Act 12 [Banquet of Darkness]
~Scheherazade~
12. AKT
~Scheherazade~
Once upon a time...
...there lived a beautiful slave.
What bound him were not heavy chains...
...but a princess's love.
Day and night, she whispered her love to the slave...
...and the slave responded to that.
His body was bound...
...and his feelings were bound.
Who was the one who couldn't move...?
The slave, or the princess?
Fakir I...
Let go! I can walk by myself.
Tutu You can't!
Fakir That's right, I was saved by princess Tutu...
Treating my wounds, doing unnecessary things...!
Hey.
Tutu Ah, Fakir!
How's your wound?
Fakir Don't just ask "How's your wound?"!
Why are you still Tutu?
Tutu What? Ahh...
Since I was coming into the boys' dorm...
...I thought it might be bad if I wore my normal clothes.
Is that strange?
Fakir No. I'm sorry to have troubled you.
Tutu Don't worry about that!
Ah! Are you okay? Can you move?
Fakir However...
However, that doesn't mean that I'll cooperate with you.
Tutu But you're going to look for Mytho, right?
Couldn't we just cooperate for that?
Let's look for Mytho together.
Kraehe Everything...
Just forget it all.
Let it all go, and be fulfilled.
No one will come here.
It's just you and me.
So you should love only me.
Say that you love only me.
Mytho I love only you, Kraehe.
Kraehe Really?
Mytho Really.
Kraehe It couldn't be... how much?
If you love me, smile for me!
Like you did on the eve of the fire festival.
Mytho How?
Kraehe You've returned to being a puppet...
...since I pulled out that feeling.
Because I did that, all of your other feelings were closed off, weren't they?
Well, things will be fine this way.
If you're going to love someone else...
...then it's better that you love no one at all.
You're the one at fault!
I told you that I love you so much...
...but you wouldn't even look at me!
No, it isn't your fault... is it?
Yes, if only your heart hadn't been returned to you...
Everything would have gone perfectly!
I wouldn't have had to remember that I was a raven.
It's all that nuisance's fault.
She's a nuisance!
If we're going [to] cast her out, we should do it now!
One prince does not need two princesses!
Isn't that right?
Herr Drosselmeyer?
Drossel What? What?
Are you calling me?
Kraehe You're out there watching somewhere, aren't you?
Drossel It's that slave who's calling me.
Kraehe I'll let you hear the best story ever.
Drossel What? Really?
Kraehe The best story with the best lead character!
That requires an appropriate stage, does it not?
Drossel Ah, that's true.
Well then, I have a special stage for you.
A lake that has lain undisturbed for two hundred years.
Shall I show you the way?
Ahiru Mytho!
He's not here either.
He just isn't there...
Fakir He's out there!
He's just in a place where we can't find him.
Ahiru Yeah.
Ah!
How about the lesson room?
Fakir Huh?
Ahiru He might be dancing in the lesson room right now!
Fakir Why would he be there?
Ahiru Well, Mytho likes dancing, so...
Fakir That makes no sense!
Ahiru But, but... When he was taken away before, he just reappeared out of the blue, right?
So I was thinking maybe that could have happened again...
And I couldn't think of anywhere else...
Fakir It's hopeless from the start, but let's go take a look.
Ahiru Ah, wait!
School sure is quiet on Sundays, isn't it?
Fakir I guess so.
Ahiru That might be Mytho!
Fakir Hey!
He can see you!
Ahiru What, what?!
Neko The one disturbing my Sunday practice is...
Ahiru Ah!
Neko Ahiru-san...
As punishment for interfering with my hard work...
You will marry me immediately!
Ahiru I'm sorry!
Fakir What are you doing?
Ahiru But...
Mytho Hi.
Ahiru Mytho!
You're all right! Thank goodness!
Fakir Wait!
Mytho Do you know the story of the prince and the raven?
The story of a brave prince fighting a monster raven...
There was a knight whom the prince trusted in the story.
But that knight couldn't save himself from the ravens...
He was torn in two by the ravens' claws!
A good-for-nothing who could only talk about protecting the prince!
And so the prince suffered many hardships!
By himself, he chased the monster raven that flew out of the story...
