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E2 - In the City of Flowers

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[00:13] ---
    Ever heard of a curse-bearer, Noé?
[00:16] ---
    Huh?
[00:17] ---
    That's what they call vampires who
    suddenly lose their minds and go berserk.
[00:24] ---
    My grandfather told me about them.
[00:26] ---
    A curse? Whose?
[00:30] ---
    Who else? The Vampire of the Blue Moon's.
[00:36] ---
    Are you okay?
[00:50] ---
    Noé! Let's play!
[00:53] ---
    Noé.
[00:55] ---
    Even with a curse-bearer here before you,
[00:59] ---
    are you still able to see the
    blue moon as something beautiful?
[01:20] ---
    "The Case Study of Vanitas"
[01:29] ---
    You're pondering the simple things,
    pretty much: human emotions, and love?

[01:34] ---
    I hope one day you'll understand
[01:38] ---
    Too many wounds have left you
    patched together, a miserable sight

[01:43] ---
    That doesn't even know
    the definition of "alive"

[01:48] ---
    No need to say,
    "Just the two of us" or anything

[01:56] ---
    I've a feeling we can understand
    each other, and that's fine for now

[02:06] ---
    I love this world,
    and the light only you give me

[02:13] ---
    Makes the world I see
    through these fractured eyes

[02:18] ---
    Look gleaming and bright
[02:23] ---
    There's no such thing as a sure thing
[02:27] ---
    But you can see me, can't you?
[02:35] ---
    When sky and void meet, look back
    because the dreams will come later

