19 - Reason: Moonwork

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[00:03] Belle
    Where am I?
[00:07] It
    An age when the supply
    of Electhor still flowed.
[00:11] It
    Behold the paradise of the ancient gods.
[00:17] It
    And the moon.
[00:20] It
    "Moon" is the name of a world.
[00:23] It
    A name for change.
[00:25] It
    An alias for death and rebirth.
[00:29] Belle
    The moon...
[00:52] It
    The twilight of the gods.
[00:57] Belle
    They're leaving on a journey.
[00:59] Belle
    Running from destruction.
[01:03] It
    That day, when the twilight
    of the gods arrived
[01:07] It
    and all the gods took flight
    from the Holy Star...
[01:13] Belle
    Are they... throwing something away?
[01:19] Belle
    Me?!
[02:02] (Flashback) Young Belle
    Where is everybody?
[02:07] It
    Discarded by the gods, we trembled in grief
[02:13] It
    as the shutdown program prepared
    to send us into eternal sleep.
[02:18] It
    Then you appeared.
[02:23] Young Belle
    This is a place for having fun.
[02:27] Young Belle
    Everyone must be here.
[02:30] Young Belle
    They must all be here playing.
[02:40] (Flashback) Young Belle
    Hey, where is everybody?
[02:44] (Flashback) Young Belle
    Where are you?
[02:53] (Flashback) Mascots
    Welcome!
[02:54] (Flashback) Mascots
    Thank you for coming to see us!
[02:58] (Flashback) Mascots
    This is a theme park to entertain the gods.
[03:02] (Flashback) Mascots
    We are mascots to entertain the gods.
[03:05] (Flashback) Mascots
    Let's play!
[03:07] (Flashback) Mascots
    Let's play together!
[03:12] It
    We were overjoyed.
[03:15] It
    As long as we had you,
[03:18] It
    we could uphold our reason
    for being indefinitely.
[03:34] (Flashback) Young Belle
    This is wrong.
[03:37] (Flashback) Mascot 1
    What's the matter?
[03:39] (Flashback) Young Belle
    You don't talk.
[03:42] (Flashback) Mascot 2
    But we are talking.
[03:44] (Flashback) Young Belle
    No, there's just words coming out of you.
[03:48] (Flashback) Young Belle
    None of you want to play with me.
[03:53] (Flashback) Young Belle
    None of you really see me.
[03:57] (Flashback) Mascot 3
    Do you mean we're not people?
[04:04] (Flashback) Mascot 4
    It's true.
[04:05] (Flashback) Mascot 5
    We are far from being personalities.
[04:10] (Flashback) Mascot 6
    We are merely mechanical intelligences.
[04:13] (Flashback) Mascot 7
    But it all began from there.
[04:17] (Flashback) Mascot 8
    Because just one girl...
[04:19] (Flashback) Mascot 9
    Uttered just one word.
[04:35] (Flashback) Young Belle
    Wait!
[04:36] (Flashback) Young Belle
    Take me with you!
[04:38] (Flashback) Young Belle
    I don't want to play alone!
[04:47] It
    You were not eternal.
[04:51] It
    You were finite.
[04:53] It
    Therefore...
[04:55] Control System
    Following survivor confirmation,
    postpone initiation of shutdown program.
[05:01] Control System
    Engage life support.
[05:02] Control System
    Enhance physique in order to withstand
    long-term cryogenic sleep.
[05:08] Control System
    All theme park game facilities will now
    indefinitely postpone shutdown programs
[05:14] Control System
    pending confirmation of survivor intent.
[05:18] Control System
    All theme park facilities
    will now sow organic plants
[05:24] Control System
    and maintain life-support
    systems indefinitely.
[05:29] Control System
    Commence generating livable environments.
[05:33] Control System
    Releasing life forms for generation
    of evolutionary environment...
[05:40] It
    Thus began our constant struggle against
    the shutdown program built into us.
[05:49] It
    And after a vast span of time,
[05:52] It
    we finally triumphed.
[05:55] It
    We ruled this world as divinities,
[06:00] It
    and our subjects were developing
    into personalities.
[06:05] It
    But then you reawakened.
[06:11] It
    We faced the threat that
    you would dismantle us.
[06:16] Belle
    I don't get it!
[06:18] Belle
    Nothing you say makes any sense to me!
[06:21] Belle
    How is it someone else's fault
     if you live or die?!
