16 - Absurdity: Asking the Voices of Swords

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[00:13] Gwyn
    Well done, Belle.
[00:15] Belle
    That guy was something else.
[00:18] Gwyn
    Belle, from here on out, leave the
    vanguard and fight as you see fit.
[00:24] Belle
    Huh?
[00:25] Belle
    You mean...
[00:27] Belle
    So I can leave the band at any time?
[00:31] Bennett
    Really, your scripts account for everything.
[00:34] Gwyn
    That's been your part in this
    band from the beginning.
[00:38] Belle
    I like it. This band, I mean.
[00:43] Belle
    I want to fight with you.
[02:14] Signs
    Bye Bye, Earth
[02:16] Signs
    Bye Bye, Earth
[02:26] Gwyn
    It sounds like Adonis has taken
    Princess Sherry deep into Root Land.
[02:31] Gwyn
    The stolen sword of the Katakombe
    is probably with—
[02:36] Gwyn
    It's awfully chilly.
[02:39] Belle
    Wh-What's going on?
[02:40] Bennett
    What bitter cold...
[02:43] Warder A
    The wards!
[02:44] Warder A
    It's eating them!
[02:45] Gwyn
    Close formation!
[02:47] Bennett
    Focus! Do you want to freeze?!
[02:57] Gwyn
    That must be our enemy.
[03:13] Belle
    Why can't I cut her?!
[03:21] Solist
    What?!
[03:27] Belle
    Is she some tribe we've never seen before?
[03:31] Ice-Wielder
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[03:35] Ice-Wielder
    Let it o...!
[03:38] Ice-Wielder
    Let it o...!
[03:39] Bennett
    A mermaid.
[03:48] Gwyn
    Belle! Check that arm!
[03:54] Belle
    It's ice!
[03:55] Belle
    The whole arm is made of ice!
[03:58] Bennett
    I see.
[04:00] Bennett
    She took on too much mental pollution.
[04:04] Bennett
    Gwyn, I've got her!
[04:05] Gwyn
    All hands on deck! Make sure you finish her!
[04:08] Bennett
    Fire!
[04:17] Bennett
    There!
[04:22] Bennett
    We pierced her heart.
[04:24] Bennett
    Above us!
[04:29] Ice-Wielder
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[04:35] Ice-Wielder
    O... o... o...! O... o... o...!
[04:45] Ice-Wielder
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[04:49] Ice-Wielder
    O... o... o...!
[04:50] Belle
    Even her heart is frozen solid.
[04:52] Ice-Wielder
    O... o... o...!
[04:59] Bennett
    I don't resent my destiny as a mermaid.
[05:12] Bennett
    Stop, Belle!
[05:14] Belle
    Bennett?
[05:19] Bennett
    She's already dead.
[05:33] Bennett
    I wouldn't have minded giving
    her one of my arms.
[05:40] Gwyn
    Your arms belong to me as long
    as you're under my command.
[05:57] Gwyn
    See that shrine?
[05:59] Gwyn
    This marks the shortest route into god's core.
[06:05] Belle
    Huh?
[06:12] Belle
    It's the sword!
[06:14] Bennett
    An obvious trap if I've ever seen one.
[06:16] Gwyn
    Make light!
[06:22] Gwyn
    This means we're in the god's inner sanctum.
[06:25] Gwyn
    It rejects all magic.
[06:27] Bennett
    Doesn't that mean the Army
    can't use any, either?
[06:32] Gwyn
    The Army of Insatiable Emptiness
    is one of god's few blind spots.
[06:36] Bennett
    What a predicament.
[06:38] Bennett
    What's that?
[06:47] Bennett
    What say you, conductor?
     They seem like toys to me.
[06:53] Gwyn
    They are toys.
[06:54] Belle
    They're walking on their own.
     And coming this way.
[07:07] Belle
    What the hell are they?
[07:10] Gwyn
    They're dead.
[07:11] Belle
    Oh, is that all?
[07:15] Gwyn
    Bennett, who in the world
     is controlling them?
[07:19] Bennett
    Can't you see him with your eyes?
[07:33] Gwyn
    So he wants to see who conducts better?
[07:38] Toy Soldiers
    Let it o...! Let it o...!
[07:47] Gwyn
    What tiresome conducting.
[07:49] Gwyn
    He's hopeless.
