Summer 2017 - Dead Heat Summer Race: Team Formation (Fran, Babbage & Moriarty) Summary
Today’s Fran Philosophy Chapter
Frankenstein:
Uu…. (As follows, special translation: Hot)
Uu….uu. (Translation: Sluggish)
Uuuuu…. (Translation: Air-con, electricity, no good)
Uu…. (Translation: Sigh, hate summer…)
Uuu… (Translation: I hate it so much, it makes me want to make use of kanji conversion…)
Uuuuuu….! Uuuu!
(Translation: In the first place, what is heat? What should an artificial lifeform such as myself do?
Humanity, the world, peace, love, these are things that cannot be seen to the naked eye, but certainly their form is there.
No, humanity definitely does exist in the flesh but as a whole, the aggregate of humanity is still an invisible existence.
It should be considered separately from a person as an individual. In short, to put it in simpler terms, we are all different and we are all wonderful.
Only I am the one that can be called “Only You”... no, I sense something different…)
Because of thermal runaway the cooling system has been upstaged, so Fran’s thoughts turn back from kanji into hiragana. She remembers that your room has air-conditioning. Although saving electricity is very very very very very very important, you are also very important so it can’t be helped. And so she decides to go to your room. On the way, she comes across a flyer for the Ishtar Cup.
As Fran’s thought circuits recover for a bit, a mysterious goddess approaches her.
???:
Ah, ahem, ahem.
”Thou innocent artificial lifeform. I art the anonymous and mysteriously bewitchingly beautiful goddess of beauty of Venus…”
Fran tells her that she’s being very redundant in her personal description, and the goddess gets angry for a bit before recovering her composure. She continues to tell Fran about how racing would cool down her body, and if she fixed the singularity, her Master would praise her as much as she wanted.
Frankenstein:
Uuu…. (Translation: To be honest, I know that you’re plotting something)
Uu! (Translation: But, it won’t bring harm to the Master)
Uu. (Translation: So, I’ll go along with your plan.)
???:
Eh, I’m not plotting anything, you know. Well, let’s face the resolution of the singularity while wearing a swimsuit!
Ah, will you be alright in terms of a race car and your partners?
Fran says that it’s not like she doesn’t have some candidates in mind. The goddess is relieved, and says that after this Fran needs to pass the entry sheet to you. She runs off quickly after saying that.
Frankenstein:
Uu! (Translation:Bye bye)
........u (Translation: Now then… well, let’s go search for partners)
She first approaches Edison & Tesla, but unfortunately they have already signed up with Helena. The two of them are continuing their usual bickering over alternating current and direct current and also desperately tuning up the machine before the race begins. Tesla declares that alternating current will give their race vehicle the power it needs, but Edison laughs and says to stop it for it might make Chaldea explode. Because he rigged the machine to explode when used with alternating current.
It blows up in Tesla’s face and the two come to blows. Tesla roars that he’s going to murder Edison while Edison in return says he’ll shove a billiard ball down Tesla’s throat. Tesla then threatens to tell on Edison to Tamamo Cat, to which Edison shouts not to bring a third party into their squabble.
And as usual, Helena has to show up to calm them down.
Fran leaves and is forced to go to her other choice. She ends up in foggy London, where Babbage is.
Babbage:
...Hm. Victor’s daughter. What do you need?
All of the staff and Servants in Chaldea told me this.
”I beg you, please, just go somewhere else during summer”
“Because of all that hot air your surroundings turn into a steam hell”
”It is like a Japanese summer”
”At this rate all of the staff and Servants will have to go around in swimsuits”
”But it’s one thing if only the Master sees it”
”Blackbeard is going to seriously ogle us so that’s a no go”
After receiving all of these protests and more, I ended up here quietly playing with stray cats and stray Jack.
Fran explains everything in an abbreviated manner to Babbage, and he now understands that she wants him as a partner for the race. He tells Fran that she’s mistaking the means for the end, as while she wants to race because it’ll be cooling, having him around would just make things hot. Fran is troubled by this.
???:
Fuhahahaha! You seem troubled, my friends!
Fran and Babbage ask the interloper who he is.
Professor M:
My name is… yes, let us take the word “M”, from the Mystical Fog in this city, and we shall go with that.
