prolouge

chimes raise curtains on humble days

precious as a handful of golden dust

humble days as precious as gold dust

where are the buyers?

auspicious star, such dazzling light

it drowns even the chime of bells

where is the belfry?

in that moment, gentle days end.

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1
the mire of the everyday sloughs off.
a war between magi.
the wheel of fate turns
weak one, temper your sword,
and defend the value of your life.
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2. arousal/border alliance

a journey without a destination;

a voyage at sea with no map.
what awaits after drifting lost
is only a miserable death.

...And yet.
You draw sustenance from fish,
memorize the pilgrimage of the stars,
and land upon nameless shores.
We start as novice navigators, but...
rudderless boats never find the grail.

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.dead end (overture)
Existing to exploit.
Choosing prosperity.
That deed was savage-
-but it was true.
...What is won in the abyss of death?

3. disillusionment/suspended animation
Lament death.
There is no shame in mourning.
If death is ineveitable,
and strife fosters it,
then hate fighting.
Accept death, and quell the fighting.

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RIN
4. MONSTROSITY/telesthetic longing
Power corrupts.
And yet, humans pray for the power
that inevitably leads them astray.
Even in a world with no strife,
humans disrupt harmony for power.
Why is that?

5. un born/dead end
Facing an unavoidable death,
facing an inescapable conclusion,
one's true essence wells up.
Prayer and salvation are unneeded
when the end is so close.

in time, you shall see.

Another kind of inevitable,
known to all humanity,
is the light at the end of the tunnel.

6. maturity/final flowering
I see with my own eyes.
Killing each other is unavoidable,
whether family, nieghbors, or enemies.

That is a reality of human nature.

We consume, devour, destroy.
However, if that is so-
Can there be meaning in battle?

7. Genesis/a new hope

The very weakest
challegnes the very strongest.
Beset by hesitation and grief,
the human journey demands growth.
That is what it means to be human.

The strongest will win the Holy Grail.

Two vastly different warriors remain.

And so-
I bestow it upon you a final time.
The light.

-I await you on heaven's throne.

-
.birthday
Chimes announce the closing curtain.
Whose awakening was it?

second chimeric lunar sea

The glory of the night-shrouded world
and the defiled faceless hero.
what is justice, and at the cost of whose pride?
third chimeric lunar sea
pray for escape through a mirror into wonderland,
and a lucid dream.
the shimmering of the moment, either laughter or tears

fourth chimeric lunar sea

Absolute power corrupts the truth.
the thrist for truth causes a lust for power.
through my eyes I perceive the folly of humanity.

fifth chimeric lunar sea

Human existance is filled with unimaginable despair.
But still the whole of humanity fails tso see this.
It is in this obsidian darkness that illumination will come.

sixth chimeric lunar sea

Life and death; One cannot exist without the other.
The same holds true for friends and rivals as well.
However... Does this eternal struggle hold any meaning?

seventh chimeric lunar sea

The holy grail is only for the magus strong enough to take it.
But what is true strength? What is fatal weakness?
...Let there be light enough to illuminate your way.

infinite chimeric lunar sea

se.ra.ph is imprisoned within the holy grail.
The great observer of the imaginary sea.
...At last the purpose of the Moon-Cell is fulfilled.
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All the spoken dialogue is transcribed on the japanese wiki.

Playable servants:
http://www35.atwiki.jp/fate_extra/pages/63.html

Non-playable servants:
http://www35.atwiki.jp/fate_extra/pages/88.html