Hana Association — Episode 1 (Stage: 60001)Location: Hana Association Southern Branch, Section 3 Meeting RoomMirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)I trust that you’ve read the report in advance?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_1"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Hana Association will officially be in full charge of the matters regarding the Library from now on.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_2"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)To think that the Library would become a Star of the City… and become the Hana’s target.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_1"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Your predictions were right, Director Mirinae.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_2"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Harold, you won’t survive here for long if you can’t figure this much.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_3"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)…Your thoughts must be complicated right now, Olivier.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_4"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Who could’ve known that my old friend would be found in the Library after going missing?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_1"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)You won’t botch your job because of that, right?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_5"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)That’s that, and this is this.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_2"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)It’s what he used to say all the time.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_3"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Good. We have one purpose.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_6"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)To thoroughly examine the relationship between the Distortion phenomenon and the Library. All conflicts are allowed in the process.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_7"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The Library is a Star of the City that shines over us now.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_8"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)There are still many ambiguous points in their connection… Someone’s got to observe the causality, and that someone’s us.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_3"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The Library continues to grow in strength, devouring pretty much anything and everything that enters.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_9"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)It’s so fierce, it could consume our City at this rate… That’s why we should figure out how the Library functions as well.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_10"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)To start off, let’s recap the current circumstances.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_11"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)The southern branch of the Liu Association seems to be reeling from the shock of losing its most prominent Fixers to the Library. Its voice in the general assembly will be small for a while.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_4"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Then I suppose the southern branch of the Liu is being extremely passive at the moment, trying to avoid retaliation from the Thumb?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_12"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Not exactly. The Thumb is suffering from the same problem. They lost their Underboss who was stationed in L Corp’s Nest as well as a number of competent Capos, so it’s likely that they got knocked out of this strife too.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_5"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Which means, the only sizable threat remaining in L Corp’s Nest is…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_4"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Yes, it’s them.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_6"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)When the Library unveiled itself as the fog surrounding L Corp’s Nest cleared away…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_13"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The Blue Reverberation… No, the Reverberation Ensemble set up camp around it, preventing anyone else from approaching.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_14"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)And they’re generating a concerning number of Distortions from there. Who knows what they’re up to in that base of theirs…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_7"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The Blue Reverberation… Judging by his recent actions, he can no longer be considered a Fixer… He’s leading a dangerous Syndicate, at least on the level of a Star of the City.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_15"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)…He’s gone mad ever since he lost his sister.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_8"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Not that I can’t understand how he must’ve felt. The Pianist left an indelible, twisted mark on the City that day.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_16"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)So, how is the workforce going to be distributed?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_5"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)For starters, us at Section 3 will be focusing on the Library.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_17"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The objective is to retrieve as many books as possible from the Library itself, and secure Distortions from the Nest.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_18"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)And I’d like you to send an official request to all Grade 1 Offices for chasing down the Blue Reverberation.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_19"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Sections 1 and 2 have other things to do, I assume?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_9"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)You said Section 1 was dealing with the Blue Reverb, and Section 2 was after the Eight Chefs, right?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_6"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)You’ve got it. Furthermore…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_20"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)I received news that Section 1 was annihilated while pursuing the Blue Reverberation. They had dispatched the Vermilion Cross—a Color—to join the operation, too…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_21"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)That can’t be. All of them are gone?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_10"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)I can’t fathom the strength the Blue Reverberation has…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_7"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)And Section 2 sent a report saying that the Eight Chefs have already disbanded.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_22"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Seven of the chefs were found cooked when they arrived at the site, to be exact.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_23"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The chefs were all mutilated badly; it was nigh impossible to recognize them.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_24"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)What about the last one?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_11"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Gone missing.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_25"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Did they betray their peers… and cook them…?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_8"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)That probably isn’t the case. While what happened does appear to be something the Eight Chefs would do, their favored type of table service was full-course meals, not a buffet.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_26"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Based on this evidence which suggests interference from outside, the Association HQ is considering to make an official announcement that the Star has fallen.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_27"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)The prime question would be who was behind the dissolution of the Eight Chefs.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_9"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Could it be…?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_12"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Indeed. Section 2 speculates that the Reverberation Ensemble might be the culprit.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_28"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)The Blue Reverb might be plotting schemes beyond the Association’s assumptions…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_13"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Multiple incidents of abnormal scale are happening across the southern quarter of the City.