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(WARNING: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE DOCUMENT)
XENOSAGA EPISODE II
Jenseits von Gut und Böse
Game Script
(by Christiana Bakarich aka tamashii)
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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SECTION NUMBER AND NAME | CODE | WHAT IS IT?
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01 ) Table of Contents | G#100 | Sections of this guide.
02 ) Legal Information | G#200 | Copyright protection/legal info.
03 ) Latest Updates | G#300 | What was added in the last update.
04 ) Introduction | G#400 | A bit about myself and this guide.
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05 ) Searching this Guide | G#500 | How to use the search function... handy.
06 ) Character Information* | G#600 | Character bios.
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07 ) Game Script | G#700 | The dialogue transcription of cutscenes.
07a) Disc One* | G#705 | Transcription of the first disc.
07b) Disc Two* | G#745 | Transcription of the second disc.
07c) Ending Credits | G#790 | The complete ending credits.
07d) TSSF Summaries* | G#799 | The Story So Far gameload summaries.
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08 ) Past Revisions | G#800 | History of this guide.
09 ) Credits | G#900 | All who contributed... Thank you!
10 ) Contact Information | G#ZZZ | How to reach me.
* Indicates section under construction.
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L E G A L I N F O R M A T I O N
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G#200
This document is copyrighted to me, Christiana Bakarich. It is intended for
private use only. It cannot be used in any form of printed or electronic media
involved in a commercial business, in part or in whole, in any way, shape, or
form. It cannot be given away freely, as bonus or prize, and it can't be given
away with the game. It cannot be used for profitable or promotional
purposes, regardless of the situation. Breaking any of these rules is in
direct violation of copyright law.
This document is protected by copyright law and international treaties.
Unauthorized reproduction and distribution of this document, or any portion
of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be
prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. Any characters,
names, places, or miscellaneous objects are copyright of their respective
companies.
If you are a webmaster of a site that wishes to post this document, you may
do so under one condition - you must e-mail me first for permission. If
permission is granted, you cannot change a single character of this document,
and you must leave it in txt format. Under NO circumstances will this guide be
permitted to be hosted at www.CheatCC.com.
As of March 15, 2005, only the following site(s) may host this guide:
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.neoseeker.com
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L A T E S T U P D A T E S
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G#300
Version 1.2 (May 17, 2005)
--'The Story So Far...' section begun.
--Minor spelling and format errors fixed.
--Action included up through Jin and Margulis' fight.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
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G#400
At the very end of February 2005, two weeks after I brought home my copy of
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse AND a mere three days after I
beat the final storyline boss, I decided that I would like to contribute
something to the fans of this series that I adore so much. After spending a
while on the Gamefaqs.com Xenosaga Episode II message board, it became clear to
me that there was a demand for a script of the cutscenes in this game.
Let me explain.
Now, because this series has such a huge, deep plot, there are many things
about the story to unravel and explore -- such as character interactions,
individual character development, references to science and futuristic
technology, connections between past and future episodes of the Saga, and of
course the questionably present ties to the legendary PlayStation game
Xenogears. In order for these things to be examined and dissected so that they
may be more easily understood by the common gamer, someone should copy down and
load up the actual script of the game's story, right? I am hoping my efforts
will make these things a bit easier, heh.
Dialogue and action descriptions in this guide will be as complete as possible,
and I will try my best to make them unbiased. That means that if there is a
character, line, or event that I don't like, I won't skip over it or cheese out
on that part, all right? Completion is my goal, here.
I've formatted this guide in a way that I hope is organized, and I've tried to
make it easy on the eyes. After all, if it isn't easy to read through, there
isn't much point in me putting it up.
That said, it must be stated (and emphasized) that this guide is *NOT* SPOILER
FREE. SPOILERS ABOUND EVERYWHERE. IN FACT, THIS ENTIRE GUIDE IS JUST ONE HUGE
DOCUMENT OF SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME.
Well, both games, actually...Episode I and Episode II.
Anyway, if you do not mind the plot being spoiled for you or you've already
played the game, then sit back, relax, and I hope you enjoy the story.
I REPEAT. THIS GUIDE IS *NOT* SPOILER-FREE.
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S E A R C H I N G T H I S G U I D E
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G#500
If you need to find something quickly, press and hold CTRL (Control), then
press the F button. This will bring up the 'Find and Replace' box. In it, type
the word or name you're looking for and you should be taken to it immediately.
This is much faster than scrolling through the entire guide.
This is mainly intended to help you find the dialogue for any one character.
This will start off with the playable characters you get to control, then it
will list the main supporting characters in the order they are introduced in
the game. Finally, I will note the background characters in the order they
are introduced in the game.
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FULL CHARACTER NAME | LISTED IN THIS GUIDE AS:
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Shion Uzuki | Shion
KOS-MOS | KOS-MOS
chaos | chaos
Jr. / Gaignun Kukai Jr. (U.R.T.V.) | Jr.
Ziggurat 8 / Ziggy | Ziggy
100-Series Observational Unit Prototype MOMO | MOMO
Jin Uzuki | Jin
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Helmer | Helmer
Canaan | Canaan
Margulis | Margulis
Orgulla | Orgulla
Patriarch | Patriarch
Pellegri | Pellegri
Allen Ridgeley | Allen
Dr. Juli Mizrahi | Juli
Gaignun Kukai (adult U.R.T.V.) | Gaignun
Richard | Richard
Rubedo (Jr. 14 years ago -- U.R.T.V. 666) | Rubedo
Nigredo (Gaignun 14 years ago -- U.R.T.V. 669) | Nigredo
Kevin Winnicot | Kevin
Boss (Moby Dick Cafe) | Boss
Mary Godwin | Mary
Shelley Godwin | Shelley
Albedo Piasora (adult U.R.T.V.) | Albedo
Sellers | Sellers
Albedo (Albedo 14 years ago -- U.R.T.V. 667) | Albedo
Sakura Mizrahi | Sakura
Dr. Dmitri Yuriev | Yuriev
Citrine (U.R.T.V. 668) | Citrine
Miyuki Itsumi | Miyuki
Febronia | Febronia
Nephilim | Nephilim
Red Cloak -- Testament | Red Cloak
Wilhelm | Wilhelm
Captain Matthews | Matthews
Hammer | Hammer
Tony | Tony
Vanderkam | Vanderkam
Blue/Purple Cloak -- Testament | Blue Cloak
Mirror Jr. (Albedo) | Mirror Jr.
White Claok -- Testament | White Cloak
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Female Newscaster | Newscaster
Female Operator | Operator
Male Government Offices Technician | Technician
Male 2nd R&D Division Scientist | Scientist
100-Series Realian(s) | 100-Series
Male U.M.N. Control Center Technician | Tech #1
Female U.M.N. Control Center Technician | Tech #2
Male Representative #1 | Rep #1
Brown-haired Male Representative | Rep #2
Bald Male Representative w/ glasses | Rep #3
Male Representative #4 | Rep #4
Announcer for Encephalon Dive | Announcer
Female Yuriev Institute Technician | Tech 01
U.R.T.V. Collective Consciousness | U.R.T.V.
Security A.I. for the Dämmerung | Security
Male Technician in Second R&D Division | Tech 1
Soldier on the Nalgfar Cannon ship | Soldier
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C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N
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G#600
I will add here a list of important characters and descriptions of each
character. Some minor background characters like technicians and scientists
will be referred to with similar names on occasion, because of the limitations
of space due to how I've formatted this guide. I will be adding in actions in
the future, however, so I will try to describe these characters in greater
detail in the relevant scenes.
[Section Currently Under Construction]
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G A M E S C R I P T
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D I S C O N E
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[OLD MILTIA -- T.C. 4753 (14 YEARS AGO)]
[An oddly spider-shaped spacecraft gates out of hyperspace and begins its
descent onto Miltia.]
[The screen becomes slightly fuzzy, indicating that we are now watching a
news broadcast.]
Newscaster: What you're seeing here is actual footage from the violence that
erupted before dawn this morning.
Newscaster: These seemingly coordinated Realian attacks were reported
throughout Federation territory, prompting government officials to
consider this movement an act of terrorism.
[There is insane laughter in the background. The camera moves down to view
Old Miltia City with all the bright lights and advertisements. The sky is
dark. There are flames and smoke coming from destroyed buildings and
vehicles. There are many people running through the streets.]
Newscaster: Their response to these Realians has been --
Newscaster: There's been a new development...
[The camera zooms in on a small group of Realians destroying a car with some
sort of pipe or club. An explosion suddenly obstructs the view. When the
smoke clears, we see Realians working together to overturn another car.
The car explodes.]
Newscaster: As international agencies continue to analyze these violent
events, a flash action report within the Federation -- and
obtained by this station -- indicates that only Realian models
created within the last two years or those receiving adjustments
in the Miltian Star System have been implicated.
[The camera moves to show a group of Realians now beating up citizens with
pipes and clubs.]
[Our view pulls back to show that the news report is being viewed on a large
computer console screen.]
Newscaster: Although this is not a complete list, we have obtained a partial
list of units matching these criteria.
Newscaster: This list includes...
[The view slowly shifts right to show a male Realian with orange hair and
golden eyes tightening the gloves of his grey military uniform. He is
listening to the news report.]
Newscaster: DZ-1006448
Newscaster: DZ-2000330
[The Realian looks up to watch the screen as he continues to tighten his
gloves.]
Newscaster: DZ-1001007
[The news report disappears as a black man in military uniform pops up on
the screen. He begins talking to the Realian.]
Helmer: Today was just the beginning of the ensuing violence.
Helmer: These Realian outbreaks are spreading like wildfire.
[The view zooms in on the screen again as Helmer continues talking.]
Helmer: They'll be reading off plenty more model numbers in the media
tomorrow, I can assure you.
Canaan: So, what does that have to do with the operation?
Canaan: I'd like to know why I was chosen for this mission.
[Canaan finally stops fussing with his gloves, and looks up at Helmer.]
Canaan: I'm told that the military has detained all of its Realians.
Canaan: I find it difficult to believe that they don't have any misgivings
about us.
[Canaan stands before the screen with his arms crossed.]
Helmer: Canaan, you're a Realian who's been especially created and
configured by Vector, itself.
Helmer: I've been given the CEO's personal guarantee that you won't be
affected like the others.
[The door behind Canaan suddenly opens, and a boy with silver hair and
tanned skin, in the same grey uniform as Canaan, enters. He addresses
Canaan.]
chaos: Besides, no ordinary pilot could possibly control your craft.
chaos: That makes you very vital to the operation.
Helmer: I don't believe you two have been properly introduced yet.
[Canaan turns his head to the left to look at chaos.]
Helmer: This is chaos.
[Canaan turns his body towards chaos as chaos continues walking towards the
computer. chaos is also looking at Canaan.]
Helmer: He'll be joining you onboard as your navigator.
[Canaan addresses chaos.]
Canaan: I appreciate the offer, but you may want to reconsider.
Canaan: A regular human can't ride in that thing.
[chaos smiles.]
chaos: Right. That's why I'm here.
chaos: Don't worry.
Helmer: All right, it's settled then.
Helmer: Good luck to both of you.
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[There is a U.M.N. symbol on the screen -- the snake-thing eating its tail.]
Operator: As mentioned in the briefing, this is a top-secret mission.
[The U.M.N. symbol is replaced by an Anima logo, and a hologram of the E.S.
Asher appears, glowing and encased in thin glowing blue rings. The Anima
logo is replaced by the Vector symbol.]
Operator: All IFF code transmitters will be switched off, and under no
circumstances will you receive backup from this vessel.
[Glowing orange lines are spread out on the screen around the E.S. Asher
hologram, and they move to make a 3D grid-map of a hangar.]
Operator: You will have to manage your descent and return on your own.
Operator: You can expect heavy resistance from both U-TIC enemy craft and
Federation military units deployed throughout Miltia.
[The view moves up the back of the E.S. Asher craft in the darkened hangar.]
Operator: It's going to be dangerous.
[We see Canaan stationed in the lower half of the E.S. Asher cockpit.]
Operator: So watch yourselves out there.
Canaan: Don't worry.
Canaan: I'm coming back.
[The view shifts up to show chaos stationed above Canaan in the upper half
of the E.S. Asher cockpit.]
chaos: Operator, requesting confirmation.
[A small screen pops up in front of chaos. It reads: STRATEGY CHECK. A small
keypad of black, hexagonal keys shows up on the screen, and chaos taps
four different keys.]
chaos: We are to head to point NN441, correct?
Operator: Correct.
[View shifts again to the exterior of the E.S. Asher. We see its massive leg
and its equally large beam gun.]
Operator: The U.R.T.V. force is currently deployed at the target location.
Operator: Your primary objective is to retrieve them. Protecting them should
be your first priority.
[View shifts back to the interior of the cockpit. Canaan is peering upwards
at the screen in front of chaos.]
chaos: All of them?
Operator: Affirmative.
