Script of the Rozen Maiden Character Drama CD Vol. 4 ~ Souseiseki (LHCA-5055) Translated into English by Unyuunymous (http://www.rozen-unyu.net/). November 26, 2006 TRACK 1 - SUISEISEKI AND HER MEDIUM [ 0:01] [Song: "Sleeping Castle." See Track 6 section of script for the lyrics and translation.] ... [ 3:25] [Footsteps.] [ 3:25] [Creepy ambient sounds.] [ 3:32] Souseiseki: ... Where is this place? ... An N-Field? Why just me, in a place like this...? [ 3:44] [Magic sound.] [ 3:45] [Footsteps stop.] [ 3:46] Suiseiseki: Souseiseki. [ 3:48] Souseiseki: Suiseiseki! You've come here, too? I wonder where this place is? ... Huh? [ 3:56] Suiseiseki: [Giggle.] Die ~desu! [ 4:00] [Thwip thwip thwip.] [ 4:01] [Jump.] [ 4:01] Souseiseki: [Yelp.] What's the matter?! Why are you attacking me?! [ 4:06] Suiseiseki: Shut up ~desu! Tah-! [ 4:09] [Smack.] [ 4:09] Souseiseki: [Scream.] [ 4:10] [Flop.] [ 4:12] Souseiseki: W-why? [ 4:14] [Footsteps.] [ 4:14] Suiseiseki: [Giggle.] Why? It's obvious ~desu. We are dolls of the Rozen Maidens. It's because we were born in order to play the Alice Game. In order to fight. [ 4:30] Souseiseki: [Gasp.] [ 4:32] Suiseiseki: Now, Souseiseki! I will defeat you and take your Rosa Mystica ~desu! [ 4:39] Souseiseki: That's...! [ 4:41] Suiseiseki: [Cackle.] [ 4:45] Souseiseki: Something like this can't... it can't be...!! [ 4:49] [Box latch opening.] [ 4:49] Souseiseki: [Panting.] ... A dream...? [ 4:54] [Box latch opening.] [ 4:55] Suiseiseki: Mmm, what is it, in the middle of the night like this? [ 5:01] Souseiseki: ... S-sorry. [ 5:04] Suiseiseki: For you to shout like that, did you have a scary dream or something ~desu? [ 5:09] Souseiseki: N-no, nothing like that... [ 5:12] Suiseiseki: Well, either way, just hurry up and get back to sleep ~desu. [Yawn.] [ 5:21] [Box latch closing.] [ 5:23] Souseiseki: ... A dream? ... No, it's no dream. That was... TRACK 2 - BECAUSE WE'RE TWINS [ 0:00] [Music starts.] [ 0:01] [Clinking of tableware.] [ 0:02] Nori: Everyone, sorry for the wait! Tea is served! [ 0:06] Hinaichigo: Yaaay! There's some cake, too~! [ 0:09] Nori: Here. This is for Souseiseki-chan, and this is your serving, Suiseiseki-chan. [ 0:14] Souseiseki: Thank you. [ 0:16] Suiseiseki: Th-thanks ~desu... [ 0:19] Nori: Hm? What's the matter, Suiseiseki-chan? You seem kind of depressed, but... [ 0:24] Suiseiseki: I-I am nothing of the sort ~desu! Suiseiseki is full of a hundredfold measure of cheer and cuteness, the same as always! Ahh, what delicious-looking cake! Thanks for the food ~desu! [Gobbling.] [Humming through mouthful of food.] [Choking.] [ 0:43] Nori: Oh dear, how awful! [ 0:45] Shinku: It's because you won't calm down while you eat. [ 0:46] Jun: Here, have a tissue. Are you okay? [ 0:48] Suiseiseki: Eh-?! I... I-I-I-I-I'm fine ~desu! There's no need for your uncalled-for concern! [ 0:54] Jun: Huh? [ 0:55] Suiseiseki: [Sigh.] I-I just remembered something urgent I had to do ~desu. I'll excuse myself here for today ~desu. G-goodbye ~desu! [ 1:05] [Box latch closing.] [ 1:05] [Flying sound effect.] [ 1:06] Souseiseki: Ah-! Wait, Suiseiseki! Sorry, everyone. We'll be leaving here for today... [ 1:12] [Box latch closing.] [ 1:12] [Flying sound effect.] [ 1:13] Jun: What's with her? [ 1:15] Shinku: It's tough for Suiseiseki as well, having to deal with... [ 1:19] Jun: Huh? What's that supposed to mean? [ 1:21] Shinku: Who knows? [ 1:25] [Music stops.] ... [ 1:28] [Flying sound effect.] [ 1:29] Souseiseki: Suiseiseki! Wait! [ 1:31] [Whoosh.] [ 1:32] Suiseiseki: S-Souseiseki... W-what did you come here for? [ 1:39] Souseiseki: You were acting kind of strangely. What's wrong? Did something happen? [ 1:43] Suiseiseki: N-nothing in particular... [ 1:46] Souseiseki: You can't keep a secret from me, your own twin sister. Come on, try telling me about it. [ 1:52] Suiseiseki: ... [ 1:55] [Music starts.] [ 1:56] Suiseiseki: Y... you won't tell anyone else ~desu? [ 1:59] Souseiseki: I won't tell. [ 2:01] Suiseiseki: You won't laugh ~desu? [ 2:03] Souseiseki: I won't laugh. [ 2:04] Suiseiseki: Absolutely, absolutely positively not? [ 2:07] Souseiseki: I promise! So? [ 2:11] Suiseiseki: Well... Do you remember Barasuishou? [ 2:17] Souseiseki: ... Yeah. I remember her well. The seventh doll of the Rozen Maidens, whom no one has ever met before now. [ 2:28] Suiseiseki: The fact that she showed up means that the Alice Game will begin now for real ~desu. [ 2:34] Souseiseki: [Gasp.] ... Yeah. [ 2:38] Suiseiseki: If that happens, then as the only one of us not to have made a contract with a Medium, I... [ 2:44] Souseiseki: ... [ 2:45] Suiseiseki: I'm sure that Barasuishou would aim straight for Suiseiseki! If things go on like this, then delicate little Suiseiseki will end up being forced to end Barasuishou's all-too-short life that has just barely begun ~desu! [ 2:57] Souseiseki: [Chuckle.] I don't know about that "delicate" part. [ 3:02] Suiseiseki: What was that? [ 3:03] Souseiseki: A-ah, sorry. So? [ 3:06] Suiseiseki: Anyway, at this rate things will become dangerous ~desu! [ 3:10] Souseiseki: I see. In other words, Suiseiseki, you're thinking of finding some Medium and making a contract with him, right? [ 3:17] Suiseiseki: [Whimper.] S-since you say it so directly, yes, but... [ 3:23] Souseiseki: So, do you have any prospects? [ 3:25] Suiseiseki: Hmph! If I did then I wouldn't be so troubled right now ~desu! Of course it's not that easy to find a human with the qualifications to be a Medium to the beautiful Suiseiseki - the most elegant and lovely of the Rozen Maidens ~desu! [ 3:39] Souseiseki: You think so? [ 3:41] Suiseiseki: W-what? What are you trying to say ~desu? [ 3:45] Souseiseki: Nothing really. It's just that, when I saw how you looked earlier, I thought maybe you might have found one already. [ 3:52] Suiseiseki: [Gasp.] What are you talking about ~desu?! Y-you're wrong! It's not Jun! There's no way I'd consider making a contract with the likes of Jun ~desu! Ah...! [ 4:01] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] So that *was* it! [ 4:06] Suiseiseki: D-don't laugh ~desu! You promised you wouldn't laugh ~desu! [ 4:10] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] Sorry... [ 4:12] Suiseiseki: A-any way you look at it, it's Suiseiseki's urgent necessity to make a contract with someone ~desu! If I don't manage to do something... [ 4:21] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] [ 4:22] Suiseiseki: What?! Are you still laughing ~desu?! [ 4:25] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] Well... [ 4:27] Suiseiseki: What's that for? If Suiseiseki were to find a Medium, then it would mean we'd be separated ~desu! Souseiseki, wouldn't you be sad? [ 4:39] Souseiseki: [Chuckle.] Well, I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't be sad, but... [ 4:45] Suiseiseki: But? [ 4:48] Souseiseki: When I think of what lies ahead, I think it'd be better that way... [ 4:53] Suiseiseki: Souseiseki? [ 