Might
Character profile
Personality: A person of few words who doesn't know how to connect with others. But after meeting Patty, he's slowly beginning to act more like a normal boy.
He has no doubts about his role as a psychiccer hunter, but his lack of memories is starting to concern him. The seeds of doubt are being planted...
Might, a boy who goes after psychiccers like a serial killer*. He goes after psychiccers, and only psychiccers, regardless if they're in the army or NOA. That mission is his sole reason for existing.
He has no real memories of his past, only that his name is Might and that he was saved by Patty after collapsing from a major wound.
Can the mysterious power within Patty's voice calm Might's confused heart?
Patty's singing awakens warm feelings within Might, but he remains a psychiccer hunter. His duty is still to take her life...
-Psychic Force 2 Perfect Program
*T/N: The word in Japanese is "tsujigiri", which refers to when samurai would get a new sword or a new technique and try it out on passers-by. They would usually wait at crossroads at night, thus the literal reading of "crossroads-cutting/killing". We don't really have a good name for this in English, and I went with "serial killer" as the closest equivalent. The manual uses "a man possessed", which to me has the connotation of being out of control, which isn't exactly the case for Might.
LIGHTNING DESTINY (Gamest extended script)
-Story rewrite by Kenkou Tabuchi
episode 1
The boy had nothing.
Not memories, not family, not even a heart.
All that was left was a name: Might.
Might, who, guided by a voice from inside of him, continued to hunt psychiccers with a single-minded dedication.
He had no doubts about his mission. His continuing battle was the only proof that he still lived....
And so today the hunter chased his prey across the sky.
The prey: A girl wrapped in a green gale.
The girl noticed Might's murderous intent and prepared for a fight. Better safe the sorry. As the tension between them rose, a gentle breeze played with the girl's long braid.
On seeing Might filled with murderous intent, the girl took a fighting stance out of precaution. In the tense atmosphere, a gentle breeze played with the girl's long braid.
Might: ...are you a psychiccer?*
The hunter's voice rang out across the sky, dead of all emotion.
Wendy: ...and if I am?
The girl replied with no fear in her voice, despite her inner unease.
For a moment, silence reigned...and then the hunter, with lightning in his hands, said three words.
Might: I'll kill you.
A single bolt of lightning carved through the kekkai in the heavens.
The lightning sliced through the girl's hopes and future in one strike, robbing her of her life at a blow. The hunter watched her life's light disappear while softly speaking words there was no one to hear.
Might: I was born to hunt psychiccers.
*T/N: Technically in the book there aren't any dialog tags, but I figure not everyone has the game memorized like I do. Also, the bold is in the book. Since it's a convenient way of showing what's before and what's after the battle, I'm borrowing it. In case it's not obvious, stuff in bold is after the battle.
episode 2
The veil of night fell across the skyscrapers.
A sickened angel, drawn by the glittering lights adorning the buildings, spread his wings and drifted over the chaotic land.
There was a burst of electricity, ripping the quiet night apart.
The bright blue-green light the hunter had unleashed reflected softly off the form of Emilio, the destructive fallen angel.
Might: "Sorry, but I need to borrow you for a bit."
There was a faint hostility in the hunter's gaze as he looked straight at Emilio.
Emilio: "Heheh...what do you want with me?"
Emilio raised his empty eyes to Might, matching his gaze. They shone with the urge to destroy boiling up from within, making his smile strangely bewitching.
The hunter formed a sword of lightning in his right hand and spoke calmly.
Might: To kill you.
Emilio trembled with joy as he closed in on Might, thrilled by his wildly flying beams of destruction.
But Might slipped through the baptism of maddened light with a burst of thunder, and peirced the angel's chest with a sinner's blade.
Might: You cannot defeat me with a chaotic heart!
This Earth may be called purgatory.
But where the angel lives is an impossibly cruel heaven.
T/N: This single episode stalled the project for months because of all the bullshit vocabulary it has. Yes it really is that overwrought in Japanese.
episode 3
The hunt began over a lava flow enveloped in dark clouds.
Might had been marked for observation by the Army after defeating Emilio and a psychiccer had been dispatched accordingly. In addition to that, the Army had their eye on Might's traveling companion, Patty, and her mysterious power.
But from Might's point of view, that was all well and good. It was easier to hunt when your prey walked right up to you, after all...
Gudeath: Beating Emilio's no mean feat...who are you?
The man asking the question had an arrogant smile plastered across his face. He was a member of the Army's psycchicer unit: Gudeath, Master of Gravity. The Mercenary of Hell.
Might: I'm a hunter...a hunter of you psychiccers.
Instead of showing fear at Might's words, Gudeath brushed them off with a burst of laughter.
Gudeath: A hunter? Ahahahah! Listen to this guy! Bring it, if you can!
A huge gravitational force began to gather around the centre of Gudeath's body, marking the starting signal for the hunt.
The hunter's sword of lightning sliced through the gravitational waves and the Mercenary of Hell dissolved into the underground flow.
While wiping traces of blood from his lips, Might muttered to himself with disgust...
Might: You thought power alone would let you win? ...what an idiot.
episode 4
In order to search for clues about Patty's mother, Might and Patty infiltrated Neo NOA's headquarters together.
It was there Might ran across the lady warrior of Neo NOA, Regina Belfrond, with no one else around.
Regina: So you're the psycchicer hunter? You got some nerve, strolling in here like that!
Regina, with a fiery personality to match her powers, was ready to mix it up from the very beginning.
But no matter how his opponent raged, it meant nothing to the hunter. The only thing he cared about was bringing down his prey.
Might: ...do you think you can beat me, one who was born to fight?
Regina furiously attacked the hunter while wrapped in raging flames. But Might unleashed a bolt of lighting that caged her in white-hot heat even greater than that of the blazing warrior's fire.
