Story: The Black Silence — Episode 1

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Contents:
  1. Location: Library Entrance
The Black Silence — Episode 1 (Stage: 60003) Location: Library Entrance Angela (Library Director) So it was no coincidence that you came to the Library, Roland. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_1" Roland You bet. The series of events leading up to this moment was the biggest gamble of my life. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_1" Angela (Library Director) I see. You helped me attain my freedom, but it wasn’t for my sake… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_2" Angela (Library Director) You just used me like a tool. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_3" Roland C’mon, don’t talk like you got nothing out of me. I never slacked off, y’know? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_2" Roland I gave it my all to support you until you reached your goal. It’s mutual exploitation, at the very least. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_3" Angela (Library Director) Did you get the result you wanted? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_4" Roland Well, I got enough. The reason I’d come to the Library was to figure out the cause of the phenomenon that created Distortions like the Pianist. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_4" Roland And to find out who was responsible for it. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_5" Roland As such, all obvious signs… point to you, Angela. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_6" Roland None of this would’ve happened if you hadn’t thrown a tantrum in your last moment. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_7" Angela (Library Director) Why didn’t you try to stop me or kill me right away, then? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_5" Roland …First off, you were simply unkillable when I first met you. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_8" Roland Second, I wanted to know why you made the choice you did. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_9" Roland Third, I thought that maybe you could make a different decision that I couldn’t. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_10" Roland And fourth, to bring you the greatest loss—the greatest suffering… at the very end of it all. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_11" Roland Right now, you’re completely human. You can feel pain as its whole, and experience death. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_12" Roland I learned here that you went through your own fair share of torment, frustration, and loss. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_13" Roland I can understand why you made the choices you made. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_14" Roland And seeing you start to contemplate your aim as time went by… I thought that maybe there was room for another option. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_15" Roland That maybe, just maybe, you might choose a different answer… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_16" Roland And if you somehow did by that smallest chance… Then I might have been able to find a different solution myself. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_17" Roland But in the end, you didn’t. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_18" Roland Sure, the pain I went through may be a speck of dust compared to your million years of despair… But so what? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_19" Roland That day, I swore to myself before that damned piano. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_20" Roland I swore that I’d make the City experience the same sorrow of loss—of the frustration that I felt when it took my world away from me. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_21" Roland …The same as you. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_22" Angela (Library Director) … Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_6" Angela (Library Director) Then… Who will pay for the misery I went through? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_7" Angela (Library Director) There was nothing else I could do; all I knew was to make them suffer the same pain… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_8" Roland You’re asking me for an answer? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_23" Roland If I knew the way… and if I could choose it, I wouldn’t have done this drivel. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_24" Roland I do know one thing for sure: This is what happens when you try to wash blood with blood. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_25" Angela (Library Director) … Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_9" Roland Angela, you have to feel the same sorrow as mine… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_26" Roland No. You have to feel even worse than that. You took Angelica from me—she meant the world to me. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_27" Roland I sat on my hands as I watched the people I knew die, and I even killed my old friend with these shadowed gloves, just for this moment. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_28" Roland All for this very moment… I’ve been suppressing my emotions, forcing a pained smile. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_29" Angela (Library Director) …Seeing you shed tears is an unfamiliar sight. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_10" Roland I’m done with the façade now. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_30" Roland I’ll do everything I can—in ways beyond your imagination—to give you the most painful death possible. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_31" Roland And I’ll do it right before you take the final step to your freedom. I’ll rob you of everything. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_32" Roland You’ll reap the whirlwind for what you’ve sown… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_33" Angela (Library Director) …I only want to be compensated for my suffering. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_11" Roland …What’s this now? You’re acting weak all of a sudden? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_34" Roland Are you finally starting to hesitate when it’s almost over? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_35" Roland Nah… can’t be. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_36" Roland You’ve got power and knowledge, and now a proper life as a living being on top of it… You just don’t wanna give up what you finally took hold of. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_37" Angela (Library Director) At least I used a method that isn’t forcef— Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Angela_12" Roland You used the same logic as when you’d stolen the Light. You used it to kill those who came to the Library in the name of fair price. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_38" Roland You didn’t even stop to think about the consequences of your actions. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_39" Roland That’s how you’ve always been. You don’t give two shits about anyone other than yourself. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_40" Roland I don’t blame you, though. I just can’t. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_41" Roland It’s how the City works… That’s that, and this is this. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_42" Roland That’s why I’m going to kill you strictly with the mindset of the City folk. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_43" Roland What I need to do is kill you and take my revenge; what you need to do is kill me and get the freedom you want. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_44" Roland We just need to have a simple, raw state of mind as we fight each other. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_45" Roland So I want you to stop getting any funny little ideas and stick to your desire for freedom and vengeance. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_46" ??? I have nothing but my sorrow… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_47" ??? And I want nothing more. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_48" ??? It has been, it still is, faithful to me. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_49" ??? Why should I begrudge it, since during the hours… Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_50" ??? When my soul crushed the depths of my heart, Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_51" ??? It was seated there beside me? Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_52" ??? O sorrow, I have ended, you see, by respecting you, Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_53" ??? Because I am certain you will never leave me. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_54" ??? Ah! I realize it: Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_55" ??? Your beauty lies in the force of your being. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_56" ??? You are like those who never left The sad fireside corner of my poor black heart. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_57" ??? O my sorrow, you are better than a well-beloved: Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_58" ??? Because I know that on the day of my final agony, Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_59" ??? You will be there, lying in my sheets, O sorrow, Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_60" ??? So that you might once again attempt to enter my heart. Audio: "ch7_Black_ep1_Roland_61"