Sebastian

'Do not be misguided by the fires of revenge'

*Sebastian - Genius Fire Flux Teacher*

*Fire flux teacher and virtuoso. Flames of vengeance burn beneath his cool exterior.*

## Intro

When Sebastian emerged from the bathtub, the top of his head and his shoulders were steaming. As he wiped the fog off his mirror, he was still thinking about the contents of the report. The report revealed the identity of the murderer he had been pursuing. After reading the report, Sebastian had ignited a flame in his palm and burned it without saying a word.

He gently set the needle upon the record and music began to play melodiously. He picked up the picture frame beside his bed and stared at it. Framed within it was a photo of a graduation that did not belong to him, and on the back of the photo was a person's name, implying that its owner was already dead. Sebastian lightly ran his finger across the person's name, then set the picture frame down and turned to face the sun.

Sebastian, currently an instructor of Fire-type Flux at the Arcana Academy, had once run away from the academy because of a murder and had pursued its culprit for many years. Now, he can finally lay to rest the burdens of the past in the same place they all started.

His fingers tapped along to the rhythm of the music's drums. The symphony was about to come to an end. A plan for vengeance gradually began to take shape in his heart. He packed up his lesson plans and script, and started to author a glorious yet secret drama.

### Forming a Pact

**Sebastian's rarity:** SSR

**Max Epiphany without Illumination:** Level 6

The player can form a pact with Sebastian by the following methods:

* Starter Summon
	+ Use 28 Heart Stones to add this Gyee to the Starter Summon pool.
* Limited Summon
	+ You can form a pact with Sebastian by summoning him on his limited-time banner.

## Skills

### Basic

* Burn: At the beginning of each round, deals damage equal to M.ATK\*80%. Cannot be stacked.

**Skill Level**
1. 91%
2. 99%
3. 107%
4. 115%
	+ Burn now deals damage equal to M.ATK\*100%.

### Advanced

* Scorching Barrier: replaces High Temperature Barrier effect and grants self a shield equal to M.ATK\*300% (5 times that during PvP). Shield can balance out damage, lasting for 2 rounds, and cannot be dispelled.

**Skill Level**
1. 182%
2. 196%
3. 209%
4. 223%
	+ Increases damage dealt by Heat Absorption by 20%.
* **Unbound Flames**
	+ After Heat Absorption, gains Unbound Flames for 1 round. Cannot be dispelled.
		- Unbound Flames: While the effect is active, becomes immune to all debuffs that make the character uncontrollable for 1 round."

### Ultimate

* Remnants: The next Core Explosion deals 25% more damage, stacking up to 2 times. Lasts until the end of the battle."

**Skill Level**
1. 141%
2. 155%
3. 168%
4. 182%
	+ Increases damage dealt by Core Explosion by 25%.
* **Avenging Fire**
	+ Increases damage dealt by Core Explosion by 35%.
* **Flux Recycling**
	+ Gains 30 Mana after Core Explosion kills an enemy.

### Mastery

* Raging Flames: Sebastian increases his ATK by (10.00% + Mastery Bonus). At the beginning of the battle, he gains an additional 50% M.ATK, but the bonus is reduced by 10% every round (only reduced from the 50% bonus) until the bonus reaches 0%. Lasts until the end of the battle, and cannot be dispelled.
* High Temperature Barrier: At the beginning of the battle, Sebastian gains a shield that equals M.ATK\*200% (5 times that during PvP). Lasts until the end of the battle and cannot be dispelled.
* Advancing Flames: While in combat, every time a new round starts, he gains 200% speed, up to 600%. When attacking enemies that are slower, he deals 20% additional damage. Lasts until the end of the battle, and cannot be dispelled.

## Imprint

### Basic Engraving

* Wisdom Engraving (M.ATK +0.48% per Engraving level)
	+ Each engraving level requires I.N. Flux - Fire x120 and Gold x25,000

### Imprint Skill

The following Imprint Skill can be equipped on other Gyees and Avatars once unlocked.

## Intimacy

### Date Choices

Dates will give either 500, 700, or 900 intimacy points depending on the choice selected.

* **Missing Shirt - Why doesn't Sebastian wear a shirt?**
	+ **Cue:** Take a guess, why do you think I wear so little.
		- Wearing less is Seb's kink.
		*900 Intimacy*
		- Because you feel hot if you wear too much.
		*700 Intimacy*
		- You're an 'Adonis.'
		*500 Intimacy*

* **Suggestion - Sebastian wants your suggestion on planning a lesson**
	+ **Cue:** They want teachers to set up personal characteristic courses at the college.
		- Watercolor class?
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Field practice class?
		*700 Intimacy*
		- Art appreciation class?
		*900 Intimacy*

* **Weapon? - You are interested in Sebastian's weapon.**
	+ **Cue:** Hey, Seb, do you never carry a weapon?
		- The glove is your weapon.
		*500 Intimacy*
		- You don't need a weapon.
		*700 Intimacy*
		- The ruby on the glove is your weapon.
		*900 Intimacy*

### Intimacy Blocks

To reach Intimacy levels 7 and 11, Sebastian needs mementos (found in Darkflux Raid), reiki (found in Extreme Fight or Arcana Tracker), and the following block item:

* **Intimacy Level 7**
	+ S - List of Borrowers
		- A list of names from the library. It has names of every person who has borrowed books from the library.
		For Intimacy Breakthrough with Sebastian can be obtained from Extreme Fight.
* **Intimacy Level 11**
	+ Sebastian's Family Crest
		- Sebastian's family crest. Although its design is classy, but due to neglect, it looks more like an ordinary button now.
		For Intimacy Breakthrough with Sebastian can be obtained from Extreme Fight.

### Basic Drink Preferences

 50% bonus

 25% bonus

 No bonus

 No bonus

*Note: All blended drinks have a base preference bonus of 25% that can be modified by the drink's attributes.*

### Gift Preferences

**50% bonus**

**25% bonus**

**No bonus**

### Views

Unlock views by leveling the intimacy of other gyees.

* **Billy**: I see Sebastian at the Hottie Bar sometimes. He's very careful with the glasses, and has a unique take on music. It's easy to see he has good manners.
*Billy's Intimacy reaches Lv.2 to unlock*
* **Kitty**: You might not believe this, but Sebastian told me some of the good things about the academy. Maybe... He just wants to see some of the teachers get super angry.
*Kitty's Intimacy reaches Lv.4 to unlock*
* **Vundo**: Even when he's not in school, he manages to get the kids to complete their work proactively. We don't like it when the teachers take leave, but we'd still love for him to share his experiences.
*Vundo's Intimacy reaches Lv.6 to unlock*
* **Chang**: A long time ago, I spotted Sebastian with Chip. The person that Sebastian was talking to had already entered the room, but I had no doubt that it was Chip. Sebastian was not scary back then... He was even kind and funny. That really changed my impression of him, but I never saw him like that ever again.
*Chang's Intimacy reaches Lv.8 to unlock*
* **Stage Art Designer**: Sebastian was strict, but I learned a lot from his comprehensive understanding of the stage. He never remembered my name, though...
* **Butler**: He often got into fights with his parents when he was young, and he wanted to leave home then. But... I often worry whether or not he can find somewhere he belongs.
* **Hunter**: Incredible! It was truly incredible. What sight to behold! He killed the Shadowbeast while protecting all those students. He even saved me! What a hero!

## Scripts

### Consolation Letter

Hi, Rainbow Fairy. You sent me too many gifts. I don't know how to repay you. You have to come to our musical rehearsal next time, I just remembered that there is a lot of unfinished modules backstage. Keep up the good work!

### Bath Drama

* Hmm, come bathe with me. The water will never cool down.
* Hot! I can't even tell if these droplets are my sweat or the water.
* Do you want to have a sauna? Haha.

### Fave Hottie Slogan

A handsome and sexy man that is willing to show off? Oh, so that's what you think of me~ No wonder you're staring at my body. Even though I cheated you last time, will you vote for me?

### Intimacy Breakthrough

**This section contains spoilers for Intimacy Breakthrough scenes.**

**-Intimacy Level 4**

*Note: Please read Trifle - The Haunted House before proceeding*
*In the rehearsal room, Sebastian has his eye closed. He is deep in thought.*
*His hand is tapping against something rhythmically as if there is music playing in his mind.*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, are you busy?
*Sebastian opens his eyes.*
**Sebastian**: Somewhat, I'd say I am three-quarters busy.
**Player**: Good, I brought you something.
**Sebastian**: Wow, If it isn't my Rainbow Fairy.
**Sebastian**: There's still a lot of gifts left from last time.
**Sebastian**: Or did I misunderstand?
**Sebastian**: Are these gifts for everyone in the musical group?
**Player**: No, they are for you.
**Player**: Just to show my thoughts.
**Sebastian**: Mr. Player, thank you very much.
**Sebastian**: Take a seat if you're not too busy.
**Sebastian**: I'm working on the theme song of the musical. Please help yourself.
**Player**: Sounds good.
*After putting the gifts away, Sebastian is once again immersed in his own world.*
**Player**: (I wonder what kind of music Mr. Sebastian is thinking about right now...)
*Along with the rhythm of his tapping.*
*Sebastian also hums a few notes from time to time.*
*Before you know it, it's already dusk.*
*Player stretches lazily, and leaves into the sunset.*

**-Intimacy Level 5**

*In the rehearsal room, the students are practicing their movements in groups.*
**Sebastian**: Mr. Player, will you be busy later?
*While the students are still practicing, Sebastian comes up to you.*
**Player**: I have a meeting later but I am free after that.
**Sebastian**: To thank you for your gifts, why don't you come to my place for a drink later?
**Player**: Sure.
**Sebastian**: This is my address. I'll wait for you at home.
*Sebastian hands Player a note and leaves.*
*After the meeting, Player follows the address to look for Sebastian's house.*
*He finds a grand villa that is spotless on the outside.*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian's house... is really classy.
*Sebastian answers the door shortly after Player rings the doorbell.*
*Standing on the porch, Player is blown away by the grandeur of Sebastian's house.*
*The interior design is majestic and sophisticated.*
**Player**: Do you live here by yourself?
**Sebastian**: Yeah. It's my house. Make yourself at home.
*Although he says that, he's pointing to the sofa.*
**Sebastian**: What would you like to drink?
**Player**: Anything.
**Sebastian**: Then I'll make you the same one as mine.
*Sebastian comes over with two identical drinks and sits next to Player.*
**Sebastian**: Thank you for everything these past few days.
**Player**: It's the school celebration after all. I wanted those kids to have a good memory.
**Sebastian**: The kids love you.
**Player**: What?
**Player**: Well... They are just trying to be polite.
**Sebastian**: You may not know it, but in fact, your deeds are widely circulated among the students.
**Player**: Come off it...
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian... I think the students respect you a lot.
**Sebastian**: Do they?
*The two of you suddenly run out of things to say.*
*To break the ice, Player frantically tries to look for topics.*
**Player**: Oh, by the way, Mr. Sebastian, why have you been away from school for so long?
**Sebastian**: Shh...
*Sebastian puts his index finger against Player's lips as he holds the glass...*
*And stops Player from asking further.*
**Sebastian**: You are the focus of tonight.
**Sebastian**: I took some jobs outside. There's really nothing special.
**Sebastian**: When I came back this time, I feel as though... the world has changed.
**Sebastian**: Many things are different from before.
**Sebastian**: And I noticed that someone is always in the center of the storms.
**Sebastian**: That person is you.
**Sebastian**: Why?
**Player**: I... just happened to get involved.
*Sebastian sits back and looks at Player.*
**Sebastian**: You don't appear malicious or aggressive. You even seem kind.
**Sebastian**: You look just like a lamb.
**Sebastian**: But what about inside...
**Sebastian**: So, I'm really interested in you.
*Sebastian reclines on the sofa and gently swirls the glass.*
*He looks like a spider sitting in the center of a web.*
*It's only a matter of time before someone gets caught.*
**Player**: You may get to know more about my insides after spending more time with me, Mr. Sebastian.
**Player**: Other people's opinions are more or less biased.
**Sebastian**: Haha, anyway, I'm not going to miss another good show.
**Player**: (Good show?)
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Is something about to happen soon?
**Sebastian**: Well...
**Sebastian**: New things happen every day.
**Sebastian**: It depends on whether you care about it or not.
*Sebastian hints at Player.*
*The two of you clink glasses.*
**Sebastian**: But... Being in the center of the storm, you may find out about everything sooner or later.
**Sebastian**: Because... a seed called 'curiosity' has been planted in your heart.
*Sebastian gently touches Player's chest.*
**Player**: You speak so ambiguously. Have you ever thought that you planted this seed yourself?
**Sebastian**: Hahaha, it's hard to say.
*Player chats a little more with Sebastian casually.*
*Then he returns home using 'it's getting late' as an excuse.*

**-Intimacy Level 6**

*In the rehearsal room.*
**Player**: Sooo... boring.
**Player**: Today they are assembling the stage. As someone in charge of logistics, I have to be here to supervise the work.
**Player**: On the left, the workers are assembling the stage; On the right, Mr. Sebastian is guiding the students in a rehearsal.
**Player**: Sigh, Mr. Sebastian...
*Player recalls the last time when he had a drink at Sebastian's house.*
*Sebastian tried to probe into Player under the influence of alcohol.*
*Sebastian gave off a sense of authority.*
**Player**: But Mr. Sebastian seems a lot less aggressive now.
**Player**: Is it because he was drunk last time?
**Player**: But he didn't really drink much last time...
*Player begins to observe Sebastian.*
**Sebastian**: The third student in the back row, go up half a key here.
**Student A**: Yes!
**Sebastian**: Here...
*Sebastian looks down at the script.*
**Sebastian**: Stage art, elevate the stage at this point.
**Sebastian**: You, work out your position with stage art.
*The students all look back at that person and then lower their heads.*
*And the person is so embarrassed that even his ears are blushing.*
**Student A**: Okay.
**Player**: (What?!)
**Player**: (Isn't he the one in charge of stage art?!)
**Player**: (No wonder the other students reacted that way.)
**Player**: (And because Sebastian is so stern that they all lowered their heads to giggle...)
**Player**: (but... Sebastian seems to be oblivious to it all...)
**Player**: (Sebastian has communicated with the stage art student many times. How could he not recognize him?)
**Player**: (He... Probably never noticed who that is.)
*During the chorus, Sebastian keeps his eyes shut to try to detect any note that has gone off tune.*
*Like placing chess pieces, every detail needs to match on the stage.*
**Sebastian**: Take three consecutive turns here, can you do it?
*Sebastian issues another new order.*
**Student B**: I...
**Sebastian**: You don't know how to dance at all?
**Student B**: I only learned briefly when I was little.
**Sebastian**: Stay behind and practice later.
**Student B**: Yes...
**Player**: (There is no doubt that Sebastian is the master of the stage.)
**Player**: (He commands everyone to recreate the world he's imagined, but he really treats them like chess pieces...)
**Player**: (Maybe everyone who confronted Sebastian can feel his aggression...)
**Player**: (Maybe his desire for control can take the musical to a new height, but...)
**Player**: (It's really uncomfortable to hang out with someone like Sebastian...)
*Player loses himself in thought as he watches Sebastian conduct the musical.*

