E8 - A Ball Shaking Before the Fiend Flower

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[00:01] Sherry
    I have committed my voice
    to this messenger bird
[00:03] Sherry
    to express my gratitude for the other day
[00:06] Sign
    Messenger Bird
[00:07] Sherry
    by inviting you all to the
    coming ball at the castle.
[00:10] Belle
    Sherry...
[00:13] Belle
    Wh-What is this thing?
[00:16] Sherry
    One of my favorite dresses!
[00:20] Sherry
    It suits you to a T.
[00:22] Belle
    Thanks...
[00:23] Sherry
    Look! Isn't this lovely?
[00:25] Sherry
    This ring goes perfectly.
[00:28] Sherry
    You have such pretty hair.
[00:31] Sherry
    A little silver would really give it some pop.
[00:34] Belle
    O-Okay.
[00:57] Sign
    Bye Bye, Earth
[01:00] Sign
    Bye Bye, Earth
[02:08] Sign
    Ballroom
[02:12] Guest 1
    My, so that's the hero of the Katakombe.
[02:14] Guest 2
    I had heard she was positively beastly...
[02:17] Guest 3
    Why, she's such a little thing!
[02:20] Belle
    Adonis and the guys are here too, right?
[02:25] Minotaur
    You must be the mighty solist
    I've heard so much about.
[02:29] Minotaur
    You look scrawnier than they say.
[02:36] Belle
    If you touch me, you'd best
     be prepared to lose an arm.
[02:40] Bennett
    Oh, Belle!
[02:42] Bennett
    What beastly manners, and in
    such a beautiful dress, no less!
[02:45] Gwyn
    Who cares? The hero of the Katakombe
    shouldn't take any guff.
[02:49] Belle
    Bennett, Gwyn!
[02:51] Belle
    You seriously came in your
    uniforms from the Katakombe?
[02:55] Gwyn
    We'd stand out like sore
    thumbs at a ball anyway.
[02:59] Bennett
    So we decided to make a joke of it.
[03:02] Adonis
    We figured we'd let people treat us like brutes
    and get a taste of what you go through.
[03:07] Belle
    Adonis...
[03:09] Belle
    Are you drunk?
[03:11] Adonis
    Mmm. Looks delicious.
[03:16] Gaff
    Adonis.
[03:27] Gaff
    Well, now. Not half bad.
[03:30] Belle
    Huh?
[03:34] Belle
    Ugh! What was that about?
[03:43] Sherry
    Glory be!
[03:45] Sherry
    May this exalted sword and scales enjoy
    eternal glory at our god's hand!
[04:45] Belle
    So this is what you wanted to show me...
[04:50] (Flashback) Belle
    I bet you won't stay that
    way anymore, though.
[04:56] Belle
    You've changed since then.
[05:01] Belle
    You sound happy, sublime, and fulfilled.
[05:07] Belle
    You've done great, Sherry.
[05:11] Belle
    I guess I'd better step up...
[05:16] Belle
    so we can stay on equal footing,
    even if we stand in different places.
[05:31] Kitty
    You look ready to leave, my dear.
[05:35] Belle
    You always pop up without
    warning, Kitty the All.
[05:39] Kitty
    Good evening, Belle Lablac.
[05:41] Kitty
    You look simply radiant.
[05:44] Kitty
    In Denari Land, we call
    ones such as you "empty."
[05:48] Sign
    Empty
[05:50] Belle
    What's that supposed to mean?
[05:51] Kitty
    If you wish to know, may I
    suggest you join me in a dance?
[05:58] Belle
    Me?
[06:00] Kitty
    Even flowers dance.
    Surely beasts do as well.
[06:03] Kitty
    So why should my beloved
    deny herself the pleasure?
[06:12] Belle
    So, what did you mean by "empty"?
[06:14] Kitty
    Free as the air.
[06:16] Kitty
    To know one's roots and one's place
     but not be bound by them.
[06:21] Kitty
    It refers to those who
    seek to escape all bonds
[06:25] Kitty
    and ultimately transcend escape itself.
[06:30] Belle
    That's "empty"?
[06:33] Kitty
    The steps are fortuitous
[06:34] Kitty
    and yet inevitable.
[06:36] Kitty
    Put no foot forward,
     and naught will come of it.
[06:39] Kitty
    Step forward, and you step toward death.
[06:41] Kitty
    All is empty.
[06:43] Kitty
    All things will be set free
    to simply move and flow.
[06:53] Adonis
    You broke Tiziano's sword in
    the first place, didn't you?
[06:58] Gaff
    They looked like they wanted me to.
[07:00] Adonis
    Because you wouldn't take them to bed?
[07:03] Gaff
    That's right.
[07:04] Gaff
    Although rumor painted the two
    of you rather close as well.
[07:09] Adonis
    Tiz was just lonely.
[07:12] Gaff
    We could never comprehend their sorrow.
[07:16] Adonis
    Is that what you wanted to talk about?
[07:19] Gaff
    No, but it is related.
[07:22] Gaff
    In the Katakombe, I crossed swords
    with your father, Tom Collins,
[07:28] Gaff
    and slew him.
