Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 6 Scene 3: The Egg

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Featherine Augustus Aurora

The majestic Witch of Theatergoing, Drama and Spectating. She has tired of life after a thousand years and constantly repeats a cycle of life and death.

In the past, she served as the Master for several games as a legendary witch, but her legend, glory, and memory have already disappeared into the past and been forgotten. Only the solemn medal she wears on her chest contains those memories.

The horseshoe-shaped object floating around her head is a memory aid device. It records her name, appearance, and other aspects of her personality.

She is so old that she would not be able to preserve her own individuality without this.

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BGM: The Great Detective Knows



Yeah, you'd better. I kept making strange faces all the time last game thanks to you... Thought I might start getting wrinkles.
Th-There's no need to worry. The beauty of my master's face is without peer, no matter how wrinkly it may get.
...
Eheheheh! It's rare to see Bern in such high spirits. Beato's game board really is something else.
How sad it is that the master of this game board is no longer with US.
A tiger dies and leaves behind its hide. Looks like Beato has died and left behind her game.
Even though chess still exists, no one knows the name of the person who invented it.
Oh, you're right! Kyahahaha, poor game inventors.
Come to think of it, Battler has really kept us waiting, hasn't he? Is he still setting up the sixth game?
Gertrude. How have Lord BATTLER's preparations PROGRESSED?



If he's kept us waiting this long, he must be pretty confident in his plan. He really humiliated me in front of my master last time. I'll defeat him no matter what it takes! And you in particular! Make sure you don't screw up again!
...I will meet the challenge with all of my strength.





Ah, look, it's Beatrice. And I thought you'd died and disappeared last time.
Beatrice the player is the one who died last time. This is probably just a piece. Battler's piece.
Even if she is a piece, it does not change the fact that it is HER.





Ah. Father? What's that? Is this some new scheme?



I can't believe that incompetent Battler reached the truth of your game.
...I'm sure father understands it quite deeply. He really is good at that sort of thing.
...You're pretty lucky, aren't you? If Battler hadn't become the Game Master, you wouldn't have revived again. Or mabe I should say you're really unlucky.
Unlucky?
Well, after all, I'm going to pay you back in full for last time. You're just one of Battler's delusions, so I'll erase every part of you and knock you down into oblivion.
I too cannot allow you such an easy victory. I, uh, look forward to having a good, clean fight.



...
...Just who are you?
Who... are you?
You appear to be Lady Beatrice... but is that TRUE...?



...Am I somehow different from the Beatrice everyone was expecting?
What are you talking about?
Wait a second, don't tell me you have amnesia or something...
I... I was only born recently, so I have no memories at all. H-However, I will study hard... in order to become the Beatrice you all expect--





Go back to your room. You aren't supposed to be here.
I... I just wanted to help you however I could, father...
Go. To your room.



Also.
Y-Yes, what is it, father?
My name is Battler. Never call me by another name again.
Y... Yes.



...This is a pretty weird plan.
Pardon me. Please forget what you saw just now.
Hmph, so, are you trying to trick us with this? You're scheming to give us the wrong impression, like another North Wind and the Sun strategy, aren't you?
Is there something WRONG?
Don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you people.
I see. Then it's of no importance. All right, Battler, Please start up the new game right away! You've kept us waiting for so long, it's gotten totally boring!
Sure. Let's start the 6th game. Erika, and you too, Bernkastel. This will be my tale, proof that I've reached the truth about Beatrice. Lambdadelta, please oversee this game, as a former Game Master.



Of course, the winter sun is quick to sink back below the horizon.
Of course, my master. I'll drag it back down for you right away. At least your title is good, Battler, I'll give you that much.
I'm glad you like it. So, let's get started. The 6th game will now begin.

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BGM: Look Back



Maria's Sakutarou is a prime example of these.
...Sakutarou is Maria's piece...?



