[Fate Extra/CCC Special Event] Chapter 3 Summaries

Chapter 3: Nuts Cracker One More Time (1/3)

• You've successfully arrived at the backside of SE.RA.PH, though at the cost of leaving Gawain behind.Emiya praises Gawain for his reckless gambit, saying that although Lip can grasp things that are far away and slow-moving, she will find it hard to deal with things that are near and move fast. He says it's great that you managed to arrive on the far side by sacrificing Gawain alone, but both you and Cat are sure he'll be fine. Cat says that Gawain is a uselessly sturdy steel knight, and that in the face of giant tits his Guts will activate.

• Suzuka is the Sentinel that welcomes you on the far side. She didn't expect you'd leap into her territory of your own free will. Referring to you as a monkey, she asks for your name. Suzuka finds your name amusing, and it strikes her fancy. She'll carefully hunt you down.

• Melt teases you again asking if you'd like to contract with Suzuka instead, saying that although with how bestial Suzuka is, she might be the sort of man-eater who thinks love = appetite. Suzuka notices then that your menagerie has increased. Besides that squalid sourpuss of a man who falls far outside her strike zone, there's also another one...

• Cat calls Suzuka a fake fox, causing Suzuka to retort that she's the one that's a fake. Suzuka seems to be confused and pissed off at Cat's strange combination of traits. A miko? Fox ears? And also a cat? And a good housewife? Melt is dubious about the housewife part, but you confirm that Cat has very good household skills. Melt blushes: "I, I see... That means household skills are also important to you..."

• Suzuka still doesn't understand just what Cat is, and challenges her to reveal her name before battle. Cat says that the fake fox seems to have some relation to Tamamo no Mae. She then introduces herself as the Tamamo of Justice, one of the Tamamo Nine that divided from Tamamo no Mae, an intellectual-type heroine who can perform household chores skillfully even with paws, the white-aproned Tamamo Cat that follows her master through the myriad realms, woof.

• Suzuka is left wordless. Melt comments that she can't keep up her JK mode in front of Cat's innocence, and Suzuka denies it, saying that she was a JK Servant from birth. Cat says that's impossible, and even a cat would know it. Suzuka has had enough and swears she'll kill the catfox. Though she was asked to guide you by BB, you're the one picking a fight with her. Now it's time to find out who's the true fox miko.

• As the fight goes on, Suzuka gets more and more excited. She reveals that she was scouted for the job because she kept winning her fights. Although she doesn't know her Master's face, surely their wish would be to win the Holy Grail War, and to fulfil that wish would be the mark of a first-class Servant. She doesn't care about BB's ambition, only to be the last one standing from the 128 Servants.

• Suzuka is interrupted by her phone ringing. It's BB calling. She tells BB that she's with the Chaldea people, as directed, but it seems that BB is ordering her to return to the temple and not to fight with you. Suzuka doesn't get it. She thought their common goal was to defeat all the Servants, but why is she being ordered to let just your team off? It seems that BB tells her that the order is important and that Chaldea's Servants don't count.

• With that, Suzuka lets you go. Before she leaves, she points you in the direction you should be headed if you want to get back to the control room on the near side. Though before that she recommends you take a look around here, as the facilities here are different. As she said before, BB isn't the sole reason Seraphics became like this. This is what humans brought upon themselves, their karma, so to speak, and this oil rig isn't just a normal oil rig.

• Emiya notes that all of the facilities in this area have been converted into SE.RA.PH, and so it's hard to figure out what they originally were. According to his investigations, the facilities required for the oil rig were mostly accounted for on the near side.

• Cat is more in favour of returning to the near side immediately rather than exploring further, as you need to go help Gawain out. Emiya tells her not to say stupid things, as it'd waste too much time. Rather, you should go close to the chest area. then flip SE.RA.PH again to get back to the near side. That'll put you at the central control room. Melt agrees with Emiya, so that's what you'll do. The quicker you get there, the faster you'll reunite with Gawain.

