E8 - Where Death Slumbers

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[00:08] ---
    Teacher, this is amazing.
[00:11] ---
    We are now in Castle Carbunculus.
[00:15] ---
    Her Majesty The Queen
    is somewhere within these walls!
[00:25] ---
    I call this my office,
    but it's rather like my hobby room.
[00:30] ---
    Make yourselves at home.
[00:34] ---
    Is something the matter?
[00:36] ---
    No, forgive me.
[00:38] ---
    This morning, Domi couldn't
    believe I knew nothing about you.
[00:43] ---
    Oh, you need not worry about that.
[00:46] ---
    It makes sense, considering you
    are the Shapeless One's child.
[00:51] ---
    And truth be told,
[00:54] ---
    your teacher genuinely loathes me.
[00:58] ---
    He even disliked my name passing his lips.
[01:02] ---
    I have no doubt he'd eradicate all traces
    of my name to keep it from your eyes.
[01:07] ---
    That... sounds like something he might do.
[01:12] ---
    Yes, it does, doesn't it?
[01:17] ---
    That machine interests you?
[01:20] ---
    It's a difference engine
    given to me by Marquis Machina.
[01:24] ---
    And that is a lamp powered by astermite.
[01:27] ---
    --Over there is--
[01:27] ---
    --Lord Ruthven.
    --Over there is--
[01:29] ---
    Sorry to interrupt the fun,
[01:32] ---
    but can we cut to the chase?
[01:40] ---
    "The Case Study of Vanitas"
[01:49] ---
    You're pondering the simple things,
    pretty much: human emotions, and love?
[01:54] ---
    I hope one day you'll understand
[01:58] ---
    Too many wounds have left you
    patched together, a miserable sight
[02:03] ---
    That doesn't even know
    the definition of "alive"
[02:08] ---
    No need to say,
    "Just the two of us" or anything
[02:16] ---
    I've a feeling we can understand
    each other, and that's fine for now
[02:26] ---
    I love this world,
    and the light only you give me
[02:33] ---
    Makes the world I see
    through these fractured eyes
[02:38] ---
    Look gleaming and bright
[02:43] ---
    There's no such thing as a sure thing
[02:47] ---
    But you can see me, can't you?
[02:56] ---
    When sky and void meet, look back
    because the dreams will come later
[03:05] ---
    Noé, Vanitas.
[03:07] ---
    First, I would like to
    thank you for your heroic actions.
[03:11] ---
    Lucius has told me everything.
[03:14] ---
    Thanks to you, our brethren's casualties
    at the ball were kept to a minimum.
[03:20] ---
    What are your thoughts
    on the attack that day?
[03:24] ---
    It was Charlatan.
[03:26] ---
    I'd thought they were hallucinations
    that only curse-bearers could see.
[03:32] ---
    But now, I believe that attack
    was an attempt on Lucius's life.
[03:40] ---
    I agree.
[03:43] ---
    The chaos caused by the curse-bearers
[03:47] ---
    was likely an attempt to
    distract the Queen's Fangs.
[03:49] ---
    If that black shadow, Naenia,
    is the one that steals true names,
[03:54] ---
    it's no surprise there were
    a number of curse-bearers there.
[03:58] ---
    Um, by Lucius, you mean Luca?
[04:02] ---
    Why would they try to kill him?
[04:04] ---
    What? You still don't get it?
[04:08] ---
    The boy has rank and power
    second only to the queen.
[04:12] ---
    No doubt, there are countless nobles
    who feel he's in their way.
[04:16] ---
    Isn't that right, Luca?
[04:18] ---
    Or should I say, Lucius,
    Grand Duke Oriflamme.
[04:23] ---
    Grand duke? Really?!
[04:25] ---
    The grand duke is
    Her Majesty's close advisor.
[04:29] ---
    That's right.
[04:29] ---
    That is amazing!
[04:32] ---
    I would not call it amazing.
[04:35] ---
    Lord Uncle, who is also my guardian,
    handles all of my duties as grand duke.