**-Intimacy Level 7**

**Vundo**: Is Player here?
**Player**: Principal Vundo? What's up?
**Vundo**: I've got something to ask you. Is this a good time?
**Player**: Yeah, just a second!
*Scene - Never Isle*
**Vundo**: Player, I heard that a little while ago the academy was haunted.
**Player**: You mean the 'haunted house' incident?
**Vundo**: Yes, that's what I'm talking about. I think you've reported that to me.
**Vundo**: Recently, many teachers told me the rumor about the haunted house.
**Vundo**: They say there is a heated discussion among the students about it.
**Vundo**: Do you know anything about it?
**Player**: Someone built a haunted house near the abandoned teaching building.
**Player**: The haunted house is about Mr. Kip's murder.
**Vundo**: Kip?
**Vundo**: Does Mr. Sebastian know about it?
**Player**: Yes, Mr. Sebastian was with me.
**Vundo**: Did he... act strangely?
**Player**: ...
**Player**: I don't think so...
**Player**: What's wrong, Principal Vundo?
**Vundo**: I used to work with Kip before he died.
**Player**: Well... Although I've heard about what happened with Kip...
**Player**: It is still quite shocking to hear you say that.
**Vundo**: Did Sebastian tell you?
**Player**: A little. The haunted house also told me some things.
**Vundo**: Sebastian may have something to do with Kip...
**Player**: What?
**Vundo**: Didn't you know?
**Player**: He only told me about Kip himself... Not about his relationship with Kip...
**Vundo**: I didn't realize it at first.
**Vundo**: But the rumor about Kip spread so suddenly in the school, so I looked into it.
**Vundo**: Then I found this.
*Vundo hands Player a note.*
**Vundo**: This is a library record of borrowers.
**Vundo**: Many books Kip borrowed also have Sebastian's name on them.
**Vundo**: I don't know if it's a coincidence.
*Player reads the list carefully.*
*And on the list, he sees the book in the haunted house.*
 *'Song of Red.'*
**Player**: The academy celebration, Mr. Sebastian's return, and the haunted house, these three things all happened to coincide...
**Player**: Why was Mr. Sebastian away from the academy before?
**Vundo**: Before that, Sebastian took on many off-school jobs for various reasons.
**Vundo**: In fact, the academy had hoped that Sebastian can lift the quality of teaching across the school.
**Vundo**: However, Sebastian seems to have his own theory on teaching.
**Vundo**: Even when the attendance rate is ridiculously low in his classes, almost all of his students pass the annual examination.
**Vundo**: So... we can't really complain.
**Player**: (So it was Mr. Sebastian's own request to take on off-school teaching jobs.)
**Player**: (I have a feeling that Mr. Sebastian is hiding something.)
**Player**: ...
**Player**: At times like these, It's hard to get to the bottom of it without asking the person himself.
**Player**: After I came out of the haunted house, I had a lot of doubts about the story that was told inside.
**Player**: Let me see if I can get him to talk.
**Vundo**: Sure, thank you.
*Scene - Arcana Academy auditorium*
**Player**: Hey! Mr. Sebastian!
**Sebastian**: Oh hey, Player.
**Player**: Did you just finish your rehearsal?
**Sebastian**: Uh-huh.
**Sebastian**: There are only a few days left before the celebration event.
**Sebastian**: Our performance is far from perfect. We need to rehearse more.
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, have you been hearing any more rumors about the haunted house?
**Sebastian**: Rumors about the haunted house?
*Sebastian thinks for a moment.*
**Sebastian**: No, Why?
**Player**: Actually... after we visited the haunted house.
**Player**: It got burnt down.
**Sebastian**: Good thing we left early.
**Player**: After the haunted house got burnt, the rumors about it got even more well known among the students.
*Sebastian sneers.*
**Sebastian**: Oh, I guess because it's not available anymore.
**Sebastian**: What's up? Do you just want to ask me if I've heard about the haunted house?
**Player**: It's a hot discussion topic these days!
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, don't you ever wonder who made the haunted house?
**Player**: Since you know the story so well, could it be someone that you know?
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Did you find out something?
*Sebastian fixes his stare at Player.*
**Sebastian**: What? Is the little lamb going to bite?
**Sebastian**: What on earth are you trying to ask?
*Choice 1.1 - Principal Vundo came and asked me about the haunted house.*
**Player**: Principal Vundo came and asked me about the haunted house.
**Sebastian**: Vundo? Since when is he interested in this?
**Sebastian**: Isn't the haunted house recorded in the previous reports?
**Player**: Yes, but without the details.
**Sebastian**: So he sent you to ask me?
**Player**: I also have a lot of questions about it myself. After all, the haunted house only told us half the story.
**Sebastian**: What questions do you have?
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, why do you act so aloof about this whole incident?
**Player**: You and Kip knew each other, didn't you?
**Sebastian**: Did Vundo tell you this?
**Player**: Yes.
**Sebastian**: I did know Kip, so?
**Player**: He said you requested to work off-site to leave the school.
**Player**: Plus the time of your return happened to coincide with the start of the haunted house rumor.
**Player**: So... both Principal Vundo and I want to know whether you are the one who built the haunted house.
**Sebastian**: ...
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, I am not asking you as an enemy.
**Player**: Just that... all these signs are making us worried that you may do something during the school celebration.
**Sebastian**: Yeah, I'll do a musical.
*Player feels frustrated with Sebastian's perfunctory answer.*
**Sebastian**: However, if I simply tell you not to worry, you won't stop asking questions.
**Player**: Yes.
**Sebastian**: So I am going to say...
**Sebastian**: This is none of your business, Player.
*Sebastian gets in Player's face*
**Sebastian**: You want to play the good guy, you want to be the hero and save the world...
**Sebastian**: But it's better you stay out of this.
**Sebastian**: Don't make it your duty to save others.
**Sebastian**: Maybe no one needs your help.
**Sebastian**: In my opinion, it's better you continue to be the truth-seeking Rainbow Fairy.
*With that, Sebastian leaves.*
**Player**: Don't make it my duty to save others?
**Player**: Sebastian's attitude indicates that he knows something at least.
**Player**: Calling me a Rainbow Fairy?
**Player**: He won't tell me the truth but he lets me continue with the investigation.
**Player**: How arrogant...
*Continue to Trifle - A Musical of Revenge*
*Choice 1.2 - I found out something about you.*
**Player**: I... I found out something about you.
**Sebastian**: Oh, what is it? That I'm a fit and single man of the right age?
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, did you make the haunted house?
**Sebastian**: If you are asking this question, maybe you really have something.
**Player**: Why... Do you act so aloof about this matter?
*Sebastian stares into Player's eyes.*
**Sebastian**: Vundo told you this, didn't he? He also told you that I was somehow connected to Kip.
**Player**: Although Principal Vundo did ask me about it, Mr. Sebastian, you shouldn't underestimate people.
**Sebastian**: How would I dare to think that? You are after all a hero who can save the world.
**Player**: Plus, Mr. Sebastian, it was you who asked to leave the school to take on off-site jobs.
**Player**: Why did you come back at this time? Why did the rumor of the haunted house start right after you came back?
**Player**: That's too much of a coincidence.
**Sebastian**: Your behavior is no different from a kitten, wagging its tail before attacking.
**Sebastian**: What exactly are you worried about?
**Player**: I'm worried that you... may do something strange.
**Sebastian**: Such as tying you up with a belt and sending you to Vundo?
**Sebastian**: You want to play the good guy, you want to be the hero and save the world...
**Sebastian**: But it's better you stay out of this.
**Sebastian**: Don't make it your duty to save others.
**Sebastian**: Maybe no one needs your help.
**Sebastian**: In my opinion, it's better you continue to be the truth-seeking Rainbow Fairy.
*With that, Sebastian leaves.*
**Player**: Don't make it my duty to save others?
**Player**: Sebastian's attitude indicates that he knows something at least.
**Player**: Calling me a Rainbow Fairy?
**Player**: He won't tell me the truth but he lets me continue with the investigation.
**Player**: How arrogant...
*Continue to Trifle - A Musical of Revenge*

**-Intimacy Level 8**

*A few days after the school celebration, there comes the news of Keyshawn's imprisonment.*
*And it seems that Sebastian has also taken a hit.*
*He stops coming to the Arcana Academy.*
*But suddenly, Sebastian shows up in Hottie bar one day.*
*DING DONG*
**Sebastian**: Player, are you busy?
**Player**: Clearly, no.
**Sebastian**: Care for a few drinks?
**Player**: Sure, come on in.
**Player**: Don't act like a stranger. Why did you bring your own drinks to the Hottie Bar?
**Sebastian**: I haven't finished the wine I opened last time.
**Player**: I haven't seen you at school these past few days.
**Player**: I thought you went out for off-school assignments again.
**Sebastian**: No.
**Sebastian**: I felt upset so I... dug out something from the past.
**Sebastian**: I've already explained this to Vundo. I feel like I should explain to you as well.
*Then Sebastian explains what happened in the empty theater to Player.*
**Player**: ... I can't believe Keyshawn killed Kip for that reason...
**Player**: How did you find out?
**Sebastian**: I have a good friend called Santos.
**Sebastian**: The guy is sort of a detective. He's been helping me with the investigation.
**Sebastian**: Later on, he found Mr. Kip's thesis in the Arcana Academy's archives.
**Sebastian**: But it was published by Keyshawn.
**Sebastian**: We then confirmed that Keyshawn was the murderer.
**Player**: Wasn't the paper published?
**Sebastian**: Master Seren thought Mr. Kip's study was too... dangerous.
**Sebastian**: He didn't reveal it to the public.
**Sebastian**: That's why it took us a long time to track it down...
**Sebastian**: I made the haunted house.
**Sebastian**: Mr. Kip was a very important... friend of mine.
**Sebastian**: Keyshawn killed Mr. Kip because of his twisted feelings.
**Sebastian**: If I had noticed Keyshawn earlier, maybe...
**Sebastian**: But anyway, it's too late now no matter what.
**Player**: It's not your fault, Seb.
**Sebastian**: Did you call me Seb?
**Player**: Oh, sorry.
**Sebastian**: No, that's not what I meant.
**Sebastian**: Yeah, you can call me Seb.
**Sebastian**: You calling me Seb is a thousand times better than that freak calling me Seb.
**Sebastian**: You know, I dug out some old photos.
**Sebastian**: That guy had always been in my life.
**Sebastian**: I can't believe that was the reason that Mr. Kip got...
*Sebastian couldn't continue.*
*The glass in his hand is deformed by the heat in his palm.*
**Player**: Never mind. It's over now.
**Sebastian**: Player, thank you.
**Player**: What did I do?
**Sebastian**: Thank you for not questioning me in the theater. Instead... You let me go.
**Sebastian**: Maybe you don't feel anything special about what you did.
**Sebastian**: I thought, for someone like you. You would ask me to explain everything at some point.
**Sebastian**: But you didn't.
**Sebastian**: When you told me to leave, I suddenly felt...understood.
**Sebastian**: If it was anyone else, I might've gone crazy.
**Sebastian**: Player, I was lucky that you came.
**Player**: If I hadn't come... Would you have killed Keyshawn?
**Sebastian**: He...
**Sebastian**: I... Really don't know...
*Sebastian's words become slurred.*
*Player stops asking anymore.*
**Player**: Come on, cheers.
*Player and Sebastian finish the bottle.*

**-Intimacy Level 9**

*On the airship*
**Sebastian**: Player.
**Player**: Oh!!!
*Sebastian suddenly appears behind Player.*
**Sebastian**: Did I scare you?
**Player**: People get scared if you suddenly jump up behind them, so yeah!
**Sebastian**: I'm sorry.
**Sebastian**: I just got this.
*Sebastian throws a crumpled letter to Player.*
**Player**: What is this?
**Sebastian**: A letter from Keyshawn's mother.
**Player**: What?!
*Player opens the letter.*
*The letter is written with a carbon stick and the paper is as thin as cicada's wings.*
*There are many darkened fingerprints on the letter.*
*The handwriting is crooked and there are many typos.*
**Sebastian**: Keyshawn's mother says, that her family is very poor and he's her only child.
**Sebastian**: But his mother is not trying to beg me to let go of Keyshawn.
**Sebastian**: She asked me what she can do to make up for his son's mistakes.
**Sebastian**: His mother also... repented on behalf of Keyshawn.
*Player finishes the letter and puts it on the table, without saying a thing.*
*Then suddenly Sebastian throws the letter into the bin.*
**Player**: Seb?
**Sebastian**: Player, drink with me.
**Player**: Are you all right?
**Sebastian**: Just drink with me.
*Player gets up, walks over to Hottie, and orders two drinks.*
*Then he returns to Sebastian with two drinks.*
*Sebastian takes the glass and finishes the drink in one gulp.*
**Sebastian**: What is this?
**Player**: Lemonade.
**Player**: Seb, you've been drinking too much lately.
**Player**: What's wrong?
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: I don't know what to say.
**Sebastian**: Player, come with me to visit Mr. Kip's grave next time.
**Player**: Sure, okay.
**Sebastian**: Cheers!
*Sebastian raises his empty glass...*
*And clinks Player's glass gently.*
**Sebastian**: Give me a few more... even if it's just lemonade.
**Player**: Sure.
*Sebastian sits silently on that chair that entire night.*
*Finally, he walks up to the bin...*
*And picks up the letter carefully.*

**-Intimacy Level 10**

*In front of Kip's grave.*
**Sebastian**: Player, here.
**Player**: Coming.
*Kip's grave is on a remote hillside.*
*From here you can see the Arcana Academy in the distance.*
*There is a stream flowing nearby, the air is cool and fresh.*
**Player**: You've been here for a long time, haven't you?
*There are flowers placed in front of Kip's grave.*
*The grass on the grave has been trimmed.*
**Sebastian**: Yeah, I couldn't sleep anyway.
**Sebastian**: Now, Mr. Kip's murderer has been caught.
**Sebastian**: The thesis has been returned to Mr. Kip.
**Sebastian**: He can finally rest in peace.
**Sebastian**: It has been so many years.
*Sebastian touches the tombstone gently.*
**Sebastian**: Player, you must be curious why I was so angry last time.
**Player**: It's fine if you don't want to talk about it.
**Sebastian**: People might think that Mr. Kip and I were just good friends.
**Sebastian**: Maybe even Mr. Kip thought so.
**Sebastian**: But... Actually...
**Sebastian**: He was like my father to me.
**Player**: ...
**Sebastian**: You know that I am from a wealthy family.
**Sebastian**: I came from an aristocratic family and my parents are affluent.
**Sebastian**: But at the same time, they want to control everything I do.
**Sebastian**: But Mr. Kip... was like a loving father to me.
**Sebastian**: He surrounded my heart with his innate sense of tranquility like a cloud.
**Sebastian**: You saw it in the haunted house. I enjoyed spending time with Mr. Kip.
**Sebastian**: Although, when I met him, I was not at the age of that little boy.
**Sebastian**: I was already in my adolescence. It was also during the time when I was perpetually fighting with my family.
**Sebastian**: Only when I was with Mr. Kip could I feel a bit of calmness.
**Sebastian**: That's why... I find it so ironic.
**Sebastian**: That... the murderer who took away my father figure...
**Sebastian**: Has such a tolerant and reasonable mother...
**Sebastian**: His mother even asked me how she could make up for my loss...
**Sebastian**: I didn't know how to reply to her.
**Sebastian**: I was furious.
**Sebastian**: I was angry at Keyshawn and myself.
**Sebastian**: And... Even his mother...
**Sebastian**: The mother...
**Sebastian**: She only makes me miss Mr. Kip even more.
*Sebastian places his hand on his chest.*
*Player leaves the flowers in front of Kip's grave quietly.*
*After standing in front of Kip's grave for a while, they both leave.*
*A few days later.*
*There is news that Keyshawn committed suicide in prison.*
*After Sebastian hears the news...*
*He doesn't seem happy at all.*
*Instead, he hates Keyshawn even more.*

