6 - Will and Representation

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[00:01] Blaze
    Victor! Hey, Victor! Where the hell are you?!
SIGN    3/15 16:24
[00:06] Blaze
    Get out here, damn it!
[00:09] Blaze
    Your son is worried to death about you!
[00:12] Kiri
    Would you please stop? This is humiliating.
[00:16] Blaze
    There's nothing to be humiliated about!
[00:17] Blaze
    This is no different than a
    son worrying about his dad!
[00:20] Blaze
    What's wrong with a big brother
    worrying about his little brother?
[00:22] Kiri
    Don't just decide I'm your little brother!
[00:25] Snake
    Ah, I commend you on a job
    well done, Kiri and Blaze.
[00:30] Snake
    Victor is safe as well,
    so please don't worry.
[00:33] Snake
    You have now completed your test.
[00:36] Kiri
    Test?
[02:10] Snake
    Oh, now, don't make that face.
[02:13] Snake
    This wasn't what I wanted, either.
[02:15] Snake
    But the master ordered me to
    test the extent of your skills.
[02:20] Snake
    I had no choice but to set all this up.
[02:23] Blaze
    Well, now you know.
[02:27] Snake
    I realize this is upsetting to you,
[02:29] Snake
    but my beloved school uniforms were
    taken hostage! I had no choice!
[02:36] Kiri
    Is there no one remotely normal in Chronos?
[02:40] Snake
    Now, all joking aside...
[02:42] Snake
    Kiri, you and Victor have come here
[02:45] Snake
    in search of his past, correct?
[02:48] Snake
    More specifically, you want
[02:52] Snake
    to acquire the record of Victor's work here.
[02:55] Kiri
    That's right.
[02:56] Snake
    That record is indeed kept here.
[03:00] Snake
    But everything in it was
    written in strange characters
[03:04] Snake
    that may or may not be some sort of code.
[03:07] Snake
    Chronos's technology division
    has been trying to analyze it,
[03:12] Snake
    but we've yet to uncover
    a way to decipher it.
[03:15] Snake
    Since he was rarely present at headquarters,
[03:17] Snake
    Victor was, and always has been,
    a man of many mysteries.
[03:21] Snake
    We didn't even know he had a son.
[03:25] Snake
    So all I can tell you at this time is that
    we don't know anything about his past.
[03:31] Snake
    I do apologize.
[03:32] Kiri
    I guess it really won't be that simple.
[03:39] Snake
    He is currently working with the technology
    division to attempt to decipher his record.
[03:44] Snake
    Perhaps he, himself, may be able to read it.
[03:47] Kiri
    Victor can?
[03:49] Kiri
    He really is desperate
[03:51] Kiri
    to get back the time and memories
    that were taken from him.
[04:00] Victo
    Oh, Kiri!
[04:02] Victo
    Glad to see you're safe.
[04:07] Victo
    The technology division's nothing but babes.
[04:09] Victo
    Care to join us?
[04:11] Wendy
    Oh? Who's this?
[04:13] Victo
    This is my pure-hearted son, dear Stiller.
[04:15] Wendy
    I told you, my name is Wendy.
[04:18] Wendy
    Was twelve years long enough
    for you to forget?
[04:21] Victo
    Sorry about that. I'll write it down.
[04:24] Victo
    And what about the little cutie over there?
[04:26] Laner
    Um, my name is Laner.
[04:28] Laner
    I was still a young child twelve years ago,
[04:30] Laner
    so you might not remember me.
[04:33] Victo
    I would never forget a beauty like you.
[04:37] Laner
    Gosh, Victor, you're embarrassing me!
[04:40] Victo
    And how about the blonde there?
[04:41] Isabele
    My name's Isabele.
[04:44] Isabele
    Um... is the promise you made that night
    twelve years ago still in effect?
[04:49] Victo
    Huh? What promise?
[04:51] Isabele
    You're going to make me
    say it? You're so mean...
[04:55] Kiri
    You old lecher!
[04:57] Kiri
    Just die already!
[04:58] Victo
    Dear me. I'm working, you know.
[05:01] Victo
    Or are you jealous, you mopey boy?
[05:04] Victo
    MB for short.
[05:06] Kiri
    Give me that!
[05:07] Kiri
    I'll decipher it!
[05:13] Kiri
    It's no use. I can't see any
    logic or regularity in it.
[05:17] Kiri
    I can't entrust this to Victor.
[05:19] Kiri
    I'll have to do it.
