The People and the World is the third and final story arc of NieR Reincarnation, revolving around previously encountered memory characters within The Cage.
Overture I: Indigo (The Beginning of Everything)[]
- "Clinging to fading memories of his time with the girl, I endured for what felt like an eternity."
- — Words left in the recesses of a memory
Fio, Argo, Akeha, Saryu, Rion, Yudil, Dimos, 063y, and Yurie are all summoned in a small part of The Cage. Confused as to where they are, a screen projecting Mama's face appears, explaining the Cage, and how it is currently under attack from outside forces. Astral projections of Earth appear out of nowhere and attack. The group fights them off one by one, only to notice the platform shaking. Mama prepares doors for everyone to escape through before the platform collapses. Dimos notices Rion struggle to keep his balance from all the shaking and rushes to him, grabs the prince just before he falls with the rubble, and throws him to the door.
Follows Fio, Argo, and Noelle as they traverse The Cage to save a trapped Levania. Narrated by Fio.
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A Fabricated World[]
A small girl and a giant man walk through a deep, unfamiliar wood.
They do not understand what is happening to them, nor why they are there.
Eventually, they arrive at an altar. It sits bathed in dappled sunlight,
with a sword plunged deep into its heart. As they stare at the blade,
a figure emerges from it: it is a projection of the sword's past wielder,
one who speaks of the many victories he achieved with the weapon.
When the figure is finally satisfied with the telling of its tale,
a white ghost collects the sword and leaves. This ghost is a
creature the girl and her friends call "Mama," and her
objective is to collect every weapon and store it away for safekeeping.
Girl and giant proceed, avoiding the strange pillars that appear as
the weapons are collected. They follow Mama, believing she knows
something, and eventually come across a beautiful, yet unearthly, sight.
Without a second thought, the man loudly proclaims he knows this place,
and that it is what the location called The Cage once looked like ...
A small girl and a giant man walk through a deep, unfamiliar wood.
They do not understand what is happening to them, nor why they are there.
Eventually, they arrive at an altar. It sits bathed in dappled sunlight,
with a sword plunged deep into its heart. As they stare at the blade,
a figure emerges from it: it is a projection of the sword's past wielder,
one who speaks of the many victories he achieved with the weapon.
When the figure is finally satisfied with the telling of its tale,
a white ghost collects the sword and leaves. This ghost is a
creature the girl and her friends call "Mama," and her
objective is to collect every weapon and store it away for safekeeping.
Girl and giant proceed, avoiding the strange pillars that appear as
the weapons are collected. They follow Mama, believing she knows
something, and eventually come across a beautiful, yet unearthly, sight.
Without a second thought, the man loudly proclaims he knows this place,
and that it is what the location called The Cage once looked like...
Recreation[]
For years has this battle raged. Dark foes attempt to infiltrate
the paradise world, and the people resist. But the people can only
do so much, and they are all eventually captured and placed in cages.
Now, defeat feels all but inevitable.
The girl finds a cage bigger than the rest with a familiar figure sleeping
inside: a dark monster. This stirs memories that had been buried
deep-memories of a precious friend she met in a dream.
But when she attempts to save the monster, she finds it is but illusion.
Still, she knows the monster is out there somewhere,
so she decides it is her turn to save him
As the pair hurries on, their vision is covered by a great flock of black
birds. As the creatures pass, the scars of battle grow deeper and
more severe, until finally the scenery collapses before their eyes.
They continue in this way for some time, until a set of stone towers
finally looms up before them. This is when they finally understand:
the moment the dark foes destroyed paradise,
The Cage as they knew it was created.
For years has this battle raged. Dark foes attempt to infiltrate
the paradise world, and the people resist. But the people can only
do so much, and they are all eventually captured and placed in cages.
Now, defeat feels all but inevitable.
The girl finds a cage bigger than the rest with a familiar figure sleeping
inside: a dark monster. This stirs memories that had been buried
deep—memories of a precious friend she met in a dream.
But when she attempts to save the monster, she finds it is but illusion.
Still, she knows the monster is out there somewhere,
so she decides it is her turn to save him.
As the pair hurries on, their vision is covered by a great flock of black
birds. As the creatures pass, the scars of battle grow deeper and
more severe, until finally the scenery collapses before their eyes.
