Act 21 [The Spinners]
~Songs Without Words~
21. AKT
~Lieder ohne Worte~
Once upon a time...
...a man died.
The stories that the man spun all came true...
...so the king, the nobles, and the wealthy...
...all called upon him to write stories for them.
However, when their wished were granted...
...they feared his power, and so they came to hate him.
When the man died, the people rejoiced, thinking they had avoided disaster.
No one realized that he had died scornfully laughing at them.
Ahiru Mytho returned to being the prince?
He defeated the raven!
That's right. Fakir wrote a story about Mytho...
Ah, Rue-chan went back to being Rue-chan, didn't she?
Thank goodness!
That's great. Everyone looks so happy.
I wanted to dance with them!
Quack!
Oh really?
I returned to being a duck, huh?
The prince must have gotten all of his heart back, I guess.
So princess Tutu's role is finished.
I'm back to being an insignificant duck.
Fakir...
Rue-chan...
Mytho...
I couldn't save the prince.
I was just watching.
A dream, huh?
Ahiru Fakir...
I wonder if he's writing a story about Mytho.
I wonder what kind of story he'll write.
I wonder if I'll be in it!
Fakir...
Looking something up?
Fakir Yeah.
Ahiru I see.
Umm, well...
Did you write a story about Mythooooo...
Fakir No, I haven't written it yet.
Ahiru Ah, I see.
Well then, are you going to try and write one now?
We want to save Mytho as soon as we can, right?
Fakir It's not like everything I write comes true.
Besides, we don't know yet if I still have that power.
Ahiru I... I'm sure it'll be fine!
If you wish strongly to save Mytho while you write it...
I'm sure it will be a success this time-
Ah, I'm sorry!
By this time, I didn't really mean the thing with your parents...
So...
I'm sorry.
Moron, moron! I'm so stupid!
Even though Fakir said he'd write it...
I had to rush him and say that...
Who's there?
What?
Koumori Fakir-san from the ballet school...
These five are the ones you wanted to borrow, right?
Fakir Yeah.
Koumori Ah, also, that book there...
Fakir What?
Koumori I was asked to give it to you if you came here.
Fakir To me?
Koumori Yes. It was Aotoa-san from the music school that asked.
Fakir I don't know him.
Koumori Ah, speaking of which...
As I thought.
Fakir What is it?
Koumori It's just that, oddly enough, Aotoa-san also checked out these five books before.
Fakir What?!
Aotoa...
Who is this guy?
Neko Now, everyone...
I'll give these out in order, so please line up.
Pique Hey now, Ahiru, spacing out like that...
You must have been so happy yesterday that you couldn't sleep, right?
Ahiru Huh? Happy about what?
Lilie You're always spacing out, of course, but I guess I can't blame you.
Pique Today's our first lesson en pointe, after all!
Ahiru Huh? En pointe? Is that right?
Pique En pointe, the dream of every girl aiming to be a ballerina!
Lilie The long-awaited painful days of broken toenails and blisters!
Neko That's exactly right!
And so we will be troubled if you continue your restless chatter!
P&L Right!
Neko Now, Lilie-san...
Your toeshoes.
Lilie Yes!
Pique Finally!
Ahiru Toeshoes...
Neko Pique-san...
Pique Yes!
Ahiru As Tutu, I can easily dance en pointe, but...
I wonder if the day will come when I can dance a pas de deux with the prince as Ahiru as well...
Neko Ahiru-san.
Ahiru Y-Yes!
Neko I'm sorry to say that I cannot yet give you your toeshoes, Ahiru-san.
Lately, Ahiru-san, you have been lacking concentration even more that before.
I think you may be losing your ambition as well.
You think you can do nothing...
And having decided that, you haven't been trying to progress, have you?
Ahiru I...
If I could do something to save Mytho, I wouldn't ask this of you, Fakir!
But right now I can't do anything...
But what I can do is...
Neko I am worried.
I am very worried, indeed.
Could it be that because you want to marry me, you have been purposely negligent of your lessons?!
Pique Th-That couldn't be!
Lilie Marrying you, Neko-sensei...
I just can't imagine Ahiru doing that!
Neko Ahiru-san, you will watch everyone else practice today.
Ahiru Y-yes!
Pique This is tough!
Lilie This must be the pain of pointe!
I'd like Ahiru to feel this too!
Ahiru I'm just watching.
Even though Fakir is trying is best, I'm just watching.
I guess that really was a prophetic dream.
Fakir Someone from the music school...
What does this mean?
Aotoa You're late.
Eighteen days, seven hours, and twenty-four minutes.
