Prison of the Abyss is an event in SINoALICE.
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| "Prison of the Abyss" |
Intro Scene[]
Parrah:
Welcome...
Noya:
...to the hell of hypocrisy!
Parrah:
Let's jump straight into the rules.
Noya:
They're very simple. Deceptively so.
Parrah:
Defeat the nightmare to go even deeper!
Noya:
Just kill, kill, kill! You know the routine!
Parrah:
Some floors give you special keys.
Noya:
Try to make it that far, at least!
Parrah:
Happy travels!
Stage 1[]
The boys and girls secretly set foot in the prison.
Deep and gaping,
the darkness seemed to stretch for eternity.
A void inhabited by angels and demons alike.
There, they discovered the truth,
pushed deep within.
They were one step closer to seeing reality for what it was.
They can never go back.
How glorious when they'd been blissfully unaware,
stepping into the dark abyss...
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Fear, the Warden:
Welcome.
I'm the warden of this prison.
I'd tell you to enjoy yourselves...
But I'm the strongest one here.
Parrah:
Huh? But he's weak!
Noya:
He's not strong at all!
Stage 2[]
Attention, prisoners on all floors.
Today, a group of intruders broke in at dawn and killed our greatest warden: Fear.
Do not be alarmed.
Supplies will be delivered momentarily to all floors.
Stay calm, and hold your positions.
End of transmission.
You must brace yourselves.
Redouble your efforts if you wish to make it a single step further.
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Orc (Water):
It's no use.
They defeated Fear.
I'm no match for them.
Give me a most merciful death...
Stage 5[]
Beauty is evil.
My whole life I've been pestered by those who envy my beauty.
If people are going to harass me for it,
I'd much rather be hideous.
Perhaps it was this that lead me to self-mutilation.
I inflicted injury upon injury in every way I could imagine.
A low flame of self-immolation...
It made the most scintillating smell!
I could hardly stop my mouth from watering.
My body's riddled with rot,
necrosis making homes for burrowing insects.
Hey. God. How long until
I'm ugly in your eyes?
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Parrah:
Whoa. This nightmare really stinks.
Noya:
Smells like turmoil!
Parrah:
It's banged up pretty good, too.
Plant (Water):
Oh? Admiring my beauty?
Noya:
It's also stark raving mad.
Stage 11[]
We'll always be together.
Yeah... You don't have to remind me.
Yeah... I love you, too.
You don't have to say it. I know.
.........
I swear I've met someone this crazy before.
Looks like it's another pest.
No, not a pest--a test! From God.
However. If God's goal is to tear us apart, then I'm ready to go against God's plan.
Your throat's as good as slit!
We must overcome this trial and join together as one.
We're already bound by the mouth.
Time to bind our bodies, too.
Closer and closer, till we are one!
...He...lp...
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Lizard (Water):
Our hearts and bodies are one.
Where should I connect to next?
Let's figure it out together!
Ghost (Water):
Help...me...
Stage 21[]
Everything in this world is comprised of atoms.
Every living thing will eventually perish,
its atoms scattered to the winds.
It's a cycle of atomic reassembly.
I am determined to discover the inner workings of life energy.
I must learn the course each life will take.
Then I'll know what we nightmares are made of, and I can prove,
once and for all,
from whence we came.
I already have a theory.
And if my research is correct...
Then we need to get out. Fast.
My research is our only hope for salvation.
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Hound (Water):
We're all the same. No need for violence.
And we have our words, after all.
Let's negotiate a peaceful solution.
Parrah:
Oh? A normal one?
Noya:
Don't be fooled. It's just pretending!
Parrah:
Let's kill it!
Stage 31[]
There is paradise in this world--
A roof to keep out wind and rain,
and three full meals a day.
But the best part of it all? It's free!
Criminals can rest as long as they need,
all on the kingdom's tab.
What a glorious system!
It's a true utopia.
Prisoners are usually people who have done terrible, awful things.
But there... that's not the case.
There are monstrous experiments held in that prison. They call them "ceremonies."
...I'm done with this hellhole.
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Parrah:
They're so strong!
Noya:
This is no ordinary prison...
Parrah:
Is it an asylum?
Stage 51[]
I don't belong here. I'm normal.
he most normal person in the world.
Purely and supremely normal.
Normal. Normal, normal, normal!
Normal. Normal, normal, normal!
Normal. Normal, normal, normal!
So, so, SO normal!
Normal normal NORMAL!
NORMAL NORMAL NORMAAAL!
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Golem (Fire):
I'm normal!
It's the world that's mad!
I'm normal! I'm normal!
Normal! Normal! Normal!
Parrah:
Somehow, we highly doubt that.
Stage 71[]
I can't even write the phrase
"take a rest" anymore.
It just makes me think about
resting in eternal slumber.
I quit my job to really
think about it...to figure out if the
phrase is actually a secret message
to spread death and destruction.
But being unemployed isn't how I'd
imaged.
At all.
I know it was my choice, but people
don't have to treat me like garbage!
It's even worse than
when I was paid by
commission,
or minimum wage.
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Ghost (Wind):
I was kidnapped while wandering around.
