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[translation] Frozen Teardrop, Nocturne of Sorrow III part 1/?
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Nocturne of Sorrow III part 1
MC File 4 ((part 1))
”--'Who are you?'
Asked a (green) caterpillar as he puffed on his [water pipe] Alice couldn't answer Who she was this o were entirely different things
'I'm not myself, you see?'
--I'm not myself, you see?-- [1]
'I don't see'
The Caterpillar languidly andwered that he did not know Alice knew, before long, the Caterpillar would [make] a chrysalis and become a butterfly The caterpillar couldn't immediately ansho he was at the time like this
--Aren't I the same as he?--
'Who are you?'
Again she was asked the initial question Alice felt a bit annoyed; she was of the opinion that, before inquiring about others, one ought to introduce oneself first The Caterpillar, puffing away on his waterpipe, spoke
'Why?'--”
{Lewis Carrol ”Alice in Wonderland”}
From the conversation between the Caterpillar and Alice
MC-0022 NEXT WINTER
I continued fighting I continued (killingsince been e as a person From the past to the future, my existance was [is and will be] pointless When someone inquired as to who I was, I answered like this: an instru those lines I' less than that Weapons which aren't used have no value [I a by the wayside If you take that rock in hand and throw it at your ene stone,”a weapon, it being a rock and all 483/2/10< suddenly,=”” one=”” day,=”” people=”” entle=”” wilderness”=”” and=”” transformed=”” it=”” into=”” a=”” ”battlefield”=”” and=”” rocks=”” like=”” an=”” to=”” be=”” used=”” as=””>
There was no refusing
There was no choice
The rock, myself--all we could do was accept the situation On the bloody stage called the ”battlefield,” we could do nothing but continue to play the part of the ”fool” With each enehter, joy, anger, kindness, sorrow, even fear itself left me I was nobody even when I was a child Without even a nao by, it was obvious that I had to continue to wear the mask That's how I am now--I'll have them call me ”Doktor T”
I i the first suht it would be interesting to do a circus [in a place that had] a third of the gravity [of Earth] At first, when Catherine suggested it, I don't think she had thought too deeply about it Here, there's an auys I don't think that's a bad thing, but if they aren't handled with care, you'll be borrowing trouble Fro] an army of MS ((Mars Suits)) As soon as that happened, I could s in the air, over the ocean and in the land itself The blood starved babes picked up a new toy and it was called a weapon [I?] could have left well enough alone, but [I?] couldn't sto--people who, like me, had lost their hearts [They] could only resolve theo back to Earth There was no way I could have her with iven what I was about to do
”I've always hated war, you knowand I still do now”
”So, all the o back to Earth”
”Long ago, Relena Darlian saidpeace isn't soently ”[No matter where] we run, [nohoar makes people as unhappy as you and me”
”Well, I've never felt unhappy”
”If I was gone, you'd have nowhere to go back to”
””
Catherine and I decided to start volunteer activities to stamp out war
There was a need to prepare MS ((mobile suits)) which would be a deterrent for the MS ((Mars suits)) As a ht of ways to acquire MD ((h they weren't my style 484/1/5-7< however,=”” the=”” autoplant=”” ”vulcanus”=”” that=”” was=”” in=”” =”” held=”” by=”” the=”” neuenheim=”” konzern=”” and=”” really=”” wasn't=”” in=”” a=”” state=”” for=”” us=”” to=”” get=”” at=”” it=”” we=”” could=”” only=”” make=”” new=”” ms=”” and=”” compete=”” [with=”” those]=”” but=”” we=”” hoped=”” for=”” an=”” elite--and=”” if=”” possible,=”” undams}=”” that=”” was=”” the=”” ultimate=”” weapon=”” [and=”” it]=”” symbolized=”” resistance=”” at=”” the=”” sahters=”” ((preventer))=”” dispatched=”” by=”” the=”” earth=”” sphere=”” united=”” nations=”” apparently=”” had=”” the=”” sahts=”” one=”” day,=”” there=”” was=”” a=”” request=”” for=”” our=”” cooperation=”” fro=”” wufei=”” who=”” knew=”” about=”” our=”” existence=”” we=”” were=”” summoned=”” to=”” the=”” arctic=”” preventer=””>
”The weak are panicking and atteht If this planet turns into 'The War Planet,' sooner or later the flames of ill spread to Earth” He spoke in his usual [pushy] manner
”If that's the flow of tides, what else can we do but accept it?” I didn't say what I'd really thought But [Wufei] kneouldn't