**-Intimacy Level 11**

*Arcana Academy office.*
**Player**: The stock take is finally done.
**Player**: I have done my part for the academy's celebration.
*There is a knock on the door.*
**Player**: Come in, please.
**Sebastian**: Hi, Player. How's it going?
**Player**: The props and bills have been sorted and counted.
**Player**: I can finally say goodbye to logistics today.
**Sebastian**: You seem to be in a good mood.
**Sebastian**: So, are you not going to come here anymore?
**Player**: It depends. I'll come if I have to.
**Sebastian**: Oh.
**Sebastian**: Come by my house tomorrow for a farewell drink then.
**Player**: Farewell? Are you leaving for outside jobs again?
**Sebastian**: It's your farewell drink. What are you thinking?
**Player**: Oh right!
**Player**: Is it just us? Or with the musical students?
**Sebastian**: Do you prefer more people?
**Sebastian**: When have I ever invited anyone else when we drink?
**Sebastian**: Besides, how can I invite my students to drink?
**Player**: You're right.
**Player**: I'll see you tomorrow.
**Sebastian**: Sure.
*Scene - Outside Sebastian's house*
*The next day, at Sebastian's house.*
*Player sees Sebastian surrounded by three young men*
**Player**: Hey? What's this?
*A group of people is surrounding Sebastian.*
*Trying to take Sebastian away.*
*Player intervenes*
**Player**: Seb!
**Sebastian**: Oh? Player, you're early.
**Player**: What's going on?
**Sebastian**: Oh, nothing, it's fine.
*Sebastian looks sleepy.*
*He takes a big yawn.*
**Sebastian**: My parents suddenly wanted to see me.
**Player**: So your parents want to see you? What's the big deal?
*From the group of people surrounding Sebastian, someone coughs deliberately.*
**Sebastian**: My parents love paying other people's salaries. So they keep all kinds of characters around.
*Sebastian glances at the crowd.*
**Sebastian**: Player, you came just in time.
**Sebastian**: Why don't you come home with me?
**Player**: What?
*Scene - Sebastian's Family Mansion*
*The family butler approaches Sebastian's mother outside at the front door*
**Butler**: Madam, the young master came back with his friend.
*Sebastian and Player enter*
**Sebastian**: Mother.
**Madam**: Why did you make your own decision and invite a stranger home?
*The lady's tone of voice is calm and unemotional.*
**Madam**: You should know that not everyone can join our family dinner.
**Madam**: We are an educated family after all.
**Madam**: I'll forgive your insolence this time. I won't be as tolerant next time.
**Madam**: Butler, inform the master that the young master has returned.
**Madam**: Tell the servants to prepare an additional set of utensils.
**Butler**: Yes, Madam.
*The butler leaves*
**Sebastian**: Why did you insist on me coming back?
**Madam**: Your father heard about what happened at the school.
**Madam**: He thinks it's time we talk.
*The lady turns around. Even though you can tell that she's old...*
*Her posture is erect, and she looks down on others.*
**Madam**: How should I address you?
**Player**: You can call me Player, Madam.
**Madam**: At least he's not some peasant who doesn't know any manners.
**Sebastian**: Mother, he is my friend.
**Madam**: Next time, I will not tolerate any surprises for our arrangements.
**Madam**: Especially for our family banquets.
*An immaculately dressed old man walks over.*
**Madam**: Sir.
*He exudes an aura of calmness inside out. You can tell straight away that he's an important figure.*
*His presence makes the already solemn atmosphere even more depressing.*
**Sebastian**: Father.
**Madam**: He's a friend of Sebastian's, Player.
**Player**: It's my honor to meet you.
**Master**: Hmm.
**Master**: Sebastian, how have you been?
**Sebastian**: Nothing much happened.
**Master**: I heard that you finally accomplished your dream at the school.
**Sebastian**: Yes, father.
**Master**: Are you satisfied now?
*Sebastian remains silent.*
*The old man knocks the ground hard with his cane.*
**Master**: You're not a child anymore. You shouldn't be so thoughtless.
**Master**: Even if you don't repeat those meaningless words, you can't end this conversation.
**Master**: Seb.
**Master**: We are not salesmen.
**Master**: I'm not going to ask you year after year whether you want our 'family business.'
*Although the master's voice is flat, the expression on his face is gloomy.*
**Player**: (So... they brought him back because they wanted Seb to take over the family business.)
**Master**: The reason you can still stand here is that we have given you the last bit of our respect.
**Master**: Now it looks like you still don't understand.
*The master emphasized the word 'stand,' as if people who disobey him won't even be able to stand.*
**Sebastian**: Father.
**Sebastian**: No matter what, my answer remains the same.
**Sebastian**: I want to continue to teach at the Arcana Academy.
*After that, Sebastian turns away and leaves with Player.*
*Scene - Never Isle*
**Sebastian**: Well, this is the daily routine of an aristocratic descendant.
*Sebastian takes out a small family crest from his pants pocket.*
*There are pieces of paper stuck to it and it's lost its glitter.*
*The once dignified family crest now looks like an ordinary button.*
**Player**: It seems that they... want you to inherit the family business?
**Sebastian**: Yes. My parents inherited this from their parents and now they insist that I inherit it from them.
**Sebastian**: Including this.
*Sebastian gives his crest a blow.*
**Sebastian**: My parents place a lot of significance on this little thing.
**Sebastian**: Power, honor, the symbol of blood ties.
**Sebastian**: They don't care about anything else other than those ideals.
**Sebastian**: Everyone loves to increase their wealth.
*With a casual flick of his finger, the crest flies out of sight.*
**Sebastian**: But... Compared to maintaining connections and studying investment every day...
**Sebastian**: I prefer to live on campus.
**Player**: You prefer teaching?
**Sebastian**: Prefer teaching? Well, you can say that.
**Sebastian**: Mr. Kip's death makes me feel like I have an unfinished mission.
**Player**: You mean 'finding the murderer?' You've done that, haven't you?
**Sebastian**: Uh-huh. But I still think there's more I can do...
**Sebastian**: It's really confusing when you suddenly achieve a goal that you've had for so many years.
**Sebastian**: I don't know if it's out of habit or regret. Either way, I want to stay at the school for now.
**Player**: Do you have any plans?
**Sebastian**: Continue to be a teacher for those little monsters?
**Sebastian**: Discipline them and turn them into useful people.
**Player**: Seb, you are not doing this for Mr. Kip, are you?
**Player**: Because Mr. Kip's career ended so abruptly that you want to fulfill his dreams.
**Sebastian**: Mr. Kip's dreams? This...
**Sebastian**: You suddenly reminded me of the past.
**Sebastian**: I didn't know what dreams Mr. Kip had and I didn't really have a dream.
**Sebastian**: I just wanted to escape from my family, then Mr. Kip became my safe haven.
**Sebastian**: We had been immersed in the lab since I got close with Mr. Kip.
**Sebastian**: One time when he was preparing samples, I vaguely heard Mr. Kip say something.
**Sebastian**: I think he said, Class 3-7 was such a headache.
**Sebastian**: I wonder how the kids from Class 3-7 are doing now...
**Sebastian**: Are they living a good life as Mr. Kip had hoped...
*Sebastian drifts off into a mumble.*
*Then, as though he has made up his mind...*
**Sebastian**: Player! I want to resume Class 3-7!
**Player**: What? Are you sure?
**Sebastian**: Well, I will teach the new Class 3-7 myself. I will make it an elite class specializing in fire flux!
**Player**: Will Principal Vundo agree to this?
**Sebastian**: I'll talk to Vundo. I think he'll agree.
**Sebastian**: What's wrong? Why do you look so worried?
*Choice 1.1 - I'm worried about your teaching style.*
**Player**: Seb, I'm worried about your teaching style...
**Sebastian**: What's wrong with my teaching style?
**Player**: I heard something about your teaching style from the others...
**Player**: First of all... your class attendance rate is very low.
**Sebastian**: Here we go again.
**Sebastian**: So what? My students rarely fail.
**Sebastian**: Don't mind those dogmas. I think some kids like my style.
**Player**: And also...
**Player**: Sebastian, maybe... You should really learn from Mr. Kip...
**Player**: Whether it makes you a good teacher.
**Player**: You put your students in danger in your field practice class.
**Player**: Not only did you put the students in danger but you may have also traumatized them.
**Player**: Therefore, if I was one of the parents, I would be worried about leaving my child to you.
*Choice 1.2 - I'm worried about your personality.*
**Player**: Seb, I'm worried about your personality.
**Sebastian**: Personality? What's wrong with my personality?
**Player**: Seb, some students are terrified of you. Can't you see that?
**Sebastian**: It's not my fault they didn't finish their homework.
**Player**: They are too scared of you.
*Player puts special emphasis on 'you.'*
**Player**: In my opinion, you are too controlling and you are a bit too... cold.
**Player**: For example, you still don't know the name of the student who's in charge of stage art, do you?
**Player**: During the entire school celebration event, you had never stopped communication.
**Player**: We are peers or friends, so I don't really mind.
**Player**: But as a teacher...
**Sebastian**: Controlling? Cold?
**Sebastian**: When I think of these two words, guess who I have in mind?
**Sebastian**: My parents.
**Sebastian**: You mean, when you hang out with me, you see the shadow of my parents in me, right?
**Player**: No, it's not that serious.
*Conversation continues after choices*
*Hearing what Player said,*
*Sebastian lowers his head.*
**Sebastian**: Player, it's hard for me to accept.
**Sebastian**: I know you meant no harm and what you said won't affect our relationship.
**Sebastian**: It's just that...what you said has never occurred to me before.
**Sebastian**: I need to think about it.
**Sebastian**: I should go now...
**Player**: Seb.
*Sebastian walks away*
**Player**: \*Sigh\* Although this is hard for him to take...
**Player**: Since he wants to resume Class 3-7, he'll come across these problems sooner or later.
**Player**: I hope he can... think it through soon.

**-Intimacy Level 12**

**Player**: (It's been two weeks...)
**Player**: (Sebastian hasn't contacted me once.)
**Player**: (Was I too harsh on him last time...)
**Player**: (Sigh. I better apologize to him today and see how he's doing with Class 3-7...)
*Sebastian's house.*
**Player**: Sebastian, are you there?
**Player**: I'm coming in.
**Sebastian**: Player? What are you doing here?
**Player**: I haven't heard from you in a while. So I'm here to see you.
**Player**: I'm sorry, I was too harsh last time
**Sebastian**: No... you don't have to apologize...
**Sebastian**: Player, I must say... I was shocked. Those were problems that I hadn't thought about.
**Sebastian**: I didn't realize my behavior might cause harm to others...
**Sebastian**: So... I've been looking at Mr. Kip's teaching notes these past two days.
**Sebastian**: Mr. Kip was a caring man.
**Sebastian**: Unfortunately, I didn't learn any social skills from him.
**Sebastian**: After all, I grew up surrounded by servants, who are always obedient to me.
**Sebastian**: Later on, during my study, I became arrogant because of my talent and status. I never had the need to take care of anyone.
**Sebastian**: Maybe it was my personality that got Mr. Kip murdered.
**Sebastian**: So now, I must learn to change.
**Sebastian**: Maybe... Maybe Mr. Kip's notes will have the answers that I am after.
*Sebastian looks down at the notes.*
**Player**: So, have you been reading the notes this whole time?
**Player**: You didn't contact me. I thought... I lost you.
**Sebastian**: Player, have I ever offended you?
**Player**: Well... It was nothing serious...
**Player**: Don't tell me you were afraid that you would say something wrong...
**Sebastian**: What? I didn't contact you because I have been busy recently.
**Sebastian**: No matter what you think, I'm not going to admit it.
**Player**: I didn't even say anything...
**Sebastian**: Ehem! I was worried that you would say something and make things awkward between us.
**Player**: Look at you. You've made some progress already.
*They look at each other and laugh.*
**Sebastian**: Player, if I say anything that upsets you...
**Sebastian**: Please make sure you tell me, okay?
**Player**: Hmm.
**Player**: Seb, what about Class 3-7?
**Sebastian**: Well, I haven't mentioned it to Principal Vundo yet.
**Sebastian**: I'll do it later...
*Sebastian releases a sigh.*
**Sebastian**: I'll talk to Principal Vundo later.
*With that, Sebastian begins to look through his notes again.*
**Player**: Sure.

**-Intimacy Level 13**

*In front of a bookstore in Never Isle.*
**Player**: This one, and this one... Well, I should probably get the bestseller of the month too...
**Player**: Actually, a lot of Keyshawn's books used to be best-sellers as well...
*As Player recalls what happened over the past few months...*
*A familiar figure appears in front of him.*
**Player**: Seb...
*As Player is about to call out Sebastian's name...*
*The student next to him calls out instead.*
**Student A**: Mr. Sebastian!
**Sebastian**: Oh? Hey, Joseph.
**Sebastian**: Are you here to buy books?
**Student A**: Well, I'm very interested in the book you mentioned last time.
**Student A**: I want to buy one to have a read.
**Sebastian**: Sure, reading should help you understand fire flux.
**Student A**: Yeah!
**Student A**: Also, Thomson and I want to make up for the lessons we missed last time...
**Sebastian**: What about next Monday? Meet me at my office, okay?
**Student A**: Okay! Thank you, Mr. Sebastian!
*The student walks over to the cashier after saying goodbye to Sebastian.*
**Player**: Not bad. Seb.
**Sebastian**: Player? What's the look on your face? Have you been eavesdropping?
**Player**: I heard bits and pieces.
**Player**: The mood between you and your students seems very different now.
**Player**: Not only can you remember your students' names but you also have a rapport with them.
**Player**: Great progress, Seb.
**Sebastian**: Are you not busy today? You even have time to visit the bookstore.
**Sebastian**: I was looking for someone to kill time with, come home with me.
**Player**: Actually, I do have plans later...
**Sebastian**: What plans? You can do it at my house.
**Sebastian**: And...
*Sebastian picks up a book from a stack next to him...*
*And puts it in Player's arms.*
**Sebastian**: I find this book quite good. You should have a read.
**Player**: This is...
*Player looks at the slogan.*
*It is a very thick book.*
**Sebastian**: There are seven or eight books in total.
**Player**: That's a lot!
**Player**: That's a pretty high threshold...
**Sebastian**: Is it? Once I finished the first book, I kept on reading until I finished the entire collection without even knowing it.
**Sebastian**: Trust me, it's good. Just read it.
**Player**: Sigh. I thought you'd changed.
**Player**: You were just acting in front of your students.
**Sebastian**: What's wrong with acting? As long as it works.
**Sebastian**: I've made some observations. The students can talk to me at ease now.
**Sebastian**: I also modified the contents of my classes. Now I don't need a medical teacher in my class anymore.
**Player**: What? Did you use to have a medical teacher in your class?
**Sebastian**: Well... I thought everyone has a medical teacher in their classes back then...
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Player, do you think I can apply for resuming Class 3-7 now?
**Player**: Well... Do you think you are on par with Mr. Kip's standard now?
**Sebastian**: Of course not.
**Sebastian**: Do I have to match his standard?
**Sebastian**: His natural gentleness is not something that can be achieved with acting.
**Player**: Well... I think you can ask Principal Vundo.
**Player**: I'm sure Principal Vundo has noticed your change.
**Player**: Just go and talk to him.
**Sebastian**: Wait for my good news.
**Sebastian**: Let's go. I'll pay for your books.
**Player**: Pay for my books? Then please buy the novels you recommended then.
**Sebastian**: Don't push your luck. You're not allowed to leave my house until you finish all of them.
**Player**: Sure, sure.

