Final Resource Recovery Unit - Tragic Encounter | One Affirmation Will... - NieR: Automata
Well... at least the game kept A2's hair the way I changed it... right?
And I bet you thought that the "tragic encounter" was in the thumbnail, and that it was spoiled the twist for you, didn't you?
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This was so rough. After recording this, I went and found out that 21O went and became a B (Battle) model so that she could protect 9S on the battlefield during that assault where everything went wrong. It must've been a last-minute decision.
I don't know in what way she loved 9S, but it's clear that she cared about him. She said she just wanted to be with him... to have a family...
Just to... not be lonely...
If I hadn't done that ques for her where she was talking about her interest in families, her dialogue during that fight wouldn't have meant as much. It made it SO MUCH HARDER for me to kill her, and I already REALLY didn't want ANYTHING to do with that fight to begin with.
This was actually even harder to stomach than 6O's death. 6O's dialogue was really f***ing sad, but I didn't have to SEE her die, let alone practically kill her myself. And it was only in the end, as she was infected with the logic virus, that we got to hear 21O's true thoughts and feelings. And they were also... her final words...
9S has lost SO MUCH by now. All he has left is his name and value as a soldier for a dead organization, and his friendship with Emil, Devola, and Popola.
In a way, 9S also has A2 as well, though it can't work out with the way things currently are. We already know that 2B's memory merged with A2's in some way, and now we see that starting to affect her. 2B's feelings for 9S are starting to become A2's as well. Even if it's not "love", A2 has feelings or care/concern for 9S.
She cares for someone... who hates her with every fiber of his being, who wants to kill her...
And I mean... him watching A2 finish butchering 21O right in front of him probably didn't help.
The only bright sides here are that, 1) A2 kept her hair dye even after swapping characters, 2) 9S and A2 haven't killed each other yet, 3) The Pods are showing sentience and even feelings towards each other (yay for shipping!), 4) You got to see the return of the "big brother" and "little brother" machines that I told you about at the start of Route B, and 5) With the Tower next, it seems we're nier the conclusion of this story.
Which is good. I don't know how much further down 9S is gonna continue to spiral, especially after all the s*** that he's been continuously put through. I don't know how much more I can stand to WATCH him plummet...
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