ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 39

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とあるサイトでこんな文章を目にしました。 「やほーい！！オリカだよ！ヒロインの私のおかげで、アルトネの販売は好調だね！！カッコイイ主人公や変身少女メカオタ少女や腕が機関銃のガンナー、優男な教会の神官戦士や歌って迷える塔の管理者。個性溢れるキャラが多くて最高のRPGだね！！まぁ、ゲームの表紙もそうだけど、メインキャラはわ・た・しだけどね」 この文章をみて皆さんどう思いますかぁ？ （ルミスト）

I saw the following article on a certain site. "Yahoi!! Aurica here! It's all thanks to me, the heroine, that Ar tonelico had such good sales!! Cool protagonist, girl who can change bodies, mecha-obsessed girl, gunner with a machine gun arm, a gentle mannered church's holy soldier, or a Tower Administrator who gets lost as she sings. It's the best RPG brimming with individuality!! But well, just as the game cover shows, the main character is ME♪" What does everyone think of this? (Lumist)

	う～ん、私が見た限り、一番大切な説明文が抜けてると思うの。 天然毒舌料理オンチ娘のヒロイン、っていうのがね。	Mmmm... As far as I can see, the most important explanatory note is still missing there. In other words, a heroine that's naturally foul-mouthed and is also a horrible cook.
	ふ～ん……誰のことかな？	Hmmm... And who are we talking about here?
	え～、さすがに私の口からは言えませんよぉ。	Eek! I never said anything, you know!
	この二人、基本的に仲はいいと思うのにどうしてこういう会話の流れになっちゃうのかしら？	Given how similar they are, I thought they would turn out to be basically good friends, so how did this conversation turn out like this?

Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

	シュレリア様と！	Lady Shurelia's...!
	そういえばフレリア、貴方はどうしてそんなに色んな事を識っているの？ 確かずっと寝ていたはず…。 シュレリアには搭載されていない特殊なライブラリ機能でも搭載しているの？	By the way Frelia, how is it you're aware of several things? It's true you should have been asleep for a long time... So did you get loaded with some special function libraries that weren't given to Shurelia?
	えー？別に特殊な機能なんて搭載していないよ？ 単に、７００年くらい前に暇だったときがあって、その時にラキちゃんに色々教えてもらっていただけだよ。	Huh? I wasn't given any special libraries or anything. It's just that there was a time in which I had nothing to do around 700 years ago, and Raki taught me lots of things during it.
	ちょ、ちょっと！勝手に無視しないでください！ 私が恥ずかしいじゃないですか！	W-wait there! Don't just ignore me, please! This is so embarrassing to me!
	あら、貴方にも恥じらいなんて「機能」があったのね。	Ah, so you did have an embarrassment "function", huh?
	あ…当たり前です！ 花も恥じらう１６歳なんですからね！恥ずかしいことだらけですよ！	N...naturally! I'm a 16-year-old that makes even flowers pale before her beauty! Of course I'd be filled with embarrassment!
	…貴方の行動がね。	...Your behavior is what's embarrassing here.
	ここではアルトネリコの世界観などの技術的な質問に、徹底的に真面目に答えるコーナーよ。 「本気で知りたい！マジに回答してくれ！」という質問が有る人は、このコーナー宛てへの投稿をお勧めするわ。 その時は、本文に必ず「テクニカルサービスセンター宛」と書いて送って。 書いてないと、見落とすわよ。	This is the corner where we thoroughly and seriously answer questions about technical aspects of the Ar tonelico world. If there's anyone out there that has questions of the type "I really wanna know! Please answer seriously!", then send them here. When you do send them, make sure to write somewhere "For the Technical Service Center". If you don't do that, we'll ignore your question.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛です。 メタファルスの地理についての質問です。むらくも桟橋には海と桟橋がありますけど、あれはたまたまリムの低いところに雨水が溜まってできたものなのでしょうか？それとも塔を設計するときに、何らかの目的で設置されたユニットなのでしょうか？ (きむら秀一)

For the Technical Service Center. I've got a question about Metafalss' geography. It looks like there are a wharf and a sea at the Clouds Wharf, but was it unexpectedly formed by collecting the rainwater that falls on some of the lower areas of the Rim? Or was there a unit established there for some purpose back when the Tower was being designed? (Kimura Shuuichi)

