


label d11:

    scene d11 00
    with fade
    pause
    scene d11 01
    with fade
    play music gen09 loop
    "I tell Finn Moc Huul of my decision to leave."
    f "For what you have done for me and Saivah, you will always have a welcome here among the Fianna."
    l "Where will you go?"
    mc "I'm heading for Mhi. Once, it was the heartland of my people. I hope to find my home there, somewhere in the wild forests."
    f "Lia and I are well familiar with that country. When I was young and hunted by the Sons of Morna, it was the Carrow Coil that gave Lia and I shelter!"
    l "..."
    scene d11 02
    with fade
    "I head east over well-worn roads back towards the place where I first woke up in this new world."
    "The more I live in this Celtica ruled by the Milesians, the more I understand the Dark Sidhe. They want to be masters of their own destiny and resent the Milesians for taking their lands."
    "I won't go to Bru-Na-Boyne and live under Aengus... how could I, after all that has happened? I'll become the lord of my own Sidhe!"
    scene d11 03
    with fade
    "I pass the last settlement of note at the edge of the Carrow Coil - a crannog fort called Loch Lod."
    "Past the wooden palisade of that river fort, the unbroken canopy of the Carrow Coil stretches out before my eyes."
    "It was Lia's dream that gave me the idea for this journey, a detour before claiming Brac Cogrim. I am here to find a hazel tree!"
    scene d11 04
    with fade
    "There are no roads here and even hunting tracks are rare. I see weathered rocks that are testament to the life and death struggle that occurred here a thousand years ago."
    "A soldier of King Nuada and a feist of Bres' army are frozen in place, locked in eternal combat for the fate of Celtica."
    "I must be getting close to the old field of Moy Tura. It is said that any one caught in an area where mist from Balor's eye flowed over the land was turned into stone..."
    "Is that what happened to me? I remember being caught in a foul miasma but then..."
    "...nothing but a long and restless sleep."
    scene d11 05
    with fade
    "I push deeper into the dark forest. The vegetation becomes nigh impassible, and the tree tops above are so thick that the forest floor below is bathed in permanent gloom."
    mc "I won't be able to make it much further through this dire terrain, unless..."
    "I recite sacred druid words taught to me long ago when I was a novice and my skin begins to glow."
    scene d11 06
    play sound rune01
    play music town09 loop
    "I sprout fur from my ever shrinking arms, which change into paws."
    "The world around me feels like it is expanding, as my eyes are now able to see the entire environment around me."
    "My hearing is keener and all manner of smells enter my nose, giving me an extra dimension of awareness."
    scene d11 07
    with fade
    "Each druid has their own talents and preferences when it comes to changing into an animal. If I need to quickly travel over land, the spritely hare is my only choice."
    "I bound across the forest floor, negotiating my way over ragged gullies and wild thickets. I know I'm headed in the right direction, my twitching nose knows the way."
    "Is it the instinct of a beast? Most certainly!"
    scene d11 08
    with fade
    "I leap out into a clearing, my powerful hind legs sending me so high into the air I think that I am flying over the grass."
    "There before me is what I have been searching for - a sacred hazel tree with scarlet leaves that shimmer even though no breeze blows."
    "For a druid, the wood and nuts of such a tree are worth more than their weight in gold and gems. Truly, I've found the rarest of treasures!"
    scene d11 09
    with fade
    "Druidess" "I see you, thief! This grove is under my protection, and you shall not desecrate it!"
    "A handsome druidess senses my small hare form immediately, hiding in the long grass."
    "I've never met her before, but I know exactly who she is. What a stroke of luck to run into her here!"
    scene d11 10
    play sound freeze
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    "Bormillyn whispers some words and raises glowing hands above her head."
    "The ground vibrates beneath me and then dark crystals leech out of the soil and clatter together to make a crude looking warrior. It lumbers towards me, looking like its legs will shatter with every step."
    "By sheer force of Bormillyn's will does the creature stay together. This particular magick is beyond my understanding and I am impressed!"
    scene d11 11
    play sound strike01
    with hpunch
    "The creature swings at me with its crystalline sword, but it is slow and cannot keep up with my movements."
    play sound strike02
    with hpunch
    "This beast would be doom for a warrior wielding a spear and shield, but against me, it is simply mismatched."
