Echocalypse: Scarlet Covenant story · Main story, Act 8: Winter Wonderland
40. Sunshine
Good to see that fellow's hard work being rewarded. I wonder if you've noticed my hard work from up there in heaven...
6 scenes, 69 lines
1. Sunshine
14 lines
(P-Ting!)
No. These Echo Crystals are too hard. Not even Raspartan tools can break it.
We got the tools, but this Crystal is huge. How long will it take to dig it up...?
Looks like Rasparta isn't taking your sister anywhere either.
Last time Bifrost reinforcements arrived too quickly. Rasparta had no time to study the evolution of the Crystals.
They didn't realize these crystals are much harder than regular Echo Crystals.
Dammit.
We'd better stop. We don't know what effect the vibrations will have on the person embedded inside the crystal.
Rayna...
The situation is not completely hopeless.
Huh?
I said I'd give you a chance to test out the ''Chain Reaction'', remember?
You're not saying...?
I brought it with me.
2. Stage 40-1, before the battle
9 lines
The source of the Great Relic's power is not known, nor is its effective range.
The Lieutenant sent a top-secret transporter with high-level security measures and troops to escort it.
You probably noticed; the transporter got here before you did.
Thank you.
We're just doing what's right. I just hope you're ready for what comes next.
You should know the ''Chain Reaction'' cannot physically separate different materials. It's probably not going to help your sister.
I... yeah, I know.
I think you fail to realize how much it cost to send the transporter and troops all this way...
That will do, Lieutenant. That will do.
3. Stage 40-1, after the battle
22 linesWell... I've done everything I can. The Great Relic is in your hands now.
It can transmit your emotions to other people, but you want it to transmit your emotions specifically to your sister.
I understand.
Take it. Go and see your sister.
... Rayna.
Thinking of happier times, the pain of separation, the thinnest thread of hope...
The cocktail of powerful emotions activates the ''Chain Reaction'' which amplifies them...
One by one the emotions seep past the hard Echo Crystals, arriving inside the chrysalis intact.
Then nothing.
...
... Not even a flicker.
Don't tell me... everything has been... in vain.
... I...
Rayna?
... pro... tect... you...
The ''Chain Reaction'' is amplifying Rayna's feelings...
Wait. Why can I feel it? Is that the ''Chain Reaction''?
I feel it too...
(Sobs)... Suddenly I feel like crying...
The whole battlefield goes quiet.
All the Cases there could feel the pure emotions of the young girl, emanating from within the Echo Crystal.
Bright as a gemstone, without a trace of impurity.
4. Stage 40-3, before the battle
13 linesAre you okay, Awakener?
I'm fine. What about Fenriru? I heard she put herself in solitary.
... The General found out about the Lieutenant transporting the Great Relic as well as Rayna's emotions affecting everyone there.
It all worked out in the end, but there was a certain level of risk and the General... was not very happy.
I feel responsible.
Don't blame yourself. The Lieutenant and Doctor Aiken are obsessed with their research.
I'm sure she doesn't mind putting aside her Teslovik admin work for a while and focusing on her own research.
...Anyway, I owe her a debt of gratitude.
Thanks to her, I now know the Great Relic might be able to help Rayna.
If the Great Relic has the ability the separate things, then we might be able to save her, without digging up the crystals.
You seem a lot sunnier these days.
Was I very gloomy before?
I guess.
