E7 - Promise

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SIGN    November 26th, 2011
[00:08] Takeru
    It's so peaceful.
[00:09] Takeru
    There's no war, no BETA...
[00:12] LIttle Girl
    Mama, Mama!
[00:12] Takeru
    I did what I came for. Now I
    just have to run out the clock.
[00:14] LIttle Girl
    We're gonna make dinner
    together tonight, right?
[00:16] Mom
    We sure are.
[00:17] Takeru
    Peace like this is a way of
    life for people in this world.
[00:18] Mom
    Let's make sure it's really good.
[00:19] Little Girl
    Yeah!
[00:21] Takeru
    But who's actually making it
    possible for them, and how?
[00:25] Takeru
    People here rely on others for everything,
    and aren't invested in their own way of life.
[00:29] Takeru
    They don't understand how important it
    is to fight for what you care about.
[00:33] Mikoto
    Takeru?
[00:34] Mikoto
    Hey, Takeru!
[00:36] Mikoto
    You finally noticed! What's wrong?
    You looked lost in thought.
[00:41] Takeru
    Mikoto... is a guy in this world.
[00:44] Takeru
    And after I was told to avoid contact.
[00:48] Mikoto
    I've got an idea!
    Takeru, let's go play Valger-On!
[00:52] Takeru
    Hey! Whoa, hang on—
[00:55] Mikoto
    Get a move on! Let's go!
[00:56] Takeru
    Mikoto! Wait a sec!
[00:58] Mikoto
    Step to it!
SIGN    Promise
[02:30] Takeru
    I should be touched just
    being back here, and yet...
[02:44] Sumika
    Takeru-chan?
[02:46] Takeru
    Sumika....
[02:49] Sumika
    You still haven't gone home?
[02:53] Sumika
    Okay, carry my stuff for me.
[02:56] Takeru
    H-Hey...
[02:57] Takeru
    Oh, that's right. She was coming
    over to make dinner.
[03:01] Sumika
    Takeru-chan, you're acting weird.
[03:04] Takeru
    I've just... been in another
    world a lot lately.
[03:09] Takeru
    And over there, I'm busy
    with military training.
[03:14] Sumika
    Well, you don't have a fever.
[03:18] Sumika
    It's always video games
    with you, Takeru-chan.
[03:22] Takeru
    Not this time.
[03:24] Takeru
    I wonder... why you're the only one missing.
[03:27] Sumika
    Takeru-chan?
[03:34] Takeru
    Sumika, I'm sorry.
[03:35] Takeru
    I just remembered something I need to do!
[03:40] Sumika
    Just be home in time for dinner, okay?
[03:43] Takeru
    Your hands are beautiful.
[03:49] Takeru
    Later!
[03:51] Sumika
    Takeru-chan?!
[03:54] Sumika
    Takeru-chan...
[03:57] Takeru
    I really do belong here!
[04:00] Takeru
    A future where I'm able to
    come home to my own world...
[04:03] Takeru
    I'm going to make it happen!
[04:09] Sumika
    Takeru-chan...
[04:26] Takeru
    I'm back.
[04:27] Yuuko
    Looks like you enjoyed your trip back home.
[04:30] Yuuko
    It was only for three hours... but you
    seemed to get something out of it.
[04:34] Yuuko
    How'd it go?
[04:36] Takeru
    I made the delivery. In three days...
[04:40] Takeru
    Kasumi!
[04:47] Takeru
    Thank goodness.
[04:50] Takeru
    Sensei!
[04:51] Yuuko
    Yashiro is critical to the
    completion of Alternative IV.
[04:56] Takeru
    She is?
[04:59] Yuuko
    Originally, the Alternative Plan was intended
[05:01] ---
    to establish a means of
    communication with the BETA.
[05:07] Yuuko
    In 1958, when extraterrestrial
    life was discovered on Mars,
[05:11] ---
    it was evident that it had the
    technology for interplanetary travel.
[05:17] Yuuko
    Humanity assembled a group of zoologists,
    linguists, mathematicians...
[05:21] Yuuko
    along with cryptographers provided by
    intelligence agencies from around the world
[05:25] ---
    in order to devise a way to communicate.
[05:29] Yuuko
    But they couldn't prove that
    any language was being used,
[05:32] ---
    much less figure it out,
    before the plan was scrapped.
SIGN    1967
    The Sacrobosco Incident
[05:44] Yuuko
    Then came an encounter with the BETA
    while exploring the lunar surface.
