Location: Hana Association Southern Branch, Section 3 Meeting Room
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
I trust that you’ve read the report in advance?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Hana Association will officially be in full charge of the matters regarding the Library from now on.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
To think that the Library would become a Star of the City… and become the Hana’s target.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Your predictions were right, Director Mirinae.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Harold, you won’t survive here for long if you can’t figure this much.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
…Your thoughts must be complicated right now, Olivier.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Who could’ve known that my old friend would be found in the Library after going missing?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
You won’t botch your job because of that, right?
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
That’s that, and this is this.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
It’s what he used to say all the time.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Good. We have one purpose.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
To thoroughly examine the relationship between the Distortion phenomenon and the Library. All conflicts are allowed in the process.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The Library is a Star of the City that shines over us now.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
There are still many ambiguous points in their connection… Someone’s got to observe the causality, and that someone’s us.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The Library continues to grow in strength, devouring pretty much anything and everything that enters.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
To start off, let’s recap the current circumstances.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Then I suppose the southern branch of the Liu is being extremely passive at the moment, trying to avoid retaliation from
the Thumb?
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Harold
Which means, the only sizable threat remaining in L Corp’s Nest is…
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Yes, it’s them.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
When the Library unveiled itself as the fog surrounding L Corp’s Nest cleared away…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The Blue Reverberation… No, the Reverberation Ensemble set up camp around it, preventing anyone else from approaching.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
And they’re generating a concerning number of Distortions from there. Who knows what they’re up to in that base of theirs…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
…He’s gone mad ever since he lost his sister.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Not that I can’t understand how he must’ve felt. The Pianist left an indelible, twisted mark on the City that day.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
So, how is the workforce going to be distributed?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
For starters, us at Section 3 will be focusing on the Library.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The objective is to retrieve as many books as possible from the Library itself, and secure Distortions from the Nest.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
And I’d like you to send an official request to all Grade 1 Offices for chasing down the Blue Reverberation.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Sections 1 and 2 have other things to do, I assume?
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
You said Section 1 was dealing with the Blue Reverb, and Section 2 was after the Eight Chefs, right?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
You’ve got it. Furthermore…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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…
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
That can’t be. All of them are gone?
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
I can’t fathom the strength the Blue Reverberation has…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
And Section 2 sent a report saying that the Eight Chefs have already disbanded.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Seven of the chefs were found cooked when they arrived at the site, to be exact.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The chefs were all mutilated badly; it was nigh impossible to recognize them.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
What about the last one?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Gone missing.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Did they betray their peers… and cook them…?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Based on this evidence which suggests interference from outside, the Association HQ is considering to make an official announcement that the Star has fallen.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
The prime question would be who was behind the dissolution of the Eight Chefs.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Could it be…?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Indeed. Section 2 speculates that the Reverberation Ensemble might be the culprit.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
The Blue Reverb might be plotting schemes beyond the Association’s assumptions…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Multiple incidents of abnormal scale are happening across the southern quarter of the City.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
There have been worse events in the past, but the frequency and convolution of this situation is unprecedented.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Every Association is in a state of emergency, including ours.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Over there… The Blood-red Night and L’heure du Loup must have been responsible for those.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Both of which have risen in threat level significantly. Not to mention the Puppeteer.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Moreover, Yesterday’s Promise is apparently capable of teleportation with such ease that it puts W Corp’s Singularity to shame…
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
None of those are powers that an individual should be allowed to possess.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The Distortion is defying what the City had stood for until now. It’s changing the atmosphere of the City.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Is the Head doing nothing about it despite that?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
They’ve been eerily quiet—or rather, our higher-ups could be intentionally withholding information on the Head’s activity.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Director Mirinae… Is it possible that we might take our hands off the Library depending on the circumstances?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
No. We’ve been ordered to go to the Library, in fact.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
In order to control this situation, we need unambiguous information about the powers of the Library and its intentions.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Did the powers that be determine that us Section 3 should be enough to take care of the Library?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
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.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
While the everyman is working overnight, restrained to the office desk.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Anyway, get ready to move, everybody.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
…Director. Can we talk for a moment after the meeting is over?
Location: Inside the Library
Library Director Angela
To become the freest being in the City… It’s not quite sinking in.
Servant Roland
Mhm. Looks like your goal is almost within reach.
Library Director Angela
That’s right. I’m almost there… That makes it feel even less real.
Library Director Angela
We’ve been through so many things… and now the Hana Association is coming here.
Library Director Angela
You said the Hana Association is the largest among the Fixer Associations, right?
Servant Roland
Yep. Like I said some time ago, the Hana Association is the institution that grants permits to Offices and grades Fixers.
Servant Roland
They also adjust the threat levels of incidents in real-time and let everyone know.
Servant Roland
And the Hana Association sometimes takes matters into its own hands to strike down Stars of the City. Just like now.
Servant Roland
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.
Library Director Angela
…Strange.
Library Director Angela
Nothing. We have important guests to greet, so just make sure to be prepared.
Location: Library Entrance
Library Director Angela
Greetings, dear guests.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Did you know? The Library is visible from anywhere in L Corp’s Nest now.
Library Director Angela
What do you mean?
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
The mist that protects the Library is almost gone.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
Which means it’ll become possible to demolish the whole Library from the outside soon.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
So you’d better start making backup plans.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Here, let’s shake hands. I’m Mirinae, Director of Section 3 of the Hana Association, Southern Branch.
Library Director Angela
This is my first time shaking hands with a guest.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
You’ve become a Star of the City, which means you’ll be seeing our Association frequently from now on.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Please don’t fall too easily for us, now.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Go ahead and shake her hand, everyone.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Harold
I am Harold, a Fixer from Section 3 of Hana Association’s Southern Branch.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Olivier, a Fixer from Section 3 of the Hana’s South.
Library Director Angela
I hope to be greeting you for a long time.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Olivier, you can go back now, seeing as you’ve met the owner of the Library face to face.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
The people at Section 2 are expecting you.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
Got it.
Library Director Angela
…What is the meaning of this?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
No need to be sensitive. I brought Olivier here so he could get a handshake from you.
Hana South Sec. 3 Fixer Olivier
I’ll see myself out, then.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
You think we’ve come here with a carefree attitude?
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
No need to worry about us underestimating you. We didn’t come here without a countermeasure, you see.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Since you’re a Star of the City, and we’re Fixers of Hana Association… We should treat you with due respect.
Hana South Sec. 3 Director Mirinae
Prepare yourself. A Star of the City is going down tonight.
Library Director Angela
…Understood. May you find your book in this place.
