤăżăŞăăŚ...}
["Ahaha~. Ulterior motive ...]
{... ... ăăăžăăă?"}
[... ... I don't know what you mean."]
Alice: {... ăŞăă¨ăŻă¨ăŚăćăăŞăăăăŞéăăăŁă.}
[... There was a pause, which makes that seem unlikely.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăŻ, ćéăŤç´°ăă, çé˘çŽă§čŞ ĺŽăŞăŚăľăŽăŞăă§ă."}
["After all, I'm a rabbit who's punctual, trustworthy, faithful and clean."]
Alice: {(ćéăŤç´°ăă? çé˘çŽă§čŞ ĺŽăŞ...?)}
[(Punctual and trustworthy? Faithful and clean...?)]
"...
{... ăăă, 厜ăŤĺ¸°ăăŚă."}
[... Then, take me home."]
White Rabbit: {"çĄçă§ă."}
["I can't."]
Alice: {"... ăľăăăŚăăăŽ?"}
["... Are you trying to fool me?"]
{çźä¸ăŤĺşăăćŻč˛ăŤăŻ, ăžăŁăăčŚčŚăăăŞă.}
[Though, I genuinely don't recognize the landscape below.]
{ăŠăăăŁăŚç§ťĺăăăŽăĺăăăŞăă,}
[I have no idea how I got here,]
{ăăăŻç§ăŽĺŽśăăăŻéĺă¨é˘ăăĺ ´ćăŽăăă .}
[but it seems like I'm a long way from my family's home.]
White Rabbit: {"弽ĺĽĺżă¨ăăăŠăĺăčż˝ăăăăŚăăăăăŤăŻäťćšăăăžăăă.}
["You chased me of your own curiosity, so just put that out of your mind.]
{ăăăă, ăăŽčŹă飲ăă§ăă ăă."}
[Now, come come, drink this medicine for me, if you would be so kind."]
Alice: {"... �"}
["... Huh?"]
{ĺçśă¨ăă.}
[I'm dumbfounded.]
{čż˝ăăăăŚăă? éŁăĺťăăăăŽééăă ăă.}
["You chased me"? No way. I was kidnapped.]
{"ăăăăčŞćăăŚăăăă§ăăă!?}
["Don't you mean you abducted me!?]
{ćŞăăăŚăľăŽăŞăăŚčż˝ăăăăŚçŠ´ăŤéŁăłčžźăă ăăăŞăăă!"}
[I would never jump into a hole to chase some suspicious rabbit!"]
White Rabbit: {"... ĺŤă ăŞă. č˝ăĄăăˇă§ăăŻă§ĺĺžăŽč¨ćśăćĺłăŞăă§ăă.}
["... Not at all. You simply took a fall, and now you can't remember at all.]
{ă¨ăŤăă! ĺăčż˝ăăăăŚçŠ´ăŤč˝ăĄăĺžăŻ, čŹă飲ăăă§ă! ăă, 飲ăă§!"}
[At any rate! That was surely your fate! So you should take this medicine, for your shaken state!"]
Alice: {"ĺčŤăŻăăăŚă! ăŞăă§,}
["Stop playing around!]
{ĺĺăçĽăăŞăĺ¤čłŞč ăă貰ăŁăćŞăăčŹăŞăăŚéŁ˛ăžăŞăăăŞăăŞăăŽă!}
[Why should I drink suspicious medicine from some unnamed pervert?]
{常čçăŤčăăŚ... ăă, čăăŞăăŚă飲ăăăăăŞăă§ăăă!"}
[Just thinking about it sensibly--... no, there's not even a debate."]
White Rabbit: {"ăă, čŞĺˇąç´šäťăăžă ă§ăăă. ĺăŻ, ç˝ăŚăľăŽă§ă.}
["Ah~, of course, how could I forget? You can call me the White Rabbit.]
{ăă, čŞĺˇąç´šäťăăăžăăžăăă, 飲ăă§."}
[And, with introductions out of the way, I hope you'll now do as I say."]
Alice: {"... ĺĺăŁăŚăăă, 税éĄă§ăă, ăă."}
["... I asked for your name, not your species."]
{čŞĺˇąç´šäťăăăžăăă°ăăă¨ăăĺéĄă§ăăŞăă, ă¤ăçŞăŁčžźăă§ăăžă.}
[I really don't care whether he introduces himself properly or not, but I pressed
the matter without thinking.]
{ăăăĺĺ°ç.}
[I guess it must be true what they say. When humans are faced with extraordinary]
{äşşé, éćĽĺ¸¸ăŤééăăă¨ĺŚăŤĺˇéăŤăŞăăć ăŚăľăăăăăŽăŠăĄăăă .}
[circumstances, they react with either panic, or an unnatural level of composure.]
{"ăăŞăăŽĺĺăŻ? ĺäšăăŞăăŽ?"}
["Well? Can you not give me your name?"]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăŽĺĺ...?"}
["My name...?"]
Alice: {ĺäšăăŞăăăăŞćŞăăăŞç´ ć§ăŞăŽăă¨ç¨ăă¨,}
[I watched him closely. If he's someone with a shady past, he probably won't want to]
{ăŚăľăŽăŻăăăăă¨čŚčżăăŚăă.}
[tell me his name. But he only stared back with equal scrutiny.]
{"ăŞăŤ...?"}
["What...?"]
White Rabbit: "Nn...
{... ă¸ď˝ă.}
[... Ahh~.]
Alice: "...?"
White Rabbit: {"ĺăŽĺĺăçĽăăăăă§ăă?"}
["So, you want to know my name?"]
Alice: {"çĽăăăăŁăŚăăă..."}
["I didn't say I wanted to know your name..."]
{ăčżäťăăŤăŞăăăăăă§ăŻăŞă. }
[I have no intention of making his acquaintance.]
{éĄăŻăăăŚăĺ¤čłŞč ăŽĺäşşăŞăŠ, 揲ăăăŻăŞă.}
[And the last thing I'd want is to be associated with a degenerate like this.]
{"ăăŞăăŻç§ăŽĺĺăçĽăŁăŚăăăŽăŤ, ç§ăŻăăŞăăŽĺĺăçĽăăŞăăŽă?}
["It's simply that you know my name, and I don't know yours."]
{ä¸ĺ ŹĺšłăăăŞă."}
[Isn't that unfair?"]
White Rabbit: {"... ăŞăăă . ăŚăŁăă...}
["... What? Well, that certainly may be...]
{ĺăŽăă¨ă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăăŽăă¨ćăŁăăŽăŤ..."}
[But, I just thought that you'd come to like me..."]
Alice: {"ăŻ..."}
["Huh..."]
{ĺŁăă˝ăăă¨éăăŚ.}
[My mouth was left agape.]
{"ĺăă... ăŞăăŚčŞćăĺąăŽăŚăľăŽăŞăŽ...}
["Wow... That's pretty conceited coming from a pet rabbit...]
{ç§ă, ăăăă弽ăăŤăŞă? ĺčŤăăăŞăă.}
[You think that I like you? You have to be joking.]
{ăăăéĄăăăăŁăăŁăŚ, čŞćçŻă弽ăăŤăŞăăťăŠéŚŹéšżăŞĺĽłăăăŞăăŽă."}
[You might have a pretty face, but I'm not a stupid enough woman to fall for
my kidnapper."]
{čŞć¸ĺŽśăŽĺ§ăćă¤ă ăăăŁăŚă}
[Having such an intellectual for a sister]
{ĺżçĺŚăŽçĽčăăăăŞăăŤć¤ăă¤ăăăăŚăăă}
[means that I've picked up a lot of knowledge on psychology.]
{čŞćăăăč ăčŞćçŻăŤĺĽ˝ćăćă¤ăŽăŻăăăăăă¨ă ă}
[So I know that victims of kidnappings often come to sympathize with their abductors.]
{ă¤ăćŠăŽćłĺă¨ĺ¤§ĺˇŽăŞăă}
[Similar to the suspension bridge effect.]
{ććăćă¨ĺéăăăăŽăŤäźźăŚăăă}
[They're simply mistaking fear for love.]
{ăăăăŻăŻăäşşăŽćčŚăăăăăăăăŽă ă}
[After all, panic throws off a person's intuition.]
{é źăč ăăăŽäşşăăăăŞăăťăăŽäşşăčŞĺăŽĺ˝éăćĄăŁăŚăăă¨ăŞăă°}
[When a single person decides your fate, and they're the only one you can depend on,]
{ĺ°ć´ă§, ç¸ăĺżć ă弽ćăŤăăăăăăăă}
[sometimes you develop affection for them.]
{"ç§ăăĺŻĺćłăŞč˘ŤĺŽłč ă¨ä¸çˇăŤăăŞăă§ă}
["Don't confuse me for some pitiful victim.]
{ăăăăŞăăă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăăăăŞăă."}
[I will never come to like you."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăăă§ăăăăç°ĄĺăŤăŻăăăžăăăă."}
["... Of course, that's true. I shouldn't have expected things to come easily with you."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŽčłăăă´ăă´ăăŁă¨ĺăăă}
[The rabbit's ears start to shift.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăžăăăŁăĄăăă˛ăźă ăă¤ăžăăŞă.}
["But a game that's too short is no fun, wouldn't you say?]
{ăăăă˛ăźă ăĺ§ăăžăăăăăăăăă飲ăă§."}
[So, why don't you drink, so we can finally play?"]
Alice: {ďźă˛ăźă ďźďź}
[(Game?)]
{"飲ăăăăăŞăă§ăăăâŚâŚ."}
["There's no way I'm drinking anything..."]
{ăˇăă¨ăăŁă˝ăĺăă}
[I abruptly turned away from him.]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăă飲ăžăŞăă¨ă厜ăŤĺ¸°ăăŚăăăžăăă?"}
["... Mmn. What if I told you that ending this trial was as simple as taking one sip
from the vial?"]
Alice: {"ăŠăăă帰ăăŚăăăć°ăŞăăăŞăăăăŤ."}
["Even if that were the case, I think I'd rather find my own way home."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŞăă¨ăŻ..."}
["Such a thing is--..."]
Alice: {"帰ăć°ăŞăăćĄäťśăă¤ăăăăăŞăă."}
["If you really intended to take me home, there wouldn't be any conditions."]
{ăăŽčŞćçŻăăç§ă厜ăŤĺ¸°ăăŚăăăă¨ăŻćăăŞăă}
[I don't believe this kidnapper will let me leave.]
{ă ăăă¨ăăŁăŚăĺžăć°ăŞăŠăăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[But that doesn't mean I'm going to obediently do as he says.]
{éăăżăŚăčŞĺă§ĺ¸°ăăăăăăăŞăă}
[Just look for an opening, and make a run for it. That's the only option.]
{äťăŻăć ăăŞăăă¨ăŤč °ăćăăŚçŤăŚăŞăăăă°ăăăăŚĺăćťăŁăăâŚâŚă}
[Right now though, my pathetic body isn't listening to me. All I can do is hope that my
strength comes back quickly...]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăăăăă飲ăă§ăă ăăă."}
["... Fine then, please drink."]
Alice: {"äşşăŽčŠąăčăăŞăăăă飲ăžăŞăăŁăŚč¨ăŁăŚăăă§ăăăăŁ!!"
[Have you even been listening? I'm telling you, I'm not taking it!!"]
White Rabbit: {"čŹăĺŤăăăŞăăŚăĺ°ăăŞĺäžăżăăă§ăă."}
["It's nothing but medicine, don't be so riled. You're throwing a tantrum like a frustrated
child."]
Alice: {"ĺ°ăăŞĺäžďźďź ĺšźăăŞăăăăăăĺĺĽăăăăŽăďźă}
["Child!? Why? Because I have common sense!?"]
{čŞćçŻç¸ćăŤçŤă袍ăĺż čŚăŞăŠăŞăăĺäžăśăă¤ăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[I don't want to hide my claws from a kidnapper, but it wasn't my intention to sound
like a child with my response.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăâŚâŚăäťćšăăŞăăŞăâŚâŚăé§ă ăŁĺăŞăă ăă..."}
["Well then... I suppose that's that... You can't convince a spoiled brat."]
Alice{"ăĄăăŁă¨ďźčăăŚăăăŽ!?}
["Are you even listening!?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăăŻăâŚâŚăăăăŞăŤĺźˇć°ă§ćĺşĺ°ă ăăă}
["Sure, Sure... But I have to say,]
{ăăźă¤ăăŹăłăăŤăéăăăăŚăăžăăă§ăă?"}
[was it this bullheaded attitude that scared your boyfriend away?"]
Alice: "!!!"
{é ăŤăăŁă¨čĄăä¸ăŁăă}
[The blood rushed to my head.]
{ăăŽĺ¤čłŞč ăŻăćä˝ă ăĺĺă ăă§ăŞăă}
[This pervert is the lowest. Not only does he know my name,]
{觌ăăăăăăŞăĺ ĺ´ăžă§ă調ăšä¸ăăŚăăăăăă}
[but he's even investigated my past. Which I don't want to be brought up.]
{çĽăŁăŚăăŚăč¸ăżčžźăă§ăăă}
[Knowing that, I come to grips with my situation.]
White Rabbit:  {"ăĺ§ăăăŤćăŁăŚăăăăŚăăžăăŞăăŚăĺŻĺćłă§ăăă."}
["How hard that must have been for you, since it was your sister who stole him
away, too."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŽĺŁčŞżăŻăăĄăŁă¨ăĺŻĺćłă¨ăăăľăă§ăŻăŞăăŁăă}
[The rabbit held no sympathy in his voice at all.]
{ćŹçŠăŽăŚăľăŽăŽăăăŤčľ¤ăçŽăŻăçŽčăŤçŹăŁăŚăăă}
[He simply looked down on me with his crimson eyes, smiling cynically.]
{"ĺ§ăăăŤćăŁăŚăăăăăăăăăŞăăďź}
["My sister never took anything from me!]
{ĺ§ăăăŻăç§ăŽăăŽăĺăŁăăăăăăăŞäşşăăăŞă...!"}
[She's not the kind of person who would take things from anyone...!"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăă§ăăăă¨ăăăăŞăăŽăăźă¤ăăŹăłăăă}
["Certainly. It wasn't her doing at all.]
{ăăŞăăŽăĺ§ăăăŤĺćăŤçąăä¸ăăŚăăžăŁăă ăăŽăă¨ă§ă.}
[It was your boyfriend who decided to leave with such gall.]
{ăăŞăăŽăăŽăĺăŁăăăăăăăŞäşşăăăŞăăĺ§ăăăŻă}
[Your sister wasn't trying to put him under a spell.]
{čŚĺăăăăŞăăŁăăĺŽăŤčŞ ĺŽă§ă匚ćăăŽăĺ§ăă.}
[Her deep love for you is where she excels.]
{ăăă§çľăăăăăă ăăŽăă¨ă§ăăă."}
[And that's all there is to it. There's no more to tell."]
Alice: {ăăăăăă§çľăăăăăă ăăŽăă¨ă ă}
[Right, it's over. There's nothing more to it.]
{çśăăŞăăăŞăăăăă§çľăăă ă}
[There's nothing else to say about it. It's just over.]
{"ăăăăĺ§ăăăŻčŞ ĺŽă ăŁă."}
["Right. My sister was always sincere."]
Peter: {"ăăăŤ}
["And more than that, you sister was no fool.]
{ăŹăźăŤăăŹăłăăŽĺ§ăŤçąăä¸ăăăăăŞéŚŹéšżăŞçˇăŤăŻčĺłăăŞăăŁă."}
[If a man could betray his own lover, he was simply too cruel.]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăă."}
["Right."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŞăă ăăŞăçˇăăĺ§ăăăŻç¸ćăŤăăăŞăăŁăă}
["Your sister was a girl of class, who could never love a cur.]
{ăĺ§ăăăŤăŻăăŁă¨ä¸ćľăŽçˇăäźźĺă."}
[If only she could find a better man, who truly deserves her."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚä˝ăč¨ăăăăŽ."}
["... What are you trying to say?"]
{ăăăăăă ăĺ§ăŤăŻä¸ćľăŽçˇć§ăäźźĺăă}
[Upperclass men do suit my sister. Of course they do.]
{ăŹăźăŤăăŹăłăăŽĺ§ăŤçąăä¸ăăăăăŞéŚŹéšżăŞçˇăŤăŻăčĺłăăŞăăŁăă}
[But she wouldn't waste her time on a man who chases his girlfriend's sister.]
{ĺăăăăčŚçˇăŽçąăăŤăć°äťăăŚăăăŞăăŁăă ăăă}
[I wonder if she even noticed the heated gaze he always gave her.]
{ă ăăŠăç§ăŻăăăăŞçˇăŤçąăä¸ăăŚăăăŽă ăĺ§ăŻăçĽăăŞăăŁăă}
[While I had still been head-over-heels for that man, my sister never even looked at him.]
{ĺ§ăŻčŞ ĺŽă§ăăăŽäşşăăžăŁăăç¸ćăŤăăŞăăŁăă}
[She was sincere, and completely ignored his company.]
{(ĺ§ăăăŤăŻăç¸ĺżăăăŞăăŁă.)}
[(He wasn't good enough for her.)]
{ç´ ćľăŞĺ§ăăăĺŞăăăŚăčŞ ĺŽă§ă}
[She's a fantastic sister. Loyal and kind.]
{ăăăăăŞăŽăŤăĺă ăăăăžăŁăăăŞĺĽłć§ă}
[A graceful, forthright and dignified woman.]
{ĺç˝ăĺăăă¨ăăĺ§ăŻăăĄăăă¨ăăăŽäşşăčŚăŞăăŁăă}
[When she received the confession, she didn't give him a single glance.]
{ăžăŁăăă迡ăăă¨ăăŞăăč˘ăŤăăă}
[There wasn't a moment of hesitation.]
{ăăŽăă¨ăŤĺŽĺżăăŚăćŻăŁăŚăăăĺ§ăŤćčŹăăŚă}
[It was relieving when my sister came to tell me that she'd turned him down, and seeing]
{ćŻăăăăăŽäşşăčŚăŚăăŁăăăăăăăăŚăĺˇă¤ăăă}
[him after the rejection made me feel a bit better, so I thanked her. But, I was still hurt.]
{ĺ§ăŻç§ă¨ăŻć źăéăăç§ă弽ăăŤăŞăŁăäşşăăç¸ćăŤăăăŞă弳ć§ă ă}
[She's so different than me. Someone that I had cared so deeply for wasn't even
worth the time of a woman like her.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŽä¸ăĺćăŽĺŽśĺşć帍ăŻăăăŞăăŤăĺ§ăăăéăăŚăă."}
["On top of it all, your first love was your tutor. But, he thought of you and your
sister the same."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŁ."}
["... Ah-."]
White Rabbit: {"çĽăŁăŚăăžăăďźăăŞăăŻĺŻĺćłăŞäşşă .}
["Worry not though, Alice, I'm well aware of the pitiful person you are.]
{ĺŻĺćłăĺŻĺćłăŞäşş."}
[Altogether poor, and filled with shame."]
Alice: {é ăŤăăă䝼ä¸ăŞăă¨ăăăăăăŤčĄăä¸ăă暯ć°ăĺşăăă ăŁăă}
[My mind couldn't take any more. I felt like steam was going to start coming out of my
ears if I had to listen any longer.]
{ăăăăăŠăăăŤĺˇéăŞčŞĺăăăă}
[However, I have to keep my composure.]
{ăăŽăšăăźăŤăźăŚăľăŽăŻă ăŤă¤ăçˇă ă}
[This stalker rabbit is such in infuriating man.]
{äşşăĺˇă¤ăăăăăŞăă¨ăĺšłć°ă§ăŽăăžăăăăŞăĺŤăŞçˇă}
[He brings up such hurtful things without batting an eye.]
{彟ăŽĺŁčŞżăč¨čéăăŤç§ăĺăăă§ăăăăç§ăŻĺˇă¤ăăă}
[If his tone were as pitying as his words, I would probably be far more upset.]
{ă ăă彟ăŻćĽ˝ăăăă§âŚâŚă}
[But, it sounds more like he's enjoying this...]
{ç§ăŻäťăćăŁăŚăŻăăŚăĺˇă¤ăăŚăŻăăŞăă}
[Right now, I may be angry, but I'm not hurt.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺŻĺćłă ăăâŚâŚă飲ăžăăŚăăăžă."}
["And since you're so pitiful... this is the best thing to do."]
Alice: {"ăŞâŚâŚ?}
["Wha--...?]
{âŚâŚăŁă¤âŚâŚ}
[... Hhnn--..."]
White Rabbit: {"ĺŻĺćłăŞäşşă ..."}
["Such a shameful person..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŁăŻâŚâŚ"}
["... Hha--..."]
White Rabbit: {"ĺă解ćžăăŚăăăžăăă漽ăŤăăŚăăă."}
["I can help to free you. Now empty your mind, it's only we two."]
Alice: {ĺŁăăăéăăăă朲ä˝ăćľăčžźăžăăăé ăĺşĺŽăăăçĄçăăăŤă}
[He held my head forcefully in place. Then, as my mouth was forced open, a
liquid flowed in.]
{ĺăéăăŚăăăăŞăăăăšăŞăăŚăăŽăăăŞăă}
[I can't close my lips. This isn't the same as a kiss.]
{"âŚâŚé˘âŚâŚ"}
["... Let go--..."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚĺ ¨é¨éŁ˛ăă ăăăăăăăŤé˘ăăŚăăăžăăăă˘ăŞăš.}
["... Only after you drink it all. Then, I will let you go, Alice.]
{ĺăŻăăăŞăăŤäšąć´ăŞçäźźăŞăăăăăăŞăăă§ă."}
[I would never want to use violence on you. I sincerely mean you no malice."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăŁâŚâŚ"}
["... Nn..."]
{ăăăăäšąć´ă§ăŞăăŚăŞăă ă¨ăăăŽă ă}
[Is he trying to say this isn't "violence"?]
{ăăăŞăăŽăăăšăŞăăăăăŞăăć´ĺă ă}
[This is no kiss. This is sexual assault.]
{ă ăăĺăĺăăă朲ä˝ă飲ăżčžźăžăăăŚâŚâŚ}
[But there's nothing I can do as the liquid passes through my lips...]
{ăăšăăăŞăăăăšăăăŞăăŽăŤă}
[No, it's not a kiss. And yet,]
{çľé¨ăăăă¨ăŽăŞăăăăŞćˇąăăăšă交ăăăŚăăć°ĺăŤăŞăă}
[this is a far deeper kiss than I've ever experienced.]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚčŚăă?"}
["... Is this unpleasant?"]
{ćă ăĺăé˘ăăă芹ăăăăăăă}
[He keeps separating his lips for a few moments to address me.]
{çăăéăŤăăžă桹ăĺŁäťăăăăă}
[But before I can reply, he closes the kiss again.]
{"âŚâŚâŚâŚăŁ."}
["... Nn."]
{ăăŞăăŽéă飲ăżčžźăă§ăăžăŁăăăŞăă ăĺăăăŞăă}
[My mouth ends up filling with a substantial amount. I can't tell how much.]
{ćŻăăăăăŞăăćŻă ă¨ăăăăĺżä¸ă ă}
[It may be poison. If so, then this really will be a double-suicide.]
{ăăŽçˇăŽĺŁăŽä¸ăŤăčŹăŻĺşăăŁăŚăăă}
[After all, it's in his mouth as well.]
{ăŠăăăăŠăăžă§ăä˝ăăŞăăŞăŽăĺăăăŞăăăăăŤă桹ă.}
[And, with such a deep kiss, I have no idea how long this will go on.]
{čŚăăă飲ăżčžźăă§ăăžăă}
[It's painful. So I have no choice but to swallow.]
{"âŚâŚăŁ.}
["... Hh.]
{âŚâŚăăăăăŁ."}
[... ~~~~ Nn."]
White Rabbit: {"čŚăăă§ăăăăăă§ăăăăŞăăŽćăă ăă¨ăŞăă§ăă?"}
["This may be hard to endure, but it's what you want, I'm sure."]
Alice: {ăăăŞăă¨ă誰ăćăăăŽăăăăč¨ăăă¨ăăăăĺčŤă§ăăŞăă}
[I wanted to say "Who would ever want such a thing to happen?", but I
couldn't refute it.]
{č¨čăŤçŞŽăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăĺŁăéăă°čŹă飲ăżčžźăžăăăă}
[Not that I was at a loss for words, but because, if I tried to speak, I'd only take in
more of the "medicine".]
{ä˝ăč¨ăăŞăăĺŁăéăăŞăă}
[I can't open my mouth. I can't say anything. ]
White Rabbit: {"ăŠăă§ăăăăŁăŚćăŁăŚăăă§ăăăďźčŞĺăŽăă¨.}
["Do you think this all means nothing? What I'm trying to achieve?]
{ăŠăăŞăŁăăŁăŚăăăŁăŚăăăćăŁăŚăăăŻăă§ă."}
[Or are you really saying, no matter what happens to you, that you know no one
will grieve?"]
Alice: "..."
{äťĺşŚăŻăĺŁăéăăă¨ăăă§ĺčŤă§ăăă ăăăă}
[Even if I had a chance to open my mouth, would I even be able to deny that?]
{äťăŽč¨čăĺŚĺŽă§ăăă ăăăă}
[I don't have any words now.]
{čŞĺăŞăŠăăŠăăŞăŁăăŁăŚăăăăăăŞăľăăŤćăŁăăă¨ăŞăŠăŞăăă¨ă}
[Can I really say that I've never thought that whatever happens to me, it's fine?]
{ç§ăŤăŻâŚâŚă}
[I only...]
{"ă§ăăăăăăżăăăŞĺĽ´ăŤăăšăăăăă¨ăŞăăŚăćăă§ăŞăâŚâŚăŁďźďźďźă}
["I know I would never want to kiss a man like you... hmn!!!"]
{ăăšăăăăăăšă ăŞăăŚăčŞăăăăŞăă}
[A kiss. I don't even want to admit that that's what's happening.]
{ăăšă ă¨ăăăăä¸çĺżăăŞăăăăŞććŞăŞăăšă ă}
[But if this is a kiss, it's only going to be remembered as the most awful kiss of my life.]
{čŞăăăăŞăăăĺŁăŤĺşăăćçšă§ăă§ăŤčŞăăŚăăžăŁăŚăăă}
[The moment I thought that, I realized that I had admitted it to myself after all.]
White Rabbit: {"ăľăľăŁăčŚăăżăăăŁăŚćăă§ăăăăăŤ."}
["Mhmhm~, this suffering is exactly what you longed for, I believe."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻăăč¨ăŁăŚăčť˝ăçŹăăĺăé˘ăăă}
[The rabbit says with a light laugh, as he releases his lips.]