”The only soldiers who can compete are the ones who've prepared”
”and we'll need {Gundams}, too, eh”
We decided to co new {Gundams} was a difficult path All the past data had been co the Marie, the deletion of all battle weaponry at the hands of Preventer had been perfect Actually, I'd helped them [do it]; it's too late to con of the hardware, relying on data from modern computer analysis and our own memories, but as we lacked the crucial software, it was discovered via CAD simulation that we couldn't er Just the hardware [by itself] was an empty-headed box--the same as the pilot's coffin The software, which was the basis of a Gundam, was that advanced Perhaps it was because e, skills, and eth, it was all we could do to smelt the Gundanium alloy An unbreachable wall stood immovable before us Those five scientists' computer architecture, steeped in inspired/crack-pot creativity, and advanced techniques were perfect and could not be reproduced
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Model Number xxxG-01D
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They were absolutely perfect ht) As for the {Mercurius} and {Vayeate}, which were designed by those scientists and could be called the successors of the Gundaht be possible to build and we'd actually ainst our predictions, or I should say it was just as expected We failed/stumbled immediately The CAD simulator determined it would run out of control and self-destruct within five minutes Unsatisfied, I was at my wits end
At tie moods I went out on a busy street and made like a street performer I cocked a small hat forward onto rew bigger, and pushed or pulled it wouldn'tcrushed by it I could earn a little money with my performances I did that for a few days when a man called out to me
”As good as ever, huh” He had a (nostalgic [3]) face ”It's been a long time, Trowa”
”You don't change, do you?”
”Neither do you, apparentlyif you're not busy, I'd like to treat you to some spirits”
Alcohol wasn't si it 'spirits' was very like Quatre It wouldn't do to have wine or beer or any fere, either We entered a cafe on thea seat at the counter, Quatre ordered a rule cask [5] After we toasted our reunion, where I thought Quatre would put the glass to his lips, he was drunk and complained 485/2/9-10<>
”It's hard being hu is really hard”
”Yup”
”Also, it's especially hard to put on the years like everyone else”
”If you choose only sunny weather, you'll never get where you're going 485/2/2-3< in=”” retrospect,=”” life=”” has=”” more=”” rainy=”” days=”” and=”” stormy=””>
”Yeahthat's true” Quatre, with his cheek flushed, brought up the topic ofto the invisible bag that day? [55]”
”Er” I'd never thought about it It's just, weight-wise, I just assu, but if I was co Or perhaps it was ”life” Either way, I wouldn't be crushed by either one
”To ” He was always like that, but this man abruptly spun words from a different dimension 485/3/17-18 ”When I was a kid, I built a {Gundao, Quatre had been the one to co Gundam 0 ”But I didn't build it It was built by resente” Did he mean he allowed a 'God of creation' and a 'demon of destruction' to coexist in his heart? ”[It was] a product of insanity and miracle Even if I was told to reist of what he meant based on the flow of the conversation
”You saw Wufei, huh?”
”YeahI don't expect to begrudge it”
To summarize Quatre's story---
Several months prior, dismantled {Gundaniuar on one of the resource satellites in the possession of the Winner family Those were the machines called {Snow White,} {Warlock,} {Prometheus,} and {Scheherazade} These four machines were the ones used in the ”Second Lunar War,” which is part of the ”History Buried in Darkness” that is part of neither the Earth Sphere's history banks nor the Lanagrin Republic's library Of course, it was those five scientists whothat [the Winners had Gundanium mobile suits], Preventers contacted Quatre And he had apparently been requested to coreater than ours He left the ement of the family affairs to his sisters and took on the job The work, however, ran into difficulties It seeain felt a deep responsibility (because of it) I wanted to help him with all my heart But my heart, of course, was empty
”I ht not understand the concept of the 'software'”
”That's because we're the pilots,” Quatre lass of rum to eye level ”A blender is absolutely necessary in theof spirits”
”A blender?”
