3 - Twilight of the Idols

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SIGN    March 15   14:00
[00:07] Kiri
    We've been climbing forever.
    Aren't we there yet?
[00:10] Mina
    You're so impatient. It's not far now.
[00:17] (Flashback) Kiri
    You're sure we can learn about Victor's
    past if we go to this Chronos HQ?
[00:23] (Flashback) Mina
    HQ has detailed records of all
    Chronos Rulers it employs.
[00:28] (Flashback) Mina
    Only thing is...
[00:29] (Flashback) Mina
    I've hidden my darling's records in my room.
[00:33] (Flashback) Kira
    What?!
[00:35] (Flashback) Mina
    They're waiting in the highest
     part of the castle,
[00:37] (Flashback) Mina
    like a princess in a fairy tale.
[00:42] (Flashback) Mina
    If you want them back, you have
    to marry me! Okay, darling?
[00:47] (Flashback) Victo
    If I get my memories back,
[00:49] (Flashback) Victo
    it'll prove whether or not
    you're really my wife, right?
[00:53] (Flashback) Victo
    If you are, there's no need
     to marry you again.
[01:16] Mina
    We're here! This is the entrance to HQ!
[01:23] Kiri
    There's nothing here.
[01:25] Mina
    Silly. It's a secret organization
    because ordinary people can't find it.
[01:32] Mina
    This boulder beneath us is under
    the effects of Slow Down.
[01:35] Mina
    Making contact with an
    Oath of Time releases it.
SIGN    Release
[01:40] Mina
    If you're afraid of heights,
    you might want to close your eyes.
[01:50] Victo
    Oh, so it's underground!
[01:53] Mina
    Yep! Welcome home, darling!
[01:56] Mina
    This is the home base of
    the Chronos Rulers...
[02:04] Mina
    Chronos!
[02:23] Snake
    Mina has returned.
[02:26] Snake
    It appears she has brought them here,
    as she was ordered.
[02:30] Snake
    I will now go and receive them.
[02:34] Snake
    All as you wish it, Master.
[04:37] Snake
    You are Victor and Kiri, yes?
[04:40] Snake
    Welcome to Chronos.
[04:42] Snake
    I am Snake, head of the technology division.
[04:46] Snake
    No need to be tense! Relax, relax!
[04:49] Snake
    Are we not comrades in the
    subjugation of Horologues?
[04:53] Snake
    And Mina...
[04:54] Snake
    You've done fine work.
[04:56] Snake
    We have eagerly awaited your return.
[04:59] Mina
    Huh?
[05:00] Snake
    The truth is...
[05:03] Snake
    I wanted to see you in this school uniform!
[05:06] Snake
    This is the summer uniform
    of the famed high school
[05:08] Snake
    for girls of nobility,
    St. Laurent High School, circa 1987!
[05:12] Snake
    The school was closed just
    after it came into use,
[05:14] Snake
    and only a few were preserved,
    making it a legendary find!
[05:16] Snake
    I finally got my hands
    on one for 50,000 euros!
[05:20] Snake
    I'm sure it'll look adorable on y—
[05:25] Snake
    I won't give up!
[05:28] Snake
    School uniforms have a beauty that
    transcends age and social standing!
[05:33] Victo
    The head of the technology division?
[05:36] Mina
    Don't worry about him.
[05:38] Mina
    He's just a perverted old geezer.
[05:44] Snake
    A perverted old geezer? That hurts.
[05:48] Snake
    This is a matter of course.
[05:51] Snake
    I am also a Chronos Ruler,
[05:55] Snake
    and the thing I rule is...
[05:57] Snake
    high school girls' uniforms!
[06:06] Snake
    And now that I've given a brief
    introduction of myself...
[06:10] Snake
    I must say, Mr. Victor,
    I've heard much about you.
[06:14] Victo
    You have?
[06:16] Snake
    Yes. May I have a look at the scar
    left when the Horologue bit you?
[06:23] Snake
    It's preventing the flow
    of time out of your body!
[06:25] Snake
    This is most definitely the
    original Oath of Time...
[06:28] Snake
    Also known as UNIQUE!
[06:30] Snake
    This is the treasure that we at Chronos
    have sought for a thousand years!
[06:38] Snake
    Chronos was established 2,200 years ago.
[06:41] Snake
    It was formed by gathering the very
    best humans to combat Horologues.
[06:45] Snake
    Today, it has grown into a massive family
[06:48] Snake
    with a total of 689 personnel
    among all its branches.
[06:52] Victo
    Oh?
[06:53] Victo
    For having so many people,
    it looks awfully deserted.
[06:59] Snake
    Everyone just happens to be out and about.
[07:01] Victo
    This is where I was a long time ago, right?