    "I leap over the jagged contours of its body, marvelling at Bormillyn's skill while looking for potential weaknesses. Crystal and glass of any kind is usually prone to shattering."
    scene d11 12
    "There, around the neck!"
    play sound rune01
    "I whisper an incantation and the rune form appears in my vision, which is always a reassuring sign."
    "The crystal beast swings its razor sword towards my furry form, but it's too late and not not quick enough to stop what is about to be unleashed."
    scene d11 13
    play sound exp2
    with hpunch
    with vpunch
    "The explosion tears the creature apart, but I am too close and cannot escape from the blast."
    "I twist and turn in mid air in a frantic attempt to avoid the slivers of dark crystal that shoot past me like war-darts."
    "The world tumbles around me as I'm flung away. An alternating blur of grass and sky is all I see."
    "I need to land on my feet, but I'm not going to make it!"
    scene d11 14
    play sound punch
    with vpunch
    "At the last moment I transform back into a man and roll along the ground, hoping to ease the violent momentum of my landing."
    "The wind is knocked out of me, but thank the Goddess no bones are broken."
    mc "That beast was an impressive trick! Perhaps you'll teach me how to make one?"
    scene d11 15
    with fade
    play sound dark01
    bo "I'll offer you nothing but pain, Tuatha wretch! Go back to your Sidhe from whence you came!"
    "Her hand glows with magick as she readies herself for another attack. The ways of Milesian druids are unfamiliar to me, so it is difficult to understand the flow of the fight."
    "But whatever she is preparing, I best get out of its way!"
    scene d11 16
    play sound exp3
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    "The edge of the clearing explodes in a ball of azure flame, worthy of the best spells of a Tuatha De Danann."
    "It is only a whispered incantation of speed that allows me to clear the radius of the attack with a well-timed jump."
    "Truly, the druids of this modern age are not to be underestimated!"
    scene d11 17
    bo "No more! I'll slice you up and remove your profane presence from this sacred grove!"
    "Shafts of pulsing light form around her as she snaps her arms back in a practiced movement."
    "Although I do not recognize the spell, I understand immediately what it will do. I whisper another incantation of speed under my breath..."
    scene d11 18
    play sound missile
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    "Streaks of light fly towards me like arrows. I weave and dodge most, but they are faster than my enhanced speed can detect and react to."
    play sound missile
    with hpunch
    "There's too many of them, the druidess throws more and more at me, tracking my desperate maneuvers to avoid her incoming wrath."
    play sound stab02
    with hpunch
    mc "ARRGH!!!"
    "My side explodes in a sharp, searing pain."
    stop music
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound dark03 loop
    "Voice" "Enough."
    "Voice" "Draw on my power and end this."
    mc "You again..."
    stop sound
    scene d11 19
    play sound blind 
    with vpunch
    play music act03 loop
    "The Stone of Fal crackles with power, bursting from my chest and sending a wave of warmth over my body."
    "The pain in my side evaporates, replaced with a feeling of power and purpose flowing through my blood."
    mc "Now you will understand your folly, woman!"
    scene d11 20
    with fade
    mc "HAVE AT YOU!"
    play sound blind
    with hpunch
    "I do not know what I hurl towards her, except that it carries my will to defeat her."
    "A swirl of Otherworld power cuts through the meadow, flattening swathes of grass and blowing green leaves violently off branches."
    "Everything happens in my mind so slowly, though I know I am living through only a brief instant. I see every detail on the shocked Bormillyn's face."
    stop music
    scene d11 21
    play sound collapse
    with vpunch
    "Bormillyn takes the full force of the mysterious attack and falls to the ground without even the briefest cry."
    "The power within me ebbs away and the voice in my mind fades like a spent echo. With clarity returning to me, I realize that the druidess has been stunned."
    bo "Ugh... ungh..."
    "I kneel down beside her. The druidess' eyes, unblinking and transfixed to the sky, cannot acknowledge my presence."
    mc "You are a powerful one, aren't you? There was magick thrown across this clearing I have never seen the likes of before!"
    scene d11 22
    play sound dress
    with fade
    mc "I came here for the hazel tree but it looks like I've found something much more precious..."
    mc "I think you should see my new home, Lady Druid. You can be my first guest."
    mc "There is so much I want to discuss with you and I'm sure you will be enchanting company..."
