Part 95: Mission 39 - Azure ~ Sky - Part 2
SRW UX - Mark Sein
: A…gh…: Gwaaaaaaargh!
: That Festum…
: It’s in pain…?: What… What is happening?! This method we learned is… the humans are…
: Are you curious, Festum? Then, I’ll tell you the name of the tactic I taught you.: It’s called War of Attrition – a tactic that involves enduring pain and fighting on!
: Soushi?! Are you in there?!: No, you’re… your mind is crossed with that Festum?!: U-Urraaagh…!
: What you’re feeling now is pain – the pain of battle! A pain that goes hand-in-hand with existence!: It’s the fear of death, the fear of ceasing to exist, Festum!: Hrrrgh… Turn us back! Turn us all back to… NOTHINGNESS!
: Th-That guy’s gone ballistic!
: …: You… You’ve finally learned the pain of life…*Fei moves closer to Idun.*
: Fei…?!
: Get back, Fei! It’s too dangerous to go near him!: I know what you’re feeling… you’re scared.: But you can’t shut your eyes from what now exists inside yourself!: W-We reject it all… this sensation… this way of being…!
: Aack…?!
: Pull back, Fei!: (No, I can’t go back… not now!): (Something is resonating inside me… I remember!)
: Wh-What…?!
: Fei’s body is…!: I hear it… A stream of light flowing all around me!: As brilliant as the blue sky I saw back then…!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04damXZ4Iw
SRW UX - In the Blue Sky ver. HD
Yes, I spliced in the GET READY. It’s very important.
: U-Urgh… What is this song?!: Something is welling up within me…!: (You feel it too, don’t you? What a gorgeous blue the sky is… It sheds such a beautiful light on all the things I'd forgotten…): (My voice, that girl’s voice… All our voices shine so bright!)
: G-Grgh… Aaaaaaargh!
*Idun loses 50 morale, and everyone else gets maxed out!*
: So much energy’s flowing through us too…!
: What a tender song…
: It’s like I’m listening to my mom…
: A song like a mother’s, cradling all in a gentle embrace…
: Fei… You’ve also become a weaver of the wind…
: Sheryl, does that mean…?!: My grandmother searched for a singer whose voice was capable of bonding with the hearts of the air, the sea and even the sky…: And that’s her… the Heart of Diva.: “Heart of Diva”…?!: (Maiagare! Sora no ao ni! ♪) (Soar high in the blue sky!): (Tooku, kataku... soshite, hatenaku! ♪) (Farther, higher… endlessly!)
: Do… Do you guys hear a song…?
: Y-Yeah, what’s going on…? Where’s it coming from?
: It’s like it’s playing directly inside my heart…
: This song… It’s a prayer…
: A prayer…?: “Kanjiru yo, sono omoi... itsumademo... itsumo!” (I feel these emotions... and I’ll feel them forever and ever!): Tsubaki…: …: Chizuru, activate the system…
: Are you sure, Tsubaki…?: I understand… I’ll join with the island.: And I’ll hold everyone in my embrace, just as this prayer does, and as my mom once did…: Then, we’ll offer our own prayers, Tsubaki…: We’ll pray to God that we may always feel the presence of your life around us…: And that you will always know peace as you continue to watch over us…: …Leica, God has been born in your heart as well. : Huh…? What do you mean?: That through all the choices you made, you, too, have taken hold of your destiny.: My destiny…: Thank you, Leica. Thank you all.: (And goodbye…)
: Grgh… Waaaaaaaargh!
: The Festum are struggling to move?!
: Is Fei’s song confusing them?: On the contrary. The Festum are starting to comprehend the emotions that lie beyond pain…: They are…?!: Fei’s song is on the verge of causing a new divergence to occur with them.: Now, hurry! Make contact with their core!: The path towards coexistence with the Festum lies just ahead…!: U-Uurk… W-We…
: Are you still going to fight us?!*Beep.*
(on TV): Aah, my good friends of the Ultimate Cross, what a wonderful show this was.
: Hazard Pasha?!
: Why the hell are you calling us now?!: Oh, I just wanted to pay my respects to the heroic way you fought, and to bid you one final farewell.
: “Farewell”…?: I’ll tell you. We are about to take decisive action to wipe out the Festum menace… through a very, very thorough nuclear strike.
: A-Are you joking?! We’re still in here!: Yes, and we’ll never forget your noble sacrifices. The future of humanity is at stake, you know.