[05:21] Kiri
    Snake, I'd like to ask you a
    question about Horologues.
[05:25] Snake
    What would that be?
[05:26] Kiri
    A few days ago, in a town
    called C'est La Vie,
[05:30] Kiri
    we encountered the Horologue
    that took Victor's time.
[05:33] Kiri
    It was enormous and white all over.
[05:37] Kiri
    It could even speak.
[05:38] Kiri
    It was clearly nothing like the
    Horologues we'd encountered before.
[05:43] Kiri
    Have any Horologues like
    that ever appeared before?
[05:46] Snake
    All white and able to speak...
[05:49] Snake
    I'm sorry, but I haven't heard of any
    accounts that might answer your question.
[05:54] Snake
    Except...
[05:55] Kiri
    Except?
[05:56] Snake
    I have had a few encounters with Horologues
    that had linguistic capabilities.
[06:01] Snake
    As you know, the principal diet
    of Horologues is human time.
[06:06] Snake
    They act instinctively and
    have no will of their own.
[06:10] Snake
    But it seems that, with every
    bit of time they consume,
[06:13] Snake
    they also take in a proportionate
    amount of memories,
[06:16] Snake
    which eventually leads to the
    development of consciousness.
[06:19] Snake
    Of course, a thousand years' worth of
    time makes a Horologue animal-like,
[06:24] Snake
    and at that stage,
    the sprouting of simple emotions
[06:27] Snake
    and emergence of learning
    ability have been observed.
[06:30] Snake
    And once they've consumed five
    thousand years' worth of time,
[06:33] Snake
    it's said that they can understand human
    language and even speak with them.
[06:40] Snake
    But this is only what I've
    seen in written accounts
[06:43] Snake
    and heard directly from our master.
[06:46] Snake
    In twenty years, I have not encountered
    a Horologue that could speak.
[06:50] Kiri
    I see.
[06:52] Snake
    Do you believe
[06:53] Snake
    that if you defeat the Horologue
    that consumed Victor's time,
[06:56] Snake
    you can regain the time he's lost?
[07:04] Snake
    I thought as much.
[07:05] Snake
    I can't deny that.
    If you defeat a Horologue,
[07:08] Snake
    it may be possible to reclaim
    the time that it had devoured.
[07:11] Snake
    In particular, if you defeat one
    that has just recently fed,
[07:14] Snake
    there is data pointing to a high probability
    that the time it had eaten can be reclaimed.
[07:19] Snake
    But if too much time passes
    after it has been consumed,
[07:22] Snake
    recovery is no longer possible.
[07:25] Snake
    There is no precedent for time
    being reclaimed after that point.
[07:27] Kiri
    Realistically, how long might one have to
    recover time once a Horologue has taken it?
[07:34] Snake
    The time limit we have arrived at after
    many years of experimentation is...
[07:41] Snake
    sixty seconds, maximum.
[07:51] Kiri
    Time can only be reclaimed
[07:53] Kiri
    if the Horologue is defeated within
    sixty seconds after consuming it...
[07:59] Kiri
    Doesn't that mean it's hopeless?
[08:04] Kiri
    Is that Victor's room?
[08:15] Kiri
    Victor, I'm coming in.
[08:26] Kiri
    Victor?
[08:28] Victo
    Oh, it's you, Kiri. You're still up?
[08:31] Victo
    Good timing. I was just starting
    to get a clear picture.
[08:35] Kiri
    You mean you actually deciphered it?!
[08:38] Victo
    Yep. These characters were my
    own suggestion a long time ago.
[08:42] Victo
    Each symbol represents three
    letters of the alphabet.
[08:46] Kiri
    Is there some sort of rule
    for how they're assigned?
[08:49] Victo
    These are all girls' names.
[08:52] Victo
    I wrote the names of all the
    girls I met that year in order
[08:55] Victo
    and assigned one character
    to every three letters.
[08:57] Kiri
    I get it!
[08:59] Kiri
    You were trying to decipher your
    memories of twelve years ago earlier!
[09:02] Kiri
    That's why you were getting the
    names of girls you met back then!
[09:06] Victo
    Exactly!
[09:07] Victo
    I wasn't just playing around.
[09:09] Victo
    I was gathering information,
    in all seriousness.
[09:14] Victo
    Of course, while I did decipher it,
[09:17] Victo
    it was all stuff about girls.
[09:19] Victo
    There was hardly anything in
    it about the work I did here.
[09:23] Kiri
    Oh, come on!
[09:24] Victo
    But this day here...
