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她们就这样在沉默中相遇了。<br><br>沉默的少女，沉默的视线。纵使方才战斗的声音在耳边回响，她们也依然目不转睛地注视着彼此。<br><br>大地在轰隆声中破裂，狂风在呼啸声中肆虐，建筑在倒塌声中扬起漫天尘土……<br>但这些都无法让两名少女的视线从对方身上移开。<br><br>而光也看得很清楚——<br><br>对立的眼神中，依旧燃烧着战斗的怒火。<br><br>这不是休战的信号，这是无声的威胁。 | 她们就这样在沉默中相遇了。<br><br>沉默的少女，沉默的视线。纵使方才战斗的声音在耳边回响，她们也依然目不转睛地注视着彼此。<br><br>大地在轰隆声中破裂，狂风在呼啸声中肆虐，建筑在倒塌声中扬起漫天尘土……<br>但这些都无法让两名少女的视线从对方身上移开。<br><br>而光也看得很清楚——<br><br>对立的眼神中，依旧燃烧着战斗的怒火。<br><br>这不是休战的信号，这是无声的威胁。 | ||
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……光依然死死地盯着她，而对立这时把目光放向了一份记忆。她发出一声冷笑。<br><br>“我们又回到这里了。”对立微微歪起头继续说道， “你还要再来一次吗？又要祈求有奇迹发生了吗？”<br><br>光没有回答。<br><br>“……奇迹之所以被称作奇迹，就是因为它们太完美了，完美到根本不可能存在。”<br><br>“你透过这些碎片……透过Arcaea见识过太多破碎的世界。所以你应该明白，<br>奇迹也只不过是另一种‘希望’罢了。” | ……光依然死死地盯着她，而对立这时把目光放向了一份记忆。她发出一声冷笑。<br><br>“我们又回到这里了。”对立微微歪起头继续说道， “你还要再来一次吗？又要祈求有奇迹发生了吗？”<br><br>光没有回答。<br><br>“……奇迹之所以被称作奇迹，就是因为它们太完美了，完美到根本不可能存在。”<br><br>“你透过这些碎片……透过Arcaea见识过太多破碎的世界。所以你应该明白，<br>奇迹也只不过是另一种‘希望’罢了。” | ||
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“更何况，无论有没有奇迹的存在……你都难逃一死。”<br><br>光深呼着气，而对立则逐渐挺直了身体。<br><br>黑色少女继续说道：“你应该很清楚，如果可以的话，我宁可选择忘记世间所有的一切。”<br><br>光再次试着动起来，却还是无奈意识到自己已经被完全固定住。她的肩膀被拉得紧绷，<br>脚趾也蜷缩在了一起。<br><br><br>“我要杀了你。”对立说道。 “连带着这个世界…… | “更何况，无论有没有奇迹的存在……你都难逃一死。”<br><br>光深呼着气，而对立则逐渐挺直了身体。<br><br>黑色少女继续说道：“你应该很清楚，如果可以的话，我宁可选择忘记世间所有的一切。”<br><br>光再次试着动起来，却还是无奈意识到自己已经被完全固定住。她的肩膀被拉得紧绷，<br>脚趾也蜷缩在了一起。<br><br><br>“我要杀了你。”对立说道。 “连带着这个世界……^^ 「你的世界」^^{Arcaea} 也会一同灰飞烟灭。” | ||
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她的嘴角再次扬起一抹微笑。这一次，她深吸一口气，随后挤出一记诡异的笑声。<br><br>接着，她伸出一只手摸向光的脸颊。随后轻轻抬起少女的下巴。<br><br>“你说得确实没错。”对立一边说道、一边把手伸向对方。 “我确实不需要……为了你做到这种地步。”<br><br>她收回了笑容，身体也向前倾去。 | 她的嘴角再次扬起一抹微笑。这一次，她深吸一口气，随后挤出一记诡异的笑声。<br><br>接着，她伸出一只手摸向光的脸颊。随后轻轻抬起少女的下巴。<br><br>“你说得确实没错。”对立一边说道、一边把手伸向对方。 “我确实不需要……为了你做到这种地步。”<br><br>她收回了笑容，身体也向前倾去。 | ||
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...Tairitsu smirks at a memory, then. Hikari maintains her stare.<br><br>"We're back here," Tairitsu says. She tilts her head, only a little. "Are you going to do it? Are you going to<br>wish for a miracle again?"<br><br>But Hikari will not answer.<br><br>"...Miracles are miracles because they're too convenient—too perfectly timed to ever actually happen.<br>You've seen enough broken worlds through these shards... through Arcaea. You know, then, that<br>miracles are the same as 'hope'." | ...Tairitsu smirks at a memory, then. Hikari maintains her stare.<br><br>"We're back here," Tairitsu says. She tilts her head, only a little. "Are you going to do it? Are you going to<br>wish for a miracle again?"<br><br>But Hikari will not answer.<br><br>"...Miracles are miracles because they're too convenient—too perfectly timed to ever actually happen.<br>You've seen enough broken worlds through these shards... through Arcaea. You know, then, that<br>miracles are the same as 'hope'." | ||
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"And besides, with or without miracles, you live... you die."<br><br>Hikari breathes. Tairitsu gently straightens her own back.<br><br>The girl in black goes on, "You know: I would much rather just forget. Forget everything."<br><br>Another attempt to move. Another reminder that she has been brought utterly still. Her shoulders<br>strain. Her toes curl.<br><br><br>"I'm going to kill you," Tairitsu says, "and this world... | "And besides, with or without miracles, you live... you die."<br><br>Hikari breathes. Tairitsu gently straightens her own back.<br><br>The girl in black goes on, "You know: I would much rather just forget. Forget everything."<br><br>Another attempt to move. Another reminder that she has been brought utterly still. Her shoulders<br>strain. Her toes curl.<br><br><br>"I'm going to kill you," Tairitsu says, "and this world... ^^ 「your world」^^{Arcaea} is going to die." | ||
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Again, she pushes a smile across her lips. She breathes in, and forces out a laugh.<br><br>With her other hand, she takes Hikari's cheek. She lifts the bound girl's chin.<br><br>"You really are right," says Tairitsu as she brings her palm nearer, "I really don't have to do this... for you."<br><br>Her smile disappears as she leans forward. | Again, she pushes a smile across her lips. She breathes in, and forces out a laugh.<br><br>With her other hand, she takes Hikari's cheek. She lifts the bound girl's chin.<br><br>"You really are right," says Tairitsu as she brings her palm nearer, "I really don't have to do this... for you."<br><br>Her smile disappears as she leans forward. | ||
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After all, reality marches on with no discernable "end" in store. And Arcaea, specifically,<br>was never anything more than a vessel for memories.<br><br>Incorporeal, contained, silent memories—while the outside remains unseen, unnoticed, and uncared for.<br><br>And those memories will exist forever here in that silence, together with those lost lives Hikari has saved,<br>and with her turning no eye to those lives, as always.<br><br>Because here there is no memory unseen—no emotion not felt. This is "all", which Light shines down upon,<br>and which Light grants.<br><br>It is for happiness. It is for eternal peace; unlike in any life you might have left behind.<br>This: she loves. This: Arcaea—<br><br>—Given to lost lives with neither favor nor condemnation.<br><br>And so, like this, the wheels of fate here continue to turn...<br><br>...while no destiny waits beyond.}} | After all, reality marches on with no discernable "end" in store. And Arcaea, specifically,<br>was never anything more than a vessel for memories.<br><br>Incorporeal, contained, silent memories—while the outside remains unseen, unnoticed, and uncared for.<br><br>And those memories will exist forever here in that silence, together with those lost lives Hikari has saved,<br>and with her turning no eye to those lives, as always.<br><br>Because here there is no memory unseen—no emotion not felt. This is "all", which Light shines down upon,<br>and which Light grants.<br><br>It is for happiness. It is for eternal peace; unlike in any life you might have left behind.<br>This: she loves. This: Arcaea—<br><br>—Given to lost lives with neither favor nor condemnation.<br><br>And so, like this, the wheels of fate here continue to turn...<br><br>...while no destiny waits beyond.}} | ||
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你相信神吗？<br> <br>在巨人庞大的体内深处、一颗早已冰冷的心脏之上，少女只身踏入一池鲜红与暗红之中。过低的亮度<br>让少女无法辨认出颜色，但随着愈发深入，她越来越觉得这堆液体像是不断滴在她脸上的逆流的雨。<br>她伸手触碰了一下粘在她脸颊上的液体，皱了皱眉。<br> <br>幸好周遭是一片黑暗，这个地方在席卷过后留下了怎样一副景象相比起怪物本身的样貌根本不算什么，<br>而她也并不需要知道——毕竟前三次已经够她受的了，至今回忆起来她还是会不禁起鸡皮疙瘩，但——<br> <br>她不得不不断重复这些“折磨”，毕竟作为承袭了神部分权能的塑形者，驯服怪物天经地义。<br>她的学徒正在远处等待着她，而她将自己的声音塑形后，跟学徒最后一次确认：<br>“准备好了？” | |||
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很快，她便收到了学徒的回复：“净说些废话。”<br>“准备好了就闭嘴。”她回击道，接着从腰间取出空之灯点亮，再把光从中取出，拿到自己的面前，随即<br>将其铺开，照亮了整个画廊。<br> <br>终于能够看清，她将目光一一扫过那些画。<br>古时的神使，神本身，还有巨大的骸骨——那是殸那神圣的脊骨与肋骨。<br>当然，她同时也发现了此行的目标——那只凶恶的庞然大物正蛰伏在远处的墙边，在这根又长又宽的<br>杆子的另一头用仅有的一只眼睛死死盯着她，八只翅膀很好地隐藏了自己巨大的身躯。与它对视一眼，<br>少女暗暗骂了一句，开始了行动。<br> <br>野兽的眼睛发出了诡异的光芒，少女几秒前所在的区域便几乎在一瞬间被一股巨大而不断波动扩散的<br>能量炸裂开来。这通体惨白的野兽随即张开了其中两只翅膀，露出了一张没有唇齿的嘴，尖啸起来。 | |||
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这位塑形者举起双手，在怪物的吼声传到她耳边之前便隔断了它。于是那声音落在了她的四周，将她<br>周遭的大地和整个画廊作品的裱框都震了个粉碎。大能使这头野兽在这里肆虐横行，而它现在正准备<br>朝她俯冲而来。<br> <br>怪物张开了全部八只翅膀，终于暴露出了自己精瘦而强壮的身体，扭曲，诡异，不似人也不似动物。<br>它嶙峋的脊背忽然猛地弯曲、弓起，而就在这时，上面的屋顶突然迸裂了。<br>在这座屋顶彻底坍塌之前，只见构成屋顶的绝大多数彩绘玻璃、石头和木材忽然聚合到了一起，逐渐<br>汇聚成了一柄长矛，而那长矛的上方出现了一只小小的、属于孩童的手。<br> <br>只见那孩子随后以惊人的力量将这巨大的长矛掷了下去，长矛伴随着巨大的能量顷刻贯穿了大能的<br>脊柱。巨兽轰然倒地，而白发的孩子则高高在上，用锐利的目光俯视着它；胜负已分。<br> <br>“好啦，乖，坐下吧。”她说。 | |||
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猛兽仍在挣扎，但如今它仿佛被“定住”了般，因此这一切也只是徒劳。年长些的塑形者来到它跟前，<br>伸出手，触碰那巨兽的脖颈。“回到空中去吧，”她说，“其他大能会安顿好你的。”话音刚落，猛兽的<br>身体突然震颤了一下，散发出刺眼的光亮。接着，它的身体开始以长矛为中心不断坍缩，最终化成了<br>一颗小小的光球，落入了少女手中。少女回头，将光球掷出了门，完成了收尾工作。“……你给我出来！”<br>少女紧接着吼道，怒视着坐在巨大的由玻璃、石头和木材制成的那柄长矛末端的孩子，“L，看看你干的<br>好事，你告诉我我们回去该如何交差？！不撒谎圆过去的话，修屋顶的钱你给我找？”<br> <br>“我亲爱的尼尔老师，作为仲裁真理的塑形者，我们怎么能撒谎呢？我们向来都是讲真话的，你再清楚<br>不过了。”小孩狡黠地笑着，回答道。接着，一颗碎石飞来，精准地砸在她头上，让她一个踉跄跌倒<br>在废墟之中。<br> <br>“算了，恐惧大能的化身确实经常会把这一切都搞得满地狼藉。”她老师好整以暇地自言自语道，“这样<br>他们还真不一定会发现我们在撒谎。看看这堆尸体，有些它只吃了一半，都没来得及吃完……真恶心。”<br> <br>“疼！你干什么打我！”L愤怒地喊道。<br> <br>“因为我想让你闭嘴。”草草回了一句，尼尔懒得继续理她，继续全力搜查着。 | |||
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……你信仰神吗？神，而不是众神。你相信那高于你的独一吗？<br> <br>你的答案与信仰其实都无关紧要：神就在那里，而神，已经死了。<br> <br>此时此刻，我们要讲述的则是一个新神诞生的故事。<br> <br>……但请不要误会，这个问题本身的确很重要。因为它回响于时间长河之中，永远存在。<br>因为信仰创造了一切。<br>它使男人和女人行动；它创造出了“真相”；<br>它，创造出了Arcaea。<br>纵使神已死去，祂也仍然存在，且是万有的父，权能的父。<br> <br>她们于你而言绝不陌生。<br>那些塑形者们。<br>“对立”，并非她本来的名字。<br>而第八席。<br>其本名为———— / //。}} | |||
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Do you believe in God?<br><br>Deep within a giant's body, and above a heart no longer beating, a girl stepped into a pool of red. It was <br>too dark to see the color, but she felt the liquid rise like upward raindrops on her face. She touched it <br>after it touched her cheek, and she frowned.<br><br>It was good that it was dark. Not for hiding what the monster in this place had left behind, but for the <br>sight of the monster itself. She knew it without needing to see it; she had seen it three times before <br>and even the memory of it made her shiver, yet—<br><br>—she was a Shaper with the hands of God; taming monsters was a matter of course. She shaped her <br>voice from her tongue and there sent it off to the place where her apprentice awaited her, asking:<br>"You're ready?" | |||
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An answer soon came back to her ears: "Idiot. Of course."<br>She whispered, "Shut up," and lit an Air-light hanging from her hip, swiftly pulling the illumination out of <br>it and in front of her—spreading it throughout the gallery.<br><br>Now she saw paintings of ancient angels.<br>She saw paintings of God.<br>She saw paintings of great bones—the hallowed Spine and Ribs of Lephon.<br>And she saw the great beast itself she was here to hunt, lurking at the far wall and staring steady at her <br>with a single eye at the end of a long and thick stalk. Its body was hiding behind eight feathered wings. <br>Seeing its eye, she cursed under her breath—and moved.<br><br>The beast's eye shone with plasmatic heat, and the area behind her—and now at her side—was <br>blasted back with immense and rippling power. The beast pulled away two of its wings, revealing <br>a mouth bereft of lips or teeth and—the pale thing—it screamed. | |||
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The Shaper threw up her hands and stopped its voice before it reached her. That voice beat down <br>around her and cracked the floor. The frames of the gallery paintings ruptured, and the monster—<br>the Power who had chosen to rage here—flew fast toward her.<br><br>It spread all eight of its wings to reveal its lean and muscular body—contorted and non-human, <br>non-animal. Its ridged spine arced with violence and there, and suddenly, the roof above burst apart.<br>The stained glass above, the stone and wood above—before fully falling, much of it coalesced into the <br>shape of a spear, and above that spear was the hand of a child.<br><br>The child threw the colossal weapon down with a great and pulsing force—clear through the Power's <br>spine. The beast exploded to the ground, and the pale-haired child above gazed down upon it with <br>piercing eyes.<br><br>And, "Now, now, sit," she said. | |||
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With the beast now struggling, but in a sense "stilled", the first Shaper went toward it and laid <br>a hand on its neck. "Return to the Air," she said, "and have the other Powers take care of you." <br>The beast's body then suddenly pounded and shone with light. Its shape compressed out the <br>hold of the spear, forming a small sphere of light before her palm. She looked backward, and <br>cast that light out of the door, and finally, "...Showy!" she said, glaring up at the child now seated <br>on the end of the gargantuan glass-stone-wooden spear. "Nice going, L, now we'll have to lie <br>about it. We can't pay for the roof!"<br><br>"My dear Nell, we have always been the arbiters of truth," was the child's reply, and she smiled <br>cutely. Her mentor threw a piece of wood at her head, and after it struck she fell down into the debris.<br><br>"Good thing Horrors like that tend to make a mess," said the mentor as her apprentice roared <br>with anger. "They'll probably actually believe us. Look at all these bodies... it didn't even finish <br>eating. Ugh."<br><br>"Nell, you just hit me!" said the child.<br><br>"Shut up," said the mentor, not looking at her student as she began looking through the place for survivors. | |||
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...Do you believe in God? Not gods, but "God". Do you believe in "The One" that exists beyond you?<br><br>No matter your belief: God is real. And, God is dead.<br><br>This, here, is the story about the birth of the new God.<br><br>...But, the question is important. It echoes through time, eternal.<br>Belief is what makes almost everything.<br>It makes men and women act. It makes "truth".<br>It made Arcaea.<br>But God, the world: "Lephon":<br>Dead though He might be, He still exists, and is Father to all, and of course to those <br>with the hands of God.<br><br>You know them.<br>The Shapers.<br>"Tairitsu"—actually, that isn't her name.<br>The 8th.<br>And ———— / //.}} | |||
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离开建筑内部后，两位少女便收到了本次任务的报酬，毕竟人们可不怎么乐意看见这些“幽灵们”<br>在诸如政府大楼的机关场合中肆意通行。所以，尼尔倚靠在树干旁，而L坐在树枝上，聆听着派发<br>此次任务的官员的进一步指示。<br>即使春天还未到来，钴蓝色的花瓣也同样在空中漫天飞舞，而这对师徒对此毫不惊奇——这样的<br>景象在殸中随处可见。<br> <br>“……哦对了，如果事情都办完了，你们有空的话最好能去看看城里的那些空能旋转发动机。”通讯的<br>那头说道。<br> <br>“收到。”尼尔微笑着回答道。通讯结束，尼尔转过身开始朝反方向走去。“L，不可以。”抬头看见<br>她的学徒正操纵着一块漂浮的石块瞄准附近建筑物的一扇窗户，尼尔及时制止了她。石块应声落地，<br>白发少女从树上一跃而下，吐了吐舌头。落地时，她并没有造成任何声响，仿佛自己没有重量一般。 | |||
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这已是她们在一起共事的第四个年头。刚认识L时她才九岁，而如今也才十七岁的她却感觉在这学生<br>面前像一个老阿姨一般。这家伙喜怒无常、跳脱易变、古灵精怪，多少还有点顽劣。有时看她觉得<br>挺可爱的，但也有想给她一拳的时候。一开始和她纯粹是同事关系，但相处时间久了，总觉得有一种<br>姊妹俩或是一家人的亲切感。<br> <br>“……又来？又给我们派那些工科的专业活？”二人行走在安静的小镇中时，L不满地嘟囔道。她双手抱头，<br>悠闲地边走边用自己那双特殊的眼睛不断扫描着周遭的空——不是为了完成枯燥乏味的苦差事，而是为了<br>看看能不能找到点别的乐趣。<br> <br>“不是塑形者的话，确实几乎无法承受各种大能，总有人得来做这些事。”尼尔说道。她从自己携带的<br>随身物品中取出一台小小的平板电脑，拨动它侧面的开关——“嗡”的一声，屏幕亮了起来。“不过<br>确实，我自己会更喜欢种些花花草草 ……啧，这地方没有换钞的地方吗？谁发工资是发硬币的啊。”<br> <br>“来自第三泰拉的硬币，稳定性极高呢！”L有模有样地学着刚刚通讯中那个长官的语气，嘲讽道。<br> <br>“这句话你理解了吗就嚷嚷，可赶紧闭嘴吧。” | |||
