E1 - The Boy from the City of the Dead

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[00:00] Blood
    Don't you agree, Will?
[00:02] Na
    My memories of that time are vague and murky.
[00:07] Na
    My life felt like stagnant water.
[00:10] Na
    I grew more and more impatient,
[00:12] Na
    but everything felt tiresome.
[00:15] Na
    I wanted to take a step
    forward, but I was scared.
[00:22] Na
    But...
[00:24] Na
    This pain in my chest,
[00:27] ---
    this agony...
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
[00:44] Gus
    A long, long time ago, at the
    very beginning of the world,
[00:48] Gus
    the mana that made up the world
    was too great to hold its shape,
[00:53] Gus
    and it swirled in a muddy mass of chaos.
[00:55] Guy
    Then the first of the gods appeared.
[00:57] Gus
    The god said, "Let there be earth,"
[01:00] Gus
    and the mana solidified beneath the
    god's feet, becoming the earth.
[01:03] Gus
    The mana overhead thinned and became the sky.
[01:06] Will
    Hey, Gus, all I asked was how
    words are related to magic.
[01:10] Gus
    Be quiet and listen!
[01:12] Gus
    I'm not even getting paid to
    teach you all this, you know!
[01:15] Will
    Fine.
[01:17] Gus
    The creator god made the sun and the moon,
[01:19] ---
    and separated the land from the sea.
[01:22] Gus
    Fire, wind, and trees came next,
[01:25] Gus
    followed by other gods as
    well as humans and animals.
[01:25] Will
    Gus the ghost is a little eccentric,
    and he can be overbearing,
[01:27] Gus
    The creator god was pleased and said, "It is good."
[01:30] Will
    but he's smarter than anyone else,
    and he teaches me things.
[01:30] Gus
    But good cannot exist without bad,
[01:34] Gus
    and evil gods then came into being.
[01:36] Gus
    And the words and symbols—in other words,
    writing—that the creator god used
[01:40] Gus
    are called the Words of Creation.
[01:43] Gus
    These words, whether spoken
    or written, have power.
[01:45] Will
    Power?
[01:47] Gus
    Yes.
[01:53] Gus
    If you write the word "Ignis,"
    it defines the existence of fire.
[01:57] Gus
    And... Erasus!
SIGN    Erasure
[01:59] Gus
    When followed by the word for
    "erasure," the fire is extinguished.
[02:03] Gus
    That's what magic is.
[02:05] Will
    The power of words...
[02:07] Will
    Magic...
[02:15] Will
    The god of justice and lightning, Volt.
[02:20] Will
    The earth-mother, Mater.
[02:22] Will
    The god of fire and technology, Blaze.
[02:27] Will
    The god of wind and commerce, Whirl.
[02:31] Will
    The goddess of water and
    greenery, Rhea Silvia.
[02:35] Will
    The god of knowledge, Enlight.
[02:41] Will
    Ancient words of magic
    offered up to the gods...
[02:45] Will
    Words of Creation.
[02:47] Will
    Oh, I get it. Parts are scratched
    out so their powers won't activate.
[02:55] Will
    Gracefeel...
[03:10] Mary
    Are you curious?
[03:11] Will
    Yeah, sort of.
[03:14] Mary
    The god of light, who governs
    the cycle of death and rebirth,
[03:17] Mary
    Gracefeel.
[03:18] Mary
    He is the child of the lightning god
    Volt and the earth-mother Mater.
[03:21] Will
    You worship the earth-mother Mater, right?
[03:25] Mary
    Yes, that's right.
[03:28] Mary
    She is the god of child-rearing
    and the bounties of the earth.
[03:32] Mary
    Of the six principal gods,
[03:34] Mary
    she is particularly revered
    by people in rural areas.
[03:37] Will
    You pray to the earth-mother
    every day, don't you?
[03:44] Will
    Mary?
[03:46] Mary
    Shall we head back and have dinner now?
[03:49] Will
    Yeah!
[03:57] Will
    Blood!
[04:00] Will
    That's a really nice boar!
[04:02] Blood
    You get to eat some tasty meat
    from this guy today, Will.
