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▲ 110 r/grandorder
Jacques de Molay (Foreigner) Profile and Voice Lines ("WAY TOO MANY FOOTNOTES" EDITION)
My last two translations got a really encouraging response, so I went ahead and finished what we currently have of the Mademoiselle's profile and voice lines oui ouiii. I'll post an updated version if Foreigner OC happens and we get anything new, fingies crossed...
Like Dante's, I also did this to fix numerous errors in the existing TLs and add additional context, and boy does she need it because there are some DEEEEEP cuts here lol. It's pretty dense so please do look at the footnotes, I guarantee you will find some interesting stuff!
I'm primarily motivated by simping so I probably won't do these TLs on a regular basis but I'm really happy that people like them : ) thank you!
PROFILE
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The Knights Templar were a military order that protected pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Molay served as their twenty-third and final Grand Master.
Special privileges conferred upon the order enabled it to extend its influence across all of Europe.
They wielded financial power equivalent to that of a kingdom, and also acted as the world's first international bank.
But their secrecy proved to be their ruin. Envious rumors of black magic persisted, and eventually the order was suspected of heresy and abolished.
Molay, sentenced to burn at the stake at the Île de la Cité in Paris, shouted out a curse before dying, leaving the king of France and pope who had plotted against the order to meet their own sudden deaths before the year was through.
Bond 1
Height: 167cm
Weight: 55kg
Origin: Legends of the Knights Templar, historical fact
Region: Europe, Cyprus, Syrian Crusader states
Alignment: Neutral/Evil
Attribute: Earth
Gender: Female
She never takes her glasses off, not even in the bath.
Bond 2
The Foreigner Jacques de Molay is an Innocent Monster whose Spirit Origin has been altered by defamation and scandal, spread by the masses and by those in power who envied the Knights Templar.
The "Mother of the Abyss", an evil deity who wishes to corrupt humanity, has taken possession of her as well, giving an additional boost to her evilness.
Incidentally, popular belief holds that the unlucky day of Friday the Thirteenth was originally the day the Knights Templar were exposed en masse.
Bond 3
A quintessentially evil Servant who always acts in pursuit of her own self-interest.
If she was summoned without a mission to restore the Human Order, and didn't have a Master with certain characteristics, she would have no doubt caused a major disaster.
She concerns herself little with the sacrifices and pain of others, and while she won't lie, she will hide the truth when it's convenient. Basically, she likes doing evil stuff in secret without anybody finding out.
She is faithful to her own emotions and desires, and if she takes a liking to someone, she will casually-- but insistently-- try to seduce them. When the time is right, she boldly makes them display their hatred.
Her personality and demeanor change very little throughout her first to third Ascensions.
"......This little bastard here is named Baphy. It's keeping an eye on me. Ugh, pain in the ass."
Bond 4
○Innocent Monster: A
Indicates the degree to which truth was distorted by rumor, regardless of her intentions or form in life.
According to some, she worshipped a goat-headed demon and indulged in obscene rites.
According to some, the Templars' treasure has been passed down to this day, and their activities continue.
The baseless slander against the Templars and the exaggerated legends of later years have corrupted Molay into an alluring body suited to indulging in pleasure, and altered her into a wholly different being from the monk who aims to take back the Holy Land.
○Holy Shroud (Fake): B
The relic known as the Shroud of Turin was not actually the burial shroud of the Savior Himself, but rather Jacques de Molay...... According to one highly dubious theory.
The French House of Charny, whom the Shroud was first discovered with, certainly had close ties to the Knights Templar, including a supposed connection to Geoffroi de Charney^(1), a Templar preceptor sentenced to burn at the stake with Molay, but, hmm.
○Depraved Investiture: A
A powerful seduction technique.
Makes initiates swear fealty to the Abyssal Mother before the spirits of past Templars, and conducts a secret ceremony of investiture to turn them into her obedient knights.