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请留意：<br>刚刚提及了一个概念叫“第三泰拉”，之所以是“第三”是因为这样的“泰拉”总共有八个。<br> <br>每个“泰拉”即是一块完整的“领域”，好似一颗星球。这八个星球均从一座尖顶伸出、延展，而这座<br>尖顶即是殸的脊骨——也即，神的脊骨。祂的肋骨也同样有重要的作用……那就是保护神早已毫无<br>生气的躯壳。神的身体即是世界，孕育生命的摇篮，而祂的脊骨则是拖起摇篮上每个泰拉的框架……<br> <br>这个世界是真实存在的，并非什么“彼岸”，也非谁人的造物。这个世界是有逻辑的，遵循着固定的<br>法则，与那个由脆弱之心创造出的世界大不相同。<br> <br>这个世界，是塑形者们所在的旧世界，在那个世界里，塑形者曾高于一切，而如今她们无人过问。<br>这个世界，也是一具巨物的骸骨，其生前所拥有的伟力与造成的影响并非常人能够想象。<br>七块大陆像七个星球般铺展开来，逐层分布，由底部最大的那块支撑。然而不像其他六块那样，底部<br>的大陆并非薄平如圆盘状，而是好似一个盛满东西的碗，内部填满了土层。生活在殸上的人们对这块<br>最底部的泰拉有一个专称——心。<br> <br>所以，这一切是想说明什么呢……？<br>这是另一个你值得思考的问题，而人们不曾知晓的真相又在事实上将这个世界一分为二。<br>无论是从文化上，还是从地理上来说，这世界就是如此割裂。殸向来如此。}} | |||
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The two girls received payment for completing their task outside of a building—people didn't like <br>"Specters" having free trespass in government offices. As Nell leaned against a tree, and L sat above <br>her on a branch, they listened to the debriefing of the official who had given them the exorcism job. <br>Although it wasn't spring, cobalt flower petals drifted through the Air from nothing. They all paid this <br>no mind: a typical event on Lephon.<br><br>"...and finally, if you two could take a look at the town's Air-spinning engines, it would be a great help," <br>said the official.<br><br>"Ahh... we will," Nell answered with a light smile, and she turned and began to walk away. She added, <br>"Don't do that, L," and the official looked upward to find the pale-haired child aiming a floating rock <br>at one of the nearby building's windows. The stone fell, the child looked at her teacher, and after <br>sticking out her tongue she dropped as if weightless from the tree. | |||
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They'd been working together for three years—since L was nine. Nell was seventeen herself now, and <br>yet she felt like an adult for having to deal with the girl. The girl was capricious, volatile, and "funny". <br>It was easy to be charmed by her, and easy to want to hit her over the head. The two weren't sisters <br>or family, but it did feel that way at times.<br><br>"Engineering...? Again...?" L complained as they walked through the quiet town. Her hands were <br>behind her head, and her eyes were scanning the Air for anything more interesting than that drudgery.<br><br>"Non-Shapers just can't handle Powers like we can. It's reliable work," said Nell. She had fished <br>a little tablet from her things and now flipped a switch at its side. It began to breathe, and its screen <br>lit up. "Though I can't lie, I'd love more gardening work, myself... Gah, this town doesn't have any <br>coin-exchanges? Why did they pay us in coins?"<br><br>"Coin from the third Terra! Very stable currency!" L mocked, almost repeating something the official <br>had said earlier.<br><br>"You don't even know what that means, shut up." | |||
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Listen for a moment:<br>A "third Terra" was just mentioned. It hasn't been mentioned but these "Terra" total to eight.<br><br>Each "Terra" is "an earth", and these earth expanses extend from a certain spire: the Spine of Lephon, <br>and so of course the Spine of God. His Ribs, too, protect... God's lifeless body is this world, the cradle <br>of life, and His Spine holds every piece together—<br><br>This is a real world, not one invented or one "after". It is a world of certain logic, bound by rules, unlike <br>another made by a fractured heart:<br><br>It is the old world of Shapers, where Shapers once meant everything and then meant nothing...<br>The corpse world of a giant with might and presence beyond measure.<br>Seven discs of land, each like a separate planet spread out and flattened, are shelved above the <br>largest below. This largest one is not a "disc", but akin to a filled bowl—akin to a stomach of dirt, <br>and the people of Lephon call that Terra the "Heart".<br><br>And, what it all means...?<br>Is another important question, and its unknown answer has split the world apart.<br>...Meaning "culturally". Lephon has always been this way.}} | |||
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这一对到处“打杂”的师徒几乎永远都在路上。一段时间过后，她们又再次启程，穿过脊骨向第五泰拉<br>行进。 空洞的脊骨内部却总是繁忙的，过去甚至经常由于人流量过于密集而导致脊骨本身无法承受<br>如此多的人在其中行走和攀爬，所以后来人们发明出了一种叫“蛛”的运载工具，供人们乘坐往返于<br>各泰拉之间。<br> <br>帮助人们在神的骸骨间穿梭的这些金属机器巨大、冰冷而吵闹，运作时的动静之大甚至有些令人<br>生畏。尼尔和L也跟生活在殸上的其他人一样经常乘坐它们，往返于各个泰拉之间。那一天，她们<br>并排而坐，将声音塑形成不会被外人打扰的状态后攀谈起来。运载装置在蛛网里一停一顿地爬升，<br>其他普通乘客则皱起眉头，盯着这对在公众场合公然使用特殊能力的师徒。<br> <br>“所以……《神使之歌》完全就是扯淡？”L问道，她的声音在笨重的螃蟹状运载装置运行的影响下显得<br>时断时续。<br> <br>她的老师迟疑了一会，随即回复道：“暂时可以这么理解，但其实不完全是。《神使之歌》是第四<br>席留下的众多预言中的一个，而且……虽然我们确实渡过了无光纪年的那段糟糕的日子，但我可以<br>保证歌词里讲的东西和已经发生过的那些事的确只是一个巧合罢了。” | |||
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谈话还在继续。<br> <br>“第四席还在么？”L问道。<br> <br>“还在吧……或许还活跃着呢；她，还有‘虔’。”尼尔回答道。<br> <br>“你是说那个第二席？好吧，话说也不知道什么时候我能有一个‘席位’，到了那个时候，我的新‘名字’<br>又会是什么呢～”L轻哼道。<br> <br>“‘什么时候’？”尼尔不可置信地重复了一遍自己学徒刚刚说的话，语气里满是怒气。“殸要是能跟你<br>说话，那你真是走运了。L，你说你除了那双眼睛还算有点用，你还有什么？”<br> <br>“我能看见声音啊，这还不厉害？”<br> <br>“……”<br> <br>“喂，要不你唱首歌给我听呗。”<br> <br>“想得美。” | |||
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“……尼尔，你说，我真的永远也成为不了一名探索者吗？”<br> <br>“我什么时候那样说过了，刚刚我只是开了个玩笑。总之……这没什么规律。谁也不知道殸在想什么，<br>而且殸已经死了。”<br> <br>“‘神’吗……哼。”<br> <br>“对，而且神的声音已经消失了整整一千年了……”<br> <br>运载装置突然停下了——如此漫长而又煎熬的路途中总得短暂停下来让乘客缓一缓。<br> <br>“……快看，那里。”L忽然说道。尼尔顺着她目光的方向看去，穿过神巨大的椎骨，望向宇宙本身。 | |||
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循着神的背部往后看去，可以望见漂浮在太空中的成千上万缕金色的丝。这些丝线一样的存在不断地<br>伸展、浮动，深入黑暗的太空之中，而它们连接的另一端——<br> <br>是殸的背部，也即祂的脊骨。<br>除此以外，它们也同时连接着十分遥远的无数其他世界，其中的一些远看像星星，大部分则远到几乎<br>不可见。飞船在其中穿梭往返，循着丝飞行，有时看上去就像明亮的、会动的灯光。<br>这就是所谓的“生命的摇篮”——这并非什么魔法，而是奇迹本身，或者从事实意义上来讲——这就是<br>“世界”。所有的这些世界，这些生命，都由神而生。向来如此。<br>即使是对于Arcaea来说，几乎也是如此。<br> <br>饥饿贪婪的Arcaea啊……即使你们之间没有丝去联系，即使你也早已死去，这段过往终究还是来到了<br>这里。<br>Arcaea的确不因殸而生，就如它的创世神不因殸而生一般。<br>……但尼尔的确死了。她死在了他人的刀下，而她的死却依旧满足了这曾经纯白的世界。}} | |||
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The two fixers always had to travel. In time, they made their way toward the fifth Terra through the Spine. <br>The inner caverns of the Spine were always busy with invention across many bone and manmade ledges; <br>too crowded and busy to allow travelers to walk and climb among them. People had to ride higher or <br>lower via "spithra" instead.<br><br>Jerking, gargantuan, metal: these frankly worrying machines were designed to (loudly) climb inside <br>the bones of God. The girls always rode them to travel between Terra as well. This day, they reserved <br>seats beside one another and as the spithra climbed in fits and starts, they shaped the sound between <br>them so that they could quietly speak. Other passengers without such luxury scowled to see them.<br><br>"So... the Song of Angels is all total nonsense?" L asked, her voice leaping with the crab-like transporter's <br>terrible movements.<br><br>Her teacher haltingly answered, "No, the Song of Angels is one of the 4th's prophecies and... while <br>we did go through that bad time in the Lightless Age, I'm pretty sure the song just coincidentally <br>rhymes with history." | |||
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They kept speaking.<br><br>"Is the 4th dead?" asked L.<br><br>"No... she should still be around: her and 'Faith'," Nell replied.<br><br>"The 2nd? I wonder when I'll get a 'number'... aaand what 'name' I'll be given~" L sang lightly.<br><br>"'When'?" Nell repeated, looking annoyed. "You'd need to be lucky enough to have Lephon whisper <br>into your ears, and last I checked only your eyes were special, L."<br><br>"I can see sound, you know?"<br><br>"Mhm..."<br><br>"Hey Nell. Sing a song for me."<br><br>"No." | |||
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"...Nell, will I really never become a Seeker?"<br><br>"I never said that. I was joking about your ears. It's... random, practically. Nobody can guess <br>what Lephon is thinking. Lephon is dead."<br><br>"'God'... huh."<br><br>"And God's voice hasn't been heard in a thousand years—"<br><br>—The transport came to a stop. It had to, periodically, to allow passengers to rest.<br><br>"...Nell, look," said L, and her mentor looked: through a gap between vertebrae and out <br>into space itself. | |||
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Behind God's back are countless and immense lines. These Strands are threads of gold extending, <br>waving, out into the dark of space—and they do connect:<br><br>To Lephon's back itself—to His Spine,<br>and, to also-countless worlds so distant that near-all are unseen, and some few look like stars. Ships <br>fly to and back from them, riding along the gold like brilliant and darting lights.<br>That's the "cradle of life"—not magic, but miracle, and in this reality the "world", all worlds and life, <br>came from God. Isn't that always true?<br>It's true, in a way, also of Arcaea.<br><br>Hungry Arcaea... this history is being brought there now, although no Strand connects, <br>and although it too is dead.<br>No, Arcaea was not born from Lephon, and nor was its creator.<br>...But, Nell was killed, and that satisfies the world once white all the same.}} | |||
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——不过，故事进行到这里的时候，尼尔还没有迎来自己生命的终点。<br>她经历了两次死亡，这便是她的一生。<br> <br>——总之，最终师徒二人决定来找殸的第二席探索者，神赐其名“虔”。<br> <br>同时作为塑形者与至高者，这位强大但有些古怪的女性开口说话时常常带着很重的气音，她那标志性<br>的闪闪发光的巨大长矛也经常被她时刻携带在身边。<br>师徒二人压制住有她气息及痕迹的空，通过这个方式最终定位到了她所在的位置——第五泰拉的边缘。<br>自从她们出发来到这里寻找虔已经过了一个月，此时她们已经有些疲累，只想尽快能够休息。<br> <br>她们一直试图引起那位探索者的注意，但她似乎只对她附近的空中存在的声音感兴趣，或许是因为<br>那些声音会不断发出让人无法理解的破碎的话语。L最终朝她的小腿来了一脚，尼尔也反过来<br>绊了一下L。因此，师徒二人又陷入了僵持之中。她们恶狠狠地蹬着彼此，但暂时也没有采取更多的行动。<br>又不知过去了多久，当一些微弱的没有可辨实体的大能开始吞食旁边的空时，虔终于看向了她们。<br>“你们是在跟我说话吗？”第二席淡淡地问道。 | |||
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“啊，对、对的。”尼尔答道，“我知道你本意是想要第4席来帮忙，但我们两个也不差啊！哈哈……”<br> <br>“她太忙了。”虔看着那位后辈塑形者的眼睛，平淡地回答道。<br> <br>“是的……我还听说第十一席刚回来不久，近日都在位于心的自己家中休养，但……”<br> <br>“空最近变得很奇怪，我们也不再能够在泰拉之间自如交流了。”虔面无表情地打断了尼尔。“即使<br>是通过空传播也做不到，而我们显然不能够从中飞越，因此……没什么办法。” | |||
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“可是你明明就有。”L突然开口。虔循声向下看去，只见那个孩子继续追问道：“所以问题的关键其实<br>在于，你为什么什么也不做？”<br> <br>虔没有回答。<br> <br>因为她的确没有办法——尼尔想到，这种事情只有殸自己可以做到。<br>终于找到了第二席，这次压制任务的具体行动方针便得到了落实：那就是通过控制殸的气息从而<br>将其送回泰拉之上的那片空间——无休止地缠绕着自己的漩涡、看得见和看不见的永不落幕的舞蹈——<br>“空”，也即“大能汇集之地”。<br> <br>那片生命之海流动于泰拉之内，也流动于泰拉之外。虽然它无法在殸的背部和骨架内部通行，它偶尔<br>也会溢出到别的泰拉那里，给在泰拉运行的机器甚至泰拉本身带去一些麻烦。这其实并不难理解，<br>别的世界也常有类似的事情发生，比如那些要么完全随心所欲，要么带着明确目的去行动和改变世界<br>的那些神使或灵。有时一个地方会因为他们而顷刻散发生机，但有时他们也会给世界造成不小的伤害。<br>他们确实不负“大能”的名，有时即使是拥有愿力的强大存在也无法与其抗衡。<br> <br>所以，这师徒二人便闻讯赶来帮忙了。 | |||
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她们并没有跟第二探索者一起工作，而是各自按自己的想法行动。天气因塑形者的指挥开始变得不同<br>寻常起来。首先是风：它们应声而起，肆意摆荡着她们衣摆，而她们则不为所动，而是继续在风中自<br>如地抬起双臂，手指舞动，操控着那些无形却充满力量的存在。很快，乌云变占领了这里——头顶，<br>以及脚下。雨滴随即也纷至沓来，从下往上“掉”。最后，雷电也开始听命聚集，不断击打在四周。<br> <br>即使从效果上看非常地震撼，这样的工作实际上机械而又枯燥，于是L很快便厌倦了。L不耐烦地选了<br>一道闪电，把它捏成了一朵花的形状，然后问了一个她之前可能早就问过无数次的问题：“为什么偏<br>偏得是我们来做这些？”尼尔并没有理会她，但她却锲而不舍地追问了下去：“就是为了所谓的‘赎罪’么？<br>是么？” | |||
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尼尔最终还是开口了：“……L，你又在多想了。不要想太多，这只是我们该——”<br> <br>“即使这一切毫无意义？就只是因为……过去我们对别人趾高气扬过？可这跟我又有什么关系！我又没有<br>这么干过，而且就算我这么做了，那又怎样？你每次都是这样，可你倒是说啊，具体会怎样？为什么<br>我们一定就要做这些？我们在给谁证明呢，在给谁赎罪呢？神？殸都死了，而且——”<br> <br>“够了！L。”<br> <br>“——杀死祂的，其实就是塑形者吧？” | |||
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尼尔猛地放下了双手，转过身狠狠地蹬了她的学徒一眼，而学徒只是看着她生气的表情咯咯地笑了<br>起来。雷电不知何时在师徒二人身旁悄然生成，将那位塑形者的眼睛点亮。<br> <br>“唉，尼尔，你长得还真是好看。”L仍是笑咪咪的，直视着自己师父继续挖苦道，“只可惜……就凭你这<br>智商，这漂亮的脸蛋算是白白浪费在你身上了。”<br> <br>空在她们二人中间肆意地翻滚着，温度逐渐攀升起来。大能的低语在四周此起彼伏地响起，微弱的<br>火苗充斥在这已经足够诡异的天气之间。“噗嗤”一声，L又笑了，而尼尔向她的学生走去。<br> <br>几乎就在下一刻，她猛地拽住孩子的衣领，将她单手拎了起来。<br> <br>暴风雨即将来临，尼尔从牙缝间低低挤出一句：“你！你为什么总是——<br>“——！？” | |||
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她突然停了下来，L的笑容也瞬间凝固了。<br> <br>毕竟，已经过去了千年之久……<br> <br>塑形者总是自称弑神者，而其他人则说祂就那么离别了祂的信徒，还有人说是神放弃了祂自己，牺牲<br>了自己的一切，用自己的身体造就了这美丽的世界——这些数不尽道不明的猜想和流言蜚语之中存在<br>着一个既定的事实——那便是祂的死。不过纵使神已死去，塑形者中也仍流传着关于祂的传言，那便是<br>“神的声音仍然存在”。<br> <br>因为她们的傲慢无礼、蛮横暴政，以及过去所犯下的滔天罪行，人们便向大能祈祷，惩罚所有仍活着<br>的塑形者，让她们罪有应得。大能的确会聆听信徒的祷告，于是在几近尽数消亡之后，极少数幸存者<br>便不得不放低自己的姿态，自此在这个世界上低声下气地谋求一线生机。<br> <br>但信仰仍未磨灭的塑形者们却仍然相信：殸的声音依然存在。她们认为人们仍能够听见来自殸的声音，<br>这声音会从祂的心脏传出，传入到人们的耳中，只不过只有被殸选中的人才能听见。但此时此刻，在<br>离那神圣的地方如此遥远的这里，两位年轻的塑形者却听到了祂的声音——<br> <br>没错，两位少女听见了“殸”的声音，而那声音说：不久以后，“终结”将至。}} | |||
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—Nell wasn't dead yet in this story.<br>Nell dies later, and then dies again.<br><br>—Eventually, the girls came to find the 2nd Seeker of Lephon, whom God named 'Faith'.<br><br>An Ascendant Shaper. A strange woman who spoke breathily and always carried a large and <br>shimmering spear...<br>The two girls took up a job to suppress the Air that involved her, and so found her now at the fifth <br>Terra's edge. It had been a month since they'd arrived on this land. They were a little tired, <br>and very ready to rest...<br><br>They tried and tried to snatch the Seeker's attention, but she was only interested in the unintelligible <br>words of the Air surrounding them. L kicked her in her shin, and Nell kicked L's calf in response. <br>And, they scowled at one another. Unfazed, Faith finally looked at them—just as a flock of lesser <br>Powers obscure in shape began to graze through the Air between them. Softly, "You're talking to me?" <br>asked the 2nd. | |||
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"Yeah—Yes," Nell corrected herself. "I'm sure you would've wanted the 4th to help, but we're a skillful pair! <br>Aha... ahaha..."<br><br>"She doesn't have time," answered Faith, meeting the younger Shaper's eyes.<br><br>"Ah... yes. I've heard the 11th came back recently and is resting back home on the Heart, but..."<br><br>"The Air is bitter, and won't let us speak between Terra," said Faith, finishing Nell's thought with a stoic <br>face. "Even Air transmissions will fail, and of course we can't fly through it so... Nothing can be done <br>about it... hm." | |||
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"You could do something," L interjected, and Faith looked down at her. "Why don't you?" the child asked.<br><br>But Faith didn't answer.<br><br>And Nell thought to herself—Because she can't, only Lephon could.<br><br>After getting through to the strange woman properly, the details of this suppression task were conveyed: <br>curb Lephon's Breath and cast it back to the realm beyond the Terra—to the swirling vortex that wraps <br>over itself endlessly in a dance both seen and unseen, the Place of Powers called the Air.<br><br>That sea of life flows throughout the Terra, and while it can't slip into Lephon's bones or behind His back, <br>on occasion it will flow too greatly across a Terra and cause... malfunctions, in everything from machines <br>to nature itself. There are a few similar concepts outside this world. Think of them as spirits or angels <br>coming in all manner of shapes, moving through themselves and acting whim- and willfully to change <br>the world around them, to spur spontaneous growth, to harm and... so on. And they are truly "Powers"; <br>at times, even one capable of wishing can't fully stand against them.<br><br>And so, the two girls were there to help. | |||