Professor M! That is what you shall call me!
Fran is on alert against Professor M, and he is peeved.
Professor M:
What is this? Should this not be a scene where you open your hearts to this mysterious criminal gentleman?
Frankenstein:
Uu.
Babbage:
Do you feel that’s reasonable, is what Victor’s daughter thinks. Of course, I think so too.
Professor M:
Tch.
Babbage:
Anyway, what do you need with us, Professor? No, has your true identity not been revealed?
Is it not more efficient for conversation’s sake if you obediently give your True Name?
Professor M:
A criminal gentleman keeps his promises.
Turning to Fran, he says he’s heard that she was looking for a racing machine and feeling troubled about it. Though Babbage is willing to team up with her, they don’t have a vehicle to race with. Though Babbage could start making steam machines from now, without Tesla or Edison’s help it seems futile, and the both of them are already on Helena’s team.
Professor M:
Huhuhu, what a shame.
When your technical skills, financial power, and management ability are taken into calculation, though you might not be very good in the race, you will not even make it in time in the first place!
Babbage:
Hm, I am unable to refute the truth.
Professor M:
HOWEVER!
Should I lend a helping hand here, the situation will make a turnaround at once!
Frankenstein:
Uu?
Babbage:
Uu?
Professor M claims that with his help, both the racing machine and partner would be a Perfect Crime. Of course, he will take his share, though it won’t be anything stupid like robbing them of all their wealth. Babbage asks Professor M to wait while he consults with Fran, to which the Professor agrees.
Babbage:
Hm, he is certainly up to something. (whisper)
However, his plot will likely only spring into action at the time of winning the race. (whisper)
I recognize that it will temporarily be a problem for your objectives of cooling down and being useful to the Master. (whisper)
At any rate, they have no choice but to rely on M. The Professor calls out to them, asking if they’re not done yet. As it is rather hot and humid here, he has begun to sweat. Fran returns to M to give him their answer.
Professor M:
Very well, then let’s hear your reply!
Frankenstein:
.....
.....
Professor M:
?
Frankenstein:
Let’s…
Work together…
Professor M:
Fuhahahaha! Though Mad Enhancement has rendered it difficult for you to converse, you have spoken well! Very good, then I too look forward to working with---
Frankenstein:
Papa.
Professor M:
.....
There is a cracking noise.
Afterwards, a certain mathematics professor spoke of the shock of this moment.
Mathematics Professor (50s, Single):
Crack… it seemed. Within me… it felt like something was revealed.
Words, such eloquent things they are. And such intriguing things they are.
...Yes. At that time, I cried for the first time since I was born.
With that single word, I felt like I was living the life of a human… A life as a decent, respectable human...
Professor M:
Fran.
Frankenstein:
?
Professor M:
Leave it to Papa. I will lift you to victory with all my strength…!
Professor M begins laughing maniacally about getting a daughter. Babbage asks Fran if it’ll be alright, and she nods.
Babbage:
You just put the countermeasures written in the Chaldea-distributed “The Four Great Evil Masterminds: Countermeasures Manual” into practice?
Let’s see, let’s see…
”SA156--- When the one named “Professor” is called Papa by a young girl of a certain age, there is a possibility of more damage occurring to the surroundings.
However, the young girl will not be the recipient of that damage. If the target begins to scheme evil plots, the girl can initiate negotiations.
Through that, it is also possible to temporarily render the target powerless. In that event, the Master must be contacted posthaste.
There will be a necessity to use a Command Spell for complete containment works.”
I see. There is a logic to it.
Babbage approaches the Professor again, who is still basking in being a new father. He asks about the procurement of a racing machine, to which M replies that it can be done immediately. Babbage wonders how.
Professor M:
By the way, Mr. Babbage. How much do you know about the art of hypnosis?
Babbage:
Hypnosis? As I have dedicated myself to the study of steam, it is something unnecessary.
Professor M:
Hm. But in this world, bad inventors do exist. This is a story of a certain day.
It seems that in the cafeteria one day, Professor M had overheard a particular inventor duo - one of which was Edison - talking excitedly about how cool it would be if Edison could transform. M too found it interesting, so while going about his duties as a Servant, on the side he did a little research of his own.