{ďźäżĄăăăăŞăďźăăŽçˇďźďź}
[(Unbelievable! This man--!)]
{ďźćĺžăŽä¸ćť´ăžă§éŁ˛ăżčžźăžăăăďźďźďźďź}
[(In the end, there wasn't a drop left in the vial!!!)]
{"ăŽâŚâŚă飲ăăăăŁăďźăă ăçĽăăŞăäşşăă貰ăŁăăăŽă}
["I--... I drank it all!? My sister used to tell me to never take such things from]
{éŁăšăĄăé§çŽăŞăăŚăăĺ§ăăăŽăĺ°č¨ăçŹăŁăŚăăăăăăŚăăăŽăŤ!"}
[strangers. She would be so disappointed if she heard about this!"]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăăă弽ĺĽĺżă¨ăăăŠăčŹă飲ăă§ăăžăŁăăăăŤăŻäťćšăăŞă."}
["... Ah, it's a shame, but your curiosity was too much. It couldn't be helped that
you chose to drink as such.]
{ăăăŻăăźăăŽčŹă}
[That vial contained the Medicine of Heart. ]
{ă˘ăŞăšă飲ăă ăăăŤăŻă˛ăźă ăŤĺĺ ăăŞăăŚăŻăŞăăžăă."}
[And now that you've drank it, the game can start."]
Alice: {čŹăŽä¸é¨ăć°çŽĄăŤĺ ĽăćśçŽă§ăăăŚăăç§ăçĄčŚăăŚă}
[My eyes watered, and I choked, since some of that liquid had slid down my windpipe.]
{ăŚăľăŽăŻčĺą ăăăŁă調ĺă§ĺăŁăă}
[But the rabbit completely ignored me, speaking dramatically as if he were in a play.]
{"ăľâŚâŚăăľăăăăă¨č¨ăŁăŚăăăâŚâŚďźďźăăŁăăăťăăťăŁ!!!}
["St--... Stop making up such absurd things...!! *cough*, *cough* *cough*!!!]
{ăď˝ď˝ď˝ď˝...}
[Gh--~~~~..."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŞăĺăć¨ăŚăăżăăăŤč¨ăăŞăă§ăă ăăăăĺˇă¤ăăŞă."}
["You wound me with such hurtful words. The things I've said are not absurd."]
Alice: {ăĄăŁă¨ăĺˇă¤ăăŚăăăăŤčŚăăŞăă}
[He doesn't look even slightly hurt.]
{ăăăŁă¨ăăéĄă§ăŚăľăŽăŻĺŁĺ ăćăŁăŚăăă}
[His face had no expression at all as he casually wiped his mouth.]
{"âŚâŚĺăăăăăććŞăŁ."}
["... I think I'm gonna be sick. You're awful."]
{äşĺŽăç§ăŻăŞăă¨ăĺăăă¨ăăŚăăă}
[Actually, I should try to throw up.]
{ĺŁăŤćăçŞăŁčžźăăä¸ĺăăăăăŞăăăĺăĺşăăŞăăŚăŻă}
[I shove my fingers down my throat. It may be vulgar, but I have to get that liquid out.]
{ďźăăźăăŽčŹďźăăăŁăŚăăŞăăŽčŹďźďź}
[(The Medicine of Heart? What kind of concoction was that?)]
{ăŚăľăŽăŤčăăŚăă}
[Even if I asked that rabbit,]
{ăŽăăăăăă¨ăŻăăăăăăŚčŠąăĺźăĺťśă°ăăăăă¨ăŻçŽăŤčŚăăŚăăă}
[he'll just keep being evasive, and try and drag out his story as long as possible.]
{ä¸ĺťăćŠăĺăćťăăă¨ăăăăăăăăŞăăŞăéŁăăă}
[I immediately return to trying to vomit, but it's more difficult than I expected.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăăăăăăăŤĺŤďź}
["Were you truly so offput that you're now feeling ill?]
{ĺăŻăăăăŞăŤćŞăć°ĺăăăăăžăăă§ăăăăŠ."}
[How unfortunate, since I think it was a thrill."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăčŚăčžźăă§ăăăĺăĺşăăă¨ăăŚăăăŽăŻĺăăŁăŚăăă ăăăŤă}
[The rabbit just watches. He knows exactly what I'm trying to do,]
{弳ć§ăŤĺŻžăăŚăŽć°éŁăăŞăŠççĄă ă}
[but he doesn't seem even the least bit concerned.]
{ăăŁă¨čŚä¸ăăă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŻćŞă ăŤĺŁĺ ăćăŁăŚăăă}
[I glare up at him, but he's more focused with making sure his own lips are cleaned
off than with anything I'm doing.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăŻăăăŞăă弽ăăŞăŽă§."}
["Because I cherish you so, this was my duty to fill."]
Alice: "...
{âŚâŚăăăŻăăăŁăăăăç§ăŻăććŞăŞć°ĺă ă."}
[... That's great. But I'm still disgusted."]
{ĺ寞é˘ăŽç¸ćăăăăăŞäšąć´ăŞăăšăăăŚăăćĺĽă}
[This man, whom I'd never met before today, ]
{çŽăŽĺă§ĺŁĺ ăăăăăă¨ćŚăŁăŚăăă}
[was now scrubbing irritatedly at his lips, as if he couldn't get them clean.]
{čŹă ăăŞăă ăă飲ăžăăăŽăçŽçă ă¨ăăŚăăĺąčžąă ă}
[This is humiliating. I don't care if he only did it to make me drink that medicine.]
{ďźăăă¤ăç§ăŽăă¨ă弽ăăŠăăăĺŤăăŞăăăăŞăăŽďź}
[(Far from liking me, I think he must be doing this out of hate.)]
{ăăăŞăăŤč¨ăăăăăăăăŞăŤćŞăć°ĺăăăăăžăăă}
[The indifferent way he said "it was a thrill" for him]
{ă¨ăăč¨čă§ä˝č¨ăŤčçŤă¤ă}
[really ground on my nerves.]
{čŞĺăăäťćăăŚăăăŚďźćŁä˝ä¸ćăŽčŹă飲ăžăăŚăăăŚďź}
[Did he set all this up just for me? And what was in that strange vial?]
{ăăźăăŽčŹă¨ăăăŽăŻăä¸ä˝ä˝ă ă}
[He called it the Medicine of Heart, but what in the world is that supposed to mean?]
{ĺĺăăăăŚăăăşă¤é°ĺ˛ć°ăăˇăăˇăćźăŁăŚăăă}
[From the name alone, I get an unpleasant feeling.]
{ĺăćťăăŞăăŁăç§ăŤăŻăăăăăăŠăăŞççśăĺşăăŽăâŚâŚă}
[And what's going to happen to me, since I wasn't able to throw it back up...?]
...
(...)
{ďźâŚâŚăśăĄćŽşăďź}
[(... I'm going to murder him.)]
{ăăăăŠăăŞčŹăŤăăăăăăŞăăŽăăăŞăă}
[That medicine was nothing normal.]
{ĺ˝çśăăăăăĺşăççśăŤăăăŁăŚăăăŞăăŽăăăŞăă ăăă}
[So it's only reasonable to think that the symptoms from it won't be normal, either.]
{čŚčŚăăăŞăăăăŞĺ ´ćă§ăăăăăăŠăăŞăăŤăăă}
[Being in this unfamiliar place, and not knowing what's going to happen to me after this,]
{ăśă掴ăăŞăăŚăŻć°ăăăžăŞăăăăăăśă掴ăŁăăăăăă沝ăžăăŞăă}
[I won't be satisfied unless I can teach him a lesson. No, I won't be satisfied even after
I've beaten him to a pulp.]
{ćăă§ăĺăćťăă}
[My strength returns alongside my fury.]
{ĺ ĺťăžă§č °ăćăăŚçŤăĄä¸ăăăŞăăŁăăŽăŤăćĽăŤčśłĺ ăăăŁăăăă.}
[Although I was unable to even stand until now, I suddenly lept up on steady legs.]
{犴ăŤč˝ăĄăŚăăăč˝ăĄçśăăŚăăăăăŞćčŚă ăŁăăŽăŤă}
[After entering that hole, I felt like I'd never stopped falling.]
{ăŠăăăŚăćĽăŤĺăćťăŁăăŽăă}
[But then, why do I all of a sudden feel like I have so much energy?]
{ďźâŚâŚăŠăă§ăăăăă¨ăăăăä¸çşćŽ´ăŁăŚăăăďź}
[(... Well, the reason doesn't matter. In any case, I need to punch him.)]
{ăăŤăďźďźďź}
[Wham--!!!]
White Rabbit: {"ăă ăŁ!!!?"}
["Wha--!!!?"]
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚćąşăžăŁăďź}
[(... Much better.)]
{çľć§ăăéłăăăăćăăăăăăăăŞă}
[What a wonderful sound. It resonates nicely in this room.]
{ćłéިăăăăćăăŤă˛ăă˛ăă¨ăăă}
[Even the stinging in my knuckles feels pleasant.]
White Rabbit: {"çăă§ăăďźďźä˝ăăăă§ăă!"}
["Oww! What was that!?"]
Alice: {"ä˝ăŁăŚăĺăăăŞăăŽďźâŚâŚćŽ´ăŁăăŽă."}
["What don't you understand?... You've been punched."]
{ăăă§ćşăćŻăä¸ă¤ă}
[I let out a sigh.]
{"ăăăăă}
["Oh, I get it. Being]
{éĺăŞĺĽłăŽç´°č ăăăćăĺă掴ăŁăă¨ăăŚăä˝ăćăăŞăç¨ĺşŚăă."}
[hit by the slender arm of such a helpless girl, you probably didn't even feel it, huh?]
{ĺăăăŞăăŽăŞăăăăŁă¨ćŽ´ăăŞăăâŚâŚ."}
[Well, I'll just have to hit you until you understand..."]
{ăăăăăä¸çşă§ăăžăăŚăăć°ăŞăŠăŞăăŁăă}
[I had never intended to hit him just once, anyway.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŁďźăăŁăăăďź}
["Eh-!? H-Huh!?]
{ăŞăŤďźăĄăăŁă¨?!?}
[What? Wait!!!]
{ăăçăăŁăă§ăă!?éĺăŠăăăăăăŞăăăŞăă§ăăăŞăŤĺ§ĺŠć ŁăăăŚ...}
[I-It hurts, okay!? Far from helpless. You must have some experience, I'd say...]
{ăăŁăăĄăâŚâŚăŁ."}
[Wa--, Wait--!"]
Alice: {ăŻăăŁă¨ăćłéިăŤćŻăĺšăăăăă}
[I blow on my fist for luck.]
{ăăŤăďźďźďź}
[Wham!!!]
{ăăăďźďźďź}
[Pow!!!]
White Rabbit: {"ăŁă¤ăăăăăăăă!!!"}
["Sstop~~~~~~~~!!!"]
Alice: {"ĺăăŁăďźćŽ´ăŁăăŽă.}
["Do you get it now? Why I hit you?]
{âŚâŚăžă ĺăăăŞăďźç§ăćăŁăŚăăăă¨."}
[... No? It's because I'm angry."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŁăĺăăăžăăďźĺăăăžăăă¨ă!!!"}
["I-I understand! I understand! I deserve this reprimand!!!"]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăŽć 庌ăăăĺăăŁăă¨ăŻćăăŞăăă."}
["... The way you've behaved, I don't think you've got it quite yet."]
{ĺăłćłăä˝ăă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŻć ăŚăŚč¨ăčśłăă}
[As I ready my fist again, the rabbit adds more in a panic.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăăăžăăďźĺăăŁăŚăžăďźă}
["It's well understood! It's all very clear!]
{ăăăâŚâŚăăăćăŁăŚăăăă§ăăăďźďźăăăăŞăăăŁďźďźďźă}
[You're very... very upset!? But, my regret is sincere!!!"]
Alice: {"ăăăăăăŞăăăăăŽăăăăăăâŚâŚăă."}
["I'm not just very upset. I'm fu~~~rious."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăďźăăă§ăăă!}
["Yes! Of course!]
{ăăŽăăăćăŁăŚăăăă§ăăăďźďźééăăžăăăăăżăžăăăŁ!!!"}
[You're understandably furious, beyond belief! So I beg your forgiveness, please
spare me this grief!!!"]
Alice: {"ăăŽăăăăăăŽăăăăăăăăăćăŁăŚăăăă}
["I'm not sure. I am so incre~~~~~~dibly angry right now.]
{âŚâŚäšĺĽłăŽĺăŻĺŽăăŞăăŽăă䝣䞥ăŻćăŁăŚăăăăžăăăă."}
[... Besides, a girl's lips aren't cheap. I think you still have to pay up."]
White Rabbit: {"ăďźďźăăďźďźăéă¨ăć°ă§ăăďźďźă}
["Huh!? Huuh!? You mean you want money!?"]
Alice: {"ăéă§ăăăŞăĺŽăăăŽă§ăăă.}
["If you could just give me money, it'd be too easy.]
{âŚâŚă§ăŁăăĺăăä˝ăŁăă¨ćăăŞăă.}
[... I think you've racked up quite a debt.]
{ă§ăăăăŻăŠăăŞăŽăăăŁăă¨ĺŽśăŤĺ¸°ăăŚ."}
[Where is this place anyways? I want to go home."]
{ćăă°ăźăŽĺ˝˘ăŤăăŚăăŚăľăŽăŤăĄăă¤ăăăă}
[I make my hand into another fist, and show it to the rabbit.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăăŻăâŚâŚăăăŁă¨ăăăăŻăăźăăŽĺ˝ă§âŚâŚ"}
["U-Uh... Umm, this is the Country of Heart..."]
Alice: {çăăăŤăăŁăăăăăŚăľăŽăŽć 庌ăŻçĽĺŚăŞăăŽăŤĺ¤ăăŁăŚăăăă}
[Maybe it's because he got hurt, but his attitude had suddenly turned meek.]
{çăăŻç¸ĺ¤ăăăčŚé ăĺžăŞăă}
[And yet, his response stayed pretty much the same.]
{"ăăăŞĺ˝ĺăŻčăăăă¨ăăŞă."}
["I've never heard of a country like that."]
{ăăŤăďźďźďź}
[Wham!!!]
{ăăăďźďźďź}
[Pow!!!]
{ăăˇăďźďźďź}
[Crack!!!]
{ă°ăŁăăĺăć¨ăŚăŚăćŻć°ăă掴ăă}
[I send him flying with one more vigourous hit.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŁăăăăăăăăăăăăâŚâŚ}
["OwwOwwOww~~~~~~~~~~~...]
{ă˛ăă˛ăŠâŚâŚďźĺçŠčĺž ă§ăăďźďźăăăăŞăéłăăăžăăă§ăăăăäť!"}
[Y-You're terrible...! Isn't this animal abuse!? I swear I'm not lying! Can we please
call a truce!?"]
Alice: {"ĺçŠčĺž ăŻăăăăŞăăă¨ăăăĺçŠăĺäžăŤć´ĺăćŻăăäşşăŻč¨ąăăŞăă}
["Animal abuse is wrong. Anyone who would use violence against a child or an animal is unforgivable.]
{ă§ăâŚâŚăčŞćçŻăŤć ăăŻçĄç¨ă}
[But... pitying a kidnapper is a waste of time."]
{ăŚăľăŽăŽç˝ă ăăć 庌ă¨ĺăăăăăŤç˝ă ăăăéźťă§çŹăŁăŚăăă}
[I shamelessly mimic his earlier attitude, as I turn up my nose at him with a smile.]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăŻăăŚăľăŽčłăăçăăŚăăăăăĺźąăĺçŠăĺäžă§ăŻăŞăă}
[This man may have the ears of a rabbit, but he's not some defenseless animal.]
{ăŠăčŚăŚăéĺš´ă§ăĺăăăă}
[He also seems fairly young, but he still has more power than me.]
{"ç§ăŽăťăăĺźąč ăŞăă ăăăç§ăć´ĺăćŻăăĺăŤăŻĺéĄăŞăă."}
["Since I'm the one at a disadvantage here, I'm completely justified in my use of
violence."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŞăŤĺźˇăäşşăĺźąč ăŞăăŚč¨ăăžăăă!"}
["You're not at a disadvantage if you're this keen to fight!"]
Alice: {"čż˝ă芰ăăăăă°ăĺźąč ă§ă埡ăăŞăăăăç§ăčż˝ă芰ăăăăăăćŞăăŽ.}
["When cornered, even the weak can become strong. Which means it's your fault for being the one to corner me.]
{ĺ§ăăăŽĺă ăŁăăăăăăŞăă¨ăăŞăăă ăăă}
[I would never act like this in front of my sister, though.]
{ăăăŞăăŤăăĺă§éăŁăŚăăăŽăăç§."}
[After all, I'm a good girl."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăŁăŻăăăĺďźăă ăăŞăă§ăăâŚâŚ"}
["... Hah, a good girl? That's nonsense, outright..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăă ăăŞăă¨ăăăăăăŤč¨ăăăçĺăăŻăŞăă}
["... Nonsense? You don't have any right to say that to me."]
{ăŚăľăŽăŻăăăăŤćăăăăć 庌ăŤćťăŁăăăžăŁăăăçŞăŤéă弴ă ă}
[The rabbit had quickly returned to his horrid behaviour. This guy is really getting on my nerves.]
{ăăŽăšăăźăŤăźăŚăľăŽăăŠăăžă§çĽăŁăŚăăăŽăăŻĺăăăŞăăăé˘äżăŞăă}
[I don't know how much this stalker-rabbit knows, but it doesn't matter.]
{äťäşşă ă}
[He's s stranger to me.]
{äşşéé˘äżăĺżć ăŞăŠăčŞăĺż čŚăŻăŞăăŁăă}
[There's no reason for the usual social graces.]
{ç§ăăăăŽăŚăľăŽăŤćăă§ăăăă¨ăŻä¸ă¤ă ăă ă}
[There's only one thing I want from this man.]
{"ăăăŻăŠăăŞăŽăç§ă帰ăăŚ."}
["Tell me where we are. I'm leaving."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăŠăăăŁăŚďźăăźăăŽĺ˝âŚâŚ}
[Haven't I already told you? If you'd like, please let me relay...]
{ăăŽçăăŻăć°ăŤĺŹăăŞăăăă ăăăč¨ăćšăĺ¤ăăžăăăă.}
[Right now we stand in the Country of Heart. What more would you like me to say?]
{ăăăŻăăăŞăăćăă ä¸çă§ăăăă˘ăŞăš}
[This place is a world of desires just for you.]
{ăăă§ăŻă誰ăăăŞăăŽăă¨ăçĽăăŞăă}
[There's no sister, no father no friends.]
{ăăŞăăŽăă¨ăăăăŞăăŽăĺ§ăăăăćŻăăăŽăă¨ă."}
[It's a world where no one's ever met an Alice. One of possibility without ends."]
Alice: "..."
{ăžă¨ăăŤç¸ćăŤăăŚăŻăăăŞăăćŻč¨ă ă}
[There's no point even addressing him. This is all drivel.]
{"âŚâŚç§ăćăă§ăăăŽăŻă帰ăăă¨ăă}
["... My only desire right now is to go home."]
White Rabbit: {"帰ăăăăă§ăă?"}
["You really wish to just go back?"]
Alice: {"ĺ˝ăăĺă§ăăă."}
["Of course I do."]
White Rabbit: {"ćŹĺ˝ăŤ?"}
["And you're certain that's a fact?"]
Alice: {"ăăŠăă帰ăăŞăă¨ăéĺ ąăăăăă."}
["This is going nowhere. If you don't take me back, I'm going to report you."]
{帰ăăŚăăăŚăăéĺ ąăăć°ă§ăăŁăąăă ă}
[And when I get out of here, I've got plenty of things to report him on.]
{ăšăăźăŤăźčĄçşăťä¸ćłäžľĺ ĽăťčŞćă弳ăŽćľă}
[Behaving like a stalker, trespassing, abduction. He's a threat to all women.]
{"éĺ ąăăăăăç˘ĺąčĄăăŤăŞăăă."}
["Once you're reported, you're definitely going to jail."]
White Rabbit: {"ç˘ĺąă§ăăâŚâŚăăăăŻĺŤă ăŞ."}
["Jail...? That would be quite unfortunate."]
Alice: {"誰ă ăŁăŚĺŤă§ăăăăăäťăŞăć¸ĺă§ăăăă帰ăăŚ."}
["Anyone would agree. But, you can lessen your sentence if you take me back now."]
White Rabbit: {"ç˘ĺąăŁăŚăĺăŁă˝ăăŚăăłčăăä¸ć˝ăăăŞăă§ăă.}
["Isn't jail a place of filth and dust? Stagnant air that lingers with a smell of must?]
{ăŚăľăŽăŻăçśşéşĺĽ˝ăăŞăă§ăăăăăćąăĺ ´ćăŻĺĽ˝ăăăăŞă."}
[As a rabbit, I like to keep everything clean~. I find objects of filth to be
wholly obscene."]
Alice: {ăăŁă¨ăźăăŚăăăŽăăăŽăăăŞçˇă ă}
[I can't tell if he's playing dumb, or if he's actually just that carefree.]
{"...ăăăăçśşéşĺĽ˝ăăăŠăăăŞăăŚăŠăă§ăăăăăŠă}
["... I could care less whether or not you like filthy places.]
{ä¸ć˝ăŞĺ ´ćă¸éăčžźăžăăăăŞăăŁăăăă¨ăŁă¨ă¨ç§ă厜ă¸ĺ¸°ăăă¨ă."}
[If you don't send me home, that's where you're going to end up."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăă˘ăŞăšăćŹĺ˝ăŤăĺ ăŽä¸çă¸ćťăăăăă§ăă?"}
["... ... Alice, is this wish to go back really all you desire?"]
Alice: {"ăăŠăçˇăŻăăŚăŞăăă."}
["Men who ramble aren't attractive."]
{ăăăéĄăăăăŚăăăă¨ăçśăăŽč¨čăŻéŁ˛ăżčžźăă}
[I almost continued with "no matter how good-looking they are", but I ]
{éĄăŻăăăăăšăăźăŤăźăăćăăăăăŞăă}
[swallowed the words. He may have a decent face, but there's no saving a stalker.]
White Rabbit: {"ćŹĺ˝ăŽćŹĺ˝ăŤ?"}
["Above that simple request, you've no priority higher?"]
Alice: {"ăăŠăăŁăŚä˝ĺşŚč¨ăăăć°ăŞăŽ."}
["How many times do you plan to ask that?"]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăăĺă¤ăă ăăă§ăă."}
["As many times as it takes for you to realize you're a liar."]
Alice: {ă´ăăă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŻč¨ăĺăŁăăă¨ăŚăčŞäżĄăŤćşăĄăŚăăă}
[The rabbit said without hesitation. He makes it sound like a fact.]
{ăăăăšăăźăŤăźăŽćŻč¨ă ă}
[But these are just the delusions of a stalker.]
{ćăčžźăżăăăă¨ăăăčŞĺăćŁăăă¨ćăŁăŚăăă}
[He's certain of his own assumptions.]
{"ĺăŞăăŚ..."}
["I'm not lying..."]
White Rabbit: {"ĺă§ăăă帰ăăăă¨ćăăăăŞäşşăŤăŻăĺăĺźăšăŞă."}
["Oh, but you are. You don't want to go. I'm only here since you called me, so above
all I should know."]
Alice: {"ăăăăĺźăă čŚăăŞăăŚăŞăăďź}
["I don't remember calling you! ]
{äźăŁăăă¨ăăŞăäşşăĺźăśăăăŞăă§ăăă."}
[How would I even call someone I've never met!?"]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚäźăŁăŚăăžăăďź}
["... But we have met.]
{ä˝ĺşŚăăä˝ĺşŚăăăäťă ăŁăŚăäźăŁăŚăăă}
[In fact, I know you quite well. We're meeting now again,]
{äťäźăŁăŚăăăăăŤăćăăäźăŁăŚăă.}
[but there were many times before you fell.]
{ăăăŞăăŽĺżăŤăŻăăă¤ă ăŁăŚĺă芰ăžăŁăŚăă}
[I'm a part of your heart you can never expel."]
Alice: {"ć°ćăĄăŽćŞăăă¨ăč¨ăăŞăă§}
["Don't say such disgusting things."]
White Rabbit: {"芰ăžăŁăŚăăăă§ăăăăăŁăăă¨ăăäťăăŽă¨ăă ăŁăŚ."}
["Even at this time, I'm filling your heart. There is no denying, we're never truly apart."]
Alice: {ă¨ăă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŻç§ăŽč¸ăćă§çŞăăă}
[The rabbit sharply pressed his finger to my chest.]
{ă¨ăă§ăăŞăçĄç¤źăŞăŽăŤăŻăäťć´éŠăăŞăăăăăăăăŽçˇă¨ăăăâŚâŚă}
[It's outrageously offensive, but I'm not surprised by this point. But, this man...]
{ĺ¤čłŞč ăăŽăăŽăŽčĄĺă ăăăăăăăăăŞăă}
[While the things he does are certainly the actions of a pervert, they also don't seem]
{ĺąćŠćăăăžăăĄĺşăŚăăŞăăŽăăăăŽăăă ăăă}
[lewd. Maybe that's why I don't have feelings of impending crisis or anything.]
{äťăăĺăăŁăŚăăăăăŽăŚăľăŽăŻç§ăŽč¸ă觌ăŁăăŽă§ăŻăŞăă}
[Even now, I understand. He isn't trying to feel my chest.]
{ăăźăă ăĺżčăăŞăăŁăă}
[It's my heart. He's tracing my heart.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŁă¨ăĺéăŻä¸çˇăŤăă.}
["We've always been together.]
{ĺă¨ăăŞăăŻéˇăăĺéă ăĺăä¸çăŤćăăăăŞăăăăăŤ."}
[Though, I had to stay a long distance friend. I'd still always hoped to invite to my
world in the end."]
Alice: {ăšăăźăŤăźăŽăçć°ăăżăč¨čă ă}
[The words of an insane stalker.]
{ă ăâŚâŚăăŞăă ăăăĺąćŠćăŻăăăă§ăçăžăăŚăăŞăă}
[And yet... there's still no real sense of danger to him.]
{帰ăăăă帰ăăăăŻăă ă}
[I want to go home. I should want to go home.]
{âŚâŚĺ¸°ăăăăŻăăăŞăŽăŤă}
[... I should want to go home, but...]