An initiation into release and depravity.
Bond 5
Vendredi Treize
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1-13
Maximum Targets: 23
Friday the Thirteenth.
The Tour du Temple, where the curtain first rose on a tragedy of grisly torture and executions.
A black mass for the Devil is held within the tower's interior, transformed into an eerie netherworld.
A highly-concentrated curse takes corporeal form and a blasphemous creature descends, overrunning enemies and swallowing them into its womb.
Bond 6
[watch this space...]
BATTLE VOICES
| Ascension 1-2 | . |
|---|---|
| Battle start 1 | Coucou! ♪ |
| Battle start 2 | Alright, time to shout a curse at the heart of Paris! ^(2) |
| Battle start 3 | I'll cursemurder you. |
| Skill 1 | Comme ci, comme ça. |
| Skill 2 | Ameno, ameno. ^(3) |
| Skill 3 | On y va! (Goat bleating) |
| Command card 1 | Roooger... |
| Command card 2 | Ouh là là! |
| Command card 3 | Parfait! |
| NP card 1 | I will give you a miracle...! |
| NP card 2 | Oh my goat! |
| Attack 1 | Take this! |
| Attack 2 | Bon appétit? |
| Attack 3 | Holy, holy! |
| Attack 4 | Hahhh! |
| Attack 5 | Vive la France! |
| Attack 6 | Repent, and die! |
| Attack 7 | Les Saints Clous! |
| Extra attack 1 | Allez allez allez! ^(4) |
| Extra attack 2 | Hi-ho, Baphy! ^(5) |
| Damage 1 | I'll cursemurder you...! |
| Damage 2 | Ah?! |
| Damage 3 | Motherfucker...! |
| Damage 4 | Oups! |
| Incapacitated 1 | Death before surrender...! |
| Incapacitated 2 | Be cursed... |
| Victory 1 | All ye who make light of silver shall die by silver... |
| Victory 2 | Youpi! Time to break out the champagne! |
| NP 1 | Ameno, ameno. The shrine of our curse craves recompense-- for the sting of les flammes relapses! Thou wealthy and thou sovereign alike shall pay thy dues, and bathe the Temple in thy blood! Vendredi Treize! |
| NP 2 | Abîme, abîme, Domina. Sing, my eternal brethren... Gehenna upon this earth. An Eden of divine punishment. The anguish resoundeth, the cruelty overfloweth! Here, now, is what they wished for! Vendredi Treize! |
| Ascension 3 | . |
|---|---|
| Battle start 1 | Now the error of sin is sated, and a sweet sacrifice hath it become. |
| Battle start 2 | Toss a silver coin, Master? |
| Battle start 3 | Iä, iä! La chèvre noire du bois aux mille petits! |
| Skill 1 | Fluctuat nec mergitur. |
| Skill 2 | Cache-cache coucou! |
| Skill 3 | After me, the fire! ^(6) |
| Command card 1 | Let's do it! |
| Command card 2 | Voilà! |
| Command card 3 | D'accord! |
| NP card 1 | Make your appearance in the court of God! |
| NP card 2 | A skullful of wine... |
| Attack 1 | Mmhmhahahaha! |
| Attack 2 | Molay had a hm-hm-hm!♪ |
| Attack 3 | Thnarlo yoranalkah! ^(7) |
| Attack 4 | In the name of the Mother, the Young, and the Corruption. |
| Attack 5 | Ring, ding-dong! |
| Attack 6 | Dance, coin-coin-coin! |
| Attack 7 | What I have written, I have written! ^(8) (Goat bleating) |
| Extra attack 1 | Tonight is the sabbath...... Shine, Moon-Lens! ^(9) |
| Extra attack 2 | Take this-- Ecstasy! |
| Damage 1 | Owowowowow! |
| Damage 2 | Ah?! |
| Damage 3 | Just you wait...! |
| Damage 4 | Aïe! |
| Incapacitated 1 | Ahh... So this is it... |
| Incapacitated 2 | Goddammit...! |
| Victory 1 | I give this victory, this delight, to my god... |
| Victory 2 | Ahahhh, this feels great! |
| NP 1 | Iä! Iä! Lord of the Woods! Bearer of the Harvest! From the wells of night to the gulfs of space, ever your praises!^(10) Iä! Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young! Accept now my sacrifices!^(11) Vendredi Treize! |
| NP 2 | Iä, iä......! Thnarolo yoranalakh Sirrharie! The wishes of the flesh, the wishes of the spirit. We who loveth the darkness and not the light shall enter the Mother's womb, and be born anew as Her children...... Vendredi Treize. |
ROOM AND SHOP VOICES
Summoning
She can't stop giving what she really thinks away-- Make way, make way, here comes Molay!♪ ^(12)
I'm the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar!
