Triton

The world-saving legends about me are all fake.

*Triton - God of the Ocean*

*A 'Consciousness Carrier' formed by congealing special power.*

*The noble, melancholy, and solitary god in the deep sea*

## Intro

Triton comes from the ocean and was spawned by a mysterious power. No one knows why he exists. They call him the Deep Sea Guardian for the lack of a more specific name, because no one knows what he's guarding.

For thousands of years, legends about him have been passed down from one generation to another. Countless believers have prayed at his statue, but only a fraction of them have actually seen him.

Those who are lucky enough to witness his presence speak of his eyes that are as deep as the ocean and his silence as deafening as the ocean. He chose to remain deep in the ocean and not to partake in affairs of the world, as if he's waiting for his duty to finally start and put an end to a lifelong curse...

### Forming a Pact

**Triton's rarity:** SSR

**Max Epiphany without Illumination:** Level 6

The player can form a pact with Triton by the following methods:

* Starter Summon
	+ Use 28 Heart Stones to add this Gyee to the Starter Summon pool.
* Limited Summon
	+ You can form a pact with Triton by summoning him on his limited-time banner.

## Skills

### Basic

* [Deepsea Nightmare]: while the effect is active, takes M.DMG equal to the caster's M.ATK\*15% per round. This effect can stack a max of 3 times and lasts 3 rounds.

**Skill Level**
1. 73%
2. 79%
3. 85%
4. 91%
	+ When casting [Huge Wave], if enemies outnumber allies, heals the ally with the lowest HP for M.ATK\*30%.

### Advanced

**Skill Level**
1. 77%
2. 84%
3. 91%
4. 98%
	+ Increases the Healing Done of [Blessing of Ocean] by 12%.
* **Perfectly Content**
	+ When casting [Blessing of Ocean], if self's HP is lower than 70%, heals self for M.ATK\*50%.

### Ultimate

* [Intoxicate]: While the effect is active, seals all active skills and defensive skills for 1 round. This effect cannot be purified.
* [Concealed God]: While the effect is active, reduces self's DMG Taken by 15% for 2 rounds. This effect can be dispelled.

**Skill Level**
1. 38%
2. 41%
3. 44%
4. 47%
	+ Increases the Healing Done of [Intoxicating Fog] by 7%.
* **Deep Sleep**
	+ When the target is under control, additionally increases the Healing Done of [Intoxicating Fog] by 11%.
* **Deep Sea Fear**
	+ When channeling [Intoxicating Fog], applies the [Deepsea Nightmare] effect on all enemies.

### Mastery

* [Still Waters Run Deep]: increases the Healing Done of Triton's skills by (6.00% + Mastery Bonus), when battle starts, Triton is immune to the [Deform] and [Cover] effect, cannot be dispelled. When controlled, reduces DMG Taken by 50%.
* [Heart of the Ocean]: when this effect is active, if Triton casts [Intoxicating Fog], the [Intoxicate] effect caused will be enhanced into [Out of Wits]. After casting [Intoxicating Fog], this effect will be removed automatically.
* [Out of Wits]: While the effect is active, seals all active skills and defensive skills for 2 rounds. This effect cannot be purified

## Imprint

### Basic Engraving

* Benevolence Engraving (Reduce critical M.DMG by 1.38% per Engraving level)
	+ Each engraving level requires I.N. Flux - Water x120 and Gold x25,000

### Imprint Skill

The following Imprint Skill can be equipped on other Gyees and Avatars once unlocked.

* [Darkflux], lasts 22 rounds, cannot be dispelled, will be removed upon defeat, and cannot be stacked.
	+ When self is in a control state, reduces self damage taken by 20%.

At the beginning of each battle, and before self's action at round 11, gets [Surge].
* [Surge], lasts 8 rounds, cannot be dispelled, will be removed upon defeat, and cannot be stacked.
	+ When attacked by a single-targeted attack, the attacker will get [Water Prison], removes self's [Surge].
* [Water Prison], lasts 2 rounds, cannot be dispelled, will be removed upon defeat, and cannot be stacked.

## Intimacy

### Date Choices

Dates will give either 500, 700, or 900 intimacy points depending on the choice selected.

* **It's a cool summer - ...and the sea god who is not romantic enough, is better at expressing his mind in the way of action**
	+ **Cue:** What do you need me to do?
		- Deep-sea roaming
		*900 Intimacy*
		- A rainy day
		*700 Intimacy*
		- Smile at me
		*500 Intimacy*

* **Law of Intimacy - Keep a strong curiosity is the prerequisites for a better relationship**
	+ **Cue:** So, could you please satisfy my overflowing curiosity?
		- Your weak spot.
		*700 Intimacy*
		- The most valuable thing for you.
		*900 Intimacy*
		- Your loneliness.
		*500 Intimacy*

* **Disparate Treatment - Mira's prayers have been ignored, so annoying!**
	+ **Cue:** All I want to know is the reason why you care so much.
		- Please help her, for my sake!
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Don't you have empathy at all?
		*900 Intimacy*
		- Why am I the only one you care about?
		*700 Intimacy*

### Intimacy Blocks

To reach Intimacy levels 7 and 11, Triton needs mementos (found in Darkflux Raid), reiki (found in Extreme Fight or Arcana Tracker), and the following block item:

* **Intimacy Level 7**
	+ S - Triton Mini Statue
		- A mini and nude Triton statue, it has been selling well as a 'mascot' among the people.
		Used to breakthrough Triton's Intimacy. Obtained in Darkflux Raid.
* **Intimacy Level 11**
	+ God Coupon
		- Used to exchange wishes with gods, and in principle, no matter how ridiculous your wish is... It won't be rejected.
		Used to breakthrough  Triton's Intimacy. Obtained in Darkflux Raid.

### Basic Drink Preferences

 50% bonus

 25% bonus

 No bonus

 No bonus

*Note: All blended drinks have a base preference bonus of 25% that can be modified by the drink's attributes.*

### Gift Preferences

**50% bonus**

**25% bonus**

**No bonus**

### Views

Unlock views by leveling the intimacy of other gyees.

* **Daley**: I've seen his...big statue in Elysiann. Is he the prince of the sea? The adults always said that he should be worshiped in all places near the sea. But I can clearly see that, in addition to sacrifices offered, some people cursed at the stone statue...
*Daley's Intimacy reaches Lv.2 to unlock*
* **Su**: Drawing for him? I have no interest. Studying and depicting his muscles lines over and over again is what novice painters are keen on.
*Su's Intimacy reaches Lv.4 to unlock*
* **Priapus**: Hundreds of years ago, I saved his life. Maybe it can't be called that, I just prevented the absent-minded him from getting into a fishing net. Oh... It's not a good god to frighten ignorant people.
*Priapus's Intimacy reaches Lv.6 to unlock*
* **Osmond**: I don't know if this god really exists, but I hope he does... I can understand why those desperate and helpless people choose such a 'god' to talk and pray to... because they are too hopeless that they will believe in everything that they can grab. Just like me, trying to catch that beam of holy light...
*Osmond's Intimacy reaches Lv.8 to unlock*
* **Vagrant Poet**: The pessimistic and melancholy is him, the romantic and soft hearted is him... In my poetry, he is the only one who will never die.
* **Drowning Lad**: I killed myself, he saved me. I fell in love with him, but I never met him again...
* **A Famous Traveler**: The legend of mermaid is so fascinating. I've been looking for him all my life just in order to see him again...
* **Fisherman**: Every time before going out to the sea, I will smile at his broken stone statue, as long as my fishing net gets him, I will be able to live a happy life.

