The Promised Canaan Episode 5 Part 1

Title card pops up immediately, and this chapter is called The Promise From Another Time.

Camera then tunes back to the present as Teacher Dagon is surprised and amazed that there’s some big underground space under That Place. Canaan Dagon calls out to Baal since he figures he’s there and may as well show himself. Baal complies and says he’s back from finishing his work. He says that there’s a flood going on up above which should wash away everything in the world in short order.

Baal then asks why the forefather Dagon is making the face he’s making. He just did the administrative task Dagon was supposed to do under his supervision. He also reminds Dagon that Baal is acting as his agent for now. When a World Representative is faced with a World Collapse Crisis, they’re supposed to take appropriate measures, but Baal notes that Dagon has clearly given up on Canaan.

Dagon denies having given up and says he’s merely accepting the consequences for the choices his children has made. Baal asks if that extends to his own destruction, but Dagon doesn’t answer that question. Baal says it’s a huge problem for himself if that does happen. It’s too early for that just yet, he whispers to himself.

Baal speaks back up again and says Dagon dying now should be a problem for him too. Dagon does concede that point, so Baal suggests that he take the seat of World Representative now. He could clean things up right away in that case. Dagon declines saying it’s not yet time for that. It’s not his choice either since it’s ordained to be Canaan’s most beautiful to choose.

Baal says he knew he’d say that before commenting that the ‘tragedy being put on for a single person’ is going to start over again until Dagon’s goal is fulfilled. He doesn’t respond to this, so Baal says the actors will be here soon and asks Dagon to explain everything to them.

Scene shifts elsewhere as narration compares the rain to the ocean sky above falling down to form the flood. The main city of Canaan is left as the only place standing and its citizens are in a state of panic. Landslides cause large rocks to fall onto the locations where crowds have gathered, but Asterius uses his power to destroy them into tiny pieces.

As the townspeople thank him, Nomad tells people to keep calm and follow evacuation procedures. Kurogane urges people to head to the great palace as the emergency shelter since it’s the highest elevated place. He then comments in some disbelief that a flood is actually happening, but he’s glad the emergency evac plans he quickly made are coming in handy.

Kurogane worries about you and Astarte and hopes you guys are okay. Nomad says he can tell you’re okay at least, which Kurogane agrees with. Nomad says he’s getting that feeling because he gave you the Promise Shell and that it’s telling him so. Asterius asks if they feel that way too as he says he gets that feeling as well.

Anyways Nomad says that while he can’t speak for anyone else, he’s pretty sure you’re doing what you can. In which case, they’ll have to buck up and do what they can themselves too. Tangaroa’s underlings show up offering to help them, and Asterius asks if Tangaroa is okay.

The mob confirms it and says they were ordered to help the others after he left to save you, his spouse-to-be. Nomad decides to ignore the last bit and accepts their help since it’s an emergency. He angrily asks where Baal went off to and is about to say something else but stops. Asterius says your name in concern.

Scene shifts back to your end with Kijimuna casting his NP to summon a big tree and accompanying wind. The branches growing scoop you and Astarte out of the water. You’re glad she seems okay and are amazed by what’s happening, and Kijimuna smiles in response. You start talking to him and ask if he’s Adonis before realizing that isn’t the case.

You remember his smile, and bits of Gogo come back to you. You wonder why you forgot and say he isn’t Adonis but Kijimuna. Kijimuna says he wanted to see you, and you either agree, say he’s cute, or give him a hug.

Going A seems to skip any extra lines. Anyways Tangaroa refers to himself with his own name as he says he’s happy you’re safe. You either call him by name, call him dad, or remember he’s Tangaroa and not Yam. He nods as he describes himself as the creator of the small floating world Lumia Kanaloa and the one who spent those days on the secret island with you guys.

You think about the days on that island, how they’ve repeated, and the time you spent with them all. Tangaroa asks if you remember now, so you say yes, wonder why you forgot, or disbelieve that you could have ever forgotten him. Going A, he talks about the times you’ve experienced and forgotten about, but now you’ve all been made to play as someone else at some point.

You either bring up Yam, comment that he remembers that time too, or ask if he remembers the flirty or couple stuff you two did under the influence. Going A, he comments the same seems to go for you. He suggests that everyone should exchange notes and figure out what they all know soon. For now he asks you what happened since you came here.

