Orochi/Supports


 * Note: Bolded text are voice clips from S-Support CG confession scenes

C Support

 * Avatar: Have a moment, Orochi?
 * Orochi: I live to serve, Lord Avatar.
 * Avatar: I was wondering if you could tell me a little more about my mother.
 * Orochi: Lady Mikoto—a remarkable woman. I'd be delighted to share my memories of her.
 * Avatar: I barely had a chance to get to know my mother. So little time, because of what I... Hmm. Anyway, could you share some stories about her?
 * Orochi: Trust me when I say she wouldn't have blamed you for what happened. And she'd be saddened if you blamed yourself, Lord Avatar. But yes, a story—a funny one! That's what we need.


 * Avatar: She seemed so graceful. You know funny stories about her?
 * Orochi: Oh, she was endlessly hilarious. One time, I recall catching her swimming— with her slippers on! She'd forget she had two chopsticks in hand—and eat with four! Some might say she was absentminded. Not I. She was a dreamer of dreams. So what if Lady Mikoto had her silly mishaps. We loved her for it.
 * Avatar: Please, go on.
 * Orochi: Once she sat cross-legged for so long, her legs went to sleep. And I am talking a DEEP sleep! She stood up before the court—and careened right into a fountain!
 * Avatar: I wish I could have been there. Er, at least to help her out of the water.
 * Orochi: Your mother was truly unique, like a wise sage and an accidental jester. She had the sweetest voice, but the things she would say... Honestly, that dear woman—she really was a hoot.
 * Avatar: Thanks, Orochi. That's exactly what I needed to hear right now.

B Support

 * Orochi: Hello there, Lord Avatar.
 * Avatar: Oh, Orochi! Thank you for sharing those funny stories about my mother last time.
 * Orochi: I fear I made her out to be a buffoon. Far from the truth.
 * Avatar: You did no such thing. You revealed a side I would never have known.
 * Orochi: But she had many facets. That woman was a gem. I'd like to tell you about the side of her that was kindness itself.
 * Avatar: I'm all ears.
 * Orochi: She was kind enough to treat me with the greatest respect. My family has long served as diviners at the royal palace. But we'd been treated very poorly.
 * Avatar: I can't believe that. Really?
 * Orochi: We diviners tell as many bad fortunes as good, which can make us unpopular.
 * Avatar: How unjust. To speak the truth, and be blamed for it?
 * Orochi: Indeed. But my fate was changed when I met Lady Mikoto. She treated me like her own daughter. No matter what fortunes I told her.
 * Avatar: A rare soul, I guess.
 * Orochi: The rarest! Why, once I saw enemies outside the palace... I rushed at them, tried to drive them off by myself, and got hurt badly. She wept at my bedside that night, and many nights after that. Once I got better, Lady Mikoto said I must never run off like that again. To make sure that I didn't, she made me one of her personal attendants.
 * Avatar: She sounds like perfection.
 * Orochi: Lady Mikoto was so kind, being in her presence was like basking in the sun.
 * Avatar: A beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing it.
 * Orochi: Of course. Now if you'll excuse me, Lord Avatar... Th-those are all the memories that Orochi has in her right now.

A Support

 * Orochi: Ah, Lord Avatar. May I share one last thought about your mother?
 * Avatar: Of course. Your tales are like pearls, Orochi.
 * Orochi: As I have said, she had many facets. Funny, kind, wise, brilliant... ...... And also dark.
 * Avatar: Oh?
 * Orochi: She usually shone, one way or another, no matter when you saw her. But then I'd catch her alone, a shadow in her features... She fell into dark spells, and I believe she was always thinking of...
 * Avatar: Me.
 * Orochi: Yes, you—or so I believe. She was agonizing over the loss of her son. Before her people, and at court, she was always bright as the sun. Yet she was unafraid to show this troubled side to me and Kagero.
 * Avatar: My poor mother...
 * Orochi: I wasn't sure whether to tell you. It's not a happy memory. And yet, in a way, it is. That was the side of her that loved you—missed you—deeply.
 * Avatar: Th-thank you, Orochi. I suspect no one knew her quite as well as you. That side of her, I feel it too. But in the darkness is love. I must do what I can to defend all those she also feared losing.
 * Orochi: I know she'd want you to take heart from all this loss.
 * Avatar: You're among those she held most dearly, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Perhaps. In any case, I loved Lady Mikoto very much. She was like a mother to me. So, of course, I feel very close to you. I hope I...haven't overstepped.
 * Avatar: Of course not, Orochi. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
 * Orochi: My pleasure.

S Support

 * Orochi: Pffft—HA!
 * Avatar: Everything all right there, Orochi?
 * Orochi: Oh, it's nothing. I mean, it's not nothing. Far from it! But why are you sneaking up on me in the shadows, Lord Avatar?
 * Avatar: Well, I did no such thing. I just happened by, that's all.
 * Orochi: You'll have to pardon my outburst. Let's change the topic.
 * Avatar: All right, Orochi. I know you well enough by now NOT to let it go. Come on, tell me—what were you laughing about?
 * Orochi: All right, if you must know. We've confided a lot, you and I, so there's no point in secrets now.
 * Avatar: Secrets?
 * Orochi: I'll start over. Last time, I said I hoped I hadn't overstepped with you. Well, the truth is—augh!—I want to REALLY overstep with you.
 * Avatar: What?!
 * Orochi: I think in sharing all those facets of Lady Mikoto with you... I revealed many sides to myself too that no one knows but you.
 * Avatar: I...I feel just the same.
 * Orochi: Do you? Well, I've only just realized it. Which is why I laughed!
 * Avatar: HA!
 * Orochi: You see, Lord Avatar? It's ludicrous... you and I...and yet...
 * Avatar: Sorry. I just didn't see this coming either—not after all our sad talks. I mean, they were happy. Or bittersweet? Anyway, how'd we find ourselves here, of all places? HA!
 * Orochi: Well, we can't stand around here laughing all day. That'd be awkward.
 * Avatar: Truly, Orochi, I think I've felt like this for a while. The way you cared so much, to show me who my mother really was... You've changed my life.
 * Orochi: I swear I didn't tell you those things to hook myself a royal, Lord Avatar...!
 * Avatar: Whoa—hold on. You really need to stop saying crazy stuff!
 * Orochi: You'd better get used to it!
 * Avatar: Wh-why?
 * Orochi: Because we're getting married! Pfffft—HAAA!
 * Avatar: Wait, that's not funny.
 * Orochi: Oh. It's not?
 * Avatar: Bwahaha! Just kidding—we ARE getting married!
 * Orochi: All right, chuckles. Cut it. We've got to dig up some rings somewhere...
 * Orochi: I knew we'd wind up together. Even before I met you. I read it in the cards...and the cards are never wrong.