**-Intimacy Level 14**

*Late night, Hottie Bar.*
**Sebastian**: Player.
**Player**: Seb?
**Player**: It's so late already. Don't you have classes tomorrow?
**Sebastian**: Tomorrow I'm going to submit the application to Principal Vundo about resuming Class 3-7.
**Sebastian**: I can't sleep.
*Player pours a glass of mild liquor for Sebastian.*
**Player**: Try this.
*Sebastian takes the drink.*
**Player**: Relax. If it doesn't work, there are other ways.
**Sebastian**: Thanks for the drink. Let me sit here for a bit, I'll head back soon.
**Player**: Hey, are you okay?
**Sebastian**: It's not a very strong drink. I'm fine.
**Player**: Or you can sleep here tonight.
**Player**: It's late and you've been drinking. I'll get worried if you go home so late.
**Sebastian**: Fine, I'll sleep here.
**Sebastian**: I'll tell you the result after my talk with Principal Vundo tomorrow.
**Player**: Sure.
*Scene - Hottie Bar*
*The next day, dusk, Hottie Bar.*
**Player**: I wonder if Sebastian succeeded...
**Player**: Oh?
*Player hears something outside*
**Player**: Who is setting off fireworks outside?
**Player**: The fireworks look like pomegranates...
**Player**: It says 'Let's celebrate...' it's too bright. I can't see it clearly.
*Sebastian sneaks up behind Player*
**Player**: 'Let's celebrate the revival...'
**Sebastian**: Let's celebrate the revival of Class 3-7!'
**Player**: Woww!
*Player turns to Sebastian*
**Player**: Seb! You did it!
**Sebastian**: It's just a walk in the park, isn't it?
**Sebastian**: Principal Vundo not only revived Class 3-7 but will also allow the best fire flux students to apply for my class.
**Sebastian**: Once I accept them, they'll be transferred directly to the pomegranate class.
**Player**: Pomegranate class?
**Sebastian**: Oh, pomegranate class is the alias for Class 3-7.
**Sebastian**: It is a reference to the pomegranate imagery in the haunted house...
**Player**: Congratulations! Let's celebrate tonight!
**Sebastian**: No, No.
**Sebastian**: Player, I have to start my preparations tonight.
**Player**: Teaching notes?
**Sebastian**: No. Now we're only at the enrollment stage. It will take some time before the class begins.
**Sebastian**: What I want to do now... Is to make plans for special circumstances.
**Sebastian**: When the pomegranate class officially starts, I realize I am going to meet a lot of kids in real life.
**Sebastian**: They come from different family backgrounds and have different personalities...
**Sebastian**: And different dreams.
**Sebastian**: They will have different views on fire flux and use different methods.
**Sebastian**: Maybe I should consult Chang. He may be more experienced with healing burn wounds.
**Player**: Seb, why don't you relax?
**Sebastian**: What do I do if I get asked by the kids...
**Player**: What would Mr. Kip do?
**Sebastian**: Mr. Kip...
**Sebastian**: He would find the answer with me.
**Player**: That's what you should do as well.
**Sebastian**: Hmm... Thank you.
**Sebastian**: I should go.
**Sebastian**: The pomegranate class will start in about a week. Before that, I may need to do some preparations myself.
**Sebastian**: I'll see you on the first day of the class!
**Player**: Sure!
*Applications for the pomegranate class pour in.*
*Sebastian spends more time screening students than he imagined.*
*A week later, the pomegranate class officially begins.*
*Scene - Arcana Academy*
*The students are told to assemble outside the classroom and they start to exchange comments in whispers.*
**Sebastian**: Hello everyone, sorry for keeping you waiting.
**Students**: Good morning, Mr. Sebastian.
**Sebastian**: Today is the first class of the pomegranate class.
*Sebastian clears his throat.*
**Sebastian**: The reason why I chose to meet you outside is that I want to understand you first.
**Sebastian**: So today, I would like you to show me your ability.
**Sebastian**: Now please show me your specialty, okay?
**Students**: Sure...
**Student A**: Mr. Sebastian!
*Among the responses, a student's voice stands out.*
*The student raises his hand.*
**Sebastian**: Yes?
**Student A**: Mr. Sebastian, we left our friends and teachers to come to this class because we admire you.
**Student A**: We would like to see your ability as well.
**Student A**: Can you show us your ability first?
*Hearing that, several naughty kids begin to protest.*
**Student A**: Mr. Sebastian, see, other students also want to see too.
*The other students look at the provoking behaviors in disapproval.*
*No matter how much preparation he has done, Sebastian wasn't expecting...*
*That's he'd be challenged by his own students on his first day of class.*
*Looking at the rebellious students...*
*Sebastian shakes his head.*
**Sebastian**: Sigh...
**Sebastian**: Haven't you heard of my reputation before?
*With a wave of his hand, the teaching notes he wrote last night are set on fire.*
**Sebastian**: Originally, I was going to create a caring atmosphere for learning.
**Sebastian**: But, since we have some geniuses in our class...
**Sebastian**: That I can't teach in conventional ways...
**Sebastian**: Then let's go. Let's do a field practice for today's class!
*Elsewhere on Never Isle...*
*Player is at a stall when he hears a large explosion*
**Player**: What? Is that an explosion?
*Trails of smoke can be seen in the mountains near the Arcana Academy.*
**Shop Owner**: It's just Mr. Sebastian. You can relax.
**Shop Owner**: Everyone saw Mr. Sebastian take his students up to the mountain. Hahaha, we can go in and collect the charcoal later.
**Shop Owner**: Every time Mr. Sebastian goes to the mountains, he makes a lot of charcoal!
*As the shopkeeper speaks, he points to the bamboo basket beside him.*
**Player**: Oh. Today is the first day of the pomegranate class.
**Player**: So in the end he still took the kids to the mountain.
**Player**: He hasn't changed a bit, has he?
*Hearing the non-stop explosions...*
*Player turns around and continues with his work.*

### Dates

**This section contains spoilers for Date scenes.**

**Missing Shirt**

**-Intro**

**Sebastian**: Player, are you there?
**Player**: Seb, what are you doing here?
**Sebastian**: Help me pick out my clothes. Come on.
**Player**: (Go)
*Scene - Hottie Bar*
**Player**: What's the occasion?
**Sebastian**: I was asked to attend a lecture. The organizing committee said that I have to dress up.
**Sebastian**: Have a look for me, which one is better?
**Player**: For meetings like this, it's better to not dress too flamboyantly.
**Player**: I think this one is pretty good.
**Player**: The material is great, it fits your nicely, and it's not too showy.
**Player**: Oh right, Seb, I happen to have a question for you.
**Sebastian**: What?
**Player**: Um... Why are you always half-naked?
**Sebastian**: You don't like it?
**Player**: No, I do... Very much.
**Sebastian**: Then I'll keep the suspense.
**Sebastian**: Take a guess, why do you think I wear so little.

**-Wearing less is Seb's kink. - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: Maybe not... It's your kink?
**Sebastian**: Oh? Is that the kind of guy you think I am?
**Player**: Haha, you're in great shape anyway. It'd be a pity to hide your body.
**Player**: I've heard that some people prefer to be more natural.
**Player**: They feel uncomfortable wearing clothes.
**Sebastian**: Well, if that's the case, I wouldn't pants either.
**Player**: Well... For a moment, I was hoping you weren't.
**Sebastian**: Wouldn't that be too easy for you?
**Player**: I think I am a pretty lucky guy. I often win prizes.
**Sebastian**: Well, I am not that kind of guy. Unless you have what it takes to take them off yourself.
**Player**: Humph, I am not just going to take it off.
**Player**: Okay, tell me the answer already.
**Sebastian**: Actually, it's because I get very hot.
**Player**: Hot?
**Sebastian**: It's not the weather, it's my own body heat.
**Sebastian**: Because the fire flux flowing in my body is very strong, my body temperature is very high.
**Sebastian**: Even if I am only wearing a thin layer, I get uncomfortable because I can't dissipate the heat freely.
**Sebastian**: And also, my fire flux arcana is too strong.
**Sebastian**: My clothes can easily get burned when I am not careful.
**Sebastian**: So after a while, I got sick of wearing clothes.
**Player**: I see.
**Player**: Will it be hard for you to wear clothes to attend the meeting this time?
**Player**: Why don't I think of a solution for you?
**Sebastian**: How so?
**Player**: You can try to make a suit with small pipes all over the body.
**Player**: Fill it with flowing water that takes away the heat.
**Sebastian**: Oh? I haven't thought of that before.

**-Because you feel hot if you wear too much. - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: Is it because you feel hot when you're wearing clothes?
**Sebastian**: Oh? You got the right answer, unexpectedly.
**Player**: What? That's it? You just feel hot?
**Sebastian**: Because the fire flux in my body is very strong, my body temperature is very high.
**Sebastian**: Even when I wear a thin layer, I get uncomfortable because I can't dissipate heat freely.
**Sebastian**: And my fire flux Arcana is too strong.
**Sebastian**: My clothes get burnt if I am not careful.
**Sebastian**: So after a while, I got sick of wearing clothes.
**Player**: When you say you want to release heat.
**Player**: For a moment... I thought of dogs.
**Player**: To release heat... Have you ever thought about using your tongue?
**Sebastian**: What?
**Player**: Oh... It's okay. Just ignore what I said.
**Sebastian**: How did you think of using the tongue?
**Player**: Because when it comes to heat dissipation...
**Sebastian**: Is it because you want to use your tongue?
**Player**: What? Me? What would I do with my tongue?
**Player**: I am not the one that feels hot.
**Sebastian**: You'll feel it, trust me.
**Player**: I feel it, Seb, I feel it!
**Sebastian**: I don't think it's enough.

**-You're an 'Adonis.' - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: Haha, because you are a born 'Adonis'?
**Sebastian**: What's an 'Adonis'?
**Player**: It's just a popular term back in my home world.
**Player**: It means someone who is handsome, fit, and willing to show off.
**Sebastian**: That's me
**Sebastian**: So, you always stare at my body?
**Sebastian**: And you even admitted it to my face.
**Player**: Well...
**Player**: I can't help it. After all, you don't wear a shirt.
**Sebastian**: Come to think about it. This really is too easy for you.
**Sebastian**: But if you want to know, it is because I have to.
**Sebastian**: I don't wear clothes because I feel hot.
**Player**: Hot?
**Sebastian**: Because the fire flux flowing in my body is very strong, my body temperature is very high.
**Sebastian**: Even if I am only wearing a thin layer, I get uncomfortable because I can't dissipate the heat freely.
**Sebastian**: And also, my fire flux arcana is too strong.
**Sebastian**: My clothes get burnt if I am not careful.
**Sebastian**: So after a while, I got sick of wearing clothes.
**Player**: I see.
**Player**: Will it be hard for you to wear clothes to attend the meeting this time?
**Player**: Why don't I think of a solution for you?
**Sebastian**: How so?
**Player**: You can try to make a suit with small pipes all over the body.
**Player**: Fill it with flowing water that takes away the heat.
**Sebastian**: Oh? I haven't thought of that before.

**Suggestion**

**-Intro**

**Player**: Recently, I've been wanting to launch some new cocktails at Hottie Bar.
**Player**: I've made a batch. I wonder who I should give it to?
**Player**: Billy, Eddie... They've all tasted it.
**Player**: Oh! And Seb, should I give Seb a taste?
**Player**: (Yes)
*Scene - Arcana Academy*
**Player**: Seb ~ are you busy?
**Sebastian**: Oh? You came just in time.
**Sebastian**: I was thinking about something.
**Player**: What?
**Sebastian**: They want teachers to set up personal characteristic courses at the college.
**Sebastian**: I'm still wondering what I should do.
**Sebastian**: Player, what do you recommend?

**-Watercolor class? - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: Watercolor class?
**Sebastian**: Why did you think of watercolor?
**Sebastian**: I didn't tell you I could paint with watercolor, did I?
**Player**: This is what came to mind when you asked me about characteristic courses.
**Player**: Then you'll be wearing a white apron.
**Player**: And you will be covered in paint.
**Player**: That would be a great personal characteristics course. It'll be colorful.
**Sebastian**: Hey, hey, can you be serious, please?
**Sebastian**: Look at that expression on your face now.
**Sebastian**: Don't defile my classroom with your dirty thoughts!
**Player**: Sorry, sorry.
**Player**: But watercolor class is really a good choice.
**Player**: And from what you said, you really can paint with watercolor.
**Sebastian**: Humph, it's actually a good idea if we ignore your dirty intentions.
**Player**: Well then, problem solved. Hey Mr. Sebastian, come and try this.
**Sebastian**: What is it?
**Player**: They're new Hottie bar drinks. See if there's anything you like?
**Sebastian**: OK, let me see...
*Sebastian tastes all the drinks.*
*He gives you his honest feedbacks.*

**-Field practice class? - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: Field practice class?
**Sebastian**: This is exactly what I had in mind!
**Sebastian**: But there are several problems.
**Sebastian**: First, Principal Vundo disagreed.
**Player**: Oh? So you've already mentioned this to the Principal?
**Sebastian**: Secondly, the parents do not agree either.
**Sebastian**: Because I got a little out of line in my practice class last time.
**Sebastian**: So... The parents are all against it.
**Sebastian**: Well, what should I do?
**Player**: ......
**Player**: Change the name of the course?
**Player**: Change to... Immersion teaching?
**Sebastian**: Oh?
**Player**: An all-around experience, let the children immerse themselves, and so on?
**Sebastian**: Not bad! I'll try it!
**Player**: Well then, problem solved. Hey Mr. Sebastian, come and try this.
**Sebastian**: What is it?
**Player**: They're new Hottie bar drinks. See if there's anything you like?
**Sebastian**: OK, let me see...
*Sebastian tastes all the drinks.*
*He gives you his honest feedbacks.*

**-Art appreciation class? - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: Art appreciation class?
**Sebastian**: Art appreciation? Appreciate what?
**Player**: All kinds of things, sculpture, painting...
*Player recalls the objects placed in Sebastian's house.*
**Player**: Don't you have an art collection at home?
**Player**: Just take them to the academy.
**Sebastian**: Well... Let me see.
**Sebastian**: My family seems to run a museum somewhere.
**Player**: ......
**Sebastian**: I suppose I can organize an excursion or something.
**Sebastian**: If you didn't mention it I'd almost forgotten it.
**Sebastian**: Thanks, Player.
**Player**: (I think I got charmed by Sebastian inadvertently.)
**Player**: Well then, problem solved. Hey Mr. Sebastian, come and try this.
**Sebastian**: What is it?
**Player**: They're new Hottie bar drinks. See if there's anything you like?
**Sebastian**: OK, let me see...
*Sebastian tastes all the drinks.*
*He gives you his honest feedbacks.*

**Weapon?**

**-Intro**

**Sebastian**: Player, what are you doing?
**Player**: Seb, you're here!
**Player**: I am not doing anything, just relaxing.
**Sebastian**: Come sit at the Hottie Bar?
**Player**: (Go)
*Scene - Hottie Bar*
*The two of you order drinks with Hottie.*
*Just as Sebastian reaches for his drink.*
*Player suddenly thinks of something.*
**Player**: Hey, Seb, do you never carry a weapon?
**Sebastian**: Weapon?
**Player**: Yes, when others come to Hottie bar, most of them find a place to put their weapons.
**Player**: I don't think I've ever seen you use a weapon.
**Player**: You don't need a weapon?
**Sebastian**: Since you asked, it would be boring if I just tell you directly.
**Sebastian**: Take a guess.

