Scenario:Falsetto in the Autumn Gray - Ending - Episode 1

Falsetto in the Autumn Gray - Ending

The freak of nature unleashes its ultimate attack on You, only to immediately rush in and save her, falling off the island in the process. Kuzure chases after it, and the two fall to the depths of the skies together. With a vestige of the freak of nature in the form of a misanga intact, the crew spends much time searching for Sui before finally reuniting with her.

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You: You're gonna get all the hugs in the world from me, Sui! That's a promise!

You: So get back here! I wanna hear more of your stories too!

Freak of Nature: Aah, aaahh! Aahhh!

Freak of Nature: Enough is enough! It's time to put an end to this!

Vyrn: Watch out! It's up to somethin'!

Freak of Nature: I'm gonna unleash most of myself to wipe you all out!

As the trembling freak of nature gradually slims down in size...

A small sphere manifests above it.

Lyria: What could that be?

Kuzure: It's the collective power of every freak of nature scattered across the Sky Realm—a terrible, forbidden power.

Yuel: Lyria... Any chance you can blow it away?

Freak of Nature: Too late for that! You're gonna be the first to go, You!

The freak of nature unleashes the caliginous sphere.

Kou: You!

You: Wha...

The sphere flies straight toward You without a sound.

What follows is a booming roar and thick clouds of dust. A part of the island is sent crashing into the depths.

Societte: No... You... You!

When the dust clears, an unharmed You comes into view.

You: Huh?

Kuzure: ...

Freak of Nature: The hell?

You: Wh-what did you just do?

The sphere unleashed earlier has pierced through the freak of nature itself.

Freak of Nature: Urk...

Yuel: What the hay...

It turns out that immediately after unleashing the sphere...

The aberration had flown to You faster than the sphere could...

And with a misanga-clad hand knocked the girl out of the way.

You: Could it be... Sui?

You: Sui! You saved me! Tell me that's you!

Freak of Nature: Um... What?

The dazed freak of nature stumbles over to the cliff's edge and loses its footing.

Before it can be sucked into the Crimson Horizon, it manages to grab onto the edge.

You: Sui! No, Sui!

You runs over and extends a hand as the aberration dangles precariously over its doom.

You: Quick, Sui! Grab my hand!

You: I know you're back! You saved me just now! Tell me I'm right!

You: C'mon!

Freak of Nature: Waha...

With a listless smile, the freak of nature changes appearance to Sui...

And takes You's hand...

Only to brush it aside.

Freak of Nature: Dummy.

You: Sui!

Kou: Oh no!

You: Sui, Sui! No, that did not just happen!

Yuel: Stand back, You! Can't have ya fallin' too!

You: Why, Sui! We got this far together! And yet...

You: Tell me why! You saved me just now too... I know—Lyria!

You: Can you summon a flying primal beast to save her? You can do that, right?

Lyria: You... I don't see Sui anymore...

You: No... Please tell me this is all a lie!

You: Gwaaah!

Kou: Sniff...

Vyrn: This is hard to watch...

Lyria: Sob...

Societte: Sui... You... Kou...

Yuel: We promised to keep her safe, and yet...

As the tears continue pouring out of You, Kou goes over to console her.

In Kou's arms, You continues crying until her voice and tears dry up.

While the crew is lost in grief, Kou notices something.

Kou: You? Look... Your hand...

You: Huh?

In You's hand is—

Freak of Nature: Sigh...

Kuzure: ...

Freak of Nature: You're a goner too, you know?

Kuzure: That would be the best-case scenario.

Kuzure: I hear otherworldly evil exists deep in the Crimson Horizon.

Kuzure: If we're still alive upon landing, I imagine we'd be pretty valuable to whatever powers that be.

Kuzure: Whether we become autonomous weapons, sacrifices for some cursed ritual, or guinea pigs for some experiment...

Kuzure: It's going to be hell, without a doubt.

Freak of Nature: Shucks... You just had to go and put a damper on things, eh?

Kuzure: ...

Kuzure: To mark the occasion, shall I tell the story of the monster who died by love?

Freak of Nature: Whatever works for you.

Kuzure: Or the story of the man who lost his beloved daughter twice?

Freak of Nature: Sounds like yourself...

Kuzure: Sui...

Kuzure: Tell me, Sui...

Kuzure: I made your life a living hell by sending you off to learn about love... That's what you think, right?

Kuzure: Well, that was the plan. I detested the wretched monster for taking the form of my dearest daughter.

Freak of Nature: ...

Kuzure: But that's not all, Sui! That's not all!

Kuzure: I'm also grateful to you!

Kuzure: You see, you were bedridden your whole life!

