Scenario:Nier - Deathly Union
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Deathly Union
As (Captain) and company prepare to face off against the Inchoate World, Nier commands Death to eliminate him. He ends up besting her, then forces the replicated world to converge on himself. Nier and Death fail to escape with the rest of the crew.
After overcoming numerous trials, (Captain) and company finally reach the Inchoate World.
The being that appears before them exudes a far more menacing aura than the previous time the crew confronted him.
Lecia: That's... the Inchoate World? Why does he look so different from...
Inchoate World: Your resolve has brought you far, foreign elements of the new world.
Inchoate World: And foolish Evokers and Arcarum who dare rebel against your god.
The overpowering air about the Inchoate World almost seems to take physical form.
(Captain) and company are equal parts cautious and fearful.
Nier: It'll be okay, (Captain)... Death and I will protect you all.
Nier: Yes... We're ready to erase anyone who dares to hurt you.
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee kee kee. My beloved's happiness is my happiness.
Death: Death to all who would take away our happiness.
Inchoate World: How pitiful. The lowly beast has strayed far from the objective of its sublime maker.
Inchoate World: I will show you firsthand the difference in power between creator and created.
Inchoate World: As creator, I hereby issue a decree to the Arcarum.
Inchoate World: You shall all be disposed of. Never will you get in my way again.
Death: ...
Nier: Death?
Nier: Why are you... so quiet?
Death: ...
Nier: Answer me, Death!
There is no response. The Arcarum primal has come to a complete standstill, as if devoid of life.
Inchoate World: Do not expect it to answer. For I have cast out the Arcarum.
Inchoate World: It can no longer move and will lose shape soon enough.
Vyrn: Wh-what's that supposed to mean!
Vyrn: What exactly did ya do!
Inchoate World: I merely discarded my creation—nothing more, nothing less. It was but a thrall before its creator.
Inchoate World: I was the one who manufactured the Arcarum out of primal beast cores that saw their end during the time of the War.
Inchoate World: It may have developed a sense of self and betrayed me, but it is by my hand that it was given life.
Inchoate World: Never underestimate your maker. The Arcarum lack the means to resist my commands.
Inchoate World: From the very outset, each of their fates rested within the palms of my hands.
Lyria: But then, that means we...
Inchoate World: Yes. All the time you've spent, bonds you've forged—it was all for naught.
Nier: This... can't be happening... Death couldn't possibly die.
Nier: Hey, Death? Do you remember the promise you made... to love me and accept me?
Nier: That was supposed to be forever.
Nier: But now you're going to... leave me all alone?
Death: ...
Nier: I accept and love every part of you, Death, so please...
Nier: Won't you stay by my side? Don't abandon me...
Nier: Please, Death!
Lyria: Nier...
Tears flowing, Nier clings to the lifeless Death as she continues to call out the primal's name.
As if responding to the Evoker's pleas, Death's arms twitch and then gently cradle Nier.
Nier: Ah, Death?
Death: My beloved... I must apologize... for making yoo worry...
Death: But all is well now. Shed not another tear.
Nier: Death!
Beaming a radiant smile, Nier pulls the primal in tight for an embrace.
Inchoate World: You are an oddity even among the Arcarum.
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee. I've destroyed yoor power resting in my core. Yoor attacks will no longer work on me.
Inchoate World: You miserable failure... I never should have created you.
Nier: Death? A failure?
Inchoate World: Yes. Of all the Arcarum, Death is the sole primal I did not intend to create.
Inchoate World: If there is a beginning, then there must also be an end. Every existence eventually dies.
Inchoate World: Just the same, the new world I plan to create is also fated to end someday.
Inchoate World: Even with myself at the helm, the laws of nature cannot be reversed.
Inchoate World: Thus I sought to place "death" under my control by giving it the last seat among the Arcarum.
Inchoate World: That is a decision I would come to regret. A stain on my record, if you will.
Nier: Don't talk about Death like that.
Nier: She's more important than anything else to me.
Nier: I won't forgive anyone who insults her.
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee! My beloved is angry on my behalf!
Death: She considers me near and dear! I'm happy! So happy!
Death notices the deep-seated resentment in Nier's cold, dark words.
They fill the primal with overwhelming joy.
Inchoate World: Two accursed beings... Abandoned failures alike, you couldn't be more perfect for each other.
Inchoate World: You speak of love, but you can never truly know it, for the world has cast you into its outskirts.
Inchoate World: May you lick each other's wounds in futility until the time of your demise.
Nier: ...!
Death, end him!
Death, end him!
Death: Unforgivable! Most unforgivable! Any who dare mock my beloved shall pay!
Lecia: No! It's too dangerous to just charge in—
Lyria: Nier!
Death pays no heed to the warning and mercilessly attacks the Inchoate World.
Inchoate World: Normally, even I would be unable to escape my eventual end.
Inchoate World: But with the power I now possess, subjugating death is certainly within my means.
Inchoate World: Did you truly think that preventing me from interfering directly with your core would thwart me?
Boundless rays of light pierce through Death's body.
Inchoate World: This is the end of the line for you, failed creation.
Death: A... Aah... My... beloved...
Nier: D... Death?
Death: ...
Aghast at the sight of Death skewered every which way, Nier collapses to the ground.
Vyrn: Nier!
