The Index, Part 2 — Episode 1 (Stage: 50007)Somewhere in L Corp’s NestHubert(Index Proxy)Hnff… How many do we have left to skewer?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_1-04"Esther(Index Proxy)One hundred and ninety-three.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_1"Gloria(Index Proxy)Would you please stay still~!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_1"Thumb Soldato(The Thumb)How could you do this when the Finger Bow-Bell is imminent…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Thumb_1_B"Gloria(Index Proxy)Don’t act like it’s anything new, this isn’t even the first time we’ve had a quarrel with the Thumb~ Your boss isn’t gonna make a big deal out of this, y’know~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_2-01"Esther(Index Proxy)“Remove the limbs of all Thumb personnel still remaining in the Nest. And hang their bodies on skewers…”Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_2"Esther(Index Proxy)We’re simply carrying out our Prescript. No personal feelings are involved in this process.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_3-01"Thumb Capo(The Thumb)You fanatics, you’re blind and deaf to anything but your Prescripts… Obeying them without a second thought…! I can’t fathom how you stake your lives on following orders from nowhere…!!!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Thumb_2-01"Esther(Index Proxy)Isn’t that how everyone in the City lives? We’re all fundamentally the same, aside from the variation in methods.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_4"Gloria(Index Proxy)And that’s the end of this Prescript~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_3"Yan(Index Messenger)…We only have one Prescript left to carry out now.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_1"Hubert(Index Proxy)It’s quite a magnificent sight to see those limbless bodies make futile struggles with their fading consciousnesses.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_2-02"Esther(Index Proxy)That makes the Index the last Finger standing in L Corp’s Nest.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_5-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)The only other obstacles remaining are the beasts of R Corp, and the Blue Reverberation.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_3-01"Gloria(Index Proxy)All hail the Prescript~ I love how it always leads us to blissful places~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_4"Yan(Index Messenger)Prescripts are just meant to be followed.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_2-01"Yan(Index Messenger)It’s not a good idea to give extra meaning or have any sentiment for them…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_3-01"Gloria(Index Proxy)Some big mouth you have, Mister Messenger~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_5"Gloria(Index Proxy)You were barely alive when we found you, your lower jaw destroyed and your tongue and eyes gone~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_6"Gloria(Index Proxy)If it weren’t for the Prescripts, you might not have gotten any treatment, let alone lived~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_7"Yan(Index Messenger)I still don’t thank the Prescripts or anything.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_4-03"Yan(Index Messenger)…That’s just them being carried out.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_5"Esther(Index Proxy)The Messenger is correct. Prescripts are to be fulfilled—it’s as simple as that.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_6"Esther(Index Proxy)Messenger Yan demonstrated it well through his past actions.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_7"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Gee, dear… The scent of blood is in the air. I’m not one to speak, but the Index really hasn’t changed.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_1-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)The Blue Reverberation…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_4-04"Esther(Index Proxy)I don’t believe we’re mutually hospitable enough to be having chats in such close proximity, now?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_8"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Hum, friends, no need to be so wary.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_2-01"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)I’m here to ask you a favor, Proxy Esther.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_3"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)I was wondering if I could take those heaps of flesh on the skewers you prepared.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_4"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)It looks like you’re done with your Prescript anyway. It never told you to keep them hanging forever, no?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_5-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)Yet it did not tell us to bring them down.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_5-03"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)It’s up to you to interpret the messages, so I’m personally asking you, Proxy friends.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_6"Gloria(Index Proxy)This is tough~ What do we do~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_8-02"Gloria(Index Proxy)I really don’t wanna let him get away with what he wants, but there’s no good reason to refuse~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_9-01"Esther(Index Proxy)…Let the Blue Reverberation do whatever he wants with them.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_9"Esther(Index Proxy)We only need to see to it that the Prescripts are fulfilled one after another. There is no need to cause unnecessary conflict.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_10"Yan(Index Messenger)That’s a clear explanation.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_6"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Good wisdom as always. I’m glad we won’t have to see each other’s guts today.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_7-01"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)It’s always a delight to talk with Proxies, you see. They have a similar scent as mine…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_8-01"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Mmh, you know, I’d love to recruit maybe one of you to my ensemble.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_9-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)I have no interest in learning what you’re trying to do, and I suggest you cut your antics short while you still can.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_6"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Is that so? I’m sure you’d like it once you heard it…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_10-01"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Anyway… We’d better take them while they’re fresh, right? I’m counting on you.