Page 62 Chapter 14: "The Great Blaze" (2) b1: Start repairing the surveillance systems! b2: Assemble the Execution Squad and the research team. b3: Be sure to report the Koriel faction's betrayal to the Execution Squad! b1: Please wait, sir! Going alone would be... Page 63 sfx: step b1: Lord Archangel! sfx: step step b1: [There's no trustworthy record of the "Dabar Fusion" truly succeeding.] b2: [Any obtained "Dabar", or prophecies, may well have been delusions of the fused human.] b3: [However...] [When the Absolute God has lost understanding of "pain" and has begun to twist, we have no idea how it might actually react...] b1: Tch! b2: How could the Koriels interfere like this...! Page 64 b1: [How stupid.] b2: [What could they be hoping to get out of that thing?!] b3: [It's quite possible that - in our sense of the meaning - it has no will at all.] b1: [It's detestable.] b1: ... sfx: bnnnnn b1: Hmph! Page 65 sfx: flash b1: ... What... Page 66 b1: So you got that out of me. b2: What do you plan to do? sfx: g g g b1: -Why b2: would YOU... sfx: splash Page 67 sfx: woooooo {sounds like a siren - feel free to replace, likewise with following ones} sfx: wooooo b1: ...! b1: They found out?! b2: Impossible... b3: How could we be exposed that quickly?! b4: No use wondering, what do we do now? b1: When the Execution Squad comes, we're done for! b2: If the research team is along, they'll break any locks... b1: Sh-should we stop and try to escape...? b2: Idiot! b3: By this point, how could we? Page 68 b1: Maybe we can barricade the inside... b2: I said before, there's no way that'll work! b3: Calm yourselves! sfx: silence b1: Lord Koriel 1... b1: ...Let us wait for them outside. b1: Perhaps we will have an opportunity to discuss the matter. b2: ... b3: In the worst case, we might be able to buy some time. b1: Number 10, remain here and record what happens. b2: Y-yes, sir! b1: Well, let us go. sfx: step step step [God,] [Could you please...] Page 69 b1: ... sfx: bshhh bshhh bshhh {top three} sfx2: goooooooooo sfx: crack! b1: -Hey, stand up! Stop struggling! b1: Lord Archangel, we've gotten the door open! b1: Please wait, Archangel! At least... b2: Tell us God's... Page 70 sfx: gooooo b1: True b2: meaning... b3: ...! b1: W-what's that?! sfx: crack crack b1: Ahh... sfx: grab b1: What happened here?! b1: Did you learn the "Dabar"?! b2: Where's number 12?! Page 71 b1: -You mean he's... b2: Inside that...?! b1: Impossible...! b2: This signal has never been recorded before! b3: How could this happen...?! sfx: thud, clack, click b1: Start your analysis! b2: Quickly! b3: Yes! b1: Damn! [What in the world is happening...!] b1: ! b2: That's odd. b3: What happened? b4: The... the signal's amplitude just jumped abruptly... b1: L... lord Archangel! b2: Yes?! b3: Look there! b1: What...?! Page 72 sfx: zzrrrt sfx: zuuuaaaaa Page 73 sfx: ooooo b1: Could it be... that's... b2: That's God itself?! b1: Tch... b1: What're you waiting for?! b2: Cut them apart! b3: B-but... b4: We shouldn't act carelessly... b1: That's an order! Hurry up! b2: Don't you understand?! b1: That's not a "Dabar Fusion" or anything. b2: The actual fusion is about to begin! b3: If it continues, that man will... Page 74 b1: [There's not even the slightest desire to save the world in him.] b2: [That man holds in himself a severe twisting.] b3: If number 12 merges with God, he will become the next God himself...! sfx: Bzzzt b1: ... sfx: grab b1: Tch. b2: Give that here! sfx: Zzzzzt Page 75 b1: Aaaaaaaahhhhh! b2: Aaa b3: aaa b4: aaa b1: God... spoke! sfx: Zzz sfx: zzzzt b1: Please b2: I beg you Page 76 [Don't split] [us in two!] Page 77 (blank) Page 78 sfx: ooo b1: Uhh b2: uugh [Someone is] [crying...?] b1: Don't go crazy... b1: I would hate for "you" to disappear. b2: I'm begging you! b3: Don't go crazy! Page 79 b1: [Retrieve yourself and then] b2: [Return once again to my side...!] Page 80 [My self...] [retrieve...] Page 81 sfx: brrrrrm sfx: clack sfx: clunk clunk Page 82 b1: ... b2: I am... b1: ! Page 83 b1: [-This... The Absolute God gave my brother those memories...] b2: [Why am I...] b3: [Did my brother want me to live again...?] [Retrieve yourself and then] [Return once again to my side...] [Was it her?] b1: [Was waking up in this place] b2: [her will, then...?] sfx: pssha {pneumatic door} [This...] [where is this place?] sfx: pssha b1: [How do I get outside...?] sfx: step b2: -Then what happens to his memories? sfx: step step b1: [Other people...?] b2: Erase them. b3: Every time he dies he's a blank slate? What a pain. Page 84 b1: With the Consciousness Orb, we can collect the memories and experience he obtained out there. b2: Then we just write 'em to the next one. sfx: step step b1: Ohhh, I see... b2: That way he learns bit by bit how to deal with the Grotesques. b3: The probability he reaches the bottom floor will increase as time goes on, then. [...?] [What's that all about?] [It's about you.] sfx: gasp Page 85 sfx: woosh b1: [Wait...] sfx: pssha sfx: step step b1: [...?!] Page 86 b1: [...] Page 87 (blank) Page 88 Chapter 15: Awakening