Fate/Grand Order Part 2 Lostbelt 5.2 Olympus Translation Notes

by Fallacies

edited and compiled by RagnoStrangeros

special credits to Taiboo for allowing to use his Kirsch's Part 1 Simulation Adventures Translation

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Warning, said notes are a speed TL, that was being done live since release of Olympus and may contain inaccuracies, typos and translator's sarcastic comments

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Chapter 1

narration: "at some point, the greater history ceased to regard the skies with proper fear"

"indeed, you were by the advance of our wisdom deconstructed, to the ultimate purpose that we reach out unto the cosmos"

"that someday, even the gods might be struck down"

the city of olympus / atlantis is actually the disc at the very base of the great machine and the crystal mountain

mashu: "to think that such a vast space would be beneath the earth"

holmes: "rather, this is the true Surface"

holmes: "the age of gods as of grecia in the greater history did in subsequence to two great wars (makia?) face the age of man"

nemo: "just in terms of eyeballing it, the population of that city shouldn't be below 10,000,000"

da vinci: "barometry indicates that the mana concentration in the atmosphere is vastly abnormal, exceeding that of the age of gods -- or rather, the records we obtained of the 7th Singularity"

--> manuel (or however you spell his name): "forcible interference with our communications apparatus!"

"it doesn't originate from the wandering sea!"

da vinci: "the source of transmission is the vast structure ahead!"

???: "you gaze now upon olympus the great -- the true name of the lostbelt that i take as my seat; a vast ark capable even of crossing the sea of the skies"

holmes: "even via our communications systems, he's able to assert his presence! is this not akin to receiving a thaumaturgical attack of the psychic variety!?"

holmes recommends that da vinci deploy a bounded field against mental interference

"mine name be zeus! the greater god zeus!"

"these seas that have persisted forth from the age of the gods"

"this vast city between the stars"

"these are all mine to rule"

"i would be the king of the lostbelt of atlantis"

holmes: "the highest amongst the twelve of olympus; the victor of two mahia. a divine spirit ... or rather, a god that once truly existed within the world. deeply bound with nature and concepts, [one amongst] the very phenomena that comprises the world"

"being that as of the mythological tradition, he would be a king amongst gods, he is in the original sense of the phrase an existence most proximate to a ruler of the star(planet)"

mash: "ergo, something like skadi or arjuna?"

da vinci: "based on the combat data we recorded of artemis and poseidon, we can decisively state otherwise. in the case of arjuna, the divinities (神性) did with the dwindling of faith likewise decline, but this isn't the case with these machine gods"

"from the very basis of their existence do they bear the functionality of gods. the theos klironomia are the proof of this"

holmes: "in the antiquity, the poet Aeschylus did once refer to zeus as such: the omnipotent, omniscient god of justice"

gordorf: "what do you mean omnipotent!? isn't he just a sly pervert that randomly turns humans and animals into constellations?"

the mana embodied in zeus thunder is comparable to artemis' arrows

the storm border is able to deploy dummy saint graphs / saint graph chaff to divert enemy attacks

this was completed before they entered the big hole

a reminder that the storm border is itself an extension of nemo's saint graph

holmes doesn't think that thaumaturgical chaff would be sufficient to divert the attention of the highest existence in greek myth, and believes that zeus is just ramping up for thing. thus, he tells da vinci and captain to get the ship to the city pronto

holmes: "it's just my hypothesis, but this rain of lightning ... this would to zeus be as nothing more than a show of power -- not an actual attack"

somehow, nemo and da vinci were able to immediately cut the three mana reactors immediately as of landing, and cloak the position of the crash site (starting from mid-air)

optical camo .-.

without the mana reactors being active, and with cloaking on, the lostbelt inhabitants shouldn't be able to immediately track the ship by mana signature

because, you know, when the whole ship is part of nemo's saint graph, things maybe akin to presence suppression can work, somehow ... .-.

gordorf: "this ship is proof indeed of the revolutionary thaumaturgical technology of the greater history!"

nemo: "you know, in the first place, assuming a functional human order, i wouldn't have been able to construct a ship like this ..."

"it's indeed on account of the tabula rasa that my nautilus and sion's hermes skin / pseudo-spiritron armament could combine with the technology of the smithing god hephaistos to establish the iteration of this ship"

on account of having brought the engines to a complete shutdown, holmes gives that the storm border cannot be booted to activity immediately. this means that zero sail / imaginary submergence capabilities are out

nemo further states that on account that defensive deployments would also require the mana reactors, if their position is known to the enemy, and an attack is received, the storm border would have no chance of recovery

nemo's saint graph itself sustained damage from lightning strikes during the ship's descent to olympus

da vinci is likewise, on account of being integrated with the central processing block of the storm border. mash hypothesizes that the lightning zeus used was specifically oriented to destroy servants

rather, their cores have been somewhat damaged

holmes: "unfortunately, it would seem that establishing a summoning circle is impossible in olympus as well. we won't be able to secure further reinforcements"

"the leylines appear to be strictly under regulation. they exist here as an artificial ... or rather i should say, divine contrivance."

"ergo, you'll be able summon servants only temporarily, for deployment during combat"

thus, chaldea's priority would be to seek out the servants that have already arrived

da vinci developed an optical camouflage mystic code for the use of mashu and guda, based on the outward appearances of the inhabitants of the seas of atlantis

holmes gives that securing leylines as an energy resource for servants should probably be considered impossible for the time being

the mystic codes express an optical camou disguise that comes into effect simply by putting it on. manuel aays that da vinci derived the knowhow of the implementation from holmes' disguise NP

manuel: "thankfully, the mana signatures the two of you exert are consistent to that of humans"

"it would appear that mashu's presence as a servant is extremely slight at the moment"

"so, infiltration should be easier with just the two of you rather than in the company of a servant. that would be making the best of the situation, and seeing things in a positive light"

holmes recommends that a data package containing the combat records until now be delivered to the wandering sea

holmes gives another recommendation, but only lets gordorf hear it

then, tells gorforf to recall the soldiers under odysseus' employ

gordorf replies that being as defenses are far too lacking, it's true that he can't simply permit his subordinates to endanger themselves. therefore he accepts the recommendation

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the green structure at the center of the floating thing above the city is referred to as the orbital temple olympus-dodona

europa is a priestess here -- an oracle

europa: "from the time of the beginning, the victor of four machia; the lord of the skies. he who rules the far shore of the blue skies. he who tramples the far shores of the night skies. that what wields the thunder that shatters the galaxies and the cosmos itself. you who includes unto yourself the authorities of uranus and chronos."

"aa, the great ruler of the pantheon, who bears the chronos crown, which continues everlasting unto the future"

"the omnipotent god zeus doth speak"

well

she's an oracle, but

more like a secretary that announces her boss >.>

this whole speech is just zeus' introduction at the beginning of a meeting

also in attendance are the twins, kotomine, and ashiya douman

kotomine appearing after a bunch of greek gods made me laugh

our mapo tofu priest is really going places now

zeus announces the four gods that are as his assistants

zeus: "all is not run wild, and progresses in accordance to my will"

"the tree of fantasy magellan -- nay. the world tree of atlas doth come to its time of bloom"

"the restoration of mythological authority (神話復権)"

"we cannot but extend our divine might across all the soils of this earth"

"across all the lands rendered unto tabula rasa"

"if man does not grasp salvation, then salvation comes by the hand of the gods"

"in lieu of all the gods excluded from the surface by the greater history, we shall by our omnipotence save this earth"

"this planet upon which we have laid down our roots, and the sapient human kind. it is far too early for us to lose them"

according to ashiya douman, one amongst the three alter egos is not in attendance at this meeting

the ones in attendance are him and kotomine

aphrodite is pissed that ashiya douman continues to sing praises. that the tree of atlas will permit the descent of the alien god.

aphrodite: "have you not heard the declarations of zeus? zeus shall grant the salvation of this planet(pronounced world)"

aphrodite gives that ashiya douman should know his place as a subordinate god. this lostbelt hasn't a place for the alien god to take the stage

demeter tells aphrodite not to insult ashiya, as it was by his hand that the ancient divine realm of india was let to descend into the unending hell of metempsychosis.

demeter: "if we're not careful, he might do the same here"

aphrodite: "as if"

"do you not know the might of zeus!? that which 14,000 years ago -- at the very birth of this lostbelt -- did shatter without sustaining damage at all an enemy come of the far shore to slay this star? that is the power of zeus' thunder!"

ashiya mocks aphrodite, inciting her to anger. before she can nuke him, though, the dioscuroi tell her to cease

pollux: "let us for now act in concert with him, for just the time being"

kotomine tells ashiya to hold his mouth. >.>;

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what a punchable face .-.

europa is apparently zeus' wife and miko

ashiya cut off his own head

and regrew it

>.>

zeus recognizes the reality that the flourishing of olympus is dependent upon the tree of fantasy

ergo, regardless of anything else, their fate is tied to the tree

zeus: "this is a truth we must accept; a trial that we must overcome"

kotomine: "overcome? even that you dispose of the tree of fantasy?"

ashiya: "so long as the tree is cultivated unto its blooming, i don't particularly have complaint. indeed, i have no complaint at all ... but overcoming the tree? hahaha"

"can you even manage such a thing, omnipotent god zeus?"

zeus: "even in my omnipotence, it is difficult. but, precisely as such, i have joined hands with our ally. the crypter; the man known as kirschtaria wodime"

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kadoc-kun: "these corridors are way too long. were they built with the gods' machine bodies in mind, scale-wise? i feel like i might die of old age just by walking along them ..."

kadoc: "director marisbury once stated, the siriuslight are a power to overturn the world. it is on account that you possess them that you are crypters."

"a crypter absent of a lostbelt is without value. without a place to be; without a purpose to subsist. i thought that wodime intended to rob me of my siriuslight, but ... was i mistaken?"

"we conducted simulations with the understanding that there would be aberrations in seven distinct eras. the siriuslights were intended as instruments to the purpose that we of the A Team would save the world"

"but it's strange. in the first place, what are the the siriuslights? we were never informed, beyond that they were an existence more potent than command seals, capable of manufacturing mana in greater supply that the capabilities of the individual upon which they were engraved."

"though we were told of this, the nature of the siriuslights and their purpose for use ... these were known only to wodime, perhaps"

"the timing of the use of the siriuslights were left to him as a leader. therefore, he should know of their actual purpose ..."

