Translated 2/2001 by Ian Finnesey andy_christ@yahoo.com see volume 1 for translation notes BLAME vol 2 P 7 Log.8 Megalopolis P 10 - Wait! P 13 - I want to ask something. - Do you understand? P 15 - Wait, I was just- P 21 - Smoke. Someone's here. - Yeah, it was only just stocked. - I don't mean any harm - I just want to ask some questions. P 22 - Well, I should get going while it's still good. - Tettan, take care! P 23 - What? If you're looking for work, I can't hire you. - I'm looking for something called the Net Terminal Gene. - Have you heard stories about people with pictures or letters reflecting from their retina? P 24 - I haven't heard... - 3 doors down there's a place called the Pure Juice Shop. Ask there. - The people of the city. They talk about a genetic engineer. - City? There are people there? - You want to go there? - Where is it? P 25 - Where, you--? - Tell me how to get there. - Sigh.... - Tettaaan! P 26 - This kid! He's looking for something, he wants to go to the city! - He's kinda pathetic...could you take him with you? - Go on. - Namie, just because he's small doesn't mean he's a kid. - Yeah, different races' kids are different. P 27 - Close it up, Yoshio. - Have you ever crewed on a transport before? P 28 - No. - That's alright. Anyhow, we're going. - You don't have to close the door. Yoshio will do it. P 29 - Sit there. - Yoshio, this kid wants to go to the city. - I've let him come along as crew. I hope you don't mind. - Of course not. What's your name, kid? - Killy. P 31 - It's not been such a tough trip. We've come all the way to the pipe forest without any opposition. - You were talking about your mission before. - You said you were looking for the "net terminal gene." - Do you know something? - Nothing important. Had you ever heard that ancient people used to communicate with the Controller? P 32 - Controller? - It reaches this far? - What, you didn't know that? - Not that you mention it, where ARE you from? - Far away. I came across the bridge from outside. - So you're taking care of some troubles then... - In that case, this is important. When I was a kid, I went all over and got in all kinds of trouble, but I survived. P 33 - I'm not a kid. - I'm fully-grown. - Anyhow... - I've heard about people like that. - That's right...they're supposed to come from far away. - For something like a "Net Terminal Gene," I'd ask the Cyber-life Society. - Cyber-life society? - We're a commercial freighter. For the city scientist's union. P 34 - We're entering the pipe forest zone. - Look out for an attack by the Dry People. - Dry People? - A bunch of pale weirdoes who all share one mind. - If you've got a gun, get in the back and get ready. - I have a gun. - Tet! Look at this! - It's Saki. The Dry People got him. P 36 - How is it, Yoshio? - Alright. There's nothing nearby. - What the hell...Saki's assistant. - Tet, up above! P 38 - Idiot! Hurry, get inside! P 48 - Tet! - Killy! Killy! Hurry and stop her! P 50 - Hold that down like your life depends on it! - I need your help. It's still a way to the city yet. P 54 - Those are the Society's cargo handlers. P 55 - You really saved my ass. The cargo was undamaged. P 57 - Dry People's bodies. Those will be put to good use. - I've asked the Cyber-life Society for a transplant. - My body was destroyed. - Which one should I take? I don't want to become androgynous. - The Dry People weren't pillaging? P 58 - Were you asleep back there? P 61 - Run! That's a graviton radiation projector! P 76 Log.9 Cyber-life Society - Hey. - Do you know where I can find the Cyber-life Society? P 80 - What was that just now? - Workers who disobeyed the Society - executed. - You came from outside? - Yes. P 81 - If you're looking for work, go to the front of the Cyber-life Society. You can register there. - If you're looking for something else... - Go below. - You should be able to pass for a worker. P 84 - Wait. - Are you the one called Killy? P 85 - Could it really be a guy like this? - It's him. I stole the information directly from the Society. - Are you the one who destroyed the Cyber-life Society's warehouse? - You have something called a Graviton Radiation Projector? - We laborers have been exploited for countless generations. - All the while we've been waiting for a chance like this. - We need your gun. Will you cooperate with us? - I need the Society's scientists. - I'm sorry, but I can't help you. - Wait. P 86 - Just give us your gun P 102 - Don't shoot! - It's alright. - I've made it so the guard will ignore you. P 103 - Come out. - I can't move. P 104 - Do you want to leave here? Could you help me? - Before I ended up like this, I was the City's head scientist. - I know the inner structure in detail. - That's a Graviton Projector, isn't it? - We've never been able to reproduce that technology. - Where did you find it? P 105 - I don't know anything about this gun. - You said you were a scientist? - Yes. - I'm looking for a person with the Net Terminal Gene. - Do you of any such people in the City? - I've never checked, but the Cyber-life Society has records on all the City's laborers. - They should also contain genetic information. P 106 - Where are they? - Hey! Hold on! - It's pointless for you to go alone! - They have to be accessed electronically. - Take me with you! P 107 - Thank you, Killy. - When I'm able to move, I'll be able to help you easily. - You...no way... - When you get what you're looking for, don't just leave me! - We'll make a good team...please don't do that! P 108 - Bodies, lots of bodies! - We look for the records first. - Killy... - About what I said before... - When coming up here before, I couldn't fool the guards. P 109 - So