# 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