[04:40] ---
    In any case, my succession to
    the office hasn't been made official.
[04:47] ---
    My blood ran cold
    when I heard you ventured
[04:51] ---
    into the mortal world without leave.
[04:53] ---
    You must be more conscious
    of your own position.
[04:58] ---
    Yes, Lord Uncle.
[05:00] ---
    Come to think of it, Luca,
[05:02] ---
    weren't you seeking The Book of Vanitas
    to save your brother?
[05:07] ---
    My big brother suffers dearly from
    the Vampire of the Blue Moon's curse!
[05:12] ---
    Where is he now?
[05:16] ---
    Let us forget about that.
[05:22] ---
    Huh?
[05:23] ---
    I'm telling you not to mention
    the boy's brother ever again.
[05:33] ---
    Salvation takes many forms.
[05:36] ---
    Freeing him from the curse is not
    necessarily in his best interest.
[05:44] ---
    But enough about that.
[05:46] ---
    You're here to ask me
    about curse-bearers, aren't you?
[05:50] ---
    I, too, have many questions I would
    ask you of the Blue Moon Clan.
[05:56] ---
    Questions about the
    Vampire of the Blue Moon,
[05:59] ---
    The Book of Vanitas, and...
[06:03] ---
    ...about you yourself.
[06:07] ---
    You're right.
[06:10] ---
    We should devote this time
    to more fruitful discussions.
[06:15] ---
    Which is why I'd like to
    start with my request.
[06:20] ---
    What is it? Speak.
[06:23] ---
    I thought you'd never ask.
[06:25] ---
    Take me to your queen.
[06:31] ---
    What?
[06:32] ---
    Did you not hear me?
[06:34] ---
    I'm telling you to take me to your queen.
[06:38] ---
    To what purpose?
[06:39] ---
    My purpose? It's simple.
[06:42] ---
    I believe it is the queen
    that gives rise to curse-bearers.
[06:49] ---
    Don't spout such nonsense, human!
[06:51] ---
    What's the big deal?
[06:53] ---
    Just let me see her.
[06:55] ---
    I merely wish to examine every nook
    and cranny of Her Majesty's body.
[06:59] ---
    Insolent fool!
[07:00] ---
    Well, Ruthven? What say you?
[07:02] ---
    It should be easy with
    the grand duke's prerogative.
[07:08] ---
    How long has it been since
    the queen was seen in public?
[07:12] ---
    Why has she become a hermit?
[07:16] ---
    Vanitas.
[07:18] ---
    --I ask you...
[07:19] ---
    --Uncle?
    --I ask you...
[07:20] ---
    --Uncle?
    --...does your queen yet live?
[07:21] ---
    --...does your queen yet live?
[07:44] ---
    Lord Uncle?
[07:45] ---
    Please, stop.
[07:47] ---
    Lord Uncle!
[07:48] ---
    Leave this place at once, human.
[07:52] ---
    Every word you have spoken maligns
    the good name of our queen!
[07:58] ---
    I forbid you from ever
    setting foot in this castle again!
[08:04] ---
    So they booted us back across the barrier.
[08:06] ---
    It's been about a week since
    we got back to the human world.
[08:11] ---
    Every bone in my body aches,
    so I've been sleeping it off.
[08:15] ---
    They sent Murr back later.
[08:18] ---
    That's all we have to report!
[08:22] ---
    Blasted fools!
[08:25] ---
    You dare show such
    insolence toward the queen?!
[08:28] ---
    --Count Orlok!
[08:29] ---
    --Please calm yourself!
    --Count Orlok!
[08:30] ---
    Wanna fight?
[08:31] ---
    --I'll rip you to shreds!
    --Think you can take me?
[08:33] ---
    --It worked out fine.
    --I'll rip you to shreds!
    --Think you can take me?
[08:34] ---
    I got the information that I most wanted.
[08:45] ---
    He played us for fools.
[08:48] ---
    That human wasn't interested in me.
[08:51] ---
    It was you, Lucius.
[08:53] ---
    Most vampires fly into a blind rage
    when Her Majesty is insulted.