[04:06] Will
    Thanks!
[04:09] Will
    Hey, that hurts.
[04:12] Will
    Wow, it looks so good!
[04:14] Mary
    Eat up.
[04:15] Will
    I will!
[04:18] Will
    It's great!
[04:20] Will
    Thanks, Blood! And you, too, Mary!
[04:23] Blood
    That's right. Be grateful.
[04:25] Blood
    Once you're a little bigger,
    I'll teach you how to hunt.
[04:29] Will
    What? Hunt?
[04:31] Blood
    Hunting teaches you all kinds of lessons.
[04:34] Blood
    You're gonna have to get
    used to taking lives.
[04:38] Blood
    What's the matter? Losing your nerve?
[04:40] Mary
    He's still too young for that!
[04:43] Gus
    That's right.
[04:44] Gus
    He needs to learn the basics first.
[04:47] Gus
    I couldn't believe it.
[04:49] Gus
    He's only three, and he's already
    learned to read and write.
[04:53] Gus
    He might be just as much a genius as me.
[04:56] Gus
    It couldn't hurt to teach him some magic.
[04:59] Blood
    Hey, give us a break!
[05:01] Blood
    What if he grows up to be an old miser
    with an over sized brain, like you?
[05:03] Will
    Blood the skeleton looks scary,
    and he can be unruly,
[05:05] Gus
    What?!
[05:06] Blood
    What Will needs is some muscle!
[05:08] Blood
    We gotta put some meat on his bones first!
[05:08] Will
    but he always keeps things
    lively and friendly.
[05:09] Gus
    What are you talking about?
[05:11] Gus
    Also, the "miser" part aside,
    what was that about an over sized brain?
[05:13] Will
    Hey, Mary...
[05:13] Blood
    What's wrong with strengthening
    the body, anyway?
[05:15] Will
    When do you bake this bread?
[05:16] Gus
    Oh, just shut up!
[05:20] Mary
    That's a secret.
[05:24] Will
    The three of them keep a lot of secrets.
[05:26] Will
    Like why they live here,
[05:29] Will
    and why there are no humans other than me.
[05:32] Will
    I've never met anyone but the
    three of them since I was born.
[05:37] Will
    And above all...
[05:38] Will
    Why are they undead?
[05:42] Will
    There are so many things I
    want to ask them, but I can't.
[05:47] Will
    Because I'm keeping a
    secret from them myself.
[05:52] Will
    And that is...
[06:01] Will
    Thanks for dinner!
[06:02] Will
    ...that I'm a human with
    memories of my previous life.
[06:08] Will
    They're vague, murky memories,
[06:11] Will
    and my vision won't focus...
[06:14] Will
    A ceiling?
[06:17] Will
    A monster!
[06:26] Will
    A mummy?!
[06:28] Will
    A ghost?!
[06:34] Will
    They're gonna kill me!
[06:41] Will
    Huh?
[06:46] Will
    This is the 186th morning since then,
[06:49] Will
    half a year since I started living
    with these walking corpses.
[06:54] (Flashback) Mary
    Time to eat.
[07:01] (Flashback) Mary
    What a good boy you are, Will.
[07:06] (Flashback) Mary
    Are you all full now?
[07:09] Will
    I can't say them very well,
[07:11] Will
    but I can generally understand
    the language they speak now.
[07:16] (Flashback) Mary
    Shall we take a little walk outside today?
[07:18] Will
    Outside? I've never been outside before!
[07:25] Will
    It smells like incense.
[07:29] Will
    What's it like outside the temple?
[07:38] Will
    The breeze was refreshing.
[07:40] Will
    It smelled of the plants,
    wet with morning dew.
[07:48] (Flashback) Mary
    Isn't it beautiful, Will?
[07:53] Will
    It really was beautiful.
[07:59] (Flashback) Mary
    It's all right.
[08:01] (Flashback) ---
    There's nothing to be afraid of.
[08:03] Will
    At first, I thought I'd fallen into Hell.
[08:07] Will
    After living such a hopelessly vague life,
[08:10] Will
    I was in Hell, being punished.
