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//Even when hidden by a mask, a visage on stage has a name.//
What's yours?
(input-box:2bind $playername,"XXX=======","Type here your name")
[[Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]<!-- The intro, main character acts on theatre stage and they're about to start a new play, not before taking a look at their mirrorred reflection, pondering what a play of choices is-->
I can extract the single from the mass.
A print from the murmuring.
How many bystanders this night? I know the number.
How many witnesses in front of me? I'm ready to face them.
A new lie has been promised.
''I am the lie'', the game of a life never lived.
''I can be anything'', servant of the fate, for a message is due.
And so it goes.
//Greasepaint,
eyeliner,
let those eyes speak.
Breathing,
vocalizing,
let this voice run.
Stretching,
posture,
let the body see.
//
I am turning into someone else. What do I see in the mirror?
There you are, ''performer'', facing the shards and mocking my imperfections as the light is reflected upon me.
I can hear them waiting, I can hear their expectations.
Something must be done. ''A choice must be taken.''
[[Why do must we choose?]]<!-- First Question Checkpoint-->
Wherever I go, a choice emerges.
Have I born with such power, to lay hands upon reality?
Reality has eyes on me; I'm about to be struck by its weight:
To choose is a responsibility, for a consequence follows.
''And no one is above consequences.''
[[Therefore, I confess...]]
[[Therefore, I survive...]]
(set: $Archetype to "Amalgam")
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I confess I adore this gift. I adore making choices I couldn't make by chance.
I take this chance.
I'll define myself, wearing thousand visages.
The infinite choices that paint my soul.
My teachers said a performer should stay in their role, when the curtain rises.
I'm so drawn into the role I'll have. I can't ignore the thrill.
I will wear the dress.
I will play the role.
I trust my soul to it.
...is this the one I am?
[[Yes]]
[[No->Why do must we choose?]](set: $Archetype to "Deviant")
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I survive this gift; I survive the judgement.
I can see it through the glass:
Lucifer's Tears, the ones He wept out of his rebellious nature.
My teachers said a performer should stay in their role, when the curtain rises.
I'm so drawn into my reflection, I can't ignore myself.
I will wear the dress.
I will play the role.
I won't withdraw my soul.
...is this the one I am?
[[Yes]]
[[No->Why do must we choose?]]<!-- Archetype1 - Looking at the masks on the wall-->
Yes. This is who I am.
(if:$Archetype is "Amalgam")[I'm the amalgam of being alive; the unstoppable, primordial question that travels around the world, touching as much souls as possible, for an answer doesn't exist, yet.]
(if:$Archetype is "Deviant")[I'm the deviant that refused the question to speak the colour they breathe, the sole equation they're able to calculate against all odds.]
I am what I am, I'll wear the mask and take my role as I should.
Face the wall, the collection I have and the wonder I gaze everytime I look upon them.
So many choices. So many possibilities.
Play for play, let's play the game of fate.
Be the stars my mentors, I'm ready to face the challenge blindfolded.
''Now the die is cast''. It's time to open my eyes...
[[...and take my mask.]]<!-- To pick up a mask-->
(set: $Mask to (either:"Sovereign","Lover","Jester"))
(if: $Mask is "Sovereign" and $Archetype is "Amalgam")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Sovereign.'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to confess:
[[I'm the one above all]]
]
(if: $Mask is "Sovereign" and $Archetype is "Deviant")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Sovereign.'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to affirm:
[[I'm the one against all]]
]
(if: $Mask is "Lover" and $Archetype is "Amalgam")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Lover.'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to confess:
[[I'm the one who loves them]]
]
(if: $Mask is "Lover" and $Archetype is "Deviant")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Lover.'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to affirm:
[[I'm the one who loves myself]]
]
(if: $Mask is "Jester" and $Archetype is "Amalgam")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Jester'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to confess:
[[I'm the one who serves their entertainment]]
]
(if: $Mask is "Jester" and $Archetype is "Deviant")[
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[Come forth, ''Mask of the Jester'']
As I don the mask, caressing the new visage on the mirror, I stand tall and ready to affirm:
[[I'm the one who fights their entertainment]]
]Dear $playername ,
(text-colour:blue)[THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!]
My name's (text-colour:blue)[Shino], and this is a clumsy experiment I made for the ''Dialogue Jam 24'' hosted on itch.io
You may find the other entries here: <a href="https://itch.io/jam/dialogue-jam-24/entries"; target="_blank">Dialogue Jam 24</a>
''I want to thank some people'' who morally came in aid during this month of work:
''(text-colour:green)[Rose Behar]''
She's a Narrative Designer and has a blog called "Narrative News" where she posts events, tips and studies about narrative design, game writing and correlated matters. Thanks to her and her blog, I found out the Dialogue Jam 24, deciding to take the chance and participate.
I recommend visiting her blog here: <a href="https://narrativenews.substack.com"; target="_blank">Narrative News</a>
''(text-colour:navy)[K&S Gaming and Life's Community]''
K&S (Kappina and Stilgar) are two retrogaming enthusiasts who hosts their Italian Twitch channel and propose a good variety of contents between arcade game playtime with their community, videogame news, retro-reviews and much more.
Check their Twitch here: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/ksgaminglife"; target="_blank">KSGamingLife</a>
(text-colour:blue)[Thank You guys for your feedback and editing notes!]
They have a Discord community as well, full of videogame-holic people like K&S and me; they kindly gave me a lot of support and space where to host some live session, showing the back-end work of this little project.
[[Title Screen]]
[[Start]] <!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
I'm the ruler of my domain, sitting on my throne and exacting the truth out of my subjects.
There they stands as I lay my hand upon a verdict, when the time requires my judgment.
Their eyes widen, their throats sore after my lips. Can You see them uneasy?
The ruler's voice casts a rabid shadow when their tears write down a plea to my broken benevolence, for my sighs unveil my aged body, superior to my crown and the wealth of my garments.
Now, look at this:
Today, a soldier kneels before my weakness, ah the audacity! Ah the folly I've fallen into!
"Your majesty, oh my light!"
He comes at me, You believe it? I already feel the scar beneath the cuirass!
"My maiden's faded and the earth claimed her smile.
What a blade is made of without the caress that holds it?"
How can I process the loss?
Does my heart recognize the weights of their words?
I swear, nothing has been left yet when I answered
[[was your maiden a brave person, warrior?]]
[[have you then fulfilled your duty, my blade?]]
<!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
I'm waiting for my love to wake up, for the stars are truly the gazers!
This night we'll let them see,
to the cold out there, a warm smile for the little they appear to be.
Trust me, no one will ever understand how much I love them!
The commitment, the joy and the fear.
I know what shall I hear,
"Who's the one You love, anyway?"
Shall I care, indeed? Let alone the fire!
Flames that won't consume, let me explain:
I'm sitting on the bed where they sleep, an awe in I stand but I keep my voice quiet.
Years have passed and I saw them changing, an age of maturity I couldn't dream better.
Midnight past, a pale light appear and hover their slumber,
is it time to address the hurry, or shall I concede them time?
[[A caress is truth, when the moment reveals]]
[[An actions is needed, for the show must be seen]]<!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
I'm the ruler of my domain, but I'm tired of my own contentment.
If You're looking for my iron fist, take my slap instead, have a look at my gold!
See the pile on my table, taste my wine, gobble the meal!
Oh, hear Ye wolves, you never stood such wealth weighed on my head; pathetic the weight that drained my spine,
years,
after years,
after years!
I dreamt of such simpler life in my youth,
running down the fields of flowers and clouds.
My dear companions,
once lived there working the soil, my fellows;
once they never knew I ordered their demise,
for I'm the blessing of my lands, and defectors are not akin.
And here You sit as I'm feasting on my victories, what shall You hear from me now?
The general advances, oh their boldness!
I'm tired of their demands, but here they speak:
"Highness, the prisoners,
we demand a token of victory!
Here they lie down on the floor,
shall we flail their skin, those knaves?!"
[[Knaves, or snakes, what truth shall we know?]]
