10,NONE,"Inside a starless night...
If this night was a living creature, it would be a jet-black whale.
I slowly awoke, as if it was spitting me out..."
20,NONE,"This is... No, I am... Who am I?...
Wait, I'm sensing so much, that I'm failing to make sense of myself..."
30,NONE,"..."
40,NONE,"...This just won't do. I see how it is.
It's just not like me to act this way."
50,NONE,"Yes, it's slowly coming back to me.
The limits of my true self..."
60,???,"Hey. You."
70,???,"Wake up... You're not already dead, are ya?"
80,???,"It might be nighttime, but bedtime's long gone if you've ended
up in this hellhole. You know that, right? Get up!"
90,NONE,"Mmmh..."
100,Carmine,"Hahaha... At least you can get on your feet.
The stench of fresh blood is all over you."
110,NONE,"(Fresh... blood? This place... Where is it? How did I end up somewhere like this?
I... can't remember anything about what I've been doing until now...
How long has it been? Not hours... Could it be days? Even weeks?)"
120,NONE,"(...No, nothing's coming to mind at all.
How ironic and cliche would it be to have come down with amnesia?
It's not like I've forgotten everything about myself, but I feel disoriented.)"
125,NONE,"(And it feels like I haven't moved in so long. I'm so sore...)"
130,NONE,"(...Yet... despite that, I feel more alive than I've ever felt.
Right now, that's the thing that stands out most to me as I gather my memories.
I can clench my fist. I can breathe. So why does it still feel wrong?)"
135,NONE,"(Am I not... dead?)"
140,Carmine,"Hey. I'm talking to you. Are you gonna keep ignoring me?
Or do I have to stick something through those walleyed sockets you got there?"
150,NONE,"(...Overthinking as usual, Riesbyfe. In that case, I must be in great shape.
I can't say the same for this man... He looks rather addled, perhaps sickly.
But for all I know, he may be the reason why I've awakened.)"
155,NONE,"(I'm still in Japan - that much is clear.
But I don't think I want to stay around here any more than I must.)"
160,NONE,"Please, pardon me. I didn't mean to ignore you. I don't recall how I ended up here,
or what became of me. I give my earnest thanks to you for waking me up.
My name is Riesbyfe Strindvari. And you are...?"
170,Carmine,"Tch! You talk the same way as those annoying holy brats.
Now that I can actually look at your get-up, you sure look like one of those guys."
180,None,"...Uhm, I'm not sure I follow. I am a Knight, if that's--"
190,Carmine,"Stuff the polite crap down your runny little mouth and listen up."
195,Carmine,"I can feel somethin' oozing from ya. You don't got much EXS to sniff out,
but there's something else. I can feel something real, real strong that you're hiding.
I'm curious. That's the only reason I haven't kicked you dead onto the curb, got it?"
200,NONE,"..."
205,Carmine,"This is the Hollow Night! A place seperated from the rest of the real world.
You must've gotten lucky and survived a Void taking a chunk out of you. 
Since you've got EXS powers, you're an In-Birth just like the rest of us trash!"
210,Carmine,"There's some stuff going on tonight that's getting everyone riled up, including me.
How about that? You can join in on the best part - killin' each other dead
using what you've got! That's what the Hollow Night is all about! Gya ha ha ha ha!"
215,NONE,"(He's spouting plenty of jargon in return.
These sound like mad, convoluted ramblings.)"
220,NONE,"(And yet... my heart harbours no doubt about he says,
only this returning, creeping uncertainty.)"
225,NONE,"(Have I not escaped fate? Am I truly dead again? Is this that town again?
The sound of violent bloodshed that this person is enthusiastically gushing over...
Will I be dancing a dance of battles with the inhabitants here? I have a bad feeling...)"
230,NONE,"...I won't worry myself with trying to understand what all this means.
It'll give me a headache.
More importantly, why are you informing me of all this?"
235,NONE,"I won't deny that you exude a vicious aura.
I've been around enough to know your type.
Is your curiosity all about itching this newcomer to a gruesome fight?"
240,Carmine,"Bingo. Don't get me wrong. I'm not interested in small fry anymore.
They drop dead like flies that killing them isn't even worth it. You, though?
You're strong. I don't know what that Aeon punk did, but you're no usual noob."
250,NONE,"...The thought that you can somehow sense that is flattering, but I have no
desire to duel in these circumstances. Sadly, men like you have one-track-minds,
and I won't have a choice. You won't settle until you've seen what I'm capable of."
260,Carmine,"That's the short-lived life of an In-Birth! Don't hate the player, hate the game!
As far as I know, nobody here's really alive to begin with. That's why I can't help
but kill everything worth killin' before I never get a chance to do it again!"
270,NONE,"Fine then. I don't trust you'll let me walk away freely. It'll do me well to see how
much worse an ""In-Birth"" is compared to vampires. I'll have to de-rust myself
if I have to deal with more foolish brawlers like you."
280,Carmine,"Kya, gya ha ha ha ha ha haa! That's what I'm talking about, dammit!
Just some good ol' EXS-on-EXS action to get warmed up! If you don't die at the end
of this, I might just let you live, so don't pull any punches!"
290,NONE,"(Just my luck, getting a madman as my wake-up call... At least he wasn't of
zero use to me. I just hope nothing happened to Gamaliel while I was unconscious.
...Still, this man looks rather young. Is he really a killer, or is it for show?...)"
300,NONE,"Very well. I am Riesbyfe, Knight Captain of the church.
Despite my isolation and uncertainty, I will pursue my mission and carry out the
lord's will under this Hollow Night!"


Sigh... This night is passing along quite slowly, and I'm growing weary.
I've barely had time to tune and prune Gamaliel with how rowdy 