Title: Vannus Poison
Series: The trigan empire
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SYNOPIS:
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Caption: ONE MORNING AN AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF.
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Caption: ON BOARD SHIP ARE JANNO AND KEREN...
KEREN: RABELLI IS OUR FIRST STOP, JANNO.
JANNO: CALL RABELLI AND SAY THAT WE ARE COMING.
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Caption: BUT KEREN'S CALL IS FOLLOWED BY AN EERIE SILENCE...
KEREN: HELLO, RABELLI, DO YOU HEAR ME?
KEREN: I CANNOT MAKE RADIO CONTACT!...
JANNO: PERHAPS THERE IS A FAULT WITH THEIR RADIO STATION...
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Caption: ELEKTON'S TWIN SUNS STAND HIGH IN THE SKY AS JANNO FIRES A FLARE...
JANNO: WEIRD! NO ANSWER!
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Caption: JANNO LANDS THE MACHINE.
JANNO: NO GUARD OF HONOUR...NO GUARD POST...NO-ONE! WHERE ARE THEY?
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JANNO: IS THERE ANYONE?
KEREN: I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT!
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Caption: THE GREAT DINING HALL IS ALL SET OUT, BUT NO-ONE IS THERE...
JANNO: INCREDIBLE...!
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JANNO: THE FOOD IS STILL WARM!
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JANNO: GO DOWN THERE; I'LL CHECK HERE! THE WHOLE GARRISON CANNOT SIMPLY HAVE DISAPPEARED!?...
KEREN: I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL!
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Caption: WITH MIXED FEELINGS, JANNO KICKS THE COMMANDER'S DOOR OPEN...
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Caption: THE ROOM IS EMPTY!
JANNO: ODD! THE ARMOUR IS STILL THERE!
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Caption: SUDDENLY, HE HEARS FOOTSTEPS...
JANNO: WHO IS THERE?
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Caption: HE LOWERS HIS SWORD AGAIN. IT IS A FAMILIAR FIGURE...
JANNO: OH, IT'S YOU KEREN!?!
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Caption: BUT THE BLOOD FREEZES IN HIS VEINS AS HE NOTICES THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FRIEND'S FACE...
KEREN: WHO ARE YOU?...WHY DO YOU CALL ME KEREN?
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Caption: JANNO STARES AT KEREN AGHAST...
JANNO: KEREN!...IT IS I...JANNO!...
KEREN: I DO NOT KNOW ANY JANNO!...
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Caption: THEN KEREN DRAWS HIS SWORD...
KEREN: NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU ARE AN ENEMY!
JANNO: NO!
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Caption: JANNO DUCKS. THE SWORD JUST MISSES HIM.
JANNO: HAVE YOU GONE TOTALLY MAD?...
KEREN: AAAAAHH!
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Caption: THE EMPTY FORT SEEMS A BIT WEIRD TO JANNO...
JANNO: I MUST GET AWAY FROM HERE BEFORE I GO MAD!
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Caption: SOON AFTER, JANNO FLIES OFF WITH KEREN UNCONSCIOUS BESIDE HIM...
JANNO: INCREDIBLE! THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE ME IN TRIGAN CITY!...
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Caption: IN FRONT OF THE FORT, JANNO'S AIRCRAFT IS BEING OBSERVED...
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Caption: IMMEDIATELY A SMALL ARMY COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THE ROCKS
VANNU: HE WILL REPORT THIS. HOWEVER, THE OTHER WON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
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Caption: BEFORE JANNO ARRIVES, HE SENDS A BRIEF MESSAGE. A CURIOUS CROWD IS AWAITING HIM.
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Caption: AROUND KEREN CROWD JANNO, TRIGO AND THE WISE PERIC...
PERIC: YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT YOUR NAME IS KEREN?
KEREN: WHY DO YOU ALL CALL ME KEREN?
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Caption: EVENTUALLY, OLD PERIC GIVES HIS OPINION...
PERIC: THERE IS ONLY ONE EXPLANATION FOR KEREN'S STRANGE CONDITION...SUNSTROKE!
JANNO: SUNSTROKE?...HAS THE WHOLE OF RABELLI GOT SUNSTROKE?
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Caption: MEANWHILE, THE LOKANS GATHER THEIR PRISONERS INTO THE GARRISON INNER COURTYARD...