C Support

 * Avatar: Have a moment, Orochi?
 * Orochi: I live to serve, Lady Avatar.
 * Avatar: I was wondering if you could tell me a little more about my mother.
 * Orochi: Lady Mikoto--a remarkable woman. I'd be delighted to share my memories of her.
 * Avatar: I barely had a chance to get to know my mother. So little time, because of what I... Hmm. Anyway, could you share some stories about her?
 * Orochi: Trust me when I say she wouldn't have blamed you for what happened. And she'd be saddened if you blamed yourself, Lady Avatar. But yes, a story--a funny one! That's what we need.
 * Avatar: She seemed so graceful. You know funny stories about her?
 * Orochi: Oh, she was endlessly hilarious. One time, I recall catching her swimming--with her slippers on! She'd forget she had two chopsticks in hand--and eat with four! Some might say she was absentminded. Not I. She was a dreamer of dreams. So what if Lady Mikoto had her mishaps. We loved her for it.
 * Avatar: Please, go on.
 * Orochi: Once she sat cross-legged for so long, her legs went to sleep. And I am talking a DEEP sleep! She stood up before the court--and careened right into a fountain!
 * Avatar: I wish I could have been there. Er, at least to help her out of the water.
 * Orochi: Your mother was truly unique, like, a wise sage and an accidental jester. She had the sweetest voice, but the things she would say... Honestly, that dear woman--she really was a hoot.
 * Avatar: Thanks, Orochi. That's exactly what I needed to hear right now.

B Support

 * Orochi: Hello there, Lady Avatar.
 * Avatar: Oh, Orochi! Thank you for sharing those funny stories about my mother last time.
 * Orochi: I fear I made her out to be a buffoon. Far from the truth.
 * Avatar: You did no such thing. You revealed a side I would never have known.
 * Orochi: But she had many facets. That woman was a gem. I'd like to tell you about the side of her that was kindness itself.
 * Avatar:  I'm all ears.
 * Orochi: She was kind enough to treat me with the greatest respect. My family has long served as diviners at the royal palace. But we'd been treated very poorly.
 * Avatar: I can't believe that. Really?
 * Orochi: We diviners tell as many bad fortunes as good, which can make us unpopular.
 * Avatar: How unjust. To speak the truth, and be blamed for it?
 * Orochi: Indeed. But my fate was changed when I met Lady Mikoto. She treated me like her own daughter. No matter what fortunes I told her.
 * Avatar: A rare soul, I guess.
 * Orochi: The rarest! Why, once I saw enemies outside the palace... I rushed them, tried to drive them off by myself, and got hurt badly. She wept at my bedside that night, and many nights after that. Once I got better, Lady Mikoto said I must never run off like that again. To make sure I didn't, she made me one of her personal attendants.
 * Avatar: She sounds like perfection.
 * Orochi: Lady Mikoto was so kind, being in her presence was like basking in the sun.
 * Avatar: A beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing it.
 * Orochi: Of course. Now if you'll excuse me, Lady Avatar... Th-those are all the memories that Orochi has in her right now.

A Support

 * Orochi: Ah, Lady Avatar. May I share one last thought about your mother?
 * Avatar: Of course. Your tales are like pearls, Orochi.
 * Orochi: As I have said, she had many facets. Funny, kind, wise, brilliant... ...... And also dark.
 * Avatar: Oh?
 * Orochi: She usually shone, one way or another, no matter when you saw her. But then I'd catch her alone, a shadow in her features... She fell into dark spells, and I believe she was always thinking of...
 * Avatar: Me.
 * Orochi: Yes, you--or so I believe. She was agonizing over the loss of her daughter. Before her people, and at court, she was always bright as the sun. Yet she was unafraid to show this troubled side to me and Kagero.
 * Avatar: My poor mother...
 * Orochi: I wasn't sure whether to tell you. It's not a happy memory. And yet, in a way, it is. That was the side of her that loved you--missed you--deeply.
 * Avatar: Th-thank you, Orochi. I suspect no one knew her quite as well as you. That side of her, I feel it too. But in the darkness is love. I must do what I can to defend those she also feared losing.
 * Orochi: I know she'd want you to take heart from all this loss.
 * Avatar: You're among those she held most dear, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Perhaps. In any case, I loved Lady Mikoto very much. She was like a mother to me. So, of course, I feel very close to you. I hope I...haven't overstepped.
 * Avatar: Of course not. Orochi, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
 * Orochi: My pleasure.

C Support

 * Orochi: Why, if it isn't Jakob! Your timing is impeccable.
 * Jakob: What can I help you with, Orochi?
 * Orochi: Nothing much. Simply bored. But I do wonder... Would you mind if I told your fortune? You know, just for fun?
 * Jakob: A bit of fortune-telling? I must admit that I'm curious.
 * Orochi: It will take me only a moment to commune with the future.
 * Orochi: ......
 * Orochi: Ah, done.
 * Jakob: Well then, let's hear it. Come on. I don't have all day, Orochi.
 * Orochi: I've found out...that your personality is lacking.
 * Jakob: My personality—
 * Orochi: Is lacking, yes.
 * Jakob: That's not a fortune. That's just slander and nonsense.
 * Orochi: Hehe. It has the ring of truth too me. With that, I conclude my communion with the higher truths of the future.
 * Jakob: What would provoke you to pounce upon me like this, Orochi? It's hardly becoming of you.

C Support

 * Orochi: Aha! I finally found you. You're the one who goes by the name Silas, right? I am Orochi, the great diviner of Hoshido. I see all.
 * Silas: Ha, really? If you see all, why'd it take you so long to find me? Why ask my name? In any case, I'm the one you're looking for—Silas, knight of Nohr. Now, no more strange business. Just tell me what you want.
 * Orochi: Oh, then I'll get to the point. I've heard that you know Avatar well. You're also said to be quite the impressive swordsman, Silas. Which is why I've come to warn you.
 * Silas: Warn me? Of what?
 * Orochi: I've... I've seen something terrible. You... you should be careful in the next battle.
 * Silas: Wh-what?! What's going to happen to me?
 * Orochi: Something TERRIBLE.
 * Silas: Terr—? Oh, ha! You almost had me! But I'm not going to fall for your strange act, Orochi. Not in a million years!
 * Orochi: As you will. Still, heed my words, or you won't live to see ONE more year.