ああ、「むらくも桟橋」の事ね。あれはリムに移り住んだ人達がそう呼んでいるだけで、昔から有る地名ではないわよ。 塔を設計したときの名前は無かったわ。単に「ベードリ」エリアと「べーフェフ」エリアを繋ぐ連絡橋でしかなかったのだから。 むらくも桟橋って名前は、このベードリとべーフェフを繋ぐ橋に多くの行き止まりが有ったこと、そしてその橋から眼下に見えるのが水ではなく群雲だったから、ということみたいね。 要するに海があったわけでもないし、船が着くわけでもない。ただその形が雲の海に浮かぶ桟橋のような雰囲気だったから「むらくも桟橋」という名前が定着しただけなのよ。 ところで貴方が言っている「海」というのが、コンダクターアクティベーションの周りにある水たまりの事なのなら、あれは雨水が溜まったものよ。 潤沢に水が有るように見えるけど、大地に水が吸収されないから１０日雨が降らないと完全にひからびてしまうのよ。貯めておける水は、あの水たまりの一番下に位置するプールのみ。 潤沢そうで、意外と水資源には困っているのよ。

Ah, the "Clouds Wharf", huh? That's just the name the people that moved to the Rim began calling it, so it isn't anything like a famous place that existed from long ago. Back when the Tower was being designed that name didn't even exist, as it was no more than a junction bridge that connected the "B-Dri" and "B-Fef" areas. Apparently, the Clouds Wharf name comes from the fact there were several dead ends in the bridge between B-Dri and B-Fef, and what could be under the bridge wasn't water but a group of clouds amassing themselves. In short, there never was a sea on it, so a ship could have never landed on it. However, it was given the "Clouds Wharf" name merely because it had the same atmosphere as a sea wharf due to it floating over a sea of clouds. By the way, if what you called a "sea" is the water that accumulates on the surrounding areas of the Conductor Activator, it's actually formed by the accumulation of rainwater. It might look like there's an abundance of water there, but as the land is unable to absorb the water, it will completely dry up if no rain falls in ten or more days. So it's no more than the pool located at the lowest place of all the ones were water accumulates. It might look abundant, but unexpectedly there's a lot of water problems there.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛です。１、２双方において高LVへのダイブはパートナー,RT共にかなりの危険を伴うようですが、実際の所,高LVへのダイブでどちらかに重大なダメージ（帰って来られなくなる、RTの精神が崩壊する、死んでしまう、等）が発生する率はどの程度なのでしょうか。 特にプラティナ等は遭難率が高いと行政にも相当な影響が出そうな気もするのですが。 (貴々)

For the Technical Service Center. In 1 and 2 it looks like the higher the level into which a partner Dives, the more dangerous it is for them and their RT, but what is the actual probability of a severely damaging event (like getting stuck in the Soulspace, causing a complete mental collapse to the RT, dying and so forth) happening during a high-level Dive? Especially in the case of places like Platina, as I guess the government would have taken appropriate measures if such accidents happened frequently. (Takadaka)

実際には殆ど発生しません。その為にダイブ屋という仕事が有るわけですから。 ダイブ屋は常にダイブ中のＦＦＴスペクトラムを監視していて、その変動が著しい異常をきたしている場合、強制終了をさせることが義務づけられているのよ。 もちろん人間ですからミスをすることもありますし、あまりに急激な変化を起こせば対応できないこともあります。 そういう場合は精神的に大きなダメージが与えられていることが多いため、サルベージ後にしばらく安静にしている必要があります。 その状態で何らかのハプニングが発生し、サルベージすらも出来なかった場合、数分間その状態で放置すると精神が崩壊し、死に至ってしまうことがあります。 実際の死亡件数は数年に一度有るか無いか、という程度です。 ライナーがあれだけ過酷な精神世界冒険をしながらも、現実世界で一度も死んだり異常をきたしたりしていないのですから、その安全性は相当なものと考えていただいて大丈夫です。 ただしそれには、ダイブ屋の技能が大きく貢献していることをお忘れなく。