    "The truth is that after Lia's dream, I had hoped to one day find Bormillyn. It seems fate was smiling on me."

    menu:
        "I will make her my loyal disciple, and I know just how to convince her!":

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        "{color=#00ff00}I will give her the first dark ring and use its influence to corrupt her into my lover.":

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label d34:

    scene d34 01
    with fade
    play music eer03 loop
    bo "UuuUuunnn..."
    mc "Ah, good. You regain your senses..."
    mc "Let's discuss your future, druidess of the Carrow Coil."
    scene d34 02
    with fade
    bo "What?! What holds me fast?! Monsters of the darkness!!!"
    mc "They are only there for your own safety, my dear."
    "I lick my lips as I watch Bormillyn writhe and struggle. Her thick thighs and curvy hips stir my carnal urges."
    "Comely breasts jiggle and sway as she seeks to break her bonds, and my cock stiffens under my loincloth witnessing the unintentionally erotic display before me."
    scene d34 03
    with fade
    bo "You came into the sacred hazel grove, seeking to defile it for your own selfish ends!"
    mc "I assure you, I did not."
    bo "LIAR!!!"
    mc "The hazel tree is untouched. As a druidess, you can sense I am telling the truth."
    bo "..."
    scene d34 05
    with fade
    mc "You are familiar with the Far Dorocha, I take it?"
    bo "I am! He is of the Dark Sidhe and I am no friend of that fiend!"
    mc "Well, he has perished by my hand and it is on his throne I sit. You are my guest, here in Brac Cogrim."
    bo "A guest?! More like a prisoner! You took my dress for what reason? To humiliate me?"
    mc "Not at all. In fact, I was very impressed by your skill. I think I should like to have you in my service, Bormillyn."
    bo "How do you know my name?"
    mc "My druid sight is very good."
    scene d34 04
    with fade
    mc "I am now the lord of this Sidhe, and every lord needs his lady..."
    mc "I can build upon your impressive druidic skill, to teach you about the nameless gods of the Forvorians."
    bo "I would never be a dark druid! What you speak are words of madness!"
    mc "We shall see, my feisty druidess..."
    scene d34 06
    with fade
    play sound door03
    "I take her down into the dungeon under the dun fort, where she is held fast by chains."
    bo "..."
    mc "Don't be so glum, my sweet. You'll soon understand the power of the darkness in the Otherworld."
    scene d34 07
    with fade
    bo "The sound of your voice makes me ill!"
    mc "How so? I think I speak of rather interesting things."
    bo "I defend the ancient ways of Celtica, according to the druid law! But you~!"
    bo "You care only for yourself and your own selfish desires! You are no better than a pirate or a thief!"
    scene d34 08
    with fade
    play sound dark01
    "I call upon phantoms from the Otherworld, that swirl around me with their spectral mouths agape in silent screams."
    mc "Yes! I may be no better than a pirate or thief but what makes me different is the power I wield!"
    mc "I gave everything to my King and I lost everything on the field of Moy Tura. The reward I sought was nothing but ashes in my mouth!"
    mc "But now, I have the chance to live for myself and take what I want!"
    scene d34 09
    with fade
    mc "And you, Bormillyn, I will build a throne next to mine in the main hall and you shall sit there as my bride!"
    bo "Never!"
    "The phantoms circle excitedly around Bormillyn, attuned to my own desire for the gorgeous druidess."
    scene d34 10
    with fade
    mc "Never is such a strong word, my sweet. You will eventually agree to my offer."
    mc "As a wedding gift, I'll have you carve up the hazel tree you defend and offer me a druid stave carved from its trunk!"
    bo "That would destroy the sacred tree!"
    mc "It would indeed! What better way to show me proof of your devotion than that?"
    bo "To the darkness with you! Like a vile serpent, you slither on the ground just as the Far Dorocha did!"
    mc "Of course you are unreasonable. You've not tasted the darkness yet..."
    mc "It's like explaining color to a blind man. Here... let me show you..."
    scene d34 11
    play sound dark03
    bo "What... what are you doing?!"
    mc "Giving you a taste of what the Forvorian druids already know..."
    "I breathe darkness from the Stone of Fal through Bormillyn's crimson lips."