"in that case, why would he not extract my siriuslight from me?"

"beneath the alien god, all crypters are equal. it's something that he's oft-repeated since our resurrection"

"it can't be that he truly believes that?"

"no, that's impossible. he's been a noble since birth. there's bound to be a catch somewhere"

"there's information that only he would know. the siriuslights. the alien god. the trees of fantasy, and ... why it is that the lostbelts can even exist as of present day"

"very well. i'll definitely seek it out -- i'll find out what it is that you hide."

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pepe-san: "i haven't yet been punished for my failure in india. honestly, it's fine that you do as you please, wodime"

kirschtaria: "i'd like it if you don't misunderstand me, pepe. we crypters are nothing but comrades. i haven't the authority to punish you."

"rather, i'm glad to see that you're fine, scandinavia pepperoncino"

pepe-san: "you say that, but it doesn't sit with me. in any case, i intend to release my right to the siriuslight bestowed to me"

"after all, i haven't any intent to play nice with the alien god or the alter egos"

"i grant to you my siriuslight. use it as you see fit"

kirschtaria: "there isn't any need for that. it's fine that you don't grant it to me"

"my authority over the use of the siriuslights was a thing of my time as the leader of the A Team."

pepe-san: "i see. ophelia didn't die while using the siriuslight, then, hm? rather, she died on account of utilizing the siriuslight"

"ergo, to begin with director marisbury gathered us with such a thing in mind, perhaps?"

kirschtaria: "...."

pepe-san: "you won't answer that question, will you?"

"i see. i begin to see the nature of your relationship with the director"

"your silence itself is truthfully very honest. there's still no decisively telling who's linked to what, but it seems like i've finally caught sight of the holes through which the strings pass."

"ufufu ... ! it doesn't feel real, but it would seem that we truly are the enemies of the human order!"

pepe-san: "what's important (to me?) is the i who have lived until now, and what i intend to do from here on out, no? i haven't any regrets for the things that have come to pass. therefore --"

"to the end of a happier tomorrow, i'll for now just report the following"

"the alien god desires the flourishing of the lostbelts. he desires that there be birthed a stronger, more resilient history of man ..."

"... this thing that the apostles have been spouting. it's a lie, definitely. the lostbelts are whatever the case destined for destruction"

"even that to us, the lostbelts are that which we hope to make as the subsequent greater history, the apostles definitely intend to make use of the lostbelts in a different manner"

kirschtaria: "what's the basis of your conclusion?"

pepe-san: "the monologue of a certain alter-ego-chan, high on the thrill that he'll emerge victorious"

kirschtaria: "haha. in other words, limbo let it slip from his mouth, then?"

"in that case, it isn't my responsibility that there was a leak of information. it shouldn't constitute a violation of my contract with the alien god"

"as i've said, my intention is to establish this lostbelt as a greater history anew"

"to this purpose, i've committed myself to all manner of action. this is the truth"

"i will with my utmost make the lostbelt of atlantis as the future of this star"

"that being the case, i ask that you should act in accordance to your desire, in the capacity of a member of the A team"

(but he no longer considers himself the leader of the A team, so ...)

pepe-san: "even if you didn't say so, i would've done as i wanted. in the beginning, i never had any intention to lose myself in a game of 'king of the world'"

(it's actually ou-sama game, as in that thing where you draw straws, and everyone has to do as the one who draws the marked one)

"however ... if it comes to pass that you cannot bear it any further, please call my name. i'm not the sort of person that would so ignore the dues that i ought to pay"

he leaves ->

kirschtaria: "not a person who would ignore the dues he ought to pay, hm? i knew that from the start. after all, i've been saved by you on numerous occasions"

"you call yourself a ruthless assassin, but amongst us all, you're the most humane"

miko: "-----------"

kirschtaria: "what. do you have complaint regarding our conversation just now? your gaze is sharp"

"pepperoncino is merely drawing conclusions based on the words of the alter-ego. he doesn't qualify as a subject for elimination"

"further, i haven't spoken to him of the secrets of the alien god"

"it should be the case that i haven't violated a single item of our contract. do you somehow take issue even so?"

"the plan is proceeding as expected. the tree of fantasy nears its maturity. it should soon be sufficient to act as a catalyst to the descent of your primary corpus"

"the plan of the greater god zeus is to make use of the energy involved to render his hope. i have no intention to interfere, as i have an agreement with him"

"if the greater god's plans succeed, the mana of the tree of fantasy would deplete, preempting the descent of the alien god. therefore, i would fail to comply with the expectations of the alien god, and consequently face my death"

"however, that wouldn't come to pass, even that i empathize with the greater god"

"the greater god's hope has within it a certain flaw. even that his plan is perfect, a flaw certainly exists"

"my tasks would come subsequent. what of it? i likewise value my own life"

"to grant the hope of the greater god, in completing the lostbelt"

"to descend the alien god, in completing the lostbelt"

"neither matter is of difficulty to me. if there exists a factor of uncertainty, it would be -- yes"

"the remnants of chaldea. the actions of their last remaining master"

"i pray that her heart hasn't broken, that she should once again appear before me"

"that after she brings to bear against me all that she has grasped, i inevitably extract from her her defeat"

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Chapter 2

mashu finds that her com doesn't connect with the storm border

the camou field shouldn't interfere, so ..

it's probably on account of the extremely high atmospheric mana. for the purpose of reporting to the team, then, they would need to trek all the way back to the ship

the disguises that da vinci made are derived from the appearance of atlantean attire, but mashu worries that their sourcing may be a problem. it's been a lot of time since then, so it's not known if the attire the illusions express fit with modern olympian attire

"glory be to zeus who presides over the sun in this would absent of apollon"

"did you sleep well last night?"

"of course. thanks be to zeus who presides over sleep in this world absent of hypnos"

mashu: "it seems that they haven't noticed that we're outsiders"

(mashu and guda can't see the illusions)

mashu: "also, the people here seem adapted to the mana density ..."

it's a city of 10,000,000

but the random person they talk to seems to know immediately that mashu and guda aren't familiar faces

because they've been alive for a long time?

chronos crown is the vast ring that surrounds the orbital temple olympus-dodona

"on the day that the world-tree of atlas comes to bloom, there will be a great festival."

mashu: "a festival?"

"indeed -- to celebrate the existence by which we who have been cut from the greater history have been permitted to subsist"

--> "huh. young ones from afar. not something you'd encounter every day. two hundred years ago did i meet travelers alike to yourselves"

"even so, two hundred years isn't too long. why it was practically just yesterday, no?"

--> "work? an odd thing to speak of traveler. wouldn't work be that practice of the ancients to accumulate coinage? you're knowledgeable in matters of antiquity. could it be that you're interested in historical research?"

"matters of thousands of years ago aren't spoken of even by the gods. it's unfortunate, but the records that exist are few. that's likely the case whichever the university you visit"

"that's right. university. me? i'm not a university student. my interest is art. the advancement of the arts brings joy to the gods"

"i study under the 3rd terminal at art school"

"well, i call the 3rd terminal my teacher, but 500 thousand people can say the same. fufu"

-> "war? i've read of the term before, in the records kept by the administrative bureau, or various libraries and universities. hm, could it be that you come from a district where there aren't any large-scale administrative offices or libraries?"

"huh. to think that there would still exist places in olympus without the light of the gods."

"in any case, as far as i know, there have been four great machia. the first was the war against the greater god chronos. the second was the war against the white annihilation. the third was the war against the titan gigas. the fourth was the exile of several thousand years ago? well, that counts as a war as well. regrettably, the gods separated into two factions. the vanquished gods and their followers ... poor are those who can no longer receive the blessings of the gods, exiled to the seas of atlantis"

"or perhaps they sought the scenery of their homelands as of the distant past? whatever the case, it's an event from long ago. there are no wars in this day and age"

"if you pray at one of the temples, you can know of the gods"

europa is apparently some sort of bridge to the people

she communicates with those who pray

merging with hera, she's become a demigoddess

subtemples are places where you can more clearly hear the oracles of the gods if you pray

"don't worry. we are all equals before the gods. demeter! aphrodite! the ancient twin-gods, the dioscuroi! the divine bride, europa! the omnipotent god zeus!"

"thereon, the subordinate divinities that are as the guests of the gods, and the ally of lord zeus -- kirschtaria wodime"

mashu: "kirschtaria-san ... does everyone in olympus know of him?"

"no, no, that's not alright. he's an ally of lord zeus. we can't refer to him as a -san"

--> europa gives forth an oracle, that invaders have entered olympus

suddenly, bioshock infinite

"you shall know the demon by the mark on her right hand"

lol

certain random citizens can henshin into soldiers

"work. labor. occupations. such concepts are things of the past -- with a single exception. soldiers still exist"

"i was only ever a trainee, but i can even so cast myself in adamant of the gods"

mashu: "he's fabricating armaments by the use of mana? and to think that a human could have such a mana capacity ..."

"it's almost as if he were a servant ..."

random soldier guy has two bars of HP >.>

according to mashu, the random citizen guy's mana capacity is higher than that of a typical servant >.>

holmes was secretly accompanying guda and mashu while spiritualized. just when guda and mashu were losing hope that they could overcome soldier guy, holmes manifests out of nowhere -- explaining that this was actually what he was talking to gordorf about (really?)

actually, this is the only time in recent memory that we've seen a servant spiritualized, i think? ...

naturally, holmes sucks at combat as usual, so he's not actually able to save the day

then, musashi turns up

random soldier guy is pretty cool.

fighting on behalf of his country, and observing that mashu truly isn't a fighter

however, he has another two bars of hp the 2nd fight against him

>.>

this guy is like shirou levels of "random guy on the street"

also, he has invincibility pierce, so, mashu's defense is useless against him

i hope they make memes of him

because he's too ridiculous

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musashi: "he has talent and training. it's a shame that he knows too little of actual combat"

mashu: "enemy unit has ceased activity. the battle is concluded."

mashu: "... it wasn't my intention to directly rob him of his life."

musashi: "i thought as much. therefore, i decided to act on your lieu. there isn't a problem with that, is there, guda?"

guda: "... no. yes, but no."

holmes laboriously wiped the blood from his face while musashi was hard at work cutting down mister soldier guy >.>

guda and company escaped. guda sprinted for 1.5 km unassisted >.>

musashi: "these olympians don't exhibit fear, even that one of their arms is cut from their body. it would seem that they're strong of psyche as well"

all of them are on par with servants, despite being merely human

being that they act in the defense of their world, holmes observes that it isn't incredible that their motivation is extremely high

anyways, holmes, musashi, guda, and mashu take a brief break in a presence suppression / cloaking field that holmes has, apparently attached to some kind of mystic code (why didn't we get this thing to begin with, da vinci-chan)

when musashi says, "well, i'm not sure if this bounded field cuts out sound," holmes replies that it does

holmes gives that the sensory perception of the olympians is about what you would expect for a normal (?) human

their mechanical defensive units can discern mana, but

holmes gives that given the atmospheric mana density, a couple of servants shouldn't be terribly obvious to mechanical detection

holmes: "though if a god were to come into close proximity, they'd potentially detect --"

a loud noise

holmes jinxed it .-.

it's talos and europa .-.