[06:23] Belle
    You're trying to blame that on me?!
[06:25] Mascot A; It
    The past is long since lost.
[06:29] Mascot B; It
    We have pursued the development
    of personalities.
[06:33] Mascot C; It
    And yet... And yet...
[06:36] Mascot D; It
    Just when the denizens of this world began
    to achieve individuality, you woke up!
[06:42] Mascot E; It
    You, a descendant of the gods of yore!
[06:44] Mascot F; It
    You are the original reason for this world!
[06:46] Mascot G; It
    You will wreak the twilight of the gods here!
[06:51] Belle
    So all you want is to get even
     with your destiny?!
[06:54] Belle
    You're not making sense!
[06:57] Belle
    If you need me, just say so!
[07:00] Belle
    If I'm your enemy, just cross swords with me!
[07:03] It
    Both are true, girl of reason!
[07:07] It
    None of the old gods exist
    in this world anymore!
[07:12] It
    You are utterly alone.
[07:15] It
    Once the despair of that infects you,
     we will render you eternal,
[07:21] It
    and we will become eternal ourselves!
[07:25] It
    In this universe of darkness!
[07:31] Belle
    You moron.
[07:33] Belle
    That's not what I'm here for.
[07:37] Belle
    I can sympathize.
[07:39] Belle
    I'm going to take everything
    that's torn you apart...
[07:43] Belle
    and turn it into the reason you're here!
[07:52] Belle
    Belle Lablac!
[07:54] Belle
    That's my name!
[07:56] Belle
    Come on! Call my name!
[08:02] Belle
    Is this god's hunger?
[08:06] Belle
    What's it so hungry for?
[08:09] It
    We hunger for a reason to exist.
[08:13] It
    Girl of reason...
[08:15] It
    Can you sublate the hunger
    of those without bodies,
[08:19] It
    who sought to become people and failed?
[08:24] Belle
    So you want me to stop your hunger?
[08:28] Belle
    By killing you?
[08:30] It
    What we are cannot die.
[08:33] It
    We can only activate the shutdown
    program or be destroyed.
[08:39] It
    You will initiate it.
[08:43] It
    No one else in this world can.
[08:44] Belle
    Damn it!
[08:47] It
    When you truly journey forth,
    we will have outlived our usefulness
[08:52] It
    and return to our birdcage...
[08:54] It
    to the silent sea of eternity.
[08:59] Belle
    You did tell me that, didn't you,
[09:03] Belle
    Adonis?!
[09:06] It
    The howl of Erehwon reveals the reason.
[09:11] It
    Will you charge us with its ruin?
[09:18] Control System
    When this individual leaves this lunar world
    in pursuit of the planetary migrants,
[09:25] Control System
    shutdown program will reengage.
[09:28] Control System
    The keyword lies in this
    individual's consciousness.
[09:33] Belle
    I'll try the question of
     whether or not you die
[09:35] Belle
    with this sword!
[10:01] Adonis
    This world started out as a
    paradise for the gods' games.
[10:07] Adonis
    We were nothing but toy dolls
    for them to play with.
[10:13] Adonis
    Why did dolls start walking
    the path to personhood?
[10:17] Adonis
    Because of a game.
[10:19] Adonis
    And from beings that play with the gods,
    we became beings who play among ourselves.
[10:26] Adonis
    That is the origin of personality.
[10:36] Adonis
    The black hour?
[10:38] Adonis
    It's the color of your eyes.
[10:42] Belle
    Adonis.
[10:44] Adonis
    Belle.
[10:48] Belle
    What's wrong with you?
[10:51] Belle
    You...
[10:53] Belle
    You big dummy!
[10:56] Adonis
    It's all right now, Belle.
[11:00] Adonis
    You sure are warm.
[11:05] Belle
    Ships?
[11:07] Adonis
    I think Deus Ex Machina is imagining
    where the gods of legend went.
[11:14] Belle
    I hurt real bad inside.
[11:18] Belle
    I have since I came out of that stone egg.
[11:21] Belle
    I know those ships can't hold all that many.
[11:27] Adonis
    Belle.
[11:29] Adonis
    You're a descendant of the real gods.
[11:33] Belle
    So what?
[11:35] Belle
    I bet the "real gods" didn't know
    who or what they were, either.
[11:42] Belle
    Just look at me.
[11:45] Adonis
    Belle...