Such events almost never happen in reality, because that's the job the Dive Operators have. The Dive Operators must always observe the FFT Spectra during a Dive, and if they change in a strikingly abnormal way, they will be forced to conduct a forced suspension. Of course, they're humans and can commit mistakes, so there are also times in which an abnormality happens suddenly, without giving them time to react to the situation. As many such cases could end up causing the people involved in the Dive severe mental damage, they must let them rest for a while once they have salvaged them. In that state, if anything happened, and it was impossible to salvage them, their minds would crumble away in a few minute, andd they would die if they were left alone. That's the degree of how many actual mortal accidents might have taken place during a year. While Lyner was venturing into Soulspaces that were so cruel, we can also think they were equally safe for him to go into, as there never was an abnormality that could have killed him in the real world. However, we mustn't forget either the great contribution the Dive Operators made with their technical skills.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛て ルカがクローシェ様の「METOD_REPLEKIA./」のヒュムノスがなんて言ってるのか解からない、と言っていたのはなぜですか？ＲＴが歌っている時はほとんど感覚で歌っているから、歌えるけど文にしたら読めない、みたいな感じなんですか？ (搭の管理者)

For the Technical Service Center. Luca once said that she didn't understand at all the Hymmnos in Lady Cloche's "METHOD_REPLEKIA/.", but why was that? Is it something like RTs can understand it as they're singing but can't read the letters as they're Singing? (Tower Administrator)

それはね、詩魔法サーバーが違うからなんだよ？こう言えば分かりやすいかな。 貴方が常に英和辞典を持って行動しているとしようね。そしたら、英語の文章は辞書を調べれば理解できるよね。でも、フランス語はどうかな？ 要するに、オリカやミシャやルカは「英語の辞書」しか持っていない状態、クローシェは「英語の辞書」と「フランス語の辞書」の両方を持っている状態なんだよ。 それは何故かといえば、ルカ達が繋がっている詩魔法サーバー「アルトネリコ」には、クローシェが使える詩魔法言語「新約パスタリエ」の翻訳機能を搭載していないから。 だから、ＭＥＴＨＯＤのヒュムノス語（新約パスタリエ）の解釈をすることが出来ず、そこに込められた想いを展開することも出来ないというわけ。 逆にクローシェは、新約パスタリエ以外の、アルトネリコが持っている言語辞書は全てエミュレーション出来るから、ルカの謳うヒュムノスは全部理解できるよ。 「新約パスタリエ」という言語と、それをサポートしている詩魔法サーバー「インフェル・ピラ」が特殊なんだ、って覚えておくと間違いはないかな。

Wouldn't that be because they have different Song Magic Servers? Let me explain it this way to make it easier to understand. Let's act as if you always had an English dictionary on hand. If you did, you'd be able to look up the words in the English sentences and would be able to understand them, right? But what would happen if you tried to do that with a French sentence? To summarize, Aurica, Misha and Luca only have an "English dictionary", while Cloche has an "English dictionary" and a "French dictionary". That is because the Song Magic Server "Ar tonelico" to which Luca and the others are connected doesn't have the translation functions for the "New Testament of Pastalie" Song Magic language that Cloche uses. That's why they aren't able to translate the Hymmnos language used by the METHOD songs (New Testament of Pastalie), and can't deploy either the feelings contained in it. On the other hand, Cloche can emulate all the language dictionaries used by Ar tonelico aside from the New Testament of Pastalie, so that's why she can translate completely the Hymmnos Luca Sings. It wouldn't be a mistake to remember that the "New Testament of Pastalie" and the Song Magic Server that supports it, "Infel Phira", are both special.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛です。 プロクシダイブ(プロキシ？)について質問です。直接ダイブするのが危険なレーヴァテイルをＡプロクシする技術者(レーヴァテイル)をＢとすると、このダイブの仕方の場合、権限が強いのはＢでＡが黒といってもＢが白といえばそちらが優先(強制?)されるようですが、これってどこまで干渉できる権限があるのでしょうか？ ふと気になった点がプロクシを利用してＡのレーヴァテイルについて ・強引にパラダイムシフトを起こすことができるのか ・いきなり深い層のコスモスフィアとかいけたりするのか ・コスモスフィアの世界を書き換える？ことができるのか どこまでできるのかによりますが、やり方によってはかなり危険な技術な気がします。 (ネス)

For the Technical Service Center. I've got a question about Proxy Dives (Proxies?). There's an A Reyvateil that's dangerous to Dive into and has a B technician (Reyvateil) do a Proxy, so in this kind of Dive, B has such a strong authority that she can make A white no matter how black she might be due to having a higher (forced?) priority, but does the one doing the Proxy have the power to interfere so much? As for the receiving A Reyvateil that is using the Proxy, I've noticed a few points I also want to ask about: Would it be possible to forcefully cause a Paradigm Shift on her? Would it be possible to abruptly go to a deeper stratum of the Cosmosphere? Would it be possible to fully rewrite the Cosmosphere world? I'm thinking it's possible to do all sorts of things, but that would also make it a dangerous technique due to how it's done. (Ness)