Operator: If the situation allows, you will then infiltrate U-TIC's
motherframe and acquire the Y-Data -- the root of this conflict.
chaos: Roger. We'll do what we can.
Canaan: E.S. Asher start-up sequence complete.
Canaan: Requesting launch.
[Back outside the E.S. Asher again, we see the huge doors in front and back
of the special craft opening.]
Operator: Launch request confirmed.
Operator: Now guiding E.S. Asher to Deck B.
[When the doors are finally open, we see a sun setting and causing the sky
to appear reddish-orange. A few stars are visible beyond the atmosphere.]
[The title appears: Xenosaga EPISODE II Jenseits von Gut und Böse]
chaos: Defensive shields deployed. Ready when you are.
[We slowly zoom in on the E.S. Asher from the front.]
Operator: Roger.
Operator: Initiating launch procedure.
Operator: Good luck!
[Sparks fly as the E.S. Asher is launched via an overhead rail. As the craft
begins to descend into the clouds, it drops the mechanisms that were used
to connect it to the rails for deployment. Suddenly the E.S. Asher turns
around and flies back underneath the main spacecraft. The Asher zooms
along just above the clouds, towards the sunset. It finally descends
through the cloud layer.]
chaos: Currently passing through the troposphere.
chaos: Outer hull temperature returning to normal.
[The clouds clear to show the large city on Second Miltia. There is a lot of
haze over the horizon. We see shots being fired into the air, and some
small explosions in the distance.]
chaos: Adjusting descent path by 0.22.
[We see the city now from inside the cockpit, just above Canaan's head.]
chaos: This should get us closer to our target.
[A warning screen suddenly pops up in front of chaos. He gasps.]
chaos: Approach warning.
chaos: Incoming craft detected.
[Several A.M.W.S. craft fly up to meet the Asher. They're flying on glowing
discs.]
chaos: They're on an intercept course.
chaos: There are --
[chaos sounds slightly panicked. Canaan calmly interrupts him.]
Canaan: We'll take them all out.
Canaan: Stop counting and take control of the shields.
[A wide red light flashes on the top of the E.S. Asher.]
Canaan: We'll use the shockwave to gain an advantage on them.
Canaan: You've got control of the weapons.
[chaos's eyes move back and forth, watching the enemy craft.]
chaos: Roger.
chaos: It looks like they're unmanned.
chaos: With no G-force limit, they can outmaneuver us.
[The enemy units begin moving in formation to intercept. They start shooting
red beams at the E.S. Asher.]
chaos: They might pull some crazy moves out there, so be careful.
[The E.S. Asher dodges the beams and flies down to greet the enemy mechs.]
Canaan: It just makes them all the more predictable.
[A screen is in front of chaos. One of the targets on the screen shifts, and
chaos gasps. He fires the cannon. A large blue beam shoots out and
destroys one of the mechs. It explodes. Another mech flies through the
explosion until its above the E.S. Asher. Canaan gasps and maneuvers the
E.S. Asher around the red beam shots that the enemy mech is shooting at
it. Another blue beam is fired towards the enemies that have appeared
above them. One of them is hit -- the first part of it explodes, then the
rest of it falls a short distance before exploding as well. The Asher
spins in a downward spiral, avoiding two synchronized enemy mechs
shooting at it. chaos makes a distressed noise as the targets dance
around his screen too fast for him to lock on. chaos shoots again, and
hits one enemy craft, resulting in another big two-part explosion.
The Asher and the remaining of the two enemy mechs spin around, facing
each other, and the Asher manages to hit the enemy. Another explosion.
Canaan looks up and gasps as he sees five more synchronized enemy units
heading up towards them.]
chaos: There's no end to these guys.
[View is focused on the E.S. Asher's cannon-gun as the Asher hangs in the
air.]
chaos: And we don't have much A.B.R. energy left, either.
chaos: Let's find someplace to set it down.
[The Asher moves downward again into the last group of mechs. The mechs
back off as one, and start shooting at the E.S. Asher. The Asher quickly
dodges all of the shots. chaos closes his eyes, focusing. The enemies
pause, take aim, and circle suddenly toward the Asher again. chaos' eyes
suddenly open and he shoots the beam-gun...managing to catch each of the
enemy units in his line of fire. They all explode simultaneously. The
Asher pauses. Suddenly another enemy mech flies overhead, and the Asher
turns to shoot it. chaos fires, and the beam starts to form -- but
dies out almost instantly.
chaos: We're empty...
[Canaan grunts. He makes a sudden movement with the Asher's arm that the gun
is attached to. The enemy mech moves to directly strike the Asher, but
Canaan spears the enemy mech on its gun. As the immobilized mech starts
sparking, Canaan ejects the weapon and the mech-plus-gun fall out of the
sky a little ways before exploding. The E.S. Asher hangs in the air for
a few seconds. chaos' eyes move back and forth again, scanning the area
for any last enemy A.M.W.S. units.]
chaos: All enemies destroyed.
[chaos addresses Canaan again.]
chaos: It's true. You really are as good as they say.
Canaan: How are you handling the feedback?
[Canaan cocks his head slightly.]
Canaan: You know, a normal person would've probably passed out by now.
[The E.S. Asher slowly begins descending toward the city again.]
Canaan: I don't want you jeopardizing the mission.
[Another gun materializes on one of the E.S. Asher's arms, and a new weapon
materializes on the other arm.]
chaos: I'm fine.
chaos: It feels like it's had some special tuning, but that just makes it
more interesting.
[Canaan gasps and closes his eyes.]
Canaan: I see.
[The E.S. Asher is getting closer to the ground.]
Canaan: Well, if I get anything unusual from you, I'm cutting the bypass
to the navigator immediately.
Canaan: I can operate this thing fine by myself.
[chaos looks a little confused and upset.]
chaos: Roger.
[The E.S. Asher is finally close enough to the ground to land. It flies down
and ejects the mechanisms it was using to fly. It glides over a bridge
and at last settles onto a wide street.]
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[From the interior of the E.S. Asher's cockpit, the view slides across the
buildings on one side of the street. There is debris and rubble strewn
across the street, as well as a dead Realian. The advertisements and
several of the lights are still functioning, though. There are no people
around.]
chaos: Looks like we're pretty far out from our objective.
chaos: Plus, I'd say the defensive network we saw on the way down takes
out the idea of an airborne approach.
[Canaan's head is tilted towards chaos, but he looks down at the street.]
Canaan: We'll go by ground then.
Canaan: Fortunately, the rubble from the burned out buildings should
provide us enough cover to cross the city unnoticed.
[chaos nods.]
chaos: Agreed. We'd better get moving.
chaos: We don't have much time.
[Exterior view of the E.S. Asher. The way it shifts, it almost seems like
it's breathing.]
Canaan: Not much time?
[Canaan turns his head up towards chaos again, curious.]
Canaan: Does this have something to do with the U.R.T.V.s?
Canaan: Those designer children?
[chaos nods again and makes a noise to signify confirmation.]
chaos: Yes. That's right.
chaos: We need to protect them from the coming crisis, if and when it
occurs.
[Canaan tilts his head again.]
Canaan: You do realize that's a different story from what I heard in my
official briefing.
chaos: No doubt.
chaos: As the Federation government's special forces, the U.R.T.V.s were
sent in ahead of the invasion.
[chaos looks down at Canaan.]
chaos: I'm sure you understand what they represent in the conflict
against the U-TIC Organization.
Canaan: Right.
[Canaan looks forward again, then to his left.]
Canaan: I understand that they're bioweapons sent in to sever the link
between the U-TIC's mobile weapons fleet and their source of
power, the Zohar.
chaos: The higher-ups have complete confidence in the U.R.T.V.s -- they
are the military's trump card.
[chaos looks forward.]
chaos: Unfortunately, the brass are also blind to the potential dangers
of the U.R.T.V.s.
[Canaan looks forward again.]
Canaan: Fascinating. I hadn't realized the situation was so desperate.
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[The E.S. Asher walks slowly down the middle of the street, surrounded by
flaming wreckage and buildings covered by lights and advertisements. The
area is deserted of people.]
Canaan: So tell me...what exactly are we expecting to happen here?
[View fades into E.S. Asher's cockpit interior as chaos begins speaking.]
chaos: Well, the problem is that the U.R.T.V.s aren't merely machines.
chaos: They're real people with their consciousness intact.
chaos: The system that currently controls the Zohar was actually designed
to be used for the U.M.N. transport system.
chaos: However...
[Canaan turns his head.]
Canaan: Yes?
chaos: Well, they experimented with the transport of living beings
numerous times, but every attempt ended in failure.
Canaan: According to the records, 99.76% of them were killed instantly.
chaos: However, it seems that on very rare occasions, there were
survivors.
chaos: They didn't exist as people anymore, though.
chaos: They were just things, never able to recover their consciousness
-- the very element that made them human.
Canaan: Mental breakdown...
chaos: Lieutenant General Helmer concluded that if contact with the
system led to the destruction of the human mind, then even the
U.R.T.V.s, created as the system's antithesis, might be affected.
chaos: Therefore, if the U.R.T.V.s were to suffer a mental breakdown,
then likely the Zohar, a source of infinite energy, would spiral
out of control. That would be devastating.
Canaan: And yet the General Staff's decision wasn't overturned. I suppose
that's where we come in...
[The E.S. Asher continues walking down the deserted street.]
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[The E.S. Asher is walking on an overpass. Suddenly there is a blinding
flash of light. The Asher stops moving. Canaan shields his eyes with his
arm as the Song of Nephilim begins to play. chaos narrows his eyes, but
gazes upward anyway. Behind several buildings in front of them, a pillar
of light shoots up into the sky. The E.S. Asher takes a step back.]
Canaan: What is it? A pillar of light?
Canaan: And that sound...
[Canaan starts.]
Canaan: It's more than that. Music?
chaos: It's...the Song of Nephilim.
[Canaan quickly turns his head, surprised.]
Canaan: You know what it is?
chaos: I can't believe it.
[chaos' hand tightens on his controls.]
chaos: Even U-TIC has to be aware of the danger of the song.
[The pillar of light is slightly brightening and fading in its intensity.]
chaos: What could possibly make them...
[The light brightens. chaos leans forward suddenly.]
chaos: No! If this keeps up --
[A nearby abandoned truck explodes from enemy fire in front of the E.S.
Asher. A small section of the overpass is destroyed. chaos gasps and
twists around to see what happened. One enemy is spotted on the roof of
one of the buildings in front of the Asher, while another is spotted on
the street in front of them.]
Canaan: It looks like they think we're the enemy.
[A second enemy mech walks up nearby the first one on the street.]
Canaan: Any ideas?
[The enemies aim and start firing at the E.S. Asher. The Asher takes a few
steps back. A small screen pops up in front of chaos. A yellow warning
pops up on the screen surrounding a glowing blue hologram of the enemy
mech unit type.]
chaos: Yes, send an emergency IFF signal to let them know we're on their
side.
[We hear chaos tapping at keys. The view zooms in on chaos' small screen,
which reads 'COMMUNICATION - CALL SIGN TO..' A small box appears on the
small screen as well, reading 'Connection Viewer'. As chaos taps at the
keys on the bottom of the small screen, the box on the screen lights
up blue. A second, smaller box appears next to that, scrolling down
through text quickly. A second, smaller screen pops up next to the first,
reading 'Receiving Device'.]
chaos: We can't let anything stop us. We have to reach our objective.
[The enemy mechs continue firing at the E.S. Asher.]
Canaan: They should be receiving our IFF signal.
chaos: Wait. Something's wrong.
[View changes back to chaos' second screen. It reads a Waveform-number that
suddenly starts changing. A thin box on the screen shows the
wave pattern as it rapidly fluctuates, and it begins flashing red.]
Canaan: What is this?
[We suddenly hear crazed screaming and crying out in the background, perhaps
over the radio.]
Canaan: What the...what's going on with them?
chaos: This is...
[chaos' eyes widen, and he gasps.]
chaos: It can't be...
[The E.S. Asher is suddenly hit. The arm with the main weapon is blown off.
The Asher collapses down into a sort of kneeling position. chaos braces
himself. His screen is not entirely red. The hologram and yellow warning
are still at the bottom of his screen. Two more enemy units are walking
toward the Asher from behind. Canaan gasps, clutching his head. His eyes
close and he makes noises that indicate he is in pain. One eye opens
again, slightly twitching.]
chaos: Wait. Canaan, no!
[The two mechs continue their approach, guns trained on the E.S. Asher. The
Asher starts glowing blue, with a sort of green aura appearing on top of
it. The green aura expands and brightens to blue.]
chaos: Don't listen to it! Close your mind!
[The enemy mechs are right on top of the Asher. Suddenly their main bodies
light up with bright orange crosses and they explode simultaneously. The
Asher's aura is now pink. After the explosion and the smoke clears, the
aura on the Asher fades. Canaan stops gasping in pain, and turns to see
what destroyed their enemies. There is another mech standing beyond the
small fires and flaming wreckage left behind by the two mechs. Their
savior has a blade in one hand of his mech. He's still behind the Asher.
