Sound Novels / Oeilvert This is one of the four Sound Novels of " Final Fantasy Tactics " . It has been translated from Japanese by Mark Rosa a . k . a . DaBubba . A link to his page is available in the main page . OEILVERT . A book said to have enough power to change history if it were to be released publicly . It concerns the actions of a certain woman . SCENT OF A RED ROSE . Communication No . 12704361 Secrecy Level : 4 Re : Oeilvert Temporarily freeze all rights given to Oeilvert and put them with Poissonrie . Have Sentir monitor Oeil , put Jumelle on the dog , and have Poissonrie oversee the whole operation . Under no circumstances is Oeil to know of this transmission . Keep watch as in the past , and maintain top - level secrecy . End of message Scent of a Red Rose . " " My name is Anietta . I ' m about as common as an orange in winter . " " It ' s been four years since I first rented a room in this town , and today looks to be a day like any other . But inside me is another person , locked away , knocking like the heroine in a horror novel in an effort to get out . " " " With the voices of children outside at her back , she put her shirt on . The curtains were reddened by the sunset , and the wind rustled against her shoulder like it was just now remembering to do so . " " How about zis , Simone ? I think zis is a good opening . I just love writing ; once I get started , my pen keeps right on moving . " 1 . " Who ' s your model for Anietta ? " 2 . " By the way , has your amnesia cleared up ? " 3 . Kill Pablo " Who ' s your model for Anietta ? " . " Who ' s your model for Anietta ? Some woman I ' ve never met before ? " " Ah , Simone , my darleeng , ze model is none other than you ! You are ze epitome of élégance , ze paragon of perfection ! My mind is filled with thoughts of you ! You tell me nothing about yourself , and my mind wanders to idle spèculatións ! Simone , my beloved , why must you . . . ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To Sentir " By the way , has your amnesia cleared up ? " . " By the way , has your amnesia cleared up ? Do you plan to live the rest of your life without ever remembering ? " " Non , non ! I cannot remember a thing from before zat day when I washed up on ze shore ! But that means nothing ! I shall throw away the past , write my novel . . . and be with you , Simone ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To Sentir Sentir . " Working under Poissonrie is a nerve - wrackin ' bitch . You never know if he ' s gonna do you in ; if he starts acting cold to you , look out ! Sometimes I just wish a dog would maul that man to death ! " " Would you please stop complaining like that ? Listening to this , I wonder how it was that you were chosen as a liaison to begin with . " " Sure are cold to men you ' re not interested in , eh ? But you hesitated when you greased Black , didn ' t you ? You know why that was ? It ' s because you lost your nerve . Same thing this time . If you don ' t handle him as soon as possible , you ' ll get emotionally involved and you won ' t be able to finish the job . " 1 . " Thanks for the warning . " 2 . " I ' ve got to get going . " " Thanks for the warning . " . " Thanks for the warning . " " Responding politely like a nice girl ; I like that . I don ' t know what secrets he knows , but if he starts to remember anything funny , bag him . Don ' t hesitate ! Also , let me give you a little piece of advice . The Organization is looking to backstab you . Play it carefully , will you ? " " You ' re not right for this kind of work , Sentir . When this job is over , I ' m going to have to report you . " " Whoa ! Oeilvert , you ' re one strict lady ! If you botch this thing , the whole organization could come down . You ' re the boss ' s pet , so maybe they ' d come after me ! Hey , by the way , are you free later ? " " I have to be going . " " Heeey , Oeilvert ! Icy cold today , hey ? OK , one last thing . How confident are you that you can get the job done ? As a percentage ? " 1 . " I ' d say 120 % . " 2 . " Maybe about 70 % . " 3 . " Stop asking such stupid questions . " " I ' ve got to get going . " . " I ' ve got to get going . " " Heeey , Oeilvert ! Icy cold today , hey ? OK , one last thing . How confident are you that you can get the job done ? As a percentage ? " 1 . " I ' d say 120 % . " 2 . " Maybe about 70 % . " 3 . " Stop asking such stupid questions . " " I ' d say 120 % . " . " I ' d say 120 % . I have my professional pride , you know . " To ' Matoya ' s Cave ' " Maybe about 70 % . " . " Maybe about 70 % . That ' s probably a good measure of my loyalty to the organization as well . And if you want to report that to Poissonrie , go ahead . " To ' Matoya ' s Cave ' " Stop asking such stupid questions . " . " Stop asking such stupid questions . You put on airs almost as much as that ridiculous King Kylai . " " Whoa , I love it when you talk down to me like that ! " To ' Matoya ' s Cave ' Matoya ' s Cave . " West of Sheriluria , near where the River Cinq flows , there ' s a ruin called Erangum , which means " burned town " in the local language . " " Near the end of the War of the Four Saints - - 89 years ago according to the people , but 93 years ago in the official Sheriluria annals - - 120 , 000 soldiers in Garfbray ' s nefarious eastern army met the 80 , 000 of the western army , led by Polydictus the Copper . And this hamlet became the battlefield , and in a single night it was destroyed . " " The tale was passed down by lute - strumming troubadours , translated into seven languages , and published in thirteen countries . They sang of heroic deeds , divine providence , but in fact these tales had been rewritten under orders of those in power at the time , and thus told one - sided truths . In order that the same mistakes could be made again , and that war should once again erupt , names of gods were invoked and ugly realities hidden . " " How ' s this one ? Unlike my past efforts , this shall become a magnum opus ! Deux mille pages du texte ! " 1 . " Will it be done before the seas dry up ? " 2 . " I like the atmosphere . Sounds promising . " 3 . Kill him " Will it be done before the seas dry up ? " . " You only write two pages a day , and four days a week you sleep all day long . Can you finish it before the seas dry up ? " " Ahh , Simone ! I have so many factors to consider ! The publishers have given me an extension so that it can be even more . . . extraordinaire ! And every day my mind is filled with thoughts of you , Simone , ma cherie ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Sapphire Chapel ' " I like the atmosphere . Sounds promising . " . " I like the atmosphere . Sounds promising . And I mean that ! If you keep that up , it ' ll be published for sure . " " If it pleases you , darleeng , tout va bien ! To tell ze truth , I know not what to write next . But to hear your praise fills me with joy ! Perhaps I should start on another work ! But before zat . . . " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Sapphire Chapel ' Sapphire Chapel . " The barbarian took up residence in a chapel abandoned during the war . He ate human meat and covered his body in human skins . He would wander long distances and return , passing the long days . He avoided becoming the subject of children ' s fearful tales , and even adults dreaded to come near him . He stared at his reflection in the small greenish - tinted lake , which even travelers rarely visited . " " There was a