...and had no choice but to seal her away!
Using his own forbidden power...
Yes, the prince grasped his own heart...
...and tore it out!
Ahiru What?
No way!
He tore out his own heart...
Rue It's true.
Ahiru Rue-chan!
Rue Ahiru, you don't know anything, do you?
Do you know of princess Tutu?
Ahiru Princess Tutu... I don't really... Nothing...
Rue Princess Tutu, you see...
She was only brought into the story for a brief moment.
Even as one of the characters in the story...
...she was a pitiful being that no one envied.
Before you knew it, she disappeared from the story...
...an unnecessary element.
She couldn't expect the prince to notice her.
She was merely there to liven up the story.
Poor her.
Ahiru Rue-chan...
Why are you saying this to me?
Rue You still haven't figured it out, have you?
There's really no such person as Rue.
Ahiru What?
What?!
Rue Now, have you finally figured it out...
Princess Tutu?
Ahiru Princess Kraehe?
That can't be! Rue-chan is my friend!
We talked together. We danced together!
Fakir Stop!
Rue That's true. But this is the end of all that nonsense.
Ahiru Rue-chan!
Rue I just came to get something that the prince forgot...
So I'll take my leave now.
Fakir Something he forgot?
Rue It's not something that a worthless knight should have.
Fakir The prince's sword!
When did she...
Ahiru Rue-chan!
Kraehe Hurry and come rescue the prince!
Ahiru Edel-san!
Edel-san!
Edel Water to flame...
Flame to darkness...
Darkness to silence.
To these they are drawn.
Now, let us go.
Fakir What?
Ahiru Where?
Edel To the place where you should go.
Eyecatch
Ahiru This is...
Edel-san?
Fakir It's locked...
Edel From here, you can get to where the prince and Kraehe are.
[Nun sind unser zwey]
Fakir There was an entrance here?
Edel Go on.
Ahiru Thank you, Edel-san, for always being so kind to us.
Edel It's not kindness.
Ahiru Huh?
Edel A puppet follows orders.
Ahiru Puppet?
Edel Yes, I am a puppet.
I have neither a heart nor feelings.
Ahiru But, Edel-san... you're always teaching me so many things...
And you're kind... So...
Edel-san, I...
Edel Because that was the role given to me.
The orders end here.
Now, please go on.
Fakir Whose orders are they?
Ahiru Edel-san!
Edel Now, please go on.
Ahiru?
Ahiru Edel-san...
Thank you!
We'll be off.
Edel Ahiru...
You're very warm.
And also soft.
Ahiru Edel-san...
Edel Now, hurry!
Fakir All right, let's go!
Ahiru Okay!
Drossel Good grief.
Puppets are troublesome, since if you use them for too long...
...they start taking an interest in human hearts.
Don't you forget.
Your role is to add some sparkle to the story in my place.
That is about all you can do.
Not knowing your role is dangerous!
Ahiru How scary...
Ow, ow, ow!
Fakir Moron!
Walk more towards the middle!
You're careless enough as it is!
Ahiru This place is really amazing...
If I don't look ahead of me when I walk...
Fakir You really are princess Tutu, right...?
Ahiru Is there something...?
Fakir No, it's just that princess Tutu is somehow more, like...
Ahiru Huh?
Fakir No, never mind.
Ahiru Hey, Fakir!
Fakir What is it?
Ahiru No, it's nothing.
Fakir What? If you're not going to say anything, don't open your mouth in the first place!
Ahiru Ah, that's not it...
I don't think you're worthless as a knight or anything, you know.
Fakir What's your point?
Ahiru I guess I don't really have a point, but...
At first I had a bad feeling about you...
But now I get the feeling that I understand you a little bit.
Fakir Just to let you know, I don't have any intention of helping you out.
I will help Mytho on my own.
That's all.
Ahiru Yeah.
I know that.
You know...
Fakir Hmm?
Ahiru No, it's nothing.
Fakir What is it with you today?
Don't just stop once you start talking to me!
Ahiru When I think about it truthfully...
...I've never thought about what I like about Mytho or anything.
When I first saw him, I just thought he was a really beautiful person.
But when I looked closer, he had such sad eyes...
