Act 23 [Marionettes]
~Ruslan and Ludmilla~
23. AKT
~Ruslan und Ludmilla~
Once upon a time...
...there was an imprisoned princess.
Imprisoned in the castle of the devil...
...the princess who had her freedom taken away from her...
...was just like a puppet.
She had no choice but to dance as the devil said.
One day, a hero trying to save the princess...
...challenged the devil.
But the hero had no chance of defeating the devil.
The hero did not know...
...that he himself was a puppet created by the devil.
Tutu Fakir!
Fakir Tutu!
Tutu Where is this?
Gears?
Why are they all stopped?
Why am I...
...in a place like this?
What should I do?
Fakir!
Fakir Drosselmeyer...
The man who plays around with everyone's destinies.
Mytho, her, and everyone... they're all in pain because of him.
Where is he laughing from?
Where is he right now?
The place where Drosselmeyer would be...
Where is it?!
Furuhon The story may now be at a stage where we should not try to stop it.
If so, the one who will fight is he who shares the same blood.
Fakir Was he telling me to write?
I don't have any other way to save her!
Tutu Where's the way out?
I have to hurry and get out of here!
Now that I finally figured it out...
The remaining pieces of heart are within the five gates.
I want to hurry and return them to Mytho!
And then...
Mytho will go back into the story...
I'll return back into...
...a duck.
What? A puppet?
Ningyou That's right! This is the land of puppets!
Oh? If it isn't princess Tutu!
It's Tutu! It's Tutu! It's princess Tutu!
It's Tutu! It's Tutu!
Why would Tutu be here, I wonder?
Tutu Do you know where this place is?
Tell me.
Why was I taken here?!
Why are all of these stopped?!
Ningyou What was that? Tutu doesn't know where this is?
Tutu Please! Tell me!
Ningyou Tutu wants us to tell her, she says.
She's in trouble!
Tutu Answer me!
Ningyou The one who stopped all of these is princess Tutu, you yourself!
This is inside the story!
You're the one who stopped it, princess Tutu!
Tutu I stopped the story? I did?
Ningyou Yes! Tutu stopped the story!
Tutu stopped the story!
She stopped it! She stopped it!
Tutu stopped it! Tutu stopped it...
Tutu Stop!
My body...
It won't move?
Fakir "Hear that which has no voice..."
"See that which has no form..."
What am I supposed to do with that?
What should I write?
Damn it, I have to write!
I have to write this!
Raven What happened to my heart?
Hurry and bring me a heart!
Kraehe Father...
I bathed the prince's heart in your blood...
...so the prince will be mine now, right?
Raven Are you saying that you can't trust my words?
Kraehe No, that's not it!
Raven Furthermore, you think more of yourself than you do of me, your own father?!
Kraehe I love you, of course, father! But...
Raven It is expected for a daughter to love her father!
How pathetic.
For you to not even be able to obtain the prince's love...
When you already had no value to me as a daughter...
Kraehe Father!
Raven At the very least, you could offer up your heart for my rebirth...
Kraehe Forgive me! I'm sorry!
Raven Wait! Kraehe!
Tutu Have I become a puppet?
Did I do something that I shouldn't have ?
What?
Is this...
Uzura-chan?
Uzura I found Tutu-zura!
Tutu Why are you here, Uzura-chan?
Uzura I followed you-zura.
What are you doing-zura?
Tutu I seem to have become a puppet.
Uzura A puppet-zura?
Tutu Ah, well, it's not that I don't like puppets...
It's just...
Ah! Uzura-chan!
Uzura Puppets...
Tutu Uzura-chan!
Drossel Jeté!
Entree marches!
Tutu Eh? My legs are moving on their own...
Drossel One, two! Rond de jambe!
En tourant!
Tutu Drosselmeyer-san?
Is this the world where Drosselmeyer is?
How? Why?
I'm being forced to dance against my will.
Nothing but a marionette.
I don't want this...
I want...
I want to dance more freely!
Drossel That's misguided thinking there.
Marionettes are the most free when they are being controlled by someone, after all.
Until you accept that, you won't be able to get out of here.
Uzura What's a puppet-zura?
Fakir Her name is Uzura.
Charon made her from Edel's embers.
Ahiru Edel-san's?
Uzura Uzura isn't Uzura-zura?
What's this-zura?
It turns-zura!
Mytho Caw, caw.
Hey, Kraehe. Come on over here.
Kraehe Prince...
Mytho What's wrong? Why the brooding face?
Let's have fun.
I sure want to get the rest of my heart back!
And then, I have to sacrifice my heart to the monster raven!
Kraehe What are you saying?
You're joking, right?
You're destined to be tied to me!
Mytho To you?
To you, someone reborn as a pathetic human even though you're a raven?
You must be the one who's joking.
The only thing you're allowed to do is to love me.
When you bathed my heart in raven's blood...
My fate was sealed.
Kraehe Even though I did as father said...
It... It would be better to take his heart again and...
But I don't have the prince's sword.
If I do it with this blade, the prince might die.
That's fine.
At that time... I, too...
Mytho If you gouge out my heart, please give it a kiss!
Dye your lips red with my blood!
What's wrong? You can't do it?
Aotoa It looks as if you've reached your limit, huh?
It was perfect for you to choose the front of Drosselmeyer's grave...
But if you don't have stories to tell flowing out of you one after...
Fakir Could you please be quiet?
Aotoa Even though I have so many things to tell right now...
How ironic.
Fakir Quickly...