[07:29] Adonis
    I know.
[07:31] Adonis
    A raven brought me the news.
[07:34] Gaff
    I see.
[07:35] Adonis
    That's the way he would've wanted to go,
     defending the Katakombe.
[07:42] Adonis
    What's this really about?
[07:44] Gaff
    Your father's sword is in my care.
[07:48] Adonis
    What do you want from me?
[07:51] Gaff
    If you want his sword,
[07:53] Gaff
    return all the blades you've
    stolen from the fallen.
[07:59] Adonis
    That's your judgment as lead solist?
[08:03] Gaff
    It is.
[08:04] Adonis
    In that case...
[08:08] Adonis
    As a solist, I challenge you to a duel!
[08:11] Gaff
    Why, Adonis?
[08:13] Adonis
    Bamboo!
[08:17] Adonis
    Let's keep the guests entertained.
[08:19] Adonis
    Lead solist, I want you to take up
    your sword like the rest of us.
[08:24] Gaff
    I will not grant you battle here and now.
[08:39] Kir
    What's this, gentlemen? A duel?
[08:43] Kir
    You would fight here?
[08:44] Kir
    You have no audience. No witnesses.
[08:48] Kir
    What a waste.
[08:50] Adonis
    Kir...
[08:51] Gaff
    It's nothing like that, Kir.
[08:53] Kir
    But Adonis holds his sword drawn.
[08:56] Gaff
    That doesn't mean I'll draw mine!
[08:58] Kir
    You won't draw your sword?
[09:01] Kir
    Then die.
[09:07] Priest
    Lord Gaff!
[09:13] Adonis
    Their chains came undone?!
[09:15] Gaff
    So our god commands us...
[09:18] Gaff
    to strike him down!
[09:30] Kir
    Pathetic.
[09:31] Kir
    A magnificent sword, is it not?
[09:34] Kir
    It was rather a struggle to master it so well.
[09:38] Adonis
    Oh, Kir...
[09:40] Adonis
    What have you done?!
[09:42] Kir
    The rest, I leave to you.
[09:45] Kir
    Kill him however you please.
[09:54] Kir
    Child's play.
[09:57] Adonis
    W-Wait!
[09:59] Kir
    Belle Lablac awaits me.
[10:03] Kir
    I couldn't have done this
    without you, Adonis.
[10:07] Kir
    Without you, this sword
    would never have been.
[10:28] Sherry
    No...
[10:32] Sherry
    Let my voice relay a message from our god.
[10:38] Sherry
    Heed well. A Nidhogg, one who
    gnaws at the divine tree's roots,
[10:43] Sherry
    came into this world with a fiendish sword.
[10:47] Sherry
    His identity: solist Kir Royale.
[10:52] Sherry
    I hereby order battle.
[10:55] Sherry
    Vanquish Kir Royale and bring him death.
[11:00] Sherry
    To take up arms in this fight, I name...
[11:07] Sherry
    Belle Lablac, she who knocks
    on the door of journeys,
[11:11] Sherry
    and none other!
[11:16] Priestess
    Princess!
[11:17] Belle
    Sherry!
[11:18] Sherry
    Run!
[11:19] Sherry
    Run, Belle!
[11:29] Kir
    Where are you, Belle Lablac?!
[11:35] Kir
    Lablac!
[11:41] Gwyn
    The way our god tells it,
[11:42] Gwyn
    I don't get to fight you.
[11:50] Kir
    Whelps.
[11:52] Gwyn
    This must be the "Nidhogg"
    mentioned in the divine summons.
[11:56] Bennett
    Yeah. That sword is trying to consume Kir.
[11:59] Bennett
    It's just like...
[12:11] Belle
    Kir!
[12:12] Belle
    I'm right here!
[12:15] Kitty
    Come, my formulae!
[12:19] Kir
    Lablac!
[12:24] Kitty
    Astounding! He cut my calculations.
[12:27] Kir
    Where is your sword?!
[12:29] Kir
    Do you expect me to kill you unarmed?!
[12:32] Belle
    Look at his arm...
[12:35] Belle
    Is that sword consuming its wielder?
[12:38] Adonis
    I've made my peace
    with what happened to Tiz.
[12:43] Belle
    What gives?
[12:45] Kitty
    Belle! The divine summons called upon you!
[12:48] Kitty
    This is your last duty before
    you can go journeying!
[12:58] Belle
    Runding, this is our final trial!
[13:04] Belle
    What?
[13:06] Belle
    I feel like I'm meeting
    you for the first time.
[13:11] Belle
    My friend...
[13:16] Belle
    I get it now.
[13:18] Belle
    I'm the one who's changed.
[13:36] Belle
    Let's do this, partner.
[13:39] Belle
    Our audience is waiting
    on the edge of their seats.
[13:50] Belle
    Get back, Kitty the All!
[13:52] Belle
    He's mine to fight!
[13:55] Kir
    So you finally take up your sword, Lablac.
[14:00] Kitty
    Belle! Beware his fang!
[14:07] Belle
    What?!
[14:08] Kitty
    His sword is imbued with
    the power of Restau Rant.
