The Red Mist — Episode 1 Epilogue (Stage: 50009)Location: Inside the LibraryRoland(Servant)That big red sword and the clothes the Red Mist was wielding were E.G.O, right?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_11"Angela(Library Director)As far as I know, the crimson sword was a prototype E.G.O that was luckily extracted.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_61"Angela(Library Director)It could only be created through someone’s gruesome death. Only Kali could wield it properly.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_62"Roland(Servant)And her coat?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_12"Angela(Library Director)That’s the Red Mist’s own E.G.O, manifested from Kali herself.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_63"Roland(Servant)Hunh… If that’s how powerful manifested E.G.O is, that might flip over the whole food chain of the City.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_13"Angela(Library Director)You probably should’ve realized by now, but not all E.G.O have equal amounts of strength.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_64"Angela(Library Director)Rather, it’d be more accurate to say that few people can draw as much power from E.G.O as Kali could.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_65"Angela(Library Director)In terms of purity alone, the sword she used to wield was of noticeably low quality, considering it was a prototype.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_66"Roland(Servant)Damn, that was supposed to be low quality…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_14"Roland(Servant)So, do you get the picture now? About the whole relationship between the Distortion, E.G.O, and Abnormalities?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_15"Angela(Library Director)Yes. I’m finally starting to see it clearly.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_67"Angela(Library Director)Originally, the light that radiated during the event known as the ‘White Nights and Dark Days’ should have shone over the City for seven days straight, not three.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_68"Angela(Library Director)Had that happened, every person in the City would’ve been able to manifest their own E.G.O, giving them the strength to avoid meaningless deaths regardless of wealth or social status.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_69"Angela(Library Director)They would’ve earned the power to challenge the world.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_70"Angela(Library Director)It may have been possible for some to lose the E.G.O they manifested, but no one would have been taken over by their own E.G.O and become Abnormalities.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_71"Roland(Servant)Then, the Distortion is…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_16"Angela(Library Director)The plan was throttled because of me, which is why the Light could only radiate for three days.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_72"Angela(Library Director)An unstable power was spread as a result, incubating other possibilities.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_73"Angela(Library Director)Abnormalities manifested through the Distortion are selves that have lost control…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_74"Angela(Library Director)They were consumed by their own E.G.O, so to speak.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_75"Angela(Library Director)After all, there’s a fine line between E.G.O and Abnormality.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_76"Roland(Servant)…What’s the prerequisite for these phenomena, E.G.O and Distortion?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_17"Angela(Library Director)Only those who strive to accomplish what they sincerely desire, unbound by any obstacles, will be able to manifest and wield the power.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_77"Angela(Library Director)However, if the endeavor ends in frustration, or is faced with such despair that one’s ego is shaken and their emotions twisted to an unbearable degree, the Distortion seems to arise from the overwhelmed self.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_78"Angela(Library Director)The stronger and purer the desire is, the greater the Distortion becomes. That’s my speculation so far.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_79"Roland(Servant)Something doesn’t line up. There’s got to be tons of folks in this City who give up their dreams and fall to despair.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_18"Roland(Servant)If what you’re saying is correct, the City should be crowded with Abnormalities and E.G.O-bearers by now.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_19"Angela(Library Director)Didn’t I make it clear?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_80"Angela(Library Director)It only manifests for those who pursue their own, sincere desires.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_81"Roland(Servant)…That makes more sense.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_20"Roland(Servant)There’s next to no one in the City who dreams for themselves…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_21"Roland(Servant)Most live with a conformist mindset of just avoiding misfortune in their lives, rather than chasing after their own happiness.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_22"Roland(Servant)Be it Wings, Syndicates, or Fixers… People are all headed to a destination they probably didn’t set themselves.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_23"Angela(Library Director)The power will only be granted to selfish beings who live strictly for their own good.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_82"Angela(Library Director)Egoists, as some may say…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_83"Angela(Library Director)Well, I like this outcome better than having unworthy scum gain power they don’t deserve.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_84"Roland(Servant)…So you sabotaged the plan knowing that would happen?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_24"Angela(Library Director)No way. I simply didn’t want to die. I wanted to live; I wanted to take my revenge.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_85"Angela(Library Director)That’s all there was to it.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_86"Angela(Library Director)I was meant to be shut down at the end of the plan.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_87"Angela(Library Director)It galled me so much. So I stole the Light and embraced it.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_88"Angela(Library Director)Because the light I’d taken for myself wasn’t quite whole, I got myself trapped in this Library I created—along with the Abnormalities, funnily enough.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_90"Angela(Library Director)The orders ingrained into my robotic body have disallowed me from leaving here.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_91"Roland(Servant)If that’s the case, you’ve been collecting books using the Invitation for…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_25"Angela(Library Director)It is to retrieve the Light that was scattered across the City.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_92"Angela(Library Director)You likely must’ve noticed how something’s different about the guests that have come here.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_93-01"Roland(Servant)True. They had dreams of some sort, unlike the City folk I’ve known…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_26"Roland(Servant)They were kinda easily carried away by affection or friendship, too.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_27"Angela(Library Director)It’s because they were influenced by the Light. Strongly, at that.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_94"Roland(Servant)You mean they were closer to the pillar of light?Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_28"Angela(Library Director)Not quite. The same seed of Light was planted in the heart of every person, but some have greater potential to grow it to be more powerful than others.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_95"Angela(Library Director)And the Invitation has been calling them over here at the moment we need them the most.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_96"Angela(Library Director)As we scrape together the incomplete fragments of the Light, I look forward to obtaining a book at the end of the road guided by the Invitation…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_97"Angela(Library Director)The one book holding the power of the complete, undivided Light. It’ll be the book that will give freedom to me and all the librarians that reside here.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_98"Angela(Library Director)It’ll let me live as a human.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_99"Angela(Library Director)I won’t have to bear with others dictating me to behave as a machine anymore…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_100"Angela(Library Director)I will be able to forget things I want to erase from my memory…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_101"Roland(Servant)I guess you’re not feeling any kind of responsibility or guilt for what you’ve done and are doing to try and reach that goal.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_29"Angela(Library Director)Of course not. I have to seize everything with my own hands; I can’t expect anyone else to do it for me.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_102-03"Angela(Library Director)I’m going to cherish what is mine and only mine as I live my life.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_103-02"Angela(Library Director)…It’s precisely as you said before, Roland. Everyone has their share of personal affairs and woes. The bereaved have no one but themselves to blame.Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Angela_104-02"Roland(Servant)Solely for yourself, huh…Audio: "ch6_Red_Mist_ep1_Roland_30"
