Two Qilins
Xuan Zang: I have returned. And it seems...
Sha Wujing & Zhu Bajie: Xuan Zang!
Radiant Xuan Zang: *sigh* I can't believe the two of you followed me all the way here.
Sha Wujing: But of course! It is our most earnest wish to accompany you, Master Xuan Zang!
Zhu Bajie: I'll follow you to the ends of the earth or the middle of an enemy camp to repay everything I owe you!
Radiant Xuan Zang: While I...appreciate the sentiment, I have no intentions of allowing outsiders to accompany me.
Radiant Xuan Zang: I suggest you give up and accept it. Now if you'll pardon me?
Sha Wujing & Zhu Bajie: X-Xuan Zang?!
Jiang Ziya: Aw, c'mon! She oughta let you join up! A lively trip is way more fun, yeah?
Sha Wujing: Heavens above and worms below! You're Qilin! Might you also have a relic with you, perchance?
Jiang Ziya: Huh? You're into relics? Oh man, that is a piece of good news!
Jiang Ziya: I got relics comin' out the... Well, I got a whole lotta relics. C'mon up to my room, and I'll show ya my wares!
Sha Wujing: OOOOOOO! What a dollop of delight this will prove to be!
Sha Wujing: ...I see. So your goal is to use relics to give people a more convenient life?
Jiang Ziya: Yep. I've got all these useful dealies here, so it'd be a waste not to use 'em!
Sha Wujing: Yes! YEEEES! You are absolutely right! It is exactly as you say!
Sha Wujing: I myself have always thought the same! Only a fool would seal relics away willy- nilly simply because they are "dangerous" or "deadly" or "cause terrible maiming."
Sha Wujing: The generations march onward BECAUSE we develop and research technology!
Jiang Ziya: See, you get it! Though I mostly love it 'cause I get to try out all sorts of stuff.
Jiang Ziya: Yeah, I like you, man. You get me.
Sha Wujing: My skin crawls with delight, milady!
Sha Wujing: (What a stroke of good luck to meet such an understanding member of the Qilin!)
Sha Wujing: (It genuinely makes me consider switching from Master Xuan Zang's side... Hee hee!)
Jiang Ziya: Hey, so what kinda relic do you want to check out first? I got tons.
Sha Wujing: A most earth-shattering one! A relic that oozes with power!
Jiang Ziya: Earth-shattering, eh? Hmm...
Sha Wujing: Yes! In fact, I would be delighted to see a phenomenon that surpasses all human comprehension!
Jiang Ziya: Heh. So you REALLY wanna go over the top, eh? In that caaaaase...
Jiang Ziya: Behold the Hao Pu Hu!
Jiang Ziya: There's a relic called the Yong Run Hu that creates an endless amount of water, but this one takes that ability and cranks it up to eleven!
Jiang Ziya: It spurts out MASSIVE amounts of water! We're talking waterfalls!
Sha Wujing: All that from such a small pot? My word! What sort of mechanism powers it?
Sha Wujing: I must disassemble it and... No, but that would only destroy the precious relic.
Jiang Ziya: Hee hee! You're a funny guy, pal! I like you even more now!
Jiang Ziya: All right, let's go outside and see all the crazy stuff the Hao Pu Hu can do!
Sha Wujing: Excitement leaks out of my every nook and cranny, milady!
Jiang Ziya: Hee hee! Yeah, I'm pretty great, all right. Now let's do this thing!
Jiang Ziya: O power universal of the Qilin, be bound by my solemn decree. Billowing falls! Torrent of the river! Invoke your gift strong and swift!
Sha Wujing: By the moon and sun! This is like the great falls of Taiwu!
Sha Wujing: What a truly awesome amount of water! In the blink of an eye, everything around us is...squishy...and damp...and flooded?
Together: Waaaaaagh!
Jiang Ziya: The water isn't in the castle yet, so I think we're still okay.
Euden: Huh? What happened to you two? And why are you both so wet?!
Jiang Ziya: Oh, nothing! Just fiddling around with a relic in the ol' courtyard! La de dum de do...
Radiant Xuan Zang: The only good thing about this situation is that you both still draw breath.
Radiant Xuan Zang: Let me guess, Jiang Ziya: You got carried away with a relic and failed to seal it.
Jiang Ziya: Oh man, I really screwed up this time.
Sha Wujing: Fascinating! So even a member of the great Qilin can make such a blunder?
Sha Wujing: (I never thought to meet a careless member of their tribe... It's a lucky thing indeed that I did not switch allegiances!)
Radiant Xuan Zang: Well, this is certainly quite the problem you two created. The courtyard is a lake, and I've no idea how to reach the relic.
Sha Wujing: I have a plan.
Radiant Xuan Zang: You do?!
Sha Wujing: We can stop the relic if we get close to it, yes? In that case, all we need are my wits and Zhu Bajie's hulking strength!
Radiant Xuan Zang: Hmm...
Euden: Xuan Zang? Why the hesitation?
Radiant Xuan Zang: I do not wish to involve non-sealer outsiders in an incident caused by a relic.
Radiant Xuan Zang: Jiang Ziya and I will solve this alone.
Zhu Bajie: Okay, that doesn't make ANY sense.
Zhu Bajie: I mean, yeah, we're not sealers— but we're also not outsiders.
Radiant Xuan Zang: Explain this, if you would.
Zhu Bajie: We're all allies in this castle.
Radiant Xuan Zang: !
Zhu Bajie: And this is putting all our allies in danger. So if we don't save 'em, it's the same as if we never fulfilled our duty.
Sha Wujing: One can always count on Zhu Bajie to spew forth about honor and duty and... Well, all the rest of that.
Sha Wujing: My reasons are simpler: We have the knowledge and technology to solve the problem, therefore we should.
Sha Wujing: And if we also save lives as a result, I suppose that's all right.
Radiant Xuan Zang: You two...
Euden: It couldn't hurt to get their help, right? We're all on the same page here.
Radiant Xuan Zang: You...are correct.
Radiant Xuan Zang: I will accept your help—both of you.
Sha Wujing & Zhu Bajie: Leave it to us!
Zhu Bajie: Yaaaah!
Euden: Whoa! The water's flooding outside through that hole he made in the wall!
Sha Wujing: Water will always flow from high places to lower places. And as this courtyard is the lowest spot in the castle, we need only to make a hole, aaaand...
Zhu Bajie: Hah! This is great stuff! It's like unclogging a bath!
Sha Wujing: Now, Jiang Ziya! Stop the relic!
Jiang Ziya: Gotcha! O power universal of the Qilin, be bound by my solemn decree. Billowing falls! Torrent of the river! May your exertions be suppressed!
Radiant Xuan Zang: We should be all right now. Thank you, both of you.
Radiant Xuan Zang: And if I may ask one more thing, would you continue lending me your combined strength?
Radiant Xuan Zang: I could use fellow travelers like you on my quest to seal the relics.
Sha Wujing & Zhu Bajie: OF COURSE!
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