E5 - Beauty and Death: Final Act

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[00:01] Phanora
    Only the undead can see this lantern's light.
[00:05] Phanora
    And in the eyes of those who have lost
     their reason through neglect,
[00:08] Phanora
    it outshines all else.
[00:12] Phanora
    I chose a deserted area
    to minimize the risk,
[00:16] Phanora
    but it appears we unintentionally
    hit the nail on the head.
[00:21] Johan
    Oh, the trail keeps going this way.
[00:28] Necromancer
    With necromancy,
[00:31] Necromancer
    no parting lasts forever.
[00:39] Jeff
    What have you done?
[00:41] Jeff
    What have you done?!
[00:44] Necromancer
    This will suffice for him,
[00:47] Necromancer
    but as for you, woman, despite my efforts,
     I couldn't learn a thing about you.
[00:52] Necromancer
    I'll avail myself of a bargaining chip now.
[01:03] Phanora
    Johan!
[01:06] Necromancer
    Do as I say, and you'll see him again soon.
[01:10] Necromancer
    Now, follow me.
[03:20] (Flashback) Coroner
    Um... Performing her autopsy
    must be hard for you.
[03:25] (Flashback) Coroner
    Why don't I take over?
[03:28] (Flashback) Necromancer
    There's no need.
[03:30] (Flashback) Necromancer
    I'm perfectly fine.
[03:32] (Flashback) Coroner
    Is that so?
[03:40] (Flashback) Necromancer
    How hideous.
[03:44] (Flashback) Necromancer
    Mireille, I shall bring you back
     with flawless beauty.
SIGN    Beauty and Death:
    Final Act
[04:13] Jeff
    Despite how she treated Johan,
[04:16] Jeff
    she must've really cared about him.
[04:50] Necromancer
    Ah, excuse me.
[04:52] Necromancer
    This occasionally happens
    when I disengage Manual.
[04:56] Necromancer
    The undead person's mind
     fails to return, I mean.
[05:02] Necromancer
    Have a seat.
[05:07] Jeff
    We saw plenty of other
    servants on the way here.
[05:11] Jeff
    Don't tell me they're all undead?
[05:14] Necromancer
    Indeed they are.
[05:19] Jeff
    This isn't a one-man crime.
[05:21] Jeff
    You must have accomplices.
[05:23] Jeff
    Even I know that resurrecting the
    undead takes a ton of magical energy.
[05:28] Jeff
    There's no way you could have
    brought back this many on your own.
[05:32] Phanora
    It is possible, even without help.
[05:35] Jeff
    What?
[05:36] Phanora
    Raising complete people and keeping them
     that way with regular maintenance
[05:41] Phanora
    is what consumes vast amounts of power.
[05:47] Phanora
    Sloppy work, as seen in the undead in
    that ruin, doesn't take all that much power.
[05:53] Phanora
    He neglected their maintenance, too.
[06:00] Phanora
    And while these girls seem
    decent at first glance,
[06:05] Phanora
    I'm sure they're barely there inside.
[06:09] Phanora
    Unscrupulous necromancers often do
    the bare minimum for functionality.
[06:15] Phanora
    They don't bother restoring
    most of the organs or senses.
[06:19] Phanora
    It takes hardly any magic.
[06:23] Necromancer
    Well spotted.
[06:25] Necromancer
    You know your necromancy.
[06:27] Phanora
    The question is whether they're strays.
[06:34] Phanora
    Of course, they're probably
    all strays on Semi-auto.
[06:44] Phanora
    I'm shocked.
[06:46] Phanora
    Even you must know how
    sinful creating strays is,
[06:48] Phanora
    and how heavy a price the
    dead pay for resurrection.
[06:55] Necromancer
    Naturally.
[06:57] Jeff
    What price?
[07:00] Phanora
    Normally, after death, the soul
    begins preparing for reincarnation.
[07:09] Phanora
    Souls flow into the spiral
    of death and rebirth,
[07:14] Phanora
    and after a long time,
    they achieve resurrection.
[07:17] Phanora
    But necromancy drags them
    back out of that current.
[07:26] Phanora
    Magical resurrection doesn't last forever.
[07:31] Phanora
    When the spell eventually fails
    and they die a second time,
[07:35] Phanora
    they cannot return to the cycle.