[08:12] Will
    But I was wrong. This is no punishment.
[08:15] Will
    It must be...
[08:18] Will
    the grace of God.
[08:19] Will
    I felt as if something I had wastefully
    thrown away without a thought
[08:24] Will
    had been given back to me again.
[08:27] (Flashback) Mary
    Will, my sweet little boy...
[08:31] Will
    This time... This time...
[08:34] Will
    I'm going to live.
[08:38] Will
    I'm going to live in this world.
[08:46] Will
    Finally done...
[08:47] Blood
    We gotta build your muscle and stamina first.
[08:49] Blood
    Skills are useless without
    the muscle to back 'em up.
[08:53] Will
    Isn't making up for your
    lack of strength a skill?
[08:56] Blood
    Think you can knock me down?
[08:59] Will
    No.
[09:00] Blood
    With the right skill,
    you could knock me over,
[09:03] Blood
    but there'll be times when
    that skill won't work for you.
[09:06] Blood
    But you can't separate
    muscles from your body.
[09:08] Blood
    The brute force that muscles give
    you can solve most problems.
[09:12] Blood
    Skills come after that.
[09:13] Blood
    Understand?
[09:15] Will
    Muscles are super masochistic, huh?
[09:24] Will
    Flammo Ignis!
SIGN    Flames Ignite
[09:27] Gus
    Erasus!
SIGN    Erasure
[09:28] Gus
    Fool! Your pronunciation is too precise!
[09:31] Gus
    Given your talent, you need to
    learn to control your accuracy,
[09:34] Gus
    or you will kill yourself!
[09:36] Will
    That's scary...
[09:38] Gus
    Magic is a scary thing.
[09:40] Gus
    Do you know why words have so much power?
[09:44] Will
    I think it's for the same reason we
    think a chair is "a chair," right?
[09:48] Gus
    Indeed.
[09:49] Will
    When we see a wooden stool with four legs,
[09:52] Will
    no matter what color it is or
    what kind of wood it's made of,
[09:56] Will
    we don't think of it as
    "four sticks and a round slab,"
[10:00] Will
    nor would we call it a "table."
[10:01] Will
    We categorize it under the "chair" label.
[10:05] Will
    So in short, words are what define
    and differentiate the way things are.
[10:10] Will
    I'm just repeating what
    someone told me, though.
[10:12] Gus
    Hmm...
[10:13] Gus
    Will, you might just be a genius after all.
[10:17] Will
    But isn't there anything I can
    do about my mixed results?
[10:20] Gus
    No! That is what words are all about.
[10:23] Gus
    Words have fluctuations.
[10:26] Gus
    No one can say a word in
    exactly the same way twice.
[10:29] Gus
    The only answer is to let your
    instincts determine the ideal level.
[10:33] Will
    My instincts?
[10:34] Gus
    You'll start by learning how to use
    minor magic skillfully and accurately.
[10:39] Gus
    But do your best to get by
    without even using that.
[10:42] Will
    Without using magic? How?
[10:45] Gus
    I'm talking about money.
[10:47] Will
    That again?
[10:49] Will
    How can a ghost be such a money worshiper?
[10:51] Gus
    What are you talking about?
    Money is important!
[10:54] Gus
    Money drives this world!
[10:56] ---
    With the power of money, you can
    solve anything without magic!
[10:59] Gus
    You can buy the necessary
    tools, hire people...
[11:02] Gus
    The ability to make a quick profit
    is just as important as magic!
[11:07] Gus
    Why, oh, why must I have hands that are
    incapable of stroking silver and gold?!
[11:12] Gus
    I want to feel money! I want to
    count gold coins with my own hands!
[11:15] Gus
    Curses!
[11:17] Will
    You are not normal...
[11:22] Mary
    Creatures such as these are "beasts."
[11:24] Mary
    "Demon beasts" are a particular type
    of beast that are extremely aggressive.
[11:29] Will
    That's...
[11:31] Mary
    Old Gus taught you the myths, right?
[11:35] Mary
    The minions of the god
    of despotism and tyranny,
[11:38] Mary
    spectres and phantoms...