[07:04] Victo
    Can you tell me what I was like back then?
[07:07] Snake
    I'm afraid I don't know much about that.
[07:10] Snake
    I only joined less than ten years ago.
[07:14] Kiri
    Victor, it's still too risky to
    drop our guard around them.
[07:19] Victo
    No one who likes school uniforms can be bad.
[07:21] Snake
    Oh! Are you like me, Victor?!
[07:24] Victo
    Of course. That's how I knew with one look
[07:28] Victo
    that this uniform is not from 1987.
[07:32] Snake
    Huh?!
[07:33] Victo
    My girlfriend from back in middle school,
[07:35] Victo
    Alice from St. Laurent High School,
    didn't wear a uniform like this.
[07:40] Kiri
    School uniforms...
[07:42] Kiri
    Why do you only have clear memories
    of useless things like that?
[07:47] Victo
    There was also Lisa from Amelia High School
[07:49] Victo
    and Jill from Feiler Girls' High School...
[07:51] Victo
    How nostalgic.
[07:54] Snake
    Those are all legendary girls' high schools!
[07:57] Victo
    Do you want their uniforms?
[08:00] Victo
    I could arrange that for you.
[08:02] Snake
    Please, sir!
[08:04] Snake
    How supremely fortuitous it
    was that I met you this day!
[08:07] Snake
    I would like to humbly present
    to you these two uniforms!
[08:11] Victo
    Huh? I do like school uniforms,
[08:14] Victo
    but I like what's found
    inside them much more.
[08:16] Victo
    Give those to Kiri. He'll be thrilled.
[08:19] Kiri
    Look, Victor...
[08:20] Snake
    Now, please don't say that. This is...
[08:24] Snake
    the mission bestowed upon me by my master.
[08:28] Kiri
    This is... Slow Down?!
SIGN    Slow Down
[08:31] Snake
    Didn't I tell you?
[08:33] Snake
    I am a Chronos Ruler.
[08:35] Mina
    Snake!
[08:36] Snake
    These are the master's orders.
[08:38] Snake
    The recovery of UNIQUE has been the
    wish of Chronos for a millennium.
[08:42] Mina
    I won't stand for that!
[08:44] Mina
    If you take UNIQUE from
    my darling, he'll die!
[08:48] Victo
    I wondered what sort of heroes
    of justice you guys would be.
[08:51] Victo
    I guess you're really people who'd
    sacrifice others to get your way.
[08:55] Snake
    Seventy-six!
[08:58] Snake
    That is the number of people
    who remain alive here at HQ.
[09:20] Snake
    We have sacrificed the
    lives of far too many.
[09:25] Snake
    But if we have UNIQUE, which is capable
    of ruling the time of all living things,
[09:31] Snake
    we can control the Horologues
[09:33] Snake
    and put a swift end to this war,
    which has persisted for thousands of years.
[09:38] Snake
    And the price for that
[09:40] Snake
    is no more than the life
    of a single man: you!
[09:44] Snake
    I believe a sacrifice like
    this aligns with justice.
[09:50] Snake
    Mina, take care of the rest.
[09:52] Snake
    You've done splendidly well.
[09:54] Mina
    What are you saying?!
    I won't abandon my darli—
[09:56] Snake
    This is a message from the master.
[09:58] Snake
    "Letting personal feelings interfere
    with your duty is intolerable."
[10:03] Snake
    Now, bring our two visitors to my lab.
[10:07] Snake
    Oh, and be careful not to
    soil the school uniforms.
[10:10] Victo
    I get it. You don't want to sacrifice
    any more of your comrades.
[10:15] Victo
    You truly care about the others
    in this organization, don't you?
[10:18] Victo
    But...
[10:20] Victo
    It just so happens that I care
    about my partner, too.
SIGN    Slow Down
[10:26] Victo
    If I die, Kiri will cry like a baby.
[10:29] Victo
    So I cant give you my life just yet.
[10:32] Victo
    Kiri, let's go.
[10:34] Victo
    You were right. It was a bad idea to
    drop our guard around these people.
[10:42] Snake
    I won't let you escape!
[10:46] Snake
    What?!
[10:51] Victo
    Bye-bye.
[10:57] Mina
    My darling never believed me
    in the first place.
[11:02] Mina
    Darling, wait!
[11:03] Mina
    I didn't know what the master had in mind!
[11:06] Mina
    I wasn't trying to trick you!
     Please believe me!
[11:09] Victo
    If fate sees fit, I'll see you again.
[11:15] Mina
    Victor...
[11:29] Mina
    You're leaving... again?
[11:33] Snake
    After them! Don't let them escape!
[11:44] Mina
    Just try and lay one finger on my darling.
