Story: Daily Recordings — Day 48, Success

LC::48_suc Daily Recordings — Day 48, Success SYSTEM: Hide DIALOGUE WINDOW SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK2', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/Christopher_Baklid_-_Intricate' SYSTEM: add_filter ( effect: 'fade', filter: 'distortion_heat' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( effect: 'fade', filter: 'distortion_noise' ) SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'fade' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '3' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'distortion_heat' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'distortion_noise' ) SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1' ) SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'abramNo') at 'center' SYSTEM: Show DIALOGUE WINDOW ( type: 'default' ) SYSTEM: set_anim ( anim: 'Lonely', character: 'abramNo' ) ??? (Id: 'abramNo') ……………… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Do you remember when we still knew the warmth of the sun? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') We’ve become too cold to continue cherishing such a thing. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') No, in fact, we weren’t meant to bask in such warmth in the first place. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') You feel it too, don’t you? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I can see you already feeling the nostalgia in the air right as you stepped into this room. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') ....... ??? (Id: 'abramNo') There is a tale of two doors. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Those two doors that never wanted to be opened, but had to be. SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' ) SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'knock door' Carmen (Id: 'c') Hey, A, it’s me. Are you there? SYSTEM: set_anim ( anim: 'Lonely', character: 'abram' ) Carmen (Id: 'c') Can I come in? SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'none' ) ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I didn’t want to listen to what would come next. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I wanted to pretend I wasn’t in the room… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Because I knew what she was going to tell me. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Sometimes, her thoughts could be extremely reckless. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') It really frightened me whenever she did that… Open the first door SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' ) SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'knock door and walking' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) SYSTEM: SHOW character: Carmen (id: 'c') at 'left', direction: 'left' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I saw her eyes right after opening that door. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She walked into your lab and started illustrating her hypothesis. Carefully, yet decidedly. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') You wanted to tell her it was preposterous, but like always, she had you persuaded. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') You had no choice but to admit it was the only way. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') What made me, us, so upset… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Was how much it hurt to listen to her put it so calmly, as if it were none of our business. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') And how much we loathed ourselves for just having to tolerate it. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'none' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Carmen (id: 'c') SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'glitch_mozaic' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'tv_compression' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'fx_glitch3' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'abramNo') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'warehouseBK_2', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/4- Dark Fantasy Studio- Demon at the door' SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'malkuthPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'malkuthPast') We just can’t seem to get any further than this. SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'malkuthPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'yesodPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'yesodPast') However, we will break through somehow. SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'yesodPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'hodPast2') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'hodPast2') We’ve got Carmen with us after all! SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'hodPast2') SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk2' ) SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'chesedPastPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'chesedPastPast') Don’t worry, I think it’ll all work out. SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'chesedPastPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'malkuthPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'malkuthPast') The biological scans show that Carmen is the fittest candidate… But, we haven’t run a precision test yet though… So if we want to find another candidate, we can always… SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'malkuthPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'hodPast2') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'hodPast2') Carmen can… SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'hodPast2') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'chesedPastPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'chesedPastPast') Carmen is… SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'chesedPastPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'yesodPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'yesodPast') Carmen would… SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'yesodPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'geburaPast') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'geburaPast') Carmen…. SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'fx_glitch3' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'tv_compression' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'glitch_mozaic' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk2' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk4' ) SYSTEM: