15 - Aufheben: When Flowers Shed Their Buds and Bloom

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[00:06] Adonis
    Gaff, where's the sword from the Katakombe?
[00:09] Gaff
    One of the priests carries it.
[00:11] Gaff
    But depending on your actions,
    I may break it here.
[00:17] Adonis
    As you will, my brother prince.
[01:44] Signs
    Bye Bye, Earth
[01:46] Signs
    Bye Bye, Earth
[01:54] Signs
    Lake of Calm
[01:54] Gaff
    One of the Lakes of Calm.
[01:58] Adonis
    The more I see, the more this
    reminds me of the Katakombe.
[02:01] Adonis
    Tiziano toyed with the dead
    in a shrine that looked a lot like it.
[02:19] Gaff
    Offer the king into the divine presence.
[02:52] Adonis
    It almost seems like they're calling us.
[02:56] Adonis
    Beckoning us to join them.
[02:57] Gaff
    Don't be absurd.
[02:58] Gaff
    They rest in peace,
    cradled in the roots of our god.
[03:03] Adonis
    In that case...
[03:04] Adonis
    I should just go ahead and ask god.
[03:07] Gaff
    You wouldn't!
[03:08] Adonis
    I'll question god right here.
[03:11] Gaff
    You can't be serious!
[03:13] Adonis
    The elder princess has already
    agreed to open the way for me.
[03:18] Gaff
    What?!
[03:20] Sherry
    Shandy Gaff, I wish to entrust
    the shadows in my heart to this man...
[03:27] Sherry
    So that I may one day convey god's love
    to the people as the Princess Veronette.
[04:09] Adonis
    The time has come! I'll cross god's defenses
    and touch upon its true nature at last!
[04:15] Gaff
    What are you plotting, damn you?!
[04:18] Adonis
    I already told you.
[04:19] Adonis
    I'm risking everything I am
    to put my questions to god.
[04:24] Gaff
    Nonsense!
[04:29] Shadows
    Nowhere...
[04:32] Gaff
    Adonis, what have you done?!
[04:36] Adonis
    Behold a world taken to the extreme
    of my negative skepticism!
[04:42] Priest A
    My lord, command us to draw our swords!
[04:44] Sherry
    You mustn't.
[04:46] Sherry
    These people have strayed
    from god and should be shunned.
[04:51] Sherry
    Any who make Schwert Musik with them
    shall bear the stigma of a paradox.
[04:53] Signs
    Paradox
    The Outlawed
[04:59] Gaff
    Do not cross swords with them!
[05:01] Gaff
    Fall back!
[05:02] Gaff
    Everyone, fall back!
[05:07] Gaff
    Adonis!
[05:08] Gaff
    I still have the sword you crave!
[05:12] Adonis
    I'll let you in on something.
[05:14] Adonis
    I've broken every sword I ever took
     and fed them all to this one.
[05:21] Adonis
    The sword of the Katakombe,
[05:23] Adonis
    your sword of the kingdom,
[05:25] Adonis
    and all the others will feed my power!
[05:32] Priest B
    My lord, you're in danger here!
[05:35] Gaff
    By my power as Prince Fortuné,
    I forbid all combat!
[05:39] Gaff
    Release Belle Lablac and her companions
[05:41] Gaff
    and charge them with vanquishing
    the Army of Insatiable Emptiness!
[06:15] Belle
    I found a friend...
[06:18] Belle
    My sword is like a glove
    I wear when I touch things.
[06:22] Belle
    I can clear any hurdle
    as long as I have you.
[06:25] Belle
    Let's do this, partner.
[06:27] Belle
    If I lose it, I'll despair and die.
[06:41] Tom
    Trust the visions you catch
    glimpses of in your mind.
[06:45] Tom
    They manifest a sort of invisible
    will that guides your course.
[06:54] Colonel
    Its spell, Tixe, means "escape."
[06:55] Signs
    Tixe
    Escape
[06:59] Colonel
    The spell Ecnes, which shows sympathy.