[09:27] Victo
    July 21st, 2002.
[09:30] Victo
    This is the only date
    with a detailed record.
[09:33] Kiri
    Six days before it happened!
[09:34] Kiri
    Which means this is...
[09:37] Victo
    Yes. It was the last mission I carried out.
[09:41] Kiri
    Great! Then there must be
    some other clues here!
[09:45] Kiri
    Like the location and mission description,
[09:46] Kiri
    as well as information
    on the white Horologue!
[09:49] Victo
    Yeah. In fact, I did find
    something of interest.
[09:52] Kiri
    Records from the plane you boarded
    on the day of the mission!
[09:56] Kiri
    It has the airport, the time of your flight,
    and your ticket information, too.
[10:00] Kiri
    The destination was...
[10:02] Kiri
    Couljours?
[10:04] Victo
    My hometown.
[10:23] Mina
    Darling!
[10:25] Mina
    Got a second?
[10:29] Mina
    Darling?
[10:38] Aisrehdar
    What brings you here? And why so formal?
[10:40] Victo
    I just came to say goodbye.
[10:43] Victo
    I found information about twelve years ago.
[10:46] Victo
    I'm thinking of going to Couljours.
[10:49] Aisrehdar
    I see. Well, I wish you the best.
[10:53] Victo
    Snake told me something about
    this UNIQUE in my chest.
[10:57] Victo
    He said that with it, the battle against
    the Horologues could quickly end.
[11:01] Victo
    I realize that, but...
[11:06] Victo
    Just give me one month.
[11:08] Victo
    If I fail to reclaim my time
    from the Horologue by then,
[11:11] Victo
    I swear to return UNIQUE to you.
[11:17] Aisrehdar
    A commendable attitude.
[11:19] Aisrehdar
    Don't worry. Even if UNIQUE is returned,
[11:23] Aisrehdar
    it would only increase my
    own fighting capability.
[11:26] Aisrehdar
    It wouldn't have much of an
    effect in the strategic sense.
[11:30] Aisrehdar
    Since the new Oath of Time
    model came into use,
[11:33] Aisrehdar
    our agents have been returning home
    alive at a vastly increased rate.
[11:37] Aisrehdar
    There's still room for
    more research, of course,
[11:39] Aisrehdar
    but at a tactical level,
    that's more than good enough.
[11:42] Aisrehdar
    So don't feel too bad.
[11:45] Victo
    I see. I understand now.
[11:48] Victo
    There's one more thing
    I'd like you to tell me.
[11:51] Victo
    Is Mina really my wife?
[11:55] Victo
    Something's always felt off about it.
[11:58] Victo
    If she were really my wife,
[12:00] Victo
    wouldn't she be trying harder to
    help me get my lost time back?
[12:04] Victo
    But she was different.
[12:08] (Flashback) Mina
    Let's build a new future together!
[12:14] Aisrehdar
    Actually, I had DNA tests
    done on Mina and Kiri.
[12:19] Aisrehdar
    In utmost secrecy, of course.
[12:22] Aisrehdar
    The result:
[12:23] Aisrehdar
    those two are not blood relatives.
[12:26] Victo
    I see...
[12:28] Victo
    So that means she's not my wife, either.
[12:30] Aisrehdar
    We can't be certain of that.
[12:32] Aisrehdar
    Mina's genes aren't like
    those of normal people.
[12:36] Aisrehdar
    Descendants of Chronos, the god of time,
[12:39] Aisrehdar
    experience a change in their
    DNA when they turn 18.
[12:42] Aisrehdar
    They also cease to age,
[12:44] Aisrehdar
    and their blood takes on the
    ability to purify Horologues.
[12:48] Aisrehdar
    They become something completely inhuman.
[12:51] Aisrehdar
    Now you see why she wasn't affected
    by the Horologue's bite, do you not?
[12:56] Victo
    So you're saying we'll need to
    test Kiri's DNA once he turns 18
[13:03] Victo
    in order to find out for sure if
    he's related by blood to Mina?
[13:07] Victo
    Which means even you can't say for
    sure whether Mina is my wife or not.
[13:13] Aisrehdar
    Long ago, when you and Mina were a team...
[13:18] Aisrehdar
    She kept saying she wanted to
    marry you and have a child.
[13:23] Aisrehdar
    But even though I knew how
    badly she wanted a family,
[13:27] Aisrehdar
    I could not give her my support.
[13:31] Aisrehdar
    So, of course, I turned
    a deaf ear to her pleas.