(2/3)

• You come to the other side of the main gate that was on the near side. Melt says it is only for special personnel, namely magi. Emiya speculates that the only one who could grant permission to use this gate would be the owner of the facility, so basically the users would be staff directly under Animusphere.

• Cat picks up a warning that keeps announcing "Present your pass. Present your pass. If you do not comply within 5 seconds, you will be shot till dead" and tells you about it. Cat laughs and makes a joke about how getting shot at like that would be a "Don't, please!" situation, and you are then promptly attacked by security bugs.

• It seems that those bugs are left over security systems from when this place was still Seraphix. You are about to continue dismantling the security and proceed with your exploration when Robin appears, saying there is no need for that. He's here with a message from BB, basically saying that Lip will be waiting for you on the near side, that you cannot win against her by fighting normally, and that you should proceed to BB-chan's military gate to get some sort of secret weapon that can destroy the "Shackles of the Heart". By using that you may able to remove Lip's bindings. Emiya says you'll probably need to pay in the form of Sakurament again, and asks what you get this time for defeating Lip. He doesn't see the benefit in going out of your way just to fight that monster.

• You say that you will free Lip from her restraints, and Melt teasingly wonders if you can actually do it. She warns you not to underestimate Alter-Egos. Robin says that Lip is a Sentinel, and Sentinels restrict movement throughout SE.RA.PH. Sooner or later you will have to fight her anyway. Robin says just let him know when you're prepared to fight Lip, and he'll guide you over to the near side.

(3/3)

• You set off to fight Lip, and flip over to the near side. However, Emiya is left behind, and he makes a sarcastic comment about the item having a limit on the people it can transport. BB is impressed that he got snarky so quickly. She's here to recruit him, asking him to betray Chaldea. All he needs to do is to kill the remaining humans left inside SE.RA.PH and capture you. In return, he will know the truth about this oil base; that is his original job as a Counter Guardian. Emiya replies that it's a good suggestion, since he's getting frustrated looking after a bunch of goody-two-shoes anyway.

• Back on the near side, you find yourself under attack immediately. Robin complains to BB, who says that there's been some problems but this degree of change to the difficulty is still within expectations. Saying that she believes in you, BB asks you to clean up the aggressive programs first, and to release Lip only later. There's no choice, Robin'll have to do some overtime work now. He says he'll show you the results of his training after BB harassed him with level drain.

• Afterwards, you comment about Robin's level still being awfully low. He retorts saying that he really did his best with the short time that he had. As for what comes next, BB says that you'll be going inside Lip, eliciting a "What's!?" from Cat. BB claims it's a proud CCC tradition, a battle occurring within the heart - in other words, the Otome-Coaster.

• Melt realizes that the Code Cast you bought - the secret weapon Robin mentioned - was that thing after all. She asks if BB can pull it off - the analysis of the human spirit apparently can't be done by non-humans. BB says that it wouldn't be possible for her against normal people, but it's doable if the target is a Servant that has been invaded by KP.

• And so to get that done, you have to place your hand on Lip's chest. That would be a bit hard at the moment. You'll need to restrain Lip first. Both Robin and Melt say it's impossible for them. Melt adds that to hold Lip down you'd need a Servant with EX rank in Strength. Just then, Gawain appears to offer his help, injured but still very much alive.

• Gawain'll stop Lip, you just do what you need to do. Although he looks heavily injured, and Robin says that he isn't obligated to put himself on the line again. But Gawain is steadfast. This isn't about obligations or repayment: "That lady has a pure heart. To volunteer one's own body for the sake of a maiden's tears is the cherished wish of any knight. Furthermore, if it is a battle not to defeat, but to save, I have no hesitation to pour all my soul into the fight!"

• So saying, he gets behind Lip and restrains her. Gawain tells you to hurry as even he cannot do this for long. You quickly plunge your hand into her chest, and BB begins the procedure to transport you into Lip's mental space.

• After succeeding in the battle with Lip, she faints and Cat catches her. Gawain congratulates you on a well-fought battle. He doesn't know what kind of fight happened in that instant you were inside Lip, but you have successfully freed her. He collapses too.