: Y-You snake…!: Farewell, UX. Do try and make the most of these last three minutes your lives have.: Wahahahahahahaha!*Bloop.*
: Th-That piece of…!
: (I get it now… You knew about this, didn’t you, Ylbora?): Wh-What’re we going to do?! We only have three minutes…!
: Our only option is to get past the Mark Nicht and reach the core as quickly as possible!: Can you do it, Kazuki?: Absolutely… There’s nothing the two of us can’t do together, right?!
: Our limit is a scant three minutes! CHAAAAARGE!Angela – Shangri-La
: We will eradicate you through the hatred you gave us.
: Hatred, eh… Yeah, that may be something you picked up from us…: But I have one hell of a wake-up call headed your way if you think that’s all we’re made of, Festum…!
Michio attacking: “I’ll wipe you off the face of our planet… You and the hatred you learned from Yukippe!”
: We do not comprehend your emotions.
: But you have to try! Nothing’ll ever come out of all this fighting if you just disregard everything!: We believe that the pain’ll we feel will bring about a brighter tomorrow, and that’s what pushes us to fight!
: Are you there? This is not where you belong.
: Whatever fate had in store for me, I’m forever grateful that I was given a chance to be here – that I could stay and fight with Kazuki and my friends!
Shouko attacking: “I’m taking down that black Fafner!”
: We do not accept you. You are like us. 
: I once wondered what difference there was between myself and a Festum.: But then I realized: it’s because all my friends are right beside me! And I’ll share that feeling with you!
Maya attacking: “Give Minashiro back to us…!”
: Tell me, in your own words, what you’re feeling right now…: I promise you I’ll accept it all!
Now that Fei’s 100% awakened to her inner Miku, the Vocaloid’ll show up in her attacks rather than just a shadowed figure.
: Refusing to so much as attempt to reach an understanding with another over nothing but your arbitrary notions… you may as well be spitting at everyone’s emotions!: The light of justice is born only when we keep others – our companions – within our thoughts! Look upon it and be blinded!
: We have learned your hatred. And now I’ll use it to destroy you.
: Why won’t you try to reach an understanding with us?! If you’re learning from something, your next step shouldn’t be to try and destroy it!
: I have learned hatred. And, through it, I will deny your very existence.
: But knowing hatred is nowhere enough for you to even start to comprehend the essence of the human heart.
: If you really do wish to comprehend us, then there is something you absolutely should know…!: That enduring pain and experiencing happiness are all facets of the blessing of life!: And now we’ll make you come to grips with something else, Festum: sorrow!
: I wouldn’t put you down simply because you can’t understand us…: But if you’re set on denying and snuffing out everything we have, then you force my hand!
: We have learned hatred through you. And I will destroy you through it.
: If you said that some months ago, I wouldn’t have cared. But now I’m 100% committed to staying here with everyone!: When hatred destroys something, nothing else is born to take its place. You need to realize that, Festum! 
Canon attacking Idun: “I’m taking back what you stole from us!”
Idun attacking a Fafner: “Child of ALVIS, I will not tolerate any further divergence from you.”
: I do not comprehend those emotions of yours. We will not accept it.
: Good… This fear is my emotion and mine alone.: And it’s up to no one but me to accept and overcome it!
Kenji attacking: “Give Soushi back right the hell now!”
: We will—
: Blah, blah, blah, quit yacking and get over here! We’ve got one of them blessings to give ya!
: Mind you, that blessing… is Hell!
: We do not comprehend your emotions. I will deny your very existence.: But nothing would ever change if you don’t have the courage to accept what you don’t understand! And you’re gonna learn that the hard way!
: We reject you. I do not accept you.: Listen, I’m the first guy to butt heads with folks ‘cause I disagree with their ideas and whatnot… : But what you’re doing is about ten times worse, so I’m gonna have to force you Festum to pipe the hell down!
: Hmmm…!: You have nothing. You are not there.: You’re wrong! Heroman has plenty: a heart that’s always trying his best to protect people, for example…!: And you’re not denying that! Not if I have anything to say about it!
: I have learned your hatred. We deny your existence. : You need to come to grips with not only with hatred, but with pain and all other emotions. That’s the only way for anyone to actually exist!: So, I won’t deny you…! I am here, and so are you, Festum!
Kazuki attacking: “Soushi… I’m coming to save you!”
Idun drops yet another Monthly Shounen Adventure King.
: Grroorgh!: Do you feel gratitude over being alive?!: That is the joy that comes from being here, Festum!: W-We do not… comprehend… We… Rrraaaaaah!
