Here. Memory ends at ~11:04, about eight minutes in total, and does not include the Wonder Chef aside.
All of the names in this memory are currently blocked out, apart from 'Tweedle A' and 'Tweedle B'.
Summary—
It's raining and you're outdoors somewhere, surrounded by crumbling ruins, with Girl in White, Girl in Red, Boy, and Dog. You were on your way out, when suddenly a familiar sneering captain turned up with his brigade.
You affect mild surprise that they went to all the trouble of crossing an ocean just to catch up with you, but you're not actually surprised.
The captain addresses Girl in White as 'Princess', to your complete lack of surprise. In fact, Boy is the only member of the party who doesn't seem to have figured it out already.
Girl in White (Princess in White?) asks Captain Sneer what will happen to her friends if she goes with him, and he tells her point-blank that they'll be drawn and quartered for abducting a member of the royal family. She tries to protest that she wasn't abducted, which pisses off Captain Sneer, and seems to convince him that he should just kill us instead? Uhhh.
But fortunately! It's Tweedle A and Tweedle B and their lieutenant! Who are definitely also here to arrest you and your 'accomplices' for kidnapping a princess, but appear to be way less interested in summarily executing anybody.
There's a political squabble between the two brigades, with Lieutenant Tweedle arguing that criminals deserve a trial, and then Captain Sneer loudly declares that you're not worth his time and leaves you to the Tweedles.
The Princess again tries to protest, begging them not to hurt any of you, but you tell her not to worry, and you mostly mean it. These guys are self-righteous jackasses, but they're not going to beat anybody unconscious. (Standards!)
You're marched out of the ruins and into a waiting carriage, then transported to a city you've never heard of. Behind you, you hear Lieutenant Tweedle address their captain, so you suppose he was watching from somewhere out of sight.
After a quiet, boring ride to the city (you know the knights can hear you, so you stifle Boy's attempt to start a conversation about what just happened), you're marched into an interrogation room, where...
...Lieutenant Tweedle proceeds to take out a huge stack of paperwork, and oh my god are they really going to go through every single crime you've ever committed in detail, you're so bored already.
(Girl in Red is also bored, she seems to think her name is enough to get her out of trouble, but Boy is kind of a nervous, mumbling wreck in his seat next to you. You're pretty sure he's never been in trouble like this before.)
You ask Lieutenant Tweedle where his captain is, and Girl in Red (correctly, in your estimation) pronounces that he's too much of a bigshot to bother with them, which makes his lackeys real indignant.
But, uh, that's when someone even more important shows up: the commandant, with a Krityan woman in tow. Everyone's a little shell-shocked, joking aside: you know this guy shouldn't be involving himself with your interrogation...
...and that's even before he announces that your crimes have all been summarily pardoned by royal authority. The little princess, and — also a prince! Your 'abduction' is officially being written off as 'protecting' the princess, plus apparently rescuing some prince, and you're being thanked for your service to the Empire. The Krityan woman even tries to give you a monetary reward, which you brush off, because you don't need it and you didn't do any of this for the Empire.
You ask what's going to happen to Girl in White, and the commandant says she's agreed to return to the castle. He tells you that she's waiting at the inn, and that everyone would be pleased if you'd put in an appearance.
The commandant leaves, and the knights who arrested you reluctantly follow him out, giving you sulky stink eyes as they go.
Boy immediately blurts out that he can't believe Girl in White is really a princess, so you rattle off a few of the hints that made you think she was probably royalty, and then Girl in Red tells you to shut up because you obviously didn't just think she was probably royalty, you knew. You don't deny it.
Boy worries that might've been rude to her by accident, and you tease him that rudeness to royalty is punishable by decapitation. He protests that you're ruder than him, and you shrug. "Guess it's off with both our heads, then."
(It's a lot safer to make this joke now, when you've all been pardoned for any 'crimes'. The kid would've really freaked out earlier.)
You head out into the town, see knights stationed here and there. You suppose that Girl in White will head back to the capital now, and Girl in Red prods you about whether you're really okay with that, probably because she's very much not. You tell her it's not your decision, which she's forced to agree with, and then wonder where you are. Boy launches into a cheerful, comfortable recitation of facts about the city: Heliord. Apparently it's new — so new it still seems to be under construction. You decide to have a look around town, Girl in Red says she has her own business to attend to, and Boy wonders out loud what he's going to do now. The memory ends.
Notables—
A lot of familiar faces among the knights from Memories 2 and 4! And a lot of internal politics.
All Knights Are Bastards, but some are worse than others.
Too bad you didn't turn your head when Lieutenant Tweedle started talking to his captain, you could've caught a glimpse of the man. But you just weren't that interested.
Internally—
Fuck Captain Sneer, what a piece of shit.
Krityans are a race of humanoids that also live on your planet. They speak the human language, but probably have a language of their own, too. Elf ears, hair in shades of green or blue or purple, and long stalks that come out of the base of their skulls.
Being pardoned was much more surprising than it was a relief, or something to be happy about. Mostly you feel kind of weird about it.