They continue in this way for some time, until a set of stone towers
finally looms up before them. This is when they finally understand:
the moment the dark foes destroyed paradise,
The Cage as they knew it was created.
At Conflict's End[]
Subjected to constant attacks, The Cage lies on the brink of collapse.
And while the hearts of the girl and giant ache for all the lives lost,
they bravely press on. Though the incandescent tumult of war hinders them,
the girl is driven by her desire to save the monster,
and the giant by his need to support her.
When they at last arrive in the depths of The Cage,
they find a white-haired young woman facing off against the dark foes.
They join in her fight and beat back the enemy together.
After savoring their victory, the girl asks if the woman has seen a black monster,
and is surprised to hear she has. Alas, the girl's delight is quickly interrupted
by a swarm of black birds. The giant sees them coming and bravely stands in
front of his companions, telling them they must save the monster at all costs.
When the swarm finally departs, he is nowhere to be found.
The three of them stand before the monster in his jail. As they do,
a small black bird appears-one that appears to be as afraid to find
themselves in The Cage as the girl is.
When she pats it on the head and it returns to its birdcage,
the monster is similarly freed.
Noticing that the monster has lost his memories,
the little girl proclaims that they will
make new memories together once more.
They then join hands and march towards
the door that appears before them;
with each of them having reclaimed something they wish to protect,
they no longer have any doubts.
Subjected to constant attacks, The Cage lies on the brink of collapse.
And while the hearts of the girl and giant ache for all the lives lost,
they bravely press on. Though the incandescent tumult of war hinders them,
the girl is driven by her desire to save the monster,
and the giant by his need to support her.
When they at last arrive in the depths of The Cage,
they find a white-haired young woman facing off against the dark foes.
They join in her fight and beat back the enemy together.
After savoring their victory, the girl asks if the woman has seen a black monster,
and is surprised to hear she has. Alas, the girl's delight is quickly interrupted
by a swarm of black birds. The giant sees them coming and bravely stands in
front of his companions, telling them they must save the monster at all costs.
When the swarm finally departs, he is nowhere to be found.
Forgiveness and Restoration[]
The young girl and white-haired woman muster their courage to save the
monster and giant. The girl bears through the feelings of helplessness that
plague her, and finally locates the monster's cage in the depths of a hellish
prison. Standing before him, she begins to pray,
knowing in her heart of hearts that she will do anything to save him.
As she does so, another flock of black birds explodes into view,
bringing the giant with them. It turns out Mama has brought him back,
and he now stands ready to help the little girl.
The young girl and white-haired woman muster their courage to save the
monster and giant. The girl bears through the feelings of helplessness that
plague her, and finally locates the monster's cage in the depths of a hellish
prison. Standing before him, she begins to pray,
knowing in her heart of hearts that she will do anything to save him.
As she does so, another flock of black birds explodes into view,
bringing the giant with them. It turns out Mama has brought him back,
and he now stands ready to help the little girl.
The three of them stand before the monster in his jail. As they do,
a small black bird appears—one that appears to be as afraid to find
themselves in The Cage as the girl is.
When she pats it on the head and it returns to its birdcage,
the monster is similarly freed.
Noticing that the monster has lost his memories,
the little girl proclaims that they will
make new memories together once more.
They then join hands and march towards
the door that appears before them;
with each of them having reclaimed something they wish to protect,
they no longer have any doubts.
Overture II: Scarlet (Broken Children)[]
- "What expression was on your face...when I told you I hated you?"
- — A query from a fading consciousness
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Treetops in Shadow[]
A swordswoman stands in the manor of a great lord. Looking around, she feels
as though time itself has been rewound. Listening to the sound of falling rain,
she keeps a wavy-haired girl in tow as she proceeds through the manor.
This is, without a doubt, the place the woman attempted to carry over her
final mission. As the pair still grapple with their situation, before them
appears a woman who is perfectly identical to the swordswoman.
Though one and the same in appearance, the air about them has
an entirely different air about her-an air that chills them to their
very bones. This newcomer's objective is the same as the
swordswoman's once was: find the enemy lord's successor,
and kill them. Unlike the swordswoman, however, this woman
carried out her mission with brutal finality, ending the successor's
life without hesitation. Despite being in the same situation,
and knowing every bit as well that she is simply a tool
being used by her master, she made an entirely different choice.