: The Festum…!
: It ran away-robo…?!
: No time remains until the nuclear weapons are launched! To the core, quickly!*Kazuki runs up to the thing.*
: Soushi! Are you there, Soushi?!
: Ka-Kazuki…: Soushi… you’re here!: Yeah… I still am.: Minashiro…: Go, Kazuki. Make contact with the core. Feel the pulse of the Mir, the will of the Festum…: …: (Mom…!)
*Beep, beep.*
: A-A massive amount of data is being transferred into our data banks!
: Y-Yeah, there’s a ton of info!
: This is the data we need to enable humans and Festum to coexist…!
: All of this?! It’s dozens, maybe hundreds, of times more than the data the Festum gave us before!
: Relay it to me! I’ll have Veda help parse it!
: The long battle between humanity and the Festum is finally over…: No, this is not an end but a beginning. The beginning of a world where humans and Festum can live together…: Hrgh…!: What is it, Kazuki?!
: I-I can’t see… my eyes…!: Your contact with the core has caused your body to trigger its Assimilation again.: But you’ll be fine, once you receive treatment back at the island.: S-Soushi…: Let’s go home… to our island, Kazuki.*RUUUUUMBLE!*
: …?!: Whoaaa?! Wh-What’re these tremors?! SRW UX - Mark Sein: I-It’s…!: Everyone move! Get out of here now! The Mir… The Mir has become active!: Wh-What…?!
: Grrr, get out of the way, Alex!
: I won’t! You will not fire these nukes…!
: What you’re trying to stop is the attack that’d put a definitive end to a battle spanning decades!
: Have you gone insane, Colonel?!: It’s you who’ve gone insane!: The UX haven’t fought as hard as they did for you to sacrifice them like this! It’s inhuman!: My son did not—: Shut your trap, you lunatic!*Punch!*
: Urgh…!: Psh, take him away!: Now, ready all nuclear missiles! Restart the launch sequence!: Yes, sir!: (Kch… Forgive me, Aesap…!)
: The Mark Nicht…!: N-Nothingness…: We will use me… to return all to… nothingness…!
: Such a powerful hate… Is it going Hyper?! No… What in blazes is it doing?!: The enemy is trying to link with the sky…
: It means to reach space, and if it gets there, it’ll Assimilate all other Festum and cover the entire planet!
: F-From space?!: What do we do, Soushi?!: There’s still time! Assimilate the Mark Sieben’s weapon and shoot down the Mir!
: But he can’t see right now…!: Toumi, you’ll line up the shot and pull the trigger.: Me…?: Charge the Mark Sein’s energy as far as it’ll go and then unleash it all.: You’ll only have one chance at this. Kazuki won’t survive a second shot.: Roger…!
: More Festum…!: I’ll get you the opening you need! Deeeyaaaaah!*Canon charges after the Festum.*
: Canon…!: I’ve learned from all of you how wonderful life is! And what it means to take hold of your fate!
: Are you there…?: …: I… I didn’t use to be! But now…: Now I am here!
: Canon, you…!: Haaaaaaaaah!*Kenji also joins the fray.*
: Kenji…!: I’m here too…!: Me… and the spirits of Mamoru and all our friends! We’re all here!*Shouko, Michio, Shinn, Arnie and Saya move to block the Festum.*
: We’ll hold the enemy at bay!: Kazuki, Maya… Do it!: Kondo… everyone…!
: You’ll be alright. I’m sure you can make this shot, Maya!
: Breathe in slowly, and calm yourself down. Join your very soul with your trigger…!
: And, then, just set your target and shoot it down. This is your time to shine, got it?: Okay…!: Toumi…: I know, Kazuki. We will survive this and make it back home…!: I’ll put everything that I am… into this single shot…!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQJRr_M2iA
Captions are available.
: I-I will… use… us…: Now, Kazuki! Assimilate him!: Haaaaaaah!
: H-Hrgh...: Wh-What... happened...?
: Here is where nowhere is.: ...?!
: Existence and Nothingness are mirrors of one another.: Koyo… Mom…
: The Mir has been shattered. : This is the Festum’s blessing. A return of everything to nothingness…: It’s likely we’ve already disappeared in the real world…: … Angela - Separation (Piano Version): No, we haven’t – not yet…!: We… we are still here!: …
: You’ll be all right. The self does not disappear while the heart still remains…: Tsubaki…: That Mir and I are the same.: We were born into this world to show that life and death, existence and nothingness, continue as one…: Tsubaki, you…: You have returned to the other Mir…: Soushi…: Soushi taught the Festum what it means to feel pain, and to exist.: And through its death, the Mir has given the Festum individuality.: Whereas, I understood their blessing… I have learned of the cycle of existence and nothingness.: A cycle…? What do you mean?