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"intruders detected"

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Chapter 3

they escape from talos

musashi gets mashu to carry guda while guda carries fou-kun

musashi offers to carry holmes, but holmes refuses .-.

hearing this, musashi says: "you can have your masculine pride moment later. isn't it the case that you can't run at the moment because your spiritual core is damaged?"

mashu: "in other words, you still haven't fully recovered from your injuries from the norse lostbelt? if you fight in a state like that, it wouldn't be strange if your ether corpus collapses entirely!"

europa, the dioscuroi, and talos appear before the party

europa requests that the party surrender, as talos won't fall to a human

castor mocks europa, asking her if she should be saying such a thing, given that she's half a human herself

to this, pollux gives that europa and hera are merged, and his address of her is disrespectful

castor: "a human mixed with a god is still a human, pollux. indistinct from the likes of that loser, caenis."

pollux: "brother ..."

mashu: "the twin gods, the dioscuroi. we previously encountered them in atlantis! they're divine spirit servants!"

castor: "hm? you look upon me, point at me, and call my name. human -- i haven't permitted such a thing"

castor attacks mashu, but musashi blocks

musashi: "was this disrespectful of me, perhaps? though, for a great and powerful kami-sama, your blade was far too light. whether it be in speed or purpose, it wasn't of any weight at all -- to the point that somebody like me could block it as easily as if you were wielding a feather"

musashi (in thought): "what the hell was that weight and speed!? if it isn't light itself, that sort of speed isn't possible, no!?"

"or perhaps, was it truly light itself? that sort of attack would be beyond the means of even a sword-saint!"

"it was only on account of holmes-san's predictions that i was able to intercept it!"

"if not for that, mashu might've been beheaded just now!"

aphrodite and demeter show up.

after some verbal sparring with the diocuroi (who they appear not to get along with, though demeter superficially acts otherwise)

aphrodite: "hey, isn't there something else you humans should be doing right now?"

mashu: "-- ?"

aphrodite: "you don't get it? really? i mean, you must've encountered gods in norden and india, no?"

aphrodite: "*i'm saying that your heads are raised too high*"

she engages her divine authority

the entire party is forced to prostate themselves

aphrodite: "and so, you've acceded to the necessary formalities"

the people of olympus cheer as the gods gather to punish the infiltrators

holmes: "it would be here that i take the stage."

musashi: "you've got something hidden away that can turn the tables? if so, then hurry up with it, because we're just about on the verge of being entirely overwhelmed!"

holmes: "as there are far too many uncertain factors at play, it's not something that we can frequently put to use, but let's see --"

the sky goes black, and lightning manifests

holmes: "i see. the god of the skies, hm? it would seem that he mislikes my hidden trump"

"guda, mashu, miss miyamoto. focus on the battle against the bronze giant and the dioscuroi. also, you'd best move away from me"

guda: "holmes?"

europa: "sage of chaldea. would that be a reading of the stars?"

holmes: "just an elementary deduction, your majesty."

--> lightning strikes

mashu: "master! mister holmes has been struck by lightning!"

in his state of injury, holmes seems to realize something about zeus, mumbling something about thunder

the gods are about to finish off the party after holmes' collapse, but a strange noise sounds, seemingly distracting the gods

castor: "this feeling of discord ... it would seem that somebody is directly interfering with out divine leylines / network!"

--> somebody snipes at the gods

a boy and a girl appear, along with this hooded man. the boy and girl say they'll hold off the gods while guda's party escapes

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organization xiii

there's a mechanical owl that interferes with the divine leylines / network, which the hooded man refers to as minerva

musashi: "i get the feeling that we've gone a fair distance, but ... this would be the undercity of olympus, no?"

hood: "this would be the underworld"

musashi: "eh?"

hood: "even that i say so, i'm not referring to the world of the afterlife. these are the structural underpinnings of olympus, the city between the stars. it was once the domain of the god of the underworld, hades"

"zeus' detection doesn't cover this domain. in other words, you should be safe for the time being"

"it's on this account that they make use of it"

mashu: "it looks like a base of some sort ...?"

holmes: "this would be as a safehouse for those that would rebel against the gods of olympus, I presume?"

hood: "i'm merely a pedestrian who happened to be passing by. i don't intend to be of aid to you. i don't recall having assisted you. I have no intention of assisting you here on out. you can use this space as you wish. i've seen nothing at all. if you have any questions, ask the two that shall soon arrive -- the ones that shot at the gods with their cannon, if you recall"

"don't thank me. it makes me feel disgusted"

"on other thing. i'll just activate a message for you from them"

he activates a message from the unknown archer from atlantis

--> "my name is nicola tesla"

"i am one amongst the heroic spirits of the greater history that reached olympus"

"by the time you receive this message, we shall perhaps have already lost the temporary flesh with which we've been endowed"

"to put it more simply -- that's right. we will have been annihilated"

"all heroic spirits of the greater history that have arrived in olympus will have been eliminated"

"i beg that you forgive me for opening with such a dark subject"

"i find it best to broach first the bad news, as the good news would thereafter be rather easier to stomach"

--> helena introduces the forerunner party with the title "the godbreaker alliance"

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Chapter 4

pepe-san: "so, i've heard that you merged with the goddess hera? would that be akin to becoming one with your mother-in-law?"

"and further, you've become as something akin to a miko to the omnipotent god"

"incidentally -- and this is just idle talk, but -- does there exist in this lostbelt the concept of the rights of women?"

europa: "hera-sama was in the olympiamachia injured. once was the machine god that was as her original / primary corpus destroyed"

"therefore, grieving the eternal loss of his spouse did the deity zeus [bring forth] i who was as a heroic spirit of the greater history to be merged with the embers of hera-sama -- that hera-sama and i both become as eternal"

"about the people of chaldea ... i thought to ask you of them ..."

demeter enters ->

demeter: "it would seem that you're in good spirits, divine bride europa. though, to speak of something so frightful as acquiring information on chaldea and the greater history ... could it be that you feel responsible for letting them slip our grasp yesterday?"

europa: "indeed. that i couldn't fulfill the oracle laid forth by lord zeus ..."

demeter: "it would be fine that you leave the matter to us gods, europa. aa, you're far too prone to worry."

"having merged with hera-sama, you are likewise of the flesh of a demigod. if you overexert yourself, zeus will be saddened"

-->

demeter: "say, you've met my daughter persephone, yes? if you're fine with it, i can introduce her to you as a friend."

europa: "demeter-sama. persephone is ..."

demeter: "that what is referred to as a servant, i believe. those once deceased, recorded unto the human order, and brought to manifest within the world. such cruelty."

"... even that humans cannot but be born from a mother -- it would be fine that the europa that now exists regard me as a mother"

europa: "that's ..."

demeter: "there's no need for you to hold back, europa"

"for i am as the goddess of the land. since distant antiquity, the land has been as the mother of all"

pepe-san: "... the earth mother. would you be referring to the deity gaia, perhaps?"

"in the myths of grecia, the mother of the gods that existed as of the earth; of the ten-thousand phenomena. the divinity (神性) that was as the bride of the first god of the skies, uranus"

demeter: "in the beginning, there was chaos. thereon, the land / gaia birthed forth all that was"

"the land is as a mother"

-> (demeter's expression becomes sad)

"the sea was, likewise ... likewise a mother. but even that it should've been a mother ..."

pepe-san: "the sea? i didn't perceive that the sea god active as of atlantis expressed any femininity, but -- ah, i see"

"if you refer to the daughters of the sea / the oceanids, or perhaps"

demeter: "fufu. pepe. o sage amongst men"

"i didn't speak of such a thing. however ... that's right. it's perhaps a bit complicited"

"but ... the sea should have likewise been a mother"

----------------------------

on the storm border, manuel announces a mana signature in the vicinity of the ship

he thinks that they're likely a servant, and worries as they have no combat capability

-> da vinci tells him to calm down, as they don't seem to be of sufficient strength to be a threat

gordorf wonders what she's doing out and about, given that she's supposed to be healing her saint graph.

da vinci replies that she's in a restoration pod

it's just that she's connected her consciousness to storm border's central block

she's reactivated the storm border to the extent that certain features can be used without rebooting the mana reactors

da vinci: "their saint graph itself is extremely high in quality, but their mana reserves are extremely weak."

"though they may be potent enough as a heroic spirit to be spoken of as a top servant, or possessed of a saint graph on par with divine spirits ..."

"they've drifted here -- perhaps from atlantis"

manuel: "drifted here ..."

"you mean like, washed as they were from the big hole?"

da vinci: "it would appear that their state of drifting was passively activated. ergo, perhaps they bear some special capability related to movement"

gordorf: "huh ... a saint graph ... of the divine spirit class. drifting here in a state of weakness ... mumumumu"

-> there's a beep

manuel: "we've received a data package from the wandering sea"

-->

sion: "the bow wielded by grand archer orion, which struck down the machine god artemis. that particular piece of data was the final key that i required"

"and by that key, we have obtained a means to strike down the gods by the hand of man"

"a final hope by which to oppose the deus ex machina (機械仕掛けの神)"

she literally pronounces that

as "deus ex machina"

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Chapter 5

as of the arrival of the godbreakers

edison actually mass produced robots to overrun olympus, but

their defensive lines were overwhelmed

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tesla: "before our hands could reach them, a single attack from the gods did annihilate this entire district"

helena: "the machine gods of olympus. if the answer come of the mahatma is valid, then ..."

tesla: "aa. however, they are as enemies to the greater history. and -- beautiful, bright helena -- perhaps it's the case that they are as an ark that has crossed the sea of stars, but ..."