”Say this is the finest Irish whiskey,” he continued with a flushed face, but his eyes were (contrarily) calet the same flavor, no matter how perfectly detailed the recipe or even if you have arranged to have the saredients ((barley and water, etc)) and use the same tools ((the barrel and the peat, etc))” I understood that e the near lie/year and the size of the bottle wouldcompletely different ”The es the unblended ] fro to the distillation, tries various blends, tests the aroma and flavor, and stores it and after several decades, sends it off as a finished product”
Ah, I see--those five scientists were (overly) brilliant master blenders This metaphor was far easier to understand than an essay on software engineering
”And we're the bar tenders to pour that fine whiskey?” After all, a 'weapon' can do nothing but destroy For us the act of 'completion' would probably be hard
”That e ed Quatre took just one more s of rum ”For the best whiskey, the best sponsors must [be provided] or else proper flavor cannot be produced” However you look at it, thisand talking on and on 486/3/11-12 ”The selection of the glass, the cut of the ice, theand the number of stirs and then, if you want to make a cocktail, you e and various techniques to provide for the custo to Quatre's vast knowledge and [I?] was tor anxiety
”Quatrewould you let me help you with your work?”
”Thank youI thought I was going to have to ask you, Trowa”
”I'm not 'Trowa Barton' anymore”
”I' by 'Professor W'!! 'W' for Winner 'W' for Wing”
”In that case, why don't you call me 'Doktor T”
”Alright”
At the Chryse subterranean factory, Professor W and I split up and coether [the four suits] and (investing) the latest technology I was in charge of ”Prometheus” and ”Scheherazade” Professor W created his own software and six years later, in MC 22 ((convert that to Terran years and it easily took twelve years)) he completed {Snow White} and {Warlock} As far as my {Prohty percent complete by that time [7]
We heard about how long it was taking to co Being coenius scientists, however, and there was nothing we could do about [how long it was taking] They had, individually, completed one suit in just four years--a third of the ti Gundaned in AC 186 but it [didn't leave the drawing board at first/8] due to its excessive fighting power and high (production process) costs Later--by AC 190, a trial manufacture of the first {Snow White} had been completed And then, four years later in AC 194, {xxxG-01} first editionyear, ”Operation Meteor” was carried out These inspired/crack-pot scientists were caught by ”OZ” several months later and less than two months after that, the {Mercurius} and {Vayeate} were coether, their skills were disgustingly good
It was First Winter of MC 21 that the only re Gundams were discovered It was after the Mars Federation's first president Miliardo had been assassinated That rin Republic was {Gundam Epyon}, the data of the basic plans was also in the memory of its ZERO system Preventer had successfully hacked into that data Master Chang used it as a base to start{Nataku}, which he admirably completed in about a year I was co else, as it was Treize Khushrenada who designed it Still, since I was also a Gundam pilot the saht home as it had been When I think about it, at the time ((AC195-196)) the tier compared to ours In the intervals between intense battles, he likely prepared Shenlong and Altron by hily polishi+ng each part one by one And now, the new hty focus [9] [of his] e Gundam Epyon Bai ((this one is also called {Nataku}))
There was another job ere to do: search for pilots to fly [the suits] We were able to bring in Professor W's younger sister Katrine Wood Winner and Nanashi+ We heard fro his son We received news froenic stasis] inside ”sleeping beauty” had been sent to Preventer's North Pole base We had enough pilots for the suits Now, he just had to complete the et-go, there was no option for us to pilot No matter how they were reformed, we couldn't respond to the reaction speed these suits de right froh tih, physical and mental abilities equal to that of Princess Aurora [10] were necessary We had to tolerate Katrine'soff with the unfinished {Pro by the nao after her We considered all possibilities and then requested Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell at the Preventer North Pole base to intercept them And then, we ((Catherine and Professor W[, and I])) boarded the ”Chouxhook 2” [11] and left Chryse [We] calculated it was possible for the high-speed hovercraft Voyage, which had left from the Preventer's North Pole base, and our shi+p to attack on both flanks Katrine and Trowa Phobos had encountered [each other] at the foot of Mt Olyanacs} for the sake of driving back pursuers That the Mars Federal Government maintained RMDs ((replica anacs, had been within the realo, we had {Snow White} and {Warlock} ready to confront [the enemy] Even so, Katrine escaped with {Prometheus} on a Mars Federal Governh their predictions about the tides of ere better than ours They knew that Phobos would give chase, that Heero and Duo would appear [at Mr Oly I don't know the details, but that Phobos--with Catherine's training--had been led around by the nose orthy of ader sister I, however, was not of such an indifferent teive up the chase