[07:01] Signs
    Ecnes
    Sympathy
[07:04] Guidance
    Escape from yourself.
[07:07] Guidance
    Sympathize with yourself.
[07:16] Sian
    In that case, why not go on a journey?
[07:23] Belle
    If I ever have to fight on that side...
[07:25] Belle
    I'll come out on top sooner or later.
[07:27] Belle
    I guess I'd better step up...
[07:28] Belle
    I'm the one who's changed.
[07:30] Belle
    To do something about my homesickness.
[07:32] Benedictine
    What are you waiting for, Belle?
[07:35] Belle
    Oh, so you understand.
[07:47] Belle
    I feel you more than ever.
[07:52] Belle
    You awoke through the pain too, didn't you?
[07:58] Belle
    Someday, when you shatter completely,
[08:01] Belle
    I know what drives me will change.
[08:06] Belle
    But how will my curse
    and my blessing transform?
[08:11] Belle
    Isn't it my job to find out?
[08:16] Belle
    I came to know myself.
[08:31] Belle
    Moonwork... "To do as the moon."
[08:40] Guidance
    You who have learned true strength—
[08:44] Guidance
    That which you fear most
[08:47] Guidance
    will teach you the source of your power.
[08:54] Belle
    A grown-up me?
[09:00] Guidance
    Go lightly and by your own power, conqueror.
[09:06] Guidance
    You have triumphed in the grand undertaking
    that is conquering yourself.
[09:20] Gwyn
    Anyone can see why he's banned combat!
[09:24] Gwyn
    We could end up sacrifices to order,
    stuck slaying every Nidhogg that pops up!
[09:31] Gwyn
    But therein lies our advantage!
[09:34] Bennett
    You sound so happy, I could almost
    forget what a fix we're in.
[09:39] Belle
    That doesn't sound so bad.
[09:43] Gwyn
    So, how is it going?
[09:45] Bennett
    The call has already gone out.
[09:47] Bennett
    But who knows how many will answer it.
[09:50] Belle
    Call?
[09:51] Bennett
    Our blowhard of a conductor is making
    everyone dance to his tune.
[09:55] Gwyn
    Excuse you. They're all dancing
    of their own free will.
[10:00] Gwyn
    How about it, Belle?
[10:02] Gwyn
    Would you care to join the dance?
[10:10] Belle
    I'll grant my sword its proper station.
[10:14] Belle
    And I'll swing it to do that,
[10:16] Belle
    whether I'm up against the
    Army of Insatiable Emptiness or god.
[10:21] Belle
    Besides,
[10:23] Belle
    Adonis is waiting.
[10:26] Belle
    He won't beat me this time!
[10:28] Gwyn
    That settles it. We fight
    the Army of Insatiable Emptiness!
[10:31] Gwyn
    And we'll have our first skirmish
    with god while we're at it!
[10:36] Supporter A
    The conductor's here!
[10:38] Supporter A
    Took him long enough!
[10:42] Belle
    Talk about a welcoming party!
[10:47] Gwyn
    I never dreamed so many of you would come.
[10:50] Gwyn
    Oh, thank you!
[10:54] Gwyn
    Look.
[10:55] Gwyn
    Take a look at this, Belle!
[10:57] Gwyn
    They've rallied to join our fight.
[11:00] Gwyn
    They all long to hear...
[11:02] Gwyn
    a new kind of Schwert Musik!
[11:09] Belle
    I'm glad.
[11:15] Adonis
    This is some pressure...
[11:17] Adonis
    But that proves it.
[11:21] Adonis
    God, I'll dig my fangs into your guts!
[11:32] Sherry
    Put me down. I can walk.
[11:37] Adonis
    Guess you're not the songstress
    who hears god for nothing.
[11:40] Adonis
    I can't believe this intense
    pressure isn't bothering you.
[11:43] Sherry
    Of course it's bothering me.
[11:45] Sherry
    But I want to see what waits ahead,
    and I want to do it of my own volition.
[11:52] Adonis
    Then let's hurry.