[[I see their blades coming, tomorrow they'll be closer.]]<!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
Ripping your heart was so easy, wasn't it?
I know, I turned time against You and you're in pain.
We had a pact, no, a promise written in sweet nothings.
There was a time our connection was sweet indeed, the words were not casted in vain.
Then You departed, and I stayed here having my life.
We shared our feelings for so long, that You were not able to see it.
I felt the crack in my life. I was so numb I woke up from the torpor and I saw what I missed out, no, what I truly felt about myself.
We're both born out of a complexity, we knew that and we stood against anyone who did not understand it. I know what we felt, my dear.
But now, now, now, now is not a year ago and I changed my ways in your absence.
No, absence is not your fault, it's not like we never had our moments.
Then, why...
Anyway, I remembered how it started.
[[You came to me confessing your worries, something felt off to You]]
[[You were there, numb as I was, not grasping the gravity of my actions]]
<!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
Three decades I lived under their patronage
Me, who never saw behind the silk covering their face.
Often I wondered what are they feeling.
Are they happy?
Are they upset?
Are they angry at me? Am I a good entertainer?
Three decades are enough to poison a mind and turn it into a thrall's.
Not me.
Not who I am.
My patron calls me every night to fill the air with jokes and frillies
As my laughing demeanour keeps their guest content
Not seldom I saw them clapping their hands with a tome on their womb
A hint of jealousy behind the barred pages
"Entertainment, my jester, please, the night is young and my guests needs relief"
I stood with a smirk before the long table and its diners
I took it like a challenge, the chance of a last straw
The straw I'll burn fiercely to become the fiery smiley
I opened my arm and shout out loud
[[Which song delights your guest the most, my patron?]]
[[Which song will equal your readings, my patron?]]
<!-- Four verses, brief scenario intro, two choices-->
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//The mirror speaks
The mirror shows
Truth over the lie
Tales for the eye
To whom listen
Unleash my spiel//]
My life is staged on a wind-blown leaf,
and the harmony that sings, it's the sunlight in my eyes;
never I lose my smile for there's nothing to laugh,
but I spat in the tyrant's eye,
hugged the mourner's tears.
So it happened one day to jolly jumping in a forgotten town,
grey as its sky with no weeps on the bank,
and the folks were hurrying away from my colourful dance,
eager to pay homage to the dead mother's bed.
Hello, my brothers and sisters, what shall have this day?
My voice was so unnatural to their sobbing heads,
"Have You past the sign, the black-ribboned gate?
This place is no more, since Malia Madre is away"
Malia Madre? Have I not heard her name, already?
Legends says she was a healer at her time
Then a misfortune held her hand
And nothing remained, if not an abusive dismay
"Sail away or what, you jester?!"
"There's nothing You can say!"
And in the middle of a rumpus, a pale dame stood out
"I'm the daughter, her light, who nothing can do about.
We asked a holy man
From our hostel he slept in
To wake her up
But all He did was to cry on my lap"
Huh? That's it?
Funny way to oblige.
But I had already a question for her mind to wise:
[[Who's the holy man, where does he come from?]]
[[What followed that cry? What did You do then?]]
I've been caught by my general's reaction.
Never I saw a soldier so flabbergasted to open his mouth like this.
My eyes stood against his impending objection, stuttered by the upset:
"Your highness, this is inconceivable!
Those low-life have always been the plague of our lands, they preach out our fall through their despicable actions, preying on the authorities and the most influent citizens!
They know where their hands should enter, shamelessly, as our golds and prestige is nothing but a gluttony.
I saw more honour in a homicide than a theft!"
Their words were muffled by their own stupidity, I know him.
My eyes now dwell upon the laid down figures before me, their black cloaks and shiny daggers and the smirk, oh their smirk, concealed and bent over the ground.
Oh, how lucky to greet You!
How stupid is the cleric at my side who downs the cowl to proceed with a sermon before the verdict.
I've had enough of this.
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[Time to speak.]]"A very considerate observation, my liege!"
I can't stand them. Bah!
This general always forces their hand against my benevolence, blimey! Have they never looked themselves in a mirror to notice the bore leaking from their drooling lips?!?
"As just the cause demands, for the domain You serve and protect, we must consider the punishment immediately! Let your people know what happens when facing your disappointment, YOUR FURY!"
Fury?
Is he mad?
Little I know about fury now; I can take a look around, pose a stern look on everyone, exert my figure, achieve an order...
...but fury? Rage? Wrath? Anger?
What is it, my general? Can't You see You're just playing with the wrong rat?
Through my silence I exert the necessary quiet now, I'm tired.
I'm tired again and again of this nonsense. I've had enough of this palace.
They want me to cry the verdict for them? Let us curse the court, then!
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[Time to speak.]]"My maiden was the fairest and the bravest of all, my liege!
She was the one who signed our marriage with her war cry, while my blade tore the game for the feast"
"She was the one who bravely slained the foreigners at our door when they threaten our house with their clubs and torches; She was the pinnacle of my heart, until she ordered me to flee our home, flee your majesty, flee these lands."
"She wanted a new life, a new sense of freedom.
So I gave her my answer, the night I stopped her heart with my bare hands"
Can you hear it? It's the silence.
The ideal space where to put my judgment at ease.
Oh, You little blade, how far You've come to ask me something.
I should answer back with an appropriate question.
Instead, I'll decide your fate with few words to spare.
//I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[An answer comes to mind]]Better is to let you sleep, my darling, for the stars can wait a little bit longer.
I prepared this moment for months and I won't regret any wait to make it perfect.
I know You long the beauty of this world,
and I remember,
I remember,
I remember I forgot to see many beautiful things.
Your gentle hand that reaches out to the world around You is a blessing,
a cure for this struggling heart,
never I melted before a challenge,
but You always listened to me when I felt.
Now, take this chance,
to show You how grateful a soul can be,
this is a gift for the two of us, but You will go first,
teach me again how to feel the wonder.
You're mumbling something now, I suppose it's time.
How should I greet this night for You?
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[You know, my Dear...]]"Wake up, darling, the night is donning her youngest dress!"
Such eyes You have. Beautiful.
It is something You always have shown with simplicity and courage.
You're brave, I give You that, so proud of Your quiet discerning when You reach out to the unknown and You crane your neck in silence.
Well, my dear, now You're awake!
I promised You something about us, no, something around us.
We need to go upstairs and reach the roof, aloof as we'll be You'll find out someone is paying visit and I'm looking forward to present my joy to You, to them.
You always laugh at me, condoning my trait; your hand reaches out to my cheek and your smile dissipates the shadow of uncertainty.
"What is it?" You simply ask and I give your kindness back.
Perhaps a little trick will do the magic.
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[You know, my Dear...]]I let the silence take my place, with such a cruelty I did not plan.
My breath broke that moment while my mouth kept itself still.
I wonder.
I wonder what I've done to do this to You.
And I already gave myself the answer, now it's Your turn.
The hour before coming home together, do You remember that?
You asked me to talk, to have a moment for ourselves.
I joked about my anxiety but my guts cried out.
Was I thinking what to say, during our walk?
We did not talk too much, just a few randomness here and there.
And then we sat, I did not look at You.
I broke the quiet.
In my heart.
In my mind.
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[You see...]]
The weight in my body spoke of cold out of its husk, this is what I felt my dear.
We were at home and You would have stayed there still if nothing happened.
I felt your warmth and kindness, but it was your clueless mind that triggered my words.
You got closer, you were about to say something,
I'm scared, my dear!
I stepped aside and sustained your query with a hand,
it looked like I raised my weapon, you know?
Listen, I have to nullify the space between us,
this is it! I can't wait anymore,
no more time!
No more space!
Face me, darling, You.
And now that my mouth opens, I'm dispelling it.
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[You see...]]"A diligent man from the nowhere, I'd say, though He knew about these lands more than the oldest one, but nothing else unveiled from his steps forward that day."
Huh? What a man!
Mysteries and shenanigans, have we?
Surely You would tell me more.
And indeed She had more for me, she performed her poise between the reality and her fantasies, like something touched her soul.
I know that feeling, you see? I had parents and siblings as well!