Know what that means? It means I had to take the blame for a whole bunch of crap,
and all I got for my trouble in the end was a bad name and a public burning.
Can't blame me for going Innocent Monster with some effed-up heresy after all that.
Still, now that you've summoned me, consider us lord and servant, client and professional.
Foreigner, Jacques de Molay, here to serve as your shield of protection. Heeheehee.
| Ascension 1-2 | . |
|---|---|
| Bond 1 | So, you wanna know what's up with my historically inaccurate female body? Well, long story short... I am what you'd call une relapse. ^(13) That means I couldn't believe in human conscience, couldn't believe in God's love, and ended up turning to heresy. ...My Heroic Spirit vessel had nothing to do with it. ...Hm? A lawful good Saber Jacques de Molay? Oh please, like there could ever be one of those. If there is, you can go ahead and bury me under the Île de la Cité!^(14) |
| Bond 2 | Aghhhhh! I can't get in the mood to do anything! On days like this... I know. We'll just have to play Templar Initiation! Okay, get on your knees and put on this blindfold. I'm gonna ask you a couple questiooons... Lie, and I kill youuu... Master, are you married, or currently engaged? Are you in good health? Do you belong to any other organizations? Are you in debt, or have you made any bribes? ......Is this your first time? Are you nervous? How many people have you done it with? Summoning, I mean. Who was your first? How'd it feel? Can I make this hurt? How 'bout some more?! |
| Bond 3 | Hey, don't you wanna go anywhere? Not a Singularity or anything... Let's chat at a café, or see a movie! How's going out for jingisukan sound? ...Ehehe... Okay, maybe some other time... |
| Bond 4 | Oh, yeah, I'm not exactly what you'd call a "knight", per se. More like a soldier of God. I did come from nobility, but I gave those privileges up to be a monk. We'd even ride two to a horse to cut down on expenses. Ahh... Snuggling up to you astride the same horse does sound pretty nice, Master. Ehe... |
| Bond 5 | Sometimes I remember... Back before I even joined the Knights Templar... There was young Jacques, just another kid, practicing riding and swordsmanship day in and day out... I was all, "One of these days I'm gonna go across the sea and make a real knight of myself!"... And I'd daydream about reverently waiting on the king of Jerusalem... I wonder if these memories are even real... Ahaha, ha ha...... |
| Conversation 1 | Come, let us march to the Holy Land of Jerusalem! ...How's that for egging you on? You've got your work cut out for you with a Holy Land this big, Master... It's an entire planet! |
| Conversation 2 (Before clearing Part 1) | Taking back the endless Holy Land of the Human Order... I've never embarked on a campaign of such grave importance, or such difficulty. Comparing Chaldea to the Crusaders of our time would hardly be fair at this point. ...Oh well, all the same. Least I'll be able to have some fun while I'm at it! |
| Conversation 2 (After clearing Part 1) | Chaldea, and Sheba...... To think the shrine of His Majesty King Solomon would be bequeathed to my protection...... Words cannot express my gratitude. This is the last joy allowed to me as a Templar Knight...... I dare not lose it...... Never. |
| Conversation 3 | The direction of our relationship... Hmmm. How to define us? Keep it simple, like king and vassal, boss and apprentice? Maître and apprenti? Or compagnons? Why not spice things up and go a little more complicated? I know... I'll be "the other woman"! ...Non merci? Sheesh, you're uptight. |
| Gilles (Saber) | My my, if it isn't His Excellency, Marshal Gilles de Rais. I didn't expect to have the honor of meeting the rightful descendant of Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Your ancestor's leadership was what allowed a band of penniless starry-eyed kids like the early Templars to acquire a true foundation. I look forward to working with you, as well. |
