VOLUME 8 NOTES

[murderingthetime]

(chapter 31)
(Alice of the past was locked in a tower and no one came to see her everrrr. But Jack did. And a flashback with Vincent cutting out Cheshire Cat (as a cat)'s eyes.)

B: ...that's right. I ... came to the idiot duke's place... and...
Rb: Who is an idiot duke?
B: Ah, sorry. I should say retarded ahoge duke.
Rb:.....
R: Cerces, you woke up?
B: [You're covered with bandages...]
R: I've warned you about overusing your power... you really... [that's because the wound wouldn't stop bleeding]
R: Don't make others worry. (gives Break his coat)
B: ... so I see. Everyone already knows about my past.
Rb: Thanks to me. I avoided a lot of explanation time for you. So now, without hesitation, we can continue with our little chat...
O: Break... if you continue talking about that... you will hurt Break, then I --
B: Wha~at are you worrying about, brat? [Ah... it's big.....] You actually really want to listen, don't you? ... A brat should just remain as a brat. You should just think about yourself.
O: ... you're right.
B: Then I'll say... Oz, Alice, Gilbert. The things I'm about to say now, they are indeed related to the three of you. You can all decide what to do after hearing this. --But, if int he future you regret hearing these things..... in that time... just come and hate me.
B: Sir Duke Barma, you have to give out the information that you hold, too.
Rb: Don't look down on me. It's my style to exchange information with information. Kevin Regnard. To be dragged into the deep end with your heavy sins, what did you see there?
B: It's what we call the Will of the Abyss.

K: [ A kid?]
Al: Vincent!
V: So weird... Alice's hair... is white... No... you are... You are ... not supposed to be here... not supposed... to be here... because you are already dead... already dead.. that time you were already...!! But why...
Al: Why are you here? Vincent..!
Al: This is my room! It's not a place you can just enter!
toys: Bad vincent... always uses scissors to break us... that's right... we didn't do anything wrong... but he always...!
Al: Why are you here... hate it... hate it... I hate Vincent the most!
Ch: Vincent is also the one that dug out Cheshire's eyes... Cheshire didn't do anything wrong. That guy blinded my eyes with scissors!
V: Cheshire...? ... could it be... that guy is that cat...?
(Alice cries)
Al: Why...!? Why does Vincent always bully me?!
(Alice is now HAPPY ALICE. Wants tea!)
(Vincent tells Alyss Jack is dead. Alyss disbelieves. Vincent says IT WAS ALL YOUR FAULT. IT WAS YOU WHO KILLED JACK!! Everything starts getting warped.)
K: No matter if it's an arm or a leg. I'll give you whatever you want!! So, please...! [Change the past.] Use your power. [To get it back] Will of the Abyss..! ALICE!!

(Barma says 'Alice' was written in the notes of Jack Vessalius. And there is a bit from Jack's notes about Alice in the tower. That is the name we are given. 'They are nurtured in the womb of a human, born in the Abyss, and are still tightly connected by the chain of the deepness...

(chapter 32)
(Alice and the Will of the Abyss are twins... And there is nothing else in Jack's notes except "Why did it turn out like this? Is there no other way out?" Please do not call me a hero--...)
(Barma and Break are both withholding an unwilling to fold atm. Barma is like WELL I CAN RAT YOU OUT and Oz stands between them.)
(C-CHERYL APPEARS....)
(BREAK HAS FRIENDS.)

B: Just like what I said at the retarded ahoge Duke's place. My real name is Kevin Regnard. My household had produced knights for generations. And I'd served under a household called Sinclair since I was yound.
O: The Sinclair household...
B: Oh, you know about it? [That's not surprising, coming from a kid who sure loves learning]
O: ... the whole family was entirely wiped out...
G: ... at least, that's what they told the outsiders... the truth is...
B: Gilbert.
B: The era I lived in was a really chaotic world. About ten years after the tragedy of Sabrie... after overcoming a lot of troubles, the new capital moved to Liberreo. Everyone hoped to return to that stable and peaceful life. And that's when it happened. In order to declare the head of new Four Duke Houses, the nobles started a war. There were those who were an eyesore to the Four Duke Houses that had absolute protection from the country, and those who were tailing them and wanted to repay them -- the Sinclair Household was the former.
B: During the time when the Miss and I lived in that mansion, my master's life was taken by the hands of a "thief." ... Really, I felt like an idiot, and was completely consumed by regret. "Why didn't I stay by my master's side?" "Why didn't I pay more attention to the surrounding nobles?" And as my mind filled with these questions... The devil whispered into my ears... ... and then, it's just like what you've heard.
O: ... even if you did that, the past will never be changed.
O: But, why did the chains...
B: No. I changed the past. ... She, the Will of the Abyss, listened to my wish --

{Al: Really? You really can fulfill my wish...? Then... please... [---------------]}

B: I was swallowed by the darkness of the Abyss, and when I opened my eyes again -- I was in front of the gate which was under the management of the Lainsworth Household. From an unconnected conversation I learned that I was in a world that was 30 years later than mine. So I immediately...

{Cheryl: The Sinclair Family... How are they now...? The entire family was murdered.
K: [What... that is...]
Cheryl: Perhaps it was the doings of the noble house who was against the Sinclair family. The oldest daughter of the Sinclair family was assassinated, and the youngest daughter was so depressed that she became an illegal contractor. She sacrificed the entire family to the chain, and was dragged into the Abyss.
K; [I didn't know about such things... why... did it turn out like this...?]

B: The Will of the Abyss listened to my wish. The incident that took my master's life did not occur in that history. But four years later because the Sinclair family survive,d the battle between the nobles worsened. My master and the rest of the family were wiped out. Because of the changes in the past, my master was able to live four years longer. But instead, the girl that should have been able to survive, lost her life.
B: I'm the one... who killed her...!
O: But... that kind of thing can't be predicted...!
B: ... yes. It can't be predicted. It's not something that people like me can interfere with. Because I was so headstrong, I tangled the thread connecting the past and the future.
G: ... you hate the Will of the Abyss?
B: But... of course... [Kill her!! Kill her!! The Will of the Abyss, who took away this eye, I will never forgive her!] I hated her, but that's just putting all the blame onto her. The one who made her change the past was me. Although I said it was for my master, the truth is, I was only thinking of myself. I just wanted to erase my own guilt. I was far too naive then to realize it. When I finally noticed, I had already been eroded by utter despair. Really... so foolish...
O: But... He who lives only for himself will never become stronger. I really think that, Break. Maybe you just used the wrong method. But... if you were too easily ignoring those thoughts back then, to me, that's just hiding from the truth. Break... perhaps you are far weaker than I expected.
O: But, I think you must be far stronger than you think you are.
B: Jeez... this really puts a lot of annoying stress on me...
O: -- sorry, I can't even handle my own problems.
B: You just have to maintain this way. If Oz were perfect, I think I'd unconsciously kill him.
B: ... that's right. A person will become stronger if it's for "someone." And those things which are true, and those things that are supposed to be kept in mind. Those things must be useless for that "someone" as an "excuse."

(Vincent telling Kevin about children of misfortune who have red eyes.)

(chapter 33)
(Vincent and Gil ... have a moment.)
(Echo and Oz meet up at the festival. Echo is just an echo... she says. Oz's seal moves a bit more. Vincent and Gil have MORE MOMENT!!1)