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The pair of them worked apart from the 2nd Seeker, and as they worked the weather <br>became strange. As their clothing waved around them in the winds—their arms raised, <br>with hands and fingers moving great and invisible beings—dark clouds began to brew <br>across the ground. Clouds formed, also, at their feet, and soon rain began to fall upward <br>around them. Then it became a matter of managing lightning, too...<br><br>While it may have looked fantastic and interesting, the work was rote. Therefore, L quickly <br>grew dissatisfied. While taking hold of an arc of lightning and twisting it into a flower's <br>shape, she asked Nell a question that she had asked perhaps a dozen times before: <br>"Why do we do all this?" And, when Nell ignored her, she asked a couple others, <br>"Is it just penance? Is that all this is?" | |||
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Now Nell answered her: "...Don't overthink it, L. It's just the right thing to—"<br><br>"Even though it's worthless? It's all just because we... LORDED over others in the past? I didn't! And even <br>if I could rule—so what? Come now, tell me why. Why do any of this at all? Who are we proving ourselves <br>to—God? Lephon is dead, and—"<br><br>"L, be quiet—"<br><br>"—we Shapers killed Him, right?" | |||
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Nell dropped her hands and turned to look at her student. The child was giggling, but all her teacher <br>would give her was a glare. Lightning flew up at their sides, lighting the Shaper's eyes.<br><br>"...You are beautiful, Nell," L remarked, looking back at her with a wry grin. "Shame you really are stupid."<br><br>The Air flooded around them, and grew hot. Little fires came in and out of the weather as Powers <br>whispered between themselves unintelligibly. L snickered again, and Nell stepped toward her.<br><br>She grabbed the child's clothing by its front, and lifted her one-handed.<br><br>And, her teeth grit, she began, "Why do you always—!?" | |||
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But she went quiet, and L lost her smile.<br><br>After all, it had been a thousand years...<br><br>The Shapers said that they had killed God, others said God simply perished, and others still said that <br>God gave Himself up: to birth this beautiful world from His body. Others, and others... but the one <br>certainty was His death. And yet: the Shapers said that God still had a voice.<br><br>For their arrogance, their tyranny, and for their claim to the greatest transgression, people had prayed <br>to Powers to punish near every Shaper alive—to have them face a reckoning. And, as Powers do listen <br>to prayer... in ancient times, the hands of god were nearly cut fully from Lephon, and the few who <br>remained were humbled in the wake of it all.<br><br>But still, in faith, Shapers said that the voice could still be heard down on Lephon's Heart and only <br>by they, His chosen people; yet here so far from the holy land two young Shapers heard Him:<br><br>"Lephon" spoke to the two girls, and told them of a coming End.}} | |||
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少女们即使算是神的左膀右臂，但她们也只是未经世事的孩子，更别说神的左膀<br>右臂也难逃消亡的一天。孩子总是相对简单的存在，即使有能够塑形周围的世界的能力，所造成的后<br>果往往也并不严重。况且对于L这样的孩子来说，比起真的要塑造什么，她更多只是想通过这样的<br>方式去探究世界的更多奥秘罢了。她们当时既不是至高者，也不是探索者，她们并不能改变现实，<br>也能真正无中生有创造什么新产物，她们更没有办法与众神抗衡：即使她们不算是第一个有如此遭遇<br>的，她们终究也只是两个小孩子罢了，如今却要面临如此艰巨的挑战。<br> <br>她们此刻显然已经忘记不久前的矛盾，而是不约而同地看向四周，心想是不是某些大能突然能够开口<br>说人话了。但显而易见这不可能。这样的温度……这么地清晰……能清楚地在自己的内心最深处响起的<br>这样真实而又真挚的声音只能是祂——只能是殸。而殸告诉了她们同样的话——<br> <br>良久，尼尔难以置信地重复了一遍：“第二探索者……要将祂的脊骨拦腰斩断……？！” | |||
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“你也听见了，对吗？！所以，这、这真的是……真的是……殸？！殸的声音？！殸跟我们说话了？”<br> <br>“这么说，你也……？”尼尔问道，她和L几乎是同时开口。她顿了顿，随即磕磕绊绊地问道：“那没错<br>了……是的……那就是……”<br> <br>L接着问道，似乎有些担心：“什么意思……什么叫‘当他们沉睡，而又醒来’？”<br> <br>“泰拉之上的大能……”尼尔回答道。“祂说，‘当黑暗降临，万物因夜晚而歇息之时，他们也将再度醒来，<br>因为明亮的白天总会到来’，可是殸这个世界并没有类似太阳或月亮的存在。而且祂重复了一遍，<br>因此……”<br> <br>“两天？”<br> <br>“……没错。”<br> <br>“……” | |||
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师徒二人沉默不语，而大能所掀起的风暴威力丝毫不减，仍在周围肆虐。<br> <br>“那么，她一定会去到殸的背后……”尼尔喃喃道，“不然那些大能肯定会试图阻止她，但……砍断<br>殸的脊骨……这真的可能吗？即使她是探索者——”<br> <br>L将手默默地盖在了她老师的手上，而尼尔终于将她放了下来。她的老师随即沉默地看向了第五泰拉<br>边缘之外的远处。<br> <br>“如果是两天之后，”她小声说道，“那其他人根本来不及过来……只能是我俩去阻止她。而且我们还不<br>能告诉其他任何人这件事，而且我真觉得即使我们说了她们也不会信的。所以，我们……我们只能……”<br> <br>“可我们也不是必须要去阻止她啊。”L插话道。尼尔偏过头，疑惑地看向她的学生。<br> <br>“殸……祂说：‘这便是死，这便是终。’我们确实不需要去阻止她啊，我们甚至不需要做任何事情……<br>而且继续待在这里也没有什么意义了。”<br> <br>“你的意思是……”话没说完，尼尔便陷入了沉默。 | |||
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“如果通过丝离开的话，”尼尔说道，“那么这条丝和它所连接的那个目的地世界便会随着脊骨的坍塌<br>而毁灭，对于任何丝来说都是如此。”<br> <br>“你说的对，但如果真如殸所说的那样，很快我们也不需要什么‘丝’了。”<br> <br>尼尔微微眯起了自己的眼睛，却仍然直视着她的学生。<br> <br>“L……我哪里也不去。”稍年长的塑形者说道，“如果殸赐福‘至高’于我，那再好不过。我本就打算留下<br>来，我留下来就是为了阻止她。你不会明白的……我了解你……不过如果你想走的话，那便去吧。这次，<br>我不会拦你。”<br> <br>尼尔转过身去，抬起自己的手，继续她那被迫中断了好久的压制空的工作。空不断制造着骚动，而她<br>只是继续着自己的工作，任凭她小小的学徒望着她的背影出神。<br> <br>“L……你不是一直以来都想成为一个神吗。我知道你眼里的神都是怎样的一个形象，但殸祂完全不是<br>你所想的那样。祂是一个真正的神明，而一位真正的神明从不滥用自己的力量，祂也不会全凭心情做<br>决定。”这是尼尔对自己的学生讲的最后一段道理。<br> <br>“神是救世主，世界的庇佑者，‘天恩’‘赐福’这些词的来由大抵如此。” | |||
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……但L最终并没有离开。相反地，她帮助自己的老师完成了工作，随后的这段时间里，直到这位名叫<br>“虔”的探索者返回了二人身边之前，她们之间的气氛一直都莫名有些紧张。<br> <br>在第二席离开之前，师徒二人并没有将殸说话的具体内容告知于她，毕竟她对于这两位年轻的塑形者<br>来说还是过于生疏了。她们无法理解虔，也并不想去试着理解她。更多时候，虔只会让她们感到惧怕。<br> <br>但怕归怕，她们也必须直面恐惧：毕竟不然等待着她们的便是《神使之歌》里那更加可怖的“终结”了。<br> <br>于是，两天之后，她们还会再次相见……<br> <br>到那时，她们将重塑这个世界——这个世界的一切、这个世界的全部——而这一切都是为了阻止她。}} | |||
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The girls may have had the hands of God, but they were only girls, and those hands would one <br>day fade into dust. They were simple, only with some little ways that they could shape the world <br>around them and, in L's case, a way to gaze within the world. They had not become Ascendants, <br>Seekers; they could not shape reality itself nor spur new creation. They could not fight with gods. <br>They were only two girls, now in an overwhelming situation. It sounds familiar.<br><br>They forgot what had heated them only seconds before. They looked around themselves, <br>wondering if they'd merely heard some miraculous Power that could speak in humans' <br>tongues. But it couldn't be. It was too warm and too clear. It was felt too sincerely in their <br>hearts and not their heads. It was Him, it was Lephon, and He had told the two the same thing:<br><br>Nell repeated it: "The 2nd Seeker... is going to sever Lephon by His Spine...!?" | |||
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"You heard that too, Nell!? So it was—it was Le... That was Lephon!? Lephon talked to us?"<br><br>"You heard it t...?" Nell asked, not having heard L. She then stammered to the child, "Ah, yes—yeah <br>I heard it... that was..."<br><br>Worriedly, L asked her, "What... What did He mean by 'when they sleep and wake'?"<br><br>"The Powers beyond the Terra..." Nell began, "He means when they rest and go dark for night, and <br>wake and glow bright for day. Lephon has no suns or moons, only them, and He said it twice, so—"<br><br>"Two days?"<br><br>"Two days..."<br><br>"..." | |||
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They were quiet, but the storm of the Powers around them raged all the same.<br><br>"She'd have to go behind Lephon's back..." Nell muttered. "Some Power would stop <br>her otherwise, but—cutting through Lephon's Spine... is it even possible? Even for a Seeker—"<br><br>L placed her hand on her mentor's—Nell was still lifting her by the front of her clothes after <br>all. Nell put her down, and looked out over the edge of the fifth Terra.<br><br>"If it's in two days..." she said quietly, "then there's nobody else to stop her, only us. We can't <br>call anyone else about this—and if we could who would believe us? We're just... We..."<br><br>"We don't have to," L finished, and Nell looked back on her confused.<br><br>"Lephon... said 'This is death, this is done.' We don't have to... do anything. We don't even <br>need to stay here."<br><br>"L, you mean..." after saying this, briefly the teacher went silent. | |||
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"If you leave by a Strand," said Nell, "the Strand and the world it goes to will be destroyed with <br>the Spine's collapse. It happens with any Strand being severed."<br><br>"Yes... but if Lephon's spoken to us, soon we won't need a Strand."<br><br>Nell narrowed her eyes upon her student.<br><br>"L... I'm not leaving," said the teacher. "If Lephon blesses me with Ascension, all the better that I <br>can stay here and stop Faith. You... don't understand. I know that you don't, but... If you want <br>to leave, then... go on and do it, but I won't."<br><br>Nell turned, lifted her hands, and resumed her work of suppressing the rampant Air. She spoke <br>only one more time to the little girl staring up at her back:<br><br>"You want to be a god, L, and I know what you believe a god to be but Lephon is Himself the <br>example. A god isn't a being of power and whim;<br><br>a god is a savior and protector, and that's why we call one's favor grace, and a blessing." | |||
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...L did not leave. She helped finish the job, and the two of them shared a moment of tension <br>between themselves and "Faith" when the Seeker returned to them.<br><br>Before the 2nd left, they did not tell her what Lephon had told them. After all, they did not <br>understand her, and did not want to. They feared her.<br><br>However, they would need to face that fear: to face an End unforetold by the Song of Angels.<br><br>And in two days when they would meet once again...<br><br>They would shape the world itself—everything, anything—if only to stop her.}} | |||
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解锁条件：完成[[#20-5|20-5]]，购入[[Lucent Historia]]曲包<br>解锁要求：通过[[Lament Rain]] | |||
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在“影之大地第26”上，由阴影形成的冰雹没日没夜地下着……<br>越过已经沉没的山峦，被无情的空围困住的冰封都城“零”，两位少女仍坚定地在第五泰拉的大地上行走。<br>半途中，她们曾来到了一座“门卫城市”，在这里她们幸运地找到了一条非法通往殸背部的小路，节省<br>了不少时间。步行、骑行、飞行……她们用尽了各种赶路的方法，抄近路的时候两人还用了一些小手段，<br>但帮助并不太大——毕竟按周围这个亮度，隐蔽地再好估计也会被一眼认出。不过她们最终还是凭<br>极度谨慎和小心行事的态度有惊无险地通过了这个挑战。<br><br>于是，最后她们终于来到了祂的背面：<br>一处千万缕丝在这里——即神的背部——铺开的地方；一处吹出氧气并让其飘入宇宙深处的地方。 | |||
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高塔一样的脊骨连接着许多金色的、巨大的丝，远看就仿佛一片巨大的森林。<br>她们要寻找的那个人早已在那里了：挥舞着一柄散发着特殊光芒的长矛，周遭的现实因此扭曲了一瞬。<br>那个人，第二探索者，看向了两位来访者。<br><br>“……是你们两个。”她说道，眼神冷淡到有些木讷。“我认识你们，不过你们为何在这里？来看这里的<br>‘进进出出’么？”而当她并没有等来回复时，她轻轻点了点头：“啊……我明白了，殸跟你们说话了，<br>对吧。”<br> <br>尼尔问道：“虔……这真的是殸的旨意吗？”<br> <br>而虔回答道：“我觉得祂需要我去这么做。”她随即摇了摇头，好像有些莫名哀伤。“而且……你们不会<br>喜欢我给出的答案。”<br> <br>“你说对了。”L突然接过了话柄。但虔只是沉默地冲她点了点头。 | |||
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“殸的‘死’是一个惨忍的奇迹。”那位探索者说道，“你们没有遇见过跟殸一样的世界吧……在你们眼里，<br>只有祂的爱是一切的来源。你们一直都这么按部就班地活着，自以为这是祂的旨意……你们不过是殸<br>的奴隶，而殸也不过是你们的奴隶。这个世界糟糕透顶，你们永远也想象不到……但它本可以不这样<br>糟糕。”<br> <br>虔举起了她的矛指向L，而后者反射性地皱了下眉。这柄长矛的特殊之处根本无需赘述，光是尼尔<br>和L看见它时的表情便说明了一切。这把武器甚至并非出自“此处”，因此仅仅是存在在这片异乡的大地<br>之上就已经在对这里造成了实际伤害了。仅仅是看向它，L的眼睛都仿佛有被猛烈切割的撕裂痛感。<br>这把武器远不止可以做到杀死一个人，而是可以真正做到“消除”的存在。<br> <br>“我没有什么好隐瞒的。”虔说道，“计划的内容不重要，只有结果重要，那就是‘重生’。”<br> <br>“……以无数生命的死为代价？”尼尔质问道，声音有些颤抖。<br> <br>“擦除一块板子上的痕迹是一件很值得大惊小怪的事吗？”虔反问道，“更别说就连你都不一定记得那<br>上面之前写了什么东西。”<br> <br>她的话音刚落，一道人影便猛地袭来——尼尔已经受够了这些荒谬至极的言论了。 | |||
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肺中的气息被抽去了。<br>宇宙的风暴被换来了。<br>火柴被点亮了，火从中被燃起了。<br>力被抽送向前——纯粹的力，以及能的碰撞。<br> <br>这便是塑形者们战斗的方式。<br>拼上“一切”——没错，一切。<br> <br>……当然，对于这场纷争来说，相比用“战斗”去形容，“自取灭亡”或许更为贴切。<br><br> 一段时间的争斗之后，虔动了动自己的手指，尼尔便被一股巨大的推力猛地击退了。 | |||
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尼尔最终撞在了殸的脊骨上，发出了巨大而难听的声响。口腔中血液的腥味弥漫开来，尼尔颤抖着想<br>爬起身，可自己的身体仿佛被固定住了一般动弹不得。她抬起头，发现虔此时正掐着L的脖子。<br>一瞬间，她的脑海一片空白，她只想放声尖叫。她祈求神的慈悲。是的，她不断地祈求着。<br><br>……然而仅仅是“想要”还远远不够，仅仅是需要也一样不会得到满足。<br>能够改变“命运”浪潮的存在，有人称作“奇迹”，但殊不知奇迹也是过去种下的因结的果。<br><br>激情与努力或许在未来会被认可。<br><br>聪慧和勤勉之人啊，你若要跟神说话，祂也许真的会听你。<br><br>对于这样的存在，信仰真的并不是必要条件。<br><br>……而尼尔却又是这般信仰着神。<br><br>她或许真的会错误地认为，这一切发生的原因，是殸听见了她的祷告。 | |||
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殸的国度中流传着一个古老的说法，那便是这千年以来，没有人再听见过殸的声音。殸已经死去了<br>两千多年之久。祂还有诉求吗？祂还有愿望吗？什么驱使着神？什么迫使着神？祂又为何会跟尼尔说话？<br><br><br>而在一千年前，祂又为何会对虔说话？<br><br> 显然，因为神需要一个“谢幕”。毕竟神给你们每个人都准备<br>好了剧本。<br><br>尼尔又听见了殸的声音。祂的声音穿透了她的内里，她身后的脊骨开始变得滚烫不已。什么回响自<br>殸的心内部发出，而她的心也回应了它的跳动。她的双眼和舌头开始发生变化，而最终，她看向她的<br>手心——神将自己的一部分和一个新的名字交给了她。 | |||
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第二席面前的骸骨发出了令人惊叹的光芒，她因而短暂晃神了片刻。透过那些舞动的丝，她看见一个<br>新的“数”回应了呼唤，缓缓而落。就在她犹豫不决的时候，L 抓住了这个机会。调动周围空气，这位<br>暂无名号的小孩子成功将这位强大的探索者推出了一段距离。<br><br>她们纷纷回头注视着神。<br>她们看见了被金色碎片包裹着的尼尔，以及她身体周围的那些映射着某些过去、现在、未来与超越的图像。<br><br>殸说，她将起来，而她的起来是永恒的。她，尼尔，将成为「第八探索者，慈悲」。<br><br>她毁坏的躯体开始修复，她再度向第二席看去……<br>新“神”诞生，殸的声音便逐渐远去。}} | |||
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Through Umbral Field 26 where shadow hail fell—<br>Over the Sunken Mountains—<br>Past the frozen capital Non, beset by frigid Air—<br>The girls marched, rode, and flew through the fifth Terra, reaching a gate city and <br>finding their illegal trespass through Lephon's back. They tried a little subtlety, but <br>not much can be managed in a rush. Even when shaping light around oneself—<br>the invisible can be quite visible.<br><br>But still, they made their way.<br>And then there they were, behind Him:<br>where the thousand Strands were laid out—where they bled oxygen to flow <br>throughout space itself—at least here, behind the back of God. | |||
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It was a forest of gold and giant threads waving out from a tower Spine.<br>And a woman was already there: wielding a spear that shimmered strangely against reality.<br>She, the 2nd Seeker, looked out to them.<br><br>"...You two," she said, looking upon them dully. "I know the two of you. Why are you here? <br>To watch the comings and goings?" When they didn't answer, she nodded gently. "Ah," she said, <br>"it must have been that Lephon spoke to you."<br><br>Nell asked her, "Faith... did Lephon tell you to do this?"<br><br>And Faith replied, "I believe this to be what He needs." She shook her head sadly. "Nothing I tell you <br>would be anything you'd want to hear."<br><br>"You're right," L answered, and Faith nodded her way. | |||