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: Well, I suppose you're not entirely without merit. The data you've gathered has proven to be especially valuable.
Inchoate World: I'll make sure that none of it goes to waste.
Inchoate World: Be glad that your efforts will form a cornerstone of the new world long after you have been wiped out.
The replicated world trembles violently as he utters those words.
The fabric of reality twists and bends as the world around them begins dissipating into palish particles that converge on the Inchoate World.
Vyrn: What the—
Choose: That's our cue to run!
Lyria: R-right!
Monika: Lecia, give the order to withdraw!
Lecia: On it!
Nier: ...
Lyria and the others are quick to respond to (Captain)'s evacuation order.
Nier, however, remains motionless as if in a stupor.
Choose: I know it's hard, but we have to go.
Lyria: Please, Nier.
Lyria: Death would be so upset if this were your last day too. That's why—
Vyrn: Guys! We need to move...
(Captain) attempts to forcefully lift up the stationary Nier.
In the next moment, however, the bodies of both Evoker and primal transform into particles and meld with the Inchoate World.
Vyrn: No way...
Lyria: Nier?
As Lyria and Vyrn are rendered speechless by the sight before them...
(Captain) prepares to rush in for a rescue.
However, Monika grabs the captain's hand from behind before that can happen.
Monika: What are you doing, (Captain)! We need to get away!
Choose: No way am I leaving them behind!
Vyrn: Yeah! What (Captain) said!
Lyria: We promised Nier that we'd be together forever!
Lyria: That's why...
Monika, looking conflicted, refuses to let the captain take another step toward the Inchoate World.
(Captain) brushes off Monika's hand and turns back around. However...
Monika: Sorry, (Captain).
Feeling a powerful impact from behind...
(Captain) slumps to the ground.
Monika: Hate me if you want, but I can't afford to lose you too.
Moments before losing consciousness...
The captain is able to make out Monika's apology.
Contending with some dizziness, (Captain) slowly gets up from bed.
Lyria: Thank goodness you're finally awake!
Vyrn: You sure had us worried, (Captain).
The captain turns to hear the relieved voices of trusted companions.
Monika: This is our frontline base.
Monika: I knocked you out cold earlier and had you brought here.
Now understanding what had happened, (Captain)'s expression is one of shock.
Lecia: Um... (Captain). Please don't hold a grudge against Monika.
Lecia: She was only trying to save you.
A pained expression overtakes the captain's face.
Choose: What happened afterward?
Monika: (Captain)... Follow me.
Monika: It's faster if I show you directly.
(Captain) and company follow Monika out of the room.
Having come outside, the crew looks above to find a giant sphere the size of a floating island.
Monika: That showed up all of a sudden after we escaped from the replicated world.
Monika: According to the survey team's report, there's an entire world nestled within the sphere. A world never seen before.
Monika: And the sphere has been getting larger over time.
Monika: It doesn't show signs of stopping either, which means it'll only be a matter of time before...
All turn pale as they imagine the worst possible outcome.
Lyria: I can sense the Inchoate World's presence from that sphere.
Vyrn: So you're sayin' that thing's basically the Inchoate World?
Lyria: Most likely...
Choose: Nier must be in there...
Lyria's and Vyrn's expressions cloud at the thought.
Monika: Our world will be swallowed up by that thing sooner or later if we don't do something about it.
Monika: The situation's dire, but that's no reason to curl up and wait for death.
Monika: I realize you're probably still mad at me, but (Captain)... Won't you lend us your strength?
Choose: Like you even need to ask!
Lyria: Yeah! We were planning on saving Nier anyway!
Vyrn: For sure. She hates bein' alone, so the sooner we get to her, the better.
Monika: Thank you. We're indebted to you, (Captain).
They look up to the sphere once more.
Their resolve to save their dear friends burns bright.
Deathly Union: Scene 2
Nier awakens in the house she grew up in. Having lost all memories of Death and the crew, she somehow lives peacefully with her loving family—that is until strangers come to take her away and attack her family, making her unleash life-controlling magic on them.
Nier: Where... am I...
Nier: Mng...
Nier clutches her dizzying head as she rises from the bed.
Her expression contorts when she realizes where she is.
Nier: How could this be... It's my room... in that house...
Nier: No... This can't be happening...
Nier: I still remember what I did to the house...
Nier: But how did I end up here to begin with? Hm...
Nier: ...
Nier desperately tries to recall the events that may have led her here.
The harder she tries to remember, the paler her complexion grows.
Nier: No... Why...
Nier: I can't seem to... remember anything...
Nier: What happened to me! Tell me, Dea—
Nier: Augh!
A terrible headache seizes Nier, causing her to collapse to the bed.
Nier: Why... does it hurt so bad...
???: Nier!
???: Sister!
Nier: ...!
The door to the room bursts open, and in come three familiar faces.
Nier: Father... Mother... And... Cor... rie?
Mother: Thank goodness. You're awake.
Father: You were asleep for so long that we started to worry.
Corrie: Are you feeling better, Sister? Can you stand?
Nier: How are you all... here... Didn't I...
Corrie: Aaaaaahhhhh! Motheeeer!
Father: Ngh... Rgh... S-stop...
Corrie: Please, Sister... Spare me...
Corrie: I apologize for everything I've ever done... If you'll just—
Corrie: Nggaaah!
