The Puppeteer

Overview	Story	The Crying Children	The Church of Gears	The Eighth Chef	The Musicians of Bremen
The 8 o’Clock Circus	L’heure du Loup	The Puppeteer	The Blood-red Night	Yesterday’s Promise	The Blue Reverberation

The Puppeteer
Type	Distortion
Parent	The Reverberation Ensemble
Appearances	Library Of Ruina

“	The thoughts and emotions I hold when I craft them... A resentment towards the City for driving me to this desperation, and a blind anger for the rich. A glimpse of hope that I can bring back my precious son whose life they took. Bitterness, and... a yearning for vengeance toward Roland, the man who rid me of that hope and pushed me to despair. I wrap the emotions I couldn’t outwardly express in a human string and shape them. I take out the useless chunks of meat... and fill their insides with the emotional baggage I’m carrying. I can breathe easy after I indulge in my craft... That’s when I feel alive at last. Do you see how dear the puppets are to me now?	”
–The Puppeteer to Chesed

The Puppeteer is one of ten acts in the Reception of the Reverberation Ensemble. It is received by the Floor of Social Sciences.

Dialogue

Jae-heon

Combat Entrance "You may be bound at the moment, but I will cut all those strings for you." "…It’s time for a little puppetry." On Kill "It’s such a pity that I can’t make a puppet out of you." "Don’t you want to cut down your strings and gain freedom as well?" "…Puppets. The end is near." "That didn’t live up to the reputation." Teammate Death "What a pain. You’re being rather violent…" "You’re damaging my puppets." "Does it hurt to play along?" "That puppet is now useless…" Death "In the end… The strings couldn’t be released…" Victory "We will reach that world by every and all means necessary."

Puppets

Combat Entrance "Gigigigigig." "Grgrgr. Grgrg." "Gygygy… Gyg." "Grgrgrgrgrg. Grgr." "Gygygyg. Grgrg. Gig." On Kill "Gigigigi… Gig." "Ghgh." "Gigigigigi. Ghghghghgh…" "Ghghghghghgh… Gigi…" "Gigi… Gig… Ghghgh… Gigigigigig." Teammate Death "Ghghghgh. Gygygygygy. Gh." "Grgrgr… Gigigi… Gigigigigig…" "Gig… Gigigi… Gygygygy… Grgh." "Gigigigigi… Gig… Ghghghghg." "Ghghghgh. Gigi… Gigigigigi." Death "Gigigi… Gigig…" "Grgrgr… Grgrgrgrgrg…" "Gy… Gygygyg…" "Gigigigigig…" "Grgrgrgrgrgrg…" Victory "Gigigi…" "Grgrgr. Grgrgrgr." "Gii ghghghghgh… Ghgh." "Gigigigigi. Gigigig…" "Gigig… Ghghgh… Gii…"

Chesed

Combat Entrance "Don’t sweat it~ I think it’s best not to get too nervous." On Kill "Things are going smooth, it seems~" "I guess there’s no time to slow down…" "Everyone. Let’s take it up a notch~" "It looks like we can wrap this up soon enough~" Teammate Death "Let’s not be impatient. I think we can still make it." "I’m sure it wasn’t a pointless sacrifice." "…If not for us, no one will keep them at bay." "Stand back for a bit if you’re exhausted." Death "I guess I wasn’t good enough to stop them…" Victory "A free world where all the strings are loose, is it…"

Librarian 1

Combat Entrance "Can we… really make it? I’m kind of anxious." On Kill "That took some effort, but…" "Let’s deal with them in haste." "I’ve taken care of this one, let me lend a hand with the others." Teammate Death "When are we gonna be done with this kind of pain?" "A moment of silence." "I’m… It’s gonna be alright. We can make them stop for sure." Death "I’m sure the others… can… deal with…" Victory "It seems we’ve done it somehow… Yeah?"

Librarian 2

Combat Entrance "We’re supposed to defeat them, right?" On Kill "…Nailed it!" "It completely broke…" "I’m not letting a puppet on dinky strings get me…" Teammate Death "We need some room to breathe." "One of us has gotta stay sharp." "I think we should keep our focus on the fight for now." Death "At least I didn’t… get in my allies’ way." Victory "I—Is it actually over?"

Librarian 3

Combat Entrance "The sound alone creeps me out now." On Kill "This isn’t all that rough, is it?" "They can’t move once the strings are cut." "Can’t let the same thing happen to me…" Teammate Death "How did this… happen?" "Mister Chesed… What should we do now…?" "Maybe this was a bad idea…" Death "Dammit… I can’t move anymore…" Victory "I wonder if killing the Puppeteer actually frees the puppets?"

Librarian 4

Combat Entrance "…Those horrid puppets are back." On Kill "Are we… cutting off their strings?" "Those puppets are pretty unfortunate when you think about it." "…Got it! We’re making good progress." Teammate Death "…We should fight back before they hit us even harder." "You faced up to your responsibility. That’s all that needs to be said." "I’ll have to take heart for them…" Death "Hopefully… this will be taken care of…" Victory "Whew… The master of the puppets wasn’t even that strong."