[11:47] Mina
    I'll kill you all myself!
[11:51] Snake
    Mina! Where are you going?!
[11:53] Snake
    The master will be furious!
[11:58] Kiri
    So it turned out to be a trap.
[12:02] Kiri
    But I never figured they'd try to kill us.
[12:04] Kiri
    In a way, humans are far more
    troublesome than Horologues.
[12:08] Kiri
    But since we don't know what
    sort of hand they're playing,
[12:11] Kiri
    retreating for now was a good decision.
[12:13] Kiri
    You've gotten much calmer, Victor.
SIGN    Heh Heh Heh
[12:19] Kiri
    No!
[12:24] Kiri
    What are you thinking, Victor?!
[12:26] Victo
    Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
[12:29] Kiri
    Wait!
[12:30] Victo
    Oh, have a bath drawn for me at the hotel!
[12:34] Kiri
    Hey! Victor!
[12:40] Kiri
    Damn it!
[12:44] Guy
    Orders from the master!
[12:45] Guy
    Apprehend Victor Putin, dead or alive!
[12:48] Guy
    He can't have gotten far!
[12:50] Guy
    Split up and find him!
[12:52] All
    Yes, sir!
[12:54] Victo
    Ding-dong. Correct!
[12:57] Victo
    I haven't gotten far.
[12:59] Victo
    But if you can't see what's right under
    your nose, you've got a ways to go.
[13:04] Victo
    The decoy plan worked.
[13:07] Victo
    Avoiding battle is an important tactic, too.
[13:11] Victo
    Now, as for where my records are...
[13:15] Victo
    If I believe Mina...
[13:17] Mina
    They're in the highest part of the castle,
[13:19] Mina
    waiting for the prince to take them away.
[13:33] Kiri
    Damn it! Where was he
    hiding this many cards?
[13:43] Kiri
    All the cards were destroyed at once?
[13:46] Kiri
    What did this?
[13:52] Blaze
    You really hadn't run away yet?
[13:55] Blaze
    Seriously, did you think a bunch
    of toys like these would stop me?
[14:00] Blaze
    Well?
[14:01] Blaze
    The master has said we're free
    to kill the card bastard...
[14:05] Blaze
    But sadly, he didn't say the same about you.
[14:09] Blaze
    It's no fun at all!
[14:12] Blaze
    But you're his buddy, right?
[14:14] Blaze
    So if I torture you, I bet you'll cry out
[14:18] Blaze
    and call Victor right to me.
[14:49] Kiri
    There's an Oath of Time in his gauntlet.
[14:51] Kiri
    So he's a Chronos Ruler, too?
[14:55] Kiri
    His first attack burned up
    all the cards instantly,
[14:59] Kiri
    but he fights exclusively with his fists.
[15:01] Kiri
    So there are two possibilities...
SIGN    Slow Down
[15:05] Kiri
    One is that he may have a flamethrower
    or similar weapon in his fist.
[15:12] [SONG] Text
    Speed Up
[15:12] Blaze
    A sword made of water, eh?
[15:14] Blaze
    If you control water,
    you're just as spineless as you look!
[15:14] [SONG] Text
    Speed Up
[15:18] Blaze
    If you're a man, let's see you fight
    me fair and square with your fists!
[15:23] Kiri
    If that's the case, I only
    need to avoid his fists.
[15:27] Blaze
    Don't you wuss out on me!
[15:30] Kiri
    You're very simple-minded.
[15:32] Kiri
    My water drops have already surrounded you.
[15:37] Kiri
    Speed Up!
[15:44] Blaze
    You're the simple-minded one, you idiot!
[15:46] Blaze
    I'm not picky about how I achieve my goals.
[15:49] Blaze
    Cheating, deceiving, outwitting...
[15:51] Blaze
    I'm a villain to the core, after all.
[15:54] Blaze
    My weapon is not my fist.
[15:58] Blaze
    It's the fire of explosions!
[15:59] Blaze
    I'm the Chronos Ruler of fire, Blaze!
[16:02] Blaze
    Every manner of flame is my servant.
[16:04] Blaze
    Even the sparks at your feet,
    with my orders,
[16:06] Blaze
    will become a magnificent blaze
    that burns all to the ground!
[16:13] Blaze
    Aw, rats. I reduced him to ashes
    before I could torture him.
[16:17] Blaze
    Oh, well. I just need to find Victor.
[16:20] Kiri
    The second possibility
[16:22] Kiri
    is that your fists are fake,
    and you control the flames themselves.
[16:26] Kiri
    In which case, I need to be on the
    lookout for surprise attacks.
[16:32] Kiri
    But if I see them coming and prepare myself,
    I have nothing to fear.