[07:39] Phanora
    There is no way to rejoin
    the stream after leaving it.
[07:44] Phanora
    Wandering souls go somewhere that
    has no up or down. No left or right.
[07:50] Phanora
    No motion or pain.
    No light or sound or heat.
[07:55] Phanora
    Their minds simply exist.
[07:58] Phanora
    And nothing changes for eternity.
[08:02] Phanora
    That hell is called...
[08:05] Phanora
    the Void.
[08:08] Jeff
    So all undead go there?
    They all fall into the Void?
[08:13] Phanora
    Sooner or later.
[08:24] Phanora
    To accept death and await reincarnation,
[08:28] Phanora
    or to regain a temporary life in exchange
    for a fate crueler than death?
[08:34] Phanora
    You deprived them of the right
    to make that crucial decision.
[08:40] Necromancer
    Let the undead worry about that.
[08:43] Necromancer
    It doesn't affect necromancers.
[08:47] Jeff
    You piece of shit!
[08:49] Jeff
    What the hell did you do this for?!
     What could justify your atrocities?!
[08:54] Necromancer
    My goal?
[08:57] Necromancer
    Let me think...
[08:59] Necromancer
    Put simply,
[09:01] Necromancer
    it's you.
[09:02] Necromancer
    I want your beauty.
[09:06] Necromancer
    You see, I lost someone I loved,
    just like both of you did.
[09:16] Necromancer
    What beauty.
[09:18] Necromancer
    She was a beautiful young
    woman with fiery red hair.
[09:25] Necromancer
    Fortunately, I had my necromancy.
[09:30] Necromancer
    Reuniting with her should
    have been a simple matter.
[09:34] Necromancer
    But unfortunately, the manner of her
    death burned away most of her skin.
[09:41] Necromancer
    I can produce any number
    of hideous creatures.
[09:45] Necromancer
    Beauty, however, is challenging to recreate.
[09:48] Necromancer
    Still, I need only gather those
    who still have what she lost.
[09:55] Necromancer
    I can supplement any
    remaining deficiencies myself.
[10:01] Necromancer
    Beautiful things appeal to me.
[10:03] Necromancer
    I might as well give her the loveliest
    possible body when I resurrect her.
[10:10] Necromancer
    I practiced on those corpses you
    saw to improve my technique.
[10:15] Necromancer
    Sometimes more successfully than others.
[10:19] Jeff
    That's it?
[10:21] Jeff
    That's your only reason?
[10:24] Necromancer
    Everyone values things differently.
[10:28] Necromancer
    What do you think?
[10:30] Necromancer
    All the undead and taxidermy specimens
    in this room represent my successes.
[10:36] Necromancer
    I think they came out well. And yet...
[10:40] Necromancer
    They pale beside your beauty.
[10:43] Necromancer
    I do hope you'll let me
    use your body as a base.
[10:55] Phanora
    How dull.
[10:58] Phanora
    That's really your only reason?
[11:00] Phanora
    I played along because
    I expected there to be more to it.
[11:05] Jeff
    Ms. Kristoffel...
[11:06] Necromancer
    Such composure.
[11:08] Necromancer
    I see. Given your knowledge of resurrection,
[11:13] Necromancer
    you must be a necromancer, too.
[11:17] Necromancer
    I wondered why the undead I'd abandoned
    underground ran off all of a sudden.
[11:24] Necromancer
    I suppose that was your doing.
[11:28] Necromancer
    But even if you are a necromancer,
    what can you do in this situation?
[11:33] Necromancer
    You abide by the rules, don't you?
[11:39] Necromancer
    As long as rules bind you,
[11:42] Necromancer
    you cannot oppose me.
[11:45] Necromancer
    Please don't try to be clever.
[11:58] Phanora
    Sorry...
[12:00] Phanora
    but I'm not just a necromancer.
[12:04] Necromancer
    Your eyes!
[12:06] Necromancer
    Those runes!
[12:14] Necromancer
    No... It can't be...
[12:22] Necromancer
    A witch!
[12:26] Phanora
    I wasted my tears.
[12:34] Necromancer
    Impossible!
[12:35] Necromancer
    How could I have unwittingly
    invited a witch here?
[12:40] Jeff
    A witch? No way.