## Scripts

### Consolation Letter

For the last hundred years, there has been nothing worthy of my anger, sorrow, happiness and jealousy.

I made my peace with emptiness and loneliness. I'm used to it, but it's not a bad thing to get interrupted once in a while, even unexpectedly.

Though I never revealed it to you, but I think you know... who touched my heart.

### Bath Drama

* This is the first time that I am bathing in this kind of waters.
* What differs the sea from the pool is not its size... In the pool, I can't feel the presence of life... Unless I have you...
* So, this is the pastime popular among humans? I'll try to engage.

### Fave Hottie Slogan

I always give hints to people who 'ask me for help.' This time, fate is actually in the hands of a human. That's a new experience to me. So, should I ask you for help?

### Intimacy Breakthrough

**This section contains spoilers for Intimacy Breakthrough scenes.**

**-Intimacy Level 4**

**Triton**: Only with the presence of death, life has meaning.

**-Intimacy Level 5**

**Triton**: Life has an expiration date. That's why it's called life.
**Triton**: The Immortalist is merely an observer of others' lives...

**-Intimacy Level 6**

**Triton**: Aside from life, loneliness is eternal too.
**Triton**: Repeating in an endless loop...

**-Intimacy Level 7**

**Player**: I wonder whether Triton likes this figurine...
*Suddenly, a cool wave strikes.*
*Scene transition*
**Player**: What's this place?
**Triton**: I felt that you were calling my name. Then I teleported you to my palace.
**Triton**: Because you are a unique being.
*Triton holds the figurine in his hand.*
**Player**: As exquisite as the statue looks, you look way better in person.
**Player**: This is a hot sale item! I wanted to give it to you to remember me by.
**Player**: As you might know, many sculptors and painters make loads of money off you!
**Player**: You are so popular that your statues are being worshipped everywhere at the seaside!
**Player**: The buyers of your statues wish you could help change their fates.
*Triton plays with the figurine and sighs slightly...*
**Triton**: The statue worshipped by them is merely a rock.
**Triton**: How can a rock change one's fate?
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: The legendary 'Triton' can do it all.
**Triton**: But I do not matter to them.
**Triton**: It's the legends about me that matter.
**Triton**: Legends are meaningful only because they are believed.
**Triton**: For that, those self-deceiving humans keep me valuable with nonstop lies.
**Triton**: That's how things become what they are today.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Human beings...
**Triton**: Such a strange species...
**Triton**: Most people just do nothing.
**Triton**: They wait for their fates to arrive, big or small...
**Triton**: Then, they turn to me for help.
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: If they put their fates in the hands of someone...
**Triton**: Hoping that person could change their fates...
**Triton**: That person won't be me.
**Triton**: It's won't be anyone else other than themselves.
**Triton**: One can only place hopes on oneself.
**Triton**: Humans pray to me long and hard...
**Triton**: On the bottom of it, it's just an illusion.
**Triton**: A false hope that brings emotional comfort.
**Player**: Em...
**Player**: Bahaha!
**Player**: Actually...
**Player**: I dreamed about being a worshipped hero a long time ago.
**Player**: Endowed with super power like a god like you.
**Player**: I wanted to save the world.
**Player**: But it turns out that it's hard enough to save myself.
**Player**: I feel tired sometimes. I want to indulge myself and do nothing.
**Player**: I pray good fortune could relieve my discomfort.
**Player**: However, one can only feel safe with a self-earned sense of security.
**Player**: And, luck only counts when you've tried your best.
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: People with such thoughts.
**Triton**: I am happy to expedite the arrival of your good fortune.
**Player**: Huh? So, you are able to help after all...
**Player**: I am confused. You are a god... Em... Ha-ha!
**Player**: Actually, you don't deny the expectations that people place in you...
**Player**: It's just...
**Triton**: Hush...
**Player**: Oh, I know. Fates can't be discussed.
**Player**: Hush...

**-Intimacy Level 8**

**Triton**: My only role is to reflect...
**Triton**: On the things that everyone wishes to evade...
**Triton**: And to observe...
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Indeed, I am inhuman.
**Triton**: Because I am not a human at all.

**-Intimacy Level 9**

**Triton**: I don't understand. So, I look away.
**Triton**: I don't want to think. So, I think nothing.
**Triton**: I don't do well. So, I do nothing.
**Triton**: Complain and pray. Complain and pray... It's an endless loop.
**Triton**: Where is the body dominated by the free will?
**Triton**: Where is the soul blessed by the Creator?

**-Intimacy Level 10**

**Triton**: To bond deeply with a human being...
**Triton**: It's a troublesome matter.
**Triton**: I will be with you all your life. But you can only stay with me on this short journey.
**Triton**: It merely takes a second to love someone.
**Triton**: But the pain brought by love...
**Triton**: It will last forever and ever.

**-Intimacy Level 11**

*Close eyes and calls Triton's name.*
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: I am here.
**Player**: Ah! Can I redeem it here? For real?
**Triton**: Technically, it works everywhere.
**Player**: What about the expiration date?
**Triton**: Technically, it never expires.
**Player**: Then what can I redeem from you?
**Triton**: Technically, anything.
**Player**: Huh?
**Player**: For real?!!
**Triton**: What do you want to redeem?
**Player**: Yes...
**Player**: Can I...
**Player**: Ask you a question?
**Player**: After the intimate contact with you...
**Player**: I did a lot of thinking on my way back.
**Player**: Why did I feel more sadness than excitement?
**Player**: If I may, I wish to be on equal terms with you.
**Player**: But our age gap and experience...
**Player**: Oh, and how long our lives are...
**Player**: Between us, there are things that I can never catch up with you.
**Player**: It sucks to feel powerless.
**Player**: But... Why?
**Player**: Why did you want me to end your life the first time we met?
**Player**: I can never understand your hatred of life.
**Player**: Being ageless and immortal is something to be envied.
**Triton**: (Shakes his head slightly)
**Triton**: Being immortal has ruined my way of thinking.
**Triton**: All the joys of humans are based on their limited lives.
**Triton**: They wish they can travel the world someday.
**Triton**: They wish they have a family someday.
**Triton**: Someday' is a precious hope in their limited lives.
**Triton**: But being immortal means that you can repeat those processes without limit. But satisfaction can never be repeated.
**Triton**: To me, a hope is not a hope anymore.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: I might have tried to understand you...
**Player**: But from my point of view...
**Player**: In comparison with your eternal life...
**Player**: Our human lives are too short.
**Player**: And in our short lives, there are a lot of meaningless things involved.
**Triton**: In this world, nothing is meaningless.
**Triton**: But this is only my point of view. An observation from above.
**Triton**: Every human has a different definition of meaning.
**Triton**: Tell me, Player.
**Triton**: How would you define a meaningful moment?
**Triton**: Or...
**Triton**: What meaningful things I can do for you? Just tell me.
**Player**: I think...
*Scene transition*
*Spent a 'meaningful' night with Triton.*
*And the next day...*
**Player**: Do you treat every person with coupons like this?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Those coupons are customized for you.
**Player**: ???
**Triton**: I worry that you do not want to turn to me for help because of things in the past.
**Triton**: So, I gave you a 'Ask for my help' hint in another way.
**Player**: Does that not bother you?
**Player**: You are not worried that I might go to Priapus and redeem my coupon?
**Triton**: ... No.
*He might have said no. But you can still see the frustration flashing on his face.*
**Triton**: Player...
**Triton**: If your peers cannot satisfy your emotional demands...
**Triton**: If you need the help and blessing from a senior...
**Triton**: You can still come to me.
**Triton**: Or, you don't have to find me in person.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Just tell the sea about your feelings.
**Triton**: All the secrets, joys, and troubles you want to share with me...
**Triton**: I can hear them, if the sea can.
**Player**: ... Okay.

