—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "I can't believe I got tricked by Black Swan again."
Stelle: "I actually thought this was a magical guiding card!"
Stelle: "Who would have thought it was just an empty Light Cone!!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Um, excuse me…"
Furina de Fontaine: "May I ask, what is a Light Cone?"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "A technology from the Garden of Recollection, used to seal away human memories."
Hu Tao: "Just such a small… card."
Hu Tao: "It can actually preserve a person's memories?"
Hu Tao: "That really is an incredible method."
March 7th: "What's even more incredible is that through Light Cones, we can immerse ourselves and experience the memory stories within them."
March 7th: "But I didn't expect that even though Miss Black Swan claimed she was giving Stelle a gift as an apology, she was just trying to collect her memories all along, right?"
Black Swan: "Her memories are unique. As a Memokeeper, I cannot resist such temptation."
Black Swan: "However, it is not entirely because I wanted to obtain her unique memories that I made such a move."
Black Swan: "As an eyewitness to the entire Penacony incident, Stelle's memories should contain the clues I am looking for."
Black Swan: "Through these clues, we might be able to find out the reason for the current anomalies."
Stelle: "Fine, then I won't hold it against you."
Stelle: "Let's see if we can discover anything next."
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『 Black Swan's explanation continues.
[ But… that is not its most essential function. ]
[ Light Cones are slices of light used to encapsulate solidified phenomena, and this empty Light Cone is the same. ]
[ It can record your memories in the most vivid form, and then… be played with and appreciated by me, becoming a unique memory. ]
[ All things in the world originate from the power of spirit and soul—this power is memory. ]
[ If we want to avoid being left behind by the world, we must let the world remember us. ]
[ Or, reshape the world with our memories. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Paimon: "Reshape the world with… memories??"
Paimon: "That sounds so impressive."
Paimon: "Is this the true purpose of the Memokeepers?"
Black Swan: "Miss Paimon's intuition is very sharp."
Black Swan: "That's right. The reason Memokeepers spare no effort in recording the memories of the universe is, first and foremost, to take precautions."
Black Swan: "Various anomalies indicate that this universe will suffer a great catastrophe in the future."
Black Swan: "To prevent the complete extinction of civilization after the catastrophe, we Memokeepers strive to collect memories."
Black Swan: "In the hope that at that time, we can reshape the entire world through these memories."
Stelle: "Reshaping the universe through memories… sounds reasonable."
Stelle: "But I don't think it's very reliable to implement."
March 7th: "Come to think of it, isn't that the philosophy of the Aeon of Remembrance?"
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『 [ Life seems long, yet one can only extract a few memories filled with power: whether joyful, sad, light, or heavy… but you are different, Stelle. ]
[ Memory is a reflection of the future. Within that reflection, I see your unparalleled worth. You have the power to craft memories that can captivate the world... Your memory can illuminate the universe's future path. ]
[ And that memory... will be as scintillating as the star clusters you see in this porthole. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Got it, I'm the Stellaron Oracle."
Stelle: "Through my memories, one can see the future of the universe."
Stelle: "Tsk tsk tsk… I suddenly have an idea to make a fortune."
Stelle: "You guys, what if I make multiple copies of my memories with Light Cones and sell them to the members of the Garden of Recollection at a high price? Wouldn't I be rich?"
March 7th: "???"
March 7th: "Stelle, your train of thought…"
March 7th: "Is truly out of the ordinary!"
March 7th: "But… I don't think your method will work."
March 7th: "Memories that the Garden of Recollection has already collected shouldn't be collected again, right?"
Stelle: "Then… I'll seal a new memory of myself into a Light Cone every once in a while."
Stelle: "And then hold an auction among the Memokeepers?"
Stelle: "Highest bidder wins!"
Qingque: "Stelle, you're a business genius!"
Qingque: "If I were to start a company."
Qingque: "I'd definitely hire you as the executive director."
Black Swan: "Auctioning your own unique memories?"
Black Swan: "Hehe, interesting. You truly are yourself."
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『 [ Help me take a look, am I about to ascend? ]
Black Swan's words were too mysterious, making Stelle feel like she was about to ascend and become an Aeon.