B Support

 * Silas: Hey, Orochi! Lookee here! Not a wound, not a cut! Not even a nick from shaving!
 * Orochi: And exactly why should I care?
 * Silas: Because you said I'd get hurt if I wasn't careful in my next battle! I wasn't careful at all, and I survived just fine. So much for "seeing all," Orochi!
 * Orochi: Why bother to spit on my prediction? I was only trying to help!
 * Silas: Uh, what? I d-didn't mean to insult you. I'm just saying it didn't come true.
 * Orochi: Oh?! Then let me break it down for you. My predictions are dead accurate. You stand here, alive, because you DID head my advice. You must have been half-careful at least. And that was JUST enough.
 * Silas: Er, huh? Wait, no! You're just twisting things around because you were wrong. I'm not going to fall for this again!
 * Orochi: Then I can't warn you about what's next to come.
 * Silas: N-next?!
 * Orochi: I've peered into your future. Something that never happens to you....will.
 * Silas: N-n-never WHAT will happen? I mean, what's going to happen that never does?
 * Orochi: Oh, now you're interested? Well then, bring me herbs for my magic. Then I'll tell you what I know. Your first prediction was a freebie.
 * Silas: Free—? Oh, ha! You almost fooled me again!
 * Orochi: Do I look like I'm kidding?
 * Silas: No! Just like a swindler! You make people worry themselves sick with your silly flimflam! And you take advantage of them!
 * Orochi: How could you think that of me? Why, I'm on your side and everything! I suppose it's only to be expected of someone from Nohr.
 * Silas: I didn't mean to offend you. Ugh, why does this happen every time we speak? You make me all worried, and then I get upset, and then YOU get upset. So please, please, please...don't bother me with your fortunes again!
 * Orochi: Very well.

A Support

 * Silas: I owe you my life for what you did after that last battle, Orochi!
 * Orochi: It...it was nothing.
 * Silas: Nothing?! Are you kidding? Just when I thought the battle was over... I was attacked by a survivor from behind! You...you lept in to save me!
 * Orochi: I saw it coming. From afar. Long before. I know you don't believe in my predictions. But I knew you'd be dead if I didn't dos something. So I came running.
 * Silas: R-really? Then I was a fool you call you a swindler. You're a hero, Orochi!
 * Orochi: Don't be so sure. Even if my predictions come true, could still be a swindler.
 * Silas: Then swindle to your heart's content, Orochi! Take it all. You saved my life!
 * Orochi: Hmm. You're an odd one, Silas. Heh. But I could get used to you. You're sort of...urgh!
 * Silas: What's wrong? Are you hurt?
 * Orochi: Head got a little banged up. See you later. I've to to get some ice on this.
 * Silas: You'd better, Orochi. I can't stand the idea that you got hurt for my sake. But just...one thing before you go. Why'd you come running to help me?
 * Orochi: Why wouldn't I?
 * Silas: I was rude to you. Sort of a jerk. A big jerk. The biggest.
 * Orochi: Yes. You were. But you know how I sensed a bad fate awaited you? I sensed the same just before Mikoto met her fate.
 * Silas: Oh, no...
 * Orochi: Oh, yes. But I warned her only that she would soon be in danger. When I realized the true extent of what was coming, I tried to tell her. But I didn't get to Mikoto in time. And then...THAT happened to her. I'll regret what befell lovely Mikoto for the rest of my days. I couldn't save her. But I could at least save you, Silas.
 * Silas: How truly sad. Well then, that makes up my mind.
 * Orochi: To do what?
 * Silas: I'm going to repay your kindness. What was that you wanted? Herbs for your magic? Then I'm going to collect all the herbs I can find!
 * Orochi: That's not necessary. After all, if I'm a swindler, maybe it's not for magic. Maybe I'm going to sell it all!
 * Silas: Fine by me. I owe you. Sell the herbs. I'll just bring you more!

C Support

 * Orochi: And...there. Everything in its proper place.
 * Ryoma: What is all this clutter, Orochi?
 * Orochi: Lord Ryoma! No disrespect, milord, but it's not clutter. In fact, I've just finished organizing all of my divination materials. A woman in my profession has many components to have close at hand.
 * Ryoma: Indeed. I stand corrected. And, pray tell, what is that?
 * Orochi: That card in particular? One of many that Kagero drew for me. She drew all of my best fortune-telling cards.
 * Ryoma: Hmm. I recall hearing that somewhere. I've never laid eyes on them though. How...odd they are. Eerie too. Ominous.
 * Orochi: Avert your eyes, milord! It seems her style irritates the royal eye!
 * Ryoma: Hmpf. You jest, Orochi, but in truth I do find these images of hers unsettling. But I value Kagero, and I'm glad to know she's had a good friend in you. As her lord and master, I may not be the friendliest of figures in her life.
 * Orochi: You're too hard on yourself, milord. You always have been.
 * Ryoma: ......
 * Orochi: You see? You never let yourself relax. Always a sentinel. Both Kagero and even Lady Mikoto said you never let down your guard. That you're unfailing in your many noble qualities.
 * Ryoma: Is that so?
 * Orochi: Still, I'd like to think milord allows himself a laugh now and then. Please tell me that you have at least some funny mishap in your past!
 * Ryoma: You think me dull.
 * Orochi: No, never! Please, don't take it like that. I hate to see you so grim. But I do wonder—when's the last time you smiled?
 * Ryoma: I couldn't say.
 * Orochi: Nor can I. Your face has been grim as a gravestone for a long time now. All these battles, this endless fighting... Well then, I have no choice.
 * Ryoma: Orochi?
 * Orochi: I'm going to MAKE you laugh. I'll chip that stony exterior. You can count on me, Lord Ryoma, your most loyal servant.

(Orochi leaves)


 * Ryoma: O-Orochi? Please, there's no need! Oh, no.

B Support

 * Ryoma: ......
 * Orochi: May I have a word with you, Lord Ryoma?
 * Ryoma: I fear you'll take it, whether I grant it or not.
 * Orochi: Milord, you know Orochi too well. I promised to make you laugh. How about we try funny stories?
 * Ryoma: I must admit—I have none.
 * Orochi: Oooh, good thing I have lots that I've been saving for a rainy day.
 * Ryoma: It's not raining.
 * Orochi: Just a figure of speech, milord. Now, shall we start with tales about Lady Mikoto?
 * Ryoma: My mother?
 * Orochi: Ah, yes. You may not know it, but Lady Mikoto had her funny quirks. Ha! She'd gobble sweets when no one was looking. I'd catch her with her cheeks stuffed so much—she looked like a chipmunk.
 * Ryoma: I didn't know that about Mother.
 * Orochi: Want to hear one about Kagero? Once, she went high into the mountains, looking for paint pigments... But then she saw a bear and thought it was a spy bundled up for the cold. Kagero tried to get a confession out of the bear—and barely escaped with her life!
 * Ryoma: Surely not the Kagero...I know?
 * Orochi: Yes. She and your mother—I know things that will keep me laughing forever. Please don't hold such things against Kagero now. That was years ago.
 * Ryoma: Heh, chipmunk cheeks.
 * Orochi: Oooh, what's that I see on YOUR face, Lord Ryoma?
 * Ryoma: A smirk is not a laugh. Still, thank you.
 * Orochi: Oh, milord. I've failed you. But I'll take a little hope from your smirk. Maybe it's the crack in the dam. I'll get you gushing yet!
 * Ryoma: Heh, I doubt that. Still, thank you. Your tales have demonstrated my weak spot. I must be more vigilant.
 * Orochi: I didn't mean for you to get more serious, milord. Next time, I will get that laugh!

