Abyssal Light/Story

Abyssal Light - Opening

English・Japanese

Balthusバルタザール	...You wanna run away? Where the hell are we gonna run to?! Ain't nowhere to go!		逃げるっつったって いったい、どこに逃げんだよ！？ あてもないんだろ！？
We'll figure it out as we go. For now, anywhere is better than this so-called Order of Heroes. I don't know about the rest of you, but I just can't stomach the idea of being used as disposable pawns.		そいつは逃げながら考えるさ。 ヴァイス・ブレイヴだかなんだか 知らねえが... 一方的に呼びつけられて 利用されるってのは どうにも気に食わねえ。		Yuriユーリス
Hapiハピ	Askr or Abyss... Doesn't make much of a difference to me.		ハピはまあ、どっちでも よかったんだけど。
Well, I'm willing to give gettin' outta here a shot. Hapi, mind sighing in the castle? If we get some monsters inside, making a break for it during the commotion should be no sweat at all!		いや、よくねえだろ。 ハピが城でため息ついてみろ。 魔物が湧き出てきて たちまち大混乱だろうが...！		Balthusバルタザール
Constanceコンスタンツェ	Ahahaha! As for me, I have no desire to stay in such an absurdly bright place! A dim place of silence and elegance... That is the only appropriate location for me, Constance von Nuvelle!		おーっほっほっほっほっ！ 私としては無駄に明るい場所は ご免こうむりますわ！ 静寂と薄闇と気品に満ちた場所... それこそがこの私、コンスタンツェ＝ フォン＝ヌーヴェルに相応しいですの！
Last I checked, Abyss is a pretty far cry from elegant...		俺たちのいたアビスは 気品とは縁遠い場所だった 気がするがね。		Yuriユーリス
Balthusバルタザール	Sooo... Do any of you have ideas for where we can hide? Not like we can just hole up in the pantry... We need somewhere that's fairly dark, doesn't get any visitors, and is big enough for all four of us.		でもよ、このあたりに おれたちが隠れられるような 都合のいい場所はあるのかよ？ 人の気配がなくて適度に暗くて おれたち４人が隠れられるような そんな場所がよ...！
In that case... How about the Great Library of Askr? Mmph mmph...		それならぁ... アスクの大図書館はどうでしょうかぁ... むにゃむにゃ...。		???？？？
Yuriユーリス	Those wings... Is this some kind of monster? It's certainly not the ugliest one I've had the pleasure to meet...		背中に羽が...魔物か！？ にしては、敵意も緊張感もねえな。
...Hey, don't look at me. It's not like every monster that shows up is from me sighing, you know.		...なんでみんなハピのほうを見るの。 別にため息なんてついてないし。		Hapiハピ
Mirabilisルピナス	I'm Mirabilis, and I'm...*yawn*...not a monster. I'm an álfr. I was flying around while sleeping, and I just happened to overhear your conversation, so... *yaaaawn*		わたしはルピナス... 魔物じゃなくて妖精なんですよぅ。 寝ながら飛んでたら たまたま、あなたたちの話を 聞いちゃったので...むにゃむにゃ...
You mentioned a Great Library of Askr earlier, did you not? Can you tell us what manner of place that is?		貴方、先ほど アスクの大図書館と仰ってましたわね？ そこはどういう場所ですの？		Constanceコンスタンツェ
Mirabilisルピナス	Mm? You need a place to hide, right? Well...*yawn*...it's dark, doesn't get a lot of visitors...*yawn*...and it's big. The Great Library of Askr is probably the perfect place to take a nap...and to hide, I suppose... All right, that's all from me... Zzzz...		隠れる場所が必要なんですよねぇ？ 人があまりいなくて、くらくて、 おまけに広い... それならぁ、アスクの大図書館が うってつけですよぉ...ふぁぁぁ... じゃあ、わたしはこれで...
Wh-whoa, she just flew off while asleep. Is she gonna be all right?		お、おい、寝ながら飛んでったぞ。 大丈夫なのかアレ。		Balthusバルタザール
Yuriユーリス	The Great Library of Askr, huh... We should slip in before dawn breaks. Then we'll figure out our next step!		アスクの大図書館か...。 夜が明ける前にそこに潜り込むか。 先のことは...それから考えるさ！

Abyssal Light - C

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Constanceコンスタンツェ	This. Is. It. The Great Library of Askr! It’s so incredibly vast!
We managed to slip inside, but what do we do now? It’s not like we’ve got a lot of food with us.				Hapiハピ
Yuriユーリス	True... First, we’ll need to figure out how we can get back to Fódlan. Most likely, that summoner is the key. So if we can just do something about 【Summoner】...
Wait, hold on a sec. Weren’t we called here to save this world? Should we really be bailing this quickly? I mean, we practically only just got here!				Balthusバルタザール
Yuriユーリス	The Order of Heroes has gathered many powerful and important Heroes. Do they really need us at this point? Let’s just let them take care of this world bathed in light.
Hey, it looks like these stairs go quite a ways down. Think it’s worth checking out?				Hapiハピ
Balthusバルタザール	Whoa! This library is unbelievable! Is this place really underground?!
It’s about as vast as Abyss, unless I am mistaken... And that is rarely, if ever, the case. But its collection of books is nothing less than incredible. Hmm...this might be useful as reference material.				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	Quiet, I sense someone! ...Hey, we know you’re there. And unfortunately, we don’t really have time to play hide-and-seek.
Hehe... Why, hello! If I recall, you four are the Ashen Wolves... Which means you came from Fódlan, yes?				Lokiロキ
Yuriユーリス	And you are...?
I am Loki. Just think of me as yet another acquaintance of our dear 【Summoner】.				Lokiロキ
Balthusバルタザール	From the looks of it, you’re a mage, right? You’d pretty much have to be to hang around in a library this late.
I’m just...doing a bit of searching. Besides, I tend to get more than my fair share of scowls when outside.				Lokiロキ
Hapiハピ	...
But enough about me! You all came in here for a reason, did you not? It just so happens that this library is well-stocked with emergency rations. If your plan is to seclude yourselves down here, you’ll be able to hide for as long as you wish.				Lokiロキ
Balthusバルタザール	Emergency rations, huh? Thanks, that’s good to know. Doubt there’s anything too exciting in there, though.
Hehe... Well, if fate wills it, perhaps we’ll meet again. Until then...				Lokiロキ
Yuriユーリス	...