[05:54] Yuuko
    Alternative II was launched in 1968,
[05:57] ---
    with the objective of finding a way
     to communicate with the BETA
[06:01] ---
    by capturing them and
    studying their physiology.
[06:04] Yuuko
    All we learned from it is that the
    BETA were extremely well-adapted
[06:07] ---
    to even the most hostile environments,
[06:08] Yuuko
    and they seem to have no digestive
    or reproductive systems.
[06:13] Yuuko
    The idea that such a ridiculous species
[06:15] Yuuko
    were sophisticated enough
    to create advanced technology
[06:17] Yuuko
    and were within striking
    distance of Earth...
[06:19] ---
    It was enough to give humanity chills.
[06:23] Yuuko
    And then the BETA touched down in Kaxgar.
SIGN    1973
    Beginning of the BETA Invasion of Earth
[06:26] Yuuko
    That led to the creation of a third project.
[06:30] Yuuko
    Led by the Soviet Academy of Sciences,
[06:32] ---
    it was a plan to create artificially-engineered
     ESP-capable individuals
[06:35] ---
    that would be capable of
    reading BETA's thoughts.
[06:39] Yuuko
    That was Alternative III.
[06:42] Yuuko
    The Soviets had the strongest espers
    that they could find marry,
[06:46] ---
    in order to give birth to children
    with higher levels of perception.
[06:50] Yuuko
    Once they had subjects with particularly
    remarkable abilities, they were mass-produced,
[06:54] Yuuko
    and enhanced further by genetic engineering.
[06:56] Takeru
    Are you saying...
[06:58] Yuuko
    Yashiro Kasumi is one of the
    people created in such a fashion.
[07:02] Yuuko
    The ability to perceive thoughts as images and emotions as colors...
[07:07] Yuuko
    It's called "reading."
[07:09] Yuuko
    The espers then translate
    those sensations into words.
[07:13] Yuuko
    But they're not capable of
    reading a target without coming
[07:17] ---
    within a certain distance of them.
[07:19] Yuuko
    That led to a large number of these espers
    being assigned to Hive-breaching missions...
[07:24] Yuuko
    Their survival rate was 6%.
[07:27] ---
    The readings were successful, and we were
    able to prove that the BETA are sentient.
[07:31] Yuuko
    But the only thing we learned is
[07:33] ---
    that they don't consider
    humans to be a form of life.
[07:37] Yuuko
    Alternative III was cancelled
    before Yashiro was deployed,
[07:41] Yuuko
    and the plan moved to
    its fourth incarnation.
[07:44] Yuuko
    There's another type of
    ability called projection,
[07:46] Yuuko
    that involves transmitting your own
    thoughts and emotions as an image.
[07:49] Yuuko
    They attempted to transmit
    a message of peace to the BETA...
[07:53] Yuuko
    But it got no response at all.
[07:55] Yuuko
    Either they have no concept of peace,
    or they were ignoring it.
[07:59] Takeru
    Does that mean the war won't
    end until one side is wiped out?
[08:04] Yuuko
    The goal of Alternative IV
    is to complete the 00 Unit.
[08:08] Takeru
    The 00 Unit?
[08:10] Takeru
    And once that's finished, humanity can win?!
[08:12] Yuuko
    That's the whole point, yeah.
[08:14] Takeru
    What is it?
[08:15] Yuuko
    It'd be a waste of time explaining.
[08:17] Takeru
    Does that brain have something
    to do with the plan?!
[08:20] Yuuko
    You know...
[08:23] Takeru
    What is it?
[08:24] Yuuko
    You're more concerned about your
    own curiosity than
[08:27] ---
    how others might feel, aren't you?
[08:29] Takeru
    It doesn't matter where she came from!
    It doesn't change who Kasumi is!
[08:32] Yuuko
    Yashiro will be able to tell, you know?
[08:34] Takeru
    I-It's not like that! I just
    want to make sure humanity—
[08:38] Yuuko
    I would've thought you were completely
    delusional when you first showed up here...
[08:43] Yuuko
    If it hadn't been for her.
[08:46] Takeru
    Then me even being here is thanks to Kasumi?
[08:52] Yuuko
    Yashiro is particularly talented in being
    able to capture images from a subject.
[08:57] Yuuko
    Which is why she is crucial
    for this experiment.
[09:02] Yuuko
    If she had lost track of you,
[09:06] Yuuko
    you wouldn't have been
    able to make it back.
[09:08] Yuuko
    She was essentially your lifeline.
[09:12] Yuuko
    But being able to read those images expends
    an incredible amount of mental energy.