[ The memories I have in my hands regarding you are still too few to help me divine the distant future. ]
[ However, I can tell you one thing, which is that there is a deeper reason why I favor you so much. ]
[ The reason is simple—in this grand and flashy dream of the Family, only you experienced the whole thing. ]
Black Swan explains.
[ Stop talking in riddles!! ]
Stelle couldn't understand at all what Black Swan was beating around the bush about.
[ Don't be impatient. ]
[ I will reveal the answer… It's just not the right time yet. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!!"
Stelle: "I'm dying of impatience!!"
Stelle: "What kind of shocking secret did you discover!"
Stelle: "Can you tell me quickly!"
March 7th: "Exactly!"
March 7th: "Why do you have to keep us in suspense!"
Furina de Fontaine: "I'm also very curious about what Miss Black Swan discovered."
Furina de Fontaine: "Could it be that the conspiracy in Penacony is still ongoing?"
Hu Tao: "But Sunday has already been caught."
Hu Tao: "He's about to be judged."
Hu Tao: "Who is the one plotting now?"
Hu Tao: "The missing Dreammaster?"
Hu Tao: "Or the Family itself?"
Lumine: "It's confusing and baffling."
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『 [ Turn around and take a look at your friends. ]
[ Each of them is excited about the next destination, full of expectations for their present and future. ]
[ If I were to reveal everything now, wouldn't it be too much of a buzzkill? ]
[ I want to pick a good time, a time when you are completely relaxed… ]
[ Perhaps, every time the night blurs, every moment you are about to fall asleep is the most appropriate time. ]
[ How about one fine night? I will prepare the candles, aromatics, and even a cushy couch to create a cozy dreamland for you. And then, I will tell you the answer in the form of a little bedtime story to lull you to sleep... ] 』』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Silver Wolf: "Lull to sleep?"
Silver Wolf: "Ha, that's quite ritualistic."
Stelle: "Ahem… is that necessary?"
Stelle: "To tell the truth, is it necessary to be so… uh… professional?"
Stelle: "Also, I sleep very well. I fall asleep the moment I hit the bed; I don't need to be lulled at all."
March 7th: "That's true, she sleeps like a log; she doesn't need any lulling."
Paimon: "Wow, that's the same sleep quality as Paimon!"
Black Swan: "Hehe, no matter, life always needs a little sense of ritual, doesn't it?"
Black Swan: "Don't worry, the answer should be very close."
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『 [ Ahem, hi, hello~ Attention all passengers.— ]
[ The train is about to warp—the train is about to warp—please sit tight and hold on, PAM—! ]
During the conversation between Black Swan and Stelle, Pam's broadcast sound suddenly rang out.
[ Hehe, it seems we are finally about to set off. ]
[ There are so many shining memories waiting for us in the distance… let's stop chatting here, shall we? ]
[ Ah, right. ]
[ As a small compensation for teasing you with that empty Light Cone, I want to give you some advice. ]
[ It holds great significance to me… ]
[ Life is a winding maze; apart from memories, we have nothing. ]
[ You must keep this firmly in your heart, okay? ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Nahida: "Life is a winding maze; apart from memories… we have nothing?"
Nahida: "Hmm… this sentence seems to contain a deep truth."
Nahida: "It's worth remembering."
Stelle: "Is this… a hint for me?"
Stelle: "What does it mean?"
Stelle: "With my brilliant brain, I can't quite understand it."
Stelle: "Verdict: riddle!"
March 7th: "Could it mean you should look for the meaning of the Penacony anomaly from your own memories?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Miss March 7th's point is very reasonable!"
Furina de Fontaine: "That should be what it means, right?"
Stelle: "Whoa, March, how did you become smarter than me?!"
Stelle: "Things I couldn't even think of, you actually figured out!"
Stelle: "Oh no, could it be that your silliness was contagious to me, and my intelligence transferred to you?"
March 7th: "Get lost!"
March 7th: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about!"
March 7th: "You're the silly one!"
March 7th: "This girl is naturally brilliant!"
Stelle: "Alright, alright, you're brilliant."
Stelle: "But having said that, the train is about to warp."
Stelle: "If Penacony really has problems, it's not our turn to solve them, right?"