Canaan and chaos both look over their shoulders at him.]
Canaan: Is he with us?
chaos: I don't know.
chaos: But he's broadcasting an IFF.
Jin: Attention, unidentified craft.
Jin: I've received your IFF signal.
Jin: The other crafts have been tainted, but you seem unaffected. Are
you an ally?
[There is still enemy fire raining down around the E.S. Asher and the other
A.M.W.S. craft.]
Canaan: Well, it looks like this one's still sane.
Canaan: What do you think?
chaos: Getting out of here is our first priority right now.
[chaos turns back to face the front, and nods down at Canaan.]
chaos: I think we should stick together.
Canaan: Agreed.
[The wide red light on top of the E.S. Asher flashes briefly, and the Asher
maneuvers itself into a standing position.]
Jin: Confirmed. IFF signal accepted.
[Another enemy unit marches up behind the party's new ally.]
Jin: Standby. I will now eliminate the affected Federation units.
[The friendly man in his mech turns suddenly just as the enemy unit is on
top of him, and cleanly slices the enemy unit in two. The E.S. Asher,
still facing the pillar of light, shoots the enemy mech on the roof of
the building. The mech's arm is blown off, and then he explodes. The
Asher turns again, still shooting, at the enemies in front of it. One by
one, they explode. The friendly man cuts another mech down, and that one
one explodes as well. The Asher dodges fire, spinning backwards. The
Asher steps forward again and resumes firing. Enemy units along one side
of a street to the side are destroyed. The Asher turns again and shoots
an enemy mech on a parallel overpass. Canaan ignores the explosion behind
him. His attention is drawn to the pillar of light again, as it narrows
and fades out. The ally mech takes several faltering steps towards the
Asher, sparking with each move. He stops when he's adjacent to the E.S.
Asher. Plates on the Asher's main body fold away, exposing the cockpit
with Canaan and chaos inside. Canaan and chaos drop down out of it,
crouching. They stand slowly as the friendly man's mech collapses into
a kneeling position. The man steps out of his cockpit and stands on the
shoulder of his mech. He is wearing a military uniform, darker than
chaos' and Canaan's. The man suddenly looks behind him, and chaos and
Canaan turn to look at whatever caught their new ally's attention. An
enemy mech is standing directly behind the man's mech. The enemy mech
slowly steps forward, arms outstretched, to grab the man. Just as the
massive hands begin to come around him, the man flicks open the katana
at his waist with his thumb. The enemy mech is cleaved in two, straight
down the middle. The two halves fall to either side of the man perched on
his A.M.W.S., glowing bright orange where they were cut apart. The halves
slide away, sparking and groaning.]
Canaan: Impressive.
[chaos looks at Canaan.]
Canaan: I guess that pilot is just as effective on foot as he is in his
craft.
chaos: Truly amazing.
[The man jumps down from his mech. He slowly stands, and walks toward the
duo. He pulls off his helmet. chaos nods at him.]
chaos: Thanks for the assist.
chaos: And you're?
Jin: I am Captain Jin Uzuki.
Jin: You don't look like you're with the regular forces.
[Jin slowly looks up at the E.S. unit looming above him.]
Jin: Well, whoever you are, if you're still operational, I advise you
to leave.
Jin: This place...affects people.
Jin: Some stop being people altogether.
chaos: They stop being people?
Canaan: Unfortunately, we can't leave.
[Canaan restlessly shifts his stance.]
Canaan: Not until we've completed our mission.
[Canaan shakes his head slightly.]
Jin: Your mission?
[chaos steps toward Jin.]
chaos: Forgive us, Captain.
[chaos brings a hand up to his chest to indicate himself, then lifts it
toward Canaan when he introduces him.]
chaos: I am chaos, and this is Canaan.
[Canaan turns his head toward chaos, then back to face Jin.]
chaos: I suspect that you're part of the landing operation, aren't you?
chaos: Do you know where the U.R.T.V. force is now?
chaos: If so...
[chaos spreads his arms in a gesture that indicates he would appreciate
Jin's cooperation.]
Jin: U.R.T.V.s?
Jin: Ah, the special units -- said to possess an anti-U-DO retrovirus.
[Canaan steps forward as well, arm out in the same gesture chaos just made.]
Canaan: Our mission is to protect them.
Canaan: Please, if you know where they are, tell us.
[Jin brings a hand up to his chin, considering.]
Jin: Well, this is quite a coincidence.
[Thunder booms, and rain suddenly starts to fall. Jin peers up at the sky.]
Jin: Although, it's more than that -- fate perhaps.
[Jin starts walking off, clutching his helmet under one arm.]
Jin: In any case, I will take you.
[Canaan and chaos follow behind him. They walk up a destroyed mech across
the ruined street to a more stable area. The party stops, and chaos turns
suddenly. Jin turns too a moment later, then Canaan follows suit. The
mech they just walked over explodes behind them.]
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[Jin, chaos, and Canaan are walking down the highway through the city. It's
still raining. Blocking the road a ways ahead, underneath another
road, two towers of advertising blocks have fallen. The sign above the
blocks reads 'TOY'S UNIVERSE', and there's a hologram of a blue ribbon
-wave undulating upwards in the form of Bunnie.]
Canaan: So this entire thing was a set-up?
Jin: Exactly.
Jin: It's all part of an attempt to make the U-TIC Organization, or
should I say, all of Miltia, into a scapegoat.
Jin: Even the Realian violence that we're seeing right now is nothing
more than a brush stroke in the larger picture.
chaos: But who's behind this? And why?
Jin: U-TIC is undoubtably a cover for a greater power still operating
in the shadows.
Jin: I believe that this power is manipulating the conflict between the
Federation and the Miltian system, driving a sequence of events in
order to get their hands on something very specific.
[The party stops walking. Jin turns to face Canaan and chaos.]
Canaan: Like what?
Jin: The Y-Data.
chaos: The Y-Data?
Jin: I relieved an operative of this disc.
Jin: And though I was only able to decode it partially, I discovered
that all manner of data from all existing phenomena is gathered
together within an area of space.
[Jin wraps one arm about himself, and brings the other hand up to his chin.]
Jin: And beyond that lies a special place only described in the Y-Data.
[Thunder booms.]
chaos: Captain Uzuki, how in the world did you acquire this information?
[Jin makes a 'hm' noise and grins.]
Jin: I have my ways.
[Thunder booms again overhead.]
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Jin: All right. Here it is.
Jin: You will find the U.R.T.V.s in the lowest level.
chaos: All right.
chaos: Captain Uzuki, thank you for bringing us this far.
chaos: We'll take things from here.
Jin: Of course. As I said, it was fate.
Jin: I wish I could go with you further.
Jin: However, it's imperative that I complete my work on this data.
Jin: I want to completely expose the shadow behind this conflict and
drag it into the light.
Jin: To do this, I'll have to access the mainframe here.
Jin: Also...
Canaan: What?
Margulis: I gave you far too much credit, Uzuki.
Margulis: I thought you were smarter than this.
Margulis: A better thief.
Margulis: I never once thought you'd just come walking in through the front
door.
Jin: Well, I thought you might be getting lonely, Colonel, so I figured
I'd come pay you a visit.
Margulis: Same old Uzuki.
Margulis: Neither your attitude nor your ability to bluff have shown
improvement.
Margulis: No matter.
Margulis: The data you possess is no threat to us.
Margulis: You've got nothing.
Jin: Precisely why...
Jin: I have some unfinished business here.
Margulis: I see.
Margulis: You know what this means.
Margulis: Uzuki!
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Margulis: You're a sad sight, Uzuki.
Margulis: Pathetic.
Margulis: You're out of your league.
Margulis: Why, it's clear now that you never even had a chance.
chaos: Captain, you're hurt!
Jin: It's...it's from earlier.
Jin: It's nothing to worry about.
Jin: If you'll pardon the cliché, it's just a scratch.
Margulis: So it's begun.
Margulis: This planet is finished.
Margulis: There's no point in staying any longer.
Margulis: I think it's time we ended this...once and for all!
Margulis: You dare to face me, maimed as you are?
Margulis: The only thing you've mastered is the art of futility.
Jin: You never know until you try, Colonel.
Margulis: That's enough!
Margulis: Now you see your death.
Margulis: I have always been your better, in every way, Uzuki.
Margulis: It's something that old fool couldn't --
Margulis: What the --
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Jin: Canaan.
Jin: Take this.
Canaan: Is this...
Jin: Storing it with you is safer than carrying it around.
Jin: Besides, there's somewhere else I must go.
chaos: What?
chaos: You're not serious.
chaos: Look, we're still mobile, Captain.
chaos: You could come with us.
Jin: No. This is my own way of atonement.
Jin: I can't turn back now.
chaos: But...
Jin: Please, go on.
Jin: Bring the truth of this conflict -- the truth hidden in that data
-- to light.
Jin: Please, do this one thing for me.
chaos: Captain Uzuki...
Jin: I'm counting on you.
Jin: So, farewell.
chaos: Canaan!
chaos: Look at that!
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[Present Day]
[Second Miltian government offices]
Technician: Congratulations, Canaan.
Technician: This brings our total loss count to 127. I'd say that's a new
record.
Technician: I remember the first time as if it was yesterday.
Technician: My son was born the next day.
Canaan: How old is he now?
Technician: He starts junior high next month.
Canaan: I see.
Technician: It's...it's gotta be that shadow.
Technician: I mean, think about it.
Technician: Its influence severs your data-link every time.
Technician: If we only knew what it was, then we could access the data he gave
you.
Technician: Canaan, it's a summons from Representative Helmer.
Technician: Could you go ahead and report today's results while you're there?
Canaan: I'm not your secretary, you know.
Technician: But today's my son's birthday.
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Helmer: I see.
Helmer: That's unfortunate, but I suppose it can't be helped.
Canaan: I understand that it's data concerning the Miltian Conflict. Is it
really that important?
Helmer: Yes, it is.
Helmer: The truth behind the conflict lies buried within it.
Helmer: The one who entrusted that data to you was a subordinate under my
command.
Helmer: I had sent him in on an independent investigation.
Canaan: Yes, Jin Uzuki. What ever happened to him?
Helmer: I thought you were a model with suppressed emotions.
Helmer: Don't tell me you're concerned about him.
Canaan: I'm just curious.
Canaan: He is the one who saddled me with this nuisance, after all.
Helmer: Don't worry about him. He's left the military. I hear he's doing
fine.
Helmer: Now, I have another job I'd like you to undertake.
Helmer: Have a look at this...
Helmer: The 100-Series Realian Prototype, MOMO.
Helmer: We'll be executing a dive unto her subconscious domain at the
Administration Bureau.
Helmer: I'd like to request your assistance.
Canaan: What's the time line?
Helmer: I've been notified that our people have just now descended from
orbit and landed at the space port.
Helmer: I'd be obliged if you could go and pick them up.
Canaan: Sounds to me like there's more to it than that.
Helmer: We've noticed a rise in recent activity from both the U-TIC
Organization and the Immigrant Fleet.
Helmer: I think in times like these, it pays to take precaution.
Canaan: Understood.
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Orgulla: Your Holiness.
Orgulla: I have news concerning the matter of the Y-Data.
Orgulla: Chief Inquisitor Margulis wishes to convey the details to you
directly.
Patriarch: Very well.
Margulis: Your Eminence, it is an honor to be in your presence.
Patriarch: Spare me your platitudes.
Patriarch: I understand that the Realian in possession of the Y-Data has
fallen into the hands of the Kukai Foundation.
Patriarch: I trust you have an explanation for this?
Margulis: Yes, Holiness.
Margulis: It is true that the 100-Series Prototype that holds the Y-Data is
currently in the custody of the Kukai Foundation.
Margulis: Or rather, the Second Miltian government.
Margulis: However...
Patriarch: I trust you understand the significance of this situation.
Margulis: According to the U.R.T.V., Albedo, the Y-Data is secured by a form
of high-level protection only accessible at the U.M.N. Control
Center on Second Miltia, hence the current situation.
Margulis: Preparations for our next move are already underway.
Patriarch: Margulis.
Patriarch: I've heard that the recent offensive against Second Miltia was the
result of Cardinal Heinlein's manipulation of the Federation's
military's upper ranks.
Patriarch: What do you know of this?
Margulis: I am afraid I possess no intimate details of that.
Margulis: I would presume that all of the Cardinal's decisions are made in
the organization's best interests.
Patriarch: Your words...
Patriarch: I would imagine it is safe for me to trust them?
Margulis: I have sworn fealty to Your Holiness.
Margulis: I would never allow myself to be manipulated by ancient dogma.
Patriarch: Hmm...Very well.
Patriarch: Our fleet is considering an invasion of the demilitarized zone in
the near future.
Patriarch: I sincerely hope that you will not disappoint me.
