E2 - Wherefore in the Earthshine

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[00:04] BELLE
    I appeared from one
    of these rocks as a child.
[00:09] BELLE
    Stone eggs, huh? I wonder
    where they came from.
[00:21] BELLE
    Is my homeland in the sky or what?
[00:26] BELLE
    That wouldn't be funny.
[00:33] BELLE
    But I want to find it...
[00:35] BELLE
    I long for a world that will
    allow me to blend in.
[00:46] KITTY
    I've found you. I've finally found you,
[00:50] KITTY
    girl of reason.
SIGN    Bye Bye, Earth
SIGN    Bye Bye, Earth
[02:32] BELLE
    The o'crock is already blue.
SIGN    Timekeeping Stone
    O'crock
SIGN    Quartz Forest
[02:39] BELLE
    I haven't been back to the
    Quartz Forest in ages,
[02:43] BELLE
    but I haven't missed this place at all.
[02:53] BELLE
    A rabbit?!
[02:54] BELLE
    You're a young Rabbitia, aren't you?
SIGN    Rabbitia
[02:57] BELLE
    How pretty. Like a little doll.
[03:02] BELLE
    Here. Want a drink?
[03:07] BELLE
    They say crossing a traveling
    Rabbitia is a sign of good luck.
[03:15] BELLE
    H-Hey!
[03:20] BELLE
    You look ridiculous, you know that?
[03:23] BELLE
    Getting mixed up with this
    kid seems like a bad idea.
[03:26] BELLE
    You can keep the cup. I've got spares.
[03:39] BELLE
    What a strange child.
SIGN    Park City, Schwert Land
[03:54] CROWD
    What is she?
[03:56] CROWD
    What an unusual tribe!
SIGN    Under West
[04:12] BELLE
    This place sure hasn't gotten any quieter.
[04:16] BELLE
    Might as well start by filling my stomach.
[04:21] CROWD
    What's with her?
[04:22] CROWD
    She's a strange one.
[04:23] CROWD
    Totally featureless...
[04:28] HAGGIS
    You're on the outside here, missy.
[04:32] HAGGIS
    Guess looks can be deceiving.
[04:34] HAGGIS
    I thought a mermaid from
    the castle had wandered in.
[04:38] BELLE
    Inside, outside... It's all the same to me.
[04:41] HAGGIS
    What?
[04:42] BELLE
    Bring me something to eat.
[04:44] BELLE
    That and some cold flower tea.
[04:46] HAGGIS
    Listen up, country lass.
[04:49] HAGGIS
    We live by the Law of Theme in Park City.
SIGN    Law of Theme
[04:52] HAGGIS
    Everyone here's destined for good
    or evil the moment they're born.
[04:59] HAGGIS
    Defy that order, and you might wind up dead.
[05:02] BELLE
    I get the feeling you're mocking me.
[05:05] BELLE
    And don't call me "lass."
[05:07] BELLE
    I have a name. It's Belle Lablac.
[05:10] HAGGIS
    Well, excuse me, Lablac.
[05:13] HAGGIS
    I'm Haggis, owner of the Amaretto.
[05:16] HAGGIS
    How much do you know about Schwert Land?
[05:19] BELLE
    Just about everything, I reckon.
[05:22] BELLE
    Park City's divided between the good
    Topdogs and the evil Underdogs,
SIGN    Good
SIGN    Topdogs
    Castle Dwellers
SIGN    Evil
SIGN    Underdogs
    Outside the Walls
[05:28] BELLE
    effectively the people inside
     and outside the castle, right?
SIGN    Topdogs
    Castle Dwellers
SIGN    Underdogs
    Outside the Walls
[05:32] HAGGIS
    Precisely! The Law of Theme wouldn't
    hold without that divide.
[05:36] HAGGIS
    No one upsets the balance
    and gets away with it.
[05:40] HAGGIS
    You'd better hurry up and figure
    out which side you're on.
[05:46] BELLE
    Why bother?
[05:48] BELLE
    I'll be leaving the country soon enough.