A Support

 * Ryoma: Orochi, I'd like to hear more of your stories.
 * Orochi: You wish is my command, Lord Ryoma. Could you specify which stories?
 * Ryoma: You know, those little stories—of things I failed to notice about people.
 * Orochi: I meant to make you laugh, milord, not feel guilt. Oh, blast it! I guess that's just who you are. I can't change that. I suppose your duty weighs on you like a millstone around your neck.
 * Ryoma: I cannot let myself laugh. I mustn't have my load lightened.
 * Orochi: Honestly, I wouldn't change a thing about you, milord. But I feel like our chats have relieved a little pressure. So, I need to be happy that you're a little less unhappy.
 * Ryoma: What do you mean? I'm not unhappy. Merely...serious.
 * Orochi: Oh? You usually look like a grumpy porcupine. But you've softened a little. Now you look like a lobster on a bad-hair day.
 * Ryoma :I see. Those were jokes, I take it?
 * Orochi: Call them a last-ditch attempt to make you laugh.
 * Ryoma: Well, you'll have better luck with your silly tales. Thinking about Mother, with her cheeks stuffed with sweets...
 * Orochi: Ah, there's that smile!
 * Ryoma: Thank you, Orochi. You've done well.
 * Orochi: Pleased to serve, milord. And glad to hear that all my snooping around the royal palace paid off!
 * Ryoma: Wha— Snooping?!
 * Orochi: Oh, of course. I was always scampering about, snooping on you royals. What I've learned about Lady Hinoka and Lord Takumi—their retainers, too... Ha! I could write a book!
 * Ryoma: I'd prefer you didn't. But I would like to hear these tales. It seems there's a whole side of my life I've never known.
 * Orochi: Then I will tell you everything I know. And I swear, once I'm done? You will laugh about life just like your loyal Orochi!

S Support

 * Ryoma: May I have a moment, Orochi?
 * Orochi: For you, Lord Ryoma, always. Though it DOES seem like you want lots of my moments lately!
 * Ryoma: Hrm, yes. Perhaps.
 * Orochi: I'm glad to be of service. In times of war, Orochi likes to think she could ease your troubles. Would you like to hear more silly tales about your family? I will give you a hundred moments! A hundred stories!
 * Ryoma: Oh. I take it that I've become a burden to you.
 * Orochi: I'm sorry. You still haven't learned when Orochi is being playful.
 * Ryoma: I should stay on guard. Your comment cut too close to the bone.
 * Orochi: What bone, milord? Your funny bone?
 * Ryoma: No. I mean that I want all of your time. Every moment, every hour.
 * Orochi: I live to serve, Lord Ryoma. My whole life is yours to command.
 * Ryoma : I am not speaking as your lord, but as a man, bending knee to love.
 * Orochi: Bending knee—to me?!
 * Ryoma: I've come to feel that I'm only half the man I thought I was. You're responsible.
 * Orochi: I never meant for my tales to whittle away at your royal highness.
 * Ryoma: What I mean is that I'm a better, fuller person when I'm with you. I ask for your hand not as your master, only as one seeking his better half.
 * Orochi: I would have never dreamed... never dared, milord... But that's a lie. I've been feeling exactly the same for a while.
 * Ryoma: Ha! I knew it!
 * Orochi: Ha? Did milord just regale me with a laugh? Then my job here is done.
 * Ryoma: Done? Wait, Orochi. It just came out the wrong way. It's only... It's only that I prayed you might feel the same.
 * Orochi: Oh, I did—and I do. But Orochi is not a woman to be conquered. Courted, yes. Now, you may ask again. Bend knee, please.
 * Ryoma: Oh, at once! Will you please marry me, Orochi, my better half by far?
 * Orochi: You silly goose. Get up already. Of course it's yes.

C Support

 * Orochi: Lord Takumi! A moment, if you please.
 * Takumi: What, Orochi?
 * Orochi: Heh! I've come into possession of the cutest little doll I've ever seen. It's such a pwetty wittle baby too. The perfect doll...for you.
 * Takumi: Wh-what?! Are you crazy? I don't play with dolls. And I never have!
 * Orochi: Is that so? I remember you as a little lord, having to snuggle a doll to sleep at night.
 * Takumi: Never! N-n-not once!
 * Orochi: You forget. I see all. Especially the past. I see...you and Lady Sakura...holding court with a dozen of your favorite dolls. Ah, the good old days.
 * Takumi: Hey, shut it! You shouldn't be spilling our secrets like that. Not that it happened.
 * Orochi: But it's one of my favorite memories. Besides, people should know that you're all gooey under your gruff crust.
 * Takumi: Wh-whoa. You wouldn't do that to me, would you?
 * Orochi: What, give your secrets away? Air your dirty laundry? How very dirty it is...
 * Takumi: Enough of that. Don't make me regret putting up with you for so long.
 * Orochi: I've served at the pleasure of the palace since you were tiny. I'm owed some fun. Come now, Lord Takumi. I'm only teasing. Nothing to get angry about. Now hasn't this been a lovely walk down memory lane? Let's do this again.
 * (Orochi leaves)
 * Takumi: Ugh, Orochi... Forget that. I'm not about to play mouse to that cat.

B Support

 * Orochi: How are we feeling today, Lord Takumi?
 * Takumi: Fine, until now.
 * Orochi: Is this because I know all about your childhood? Your dirty laundry? I...I only meant your diapers! I had to change them when I babysat you.
 * Takumi: That makes it even WORSE. I'd swear you're just trying to torment me.
 * Orochi: I'd never do that. I hope these walks down memory lane will bring us closer together. What, you don't want to stop and smell the roses with me?
 * Takumi: Not exactly.
 * Orochi: You're afraid. I guess I would be too. If the roses smell like dirty diapers. But if I know my Lord Takumi, you'll conquer your fears soon enough.
 * Takumi: Now what is THAT supposed to mean?
 * Orochi: Don't you remember? You used to hide under your bed as a child.
 * Takumi: H-hold on now...
 * Orochi: Honestly, when I used to babysit, you really worried me. You'd say there were monsters in the closet, the cellar, even the toilet! You'd come running and beg me to hold your hand. To the point where I was scared too! I suppose it's cute in a pathetic way.
 * Takumi: Enough already! I can't take any more of your mockery. I'm a grown adult.
 * Orochi: Oh, see? You're no scaredy-cat anymore. I really bring the fighter out in you.
 * Takumi: Please, no more. That's all I can take. See ya, Orochi.
 * (Takumi leaves)
 * Orochi: W-wait, Lord Takumi. I thought we were just playing—like the old days!

