Part 1: Like a Dream
Before Battle
- Freyja: You understand, don't you? Prince Alfonse is dead.
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- Freyja: "No, it cannot be true!" echoes in your mind, but your wishes cannot change the reality of it. "Prince Alfonse cannot die! He must be alive and well!" And through your pain and your sadness, you created this world of dreams. You even took on the role of your beloved late prince yourself...
- Peony: It's all lies! You're making it up! Prince Alfonse has to be alive... Stop trying to trick us, Freyja!
- Veronica: Is it a lie? I need answers, now.
- Mirabilis: I-I don't know! There's no way to tell if she's lying...
- Freyja: I know a way. Simply observe as this dream continues for all eternity. You must keep on dreaming, Kiran. Forever.
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- Freyja: Submit to me. Only then will you find happiness. Trust me, Kiran...
After Battle
- Freyja: Why...resist? Are you upset that I ruined your dream and told you the truth, Kiran? If that is the case, please accept my apologies...for everything. You—and only you—are very special. You should be treated with respect. I acknowledge that. So, I will offer you the choice... If you must know the truth, you must choose. Dream or reality? Which will it be? Remain in a dream with your friend alive forever, or toss him aside to return to your reality...
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- Freyja: Surely my brother noticed you also... You are a mystery to us. Beyond us. You escape divine understanding. That makes your dream special. With your power, this dream truly could continue forever... Here, we can both have what we want. We can resurrect my brother and Prince Alfonse... Worlds are yours to create and mold to your wishes... Choose the dream, and you will enjoy never-ending happiness. I will give you all you desire.
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- Freyja: If you should choose reality, however...you will wake to a world without Prince Alfonse. Should you choose reality, I will bring the lives of the álfar to an end. No defeat will stop me. I gave them their lives, and it would be a simple task to take them away. Should you choose reality, then by all means, try to defeat me. You will have to in order to awaken. In the end, regardless of your choice, I will not allow you to wake. There is nothing you can do. Submit.
Part 2: Again and Again
Before Battle
- Peony: I can still sense Lady Freyja's power... We still need to weaken her, or we'll never be able to use the horn. And when we do...you need to return to your world, all right? Don't worry about me, Kiran! I'm sure there are a lot of people who've been waiting for you to wake up.
- Veronica: And what if Freyja is telling the truth?
- Mirabilis: ...
- Veronica: Prince Alfonse may be dead... That could be the reality we awaken to... Even knowing that, would you still wake up, Kiran?
After Battle
- Sharena: ...
- Peony: What's the matter, Sharena? You look worried. It'll be all right! I'm sure Alfonse is fine. Once you wake up, he'll be waiting for you! So...no need to worry!
- Sharena: A-are you sure?
- Peony: I am. So don't be sad! You have nothing to worry about.
- Sharena: Peony... My best friend, who I played with in the flower garden... That was you, wasn't it?
- Peony: ...Yes. I don't really remember much from before I was an álfr, but I do remember you. I remember that we were very good friends, but I still have only hazy half-memories.
- Sharena: That girl told me...when we were trading places with each other, she was Sharena. She told me she drank my share of the dream nectar. I felt cheated... I cried over it! I wanted to drink the nectar! I wanted to become a hero. But now I understand. That girl... She knew what was about to happen. She knew there was no coming back. She sacrificed herself and drank my share of the nectar without ever letting on how she saved me. Is all that true, Peony?
- Peony: ...I wanted to help people be happy. Even as a child, as long as the people I cared about were happy, that was all I needed. I was happy too. If you were happy, what more could I ask for? My dream had come true!
- Sharena: But we— You and I played together and changed places more than a few times, didn't we? We shared our thoughts with one another...became each other even! Before I met you, before any of this, was I...the original Princess Sharena? Or were you Sharena, and you saved me by drinking my nectar and leaving me with your life?
- Peony: What's mine is yours.
- Sharena: ...What do you mean?