"... they are certainly not the brilliance of the stars that you have witnessed."

helena (smiles): "thank you, mister tesla"

tesla: "o gods on high! gods who vanished to the far shores of time as of the greater history! this world is no longer yours to possess! that which you grant is not protection! know that it is nothing more than the cradle of rulership!"

"humanity is not as your plaything!"

----------------------------

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guda gets a classy room in tesla's secret base

mashu says that there exists the possibility of communication from the underground base, relative to the com blackout rendered by the mana density on the city surface

after meeting with musashi for breakfast, musashi explains what she's been doing all this time

the fact that she was able to meet with chaldea in russia was on account of the nature of her corpus -- the power that she bore when she was still alive, which let that she could wander unto adjacent worlds, "per the guidance of the bodhisattva kanon. i believe it's referred to as drifting?"

immediately prior to the tabula rasa, musashi entered into a drift, or so she believes

and she reentered unto the world of one minute later, to a land bleached by the tabula rasa

musashi's immediate thought was, "what's this? an adjacent world where the ground is bleached?"

and then, after travelling a bit, she was adrift again, and found herself in the russian lostbelt

musashi gives that generally speaking, when she enters into a drift, the destination isn't continuous to the preceding world. however, subsequent her departure from russia, multiple drifts landed her within the tabula rasa of 201X

even that the location was different, the "era" and the "world" were the same

musashi: "originally i was surprised, but if well-used, this could be regarded as convenience as well -- rendering instant travel to distant locations"

after awhile, she wondered as to the extent that she could freely make use of her ability

-> but ran across the Man From Chaldea

she travelled with him for awhile, and he surprised her with the extent of his knowledge, even in regards to her drifting ability

after that, she ended up sneaking into the lostbelt of atlantis, where she lay in wait for chaldea

though, on account that she could only transport herself, she wasn't able to bring along the Man From Chaldea or other Servants

musashi: "but is it really alright that i'm the sole reinforcement? shouldn't i at least look around a bit for other servants?"

chaldea: "... that isn't necessary. the circumstances are what they are. in the lostbelt of atlantis, a Grand is certain to manifest"

"they will in the end become as a far more potent ally than you could be"

"however"

musashi: "what is it?"

chaldea: "it would seem that you are indeed required. very well. i'll at the least accompany you to the lostbelt of atlantis"

chaldea: "... hn. the counter force does indeed account for all; roundabout in its plotting, and ill of disposition"

fanfic-esque complaints about the counter force. amazing

listening to musashi's explanation, mashu hypothesizes that by default, she slips into the interstice between the worlds, and then exits into another world. it would be on account of this that musashi is able to circumvent to stormfront walls that surround the lostbelts.

mashu says that it could be something akin to jumping into a higher order dimension, and then dropping back into a lower order dimension

mashu, you've been hanging out with da vinci and holmes too much

please come back

mashu: "it's just that where the destination of your drop was once unlimited, there exists at present only 'this world in particular'"

"therefore, you would arrive 'somewhere within this world' -- is perhaps the way it is"

guda asks musashi regarding the identity of the Man From Chaldea, but musashi gives that she can't reveal that, as she owes him a meal

guda: "that man should be an ally of chaldea"

musashi: "u, un, maybe? possibly? it would be nice if that were the case? tahaha"

"it may be the case that the heroic spirits that arrived here from atlantis have all perished, but ... you have allies that would give their lives for you. it's definitely the case that you aren't fighting all alone. the world called as the greater history; the entirety of your homeland ... even that you cannot see its form, it definitely stands at your side"

mashu is depressed by their circumstances despite hearing this. looking at her, musashi says, "i see you've been taken by the insect of weakness, mashu. that's no good, so let me help you with that. come, don the ortenaus."

mashu: "???"

guda: "um, that's a bit much, first thing in the morning"

musashi: "a bit of exercise should shake the insect of weakness from you. incidentally, you'll need to participate as well. no buts"

"and that detective over there! you as well!"

wake up -> get beaten up by musashi

what a wonderful morning =.=;

it turns out that holmes has been healed by restorative nanomachines

ergo, demeter klironomia

it's possible that he ingested it with the food available in the base, or something?

by the way, demeter klironomia's effect on talos

was to visibly "rewind" the damage that talos suffered

holmes: "i'll participate in your training exercise as well, miss miyamoto. baritsu is an almighty martial art. it'd be best that you don't think that you can win with a katana alone"

from the guy who loses constantly

>.>

musashi-style "cheering you up" involves beating you up so that you can't think depressive thoughts, and then giving you a good meal afterwards. but holmes, after eating the food supplies in the underground base, observes that this world that chaldea has moved to destroy -- it's truly a utopia beyond the wisdom of man

musashi tells him to shut it, given that she's worked so hard to get your morale up

holmes: "a vast city of skyscrapers; people guaranteed of health and longevity by nanomachines. a background of abundance unreliant on a currency-based economy -- absent of toil or labor, where the people can strive as they wish for knowledge, and the advancement of the arts. they praise the gods with smiles, and never come to conflict, excepting with us."

"i see. the city between the stars, olympus. this would in other words be as a utopia"

"the lostbelt of sin would likewise be as a utopia, but it is precisely as civilization is there concentrated to a single point that it would be as an ideal of unification"

"however, olympus divides those blessings amongst the people, rendering that conflict doesn't arise."

"this is truly a paradise beyond the wisdom of man. even the greater history would throw up its hands [in acquiescence of a loss?]"

-->

musashi: "in the first place, it doesn't matter that this is a utopia or a city of pleasure, or even a city of crime. to you who lived as of the greater history, that which lies here is nothing more than a stage for an existential struggle / battle for survival"

"it doesn't change that your relationship with it is that of killing or being killed -- nothing more than a [circumstance] where only one can survive"

"and you, guda -- the representative of the greater history"

"it's a matter of course that it isn't that you should be as the representative when you don't want to be, but on account that there's only a single choice"

"that alone is enough of a problem for you to deal with, so it isn't necessary to complicate the issue"

mashu: "... musashi-san. thank you for your consideration, but it's fine. it isn't permissible that we don't know ... that we don't learn of the people that we trample; of the lostbelts -- these worlds that we once again cut from the greater history"

musashi: "eh. did it seem that i was speaking on a matter of morality?"

mashu: "eh?"

holmes: "mu?"

fou-kun: "fou?"

guda: "hai?"

musashi: "i was just telling you the secret to survival upon the field of battle; that you should empty your head of everything unnecessary, and keep things simple. the circumstances of your opponent, and the justice of your own actions -- those sorts of things have to be set aside, or else your probability of victory declines"

musashi's "*how to be a murder hobo 101*"

musashi: "anyways, there's a time and a place for everything, and the time and place for this sort of thing isn't when you're engaged in a life and death struggle"

hood guy appears and asks you what the racket was

mashu thanks him for preparing breakfast -- to which hood guy replies that the one who prepared it wasn't him. it was the twins

hood guy tells the twins to come out, as they're the proper owners of the safehouse at present

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the twins say that they gave klironomia to holmes.

when guda asks if they gave it to her as well, the brother replies that while it's fine to give it to those engaged in melee combat, he has doubts that a human of the greater history would be compatible

being as guda wasn't seriously injured, they just used healing magecraft on her

the brother remarks that one amongst you doesn't seem to be a person of the greater history. to this, musashi says, "ehehe, you're referring to me, aren't you?"

in any case, the brother is makarios, and introduces his older sister as adele

they refer to themselves as the remnants of the godbreakers alliance

their robot owl is called minerva

mashu asks them if they're citizens of olympus

adele replies that they are; that is, they have citizen ID numbers and permanent rationing tickets. they are indeed humans that live by the grace of the gods

adele: "however, in truth-"

makarios: "now isn't the time yet, sister. before we explain further, there's someone else who desires speak to you"

they activate a screen that shows tesla

however, the title of the character is "nikola tesla?"

???: "voice records addressed to chaldea - pattern B2"

"well, what should we speak of. yes, that's right --"

"in any case, i'll just input all the data we have at hand to the data processing unit in this base"

"it's a simple thing, but it should assemble a personality program. if you ask a question, it will to a certain extent be capable of speaking an answer"

"in any case, this visual record here concludes"

"hereon, i'll leave things to the personal program"

AI: "activation complete"

"to begin again, i who am an artificial intelligence shall endeavor to converse with you"

"i beg that you don't take issue with the lack of animation in the display, as it's merely replay of the visual information on record."

--> it can switch personas between helena, edison, and tesla

AI Helena: "unfortunately, [contact] with the mahatmas isn't possible. i apologize that i can't be of use"

"in any case, greetings, chaldea"

mashu: "not the saint graphs summoned to chaldea, and not the people we met in the singularities"

"these would all be the heroic spirits summoned unto this lostbelt from the greater history, then"

guda: "edison alone might be different, given that he assumes the form that we first encountered as of that singularity"

the twins temporarily pause the AI, and ask if you want to proceed, as what lies ahead might be a shock to you. in fact, they say that there were in fact heroic spirits that gave up and vanished, after concluding that going against the gods was impossible

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AI: "the gods are as existences come of the far shore of the cosmos"

"the gods of antiquity, come of crossing the sea of stars. the great ones. the scions of the primordial chaos, who have obtained the chronos crown -- proof of their sovereignty; the vast structures of prosperity"

"ergo, the twelve machine gods of olympus"

mashu: "i understood that the machine gods were interstellar weapons, but ..."

musashi: "in other words, they're aliens?"

holmes: "no. in this circumstances, we should perhaps grasp the nuance that they somewhat differ from sapient organisms come of another celestial body"

"without the milky way galaxy, the far shore of the cosmos"

"perhaps, faculties of a hyper-advanced civilization, come of another universe"

adele: "... yes. your apprehension isn't incorrect."

makarios: "you lot aren't as surprised as i imagined. why's that?"

guda: "i sort of had that suspicion, in atlantis"

AI: "to begin with, the instantiation of the gods."

