Pursuit of Truth/Transcript

The transcript detailing the Pursuit of Truth cinematic cutscene.

Note: Mr. Tachibana is mentioned as "He", "Him", "His" and "Himself". Un-capitalized spellings of these four refer to different characters.

Scene 1
Mr. Tachibana opens his eyes to find himself in an endless black void. As he looks at his hands, he notices that he has returned to his original form as The Son, thinking aloud what this could mean. At that moment, an echoing voice asks if the seal has been broken. The Son looks around before he sees a light piercing through the darkness as it approaches him, which manifests into an apparition of The Father. The Son is shocked, as he has not seen The Father since the Nexus's creation so long ago. The Son answers his question, saying that Ignotus has broken the seal and assumed control of the Nexus. The Father tells The Son that he feared this day would come, and even though he saw what he could in the future, it did not provide him with the answers he was looking for to prevent this from happening. The Son asks what could be done, and The Father smiles, telling The Son that for them to fix the future, they must relive the past before the darkness around them explodes into a blinding light.

The Apparition of The Father: Before we relive these experiences, do you want to prepare yourself for everything you forgot intentionally?

The Son: If we're going through His memories, then there's no need to prepare. I'd... (The Son pauses and looks down, mentally and emotionally preparing himself regardless) feel pain no matter what.

The Apparition of The Father: Very well. We shall start...from the beginning.

In a flash, both The Apparition of The Father and The Son had appeared out of thin air. In front of them was themselves whom were walking away from what appeared to be a giant temple. Explosions and war cries were heard in the distance. The Son ran to hide quickly.

The Apparition of The Father: Rest easily, my Son. We cannot see each other. We cannot see us. To them; we aren't here.

The Son: (Coming out from behind the rock) I-i knew that.

The Father: Come, my Son. We mustn't waste anymore time! If the Hive obtain Potens Virgam, nothing will stop Kar'auk.

The Past Son: Yes, Father. I'm coming.

Both of their past versions had stopped moving, as if time had just paused. The Son was confused, going up to his past version and waved his hand in front of his face.

The Apparition of The Father: You may know this as a very vague memory.

The Son: Who is Kar'auk?

The Apparition of The Father: Lord Kar'auk was the Hive Emperor who created the Hive's hatred towards the Nexu. He claimed we manipulated and deceived the Hive from the very beginning.

The Son: Was there truth in his claims?

The Apparition of The Father: No. Kar'auk was influenced by Mora the Forgotten. An ancient Nexu enemy who attempted to steal my place as ruler of the Nexu.

The Son: I see. Let's keep moving.

Just as he says that, their past versions began to move once again. After a while of following them and noticing how far they were from the temple and battlegrounds, The Son took notice of Hive that were following them. However, he could not physically warn his past self. Instead opting to memorize this exact moment, though at the same time, a Hive had fired a projectile towards them.

The Past Son: Father, look out!

The Father responded, however was too late as the arrow pierced through the armour he was wearing and fell to the ground. The Past Son witnessed it and ran over to him, The Father gave him Potens Virgam. Through his body, The Son could see that when his past self took hold of the weapon, he could feel the power channeling throughout his body at the exact same moment as his past self. However, everyone had froze once again.

The Apparition of The Father: This is possibly the only moment where you felt pain and loss.

The Son: What do you mean? I experienced many.

The Apparition of The Father: That is Mr. Tachibana's memories. You still felt them because they were still yours. He only silenced you, to the point that you almost ceased to exist once he took over.

The Son: Took over?

The Apparition of The Father: Yes. Your hosts have that power. You are still very much this Mr. Tachibana. You are one of two sides of the same wall.

The Son: ...the expression goes "one of two sides of the same coin", not wall.

The Apparition of The Father: Oh. Well, I have not spent much time with humans to know that.

The Son: Let's not distract ourselves...Father. (The Apparition nods)

The Past Son unfreezes and begins to use Potens Virgam to slaughter the Hive that followed them. The Father remained on the ground, slowly dying as he witnessed The Past Son unleash fury and anger to their enemies; he even felt powerful anger that further fueled his emotional state.

Soon after they were all killed, The Past Son went to The Father and placing Potens Virgam on the ground nearby.

The Past Son: Father, you are going to be okay! I-i can heal you!

The Father: No...it is my time to move on.

The Past Son panicked and frantically attempted to use Potens to heal The Father to prevent him from dying. Though, everything he tried did not work, as Potens did not have the power to perform such a task. The Father told him to stop, that he was wasting time.

The Father: My Son...my only Son, you will be the last Nexu alive. The fate of our race rests on your shoulders... (He places his hand upon his Son's forehead) My ability to reincarnate is now your own...

The Past Son: But, Father, you can't die! I-i don't know what to do.

The Father: Give me Potens... (The Past Son hands it to him) Find a future where the Hive lose...

In a blinding flash, The Past Son soon found himself in what looked to be an endless void. And fell to his knees. He came to conclusion that The Father sacrificed himself to create the Nexus, and that it was his job to keep moving forward in time. Both versions of The Son felt pain, not wanting to let go of their Father.

The Son: Did you-

The Apparition of The Father: -sacrifice myself with intent? Yes. In that short moment, I saw everything in the span of five seconds. Until Potens lost its owner and returned to the Nexus. Where I believed that everything that would be a threat to the Nexus was gone. Obviously, I believed wrong.

The Son: I can't continue. This pain...its too much for me. He had reasons for suppressing them, the same why I suppressed mine when you died.

The Apparition of The Father: Then Ignotus wins.

The Son: Maybe it doesn't matter...He went through life and experienced a lot. He wanted to die, but how could He? Every death only brought Him back to life.

The Apparition of The Father: You feel sympathy for Him?

The Son: We are the same coin. His life was my own. Why wouldn't I feel sympathy?

The Apparition of The Father: Everything. Everything that has transpired since the creation of the Nexus is in his hands; if Ignotus has control over it then my sacrifice will have been in vain. Your life, His life, everyone you ever knew and everything you did will be erased. If there were no way to reverse what he did then I wouldn't be here right now.

The Son: Its possible to reverse the effects? But the seal is broken. If he is in control, I have no power.

The Apparition of The Father: Yes, but you are you. The Son. My Son. Those of Nexus Apparitions that aren't influenced by Ignotus will do what they can to Ignotus. Like I did, they are counting on you. Will you let them down because you feel that you do not have power? Will you allow Ignotus to erase all of which we built?

The Son listens to The Apparition. Every single word he said was true. If The Son did not have power then The Apparition of The Father wouldn't be there with him. If there was no way to challenge Ignotus, The Father would not have left The Apparition.

The Son: A lot of pain will come back to me. But He has a lot of memories where he felt great pain.

The Apparition of The Father: Then that should be enough for you to absorb.

The Son: Absorb? You want me to absorb the tears of pain?

The Apparition of The Father: From pain comes strength. It is essential in what we need to do.

Suddenly, the two find themselves in what appeared to be a cottage during an unknown period of civilization. However The Son immediately recognized his surroundings. To Him, the place was familiar, it was a place that Mr. Tachibana found the most sorrow. The Son felt that as well. Out of the hundreds of memories they wanted to forget, this was the one that emotionally scarred them. The Apparition and The Son turned around. It was the room of...

The Son: E-esmeralda...?

Scene 2
To be continued...