＄03-00-02-16-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1098123810 1 Ophelia] [imageSet B cut067_srt_rev 2] [imageSet C cut066_srt 2] [charaScale B 1.01] [charaScale C 1.01] [charaSet H 98115000 1 Effect] [scene 10000] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [se ad429] [wt 2.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] ＠ I... I can't fail Lord Kirschtaria. [k] ＠ He trusted me with this.[sr]I can't let him down. [k] ＠ This time...I will not fail to live up to his wishes. [k] ＠ I refuse to disappoint him.[sr]So I won't. No matter what it takes. [k] ＠ And so... [k] ＠ ...even if today is Sunday, I'll endure it.[sr]I know I can. [k] ＠ I don't care if I even smell my own[sr]flesh beginning to burn and char. [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] ＠ I know I can stay my old, reticent self,[sr]never setting one foot forward. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadein C 0.1 0,-200] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadein B 3.0 0,-200] [se ad644] [wt 2.0] [se ad541] [bgm BGM_EVENT_79 0.1] ＠ ...At Muspelheim, in what used to be northern[sr]Sweden in the Scandinavian Peninsula... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [se ade69] ＠ “There. I have connected myself to the Tree of Emptiness [image berserker_language_1].” [k] ＠ “Hehe.” [k] ＠ “I could get used to this.” [k] ＠ “Look, Ophelia.” [k] ＠ “Look at what I have become.” [k] ＠ “Look at the ice that resides beside my flame.” [k] [se ade69] ＠ “At last, I have regained Fenrir's Authority!” [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] ＠ He was right; something was different. Surtr changed from a being of pure fire, to one of fire and ice. [k] ＠ When I asked him how the Fiery King of Giants could possibly hold Authority over ice... [k] ＠ ...he told me he had long ago swallowed it. [k] ＠ ...First the beast of Ragnarök consumed the true sun, removing it from Scandinavia's reality...and then the giant of Ragnarök ate the beast? [k] ＠ That's absurd.[sr]It's not even remotely realistic. [k] ＠ But...in this Lostbelt, that is the reality. [k] ＠ The giant of ice and fire smiles.[sr]He's pleased to have regained the power he lost. [k] ＠ I can see wings growing from his back.[sr]Looking past the various possibilities, I see... [k] ＠Ophelia (...invisible dragon wings...) [k] ＠Ophelia (Does this mean...he's starting to manifest Fafnir?) [k] ＠ Once he gains perfect form, he will no doubt complete his transformation into a winged ice and fire giant. [k] ＠ A hybrid of giant and dragon.[sr]I could see that making some sense. [k] ＠ And then, there was the flaming sword. As the embodiment of several kinds of raging Authority... [k] ＠ ...he once slaughtered the gods and his kin alike. [k] [se ade69] ＠ “Now...” [k] ＠ “...is the time.” [k] ＠ “The true Twilight of the Gods[line 2]Götterdämmerung[line 2]will soon be upon us.” [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] ＠ As he spoke his words of flame, countless masses began to writhe around at his feet. [k] ＠ They reminded me of children grasping for their mother...of maggots searching for light. [k] ＠ They were seeds. A vast number of seeds. [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_79 1.0] ＠ Yes. As if things weren't bad enough... [k] ＠ ...he absorbed the Tree of Emptiness,[sr]right before my eyes. [k] ＠ He severed the tree's connection to Scáthach-Skadi.[bgm BGM_EVENT_81 0.1][sr]Slowly, he sank his teeth into it, and then, in an instant... [k] ＠ ...he slurped it all down, root and stem. [k] ＠ Using the Tree of Emptiness's power, he forced a Spirit Origin Ascension upon himself and took back his past Authority. [k] ＠ ...It should have been impossible, yet somehow, he managed it. Was it the Paper Moon, and its ability to let one interact with Void Space? [k] ＠ Is that how he was able to pile impossibility atop impossibility, and consume the Tree of Emptiness? [k] ＠ It should not be possible,[sr]and yet there it is, plain as day. [k] ＠ I tried giving orders, but to no avail. The tree simply shed my control, and the queen's, of its own accord. [k] ＠Ophelia You connected yourself to the Tree of Emptiness...[sr]No, you can't even call this a connection anymore. [k] ＠Ophelia You preyed upon it. [k] [se ade69] ＠ “Hehe.” [k] ＠ “It welcomed me.” [k] ＠ “Though I am sure the tree lacks a will of its own...” [k] ＠ “...what it did possess was the same[sr]heat that lies in all life.” [k] ＠ “Yes, there was a fire deep in the heart of the Tree of Emptiness [image berserker_language_1] as well.” [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] ＠Ophelia Deep in the heart... [k] [se ade69] ＠ “It told me it did not want to be cut down.” [k] ＠ “That it wanted to live.” [k] ＠ “That it would not die.” [k] ＠ “That it would not forgive.” [k] ＠ “...Or so it kept screaming.” [k] ＠ “Hehehehe.” [k] ＠ “Life is nothing if not greedy.” [k] [messageOff] [se ad644] [wt 1.5] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [scene 62000] [cameraMove 0.1 -72,0 1.2] [wait camera] [charaScale A 0.83] [wipeFilter cinema 0.5 0] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [se ade69] ＠ “Now, I shall burn everything...” [k] ＠ “...starting with all life in this world.” [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 13] [charaFadein A 0.1 72,-98] ＠Ophelia ...Yes. Let's do it. [k] ＠ [charaTalk B] Words alone are meaningless.[sr]Can I no longer fulfill my responsibilities? [k] ＠ [charaTalk B]This Lostbelt is done for.[sr]There's no turning back... [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad231] [flashin once 0.2 0.8 FF000080 FF000000] [wt 1.0] ＠ [charaTalk B] My thoughts are a jumbled mess.[sr]It hurts to think. [k] ＠ [charaTalk B] Something deep in my heart is holding me tight. It wears on me. I can feel it grinding...cracking... [k] ＠ [charaTalk B] What... What was I thinking...? [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 13] [charaFadein A 0.1 72,-98] ＠Ophelia Yes. We'll make a land fit for a god. [k] ＠Ophelia A new holy land, built on an earth[sr]that's been wiped perfectly clean. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 0.5] ＠ If nothing else...I will never make trouble for him. [k] [messageOff] [seStop ad429 2.0] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_81 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]