Margulis: I understand, Your Holiness. I vow to deliver you good news.
Patriarch: Margulis.
Margulis: Holiness?
Patriarch: I don't like that U.R.T.V.
Patriarch: He reminds me of someone...someone vulgar.
Patriarch: Be sure you remember that.
Margulis: As you wish.
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Margulis: They get suspicious when they get old.
Margulis: The weaker they are, the louder they bark.
Margulis: Pellegri. What's your status?
Pellegri: Everything is proceeding smoothly.
Pellegri: I have Hermann and Richard pursuing the target as we speak.
Margulis: As this is an independent Inquisitor operation, I'm granting you
permission to use the E.S. Issachar.
Pellegri: E.S.?
Pellegri: You mean those thousand-year-old relics?
Pellegri: Do they still work?
Margulis: The E.S. is equipped with the Vessel of Anima.
Pellegri: The Vessel of Anima...
Margulis: The Vessel of Anima was discovered at the same time as the Zohar.
Margulis: Its power rivals the military might of an entire star system.
Margulis: Handle it with care.
Margulis: We can't afford for it to get damaged, particularly after the
effort it took to restore it.
Pellegri: Understood.
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Shion: R&D Report: File Number 026643. The anti-gnosis battle android
KOS-MOS, while undergoing start-up and field-testing onboard the
Federation cruiser Woglinde, awoke during a gnosis attack on the
fleet. She initiated Autonomous Mode, even though that mode was
still sealed, and has been fully operational ever since. KOS-MOS
is acting under her own volition. However, there are many
unstable elements in her emotional program and further
improvements will be required. After the escape from the Woglinde,
we were rescued by the Elsa, a Kukai Foundation cargo ship. We
are presently descending into Second Miltia in order to turn
KOS-MOS over to Vector Second R&D Division. Furthermore, while
en route to Miltia, we took the 100-Series Observational Realian
Prototype MOMO into custody. During this time, we were pursued by
the U-TIC Organization and an individual called Albedo. Albedo's
tenacious attack brought about the appearance of the Song of
Nephilim and Proto Merkabah. KOS-MOS' actions allowed us to
overcome these crises. I believe this series of actions by KOS-MOS
has been greatly influenced by her black-box components left
behind by the late Kevin Winnicot. This will likely become a
major focus of our future research. Report author: Shion Uzuki,
Chief Engineer, KOS-MOS Development Project General Operations,
Vector Industries, First R&D Division.
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Allen: Ahhh, it's so good to be alive!
Jr.: Yeah, no kidding.
Jr.: For a while there, I was kinda worried, but somehow we made it
back.
Allen: I'm telling you, the crazy stuff the chief pulls always keeps me
on edge.
Shion: What are you saying? You make it sound like it was all my fault.
Allen: Oh, uh...that's not what I meant.
Allen: I, uh...hey, KOS-MOS!
Allen: Thank goodness you were there! Man, you really saved us!
KOS-MOS: Thank you very much. I am happy to be of service.
Jr.: Hey, we're gonna head over to the government office now. What are
you all gonna do, Shion?
Shion: Hmm.
Shion: Well, we need to hand over KOS-MOS.
Shion: I think I'll wander over to Vector's Second Division.
Shion: Is that all right with you, KOS-MOS?
KOS-MOS: Acknowledged. That will not be a problem.
Jr.: I see. Well, I guess you gotta do your job.
Jr.: You're gonna be here for a little while, right? Hey, maybe we can
have some fun later.
Shion: That'd be great! I'll show you around this place, MOMO.
MOMO: Thanks. I'm looking forward to it!
Shion: All right, then.
Shion: Shall we, KOS-MOS?
KOS-MOS: Please excuse us. Good-bye.
Allen: What the? Hey, Chief! Wait up!
Jr.: I suppose we should get going, too.
Ziggy: Sorry...could you wait just a little while?
Ziggy: I'm going to report what's happened to the Subcommittee.
Ziggy: It appears that Dr. Mizrahi has also arrived at Miltia, as well.
Ziggy: If you have a message for her...
MOMO: Really? Mommy's here?
Ziggy: Yes.
MOMO: Please let her know that I'm looking forward to seeing her.
Ziggy: Got it. I'll pass it along.
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Juli: All right.
Juli: Continue your assignment until the delivery is complete.
Ziggy: Acknowledged.
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi.
Juli: Yes, Jan Sauer. Is there something else?
Ziggy: I am currently Ziggurat 8.
Juli: So it appears.
Ziggy: MOMO...is looking forward to seeing you.
Juli: I see.
Juli: I...
Juli: I, too, welcome your arrival.
Jr.: You know, it almost sounds like she's...scared to meet her.
Ziggy: Eavesdropping is not a very admirable pastime.
Jr.: Say old man, how about upgrading to a modern carbon-based body?
Jr.: I bet if we applied combat Realian technology, we'd see some
serious results.
Ziggy: There's no need to play around with extending my lifespan.
Jr.: Sure about that?
Jr.: I bet MOMO would be happy if you lived longer.
Ziggy: I'll pass, thanks.
Ziggy: I have no desire to prolong things.
Jr.: All right.
Jr.: You know who to call if you ever change your mind.
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MOMO: What did Mommy say, Ziggy?
Ziggy: Ah, right...She seemed...very busy.
MOMO: Oh. I knew it.
Ziggy: She's one of the Contact Subcommittee's head members. I'm sure
it's a demanding role.
MOMO: Yeah, I guess you're right. I guess I've got to do my best to help
her out.
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Jr.: What the...
Ziggy: An ambush?
Ziggy: Jr., who are they?
Jr.: Albedo?
Jr.: No, it's not him.
Jr.: It's too gentle for him.
Jr.: Damn, it's no good on auto.
Jr.: Somebody drive!
MOMO: Ziggy, let me go!
Jr.: Whoa! Hey, MOMO!
MOMO: I'll do it!
MOMO: Jr.
Jr.: All right. Point 2089.
Jr.: Floor it!
MOMO: Okay!
MOMO: This might get rough.
Jr.: All right! We made it!
chaos: Jr.!
Jr.: The fire extinguisher?
Jr.: Yes!
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Jr.: Gaignun, we're headed for 2089. Tell Helmer to send backup!
Jr.: Hey! Gaignun!
Gaignun: Sorry. What's your heading?
Jr.: 2089!
Gaignun: Got it!
Gaignun: Strange...What was I just doing?
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Helmer: Understood. I've already dispatched someone. I'll have him head to
that point immediately.
Helmer: Damn.
Helmer: It's not even safe on land anymore.
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Richard: Long time no see! You're looking well.
Richard: You remember me, right?
Richard: My name is Richard! Let that name burn in your mind as you die!
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Pellegri: Stand down, you two!
Pellegri: I'll take care of the rest.
Pellegri: It's pointless to resist.
Pellegri: Turn over the 100-Series, at once!
Jr.: That craft!
Jr.: Canaan?
Canaan: Get down, Rubedo!
Pellegri: I've got you!
Pellegri: Wait, what's going on?
Pellegri: The controls aren't responding!
Pellegri: How can this be?
Pellegri: We've got no choice.
Pellegri: Richard, Hermann, abort the mission.
Pellegri: We're withdrawing.
Jr.: Jeez, man.
Jr.: If you were gonna save us, you know you could have shown up a bit
sooner.
Canaan: I'm surprised to hear you whine so much.
Canaan: Further enemy pursuit appears unlikely for the time being.
Canaan: I'm heading back.
Canaan: I'll see you around, Rubedo.
Jr.: I already told you! I'm Gaignun Jr. now!
Jr.: Get that through your thick head!
Canaan: It's hard to shake my past image of you.
MOMO: Do you know him?
Jr.: Yeah.
Jr.: He's an old acquaintance.
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Rubedo: Somebody!
Rubedo: Anybody!
Rubedo: Please, help us!
Rubedo: It won't stop!
Rubedo: Nigredo won't stop bleeding!
Nigredo: It's all right, Rubedo.
Nigredo: Let it...go.
Rubedo: Don't say that!
Rubedo: You can't give up!
Canaan: Two U.R.T.V. variants...
Canaan: Identified and confirmed.
chaos: The red horse carries war, and the black horse, famine.
chaos: Upon those tiny backs, bear they great calamity.
Canaan: What did you say, chaos?
Canaan: I didn't read that.
chaos: It's nothing.
chaos: Let's go rescue them.
Rubedo: It's...it's all my fault.
Rubedo: I'm the leader...but then I cut the link.
Rubedo: And now Albedo's...
Canaan: Albedo?
Rubedo: He's a piece of me.
Rubedo: The beating in my right chest.
Canaan: I have the search results.
Canaan: Albedo is the name of unit number 667.
Canaan: The records show that he and unit number 666 were conjoined twins.
Canaan: Apparently, it happens on rare occasions, even with artificially
created children.
chaos: So he was infected as well?
chaos: The rider of the white horse.
chaos: May your bodies and souls find peace.
chaos: Even if...it is but a short one.
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Jr.: I guess I...I owe them my life.
MOMO: So you've known chaos for a long time, too?
MOMO: Can I also call you Rubedo? It's a very pretty name.
Jr.: S...sorry, it's just...
MOMO: Oh, I'm sorry.
Jr.: Nah, nah, it's just...
Jr.: I don't have a lot of good memories of that name.
MOMO: Oh. You and Ziggy don't like your original names very much, do
you?
Jr.: Names tend to link themselves to memories, both good and bad.
Jr.: I have a feeling that old man over there has a lot of baggage,
himself.
Jr.: Besides, I think old man over there seems to like being called
Ziggy.
MOMO: Oh, I hope he does!
Jr.: Even though it kinda sounds like something you would call your
dog.
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[Vector Industries Second R&D Division]
Shion: The Zohar Project?
Scientist: Right. The situation is grave.
Scientist: The Gnosis phenomenon is spreading at an ever increasing rate.
Scientist: More than 120 star systems have already been eradicated -- a fact
that has been difficult to keep secret, thus far.
Scientist: Worst-case scenario projections indicate that if this continues
humanity will only have a few years before it's completely wiped
out by the Gnosis.
Shion: Yes, I understand that. Thank you. But tell me how this relates to
KOS-MOS.
Scientist: This way...
Allen: This is...this is incredible.
Scientist: The KOS-MOS Tertiary Weapons System.
Scientist: It was developed to prevent the worst-case scenario from ever
happening.
Shion: And just what do you classify as worst-case?
Scientist: The Zohar Project is a massive undertaking whose ultimate goal is
to eradicate the Gnosis from the cosmos.
Scientist: To do this, we know we must salvage the original Zohar that's
sleeping on Miltia.
Scientist: Our studies over the past half-century have revealed the Zohar to
be this dimension's ultimate energy device.
Scientist: But there is also a problem.
Scientist: The Zohar's center, or rather, the core unit that controls it, is
a double-edged sword.
Shion: What do you mean?
Scientist: This...
Scientist: This is the phenomenon known as U-DO.
Scientist: Beyond the initial loss of the core unit, we have no details on
how it occurred.
Scientist: But we do know, however, that this is what made Miltian space the
way it is today and that this phenomenon is also responsible for
the appearance of the Gnosis.
Allen: W...wait a minute, are you saying that even more Gnosis might show
up?
Scientist: We can't be certain, but it is a definite possibility.
Shion: So you're outfitting KOS-MOS with this.
Shion: Those shoulder units...they're a Phase Transfer system, right?
Scientist: Now I see why they called you the Flower of First Division, Chief
Uzuki.
Shion: I didn't come here for jokes.
Scientist: Sorry, I'll continue...
Scientist: This was originally designed for use on the archetype, but it's
been refitted for use on the current KOS-MOS.
Scientist: The system radius is 130nm.
Allen: 130?!
Shion: Can you control it accurately at that scale?
Scientist: Yes, with the help of the Tactical Sim Lab.
Scientist: That's why we had KOS-MOS moved here.
Shion: And if I refuse to turn her over?
Scientist: This project has been officially commissioned by the government.
Scientist: Being chief of software development doesn't give you the right to
refuse us.
Shion: I imagine not.
Scientist: Look, I know there's a lot about KOS-MOS' recent activation that
worries you, but rest assured, everything's going to be fine.
Scientist: Headquarters has taken a good look at KOS-MOS' activity records up
to now.
Scientist: They firmly believe this can be done, and so do we.
Scientist: Everything is ready to go.
Shion: I suppose the only thing I can do now is trust you.
Scientist: We can do this.
Scientist: Besides, this system was designed at First Division by none other
than Kevin Winnicot himself.
Shion: Fine.
Shion: We'll transfer KOS-MOS to the Second R&D Division today at 1400
hours.
Shion: I'll send the paperwork along later.
Shion: Please send requests for any specific needs to my personal address
at First Division.
Shion: I'll have Allen take care of the software. If there's anything you
don't understand...
Scientist: We'll contact you. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Shion: For the sake of humanity?