[11:39] Mary
    and the demons of the god of
    dimensions, who lurks in Hell.
[11:44] Mary
    And the god of the undead,
    Stagnate, commands undead.
[11:49] Mary
    People like the three of us.
[11:52] Mary
    We used to be humans, as well.
[11:55] Will
    What? Really?
[11:56] Mary
    Yes.
[11:57] Mary
    When we died, we clung to
    powerful emotions that led us
[12:00] Mary
    to form a contract with
    the god of the undead.
[12:03] Mary
    We are traitors to the virtuous gods.
[12:07] Will
    Mary...
[12:10] Mary
    I'm sorry for talking
    about such strange things.
[12:14] Will
    Hey, Mary, do you think
    I should get stronger?
[12:18] Mary
    It would certainly put me at ease if you did.
[12:32] Blood
    Don't make it suffer.
[12:34] Blood
    Snap its neck quick.
[12:41] Blood
    Still can't get used to it, huh?
[12:45] Will
    I don't like killing.
[12:47] ---
    Am I just naïve?
[12:49] Blood
    Hey, I don't like it, either.
[12:50] Will
    Huh?
[12:51] Blood
    I don't like taking lives,
    whether it's a bird's or a human's.
[12:54] Blood
    But these guys are necessary
    sustenance to keep you alive.
[12:58] Blood
    In life-or-death situations, you put all
    that aside and go for the kill reflexively.
[13:04] Blood
    That's what it means to be a warrior.
[13:06] Blood
    In battle, it determines
    whether you live or die.
[13:09] Blood
    Okay, let's bring down a few more.
[13:12] Will
    Okay.
[13:14] Will
    Blood seems a lot like a father.
[13:19] Blood
    You're almost eight years old.
[13:22] Blood
    I think it's time you started
    some real-life training.
[13:25] Will
    What?
[13:26] ---
    It's bad enough when you
    stop just before hitting me.
[13:28] Will
    If I take a hit with your
    ridiculous strength, I'm dead!
[13:31] Blood
    I'm nothing but bones now.
[13:32] ---
    You'll be fine... probably.
[13:34] Will
    Probably?!
[13:35] Blood
    This is why I said you can use the
    magic you're learning from the old man!
[13:40] Gus
    Go on. Do just as I taught you.
[13:42] Blood
    That's right. Do it well,
    and you could actually hit me...
[13:46] Blood
    Maybe!
[13:47] Will
    Hey!
[13:48] Blood
    And don't cry that I'm playing dirty!
[13:50] Blood
    The battle has begun!
[13:52] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
[13:54] Will
    Currere!
SIGN    Run
[13:55] Will
    Oleum!
SIGN    Oil
[13:58] Will
    Cadere Araneum!
SIGN    Falling Spiderweb
[14:00] Blood
    Hey, not too shabby!
[14:04] Gus
    Fool! Distance yourself!
[14:13] Blood
    C'mon. I told you never to
    close your eyes during a fight.
[14:17] Will
    Ow!
[14:20] Blood
    I'd like to say you've got a long way
    to go, but frankly, you surprised me.
[14:23] Blood
    I thought you'd unload a
    bunch of crazy magic on me.
[14:27] Will
    Gus keeps telling me I should learn to use
    minor magic skillfully and accurately.
[14:31] Blood
    That style of not relying on sheer firepower
[14:34] Blood
    is exactly the style of the great
    sorcerer hailed as the Wandering Sage.
[14:39] Will
    Are you talking about Gus?
[14:41] Blood
    Yep.
[14:42] Blood
    He's exterminated monsters,
    calmed raging rivers,
[14:45] Blood
    and rediscovered ancient languages.
[14:48] Gus
    Hmph. That was long ago.
[14:50] Gus
    You were known as the War Ogre yourself.
[14:53] Blood
    And Mary was known as the Daughter of Mater.
[14:55] ---
    At one time, the three of us...
[14:57] Will
    Wow!
[14:58] Blood
    Never mind.
[14:59] ---
    That subject runs a little too deep.