[16:39] Kiri
    You are indeed a nefarious villain.
[16:41] Kiri
    But the fact that you're so easy to read
[16:43] Kiri
    means you're just a rogue
    playing childish tricks.
[16:47] Blaze
    Hey, now...
[16:48] Blaze
    You're a more interesting
    toy than I thought.
[16:56] Mina
    Darling! Darling, where are you?
[17:00] Mina
    Please come out!
[17:03] Mina
    Where could he be?
[17:05] Mina
    Did he really escape to the outside?
[17:07] Mina
    No, Victor was fixated on
    reclaiming the time he's lost.
[17:11] Mina
    He wouldn't give up on it that easily.
[17:15] Mina
    It couldn't be...
[17:22] Victo
    This must be it.
[17:24] Victo
    It's hardly even guarded at all.
[17:39] Victo
    A whole room covered in flowers...
[17:42] Victo
    Talk about a super-dreadnought-class romantic.
[17:56] Victo
    This place is totally mismatched
    with HQ in its design, though.
[18:22] Victo
    Here it is!
[18:24] Victo
    The record of my work from back then!
[18:29] Victo
    Huh?
[18:31] Victo
    Wh-What language is this?
[18:33] Victo
    I can't read this crap!
[18:45] Victo
    January 6th, 2002...
[18:48] Victo
    Which means this was taken twelve years ago.
[18:50] Victo
    And it's a picture of me with...
[18:53] Victo
    Mina.
[18:55] Victo
    Was she really my...
[19:03] Aisrehdar
    Victor?
[19:07] Victo
    Using your sex appeal to get your way?
[19:09] Victo
    That's quite an old-fashioned method.
[19:12] Victo
    I'm all for honey traps, though.
[19:14] Victo
    Want to head straight for the bed?
[19:17] Aisrehdar
    I finally see you after so long,
    and you're as rude as ever.
[19:23] Victo
    After so long?
[19:34] Victo
    Is she an enemy, or...
[19:37] Victo
    At the very least, she doesn't
    have an Oath of Time on her.
[19:41] Victo
    A non-combatant?
[19:43] Aisrehdar
    Would you like tea or something harder?
[19:47] Victo
    Orange juice!
[19:52] Victo
    Just who are you, anyway?
[19:55] Victo
    How do you know me?
[19:58] Aisrehdar
    You really don't remember anything, do you?
[20:01] Victo
    Nope. So if you do know, could you tell me?
[20:06] Victo
    What really happened twelve years ago?
[20:11] Victo
    I did find the record of my work
    for this organization in here.
[20:15] Victo
    But why did I join this Chronos
    organization in the first place?
[20:19] Victo
    And above all,
[20:21] Victo
    how can I get back the time
    that's been taken from me?
[20:26] Aisrehdar
    You're so impatient.
[20:30] Aisrehdar
    Don't be in such a rush.
    I'll explain everything from the start.
[20:33] Aisrehdar
    Let's see...
[20:35] Aisrehdar
    Do you know the origin of "Chronos,"
    this organization's name?
[20:38] Victo
    Nope.
[20:40] Aisrehdar
    Chronos is the god of time.
[20:43] Aisrehdar
    He is a being of legend who keeps the
    flow of all the universe's time stable.
[20:48] Aisrehdar
    Relying on time as his chief sustenance,
[20:50] Aisrehdar
    he subjugated the demons that
    disturbed the ways of the universe.
[20:53] Aisrehdar
    Those demons were the Horologues.
SIGN    Those Demons Were the Horologues
[20:56] Aisrehdar
    Their battle lasted millions of years,
[20:59] Aisrehdar
    and ended in Chronos's victory.
[21:01] [SONG] Text
    Ended in Chronos's Victory
[21:01] Aisrehdar
    But a small number of Horologues survived.
[21:05] Aisrehdar
    For that reason, Chronos tasked his
    descendants with their elimination.
[21:08] [SONG] Text
    Tasked His Descendants With Their Elimination
[21:10] Aisrehdar
    That is why we gather in his name
[21:13] Aisrehdar
    and continue to fight the Horologues.
[21:16] Victo
    That's not what I want
    to hear about, though.
[21:20] Victo
    For starters, I'm an atheist.
[21:23] Victo
    We have to brush off the sparks that
    fall on us with our own hands.
[21:26] Victo
    If a god exists who can save us,
     I'd like to see his face.
[21:32] Aisrehdar
    But you've seen one already.
[21:38] Aisrehdar
    I'm saying...
[21:44] Aisrehdar
    There is a god
[21:46] Aisrehdar
    standing right in front of you!
SIGN    Twilight of the Idols
SIGN    The Concept of Anxiety