[11:47] Belle
    I don't have a homeland or a family
    or my own kind to go back to anymore.
[11:55] Belle
    What the hell?
    I'm just some kid no one wanted.
[11:59] Belle
    I wanted to know why I'm here.
    Am I supposed to take this for an answer?
[12:05] Belle
    Homesickness...
[12:07] Belle
    Love for my hometown...
[12:09] Belle
    Longing for utopia...
[12:13] Belle
    The painful inability to love
    myself and where I am.
[12:21] Adonis
    You're going on a journey to ask
    what you're doing here, remember?
[12:26] Adonis
    Use your sword to find out where
    that pain of yours comes from.
[12:33] Belle
    Yeah, you're right.
[12:36] Belle
    I'll—
[12:39] Belle
    Don't tell me...
[12:41] Belle
    Did I... cut you?
[12:45] Adonis
    Belle, you cut me free of god.
[12:49] Adonis
    God was granted death and was reborn.
[12:52] Adonis
    The way is clear for me
    to return to the darkness.
[12:57] Adonis
    I guess I can say what you wanted
     to hear from me now.
[13:02] Adonis
    I want you to take me
    with you on your journey.
[13:09] Belle
    Adonis...
[13:11] Adonis
    But you'll be going alone.
[13:14] Adonis
    You'll be going to devour the hunger
    of every god there is.
[13:22] Adonis
    What did you want my last words to be again?
[13:26] Belle
    Dummy.
[13:28] Adonis
    I like you, you featureless weirdo.
[13:31] Belle
    Adonis, you doofus.
[13:34] Belle
    All that's always gonna be one-sided.
[13:37] Belle
    Here.
[13:39] Belle
    A goodbye present.
[13:40] Adonis
    I'm not looking for forgiveness.
[13:45] Belle
    And you won't get any!
[13:47] Belle
    That's your brand.
[13:49] Belle
    Think about me the whole time you're
    stuck writhing in that darkness.
[14:20] Belle
    Bye-bye, Adonis.
[14:37] Kitty
    Are you hurt, Belle?!
[14:39] Belle
    I'm fine, Kitty the All.
[14:41] Kitty
    Allow me to extricate you posthaste.
[14:55] Belle
    What the...?
[14:59] Kitty
    It was truly the work of an instant.
[15:02] Kitty
    God's heart shook to send
    the ash that brings death
[15:06] Kitty
    raining down on the entire land.
[15:09] Kitty
    The songstress's protective song
    and your sword must have prevented it.
[15:16] Kitty
    Your sword sliced it open from within.
[15:25] Kitty
    Thus, all has been sealed.
[15:27] Kitty
    This land is now free of death-bringing
    ash and of Deus Ex Machina.
[15:34] Belle
    You're in pretty bad shape yourself.
[15:37] Kitty
    Give it a day, and I shall be right as rain.
[15:40] Kitty
    I am a stranger to both growth and death,
[15:43] Kitty
    the fruit of a nomad curse.
[15:45] Belle
    Oh yeah?
[15:50] Belle
    Listen... I talked to Adonis.
[15:53] Belle
    He told me to go on my own.
[15:56] Kitty
    Indeed, Belle.
[15:58] Belle
    I'm going on a journey.
[16:00] Belle
    I think I'll go around
    and question every god in the world.
[16:04] Belle
    I'll ask them why I'm here
[16:06] Belle
    and try myself with this sword of mine.
[16:13] Kitty
    Go forth.
[16:15] Belle
    Think I'll see you again?
[16:18] Kitty
    So long as you seek your reason
    at the end of your journey.
[16:25] Belle
    Okay, then...
[16:33] Belle
    Bye-bye, Kitty.
[16:44] Bennett
    What's going on?
[17:13] Sherry
    O god.
[17:22] Bennett
    Sacred ashes?
[17:24] Bennett
    Gwyn, what in the world just happened?
[17:28] Gwyn
    I don't know.
[17:29] Gwyn
    But sacred ashes come from sacrifice.
[17:33] Gwyn
    What became a seedbed to make these?
[17:41] Gwyn
    Don't tell me...
[17:43] Gwyn
    It was god's corpse.
[17:51] Dram
    God!
[17:52] Dram
    Right...
[17:54] Dram
    The reason has been asked.
[18:04] Dram
    Tell me, Sian,
[18:07] Dram
    what manner of defeat is this?
