Recollective Musicbox

"*Filled with love, an extraordinary, peerless music box.*"
―Gallerian Chirclatia and Meta Clockworker

**Recollective Musicbox** is a song released on January 16, 2011 in the Judgment of Corruption ~A Court of Greed~ album. It is the eighth song in the Original Sin Story and the fifteenth and final song of the Clockwork Lullaby Series.

## Plot

The story takes place in the Magic Kingdom Levianta. In the past, a young woman named Meta Clockworker made a music box that played more beautifully than any other. Her skills earned her the name "Clockworker" from others. She made this musicbox for her beloved fiancé, Gallerian, and sister Irina, both of whom she loved very much. The song plays the music that the box can no longer play in the present, a "Lu Li La" melody.

It goes on to mention that the ones with the greatest magical talent would rule the country and obtain everything, with the candidates being the two siblings. The "gear begins to go mad" and the two turned against each other, though if magic didn't exist, they could have lived happily. Meta saw Irina collapse and Gallerian cry. The musicbox nowadays is silent and cannot be opened. After later events, the country is now in ruins and Meta, much older and having lost her sanity, makes something new. She replies that it is making a musicbox when asked, however it looks to be more like just a dirty, black box.

## Lyrics

### Original version

There was once a splendid music box with golden springs that had twisted up

The melody it cannot play was once a song of love

As the years passed it was lost in a history time forgot

A beautiful box, one studded with jewels, that cannot be opened...

In a time that is long passed there had been a woman who would make music boxes second to none

That when wound up, they would play the prettiest songs

Having such masterful skill as she did in time found herself admired by all

And with that, the 'Clockworker' she was called

She had a fiancé she would soon marry and a sweet little sister, too

'Surely there is no one who's as lucky as I,' so she said, thanking God for her blessed life

For the sake of those two, she decided that with her love, she would invent

An extraordinary music box like no other one

For she wanted the lives that they lived to only bring happiness

And it was into the music box that she put that wish of hers

Now it is that same music box that she made that won't play anymore

It had been decided that in this country the one whose magical talent surpassed everyone's

Would become the ruler, and be given everything

And then one day they selected two more candidates, the two that they had picked

Were a sister and a fiancé

Now the gears became mad and in hatred they spin as the two began to compete

If there were no such thing as magic to begin with, then the two surely would have been happy...

The conclusion was the cruelest one, what she saw in front of her was

What she once made for them, t'was the music box now covered in blood

To look on the one who met her death and to look on the man who wept

With all her heart she'd loved both of them, she had loved them both, and yet...

Now it is that same music box that she made that won't play anymore

What was once a kingdom has become a mere abadoned husk

There's an old woman who has lost her mind making something in the dust

'What are you making?' She'll sometimes be asked by the passerby who cross her path

And the woman gives them this reply, 'It's, of course, a music box...'

But to look on what she is creating, the box doesn't seem to be even that

A black box that is closed and dirty

Just a piece of trash

### Clockworker version

In a time that has long past, I had been a woman

Able to make music boxes, all second to none

That when wound up, they would play the prettiest of songs

And because I had such skill in the work I did

In time I found myself admired by all

And from then the 'Clockworker' I was...

With a fiancé, soon to be husband

And a sweet little sister too

It was those two who would always be by my side

So I used to say, 'I am sure that you'll find no one who's as lucky as I'

As I thank God for my blessed life

For the sake of those two I decided that with all my love for them I would create it

My extraordinary, perfect music box like no other one

All I wanted was for the lives that we lived to in the future only bring happiness

So it was into the springs of my music box I had put that wish

Now it is that the same music box that I made won't play anymore...

It had been decided that in this country, they would choose the one whose magic talent surpassed everyone's

To become the monarch and they will obtain everything

One day they selected two more new candidates, they're the civilians that they picked

My fiancé, and her, my sister...

Now the gears became mad and in hatred, spin, as the two began to compete

If there were no such thing as magic to begin with...

The conclusion was the cruelest one; what I saw in front of me

Was the music box covered in blood

There once was a beautiful music box with golden springs that had twisted up

And for you, the melody that it can't play was once my song of love

To look on the one who met her death, to look on the one who wept

Even though, with all my heart, I loved both of them

They were both so loved, and yet...

Now it is that the same music box that I made won’t play anymore

What was once a kingdom has become a mere abadoned husk

There's an old woman who has lost her mind making something in the dust

'What are you making?' She'll sometimes be asked by the passerby who cross her path

And the woman gives them this reply, 'It's, of course, a music box...'

But to look on what she is creating, the box doesn't seem to be even that

A black box that is closed and dirty

Just a piece of trash

## Related Songs

### Project 'Ma'

Project 'Ma' recounts the first titular Project 'Ma' for which Adam Moonlit selected as a candidate, as well as detailing the first project's failure leading to their own eventual selection.

### Escape of Seth the Sorcerer

Escape of Seth the Sorcerer recounts the second Project 'Ma' for which Seth Twiright was selected as a candidate, detailing the second project's failure as well.

### Ma Survival

Ma Survival depicts the rivalry between Gallerian and Irina during the seventh Project 'Ma' and shows in greater detail the latter's death, as well as featuring a musical cameo to Recollective Musicbox.

### Whereabouts of the Miracle

Whereabouts of the Miracle describes Meta's attempt to revive the dead Irina by placing her into the ark "Sin" located in the temple, involuntarily causing the Levianta Catastrophe and destroying everything she held dear.

### Chrono Story

Chrono Story describes the later actions of Gallerian Chirclatia after the losses he sustained in Recollective Musicbox, as it retells how and why he accepts Held's mission to retrieve the Vessels of Sin.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Gallerian Chirclatia (first appearance)
* Meta Clockworker (first appearance)
* Irina Clockworker

### =Locations

* Bolganio
* Magic Kingdom Levianta (first appearance)
* Periods
* Third Period

### Events

* Levianta Catastrophe (first appearance)

### Groups

* Clockworker Family
* Behemoth
* Ma (Mem Aleph)
* Project 'Ma' (first indirect mention)

### Misc

* Clockwork Lullaby
* Ghoul Children
* Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome
* Humans
* Inheritors
* Magic
* Spell Songs

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* The song's title references the nostalgia brought about by the lullaby, likely for Gallerian.
* The song's English title, "Clockwork requiem", refers to the tragedy of the Clockworker's with the death of Irina.
* In media, the music box is often used to lead into reminisces and other flashback scenes.

### Curiosities

* The Evils Court booklet notes that a powerful testimony was obtained regarding the "Clockworker" who went missing, although the full picture concerning the Levianta Catastrophe remained a mystery.
* Later in the booklet, Bruno Octo summarizes the song, saying it was obvious who won; he then notes that it's uncertain if the "loser" disappeared from history, admitting they could only wait for her to tell them personally.
* The spell song Clarith uses to contact Gallerian is called "Recollective Musicbox", supposedly telling the tragedy of the craftsman "Clockworker".