{ĺéăŽĺŽśăŤéăłăŤăăŁăŚă帰ăăăăŞăăŞă¨ćăă¨ăăŽăăăŞć°ćăĄă}
[It's almost like... when you're at a friend's house, and you don't want to leave just yet.]
{ććĽăäźăżăŞăăăăŽăžăžćłăăŚăăăăŽăŤă}
[When you think, "if only I could stay one more night".]
{ăăăăć°ćăĄăŤăŞăŁăŚăăžăă}
[Subconsciously, that's the feeling I was getting.]
{"âŚâŚâŚâŚăç§ăŻăăăăă¨äźăŁăăă¨ăăŞăă."}
["... I've never met you."]
White Rabbit: {"ă˘ăŞăšăăăŞăăĺăĺŚĺŽăăŚăăĺăŻăăŞăăŽä¸ăŤăă.}
["You can deny as much as you like, but within you I'll always be.]
{âŚâŚééăŁăăäťăŻéăăžăăăăăăŞăăĺăŽä¸ăŤăă.}
[... Though, perhaps now that role has changed. For you are the one within me.]
{ĺăŽä¸ăŤ..."}
[Yes, within me..."]
Alice: "...
{âŚâŚć°č˛ăćŞă."}
[... Disgusting."]
CG - White Rabbit's Just Desserts
{ăăŤăďźďźďź}
[Wham!!!]
White Rabbit: {"ăŁă¤ăŁăăăăăăăăăăă!!!}
["OwwOwwOww~~~~~~~~~!!!]
{ăăŞăăŁăŚăäšąć´ăăâŚâŚă}
[You're far too rough...]
{ăĺăăăŞăăćăŚăŞăă¨çĽăŁăŚăăŚăăăăăă¨ăăăă§ăăăďź}
[Are you doing this because you know I can't shoot you? ]
{é ˇăăŞă..."}
[I think I've had enough..."]
{ăŠăŽăăă¤ăăŞăŽă ăăćĺłăă¨ăăŞăă}
[I don't know what he means by "shoot".]
{"âŚâŚăăăăă.}
["... Then, fine.]
{ă帰ăć°ăăŞăăŽăŞăăčŞĺă§ĺ¸°ăăăăăăăŞă."}
[If you're not interested in taking me home, I'll find my own way. Goodbye."]
{ăăŁă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŤčăĺăăă}
[I turn my back to the rabbit without another word.]
{çŤăĄä¸ăăăăăăŤăŞăŁăăăăŤăŻăăăăăăŤçăžăŁăŚăăççąăăŞăă}
[Now that I can stand, there's no reason for me to stay here.]
{彚ăŤçŤăăŞăćĄĺ äşşăŞăŠăăăŞăă}
[I don't need any useless guide.]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăăŁďźďźăŠăăŠăă¸čĄăăă§ă!?"}
["... Eh-!? Wh-Where are you going!?"]
Alice: {"帰ăăŽă.}
["Home.]
{ăăăă掴ăŁăŚăç§ăŻĺ¸°ăăŽăăĺăă?"}
[I've punched you, and now I'm leaving. Understood?"]
{ćłăčŚăäťăăă¨ăăŚăľăŽăŽčłăă´ăă¨çŤăŁăă}
[Seeing that I was prepared to hit him again, his rabbit ears stood stiff.]
{ăłăă¤ăăăăăăăčż˝ăăăăŚăăăç§ăŻćŻăĺăăŞăă}
[He still followed me closely, even though he seems nervous. I didn't turn around.]
White Rabbit: {"ăžăĺž ăŁăŚăă ăăăďźĺ¸°ăăžăăă!?"}
["W-Wait, please! You can't go home!"]
Alice: {"帰ăăăéăŻĺăăăŞăăăŠăăăăŞăŽăŠăă¨ă ăŁăŚăŞăăăŽ.}
["Yes I can. I might not know the way, but that's not going to stop me.]
{迡ăŁăăăäşşăŤčăăăăăăăăŞăăäťăŽäşşăŤ."}
[If I need directions, I'll just ask. Not you, someone else."]
White Rabbit: "Ngh!!!
{äťăŽĺĽ´ăŤďźďźçăĺă¨ĺăă§ăă!"}
[But everyone else will be just like me, no matter where you roam!"]
Alice: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăçăĺ¤čłŞč ăŞăŽ?"}
["... They're all perverts?"]
White Rabbit: {"éăăžăďźă§ăăçăĺă¨ĺăă§ă."}
["Not for that claim! But they're all still the same!"]
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚăžăăă}
[(... Surely]
{ăăŽĺ°ĺăŤä˝ăă§ăăăŽăŻçăçăŚăľăŽčłäťăăŽĺ¤äşşă°ăăăŞăŽăăăďź}
[this area can't be completely inhabited by rabbit-eared eccentrics like him.)]
{"ăăăăă§ăăăăăăăăŻăăˇă§ăăăă."}
["N-Nevertheless, they'll be preferable to you."]
{ćăăăčăăé ăăçˇ ăĺşăă}
[I quickly shut out that dreadful thought.]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăćăăŚăăăŞă䝼ä¸ăčŞĺă§ĺ¸°ăăăăŞăă}
[If this rabbit won't teach me the way, then I'll get back on my own.]
{ăăăăŠăŽĺ°ĺăŞăŽăăŻĺăăăŞăăăăŠăăĺ°çśăă ă}
[I don't know which direction to go from here, but it's still a nearby region.]
{ćŠăăŚăăă°ăăŠăăă¸ăŻçăă}
[If I start walking, I'll eventually get somewhere.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăĺăĺ ĽăăŚăăăŞăăă§ăăâŚâŚă}
["So you won't accept me after all...]
{âŚâŚäťăĺ˝ăăăăăŞăĺ˝ăăă°ăăă}
[... Then, please, go wherever you dare.]
{帰ăŁăă¨ăăă§ăăŠăăăăŞăăŻĺăăé˘ăăăăŞăă}
[Ask as many people as you like...]
{ăŠăă¸čĄăăă¨ăăĺăŻăăŞăăŽâŚâŚ"}
[But no matter how far you go, I'll be there..."]
Alice: "...
{âŚâŚă ăăăăăăăĺ°čŠăŻăšăăźăŤăźăăŽăăŽă ăăăăă¨ăăŞăăăŁăŚ."}
[... Your words are the epitome of a stalker. You should really stop."]
{ăăŤăďźďźďź}
[Wham!!!]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŁăăâŚâŚăé ˇăâŚâŚăé ˇăă§ăăăă˘ăŞăš!"}
["OWW...! How terrible... Your treatment of me, Alice, is simply unbearable!"]
Alice: {"âŚâŚăăăăăăăĄăăĄć°č˛ăćŞăăŽă."}
["... Shut up. Everything you say is disgusting."]
{ă¤ăŠă¤ăŠă¨ćŠăă}
[I walk with frustration.]
{ćĺŠăçĄç¨ă¨č¨ăŁăăŻăăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤăăăŻăŠăă ă}
[But, even though I said I didn't need his help, I really don't know where this place is.]
{ĺ¨ĺ˛ăŽć§ĺăčŚä¸ăăăŚăăăžăăăčŚčŚăăŽăŞăćŻč˛ă ă}
[As I look over the landscape below, I don't recognize the scenery at all.]
{ç§ăŻă犴ăŤč˝ăĄăăŻăă犴ăŻăăăăăă¨ć˛ăăŁăŚăŞăŠăăŞăăŁăă}
[I thought I fell down a hole. And, there weren't any twists in the fall.]
{ăăăŞăŤé ăă¸éŁă°ăăăă¨ăŻćăăŞăăăăăăă}
[I didn't expect that I'd come so far. It's strange.]
{âŚâŚč˝ăĄăăŽă ăăăĺĄăŽä¸ăŤăăă¨ăăăă¨čŞä˝ăăăăăăŽă ăă}
[... As if falling down a hole, and landing on top of a tower isn't far more unusual.]
White Rabbit: {"帰ăăăŤăăăăćé ăă§ăăăčŹă飲ăăăăŁăăă§ăăăâŚâŚ"}
["Even if your wish to return is true, now that you've taken the medicine, there's
nothing you can do..."]
Alice: "!
{âŚâŚăăŽčŹďźăăăăăăă§ĺšťčŚççśăĺşăŚăăăŽă!?"}
[... The vial! That's it! Is it causing me to hallucinate all of this!?"]
White Rabbit: {"ĺšťčŚâŚâŚďźĺšťčŚăăăăăžăăă.}
["Hallucinate...? No, that's clearly not right.]
{飲ăĺăăăăăăŽćŻč˛ăŻĺ¤ăăăŞăă§ăăă."}
[You only just took the medicine, and nothing's changed in your sight."]
Alice: {"ăăăăăăăăďźăăčăăŞăă¨ăăŁăŚăăăŞăăŽă!}
["Shut up! Shut up! I can't take any more of this!]
{ăăăăăăŽčŹăŻä¸ä˝ä˝âŚâŚ"}
[But then, what was that medicine really for...?"]
White Rabbit: {"ă˘ăŞăšăă˘ăŞăš!"}
["Alice! Alice!"]
Alice: {"ăăăăăŁăŚă°!"}
["I told you to be quiet!"]
???: {"ăăăăăŽăŻč˛´ć§ă ă弳ăäşşăŽé ĺă§ä˝ăé¨ăă§ăă."}
["What place does such a noisy woman have to tell someone else to be quiet. And what's all this commotion in my territory?"]
White Rabbit: {"ćč¨ĺĄăŽä¸ťăŽăĺşăžăă§ăăâŚâŚăâŚâŚăéŞéăăŚăăžă."}
["So the Clocktower's master has come to intrude... This has certainly soured
the mood."]
???: {"âŚâŚăžăŁăăă ăéŞéă ăăăéăăăŤĺşăŚčĄăă}
["... I completely agree. So I think the nuisances should be leaving.]
{ç§ăŻă弳çăŽé˘äżč ă¨ĺ¸˝ĺĺąéŁä¸ă¨éĺĺ°ăŽéŚŹéšżĺ ąă¨ăŻ}
[You know I don't like to deal with the Hatter's lot, those fools from the Amusement]
{äťăĺăăăăŞăăă .é˘ăăĺăăŤăŞăăŽăĺŤă ."}
[Park, or anyone sent by the Queen. Leave me out of it."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăŁăŚâŚăăŽĺ˝ăŽčŞ°ă¨ăé˘ăăĺăăŤăŞăăăăŞăăŁăŚăă¨ă§ăŻ..."}
["So... every person in this country. Is that what you're trying to say...?"]
???: {"ăăŽéăă ăç§ăŻčŞ°ă¨ăé˘ăăăăăŞăăéăăăŤçŤăĄĺťă."}
["Exactly. I want nothing to do with anyone. Now take your leave."]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăâŚâŚ}
["Haah...]
{ĺ¤ăăăžăăăăćéăŽçŞäşşăăŚăŞăŚăšďźă˘ăłăŹăź."}
[I should expect nothing less from you, Keeper of Time. The unchanging,
Julius Monrey."]
Julius: {"ĺ¤ăăŁăŚăăžăăâŚâŚă?"}
["What reason do I have to change--... Hm?"]
Alice: "..."
Julius: {"ăŞăă ăăăŽĺĽłâŚâŚăăăäşşăŽăă¨ăăăăăă¨čŚăăŞ."}
["Hmph, this woman... Oi, what are you staring at?"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšă¨ăăçˇăŤćł¨ćăăăăăç§ăŻăăăăă¨čŚăăŽăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[The man named Julius called to me, but I couldn't stop myself from staring.]
{夹礟ă ă¨ăăăŽăŻĺăăŁăŚăăă}
[I realize that it's impolite.]
{ăăăăăăŽäşşăăŠăăăäşşăŞăŽăčŚćĽľăăŞăăŚăŻă}
[But I'm trying to determine what kind of person he is.]
{ç§ăŻčŞćăăăŚăăăăŻčŚçĽăăŹĺĺ°ă}
[I was just abducted, and this is an unfamiliar place.]
{ăăŽçˇăăŚăľăŽăŽçĽăĺăăŞăăăăŽçˇăŤăčŚćăăŞăăŚăŻăŞăăŞăă}
[If this man is an acquaintance of the rabbit, then I have to be on my guard.]
{(...ă§ăăăŚăľăŽčłăŻăŞă.)}
[(... He doesn't have rabbit ears, though.)]
{ăăă ăă§ä¸ć°ăŤĺĽ˝ć庌ăä¸ăăăă¨ăăăăŽă ă}
[That alone is an immediate positive.]
{ĺŽĺżăăăăăŽĺ°ĺăŽäşşéăăšăŚăŤăŚăľăŽčłăçăăŚăăăă}
[I was worried. If everyone in this region grew rabbit ears,]
{ćŞĺ¤˘ă ă¨ćąşăäťăăŚć°çľśăăăăăŞăă}
[I'd probably pass out from the shock of  such a nightmare.]
{"茳ĺŻăăŚăăăŽăăç§ăŤă¨ăŁăŚăŻéčŚăŞăă¨ăŞăŽ."}
["I'm just observing. This is important for me."]
Julius: {"ďźä¸čşžăŞĺĽłă ăŞăăăăăăŚăľăŽăŽéŁăăŞă ăăă."}
["Hmm? Such an ill-mannered woman. Fitting, for the company of the rabbit."]
Alice: {ç§ăŽçśćłăŻăŚăŞăŚăšăŤăŻäźăăŁăŚăăŞăăăăăć°ĺłćŞăăăŤçŽăé¸ăăăăă}
[Julius doesn't seem to be aware of my circumstances. He just looks away
uncomfortably.]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŤă¨ăŁăŚăŻăç§ăăăä¸ĺŻŠč ăŽăăă ă}
[As far as he's concerned, I'm the suspicious one here.]
{ç§ăăŚăľăŽăčŚăăŽă¨ĺăăăăŤç§ăčŚăă}
[He looks at me the same way he does the rabbit.]
{ĺ°ăĺŽĺżăăă}
[I'm a bit relieved.]
{ăăŽäşşăŻăčŚćĺżăćăĄĺăăăăăžă¨ăăŞçĽçľăŽćăĄä¸ťăăăă}
[If he's this wary of us, he must be a normal person.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŠăăăćĺłă§ă."}
["I don't think your meaning is clear."]
Julius: {"č¨čéăăŽćĺłă ăăŚăľăŽ.}
["It's exactly what it sounds like, rabbit.]
{ăŠăă¤ăăăă¤ăăăŚăľăŽăŻçă¤ăŤăŹăŚăăă}
[Every last one of you rabbits is deranged.]
{ăăŽéŁăă ăŁăŚăă¤ăŤăŹăŚăăăŤćąşăžăŁăŚăă."}
[So it stands to reason that the company you keep must be equally as unhinged."]
White Rabbit: {"彟弳ăŻăĺăŽćăăäşşă§ăăă䞎螹ăăă訹ăăŞă."}
["This woman is someone I hold dear. Don't dare insult her while I'm near."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŽč¨čăŤăăăŁă¨ăăă}
[The rabbit's words caught me off guard.]
{ăăĄăăăç§ăŻĺ˝źăŤăćăăäşşăăŞăŠă¨č¨ăăăăăăŞé˘äżă§ăŻăŞăă}
[Of course, we have no such relationship that I should be called "someone dear".]
Julius: {"ăăžăăŽĺĽłă§ăŻăŞăăăăžăă䞎螹ăăŚăăăă ."}
["I wasn't trying to insult your woman, it was directed at you."]
Alice: {"ăăă¤ăŽĺĽłďźďźç§ăăăă¤ăŽăćäşşăŁăŚăă¨ďźďź}
["His woman!? Do you think I'm his lover or something!?"]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăŻăšăăźăŤăźă§âŚâŚ"}
[This rabbit is a stalker, and--..."]
{ç§ăŽćč°ăŻăăŚăľăŽăŤăăŚăŞăŚăšăŤăçĄčŚăăăăçŽăĺăăăăŞăă}
[My objections are ignored by both Julius, and the rabbit. They're not even looking at
me.]
Julius: {"ăŚăľăŽăŞăŠăćť ăšă°ăă."}
["If only rabbits would just die out."]
White Rabbit: {"ăŚăľăŽăŚăľăŽăŁăŚâŚâŚă塎ĺĽă âŚâŚ}
["Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit... This is discrimination...]
{ăăăćč¨ăŽçŞäşşă§ăă弳çăŽčŁä¸ăŤĺŻžăăŚçĄç¤źăŞăăăăăăžăăďźă}
[I'm still the right-hand of the Queen, so don't forget my station!"]
Julius: {"ăăŽĺ˝ăŻĺĽłçăŽé ĺă ăăăăŽćč¨ĺĄăŤéăŁăŚăŻç§ăŽé ĺă ă}
["That may stand in her territory, but this Clocktower is under my control.]
{ç§ă¸ĺ˝äť¤ăăăŞăăé ĺĺ¤ă§ăăăă ăŞ."}
[If you're trying to order me around, you'll have to address me on your own land."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăăćč¨ĺĄăăĺşăŞăă§ăăă."}
["I'm not sure how to do that when you don't leave this tower, no matter the hour."]
Julius: {"ăăă¨ă.ç§ăŻăăăăĺşăŞă.ă ăăăç§ăŤăŻčŞ°ăĺ˝äť¤ă§ăăŞăă¨ăăăăă ."}
["And that's exactly why I don't leave here. This way, you can't order me around."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻć¨ăăăăŤăŚăŞăŚăšăčŚăăă彟ăŻĺăăŞăăĺ ă ă¨ăăăăŽă ă}
[The rabbit gives Julius a bitter look, but doesn't seem agitated. In fact, he looks
dignified.]
White Rabbit: {"ăŻăâŚâŚ}
["Haa...]
{ĺăŁăŚăĺăăŚăľăŽăŞăă§ăăďźćąăăé ˇă..."}
[I'm a rabbit of impressive clout. It's undignified the way you toss me out..."]
Julius: {"ćŹăŁăŚăťăăăă°ăĺ°ćŹăŤĺ¤ăăčĄĺăă¨ăăĺ°ćŹăŻć¨Šĺ}
["If you want me to treat you with respect, you should behave in a way that deserves]
{ăŤäťéăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞăă樊ĺăčĄä˝żăăćšćłăŤăăŁăŚăăäťăăŚăăăăŽă ."}
[respect. Power doesn't bring honour. That's something you earn through your actions."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăĺż ĺăăŠăă."}
["... Are you offering advice? That's awfully nice."]
Julius: {"ăžăă貴ć§ăäťć´ĺ°ćŹăŤĺ¤ăăčĄĺăŞăăăă¨ăŁăă¨ăăă§ă}
["Well, now that you're acting respectably,]
{ä˝ăäźăă§ăăăŽăă¨ćăăăăŽăăŞăă ăăăăŞ."}
[all I'm wondering is what kind scheme you've got planned."]
White Rabbit: "..."
Julius: {"ĺ°ćŹăŠăăăă俥ç¨ăŤĺ¤ăăŞă弴ă ."}
["You don't deserve my trust, let alone my respect."]
{éşăŽăăăăăäşşă ăč¨č䝼ä¸ăŤăĺ¨ĺ§ăăăăŽăăăă¤ă}
[This man has a sharp tongue. And it's not just his words. His entire presence
is daunting.]
{ă ăăăŚăľăŽăŤćŁă ăŞăăŤăăăăă躍ă¨ăăŚăŻăăăŁăăăăă}
[But, the rabbit doesn't back down. He's stayed perfectly composed
through every word.]
{ďźăăăŤăăŚăă弳çă ăŽăŞăă ăŽăŁăŚăä¸ä˝ä˝âŚâŚďź}
[(Still, I wonder what all that talk about a Queen was...)]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚăŚăŞăŚăšďźă˘ăłăŹăź."}
["... Julius Monrey."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŽçŽăăăăŁă¨ăç´°ăžăă}
[The rabbit's eyes narrowed into a glare.]
{辤ăżăĺ˘ăăăăăŤčŚăăăŽăŻć°ăŽăăăŞăŽăă}
[It might just be my imagination, but they seemed to be even deeper red now.]
{äťăžă§ăŽçŠşć°ă¨ăŻéăăă˛ăăăăăăăŽăćľăăă}
[The atmosphere is much colder than it was earlier.]
{"... ăŁ."}
["... Ah."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăăŤăĺăăăĺż ĺăăŚĺˇŽăä¸ăăžăă.}
["Allow me to offer some advice in return.]
{éˇçăăăăăŽăŞăăăăăăăćč¨ĺĄăăĺşăŞăăă¨ă§ăăă}
[If I ever find you outside of this tower, a short life is all you'll earn.]
{ĺžăăŤć°ăă¤ăăŚćŠăăă¨ă§ăăăăăăăä¸ç."}
[Before long, I'll make sure that watching your back is a second-nature concern."]
Julius: {"ăĺż ĺăăăăă¨ă."}
["You're too kind. I'll keep that in mind."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăĺăăŞăăŁăăč ăăŤăăčăăăŞăč¨čăă}
[Julius didn't seem very interested in the threat. As if he hadn't even heard it,]
{ăŚăľăŽăŽč¨ăćšăçäźźăŚć¨ćśăŽăăăŤĺăĺ Ľăăă}
[he mimicked the rabbit's speech pattern, and accepted it like a compliment.]
Julius: {"ăăăăçĄé§ăŞĺż ĺă ăç§ă襨ăŤĺşăă¨ćăăŽă.}
["But if that's all the advice you have, it really isn't necessary. You really think I
would ever leave this place?]
{é ĺäşăăŤăŞăŠčĺłăŻăŞăăăăŽćč¨ĺĄăăăă°ăă."}
[I'm not interested in your territorial disputes. It'd be better if this tower was the
only place in the country."]
White Rabbit: {"ćč¨ĺĄă弪ăăăăăŤăŞăŁăă?"}
["Tell me, what would you do if your tower was lost?"]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăăăăäşć ăŤăŞăăŞăéăăĺăăŞăă."}
["... Until that day comes, I'm not stepping foot outside."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăăäşć ăŤăŞăŁăăĺăăă§ăă."}
["Well, perhaps, be more cautious of who you've just crossed."]
{ăă形厚ăăăăăŞăçŹăżă ă}
[There's no other word for a smile like that.]
{éĄăŽä˝ăčŞä˝ăĺŞçˇăŞă ăăŤă犺ĺŻăă}
[His expression is gentle, but his aura is ice.]
White Rabbit: {"ĺăă弳çć§ăŽčłă§ăăăă¨ăăĺżăăŤăŞăăŞăăă¨ă ."}
["Never forget that I'm the Queen's ear. At my word, troublemakers like you
disappear."]
Julius: {"貴ć§ăăčŚăăŚăăăç§ăŻăéˇçăăŤăčĺłăăŞă."}
[Remember something yourself. I'm not worried about having a long life."]
White Rabbit: {"âŚâŚĺżăăŚăăžăăă."}
["... How could I forget."]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăľă."}
["... Hmph."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăăŻăä˝ăŤăčĺłăăŞăăă§ăăăăčŞĺăŤĺŻžăăŚă."}
["You don't care for anything. The loss of your own life wouldn't be a regret."]
Alice: {ćăăăśăăŤĺăăăăăŻć¨ăŚĺ°čŠă ăŁăăăă§ăăŚăľăŽăŻé掾ă¸ĺăăŁăă}
[The way he whispered made it seem like there was some deeper meaning. But
with that parting threat, the rabbit turned and made his way to the stairs.]
White Rabbit: {"ă§ăŻăĺăŻĺ¸°ăăžăă."}
["Well then, I'll be on my way."]
{ďźčŞćăăŚăăăŚăćžç˝Žăăć°ďźďźďź}
[(He kidnapped me, and now he's abandoning me!?)]
{ćĺłăĺăăăŞăăăăăŞăä¸ä˝ăä˝ăŽăăăŤéŁăăŚăăăăă¨ăăăŽăă}
[I don't understand. Why did he even bring me here if he was just going to let me go?]
{ďźăăăä˝ăăăăŚăĺŤă ăăŠăă§ăâŚâŚďź}
[(No, if he stayed it would be bad too, but...)]
{ĺ ăťăŠăŽăăšăŽč¨ćśăŻă埡ĺźăŤé ăŽä¸ăăĺé¤ăăă}
[I hastily strike out the memory of the kiss earlier, and try to collect my thoughts.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăăĺżăăăĺżăăă}
["Always busy, busy, busy. ]
{ĺăŽăšăąă¸ăĽăźăŤăŤăŻä¸ç§ăŽä˝ćăăăŞăăă§ăă}
[If  my schedule allowed my room to breathe, I wouldn't get in such a tizzy."]
Julius: {"貴ć§ăŽćč¨ăŻăé ĺć§ăŤçăŁăŚăăăăă ăŞăç§ăŤă俎çă§ăă."}
["Your clock is as much of a mess as your head. Even I wouldn't be able to fix it."]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăăŤç´ăăŚăăăăŞăă¨ăăăŞăăăăŞă,ĺŁăăăžăžă§ăăă§ăă."}
["If you're the only one who can repair it, I'll leave it broken. I'd rather bear it."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻăšăăŁă¨čăĺşăăă}
[The rabbit sticks out his tongue.]
{ĺäžăăżăäťčă ăăçŽăŻçŹăŁăŚăăŞăă}
[Even though it's such a childish gesture, there's no amusement in his eyes.]
{ĺˇăăčŚçˇăăŚăŞăŚăšăŤăăăŚăăŚăľăŽăŻé掾ăä¸ăăŚăăăă¨ăăă}
[His stare was cold as he turned away from Julius to descend the steps.]
Alice: {"ăĄăâŚâŚăŁ."}
["Wai--... ah."]
{ĺźăłć˘ăăŚăŠăăăăă¨ăăăăă§ăăŞăăăćăă声ăä¸ăăă}
[I hadn't meant to call out to him, but I did it without thinking.]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăăăăăŽĺĽłăŻ?"}
["... Hey. What about the girl?"]
Alice: {äťé é˘ăăăăžăžăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻéĄă§ç§ă示ăă}
[With a sour look, Julius gestures to me with his chin.]
{ĺĺ¨ăĺżăăăăŚăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăăăă}
[I guess he hadn't forgotten I was here after all.]
White Rabbit: {"ćăăäşşăă˘ăŞăšăĺăŽĺ¤§äşăŞäşşă§ăăă}
["My lovely Alice, so precious to me. Over my darling, I wish I could fawn.]
{ă§ăă彟弳ăŻĺăŽăă¨ăăăăŞăăă§ăăŁăŚ.}
[But her piercing words have hit my heart, and I know that she wishes me gone.]
