Act 5 [On the Eve of the Fire Festival]
~Pictures at an Exhibition: The Catacombs~
5. AKT
~Bilder einer Ausstellung: Die Katakomben~
Once upon a time...
...in a certain place...
...there was a happy prince.
He knew nothing of a hard past.
He knew nothing of a hard future.
A happy prince.
One day, the prince...
...came into possession of a pleasant warmth.
But what the warmth brightened...
...was not only tranquility...
...but unhappiness, pain, and loneliness as well.
Fakir What are you looking at?
Rue Nothing, really.
It has nothing to do with you.
Fakir "The prince and the raven," huh?
I see.
Rue What?
Fakir So you've taken an interest in the Mytho that was in the story.
Mytho, before he lost his heart.
Rue Are you suggesting that I'm returning Mytho's heart to him?
Fakir You're saying I'm wrong?
Wait.
What's so funny?
Rue What would you do if princess Tutu was real?
Fakir Did something... happen?
Rue Nothing. Nothing at all.
Neko Yes, that's right.
Keep your back straight.
Pique Hey, have you decided yet, Ahiru?
Ahiru Huh? Decided what?
Lilie Did you forget what day it is today?!
Ahiru Ah, I might have...
Yes?
Pique The fire festival!
Ahiru Fire festival?
Pique Yeah, you remember now?
I'm asking if you decided what to wear then.
Ahiru Um, what is this "fire festival" thing?
Lilie Okay! Okay, Ahiru!
You have so little common sense that you live in this town...
...and don't even know what the fire festival is!
You're too cute!
Ahiru But I'm a bird, originally...
Neko Ahiru-san?
Ahiru Yeah, I'm just a duck.
Neko Ahiru-san?
Ahiru I told you, I know!
Neko Ahiru-san!
Ahiru Geez, I know, so just tell me about this fire festiva-
Neko Fine. I will tell you.
Ahiru Yes, sir...
Neko It is the town festival...
...where we dress in traditional clothing and dance around a bonfire.
Ahiru Is that so...
I really understand well no-
Neko And most importantly...
The couple with the most wonderful dance at the main event is given a golden apple.
Ahiru Golden apple?
Neko That's right.
It is said that the couple receiving the golden apple will be tied together for eternity!
Ahiru Tied together for eternity...
But that has nothing to do with me...
Neko Ahiru-san?
Ahiru That's right, I'm just a duck.
Neko Ahiru-san?
Ahiru But that's fine! I know that already!
Neko Ahiru-san!
Ahiru Geez, I know already!
I'm sorry...
As punishment for letting your mind wander during class...
...you will clean the room for the advanced class!
If you don't do it properly...
You will have to marry me!
And you'll have to go to the fire festival with me!
Pique Well, you'd better be a good girl and clean!
Lilie That's right... or else, if you accidentally win, you'll be bound to him!
Fakir Mytho!
Mytho...
And I told him not to go out without telling me!
Ahiru Golden apple, huh?
Drossel You mustn't forget!
The princess who saves the prince has a fate that is unconnected to his!
Ahiru That's fine!
Mytho...
He's the prince...
This is the real Mytho?
Drossel You mustn't forget!
The moment you confess...
You disappear in a flash of light.
Ahiru Ah, umm, that's...
Ah, I have to clean as a punishment.
Please don't mind me!
Mytho Have you seen Rue?
Ahiru Rue-chan?
Mytho Rue said that we should practice dancing for the fire festival, so...
I've been waiting for her all this time...
Ahiru That's right.
Mytho will dance with Rue-chan tonight.
That's right...
Mytho When I'm alone...
It's dark...
...and cold...
Ahiru Heart...
Mytho Ahiru, are you going to the fire festival as well?
Ahiru He just called me Ahiru...
Wha?
Mytho Let's dance, Ahiru.
Ahiru Ah, Mytho!
Me... go to the festival... ahh!
Mytho...
Mytho asked me to dance on his own...
Could this be...
Because he's gotten his heart back?
If that's what it is...
I'm so happy.
Fakir Her again?
Ahiru I-I-I...
I'll take my leave!
Ah, what should I do?!
I danced with Mytho the prince!
Mytho Have you seen Rue?
Ahiru But that was in Rue-chan's place...
Fakir She certainly does look like a duck.
Ahiru Quack! Cleaning...
Fakir Hey!
Ahiru That voice just now...
It was him, as I thought.
Quack quack quack quack quack...
Fakir What were you trying to do?!
Ahiru Quack!
Quack...
Fakir Wearing those pointless clothes...
Mytho Rue told me to wear them.
Fakir Listen up. You should just listen to what I say.