: I cannot be here. I must go to the Festum’s side once again… and, there, I will rebuild my being anew. : …?! Wh-What’re you talking about?! You can’t be serious, Soushi!: I don’t know how long it’ll take, but I promise you…
: Soushi?! Are you there?! You’re there, aren’t you?!: Don’t worry. I, Soushi… everyone is here.: Listen… Can you hear their prayers…?: Their prayers…: I understand now. As much pain as life may have, I would still choose to exist… just so that I could see you. : Have faith that we will meet again… and, someday, I will find my way back.: Back… to where you are…: Aaah… SOUSHIIIIIIII!!
: …: The final Assimilation has begun.
: No…!: Tsubaki…!: …*Flash.*
: …*Swooosh.*
: Wind…
: She’s become one with the island…: Oh, Tsubaki…
*Tzeeeeeep.*
: …?!: I hear… the wind...?: …: (Thank you, Tsubaki. Your spirit will live on with us forever.): (Thank you so much… and I know we’ll meet again someday.): (Sometime, in the budding future you showed us…)
: The Festum left…
: Is it because the Mir is gone…?
: And it looks like they changed their minds on doing that nuclear strike…
: But what about Kazuki?! Where’d he go?!: Our minds are still crossed, so he should be alive.: Kazuki…
: We’re detecting a gravitational anomaly!
: The Mark Sein… Kazuki?!: *sob*: Kazuki… Kazuki, is that you?!: Soushi… Soushi…: Soushiiiiiii!
: So, Grace knew about Fei all along?: I think so, yeah. From what I can tell, she must’ve caught Grace’s eye as another potential weaver of the wind.
: The robotic idol, Heart of Diva…: It’s like we’ve got the second coming of Sharon Apple here with us. : I don’t really know who that is… but so much cleared up inside my head.: I mean, I closed my eyes and, all of a sudden, I could see this wide sky right in front of me, just glowing with the most beautiful blue!
: Hey, that sounds pretty cool.: I think that that’s a memory from before I came to this world. A memory that resurfaced as a song capable of bridging worlds…: As a matter of fact, I’ve the sinking feeling that it was that girl’s voice that led me here!
: And, as usual, I understood precisely zip of what you said…
: No, no… I find what Fei is saying to be extremely interesting.: Maybe this could be a clue towards solving the mystery of our voyage to this world?
: What do you mean?: To put it simply, I am thinking of parallel universes.: Consider the following: if Fold Waves are capable of traversing space and time, then Fei’s song would also be capable of the same… : In which case, perhaps it caused hers and the aforementioned girl’s two fates to connect to one another from across parallel universes…?: Yes! I think you’re right!: That that girl is me, and I’m that girl! I know that without a shadow of doubt now!
: Song connected their fates…
: But, then, what does that make the voice I heard from the Yùxǐ at Alcatraz?: Could that have been my own voice, crossing over from a parallel universe, as Kongming suggests…?
: Nah, that can’t be it.: Remember, I heard Tobikage speaking. Are you saying I’m Tobikage in a parallel universe? That’s way too crazy.
: But aren’t you two fusing, or piling up, or whatever ya call it right now?: That’s not what I mean. Quiet, you!*Punch!*
: Oow! Why do you already gotta hit me so much…
: Still, it makes sense now...: The voice I heard was the voice of my own fate in a parallel universe… the fate I didn’t choose…: The one that would’ve been real, had I not decided to stay here…
: Karen…I don’t know if there’s a priority for this, or if it’s just random, but Burn and Shouko can also say this bit. It’s exactly the same, mind.
: A parallel universe, huh…?
: Soushi said he heard the voice of a Festum back there… (Look closely – both of Kazuki’s eyes are red now.): And now Soushi’s forced to be with the Festum…
: Meaning what he heard was also his own voice, crossing through time and space…?
: Tsubaki Minashiro said that there is only one beginning for everything that exists.: Humans, Festum, ELS, Vajra – all share a common origin…: And that is why we can establish dialogue with each other…
: I’m sure Minashiro’ll come back to us eventually. Especially now that we’ve chosen to coexist with the Festum…*Door opens.*
: Well, yeah. If I made it back, I’m sure he can do the same.