[12:43] Jeff
    But come to think of it, it makes sense.
[12:47] Jeff
    Since I first set eyes on her, her beauty
    has seemed chilling, almost otherworldly.
[12:54] Necromancer
    So I take it we're going
    to do this the hard way?
[12:59] Phanora
    Of course.
[13:00] Necromancer
    Wait. You seem to have forgotten something.
[13:03] Necromancer
    Why do you think I took a hostage?
[13:09] Necromancer
    You can't resurrect someone
    without a part of their corpse.
[13:13] Necromancer
    If I have my undead reduce him
    to ash, you'll never see him a—
[13:18] Phanora
    Suit yourself.
[13:21] Phanora
    He won't make a good hostage.
[13:24] Phanora
    And regardless,
[13:25] Phanora
    I won't stop until I've dealt with you.
[13:31] Necromancer
    I see.
[13:33] Necromancer
    Then it seems I must resort to force.
[13:43] Necromancer
    "Prepare for the worst," and all that.
[13:47] Necromancer
    Thank goodness I made combat models.
[13:52] Phanora
    Combat models?
[13:54] Phanora
    Don't you ever stop?
[13:56] Phanora
    I don't know how much you tinkered
    with them, but they're merely strays.
[14:02] Phanora
    You can bind them with Semi-auto,
[14:05] Phanora
    but they remain mindless automatons,
    barely aware of themselves.
[14:11] Phanora
    You can't beat me with those.
[14:14] Necromancer
    You're bluffing.
[14:17] Phanora
    Few people wish to become undead
    knowing they'll fall into the Void.
[14:22] Phanora
    Even fewer would put themselves
    in a necromancer's service or control.
[14:29] Phanora
    But even knowing everything,
[14:33] Phanora
    some still offer themselves
     to necromancers.
[14:37] Phanora
    With the utmost respect, I call them...
[14:43] Phanora
    Death Knights.
[14:50] Phanora
    None of you lay a hand
    on that bearded man.
[14:55] Phanora
    As for everyone else, well...
[14:58] Phanora
    Do as you please.
[15:15] Jeff
    Stop!
[15:16] Jeff
    Don't fight!
[15:18] Jeff
    P-Please stop!
[15:34] Phanora
    Sorry.
[15:35] Phanora
    As long as the spell lasts, killing the
    body is the only way to stop them.
[15:44] Phanora
    I'll see to it that the
    necromancer gets his just deserts.
[15:56] Necromancer
    What a miscalculation!
[15:58] Necromancer
    Why a witch, of all people?
[16:00] Necromancer
    Damn, damn, damn, damn!
[16:03] Necromancer
    How dare she ruin my plans?!
[16:07] Necromancer
    But I'm not finished.
[16:09] Necromancer
    I'll remodel your body into
    the ultimate warrior right now.
[16:16] Johan
    Man, seriously?
[16:18] Johan
    What a scumbag.
[16:23] Johan
    What happened to all that talk about beauty?
[16:29] Necromancer
    Impossible! How are you alive?
[16:32] Johan
    Oh, no. I'm good and dead.
[16:36] Necromancer
    When did the witch resurrect you?
[16:39] Necromancer
    She was with me until just a moment ago!
[16:41] Necromancer
    She had no time to—
[16:43] Johan
    Oh, come on. What's so weird about it?
[16:48] Johan
    I've been undead this whole time.
[16:55] Johan
    But undead can't get over physical death
     without necromantic maintenance.
[17:01] Johan
    So how am I standing here
     good as new, you ask?
[17:06] Johan
    The answer to that should be obvious.
[17:09] Johan
    I'm not just any undead.
[17:16] Johan
    I'm a witch's undead.
[17:20] Necromancer
    S-Stay back!
[17:22] Necromancer
    Stop!
[17:29] Johan
    Basically...
[17:33] Johan
    I'm built different.
[17:36] Necromancer
    Wait!
[17:37] Necromancer
    Calm down, now. Don't kill me.
[17:40] Necromancer
    Don't kill me!
[17:42] Necromancer
    If you kill me, all of those undead will...
[17:45] Johan
    Kill you?
[17:47] Johan
    Nah, I'm not gonna kill you.
[17:50] Johan
    See, you crossed a line.
[17:54] Johan
    You broke every taboo in the book.
