N12 - The Sky Story

N12 - The Sky

Story

• Before Battle
• After Battle

Gretel: Charge! Robot: *creaks* Gretel: I said charge!! Robot: *creaks* Gretel: Butler, go on! What are you doing?! Butler: Cleaning up... Cleaning up... Cleaning up... Gretel: Don't you see the Eclipsites over there?! Instruct them! Butler: Instructions... No exceptions... Executing all! Eclipsites: Graagh... The Butler scans the Eclipsites. Eclipsites: Graagh!! Siobhan: Is Butler instructing the Eclipsites? Vice: Gretel's able to control the droids because Butler, who made the droids, is under her command. Vice: So, if she can instruct the Eclipsites, doesn't that mean... Vice: Butler created the Eclipsites? Siobhan: Butler has denied this. Carleen: Then it lied... "Butler only tells facts" is also a lie it told the sisters. Carleen: For now, we'll need to deal with these enemies first. Navigator: But there's no end to them... Carleen: Looks like we'll need to subdue the one giving the orders... Carleen: Gretel. Butler: Warning... Extreme danger... detected... Run... Gretel... Valencia: Wait, wait! Don't harm Gretel! Valencia: She doesn't know what she's doing! Gretel: Attack... Attack... Every—everyone... Gretel: Clean them up...! Butler: Warning... Priority... Under threat! Navigator: We're in trouble. Butler thinks we're trying to hurt Gretel. Valencia: Stay away! I won't let you hurt Gretel! Valencia: All of you! Stay away! Gretel: I... More—more... Protect... Home... Gretel: Sis... Valencia: Gretel, calm down. Listen to me... Control your emotions! Navigator: Valencia, let us help! I might be able to help her! Valencia: Stay back! Valencia: You stay away from my sister!

Gretel: Sis...ter... Valencia: Gretel... Good thing... You finally calmed down! Valencia: Be still, and rest... Valencia: Butler, I need you to check on my sister! Butler: Affirmative... Starting... Inspection... Siobhan: Sorry, we had to do something... Siobhan: Did we hurt you? Valencia: I'm fine... But my sister hates you, so please don't go near her... Valencia: She's easily excitable... Provoked. Siobhan: Alright. She's calmed down, and we won't get any closer. *rumbles* Siobhan: Valencia, the earthquake's starting again. This is looking bad... Valencia: I want to read dad's note... Just give me a little time. Siobhan: Alright... No worries. Just take your time... Valencia: You guys wait right there. Don't come near us, and don't leave... Valencia: Butler, get some droids to watch over them... Let's go somewhere safe. Butler: Copy that. Seamus: Valencia. Seamus: By the time you read this, I'm afraid I won't be around any longer. Seamus: I don't know how I'll be leaving. Either way, it's definitely not by choice. Seamus: Because I never want to leave you. Seamus: But neither the world nor destiny was made for us. Seamus: Your mother and I... We encountered many setbacks, and there was a point we almost gave up. Seamus: But everything changed when you entered our lives. Seamus: Every time I see your smile, my faith is renewed— Seamus: I have to make your life better. Seamus: By now, you may have left "home" and set foot on the vast, real land. Seamus: Or maybe you're still standing strong... Protecting your sister and mother. Seamus: No matter which it is, you're doing well, Valencia. I will always be proud of you. Seamus: If you do get out of there, I'll be relieved, but also worried. Seamus: You'll get to see mountains and rivers, lakes and seas.... Step on meadows that change with the seasons, and see the sunrise and set above your head. Seamus: You'll be holding hands with your sister and mother, building a new home, making new clothes... I can even smell your cooking. Seamus: You'll want to look up at a real sky, both night and day. Seamus: But you'll also witness darkness. Seamus: The biting cold, the howling gale, and enemies are more terrifying than you can ever imagine. Seamus: But they can't defeat you, Valencia. Seamus: Because by the time you read this, you'll be all grown up. Seamus: My fellow Illumina citizens are sure to find you and take you in. Seamus: You'll see how big a family we really are. Seamus: Maybe you, like your mother and I, after going through countless hardships... Seamus: Will find the one who will always be there for you, and a new home. Seamus: Ahh... Speaking of that, I can't help feeling a little envious... Seamus: The one who'll be watching over you at that time? Dad wants to see them, too. Seamus: I would give anything to have those bright futures become a reality. Seamus: Unfortunately, our lives are still in the hands of others... Seamus: No, it's something more intricate than humans... An ancient AI. Seamus: If, unfortunately... Those futures haven't come true, you must remember what I'm about to say. Seamus: This place is doomed, and Butler won't be able to stop it. Seamus: When things start falling apart, I want you to hold the hands of those around you and face it together. Seamus: Because then, this city will no longer be your home. Home is where you and the people around you are... Valencia: "...That's home." Valencia: Dad... Valencia: Gretel, I'm going to trust them one more time... Valencia: Gretel? Butler? Where are you? Valencia: Siobhan... Siobhan: Great, you're out. Navigator: I sensed Gretel leaving, and I thought you guys were... Valencia: Gretel left with Butler... She didn't tell me. *rumbles* *thud—thud* Pieces of the sky start falling down. Vice: Look, the sky... Siobhan: It's starting... The Undercity is starting to fall apart. Valencia: Dad said "this place is doomed"... The sky... Siobhan: It looks like a display screen created by the ancients, and it became Undercity's dome. Siobhan: It won't be long before they all fall, just like the buildings here... Siobhan: Collapsing in ruins... and then buried forever. Siobhan: But your father didn't want you and Gretel to be buried with all this... Siobhan: So he was constantly seeking a way out, trying to fix the core, sending messages to the outside world... Siobhan: But Butler kept trying to stop him. Siobhan: In order to avoid being discovered by Butler, he couldn't attempt these things out in the open. Siobhan: Even this, he couldn't tell you directly. Siobhan: Valencia, bring Gretel and come with us. Valencia: But Gretel... She chose to go with the Butler. Valencia: She left without saying a word... Carleen: Maybe the Butler lied to her, but she needs you now... Valencia. Siobhan: Valencia, you're her sister, and I know it's been hard taking care of her on your own all these years. Siobhan: But you need to take responsibility... Tell her what's right and wrong. Carleen: Yes, you need to take responsibility for her instead of leaving it to the Butler. Valencia: I... Siobhan: I know you did your best... Siobhan: Raising someone isn't an easy task, let alone for someone with no experience. Siobhan: But now, you should try to persuade her. Siobhan: Don't let her turn a blind eye to what's happening in front of her, shutting herself off from everyone. Siobhan: Don't you agree with all I've said so far? Valencia: Ye—Yeah... I guess so. Siobhan: We need to find her now. I'm worried about what might happen to her. Valencia: Hmm... I have an idea... Valencia: Dad gave me a sensor... I can use it to detect where she is.