Volume 3 Finale - THE KING!!

THE KING!!

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.
Anthony Holden

Scene 1, Canon's Apartment
Koiki: Hey, have you guys seen this? *throws newspaper on table*
Canon: It’s called a newspaper. Meifune’s friend Kiyomi runs it.
Koiki: yeah, I know it’s a newspaper, I meant the article in it.
All: Ahhh.
Koiki: The King is dying, finally.
Canon: Interesting… the King is well beloved. If Irakura lets him die, he’ll be less popular. But if he saves him, he loses the throne, in return for the love of the people… knowing Irakura, I guess he’ll let him die. He makes unpopular choices a lot, and he’s not gonna risk losing the throne.

Scene 2 [The Palace]
Irakura: Doctor, do you know what’s wrong with my father yet?
Doctor: Not quite yet, but I do know many things about the disease he’s contracted.
Irakura: Really? Like what?
Doctor: It’s not flu, it’s not a cold, it’s not plague…

Scene 3 [Sparrow’s Secret Cell]
[Enter Maru]
Sparrow: Any problems?
Maru: A-
Sparrow: I don’t care. I have a job for the gang.
Maru: Yes?
Sparrow: Assassinate the King.
Maru: It will be done.

Scene 4 [The Palace]
Irakura: Maybe he was poisoned?
Doctor: An excellent idea, I mean to check for poisons.
Later
Doctor: I’ve found traces of Nemerasuke in his blood. It’s a crippling poison, but treatable.
Irakura: Then do it.

Scene 5 [The Grand Plaza]
Irakura: Ladies! Gents! Presenting, my father, the King of Norea!!
Crowd: *massive cheers*
[Enter King]
King: I’m so glad to see my people again
Crowd: *gasps and shouts, as a large flock of birds erupt from beneath the balcony.*
King: What-
Irakura: Father!
King: *falls down with an arrow sticking out of him*
Crowd: *screams*
Irakura: No!!

Scene 6 [Sparrow’s Secret Cell]
Soto: Sparrow!!
Sparrow: Hey there Chief.
Soto: Why?! Why did you do it?!
Sparrow: Do what?
Soto: Don’t lie to me! I know you killed the King. But why?!
Sparrow: I couldn’t kill him, I’m stuck in this cell. But… the King’s return would grant him a reprieve from everything going on, and that would be wrong. There is no rest for villains.