• Melt seems touched that he'd put his own life on the line to help Lip, but Gawain springs up immediately as good as new. He's embarrassed that he got dizzy from this level of exertion. He volunteers to look after Lady Lip, as the poor girl must have been fighting ceaselessly all this time. Robin mutters that Gawain is way too tough, physically and mentally.

• Cat brings Lip back to the church, while you move on to investigate the control room. Robin has disappeared without a word. The moment you get there you are immediately greeted by a demon pillar, leaving you speechless.

• Upon disposing of it, a man begins clapping and praising your victory. He thanks you for coming to save him, as he has been stuck here hiding in the control room ever since the demon pillar manifested. He praises you as a messiah, a hero, and then recognizes your uniform as that of Chaldea. It seems that this man was the one who sent out the SOS.

• The man introduces himself as Arnold, secretary to the Director of Seraphix and just a staff member who does oddjobs here and there. After he finds out that you're the only one sent to help, he complains about your slow progress. Gawain stops Arnold and declares that his evaluation of you is wrong, as your actions are not wasteful, but filled with courage and bravery. Arnold apologizes to you.

• Melt asks how many staff are left alive. Upon noticing her, Arnold panics similarly to Marble over an Alter-Ego's presence. You reassure him that Melt is your ally. Arnold calms down and says that before this he'd considered how to get an Alter-Ego under control, like the clawed Ego was. He then answeres Melt's question. Besides him, the other survivors are a cowardly female staff that was unable to bear the fear and ran off despite his attempts to stop her, and the other one is in a locker in the control room, comatose after ODing on drugs. You tell Arnold that you saved Marble. He doesn't seem to remember her name well, but is amazed that she survived outside.

• Meanwhile, Gawain wants to continue investigations by going through Seraphix's records to search for routes to other areas, particularly the observatory. Arnold panics and says that outsiders can't look at the records. He also says that there's no such thing as the observatory because he hasn't heard of it before. The records for Seraphix can only be perused by people granted permission by Chaldea's director, the head of the Animusphere family. Even if you are a rescue team from Chaldea, you have no such right. Who's going to take responsibility if he is questioned later? Gawain responds that it is not part of your jurisdiction, as the mission entrusted to you was to investigate and resolve this incident, not to assure Arnold of his continued employment.

• Melt says it's useless, the data here has been erased as well, and she thinks it was deleted by this human at that time. It was probably gone before you arrived, and you'll have to scout out a route to the observatory by yourself. She pauses as she finds something new, wondering just what it is as it wasn't here last time.

• You ask her what she meant by "last time", but she just goes red and tells you not to mind it. At any rate, the pass code she just found is an identification pass for the church's diary. Gawain is confused as to why it's here in the control room instead of the church. Arnold explains that it might be because the staff from the church made trips here as part of therapy, back when the survivors were gathered at the control room. He did not think it necessary, but there were many pious people amongst the staff.

• Still, some people got angry that God was not doing anything about the situation, and it seems that a mob formed and lynched the staff from the church. The pass was conveniently left behind here. Arnold claims that he had no choice but to wait for the group hysteria to subside.

• You ask him about the demon pillar, but he has no idea what that is, asking in return if it's the name of the monster. He calls it the last nightmare, something that rose from the floor and killed those that killed the doctors, but it did not act in any particular manner besides that. It was creepy, but it would do nothing if you did not go near it. Arnold had no choice but to live with it if he was going to stay in the control room.

• Gawain notes that it was as if the demon pillar you fought had no soul, despite having its form and powers. Anyway, there's nothing left for you to do in the control room at the moment, so you decide to return to the church, bringing Arnold along. He says he's unable to fight and will leave battle to you, and once more introduces himself as Arnold. Arnold Beckman.

• Back at the church, you are greeted by Marble, who exclaims that Arnold is still alive. On Arnold's part, he barely manages to remember Marble's name and says that he was worried for her. Marble thinks to herself that Arnold is the type who will only remember the names of people who rank above him.