{âŚâŚăŠăăăăăăŤĺźă°ăăă§ăăăăăŠăäťăŻé˘ăăŚăăăăă§ă.}
[... If she calls, I promise to return right away. But for now, I'll try to abate.]
{ĺŤăăăăăăăžăăăăăă䝼ä¸é ă掴ăăăŚéŚŹéšżăŤăŞăăăăŞă."}
[I don't want to look like any more of a fool than I have, or end up being
the object of her hate."]
Julius: {"ĺŽĺżăăăăă䝼ä¸ăŤéŚŹéšżăŤăŞăăăăăŞă.}
["I wouldn't worry about that, if I were you. You can't possibly become any more of an idiot than you are.]
{âŚâŚăăăŤç˝ŽăăŚăăăŞăŠăĺčŤăăăŞăăăéŁăăŚčĄă."}
[... But you'd better be joking about leaving her here. Take her with you."]
{ă˝ă¤ăă¨ćźăăăč¨čăŻăĺźăçśăăçĄčŚăăăă}
[I started to mutter, but they both continued to ignore me.]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŽăăĄăĺćăŤĺşăŚčĄăŁăŚăăăžăăă}
["She can come and go as she pleases. She doesn't need your permission.]
{ăăŞăă¨ćéăéăăăŞăăŚă誰ăŤă¨ăŁăŚăčŚçă§ă."}
[But if I spend another moment with you, I may not keep my composition."]
Julius: {"ç§ă ăŁăŚăćč¨äťĽĺ¤ăŽăăŽă¨ä¸çˇăŤéăăăăă¨ăŻćăăŞă.}
["And I would much rather be left alone with the clocks.]
{ăăŽăăĄă§ăŻăŞăăäťă ăäťăăăŤéŁăăŚčĄă."}
[I'm not going to wait for when she pleases, I mean now. Take her away at once."]
White Rabbit: {"çĽăăžăăăăĺăŻĺ˝źĺĽłăŤĺ˝äť¤ă§ăăŞăă}
["I don't know what you mean. I can't just tell her what to do.]
{ç´ćĽč¨ăŁăăăŠăăŞăă§ă?"}
[Besides, if you're so concerned, the one to ask her should be you."]
Julius: {"âŚâŚĺ˝äť¤ăĺşćĽăŞăă ă¨?"}
["... Can't tell her what to do?"]
Alice: {ăăăžă§ăăăŤç§ăčŚăăă¨ăăăŞăăŁăçˇăťăŚăŞăŚăšăăćĽăŤćŻăĺăăă}
[The man who had barely given me a glance since entering the room, suddenly turned to face me.]
{ďźăżâŚâŚăčŚăăă¨ăăŞăăžăžă§ăăăŁăăŽăŤďź}
[(I--... I'd rather he didn't look at me.)]
{ĺ¨ĺ§ćăăŁăˇăăŤčżŤăăăăăăăŞăă}
[If he's going to approach me with such an intimidating stare,]
{çĄčŚăăŚăăăăžăžă§ăăăŁăăćăă ăă ă}
[it would be better if he went back to ignoring me. Right now, he's just scaring me.]
Julius: {"âŚâŚĺĺăŻ!?"}
["... Name!"]
Alice: "...?
{ăŞăăŽâŚâŚ???"}
[What...???"]
{茪ăŽäťă§ăčŚăăăăŤç¨ăżäťăăăăăŞăăŽăă¨ă ăĺăăăŞăăŁăă}
[I don't understand why he's looking at me like that. The way he's scowling makes me
feel as if I've disgraced his family or something.]
Julius: {"ăăžăăŽĺĺăŤćąşăžăŁăŚăăă ăă!"}
["Give me your name!"]
Alice: {ĺĺăç§ăŤčăăŚăăăŽă ăăăç§ăŽĺĺăŤćąşăžăŁăŚăăă}
[Name? All he wanted was to ask my name?]
{ăăăăĺĺăčăăŚăăă¨ăŻćăăŞăăăăŞć 庌ă ă}
[His attitude doesn't match such a simple question.]
Julius: {"čŞĺăŽĺĺăĺăăăŞăăŽăďźďź}
["Don't you even know how to say your own name!?]
{čťăŽăăăŞčłăżăăă芰ăžăŁăŚăăŞăăăăăŞăăŽă!?"}
[Or, do you just have the brains of an ant!?"]
Alice: {"âŚâŚčťăŤčłăżăăŻăŞăă.}
["... I don't have the brains of an ant.]
{čăćšăćŞăăă§ăăăăĺĺăčăăăăŞčŞżĺăăăŞăăŁăă."}
[I just don't like your tone. If you want my name, try asking more nicely."]
Julius: {"čťăŤčłăżăăăŞăăă¨ăăăçĽăŁăŚăăă}
["I'm aware that you have more brains than an ant.]
{ă¤ăžăăăăžăăŤăŻčłăżăăăŞăă¨č¨ăăăăă .}
[But if you're not going to respond, you may as well not have a brain at all.]
{ăăăăĺäšăďźç§ăŽĺĺăŻăăŚăŞăŚăšďźă˘ăłăŹăźďźăăžăăŻ!?"}
[Fine then, let's start over! My name is Julius Monrey. And yours?"]
Alice: {ĺ°ăăĺăŤčŞĺăĺäšăăăăăŽĺĺĽăŻćăĄĺăăăŚăăăăăă}
[At least he had the shrewdness to offer his name first.]
{ćăä¸ăŤĺ¤ąç¤źăŞäşşă ăăăăŻăăŚăľăŽăăăăˇă ă}
[He may be scary and harsh, but he's still preferable to the rabbit.]
{âŚâŚăŚăľăŽčłăăŞăăăăăćéčŚă ă}
[... And he doesn't have rabbit ears. That's the most important part.]
{"ç§ăŽĺĺăŻăă˘ăŞăšďźăŞăăŤăăăŞăăŤĺŽśăŽćŹĄĺĽłă§âŚâŚ"}
["My name is Alice Liddel. Second daughter of the Liddel family..."]
{ĺŠăăŚăăăăă¨ăăăććłăăčŞĺˇąç´šäťăăăă¨ăăă}
[Since I'm hoping to get his help, I made sure my introduction was more cordial.]
{ăăăăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻç§ăŽĺşčŞăĺşčşŤĺ°ăŞăŠăŤčĺłăŻăŞăăăăă}
[But, it doesn't seem like Julius cares to hear about my lineage, or birthplace.]
{çśăăčăăă¨ăăăăŤé ăăăăăăă}
[Rather than listening to my explanation, he looks like he's about to tear his hair out.]
Julius: {"ä˝ćč ďźăăŽĺĽłăä˝ćč ăăăŞăăďźďźďź"}
["An Outsider! This girl's an Outsider, isn't she!?!?"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăć˛éł´ăŽăăăŤĺŤăśă}
[Julius suddenly started shouting.]
{ăăăăăăŤĺˇéăăŻăŞăăŁăă}
[All of his earlier composure was gone,]
{ćăăăăăŽăčŚăă¨ăăăăăŤăĺăłç§ăăçŽăé¸ăăă}
[and he turned his gaze away, as if he was afraid to look at me.]
Julius: {"ăăŽĺ˝ăŽäşşéăăăŞăďźăăăŤăăăšăäşşéăăăŞăăďźďź}
["She's not from this country! A human shouldn't be here!]
{ç§ăŽč¨ąĺŻăŞăĺŻĺ Ľĺ˝ăăăăŞ!?}
[You smuggled her here without my permission, didn't you!?]
{ä˝ăčăăŚăăăă ďźďźĺ ăŽä¸çăŤćťăďź}
[What were you thinking!? Take her back to her own world!]
{ăăăŤďźäťăăăŤă !"}
[Go! This instant!"]
White Rabbit: {"çĄçă§ă."}
["That's not possible."]
Alice: {čˇé˘ă罎ăăŚăăŚăľăŽăŻăŤăžăŤăžçŹăŁăŚăăă}
[From a distance, the rabbit grins smugly.]
Julius: {"ćéăŽçŞäşşă§ăăç§ăŽč¨ăăă¨ăčăăŞăăŽăďźďź}
["Did you not hear me!? I'm the Keeper of Time!]
{ĺ¤é¨ă¨ăŽĺ˘ăŻăç§ăŽćŻé ä¸ă ă!?"}
[Everything that passes through that boundary is under my control!"]
Peter: {"ăľăľăŁăçĄçăŞăă§ăăă彟弳ăŻăăăăăŽä¸çăŽäşşéă ."}
["Hmhmhm~, as I said, it's not possible now. As a citizen of this place, she's someone
you can't disavow."]
Alice: {é¸ăăčŚçˇăăĺ˘ăăăç§ă¸ĺăă}
[Turning away from Julius, he gives me a zealous glare.]
{ďźăăăăăŞçŽă§čŚăăăăŞăçĄčŚăăăŚăăăťăăăăˇâŚâŚă}
[(I-If he's going to give me those eyes, I'd rather he'd go back to ignoring me...]
{ăăăăăŁăĄăčŚăŞăă§âŚâŚ)}
[I don't like being stared at this way...)]
{ç§ăŽăă¨ăĺ ĺťăăć´ăŤćăçŽă§čŚăŚăăă}
[Julius' eyes, on the other hand, had filled with even deeper fear.]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăŚăľăŽă¸čŚçˇăćťăăă}
[He fixed an unsettled gaze on the rabbit.]
Julius: {"貴ć§âŚâŚăăăŽăăăăăŚăľăŽăâŚâŚăčŹă飲ăžăăăă ăŞ."}
["You--... Bastard rabbit--...! You mean she drank the medicine!?"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻä¸ĺăŞćŞć ăă¤ăăăŚăľăŽă¸ă¤ăăżăăăăă¨ăăă}
[Speaking crudely, Julius lunged to grab him.]
{ä¸ĺăŞč¨ăćšăŻă¨ăăăăç§ăăžăŁăăĺćă ă}
[I completely agree with it in this case though.]
{ăăŽăăŻăăăˇăŚăľăŽăŤăŻăăŠăăŞćŞć ăă¤ăăŚăćŞăă¨ćăăŞăă}
[For such a good-for-nothing rabbit, some abusive language doesn't seem so bad.]
White Rabbit: {"彟弳ăŽćĺżă§ăăă弽ĺĽĺżăŤč˛ ăăŚă飲ăăăăŁăăă§ăă}
["Don't give me those eyes, this choice was her own. She drank out of curiousity,
now the seeds are all sown."]
Alice: {ăŚăľăŽăŻăŚăŞăŚăšăŽćăă˛ăăă˛ăăă¨éżăăŚăé掾ă¸ćśăăŚăăă}
[Nimbly avoiding Julius' grasp, the rabbit disappeared down the stairs.]
{ç§ăŻç§ă§ĺčŤăăăă}
[I had to object.]
{čŹăčŞä¸ťçăŤéŁ˛ăă ăăăŚăăŞăăă¨ăă§ăăŞăč¨ăăăăă ă}
[I didn't take that medicine voluntarily. That was such an outrageous accusation.]
{"誰ă弽ĺĽĺżă§ćŞăăčŹăŞăăŚéŁ˛ăăăŽă§ăăďź}
["Who drinks from a mysterious vial out of curiosity!?]
{ă˘ăłăżăçĄçăăâŚâŚăŁăŁăŁďźďźďź}
[You forced me to--...!!!]
* The screen flashes white
{âŚâŚăă???"}
[... Huh???"]
* And flashes again
{ďźé ăăăăăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(It feels like my head is spinning...)]
White Rabbit: {"弽ĺĽĺżăŻă˛ăźă ăŽĺ ăăăŞăă飲ăă ĺă ăăăźăăŽĺ˝ă§}
["This game is born of curiousity. The goal is the collection of hearts.]
{ăăźăăéăăŞăăă°ăĺ ăŽä¸çăŤăŻćťăăžăă."}
[There will be no way to return to your home, until you can give back in equal parts."]
Alice: {é掾ăăăćăă¤ăăăăăŤĺŁ°ăčăăăŚăăă}
[His voice came from the dark doorway.]
{"ăăźăăâŚâŚéăă?"}
["The collection... of hearts?]
{ĺżčă§ăéăăăŁăŚăăăŽâŚâŚďźă°ăâŚâŚ"}
[As in, real hearts...? Disgusting..."]
* A chime sounds...
{ăăăăă}
[Round and round.]
* And sounds again...
{ăăăăăăăăăăăă}
[Round and round, everything keeps spinning.]
* Alice's vision blurs
{ďźä˝čĄĺ§ăŞă ăă§ăŞăă貧čĄâŚâŚďźĺ§ăăăŽč¨ăăă¨ăčăăŚă}
[(This is more than just low blood pressure... Maybe anemia...? I should have]
{ĺéŁăăăăŤć é¤ăŻćşéăŞăă¨ăăšăă ăŁăâŚâŚ)}
[listened to my sister. She said my unbalanced diet was bad for my health...)]
White Rabbit: {"ăăźăăéăăăăă˛ăźă ăŻăăŞăăŽĺăĄă}
["If you gather the hearts, your game will be won.]
{ă˛ăźă ăŤĺăŁăăăăăŞăăŻĺ¸°ăă."}
[And with that victory, you can leave this world behind.]
{ĺ ăŽä¸çăŤćťăăŽăâŚâŚăăăă¨ăăăźăăŽĺ˝ăŤć°¸ä˝ăăăŽăăŻ}
[But, it's also an option... to stay here forever,]
{ăăŞăăŽčŞçąă§ăă帰ăă°ăăăăăăăźă¨ăłăă¨ăŻéăăžăă."}
[if you find a happy ending of another kind."]
Alice: {"誰ăăĺżčéăăăăăăăŞă°ăăăšăŻăŻăźăŤăăŤăć°¸ä˝ăŞăăŚďź}
["Who would want to stay in a grotesque, heart-collecting, world permanently!?]
{ç§ăŻăäťăă帰ăăăăŽăâŚâŚďźă!"}
[I want to go back now...!]
{äťăăâŚâŚďźăăăŤâŚâŚ!!!"}
[I am going back now...! Right now...!!!"]
{ăăăăăĺ§ăăé ăćźăăăé掾ă¸ĺăăă}
[With my heavy head still reeling, I head for the staircase.]
{äťăăăŤčż˝ăăŞăăŚăŻăéăŤĺăăŞăă}
[I know that if I don't follow him now, I'll never catch him.]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăŻăă¨ăłăăčśłăéăăŽă ă}
[That rabbit is light on his feet.]
* The room starts to darken and fade...
Julius: {"ăăă ďźäťăă帰ăďźďźďźäťăăăăŤĺ¸°ăăă ďźă}
["That's right! Go back!!! You have to go back!"]
{äťăăăŤ!"}
[Now!"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŽĺŁ°ăăăăčłĺ ă§čăăă."}
[I could hear Julius' voice in my ear.]
{ďźăăâŚâŚďź}
[(Huh...? Wait...]
{彟ăŻăăŚăľăŽăčż˝ăŁăŚé掾ăä¸ăăŚăăŁăăăăăŞăăŁăăŁăďźďź}
[Didn't he just follow the rabbit down the stairs?)]
{ăŠăăăŚăčłĺ ă§ăŚăŞăŚăšăŽĺŁ°ăčăăăăŞăăŚăă¨ăăăăŽă ăăă}
[Why does it sound like he's right beside me?]
{彟ăŻé掾ăä¸ăăŚăăŁăăăăăŤăŻăăŞăă}
[He's not here. I know he's downstairs.]
* The room continues to grow darker...
Julius: {"ăŠăă§ăăăăă¨ăčăăăŞďźĺ¸°ăăă ďźćé ăăŤăŞăăŞăăăĄăŤďź}
["Don't think about that! It doesn't matter! You have to go back before it's too late!]
{帰ăăŞăăŞăĺăŤďźĺ ăŽä¸çă¸âŚâŚďź"}
[Before you can't go back! To your own world...!"]
* And darker...
{帰ăďźĺ¸°ăăŞăă¨âŚâŚďź}
[Go! If you don't--...!]
{ăăăŞăă¨ăăăžăăŻâŚâŚăâŚâŚă˘ăŞăš!!!"}
[If you stay like this, you'll--... Alice!!!"]
* And everything goes black.
Alice: {ăăăăâŚâŚă}
[Round and round...]
* A spot of light draws closer and closer, before enveloping her sight
{ăăăăăăâŚâŚăăăăăăăăăâŚâŚă}
[Round... and round... and round...]
{čłĺ ă§čăăăăŚăŞăŚăšăŽĺŁ°ăŻé ăŽăă}
[Julius' voice grew more and more distant,]
{ăă¤ăŽăžăŤăç§ăŻçŠ´ăŽä¸ăŤćťăŁăŚăăă}
[and before I knew it, I was looking up from inside the hole.]
{ăăăăăăâŚâŚă}
[Still spinning...]
{ďźăăăŻé ăĺăŁăŚăăăăăăŞăăŚâŚâŚă犴čŞä˝ăĺăŁăŚâŚâŚăďźďźďźďź}
[(But, this isn't my head spinning... It's... the hole itself???)]
{ăăăăăŞăăç§ăŻăăžă č˝ăĄăŚăăă}
[No. I was still falling.]
{č˝ăĄçśăăŚăăăćă犴ăŽä¸ă}
[Dropping down further into the darkness.]
{äťăŻä¸äşşă ăä¸äşşă§ăč˝ăĄçśăăă}
[But this time, I'm alone. I'm falling, all alone.]
White Rabbit: {"ă˛ăźă ăŤăŻă常ăŤăŤăźăŤăăăăžă."}
["A game is never without rules."]
Alice: {äťĺşŚăŻăčłĺ ă§ăŚăľăŽăŽĺŁ°ăăăă}
[This time, I heard the rabbit by my ear.]
{éżăăăŚăľăŽăŽĺŁ°ăŞăŽăŤăéăäşşăŽĺŁ°ăŽăăă ă}
[Even though I know it's his voice, it echoes in a way that makes him sound like
another person.]
{ďźăŚăľăŽăăé掾ăä¸ăăŚăăŁăăŻăâŚâŚďź}
[(I thought the rabbit ran down the stairs, too...)]
White Rabbit: {"ăăŞăăĺăĺŤăă§ăăĺŽăăŞăăăăăŞăăŤăźăŤă}
[Even if you hate me for it, those rules must be followed.]
{çĽăăŞăăă°ĺ˝ĺăă}
[Never forget, or by death you'll be swallowed.]
{ćéăčż˝ăŁăŚăăźăăéăăă°ĺ¸°ăăăăéăăŞăăă°ĺ¸°ăăŞăă}
[In due time, you will fill the heart. Otherwise, you can never depart.]
{帰ăăăăă°ăăźăăčŚă¤ăăă°ăăăă}
[Gather the hearts if you wish to get home,]
{帰ăăăăŞăăŞăăăŽăžăžăŤăăŚăăă°ăăă}
[or leave things as they are, and eternally roam.]
{ăă éăăă ăăŞăăĺ¤ăăăŞăăä˝ă帰ăăă¨ăăă§ăăăźăăŻĺ¸°ăăŞăă}
[However, simply to find them isn't enough on it's own. For, without it's own heart, your
body will go back alone.]
{ăăăŻăăŠăăŤăăăăăă°ăŠăă¨ă§ăăŞăä¸çâŚâŚă}
[But this world will provide whatever you desired...]
{ăăźăăćăŁăŚĺ¸°ăăć¨ăŚăŚĺ¸°ăăăćŠăżăŠăă."}
[So as long as you yearn for it, your heart will be acquired."]
Alice: {ăăăăăăăăâŚâŚă}
[Round, and round, and round...]
{ç˝ăŚăľăŽăŽĺŁ°ăé ăŽăăŚăăăçăŁćăŞä¸çăĺăă}
[The White Rabbit's voice fades, and I'm left to spin in a world of darkness.]
{ăăăăăăăăăăăăâŚâŚă}
[Round, and round, round, and round......]
Peter: {"ăăăăăĺăŻăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăŁăŚăăăă§ăă."}
["Ah, right right. And, you can call me Peter White."]
Alice: {é ăŽăă声ăéčżă§čăăăăăăŚĺźžăăă}
[The distant voice was suddenly right in my ear again. And then, there was a pop.]
{ăąăă¨ăĺźžăăŚćśăăă}
[Everything disappeared with a burst.]
{ăă¨ăŻçăŁćăä˝ăăŞăä¸çă}
[Then, there was nothing. A world of complete emptiness.]
???: {"ă˘ăŞăšăĺăŽăĺ§ăăăŁăŚĺĽłăăăäşşă ă."}
["Alice, your sister is so ladylike."]
Alice: {ăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤăăčŁç¸Ťăăăćçăä¸ćăŤĺşćĽăăŽă}
[Yeah, she really is. She's good at all kinds of delicate things like sewing and cooking.]
{éăăŽĺŽśćżĺŠŚăăăăăăŽăŤăćé¤ăă厜ăŽçŽĄçă ăŁăŚ}
[And even though we have a live-in maid, she still takes the initiative to clean the house.]
{çĺ ăăŚăăŁăŚăŽăăă厜ĺşçă§ă渊ăăżăŽăă弳ć§ăŞăŽăă}
[She's a woman of warmth, with so much love for our family.]
{ă§ăăĺš´ĺŻăăăżăŚăăăăăăăŞăăăťăăŽăčąăŽéŚăăăăă§ăăăďź}
[But, it doesn't make her seem like an old lady. She even smells like flowers
all the time.]
Alice: {ăăĄăăăĺŞăăă ăă§ăŞăă埡ăäşşă ăă}
[Of course. She's not just kind, she's strong and capable, too.]
{ćŻă亥ăăŞăŁăă¨ăăĺšźăç§ăćąăăăăŚăăăă}
[When mother died, I was so young. But I still remember how she comforted me.]
{ĺçśă¨ăŞăŁăŚăăçśăŤäťŁăăŁăŚăčŹĺźăĺăäťĺăŁăŚĺĺč ăŤć¨ćśăžă§ăăă}
[How, when our father was lost in his despair, she took over the arrangements for the funeral all by herself.]
{ćŹĺ˝ăŻčŞĺă ăŁăŚćłŁăăăăŁăăăăŤăĺ¤ăŤăŞăŁăŚä¸äşşăŤăŞăăžă§ăăŁă¨}
[And she never cried unless she was alone, because she never wanted to upset]
{ćć ˘ăăŚăăăŽăăĺšźăç§ăŻăăăăŞăă¨čăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[anyone else. Though, that was something I hadn't realized until I was older.]
{ĺ§ă ăŁăŚăăăă嚴齢ăăăŞăăŁăăŽăŤă}
[My sister wasn't very old herself at the time,]
{ăăŽă¨ăăăç§ăŽăăăŤčąăŽăăăŞćéăç ç˛ăŤăăŚăăă}
[but she's sacrificed so many years of her life for me since then.]
???: {"ć°ĺăăăăŁăŚăăăâŚâŚăç´ ćľăŞäşşă ."}
["There's no other word for it than elegance... What an incredible woman."]
Alice: {ăăăĺ§ăăăŤăŻçĽć§ăăăăŽă賢ăăăčŞçśăŞć°ĺăĺşăăŚăăă}
[True. But, she's so intelligent, that her elegance comes naturally.]
{ćă厜ăŻä¸ćľéç´ăăăŞăăăăŠăăŠăăŞč˛´ĺŠŚäşşăŤă ăŁăŚč˛ ăăŞăăă}
[We're not from an upper-class home, but she's beyond even the wealthiest women.]
{弳ăăăăŚăĺŞăăăŚâŚâŚăç´ ć´ăăăäşşă}
[Feminine, gentle... A simply wonderful person.]
{ç§ăŽčŞć ˘ăŞăŽăç§ăŽčŞć ˘ă}
[She's my pride and joy. I'm so proud of her.]
{čŞć ˘ăŞăŽăăç´ ćľăŞäşşăŞăŽă}
[So proud of the most wonderful person.]
???: {"ă˘ăŞăšăĺăŻäźźăŚăăŞăă¨č¨ăăăăŠăăćŻăăăŽé˘ĺ˝ąăăăă}
[Alice, I know you say you don't look alike, but I think you resemble your mother.]
{ĺçăčŚăăăŠăäźźăŚăăă."}
[I seen a photo of her earlier."]
{ç§ăćŻăŤäźźăŚăăŞăăŁăŚćăŁăŚăăăćŻăăăŤăĺ§ăăăŤăäźźăŚăăŞăă}
[I never thought I looked like my mother. I don't remember her well, and I don't
look like either of my sisters.]
{äşäşşăŻăă¤ăç´ ćľă§ăéă人税ăżăăăŞć°ăăăŚăăăŽă}
[I don't even act like them. I always felt like a different species or something.]
{äźźăŚăăăŞăăŚăĺŹăăăă}
[But, if I resemble Mother, I'm glad.]
???: {"ăĺ§ăăăŤăäźźăŚăăăĺ§ĺŚšăŞăă ăăăĺ˝ăăĺă ăăŠăŞ."}
["You resemble your sister, too. But that's only natural, since you're sisters."]
Alice: {ĺŹăăăĺŹăăăŁăăă}
[That makes me happy. Really happy.]
{ćŹĺ˝ăŤăăăŞăăăăŁăăŽăŤăĺŹăăă¨ćăŁăăŽăŻăćĺă ăă}
[If that were true, it'd be good. But, that only made me happy at first.]
???: {"ă˘ăŞăšăăăžăŞăăç§ăŻâŚâŚ."}
["Alice. I'm so sorry, I..."]
Alice: {čŹăŁăŚăťăăăŞăăăŞăăăăăŞĺż čŚăŻăŞăăŽă}
[I didn't want an apology. It wasn't necessary.]
{ĺ§ăăăŻăćŻăăăŤäźźăŚăăŚăćŹĺ˝ăŤç´ ćľăŞäşşă ăăăă ăăâŚâŚă}
[My sister was a wonderful person, just like my mother. So...]
???: {"ç§ăŻâŚâŚĺăŽĺ§ăăăâŚâŚăăŞăźăă弽ăăŞăă ăäťăăăăŁă¨."}
["I'm... in love with your sister... Lorina. I always have been."]
Alice: {ă ăăăăăăŞăăç§ăăĺ§ăăă弽ăă§ăăăĄăŁă¨ăä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ăăăŞăăă}
[So, even if you choose her over me, it's nothing unusual.]
{ćŻăăĺ§ăăçšĺĽăŞĺĽłć§ă ăŁăă}
[My sister and my mother are special women.]
{誰ăăŤă¨ăŁăŚăçšĺĽăŞäşşăç§ăŻăăăăŻăŞăăŞăă}
[They're both special to someone. I can't ever be like that.]