4:55] [Music stops.] [ 4:55] Suiseiseki: [Flashback:] We are dolls of the Rozen Maidens. It's because we were born in order to play the Alice Game. In order to fight. [ 5:08] Souseiseki: [Narrating:] ... Yes. That was no dream. In the near future, it will become a reality. Someday I, too, will have to fight against everyone. So... if we're to be separated, better that it be sooner than later. If things stay like this, then I'm sure that... I'll become unable to fight against Suiseiseki. TRACK 3 - RULES AND MULTIPLE CHOICE [ 0:05] [Music starts.] [ 0:06] [Footsteps.] [ 0:09] Souseiseki: ... Is this... an N-Field? ... Am I dreaming again? But, it's totally different from yesterday. It's like the exact opposite kind of world. [ 0:29] Hinaichigo: Ah! Souseiseki! Souseiseki is here! [ 0:33] [Running footsteps.] [ 0:34] Souseiseki: Hinaichigo? [ 0:35] Hinaichigo: [Huffing and panting.] Geez, Souseiseki, you're late! Everyone's been waiting for you! [ 0:45] Souseiseki: Everyone? [ 0:46] Hinaichigo: Come on, hurry, hurry! This way ~na no! [ 0:49] Souseiseki: Ah-! Hey! [ 0:49] [Running footsteps.] [ 0:53] Hinaichigo: Hey, everyone! Souseiseki finally got here! [ 0:58] Souseiseki: Eh-? W-what's...? [ 1:02] Shinku: Welcome, Souseiseki. [ 1:04] Suiseiseki: Geez, we waited so long it made us sick ~desu! [ 1:06] Kanaria: As usual, you do things at your own pace ~kashira. [ 1:09] Suigintou: What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and take a seat? [ 1:13] Souseiseki: Kanaria, and Suigintou! What are *you* two doing here...? [ 1:18] Kanaria: Ahh-! What a horrible way to talk ~kashira! Is it wrong for Kana and Suigintou to be here ~kashira?! [ 1:23] Souseiseki: N-no, I didn't mean it like... [ 1:27] Suigintou: It's fine, isn't it? Even we dolls of the Rozen Maidens need some time like this once in a while. Come on, hurry up and take a seat. The tea we went to so much trouble to make will end up getting cold. [ 1:39] Souseiseki: Suigintou... This is wrong. [ 1:45] [Music stops.] [ 1:45] Suigintou: Eh? [ 1:46] Souseiseki: This... this is...! [ 1:50] [Box latch opening.] [ 1:50] Souseiseki: [Gasping.] A dream again...? But, it was a different dream from before. What was that about just now? ... [ 2:07] [Birds singing.] [ 2:08] [Flying sound effect.] [ 2:10] Suiseiseki: [Sigh.] I'm having trouble finding an appropriate Medium ~desu. But, I mustn't be hasty. For a doll of the Rozen Maidens, choosing a Medium is an extremely important matter. I've got to check things out thoroughly ~desu. [ 2:27] Souseiseki: [Sigh.] [ 2:29] Suiseiseki: Hm? What's the matter, Souseiseki? [ 2:32] Souseiseki: N-no, it's nothing. It's just that I haven't been getting enough sleep. [ 2:37] Suiseiseki: That's not good! The shortest route to health is to eat well and sleep well ~desu. Waking up well-rested in the morning is the best thing for you! [ 2:45] Souseiseki: Yeah. Thanks, Suiseiseki. Huh? [ 2:50] Suiseiseki: What's wrong? ... Ah! That's...! [ 2:56] [Music starts.] [ 2:58] [Leaves rustling.] [ 2:59] Kanaria: [Chortle.] At last this time has arrived ~kashira! Having overcome 48 failures, finally a chance has come for me to seize the Rosa Mysticas of Shinku and company ~kashira! This day for sure will be their last! [ 3:14] Souseiseki: Oh? How do you mean? [ 3:16] Kanaria: I've come up with a brilliant plan to pay back Shinku and the others in one fell swoop! This will definitely work! As expected of the most ingenious strategist of the Rozen Maidens! Even