Nier: What's happening...
Father: Don't you remember? You lost control during magic practice and fell unconscious.
Mother: Quite a few days have passed since then.
Mother: And you woke up only just now.
Mother: I was so worried about you the whole time...
Mother: I couldn't be more relieved to see you wake up.
The verklempt mother goes up to her daughter for a loving embrace.
Nier: ...
Nier: (This must be a dream...)
Nier: (After all, these people have never loved me...)
Nier: (They admitted to thinking nothing of me and denying my very existence...)
Nier: (And Corrie called me a failure who belongs in the trash bin...)
Nier: (That's why I...)
Corrie: Sister? What's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell?
Nier: Um, no, I'm fine... Just a bit hazy from having just woken up.
Father: Fair enough, given that you're in recovery. Take it easy today.
Nier: O-okay...
Father: Well, we should go. Nier can't very well rest if we're around.
Mother: Right... Nier, let us or the servants know if you need anything, okay?
Nier: Okay...
Corrie: Sister, let's have some tea together in the garden when you're better.
Nier's parents and sister take their leave of her.
Nier: Someone tell me... How is any of this possible?
Seeing the door close, Nier mutters under her breath. But there is no one to respond.
A few days pass by.
Nier is somehow living with the parents that she had murdered by her very own hands.
And her father has even been tutoring her in the ways of magic.
Father: Hm, seems like you've grasped everything I've taught you so far... Well done, Nier.
Nier: Y-yeah...
Father: Although your talent with magic is nothing extraordinary...
Father: You have something that more than makes up for it.
Father: Your willingness to persevere is beyond compare. And I hope you'll keep it up.
Nier: Y-yes, Father...
Nier also enjoys the occasional tea party with her sister and mother in the garden.
Mother: Haha... Oh, how I relish these tea parties with you, Nier.
Corrie: Sister, have some of these snacks. I picked out your favorite ones.
Nier: Th-thank you...
Mother: By the way, Nier, how are you holding up physically?
Nier: Um, I think I'm okay now...
Mother: That's great to hear. We worry about you so much, Nier.
Corrie: We sure do... And that's putting it lightly.
Corrie: Promise me, Sister. Promise me that you'll always take care of yourself and not overdo things. I don't know what I'd do without you...
Corrie takes Nier's hand and gazes straight at her, a tearful expression in her eyes.
Nier: O-okay...
Corrie: Teehee. Pinky promise, Sister.
Nier takes a stroll in the garden alone after the tea party.
Nier: ...
Nier: (Father, Mother, and Corrie accept me and love me...)
Nier: (How could they be so different from the family I knew...)
Mother: Nier will soon be of age... An age ripe enough for us to banish her.
Corrie: Hehe, what a fitting end for a failure like you.
Nier: You mean... You never loved me from the start?
Nier: You never really... cared for me?
Father: Correct.
Nier: So all the praise and kind words you ever said to me were... nothing but lies?
Father: Right again.
Nier: (If they had just shown me the love they are showing me now, I never would've...)
Nier: ...
Nier: (But what's with this world?)
Nier: (How is it different from the world I know? Which is the real one?)
Nier: (Could it be that this is the real world, and the one I've been living in all along was actually just a dream?)
Nier: How nice that'd be.
Nier: (To be able to wake up from a nightmare and realize that Father, Mother, and Corrie loved me all along...)
Nier: (To have a normal family...)
Nier: (And plenty of other people here love me too.)
Nier: (This world is so much better...)
???: My... beloved... Accept... me... Love... me...
???: If you're the reason... we'll be the first... apologize...
???: Friends... for... ever!
???: Another... way... together...
Nier: Ngh... What was that just now?
Beset by a splitting headache, Nier dizzily clutches her head.
Nier: It feels like I'm forgetting... something important...
Nier: Augh! People... very important to me...
Nier: They loved me... Accepted me for who I am... How could I... forget them?
Nier: I need to... get back... to them...
Nier: Wait... What do their faces look like?
Nier: Why... Why can't I remember?
Nier: They're far too important... for me to forget!
???: Nier!
Nier: Huh...
As if being pulled by the voice from behind, Nier turns around.
???: Phew... Glad to find ya in one piece.
???: Thank goodness. We were so worried!
Nier: You...
???: Um... Nier, what do you think of traveling with us?
???: Adventuring across the world with us might give you a fresh perspective.
Nier: Nghh! N-not again...
???: Nier?
???: It's not safe here; we'd better get moving!
With a nod, the young man (Captain) extends a hand to Nier.
Nier: O-okay... I'll come along then... with all of...
Nier: I know... you people...
Parents: Nier!
Corrie: Sister, get away from them!
Nier: Huh...
A fireball is unleashed in the direction of the young man and his friends.
He quickly deflects the attack.
Nier: Father! Mother! And Corrie...
Nier: Wh-what's wrong? Why are you using your magic?
Corrie: Come with us already!
Corrie runs up to Nier and grasps her hand.
Nier: B-but they're...
Corrie: Those are bad people who've been targeting you, Sister!
Corrie: They want to pull you away from us! You want to come to our side—
???: No! Get away from them!
The young man, too, makes a grab for Nier's hand.
???: That won't happen as long as we're around, Nier!
???: We'll be friends forever!