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_11-01"Bremen(The Musicians of Bremen)Ruff yap, ruff!! Neighhh~ Bwwakbawk!Audio: "Ch6_Index_ep2_Bremen1"Tanya(L’heure du Loup)Pah, you’re right. He always dumps the tedious chores on us.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Tanya_1"Greta(The Eight Chefs)Hawhawhaw! Look at how the meat’s skewered nicely on these sticks… It’s like I’m looking at fine brochettes with a delicious smell!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Greta_1"Greta(The Eight Chefs)I know! This’ll make a perfect treat if I spread a mix of soy sauce and ground garlic on this and then grill it! What do you say, mixer face?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Greta_2_3"Bremen(The Musicians of Bremen)NEIIIGH~! BARK!! NEIGH!!!Audio: "Ch6_Index_ep2_Bremen2"Tanya(L’heure du Loup)Some appetite you’ve got there. They did a good job of chopping the meat into nice chunks, I’ll give them that; but the meat itself isn’t very high quality.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Tanya_2"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Easy, friends. We need them for other things. As long as you carry them all in mint condition… I’ll let you have two or three, maybe.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_12"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Of course, that’s up to Jae-heon to decide, though.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_13"Greta(The Eight Chefs)No worries! He’ll definitely allow it when I tell him that I’m gonna make mind-blowing cuisine out of it!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Greta_3"Greta(The Eight Chefs)Oh, he’ll have to! Hawhaw!!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Greta_4-01"Tanya(L’heure du Loup)Guess we’re having a barbecue party for the first time in a long while.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Tanya_3-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)You’re being quite loud for someone keeping others waiting.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_7-05"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Sorry about that. We get along much too well with each other, as you can see~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_14"Esther(Index Proxy)…The Blue Reverberation, as long as you’ve chosen to roost in this Nest, know that you and your minions will have your guts spilt upon this land one day.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_11"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Really, is that what you think? I beg to differ…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_15"Argalia(The Blue Reverberation)Methinks the little animal friends from R Corp. are the only ones you’ll get to gut, rather?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Argalia_16-01"Gloria(Index Proxy)The Blue Reverberation is still an obnoxious spook~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_10-01"Esther(Index Proxy)There’s no need to pay him much attention unless the Prescript commands us to.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_12-01"Esther(Index Proxy)…Messenger Yan. Is the next Prescript prepared?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_13-01"Yan(Index Messenger)Sure. Here you are.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_7-01"Esther(Index Proxy)Let me guess, it says “Esther, Gloria, Hubert, and the Proselytes under them shall head to the Library.” …Am I correct?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_14_b"Gloria(Index Proxy)Mm? The Library~? Guess we’re going there ourselves, after all~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_11-01"Yan(Index Messenger)…How did you know that?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_8"Esther(Index Proxy)You look surprised, Messenger Yan.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_15"Esther(Index Proxy)We were already aware that the Prescripts you’ve been delivering to us were illegitimate.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_16-01"Gloria(Index Proxy)What~? I was the only one being fooled?!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_12-01"Yan(Index Messenger)…Since when did you notice?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_9"Esther(Index Proxy)That matters little.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_17-01"Yan(Index Messenger)If you knew the Prescripts were fake, then why did you still declare war against the Thumb… And why are you about to dig your own grave by going into the Library?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_10"Esther(Index Proxy)I simply followed the Prescript.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_18-01"Esther(Index Proxy)It commanded me to “Carry out every Prescript delivered by Messenger Yan.”Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_19"Yan(Index Messenger)…So the Prescripts knew, then.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_11"Yan(Index Messenger)Just how much do they know, really…?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_12"Esther(Index Proxy)We cannot escape from the Prescripts. Every thought and action of ours is within the boundaries of Prescripts.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_20"Gloria(Index Proxy)I don’t understand! But Yan’s been a good boy, fulfilling many Prescripts throughout his life?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_13-01"Gloria(Index Proxy)Yan~ Why’d you betray us! Was it for money?!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_14"Yan(Index Messenger)……Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_13"Hubert(Index Proxy)Gloria, there is no such thing as betrayal in our vocabulary. All that matters is whether or not one has carried out their Prescripts.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_8"Yan(Index Messenger)Hah…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_14-01"Yan(Index Messenger)I’m sick and tired of this! Those stupid Prescripts are everywhere…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_15"Yan(Index Messenger)I’ve lost so many things, abandoned and neglected so much because of the Prescripts.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_16-02"Yan(Index Messenger)I lost my family, killed my friends with my own two hands, stole precious things from people and looked the other way…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_17-01"Yan(Index Messenger)I was ridden with guilt, but I forced myself to do it anyway. Because the Prescripts must be carried out!Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_18"Yan(Index Messenger)The Prescripts… guide us to the right path, they said.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_19"Yan(Index Messenger)But have they really led me along the right path?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_20-01"Yan(Index Messenger)I resented Prescripts; I feared them; I loathed them; I didn’t even want to look at them again; And then… a Prescript gave me the role of the Messenger.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_21"Yan(Index Messenger)Delivering Prescripts… with my own hands?