COMMANDER: WE GATHERED THEM UP LIKE LOST SHEEP ON THE PLAIN, VANNU!
VANNU: GOOD! BRING THE GARRISON COMMANDER TO ME HERE!
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Caption: A DAZED MAN IS BROUGHT TO VANNU...
VANNU: DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT OUT OF BED THIS MORNING?
COMMANDER: NO! I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
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Caption: VANNU HOLDS A TUBE CONTAINING A COLOURLESS LIQUID AGAINST THE LIGHT...
VANNU: WE HAVE SUCCESS MEN! ONE DROP CAN TRANSFORM HUNDREDS OF MEN INTO ANIMALS!
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VANNU: NOW WE WILL TREAT THE TRIGANS EXACTLY THE SAME!
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Caption: SUDDENLY, JANNO TURNS FURIOUSLY ON PERIC.
JANNO: YOU IDIOT!...THIS IS MORE THAN SUNSTROKE!
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Caption: TRIGO SHARPLY REPRIMANDS JANNO...
TRIGO: SHUT UP!...NO-ONE SPEAKS THUS TO THE WISEST MAN IN OUR EMPIRE!
JANNO: NO, UNCLE! ON THE CONTRARY, I...
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Caption: EVEN THOUGH JANNO IS HIS FAVOURITE, TRIGO WILL NOT TOLERATE INSOLENCE...
TRIGO: GUARDS! LOCK JANNO UP UNTIL HE HAS CALMED DOWN!
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Caption: AFTER JANNO HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY, TRIGO TURNS TO PERIC.
TRIGO: PERHAPS HE IS RIGHT, IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE WHOLE RABELLI GARRISON HAS SUNSTROKE!
PERIC: I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT ANY OTHER WAY, TRIGO!
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Caption: JANNO SEETHES WITH RAGE. HE IS TAKEN ACROSS THE INNER COURTYARD...
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Caption: SUDDENLY, HE ATTACKS THE GUARDS...
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Caption: IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, HE JUMPS OVER THE WALL!
GUARD: HALT! STAY WHERE YOU ARE!
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Caption: IT IS ALREADY DAWN AS JANNO TRAVELS OVER THE PLAIN...
JANNO: THAT STUPID OLD PERIC! AND MY UNCLE ISN'T ANY BETTER!
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Caption: MEANWHILE, A TRADER FROM LOKA REACHES THE GATES OF TRIGAN CITY. HE SHOWS HIS ACCESS PASS...
GUARD: IT'S ALL IN ORDER, LOKAN.
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Caption: AFTERWARDS, HE GOES TO THE AQUEDUCT THAT SUPPLIES THE CITY WITH DRINKING WATER, AND POURS...
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Caption: ...OUT THE CONTENTS OF A BOTTLE INTO IT...
VANNU: SO
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Caption: JANNO SPENDS THE NIGHT ON THE PLAIN. THE NEXT DAY HE HAS PANGS OF CONSCIENCE ABOUT THE INCIDENT IN THE PALACE...
JANNO: I HAD BETTER APOLOGISE TO TRIGO AND PERIC.
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Caption: SOLDIER AS HE ARRIVES AT HE THE CITY GATES, THE TWIN SUNS OF ELEKTON STAND HIGH IN THE SKY...IT IS QUIET...
JANNO: WHERE ARE THE GUARDS?
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Caption: HE GOES TO THE MARKET PLACE AND LOOKS AROUND ASTOUNDED...
JANNO: WHERE IS EVERYONE?
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Caption: SUDDENLY A CROWD APPEARS, MEEK AS LAMBS, LED FROM THE MAIN SQUARE BY GRINNING LOKANS...
LOKAN: COME ON, STUPID ANIMALS! MOVE ALONG...!
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Caption: FRIGHTENED, JANNO OBSERVES WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE, AS HE IS SUDDENLY STRUCK DOWN.
LOKAN: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? GO AND JOIN THE OTHERS! MOVE!
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Caption: SLOWLY, IT DAWNS ON JANNO.
LOKAN: YOU UNDERSTAND ME NOW, DON'T YOU?
JANNO: THE LOKANS!! THEY ARE BEHIND THIS!!
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Caption: HE MIXES AMONGST THE MINDLESS, MOTIONLESS CROWD. EVEN TRIGO DOESN'T RECOGNISE HIM!
