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BGM: Amnesia  [Francisca] Oji-chan's a skilled fisherman. He even goes out to fish on rainy days, catching so many Inimici. [Agnes] Fried Inimicus. Oji-chan is good at making that. I love it. [Francisca] Inimicus sashimi. Oji-chan is good at making that. I love it. [Agnes] We're proud of our Oji-chan. He's always energetic, and strong, and all of the Second Water Supply Ward fishermen love him. [Francisca] Oji-chan really is an amazing person. He even got commended by City Administration. [Agnes] That's why we're just fine. We're just fine without our papa and mama. [Francisca] We're always fine. Oji-chan is here for us, so we're fine. [Agnes] Even after we became informants, Oji-chan still looked after us. [Francisca] Even though it was just our selfish desire to look for papa and mama. [Agnes] Oji-chan accepted that, and even bowed down before the old turtle Stanislaw. [Francisca] Everything, everything we have is thanks to Oji-chan.  [Francisca] Why......? [Agnes] Why did Oji-chan... get sick......? We still haven't found our papa and mama. [Francisca] We still... haven't...... given him... our present...... [Agnes] Oji-chan......   The forty-one huge, brutal fantasies that appeared in the City of Inganock. Their goal is to harm humans. The people see the Creatures as "calamities." No one handles them like living things. Since they couldn't be defeated through physical means, they couldn't possibly be handled as such. The Creatures, who imitate the forms of illusory fairy tale beasts, are said to kill humans by the orders of some other entity. The difference between them and normal Monsters is that they all have a 'spring screw' somewhere in their bodies. There's sure to be one in the body of any Creature. With heights ranging from three to twenty meters, no form of physical destructive force other than their unique weaknesses would ever harm a Creature. They release a sound which stiffens the human mind. It's been called "the voice of panic." It's also called the "Creature Voice." There's a rumor of unknown veracity that they've hidden themselves somewhere for the past five years. The majority of the Creatures, except for one portion. By throwing in a number of powerful Engine Humans with Crack Engines implanted all over their bodies, it is possible to temporarily halt a Creature's activity. ......however, that only applies to the small ones. It's known that a portion of the smaller ones were "subjugated," but the details are unknown.   A world filled with the prosperity brought about by Steam Engines, and covered in dark gray skies and seas. The sun and stars only occasionally peek through, between the corners of the mixing smog clouds in that vast, gray sky. In this world, "fine weather" refers to when the smog is "relatively thin." There are three continents on the world map: The Central Northern Continent, the Eastern Continent, and the Southeastern Continent. The regions around the poles remain uncharted. With the 《Lomar Sea》 in the Northwest, and the 《World Water Shell》 cutting off the Southern part, creating a world map remains difficult. This world is an enormous spheroid called a "planet." The only proof of that is the fact that── None of the people living outside these three dark continents know about this world. The Great Kingdom, or the Central Northern Empire, as well as the Allied Kings and Nobles have made the creation of planetary world maps a taboo. Those places crammed into the 《Known World》 are only part of the planet. They have about the same total area as Seikyou (Earth), or greater. The existence of a horizon has not been confirmed.   They supply various forms of mechanical power, perform high level calculations, and even manage information. They are a key part of civilization across all of the 《Known World.》 At present, although Inganock is isolated from the rest of the world, it's no exception. Engines appear all over every Tier of the City. They're all External Combustion Engines, and the greater the size, the greater the output. Aristocrat's mansions and Engine Factories, as well as some merchant homes, are allowed to set up large- and medium-sized Engines. At the level of an ordinary subject or citizen, one small-sized Engine exists in each house. In addition── These past few years, it's become normal for people to steal Engine Energy. The most popular targets are City Administration's power conduits. They're used to power the large machines it manages in each Tier.   [Gii] Right after I met Kia, tears fell down my cheeks. [Gii] These ten years, I've lived through entire days drowning in endless tears, just like everyone else. [Gii] I should have lost them already. All the things I could cry about. [Gii] Far too much has been lost already. That day, all the people were enveloped within infinite screams. [Gii] What I lost was... the heat in my body── as well as the desires to sleep, eat... and cry. [Gii] However... However, I still let the tears fall. [Gii] ......and I gained "him." ......the steel "him" is now in this hand of mine. [Gii] I don't know what I can do with this. Even so── [Gii] I won't stop holding my hand out to the people I can reach. [Gii] Absolutely... Absolutely not.   [Ati] A glazed scenery, screened by smog. That's the sky. There's nothing else. [Ati] That never changes. Even at night, it's dark, but you can still see the smog. [Ati] ......I think that 'sky' is a lot like Gii. [Ati] A lot like him. Kia made a weird face when I said that. [Ati] But that's what he looks like to me. The gray sky looks dark, but it's surely shining on the other side. [Ati] Yes, it's nonsense. Even I don't believe in the "sun." There's no way a shining red flame could exist in the sky. [Ati] But still, in Gii's case...... [Ati] There might be something like that. That's what I think.    [Kia] Gii saved Kia when she was chained up in the darkness. [Kia] The doctor who can use magic. That wonderful Gii. [Kia] He seems unkind, but I love how he's really very sweet. [Kia] Every day, every day, he goes out to so many places. I love the way his back looks as he travels around working. [Kia] I think it'd be nice if he cut his hair a bit, but I like how it ruffles around. [Kia] I love Gii's kind eyes. I love him when he's talking to the children. [Kia] ......I love him when he cries for someone. [Kia] ......I'm sure I'll never forget. Gii's eyes on that day, at that time. [Kia] After all, at that time, Gii was...... ......very...... [Kia] ......yeah.   [Francisca] A long time ago, Oji-chan told us about a time before we were born. [Agnes] A long, long time ago. [Francisca] A lot longer than ten years ago. He said mysterious things lived in the water back then. [Agnes] Oji-chan told us. He said that ten years ago, you could see them here and there. [Francisca] Mysterious beings. We wondered what they were, and made a fuss imagining a lot of things. [Agnes] City Spirits drowning but not rusting. 《Pucelles》 that could swim and breathe underwater. [Francisca] Barghest that got wet and caught a cold. [Agnes] We said so many things...... [Francisca] But Oji-chan said that each and every one of them was wrong. [Agnes] The right answer...... [Francisca] What was it......?   [Black-Clad Girl] For the thing I'm searching for. [Black-Clad Girl] I've been searching, for a long, long time. [Black-Clad Girl] I found it a long time ago. [Black-Clad Girl] But...... [Black-Clad Girl] A long time's passed, so... [Black-Clad Girl] ......I don't know. [Black-Clad Girl] I don't know... anymore...... [Black-Clad Girl] What... it looks like now. [Black-Clad Girl] What... it sounds like now. [Black-Clad Girl] ......I'm searching. [Black-Clad Girl] ......for the thing I'm searching for......   A power born in Inganock when numerous illusions manifested during the 《Revival》 ten years ago. A technology that doesn't exist elsewhere in the 《Known World,》 but is unique to the isolated Inganock. It's a strange theory that Grand Prince Astea discovered while researching the reasons and causes of the 《Revival》 filling the City. By understanding a certain kind of 《Equation,》 and carving it into one's brain, one could control phenomena resembling fairy tale "magic." If mastered── It was possible to control flames more destructive than any firearm, or heal a damaged body. However, only a small portion of humans could learn the complex and strange Astea Theory. Those who can use it make up less than one percent of the City's population. Since there are so few examples, it remains unknown whether a mutated brain is required to learn it.   [Gii] One of the forty-one Creatures. Death by incineration. Its name is said to come from a mud doll that exists in the region of Seikyou called Canaan. [Gii] A mud doll made in the image of humans. It's said that the only way to stop it from moving is to shave off the single 'character' written on it. [Gii] The Creature Golem doesn't share that characteristic with the Canaan mud doll. A whole brigade of Upper Tier Soldiers were wiped out because of that. [Gii] The Upper Tier Soldiers, who'd prepared so many ways of shaving off such a character, were all reduced to ash by the high temperatures of Golem. [Gii] ......that was five years ago. It was a horrible tragedy. [Gii] Reconstruction is still under way, but the part of the Tier where Golem was active five years ago became a sea of red-hot magma, killing many people with its extreme heat. [Gii] Creature Golem possesses heat. That might be why its often sighted near water supplies. [Gii] Thirty-three different bodies of Golem exist, and it's theorized that the biggest one is responsible for the tragedy five years ago. [Gii] The biggest body brought about the greatest casualties. [Gii] And during that depressing "calamity," between ten and a hundred thousand people disappeared. [Gii] If I ever get a decent night's sleep, and have a dream about the past, I'm sure...... [Gii] That that tragedy would come up. I'm sure of it. It was just that horrible.          
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