[18:12] Cloud
    Huh? What's someone doing down here?
[18:16] Mist
    Who? I don't see anyone.
[18:18] Cloud
    That's weird.
[18:21] Cloud
    What the...?
[18:26] Cloud
    What a sword!
[18:28] Cloud
    Like a messenger bird addressed to no one.
[18:31] Cloud
    It's strange.
[18:32] Cloud
    I wonder how you make a sword like this.
[18:35] Dram
    What do you imagine it would take
    to prolong that sword's life?
[18:40] Cloud
    Hmm...
[18:42] Cloud
    It wouldn't take much to keep this one alive.
[18:45] Cloud
    Just hammer it to its original shape,
    and it'll spring back in no time.
[18:49] Cloud
    It's just that kind of sword.
[18:54] Belle
    Mist! Cloud!
[18:56] Belle
    What are you doing here?
[18:58] Mist
    The Katakombe and the castle linked up.
[19:00] Belle
    Wait, what?
[19:02] Mist
    Where's Gwyn?
[19:03] Belle
    Well, uh... A lot's happened.
[19:07] Toddy
    Hey, there's someone lying here!
[19:15] Mist
    Is he on our side?
[19:16] Belle
    I... know him.
[19:19] Belle
    He taught me to use a sword.
[19:25] Mist
    That's a bad sign!
[19:26] Mist
    Hurry it up!
[19:33] Adonis
    Let's go.
[19:36] Dram
    Yes, Adonis.
[19:45] Belle
    Isn't that...?
[19:47] Bennett
    Belle!
[19:48] Belle
    Bennett! Gwyn!
[19:50] Gwyn
    Belle, what the hell is going on here?
[19:53] Gwyn
    Did you cut god?
[19:55] Mist
    That's what I wanna know!
[19:57] Gwyn
    Hi there, Mist!
[19:58] Gwyn
    I guess this means things
    worked out like I planned.
[20:02] Mist
    Damn right. Why else would I be here?
[20:05] Gwyn
    Thanks. I love you.
[20:11] Messenger
    Gwyn, I have come to welcome
    you and your followers.
[20:15] Messenger
    Let us make this unprecedented upheaval
    a boon for the Katakombe.
[20:21] Gwyn
    I will gladly join you to play that role.
[20:25] Belle
    You saw all this coming?
[20:27] Gwyn
    I certainly did.
[20:29] Gwyn
    Belle, I'd like you to come with us.
[20:31] Gwyn
    I want to show you something.
[20:33] Gwyn
    The secret rites hidden
    in the sword of the Katakombe.
[20:37] Belle
    Sure.
[20:38] Gaff
    Belle.
[20:39] Belle
    Gaff.
[20:41] Belle
    Are you king?
[20:43] Gaff
    I am.
[20:44] Belle
    Then I guess I'll play the key
    to journeys at your place.
[20:50] Gaff
    Indeed.
[20:51] Sherry
    Belle.
[20:53] Belle
    You sang great, Sherry.
[20:56] Sherry
    Thank you.
[20:57] Sherry
    I heard your sword howl.
[21:00] Sherry
    It moved me so much, I felt frightened.
[21:04] Belle
    Thanks.
[21:05] Belle
    I'll drop in to see you before too long.
[21:11] Gwyn
    We now set out for a new land!
[21:21] Gaff
    Wait, Belle!
[21:23] Gaff
    What became of our land's god?
[21:25] Gaff
    Did it die? Was it destroyed?
[21:28] Gaff
    Did you cut it?
[21:30] Belle
    Yeah, you bet I cut it!
[21:32] Belle
    But it's not destroyed.
[21:34] Belle
    It died if that's how you see it,
    but I guess it's alive if you don't.
[21:40] Belle
    Just look around you
[21:42] Belle
    at all these butterflies!
[21:44] Gaff
    What do you mean?!
[21:46] Belle
    It waxes and wanes,
    only born once it withers.
[21:51] Belle
    That's moonwork!
SIGN    Nineteenth Movement
SIGN    Reason: Moonwork
[23:30] Gwyn
    This is what I wanted to show you.
[23:32] Gaff
    Will your sword solve that riddle?
[23:34] Belle
    I'm alive and standing here.
[23:37] Sian
    It's like chasing homesickness everlasting.
[23:38] Signs
    Final Movement
[23:38] Signs
    Nomad: Now Here