[08:59] ---
    You should have, too.
[09:01] ---
    But you...
[09:08] ---
    You showed a moment of dismay.
[09:10] ---
    That was the same as confirming his words.
[09:19] ---
    Your Majesty...
[09:22] ---
    What am I to do?
[09:27] ---
    So, until the dust settles,
[09:29] ---
    I will keep curing curse-bearers
    as I've been doing.
[09:33] ---
    But I need information--
[09:34] ---
    Impudent, human!
[09:36] ---
    Master Orlok has no time for you!
[09:40] ---
    Another incident?
[09:43] ---
    "Vampires disappear."
[09:45] ---
    "Three in one week." That's a lot.
[09:48] ---
    Hands off the files!
[09:49] ---
    Get the hell out!
[09:54] ---
    Hey, quack.
[09:56] ---
    Oh, Dante, perfect timing.
[10:01] ---
    Wait. What happened?
[10:03] ---
    Leave it!
[10:05] ---
    I've got some new info on curse-bearers.
[10:08] ---
    I'll do you a solid and sell it to you!
[10:11] ---
    It was yesterday
[10:13] ---
    that we finally located this curse-bearer
    who slipped into Paris not long ago.
[10:18] ---
    That's when...
[10:22] ---
    She was abducted right before our eyes.
[10:27] ---
    But like an idiot, Riche tried to stop it.
[10:29] ---
    I got dragged in and beat up, too.
[10:32] ---
    I never asked you to save me.
[10:34] ---
    What did you say, hag?
[10:36] ---
    Shut it, fatty!
[10:37] ---
    --Hag!
[10:38] ---
    --Fatty!
    --Hag!
[10:38] ---
    --Fatty!
    --Hag!
    --All right, children, no need to fight.
[10:41] ---
    --Butt out!
[10:41] ---
    --Fatty!
    --Butt out!
[10:42] ---
    --Fatty!
    --Johann, you got pretty beat up, too!
[10:42] ---
    --What is your problem?!
    --Johann, you got pretty beat up, too!
[10:45] ---
    When I was all alone,
[10:47] ---
    I was mistaken for a vampire
    and nearly abducted.
[10:51] ---
    But they fled the moment
    they realized I was a dham.
[10:55] ---
    That was so rude.
[10:57] ---
    A dham?
[10:58] ---
    Mixed race. You know,
    half-vampire, half-human?
[11:01] ---
    All three of us are.
[11:05] ---
    You've never seen a dhampir before?
[11:08] ---
    No.
[11:09] ---
    Hey, quack.
[11:11] ---
    A little trophy I tore off
    the abductor's coat.
[11:14] ---
    A sword and six wings?
[11:22] ---
    Vani...
[11:23] ---
    I know who abducted the vampires
    and who old-man Orlok's after.
[11:27] ---
    It's the Church's anti-vampire unit,
    the Chasseurs.
[11:32] ---
    Captain, have you heard?
[11:34] ---
    It's about that human.
[11:36] ---
    Of course, I have.
[11:38] ---
    Vanitas, was it?
[11:40] ---
    Not only was he made
    minion of the Blue Moon Clan,
[11:43] ---
    but they say vampires are flocking to
    his side in an attempt to use his power.
[11:49] ---
    What a...
[11:51] ---
    What a...!
[11:52] ---
    Poor, pitiful child!
[11:57] ---
    We must do whatever it takes to
    save him in the name of the Lord!
[12:12] ---
    The Catacombs of Paris.
[12:14] ---
    Once an old stone quarry, they were
    later converted into a vast ossuary.
[12:22] ---
    "Halt. The Empire of the Dead lies ahead."
[12:27] ---
    I'm shocked.
[12:28] ---
    I knew there was an ossuary beneath Paris,
[12:32] ---
    but now it's a tourist attraction?
[12:36] ---
    How can I put it?
[12:37] ---
    It's such a curious place.
[12:39] ---
    It is, but the ossuary
    is only a teeny part
[12:43] ---
    of the tunnel network beneath Paris.