**-The glove is your weapon. - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: I think you conjure a flame with your hand.
**Player**: Is your glove your weapon?
**Sebastian**: Almost.
**Sebastian**: What a pity, that's really close.
**Player**: Huh?
**Sebastian**: I don't really need a weapon as such, but to enhance my ability, I use an external aide.
*Sebastian shakes his hand, the ruby on his glove is crystal clear.*
**Sebastian**: You can count it as a weapon I suppose.
**Sebastian**: My weapon is this piece of 'Crystal Flint.'
**Sebastian**: I wear this glove to fix it on my hand.
**Sebastian**: The internal structure of this piece of Crystal Flint is special. With its help, I can summon more violent flames.
**Player**: Oh, I see.
*After the discussion, Sebastian takes off his glove.*
*The two of you study the Crystal Flint carefully.*
*And when you get excited.*
*Sebastian even performs making coffee with his hand.*
*You spend a happy afternoon at Hottie bar.*

**-You don't need a weapon. - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: Well... I've been thinking about it for a long time.
**Player**: You don't need weapons!
**Sebastian**: Why?
**Player**: Because... You seem to shoot fireballs from your hand when you fight.
**Player**: So you can't use weapons.
**Sebastian**: You're half right.
**Sebastian**: I really don't need weapons, but I always want to exert 120% of my strength.
*Sebastian shakes his hand, and the ruby on his glove is crystal clear.*
**Sebastian**: You can count this as a weapon I suppose.
**Sebastian**: My weapon is this piece of 'Crystal Flint.'
**Sebastian**: I wear this glove to fix it on my hand.
**Sebastian**: The internal structure of this piece of Crystal Flint is special. With its help, I can summon more violent flames.
**Player**: Oh, I see.
*After the discussion, Sebastian takes off his glove.*
*The two of you study the flint carefully.*
*And when you get excited.*
*Sebastian even performs making coffee with his hand.*
*You spend a happy afternoon at Hottie bar.*

**-The ruby on the glove is your weapon. - 900 Intimacy**

*Player examines Sebastian's hands carefully.*
**Player**: Well... Let me see.
**Player**: Your weapon... Is it this ruby?
**Sebastian**: Hey, you guessed right!
**Sebastian**: Although you got the name wrong, since you are from another world, it's normal not to know.
**Sebastian**: How did you guess?
**Player**: The only thing that looks like a weapon on your hand is the glove.
**Player**: The glove itself seems to be ordinary leather, nothing special.
**Player**: But there seems to be a circle of inscriptions carved around the gem on the glove.
**Player**: So I guess this must be it.
**Sebastian**: Exactly, but it's called a Crystal Flint.
**Sebastian**: In fact, I don't need weapons much, but in order to enhance my ability, I still use an external aide.
**Sebastian**: You can count this as a weapon I suppose.
**Sebastian**: The internal structure of this piece of Crystal Flint is special. With its help, I can summon more violent flames.
**Sebastian**: That's why I wear it all the time.
**Player**: Oh, I see.
*After the discussion, Sebastian takes off his glove.*
*The two of you study the flint carefully.*
*And when you get excited.*
*Sebastian even performs making coffee with his hand.*
*You spend a happy afternoon at Hottie bar.*

### Trifle

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**The Haunted House**

The Academy is about to hold 'Arcana Gala'. Students are all looking forward to it and making all the preparations. But in this atmosphere, a rumor of haunted house spreads.

**-Part 1**

**Male Student**: I... I can't believe I killed him...
**Male Student**: While he was sleeping, without suffering...
**Male Student**: That's my...
**Male Student**: ...
**Male Student**: Ur, that's my...
*Scene - Arcana Academy auditorium*
*A male student practices his line on stage in front of a lone piano, other students looking on*
*After hearing him falter, a student interrupts the rehearsal*
**Stage Art Student**: Stop it! Stop this nonsense! Come back down now!
**Stage Art Student**: You're the main character, can't you even remember the lines?
**Stage Art Student**: Come back down now! Mr. Sebastian will be here soon!
*The male student gets off the stage*
**Stage Art Student**: Is the accompanist here yet?
**People**: ...
**Stage Art Student**: None of you know?!
*Everyone looks at each other in embarrassment.*
**Onlookers**: He's here... He's here...
*Various voices try to hint to the student in charge of the stage in whispers.*
**Stage Art Student**: Here?! Now?
*As the stage art student turns around, he sees Sebastian standing before him*
**Stage Art Student**: Mr. Seb... Sebastian...
**Stage Art Student**: Nice to see you!
*Hearing Sebastian's name, everyone in the auditorium stops messing around.*
*All of a sudden, it becomes extremely quiet.*
**Sebastian**: Yesterday, I said everyone should arrive on time.
**Stage Art Student**: They are here already.
**Sebastian**: All of them?
**Stage Art Student**: Well, except for the person in charge of accompaniment...
**Sebastian**: Where is he?
**Stage Art Student**: He...
**Male Student**: He... He went to the bathroom.
*A student runs into the auditorium*
**Accompanist Student**: I'm here, I'm here, Mr. Sebastian.
*The student in charge of accompaniment runs in, panting.*
*Sebastian looks at the student who's soaked in sweat and then at the student who defended him.*
*Without saying anything, he turns away.*
**Sebastian**: Everyone get ready. Let's start rehearsal now.
*The students gather in front of Sebastian*
**Stage Art Student**: But there is one more thing...
*The voice of the stage art student trembles slightly.*
**Stage Art Student**: I asked the logistics teacher to help me with the backdrop...
**Stage Art Student**: He hasn't gotten back to me yet.
**Sebastian**: Keep contacting him.
*Player enters the auditorium*
**Player**: You haven't started, have you? Just in time.
**Stage Art Student**: Teacher...
*Sebastian turns towards Player*
*Hearing the students call Player 'teacher',*
*Sebastian gets a little confused.*
**Sebastian**: Teacher?
**Player**: Hello, I'm Player. In fact, I'm not a teacher from the Arcana Academy.
**Player**: Principal Vundo sent me here to help with the 'Arcana Gala.'
**Player**: Well...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: And you are...?
*The student in charge of stage art hints in a whisper.*
**Stage Art Student**: Mr. Sebastian...
**Player**: Oh! Mr. Sebastian...
*With his eyes fixed on Player, Sebastian seems to be thinking about something.*
**Sebastian**: I get the impression that you are the one from the alien world.
**Sebastian**: I'm Sebastian, a teacher from the fire flux department.
**Sebastian**: I was away for the past few years. It seems I've missed out on a lot of things.
**Stage Art Student**: Mr. Player, the backdrop I asked you about...
**Player**: It's mostly done. There's just one slightly complicated decoration, and Billy is working on it.
**Player**: He'll bring it over when it's done.
**Player**: Although he wants to know why there are flammable materials placed inside the decoration?
**Player**: Are you going to light it on stage?
**Stage Art Student**: Well, Mr. Sebastian will use fire Arcana for the dynamic background of the musical.
**Stage Art Student**: It's one of the highlights of our musical.
**Sebastian**: Well, let's get down to business.
**Stage Art Student**: Sure!
**Sebastian**: Last time we rehearsed Scene 1 of Act 2. Let's continue from there.
**Sebastian**: Let's start with 'If the sky is in front of me...'
**Sebastian**: Piano, F major, Adagio.
*As Sebastian conducts, the students begin their rehearsal.*
*Watching the students sing, Player drifts off in his own thoughts.*
**Player**: (The Arcana Academy's 'Arcana Gala' is around the corner. Everyone is getting busy.)
**Player**: (The celebration event is for all teachers and students at school. Every class and school society will participate in the celebration.)
**Player**: (They say the booths will extend from the college to the streets of Never Isle.)
**Player**: (Because it's a huge occasion, Principal Vundo asked me to help with the logistics.)
**Player**: (The project I support is the most anticipated program of the celebration, the musical 'The Birth of the Star'.)
**Player**: (I've never met the director, who's a teacher from the fire flux department, called Sebastian.)
**Player**: (Although he has a very high standard for his students and the students seem scared of him.)
**Player**: (Under his guidance, the students' performance is getting better and better.)
**Player**: (Maybe the students will really amaze everyone with this performance.)
*While Player is immersed in the students' rehearsal...*
*A quick knock on the door interrupts their chorus.*
*An Arcana Academy security guard enters*
**Security Guard**: Hey! Hey! Stop it!
*The music stops abruptly.*
**Sebastian**: What's wrong?
**Security Guard**: It's past curfew time! Go back to your dorm now!
**Player**: Curfew?!
**Player**: Since when does the Arcana Academy have a curfew?
**Security Guard**: The document is posted in front of the dorm. Everyone, leave now!
**Sebastian**: Without any reason?
**Security Guard**: Didn't I tell you the document is posted in front of the dormitory!
**Security Guard**: Recently, there's a rumor about a haunted house in the academy and many students explore it in groups at night.
**Security Guard**: Management has investigated this and confirmed it's not true. But the students still stay out all night long. What are we supposed to do?
**Security Guard**: For the students' own safety, we can't let them go out at night.
**Sebastian**: Not even when they are with a teacher?
**Security Guard**: Hey! Come on! Why are you so stubborn? I'm just trying to do my job!
**Player**: But we are going to perform in the 'Arcana Gala.' We need to speed up our preparations.
**Security Guard**: Everyone's involved in one project or another now. How am I supposed to work if everyone tells me the same thing?
**Player**: Pal, why don't you go and check the other rooms first? We've got quite a lot of things to pack.
**Player**: We'll leave as soon as we're done packing.
**Security Guard**: Hurry up. I'll come back and check later.
*The security guard leaves*
**Player**: A haunted house? What's going on? Does any of you know about that?
**Stage Art Student**: I heard from my roommate that there's a vengeful spirit in an abandoned office building.
**Stage Art Student**: Rumor says that there's a nonexistent class, Class 3-7, in the abandoned building.
**Stage Art Student**: And the haunted house was built by the students from Class 3-7.
**Stage Art Student**: But... there is no class 7 in the third grade in Arcana Academy!
**Student A**: If there is, the haunted house wouldn't be scary!
**Student A**: People in our dorm are going to sneak in tonight.
**Student B**: But no one can get into that abandoned building now.
**Student B**: Most people don't even know the address. How did you find it?
**Student C**: Humph, what's the point of the curfew? It's not like people can't sneak out.
**Student A**: I heard someone from the other class really went in. They said it was fun!
**Player**: Someone from the other classes? Which class? Who are they?
**Student A**: Well...
**Student D**: I know how to get into that haunted house.
*As soon as the students hear that, they immediately get into a heated discussion.*
*They start to exchange information about the haunted houses enthusiastically.*
**Player**: Quiet! Quiet!
*Player turns towards Sebastian*
**Player**: The students have classes during the day. We can only rehearse at night.
**Player**: Shall we let them go now and I'll talk to Principal Vundo tomorrow?
**Sebastian**: They are noisy. Let them leave for now. Let's talk later.
*Player addresses the students*
**Player**: All right! Guys, you can leave now!
**People**: Okay!
**Player**: Stay in your dorm! And don't go running around!
**People**: Yes...
*The students leave the auditorium*
**Player**: \*Sigh\* These kids, they say yes but they never behave behind your back.
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, what do you think?
**Sebastian**: Principal Vundo is not going to give us a green light.
**Sebastian**: Can't believe a mere rumor would cause such a mess.
*Sebastian takes a sigh.*
**Player**: So... Is it really just a rumor...
**Sebastian**: What?
**Player**: Didn't a student say he saw it with his own eyes?
**Sebastian**: What's so strange about that? I saw a talking dog on my way here.
*Player ponders and asks tentatively.*
**Player**: You mean the Cannye?
**Sebastian**: You're quite knowledgeable.
**Player**: But the haunted house story sounds so vivid. Maybe there is a real story behind it?
**Sebastian**: Looks like you are enjoying this rumor.
**Player**: We don't have a choice, do we? If we sneak out for rehearsal, we will still get caught by the tutor.
**Player**: Principal Vundo wouldn't have a solution either.
**Player**: Then why don't we go and solve the root of the problem ourselves?
**Sebastian**: But do you know the location of the abandoned teaching building?
**Sebastian**: Even if you ask Vundo, he wouldn't know how to get in.
**Sebastian**: 'The abandoned teaching building is very dangerous because it's dilapidated. It's been completely sealed off.'
**Sebastian**: 'There's no way to get in.'
**Player**: According to my experience, some naughty students would've found new ways to get in.
**Player**: Why don't we... ask Chang?
**Sebastian**: Chang?
*Sebastian smiles gently.*
**Sebastian**: I do miss that yellow puppy.
**Sebastian**: Why would a happy little loyal puppy who never complains about anyone know about this?
**Player**: So you know Chang, Mr. Sebastian!
**Sebastian**: I have a long history with the Arcana Academy.
**Sebastian**: I taught him for some time before.
**Player**: Which means...
**Sebastian**: If you want to hear stories about them, you'll have to pay for it.
**Player**: It's not like that. Mr. Sebastian, I just think you know the entrance to the abandoned teaching building.
**Sebastian**: ...
**Player**: But you don't seem interested, Mr. Sebastian. Let me think, who else would know the entrance to such a place?
**Player**: Yaen? Kitty? Those two rascals must want to visit the haunted house.
**Sebastian**: They will probably 'tear down' the haunted house.
*Sebastian emphasizes 'tear down.'*
**Player**: Well... the person in front of me would be the most suitable option.
**Player**: Would you like to check it out with me, Mr. Sebastian, for the sake of your musical?
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: You are very forward. I can hardly tell this is a moral abduction.
**Player**: I heard the haunted house is quite well made...
**Sebastian**: Don't get too excited. The event hasn't even started.
**Sebastian**: How are you going to sleep the night before?
*Scene - The back of the Arcana Academy*
**Player**: This is...?
**Sebastian**: The back wall of the academy.
**Sebastian**: There are some underground constructions in the abandoned teaching building. We can jump in from here.
**Player**: I didn't expect to find such a place in the Arcana Academy.
**Player**: Well well, now it starts to feel like a haunted house adventure!
**Sebastian**: Be careful. Yaen might have traps set up here.
**Player**: Yaen wouldn't even leave this place out?
**Sebastian**: This is the secret base for the naughty students.
**Sebastian**: People who know this place well wouldn't talk about it.
**Sebastian**: After all, no matter what you do here, the teachers can't intervene.
**Sebastian**: It's a paradise for Yaen, isn't it?
**Sebastian**: Whoever falls for Yaen's tricks here will have to suffer in silence.
**Sebastian**: It's a 'dog eat dog world.'
**Player**: That Yaen, she can be such a headache, Haha.
*Sebastian approaches the wall*
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Huh, how come the entrance is gone?
**Sebastian**: Have we fallen for Yaen's tricks?
**Player**: What's up?
**Sebastian**: The entrance is gone.
**Sebastian**: It seems to be blocked by some kind of illusion.
**Player**: What should we do? Can we still get in?
**Sebastian**: There should be a way. Let me think...
*Sebastian uses flux to feel the surroundings.*
**Sebastian**: The illusion should disappear when we say a certain password.
**Player**: So... What's the password?
**Sebastian**: Let me think...
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Try, 'I'm a gigantic idiot?'
**Player**: What?!
**Player**: Who would say such a silly password out loud?
**Sebastian**: Well... I guess we'll have to return empty-handed tonight.
**Player**: ...
*Choice 1.1 - Say it yourself*
**Player**: I... I'm a gigantic idiot!
*It's dead silent and nothing happens.*
**Player**: Mr. Seb... Sebastian?
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Pftt.
**Sebastian**: The entrance appeared. Let's go.
**Player**: Nothing has changed, has it? Mr. Sebastian?
**Sebastian**: Yes, there is. Just follow me.
**Player**: Is this the so-called 'dog eat dog world'? Mr. Sebastian?!
*Choice 1.2 - Make Sebastian say it*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian... Why don't you say it yourself...
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Do you know what I would do in such a situation?
**Player**: What would you do?
**Sebastian**: Well, there's only a thin wall between here and the abandoned area. Why don't I just blow it up?
*With that, Sebastian starts to charge up flux.*
**Player**: Wait a minute! Hold on! Mr. Sebastian!
*Boom!*
*With a huge noise, the wall in the corner collapses.*
*In the silence of the night, the dogs in the distance begin to bark non-stop.*
**Sebastian**: Let's go before the Never Isle defense force arrives.
*Scene continues after choices*
*Scene - Inside the abandoned building*
**Player**: Phew, we finally got in.
**Player**: Please don't mention what happened tonight to anyone, Mr. Sebastian.
**Sebastian**: I haven't been here for a long time. Can't believe there are still marks left behind from the fights in the classroom.
*There is a massive burn mark on the wall opposite Player.*
*Can't imagine what kind of 'fight' happened here.*
**Player**: Oh! I heard you were also a student of Arcana Academy.
**Player**: No wonder you're completely uninterested in this fictional Class 3-7.
*Player notices a ghost illusion and walks up to it*
**Player**: It seems that there is something with this haunted house after all. It's nicely done.
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: There used to be a class 7 in the 3rd grade.
**Player**: What?!
**Sebastian**: If you are curious, you can look it up in the school records.
**Sebastian**: But the Class 3-7 gimmick of the haunted house is probably based on that 'incident.'
*A sudden whirring sound breaks the silence*
*Player and Sebastian run to a nearby door*
**Player**: The door closed?!
**Sebastian**: Yeah, we've been locked inside.
**Player**: (This is like an escape room... isn't it?)
**Player**: Do we... have to solve some sort of puzzle to get out?
**Sebastian**: Just blow up the door.
*As soon as he finishes his sentence, you hear water dripping in the corner.*
**Player**: Oh? Something over there caught my attention.
*Under the dim light, hazy red liquid gathers into words in a line.*
**Player**: 'Who took my pomegranate.'
**Player**: If you break down the door with force, that would spoil the fun, right?
**Sebastian**: So... Are you going to follow this clue and find the pomegranate?
**Player**: Isn't this a puzzle from the haunted house? We can get out as soon as we solve the puzzle!
**Sebastian**: You really are enthusiastic... You are like a fairy, leading the way to the treasure.
**Sebastian**: So please, take me to the truth, my Rainbow Fairy.
*A strangely moving man passes by in a nearby doorway*
*Someone seems to have walked past the door.*
**Player**: Who is it?!
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, someone was there, wasn't it?
**Sebastian**: Uh-huh.
**Player**: Let's go and have a look!
*Player and Sebastian check the doorway and see mannequins of an Arcana Academy student and teacher*
*Two dummies are moving in the dark corridor.*
*It looks like the big dummy is holding the hand of the little dummy and the two of them are walking forward together.*
*They chat and laugh as if they are on the way to school.*
**Player**: Then they stop.
**Little Dummy**: Teacher... I've finished the book you lent me.
**Big Dummy**: How do you find it?
**Player**: So they are teachers and students...
**Player**: I thought they are father and son.
**Sebastian**: Father and son...
**Player**: But what is the big dummy wearing?
**Player**: It's a bit like the teacher's uniform now, but different.
**Sebastian**: It's the teacher's uniform in the past.
**Sebastian**: It's hard to find one nowadays.
**Little Dummy**: I felt sad after reading it. I don't think the story should end this way.
**Little Dummy**: I want to avenge Robin.
**Big Dummy**: Oh, hehe, do you?
*The big dummy caresses the little dummy's head.*
**Big Dummy**: If that's what you think, it means you and Robin had some good memories.
*The two mannequins continue further down the hall*
**Player**: A book dropped from the child.
**Player**: 'Song of Red.' It's an illustrated book from the library.
**Player**: The last person who borrowed it was...
**Player**: a teacher, Mr. Kip.
**Player**: So Kip must be the name of the big dummy.
**Player**: Is he the main character tonight...
**Player**: The dummies are moving to the next area. Hurry, let's catch up!
*Scene - Arcana Academy lounge*
*The student mannequin stands behind a chair amongst the many strewn about the room*
*The teacher mannequin, Kip, is laying face-down on the floor*
*In a big room deep in the haunted house, Kip is lying in a pool of blood.*
**Player**: What happened?!
*The little dummy who was traveling with Kip curls up in the corner and shivers.*
*Player finds this scene familiar.*
**Player**: It looks like the cover of the 'Song of Red' book.
**Player**: Kip's chest is soaked in blood and his posture looks like that of Robin, the character in the book, on the cover.
**Player**: Not only Kip, but the direction of the chair is also consistent with the leaves on the cover.
**Player**: (Robin... The little boy mentioned that he wanted to avenge Robin?)
**Sebastian**: Kip's posture is a bit strange.
*Sebastian's words draw Player's attention to Kip's hand.*
**Player**: Kip is holding something in his hand.
*Player walks over and picks up the object from Kip's hand.*
**Player**: A diary?
*Player opens the diary and starts reading.*
**Player**: March 23rd, insomnia.
**Player**: My work has been stolen.
**Player**: I sealed it carefully and mailed it to Master Seren.
**Player**: But in return, all I got was a thesis full of nonsense from an unknown author and Master Seren's cold reply.
**Player**: I couldn't find it anywhere. My research findings have disappeared from this world.
**Player**: Where's my thesis? Where did it go?
**Player**: Decades of time and effort, the burning flame.
**Player**: The pomegranate is like my successor.
*After reading the diary, Player puts it back.*
**Player**: (Before Kip died, the research findings of his life's work got stolen.)
**Player**: (It seems that we not only have to find out who stole Kip's pomegranate but also the cause of Kip's death...)
**Player**: (Was it a suicide or a homicide? If it's a homicide, who was the murderer?)
**Player**: (Maybe... the murderer was the one who stole Kip's pomegranate.)
**Sebastian**: So? Have you decided what to do?
**Player**: Let's examine Kip's body first. We may find some clues.
*Player starts to examine Kip's body.*
**Player**: His head is not injured. He looks horrified.
**Player**: There are no other obvious wounds except for the one on his chest. Nothing too suspicious.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: This...
*Next to Kip, a pocket watch has fallen out.*
*The pocket watch is in good shape but unfortunately, it has blood stains on it.*
*Player picks up the pocket watch and opens it.*
*The watch has no hands but there's a photo on the cover.*
*It is a photo of Kip and another guy.*
*The edge of the photo is soaked in blood.*
**Player**: Is this man ... Kip's student?
**Sebastian**: Show me.
*Player passes the watch to Sebastian.*
**Sebastian**: It must be Kip's student. He is wearing the uniform of the academy.
**Sebastian**: Oh?
*Sebastian seems to have noticed something. He puts the watch next to his ear.*
**Sebastian**: Even without the hands, the insides of the watch seem to be working.
**Player**: Is this a clue for solving the puzzle? Then next we should find the hour hand and the minute hand.
**Player**: Maybe something new will come up when we assemble the pocket watch.
'*Player puts away the incomplete pocket watch and continues with his investigation.*
**Player**: Something is scattered near his pants pocket.
*Player picks up a piece of the scattered object near Kip's pants pocket.*
**Player**: (Are these... almonds?)
**Player**: (No, it can't be almond. They look like the seeds of some kind of plant.)
**Player**: (It's hard to tell right now. Anyway, let's take them with us first.)
**Player**: I don't have any more questions about Kip. But the things we picked up are incomplete.
**Player**: I guess we'll have to keep investigating.
*Choice 2.1 - (Check the marks on the chair.)*
*Go to Part 2*
*Choice 2.2 - (Look for information on the little dummy.)*
*Go to Part 3*