A Support

 * Orochi: Come now, Lord Takumi. Don't be like this.
 * Takumi: Go away. I'm not talking to you.
 * Orochi: Why? We're old friends!
 * Takumi: Friends, Orochi? The way you've been cornering me? Mocking me? If you air any more dirty laundry from my childhood, I'll lose my damn mind. So you're dead to me, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Don't you think you're overreacting, just a little? I mean it only in jest.
 * Takumi: You meant to insult me. It's...it's... treason against the entire royal family! Well, maybe not all that. But it's awful. We're supposed to be on the same team.
 * Orochi: I'm sorry. I didn't realize that my words pierced your heart so deeply. I promise. No more walks down memory lane. Never again.
 * Takumi: Good.
 * Orochi: Now hold on. I said I'm sorry.
 * Takumi: You've overstepped for the last time, Orochi. I'm a grown adult. And a royal.
 * Orochi: I see. Hmm... Oh, my. I do see.
 * Takumi: Wh-what now? I mean, I don't care.
 * Orochi: You really ARE a grown adult.
 * Takumi: Uh, what? That's just what I've been trying to tell you. I'm not a child anymore.
 * Orochi: You used to be such a royal shrimp. But now you're taller than me. When did THAT happen?
 * Takumi: Um, years ago? Like five? Or seven? It's been forever.
 * Orochi: And you didn't tell me until now? Well, now I feel silly! I've teased you for years like you were my little brother. But, er, I guess you're more like... my BIG brother? How could you have let me go on for so long, teasing you like that?!
 * Takumi: Wait, Orochi. Why are you upset? I'm the one who should be offended here.
 * Orochi: No, no. I'm upset with myself for not seeing it sooner, Lord Takumi.
 * Takumi: Good! Finally! You'll start treating me like...like...the man I am!
 * Orochi: Heh. I stand corrected, my lord.

S Support

 * Orochi: What a lovely day it's been, finding herbs for my very, very darkest magic!
 * Takumi: OROCHI!
 * Orochi: Eeeeep! You scared me! What is it, Lord Takumi?!
 * Takumi: I'm...I'm sorry. It's just that I've had something on my mind since our last talk.
 * Orochi: Well then? Say what you need to say.
 * Takumi: Er, yes. Remember how I said I wanted you to see me as an adult?
 * Orochi: Whew! Is that all this is about? I thought we put all that behind us.
 * Takumi: Yes, Orochi. I mean... No, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Spit it out. What have I done this time? Have I overstepped again?
 * Takumi: Er, about that.
 * Orochi: Because I'll step back. WAY back. Lord and servant, is that what you want?
 * Takumi: I want the opposite! I want you closer! By my side! Or me by yours! Whichever!
 * Orochi: Are you toying with ME now?
 * Takumi: Last time, when you said you wouldn't tease me anymore, I realized that I live for your teasing. You're the only one who knows...cares... about me well enough to mock me.
 * Orochi: Oh? Well, I'll admit that I've been sad to think that I'd never tease you again. You're sure you've had a change of heart? Because this wasn't in the cards. Still, love defies fate on occasion. Are you SURE that you're sure? I do think I have enough things to tease you about to last a lifetime. And I bet I could come to respect you out of more than just duty!
 * Takumi: Hold on. Are you just messing with me again? I'm trying to be serious here. I don't want us to be lord and servant anymore, Orochi. I want us to be—
 * Orochi: Cat and mouse, I hope?
 * Takumi: Heh, yes. That's exactly what I want. But can I be the cat sometimes? Please?
 * Orochi: Sounds fair. We've got to keep our games fun enough to last a lifetime. Now, start running, little mouse. Orochi is the cat today!

C Support

 * Saizo: Looks like you're girded for battle, Orochi. Who's your quarry?
 * Orochi: You.
 * Saizo: Oh? And what grave offense have I committed now?
 * Orochi: Just being yourself.
 * Saizo: So I've been offending you all my life?
 * Orochi: Pretty much. You've always had a bad attitude.
 * Saizo: ME? Looked in the mirror lately?
 * Orochi: You see? That's just what I mean. You're prickly, stuffy, arrogant...
 * Saizo: Please, continue. I don't have better things to do.
 * Orochi: How can you not care what people are saying about you? Women in particular!
 * Saizo: Oh, now you've got my ear.
 * Orochi: We're all on the same side, Saizo. Yet you seem to despise nearly everyone. I've hear the women of our group say how you and Kaze are like night and day!
 * Saizo: This is getting better by the second. Do women do nothing but gossip? Maybe I am like night. Or a dark cloud. Perhaps a bad dream. I don't care.
 * Orochi: How callous. Last chance, Saizo. Mend your ways, or I'll have to take matters into my own hands.
 * Saizo: Do what you will.
 * Orochi: Saizo. I'm not kidding! I've known you forever. And I know...things!

B Support

 * Orochi: Well, well, well... If it's not my prickly, stuffy, arrogant friend!
 * Saizo: Back to attack me with your sloppy grasp on synonyms, I see.
 * Orochi: We're going to have it out. Right now. You're not getting away this time.
 * Saizo: Go ahead. I'm sure that your time is better spent here with me than practicing battle maneuvers.
 * Orochi: You really don't care that you speak viciously to everyone?
 * Saizo: I say what I say. Now, are we done?
 * Orochi: I-I'm afraid not. Remember how I said I'd take matters into my own hands if you didn't change? Well, it's time that Orochi grabs the bull by the horns.
 * Saizo: Er, what...?
 * Orochi: You came to Castle Shirasagi with your father when you were just a boy. It was for an audience with King Sumeragi. It was also when you and I first met.
 * Orochi: Y-yes. So what?
 * Saizo: I introduced myself as a fortune-teller. Told you that I could see YOUR future. I predicted ill tidings. That disaster would soon come knocking at your door. You nearly wet your breeches! Remember?! Who cares? What decent child wouldn't soil himself if a witchy brat taunted him?
 * Orochi: But what if I spread that story? As you said the last time we spoke, women DO love to gossip!
 * Saizo: Y-you wouldn't!
 * Orochi: I already have. And I've got more gossip to spread too. So, ready to talk about your bad attitude?
 * Saizo: I...I... Oh, never mind. I've got to undo all the damage you've caused, witch!
 * Orochi: Uh, Saizo? Come back! Heh. As I thought. The mighty Saizo has a weak spot. How adorable.

C Support

 * Orochi: No, no, no... It's got to be here. Somewhere. Anywhere.
 * Kagero: Why in such a panic, old friend? You've turned this room upside down. Have you lost something?
 * Orochi: Ugh. You're the last person I wanted to bump into right now, Kagero.
 * Kagero: Tell me what's wrong, Orochi.
 * Orochi: I lost one of my cards. You know, my fortune-telling cards.
 * Kagero: I see.
 * Orochi: No, you don't. Or else you'd be upset too. They're from the deck you made for me. That deck is my most prized possession. I sleep with it under my pillow!
 * Kagero: You value my silly drawings too highly. I'll just make you another card.
 * Orochi: Another one? It's irreplaceable!
 * Kagero: Don't be ridiculous. Easily done. I just need a little time, that's all. Unless... Did you sell your soul to make my napkin scribbles magical?
 * Orochi: Now you're being ridiculous. They're not magical. But they ARE special.
 * Kagero: Then leave it to me. I'll try to copy it from memory. Which card did you lose?
 * Orochi: The one with the brook and fish.
 * Kagero: Oh, that one! That one will be tricky to re-create. But I'll do my best.
 * Orochi: Thank you, dear friend. And again, I'm sorry for losing it.
 * Kagero: Stop apologizing. I'm just surprised you hung on to those drawings for so long. You can count on me, as I've counted on you since we were children.
 * Orochi: Like two peas in a pod. But I'm the luckier of the peas!
 * Kagero: Well, this pea has got to get rolling if she's going to get this card done. The brook card... You couldn't have lost an easier one to remake, hmm?
 * Orochi: That girl. Does she really NOT remember why that card is so special to me? I'll just be glad to have it back in my deck, no matter how I get it. I'm fortunate to have such a good friend as Kagero.