"with the cycling of the generations subsequent their birth from the primordial chaos, the gods did face the first war -- the titanomachy. to this point, there wasn't divergence from the mythology of the greater history"

"the titans -- the gods of the prior generation -- did war with newer generation -- the gods of olympus"

"his own father, the greater god chronos -- king of the titans -- did the deity zeus defeat"

"thereby, he became as the master of the mythological tradition; the sovereign deity"

"the victors were the gods of olympus, and the deity zeus did as such become as a god omnipotent"

"thereafter came the second machia -- the great war said to have occurred 14,000 years ago; called as leukos-machia (the white war). something that was as the enemy of the world did battle against the gods of olympus"

"unfortunately, the details are unclear"

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hi altera

"in the first place, it is a machia not spoken of in the greater history. the majority of the citizens of olympus are likewise ignorant of the event"

"however, it was here, gentlemen"

"this was without mistake the point of the lostbelt's instantiation"

"though i should speak of the evidence to such -- the third war. gigantomachia."

"a battle that occurred roughly 3,500 years ago, against the titan gigas"

"in the greater history, this would've been the second and final machia"

"in the mythology of the greater history, the gods did with the aid of the heroes of man fell gigas, it is said"

"the great hero heracles did here likewise render his accomplishments of battle, i believe"

"however, as of this lostbelt ... !"

"the gods did within a mere instant annihilate gigas"

"and why would that be? that would be because --"

holmes: "because the mechanical corpora destroyed as of the greater history yet persisted, perhaps?"

AI: "thereon, in the fourth and final machia ..."

"several thousand years ago, the gods of olympus divided to two factions"

"the positions that the gods assumed with regard to humanity"

"hereforth, we shall refer to them as the total administration faction and the coexistence faction"

"the administration faction comprised of zeus, demeter, aphrodite, hera, and artemis"

"the coexistence faction comprised of athena, hades, poseidon, apollon, hestia, ares, and hephaistos"

"poseidon was to begin with of the administration faction, but sided ultimately with the coexistence faction"

"the two factions and their subordinate deities did come into conflict"

"the name of this war was the olympiamachia"

"in the vernacular of the atlanteans, this would be as the great war of olympus"

"the wreckage of the machine gods fell unto the seas of atlantis, becoming as islands"

"as of the outcome, the administration faction emerged victorious"

"those that survived of the coexistence faction received punishment"

"for example, the sea god poseidon did his own divine cores overwrite, rendering that he become as an automated defense system for the big hole"

"and now, at present"

"the gods that emerged victorious as of the four machia do with this interstellar city mountain range as their capital continue to reign supreme"

"as of the great orbital temple at the city's center -- the olympus-dodona -- the gods seated are five in number"

"the god of the skies, the omnipotent god zeus"

"the divine bride europa, become as one with the goddess hera"

"the goddess of the land, demeter"

"the goddess of beauty and love, aphrodite"

"and finally, the twin gods of antiquity, the dioscuroi"

--> makarios seems to have a fierce hatred of the dioscuroi

AI: "the twin divinity dioscuroi is more specifically a divine spirit. that is, not a god that yet subsists, and not a machine god. they did once perish, and thereby become as divine spirits"

"who killed them? unfortunately, not the godbreakers alliance. the murderer was --"

"-- the crypter, kirschtaria wodime"

guda: "a human magus ... slayed a god ... "

more kirschtaria wank .-.

AI: "thereafter did kirschtaria contract the dioscuroi as a Servant. they were not from the throne of heroes summoned forth. rather, it was as a contract forged with a god deceased, become as a divine spirit"

"though they are not of the twelve gods of olympus, neither are they an insignificant god"

"they are as an ancient god, brought forth by a zeus come into his capacity as the highest existence. to be precise, they would be as a god instantiated as of prior to the gigantomachia (the 3rd war)"

"it would seem that it was by their acquisition of zeus klironomia that they were included as of this mythological tradition."

"it's said that not even the deity apollon came into such an inheritance"

"and yet, the dioscuroi were once slain by kirschtaria. hahaha!"

AI tesla's sense of humor .-.

makarios: "they should've just died. what's with this divine spirit nonsense ..."

adele: "i apologize on my younger brother's behalf. he's vowed vengeance against the dioscuroi, upon athena-who-is-now-absent"

"upon the day that our allies in the alliance were in excess of a hundred slain by the twin gods"

makarios: "slaughterers! the manifestation of death! the twin gods, the dioscuroi -- the mankillers!"

"those humans that joined the godbreakers alliance were slaughtered by them!"

adele: "us included, only a few remain"

makarios wonders as to the lack of response from mashu and guda

to this, mashu replies that even if that's the case (as makarios pointed out, there were heroic spirits that gave up after learning of the outcome of the gigantomachia), chaldea has an obligation to fulfil, no matter what

somehow, this causes makarios' mood to lighten

and he says that what edison said of chaldea was correct

"that chaldea was a gathering of weirdos"

i don't want to hear that from you, edison

apparently

there's something called "the backers"

or "accomplices" rather

some unknown party that assisted the godbreakers alliance with supplies, and so forth

makarios and adele believe the hooded man to be an agent of "the backers"

however, when hooded man speaks as if he knows of chaldea

the twins ask why an agent of the backers would know of them

adele: "... you aren't our enemy, are you?"

hood: "of course not"

"at the least, i'm not your enemy for the time being"

"i'm merely a close acquaintance of the one you call your backer"

mashu: "... sorry. maybe it's just my misapprehension, but, could you be --"

holmes: "kadoc zemlupus"

kadoc: "... sherlock holmes aside. mashu. even you were able to identify me? i did in fact deploy disguise magecraft, you know?"

"i'm advancing my own agenda, making use of you. it was on account of that that i saved you. it's nothing more or less than that"

"in the first place, it's impossible that you would emerge victorious"

"the greater god zeus. wodime. the alter-egos of the alien god"

"the difference in combat potential is clear. i needn't lift a hand against you"

"i merely delayed your death, as you're a convenient pawn by which to throw olympus into disarray"

mashu: "it wasn't my intention that the members of the A team ..."

kadoc: "i'm a crypter. i'm not a member of the A team anymore"

"or rather, perhaps i'm not even a crypter anymore"

holmes: "am i to take it that your actions are not in line with the consensus of the crypters, then, kadoc zemlupus?"

kadoc: "indeed. i haven't a clue as to what's going through wodime's head"

"as to why he utilized rasputin in the manner that he did, or why it was that he recovered me -- he hasn't spoken of it"

"he didn't speak of it"

kirschtaria (flashback): "even that russia is lost, there's no need for you to suborn yourself to another crypter. you can keep your siriuslight as is"

"you're free, kadoc. as of this lostbelt, you may do with your freedom as you will, in accordance to your own will."

kadoc (flashback): "... what's with that? i don't comprehend the meaning of the words that you speak."

"was it not upon your command that rasputin extracted me from the shadow border, wodime?"

kirschtaria (flashback): "that was of the priest's own initiative. in the first place, i have no authority to command the apostles of the alien god"

"i know not why he saved you. perhaps it was of the rationale that it would prevent a leak of intelligence"

kadoc (flashback): "but the intelligence known to me is minimal. it was at the most just the regions administrated by the other crypters"

"i know nothing of the nature of the trees of fantasy, or of the true nature of the alien god"

kirschtaria (flashback): "perhaps. to the alien god, the lot of you are existences irrelevant, after all"

"therefore, the alien god communicated nothing to you. explained nothing. expected nothing"

"therefore, it bears no interest in your place of death"

"ergo, its regard for you is wholly distinct from the manner in which it invests within my every action its expectations"

kadoc (flashback): "oh, i see how it is. sorry that i'm a third rate magus, then!"

kirschtaria loses his smile

kirschtaria: "-----------"

kirschtaria is phrasing all this in a really strange way, apparently in an effort to communicate

but kadoc just couldn't understand

>.>

kirschtaria (flashback): "in any case, get some rest, kadoc."

"i would like that you witness olympus with your own eyes. that would be my only order to you"

kadoc (flashback): "even that i can't meet your expectations? that i've displayed to you my ugliness?"

kirschtaria (flashback): "whether or not you've met expectations isn't up to me. it's up to you, kadoc"

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demeter: "ara ara ara? what a surprise. aa, it's been a long time that i've cast my eyes upon your face directly. the last time we met was, let's see -- oh, yes. not since the dioscuroi ... since those poor twin gods were by your hand cut to pieces, perhaps? kirschtaria wodime"

kirschtaria: "the goddess of the land, demeter. indeed, it's been a long time. ... it would seem that at the very least, your memory domain is properly operating with regard to my person."

demeter: "my, how frightful. you speak as if you might at any time destroy our alítheia / true corpora."

"aah, kirschtaria wodime. one who might by himself bring us to our deaths. a frightful human"

"you're a terribly mischievous child. i'm saddened, as i do think of you in the manner of my own child"

kirschtaria: "demeter, the sorrowful goddess of the earth. mother of the beautiful persephone; who potently succeeds the nature of the mother goddess gaia. i beg that you grant your boundless maternal love to humans other than i"

"for that is to me as unnecessary."

demeter talks up a big game about motherhood, that makes it sound as if she and tiamat could either be best friends or the bittermost rivals >.>

demeter: "this flesh; this life; even my alithea itself -- i would gladly offer up these things in sacrifice on behalf of you who are my children. this is the truth"

something something, demeter's ideals may be more proximate to kirschtaria's than zeus'

demeter: "kirschtaria? your words just now ... do you imply that olympus -- the very core of our lostbelt -- is not itself the very embodiment of your ideals?"

kirschtaria: "it's the same matter, i believe. merely; yes --"

"a difference in the measure of the objective. i would desire that the gods should be as significantly more potent than they are at present time"

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AI: "and this would be the most important bit of information in regards to the gods of olympus that needs to be communicated to you."

"the kind of the lostbelt is zeus, the omnipotent god"

"as a matter of course, he's a god that bears as a primary corpus a machine god as per original"

"as in the case of scathach-skadi, he is as a god that has persisted in legitimate existence since the age of the gods"

holmes: "if he were as his title implies truly omnipotent, i would think that there would be nothing so much as an opening for us to latch on to, but --"

"is that truly the case, mister artificial intelligence?"

"i very much doubt that the late lightning professor would pick a fight without the slightest chance of victory"

AI: "indeed, an opening does exist."