**-Part 2**

**Player**: The chairs are placed messily. Although it's to imitate the cover, I have a feeling that there's something about it.
**Player**: I better check them. Maybe I'll find something hidden inside.
*Player examines one of the chairs*
**Player**: Let me see...
*Player finds nothing.*
*Player checks another chair*
**Player**: There's nothing... on the back either...
*Player investigates a third chair*
**Player**: What about under the cushion...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Hey!
*Player seems to have found something under the cushion.*
**Player**: (Something seems to have pricked my hand.)
*Player feels around and takes out something carefully.*
**Player**: Watch hands?!
**Player**: We can assemble the pocket watch now!
*Player takes out the incomplete pocket watch and gently assembles the hands.*
*As the hands begin to move steadily, some kind of mechanism in the room seems to be moving as well.*
*The ground suddenly opens underneath Player and he falls in.*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian!
*Scene - Another part of the abandoned building*
**Sebastian**: Rainbow Fairy, you've really brought me to a magical place.
**Player**: Where are we?
**Player**: The hall of the Arcana Academy?
**Player**: How did we get back here?
*The little dummy walks up to Player*
**Boy**: Mr. Kip, are you going to the lab now?
**Player**: (Kip? Is he talking to me?)
**Player**: (This little boy looks like the little dummy just now!)
**Player**: (Why is he moving so freely now, and he's even calling me Kip?)
**Player**: (Is this about what happened to Kip before?)
**Boy**: Mr. Kip, your research is almost done, isn't it?
**Boy**: Can I hang out with you today?
**Boy**: I have finished the project you gave me earlier.
**Boy**: But let's talk in the lab.
**Boy**: Let's go.
*The little dummy walks away*
**Player**: Is it leading me to the lab?
*Player and Sebastian follow the little dummy*
*Scene - Another part of the abandoned building*
*The little dummy leads the two to a corridor filled with crates*
**Player**: There is so much junk in this corridor...
*Player checks one of the crates*
**Player**: This is...
**Player**: A roster of Class 3-7?!
**Player**: Class 3-7?
*Player opens the roster. The name of the head teacher is 'Kip.'*
**Player**: Kip is the head teacher of Class 3-7?!
**Player**: What happened to the students in Class 3-7 when Kip died?
**Sebastian**: When Kip died, class 7 got disbanded. There are only 6 classes in the 3rd grade now.
**Player**: So that's why Class 3-7 disappeared...
**Player**: ... Hold on! You mean, a teacher named Kip really did die in the Arcana Academy?
**Sebastian**: Did you just realize this?
**Player**: Sorry... I thought it was just a fictional ghost story for a haunted house.
**Sebastian**: Ture. Those who don't know about it might really see it as merely a ghost story.
**Sebastian**: A non-existent haunted house run by a non-existent class.
**Sebastian**: Something like that.
**Player**: Well...
*Player checks another crate*
**Player**: (Is this ... A fire flux textbook? There are fingerprints left on the pages.)
*Player flips the book carefully.*
**Player**: (And there are a lot of notes inside. The book seems to be twice as thick as it should be.)
**Sebastian**: This is a teacher's textbook.
**Player**: Kip must've been very serious about his work. He had made a lot of notes.
*Sebastian looks around*
**Sebastian**: This looks like Kip's living room and office.
**Sebastian**: He's frugal and diligent.
**Sebastian**: The beaker is charred but he wouldn't get a new one.
**Sebastian**: The lab records are stacked halfway up the wall.
**Sebastian**: The experiments never succeeded after hundreds of attempts.
**Player**: There are two different sets of handwriting in the lab records.
*Player reads the lab record carefully.*
**Player**: The two of them seem to be communicating. They would remind each other of the difficulties and things that required special attention during the experiments.
**Player**: These lab records are all communications between these two people.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: But who was Kip's collaborator? Did his collaborator steal his research?
**A Child's Voice**: Ahhh...
*A little boy's exclamation is audible from afar.*
**Player**: What's going on there?!
*Player and Sebastian run towards the noise and see the little dummy being attacked by a ghost*
**Boy**: I won't let you take it!
**Player**: The little boy was attacked by a ghost. We must help him!
*Player and Sebastian fend off the ghost*
**Player**: Are you okay?
**Boy**: I'm fine... Mr. Kip...
**Boy**: Fortunately... our findings have not been taken...
**Boy**: Are you okay, Mr. Kip?
*The little boy stuffs a pomegranate into Player's hand.*
**Player**: You mean, these are the research findings?
**Boy**: Mr. Kip, we've studied this together for such a long time... I won't let anyone take it away.
**Player**: You were the one doing research with Kip?!
**Player**: Then, who killed Kip?!
*The dummy stops moving and falls silent.*
*Player gets the pomegranate.*
**Player**: What's the relationship... between Kip and the little boy?
**Sebastian**: Like you said, they are teacher and student, or even father and son.
**Player**: So... Did the little boy create this haunted house?
**Sebastian**: I don't know...
**Player**: Then who killed Kip?
**Sebastian**: See that? It's the ghost.
*Sebastian points to the ghost in the distance.*
*He says sarcastically, with an expressionless face.*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: This haunted house... feels like some sort of forecast...
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, what was the conclusion about Kip's death back then?
**Sebastian**: I think it was deemed a suicide back then.
**Player**: But based on the haunted house, it's obviously not.
**Player**: Everything is relatively clear in this story, except for the identity of Kip's murderer, which is concealed.
**Player**: Can it be... that the little boy took his revenge...
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Take the pomegranate, let's get out of here.
**Sebastian**: When we get out, let's report this to Vundo. Then the curfew can be lifted.
**Player**: \*Sigh\* I guess we have no other choice.
*After Player's escape, a fire broke out in the abandoned teaching building.*
*The blaze can be seen from all over the Academy.*
*And naturally, no one ever goes to the haunted house for adventures again.*
*The musical rehearsal gets to resume.*
*But the rumor is even more widespread when the haunted house is gone.*
*Underneath the academy's festive atmosphere, something seems to be brewing.*
*Continue to Intimacy Level 4*