Tangaroa starts telling you about everyone else’s safety. He met Robinson before coming over, and Robinson has his memories back. They also exchanged info, and you’re relieved he’s okay.

Scene shifts to town as a tribe mob asks Robinson if he’s really okay with telling them to stop guarding him. He confirms it and says he has things to check on, which would be easier to do if he’s alone. He assures then that even if he doesn’t have his memories, he does have some knowledge about the current situation.

The mob doesn’t really understand, so Robinson brings up that the mobs have other things to do that Tangaroa asked of them. He has no idea who Tangaroa is and says he serves Yam, but shrugs and goes to help evacuate the citizens. Since he refers to Robinson as Aqhat as he leaves, Robinson comments on the name and how he didn’t doubt his identity during all that time. He wonders if he’s the type of person easily swept up in things.

Robinson then focuses back on things and says that as a veteran drifter, he’ll need to show his true abilities to you and the others. Narration says he remembers the time back on the island before scene shifts to the palace as Nomad says the evac seems to be done for now. Asterius wonders where Dagon is and points out he doesn’t seem to be doing anything in this emergency.

Tangaroa’s underlings run over to ask Nomad and Asterius to come see something. Nomad notes they came from the direction of Dagon’s throne and heads on over. When they get there, Nomad asks where Dagon went as the room is completely empty. Asterius asks what the big hole is and asks if it was under the throne. Kurogane is shocked by its presence since he never knew it existed.

Back to your side, Kijimuna asks if you remember Tokyo. You take a moment to try, then tell him that you do remember. Tangaroa goes quiet while Kijimuna says that everyone starting acting weird when they got here. He kept trying to bring this to everyone’s attention until he was nabbed one day and slept until Tangaroa broke him out. You’re shocked by that news and can ask if it was tough or if he was hurt.

Going A, Kijimuna says you’re nice before telling you he had plenty of food and water there, so it was pretty pleasant. Up until he met you he was always sleeping together with the banyan tree at that secret island, so he assures you he’s fine.

You ask if things were like back then with the constant mind wipes and reunions. You also wonder why only Kijimuna remembers, so Tangaroa asks if you forgot what Dagon had said the first time around. You ask if he means the Pillars.

Tangaroa confirms and says that if the world is a shell, its pillar would be the adductor muscle that connects the halves, holding up the sky while rooted in the earth. And so long as the world itself exists, it won’t be destroyed no matter the disaster that happens. Dagon is the same, and Tangaroa tells you he has a Pillar again.

As you mull over Dagon, Tangaroa talks some more about him as the one you all knew from that time and the mastermind of the incident that happened in it. He says if Kijimuna weren’t around none of you would have ever noticed what was going on. Tangaroa also thinks it was Dagon who imprisoned Kijimuna and says that if you think of it that way, everything makes sense. He’s sure that it isn’t coincidence that Dagon from then and the Dagon that’s here now have the same name and appearance.

Tangaroa says that Dagon and Baal are definitely involved at the center of this current incident. You suggest going to Dagon’s palace for now since he should be there, but Tangaroa comments that Astarte wasn’t around for Gogo. He thinks there’s a clue or something in that fact, and you hope Astarte is okay.

Astarte shifts and Astaroth takes form as they wake up, which surprises you. They need a moment to process returning to their original body and asks where Astarte went.

Scene shifts over to town, and you try to call out for someone before noting no one is there. Astaroth says as much too and wonders what happened. You wonder if they got swept up by the flood, and Kijimuna tells you he didn’t find anyone either. Tangaroa comes back from searching the backstreets but had no luck. Dagon’s palace is the only place unchecked left.

You suggest heading over, and Astaroth asks if it’s okay for them to come along.  Astarte might be there, and if she is...Astaroth trails off. You ask if they want to save or talk to her, and they answer that they don’t know yet. They were always busy with their own affairs and had no interest in anyone else, but they see Astarte as another side to them.

Astaroth says they want to see and talk to Astarte. It might be for their own sake instead of hers, but you agree to take them along. They thank you for doing so, and Tangaroa thinks about another self and about Yam. He wonders whether the bodies of the people who were Yam’s servants belong to somebody else.

Inside the palace, the party is shocked to find that big hole in Dagon’s throne room. Astaroth tells you that they have a hunch but no proof that Astarte might be down there. You agree and notice your Promise Shell from her is reacting to something. Tangaroa comments that the bond or fate connecting you guys to Canaan is guiding you all, and you suggest going down the hole.