Shokatsu Komei* would turn pale in fear ~kashira! [* Shokatsu Komei: Japanese name for Zhuge Liang, legendary strategist known from Romance of the Three Kingdoms] [ 3:29] Suiseiseki: So, in concrete terms, what are you going to do ~desu? [ 3:32] Kanaria: Well, naturally, I'm going to dig a sickening number of pit traps around the house, and when Shinku and the others fall into them I'll... Eh? [ 3:42] Souseiseki: You never change, Kanaria. [ 3:45] Kanaria: GIEEEEEEH!! Souseiseki and Suiseiseki?! W-when did you-?! [ 3:52] Suiseiseki: [Soft laughter.] We heard everything that you said ~desu! [ 3:58] Kanaria: Uh...?! O-ohhh dear, whatever could you be talking about ~kashira? I'm just a cute, cute little girl who happened to be passing by ~kashira! [ 4:07] Suiseiseki: Don't give me that crap! Even if the heavens overlook your evil plans, I, Suiseiseki, will definitely not forgive you ~desu! ... Now then, say your prayers ~desu. [Cackle.] [ 4:23] Kanaria: Nooooo! Help me ~kashiraaa! [ 4:24] [Running footsteps.] [ 4:25] [Music stops.] [ 4:28] Suiseiseki: [Laughter.] Ahh, I feel better now ~desu. After that, she won't be back for a while ~desu. [ 4:37] Souseiseki: But, I wonder if it was right for us to only chase her off? [ 4:40] Suiseiseki: Eh? What are you talking about? Suiseiseki is not such a fool as to have to fight seriously against the likes of Kanaria ~desu! [ 4:49] Souseiseki: But, someday you'll have to fight her, too. What'll you do when that time comes? [ 4:55] Suiseiseki: Hmm... When that time comes... that time comes! I can't think that far ahead right now ~desu. [ 5:05] Souseiseki: ... [ 5:06] Suiseiseki: Come on, now that the nuisance has withdrawn, it's about time for us to go inside. Nori's hotcakes are awaiting us ~desu! [ 5:13] [Footsteps.] [ 5:14] Souseiseki: ... ... [ 5:18] [Wheel spinning.] [ 5:18] Jun: There we go... [ 5:18] [Music starts.] [ 5:21] Jun: Three, is it? One-two-three... Oh! "You have earned a windfall profit from your stocks. Receive twice your current amount of funds from the bank." All right! [ 5:33] Hinaichigo: Hwehh...! Jun is rich ~na no! [ 5:37] Shinku: I'm next. [ 5:38] [Wheel spinning.] [ 5:42] Shinku: One-two... "You have been taken in by fraud. You forfeit your entire estate and return to the beginning." W-what?! [ 5:54] Suiseiseki: [Chortle.] Serves you right! Come on, return to the start at once ~desu! [ 6:00] [Shove.] [ 6:00] Shinku: [Squeal.] What are you doing?! [ 6:03] Nori: Oh my, is it my turn this time? There-! [ 6:06] [Wheel spinning.] [ 6:08] Nori: A four? One-two-three-four... Oh? "A crime has occurred. The player in the lead has been arrested, returns to the start, and loses one turn." Umm, the player in the lead right now is... [ 6:23] Shinku: That's too bad, isn't it, Suiseiseki. [ 6:26] Suiseiseki: D'OHH! W-wait a minute ~desu! This kind of thing is unreasonable! I object! [ 6:32] Shinku: What bad manners! Return to the start at once. [ 6:37] Suiseiseki: Ah-! [ 6:37] Nori: I'm sorry, Suiseiseki-chan! [ 6:40] Suiseiseki: N-no way...! [ 6:42] Souseiseki: Well then, I'm next, right? There! [ 6:44] [Wheel spinning.] [ 6:47] Souseiseki: One-two-three... Huh? [ 6:50] [Music stops.] [ 6:51] Hinaichigo: What's the matter? [ 6:53] Souseiseki: "Death certificate. You have died. For the player who stops here, it's immediate 'Game Over'." [ 7:01] Hinaichigo: Ehhh?! [ 7:02] Jun: What's with that? That's cruel! [ 7:06] Nori: It's okay, Souseiseki-chan. You can spin the roulette