[11:54] Sherry
    But which way do we go?
[11:57] Adonis
    Our guide.
[12:00] Sherry
    My.
[12:04] Sherry
    She has spells on her eyelids?
[12:06] Adonis
    She could see too much.
[12:08] Adonis
    The other side of walls,
    pictures people paint in their minds...
[12:12] Adonis
    Maybe she's even seen inside god.
[12:15] Adonis
    That's why she lost her heart and
    the Army's darkness welcomed her.
[12:21] Sherry
    The Army of Insatiable Emptiness
    must mean true refuge for such people.
[12:27] Sherry
    So why is it they take such horrid forms?
[12:32] Adonis
    The Army is a shadow cast by order.
[12:36] Adonis
    Denizens of shadow draw looks of fear,
[12:40] Adonis
    which soon turns to hate.
[12:43] Sherry
    In that case,
[12:45] Sherry
    perhaps we were all one to begin with.
[12:50] Sherry
    Thank goodness.
[12:52] Sherry
    That's such a relief.
[12:56] Adonis
    What do you mean?
[12:59] Sherry
    I believe in the Army
    of Insatiable Emptiness.
[13:02] Adonis
    What?!
[13:03] Sherry
    Just like god's love, the Army has
    a peace-giving love all its own.
[13:09] Sherry
    And something to protect,
    even at the cost of love.
[13:13] Sherry
    I believe...
[13:15] Sherry
    a time will come when we
    can all be together.
[13:19] Sherry
    Calling on god with you
     will be my first step toward that.
[13:25] Adonis
    Do you realize what I'm looking for up ahead?
[13:29] Sherry
    Destruction.
[13:31] Sherry
    The Army's wailing sings
     for the destruction of all things.
[13:37] Sherry
    But we shan't perish.
    Neither shall this land or its god.
[13:42] Sherry
    The destruction is but a seedling
    to guide us to a new future.
[13:47] Adonis
    And she's supposed to be a divine priestess?
[13:50] Adonis
    This songstress might be more
    than you bargained for...
[13:54] Adonis
    Dram, Sian.
[13:57] Sherry
    Does the Army see destruction as victory?
[14:01] Adonis
    Yeah.
[14:02] Adonis
    The only way they win is if all else
     fades into the dark distance.
[14:06] Sherry
    Then I shall have faith.
[14:09] Sherry
    Faith that when you put destruction to god,
[14:12] Sherry
    a new world will be born from it.
[14:15] Adonis
    Are you talking about Belle?!
[14:17] Adonis
    You "have faith" she's going
     to come defeat me?!
[14:24] Adonis
    She'll fail.
[14:26] Adonis
    I'll destroy her.
[14:28] Shadows
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[14:35] Bennett
    What is that awful chanting?
[14:39] Gwyn
    I guess it must be magic we don't know.
[14:42] Belle
    It's creepy, whatever it is.
[14:45] Shadows
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[14:50] Gwyn
    Prepare to draw!
[14:53] Gwyn
    You are the first ever band
     to carry a prisoner!
[14:57] Gwyn
    A vision of heretofore unseen strategy!
[14:59] Gwyn
    You'll go down in history!
[15:02] Gwyn
    Cut in!
[15:06] Gaff
    So you've come!
[15:09] Gwyn
    We heard of your combat ban and came running,
[15:13] Gwyn
    Sir Lead Solist.
[15:14] Gwyn
    Leave the rest to us!
[15:26] Supporter A
    What?!
[15:27] Supporter B
    My spell!
[15:28] Gwyn
    Rest-room!
[15:28] Signs
    Rest-room
    The Magic of Excretion
[15:30] Gwyn
    This meaningless magic nullifies
    all other sorcery.
[15:32] Gwyn
    Let yourself respond to its voice,
    and it will eat your sword's spell whole!
[15:45] Supporter B
    Thanks!
[15:46] Supporter C
    That's better!
[15:51] Priest B
    The sword of the Katakombe!
[15:53] Gaff
    What?!