[13:34] Aisrehdar
    And after you went missing,
[13:37] Aisrehdar
    I was sure that her zeal
    would eventually fade.
[13:43] Aisrehdar
    But once she learned that you were alive,
[13:46] Aisrehdar
    the look on her face...
[13:48] Aisrehdar
    was that of a wife who had always
    believed her husband was alive
[13:52] Aisrehdar
    and waited for him.
[13:55] Aisrehdar
    I don't know whether you two are
    truly husband and wife or not.
[13:59] Aisrehdar
    But...
[14:00] Aisrehdar
    Her love for you is real.
[14:04] Aisrehdar
    I realized then
[14:06] Aisrehdar
    that there would be no point in killing you.
[14:09] Aisrehdar
    That it wasn't within my power
    to sever the love between you.
[14:15] Aisrehdar
    So please...
[14:19] Aisrehdar
    I want you to release Mina from
    the curse that you are to her.
[14:23] Aisrehdar
    She has a duty to fulfill
    as a descendant of Chronos.
[14:27] Aisrehdar
    Human emotions will cloud her
    resolve as a member of Chronos.
[14:32] Aisrehdar
    That is one thing I cannot abide.
[14:34] Aisrehdar
    So...
[14:37] Aisrehdar
    I don't care how you choose to do it.
[14:39] Aisrehdar
    Just open Mina's eyes.
[14:43] Victo
    I'm afraid I can't promise that.
[14:45] Victo
    Sorry to say so after you've
    gone to such lengths,
[14:48] Victo
    but I'm human, too.
[14:49] Victo
    If Mina isn't really my wife,
    we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
[14:54] Victo
    But if she is my wife,
[14:56] Victo
    as a husband, my only concern is to
    give her all the love I have.
[15:01] Aisrehdar
    I see...
[15:05] Victo
    I can't move!
[15:07] Aisrehdar
    But I still have high hopes
[15:11] Aisrehdar
    that Mina will be released from her curse.
[15:15] Aisrehdar
    Otherwise,
[15:16] Aisrehdar
    you will experience a despair
    more terrifying than death.
SIGN    Wonderful Nightmare
[15:23] Victo
    I should be outside the
    range of her control...
[15:26] Victo
    But everything in the space
    around me is Slowed Down!
[15:29] Victo
    Was she going easy on me last time?
[15:35] Victo
    Threatening me won't change
    my position on the matter.
[15:38] Victo
    So long as Mina loves me,
[15:40] Victo
    it's my obligation to return her love.
[15:43] Aisrehdar
    Then what if Mina has a change of heart?
[15:46] Victo
    I can swear to you that I
    won't try to chase her.
[15:56] Aisrehdar
    I like people who catch on quickly.
[15:59] Aisrehdar
    I expect the best, Victor.
[16:03] Victo
    Damn, she's a cunning woman.
[16:19] Snake
    You're leaving already?
[16:22] Snake
    That was awfully fast.
[16:24] Snake
    I was hoping to have a nice, leisurely
    chat with Victor about school uniforms.
[16:28] Mina
    Well, we actually managed to find a lead!
[16:31] Mina
    We can't just sit around! Right, Victor?
[16:35] Kiri
    You're coming, too?
[16:37] Mina
    Of course! My sister gave her approval!
[16:40] Snake
    Well, I'm glad my farewell
    gift arrived in time.
[16:44] Snake
    Those new outfits look
    wonderful on you both.
[16:48] Snake
    Your old ones were quite the
    worse for wear, after all.
[16:51] Snake
    And in here are some funds and
    items to use in your travels,
[16:55] Snake
    some powered-up cards, courtesy of
    our technological division, and...
[16:59] Snake
    My top-recommended high
    school girl's uniform!
[17:03] Snake
    Anyway, with this, you are now
    official members of Chronos!
[17:07] Snake
    Also, at the master's orders...
[17:12] Snake
    I hereby name Victor the Seventh Guardian,
[17:15] Snake
    and grant him the title "Ace Ruler."
[17:18] Snake
    I hereby name Kiri the Third Guardian.
[17:21] Snake
    He will inherit the title of his predecessor
    who died in the line of duty: "Splash Ruler."
[17:25] Kiri
    Guardian?
[17:27] Snake
    It's short for "Divine Guardian Rulers."
[17:30] Snake
    The name given to the top
    twelve members of Chronos
[17:32] Snake
    chosen by the master for the
    strength of their rule,
[17:35] Snake
    use of tactics, and other accomplishments.
[17:39] Snake
    By the way, Mina...