{ăăăăăăăăŁă¨ăăŽăžăžăç§ăŻă誰ăŽăçšĺĽăăŤăăŞăăŞăăžăžă}
[I know that's how it will always be. I'm not "special" to anyone.]
{ç§ăçšĺĽăŤćăŁăŚăăăäşşăŞăăŚăăŞăăăăăăă ăŁăŚçžăăŞăă}
[There's not one person who considers me irreplaceable. After this, it's so clear.]
{ă ăŁăŚâŚâŚăç§ăŤăçšĺĽă¨ćăăäşşăŞăăŚăăŞăăăă}
[After all... there's no one who I consider irreplaceable either.]
(...)
(...)
{ďźâŚâŚăžăç§ăŁăŚć šćă§ĺŤăŞĺĽ´ă ăăďź}
[(... I'm too unpleasant and pessimistic.)]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CUTSCENE: INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alice: "...
...???
{âŚâŚăŁ!"}
[... Ah!"]
{ĺçŞăŤăçŽăčŚăăă}
[Suddenly, I open my eyes.]
{çŽăčŚăăă¨ĺćăŤă解ćžăăăăăăŞć°ĺăŤăŞăă}
[And at the same moment my eyes opened, I felt like I had been set free.]
{ć°ćăĄăčť˝ăăä˝ăžă§ćľŽăä¸ăăăăă ă}
[A feeling like my body could float right up into the sky.]
"..."
{ăŞăă ăĺ¤ăŞĺ¤˘ăăżăăćăăŚăĺăŞăć°ćăĄăŤăŞă夢ă}
[That was such a strange dream. It made me feel so heavy.]
{ăŠăăžă§ăćăăŚă桹ăăč˝ăĄăŚăăăăăŞĺ¤˘ă}
[It was deep, and dark. I was falling.]
{夢ă ă¨ĺăăŁăŚăăăŽăŤăăăćťăăŞăă¨ćăŁăă}
[But even though I knew it was a dream, it made me feel like I'd never wake up.]
{ăăăŚăăŠăăĺŽĺżăăăăŠăăžă§ăćăăŚćˇąăăăŽĺ¤˘ăŤăç§ăŻĺŽĺ ľăăăŽă ă}
[And yet, it was relieving. It was a deep, dark dream, that reassured me.]
{"ăâŚâŚă?"}
["Hu... uh?"]
{ăăăŞĺ¤˘ăŻă䝼ĺăŤăăżăăă¨ăăŞăăŁăă ăăăă}
[I feel like I've seen that dream before, but I can't remember.]
{é ăăźăăŁă¨ăăŚăăăăăŠăă ăĺăăăŞăă}
[My mind feels hazy, and I don't know where I am.]
{ďźăăăŻâŚâŚăăŠăă ăŁăďźďź}
[(What... is this place?)]
{č¨ćśăŤăŞăă}
[I don't recognize it.]
{ăăăŻćăăç§ăŽĺŽśăŻăăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[This place is cold. It isn't my house.]
{ăăăŞčŚčŚăăŽăŞăĺ ´ćă§ăŻăŞăăăăŁă¨ćăăŞĺ ´ćă§ĺ¤˘ăăżăŚăăă}
[I remember that I wasn't sleeping in this unfamiliar place. I was somewhere warm.]
{ăăăŞĺ ´ćăăăŞăă}
[Somewhere else.]
{ćĽććĽăŽĺĺžăćăăăćĽĺˇŽăăŽä¸ăŽĺŻăă犺éăç§ăŻăĺ§ă¨ĺşăŤăăă}
[Sunday afternoon, beneath the cozy sunlight. I was in the garden, with my sister.]
{ďźĺ§ăăâŚâŚďź}
[(My sister...)]
{ăŠăăăŚă ăăćăć°ćăĄăŤăŞăă}
[Why does that make me feel so sad?]
{ćăăŚćˇąă夢ăăăć´ăŤćăăĺŽĺ ľăäź´ăăŞăć°ćăĄăŤăŞăă}
[Even sadder than that gloomy dream. And without any feeling of relief.]
{ĺŞăăĺ ´ćăăăăăŻĺ¸°ăăăĺ ´ćă§ăăăŻăăŞăŽăŤă}
[That was a gentle place. I must be sad because I wish I were there now.]
"...?"
{čżăăŤĺ°çśă蝢ăăŁăŚăăă}
[A small bottle tumbled beside me.]
{ďźăăăŻâŚâŚďź}
[(This is...)]
{ďźăăăŻâŚâŚăăŞăă ăŁăăŁăâŚâŚďźďź}
[(It's--... I can't remember...)]
(...)
{ăă°ăăčăăŚăăăŁă¨é ŹăçąăăŞăăç §ăă¨ăăăăăăćăăŽăăă ă}
[The moment I recall, my cheeks fill with heat. Not from embarassment, but rage.]
{äťăžă§ăŽč¨ćśăćăĺşăăă. ä¸ć°ăŤçŽăčŚăă.}
[The memories of everything up to now rushed back, and I instantly came to
my senses.]
"...
{ăăŽăŻă˝ăŚăľăŽâŚâŚ}
[The rabbit...]
{掺ăâŚâŚăăŚăľăŽăŽä¸¸çźăăŤăăŚăăăăăăŽăăăă..."}
[I'll kill him... There's gonna be a rabbit pot roast when I'm done with that bastard..."]
{ćˇĺĽłăŤăăăžăăăä¸çŠăŞĺăăćźăăă}
[I murmured threats unbefitting of a lady.]
{ăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăă¨ăăŁăăăăăŽăăŚăľăŽčłăă¤ăăĺ¤ăŞçˇă}
[I think the bunny-eared freak said his name was Peter White, or something.]
{éĄăŻăăăŁăăéĄă ăăŻă}
[Still, his face wasn't bad. But, only his face.]
{ç§ăă弳ăŽĺ¤§ĺăăăă§ăăăăăŤçžçˇĺăŤăŻĺŻĺ¤§ă ă}
[I admit, I'm more tolerant of a handsome man, like most women.]
{ăŚăľăŽčłăăă¤ăăŚăăŞăăă°ă}
[Without those ears stuck to his head,]
{ăăŁă¨éăŁăĺ ´é˘ă§ăăăłăăŁăăŻăŤăăšăăăŚăăă°âŚâŚă}
[in a different scenario, with a more romantic kiss...]
{ăăĺ°ăéăŁăććłă ăŁăăăăăăŞăăăăŠă}
[There's a small chance I'd have a different impression of him.]
{ăžă ăăăŞăŤéˇăăŞăäşşçăŤăăăŚă}
[In my fairly short life so far,]
{çˇć§ă¨ăăšăăćăĺşăăăăăăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăăăŽä¸ă§ăăććŞă}
[there are only a few kisses with men. But of them all, that was the worst.]
{ăŻăźăšăăŠăłăăłă°ăŽăăăă ăăăăăăăăăé ä˝ăŻĺ¤ăăăžăă}
[Actually, I'd make it highest ranked on my Top 10 worst experiences ever.
And I'm going to bet it won't be beat anytime soon.]
{ďźćăĺşăă ăŤâŚâŚăććŞďź}
[(What an awful thing to have to remember...)]
{ăľăăăçˇăŤăľăăăăăšăăăăă¨ăăăĺŤăŞćăĺşăŤăăăŞăăăăŤăŞăă}
[A screwed up kiss with a screwed up man could be nothing but a terrible memory.]
{ăăăăăăăăŻăăšă¨ăăăăŽăăç¸ćăŽçŽçăŻĺĽăŽă¨ăăăŤăăŁăă}
[Could you really even call that a kiss in the first place? After all, that wasn't
his intention.]
{ăăŽăŚăľăŽăŤă¨ăŁăŚăŻăăăšăŤćĺłăŞăŠăŞăăŁăăŽă ăă}
[I wonder if the kiss had any meaning to that rabbit at all.]
{ďźăăăŞĺźˇĺźăŤčŹă飲ăžăăăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(Forcing me to take some strange medicine in such an overbearing way...)]
{...ăŞăăŽčŹă ăŁăăŽă ăăăćéă罎ăăăă¨ă§ĺˇéăŤčăăăă¨ăĺşćĽăă}
[... I wonder what that medicine was. Now that I have time to think, and a clear head.]
{ĺ°éçăŞçĽčăŻăŞăăŽă§ăăăžă§ćčŚçăŤă ăă}
[I don't have any professional knowledge on such things,]
{ä˝ăŤç°ĺ¤ăŻăŞăăăăŤćăă.}
[but there doesn't seem to be anything immediately wrong with my body, at least.]
{ć°ă夹ăŁăŚăăéăŤăä˝ăä¸ĺăŞăă¨ăăăăăăă§ăăŞăăăă ăŁăă}
[And it doesn't seem like anyone did anything vile to me while I was unconscious.]
{ďźćčăčăăăăăŞčŹĺă ăŁăăŽďźďź}
[(Was it really just to knock me out?)]
{ĺ¤ăŞăăŽă飲ăžăăăŚć°ă夹ăŁăă¨ăăäşĺŽăŻĺ¤ăăăŞăăă}
[It would be strange to cause someone to pass out with no other goal, and the]
{ćĺăçŽçăä¸ćă ă}
[fact remains that it's purpose and composition are unknown.]
{ďźĺžéşçăŽćŽăăăăŞăăŽăăä¸ćŻć§ăŽăăăăăŞăăŽăăăŞăă§ăăăă...)}
[(I wonder if it's poisonous, or has some kind of long-term effect...)]
(...)
{çŽăŽĺăŤăŻăčŹçśă}
[The vial was right in front of my eyes.]
???: {"ćžăăŞăă."}
["You have to pick it up."]
Alice: "..."
{čŹçśăŤćă䟸ă°ăă}
[I extended my arm towards it.]
{ćĺ襨ăŞăŠăŻă¤ăăŚăăŞăăéŚć°´ăĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăăŞăăśă¤ăłăŽăŹăŠăšçśă ă}
[It's just a small, glass, bottle that doesn't have any kind of label. It looks more
like something that would be used for perfume than medicine.]
{ä¸čşŤăăăšăŚéăăŚčŚăăăăŤăŠă ă}
[And I can see it's contents clearly. It's empty.]
{ăăŽçśăŽä¸čşŤăăĺ ¨é¨éŁ˛ăžăăăăĺăłé ŹăçąăăŞăă}
[I drank the entire bottle. My cheeks start to burn again.]
{ďźăăăŞăŽăăăšăăăŞăďź}
[(It wasn't a kiss.)]
{ç¸ćă ăŁăŚăăăŞć°ăŻăŞăăŁăă ăăăăç§ăŤă ăŁăŚăăĄăăăŞăă}
[He didn't think of it that way, so I certainly don't.]
{ă§ăăăăŽçśăŽä¸čşŤăăăšăŚéŁ˛ăżĺš˛ăăťăŠăŤâŚâŚă}
[But, to have kept going so long that I drank this whole vial...]
{"âŚâŚăăăăăăŁăŁăăăŁă¨ă掴ăŁăŚăăă°ăăăŁă."}
["... ~~~~~ Ugh. I wish I'd hit him a few more times."]
{ç¸ćăŤăăŽă¤ăăăăŞăăŁăăŤăăă}
[He didn't intend it as a kiss,]
{ă¨ăŚăăăźăăăšă¨ăăăăăăŞăăŽă§ăŻăŞăăŁăă}
[and it's not like I can say it was just a small peck.]
{ăăŽă¤ăăăŞăăŤăăŁăăŽă ăăăä˝č¨ăŤč¨ąăăŞăă}
[I almost feel like it's even more inexcusable that he did that without meaning it to be a kiss.]
{揥ăŤäźăă¨ăăŻă}
[The next time I see him,]
{ćšăăŚčŹăŽćŁä˝ăčăă¨ĺćăŤăăăä¸ĺşŚćŽ´ăăŞăăăŚăăăă}
[I'll be sure to punch him some more while I ask about the medicine.]
{ďźâŚâŚäźăăŞăăťăăĺžçăŞăŽăŻĺăăŁăŚăăăăŠďź}
[(... Though, it'd be better if we never crossed paths again.)]
{ă§ăăäźăŁăŚăăžăăăăŞć°ăăăăĺ¤ăăăťăăăăăăăŞăĺă ă}
[Still, I get the feeling that won't be the last I see of him. I just hope my intuition
is wrong.]
{äźăăŞăă§ăăăŞăăăăŤčśăăăă¨ăŻăŞăă}
[If I do see him again, it would probably be a waste of time anyway.]
{ăŠăăăĺ°ăăăŁăŚăžă¨ăăŞčżäşăŻăăăŁăŚăăŞăă ăăă}
[It's not as if he'd ever give me a straight answer.]
???: {"ćžăŁăŚćăŁăŚăăăă ."}
["Take it with you."]
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚăăŚăăăăăăŠăăăă.)}
[(... What do I do now?)]
{ă¨ăăăăă蝢ăăŁăŚăăçśăćžăŁăŚăăăăăăăŞăăŚăŻăŞăăŞăć°ăăăă}
[I quickly scoop up the vial. I'm compelled to.]
{ăăăŻç§ăŤă¨ăŁăŚĺż čŚăŞăăŽă ă}
[I feel like I need it.]
{ăăăăŞăăăŻĺăăăŞăăăă¨ăŤăăĺż čŚă ă}
[I don't understand why, but I have to keep it.]
"...?"
{ďźâŚâŚăŞăďźďź}
[(... But why?)]
{ĺăăăŞăăĺăăăŞăăŽăŤăăŞăĺż čŚă ă¨ćăăŽăă}
[I don't know. And yet, even though I don't know, I can only think that it's important.]
{ĺăăăŞăăă¨ăĺ¤ăăăă}
[There are too many things that I don't understand.]
{ďźăăăŻăä¸ä˝ăŠăďźăŠăăăŚăăăăŞăŤçăŁćăŞăŽďźďź}
[(Like, where am I right now? And why is it so dark?)]
{辡ăä¸ăăăâŚâŚçăŁćă ă}
[I stand up... Everything is pitch black.]
{ăăăĺ˝çśă§ăĺ¤ăŻăăŁăăĺ¤ă ăŁăăć犺ăĺşăăŁăŚăăă}
[That makes sense, since I'm outside at night. I'm surrounded by nothing but stars.]
{ĺ¤ăŞăăćăăŽăĺ˝ăăĺâŚâŚă}
[Of course it's going to be dark this hour...]
"...!?"
{ĺ¤ăŁ!?"}
[This hour--!?"]
{ĺ¤ă ă確čŞăăăžă§ăăŞăăĺ¤ă}
[It's night. I don't need any more proof than the sky.]
{ć°çľśăăŚăăéăŽćéćčŚăŞăŠăăŚăŤăŞăăŞăăăăăăŞăŤćéă}
[I wasn't expecting that I'd be able to accurately judge how long I was passed out, ]
{çľăŁăŚăăă¨ăŻćăăŞăăŁăăăăăăăć°ĺĺăŽăă¨ă ă¨ćăŁăăŽăŤă}
[but I never would have assumed it had been this long. At best, I was going to guess 20
or 30 minutes.]
{"大ĺ¤ďźăŠăăăăďźĺ§ăăăăăŁă¨ĺżé ăăŚâŚâŚ"}
["This is terrible! What am I going to do!? My sister must be so worried..."]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăŞăă ăăžă ăăăŽă."}
["... What? You're still here?]
Alice: {"ďźăăŞăăĺ ĺťăŽâŚâŚ"}
["...! It's you, from earlier..."]
{ä¸ćŠĺŤăăăŞçˇăçŽăŽĺăŤçŤăŁăŚăăă}
[I remembered the ill-tempered man standing before me.]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăŚăŞăŚăšďźă˘ăłăŹăźăćč¨ĺĄăŽçŞäşşă .}
["... Julius Monrey. Keeper of the Clocktower.]
{帰ăă¨č¨ăŁăă ăăďźăŠăă¤ăăăă¤ăäşşăŽĺż ĺăčăăŞă..."}
[I thought I told you to go home? Is there not one person who ever listens to what I
say..."]
Alice: {"ç§ă ăŁăŚĺ¸°ăăăăďź}
["I want to go home!"]
Julius: {"ă§ăŻă芹ăŻç°Ąĺă ăă¨ăŁă¨ă¨ĺ¸°ă."}
["Then this will be simple. You can leave now."]
Alice: {ç°Ąĺă ă¨ăăăă帰ăă¨ăăăăŚĺ¸°ăăăăŽăŞăă}
["Simple" he says, "leave now" he says.]
{ă¨ăŁăăŤăăăăĺşăŚčĄăŁăŚăăă}
[If I knew how to do that, I would have been long gone already.]
{çźä¸ăŤĺşăăĺ¤ćŻăŻăăŠăčŚăŚăčŚčŚăăăŞăă}
[I looked down into the night, but I don't recognize anything.]
{ç§ăŽä˝ăă§ăăčĄăŽćăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[The lights below aren't that of my town.]
{"帰ăéăĺăăăŞăăŽăďźăăăŻăŠăăŞăŽďź}
["I don't know the way home! Where are we?]
{ç§ăăăŽĺ¤ăŞçˇăŤčŞćăăăŚăăŚ..."}
[I was taken by a strange man, and..."]
Julius: {"čŞćďźçĄçăŤéŁăăŚăăăăăŽă?"}
["Taken? You mean you were brought here by force?"]
Alice: {"ăăďźăăăŞăŽăďźăăŽĺ¤ăŞâŚâŚ"}
["Yes! Exactly! That strange man from earlier..."]
Julius: {"ăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăĺäšăŁăă ăă?"}
["Peter White. Is that what he called himself?"]
Alice: {"ăăă ăŁăăăăćĺžăŤĺäšăŁăŚăăŁăâŚâŚ"}
["That's right. That's the last thing he said to me..."]
{ă§ă,ĺĺăŞăăŚăŠăă ăŁăŚăăă.}
[But, his name doesn't matter.]
{ă¨ăŤăă,ăăă¤ăç§ă犴ăŤĺźăăăčžźăă§...}
[At any rate, that guy dragged me down a hole, and...]
{ăă...ăă...ăŠăăăă...ăŠăăăă°ăăăŽăĺ¤ăŤăŞăŁăĄăăŁăŚăăăŞăăŚ..."}
[Ah... now... what am I supposed to do? Where can I go? And, it's already night..."]
{"ăăăăăçŚăăăďź}
["Of course I'm flustered! ]
{ç§ăŻăăžă 茪ăŽčăăăăŁăŚăă躍ăŞăŽăăééă ăŁăŚăăăŽďź}
[I still live with my family! I should have been back by now! I have a curfew!]
{ĺ¤âŚâŚăäťĺ¤ăçśăăă帰ăŁăŚćĽăŚăăŞăă¨ăăăă ăăŠ..."}
[I hope... Father isn't home tonight..."]
{ä¸ĺ¨ăăĄăŞçśčŚŞă ăĺ¤ă帰ăŁăŚćĽăŞăăă¨ăĺ¤ăă}
[It's not unusual for him to be away, even this late.]
{帰ăŁăŚăăă¨ăăŚă桹ĺ¤ă§ăéĄăĺăăăă¨ăŻăťă¨ăăŠăŞăă}
[And if he does return, it's usually in the middle of the night. I almost never see his face.]
{ăăăăéăćŞăäşşă ă}
[But, he's a tricky person.]
{ăăăăćŞăăżă¤ăăłă°ăçăćžăžăăăăŽăăăŤĺ¸°ăŁăŚăăă}
[If I came home now, I bet he'd show up as if he had been waiting for me.]
{ďźăăçśăăă帰ăŁăŚćĽăŚăăăâŚâŚăććŞă ăďź}
[(If Father is home... it'll be the worst-case scenario.)]
{ĺ§ă ăăŞă,ăăč¨ăŁăŚăŻăŞăă ă,čŹăéăă°č¨ąăăŚăăă.}
[If I beg, I know that my sister will forgive me,]
{çśăŻăăăŻăăăŞă.}
[but Father wouldn't be so lenient.]
{ćŞăĺéă¨äťăĺăăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞăăă¨ă厜ăŤéăčžźăăăăă.}
[If he thinks it's because I'm spending time with bad influences, he'll shut me away in]
{ĺŚć Ąăčžăăăăăă厜ĺşć帍ăŤĺăćżăăăăŚăăžăăăăăăŞăă}
[my room. Or, he may even pull me out of school again, and get me another tutor.]
{ćŽćŽľăŻçśčŚŞăăăăă¨ăŞăŠăăŞăăăăŤăăăăăŁăĺŁĺşăăŻĺłăăăŽă ă}
[He doesn't usually act like much of a father, but with things like this, he's always
especially strict.]
{"ăăâŚâŚăăŠăăăăâŚâŚăăăĺ¤âŚâŚ}
["Oh... What to do... It's so late...]
{ĺ¤ăŞăăŚâŚâŚăăăăŞăŤćéăçľăŁăŚăăă ăŞăăŚâŚâŚ"}
[I can't believe it's night... So much time has passed..."]
{ĺżé ăăĺ§ăăéĺ ąă§ăăăŚăăăăŠăăăăăçśčŚŞăŽčłăŤăĺąăăŚăăžăă}
[What if Lorina got worried, and filed a police report? Father would definitely hear
about that.]
{ăăăŞăŁăăăćŹĺ˝ăŤĺŚć Ąăčžăăăăăăă}
[If that happened, I really would have to quit school.]
{"ĺŤă âŚâŚăă¨ăă§ăăŞăăâŚâŚ"}
["No... This can't be happening..."]
{ç§ăŽĺćşăŻăăăŞăćżăăăŁăă}
[My anxiety was growing more and more intense.]
{桹ă犴ăŤč˝ăĄăŚăćťăčŚćăăă¨ă䝼ä¸ă ă}
[This is worse than when I was preparing to die as I fell down that hole.]
{ćťăŤăăă¨ăŻäťă ăŁăŚćăăŞăăăä¸ćăăăă°ćťăŹăăćŞăă}
[I still don't want to die, but this could end up being a fate worse than death.]
{ďźĺŽśăŤéăčžźăăăăă ăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(I could end up trapped in that house forever...)]
{ĺŚć ĄăŤčĄăă°ăç§ăŻćŻăĺ§ă¨ăŻćŻăšăăăŞăă}
[When I'm in school, I don't have to compete with my sisters or mother.]
{çĽăŁăŚăăäşşăŻçĽăŁăŚăăŚă,ćŻăĺ§ăŽĺ˝ąăć°ăŤăăăŤăăŁăŚăăăĺ ´ćă .}
[It's a place where I don't have to live in their shadows for once.]
{厜ăŤćĺž ăăăăŞăăă°ă誰ăç§ăŽćŻăĺ§ăŽăă¨ăŞăăć°ăŤăăŞăă}
[Even when I invite people over, they're not worried about Lorina or Mother at all.]
{厜ăĺŤăăŞăăăăăŞăăă§ăă厜ăĺşăŞăăŚăŻéĺĄćă§ćťăŤăăăŤăŞăă}
[It's not as if I hate my house. But, if I had to stay there that long, I'd feel hopelessly trapped.]
{ĺ¤é¨ă¨ăŽćĽč§Śă弪ăăăăă¨ă ăăŻăăŠăăăŚăéżăăăă}
[I can't lose my connection to the outside world for anything.]
Julius: {"ăŞăă ďźďźďźăŞăăŞăă ďźďźďź}
["What??? What are you saying???]
{ééă ă¨ďźăŞăă§ăăăŞçĄćĺłăŞăăŽăŤććăăăăă ?"}
[A curfew? What kind of nonsensical restriction is that?"]
Alice: {"çĄćĺłăŁăŚ..."}
["Nonsensical...?"]
{大ä˝ăŽĺŽśĺşăŤăăăŚăăăăťăŠçĄćĺłăŞăăŽă§ăŻăŞăă ăăă}
[Plenty of families have such a thing in place, so I don't think it's anything unusual.]
{ăăĄăçšćŽă¨ăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăŻăă ă}
[We aren't doing something out of the ordinary.]
Julius: {"ä˝ćč ăŻăééăŞăŠăŤç¸ăăăŚăăăŽăďźçĄćĺłă ăăă}
["Are Outsiders bound to such things as curfews? That makes no sense at all.]
{ăăăŞăăŽăćĺłăăŞă.}
[If that's true, it is completely useless.]
{ăăŽç˝ăŚăľăŽăŽćč¨ăťăŠăŤćĺłăăŞăăăŽă ă}
[As useless as the White Rabbit's clock.]
{ăăăŤăăă¨ăăă ăă§ăăă䝼ä¸ă§ăŻăŞă}
[Just because you have something, doesn't mean it has a purpose.]
{弴ăŽăăćéăŽç´ćă¨ĺăăăăăŤĺŽăăăŞăăăŽă§ăăăŚăŤăŞăăŞă."}
[It's the same as making an appointment with him. There's no point.]
Alice: {"ăăŽäşşăăăăŞăŤćéăŤăŤăźăşăŞăŽ...?"]
["Is he really so lenient with his time...?"]
Julius: {"ăŤăźăşăŞăăŚăăăŹăăŤăăăŞăăâŚâŚ}
["To call him lenient would be an understatement, but...]
{âŚâŚăŞăă§ăăăăă泣ăăŞăďźĺĽłăŽćśăŻéŹąéśăă.}
[... Regardless, can you try not to cry? Women's tears are troublesome.]
{ăăă ăă弳ăŻĺŤăŞăă ăăăé¨ăă泣ăăă§..."}
[That's one of the reasons I dislike women. They cry so easily at trivial things..."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăâŚâŚĺ ĺťăćăŁăăă ăăŠăăăăăŁăŚĺŤăŞĺĽ´ăă."}
["... ... I thought this before, but you're a pretty ill-tempered man, aren't you?"]
{ćśăă˛ăŁăăăťăŠăŽăĺŁăŽćŞăă ă}
[His words were so heartless, my tears withdrew on their own.]
{ĺćşăăŚăă弳ăŤĺăăŁăŚč¨ăăăăŞĺ°čŠăăăŞăă}
[Those words aren't what you should be saying to a woman in distress.]
{"ĺŽĺżăăŚăă泣ăĺăăăăăŞăăă."}
["You can relax. I'm not going to cry."]
{ĺ ăăă泣ăă¤ăăăŞăăŚăŞăăă§ăă泣ăăăć°ĺăŞăŽăŻç˘şăă ă}
[It's true that I feel like crying, but I have no intention to actually do it.]
{ćŠă帰ăăăăťĺ¸°ăăŞăăă°ă¨ćăŁăŚăăăŽăŤăäťăŻĺŽśăŤĺ¸°ăăă¨ăĺĺŤă ă}
[I wanted to be home soon, but now that I've thought about it, returning to my family
right now would only be troublesome.]