| Sanson (with any Marie) | Monsieur? Monsieur de Paris?! It's me, Molay! Please, do excuse me for introducing myself as a fellow Parisian. I simply take such pride in you, Monsieur Sanson...! By the way, have you remembered to get those unpaid wages from the French crown? I hear you've got two whole years' worth... Mmgh, what about the interest, then? It's only your natural right, Monsieur! It isn't too late! Let's march straight into their parlor room! ...Monsieur? Monsieur, where are you going?! Monsieur!! |
| d'Eon (with any Marie) | Mail-order cakes?^(15) Yes please, I'll take one! Send the bill to the French crown. A pointlessly expensive vintage wine came in? I like the sound of that! Charge it to the crown. Limited edition gourmet snack set? Fabulous! Charge it to the crown, of course! ...Ouh là là?! What's the matter, d'Eon? Look at you storming into the room, red as a beet! I'm just going to have myself a little party. You're already here, so why don't we invite Her Majesty while we're at it? |
| Columbus | Ooh, Columbus! Now you are a sailor among sailors. A paragon of virtue, who lives by his sense of duty and humanity-- A true man of the sea! Wow! Can I call you Columbie? Now, I better not see you hanging around with all those no-good pirates! Your father-in-law Bartolomeu was a knight of the Order of Christ, you know. They used to be the Portugal branch of the Knights Templar. ...I know! Hey, do the thing, do the thing! Your NP! Where you bring out your shiny carrack with the big cross on it and go all SPLAAASH! |
| Jeanne (Ruler) or Metatron Jeanne | Ruler, Jeanne d'Arc, huh...... A Servant like her can be the way she is, and gained a reason for being, through her fellowship with her Master...... Ahh...... She's lovely...... A true miracle of God. All that's been left to me are grimy curses...... |
| Likes | I like fun stuff! And I like stuff that feels good even more! ...But look, if pudding was nothing but sweet all the time, you'd get fed up with it, right? It's that little dash of bittersweet caramel that keeps it tasty and makes you wanna eat more. So if you ever need bittersweetness, you know who to call! Yep! |
| Dislikes | I reaaally haaate... The French royal familyyy... And I'm gonna cursemurder them alllll... But y'know, lately... I'm starting to actually kinda like them! And I'm like, whoa, crazy! Whaddya think of that? |
| Grail | ...Hey, wait a sec. I'm a Servant, right? How come I don't get the Grail, and the True Cross, and like an entire holy relic snacktime sampler that lets me be super OP? ...Huh? "Somebody stole them afterwards, so you might be missing a couple"? ...CURSEMURDER TIME! |
| Event | Ordre... Hey Master, you got something here. Crusade invite, maybe? |
| Birthday | Huh... So today's the day. Joyeux anniversaire. Happy birthday! Yayyy, clap clap clap! I know... Why don't I give you my Baphy as a present? "No thank you"? Oh, okay... I-In that case... Today I'll put "mon amour" at the end of all my sentences! Make sure you do too, mon amour! And in front of other people, mon amour. Look up what it means yourself, mon amour! ...No this isn't a punishment game, don't be stupid, mon amour! |
| Leveling 1 | Coucou! Thanks! |
| Leveling 2 | Ehehe! Good [boy/girl], good [boy/girl]... |
| Leveling 3 | Mer-mer-merci! ⭐︎ |
| Ascension 1 | Super! Hehe, my Spirit Origin's all warm and toasty now! My outfit's gotten a bit breezier, actually, but it's nice and easy to move in... Hm? You'd like me to go back to the other one sometimes? Well well well, aren't you kinky? |
| Ascension 2 | Hmmm... Guess I'm in debt now... The Templars did have that whole official stance of "death before surrender", didn't we? See, if you screwed up and got taken as a POW, we'd have to pay some crazy reparation fees. If we didn't say that, our enemies would get a taste for it, and our allies would start thinking they could slack off. ...Still, if you ever do get taken hostage, I'll at the very least offer up my own life in exchange. Don't you worry. |