rumor that the barbarian had a treasure hoard . Landed gentlemen snorted in contempt as another wanderer squared off with the barbarian in battle . When one man ' s head came off with a spurt of blood , the people locked the chapel with a huge key , leaving the barbarian ' s dead eyes to shine blue from deep within the catacombs . . . " " Simone , ees zees barbarian not fascinating ? He is in fact an accomplished swordsman who went insane during the war ! " 1 . " I ' d like to see the finished product . " 2 . " I hate the stink of barbarians . " 3 . Kill him " I ' d like to see the finished product . " . " I ' d like to see the finished product . How many novels have you begun , only to give up halfway through ? " " Ohhh , Simone ! Say not such theengs to me ! Say them , and I am finished ! Ze fact is , I can write only opening chapters ! My only area of genius ! I get distracted by . . . " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Monster World ' " I hate the stink of barbarians . " . " I hate the stink of barbarians . We certainly are different people ! " " You know , I sometimes feel that before my memories disappeared , I was a man of toughness and puissance ! Such strong feelings welling up from within my heart ! Simone ! I shall be ze knight who saves you ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Monster World ' Monster World . " This island is uninhabited . I have come alone to study the behaviour of the monsters and prepare material for the royal nature magazine . Monster World - - a land governed by the death god ' s hand ! " " 7th Capricorn : Sunny weather . Today a letter from my sister arrived . The well water was dirty , so I went off to the river to gather clean water for breakfast . And there I found some red fruit . I ate one and it tasted so pleasant ! It reminded me of my first love ! It sat on my tongue like a soft kiss , with the flavor lingering just so ! It felt so good that I lay down for a nap . " " How ' s this one , Simone ? I ' m presenting it in diary format . What do you think ? A man ' s fears and sadnesses mixed within a happy tale ! " 1 . " Sounds boring . " 2 . " Sounds interesting . " 3 . Kill him " Sounds boring . " . " Who wants to read another person ' s diary ? And since I know you ' re the author , I feel like I ' m reading your diary . " " Ahh , Simone ! Thees ees a novella ! I am an auteur ! " 1 . " You mean you don ' t keep a diary ? " 2 . " Autre ? Say that again ? " 3 . Kill him " You mean you don ' t keep a diary ? " . " You mean you don ' t keep a diary ? " " Simone , my life contains nothing worthy of ècrirer ! I need only . . . " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' The Uribo and the Lociotti ' " Autre ? Say that again ? " . " Say that again ? " " L ' Autre ! Simone , je t ' aime ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' The Uribo and the Lociotti ' " Sounds interesting . " . " Sounds interesting . Keep at it and maybe your memory will come back . " " Tell me , Simone ! Who am I ? What do you know about me ? You seem to care about me , but . . . ahh , Simone , I . . . I . . . " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " Next The Uribo and the Lociotti . " Dizzy . Haven ' t eaten since morning . But can ' t rest now . My parents , wife , and kid are waiting at home with empty stomachs . God , if you ' re really up there , could you bestow one lousy uribo on this poor hunter ? I ' ve been wandering alone in this dark forest for so long . . . " " And then I spotted uribo tracks in the shadow of a fallen leaf . They weren ' t too clear , but they seemed to head from right to left . Guess all I can do is try to find that uribo . " 1 . Go right 2 . Go straight 3 . Go left Go right . " Heading right , I found a spring . There . . . " " Hold on , Pablo . " 1 . " When will you be finished with this foolishness ? " 2 . " How about finishing it up ? " 3 . Kill him Go straight . " Directly ahead . . . let ' s see . . . there ' s a big fallen tree ! And next to that . . . " " Hold on , Pablo . " 1 . " When will you be finished with this foolishness ? " 2 . " How about finishing it up ? " 3 . Kill him Go left . " Left , is it ? Taking ze obvious course , eh ? Well . . . oh no ! You ' ve fallen into , how you say , ze quagmire ! You ' re being sucked in ! " " Hold on , Pablo . " 1 . " When will you be finished with this foolishness ? " 2 . " How about finishing it up ? " 3 . Kill him " When will you be finished with this foolishness ? " . " When will you be finished with this foolishness ? " " Pablo , I hate to say this , but your story is boring ! Boring ! " " I think I am going in a bold new direction zis time . . . " " Bye ! I ' ll come back later . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Annals of the Hassell Clan ' " How about finishing it up ? " . " How about finishing it up ? " " Simone , I ' ave no time ! " " No time ? " " Je t ' aime . . . ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Annals of the Hassell Clan ' Poissonrie . " Oeilvert . When exactly are you going to ' bag the dog ' , anyway ? " " Poissonrie ! ? Aren ' t communications supposed to come through Sentir ? " " Hmph . I ' m not here in person for fun . " Before he lost his memory , he had wild , attractive eyes . But now maybe we should start referring to him as a ' pig ' rather than a ' dog ' . Is that agreeable to you ? " 1 . " Did you come here just to sneer at me ? " 2 . " That man ' s hiding an important secret . " 3 . Kill Poissonrie " Did you come here just to sneer at me ? " . " Did you come here just to sneer at me ? " " Hmph . Maybe I have been somewhat less than polite . But , just to avoid misunderstandings , may I humbly state that it would please us most greatly if we could have the job finished as soon as possible ? " " It ' ll be done in a few days . " Next " That man ' s hiding an important secret . " . " That man ' s hiding an important secret . I can ' t kill him until we find out what it is . " " Hmph . Oeilvert , the boss won ' t stand for these delays much longer . Do it , and do it soon . " Next Kill Poissonrie . Simone pulled the knife out , and instantly a sling pellet came flying out of the darkness . " Simone , you truly are a fool . It pains me to have to dispose of such a beautiful young lady . " The person hidden in the darkness was Sentir . Poissonrie smirked . " Sentir , not yet . We have to report to Heuler first . It was fun , Oeilvert . Thanks . " Ending 2 Annals of the Hassell Clan . " My name ' s Hassell . I come from the Planet of the Spacefarers . Since I moved to this planet that I live on now , everything ' s such . . . a . . . hassle ! " " My rival is the infamous Sosa family business conglomerate . Love to fight with them , but that ' s another . . . hassle ! I ' ll just have to apologize to them . So - sorry . There , peace has returned . The end . " " Zen ze editors told me , ' Show us some more action ! Expand more ! ' " 1 . " I think you ' re throwing your life away writing this stuff . " 2 . " Peace ? Really ? " 3 . Kill him " I think you ' re throwing your life away writing this stuff . " . " I think you ' re throwing your life away writing this stuff . Why not listen to the editor ' s suggestions ? " " Ahh , Simone , you see , zat is ze problem ! I am the kind of man who simply cannot listen to others ! That is ze kind of man I am . Listen to others , I cannot do zis . " " You don ' t have to say it twice . " " Je t ' aime , ma belle Simone ! " " Pablo , stop that ! What are you saying ? " " Simone , when . . . when will you be mine . . . ! " " Pablo , I ' m sorry . I need to know more about you before I can answer something like that . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Mario Tresieme ' " Peace ? Really ? " . " Peace ? Really ? You ' re that complacent ! " " . . . peace . . . la paix . . . de sang . . . la paix . . . deux ans . . . . . . a bloody peace ? two peaceful years ? Aagh , my head hurts ! " " Je t ' aime , ma belle Simone ! " " Pablo , stop that ! What are you saying ? " " Simone , when . . . when will you be mine . . . ! " " Pablo , I ' m sorry . I need to know more about you before I can answer something like that . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To ' Mario Tresieme ' Mario Tresieme . " Mario Tresieme , the assassin . An accomplished professional who can view his own actions as if from another person ' s viewpoint . He belongs to no organization , and as long as he is paid , he has no morals or ideologies to be loyal to . His success rate : 98 % . He once took out an entire company of knights ; another time , he infiltrated a seemingly - impenetrable military base . . . " " Switched to a more artistic style , have we ? " " Yes , Simone ! Yet ze publishers are always telling me , ' We want positive stories that will lift our readers up . Make them feel good about themselves . Your work is too dark and gloomy . ' Zis they say to me ! " " Who ' s Mario Tresieme supposed to be . . . ? " " Somehow , I feel like once I ' eard of zis kind of man . So I think , write ze book and maybe I remember who ' ee is . " 1 . " That ' s Duchamp you ' re writing about ! " 2 . " And did you remember anything ? " 3 . Kill him " That ' s Duchamp you ' re writing about ! " . " That ' s Duchamp you ' re writing about ! But I don ' t think he ' s a real person . Supposedly some prince or other made that story up . " " Duchamp . . . ? Mais oui ! Duchamp ! I shall use ' is real name and make zis into a documentary ! " " Hold on a minute . " 1 . " Where did you hear the name Duchamp ? " 2 . " If you write something like that , you ' ll end up dead . " 3 . Kill him " Where did you hear the name Duchamp ? " . " Where did you hear the name Duchamp ? " " What are you talking about , Simone ? If you know ze name , surely it is nothing unusual if I do too ! " " Kill him " " Argh ! Ahhhhh . . . you murderer ! Haaaah . . . Simone , stop , what are you doing ! ? I will die ! " 1 . " Was I too intense ? " 2 . Really kill him " If you write something like that , you ' ll end up dead . " . " If you write something like that , you ' ll end up dead . " " What are you talking about , Simone ? Duchamp is only a fictional character ! You do believe that , don ' t you ? Now , on with the story ! " " Kill him " " Argh ! Ahhhhh . . . you murderer ! Haaaah . . . Simone , what are you doing ! ? I will die ! " 1 . " Was I too intense ? " 2 . Really kill him " Was I too intense ? " . " Was I too intense ? I ' m so sorry . You really are a normal person , aren ' t you ? I wouldn ' t have actually killed you , you know . Don ' t call me a murderer ! Later , when you ' re ready , maybe we can be in love . A bientot , Pablo . " " Ah , Simone ! Attacking me , zat is your way of loving ! ? Too intense , c ' est vrai ! " To The One - Legged Poet " And did you remember anything ? " . " And did you remember anything ? " " I . . . well . . . zat is no matter ! If I ' ave you , Simone , I don ' t need my past ! You are everything to me ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " To The One - Legged Poet Oeilvert . . . I heard a voice calling out to me . It was Poissonrie , my observer . " I heard that there was no communication from you yesterday . Is something wrong ? " " Yesterday ? Yesterday Sentir was late . If you don ' t get someone else to take over for him , my reputation will suffer ! " " Okay , I ' ll mention that in my report . Anyway , how ' s our target doing ? " " Same as always . I ' ve had it with listening to his mediocre attempts at literature . " " I see . Oeilvert , please don ' t think I ' m ignoring your opinions , but the fact is that the organization is a bit short - handed . We can ' t have one of our best agents spending all her time shadowing a single target . You understand that , don ' t you ? " 1 . " I ' ll give it some thought . " 2 . " I ' ll do things my own way . " " I ' ll give it some thought . " . " I ' ll give it some thought . " " I ' ve heard that line before , Oeilvert . I can tell that you ' re afraid to do the job , and the organization sees things the same way . " 1 . " . . . " 2 . " All right , I ' ll go along with whatever decision the organization makes . " " Oeilvert . . . the decision has always been in the organization ' s hands . " Ending 3 " All right , I ' ll go along with whatever decision the organization makes . " . " Oeilvert . . . the decision has always been in the organization ' s hands . " Ending 3 " I ' ll do things my own way . " . " Oeilvert . . . the decision has always been in the organization ' s hands . " Ending 3 The One - Legged Poet . ' The cowardly poet was called ' the one - legged rabbit ' and was much bullied for his infirmity . But he endured the laughs and catcalls with aplomb . Inside him was a sleeping dragon , whose fiery breath caused the poet to turn his sadness into verse . ' " Simone , sometimes I feel like I once had zis friend , and ' e had zhust one leg . And zat I am forgetting something , eet is connected to him , it has great import . " 1 . " Can you try to remember a little more ? " 2 . " Maybe it ' ll come to you when you finish your novel . " 3 . Kill him " Can you try to remember a little more ? " . " Can you try to remember a little more ? How tall he was , or the color of his skin , or his eyes ? " " Yes , yes , zis man was trying to tell me something ! He could not express himself , so he wrote it in a poem ! " . . . Pablo . . . this is your passion . . . you want to save her . . . when she passed you on the street . . . you wanted to open that cold heart of hers . . . you were in love with her ! You want to save her ! . . . " Oeil . . . vert . . . green eyes ? Non , wait . . . agh ! I cannot remember ! " " Pablo , don ' t force yourself . The memories will come back some day . " " Ah , ma cherie Simone ! Zat before was a shock , but now I am fine ! " " Pablo , stop that ! I ' m in a hurry ! Aren ' t you busy yourself ? " " Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . " " Pablo , don ' t say anything . I understand . Just let me think about it a little more . Right now I have to get going . " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " Pub de Oiseau " Maybe it ' ll come to you when you finish your novel . " . " Maybe it ' ll come to you when you finish your novel . " " Yes , yes ! Zat is what will ' appen , exactement ! I must ' urry and finish zis novel ! But . . . I have one problem , Simone . I have no . . . argent ! No money ! " 1 . " Oh , all right , I ' ll lend you some . " 2 . " How about getting a job for a change ? " 3 . Kill him " Oh , all right , I ' ll lend you some . " . " Oh , all right , I ' ll lend you some . " " Simone ! Merci beaucoup ! You invest in my future ! Someday , when I become so famous , I shall return it ! " " This is the last time , Pablo . If you don ' t get a job , I ' m not coming back . Understand ? " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " Pub de Oiseau " How about getting a job for a change ? " . " How about getting a job for a change ? Do I look like a walking bank ? " " Ah , Simone ! Ou vas - tu ? ? ! Je t ' aime ! Qu ' est - ce qu ' on va faire demain ? " Pub de Oiseau Pub de Oiseau . " " Pablo , you still don ' t trust me ? Don ' t you need to trust me for your work ? " " " " But Monsieur Black , your ' umanity I shall never doubt ! You are helping us move forward ! " " " Pablo , is this another novel ? Is this helping you get your memory back ? " " I myself do not know . But writing it makes me feel that my memories will soon return . " 1 . " Then can ' t you hurry up and remember ? " 2 . " Why do you need to write in order to stimulate your memory ? " 3 . Kill him " Then can ' t you hurry up and remember ? " . " Then can ' t you hurry up and remember ? Show me some more ; maybe I can help . " Let me see . . . I have zis , and zis here . . . " " I ' d been wondering what you were working on in here . Are you writing a sensual novel this time ? " Simone . . . maybe could you please go home ? I need some peace and quiet . Just leave me alone . . . but do not dislike me ? " " Okay . But get back to your room tonight , won ' t you ? " The Lovers " Why do you need to write in order to stimulate your memory ? " . " Why do you need to write in order to stimulate your memory ? " " Simone , you ask me why I write . It is like . . . something welling up from my heart . It is like . . . hic ! " " You ' re drunk , Pablo . Let ' s get you home . " " Simone , it is so hard for me to ask this , but . . . were you once the lover of a friend of mine ? " " . . . I can ' t answer that now . Besides , as drunk as you are , you won ' t remember . " " My friend ' s name is Black . Is that right ? Tell me about zis Black ! I need to remember ! For his sake ! " " When you ' re sober . Look , there ' s your apartment . I ' ll stay with you tonight . How ' s that ? " 1 . Fall asleep in Pablo ' s room 2 . Sneak away 3 . Kill him Fall asleep in Pablo ' s room . Public Library Sneak away . Public Library The Lovers . " Dear Simone , " " I have finally remembered that you were indeed the lover of my friend . But I cannot recall anything beyond that . Several times , I have thought that I must kill you . I can ' t control my own feelings , and so I have decided to leave . Do not look for me . " " - Pablo " " He escaped out the back door ! I ' ve underestimated him . . . this is bad . What will Poissonrie do ? " 1 . Look for Pablo 2 . Hide 3 . Report Look for Pablo . That evening , Pablo headed for his old friend ' s apartment . But , waiting for him there was his landlord , who was in fact Poissonrie the assassin . Pablo , knowing nothing of this kindly man ' s real occupation , spilled the entire contents of what he could remember , falling for Poissonrie ' s gambit completely . " Oeilvert , you ' re too late . Your job ' s over ; Jumelle will handle it . We ' ll deal with your case at the meeting tomorrow , so don ' t leave town . " 1 . " I haven ' t done anything wrong ! " 2 . Leave town " I haven ' t done anything wrong ! " . " I haven ' t done anything wrong ! " " Hmph . Didn ' t think you were the kind of woman to make excuses . Looks like you take after your mother Marcia than your father Albert . Oh , shouldn ' t have said that . And now I must be going , before my life is in danger . " 1 . Stab Poissonrie 2 . Control yourself Stab Poissonrie . Simone pulled the knife out , and instantly a sling pellet came flying out of the darkness . " Simone , you truly are a fool . It pains me to have to dispose of such a beautiful young lady . " The person hidden in the darkness was Sentir . Poissonrie smirked . " Sentir , not yet . We have to report to Heuler first . It was fun , Oeilvert . Thanks . " Ending 2 Control yourself . Ending 4 Leave town . Ending 2 Hide . Ending 2 Report . " What ! ? That ' s all ! ? And you had so many chances to deal with him . . . ! " " Pablo might have known about Duchamp . It was worth letting him live a bit longer . " " What the organization needs now isn ' t a murderer - for - hire . . . you ' ll be punished . " Ending 3 Public Library . " " Edgar Black : second president of the anti - government Laga faction ; known as the Popular Gimp due to his lost right leg . In 788 , when this country held its first democratic elections ( known popularly as the Cubist elections ) , he used his advantaged position within the Laga faction to deliver a pro - royalist speech advocating the dissolution of his own group shortly before the election . This led to the fall of the Laga faction , but what became of Black afterward is unknown . It is possible that someone from either the royalist group or the Lagaists killed him . " " " What ' s that you ' re reading ? " " Simone ! I did indeed know zis man ! Tell me , what kind of man waz he ? " 1 . " Don ' t worry about that . " 2 . Tell him a little and see what happens 3 . Kill him " Don ' t worry about that . " . " Don ' t worry about that ; you don ' t need to know . " " Simone , what are you saying ? Eez eet not you who first suggested zat I try and remember ? Or is it too hard for you to talk about your former paramour ? " " I misread you , Pablo ; I didn ' t think you ' d be able to understand other people ' s troubles . " " Oh , Simone , I understand zem so perfectly ! You ' re so warm , so soft . . . ahh , I need you ! I need you , Simone ! " " Get serious , Pablo ! " " But , Simone . . . " La Paix de Sang Tell him a little and see what happens . " That ' s right , the one - legged poet you were writing about is Edgar Black . Just as in your story , he betrayed his friends in the end , and disappeared . " " But . . . he wouldn ' t . . . that ' s . . . But anyway , what is zis ' Laga faction ' ? " " Hard to explain to someone with no past ! You see , you , Black , and I were all activists for the Laga faction . You were the group ' s lobbyist , and you used to write newspaper articles . Maybe some of your writing is filed away here ! " " It isn ' t . I ' ve looked all over for writing zat looks like mine , and zere is none . Zat is why I must ask you ! What was I doing then ? What did I talk about ? How did I end up falling into ze ocean ! ? " 1 . " Shall we go to the ocean and see ? " 2 . " Forget about that ! I need you now ! " 3 . Kill him " Shall we go to the ocean and see ? " . The Drowning Rabbit " Forget about that ! I need you now ! " . " Forget about that , Pablo ! I need you , now ! " " Simone ! What do you mean by ' need ' ! ? " The Drowning Rabbit La Paix de Sang . " " Black , you ' re going to lead the Laga faction onward ! " " " " Anietta . . . do you really think I ' m capable of that ? " " " " Hee hee , don ' t worry , I ' ll oversee everything . You just follow my instructions . We ' ll do it for the eternal glory of the king ! " " " " Somebody ! ! Help ! Chirico ' s been attacked ! " " " " Huh ? Who attacked him ? One of the king ' s men ? " " " " Looks like it . Black got in the way , but Chirico ' s seriously injured . " " " " Where ' s the attacker ? " " " " She got away through the window . We ' ve got to go after her ! " " ' " Pablo , why are you writing this ? " " I cannot make progress ! But Monsieur Henri , ze actor , he seems to like it so far . . . " 1 . " Who ' s the model for Anietta ? " 2 . " If you can ' t make any progress , why not give up ? " 3 . Kill him " Who ' s the model for Anietta ? " . " Who ' s the model for Anietta ? " " Simone . . . while