beginstate 23;
	if(get_flag(40,2) == 0){ //bracket open tier 1
		reset_dialog();
		add_dialog_str(0,"Kurojutsu...!",0);
		add_dialog_str(1,"The vile vampire and Hana are sitting at the far end of this hall.  They both sit back in their chairs relaxed, waiting for you to make the first move.",0);
		add_dialog_str(2,"Perhaps they have a trap of some sort set up...",0);
		add_dialog_choice(0,"Hold your ground.");
		add_dialog_choice(1,"Charge!");
		kuroapproach = run_dialog(1);
		if(kuroapproach == 1){ //bracket open tier 2
			message_dialog("Both Hana and Kurojutsu glance at you smugly as you back off.  Yet, they make no motion to stop you.  Yet.","");
			block_entry(1);
			end();
		} //bracket close t2
		else{ //bracket open t2
			if(is_combat() == 1){
				block_entry(1);
				end();
			}
			activate_hidden_group(18);
			march_party(24,19);
			force_view_center(24,19);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,20);
			force_view_center(24,20);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,21);
			force_view_center(24,21);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,22);
			force_view_center(24,22);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,23);
			force_view_center(24,23);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,24);
			force_view_center(24,24);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			march_party(24,25);
			force_view_center(24,25);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			pause(10);

			reset_dialog();
			add_dialog_str(0,"Kurojutsu glares down at you with a fang-filled grin as you approach his dais.",0);
			add_dialog_str(1,"_So, have the cogs of the machine come to slice the abusers up into itty-bitty pieces?_  He chuckles.  _You think you're doing a service by killing us?_",0);
			add_dialog_str(2,"Hana shakes her head at you with a smug, toothy grin.  _Poor children, you adventurers are...  Do you honestly think that killing us will stop the suffering in the world?_",0);
			add_dialog_str(3,"Ten men without power who want to change the world can't fight one man with power, and women?  Phaugh, us gals are always being trodded down upon.  The poor, non-humans, the huddled masses that the Empire refuses to take care of.",0);
			add_dialog_str(4,"In the end, it's worthless to try to aim for a higher sense of morality.  There is none.  One lives for one's self, that's the way it is, and that's the way it will be.",0);
			add_dialog_choice(0,"That's not true!");
			vamp1 = run_dialog(1);
			if(char_ok(4) == 1){ //bot3
				large_draw_pic_dialog(555,"You're wrong, Kurojutsu!");
				reset_dialog();
			add_dialog_str(0,"_You...  You don't seem to get it.  There is kindness in all beings, a spark of the divine!  No being is completely evil, even you show love for your precious one._",0);
			add_dialog_str(1,"_The lines between right and wrong are always blurred.  We mortals have no way to determine right and wrong, much less whether there is a right or wrong._",0);
			add_dialog_str(2,"_That said, I can't believe that one like yourself who can value another life such as Hana's could honestly find it moral to indiscriminately kill others._",0);
			add_dialog_str(4,"_By recognizing the value of human life, you have set a moral code that you break willingly.  You are a hypocrite!_",0);
			add_dialog_str(5,"_Stop this immediately.  It's in your hands._",0);
			add_dialog_str(6,"You had no idea that Harold could be this eloquent.  Perhaps his ambivalent exterior was just a facade after all.",0);
			add_dialog_choice(0,"OK.");
			harold1 = run_dialog(1);
			message_dialog("Kurojutsu seems unfazed by the dramatic speech.  At first he begins giggling inanely to himself, but soon he is laughing heartily.  _Harold, you old dog, you!  That was brilliant._","_Dramatic, climactic, and utterly worthless.  Then again, I suppose we all needed some comic relief.  At my behest, enjoy dying for a world that hasn't cared about your death for over a hundred years!_");
			} //bct3
		message_dialog("Kurojutsu stands triumphantly with his hands at his waist, giddy and excited as if he has already beaten you.  _Enough chit-chat._","_Now, detestable cogs of the cannibalistic machine, witness my secret weapon..._");
		large_draw_pic_dialog(551,"The Remote Summoning Platform!");
		if(get_flag(39,2) == 1){ //bot3
			play_sound(43);
			message_dialog("Kurojutsu seems surprised, to say the least.  His jaw drops and his eyes open up wide.  His face would have most likely turned white if it weren't already.","_D...  Damn you!  How did you manage to de-activate the RSP?_");
			message_dialog("Your feeling of elation, however, is short-lived.  Kurojutsu himself is still a powerful Vampire, as is Hana.","While the demonic duo no longer have their allies to depend upon, they still have each other.  Admittedly, that's still quite a handful.");
		} //bct3
		else{ //bot3
			activate_hidden_group(19);
			put_boom_on_space(20,20,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(21,20,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(20,21,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(21,21,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(27,20,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(28,20,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(27,21,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(28,21,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(20,25,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(21,25,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(20,26,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(21,26,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(27,25,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(28,25,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(27,26,2,0);
			put_boom_on_space(28,26,2,0);
			force_instant_terrain_redraw();
			run_animation_sound(10);
			message_dialog("Suddenly, a crack team of insanely powerful undead appear on the pedestals, just like they did in the tunnel you used in order to reach this place!","There's no reasonable way you will be able to defeat them.");
			print_str_color("HINT: While it's still technically possible to win,",1);
			print_str_color("a level 1-6 party will NOT be able to take on these monsters.",1);
			print_str_color("You are advised to back up to an earlier save.",1);
		} //bct3
	}
	set_flag(40,2,1);
	block_entry(1);
}
break;