Beneath the palace, Tangaroa says it looks a lot like the space beneath Baal’s palace and wonders if this means the two are cohorts. Astaroth points something out to you all, which turns out to be countless writhing shadowy forms. You initially think it’s the citizens and are relieved they’re okay, but Tangaroa stops you and tells you to look closer.

On closer inspection it turns out the citizens are disembodied shadows groaning about. Kijimuna reacts badly to them, and when you check on him he talks about the cold and the shadows filling him with a chill as they get into him.

Astaroth asks if you remember what they talked about with you before. The shadow people are similar to what they were, something like ghosts. You ask if that means they’re only memories. Before they say anything else Tangaroa notices the people out cold underneath the Shadows, and narration says it looks like they’re coming out from them.

You say you’ve seen the people who are out cold somewhere before, and Tangaroa recognizes them as the people from his home world. As you ask about that, the special element tribe mob shadows appear, asking where Yam went and saying how dark it is that they can’t see. They do something that starts filling you with cold and sadness, then start screaming and going on a rampage. Tangaroa runs forward to protect Kijimuna and the episode battle starts. More story happens afterwards.

Narration picks up after the battle to talk about the great original shell dragon Tangaroa dividing up his flesh and blood to create an island and its people in a far off sea. One of his remaining bones carried on his memories and was passed down among the islanders.

The one who did inherit that artifact and the memories would be the strongest and most well trained warrior. Each one would take on the name Tangaroa and take on the duty of leading all the tribes. It’s a harsh duty to be sure, carrying the lives of everyone on their back.

Despite that, that man chose to take that path. It wasn’t as if there were no other options to him. He could have chosen to not be a warrior anymore, or he could have chosen not to be the strongest one. But Tangaroa is here now, and it was done by his own choice.

Tangaroa has thought about how his own life was built on the sweat and blood of countless other lives. He was just one life born from all that, so he wanted to give back to the world. He took over as the new Tangaroa and thought about protecting his world, which he had only ever known as his island home.

One day an invader from another world came and threatened to destroy the island. All of Tangaroa’s accumulated knowledge was of no help in trying to resist, but the ones who helped solve the crisis were others who had come from other worlds. Disaster was averted, and the meetings led to Tangaroa’s world expanding.

Back to the matter at hand, the shadow mobs scream. Kijimuna is in pain, and you start shaking and feeling the chills soon after as the mobs’ memories enter you. They talk about how Yam gave them his flesh and blood as well as good fortune. Yam had trained and raised them, pouring all he had for Canaan’s sake. They call him the one who raises life in Canaan, the great and giant one.

The mobs then talk about how the world was wrong and how it was destroyed. They ended up remembering that fact, and they lament that they couldn’t repay him. They didn’t make any connections or pass on anything they received. They ask what they can do with their regrets and sadness as it fills you, which causes you suffering as you ask about Canaan already being destroyed.

Tangaroa takes it as confirmation of something he suspected and brings up what Dagon has said once. Canaan was a place that wasn’t saved, so it has already been destroyed. He goes quiet for a second before talking to you and saying it might not be enough to repay you for saving his home world, but he asks you to let him as one single person do something reckless.

You try to ask what he means, so Tangaroa starts talking about how the warriors are him, unable to inherit the world. He was saved by you guys, who were outsiders, and now he says it’s his turn to do so. And above all else, he can’t bring himself to ignore them.

Tangaroa approaches the shadows open handed, then yells that he’ll accept their regrets. He swears to take them with him outside and beyond before declaring himself Tangaroa and Yam. The shadows flow into him, and he collapses. You ask in alarm if he’s okay as cuts start opening up all over him while telling him it was rash of him to take them into himself.

A voice calls out to Tangaroa and comments on him accepting the memories cast off from the world. They refer to him as both the world creator shell dragon Tangaroa and the water dragon king Yam, the possessor of the role of someone who creates and nurtures life. They mention understanding that by having the same role as someone else he was able to take on the underlings’ memories. They also think it was reckless, though they admit they can’t speak much on it themselves.

Dagon’s silhouette shows up as he talks about how normally one body can only hold one mind. Trying to add more causes the vessel to crack, which is an unavoidable consequence. He supposed that Tangaroa must be in terrible pain, unable to fight or even move. You recognize the voice and appearance, and Dagon reveals himself as he comments on you making it this far. And there ends the episode half.