the model may not be you , somehow in my mind I cannot separate you and Monsieur Black . " " But you ' ve got the ' Popular Gimp ' as the villain in this story . Are you really going to release it to the public ? " " Zis is what Monsieur Henri says to me : try writing ze novel with ze Popular Gimp as a royal spy . " 1 . " That ' s insulting to him ! " 2 . Kill Henri 3 . Kill Pablo " That ' s insulting to him ! " . " That ' s insulting to him ! " " Simone . . . I think so too . But Black , he is . . . Black is . . . you see , in zat pub , I . . . ouch , my head hurts ! " " Let ' s get going , Pablo . Don ' t push yourself . " The End For Us Kill Henri . " Did you meet Henri at the publisher ' s office ? " " Why didn ' t you tell me ? Has someone been giving him ridiculous ideas ? " Death of a Thespian " If you can ' t make any progress , why not give up ? " . " If you can ' t make any progress , why not give up ? " " No , zat I cannot do ! Though I missed the publisher ' s New Author Prize , ze actor Henri says that if they would perform it on ze stage , zis one will be my big break ! " 1 . " Fine ! Do whatever you want ! " 2 . " Are you meeting this Henri at the publisher ' s office ? " 3 . Kill him " Fine ! Do whatever you want ! Oeilvert . . " Are you meeting this Henri at the publisher ' s office ? " . " Are you meeting this Henri at the publisher ' s office ? " " Why didn ' t you tell me ! ? Has someone been giving him ridiculous ideas ? " The End For Us The Drowning Rabbit . " Black ! ! Where are you ! ? Where have you gone ? Tell me ! Who am I ! ! ? " 1 . " Let ' s get back to town . " 2 . " Want to go to the spot where you washed up ? " 3 . Kill him " Let ' s get back to town . " . " Let ' s get back to town . " " No , Simone ! I must find Black ! I cannot go on like zis , not knowing who I am ! " 1 . " Black ' s dead . " 2 . " Some things are better left forgotten . " 3 . Kill him " Black ' s dead . " . " Black ' s dead . " " Non ! Zat cannot be ! Black ! Where are you ? Answer me ! ! " " Pablo , please , I can ' t stay here . It ' s too sad . . . " " Simone . . . are you crying ? " " Of course not ! I never cry ! " La Paix de Sang " Some things are better left forgotten . " . " Some things are better left forgotten . " " Why would ' e be dead ! ? Someone killed him ? Did . . . I kill him ! ? " " Don ' t be silly . Let ' s get home . I don ' t want to be here ; it ' s too sad . " " Simone . . . are you crying ? " " Of course not ! I never cry ! " La Paix de Sang Fall sleep - " Want to go to the spot where you washed up ? " . " " . . . so sorry , Black , but you need to . . . disappear . There ' s no avoiding destiny . . . " " " " Oeilvert , I thought you were on my side . This really is unfortunate . " " " " You really have gotten used to Laga ' s stink . " " " " Short indeed , but a job well done . " " " " Black ! ! Get away from her ! Do you not have your own job ! ? " " . . . " What , Pablo , have you remembered something ? " " Simone , my head hurts ! The pain ! Stay here at my side ! Please , Simone ! " Clef de Revolution Sneak out - " Want to go to the spot where you washed up ? " . " " . . . so sorry , Black , but you need to . . . disappear . There ' s no avoiding destiny . . . " " " " Oeilvert , I thought you were on my side . This really is unfortunate . " " " " You really have gotten used to Laga ' s stink . " " " " Short indeed , but a job well done . " " " " Black ! ! Get away from her ! Do you not have your own job ! ? " " Suddenly , a man ' s voice . " Pablo , have you remembered something ? I think you have . " " Who are you ! ? " " An old friend of yours . Call me . . . Boucherie . " " But where is Simone ? Where has she gone ! ? " " I ' ve . . . taken care of her . Never would ' ve guessed that she ' d be so useless . " " What do you mean by zat ! ? ' Taken care of ' ! ? " " The woman you call Simone is a spy . A spy who killed your dear friend . And after getting the information she wanted out of you , she would have ' bagged ' you as well . Does this sound familiar ? " " Non ! You are lying ! What have you done with Simone ! ? " " You haven ' t remembered a thing , have you ? And she ' s been stuck trailing you all this time . You were a Laga lobbyist , and your dear friend Black was the faction ' s president . You realized Black was a spy , but said nothing to anyone , and tried to reason with him for days . Simone was in charge of watching Black ; the two of them were fully tainted . Hmph . . . I sure have become chatty since Sentir started working for me . Don ' t bother remembering anything , Pablo . Both sides did their parts , and now we have an uneasy peace . A peace that I don ' t want to see broken . As long as you admit that Black left nothing behind , everything is fine . " 1 . " What have you done with Simone ! ? " 2 . " I shall tell you ze secret ; just let me live . " 3 . Try to run away " What have you done with Simone ! ? " . Ending 5 " I shall tell you ze secret ; just let me live . " . Ending 5 Try to run away . Ending 5 The End For Us . At a small pub whose name means " little bird " . Sentir and Jumelle outside . One guarding each exit , in all probability . " Simone , you seem to all about Black . I am trying to remember , and I an writing zese books , and now my memories are all mixed up between zem ! Some help , s ' il vous plait ? " " All right , I ' ll tell you what I know . Black is indeed a royal spy . Just as in your book , he lost his leg , and the story of how he protected his group ' s leaders was invented to drum up sympathy for him . " " Who caused him to lose his leg ? " " I did . I was watching over him . The Laga faction had four other spies as well . " " Simone . . . so , the one who killed Black is . . . " " Yes . Now do you remember ? " " No ! All too sad . I cannot think about eet ! I shall go insane ! " " Pablo , let me give it to you straight . This is the end for us . We ' re going to die . We have no moves left ; it ' s checkmate . I was supposed to kill you , and I couldn ' t . The royalists ' henchmen will come for us , and it ' ll be all over . " " Simone . . . let us run away ! Forget ze past ! Forget Black ! " " You men are all so stupid . . . Pablo , I could still kill you now and return to my organization ! " " Eh ? You . . . couldn ' t . . . fine ! . . . do what you like ! If killing me will give you happiness , Simone , kill me a hundred times over ! " Oeilvert . . . I wanted to give this to you on your birthday . . . . . . don ' t move ! Childish nonsense ! In love with you ? Do you really think I was serious ! ? . . . . . . but , Oeil . . . vert . . . I want you to have . . . " Simone ! Let us go far away ! Forget everything ; start a new life ! You are not ' Oeilvert ' ! You are my dear Simone ! " 1 . " Tu es tres bien fait . " 2 . " C ' est une merveilleuse nuit . " 3 . Kill him " Tu es tres bien fait . " . Ending 2 " C ' est une merveilleuse nuit . " . " C ' est une merveilleuse nuit . Thank you for the wonderful evening , Pablo . " " Every evening can be wonderful for us , Simone ! Je t ' aime , Simone - - - ! " " I can ' t kill you , Pablo . But I can ' t protect you either . Would you mind walking under the stars with me before it ' s all over ? " Ending 2 Death of a Thespian . " Someone call a doctor ! Maybe we can save him ! . . . What ? No , I have no idea ! But his body is still warm ! Poison , maybe ? " " That ' s impossible ! Who would poison Monsieur Henri ? Who on earth . . . ! " " I