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sutepriThis is a h00j spoiler for something that DID NOT happen in the anime and should be handled with care. Concerns Eirotte and Cernes.
Long story short, Eirotte dies. Steyr attacks her with a relay point, but she doesn't have it consume Eirotte right away. First she tortures her and, for extra creep value, muses aloud about what sort of scream Eirotte might make if her uterus were to be ripped out. Uh, yeah.
Cernes shows up with murder in her eyes and says, "Wait! If I carried out what you said . . . if I carry it out, will you really let Eirotte go?" Of course, what Steyr said was "bring me the Scrapped Princess's head." Cernes then tries to trick Steyr using a fake head.
Later, Cernes is sitting in Eirotte's quarters, watching Eirotte's face as she rests on her bed.
Eirotte: I put you to . . . so much trouble, Princess. There's really no excuse for it. All of our plans . . . At the very least, so long as the Scrapped Princess lives, we can get back up on our feet, right?
Cernes: It can't be helped. We've lost. Our trump card, the Scrapped Princess, is dead.
Eirotte: . . . really? *smirks* That's our princess. That head was really a fake you'd prepared, wasn't it?
Cernes: . . . hey, Eirotte. Since when have you ever called me "Princess"?
Eirotte: I'm sorry?
Cernes: You should know how I hate being called "Princess." There's no way you wouldn't know. There's not a single person in Scarlet who calls me "Princess," and there's no way you, who's been with me for ten years, wouldn't know that. Up to now, there's never been a time when you've called me "Princess."
Eirotte: . . .
Cernes: Well, I figured this would happen. Since I asked Natalie just what these "relay points" really were. Even so, I couldn't help thinking "Just maybe," so . . . I guess I'm still too naive, huh?
And "Eirotte" morphs back into a relay point. Later, Pacifica expresses her amazement at how calm Cernes was in the face of Eirotte's death. If Shannon or Raquel had been the one to die, well . . .
Raquel tells her that's what it means to be royalty, someone who stands upon the backs of others. Still, she can't help wondering if Cernes is really as calm as she seems.
Meanwhile, Shannon and Cernes are standing alone on the deck of the Skid. Cernes is still trying her best to be strong, so Shannon tells her, "I'm not one of your subordinates, and I'm not one of your retainers. I'm not an enemy, either. I'm just someone who happens to be passing by. There's no one here but me, so . . . Just for now, it's okay if you don't play the role of someone who just 'stands on other people's backs.' "
After fighting with her emotions a little longer, Cernes falls apart and says, "I killed them. I killed them. I went and killed them . . . and tried to say that they just died. Eirotte . . . and all the other people who followed me . . . all the people who were willing to come along with me . . . all the people who saved me countless times . . . I wasn't able to save them. I . . . I wasn't able to do anything. Even though Eirotte . . . she really, since we were kids . . . all along . . . she supported me . . . she chose me, and came along with me . . . even though she was the most important person to me, I couldn't even save her . . ."
GEE THANKS SAKAKI-SENSEI. Because Fulle's death just wasn't traumatizing enough.
To make up for this, I offer some scans:
Long story short, Eirotte dies. Steyr attacks her with a relay point, but she doesn't have it consume Eirotte right away. First she tortures her and, for extra creep value, muses aloud about what sort of scream Eirotte might make if her uterus were to be ripped out. Uh, yeah.
Cernes shows up with murder in her eyes and says, "Wait! If I carried out what you said . . . if I carry it out, will you really let Eirotte go?" Of course, what Steyr said was "bring me the Scrapped Princess's head." Cernes then tries to trick Steyr using a fake head.
Later, Cernes is sitting in Eirotte's quarters, watching Eirotte's face as she rests on her bed.
Eirotte: I put you to . . . so much trouble, Princess. There's really no excuse for it. All of our plans . . . At the very least, so long as the Scrapped Princess lives, we can get back up on our feet, right?
Cernes: It can't be helped. We've lost. Our trump card, the Scrapped Princess, is dead.
Eirotte: . . . really? *smirks* That's our princess. That head was really a fake you'd prepared, wasn't it?
Cernes: . . . hey, Eirotte. Since when have you ever called me "Princess"?
Eirotte: I'm sorry?
Cernes: You should know how I hate being called "Princess." There's no way you wouldn't know. There's not a single person in Scarlet who calls me "Princess," and there's no way you, who's been with me for ten years, wouldn't know that. Up to now, there's never been a time when you've called me "Princess."
Eirotte: . . .
Cernes: Well, I figured this would happen. Since I asked Natalie just what these "relay points" really were. Even so, I couldn't help thinking "Just maybe," so . . . I guess I'm still too naive, huh?
And "Eirotte" morphs back into a relay point. Later, Pacifica expresses her amazement at how calm Cernes was in the face of Eirotte's death. If Shannon or Raquel had been the one to die, well . . .
Raquel tells her that's what it means to be royalty, someone who stands upon the backs of others. Still, she can't help wondering if Cernes is really as calm as she seems.
Meanwhile, Shannon and Cernes are standing alone on the deck of the Skid. Cernes is still trying her best to be strong, so Shannon tells her, "I'm not one of your subordinates, and I'm not one of your retainers. I'm not an enemy, either. I'm just someone who happens to be passing by. There's no one here but me, so . . . Just for now, it's okay if you don't play the role of someone who just 'stands on other people's backs.' "
After fighting with her emotions a little longer, Cernes falls apart and says, "I killed them. I killed them. I went and killed them . . . and tried to say that they just died. Eirotte . . . and all the other people who followed me . . . all the people who were willing to come along with me . . . all the people who saved me countless times . . . I wasn't able to save them. I . . . I wasn't able to do anything. Even though Eirotte . . . she really, since we were kids . . . all along . . . she supported me . . . she chose me, and came along with me . . . even though she was the most important person to me, I couldn't even save her . . ."
GEE THANKS SAKAKI-SENSEI. Because Fulle's death just wasn't traumatizing enough.
To make up for this, I offer some scans:
- Eirotte and Cernes when they were younger.
- Shannon vs. Cernes, and mind you don't fall in the gutter, children.
- Cernes telling Pacifica not to rely on her siblings so much.
- Cernes bringing Pacifica's "head" to Steyr.
- Cernes clinging to Shannon.