JANNO: THEY HAVE ALL LOST THEIR MEMORY!...
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Caption: SUDDENLY, A LOKAN BOWS BEFORE TRIGO.
VANNU: GREETINGS NOBLE TRIGO. PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF...I AM VANNU!
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Caption: THE LOKAN LAUGHS, AND AN EVIL GRIN BREAKS OUT ON VANNU'S FACE...
VANNU: ONE HOUR AGO YOU WERE THE RULER OF THE TRIGAN EMPIRE. BUT NOW YOU ARE NOTHING AND I AM THE NEW EMPEROR!
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Caption: WITHOUT SUSPECTING THAT JANNO UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING, THE LOKANS DISCUSS THE SITUATIONT.
Caption: CERTAINLY, THE TRIGANS ALLIES WILL COME AS SOON AS THE RECEIVE THE NEWS.
TRIGAN: WE BROUGHT WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, VANNU!
VANNU: FETCH THE CITY COMMANDER...HE KNOWS WHERE THE ARSENAL IS.
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Caption: THE INCAPABLE CITY COMMANDER IS DRAGGED FORWARD...
VANNU: HE MUST BE GIVEN HIS MEMORY BACK...GIVE HIM A SIP OF THIS ANTIDOTE!
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Caption: THE COMMANDER DRINKS THE ANTIDOTE AND HIS MEMORY RETURNS. TERRIFIED, HE LOOKS UP.
VANNU: OPEN THE ARSENAL OR YOU DIE!
COMMANDER: YES!...AS YOU ORDER!
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Caption: SOON ARMED LOKANS ARE SWARMING OUT OF THE CITY.
LOKAN: NOW THEY CAN COME! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT US NOW!...
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Caption: JANNO SITS BY THE OTHERS FROM THE SQUARE, BURIED IN THOUGHT...
JANNO: I MUST MAKE AN ATTEMPT ON THE LOKANS WATER SUPPLY, AND TRY TO GET THEIR ANTIDOTE.
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Caption: AT THE FALL OF DARKNESS, JANNO CREEPS ON TO THE PALACE WALL...
JANNO: ...AND NOW TO VANNU! I NEED THE ANTIDOTE!
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Caption: JANNO BOLDLY CLIMBS TO THE ILLUMINATED WINDOWS OF THE IMPERIAL APARTMENTS...
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Caption: BUT SUDDENLY A GUARD SEES HIM.
LOKAN: HEY!
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Caption: BUT JANNO JUMPS DOWN ON TO THE GUARD.
PAGE 58
Caption: THERE BEGINS A DESPERATE FIGHT FOR THE WEAPON!
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Caption: CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, THE ARMED LOKAN STRAIGHTENS UP...
LOKAN: STOP, TRIGAN! NOW I WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR LEADER...
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Caption: BUT THE GUARD STUMBLES OVER THE BATTLEMENTS!...
LOKAN: AAAAH!!
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Caption: HIS SCREAM ALERTS THE OTHERS, AND THREATENING SHAPES APPEAR...
LOKAN: WHAT WAS THAT?
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Caption: SOON AFTERWARDS, ONE OF THEM FINDS THE SOLDIER'S BODY
LOKAN: I'VE NO IDEA HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED, VANNU!
VANNU: IT WAS PROBABLY AN ACCIDENT. THERE ARE NO ENEMIES, ALL OF THE TRIGANS HAVE LOST THEIR MEMORY!
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Caption: JANNO IS DESPERATE...
JANNO: I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THE ANTIDOTE TONIGHT. EVERYOONE IS ALREADY AWAKE!
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Caption: IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS, JANNO STEALS THE LOKAN'S UNCONTAMINATED WATER. HE WAITS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET NEAR THE ANTIDOTE...
JANNO: I CAN'T TAKE ANY RISKS. I AM THE ONLY SANE TRIGAN.
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Caption: MEANWHILE, WORD OF TRIGAN CITY'S OCCUPATION HAS SPREAD AROUND...EVEN INTO THE JUNGLE OF DAVELI, WHERE KING IMBALA OFFERS A HOLY OATH...
IMBALA: WE WILL AVENGE OUR FRIENDS IN TRIGAN CITY! I WILL FAST UNTIL THE LOKANS ARE DRIVEN OUT OF TRIGAN CITY.