And I thought that if I became princess Tutu, I could do something for him...
At first, that's all it was.
But now, I...
Fakir Damn!
Ahiru Fakir!
Fakir Run!
Moron!
Ahiru I-I'm sorry!
Are you hurt?
Fakir No, miraculously...
What is this place?
I guess we'll have to climb out.
Ahiru We might be able to get out through the water!
If I was a duck, I could check it out and come back, but...
Fakir It's covered in moss. Doesn't look like we can climb it.
Damn it!
Ahiru Fakir should...
Fakir!
Fakir What?
Ahiru When I lost this pendant before, you held it for me, didn't you?
Fakir Huh? What does that have to do with this?
Ahiru Will you hold it for me once more?
Fakir What is it with you, all of a sudden?
Ahiru Here.
Fakir Huh?
What's going on?
Where did she...?
Ahiru Quack!
Fakir A duck?!
Ahiru Quack!
Fakir She...
Wasn't this pendant for turning into Tutu?
She couldn't be...
...that duck?
You're seeing me in a pretty disgraceful state here...
Ahiru I don't think you're worthless as a knight or anything, you know.
Fakir She saw me crying?!
She couldn't be drowning, could she?
Can ducks drown?
Well, with her it's a possibility.
That moron!
Ahiru Quack!
Quack quack quack!
Quack quack quack!
Quack!
Quack quack!
Quack! Quack!
Fakir Why?!
Why didn't you say anything?!
Not saying anything about that...
Ahiru Quack?
Fakir It's dirty!
Ahiru Quack...
Quack!
Quack, quack...
Ahiru You say that, but it's not like I wanted you to find out!
But I'm smaller as a bird, so it was easier to investigate-
Did you see?
Fakir I didn't look.
Anyway, what'd you find out?!
That's the first thing you should have said!
Ahiru But Fakir, you were...!
Fakir Don't stand up!
Ahiru We can get to the other side through the water.
I smelled a different kind of water...
So there must be a lake up this way!
See? It seems like we can still go farther in, doesn't it?
I'm sure Mytho will be there.
Were you all right, Fakir?
W-What?
Fakir Princess Tutu is a duck, huh?
Ahiru Huh?
Fakir I'll tell you something interesting.
Back when we were little, when I would read Mytho the story of the prince and the raven...
The thing he showed the most interest in wasn't himself or the raven.
It was Tutu, who was only written about briefly.
The part where Tutu turned into a flash of light and disappeared...
...was what he always wanted to hear.
The reason he wishes to have his heart returned...
...is probably because it's Tutu who's returning it to him.
Ahiru But Mytho took out his own heart...
Fakir That's the kind of person he is.
Protecting the small and the weak...
That is Mytho's greatest wish.
For the sake of that wish, nothing could stop him, even if it was for his own good.
After he lost his heart, that was the one thing he didn't forget.
That's the kind of person he is.
Let's go!
Ahiru Yeah!
Kraehe You've finally come, haven't you?
I had grown tired of waiting!
Ahiru Mytho!
Drossel Welcome to my spectacular stage!
Now, let me listen to your best story!
Show me your lives through your dance!
Tutu Please, stop doing this!
Kraehe Yes, let us bring this to an end.
The prince's feeling of love is right here.
The feeling that loves this world and everything in it.
It does not yet belong to anyone, this piece.
You or me... which will it choose, I wonder?
When our whispers are filled with emotion...
To whose words will it be drawn?
If the piece chooses you, Tutu...
I will return the prince and this piece to you.
Now, let us talk...
...about your feelings!
Okay, princess Tutu?
Preview
Tutu Hey, why do we have to fight like this?
Aren't we...
Kraehe First of all, you're just borrowing princess Tutu's power.
You're just playing at being a princess, Ahiru.
Fakir There is no one but you who can accept princess Tutu's fate with a smile.
Feeling You are my princess.
Kraehe Yes, I am your princess.
Tutu The real me is just a duck with no power at all...
But with you here, I can change!
Drossel Children who love stories, come over here!
New music for Act 12
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade", Op. 35
Camille Saint-Saëns "Carnival of the Animals"
Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Op. 20