Pluto Volume 1 Act. 1 Montblanc - Page 3 - Firefighters: We can't hold it!! The fire's spreading to the afforestation area in Sector Three!! Can't we get any more copters out here?! The entire mountain's going to burn up!! Do whatever you can to stop the flames!! How did they get so fierce...? Oh... - Page 4 - Firefighters: Wh... what happened here?! The trees have been torn off their trunks... Was there a crash here...? N-no, we never received any reports... Aaah!! Reinhart: MONTBLANC!! - Page 5 - Reinhart: (hahh)(hahh) Firefighter: Professor Reinhart... Reinhart: Montblanc's signal was cut off... Firefighter: Huh? Reinhart: Montblanc!! Firefighter: Ah... Professor!! Reinhart: Montblanc, my child!! Firefighter: No, Professor, it's too dangerous!! Reinhart: Montblaaaanc!! - Page 6 - Act. 1 : Montblanc - Page 7 - Gesicht: (hahh)(hahh)(hahh)(hahh) Blood: (drip)(drip)(drip) Gesicht: AAAH... - Page 8 - Door: (vwiiin) Helena: What's wrong? Gesicht: N... no, it's nothing... Helena: You look exhausted, dear. Have you been working too much? Maybe you need a break... Gesicht: A break... - Page 9 - TV: As you can see, after two days there are still clouds of smoke rising from the mountains, and blazes are popping up left and right! According to the investigative squad's report... At the center of these large-scale fires... Helena: You went there yesterday, didn't you? TV: They found the body of Swiss Forest Service robot Montblanc... scattered in little pieces over the landscape. - Page 10 - TV: Montblanc was known around the world as a mountaineering guide robot, wildly popular with hikers and children, and a great boon to Swiss tourism. Montblanc was also a forest ranger in the area of Luzern that is now ablaze, and he was programmed with an enthusiasm for logging practices that could coexist with nature. Mourning over the death of the beloved Montblanc is now occuring worldwide. As for HOW Montblanc died in the middle of these fires... Helena: Did you see it? Gesicht: What? - Page 11 - TV: The investigative committee will offer an explanation after a thorough look into the cause of the fires... Helena: The place where that Montblanc robot was found... Gesicht: Yes... He was torn into pieces... Yes, it's me. OK... All right, I'll be right there. Work. I have to go. Helena: Oh... but I just finished cooking breakfast... - Page 12 - Gesicht: Helena... The next time I get a vacation, let's go somewhere. Helena: Huh? Gesicht: I need to take a break, don't I? Helena: I never thought I'd hear you say that... [Dusseldorf, Euro Federation] - Page 13 - Gesicht: The victim? Officer: Male, 42 years old, the owner of this apartment... Bernard Ranke... a member of the Robot Law Protection Society. Gesicht: A human...? Officer: Y... yes, human. - Page 14 - Wallace: Boy, that's ugly... Painting: (gata) Wallace: Hey, you! Don't go barging into the scene! Man: Ah, Inspector... that's the, uh, Europol... Wallace: Ah... ID: (vwom) Gesicht: A pleasure. - Page 15 - Wallace: Certainly. I'm Inspector Wallace, city police. As you can see, it's quite a mess here. We had a hell of a time just figuring out if anything was stolen or not... Gesicht: This wasn't a crime of theft. Wallace: How can you tell? Gesicht: There are no signs of a search. Wallace: You can't possibly say that, with all this destruction... Gesicht: I can tell. This room was simply destroyed. - Page 16 - Wallace: So what are those horn-like things stuck into the body's head? Man: Hello... yes... What?! Someone suspicious broke through the cordon...!! - Page 17 - Siren: (fweee)(fweee) (fwee)(fween) (fweee)(fweee)(fweee) Officer: Get an emergency chopper, now!! Injured Man: Ugh... Wallace: Are you the only one who was attacked, Officer? - Page 18 - Injured Man: Robby was with me here... My partner, Robby... No, I mean... Police Robot PRC Model 1332... Wallace: For a police bot, he was destroyed mighty easily... Officer: