Part 118: Mission 47 - Heaven and Earth - Part 2
: R-Rrgh…
: …! Do I hear the Festum’s voice?*Swoooosh!*
SRW UX - Prologue: This… This is hatred…! The pain that comes with living…!
: It’s the sorrow of life… of all the hearts that could not so much as be born!: Mir, stop! Don’t make me bear something like that!
: Mommy… he’s crying.
: Crying…?: Uwaaaaaaaaaah!
: Oooorgh!
: Pull yourself together, Kurusu! This isn’t how you could ever make the pain go away!: …?!
: Open your ears to the Festum’s voice!: That pain is proof that you’re alive!: Proof that we’re…: Gch… Aaaaaaaaaah!
: …
: Seri, I…
: It’s alright, Tsubaki. I’m not afraid one bit.: Do you know why? It’s because I’m right here next to you. I can feel your voice, your life…: Seri…!: …
: I’m pinging a flow of information between Seri and the island’s Mir! Professor, can you parse the protocols?!
: I’ve managed to get access up to level 2, but any more than that is…!
: Her assimilation’s speeding up!
: Seri…!
: …: A-Akane…!: Your attempts at contacting their Mir have allowed me to free myself. : Synchronize me with your Mir. I’ll preserve the core’s life.: Huh…?!: Akane…!: This is my final possibility… No, this is what the former core told me…: Told you what?: …*Fades into the tube.*
: That this island is where I ought to come home to.Angela – Azure
: *Sob*…No, no, no...!: Think back to everything Kazuki told you!: I’m sure his words still echo in your ears…!: I haven’t forgotten them!: B-But… Kazuki’s… : His life’s broken, scattered to the four winds… (All these are lyrics for Azure, with a twist.)
: I’m here, Kurusu…: ?!
: …: Wh-What… This pulse… His light should’ve been dissolved, but…!
: I know… I know what that is…: Those are wishes who long to be born… it’s the light of life…!
: The soul changes its shape… 
: And heads back to where his heart is meant to come home to…! (Also Azure lyrics): Kurusu, I…
: I am here!: Ka-Kazuki…!: We never lost faith in you, Kazuki…!: B-But, how… You were supposed to have disappeared…
: The self does not vanish so long as the heart remains…
: We all remembered that Kazuki was here. And, so, he came back!: He was here… the place he’s to come home to…: You should understand by now, Kurusu!: Life may be filled with pain, but we’ll always choose to carry on with it…: Because for as much pain there is, there’s just as much joy over being born!: Kch… I…I!: You are there, Kurusu! You exist! And we’ll help you see that! Secret Alert! Fafner secret #4 – 3rd step: take out Misao with Kazuki.
And don’t forget about this, if you took care of all the other requirements.
: …: You’ve split yourself from the Mir’s will and became a vessel for everyone’s wishes…: If only I could be as strong as you…!
: Why are you shutting out what everyone’s trying to tell you?!: I’ve had enough of pain and suffering… Don’t get in my way! I have to do this!: If you’re in pain, that’s because something inside you hurts and is crying out for help!: Reach out to that something, Kurusu! Save yourself!
Misao vs. Shinn: “This isn’t about any destiny! I’m like a finger, and nothing more!”
Also, vs. any SEED characters: “I feel something just like that huge flame inside you…!”
: Kouichi… you’re a truly amazing guy. I saw every minute of your struggle against God.: But I can’t do it. I’m not capable of opposing my God…
: If you say you’re so limited that you can’t do that…: Then you have to go and surpass that limit, Kurusu!
Misao vs. Kouichi or Kira: “You might’ve chosen this, but I’m not like you!”
Also, vs. Kouichi and Shouko: “I thought we could be friends, but…!”
: How long until you stop being such a wimp?! You’re a guy, so put on a stronger face than that!: I’m not like you humans… A finger can’t be anything but…
: Even a finger can go and work together with other things to make stuff happen!: Stop looking at your feet and take a look at what’s around you, moron!
: If you want everyone to be safe, then don’t give up! Keep going, no matter how faint the light of possibility looks!
Mamoru attacking: “This data… it’s even stronger than it was before?! Still, I…!”
Sakura attacking: “If you really don’t want to be fighting us, then tell that to your Mir!”; “The Mark Nicht…! We gotta do something about it before it captures someone!”