**-Intimacy Level 12**

**Triton**: Eggs are fragile. But from them, lives are hatched.
**Triton**: High walls are hard. But they are just rocks.
**Triton**: Hard walls versus fragile eggs. I always side with eggs.
**Triton**: However...
**Triton**: Humans hope that I become their walls.
**Triton**: They mistake imprisonment as shelter...
**Triton**: They mistake foolishness as righteousness...
**Triton**: Is that a mistake?
**Triton**: A terrible mistake.

**-Intimacy Level 13**

**Triton**: When it comes to humans, things are hard to predict.
**Triton**: For example, one can change.
**Triton**: Or, an obsession will disappear.
**Triton**: Or, a relationship will come to an end.
**Triton**: But no matter how people or things change...
**Triton**: Your existence...
**Triton**: The things we've talked...
**Triton**: Those words have moved me...
**Triton**: And made my heart flutter...
**Triton**: But it's all settled.

### Dates

**This section contains spoilers for Date scenes.**

**It's a cool summer**

**-Intro**

**Triton**: I can feel you miss me.
**Triton**: It's getting hotter by the day.
**Triton**: Do you want to spend your summer in my cool palace?
**Player**: Great.
*Scene transition*
**Player**: Ah... It's so cool...
**Player**: I want to stay here with you forever and ever...
**Player**: But I can't...
**Player**: Therefore, I must cherish the brief time we are together.
**Player**: Alas, you are so taciturn.
**Triton**: But in retrospect, I've never enjoyed myself to the fullest.
**Triton**: I see.
**Triton**: To compensate for the lack of love words...
**Triton**: What do you need me to do?
**Player**: I wanna...

**-Deep-sea roaming - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: When I am with you...
**Player**: Every time I hold onto your waist and sink to the bottom of the sea.
**Player**: No words can express my happiness...
**Player**: Although I can't see a thing...
**Player**: In the pitch-black bottom of the ocean.
**Player**: But the dark space makes my imagination go wild.
**Player**: I would even confuse the feeling of being tangled with you with reality.
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Hold on tight.
**Triton**: Take you with me.
**Player**: Great!

**-A rainy day - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: Aren't you the God of the Sea?
**Player**: It's easy for you to make it rain, right?
**Triton**: Technically, yes.
**Triton**: But, why the rain?
**Player**: Because...
**Player**: I love the moistness when we are together...
**Player**: But...
**Player**: I can't go to the ocean whenever I want.
**Player**: And I can't see you wherever I want.
**Player**: So...
**Triton**: From now on...
**Triton**: If I feel that you're thinking of me, I would answer you with rainfall.
**Triton**: If you see it rains...
**Triton**: You can surely believe...
**Triton**: The longing between you and me goes both ways.
**Player**: (Nods)...

**-Smile at me - 500 Intimacy**

**Triton**: That's happy enough for you?
**Player**: Exactly!
**Player**: We've known each other for so long. I seldom see you smile.
**Player**: Why can't you smile more to me?
**Triton**: Because...
**Triton**: I don't think happiness suits me.
**Triton**: But it suits you, Player...
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Is that smile okay?
**Player**: Yes!
**Player**: ... I am so happy today!

**Law of Intimacy**

**-Intro**

**Triton**: I can feel you miss me.
**Triton**: Wanna go to my place?
**Triton**: I'll be waiting for you.
**Player**: (Agree)
*Scene transition*
**Player**: You're so popular and people are lining up to meet you...
**Player**: Why am I the only one invited to this grandiose palace?
**Triton**: Most people just want something out of me.
**Triton**: They do not truly want to get close to me.
**Player**: Can you tell me which one I am to you?
**Triton**: It's okay that I belong to the former.
**Triton**: You approach me to be on a secret mission.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: But I'd prefer to be the latter.
**Player**: So... Can you give me a chance?
**Player**: A chance to be closer to you?
**Triton**: You are the only one who can go into my palace freely.
**Triton**: And the only one I invite over.
**Triton**: How close do you want to be?
**Player**: Hm...
**Player**: I want to know you better...
**Player**: So, could you please satisfy my overflowing curiosity?
**Triton**: Ask away.
**Player**: I wonder...

**-Your weak spot. - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: It's cute to have a weak spot.
**Player**: The same goes for the gods.
**Player**: Shall we swap our weak spots?
**Player**: So that we can get closer...
**Triton**: I could tell you about my weak spot right now.
**Triton**: There's no need for swapping.
**Triton**: About you.
**Triton**: There's nothing I don't know.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: What's your weakness?
**Triton**: You.

**-The most valuable thing for you. - 900 Intimacy**

**Triton**: Your tears.
**Player**: My tears? Why?
**Triton**: I told you before, right?
**Triton**: My compassion is only for you.
**Triton**: Especially when you plead for your friends...
**Triton**: Or for some stranger that you take pity on...
**Triton**: The tears you shed...
**Triton**: That's the most valuable thing for me in the world.
**Triton**: Your watering eyes mixed with your sincere requests.
**Triton**: I... can't say no to your willful requests...
**Player**: ...

**-Your loneliness. - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: You said that you prefer loneliness to loudness.
**Player**: But you never seemed to mind me interrupting your loneliness.
**Player**: Do you ever feel that being lonely is unbearable?
**Triton**: Yes.
**Triton**: Each time when you are by my side.
**Player**: ...

**Disparate Treatment**

**-Intro**

**Player**: Mira begged you...
**Player**: And you turned her away!
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: What's your relationship with the person named Mira?
**Player**: (Meet him and explain)
*Scene transition*
**Triton**: I see.
**Triton**: So, will you help her?
**Triton**: No.
**Triton**: What she encountered.
**Triton**: What vision she had.
**Triton**: I do not care.
**Triton**: All I want to know is the reason why you care so much.
**Player**: ...

**-Please help her, for my sake! - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: She's my friend.
**Player**: She must have been desperate. That's why she prayed to you.
**Player**: Even if I felt for her...
**Player**: Even if I were her friend...
**Player**: I couldn't share her burden, nor could I help her...
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: I heard her prayers before.
**Triton**: I think those were merely drunk words...
**Triton**: When sober, she's strong and independent...
**Triton**: She doesn't need anyone's help.
**Triton**: She is fully capable of solving her problem.
**Triton**: As her friend, you just need to trust her.
**Player**: ...

**-Don't you have empathy at all? - 900 Intimacy**

**Triton**: Yes.
**Triton**: I don't.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: I am not human anyway.
**Triton**: Be human? That's not necessary.
**Triton**: Player, you should see through me as early as possible.
**Triton**: Don't have false hopes.
**Triton**: Gods only care about whom they want to care for.
**Player**: Are you referring to someone in particular??
**Triton**: I don't mind you asking me again when you already know the answer.
**Triton**: You in particular.
**Player**: ...

**-Why am I the only one you care about? - 700 Intimacy**

**Triton**: Because...
**Triton**: Objectively...
**Triton**: You are the only one who can end my spell of immortality.
**Triton**: Subjectively...
**Triton**: You are the only one who can end my obsession with immortality.
**Player**: ...

### Trifle

**This section contains spoilers for the Trifle. Please use a desktop browser for the best viewing experience.**

**Walking with God**

As a result, they went to the sea...