I have to write something quickly...
Drossel That's right. All of you should let yourselves be guided by the story.
Well, that's all right as it is, too.
Now then, it's about time to go see you, 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...?
Tutu Who's there?
Drossel Welcome to the loophole in time, princess Tutu.
Tutu Drosselmeyer-san!
Um, what does it mean that I was the one who stopped the story?
I...
...tried my hardest, trying to get the prince's heart back!
Drossel Have you found all of the pieces of his heart, then?
Tutu Huh? Ah...
I think the last five pieces are hidden in the five gates...
Drossel Congratulations!
Tutu Then, if I return those to him, the prince will return to normal...
...and defeat the monster raven...
Drossel That's no good!
That wouldn't be any fun at all.
What would the people in the story do then?
Tutu The story... I was originally just a duck...
Drossel But right now, you're inside the story.
Everyone's in the same boat! Take a look...
Tutu Rue-chan!
Fakir...
Mytho...
Drossel Everyone's in pain right now.
That's how it must be.
Will you confess and disappear in a flash of light?
Or will you lose the prince without confessing your love?
You have things making you suffer as well, right?
Tutu More importantly, I...
Drossel But still, you think only of returning the prince to normal rather than of yourself.
You're no longer the same Ahiru who wished only for the prince!
You loved the prince, and wanted to be with him, right?
Am I wrong?
Tutu I...
Drossel Ah, right, right!
It's only natural for you to think of the prince in that way.
There's no need for you to be concerned.
For example, how about this?
What if you kept quiet about the pieces hidden away in the five gates?
Tutu What?
Drossel After all, no one else has figured that out.
If you did that, you wouldn't have to be separated from the prince!
Tutu But...
Drossel If you don't think about things in that way, you won't be able to get out of here!
The story is stopped as well!
What's this?
For the gears to be turning even though Tutu is here...
This is interesting!
The gears are turning backwards.
The story is reversing its course!
Why didn't I think of that?
Now then, I wonder what will happen!
Kraehe I don't know!
I believed that it had been decided in the story that the prince would be bound to me!
Was I wrong?
What can I believe?
Who can I believe?
That's right.
I want to go back to the time when I didn't remember all of this!
Back to the time when I was Rue!
Kraehe Save me!
I'm sorry, father!
Don't take my heart!
Forgive me!
That's...
I'll be good!
Mytho Stand behind me.
Kraehe That's...
...the first time that I met the prince.
Mytho You don't have to worry anymore.
Kraehe Does it hurt?
Umm... water?
Mytho Thank you.
Kraehe I have to get back.
Mytho Where?
Kraehe To where father is.
Mytho Who are you?
Kraehe I'm...
Raven My poor daughter, though a raven, reborn in the form of a pathetic human...
Kraehe I... I'm not a raven!
I'm human!
Krae.. he... [In the Japanese pronunciation of Kraehe, the last syllable is "ru"]
...ru... ru...
That's it!
Rue!
Can I come see you again?
Mytho Sure.
Goodbye!
Fakir What's happening?!
Aotoa The story is flowing backwards!
Fakir What?
Aotoa Stop it!
Use your pen to stop it!
Fakir!
Fakir Flowing backwards... you say?
Tutu I...
I became a human girl, and learned of many feelings.
Back then, I didn't think that my feelings for Mytho would develop so much...
Fakir I can't go back anymore!
Back when I clung to my sword, only speaking words to bind Mytho to me...
I won't return to that time!
Tutu My feelings are my own.
Everyone's feelings are the same way.
Precious feelings...
They're not just marionettes!
Fakir I won't sit by myself, in fear of my fate!
Tutu I want us to protect Mytho!
Fakir We'll protect him!
F&T Together!
Fakir Just now... her voice...?
That's it!
She's the one who changed me.
I can write.
I can write her story.
No, but...
These aren't my words.
They're...
Uzura It won't move anymore-zura.
Edel The story doesn't want to go back any further than that, does it?
Uzura Who's there-zura?
A puppet-zura?
Edel I am a puppet.
I am you.
You are me.
Uzura Uzura isn't Uzura-zura?
Edel I was a puppet who had no heart.
But you...
Go back to where Ahiru is.
Uzura Wait-zura!
Fakir These are... her feelings!
Tutu I want to go back!
Go back... and save Mytho!
I want to get out of here!
Fakir Her feelings for Mytho...
...are being transferred into my hands...
...and flowing out!
At that time, the knight who had thrown away his sword...
...called out her name...
...to lead her from the darkness!
Fakir Ahiru!!!!!
Ahiru!!!
Tutu Fakir!
Fakir!!
Edel Now, go on ahead.
Fakir Ahiru!
Tutu Fakir!
Did you write my story for me?
Fakir Yeah.
Tutu Thank you.
Drossel What's this?
For her to get out of here on her own...
Quite impressive.
Thanks to her, the story will remain stopped.
One is still turning backwards.
You'll find out something you'd rather not!
Kraehe What?
Ekiyuu What's wrong?
Otoosan My daughter was kidnapped by ravens!
Ekiyuu What'd you say?!
All right, let's look over this way!
Otoosan Thank you!
Kraehe That's... me?
I'm not the daughter of the monster raven?
My mother and father...
Rue ...were just humans?
Mytho What a miserable fate.
Drossel The story has finally started to move!
My, my, how great.
Uzura Uzura isn't Uzura-zura?
A heart is different from love-love-zura?
Where is this-zura?
I'm up high-zura!