[02:46] ---
    Vanitas.
[02:49] ---
    Yes?
[02:50] ---
    Can you explain why we're behind bars?
[02:54] ---
    A fine question, my dear Noé.
[02:57] ---
    About ten hours ago, you were poisoned by
    the Eglantine due to your absurd antics.
[03:02] ---
    Then you face-planted by the roadside.
[03:04] ---
    You've slept like a baby ever since,
    nearly half a day to be exact.
[03:08] ---
    That about sums it up.
    You up to speed now?
[03:10] ---
    No, I'm not.
[03:11] ---
    Seriously?
[03:12] ---
    You were the one who
    stole aboard the airship.
[03:15] ---
    I just happened to be there,
    so how did I end up in prison, too?
[03:19] ---
    Because I told them
    we're partners in crime,
[03:22] ---
    you moron!
[03:24] ---
    My wallet's missing!
[03:26] ---
    They confiscated all our belongings.
[03:28] ---
    What?! The Book of Vanitas, too?!
[03:30] ---
    Naturally.
[03:31] ---
    H-How can you remain so calm?!
[03:34] ---
    Wait, were you after my book?
[03:36] ---
    No!
[03:38] ---
    My master merely requested
    that I assess its true nature.
[03:44] ---
    Assess, you say?
[03:46] ---
    That's quite a vague way
    for your teacher to word it.
[03:50] ---
    That's true. He didn't
    say steal or destroy it.
[03:55] ---
    What is it my teacher wants me to do?
[03:59] ---
    Wait a second, Noé!
[04:01] ---
    Yes?
[04:02] ---
    If you seek The Book of Vanitas,
    then you should join me.
[04:08] ---
    So why do you keep refusing to help?
[04:13] ---
    That's true!
[04:15] ---
    Jeez.
[04:24] ---
    Now I understand, Vanitas!
[04:26] ---
    Perhaps I simply don't like you that much!
[04:31] ---
    What?
[04:32] ---
    What shall I do?
[04:34] ---
    For my teacher's sake,
    I suppose I should go with you.
[04:37] ---
    But meekly accepting
    whatever someone I dislike says
[04:40] ---
    is bad for my mental well-being,
[04:43] ---
    or rather,
    it's psychologically impossible.
[04:46] ---
    Okay, so what now?
[04:51] ---
    Out.
[04:52] ---
    We're unable to hold you here any longer.
[04:56] ---
    This is an invitation from Count Orlok.
[05:03] ---
    The vampires likely came to
    an arrangement with the humans.
[05:07] ---
    Huh?
[05:08] ---
    Come along. I'll show you the way.
[05:11] ---
    Thank you. This is my first time in Paris.
[05:14] ---
    Is that so?
[05:37] ---
    Welcome to Paris, the City of Flowers.
[06:00] ---
    The invitation from the Count
    said to come get our things,
[06:03] ---
    both those the police took
    and those we left on the airship.
[06:11] ---
    Why are you so exhausted, Vanitas?
[06:14] ---
    A certain someone keeps
    wandering off when I'm not looking.
[06:21] ---
    We're here. Galerie Valentine.
[06:25] ---
    This is where we'll find the Count?
[06:27] ---
    That's right.
    After the war with humankind,
[06:30] ---
    vampires were forbidden
    from attacking humans.
[06:33] ---
    After that, most of them
    vanished beyond the barrier.
[06:37] ---
    But there are still many who
    continue to live among humankind.
[06:44] ---
    A vampire has been appointed by the
    queen to maintain the balance between
[06:48] ---
    the vampires and humans here in Paris.
[06:51] ---
    He is...
[06:53] ---
    ...the Lord of Altus, Parks Orlok.
[06:58] ---
    Don't move.
[06:59] ---
    Is this how you welcome invited guests?
[07:03] ---
    Silence.
[07:05] ---
    Ill-mannered fools who do not knock
    are no better than trespassers.
[07:15] ---
    So you're the human who has
    assumed the name of Vanitas.
[07:24] ---
    Murr! I'm so relieved you're safe!
[07:28] ---
    Your possessions.
[07:30] ---
    What about the rest?
[07:37] ---
    I'll get right to the point.
[07:40] ---
    Hand over The Book of Vanitas
    and Amelia Ruth. I want them back.
[07:44] ---
    Vanitas, Mademoiselle Amelia
    is fine now, so--
[07:48] ---
    Curse-bearers cannot be allowed to live.
[07:52] ---
    We will take it upon
    ourselves to eliminate her.
[07:56] ---
    Please, Count, don't!
[07:58] ---
    Mademoiselle Amelia should be cured!
[08:01] ---
    You mean by using this book?
[08:04] ---
    That's right!
[08:05] ---
    I saw him use The Book of Vanitas.
[08:08] ---
    Its power restored her
    to her former state.
[08:10] ---
    Therefore--
[08:12] ---
    Don't be absurd!
[08:14] ---
    Do you truly believe this fool's nonsense?
[08:18] ---
    There is no such thing
    as a cursed grimoire.
[08:21] ---
    This thing is but rubbish.
[08:27] ---
    Or perhaps you stole it
    but don't know how to use it.
[08:32] ---
    I expect you can't even open it.
    That's why you summoned me.
[08:35] ---
    This is hilarious!
[08:36] ---
    Couldn't you just say,
    "Please teach me how to use the book"?
[08:42] ---
    You are mistaken.
[08:44] ---
    I summoned you, the man who
    assumed the name of Vanitas,
[08:47] ---
    to rake you over the coals
    till you confess your plot.
[08:51] ---
