9S's Memories is a novel in NieR:Automata.
Description
Following his fight to the death with A2, 9S's vital functions start to shut down, and his memories begin to disappear. On the verge of death, however, 9S finds his resolve.
Transcript
"I'm..."
"My name is..."
"My name... is 9S."
"A newly manufactured Scanner model."
"January 30th, 11942."
"Rolled out at 4:25 AM, Bunker time."
"I will fight for humanity with all my strength."
"The pleasure is mine, Commander."
I lie collapsed in a space of blinding white.
The pain is... gone.
The light envelops me. It's so warm.
I was anxious.
A soldier from the moment I was born, thrown into the world alone.
Nothing to rely on.
No God to believe in.
I was alone.
Tasked with infiltrating enemy territory to gather intelligence.
In the fog.
In the flames.
Alone.
"My name's 9S. I'm here to provide support."
2B came off as being rather aloof. Cold, even.
She must have wanted to distance herself from me.
I guess she didn't want to be attached to someone she had to kill
again and again and again.
But... I...
"Scanners like me mostly work alone. Scouting out enemy lines and all that?"
"I don't usually get a partner. It's kind of fun!"
I was so happy to be with someone.
It was like I had a family.
My damage worsens.
I start to lose my memories.
The space fills up with pure white light.
It's like being buried in snow.
It's a little bit cold.
It's a little bit frightening.
Will my soul... disappear?
A dark fog clouds my vision.
As it ebbs and flows in its slow, dreamlike way, it gradually takes human shape.
It's the red girl.
She slowly begins to speak.
This tower is a colossal cannon built to destroy the human server.
Destroy the server... and rob the androids of their very foundation.
That was the plan devised by those girls.
But they changed their mind.
They saw us androids. They saw Adam. And Eve.
They saw how we lived, considered the meaning of existence,
and came to a different conclusion.
This tower doesn't fire artillery. It fires an ark.
An ark containing memories of the foolish machine lifeforms.
An ark that sends those memories to a new world.
Perhaps they'll never reach that world.
Perhaps they'll simply wander an empty sky for eternity.
It's all the same to the girls. For them, time is without end.
Adam and Eve are inside the ark.
Eve is asleep.
Adam holds him in a gentle embrace. He seems to be smiling at me.
I try to look up at him, but my body refuses to move.
Looks like the damage has spread to my motor functions as well.
"Will you come with us?" asks Adam.
The question was completely free of malice.
It seemed I no longer had a reason to hate machines.
Maybe I never had a reason in the first place.
What have I been fighting for?
Who have I been living for?
I don't know anymore.
I try to speak my mind, but the words don't come out right.
My thought routines are losing cohesion.
I don't... I can't remember my name.
"I'm..."
Mustering all my strength, I force out the words...
"I'll go with you."
"We YoRHa have no right to remain in this world." |
"I'll stay."
"I..." "We YoRHa... We don't deserve to be loved by this world...." |
Location
- Obtained after defeating A2 (Route D).
Notes
- Depending on who the player chooses during the final battle between 9S and A2, this novel may be acquired during the third playthrough, or by replaying Ch.17-09: 9S and A2.
- The player is offered a choice during the novel to either "stay" or "leave" the earth to join the ark; however, this doesn't seem to have much impact.
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