**-Part 3**

**Player**: I wonder if I can find anything on the little dummy.
*Player inspects the little dummy carefully.*
**Player**: The little dummy has a garden shovel on him. Was he doing something with plants?
**Sebastian**: Are the seeds you collected pomegranate seeds?
**Player**: Pomegranate seeds? Can I try and plant these pomegranate seeds?
**Sebastian**: Let me see. It will take you about three to ten years to grow a pomegranate.
**Player**: Let's try. The little dummy might react when the scene is restored.
**Player**: Let's see if there's anything here for planting seeds.
*Player looks around and finds something that looks like a flower pot.*
**Player**: The flower pot is lying at the feet of the little dummy. Looks like he...
**Player**: He witnessed the tragedy when he was asking Kip for the seeds with this pot in his hands...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Let's try and plant these seeds and see what happens.
*Player plants Kip's seeds in the flower pot.*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Nothing happened...
**Sebastian**: Maybe the haunted house designer did not expect this solution.
*The noise of machines operating sounds from outside the room.*
*The ground suddenly opens underneath Player and he falls in.*
*Player blacks out*
**Player**: It's... the sound of a Piano...
**Player**: Like... a glass piano room filled with afternoon sunshine...
**Player**: The dust in the air floats silently...
**Player**: ...
**???**: Hey, you.
**???**: Hey, you can't sleep in the classroom even if you've had a fight with your family...
**Player**: !!!
*Scene - Another part of the abandoned building*
*Player opens his eyes and sees Sebastian and the Kip dummy standing above him*
**Player**: (I... fainted, after falling from above...)
**Kip**: School has ended a long time ago. Go home now.
**Player**: Mr. Kip?!
**Player**: Oh... It's the dummy.
**Kip**: I'm going to the lab today. I can't stay with you for long.
**Player**: He's talking to himself, at me...
**Player**: Does he... think I am the little boy?
**Kip**: Have you finished the book I lent you before?
**Kip**: Haha, you are too young to go to the lab with your elder classmates from class 7.
**Player**: What? Class 7?
**Sebastian**: Yeah. Kip used to be the head teacher of Class 3-7.
**Sebastian**: After Kip died, the Arcana Academy couldn't hire a new teacher to replace him.
**Sebastian**: So the students from class 7 were integrated into the other 6 classes.
**Sebastian**: After that, there is no class 7 anymore.
**Player**: Ah, so...
**Player**: There really was a teacher called Kip who died in the Arcana Academy?
**Sebastian**: Did you just realize this?!
**Player**: Oh, well, the details are exactly like the academy's rumor...
**Player**: Sorry, I thought it was just a fictional ghost story for a haunted house.
**Sebastian**: True. Those who don't know about it might really see it as merely a ghost story.
**Sebastian**: A non-existent haunted house run by a non-existent class.
**Sebastian**: Something like that.
**Player**: Well...
**Kip**: It's getting late. I should go.
**Kip**: You should go home too.
*The big dummy walks away*
**Player**: He... He left.
**Sebastian**: Come on, we still need to find the pomegranate.
*Player and Sebastian continue their search*
*Scene - The front of a large door inside the abandoned building*
*Lots of crates are strewn about*
**Player**: Why are we... here again?
**Player**: It seems that these rooms are interconnected.
*Player starts to inspect his surroundings.*
**Player**: Is this ... a fire flux textbook? There are fingerprints left on the pages.
**Player**: And there are a lot of notes inside. The book seems to be twice as thick as it should be.
*Sebastian inspects one of the crates*
**Sebastian**: This is a teacher's textbook.
**Player**: Kip must have been very serious about his work. He'd made a lot of notes.
*Sebastian looks around*
**Sebastian**: This looks like Kip's living room and office.
**Sebastian**: He's frugal and diligent.
**Sebastian**: The beaker is already charred but he wouldn't get a new one.
**Sebastian**: The lab records are stacked halfway up the wall.
**Sebastian**: The experiments never succeeded after hundreds of attempts.
**Player**: There are two different handwritings on these lab records.
*Player reads the lab record carefully.*
**Player**: The two of them seem to be communicating. They would remind each other of the difficulties and things that require special attention during the experiments.
**Player**: The lab records are all communications between these two people.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: But who was Kip's collaborator? Did his collaborator steal his research?
*The Kip dummy starts talking to a small ghost illusion*
**Kip**: W... who are you?!
**Kip**: What are you doing? I'm not giving this to you!
**Ghost**: (#ï¿¥%@......\*ï¿¥#)
**Player**: Is this what happened before Kip was killed?
**Player**: Save Kip and maybe we can get out!
*Player and Sebastian fend off the ghost*
**Kip**: Fortunately, I managed to hold on to it. This is our life's work!
**Player**: Their... life's work?
**Player**: Does it mean... Kip's collaborator was the little boy?!
**Player**: Then, who killed Kip?!
*The dummy stops moving and falls silent.*
*Player gets the pomegranate.*
**Player**: What's the relationship... between Kip and the little boy?
**Sebastian**: Like you said, they are teacher and student, or even father and son.
**Player**: So... Did the little boy create this haunted house?
**Sebastian**: I don't know...
**Player**: Then who killed Kip?
**Sebastian**: See that? It's the ghost.
*Sebastian points to the ghost in the distance.*
*He says sarcastically, with an expressionless face.*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: This haunted house... feels like some sort of forecast...
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, what was the conclusion about Kip's death back then?
**Sebastian**: I think it was deemed a suicide back then.
**Player**: But based on the haunted house, it's obviously not.
**Player**: Everything is relatively clear in this story, except for the identity of Kip's murderer, which is concealed.
**Player**: Can it be... that the little boy took his revenge...
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Take the pomegranate and let's get out of here.
**Sebastian**: When we get out, let's report this to Vundo. Then the curfew can be lifted.
**Player**: \*Sigh\* I guess we have no other choice.
*Player and Sebastian leave the abandoned classroom*
*After Player's escape, a fire broke out in the abandoned teaching building.*
*The blaze can be seen from all over the Academy.*
*And naturally, no one ever goes to the haunted house for adventures again.*
*The musical rehearsal gets to resume.*
*But the rumor is even more widespread when the haunted house is gone.*
*Underneath the academy's festive atmosphere, something seems to be brewing.*
*Continue to Intimacy Level 4*

**A Musical of Revenge**

Sebastian's past resurfaces as the academy gets ready for a celebration.