: Michio!: Are you really good to be up and about? 
: We gave him a look over but there isn’t anything wrong. He received some top grade medical care, that’s for sure.: Real sorry to have worried you guys like that.
: If you’re going to apologize to anyone, it should be to Yumiko, not us. : Do you have any idea how broken she was over your death? And she’s even—: Pregnant with my baby, right? I know.
: Huh, you noticed it?!: Y-Yeah, I did…: But I swear I won’t be trying any crazy stunts again. I owe it to Yumiko and to my baby. : …: And we’ve already done as you asked and installed the improved Siegfried System in the Mark Ein. : Now you should also be capable of crossing your mind with the other Fafner pilots’.: Thanks. I’ll be working extra-hard to make sure this second chance I got isn’t wasted!: All that said, I still can’t believe it was Ylbora that saved him.
: Do you… Do you think that Sir Ylbora will return to us someday?: Shaff…: I can’t tell you that… but at the very least I don’t think he’s your average traitor. 
: True. You can feel a very powerful resolve coming from him when we fight…
: Do you think he joined The Boom Army to help Princess Romina in some way?: Who knows. But I’ll settle accounts with him, sooner or later.: I reckon that’s also what he wants…
: Joe…
*BOOOOOOOOOM!*
: W-Whoaaaaa! Th-The hell was that?!
: Was there an explosion in the hangar?!*Beep!*
: E-Everyone, we’ve an emergency! The Army of Mankind has…: The Army of Mankind used a nuclear weapon against the Festum at the North Pole!: Wh-What…?!: Congratulations, Madam Secretary General!: You have saved humanity!: Our dream has finally, finally been realized. : And much of it is due to your invaluable help, Director Hazard. You have my gratitude.: Oh, please, all I did was push a little button.: Wahahahahahaha!: But I must now return to New York straight away. : I’ll see you when you arrive, Director Hazard, but rest assured that you’ve already earned yourself the title of hero. *She leaves.*
: Hmhmhm, a hero, eh? I like the sound of that.: Director, what should we do with Col. Alex?: Hmm, he still has some use left in him. I’ll deal with the guy.: More importantly, he should have arrived by now, yes? Send him in.: Yes, Director.*Door opens.*
: It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Director Hazard.: Your reputation precedes you.: An expert in the construction of Aura Battlers, chief technical advisor to the Hojo Army…: I say, the pleasure is all mine, Shot Weapon. 
: …
Sumeragi’s unlocked her third bonus, which is to restore 10% EN/MP to all units at the start of every turn. Now that makes her a much more worthwhile tactician, especially as the lengthier endgame missions approach.
Also, only one convo we missed today:
: I’ve made a choice to leave all that I had behind me and live alongside Damian and his friends!: And, so, I won’t hesitate to fight even a former ally of theirs!
: I have elected to trail my own path just as you did! And none will stop my advance!And if you hadn’t saved Michio, when Ylbora’s about to get zapped by Idun:
: Ylboraaaaaa!*Joe runs over and takes a hit for Ylbora. Had you not deployed him, he’d auto-launch.*
: …?!: R-Rrgh…!
: Joe…?!: Y-You… I need not your meddling!: Just back away… Ylbora!: What…?!: We’ll take care of that Festum… and then I’ll settle the score with you!: But only after everything else is finished!: Kch… Wh-Who would ever accept mercy from the likes of you…?!: Ylbora!: …?!: Didn’t we both swear that we’d protect the princess?!: Joe, you…!: …: I’ll admit defeat for today…*Retreats*
: Ylbora…: (It’s painfully obvious what’s going on inside your head…): We do not comprehend… That emotion is unknown to us.: Yeah? Then, I’ll tell you! That willingness to risk your life to protect someone…: That is what people call… love!: L-Love…?
: Troops, here are your orders! Destroy the hijacked Fafner and gain control of this area!: R-Roger that… Hrk!: Joe, are you alright?!
: Bah, look at how hurt you are! That’s all because of your crazy stunt to help Ylbora!: Still, I have to admit… you were pretty smooth there, Joe!: Rennie…!: Leave the rest to us, Joe!: We will take out the Mark Nicht!: A-Alright… Good luck, Kazuki!*Retreat.*
: We’ll make you give us Soushi back, Festum…!: (Ka-Kazuki… Just a bit more, and they…!)So, yeah, keep this in mind if you’re launching Joe. If you haven’t saved Michio, he’ll be forced to retreat once Ylbora’s down.