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Warm-Up
- Panicking Visitor
Eek!
- Frightened Visitor
Th-The mummy is moving!
- Frightened Visitor
I'm getting out of here! This place is haunted!
- Frightened Visitor
It's looking at me!
- Panicking Visitor
I knew it!
- Panicking Visitor
This is what happens when a city grows too old!
- Medjehtiqedti
Everyone! Stay calm! Don't panic!
- Pepe
The exit's over here! Stay in line, don't push!
- Medjehtiqedti
Make way, make way!
- Medjehtiqedti
Sorry, excuse me.
- Medjehtiqedti
*Sargon expletive* Anat! Anat!
Medjehtiqedti squeezes through the crowd to find a pale Anat lying limp on the ground, her lips parting weakly as though trying to speak.
But the sight of the mummy cocking its head behind Anat strikes her with such terror that she cannot move her feet.
- Pepe
Titi, go handle the evacuation. I'll try to take Anat and the mummy somewhere else.
- Medjehtiqedti
Aren't you scared? It's moving!
- Pepe
I'm... alright. Ahem. I've been on two Old Calendar tomb excavations this year and met with their residents personally.
- Pepe
This one looks like a nice old man by comparison.
- Medjehtiqedti
It really takes guts to do archaeology, huh? Are you going to be okay by yourself?
- Pepe
Don't worry, it takes plenty of strength to do archaeology too.
- Anat
Titi...
- Medjehtiqedti
Anat?
- Pepe
She's fine... just muttering in her sleep.
- Medjehtiqedti
The curator's office isn't far. Go out the side door and avoid the crowds. I'll come find you once the evacuation is complete.
- Narantuya
What's going on? I'm not in my ambush position yet! Did you turn on the smoke early?
- Left Earphone
We didn't do anything.
- Narantuya
What's happening?
- Right Earphone
Seems like someone else is causing a commotion.
- Narantuya
Drat... I didn't see the target in the crowd. Where did she go?
- Narantuya
Alright, change of plans. We're starting early. Find her, keep an eye on her, and keep me posted.
- Right Earphone
Roger.
- Narantuya
Hurry. We need to blend into the crowd once we're done.
- Narantuya
It'll be too late once the evacuation is finished.
- Pepe
Good... everyone is gone...
Pepe approaches the mummy and sees a blue light glowing in its chest.
The gem has vanished into the light and is nowhere to be seen.
- Pepe
Hrmph. So it was the gem...
- Pepe
It's not easy to carry you like this...
After observing the mummy for a few seconds, Pepe decides to push the mummy's raised left arm back down.
- Pepe
(Pushes the left arm down)
- Nameless Mummy
(Raises right arm)
- Pepe
Huh?
- Pepe
(Pushes the right arm down)
- Nameless Mummy
(Raises left arm)
- Pepe
What's going on with you?
- Nameless Mummy
...
Pepe cocks her head and ponders how to get the mummy to cooperate.
To her surprise, she finds that the mummy also cocks its head, as if in thought.
- Pepe
Wait... are you copying me?
Pepe takes a step to the left, and the mummy does the same.
- Pepe
Hm?
Pepe jumps backwards, and the mummy does the same, making a loud noise as it hits the wall behind it.
- Pepe
Pfft.
- Pepe
Looks like you can move your arms and legs, but not your brains.
- Pepe
Hey, if we can move in unison...
An idea comes to Pepe as she looks at Anat, who still lies passed out on the ground.
- Pepe
Almost to the curator's office. Alright, follow my movements and make a turn here.
- Nameless Mummy
(Turns right)
- Pepe
Gotta get it to hold Anat's shoulder tighter. She almost fell just now. Let's see...
- Pepe
(Moves right hand)
- Nameless Mummy
(Grabs Anat's shoulder)
- Anat
(Frowns unconsciously)
- Pepe
Alright. Now follow me...
- Anat
(Moans unconsciously)
- Pepe
Maybe we should take smaller steps...
- Nameless Mummy
...
- Pepe
I'll consider that a yes.
The mummy steps on the hem of its own robe and falls forward, right on top of Anat's tiny frame.
- Anat
(Groans unconsciously)
- Pepe
That red mark on her face isn't going away for a while...
- Nameless Mummy
...
- Pepe
Oh, you genius.
- Pepe
Come on, hold her tightly this time.
- Anat
(Frowns unconsciously)
- Pepe
Walk with me. Not too fast, not too slow. Good... one-two... one-two...
- Nameless Mummy
...
- Pepe
Take it slow and easy. We're almost there.
- Pepe
...
- Nameless Mummy
...
Pepe turns her head to find her pass lying on the floor. It must have fallen out of her pocket.
She looks at her own raised arms, then at the mummy's holding Anat.
If the mummy let go, it would drop Anat on her head...
- Pepe
How do I get into the office like this?
- Pepe
I can't use my hands... I have to use my foot...
- Pepe
(Reaches out one foot)
- Nameless Mummy
(Reaches out one foot)
- Pepe
Good, keep your balance.
- Pepe
Still can't reach it. I wish I didn't skip gym class...
- Pepe
Come on, you can do it!
- Pepe
Argh—
Despite trying her best, the pass still lies just beyond Pepe's reach.
She stretches a little too far and loses her balance.
Following her lead, the mummy lets go of Anat and falls in the same way.