Suspect is a man in his 20s, red cap, tattoos on both arms. He appears to have escaped into the old redevelopment sector!! Wallace: Okay, search in groups of two... Gesicht: Ah... - Page 19 - Wallace: I ordered you to make groups of two! I'm the one in charge here...!! Jesus! Arrogant Europol bastard!! Gesicht: (click) (click) (click) (click click) - Page 20 - Gesicht: (click)(click)(click) (click)(click) (scrape)(shh...) (chakin) - Page 21 - Junkie: AAAAH!! Gesicht: Cease and desist. Junkie: I d-didn't do nothin', man!! Gesicht: There is paint on the steel pipe you used to destroy that robot. Junkie: Ah... Gesicht: And you're high... The drug you took was "Neu," time of intake, 40 minutes ago... that's about right. Where did you get it? Junkie: Ah... - Page 22 - Gesicht: What dealer did you get it from? Junkie: T-this guy named Schultz... on Karl Heinz Street... Gesicht: What time did you meet him? Junkie: B-b-before 5 in the morning. Gesicht: When we get testimony from your dealer, that will prove your alibi. Junkie: Huh...?! Gesicht: That is the time of Bernard Ranke's murder. Junkie: Huh?! Gesicht: You only hit a police officer with a steel pipe to escape being caught for drug possession... You only destroyed Officer PRC-1332, a.k.a. Robby. Junkie: AAAAH!! - Page 23 - Junkie: Uh...? Pipe: (glang-kalang) Junkie: Ah...!! Aaaah... don't shoot me!! Please don't shoot me!! Gesicht: Don't worry... I'm made so that I can't shoot humans... - Page 24 - Gesicht: I'm a robot. My left hand will only be able to emit sleeping gas. You can either have your rights read and be taken in now, or you can go unconscious from the gas... - Page 25 - Gesicht: Which will it be? Say it! Sirens: (fweee)(fwee fween) Bell: (ding dong) Intercom: Who is it? Gesicht: I'm a Europol investigator... my name is Gesicht. Door: (vwiiin) - Page 26 - Robot: May I help you? Gesicht: You are Robby's wife? Robot: Yes. Gesicht: I regret to inform you... - Page 27 - Robot: Would you like some tea? But you are a robot, so you will only be able to pretend to drink it. By living as humans do, (kachink) we robots can upgrade our experiences to include a more human-like feel... That is certainly true... But I have difficulty understanding the pleasure of drinking tea. Especially an older model like myself... Gesicht: Ma'am... - Page 28 - Robot: I am a maid at a house. The boy there... A human boy, of course. There was a dog in the house before he was born. They were raised almost like siblings... And the dog died. The boy cried and cried, everyday... I comforted him quite a lot, but... I think that now, I finally understand... How he felt... - Page 29 - Gesicht: Would you... like me to erase part of your data? Robot: Please don't erase... my memories of him... - Page 30 - [Europol, German Office] - Page 31 - Man: What are those horn things...? Gesicht: We don't know. That was the scene of Bernard Ranke's murder. And... (bip) (tap tap) Screen: (vwom) Man: What's that...? Gesicht: The scene of SFS robot Montblanc's destruction. - Page 32 - Gesicht: That is how Montblanc's head was discovered. Men: Horns... Montblanc was found scattered in pieces, wasn't he? To rip apart a tough robot like that, you'd need... Gesicht: You'd need to be a robot. - Page 33 - Man: But... the similarity to Bernard Ranke's murder scene... Gesicht: At the estimated time of Ranke's murder... there were no traces of any other humans in the apartment. Men: No traces of any humans...? Ranke IS a human!! You suppose... The two incidents were caused by the same person...?! That is MAJOR news, Gesicht!! Gesicht: Robot Law, section 13... "No robot will harm or kill a human." - Page 34 - Men: Not since... Eight years ago. If there is a robot out there who is killing humans... That's the biggest news in eight years, Gesicht!! Gesicht: I will search for the killer. Whether he is robot or human... He is possessed by a demon. - Act. 1 End -