**-Part 1**

*Scene - Triton's Ocean Palace*
**Player**: (Breathes deeply and sighs) I can smell the sea here. Such a nice place.
**Triton**: Hmm.
**Player**: Oh? I just expressed my affection. Shouldn't you say something like 'you're always welcome here'?
**Triton**: You'll come back. I know.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: But not always. I know that.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: I even know when and why you'll be here next time.
**Player**: Huh? To come here or not, it's always a spontaneous decision.
**Player**: I don't know yet. How can you be so certain?
**Triton**: Mankind lives in the present, hence 'the past leads to the present which defines the future'.
**Triton**: And I'm not human.
**Triton**: So, I'm not restricted by your linear timeline.
**Player**: Then...
**Triton**: I exist at all moments of the timeline.
**Triton**: For me, past, present and future all happen simultaneously.
*All Choices - Choice 1.1 - "Ah... I see" OR Choice 1.2 "Em... I don't quite follow." - 5 Intimacy*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
*Ever since I came to Triton's palace, I have been hearing voices whispering in my ears...*
*They seem to come from the depths of the ocean or above the sky.*
*Swirling in the ocean waves, those echoing voices are not clear to me...*
**Single Lady**: Please accept my bows, my Holiness. I pray to thee that I marry my love at first sight.
**Fisherman's Mother**: My Holiness, I've been worshiping you day and night... I ask nothing but your blessing.
**Fisherman's Mother**: Please bless my only son. May he return safe and sound from his fishing expeditions...
**Player**: (Scratches the ears) Am I hallucinating? Aren't we the only ones here? What's with all these voices...
**Triton**: Those are human prayers.
**Triton**: All prayers, either made in front of the statue or in their hearts, will be sent here.
**Player**: That means you can hear all the prayers whenever and wherever they are made, correct?
**Triton**: Yes, but it doesn't stop me from talking to you wholeheartedly.
*Choice 2.1 - Alright.*
*No additional dialog*
*Choice 2.1 - Huh? I don't understand.*
**Player**: In other words, you can respond to people's prayers while talking to me?
**Triton**: Not exactly. I turn a deaf ear to voices other than yours.
*All Choices - Choice 2.1.1 - "Okay." OR Choice 2.1.2 - "You're a god without empathy."*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: Alright. It seems fine to put aside those trivial prayers for now.
**Player**: I'm grateful that you give priority to our date.
**Player**: Right, I...
*The conversation is interrupted by a wailing cry.*
*But it sounds different this time. Those crying words are loud and clear...*
**Wailing Man**: Ahhhhh... Duke! Ahhhhh...
**Wailing Man**: Triton, Ka, Shadow God, any god, please...
**Wailing Man**: Triton, Triton, ahhhhh, please bring back my Duke, please...
**Wailing Man**: Ahhhhh... Why... Why are you so cruel...
**Wailing Man**: What can I do without you...? How could you leave me alone...?
**Player**: ... Did you hear that?
*All Choices - Choice 3.1 - "Why is this prayer so clear?" OR Choice 3.2 - "His pleading sounds so intense..."*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: Perhaps it's because he sounds more desperate and more painful than anyone else...
**Player**: That's why his cry for help can reach you so loud?
**Triton**: Pretty much like that.
**Player**: Why would he call out to you so desperately?
**Player**: If you truly exist in any moment...
**Player**: You must know what's happened to him, right?
**Triton**: (With a rare chuckle) The 'all moments' I talked about is more than that.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: If you are curious, I'll tell you his story briefly.
**Triton**: His name is Morison.
**Triton**: Duke is the one he's been crying for.
**Triton**: They are a couple of doomed Gyee lovers.
**Triton**: They made a pact to die together for love the day they came of age.
**Triton**: One lost consciousness and sank into the bottom of the sea.
**Triton**: The other escaped death by instinct after swallowing some seawater.
**Triton**: The one who survived, he is now torn whether he should keep the promise.
**Player**: My goodness...
**Player**: But...
**Player**: But Morison's survival instinct has kicked in!
**Player**: He clearly wants his lover to live on as well now...
**Player**: By 'now', you mean right now? At this moment?
**Player**: Does that mean we still have a chance to change everything?
**Triton**: ...
*All Choices - Choice 4.1 - "You don't want to save them, do you?" - 5 Intimacy OR Choice 4.2 - "Duke still got a chance. You'll save him, right?"*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Triton!
**Player**: As a god, you are placed with so many hopes and prayers...
**Player**: As powerful as you, it must be easy for you to lend a hand to humans once or twice.
**Player**: You can ignore the trivial matters, but we are talking about a life here! He's so young...
**Player**: His grieving lover is in deep remorse on the shore...
**Player**: He might have family and friends who want to see him again...
*Triton gazes at you with an unfathomable loOkay.*
*After a lengthy silence, you can see a flicker of hesitation in his eyes.*
**Triton**: Player...
**Triton**: In principle, it has nothing to do with us.
**Player**: !!!
*Choice 5.1 - That's your principle!*
**Player**: Well, in my principle, I won't let someone die and do nothing!
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: That's a nuanced way to plead to a god.
**Player**: ... So, will you help?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: What should I do for your 'principle'?
*Choice 5.2 - What if I have to interfere? - 5 Intimacy*
**Player**: If it's about me, will you stand there and do nothing?
**Triton**: In principle, no.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: However, it depends.
**Player**: How about now?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: As you wish.
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: I need you to change the course of this tragedy with your power.
**Triton**: Tell me what you have in mind.
**Player**: **Save Morison's lover Duke from the sea.**
**Player**: **Remove the biggest obstacle between them.**
**Player**: **Help the lovers be together happily ever after!**
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Decided yet?
*All Choices - Choice 6.1 - "Yes!" OR Choice 6.2 - "Please help them!"*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Fine.
*Triton waves his trident, Great Wave*
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Done.
**Player**: That's great!
**Player**: But... why do you look so serious?
**Triton**: Interfering with 'the present' will create a 'future',
**Triton**: Do you want to verify the result of 'your kind help'?
**Player**: Sure. But how can I do it?
**Triton**: As I said, I exist in every point of the timeline.
**Triton**: Your physical body can't travel with me in time, but your consciousness can.
**Triton**: I will teleport your consciousness and empower you with an omniscient view temporarily.
**Triton**: Your consciousness is like a ghost; thus you can't interact with those from the future...
**Triton**: But you can communicate with me consciously and hear other people's thoughts.
**Player**: Okay...
**Triton**: Follow me.
*Triton waves his hand*
*Go to Part 2*