Abyssal Light - B

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Hapiハピ	Hey, do you think they’ve realized we’ve escaped yet?
All four of us disappeared at the same time, so they probably won’t write it off as just a coincidence. Whaddaya say, should we leave Constance behind to buy the rest of us more time to hide our trail?				Balthusバルタザール
Constanceコンスタンツェ	Excuse me?! How can you possibly expect to make any progress without the pillar of the Ashen Wolf House?
...				Yuriユーリス
Hapiハピ	What’s got you worried, Yuri-bird?
Oh, well, it’s just...the more I look at this underground library, the more amazed I become. But something about it feels...off. Why did they build such a vast library underground? Even if there was already a cave here, it’s not like they had to use it for a library specifically.				Yuriユーリス
Balthusバルタザール	What about all the rations? Those sound more like something you’d find at an emergency shelter. I mean, just look at that mountain of food! You could feed hundreds of people for months with that, easy.
Perhaps this place was constructed to protect these books, no matter what happened up above. Even if the surface should one day fall to ruin, this library and its books shall still remain, forever preserved...				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	...
...Hm? Hey, is it just me, or is that book...glowing?				Hapiハピ
Balthusバルタザール	Looks like a real old, worn-out book... Wait, is this cover made from iron or something?! Damn, that’s heavy!
The letters are faded, so it’s difficult to make out what it says... But I think I see “The nine...realms...”				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	Just being able to read it is already impressive.
Hmm... This illustration seems to be depicting those realms. “Múspell... Nifl... Hel... Ljósálfheimr...” Unfortunately, I don’t really understand much beyond that.				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Hapiハピ	What about that thing drawn in the middle of the nine realms? Isn’t that the crest of the Kingdom of Askr?
It’s hard to be certain, but I think it says, “All battles...are here...”				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	What could that mean? Unless... Are they saying that all warfare in the nine realms will converge in Askr?

Abyssal Light - A

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Balthusバルタザール	If what’s written there is really true, then the people livin’ in this world...
There can only be one conclusion: they are all trapped in a world of eternal war.				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	This is unbelievable... It’s almost like this entire world is just one massive Abyss!
Ha, as if. At least the people in Abyss can hope to one day live above ground. But here? The people of this world have nowhere to run. They don’t even realized they SHOULD be running.				Hapiハピ
Constanceコンスタンツェ	Whether they wish for it or not, the people in this world are trapped in battles they cannot escape from. That is the fate of the Kingdom of Askr...
The way this world works... Forcing everyone into an unending war? It’s ridiculous. Some people don’t even have a blade to fight with, let alone the ability to wield it. And yet, despite their circumstances, they all live every day to the fullest. ...Just like the people in Abyss we’ve been fighting to protect.				Yuriユーリス
Balthusバルタザール	But if the world was MADE to work this way... Why? What reason could anyone have to cause these battles?
Wait! This line, right here... ”The beginning of the battles... The end... Everything is—“				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Hapiハピ	Coco, watch out!
Kyah?! Wh-what in the world?! Th-the book suddenly burst into flames...				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	This presence... You!
Oh ho... It appears you all found what I was looking for. But, as much as I hate to break it to you after your little scavenger hunt... You humans can’t read any further.				Lokiロキ
Yuriユーリス	What...are you? There’s an unfathomable darkness within you—one far deeper than any void.
Oh, don’t be so dramatic, dearie. It won’t get me any closer to sharing my secrets. At least...not yet. All you need to know is that I love few things more than having interesting pieces on the board. After all, the more interesting pieces there are in play, the harder it is to predict how they will act.				Lokiロキ
So, what kind of moves will you show me next? Hehehe...				Lokiロキ
Balthusバルタザール	Hey, wait—! Yeeeah, it was worth a shot, I guess.
She vanished. Almost as if she melted into the darkness...				Constanceコンスタンツェ
Yuriユーリス	... This world is a far more dangerous place than we could have imagined.
Yeah, for sure. This isn’t the time for us to be grumbling about trivial stuff like whether we’ll help or not.				Hapiハピ
Constanceコンスタンツェ	If the Order of Heroes loses, this world will immediately sink into an endless darkness... And it won’t be limited to only the Heroes—everyone who lives in this world will be caught up in it.
Sounds like the King of Grappling was called to make sure that never happens, right? So let’s do this.				Balthusバルタザール
Constanceコンスタンツェ	Indeed. My noble magic will no doubt prove crucial to saving this world from its tragic fate!
I don’t wanna be tied down by anything, but I’d feel pretty terrible if I just did nothing.				Hapiハピ
Yuriユーリス	Then it’s settled. The Ashen Wolf House will aid the Order of Heroes. And we’ll go back to Abyss...right after we deal with whoever is pulling the strings behind all this!

Scenario
Keepers of Faith ←		Abyssal Light		With Conviction →
Constance	Yuri		Balthus		Hapi

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