Kuzure: To see you happily traipsing around on your own two legs made me more happy than you can know!

Kuzure: You were able to make friends and relay to me every detail!

Kuzure: Of course, I realized it was all a lie... But it gave me a taste of what could have been...

Kuzure: And for that, I'm grateful, Sui.

Kuzure: And I'm sorry... I couldn't wipe away the conflicted emotions I had come to feel for a fake.

Kuzure: I ended up throwing my love and my anger at you.

Freak of Nature: ...

Kuzure: I wish I could've seen for myself how much you'd grown through your travels, Sui.

Kuzure: If I still had my eyesight...

Freak of Nature: A matured Sui... If she were still alive, I suppose she'd be all grown up by now.

Freak of Nature: It's just too bad you've got the wrong Sui in front of you.

Kuzure: So you're still the freak of nature then?

Freak of Nature: Yep, you got that right.

Freak of Nature: I left it behind.

Freak of Nature: The sinless part of me, that is. Pushed it onto a random me somewhere in the sky. All you've got here with you is good ol' evil me.

Freak of Nature: Waha... What a waste to sacrifice yourself... Eh, Kuzure?

Freak of Nature: But you were thinking you didn't want your daughter to be alone in her last moments.

Freak of Nature: Too bad. Because I'm a hundred-percent freak of nature.

Freak of Nature: Wahaha...

Kuzure: Yet that choice was yours alone...

Freak of Nature: ...

Kuzure: It's fine. Let us go together.

Kuzure: I'll keep you company until the end.

Freak of Nature: Truly...

Freak of Nature: A fool to the end...

Freak of Nature: Thanks, Daddy...

Lute Storyteller: Aberration gone

Those once held captive by it

Returned to safety

Lute Storyteller: Suffice it to say

Emotional scars suffered

Will not heal easy

Lute Storyteller: Someone once stated

The freak of nature indeed

Was truly a freak

Lute Storyteller: "The Terrible Freak of Nature"

Lute Storyteller: ...

Lute Storyteller: This tale none would hear

I recounted it often

While roaming the lands

Lute Storyteller: Memory long gone

I spent my days secluded

Plucking at my lute

Lute Storyteller: It was all I could do.

Lute Storyteller: If somewhere, someday

Fate allows our paths to cross

To be together

Lute Storyteller: Will you hold me tight

To comfort me in your arms

What does it all mean

Lute Storyteller: I would repeat those words to myself daily.

Lute Storyteller: My apologies... Are you okay?

You: What's with the distant attitude? Don't be a stranger.

Lute Storyteller: I know that voice...

You: We never stopped looking for you! And we looked all over!

Lute Storyteller: Looking for me?

You: How are you all grown-up! Phew, took us ages to finally find you!

Lute Storyteller: I'm sorry, but... who are you?

You: Your friend. Don't tell me you've forgotten.

Lute Storyteller: Friend...

Lute Storyteller: Um... You?

Lute Storyteller: You!

Sui's blank mind is suddenly overflowing with precious memories.

The hazy mist over her head is lifted at long last.

Kou: The rest of us are here too... We never stopped believing that we'd see you again someday!

Lute Storyteller: But... how did you know my location?

Lute Storyteller: Even I don't know where this is...

Yuel: Sui... Ya remember handin' this to You at the end? Made it from the freak of nature's power, right?

Kou: You? Look... Your hand...

You: Huh?

In You's hand is—

You: A piece of the freak of nature?

A remnant of the aberration—a flickering black heat haze—remains.

The moment You tries to touch it, it transforms into something else.

You: A misanga... A beautiful yellow-green! Just like the ones we gave her!

You: Sui!

Societte: It took the shape of the sacred misanga... The misanga that symbolizes bonds between people.

Societte: Kuzure must have known this would eventually happen when he handed over the Scarlet Rope to you.

Lute Storyteller: Kuzure...

Vyrn: The bracelet stuck with us long after the freak of nature fell, so we sorta figured...

Lyria: We figured you were still out there somewhere... Which is why we never stopped looking for you!

Lute Storyteller: But I... I'm the freak of nature!

You pulls Sui into a gentle embrace as she breaks into tears.

You: I'll say it as many times as it takes: you're Sui.

You: Our dearest, precious Sui who we care so much about!

Lute Storyteller: Sniff... You... You!

Sui: I've been wanting to see you forever too...

You: From now on, Sui, I'm gonna give you all the hugs you'll ever need. That's a promise.

Sui: O-okay!

The loving embrace shared by the two lasts for a good long while.

Reunited with true friends, the vestige of a monster that had learned about love rediscovers how wonderful it feels firsthand.

The bonds forged among this group are sure to last forever, never to be torn apart by anyone.

The End