-pg143- Movement #24 Princess Flute Part 2 -pg144- Sforzando Castle. Flute Sniff... Sniff... Enh... Enh... Enh... -pg145- Flute Uunhh... Mario Flute-sama! Flute-sama! I have your dinner! Please let me in! Flute-sama! Flute-sama!! -pg146- Mario Two more are with me! You should come and eat! Flute-sama! Flute-sama! Raiel? Flute-chan hasn't left the room. Mario (Flute-sama!) Raiel? But after 2 days... (She hasn't gone outside at all...) Oboe She's not being unreasonable. Suddenly reunited with her real mother... -pg147- Oboe And being Sforzando's Princess... The 'Princess of Humanity' is a lot to dump on someone. And the Queen herself... Raiel Yeah...I was surprised. It was unexpected. Trom So what ? Raiel Trom ? Trom She's kin to the 'Mother' of Sforzando! Raiel Eh ? Trom As mother gives her child love and mercy, so in Sforzando... Because she gives the same to the people... They call the Queen the 'Mother.' -pg148- Trom Horn-sama's healing magic... What a wonderful ability to be born with! I've thought for a while... That Flute-neechan reminded me of Horn-sama. She's so wonderful and strong... -pg149- Raiel I see. When I first met Flute-chan... I was beating Ha-chan... I had lost myself, a bit... Trom (Don't touch my head!) Raiel As I scraped the pit of hell... She saved me. -pg150- Oboe Yes... That sounds very familiar. Hamel... Think so, Master ? -pg151- Hamel Aah! All this about Flute, but... We don't share her pain. Raiel What else can we do ? She said she'd been thrown away as a baby... -pg152- Raiel Any response to that seems... Maids Horn-sama! Just a few sips! -pg153- Percuss My Queen... -pg154- Hamel If... She stays like this... Raiel Yeah...it's bad for Flute-chan. But how ? We can't just... Trom She really doesn't want to come out. Hamel I have a plan. Raiel Eh ? Hamel Do you... Know the tale of the 'Gate to the Sky ?' Raiel Hunh ? -pg155- Hamel Long long ago in Japan, the great sun goddess Amaterasu became angry, and hid her light in a cave known as the 'Gate to the Sky.' This worried the other gods; and a party of them went to the cave. A beautiful goddess danced to a beaten drum to lure Amaterasu from the Gate...the power of the Goddess opened a door there, and Amaterasu came out. Raiel (What's this ?) Trom (A Japanese myth...) Oboe (The same old selfish, stupid way of seeing the world...) Hamel Please trust me with this... Oboe Hamel... -pg156- Hamel BWAHAHAHA! Yeehaw! Yeeeeehaw! Stage Stage 3 Note The people of Sforzando cooperate. Drums Drum Hamel Heh heh heh...A fun party with beautiful dancing kids to charm her out. And then we'll catch her! Raiel (This is stupid.) Trom (What am I doing ?) Hamel I call it: 'The Gate to the Sky stategy!' Man B-beautiful ? Man2 What kids ? Hamel This is so much fun! Oi, Sake! Saake! Bwahahaha! Flute could be here too, but noooooo! Note Flute -pg157- Hamel Ya look stupid, ya know ? Both SHUT UP! Trom I thought we were doin' this for Flute-neechan! Raiel I see! Ha-chan's plans are always, always.... Hamel Uh...faces...big... Oboe You never think of anyone else, jackass! Hamel Nar! N-Now! Others Hehh ? -pg158- Flute Na... Na... Naa... Wha? AIIIEEE! -pg159- Hamel Oh yeaaaah! Yeeehaaw! Smoookin! Dieeee! Flute Aaah! Wha, wha, wha, wha... AIIIIEEE! SAAVE MEEEEE! ehh...ehh....ehh... ARGHH! You coulda killed somebody! JACKASS! -pg160- Hamel Fhew...everyone's still alive! Oboe H-he... Flute Why! Don't you realize that I have feelings too ? -pg161- Raiel Flute! Hamel Ch... Raiel (Ha-chan...) -pg162- Trom