B Support

 * Kagero: So, about that fortune-telling card that you lost, Orochi. You wanted me to draw another one with a brook. So, here are a few drafts.
 * Orochi: No, no, no... It has to be identical! You missed the fish! And what's all this other stuff? This draft has a waterfall. That draft, mountains!
 * Kagero: Ah, you meant you wanted a scene that was absolutely identical?
 * Orochi: That was the idea. But if you've forgotten, fine, whatever. Do something new.
 * Kagero: Why are you being so peevish?
 * Orochi: Peevish? How can you say that when you're the one who's-
 * Kagero: Orochi. Just stop. What have I done?
 * Orochi: It's what you haven't done!
 * Kagero: Are you going to keep riddling in circles? I can't read your mind.
 * Orochi: That card, Kagero... That card was the most important one in my deck. I had a special attachment to it. I mean, to the SCENE you drew on it. The brook was where we first met.
 * Kagero: Oh! The brook near-
 * Orochi: Yes. THAT brook. Remember now? You were training by the water. And I tripped over a stone, then a second stone, and fell onto you.
 * Kagero: Onto me. Then we, into the water. You dropped the herbs you were gathering.
 * Orochi: You do remember.
 * Kagero: It made a big impression on me. I was so young- so intent on practicing. While you were so clumsy. You recruited me into collecting the herbs before they-
 * Orochi: Floated away, right! And then you couldn't get rid of me after that. We played all the time! I thought you'd forgotten.
 * Kagero: Sorry, Orochi. But you know, the only thing I forgot was the card itself. If I came across as insensitive...?
 * Orochi: Nope. I'm the one who lost the card- and thought you were being a jerk. I should have fessed up completely at the start. But I felt bad enough already.
 * Kagero: You take things too far, instead of just getting to the point. What a delicate petal you are. One wonders why you befriended me.
 * Orochi: I liked the shadow you cast.
 * Kagero: Hmm. Well, how about we take a stroll? There's a brook near here. I've been thinking lately how much it's like where we met.
 * Orochi: What- it is? And you have?
 * Kagero: Yes. And yes.
 * Orochi: Lead the way!
 * Kagero: It'll be the perfect setting for drawing that card exactly as you remember it.

A Support

 * Kagero: I finished drawing that replacement fortune-telling card, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Finally! Let's see it.
 * Kagero: I'm not sure it's as good as the old one.
 * Orochi: Hmm. You drew that babbling brook like a rolling, boiling cauldron. And its sweetly swimming fish, like they're drowning in water. The colors aren't pretty either. Just look at those harsh lines and dark shadows. Perfection!
 * Kagero: It's just the way I see things. You're the only one who's ever liked my drawings. Everyone else thinks they're creepy. You've always understood me.
 * Orochi: Your bleak drawings are just what I need for my fortune cards. This one's even better than the one I lost. I'll never misplace this one. It's my proof that our friendship will outlast the end of the world!
 * Kagero: You're a strange one, Orochi.
 * Orochi: You're stranger than I am, so get over here and get a big hug, you weirdo!
 * Kagero: Maybe when I'm off duty. I still have my grim image to uphold. I wish I could smile like you, Orochi. But I just don't have it in me. I suppose I'll just have to carry your smile with me in life." I'll take it to my grave.
 * Orochi: Oh, stop. You're going to make me blush with all your gushy talk.
 * Kagero: Heh. I will. To my grave. I swear it.
 * Orochi: Enough already, Kagero!
 * Kagero: It's like we used to talk when we were little. What merry fun.
 * Orochi: Your doom and gloom got me through my childhood with a smile on my face. Never change, Kagero. Promise--it'll always be you and I, right to the bitter end. Pinky swear!
 * Orochi: Pinky swear. To the end of time.

C Support

 * Orochi: Hnnng...
 * Azama: Excuse me?
 * Orochi: Grrrrrr...Pah! I win.
 * Azama: You win...what, exactly? What's going on?
 * Orochi: Oh, just a little staring contest between me and you. I won.
 * Azama: What?! You can't win if I didn't know we were playing? Now, give me another chance...
 * Orochi: Sorry, I just retired from the sport of staring contests.
 * Azama: Fine, whatever. Why should I care? I've never given you a second thought.
 * Orochi: Is that so? I seem to remember you asking me for a little help with some magic.
 * Azama: Yes, but if you will recall -- you never did help me.
 * Orochi: Ah, yes. Why was that?
 * Azama: Because you asked me to pick herbs in return! Imagine that -- a holy man like me, picking herbs. A ridiculous notion! Besides, I clearly didn't need the help. I was probably taking pity on you.
 * Orochi: You are quite rude, aren't you?
 * Azama: On the contrary, I am a man of the gods. Anything I say is divinely sanctioned. You're the one who enjoys belittling people.
 * Orochi: I-I don't belittle people!
 * Azama: Ah, now I've won.
 * Orochi: Won what?!
 * Azama: Oh ho! The insult contest. And now, I retire from the sport of insults.
 * Orochi: Oh, you're a devious little monk...
 * Azama: It seems we're more alike than either of us would care to admit.

B Support

 * Azama: Oh, hello there, Orochi. How are you doing today?
 * Orochi: Azama. What are you playing at?
 * Azama: Nothing at all! I just realized that I had a favor to ask of you. I was wondering if you could divine something for me.
 * Orochi: You know that my price for divining is a handful of fresh herbs, right? I thought you were above such things as gathering herbs...
 * Azama: I don't need you to tell me what I'm above or not above. I just need you to divine something. Now, will you accept these herbs as payment or not?
 * Orochi: Where did you get these? They don't grow anywhere within a hundred miles of here! And they're worth their weight in gold...Yes. I-I accept them. Gladly! And I'm not giving them back, no matter what. You got that?
 * Azama: How dare you suggest such a thing. Consider them yours.
 * Orochi: Suddenly I'm not so sure about this, but...A deal's a deal. Now. What is it you wanted to know?
 * Azama: Well, you see...there's a person who I want to agitate. But I'm not quite sure how to REALLY get under her skin.
 * Orochi: ...
 * Azama: So, I was hoping you could use your skills to tell me the best way to truly annoy her.
 * Orochi: You're talking about me, right?
 * Azama: Oh! How did you figure it out?
 * Orochi: This doesn't count as divination. You just want me to confess my weaknesses!
 * Azama: Guilty as charged. But what are you going to do? If you're not going to perform the service, then I'd like my herbs back. Although, that would be a bit dishonest, since you said you'd NEVER give them up.
 * Orochi: You scheming weasel...
 * Azama: Oh ho! I'm already quite enjoying myself. Perhaps I've found my answer.
 * Orochi: Oh no. You're not going to win that easy. I can do this. Grr! My weakness is...those critters that sneak into the castle pantry. Rats! I'm scared of rats and I hate them! There! You happy?
 * Azama: Well, I never would have expected such a...mundane...fear for you.
 * Orochi: Gah!
 * Azama: But, no matter. I can work with this. Look forward to it, Miss Orochi. Heh, heh.
 * Orochi: These herbs better be damn good...