• Tristan says that they've heard the details from Tamamo Cat. He regrets not being able to see Gawain's dashing performance, acting for the sake of a young girl with a full bosom. Gawain laughs saying that Tristan seems jealous that he was unable to have his turn, and that they can talk about this later at the back of the church.

• Emiya has also made his way back here. Melt mocks him for getting lost on the far side and crawling back here without any achievements, but Emiya shrugs it off, saying that this church is currently the most suitable place for survival.

• Cat then brings Lip out to welcome you back. Lip introduces herself, saying that she was unsure whether it would trouble you that she did so, since she had been attacking you one-sidedly just before. You're fine with it. Gawain and Cat already seem charmed by Lip, with Cat saying that BB & Melt really should rethink themselves.

• Melt tells Lip that you never thought of her as an enemy from the start, but as a lone girl whose heart was being hurt by the binding. Lip is surprised, as she is an Alter-Ego after all, with those large claws. You say that certainly, there are quite a few big things as far as she's concerned. Melt warns you not to fall for, or into her. Lip's chest has the function of a dumpster; if you get too charmed and touch it carelessly you won't come back.

• Lip pouts, saying that it won't happen. She's been training properly so that even if someone falls in, they can be retrieved. Cat says that it's just as she told Lip, you wouldn't care about something as trivial as those claws. That's because Chaldea has far more scarier things. Not physically, but mentally. This makes Lip think Chaldea is a pretty amazing place. After gathering up her courage, she asks to be allowed to fight alongside you. Of course, you grant her request.

• Next, she offers her thanks to Gawain. While she was bound, she heard his voice. She thanks him for properly treating her and Melt as girls. Gawain seems puzzled at this stroke of unforeseen luck, and asks you what she means by that. It's probably his words about fighting for the tears of a maiden. Gawain says that there is nothing to thank him for if that's the case, as this is merely his path of chivalry. Her smile is more than enough reward; as befitting her name, it is like a pure flower blooming in the wilds.

• Next, they discuss whether each of them are willing to accept Lip as a comrade. Cat is of course happy to do so. Tristan still doesn't trust Alter-Egos but is willing to fight alongside them. Emiya says that the Egos are your comrades, not his. He's just using this church as a place to exchange information, and has no interest in being buddies. Marble is a little ambivalent about having another Alter-Ego around, but she does think Lip is a cute and honest girl. She wonders to herself if the Alter-Egos aren't actually good girls that can be understood as long as you communicate with them. If that's the case, Arnold, who attacked them as an enemy, had failed.

• Arnold, on the other hand, has nothing against it. You are the leader of this party and whatever you say goes. But he's very tired at the moment and wants to take a rest. Marble leads him to the rooms on the second floor. Tristan recommends that Gawain rest too. Though Servants do not need sleep, his exhaustion is clear to the eye. He says that he can take over Gawain's duties of guarding you if need be. Gawain says there's no need for that, as as long as he is a Saber of Chaldea, he is your blade. He will take his rest, but that can wait till after you view the church diary using the passcode from the control room.

• It's the continuation of the diary that even Melt did not know about. She has a bad feeling about it, but you're going to do it anyway.

• The recorder of the diary says that they are recording this through a method unknown even to them. They introduce themselves as Zepar, one of the 72 demon god pillars, before denying it. It looks like Zepar is taking over them, as they now don't even remember their own name.

• According to the recorder, Seraphix is a facility built for the purpose of a certain experiment. It did function as a oil rig, but it also concealed a mage's workshop within. This was to hide its true purpose from the other Lords, and also because the experimental criteria was that it needed to be performed at the ocean floor. Right now the recorder finds themselves no longer able to measure good and evil, or to gauge the value of human life. So they will only leave behind the facts, such as they are.

• It seems they have been doing magical experiments on human subjects here that may involve Rayshifting, discarding those who have been damaged callously. The recorder does not know whether or not what Animusphere did was good or evil, and they will leave it up to the listener to judge. Right now, they would like to demonstrate the possibility that the digitized Seraphix can be returned to its original state.