[07:50] Gwyn
    Vanguard, split into stage left and right!
[07:53] Gwyn
    Flanks, fall back to the rear!
[07:55] Belle
    Wait, you want to turn back?
[07:57] Gwyn
    Belle, jump!
[08:03] Belle
    What the...?
[08:04] Toy Soldiers
    Let it o...!
[08:06] Belle
    This is the main force?
[08:08] Gwyn
    Charge at will!
[08:10] Solists
    All right!
[08:27] Gwyn
    So you have no need for broken toys, do you?
[08:36] Belle
    Gwyn! When did you...?
[08:39] Bennett
    You joined the fray yourself?
[08:41] Gwyn
    Hardly approved conduct for a conductor.
[08:58] Belle
    You think she's that boy's mother?
[09:00] Gwyn
    Probably.
[09:05] Gwyn
    Secure the sword!
[09:10] Solist B
    What is this thing?!
[09:11] Belle
    Bamboo, huh?
[09:13] Belle
    You don't let up, do you?!
[09:21] Belle
    I missed.
[09:23] Bennett
    I don't believe it.
    She cut through a Rest-aurant?
[09:27] Bennett
    I'm starting to fear what Belle
    and Runding will do next.
[09:31] Gwyn
    They're here to gain a different kind
    of strength than what they've had thus far.
[09:36] Gwyn
    Strength on a different level from ours.
[09:39] Gwyn
    Once she falls into a different category,
[09:42] Gwyn
    I'm sure trouble will break out
     in our path too.
[09:46] Bennett
    Gwyn, do you mean...?
[09:50] Gwyn
    It looks like we've cleared out the "Fangs"
    or whatever they call themselves.
[09:54] Gwyn
    We've finally made it this far!
[09:56] Gwyn
    Only nobility are allowed
    to set foot beyond this point.
[10:02] Gwyn
    Even so, we will—
[10:02] Gaff
    Halt, Conductor Gwyn!
[10:05] Belle
    Gaff?!
[10:10] Gwyn
    Why, if it isn't the lead solist!
[10:13] Gwyn
    Have you come to watch how we fight?
[10:18] Gaff
    You've fought well.
[10:20] Gaff
    Sheathe your swords at once!
[10:22] Gaff
    We shall take things from here.
[10:46] Kitty
    I'm amazed the Nothing followed that
    fellow like he was supposed to.
[10:50] Kitty
    Are our wills attempting
     to align in god's roots?
[10:59] Kitty
    I see.
[11:00] Kitty
    What a state of affairs to wake up to.
[11:03] Kitty
    Not bad at all.
[11:06] Kitty
    I think not!
[11:14] Belle
    What's this about, Gaff?
[11:16] Gaff
    Did you not hear me?
[11:19] Gwyn
    I did, lead solist.
[11:21] Gwyn
    If you will place every sword that
    fought here on the divine scales,
[11:27] Gwyn
    we will sheathe them this instant.
[11:29] Gaff
    The scales, you say?
[11:31] Gwyn
    We have no other way to let our
    swords tell of their battles
[11:37] Gwyn
    or to claim the reward
    for our service from the king.
[11:41] Gaff
    I refuse.
[11:42] Gwyn
    Oh? And may I ask why?
[11:46] Bennett
    Swords that have clashed with shadows
    may not rest on the divine scales.
[11:52] Gwyn
    We made forbidden Schwert Musik
    with the Army of Insatiable Emptiness
[11:56] Gwyn
    because you yourself gave
    us the royal order to fight.
[12:00] Gwyn
    To think that obedience would land us all
    in prison as taboo-breaking paradoxes!
[12:04] Signs
    Paradoxes
    The Outlawed
[12:08] Gaff
    You have only one way to avoid
    the stigma of paradox.
[12:13] Gwyn
    Discard our swords, you mean?
[12:15] Gaff
    Yes. I understand how it must grieve you.
[12:20] Gaff
    But you may return to the stage of proper
    Schwert Musik with new swords in hand.
[12:26] Gaff
    What other choice do you have?
[12:28] Belle
    You want us to dump the blame
    on our swords and abandon them?
[12:32] Gwyn
    That is indeed the most commonsense way
    to preserve order peacefully.
[12:38] Gaff
    Well then?
[12:39] Gwyn
    I have conditions.