"the highest existence, zeus. even that he is potent without restriction, he is certainly not omnipotent"

guda: "that is, he's capable of many things, but not capable of everything?"

AI: "you're quick to understand. indeed,"

"the greater god zeus is a god borne of countless authorities"

"however, in the capacity of a concept, this isn't the same as a god that bears unlimited authority"

"the authorities borne by the titans all, and the authorities borne by numerous minor divinities"

"further, he's synchronized even with the authorities of the twelve machine gods ..."

"zeus did thus become as proximately an omnipotent god, perhaps. the frightfulness of that is unmistakeable"

"however, omnipotence in the capacity of a concept ..."

"he bears not the capacity to grasp all of the ten thousand phenomena that exist as of the Surface"

holmes: "i see. is there a basis for your claim?"

AI: "the very existence of this safehouse, would be my proof."

"if there be a criminal that lurks as of the underpinnings of the city, an omnipotent higher order existence should instant grasp their position, no?"

"however, he cannot apprehend the circumstances of the undercity"

"the domain once administrated by the god of the underworld, hades -- is beyond his sight!"

"ergo, while the gods of olympus are in the manner of the gods of other mythological traditions as gods of concepts, simultaneously --"

"i would hypothesize that they are as existences reliant upon 'functionalities of the manner of authorities' / klironomia in the capacity of vast machines; the ark that crossed the sea of stars"

"precisely in this did there exist the chance of the godbreakers alliance's victory"

"but returning to the prior subject -- and though i say so, it relates nevertheless to zeus"

"the omnipotent god; the greater god of the twelve of olympus; he who was as the victor of all the machia"

"*-- the contract that he established with kirschtaria was one of equals*"

mashu: "... a contract not with a divine spirit, but with a god!?"

musashi: "in other words, not a contract with a bunrei, but with a god or a buddha directly?"

"and more than that, a head of a pantheon in the manner of vairocana?"

AI: "indeed, kirschtaria wodime did with not a divine spirit dissolved unto the system of nature; nor with mere bunrei; but with the head of a pantheon legitimately extant --"

"he formed a contract with an omnipotent god. a contract of equal standing -- as the god's sole ally"

musashi (blushing): "hyaaa~! you guys were up against a magus like that as your opponent?"

kadoc: "his objective is presumably precisely as he stated -- to let that the world flourishes once more with mysteries not of man; to return the planet to the age of the gods; to escalate the lostbelt of atlantis that it becomes as the history of man reborn"

"he contracted himself to zeus to the purpose of bringing the tree of fantasy more quickly; more firmly to its bloom."

"however, there's necessarily a catch in that"

"the persistence of a lostbelt requires its tree of fantasy. however, to the kings of the lostbelts ..."

"the tree of fantasy is as an obstruction -- a thing without their comprehension"

"and yet, zeus tolerated the existence of such a thing"

"i cannot at this time grasp wodime and zeus' ultimate objective"

kadoc: "finally, i have only one bit of advice for you, mashu. if you seek wodime, go to the great temple"

"the great golden orbital temple, olympus-dodona. that's his location"

"zeus is there as well"

guda: "where is it that you intend to go, kadoc? if you return to chaldea --"

kadoc: "have you gone mad, guda?"

"even that i'm no longer a crypter, i'm incompatible with chaldea"

"ultimately, there would be no way that we could trust one another."

kadoc departs after giving his final warnings to mashu

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kadoc has magecraft for the purpose of high speed movement alongside invisibility.

as such, he quickly removed himself from musashi's tracking

musashi wonders if it's a mystic code that he got from kirschtaria

holmes tried to track him too, but lost the lead

the godbreakers safehouse has klironomia chimera frozen inside of its storage, adjusted by helena, edison, and tesla

makarios: "how about you right this moment test your strength against our chimera?"

holmes: (backs away)

musashi grabs ahold of him

musashi: "weren't you boasting about your capabilities just awhile ago? or, mister detective -- do you intend to claim that this baritsu of yours isn't of use against a monster?"

holmes: "of course it's of use. baritsu is an all purpose martial art. it's just that troublesome things are troublesome"

makarios: "per regular intake of ambrosia ... by the power of demeter klironomia purposed to life support, the people of olympus are of flesh impervious to injury or illness -- granted with quasi-immortality"

"nobody dies. nobody is killed"

"gods are the exception to the rule. by the power that they wield can humans be bestowed with death"

holmes: "in other words, inasmuch as it's within the bounds of the gods' authority, you would regenerate even if you die? is that a proper reading of it?"

guda: "you would resurrect, even if you die ..."

holmes: "a city wherein longevity and health are universal. i'd apprehended that much, but to think that there would be regeneration from death ..."

"it would be as a utopia upon the Surface; in the capacity of a concept, proximate to heaven, or a paradise in the skies above, reached in the afterlife"

"perhaps this could be regarded even as a project of forcible advance, that all of humanity might ascend to the level of gods"

"i do wonder what sort of face the first emperor would make, if he were to hear of such a thing"

guda: "if the citizens of olympus resurrect on death, what of that soldier?"

makarios: "he won't have died. nobody is here permitted to murder. that which might death bestow are the gods alone"

"further, even that we cease to intake ambrosia, klironomia once consumed persists in its activity"

"therefore, we'll be like this forever"

mashu: "forever?"

makarios: "indeed. i did say that we were immortal, yes? we won't die"

"long, long ago, the gods bestowed to us ambrosia. from that day forth, we were ..."

"we've been as we are now ever since"

guda: "in other words, you don't age? immortality would refer to immortality absent of aging?"

adele: "yes"

"we've lived for a long time. a truly long time."

"just the same, we won't become as adults"

"the adults are happy that we will remain as children. this is as children are weak. they say that being we are weak, we should merely allow that we be protected by the adults, and by the gods"

holmes: "ergo, to you personally, this stagnation cannot be regarded as a good thing. even that society is as a whole guaranteed of happiness, administration fails to extend to the emotions of individuals, is it? very interesting indeed"

"i presume that that would be the basis of your rebellion against the gods"

"but there's one thing that i desire to ascertain, if i may."

adele: "certainly"

holmes: "we of chaldea are as you know existences of the greater history"

"our victory implies the annihilation of the entirety of this lostbelt"

"nothing will be spared. do you comprehend that?"

"olympus; the gods; the many humans. you as well. if the tree of fantasy is felled, all that here exists would without exception come to vanish"

"would you even so join the battle as our allies?"

makarios: "aa"

adele: "we no longer have need of this eternal today, even that we be annihilated as a consequence ..."

makarios: "we desire only a tomorrow distinct from yesterday"

mashu frowns

adele: "please don't make such a face, mashu-san. it's after putting it to consideration many many times that we came to such a conviction"

adele: "the time we committed to deliberation alone was an entire century. even so, it would seem that ..."

"we desire to witness tomorrow"

"a day distinct from today"

"because -- we've already lived for long enough"

"do you know how old i am?"

mashu: "um ... the atlanteans said that they have a lifespan of several hundred years ..."

"a multiple of that, perhaps?"

adele: "fufu. several hundred years"

"it's certain that the blessings they've received from the gods are slight. i envy them"

makarios: "in truth, as of the 4th machia, we should've departed to atlantis alongside the humans who had devoted themselves to the coexistence faction. however ... we missed the departure of the last ship."

adele: "we can no longer travel there, as citizens are forbidden by the gods from exiting the city"

musashi: "hold on. the 4th machia was the great war of the gods several thousand years ago, if i correctly recall"

"you mean to say that you're several thousand years old?"

adele: "no, that isn't it. it's closer to ten thousand years"

mashu: "eh?"

makarios: "ten thousand, and several hundred to spare"

musashi: "ten thousand ... !?"

adele: "we, the citizens of olympus, are the playthings of the gods, persisting in their care within the cradle of eternity. we are the stagnant, whose advance has long since ceased"

"onwards from the day that the gods built this place, and evermore"

"for ten thousand years have we not advanced by a single step; have we not attained the growth of a single day"

"this day, so alike to the day prior, has for hundreds of thousands if iterations continuously repeated!"

"for ten thousand years have we herein ceased"

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Chapter 6

europa: "that which wields the thunder that shattered even the great scythe of adamas; you who include unto yourself even the authorities of gaia and the meliae"

zeus' titles get more amazing every chapter

>.>

zeus authorizes demeter to make use of everything within her authority to exterminate chaldea

castor: "if i might ask, father -- why is it that you inflicted a curse of that manner upon the sages of the greater history?"

zeus: "so you've noticed, dioscuroi-castor -- ancient child that succeeds my blood"

"in that case, i shall explain. that sage bears as of his person the ugliest trait of man. the light as to clear away the darkest of nights is to humanity unnecessary."

castor: "in that case, why would you not strike him down then and there, where he stood!?"

pollux: "brother!"

castor: "why would you permit that chaldea's ship make landing? if you merely cast down your thunder in truth, something like a ship of men would- !"

europa: "control yourself, dioscuroi-castor"

europa: "even that you are of the blood of lord zeus, you should mind your manners"

"do not forget that you stand before the greater god"

zeus: "it's fine. i forgive your outburst, castor my child. further, i acknowledge that your words bear within them a shade of truth"

"as you say, i am omnipotent"

"rendering them to no return is a matter of ease. however, i would ask that you not forget this. mine thunder would if truly brought to bear shatter the city itself, rendering its people to such a state that they would be beyond demeter's regeneration"

zeus: "protect the city. protect the people"

"since 14,000 years ago, as of the time of the 2nd machia ... or perhaps, from the day forth that i obtained the chronos crown, we were no longer as a fleet of mechanical arks to the purpose of sailing the skies --"

"for we became as gods"

--> kirsch: "your oracle is concluded then. well done, greater god zeus"

"on account that merely the operation of olympus is as a great work that perhaps occupies nine parts of your resources"

"i beg your pardon that i here attracted the obstruction called as chaldea"

zeus: "that would be mutual, wodime. it isn't necessary that you apologize. you set caenis forth, and I deployed odysseus. yet, chaldea broke through"

"it was beyond the anticipation of the both of us. perhaps it's necessary to revise our evaluations of chaldea"

kirsch: "even if it appears that i'm calm, i've approached this meeting with the resolve to accept whatever penalty you choose to impose. therefore, in the capacity of a friend, might i extract from you a rebuke?"