[17:44] Snake
    and Blaze are Guardians, as well.
[17:48] Snake
    Divine Ruler Guardians are
    dispersed throughout the world,
[17:52] Snake
    each carrying out greatly
    important missions.
[17:55] Snake
    More than 70% of Horologue subjugation
    is carried out by the Twelve Guardians.
[17:59] Snake
    Some have even defeated more of
    them than the master herself.
[18:03] Snake
    They are truly the best of the best!
[18:06] Snake
    And now you are also Chronos
    Rulers recognized by the master.
[18:10] Snake
    Make sure you spare no effort in
    reclaiming Victor's lost time!
[18:19] Kiri
    By the way, Mina...
[18:21] Kiri
    I need to return this to you.
[18:25] Kiri
    I'm sorry.
[18:27] Mina
    I don't need one that
    you've had your hands on.
[18:31] Mina
    I got a brand new one!
[18:33] Victo
    I can't believe you'd give a
    used one to your own mother!
[18:37] Mina
    You said it! Kids these days have
    no respect for their elders!
[18:42] Mina
    Honestly, what are we going to do with you?
[18:43] Kiri
    Endure it... Endure it!
[18:45] Mina
    Hey...
[18:46] Mina
    Let's just ignore him, Darling.
[18:50] Victo
    Yeah. We need to get my time back.
[18:53] Victo
    As soon as we do, I'll be yours alone.
[19:02] Mina
    What if I'm not your real wife?
[19:07] Mina
    You worry about Kiri because
    you're his father,
[19:10] Mina
    and you're kind to me
    because you're my husband.
[19:13] Mina
    You only do all that because you
    feel it's your responsibility.
[19:18] Mina
    Just like my sister. It's all about "duty."
[19:23] Mina
    I don't need that kind of love!
[19:25] Mina
    I want you to love me from
    the bottom of your heart!
[19:28] Mina
    Not because I'm your wife,
    or out of duty or obligation.
[19:31] Mina
    I don't need that!
[19:32] Mina
    I want you to love me for who I am!
[19:48] Aisrehdar
    Mina...
[19:50] Aisrehdar
    Even if you truly are Victor's wife,
[19:55] Aisrehdar
    he will never love you from
    the bottom of his heart.
[19:59] Aisrehdar
    You will surely realize
    that on this journey.
[20:01] Aisrehdar
    We, the descendants of Chronos,
[20:04] Aisrehdar
    must never give our hearts to anyone.
[20:08] Aisrehdar
    If you do, you'll be the one
    to get hurt in the end.
[20:13] Aisrehdar
    Yes, just like I was long ago...
[20:21] Voice
    Passengers departing on the
    2:30 flight to Couljours,
[20:26] Voice
    if you have not checked in for your
    flight, please do so quickly.
[20:30] Kiri
    Th-The air feels so heavy!
[20:32] Kiri
    Someone say something!
[20:34] Kiri
    Any other time, they'd act like a dumb
    lovey couple and make up in no time!
[20:40] Victo
    There, there, honey. Don't be angry.
[20:42] Mina
    Oh, darling, honestly!
[20:44] Kiri
    Someone do something, please!
[20:46] Kiri
    I don't care who at this point!
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[20:48] Blaze
    You idiot! Were you just
    gonna leave me behind?!
[20:52] Blaze
    Didn't I tell you I'd beat the
    crap out of that white Horologue?
[20:55] Blaze
    Your big brother is a man of his word!
[20:59] Kiri
    Why did you have to show up?!
[21:02] Mina
    What are you doing here, Blaze?
    No one invited you!
[21:06] Blaze
    Shut up, you stupid little girl!
[21:08] Blaze
    Yo, you're Victor, right?
[21:11] Blaze
    Ain't this your woman?!
[21:12] Blaze
    So catch her and stop being selfish,
    you dumbass!
[21:17] Blaze
    Well, let's get going!
[21:19] Blaze
    Kiri, grab your big brother's luggage!
[21:22] Kiri
    He really goes at his own pace...
[21:24] Kiri
    Really, he was a big help, though.
[21:31] Kiri
    Your luggage is full of nothing but snacks!
[21:33] Kiri
    Do you think this is a school field trip?
[21:35] Blaze
    Shut up, little brother!
[21:37] Blaze
    Come on, let's go!
[21:40] Mina
    Let's go, darling.
[21:42] Victo
    Sure.
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SIGN    Will and Representation
SIGN    Will and Representation
SIGN    The Poverty of Philosophy