"Why would tell me about your family, what for?"
Ah so You ask, now! Please tell me more.
She paused, You see? I saw her unease before my colours and spoke no more.
Hahahahah! Such a joke is life, sometimes!
Wait here, my lady! I catch the spark, it's coming from your hands!
Time to play my parts, shall we?
Let's see,
let's see...
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[Consider this, young lady...]]"I can't help no more. I no more have blasphemy to spell out."
Shenanigans! This I would expect!
So He spoke, heh? And what else that man did?
She looked more confused, you see? Dissipate the tension with my smile now!
Let's play a game, shall we?
"No, no games, buffoon!"
Ahahahahah, I see, I see, I see more than You!
Your dazzling is cute, my lady, but your actions must stay serious.
Never give up on this man, I tell You!
"I just sent him back to the hostel, useless as He was!"
Let me guess! Let me guess!
"He disappeared, yes."
Ahahahah, shenanigans! Let's play a game, shall we?
"Would your stupid game bring my mother back?"
Oh, no, not me! You!
Dazzled as she was again, I bowed at her and gently opened my hand.
//I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[Consider this, young lady...]]My patron laughed and clapped their hands again.
"Have at it, my dear guests! The host is sure to know, any words will flow like gold in their mouth!"
Standing up, my patron went round the table, patting their shoulders in a fashionable way,
looked like a sign, a call for attention.
Sweet poison, what a taste for me!
"My honourable guests are keen to tales from another worlds.
Worlds one would not imagine until the portal is true.
Go and sing, jester!
Wave a tainted tapestry, stained with hellish pact and gruesome fates"
The book in their hands,
did I feel this? Ahahahah! It's time!
My eyes felt the wave from it,
a call, madness from a caress.
Such beauty to behold, whispering.
Now I can point at their nature, hear me out!
What to tell? What to tell?
How to celebrate my ascent?
/I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[There's an adagio for you...]]"My readings?! How You!"
Hah, that face! It's the expression that crowns my impudent charisma!
My patron is a clever one, mind that, and does not like to be harassed this way.
The book now they point at is of a certain fashion, a certain leather, a certain.. soul.
"Peeping eyes are dangerous to show off, jester! Entertainment is your life, enlightenment your curse!"
Hah! I know no curse if I do know the formula.
As I bow, as I sweeten my parade to the long table, I wink at their guests and a step is done toward the table.
"Halt, You pest! Sing your song and be at it!"
A song, a song, a song.
Do you know how many things make a song?
Words, lyrics, dance, gold, wood, skin, blood, silence.
Hear You, hear You, my honourables! Will the long table feast on this tale?
A tale is born! Cheer it up, it tells...
/I'll decide the scene with few words to spare.
I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[There's an adagio for you...]]"I did, my liege!"
I can feel his tremblings, his shaken and shrieking soul. He must have done the impossible to please me.
"I made her a flowery grave on our garden, snapped her spear as I did with her neck, buried her body and her name."
Look at his tears! Look at them! His obedience is like iron, his ways like mire.
"I personally officiated her burial spitting in the air, where her traitorous smile should outlive flesh and bones. Your lands are safe again, my highness."
I should answer back with an appropriate question.
Instead, I'll decide his fate with few words to spare.
//I'll give it all to memories and randomness.
Such is the gamble a performer should take to prove its worth.//
''The die is cast.''
[[An answer comes to mind]](set: $afor1 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor1 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''I see thy flesh flailing flesh for the golden flesh.''//]
I commend your actions, blade of mine, spilt the blood of a maiden to polish my crown.
Let this moment sink, let your heart sing a ballad.
I see this blade of mine; raises his heads with fear.
"Highness, mine, shall I? Shall I have a ballad for it?"
I commend your actions, blade of mine, for your nature is here to reveal.
Now it's my turn and my blade I unsheathe for a prologue to chant, a ballad to me and my final say.
I see this blade of mine; downs his heads with fear.
As usual a silence before the title, or the gasp before my act.
Hear You, hear You...
[[...a man killed his spouse for a crown, heavier than love]]
[[...a red-soiled grave mourns the maiden of hope]]
]
(if:$afor1 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Sister, o sister, I hear ye, screaming silver, crimson, tears.''//]
Ha! The blade stops his kneeling and backs off!
Foreseen it, sure, but I savoured the contour of it.
"I-i... I know, my highness! Blood is spilt! No one forgets the blood! MY BLOOD! The crimson stains on my hand shall always remember the unshaken for You! One must know what I did for You! One must know.."
One must know to pay attention to what he did to her, and not FOR me.
Think about it, you not-so-clever blade. Mmmh.
A thought now travels around the corners while my eyes walk through this one.
Ah, the impetuosity of the flesh! What a wonderful twist of life!
And so, my blade, now You stand there but your mouth shall know no opening! For I will speak to her, I won't speak for You, either for me.
Sister, o sister, maiden of one. Breast of no one but nature to go on.
Close your eyes, hear your love.
This one has fallen...
[[...for a crime He doesn't know]]
[[...for a dream He didn't see]]
]
(if:$afor1 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Ruthless temperament, for the purpose is unclear to me.''//]
Hard times unfold, no doubt in my mind. Still, a shadow pesters me since this one came kneeling before the throne.
Thorny throne, my own.
Sometimes I wish I never found the way to become the Champion, sometimes I bow at the sun for another glitter to embellish my crown.
And now, this one. This important matter at hand, my hand that must choose where to move the blood out of my glove. For whom should a crimson flower blossom?
"May I help You, Your majesty?"
Oh, this one! Impatient, impudent and.. impotent.
This one deserves a fate. But which one, I wonder?
Your purpose clears the way, and the consequence marks the end of it.
As You kneel down, my blade, You will serve your majesty...
[[...and find a way to make this tragedy immortal.]]
[[...and dye your hair with the blossom of shame]]
](set: $afor2 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor2 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Not all my treasures shine bright. Not all my conquests wear a crown.''//]
Look at what we have here. The art of the silents and the cunniest.
You can't unsee what they are or what they have done, nor I will, nor I dare to.
"But... your majesty!" and this is what a general would say? Or am I becoming too dull for any reaction in this haunted hall?
Entranced by this occasion, I move forward towards the culprits.
Oh, their capes are so beautiful, oh how they remind me of freedom.
I treasured the moment I became the one above all, a poisonous pile of gold melted down my skull, as I weep nothing but lifeless jewels.
I can steal my fate! I can steal their outrageous beliefs!
Stand up, you knaves, no...
Stand up...
[[...my free siblings.]]
[[...and take justice into your hands!]]
]
(if:$afor2 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Come, oh night, black veil of the palest dress. My flesh is nothing, under your spell.''//]
And so the night should claim me as when I was young. Young, free and scared.
I miss being scared so much. I did yield something important to the sunlight!
I remember the night on the fields, the moonlit songs, the escapades for a dream of a better life, all the love hidden in the shadows where I felt equal to anyone.
I'm tired of sacrifying, come what may.
The cape of this sprouts, children of the night.
Hear You, before it's too late...
[[...do your trick, leave this sunlit madness!]]
[[...this sun will soon die, and with it, my crown.]]
]
(if:$afor2 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Mine, is mine. The chance to redeem and convert.''//]
My eyes dispelled the anticipation.
The audience now is in suspence, no, anguish! This is anguish!
The anguish of the high blood!
The cleric themselves found my words annihilating, undressing them of any given power.
They are mine. These are my new acolytes.
Ah, my general. I hear your protest.
"This is inconceivable, unacceptable!"
Did I not hear that already? Can't remember.
"They are criminals, they know no mercy, nor they would show it for the throne's authority!"
That's the point. Authority. You were not paying attention to my word, stupid soldier.
I am speaking of MY redemption, MY conversion! It's ME! ME! ME!
It's me who's tired and it's ME again who will turn the page and reveal the note, the forbidden clarity of mind that men and women like You all can't grasp without nauseating until the pain.
But the pain is real. It's MY pain, not yours! You raised me and called me authority for my breath is not for the air in open fields but the dust of your armors and cowls!