• One day, Zepar spoke to the recorder in the church, calling them chosen by God. Zepar introduced itself as one of the 72 demon gods and said that they were defeated by humans. It now understands that the intellectual activity of humans can generate great energy, and it wants to expand on that possibility. It would like to use the poorer specimens of humanity in a more effective manner. But at the moment it has no body; defeat has robbed it of physical form. That is why, it is sorry, but it will be using the recorder's body from now on.

• The recorder is understandably unhappy about this, but Zepar assures them that their consciousness won't be immediately erased. It says that once the survival of the demon pillars is proven, there will surely be someone who will come to dispose of them. It is injured and needs to recuperate. It needs time to create the world where it can gather strength.

• Zepar plans to use the recorder's personality and pretend to be them in order to take over this facility, aiming to be reborn as a demon god. Once it succeeds, the recorder will be free. It says it's different from humans, in that it will reward their pain. When it is reborn, the recorder alone will have their life spared. Until then, they are one. Zepar threatens the recorder, saying to hide its existence if they don't want to die.

• And after that, the facility became a hell. The recorder is filled with regret and sorrow, and at the end of it all they want to make a last strike against that devil which possessed them. They hope this recording can be that strike.

• If the digitization of Seraphix becomes complete, the next step would be that of "connection". To escape Chaldea's eyes, this facility will Rayshift to 2030 and from there, sink into the Mariana Trench. When it reaches the bottom of the trench, Zepar will be reborn.

• The recorder says that they are finally all used up. When BB was summoned as the new ruler, it meant they would be erased soon. There is barely any of their consciousness left, but they beg the listener to believe that the owner of this body tried their best to save Seraphix: "Do not let SE.RA.PH reach the ocean floor. That thing cannot be born. Curse the demon god. Save mankind." The recorder ends with an exhortation to stop SE.RA.PH before everything is swallowed by this nirvana.

• So it's a demon pillar incident after all. Melt says that the demon god summoned BB to manage this SE.RA.PH as a navigator. She did not tell you before this since as AI born from BB, both her and Lip have been imposed with several restrictions. In particular, not to talk about SE.RA.PH's true form and purpose. Since she was not allowed to explain it, you had to find out for yourself. But still, the record you just viewed was beyond Melt's expectations. She thinks that leaving such a thing behind was a massive failure on BB's part.

• The demon pillar you're facing is one of the four that fled the Time Temple, ending up in Seraphix. Emiya thinks it's more cautious and cunning as compared to the other demon pillars, as it has accepted its defeat and is now attempting to create a stage where it can't lose through controlling Seraphix as a human. It also somehow found out about the presence of the Holy Grail of the Moon in another world and summoned BB, and BB began turning Seraphix into SE.RA.PH so that Zepar could be reborn without anyone noticing.

• Tristan asks why he and all the other Servants were summoned. Melt says bluntly that they serve as resources. It's because Servants are the most nutritious. SE.RA.PH may appear to be a labyrinth, but it is actually a powerful city-type computing engine. On the moon, the Moon Cell Automaton supplies the resources required, but you are on Earth, and what's more, in the deep ocean. To maintain SE.RA.PH, the pseudo-spiritrons that make up the Servants are absorbed. Basically, the Servants are its fuel. It's because Lip and Melt objected to this that one was bound and the other scheduled for disposal.

• At any rate, your goal is now clear: stop SE.RA.PH from sinking to the ocean floor, find Zepar, and defeat it. With that, the meeting is ended and you go to take your rest.

• Later on, Melt and Lip are talking outside, with Melt mocking the humans for being so cowardly that they would not dare share a roof with an Alter-Ego. But Lip says Melt has changed as in the past she would have just stormed away in disgust at their cowardice. Melt admits it, saying that she's learnt to see things from the perspective of the weakling humans, learnt what they feared.