[15:02] Blood
    Not long ago, you were just a little baby.
[15:06] Blood
    Keep up your learning and get even stronger.
[15:09] Will
    Blood...
[15:11] Gus
    When you brought back a human child,
[15:14] ---
    I thought you shouldn't have bothered,
[15:16] Gus
    but it occurred to me that if I
    educated him, he might be of use—
[15:20] Blood
    Hey, old man!
[15:20] Gus
    Nothing I said was incorrect!
[15:23] Gus
    I now recognize his talent and
    am teaching him, am I not?!
[15:27] Blood
    That's not the point.
[15:29] Blood
    I know that's just how you are.
[15:32] Blood
    I don't expect you to change that now.
[15:35] Blood
    I even think it suits you.
[15:37] Blood
    But what you just said was unnecessary.
[15:39] Blood
    Can't you imagine how it feels to
    be the one on the other end of it?
[15:44] Gus
    You are right. It was a
    thoughtless thing to say.
[15:47] Gus
    I will be more careful in the future.
[15:49] Gus
    I apologize, Will.
[15:51] Will
    Oh, it's okay. It didn't bother me.
[15:54] Will
    I couldn't believe it.
[15:56] ---
    Gus was apologizing?
[15:58] Blood
    It was rude of me to get all
    intimidating like that, too.
[16:00] Blood
    Sorry.
[16:02] Gus
    You being impolite is nothing new.
[16:05] Blood
    What?!
[16:08] Blood
    Will...
[16:09] Blood
    You might not realize it since it's been
[16:12] ---
    this way for as long as you've been aware,
[16:15] Blood
    but you know that you're not
    like the three of us, right?
[16:19] Will
    Yeah.
[16:21] Will
    I'm the only one who breathes and feels warm.
[16:24] Blood
    Yeah, basically. There's a lot to the story.
[16:28] Blood
    Sorry, though. I can't explain it to you yet.
[16:31] Will
    I know.
[16:32] Blood
    Don't be too mad at Old Gus.
[16:35] Blood
    He never bothers to choose his
    words or show consideration.
[16:40] Will
    I'm not mad. I respect Gus.
[16:43] Blood
    That so?
[16:45] Blood
    You've got a big heart.
[16:48] Blood
    Once your body's grown big
    enough to match that heart
[16:51] Blood
    and you're able to accept things,
    I'll explain everything.
[16:57] Will
    Okay.
[16:59] Will
    Blood was genuinely angry at him for my sake.
[17:03] Will
    Could I have gotten angry for someone
    else's sake in my previous life?
[17:11] Will
    Thanks.
[17:12] Will
    Blood, Mary, Gus...
[17:16] Will
    All three of them are undead
    who aren't alive anymore...
[17:19] Blood
    Will...
[17:20] Blood
    You've got another hundred years before you
[17:22] ---
    can land a hit on me from behind!
[17:24] Will
    H-Huh?!
[17:25] Will
    But right now, they're my precious family.
[17:31] Will
    Gus teaches me academic lessons,
    and Blood teaches me how to fight,
[17:36] Will
    but Mary is the one I learn the most from.
[17:39] Will
    The things she teaches me are
    little, everyday matters,
[17:40] Will
    but they're important.
[17:42] Mary
    Will, can you take care of things here?
[17:45] Will
    Oh, it's almost time for
    your prayer, isn't it?
[17:48] Mary
    Yes.
[17:49] Will
    A few times a day, Mary sequesters
    herself inside the temple dome.
[17:54] Will
    I've been told I'm not allowed to
    go in the dome while she's in there.
[17:58] Blood
    All right, it's time for
    your physical training.
[18:06] Will
    I can't lift my arms...
[18:08] Will
    Mary?
[18:12] Will
    Bread?
[18:13] Will
    Why is she carrying it out of the temple?
[18:17] (Flashback) Will
    When do you bake this bread?
[18:19] (Flashback) Mary
    That's a secret.
[18:32] Will
    I'm sorry, everyone,
[18:34] Will
    but I just have to know.
[18:42] Will
    Ma—
[18:45] Will
    No...
