Breakthrough from Beyond, Reunion of Broken Past

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The Balladeer goes beneath the castle and into a massive workshop where hundreds of quasi-spirits work on an enormous machine several stories tall and surrounded by construction platforms. The male spirit approaches a spirit with a clipboard.

Balladeer: "Progress report."

Quasi-spirit 1: "Well, my lord, the machine is working fine. We've run some tests, and the functions work as you desire. Facial plate hatches are calibrating perfectly, Sephiroth Tree Ring activation successful."

The Balladeer grins and stares at his creation in development.

The Balladeer grins and stares at his creation in development

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Balladeer: "It's beautiful...my ultimate weapon, one that will ensure my victory and bring about the resurrection of my home."

The Balladeer had a smile until his face slowly morphed into sadness, and he lowered his head.

The Balladeer clenched his fist tightly. The quasi-spirit beside him noticed and instantly ran off. He gritted his teeth at the thought of memories he didn't want to remember.

Balladeer: 'It took the loss of life for me to understand finally...the world is just an elaborate tapestry of lies...my fury...will never be quelled...'

He thinks back to a few moments in his world.

Balladeer: 'The day I met Tohka...was one filled with happiness that I wanted to cherish forever...then Yoshino came around...but...humans...they didn't care about the innocence in front of them, about the ignorant lifeform who didn't know what they did wrong...consumed by fear...they annihilated her...'

He remembers the time he was slowly falling unconscious, reaching out his hand to Yoshino in his world. Still, she was shown no mercy when Ryouko Kusakabe fired a rocket that killed the ice spirit, leaving behind only the eye of her hand puppet, Yoshinon.

Balladeer: 'Then she came...Mio...my mother...valuing eternity of the past rather than accepting the present, she saw no worth in the other spirits and killed them all without remorse...my beloveds...all gone...overpowered by rage, I unleashed my fury on the entire world, the built-up anger I have been suppressing inside me had been released from its jar and I opened Pandora's Box.'

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