    "I hold her gaze and she is transfixed upon me as the dread mist enters her body."
    scene d34 12
    with fade
    "Kicking gives way to spasms as more of the intoxicating power of the Otherworld is poured into her."
    mc "There... now you begin to understand..."
    bo "Urgk... ungh... urrn..."
    scene d34 13
    with fade
    mc "Sweet dreams, my lady druid. May they be dreams of shadow and darkness..."
    mc "I'll call upon you tomorrow and we'll see just how much you enjoyed its power."
    mc "I can make you so much more than what you are, Bormillyn. Don't limit yourself to rigid and nonsensical laws! Embrace the freedom I offer you!"
    scene d34 14
    with fade
    play sound door03
    "The next morning, I come to see how my captive is doing after her transfusion."
    "Once she is tempted by the darkness, then I will offer her the ring. I want her to take it freely."
    "Once it is upon her finger, there will be no turning back. I will dye her in my power and an alluring dark druid will be born, to take her throne as mistress of Brac Cogrim."
    mc "Good morning..."
    scene d34 15
    play sound lightning
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    mc "HNNNGHHH!!!"
    "As I approach, she presses her hands against my chest and I am suddenly thrown against the far wall."
    "She managed to undo the chains that held her and was merely waiting for me to get close!"
    scene d34 16
    with fade
    mc "That was... a nasty trick... you managed to pull!"
    mc "Still, I adore a woman... with spirit!"
    mc "Come now... let's not... make this difficult!"
    scene d34 17
    play sound rune02
    mc "Ah... there you are!"
    mc "It won't do you any good, for I am master of this Sidhe now. There is no escape for those I do not wish to let out."
    mc "Let's talk about this. You will find I can be quite reasonable..."
    scene d34 18
    with fade
    "Bormillyn bolts down the corridor as fast as her four legs will allow."
    "In moments she has disappeared into the darkness, leaving me alone in the gloomy dank of the dungeon."
    mc "I was wrong, for a cell is no place for you. You deserve a room with cushions and fine silks!"
    scene d34 19
    with fade
    mc "Your flight from me is for naught, my little vixen."
    mc "Once you've had a taste of the heart of darkness, things are never the same again."
    mc "You will understand soon enough. Oh, how you will understand!"
    stop music
    jump d_cont


label d35:

    scene d11 23
    with fade
    play music eer03 loop
    bo "UuuUuunnn..."
    mc "Ah, good. You regain your senses..."
    mc "I would have words with you, druidess of the Carrow Coil."
    scene d35 01
    with fade
    bo "What... what do you intend to do with me?"
    mc "You know, it was the Children of Partholon that originally planted hazel trees in Celtica. They brought the seeds from the Otherworld."
    mc "The hazel trees are special because they have the power to hold memory, like a library born from the land. Living creatures that feed on special hazelnuts can partake of this knowledge and therefore gain wisdom."
    bo "You devil! That is a branch from the sacred hazel grove! You would carve a stave from it?! May the ground swallow you whole for your desecration!"
    mc "Hazel wood is prized among Tuatha druids for its powers. There's nothing profane in what I do. We never held the hazel trees to be sacred. We cultivated them in groves."
    scene d35 02
    with fade
    mc "You may not believe it, but I brought you here to talk, Bormillyn."
    bo "..."
    mc "Are you surprised I know who you are? Who do you think I am?"
    bo "There is no doubt about what you are! You are an evil druid that crawled out of a Dark Sidhe!"
    scene d35 03
    with fade
    mc "As a formidable druidess, you know that things are seldom as they seem. Let me tell you my story. The truth of it!"
    mc "My name is [mcname], and I became a druid of the Tuatha De Danann in the reign of King Bres."
    mc "I was a keeper of the ancient law and a judge for my people, as it should be."
    scene d35 04
    with fade
    mc "But when King Bres fell into the habits of tyranny, it was the druids, among other groups, that he saw as a threat."
    mc "So, along with the elders of the Tuatha De Danann, I was taken in chains to the fields."
    mc "There, I worked and was treated no better than an animal. I was starved and the feel of the whip on my back was a common occurrence."
    scene d35 05
    with fade
    mc "In my servitude, I learned to hate. A great rage and desire for vengeance grew within me!"
    mc "The thought of rising up against my tormentors and striking them down was what sustained me through my hardships."