[05:51] HAGGIS
    What? You don't mean...
[05:55] BELLE
    I'm gonna become a nomad.
SIGN    Nomad
    One Who Travels
[05:56] BELLE
    That's why I came to Park City.
[06:01] HAGGIS
    Don't waste your time.
[06:02] HAGGIS
    God will never allow it.
[06:04] BELLE
    Huh?
[06:06] HAGGIS
    Country folk, I swear...
[06:08] HAGGIS
    Listen here, Lablac.
[06:10] HAGGIS
    The king up in the castle doesn't
    really rule this country.
[06:14] HAGGIS
    God does. Got that?
[06:20] HAGGIS
    Hey, what's the matter?
[06:21] BELLE
    I just remembered. The god's called...
[06:26] BELLE
    Deus Ex Machina.
[06:29] HAGGIS
    "Deus"... What?
[06:31] BELLE
    I don't really understand it myself.
[06:34] BELLE
    Just something I heard
    from a heartless jerk a long time ago.
[06:38] BELLE
    That's right... I killed someone.
[06:43] BELLE
    But who? And why?
[06:49] YOUNG MAN A
    Damn brat! You've been
    nothing but trouble!
[06:52] BELLE
    It's that kid!
[06:53] HAGGIS
    What're you lot planning
    to do with the child?
[06:56] YOUNG MAN B
    You're not gonna believe this, Haggis!
[06:59] YOUNG MAN A
    The brat vanished into thin air,
     gnawed on my sword...
[07:02] YOUNG MAN A
    We went through hell to get
    the little shit here!
[07:04] BELLE
    Evil solists, huh?
[07:06] YOUNG MAN D
    But this is our big chance.
[07:08] HAGGIS
    You'd better not mean—
[07:10] YOUNG MAN C
    We caught ourselves a Rabbitia!
[07:12] YOUNG MAN A
    Killing one will make names for us!
[07:14] YOUNG MAN A
    And drinking Rabbitia blood will
    make our swords unbeatable!
[07:18] HAGGIS
    Idiots!
[07:19] YOUNG MAN A
    Rabbitia are all freaks anyway!
[07:26] HAGGIS
    Lablac, wait!
[07:27] BELLE
    You're supposed to raise your sword
    to the music of clashing steel.
[07:32] BELLE
    I see evil solists aren't
    what they used to be.
[07:38] BELLE & SIAN
    If you can't tell the difference
    between being evil and doing evil,
[07:42] BELLE & SIAN
    you don't deserve a sword.
[07:44] YOUNG MAN
    You bitch!
[07:49] BELLE
    What?
[07:51] BELLE
    What was that?
[07:58] BELLE
    There it is again.
[08:00] BELLE
    Something's holding me back.
[08:02] HAGGIS
    You fool! Who goes around smashing swords?!
[08:04] YOUNG MAN D
    You'll pay for that!
[08:08] YOUNG MAN C
    That does it!
[08:14] BELLE
    What's going on?
[08:16] BELLE
    I might as well be swinging a hunk of iron.
[08:19] SIAN
    You can't become a nomad
    unless you take on a curse.
[08:23] BELLE
    Is this my curse?
[08:25] BELLE
    Can I not cut anything anymore?
[08:28] YOUNG MAN E
    No...
[08:30] HAGGIS
    Hey! That's enough!
[08:49] HAGGIS
    You've made your point.
    We can all see how skilled you are.
[08:53] HAGGIS
    And how beastly, too.
[08:55] BELLE
    I just...
[08:57] HAGGIS
    There's no coming back from this.
[09:00] HAGGIS
    They worked hard to grow those swords.
[09:00] YOUNG MEN
    My sword...
[09:02] YOUNG MEN
    No way.
[09:03] HAGGIS
    They'll never revive.
[09:06] HAGGIS
    They'll just wither away.
[09:08] YOUNG MEN
    Oh, there they are!
[09:10] YOUNG MEN
    Topdog solists!
[09:11] HAGGIS
    Good solists!
[09:14] HAGGIS
    Have you got a dog tag?