Nier: Friends forever...
Nier: That's right... We promised... to stay together...
Nier: Aaauuughh!
Nier struggles to remember something of great significance, only to crumple from the splitting migraine.
Corrie: Eeep!
Corrie's resounding scream fills the air.
Still clutching her head, Nier turns to face the voice.
And finds a young man pointing a sword at her little sister.
Corrie: Save me, Sister!
Nier: ...!
No! Stop!
No! Stop!
Nier exerts the power to control life to protect Corrie.
The young man and company writhe in pain as they cough up blood and collapse to the ground.
Nier: Ah... I...
Confusion quickly sets in for the Evoker.
Corrie: Heheh...
Nier: Cor... rie?
Corrie: Ahahahaha!
Corrie's crazed laugh seems to shake the world at its very core.
In the next moment, the world shatters into tiny pieces.
Nier: Eek!
Deathly Union: Scene 3
The "strangers" that Nier had unleashed her magic on turn out to be the crew. With her memory restored, she calls out for Death, who has been reborn using the Inchoate World's very own power. The Evoker and primal form a union, granting them untold power.
Nier opens her eyes to find herself in a familiar world.
Nier: This is where... The World was...
Nier: Yes... I came here with the crew to defeat him...
Nier: He defeated Death, and then I realized I couldn't move...
Nier: How could I forget such a major event...
Nier: Ah... (Captain)?
Nier is speechless at the sight of fellow crew members lying in pools of their own blood.
Nier: How... did this happen?
Corrie: Haha, what do you mean, Sister? You did that yourself, with your power over life.
Nier: Ah...
Corrie: Save me, Sister!
Nier: ...!
No! Stop!
No! Stop!
Nier: No! This can't be happening!
Nier uses her magic to instill some of her own vitality into the others.
Nier: I'll give all of my lifeblood, so please, just wake up!
Nier: Please!
Corrie: Haha. Well now, Sister... How does it feel to take the lives of those who matter most to you?
Corrie: Delightful, isn't it?
Nier: Ah...
Father: Turns out you don't care much about that lot after all.
Father: You've just proven that you're okay with anyone just as long as they acknowledge you.
Nier: N-no! The crew is special to... Cough...
Father: Then why did you choose Corrie over them in that critical moment?
Nier: B-because I forgot everything that's come to pass...
Mother: You liar. It's true that your precious memories have been carefully sealed away.
Mother: Nonetheless, a part of you still realized how dear they were to you.
Mother: And yet you chose the false love that Corrie was willing to provide.
Nier: No... No! I did that only because you locked out my memories!
Nier: You made me forget about them...
Nier: Cough...
Nier: Even their faces had become a blur...
Corrie: Dearest Sister, you give them any more life, and you'll be the one lying dead on the ground.
Nier: That's okay... if it means I can save them...
Nier: Ngh... Aaahh!
Nier: I don't want to be alone, shunned, and unloved anymore...
Nier: If that's the alternative, I'd gladly give my life so that (Captain) and the others can go on...
Nier: The memory of me would remain in their hearts... They'd never forget me.
Nier: They would love me forever... That's why...
Nier: Urgh...
With each cough, fresh blood pours out of her mouth and stains the floor a velvety red.
Corrie: Haha, so you wish to die a dog's death. How fitting for my fool of a sister.
Nier: What... do you mean?
Corrie: No matter how much lifeblood you pour into a corpse, it's not going to get up and start walking again.
Nier: Ah...
Corrie: Not even that magic of yours can revive the dead... Do you hear what I'm saying?
Nier: No...
Corrie: Hahah. Meaning there's no one left in this world to acknowledge you, Sister.
Corrie: You'll lead an agonizingly miserable life without ever knowing what love and acceptance are.
Nier: Aah...
Nier: Aaaaaahhhh!
Corrie: Yes, there it is! That tormented, piercing scream is what I've been dying to hear all day long.
Corrie: Wouldn't you all agree?
Countless men emerge from the surroundings.
Nier: Ah...
Corrie: Don't they look familiar? Well, they should, because you murdered every last one of them.
Corrie: Hehe. I bet many of you hold a grudge for what she did to you.
Corrie: Well, now's your chance for payback.
The men crowd in on Nier.
Man 1: Who the hell do you think you are to do me in like that... I have a family too, you know!
Nier: Augh!
Man 2: Screw your love and acceptance bullcrap! You belong in the loony bin!
Nier: Hack...
Man 3: You deserve to suffer like I did!
Nier: N-no... Stop... Aaiiee!
Man 4: To think that I actually loved you! And what did I get back in return!
Nier: P-please... Stop it...
Man 5: You sure as hell didn't stop when we were the ones screamin' in agony!
Nier: ...
Spouting hateful words, the men gang up on Nier.
The Evoker is powerless as they beat her to a bloody pulp.
Nier: A-all I ever wanted... was to be accepted... To be loved...
Nier: Help me... (Captain)...
Nier: If it's... for you... I'd do anything...
Nier: So please... Won't you show me... a little love?
Battered and beaten, Nier seeks salvation from the captain as her consciousness grows hazy.
As if responding to her wish, the crew open up their eyes and turn to the Evoker.
Lyria: Why... We were supposed to go adventuring together to find you a new perspective...
Vyrn: Can't believe we actually took you for a friend...