[15:56] Gwyn
    Have no fear, lead solist!
[15:59] Gwyn
    We will reclaim that sword
    and restore peace, or die trying!
[16:07] Gwyn
    Is everything ready?
[16:08] Bennett
    Naturally.
[16:10] Gwyn
    Fire!
[16:34] Belle
    I get it.
[16:35] Belle
    This isn't Schwert Musik at all.
[16:37] Gwyn
    These shadows serve a larger shadow!
[16:40] Gwyn
    We don't have time
     to crack each and every fang!
[16:43] Gwyn
    Smash the jaw they grow from!
[16:46] Bennett
    You're shouting orders like you know
    the Army inside and out.
[16:52] Gwyn
    I just have the knowledge
    of someone with experience.
[16:55] Gwyn
    I know it.
[16:57] Gwyn
    Look! There's the jaw!
[17:08] Belle
    What the—?!
[17:12] Belle
    So you're the boss of these shadows?
[17:16] Belle
    Sorry, but you're going down.
[17:18] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    Confident, aren't you?
[17:22] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    You must be the child of light
     that he spoke of.
[17:27] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    I am one of Red Rum, the fangs
    of the Army of Insatiable Emptiness.
[17:30] Signs
    Red Rum
    The Fangs
[17:33] Belle
    Who's "he"? Adonis?
[17:36] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    The Army finally found Red Rum a king.
[17:41] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    A child of darkness.
[17:44] Belle
    Some king he'd make.
[17:48] Belle
    I'll cut this guy down to size!
[17:57] Guidance
    Take heed.
[17:59] Guidance
    You now face another conqueror.
[18:04] Guidance
    A tyrant who would subdue himself
    by rearing despotism atop his own corpse.
[18:11] Belle
    I swear, you worry too much.
[18:21] Belle
    What the hell is his sword?!
[18:23] Belle
    Don't tell me it's dead!
[19:01] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    I savored that.
[19:04] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    Not even my old sins caused so much pain.
[19:09] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    How much of your blood must I
    sip or your flesh must I chew
[19:13] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    to take your strength for myself?
[19:17] Belle
    Beats me, jackass!
[19:19] Solist C
    Wait, is he...?
[19:20] Signs
    The Corpse-Sword Wielder
[19:20] Solist D
    The corpse-sword wielder!
[19:22] Solist F
    He was an elite Topdog solist,
    but kept killing and eating skilled solists!
[19:28] Solist F
    He's a ghoul!
[19:31] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    When they hammered in these nails
    of sin and I fell into death,
[19:35] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    darkness and I intermingled.
[19:38] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    The swordwright Dram bundled the corpses
    of every sword I'd taken into one.
[19:48] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    I awakened as one of the fangs!
[19:56] Belle
    Use that dead sword to tell me
    why you want strength so badly.
[20:03] Corpse-Sword
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[20:03] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    The proud would never understand.
[20:09] Belle
    I swing my sword to discover why I'm here.
[20:14] Belle
    Don't you?
[20:17] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    Child of light.
[20:20] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    Like you, I am merely one who performs
     their existence by the sword.
[20:28] Belle
    Oh yeah?
[20:30] Belle
    So you're saying I could end up like you,
     and you could've been like me?
[20:37] Corpse-Sword Wielder
    That's right.
[20:39] Belle
    No wonder you give me the creeps.
[20:42] Belle
    I will give my sword its proper station!
[20:46] Belle
    You may break my blade or wound my body,
[20:50] Belle
    but my howl will still pierce the world!
[21:50] Belle
    I guess that settles it.
SIGN    Aufheben: When Flowers Shed Their Buds and Bloom
SIGN    Fifteenth Movement
[23:30] Belle
    So I can leave the band at any time?
[23:32] Gaff
    Even you would harm this land, Belle?!
[23:35] Gwyn
    Discard our swords, you mean?
[23:36] Bennett
    Who can keep up with her?
[23:38] Signs
    Sixteenth Movement
[23:38] Signs
    Absurdity: Asking the Voices of Swords