Fakir What's that supposed to be?
Aotoa Since you started to investigate your powers, that is...
Until you noticed me.
Fakir-kun.
Fakir So you're Aotoa, huh?
What kind of joke is this?
Aotoa I thought that you might not have read that book yet.
I think you will find it useful...
...when you write your own stories, as well.
Fakir You...
...what do you know?
Aotoa I know everything that you want to know.
Fakir What?
Ahiru Huh?
Just now...
Fakir I'm asking who the heck you are.
Ahiru Fakir?
Aotoa You have a quick temper, like the rumors say.
But you should remember this.
Violence has no power in the face of words.
Because you understand that, you want the power of Drosselmeyer, correct?
Ahiru Power of Drosselmeyer?
Aotoa The power to turn stories into reality.
Wonderful!
And then, the books with their endings stolen...
...by those who stop stories from becoming reality!
It makes you excited, doesn't it?
Fakir To stop the stories from becoming reality, they take the endings...
Aotoa Yes!
After they seal away the original script, all we can get are copies.
But a power strong enough that it must be torn out...
If you want that power, I'm not averse to helping you.
However, you must be completely obedient to my orders.
And you must be prepared for death if you fail.
Ahiru What's that?
Asking him to be completely obedient, or be prepared to die...
What are you talking about?!
Why does he have to do that?
Aotoa I am just giving him warning.
Do not look upon Drosselmeyer's power too lightly.
Making errors when using it can lead to unexpected consequences.
That's why I'm saying that there may be casualties as well.
I'm simply telling you that you must be prepared for all of that.
If you don't want to do it, I'm not going to force you.
Fakir No, please show me.
Ahiru Fakir...
Aotoa A wise decision.
Come to my house tomorrow.
I'll be waiting, Fakir-kun.
Kagyaku He has awakened.
This is dangerous.
We must do something.
Then we should...
Furuhon Now, hold on!
It's certainly true that he has gained the knowledge...
But that is all.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to wait and watch a little longer.
If nothing ends up happening, we don't have to worry about it.
But, if required, we will make our move.
We will call if it becomes necessary.
Drossel Oh my! They have finally begun to move.
If they move, the story will stop!
This is bad!
This is definitely bad, Ahiru-chan!
I'm afraid that that is all for today.
Is a fun story awaiting us?
A sad story?
Or maybe...
Now, let us continue our interrupted story.
Is what is waiting for us a happy ending?
A cruel ending?
Or maybe...?
Ahiru Fakir, you know...
I decided that I want to support you, okay?
Fakir Huh?
Ahiru Because that's the only thing I can do right now.
So I'm going to do what I can with all my might!
If there's anything I can help with, just ask, okay?
But you know, don't you think that Aotoa guy is kinda weird?
You think it'll be all right?
Fakir Even if he's weird, we have to believe him for now.
Aotoa I'll have to refuse any retinue.
Ahiru Are you talking about me, Aotoa-san?
I'm...
Aotoa Don't make me say it again.
Inside here are collected many things related to Drosselmeyer.
It is a sacred place!
Uzura Are you the weird Aotoa-zura?
Aotoa You people who have nothing to do with this are not allowed inside!
Now, come on, Fakir!
Ahiru Nothing to do with this...
Fakir Take Uzura and go on home.
Ahiru Ah, okay.
Do your best, okay?
Aotoa This room has been accurately recreated based on Drosselmeyer's study and his materials.
The paper has been made out of ten-year-old reeds.
The ink is a seven to three ratio of blue to black.
The best pen would be the feather of a white swan who has been in the sea, but...
I've substituted a duck's feather for you.
Fakir And so-
What are you doing?
Aotoa Purifying you.
It is said that Drosselmeyer always purified his body with water before he wrote stories.
You didn't know that?
Fakir Who would?
Aotoa That's all that a direct descendant of Drosselmeyer has to offer?
Fakir Direct descendant of Drosselmeyer?
Aotoa Hey, now...
You're not going to say you didn't know that either, are you?
It's you that we're talking about here.
I'm shocked.
This is something that I investigated and wrote up myself, a genealogy for Drosselmeyer.
Take a look.
Drosselmeyer is here.
You're down here.
I think that I'm probably connected through this branch over here...
... but I still haven't found any proof.
However, the person who saved my father when he got lost when he was young...
...I've been able to determine that person to be here...
Fakir The blood of Drosselmeyer runs through me.
Does this mean that the script with no ending was something that Drosselmeyer wrote?
The ending that I saw was...
Ahiru Fakir has been at Aotoa's since then.
I...
I'm just waiting.