SIGN    Dog Tag
    License to Duel
[09:16] BELLE
    Of course not.
[09:17] HAGGIS
    Then get going.
[09:18] HAGGIS
    You used a sword without a dog tag.
     They won't let you off easy.
[09:22] BELLE
    What about the kid?
[09:24] HAGGIS
    Must've run off.
[09:28] HAGGIS
    H-Hey.
SIGN    The Castle
[09:51] BELLE
    Have you missed being on the inside?
[09:56] BELLE
    I don't remember anything
    about this place except meeting you,
[10:02] BELLE
    Runding.
[10:07] JAILER
    When that candle burns out,
    we'll begin our investigation.
[10:11] JAILER
    Wait here until then.
[10:20] BELLE
    It was in a room like this.
[10:23] BELLE
    I found you, then waited and waited.
[10:28] BELLE
    Can I really not cut anything anymore?
[10:32] BELLE
    This is the form my curse took,
[10:36] BELLE
    the first trial on my way...
[10:38] BELLE & SIAN
    to becoming a nomad.
[10:40] BELLE
    That's right. I waited and waited.
[10:44] BELLE
    And then...
[10:46] BELLE
    someone came.
[10:47] BELLE
    But who?
[10:54] BELLE
    What's wrong with you, Belle Lablac?
[10:56] BELLE
    Nobody's coming to get you out of here!
[10:59] BELLE
    Staring at the door won't
    make it open any sooner!
[11:02] BELLE
    Runding!
[11:12] BELLE
    The candle's out.
[11:15] BELLE
    Oh, right. Could you call a
    solist named Gaff for me?
[11:19] BELLE
    I guess you could say we
    had the same teacher.
[11:24] BELLE
    Had completely slipped my mind.
[11:28] BELLE
    Did you get that?
[11:34] ADONIS
    Someone broke your sword, old man?
[11:37] HAGGIS
    No, not mine. Mine wilted a long time ago.
[11:42] ADONIS
    It's been a while, Haggis.
[11:45] HAGGIS
    Adonis!
[11:47] HAGGIS
    What are you doing outside?
[11:48] ADONIS
    If it wasn't yours that broke, whose was it?
[11:51] HAGGIS
    Oh, you know. Some young guys.
[11:54] HAGGIS
    They're a mess.
[11:56] HAGGIS
    I put 'em in a guest room upstairs.
[11:59] ADONIS
    Can I talk to them?
[12:02] HAGGIS
    Ask them for the whole story.
[12:07] HAGGIS
    Adonis, have you seen your family?
[12:10] ADONIS
    I don't plan to.
[12:13] CUSTOMER
    What do you think he's back here for?
[12:17] HAGGIS
    Who knows?
[12:18] HAGGIS
    Lots of problem customers today.
[12:22] CROWD
    I-It's the Army of Insatiable Emptiness!
[12:22] CROWD
    They're coming!
[12:23] CROWD
    Hurry! This way!
SIGN    The Army of
    Insatiable Emptiness
[12:24] CROWD
    You're done for if they get you!
[12:26] CROWD
    I don't want to be a shadow!
[12:27] CROWD
    Take shelter indoors!
[12:34] CUSTOMER
    I don't believe it! They showed
    up smack dab in the middle of the city!
[12:38] HAGGIS
    They've sniffed out one of their own kind.
[12:42] HAGGIS
    Someone in Park City'll join the
    Army of Insatiable Emptiness today.
[12:47] HAGGIS
    Someone who can't enjoy anything anymore.
[12:57] BELLE
    I really owe you one, Gaff.
[13:00] GAFF
    You're my guest now, remember?
[13:03] BELLE
    Still, I sure am glad I called you for help.
[13:07] BELLE
    I can't believe you found me this place
    to stay, on top of getting me acquitted.
[13:12] GAFF
    You should have come to me from the start.
[13:17] GAFF
    Your master asked me to look out for you.
[13:23] GAFF
    Here's a dog tag.
[13:24] GAFF
    Just carve your personal spell onto it.