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_29"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)There have been worse events in the past, but the frequency and convolution of this situation is unprecedented.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_30"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Every Association is in a state of emergency, including ours.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_31"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)According to the Seven Association, the southern branches of Tres Association and Cinq Association also suffered losses of important members due to Distortions.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_32"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Over there… The Blood-red Night and L’heure du Loup must have been responsible for those.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_14"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Both of which have risen in threat level significantly. Not to mention the Puppeteer.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_10"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Moreover, Yesterday’s Promise is apparently capable of teleportation with such ease that it puts W Corp’s Singularity to shame…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_11"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)None of those are powers that an individual should be allowed to possess.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_33"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The Distortion is defying what the City had stood for until now. It’s changing the atmosphere of the City.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_34"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Is the Head doing nothing about it despite that?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_15"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)They’ve been eerily quiet—or rather, our higher-ups could be intentionally withholding information on the Head’s activity.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_35"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Director Mirinae… Is it possible that we might take our hands off the Library depending on the circumstances?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_12"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)No. We’ve been ordered to go to the Library, in fact.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_36"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)In order to control this situation, we need unambiguous information about the powers of the Library and its intentions.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_37"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)We have Section 4 to help us place a lockdown on Nest L. We can’t let the Distortions created by the Reverberation Ensemble leave the area.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_38"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Did the powers that be determine that us Section 3 should be enough to take care of the Library?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_16"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)If it doesn’t work out, then that’s the end of the line for us. It also means there’s nothing more we can do about it.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_39"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)And if that happens, the Library will mark its presence on the sky next to the other Stars as one of the freest beings of the City.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_40"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)While the everyman is working overnight, restrained to the office desk.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_41"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Anyway, get ready to move, everybody.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_42"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)…Director. Can we talk for a moment after the meeting is over?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_17"Location: Inside the LibraryAngela(Library Director)To become the freest being in the City… It’s not quite sinking in.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_1"Roland(Servant)Mhm. Looks like your goal is almost within reach.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_1"Angela(Library Director)That’s right. I’m almost there… That makes it feel even less real.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_2"Angela(Library Director)We’ve been through so many things… and now the Hana Association is coming here.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_3"Angela(Library Director)You said the Hana Association is the largest among the Fixer Associations, right?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_4"Roland(Servant)Yep. Like I said some time ago, the Hana Association is the institution that grants permits to Offices and grades Fixers.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_2"Roland(Servant)They also adjust the threat levels of incidents in real-time and let everyone know.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_3"Roland(Servant)And the Hana Association sometimes takes matters into its own hands to strike down Stars of the City. Just like now.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_4"Roland(Servant)You’ll be seeing them often, since they’ll keep sending people here as long as we’re a Star of the City in all likelihood.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_5"Angela(Library Director)…Strange.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_5"Roland(Servant)What is?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Roland_6"Angela(Library Director)Nothing. We have important guests to greet, so just make sure to be prepared.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_6"Location: Library EntranceAngela(Library Director)Greetings, dear guests.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_7"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Did you know? The Library is visible from anywhere in L Corp’s Nest now.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_43"Angela(Library Director)What do you mean?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_8"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)The mist that protects the Library is almost gone.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_13"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Which means it’ll become possible to demolish the whole Library from the outside soon.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_14"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)So you’d better start making backup plans.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_44"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Here, let’s shake hands. I’m Mirinae, Director of Section 3 of the Hana Association, Southern Branch.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_45"Angela(Library Director)This is my first time shaking hands with a guest.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_9"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)You’ve become a Star of the City, which means you’ll be seeing our Association frequently from now on.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_46"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Please don’t fall too easily for us, now.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_47"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Go ahead and shake her hand, everyone.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_48"Harold(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)I am Harold, a Fixer from Section 3 of Hana Association’s Southern Branch.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Harold_15"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Olivier, a Fixer from Section 3 of the Hana’s South.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_18"Angela(Library Director)I hope to be greeting you for a long time.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_10"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Olivier, you can go back now, seeing as you’ve met the owner of the Library face to face.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_49"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)The people at Section 2 are expecting you.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_50"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)Got it.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_19"Angela(Library Director)…What is the meaning of this?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_11"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)No need to be sensitive. I brought Olivier here so he could get a handshake from you.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_51"Olivier(Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer)I’ll see myself out, then.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Olivier_20"Angela(Library Director)…Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_12"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)You think we’ve come here with a carefree attitude?Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_52"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)No need to worry about us underestimating you. We didn’t come here without a countermeasure, you see.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_53"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Since you’re a Star of the City, and we’re Fixers of Hana Association… We should treat you with due respect.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_54"Mirinae(Hana South Sec. 3 Director)Prepare yourself. A Star of the City is going down tonight.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Mirinae_55"Angela(Library Director)…Understood. May you find your book in this place.Audio: "ch7_Hana_ep1_Angela_13"