Upon seeing the successor's life ended, the wavy-haired girl admonishes the
woman for her cruelty, with that admonishment also, in a way, being directed
at the swordswoman herself. The swordswoman denies what she sees,
claiming that's not who she is. And then, surrounded on all sides by corpses
she faces off against a version of herself whose heart had completely
fallen into darkness. After all, the swordswoman distinctly remembers
making a different choice: to save the successor,
and turn her blade against her own duty.
Twisted Emotions[]
The girl finds herself in a place that resembles the school she knows well,
but is ... different. Twisted. Together with the swordswoman they make for
the town, fighting back students all the while. Upon arriving at the plaza
that houses the Pledging Plinth, as though in a perfect recreation of that
fateful day, the pair spy another version of the wavy-haired girl ... and
she is there with the spiky-haired boy. The boy says he will form a pact
with their mutual best friend: the bespectacled girl ... but the words warp
and distort, transforming into effusive praise of the wavy-haired
girl-and it is the fake wavy-haired girl who is forced him to say
such things. As the real wavy-haired girl approaches in an attempt
to end the madness, her imposter thrusts the boy
forward to act as a shield while she makes her escape.
Upon giving pursuit, the wavy-haired girl encounters
her once best friend, who now assumes the visage of a werebeast
after inflicting a horrible curse upon herself. As they grapple
with their complicated emotions, the pair rout all the brainwashed
students sent to stop them and make their way to where the fake
wavy-haired girl is waiting. The wavy-haired girl knows that this
imposter is just as real as she is-that she is another version of herself,
albeit one selfish to the point where she was willing to bend
reality if it meant getting what she wants.
She admonishes her other self and brandishes her staff.
Ruined World[]
Chasing after the fleeing werebeast, the wavy-haired girl finds herself in a
most bizarre manor. She opens sliding door after sliding door, gradually
proceeding further and further into its depths. As she does, the sights that
surround her grow increasingly bizarre. The sliding doors, floors,
and ceiling are all overtaken by mysterious symbols. Seized by fear,
the girl breaks into a dash as she searches for an exit. However,
the very space she occupies is overrun by the symbols, and in time
both the girl and the words she utters are encroached upon,
robbing them of meaning ...
Suddenly, she hears the sound of a door sliding open and
notices the swordswoman standing before her. The swordswoman
slashes at an enemy that barely resembles its original form.
And then, as noise spreads through the area, another
version of the swordswoman appears. As the real swordswoman
stands to defend the wavy-haired girl, she tells the imposter that
it's only appropriate assassins settle things by crossing blades.
The Unreclaimable[]
Having escaped from their dilemma, the pair trudge through a silent forest
It is the same forest where the wavy-haired girl once settled things with
her best friend. The wavy-haired girl calls out to her friend, saying she
wants to talk. She hears her best friend's voice echo through the forest,
saying how much she cares for the wavy-haired girl.
The pair navigate the forest, passing by row upon row of mirrors in
search of the voice's origin. As they walk, they hear the best friend
wail about her agony, and how her unchecked admiration for the
wavy-haired girl turned into a loathing of her own self. Hearing this,
the wavy-haired girl quietly responded that she
isn't the type of person to be admired in the first place.
In the deepest reaches of the ruins, they find both an enormous
mirror and the shadow of a hideous werebeast. Inside the mirror
they see the visage of the spiky-haired boy, who accuses the
two girls of being directly responsible for his death.
His words cause the werebeast to recoil and cover her ears,
but the wavy-haired girl simply stares back at the mirror
with fire in her eyes and yells at the spiky-haired boy to stop.
She knows that what has been lost can never be reclaimed,
and that those who have been left behind have no choice
but to find a way to move on. Turning to the werebeast,
she offers words of reconciliation to the girl
who was once her dear friend:
"Our best friend would never be so cruel to us. Isn't that right !? "
Overture III: Emerald (Patched Emotions)[]
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Dark Calamity[]
A man walks the streets of a shining city. Having suddenly appeared here,
he is unable to grasp the situation he's been placed in. Static fills the corner of his vision.
Though he knows this is a virtual space, he searches for his partner.