Neko Attention, everybody!
We will be watching an exhibition performed by the perfect pair of Rue-san and Mytho-san today.
Everyone be sure to pay attention to Rue-san's en pointe dancing.
Ahiru I'm just watching again...
Rue-chan...
Rue That hurts!
Neko Rue-san!
Mytho You hesitated to touch my hand, didn't you?!
And you still can say that you love me?!
Pique No way!
Lilie A catastrophe?
Ahiru Rue-chan!
Neko Rue-san!
Mytho-san, what's wrong?
Aren't the two of you m-
Class What was with that?
Neko I guess that it's still too early for marriage for Mytho-san after all.
Eventually the day may come when he will need a special lesson in marriage!
Ahiru He was always nice to Rue-chan before!
Mytho just keeps on changing!
Fakir! Fakir!
Aotoa Please keep quiet, will you?
Ahiru Um, is Fakir...?
Fakir?
Fakir!
Hang on, Fakir!
What did you do to Fakir?!
Aotoa Nothing.
Ahiru Liar!
Aotoa It's true.
He was just standing there for three days without food or sleep.
Ahiru Why would he do...?
Aotoa This way he sharpens his mind and spirit.
If he starts complaining at just this, I'll really have no hope for him at all.
Ahiru Talking like that...
Fakir I'm fine.
Ahiru Fakir...
Aotoa Then hurry and stand back up!
Tonight I'll give you a test to measure your aptitude.
Continue until then.
Aotoa Long, long ago...
The spinners of stories had an evergreen oak in Kinkan Town that they used to test their power.
When the midnight bells stopped ringing, and someone touched the tree...
...if they had power, they would hear the voice of the oak.
That was the proof of their power.
By the way, I have clearly heard the oak before, as a faint, distant voice.
However, if you have no power, I'm sure you'll hear nothing but the sound of the wind.
Ahiru But where is this oak tree?
Aotoa That's right. The tree was cut down long ago...
...and only a sprig remains here, below the museum.
But there is one stone here that is best...
...as a point to initiate contact with the oak.
Even for me, it was difficult to figure out which stone it was...
...but I'll make an exception and tell yo-
Very well done, finding it.
You are praiseworthy, as a direct descendant.
That is the best position to hear the oak tree's voice.
But be prepared.
There are many who have failed to make contact...
...and were sucked into the tree, losing their life.
Ahiru No way!
Fakir, maybe you shouldn't...
Fakir Didn't you say I should hurry and write the story?
Ahiru I'm sorry!
But, I didn't think it would be such a terrible task...
I thought it would just be some writing, so... so...
Aotoa It's midnight.
Ahiru Fakir!
Aotoa Don't interfere!
Ahiru Fakir! Stop!
Aotoa It looks as if it was pointless, after all.
Hey.
Hey, you might as well give up-
Ahiru Fakir!
Fakir?
Fakir!
Josei That which you can see is unseen.
That which you can hear makes no sound.
See that which you cannot see, hear what you cannot hear.
Fakir Who are you?
Josei Drink in the ancient, distant truth.
Calm your body.
Ahiru Fakir?
Fakir!
Fakir This sound... a clock?
The ground...
This is...
The beating...
Tutu Fakir!
Please, open your eyes!
Don't be sucked in by the oak tree!
Fakir I...
Josei Everything is one.
One is everything.
All stories are connected into one.
The beginning is also an end.
The end is also a beginning.
Tutu Fakir, answer me!
Fakir...
Come back.
Josei Beginning is coincidence.
Conclusion is inevitable.
Existence is false.
Truth is nothing.
Fakir Ah, that's right.
I'll change into nothing.
And then I will become one with everything.
I can watch over everything like this...
Until the end of everything.
Josei There is happiness for those who accept everything...
Glory for those who go against everything...
Tutu Fakir!
Josei There is happiness for those who accept everything...
Tutu Fakir! Fakir!
Fakir, answer me!
Let me hear your voice!
Josei Glory for those who go against everything...
Fakir Ahiru...
Tutu Please, Fakir!
Fakir!
Aotoa He was...
...chosen.
Tutu I'm sorry, Fakir!
I couldn't do anything.
Anything...
Fakir I could hear your voice.
Your voice...
Rue The prince will someday belong only to me...
Mytho I... what...
What should I do?
Should I love?
Love... how?
No! You'll be loved!
Love! Love me!
Sacrifice your lives!
Everyone will love me!
Drossel This is terrible!
Just when the story is turning around and heading for tragedy...
Because of them, the story will stop!
This can't be! This can't be!
I won't allow this.
You abominations!