Melody's sincere flute entrances the whole royal deck through the loudspeakers while the pianist Keeney leads the twins past sleeping soldiers to a lifeboat — then shoots himself so no accomplice can be traced to the Association. As the boat nears open water a horde of hands swarms it: leaving the ship means death. Kacho shoves her sister through a door back aboard; a 'Kacho' follows her out; the real one drifts dead to sea. Her beast, Without You, now wears her face.
- RecordDay 8 · nightCanonicalMelody's flute entrances the royal deck
At the banquet concert — Salé-salé's absence excused as illness — Melody plays with full sincerity, projecting a vista of mountains and butterflies to everyone in earshot, princes in their quarters included, over the Tier 1 loudspeakers. Three minutes of ship-wide trance.
InvolvedMelody · Nasubi Hui Guo Rou · Kacho Hui Guo Rou · Fugetsu Hui Guo RouLocationRoyal Banquet Hall - DeathDay 8 · nightCanonicalThe lifeboat escape — and Keeney's price
Under cover of the trance, the pianist Keeney leads the twins past unconscious soldiers to a lifeboat, then shoots himself so no accomplice can implicate the Association. A widower looking for a place to die, he chose saving the twins as his.
InvolvedKacho Hui Guo Rou · Fugetsu Hui Guo Rou · MelodyLocationTier 1 — Royal Deck - DeathDay 8 · nightCanonicalKacho dies in the tunnel of hands
As the lifeboat nears open water a horde of hands closes in — leaving the ship means death for a contest participant. Kacho pushes her sister through a door back aboard; a 'Kacho' follows moments later, and the real one drifts out to sea, dead in the boat. Her formless beast, Without You, now wears her shape to protect the living twin.
▸Consequences (2)
- The twins' beasts are revealed as cooperative: Fugetsu's Magical Worm carries out, Kacho's Without You carries back
- Fugetsu believes her sister returned alive
- A prince who tries to leave the ship is executed by the ritual itself
- Magical Worm and Without You revealed as a cooperative pair
- Fugetsu returns believing her dead sister is alive beside her