A Support

 * Orochi: Eee! Was that a rat? Oh...just a bird. Whew... Ever since that jerk Azama tricked me, I've been hearing rats everywhere... Now, what's this all about? A card hanging from a string in the pantry? If he's planted a rat in here somewhere, he'll live to regret it.
 * (Azama enters)
 * Azama: Oh, don't mind that card. It's just a charm to help ward away rats and other vermin.
 * Orochi: Gah! You scared me. What were you doing? Hiding in here?
 * Azama: Yes.
 * Orochi: Why?! And what do you know of this charm?
 * Azama: Well, I made it, of course. We can't have rats in here stealing our precious food.
 * Orochi: What's your angle?
 * Azama: Oh ho! This is so much fun. No angle, Orochi. Although I do enjoy seeing you quaking with fear.
 * Orochi: Grr...
 * Azama: What? I'm not pulling any kind of trick on you. You don't see any rats around here, do you? Nor have you seen any since you told me you were afraid of them. Right?
 * Orochi: No, I suppose not...
 * Azama: Well! How fortunate for you! I wish you much continued fortune.
 * Orochi: You're plotting something—I just know it.
 * Azama: And you disappoint me, Miss Orochi. I'm honestly just trying to help you out.
 * Orochi: Ha. Well, OK. I guess, if nothing else, you've flustered me more than anyone else ever has...
 * Azama: I take that as a compliment. Good day!
 * Orochi: Heh. Don't get too pleased with yourself.

C Support

 * Orochi: Why, hello there, Hinata. Spare a moment?
 * Hinata: Hmm. For you? Sure?
 * Orochi: I see you've got a handful of herbs there.
 * Hinata: Good eye! I just picked 'em up in the mountains.
 * Orochi: May I have some? I use herbs as ingredients for my divinations.
 * Hinata: These things? I picked 'em thinking they were good for medicine.
 * Orochi: As far as I know, those specific herbs have marginal use in medicine. But for incense, which I use, they have potent properties.
 * Hinata: Huh—who knew? But I'm not gonna let 'em go for free. I want my future told. Yeah, tell me how strong I'm gonna get!
 * Orochi: A good question, and quickly answered. One divination coming right up!
 * Orochi: *mumblty, mumble*
 * Hinata: Whoa. You all right? Got something stuck in your throat?
 * Orochi: AH! YES!
 * Hinata: What is it—chicken bone?
 * Orochi: No, no, no. I was communing with the gods. I have the tiding you seek. But you not going to be happy. You won't get stronger.
 * Hinata: What?! Then you have to do something to change my future!
 * Orochi: I...don't know if I can.
 * Hinata: Please, Orochi. Please!
 * Orochi: There may be a way. I'll need to make preparations. This is not going to be easy. Next time we meat, I'll be ready to begin.
 * Hinata: Got it. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
 * Orochi: Nothing for now. But you're in good hands. I won't fail you.

C Support

 * Orochi: Subaki! I've been looking everywhere for you!
 * Subaki: Sorry, Orochi. What can I do for you?
 * Orochi: It's what I can do for you, my happy-go-lucky friend. Though you won't be so happy, or so lucky, for much longer.
 * Subaki: What?! Have you seen my future?
 * Orochi: Yes! Never have I seen a bleaker one. Soon you'll experience one unfortunate event after another. The odd thing is that events will be minor--- though MANY.
 * Subaki: Minor misfortunes? Then I'll surely be able to weather them.
 * Orochi: How wrong you are. They will be TOO many, TOO often. You'll get a splinter in your finger... a spider will drop on your head... food will splatter on your white clothes... you'll chip your tooth on a peach pit... Any one of these would be forgettable. One after another? Madness.
 * Subaki: I agree, especially for someone like me. My perfection--- shattered!
 * Orochi: Exactly, Subaki. But this is why I rushed to find you. I know the key to survival. You need to stop being such a perfectionist. Accept life's little messes.
 * Subaki: Certainly not. Why, I'll make sure none of these things happen!
 * Orochi: Oh? How?
 * Subaki: I'll stay on guard around the clock for these problems. I need only be extra vigilant. Easily done.
 * Orochi: Hmm. I'm sure if anyone could survive a maelstrom of minor mishaps, it's you. Good luck, Subaki.

C Support

 * Orochi: Why, here you are, Hayato!
 * Hayato: Have you been looking for me? What can I do for you, Orochi?
 * Orochi: You and I share an interest - magic. I'd like to share herbs.
 * Hayato: Oh, is that all?
 * Orochi: What could be more important? Let's pool our resources. Imagine the potions we could make! It boggles the mind.
 * Hayato: Sure, I'm open to the idea.
 * Orochi: I think you're getting the better end of the deal though. I've got quite a large collection of herbs. You'll be impressed.
 * Hayato: The size of mine isn't that large. But I bet I have rarer herbs.
 * Orochi: Why must people always try to one-up each other?
 * Hayato: Sorry, I didn't mean to. No, wait - I've got to be honest! You were boasting!
 * Orochi: About the size of my collection? I was merely being factual.
 * Hayato: How about we see which of us is carrying the rarest herb?
 * Orochi: I'll win this battle. Behold, leaves of an herb that flowers only in meadows at midnight...and only meadows on the Nohr border. Nowhere else.
 * Hayato: Oh, yeesh. You're right. That's hard to get, being on the border. But I have something rarer! See? An herb that grows on cliffs in Wind Tribe territory! Few dare gather this herb! Few survive the climb!
 * Orochi: Oh, no...
 * Hayato: Oh, yes. Besides, your herb i only used in basic healing powder. Mine heals - and soothes some of the most ornery fevers!
 * Orochi: Then I suppose you win this battle, Hayato.
 * Hayato: Ha! Victory!
 * Orochi: But are you the better herbalist? Care for another battle?
 * Hayato: Yes - and I'll win next time too. It's been fun, Orochi.