I was the country's machine.
And because of that, I...
I know what happens here.
I might get punished, but it'll be amusing...
Stage 91[]
There had never been a kinder king.
His benevolence wasn't only for the
commoners.
Nobles, retainers, his family...
Everyone loved him!
But a lack of focus was his undoing.
He devoted himself to preserving the
balance between wealth and poverty.
Where most commoners would as for
help,
the king never stopped to rest.
He attempted to efficiently use
what time he had,
but when that wasn't enough,
he simply slept less.
I was terrified by his
unwavering devotion to his
work.
I'd seen this happen before. It was only
a matter of time before it all fell apart...
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Golem (Wind):
A perfectionist king couldn't accept his daughter's death.
The only was he could cope...
...was by reviving her.
It was a goal that couldn't be achieved by ordinary means.
So he searched for a miracle, some power beyond our realm.
I couldn't stop him.
Stage 111[]
I was always watching her. As
my unspoken love burned inside,
I decided to put energy into new hobbies
to get closer to her.
It all started when I witnessed her
passionately kiss a man who'd
been murdered for a ceremony.
Seeing that was all it took.
I couldn't temper the furious
beating of my heart.
I began trailing
close behind her━
to keep her safe, of course.
If someone ever found out what she'd
done,
I wanted to be there to protect her.
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Hound (Fire):
I thought it would be okay.
She was satisfied. It was wonderful.
Buy why? Why is she here?
How can she walk so freely through this prison?
Parrah:
You understand now, don't you?
This prison? It already belongs to them.
Noya:
Her heart belongs to them, too!
Stage 131[]
I used to think tricking people out
of their money was a bad thing.
But that's because I was always
the sucker.
It happened so often that
I actually started to feel as though
I was a pro at getting hustled.
In the process, I began to learn
the ins and outs of thievery.
I just had to look for people like me
and ply them with all the words I'd been
fed
that once made me whip out my wallet
without hesitation.
These days?
It's my entire life.
I met Fear on the day
I got robbed after
about a dozen of my own shake downs.
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Lizard (Wind):
Fear was worried about me...
He was kind enough to listen to my woes.
I lied with little to no regret.
I told him I lost ten times what I had!
Parrah:
How refreshingly awful.
Stage 180[]
Attention, all floors...
Today's intruders are slightly
quicker than expected.
In addition,
this month's feast will be held
a little earlier than usual.
Please standby for
further details, and do your best
to eliminate the intruders.
Stage 219[]
The king's governance led
the nation to great prosperity.
But then--around the time
the princess fell ill, was it?
People started disappearing
on dark, misty days.
My own son was among them.
They say the king was
performing some sort of ritual
to resurrect the princess.
Once I've made my preparations,
I'll head for the prison, too.
It's my duty to
figure out what exactly
is going on out there.
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Hound (Water):
The king had changed.
I tried to help, but I was too late.
Parrah:
Too bad! So sad!
Stage 239[]
The kind king was the pride of the
kingdom.
Witnessing him chat with the queen and
the
princess brought smiles to the
faces of all who saw them.
The queen had long-suffered from a
serious illness,
but the feisty princess never allowed her
parents a single moment to give into
despair.
Three winters later,
tragedy struct at last.
The queen succumbed to
her illness and died.
The king cried that day,
but his tears dried
at the princess' playful jests.
He could smile, so long as he still had her.
But if she were to die, who would be left
to warm the king's heart
and quiet his doubts?
The kingdom's darkest fears
soon came to pass.
One day without warning,
the princess succumbed to
the same illness
as her mother, and died.
The king wept relentlessly.
It was then that he realized--
He had no family
left to ease him.
No family left to smile at him.
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Golem (Fire):
The king had turned to a strange ritual.
He only wished for the queen and princess to smile again.
He was ready to sacrifice everything.
And so, he began that strange ritual at the prison.
Stage 259[]
A Religious Researcher's Notes
Most religions developed alongside
some form of authority.
The object of my study--this prison's
pagan religion--is an exception,
but for the most part this
rule still holds true to this day.
Despite this knowledge, I'd tracked down
a certain dark rumor.
The religion had gotten out
of hand, sacrificing countless
human lives in a ... ceremony.
I came here to discover the truth,
but after a few mistakes along the way,
I carelessly got myself captured.
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Orc (Fire):
Would you like to see my notes?
Please, help me save the world from total darkness.
Parrah:
Sounds rough.
Let's just kill him instead.
Noya:
We'll get started immediately!
Stage 279[]
This heathen religion was
originally based on respected, sacred
teachings.
But its followers were persecuted,
and repeated exile and dispersal
slowly shifted something pure
into a tool of wickedness and spite.
We who lacked a home
let that man into our hearts.
Forever in search of a place
that we could call our own,
we felt no sense of belonging.
Since we never knew when
the elites would strip away
our possessions on the pretext of
some new law, we felt less
attached to our belongings.
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Amidst this repeated persecution,
knowledge came to be
more valuable than
easily stolen possessions.
Diligent study quickly
became a cornerstone
and tenant of our religion.
We learned to recite our precious tomes by
heart in case they should
ever be stolen from us.
