Intermission: The World as Myth
"All right, Amy, what did you want to show me?" said Taylor as she came into the BBFO offices after school.
Amy, in human form, was sitting in front of a monitor. "You know how we've been screening through information we've downloaded from different universes? Well, Dragon, Ramoth and Bahamut have been screening through them, at least. Bahamut forwarded something you need to see."
The healer began to play the video as Taylor came up beside her. A black screen listed text in Japanese with an English translation below.
Production
Haruki Kadokawa
Naotaka Yoshida
Lightning flashed against dark clouds while bombastic electronic music began to play and additional credits appeared on the screen. A male voice sang in Japanese, while the English subtitles translated on screen:
"In the tower of light, at the end of the darkness..." Taylor didn't realize exactly
what she was watching until the voice started to yell,
"Varga Change! Varga Change!"
"Is that Princess Luna?" she asked, shocked.
Varga appeared on her shoulder in the form of a small dragon.
"That certainly could be her, given some artistic license for the animators. Her hair was slightly darker and longer, although still unusually light in color for her people. I also don't quite remember her clothing being quite so immodest."
"What universe is this from?" Taylor asked Amy.
Amy double-checked the message that accompanied the video. "It appears to be a download from the New York Public Library's digital archives in Harry Dresden's universe."
"Really? He didn't seem to recognize Varga," said Taylor.
"It wasn't especially popular. It came out in 1998 in Japan and only showed four thirty minute episodes. I would be more surprised if he
had seen it, especially given his issues with technology," explained Amy.
A "Luna Varga" logo cut away to a dark and foreboding location, where some type of gargoyle-like creature was summoned forth. This was followed by some exposition about the Kingdom of Rimsbell and how it fell under attack by its neighbors. Amy paused it as the princesses of Rimsbell confronted a messenger from the attacking force and said, "We have copies of the four episodes that aired, but I don't know how accurate they are."
Varga looked at the image on the screen of the three blonde women and the drunken messenger without speaking for a moment.
"From my memories of that time...well, I remember that day. It was the day of my joining with Luna. I think I would like to watch this," he said in an unusually somber tone.
Amy smiled. "Of course. I'll leave you two alone. The videos are all queued up and ready to watch."
As Amy started through the door to her lab, Taylor said simply, "Thank you, Amy." Amy just smiled and nodded, and then closed the door as the sound of the video began to play.
"Well, now, what should I do for the next couple of hours?" She probably shouldn't start any lengthy projects. She had a feeling Taylor might want to talk after they were done watching. "Hmm..." she said. Going over to another computer, she pulled up a file that Dragon had sent to her a while ago, but that she hadn't actually watched. Sitting back, she settled in as a theme song started to play.
"Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand..."
