Tiphereth — Episode 3Location: The Library – Floor of Natural SciencesTiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Hurry it up, will you!Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth1-01"Roland(Servant)Don’t nag me, now. This is the fastest I can go.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland1"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Even a snail would be faster than that, you @#$!$@!Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth2-01"Roland(Servant)Alright, I’m done moving ‘em. Sheesh, you’ve got a fiery temper.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland2"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)I just wanna get done with what I can as quickly as possible.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth3-01"Roland(Servant)If you’re so confident, why don’t you tell me about your progress on learning about the City’s sciences?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland3"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)…I don’t know! What’s the point when Singularities violate all the known laws of physics anyway.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth4-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)I’m not even sure us librarians can be defined as living beings, either.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth5"Roland(Servant)It’s true, Singularities can be a huge obstacle to understanding the City.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland4"Roland(Servant)What do you mean by librarians being difficult to define, though? That part got me curious.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland5"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)What do you think librarians are?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth6-01"Roland(Servant)Beings that aren’t human… but kinda like humans?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland6"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)All librarians can only exist within the Library.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth7-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)And they’re reincarnations of the beings from Lobotomy Corporation, Patron Librarians being the Sephirot and assistant librarians being the employees.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth8-01"Roland(Servant)I’ve heard similar explanations, yeah.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland7"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Former staff of Lobotomy Corp. were given a new body, basically.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth9-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Angela did keep her promise. Yet the Sephirot and the employees weren’t the only ones to come back.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth10-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)The Abnormalities did too. But because most of the systems and structures of Lobotomy Corp. broke down, and a lot of their energy was exhausted from the Light and all the combat they had, they can’t maintain a physical form.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth11"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)On the other hand, the librarians have had their flesh restored, but they’re psychologically unstable.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth12"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)So the librarians carry Abnormalities with them when they fight guests.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth13-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)And we’re no exception.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth14"Roland(Servant)Oh, now I see… Still, it felt like we were just borrowing power from the Abnormalities, not consumed by them.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland8"Roland(Servant)Although there have been a couple of moments where I felt as if I almost crossed some kind of line…Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland9"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)The so-called ‘Distortion’ occurs once you cross that line.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth15"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)And Angela is adjusting things from behind the scenes to make sure that we don’t.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth16"Roland(Servant)Sounds like we’re dancing on a stage or something.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland10"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)It’s just as you say… It feels strange to be the ones on the stage this time.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth17"Roland(Servant)Could this be Angela’s little vendetta against you guys?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland11"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)It could be…Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth18-01"Roland(Servant)Great, then could you tell her to leave me outta this?!Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland12"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Anyway, even if the assistant librarians and I were to face horrible deaths while receiving guests, we’d wake up with a reconstructed body once the Library closes.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth19-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)But we still feel the fear of pain and death whenever we greet our guests. Do you know why?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth20"Roland(Servant)…Because we forget.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland13"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)That’s right. Librarians forget the fact that they can revive while they’re receiving guests.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth21"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)We have to face each other feeling the same kind of desperation and dread that guests feel.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth22-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)We must prepare ourselves for death and agony every time we greet our guests.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth23"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)How’s that? Do you still think the Library’s invitations are dirty?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth24"Roland(Servant)Well, I guess that’s fair enough. But strictly speaking, we do revive at the end, don’t we?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland14"Roland(Servant)Not knowing about that when we die is one thing, but still.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland15"Roland(Servant)It’s still kinda dirty in that sense, in my opinion.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland16"Roland(Servant)Besides, even if we’re relieved of all pain when the Library closes, the fact that we were hurt still stands.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland17"Roland(Servant)Don’t you resent Angela for putting you on this stage and toying with you?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland18"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)If she could make this more painful for us, she would have already.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth25-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)I think Angela’s actually caring for us in her own way.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth26"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Back in Lobotomy Corp, employees were quite literally expendables. Like in all the other corporations.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth27-01"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)But here, no librarian is left behind, at the very least. No one is left behind.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth28-01"Roland(Servant)No one is left behind, huh. I gotta say, I admire your positive mindset, Tiph.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland19"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)Hmph! It’s the wisdom that comes with age!Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth29"Roland(Servant)Y’know, sometimes when I fall asleep and then wake up in this Library, I don’t feel like waking up ever again.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland20"Roland(Servant)No… It’s not just here. I’ve always been like that, since long before I came here.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland21"Roland(Servant)I just didn’t wanna wake up from my dreams.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland22"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)But why?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth30-01"Roland(Servant)…Because I’d have to start yet another dreary day with nothing to look forward to.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland23"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)You don’t hold any expectations?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth31-01"Roland(Servant)Nope~ I already threw all expectation for anything down the drain.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland24"Roland(Servant)It’s all gonna fall into ruin soon enough, me and this world I live in.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland25"Roland(Servant)I might be suffering from a severe case of that “disease of the mind” you guys were talking about, after all.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland26"Tiphereth(Patron Librarian - Nat. Sciences)I still believe that we can become better.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Tiphereth32-02"Roland(Servant)Well, you’re free to believe whatever you want.Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland27"Roland(Servant)Alright, let’s go prepare ourselves for another dance, shall we?Audio: "ch8_Tiphereth_ep3_Roland28"