[17:57] Necromancer
    I... I know.
[17:59] Necromancer
    I'll take responsibility for those undead.
[18:03] Johan
    You pissed off Phanora.
[18:06] Johan
    Death's way too good for you.
[18:10] Necromancer
    S-Stop...
[18:13] Johan
    I'll start with your fingers.
[18:15] Necromancer
    Please stop!
[18:17] Necromancer
    I-I beg—
[18:33] Jeff
    Johan, you...
[18:37] Johan
    I haven't killed him yet.
[18:44] Phanora
    Listen.
[18:45] Jeff
    Y-Yes?
[18:46] Phanora
    I'm about to break the law, so could you
     keep this whole incident to yourself?
[18:52] Jeff
    What?
[18:53] Phanora
    A promise won't do.
[18:55] Phanora
    You'll need to consent to a contract spell.
[18:58] Jeff
    I don't know...
[19:00] Phanora
    The Order of Magical Resonance remains
    shrouded in mystery despite its fame
[19:05] Phanora
    because we require our clients
    to watch their words.
[19:08] Jeff
    You want me to turn a blind eye
     to a crime? I could never—
[19:11] Phanora
    Don't you want to save her?
[19:15] Phanora
    If you want to save all the victims,
[19:19] Phanora
    shut up and do as I say.
[19:35] Phanora
    I'll have you maintain all the undead
    you resurrected as complete human beings.
[19:44] Phanora
    I'll provide the magical power,
     so don't slack off.
[19:49] Necromancer
    What have you done?
[19:52] Necromancer
    What have you done?!
[19:54] Necromancer
    Me, undead?
[19:56] Necromancer
    How dare you?! How dare you?!
[19:59] Necromancer
    This means I'll... I'll fall into the Void, and—
[20:05] Phanora
    Worrying about the afterlife already?
[20:08] Phanora
    I hate to break it to you,
[20:11] Phanora
    but I won't give you a moment's peace
    while you're in this world, either.
[20:19] Jeff
    Ms. Kristoffel, does this mean
     I can see her again?
[20:26] Jeff
    The way she used to be?
[20:30] Phanora
    Well, yes.
[20:32] Phanora
    Her illegal resurrection means she'll
    have to keep a low profile for now,
[20:36] Phanora
    but I know ways to legitimize her.
[20:41] Jeff
    Is that so?
[20:44] Phanora
    Feeling conflicted?
[20:46] Jeff
    I guess so.
[20:48] Jeff
    I feel torn,
[20:50] Jeff
    but thoughtless as it is,
    I can't help being happy.
[21:00] Johan
    Hey.
[21:01] Phanora
    What?
[21:02] Johan
    You're done now, right, Phanora?
[21:04] Johan
    Get away from him.
[21:06] Johan
    You're too close.
[21:09] Phanora
    Johan.
[21:10] Johan
    Yeah?
[21:11] Phanora
    What did you do with my luggage?
[21:15] Johan
    Huh?
[21:16] Johan
    Uh, wait.
[21:18] Johan
    Where'd I put it?
[21:19] Phanora
    Are you saying you lost it?
[21:21] Johan
    I mean, I had more important things—
[21:23] Phanora
    Find it.
[21:25] Johan
    Fine.
[21:27] Johan
    Not even a thank you.
[21:29] Jeff
    Johan.
[21:31] Johan
    Yeah? What do you want?
[21:34] Jeff
    I'm sorry.
[21:37] Jeff
    I spoke thoughtlessly without
    realizing you were undead.
[21:42] Jeff
    And I warned you to
    "watch out for beautiful women,"
[21:46] Jeff
    but you never had a choice, did you?
[21:51] Johan
    Do I look that unfortunate to you?
[21:54] Jeff
    You don't seem well-treated.
[21:58] Johan
    That figures.
[22:00] Johan
    But whatever.
[22:02] Johan
    Don't worry.
[22:04] Johan
    This is fine by me.
[22:17] Necromancer
    Wh-What are you doing?!
[22:19] Phanora
    What do you mean?
[22:25] Phanora
    That was for hurting Johan.
[24:01] Helga
    I haven't even had a boyfriend yet!
[24:04] Ashaf
    Next time: "The Witch and
    the Demon Sword: Opening Act."
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