Kevin: Yes. You might even say that's the reason she was born.
Kevin: Her awakening will lead humanity toward the future.
Kevin: I can hardly wait until that time comes.
Shion: This transport is part of KOS-MOS' equipment, too, right?
Shion: A craft that can interact with hyperspace on its own, without
using a U.M.N. column.
Shion: Is this going to save humanity, too?
Kevin: Mmm...
Kevin: In a broader sense, I suppose.
Kevin: It might come in handy for her someday.
Kevin: You'll probably laugh when you hear me say this, but I believe...
Kevin: No, I want to believe that she'll be more than just some wanton
instrument of destruction.
Kevin: I hope the future that she builds will be one swept clean of our
differences.
Kevin: An ideal world free of destruction or slaughter.
Kevin: Sounds funny, doesn't it?
Shion: No, no. It's just that...
Shion: Your eyes, Kevin.
Shion: They were so lit up just now, that you looked like a child.
Kevin: I can't help it.
Kevin: I guess I'd better watch myself during the public test.
Shion: Well, to be honest, I can't wait to see her wake up, too.
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Allen: Chief!
Allen: Wait up, Chief. Hey, what's wrong with you?
Allen: You're acting strange today.
Shion: Nothing's wrong. It's the same old me.
Allen: Where are you going then?
Shion: Into the city for a bit. It's been a long time, so...
Allen: A long time?
Allen: Oh, right, right! Isn't your house, um...
Shion: Yeah, it's in 8th District.
Shion: Listen, Allen.
Shion: Don't take your eyes off KOS-MOS, okay?
Allen: Uh, yeah, of course.
Allen: Um...why?
Allen: There is definitely something wrong with her today.
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Shion: Moby Dick's Cafe? Could it be...
Shion: Wow! It really is!
Shion: Hey, Boss!
Shion: Hi!
Boss: Well, well, well. If it isn't Shion!
Boss: You've sure grown up since the last time I saw you!
Boss: You were still in high school, right?
Shion: Yes!
Shion: Sorry I haven't kept in touch.
Shion: I guess you moved over here, huh?
Boss: Yeah, there's no stopping the redevelopment around here.
Boss: I figured I'd at least try to keep the inside looking the same,
though.
Shion: Right...
Shion: It wouldn't be Moby Dick's if it was any other way.
Boss: Well, have a seat. You want the usual?
Shion: Please.
Shion: Actually, I'm kind of hungry, too.
Boss: You got it!
Boss: So, are you off today?
Shion: I wish.
Shion: No, unfortunately, I'm working. I've got business at the Second
Division.
Boss: Ah, right, you're with Vector now. Your brother was telling me
about that.
Shion: What? Jin comes here?
Boss: Sure, all the time.
Boss: Wait, you haven't seen him yet?
Boss: You've come this far, you ought to at least try paying him a
visit.
Shion: Oh, not you, too. You know I have a hard time dealing with my
brother.
Boss: Well, speak of the devil...
Jr.: Wow! Just look at this place, chaos!
Jr.: It's perfect! It feels just like the Pequod, doesn't it?
chaos: Shion!
Shion: What are you two doing here?
Jr.: Well, we were starving, so...
chaos: So, we ended up here.
Boss: So, you all know each other?
Shion: Y...yeah, kinda.
chaos: Kinda? What's that supposed to mean?
Shion: Oh! I'm sorry. I was just a little rattled.
chaos: Rattled? About what?
Boss: Shion's just got family matters on her mind today, right?
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Gaignun: My apologies for being late.
Helmer: I'm glad you could make it.
Helmer: Shelley! Mary! Look at you! You're all grown up!
Mary: Long time no see, Helmer!
Shelley: Mary! Show some respect!
Helmer: It's all right, it makes me feel like I've got a couple of
daughters.
Helmer: Tell me, Mary, are you still working on your act?
Mary: Yeah! Right now we're kinda busy, but pretty soon, I'm gonna be
the best comedian in this star cluster...even if my sister won't
be my partner.
Mary: You know, I've been thinking about recruiting the Little Master.
Helmer: That sounds great. I think he'd be perfect.
Mary: Right!
Helmer: I'm afraid I don't have good news.
Helmer: There's been some disturbing activity and not just from the
remnants of U-TIC.
Gaignun: Yes.
Helmer: Under the circumstances, the peace treaty was our only choice
fourteen years ago.
Helmer: But it was hardly a unanimous decision.
Helmer: Now we're starting to see the strain from that within the
Federation.
Helmer: According to Captain Roman's report, certain factions have begun
showing signs of armed rebellion.
Helmer: The Second Miltian government is on full alert.
Helmer: I'd like all of you at the Foundation to be appropriately
cautious, as well.
Helmer: After all, with the Zohar emulators and the 100-Series Prototype
in your possession, you've become the focus of a great deal of
attention.
Shelley: Master Gaignun, I've brought MOMO.
Helmer: The 100-Series Prototype.
Gaignun: Of course. Send her in.
MOMO: Allow me to introduce myself.
MOMO: I am the 100-Series Observational Unit Prototype, designation:
MOMO.
MOMO: The preliminary examination of my internal data is now complete.
Canaan: A 100-Series Realian.
MOMO: You're the Enhanced Memory Model, aren't you? Nice to meet you.
Helmer: She does look more like her than the mass-produced ones do.
Gaignun: Yes, she's just like Dr. Mizrahi's late daughter.
Helmer: Hmm...the hand of fate is a mystery.
Helmer: Thank you, MOMO, for overcoming so much in order to come here.
Helmer: Soon you will undergo analysis at the U.M.N. Control Center.
Helmer: We intend to do everything in our power to support the process.
Helmer: Please, just try to relax and fulfill your duty.
MOMO: Yes, sir. Thank you very much for your concern.
Helmer: Nigredo.
Helmer: I have something I need for you to do.
Gaignun: You want reconnaissance, don't you?
Helmer: Sorry.
Gaignun: No need to apologize. It is my family's responsibility.
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Gaignun: Now Albedo, where are you?
Albedo: Nigredo!
Gaignun: Well, hello then.
Gaignun: You sound like you're doing well, unfortunately.
Albedo: And you're glib as ever.
Albedo: What's wrong?
Albedo: Are you lonely, little baby?
Gaignun: Oh, I'm just doing a little information gathering.
Gaignun: Of course, it still isn't too late for us to come to terms.
Albedo: Oh, so now it's peace talks, huh?
Albedo: Didn't McCartney say that, too?
Albedo: "Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."
Albedo: But I know your true form, executioner.
Gaignun: I shed that skin long ago.
Albedo: Is that so?
Albedo: You sure you're not just hanging around Rubedo because you're
waiting for the chance to carry out your mission?
Albedo: I'll be borrowing Rubedo, soon.
Albedo: I don't need you though.
Albedo: Still, I look forward to your efforts nonetheless.
Gaignun: Wait! No!
Albedo: Scary, scary...
Albedo: You've always been two-faced, you know.
Albedo: Offering life in the one hand and delivering death in the other.
Albedo: Too bad I can't die.
Gaignun: So, he really intends to link with U-DO no matter what.
Gaignun: Still... What does he want with Rubedo?
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Jr.: This rocks!
chaos: I get it. So this is where your curry comes from.
Shion: Figured it out, huh?
Shion: By the way, how's MOMO? Is she done already?
chaos: They told us the main examination will start tomorrow. There don't
seem to be any problems.
Jr.: Yeah. So, since we had some free time, we thought we'd visit the
city.
Shion: I see.
chaos: What about you? Did you turn over KOS-MOS already?
Shion: Uh, yeah...
Shion: I had Allen take over the process. It might take some time,
though, depending on what else crops up.
Jr.: Did something happen over there? You don't look very happy.
Shion: You know how it is.
Shion: We've been together for a long time, so saying goodbye is...well,
you know.
Jr.: Hmm. That tough, huh?
chaos: Well yeah.
chaos: Think about it. What if you had to give up your precious Kahles
scope? How would that feel?
Jr.: Oh, that would be tough. My wallet and my heart would both grieve.
chaos: Told you.
Shion: Please, do you really have to compare KOS-MOS to Jr.'s collection?
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Jin: Good afternoon, Boss.
Boss: Hey, welcome back.
Boss: What a coincidence! Just now, Shion was...
Boss: Huh?
Jr.: Huh?
Jr.: You're praying?
Jr.: Your chest?
Jr.: You're playing the drums?
Jr.: Man, I give up!
Jr.: What are you trying to say, Shion?
Shion: Not so loud!
Shion: Ah!
Jin: "Shion?"
Jin: And a voice I've heard somewhere before...
Shion: Uh, hi. Long time no see.
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Jin: I'm Jin.
Jin: Jin Uzuki.
Jin: Pleased to meet you.
chaos: The pleasure is mine.
Jin: So, you're both with Shion.
Jin: Tell me, has my foolish sister been causing you trouble?
Shion: Foolish?
chaos: Quite the opposite.
chaos: You know, we're actually very much in her debt.
Jin: Truly?
Jin: You know, you don't have to be nice just because she's here.
Shion: Jin!
Jin: It appears I'm not very welcome here, am I?
Shion: Oh, come on. I didn't say that!
Shion: I just --
Jin: Hey Boss. I'll have what they're having, please.
Jin: Extra spicy.
Shion: Hey!
Shion: Listen to me when I'm talking to you!
Jin: I am listening.
Jin: So what were you saying?
Shion: Forget it. It's just not worth it.
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Jin: You know, you could have called me. I would have come to meet you.
Jin: So, how long are you here, anyway?
Shion: I...I was busy!
Shion: The only reason I'm here is because I got a sudden assignment.
Shion: I have to spend tonight getting ready for the return trip.
Jr.: Huh? I thought you said...
Jr.: Ow!
Shion: Never mind. It's nothing really.
Shion: I wonder who that could be?...
Allen: Hey, Chief. How's it going?
Allen: Listen, about KOS-MOS, it looks like the Tertiary Equipment code's
going to take a little while.
Allen: Probably about two or three days, at least I'd say.
Allen: So, I guess we can just take it easy for a while, ok?
Allen: Uh, Chief? Is something wrong? You look kind of upset.
Shion: I'm guessing this isn't a practical joke.
Allen: What?
Shion: Nothing.
Shion: Your timing is so perfect.
Shion: Thank you.
Allen: Wait, Chief!
Jin: I see... So, you'll be taking it easy for a while, hmm?
Shion: Okay, fine.
Shion: I'll come back home, all right?
Shion: Will that satisfy you?
Jin: Oh, right.
Jin: Would the two of you like to come visit?
Jin: It's not far from here.
Jr.: Well? What do you think?
chaos: I don't know...
chaos: It's a family reunion. We'd probably just be in the way.
chaos: Wouldn't we?
chaos: Of course, we could also take you up on your offer.
chaos: Just for a little while...
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Shion: ...Oh, all right. I'm really not in the mood for it, but I'll go
home for a visit anyway. It's a little ways from the city, but not
that far.
Shion: ...
Shion: ...
Shion: *Sigh*
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Jr.: Wow, chaos! This house is made of wood!
chaos: Yeah. And look at that.
chaos: It's amazing. This place is a bookstore.
Jr.: Man! This is so antique! It's too bad Gaignun isn't here to see
this!
Shion: I knew it!
chaos: Knew what?
Shion: Hang on, Jin. What is this? I thought you opened a doctor's
office.
Jin: What's with you?
Jin: What happened to, "It's good to be back home, big brother"?
Shion: Sure, if this were a normal home!
Shion: What happened here?
Shion: Don't tell me you got bored and changed professions again.
Shion: Honestly, you've never kept a job for more than six months!
Jin: Look, in this day and age, doctors are mostly just conversation
partners for the elderly.
Jin: In other words, counselors.
Jin: I mean, aside from mental illness, everything can be cured with
medicine or nanotechnology.
Jin: There's nothing left for me to do.
Jin: So why go to all the trouble of running an expensive medical
practice just to chat with people?
Jin: I can do that in any business and if I could sell some stuff,
that'd be just a bonus.
Shion: Oh, please.
Shion: You just wanted to use your hobby to cut yourself a tax break.
Shion: As if you actually invested much in your medical practice, anyway.
Shion: And what's up with these mountains of books?
Shion: There's no way these were any less expensive!
Shion: Where in the world did you get them all anyway?
Jin: Half of them had been resting in Grandfather's storage for years.
Jin: I'm sure you at least looked through them when you were a child.
Jin: The rest are from customers. There are a lot of people with
obscure tastes around here, you know.
Jin: Building a collection is easier than you'd think.
Jin: Now, shouldn't we attend to our guests?
Shion: What? Oh! I was so shocked at what you'd done that I completely
forgot.
Shion: chaos! Jr.! Come on insi--
Shion: What are you doing?
Jr.: Hmm? Ah, I thought I'd go ahead and get these.
chaos: Oh, um, thanks Shion. Come on, Jr., let's go in.