But during the battle, Might's heart became clouded. The words he had let slip before the battle with Regina kept echoing inside him.
Might: ...born...? When? Where?
episode 5
As Might approached the depths of NOA, a man appeared in front of him. A man bent on revenge. He was the brother of Might's previous prey: Carlo Belfrond.
Carlo: You too must have a family...and you too must know the pain of losing them!
Carlo's face was twisted in bone-deep fury as he desperately appealed to Might's heart.
Might: ...what are you talking about...?
Carlo: I will take revenge for my sister now. Prepare yourself!
A hunter needs neither anger nor sorrow. All that matters, all that exists, are the bare facts of life and death.
Carlo's determination was meaningless. The hunter's merciless sword sliced through the unhappy man's attempt at revenge and discarded him.
But still, the words Carlo had spoken before the battle continued to reverberate through Might's heart.
Might: ...family? ...I can't remember... All I can do now is continue forward.
episode 6
Might pressed deeper and deeper into NOA. At the very bottom, he faced the Emperor of Ice: Keith Evens.
Keith: So you're the hunter... For what reason do you fight?
Keith's voice resounded cool and clear between gaps in the ice.
The hunter stared straight at Keith and replied without a moment's hesitation.
Might: I hunt psychiccers. That's my mission, and the only reason I need.
Without his cold expression slipping for a moment, Keith continued to question the hunter.
Keith: Are you not a psychiccer yourself? What reason is there in hunting one's own?
Might: Shut up!
The memories of Might's previous hunts stirred in the depths of his mind, causing the faces of his prey to rise again before him. They were anguished, resigned, despairing...and among them was Patty.
Then a voice echoed from within his heart. It urged him to keep hunting, to drive his prey before him, to end this. And so Might pushed away all his doubts and firmly grasped his sword.
The battle with the Emperor of Ice was beyond fierce. Fangs of absolute zero came to bite and tear at Might.
But thanks to his sharp, animal instincts, Might was called back from certain death. With a roar, Might covered the entire kekkai in lightning. And so the Emperor of Ice fell from his throne.
Might: I am a hunter...I don't need a reason to fight!
But for some reason, even as he spoke, he saw Patty's sad face in his mind's eye.
episode 7
A pulsing beat, a hammering heart.
Clenching his hands tight, the hunter spoke soft and low...
Might: Patty...I have to kill you....
Patty: ! ...
A silence stretched between the pair, a silence that felt like eternity.
Nothing of Might's former look remained in his eyes. Only a deep melancholy remained, combined with a determination that showed he wasn't lying.
Patty put her words together carefully as she watched Might, as if she were placing herself on a road to an unknown destiny.
Patty: I see... But, I can't let myself die here!
Though her response was strong, Patty's eyes seemed to overflow with misery.
It was a destiny felt when they had first met.
Someday, this day had to come.
They had wished for just one thing.
But even that was stolen away by the times.*
Might: ...forgive me.
Might's lightning sword burst from his hand, cutting through the red light of sunset. This fate, now awakened, orchestrated a tragic ending...
As if in slow motion, Patty's body fell gently into Might's arms.
To Might, the entire scene felt like a dream. All he could do was watch with a blank, dazed stare.
Might: I've never felt this awful before...what's going on?
Might embraced Patty's cold body without conscious thought while her dead eyes stared at nothing.
Then the dam holding back his emotions broke, and he was drowned beneath the wave.
-My power is for helping people, not hurting them.-
The voice of light filled Might's soul.
Patty, up until the very final moment, had kept singing in her heart for Might's sake. A song of how even without the promise of a future, the time they had together was no illusion. A song of how even if Patty should fall to Might's hand, she still wished for him to have a tomorrow.
Without him noticing, a hot drop slid down Might's cheek.
Might: PATTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!
One soul became light inside a moment that would never come again.
-Don't forget your smile, the one that let me believe in your heart. The miracle of having met you is the proof I was alive.-
*T/N: It is very unclear who is doing the wishing here and it would apply to both of them, so I went with that.
episode 8
As the tragic night ended and dawn approached, the hunter once again turned to face his destiny. A name flashed into his soul, the name of his final prey...the supreme commander* of the army psychiccer unit: Richard Wong.
Wong: At last you have arrived...I've been waiting.
The Ruler of Time, waiting in his private room, spoke as if he had foreseen Might's coming.
Might: What? You know about me?!
Wong: Oh dear, it seems that the time travel has caused you to lose your memories...
Might: The time...what the hell are you talking about?!
A dangerous gleam flashed behind Wong's glasses.
Wong: You are a living weapon created from the Army's research and development...a psychic hunter. You have come from the future.
Might: I'm...from the future?!
Wong: That you should come back to this era only to bare your fangs at me, your own creator**... But worry not. I will soon iron out this wrinkle in time.
Might heard Wong's words and his eyes gleamed with bloodlust.
Might: You're saying you'll kill me? ...don't think it'll be that easy. I only have a few remaining memories, but there's one that's burned there deeper than any other...the order to hunt you down!
But Wong's invincible smile never wavered.
Wong: Do you really think you can do it in the infinitesimal amount of time remaining to you?
The man who had traveled through time, Might, continued to run bravely towards his tragic destiny. But he was no longer alone. The song of light that Patty had bequeathed lived within him.
Might, the heretic of time. The life allocated to him was rapidly running out...but no longer did the hunter have a place to return to.
Lighting erupted from Might's right hand as he glared at his old foe from the ends of time.
Now, at the end of all, the last and greatest hunt shall begin!
"I will kill all psychiccers!"
*T/N: The word used here is not a standard military rank, but that's what the individual words translate to.
**T/N: The word used here is usually used for a creator god.
-Psychic Force 2012 Gamest Mook vol 154