[12:41] Gaff
    What?!
[12:42] Gwyn
    First, approve our petition and recognize
    the Katakombe's neutrality.
[12:50] Gwyn
    Second, return the sword taken
    from the Katakombe to its rightful place.
[12:56] Gwyn
    I mean, that shouldn't be so hard, right?
[12:59] Gaff
    Are you out of your minds?
[13:01] Gwyn
    Who can say?
[13:03] Gaff
    I will brook no further argument!
[13:05] Gaff
    Those who will do as I say,
    come forward at once.
[13:09] Gaff
    Act otherwise,
[13:10] Gaff
    and receive the stigma of paradox
    along with the bite of my sword!
[13:16] Gaff
    Belle?
[13:18] Belle
    Who'd pitch their sword
    just because you said so?
[13:21] Belle
    You can't even put up a decent
    fight against the Army,
[13:24] Belle
    so shut up and back off!
[13:29] Gaff
    Even you would harm this land, Belle?!
[13:33] Gaff
    Now, at last, I perceive our god's true will!
[13:36] Gaff
    I see why god wishes to destroy
    the key to journeys!
[13:40] Belle
    Remember what I told you once?
[13:42] Belle
    Your sword's the last one
    I'd ever want to die by.
[13:45] Bennett
    Are you fine with this, Gwyn?
[13:48] Gwyn
    Those two are the leads in this battle.
[13:51] Gwyn
    We should follow Belle,
    whether she advances or retreats.
[13:55] Bennett
    Who could keep up with her?
[13:59] Gwyn
    Bennett...
[14:00] (Flashback) Bennett
    Belle.
[14:01] (Flashback) Bennett
    This will be a parting of the ways.
[14:04] (Flashback) Bennett
    Yours and ours.
[14:12] Belle
    That sword's made of steel
    from the divine tree, isn't it?
[14:16] Belle
    Which means your god is in your hands.
[14:20] Gaff
    What?!
[14:21] Belle
    But you still won't listen
    to what your sword is saying.
[14:26] Belle
    I'm surprised.
[14:28] Belle
    I'll give my sword its proper station.
[14:35] Belle
    Your sword must want the same thing.
[14:43] Gwyn
    Cut in!
[14:58] Bennett
    It's like a maze.
[15:00] Belle
    It's like the caves in the Katakombe.
[15:02] Gwyn
    Don't worry. We won't get lost.
[15:12] Guidance
    Keep your wits about you in god's domain.
[15:15] Belle
    What?
[15:16] Guidance
    Only those who truly question
    reason can pass this point.
[15:26] Belle
    What's gotten into you guys?
[15:30] Gwyn
    Advance slowly!
[15:32] Gwyn
    If you can't bear it, move to the rear!
[15:35] Belle
    Gwyn?
[15:36] Gwyn
    It's divine pressure!
[15:38] Gwyn
    Must be a hereditary trait.
[15:41] Gwyn
    When the gods created us
    in the time of legends,
[15:47] Gwyn
    they put special ears in our heads.
[15:52] Belle
    What for?
[15:54] Gwyn
    So we could hear the divine voice
    of the god-machine, Deus Ex Machina.
[16:00] Gwyn
    Even after all these generations,
    we still have them.
[16:07] Belle
    I don't have anything like that.
[16:12] Belle
    You again!
[16:16] Belle
    Out of my way!
[16:25] Solist
    Nice going!
[16:28] Gwyn
    Finally, the sword of the
    Katakombe is in our—
[16:31] Army
    Nowhere...
[16:32] Bennett
    What?
[16:34] Army
    Nowhere...
[16:36] Gwyn
    Get away from the sword!
[16:40] Army
    Nowhere...
[16:43] Gwyn
    Now he's done it.
[16:46] Army
    Nowhere...
[16:58] Adonis
    Do you see, sublater?
[16:58] Signs
    Aufheben
    Sublate
[17:01] Belle
    What?!
[17:01] Adonis
    Do you see this other group
    of beings capable of aufheben?
[17:06] Adonis
    This crucible of ecstatic hunger?
[17:09] Belle
    Adonis!
[17:10] Belle
    Huh?
[17:13] Bennett
    Oh no!
[17:15] Bennett
    Damn!
[17:16] Gwyn
    Stop! Don't use magic!
