Finally, a translation!? (don't get your hopes up it's not a good one)
I am a weeb and I like pretty-looking brackets so I'm keeping the brackets appearing in the original text. Of course, quotes are replaced, so everyone can rejoice. If you spot an error, please post it so I can fix it.
I might make a pdf of this once it's all done and error-checked.
All of the images belong to Seikaisha and not me, etc etc.
Thanks to mewarmo, Anserina and Reiu for contributing quite possibly more than me!
Index:
Characters
World
NPCs
Backyard Notes
Night 1, Act I
Night 1, Act II
Night 1, Act III
Night 1, Act IV
Night 1, Act V
Night 1, Act VI
Night 1, Act VII
Night 1, Act VIII
Interlude
Night 1, Act IX
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(Pitch darkness.)
(Suddenly…a spotlight shines on the stage.)
(A thick and heavy curtain hangs down onto the stage. After a moment of silence, the announcement rings out to the audience.)
“—Ladies and gentlemen.”
(A man’s voice. Although it shows a bit of nervousness, he speaks in a dignified manner.)
“—Ladies and gentlemen, please, lend me your ears.”
“Tonight’s event will be a play lasting only six nights. A one-time showing.”
“The actors are gathered, and the table is set. The idea for this is drawn from the RPGs of the American genius, Mr. Gary Gygax. Although it has the appearance of a written work, this is neither a novel nor a script; nor is it simply the transcription of a play. Despite its cloudy description, I can guarantee that it will be interesting.”
“One of our actors is Nasu Kinoko. He plays a young knight plagued by a curse. Our knight has just formed a pact with the Black Dragon. He is the newest member of the Order of the Dark Dragons, the pride of D’natia, the empire that once ruled the world.”
“One of our actors is Urobuchi Gen. He will be playing a warrior monk of the Eight Claw Clan, a religious sect of Huang’lan, the Dominion of the Rising Sun. He is an assassin who wields the demonic sword Qisha Tianling.”
“One of our actors is Kougyoku Izuki. From Nill Kamui, a small island nation between Donatia and Huang’lan, she plays a sorry slave who has been fused with a demon, a ‘Bound One.’”
“One of our actors is Shimadoriru. Born into the Imperial lineage of a near-human tribe that ruled Nill Kamui in the past, he plays one bestowed with the blessings of the mana streams intertwining sky, sea and earth, whose existence symbolizes Nill Kamui itself.”
“One of the actors is Ryohgo Narita. As for his role, allow us to keep that a mystery for now.”
“At last, the stage waits for the curtain to rise!”
“On this ancient yet modern stage, we must ask you all.”
“Now, if you—if it were you—what kind of decisions would you make if it were you on this stage? Would you be the same as these actors? Or would you come to different conclusions? What do you think of the choices that they make?”
“Now, ladies and gentlemen, we hope you enjoy this to the very end.”
(Silence. The spotlight shuts off.)
(Once again, the stage fades to darkness.)
(And then…)
(—The curtain rises with the light.)