Fifth Casino "Arts Mother VS Power Sister"

Oh my oh my, if it isn't Master!

You're just in time for our next performance, Truffatore!

It's about a man who claimed to have cut off the Italian Peninsula from the rest of Europe...

...and brought it across the Mediterranean to attach it to GreeOh? What's that you've got there?

Is that a letter of challenge I see?

Oho! Trying our luck again, are we?

Oho! Why, your face is practically glowing with determination!

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I see, I see.

So you are here to challenge the owner of our fair casino to a rematch!

Are you going to try and stop us, Mephistopheles?

Me? Perish the lot of yoI mean, thought!

That said, I can't help but think it would be a terrible waste to not give such a spectacle the venue it deserves!

Hmm... Hm, hm, hm! How about this, Master?

What if you and your costar-slash-cohorts were to have your battle here on our casino's center stage?

And not as an impromptu improv routine, but as the stars of the show!

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A flashy battle between larger-than-life Servants would go over wonderfully with the crowd!

What about the story, you say? ...Oh, I'm sure we can work something out!

For example, you could be a group of swindlers trying to put one over on Ms. d'Arc, who would be having none of it!

Come on, Master, what do you say? Pleeeaaase? Pretty pleeeaaase?

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This will be great, Senpai! I always knew you were born to be a star!

Hmm.

I guess this would be better than trying to challenge the casino on our own terms...

If you want to go along with this, Master, I have no problem with it.

I feel the same as Lord Siegfried.

Hmm, I think I'll pass on the play.

I do enjoy a good show, but I've never done a musical before. Oh, but don't worry, I'll still be there to help with the fighting!

I'll be sitting this one out entirely, thank you. I have no interest in putting on a show for the masses.

Some flowers are only meant to bloom in the dead of night, no matter how much attention their beauty may draw.

Hehe, needless to say, it's no different for phantom thieves.

I'll have to pass too, since my figure's nothing to write home about...

Yes, I'm sure!

Gomenasorry, Ma-chan, but this is one thing I just can't do, even for you!

(Sniff) Arigathanks for understanding, Ma-chan...

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I'm in! I'll be the camerawoman making sure to capture the action from every conceivable angle!

Da Vinci should have some extra cameras lying around, so I'm going to see if I can borrow three of them!

(I have to say, Mash scares me sometimes...)

(Right there with you, Lord Siegfried.)

Wonderful! Here we go! Woohoooooo!

What kind of jumping sound effect was that!?

Mephistopheles is no ordinary person, so I expect his jumps are no ordinary jumps, either.

(That sounds logical, but something is telling me it won't hold up to under even the slightest bit of scrutiny!)

So we're going to have this rematch on stage? Well, I certainly can't sit this out then.

Regardless of its size or shape, a stage is still a stage, after all.

Oh, hi, Lambda! Welcome back.

Yes, thank you, Mash. Don't worry, I've got it all handled this time.

There's just no way her Big Sister power can stand up to my Prima Ballerina power.

It's time she learned why they call me the Prima Donna of the Water.

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...Wait. Does this mean I have to go up on stage too!?

You want me to go on the stage?

Sure, that sounds like lots of fun!

Huh? I'd be fighting my little brother there?

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(No go...?)

Spasiba!!!

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Whoops! I mean, khorosho!

Yes, this is very khorosho, Mephistopheles!

I can see it now. Two siblings who love each other, coming to an understanding by trading blows...

It's like they say: adversity brings people together. So let's give them some adversity they'll never forget!

Yes, of course. I should have known a Swimsuit Swordmaster would be on board with this.

After all, you clearly aren't the slightest bit worried that you might lose!

Well of course I'm not. After all, I'm

His big sister.

Yes, exactly!

Still, if I may offer a word of advice?

A true big sister is not a big sister merely by virtue of her birth.

Indeed, the same can be said for siblings as a whole.

No big sister is born out of thin air.

Do you see what I mean?

Yes, of course that's all true...but I don't get your point.

What are you trying to say, Mephistopheles?