プロクシダイブは確かに、やりようによってはかなりのことが出来るわね。 明確な回答をするなら、パラダイムシフトを直接起こさせることは出来ない。ただし、パラダイムシフトが起きやすくなるように、色々とちょっかいを出すことは出来るわ。 具体的な例は、ゲーム中の一番最初のダイブ。クローシェが介入を阻むのをルカが阻止したわよね。あれは直接的にパラダイムシフトの発生は促していないけど、結果的にパラダイムシフトの近道を作ったことになるわ。 それと同様に、いきなり深い階層に行く（＝ダイブアドレスの変更）を行うことは出来ないわ。寧ろそれはダイブ屋が結構簡単に出来てしまったりするのだけど、行く場合ダイバーとレーヴァテイルの命を粗末にするだけだから、あまりオススメ出来ないわね。 コスモスフィアの世界を改ざんすることも、場合によっては出来るわね。ただしその場合、ルカｖｓクローシェの時もそうだったように、プロクシされる側も大いに抵抗するわ。 その結果、改ざんを阻止される事もあるし、せめぎ合いの結果精神に傷を作ってしまうこともある。 そう、貴方が言うように「プロクシダイブ」はとても危険な技術よ。それは医者がメスを振るうのと同じくらいに。 だからこそ、プロクシには細心の注意を払う必要があるし、プロクシダイブを行うときは、ダイブ屋も普段は見逃しているようなＦＦＴスペクトラムの変化でも見逃さずに強制終了してしまうこともある。 また、プロクシを行う人は、ダイブマシンの中で自分の精神の一部にダイブ屋とダイブマシンプログラムをダイブさせなければならない。なぜなら、こうすることでダイブ屋と常に連絡を取ることが出来るようになるから。逆に言えばプロクシをしている側のレーヴァテイルは常にダイブ屋に監視されているというわけ。これを嫌う大半のセラピストは、この時点でプロクシダイブに抵抗があるわけだけど、こういったことも含め、プロクシダイブは一定の安全性を確保しながら運用できているというわけ。 答えになっているかしら？

It's true that Proxy Dives can do a variety of things depending on how they are done. But if I had to give an accurate response, I have to say that they can't directly cause Paradigm Shifts. However, they can meddle in a variety of ways in order to make triggering them easier. As a concrete example, we have the very first Dive that could be seen in the game, with Luca serving as an obstruction that stopped Cloche's intervention. That might not be pressing directly for the triggering of a Paradigm Shift, but it ultimately served as a shortcut to one. Similarly, they can't be used to suddenly go to a deeper stratum (or in other words, to change the Dive Address). Rather, the Dive Operators would be able to do that rather easily, but since doing that would be treating the lives of the Diver and Reyvateil disrespectfully, they never do it. As for altering the Cosmosphere world, it can be done depending on the situation. However, that will encounter great resistance from the one on the receiving end of the Proxy, as it was in the Luca vs Cloche case. As a result, the alteration will be stopped, and the conflict will result in the creation of a spiritual scar. So yeah, "Proxy Dives" are as dangerous a technique as you're saying. It's more or less on the level of a medic wielding a scalpel. That's why it's necessary to have meticulous attention during a Proxy, as when one is being conducted, even Dive Operators will consider FFT Spectrum anomalies that would be normally ignored as ones that they can't leave alone and where an emergency suspension is necessary. Also, the one doing the Proxy has to make the people receiving it Dive with a Dive Machine program that was inserted in a part of her mind while she is inside the real-world Dive Machine. That's why they can keep in constant contact with the Dive Operator. On the other hand, this also means that the Reyvateil doing the Proxy is also being constantly monitored by the Dive Operator. Most Therapists really hate doing this, and they currently oppose carrying out Proxy Dives, but even having said this, they can still make use of this technique as long as they can guarantee a certain safety rate for them. That's more or less the gist of it.