I'm sick of You. I'm ill. I need a cure. I will have it here.
Hear me out, you so-called knaves, may your cunning tongue speak the truth:
[[What is authority who can't rule their life?]]
[[What do You want in exchange of a cloak and a dagger?]]
](set: $afor3 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor3 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''There's a song in your eyes, only the stars can reveal.''//]
And it's time You claim your chance. Let 'em hear You, please?
Few are the things that would give peace like knowing your place in the universe, through the false mirror that comes out every night.
For once, may them speak the truth for us.
Let me show how I understood the beauty of it.
It's Yours to take. It's ours to share.
Come on, up to the roof we go, darling! Follow my step and don't give your curiosity up!
I would never be more proud of You...
[[...my love.]]
[[...my child.]]
]
(if:$afor3 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''From darkness there they come, the brightest powers of the universe.''//]
Do You know that we're born out of them? Stardust, they call us.
We're grains of their splendour and magnificence. No one but them would be so proud of us.
I want You to take your place in this. I want You to claim your serenity.
Across the space and around the stars, we're like children learning to travel.
One day, we'll reach them, and beyond.
But for now, we gaze across the dark canvas. We deserve to learn, won't You think?
And now that we're finally together, and alone, I can't help but ask a question to You:
[[Why your eyes didn't open, that night?]]
[[Would You journey around the stars with me?]]
]
(if:$afor3 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''I want You to teach me, draw the spectrum I can't see yet''//]
The colours You share are precious to me, I confess.
Too much we talk about weakness but few times I asked for a remedy.
And I know, I have my part to play and I honour, no, I love what I must.
This time, though. This time I want to see what You see.
I want to feel what You feel.
Maybe, I'll remember something I lost many years ago, like a new first time to enioy the surprise.
Out there there are colours I struggle to see, therefore a chance I need.
Give me the chance to grasp the fantasy, let me start from the darkest of night.
I will hold You against the shadows of doubt, while You're drawing the chart.
It'll be amazing, it'll be...
[[...the best birthday present from my child.]]
[[,,,the best birthday present from my love.]]
](set: $afor4 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor4 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''My heartache is for you, its troubled beat no more''//]
It's the reaction, its timing, its silence...
Your mouth still silent. Your eyes still quiet. Stillness, like a well-known pace of things.
You knew, You say? You knew and You waited for me?
Oh. I see. I know. I wait.
I see your deference to it? Isn't it ironic? You don't laugh, though.
I know what it means to be You now. It tastes bittersweet.
I wait for your face to face my face. Three second until it happens.
But I can't count anymore. You finally spoke, though.
All I heard. All I heard.
And now a parting gift, so You say.
[[The sweater I gave you.]]
[[The photo we took on our holidays]]
]
(if:$afor4 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''You may raise the spear, I understand. It'll be over anyway''//]
You are furious, in a strange manner.
All your words are weighed down with such precision. Oh gosh, the pausing.
Every time I touch a moment of silence I feel myself dying on all the nanoseconds within. It's harsh. No. No. You're not harsh. It's just harsh.
You see me, though? You see through my armor? I have none.
I don't need it. I showed up.
I have my spear but I won't point it against You.
Do You know why?
[[I'm on my way to forget You.]]
[[I'm on my way to forgive You.]]
]
(if:$afor4 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Pretend it's ok, to forget about me''//]
I never saw someone like You.
It takes the talent to withstand my person, now, to endure the smack that does sound like a final kiss, but no more I stay close to You.
I see the rain over your head, yet you stay dry and cool, no, unphased.
So, please, do as You may, take my advice if it could do better than me.
Be over me. Be over my mumblings and the ruins I'm leaving in our room.
Oh, the memories. A matter for the future, but now..
Now You stay and hesitate; I really hope You're listening.
All I can do, all I can say is...
[[Be over me.]]
[[Find your defense.]]
](set: $afor5 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor5 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''The pain you bear is someone else's care''//]
Indeed, indeed!
Ah, young wonder! I know I'm wrong, I know I'm not the one to talk over this, but consider something else, please.
Consider another demeanor, the one You earned without asking for it.
Do You see my point, already? It's easy, come on!
Be at one, straight up and walk over me!
You have a place to reach out, You have to find that man! There's more than one life to save!
Someone else's caring for your Mother, already, don't lose both of them!
I know it's early to understand, but I have a proposal for You...
[[Take me with You and I'll show You a way!]]
[[The path to follow, take this fool's map!]]
]
(if:$afor5 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Cast yourself high, for I hear bloodline singing''//]
I sense things, You see?
You seem lost in your mourning, while a higher light is calling for You and your family!
Yes! Yes! Your family, oh yes!
Hahahaha, how funny a feeling reveals such amount to me!
I can listen to the songs of the blood. You do have a bewitching voice for that matter!
Bewitching, an exact word to use in this case.
A beautiful healer, a charming soul speaker.
You're the best outcome two lovers desired for a life to enlighten the folks they love.
And I know you love them. You love them all!
So, please, take your chance before it's too late.
I can speak of colours but you're the brush! Let me help You!
So be it, the true act of kindness that unfolds...
[[...is to let the soul speak, let the healing love.]]
[[...is to let the healing rest, let the soul have the folks.]]
]
(if:$afor5 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Even pitch, of the darkest, may treat light with respect''//]
Soul speakers are called necromancers, a wrong figure of speech, You see?
Many fears death for nothing seems certain beyond its veil, and the Lady Spouse of Us All surely can wait but doesn't wave when She finally smiles at us.
Now, I can see Her smile caressing Your mother, but not seldom She concedes a deal.
The Holy Man that came to the grey town is ready to bargain his time for its colours.
...for nothing but love can move fears aside, even the most unspoken.
Holy is the Lover... Holy is your Father!
Hah! You do see that now?
What will You do, young lady?
Be the brush for this canvas, don't waste your time!
It's time to end the joke and the riddle, it's time to reveal a good tale.
Such is life.
[[Take his dark vow and reunite what's been separated!]]
[[Take the last light from your Mother, spare your Father's time]]
](set: $afor6 to (either:"Phrase1","Phrase2","Phrase3"))
(if:$afor6 is "Phrase1")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Shenanigans on You! I gamble with darkness!''//]
So dark my soul sings a song.
Oh, the joy of grasping your grin and ravage it with the insolence you always deserved, patron o my patron!
This is the last straw, the last song you will hear from me, while your guest should see what happens to the one who dares.
Fool, you speak!
Fool, you laugh!
I am the jester! I am the one who laughs!
Pirouette, quick steps and a sleight of hand.
All I need to hold the book and trick your eyes!
Let's see what we have here and put your bland words away!
[[What do we have here? A bookmark?]]
[[First page of the tome, last of my torment.]]
]
(if:$afor6 is "Phrase2")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''Open the doors, already, for the true host awaits in red.''//]
I can sense the agony from the book's torment!
Not an ordinary fool you are, take a fool's advice:
You played with eternal fire, I see, and forged in fire we proceed altogether now!
Oh my beloved audience, would You imagine the pinnacle of entertainment?!
Give me that book, patron of none! Spitting on art You don't understand and relying on forbidden disciplines to please your little soul!
Open the doors, we stated.
I sense the entity we're not paying attention to. Shall we end the insult?
Come forth, One. The book is open and the bookmark reveals the formula.
Ah, my skin! It's hot!
It's HOT! I knew it!
Free me, One...
[[...free me from all the jokes I suffered!]]
[[...unshackle the final, burning joke, take my mouth!]]
]
(if:$afor6 is "Phrase3")[//Come forth, mind of mine. Give me the Word.//
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//''A certain guest is yet to object, nevermore should You lie!''//]
Pathetic, your face.
Would I ignore the weight of the tome You're holding?
I served You years, I entertained infinite guests and suffered the pain of it. ALL OF IT!
I'm the harlequine of fate when the last drop of wine stains the cape I wear.
I've had enough of You.
So be it! What are you waiting for?
I won't make any joke tonight for my body is heavy and battered; my soul will make it right!
Open your book, you patron.
