Fate/Grand Order story · Part 2: Cosmos in the Lostbelt, Lostbelt No.1: Permafrost Empire, Anastasia
Section 22 (3/4) Super Recollection Quest
Lostbelt No.1: Permafrost Empire, Anastasia. Base of the Great Tree
2 scenes, 201 lines
1. Before the battle
151 lines(Huff, huff, huff...)
My strength...is leaving me... Perhaps it's because...my role here has ended...
Not yet! As long as Master hasn't given up...!
Mash...
Just stop...
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...Senpai...?
Now's our chance! Fiiire!
...There. You see that? I know you did.
Before I knew it, a smile of pure joy spread across my face.
After an incredibly hard-won victory, all he got in return is the worst outcome imaginable.
Death, at the hands of those he thought he had saved...
...and the knowledge that the world he worked so hard to save would ultimately be destroyed.
...That's all he has to show for his efforts, even after he finally managed to bring down Ivan the Terrible.
That's the reward he got for not only standing up to, but actually defeating that mountain of a tsar.
He fought so bravely, and now look at him. He looks so weak it's all he can do just to stay on his feet.
...If I wanted to, I could easily kill him myself now.
Even as I thought that, I found myself running.
Bowstrings are pulled back. Bullets are loaded into their chambers.
My legs keep moving. I can't hold back any longer.
I think back to a street performer I saw when I was a child, and how he kept laughing idiotically at his own comical antics.
...Hmph. He was the only one there laughing, that's for sure. As if anyone could ever put food on the table doing something so completely useless. Pathetic.
...But when did it become normal for us to see that sort of stuff as pathetic? When did we Yaga lose our ability to smile?
I keep running. As a Yaga, I've never been afraid of anything. I've always known death was inevitable.
If there's anything I AM scared of, I think...
...it's the idea of someone dying when they know how to go through life smiling.
Ah...dammit.
Patxi...?
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... ...You...
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...I'll never forgive you.
Huh...?
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I'll never forgive you, for as long as I live. You know why?
Because thanks to you, I now know there's another, happier world out there.
So stand up, dammit. Stand up and fight for it.
Go on and brag about how you can smile in your world, and tell us why it should be the one to survive.
Be proud. Hold your head up high, and fight for your weak little world.
...Don't you dare go losing to a world like this, a world whose only virtue is strength!
But, I...
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...Yeah, you'll have a lot of blood on your hands. You won't be able to pretend it never happened.
But you've still gotta do it. After all...
...your world sounds so much more beautiful.
So it should be the one to survive.
Me...I don't know anything.
Masters, Servants, Proper Human History, Lostbelts... I don't know the first thing about any of it.
But, if our world IS wrong...and, if there's any meaning to be found in our lives...lives that are just one hardship after another...
...I think it's that we were able to learn there's a better placea world filled with happiness, a world that's right...
We Yaga might've made a mistake and ended up in the wrong place. But I'm sure even that mistake has meaning.
Isn't that right?
That's enough, Patxi. You have to save your strength
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...Don't worry.
We Yaga barely even feel pain or fear.
You...and Mash...must've been way more scared. It must've hurt a lot worse for you.
But that's exactly why you've gotta keep on fighting. Why you've gotta be the ones to live.
...Well? Say something, dammit.
Let me...hear your answer...
Okay...
(Nod)
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...Haha... Look at you... You're crying...
...Well damn. Turns out...making you cry...isn't as much fun...as I thought...
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...Master.
Mash.
Can you still stand?
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...Yes! Yes, I can...! ...I can still fight!
As long as you keep standing, Master...I'll always be there with you...!
...Dammit...!
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What the...!? M-my gun!
This ain't no fit place for the likes of you. Y'all done chose her for your boss, right?
Then ain't no way to settle this but a duel.
Billy!
Well, s'pose I didn't quite make it in time to save Patxi...but at least Master's still with us.
Awright, then, Ms. Greek Huntress of Myth.
I'm Billy the Kid, and I'm callin' you out!
...Understood. My name is Atalante.
Billy the Kid, I would make just one request of you.
...Please, go easy on the Yaga. All they ever wanted was to live their lives.
I cannot blame them for that. They have done nothing wrong.
...That much I can do.
Usually, I could fire my bow as swiftly and easily as water flows downstream...but this time, for some reason, it felt slow and heavy.
...Right. I see. I must have strayed from the right path the moment I sided with them.
Am I being punished for my betrayal? ...No, I don't think that is it.
I think...it is simply because...
I knew...all...along...
Rest in peace, Atalante.
No way... Boss...!
I am...so sorry, everyone...
I knew all along... As a Heroic Spirit from Proper Human History...this Lostbelt was the wrong place for me...
I also knew that...in the end...some things would need to be cut away... I knew that, and yet...I never told you...
I suppose I should have also known this was bound to happen...since I could never make up my mind...
...No. No, Boss! You've got it all wrong!
We always knew too!
We know how you used to lie awake at night, crying, trying to muffle your sobs so we wouldn't hear!
We know you've been apologizing to us all along, even though you're stronger than any of us...
...and we know you believed in our future, even though you should've cast us aside, because we're weak...