「高密度のグラスノ波束は高レベルへのダイブに欠かせない」と本に書いてあるのをみたのですが、洗脳とかクリティカルダウンのことはとりあえず置いておきまして、要するに高密度のグラスノ波束を入れれば、一応はレベル9などの高レベルへダイブできるのですか？ また、それとは別の質問になりますが、他人のCS内で詩魔法を紡ぐ、という事は可能なのでしょうか？（ルカのCS内でクローシェ様がファイアブラスターをぶっ放す。またはCS内のルカに攻撃、など） (いつき)

I saw in the book that "High-density Grathnode Wave Packets are essential for high-level Dives", but it was said that getting them so high could also be used for brainwashing or causing Critical Downs, so in short, if high-density Grathnode Waves are sent in, it'd be possible to hypothetically Dive into a high-level Cosmosphere like a Lv. 9 one? And I've also got another question: would it be possible to craft Song Magic inside someone else's Cosmosphere? (Such as Cloche firing off Fire Blaster inside Luca's Cosmosphere, and using it to attack the Luca inside the Cosmosphere). (Itsuki)

一応出来ないこともないけど…それは例えるなら、致死量の薬を投与する医者と同じくらい危険なことであり罪な事なんだよ。本人達にとってみれば、それはダイブしたという体験にもならないくらい、瞬間的に異常を来すことになるよ。 具体的には、瞬時にしてレーヴァテイルの導体Ｈ波がダイバーのそれを潰してしまうの。それくらいに強大なエネルギー差があるんだよ？ あと、他人のコスモスフィアでダイバー側のレーヴァテイルが詩を紡げるか、という質問だけど、答えは紡げる、だよ。 ただしそれは、通常の現実世界で紡ぐのと同じで精神の内側から振るわせる訳じゃないから、紡げる確率は現実世界と全く同じ。だから、殆どそういう事はないんだよ。

I'll hypothetically say it's not impossible... but it'd be a sinful thing to do, as it's as dangerous as a physician administering a lethal dose of medicine to someone. If we look at it from the viewpoint of the person themselves doing it, it's like they didn't have any experience with Diving, which would instantly cause anomalies as soon as the Dive started. To put it in concrete terms, the Diver would get instantly crushed by the Dynamic H-Waves of the Reyvateil they are trying to Dive in. That's how much of an energy difference there would be between them. As for your other question on if a Reyvateil Diving into another would be able to craft Song Magic in the Cosmosphere, the answer is they can. However, since they aren't actually wielding the contents of their minds and it's exactly the same as when they craft a Song normally in the real world, the probability of them crafting it would be the same as the one for a Reyvateil crafting a sSng on the real world. So it's something almost never happens.

	そういえば、シュレリアお姉ちゃんとジャクリはいつも仲悪いの？ あまり怒ると身体に良くないよ？仲良くしようよ。	By the way, do you have a bad relationship? Sis Shurelia and Jakuri? You know being angry all the time isn't healthy, right? Let's get along.
	わ、私は別に好きで怒っているわけじゃないわ！ シュレリアがあまりに聞き分けが悪くて自己中心的だから…	T-that doesn't mean I like getting angry! It's because Shurelia is terrible at learning things and so self-centered.
	何を言ってるんですか！聞き分けが悪いのは貴方の方でしょう！？	What are you saying!? The one who's terrible at learning things is you!
	ほらー！だめだってば！！ はい、手と手を繋いで！これでなかよしさん！ ね？	Hey! Cut it out already! Okay, join your hands! Now you're both close friends! Okay?
	な…何を…	W...what the...?
	そ、そんな事したって、仲良しにはなりませんよ…！？	Y-you know we won't become close friends just because you did that...!?

Editor's Postscript

今回はもの凄いテキスト量になりました。読み応えがあったのではないでしょうか？ 特に投稿道場とミシャのお悩み相談室の投稿数が大幅にアップしていて嬉しい今日この頃。 せっかくですから、アルトネ２からもレギュラーを増やそう！ということで、募集してみました。 是非皆さんのお気に入りのキャラに投票してあげてください。 それでは、また次回！ (土屋)

This issue had an amazing amount of text. Did you find it a worthwhile reading? I'm especially happy today because of how much the number of submissions increased for Hama's Submission Dojo and Misha's Problem Consultation Room. And since it's been so long awaited for you all, we're going to increase the number of regular characters from AT2! So we've tried recruiting some of them. Please, make sure to vote for the character you like the most. Ok then, see you next issue! (Tsuchiya)