once more. Right, everyone? [ 7:12] Shinku: Yes. This is just too unreasonable. [ 7:15] Suiseiseki: It's too much for it to be "Game Over". I'll make an exception this time and let you do it over ~desu. [ 7:21] Souseiseki: Thanks, everyone. But... [ 7:24] Suiseiseki: Huh? [ 7:25] Souseiseki: But after all, I've got to obey the rules. I'll let it be "Game Over" for me here. [ 7:30] Jun: You don't have to be such a stickler for the rules. [ 7:33] Hinaichigo: That's right! Everyone's telling you it's okay! [ 7:36] Souseiseki: Thanks. But, if we don't obey the rules, then the game couldn't end properly. It's unfortunate, but this is my destiny. [ 7:46] Jun: Destiny? [ 7:47] Suiseiseki: Why are you being so serious about it ~desu? It's just a game we're talking about! Well, if Souseiseki insists, then there's nothing we can do about it. Ah, here, you can be the banker! [ 8:01] Souseiseki: Yeah, all right! [ 8:03] Hinaichigo: Then, it's Hina's turn next ~na no! There! [ 8:07] [Wheel spinning.] ... [ 8:12] [Crows cawing in the distance.] [ 8:15] Souseiseki: Ah, look at the time. We've got to go home. [ 8:18] Suiseiseki: Not yet! One more... We'll play one more game ~desu! This time for sure Suiseiseki will win ~desu! [ 8:25] Jun: Look, you, just give it up and accept your defeat. [ 8:28] Hinaichigo: We already played it ten times. I'm hungry! [ 8:32] Suiseiseki: Grrrrr! I won't let you quit while you're ahead! If I let things stand having lost even to Puny Ichigo, I'll never live down the shame! Come on, let's play once more ~desu! [ 8:44] Souseiseki: [Sigh.] Looks like we won't be getting home for a while. [ 8:49] Shinku: Suiseiseki, you're getting too obsessed over a mere game. [ 8:52] Suiseiseki: I don't need to be told that by *you*, Shinku! Out of those ten games, *you* were the one to insist on playing three of them ~desu! [ 8:58] Shinku: Wha...?! Be quiet! A match has no meaning unless one wins. [ 9:03] Souseiseki: ... It has no meaning unless one wins... Say, Shinku. [ 9:09] Shinku: Eh? [ 9:10] Souseiseki: Could I have a moment? ... [ 9:14] [Door opening.] [ 9:16] [Footsteps.] [ 9:17] [Door closing.] [ 9:20] Shinku: What is it, Souseiseki? [ 9:22] Souseiseki: Mm. I thought you at least would listen to me... Shinku, do you think that it's all right for things to go on like this? [ 9:32] Shinku: What do you mean? [ 9:33] [Music starts.] [ 9:34] Souseiseki: Everyone getting together to hold tea parties and to play games and stuff. Do you really think it's all right to be doing things like this? We're dolls of the Rozen Maidens. We were brought into existence in order to play the Alice Game. To forget about that, and to spend our days fraternizing with each other and not fighting... is this all right? Shinku, what do you think? [ 9:59] Shinku: Well. These are questions I have asked of myself as well. Is it all right for things to go on like this, and what on earth should I do... [10:10] Souseiseki: Then...! [10:12] Shinku: I don't know either whether it is all right or not. All that is certain is that you yourself must be the one to decide. [10:23] Souseiseki: I myself...? [10:25] Shinku: Yes. As for myself, I will decide. I will do what I think is right. So you, too, must decide for yourself. Because that is your own business. [10:41] Souseiseki: My own... [10:43] Shinku: The possibility exists to change the world and to change one's destiny. If you wish it, that is. [10:51] [Door opens.] [10:51] Hinaichigo: Shinku! Souseiseki! We're