Kenji attacking: “We beat it before… and we’ll do it again!”; “You don’t wanna fight us, right?! Then do something about it!”
: I’m a bit jealous of the freedom with which you can live your life…: As for me, I just couldn’t do the same…
: Why are you talking in the past tense, hm?
: If you don’t like the place you’re at right now, then just jump out of it!
: Fight against your God and go on living your life!: That blazing spirit’ll more than fill up the emptiness you feel inside!
: Joey… maybe I would be stronger if I could be together with everyone else, like you can…
: But you can’t just go and disappear! You still have a place to come home to!: Stay and live out your life with us until the end! As for your friends, we’ll save them together!
: Setsuna… I wish I could’ve touched that light you showed me.: You have to carry on with your existence, Misao Kurusu! The light of the GN Particles embodies all emotions of life!: It’s the will to live through the day that’ll lead you to that light… and to the future!
Misao attacking Setsuna or Alto: “I’m not the Mir! I can’t communicate with it!”
: I can’t do this… just accept it and leave me alone!
: No, that’s not true! I’m sure you know just how important it is to explain how you feel with your own words!: So, try talking to me first! Say as much as you’d like – I’ll hear it all!
: What makes you think there’s only one role you could play?!: The kid who wanted to save his friend, who thought the sky was pretty, that was all the same Misao Kurusu, wasn’t it?!: I’m not like you! I can’t be that way!: But you still have to try! You’ve a will of your own, don’t you?!
: Being forced to change doesn’t always make for a good outcome.: So, we want you to decide for yourself what kind of a person Misao Kurusu is!: You give me too much credit…! My destiny’s been set ever since I was born!
: I had once resigned myself, just as you’re doing right now…: You understand, then?! A choice can’t just be undone once it’s been made! : And I’ve already been forced to make a choice!: But I could choose anew, and I know you can do the same! That is, if you still have something you wish to save!
: Change isn’t something you need permission to do, and it doesn’t mean letting go of who you are, either!: Don’t walk away from your own existence, Misao Kurusu!: But it hurts… It hurts too much! I can’t take it!
: You’ve got something you wanna protect, don’t you?! Something so dear to you that it eclipses even the pain?! Then, turn your thoughts to it!: We can always make our decisions, and you have to make one now! And if you say you still want to disappear…: We’ll take matters into our hands and wipe you out ourselves!
Canon attacking: “Mark Nicht…! I’ll erase every trace of you this time!”
Michio attacking: “I’m sure you can make a choice, Misao Kurusu!”
: Misao Kurusu, what is welling up within your heart?: You witnessed so many different fates diverging, you understand the power of the possibilities within us. What is your heart telling you right now?!: Are you asking me to continue to suffer?! Our possibilities vanished from within us by that hellfire! What could we ever do?!: Life and possibilities walk hand in hand! One’ll never vanish while the other remains!: And I’m sure there’s a life inside you capable of carving out a new fate for yourself!
Kazuki gets a catch-all line for all enemies, and one for Misao:
: All their emotions brought me back to this land!: So, now, it falls on me to show him two things: how hard it is when something dear’s taken away… and what it’s like to be determined to protect that something!: That’s what I’m here for!--
: Don’t come any closer, Kazuki! The Mir won’t stop fighting! If you keep with this, you’ll just disappear again!: Your Mir’s the only one here looking for a fight! That means you can put an end to this, Kurusu!: You’re asking too much of me! I can’t make that sort of decision! : Believe in your own strength! There’s no way Soushi would take a chance on someone powerless!: You saw how pretty the sky was, so I know you understand how fleeting and precious life is!
Misao drops a Kazuki Curry (+10 to Melee, +5 to Defense and Accuracy).
Kazuki attacking: “Stop your Mir, Kurusu!”; “Stand up to your God, Kurusu”; “Mark Nicht… The machine Soushi and I sealed away…!”
Misao attacking: “Stop your friends, Kazuki!”; “Just surrender, Kazuki!”
: Grgh…!: N-No…! Why do I have to suffer like this…?!