[09:17] Takeru
    Right...
[09:18] Yuuko
    Which is why we needed to intensify the
    mental link between the two of you.
[09:23] Takeru
    And that's why we've been
    living together, isn't it?
[09:27] Yuuko
    From a few seconds to a few hours...
[09:30] Yuuko
    She doesn't exactly have
    the skills of an artist.
[09:33] Yuuko
    But they're cute anyway, aren't they?
[09:36] Yuuko
    This must be the most efficient
    way for her to capture an image.
[09:40] Yuuko
    Yashiro was trying to keep an eye on you...
[09:44] Yuuko
    By leaving a record of
    Shirogane Takeru's existence.
[09:48] Takeru
    Thank you, Kasumi.
[09:54] Takeru
    Kasumi!
[10:05] Yuuko
    I'll take your report this afternoon.
[10:09] Yuuko
    Are you really this dense?
[10:11] Yuuko
    Yashiro is a girl, y'know?
[10:12] Yuuko
    And we've got three days until
    the formulas are ready,
[10:15] ---
    so you can have tomorrow off.
[10:18] Yuuko
    You're free to do whatever in the meantime!
[10:19] Yuuko
    So get your butt after her!
[10:21] Takeru
    Y-Yes, ma'am!
[10:31] Takeru
    You didn't come back?
[10:35] Takeru
    I wanted to ask you something.
[10:40] Takeru
    You... have to know about Sumika, don't you?
[10:45] Takeru
    It's not just a coincidence that the two
    of you seem so similar at times, is it?
[10:52] Takeru
    I've remembered all about Sumika.
[10:56] Takeru
    When I ran into her in my old world,
    the memories came flooding back.
[11:04] Takeru
    If you've been able to catch a glimpse
    of the memories that I've forgotten...
[11:08] Takeru
    I'd like to know about them.
[11:10] Takeru
    The things that happened in my old world...
    and the one before this.
[11:15] Takeru
    All the important things
    I might have forgotten.
[11:20] Takeru
    Please, Kasumi.
[11:23] Officer A
    The preparations are complete.
[11:24] Officer B
    We should take the initiative
    while we still have it.
[11:28] Komaki
    I'm of the opinion that we should wait.
[11:31] Komaki
    There have been earthquakes tied to
    volcanic activity in the Chubu region,
[11:34] Komaki
    with the imperial military
    debating the aid response.
[11:38] Officer A
    The government's bound to
    force another evacuation.
[11:41] Officer B
    And the people continue to suffer.
[11:43] Officer A
    Still, it only underlines the
    righteousness of our cause.
[11:48] Sagiri
    They are beyond redemption at this point.
[11:55] Takeru
    Kasumi? You're back.
[11:58] Kasumi
    Yes.
[12:00] Takeru
    I see...
[12:03] Takeru
    Thanks.
[12:04] Kasumi
    I could tell.
[12:06] Kasumi
    But I was nervous.
[12:09] Takeru
    You can see what I'm thinking, right?
[12:13] Kasumi
    Yes.
[12:14] Takeru
    I see.
[12:19] Takeru
    Why don't we grab something to eat?
[12:22] Kasumi
    Yes.
[12:26] Takeru
    Why are you being so nice?
[12:28] Takeru
    Well, if you hurt someone's feelings,
    you'd want to apologize...
[12:32] Takeru
    And do what you could to
    make it up to them, right?
[12:37] Kyouzuka
    The two of you are always together lately!
[12:41] Takeru
    You've got weird ideas about it, don't you?
[12:43] Kyouzuka
    Can you blame me? Come on!
[12:45] Kasumi
    Say, "Ahh..."
[12:46] Takeru
    Kasumi, I don't think we should do that.
[12:48] Kasumi
    Do you not like it?
[12:51] (Flashback) Sumika
    Say, "Ahh!"
[12:53] Takeru
    It's not that.
[12:56] Takeru
    But... you don't have to do it.
[13:00] Kyouzuka
    So you're not running
    with the others lately?
[13:03] Takeru
    Yeah. I've got some time off.
[13:04] Kyouzuka
    Oh, is that it?
[13:07] Kyouzuka
    It might be nice to pop up to the roof
    and take in the scenery, then.
[13:13] Takeru
    The scenery...
[13:15] (Flashback) Takeru
    What's wrong?
[13:16] (Flashback) Takeru
    I've never seen the ocean before.
[13:20] Takeru
    You wanna go outside?
[13:30] Takeru
    Nice weather today!
