Scenario:Nier - Beyond the Trial
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Beyond the Trial
The Inchoate World unleashes his full power to overcome the trial that is the crew. A final showdown ensues.
Inchoate World: You've come.
By tracking the aura of the Inchoate World, the crew finally reaches the center of this realm.
The Inchoate World looks down on the crew as he speaks, a hint of surprise in his breath.
Inchoate World: How strangely comforting... Though you obstacles in my path normally fill me with disgust...
Inchoate World: Seeing you as a trial meant to be overcome fills me with pride and joy.
Inchoate World: The face of fate changes depending on your interpretation. And my interpretation has led me to birth a new world.
Inchoate World: You are nothing but nuisances now—stepping stones on my path to world creation... That is how I define your fates.
Nier: I'd rather not repeat myself, but... No one cares what you think.
Nier: You hurt me. And now I'm going to hurt you harder.
Nier: Not to mention who knows what you might do to the crew if I let you go here...
Nier: I won't let you bring any harm to them.
Nier: That's why—
Inchoate World: That's why you're going to kill me, eh?
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: A good attitude to have. May your demise bless the birth of the new world.
Inchoate World: You have no idea how fatally wrong you are. It seems you don't realize that you're broken beyond repair and stand no chance against me.
Inchoate World: Order does not lie with you. Chaos is but a cradle for the new world. In other words, your role has ended.
Inchoate World: You see others as a means to an end, as nothing more than a way to satisfy your own desires.
Inchoate World: But no matter how much you embellish your base actions with lofty notions of love, the new world has no place for miserable beings such as yourself.
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: Your unfulfilled desires define you in the natural order of things.
Inchoate World: As long as you remain who you are, your wish for love and acceptance will never come true.
Nier: You couldn't be more wrong...
Inchoate World: Huh?
Nier: Thanks to the crew...
Nier: Our wish is very much fulfilled.
Nier: They care for us from the bottom of their hearts...
Nier: They accept us as we are...
Nier: And I care deeply for them too...
Nier: For them, I'd do anything... Even if it means giving up my life.
Inchoate World: Blind to your own deficiencies, I see. How hopeless.
Inchoate World: Why would you give up your own life? Forget about the affection you so craved for—you yourself would no longer exist.
Inchoate World: You would essentially be robbing yourself of your own desires. How—
Nier: You're the one who's mistaken. Death, in itself, is a form of eternal love.
Nier: If I ended those dear to me, they'd become mine forever.
Nier: And on the flip side, by sacrificing myself, I'd remain a scar in their hearts forever.
Nier: Hehehe... How's that for eternal?
Inchoate World: Such twisted ideology... You could not be more fitting as Death's pactbearer.
Inchoate World: And a failure all the same.
Inchoate World: The time has come to bury you all as wretched artifacts of the old world!
Fierce winds begin to blow around them, causing the various colors to converge on the Inchoate World.
As he is encased in what appears to be some sort of cocoon, Lyria audibly gasps.
Lyria: Watch out! The Inchoate World is getting stronger!
Inchoate World: You antiquated relics will become the cornerstone of the new world. For that is your fate; that is providence.
Inchoate World: You have no future beyond today. Your destinies end here. I shall wipe away your very souls from existence!
Beyond the Trial: Scene 2
The crew finally defeats the Inchoate World and returns to the Sky Realm. Nier expresses her wish to continue living with the crew while she searches for a new perspective on life. She and Death take this chance to thank each other for being in one another's lives.
Inchoate World: Rgh!
Inchoate World: Impossible! I should be the one who decides destiny!
Inchoate World: All trials succumb before me... Your defeat here was supposed to mark the celebration of the new world's creation...
Inchoate World: But yet... how is it that mortals of the old world have bested me!
Nier: This is where I erase you, whatever it takes.
Nier: Death!
Death: World... Yoo hurt my beloved. And for that, yoo must die!
Death: I will kill yoo deader than dead!
Death and Nier land a fatal blow on the Inchoate World, piercing through his body.
Inchoate World: Gwaaah!
Inchoate World: Damn you... Damn you all! How could I lose...
Inchoate World: What of my new world!
His hands reach out, only to grasp at thin air. Cracks begin to form all over the Inchoate World's body.
Inchoate World: Guuuuh!
With a deafening roar, the Inchoate World lets out a flash of light followed by a harsh noise that stains the world white.
Nier: Mng... Where are we?
Vyrn: What happened to us? The Inchoate World's...
Now that the white light has subsided, the crew find themselves collapsed on the Grandcypher's deck.
The ominous sphere is no longer in sight, replaced by pristine blue skies stretching in every direction.
Lyria: I don't sense the Inchoate World anymore. And with the sphere gone, I guess it's all over?
Nier: Um, Death?
Death: We're safe now. The World is gone for good.
Nier: So it's finally over then.
Nier looks up at the clear blue skies.
Death: My beloved, what will yoo do now that the nuisance is dealt with?
Nier: Nothing changes... I want to be with you and the crew forever...
Nier: That's my wish.
Nier: And... maybe I can continue searching for a new path for myself.
Nier: A way for Death and I to be loved by everyone around us...
Death: Loved by everyone? Happy! So happy! Is it possible?
Nier: I don't know... But I have hope if the crew's with us...
Nier shoots the crew an imploring yet anxious look.
Lyria: There's no need to be worried. We made a promise after all.
Vyrn: Yeah, we'll help ya out every step of the way. Let's do this together!
(Captain), too, offers a reassuring nod.
Nier: Thank you...
Vyrn: By the way, I noticed you've still got your new outfit, Nier.
Vyrn: Didn't expect that to happen with the Inchoate guy and his sphere gone.
Nier: Now that you mention it...
Death: That form is proof of the eternal vow made between my beloved and I.
Death: And it remains because of her dedication to the vow.
Death: As long as my beloved stays firm in her wishes, the new form shall remain.
Nier: Ah... So that's the true meaning behind this clothing...
Monika's Voice: Hey! Is everyone okay?
An echoing voice calls for the crew.
Turning to the voice reveals Monika and Lecia leaning over the deck railing of their approaching airship.
Vyrn: Guess those guys came to check things out now that the sphere's gone, huh.
Lyria: Mm-hm! We're all safe and sound!
Taking solace in knowing that she can continue traveling with the crew...
Nier turns to Death.
Nier: Um, Death? I just wanted to thank you.
Death: My beloved, what is this about?
Nier: If you hadn't come to my rescue that time, I'd be dead right now, without ever knowing what it's like to have people care for me.
Nier: It's thanks to you, Death...
Nier: That I'm able to be with the crew and others who will acknowledge me.
Nier: I wanted to properly thank you for that before I forgot.
Death: My beloved... I feel the same way.
Death: To have met someone who understands and loves me back... is like a dream come true.
Nier: Haha, what a perfect match we are.
Nier: Hey, Death? May we have a wonderful time... for all time.
Death: Yes, my beloved.
With the Inchoate World gone, the threat of the Sky Realm being swallowed up is no more.
Nier is ready to set out on a new adventure.
Though the madness in her heart remains ever present...
None seem to realize the problem this may eventually pose.
Yet life goes on.