[13:29] BELLE
    Shandy Gaff,
[13:30] BELLE
    why would a top solist like you drop
    everything to do my master a favor?
[13:35] BELLE
    Was he that big of a deal?
[13:38] GAFF
    I don't hold a candle to him.
[13:41] BELLE
    Oh yeah?
[13:44] GAFF
    Do you resent him?
[13:46] BELLE
    How could I? He made me forget
    everything about him.
[13:52] BELLE
    Anyway, sorry, but I can't accept this.
[13:57] BELLE
    I'm going to become a nomad.
[13:59] GAFF
    I know.
[14:01] GAFF
    But you can't start your journey until
    you fulfill a contract with the king.
[14:07] GAFF
    You must serve this land
    as a solist for a time.
[14:14] BELLE
    I'm under a curse.
[14:17] BELLE
    I think it might've made my sword picky.
[14:24] BELLE
    I used to be able to cut
    down people of any tribe
[14:28] BELLE
    just like I slice through
    flowers, stone, or wood.
[14:33] GAFF
    What a thing to say.
[14:35] BELLE
    Huh?
[14:36] GAFF
    Seeing no difference between
    felling people and flowers
[14:42] GAFF
    sounds like the real curse to me.
[14:46] BELLE
    Are you saying I'm beastly?
[14:48] BELLE
    My sword is like a glove
    I wear when I touch things.
[14:54] BELLE
    Something tells me it
    shouldn't play favorites.
[14:58] GAFF
    This will assist you in solving the mystery
    of your curse as well as in your travels.
[15:04] GAFF
    Why not accept it?
[15:06] BELLE
    You got me there.
[15:09] BELLE
    My spell, huh?
[15:11] BELLE
    Maybe I'll write "beastly."
[15:13] GAFF
    Belle...
[15:14] BELLE
    Thanks for everything, Gaff.
[15:17] BELLE
    To be honest, I didn't want lean on anyone.
[15:21] BELLE
    But since you offered,
    I'll take all the help I can get.
[15:25] BELLE
    You'd better not get cold feet!
[15:29] BELLE
    Hey, you! Where did you come from?!
[15:33] BELLE
    What are you doing here?
    Did you come to thank me?
[15:36] BELLE
    Don't sweat it. I decided
    for myself to butt in back there.
[15:41] GAFF
    That's the child all the fuss was about?
[15:44] BELLE
    Well, yeah.
[15:46] GAFF
    You should be honored to have
    a traveling Rabbitia for a guest.
[15:51] BELLE
    Some guest.
[15:55] GAFF
    I'll arrange an audience with
    the king for you at once.
[15:58] BELLE
    You really are some big shot, huh?
[16:04] GAFF
    That's the farm-players' music.
SIGN    Farm-players
[16:06] BELLE
    Takes me back.
    I used to practice it all the time.
[16:10] BELLE
    Not that my playing ever
    made much of anything grow.
[16:16] GAFF
    You're not going to visit your parents?
[16:18] BELLE
    I will, when it's convenient.
[16:21] GAFF
    Shouldn't you at least drop in to say hello?
[16:28] BELLE
    I can't see them yet.
[16:32] GAFF
    I see.
[16:37] BELLE
    I haven't had a fancy bath in ages!
[16:44] BELLE
    Don't like baths? Well, too bad.
[16:50] BELLE
    Wait, you're a boy?
[16:54] BELLE
    Where were you trying to go, anyway?
[17:00] BELLE
    Don't tell me you can't speak...
[17:10] BELLE
    It's tough having people be so nice to me.
[17:19] GAFF
    "Lablac," huh?
SIGN    Lablac
    "A Rarity"
[17:22] GAFF
    You're the second person
    to carve that name.
[17:25] BELLE
    Really? I'm not the only one?
[17:27] GAFF
    You and your master.
[17:29] BELLE
    That really rubs me the wrong way.
[17:31] GAFF
    Sorry.
[17:32] BELLE
    Now, why does he want me to see the king?
