Scenario:Nier - Girl Cradled by Death

Girl Cradled by Death

Nier grows weaker with each passing day in her cell. Death emerges from her card so that they may form a pact and slip out of the cell. Nier surmises that killing Corrie might turn their parents' love toward her, but once she realizes they've never once loved her, in a violent outburst of emotion Nier unleashes Death's power and murders everyone in the mansion.

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Nier: ...

Months have passed since Nier's confinement.

Provided with only the bare minimum in nourishment, Nier has become an emaciated specter of her former self. She can scarcely manage to verbalize any thoughts.

Corrie: Heheh. Good day, Sister.

Seeing Nier in such agony brings an expression of profound happiness to Corrie's face.

Nier: ...

Corrie: Why, you look dead as a doornail today. Don't tell me you've already reached your limits.

Nier: ...

Corrie: Nyehehe, how miserable you must be, Sister.

Corrie: To have been raised without love from your parents... or anyone for that matter...

Corrie: To have been exploited for all your worth, then abandoned by those you trusted...

Corrie: Only to be forgotten at the end of it all, as you take your final breaths in this underground cell...

Corrie: It's so amusing that I can't stop laughing.

Nier: ...

Corrie: Tch...

Corrie clicks her tongue at the irresponsive Nier.

She then casts a fireball, nonchalantly directing it at Nier.

Nier: Urgh...

Nier collapses from the impact.

Yet all she does is let out a whimper, showing no signs of resistance.

Corrie: Are you too tired to even scream in pain? What a bore.

Corrie: That look of utter hopelessness as you cried your heart out was always so entertaining to watch...

Corrie: Very well. If you won't entertain me anymore, I'll just have to dispose of you like the broken toy you are.

Corrie: I'll be sure to bring a trash bin tomorrow.

Corrie: Trash belongs in the trash bin after all. Hehe...

And with that, Corrie shuffles off.

Nier: ...

Nier may seem lifeless at the moment.

But the weakening of her body has only made her heart's resolve more intense.

Nier: (Why... do you only see Corrie...)

Nier: (Why won't anyone look my way... Why won't anyone love me?)

Nier: (I worked so hard to gain acceptance... I even went out of my way to learn that spell...)

Father: Hm, you make a good point. Now that we have Corrie, Nier is essentially worthless.

Nier: (Corrie's the problem...)

Nier: (As long as she's around... no one will ever love me...)

Nier: (No one will ever acknowledge me!)

Nier: (If I can just get her out of the way... as if she never existed... Everyone will finally come to accept me...)

Nier: Cor... rie... needs... to be... erased...

Using her enmity for Corrie as fuel, Nier forces herself into an upright position...

Only to collapse again the next moment.

As she lands with a thud, Nier realizes the floor is covered with a lukewarm fluid.

Unsure of what it might be, she looks down to find a pool of blood.

Nier: Blood... Is it mine?

She checks her body for any wounds and finds she's suffered a severe injury around her stomach.

Blood that had flowed thick and scarlet in her veins pours out incessantly from the opening, covering the floor in a sea of crimson.

Nier: (Corrie's spell earlier...)

Having lost too much blood, Nier begins to lose consciousness.

Nier: No... I don't... want to die...

Nier: Not... before... I... know... what... love... is...

Nier: Please... Won't... anyone... love... me...

Nier: Accept... me...

Nier: Ngh...

As if responding to her cries, the card inside her tattered clothing comes out on its own.

It stops in midair and radiates a pitch-black aura.

Nier: That... card... It was... stuck... in the tome...

As the ebony aura grows in intensity, the black surface of the card gradually fades away.

Revealing the ominous illustration underneath it.

Nier: Death?

A dark figure appears.

It casts a dejected glance at Nier.

???: No one will love yoo...
No one will accept yoo...

???: How sad... So sad...

???: I must ask... What is it yoo desire...

Nier: What... I... desire?

Nier: I... want... to be... loved...
To be... accepted...

???: Then I will accept yoo... and embrace yoo with my love...