| Ascension 3 | . |
|---|---|
| Bond 1 | Huh? Excuse me? "Could you try taking off your glasses"? Yeah, I don't think so-- I said, no! Non, pas bon, patate! Ab-so-LUTE-ly not!! ...I'll cursemurder you. |
| Bond 2 | I'd like your support, please! Oh, do you have a moment? May I speak with you? Yes, that's right! The deity I worship is a holy mother of the harvest! Her nature is female and male at once... For all men are born of woman... She's a loving goddess who will lavish her blessings on you if you offer her hot gushy sacrifices on moonless nights! So, thing is, we're currently in need of any members at all... |
| Bond 3 | Is this a mascot? A cute little pet? Pff, oh, please! This thing's keeping an eye on me. When I'm asleep, when I'm awake, 24/7! I've had enough of it! And anyway, goats are rowdy, and vicious, and they stink and they don't even taste good and you can barely get any wool off them and they have ZERO endearing qualities! Actually, come to think of it... That makes them perfect for sacrifices... Scapegoats... Aïe-- Owww! There it goes again!! |
| Bond 4 | Gosh, smartphones are handy! You can do everything with these! ...Oh? Master, you look like you wanna say something... What's that? "You're a banking industry pioneer who built an international network, so why not make the most of your asset management skills?" ...So you want me to make my dreams of Chaldea Bank come true, or...? Oh no no no... In a way, the Knights Templar's vast fortune was the root of the curse, the cause of all the misfortune, right? And my deity doesn't care about worldly wealth in the first place... "Contentment surpasses riches",^(16) and "What a woman wants, God wants",^(17) you know! Ehehe, are you worried about me getting bored around here? We've already got the world's most valuable collateral, and it's you, Master! Careful you don't get burned out and turn uncollectable, like somebody else I know!^(18) |
| Bond 5 | Oh yeah, the thing is with Foreigners... They've got that whole image where the madness eats away at you as your magic power increases and you approach the abyss, right... But what do you think, Master?! Hehehe! I guess actual crazy people don't go around like "Ooh check me out guys, look how crazy I am"...... Maybe I just had a natural affinity for this? Or maybe............ Eh, whatever! |
| Conversation 1 | Almost time to set sail? Death and the battlefield await... My heart's all aflutter! |
| Conversation 2 | What do I, Molay, hope for... That would be everything my Master, the angel of Chaldea, hopes for. Even so, facing the end of a journey together is an ordeal for anybody... Whether spouses sworn to one another, or knights in service of the same maison. ...So until then, please, at least...... No, sorry! Forget I said anything. |
| Conversation 3 | I, Foreigner Jacques de Molay, may be Grand Master of the Knights Templar, but right now I'm a single knight and the Servant of a young Magus. Our contract puts us on an equal footing, and you could even call me your wholly obedient slave. ...In this there is wealth. You decide how to spend it and throw it away, right? Hehe! |
| Gilles (Caster) | My my, if it isn't Marshal Gilles de Rais. We haven't forgotten the honor of Your Excellency's ancestor, second Templar Grand Master Robert. Oh, the favors we got out of that papal bull he negotiated! Such tasty vested intere-- Excuse me, authority bestowed by God! ...But you and I both met a miserable end-- Reduced to charred remains, without even a proper burial. ...Oh! My apologies. It's only natural that Your Excellency would seek solace in secret arts, and nurture illusions of saving your holy maiden's soul to worship once more. Would you allow Molay to be your humble sympathizer? |