    mc "What I learned was that every being in the mortal realm has a will to overpower others, simply because the living have a desire to thrive and flourish!"
    mc "As King Bres flourished at my expense, so I would wait for my chance to do the same in turn!"
    scene d35 06
    with fade
    mc "My chance came with the coming of Lord Lugh. The Tuatha rose in rebellion and I was one of the first to join."
    mc "My wrath against King Bres' forces and those that had done me wrong was terrible. There was no mercy given."
    mc "My enemies perished at my feet and I was glad for it!"
    scene d35 07
    with fade
    mc "There was rage and darkness in my heart right up until the moment Lugh pierced Balor's eye at Moy Tura."
    mc "The hazel tree you defended grows on the very spot that Balor fell. It is infused with his dark powers."
    bo "What?!"
    mc "You know I speak the truth. I was standing at that very spot when Balor perished and his foul miasma covered the battlefield."
    bo "..."
    bo "What do you want from me, druid?"
    mc "I want to make you an offer, but first I will release you from your bonds, if you promise to listen to what I have to say."
    bo "I will at least listen, but no more is assured than that!"
    scene d35 08
    with fade
    mc "Hatred and vengeance is no way for a druid to live. We seek to discover the secrets of the world."
    mc "With my enemies long vanquished, I want to regain what I lost, that feeling of wonder and discovery as I pursue our sacred craft. I have forgotten how to flourish!"
    mc "So you know, you are with me now in the Sidhe of Brac Cogrim."
    bo "The lair of the Far Dorocha?! He has been my enemy for a very long time and you have his friendship?!"
    mc "Do you think that man is so generous that he would allow me to sit on his throne?"
    scene d35 09
    with fade
    mc "You misunderstand, Lady Druid. Here is the Far Dorocha, vanquished by my magicks. I broke through the veil of his Sidhe and struck him down to rescue the wife of Finn Moc Huul."
    bo "You know the Fianna?!"
    mc "Finn Moc Huul counts me as one of his friends and Brac Cogrim now has no master. I want to turn this Sidhe into a place of druid learning."
    scene d35 10
    with fade
    mc "The Far Dorocha was a fanatical collector of knowledge. In the pages of these tomes there is the collective wisdom of a thousand years!"
    mc "Who better to take possession of them, than other druids?"
    bo "..."
    scene d35 11
    with fade
    bo "I have heard what you have to say and there is nothing you have to offer me!"
    mc "Are you sure? I can teach you the secrets of the druids of the Tuatha De Dannan. I can also teach you the dark ways of the Forvorian druids..."
    mc "Ah, do not show your distaste for the Forvorian arts so freely! With this light and dark of ancient knowledge, you will be the most powerful druidess in Celtica."
    mc "I offer you a chance to become my disciple, and I will teach you all I know."
    bo "You joke! With how close I came to besting you in the hazel grove, why should you not be kneeling at my feet?"
    mc "You have many things to teach me, that is true. But don't you recall how I defeated you?"
    stop music
    scene d35 12
    play sound storm loop
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    play music whd01 loop
    mc "Compared to my power, you are very much the lesser of us!"
    bo "OooOOHHH!"
    mc "You are a river, but I am the vast ocean!"
    mc "Ancient knowledge and the power of the Otherworld - both rest within me!"
    scene d35 13
    with fade
    bo "That... that gem! On all the ridges of the world I've never seen its like!"
    mc "I am the greatest druid of this, or any age. Become my disciple, Bormillyn, and you will be the stronger and wiser for it, I promise."
    mc "Abandon your narrow teachings and walk with me on a path between the darkness and the light, where all druidic discoveries feed our desire to flourish!"
    bo "W~ what are you, truly?!"
    stop sound
    scene d35 14
    with fade
    mc "You said I have nothing to offer you, but I know you are wrong. There is one thing I offer you that you desire above all else!"
    mc "I offer you Lia the Huntress, who abandoned you to join Finn Moc Huul!"
    bo "What? What do you know of that?!"
    mc "My druid sight is very strong, Bormillyn!"
    mc "Place yourself under bonds to become my disciple, and I will teach you how to turn the heart of Lia back to you!"
    mc "You shall bring her here to live with you, and she will be your lover once more, never to leave your side!"
    stop music
    jump d37