[13:32] Takeru
    So, you've never been up here before?
[13:34] Kasumi
    Yes.
[13:34] Takeru
    I see.
[13:36] Takeru
    Well, this is the highest point
    we can get to freely around here.
[13:41] Takeru
    I know, how about some cat's cradle?
[13:43] Kasumi
    Cat's cradle?
[13:45] Takeru
    I made a promise to you in the last world.
[13:50] Takeru
    I'm not really great at it, but...
[13:55] Takeru
    Now you try.
[13:58] Takeru
    So first, you use your
    thumb and your pinky...
[14:02] Takeru
    See how it's on your middle finger?
[14:07] Takeru
    I guess you don't have the talent!
[14:11] Takeru
    That reminds me, I don't know
    where you slept yesterday.
[14:16] Takeru
    Did you manage to get some decent rest?
[14:19] Kasumi
    I'm okay.
[14:20] Takeru
    Well, don't overdo it, okay?
[14:22] Takeru
    Your job's pretty rough, right?
[14:24] Takeru
    Still, all we have to do
    is collect the formulas.
[14:27] Takeru
    And we need you to get it done!
[14:32] Kasumi
    You're not talented.
[14:34] Takeru
    Hang on! I was trying to...
[14:36] Takeru
    Do this!
[14:37] Takeru
    See? Use your middle finger,
    and then turn it around.
[14:45] Takeru
    Now try it again from the beginning.
[14:51] Takeru
    It's okay.
[14:52] ---
    Once you figure it out for yourself,
    you can get all kinds of shapes.
[14:57] Takeru
    So try and remember, okay?
[14:59] Kasumi
    Right.
[15:02] Takeru
    See over there? That's the ocean.
[15:05] Takeru
    You can't hear it from this far away, though.
[15:08] Kasumi
    That's...
[15:11] Kasumi
    The ocean?
[15:13] Takeru
    I'd love to take you, but you're
    basically a walking top secret.
[15:17] Takeru
    Once there's peace, let's go together.
[15:20] Kasumi
    Right.
[15:22] Takeru
    Y'know, this place has a lot
    of nostalgia attached to it...
[15:26] Takeru
    For me, in particular.
[15:29] Takeru
    I'm really glad I got to
    visit my old world again.
[15:32] Takeru
    I think every time I go between worlds,
    some of my memories get scattered.
[15:37] Takeru
    There was something the
    Yuuko-sensei from my world said.
[15:41] Takeru
    If there's something I want, I need to
    go after it with a sense of purpose.
[15:45] Takeru
    And that I need to do everything
    I can to make it happen.
[15:49] Kasumi
    What you want...
[15:51] Takeru
    What do you want to do, Kasumi?
[15:54] Kasumi
    Read the BETA's thoughts.
[15:56] Takeru
    Not what was decided for you.
    What you want to do, personally.
[16:02] Takeru
    I want to save this world,
    and then go back to my own.
[16:07] Kasumi
    You do?
[16:08] Takeru
    That's my plan for once
    I've done what I need to do.
[16:14] Takeru
    When we started the experiments,
[16:16] ---
    I was nervous that I'd be
    tempted to stay home.
[16:23] Takeru
    But seeing my old world has made me
    want to save this one more than ever.
[16:29] Takeru
    I can't just abandon the
    people who live here.
[16:35] Takeru
    But in the end... I just don't belong here.
[16:41] Takeru
    Because she's not in this world,
[16:49] Takeru
    and I think I really do miss her.
[16:53] Kasumi
    Nostalgia...
[16:54] Takeru
    What's up?
[16:56] Kasumi
    I don't know what it's like.
[16:58] Takeru
    Why haven't you mentioned that before?
[17:01] Takeru
    You could have told me.
[17:02] Kasumi
    Classified information.
[17:05] Kasumi
    And everyone is scared of me.
[17:09] Takeru
    Who do you mean?
[17:11] Kasumi
    The adults...
[17:13] Kasumi
    But you're not afraid of me, are you?
[17:16] Kasumi
    Why is that?
[17:18] Takeru
    I'm just... not afraid of you.
    I don't know how to explain it.
[17:22] Takeru
    Are you scared of me?
[17:23] Kasumi
    No.
[17:24] Takeru
    See? It's the same thing.
[17:25] Takeru
    If you can tell what I'm thinking,
     then that's that.
[17:28] Takeru
    And if you get the wrong idea,
    I'll just have to clear it up.
[17:30] Takeru
    You can sense that, right?