| Anne Bonny & Mary Read (either), Francis Drake, Edward Teach, or Bartholomew Roberts | Ohhh, pirates, are you? Hmmm. ...Friday the thirteenth. The night before the Knights Templar were abolished, 40 knights and 250 horses fled Paris. A fleet of 18 Templar ships quietly departed France with them on board... I wonder... If aaanybody here could possibly tell me where they went? They were loaded with some very precious treasure passed all the way down from the Temple of Solomon... Oh, I know! Why don't you just pay me back with the usage fees for the skulls on your Jolly Rogers?! |
| Napoleon | Napoleon, Your, um, Majesty? I hear during your reign there was a doctor or swindler or something-- what was his name, Palapé?^(19)-- who claimed to be my successor and tried to resurrect the Knights Templar... Now, I don't think you actually took him at his word, but... Since they pushed for the overthrow of the French royal family, you used them as a deterrent force against the monarchists who were gaining power at the time, right? I think I'm pretty alright with that. ......And more than anything, I'm grateful to you for destroying our unsightly gravestone-- The Tour du Temple... |
| Napoleon, Mozart, Edison, or Cagliostro | Hmmm... The all-seeing eye of wisdom, huh? I guess it's more fitting than the square and compass, as symbols go. So don'tcha think there's something to be said for glasses? They're intellectual, and going against nature by seeing the world clearer is pretty demonic too! Isn't it kinda weird that something you see all the time in religious paintings gets treated like heresy? |
| Likes | Release without limits. Pleasure without end... I serve my god by opening hearts and beckoning towards ultimate corruption. That is my mission. ...Hmm? That sounds evil? But hey, look, how's it any different from what everybody else works for? |
| Dislikes | Lies and debt-dodging are how thieves get their start! |
| Grail | I wish for revenge against the French crown, the corruption of all humanity, and a return to the Abyssal Mother. And ooone last thing... I wanna take this little bastard scampering around my feet and kick it to the goddamn moon! |
| Event | I sense fresh sacrifices beckoning us... Hehe! Let's not keep them waiting! |
| Birthday | Hmmm, oh yeah... As a Foreigner, Molay's birthday is the day she was summoned. So I guess the day you awakened as a Master is like a second birthday for you? When your life is finite, you need a chance to refresh your mindset at every new turning point. ...Oh? You just kind of ended up as a Master and you're not really sure when? That's no good! I know just the thing-- Lemme give you a colée. That means I hit you on the back of the neck, like in a knighthood ceremony. You might pass out... But I'll give you a reward later, so hang in there! ......Okay, here I go! |
| Leveling 1 | Proper wastefulness deserves a reward! |
| Leveling 2 | That's it? Oh, no, don't mind me... |
| Leveling 3 | One sou is one sou. Your bank'll be full before you know it! |
| Ascension 3 (Before starting Part 2) | Mm, this is just right... Now I'm feeling like a bona fide Foreigner. This heretical form was made manifest by a wretched, envious populace. A cowardly pope. A king whose only redeeming qualities were his good looks and his greed... And my own weakness. ......Ahh, and here I wanted to get some nice fucked-up gooshy revenge on everything... But too bad, the whole world's been burnt to a crisp already! Lucky you, Master! ...Whoa, even you can get legit mad... I'm only kidding! Ahaha! |
| Ascension 3 (After starting Part 2) | Mm, this is just right... Now I'm feeling like a bona fide Foreigner. This heretical form was made manifest by a wretched, envious populace. A cowardly pope. A king whose only redeeming qualities were his good looks and his greed... And my own weakness. ......Ahh, and here I wanted to get some nice fucked-up gooshy revenge on everything... But too bad, the whole world's been frozen solid white already! Lucky you, Master! ...Whoa, even you can get legit mad... I'm only kidding! Ahaha! |