Don't listen to what other people say!
That means Rue too!
You were dancing just now, weren't you?
Mytho Yeah.
Fakir What's up with that aimless, duck-like girl lately?
Ahiru Duck-like, he said...
I'm a duck, but...
Mytho She's called Ahiru.
Her name is Ahiru, so...
Fakir I don't care about that!
There's no need to dance with her all day just because she asked.
Mytho That's not it.
Rue didn't come, and I was waiting alone all that time...
And then, since Ahiru came...
Fakir You're telling me that you asked her?!
Mytho Yeah.
Fakir Listen!
Don't make me say this over and over again!
You should just listen to what I say.
Don't take an interest in such worthless things!
Ahiru I can't hear...
Fakir When you had lost your memory and were wandering aimlessly...
...I'm the one who gave you the name Mytho!
I saved you back then!
Mytho Yeah.
Fakir Don't go to the fire festival. Okay?
You're best the way you are now.
Mytho But...
Rue told me to dance with her...
Fakir Ignore her!
Mytho If I'm not going... I have to tell her.
Fakir Are you disobeying me?
Mytho That's not it...
Fakir Come!
Ahiru Quack quack quack quack quack! Quack!
Mytho Where are we going, Fakir?
Hey... Fakir...
Fakir It doesn't matter! Just follow me!
Ahiru Quack! Quack quack quack quack quack quack!
Quack! Qua...?
The library?
Quack! Quack quack quack quack quack quack!
QUACK!
Rue-chan...
And Fakir took Mytho with him, too...
Anyway, I have to turn back to the girl Ahiru!
Water... Water!
Qu-Quack!
I did it!
Rue-chan!
Rue Ahiru!
Ahiru Ummm... you're supposed to meet Mytho, right?
Rue How did you know that?
Ahiru Umm, umm...
See, I was supposed to clean as punishment, so I was cleaning earlier, but...
Then Mytho said that he was going to practice dancing with you, so you see...
Ahh, this is all soaked...
I was the one who did it earlier, though...
Rue So, where's Mytho?
Ahiru Um, it looks like he went out for a bit.
Rue You didn't run after him like last time?
Ahiru Well, no...
Rue Although you disappeared all of a sudden that time, anyway...
Ahiru Ahh, I'm so ashamed...
Rue If you happen to see Mytho, let him know that I went out to the plaza.
Ahiru Ah, yeah.
Rue-chan!
Mytho will definitely come to meet you.
After all, you're just like a real princess, Rue-chan...
You two look really good together, so I'm sure you'll get the golden apple.
Eyecatch
Ahiru I'm sure they came into the library, but...
Fakir You just sit in there quietly.
Mytho Why?
Fakir As punishment.
Mytho I'm sorry.
Don't get mad, Fakir.
I'll do what you say.
When you're not here, Fakir, I...
Ahiru What are you doing?!
What is this "punishment"?
Why would you do such a cruel thing?
Mytho, you too!
You have Rue waiting for you...
And you finally got pieces of your heart back!
You don't have to listen to what this guy says-
Fakir Pieces of heart, you said?
You're Ahiru, right?
What are you doing?!
Ahiru What... Nothing really...
Fakir Actually, you were asking about the "Prince and the Raven" before, weren't you?
You know that Mytho is the prince from the story, don't you?
Hmph, Rue talked, did she?
Ahiru Rue-chan?
Rue-chan and this guy know Mytho's secret too?
Fakir Mytho has no need for a heart!
Ahiru He doesn't need a heart...
What are you talking about? That can't be true!
Fakir And just what do you know?
I know everything there is to know about Mytho.
What are you saying that you know?
Ahiru Well, I... I don't know anything about Mytho, but...
If you don't have a heart, you can't understand happiness or love!
That's why...
Fakir How worthless!
Even if the pieces of his heart are returned to him...
I'll shut him in.
If I close him up in darkness...
He'll begin to lose the ability to feel the darkness as well.
All of his senses will vanish...
And he won't be able to feel anything anymore.
Ahiru That's...
That's completely wrong!
Fakir You're pretty puffed up for someone who knows nothing.
Ahiru Acting so important, like he knows everything...
When I returned the pieces of his heart...
Mytho said "thank you" to me...
He said it to me!
X Are you scared of dark places?
It's alright.
Ahiru But it is true that I don't know anything.
About Mytho...
I wonder if I'm doing something unnecessary...
Edel-san!
Edel A flame brightens the darkness.
But without darkness, the radiance does nothing.
Are you scared of the dark?
You're in the darkness of confusion, are you not?
But if you want to shine for someone else's sake...
You cannot be fearful of the dark.