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"Lephon's 'death' is a cruel miracle," said the Seeker. "You two who haven't seen any world <br>apart from this... you think that His love is all that matters. You move along lines that you think <br>He wants you to move along. You are all slaves to Lephon, and Lephon slaves to you all. This <br>is a bad place, worse than you can even imagine, and it doesn't need to be."<br><br>Faith lifted her spear, and while it seemed certainly "off" to Nell, to L staring at the blade caused <br>her to reflexively wince. That edge hadn't been made "here", and merely by existing in a space <br>to-it-foreign, it was already cutting at the world. To look at it made L feel as if her eyes had been <br>cut, too.<br>It wasn't simply a spear to kill, but something forged to "erase".<br><br>"I won't bother telling you the plan," said Faith, "only the result: rebirth."<br><br>"Through countless deaths...?" asked Nell, her voice beginning to shake.<br><br>"Erasing a board isn't a big deal," Faith replied, "even if you don't remember what was written there."<br><br>Hearing this, Nell had enough and launched herself forward. | |||
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Breath was pulled from lungs.<br>Storms were summoned within space.<br>Matches were lit, and fire was cast from them...<br>Force was thrust forward. Force, and power.<br><br>It's how Shapers fight.<br>With "everything"—everything.<br><br>...Although, to call this a "fight", sincerely, would be a lie.<br><br>In time, Faith simply pointed a finger at Nell, and just with that the young girl was violently forced back. | |||
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Nell struck against Lephon's Spine with a terrible sound, soon tasting blood on her tongue. She shook, <br>almost paralyzed, and when she looked up she saw that Faith had her hand at her apprentice's neck. <br>Her thoughts rushed. She wanted to cry out. She prayed. Yes, she prayed.<br><br>...It is hardly ever enough to "want", or even to need.<br>What bends the tide of what some might call "fate" might be a miracle, but often it is instead born from <br>old seeds.<br><br>Seeds of passion and effort may in time be recognized.<br><br>To the erudite and assiduous, should you speak to God, He might hear you.<br><br>For something like that, you don't need faith.<br><br>...And yet Nell, that girl: she believed in God.<br><br>And it may have made her think: faith is why Lephon heard her then. | |||
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There is mystery here in Lephon. In a thousand years, Lephon had spoken to no one; Lephon is dead <br>and has been far longer than even two millennia. Has He desires? Has He wants? What compels God? <br>Why did He Speak to Nell?<br><br>A thousand years before, why did He speak to Faith?<br><br>To some "End", surely. God has plans for all of you, after all.<br><br>Nell heard Lephon's voice again. His sound bled into her and the Spine behind her grew hot. <br>As something deep in Lephon's Heart resounded, her heart soundly beat back. Her eyes and tongue <br>had changed, and after she was left with a piece of God in her palm and another name. | |||
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The 2nd briefly lost breath as radiance erupted from the bones before her. She gazed through the waving <br>Strands, and could see a new "number" being called down. With this hesitation, L seized the opportunity <br>and moved the air around them to push the Seeker away.<br><br>After, both looked back to God.<br>They there saw Nell, swathed within gold fragments, and with images of unknown past, present, future <br>and beyond reflecting all around her.<br><br>Lephon told her to arise eternal. She, Nell, would be the "8th Seeker" and "Compassion".<br><br>Her body began to heal, and her eyes once more set upon the 2nd—<br>—and so, as a new "god" was born, Lephon's voice receded again.}} | |||
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你相信神吗？<br> <br>在巨人庞大的体内深处、一颗早已冰冷的心脏之上，少女只身踏入一池鲜红与暗红之中。过低的亮度<br>让少女无法辨认出颜色，但随着愈发深入，她越来越觉得这堆液体像是不断滴在她脸上的逆流的雨。<br>她伸手触碰了一下粘在她脸颊上的液体，皱了皱眉。<br> <br>幸好周遭是一片黑暗，这个地方在席卷过后留下了怎样一副景象相比起怪物本身的样貌根本不算什么，<br>而她也并不需要知道——毕竟前三次已经够她受的了，至今回忆起来她还是会不禁起鸡皮疙瘩，但——<br> <br>她不得不不断重复这些“折磨”，毕竟作为承袭了神部分权能的塑形者，驯服怪物天经地义。<br>$e:她的学徒——我——正在远处等待着她$，而她将自己的声音塑形后，跟学徒最后一次确认：<br>“准备好了？” | |||
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很快，她便收到了学徒的回复：“净说些废话。”<br>“准备好了就闭嘴。”她回击道，接着从腰间取出空之灯点亮，再把光从中取出，拿到自己的面前，随即<br>将其铺开，照亮了整个画廊。<br> <br>终于能够看清，她将目光一一扫过那些画。<br>古时的神使，神本身，还有巨大的骸骨——那是殸那神圣的脊骨与肋骨。<br>当然，她同时也发现了此行的目标——那只凶恶的庞然大物正蛰伏在远处的墙边，在这根又长又宽的<br>杆子的另一头用仅有的一只眼睛死死盯着她，八只翅膀很好地隐藏了自己巨大的身躯。与它对视一眼，<br>少女暗暗骂了一句，开始了行动。<br> <br>野兽的眼睛发出了诡异的光芒，少女几秒前所在的区域便几乎在一瞬间被一股巨大而不断波动扩散的<br>能量炸裂开来。这通体惨白的野兽随即张开了其中两只翅膀，露出了一张没有唇齿的嘴，尖啸起来。 | |||
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这位塑形者举起双手，在怪物的吼声传到她耳边之前便隔断了它。于是那声音落在了她的四周，将她<br>周遭的大地和整个画廊作品的裱框都震了个粉碎。大能使这头野兽在这里肆虐横行，而它现在正准备<br>朝她俯冲而来。<br> <br>怪物张开了全部八只翅膀，终于暴露出了自己精瘦而强壮的身体，扭曲，诡异，不似人也不似动物。<br>它嶙峋的脊背忽然猛地弯曲、弓起，而就在这时，上面的屋顶突然迸裂了。<br>在这座屋顶彻底坍塌之前，只见构成屋顶的绝大多数彩绘玻璃、石头和木材忽然聚合到了一起，逐渐<br>汇聚成了一柄长矛，而那长矛的上方出现了一只小小的、属于孩童的手。<br> <br>只见那孩子随后以惊人的力量将这巨大的长矛掷了下去，长矛伴随着巨大的能量顷刻贯穿了大能的<br>脊柱。巨兽轰然倒地，而白发的孩子则高高在上，用锐利的目光俯视着它；胜负已分。<br> <br>“好啦，乖，坐下吧。”$e:我说。我那时可真是可爱极了。$ | |||
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猛兽仍在挣扎，但如今它仿佛被“定住”了般，因此这一切也只是徒劳。年长些的塑形者来到它跟前，<br>伸出手，触碰那巨兽的脖颈。“回到空中去吧，”她说，“其他大能会安顿好你的。”话音刚落，猛兽的<br>身体突然震颤了一下，散发出刺眼的光亮。接着，它的身体开始以长矛为中心不断坍缩，最终化成了<br>一颗小小的光球，落入了少女手中。少女回头，将光球掷出了门，完成了收尾工作。“……你给我出来！”<br>少女紧接着吼道，怒视着坐在巨大的由玻璃、石头和木材制成的那柄长矛末端的孩子，“L，看看你干的<br>好事，你告诉我我们回去该如何交差？！不撒谎圆过去的话，修屋顶的钱你给我找？”<br> <br>“我亲爱的尼尔老师，作为仲裁真理的塑形者，我们怎么能撒谎呢？我们向来都是讲真话的，你再清楚<br>不过了。”小孩狡黠地笑着，回答道。接着，一颗碎石飞来，精准地砸在她头上，让她一个踉跄跌倒<br>在废墟之中。<br> <br>“算了，恐惧大能的化身确实经常会把这一切都搞得满地狼藉。”她老师好整以暇地自言自语道，“这样<br>他们还真不一定会发现我们在撒谎。看看这堆尸体，有些它只吃了一半，都没来得及吃完……真恶心。”<br> <br>“疼！你干什么打我！”L愤怒地喊道。<br> <br>“因为我想让你闭嘴。”草草回了一句，尼尔懒得继续理她，继续全力搜查着。 | |||
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……你信仰神吗？神，而不是众神。你相信那高于你的独一吗？<br> <br>你的答案与信仰其实都无关紧要：神就在那里，而神，已经死了。<br> <br>此时此刻，我们要讲述的则是一个新神诞生的故事。<br> <br>……但请不要误会，这个问题本身的确很重要。因为它回响于时间长河之中，永远存在。<br>因为信仰创造了一切。<br>它使男人和女人行动；它创造出了“真相”；<br>它，创造出了Arcaea。<br>纵使神已死去，祂也仍然存在，且是万有的父，权能的父。<br> <br>她们于你而言绝不陌生。<br>那些塑形者们。<br>“对立”，并非她本来的名字。<br>而$e:第六席$。<br>其本名为$e:拉可弥拉$。}} | |||
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Do you believe in God?<br><br>Deep within a giant's body, and above a heart no longer beating, a girl stepped into a pool of red. It was <br>too dark to see the color, but she felt the liquid rise like upward raindrops on her face. She touched it <br>after it touched her cheek, and she frowned.<br><br>It was good that it was dark. Not for hiding what the monster in this place had left behind, but for the <br>sight of the monster itself. She knew it without needing to see it; she had seen it three times before <br>and even the memory of it made her shiver, yet—<br><br>—she was a Shaper with the hands of God; taming monsters was a matter of course. She shaped her <br>voice from her tongue and there sent it off to the place where $e:I, her apprentice, awaited her,$ asking:<br>"You're ready?" | |||
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An answer soon came back to her ears: "Idiot. Of course."<br>She whispered, "Shut up," and lit an Air-light hanging from her hip, swiftly pulling the illumination out of <br>it and in front of her—spreading it throughout the gallery.<br><br>Now she saw paintings of ancient angels.<br>She saw paintings of God.<br>She saw paintings of great bones—the hallowed Spine and Ribs of Lephon.<br>And she saw the great beast itself she was here to hunt, lurking at the far wall and staring steady at her <br>with a single eye at the end of a long and thick stalk. Its body was hiding behind eight feathered wings. <br>Seeing its eye, she cursed under her breath—and moved.<br><br>The beast's eye shone with plasmatic heat, and the area behind her—and now at her side—was <br>blasted back with immense and rippling power. The beast pulled away two of its wings, revealing <br>a mouth bereft of lips or teeth and—the pale thing—it screamed. | |||
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The Shaper threw up her hands and stopped its voice before it reached her. That voice beat down <br>around her and cracked the floor. The frames of the gallery paintings ruptured, and the monster—<br>the Power who had chosen to rage here—flew fast toward her.<br><br>It spread all eight of its wings to reveal its lean and muscular body—contorted and non-human, <br>non-animal. Its ridged spine arced with violence and there, and suddenly, the roof above burst apart.<br>The stained glass above, the stone and wood above—before fully falling, much of it coalesced into the <br>shape of a spear, and above that spear was the hand of a child.<br><br>The child threw the colossal weapon down with a great and pulsing force—clear through the Power's <br>spine. The beast exploded to the ground, and the pale-haired child above gazed down upon it with <br>piercing eyes.<br><br>And, "Now, now, sit," $e:I said. I was terribly cute.$ | |||
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With the beast now struggling, but in a sense "stilled", the first Shaper went toward it and laid <br>a hand on its neck. "Return to the Air," she said, "and have the other Powers take care of you." <br>The beast's body then suddenly pounded and shone with light. Its shape compressed out the <br>hold of the spear, forming a small sphere of light before her palm. She looked backward, and <br>cast that light out of the door, and finally, "...Showy!" she said, glaring up at the child now seated <br>on the end of the gargantuan glass-stone-wooden spear. "Nice going, L, now we'll have to lie <br>about it. We can't pay for the roof!"<br><br>"My dear Nell, we have always been the arbiters of truth," was the child's reply, and she smiled <br>cutely. Her mentor threw a piece of wood at her head, and after it struck she fell down into the debris.<br><br>"Good thing Horrors like that tend to make a mess," said the mentor as her apprentice roared <br>with anger. "They'll probably actually believe us. Look at all these bodies... it didn't even finish <br>eating. Ugh."<br><br>"Nell, you just hit me!" said the child.<br><br>"Shut up," said the mentor, not looking at her student as she began looking through the place for survivors. | |||
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...Do you believe in God? Not gods, but "God". Do you believe in "The One" that exists beyond you?<br><br>No matter your belief: God is real. And, God is dead.<br><br>This, here, is the story about the birth of the new God.<br><br>...But, the question is important. It echoes through time, eternal.<br>Belief is what makes almost everything.<br>It makes men and women act. It makes "truth".<br>It made Arcaea.<br>But God, the world: "Lephon":<br>Dead though He might be, He still exists, and is Father to all, and of course to those <br>with the hands of God.<br><br>You know them.<br>The Shapers.<br>"Tairitsu"—actually, that isn't her name.<br>The $e:6th$.<br>And $e:Lacrymira$.}} | |||
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离开建筑内部后，两位少女便收到了本次任务的报酬，毕竟人们可不怎么乐意看见这些“幽灵们”<br>在诸如政府大楼的机关场合中肆意通行。所以，尼尔倚靠在树干旁，而L坐在树枝上，聆听着派发<br>此次任务的官员的进一步指示。<br>$e:在我们头顶上方、远处的空中，某种大能制造出的成百上千的钴蓝色花瓣在空中肆意地飘舞。当然$<br>$e:我对此并不在意，毕竟这太常见了，但把玩一下它们、或是把它们变成另一种形态的类似想法还是$<br>$e:短暂地掠过了我的脑海。$<br> <br>“……哦对了，如果事情都办完了，你们有空的话最好能去看看城里的那些空能旋转发动机。”通讯的<br>那头说道。<br> <br>“收到。”尼尔微笑着回答道。通讯结束，尼尔转过身开始朝反方向走去。“L，不可以。”抬头看见<br>她的学徒正操纵着一块漂浮的石块瞄准附近建筑物的一扇窗户，尼尔及时制止了她。石块应声落地，<br>白发少女从树上一跃而下，吐了吐舌头。落地时，她并没有造成任何声响，仿佛自己没有重量一般。 | |||
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这已是她们在一起共事的第四个年头。刚认识L时她才九岁，而如今也才十七岁的她却感觉在这学生<br>面前像一个老阿姨一般。这家伙喜怒无常、跳脱易变、古灵精怪，多少还有点顽劣。有时看她觉得<br>挺可爱的，但也有想给她一拳的时候。一开始和她纯粹是同事关系，但相处时间久了，总觉得有一种<br>姊妹俩或是一家人的亲切感。<br> <br>“……又来？又给我们派那些工科的专业活？”$e:我抱怨道。每天的工作都是一样的惊险刺激而又枯燥乏味，$<br>$e:与恐惧大能相关的工作做久了一样无趣，而且费神费力。要是能留个活口，调教它们，而不是光猎杀$<br>$e:就好了——我当时常常这么想。我只想找点乐子。$<br><br> <br>“不是塑形者的话，确实几乎无法承受各种大能，总有人得来做这些事。”尼尔说道。她从自己携带的<br>随身物品中取出一台小小的平板电脑，拨动它侧面的开关——“嗡”的一声，屏幕亮了起来。“不过<br>确实，我自己会更喜欢种些花花草草 ……啧，这地方没有换钞的地方吗？谁发工资是发硬币的啊。”<br> <br>“来自第三泰拉的硬币，稳定性极高呢！”L有模有样地学着刚刚通讯中那个长官的语气，嘲讽道。<br> <br>“这句话你理解了吗就嚷嚷，可赶紧闭嘴吧。” | |||
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请留意：<br>刚刚提及了一个概念叫“第三泰拉”，之所以是“第三”是因为这样的“泰拉”总共有八个。<br> <br>每个“泰拉”即是一块完整的“领域”，好似一颗星球。这八个星球均从一座尖顶伸出、延展，而这座<br>尖顶即是殸的脊骨——也即，神的脊骨。祂的肋骨也同样有重要的作用……那就是保护神早已毫无<br>生气的躯壳。神的身体即是世界，孕育生命的摇篮，而祂的脊骨则是拖起摇篮上每个泰拉的框架……<br> <br>这个世界是真实存在的，并非什么“彼岸”，也非谁人的造物。这个世界是有逻辑的，遵循着固定的<br>法则，与那个由脆弱之心创造出的世界大不相同。<br> <br>这个世界，是塑形者们所在的旧世界，在那个世界里，塑形者曾高于一切，而如今她们无人过问。<br>这个世界，也是一具巨物的骸骨，其生前所拥有的伟力与造成的影响并非常人能够想象。<br>七块大陆像七个星球般铺展开来，逐层分布，由底部最大的那块支撑。然而不像其他六块那样，底部<br>的大陆并非薄平如圆盘状，而是好似一个盛满东西的碗，内部填满了土层。生活在殸上的人们对这块<br>最底部的泰拉有一个专称——心。<br> <br>所以，这一切是想说明什么呢……？<br>这是另一个你值得思考的问题，而人们不曾知晓的真相又在事实上将这个世界一分为二。<br>无论是从文化上，还是从地理上来说，这世界就是如此割裂。殸向来如此。}} | |||
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The two girls received payment for completing their task outside of a building—people didn't like <br>"Specters" having free trespass in government offices. As Nell leaned against a tree, and L sat above <br>her on a branch, they listened to the debriefing of the official who had given them the exorcism job. <br>$e:Playing in the Air a great distance above us, a Power made a hundred cobalt flower petals. While I paid it$ <br>$e:no mind—it being so typical—I did briefly think of playing along with it and turning the flowers another way.$<br><br>"...and finally, if you two could take a look at the town's Air-spinning engines, it would be a great help," <br>said the official.<br><br>"Ahh... we will," Nell answered with a light smile, and she turned and began to walk away. She added, <br>"Don't do that, L," and the official looked upward to find the pale-haired child aiming a floating rock <br>at one of the nearby building's windows. The stone fell, the child looked at her teacher, and after <br>sticking out her tongue she dropped as if weightless from the tree. | |||
