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Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
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THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL.
(Liner: The city is closer now. Rushing past the buildings to the base of one crumbling high-rise. The first story passes by. The second now, and with more speed. There is a blur of windows and brick.
Eighteen... Nineteen...)
Eighteen... Nineteen...)
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
(Liner: The city is closer now. Rushing past the buildings to the base of one crumbling high-rise. The first story passes by. The second now, and with more speed. There is a blur of windows and brick.
Eighteen... Nineteen...)
Eighteen... Nineteen...)
THIS CANNOT BE THE ONLY WAY!!!
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
THIS CANNOT BE THE ONLY WAY!!!
IF I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING,
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO FIGHT.
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO FIGHT.
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
IF I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING,
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO FIGHT.
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO FIGHT.
Someone has written on this stone
In some angry hand,
HOPE RIDES ALONE.
In some angry hand,
HOPE RIDES ALONE.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Someone has written on this stone
In some angry hand,
HOPE RIDES ALONE.
In some angry hand,
HOPE RIDES ALONE.
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
ALL THE STRENGTH IN MY HANDS COULDN'T HOLD BACK THE SWELL.
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
ALL THE STRENGTH IN MY HANDS COULDN'T HOLD BACK THE SWELL.
There's worse things than death here.
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
There's worse things than death here.
Someone has written on this stone
In some angry hand,
In some angry hand,
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Someone has written on this stone
In some angry hand,
In some angry hand,
And there's one way out.
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
And there's one way out.
(Away from the machines. Away from the people trying to keep him silent. He should be feeling free.
He wasn't.)
He wasn't.)
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
(Away from the machines. Away from the people trying to keep him silent. He should be feeling free.
He wasn't.)
He wasn't.)
(Light walked slowly to the window overlooking the city. He knew he had no choice but to turn on the machines. They'd come so far. To turn back now would be failure. Failure of his promise to the city.
Failure of his promise to his father.)
Failure of his promise to his father.)
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
(Light walked slowly to the window overlooking the city. He knew he had no choice but to turn on the machines. They'd come so far. To turn back now would be failure. Failure of his promise to the city.
Failure of his promise to his father.)
Failure of his promise to his father.)
AND YOU WILL FIGHT.
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
AND YOU WILL FIGHT.
I've been here before. I've stood where you stand.
They called me their hero, The Hero Of Man.
They called me their hero, The Hero Of Man.
February 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I've been here before. I've stood where you stand.
They called me their hero, The Hero Of Man.
They called me their hero, The Hero Of Man.
THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THIS.
THEY DON'T WANT A HERO.
THEY JUST WANT A MARTYR. A STATUE TO RAISE.
THEY DON'T WANT A HERO.
THEY JUST WANT A MARTYR. A STATUE TO RAISE.
February 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THIS.
THEY DON'T WANT A HERO.
THEY JUST WANT A MARTYR. A STATUE TO RAISE.
THEY DON'T WANT A HERO.
THEY JUST WANT A MARTYR. A STATUE TO RAISE.
Do not say this is how it has to be.
You do no better than the fools of this burning city.
You do no better than the fools of this burning city.
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Do not say this is how it has to be.
You do no better than the fools of this burning city.
You do no better than the fools of this burning city.
(He allowed the tears to pour from his cheeks and mingle with the blood seeping from the cuts in his torn and battered hands. He had set out to use these hands to destroy his workshop --
But he now watched as they seemed to be creating of their own accord.)
But he now watched as they seemed to be creating of their own accord.)
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
(He allowed the tears to pour from his cheeks and mingle with the blood seeping from the cuts in his torn and battered hands. He had set out to use these hands to destroy his workshop --
But he now watched as they seemed to be creating of their own accord.)
But he now watched as they seemed to be creating of their own accord.)
THIS CITY, NOW...
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
THIS CITY, NOW...
HE COULD NEVER CAGE THE WORLD.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR ANYONE.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR ANYONE.
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
HE COULD NEVER CAGE THE WORLD.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR ANYONE.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR ANYONE.
He'd set his skillful hands to the task of creating a device to bring about a change.
To create a machine to bring freedom.
To create a man to save the world.
To create a machine to bring freedom.
To create a man to save the world.
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
He'd set his skillful hands to the task of creating a device to bring about a change.
To create a machine to bring freedom.
To create a man to save the world.
To create a machine to bring freedom.
To create a man to save the world.
But when you fight, you'll fight alone.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
But when you fight, you'll fight alone.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
The society for which he worked.
The society in which he lived.
The society that he would set free.
Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
The society for which he worked.
The society in which he lived.
The society that he would set free.
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
The society for which he worked.
The society in which he lived.
The society that he would set free.
Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
The society for which he worked.
The society in which he lived.
The society that he would set free.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE STARS. THEY'VE BEEN FOR AGES.
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
YOU CAN'T SEE THE STARS. THEY'VE BEEN FOR AGES.
OH, BUT NOW I KNOW.
THERE WAS NO PLACE LEFT TO GO.
THERE WAS NO PLACE LEFT TO GO.
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
OH, BUT NOW I KNOW.
THERE WAS NO PLACE LEFT TO GO.
THERE WAS NO PLACE LEFT TO GO.
(Liner: The voices of the men and women carry him forward. Megaman has no fear, now that freedom is near.)
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 AM
(Liner: The voices of the men and women carry him forward. Megaman has no fear, now that freedom is near.)
THERE IS NO PRICE THEY WOULDN'T PAY,
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LEAD THEM.
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LEAD THEM.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
THERE IS NO PRICE THEY WOULDN'T PAY,
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LEAD THEM.
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LEAD THEM.