BlazBlue:Calamity Trigger Part 1 Epilogue

BBCT Epilogue: A New Beginning

With each ending of the world, the cycle repeats.

The Takamagahara System declares:

"The Beast detected. System shifting to Phase 29-H. Appearance axis: 2099, 12, 31. Japan. Event error margin: 1/7200... Previous event error margin: 1/400... Master unit completion: 267189... Initiating correction... System initialization complete."

Takamagahara begins observation of Phase 299.

The Takamagahara System is functioning normally.

With the beginning of each new world, the blue cycle continues.

2149, some month, some day.

The Fifth Hierarchical City of Ibukido.

A vast research facility was constructed beneath this city several years ago.

The world was engulfed in the Ikaruga Civil War.

The Ikaruga Federation, with its stronghold in Ibukido, was fighting for independence from the Novus Orbis Librarium, the global authority that maintained order.

While the sounds of battle echoed far above ground, a new experiment was about to begin in the underground laboratory.

A large case was brought in secretly. Made of a new material that was as transparent as glass yet more flexible, it was just the right size for a person. Cylindrical in shape, it was filled with a liquid reminiscent of amniotic fluid. Floating within was not a fetus, but a girl.

Her mouth and body were covered by an inorganic device, leaving her naked except for a device attached to her shoulder that supported her underdeveloped limbs as she floated in the solution.

The pale blue liquid obscured her features, but her skin was a translucent white, and her hair, which reached past her shoulders, should have been golden. Beneath her collarbone, where her slender neck met her delicate shoulders, was a tattoo of the number 'twelve'.

"Move her carefully. She's one of the few functioning subjects we have."

"The pedestal is secured."

"No, raise it."

A faint whirring sound indicated that the case containing the girl was being lifted and moved to a designated position.

She was placed inside a device with numerous tubes attached to its top and bottom. Several men in white coats gathered around and connected the transparent case to the device.

... The girl, with a faint, almost imperceptible consciousness, perceived what was happening.

The impersonal voices outside the case. The white of the lab coats passing by. The sounds of work as procedures were checked.

The many gazes fixed upon her.

They were speaking of an experiment. She somehow knew it was a terrifying thing.

In her consciousness, which felt as if it might dissolve into the liquid surrounding her, she thought.

...Brother.

Without understanding the significance of the plea for help, she simply thought it.

Several mechanical arms entered the case and began attaching tubes to the girl's body. To her head, her throat, her arms, her chest, and her legs.

It was unpleasant. She wanted help. She called out, "Brother."

Something dark and murky flowed through the tubes into her body.

The girl, floating in the case, trembled slightly.

Then, she lost consciousness completely and fell silent.

A few months later, the underground research facility in Ibukido was destroyed in a mysterious explosion.

The research facility was completely demolished, and the Fifth Hierarchical City of Ibukido, built above it, suffered catastrophic damage.

At the time, the Ikaruga Civil War was still raging.

The damage caused by the explosion had a significant impact on the war, and the Ikaruga Federation was defeated by the Novus Orbis Librarium.

In the midst of the civil war, a girl was rescued from the ruins of Ibukido.

Though her clothes were torn and her consciousness was clouded due to the explosion, she was miraculously unharmed. She had golden hair that reached past her shoulders and green eyes.

Having forgotten everything about her past, she was later given a new name by her new family.

That name was…

"As of today, I, Second Lieutenant Noel Vermillion, have been appointed secretary to Major Jin 'Kisaragi', commander of the Fourth Thaumaturgist Squadron. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

Cycling, cycling.

The world continues to trace intertwined rings.

Blue melts into white.

And from white, blue cycles once more.

Incessantly cycling through endless worlds.

Blue continues its cycle, leading to a new beginning.

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