Be the artist you nurtured so far, make me useless for one night.
A certain guest is yet to appear, the One.
Fool's advice incoming:
[[Make art out of fire!]]
[[Make my day ordinary!]]
](set: $finale3 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
I'm not your Highness, I'm not your light,
but a brother who failed
your hopes, your smile.
Your blade is not mine
No more, shall he know
I'm not your Judge, but his I am now
And the cleric will pray
As I punish him with a blow!
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Sister's Lament]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale4 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Blind, he comes, kissing my feet
I'm calling the court to witness this deed
Shall we redeem our little lost blade
Years in the darkness will his arrogance fade
A light will rise one day
His eyes will see, come what may
Prosperity got old, but new leaf on the palm
Returning to Your grave, granting the calm
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Song of the Blade Trial]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale5 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
I sense Your fear, don't be afraid to be scared.
Death is a touch I know not, for the crown I bear and protect.
And so here we are, my blade.
I care little for your despair, I know there was an enemy, but that it was mine.
Not yours.
How loyalty serve without the hearth of your own house?
Let this time be a warning, I salute You, maiden of courage,
You stood still against everyone, a tragedy you found an enemy in your heart.
May your heart sing elsewhere to find peace, for men grant you none.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Fallen Hearth Saga]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale6 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Everyone will know, they'll face what You are, this is the verdict You'll bear under the sun.
Sunlight, Moonlight, Darkness even.
Your mane will be fiery enough to scare the most pious of the clerics even!
No one will dare gaze at you, nor you won't gaze back!
Survey the soil! Collect the crimson drops, let 'em kiss the flowers among their garden's crop!
Now You'll see what it means to be the Highest on the throne.
To perish is too easy, to endure your failure is the just commitment.
For the rest of your life, be the Killermane!
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Killermanesaga]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale7 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Free, indeed.
Free are my siblings who stand up and elude guards' wrath.
Free are my siblings who toss smoke in the hall and cry a verse.
"Last whisper for whom the land calls!
Take the crown and toss it away.
Hug the land, hail the moon, spare no blood."
Free are these manners, bewitching the puzzled ones.
Free are their hands, tricked shackles.
"Any last whisper, before losing the crown?"
Free is my will, unchained like never before.
Free is my sword, allowing a final blow to my general's throat.
Last blood spilt, I must go.
Farewell, crown of mine.
I'm free.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Rebel-hearted]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale8 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
What do I know of justice?
Now, I know.
Too late after I see my general's life taken.
Too late after the last blink; knaves turned ghosts.
Silent, swift, soothing daggers.
They soothed my sighs with a single gesture.
What do I know of justice?
I'm not part of it anymore.
I see the free lands I roamed when I was young.
I engulfed eternity in that last second,
to forget the darkness, crossed its line forever.
I see my friends for a last eternal time.
Me, friend of no one under the crown.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Crowned Justice]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale9 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Moonlight, oh moonlight.
Come soon, for this children needs You.
They don't need me, may I be acknowledged at least.
For my time is nothing to remember
Their hearts need a free hand, not a heavy crown, nor a lead.
I see the sun up in the sky, I see what I'm doing!
Guards, stay back and look away, those capes are cursed!
I feel the venom, I fear its spell!
Run!
Run for your life, fools you are! You all! Run You all!
Wearing a crown make believers obey.
I can do tricks as well, you see, children?
Now it's your chance.
Leave me alone and let my mind rest on this cursed throne.
The only curse I ever savoured in my life.
What irony is life. A master who just wanted to serve a simpler life.
I cast my last judgement, hence it's time.
It's time to say it's over.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Last of the Royals, First of the Servants]]
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[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale10 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
"Your Highness is crazy! Your highness is crazy!"
My silence is esteemed, I feel the ecstasy of a treasure I obtained without the false joy of a present.
I spoke my mind out. I did it. I feel saved now!
"Seize their sword! Seize their crown! SEIZE THEM NOW!"
I can say this with no shades nor doubts,
life is important when a flash comes.
All I can see is a bright light,
a deafening sound, cries and awes around me.
In my mind, quiet. Finally, I can hear.
Blades kiss the flesh.
Shadows brighter than sun at its peak.
Capes unfolded, tricks revealed.
Prisoners? Never been.
When I close my eyes, now I can see.
I see silence from their perspective.
When I open my eyes, I'm blinded by the relief.
All is gone. Dead court of the fool sovereign.
I lay my hand upon my heart. What is this?
A blade trespass my hide, the game of their merciless hunt.
But victory's mine.
I am sovereign. No more.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Wise fool's Gamble]]
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[[Credits]](set: $finale12 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Nothing.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, for all the divinities above me, NOTHING!
You hear me! You can't even imagine what You've done to me!
Cursed is the day You rammed the door,
there was a kid behind it, playing with their dreams!
I still hear my mother's plea in my slumber, poisoning my sleep with her dispirited shriek.
Bastard of a father who raised me by any means but proximity!
I rule nothing, so quit your whining and point your spears at me!
Knaves are not, bandits are not!
I AM YOUR WORST ENEMY!
Spare me your prayers, you cowards! Pretend to find your salvation over my bloody betrayal! Justice goes on!
You're terrible, you're awfully right. So wrong, though.
It's not fair.
No one saved me that day.
No one can save a sovereign.
And yet, the crown still remain.
Spare me your prayers. Spear me, you flayers.
Last will I have not.
Only to die free.
Shall I.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Free Child's Tragedy]]
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[[Credits]](set: $finale11 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
I'm carving the walls that contains me with my ungratefulness. The court deserve it.
Come again, what do you expect?
Again, I feel no more attachment to the power I suffer.
I suffer the lead I give You, can't you see it?!
How am I supposed to lie, now?
And few questions remain, no, nothing.
Life slowly turns around the rondo of events, donning the audacity I secretly yearned for.
I praise You general, who covered my side all this time.
I call You stupid for You don't know me. How could You?
I call You fool for You don't know me. How dare You?
How dare You show the leap of rage agains the traitor I am?
I secretly treasured the alacrity that deflects your blade, now.
Don't show your surprise, it's lethal.
And the knaves disappeares, their shackles magically undone.
I knew it. I knew it.
And the snakes appears behind the high soldier.
I wait for it. I wait for it.
One.
Two.
Four lethal thrusts.
Smoke rises as the crown falls off my head.
My royalty is over. True shackles within.
Truth is shaken, once more. My life is a parade led by happy demons.
Let's run away, let's run away.
Let's run away, us children.
No age will have me back.
Chaos behind. Freedom awaits.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Sovereign's Shackles]
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[[Credits]](set: $finale13 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
And there we are, we all.
Me. You. The stars and planets before us.
Feed me your awe for this time will last but a grain of sand.
And I'll make You an hourglass to make them count.
No one will be able to count more than the orchestra of the universe.
Shall we sing our constellation, still?
We're like a temple suspended in time.
No one will remember us, but the stars.
And you will be their director, tonight.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Twinkling Hearts]]
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[[Credits]](set: $finale14 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Teach me how to be a good person, my dear.
Little is You. Little I know.
There's a secret beyond your eyes I can't explain.
Teach me how to speak your luminous language.
I'll be here for You in the meantime, drawing constellations, setting beacons of hope.
Ah! I see your smile as You speak to them!
What are they saying? Can You ask a favor for me?
I want to be your hand, but a twinkling touch when the day are the darkest.
For no light of mine can show how the world turns around.
And yet, I remain, when a word can kindle your spirit.
And yet, You'll be always on your own.
Not even the stars can dispel this rule.
So be it.
Tonight, we cheer on their splendour.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Splendid is your Star]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
On my darkest night your powers were the true brightest I yearned for.
Hey, You remember you were smiling, happy?
I'm happy to have met you.
Who said it?
I... don't want to remember.
But here You are, beautiful in their canvas.
I can see You from the distance, the golden string only I can sense.
It feels like home,
don't we all go there, one day?
Let me remain with my doubts, for now.
For the darkest night won't leave me alone without a fight.
You're the muse for the tormented poem,
still, the one who must be written by my hand.
