pg. 1 Angelique Retour Secret Side Episode 1: Oscar's First Love (Part 2) by Miko Mitsuki pg. 2 Oscar: Anya! What's your hurry?! SFX: ::clop clop:: Anastasia: .........It's beautiful... Just once, I wanted to take a good, long look at this planet... Sorry to keep you this late, Oscar. pg. 3 Oscar: (Hmph.) I know what it is. You _really_ wanted to have a _date_ with me, didn't you. Anastasia: WOW. LOOK. SHEEP. Oscar: ...... (She's ignoring me...) ...Are you going back to the main planet tomorrow? Anastasia: --Yeah. My duties as an instructor are over. I'll be turning in a report on the students to headquarters. Then I'll probably be right off to my next assignment. pg. 4 Oscar [thinking]: If I'm assigned to the Knights of the Divine Bird... ...then this might the last time I'll see Anya. Oscar: Anya. For you. Oscar [thinking]: Well... ...the probability of _that_ is next to nothing, in any case... Anastasia: Earrings? Oscar: Sharp and strong as a sword. Yet beautiful. They suit you. Oscar [thinking]: And the next time we see each other... pg. 5 Oscar [thinking]: ...if you're wearing them... then I'll know-- Anastasia: I don't need them. SFX: ::BOOM:: Oscar: _!?_ A...Anya... You're spoiling the mood......... Anastasia: (Mmmm...) They're not my style. You may have a way with women, but fashion...is a _whole_ other thing. ...ha. Ha ha ha! Oscar: !? pg. 6 Anastasia: Never thought I'd see _that_ look on your face. pgs. 7 & 8 Anastasia: Here. I'll take _one_ - just one. Do what you want with the other. Ahhh - the sun's setting. Looking at a sight like this... reminds me that it's all possible through Her Majesty's protection...her love of the universe. ...And how, by serving the Queen, I can help protect this world - albeit indirectly. It makes my heart proud to be a soldier. pg. 9 Anastasia: Oscar. I hope that someday you can raise your sword together with me as a knight in Her Majesty's service. Note: NOTICE OF REASSIGNMENT Oscar You are hereby assigned to the Knights of the Divine Bird. Caption: Royal Expeditionary Force Headquarters pg. 10 SFX: ::clack:: ::clack:: ::glance:: ::glance:: Oscar [thinking]: Anya... I came all this way! I can finally tell you... Soldier: Hey. You're Oscar, aren't you? pg. 11 Soldier: Pleased to meet you. SFX: ::clatter:: ::rattle:: Oscar: ...Quite a commotion around here, isn't there? Has something happened? Soldier: Transport accident. All souls lost. Oscar. I heard a lot about you from Anastasia, you know. No one was looking forward to this day...for you to be called up... ...more than she was. pgs. 12-13 [No text.] pg. 14 Oscar [thinking]: Anastasia. I finally got to hold you... pg. 15 Oscar [thinking]: ...but I never got to tell you that I loved you. I swear...this will be the last time in my life that I make that mistake. Oscar [narrating, thinking]: And that was the end of my first love. Limoges: ...Oscar. Oscar. pg. 16 Limoges: Oscar! SFX: ::snap!:: Oscar: ......... ......! Limoges: What are you doing asleep in a place like this? Are you all right? Girls: OSCARRRR!! Oscar: Forgive me, ojou-chan! SFX: ::RUSTLE RUSTLE:: Limoges: Eeeek!? pg. 17 SFX: ::STOMP:: ::STOMP:: Girls: (Oscar, which way did you _go~~~?_) Oscar: (...) Damn...... Limoges: ............... YOU GOT CAUGHT IN A DATE WITH _TWO GIRLS_ AT THE _SAME TIME!?_ Oscar: --I had wanted to date them on _different_ days. And I _told_ them that. But neither one would budge. (And it seems that I fell asleep while I was hiding.) Limoges: .................. Oscar... pg. 18 Oscar: You led them both on, didn't you? That's not very nice. (Grrr...) You're a _Guardian_... Oscar: (My, my.) Oscar [narrating]: Afterward, it was decided that I would serve Her Majesty not as a soldier, but as a Guardian. There was a special power within me - and it bestowed upon me the duty to uphold the universe... as a knight stationed more closely to the Queen. Oscar: Women are all so charming. Are you saying it is insincere of me to inform them of that fact? pg. 19 Oscar: If you don't put your love into words, it will never blossom. Oscar [narrating]: Never again will I know that regret. For the sake of the day when I find a woman I can love more than you... Oscar: Say. What are _you_ doing here, ojou-chan. Limoges: Oh! I wanted some flowers for my room, and... pg. 20 Limoges: Isn't it pretty? They say the flower's called an "Anastasia." Luva told me. He said it's the prettiest flower blooming this time of year! ......Oscar? pg. 21 Oscar: ......It's beautiful. *** Translation by R. Capowski, 3/26/15; Angelique is the property of Koei/ Koei Tecmo/Tecmo Koei, by whom this document is not authorized.