Babbage:
...I have a bad feeling about this…
Professor M:
I ACTUALLY TRIED IT.
Frankenstein:
Uu!?
Babbage:
What. But, I have no memory at all of being modified… Oh.
Professor M:
Yes, it is just like the bluebird of happiness being raised in its cage!!
And now, right now, it is the time to undo the hypnosis that has taken away your memories. In other words!
Yes! This is a Perfect Crime!
Babbage:
This is truly an earth-shattering revelation.
Frankenstein:
Uuuu!?
Professor M:
Now, let’s go, Babbage-kun! Trans. Steam. Morph!
GREAT STEAM TRANSFORMATION!
Babbage’s body undergoes the transformation as planned, and even he is surprised that such a transformation function has been installed in him. Although he thinks it was thoughtless to erase his memories, he has no objections to this function itself. With this, Fran will have no problems joining the race. Moriarty is just beginning to brag of victory when Fran hits him on the head. It seems that she is angry that he went and added functions to Babbage without his consent. M goes to his knees and does a dogeza while apologizing profusely.
Frankenstein:
Uu!
Babbage:
”You have sinned, but I forgive you”, is what she said.
Professor M quickly bounces up happily, a spring in his step.
Professor M:
Ah, thank goodness!
Well then, Fran, Babbage-kun. It is after all something to do with that wicked goddess.
Make no mistake, there must be something hidden behind the pretext of fixing the singularity. But regardless of that, we shall run like the wind!
Frankenstein:
Uuu!
While you are discussing the number of entries with Ishtar, you hear an unfamiliar voice calling you from a distance. Frankenstein appears, telling you good morning.
Mashu:
...eh.
EEEEEHHHHHHH!?
Fran-san!? Fran-san is talking…!?
No, she’s spoken a bit before in the past but this is!
Frankenstein:
Good morning, Masyu.
...muu, still can’t pronounce it properly. Masyu, Mashyu, Mash... u,.... Mashu.
Did I do it well?
Mashu:
Y-Yes. Thank you, Fran-san.
Mashu wonders what has changed with Fran, and why she’s wearing a swimsuit now. Ishtar interrupts and says that Frankenstein should be a Berserker, but right now her class seems to be Saber. She is indeed a Saber now, throwing everyone into confusion.
???:
I SHALL EXPLAIN THIS!
Mashu:
Whoa! A-Archer of Shinjuku-san!?
Professor M:
Oh, no, right now please do call me Professor M. “Fran-chan’s Papa” would also be fine.
Guda:
Alright, arrest him immediately.
Professor M:
It’s not what you think! This is purely as father and daughter!
Ishtar prods him to explain what he claimed he’d explain, and he does so.
Professor M:
Right then, while giving Fran her swimsuit, I made just a bit of adjustment to her weapon---
And somehow, her class changed. Ta-da.
Guda:
Just so easily!?
Babbage:
...I have a deduction regarding this matter.
Though she may be a character known from the novels, the one within the novels is not her.
As truth and fiction is so ambiguous for her, her Saint Graph can be changed easily, could that not be the case?
Mashu:
B-Babbage-san!?
You said that you would be cooped up in London to avoid steam complaints in summer this year…!
Babbage explains to Mashu that he has a perfectly good reason to be here, and that is to participate in the race. Ishtar asks about their vehicle, and Babbage immediately transforms without a word. Both Mashu and Ishtar are shocked into silence.
Babbage:
I call this Babbage Locomotive Form.
How about this?
Guda:
Super! Cool!
Frankenstein:
That’s right. Yeah!
Mashu:
Uh, Senpai. Why are you crying?
It’s certainly surprising, but to be so sad that you’re crying about it---
Ishtar:
Ah, that’s not it, Mashu.
He’s just being moved to tears, that’s all. It’s that kind of thing, the heart of an elementary school boy.
Well, he’s a guy after all.
Mashu:
I see.
...I don’t really understand, so I’ll study more about this topic in the future!
At any rate, Ishtar has no problems with this team entering, and registers them as Team “Steam Electrical with Papa”.
Posted Aug 16, 2017, 5:10 PM UTC · edited