said I don ' t know ! ! " " Pablo , maybe today we should be getting home soon ? " " ' Today ' ! ? Today ! ? Merde ! It ' s all over ! " " Excuse me , is Monsieur Henri dead ? " " Pablo , forget it . He ' s been poisoned , and he ' s dead . You can tell by looking at him . " " Simone . . . why are you . . . ? " " Let ' s go home . It ' s too bad about not being able to get any more work from him , but you can ' t stop Fate . " . . . you can ' t stop fate . . . don ' t hate me . . . . . . Oeilvert . . . I thought we were friends . . . " Simone , wait ! Let me see ze body ! Let me see Monsieur Henri ! ! " 1 . Ignore him 2 . Get in his way 3 . Kill him Ignore him . Ending 6 Get in his way . " Calm down , Pablo ! " " Out of ze way , you foul murderer ! You killed Black , and Monsieur Henri as well ! " " Hah ! And what of it ? I don ' t know what you ' ve remembered , but who ' ll believe such nonsense ! ? " " Die ! I promised Black to revive the rotten Laga faction ! And I shall not let you stop me ! Never ! " Ending 6 Clef de Revolution . She has honey - colored hair , and deep green eyes . Her name is Simone . Or is it ? I know one man who once called her " Oeilvert " . He is her lover ; my friend . But now he ' s dead . Killed by this honey - haired . . . Oeilvert . . . " Simone . . . if you don ' t agree to help me , either you ' re playing stupid , or my memories are wrong . Je ne sais pas . But please tell me more . I must remember ! " 1 . " ' Oeilvert ' is my code name . " 2 . " Remember what ? " 3 . Kill him " ' Oeilvert ' is my code name . " . " ' Oeilvert ' is my code name . My mission was to spy on Black . Whether or not I ' m stupid is irrelevant , as you ' ll soon be meeting him . But before that , could you tell me something . . . ? 1 . " What happens next in the poet story ? " 2 . " Did Black leave anything with you ? " 3 . " Do you still want to have me ? " " What happens next in the poet story ? " . " What happens next in the poet story ? " " Ze poet . . . zat is , Black . . . in the end , he agreed with me ! Entente ! Zat is why you murdered him ! But that was not the end ! Listen to me . . . Oeilvert ! Black left a message with me before he died ! A message for you ! " " Oeilvert . . . I ' ve got a trump card . With this , you and I can be free . . . " " And I don ' t even know what zis means ! Je ne sais rien ! Life is nothing but ' ardship ! All that is left for me is to follow Black to ze grave ! ? Fine ! " " Black had . . . a ' trump card ' ! ? Impossible ; he couldn ' t have . . . " " Simone , what does zis mean ! ? Trump card ? " " He ' s talking about Duchamp . Before the Black incident , Duchamp made sure that a third agent was involved . " " What means zis word ' agent ' ? " " Duchamp ' s an assassin . He ' s the world ' s greatest , and has never failed to get his target . He always works with three intervening agents , so no one can contact him directly . But Black seems to have . . . Pablo , if the talisman still exists , this isn ' t over ! " " Talisman ! ? " " He left money with the third agent , then took one side of a matching - halves talisman and passed it to the target , ensuring that the job was done . " " But where is zis talisman ? It must be at the bottom of the sea , along with Black ' imself . " " The other half . . . " Oeilvert . . . I wanted to give this to you on your birthday . . . . . . don ' t move ! Childish nonsense ! In love with you ? Do you really think I was serious ! ? . . . . . . but , Oeil . . . vert . . . I want you to have . . . Black . . . he couldn ' t have been talking about . . . that pendant ! ? La Paix deux ans " Did Black leave anything with you ? " . " Did Black leave anything with you ? " " Do you know why I couldn ' t kill you right away , Pablo ? Black and I were lovers - - or at least he seemed to think so . And he was good friends with you . In fact , he trusted you - - the Laga faction lobbyist - - more than he trusted me . " " You know what else I remember ? You watching Monsieur Black always so carefully ! " " I had to watch him closely . You had figured out that Black was a royalist spy , and you were trying to persuade him to come over to your side . And Black told me all kinds of things about the rottenness of the royalists , and the lives of regular people . . . But what could I do ? Don ' t you understand ? You were free to press your opinion on him , and that ' s fine , but Black and I had families and friends on the royalist side ! If I hadn ' t killed Black , my family , and his , would have all ended up dead ! " " Simone , I wish I could have just remained in love with you . . . now your words sound so . . . empty . " " " Inside him was a sleeping dragon , whose fiery breath caused the poet to turn his sadness into verse , which flowed through the floorboards down to the King of Hell . . . " " " Oeilvert . . . I ' ve got a trump card . With this , you and I can be free . . . " " And I don ' t even know what zat means ! I don ' t care ! Life is nothing but ' ardship ! All that is left for me is to follow Black to ze grave ! ? Fine ! " " Black had . . . a ' trump card ' ! ? Impossible ; he couldn ' t have . . . " " Simone , what does zis mean ! ? Trump card ? " " He ' s talking about Duchamp . Before the Black incident , he made sure that a third agent was involved . " " What means zis word ' agent ' ? " " Duchamp ' s an assassin . He ' s the world ' s greatest , and has never failed to get his target . He always works with three intervening agents , so no one can contact him directly . But Black seems to have . . . Pablo , if the talisman still exists , this isn ' t over ! " " Talisman ! ? " " He left money with the third agent , then took one side of a matching - halves talisman and passed it to the target , ensuring that the job was done . " " But where is zis talisman ? It must be at the bottom of the sea , along with Black ' imself . " " The other half . . . " " " Oeilvert . . . I wanted to give this to you on your birthday . . . " " " " . . . don ' t move ! Childish nonsense ! In love with you ? Do you really think I was serious ! ? . . . " " " " . . . but , Oeil . . . vert . . . I want you to have . . . " " Black . . . he couldn ' t have been talking about . . . that pendant ! ? La Paix deux ans " Do you still want to have me ? " . " Do you still want to have me ? " " Simone . . . many times , until now , I ' ave felt zis urge to kill you . I did not know why , but now . . . now I know . " " Goodbye , Pablo . " Ending 1 " Remember what ? " . " Remember what ? You ' ve always got your head in the clouds ; I can ' t keep up with what you ' re thinking . " " Apologies , Simone . I am indeed worthless . Here , have zis . A note from Black . Now , for me . . . it is all over . " " You remember this note now ! ? " " " Oeilvert . . . I ' ve got a trump card . With this , you and I can be free . . . " " " And I don ' t even know what zis means ! I don ' t care ! Life is nothing but ' ardship ! All that is left for me is to follow Black to ze grave ! ? Fine ! " " Black had . . . a ' trump card ' ! ? Impossible ; he couldn ' t have . . . " " Simone , what does zis mean ! ? Trump card ? " " He ' s talking about Duchamp . Before the Black incident , Duchamp made sure that a third agent was involved . " " What means zis word ' agent ' ? " " Duchamp ' s an assassin . He ' s the world ' s greatest , and has never failed to get his target . He always works with three intervening agents , so no one can contact him directly . But Black seems to have . . . Pablo , if the talisman still exists , this isn ' t over ! " " Talisman ! ? " " He left money with the third agent , then took one side of a matching - halves talisman and passed it to the target , ensuring that the job was done . " " But where is zis talisman ? It must be at ze bottom of the sea , along with Black ' imself . " " The other half . . . " " " Oeilvert . . . I wanted to give this to you on your birthday . . . " " " " . . . don ' t move ! Childish nonsense ! In love with you ? Do you really think I was serious ! ? . . . " " " " . . . but , Oeil . . . vert . . . I want you to have . . . " " Black . . . he couldn ' t have been talking about . . . that pendant ! ? La Paix deux ans La Paix deux ans . La Paix deux ans , Path 1 . " Oeilvert , No . 