[17:32] Kasumi
    Please don't assume it's easier
    for me because I can see thoughts.
[17:35] Takeru
    Sorry.
[17:36] Kasumi
    It's okay. You're... funny.
[17:40] Kasumi
    I'm not making fun of you.
[17:42] Takeru
    I still kinda feel like you were.
[17:46] Takeru
    Don't forget about playing cat's cradle.
     Or seeing the ocean.
[17:48] Takeru
    The good stuff and the bad stuff...
    Don't forget any of it.
[17:52] Takeru
    One day, you'll be nostalgic about it.
[17:55] Takeru
    You get it now?
[18:00] Kausmi
    It's pretty...
[18:01] Kausmi
    I'll never forget talking with
    you while looking at this view.
[18:05] Takeru
    Me neither.
[18:07] Takeru
    And that's what nostalgia is.
[18:09] Kasumi
    I can be nostalgic, too, can't I?
SIGN    December 4th, 2001
[18:18] Mikoto
    Huh? Where's Kasumi-san?
[18:20] Takeru
    We're going to be eating
    separately starting today.
[18:23] Tama
    Really?
[18:25] Takeru
    Where are the others?
[18:26] Tama
    They should be here any minute.
[18:28] News
    With increased volcanic activity,
[18:30] News
    last night, a disaster relief
    squadron from the IJA was sent
[18:34] ---
    to rescue a group who had illegally
    returned to their homes.
[18:36] News
    The recovery was handled without much trouble,
    with the civilians being safely secured.
[18:41] Takeru
    Is he talking about Mount Tengen?
[18:42] News
    Our next story...
[18:46] Takeru
    I see. We didn't get deployed
    to help with the rescue, then.
[18:49] Takeru
    That should save another ten days.
[18:52] Takeru
    And in a few days, we'll have the
    formulas needed to complete the 00 Unit.
[18:57] Takeru
    Humanity's chances of winning
    will start to increase!
[19:00] Meiya
    What are you so pleased about?
[19:02] Meiya
    You can't seriously trust that broadcast.
[19:05] Meiya
    You know full well
[19:06] ---
    the imperial forces don't have the
    resources to spare on humanitarian aid.
[19:10] Takeru
    You think they were forcibly evicted?
[19:14] Meiya
    If you understand that much,
    then how can you be smiling?!
[19:17] Komaki
    There are even more refugees in the city.
[19:20] Komaki
    Even after the evacuation ends, what good
    will it do if their livelihood has dried up?
[19:25] Komaki
    These people just want to go home.
[19:29] Sagiri
    Let's get moving. Things need to change
    before they lose a place to return.
[19:34] Meiya
    The only people a forced evacuation
    benefits are the government and military!
[19:38] Takeru
    The ideal solution isn't
    always a realistic option!
[19:40] Takeru
    Those soldiers are putting
    their lives in danger!
[19:42] Meiya
    The duty of an imperial soldier is to
    protect the lives and livelihoods of the people!
[19:46] Meiya
    Danger is a natural part of that duty.
[19:48] Meiya
    They claim to be acting in the
    country's best interests,
[19:50] ---
    when it's the powerless who
    are made to bear the burden!
[19:52] Meiya
    Those in power aren't using
    their authority justly!
[19:56] Takeru
    You're a UN pilot, remember?
[20:00] Meiya
    I realize that...
[20:02] Takeru
    So are we supposed to be out there,
     granting people's wishes?
[20:06] Meiya
    That is a part of our duty.
[20:08] Takeru
    You're worried about this shit when we're
    trying to keep humanity from being wiped out?!
[20:13] Takeru
    Are you trying to say that we should
     put civilian priorities first,
[20:17] ---
    even if it means everyone dies as a result?!
[20:24] Takeru
    Ayamine?
[20:27] Meiya
    You should go after her.
[20:29] Takeru
    Right...
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     Kei-sama
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     Kei-sama
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[20:40] Takeru
    Who's this from?
[20:43] Takeru
    I'm coming in, Ayamine.
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[20:51] Takeru
    They're all marked "inspected"?
[20:53] Takeru
    That's weird. How could you inspect
    it without checking inside?
[20:57] Takeru
    Wait, could this be the
    Anti-Alternative faction at work?
[21:01] Takeru
    And is Ayamine involved?!
[21:04] Ayamine
    You saw?
[21:05] Takeru
    Ayamine!
[21:08] Ayamine
    You're better off not knowing.
[21:11] Ayamine
    I don't want to kill you.
SIGN    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
     either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.