Lyria: Goodbye, Nier.
Vyrn: Yeah, I don't wanna spend another second with ya.
(Captain): I hate you!
Nier: Ah...
The crew's words of rejection sting hard.
The strength from Nier's body and life from her eyes quickly drain away.
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: Do you see now, Evoker? This is what awaits if you stay the path.
Inchoate World: Reach for something beyond your means, and you will only come to regret it.
Inchoate World: Seek affection no longer. Learn to cope in despair with your solitude.
Nier: (No... I don't want to be alone...)
Nier: (Why is it so hard... just to get some acknowledgement...)
Nier: Come by... my side... Death...
Nier's cracked voice seems to reach no one, simply echoing into the void.
Inchoate World: You still cling to Death at this stage? Some people just never learn.
Death's Voice: Koo kii kee kee! My beloved, yoo finally called for me!
Inchoate World: !
Death's Voice: Yoo are not alone, my beloved. I am by yoor side.
As a voice echoes in the hollow space...
A jet-black fog converges before Nier, taking on the form of Death.
Inchoate World: How are you still alive... I've already absorbed you in your entirety...
Death: Yes, that is true. Yoo vanquished me once.
Death: But as death and rebirth go hand in hand, my demise allowed me the chance to resurrect.
Inchoate World: Ah, yes, like the flip side of a coin... But you shouldn't have had the power left to pull off such a feat—
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee... I used yoor power, of which there is an abundance of in this world.
Death: This world was created for the sake of the Arcarum primals and their pactbearers.
Death: Thus I have some control of the elements here.
Death turns away from The World to shower her fallen pactbearer with attention.
Death: My beloved... we finally meet again!
Nier: Death?
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee... Tell me, my beloved. Deep down, what is it that yoo truly desire?
Death: I'll make any wish of yoors come true. Yoo only need to tell me what it is yoor heart yearns for.
Nier's eyes light up at Death's fervent gesture.
Nier: I want... to be loved... and accepted...
Nier: To always be with (Captain)'s crew... and you, Death...
Death: Koo kee kee, is that yoor wish, my beloved?
Nier: Yes...
Nier: Um, Death? If that... can become a reality... I'd do anything... in return...
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee. Do yoo really mean that?
Nier: Mm-hm.
Death: Then promise, my beloved.
Death: Promise me that yoo'll be with me for an eternity.
Nier: Haha.
Death: My beloved?
Nier: I already said it, Death... Me wanting to be with you... forever...
Nier: That was my wish.
Death: Aaahhhhh! Happy! So happy! My beloved and I forever!
Nier: Death... I'm willing to give... all that I am... to you.
Nier: So please... Won't you... make my wish... come true?
Death: Certainly, my beloved, if yoo'll say the pledge.
Nier: In sickness... and in health...
Nier: To love... and to cherish... May we be together forever... That is my solemn vow...
Death: Now to consummate the union...
Death props up the grievously wounded Nier and holds her tight.
Nier: Pierce me with your love... and make me all yours...
Death raises her scythe and cuts deep into Nier's body.
As if in celebration, a dark mist arises from Death's body and enshrouds them both.
Deathly Union: Scene 4
Nier commands Death to defeat her fake family and the fake crew, while also dealing a heavy blow to The World. His plans at risk, he ejects the two outside the spherical world, where they reunite with the real crew aboard the Grandcypher.
Nier and Death are wrapped in a cocoon formed from threads of darkness.
A fissure runs down the lining of the cocoon, cracking it open and unleashing a jet-black mist that fills the surroundings.
Similar to a butterfly hatching from its chrysalis, Nier emerges from the darkness.
Nier: ...
Death: Koo kii koo kee koo kee kee... My beloved, how does yoor body feel?
Nier: Quite well. It seems the wounds those people inflicted on me have all healed.
Despite her words, one of her eyes is now stained pitch-black as a dark liquid oozes out from it.
Nier does not seem bothered, however, and simply wipes it away with the sleeve of her dress, a smile playing on her lips.
Inchoate World: You reenacted the pact? But that means...
Inchoate World: ...
Inchoate World: Whatever the case, the fact remains that the creator cannot be bested by their creation.
Nier: Death, do your thing...
Death: As yoo wish, my beloved.
Inchoate World: Urgh! I-impossible... How did you—
Nier: Aaaauuuugh!
Suffering a deep cut from Death, The World lets out a grunt that suggests both pain and surprise.
However, it is easily muffled by Nier's bloodcurdling scream.
Death: My beloved!
Nier: I'm okay... I was just startled by how powerful that was.
Death: ...
Nier: Haha, what a relief that it worked. This is good.
Inchoate World: What... did you do... What is that power!
Nier: It's my magical ability to control life...
Nier: No, rather...
Nier: It's my magic combined with Death's powers.
Nier: Fused together, they become a new power.
Inchoate World: Urk!
Nier: Haha, no matter how strong you might be, there's no escape from this magic as long as you're alive.
Inchoate World: A new power born from the fusion of two, you say...
Inchoate World: That suggests a creation having room to evolve... But to birth a power of this magnitude?
Nier: Death and I share a deep connection... Or should I say, we're interwoven...
Nier: Our bodies... Our lives... are joined to such a degree that we completely understand each other...
