The Eternal Opera, Prologue by TakaraYuuki, literature
Literature
The Eternal Opera, Prologue
CELESTE:
This City,
It hides a darkness
That no-one
Cares to know.
Don’t acknowledge,
Don’t think of it,
Just keep walking,
Don’t look below.
All the clockworks
They can’t see you,
But the shadows
Wander still.
There is something,
The wind is changing,
But I’m not sure
For good or ill….
In this City,
The dimmest gaslight
Is too few
Too far between.
And the moonlight
Watches over me,
But what good is that
If I am caught?
This City!
Something about it
Drive me insane
In the dark.
And the stupid
And oblivious
Might have been right
After all…
This City,
It far too dangerous
This City,
Should not be ou
The Eternal Opera, Act 1 Scene 1 by TakaraYuuki, literature
Literature
The Eternal Opera, Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 1 Prologue- The streets of Cai Terra
The stage is set in the night time streets of Cai Terra, a futuristic steampunk city run by clockworks and steam, with a distant air of Victorian London about it. Buildings loom menacingly in the background, the odd window lit up by flickering candlelight. Gaslight makes the eerie setting dimly visible, and there is a distant sound of clicking gears. Enter our heroine, LADY CELESTINE EVERMORE, looking increasingly worried, her eyes darting about the stage warily as she hurries. She is a tallish woman of nineteen, with red curls that reach halfway down her back, left half loose and a little scru
Over the hills and under the mountains
Around the rivers, across the seas
Never the damsel but not quite a warrior
Cry to the moon for the goddess's heart
White lights descend
One by one
In the realm of spirit
A shining sun
Fades upon the distant horizon
In the depths of Amaranth
The shadows grow
And the day shall come when we will meet again
My heart encased in glass
Over the hills and under the mountains
Around the rivers, across the seas
Never the damsel but not quite a warrior
Cry to the moon for the goddess's heart
The music is filling my head
For once I cannot sing the words
Reaching for the stars above
Your name f