The offer of money was actively insulting, but you tried to swallow that down.
You're a little frustrated with Girl in White for agreeing to go back to the capitol? If it's what she actually wants, that's fine. But you're skeptical.
Memory #8
Video—
- Here. Memory ends at ~11:04, about eight minutes in total, and does not include the Wonder Chef aside.
- All of the names in this memory are currently blocked out, apart from 'Tweedle A' and 'Tweedle B'.
Summary—- It's raining and you're outdoors somewhere, surrounded by crumbling ruins, with Girl in White, Girl in Red, Boy, and Dog. You were on your way out, when suddenly a familiar sneering captain turned up with his brigade.
- You affect mild surprise that they went to all the trouble of crossing an ocean just to catch up with you, but you're not actually surprised.
- The captain addresses Girl in White as 'Princess', to your complete lack of surprise. In fact, Boy is the only member of the party who doesn't seem to have figured it out already.
- Girl in White (Princess in White?) asks Captain Sneer what will happen to her friends if she goes with him, and he tells her point-blank that they'll be drawn and quartered for abducting a member of the royal family. She tries to protest that she wasn't abducted, which pisses off Captain Sneer, and seems to convince him that he should just kill us instead? Uhhh.
- But fortunately! It's Tweedle A and Tweedle B and their lieutenant! Who are definitely also here to arrest you and your 'accomplices' for kidnapping a princess, but appear to be way less interested in summarily executing anybody.
- There's a political squabble between the two brigades, with Lieutenant Tweedle arguing that criminals deserve a trial, and then Captain Sneer loudly declares that you're not worth his time and leaves you to the Tweedles.
- The Princess again tries to protest, begging them not to hurt any of you, but you tell her not to worry, and you mostly mean it. These guys are self-righteous jackasses, but they're not going to beat anybody unconscious. (Standards!)
- You're marched out of the ruins and into a waiting carriage, then transported to a city you've never heard of. Behind you, you hear Lieutenant Tweedle address their captain, so you suppose he was watching from somewhere out of sight.
- After a quiet, boring ride to the city (you know the knights can hear you, so you stifle Boy's attempt to start a conversation about what just happened), you're marched into an interrogation room, where...
- ...Lieutenant Tweedle proceeds to take out a huge stack of paperwork, and oh my god are they really going to go through every single crime you've ever committed in detail, you're so bored already.
- (Girl in Red is also bored, she seems to think her name is enough to get her out of trouble, but Boy is kind of a nervous, mumbling wreck in his seat next to you. You're pretty sure he's never been in trouble like this before.)
- You ask Lieutenant Tweedle where his captain is, and Girl in Red (correctly, in your estimation) pronounces that he's too much of a bigshot to bother with them, which makes his lackeys real indignant.
- But, uh, that's when someone even more important shows up: the commandant, with a Krityan woman in tow. Everyone's a little shell-shocked, joking aside: you know this guy shouldn't be involving himself with your interrogation...
- ...and that's even before he announces that your crimes have all been summarily pardoned by royal authority. The little princess, and — also a prince! Your 'abduction' is officially being written off as 'protecting' the princess, plus apparently rescuing some prince, and you're being thanked for your service to the Empire. The Krityan woman even tries to give you a monetary reward, which you brush off, because you don't need it and you didn't do any of this for the Empire.
- You ask what's going to happen to Girl in White, and the commandant says she's agreed to return to the castle. He tells you that she's waiting at the inn, and that everyone would be pleased if you'd put in an appearance.
- The commandant leaves, and the knights who arrested you reluctantly follow him out, giving you sulky stink eyes as they go.
- Boy immediately blurts out that he can't believe Girl in White is really a princess, so you rattle off a few of the hints that made you think she was probably royalty, and then Girl in Red tells you to shut up because you obviously didn't just think she was probably royalty, you knew. You don't deny it.
- Boy worries that might've been rude to her by accident, and you tease him that rudeness to royalty is punishable by decapitation. He protests that you're ruder than him, and you shrug. "Guess it's off with both our heads, then."
- (It's a lot safer to make this joke now, when you've all been pardoned for any 'crimes'. The kid would've really freaked out earlier.)
- You head out into the town, see knights stationed here and there. You suppose that Girl in White will head back to the capital now, and Girl in Red prods you about whether you're really okay with that, probably because she's very much not. You tell her it's not your decision, which she's forced to agree with, and then wonder where you are. Boy launches into a cheerful, comfortable recitation of facts about the city: Heliord. Apparently it's new — so new it still seems to be under construction. You decide to have a look around town, Girl in Red says she has her own business to attend to, and Boy wonders out loud what he's going to do now. The memory ends.
Notables—- A lot of familiar faces among the knights from Memories 2 and 4! And a lot of internal politics.
- All Knights Are Bastards, but some are worse than others.
- Too bad you didn't turn your head when Lieutenant Tweedle started talking to his captain, you could've caught a glimpse of the man. But you just weren't that interested.
Internally—