Nier: And this power is what arose from the union. That's all there is to it.
Nier makes an angry scowl at The World.
Nier: Whatever it takes, we are going to end you, World...
Nier: You killed Death...
Nier: You made me do the unthinkable to (Captain) and the crew...
Nier: Although they weren't real, the thought alone of what you made me do...
Nier: Is unforgivable.
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee kee kee! World, yoo deeply hurt and upset my dearest beloved...
Death: For that... I will make sure yoo pay!
Inchoate World: Urk!
Nier: Ngh...
Inchoate World: Accursed wretches... You're proving to be quite a challenge.
Inchoate World: But don't think you've won just because you landed a few good blows on me. I remain the god of this new world.
Nier: Hehehe...
Inchoate World: I know your weak point. You haven't learned a thing.
Nier's parents, sister, and the crew emerge to stand in her way.
Lyria: Stop it, Nier!
Vyrn: What you're doin' is so messed up!
(Captain): Ready to murder us again?
Father: Nier, we were wrong to censure you. Let us reconcile.
Mother: I'm so sorry, Nier. We're going to be the best parents you could ever ask for from now on... Let's just forget about all this.
Corrie: Please, Sister... I won't bully you or give you the cold shoulder anymore...
Nier: ...
The crew and Nier's family make their desperate pleas to the Evoker.
But she does not respond, and her expression is cold as ice.
Death: My beloved, they are nothing more than puppets created by The World from peering into yoor memories.
Death: Do not be misled.
Nier: Yes, I know...
Nier: The crew would never, ever turn me away like that.
Nier: I won't be fooled again.
Nier: Erase those puppets for me, Death...
Lyria: Nier, we promised to always be together!
Vyrn: That's right! How could ya abandon us like this...
Death swings her scythe almost as soon as Nier gives the command.
In the blink of an eye, the crew puppets' lives are no more.
Corrie: S-stop it, Sister! Hear us out!
Father: Do you realize what you're doing, Nier? I am your father, for goodness' sake!
Mother: Yes, we're supposed to be family! Don't tell me you're going to murder your family in cold blood!
Nier: Huff... Huff... Like I said, I don't need you fakes.
Nier: And I especially don't need a family that never cared for me.
Mother: Eep! Please! No—
Father: Stop—
Corrie: Please, Sister... Spare me...
Corrie: I apologize for everything I've ever done... If you'll just—
Corrie: Please, Sister... Spare me...
Corrie: I apologize for everything I've ever done... If you'll just—
Nier: Hack... Cough... Pant... Wheeze...
Nier: What a surprise to hear a fake say the exact same thing as the real one...
Nier: But don't bother begging for your life. Because I'm going to end you along with The World.
Corrie: Gyaaah! M-my hands!
Corrie: Rgh... Why can't trash like you... just stay dead...
Corrie: I should have finished you off from the outset... instead of relishing the sight of you getting beaten up...
Nier: Goodbye, Corrie.
Nier: Ngh... Death, let's finish off all the remaining fakes too.
Man 1: Aiiee! Y-you're the one at fault here! I haven't done anything wr—gyaaaah!
Man 4: H-help... Spare—
Death utilizes her new power without restraint.
Crimson splatter lights up the surroundings with every swing of her scythe.
Death: My beloved, they are finished. Only one remains.
Nier: Yes, The World...
Nier: Death, erase—
Suddenly feeling woozy, Nier crumples to the ground.
A part of her body is stained black, and from it drips out a profuse amount of ebony ooze.
Nier: Cough!
Death: My beloved!
Nier: Part of this is from you, so I'm okay with it, Death.
Nier: I can withstand it.
Inchoate World: Aha, so that's the trick.
Inchoate World: I finally understand how your newfound power works.
Inchoate World: It amounts to nothing but the pointless struggle of a failed creation.
Inchoate World: The more Death uses that power, the more your body—or perhaps your soul—breaks down as its consumed by Death.
Inchoate World: And what awaits at the end is your own death. Talk about a paradox.
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: Just look at that gaping, black eye of yours. You can't see from it, can you?
Inchoate World: And that's not all. You appear to have lost some of your senses as well.
Nier: ...
Inchoate World: Yet you intend to finish me off with that power?
Nier: I certainly do...
Inchoate World: Why? The excruciating agony of having your soul cleaved away is beyond description.
Inchoate World: And your own demise awaits at the end of it all. Perhaps your plan is to sacrifice yourself to end me?
Nier: I just know... that I cannot die.
Nier: Death would never allow it to happen.
Death: The only one who can inflict eternal pain, suffering, and love upon yoo is me, my beloved. For we will always be together...
A black mist envelops Nier's body.
When it clears up, the black stain is no longer present on the Evoker.
Inchoate World: What... did you do?
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee kee kee... I transferred the life force drained from yoo to my beloved.
Death: She and I are connected on a deeper level.
Death: That's why I can use this power without condemning her to endless suffering.
Inchoate World: Using a power that injures the pactbearer, only to then heal the pactbearer with life force drained from the foe. Repeat as necessary...
Inchoate World: I understand the symbiosis now, but I can hardly sympathize. You two are both pitiful failed creations.
While nodding to The World's caustic remark...
Death pulls Nier in for a loving embrace.
Death: I can only heal my beloved, who is bound to me. I cannot heal others.