: Don’t do it!: …?!: Don’t do it, mister…: Come and talk with me! Let’s talk about lots of things!: …: I-I… I’m not like you…: Why are you giving up?! Are you just going to erase everything you don’t like?!: The Mir was supposed to have been reborn, but it didn’t! The fire of mankind changed everything!: Then, go and change again!: Soushi bet everything on you! He sent you to meet with us!: All so that you and the other Festum could change again!: I’ve already been forced to make a choice!: I’ve hurt you people… It’s too late for me to be able to change!
: No, it’s not! You can change as many times as you’d like!: …?!: People can always choose their fates…: And that also applies to you!: An endlessly evolving human will has also taken root within you!: I-I’m… the same as you…?: I… I also hurt Soushi before.: Huh…?!: So many times I pained him... But he always believed in me. : …: You are me…: And I am you…: Kazuki…: You’re always free to choose – as many times as you have to…: Don’t just give up because you’re hurting. Never stop choosing to be there!: …: I-I…: Mir… I don’t want to fight anymore…!
: Kurusu…: You finally talked to your God, mister. I can tell…: …*ALARM!*
: Huh?! We’ve a hit on radar! Several heat signatures are moving in!
: What…?!
SRW UX - Mark Sein
: Those are from the Machine Island gangs…!
: What’re those guys doing here…?!
: H-Heeeeelp! My controls ain’t working!
: What?!
: W-We cannot stop them! Our machines are moving by themselves!
: Doctor, I’m detecting remote control brainwaves around those robots!
: Whaaat?! Someone else is controlling them?!: Waaaaaah! Make it stoooooop!*One of the bots rushes the Elshank down!*
: Aaaaiieeeee!
: Gch… The hell are they doing?!
: They’re… they’re being used as suicide bombers!*Beep!*
(TV): Do you like my little gift, UX?
: Hazard! You piece of crap!: These are all Alcatraz prisoners who tagged along during my escape, see.: Unfortunately, they’re just a complete waste of space. The absolute dregs of society, who’d never amount to anything beneficial to anyone. They do serve for this, though. : You’re sick! What you’re doing is—: Please, please, let’s not stand on formality. Consider this to be a small blessing from us, as we start our trek towards the new world.: No need to thank me – seeing your pretty faces is all the reward I need. BWAAHAHAHAHAHA!*Bloop!*
: Hazard! Get back on the line! HAZARD!
: Did he say something about a “new world”?!: He-Help meeeeeee!: Lord Garaaaaaaaan!*Another two bots go after the Elshank!*
: A-Aaaaah…!
: Th-That imbecile… even they are still human!: They’re people like us…!
: Magami…: We’re all humans! We’re all here, damn it!*And the last three!*
: I-I’m going to be sick…!: This… How can any person do something like this?!
: That’s…!
: This reading is… That’s a nuclear missile!
: A nuke?! They’re doing that again…?!: I’m scared! Mommyyy!: …?!: S-She…: SHE CAN’T DISAPPEAR!
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: Kazuki, I…
: I know. I also think it’s pretty…: Thank you…: Let’s all be born… together…
Angela - Separation (Piano Version)
: Th-That’s…
: He… stopped the fire of mankind…: Kurusu…
: Look! The sky’s…!
: The red aurora’s gone…
: …: (Our blue sky is back, Seri…): Hmhmm, yes… : I’m happy that I was born too.: Mi-Miwa…: Mommy, the sky… it looks so pretty…
: …: Hrk… It’s too bright…!: …?!: It’s… bright? The light…: I’m glad everyone’s safe…: Kurusu…?: I wanted to at least erase what was keeping you from seeing the sky. Sorry that I didn’t run it by you first.: But I’m glad you can see the sky again…: … (new portrait!): His consciousness is gone now…: You’re…!: You might eventually find the place where he’ll be reborn. : He’d be sad if you couldn’t see the sky then. That was his final thought.: Aah… Is it really you…?: All this time he’d protected my being.: He struggled against the Mir even as he obeyed it, leading us not to the assimilation of one or the other, but to a harmonious coexistence.: I can see… I can see you!: Soushi…!
: Thank you, Kazuki.: Thank you for the protecting the island… the place I’d come home to…: Welcome back…: Welcome back, Soushi!(To clarify what happened, since the SRW format doesn’t quite make it 100% clear: Misao was keeping Soushi from getting assimilated by the Mir by keeping his soul/mind stored inside him. After Misao tanks the nuke, he rejoins with their Mir and becomes their new core (like Tsubaki) as the Mir is reborn.