- Peony: It doesn't matter who was who originally. And besides, neither of us can remember... When we played together, we shared everything. Even our hearts, and our minds. You and I are two halves of a whole. We each have half the other in us. That makes us the same! What's done is done. So don't worry! Just...be happy! That's all I ask.
- Sharena: Peony, I don't know what to say...
Part 3: Facing Reality
Before Battle
- Freyja: Why? I don't understand it. Why does this mortal still oppose me—after I've explained everything? Triandra, tell m—... ...Isn't that something. With my life, Triandra and Plumeria could... No. None of that matters. The only thing that matters is my brother. Him and him alone. None of that matters...
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- Freyja: Why would you wish to return to reality, Kiran? You choose misery over happiness? What do you think awaits you?
- Peony: Friends! That's what's awaiting!
- Freyja: ...
- Peony: Alfonse is alive and worried! All your friends have been waiting for you to wake up for a long time now... And if you don't...you'll never see each other again! You won't ever hear the sound of one another's voice again... And that is just too sad for me to stand! That's why you have to wake up. Your friends miss you and want you to come back to them!
After Battle
- Peony: Lady Freyja's getting weaker! We're close, Kiran. This dream will end soon...
- Sharena: Peony, if this dream ends, will you really die?
- Peony: Oh, um, well...
- Sharena: I won't allow it! I won't let you just disappear again.
- Peony: Thank you, Sharena...for thinking of me. I can't say I'm not sad too. I wish I could stay with you all forever. But the dream has to end. You don't need to worry, Sharena. Once you wake up, it's likely you won't remember any of this. So, you won't even feel sad!
- Sharena: No! That's not what I want! If it ends like this, then...it's no different than when we were children! I don't want to lose my friend again!
- Peony: Sharena...
- Sharena: When we were young, we were so close, and yet I can't remember what your name was back then... Doesn't that seem heartless of me? I don't want to forget you again!
- Peony: Don't cry, Sharena... Here, take this.
- Sharena: What is this?
- Peony: A chain of flowers... You made it for me back then, when we played together. I've kept it ever since. You have given me so much that I hold dear. And you continue to give even still. The words you've given me here are now etched on my heart forever. And even if we do forget, that does not undo everything that's happened. We've been friends ever since we met in that flower garden. Nothing can change that, right?
- Sharena: But I can't stand the thought of you dying...
- Peony: Thank you, Sharena... But even the sweetest dreams come to an end eventually. We all must face that reality at some point. But if...if there's some way you can remember me, then maybe we can meet again someday, somehow... Let's both pray that day comes! There's nothing more we can do, so no sense in worrying!
- Sharena: Peony...
- Peony: Hee hee! And if it IS possible, oh... That will make me so, so happy!
Part 4: That Sleep of Death
Before Battle
- Freyja: ... What...what is this feeling? I've...never felt like this before. The children are gone, and yet... What IS this...and why is it so...
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- Freyja: You have reached the end here, Kiran, Which will it be? Everlasting joy within the dream? Or the hollow reality you've left behind? ...Since you've demonstrated your inability to act with self-interest, let me make the choice for you. Hush now... And let my dream drag you deeper and deeper.
After Battle
- Freyja: RrraaAAHHH! You demand reality, do you? Despite the consequences, after everything? Very well... I will give you a taste of the reality you crave. For the death of my brother, have the death of the álfar! Simple, real, cause and effect. With what power remains to me, I will erase them from existence. Their lives, memories...everything. It will be as if the very idea of álfar never existed. ...
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- Peony: All we need to do now is blow the horn. Once we do that, the dream will end. Now, don't you worry about me. Look! I'm still alive—and full of energy as ever!