**-Part 2**

*Scene - In front of a tombstone*
*Funeral.*
**Player**: W-Whose funeral is this?
**Triton**: Duke's Father
**Triton**: As you wish. Obstacle removed.
**Player**: ?
**Triton**: He was 'the biggest obstacle between two lovers'...
**Player**: (Panic) You misunderstood me. I never asked you to kill people!
**Triton**: Player.
**Triton**: He died of a heart attack triggered by rage.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: I granted your wish, and now I will show you the result.
**Triton**: Whatever transpired was out of my control...
**Player**: So, in the timeline that you interfered...
**Player**: Duke was saved. They became lovers. And then, what happened?
**Triton**: Shh.
*Under Triton's guidance, you can hear slices of conversation at the funeral.*
**Aunt A**: See that lover Duke brought home? Bah!
**Aunt A**: His ominous look must have jinxed Duke's parents!
**Aunt B**: Alas, all efforts of Duke's father are wasted.
**Aunt B**: All those savings ended up falling into the hands of an outsider.
**Little Boy**: Mom! Aunt!
**Little Boy**: I like cousin's boyfriend! He gave me candies...
**Aunt A**: Go away! You are not allowed to interrupt adults' conversation!
**Little Boy**: Hmph...
**Little Boy**: You were just crying while holding cousin's hand...
**Aunt B**: My little lord, don't tell your cousin. Do me a favor.
**Player**: ...
**Male Neighbor**: Is this family cursed or what? How did such a nice boy become Gyee?
**Female Neighbor**: My grandpa said Gyee was a contagious disease. We'd better not eat a thing today.
**Girl**: Mom and Dad, our teacher said Gyee was not a disease.
**Player**: ...
**Aunt C**: Alas, as rich as Duke's family...
**Uncle**: Now everyone knows about it. Reckless young men! They don't care about consequences at all!
**Player**: !!!
**Friend of Duke's Father**: Such an unfilial son, almost driving his own father to death! Isn't he afraid of karma?
**Wife of this Friend**: Maybe it's better to be dead. Out of sight, out of mind.
**Wife of this Friend**: Duke's father would rather die than lose face.
**Wife of this Friend**: If he had been alive, he would have been too embarrassed to see his relatives ever again.
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: As you wish.
**Triton**: The lovers are together now.
**Triton**: They'll be tied together for this life.
**Player**: ...
*Scene - After the funeral, in front of a tombstone*
**Duke**: Morison, the relationship that you want... Is this so important?
**Morison**: But don't you think our relationship is important?
*Morison stares at Duke intently. It's Duke who moves his look away.*
**Duke**: Because of this relationship... We've lost our place in this town.
**Morison**: You're blaming me...
**Morison**: You're blaming me for ruining your future.
**Duke**: I do blame you.
**Duke**: But you're the only one I have now.
*Morison tires to explain, but he fails to find his voice.*
*Duke stands in front of his father's tombstone, remembering his father's disappointment before he dies...*
**Morison**: (Holds Duke's hand firmly) I'm sorry about your father. It's all my fault.
**Morison**: (Guilty) I'm so sorry...
*Scene - Triton's Ocean Palace*
**Player**: How did this happen?
**Player**: Triton, please!
**Player**: Could you resurrect Duke's father? Ask him to accept his son's decision!
**Player**: Could you stop people from gossiping while they are together?
**Triton**: (Shakes his head) ...
**Triton**: First.
**Triton**: The early death of Duke's father is intricately linked with the lovers' open relationship.
**Triton**: I'll take you to observe their lives at key crossroads. But they've made their own courses and regrettable decisions.
**Triton**: Second.
**Triton**: People from different educational and cultural backgrounds have different worldviews.
**Triton**: I don't have the power to change others' wills, personalities, or values.
**Player**: But...
**Player**: But you're a god!
**Triton**: So what?
**Player**: Aren't you capable of everything?
**Triton**: Of course not.
**Triton**: Player.
**Triton**: I'm not ashamed to admit my limitations as a god to you.
**Triton**: If I were capable of everything...
**Triton**: I could send you home without infusion with a snap of my fingers.
**Triton**: I could make Gyees reconcile with others with a clap of my hands.
**Triton**: I could make Shadow servants vanish from the world with a wag of my tail.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: But I can't.
**Triton**: Everything has its course.
**Triton**: I can show you the waves stirred by the wind.
**Triton**: But I can't control the wind...
**Player**: Why...
**Player**: I didn't expect that their relationship would kill Duke's father...
**Player**: They might be together now, but they will never be happy again with the guilt...
*Choice 1.1 - I regret it now.*
**Player**: (Frustrated) This isn't what I wanted...
**Player**: (Frustrated) No...
*Choice 1.2 - Can you change the ending?*
**Player**: I was reckless...
**Player**: I pushed them into another tragedy with my rash decision...
**Player**: (Guilty) I wanted to help them...
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Player.
**Triton**: Check the time we are at now.
**Triton**: We were at the 'future', and now is the 'present'...
**Triton**: It's not too late to change your decision 'now'.
**Player**: ... For real?
**Player**: (Enlightened) Ah, yes!
**Player**: We've returned to the point when 'Duke drowned and Morison called for help on the shore'. I was at your palace...
**Triton**: (Nods) There's still room for change on this timeline.
**Triton**: But are you sure?
**Player**: Yes!
**Player**: Triton, please!
**Player**: **Save Morison's lover Duke from the sea.**
**Player**: **Don't force the lovers to be together.**
**Player**: **Let lovers be together while laying low.**
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Okay.
*Triton waves his trident, Great Wave*
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Modified.
**Player**: !
**Triton**: If you want to know what happened to them, just follow me...
**Player**: OK!
*Triton waves his hand*
*Go to Part 3*