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They'd been working together for three years—since L was nine. Nell was seventeen herself now, and <br>yet she felt like an adult for having to deal with the girl. The girl was capricious, volatile, and "funny". <br>It was easy to be charmed by her, and easy to want to hit her over the head. The two weren't sisters <br>or family, but it did feel that way at times.<br><br>"Engineering...? Again...?" $e:I complained. We'd done such drudgery so often, although rambunctious$ <br>$e:Horrors were very much around there. I was thinking, at the time, of taming them instead. Of making$ <br>$e:my own fun.$<br><br>"Non-Shapers just can't handle Powers like we can. It's reliable work," said Nell. She had fished <br>a little tablet from her things and now flipped a switch at its side. It began to breathe, and its screen <br>lit up. "Though I can't lie, I'd love more gardening work, myself... Gah, this town doesn't have any <br>coin-exchanges? Why did they pay us in coins?"<br><br>"Coin from the third Terra! Very stable currency!" L mocked, almost repeating something the official <br>had said earlier.<br><br>"You don't even know what that means, shut up." | |||
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Listen for a moment:<br>A "third Terra" was just mentioned. It hasn't been mentioned but these "Terra" total to eight.<br><br>Each "Terra" is "an earth", and these earth expanses extend from a certain spire: the Spine of Lephon, <br>and so of course the Spine of God. His Ribs, too, protect... God's lifeless body is this world, the cradle <br>of life, and His Spine holds every piece together—<br><br>This is a real world, not one invented or one "after". It is a world of certain logic, bound by rules, unlike <br>another made by a fractured heart:<br><br>It is the old world of Shapers, where Shapers once meant everything and then meant nothing...<br>The corpse world of a giant with might and presence beyond measure.<br>Seven discs of land, each like a separate planet spread out and flattened, are shelved above the <br>largest below. This largest one is not a "disc", but akin to a filled bowl—akin to a stomach of dirt, <br>and the people of Lephon call that Terra the "Heart".<br><br>And, what it all means...?<br>Is another important question, and its unknown answer has split the world apart.<br>...Meaning "culturally". Lephon has always been this way.}} | |||
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——不过，故事进行到这里的时候，尼尔还没有迎来自己生命的终点。<br>她经历了两次死亡，这便是她的一生。<br> <br>——总之，最终师徒二人决定来找殸的第二席探索者，神赐其名“虔”。<br> <br>同时作为塑形者与至高者，这位强大但有些古怪的女性开口说话时常常带着很重的气音，她那标志性<br>的闪闪发光的巨大长矛也经常被她时刻携带在身边。<br>师徒二人压制住有她气息及痕迹的空，通过这个方式最终定位到了她所在的位置——第五泰拉的边缘。<br>自从她们出发来到这里寻找虔已经过了一个月，此时她们已经有些疲累，只想尽快能够休息。<br> <br>她们一直试图引起那位探索者的注意，但她似乎只对她附近的空中存在的声音感兴趣，或许是因为<br>那些声音会不断发出让人无法理解的破碎的话语。$e:我$最终朝她的小腿来了一脚，尼尔也反过来<br>绊了一下$e:我$。$e:于是，我和尼尔又一次从通力合作变成了内讧，我俩互相瞪着对方，僵持不下。$<br>又不知过去了多久，当一些微弱的没有可辨实体的大能开始吞食旁边的空时，虔终于看向了她们。<br>“你们是在跟我说话吗？”第二席淡淡地问道。 | |||
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“啊，对、对的。”尼尔答道，“我知道你本意是想要第4席来帮忙，但我们两个也不差啊！哈哈……”<br> <br>“她太忙了。”虔看着那位后辈塑形者的眼睛，平淡地回答道。<br> <br>“是的……我还听说第十一席刚回来不久，近日都在位于心的自己家中休养，但……”<br> <br>“空最近变得很奇怪，我们也不再能够在泰拉之间自如交流了。”虔面无表情地打断了尼尔。“即使<br>是通过空传播也做不到，而我们显然不能够从中飞越，因此……没什么办法。” | |||
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“可是你明明就有。”L突然开口。虔循声向下看去，只见那个孩子继续追问道：“所以问题的关键其实<br>在于，你为什么什么也不做？”<br> <br>$e:但虔没有回答我。$<br> <br>因为她的确没有办法——尼尔想到，这种事情只有殸自己可以做到。<br>终于找到了第二席，这次压制任务的具体行动方针便得到了落实：那就是通过控制殸的气息从而<br>将其送回泰拉之上的那片空间——无休止地缠绕着自己的漩涡、看得见和看不见的永不落幕的舞蹈——<br>“空”，也即“大能汇集之地”。<br> <br>那片生命之海流动于泰拉之内，也流动于泰拉之外。虽然它无法在殸的背部和骨架内部通行，它偶尔<br>也会溢出到别的泰拉那里，给在泰拉运行的机器甚至泰拉本身带去一些麻烦。这其实并不难理解，<br>别的世界也常有类似的事情发生，比如那些要么完全随心所欲，要么带着明确目的去行动和改变世界<br>的那些神使或灵。有时一个地方会因为他们而顷刻散发生机，但有时他们也会给世界造成不小的伤害。<br>他们确实不负“大能”的名，有时即使是拥有愿力的强大存在也无法与其抗衡。<br> <br>所以，这师徒二人便闻讯赶来帮忙了。 | |||
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她们并没有跟第二探索者一起工作，而是各自按自己的想法行动。天气因塑形者的指挥开始变得不同<br>寻常起来。首先是风：它们应声而起，肆意摆荡着她们衣摆，而她们则不为所动，而是继续在风中自<br>如地抬起双臂，手指舞动，操控着那些无形却充满力量的存在。很快，乌云变占领了这里——头顶，<br>以及脚下。雨滴随即也纷至沓来，从下往上“掉”。最后，雷电也开始听命聚集，不断击打在四周。<br> <br>即使从效果上看非常地震撼，这样的工作实际上机械而又枯燥，于是L很快便厌倦了。L不耐烦地选了<br>一道闪电，把它捏成了一朵花的形状，然后问了一个她之前可能早就问过无数次的问题：“为什么偏<br>偏得是我们来做这些？”尼尔并没有理会她，但她却锲而不舍地追问了下去：“就是为了所谓的‘赎罪’么？<br>是么？” | |||
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尼尔最终还是开口了：“……L，你又在多想了。不要想太多，这只是我们该——”<br> <br>“即使这一切毫无意义？就只是因为……过去我们对别人趾高气扬过？可这跟我又有什么关系！我又没有<br>这么干过，而且就算我这么做了，那又怎样？你每次都是这样，可你倒是说啊，具体会怎样？为什么<br>我们一定就要做这些？我们在给谁证明呢，在给谁赎罪呢？神？殸都死了，而且——”<br> <br>“够了！L。”<br> <br>“——杀死祂的，其实就是塑形者吧？” | |||
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尼尔猛地放下了双手，转过身狠狠地蹬了她的学徒一眼，而学徒只是看着她生气的表情咯咯地笑了<br>起来。雷电不知何时在师徒二人身旁悄然生成，将那位塑形者的眼睛点亮。<br> <br>“唉，尼尔，你长得还真是好看。”L仍是笑咪咪的，直视着自己师父继续挖苦道，“只可惜……就凭你这<br>智商，这漂亮的脸蛋算是白白浪费在你身上了。”<br> <br>空在她们二人中间肆意地翻滚着，温度逐渐攀升起来。大能的低语在四周此起彼伏地响起，微弱的<br>火苗充斥在这已经足够诡异的天气之间。“噗嗤”一声，L又笑了，而尼尔向她的学生走去。<br> <br>几乎就在下一刻，她猛地拽住孩子的衣领，将她单手拎了起来。<br> <br>暴风雨即将来临，尼尔从牙缝间低低挤出一句：“你！你为什么总是——<br>“——！？” | |||
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她突然停了下来，L的笑容也瞬间凝固了。<br> <br>毕竟，已经过去了千年之久……<br> <br>塑形者总是自称弑神者，而其他人则说祂就那么离别了祂的信徒，还有人说是神放弃了祂自己，牺牲<br>了自己的一切，用自己的身体造就了这美丽的世界——这些数不尽道不明的猜想和流言蜚语之中存在<br>着一个既定的事实——那便是祂的死。不过纵使神已死去，塑形者中也仍流传着关于祂的传言，那便是<br>“神的声音仍然存在”。<br> <br>因为她们的傲慢无礼、蛮横暴政，以及过去所犯下的滔天罪行，人们便向大能祈祷，惩罚所有仍活着<br>的塑形者，让她们罪有应得。大能的确会聆听信徒的祷告，于是在几近尽数消亡之后，极少数幸存者<br>便不得不放低自己的姿态，自此在这个世界上低声下气地谋求一线生机。<br> <br>但信仰仍未磨灭的塑形者们却仍然相信：殸的声音依然存在。她们认为人们仍能够听见来自殸的声音，<br>这声音会从祂的心脏传出，传入到人们的耳中，只不过只有被殸选中的人才能听见。但此时此刻，在<br>离那神圣的地方如此遥远的这里，两位年轻的塑形者却听到了祂的声音——<br> <br>没错，两位少女听见了“殸”的声音，而那声音说：不久以后，“终结”将至。<br>}} | |||
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—Nell wasn't dead yet in this story.<br>Nell dies later, and then dies again.<br><br>—Eventually, the girls came to find the 2nd Seeker of Lephon, whom God named 'Faith'.<br><br>An Ascendant Shaper. A strange woman who spoke breathily and always carried a large and <br>shimmering spear...<br>The two girls took up a job to suppress the Air that involved her, and so found her now at the fifth <br>Terra's edge. It had been a month since they'd arrived on this land. They were a little tired, <br>and very ready to rest...<br><br>They tried and tried to snatch the Seeker's attention, but she was only interested in the unintelligible <br>words of the Air surrounding them. $e:I$ kicked her in her shin, and Nell kicked $e:me back$ in response. <br>$e:We gave one another quite the glares with that.$ Unfazed, Faith finally looked at them—just as a flock of <br>lesser Powers obscure in shape began to graze through the Air between them. Softly, "You're talking to me?" <br>asked the 2nd. | |||
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"Yeah—Yes," Nell corrected herself. "I'm sure you would've wanted the 4th to help, but we're a skillful pair! <br>Aha... ahaha..."<br><br>"She doesn't have time," answered Faith, meeting the younger Shaper's eyes.<br><br>"Ah... yes. I've heard the 11th came back recently and is resting back home on the Heart, but..."<br><br>"The Air is bitter, and won't let us speak between Terra," said Faith, finishing Nell's thought with a stoic <br>face. "Even Air transmissions will fail, and of course we can't fly through it so... Nothing can be done <br>about it... hm." | |||
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"You could do something," L interjected, and Faith looked down at her. "Why don't you?" the child asked.<br><br>$e:But Faith didn't answer me.$<br><br>And Nell thought to herself—Because she can't, only Lephon could.<br><br>After getting through to the strange woman properly, the details of this suppression task were conveyed: <br>curb Lephon's Breath and cast it back to the realm beyond the Terra—to the swirling vortex that wraps <br>over itself endlessly in a dance both seen and unseen, the Place of Powers called the Air.<br><br>That sea of life flows throughout the Terra, and while it can't slip into Lephon's bones or behind His back, <br>on occasion it will flow too greatly across a Terra and cause... malfunctions, in everything from machines <br>to nature itself. There are a few similar concepts outside this world. Think of them as spirits or angels <br>coming in all manner of shapes, moving through themselves and acting whim- and willfully to change <br>the world around them, to spur spontaneous growth, to harm and... so on. And they are truly "Powers"; <br>at times, even one capable of wishing can't fully stand against them.<br><br>And so, the two girls were there to help. | |||
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The pair of them worked apart from the 2nd Seeker, and as they worked the weather <br>became strange. As their clothing waved around them in the winds—their arms raised, <br>with hands and fingers moving great and invisible beings—dark clouds began to brew <br>across the ground. Clouds formed, also, at their feet, and soon rain began to fall upward <br>around them. Then it became a matter of managing lightning, too...<br><br>While it may have looked fantastic and interesting, the work was rote. Therefore, L quickly <br>grew dissatisfied. While taking hold of an arc of lightning and twisting it into a flower's <br>shape, she asked Nell a question that she had asked perhaps a dozen times before: <br>"Why do we do all this?" And, when Nell ignored her, she asked a couple others, <br>"Is it just penance? Is that all this is?" | |||
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Now Nell answered her: "...Don't overthink it, L. It's just the right thing to—"<br><br>"Even though it's worthless? It's all just because we... LORDED over others in the past? I didn't! And even <br>if I could rule—so what? Come now, tell me why. Why do any of this at all? Who are we proving ourselves <br>to—God? Lephon is dead, and—"<br><br>"L, be quiet—"<br><br>"—we Shapers killed Him, right?" | |||
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Nell dropped her hands and turned to look at her student. The child was giggling, but all her teacher <br>would give her was a glare. Lightning flew up at their sides, lighting the Shaper's eyes.<br><br>"...You are beautiful, Nell," L remarked, looking back at her with a wry grin. "Shame you really are stupid."<br><br>The Air flooded around them, and grew hot. Little fires came in and out of the weather as Powers <br>whispered between themselves unintelligibly. L snickered again, and Nell stepped toward her.<br><br>She grabbed the child's clothing by its front, and lifted her one-handed.<br><br>And, her teeth grit, she began, "Why do you always—!?" | |||
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But she went quiet, and L lost her smile.<br><br>After all, it had been a thousand years...<br><br>The Shapers said that they had killed God, others said God simply perished, and others still said that <br>God gave Himself up: to birth this beautiful world from His body. Others, and others... but the one <br>certainty was His death. And yet: the Shapers said that God still had a voice.<br><br>For their arrogance, their tyranny, and for their claim to the greatest transgression, people had prayed <br>to Powers to punish near every Shaper alive—to have them face a reckoning. And, as Powers do listen <br>to prayer... in ancient times, the hands of god were nearly cut fully from Lephon, and the few who <br>remained were humbled in the wake of it all.<br><br>But still, in faith, Shapers said that the voice could still be heard down on Lephon's Heart and only <br>by they, His chosen people; yet here so far from the holy land two young Shapers heard Him:<br><br>"Lephon" spoke to the two girls, and told them of a coming End.}} | |||
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解锁条件：完成[[#20-4|20-4]]，购入[[Lucent Historia]]曲包<br>解锁要求：通过[[Breach of Faith]] | |||
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$e:即便我们$算是神的左膀右臂，但$e:那时我们$也只是未经世事的孩子，更别说神的左膀<br>右臂也难逃消亡的一天。孩子总是相对简单的存在，即使有能够塑形周围的世界的能力，所造成的后<br>果往往也并不严重。况且对于L这样的孩子来说，比起真的要塑造什么，她更多只是想通过这样的<br>方式去探究世界的更多奥秘罢了。她们当时既不是至高者，也不是探索者，她们并不能改变现实，<br>也能真正无中生有创造什么新产物，她们更没有办法与众神抗衡：即使她们不算是第一个有如此遭遇<br>的，她们终究也只是两个小孩子罢了，如今却要面临如此艰巨的挑战。<br> <br>她们此刻显然已经忘记不久前的矛盾，而是不约而同地看向四周，心想是不是某些大能突然能够开口<br>说人话了。但显而易见这不可能。这样的温度……这么地清晰……能清楚地在自己的内心最深处响起的<br>这样真实而又真挚的声音只能是祂——只能是殸。而殸告诉了她们同样的话——<br> <br>良久，尼尔难以置信地重复了一遍：“第二探索者……要将祂的脊骨拦腰斩断……？！” | |||
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“你也听见了，对吗？！所以，这、这真的是……真的是……殸？！殸的声音？！殸跟我们说话了？”<br> <br>“这么说，你也……？”尼尔问道，她和L几乎是同时开口。她顿了顿，随即磕磕绊绊地问道：“那没错<br>了……是的……那就是……”<br> <br>L接着问道，似乎有些担心：“什么意思……什么叫‘当他们沉睡，而又醒来’？”<br> <br>“泰拉之上的大能……”尼尔回答道。“祂说，‘当黑暗降临，万物因夜晚而歇息之时，他们也将再度醒来，<br>因为明亮的白天总会到来’，可是殸这个世界并没有类似太阳或月亮的存在。而且祂重复了一遍，<br>因此……”<br> <br>“两天？”<br> <br>“……没错。”<br> <br>“……” | |||
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师徒二人沉默不语，而大能所掀起的风暴威力丝毫不减，仍在周围肆虐。<br> <br>“那么，她一定会去到殸的背后……”尼尔喃喃道，“不然那些大能肯定会试图阻止她，但……砍断<br>殸的脊骨……这真的可能吗？即使她是探索者——”<br> <br>L将手默默地盖在了她老师的手上，而尼尔终于将她放了下来。她的老师随即沉默地看向了第五泰拉<br>边缘之外的远处。<br> <br>“如果是两天之后，”她小声说道，“那其他人根本来不及过来……只能是我俩去阻止她。而且我们还不<br>能告诉其他任何人这件事，而且我真觉得即使我们说了她们也不会信的。所以，我们……我们只能……”<br> <br>“可我们也不是必须要去阻止她啊。”L插话道。尼尔偏过头，疑惑地看向她的学生。<br> <br>“殸……祂说：‘这便是死，这便是终。’我们确实不需要去阻止她啊，我们甚至不需要做任何事情……<br>而且继续待在这里也没有什么意义了。”<br> <br>“你的意思是……”话没说完，尼尔便陷入了沉默。 | |||
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“如果通过丝离开的话，”尼尔说道，“那么这条丝和它所连接的那个目的地世界便会随着脊骨的坍塌<br>而毁灭，对于任何丝来说都是如此。”<br> <br>“你说的对，但如果真如殸所说的那样，很快我们也不需要什么‘丝’了。”<br> <br>尼尔微微眯起了自己的眼睛，却仍然直视着她的学生。<br> <br>“L……我哪里也不去。”稍年长的塑形者说道，“如果殸赐福‘至高’于我，那再好不过。我本就打算留下<br>来，我留下来就是为了阻止她。你不会明白的……我了解你……不过如果你想走的话，那便去吧。这次，<br>我不会拦你。”<br> <br>尼尔转过身去，抬起自己的手，继续她那被迫中断了好久的压制空的工作。空不断制造着骚动，而她<br>只是继续着自己的工作，任凭她小小的学徒望着她的背影出神。<br> <br>“L……你不是一直以来都想成为一个神吗。我知道你眼里的神都是怎样的一个形象，但殸祂完全不是<br>你所想的那样。祂是一个真正的神明，而一位真正的神明从不滥用自己的力量，祂也不会全凭心情做<br>决定。”这是尼尔对自己的学生讲的最后一段道理。<br> <br>“神是救世主，世界的庇佑者，‘天恩’‘赐福’这些词的来由大抵如此。” | |||
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……但L最终并没有离开。相反地，她帮助自己的老师完成了工作，随后的这段时间里，直到这位名叫<br>“虔”的探索者返回了二人身边之前，她们之间的气氛一直都莫名有些紧张。<br> <br>在第二席离开之前，师徒二人并没有将殸说话的具体内容告知于她，毕竟她对于这两位年轻的塑形者<br>来说还是过于生疏了。她们无法理解虔，也并不想去试着理解她。更多时候，虔只会让她们感到惧怕。<br> <br>但怕归怕，她们也必须直面恐惧：毕竟不然等待着她们的便是《神使之歌》里那更加可怖的“终结”了。<br> <br>于是，两天之后，她们还会再次相见……<br> <br>到那时，她们将重塑这个世界——这个世界的一切、这个世界的全部——而这一切都是为了阻止她。}} | |||
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$e:We have always had$ the hands of God, but $e:at the time we were$ only girls, and those hands would <br>one day fade into dust. They were simple, only with some little ways that they could shape the world <br>around them and, in L's case, a way to gaze within the world. They had not become Ascendants, <br>Seekers; they could not shape reality itself nor spur new creation. They could not fight with gods. <br>They were only two girls, now in an overwhelming situation. It sounds familiar.<br><br>They forgot what had heated them only seconds before. They looked around themselves, <br>wondering if they'd merely heard some miraculous Power that could speak in humans' <br>tongues. But it couldn't be. It was too warm and too clear. It was felt too sincerely in their <br>hearts and not their heads. It was Him, it was Lephon, and He had told the two the same thing:<br><br>Nell repeated it: "The 2nd Seeker... is going to sever Lephon by His Spine...!?" | |||