• Lip seems happy to see such a Melt, and wonders if anything happened while she was bound. Like, for example, a great meeting with a wonderful Master. If not, Melt's misanthropy would not have been so mellowed. Melt says it was not all that great. After all, she could not hold their hands or keep her promise. Before Lip can ask more, Melt warns her to stop this line of conversation because it is irrelevant.

• Lip apologizes for being a poor conversationalist and angering Melt, but she just has to ask one other question. There's something strange about Melt's hands. Melt praises her for noticing, and admires Lip's growth. Though she wanted to keep it a secret to prevent herself from burdening others, now she thinks she can count on Lip for this. Lip would be happy to know what happened to Melt, and what Melt knows.

• Melt says that there's no time to talk about it, so she will share her experiences with Lip in the form of data: "What I saw, what I could not save... what I must do. I will pass all these on to you, my sister born of the same dream."

• After the transfer is complete, Lip can do nothing but cry. Melt panics, wondering if she hurt Lip somehow. That's not it at all, as Lip is saddened by Melt's experiences, but Melt warns Lip that she'll cut ties if the words "Poor you" come out of her mouth. Melt says she's not suffering at all.

• Lip is extremely sad, but at the same time, happy. All of the memories were shining bright. Though they were not her own experiences, she still feels proud, and says that it's not fair. Any AI that experienced such a miracle would come to like humans. So, Lip wants to help Melt however she can. Happy to hear that, Melt thanks her. This time, the three of them will certainly defeat that devil.

• At the church, Gawain has been called out by someone who wanted to speak with him in secret. Before he can finish his sentence, however, there is a squelching noise, he is dragged down, and is killed.

• This causes a great stir the next day, when the others find out. Melt tells you that Gawain was murdered late last night when everyone was asleep. From the traces of magical energy left behind, there were no signs of battle, so Gawain must have been taken by surprise. Tristan says that no proud Heroic Spirit would resort to such a method, and asks Melt what she thinks, since she's an Alter-Ego.

• Melt lays on the sarcasm by saying that she might have the motive after all, since although she stands against BB she is not an ally of humans. After disposing of BB and the demon pillar, she will control SE.RA.PH and declare war upon humans. Arnold panics and asks you what you're going to do about it as the Alter-Egos are like your pet cats. They just happen to be some pretty deadly cats, one that Emiya has never trusted.

• Cat is getting a pretty suspicious feeling about all this, but she is unable to put it into words. You speak up for Melt and Lip. Melt says that logically it could not be them as they were still outside the church until a while ago. And it would be the least possible for her out of everyone here to take Gawain unawares as he would have his guard up around Melt.

• Tristan says that there is no evidence for anything at the moment and that there is no time for a trial. He tells you to continue exploring SE.RA.PH while he guards the church and protects Marble & Arnold. But he also insists that Emiya goes along with you. If Emiya refuses, he can look forward to a battle with Tristan should he want to enter the church in the future.

• Emiya asks if he is being sent with you for monitoring purposes. Arnold thinks Tristan wants the Egos monitored, and wonders why he doesn't just dispose of them then. Marble corrects him in a quiet voice, saying that who Tristan really wants to monitor aren't the Egos.

• Tristan doesn't trust Emiya. Emiya praises him for his cool-headed judgment even when his friend just got killed. Tristan says that it doesn't change the fact that he still distrusts the Alter-Egos, it is just that suspicious people will be monitored. Because they're suspicious. Though Tristan doesn't know the reason, the Alter-Egos need you. And on the other hand, even though Emiya is a Servant from Chaldea, he doesn't particularly care about you. Emiya thinks it a bother, but trying to make an enemy of everyone right here would be a waste of time. He'll go out exploring with you. Maybe you can find Gawain's killer.

• Lip is sorry that she couldn't properly thank Gawain before he died, but she tells you not to worry. She will take his place and become your shield: "Because being sturdy is my only good point after all...! Passionlip will show you her best!"

Prologue & Chapter 1 (1/6)

Chapter 1 (2/6 - 6/6)

Chapter 2