Don't worry, I'll be back. Not now.
We don't want that.
Here. I salute your bright dress.
Your hand.
Your smile.
Our life.
Safe travels, my kindest one.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Your Brightest Dance]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Oh, a starship would be nice, innit?
Sure, we'll fare so far, we'll trip so deep.
Imagine the emotion we'd grasp the moment our gravity is null.
Nothing's gravity will embrace our bodies and souls.
We will feel as the one we meant to be.
We'll explode like the birth we always wanted.
So take my hand and let's chase the possible.
A way to the stars, there is.
Not random is the fate that made us cadets meet.
Simple as it is, let's celebrate our departure tonight.
Tomorrow, a new infinite will make us small,
and happy.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Little Lights We Are.]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
How am I faring, in Your opinion? Don't be shy.
It's my night, I know, but I wanted You to be part of it from its start.
I still remember how to be a spoiled one, You see?
It's nothing terrible, really. We are human, and I know You can see me, as I can see You growing up.
It's a blessing. It's a gift I can't obtain, not even today.
I will root and protect it, though. My word.
To me, You're plenty. You're always on point.
There's a magic in You I won't uncover, such is a parent's weakness to bear.
Joy will occur, no matter what.
Wonder, instead, the everlasting reality.
Tell me about the stars, my child. Tell me all that makes Your eyes water.
I'll collect the pauses and make this night whole.
We share their present and presence.
We're invincible.
Eventually, we're the party we always wanted.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Happy Birthday, Star.]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
I'm like a spoiled child, right?
I won't lie.
I lie instead on this roof knowing that I'll share the comfort.
Look, that star, that one? Which is it?
And this one?
Huh. That one, now.
You never told me what made You attuned to them.
No need, my love. I'm sure there'll be something I won't grasp of You anyway.
I'm not scared, really. It is what it is.
We're complex and akin to the universe's scheme. We hold a personal universe we won't explain thoroughly, not even with our willpower at best.
It is beautiful. To have faith. True faith, I mean.
Love, People, Life.
Same core.
We move through trying to get in contact with any aspect of them, over a finite line.
We form the unique experience out of it, even knowing we'll never touch the everything.
And I'm happy, to have chosen You, over the infinite.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Infinite Longing]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
A famous band logo is sewn on the front, I don't remember how I got it.
I think I told You there was a chance that that sweater was of an ex of mine, and it needed a new owner.
You know how we are. Both you and me.
We share a strange fashion for sharing, we shared a lot and from anyone.
Honestly, it scares me to remember this detail, especially now.
I do remember though that You said it doesn't matter. You took that sweater like a newfound treasure. I know you liked it.
Now my hands hold it, i sense their trembling.
You raise your hand, appeasing the fog around my head.
You'll be back to claim it. Not today, though.
Today's over. Today's a without.
We share the absence we need. No. The void you deserve to claim.
I won't disturb You. Understood.
Bye then. 'Til I see you, without me. A better version of me?
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Better Version of Us?]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
As I expect, no, as I know nothing.
We captured that photo like we were immutable. Was I that wrong?
Life changes like its pace within. We're like nuances. Never thought about it before.
I guess that's it. It's over then.
I suppose this would be more useful to me than You. I know You always remember and memories will suffice in this case.
I'm sorry I can't help You no more, not that You want it, clear it is.
In the end You can be on our own. You always are.
We met each other because of it.
My heartbeat does not stop, I can't deny it. It went on and it's counting the aches.
Aching without You, they won't distrub You, I promise.
I see this photo, I see a time that ends.
You're giving back the emotional leash.
I take it. I accept it.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[I Won't Come Back]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Is it that absurd?
Eventually You will do the same with me? No?
No?
Anyway.
We share internal wounds like two old fighters.
That's what we are, and I won't withdraw, don't put faith on it!
The room has chinks, crumbling sounds, broken furniture and traps all around.
You're wandering like a blind one, but hey I won't close my eyes.
Not a chance. Not gonna happen.
Be it. So be it.
Accept this, and leave.
I will play the part of the villain if it makes You feel better.
But your fight, your rage.
No body, no matter, no time to touch me anyway.
I'm on my way, I told You.
Get lost. Leave me be the daredevil.
I chose my hell to dispell.
And remember,
It's a hell without you.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Illogical Illusion]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
You tried your best but your best is not enough.
You tried to make me smile, and you made me laugh as well.
Yet I frown when something happens and it's about You.
I feel hot and cold all the time, not like this, please.
You're still here, standing, stoically now.
I know You're angry. I know you're in pain!
But all I can give You now is a little comfort.
I forgive You.
I forgive our disrupted reality. Time told us lies.
I told You a lie to survive, in the end.
I'll bury the hatchet, though, I just want to walk away.
Do the same, please. Please.
I won't promise You it'll be better, only that I won't regret our past.
Use my forgiveness, if You may.
Think yourself better for the time being.
I'm sorry. Forgive me.
No.
Nothing.
I just..
I gotta go. Farewell.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Dissonant Duetto]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
You will have rain.
Use it to paint the best sad scene of your life, to wash away the pain.
You will have pain.
Use it to write the best monologue of your life, to find a joy to gain.
You will have gain.
You'll be over me and you'll smile again, I know it, we know each other for so long.
I doubt nothing when it's about You, take it as you wish, I know the world doesn't sound good in this right moment.
A still world is not an enemy nor an ally. It turns, it's enough.
Again, pretend it's normal.
It's impossible to be with me, it's unbearable. Consider how absurd I am.
It'll be easier to accept You need to push me away. No need to dodge the consequences.
No need to say goodbye. Any word here will crush on itself.
We know nothing, except the obvious I told You.
I give You no reasons to suffer a story that a story is no more.
Put up a scene and take your advantages.
It's ok, I'll take my consequences, being myself as a whole.
I won't budge.
I just won't budge before You.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Pantomimic Love]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Ripping your heart was so easy, remember?
Easy, I'll take it easy on You now.
Words won't solve a thing but maybe I can toss the rope for You.
You do You, You do what You must do.
But if there's a chance to say something, still.
If there is a small, little, tiny chance left.
Oh, say, won't you take a last advice?
Raise your weapon.
Raise your weapon.
Show me You count over me.
There, like this.
No, do it better. Better, I said.
Again, try again!
Again! AGAIN!
Why are You stuttering?!? Do You want to survive or not?
RAISE THAT DAMN WEAPON, YOU!
HIGHER! LOOK STRONGER! STRONGER THAN ME!
LEARN TO HATE ME AS YOU SHOULD!!!!!
....ah.
...
Oh, dear oh.
Maybe it's me who never understood this.
You already have your best defense.
That is,
being better than me. Isn't it?
I understood nothing, all this time.
Perfect. I'm far from it.
Yeah, I take it. I take it.
Why should it be different, huh?
Why hoping for a better finale?
It's me who's raising the weapon.
Disarm me.
Leave this place,
as You found rats within.
I am the head of the rodents.
But thank you, for staying a little longer.
I loved You.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Crocodile]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
"What is this? A chart?"
Oh no no my lady, it's a paper with colours on! Game on!
"Do you think this is a game?!?"
Hahaha, she beauty.
No no no, my lady, listen carefully.
You have eyes like me and even better than mine.
Say, would you not heal your mother, the folks and this grey sign?
Your mother had colours, I can sense that. Her magic kept this town alive!
The same colours as the Holy Man You saw. His magic kept this land dead!
"I don't understand. I don't!"
Lady lady lady lady! There's a grey curse that comes from your heart.
It's all around!
There was a "one" out "two" and the outcome was "grey",
but if they recognize you both, the "One" will shout and grey will be no more.
You can be the map I give You. Take it as a reminder.
"What should... oh! OH!"
Ahahahah, You're funny! You already saw the point.
This map will keep You safe and wise on the way.
And when everyone will be back, I'll be glad to cheer this day with You.
The fool's advice comes when less is expected. Well, a fool is a lazy servant of fate after all!
But when they come.
When they come.
A miracle of love always happen!