3 in the royal leftist faction . A consummate professional in the art of poison . And for such a personage to be showing up here today as an agent , something must be up . " " You ' re quite a professional yourself , figuring things out so quickly . The fact is that the client is dead - - killed by yours truly . And as for why I needed to do that . . . " " Save it . It ' s been requested that I take care of royalists Heuler , Bein , and Bjorn . Do you realize what will happen if I go through with this ? " The Lagaists will use the ensuing chaos to regroup , and plunge our country back into darkness . " " If eight days pass without anything happening , I ' ll hand back the money from Black . " " I doubt you ' ll fail . " " Just in case , Oeilvert . And if you want to stay alive , you ' d best be avoiding your front door . " Simone instinctively looked out the window . " It ' s Poissonrie . Thanks , Duchamp . You be careful too . " " Now , Pablo , shall you and I observe this coming hell together ? " Ending 8 La Paix deux ans , Path 2 . " Forget it . I ' m not dealing with a client who ' s got poison claws like yours . This meeting is over . " " Wait ! Of course a professional like yourself could see through that . I ' ll wait in the front . Pablo , dear friend of my late client , shall be the one to explain matters to you . " " Unbelievable that the other half still exists . How did you keep it hidden from the Royal Intelligence Committee for two whole years ? In any case , if eight days pass without anything happening , I ' ll hand back the money from Black . Unless that happens , we ' ll not meet again . Just to confirm : I shall dispose of royalists Heuler , Bein , and Bjorn . Do you realize what will happen if I go through with this ? " " The Lagaists will use ze ensuing chaos to regroup , and plunge our country back into darkness . " The man stood up abruptly and looked out the window . " Call the waiter , " he said . " And keep your voice down . " " Oh , of course . I ' m not too sharp , am I ? And my throat is indeed dry . " Suddenly , a shifty - eyed man was seen pulling a knife from the chest of a woman who seemed to be waiting in front of the hotel . Blood dripped from the knife as he sprinted away . And those green eyes were left staring up at the blue sky ; unblinking , motionless . " Black . . . if only you didn ' t have that bag . . . maybe I wouldn ' t have had to kill you . . . you must have guessed that . . . so you tried to hand me the pendant in the bag . You saw that I would have taken it home with me , didn ' t you ? Or was that just the gods taunting us with coincidence . . . ? Oh , Black . . . " Ending 7 Kill Pablo . " . . . ! ! Simone ! Aaagh ! ! " " You sure carried that heavy package a long way . I guess you want to dump his body in the sea , next to Black ' s ? " " Quit joking around . Pablo jumped in himself , trying to save his friend . That ' s what happened . Now will your special observers be taken off my back ? " Hmph . So you noticed them . I ' ll have to report on that . Excellent job nonetheless . How did you kill him , anyway ? " " You ' re pretty stupid . Loose - lipped fools like yourself have a way of ending up dead . " " Well done , Oeilvert . You ' re free until your next assignment . Report to any office within a month ; we ' ll have your new orders . A bientot , Oeilvert . " FIN 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . Ending 2 . Three days later , a dead male body was found off the east coast of Chit Island . He had been drinking heavily , and appeared to have drowned . Then ten days later , a woman staying at a farmhouse in the southern mountains was found murdered . People in the area said she had gone off traveling after breaking up with her lover . No one knows for sure if these two were indeed Pablo and Simone . 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . FIN Ending 3 . I had no chance to move out of the way . Poissonrie ' s knife went into my chest . Each beat of my heart sent blood spurting out , and my breath came in heaves . I couldn ' t speak . . . couldn ' t breathe . . . my consciousness was dimming . Poissonrie looked down at me and laughed . " Maybe you ' ll be born on some tiny island in the south in your next life . " And those were the last words I ever heard . Pablo . . . now I can hear all your stories , all the way to the end . " " How about zis , Simone ? I think zis is a good opening . I just love writing ; once I get started , my pen keeps right on moving . Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . Simone , Simone , Ou vas - tu ? ? . . . " " 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . FIN Ending 4 . " " How about zis , Simone ? I think zis is a good opening . I just love writing ; once I get started , my pen keeps right on moving . Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . Simone , Simone , Ou vas - tu ? ? . . . " " FIN 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . Ending 5 . " Ahhh . . . you . . . " " So sorry , Oeilvert , but you have no vote in the matter . Maybe you shouldn ' t have taken this job to begin with . Now you can look forward to sharing a glass of wine with the rabbit at the bottom of the sea . I had been worrying that I ' d have to intervene because you were getting too emotional . " " Shut up ! I ' ve never seen such a ridiculous situation ! " " Quit your laughing ! And here I was thinking I ' d need at least five underlings to get you safely into my hands . . . ! " " This is my last job , Poissonrie . Write whatever you want in your report ; I won ' t forget this humiliation . " " In any case , do what you like with the body . I guess you ' ll be taking a souvenir from him , won ' t you ? To remember him by ? That ' s your usual thing , isn ' t it ? Sentimental nonsense like that ' ll be your undoing someday . A bientot , Oeilvert ! " " " How about zis , Simone ? I think zis is a good opening . I just love writing ; once I get started , my pen keeps right on moving . Aaaaahhh , Simone ! Eet ees . . . zhust as you say ! If only this oeuvre of mine could see publicatión ! Then I could . . . Simone , Simone , Ou vas - tu ? ? . . . " " FIN 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . Ending 6 . And that evening , distraught over the death of a beloved actor friend of his , a man drowned . It was believed to be a suicide . Soon thereafter , several other mysterious deaths occurred , and people began talking about " Edgar Black ' s Curse " . In fact , at the time , a play was in production which featured this demon - possessed Black . But the whole truth still has not come out . FIN 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . Ending 7 . Three days later , Royal Intelligence Committee leader Heuler , assistant Bein , and assassin Bjorn were murdered in rapid succession , and the RIC abruptly ceased to function . The Laga group , which had been split into two opposing halves , quickly came to life and instigated terrorist incidents in various places . Simone was caught by Poissonrie , who had been hiding in front of the hotel , and died without having a chance to see the revolution restart itself . Pablo exited the hotel in disguise on Duchamp ' s advice . Half a year later , when the revolution was in full swing , the Laga group set a fire in the city , and Pablo , forgetting any danger to himself , died searching for Simone . FIN 1 . Try again ? 