about to start the game! [10:57] Shinku: Very well. [10:58] [Footsteps.] [11:01] Souseiseki: I myself... must be the one to decide... [11:05] [Music stops.] TRACK 4 - THE UTOPIA SEEN IN A DREAM [ 0:01] [Footsteps.] [ 0:01] [Creepy ambient sounds.] [ 0:06] Souseiseki: ... This dream again? [Wince.] What's it going to show me this time? Shinku is conflicted too, just as I thought. She was troubled about what she ought to do in this situation right now. Sure, I also enjoy spending time with everyone. But, that's just an intermission between acts. There is a destiny that has been allotted to me. An unavoidable destiny known as the Alice Game. But... [ 0:46] Shinku: [Flashback:] I don't know either whether it is all right or not. All that is certain is that you yourself must be the once to decide. [ 0:56] Souseiseki: I don't know either. What should I do...? [ 1:00] [Whoosh.] [ 1:02] Laplace: [Chuckle.] Lost in the deep forest, a girl all alone. [ 1:08] Souseiseki: [Gasp.] Laplace's Demon...! [ 1:11] Laplace: This forest is deep. It is a pitch-black forest that reflects your heart, which has kept on being lost these past days. But there are one or two routes of escape. [ 1:25] Souseiseki: I see. You've been watching the whole time, then. You've got quite bad taste, haven't you. [ 1:32] Laplace: How rude. I am but a mere spectator. That which adorns the stage is the fabulous play put on by yourselves. Beginning now, I will behold what sort of story you will depict. [ 1:47] [Whoosh.] [ 1:48] [Crash.] [ 1:50] Souseiseki: [Gasp.] What's this?! Two doors have... [ 1:54] Laplace: There are two routes of escape. It appears that the director is presenting you with a choice. [ 2:03] Souseiseki: Me? [ 2:04] Laplace: Yes. These are the two paths that lurk within your heart. Beginning with the first... [ 2:11] [Door creaking open.] [ 2:13] Souseiseki: Th-this is...! [ 2:16] [Music starts.] [ 2:18] [Clinking of tableware.] [ 2:20] Shinku: Oh, Souseiseki. Welcome. [ 2:23] Suigintou: We were just about to make some delicious tea. Why don't you join us? [ 2:28] Kanaria: Kana and Hinaichigo made the cake today! [ 2:32] Hinaichigo: It's *really* yummy~! [ 2:34] [Running footsteps.] [ 2:37] Suiseiseki: Come on, Souseiseki! Let's go ~desu! [ 2:40] Souseiseki: Suiseiseki... [ 2:42] Shinku: This is a world that the eternal flow of time has passed by. Here, there is no need for us to fight. [ 2:49] Souseiseki: Eh?! [ 2:51] Suigintou: Well, it would be strange, wouldn't it? For us, who were born as sisters, to have to fight one another. [ 2:57] Kanaria: Here, we're all friends! There are no quarrels, and every day is very fun ~kashira! [ 3:04] Hinaichigo: Hina already quit that dumb old Alice Game! [ 3:08] Suiseiseki: Well, Souseiseki, come with us ~desu! We'll all live together having fun, forever ~desu! [ 3:15] [Door creaking shut.] [ 3:16] Souseiseki: That's... Ah-! [ 3:20] Laplace: This is the first of the paths. I see... Such an enjoyable-looking dream. It would seem that, somewhere in the depths of your heart, you desire a world without battle. [ 3:34] Souseiseki: Then, this is... a world that I desire...? But, I haven't forgotten the Alice Game! There's no way I would desire such an escapist world as this-! [ 3:46] Laplace: That very discord shows the conflictedness of your heart. And, its darkness. So, here we have the second path. [ 3:57] [Door creaking open.] [ 4:00] Souseiseki: [Gasp.] Th-this is...! [ 4:03] [Music starts.] [ 