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_22"Yan(Index Messenger)So I began making fake Prescripts. I thought I was showing my will for the first time with that act…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_23-01"Yan(Index Messenger)But then the Prescripts do this, as if they knew everything already…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_24-01"Yan(Index Messenger)Tell me, Esther. Was this… not done out of my own will all along?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_25"Esther(Index Proxy)It doesn’t matter if you did it of your volition or not.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_21"Esther(Index Proxy)It’s our obligation to follow the Prescripts. And the Prescript now tells us to head to the Library.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_22"Esther(Index Proxy)And ask yourself this: Does free will truly exist in this City?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_23-01"Esther(Index Proxy)Proxies. We shall go to the Library this instant.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_24-01"Yan(Index Messenger)You don’t even have an invitation, though.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_26-01"Esther(Index Proxy)I’ve already received one.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_25-01"Yan(Index Messenger)…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_27"Yan(Index Messenger)But how. The order to head to the Library was just a lie I made up…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_28-02"Esther(Index Proxy)Messenger Yan. The Prescript has invited you to a certain place.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_26-01"Yan(Index Messenger)The Prescript… invited me?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_29-01"Yan(Index Messenger)Are you guys actually going to the Library, then?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_30-02"Esther(Index Proxy)As the Prescript orders.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_27"Yan(Index Messenger)I guess you would’ve said the same even if I brought you a Prescript telling you to die on the spot.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Yan_31-01"Esther(Index Proxy)We move according to the Prescripts at all times.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_28-01"Location: Inside the LibraryAngela(Library Director)Don’t you wonder what the Blue Reverberation is up to?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_1"Roland(Servant)We’ll see soon enough. Although I’m not exactly thrilled to find out…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_1"Roland(Servant)By the way, Blue Sicko’s got more new members for his band of freaks, from the looks of it.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_2-01"Roland(Servant)I’ve seen that wolfhead, but I… don’t think we’ve seen the other two before.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_3-01"Angela(Library Director)One of them seemed rather enthusiastic about cooking.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_2"Roland(Servant)…Hmm.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_4"Angela(Library Director)Do you have any guesses?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_3"Roland(Servant)Oh, it’s no big deal. I was just reminded of the stories I read the other day about the guests we received from District 23. That’s all.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_5"Roland(Servant)Besides, we have the Proxies of the Index to deal with first.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_6"Angela(Library Director)The Index… A Finger that acts strictly based on Prescripts.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_4"Angela(Library Director)It’s curious how he forged false Prescripts, but it looks like the Prescripts anticipated that as well.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_5"Roland(Servant)Yeah. Whoever’s making those must be a genius at precalculations.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_7"Roland(Servant)They make seemingly weird instructions, and those Prescripts end up benefiting the Index in some odd ways, like their maker is somehow omniscient.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_8"Angela(Library Director)I imagine that the one who makes the Prescripts is quite an impressive individual.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_6"Roland(Servant)Probably is. You gotta be a cut above the rest to be leading a Syndicate as colossal as a Finger.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_9"Roland(Servant)That doesn’t make those Prescript-worshipping zealots any less insane, though.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_10"Angela(Library Director)…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_7"Roland(Servant)Is anything wrong?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Roland_11"Angela(Library Director)…Nothing, I was just having some thoughts for a moment.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_8"Location: Library EntranceGloria(Index Proxy)Hellooooo~~ Anyone there~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_15"Hubert(Index Proxy)Such unnecessary rowdiness.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_9-02"Angela(Library Director)Greetings, dear guests. I am Angela, the dir—Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_9"Gloria(Index Proxy)Whaaa~? You’re a human~?Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_16-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)Is she? Seems rather ambiguous to me.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_10"Angela(Library Director)I don’t believe that’s relevant right now.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_10"Hubert(Index Proxy)The director of the Library, also known as ‘The Pale Librarian’, was supposed to be a machine to my knowledge.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_11-01"Hubert(Index Proxy)Perhaps we should update the knowledge base with this new information…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_12-02"Gloria(Index Proxy)She’s a liger~ I’m surprised to see such an awkward freak still exist in the City~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_17"Angela(Library Director)…Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_11"Gloria(Index Proxy)Ooh, look at her, she’s razor sharp~ Are you getting mad~? Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_18"Angela(Library Director)You are to overcome the ordeals in this place and fight for the rewards, dear guests.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_12"Angela(Library Director)Please go through that door if you wish to enter.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_13"Hubert(Index Proxy)…And you’re calmer than what the current information suggests.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Hubert_13"Esther(Index Proxy)Proxies. Our primary directive is to enter the Library as the Prescript dictates. Stop this quarrel and get on with it.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Esther_29-02"Gloria(Index Proxy)Mkay~Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Gloria_19"Angela(Library Director)May you find your book in this place.Audio: "ch6_Index_ep2_Angela_14"