{"ĺ¤ă ăŞăăŚâŚâŚ"}
["It's so late..."]
Julius: {"ĺ¤âŚâŚďźĺ¤ăć°ăŤéŁăăŞăăŽăďź}
["Late...? Is night not to your liking?]
{帽ĺĺąă¨ăŻć°ăĺăăăăŤăŞăăŞâŚâŚ"}
[You wouldn't get along very well with the Hatter then..."]
Alice: {ç§ăŽč˝ăĄčžźăżĺ ˇĺăćżăăăŁăăăăă}
[Maybe it's because he can see that I'm only getting more anxious,]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻĺ°ăă ăĺć çăŞć 庌ăŤăŞăŁăă}
[but Julius seems to be trying to act more sympathetic now.]
{"âŚâŚĺ¸˝ĺĺą?"}
["... The Hatter?"]
Juilus: {"çĽăăŞăăŽă?"}
["You're not familiar?"]
Alice: {"čŞćăăăŚăăăă ăŁăŚč¨ăŁăă§ăăă."}
["I told you I was kidnapped."]
Julius: {"čŞćâŚâŚăăŞăăăăŤĺĽłçăŽé ä¸ăŽăŚăľăŽă§ăă}
["Kidnapped... hm. The rabbit may be a follower of the Queen, but even for him,]
{ćăžăŞăč ăăăŽĺ˝ăŤćăăăăăă¨ăŻä¸ĺŻč˝ă .}
[it's not possible to bring someone into the country who doesn't want to.]
{ă˘ăŞăšăăăžăăŤăćăć°ćăĄăăăŁăăăăă..."}
[Alice, even if you aren't aware, you came here because you desired it. I'm certain..."]
Alice: {"ćăć°ćăĄ!?ăăăŞăăŽăŞăăă!ç§ăăćăă§ăăăŤćĽăăŁăŚăăăŽ!?"}
["I desired it!? There's no way that's true. You're saying I wanted to come here!?"]
{誤解ă ăćĽăăă¨ćăŁăŚćĽăăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[He's mistaken. I never once wished to come to a place like this.]
{ăăăŞčŚçĽăăŹĺĺ°ăŤă}
[Following a strange man]
{ăăçĽăăăăŞăçˇăŤă¤ăăŚćĽăŚăăžăăăăŞăŠăŞăăŁăă}
[into a strange place is something I never asked for.]
{"ĺźăŁăąăăăŚă犴ăŤč˝ăĄăŚâŚâŚ"}
["I was taken, and we fell down a hole..."]
{誏ćăăăă¨ăăŚăč¨čăčśłăăŞăăă¨ăŤć°äťăă}
[As I tried to explain, I realized  that my words weren't enough.]
{芳ăăč¨ăăă¨ăăă°ăăăťăŠăĺăăăă}
[Even if I gave him every detail, it would sound absurd.]
{ďźĺŽśăŽĺşăŤăŚăľăŽăăăŚăăăŽăŚăľăŽăŤçŠ´ăŤĺźăŁăąăčžźăžăăŚă}
[(There was a rabbit in my garden, which carried me into a hole,]
{č˝ăĄăĺ ăăăŽĺĄă ăŁăâŚâŚăŁăŚďźďź}
[and when we came out the bottom, we were on top of a tower...?)]
{âŚâŚâŚâŚăéŻäšąăăŚăăă¨ăăćăăăŞăă ăăă}
[... I think I'd sound deranged.]
{ăăăăŻă誤éĺăăŚăăăăăŤăăă}
[Or, maybe he'd just think I'm lying.]
{éŞć¨ăăăŚăäťćšăăŞăăťăŠăçĺŽĺłăăŞăă}
[It can't be helped if I seem untrustworthy, given the situation.]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăăźăżăźă¨çĽăĺăăăăăă茪ăăăăŤăŻčŚăăŞăăŁăă}
[Julius seems to be acquainted with Peter, but it doesn't look like they're friendly.]
{ăăăăŞăă¨ăăĺăăă芹ăŞăŽă ă}
[But even using that, I think this story is to farfetched for him to accept it.]
{"âŚâŚç§ăčŚçĽăăŹçˇăŽäşşăŤă¤ăăŚăăăťăŠčť˝ă弳ăăăŞăăŽă."}
["... I'm not such a careless girl that I'd follow a strange man like that."]
{声ăĺ°ťăăźăżăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăč¨ă訳ăăżăŚăăă}
[My voice is weak, making it sound like no more than an excuse.]
{ăăžăč¨čăăżă¤ăăăŞăă}
[I'm at a loss for words.]
{äşĺŽăăŽăăŽăĺăŽăăăŞĺ 厚ă§ăăŠăă¨ă誏ćăăăăăŞăăŁăă}
[The facts are so impossible to believe, I have no idea how to explain myself.]
Julius: {"ăăă."}
["Is that so."]
Alice: {"ĺ¤ăŤä¸äşşă§éăłćŠăăăăăăŞăăăćŹĺ˝ă."}
["But, going off on my own at night is something I'd never do. I swear."]
{貏ăăĺŁčŞżă§ăŻăŞăăçăăăăŞč¨ĺă§ăăŞăă}
[His tone isn't condemning. His words aren't laced with suspicion.]
{âŚâŚăă䝼ĺăŤăčĺłăăŞăăăă ăŁăă}
[... I don't think he's had any interest in this entire conversation.]
{"ăăă§ăăŁăŚâŚâŚăă ăăăĺăŻă¤ăăŚăăŞăă."}
["And... So, I'm not lying to you."]
Julius: {"ăăžăăŽăă¨ăĺă¤ăăŞăŠă¨ăŻč¨ăŁăŚăăŞăă ăă.}
["I don't remember ever calling you a liar.]
{ăăžăăŻăăăŽéŚŹéšżăŚăľăŽăŤçŠ´ăŤĺźăŁăąăăăŚăăăăŤćĽăă}
[That idiot rabbit took you down a hole, and now you're here.]
{ćŽćŽľăŽăăžăăŻçˇăŤă¤ăăŚăăŁăăăĺ¤éăłăăăăăăŞĺĽłăăăŞă."}
[And, you're not the type of woman who chases men, or goes out at night.]
{丝埾ăŻĺăăŁăă}
[It's not as if I don't understand your claims.]
{ăăŽéăă ăăă¨ăăăăĺă§ăăăă¨ç§ăŤă¨ăŁăŚăŻăŠăă§ăăă."}
[But, whether it's the truth or a lie makes no difference to me."]
Alice: {"ĺăăăŞăăŁăŚă°!"}
["I told you, I'm not lying!"]
Julius: {"ç§ăŤă¨ăŁăŚăŻăăŠăă§ăăăăă ă}
["And I told you, it doesn't matter.]
{ăăžăăĺă¤ăă ăăă¨ćŁç´č ă§ăăăă¨ăŠăĄăă§ăć§ăăŞă."}
[I don't care whether you're a liar or not.]
{ăŠăĄăă§ăăăăç§ăŻăăăžăăŤĺ¸°ăŁăŚăťăă."}
[Either way, all I want is for you to leave."]
Alice: {ćăŁăŚĺăŁăçŠč¨ăăăăçˇă ă}
[His manner of speaking changes so quickly.]
{çĺąăŁă˝ăĺŤĺłăăăăă¨ăăăăçśăćăĺşăăăă}
[It's like everything has to turn into an argument. It reminds me of my father.]
{"ç§ă ăŁăŚĺ¸°ăăăăă厜ăŤéŁçľĄăâŚâŚ}
["I want to leave. If you'll let me call my house...]
{âŚâŚăăăčŞĺă§ĺ¸°ăăă帰ăăăéăćăăŚ."}
[... No, I'd rather just go back on my own. All you have to do is tell me where to go."]
{厜ăŤéŁçľĄăĺ Ľăăă¨ăŞăă¨ăăăăă¨ă ă}
[If I call my family, this will turn into a huge ordeal.]
{ăăăčŚčŚăăăŞăĺ ´ćă¨ăăŁăŚă厜ăžă§ăăăăčˇé˘ă§ăŻăŞăăŻăă ă}
[Even though I don't know how far away I am from my house, it can't be that great of ]
{ăăăăŠăă ăă厜ăăŠăĄăăŽćšĺăăăĺăăă°ăä¸äşşă§ĺ¸°ăăă}
[a distance. As long as I know which direction to go, I'll find my way eventually.]
{âŚâŚĺ¸°ăăăŻăă ă}
[... At least, I should be able to.]
Julius: {"çĄçă ăŞăăăžăăŻăä¸äşşă§ăŻĺ¸°ăăŞă."}
["That won't be possible. You can't return on your own."]
Alice: {"ăďźăăăŞăŤč¤éăŞéçăŞăŽ?"}
["Huh? Is the way back that complicated?"]
Julius: {"č¤éă§ăăă¨ăăăăăăăăă§ăŞăă¨ăăăă.}
["You could say it's complicated, and you could say it's not.]
{帰ăăăă¨ćăă°ăăăŤă§ăéăŻćăăăăćăžăŞăăă°ć°¸é ăŤćťăăŞă.}
[If you believe you want to go home, the path will open immediately. But if that's not
what you honestly desire, then you'll remain here forever.]
{ăăăŤćĽăăăćçšă§ă帰ăăăăŁăŚăŻăăŞăăă ă}
[When you came here, it was because you didn't want to be in your world.]
{ăăă¸ćĽăăă¨ăćăă č ă帰ăéăćăăŽăŻĺŽšćă§ăŻăŞă."}
[And if you wanted to be here, it's quite difficult to find your way back."]
Alice: {"ăŠăăăăă¨ăćĺłăĺăăăŞă."}
["What do you mean? I don't understand."]
{ăăŽäşşăăăăăă}
[So he's a weirdo, too.]
{ç§ăćăă§ăăăŤćĽăăăă§ăŻăŞăă¨čŞŹćăăăŽăŤăăžăă§éăăŚăăŞăă}
[That explains why nothing I say is getting through to him.]
{"ç§ăŻĺ¸°ăăăăŽăăäťăăăŤ."}
["I want to go home. Right now."]
Julius: {"ç§ă ăŁăŚă帰ăŁăŚăťăăăăăžăăŻćăăăă厢ăŞăă ."}
["I also want you to go home. I don't need any uninvited guests."]
Alice: {"ăăăăéăćăăŚă!"}
["Then tell me the way!"]
{ćźăĺçăŤă¤ăŠă¤ăŠăăŚăăă}
[All of this back-and-forth is making me angry.]
{ăžă ăăˇă ă¨ăăă ăă§ăăăźăżăźă¨ăŽăăă¨ăăŽçš°ăčżăăŽăăă ă}
[Still better than Peter, but this endless loop feels the same.]
{ććăŽçéăăŞăŁăŚăăŞăă}
[Neither of us understand each other's intention.]
Julius: {"ä¸äşşă§ăŻĺ¸°ăăŞăă¨č¨ăŁăŚăăă ăă."}
["I already told you, you can't go back alone."]
Alice: {"ç§ăŻä¸äşşă§ăĺšłć°ăďźčżˇăăăŤä¸äşşă§ĺ¸°ăăă!"}
["I'll be fine going by myself! I won't get lost, so just tell me the way!"]
{éăŁăŚăăăŁăăăŞăŠăăăăĺăăăăŞăăŠăăŤăŤĺˇťăčžźăžăăăă ă}
[If I have him escort me, I'll probably only end up in more trouble.]
{ĺ¤ăŤčŚçĽăăŹĺ ´ćăä¸äşşă§ćŠăăžăăăŽăŻĺąéşă ăă}
[It's dangerous to walk around a strange place at night,]
{çĽăăŞăçˇăŤéćĄĺ ăé źăăŽăĺăăăăăŤĺąéşă ă}
[but it's no less dangerous to ask a strange man to guide you home.]
{ăăžăăŤăç§ăăăăžă§éŁăăŚăăăŚăľăŽčłçˇăŽçĽäşşă}
[Besides, he knows the rabbit-man who brought me here.]
{ăăăŞăăăăŞäşşăŤĺăăä˝ăăŽăăăă ăăŞăă}
[I wouldn't want to end up indebted to someone like this.]
{éă ăă§ăčăăŚăăăŚăăŞăă¨ăä¸äşşă§ĺ¸°ăăă}
[I'm only going to ask directions, and then I'll find my way back one way or another.]
{ăăăăŤăéăčăăăŤéŁăłĺşăăŽăŻĺąéşăăăă}
[It's just too risky to rush out without any guidance at all.]
{"ăăăăăéăćăăŚăăç§ăŽĺŽśăŽä˝ćăŻâŚâŚ"}
["Don't worry about it, and tell me the way. My address is..."]
Julius: {"ä˝ćăŞăŠčăăăăŚăăăŠăăăăă¨ăĺşćĽăŞăăçĄé§ă .}
["Even if you tell me the address, there's nothing I can do. You can't go.]
{ä¸äşşă§ăŻĺ¸°ăăŞăăăăăăŤăźăŤă ."}
[You can't return alone. That's the rule."]
Alice: {"ăŞăŤăăăŤăźăŤăŁăŚ!"}
["What do you mean "rule"!?"]
Julius: {"ćąşăžăăă¨ăŽăă¨ă ďźçŠĺăăăŽćŞă弳ă ăŞ!"}
["A rule is a principle that dictates what is and is not possible! What a dense woman!"]
Alice: {"ćĺłăăăăŚăăăăăăŞăăďźăăŞăăăăçŠĺăăăćŞă!"}
["I wasn't asking you what the word meant! You're the dense one here!"]
Julius: {"ăŞăă ă¨ďźäşşă茪ĺăŤĺżĺŻžăăŚăăŁăŚăăăŽăŤ!"}
["What!? You'd say that, even though I've been considerate enough to answer all of your questions?!"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăŚăŞăŚăšă§ă¤ăŠă¤ăŠăăŚăăăăăăčŞć°ăčăăă}
[Clearly getting irritated, Julius' tone grew harsher.]
{äşăăŤăčŞĺăŽä¸ťčŚłă§čŠąăăŚăăŚăăŠăăăăăŚăăă}
[We're both trying to explain ourselves to one-another, but something isn't matching up.]
{ăăăŚăăăă¨ăŻĺăăăăŽăŽăăăŽéŁăéăăŽççąăĺăăăŞăă}
[And although I know that something's off, I don't know why we're conflicting like this.]
{ă¨ăăăăăžă¨ăăŤäźčŠąăăăă¨ăăć°ăăăĺăăăźăżăźăăăŻăăŁă¨ăăă}
[In any case, at least he's trying to have a decent conversation with me. Unlike Peter.]
{"ä¸äşşă§ĺ¸°ăăŽăăăăăŞăŤĺżé ďźĺżé ăăŚăăăăŽăŻćăéŁăăăŠ...ă§ă...}
["Are you really so worried about me going out alone? I'm grateful for your concern, but...]
{âŚâŚăăăăăăăăŚăăŚăăŠăăŠăĺ¤ăć´ăăŚăăŁăĄăăăâŚâŚ}
[... Fine. It's only getting later the more we go on like this...]
{ä¸äşşăăé§çŽă ăŁăŚăăăŽăŞăăăăŞăăéăŁăŚăă}
[If I can't go alone, will you take me home?]
{俥ç¨ăăăăă厜ăžă§éŁăăŚčĄăŁăŚăăăŞăăăă?"}
[I trust you, so could you please help me get back?"]
Julius: {"ăăăăăăŁ!!}
["Huh?~~Ngh!!]
{éăďźç§ăč¨ăăăăŽăŻăăăŞăă¨ăăăŞăďź}
[No! That's not what I was trying to say!]
{ĺżé ăŞăŠăăŚăăŞăďźäşĺŽăč¨ăŁăă ăă ďź}
[I'm not worried about you! I was just stating facts!]
{âŚâŚç§ăăéă彚ăŤăŞăă ă¨ďźčŤĺ¤ă ăăľăăăăŞďź}
[Hah... You can't possibly be saying you want me to escort you back? Out of
the question. Don't even joke about such a thing!]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻă˛ă¨ăăăćăŁăĺžăĺŤăăăŤçŽăé¸ăăă}
[After he'd finished his rant, he averted his eyes from me uncomfortably.]
{ćĺžăăăăŻăăśă¤ăśă¤ă¨çŹăč¨ăŤăŞăŁăŚăăŁăă}
[In the end, he just seemed to be grumbling to himself.]
{ćç´ăăăăŽăŻç§ăŽăťăă ă}
[I'm the one who should be upset here.]
{"âŚâŚăŞăŤăăăŞăăŞăŽăăăăâŚâŚ"}
["... What? I don't get it, you just--..."]
{ăăăŞăŤéăăŽăĺŤăŞăâŚâŚ}
[If you're that against taking me home...]
{âŚâŚă ăăăéăćăăŚăŁăŚč¨ăŁăŚăăăăăŞăăŁ!}
[... Then why aren't you just telling me the way back!?]
{ä¸äşşă§ăŻĺ¸°ăăŞăă¨ăăéăăŽăŻčŤĺ¤ă ă¨ăâŚâŚ}
[I can't go alone, but it's "out of the question" for you to take me...]
{ăŞăăŞăŽâŚâŚăĺ¤ăŤăŞăŁăĄăăăâŚâŚćĺłăĺăăăŞăăă¨ă°ăă..."}
[What then...? It's so late now... and I just don't understand..."]
Alice: {"泣ăăŚăŞăăă!"}
["I'm not crying!"]
{ăăŁă¨ăăŚăŞăŚăšăç¨ăżäťăăŚăăă}
[I give Julius a dirty look.]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăŁ."}
["... Gh-."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻçŚăŁăăăăŤăĺăłçŽăé¸ăăăă}
[Looking nervous, he turns away again.]
{ä¸ćŠĺŤăŞăăăă¨ćăŁăăă}
[I thought it was because he had a bad temper,]
{ăăŽçˇăäşşăŽçŽăčŚăŚčŠąăăŽăčŚćăŞăŽăăăăăŞăă}
[but maybe he's just not very good at talking to people.]
{"泣ăăŚăŞăâŚâŚăăŠă泣ăăăâŚâŚ."}
["I'm not crying... But, I feel like I could..."]
Julius: {"ăŁ!?}
["Hh!?]
{ăăă泣ăăŞďźç§ăŻĺĽłăŽćśă¨ăăăăăăăăăŁăăăăŽă大ĺŤăăŞăă ďź}
[Stop, calm yourself! I can't stand women when they cry!]
{泣ăăŞăďźďźćłŁăăŚăăăăă泣ăăŞăăăăă§ćłŁăďź}
[Don't cry, alright!? Or, if you have to, go do it somewhere else!]
{ç§ăŽçŽăŤă¤ăăŞăĺ ´ćă§ăŞăăăăăăăăăżăŁă¨ăăŞă泣ăĺăăăă}
[If you're somewhere I can't see, then you can bawl, and scream as violently as you]
{çŽăč ŤăăăŚĺăçŠăŽăăăŞéĄăŤăŞăăă¨ä¸ĺăŤć§ăăŞăďźăăă§ăŻćłŁăăŞ!"}
[like. Wail until your eyes are red as the devil for all I care! Just don't do it here!"]
Alice: "...
{âŚâŚă¤ăăĽăé ˇă弴ă."}
[... You're a terrible man."]
{ć °ăăă¤ăăăŞăŠççĄăŽăăă ăăçľćçăŤćśăĺźăŁčžźăă}
[He may not be comforting me, but he still helped me hold back my tears.]
{ĺ ĺťĺć§ăŤăăăžăăŽĺŁăŽćŞăăŤĺăăŚăă ă}
[I'm amazed that he would speak so sharply to someone in my position.]
{"泣ăăăăăŞăăă...ĺ¤ăŞăŚăľăŽăŤăŠăăĺăăăŞăĺ ´ćă¸éŁăăŚăăăăŚ...}
["Wanting to cry seems justified... A strange rabbit took me to a strange place...]
{ăăŞăăĺ¤ăŞăă¨ă°ăăč¨ăă...}
[And everything you say is just confusing me...]
{ăăăŤăăăĺ¤âŚăĺ¤ăăĺ¤âŚ"}
[On top of that, it's already night... It's so late, and..."]
Julius: {"ăăăŞăŤĺ¤ăć°ăŤéŁăăŞăăŽă."}
["Is the night upsetting you that much?"]
Alice: {"ăăăăăŠăăăăăăăăăŚăăéăŤăăŠăăŠăćéăçľăŁăĄăăâŚ}
["Yes. What am I going to do? Time keeps passing, and I'm just stuck here like this...]
{ĺ¤ăŞăăŚâŚâŚăĺ§ăăăéĺ ąăăăăăŚăé¨ăăŤăŞăŁăŚăăăăâŚâŚ}
[It's just so late... My sister must be in a panic, and has probably filed a missing person's report...]
{çśăăă帰ăŁăŚăăŚăăăçľăăă ăâŚâŚ"}
[And if Father is home, it's all over for me..."]
Julius: {"ĺ¤ăăăăžă§ćŻĺŤăăăă¨ăŻăŞ.}
["You seem to have a deep-seated aversion to night.]
{ç§ăŻćăăťăăč˝ăĄçăăâŚâŚă弳ă¨ăăăŽăŻćăĺ ´ćăĺŤă蟊ăĺ¤ă."}
[I find it calming, myself... But, women often seem to dislike dark places."]
Alice: {ĺ¤ăĺŤăăŞăăă§ăŻăŞăă}
[I don't really hate the night itself.]
{äťăăŠăă¨ăçĽăăŞăĺ ´ćă§ĺ¤ăčżăăŚăăăŽă大ĺéĄăŞăŽă ă}
[I'm only so anxious about it now because I'm in an unfamiliar place.]
{ăăăŞăă¨ăžă§čŞŹćăăŞăă¨éăăŞăăŽăă}
[But I don't think he'll pick up on that that unless I explain.]
{ăăăăăăă}
[I'm tired of it.]
{ăăŽĺ°ĺăŽäşşăŻâŚâŚăžă äşäşşăăäźăŁăŚăăŞăăă芹ăéăăŞăă}
[I've only met two people in this place so far... and I can't communicate with either.]
Julius: {"ĺ¤čĄć§ăŽĺ¸˝ĺĺąéŁä¸ă¨ăŻć°ăĺăăăăŤăŞăćčŚă ăă}
["It's unfortunate to have something in common with that gang at the Hatter's though.]
{ăăăŞéŁä¸ă¨ăŻć°ăĺăăŞăăťăă嚸ăă ăăăŞ}
[I would be happier if I never had to associate with them in any way.]
{ç˝ăŚăľăŽăŤéŁăăăăŚćĽăăăăă ă}
[You came in with the White Rabbit.]
{弴ăŻĺĽłçăŽé ä¸ă ăăăăăžăăă弳çăŽĺĽ˝ăćéă弽ăăŞăŽă?"}
[Since he's a follower of the Queen, perhaps you share her preference of time?"]
Alice: {"ĺ¤äťĽĺ¤ăŽćéăŞăăăŞăă ăŁăŚăăă."}
["I just wish it were anything other than night right now."]
{帽ĺĺąăŽćŹĄăŻĺĽłçć§ăăŚăŞăŚăšăăăăŻăăç¸ĺ˝ăŤăăăăă}
[First the Hatter and now the Queen. Julius is as strange as the rabbit.]
{ăăăăŚăľăŽčłçˇăŽçĽäşşă ăăžă¨ăăŤäźčŠąăĺşćĽăŞăă}
[As expected, since they're acquaintances. There's no way to have a
normal conversation.]
{ăăăăéćĄĺ ăăŞăăŤă厜ăćăăăăŞăăăă ă}
[It's looking more and more like I'm going to have to find my way home on my own.]
Julius: {"ăăăžă§č¨ăăŽăŞăăĺ¤ăéăăŚăăăă}
["If that's what you need, then I'll put night aside.]
{ăăŽĺ ´ă§éŹąéśăă泣ăéĄăćăăăŚăŻĺ ŞăăŞăăăăŞ."}
[I wouldn't be able to handle it if I had to see a crying face."]
Alice: "...?"
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻćăŤăăŚăăĺˇĽĺ ˇăăăăă}
[Julius begins to raise his hand, and I see some kind of tool in his grip.]
{ĺśĺ¨ăŤăăŞăăăăŞăçŠăŤčşŤć§ăăăăăăăŻç§ăŤă§ăŻăŞăĺ¤ăŤĺăăăăă}
[I tense up, thinking it may be a weapon. But rather than aiming it towards me, he turns
to look outside.]
{ä˝ăăăă¤ăăăă¨ăăăŽĺăăçŽă§čż˝ăă}
[Unsure of what he plans to do, my eyes follow his movements.]
Julius: {"é˘ĺă°ăăă ăă ăăă弳ăŻĺŤăăŞăă ."}
["Nothing but trouble. This is why I hate women."]
Alice: {ĺŁăŽćŞăăŤć ŁăăŚăăăăăăăăă}
[Maybe because I've already grown accustomed to it,]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŽč¨čăŻčłăăăćăăŚăăŁăă}
[Julius' harsh words pass right over me.]
CG - Master of Clocks' Influence, Night
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăŽćăŽä¸ăŤăăĺˇĽĺ ˇăŽĺ˝˘ăăĺ¤ăăŁăŚăăă}
[Suddenly, the tool in his hand changed form.]
{錴ćăżăŻăŞăăăä˝ăăŻĺăăăĺˇĽĺ ˇăŻâŚâŚăăŞăă¨ăćłéăŤĺ˝˘ăĺ¤ăăă}
[I may not be very familiar with such things, but I still recognize what it is. The tool...
became a handgun.]
{"ăâŚâŚăăŞăŤâŚâŚ?"}
["Er... What...?"]
{éŠăéăăŞăăéĺŁă犺ăŤĺăăĺźăéăĺźăăăă}
[I didn't even have time to be amazed as he pointed the gun to the sky, and pulled the
trigger.]
{ăăă¨âŚâŚăăžăă§ĺźĺżăăăăŽăăăŤă犺ăŽč˛ăăăăŁă¨čľ¤ăăŞăŁăŚăăŁăă}
[Then... as if answering his call, in mere moments, the sky was overtaken by a brilliant crimson.]
"!?
{ăŞâŚâŚăŁ!?"}
[Wha--!?"]
Julius: {"弳çăŻă辤ă弽ăă ăćéăäžĺ¤ăŞă.}
["The Queen is very particular. This is the only time she cares for.]
{辤ăŽćéâŚâŚĺ¤ćšăŤăăŚăăŁăăďźćşčśłă?"}
[The red time... Is evening alright for you? Are you satisfied now?"]