As you see in the webm, Misao reverts back to his Festum form to go after the nuke, leaving both a crystalized body and the Mark Nicht behind. Whether that’s Misao’s body which transformed into Soushi, or if it was always Soushi’s body made to look like Misao due to Festum shenanigans is unclear, but the point is that Soushi got a new body to use.)
: …: This really is goodbye, Seri…: Tsubaki…!: Thank you for staying with me until the end.: And thank you, too, Akane. This is all because of you.: Let us return to our peaceful homeland…*Flash!*
: I-It’s…!: The core… has finished its growth phase…
: Akane’s prayer helped ours be granted…
: *Sob*… Thank you…: Thank you so much, Akane…
: Welle Shield output and Biosphere functions are showing no signs of reduction. There’s no fallout from the bomb either.
: The Mir’s become the air…
: The island and the Festum protected us…
: …
: What is it, Akira?: During the battle, I… I saw the nothingness in the Festum…: …: It was just like when our parents disappeared…: I thought they’d be in there, somewhere… but they weren’t anywhere…
: Well, duh, you idiot! Why do you figure we started fighting in the first place?!: What were you thinking, heading into the Festum’s domain…: What if something happened to us?! Grandma would be left all alone! It’d just be her, inside a house that none of her family’d go back to…: …: I’m sorry…: *Sniffles* … You idiot…!
: What do you think’ll happen to the remaining Festum now?: I’m sure what we felt got through to them, so hopefully…: All that’s certain is that this planet’s just become their homeland…
: Their homeland…?
: Either way, for the time being, our long war with the Festum has come to an end…: …: And, with it, humanity gets a bit closer to destruction…: Kujo…!: I-I know I shouldn’t be saying that when everyone’s fighting as hard as they are…: But I can’t stop thinking about it…: What if it’s true, and when all conflict is gone and we’ve peace…
: …
: There’re still many things we don’t understand: like that voice we heard across space and time, or about the previous universe…: But, if you ask me, we have to keep moving onwards.: Ensign…: We can’t be afraid of restoring peace, much less giving up on it…: We owe this to all those who lost their lives along the way…: …
: Yeah. We’ve got too much riding on us to stop here…*Door opens.*
: And would you be fine with letting us help you through those battles?
: Soushi…!
: Is your body doing better already? : Not so much that I can cross my mind with others with the Siegfried System as I did before…: But I believe I could still make myself useful as a tactical officer.: Just as a tactical officer, huh…?
: Then, the Fafners will continue to operate with the UX…?
: Yes. We’ve talked to my dad and the others and they’ve agreed to it. (His eyes aren’t red anymore!): Moreover, the will inside the Mark Vier’s core hasn’t disappeared yet…
: Kasugai is still…?! 
: I suppose he knows that there are other threats to mankind prowling about…
: Threats to mankind, eh…
: …
: Th-This is an ELS…?!: It looks more like a planetoid than one of them!
(TV): Worse, the ELS are fusing with everything around them and progressively growing larger.: The big ELS there has a diameter of 3000km, which is on par with the moon.
: And this is the ELS swarm that’s headed straight for Earth?!
(TV): Not just heading – they’re gaining speed.: We’ve revised our numbers and they’re now projected to reach Earth’s final line of defense in seven days, give or take…
: S-Seven days…?!
: That’s insane… it’s way too fast!
: And the Human Machina and Festum have just stopped menacing mankind…!: Wh-Why…! Why is God presenting so many trials for humanity?!
: …: (The ELS are finally approaching Earth…): (Setsuna…!)
And Soushi’s back as a tactician, having unlocked his final bonus: he makes everyone immune to evasion decay.
And the FUB vote is still ongoing for another couple of days. Current standings show Lu Bu crushing the competition (15), with Shinn (10), Kouichi (7), Cao Cao and SKL (6), Tobikage and Ishigami (3) trailing behind. If you haven’t voted yet, here’s your chance to help sway things in their favor.
Hazard Counter: 12 That’s another two pips: one for turning SKL’s Mad Max gangs into unwilling suicide bombers, one for nuking us and the Festum (again). Prick.