Ahiru Ah, that's right!
That means that I shouldn't be afraid of what I don't know?
Right?
Edel A path has been opened for you.
Ahiru Wha? He's not here...
Mytho! Where did you go?
Quack! Quack quack quack! Quack!
QUACK!
Quack quack! Quack!
Quack quack quack! Quack quack quack!
The library had a place like this underneath it...?
A piece of his heart...
Who is it?
Mytho!
Are you here?
X Although I am a small thing, I am spread throughout a room!
Who am I?
Ahiru A riddle?
Ah!
The voice is coming from the other direction!
I can't be fearful of the dark!
Although it's a small thing, it's spread throughout a room?
Ah, a sneeze?
X Too bad...
Now, I'm a white snake that swallows the ocean, but my head is all red.
Who am I?
Ahiru Umm, a white boat with a red bow?
X Too bad...
Now, the last puzzle.
The longer I am standing, the shorter I get.
Who am I?
Ahiru Umm, a... flower, maybe?
X Too bad.
But congratulations.
The person you're searching for is right here.
Ahiru What? Mytho?
Give Mytho back!
X I can't.
You should just stay here forever.
Ahiru I can't do that!
X I'm here, so it will be all right.
Ahiru You... who are you?
Drossel My, my...
Will this be the end you meet up with?
Or will you be able to bring back the radiance again?
Princess Tutu!
Tutu Are you over there?
X You... who are you?
Tutu I am princess Tutu.
X You're wonderful.
Hey, would you stay here and dance forever?
If you do, I'll shine for you.
Tutu You'll shine for me?
X That's right.
Tutu Ah, I've got it!
Something small that spreads throughout a room is a lamp's light.
The white snake with the red head that swallowed the ocean...
...and the thing that gets shorter the longer it stands are a lamp's wick.
You're a lamp!
I'm right, am I not?
Lamp Correct.
Tutu Give back Mytho and Mytho's heart.
Lamp No.
Fakir That person...
Tutu Please dance with me.
Lamp Me?
Tutu Yes.
Lamp You dance.
I will shine for you.
Tutu Your light is so warm, why are you doing this?
What is it that you want?
Lamp I...
I just want to shine for someone.
I just want to wrap someone in warm, gentle light...
Tutu Wanting to shine for someone...
Lamp I don't want anything else!
I'd be happy with just that!
Yet, I was forgotten before I knew it.
The people important to me just forgot about me.
No, I must not have been necessary.
From the beginning...
Tutu That's not true!
Lamp I was under the wrong impression, that they were happy receiving my light.
Tutu That's not... true...
Lamp But...
There is a person here now who wishes for my light.
Tutu Mytho!
Is it right for you to close him in like this?
Lamp That's right.
And then I will shine for him.
Forever.
Tutu Hey, remember!
Remember the times when you shone your light for everyone...
Lamp I haven't forgotten that.
Tutu Then you know, don't you?
If you push your light on someone, they won't be happy.
Your warm light... I love it.
The people important to you, when they are wrapped in your light...
I think they must have been very happy then.
It's sad that you're no longer needed, but...
It's something that can't be helped!
You can't force it on them!
If you feel anything for Mytho, give his heart back to him.
Because that's Mytho's happiness.
Lamp Is that right?
Tutu I believe that.
Lamp Princess Tutu...
I'd love to shine more for you...
Feeling I was broken and forgotten...
The feeling of affection...
Tutu The feeling of affection...
Go back inside Mytho.
Mytho!
Mytho Princess Tutu!
Tutu Now, if you don't hurry...
There's someone waiting for you, isn't there?
Rue I was stupid to have believed Ahiru in the first place.
Mytho!
The fire festival is long over now!
Mytho Sorry.
Rue Mytho, what are you doing?
Mytho!
Cut that out!
Ahiru This is for the best, isn't it?
Rue For Mytho to look at me with such gentle eyes...
Mytho Rue!
Ahiru Rue-chan!
Drossel But returning the prince's feeling of affection has only illuminated Ahiru's unhappiness.
Preview
Ahiru Like?
No, I'm not really...
Paulo She must be chasing a wonderful dream...
And she's probably in love.
Paula Dreams are things that can fade away in time.
No, they MUST fade away.
Fakir Are you shaking?
Mytho I'm scared of princess Tutu!
Ahiru I just want Mytho to smile...
That's all I want...
Did I do something cruel to Mytho?
Drossel Children who love stories, come over here!
New music for Act 5
Modest Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Camille Saint-Saëns "Carnival of the Animals"
Richard Wagner "Siegfried Idyll" [Tribschen Idyll]
Ludwig van Beethoven "Overture to Coriolan"