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- Peony: ...I'm sorry. The truth is...this will all be over very soon. Lady Freyja will end my life... It will be as if I never existed... Nothing can prevent that now. But...I accept that. All dreamers wake eventually... Children will grow into adults... That's the way things are. A child who has a sweet dream wakes to feeling happy inside, even if they can't remember why. That is why dreams matter...even though they end. Every dream leaves its mark on reality. Now, your friends are waiting for you to finally awaken. So do it! Blow the horn. And... Kiran? Thank you.
Part 5: The Waking World
Before Battle
- Alfonse: Oh, Kiran! I am glad to see you finally awake! You had me worried. ...Is something wrong? What is this blank expression you have?
- Anna: Excellent. Now we're all awake again, with Kiran back!
- Alfonse: So do you not remember anything either? Let me explain what I can. All of us slept for three days and three nights. And suddenly, now, we all woke up, one by one. You were the last of us to wake, following just after Sharena.
- Sharena: Whew! That was a great nap... Oh, good morning! It seems like we were all sleeping for quite a while, weren't we? Why did we all fall sleep, though? I can't remember a thing! It feels like I had a really long dream, but the details are...gone! Oh well! I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. We should focus on the time we lost to our nap! Time to get out there and take today's missions by storm!
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- Loki: Oh, hello. Lovely weather, isn't it? How have you been? Well, I hope.
- Anna: Loki... I should have guessed. What have you done this time?!
- Loki: Me? I haven't done a thing. If you want someone to blame...well... I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. ...Ah! Forgive my rudeness. Welcome back, Kiran! Did you have a pleasant dream?
After Battle
- Sharena: She's gone...again! We'll never get close enough to capture her! Gone...again... Huh.
- Alfonse: What is it, Sharena?
- Sharena: I feel like... Something is familiar about this. Is it déjà vu, or is it something from a dream?But...what dream would it have been?
- Alfonse: Are you all right, Sharena? Are you still half-asleep?
- Sharena: ...Oh! A chain of flowers? Why... Where did I... Why am I suddenly...so sad? These flowers are breaking my heart, and I... I...
- Anna: Sorry to interrupt, but I've just received a report you'll want to hear, Princess Sharena. It seems a childhood friend of yours has just arrived for an unannounced visit... Ah, speaking of, there she is—
- Sharena: Ah!
- Peony Good morning, everyone! I'm Peony! I'm a ljósálfr—or light elf, you might say. I'm from the land of dreams, Ljósálfheimr.
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- Plumeria: Where...am I?
- Triandra: ...L-Lady Freyja?
- Freyja: You have awoken. Both of you.
- Plumeria: Lady Freyja, why... What is this?
- Triandra: My deepest apologies. I will prepare to face our enemies properly.
- Freyja: No. There is...no need any longer. The two of you are free. You need not obey me anymore. I am...already...
- Plumeria: Lady Freyja, no!
- Triandra: You would... You'd give your life for us?
- Freyja: Triandra. Plumeria... I loved my brother—and only him. He was everything to me. I never loved you, because only my brother meant anything to me.
- Triandra: We know, Lady Freyja. But then...why?
- Freyja: Why? Heh... I asked you the same question, did I not? Even knowing what you do, why? I have no answer for you. I cannot understand it myself. It reminds me of something a mortal might do. I never understood my brother, why he loved humans, why he would throw his life away... And yet...
- Plumeria: Lady Freyja...
- Freyja: My dream has come to its end. You must find a new home. I only wished for foolish children who would toss their mortal lives behind and serve me... To me, you were mere tools. But now that, too, has ended. So please, leave me. Go.
- Plumeria: No, we refuse!
- Triandra: We are your álfar Lady Freyja. We will not leave your side.
- Freyja: It is no use. My fate is already sealed.
- Plumeria: We will find a way—a way to bring you back to us...
- Triandra: Yes, there must surely be a way...
- Freyja: ... I will never understand this. My brother alone meant anything to me, and yet, even still...with you two, here...now... You've made me...smile. ...
- Plumeria: ...Lady Freyja!
- Triandra: Please hold on, Lady Freyja... We will find a way to wake you! But until we do...rest easy.