# 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!*
***SIGN*** Worst in the World
**[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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