| Ascension 4 | I should have laughed. Even when I was put to the fire... I should have laughed, out loud, in a voice that rang throughout Paris. "Laughter is for demons". "Laughter is mockery". "Laughter is temptation"... In the Bible, the Son of God never once laughed, only shed tears with a face full of pity. That's how I thought I should be. But... I should have laughed. "Laughter is for demons"... No. That isn't true. Animals don't laugh. Laughter is for humans. It's the truth of human nature. Before I cursed this world and everything in it... I wanted to laugh, from the bottom of my heart. "I'm so glad I was born and died. What an interesting world this is"---- |
| Shop (Halloween 2021) |
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| Coucou! Here's Molay! "One who goes slowly, goes surely."^(20) No need to rush-- Try to stop and have a little fun along the way. ...Ahhh, my god do I wanna mess with you... |
| Ça va? They say "Appetite comes with eating",^(21) so once you start, you'll get hooked before you know it. Miam miam miam... |
| Hehehe, let the festivities begin...^(22) Let's be real here, modern Halloween is heresy, right? And in your country, they celebrate Halloween and Christmas and New Year's... Ouh là là, I'm afraid there's no helping any of you... |
| Hey, Master of Chaldea, are you a dog person? A cat person? A Java sparrow person? Molay's a sheep person! Sheep are great! ...Huh? Am I not a goat person? Pff, the hell's that supposed to mean? Freaky! You getting paid off by a goat or something? |
| Ordre... A word of advice from Molay: To ensure maximum pleasure during your play sessions, read the announcements whenever you get a chance! ...Hm? Who, me? I checked 'em already! No, honest! |
| Youpi! I'm free! Flight from everything, overpowering release! Shameless behavior and limitless loafing, freedom rules, la vie! ...Huh? I still gotta keep working for now...? ......I DON'T WANNAAA!! |
| Good job. Oh man, I screwed that one up big time, but it sure was fun. Hey, how was it for you? "A good cat, a good rat",^(23) and like Master, like Servant. If you ever say that about me... I think I'll be glad to hear it. Ehe! ...All right, see you around. Bon voyage-- Have a good journey. |
BOND CE
Talisman of the Abyssal Forest ^(24)
When the sun entereth the Sign of the Ram and the time of night is upon ye,
Hold the talisman before the northern Gate of the standing stones, and read the words aloud:
ZARIATNATMIX,
JANNA, ETITNAMUS,
HAYRAS, FABELLERON, FUBENTRONTY
Then behold:
For the Lord of the Woods and the thousand Horned Ones shall walk the Earth once more,
And unto thee all earthly pleasures shall be granted.
VALENTINE CE
Tragicomedy of the Templars ^(25)
Valentine's chocolate from Jacques de Molay.
A chocolate assortment made by showing a pâtissier from one of the gourmet capital's longer-established confectioneries horrific nightmares every night.
Torturous bitterness and sickly, heavenly sweetness will assail you in turn. Try to live.
"I bet brandy or something would go nice with this. But for you...... Perhaps a café au lait?"
COMMAND CODE
Abyssal Templar
"Coucou!
Another day, another curse to shout at the heart of---
Wait, not this time?
Okay, collecting silver coins?
No? Hmmm.
I'm down for whatever, as long as it's fun. But if it isn't, prepare to get cursemurdered!"
DEFAMATION AND SCANDAL
Richard I (Ascension 1): I have deep ties to the Knights Templar, so I thought I might have a thing or two to talk about with their last Grand Master, but... What's going on here, Master?! Who's this sexy cosmic goat lady who yells horror movie titles?! What's become of the Knights Templar?!