Jr.: Come on. What about these?
chaos: You can buy all the books you want later. Come on!
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Sellers: Oh, and as for Pleroma, I went ahead and had it destroyed.
Sellers: I realize that the fortress was named after the immigration ship
from Earth.
Sellers: However, we simply can't let something tainted by the Federation
just float around out there.
Sellers: It's not a good policy.
Sellers: I suppose next time I could consider your feelings before
eliminating such an historical relic.
Margulis: Don't be absurd, Sellers.
Margulis: Our current Patriarch chose that name in his madness.
Margulis: As for my feelings, I couldn't possibly care less.
Sellers: The Patriarch's madness? That sounds like something you'd say.
Pellegri: Margulis. What do you need?
Margulis: Pellegri.
Margulis: Soon, Albedo will break Old Miltia's seal, and the Patriarch will
order the Immigrant Fleet to begin its invasion.
Margulis: All of this, in order to secure the original Zohar.
Pellegri: And you want me to act as point?
Margulis: No. You will operate on your own. The commander and I both desire
this of you.
Margulis: Don't forget to tell Richard and Hermann...
Margulis: You three had better not fail me again.
Pellegri: Yes, sir.
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Jin: And so, you're saying you want to help them?
Shion: Yes.
Jin: I can't condone that.
Jin: It sounds to me like they're a couple of skilled professionals.
Jin: It would be foolish for an amateur like you to get involved.
Shion: An amateur? I've already made a difference. Right?
Jin: Anyway, get some rest.
Jin: Tomorrow, we'll go pay our respects to Mother and Father.
Shion: Wait a minute, Jin. Not this again.
Shion: I've already told you, I'm not going to their graves.
Shion: No.
Shion: I absolutely refuse.
Jin: You're still their daughter.
Jin: Since you're here, you should at least put flowers on their graves
out of respect.
Shion: Just stop it.
Shion: I can't believe we're talking about this again.
Shion: Mom and Dad aren't even in those graves!
Shion: You know just as well as I do where they are!
Shion: Right?
Shion: You and I were the only ones there that day.
Shion: And if you...if you'd only been there sooner, they'd still be...
Shion: I'm sorry.
Shion: I didn't mean to...
Shion: Either way, I'm still not going to their graves.
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Jr.: Well, I'd better get going. They're probably waiting for me, so
I...
Jin: I'm very sorry you had to see that.
Jin: It's a little embarrassing.
Jr.: Oh, no, don't worry. Are you guys okay?
Jin: Oh, yes. We're still brother and sister, after all.
chaos: I'm sorry, but would you mind if I stayed here tonight?
chaos: Of course, I don't want to intrude.
Jin: You're not intruding at all.
Jin: Please, you are welcome. Shion will be delighted you're staying.
Jr.: Well, it's all right with me.
Jr.: MOMO isn't getting analyzed 'til tomorrow. Just come by then and
we should be okay.
chaos: I will. Thanks.
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chaos: Are you all right?
Jin: Sounds peaceful, doesn't it?
Jin: On nights when I can't sleep, I find it easier to relax here.
chaos: It's Shion, isn't it?
Jin: Well...yes.
Jin: It's been two years since we've seen each other.
Jin: I've always thought of her as a child, but she won't...
Jin: I think she must have gotten that from our grandfather.
Jin: So, what is it you want to ask me?
Jin: You've got something on your mind.
chaos: Um, Jin. About U-TIC, are you still...
Jin: Ah, that.
Jin: Fourteen years...
Jin: It's like so long ago, but it feels like it was only yesterday.
Jin: It seems that fate won't allow me to escape that curse.
Jin: Or, perhaps I brought it upon myself.
Jin: The human race began its existence as a simple flock of hunters
and gatherers.
Jin: Eventually, we learned to control fire, and from fire, we obtained
the power of the blade.
Jin: Our consciousness constantly changes form in its unending search
for the future.
Jin: When a man finds a guiding light, he runs to it, sometimes
forgetting its true nature in the process.
Jin: Perhaps we humans are like moths.
Jin: Aimlessly flitting around the inviting candlelight, unaware of the
outcome that awaits us.
chaos: Jin...
Jin: I'm sure she's caused you all kinds of problems.
Jin: I know she's a problem, but please, take care of her for me.
chaos: It's not like that.
Jin: I...I wasn't able to be with her when she needed me most.
Jin: And now, thanks to that, I still can't let myself get close to her
again.
Jin: I think perhaps...I'm afraid.
Jin: I'm afraid that if I try to get any closer, she might turn me
away, shut me out...and cut me off as her brother.
chaos: Don't worry. Shion talks about you all the time.
chaos: If you ask me, she doesn't seem like the type of person who'd cut
off her family.
Jin: She probably adds the phrase "no-good" when she talks about me,
doesn't she?
chaos: Well, sometimes.
Jin: You know, it's strange.
Jin: I feel like I can talk to you about anything, chaos.
Jin: It's like you're much older than you look, as if you'd been alive
for hundreds of years.
chaos: Oh, no. I just like to take things easy. Jr. makes fun of me for
it.
chaos: He always says, "chaos, you are so slow!"
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Shion: Sorry to keep you.
chaos: You look like a different person when you're not in uniform.
Shion: Oh? Does it look bad on me?
chaos: Oh, not at all. You look great.
Shion: Thanks.
chaos: You sure you want to leave without saying goodbye to your brother?
Shion: Yeah, we talked yesterday. Honestly, I don't know what I would say
if I saw him.
Shion: You know, I'm sorry I can't be there for MOMO's analysis.
Shion: I've just got a lot going on right now.
Shion: I can't leave Allen by himself.
Shion: Plus I'm worried about KOS-MOS, too.
chaos: It's all right. Don't worry about it. The analysis itself isn't
all that problematic.
chaos: Besides, everyone from the Foundation will be there.
Shion: Okay, wish MOMO luck for me.
chaos: Sure thing.
chaos: See ya.
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[U.M.N. Control Center]
Gaignun: She should be arriving soon.
Jr.: I'm surprised a Subcommittee specialist would personally get
involved.
Gaignun: That's just how important this is. Not just to the Subcommittee,
but to her, too.
MOMO: Mommy!
Juli: It's been a while.
Gaignun: You're looking well, as always.
Juli: Allow me to thank you on behalf of the entire Subcommittee.
Juli: We're very grateful for your help during the Proto Merkabah
incident.
Ziggy: We couldn't have done it without MOMO. She was immensely helpful.
Juli: I see. Thanks for your support, MOMO.
MOMO: Mommy!
Juli: I'd like to organize the data. If you could prepare a room for me,
I'd appreciate it.
Jr.: Gladly.
Juli: MOMO.
MOMO: Yes?
Juli: Once things settle down, it'll be nice if we can live together.
Ziggy: MOMO, that's great.
MOMO: Uh huh!
Shelley: MOMO, please come this way.
MOMO: Okay!
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Jr.: Doctor, what was that about?
Juli: What?
Jr.: You know, acting nice to MOMO all of a sudden.
Juli: Did it seem unnatural?
Juli: I know that Joachim designed that Realian to be stimulated by
familial warmth.
Juli: In that case, fulfilling that need is a necessary part of my job
in order to ensure that the examination proceeds smoothly.
Jr.: I should have known.
Jr.: You know, pretending to be cold and emotionless is only going to
end up hurting you in the end.
Juli: That Realian was created by Joachim.
Juli: And that frightens me.
Jr.: Look, I don't know what kind of person Joachim Mizrahi was.
Jr.: I don't even know what he was thinking when he created the
100-Series.
Jr.: But still, I made a promise to Sakura.
Juli: To Sakura?
Jr.: So, I'm going to treat MOMO like a real girl.
Juli: What sort of promise?
Jr.: She asked me to look after her mother and sister.
Jr.: Please doctor. I'd like you to smile again. I'm sure that's what
Sakura would want, too.
chaos: Did I interrupt something?
Jr.: Nah, nothing like that.
Jr.: Tell me, how's Shion? She all right?
chaos: I don't think there's anything to worry about.
chaos: But that family does have issues.
Jr.: A complicated relationship, huh?
Jr.: Well, I certainly know what that's like.
chaos: It looks like there's still time before the analysis starts. I
wonder what the others are doing.
Jr.: MOMO is already in the analysis room getting ready. Ziggy is...
I think he said he was going to get maintenance on his body before
the analysis starts.
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Juli: How do you feel?
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi?
Juli: MOMO asked me to do it.
Juli: She said, "Mommy, you're a famous scientist, so I bet you know all
about cybernetic engineering."
Ziggy: Ah, I'd prefer...
Juli: I'm not a young woman. Don't let it bother you.
Juli: A famous scientist?
Juli: Perhaps, infamous is more appropriate.
Ziggy: You seem to have difficulty dealing with MOMO. Why?
Juli: Could you love something that looked like your own daughter, but
wasn't?
Ziggy: That is a difficult question.
Juli: Merely creating something to look like my daughter won't bring
back her soul.
Juli: And with 100-Series Realians scattered all over this star cluster,
they all serve as a constant reminder of her death.
Ziggy: Was it your husband's idea to make the 100-Series look like her?
Juli: Yes.
Juli: Do you have any children?
Ziggy: A son. He was a healthy, intelligent boy. I lost him in an
accident.
Juli: I'm sorry.
Juli: Is that why you committed suicide?
Ziggy: Yes, it is.
Juli: Perhaps I, too, should have done the same when my daughter died.
Juli: But instead of grief, my heart was filled with anger towards my
husband.
Ziggy: You seem to be a very strong person.
Juli: No. I'm just stubborn.
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi, this is just an idea, but why don't you imagine you
had two daughters?
Juli: What do you mean?
Ziggy: One that passed away, and one that's still alive.
Juli: So you think I should start treating MOMO like another daughter,
instead of merely a copy of Sakura.
Juli: You sure know how to pose a difficult challenge.
Ziggy: Please consider it.
Juli: I'll think about it. Well, I'd better go.
Ziggy: Thank you for the maintenance.
Juli: You're welcome.
Ziggy: All right, you can come in now.
Ziggy: I believe I told you eavesdropping wasn't very admirable.
Jr.: We weren't doing it on purpose.
Jr.: Still, I gotta say, old man, you are full of surprises.
Ziggy: What do you mean? I'm not following what you're saying.
Jr.: Yeah, whatever.
Ziggy: Anyway, isn't it about time for MOMO's analysis to begin?
Ziggy: You can't afford to be standing around here, wasting your time.
Jr.: Oh, crap. We'd better get back.
chaos: Let's go to the analysis room.
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Mary: Just relax, okay MOMO?
Mary: This is just the initial preparation for the analysis.
MOMO: Thank you. I'll do my best.
MOMO: You know, I'm a self-adjusting model. I've never had maintenance
like this before.
MOMO: So, I guess this is what it feels like when you do it, Ziggy?
Ziggy: Don't worry. There's nothing to be afraid of.
100-Series: We will be shutting down your artificial personality layer during
the analysis.
100-Series: Your artificial emotion and abstract cognitive functions will
temporarily cease to function, but please do not be alarmed.
MOMO: Artificial emotion?
100-Series: Since your artificial personality is an option for interpersonal
interaction, this procedure will have no effect on your
observational functions.
MOMO: My heart is just an optional function?
Ziggy: MOMO...
100-Series: Personality Sleep Mode activated.
100-Series: Shutting down.
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Helmer: So how is it going?
Mary: They're having a pretty hard time preparing for MOMO's analysis.
Mary: As if the protection on her wasn't complex enough, some of her
routes were damaged in that last hacking attempt.
Jr.: I see. So her personality layer is deactivated.
Mary: Yeah. It's kinda painful, like we're doing something terrible to
her.
Mary: It reminds me of when we were on Old Miltia, kept on constant
meds.
Mary: I felt totally empty inside then.
Mary: I really hated it.
Jr.: Yeah...
Mary: We humans might be shameless at times, but that's still how we
feel.
Mary: I think if someone told me that my heart was just a fake, I'd
really be hurt.
Jr.: Even our hearts might be nothing more than playthings created by
god.
Shelley: Little Master, are you sure you don't want to be here?
Jr.: I can't watch. I'm scared.
Shelley: Little Master...
Jr.: I'm a...coward.
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100-Series: Confirmed mental barrier on 100-Series Prototype. Starting
approach to Prototype. Band secured. Opening partition. Starting
count. 5...4...3...2...1... receiving signal.
Mary: Just a little more, MOMO.
Mary: Just a little more and it'll all be over, okay?
Mary: We'll all go someplace really fun after this.
100-Series: Final barrier decode pattern decrypted.
100-Series: Initiating complete protection removal.
100-Series: Scanning transection. All monitors are showing normal values.
Mary: MOMO...
MOMO: S...top...
100-Series: Electronic pulse signal is rejected! Brainwave frequencies
increasing.
Mary: MOMO!