let's get started. - Alright P 116 - Hey! - K...Killy. - Look at this. - The main cyber-brain...is here. - I've called off all the guards on the path upwards. P 119 - You...the guards couldn't detect you. - Why have you come here? - I've come to find the Net Terminal Gene. - Would you show me the laborer registration files? P 127 - Locked! P 128 - I've come to rescue you, Killy. P 129 - You! Chief Scientist Cibo! P 130 - Long time no see, Director. P 131 - What are you doing here, Cibo? - Your sentence is not yet over. - Shut up. - This time, you lose. P 135 - Killy! The Director! - Shoot the Director! P 136 - I don't have the file yet! I can't destroy the cyber-brain! - The Net Terminal Gene isn't here! - But, please! - His biological engineering is WRONG! - I don't want to fail again! P 144 - Outside...you came from outside this tier? - This tier continues vertically. We've uncovered files containing information on other levels, but we've been unable to leave. - That Graviton Projector is amazing. P 145 - Killy, you said you were looking for the Net Terminal Gene? - It isn't here, but I once... - I accessed the Net to research the Net Terminal Gene...but the moment I connected, a counter program destroyed my equipment. - There's nothing more we can learn here. P 146 - I've been searching for a way to open a hole in the megastructure. - There's a plate separating each tier. - No matter what we've tried, we can't scratch that material. - It's a frustrating idea. - But there is nothing that that gun can't blast through. - I'm going with you. We'll find the Net Terminal Gene. P 147 - The megastructure's lights have begun shining. - They'll have blinked 10 times by the time we reach the top. P 151 Log.10 Net Sphere P 153 - Chief scientist Cibo? - I've been assigned here. P 154 - You're a relative of the Director? - Something like that. A fourth-generation clone, to be precise. - You've come to the right place. The experiment is about to begin. - You're going to communicate with the Net Sphere? - I'm glad I made it in time. - This is why I got promoted from junior grade. - Did it compile? The Net Terminal Gene? P 155 - It's huge. - This equipment is all the brains of the experiment body. - The original would hardly last. P 156 - What's that floating in that tank over there? - The city's backup power source. - It was excavated from the strata. - When it was removed from the pressure-proof plate, somehow its chemical responses awakened. - Now we can somewhat control the explosion. - Explosion....you don't mean...? - You haven't given up on blowing a hole in the megastructure? - I don't have any real reason to give up. - Even if the committee members ordered it. - So you intend to use that? Is it alright for you to be telling me all this? - If you're with the Director, you especially should know. - If he wants to stop me, he can do so at any time. P 158 - So this is the net sphere. - Its incredible...you've done it! P 159 - Wh...what is it...THAT? P 160 - Ah... P 161 - Stop the experiment! Cut the connection! - Chief! The experiment body! P 163 - Its alright...don't move. P 168 - After that...I was revived from backup data. - And even that explosion didn't damage the megastructure? - That's right. - Anyhow, when we get to the top, I need you to help me. - We're almost to the top, but we should rest here for today. - How do I get out of this? - It will take a while longer yet to heal. - It's healed... P 181 - Wait! P 182 - Kiii.... P 183 - It wants to say something. - Ki....ki....kiinn....shhhh...... - Could you slow your speech down? It's out of our audible range. - Kiiii....nnnshhhhh...base reality...most suitable wavelength. - Can you hear me? P 184 - We can hear you. - Who are you? - The controller...the Net Sphere's ruling level. - We've come to deliver a message to the searcher called Killy. - We're downloading ourselves into a more suitable reality. P 185 Log.11 Safeguard P 186 - Because of the infectious nature of the present chaos... - We cannot contact you directly. P 187 - We know you have come to make an effort to end your isolation. - You've never once succeeded. - Why now? What do you intend to do? - Humans without the Net Terminal Gene will activate the Safeguard if they contact the Net Sphere. - This is a completely independent function of the Net Sphere. From our level, we are unable to interfere. P 186 - Just now we have been delaying the Safeguard. - We do not know how long we can sustain this. - So what is your objective? P 189 - The city is continuing to grow randomly. - This phenomenon has continued for a long time. We are not able to grasp the present size of the city. - The Net Sphere hardware is contained within the main structure of the city. - The unstable connection from your level has created an disturbance in the structure of the Net Sphere, accelerating the chaos. P 190 - To stop the growth of the city, it is essential to find the Net Terminal Gene. - You haven't found it yet? - We don't know if the human who will save us all is even in the City. - We believe you will find it. P 191 - The safeguard will soon have completed downloading. - We should finish quickly. - The Safeguard can transmit its structure into any material. - We suggest you go to the top and carry out your plan right away. P 192 - We should do as it says. P 194 - Killy! P 198 - I have sensors which can detect all electromagnetic perturbations. - There is a huge impulse of data coming towards this tower. - This probably isn't just a small thing like the one before. P 200 - Wait, I'll try and shield us from the electromagnetic waves. P 204 - It's working, hurry! P 207 - It's open! P 208 - The electronic shield!