**-Part 3**

*Scene - A secluded place*
**Duke**: Morison...
**Morison**: Shh!
**Morison**: (Looks around to confirm nobody is around) Nobody's here. Just tell me...
**Duke**: ...
**Duke**: (Hard to speak up) I'm getting engaged.
**Player**: !!!!
**Triton**: ...
**Morison**: Okay.
**Morison**: Is that the girl who fell in love with you at first sight by the sea?
**Duke**: Yes.
**Morison**: It appears that her prayer to Triton has been answered.
**Morison**: (Smiles sadly) Had I known this, I would have prayed every day, too...
**Morison**: ...
**Duke**: What do you think?
**Morison**: (In a trance) Yeah, what should I think?
**Duke**: You were wondering whether I could go against my father's will.
**Morison**: Can you?
**Duke**: This time, I can't.
**Morison**: When did you make that decision?
**Duke**: The day my father was saved from a heart attack and he knelt to beg me...
**Morison**: (Nods unconsciously)...
**Duke**: ...
**Morison**: So...
**Morison**: Do you love her back, too?
**Duke**: ...
**Duke**: What do you mean by 'too'?
**Morison**: ...
**Morison**: Do you love her the way she loves you?
**Morison**: Or...
**Morison**: Do you love her the way you love me, **too**?
**Duke**: (Speechless) ...
**Duke**: I think I will. And I'm trying to...
**Duke**: But...
**Duke**: It's an arranged marriage by our families.
**Duke**: She knows about me.
**Duke**: She knows about you, too...
**Morison**: (Sneers) What does she know about me?
**Duke**: Like everyone else, she knows that you're my... buddy.
**Duke**: But in private, she knows more about us than others. The details...
**Morison**: Bahahaha.
**Morison**: Is that so?
**Morison**: It seems that something is off.
**Morison**: (Repeats bitterly) 'Buddy'.
**Morison**: Yes.
**Morison**: It can't be more accurate...
**Morison**: It is the epitome of our frustrating and hopeless relationship.
**Morison**: Yeah. If I were not your buddy.
**Morison**: Maybe I would be your 'classmate', 'friend' or 'partner'?
**Morison**: We can always find an identity more suitable...
**Morison**: More decent, more conforming to social norms...
**Morison**: More acceptable, more in line with your expectation.
**Morison**: We hold hands, we hug, and we kiss.
**Morison**: We've crossed out all the lists as lovers. And I'm still your buddy.
**Morison**: As your buddy, I will keep on holding your hands, hugging you and kissing you.
**Morison**: This is it...
**Morison**: This is where things go wrong.
**Morison**: Duke...
**Morison**: How can I count on that?
**Morison**: Even when someone comments on our 'great friendship'...
**Morison**: You feel like you are being judged...
**Morison**: You want to blend in and to please others so much that you are being 'drowned' in others' wishes.
**Morison**: You're like a dead man walking. You don't even care about who you are...
**Duke**: (Pained) Morison, enough.
**Morison**: (Emotional) No! It's not enough!
**Morison**: But I know who I am! I want to be more than a buddy!
**Morison**: I need a lover whom I can hold hands with in the daylight!
**Duke**: (Anguished) Are we going to fight again?
**Morison**: (Shakes his head) ...
**Morison**: Don't you see?
**Morison**: We are fighting about the same thing over and over.
**Morison**: In the end...
**Morison**: We are saddened and disappointed by each other...
**Morison**: But we would make up because we care too much...
**Morison**: There is nothing left but our tears...
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: We are torn between true identity and disguise. Between social role and secret lover.
**Triton**: Between reason and emotion.
**Triton**: Are you happy about this ending?
*Choice 1.1 - I don't know...*
**Player**: I wanted to protect them, but I didn't expect them to be like this...
**Player**: They are not only hurting other people, but also themselves.
*Choice 1.2 - Let's wait some more...*
**Player**: Maybe there's still a chance.
**Player**: Maybe Duke will be convinced. He'll change his mind and bravely admit who he is.
**Triton**: Bravely?
**Triton**: If so, it would turn out the way the things were after your first 'interference'...
**Triton**: Which do you prefer?
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: ...
**Morison**: Duke...
**Morison**: Why is it so difficult for you to face yourself?
**Morison**: Why is it so difficult for us to be together completely?
*Upon hearing this, Duke's eyes are watering up.*
**Morison**: Duke...
**Morison**: Why is it so hard for us?
**Morison**: Let's come out and stop struggling...
**Duke**: (Shakes his head) ...
**Duke**: (Shakes his head) I'm sorry...
**Duke**: I'm sorry. I'm a coward!
**Duke**: I know what you want...
**Duke**: But I can't give you 'that'.
**Duke**: So, this is the only thing I can give you.
**Morison**: (Sighs and nods) ...
**Player**: (Sighs) Why...
*Morison gently wipes away Duke's tears, yet his tears are all over his face...*
*After a long time, it seems that they've cried out all their dignities...*
*Until Morison brushes away his tears and forces himself to smile.*
*When he smiles, he has the same happy look when Duke first met him.*
**Morison**: (Lets out a deep breath) Duke...
**Morison**: We should stop seeing each other after tonight.
**Duke**: ...
**Morison**: I know you have the same thought with me.
**Morison**: (Smiles sadly) We are always in sync...
**Duke**: You know...
**Duke**: The day we came of age, the seawater gave me a sense of security and belonging I never felt before...
**Duke**: But I must live on to pay my debts...
**Morison**: Stop those crazy ideas.
**Morison**: If we can't be together, we can't make such foolish attempts again.
**Duke**: I'll live on.
**Duke**: I am not afraid of death. But I don't want you to be sad for me.
**Morison**: (Shakes his head) It's enough to taste death once.
**Morison**: I only remember the coldness of the seawater.
**Duke**: ...
**Morison**: I'm leaving, Duke.
**Morison**: I won't attend your wedding.
**Morison**: I'll find a more open-minded city. Whether I can find it or not, I must be on my way now...
**Duke**: ...
*Morison begins to leave but turns around*
**Duke**: ...
**Morison**: (Smiles forcibly) You're right, Duke.
**Morison**: You see, there's something I can't give you.
**Morison**: But that's alright.
**Morison**: You can still lead a happy life as you wish...
**Duke**: (Suppresses his sorrow) ...
*Morison leaves Duke*
*Scene - Triton's Ocean Palace*
**Player**: It seems that they must obey Duke's father to keep their relationship a secret.
**Player**: It turns out that 'starting a family' is such a cruel expectation from our parents...
**Player**: I didn't expect that my interference would put Duke and Morison in misery and ruined a girl's happiness.
**Player**: (Sad) ...
**Triton**: What's on your mind?
**Player**: I was wondering...
**Player**: Is there a way to fix things without hurting anyone?
**Triton**: No.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Every wish granted by the outside force.
**Triton**: Comes at a greater cost.
**Triton**: But the price is not paid... by god.
**Triton**: It will be paid by a randomly picked human.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Generally speaking, it's an accident.
**Triton**: Strictly speaking, it's victimization.
**Player**: ...
*All Choices - Choice 2.1 - "I don't know..." OR Choice 2.2 - "Let's wait some more..."*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: I have a new idea!
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Why are you so obsessed?
**Player**: You don't want to help me now?
**Triton**: Do you really want to start over?
**Player**: (Nods vigorously) ...
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Triton.
**Triton**: Here.
**Player**: You know?
**Player**: I don't have your superpower.
**Player**: But compared with god, I do have an advantage.
**Player**: As human, I can easily 'eat my words and act despicably'.
**Triton**: You don't need to demean yourself. You didn't do it for yourself.
**Player**: It is for me.
**Player**: For my conscience.
**Player**: Please give me another chance...
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: How do you want to change it this time?
**Player**: I think...
**Player**: Since they could die for each other, then they would still love each other deeply after many years...
**Player**: It's too painful for them to hide or reveal their relationship now...
**Player**: Maybe they can be together when the time's right and they're more mature!
**Player**: This way it won't hurt anyone!
**Player**: So...
**Player**: **Please make a time delay!**
**Player**: **We must postpone the rescue till Morrison thinks Duke's dead!**
**Player**: **Let them believe they are the only one who survives...**
**Player**: **Wait until the society becomes more liberated and they are more mature...**
**Player**: **Let them meet then!**
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Okay.
*Triton waves his trident, Great Wave*
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Follow me.
**Player**: Okay.
*Triton waves his hand*
*Go to Part 4*