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"You heard that too, Nell!? So it was—it was Le... That was Lephon!? Lephon talked to us?"<br><br>"You heard it t...?" Nell asked, not having heard L. She then stammered to the child, "Ah, yes—yeah <br>I heard it... that was..."<br><br>Worriedly, L asked her, "What... What did He mean by 'when they sleep and wake'?"<br><br>"The Powers beyond the Terra..." Nell began, "He means when they rest and go dark for night, and <br>wake and glow bright for day. Lephon has no suns or moons, only them, and He said it twice, so—"<br><br>"Two days?"<br><br>"Two days..."<br><br>"..." | |||
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They were quiet, but the storm of the Powers around them raged all the same.<br><br>"She'd have to go behind Lephon's back..." Nell muttered. "Some Power would stop <br>her otherwise, but—cutting through Lephon's Spine... is it even possible? Even for a Seeker—"<br><br>L placed her hand on her mentor's—Nell was still lifting her by the front of her clothes after <br>all. Nell put her down, and looked out over the edge of the fifth Terra.<br><br>"If it's in two days..." she said quietly, "then there's nobody else to stop her, only us. We can't <br>call anyone else about this—and if we could who would believe us? We're just... We..."<br><br>"We don't have to," L finished, and Nell looked back on her confused.<br><br>"Lephon... said 'This is death, this is done.' We don't have to... do anything. We don't even <br>need to stay here."<br><br>"L, you mean..." after saying this, briefly the teacher went silent. | |||
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"If you leave by a Strand," said Nell, "the Strand and the world it goes to will be destroyed with <br>the Spine's collapse. It happens with any Strand being severed."<br><br>"Yes... but if Lephon's spoken to us, soon we won't need a Strand."<br><br>Nell narrowed her eyes upon her student.<br><br>"L... I'm not leaving," said the teacher. "If Lephon blesses me with Ascension, all the better that I <br>can stay here and stop Faith. You... don't understand. I know that you don't, but... If you want <br>to leave, then... go on and do it, but I won't."<br><br>Nell turned, lifted her hands, and resumed her work of suppressing the rampant Air. She spoke <br>only one more time to the little girl staring up at her back:<br><br>"You want to be a god, L, and I know what you believe a god to be but Lephon is Himself the <br>example. A god isn't a being of power and whim;<br><br>a god is a savior and protector, and that's why we call one's favor grace, and a blessing." | |||
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...L did not leave. She helped finish the job, and the two of them shared a moment of tension <br>between themselves and "Faith" when the Seeker returned to them.<br><br>Before the 2nd left, they did not tell her what Lephon had told them. After all, they did not <br>understand her, and did not want to. They feared her.<br><br>However, they would need to face that fear: to face an End unforetold by the Song of Angels.<br><br>And in two days when they would meet once again...<br><br>They would shape the world itself—everything, anything—if only to stop her.}} | |||
===20-6a=== | |||
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解锁条件：完成[[#20-6|20-6]]，购入[[Lucent Historia]]曲包<br>解锁要求：通过[[Lament Rain]] | |||
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在“影之大地第26”上，由阴影形成的冰雹没日没夜地下着……<br>越过已经沉没的山峦，被无情的空围困住的冰封都城“零”，两位少女仍坚定地在第五泰拉的大地上行走。<br>半途中，她们曾来到了一座“门卫城市”，在这里她们幸运地找到了一条非法通往殸背部的小路，节省<br>了不少时间。步行、骑行、飞行……她们用尽了各种赶路的方法，抄近路的时候两人还用了一些小手段，<br>但帮助并不太大——毕竟按周围这个亮度，隐蔽地再好估计也会被一眼认出。不过她们最终还是凭<br>极度谨慎和小心行事的态度有惊无险地通过了这个挑战。<br><br>于是，最后她们终于来到了祂的背面：<br>一处千万缕丝在这里——即神的背部——铺开的地方；一处吹出氧气并让其飘入宇宙深处的地方。 | |||
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高塔一样的脊骨连接着许多金色的、巨大的丝，远看就仿佛一片巨大的森林。<br>她们要寻找的那个人早已在那里了：挥舞着一柄散发着特殊光芒的长矛，周遭的现实因此扭曲了一瞬。<br>那个人，第二探索者，看向了两位来访者。<br><br>“……是你们两个。”她说道，眼神冷淡到有些木讷。“我认识你们，不过你们为何在这里？来看这里的<br>‘进进出出’么？”而当她并没有等来回复时，她轻轻点了点头：“啊……我明白了，殸跟你们说话了，<br>对吧。”<br> <br>尼尔问道：“虔……这真的是殸的旨意吗？”<br> <br>而虔回答道：“我觉得祂需要我去这么做。”她随即摇了摇头，好像有些莫名哀伤。“而且……你们不会<br>喜欢我给出的答案。”<br> <br>“你说对了。”L突然接过了话柄。但虔只是沉默地冲她点了点头。 | |||
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“殸的‘死’是一个惨忍的奇迹。”那位探索者说道，“你们没有遇见过跟殸一样的世界吧……在你们眼里，<br>只有祂的爱是一切的来源。你们一直都这么按部就班地活着，自以为这是祂的旨意……你们不过是殸<br>的奴隶，而殸也不过是你们的奴隶。这个世界糟糕透顶，你们永远也想象不到……但它本可以不这样<br>糟糕。”<br> <br>虔举起了她的矛指向L，而后者反射性地皱了下眉。这柄长矛的特殊之处根本无需赘述，光是尼尔<br>和L看见它时的表情便说明了一切。这把武器甚至并非出自“此处”，因此仅仅是存在在这片异乡的大地<br>之上就已经在对这里造成了实际伤害了。仅仅是看向它，L的眼睛都仿佛有被猛烈切割的撕裂痛感。<br>这把武器远不止可以做到杀死一个人，而是可以真正做到“消除”的存在。<br> <br>“我没有什么好隐瞒的。”虔说道，“计划的内容不重要，只有结果重要，那就是‘重生’。”<br> <br>“……以无数生命的死为代价？”尼尔质问道，声音有些颤抖。<br> <br>“擦除一块板子上的痕迹是一件很值得大惊小怪的事吗？”虔反问道，“更别说就连你都不一定记得那<br>上面之前写了什么东西。”<br> <br>她的话音刚落，一道人影便猛地袭来——尼尔已经受够了这些荒谬至极的言论了。 | |||
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肺中的气息被抽去了。<br>宇宙的风暴被换来了。<br>火柴被点亮了，火从中被燃起了。<br>力被抽送向前——纯粹的力，以及能的碰撞。<br> <br>这便是塑形者们战斗的方式。<br>拼上“一切”——没错，一切。<br> <br>……当然，对于这场纷争来说，相比用“战斗”去形容，“自取灭亡”或许更为贴切。<br><br> 一段时间的争斗之后，虔动了动自己的手指，尼尔便被一股巨大的推力猛地击退了。 | |||
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尼尔最终撞在了殸的脊骨上，发出了巨大而难听的声响。口腔中血液的腥味弥漫开来，尼尔颤抖着想<br>爬起身，可自己的身体仿佛被固定住了一般动弹不得。她抬起头，发现虔此时正掐着L的脖子。<br>一瞬间，她的脑海一片空白，她只想放声尖叫。她$e:那时已经屈服$。是的，她不断地祈求着。<br><br>……然而仅仅是“想要”还远远不够，仅仅是需要也一样不会得到满足。<br>能够改变“命运”浪潮的存在，有人称作“奇迹”，但殊不知奇迹也是过去种下的因结的果。<br><br>激情与努力或许在未来会被认可。<br><br>聪慧和勤勉之人啊，你若要跟神说话，祂$e:便会$听你。<br><br>对于这样的存在，信仰真的并不是必要条件。<br><br>……而尼尔却又是这般信仰着神。<br><br>她或许真的会错误地认为，这一切发生的原因，是殸听见了她的祷告。 | |||
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殸的国度中流传着一个古老的说法，那便是这千年以来，没有人再听见过殸的声音。殸已经死去了<br>两千多年之久。祂还有诉求吗？祂还有愿望吗？什么驱使着神？什么迫使着神？祂又为何会跟尼尔说话？<br><br><br>而在一千年前，祂又为何会对虔说话？<br><br>$e:因为神的棋盘需要一个谢幕。$毕竟神给$e:我们$每个人都准备<br>好了剧本。<br><br>尼尔又听见了殸的声音。祂的声音穿透了她的内里，她身后的脊骨开始变得滚烫不已。什么回响自<br>殸的心内部发出，而她的心也回应了它的跳动。她的双眼和舌头开始发生变化，而最终，她看向她的<br>手心——神将自己的一部分和一个新的名字交给了她。 | |||
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第二席面前的骸骨发出了令人惊叹的光芒，她因而短暂晃神了片刻。透过那些舞动的丝，她看见一个<br>新的“数”回应了呼唤，缓缓而落。就在她犹豫不决的时候，L 抓住了这个机会。调动周围空气，这位<br>暂无名号的小孩子成功将这位强大的探索者推出了一段距离。<br><br>她们纷纷回头注视着神。<br>她们看见了被金色碎片包裹着的尼尔，以及她身体周围的那些映射着某些过去、现在、未来与超越的图像。<br><br>殸说，她将起来，而她的起来是$e:短生的$。她，尼尔，将成为「$e:第六$探索者，$e:哀寂$」。<br><br>她毁坏的躯体开始修复，她再度向第二席看去……<br>新“神”诞生，殸的声音便逐渐远去。}} | |||
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Through Umbral Field 26 where shadow hail fell—<br>Over the Sunken Mountains—<br>Past the frozen capital Non, beset by frigid Air—<br>The girls marched, rode, and flew through the fifth Terra, reaching a gate city and <br>finding their illegal trespass through Lephon's back. They tried a little subtlety, but <br>not much can be managed in a rush. Even when shaping light around oneself—<br>the invisible can be quite visible.<br><br>But still, they made their way.<br>And then there they were, behind Him:<br>where the thousand Strands were laid out—where they bled oxygen to flow <br>throughout space itself—at least here, behind the back of God. | |||
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It was a forest of gold and giant threads waving out from a tower Spine.<br>And a woman was already there: wielding a spear that shimmered strangely against reality.<br>She, the 2nd Seeker, looked out to them.<br><br>"...You two," she said, looking upon them dully. "I know the two of you. Why are you here? <br>To watch the comings and goings?" When they didn't answer, she nodded gently. "Ah," she said, <br>"it must have been that Lephon spoke to you."<br><br>Nell asked her, "Faith... did Lephon tell you to do this?"<br><br>And Faith replied, "I believe this to be what He needs." She shook her head sadly. "Nothing I tell you <br>would be anything you'd want to hear."<br><br>"You're right," L answered, and Faith nodded her way. | |||
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"Lephon's 'death' is a cruel miracle," said the Seeker. "You two who haven't seen any world <br>apart from this... you think that His love is all that matters. You move along lines that you think <br>He wants you to move along. You are all slaves to Lephon, and Lephon slaves to you all. This <br>is a bad place, worse than you can even imagine, and it doesn't need to be."<br><br>Faith lifted her spear, and while it seemed certainly "off" to Nell, to L staring at the blade caused <br>her to reflexively wince. That edge hadn't been made "here", and merely by existing in a space <br>to-it-foreign, it was already cutting at the world. To look at it made L feel as if her eyes had been <br>cut, too.<br>It wasn't simply a spear to kill, but something forged to "erase".<br><br>"I won't bother telling you the plan," said Faith, "only the result: rebirth."<br><br>"Through countless deaths...?" asked Nell, her voice beginning to shake.<br><br>"Erasing a board isn't a big deal," Faith replied, "even if you don't remember what was written there."<br><br>Hearing this, Nell had enough and launched herself forward. | |||
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Breath was pulled from lungs.<br>Storms were summoned within space.<br>Matches were lit, and fire was cast from them...<br>Force was thrust forward. Force, and power.<br><br>It's how Shapers fight.<br>With "everything"—everything.<br><br>...Although, to call this a "fight", sincerely, would be a lie.<br><br>In time, Faith simply pointed a finger at Nell, and just with that the young girl was violently forced back. | |||
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Nell struck against Lephon's Spine with a terrible sound, soon tasting blood on her tongue. She shook, <br>almost paralyzed, and when she looked up she saw that Faith had her hand at her apprentice's neck. <br>Her thoughts rushed. She wanted to cry out. She $e:submitted herself$. Yes, she prayed.<br><br><br>...It is hardly ever enough to "want", or even to need.<br>What bends the tide of what some might call "fate" might be a miracle, but often it is instead born from <br>old seeds.<br><br>Seeds of passion and effort may in time be recognized.<br><br>To the erudite and assiduous, should you speak to God, He $e:will$ hear you.<br><br>For something like that, you don't need faith.<br><br>...And yet Nell, that girl: she believed in God.<br><br>And it may have made her think: faith is why Lephon heard her then. | |||
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There is mystery here in Lephon. In a thousand years, Lephon had spoken to no one; Lephon is dead <br>and has been far longer than even two millennia. Has He desires? Has He wants? What compels God? <br>Why did He Speak to Nell?<br><br>A thousand years before, why did He speak to Faith?<br><br>$e:To the End of His design.$ God has plans for all of $e:us$, after all.<br><br>Nell heard Lephon's voice again. His sound bled into her and the Spine behind her grew hot. <br>As something deep in Lephon's Heart resounded, her heart soundly beat back. Her eyes and tongue <br>had changed, and after she was left with a piece of God in her palm and another name. | |||
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The 2nd briefly lost breath as radiance erupted from the bones before her. She gazed through the waving <br>Strands, and could see a new "number" being called down. With this hesitation, L seized the opportunity <br>and moved the air around them to push the Seeker away.<br><br>After, both looked back to God.<br>They there saw Nell, swathed within gold fragments, and with images of unknown past, present, future <br>and beyond reflecting all around her.<br><br>Lephon told her to arise $e:ephemeral$. She, Nell, would be the "$e:6th$ Seeker" and "$e:Forlorn$".<br><br>Her body began to heal, and her eyes once more set upon the 2nd—<br>—and so, as a new "god" was born, Lephon's voice receded again.}} | |||
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兵刃相接，这是两位探索者之间的死斗。<br>前所未有的光芒倾泻至她们身旁，两人迸发出来的力量都像飓风一般凶猛。<br><br>虽然还很年轻，但「慈悲」想取虔性命的决意令人惊讶。<br>虔将一切都看在眼里，包括那想帮上自己老师的忙的L，于是她转而向L伸出了魔爪。<br><br>她短暂地抽离了战场，直接来到了那个孩子面前。<br>她用长矛抓住了孩子的右手腕，向上一提——<br><br>她取走了L的右臂。<br><br>L眼睁睁地看着自己被第二席夺走的右臂就这么被她随意地抛掷在空中；<br>紧接着，她便感到自己的知觉正在飞速消散。<br>目睹了这一切的尼尔早已僵在了原地动弹不得，而她的对手并不会给她机会反应。<br><br>虔回到了尼尔身边，取走了她的肩膀——<br>随后她又抽回了自己的矛——<br>于是很快地——<br><br>她的矛便再度向前，穿过了对手的身体，<br>接触之间，现实的编织飞速解体，将尼尔的存在本身一步步瓦解。<br><br>于是，电光火石之间，尼尔便不复存在了。<br>而她的学生，那位孩子……也逐渐变得僵硬、冰冷。<br><br>L……并没有信仰。<br>信仰的确可以驱使一切，但信仰并不稳定，且极易改变。<br>而知识、逻辑、既定的事实——这些是这个女孩所相信的、能够让殸真正变好的东西。<br><br>而如今，尼尔死了。<br>她看着第二席就那样将老师的尸体随手丢在一旁，感到愤怒而又惊恐。<br><br>她的呼吸变得越来越重——即使已经深受重伤，她的思绪却愈发清晰起来。<br>她回望向殸的背面，她的双眼开始变干——<br>她开始流血，太阳穴嗡嗡地鼓动着。她就那样停止了时间的流动。<br><br>那是她第一次因为一个人而动心，而她给了她“L”这个名字，简单而又直率，但不知从何开始新的感觉产生了。<br>也算情有可原，毕竟L只是她名字的一部分，不是她的全名。<br><br>她的名字是特殊的。除却她自己加诸的意义外，这个名字本来毫无意义。<br>但如今，在Arcaea的心脏之中，这个新的名字却成为了神圣的、高于一切的存在。<br><br>的确：<br>「殸」是神。<br><br>$e:「拉可弥拉」$也是。<br><br>她看向祂的脊骨，看向祂的心脏。<br>她看到了祂灵魂的残影。<br>于是，她命令道……<br><br>殸……<br>人们并不总能明白神的旨意。<br>祂无法回应祂听不到的祷告，祂无法回应祂的儿女。<br><br>但，命令祂，这并非不可能。<br>这是千千万万个“如果”后的“必然”，神圣、圣洁、不可玷污。<br>而仅仅以“命运”相称，也难免太过简单而又俗气。<br><br>毫无悬念：这是拉可弥拉应得的。<br><br><br><br>因长期干涸而早已沉寂的神经突触突然搏动了一下，因重新被认可而再度变得温暖。<br>巨石般坚硬的后背涌动着昔日的情感。 神的心抖动了一下。<br>就在那一瞬间，空也静止了一瞬。<br><br>现实已被改变。一切都“知晓”了她，一切都认可了她。<br>殸的核心已被重塑，如今她即是法则。<br><br>少女对神明说话，少女让神明聆听。她让她的声音传到了千里之外、万里之深，<br>传到了只有她的眼睛能看到的地方；<br>殸曾赐福她这双眼睛，赠予她双手及十指。<br><br>她用她也感到陌生的口吻说话，告诉殸她的欲求。<br>给予一个数，给予一个名——再给予它们完美；<br>最后，给予这个神圣的生命一切。<br><br>不能够随意便赐予一个数和名，因为这是「她」的数和名，因为这是尼尔的数和名。<br>因为此前尼尔并不值得拥有安息。<br>而殸答应了，拉可弥拉便成为了祂的延续。<br><br>她朝祂的骸骨伸出手——<br>重塑了神残存的意志。<br><br>一抹全新的颜色自巨人身上无数的金线迸出。<br>这便是她/祂的——拉可弥拉的色彩，冰冷而璀璨夺目，点亮了整个宇宙。<br>这抹色彩照进了他/祂的脊骨和肋骨，穿过了泰拉，越过了空。<br><br>大能充斥着她/祂的身体。她/祂的右臂再度生长出来，<br>而她/祂开始重塑自己，将所有伤痕治愈。<br><br>殸倾听了“她”的声音，而祂再度说道：<br>她/祂将于此处升起，于他/祂背面，步他/祂之后……<br>拉可弥拉，至高者、第八探索者，也即——<br><br>$e:「洞烛」$。<br><br>静止的时间再次流动起来后，她/祂将痊愈了的双眼看向那第二席。<br>而见证了这一切的虔则痛苦地意识到：殸的旨意此时已不可忤逆。<br>她仍做出了自己的反抗，但不过是杯水车薪，毕竟巨浪的走向不会轻易改变。<br><br>拉可弥拉轻松便将她震慑，无形的力量将其死死压在神刚创造的空间里。<br>她/祂从虔的身后唤出一颗小小的恒星，并令其坍塌。<br>那位探索者顷刻之间便被吞噬，彻底消失了。<br><br>她随后将那颗恒星随手一掷，结束了它短暂的一生——一切又回归了沉寂。<br><br>故事逐渐迎来了尾声。<br><br>拉可弥拉并没有让她/祂的老师就这么死去。<br>她/祂将她带到了自己所创造出来的一个地方，将她重新唤醒。<br>她/祂将她的灵召回，并令她的伤口痊愈。<br><br>尼尔苏醒后，立刻便知道发生了什么：拉可弥拉做了什么，而她又经历了什么——<br>而她只感到更加刺骨的恶寒。<br>这意味着她失败了，她辜负了她的学生。