Wha...
Anyone could see where this was going!
But you still never gave up! Even though we meant to let you die!
We knew you were going to die, even if we managed to win... We can never make up for that...
...I see. I never knew...I was such a poor actor... Do not worry about it... None of you did anything wrong...
It is only natural for living things to try to survive. It is their purpose...
...Fujimaru... Patxi...was right...
Please...keep fighting to keep your world safe... I may have lost any right I had to cheer for you...
...But at least...I can still pray...that you succeed...
Ah... Boss... ...We're sorry... We're so sorry...
You doin' all right there, Salieri?
...Yes. My strength may be gone, but it seems there is still something I must do.
All that's left now...
...Hmph. Guess I should've known nothing would be that simple.
...is to take out the Crypter, and that Servant.
Beo!
Does this mean he has "bounced back," Kadoc?
Yeah, probably. ...But hey, that's life for you.
Screwups are inevitable. You can't dwell on them. You've just gotta learn from them and move on.
Besides, it should be time now. Well, Anastasia? Can you use it?
Yes. As I thought.
I have become the Tsaritza of this Lostbelt, and thus can make use of the Emergency Prerogative.
Now, I shall make our dreams a reality.
That's it. The Tree of Emptiness Orochi has connected...
Now I can finally, FINALLY get started.
Master, this shaking is coming from the giant tree!
What did you do!?
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It's a wedge from outer space. It's designed to let this world take root.
Now that I can finally expand this Lostbelt, Proper Human History is as good as finished.
...Ivan the Terrible was broken.
He still believed in the old God, even after turning into a Yaga.
The Tree of Emptiness brought this Lostbelt back to life, but he refused to let its wedge be driven into the ground, choosing to go to sleep instead.
And in this Russia, the Tsar's word is absolute. Want to know why?
Because the Tsar is the only one who can use Russia's greatest power, the Emergency Prerogative...the ability to control the land itself.
I had to do whatever it took to make sure Anastasia assumed the throne and obtained that power for herself.
...Yes. I wonder how long it's been since you chose me back in that darkness.
Six months? A year? It's hard to say for certain, since we were in fantasy time, and it was all so hazy.
Beats me. My memories of that are so vague, it might as well've been a dream.
But all that vagueness ends now. It's time to make our dreams reality, Anastasia.
I'm finally going to fulfill my promise. I'm going to defeat these guys and become a Master worthy of you.
...Yes. I always knew you had it in you, Kadoc.
Come, Viy. My spirit of disaster, and the Romanov Dynasty's secret treasure.
Show these people your true form. Show them your dreaded Mystic Eyes that can pierce anything and everything!
...Indeed, I am no longer the Grand Duchess of the Beast Nation.
I am Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova.
I am the new Tsaritza, and I shall destroy my Master's enemies, for they are Russia's enemies as well...!
2. After the battle
50 linesHow...!? I KNOW we're stronger! I KNOW WE ARE!
So how could this happen...!?
I'd put it down to the difference in y'all's experiences.
Y'all gonna come along peacefully, or we gonna do this the hard way?
Just so's y'all know, I ain't never had nothin' to do with mages in my life, so you won't get no mercy from the likes of me.
Try anything funny, and I'll gun you down.
...No. It's not over yet!
I promised I'd make her tsaritza! If I can't do that in this world, I'll just build a new one!
Then I'll make her tsaritza there! I'm not gonna give up! I'll NEVER give up!
I know I can do what you've done! That and more!!!
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...That so?
I've still got a card up my sleeve! With this Command Spell, the Sirius Light, I can
...Whatever Kadoc Zemlupus had up his sleeve, it was too little, too late.
Billy did not hesitate. In less than the space of a heartbeat, he pulled the trigger.
Crypter or not, Kadoc simply did not have time to react.
All of this, then, was...inevitable.
...I always did...hate guns...
No...! Anastasia! What're you doing!?
No! You didn't have to do this!
I'm a Crypter! I still had my Sirius Light!
I could've used it and remade this entire world!
Once I turned everything around, you could've won... I know you could've won!
Oh, silly... What would be the point of winning like that?
I'm Anastasia. The rightful heir to the Romanov Dynasty.
As far as I'm concerned a victory stolen on a technicality is no victory at all.
...Maybe not, but...
I also refuse to let you take your own life once I'm gone.
Calm yourself Kadoc... I believe in you.
I believe that no matter how misguided you may be, no matter how many mistakes you make...you will always do the right thing in the end.
...No, I won't.
My whole life, all I've had is regrets about things I was so sure I could do, but never got a chance.
...Hold on to those regrets, Master. Hold on to them and live on.
You know...I still can't quite believe I threw myself in front of a gun. I don't think I could ever do it again.
Listen, Kadoc. I didn't save you because you're an excellent mage.
I simply did what any Servant would do...because you believed in me.
...You should be...honored... My dear...sweet...Kadoc...
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...Damn...it...
This work, Master? Say the word and I'll put one in his ear right now.
...No, that's all right. This is good enough.
Guess I ain't done you wrong, then. ...Thanks.
Thank you, Billy.
No problem, Master. Just doin' my job.
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