Pepe can only watch as Anat's skull hits the floor, making a dull sound on impact.
- Anat
(Unconscious cry)
- Nameless Mummy
...
- Pepe
...
- Pepe
Sorry, Anat, I'll give you my full support on your next research project.
- Wandering Staff
Hanimefendi, do you need help?
- Pepe
Oh, I'm so glad you're here. Your curator isn't feeling well. Can you help me carry her into the office?
- Wandering Staff
Alright.
- Wandering Staff
I set Curator Anat on the sofa. Your posture is... interesting. Are you sure you don't need help getting up?
- Pepe
No, it's a special exercise I do.
- Wandering Staff
Er, okay. What about the exhibit? Should I carry it inside too?
- Pepe
No, I can handle it on my own.
- Wandering Staff
Alright... let me know if you need anything else.
- Pepe
I can finally move... that was close.
- Nameless Mummy
...
- Pepe
Stop staring and come in.
- Wandering Staff
Good news, Narantuya, I found the target.
- Wandering Staff
Yeah, near Hall Four. I helped her carry the unconscious curator into the office.
- Wandering Staff
I'm certain she's in the office. There's no one else, other than the curator who's still out cold. I also have her pass.
- Wandering Staff
No problem, I'll wait here for you.
- Medjehtiqedti
Izaja?
- Wandering Staff
Oh, Medjehtiqedti Hanimefendi, I...
- Medjehtiqedti
What are you doing here, with the whole museum in chaos?
- Medjehtiqedti
We're shutting things down for the day. Help lead these lost guests out.
- Lost Tourist
What's going on? Where are we going?
- Lost Tourist
Are we in danger?
- Medjehtiqedti
Don't worry, just follow our staff here and she'll take you to a safe place.
- Wandering Staff
B-But I have other things to do...
- Medjehtiqedti
Alright, I will—
- Medjehtiqedti
Look out!
- Lost Tourist
Wh-What happened?!
- Medjehtiqedti
Who brought a cloudbeast in here? Pets aren't allowed in the museum!
- Wandering Staff
I-I didn't see any cloudbeasts...
- Medjehtiqedti
We'll talk about your negligence later. I've got to catch it before someone steps on it.
- Wandering Staff
...I guess I'm guiding the tourists outside.
- Wandering Staff
(Mutter) Well, I think I can still make it.
- Wandering Staff
Follow me, everyone. The exit is this way, to the right.
- Lost Tourist
Isn't that the left?
- Lost Tourist
She's staff here, I'm sure she knows what she's doing... hey, wait for us!
A heavy exhibition hall door is pushed open, then closed again.
No one remembers that it should be open, no one cares that it was opened, and no one has cleaned the dusty sign that reads 'Northeastern Tributary Exhibit' in ages.
The hall is silent.
Aspasia's heart thumps against her chest, almost loud enough to drown out her whispering footsteps.
She passes by the black monuments of lost tribes and colorful Kjerag rugs, casting her gaze towards the dark depths of the hall.
- Aspasia
...Finally.
- Aspasia
Our history awaits me in silence.
- Aspasia
I must admit that one should look upon history with such solemnity.
- Aspasia
From which lost temple's relief was the scroll before me drawn? From which Minoan peak was such immaculately white marble hewn?
- Aspasia
And such imagination, piecing together a corner of an ancient Minoan family with ancient artifacts.
- Aspasia
But—
- Aspasia
It's all wrong!
- Aspasia
I recognize you, the golden goblet that once sat in the center of the temple. My grandfather came to visit you, many years ago, as did my mother after him.
- Aspasia
Much has my family suffered for your loss.
- Aspasia
Why has this museum put it among the clay bowls for fermented milk? They share no common material or style!
- Aspasia
And where is the other half of the pair? The Sargonians took them all, yet they do not keep them safe!
- Aspasia
Even the exhibit description is—
She takes a long look at the exhibit label, then pulls the metal plate off the wall and looks to the other side.
Both sides are perfectly smooth, with only her own reflection upon them.
- Aspasia
Signómi, this one was just left empty.
- Aspasia
—But the biggest mistake is that these artifacts are here at all.
- Aspasia
A century ago, Minos suffered the shame of Sargonian armies violating her soil, trampling on our civilization and history.
- Aspasia
It should not have been so...
- Aspasia
I must take them.
- Wandering Staff
Follow this flight of stairs down, and you'll find the exit.
- Wandering Staff
Now then, I have other business to attend to.
- Lost Tourist
Something still doesn't feel right.
- Bewildered Tourist
I don't think this is how we came in.
- Lost Tourist
She's staff here. She knows what she's doing... right?
- Lost Tourist
Will this way really take us home?
- Aspasia
I must take you home.
- Aspasia
I must bring you to the priests of Minos, that they may study and preserve you.
Aspasia walks solemnly towards the exhibition pedestal and lifts the goblet.
- Aspasia
Minoan artifacts must not be allowed to lie forgotten in this forsaken, sunless hall.
- Lost Tourist
Don't push! I can't see where I'm going. Shouldn't they put an underground light or something in the emergency exit?
- Lost Tourist
Hey, there's a lady there setting up the exhibit. She looks more reliable than the other one. Let's ask her!
- Aspasia
Have you come to see—
- Lost Tourist
—Is this the way out of the museum?
- Aspasia
...
- Aspasia
Is there something I can help you with?