No matter what incomprehensible predicament he may find himself in,
he focuses on the only task he believes matters: finding his beloved wife.
However, it's not his wife he finds at the end of the path,
but a girl clad in black surrounded by exact virtual replicas of her.
They call her "incomplete" and attack her.
The man joins forces with her to beat back the images.
During the melee, the man asks why the girl is being attacked by replicas of herself,
to which she replies simply by saying that the virtual space they occupy is on the
verge of destruction.
Sin and Punishment[]
They return to the nighttime city only to find it has changed, with a flash of static, to a familiar place.
Prisoners fight against Flowers among the ruins.
A record of the world where the man once lived was preserved in this same virtual space.
Prisoners labeled "defective" appear around them.
The defectives loudly proclaim resistance against the organization,
and the girl regards them with contempt-an absolute ruler like her must disavow
the imperfect who refuse to fulfill their duties.
At the end of the road, a record of the man and his wife's final moments plays.
He failed to protect his wife ... Reclaiming his memory of his final moments, he falls to his knees in despair.
Then, most suddenly, a girl clad in white appears before them.
In response, the girl clad in black draws her gun and aims it at this new visitor.
The Power of Will[]
A record of prisoners battling Flowers plays out in the virtual space.
The man and the girl in black press forward-the man to save his wife,
and the girl in black to stop the girl in white's rampage.
Static covers the world as it did before, and another world manifests before them.
But it is a world neither of them know.
It is a human battlefield, heavy with the stench of blood and gunpowder.
Injured soldiers, barely able to stand in their agony, march onward.
The man bemoans his powerlessness to help them, and the girl is fascinated by their strength of will.
There is a strange sight at the far end of the battlefield.
There stands a lone young man, surrounded by the bodies of soldiers.
Something floats in the air, enveloping him, as though caging him in ... or perhaps protecting him.
The man and the girl reach in to save him, but he vanishes in a flash of static.
The corpses that surrounded him float in the air and come together.
Before their very eyes manifests a massive, towering monster, which proceeds to attack the pair.
The Deepest Depth[]
They find themselves in a place known as the Library, where rows of bookshelves stretch into the heavens.
Twin girls sleep on the floor, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder.
The man opens a book beside them, and static fills the world once more.
Once it dissipates, he finds himself in a shopping center.
It is the place where he lost his son ... and a false record imprinted on his memory.
Venturing further inside, the man finds his wife, but she is unconscious.
The girl in white appears again and explains that this is all a ruse of the girl in black,
who has been using the man to achieve her own goal all along.
Seeking perfection, the girl in black intends to incorporate all of humanity's records into herself,
but a record of humanity is a record of all the wrongs human have done,
and the girl in black loathes the imperfection of it all and begins to lose control of herself.
Just as the girl in white attempts to stop her, a young man in military garb arrives.
He tells the man and girl in white to flee, and stays behind to stop the girl in black in her tracks.
wiLL[]
The man and the girl in white venture through a patchwork world comprised of various eras,
eventually finding themselves in a wasteland.
In the distance is the girl in black.
She summons the man's wife, but she is not who she once was-having been robbed of her sense of self,
she attacks the man.
Will things end the same way they did then?
The girl in white calls out to the shocked man.
Her strength of will and power of prayer will open doors once closed.
Her song encourages him, and he succeeds in saving his wife.
The girl in black witnesses this power of will and thinks on her own.
No matter how incomplete she may be, she still seeks superiority over the girl in white.
That sole desire becomes her strength, and she leaps to attack the girl in white.
Overture IV: Amber (Guidance Followed)[]
Pod 006 is on the Moon Base carrying the body of a fainted android 10H. It is revealed that they are protecting the server containing all of humanity's data. This server is where the Cage is stored. The server is under attack. Pod 006 asks the characters from the Cage to help protect the server.
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The Solitary Wanderer[]
The world of memories was on the verge of collapse as The Cage was
relentlessly invaded by enemies. The world in which the soldier lived also
seemed to be affected by this. The soldier wanders through a battlefield littered
with corpses, searching for one of his subordinates-a boy who had disappeared.
The soldier believes that the boy must be alive somewhere, yet he is tormented
by guilt. So many lives were lost due to his own failure. Whether it was
due to the pressure of failure or the effects of this broken world, he
begins to hear hallucinations. The surrounding corpses call out to him,
"Everyone is dead. Everyone is dead, and it' s your fault."