zeus: "fu. don't let the other ships / kami hear you making a joke of that sort."

the meeting hall that kirschtaria converses with zeus in is sealed to all interlopers to the best that zeus' authority might allow

ergo, even the alien god should be excluded

zeus and kirsch do in fact speak with each other as equals

it's kind of refreshing, as zeus kind of sets aside the incredibly chuuni pomp that he assumes before the other gods

however, it would seem that zeus is incapable of blocking out the miko of the alien god

kirsch says that this would be on account that she's an observer. in a certain sense, he says, she's more trouble than the alien god yet to obtain a corpus

kirsch informs zeus that, as he might have guessed, he's under the observation of the alien god

the other crypters are left to the observation of the alter egos, but kirsch alone is directly bound to the alien god

in the circumstance that kirsch acts in any manner opposed to the benefit of the alien god, said god will cut him off from any support rendered

it's thus that he has only described his objective as such:

"cultivate the tree of fantasy, and as of the culmination of such, iterate anew the myths of yore"

kirsch: "olympus is not itself of the land. it is even now an operational colony"

"in the capacity of a god omnipotent, you cannot but commit yourself at all times to the operation of the colony"

basically, zeus when talking to kirsch as equals

is super laid back

not at all like

"i could kill you at a moment's notice"

in an exchange of playful banter

kirsch asks zeus whether the other gods are aware of this aspect of him

to which zeus replies, "as if i could show them. i am the fleet leader of olympus, zeus. the omnipotent intelligence that administrates even the other gods"

"the me that now speaks to you is a virtual iteration of myself, manufactured to the specific purpose of conversing with you. even that i am zeus, i am not zeus / the true corpora"

kirsch: "that would be the case, wouldn't it? whereas i'm capable of concealing things, you are in the first place a ship / kami incapable of such"

after the end of banter

kirsch enters into the topic he wanted to broach

zeus has accepted the existence of the alien god and the tree of fantasy, says kirsch

for the subsistence of the lostbelt, the tree of fantasy is absolutely necessary

however, simultaneously

so long as the tree exists, the alien god will eventually descend

and the alien god is incompatible with the gods of olympus

the only thing necessary to olympus would therefore be the tree itself

not the alien god, and not its alter-egos

therefore, at the moment of the tree's blooming

the temporary alliance with the alien god's forces will end, and the gods of olympus will rebel

zeus gives that as of the alien god's descent, he will destroy it

thereafter, he will confirm the world of olympus to supplant the greater history

it was upon this premise that he formed his contract with kirschtaria

zeus asks if kirsch's proposal was to the intention of defending the lostbelt against the alien god

to which kirsch replies that it would be too much to call it an intention of defense

merely, he desired an ally of the likes of zeus

aligned to the same objective

kirsch: "we are comrades in attaining the same objective. that hasn't changed, has it?"

zeus: "... of course. even that i am an enemy of the greater history, i am not as an existence opposed to man"

"even that you fall first, i vow to honor your will, and endure as a protector of man"

"this would even be the case in the circumstance that you betray me, and act in the capacity of an agent of the greater history"

kirsch gives that he's properly received zeus' intentions; and that being the case, there are no deviations in his own plans. the tree is mere days to its time of blooming, and he gives that the two of them advance together to the reconstruction of the age of the gods

kirsch makes to depart

zeus says:

--> "hold for a moment, wodime. i too have something to confirm"

kirsch: "what is it?"

zeus: "you said to caenis, the stars give that you shall from hereforth only fight twice"

"once was your battle in atlantis"

"one battle remains"

"how about you make use of that remainder against me?"

"it would be a waste to consume that against chaldea or the alter-egos"

"let that your final battle be an engagement against myself, as to determine the fate of this world of the gods"

kirsch makes a surprised expression

and then smiles

kirsch: "of course"

"when the time comes, i'll be certain to meet your expectations, and bring to bear the fullness of my strength"

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--> in a corridor, aphrodite encounters beryl gut

aphrodite: "an unfamiliar face. another magus of the greater history? crypters, i believe you were called. kadoc zemlupus, alike to a dirty puppy, and pepperoncino, alike to an obscene bald eagle"

"and now -- now -- what are you, exactly? are you truly a crypter?"

"no features stand out about you. even if you were to ask me the animal you resemble, nothing comes to mind. there's a limit to how boring you could be"

beryl states that until a few days prior, he was on a barbarian island

beryl: "faith in existences great and mighty long ago perished"

"or rather, it was to begin with a world without gods"

aphrodite: "a world without gods, is it? ... hn. a world like that should indeed be properly culled"

she says that she empathizes that beryl had to put up with a world like that, and will therefore forgive him of the indiscretion of (simply being in a corridor of the olympus-dodona and speaking with her)

she invites him to join her in her quarters, that she can hear of the lostbelt that he was in -- "the faerieland at world's end"

beryl agrees, but states that before that he has a single question

he's been looking for kadoc, but can't find him anywhere

so she asks if she knows where he is

aphrodite: "there's no way that i would know, of course. i haven't any interest in him"

"perhaps he's gone to pleasure himself in the automated brothels within the city?"

beryl: "but, if he's in the city -- given the greater god zeus' pronouncement earlier ..."

aphrodite: "indeed, if he's caught up in the extermination of chaldea, he'll probably die"

there's a discussion of aphrodite's regard for humans

after which beryl asks

"but what of the other of the twelve machine gods? for example, the goddess of the harvest, and of the land?"

"she who by the principle of the gods preserves nature, beasts, and man?"

aphrodite: "aa, demeter, you mean. well, hm -- i don't know about that"

"in the capacity of a deus ex machina, she's far too kind, even now"

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demeter? .-.

narration: "a vast iron flesh, of a scale comparable to skyscrapers. this was truly the very form of a god"

"this was one of the gods seated as of the mountain range of the interstellar city; one amongst the arks that crossed the sea of stars"

"the true corpora / alithea that presided over the land. a machine god. its name in the capacity of a god would be the goddess demeter, of the land and the harvest"

"the meaning of her name would be as 'the great earth become as a mother' -- a great earth mother who potently succeeds the nature of the deity gaia"

"the god that by the food of the immortals, ambrosia, gives to humans salvation"

"a manufactury vessel that in its unlimited operation as a resource silo sustains humankind"

"a god that loves humanity"

demeter: "sorrowful. oh so sorrowful"

--> ah, yes, gender-reverse divine tristan. now i know why she pisses me off >.>

"sorrowful is death. sorrowful is the end"

"my beloved citizens of olympus. o my beloved children"

"i apologize"

"i shall hereforth bring to you an instance of death"

--> adele: "Scream Eleusis / Thou Tillest the Star of Harvest"

"a vast tilling of the land; a power rendered by calling forth the authority of demeter"

-> instantly reduces the city in the vicinity to ruins

if it's used in continuous activation

it can within half a day destroy the entirety of the city of olympus

guda: "you mean to say that the people of olympus would be caught up in the destruction?"

adele: "yes. everything is killed, and the killing is thorough"

"if within that, we or you count amongst the dead, the execution of divine punishment will be evaluated as a success"

"by such means, the gods can reduce heroic spirits to dust. unilaterally. easily"

adele: "even that by the authority of demeter, the olympians are slaughtered to a man, they can several days subsequent come to full regeneration"

"these are our gods"

mashu: "in this world, death can be recovered from -- but"

"pain still exists. adele-san stated that earlier."

"and it should be the case that the people upon the surface would experience terror when crushed beneath collapsing buildings"

guda (thinking): "does it seem distorted only because we aren't immortal?"

AI: "from the perspective of a ruler of the World, the tree of fantasy is deeply intertwined with the king of the lostbelt"

"ergo, per the context of the godbreakers' strategy -- though it would in technicality be as an extreme contention -- there technically wasn't any necessity for us to engage the gods aside from zeus"

"it would merely erode our combat potential. therefore, the meaning of such an action would be nonextant"

"and though there exist heroic spirits capable of ignoring the cries and the pleas of the people -- amongst them, the heroes of war, and the rulers of vast states --"

"even that they are used to the sacrifice of lives; to the act of casting aside"

"let me ask you this"

"are those heroes, who would cast aside another? are those heroes, who would let another die?"

"perhaps there are those capable of such"

"but at the very least, *i do not agree*"

AI tesla's personality is very intense ...

AI: "lighting the darkest of nights; resolving the suffering of man -- it is in acting to render salvation that heroes exist!"

AI tesla releases to chaldea a weapon that was in development as of the time of tesla's final engagement, which has since been completed by the backers

makarios and adele are manning something referred to as the Seven-Fold Consecutive Heroic Spirit Cannon (七重連英霊砲)

the godbreakers have access to the klironomia of athena and ares, even though these were apparently all but vanished from atlantis

adele says that originally, the saint graphs of humans wouldn't be able to accept the nanites

but the technology was adjusted by the godbreakers to permit that humans can safely use it

therefore, musashi and mashu accept klironomia treatment

guda is worried that it might negatively affect mashu

but mashu says that if she notices an impact on her vitals, she'll immediately inform guda

demeter's full title is "interstellar travel resource manufactury ship demeter" (星間航行物資生産艦デメテル)

to the olympus interstellar fleet, she was as a ship that would without restriction provide forth resources -- rendering that she could as of the Surface grant to citizens necessary provisions

basically

transformers is the wrong comparison

a better comparison would actually be macross frontier

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there was preceding the olympian fleet a series of prototypes

one amongst these prototype vessels was the deity gaia

and demeter most potently succeeds the nature of gaia

adele: "she bears the authority / functionality of harvest -- or rather, of manufacture and regeneration. though use of power would consume a comparable quantity of mana ... the gods are by way of divine crafted leylines (神造霊脈) connected to the crystalline mountain range above the interstellar city"

that is, said crystalline mountains would presumably be their energy source

makarios: "in principle, she would be capable of regenerating from any damage. ergo, totally destroying her is impossible"

"furthermore"

adele: "she bears the Scream Eleusis, which renders in the capacity of resources organic existences deceased or rotting"

adele: "bearing a defense rendered by unlimited regeneration, and a wide-area annihilation attack, she's a mighty existence"