[17:18] Bennett
    Then what?!
[17:19] Belle
    Oh, to hell with it!
[17:28] Kitty
    Behold my newborn might!
[17:33] Belle
    Kitty the All!
[17:34] Kitty
    Come, Belle! It's time
    for your cry of triumph!
[17:38] Belle
    Adonis!
[17:40] Belle
    You son of a bitch!
[17:42] Belle
    Can I cut him?
[17:52] Belle
    Trust Adonis to set such an elaborate trap.
[17:56] Belle
    Damn him!
[17:57] Bennett
    What splendid wards.
[17:59] Bennett
    Now we can cast all the magic we'd like.
[18:02] Bennett
    I never expected a traveling
    Rabbitia to save our hides again.
[18:07] Kitty
    No, I was careless.
[18:09] Kitty
    I never dreamed the wolf lad had left
    the stink of his beliefs on the sword.
[18:17] Bennett
    Well, we have the sword. What now?
[18:21] Kitty
    Advancing any farther will
    prove exceedingly difficult.
[18:26] Belle
    I'm going.
[18:30] Kitty
    I will accompany you.
[18:32] Kitty
    I have a bit of unfinished
    business with the wolf lad.
[18:37] Belle
    See you around.
[18:39] Solists
    Belle Lablac!
[18:41] Solists
    Belle Lablac! The little one!
[18:44] Solists
    Belle Lablac! The reason for our victory!
[18:49] Gwyn
    My conducting stops here.
[18:52] Gwyn
    Go wild, Belle.
[18:54] Belle
    You bet.
[18:58] Belle
    Let's go.
[19:06] Gwyn
    We march as well!
[19:08] Gwyn
    Carry the sword wrapped in this.
[19:12] Gwyn
    The lead solist and his priests
    lie in wait outside the passage!
[19:16] Gwyn
    We're all getting out of here alive!
[19:23] Bennett
    Make up your mind, conductor.
[19:25] Gwyn
    Bennett!
[19:27] Bennett
    This was part of your script too.
[19:30] Bennett
    She's already left our category.
[19:33] Bennett
    And she'll come back as a
    disaster blocking our path.
[19:40] Bennett
    You said so yourself.
[19:43] Bennett
    I know you don't want to tear
    down this castle, Gwyn.
[19:48] Bennett
    She'll cut god if we let her.
[19:51] Gwyn
    I couldn't ask for a better director.
[19:55] Bennett
    Decide!
[20:06] Gwyn
    I admit Belle's choices will depend
    on what questions Adonis throws at god.
[20:14] Gwyn
    But I believe in her strength.
[20:17] Gwyn
    And in her sword.
[20:19] Gwyn
    Now matter how much she changes
    or how much power she gains,
[20:23] Gwyn
    I want to believe that,
    at least, will stay the same.
[20:28] Gwyn
    The threat of the Army has passed for now!
[20:31] Gwyn
    Belle will find out what's
    become of Princess Sherry!
[20:35] Gwyn
    Only one task remains for us:
[20:38] Gwyn
    win neutrality for the Katakombe!
[20:49] Gwyn
    Sorry, Bennett. I lean on you too much.
[20:53] Gwyn
    I should have given the order.
[20:56] Bennett
    Don't mention it.
[20:57] Bennett
    I needed that too.
[21:02] Bennett
    It was all the farewell we needed.
[21:17] Kitty
    Are you crying, Belle?
[21:20] Belle
    Huh? No way.
[21:23] Belle
    I won't pretend I'm used to it,
[21:29] Belle
    but everyone treats me like
    I'm something special.
[21:33] Belle
    Are they trying to give me a big head?!
[21:37] Belle
    I swear I'll be free someday.
[21:40] Kitty
    Belle...
[21:41] Belle
    I'll find out all about where I come from.
[21:44] Belle
    I'll choke down every reason
    I'm here in this world!
SIGN    Sixteenth Movement
SIGN    Absurdity: Asking the Voices of Swords
[23:30] Sherry
    As divine priestess, I tell you now.
[23:33] Gwyn
    We'll stop clinging to god!
[23:34] Adonis
    I've been waiting for you, girl of reason.
[23:37] Belle
    I'm going to cut you.
[23:38] Signs
    Mania: Nowhere
[23:38] Signs
    Seventeenth Movement