???: If yoo will do the same... for me...

Nier: You're... just like... me?
In need of... love... and... acceptance?

The shadow nods in response.

???: I govern death. That is why all refuse me...

???: None will show me affection...
None will acknowledge me...

???: How sad... So sad... Please... Fancy me for all I am...

Nier: I see... You're... just like... me...

Nier: Then... I'll... love you... for who... you are...

Nier: So... please... Stay by... my side... Don't... abandon me...

???: Yoo've spoken the words for the pact... I hereby... swear undying love to yoo...

Death: I am Death... Harbinger of doom in a loveless world.

Death: Yoor willingness to love... is what called out to me...

Death: We complete each other now... As yoor other half, I'll grant yoo any wish.

Death: But as my name implies, my love is that of death... It may be so great that it eventually takes yoo as well...

Nier loses consciousness upon hearing those words.

Nier: Am I... still alive?

She gets up slowly on shaky feet.

Nier: Huh... I can move around okay... What happened to my injury...

Nier checks her body, but the mortal wound she suffered earlier is nowhere to be seen.

Nier: I can't believe it... It's completely gone...

Nier: What... could have possibly happened?

???: My beloved... Love me... Show me yoo crave me...

Nier: ...!

Nier turns to the voice from behind and finds Death gazing at her with loving eyes.

Nier: That... wasn't a dream...

Nier: Um, hey, why did you save me?

Death nods ever so slowly.

Death: My beloved... It is I who will grant yoo both death and love...

Death: That is why I restored yoor health in its entirety...

Nier: Th-thank you.

Death: My beloved... Why is it that those dear to yoo won't love yoo?

Death: What is it that robs yoo of their love?

Nier: Corrie!

Nier: She's the root of it all...

Death: Why not erase that nuisance. Perhaps then those dear to yoo may love yoo again.

Nier: I'm going to erase Corrie...

Nier: Yes, that needs to be done...

Death: Let us go then, my beloved...

The thick steel cell door that kept Nier confined goes down in one fell swoop.

Nier: Thank you, Death.

With a satisfied grin, Death returns to the card.

Nier lovingly embraces Death's card, then makes her way to the living room.

It has been months since Nier last showed her face in the living room.

Her parents and the servants are gathered around celebrating Corrie's birthday.

Father: What the... Nier! You're supposed to be locked up underground!

Servant 1: Aiie, N-Nier...

Everyone goes into a panic at Nier's appearance.

She ignores all the ruckus, focusing her attention solely on Corrie.

Nier: If only you weren't around...

Nier: If only you were never born...

Nier: I could've continued my happy life...

Nier: You... You bloodsucking leech!

Corrie: Eep!

Corrie cowers in fear at the sight of a hateful, almost hysterical Nier bursting with anger.

Their parents stand in Nier's way, intent on not letting any harm come to Corrie.

Father: Return to your cell down below at once. Or else...

Nier: Why?

Nier: Why won't you look at me for who I really am? Why won't you love me?

Nier: Why do you only see Corrie? Why is she the only one deserving of your love?

Mother: Isn't it obvious? You are completely devoid of talent when it comes to magic.

Nier: But I managed to unseal that magic tome!

Father: Fool. You've got it all wrong.

Nier: Huh?

Father: It's true that it was solely your work in opening up the tome.

Father: But that has nothing to do with arcane prowess.

Father: With enough training, literally anyone can learn the magic transcribed within.

Father: The only reason that hasn't happened is because no one's been able to open the tome, until you came along.

Father: In other words anyone with a copy of its contents can learn the spells.

Father: Corrie has done so to great success. Without experimenting on people as you did.

Father: My point is... you may be good for opening tomes, but that's the extent of it.

Father: How could you ever expect me to love a useless daughter like you?

Nier: But you used to say you were looking forward to great things from me...

Father: I cared for you in hopes that your talent might blossom one day.

Father: But when Corrie was born, there was no longer any need for that.