[12:49] ---
    Vanitas.
[12:50] ---
    Dante saw the Chasseurs heading down here,
[12:53] ---
    but do you really think we'll
    find them in this labyrinth?
[12:57] ---
    Beats me.
[12:58] ---
    But I often heard that
    the Chasseurs wiped out
[13:01] ---
    the vampires infesting
    the tunnels under wartime Paris
[13:04] ---
    and then established a base down here,
    or so the story goes.
[13:09] ---
    Based on that, Dante must've
    come down here to find a way there.
[13:14] ---
    Wouldn't it be better to
    seek help from Count Orlok
[13:17] ---
    in investigating the disappearances?
[13:20] ---
    Oh, I think not. That would be impossible.
[13:23] ---
    The bad blood between the vampires
    and Chasseurs still runs deep.
[13:28] ---
    One false move and you guessed it.
[13:31] ---
    Another war could break out.
[13:34] ---
    In short, the count
    must watch his every step.
[13:38] ---
    Precisely.
[13:41] ---
    Like I said, Dante, I wish you
    wouldn't make matters worse.
[13:46] ---
    Stop yapping!
[13:46] ---
    I won't rest till I pay 'em back
    for that beat down!
[13:50] ---
    Hey! What are you doing?!
[13:51] ---
    Stop that!
[13:54] ---
    The devil take them!
[13:55] ---
    Where'd those robed bastards get to?!
[13:58] ---
    Enough already.
[13:59] ---
    That tourist trap can't
    possibly provide any clues.
[14:02] ---
    It was beyond stupid to look
    for their base through the catacombs.
[14:06] ---
    What?!
[14:07] ---
    Unexpected clues sometimes turn up
    where you least expect them!
[14:11] ---
    --Idiot, idiot, idiot!
[14:11] ---
    --Baldy, baldy, baldy!
    --Idiot, idiot, idiot!
[14:15] ---
    What's this? Worried
    about Vanitas, are we?
[14:18] ---
    I suppose so.
[14:20] ---
    He's acting perfectly normal.
[14:23] ---
    So I wonder.
[14:25] ---
    Why would he be acting so?
[15:08] ---
    What took so long?
[15:10] ---
    I almost finished this book.
[15:13] ---
    I don't know where
    we're going, but fear not.
[15:17] ---
    I took a respectable catnap.
[15:19] ---
    Couldn't care less!
[15:22] ---
    Off to investigate
    the disappearances, I take it?
[15:25] ---
    None of your business.
[15:27] ---
    So you really do think
    the Chasseurs are behind this?
[15:30] ---
    Stop following me.
[15:32] ---
    I'm not following you.
[15:37] ---
    I'm joining you.
[15:43] ---
    Suit yourself.
[15:45] ---
    Yes, I'll do that.
[15:54] ---
    Noé, this way.
[16:00] ---
    Wait. Vanitas!
[16:03] ---
    Hey! What are you doing there!
[16:06] ---
    Perfect timing.
[16:13] ---
    All right! These disguises
    should get us in.
[16:16] ---
    Shall we?
[16:21] ---
    Um... It should be around here.
[16:31] ---
    Where does that lead?
[16:33] ---
    The catacombs.
[16:34] ---
    The catacombs?
[16:35] ---
    Not the same ones from earlier today.
[16:38] ---
    We're going where only
    those in the know can travel.
[16:47] ---
    The Chasseurs' secret lair.
[16:55] ---
    How do you know about this place?
[16:59] ---
    It's as if you've been here before.
[17:02] ---
    Never a hesitant step.
[17:08] ---
    Vanitas!
[17:09] ---
    Please tell me.
    You already know, don't you?
[17:13] ---
    Who really abducted those vampires?
[17:18] ---
    Chasseurs who aren't
    really Chasseurs at all.
[17:25] ---
    What does that mean?
[17:28] ---
    Listen, Noé.
[17:29] ---
    If we encounter Chasseurs,
    and it comes to a fight,
[17:32] ---
    they will go straight for your eyes.