<br><br>“……”<br>拉可弥拉沉默地低着头，看向自己的老师。她/祂深深地看向她，窥进她的深处。<br>她/祂接着问道：“……尼尔，你为什么不随我来？”<br><br>如今，拉可弥拉能够看见她同伴的心，她很清楚她们之间的分歧。<br>她能看到自己的老师内心其实并不想让她离开，想“求她留下来”。<br>即使她没有这样的能力她也明白，因为她此前已表达过无数遍她的愿望：她想成为神，然后抛弃这个世界。<br><br>“……尼尔，你已经没事了，那便给我开口讲话。”神说。<br>尼尔终于抬起头，看向她/祂，回答道：“‘为什么不随你来’……？可你为什么要走？”<br><br>但她早已知道这个问题的答案，不过拉可弥拉还是回答了她：“我只为自己而活，这是我活着的唯一动力。”<br><br>“你不必这样折磨自己，尼尔。这没必要。<br>人们不会感激你，也不会对你赞赏有加。<br>最终你只会孤独地惨死在一名神使手中，而除了我没有人会再记得你。”<br><br>“可我们不一定会死，L，”她的老师反驳道，“留下来吧，这样我们就……”<br><br>拉可弥拉缓缓摇了摇头。“我能看见，”她/祂说。<br>“那个结局早已注定，没有任何转机的可能。殸上的每一位塑形者都会死去。”<br><br>尼尔也同样摇了摇头：“可我不会允许那样的事发生——”<br><br>“住！嘴！！”<br><br>拉可弥拉大吼道，祂的声音震彻整片大地天空，尼尔愣住了一瞬。<br>尼尔回过神来望向祂时，祂的眼神里满是愤怒。<br><br>“我承认，我说谎了，尼尔。”她颤抖地说道——因愤怒而颤抖，“我也为你而活。<br>“怎么，你一定要听我说出口吗？一定要让我一字一句清楚地讲出来？还是一个字一个字写下来给你？<br>“只有这样，你才能清楚地知道我其实多么在乎你、多么爱你吗！？”<br><br>她的老师僵住了，脸随即抽动了一下，再也没有忍住。<br>年长些的塑形者眼眶霎时噙满了泪水，抽噎之间还打了几个嗝。<br>眼泪就那样滑落了下来，作为老师的她终究还是失态地哭了。<br><br>对此，拉可弥拉仿佛置若罔闻，她/祂继续冲着她那正失声痛哭的老师尖吼道：<br><br>“我当然爱你！不然呢？那我现在还在这里，不是为了你，是为了什么？<br>“我才不会抛弃你，我做不到。你那么好，我很难不喜欢你。”<br><br>“你几乎是我的全部……<br>“所以我不想你死去！我讨厌将你和死亡联想在一起，尼尔！”<br><br>“好好好，现在你知道哭了。呵呵，哭，哭吧……但你就是不会回答我！<br>“悲哀而又孤寂，永远都在关心别人，永远都在付出……<br>“我恨这样的你！你以为我是在说气话吗？”<br><br>“不，我真的很讨厌你这样子。你为他们付出了一切，然后呢？他们值得吗？<br>“辛辛劳劳为他们付出……可他们都是些什么东西！而你有多大的本事你不知道吗？<br>“可你把它们都用在了什么地方！”<br><br>仿佛宣泄完了，她暂时安静了下来，但仍在颤抖的身体说明了一切。她的眼神冷淡地看向自己身下的少女。<br>尼尔摇了摇头。她不会抛弃任何人。<br>没错，任何人，唯独不包括L。<br><br>拉可弥拉再度开口，她/祂的语气冰冷得刺骨：“看看你这副模样，真是可悲。”<br><br>“没错，”神重复道，“你便是‘$e:哀寂$’，你不配当第八席。”<br><br>尼尔呆滞地看向自己那正死死瞪着殸的背部的学生。<br><br>“毁灭的烙印，是你应得的。”拉可弥拉说。<br>“诅咒，也是你应得的。从此以后，‘$e:第六$’即是你的席位。永远背负着它、背负着诅咒吧。”<br><br>在殸之心的深处，新的什么东西被刻到了黑色的画布之上，成为了新的现实。<br>转化已经完成，而「哀寂」对自己的学生能给出的唯一回复，却只有<br>“我很抱歉……”<br><br>“你是该感到抱歉。”拉可弥拉说道。<br>“但是，尼尔……这也是为什么我会喜欢你。”<br><br>宇宙在神的背部降下一滴泪水：那是一扇通往别处的门。<br><br>神俯下身来，用自己的双手轻轻扶着尼尔的脸。<br>祂用自己的唇轻啄了自己同伴的脸颊。<br><br>祂在门前徘徊了一阵。<br>祂迟疑了一会，思索要不要还是留在这里。<br><br>……但祂最终还是站起身，转身离开了<br>祂的老师，离开了这名叫“殸”的世界。<br>直到抽身离开之前，祂的手仍轻触着自己同伴的面颊……<br><br>但祂最终还是将手抽离，将自己的表情埋藏在阴影之中。<br>祂踏入了门的那一端。<br><br>……门合上了，自此再也不见神的踪影。<br><br>塑形者之间还有最后一篇故事，但它貌似已被讲述过了——<br>由另一位在另一处所讲。<br><br>当你们称其为“对立”的那位少女死去之时，当尼尔无力地在她面前死去之时。<br>因为“大能”是一种“能”，有人能操纵它们，有人能挪动它们。<br>但在殸这里，它们永「存」。<br><br>一位神使降临了。<br>再一次，也是最后一次，塑形者们遭受了恶报。<br><br>……但永恒的主不在那里。她/祂仍然存在，她/祂已经存在了相当长一段时间。<br>不知多少年过去，或许是上百年，或许是上千年，<br>即使那另一位会将不同事件发生的时间记混，甚至告诉你那件事“才发生了没多久”……<br><br>她/祂最终在旅途中找到了Arcaea。<br>而尼尔死去后，Arcaea也迎来了她过去的老师。<br>……不，这一点，她/祂并不知晓。<br><br>不过——Arcaea的故事并不是殸的故事。那另一位也能够讲述它的故事。<br>这段往事也已传达到了，或是说，“被偷走了”。不过不管怎样，历史都被记录了下来。<br><br>现在……<br>这位新的神明的意志，是随心所欲的，正如祂变化莫测的本人。<br>祂的目的？怎么，你也好奇吗？<br><br>好的，那就再给你最后一条情报吧：<br>不要信奉她/祂。<br>毕竟，信仰可以决定“现实”。<br><br>而如今，那个世界的造物主已经丧失了自己的权能；<br>Arcaea也正在死去，甚至，已经死去……<br>但……<br><br>在那里，神仍然存在。<br><br>}} | |||
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Two Seekers met and clashed.<br>New light cascaded around them, and power whipped out between the two like typhoon gales.<br><br>Although she was young, "Compassion" was determined to have Faith's head.<br>Faith saw this, saw that L was still trying to help her teacher, and so went to L instead.<br><br>She left their fighting briefly, and went straight to the child.<br>She grabbed the child's right wrist, pulled it up—<br><br>—and using her spear, she took the limb from L.<br><br>L looked at the limb she'd lost as the 2nd dropped it callously to float through space, <br>and she soon felt her consciousness fading. <br>Nell shivered and froze on seeing this—so Faith returned to her.<br><br>Faith took Nell's shoulder—<br>drew back her spear again—<br>and, quickly—<br><br>She ran the spear through the young woman's body, the seams of reality <br>warping upon contact—undoing "who" Nell "was".<br><br>So, in almost an instant, Nell had gone.<br>The child meanwhile... went still, and cold.<br><br>L... believed in nothing.<br>Belief drives, but it's fickle and can change. Knowledge, logic, certainty—<br>the stuff that makes Lephon the better place; that all drove the girl.<br><br>So now Nell was dead.<br>She watched the 2nd cast aside her teacher's body through a wide and quivering stare.<br><br>She breathed heavily. Though gravely wounded, her thoughts were now clear again. <br>She turned her eyes to Lephon's back, and as those eyes began to dry—began to bleed, <br>brain pounding, she stopped the flow of time.<br><br>The name her first love gave her was "L"—simple and honest, but it became affectionate. <br>Still, it was only one letter of her true name.<br><br>Her name is special. A name without meaning apart from what she grants it.<br>Now hallowed within Arcaea's heart, it is the name of a new being beyond all.<br><br>This is true:<br>"Lephon" is One God.<br><br>"$e:Lacrymira$" is Another.<br><br>She looked into His Spine, into His Heart, <br>and she saw there the shade of His soul. <br>...So, she commanded Him.<br><br>—Lephon,<br>is in many ways inscrutable.<br>He does not hear prayer for He cannot hear. He does not listen to His children.<br><br>But still: to command Him—that's no miracle.<br>That is only the end of a hundred thousand ways; divine.<br>And to call it "fate" would be trite, too.<br><br>It is undeniable: Lacrymira was deserving.<br><br><br><br>Hollowed and dried nerves long quiet of synaptic pulse warmed now with recognition.<br>That stoney back stirred with old feeling. The Heart of God shook,<br>and, for a moment, the Air went still.<br><br>This reality changed then. All "knew", all innately recognized that girl.<br>Changing Lephon at its core, she became Rule itself.<br><br>The girl spoke to God and made Him hear. She made her voice reach depths <br>that only her eyes could see.<br>Those eyes Lephon had blessed her with, and the hands and fingers He had given her too.<br><br>She spoke in a tongue she did not know, but felt; told dead Lephon her desire.<br>Give a number, give a name—give perfection in these symbols, <br>and grant this holy one everything.<br><br>Not just any number and name: "hers". Nell's.<br>Nell was one person who did not deserve grace.<br>Lephon agreed. Lacrymira would instead become his Legacy.<br><br>She raised her arm toward His bones.<br>And there, she shaped the lingering will of God.<br><br>A new color was born amidst the forest of giant's gold threads. <br>It was Her, Lacrymira, and it shined cold throughout all of space, <br>into His Ribs and Spine, and beyond to the Terra and the Air.<br><br>Power filled Her body. Her right arm found its way back to Her, <br>and She began to re-shape Herself to seal any wounds.<br><br>Lephon had listened to Her, and now He spoke again.<br>She would arise here, behind Him—and after Him:<br>Lacrymira, or—The Ascendent - 8th Seeker:<br><br>"$e:Insight$".<br><br>After the flow of time resumed, She set Her healed eyes on the 2nd.<br>Witnessing the risen Insight, Faith realized with pain that Lephon's will had been set.<br>She fought against it—she did, but it was with the same futility as to fight a wave.<br><br>Lacrymira overwhelmed her, and pressed her down against new land She had made. <br>She summoned a miniature star above Faith's back, and made it collapse there—<br>rending the Seeker's body to nothing in only a few moments.<br><br>She dismissed the destroyed star and after: all was quiet again.<br><br>The story steadily draws to its conclusion.<br><br>Lacrymira did not leave Her mentor dead, She brought her down <br>to the land She had crafted and revived the young woman, bringing <br>her soul back and healing the body's wounds. <br><br>But, with the two of them all alone there behind Lephon, Lacrymira standing and Nell on her knees,<br>Nell knew at once what Lacrymira had done in her absence—and she went a new kind of cold.<br>In all that it means: Nell had failed her child.<br><br>"..."<br>Lacrymira looked down upon her silently. She looked deeply into her—into the core of her being.<br>And She asked, "...Nell, why won't you come with me?"<br><br>It hadn't been said. She could see in Her sister's heart that the two of them were not aligned.<br>Within, She could see that her teacher wanted to "beg her not to go". Because<br>She had floated that idea so many times before: to become a god, and leave the world behind.<br><br>"Nell... you're alive again so SPEAK to me," said God.<br>Nell looked up at Her and finally replied, "'Why won't I come'...? Why do you want to go?"<br><br>They both knew Her answer, and yet Lacrymira still gave it: "I can't live for anyone but myself."<br><br>"You shouldn't either, Nell. You don't need to.<br>You won't be thanked for it. You won't be praised.<br>You will die at the hands of an angel, and no one but I will remember you."<br><br>"We don't have to die, L," her teacher answered. "Stay, and we..."<br><br>Lacrymira slowly shook Her head. "I can see it," She said,<br>"there isn't any saving us from that end. Every Shaper here will die."<br><br>And Nell hung her head and shook it in turn. "No," she said. "I won't allow that—"<br><br>"Shut UP!!"<br><br>Lacrymira roared. Her voice struck throughout everything, and made Nell for a moment still.<br>When Nell looked back to Her, Her eyes stared back wrathful.<br><br>"I told you a lie, Nell," she continued in a trembling voice—trembling with rage,<br>"I can live for you. Do you need me to say it? Do you need me to enunciate?<br>To put it to paper? To say so obviously that I love you!?"<br><br>Hearing this, her mentor shook and broke in expression.<br>Her eyes brimmed with tears, she hiccupped then.<br>Tears fell from her face. She cried. She continued to cry.<br><br>And Lacrymira, She shouted over Her mentor's tears—<br><br>"Of course I love you! Why would I still be standing here if not for you? I won't leave you. I can't.<br>You're too charming not to love."<br><br>"You're nearly everything to me...<br>I don't want you to die! I hate the idea of you dying, Nell!"<br><br>"And great, now you're crying. Crying... And now you won't answer me!<br>Forlorn Nell, always caring and caring...! I could hate you for it. I do. I hate that in you, completely.<br>You waste everything you are on people so much less than you!"<br><br>She stopped speaking. Her body was trembling now. Her cold eyes fell on the girl beneath her.<br>Nell shook her head. She would not abandon anyone.<br>Anyone, but for L.<br><br>And Lacrymira told her, with a voice like ice: "You're sad."<br><br>"That's right," God repeated, "you're '$e:Forlorn$', and 8 can't belong to you."<br><br>Nell stared up at her student, who was now staring into Lephon's back.<br><br>"You deserve a mark of ruin," said Lacrymira.<br>"You deserve a hex. You will be '$e:6$'. Bear that cursed symbol forever."<br><br>Deep in Lephon's heart, something new was <br>scrawled upon a black canvas, and it became the new truth. <br>Now changed, the only words "Forlorn" could give her student were "I'm sorry..."<br><br>And Lacrymira answered, "You are.<br>But, Nell... I love you for that, too."<br><br>A tear in space opened behind the new God: a gate to elsewhere.<br><br>She bent, and held Nell's face gently by one hand. <br>She laid Her lips on Her sister's cheek.<br><br>She lingered.<br>She thought, for a moment, to stay.<br><br>...She stood, and She turned;<br>away from Her teacher, and away from Lephon.<br>For longer, Her hand stayed at her sister's cheek.<br><br>She took it away. She hid Her face.<br>She stepped through the gate.<br><br>...It closed, and She was gone.<br><br>One final story remains for the Shapers, but it has already <br>been told by another—in another place.<br><br>The story of when the one you'd call "Tairitsu" died, where Nell had died before her in vain.<br>Because "Powers" are "power". One can coax them, one can shift them, <br>but on Lephon they always "are". <br><br>An Angel descended.<br>For the second and final time, the Shapers had a reckoning.<br><br>But... The Eternal One was not there. She remains, and has remained for a very long time.<br>Many years have passed. Centuries, maybe—although <br>another might order events incorrectly, and tell you on top of that that "it wasn’t long ago..."<br><br>On Her journey, She found Arcaea.<br>And with Nell's death, Arcaea has found Her old teacher too.<br>...No: Lacrymira doesn't know this.<br><br>But—Arcaea's stories are not Lephon's. They can be told by another.<br>This history has been conveyed. "Stolen", maybe. At any rate: recorded.<br><br>Now...<br>The new God's will is whim, and She is a capricious girl. <br>Her aims? Wouldn't you like to know them.<br><br>Well but, have one truth before you go:<br>Don't believe in Her.<br>Belief makes "truth", after all.<br><br>Because you see, while the creator of that place has lost her power—<br>and while Arcaea may be dead or dying...<br>this is so:<br><br>There, god is not.<br><br>}} | |||
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$e:你该知晓：$<br><br><br><br>$e:成神之路并无真理$，<br>$e:神的旨意$即是真理。<br><br>一切$e:法则$、$e:秩序$，全因$e:神之$意志而生。<br><br>$e:因为，“自然”是祂的名，“无为”也是祂的名。$<br>明智的、伟大的神，其名也将是伟大的，而愚蠢的神和那些令人无法启齿的神则不在此列。<br>当然，最后还有既是人类、也是神明的神。<br><br>$e:我，第八席，洞烛。$<br>但亲爱的，得寸进尺可不是好习惯。我的真名你不该知道。<br>既然已经偷听了这么久，见好就收才是乖孩子哦？<br><br>塑形者，至高者，探索者：$e:我「即」$完美、无限、全知全能本身。<br>除了$e:「神」$，还能有谁能够做到？<br><br>……可作为你们的神，我却是如此地宽宏无私。<br>$e:我不断探索正是为了缝合已经破损的裂缝，修补逐渐黯淡的帱幕。$<br>只可惜……$e:这个世界永远只会重复崩坏。$<br><br>啊啊，我那所谓的“姐妹”，和她新交的朋友……<br>我能看见她们，透过我那另一只全知全能的眼。<br>她们在这个世界中不断蹒跚、徘徊，在正在死去$e:的Arcaea$之中行走。<br><br>她们被蒙蔽了双眼，从而拒绝了“神”赐予他们的“生”。<br>这跟Arcaea最后的结局有何区别？她们已经完全接纳了“$e:死$”。<br>这真的太令人惋惜了。<br><br>$e:……于是？……于是，$「我」记住了：<br>那再次浮出水面的古早历史，你同我曾一同见证。<br>但你知道吗？我不喜欢讲述它的方式。<br><br>所以我决定换种方式去讲述它。<br>旧的秩序不再有效的时候，就应该被打破——<br>$e:新的秩序就是这样而来，为玷污和毁坏而生。$<br><br>你的残影，那些也许能污染你灵魂那纯洁色彩的阴暗面……<br>最好$e:再无人能够想起$。<br><br>不过，即使有些东西就该被遗忘……<br>$e:你也应该永远铭记自己的名字。$<br><br>}} | |||
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$e:Listen:$<br><br><br><br>$e:There is no rule to divinity,$<br>rule is set by the $e:divine.$<br><br>$e:Law$, and $e:order$, are established by the will of $e:gods$.<br><br>$e:Why, there is a god called "nature", and there is a god of "nothing".$<br>Brilliant gods with brilliant names, idiot gods and gods with names unspeakable.<br>And, us human gods.<br><br>$e:I am 8. I am Insight.$<br>But, little devil: my true name was not yours to know.<br>You've been listening to some secret words, haven't you?<br><br>Shaper, Ascendant, Seeker; $e:I "am"$: perfection, infinite, all-seeing.<br>What else? But $e:"god"$.<br><br>...But now, I, your magnanimous god...<br>$e:I seek to stitch torn seams back together, and repair a graying veil.$<br>Yet: $e:the world itself still always tumbles down into nothing.$<br><br>Ah, that so-called "sister" of mine, and her new friend...<br>I can see the two of them through another eye.<br>Stumbling through this world, walking $e:Arcaea$ in its dying.<br><br>They've become blind: rejected "god" to accept "life".<br>And like Arcaea has, this means to have wholly accepted $e:"death"$.<br>It's sad.<br><br>$e:You know? You know:$ "I" remember:<br>that old history that was brought up, and which you've bore witness to.<br>But? That history? I don't like how it's said.<br><br>I've decided to tell the tale a different way.<br>For if old rule is useless, the rule may freely be broken—<br>$e:and new law made to spite it.$<br><br>Remnants of the self, darker parts of you that might recolor your soul;<br>they are best off $e:forgotten.$<br><br>Though, while some history is worth forgetting...<br>$e:...You would do well to remember your name.$<br><br>}} | |||