Mary: What is it? What are you trying to say?
100-Series: Continuing approach to barrier 15. Executing rescan.
MOMO: It's...a...tr...ap...
Shelley: This can't...
Tech #1: Interference is manifesting from unobservable space.
Tech #2: Barrier logic destruction, 68%.
Tech #2: Emergency cutoff.
Tech #2: Cutoff refused!
Tech #2: A terminal has been opened to the U.M.N. network.
Tech #2: Unable to determine the intrusion route!
Tech #1: Multiple axon connections advancing within the subconscious
domain.
Tech #1: A large-scale holographic network is being established!
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi, what's happening?
Juli: No wonder we didn't find anything; we were analyzing each system
separately.
Juli: Each layer is a low-resolution fragment, like scattered bits of
memories.
Juli: It's only when they all become active at once that the whole image
comes together.
Juli: Joachim's pulled off a grand tromp l'oeil.
Juli: Try the cutoff again.
Juli: Reestablish defensive logic against the external hack attempt.
Tech #2: Right.
Tech #2: Attempting to restart defensive logic.
Tech #2: Denied!
Ziggy: MOMO!
Mary: MOMO!
MOMO: I'm...sorry...
MOMO: I...didn't know...
Gaignun: No! This is...
Juli: There's a self-expanding trap in there.
Juli: This isn't one of Joachim's designs.
Juli: It's something recent -- probably planted during the intrusion at
the Song of Nephilim.
Gaignun: This is Albedo's work.
Tech #2: 20 seconds to defense logic failure.
Tech #2: We're running the risk of complete data leakage.
Ziggy: What are you doing, Dr. Mizrahi?
Juli: I'm using the emergency control code and destroying the data.
Ziggy: You can't! If you do that, MOMO will...
Juli: You have a better idea?
Juli: We cannot allow the Y-Data to fall into the enemy's hands under
any circumstance!
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi!
Juli: MOMO...
Tech #1: Dr. Mizrahi!
Tech #1: The holographic network has begun to disrupt!
Tech #1: The expanded data is disappearing!
Juli: What? But I didn't...
Ziggy: What's going on?
Juli: It's MOMO.
Juli: She's cutting her own neural pathways to disperse the memory!
Juli: She's destroying her own mind to protect the data that Joachim
entrusted to her.
Ziggy: What?
Juli: MOMO!
Tech #@: The 100-Series Prototype has shut down!
Juli/Ziggy: MOMO!
Albedo: So...
Albedo: I trust you liked my gift?
Gaignun: Albedo!
Albedo: Looks like ma pêche managed to protect Mizrahi's legacy with her
own body.
Albedo: How very brave.
Albedo: However, no matter how charming, in the end she's nothing more
than a puppet.
Albedo: A puppet waiting for a miracle to make her human, believing all of
Mizrahi's rubbish...
Ziggy: What? A puppet?
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi, is she...
Juli: It's all right.
Juli: I won't let her die.
Juli: Injecting nanounit restoration.
Juli: Ready twelve-device-activator.
Juli: This time...
Juli: I will save her.
Juli: I swear it!
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Shion: Oh no. Poor MOMO.
Jr.: I'm so sorry. We were right there and we still let this happen to
her.
Helmer: Her basic functions have recovered.
Helmer: Though she avoided death, her neural network, the rough equivalent
of her brain, has been completely shattered to pieces.
Helmer: We need the expertise of Vector's Third Division if we stand any
chance of recovering the Y-Data.
Helmer: This crisis isn't just Second Miltia's problem anymore.
Helmer: On behalf of the entire government, I am hereby requesting your
official assistance.
Shion: MOMO... All this to protect her father's wishes.
Shion: Very well. We would be honored to assist you.
Shion: Besides, MOMO is a close friend.
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Allen: This is terrible!
Allen: I think it's going to take a while to get help from Third
Division. I hope MOMO will be all right until then.
Shion: Allen, could I get you to arrange the equipment transfer from
Third Division?
Allen: Huh? Sure, no problem, but... Are you planning on...
Shion: Yeah, I'm going to go. I can't just sit here and wait.
Allen: I knew it.
Allen: Just so you know, you'll be exceeding your authority. I don't
think that's a good idea.
Shion: Don't worry, I'll take the blame. Nothing will happen to you.
Thanks for your help, then.
Allen: Hey, wait, Chief!
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Allen: Chief!
Allen: Chief, wait up!
Shion: Allen?
Allen: I went ahead and ordered the equipment from Third Division. They
asked what we intended to do with it, so I explained it to them.
Shion: Hey! Didn't I tell you I'd go myself?
Allen: It's all right. By the time Third Division arrives, our work
should be complete.
Shion: Allen...
Allen: Please don't say you'll go by yourself. I'll go with you.
Shion: All right. Let's hurry!
Shion: I have to hurry! I'll be right there, MOMO!
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Rep #1: What are you talking about?
Rep #1: What reason could there possibly be for the Immigrant Fleet to
deploy ships to Second Miltia?
Rep #2: Now, now, let's not be so quick to judge. Let's at least hear what
they have to say.
Patriarch: Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak.
Patriarch: Once, in this region of space, there existed the great land of
Miltia.
Patriarch: As you all know, when the unfortunate events occurred fourteen
years ago, that land along with mankind's greatest treasure, was
sealed away like a cursed past.
Patriarch: That greatest of treasures originally belonged to all of mankind,
and we of the Immigrant Fleet had been its caretakers from time
immemorial.
Rep #1: Now wait just a minute.
Rep #1: All Zohar activity currently falls under the jurisdiction of the
Federation.
Rep #1: You aren't trying to monopolize that great treasure for
yourselves, now, are you?
Patriarch: We wouldn't dream of it.
Patriarch: All I am saying is, there are those who would claim it as their
own.
Rep #3: Are you insinuating that the Miltian government would do such a
thing?
Patriarch: They have clearly used the events of fourteen years ago to justify
their mobilization.
Patriarch: To demonstrate that, they have summoned the great evil, Proto
Merkabah, in an attempt to reignite the flames of conflict across
the galaxy.
Patriarch: They intend to take advantage of the chaos of war to use the relic
in Old Miltia for their own self-interests.
Patriarch: In response to these usurpers, the Miltian government, we propose
to reclaim our long-standing traditional rights to be the
caretakers of the relic.
Rep #3: The incident you speak of was perpetrated by the U-TIC
Organization.
Rep #3: All accusations against the Miltian government were officially
cleared, were they not?
Rep #3: I believe there was even evidence provided by Vector.
Rep #2: Yes. But there are also rumors that Vector is supporting the
Miltian government.
Rep #2: I wonder just how trustworthy Vector's data really is.
Rep #2: Where is the Miltian government's representative now?
Rep #4: Where is Representative Helmer? Doesn't he have anything to say
in this matter?
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Jin: It's been a long time, Lieutenant General.
Jin: Or do you prefer Representative Helmer, of the Second Miltian
Parliament?
Helmer: The old way is fine, Captain. It suits me more.
Helmer: Well Captain, aren't you going to ask me why I've come?
Jin: I've got a fairly good idea.
Helmer: Fine.
Helmer: Then I'll get straight to the point.
Helmer: Captain, I'd like to enlist your services once again.
Helmer: I believe you already know Canaan.
Jin: Yes. It's been a while.
Helmer: The data you entrusted to Canaan...
Helmer: I want to find out the truth it holds.
Jin: That information was obtained illegally. It won't stand up in
court.
Helmer: I don't care.
Helmer: If I can just find out who our real enemy is, that'll be more than
enough.
Helmer: I want to know, Captain.
Jin: Lieutenant General, these days I am but a lowly used bookseller.
Jin: I'm not sure I am capable of meeting your expectations.
Jin: This is...
Helmer: The truth will surely be of great benefit to you as well.
Jin: Lieutenant General, you must realize that in order to unravel the
data that I passed to Canaan, we have to go back there.
Jin: I assume you are aware of what that means.
Helmer: I'm well aware, and I'm ready.
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Jr.: Shion!
Jr.: I thought we were getting someone from the Third Division.
Jr.: This is outside of First Division's jurisdiction, isn't it?
Shion: Yes.
Shion: Normally the Third Division would have sent someone, but we were
closer. It's just easier for me to take care of it.
Shion: Besides, I've already had everything we need transported over.
Don't worry, we've got the technical side covered. You can relax.
Allen: Honestly, Chief, you're so stubborn.
Allen: You know, you're gonna have a hard time with the Third Division
later.
chaos: Yet in spite of that, Allen, you're still right here helping.
Allen: What? Ah...well...I can't leave it all to the Chief, now can I?
Shion: Jr., we want to save MOMO too.
Shion: Or, do you think Allen and I aren't reliable enough?
Jr.: No, no. Well, I don't know about Allen, but I'm glad you're here,
Shion.
Allen: Hey! What is that supposed to --
Jr.: We're short on time. As soon as you're ready, let's go.
Shion: Right.
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Allen: The dive subjects for this operation will be the Chief, Jr., chaos
and Ziggy.
Allen: I've also arranged for KOS-MOS' data to be simultaneously
transmitted from Second Division into the Encephalon.
Allen: I'm sure having her around will be reassuring.
Shion: That's good thinking, Allen.
Allen: Our dive target is MOMO Mizrahi's subconscious domain, which is
modeled after Sakura Mizrahi's memories.
Allen: Like the dive into KOS-MOS' Encephalon, there is a possibility of
resonant memory playbacks with those who've closely shared time
and space with her.
Jr.: This time, that'd be me.
Shion: Jr.?
Ziggy: Dr. Mizrahi told me that Sakura suffered from a central nervous
system disorder.
Ziggy: Did you have contact with her?
Jr.: I did.
Jr.: The going theory was that Sakura's symptoms were somehow connected
to unusual wave pulses within the U.M.N.
Jr.: She was being attended to at the Yuriev Institute, where her
treatment was also a part of the U.R.T.V.s' U.M.N. link training.
Shion: Sakura, the girl MOMO was modeled after?
Ziggy: I'd like to ask you something.
Ziggy: What is U-DO, exactly?
Ziggy: Why were you U.R.T.V.s created? To fight it?
Jr.: U-DO is the Unus-Mundus Drive Operation system.
Jr.: From the name, it might sound like some U.M.N. control A.I., but
that thing was not created by human hands.
Shion: Yes. That thing...that's no A.I.
Shion: Nothing that simple could have created a space-time anomaly.
Jr.: Exactly.
Jr.: They just picked the name because it sounded good. At first, they
tried to make us believe it, too.
Jr.: They said it was an artificial consciousness within the U.M.N.
that was carrying some kind of dangerous waves.
Jr.: But that was a total lie.
Jr.: Our father, Dmitri Yuriev, knew about it from the start.
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Rubedo: All right, open spiritual link.
Rubedo: All U.R.T.V.s match your individual waves to mine.
Rubedo: Here it comes.
Albedo: I'm scared, Rubedo.
Albedo: Don't let go of my hand.
Rubedo: Concentrate, Albedo.
Rubedo: Just do it like in training and you'll be fine.
Rubedo: What the...
Nigredo: Rubedo?
Rubedo: Emergency cutoff! Shutting down spiritual link!
Rubedo: I know what I'm doing.
Rubedo: Even though we think of them as mental waves, the resulting
anti-particle collision with us will be converted directly into
thermal energy.
Rubedo: Dad knew everything.
Rubedo: That bastard!
Nigredo: The link is already complete.
Nigredo: We can't stop it.
Albedo: No! Rubedo, don't let go!
Rubedo: No, I'm cutting the link.
Albedo: Don't let go!
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Ziggy: So what is it?
Jr.: It's an energy from a higher dimension. An entity humans couldn't
possibly control.
Jr.: It's ironic that we U.R.T.V.s are its anti-existence, and yet we
were never told what it really is.
Shion: U-DO...
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Allen: Encephalon construction complete.
Allen: We can open the interconnection at any time now.
Shion: Okay, go ahead.
Allen: All right everyone, just relax and enjoy the trip.
Announcer: Starting Encephalon.
Allen: And don't worry, I'm a pro at this.
Announcer: Starting preparation for interconnection linkage.
Shion: He's right.
Shion: We're in good hands.
Announcer: Band secured. Opening cage partition. System monitors are showing
normal values.
Allen: KOS-MOS data transfer confirmed.
Allen: Initiating reconstruction.
Announcer: Confirmed transport of external data -- ... field formation.
Allen: All preparations for direct approach complete.
Jr.: All right.
Jr.: Let's go.
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Ziggy: Where are we?
Jr.: The world inside MOMO's subconscious domain. Sakura's inner world.
Jr.: MOMO!
Jr.: MOMO, you're okay!
Jr.: Hey, can't you hear me?
Jr.: Say something!
Shion: It's no use, Jr. She's not going to answer.
Jr.: Why not?! She's right there in front of us!
Shion: Her personality layer is off-line.
Shion: Plus, her neural network's completely fragmented. She can't
understand anything we say.