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Caption: AN ENORMOUS ARMY MOVES THROUGH THE JUNGLE...
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Caption: IN THE EVENING OF THE SECOND DAY THEY REACH THE GREAT CITY...
IMBALA: AS THE SUN RISES WE ATTACK!
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Caption: VANNU WATCHES THEM FROM THE CITY GATES...
LOKAN: THEY CAMP AT THE LAKE.
VANNU: I KNOW IMBALA'S TACTIC. AT FIRST LIGHT, HE WILL ATTACK!
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Caption: THEN HE GETS OUT A TUBE CONTAINING A CLEAR LIQUID...
VANNU: HERE! AS SOON AS IT GETS DARK, GO TO THEIR CAMP AND POUR THIS INTO THEIR WATER.
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VANNU: THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY FRESHEN BEFORE THE BATTLE, THEY WILL POISON THEMSELVES.
VANNU: AT MIDDAY, WHEN ELEKTON'S SUNS STAND HIGH IN THE SKY, I WILL BE KING OF DAVELI ALSO!
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Caption: VANNU POINTS OUT THE ENEMY'S CAMP...
VANNU: IT WON'T COME TO A FIGHT. THE POISONED WATER WILL MAKE THEM TAME AS LAMBS!
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Caption: JANNO HEARS VANNU'S WORDS. HE SEARCHES DESPERATELY FOR A SOLUTION...
JANNO: I MUST DEFEAT THIS PLAN!
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Caption: AS ELEKTON'S SUNS GO DOWN, A LOKAN CREEPS INTO THE DAVELIAN CAMP. HE'S SEARCHING FOR THE WATERING PLACE.
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Caption: THE NEXT DAY, VANNU INTENTLY OBSERVES WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP...
VANNU: THEY ARE DRINKING THE CONTAMINATED WATER! WE HAVE WON!
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Caption: THEN VANNU, WITH HIS TROOPS, LEAVES THE CITY...
VANNU: NOW THE POISON WILL TAKE EFFECT! THIS WILL BE A MASSACRE!
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Caption: MISTAKE!
VANNU: AAAH?...NO!
LOKAN: IT HASN'T WORKED!
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Caption: THE LOKANS BELIEVED THAT THE DAVELIANS WOULD BE MINDLESS ANIMALS. BUT THEY ATTACK SUDDENLY...
WARRIOR: UBA...UBA! DEATH TO THE LOKANS!
PAGE 78
Caption: THE LOKANS CANNOT RESIST THE OVERWHELMING FORCE. THEN VANNU SHOUTS OVER THEIR HEADS...
VANNU: LOKANS, FORM A CIRCLE!
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Caption: THE LOKANS OBEY THEIR LEADER. KING IMBALA ANNOUNCES HIMSELF...
IMBALA: SURRENDER, AND WE WILL SPARE YOU!
VANNU: NEVER! WE WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN!
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Caption: VANNU IS CERTAINLY A BANDIT, BUT HE ALSO HAS GUTS.
VANNU: QUICKLY, LETS TAKE ANOTHER SIP FOR REFRESHMENT BEFORE WE SHOW THESE SAVAGES HOW A LOKAN DIES!
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Caption: THEY DRINK. SHORTLY AFTER, THEY BEGIN TO BEHAVE STRANGELY...
LOKAN: WHERE ARE YOU? I...
VANNU: WHERE...WHERE AM I?
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Caption: KING IMBALA AND JANNO GO UP TO THE LOKANS...
IMBALA: IF JANNO HAD NOT PREVENTED THIS LOKAN FROM POISONING OUR DRINKING WATER, WE WOULD BE STANDING THERE INSTEAD OF THEM. LUCKILY, WE WERE ABLE TO POUR THE POISON INTO THEIR WATER STORE!...
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Caption: JANNO TAKES FROM VANNU A TUBE CONTAINING A RED LIQUID...
JANNO: WITH THIS TUBE, THE TRIGANS CAN REGAIN THEIR MEMORY!
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Caption: SOON, EVERYTHING WAS AS IT WAS BEFORE FOR THE TRIGANS, BUT THEY DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
TRIGO: IMBALA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN TRIGAN CITY?
IMBALA: THAT IS A LONG STORY, TRIGO! JANNO WILL GLADLY TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT!
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