Alice: {"ăžăćşčśłăăŁăŚâŚâŚăăăăŞâŚâŚ}
["S-Satisfied...? This is..."]
Julius: {"ďźĺ¤ă§ăŞăćéăŞăăăŞăă ăŁăŚăăă¨č¨ăŁăă ăă."}
["Hm? I thought you said you'd be fine it it were anything other than night?"]
Alice: {"č¨ăŁăăăŠăăăăŞăăžăăâŚâŚ"}
["I did say that, but, I never thought..."]
{ĺçśă¨ăŞăăéćăăŤăăĺŁăéăăă}
[I was dumbfounded. My mouth was hanging open like an idiot.]
{ĺˇĽĺ ˇăéăŤĺ¤ăăŁăăŽăčĄćçă ăă}
[Turning a tool into a gun was astonishing enough on it's own,]
{犺ăŽč˛ăĺ¤ăăăŞăăŚăćĺăŤăăŚă大čŚć¨Ąăăăă}
[but changing the colour of the sky is too grand to just be some kind of magic trick.]
Julius: {"ăŞăă ăĺ¤ćšăć°ăŤéŁăăŞăăŽăďź}
["What? Evening isn't to your liking either?]
{ćźă弽ăăŞăăćĺăăăăč¨ăăćéăăăăăăăăăăŞă.}
[If you wanted day, then you should just say so from the beginning. Don't waste
my time.]
{éŁĺ°ăăă¨ăé çăăăâŚâŚ"}
[Shooting over and over gives me a headache..."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăăăăä¸çşéăćă¤ă}
[Julius fires his weapon once more.]
{ăăăăă¨ăäťĺşŚăŻčľ¤ă犺ăéăăŞăŁăă}
[And having done that, the red skies became a bright blue.]
{ĺ¤ćšăăăćźă¸ăăăăŤăćĺăŤćĽăă¨ăă¨ĺăăćźăŽćŻč˛ă}
[From evening, to midday. The same scenery as when I first arrived here.]
Julius: {"éĺĺ°ăŽä¸ťă弽ăżăăăŞăăă夊ć°ăŽćźă ă}
[The master of the Amusement Park enjoys clear skies like this.]
{ăŠăă ăäťĺşŚăăćşčśłăăăŁăă?}
[Well? Surely this time must be good enough for you.]
{夊ć°ăžă§ăŻĺ¤ăăăăŞăăăăăăŻç§ăŽćăŤä˝ă."}
[I hope you weren't hoping for anything more. Controlling the weather is out of
my hands."]
Alice: "..."
Julius: {"âŚâŚăă?"}
["... So?"]
Alice: "..."
Julius: {"ăŞăă ďźăŠăăăăă˘ăŞăš?"}
["What is it? Are you alright, Alice?"]
Alice: {é ăăăăăăăă}
[My head is spinning.]
{ĺ ĺťăŽăăăŤăăăăăăăâŚâŚă¨ăĺăă}
[Just like before, round and round... Reeling.]
{čśłĺ ăăăźă¤ăăŞăăçŹçšăŽćľŽéćă}
[A strange sensation overtakes me, and I feel as if the ground has disappeared
from under my feet.]
???: {"âŚâŚă ă."}
[... eam."]
Alice: {ďźâŚâŚăăĺăăŁăďź}
[(... Yes, I understand.)]
{ďźăŞăă ăăăŁăâŚâŚăăăăŞăă ăăăăŞăç´ĺžďź}
[(What? I see... Is that so. Then, it makes sense.)]
???: {"夢ă ă."}
["A dream."]
Alice: {"...夢ă "}
["... It's a dream."]
??? {"ăăăŻ, 夢."}
["This is a dream."]
Julius: "Hm???"
Alice: {"ăăăăăăăăă¨ăŻćăŁăăŽăăăăăăăăăăă}
["Everything just gets more and more ridiculous. But, I see. That's all it is.]
{ăĄăăŁă¨čăăă°ăăĺăăăŽăŤ...ă§ăăăżăŚăăéăŁăŚăăăăăăăŽăă..."}
[If I had just stopped to think, it would've been so obvious... But, that's how it always
is, isn't it? You can notice these things until after the fact."]
Julius: {"ăăăă˘ăŞăšďźä˝ăč¨ăŁăŚăă?"}
["Alice? Hey, what are you talking about?"]
Alice: {ăăăŤăăç§čŞčşŤăăçŹç˝ăŽĺĄăŽăăăŞăăŽă ă}
[I feel like the physical embodiment of a monologue right now.]
{çŹăč¨ăŽăăăŤčăăăăŽăăăăăŞăăăć°ăŤăăŞăă}
[Maybe it looks like I'm speaking to myself, but I don't care.]
{ăŚăŞăŚăšăéăćăŁăŚăăăŽăăăăăăĺ¤ăăŁă犺ăŽč˛ăăăăć°ăŤăŞă}
[The fact that Julius is holding a gun that changes the time off day on command?]
{ăŞăăăăăăăăăăă¨ă ă¨ăŻćăăŞăăă䝰夊ăăăĺćşăăăăăăŞăă}
[I don't care. Suddenly, none of this is strange or mind-boggling.]
{ăăŁă¨ĺăăŁăç§ăŻă嚳常ĺżăĺăćťăăŚăăă}
[Now that I've realized, I feel like my mind is clear, for the first time since I arrived.]
???: {"ăăăŻ, 夢ăŞăă ."}
["Because this is a dream."]
Alice: {"夢ă ăŁăăă ."}
["It was all a dream."]
{ĺ¤ăŤăŞăŁăă¨ăăééă¨ăă確ăăŤăăăŞăć°ăŤăăŞăăŚăăăăçĄćĺłă ă}
[I don't have to worry about the night, or the curfew. None of that matters.]
{ăăăŻĺ¤˘ăćéăŞăăé˘äżăŞăă}
[This is a dream. Time is irrelevant.]
{ç§ăŻă夢ăăżăŚăăăćĽćăŽĺĺžăćăăčŞĺăŽĺŽśăŽĺşă§ă}
[It's still Sunday afternoon. I'm just in my warm garden, dreaming.]
{ĺ§ăăăăŤăźăăĺăăŤăăŁăŚăăéăŤç ăŁăŚăăžăŁăăŽă ăăŞăăŚĺć°ăŞç§ă}
[I fell asleep while my sister was getting some playing cards. So careless of me.]
{ďźăăăăăăŁăďź}
[(Aah, good.)]
{夢ăŞăăä˝ăć ăŚăĺż čŚăŻăŞăă}
[If this is a dream, then there's no reason to panic.]
{čŞçśăŤçŽăčŚăăăă誰ăă辡ăăăŚăăăăŽăĺž ăŚă°ăăă}
[I just have to wait until someone wakes me.]
{ćŞĺ¤˘ăŽăăă ă¨ćăŁăăăăăŽăžăžă夢ă ăŁăăŽă ă}
[I thought this all felt like a nightmare, and it was a dream after all.]
Julius: "...
{âŚâŚăăćąşăăăŞăăăăă§ăăăăăžăă夢ă ă¨ćăăŞăăăăăŻĺ¤˘ă ."}
[... If that's what you've decided, then fine. If you want to think this is a dream, then
it's a dream."]
Alice: {ç§ăŽĺ¤˘ăŽä¸ăŽçťĺ ´äşşçŠăŻăé˘ç˝ăăăŞăăăăŤé ˇăăă}
[The imaginary man nods his head, but doesn't seem amused.]
Julius: {"ă˛ăźă ăŻä¸äşşă§ăŻĺşćĽăŞăăă ăă帰ăăŞă.}
["You can't play the game alone, and you can't leave alone.]
{âŚâŚçľăăăŞă夢ă ăŞ."}
[... If you want the dream to end."]
Alice: {"ă˛ăźă ăŻä¸äşşă§ăŻĺşćĽăŞăăăăĺ§ăăă¨ĺăĺ°čŠă ă.}
["I can't play a game alone, huh? My sister said the same thing.]
{ä¸äşşăă帰ăăŞăăŽăŞăăăŠăăăă°ĺ¸°ăăăŽďźćăăŚă."}
[But if I can't leave on my own, then how do I get out? Teach me."]
{ăăăŻĺ¤˘ă ă夢ă¨ĺăăă°ăĺŽĺżă ă}
[This is a dream. And if this is a dream, I can relax.]
{ä¸ćč°ăŞăă¨ăăćăăŞăă}
[Now things feel more mysterious than scary.]
{ăŠăăŞăŤä¸ćč°ă§ăăăăŽăăĄčŚăă夢ăŞăŽă ăăă}
[And I can enjoy the mystery, knowing that I'll eventually wake up.]
{漽ăăă§ăăžăă°ăăă¨ăä˝čŁăĺşćĽăă}
[It's alright to have some fun, while I have the chance.]
{ăă¤ăăăĺ°ăă°ăăč¤éăŞăăšăăźăŞăźäťçŤăŚăŽĺ¤˘ă ă}
[This is a bit more complicated than usual, since it feels like I'm really influencing]
{夢ăăżăŚăăăŽăŞăă漽ăăă§ăăžăă°ăăă}
[the story. But, you should just make the most of it when you're dreaming.]
Julius: {"帰ăćšćłăăăćŹćĽăŞăăăăžăăćăă°ăăăŤă§ă帰ăăăŽă ăâŚâŚ}
["The way out? Normally, you could leave whenever you want to...]
{ăăç°ĄĺăŤăŻăăăŞăăŞăŁăŚăăăăă ăŞă錏隿ăŚăľăŽăŻăćŞçĽćľă ăăŻĺă."}
[But, in this case, it won't be as simple. That stupid rabbit did something underhanded,
and complicated things.]
{ćăŽéľăăăăžăăŤéŁ˛ăżĺš˛ăăăŚăăžăŁă."}
[The key to the door... he made you drink it."]
Alice: {"飲ăă âŚâŚďźéľă飲ăżčžźăăăăŁăčŚăăŞăăŚăŞăăăŠâŚâŚ"}
["I drank it...? I don't remember swallowing a key..."]
Julius: {"飲ăă ă ăă?"}
["Think of what you drank."]
Alice: {飲ăă âŚâŚă}
[I drank...]
{ďźéľăâŚâŚďźďź}
[(The key...?)]
{"âŚâŚăăăăăŚăăăŽčŹăŽăă¨ďźăăŽçśăŤĺ ĽăŁăŚăăăă¤?"}
["... Do you mean the medicine? The one that was in this vial?"]
Julius: {"ăăă ăĺżăăŁă˝ăăăăăŞă}
["Right. You're surprisingly forgetful. I would think]
{ăŞăăŞăĺżăăăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞă飲ăžăăćšăăăăăă ă?"}
[that the way you received it, it wouldn't so easily slip to the back of your mind."]
Alice: {"ďźďźčŚăŚăăăŽ!?}
["!? You saw that!?]
{ć˘ăăŚăăăăăăăŁăăŽăŤďźďźďź"}
[And you didn't try and stop it!?!?!?"]
Julius: {"ç´čŠąĺ§ĺŠăŤçŤăĄĺ ĽăăťăŠéćŽăăăŞă."}
["I'm not so foolish as to interrupt a lovers' quarrel."]
Alice: {"ç´čŠąĺ§ĺŠăŞăăăăăŞăăďźăăăŞçˇă}
["That wasn't a "lovers' quarrel"!]
{äťćĽăžă§äźăŁăăă¨ăăŞăăŁăăŽă!?"}
[I only met that man today!]
Julius: {"ăăžăăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăă¨ăŠăăăé˘äżă ăăă¨çĽăăă}
["I wasn't concerned about the relationship between you and Peter White.]
{犺éăŽćŞăżăćăăăăăä¸ăžă§ä¸ăŁăŚăăăă .}
[I only came up because I felt the distortion when you arrived.]
{ćŽćŽľăŞăăä¸ă§ä˝ă辡ăăăă¨é˘äżăŞăăćžăŁăŚăă.}
[Usually, I just ignore what happens above. I'd rather leave things be.]
{ç§ăŻčŞĺăŽä˝ćĽĺ ´ăăĺşăăăŞăăă ă}
[I don't like to leave my workshop.]
{ăăŽĺĄăŽä¸ă§ăăăă¨ăăĺăĺăćăăăă°ä˝ćĽăăăŚăăăťăă..."}
[Even though I'm always in this tower, I'd rather spend my free time working..."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăžăăăăśă¤ăśă¤ă¨ĺăăčŚçˇăč˝ă¨ăăă}
[Julius starts to mumble, and once again drops his gaze.]
{"ăăăŻăăăŞăăŽčˇĺ ´ăŞăŽ?"}
["You work here?]
Julius: {"ăăŽćč¨ĺĄăŻăčˇĺ ´ăŞă ăă§ăŞăç§ăŽä˝ĺŚă ăç§ăŻćéăŽçŞäşşă ăă...}
["This clocktower isn't only my workplace, but where I live. Since I'm the
Clockmaker...]
{âŚâŚç§ăŽăă¨ăŻăŠăă§ăăă.}
[... But I'm not important.]
{ăăžăăŻéľă飲ăżčžźăă§ăăžăŁăăăăç°ĄĺăŤăŻĺ¸°ăăŞăăă}
[You swallowed the key, so it won't be easy for you to return home.]
{ăŠăăăŚăăăăă ."}
[What are you going to do?"]
Alice: {ăŠăă§ăăăă¨č¨ăăŞăăăçľć§čŞĺˇąç´šäťăăăŚăăăăă}
[Although he says he's not important, that was a more than sufficient introduction.]
{ćăŁăŚăăăťăŠćŞăäşşă§ăŻăŞăăăă ă}
[He doesn't seem like as bad a person as I originally thought.]
{夢ă ă¨ăăăă¨ăĺăăŁăŚăć°ă大ăăăŞăă}
[But, knowing that this is a dream, I get a bit bold.]
{"ăŠăăăŚăăăăŁăŚăç§ă帰ăăŞăăŚăăăŞăăŤăŻé˘äżăŞăă§ăăăďź}
["What am I going to do? Does it even matter to you whether or not I make it home?]
{ăăŁăąăĺżé ăăŚăăăŚăăăŽ???"}
[Aren't you worried about me at all???"]
{ćč¨ĺąăŻăŻăŁă¨éźťă§çŹăŁăă}
[Taken by surprise, the Clockmaker laughs through his nose.]
{ăŚăľăŽçˇă¨ăăăăăăç§ăŽĺ¤˘ă ă}
[He looks as nice as the rabbit-man, which is to be expected from my own dream,]
{ć§ć źăŽćŞă弴ă°ăăăčŞĺă襨ăăŚăăăăă§ăăăăăăăă}
[it's only the personalities that are bad. But, it irritates me to think these are
representations of my own psyche.]
Julius: {"ăăžăăćéăćŞăăăăăćžç˝ŽăăŚăăăŞăă ăă .}
["Since you've warped time, I can't just abandon you.]
{ăăžăă罪ăçŻăăăăă§ăŻăŞăăă ăăćçăĺşćĽăŞă.}
[And, you haven't committed any crime, so I can't have you imprisoned.]
{ăă¨ăăŁăŚăăăăŤéăĺăăŚč§ŁćąşăăăŽăŻç§ăŽčˇăŤĺăăă}
[It also goes against my role to solve everything with a gun.]
{ç§ăŻéŚŹéšżăŚăľăŽăŽăăăŤçĄč˝ă§ăŻăŞă.}
[I'm not as incompetent as that idiotic rabbit."]
Alice: {"âŚâŚďźăăźăżăźăŁăŚăăăăăăżă¤ăăŞăŽ?"}
["...? Is Peter really that kind of person?"]
{ăăźăżăźăŻăăăăăŤéăĺăăŚč§ŁćąşăăăăŽă ăăăăă¤ăĄăźă¸ăŤĺăăŞăă}
[Does he really "solve everything with a gun"? That doesn't really match him image.]
{彟ăŻĺŤăŞĺĽ´ă ăć´ĺăčžăăŞăĺ°čąĄăŻăăŁăăâŚâŚ}
[He's a terrible man, but it didn't feel like he would do anything violent...]
{ăăŁă¨çŠäşăčăăăăŞăżă¤ăăŤčŚăăăéĺćăčŚăăăâŚâŚă}
[Moreso, he seemed like he thought everything through. It feels inconsistent...]
{âŚâŚĺ¤˘ă ăăăä¸ćč°ăççžăăăŁăŚăăăăăăŻăŞăăŽăă}
[... But, this is a dream. Inconsistencies and strange events aren't unusual.]
Julius: {"âŚâŚĺĽăŽăŚăľăŽă ăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăŽăă¨ăăăŞă.}
["... You must mean another rabbit. That's not Peter White.]
{ăăŽĺ˝ăŤăŻăăăźăżăźďźăăŻă¤ăăăăăŁă¨ćéăŞăŚăľăŽăăăăă ."}
[There are more dim-witted rabbits in this country than just Peter."]
Alice: {ç§ăŽćŞč¨ăăăŞčĄ¨ć ăčŚăŚăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻçĺăŤçăăŚăăăă}
[Julius answered matter-of-factly, after seeing my puzzled expression.]
{ďźăăŁăąăăăăäşşâŚâŚďź}
[(He's a good person...)]
{"ăăăŻăŚăľăŽă ăăăŞăŽăăĺŤăŞĺ˝âŚâŚ"}
["If there are that many rabbits here, this must be an unpleasant country..."]
Julius: {"ăăžăăăŚăľăŽăĺŤăăŞăŽă?"}
["You hate rabbits too?"]
Alice: {"çšăŤă弽ăă§ăĺŤăă§ăăă§ăăäťăŻĺŤăăŤăŞăŁăă.}
["I didn't especially like or dislike them before. But, I've recently come to hate them.]
{ăăă§ăăŞăăŚăľăŽăŤäźăŁăăăă...夢ăăčŚăăŚăăĺŤăŁăŚăăžăăăă."}
[After meeting that good-for-nothing... I think I'll still hate rabbits even after I wake
up."]
Julius: {"ç§ăĺŤăă ăăŚăľăŽăŻăăăŞăă¨ăăăŞă.}
["I hate them as well. I've never met a decent rabbit.]
{âŚâŚĺ ¨é¨ăćăĄćŽşăăŚăăžăăă."}
[... I'd like to shoot every one of them to death."]
Alice: {"çŠăăăăăŞăăă."}
["Isn't that a bit violent?"]
{ăăăăç§ăŽĺ¤˘ă ăăăĄăăĄćĺżăăŚăăžăă}
[Of course this would be my dream. Everything is appalling.]
Julius: {"ç§ăŻ,ăăăŽä˝äşşă¨ăăŚăŻçŠăăăŞăťăă . ăăžăăćăŁăăăăŚăăŞăă ăă?"}
["I'm far more peaceful than most residents here. I haven't shot you, have I?"]
Alice: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăĺ˝ăăĺăŽăă¨ă§ăăă.}
["... Of course not.]
{ćă¤ăťăăĺ˝çśăżăăăŞč¨ăćšâŚâŚ"}
[The way you say it makes it sound like shooting someone is normal..."]
Julius: {"ăăă§ăŻăć°ăŤéŁăăŞăăă°ćă¤ăăăŞéŁä¸ă°ăăă ă}
["Here, most of the lot would shoot anyone that's not to their liking.]
{ç§ăŻăć°ăŤéŁăăŞăăŚă罪人ă§ăŞăăă°ćăăŞă.}
[Personally, I only feel like shooting if the other person is a criminal.]
Alice: {"âŚâŚĺ¤˘ă§ăăćăăăăŽăŻĺŻčľˇăăćŞăăŞăăăă ăăĺŤă ăŞă."}
["... I know this is a dream, but I don't want to wake up after getting shot."]
Julius: {"âŚâŚâŚâŚăćăăăă°çăăăăŞ."}
["... If you're shot, you'll still be hurt."]
Alice: {"ăăăăă夢ă§ăăçăďźăŁăŚćăăă¨ăăăăăă}
["That's true, isn't it? They say that sometimes you feel pain when you get hurt in
dreams.]
{掺ăăă夢ăŻç¸čľˇăăăăŁăŚăăăăŠă寿ĺ˝ă縎ăžăăăăŤăŞăă..."}
[I know it's supposed to be a good omen to die in your dream, but I think
this experience has already shortened my life..."]
Julius: "Ah-...
{ĺ˝ăŻĺ¤§äşăŤăăă."}
[You have to take your life seriously."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăéˇă鍪ăăăăăăă}
[Julius combs back his long hair.]
Julius: {"ă˛ăźă ăŻä¸äşşă§ăŻĺşćĽăŞă.čŁăčżăă°,ä¸äşşă§é˛ăăŞăéăă˛ăźă ăŤăŞă.}
["You can't complete this game on your own. If you try to move on alone, the game will
never end, and you won't return to the other side.}
{ă˛ăźă ăé˛ăăă°ă帰ăăă ăăăçăăŚăăăăă°."}
[If you want to get home, you simply have to progress the game. Which requires you
to be alive."]
Alice: {"éŠĺ˝ăŤăľăăľăăăŚă誰ăă¨éăăă°éŠĺ˝ăŞă¨ăăŤĺ¸°ăăăŁăŚăă¨?"}
["So you're saying I just have to wander aimlessly, and spend time with someone,
then I can go home?"]
Julius: {"âŚâŚăăăăăă¨ă ."}
["... I suppose that's accurate."]
Alice: {ăăčŚăéĄă ăă躍ăčăăŞăăă¨ăăă¨ăăŽéĄă}
[I'm familiar with that expression. His face is saying that I'm too outspoken.]
{ăăăăéĄăăăăăăăŞč¨ĺăŻăŞăăšăć ăă§ăăă...夢ă§ăŻăăă ăăă}
[I'm usually careful not to behave in any way that would elicit such a look, but... I
think it's fine for a dream.]
{"ăăŁăăăăăăćŠăčŚăăĄăăă°ăăăŽăŤ."}
["I feel exhausted. I'd rather just wake up already."]
Julius: "Hah..."
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăăžăăžăăăŽčĄ¨ć ăé˛ăŤăăă}
[Julius' expression showed more and more.]
{"ă躍ăčăăŞăăăă¨ăč¨ăă§ăăă?"}
["Aren't you going to tell me I'm being too blunt?"]
{ç§ăŽĺ¤˘ăŽçťĺ ´äşşçŠă ă誰ăŤĺŻžăăŚăăçŤăŞăă袍ăăŞăăŚăăă}
[He's just a character in my dream. I can be brutally honest towards him.]
Julius: {"ăăžăăŻăćŹĺ˝ăŤâŚâŚ?"}
["Are you really--...?"]
Alice: {"ä˝ă?"}
["What?"]
Julius: {"ăăâŚâŚăćĽăč ăŤăăŁăŚĺ˝ăŻĺ˝˘ăĺ¤ăăă}
["No... This country changes to suit those who come here.]
{ç§éăćăŁăŚăăŞăăăŽăăăžăăŻćăŁăŚăăăŻăă ."}
[Surely you have something we don't."]
{ĺč ăŽĺşăŚăăäźčŞŹăăŽăŽĺ°čŞŹăżăăă ă大ćŚăç§ăĺ§ăŤĺ˝ąéżăăăŚăăă}
[It sounds like one of those legends, where the hero arrives from a faraway land. My
sister and I have read a lot of those.]
{"ćä¸ä¸ťăŽč¨źă¨ăăăăăăăŽ?"}
["Is this, like, the symbol of the chosen one or something?"]
Julius: {"ăă ăăŞă...}
["That's absurd...]
{ăăăăŽă§ăŻăŞăăă}
[This isn't a good thing.]
{ç§éăćźăčžźăăăă¨ăĺşćĽăŚăăăăŽăăăăžăăŻĺ ćă§ăăŚăăŞă.}
[You're not here to try and bring salvation for the things we keep locked away.]
{ăăăăăľăăŤăŻčŚăăŞăăâŚâŚ"}
[So don't look at it that way..."]
Alice: {"ĺżçĺŚăŁă˝ăăăâŚâŚăăăăăăŁăąă役éżăăăŚăâŚâŚ}
["This sounds like psychology... Ahh~, this must be influenced by Lorina...]
{ćă¨ĺć°ă§ăłăłăăŹăăŻăšăĺ ćăăŚăăă¨ăăăă}
[Is this going to be one of those harrowing tales of overcoming someone's]
{躍ăŽćŻăăă ă¤ăăăŞăšăăźăŞăźăŞăŽ?"}
[deeply-rooted complex through love and courage?"]
{ĺ ćăăă°ĺ¸°ăăă¨ăăăăšăăźăŞăźăŞăă羜寞ăŤĺĺ ăăăăŞăă}
[If I have some grueling mission to take on, I am absolutely not participating.]
{夢ăčŚăăăžă§ĺž ă¤ăťăăăăă}
[I'll just wait until I wake up, if that's the case.]
{ĺăă声ăĺşăç§ăăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăăŁă¨ĺăăçŽă§čŚăă}
[As my exasperated voice came out, Julius looked back at me with even
more exasperated eyes.]
Julius: {"ăłăłăăŹăăŻăšă¨ăăăŞăâŚâŚăăăă ăŞ.}
["If you want to call it a complex... I suppose that's accurate.]
{ă ăăĺŽĺżăăăĺ ćăăŞăăŚăćťăăă}
[But, rest assured. You can leave without dealing with any of that.]
{ăłăłăăŹăăŻăšăćąăăŞăăçăăŚăăäşşéăŞăŠăč ăăťăŠăă.}
[People carry many burdens through their lives. More than you can imagine.]
{ćéăŻăä˝ăăăŞăăŚăé˛ăăăŽă ăă˛ăźă ăĺ¤ăăăŞăă}
[You can pass your time here without doing anything. The game will still go on.]
{ăăć°ăăŞăă¨ăé§ăé˛ăăă°çľăăăŤčżäťă.}
[Even if you choose not to participate, your piece will continue to move towards
the end.]
Alice: {"éŠĺ˝ăŤéăăă°ăăăŽăâŚâŚă漽ă ăăŠâŚâŚ}
["All I have to do is pass time... That seems easy enough, but....]
{ă§ăăăăŁăăăâŚâŚăăŠăăçľăăăŞăăăăăŁă¨ăăăăăă°ăăăŽăŤ."}
[It's tiresome... If it's going to end eventually anyways, then it might as well end
sooner rather than later."]
{ç§ăăăžăă躍ăčăăŞăăăă¨ăč¨ăă¨ăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻćşăćŻăă¤ăăă}
[I say something blunt again, and Julius sighs.]