That, my dear owner...is a secret! Hehehe, suffice to say that all will be clear upon the stage.

Ahh, if only Shakespeare were here right now.

I can just imagine him pouting with envy and saying "I want to perform too!"

I wonder why he's adamantly refused to come near this casino thus far?

Well, I certainly haven't banned him or anything...

(I have been praying to myself that he never shows up here...but that doesn't count, right?)

At any rate, the match is just about to start, so go on, get to the stage!

Ooh, this is so exciting! I can't wait to see everything fall to pieces! Yahoooooo!

What in the world was that jumping sound!?

Tonight, we bring you a tall tale spun by a great con artist.

The story of the man who claimed to have cut off the Italian Peninsula and attached it to Greece...

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy!

...Oho. I see.

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No matter.

Even in Greece, Rome will continue to be Rome.

Just as I myself am Rome, so too is the severed peninsula.

So the Italian Peninsula's coming here to Greece, huh? Sure, whatever.

Oh, what about taxes? Does this mean the Romans are gonna have to start paying us now?

Hey, guys! Did you hear the news!?

They say they're gonna chop off the whole Italian Peninsula and stick it onto Greece!

Oh my, this is amazing!

Once we're Greeks, we might be able to climb Mt. Olympus ourselves!

This calls for a celebration! Here's to the people chopping off the peninsula!

We did it! We got permission from the king and everythin'!

All we gotta do now's cut the dang peninsula off!

I can't wait ta get started. Hey! Make way for the con artist and his crew!

I don't think so, little brother!

If you cut off this peninsula, the boot of Italy will go floating across the Mediterranean Sea.

And the last thing this world needs is an island shaped like a boot!

Besides, as your big sister, it's my duty to stop you! Yes, this is all part of being a big sister!

Isn't that right, you two!?

It sure is!

Nobody should go around swindling others.

Even Bunyan knows your nose grows if you tell lies!

Honestly, I'd rather be on your guys' side here...

...but this time, I'm siding with them. Now shut up and do what I say like a good little brother!

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The time for words is over. From now on, I'll do whatever it takes to restore our family's love for each other!

Big Sister Beam!

Wum wum wum♪

Must be nice...

Personally, this is giving me a headache AND a stomach ache.

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Ha!

Wha!? Who are you!?

You wish to know who I am? Very well then, I'll tell you. I am...

Mother!

Mother!?

Yes. Fujimaru's mother.

Which means you, of course, are not his big sister.

And I'm going to prove that right here and now.

Ready, and...

Mother Laser!

What was that!?

Khh... Doesn't matter, I can't back down now. I have to stop my little brother from becoming a con artist!

Hold it right there!

Try ta get in our way, and we'll cut right through you, too!

C'mon, Big Bro! Let's get this surprise show on the road!

I see, I see. Now I understand what's going on here!

In that case, I'm pulling out all the stops on my end, too.

Let's do this, Reece XP! We're going to find out which is stronger: mother, or big sister! It's time for...

A Duel of Swordbeauties!

Mother Beam! Mother Laser! Mother Breath! Mother Slash! Mother Smash!

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Absolutely! They are all pure expressions of my motherly love translated into spear techniques!

Khh...! This isn't over yet!

Come here, Reece XP!

Play with me.

Honestly, even knowing Reece XP is on our side, being on the same battlefield with a shark scares me...

I'm more scared of our big sister for including a shark in the first place.

Mother Tornado!

Aaaaaaaaaahhh...

Aah! Reece XP just got blown away! Literally!

Tch. Fine, guess I'll just have to go in and cover for her stupid ass mysel

Wha!?

The hell were you thinking!? You could've killed me, dammit! Who the hell are you, anyway?

Hehehe. That saint woman might be a different story, but I have a feeling you and I will get along quite nicely.

After all, you love stabbing your opponents to death just as much as I do, right?

Then that would make us an absolutely dreadful matchup.

Bring it, bitch.

I'm gonna cut off those freakin weird legs of yours and replace 'em with slinkies!

Here I come!