**-Part 4**

*Scene - Kaigon, in winter*
*Ten years later.*
*The last stop of Su's exhibition tour is held in his hometown Kaigon.*
*Morison has come a long way with his partner to buy the painting named 'Sea' with a huge sum of money.*
*It starts to snow when the gallery closes.*
*The painting in Morison's arms gets wet by the melting snow...*
*He has to take a ride by the road.*
*This is when he meets Duke after ten years.*
**Morison**: ...
**Duke**: ...
*When the coachman sees his rider, he is startled for a few seconds. Then he notices the unfamiliar figure beside him.*
**Young Man**: Can you give us a ride?
**Duke**: ...
**Duke**: Where are you headed?
**Morison**: Out of the town.
**Duke**: Okay, then...
**Duke**: Get in, please.
*Duke drives the carriage towards the gate of the city.*
*In the Carriage*
**Young Man**: Your carriage...
**Duke**: Sorry about the horse. It's too old. I wanted to replace it but I don't have time.
**Young Man**: How long have you been in the business? Your horse looks old.
**Duke**: ... About eight or nine years.
**Young Man**: That's a long time. I see you have steady hands.
*Morison looks at the snow outside the window.*
*He holds the painting tightly. The drenched edge is nearly torn.*
**Morison**: ...
*The melted water outside the window permeates into Morison's heart. He's suddenly caught in a feeling of drowning.*
*For the last ten years, he would sit by Kaigon's seashore for a whole day every year.*
*He would hire a carriage when he leaves.*
*But so what?*
*Kaigon is a vast city. It's not easy to find someone.*
**Morison**: ...
**Duke**: Guys...
**Duke**: Guests invited to Master Su's exhibition must be experts in painting.
**Young Man**: Not me. I'm just here to accompany this man.
*As he speaks, he holds Morison's hand naturally.*
*Morison withdraws his hand and puts a tobacco into his mouth...*
*From his inner pocket, the young man proficiently takes out a match and lights the tobacco.*
**Duke**: ...
**Morison**: Do you mind if I smoke?
**Duke**: (Laughs) You lighted it up anyway.
*It must be hard to laugh in this situation.*
**Morison**: (Laughs) ...
**Young Man**: Oh, I'm sorry. Do you smoke?
**Young Man**: I bought a few boxes of tobacco in your city today. I'll leave one in your carriage.
**Duke**: Save it. I don't smoke.
*On second thought, Duke speaks again.*
**Duke**: I was a heavy smoker, but I quit.
**Young Man**: (Pinches Morison's arm slightly) See?
**Morison**: How did you quit?
**Morison**: He's been nagging me about this. Tell me how you did it.
**Duke**: (Startles and then smiles) ...
**Duke**: You know, nothing to worry, so I just quit like that.
**Morison**: (In a trance) ...
*Morison dusts off the cigarette ash outside the window and suppresses his inappropriate smile.*
*This is amusing. Maybe it'll still be amusing after another ten years.*
*Hold the painting of the sea on this old carriage.*
*In front of Duke and his current partner, it feels like a handover ceremony.*
*He laughs, but his eyes start to water up...*
*He has thought of so many possibilities of 'what if he's still alive'.*
*How different would he be? From the time when he was younger, when he was still smoking...*
*But he never thought that he'd become a disabled coachman in Kaigon...*
**Morison**: (Lost in memory) ...
*Thanks to the daydreaming, the carriage soon arrives at the gate of the city.*
*The young man gets down the carriage in Morison's arm.*
**Young Man**: What's the ride fare? Tell me.
**Duke**: It's free.
**Duke**: I've got an errand nearby. I'm headed this way...
**Young Man**: Really? Thank you.
**Duke**: Congratulations on bidding on the masterpiece. I'm happy for you.
**Young Man**: Ah, thank you.
**Duke**: Not at all.
**Morison**: Farewell.
**Duke**: ...
**Duke**: Bye.
**Player**: ...
*Scene - Triton's Ocean Palace*
**Triton**: Is this the ending you want?
**Player**: ...
*Choice 1.1 - "Sort of."*
**Player**: If I say no, what difference would it make?
*Choice 1.2 - ... No."*
**Player**: But what difference would it make?
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Now, you are far less keen to 'help others'.
**Player**: (Nods and sighs) ...
**Player**: I think...
**Player**: If I continue, I could push things into a point of no return.
**Player**: Just let it be.
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Despite their regrets...
**Player**: It's water under the bridge now.
**Player**: There is no chance for them to get back together.
**Player**: But fortunately...
**Player**: Both survived.
**Player**: No one gets hurt.
**Triton**: Are you sure?
**Player**: Uh-huh.
**Triton**: Okay.
**Triton**: But before their story goes down the lane you chose...
**Triton**: I need to remind you of something you've been overlooking.
**Triton**: Now, you know that Duke's father is the cost of 'revealing their relationship'...
**Triton**: Duke's loveless marriage is the cost of 'hiding their relationship'...
**Triton**: The cost of 'reunion after years' is Duke's disability and the impossibility of getting back together...
**Triton**: But have you ever wondered... what's the cost of 'Duke's resurrection'?
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Aren't you curious about how he got his life back?
**Player**: It wasn't you?
**Triton**: (Shakes his head) ...
**Triton**: I was waiting for you at my palace at that time. How could it be me?
**Triton**: If it had been me, you wouldn't be talking to me right now and getting yourself involved.
**Triton**: In order not to change the current timeline, I only arranged the time Duke would be saved.
**Triton**: I left the rest in the hands of humans...
**Player**: So, who saved him...?
**Triton**: A young fisherman by the sea.
**Triton**: You heard his mother's prayer the other day...
**Triton**: She prayed that his only son could 'return safe and sound from his fishing expeditions.'
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: He's dead.
**Triton**: He sacrificed his own life to save another.
**Player**: You mean Duke was saved at the expense of another life?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: The good news is that you don't have to worry about Duke killing himself.
**Triton**: To redeem, he'll live with the burden of guilt for the rest of his life...
**Player**: !!!
**Player**: ...
**Player**: If I had asked you from the start, you would've told me, right?
**Triton**: Yes.
**Triton**: Yet you didn't ask.
**Triton**: You were carried away by your urge to save a life.
**Triton**: You never asked. Or, you didn't dare to ask.
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Player.
**Triton**: You were desperately curious about 'how I granted your wish'...
**Triton**: In the meantime, you were scared to know too much.
**Triton**: Am I right?
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Yes.
**Player**: There is no feeling more conflicted than this.
**Player**: When I see a toppling teacup, I reach my hand to catch it.
**Player**: Although I manage to save the cup, my elbow knocks down the teacup.
**Player**: I have saved a white rabbit from being eaten, yet a gray one dies instead.
**Player**: And it is never my intention to let the wolf cub starve to death...
**Player**: To save the one in trouble, I have killed the one in neglection.
**Triton**: (Nods) ...
**Triton**: But there's no solution to such moral dilemmas...
**Triton**: You had a good intention. That's enough.
**Triton**: Kind men do good deeds out of their instinct.
**Triton**: Your nature forbids you to do harm.
**Triton**: You don't have the heart to witness a tragedy.
**Triton**: You always reach out to help those in distress.
**Triton**: You have a clear conscience when you relieve others' pain.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: But this is a 'hypocritic' conscience!
**Player**: I have erred...
**Player**: And I hate myself for it.
**Player**: I wanted to save people, not to harm them.
**Player**: I have begged for your help to save a life...
**Player**: But, it failed again and again...
**Player**: I shall be partly blamed if anyone gets hurt in the future.
**Player**: No, not partly.
**Player**: It's all my fault!
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Not just you.
**Triton**: Every man has blood on their hands.
**Triton**: You're all 'murderers' to some extent.
**Triton**: Because it's the prerequisite.
**Triton**: To live and love.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Triton!
**Player**: Can I... change my mind again?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: Tell me what you have in mind...

**-Choice 2.1 - Could you change the past instead of the future?**

**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Even if they went back in time.
**Player**: Stopping them from falling in love...
**Player**: It might stop all the suffering from happening...
**Player**: They're not made for each other in the first place...
**Player**: If so...
**Player**: Why not just separate them at the beginning?
**Player**: If they stay together...
**Player**: No matter how they struggle...
**Player**: There won't be any perfect ending.
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Triton.
**Player**: Could you go back in time and tell them?
**Player**: You're a god. They must heed your advice, right?
**Triton**: (Frowns) ...
**Triton**: Player.
**Triton**: First.
**Triton**: Their falling in love has nothing to do with their subsequent split.
**Triton**: All those passionate moments.
**Triton**: They wouldn't regret their choices.
**Triton**: Second.
**Triton**: Would it make any difference if I tell them?
**Triton**: I could tell them that 'your love would make both of you suffer miserably'.
**Triton**: But it still would not change a thing.
**Triton**: Regardless of the ending...
**Triton**: They're firm believers in their own path.
**Player**: So, there's no way to change their love?
**Player**: Even if they knew what would become of them?
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: For humans, love is not rational.
**Triton**: You know it's wrong, but you can't help it.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Then, what shall we do?
**Triton**: (Sighs) ...
**Triton**: Player, you have a kind heart.
**Triton**: You can't stand watching people 'suffer'.
**Triton**: But you're too naive when it comes to 'helping others'...
**Triton**: You still don't see the reason why I agreed to help you.
**Triton**: I wonder...
**Triton**: I've spoilt you too much.
**Triton**: Today's 'game' ends here.
*Triton disappears*
**Player**: ...
*Scene ends*