    I'm simply trying to save vampire kind
    from utter annihilation.
[08:56] ---
    Save us?!
[08:57] ---
    Pretentious, human!
[08:59] ---
    Are you so loathe to admit
    The Book of Vanitas is real?!
[09:04] ---
    That Amelia regained her sanity
    should be as plain as day.
[09:08] ---
    Bourreaus must behead
    curse-bearers as soon as they are found.
[09:16] ---
    Mina is to be executed tomorrow?
[09:18] ---
    I don't understand!
[09:19] ---
    Because she's a curse-bearer.
[09:21] ---
    They're beheaded by a bourreau.
    That's the rule.
[09:24] ---
    We must go save her!
[09:25] ---
    Can you lift the curse of the blue moon?
[09:28] ---
    Of course, you can't!
[09:29] ---
    She is beyond all help now, Noé!
[09:33] ---
    Hear me now, human!
[09:34] ---
    Vampires whose names have been defiled
    can never return to their former state.
[09:39] ---
    This is what's wrong with you senile old
    coots bound by antiquated traditions.
[09:44] ---
    You wretch!
[09:45] ---
    There is nothing you can do.
[09:58] ---
    How about this?
[10:01] ---
    The vampire attacks sowing
    chaos throughout Paris
[10:05] ---
    are the work of a curse-bearer,
    are they not?
[10:08] ---
    Let us go capture that vampire
    and bring the fiend back here.
[10:14] ---
    Then Vanitas will use the
    book's power here before you!
[10:19] ---
    You must see what The Book of Vanitas
    is with your own eyes!
[10:26] ---
    Very well. We shall wait but one day.
[10:31] ---
    I thank you.
[10:35] ---
    We must hurry!
[10:38] ---
    At last, you wish to help me, Noé!
[10:41] ---
    I'm not helping you.
[10:43] ---
    It's you who is helping me!
[10:56] ---
    Excellent! I knew you'd
    prove quite amusing!
[11:02] ---
    There's nothing you can do.
[11:05] ---
    Not this time.
    I will not fail to save her!
[11:13] ---
    Noé. Hey, Noé, wait!
[11:16] ---
    Do you know where you're supposed to go?
[11:19] ---
    I've no idea--
[11:21] ---
    Looks like you could use a hand, Vanitas.
[11:24] ---
    Dante!
[11:25] ---
    Hey.
[11:26] ---
    You left Amelia Ruth behind
    to save your own skin!
[11:30] ---
    My agreement with you didn't
    include protecting the target!
[11:35] ---
    I don't work beyond what I'm paid!
[11:37] ---
    Greedy jerk!
[11:38] ---
    Shut your piehole, quack!
[11:40] ---
    Excuse me.
[11:42] ---
    What the hell are you doing with him?!
[11:45] ---
    Noé, allow me to introduce you.
[11:47] ---
    This is Dante,
    an information peddler I often use.
[11:50] ---
    But he's really just someone
    who'll do anything for money.
[11:54] ---
    Now I remember. The one you called baldy.
[11:57] ---
    I'm not bald!
    Don't remember me by that slur!
[12:00] ---
    I don't know why you're here,
    Dante, but it's your loss!
[12:03] ---
    I already found my penultimate partner!
[12:06] ---
    Penultimate partner? You mean this guy?
[12:09] ---
    Nope, not me.
[12:10] ---
    So, sorry, Dante.
[12:13] ---
    You'll have to look elsewhere
    for your allowance.
[12:16] ---
    Really? That's too bad.
[12:18] ---
    Just when I located that killer
    who claimed nine lives.
[12:22] ---
    What a crying shame.
[12:24] ---
    O Lord Dante, how I love thee!
[12:29] ---
    What? That's highway robbery, baldy!
[12:33] ---
    Shut it! Old man Orlok
    doesn't even know about this.
[12:36] ---
    Such information doesn't come cheap!
[12:40] ---
    We should follow this bat?
[12:43] ---
    Exactly. It will lead you to my comrade
    who is tailing the killer you seek.
[12:57] ---
    Seriously, what's that guy's deal?
[13:00] ---
    Was that the Vanitas?
[13:03] ---
    Such an adorable face, don't you think?
[13:06] ---
    You followed me here, Johann?
[13:09] ---
    I have something very special
    I wanted to tell you myself.
[13:14] ---
    Lord Ruthven's bourreau is here in Paris.
[13:17] ---
    What?!
[13:18] ---
    He's after The Book of Vanitas, no doubt.
[13:21] ---
    And that friend of yours
[13:24] ---
    may end up dead.
[13:31] ---
    Thomas Berneux.
[13:32] ---
    What?
[13:33] ---
    He's the vampire who came from
    beyond the barrier two months ago
[13:37] ---
    and killed nine by draining their blood.
[13:41] ---
    I'd been pursuing him up until
    I received a letter from Amelia Ruth.
[13:47] ---
    So, I already know much about him.
[13:49] ---
    So then you're the doctor
    Mademoiselle Amelia mentioned?
[13:53] ---
    Oui.
[14:06] ---
    There he is. I'm sure of it.
[14:07] ---
    Thomas Berneux.
[14:09] ---
    Stop him, Noé!
[14:10] ---
    Very well!
[14:18] ---
    Are you trying to kill me?!
[14:56] ---
    I paralyzed him for a short while.
[14:58] ---
    Let's tie him up while we can
    and take him back to Orlok.
[15:08] ---
    That was amazing.
[15:10] ---
    You so swiftly incapacitated
    a curse-bearer.
[15:15] ---
    You must be Vanitas.
[15:18] ---
    I am Luca.
[15:19] ---
    And this is Jeanne.