Jacques de Molay (Saber): (Sigh)... To think, a corrupted Jacques de Molay. A neutral evil-aligned Foreigner... I-I refuse to acknowledge that woman as my other half. An "alternate possibility given form"? Deeming her an "Innocent Monster" is but ridiculous sophistry. No, I am certain that she is my very sin itself. Th-That is why I must not avert my eyes. No matter how my stomach clenches... U... Urgghh... I-I don't think this is going to work... I-I will just have to begin setting her to rights in whatever way I can.
APRIL FOOLS PROFILE
Temple Servant
A head of the Knights Templar.
In Arcade she was a sickly bespectacled handsome man, but you wound up summoning a sexy lady instead...
Still, this happens a lot in Chaldea, so maybe you're actually used to it?
>Footnotes
1. The Crusader Geoffroi de Charny, who supposedly first owned the shroud, was a totally different person from the Templar preceptor Geoffroi de Charney (or Charnay), who was executed alongside Molay... But remember, the theory being flimsy is the whole point 😉
2. Reference to Harlan Ellison's short story, The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
3. Possible reference to the song/meme
4. Sounds a whole lot like Narancia's "Ari-ari-ari-arrivederci!" but I'm guessing that doesn't need pointing out
5. Reference to the Lone Ranger's catchphrase of "Hi-ho, Silver!"
6. A riff on "Après moi, le déluge"
7. The Aklo phrases Molay uses in battle don't originate from any Mythos stories, but rather the scenario The Underground Menace in the Call of Cthulhu Fragments of Fear Companion
8. "Quod scripsi, scripsi."
9. Reference to Ramsey Campbell's short story The Moon-Lens, featuring Shubby-sama
10. This is very likely based on a line from The Whisperer in Darkness. Full disclosure: I made BAD financial decisions cross referencing this and checking all five Japanese translations of the story (including a super out of print one), and none of them were a 1:1 match, but it's pretty clearly the same passage. It's possible Meteo just changed the wording, but since he seems pretty fluent in English (see: XX Alter's Valentine CE), I'm inclined to think it's his own translation. The text of Molay-chan's bond CE gives strong precedent for this, too!
11. "Accept now my sacrifices" is from Fragments of Fear again
12. She's making a pun on her name and 漏れ (more), letting something out
13. See oniichan's profile for a detailed explanation of the word "relaps(e)", it's a pretty obscure/specific term in French
14. This references a meme of an (edited) series of panels from the manga Kill Me Baby, where the main character Yasuna says "If you aren't moved [by the sight of the cherry blossoms], you can go ahead and bury me under one!"
15. Mail-order cakes (and mail-order food in general) in Japan tend to be pretty fancy, you can google お取り寄せ ケーキ for examples
16. This is a French saying, "Contentement passe richesse." She says a number of these, so I'll keep noting them whenever they come up
17. "Ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut."
18. The word she uses, 焦げ付く, can refer to both a debt/loan becoming uncollectable and to something becoming burned and sticking to a surface. This comes up in one of oniichan's battle lines too, lol
19. She means Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat
20. "Qui va lentement va sûrement."
21. "L’appétit vient en mangeant."
22. She's quoting the tagline on the Midsommar poster lmfao
23. "À bon chat, bon rat."
24. This is adapted from a Shubby summoning ritual in the George Hay Necronomicon. This is another instance where the CE's JP text matches the meaning of the English source text, but not the exact wording in the Japanese translation of said source text. So again, either Meteo changed it up a bit or translated it himself. forgive me for my boneheaded financial decisions, jacques-kun
25. The text on the chocolate box says:
FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR
1119-1312
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini tuo da gloriam
...Also, I don't know if this was intentional or not, but Paris' oldest chocolate shop is named À la Mère de Famille*. thnarlo yoranalkah indeed...*
u/pecchankonisiteyanyo — 7 days ago