In an attempt to shake these voices off, the soldier takes off across the
battlefield. Blocking his way is a phantom with exactly the same appearance
as himself. The phantom asks him why he is searching, to which he
replies that the boy is a precious compatriot. The vision replies, "We can't save anyone."
---
The world of memories where the boy lived was about to be swallowed by
raging flames. The boy searches for his lost attendant, and a thief helps the
boy in promise of a reward, proceeding forward and diving into the flames.
An aberration cloaked in a white sheet-Mama-appears from behind the
flames to lead the two. The boy tries to obey the words of the aberration,
but the thief notices that something' s not right. The aberration approaches
the two with kind words ... at that moment, a woman with prosthetic limbs
appears and slashes the aberration. The aberration, which was pure white,
turns black and attacks with malice. This Mama is a fake.
The two repel the aberration with the help of the woman. However, the woman's
hostility was then directed at the boy. The woman had realized that the boy
belonged to kingdom that murdered her sister. In order to fulfill her revenge,
the woman tries to kill the boy. However,
the thief deflects her sword and escapes with the boy in tow.
Where Tears Lead[]
The thief and the boy wander into a room in the palace. It was once the room
of the princess whom the thief had loved. In the room, phantoms of the thief
and the princess engage in chatter. While listening to their conversation,
the thief and the boy are swallowed by waves and washed
away to the night market. The thief's world is also collapsing.
The phantoms talk in the market as well. After being swallowed by the waves
several more times, they finally arrive at the beach. Waiting for them on the
beach is the fortune teller who ruined his plans with the princess and took his life.
The thief and the fortune teller once again fight for their lives. After the fight,
the scene changes back to the room in the palace.
There, the figure of the fortune teller remains unchanged.
But instead, the thief is confused by a truth he could not have known.
The true identity of the fortune teller with he despised so deeply was in
fact the princess in disguise. As if to mock the struggling thief,
the waves swallow them up again.
Path of Light[]
The boy dreams of the woman with the prosthetic limbs. In his dream,
the little sister who was supposed to be dead appeared beside the woman
who swore revenge. Holding her sister in her arms, the woman's hatred grows ...
The boy wakes up and runs through the palace with the thief, heading
back to the princess. But when he sees her, the thief is shaken, and rendered
unable to move. As the boy worries, the scene changes to that same town
he saw in his dream. There, a woman tries to exact her revenge.
And appearing there are none other than the sister who has become a
weapon and the fortune teller. In order to help the two,
who seemed to not be moving of their own will, the woman and the boys join forces.
After the battle, the woman and the boy face each other in a world of pure white.
The woman's sister is beside her, and the young girl speaks her true wish ...
"Don't suffer for me anymore." The woman's hatred for the boy quickly fades,
and she embraces her sister and disappears.
The thief also reconciles with the fortune teller he once hated.
The boy warmly sees the pair off.
Stronger Together[]
The boy runs through an unfamiliar battlefield in search of his attendant.
At the end of his path, he finds the attendant he has been looking for.
He confronts a man in military garb. His eyes are eerily red,
and he seems to have lost his sanity. When the young man fires his gun,
the attendant shields the boy and falls.
The boy was made to realize his own powerlessness.
The voice of the boy in military garb he met in the stone tower lifts the boy
from his despair. Inspired by his words, the boy opens the body of the
mechanical attendant. The beliefs, aspirations, and love he gained on his journey ...
The boy pours out his whole heart so that he might revive his attendant.
The two, bound by their trust in each other, reunite.
They join forces with the boy in military garb and succeed in stopping the soldier.
As the boy moved to care for the unconscious young man,
the voice of the white aberration, Mama, urges them on. In an
attempt to save themselves from collapse, the group escapes from the battlefield.
Act II: The Return (Cherished Memories)[]
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Orbital Satellite Base No. 1 - Railhead[]
Having been tasked with repairing a satellite that connects
Earth and the moon, a brother and sister descend into a relay server.
There, they find many paintings adorning the walls-it's like a museum.
Among them is a painting of a dragon impaled upon Tokyo Tower.
The plaque says that this happened in 2003,
but neither brother nor sister remembers it.