[15:22] ---
    Are you humans or vampires?
[15:25] ---
    How rude of me.
[15:27] ---
    We are vampires.
[15:30] ---
    Monsieur Vanitas.
[15:31] ---
    Though it may seem ill-mannered,
    I have a favor to ask.
[15:35] ---
    Would you not give me that grimoire,
    The Book of Vanitas?
[15:43] ---
    No way in hell!
[15:44] ---
    This book isn't some plaything
    for little brats like you!
[15:57] ---
    Why do you want it, anyway?
[15:59] ---
    The Book of Vanitas can
    corrupt a vampire's true name.
[16:04] ---
    That is why it is known as an analytical
    engine in the form of a book.
[16:07] ---
    It is the infernal device that creates
    those known as curse-bearers!
[16:14] ---
    Are you suggesting that I'm using
    The Book of Vanitas to spread the curse?
[16:20] ---
    I am.
[16:21] ---
    I shall save the curse-bearers by
    destroying that book in the proper manner.
[16:27] ---
    And as its bearer, I imagine
    you'll be punished accordingly.
[16:31] ---
    I'm afraid I can't let that happen!
[16:33] ---
    Hurray!
[16:34] ---
    But do as you will with Vanitas himself.
[16:37] ---
    Boo!
[16:38] ---
    We must make haste.
[16:40] ---
    Forgive me. Let us discuss later--
[16:42] ---
    I, too, have no time!
[16:45] ---
    Someone dear to me suffers terribly
    as a curse-bearer, and I must save them!
[16:50] ---
    Unbelievable.
[16:52] ---
    Who put that nonsense in your head?
[16:55] ---
    Huh?
[16:56] ---
    Listen. I'm a doctor.
[16:58] ---
    I'm using the power of
    The Book of Vanitas to save vampires.
[17:03] ---
    If you wish to save the one you hold dear,
    I will exam the patient.
[17:07] ---
    My big brother suffers dearly from
    the vampire of the blue moon's curse!
[17:13] ---
    For you to suggest that I take you
    to him is beyond all foolishness!
[17:17] ---
    Master Luca.
[17:20] ---
    Hmm. So your brother is the curse-bearer.
[17:30] ---
    Master Luca,
    further talk serves no purpose.
[17:52] ---
    Master Luca, command me as you will.
[17:55] ---
    Monsieur Vanitas, will nothing
    convince you to give me the book?
[18:03] ---
    Jeanne...
[18:05] ---
    Understood. I will do
    my best to take him alive.
[18:11] ---
    Please.
[18:13] ---
    Take The Book of Vanitas from him!
[18:16] ---
    Oui, Votre Altesse.
[18:19] ---
    The Crimson Gauntlet!
[18:25] ---
    Run, Noé! She's Lord Ruthven's bourreau!
[18:28] ---
    Who?
[18:30] ---
    You're like a country bumpkin squared!
[18:34] ---
    Listen up!
[18:35] ---
    In the war long ago,
[18:36] ---
    over 1,000 vampires sided with humanity,
    betraying their own kind.
[18:40] ---
    But a single bourreau is
    said to have slain them all.
[18:43] ---
    It is she who wields the
    Crimson Gauntlet, Carpe Diem!
[18:47] ---
    The bearer of a saintly name
    who slew her own kind!
[18:53] ---
    The Hellfire Witch, Jeanne!
[19:06] ---
    She has no intention of taking me alive!
[19:11] ---
    I can't have you die on me yet!
[19:21] ---
    We're in trouble!
[19:42] ---
    Jeanne!
[19:43] ---
    Master Luca?! You're in danger!
[19:45] ---
    Please find a safe place to hide!
[19:48] ---
    Jeanne! You must not slay him!
[19:50] ---
    You're no longer a bourreau!
    You're my knight, my chevalier!
[20:00] ---
    Forgive me, Master Luca.
[20:14] ---
    Whether it's Count Orlok
    or the city's vampires,
[20:17] ---
    they're all horrible listeners.
[20:20] ---
    All vampires have the fear of the vampire
    of the blue moon etched into their minds.
[20:26] ---
    That's just how it is.
[20:28] ---
    Huh?
[20:29] ---
    And what that kid said
    is not entirely wrong.
[20:34] ---
    The Book of Vanitas can
    corrupt a vampire's true name.
[20:38] ---
    That much is true.
[20:40] ---
    A corrupted name causes a malnomen.
[20:42] ---
    My treatment consists of restoring
    that name to its true state.
[20:46] ---
    In short, it's a matter of application.
[20:49] ---
    So it's no wonder that
    vampires fear this book.
[20:54] ---
    But the potential to do something
    and doing it are two different things!
[21:00] ---
    Even if The Book of Vanitas
    was created to exterminate vampires,
[21:05] ---
    it's an undeniable fact that you used it
    to save Mademoiselle Amelia.
[21:12] ---
    Thank you!
[21:13] ---
    What I saw that day was
    a resoundingly righteous act.
[21:23] ---
    That is why I wish to return
    at once so we may save her!
[21:34] ---
    Keep it down before she finds us!
[21:37] ---
    You really are...
[21:39] ---
    ...a most amusing fellow.
[21:43] ---
    What?
[21:47] ---
    Now then! I've steeled myself, Noé!
[21:51] ---
    I know not whether this will work,
    but it's our only hope for a swift return.
[21:55] ---
    What are you--?
[21:58] ---
    I've found but one way.
[22:00] ---
    One way we can defeat the Hellfire Witch.
[22:08] ---
    "In the City of Flowers"
[23:42] ---
    "The Fangs That Lay Bare Blood"