Right... But I wonder. It might be easy to revive a piece on the witches' game board, but Maria was unable to revive Sakutarou in her world.
That's because she lost that completely unique stuffed animal that was his vessel. Because of this, the conditions for that piece's existence were violated, and it became impossible to revive him on Maria's game board. The only reason you were able to revive Sakutarou on the game board was because you once again satisfied the conditions for his existence, correct?
True... I see that Sakutarou might be considered Maria's piece. At least, as long as his vessel was okay, he could have been revived over and over again.
Correct. As long as his vessel is safe, he can be revived over and over again. That's what the life of a piece is like.
That's the first kind of death in this world. What's the second?
That's the death of beings outside the game board. To continue with the Sakutarou example, this would be like Maria's death.
Not the piece, but the real Maria, right?
It doesn't have to be her death. Loss of interest or concern would have the same effect. When Maria grows up from playing with stuffed animals, then Maria, the game player, will die. It's as quick and easy as turning off the TV when you get bored of it.
I see. In that case, Beato, the player, completely gave up on winning in the last game, so she died and vanished. If so, and if Beato thinks she has a chance of defeating Battler again, she'll come back to life, right?
Logically, that is true. It's the same for humans, witches, and even gods. If they lose interest and concern, they can die at any time. And if they regain that interest, they can revive at any time. However, though the concept of time does not exist in the world of gods, who can revive whenever they want, time shoots by like an arrow in the human world...
That's true. Skipping school for one day might not be a problem, but if you skip for three days in a row, it'd be really hard to convince yourself to go back.
And what if you stretched that out for a month, a year, a decade? What if it lasted for a thousand years, like the world of witches?
I see. If you skipped for that long, it would mean your 'death' as far as society is concerned. If you remained dead for that long, not only would you be unable to catch up on all you missed in the world at large, but you'd also lose any motivation you might've had when you left. So, even though you'd be alive, you could say that you'd died once. You would never again be able to regain the self that you once were. It would never revive.





Beatrice died before the fifth game even started. Lambdadelta bound her to the board, then became Game Master to keep the game going.



When the 5th game ended, even that corpse disappeared from the world.



The 5th game was a form of charity on Lambdadelta's part. She merely showed Battler some mercy as the Witch of Certainty, acknowledging his strong desire to reach the truth no matter what...
How can you call that charity? It's just those fickle witches killing time. Let's get back to the point. So, that means this weird Beato isn't the player Beato. She's just a piece Beato.
True. If that's the case, she should become the Beato everyone knows. I imagine that this is the Beato that Battler wants...
You mean... he wasn't satisfied with just a doll?



A Beato born as Battler's piece would probably move according to Battler's wishes. She's a piece, so that's only natural. Pieces move according to their player's directions, and are incapable of moving any other way. I see what it is that Battler wants. Then, who is this weird Beato?
Battler might be trying to revive Beato in the truest sense. It is the never-dying dream held by the children of man.
You just used the red to say that wasn't possible.
'That Beato' has no chance of reviving. However, that doesn't mean that it is impossible for 'Beato' to be born again. Have you forgotten? I believe that Bernkastel herself revealed Beato's true form at the end of the first game...



Information becan to be accumulated based around that rule, and in the end, it took the form of the witch known as Beatrice. If that pattern is followed once more, the same Beatrice will be born again, and perhaps one could call that a resurrection...





How entertaining... Hearing you read aloud is far from boring.
I wonder if you even really need someone to read aloud for you. It looks like you already know everything.
I only reached that thought because I am engaged in a conversation with you. My thoughts are more numerous than the stars in the sky. I only appear to know everything to a child of man like you. Without you here, I am nothing but a weak, sickly person without even the power to think...
If you'd just said that in the first place, I'd have agreed to read for you a lot more easily.
My mood just happened to improve. Don't get an over-swelled impression of yourself. I think of your life as nothing more than a leaf one has lost after using it as a bookmark.
'Please keep reading already.' Is that pretty much what you're trying to say?
Heh... Far from boring. You really do make an excellent reader.



Featherine, like most powerful witches, is bored.



Anyway, from what we learned in the 4th game, there's no doubt that there's been some kind of antagonism between Beato and Battler in the past. Learning about this Beato might give us a key towards finding the truth.
It does seem so. It's caught my interest as well. Let's read her tale, too.
Oh, sure, as you wish, my master.




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