4:04] [Feathers whistling past.] [ 4:05] Hinaichigo: [Scream.] [ 4:09] Suigintou: Hurry up and hand over your Rosa Mystica, Hinaichigo! [ 4:13] Shinku: It's not a good idea for you to look away, Suigintou. [ 4:17] Suigintou: [Grunt.] [ 4:18] [Smack.] [ 4:18] Suigintou: [Scream.] [ 4:19] [Flop.] [ 4:20] Suigintou: Sh-SHINKUUU!! [ 4:23] Shinku: You can still move? Despite being a broken-down piece of junk... [ 4:27] Suigintou: DON'T SAY IT!! I'm... I'm not...! [ 4:30] [Smack.] [ 4:31] Kanaria: How impudent, for you to talk back despite being a piece of junk ~kashira! Well then, Shinku, Hinaichigo. I'll finish you both off. SFORZANDO OF DESTRUCTION!! [ 4:42] [Violin playing.] [ 4:43] Shinku: [Scream.] [ 4:46] Suigintou: [Grunt.] Kanaria...!! [ 4:47] Kanaria: Come on, come on! One and all, hurry up and die ~kashira! [ 4:52] Suiseiseki: The one to die will be *you* ~desu! [ 4:54] Kanaria: [Gasp.] [ 4:56] [Thwip.] [ 4:56] Kanaria: [Yelp.] [ 4:58] Suiseiseki: [Giggle.] Looking good ~desu! Well then, who'll be next? [ 5:05] Shinku: It's your turn, Suiseiseki. [ 5:08] [Fighting sounds.] [ 5:09] Shinku: [Scream.] [ 5:10] [Flop.] [ 5:12] Suiseiseki: Hmph! Is that all you've got? I'll say it now - I've always hated you ~desu! [ 5:21] Shinku: My, then we're in agreement. I've also always hated you. So much that I'd like to kill you. [ 5:28] Suiseiseki: SHINKUUU!! [ 5:29] [Fighting sounds.] [ 5:33] Souseiseki: Enough! I DON'T WANT TO WATCH THIS!! [ 5:37] Laplace: [Chuckle.] Yet, this too is one of the paths lurking in your heart. To conduct the Alice Game and fight against your sisters. You yourself have been wishing for that, have you not? [ 5:54] Souseiseki: You're wrong!! I'm not wishing for it or anything! But, the Alice Game is our destiny! That's why I... [Gasp.] [ 6:07] Shinku: [Flashback:] The possibility exists to change the world and to change one's destiny. If you wish it, that is... [ 6:16] Souseiseki: I see... That's what she meant. [ 6:21] Laplace: Now, then. It is time to make of the two paths, one. Will you forget about battle, and live together with your sisters in an eternal paradise? Or, on the other hand, will you accept your allotted destiny, conduct the Alice Game, and fight against your sisters? Well then, which shall you choose? [ 6:47] Souseiseki: ... [Chuckle.] [ 6:50] Laplace: Hm? [ 6:50] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] [ 6:53] Laplace: What is the matter? [ 6:55] Souseiseki: Laplace. You really are a tremendous meddler. You are supposed to be a spectator until the end. I don't remember asking you to be the director! [ 7:08] [Brandishing shears.] [ 7:09] Laplace: Well well... Do you intend to cut me with those shears? [ 7:15] Souseiseki: [Chuckle.] There'd be no meaning in defeating you. I've decided. The path that I choose... is this!! [ 7:25] [Swish.] [ 7:25] [Crash.] [ 7:29] Laplace: Ohh? You've destroyed both of the two doors? [ 7:36] Souseiseki: I'll ask that you not shape my dreams to your own selfishness. The future is not yet decided. I'll create my own future for myself! [ 7:47] Laplace: [Chuckle.] It seems that this is not an act in which I will appear. I have observed your determination. Farewell, then. [ 8:03] [Magic sound.] [ 8:06] Souseiseki: Yes. I'll choose my own future. No one else will do it but I, myself. TRACK 5 - SO JUST FOR NOW... [ 0:00] [Flying sound effect.] [ 0:01] [Knock knock.] [ 0:02] Souseiseki: Hello! Oh? [ 0:04] [Music starts.] [ 0:05] Jun: I told you, this is *my* room! Here you've got to follow *my* rules! [ 0:08] Suiseiseki: No way ~desu! Jun's room is Suiseiseki's room, too! Now that we've made a contract, that's how it is ~desu! [ 0:17] Jun: Ooh-! Don't talk so selfishly! [ 0:19] Souseiseki: Oh, man. Another quarrel? Every single day, they never get tired of it, do they. [ 0:24] Jun: Ahh, geez, why did I end up making a contract with someone like her?! [ 0:29] Suiseiseki: That's *my* line ~desu! I should never have made a contract with the likes of Jun! [ 0:34] Jun: What did you say?! [ 0:35] Suiseiseki: What?! [ 0:35] Shinku: [Sigh.] Cut it out, you two! [ 0:38] Jun and Suiseiseki: [Continuing to argue in the background.] [ 0:39] Hinaichigo: It's so noisy that I can't take a nap! [ 0:42] Souseiseki: [Giggle.] [ 0:43] Shinku: Souseiseki, what are you laughing at? You should say something to them, too! [ 0:48] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] S-sorry! But, since they're what are called "such good friends that they can even fight with one another", it's all right to leave them like this for a while, isn't it? [ 0:57] Suiseiseki: What did you say?! That's inexcusable ~desu! Who and who are you calling good friends?! [ 1:04] Jun: Don't say such weird things! [ 1:05] Souseiseki: There, you see? In perfect unison! [ 1:08] Jun and Suiseiseki: YOU'RE WROOONG!! [ 1:11] Souseiseki: [Laughter.] [ 1:18] Souseiseki: [Narrating:] The usual scene, and the usual everyday routine. But, this is a thing like a fleeting dream. When we awaken from the dream, we must fight. It doesn't matter whether we wish for it or not. I don't think it's all right for things to stay like this. But... but let them stay like this just for now. Until that day when we awaken from the dream. [ 2:04] [Music stops.] TRACK 6 - SONG: "NEMURERU SHIRO" ("SLEEPING CASTLE") [DRAMA VERSION] Mezameru mae no kuni de, bokura wa itsu mo In the land before awakening, we always, Hoho wo yoseainagara, utatta While pressing our cheeks together, sang Mishiranu mirai-tachi ga, matte iyou to That we would await our unknown futures Itsu ka mayowazu ni, modotte korareru you ni That we would, without faltering, be able to return someday. Kotori ni mo sazukeyou, wasure-enu Let us teach to the little birds, also, the unforgotten Uta no tsubasa wo Wings of song. Yasashikute kanashii, kimochi wa itsu doko de Gently and sadly, when and where will the feelings Sodatte yuku no darou, aoi me no naka Grow up, amid the blue sprouts? Kimi dake dakishimeru, ude wa tsuru to natte Embracing only you, my arms become vines Sotto karamitsuite, hanaretaku nai, LA LA LA And entwine you softly. I don’t want to part from you, LA LA LA. Hatenaku tsuzuku sono no, katasumi ni aru It lies in a corner, of the garden that continues without end. Kono chiisana sekai de, nemutta In this small world, it slept. Tsumareta tsubomi umeru, tomurai no tsuchi A plucked bud, planted in the soil of a grave. Futari horinagara, nukumori nokoshite yukou As the two of us dig, let us leave it with some warmth. Tada yume wo miru koto ga, kore hodo ni If merely dreaming is this Muzukashii nara Difficult, then… Itoshikute sabishii, kokoro wa bara-bara ni Pitiably lonely, hearts in tatters, Hibiwarekasanatte, hoshi no kagayaki With cracks overlapping, the shining of a star. Kimi e to sashinoberu, kono te wa kaze ni nari Outstretched to you, this hand becomes the wind. Donna ni toukute mo, kanarazu todoku, LA LA LA No matter how far, I’m sure it will reach you, LA LA LA.