Act 2 Scene 6:
As the veil is lifted once more, an eerie but familiar scene unfolds – soft light, mist, and sleek machines humming softly. The operating table and tanks with grotesque creatures return. This time there is a creature that is seemingly incomplete strapped to the operating table)
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Adapetus Æther: (Curious) Why have you brought me back to the lab, Adapetus Biomechanical? I assumed my tour here was concluded.
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Adapetus Biomechanical: (Slightly mysterious) There are intricacies beneath the surface, Æther. Within these walls lie not only the physical creations but the echoes of our shared past. I wish to unravel those threads with you.
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Adapetus Æther: (Confused) Shared past? What secrets does this lab hold that connect us, and why revisit them now?
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Adapetus Biomech: (Reflective) There are echoes of our shared journey in this place, the cacophony of ambitions and failures that wove our destinies together.
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Adapetus Æther: (Confused) Shared journey? What memories linger in this cold, metallic laboratory that I fail to recognize?
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Adapetus Biomech: (Gently) Adapetus, I am the architect of dreams, the weaver of machinery's embrace—once your fellow apprentice, and now the Adapetus Biomechanical of Narciss. In the realm of ambition, I sought your acknowledgment, crafting intricate clockwork devices to garner the gaze I so yearned for. As the currents of Aeromancy eluded my grasp, the other adapeti-to-be ridiculed me, their mockery followed me like a haunting echo, but within the realm of anatomy and machine building, I discovered my true prowess. My heart harbored feelings unspoken. I nurtured an affection that transcended mere apprenticeship. Each clockwork creation held whispers of my yearning, an attempt to capture your elusive attention. Yet, it seems, those whispers lingered unheard, and my efforts faded like forgotten echoes.
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Adapetus Æther: (Angry) You?! The one infamous for sadistic enjoyment of cutting up corpses? delving into grotesque flesh and machinery. I remember your relentless attempts to distract me with your clockwork contraptions, unaware of the horrors you concealed within your machinations. Sky essence manipulation, the art that evaded most, if not all, except from myself, yet you somehow became even more bitter when you failed. Those echoes of laughter, the mocking whispers, I remember them well. You may have thrived in the realms of anatomy and machines, but your sadistic tendencies cast a shadow over your every creation. What cruel motives drive your endeavours, and why really have you brought me back to this wretched laboratory?
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Adapetus Biomechanical: (Smirking) Ah, Adapetus Æther, how vividly you recall! Yet, my ambitions surpassed the shackles of everyone else. In the labyrinth of Narciss, where power and prestige reign supreme, my mastery over biomechanics became my ascent. Now, standing amidst my creations, I’ll unleash not only the creatures I have made, but the twisted path that led me to this pinnacle.
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Adapetus Æther: (Horror-stricken) Are you mad? You cannot unleash those abominations upon the world! The consequences would be catastrophic. Please, reconsider!
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Adapetus Biomech: (Playfully) Oh, my dear Adapetus Æther, why should I not unleash my creations? Imagine the chaos, the power, the sheer brilliance of Narcissian ingenuity displayed on the grand stage of the world. Convince me, if you can, to deny the world the marvels it so desperately craves.
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Adapetus Æther: (Urgently) You know all to well the havoc they can wreak! These biomechanical abominations are an affront to nature, a perversion of life itself. Think of the innocent lives they will extinguish, the suffering they will inflict. We were meant to uplift, to advance, not to become agents of destruction. Narciss doesn’t need to ascend on a throne of corpses. There must be another way, a path that doesn’t lead us down the abyss of moral decay!
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Adapetus Biomechanical: (Coldly amused) Morality? my dear Æther scholar, it is a luxury we can no longer afford. Narciss hungers for power, and power demands sacrifice. If you can’t stomach the price, then step aside. The stage is set, and the curtain is about to rise on our grand production.
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Adapetus Æther: (Desperate) Thou art unleashing abominations upon the world! Have you no regard for the lives you are about to extinguish, the chaos you will unleash? This path leads to nothing but ruin and suffering!
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Adapetus Biomech: (Sarcastic) Oh, how touching your concern for the feeble world beyond Narciss. Surely, their suffering is but a minor detail compared to the glory we shall achieve. Why let morality shackle the limitless potential of our work)
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(The Adapetus Æther reaches into his pocket, extracting a medium length bronze rod with a bluish glow on the end, the lights brighten and focus on him)
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Adapetus Æther: (Resolute) I have no choice. Perhaps if you paid more attention in Aeromancy, you’d recognize the true potential of this unstable ætheric energy lance. A culmination of my knowledge, it surpasses anything Narciss has seen. I won’t let you unleash those horrors.
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Adapetus Biomech: (Angry) You dare defy Narciss? I will unleash forces be-
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Adapetus Æther: (Activating the weapon) thou have left me no choice!
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(A bright blue flash and a loud bang follow. The Adapetus Biomechanical is knocked down dead, her corpse swiftly removed from the stage by an unseen force)
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Adapetus Æther: (Falling to his knees, clutching his chest, and coughing) (cough) I did it... (cough)
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(The Adapetus Æther gets up with some difficulty)
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Ambassador Vanity: (Entering, concerned) What in the heavens was that tremendous noise? Is everything in order here?
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Adapetus Æther: (Waving towards the far side of the stage) Over there, Ambassador (cough) Vanity. I believe (cough) I saw something—perhaps a (cough) disturbance.
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(The Adapetus Æther exits the stage)
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(There should be a raspy, growling sound that increases in strength as he gets nearer)
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Ambassador Vanity: (Walking towards the far side of the stage) What's that sound? Is someone there?
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Ambassador Vanity: What’s happening here? I demand to kno-
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(Vanity is interrupted by a wailing sound, high in pitch, before he is dragged under the curtain)
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Ambassador Vanity: (Ear-piercing scream as he’s dragged under the curtain)
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Ambassador Vanity: (Frantic) Unhand me! Do you know who I am? Ambassador Baron Reginald Vanity! Release me, and I promise you wealth and opulence! I can make you rich! An-
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(Vanity's desperate attempts to bribe his assailant are cut off by a gurgling sound, implying his throat has been slashed)
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(The already dim lights fade to black)
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and then Add to home screen.