2 . Return to the Wiki . Ending 8 . Three days later , Royal Intelligence Committee leader Heuler , assistant Bein , and assassin Bjorn were murdered in rapid succession , and the RIC abruptly ceased to function . The Laga group , which had been split into two opposing halves , quickly came to life and instigated terrorist incidents in various places . Two and a half years ago : Former fighting champion Pablo abruptly changes careers and becomes a writer of documentaries . His articles criticizing the throne gain tremendous popular support . At the same time , the first democratic elections in the country ' s history are held . Prior to the election , the anti - government Lagaist group seems to be leading the polls , but suddenly , in the last debate before election day , their charismatic leader Edgar Black makes a speech praising the royal government and declaring the dissolution of the Laga group . The citizens become confused , and many voters who had been against the government reevaluate their ideas , finding support for the existing regime . In just a few days , public opinion has turned 180 degrees . The Laga group leaders fire Black immediately and attempt to cancel his announcement of the party ' s dissolution . However , internal confusion and separation within the group , and fatigue after the long campaign , prevents them from bringing public opinion back to their side . Many members of the old regime are reelected , and no real revolution is able to take place . The main Laga members go underground and keep even stronger surveillance on the government . The sense of imminent crisis remains . Indeed , to this day , Black ' s disappearance remains a mystery . No one knows what he was planning , or if he ' d left any documents behind , and the effect that the answers to those two questions would undoubtedly have on the public caused both factions to step their vigilance up further . Edgar Black , the " Charismatic Gimp " , was originally a spy for the king . The one sent to spy on him was the woman codenamed " Oeilvert " . She was the third - ranking person in the royal leftist faction , and was at the center of the royalists ' internecine power struggles . And it was her - - Simone ; Oeilvert - - who led him away from the masses out to the edge of town , and then to his doom . Rumors had it that three of every ten people in the Laga faction were in fact spies for the king , but , fearing the possibility of losing their constituency , neither side would publicly confirm such a figure . Black ' s superb acting and public speaking skills were what attracted people ' s eye , and what gained him his position in the party . When Chirico , the founder of the Laga group , was attacked by an assassin , Black became legendary for defending his man and losing his right leg in the process , but soon after that , Chirico died mysteriously . It was the Laga lobbyist Pablo who first suspected that Black might be a spy . Rather than report this suspicion to his superiors , he instead spent many evenings attempting to reason with Black and get him over to his side . Were Laga to disband , those suspected of being spies would be expelled and a democratic government would be installed . But Black had family in the royalist faction , and thus wouldn ' t go over to Pablo ' s side so easily . Pub de Oiseau " Zis organization of ours is worthless ! We cannot do a thing ! I say we begin again from scratch and build a new group ! " " I understand your passion , Pablo , but passion only takes you so far . " " Zat I know ! But can you say you are satisfied with how zese royalists do things ! ? " " Pablo . . . what are you willing to give up in exchange for peace ? Most people want to get peace at the lowest possible price . And you know what ? I ' m one of them ! If by bending my morals a bit I can save a few people from dying , then so be it - - that ' s the path I ' m taking . " " If zat is your philosophy , perhaps we already have peace ? " " But these ignorant peasants are totally unaware of the corruption festering in the king ' s palace . By showing them peace and then forcing it on them , are we not then simply taking from them like everyone else does ? Pablo . . . all I want to do is to protect Oeilvert . I ' m a weak man ; protecting her is the only thing I can focus on . What else can a cripple like me do ? " " Edgar . . . I believe in you ! Let me be the right leg you have lost ! Together we shall show ze royalists that their evil machinations are all for naught ! " Author ' s afterword : I never have had much talent for writing novel - like tales , but a few months ago , while working on a text on number theory , I had the opportunity to take up translating this Oeilvert text . The original is a bit damaged , and I had to rely on other translations as well as official histories such as the Tales of Enabia , but I have stayed as true to the original as possible when putting it into modern language . Whether this tale is true or not has been the subject of much debate for some time , but considering the convincing structure of the story here presented , I cannot help but believe that it is not entirely fiction . In the official histories , Oeilvert and Pablo , and of course Duchamp , do not appear , and Black is depicted as an ordinary spy for the royalists . The No . 3 person in the royal rightist faction is Maria Novoselic ( a person whom I hope to write about more in my next book ) . But a more believable candidate for No . 3 than Maria , about whom nothing at all is known following her marriage , is her alleged half - sister Simone ( a . k . a . Oeilvert , or Ernesta Bulow in official documents ) . As for the two - year period during the revolution when records are sparse , it is impossible to speculate beyond what is already attested , and like Pablo ' s lost memory , it might be best to simply let sleeping dogs lie , as it were . The original document from which I am working details other dark activities of the royalists , and if another opportunity should present itself , I would be pleased to translate more of them . I am but a humble mathematics professor at a small provincial college , and responsibility indeed weighs heavily upon me when I consider the honor of having my work read by the public . But when I next take a sabbatical from my mathematics work in order to research more history , it would please me greatly to hear your opinions , comments , and criticisms . This afterword has surely become quite long , and I must ask your forgiveness for my clumsy attempts at writing this sort of thing . Thank you indeed . 26th Capricorn , 988 , at my home in front of the church Kayi " Pumpkin Knock " Montesto FIN Return to the Wiki .