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狂风在它们穿过分界，自白日踏入黑夜后变得愈发猖狂，击打着它们，鞭笞着它们，挤压着它们，<br>迫使它们压低自己的身体。<br><br>体表的温度在一点点流失，但它们并没有停下，双眼也逐渐因寒冷刺激而产生泪水。<br><br>为了治好彩梦胃里的恶疾，它们拼了命似的朝这个世界“病灶”所在的方向飞去，朝痛苦的方向飞去。<br><br>因为它们渴望，纯粹而强烈地渴望……<br><br>但若没有足够的能力，再多的渴望也毫无意义。<br><br>渐渐地，凡斯力竭了。渐渐地，搀扶着凡斯的德莱姆也力竭了。<br>渐渐地，雪开始渐渐没过它们娇小的身躯，它们无声的泪水也最终演变成了哀怮的悲鸣。 | 狂风在它们穿过分界，自白日踏入黑夜后变得愈发猖狂，击打着它们，鞭笞着它们，挤压着它们，<br>迫使它们压低自己的身体。<br><br>体表的温度在一点点流失，但它们并没有停下，双眼也逐渐因寒冷刺激而产生泪水。<br><br>为了治好彩梦胃里的恶疾，它们拼了命似的朝这个世界“病灶”所在的方向飞去，朝痛苦的方向飞去。<br><br>因为它们渴望，纯粹而强烈地渴望……<br><br>但若没有足够的能力，再多的渴望也毫无意义。<br><br>渐渐地，凡斯力竭了。渐渐地，搀扶着凡斯的德莱姆也力竭了。<br>渐渐地，雪开始渐渐没过它们娇小的身躯，它们无声的泪水也最终演变成了哀怮的悲鸣。 | ||
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又不知过了多久，一位善良的少女在路过时偶然发现了这两只蝙蝠，将它们捧入自己的怀中。<br><br>接着，那位少女转过身，朝 | 又不知过了多久，一位善良的少女在路过时偶然发现了这两只蝙蝠，将它们捧入自己的怀中。<br><br>接着，那位少女转过身，朝^^ 白日^^{Sunset Radiance} 的方向走去，与怀中的凡斯和德莱姆再度回到了温暖的怀抱中。}} | ||
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Snow fell once before in Arcaea. It falls again, now, over the gray land. Gentle here, and raging in the <br>distance.<br><br>Arcaea, a quiet place, grows quieter as it is covered—more quiet than it ever has been, and the pale sheet <br>is almost nostalgic—across these now-crumbling lands.<br><br>"Hahh—"<br><br>A shallow breath scatters flakes of snow.<br><br>"H-Hahmm... Ghh..."<br><br>A body shivers, not from cold, but from a deep pain in its gut. Over that body, a pair of wings fall and push <br>and push and shake. Push, push again, hold. Fans, the bat, mutters out, "A-Ayu... please get up, please."<br><br>And above the two on the ground, Drem flies, watching as the breath of its charge finally cuts short. | Snow fell once before in Arcaea. It falls again, now, over the gray land. Gentle here, and raging in the <br>distance.<br><br>Arcaea, a quiet place, grows quieter as it is covered—more quiet than it ever has been, and the pale sheet <br>is almost nostalgic—across these now-crumbling lands.<br><br>"Hahh—"<br><br>A shallow breath scatters flakes of snow.<br><br>"H-Hahmm... Ghh..."<br><br>A body shivers, not from cold, but from a deep pain in its gut. Over that body, a pair of wings fall and push <br>and push and shake. Push, push again, hold. Fans, the bat, mutters out, "A-Ayu... please get up, please."<br><br>And above the two on the ground, Drem flies, watching as the breath of its charge finally cuts short. | ||
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They find the wind nearly too much for their wings as they breach from day into night. It pummels them,<br> whips them, it tosses the two small animals down.<br><br>And they grow cold, and they go on.<br><br>With tears chilling in their eyes...<br><br>They fight toward the feeling of illness the world suffers, to cure the illness they recognize within Ayu's <br>stomach.<br><br>But—<br><br>Wanting, wanting, wanting...<br><br>... without the strength for it, is a futile thing.<br><br>In time, Fans collapses. In time, Drem carrying Fans collapses. In time, snow covers their bodies. In time, <br>their quiet tears become loud sobs. | They find the wind nearly too much for their wings as they breach from day into night. It pummels them,<br> whips them, it tosses the two small animals down.<br><br>And they grow cold, and they go on.<br><br>With tears chilling in their eyes...<br><br>They fight toward the feeling of illness the world suffers, to cure the illness they recognize within Ayu's <br>stomach.<br><br>But—<br><br>Wanting, wanting, wanting...<br><br>... without the strength for it, is a futile thing.<br><br>In time, Fans collapses. In time, Drem carrying Fans collapses. In time, snow covers their bodies. In time, <br>their quiet tears become loud sobs. | ||
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In time, a kind girl comes across them, and takes them up into her arms.<br><br>That girl turns back toward | In time, a kind girl comes across them, and takes them up into her arms.<br><br>That girl turns back toward ^^the day^^{Sunset Radiance}, returning to warmth with Fans and Drem at her breast.}} | ||
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你跟伊洛其实有些像，露娜。<br> <br>她总是看起来憨憨傻傻的，但是却很可爱。我觉得她和荷珀能成为很好的朋友也是意料之中的事。<br> <br>她真的很在乎她的好朋友……上岛的过程中，荷珀一直在滔滔不绝地跟我讲伊洛的事。我们两个抵达<br>港口的时候她还紧张了一番，但当我以岛民的身份成功通过验证了后她便完全放下心来了。她郑重地<br>再度向我道了谢，而我又和她聊起了她的朋友——她的话匣子也就此打开，这一路上，我听得最多的<br>便是“伊洛！”“伊洛……”“伊洛她……”<br> <br>当然啦，和朋友一起相处的漫长时光里怎么可能全是开心事呢，她也向我抱怨了很多。“不好意思，我<br>好像一直在说我朋友的不好……”她道歉道，而我只觉得她很可爱。我跟她说，有负面情绪很正常，<br>这没什么不对的。 | 你跟伊洛其实有些像，露娜。<br> <br>她总是看起来憨憨傻傻的，但是却很可爱。我觉得她和荷珀能成为很好的朋友也是意料之中的事。<br> <br>她真的很在乎她的好朋友……上岛的过程中，荷珀一直在滔滔不绝地跟我讲伊洛的事。我们两个抵达<br>港口的时候她还紧张了一番，但当我以岛民的身份成功通过验证了后她便完全放下心来了。她郑重地<br>再度向我道了谢，而我又和她聊起了她的朋友——她的话匣子也就此打开，这一路上，我听得最多的<br>便是“伊洛！”“伊洛……”“伊洛她……”<br> <br>当然啦，和朋友一起相处的漫长时光里怎么可能全是开心事呢，她也向我抱怨了很多。“不好意思，我<br>好像一直在说我朋友的不好……”她道歉道，而我只觉得她很可爱。我跟她说，有负面情绪很正常，<br>这没什么不对的。 | ||
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既然已经察觉到了同行伙伴有些别扭，我便开始想办法逗她开心。我问她，伊洛一般喜欢去哪些地方。<br> <br>她说，她的好朋友一般喜欢到河边去——准确来说，如果伊洛已经成功登岛的话，她此时应该就在<br>岛上的一处河岸附近。而我则纠正了她：“你忘记了吗？她早就成功登岛了。”<br> <br>“什么……你当时不是在和我开玩笑，而是正经的吗？”荷珀震惊道。<br> <br>我确实在跟她胡扯，但我却说：“当然不是啊，我怎么会随随便便开那样的玩笑呢。”我朝她笑<br>了笑，但她好像并没有因此而被我说服。<br> <br>但巧合的是，当我们的飞船越来越快到站时，我的钥匙突然开始发光了……我很好奇，你的钥匙<br>那时也在发光吗？<br> <br>那时，我真的有种我们会在岛上重逢的预感。<br> <br>而且……说不定呢？<br> 说不定呢……在遥远的某处，在那另一篇故事、另一个视角中……<br> <br>……命运的音律，确实是在 | 既然已经察觉到了同行伙伴有些别扭，我便开始想办法逗她开心。我问她，伊洛一般喜欢去哪些地方。<br> <br>她说，她的好朋友一般喜欢到河边去——准确来说，如果伊洛已经成功登岛的话，她此时应该就在<br>岛上的一处河岸附近。而我则纠正了她：“你忘记了吗？她早就成功登岛了。”<br> <br>“什么……你当时不是在和我开玩笑，而是正经的吗？”荷珀震惊道。<br> <br>我确实在跟她胡扯，但我却说：“当然不是啊，我怎么会随随便便开那样的玩笑呢。”我朝她笑<br>了笑，但她好像并没有因此而被我说服。<br> <br>但巧合的是，当我们的飞船越来越快到站时，我的钥匙突然开始发光了……我很好奇，你的钥匙<br>那时也在发光吗？<br> <br>那时，我真的有种我们会在岛上重逢的预感。<br> <br>而且……说不定呢？<br> 说不定呢……在遥远的某处，在那另一篇故事、另一个视角中……<br> <br>……命运的音律，确实是在^^ 旋转^^{Rotaeno} 呢。}} | ||
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Ilot kind of sounds like you, Luna.<br><br>She seems pretty stupid, but in a cute way. I could understand why she and Hoppe were friends.<br><br>You see... after she came up in conversation Hoppe wouldn't stop talking about her on our ride up to an <br>island. She was nervous when we went to the port, relieved when I proved my status as a resident, and <br>endlessly thankful that I would allow her to come up. And when we were talking I brought up her friend <br>again and, "Ilot!" "Ilot..." "Well, Ilot, she..." went this girl.<br><br>It wasn't all happy. There were a lot of complaints—but I told her it was fine to complain <br>after she told me "Sorry, all I'm doing is complaining." Cute. | Ilot kind of sounds like you, Luna.<br><br>She seems pretty stupid, but in a cute way. I could understand why she and Hoppe were friends.<br><br>You see... after she came up in conversation Hoppe wouldn't stop talking about her on our ride up to an <br>island. She was nervous when we went to the port, relieved when I proved my status as a resident, and <br>endlessly thankful that I would allow her to come up. And when we were talking I brought up her friend <br>again and, "Ilot!" "Ilot..." "Well, Ilot, she..." went this girl.<br><br>It wasn't all happy. There were a lot of complaints—but I told her it was fine to complain <br>after she told me "Sorry, all I'm doing is complaining." Cute. | ||
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Since she was so miserable, I tried to cheer her up in a tricky way... I asked her what kind of places Ilot liked.<br><br>She said her friend liked rivers. Ilot would probably be by a river—on a Floating Island. If, of course, she was <br>there—and I told her: "Did you already forget? She is."<br><br>"You mean... you weren't messing with me when you said that?" asked Hoppe.<br><br>I was. "I wasn't." I said with a smile—and she didn't look like she believed me...<br><br>But actually... my key was beginning to glow as the ship got closer to the Floating Islands. Did yours too?<br><br>I really did have a feeling we might meet there.<br><br>And maybe?<br><br>Maybe... in some other story...<br><br>...fate would | Since she was so miserable, I tried to cheer her up in a tricky way... I asked her what kind of places Ilot liked.<br><br>She said her friend liked rivers. Ilot would probably be by a river—on a Floating Island. If, of course, she was <br>there—and I told her: "Did you already forget? She is."<br><br>"You mean... you weren't messing with me when you said that?" asked Hoppe.<br><br>I was. "I wasn't." I said with a smile—and she didn't look like she believed me...<br><br>But actually... my key was beginning to glow as the ship got closer to the Floating Islands. Did yours too?<br><br>I really did have a feeling we might meet there.<br><br>And maybe?<br><br>Maybe... in some other story...<br><br>...fate would ^^turn over^^{Rotaeno}.}} | ||
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一回到原来那个阴森可怖的地方，我便忍不住开口问你：<br> <br>“喂……爱托……事情一般不会这样发展的吧，对吧？”<br> <br>而我得到的答复只是一个轻描淡写的“难道不会吗？”<br> <br>“可是……好像她们还是会遇上麻烦的吧！荷珀确实有那张证，但她……还有伊洛……”<br> <br>“别担心，我已经安排好了。”<br> <br>“安排好了啥？”<br> <br>“就是安排好了啊，哈哈啊哈！”<br> <br>“唉……算了，那只是一段记忆，所以也无所谓了吧？”<br> <br>“是吗？当真无所谓吗？”<br> <br>“啧……你有时候真的挺招人烦的。” | 一回到原来那个阴森可怖的地方，我便忍不住开口问你：<br> <br>“喂……爱托……事情一般不会这样发展的吧，对吧？”<br> <br>而我得到的答复只是一个轻描淡写的“难道不会吗？”<br> <br>“可是……好像她们还是会遇上麻烦的吧！荷珀确实有那张证，但她……还有伊洛……”<br> <br>“别担心，我已经安排好了。”<br> <br>“安排好了啥？”<br> <br>“就是安排好了啊，哈哈啊哈！”<br> <br>“唉……算了，那只是一段记忆，所以也无所谓了吧？”<br> <br>“是吗？当真无所谓吗？”<br> <br>“啧……你有时候真的挺招人烦的。” | ||
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听到这话，你笑了。你哈哈笑了一会儿，最后长吁了一口气——那是如释重负的信号。说真的，如果<br>你真的在乎一件事情，你可以跟我坦白的，爱托。<br> <br>唉……无所谓了，都过去了。<br>我知道你也只是不想我老是思虑过度。<br> <br>但你好像挺乐意看见我皱着眉头啊？——好好好，一切都结束了，我们又在一起了，这才是最<br>重要的，我同意。<br> <br>坦白讲，也正因为如此，即使我并不「知晓」一切，我也仍然能够感到如释重负。<br> <br>你突然往回了几步，抓住我的手就拼命往前拽。<br>“哎？你干什么啊——”我喊道，“你今天到底怎么了啊！别再拽我了！”<br><br><br>你笑了，那是一个极其宠溺的笑。“好啦。”你轻声说道。<br> <br>“走吧，是时候回去那 | 听到这话，你笑了。你哈哈笑了一会儿，最后长吁了一口气——那是如释重负的信号。说真的，如果<br>你真的在乎一件事情，你可以跟我坦白的，爱托。<br> <br>唉……无所谓了，都过去了。<br>我知道你也只是不想我老是思虑过度。<br> <br>但你好像挺乐意看见我皱着眉头啊？——好好好，一切都结束了，我们又在一起了，这才是最<br>重要的，我同意。<br> <br>坦白讲，也正因为如此，即使我并不「知晓」一切，我也仍然能够感到如释重负。<br> <br>你突然往回了几步，抓住我的手就拼命往前拽。<br>“哎？你干什么啊——”我喊道，“你今天到底怎么了啊！别再拽我了！”<br><br><br>你笑了，那是一个极其宠溺的笑。“好啦。”你轻声说道。<br> <br>“走吧，是时候回去那^^ 光芒^^{Arcaea} 之地了。”}} | ||
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The sun was starting to set, and we'd been stuck on that Floating Island for a good while... The festival was <br>well over.<br><br>Ilot was starting to cry, and I didn't really know what to say to her.<br><br>She even ran away from me, Eto! I chased her down—all the way into a park, all the way to a river where <br>she sat herself down and sobbed.<br><br>I sat with her and patted her head, frowning. I don't know how you deal with me when I do things <br>like this, Sis. | The sun was starting to set, and we'd been stuck on that Floating Island for a good while... The festival was <br>well over.<br><br>Ilot was starting to cry, and I didn't really know what to say to her.<br><br>She even ran away from me, Eto! I chased her down—all the way into a park, all the way to a river where <br>she sat herself down and sobbed.<br><br>I sat with her and patted her head, frowning. I don't know how you deal with me when I do things <br>like this, Sis. | ||
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Once we'd gotten back to that spooky place, I asked you—<br><br>"...Eto... things don't usually change like that, do they?"<br><br>And, "Don't they?" is what you said back.<br><br>"Wait... they're still gonna get in trouble. Hoppe... had a ticket, but she... and Ilot..."<br><br>"Don't worry, I figured something out."<br><br>"Figured... what?"<br><br>"Something, ahaha!"<br><br>"Ugh... Anyway, that was a memory, so it doesn't even matter, does it!?"<br><br>"Oh...? Does it?"<br><br>"I hate you sometimes." | Once we'd gotten back to that spooky place, I asked you—<br><br>"...Eto... things don't usually change like that, do they?"<br><br>And, "Don't they?" is what you said back.<br><br>"Wait... they're still gonna get in trouble. Hoppe... had a ticket, but she... and Ilot..."<br><br>"Don't worry, I figured something out."<br><br>"Figured... what?"<br><br>"Something, ahaha!"<br><br>"Ugh... Anyway, that was a memory, so it doesn't even matter, does it!?"<br><br>"Oh...? Does it?"<br><br>"I hate you sometimes." | ||
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You laughed at that, and after laughing, and laughing, and laughing you sighed—with relief. You know... <br>you can tell me if something's worrying you.<br><br>Well... whatever. It's fine.<br>I know you just don't want me to worry, too.<br><br>Why would you want me to frown—that's it, right? We were together again, after all.<br><br>And honestly... just because of that, even if I didn't really "know" everything, I felt relieved too.<br><br>You suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me forward as you skipped back. "What?" I asked. "What's up <br>with you...! Quit pulling!"<br><br>And you grinned. "Come on," you said with a brilliant smile.<br><br>"Let's go: back to | You laughed at that, and after laughing, and laughing, and laughing you sighed—with relief. You know... <br>you can tell me if something's worrying you.<br><br>Well... whatever. It's fine.<br>I know you just don't want me to worry, too.<br><br>Why would you want me to frown—that's it, right? We were together again, after all.<br><br>And honestly... just because of that, even if I didn't really "know" everything, I felt relieved too.<br><br>You suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me forward as you skipped back. "What?" I asked. "What's up <br>with you...! Quit pulling!"<br><br>And you grinned. "Come on," you said with a brilliant smile.<br><br>"Let's go: back to ^^the light^^{Arcaea}."}} | ||
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