**-Part 1**

*Scene - Never Isle*
*It's the first day of the celebrations.*
*Even the streets outside the Arcana Academy are full of excitement.*
**Player**: Billy, this way.
**Billy**: Captain!
**Billy**: There are so many people here. It feels like everyone in Never Isle is celebrating.
**Player**: The stalls inside the Arcana Academy are already full but passions are still running high.
**Player**: So Principal Vundo decided to discuss with Captain Mira...
**Player**: About opening another street for the students to set up stalls.
**Students**: Wow!
*The students' excited screams can be heard coming from the pier.*
**Player**: What happened?
**Billy**: Someone arrived. Let's go and take a look!
*Player and Billy head to the pier*
**Student A**: Mr. Keyshawn!
**Student B**: Can I have your signature, please! Please sign on my shirt!
**Student C**: This... This is my gift for you...
**Player**: Oh? Is he some sort of celebrity?
**Billy**: No idea. There are too many people surrounding him. Let me take a closer look.
*A student behind Player starts to push him aside*
**Student D**: Excuse me!
**Player**: Hey, stop pushing me!
**Player**: Who on earth is that guy in the front? Why is he so popular?
**Student D**: He's Mr. Keyshawn!
**Player**: Mr. Keyshawn? From the Arcana Academy?
**Student D**: You don't even know Keyshawn? Tut.
**Student D**: Can you move a bit? I've been waiting for this day for a long time!
**Student D**: I don't understand why people who don't even know who Keyshawn is are standing here!
**Player**: The kids these days...
**Billy**: Keyshawn... Let me think...
**Billy**: Is it the adventurer?
**Billy**: I think I've seen his book in the bookstore before. His adventure novel was the best-seller of the month.
**Student D**: His adventure novels came from his own experiences!
**Student D**: Not only that, Mr. Keyshawn is also from the Arcana Academy!
**Student D**: I'm so fortunate that I can go to the same school with such a big star.
*Player steps aside*
**Student D**: Mr. Keyshawn!!! Mr. Keyshawn!!!!
*The man called Keyshawn is surrounded by the students.*
*He smiles back at the students constantly.*
**Player**: This is crazy.
**Mysterious Voice**: Mr. Keyshawn.
*A familiar voice drowns out the fanatical screams.*
*A figure comes out from around the corner.*
**Keyshawn**: Seb, it's you.
**Sebastian**: Long time no see, Mr. Keyshawn. How are you?
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian?!
**Keyshawn**: In my recent divination, the silver needle pointed to the northwest, meaning it's a good time to visit islands.
**Keyshawn**: And here you are, the important man.
**Student A**: (Do Mr. Sebastian and Mr. Keyshawn know each other?)
**Student B**: (Wow, no way, that cold-faced demon teacher?)
**Student D**: (Although Mr. Sebastian is very handsome, Mr. Keyshawn is still better.)
**Sebastian**: Mr. Keyshawn, what brings you back to the Arcana Academy?
**Keyshawn**: I've received an invitation to the 'Arcana Gala'. The school has invited some outstanding graduates to come back.
**Keyshawn**: And I also want to come back to see the kids.
*Hearing that, the students burst into excited screams.*
**Sebastian**: Oh? Mr. Keyshawn, do you know the musical 'The Birth of the Star' will be performed in the 'Arcana Talent'?
**Keyshawn**: I saw it on the leaflet.
**Keyshawn**: I think you're directing that, aren't you?
**Sebastian**: Mr. Keyshawn, there is a very important role which is still vacant. I wonder if you would be interested in playing that role?
**Student A**: Really?
**Student B**: Are we going to see Mr. Keyshawn in a musical?!
**Student D**: School celebration is the best!
**Keyshawn**: Well...
**Student C**: Mr. Keyshawn, please say yes...
**Student A**: We would all die to see that!
**Student D**: Can I take a picture with Mr. Keyshawn in costume?
**Student B**: Mr. Keyshawn hasn't agreed yet!
**Sebastian**: Quiet.
*Under Sebastian's order, everybody goes quiet.*
**Sebastian**: Don't mind the kids, Mr. Keyshawn.
**Sebastian**: If you need time to think about it, I'll wait for you.
**Keyshawn**: ...
**Keyshawn**: Seb.
**Sebastian**: Yes?
**Keyshawn**: Well... Since it's what the kids want...
**Keyshawn**: I would hate to disappoint them.
**Keyshawn**: I'll do it.
**Students**: Yayyyy!!!
*The crowd of students erupts in jubilation.*
*Among the students' screams, Sebastian and Keyshawn exchange a few words in a whisper.*
*Then, Sebastian leaves.*
*In the next few days.*
*The news of Keyshawn playing in 'The Birth of the Star' spreads all over the Academy.*
*All the students are talking about this excitedly.*
*Even during the rehearsals, people gather outside the rehearsal room.*
*The students would only leave after receiving a fierce stare from Sebastian.*
*Affected by this big news, the haunted house rumor has also changed subtly.*
*Perhaps to help propagate the rumor, Keyshawn has been added to the story.*
*Scene - Outside the Arcana Academy*
*Player stands in front of three large crates*
**Player**: Backdrops, check; costumes, check; props, check...
*A student comes to check on Player*
**Stage Art Student**: Sir! I'm coming.
**Player**: Well, I've checked all of these. You can take them to the auditorium later.
**Stage Art Student**: OK.
*The student gives you a response, but he doesn't leave.*
**Stage Art Student**: Mr. Player...
**Stage Art Student**: Do you think our musical... can still go on?
**Player**: Why do you say that?
**Player**: So far I haven't received any notice that it won't.
**Stage Art Student**: Well... I don't know where to begin...
**Stage Art Student**: You know Mr. Keyshawn, don't you?
**Player**: Yeah. Isn't he a super star in your school? Everyone loves him.
**Stage Art Student**: Earlier Mr. Sebastian invited Mr. Keyshawn to play in our musical.
**Stage Art Student**: Everyone was super excited about it at first... But then...
**Player**: What happened?
**Stage Art Student**: Do you remember the haunted house incident?
**Stage Art Student**: The haunted house story is about Mr. Kip, a teacher from the academy, who got killed and his research findings were stolen.
**Stage Art Student**: Now there's a rumor saying that it was Mr. Keyshawn who took Mr. Kip's research findings...
**Player**: Why?
**Stage Art Student**: I heard it from someone else...
**Stage Art Student**: I heard that... the person who killed Kip... was Mr. Keyshawn!
**Player**: What?
**Stage Art Student**: The rumor of the haunted house has been a very hot topic recently.
**Stage Art Student**: Now this version came up so everyone's talking about it.
**Player**: Is there any proof?
**Stage Art Student**: No... Things are put together by coincidence...
**Stage Art Student**: Everyone has been looking for the creator of the haunted house.
**Stage Art Student**: And then the haunted house got burnt down for no reason.
**Stage Art Student**: They say... because Mr. Keyshawn is coming back.
**Stage Art Student**: That's why Mr. Kip's spirit came out to tell everyone about his grievances...
**Player**: That sounds ridiculous...
**Player**: Although ghost stories are a big part of growing up... this is really...
**Stage Art Student**: Now there are multiple versions.
**Stage Art Student**: Some people say that Mr. Sebastian came back because he was possessed by Mr. Kip.
**Stage Art Student**: Some say that they can hear the sound of Kip sobbing in the background music of the musical.
**Stage Art Student**: In short... All these rumors revolve around the musical.
**Stage Art Student**: So... we are all worried if the musical can go on smoothly...
**Stage Art Student**: But no one dares to ask Mr. Sebastian...
**Stage Art Student**: So... That's why I'm asking you.
**Player**: The musical will go on as scheduled. Don't worry too much.
**Stage Art Student**: That's great! Thank you!
*The student leaves*
*Scene - Arcana Academy auditorium*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian.
**Sebastian**: What's wrong? Did you catch a cold? Can't you speak up?
**Sebastian**: Why are you whispering?
**Player**: There are too many onlookers now.
**Player**: I've been trying to stay discrete during rehearsal.
**Sebastian**: Oh them? They won't dare come after I stare at them.
**Sebastian**: And their star, 'Mr. Keyshawn,' is not here.
**Sebastian**: They'll stop coming after a while.
**Player**: Oh.
**Player**: What are you doing in the rehearsal room, Mr. Sebastian?
**Sebastian**: Thinking about the plot.
**Sebastian**: Perfect timing. Come on, let me ask you.
**Sebastian**: How do you feel about the rehearsed plot in the past few days?
**Player**: These few days?!
**Sebastian**: Oh, weren't you here in the past few days?
**Player**: ......
**Player**: I think I was... dealing with something else.
**Sebastian**: Then let me tell you.
**Sebastian**: The protagonist of 'The Birth of the Star' is a grain of sand, it works hard so that it can become a star in the sky one day.
**Sebastian**: It goes to gather light, it climbs the highest mountain and lets the wind take it to the sky so that it can become a star.
**Sebastian**: Along the way, it collects light from candles, bonfires, mountain fires, and lava. And finally, it makes it to the top of the mountain.
**Sebastian**: The grain of sand asks the wind to carry it to the sky, but the wind takes away its light.
**Sebastian**: So the grain of sand jumps off the mountain top and becomes a shooting star, which only shines for a brief moment before it perishes.
**Sebastian**: This is the story of 'The Birth of the Star.'
**Player**: I heard that you will use fire flux to form the backdrop of the musical?
**Sebastian**: Yes. Especially when the grain of sand is collecting all kinds of light and finally turns into a shooting star, the backdrop will get very complicated.
**Sebastian**: People may not have seen a musical like this. I'm wondering whether I should extend the background to the audience.
**Player**: Wow, that's quite an immersive experience.
**Player**: People might get hurt, right?
**Sebastian**: Not only that, but the auditorium will also turn into a steamer. So I gave up on it.
**Player**: So why did you tell me the plot of 'The Birth of the Star'?
**Sebastian**: Well, I'm thinking about the plot.
**Sebastian**: Do you have any suggestions?
*Choice 1.1 - No, I think it's good.*
**Player**: No, I think it's good.
**Player**: The grain of sand sacrifices itself in the end, right?
**Player**: I like the epicness of dedicating oneself to its dream.
**Player**: The kids these days might like a tragic protagonist like this.
**Sebastian**: Really...
**Player**: So, what happens to the wind in the end?
**Sebastian**: The wind? It... combines with the power of fire and becomes a glamorous wind fairy that is deeply loved by the world.
**Player**: I wasn't expecting... an ending like this.
**Sebastian**: I never thought about the ending of the wind before.
**Sebastian**: But now according to the development of the story, this should be the ending.
**Player**: This is too realistic. I think you better repackage it.
**Sebastian**: Realistic... Hehe.
**Sebastian**: It really is realistic.
*Choice 1.2 - I hope the sand can take back its light.*
**Player**: I hope the grain of sand can get the light back.
**Player**: In fact, I don't like stories about self-sacrificing.
**Player**: If you put me in the grain of sand's shoes, I would fight against the wind.
**Player**: Hold on to its light and continue to shine.
**Player**: Then fulfill its own growth and finally become a star.
**Player**: It also matches with the theme of 'The Birth of the Star,' right?
**Sebastian**: Let the grain of sand retake the light...
**Sebastian**: In fact, I do hope the grain of sand can do that.
**Player**: Then why don't you write it in the plot?
**Sebastian**: Because... It has been done before?
**Player**: What?
**Sebastian**: Tell me... What if the grain of sand is not as strong as the wind.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Well... Then maybe sacrificing itself would be its most romantic ending.
*Choice 1.3 - I hope the wind will suffer its own consequences.*
**Player**: I hope the wind will suffer its own consequence in the end.
**Sebastian**: Suffer its own consequence?
**Player**: The wind takes away the light from the grain of sand, right? So it kills the sand.
**Player**: I hope the wind will get devoured by its own greed.
**Player**: Perhaps, it dissipates because it can't withstand the fire.
**Sebastian**: Why?
**Player**: Because... It takes away the fruit of the sand's labor which indirectly leads to the sand's death.
**Sebastian**: It seems... That's what everyone will think.
**Sebastian**: What if the wind is a popular figure?
**Sebastian**: It may appear splendid and bright, but it's in fact a murderer.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: I think, as a script, we can simplify the issue...
**Player**: Maybe it's better not to make it too complicated...
**Sebastian**: Well, yeah, it's just a script.
*Conversation continues after choices*
*After listening to Player, Sebastian goes quiet for a moment.*
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: I think I have a rough idea.
*Sebastian pats Player on the shoulder.*
**Player**: But... Mr. Sebastian, your story... does not refer to anything in particular, does it?
**Player**: I think some of the assumptions you raised can only exist in reality.
**Sebastian**: Oh, those are just some random thoughts.
**Sebastian**: I just wanted to see how you'll react.
**Sebastian**: Well, after all, you are part of the audience.
**Player**: Well... okay.
**Player**: As long as it'll help perfect the musical.
**Player**: Oh, by the way, Mr. Sebastian... Did you notice the recent rumors?
**Sebastian**: What is it this time? Another haunted house in the school?
**Player**: Well, no...
*Player briefly repeats the rumor circulating among the students.*
**Sebastian**: Seriously, the students need more homework.
**Player**: What do you think of this rumor, Mr. Sebastian?
**Sebastian**: Well...
*Sebastian thinks about it for a moment.*
**Sebastian**: Just let it brew.
**Sebastian**: It seems that Keyshawn is not aware of this. He's having a secret rehearsal with me later.
**Sebastian**: Students at that age love this kind of stuff.
**Sebastian**: What can we do? It's pointless to clarify or stop them.
**Sebastian**: Just let it be. If he really is hiding something, we'll have a laugh.
**Player**: What...
**Player**: But... People will laugh at our musical too...
**Sebastian**: Think about it this way, there may be more people coming to see our musical because of the rumor.
**Sebastian**: Don't take it too seriously.
*Sebastian leaves*
*Scene - Streets of Never Isle*
**Player**: What is Mr. Sebastian thinking?
**Player**: I thought, as someone with high expectations for his musical, he would never allow his work to be stained by a rumor.
*Chang runs into Player*
**Chang**: Player, it's you!
**Chang**: I didn't know you're participating in the 'Arcana Gala' celebration event.
**Player**: I didn't come here to participate. Principal Vundo asked me to help with the logistics.
**Chang**: Wow, then your hard work contributes to the success of this event.
**Player**: It's nothing... Are you here for the celebration as well?
**Chang**: Well, I come back every year since I graduated.
**Chang**: Although, after this year, I won't know any of the students anymore.
**Chang**: Everyone I know has graduated... I still think of everyone as newly enrolled.
**Chang**: But the celebration this year is really grand. There are even stalls outside of the Academy.
**Chang**: I heard there will be a musical this time.
**Chang**: I'm looking forward to it.
**Player**: Haha, and this musical is directed by Mr. Sebastian.
**Player**: You know Mr. Sebastian, don't you?
**Chang**: ...
**Chang**: What?! Mr. Sebastian?!
*Chang takes a step backward upon hearing Sebastian's name.*
**Chang**: W... Why is Mr. Sebastian...
**Chang**: Has he returned to the school?
**Player**: You look like you are afraid of him.
**Chang**: Mr. Sebastian is terrifying. You... might not have seen it.
**Player**: I can tell everyone is a little afraid of Mr. Sebastian.
**Chang**: Yeah. The guy gives off a sense of oppression...
**Chang**: If I look him in the eye, my tail curls up.
**Chang**: And... he really makes me feel the horror of fire flux.
**Chang**: I really can't do it, what Mr. Sebastian does.
**Chang**: Burn wounds can be terrifying... I don't want people to suffer pain like that.
**Chang**: I get very busy every time I attend Mr. Sebastian's class, helping treat everyone's wounds.
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian doesn't practice with his students, does he?
**Chang**: No, he doesn't...
**Chang**: Sebastian likes field practice. Every time he comes back to school, he'd take his students out for field practice.
**Chang**: They come across all kinds of accidents in the wild. Naturally, students get hurt sometimes.
**Chang**: I always got very busy after his field practices.
**Chang**: But, Mr. Sebastian is very responsible, even though he likes to do things in unconventional ways.
**Chang**: He'd never put his students in danger. Whenever they come across any difficulties, he always manages to turn the situation around himself.
**Chang**: \*Sigh\* That's the only thing he has in common with Mr. Kip.
**Player**: Mr. Kip?!
**Chang**: Oh, sorry, you may not know Mr. Kip.
**Chang**: Mr. Kip was very gentle. It seemed like he and Mr. Sebastian were very good friends, more than just teacher and student.
**Chang**: Mr. Kip spent a lot of time in the lab with Mr. Sebastian.
**Chang**: Mr. Sebastian was only a student back then. Well, I guess that's what genius is.
**Player**: Kip... and Sebastian... Studied together?
**Chang**: After Mr. Kip committed suicide, Mr. Sebastian left the Academy...
**Chang**: I wonder if he feels better now...
**Chang**: Mr. Kip was really a kind and gentle man. Even the naughty students could feel his kindness.
**Chang**: That's the right way to use fire flux.
**Player**: (The right way?)
**Chang**: Mr. Sebastian seemed less fierce when he was with him.
**Player**: (This story coincides with the story in the haunted house!)
**Player**: (Is Sebastian the little boy?)
**Player**: Did they write a research paper together?
**Chang**: That I don't know...
**Chang**: I used to hide whenever I saw Mr. Sebastian. I didn't get to know him that well.
**Chang**: Oh? So, you also know Mr. Kip, don't you?
**Player**: Mr. Kip... I know what happened to him before he died...
**Chang**: Wow, Player, I feel like there's nothing you don't know!
**Player**: (The musical plot, the haunted house story, and what Chang just told me. These three things seem to share something in common.)
**Player**: (There have been so many coincidences that it can't be as simple as a 'coincidence.')
**Player**: (But if Mr. Sebastian is unwilling to tell the truth, there's not much I can do.)
**Player**: (But judging from the fact that Mr. Sebastian invited Mr. Keyshawn to play in the musical...)
**Player**: (Maybe Mr. Sebastian is trying to achieve something with the musical!)
**Player**: (No, I have to stop him!)
*Two students pass by Player and Chang, discussing the festival*
**Passer-by A**: What? How come the program list has changed all of a sudden?
**Passer-by A**: I have been lining up here since this morning just to see the musical!
**Passer-by B**: What are they performing now?
**Passer-by A**: Poetry recital. Who wants to see a poetry recital!
**Passer-by B**: Sigh. Let's go.
*The students continue on*
**Player**: (The program has been changed?!)
**Player**: (What are Mr. Sebastian and Mr. Keyshawn doing right now?)
**Player**: (Did something happen already?!)
**Player**: Sorry, Chang, can you do me a favor?
**Player**: Can you... help me find Mr. Sebastian?
**Chang**: What?!
**Chang**: \*Crying\* Player, is it really that urgent?
**Player**: Yeah.
**Chang**: Fine... But I'll leave as soon as I find him for you.
**Player**: Sorry. Thank you!
*Scene - Arcana Academy auditorium*
*Meanwhile, in an auditorium.*
*The musical is going on as scheduled.*
*The music is playing and the lights are shining.*
*Sebastian is acting with Keyshawn on the stage.*
**Sebastian**: Wind of thousands of miles, please give me a ride.
**Sebastian**: Take me into the boundless sky and turn me into a dim star.
**Sebastian**: Even if my light is not bright enough to make me shine, I still want to sprinkle my warmth over the earth.
**Sebastian**: Wind of freedom, please give me a ride.
**Keyshawn**: Tiny but twinkling sand, I can hardly see you.
**Keyshawn**: You are fine as a powder but you carry the light of lava, even your shape is unstable.
**Keyshawn**: Even if you suffer the infernal flame, even if you are too exhausted to take another step to climb the mountain.
**Keyshawn**: Come hither, strong soul. Come, indomitable will.
**Keyshawn**: Let me take you into the unfathomable sky.
**Keyshawn**: And...
**Keyshawn**: Let me take away your light that is too bright to behold!
*The mood of the background music changes from soothing to exciting.*
**Narration**: The wind blows violently, sweeping away the grain of sand.
**Narration**: The strong wind strips the sand, sucking the light from the sand bit by bit.
**Narration**: The sand no longer glows. It gradually cools down.
**Narration**: And so the wind robbed the sand of its light.
**Sebastian**: Wind, are you happy now?
*Keyshawn is stunned.*
*Because this line is not in the script.*
**Sebastian**: Taking the fruit of someone's labor. Are you happy now?
**Sebastian**: Why, why did you do it?
*Keyshawn is frozen stiff on the stage.*
*He looks at Sebastian, not knowing how to react.*
**Sebastian**: Tell me, why did you do that?
*Sebastian slowly asserts power in his voice.*
*Keyshawn looks at Sebastian's face...*
*Watching it turn from peaceful to furious.*
*That's when Keyshawn finally realizes the reason behind the burning gaze in Sebastian's eyes.*
*Because Sebastian has never been relieved of his anger from the very start.*
*From the very first time they reunited, Sebastian has been looking at him with fury in his heart.*
*And now, Keyshawn finally understands.*
*That this musical is designed for him.*
*The drama of revenge.*
**Keyshawn**: ...
**Keyshawn**: Haha haha...
**Sebastian**: Tell me, why did you kill Kip!
**Keyshawn**: It's been six years, or seven?
**Keyshawn**: You finally found out.
*Keyshawn seems to be savoring this moment.*
**Keyshawn**: I feel so lucky to be chased by you all these years.
**Keyshawn**: Seb, do you realize how long we've known each other?
**Keyshawn**: I've known you for ten years. What about you? How long have you known me?
**Keyshawn**: You never knew me!
**Keyshawn**: You must be surprised to find out that I was from the same grade as you.
**Keyshawn**: Every day after school, I went home the same way as you.
**Keyshawn**: I'd been chasing you for too long, Seb. Why didn't you ever look me in the eye?
**Sebastian**: ...
*Keyshawn's confession is an answer that Sebastian has never thought about.*
**Keyshawn**: Everything changed since Kip appeared.
**Keyshawn**: You were not the only one in my world.
**Keyshawn**: Why did I have to watch that old guy Kip every time?
**Keyshawn**: Why was Kip allowed to be by your side!
**Keyshawn**: And later on... Later on...
**Keyshawn**: I got tired, Seb.
**Keyshawn**: I had been chasing your light for so many years.
**Keyshawn**: Now, it's time for you to chase me.
**Keyshawn**: I was so sad, Seb. I knew you too well.
**Keyshawn**: I loved you so much that I understood right away what Kip had meant to you in your heart.
**Sebastian**: Don't try to distort my relationship with Mr. Kip in such a disgusting way!
**Keyshawn**: Oh? What's the difference?
**Keyshawn**: Whether it's love, friendship, or family.
**Keyshawn**: He came first in your heart. I am right, aren't I?
*At this point, Keyshawn even begins to sob.*
**Keyshawn**: It doesn't matter. I knew if I killed Kip, you'd come after me.
**Keyshawn**: I am right, aren't I?
**Sebastian**: So all these years, you've been exposing yourself to me little by little.
**Sebastian**: So that I could track you down?
**Keyshawn**: We worked well together, didn't we, Seb?
**Keyshawn**: And now, you even provided me with a stage.
**Keyshawn**: Seb, I've never mentioned my love for you to anyone.
**Keyshawn**: I've suppressed my feelings for too long.
**Keyshawn**: My dear Seb.
**Keyshawn**: My confession in front of the entire school...
**Keyshawn**: Is proof of my admiration for you!
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Since you've followed me for so long, then you should know about Santos.
*Keyshawn frowns at the name.*
**Sebastian**: Santos, remember? He's our classmate.
**Keyshawn**: ...
**Sebastian**: Come on, although he always came last in exams, you can't just ignore people like that.
**Keyshawn**: What are you trying to say?
**Sebastian**: You should know that I hate being manipulated by people.
**Sebastian**: Since Mr. Kip's accident, Santos has helped me track down the murderer.
**Sebastian**: He's told me that you would release clues from time to time.
**Sebastian**: Meaning that you probably enjoyed this catching game.
**Keyshawn**: You?!
*Sebastian quietly turns off the giant stage lights.*
*As the light in front of him disappears, Keyshawn finally sees the truth behind the light.*
*The audience is empty.*
**Keyshawn**: No... no one?!
**Sebastian**: And it's not me that has been chasing you. It was Santos.
**Keyshawn**: !!!
**Keyshawn**: No... no... Eww.
*It seems that Keyshawn can't take the sudden revelation.*
*He vomits on the stage.*
**Keyshawn**: No way... I ...
**Keyshawn**: He's been watching me this whole time...
**Keyshawn**: Eww...
*Keyshawn can't stop vomiting.*
**Keyshawn**: I feel naked, even behind his sunglasses... Eww...
**Keyshawn**: I can't believe it... Eww...
**Keyshawn**: Sebastian... Sebastian!!!
**Keyshawn**: You've ruined it! You've ruined everything!!!
**Keyshawn**: Whether it's our romantic game or the confession I'd planned for today.
**Keyshawn**: You've ruined everything!
*With bits of vomit on his face, Keyshawn appears unusually outraged.*
**Keyshawn**: What the hell am I to you?!
**Keyshawn**: Sebastian, you are mine, you are mine!
**Keyshawn**: I need to tell the world that you are mine!!
*Keyshawn charges at Sebastian*
*While Keyshawn is charging towards Sebastian...*
*Something knocks him down and he falls on the stage.*
*Player runs to Sebastian's side*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, are you okay?
**Sebastian**: Player? What are you doing here?
*Player looks at the corner of the stage.*
*A yellow furry shadow leaves in a hurry.*
**Player**: Chang helped me find you.
**Sebastian**: Wow, you really are resourceful.
*Player looks at Keyshawn who is lying on the stage.*
*And he looks at Sebastian.*
**Player**: Mr. Sebastian, have you accomplished what you set out to do?
**Sebastian**: ... Yeah.
*Player goes silent for a second.*
**Player**: Then go to your real stage. The performance is about to start.
**Player**: Let me clean this up for you.
**Player**: But when this is over, I hope you can at least... explain it to Principal Vundo.
**Sebastian**: ...
**Sebastian**: Thank you, my friend.
*Sebastian seems to be sorting out his train of thought.*
*He looks at Keyshawn, who's lying on the ground, shakes his head, and leaves.*
*After Sebastian leaves, the theater becomes dead silent.*
*Keyshawn has fallen unconscious in his vomit, not moving at all.*
**Player**: Is this the revenge Mr. Sebastian had planned?
**Player**: Sigh. Even if I ask you now, you won't be able to talk.
**Player**: (An empty theater, a vomiting murderer.)
**Player**: (This is what's been brewing beneath the seemingly peaceful school celebration...)
**Player**: (I'd better tie him up first then hand him over to Captain Mira after the celebration.)
**Player**: (Otherwise, Mira wouldn't let the school celebration go on...)
*Continue to Intimacy Level 8*

## Audio

*Note: Skins will use the audio from the basic skin unless indicated otherwise.*

### Sebastian's Basic Skin

* **Butler Interactions**
	+ Before Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Watch yourself, brother.*
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		- **Torso**: *Ain't sure where you should put your hands, huh?*
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		- **Waist**: *You've got real guts, treating your teacher like this...*
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	+ After reaching Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Class is supposed to start soon. Oh... I think we still have some time...*
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		- **Torso**: *You want to undo my buckle? Be my guest.*
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		- **Waist**: *Tied up behind this iron ring is a giant python...*
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* **Skills**
	+ **Basic**: *Fly, fly, little bird!*
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	+ **Advanced**: *It's mine now!*
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	+ **Ultimate**: *Wipe all out!*
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* **Arrival**: *You like staring at me, huh? Sit in front of the class.*
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* **Display Voice 1**: *I'm also good at igniting the fires of lust.*
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* **Display Voice 2**: *The power of the sun all in my grip!*
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* **Display Voice 3**: *Do not let the flames of vengeance make you irrational.*
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* **Hit**: *\*grunts\**
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* **Dying**: *I feel... so cold.*
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