But they both know it is no ordinary painting.
And so, they press on to solve the mystery.
Suddenly, a white substance begins to fall and builds up on the floor.
It is not snow but fine pieces of salt.
The footprints pressed into the salt are not human.
The siblings follow the footsteps, only to be attacked by a monster
with red eyes. Brother and sister, who once hated each
other to the point of killing each other, now protect one another,
parrying the monsters clumsily with their swords and press onward.
The salt comes to a stop, and the two find a new painting.
It shows how the salt-borne disease wrought by the dragon's
death turned regular people into red-eyed monsters.
They recognize that this story is one of a world very
similar to their own. Several different worlds exist,
split like a branch upon possibilities.
The world they see is one that lived through a nightmarish history.
Orbital Satellite Base No. 9 - Arsenal[]
Brother and sister come to an old-fashioned gallery where
they encounter a pale aberration. It speaks like a broken machine,
but it shows them no malice; it's almost as though it's there to greet them.
The aberration guides them through the facility, and they
witness the history of the world in which the dragon appeared.
"The Soldiers Who Fight the Monsters" showed that those
who fought against the red-eyed monsters formed a military
organization called the Crusades and sent an endless
stream of young people into battle. Among these children,
they find a brother and sister who look exactly like them.
They fought, ran themselves ragged, and countless many died.
"Humanity Revival Project" showed those who desperately
searched for a way to escape the salt-borne disease.
There, technology to split the human body and soul
then preserve both until the right time came,
all to stop the progression of the disease, was born.
"The Extinction of Humanity" showed the end of all things.
No matter how many monsters they fought, no matter
what technology they developed, humanity understood
there was no escaping their demise.
And so, they turned to their final option.
They left the key to humanity's revival for the far distant future.
They locked away the human genome and all of humanity's culture,
history, and memory into The Cage.
But now, the enemy is destroying The Cage.
繝舌中繧ォ繝シ秘屬譯ィ菴[]
The girl stands in the Bunker's command room.
This was the androids' base for their fight against the machine
lifeforms that encroached on the Earth-weapons unleashed by the aliens
when they landed in the year 10,000.
The girl herself was once among them.
But with the end of the war comes a machine attack on their base.
Elite soldiers infected with a virus appear before her.
This virus, built to destroy androids, spreads in an instant.
The girl avoids her old android friends as they brandish their
weapons and yell at her, welcoming her back to her home.
She makes her way through the base to see if any are safe.
The girl finds a single sword in the corridor.
A voice floods her mind the moment she lays her hand on it.
She learns that its old wielder, too, lost her life due to the virus.
There are no more sane androids; the base has been annihilated.
Her home gone and missing her friends, she has no choice but to endure by
tricking herself into thinking she is used to being alone. Her heart, too,
has lost its home. "Maybe I should ... join everyone ... "
she murmurs as she listlessly walks the corridors.
Black birds appear from thin air and gather around the weakened girl,
forming a black sphere. The sphere shoots into the air, leaving this world.
The siblings stand in an inky black darkness.
If they manage to restore this last access point,
then the path to Earth will be opened.
As their eyes adjust, they proceed upwards
around the outside of the tower. There, they find an old, run-down
device resembling a projector. They activate it,
and it displays hologram data. It is a record of the war
between the androids and the machine lifeforms.
It is a long history-one that will lead to the machines'
eventual rule over every city ... The completion of their kingdom.
The top of this tower is familiar. It is the altar at which the two of them
restored the broken sun and moon. But what comes to mind for both
are memories of destruction. They invited the enemy into
The Cage to make their wishes come true.
Even as they fight the enemy, their hearts are tainted with despair.
But the encouraging words of the friend who sent them here flash
through their minds, and that alone is enough to make their hearts one.
Sun and moon meet to form an eclipse-the true gate that links
Earth and The Cage. But at the same time,
the enemy attacks to close the gate.
Behind all of those who rush toward the gate, the android girl
stops to keep the sun and moon from separating.
She knows she is breaking due to the infection,
and so she has thrown her own life away for the
sake of the friends who saved her from loneliness.
"We didn't have much time together, but I had a lot of fun,"
she says, her words skipping and glitching.
despite knowing they will never hear her.