Shion: She may not be able to even hear us right now.
Jr.: No. Dammit!
Shion: The MOMO you're seeing here is nothing more than a product of her
own subconscious.
Shion: Even if she were able to take some sort of action, it would only
be a simple reflex.
Shion: MOMO... Even in her current state, she's still trying so hard to
help us.
Ziggy: What are you doing?
Ziggy: We don't have much time. Do you want to worry MOMO even more?
Jr.: Right.
Jr.: MOMO...just hang on a little bit longer.
Jr.: Come on, MOMO, let's go. I swear I'll always keep you safe.
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Shion: Is that...MOMO?
Ziggy: No...
Jr.: It's Sakura.
Albedo: Rubedo...it's all dark.
Nigredo: It's kinda cramped in here.
Rubedo: I know! Just shut up for a second, will ya?
Albedo: I'm scared. Turn the light on!
Rubedo: Cut it out! Quit movin' around so much... Ow!
Albedo: Sorry!
Nigredo: Quit pushing, stupid!
Rubedo: What is this place?
Albedo: We must've messed up the connection coordinates.
Rubedo: Albedo, you stepped on my foot in there!
Albedo: Huh? I did not!
Shion: Oh...
Jr.: Uh-huh. That's us fourteen years ago.
Albedo: It wasn't me! It must've been Nigredo.
Rubedo: No way! That was your foot.
Nigredo: That girl is our contact target. The coordinates were correct.
Albedo: That girl...she's looking at us!
Rubedo: I...I'm sorry!
Sakura: Ah, you guys...
Rubedo: Next time, we'll come in through the door.
Sakura: Wait!
Sakura: You guys... You can hear why I'm saying?
Sakura: I'm...I'm so happy you came.
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Juli: Dmitri.
Juli: Are you sure those boys are going to be able to help with Sakura's
treatment?
Yuriev: I don't believe the condition your daughter suffers from is a
mere natural disorder.
Yuriev: Therefore, contact with the anti-U-DO waveforms within the
U.R.T.V.s will be beneficial for her.
Juli: Hypersensitivity to the synchronicity of the U.M.N...
Juli: We never had diseases like that when the universe was still small.
Tech 01: U.M.N. dive operation. Phase six complete.
Tech 01: U.R.T.V. team commencing dive-out, starting from number 660.
Tech 01: Now opening dive-pods.
Rubedo: That girl...
Rubedo: That girl gave me a message.
Rubedo: She said, "Please tell my mother... Please tell my mother that I
love her."
Rubedo: What else... She said, "I got a seashell treasure box for my
birthday last year. If you tell my mother that, she'll
understand."
Yuriev: So, the wavelengths matched up...
Juli: You were able to talk to Sakura?
Juli: So, what's your name?
Rubedo: Rubedo. Uh...I mean...
Rubedo: U.R.T.V. unit number 666.
Juli: Rubedo.
Juli: Please keep telling me the things she says, all right?
Rubedo: Yes, ma'am!
Shion: Mom...
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Shion: What is this place?
Jr.: The Yuriev Institute. It's the U.R.T.V. development facility. The
place where I was made.
Shion: It feels strange, like time has stopped. The people here can't
see us?
Jr.: Yeah, looks like it. This place is frozen in time at a point when
Sakura was alive. But why here? How do we save MOMO?
Ziggy: Hmm. It would seem that those three phantoms are the key.
Shion: Right, we don't have time to wander around. Let's go look for
them.
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Rubedo: Sakura...
Rubedo: She really can't talk in this world.
Juli: That's right.
Juli: The neural pathways that recognize the outside world and allow
her to express herself have been completely severed.
Juli: Her electric potential pulse control was determined to be
instable, but neither medicine nor nanomachine-based Glilial
supplements had any effect.
Rubedo: It's weird that restoring her membrane electrical potential didn't
do anything.
Juli: Yes...
Juli: But now your waveform, the particular wavelength you possess, is
making up for her deficiency.
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Sakura: I hear my dad is researching treatment for me, too.
Sakura: He's making a Realian that's a lot like a human, and he's gonna
make it so my senses are always linked up with it.
Sakura: That way, I won't have to make my mom sad anymore.
Rubedo: Sakura, you sure have nice parents.
Sakura: What about you?
Sakura: Your dad is Dr. Yuriev, right?
Sakura: Don't you have a mom?
Rubedo: Yeah, we have one.
Rubedo: Genetically speaking, anyway.
Rubedo: She had a healthy ovum with a perfect set of chromosomes.
Rubedo: That's all we really know about her.
Sakura: How come you're not looking for her?
Sakura: Don't you wanna meet her?
Rubedo: What's the point?
Rubedo: So I can say, "Hi! You're the mother of a bunch of genetically
engineered bioweapons"?
Sakura: Don't say that.
Sakura: You're not a weapon.
Sakura: You're a wonderful boy.
Rubedo: Oh yeah?
Rubedo: The only time we can leave the Institute is when there's a war
going on.
Sakura: Hey, Rubedo.
Sakura: I have a favor to ask of you.
Sakura: My little sister is gonna be born soon.
Sakura: She's kind of different from a normal sister, I mean, my mom won't
be giving birth to her, but...
Sakura: My mother and sister...
Sakura: I want you to look after them for me, okay?
Rubedo: Okay!
Rubedo: If she's your sister, I'll look after her like she was my own!
Sakura: You promise?
Rubedo: Of course!
Rubedo: Leave it to me --
Sakura: Good night, Rubedo.
Sakura: See you tomorrow.
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Nigredo: So, you practice along with her piano.
Nigredo: If you're that interested in her, why don't you just stay there
in virtual space?
Nigredo: I'm sure she'd like that, too.
Rubedo: It's not like that.
Albedo: Your concentration's been slipping lately, Rubedo.
Albedo: It's almost time for our training in the U-DO simulator. You know
that, right?
Rubedo: Hey, I know all about it.
Rubedo: I'm the link master. I'll fulfill the mission.
Albedo: I can trust you, right?
Albedo: As long as you're here, I don't have to be afraid of U-DO, right?
Rubedo: Of course! Pull yourself together!
Rubedo: We're the variants. Your waveform's way beyond a standard U.R.T.V.
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Citrine: Pleased to meet you, number 666 Rubedo.
Citrine: I am U.R.T.V. number 668. You may call me Citrine.
Rubedo: 668?...I've never seen a female type before!
Citrine: Don't be so surprised.
Citrine: The original fertilized eggs had both X and Y stock.
Citrine: I am an X-type, designed to preserve the egg's mtDNA.
Citrine: We'd be in trouble if the project hit a dead end with nothing but
just you simple Y-types.
Albedo: I'd heard there was a girls' ward somewhere.
Nigredo: I thought the missing number was dead.
Citrine: It's certainly true that a lot of units were disposed of.
Citrine: Unlike you male types, we have only nine female types remaining.
Citrine: It's a shame because, theoretically, we are superior.
Rubedo: Disposed of?
Rubedo: Who do you think you are?
Citrine: And just who do you think you are, Rubedo?
Citrine: We aren't normal children, you know. Even if we lost control of
our waveform and died, we wouldn't have the luxury of complaining
about it.
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Albedo: I can't stand them.
Nigredo: Shh!
Albedo: Just look at them.
Albedo: They don't even have wills of their own. All of them together just
form one collective consciousness.
Albedo: Why is everyone up to 665 like that?
Rubedo: The standard types have weak anti-waveforms. It's not their fault
they were born that way.
Albedo: Eww, yuck.
Yuriev: This is not a drill.
Yuriev: You will initiate a U.M.N. dive into the subconscious domain of
the sleeping patient and repair her sensory impairment.
Yuriev: This mission will also serve as valuable anti-U-DO training for
you.
Juli: Your descent target is a white beach.
Juli: This beach is a subjective image created by the patient that
exists below her consciousness.
Juli: Within it lies whatever is obstructing her neural connection.
Juli: We want you to identify and eliminate it.
Rubedo: The beach?!
Albedo: I've never been to the beach!
Nigredo: We'll definitely have to go sometime!
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U.R.T.V.: Why?
U.R.T.V.: Why are you the leader, number 666?
U.R.T.V.: You're a variant...
U.R.T.V.: You're a monster!
Albedo: Shut up, you losers!
Albedo: Don't make fun of Rubedo!
Albedo: Your power doesn't even come close to his!
Nigredo: That's enough, Albedo.
Nigredo: They're not our enemies.
Nigredo: It's all right, Rubedo.
Nigredo: We both believe in you.
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Rubedo: So this is...the fear that Sakura holds.
Nigredo: Look out! Behind you!
Albedo: What is this thing? Cut it out!
Rubedo: Are they ready?
Rubedo: Let's spread out a psych-link and take care of this.
Nigredo: Rubedo, look!
U.R.T.V.: The waves...
U.R.T.V.: The waves are coming!
Rubedo: Hey! What are you talking about?
U.R.T.V.: No!
Albedo: They've been infected.
Albedo: But we're not even inside the U-DO simulator!
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Albedo: I told you to leave Rubedo alone!
Albedo: Variants aren't monsters! You guys are just weak!
Rubedo: Stop it!
Rubedo: You'll kill him!
Albedo: Rubedo...
Albedo: Don't look at me like that!
Albedo: Rubedo!
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Albedo: What?
Rubedo: What were you thinking?
Rubedo: Number 623's badly injured!
Albedo: Is that what this is about?
Albedo: All he's got to do is just regenerate.
Albedo: What's the problem?
Rubedo: Regenerate?
Albedo: Regenerate...
Albedo: Like this...
Albedo: See?
Rubedo: You idiot!
Rubedo: Don't you ever pull anything like that again!
Rubedo: If you die, you can't come back to life!
Albedo: You mean...
Albedo: Are you saying you can't regenerate?
Rubedo: Of course not!
Rubedo: That's a special ability only you possess.
Albedo: Only me?
Albedo: You're both gonna die and leave me behind?
Albedo: No!
Albedo: I don't wanna be alone!
Albedo: If you die, I wanna die, too.
Rubedo: Stop it.
Rubedo: Don't say things like that.
Rubedo: Now you're making me sad, too.
Albedo: Rubedo, don't leave me behind.
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Shion: What is he doing?
Jr.: I don't know, but...
Jr.: ...ever since that day...ever since Albedo learned he couldn't
die, he somehow started to change.
Shion: Really?
Jr.: We didn't understand.
Jr.: There was no way we could have understood...
Jr.: We couldn't know what it felt like to have a body that wouldn't
die.
Ziggy: Death is rest for the soul.
Ziggy: Who was it who said that?
Ziggy: If the body did not die, and the fears borne in the mind just
continued to pile up, the world would be nothing more than an
eternal prison.
Jr.: Old man...
Jr.: In the beginning, Albedo and I were one.
Shion: Because you're both from the same fertilized egg?
Jr.: No.
Jr.: He was literally attached to my back from conception until the
28th week.
Jr.: His heart was attached right around here.
Shion: What?
KOS-MOS: Occasionally, due to incomplete cell division, twins are born
sharing some portion of their internal organs.
Jr.: That's right.
Jr.: Our special abilities, the power to halt or stimulate cell growth,
are both based on the same basic principle.
Jr.: But after we were split apart, our powers headed off in different
directions.
Jr.: And that's why I shouldn't have just abandoned him.
Shion: Jr.
Shion: Couldn't you try just one more time to approach him?
Jr.: Well, you know...we're both pretty stubborn.
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Tech 01: Commencing with neural monitoring of unit number 666.
Tech 01: Membrane electrical potential, stable.
Tech 01: Spontaneous brain wave frequency of number 667 shifting from 20
to 28Hz.
Yuriev: Calm down, children. Don't get flustered.
Tech 01: Stabilized, 8Hz.
Yuriev: That's better. Just like that.
Helmer: So these are the U.R.T.V.s...
Juli: Dmitri, will they be all right?
Juli: I don't want to hurt these children, even for Sakura's sake.
Helmer: I'd heard they were young, but I didn't expect them to be this
young...
Yuriev: You're pretty sentimental for a soldier, Helmer.
Helmer: I believe a soldier's duty is to protect human life.
Juli: This time, Sakura will be with you, too.
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Rubedo: Sakura!
Rubedo: There's nothing here today.
Rubedo: If we run, we'll be at the beach in no time.
Rubedo: Why not? Let's go!
Rubedo: First, we'll cure your illness, then we'll go to a real beach.
Sakura: Rubedo, look!
Albedo: What do you know, Rubedo?
Albedo: You're just like me, aren't you?
Albedo: Rubedo's a monster, too!
Albedo: It all makes perfect sense.
Albedo: Once, the two of us were one.
Albedo: So, if I'm a monster, that means you're a monster, too!
Albedo: Oh, this is wonderful!
Albedo: I'm so happy!
Rubedo: No! Wait!
Rubedo: This isn't my shadow!
Sakura: Rubedo,