We thought the large-scale Mars Federation transport hover craft was heading straight to Elysium from Olympus , but it had taken a detour course towards the North Pole I couldn't coive chase, even though we didn't grasp the situation, we allowed/rin republic to attack with his {Gundao IVs} Around the sae, in {Nataku} was going to intercept Zechs Things that we hadn't predicted didn't end there Heero and Duo dashed out in {Snow White} and {Warlock} to join in that battle What orse, the Mars Federation Army's aerial division appeared over Mt Olympus [The area] was sprinkled with five hundred une corps had been prepared for [taking care of] Master Chang and the others, and against Zechs, then ould be forced to go out to support them 488/2/5-7 Was there a chance this aerial division's fierce attack was a counter? Was it a two sided attack rossly underestiirl Katrina There was also the possibility that Naina and Milu behind us were ht
No, that was not possible
The directions of Katrine's actions and the develop on] different vectors Despite the tis were going to develop on a scale as large as this, certainly [the aerial division] ought to have been standing by at the foot of Mt Oly as the tactician wasn't a fool 488/3/13, it was unthinkable to have such an unbalanced net [in which to catch us] In point of fact, the Mars Federal Govern via observation satellite that {Gundarin Republic For a{Proh it wouldn't come to that When we arrived at the battlefield, the uned by the appearance of {Tallgeese Heaven} That was a result of the pilot Cyrene Wind having used the ”nano-defensers” Thatto which caed I believed/could fathoh, {Snow White} and {Warlock} were able to join us without eneeese Heaven} We headed towards Master Chang and {Nataku} and Trowa Phobos in ”Voyage” They (weren't allowed to) participate in the battle that occurred as we pursued Those tere physically andto use the word limit, but if we didn't keep the what Duo or Heero would do
Minutes later, the noisy troublee
”You knohere Katrine is going, don't you?” As soon as he ran into the roo 'eht faster?!” Like his father, he only complained as an adult 489/1/11< i=”” passed=”” by=”” him=”” and=”” stood=”” before=”” heero,=”” who=”” i=”” hand't=”” seen=”” in=”” a=”” long=””>
”Thank you for co, Heero Yuy”
His eyes narrowed slightly and he said, ”Trowa, huh?” He o I planned on not wearing a mask anymore, but it may have been difficult for Heero to pick up on that
”Heero! Wow, you're just like you were back in the day!” Professor W said with adht to shake hands
”Quatre, h to the [attempted handshake] as he blinked several tiue
”Ha ha hawe're all just cos like shake hands, right? 489/2/8-9”
””
”Yo, pops! Aren't you forgetting someone?” Shouted Duo in an even louder voice ”Coive proper chase?!”
”Oi” Heero addressed Professor W andin my head”
”I agree” I looked at Katherine as standing behind me with her arms crossed ”Would you mind, elder sister?”
”I'lare in Duo's direction ”This isn't training, wouldn't it be abuse?”
”There won't be a problem if you do it with love”
”I hope I can go easy on him”
Duo seeaze [12]
”Whawhat, , she landed an intense punch on the saucy brat's face He easily flew several meters Catherine's flow of antly to Heero's back, bonkshe hit the nape of his neck with the palm of her hand
”Ung” Just then, he lost consciousness and fell down ”” Just as I thought They'd put up a good front but really, they could barely stand
”Did you not ease up enough?” Professor W asked as he made to help Heero
”I did for this one [Heero], but that one [Duo] used a taboo word” Since he didn't finish saying it, it was probably closer to a lynching than training
”Yeowch! Geeze!” Duo said, standing and with a swollen cheek ”I thought you were a girl, so I letafter receiving one of those bloas pretty pro
”Do you nor over But Catherine didn't hesitate to give hi look
”Just so you know, you need to choose your words [wisely]! When you address me, you shall use elder sister Catherine or Miss Catherine [13]!” Duo's eyes widened [like dinner plates] ”The next time you use a taboo word, I'll pop you one so hard, your cheeky face'll swell up like a balloon!”
”O-okay” He felt the truth of Catherine's word or soly seemed to acquiesce
”Be polite! You should say 'Yes, Miss Catherine'” Catherine entered training mode
”Yes, MissCatherine” Duo's eyes were downcast and he was at a loss for words I was impressed with his unexpected obedience
”I, for one, try no to fly in the face (lit: rebel against) an older woman”
”Does that apply to the Peacecraft ladies, too?” I poked a little fun at him
”That's stupid! They're the enemy, yo!”
”Rightyou pass”
As Professor W made Heero rest in the
”Let's send Duo after all”
”Yeah, he should be okay if he could sit in {Warlock} for so long and still have so y left”
”?”