Starting with the memorization of
scripture in our youth, we never
stop learning from birth to death.
It's as natural as can be.
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Bird (Wind):
But beliefs change.
I told them I was leaving...
Stage 300[]
We are all extremely diligent.
This diligence is why we entered
the money-lending business.
We knew that money would
soon rule the world.
So, in order to create our own nation,
we made sure that the most powerful
and influential people were indebted to
us.
We planned to rule the country
--After all, it was our ultimate
desire.
We sought to create the happiest
country on earth and gather
all our followers there. However...
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Greater Ghost (Water):
But I was alone.
They saw me as just another brash believer.
I have to stop him...
Stage 325[]
The aim of the evil cult
was the resurrection of
their founder.
To conduct such experiments,
they decided to resurrect the king's
daughter.
In this special story,
countless nightmares became
ingredients in the experiment.
Many sacrifices were made,
and the experiment looked like it would
succeed....
However, it ended in failure.
The constituent would change forms
to the point that no one could tell
if it was human or a nightmare.
The body was like a shell,
in which no soul would reside.
In the end, we had made a terrible mistake.
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Greater Ghost (Water):
Failures, all of them.
Failures belong in the scrap heap.
Stage 350[]
The cult steadily proceeded with its
experiments.
Meanwhile, there was one
who objected to the group's ethics.
His name was Fear.
He was the commander of the royal
knights and a man of integrity.
He shared the information he received
only with trusted subordinates and
friends
and created two opposition forces.
One would infiltrate the religious
organization
with the goal of bringing it down from
the inside.
The other would use a prison riot
as justification to attack the prison from
the outside.
The chaos created by the invaders
would be the soldiers' cue
to make their all-out attack.
That was the plan.
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Clock Rabbit:
Captain Fear...
Soon, I shall be at your side.
Stage 375[]
The strategy worked frighteningly well.
Fear earned a seat
as the strongest of the
Four Heavenly Kings
because of the successful infiltration.
From there he watched
many citizens die
until the long-awaited day finally
arrived.
Fear, who would be the last piece,
finally stepped into the prison,
aiming to join the highest ranks
by bringing them in as comrades.
By the time he noticed that events
were not going according to his plans,
it was already too late.
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Golem (Fire):
Captain Fear...
You were far too kind.
And yet you knew nothing of how the weak felt...
Stage 400[]
Fear and I were always together.
The small farming village
was far from the capital.
That small world was our home.
We ran in the fields together, polished
our fighting skills,
and studied late into the night.
We were proud of our growth and
I believed that one day, the two of us
would help that small village.
But while lying atop a tall hill,
gazing at the stars and sharing our
dreams for the future,
I became aware of the huge
difference between Fear and
myself.
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Fear listened intently, without ever
laughing,
at my dream of making the village a
better place.
But upon hearing his dream,
I couldn't but feel exposed
as someone who lacked a greater vision.
"I want to eliminate all the poverty
gripping this country.
That will also bring prosperity to this
village," he said.
Listening to Fear's dream,
I felt ashamed that even in this small
place
I was not aiming to be the best I could be.
But there was nothing I could do about
that.
As long as he stood in my way,
I would never be number one.
At that moment, I came to a great
realization.
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He always walked in front of me.
There were always people
gathered around him.
I didn't want tot be left behind.
I was desperate to close the
gap.
Everyone liked him.
Teachers, seniors, the girls,
and even myself...
But chasing after him,
things had gotten complicated.
I had grown tired of him...
※
When I met him again
after spending a long time apart,
he surprisingly asked me a favor.
It made me a somewhat happy to know
that
he still thought of me.
He told me an awful story.
I could not turn down the request
of my best friend, the man who
desired a peaceful world just like I did.
The land was being gripped by
despair.
I swore to help him,
if only to protect the people.
"If anything should happen to me,
I leave everything in your hands."
Those were the last
words he said to me.
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Einz, the Prison Warden:
I am now the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings.
I am the most terrible, fearsome demon of all!
Parrah:
He looks familiar, but I cant figure out why.
Noya:
I just want to punch him in the face.
Parrah:
Do it! Do it!
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I ended up betraying him.
I succumbed to the
temptation that had welled up in my
mind.
I sold his plan for protecting
the people to the cult.
I pleaded with the cult
to save my own pathetic life.
But in doing so,
I finally stood above him.
It was my first victory, earned by
lowering myself to the lowest depths
possible.
A hollow victory...
Stage 420[]
Stage 440[]
Stage 460[]
Stage 480[]
Stage 500[]
"Good work.
You can come along, as promised."
"But you have to return
to your other form like the offerings."
The man in the black coat grinned
bathed in the light that came
from the dispersing creatures
in the suspicious container.
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The warning siren screamed
inside the dark room.
The girl kept the bottle close to her
as she spoke into the void.
※
There is an urgent communication from the third plant.
The feast had ended in failure.
As expected, the characters
intervened.
Is someone controlling them?
And that presence... and the truth...
Yes, please be careful.
Their invading strength is overwhelming.
I understand...
I will destroy this plant
and meet you there.
See you tomorrow.
At the Tokyo plant