Your tornado might have turned Reece XP into a movie title, but you haven't won yet...!

Or not! Backstep!

Huh?

(She's wide open...!)

Now's your chance! Go on, just like I taught you!

You got it!

Kirifuri, Kannon, Aoi, Rouben, Yoshitsune, Yourou, Ono, Amida!

Khh...! So that's who I should have been watching more closely...!

Oh no! I can't defend in ti

A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces!

You got meee!

...Yes!

I'm so...humiliated! I can't believe...I was never...his big sister...!

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Oh, what the shit! That's right! You're NOT my little brother!

I knew it! The summer heat was making us halluciminate!

I... I can't believe it... We were only siblings in name, not blood...!

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(Excuse me, everyone, but we still have a play to put on.)

(Oh, crap, you're right!)

Come on then, step right up! Right this way!

The unparalleled, unprecedented, unheard of feat: cutting the Italian Peninsula off from Europe...is now complete!

Come on now, everyone! We're all moving to Greece!

Thus was the Italian Peninsula cleaved in twain!

The overjoyed Romans went on to live in Greece, where all hell would inevitably break loose again!

What's that? The peninsula wasn't cleaved in two at all?

Indeed, it wasn't. But by the time the truth came out, the con artist and his crew had long since disappeared!

And yet, amazingly enough, the con artist and his crew hadn't so much as touched the people's money!

Perhaps the con artistor rather, the tall tale teller, simply told this tale to surprise.

Or maybe the braggart even did it...to delight!

And so, everyone lived happily ever...after?

I feel like I've just been woken up from a dream...

You mean a nightmare.

Not at all! It was a wonderfully lovely dream!

At any rate, it looks like my role as a Swimsuit Swordmaster has come to an end.

Congratulations on a job well done, everyone! You deserve a round of applause! (Clapping)

Yeah, yeah, congrats all round and shit. ...A four-sword style, huh...

I'm gonna take a little walk.

Who knows? There could be a place in this Singularity where katana grow on trees.

Katana don't grow on trees, silly.

What the hell do you know? There could be a hidden oasis around here with katana for days.

...On second thought, never mind. I don't know what I was thinking.

I'll say! I'm a kid and I wouldn't have believed something that silly!

I can't believe I got so preoccupied with Alter that I missed my chance to finish the original off...

Hey, Mephistopheles. I want to be the star of the next show.

Of course, of course!

Hmm, since figure skating so obviously suits you... Perhaps something like The Snow Queen?

No, not that. I'd prefer not to perform anything originally written by Andersen.

Or Shakespeare, for that matter. The last thing my show needs is the original author heckling me about changes.

Oh my, you are a picky one, aren't you?

All right, how about The Call of the Wild?

That's a story about dogs! Do I look like a furry to you!?

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...Is that what you think? Interesting.

Well, I'll tell you now, I don't do cats or dogs. It has to be either fish or fowl.

Ooh, then what about something with a horn? There's no sea beast more terrifying than a narwhal!

Absolutely not. What kind of hideous freak goes around with horns growing out of their head?

Phew, it's all over.

Why are you so relieved? I don't recall either of us doing anything to help this time.

Hey, I don't know about you, Carmilla, but I gave Ma-chan my metaphorical buttpan once already this event!

...You know, despite those nonsensical expressions you use, you're quite easy to talk to.

...Well, you know, the Elly clan and I have something of a rekishistory.

Oh, right. I guess you actually are her, aren't you?

She and I are NOT THE SAME!

Oh bats! I should've known that was a sore spot!

I am Mistress C, the swimsuited phantom thief! I'm nothing like...her and her ordinary nonswimsuit clothes!

I got it, I got it! So please, yamete kudastop with the calling cards! Those things really sting!

I'm sorry my own intellect wasn't of much use this time around.

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Heh. I'm honored you think so, Master.

Yeah! All that's left now's the Summer Lion King herself!

We're in the home stretch now, Master!

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Hehe...

Fou fou! Foooooou! (Special Translation: He is SO up to something!)

Play with me?

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Yes. Play!