B Support

 * Orochi: So, ready for another herbal battle, Hayato?
 * Hayato: Yes, ready to win.
 * Orochi: Ooh! How cute. The little man brags before he's done a thing.
 * Hayato: What? You started this with all your bragging, Orochi!
 * Orochi: And your win last time showed me how wrong I was. It's a new day. Shall we see which of us is better at concocting?
 * Hayato: A potion battle?
 * Orochi: A battle of potency. I have two white cards here. They turn redder the more potent a potion is. So, we concoct our potions, steep these cards - voila, a winner!
 * Hayato: That's ridiculous. Where did you get these cards? This sounds fishy.
 * Orochi: No, Hayato. I would get no satisfaction from winning a rigged game. Do I sense you're scared? Are your potions-?
 * Hayato: My potions are potent enough, thank you very much. More than yours!
 * Orochi: Good. And you can count on the accuracy of these cards. They're used in the royal household top gauge that potions are just right. These little darlings will serve the purpose, I promise.
 * Hayato: F-fine. Let's get started.
 * Orochi: Heh. That's the spirit. Now, have your stirring rod ready? This challenge - mix a potent cold medicine. And...GO. Whew! Done already. And you, Hayato? Still mixing your potion here?
 * Hayato: No, I'm done! Easy-peasy! Now you dip your card, I'll dip mine. And we'll see whose is...whoa. Yours is way redder.
 * Orochi: Orochi wins!
 * Hayato: Pr-practice round! Let's try for real!
 * Orochi: You could have a hundred practice rounds and never win against me. Admit it. Your potency is lacking.
 * Hayato: No! New challenge - mix a healing potion. I'm good at that! Hang on! One potion, coming right up...
 * Orochi: Fine. I'll just win again...
 * Hayato: Done and dipped! Come on, Orochi! You're falling behind!
 * Orochi: Huh? You won? It must be a fluke. New challenge - a salve for tooth rot!
 * Hayato: Tooth rot, eh?
 * Orochi: Shut it, twerp. Get mixing.

A Support

 * Hayato: So, Orochi...
 * Orochi: Yes, Hayato? Oh, wait! You know, our last contest was so much fun.
 * Hayato: Was it? Oh, good. I was worried that I got a little...
 * Orochi: Competitive? That's why it was so fun. How many challenges did we do?
 * Hayato: Like a hundred. I...I guess it was fun.
 * Orochi: Good. We ended up with piles of potions too. We pretty much got stocked for any malady that comes our way.
 * Hayato: Right. So no more contests for a while, huh? No more room for potions.
 * Orochi: What a pity. Say, I'm sorry for how this all began. You know, with me, boasting about my herb collection. That wasn't very nice. Anyway, I respect you more than I can say now.
 * Hayato: Really?
 * Orochi: Really, I think I'd gotten glib about magic...until I met you. I never had a rival. That made me...get serious again about magic. Hopefully our little rivalry has been just as helpful for you.
 * Hayato: Of course it has. Now I have someone who will push me to perfect my craft.
 * Orochi: Then we're no longer rivals. We're partners.
 * Hayato: I'll shake on that, Orochi.
 * Orochi: Handshake? That's a new one for Orochi. But yes, I'll shake on that too!

S Support

 * Hayato: Have I ever told you how much I admire you, Orochi?
 * Orochi: You're going to make me blush, Hayato. I've been a diviner a long time, but I get surprisingly few compliments. Have I ever told you...? No, I mustn't...no, i will - I've harbored a deep secret for too long. I long to know all the herbal arts that are in your head. I studied Hoshidan techniques. You know those of the Wind Tribe.
 * Hayato: Oh. That was your secret?
 * Orochi: Did you expect something else? Wait. What did you want to talk about?
 * Hayato: Have I ever told you how much I admire you, Orochi?
 * Orochi: Half a minute ago.
 * Hayato: Erm, right. So, what I'm getting at is this - you and I are diviners.
 * Orochi: Scandalous!
 * Hayato: Oh, please stop. This is hard for me. The fact is...
 * Orochi: Yes, yes? Out with it, or Orochi will GET it out.
 * Hayato: I'm smitten with you.
 * Orochi: Oh, Hayato, I'm sorry. I have that effect on rival diviners from the Wind Tribe. They also have that effect on me.. I'm smitten every time.
 * Hayato: Y-y-you do? Wait, you are? Do you mean...ME?
 * Orochi: Of course The only question is...which of us felt the magic between us first?
 * Hayato: I'm sure I did.
 * Orochi: No, I did. I claim victory! Though I'm sure you placed a close second.
 * Hayato: Whew! That's one contest I don't mind losing.
 * Orochi: Come now. You can't give up that easily - not if we're going to be rivals.
 * Hayato: R-rivals? But I want to be...
 * Orochi: Lovers? Same thing. The potion of eternal love requires new ingredients and frequent stirring.
 * Hayato: Exciting challenges?
 * Orochi: That too. So, can you promise me all that and more, Hayato? Forever rivals? In love? For each other's affections?
 * Hayato: Let the contest begin, Orochi!

C Support

 * Orochi: There you are, Rinkah!
 * Rinkah: Been looking for me, Orochi? Why? Ewgh. What's that awful stink?
 * Orochi: I've brought a potion that will help me look into your future. Let's start.
 * Rinkah: What? Who said I want you poking around in my life?
 * Orochi: I come here offering this in friendship, and you refuse?
 * Rinkah: I don't need your help. I'm from the Flame Tribe. We divine fate our own way. We use fire -- and I trust fire.
 * Orochi: Fire... to read the future?
 * Rinkah: If you must know, we drip oil onto a plate, place a strip of paper on that... and then light it up and read our fate in the shapes as it all burns. We do this to prepare for battle.
 * Orochi: Only for battle?
 * Rinkah: Only, yes. You seem surprised.
 * Orochi: Then you DO need me! I can tell your nonbattle fortunes.
 * Rinkah: Unnecessary. There's nothing worth knowing about outside of battle.
 * Orochi: There's so much life outside of battles. Fates NOT about fighting!
 * Rinkah: You heard me. I'm not interested.
 * Orochi: Wait, Rinkah! Ugh. That girl is going to get burned without my help.

B Support

 * Orochi: Oh, gods of harvest! Forgive Orochi for interrupting your slumber in the earth! Orochi entreats you—send good fortune to us, your thankful children!
 * Rinkah: Hmph.
 * Orochi: Who DARES pry into my magical methods?! Oh, hi. Sorry, Rinkah. I didn’t know it was you.
 * Rinkah: So this is how you do your…magic.
 * Orochi: Intrigued, eh? I can't blame you.
 * Rinkah: Curious, that’s all. You said you can tell fortunes for events outside of battle. Like what?
 * Orochi: Just about anything—trivial as the weather, vital as health or love.
 * Rinkah: Hmm, really?
 * Orochi: I sense you want Orochi to look into something for you. About…?
 * Rinkah: None of those things.
 * Orochi: Make your request.
 * Rinkah: I want a food fortune.
 * Orochi: A food fortune.…… I guess I can do that.
 * Rinkah: Get to it then.
 * Orochi: Orochi must prepare the correct materials for this divination. Leave me. I'll tell you when I'm ready.
 * Rinkah: Hurry up.
 * (Rinkah leaves)
 * Orochi: A food fortune. What, am I supposed to figure out when her next meal is?