Juilus: {"ăłăłăăŹăăŻăšăćąăăŚčŚăăăăăŞçšç´°ăŞĺĽłăŤăŻčŚăăŞăăŞ."}
["You don't seem to be a delicate woman, struggling with a complex."]
Alice: {"äşşăŻčŚăăăŤăŻăăăŞăăăŽă."}
["You can't judge people by appearances."]
{ăŤăăă¨çŹăăĺżăŽä¸ă ăă§ăŞăăĺŽéăŤă}
[I shoot him a broad, meaningful smile. Not just in my head, but in reality.]
{夢ăŽä¸ăŞăŽă ăăăçľĺąăŻĺżăŽä¸ă¨ĺ¤§ĺˇŽăŞăăŽăăăăăŞăăă}
[I'm inside a dream, so there's no difference from saying that this entire thing is just]
{ăŞăăŤăăć°ĺăăăă}
[what's being said in my head. Either way, it felt good.]
Julius: {"ăăăŞăă¨ăŻăŞăă ăăăčŚăăăŻâŚâŚ"}
["I don't think there's any such thing. You seem..."]
Alice: "?"
Julius: {"âŚâŚäźźĺăăŞăăă¨ăč¨ăăăăŤăŞăŁă."}
["Hn... I was about to say something that doesn't suit me."]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻĺŤăăăŤďźăăăŻăăĺżĺşĺŤăăăŤďźăĺˇĽĺ ˇăä¸ćŻăăăă}
[Looking displeased, as if he was irritated to his very core, Julius swings his wrench
with frustration.]
{ăăăéăŤĺ¤ăăă¨çĽăŁăŚăăă¨ăčżéăŤčżĺŻăć°ăŤăŞăăŞăă}
[Knowing that it can turn into a gun, I feel like it would be careless to get near it.]
{夢ăŽä¸ă ăăă¨ăçăćăăăăăŽăŻăăăă ă}
[I'm still going to try to avoid pain, even in a dream.]
Julius: {"弳ăçăăŚăăăŞăŠăç§ăŽăăŁăŠăăăŞă."}
["Things like comforting women aren't part of my character."]
Alice: {"ăăăăăŠăăăăăŁăŠăŞăŽ."}
["Then, what is part of your character?"]
{âŚâŚĺżé ăăŞăăŚăăçăăăŁăŠăŤăŻčŚăăŞăă}
[... He shouldn't be too worried. He doesn't look like the type to comfort women.]
Julius: {"ăŠăăăăăŁăŠă§ăăŞăăç§ăŻăäťäşăŤĺżăăčˇäşşă ."}
["It doesn't matter. I'm just a very busy man who has work to do."]
Alice: {ăăăăă¨ăăŚăŞăŚăšăŻé掾ăŤĺăăŁăŚăăŁăă}
[Julius briskly turned and headed for the stairs.]
Julius: {"ă˛ăźă ăĺ§ăăăç§ăŻäťäşăŤćťă."}
["Start the game. I have to get back to work."]
Alice: {"ĺž ăŁăŚăďźčŞ°ăă¨éŠĺ˝ăŤéăăăŚăăă°ćťăăăŞăă}
["Wait! If all I have to do is spend time with someone,]
{ăăŞăă¨éăăăŚăăŚăăăăă§ăăă!?"}
[can't I just stay here with you!?"]
Alice: {ăŚăŞăŚăšăŻăăăŽăžăžĺťăŁăŚăăŁăŚăăžăŁăă}
[And with that, he left the room.]
{éä¸ăŽăŠăăăŤčˇĺ ´ăăăăŽă ăăăăăŽĺĄăŻĺşăăă ă}
[I wonder where his workplace is. This tower seems incredibly spacious.]
{"âŚâŚăăĄ."}
["... Scrooge."]
{夢ă§ă,漽ăŻĺşćĽăŞăă¨ăăăă¨ă.ăăăŤăăăžăž,ćéăéăăă°ćťăă...}
[Couldn't this dream be something easier? I could just stay here like this, and wait to]
{ă¨ăăăçŽăčŚăăăŽăŞă漽ă§ăăăŽăŤă}
[go home... but I'd be happier if I would just open my eyes.]
"..."
{ăăăăčăăă¨ăćéăçľăŚă°ăăŽĺ çŽăčŚăăăŻăă ă}
[If I think hard enough, maybe I can wake myself up by force.]
{ďź...ă§ăă夢ăŁăŚ,ä˝ććéăä¸çŹăŽăăŽăăăă°,ć°ĺš´ăŽăăŽăăăăŽăă.ďź}
[(... But, even though some dreams end in moments, some feel like they go on
for years.)]
{ďźć°ĺš´ăăźăăăăŁă¨ăăŚăăăŞăăŚâŚâŚďź}
[(I can't just stand around here that long...)]
{ďźâŚâŚćă ďź}
[(... So much free time.)]
"...
{ăăŁăăăăăŠă秝ĺăăăâŚâŚ"}
[I'm tired, but I should move..."]
{âŚâŚčŚĺ˝ăă¤ăăéăăĺĄăŻćŹĺ˝ăŤĺ¤§ăăăŁăăăăăŚăéŤăăŁăă}
[... As I had guessed, the tower is huge. And tall.]
{ä¸ăăăă¨ćąşăăćçšă§ăŻăçăăżăŚăăă}
[When I made it down, I could finally judge it properly.]
{ä¸ăăčŚăŚăćŁç˘şăŞéŤăăŞăŠĺăăăŞăă}
[From the top, I never would have guessed it was that high.]
{"ăăăŞăŤéŤăă¨çĽăŁăŚăăăăä¸ăăăăŞăăŚćťăă§ăćăăŞăăŁăăŽăŤ..."}
["If I had known how tall that tower was, I would have chosen to wait there until I
died, rather than climb all that way..."]
{ăăăăăä˝ććéăä˝ĺš´ă ă¨ăăŚăăĺž ăŁăŚéăăăăťăăăăˇă ăŁăă}
[Even if it ended up feeling like years, I should've just waited there.]
{éˇăéˇăéˇăé掾ă ă}
[The staircase just went on and on and on.]
{ăă¤ăăăăăăŤéˇăăăăă§ăă}
[Those stairs felt neverending.]
{ä¸ćŚä¸ăĺ§ăăăăăŤăŻéä¸ă§ăŞăżă¤ă˘ăăăŽăçŞă§ăćĺžăžă§ä¸ăăăŁăă}
[But, once I started, it would have been annoying to stop part-way, so I just kept going until I reached the bottom.]
{ăăă夢ă ăăăăăç˛ăăâŚâŚă}
[This might be a dream, but I'm exhausted...]
{ďźĺ¤˘ăŽăăăŤăĺäťăŞâŚâŚďź}
[(This dream is a nuisance so far...)]
{夢ăŤăč˛ă ă¨ăăăăăăŽĺ¤˘ăŻćčŚăžă§éŽŽćăŞăżă¤ăăŽĺ¤˘ăăăă}
[Of all the dreams I've ever had, this one is the most vivid.]
{夢ă ă¨ĺăăŁăŚăăŚăĺŚăŤăŞă˘ăŤăŞĺ¤˘ă}
[It just feels so strangely realistic.]
{äťĺăťăŠăŻăŞă˘ă§ăŻăŞăăăŽăŽăäťăžă§ăŤăăăăă夢ăăżăăă¨ăŻăăă}
[I've never experienced any dream as clear and real as this.]
{辡ăăŚăç˛ăăćŽăăăăŞĺ¤˘ă ă}
[I feel like I'll still feel the fatigue even when I wake up.]
{é掾ăä¸ăăăăŻä¸ăăăťăăăăŁă¨ćĽ˝ăŞăŻăăŞăŽăŤăćŻăä¸ăăŁăŚăă.}
[Going down the stairs may be easier than going up, but I'm still catching my breath.]
{ăăă ăéˇăé掾ăäťĺşŚăŻä¸ăăăŞăăŚăăćăăăé¸ćăŻĺşćĽăăăăŞă.}
[I'll know better than to ever go up those terrible stairs again.]
{ĺĄă¸ćťăé¸ćč˘ăŻăăžăćśăăă}
[And, since I'd rather not have to go back up,]
{秝ĺăăă¨ćąşăăăăăŤăŻăăŠăăă¸čĄăăŞăăŚăŻă}
[I decide it's better to take a look around for now.]
{"ăŠăăŠăă¸čĄăăâŚâŚ"}
["But, w-... where should I go...?"]
{ăăŻăăŻă¨ćŻăčăă}
[My breath is rough, and I can't stop wheezing.]
{ăăăŠăăŤăčĄăăăăŞăăăăă§ăăăă¨ăăăŽăćŁç´ăŞććłă ă}
[I don't want to go anywhere anymore. Right here is honestly fine.]
{ăăăŻăŠăăă,čĄä¸ăŽĺşĺ ´ăŽăăă .äťĺşăŚăăćč¨ĺĄă,ĺşĺ ´ăŽä¸ĺżăŤăă.}
[Immediately outside of the Clocktower seems to be the town square, or some kind of central hub.]
{ă¸ăăăăżăăć°ĺă ăŁăăăĺ¸čĄĺ°ă ăăăŁăŚäşşéăăĺ¤ăă}
[The town is packed with tons of pedestrians, going to and fro.]
{čŞĺăŽĺ¤˘ăŽä¸ă§é ć ŽăăŚăäťćšăŞăăăčăćŻăă¤ăăŚăăăŽă}
[Although there's no reason to hold back within your own dream,]
{ćĽăăăăăăăŽä¸ăŽčŞ°ăăŤćĽč§Śăăć°ăŤăŻăŞăăŞăăŁăă}
[I still feel embarrassed to be breathing so heavily around them, and I don't want
to bump someone.]
{ďźăăăŤăăŚăăăŽĺ¤˘ăăăăăă¨č¨ĺŽăéŠĺ˝ăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(At any rate, this dream sure has a lot going on...)]
{大ä˝ăă誰ăă¨éŠĺ˝ăŤéăăăŚăăă°ćťăăăă¨ăăŁăŚăă}
[First things first: I should find someone suitable to "pass time" with.]
{誰ă¨éăăă°ăăăă ăă}
[But who would that be?]
{誰ă§ăăăă¨ăăŚăăăŠăćĽč§Śăăă°ăăăăŽăăă}
[Anyone is fine, but how do I even start to look?]
{čŚçĽăăŹéăăăăăŽäşşăŤăă夢ăăčŚăăăžă§ă}
[Am I supposed to walk up to someone and say "Hi! Would you spend time with me]
{ç§ă¨éăăăŚăăăžăăăďźăăŁăŚďźăŠăăŽăăłăçˇă âŚâŚ}
[until I wake up from this dream?". I feel like I'd just get some lady-killer type... ]
{ç§ăŞăéăĺşăă}
[I'd have to run away if that were the case.]
{ďźăă¨ă夢ă§ăăćĽăăăăăăâŚâŚďź}
[(Even in a dream, that would be too disgraceful...)]
{čĄä¸ăćŠăäşşăŻăăăžăăŤćŽéăăăăăăŽă¤ăŤăŹăŚăľăŽăă}
[There are too many people walking around downtown. It would be easier if they were]
{ä¸ćŠĺŤăŞćč¨čˇäşşăăăżăăăŞĺ¤ăŞäşşăŞăăçžĺŽćăăŞăăŚčŠąăăăăă}
[all as strange as that jerk rabbit or the sullen clockmaker, since they probably wouldn't have any sense of reality, but they seem normal.]
{ăăăăçŞéŁăŞčĄĺăĺşćĽăăăăăăŞăăâŚâŚă}
[While I could easily take a risk, and do something spontaneous...]
{çžĺŽçă ă¨ăăăăŁăŚé§çŽă ă}
[I'd rather be realistic.]
{ďźâŚâŚăŠăă夢ă ăăçĄçăăăă¨ăăŞăăăééăăŞăăăćĽăăăă§ăăŞăďź}
[(... Still, it is my dream after all, so it wouldn't be unreasonable. I have no curfew, or reason to rush.)]
{ăăŁăăĺ¤ăŤĺşăăŽă ăăă夢ăŽĺ˝čŚçŠă¨ăăăă}
[Eventually, I decide to step out into the world of my dream, and take a look around.]
The first game Iâm going to be posting about from here on is Alice in the Country of Hearts. Iâve translated my way through a few games before this, but since I was playing through them just for my own interest in the games, I didnât make fully fleshed-out scripts. This time, however, Iâve decided to make sure every line gets translated (at least for the route I end up taking, not the entire game).
To start by giving some background, the Alice in Hearts series is one I fell in love with many years ago now, and considering that the games never received a proper English release (it did have an official iOS release, but the translation was so bad it was nearly incomprehensible), this was one of the first major motivators to my desire to genuinely learn Japanese. I was still in school at the time though, so learning a new language just wasnât practical. However, in recent years, Iâve really invested quite a lot of time into my efforts towards learning the language. Iâm completely self-taught, so there are many things Iâm certain I still donât grasp, but this is a passion project for me, so I donât mind that itâs slow-going. Iâm just happy to see how far Iâve come, and the progress Iâve been able to make ^-^
For those of you familiar with the Alice series, yes, Iâm aware that Marchen Translations (https://marchentranslations.wordpress.com/) have recently completed their 100% translation of Anniversary no Kuni no Alice. If youâve ever been interested in the series, or simply want to check it out for yourself in itâs complete form right now, I highly recommend playing it with their patch.
This, however, is my personal project. Iâm going to work my way through the game on my own for learning purposes, with the added bonus of playing something Iâve wanted to get through for years. I have no intention of scripting this game in itâs entirety, but I will script whichever routes I choose to play through as completely as I can.
Again, I am not professional, so Iâm sure my scripts will have flaws. But, if you see something incorrect, it would be a great help if you let me know. That way I can correct myself and learn where I can improve.
As a side note, I have scripted the character of the White Rabbit with a constant rhyming scheme, in reference to his speech patterns in some of the official manga. Because of this, his lines diverge more from the original Japanese, but hopefully still convey his sentiments accurately
Since Iâll be playing through the game in my free time, there wonât be any kind of schedule for posts/ updates, but Iâll aim to have a new chunk of script added every week or two.
TLDR: Iâve been a gamer all my life, and now Iâm using the medium I love to teach myself Japanese. Feel free to correct me on mistakes in my script, or just enjoy the story along with me as I go.
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For the past while, Iâve been attempting to teach myself Japanese in my free time by means of translating visual novels. And, since Iâve finally reached a point where Iâm feeling a bit more confident about it, I think Iâm going to start posting my progress.
Iâm doing these translations just for my own sake right now, so Iâll be going through games I have a personal interest in completing, and Iâll likely be making progress at an inconsistent pace since they will be worked on in my free time.
As much as Iâve learned in my time doing these translations though, my Japanese is far from fluent or flawless, so feel free to call me out on mistakes you see in any scripts (in fact, Iâd greatly appreciate anyone helping me refine myself in this endeavor). I look forward to hearing feedback on where I am at the moment, or even just having more people to talk about some of these games with, and I hope that Iâll continue to improve with the help of all of you here~!
Weâve got a new round of voice acting auditions open here at GB Patch Games! This time weâre making a VA patch for our very first release; A Foretold Affair. That is our only game without voicing of any amount and itâs about time we fix that. Female, male, and non-binary VAs are needed for this project.
Audition Deadline: September 29th
Payment: 10 cents per word
Word Estimate: 350 (Leads) 150 (Supporting)
Swearing: There are no voiced lines with curse words
Paid Through: Paypal
Age Requirement: 18 or older
Communication: Email or Discord
Line Format: WAV or MP3
Number of Open Roles: 4
You can read the full details HERE!
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to audition!
Yes, for the lead up to the release of A Foretold Affair for Windows, Mac, and Linux on the 30th weâre celebrating with a great giveaway. Weâre handing out the game and a bundle of goods to go with it. To be specific, a lucky winner will receive all of this;
-A game key for A Foretold Affair with the Alt Outfit DLC
-The digital soundtrack
-The digital artbook
-A physical postcard (optional)
-A sticker (optional)
This giveaway is for our followers here on tumblr. If youâre not following, you can do that and then enter. If you are, all youâve got to do is like and/or reblog this here post. Liking counts as one entry and reblogging counts as one entry. Repeated reblogs donât count as extra entries.
The giveaway starts right now and ends on January 29th, 11:59pm (U.S Pacific Time Zone).
The winner will be chosen at random within 24 hours of the contest ending. We will get in touch through the Tumblr messenger or through an ask, so you must have at least one of those open. If there isnât a way to reach the winner through tumblr or the winner doesnât respond within 3 days, a new winner will be chosen.
To collect the physical rewards you must be at least 18 years old or have parental/guardian approval.
If all that wasnât good enough, weâve also got a giveaway for our Twitter and Facebook users going on simultaneously with the same wonderful prize up for grabs. Go right ahead and enter that one as well, if you like. A Foretold Affair Giveaway
And if you donât win either of those, no worries. Weâll be having another giveaway when the game is about to release on Steam ;)
Good luck to everybody~
A Foretold Affair is a touching steampunk-fantasy Visual Novel being developed by GB Patch Games. The project features one long journey with variations based on the playerâs choices. It is set to release for Windows/Mac/Linux on January 30th, 2017 and will retail for 12.99$. A Steam version will be released later on.
You can follow this blog for updates and screenshots~
We have a release date for the Itch.io build of A Foretold Affair! January 30th, 2017~
The Steam version will likely be released in February, if all the paperwork comes through in time.
A Foretold Affair is a touching steampunk-fantasy Visual Novel being developed by GB Patch Games. The project features one long journey with variations based on the playerâs choices. It will retail for 12.99$.
Features:
-150,000 word script for 10-15 hours of content
-3 romance options (one male, one female, one agender)
-Choose pronouns (he, she, or they) and a âNormalâ name for the main character
-Customize events by making choices, all options are worth selecting
-Over 20 CGs
-Lite animation effects
-A fun alternate outfit mode DLC
Get ready to get started!
You can follow this blog for updates and more screenshots~
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We are excited to announce âCheritz Appreciation weekâ
After the recent popularity of Mystic Messenger we thought it would be good to have a fandom week that celebrates not just Mystic Messenger but promotes the other two games as well: Nameless -the one thing you must recall- and Dandelion -Wishes brought to you-! This week is our gift to Cheritz!
Hosted by: Â @plutoparfait , @benichi , @kirachama , @perenniallily and @glassnorouyadeunazuku !
Okay so⌠its a fan week? but what can we do?
Cheritz appreciation week is a fandom week where people can submit  any Cheritz game related fan content of any kind, to show their thanks for Cheritz. The last day âThank you Cheritzâ Is specifically for gift content for the company!
Fan content for Nameless and Dandelion is heavily encouraged! <3
Rules:
All submitted work should be your own content. Traces and Theft are not allowed, because this isnât your own work. Memes and âTransformative Parody contentâ Will however be allowed. When people trace or steal they are trying to claim ownership to something that is not theirs, no one tries to claim ownership to a meme.
If youâre going to use another personâs art in your edits, ect. Then you must have permission and they must be credited in the post.
Please inform us somewhere on the post what prompt your post is for. If this is not done it will be categorized as misc.
subtitle all your image work like Cheritz Week day #: Title of the work and tag the blog.
The tracked tag is #Cheritzweek
Feel free to read our FAQ: Â http://cheritzappreciationweek.tumblr.com/faq
and promote the event with us! We hope to see you from October 23 to 29th! have a nice day!
HI DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT NAMELESS WITH ME I MADE A POWERPOINT-
Donât get me wrong, Iâm so so happy that Mystic Messenger got the attention it did! But as a fan of Cheritzâs LEAST HEARD OF GAME IN THEIR LINE I feel like a lot of people would really like it! Itâs made by the same company, and it has a pretty similar vibe to it, with an even deeper storyline and character development! So please, if you have time and money, I really really suggest looking into it! Please. Iâm So lonelyâŚ.
It goes on sale during holiday seasons normally at 15-35% off! If you donât ha ve that much money now, it should be at least 10 or 15 bucks cheaper come Christmas! I bought mine during a Labor Day sale for half off :D
@izukura I agree 100000000000%. Everyone should play Nameless, and I too was saddened by how it gets so little attention. Please, itâs an emotional rollercoaster sometimes, and itâs sooooo worth it. I think itâs going to stay my all-time favourite visual novel. Give it a chance! (And, @queenxcinder even if you donât have the money to buy it on Steam, you can find a free download if you look, but you didnât hear it from me >_>... Though, when you do get some money, go back and buy it anyways because Cheritz deserves it.)
[source] from @zyglavisâs twitter (let me know if you donât want me using your pic).
Hello, I need to talk to you about something important.Â
It seems that, in the past few days, Cheritz has finally started banning those who were using cheats to take advantage of the game and get HG and chatrooms without paying Cheritz (which is called âstealingâ by the way). Some of these people have started a petition with currently 600+ signatures to get Cheritz to unban them despite their actions to take profit from the company illegally and unfairly.
I and my network do not support this petition or these actions.Â
I personally am disgusted at how people feel the right that they can ask a small game company in Korea, who have been nothing but generous with how much compensation and free routes they give us, to continue giving free passes to users who were taking advantage of them.
Cheritz is just a small company, working with a customer base of at least 1 million. They have been nothing but helpful and supportive, listening to peopleâs issues and having an amazing customer service and constantly giving out compensation for every update. They gave us 3 routes for free when other companies would have made people pay for all 5, not just Deep and after/secret ends. The HG costs, which people constantly complain about, is so little compared to the costs of mobile game companies such as Voltage or Solmare (Voltage doesnât allow you to even read the routes for free, and Solmareâs free games, if you want to go faster, makes you pay $1.50 PER TICKET to play an episode, and an episode is even shorter than a chatroom). Cheritz doesnât even run ads; they have no revenue besides HG costs. Which means that when people are using cheats to not buy HG and play the game for free, they are directly robbing the game makers of their wages to live/eat/pay their bills.
Again, we do not support the ones making this petition or  giving one star to Cheritz on the app reviews, because they are cheating to take advantage of and demanding that a small game company  make the game completely free, therefore they are not welcome in this fandom.Â
Cheritz need to pay their employees to eat, live, pay their bills, and continue developing the game and more games in the future too.
And then the day will come when Summertime will be turned into Wintertime (aka one hour being set back due to reasons) and millions of people get bannedâŚ
Because that is my fear. That I will get banned later on only bc my phone adjusts to the network. Wirhout me even using cheats.
They probably already know this and wonât ban millions of people in the West for this. Thereâs a difference between someone changing time on purpose and clocks going back an hour over a massive area in the world. Theyâre not inconsiderate or unaware enough to not know this.
It as been long since we came up with another Cheritz team diary. Since it is Korean Thaksgiving, we brought some live news from our dev team.
[NEWS 1]Â 2.5 months after release, 1 million users.
We are just about to reach 1 million mobile users.(We expect to reach that goal during the Korean Thanksgiving.)
Before we released Mystic Messenger, we never expected to receive so much love and interest from users all around the world.
Thank you for playing Mystic Messenger.Â
Although along the way we had to go through a lot of major obstacles and we did not meet the expectations of some of our users, we know that our priority lies in providing a stable game service and making enjoyable game content.Â
We want you guys to be happy while playing Mystic Messenger!
Each and everyone of you helped us reach 1 million users. (Because we still carry out our lives like normal, it is hard to believe) We are extremely grateful to everyone. Thank you very much!
[NEWS 2] VIP Package Restock
The English version of the VIP package has ran out of stock in less than 8 days!
The third batch is in the process of restocking and the packages will be available in October.
We have informed the previous RFA VIPs about the change regarding the box design between the batches.Â
*If you have previously bought the package of the first batch and did not receive an email about the box design, you can request a copy of the email by contacting us at [email protected].
Thank you for purchasing the RFA VIP package! We hope you enjoy it!
[NEWS 3] Mystic Messenger Line sticker will be available soon!
The in-game emoticons will be released on Line! We are currently working on it. Please stay tuned.
[NEWS 4] Mystic Messenger New Character Goods
Some of our staff have been busy working on the new goods for Mystic Messenger. It will take a while until we can reveal them. Keep your eyes peeled during autumn and winter!
[NEWS 5] Â Mystic Messenger Content Update
A while back, many of you have shared our recruitment tweets for us.Thanks to you we finally have a new programmer and the customer support members we needed!Â
We received a lot of suggestions regarding the updates on Mystic Messenger. We expect to make a content update this autumn or winter.
Here are some of the most requested suggestions weâve received. Please check them out!
Top 5 suggestion on Mystic Messenger
1. Make a new route for Unknown or V
2. Make more hourglass rewards like a daily reward or from advertisements.
3. It will be fun if users could write a message to the characters.
4. More contents for the after endings of each character.
5. Translate Mystic Messenger to different languages.(Spanish/Japanese/FrenchâŚ)
We want to thank everyone who sent us suggestions⥠⥠âĄ
[NEWS 6] Happy Chuseok!(Korean Thanksgiving)
Thank you for supporting Mystic Messenger.Â
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Our wish during this Thanksgiving is to give more happiness and surprises to you guys in the near future.
We wish you Happy Korean Thanksgiving.
*Customer support can be delayed during the Korean Thanksgiving. Thank you for your understanding.
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I didn't know there was more than one bad end for each character's route! :o NOW I NEED TO GO AND TRY AGAIN. I've tried several times but the only bad end I got was the one which ended on the 5th day. How did you get the one in your profile picture? ;_;
    Yup, each character has multiple bad endings once you reach their respective paths, and there are also some neutral bad ends within the first few days. The way the bad endings work is easy though. You know how sometimes the game says âThe plot branches here, do you want to continue?â? Well, each bad ending corresponds to one plot branch. So, if you want to get a bad ending, you just play the game the same way you would for a good ending, until itâs almost time for the plot to branch where you want it to.
     For example, Yoosung has bad ends at the 7th day, 8th day, and 10th day. So, if you want the bad ending for the 10th day, you have to play the game en route to a good ending, up until at least the 8th day has passed. Then, change your attitude, and say whatever you can to influence negative results. For his third bad ending (the collared one here), youâre going to want to obsess over Yoosung after the 8th day, and when things start to get dangerous, always panic about your safety, blame V for everything, and talk about cancelling the party. As long as youâre trying to make a mess of things, itâs impossible to fail! Plus, being a jerk on purpose can be pretty entertaining in this game, too, lol
Can you maybe post the full picture of the bad ending from Yoosung? The one that you have as icon? I tried to find the whole picture but I can't. It would be really nice of you! Have a nice day! (:
Alright, here you go~ ^-^ But, I still recommend going through to unlock it yourself if you can, âcause it was by far the best of Yoosungâs bad ends.
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