NieR concert script 5 (English)

"Farewell"

Act No. 1 - Month 09, Day 05.

[ Pod 153 ( Narration-Na ) ] All that exists, is designed to be destroyed.
[ Pod 153 (Na) ] We are held captive...in a repeating spiral of life and death.
[ Pod 153 (Na) ] Is this a curse?
[ Pod 153 (Na) ] Or is it a punishment?
[ Pod 153 (Na) ] Will we one day extend our reach to the god who imparted this cryptic puzzle, and threaten the unassailable with death?**
< Translator's Note - "To draw a bow/Raise a bow to" is a Japanese idiom. It means to "Rise up against s.o." Although typically said of someone of a higher station than you; it can also refer to any enemy who has an advantage over you. "To raise/draw a bow to one's enemy" implies the intent to make unassailable distance a non-issue. (Distance can be taken either/or literally or/& figuratively.) It's a symbolic threat e.g. "You aren't out of reach/I can kill from this distance as easily as you." >
** < Additional Note - God, who bestowed this cryptic puzzle, will we someday make you the one to fear a death from afar? - alt. trans. >
* The ticker reads: "September, 5th" *
[ Pod 042 ] Verifying vitals of YoRHa android 2B.
[ Pod 042 ] Data-Storage, Cognition, Auxiliary Motor-Functions, completion of reinitialization confirmed.
[ Pod 042 ] Engaging reboot sequence.
[ 2B ] Uhhnn...
[ Pod 042 ] Good morning. 2B.
[ 2B ] I...
[ Pod 042 ] Report: It has been 1718 hours since Unit 2B was killed by YoRHa android A2.
[ 2B ] 1718 hours... that is 72 days.
[ Pod 042 ] Following that, we rebuilt the necessary parts, alongside our fellow support unit.
[ Pod 042 ] The logic-virus that was present, deactivated with the collapse of the "Tower" and has been inactive since then.
[ 2B ] The tower?  What on Earth...
* 2B, notices something. *
[ 2B ] Oh no!! 9S...!
[ Pod 153 ] Report: YoHRa android 9S, ceased functioning 740 hours prior to this moment.
[ 2B ] Pod... 153?
[ Pod 153 ] There was severe contamination from a logic-virus present, but it deactivated with the collapse of the "Tower". It has remained so ever since.
[ 2B ] 9S...are you sleeping?
[ Pod 153 ] Negative: There has been a problem with the reboot sequence of Unit 9S.
[ 2B ] Is there something wrong... with his body?
[ Pod 153 ] Unknown: Loading of personality data cannot be initialized, so a reboot is impossible, even though all other rechecks have been completed.
[ 2B ] If the personality data won't load... Well then, skip the checks while the monitoring sequence is running!
[ Pod 153 ] Negative: We have already attempted 345 combinations, in 34500 trials and all have failed.
[ Pod 153 ] The condition suggests the possibility that, for an unknown reason, the personality data of Unit 9S is no longer present.
[ 2B ] Loss of personality data... so he's gone?
[ Pod 153 ] Proposal: See to the disposal of Unit 9S's body.
* 2B in a harsh tone. *
[ 2B ] I don't want to...I won't dispose of his body!
* After a moment. *
[ Pod 153 ] ...acknowledged.
[ 2B (Na) ] 9S, in this state of restoration and with the grime removed... his face... it looked like he was asleep.
[ 2B (Na) ] So I retrieved my weapon, packed together only as much as was necessary, and got up.
[ 2B (Na) ] I must go.
[ 2B (Na) ] Rebooting 9S... the means to do it is sure to be somewhere...
[ 2B (Na) ] That's my hope...
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