MA Survival

**MA Survival** is the fifth song of the "Tale of Original Virtue". It focuses on the candidates of the seventh iteration of Project 'MA'.

## Plot

Four different women gather in a temple in Magic Kingdom Levianta: Ly Li, Milky Eights, Irina Clockworker, and Elluka Chirclatia. With the ongoing need for someone to birth the "Twins of God" and become both the "MA" and the ruler of the country, the four become cruel and distrusting of one another and begin plotting each others' downfall. Ly is later said to have accidentally fallen off a cliff, while Milky seemingly kills herself from heartache, though not everyone believes these.

Later, Irina approaches Elluka and asks that they stop fighting, admitting her murders and claiming they were due to 'Malice'. After Elluka promises to cure her and protect her from persecution, she ultimately ends up killing her, tears staining her eyes. After killing Irina, Elluka is told that she has been selected to become the next "MA". As she angelically smiles while standing at the temple's altar, her fiance Kiril Clockworker stands in the shadows of the watching crowd, carrying a hidden knife.

## Lyrics

The children of god aren't born

Someone must birth them

The children of god can't be found

Someone must become their "mother"

The maidens gathered in the temple

Four girls with different birthplaces and backgrounds

Only one can become the "mother"

Only one can become the "queen"

Desire changes these holy women

Into sinful fiends

They take weapons in their hands

Now surely

The mutual slaughter begins

Survival takes precedence

Paranoia outweighs feelings of friendship

Is the one laughing behind you

Really a friend?

"She died yesterday

Her feet slipped and she fell from a cliff"

Perhaps that is a lie

Who will survive in the end?

A prostitute drowning in sensuality

A noblewoman haughty and arrogant

A jealous girl protective of her brother

And that brother's fiancee

Only the strongest one

Will obtain everything

And so endless hatred

Wells up in their hearts

Unending survival, the rules of reality

Outweigh the idea of intrinsic goodness

Is the one aiming at your life

Really an enemy?

"She hung herself

Her heart troubled by this ugly conflict"

Such a thing is absolutely a lie

Who will survive in the end?

Dear sister-in-law

Let us stop this already

The deaths of the others

Were by my hand

As for who should be queen

It should be you

You who was chosen by my brother

You who has remained pure

Thank you, Irina

I can help cure you

No more people have to die

I will protect both you and them

Flowers of blood bloom from her body

The sinful girl fell on the spot

What she saw in her dying moment

Was the wailing face of her older sister

"Sinful girl who by her own hands

Ended the life of her own family

You have been selected as

The new 'Ma'"

The girl standing at the altar

A demon smiling like an angel

If she conceived the children

With that, peace would come

Nevertheless

Survival will never be over, right?

The blade that aimed at the new queen

Gleamed from somewhere

## Related Songs

### Project 'MA'

Project 'MA' recounts the first iteration of Project 'MA', for which Eve Zvezda was selected, as well as detailing the project's failure.

### Escape of Salmhofer the Witch

Escape of Salmhofer the Witch recounts the second iteration of Project 'MA' in which Meta Salmhofer was selected, as well as its eventual failure due to Meta fleeing with the children she birthed.

### Whereabouts of the Miracle

Whereabouts of the Miracle describes Kiril's attempt to revive the deceased Irina by placing her in the "Sin" ark located in the temple. It also shows how this action led to the Levianta Catastrophe and the destruction of the entire country.

## Appearances

* Abel (indirectly mentioned only)
* Cain (indirectly mentioned only)
* Elluka Chirclatia
* Gretel (indirectly mentioned only)
* Hänsel (indirectly mentioned only)
* Irina Clockworker
* Kiril Clockworker
* Ly Li
* Milky Eights
* Seth Twiright