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Fool's Rainbow Riddle]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Down the road, down the road, heave ho!
Ahahah, funny isn't it?
It's not funny but I smile, I see the beauty of it already.
You take me with You I'll show You the truth behind the curve.
To the hostel He went back, mmh?
So imagine the joy when we arrive there,
me bowing with finesse,
her saluting with a bless.
The Holy man is there, eyes wide open and his mouth a shut hole,
He doesn't understand, you see? He doesn't know me.
"Who?" He says
No no, not an owl! You're her father!
"Who???" She says
No no and no! I didn't come here to talk to a parliament!
It's me who will judge the scene!
"I don't understand.. how?" she's so lovely.
"I do understand. Because." he's so boring, but a good man it seems.
Life's a charade until your body comes clear, so the young lady must try to look into his eyes to withstand the talent she possesses.
I could stay here still and be the elephant in the room,
but no reason to toot any excess, I played the sage and that's enough!
So, my young lady, before time will be over, judgement is on the way:
To cure the grey in your mother's soul, speak to the colours of your father.
And I take my leave, for I already know when the rainbow mocks the rain!
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Holy Charade]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Few things to spare, for what it remains.
At least few scenes worthy to tell!
Time has past since that folly of mine, but a true strike indeed.
The young lady reached the speaker, a revelation did appear.
Father, oh father? She would say, with a skeptical smile on her face,
the speaker spoke nothing, a joker's joke stating.
What else?
The turmoil in her mind went on as the tempest roared distant,
back away you clouds, a jester knows best in an instant!
And the speaker spoke,
the healer healed,
the lady felt her heart,
exploding.
A new body out the husk.
A speaker, a healer and the unknown magister,
of the rainbow town of New Sun, first lady master!
Sunny sights for a mere fool's brain!
Always at her side, the most beautiful reign!
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The New Sun Magister]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
A joke's end. A joke ends.
In your eyes, my lady, a shock turned your world upside down.
One who smiles knows how to save a last smile for the Lady Spouse of Us All.
One doesn't go against her, even if it's a fool like me.
Her face was of an ivory doll, you see, but her stasis lasted briefly.
The ivory met the fertile river that gave her cheeks flushing.
Head down; clamped fist; a long, quiet sigh.
I know You seek the enigma, young lady, but it won't be me to face this trial.
You've got everything on your hand, and soon You'll understand why.
"To the hostel, then." that's all she said.
My smile endured, but my body was at rest.
Being like a brush, so I stated.
True words could not have been spoken.
The Holy Man knew gloomy disciplines, speaking with the dead,
but for the healer, for her beautiful dormant body, a poem of love blossomed thereafter.
I collected the petals when the last wave came, all the folks reunited in discomfort, only soothed by the youngster's speech.
Brave girl You are, for your mother saw through you and your quiet curiosity.
Wise girl You are, for your father here stays and guides You through the darkness You'll face.
And so the colours returned, the last prayer opened their portal.
Pirouette!
Pirouette!
Carnival of Death!
A joke ends well, even with the darkest of threats!
Hear me, folks, gather all around,
Lady Spouse shall remind
What still lives, should be found.
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Don't despair, for darkness can't be nothing without light.
Dark is the vow a newfound father made,
Light is his soul when the medium allows it.
And that medium, my young lady, is You.
You're the magnificent child of a healer and a soul speaker,
your powers are still unspoken, but the heal there is, yes!
Make them whole,
heal your fellow citizens,
I'll be there with You.
I'm just a jester, jollying and joking,
but I'm a servant of nature, mind that,
wandering, for no chains gods gave me,
wondering, if I can make my own deal.
What if I put myself on halt?
Consider my offer You shalt,
and for the time, being and been,
You'll be lady master, of the spoken and the unseen.
Call me henchman, no, doctor if do like
I'll take care of You, until delight
It's a harsh world outside, harsher the twist
Of fate, dense and dull like mist
What's the harm in making life brighter,
with a joke for my beautiful owner?
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Lady and Her Jester]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Yes, yes, I know the trouble.
I bring colours around, truth it is,
the way of the rainbow, though.
It takes a lot of rain, sometimes,
but hear You, this girl is not alone.
As she ponders the quest for a light to take,
her heart's like a prism for the folks' eyes.
Here I call her father, the speaker of the souls,
who quiet arrives and caresses her daughter's sigh.
Keep your voice, my dear, yes! Dance under this rain.
for You're high in your spirit, a laughter that won't come in vain.
And now the time I grasp, the mourning becomes a feast,
yellow, blue, red, green, silver, gold, black and white!
Folks are cheering to my colourful patches!
Ha! The day has come to greet the new pastor of the town,
keeping the light bright behind the shadow of its past,
but my last moments are for the one, the one and only prism,
farewell, my dear child, a folly's friend new lands must reach.
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(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Don't Avoid the Rain]]
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
<!--Jester's name written in blood. Ah, I've been fooled.-->
What is this, oh? A tome of the damned?
"Here lies the will of the One," I read, "should You not ever provoke."
In silence, patron's guests squeal their pain, the boldness of their pet.
I feel the leash burning, melting away their schemes.
Or what else would we have here, where this paper kisses the page?
"To perform the ritual and grant my return,
the most desired of your subject should be present at once,
be that a dancer, performer..."
...or even a jester?
"It's the art I crave, the death of the beauty.
When the feast is ripe, it's time to face your duty."
Circle of words makes the graph, but my eyes see red.
It's happening to me to read that final verse.
"Sign it with your blood, and the name of my prey.
I will come out of their chest, their body a new grave"
Ah. I've been fooled.
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
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This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
<!--My name written in my own blood. The formula is now a joke, the last laugh they'll hear.-->
Little you know I've been a bad pet.
I kissed the shadows more than your plots,
snuck inside your library
when your partners killed your boredom.
I know about your tome, playing jokes of stupidity.
Dumb little pet know your filthy secret, it's showtime!
Don't make your jaw drop, don't leave your guests in awe,
For the real game of madness has ME as the host!
Page one:
the following verse make you the owner of this book
owning nothing but the luxury to call upon the One
it's not your role to demand any of its power
it's forbidden to desire any possible outcome
Page one of my crimson blood,
I stained your precious tome before the dinner has begun!
And you never saw it came that a pet had enough of you insanes
My blood revealed a nature, a demonic smile akin to One
I'm a jester, do you recall it? I can JOKE about ANYTHING
Page one is a JOKE.
You got it?
I don't own this book,
I don't need to call One's presence
I demand only its powers
I desire a precise outcome
BURN
IT
DOWN
Burn It Down
Burnitdown
The dinner, the table, the furniture around
Your treasures, your manor, your beloved guests
Your youth, your yelling, You, you, you
Flesh, bones, soul
The ashes of my torment regenerate my vigour
From a spark a fiery victory on your life against mine
This time it is ME who wants to laugh!
Ahahahahah!
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(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
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This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
<!--No more jokes. No more laughs!-->
And the One comes forward
from the pitch black of my patron's eyes
Such a gruesome reality
To withstand its presence and our minds warped
It's my willpower that speaks
To suffer its aura and manifest
Listen to me, One, for once make it clear
Let me repeat my final tears:
No more jokes!
No more laughs!
Annihilate the feast over my exhausted body!
And take with You the crumbles of the last meal!
And the One moves forward
with their black-pitched hearts
to satisfy a reality
Void of presence and our minds null'd.
(text-rotate-z:180)[These words are not mine,]
(text-rotate-z:180)[I do not exist, You got it?]
(text-rotate-z:180)[The One passed by]
(text-rotate-z:180)[And these last words you should]
fear.
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ahahah! Jokejacked!]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale34 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
<!--One's possessing the jester, the chaotic era-->
Take my mouth?
Take my maaaaaaaaa-
....
....
Hello?
TAKE
MY
MOUTH!
I'm sorry for the interruption, folks.
It seems it takes a fool to become One.
They're the One.
Me.
They.
Me.
Jolly Me! Yes!
Ahahahah what a wonderful world!
ready to ruin its art,
for all is full of futility!
