Episode 30
But it is the reveal of the stuff inside Joel's diary which is, unfortunately, relevant.
JOEL: "Welcome. I'm so glad you've come to visit."
SAYA: "Um, sorry for coming on such short notice."
JOEL: "Don't worry about it. We are all here for you. This is Joel's diary. The contents have already been digitized, though, so it's really nothing more than a symbol now. However, its contents bind together the will of those carrying the name of Joel. It has all the memories of the Joels since the creation of the Zoo in Bordeaux in 1832.
Please, sit."
SAYA: "All right."
JOEL: "The first Joel Goldschmidt, who collected species of animal and fossils from around the world for his own personal research, was deeply influenced by Lamarck's Zoological Philosophy and had great interest in the evolution of living things. Amongst his collection was a strange mummy from Iceland."
SAYA: "Mummy?"
JOEL: "Those its face was crushed, it was clearly a pregnant female. They called it Saya." [Forget the fact that Saya is a pretty Asian name and completely odd for French scientists]
SAYA: "Saya?"
More pretty damn good English
JOEL: "April 8th, 1833. Saya finally arrived at the Garden."
k, here is my proof that they messed this up a lot. On the right, obviously, is Amshel. There's a 50 year period where Joel gets old and Amshel doesn't, but it makes no sense for Amshel to have become a Chevalier in that time based on Joel's surprise.
JOEL: "As far as I know, it is a mummy of unknown species, and it is unlike any creature of this world. Though its external apperance resembles that of a human female,"
I ask you, how does that even remotely resemble a human female?
JOEL: ..."under both arms, there are traces of a membrance stretching from the abdomen to the thighs. We also recognize that there are several characteristics unlike ours, such as the presence of a web-like membrane between the fingers. These traits resemble those of bats of Chiroptera. [I will note here that this is completely redundant, since chiroptera is part of the scientific classification for bats] I wonder whether this very mummy, which will probably reveal the answer to oue own evolution, is a gift from God...
We decided to dissect this mummy. It was a tense moment, as if we were children dissecting insects out of intellectual curiosity. [...]"
YE OLDE JOEL: "This is...!"
YE OLDE AMSHEL: "What on earth is this?"
JOEL: "We decided to open one of the two cocoons. However, without letting the blade through, the cocoon sneered at our efforts. Whatever it was, the blade turned back against us."
[Ye Olde Amshel cuts his finger on the scalpel] YE OLDE JOEL: "Are you alright?"
YE OLDE AMSHEL: "Yes, it's nothing. My hand just slipped."
JOEL: "The blood was sucked down like an infant sucking at his mother's teat. [...] As the blood dripped down and was absorbed into them, the cocoons began to pulsate with a faint rhythm.
August 4th, 1833. Two newborns cried out for the first time from their cocoons. At first glance, they were no different from average two-month-old infants. Both were girls."
...:(
JOEL: ..."but the other one was named Saya."
SAYA: "And that was me?" [no, you stupid bitch, it was Diva]
JOEL: "To you, the first Joel was a kind and loving father, but to Diva, he was nothing but a cold research scientist. Locked inside a gloomy tower and given only minimal sustenance, she did not receive any education, love, or human contact."
SAYA: "That's terrible..." [...]
JOEL: "You had your small world called the Zoo within which you had freedom as a human being. However, Diva lived inside the gloomy tower as a caged animal. Dlying birds, nesting spiders, and Joel's assistant, Amshel, who came to see to her needs...They were all that she knew of.
June 2nd, 1863. These girls have not shown any signs of aging for the last few years. When I realized this, it certainly was a bit of a shock knowing that Saya was different from the human species. [...wh...at...DID YOU FORGET?] Time has stopped for them."
[In the flashback, Saya trips and scrapes up her hand somehow] YOJ: "Are you alright?"
JOEL: "Their blood allows them to heal at an extraordinary rate. But when one's blood mixes with the other's, it quickly crystallizes before it scatters like dust."
- I have to note here that how they show this experiment is a huge tub full of blood where one drop falls into it. The tub of blood could only be Diva's :(
JOEL: "They were born of the same mother, yet...As fellow humans, no, as any fellow creatures, I know not of any such occurrence. Do they exist outside the chain that connects all living things in this world? What are they?
Joel sought to know everything about you, but when it became clear that he would not live to see this goal through, he decided to focus on researching your reproductive abilities. [...:(]"
SAYA: "Whether we could bear children, you mean?" [/SHAKES]
JOEL: "That's right. It was for that purpose that they arranged bridegrooms for each of you so that you could conceive the next specimen."
SAYA: "Haji..."
JOEL: "Indeed. That is why Haji was brought to the Zoo."
[Joel turns a page in the diary and it's all blank and burned. I WONDER WHY...]
SAYA: "There's nothing written there." [Saya is astute]
JOEL: "One Sunday in 1883, this watch was broken and ceased to tell time. From that point on, time stopped for the Goldschmidt family. [Dramatic, much?]"
SAYA: "That day...No..."
JOEL: "That's right. A tragedy befell Bordeaux on the Sunday that marked Joel's seventy-second birthday. The one that caused it was..."
SAYA: "Diva."
JOEL: "Yes. You must know about that day very well. The tragedy began when someone released Diva from her tower."
SAYA: "Someone...That was...Me."
:3
SAYA: "I was the one who let out, who gave her a name."
JOEL: "What was that?"
SAYA: "It was my fault. All of it...It was all my fault!"
do y'all see why I dislike Saya yet
:| just..sayin'...
The chateau, for my own reference
So after the commercial break, more narrated flashbacks:
YE OLDE JOEL: "What's the matter?"
YE OLDE SAYA: "I can hear singing..."
YOJ: "Singing? Can you hear it?"
YOS: "I can."
SAYA: "From the first day I heard that song, I searched for the girl who sang it. Day after day, when I was studying, when I ate my meals, I searched for that singing voice all the time. Then, when it had become a routine for me, I finally found that place."
YOS: "Who are you?"
[You just see Diva's lips moving here, then it's a whispery voice-over. Also note, it has the exact same intonation as Saya, so Diva's just parroting it] DIVA: "Who are you?"
YOS: "I'm Saya."
DIVA: "Saya...I'm..."
YOS: "What's your name?"
DIVA: "Name...?"
SAYA: "You don't have a name? Then I'll give you one! How about..."
[Diva starts singing, who the fuck knows why. So Saya sits at the base of the tower and listens.]
YOS: "That's it! You're Diva, like a princess with a fair voice."
DIVA: "Di...va...? I'm Diva?"
SAYA: "That's right, Diva. Let's be friends."
[Diva drops a blue rose from the tower, which Saya catches]
JOEL: "You gave Diva her name?"
SAYA: "That day, she told me that she'd never been outside, so I told her that I'd let her out of the tower as a surprise for Joel. It was such a pleasant feeling."
[Flashback again, showing Saya at Joel's party, stealing the key, then running up the tower]
DIVA: "Saya..."
YOS: "It'll be just a bit longer."
DIVA: "I'm scared."
YOS: "It'll be fine. I'll be here with you."
[Saya opens the door, and we get a few pathetic shots of Diva all wrapped up in burlap]
YOS: "Hey, can you hear me? I opened the door, just like a promised. Hey, you'll come to Joel's birthday party, won't you?" You'll let them hear that song, right?"
HAJI: "Saya! Where are you?"
YOS: "Haji's calling for me..."
- Just a note here, this is probably reaching for the writing of Blood+, but I notice that Saya had the "ne" tic at this time--so Diva most likely picked it up from her.