＄94-01-19-19-4-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 98113800 1 "Sessyoin Kiara"] [charaSet B 23001000 1 BB] [bgm BGM_EVENT_54 0.1] [flashin once 0 0 8A0808FF 8A0808FF] [scene 10000] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [cameraFilter gray] [effect bit_talk_noise] ＠ I gave up being one of the 72 pillars and became, simply, Zepar: a single Demon God. [k] ＠ I didn't know where the other three pillars went, nor did I care. [k] ＠ I harbored no hatred for humanity.[sr]On the contrary, I had high hopes for its potential. [k] ＠ I made managing humans as sources of information my new life's work. [k] [messageOff] [scene 41500 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ And I chose Seraphix as my base of operations. [k] ＠ Flauros had previously reported that this facility was one of the causes of the “unobservable region.” [k] ＠ I chose one of the humans from the church to be my host. It was an emergency measure I had to take until I could heal from the wounds I suffered at the Temple of Time. [k] ＠ My work would take several decades to complete. [k] ＠ During that time, I came to the conclusion that a human host was the best way to avoid Chaldea's detection. I was so sure of it. [k] ＠ The name of the human I possessed was Sessyoin Kiara. She was a therapist who lent people her ear and helped to solve their problems. [k] ＠ She was an absolute saint.[sr]Worthy enough to be the vessel of a savior, even. [k] ＠ She was persecuted because her innate kindness was thought to be “inconvenient” in the human world. [k] ＠ I can say this much, even now: if not for an outside influence like me, Kiara would be living a modest but happy life. [k] ＠ She would have been respected among the members of a small community until the end of her days. [k] ＠ ...She may have been kind, but that is not a quality I had need of, so I buried it in the depths of her subconscious. [k] ＠ I acted while she was asleep and attempted to recover my strength over time. [k] [messageOff] [scene 10000 1.0] [wait scene] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Remarkable... Quantifying emotions to soothe the hearts of those suffering from inner turmoil... [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara What a brilliant idea, Zepar.[sr]You may use my body as you wish. [k] [messageOff] [scene 41100 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ Kiara offered no resistance in handing her body over to me. I truly felt that her devotion, passion, and respect for me were genuine. [k] ＠ I (as a Demon God, no less!) felt good about the situation and used Kiara's intelligence and social standing to effectively control the oil rig. [k] ＠ Kiara's body proved to be an exceptional tool in my dealings with the opposite sex. [k] ＠ No matter who they were or what they did, none resisted the temptation it offered. [k] ＠ I learned much about human pleasure during that time. [k] ＠ Of course, I truly would have been better off not knowing. Demon Gods have no need for pleasure. [k] ＠ For a spiritual being like myself, the pleasures of the flesh proved to be too much, and I found myself increasingly unable to escape their allure. [k] ＠ Human niceties, the stimuli that come from relationships, even pleasures that incorporate spirituality... Before I knew it, I was begging Kiara to help me understand. [k] ＠ Though completely obedient, it was Kiara who was controlling my actions before long. [k] ＠ How might I best make researchers capitulate?[sr]Or increase my authority even further? [k] ＠ Her desire and ability to take action astonished me. [k] ＠ The sheer ugliness within her was worthy of a Demon God. [k] [messageOff] [scene 41300 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ Indeed, it was I who converted Seraphix into SE.RA.PH.[sr]But the changes that followed exceeded all expectations. [k] ＠ Kiara helped and healed the Seraphix personnel that had been thrown into chaos. [k] ＠ She engineered a situation in which she was absolutely indispensable. [k] ＠ After that, she cut each of them off from their group, one after the other. [k] ＠ There was no rhyme or reason to who was chosen. [k] ＠ Engulfed by the crisis, overwhelming fear twisted the personalities of the staff, made them depraved, stripped them of every last shred of humanity. [k] ＠ One man killed his wife, fearing Kiara would abandon him... Another, a woman, was killed by the others after she plotted to kill Kiara... [k] ＠ There was a woman who was killed simply because she saw Kiara looking sad. There was one man who desperately wanted to escape Kiara's grasp but was unable to do so. [k] ＠ ...I simply wanted a place to hide. I had no wish to see the world before me transformed into hell. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Heehee. What are you saying, Zepar? The plan was always to have more and more fun, was it not? [k] [messageOff] [scene 41200 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ It was then that Kiara seduced the personnel into opening up the planetarium to her. They opened Pandora's box of their own volition. [k] ＠ BB and 128 Servants appeared on SE.RA.PH. [k] ＠ Claiming she did it for my sake, Kiara took control and ruled SE.RA.PH from behind the scenes. [k] ＠ By then, I had already lost control of her body.[sr]I could do nothing to stop her. [k] ＠ It was now I who was possessed. [k] ＠ Much as I had intended to possess her, she proved herself my superior in that regard. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara ...I see. So each of the four escaped pillars intend to create a Singularity of their own... [k] ＠ Each of us had our own goals, and we all found that in order to achieve them, we needed to create Singularities. [k] ＠ When I told her that, her lips bent into a sympathetic smile of refusal. [k] ＠ I could only ask why. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Mmm, why create a Singularity when it would feel so much better to BECOME one instead? [k] [messageOff] [scene 10000 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ That was the moment I realized I had underestimated human desire, that it had gone beyond all control. [k] ＠ But it was too late. I tried to separate myself from Kiara, but I had no influence over her whatsoever. I had not the slightest bit of freedom to speak of. [k] ＠ I desperately wanted to leave.[sr]I begged to leave. [k] ＠ To my shame, I would have done anything to be free.[sr]I even offered to find her a new victim in my place. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara How could you say such a thing, Zepar?[sr]We share the same fate, the same ideals. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Or perhaps...you're dissatisfied with me somehow? [k] ＠ I still remember the pang of terror I felt when she asked me that. [k] ＠ ...Forgive me. Please, let me go. [k] ＠ I am taken over each and every day. I am helping to create a demon, and there's no stopping it. No turning back. [k] [messageOff] [scene 41500 1.0] [wait scene] ＠ I no longer had access to the diary I'd hidden in the chapel. [k] ＠ All that I was permitted, the only place I was granted, was in the tip of Kiara's pinky finger. [k] ＠ Shaking off the fear, I continued to beg and plead:[sr]“Free me.” “Let me go.” [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Nonsense, Zepar. Your pleas upset me. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara You were mistaken to think that my pinky finger was yours to reside in. That it was the only place for you. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara There's no place for you inside me anymore.[sr]I gave you that only as a courtesy. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_54 0.7] ＠Sessyoin Kiara All that remains of you is your consciousness, and that only because I allow it. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.1] [wait fade] [flashin once 0.1 20000 8A0808FF 8A0808FF] [wipeFilter sazanami 0.5 1.0] [cameraFilter normal] [scene 10000] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] [wt 0.4] ＠ I lost my mind. [k] ＠ As madness overtook me, one last thought came to me. [k] ＠ This woman stole everything I had ever been. What little is left of me would fade away if I were to leave her. [k] ＠ What is worse? To be enslaved by a human?[sr]Or to die proudly as a Demon God? [k] ＠ It was a difficult decision, but in the end I chose the former. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara We are like friends, you and I. [k] ＠ She beamed. Her smile, dripping with love, disgusted even me. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara But if that's truly what you desired, I guess I have no choice but to let you go. [k] ＠ No, don't! No, no, no! Stop![sr]Your pinky is more than enough for me! [k] ＠ Please don't abandon me! My goals, my will and my reason for being... Please don't take them away from me! [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara You'll be fine, Zepar. As long as we have our pleasure, you will be fine. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Your goal is humanity's salvation, apparently so is mine. [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara So leave everything to me and return to the place from which you came. [k] [effect bit_talk_noise_gr] [wipeFilter noiseUzumaki 0.5 1.0] [se ad31] ＠ Ahh, I'm disappearing... Disappearing, fading fast...[sr]I can't hold on. Can't hold on. [k] [wipeFilter noiseUzumaki 0.6 1.0] ＠ How did it come to this? I did nothing wrong.[sr]Why? Why? [k] [wipeFilter noiseUzumaki 0.7 1.0] ＠ No... I don't want this... This is horrible... It's too much... Don't kill me... Don't abandon me... Don't throw me away... [k] [wipeFilter noiseUzumaki 0.8 1.0] ＠ Don't forsake me, Kiara! [k] [seStop ad31] [wipeOff] [flashOff] [se ade49] [effectStop bit_talk_noise] [effectStop bit_talk_noise_gr] [messageOff] [wt 2.0] [scene 41500 1.0] [wait scene] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 6] [charaFadein B 0.4 1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] ＠BB You've been sadistic, Kiara. You purposely chose to do the opposite of what Zepar told you to do, didn't you? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 4] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Sessyoin Kiara You don't listen very well, do you?[sr]I only ever did what Zepar asked of me. [k] [charaFace A 8] ＠Sessyoin Kiara But whatever he said after that has nothing to do with me and has long since been forgotten. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 8] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠BB ...I see. [k] ＠BB Well, Zepar isn't blameless, I guess. He consumed a large number of Seraphix personnel, too. We can just file that under karma and move on. [k] [charaFace B 6] ＠BB So it's my job to run the Holy Grail War, isn't it?[sr]If so, I'm going to do it as objectively as possible. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Yes, of course! [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara It should take at least, hm, a year in SE.RA.PH terms for me[line 2]for SE.RA.PH[line 2]to “emerge,” yes? [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara And we need something to keep us busy while we're falling, right? [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara If so, the best way I can think of to amuse myself is to summon more Servants! [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Ahh... It's such a wonderful and exciting prospect that I can hardly contain myself! [k] ＠Sessyoin Kiara I can experience delights I've only dreamed of before now! And this is all thanks to, umm, to... [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Sessyoin Kiara Zep... Was that it? Ah, whatever it was, if nothing else,[sr]I thank the Demon God Pillar for this opportunity! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 1.5] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]