# 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