Stelle: "Don't tell me that just as we reached our destination, we have to drive back?"
Stelle: "That's ridiculous, right?"
Himeko: "The Xianzhou Alliance will supervise the follow-up matters of Penacony."
Himeko: "We probably don't need to step in anymore."
March 7th: "That's true, with the General there, there's no need to worry at all."
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『 The screen temporarily disappears, lines of narration, along with Black Swan's soft voice, start to appear on the black screen.
[ In the year 2158 of the Amber Era, the first year of the new epoch, the universe resumed its intended trajectory. The kindling of conspiracy smoldered in Penacony, the Land of the Dreams. Failing to erupt into a blaze, it instead flickered briefly on Qlipoth's anvil before vanishing in the blink of an eye. ]
[ The dead and those fated to die remain in their eternal slumber, while the living find solace in deep sleep. All clamored in a cacaphony of silence, and then went about their own ways. The cosmos emananted a vitality characteristic of a new era, all for the modest price of a brother and sister's mild grief. ]
[ Babies are born as stars extinguish. The silver rail unfolds. The story of the Astral Express comes to a close, yet it also embarks anew. ]
[ Time marches forward, heralding the arrival of a new chapter in the history of Trailblazing expeditions. ]
The sound ends here; large characters begin to appear on the screen.
Penacony, Land of the Dreams
The End』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "What is this?"
Stelle: "Black Swan's summary of the Penacony incident?"
Stelle: "I mean, no need to be so ritualistic, right?"
Stelle: "It made me feel a bit melancholy."
March 7th: "All for the modest price of a brother and sister's…"
March 7th: "But is it really modest?"
March 7th: "Miss Robin must be very sad…"
Welt Yang: "Hmm?"
Welt Yang: "The dead and those fated to die remain in their eternal slumber, while the living find solace in deep sleep."
Welt Yang: "The living find solace in deep sleep.…"
Welt Yang: "Could it be?!"
Black Swan: "Mr. Welt might have already realized it."
Black Swan: "This grand play of Penacony is far from over!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Far from over?!"
Furina de Fontaine: "There's… still a super shocking twist?!"
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『 Like the end of a director's story, on the screen, the information of the cast members begins to scroll.
Honkai: Star Rail
Lead Actors
Stelle
Starring
Dan Heng as Dan Heng
??? as March 7th
Himeko as Himeko
Joachim Nokianvirtanen as Welt Yang
Firefly as Firefly, SAM
??? as Acheron
Black Swan as Black Swan
Kakavasha as Aventurine
Mikhail Char Legwork as Misha, Watchmaker
Gallagher as Gallagher
Boothill as Boothill
Sparkle as Sparkle
Veritas Ratio as Dr. Ratio
Robin as Robin
Sunday as Sunday
"Dreammaster" as Sunday's Servant
Gopher Wood as "Dreammaster"
Cameo Appearances
Silver Wolf
Sampo
Topaz and Jade
Argenti
Jing Yuan and the Xianzhou Alliance
Script Supervisor
Elio
In Loving Memory
Razalina
Tiernan
Mikhail Char Legwork
May This Journey Lead Us Starward 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "What the hell!"
Stelle: "What is this??"
Stelle: "Treating it like a movie, are we?"
Stelle: "We've finished filming?!"
Madam Herta: "Interesting!"
Silver Wolf: "This is probably added on purpose by that group of high-dimensional civilization people."
Madam Herta: "There's quite a lot of useful information in here!"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Honkai… Star Rail?"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Why do those high-dimensional beings call our world that?"
Welt Yang: "To actually use Honkai as a prefix… what deep meaning does this hold?!"
March 7th: "AHHH!!!"
March 7th: "Why do you all have names!!"
March 7th: "Only this girl is three question marks?!"
Acheron: "Miss March 7th, no need to panic."
Acheron: "I am the same as you."
Furina de Fontaine: "The question marks might represent that the true identities of Miss March 7th and Miss Acheron are special?"
Hu Tao: "Speaking of special, Mr. Welt is quite special too."
Himeko: "This 'Welt'… should be his old name?"
Welt Yang: "That's right, that was indeed my original name."
Welt Yang: "My current name is more like a legacy."
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