Ladies and gentlemen,
please hold your horses,
and sit tight.
This world came to a tie,
it's TIEme to remake!
Ahahah, got it? Life's a joke!!!
This body will suffice, it gave me mortal inspiration
To show what nature fleshkin are made of
Let's start with this manor, shall we?
Pretend this house is the world that one day will see One
(text-rotate-z:187)[Ahahahah isn't that FUNNY?!?]
(text-rotate-z:164)[Can You read me?!?]
(text-rotate-z:293)[HellOOOoOOOOOh?!?!?]
(text-rotate-z:238)[HAHAHAHAHA this manor is no MOOOOOooore.]
(text-rotate-z:164)[Welcome to a new era!]
(text-rotate-z:182)[Brilliant! It's chaotic!]
(text-rotate-z:293)[AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA ididntgetit HAHAHAHAH]
By the way, jester's mind dead fried.
Welcome to the new era.
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Book of Chaos]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale35 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
<!--Burning down the house-->
Such pride in their eyes as they opens their beloved book!
A smirk as a curve as the finger browses its pages!
There it is, I suppose, the right verse they found.
"Hear You, my guests, I guess it's time to lift the veil on them."
All these foreign figures stands up from their chairs,
abandoning their meals with merciless devotion,
all eyes are on me, I don't stutter a step back
I won't hold my words, look at this!
So be it, curse your party!
Dark acolytes of madness who preyed upon my frustations!
I'm the Harlequin of Fate! It's not a joke, don't you get it?
To call upon A Certain Guest is to ask Them no demands.
You serve him,
I serve him already,
over a century of laughters!
Down my make-up! Ahahahah!
Down my silhouette! Ahahahah!
Ñot a word of mine is made up! Ahahahah!
I call The Guest with a pirouette! Ahahahah!
(text-rotate-z:180)["Ah! The art!"]
Patron, it's not me! Did you listen carefully?
(text-rotate-z:180)["Ah! The fire!"]
My sympathy, my dear guests!
(text-rotate-z:180)["Well done, my harlequin, I got bored of my slumber!"]
I'm sorry to make You wait, One. Took years to find another book like this!
(text-rotate-z:180)["How dare they hold my tome in vain?"]
They're asking for fire! HOT HOT HOT! Burn down the jester!
(text-rotate-z:180)["AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"]
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
(text-rotate-z:180)["So be it."]
In the end? Well, too red to remember.
My Guest did the trick, and granted fire to the gullibles.
Now my patron's manor's no more, my body's just a memory.
I'll be reborn from the gore,
bloody jester's real royalty.
Ah, how hard it is to serve a demon.
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Certain Guest]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale36 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
"You want another life, far from your duties?
Why, shall we apply, a just demand it is."
And my patron looks at me like the slyest of the fathers,
caressing their book while browsing its pages.
Never I saw such commitment in their ephemeral look,
They search for a solution, as I never existed before!
"Ah! That's it, this is the graph!"
The guests stand up and reached their side.
All the hands are up high when They pronounce nothing but a single, short verse.
"A jester lives as a noble
A jester dies as a jester."
What?
"A jester lives as a noble
A jester dies as a jester.
Wake up."
It's a new day, it's a new day!
YAWN, I slept like a...
Like a...
Hmm.
Who am I?
"Heheheh"
"Who?"
"Heheheh! Your b-breakfast.. good morning.. pfffffft! Sorry! I must go ahahahahahh!"
A maid was there, livery and tray! What's her name?
And why she was laughing at me?
Fret not, must go! Today's a new brilliant day and I must go take some fresh air.
I'm a noble... Yes! Yes I am!
What a beautiful palace! What delicious food in the tray! What quality of life!
Golden fabrics!
Ceramics!
Marvelous paintings!
Oh such a beauty to recall what I truly am!
But then I go down, to the main hall I frown.
For what I now meet, it's a fool-made greet:
"Spin around! Spin around! Ahahhahah!"
"Walk around naked! Honk! Hoooonk You buffoon!"
"Oh... yooour highness! AHAHAHAHAH! What a lovely freak You are!"
"Put the make up, greet the king with grimaces! OHOHOHOHOH!"
I guess we know what they say...
A jester lives as a noble
A jester dies as a jester
...wait, where did I heard this saying?
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Jokes on the Joker]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale2 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
Curse to the feast that follows this verdict.
For no meat would be safe from a maiden's cry.
No pastries should be served on the table, for no comfort would be sweeter than her smile.
Not everyone would kneel before me, I do know, I confess.
That maiden reminded me, how cheap gold could be.
Not even the cleric could wash my sin away, but yours will be executed.
Your body will be husk of cinders, blistering like the soul of your spouse.
Hear You, oh hear You, agents of time,
no one forgets a brave maiden who died.
Hear You, oh hear You, pillars of life,
a dumb man served loyalty, with blood of her wife.
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ballad of the Red Grave]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]](set: $finale1 to "true")
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[//Here comes the finale,
another trip is over.
This experiment.
This hands who waved.
And this mask, blessed as I am.
Honoured with a final speech.
Here comes the finale.//]
I sang like never I did, I cried my words like never I desired.
My crown felt lighter, their hearts felt heavier! Oh, the moment of solemnity, following my chords, attuned to my will.
I see You, blade of mine, widening your eyes in front of a beautiful, terrifying truth. My truth.
My verdict, for so I spoke to your blundering heart.
"What I've done...?" you whispered without a tone, painful to hear.
No matter what your life will become after I'll be done here.
There's a tale to remember, we must!
Tells this tale about you, me, all of us.
Shine out a crown for love couldn't do it.
We should think about it.
We should love a little bit more than that.
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[(text-colour:green)[FINALE UNLOCKED]!
(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ballad of the Blundering Heart]]
[[Replay->Start]]
[[Finale's Collection]]
[[Credits]]Hello $playername ,
here You will find all the finales You unlocked already.
There are ''36 finales'' to unlock.
[[Title Screen]]
[[Start]]
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(if:$finale1 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ballad of the Blundering Heart]]]
(if:$finale2 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ballad of the Red Grave]]]
(if:$finale3 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Sister's Lament]]]
(if:$finale4 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Song of the Blade Trial]]]
(if:$finale5 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Fallen Hearth Saga]]]
(if:$finale6 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Killermanesaga]]]
(if:$finale7 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Rebel-hearted]]]
(if:$finale8 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Crowned Justice]]]
(if:$finale9 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Last of the Royals, First of the Servants]]]
(if:$finale10 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Wise fool's Gamble]]]
(if:$finale11 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Sovereign's Shackles]]]
(if:$finale12 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Free Child's Tragedy]]]
(if:$finale13 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Twinkling Hearts]]]
(if:$finale14 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Splendid is your Star]]]
(if:$finale15 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Little Lights We Are.]]]
(if:$finale16 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Your Brightest Dance]]]
(if:$finale17 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Infinite Longing]]]
(if:$finale18 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Happy Birthday, Star.]]]
(if:$finale19 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Better Version of Us?]]]
(if:$finale20 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[I Won't Come Back]]]
(if:$finale21 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Illogical Illusion]]]
(if:$finale22 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Dissonant Duetto]]]
(if:$finale23 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Pantomimic Love]]]
(if:$finale24 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Crocodile]]]
(if:$finale25 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Holy Charade]]]
(if:$finale26 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Fool's Rainbow Riddle]]]
(if:$finale27 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The New Sun Magister]]]
(if:$finale28 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Lady Spouse's Carnival]]]
(if:$finale29 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Lady and Her Jester]]]
(if:$finale30 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Don't Avoid the Rain]]]
(if:$finale31 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Fooled!]]]
(if:$finale32 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Last Laugh]]]
(if:$finale33 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Ahahah! Jokejacked!]]]
(if:$finale34 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[The Book of Chaos]]]
(if:$finale35 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[A Certain Guest]]]
(if:$finale36 is "true")[(align:"=><=")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:1.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[Jokes on the Joker]]]
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Imago
A rogue-like monologue experiment
Even when hidden by a mask, a visage on stage has a name. What's yours? Start Finale's Collection