And so she leaves the fate of The Cage and Earth to all her friends.
Act III: Transmigration (Goodbye)[]
- "The world must be returned to how it ought to be."
- — Data left in a record tucked away
- "I never had the power to change the world. ...But I at least had the power to change myself."
- — A note found beside a dark monster
Library Entries[]
Earth - Quantum Server Operation
The 2nd Girl: "Her"[]
Pod activates the device, which connects to a memory of when the quantum
server on Earth was in operation.
The memory shows the past of a boy and girl, both clad in white.
They are the administrators of the quantum server, and they have no names.
They are only called Him and Her.
Theirs is a simple role: to observe all the memories of humanity
recorded in the server. They venture through the server's virtual space.
He encourages Her to activate the device,
which then connects to a memory of long, long ago.
It is a time when human science made significant advances and culture
flourished. It seemed the device could draw up memories recorded in the server.
She accesses more and more and sees what becomes of humanity.
She comes to know their future, the pain that plague and violence causes
them, and their trudge toward extinction. While She grieves humanity,
He speaks of His belief that they will be revived one day.
Earth - Quantum Server Ruination
The 3rd Girl: "Red Girl"[]
Pod accesses the next device.
There, they see a memory of what happened
after the quantum server deteriorated. Inside the broken virtual space,
the Red Girl accesses a crumbling device.
It is a memory of when humanity had gone extinct and their cities
crumbled...a time when the Red Girl commanded the machine
lifeforms in their conquest of Earth and waged war with the androids.
While the machines had the upper hand for some time,
the war ended with both sides suffering heavy losses,
neither side the victor. The Red Girl, too,
was at the end of her life. She incorporated the machines' memories
into herself. She burdened herself with their
pain and suffering in hopes of expiation. As she continued onward,
She appeared. The Red Girl then reaches out to Her,
though She is meant to be her enemy, and pleads for salvation.
The last thing the Red Girl speaks of is her loneliness.
But She absorbs the Red Girl and then uses her power to transform the city.
In the end, it looks just like The Cage.
Earth - Quantum Server Foundation
The 1st Boy: "Him"[]
The device in front of The Birdhouse connects to a memory of when
the quantum server was established.
He was created within the server to observe humanity's memory.
The first thing He sees is humanity's grim path to extinction.
He attempts to save people, but He cannot interfere with memories.
And so, He decides to incorporate the memory into himself,
believing that knowing their pain and suffering would make salvation possible.
But the server not only houses memories of the past but the future as well.
After watching memories of the lifeless dolls' war,
He sees a future where Earth is a series of strange buildings.
And then, He watches His own birth. History repeats itself.
As He watches history run the same path over and over again,
He learns of human emotion, and He finds pain in His loneliness.
And so He births Her, believing He can change His own fate.
Earth - Quantum Server Operation
"Her" and "Him"[]
He and She run through the memories of the quantum server.
Pain comes with continually witnessing the memories of humanity's destruction,
but together, they can support each other.
They spend eternity in one another's company, waiting for the
day when someone makes the choice to save humanity.
After a long, long time, a woman with white hair appears before them.
This woman lost her friend and knew loneliness.
She wants to destroy the quantum server in order to get him back...which would
mean killing both Him and Her. The pair lose, and He vanishes,
feeling hope for humanity's possibilities. But He does not anticipate
Her living on even further into the future, though She scatters into pieces.
This time, She is the one who must spend eternity alone.
"I...want to see Him again..." Her voice drifts through the sea of memory and fades.
Earth - Quantum Server Ruination
"Her" and "Red Girl"[]
She walks alone through endless nothingness.
She thinks about Him through the never-ending ages.
She does not know how much time passes, but eventually,
the Red Girl appears before Her. She knows that the girl is an enemy of humanity.
But now, because they both know loneliness, she is not Her enemy.
She reaches out to offer salvation.
But when She learns that the Red Girl is beyond repair,
She absorbs her so She can carry her memory onward...and they become one.
The red of hatred spreads through Her. Had She been alone from the beginning,
She would have never had to carry the sadness of loss. And so,
She freezes the world and time in place.
But Earth is not the only place that is home to humanity's histories and bonds.
She sets free the black birds, then uses
Carrier and the siblings to bring about the fall of The Cage on the moon.
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