[17:36] ---
    Underestimate human adversaries,
    and you'll end up dead.
[17:52] ---
    This place looks different from
    the catacombs we saw earlier today.
[17:56] ---
    Are these the remains of those
    who were somehow special?
[18:00] ---
    No. This is--
[18:01] ---
    All the bones you see here
    are from vampires!
[18:08] ---
    Look at this one. It still has its fangs.
[18:13] ---
    Vestiges of formulaic alteration even
    in death are a sign that this was
[18:17] ---
    a high-ranking vampire.
[18:20] ---
    All the bones in this chamber
[18:21] ---
    are from vampires our predecessors
    slew in the underground labyrinth.
[18:26] ---
    The slayer's name is
    carved above each one.
[18:29] ---
    They vied to behead the most vampires
    and be deemed the mightiest.
[18:35] ---
    Um, and you are?
[18:38] ---
    Who am I?
[18:39] ---
    My name is Roland Fortis.
[18:42] ---
    I am the Sixth Paladin,
    graced with the Jasper Gem.
[18:46] ---
    A paladin?
[18:47] ---
    You're one of the twelve captains
    of the Chasseurs!
[18:51] ---
    Stop. You're making me blush.
[18:53] ---
    I didn't make captain until recently.
[18:56] ---
    My posting to this
    district was recent, too.
[18:59] ---
    I was on a patrol-slash-walk
    to drill the map into my head.
[19:05] ---
    So, who are you?
[19:07] ---
    What are you doing here at such an hour?
[19:10] ---
    We beg your forgiveness!
[19:12] ---
    I am Vincent, and this is Gilbert.
[19:15] ---
    We discovered a secret
    passage in the church.
[19:19] ---
    We should have reported it at once,
    but we ventured in to investigate.
[19:24] ---
    We ended up getting
    lost for several hours.
[19:27] ---
    So you're lost?
[19:29] ---
    Same as me.
[19:31] ---
    Huh?
[19:32] ---
    H-Hold on. Sir Roland,
    are you saying that you're lost?
[19:37] ---
    Yes, that's right.
[19:38] ---
    I'm at a total loss.
    I can't find my way back.
[19:43] ---
    But the Lord's hand is in all things.
[19:47] ---
    How else could I have come
    across you after losing my way?
[19:54] ---
    Now, follow me!
[19:56] ---
    Have no fear.
[19:58] ---
    My trusty subordinates are
    bound to be searching for me.
[20:07] ---
    Noé, it could get ugly if he takes
    us back to the Chasseurs' guard post.
[20:12] ---
    Is there some way to silence him?
[20:14] ---
    No. At least none that I can see.
[20:27] ---
    All this was beneath our feet?
[20:29] ---
    What's this?
[20:32] ---
    Vincent, Vincent!
[20:33] ---
    Could you come here a moment?
[20:35] ---
    Sir?
[20:36] ---
    This writing on the wall...
[20:38] ---
    Writing?
[20:42] ---
    Aw, hell!
[20:46] ---
    Noé, close your eyes!
[20:51] ---
    A flash grenade?
[20:56] ---
    What is this? My vision is...
[21:04] ---
    I thought so. You're a vampire.
[21:09] ---
    Do you suffer?
[21:10] ---
    That light you just beheld has the
    power to render your eyes useless.
[21:20] ---
    The real world and the
    formulaic world are blurring together.
[21:27] ---
    Noé!
[21:31] ---
    That clothing does not belong to you.
[21:34] ---
    Did you slay those you stole it from?
[21:39] ---
    N-No...
[21:41] ---
    I don't know why you're here.
[21:44] ---
    But no vampire who sets foot
    in here leaves this place alive.
[21:50] ---
    We are the Chasseurs.
[21:53] ---
    Those who corrupt the
    divine law of God's creation,
[21:57] ---
    the crimson-eyed heretics, are our prey!
[22:00] ---
    We are the Lord's eternal blade!
[22:03] ---
    Amen!
[22:08] ---
    "Where Death Slumbers"
[23:43] ---
    "Those Who Hunt Crimson"