Death: But on the other hand, I can heal any wound she suffers.
Death: Koo kii kii koo kee kee. I will not let my beloved die as long as I live.
Inchoate World: To think you could come up with such a power...
Inchoate World: You could prove to be a little troublesome...
Inchoate World: I'd planned on effacing you outright before moving ahead, but...
The very world itself begins to tremble.
Fissures soon open up in their surroundings.
Nier: Wh-what's happening?
Inchoate World: You two will only upset the new world order.
Inchoate World: That's why I must eject you from this world. I've wasted enough time on you failures.
Nier: Huh...
Nier: ...!
The ground Nier stands on is torn apart.
Pulled by gravity, she enters a free-fall state.
Death: My beloved!
The primal chases after the Evoker.
Nier continues to fall.
Before long, the scenery changes to blue skies as she crosses the boundary of worlds.
Her outfit changes to her usual one.
Nier: Ah...
Nier: No... It can't just end... like this...
Nier: Please... Help me... Death! (Captain)!
A terrified Nier shuts her eyes in fervent prayer.
Nier: Huh...
A warm and loving sensation overtakes Nier's body.
She opens her eyes to find the crew before her.
Lyria: Everything's okay, Nier!
Vyrn: You're not hurt anywhere, are ya?
Death: My beloved!
Nier: (Captain)... Lyria and Vyrn too...
Nier: Are you... real?
Nier reaches out with her trembling hands to touch and make out the captain's facial features.
Choose: Sorry for leaving you all alone.
Nier: Ah... Aaahhh... (Captain)!
Nier: (Captain)! (Captain)!
Tears come flooding out of her eyes, traveling down her cheeks before hitting the floor.
Paying heed to nothing else, Nier simply holds the captain tight and lets the tears flow.
(Captain) gently rubs her back, as if consoling a child.
Deathly Union: Scene 5
Nier explains to the crew everything that's happened to her. Realizing that the Inchoate World plans to swallow the Sky Realm whole, they are more resolved than ever to stop him.
Once Nier has calmed down a bit, the crew moves to the dining hall.
Lyria: Here. Have some hot milk, Nier.
Nier: Th-thank you.
Vyrn: So, uh... You feelin' better now?
Nier: Yes... Sorry for bursting into tears earlier...
Nier: I was just so happy to see everyone...
Lyria: Nuh-uh, it's perfectly fine. More importantly...
(Captain) and company look curiously at Death.
Nier: Um, is there something on Death's face?
Vyrn: For one thing, how's she still alive? I thought she got absorbed by The World.
Nier: Ah, about that...
A smile plays on Nier's lips.
She is more than happy to explain how Death came back.
Vyrn: Whoa... Just goes to show you've got one heck of a primal beast on your side.
Nier: Um... I was wondering something myself.
Nier: How did you know I would be falling from the sky at that exact moment?
Vyrn: We just happened to be checkin' out the floating sphere at the time.
Vyrn: That's when Death popped up outta the blue.
Lyria: Yes. She explained to us that you were ejected from the spherical world and would be falling soon.
Lyria: That's where we came in...
Nier: Ah, so that's what happened... Thank you, Death.
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee kee... Happy! So happy! My beloved offers me praise!
The crew is in good spirits as (Captain) stands up to get a tea refill.
Nier: (Captain), no!
Nier tugs on the captain's sleeves, tears forming in her eyes.
Nier: Please... Stay by my side... Don't leave me...
Nier: I'll do anything...
Nier: Please don't toss me aside...
Vyrn: Whoa now, let's calm down a bit.
Vyrn: (Captain)'s just goin' to grab another cup of tea...
Nier: No... No... Please... I need you...
Nier clings to (Captain)'s arm like a child.
The crew wear troubled expressions.
Lyria: Nier, wh—
Death: I, too, ask that yoo please just follow along for now.
Death: My beloved went through quite the traumatic experience in that world.
Nier: Please, (Captain). I don't know what I'd do without you...
Nier shoots the captain a desperate look.
Though somewhat perplexed, (Captain) sits back down with the Evoker.
Her tearful frown quickly turns into a happy grin.
The crew later meets up with Monika and Vizan.
In order to best determine how to proceed...
Nier and Death explain to everyone what things were like in the spherical world.
Monika: So the Inchoate World's core remains at the center of that realm, I see.
Monika: Unless we put that core out of commission, he's going to swallow up our world.
Monika: Does that sound about right?
Nier: Yes...
(Captain) and company are at a loss for words.
Monika: Meaning our biggest problem is the Inchoate World's core being in that sphere...
Vizan: Indeed.
Vyrn: What's with the troubled looks, guys?
Vizan: The truth is, we've already dispatched multiple teams to investigate the sphere's interior.
Vizan: But not a single person from those teams who's made it inside has returned...
Lyria: That's awful...
Death: Koo kii koo kee kee... That sphere is The World himself... Any intruders are swiftly dealt with.
Hearing that, the crew put on somber expressions.
Nier: It'll be okay, everyone. Arcarum primals and their pactbearers, like Death and I, are exceptions.
Nier: Not to mention when Death was reborn, she absorbed a portion of The World's power.
Nier: You should be okay as long you stay with us...
Vizan: Quite knowledgeable, aren't you?
Nier: Death and I are connected on a deeper level now...