"if one were merely to engage her in combat, there would be no victory"

holmes: "i see. quite befitting one amongst the twelve of olympus. but what of the discord that you employed yesterday? it seemed to have disrupted the gods of their intake of mana"

adele: "... though that would be one of the alliance's trumps, it isn't something that we can freely deploy"

makarios: "charging it with mana requires time. as of present, we cannot yet make use of it"

"also, at present, we've situated it in another location. i apologize"

the Seven-Fold Consecutive Heroic Spirit Cannon

was a weapon that tesla, helena, and edison worked on in the time preceding their final engagement

AI helena describes it as a sort of mystic code, invested with the mana of seven servants, inclusive of her and the other two

it was constructed of a vast quantity of klironomia from hades, ares, apollon, and hephaestos -- the gods of the coexistence faction

the members of the godbreakers alliance completed it with the assistance of the backers

the plan of the alliance was to use the cannon against the alithea of the gods

to the purpose of exposing the gods' divine cores

such that the cores could be destroyed

unfortunately, the cannon can only be fired once

so, the plan is to lure demeter to a position that she can be fired upon

before the party departs

makarios warns them not to mention him or his sister by name upon the surface

presumably because somebody might "hear"

previously, it would seem that the gods ceased in their slaughter when the servants of the godbreakers alliance were eliminated. however, adele states that it's impossible to know if that would be the case this time around

demeter isn't acting alone

beneath her alithea, there are multiple defensive units

according to AI tesla, demeter is on account of her incredible capabilities not terribly familiar with military strategy -- because it likely isn't necessary to her

--> holmes is acting out of character, to such an extent that mashu noticed

holmes: "tactics against the machine gods the first - 'we won't know until we've tried it'"

mashu: "!?"

guda: "what's with this fluffy phrasing all of a sudden?"

mashu: "as far as memory permits, i don't recall such a thing -- that mister holmes would speak as if merely on account that he wishes to, per his mood"

musashi: "was he a guy who would say something like that? ah, maybe he's been smoking something weird?"

holmes: "i do love my pipe, but this would be as my face in truth. it isn't in other words that somebody has disguised themselves as me"

>.>;

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musashi: "you've been repeating the same words for awhile now, huh! it would seem that even the gods have domains that they aren't capable with! i mean, these days, the AIs of run of the mill domestic appliances are more varied in their speech. how about you show us a bit of your talent in kabuki, then, hm?"

insulting a goddess

to get her attention

>.>

musashi: "deployment of troops in the middle of a blast zone? i see. for those who can resurrect, this would be a viable tactic! it's already occupying all of our focus to survive demeter -- and now we have to contend against invincible soldiers that don't fear death!"

"one, two, three ... many!"

"this is really, really bad"

musashi math

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Chapter 7

demeter: "countless lives are abruptly snuffed out. but it's fine. there will be an unending reiteraton. slaughter, regeneration, slaughter, regeneration, slaughter -

"what meaning is there in this?"

"aa ... i see. that's how it is, isn't it?"

"whether alive or dead, it's all the same"

???: "is it all the same?"

demeter: "eh ... ?"

"persephone? is it you?"

???: "in that case, mother"

"it's fine that i remain deceased, then, is it, mother?"

demeter: "ah, aaah --"

"aa, a, a, aaaaaaaaa"

she does a tiamat impression

good singing voice

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entire screen of aaaaaaa

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makarios and adele said that only the gods can render permanent death

caenis: "so long as the gods exist, you lot will regenerate eventually. in that case, be my guest and die."

"unfortunately, if you're up against me, there will be no regeneration"

"therefore, just die where you stand. the dead are things that should just quietly lie upon the ground"

-->

"-- yo. long time no see, you pieces of shit from chaldea"

--> in the middle of demeter's rampage against olympus' own troops

caenis randomly turns up

presumably having been saved by gordorf?

and maybe she counts as a god in the context of olympus still

musashi immediately starts hitting on her with a very blackbeard-like smile

caenis tells her to shut the hell up

musashi: "hm? the soldiers aren't regenerating"

caenis: "haha! that's a matter of course!"

"i've said before that i'm a divine spirit. further, as i am now, i bear the blessings of the sea god"

"being as i'm a servant of the greater history, my blessing is likewise of the poseidon of the greater history, but"

"the sea is the sea, and gods are gods"

"the sea god poseidon is a ship / god of the same series as demeter"

poseidon was at one point a god of earth

of the same variety as gaia

caenis: "that being the case, it's a matter of course that he would bear authority over the land"

"obviously, he'd be able to neutralize immortality rendered of the harvest and the fruits of the land"

the earth-shaker poseidon .-.

caenis is carrying a signal booster for chaldea's communications systems

so, the party is now able to make contact with storm border

caenis is apparently helping out on account of it being the quickest path to vengeance or something? and maybe because she feels somehow obligated to gordorf

caenis: "don't get the wrong idea. i'm just helping you out because i owe one to gordorf musik. that's all. once i return the favor, i'll definitely kill you"

musashi (blushing): "really?"

caenis: "what the hell is wrong with you, woman?"

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interior of the storm border .-.

gordorf was forced by caenis to cough up why it was that he would save an opponent

after he honestly answered that he hoped to press her into service in order to secure a combat asset, she decided that she liked him. that is, if he'd told her that he did it out of the kindness of his heart, she would've instantly killed him

caenis: "so, what was it that you were going to put forth as a justification to my serving you?"

gordorf: "the fact that i saved you ... ?"

caenis: "i'm already healed, and i've already heard that. got anything else?"

gordorf: "uhh"

caenis: "if you've got nothing, i'll kill you where you stand"

gordorf: "p-p-p- poseidon! we killed him!"

caenis: "hah?"

gordorf: "with our newest vessel, the storm border, we killed the defender of the seas of atlantis, the machine god poseidon!"

"what about it? if you're truly the caenis of greek mythology, is the destruction of poseidon enough of a bargaining chip for negotiations?"

caenis: "... that isn't the poseidon that i know. and furthermore, he should've been mine to kill"

caenis: "but on the grounds that you pulled off such a thing, i'll give you five minutes to convince me not to kill you all right now"

caenis: "if you want, you can escape alone, and leave everyone else to die. nobody'll blame you for anything, cause the dead can't do nothing"

gordorf: "but ... but, my responsibility ..."

caenis: "i don't care about that nonsense. what is this, your pride as a leader speaking or something?"

gordorf: "no! i'm not talking about my responsibility as a leader!"

"it's more fundamental than that!"

"it's not something i want to acknowledge, but"

"i bear responsibility for the destruction of the world!"

"i was the one who brought the destruction of old chaldea"

-->

"i prioritize myself first and foremost! i value myself more than anything! precisely because of that"

"i cannot accept that i might become as a traitor to humanity!"

"even that i might die here and now, i won't back down!"

"therefore, divine spirit caenis, let me reiterate! i stand before you here to the purpose of negotiation!"

"i saved your live, and we slayed your enemy, the sea god -- even that he was just the version from this lostbelt. therefore --"

caenis: "and?"

gordorf: "and ... and! and we have! fluffy croissant!"

caenis: "...."

gordorf: "fluffy croissant! it's tasty! the outer shell is crunchy, but the insides are fluffy, and --"

caenis: "that thing you've been holding all this time, is it? maybe it's poisoned or something, but ... is that food?"

gordorf: "umu. it's an absolute calorie food that you eat with a lot of butter"

"of course, i'd be happy to provide you with milk or tea"

"the croissant alone might be difficult to ingest without that"

caenis: "-- ha."

she starts laughing

caenis: "are you serious?"

"offering food to a heroic spirit?"

she takes the croissant

caenis: "tastes good. and -- this is the first time i've laughed like that since i took this form."

"if we take this as a battle, it's your win."

she agrees to work with chaldea for the time being

aside from securing caenis as a combat asset, gordorf wanted the thing in caenis' hand, which she grasped in the ocean

--> artemis klironomia, a fragment of the moon goddess

she gives it to him, and he rushes out the room

gordorf tells manuel to communicate with the wandering sea

and inform sion that the final piece of material required has been secured

-> after that, he asks caenis about kirschtaria wodime

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Demeter:

1st encounter: Who are you? Chaldea… Aah~, naughty kids. I must punish you.

2nd encounter: What is it with you? Give up already.

Attack 1: Is it sad? Is it sad?

Attack 2: Sadness is death, death is the end.

Attack 3: I’m sorry.

Attack 4: I’ll kill you immediately, so…

Critical Attack 1: Pulverization. Pulverization.

Critical Attack 2: Turn into dust.

Skill 1: I won’t break even if an Authority is used!

Skill 2: O my Authority…

Special Attack (NP): Continental-class shredding mechanism, activated. Divine Core connected, Divine Core excited! My scream, my lament…! Aah…! Thou, The Abundant Harvest that Plows the Stars: Scream Eleusis!! Seriously, this thing can’t happen again…

Regular Damage: How ticklish.

Damaged by Noble Phantasm: Uh…!

Defeated: Hah… Haaah…! Persephone… Persephone…! The lovely you…

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--> in the present: after the party deals with the other olympian troops about

demeter has finally been lured to the position at which makarios and adele can take aim

demeter is struck by the canon

--> somehow with caenis cancelling demeter's regeneration

and the godbreakers cannon

demeter wasn't completely neutralized

her core was exposed, but her regeneration resumed

caenis: "it's not over yet!"

--> guda gets tossed the just-completed ortenaus expansion

by caenis

gordorf: "to vast existences that exceed the limits of human wisdom -- a cancer created as to render death"

gordorf: "its name is the black barrel!"

mashu: "per sion-san's lecture on existential scale; a paradox effector / paradox effect (逆説効果), which renders measurements as weapons"

"an armament module of the ortenaus / saint graph exoskeleton, within which da vinci-chan invested the whole of her attention to the adjustment of"

"simulation of its formal installation was conducted during standby at the wandering sea ... !"

guda: "the ortenaus' shield is transforming ... !?"

gordorf: "that would be as the ultimate embodiment of the wisdom of atlas, which none within the thaumaturgical community are ignorant of! one amongst the fabled seven great weapons!"

"or something like that!"

guda: "seven great weapons?"

holmes: "indeed. per the legends of the association, seven thaumaturgical weapons said to be easily capable of annihilating the world"

"one amongst them would be -- the conceptual armament, black barrel"

"its replica was borne by miss sion, as one of