[14:11] Kitty
    No shield can block a blade
    that cuts through dimensions!
[14:14] Belle
    Thanks, Kitty.
[14:18] Kir
    This is a duel. I trust you understand that.
[14:22] Belle
    Kir.
[14:24] Belle
    We clashed, and I broke your
    sword. If we'd never met...
[14:31] Guidance
    The rain of sorrow will
    freeze and starve you.
[14:36] Belle
    I understand, all right!
[14:57] Kitty
    Incredible!
[14:58] Kitty
    My beloved can cleave even
    the dimension-tearing of that blade!
[15:05] Belle
    This is the sword you're so proud of?!
[15:08] Belle
    I liked your old one a hell of a lot better!
[15:14] Belle
    Look at what you've become!
[15:17] Belle
    Did you feed that thing
    your solist spirit, too?!
[15:26] Belle
    That does it!
[15:34] Belle
    Solists aren't for you to feed on!
[15:44] Belle
    Looks like I can cut you.
[15:55] Kir
    Lablac!
[16:06] Sherry
    Someone save her!
[16:08] Sherry
    Please!
[16:10] Sherry
    Save Belle!
[16:13] Kir
    You, a priestess, would flaunt a divine order
[16:15] Kir
    and sully our battle by begging for her life?!
[16:18] Belle
    Sherry!
[16:24] Sherry
    Belle!
[16:27] Sherry
    Goodness.
[16:29] Belle
    I'm fine, Sherry.
[16:34] Belle
    You sang like you were having a blast.
[16:50] Belle
    It's not the sword...
[16:52] Belle
    The divine tree is eating solists.
[16:57] Belle
    This is a god?
[16:59] Belle
    This is the god of Schwert Land?
[17:09] Belle
    The divine tree still won't look at me.
[17:19] Belle
    Birds bring messages of death...
[17:25] Belle
    Are Nidhoggs just the divine
    tree's messenger birds?
[17:34] Belle
    If so, then what is it saying? And to who?
[17:40] Belle
    Maybe Nidhoggs gnaw at the divine tree...
[17:46] Belle
    because it has no one to talk to but itself!
[18:06] Kir
    You... are strong.
[18:10] Kir
    Have no regrets.
[18:18] Belle
    This tree doesn't look
    at anyone except itself.
[18:31] Belle
    How long are you gonna stay
    cooped up in Bamboo, Adonis?
[18:37] Belle
    What happened to you?
[18:39] Belle
    I have so much to talk about with you.
[18:42] Belle
    You must have heard the news from Gaff.
[18:45] Belle
    Tomorrow's the day.
[18:47] Belle
    The king will prepare the key
    to the door of journeys.
[18:52] Belle
    That'll start the final trial.
[18:56] Belle
    And then...
[18:58] Belle
    we can go journeying together.
[19:04] Belle
    I won't begin the trial until
    you show yourself, got that?
[19:09] Belle
    Serves you right, you oaf.
[19:19] Belle
    I'll hack you to pieces if you peek!
[19:25] Belle
    You said you wanted to sleep
     with me, remember?
[19:52] Belle
    You haven't even fallen for me.
[20:05] Belle
    Adonis.
[20:08] Adonis
    I'm a partial corpse.
[20:12] Adonis
    I live with these hands that spread rot,
[20:15] Adonis
    only living because I'm not yet dead,
    waiting until total death sets me free.
[20:24] Adonis
    I wonder what I'd have to do
    to be as alive as you are.
[20:29] Belle
    Then be reborn.
[20:33] Belle
    I'll give birth to you myself
    if that's what it takes.
[20:37] Belle
    So...
[20:39] Belle
    let's set out on a journey together.
[20:45] Adonis
    I still need to figure some things out.
[20:49] Adonis
    I can't make any promises until I do.
[20:52] Belle
    You'll come tomorrow, right?
[20:57] Belle
    Aren't you going to ask what I'm doing here?
[21:02] Adonis
    You seem more at home in any room than I do.
[21:08] Belle
    Yeah?
[21:10] Belle
    You really are an idiot.
[21:13] Adonis
    If you say so, then I guess I must be.
[21:16] Belle
    At least come tomorrow. No matter what.
[21:20] Adonis
    I'll be there.
[21:21] Adonis
    But don't wait for me. Just go.
[21:25] Belle
    Dumbass!
[21:27] Belle
    I don't need you to tell me that.
[21:29] Belle
    Don't get full of yourself.
[21:33] Adonis
    Sorry, Belle.
[21:45] Belle
    I'm so stupid.
[21:50] Belle
    A total fool.
[21:55] Sign
    Eighth Movement
[21:55] Sign
    A Ball Shaking Before the Fiend Flower
[23:30] Belle
    I'll become a nomad.
[23:31] Adonis
    What are sacred ashes?
[23:33] Belle
    I'll go on a journey.
[23:34] Adonis
    What do you die for?
[23:35] Belle
    I'm on the right path.
[23:36] Adonis
    I knew things would turn out this way.
[23:37] Belle
    I'll be waiting in your room.
[23:38] Sign
    Ninth Movement
[23:38] Sign
    Silence of Keys Unplayed