**-Choice 2.2 - Change back to the way it was before. No more interference. - 20 Intimacy**

**Player**: I understand.
**Player**: What you wanted to say is...
**Player**: The world is balanced.
**Player**: You can't save all with God's power.
**Player**: There is an expense behind every salvation...
**Player**: What I can do is to accept the ending.
**Player**: Accept everything as it is...
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Triton!
**Player**: Please give me another chance...
**Player**: I still want to help Morison.
**Player**: But I won't use your superpower to change anything.
**Player**: I just want to help him as a fellow human being...
**Player**: Please help me for the very last time. Come with me and meet him...
**Player**: I'll be careful not to influence the course of events...
**Player**: This time, I won't affect others' lives...
**Triton**: (Hesitates) I don't easily show myself in front of humans...
**Player**: No.
**Player**: You have to come with me as my supervisor.
**Triton**: ... Alright.
*Scene - On the beach at night*
*The God shows his true self before the desperate man.*
*Triton salvages Duke's body with his power.*
*In Morison's eyes, the hope dims and grief ...*
**Player**: Sorry...
**Player**: I'm sorry for your loss...
**Morison**: ...
**Triton**: (Points to Duke's body) You can't take him with you.
**Triton**: His body belongs to the sea.
**Triton**: Say goodbye.
**Triton**: From now on, stop praying to me.
**Triton**: This is the only thing I can do for you.
**Player**: (Whispers) Don't be so frightening.
**Triton**: ...
*At the beach, Morison stares at the body of his lover.*
*Except for the sand, his pale face looks no different than when he was alive.*
*Probably he would sit up the next second and complain about the seawater he swallowed.*
**Morison**: ...
**Morison**: He did it...
**Morison**: He no longer needs to grow up.
**Morison**: You'll stay 20 years old forever.
**Player**: ...
**Morison**: When the waves drove us apart...
**Morison**: He gave up struggling.
**Morison**: He had always been a man without much conviction.
**Morison**: Yet he was so determined about this...
**Morison**: For him, his life was such a heavy burden that drowned him eventually.
**Morison**: (Nods) He really needed a rest...
**Morison**: I promised to die with him.
**Morison**: With him gone, I can't live on my own.
**Player**: Of course you can! If you want to!
**Morison**: (Shakes his head) You took him away...
**Morison**: Please take me as well.
**Player**: No.
**Player**: I promised my god.
**Player**: I won't change anything with 'force'...
**Triton**: ...
**Player**: Morison.
**Player**: I...
**Player**: I happen to know... your lover, Duke.
**Player**: I witnessed a lot of his deeds, so I know him well.
**Player**: He wasn't selfish enough and he didn't like owing people.
**Player**: He tried to build a friendly relationship with everyone in this world.
**Player**: Thus, he lived up to everyone's expectation, except his own.
**Player**: You want him to live. That's what you want.
**Player**: Have you ever considered what he wanted? The person who walked into the sea with despair...
**Player**: Surely, if you urged him to live, he would never refuse you.
**Player**: To be more accurate, he hated to refuse you.
**Player**: Even if the god brought him back to life, his heart would have already been drowned.
**Player**: He would be a dead man walking, in order not to hurt people.
**Player**: His burden would be ten times heavier than before!
**Player**: The burden of owing his life to his savior, the shame he brought onto his family, and the guilt of bringing you grief...
**Morison**: ...
**Player**: But you're different, Morison.
**Player**: When you walked into the water, you saw it clearly.
**Player**: You were saved by your survival instinct!
**Player**: Humans are the most honest in the face of death.
**Player**: I think you still want to live on.
**Morison**: Is it okay that I'm the only one survived?
**Player**: (Nods seriously) ...
**Morison**: Would Duke think the same?
**Player**: ...
**Player**: You won't get an answer from the deceased.
**Player**: You must find the answer by living your life.
**Player**: Respect his choice and let him go...
*It's hard to tell the emotion from Morison's eyes, whether it's loss or emptiness.*
*He stares at the sea, lost in his thoughts.*
**Morison**: (Nods imperceptibly) ...
*You turn to Triton and look at him. He understands what you are implying...*
**Triton**: ...
*Triton waves his hand and Duke's body returns to the sea*
*Morison turns around and slowly disappears into the humid summer air...*
*Scene - On the beach during the day*
*Mirage...*
**Player**: God, why I got nothing but disappointment despite all the efforts I put in?
**Triton**: Regrets are the norm of this world.
**Triton**: You feel regretful because you can't think things through.
**Player**: Yeah.
**Player**: I thought I was doing others a favor, but I only saw 'one side of the story'...
**Player**: I thought I was correct, but I was 'making a huge mistake' on the other side of the story.
**Triton**: Player, you didn't excuse yourself by saying 'I'm doing it for their sake'.
**Triton**: You know how to repent and make corrections.
**Triton**: (Nods appreciatively) You've done better than most of your kind.
**Player**: But I've made many mistakes...
**Player**: Triton, can I ask you a question?
**Player**: Why would you allow me to try over and over?
**Player**: You could've said 'no' from the get-go.
**Triton**: ...
**Triton**: I knew you would ask.
**Player**: Oh?
**Player**: Really? You knew it early on?
**Triton**: Not exactly...
**Player**: Are you playing with me? You love seeing me make a fool of myself?
**Triton**: No.
**Triton**: I had my doubt whether I should tell you straightforward.
**Triton**: But would you believe me if I just told you?
**Player**: ...
**Triton**: Instead of telling you the answer, it's better to let you find it on your own.
**Triton**: Any change you make, it would be your decision.
**Triton**: I would never interfere or stop you...
**Triton**: I would be standing by your side to help you.
**Player**: (Sighs with relief) Alas...
**Player**: Triton, did you notice?
**Player**: I've changed a lot since I met you.
**Player**: ... It's a good thing, isn't it?
**Triton**: I can't answer you. Because...
**Triton**: You're always perfect in my eyes.
**Player**: ...
*Player smiles*
**Player**: ...
*You look in the direction Triton is gazing...*
*Things become a little blurry. You don't know where you are...*
*The sea mirage reflects the truest yet varied people living in this world.*
*Those who are in love, apart, or together...*
 *Those who are loud, quiet, lucky, or miserable...*
*Those who look forward to the new day, those are alive, or those are dead...*
*My all-seeing God, you will never get upset or sad.*
*Only humans do.*
*Scene ends*

## Audio

*Note: Skins will use the audio from the basic skin unless indicated otherwise.*

### Triton's Basic Skin

* **Butler Interactions**
	+ Before Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *The weight of this crown is not something you humans can bear...*
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		- **Torso**: *It is useless to pray to a god that loves to watch and do nothing.*
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		- **Waist**: *Hold on tight, let me take you to the bottom of the ocean...*
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	+ After reaching Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *If I take off my crown, can I be human for a day?*
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		- **Torso**: *I can't let your wish go unfulfilled...*
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		- **Waist**: *Ready to let go? You can't breathe if you keep holding on.*
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* **Skills**
	+ **Basic**: *Tidal wave!*
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	+ **Advanced**: *Cascading waters!*
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	+ **Ultimate**: *Fragile dreams!*
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* **Arrival**: *The Eternals? They're nothing but observers.*
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* **Display Voice 1**: *Better to be ignored than pitied.*
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* **Display Voice 2**: *The world-saving legends about me are all fake.*
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* **Display Voice 3**: *I love watching humans fake their feelings.*
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* **Hit**: *Ugh!*
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* **Dying**: *Just as I had hoped.*
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