Mother: Yes... But as parents we still had a responsibility for bringing you into this world.

Father: Indeed... We gave you what you needed to live your life...

Father: At least until you came of age. We had planned on banishing you.

Nier: T-tell me that's not true...

Father: But it is. A disgrace like you would be an unnecessary stain on our family name.

Father: As the master of this household, I could not let that happen.

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.

Emotionally devastated by her father's response, Nier collapses in a despondent heap.

Nier: No... No... That can't be... Please, no...

Nier: Aaaggghhh!

The sheer agony of knowing that her entire life has been a lie is too much to bear.

Father: Grab this misbegotten child and lock her back in her cell. If she resists, you have my permission to kill her.

Servant 1: Very well.

The servants attempt to restrain Nier as they had done in the past.

Corrie: Hehe, what a fitting end for a failure like you.

Nier: A failure...
You must be referring to yourselves?

The sheer malice and spite Nier feels toward her family is evident in her glare.

Nier: I always wanted to believe...

Nier: That you'd love me... That you'd accept me...

Nier: Maybe it was too much to ask...

Nier: I did what I could...

Nier: I only wanted you to accept me. That's why I took up that tome... Why I studied those spells...

Nier: And I transcribed every last word in the tome in hopes that it'd get you all to love me...

Nier: But no... You still reject me...

Nier: You're no different from those bad men who'd whisper sweet nothings into my ear...

Nier: If you won't love me... accept me... then I don't need you anymore...

Nier: Anyone and everyone who shuns me can just go away!

The animosity and rancor she's held in for so long manifests in the form of Death.

Death cuts the servants apart in a mere matter of moments.

Death: How sad... So sad... Don't cry, my beloved...

Death: I'm here to take away all yoor pain.

Servant 2: Gyaaah!

Servant 3: H-help! I can't disobey the master's orders!

Servant 3: If you'll please just—

Servant 3: Ungh!

Servant 4: It hurts... so much... Please don't... kill me...

Servant 4: Gwaaah!

Corrie: Father, Mother... What is that?

Father: It can't be... A primal beast?

Mother: ...!
How did that child manage to—

The mother's head is cleanly separated from her torso, tumbling onto the ground with a thud.

Corrie: Aaaaaahhhhh! Motheeeer!

Father: Nier! How dare—

Father: Ngh... Rgh... S-stop...

Neither parent is safe from the scythes of Death. The father, too, falls on the spot.

Corrie: F-Father...

Father: ...

Corrie: No... No! Please, open your ey—

Corrie: Gwaaaah! M-my legs... I can't feel my...

Death: ...

Corrie: Please, Sister... Spare me...

Corrie: I apologize for everything I've ever done... If you'll just—

Nier: ...

Corrie: Nggaaah!

Death: My beloved, all is well now. Those who dared to hurt yoo will never have the chance to do so again.

Death: Yoo have nothing more to fear from these corpses.

Those words hit Nier hard as tears begin to pour from her eyes.

Nier: Sniff... Wh-why didn't they accept me...

Nier: Why didn't they love me...

Nier: Please... Was it too much to ask?

Death: My beloved... If the world will not love us, then we must return the favor by destroying it.

Death: Only then can we rebuild the world ourselves, shaping it into one that will love us back.

Nier: Sob... We can recreate the world? Is that really possible?

Death: Between yoo and me, it most certainly is...

Death: The World—creator of I and the other Arcarum primal beasts—plans to rebuild the universe as we know it...

Death: We can push it in a direction that suits yoo.

Death: Trust in me, my beloved...

Nier: Okay... I believe you.

Death: Koo kii koo kee... Really? Really, really?

Nier: Yes... You're really special to me, Death. How could I not believe you...

Death: Me, special? Koo kee koo kii kii... Happy... Yoo make me happy...

Nier: Well then, let's go, Death. To build our own world...

Nier: To be loved and accepted by all...

Nier and Death leave the mansion hand in hand...

Set on creating a world where they can find love and acceptance...

For it is all that they desire.