Flute-neechan... Flute Always! Everyone... Recently... -pg163- Percuss Pardon the rudeness... But you are being impolite, Princess. Trom Wha ? Percuss Greetings, my Princess. I am the steward Percuss. Flute P-percuss...steward ? Percuss Yes. My task is to maintain the royal family in an orderly fashion. -pg164- Percuss You must not do this, Princess Flute. This behavior worries your mother so... Flute Stop it! She's not my mother! And I am NOT your 'Princess'! Why should I be, now ? I've been out of the way all this time... She selfishly threw me away! What makes her my Mother ? -pg165- Flute What makes me her child ? Percuss Troubling, Princess. You've become mixed up with the Sforzando royalty... And you have been recognized. Because you ended up... Raised by useless wastes... You think like this. -pg166- Percuss Like that 'Hero' Hamel... A better name for him would be 'Fool.' Flute What gives you... Percuss If you hear of a man who defeats monsters... And then demands an outrageous sum of money... Not caring... To meet with that sort of man, My Princess, is a waste of time. Flute He does that... But... Percuss If you hear that... His violin has been broken...There's nothing... Left to say. -pg167- Percuss He is dishonest. That violin... I deign to speak of it... Because... You have been recognized as the Princess. And Sforzando has taken you in. So... -pg168- Percuss The Hero Hamel... The way he is... Is seperated from you. He is inappropriate for a Princess. Otherwise, his violin... Will never be repaired. -pg169- Trom P- Percuss! You're only... A Steward! Flute Trom! -pg170- Flute Let it be. I understand. Trom F... Flute-neechan!! Why ? Flute-neechan, he... Flute So that... Please...fix...the... Vio...lin. It's important...so... -pg171- Percuss Acceptable. We shall keep this promise. Thus, Princess... Trom Flute-neechan... Hamel Repair my Violin ? -pg172- Hamel R-really ? That's... Percuss Ah... I can show you the place on this map. That violin has some sort of magic that can't be repaired... But... Away from the city, into the mountains, there lives an old man. If I'm not mistaken, that man can repair it. Oboe Th-thank you. Percuss No thanks needed. Now, begone! And never return... Eyesores! -pg173- Hamel Wh-what was that ? What the hell ? Raiel Why'd he do that ? (What's with that guy ?) Oboe Hmm...while I'm still thankful... With that behaviour... Why should I mean it ? Raiel Ha-chan! -pg174- Hamel Let's go, Raiel. Raiel Eh ? B-but... Just leave Flute-chan ? Hamel You stay here, Oboe. Oboe Mm-hmm. Raiel (Hang on, Ha-chan!) -pg175- Raiel Ha-chan... (Ah! My Piano's stuck!) -pg176- Trom Hunh. I can't believe you agreed. What were ya thinkin' ? I don't know how you feel, Flute-neechan. But this seperation... It can't be good. Right, Flute-neecha... -pg177- Trom Hunh. Flute But... Why... Was I... Thrown aside ? -pg178- Flute Y-you're... Clari Ch... I can't be bothered to keep Percuss in check. This is the 'Mirror of Truth.' -pg179- Clari Look. Learn from what you see. You said that you were thrown away. Flute Eh ? Clari 15 years ago... Flute Wha ? -pg181- Flute Eh ? Trom Aah! Clari Wh-what ? What's happening ? -pg185- Drum Guhehehehe... Guitar Kukuku...it's been so long. Sforzando... It's been 15 years since I've been here. Drum Let's fuckin' go! -pg186- Drum Crush Sforzando! Flute This is awful! Trom The Mazoku! The Mazoku are here! Clari Unfathomable... Despair! Note Appeared in Gangan Boy's monthly, December 1992 - March 1993