[18:46] Will
    I don't want to feel that again...
[18:49] Will
    I don't want to lose anyone again!
[18:53] Will
    Mary!
[18:55] Will
    Mary!
[18:56] Will
    Mary! Mary!
[18:59] Will
    Mary!
[19:00] Will
    Blood! Gus! Come in here!
[19:03] Will
    Help Mary... Help Mary!
[19:09] Mary
    It's...
[19:11] Mary
    It's all my fault.
[19:13] Mary
    I kept it a secret...
[19:15] Blood
    Sorry. I was careless.
[19:18] Gus
    All those times we told him to be careful...
[19:20] Blood
    Will his arms heal?
[19:22] Gus
    Thankfully, his fingers
    didn't adhere to each other,
[19:26] Gus
    but scarring will be unavoidable.
[19:28] Will
    Mary...
[19:29] Mary
    Will! I'm sorry... This is my...
[19:33] Will
    No, it's not. It's my fault for prying.
[19:37] Will
    So don't apologize.
[19:39] Will
    I'm glad you're all right.
[19:42] Mary
    Will...
[19:44] Will
    The smell of incense that Mary has calms me.
[19:49] Blood
    Why'd you try to look in on her?
[19:52] Will
    I got curious.
[19:53] Will
    I thought I might find some hint about
[19:57] ---
    what you guys are hiding from me.
[19:59] Blood
    I told you I'd explain someday.
[20:01] Mary
    Blood!
[20:02] Blood
    Be quiet, Mary.
[20:04] Blood
    Well, Will? Want to give me an excuse?
[20:07] Will
    No. I'm sorry.
[20:10] Blood
    From now on, consult with me
    or Mary before doing anything.
[20:14] Will
    Okay.
[20:15] Blood
    That said, Will,
[20:16] Blood
    the way you jumped in there
    to help Mary was impressive.
[20:18] Blood
    Those wounds you bear are
    your badge of manhood.
[20:21] Will
    Well, I'm your student.
[20:22] Gus
    All it got you was unnecessarily
    wounded, though.
[20:26] Gus
    Well, out of respect for your lack of fear
    toward the fire, I'll teach you this.
[20:30] Gus
    That bread is a gift from
    the earth-mother Mater.
[20:34] Gus
    They are the goddess's divine protection,
    her blessing... call it what you will.
[20:39] Will
    Then why were you on fire?
[20:41] Mary
    That happens because I betrayed
    the earth-mother Mater.
[20:45] Mary
    The impure god of death, Stagnate,
    is the earth-mother Mater's enemy.
[20:51] Mary
    Since the three of us formed
    a contract with him,
[20:53] Mary
    just coming in contact with her
    divine presence causes us to burn.
[20:57] Will
    That's awful...
[20:59] Mary
    I do not expect to be forgiven.
[21:02] Will
    Why do you still pray to her?
[21:04] Will
    For my sake?
[21:06] Mary
    No, Will.
[21:08] Mary
    Praying to the earth-mother
    every morning and evening
[21:11] Mary
    has been my daily routine
    since long before I met you.
[21:15] Will
    Doesn't it hurt?
[21:16] Mary
    Of course it does. So badly that I could cry.
[21:19] Will
    Mary...
[21:20] Mary
    But even if I've betrayed her,
    even if I must endure pain in retribution,
[21:24] Mary
    I still continue to revere the earth-mother.
[21:29] Mary
    Mater never says anything,
[21:31] Mary
    but she blesses me with
    bread for you every day.
[21:35] Mary
    That alone is more than
    enough saving grace for me.
[21:39] Mary
    I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
[21:41] Mary
    I hope you will continue to eat the bread.
[21:46] Will
    Yes, I will.
[21:48] Will
    Also, I want to ask a favor.
[21:50] Mary
    What is it?
[21:52] Will
    From now on, let me pray with you.
[21:55] Will
    I want to understand what Mary sees
    and feels, even if only a little bit.
SIGN    Episode 1
    The Boy from the City of the Dead
[22:01] Will
    That was the thought I had.
SIGN    Episode 2
    The Wandering Sage