[17:36] GUIDANCE
    As a Schwert Musikerin, you must entertain
    god to complete the rite of contracts.
SIGN    Schwert Musikerin
[17:43] BELLE
    This voice...
[17:44] BELLE
    What now? Is it trying to guide me?
[17:48] GUIDANCE
    The king carries out god's will.
[17:50] GUIDANCE
    And the doors to a journey will
    only open in the presence of royalty.
SIGN    The Public of Justice
    Hall of Swords and Scales
SIGN    Throne Room
[18:09] GUIDANCE
    The Public of Justice consists of three
    theaters forming the crest of Schwert Land.
[18:17] GUIDANCE
    Surrounding god with stages on three sides
SIGN    Dance Hall
SIGN    Throne Room
SIGN    Arena of Blades
[18:21] GUIDANCE
    renders the very space itself
    sacred to the nation.
[18:30] BELLE
    It looks like a grave marker.
SIGN    Yggdrasil
    The Sword-Tree God
[18:40] GUIDANCE
    Behold Yggdrasil, the throne of the
    god who dwells in this land.
[18:44] GUIDANCE
    A cancerous sword that has been
    growing since the dawn of history.
SIGN    Cancerous Sword
[18:50] BELLE
    A god lives in this tree?
[18:56] BELLE
    Hey, what gives?
[18:59] BELLE
    The tree isn't looking at me.
[19:07] GUIDANCE
    The priestess-king resides with the god,
    their body lost to the tree.
[19:15] GUIDANCE
    Two faces: Topdog and Underdog.
[19:18] GUIDANCE
    The world reveals its dual nature
    through the king's form.
[19:23] GOOD KING
    We welcome you into our presence and god's.
SIGN    King Rawhide
[19:31] GOOD KING
    If our form offends you,
    we will happily return to god's bosom.
[19:36] EVIL KING
    We see. You don't belong to any tribe.
[19:42] EVIL KING
    Maybe that explains your lack of manners.
[19:46] GAFF
    Belle.
[19:52] BELLE
    The king is looking at me.
[19:55] BELLE
    So what about the god?!
[20:05] BELLE
    I knew it.
[20:06] BELLE
    The tree still won't look at me.
[20:20] KINGS
    Who would partake in the rite of contracts?
[20:25] KINGS
    Answer us, Gaff.
[20:27] GAFF
    A student of the renowned Enola, Sian Lablac,
[20:32] GAFF
    has completed her final lesson
    and come to Park City.
[20:36] GAFF
    My fellow disciple, Belle Lablac by name.
[20:41] GOOD KING
    And why would you partake in the rite?
[20:45] BELLE
    To become a nomad!
[20:46] EVIL KING
    To what end?
[20:49] BELLE
    So I can find my roots.
[20:52] BELLE
    I want to know who I am, where I
    came from, and where I should go!
[20:58] BELLE
    I want to find people like me!
[21:01] BELLE
    Otherwise, I...
[21:04] BELLE
    I'll be alone forever.
[21:09] KINGS
    Very well. We shall grant you a trial
    that you might forge a contract.
[21:15] KINGS
    Sing the name of your instrument, little one.
[21:24] BELLE
    Runding, work of the famed
    swordwright called Dram!
[21:29] GOOD KING
    Your skill as a Schwert Musikerin
    shall be tested.
[21:35] GOOD KING
    A solist shall be chosen to challenge you.
[21:40] BELLE
    Whom will I fight?
[21:41] EVIL KING
    One with whom you share a past.
[21:45] EVIL KING
    Kir Royale, one of our four champions.
[21:49] EVIL KING
    You once shattered his sword.
SIGN    Second Movement
SIGN    Wherefore in the Earthshine
[23:30] KIR
    Everything we are hangs on this duel.
[23:33] BELLE
    I'm out of step with everyone.
[23:34] KITTY
    Go forth and spread word.
[23:36] GOOD KING
    We bid you encounter chance.
[23:37] BELLE
    Dad! Mom!
SIGN    Third Movement
SIGN    Farewell to Those Who Play the Land