Nier: So I know all about Death.
Lyria: Huh? Connected on a deeper level?
Nier: Yes, we made a vow to be together forever. Hehehe...
Nier looks at the primal with an expression of bliss.
Death lovingly embraces her in response.
Monika: So basically, we should be able to make it inside if we stick with you two, huh?
Monika: Then there's only one solution.
Monika: All of us go inside together to wipe out the Inchoate World.
Monika: The Crew of Enforcers will be needing your help again, (Captain). I hope you don't mind.
Vizan: Yes, I'm afraid we'll require your services once more.
Monika and Vizan bow their heads deeply to the crew.
Monika: You have our thanks. Let's discuss how we're going to proceed then.
They begin charting a route for infiltrating the sphere.
Meanwhile, Nier has stepped outside with Death for some fresh air.
Nier: I don't care about anyone outside of the crew...
Nier: But for those in the crew—people who've come to love and accept us...
Nier: Having them disappear is the last thing I want to see.
Nier: Let's do what we can to protect them all, Death.
Death: Yes, my beloved... And we'll make certain to kill The World very dead this time.
Death: He shall pay for making yoo suffer...
Nier: Yes. That's a must...
The two gaze at the sphere in the distance.
A sort of madness burns bright within their eyes.
Deathly Union: Scene 6
The crew reenters the sphere to stop the Inchoate World once and for all. He sees the appearance of the crew as a trial to be overcome before world creation can happen and awaits their arrival at the center of the sphere.
The crew steps inside the floating sphere to settle matters with the Inchoate World.
Vyrn: Whoa... What's with this place...
Lyria: The many different colors mixed together are making my eyes go round...
The wild color scheme is extremely unsettling, violently distorting the captain's perceptions.
Nier: Is everyone okay?
Vyrn: Urk, this is kinda makin' me sick... You feelin' okay yourself, Nier?
Nier: Y-yes. This isn't too bad.
Nier: I believe my connection to Death gives me a natural resistance in this world.
Lyria: By the way, Nier, where did that outfit come from? You... seem different.
Nier: Ah, I guess I forgot to mention it.
Nier: This is proof of my union with Death.
Nier: Of our vow to always be together.
Nier: And it also seems affected by the part of The World's power that Death absorbed...
Nier: That would explain why I returned to my normal clothes when I was pushed out of the sphere.
Nier: I suppose the effect lasts only while I'm in here.
Vyrn: The World's power, huh? I'm not sure I like the sound of that. You don't feel funny anywhere, do ya?
Nier: I appreciate the concern, but I think I'll be okay.
Nier: Death feels closer to me than ever before when I'm in this form.
Nier: It's almost as if Death has her arms wrapped around me all the time, which is an incredible relief.
Death: Koo kii kee kee kee kee kee! My entire being belongs to my beloved, just as her entire being belongs to me!
Death: The only one allowed to inflict eternal pain, suffering, and love upon her is I!
Death: I will allow no one else that privilege!
Vyrn: Yep, that's the Death we know, all right.
Lyria: Ahaha... It just goes to show how important Nier is to Death.
Vyrn: Anyhoo, don't forget we're here to help too!
Lyria: Yeah! We'll do our best to support you, Nier!
(Captain) nods in agreement.
Nier: R-right. Thank you, everyone.
Vyrn: All right, let's get a move on.
The crew begins trekking through the sphere.
Nier: Yes, The World must be erased...
Death: Die. Die. Die. Yoo will die, World.
Death: No one gets away with hurting my beloved...
Vyrn: Huh? Didja say somethin', Nier?
Nier: Um, no... It's nothing.
Bracing themselves for what may come, the crew proceed onward to the center of the multicolored world.
Inchoate World: You lot again.
Vyrn: Gwah! You got us good last time, and now we're gonna get payback!
Inchoate World: What more could you want from me? I have no more business with you. You nuisances are a waste of time—
Inchoate World: No, wait... I see how it is. Defeating your group is the final trial I must overcome before the new world comes to fruition.
Nier: ...?
I'm not sure what you're saying.
I'm not sure what you're saying.
Nier: Or maybe I should say... Who cares whatever you might be thinking or saying?
Nier: You are the worst. And we are going to make you pay. Nothing else matters.
Inchoate World: A birth becomes that much more meaningful after successful completion of a trial. And a trial exists to be overcome...
Inchoate World: Very well then. I welcome you all to be the final sacrifices to mark the true completion of my task.
The Inchoate World seems to disappear, blending into his multicolored surroundings.
The crew's march toward the center of the sphere continues.
Categories:
- Scenario Character: Lecia
- Scenario Character: Inchoate World
- Scenario Character: Nier
- Scenario Character: Death
- Scenario Character: Vyrn
- Scenario Character: Lyria
- Scenario Character: Monika
- Character Fate Scenario
- Lvl Cap Fate
- Scenario Character: ???
- Scenario Character: Mother
- Scenario Character: Father
- Scenario Character: Corrie
- Fate Gender Check
- Scenario Character: Parents
- Scenario Character: Man 1
- Scenario Character: Man 2
- Scenario Character: Man 3
- Scenario Character: Man 4
- Scenario Character: Man 5
- Scenario Character: (Captain)
- Scenario Character: Death's Voice
- Scenario Character: Vizan