Stop BGM SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'geburaPast') SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'yesodPast') SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'chesedPastPast') SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'hodPast') SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'malkuthPast') SYSTEM: HIDE character: Carmen (id: 'c') SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'tiphereth_aPast') at 'center' SYSTEM: Hide DIALOGUE WINDOW SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1.5' ) SYSTEM: Show DIALOGUE WINDOW ( type: 'default' ) ??? (Id: 'tiphereth_aPast') You should’ve been the one to die… SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/Deep Horror Underscore' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') The research wasn’t bearing fruit, people were growing tired, yet their eyes glittered with expectation... ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She was on the edge. One more step would make her fall. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Then that day, when Enoch’s breath stopped, she finally realized… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') That her path was always in her sight. SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'tiphereth_aPast') SYSTEM: SHOW character: Carmen (id: 'c') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Just one glance below the fall… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') And she’d never lift her head again. SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'Possessed_edit' SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'water_drop' ) SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: move_background ( y: '-1080', time: '3' ) SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1.5' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Carmen (id: 'c') SYSTEM: move_background ( y: '0', time: '0' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'water_drop' ) SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'fx_drunk4' ) SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Display CG: 'doorCG' SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'water drop' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She wouldn’t respond, no matter how many times I yelled. SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'water drop' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Only the sound of flowing water filled the air… SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'open door' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I just kept yanking the doorknob like I were insane. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Yet I hoped it would never open… SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'open door' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I hoped and prayed countless times… Open the second door SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'open bath room' SYSTEM: add_filter ( effect: 'fade', filter: 'blur_bloom' ) SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1' ) SYSTEM: Display CG: 'WhiteCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '3' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'blur_bloom' ) SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: SHOW character: ??? (id: 'abramNo') at 'center' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') The first thing I saw once I opened that door was a pair of closed eyes. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She stepped into the bath herself… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') So that not a fragment of needless emotion, like guilt, would pile up on us. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I… we saw with our eyes, so clearly. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She was bleeding out and delirious, but still she held on to life. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') We violated her body with our own hands, and buried her underneath the ground. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') …… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Why was she so cruel, and why did we have to become so cruel? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') We asked this question without an answer, to the toast that celebrated our success blossomed with death. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') However… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I have found a way to redeem us, at long last… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') You have come to the right place. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') This is the room where she sleeps. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Don’t worry, she won’t wake up with this much noise. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Can you meet her again? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Let’s do it like this. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Ask her, she who was always watching you from the beginning. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1.5' ) SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'My Inspiration edit' SYSTEM: Display CG: 'carmenBK2' Carmen (Id: 'c') ………. Carmen (Id: 'c') I have something I should confess. I actually have a much weaker heart than everyone thinks. Carmen (Id: 'c') I always say stuff like “count on me” and “just follow me” in front of everyone… Carmen (Id: 'c') But I’m never sure about the things I do. Carmen (Id: 'c') If anyone were harmed or put in trouble because of what I do… Carmen (Id: 'c') I would definitely be shaken and end up hating myself. I know that. Carmen (Id: 'c') That’s why I need to ask you for a favor. Carmen (Id: 'c') No matter what I may become, please finish what I started. Carmen (Id: 'c') We humans have weak hearts. One crack and it will easily crumble. I am no exception to this, but you… Carmen (Id: 'c') You’ll endure through it. Carmen (Id: 'c') There is only one way out, and it’ll never change. Carmen (Id: 'c') You know what I’m trying to say, right? Carmen (Id: 'c') ........ Carmen (Id: 'c') Are you unsure? Carmen (Id: 'c') I have this routine I do whenever I’m afraid of the path I have taken. Carmen (Id: 'c') It’s like... being a plant, photosynthesizing. Carmen (Id: 'c') Ease up your tension, and just close your eyes… Yes, just like that. Carmen (Id: 'c') Make yourself as comfortable as possible, so that your mind finds itself comfortable too. Carmen (Id: 'c') It tickles, no? But just wait. SYSTEM: Stop BGM SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'Possessed_edit' Carmen (Id: 'c') Now… SYSTEM: Display CG: 'carmenBK3' Carmen (Id: 'c') Fade away without a trace… SYSTEM: add_filter ( effect: 'fade', filter: 'blur_bloom' ) SYSTEM: wait ( time: '1' ) SYSTEM: Display CG: 'WhiteCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '4' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'blur_bloom' ) SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/Gothic Mood' SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'tv_vignetting' ) SYSTEM: add_filter ( filter: 'blizzard' ) SYSTEM: Hide DIALOGUE WINDOW SYSTEM: Display CG: 'carmenBK5' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '4' ) SYSTEM: Show DIALOGUE WINDOW ( type: 'default' ) ??? (Id: 'abramNo') ............. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Yes, I was the only one. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I was the only one who could fulfill her ideal. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I was the only one who could finish it… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Only me… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') However, she never told me this path of hers would be riddled with such vicious thorns and spikes... ??? (Id: 'abramNo') ….. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') This is the Bucket created from Carmen’s sacrifice. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') This bucket is the beginning and the end destination of this place. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Cogito is endlessly produced here, spewing out life and death. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') When we saw that the bath was overflowing, we thought everything was over. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') However… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') We couldn’t have been more wrong. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She’s “alive” right now, as this. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She saw every path we walked. SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'blizzard' ) SYSTEM: remove_filter ( filter: 'tv_vignetting' ) SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: MOVE character: ??? (id: 'abramNo') to 'center' ??? (Id: 'abramNo') In reality, her ideal was simply too grand in the first place, and our power too miniscule to fulfill it. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') She sacrificed everything of hers without a trace left behind, but I… ??? (Id: 'abramNo') You and I, we remember the things we’ve done to become a Wing, to stay a Wing. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') It was revolting at first. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') But you see how we acclimated to it after the first few times? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') We flawlessly realized our hideous actions just like all the other Wings. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') No, not just that. We even evolved our own unique cruelty that can’t be found in any other Wing. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') The story of how human sacrifices are required to fulfill our ideal needed to be continued. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') So we had to put on the guise of simply being manic about energy production. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Though we know the truth too well. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Were we really only pretending, while we were so indifferent towards the countless deaths? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Probing and combing through the brain of a woman to blend into the world, to evade the Head and the Eye? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Throwing a person into the jaws of a monster just to gain some energy? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Reincarnating your colleagues just to make them live through the same agony again? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Do you really think those are things any normal person would do...? ??? (Id: 'abramNo') Yet we closed up our eyes and ears, and numbed ourselves. We eventually felt nothing for what we do. ??? (Id: 'abramNo') I named myself Abram to remember your, our sins; sacrificing the innocent. SYSTEM: HIDE character: ??? (id: 'abramNo') SYSTEM: SHOW character: Abram (id: 'abram') at 'center' Abram (Id: 'abram') What did I even expect to achieve, doing all this, founding a showy corporation… I don’t even know anymore. Abram (Id: 'abram') Does it really matter at this point? Abram (Id: 'abram') No, it doesn’t. Abram (Id: 'abram') We were wrong from the start, our very existence is wrong. Abram (Id: 'abram') You and I, all that’s left for us is atonement. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Abram (id: 'abram') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'tipherethBK', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' ) SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Requiem (Long Version)' SYSTEM: SHOW character: Tiphereth (id: 'tipherethRobot_a') at 'center', y: '-200' Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') You already knew. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') You know we didn’t meaninglessly embrace this pain. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') Tiphereth knew that a long time ago. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') I guess that’s why he always walked ahead of me. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') One day, I realized that you were also looking towards somewhere with a clear vision, just like he did. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') I just didn’t want to admit that I was lagging behind. I think that’s why I was always so frustrated. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') I’m the Sephirah of the Middle Layer, head of the Central Command Team. I can’t afford to fall behind like that, now can I? Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') That’s the reason why I said I’ll count on you, and hold expectation. Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') Promise to show me someday… Tiphereth (Id: 'tipherethRobot_a') And show the world the fruit of our pain and labor. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Tiphereth (id: 'tipherethRobot_a') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'none' ) SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: SHOW character: Abram (id: 'abram') at 'center' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) The Expectation for the Meaning of Existence This option can only be chosen if Tiphereth Core Suppression has been completed Abram (Id: 'abram') You’ll fall onto the ground no matter how much expectation and hope you have. Abram (Id: 'abram') You know what? Photosynthesis is for plants after all. Things that actually take sunlight. Abram (Id: 'abram') It was never for something like you and I. Abram (Id: 'abram') Don’t you know this already? We drove Carmen to death, we just saw that… SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Abram (id: 'abram') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'geburaBK', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' ) SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/One Way_loop' SYSTEM: SHOW character: Gebura (id: 'geburaRobot') at 'center' Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') I was always furious without any real reason. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') It always felt like I’m missing something. But I never knew what that something was. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') I vented this anger of mine in a rather bad way, as you saw. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') This madness without purpose would never go away. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') If you didn’t stop me, it would have grown bigger and bigger; it would have eventually devoured me. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') Look, we’re never going back to how it was before. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') The situation’s changed way too much. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') But I was able to keep my promise with her because you stopped me, at the very least. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') You also have to remember this. Gebura (Id: 'geburaRobot') She would want you to protect what we have left, rather than just languish in guilt. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Gebura (id: 'geburaRobot') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'none' ) SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: SHOW character: Abram (id: 'abram') at 'center' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) The Courage to Protect This option can only be chosen if Gebura Core Suppression has been completed SYSTEM: set_anim ( anim: 'Default', character: 'abram' ) Abram (Id: 'abram') ..... Abram (Id: 'abram') Yes, she entrusted us with what’s left. Abram (Id: 'abram') But we were not the person who Carmen thought us to be, no. Abram (Id: 'abram') The only person that believed in us was gone. Abram (Id: 'abram') There was no one left around us. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Abram (id: 'abram') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'chesedBK', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' ) SYSTEM: SHOW character: Chesed (id: 'chesedRobot') at 'center' Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Manager, do you know why I chose to join your small company, instead of any other grander Wings? Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Of course, Carmen’s moving speech did pique my interest, not gonna lie. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') However, the decisive factor for me… Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') It was because I liked how everyone here trusted Carmen. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') You know how meaningless the word “trust” is nowadays, don’t you? Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') …That’s not all, manager. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Carmen trusted in you entirely until her moment of death. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Everyone else who remained did too. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Why do you think I decided to stick with you until the end? Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Just look around you now. Chesed (Id: 'chesedRobot') Everyone gathered here just for you. And they’re waiting expectantly. SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '0.7' ) SYSTEM: HIDE character: Chesed (id: 'chesedRobot') SYSTEM: Hide CG SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'ketherBK3', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: camera_filter ( filter: 'none' ) SYSTEM: SHOW character: Abram (id: 'abram') at 'center' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' ) Those who are Faithful and Trustworthy This option can only be chosen if Chesed Core Suppression has been completed SYSTEM: set_anim ( anim: 'Default', character: 'abram' ) Abram (Id: 'abram') How can you be so certain? Abram (Id: 'abram') Carmen lies here, neither alive nor dead. Abram (Id: 'abram') How can you walk towards the unpredictable future, leaving her behind here? Abram (Id: 'abram') We are obliged to remain trapped in this cycle of eternal punishment. Abram (Id: 'abram') Yet still you want to reach for tomorrow? You want to escape this endless regret and atonement? Abram (Id: 'abram') There is one final door past here that wasn’t written in the story. Abram (Id: 'abram') It’s one I can’t open. Abram (Id: 'abram') It only opens to those who are not soaked in regret. Abram (Id: 'abram') Think you can open it? Open the final door. SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'open and close' SYSTEM: Display CG: 'WhiteCG' SYSTEM: wait ( time: '4' ) SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG' SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'endStory/15- Dark Fantasy Studio- After dark' SYSTEM: Show DIALOGUE WINDOW ( type: 'narration' ) ??? (Id: 'angela') …… ??? (Id: 'angela') Why do I see only darkness? ??? (Id: 'angela') Why does my voice not reach you at the finale? ??? (Id: 'angela') SYSTEM: wait ( time: '2' )