Memory of Chaos: CZ2128 Delta

Memory of Chaos: CZ2I28 Delta was a character scenario released in Mass for the Dead, featuring the character CZ2I28 Delta.

Episode 1: Cannot Tell Anyone My Troubles
Ever since the Crack that was situated on the 6th Floor appeared, the Pleiades have been taking turns to monitor it. Yuri Alpha observing the phenomena with CZ2I28 Delta, notes that no changes have been seen so far. The other maid is more interested in cuddling one of Aura Bella Fiora's pet wolves. Yuri decides to interject stating to stay focus on their mission and to stop bothering Aura's pets. The other maid seems lost to Yuri's words as she plays with the wolf. When Yuri finally gets her attention, Shizu insists that the wolf is not bothered and tries to ask her sister if she could play with the canine a little longer, even trying to bribe her with one of her stickers. Yuri on the other hands sees that her younger sister is literally clinging to the wolf and preventing it from leaving her. Knowing Shizu is still coping with the near destruction of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and her fascination of cute animals is a form of healing, she tries to politely explain that Aura may not take kindly to the harassment of her animals. She allows Shizu a few minutes more before they head out to their next assignment. The maid then says her good-byes to the wolf and allows it to run free but is sadden by its disappearance.

Aura Bella Fiora soon appears and notices Shizu's forlorn face, but Shizu states that she is heading to subjugate Chaos Beasts. Looking around the floor, Shizu comments that there are not many animals, which Aura explains is due to the deaths of many creatures in her menagerie. So far she managed to slowly rebuild it, but there is still a lot of roles to fill. Shizu then departs, saddened, not due to the loss of the animals, but because there aren't any more cute ones for her to pet and play with. While fulfilling her duties as a battle maid, Shizu secretly keeps her troubles to herself.

Yuri was next seen visiting the Overseer Guardian Albedo at the Round Table Room while Shizu was with Shalltear Bloodfallen hunting down the Chaos Beasts. She reports to her superior that on the details in the the task of the Crack monitoring and no signs of abnormalities while on duty. Albedo inquires if there is anything else that needs attention. There is one other item, that Yuri wishes to bring up which is her concern on Shizu's mental health. Yuri explains that originally, Shizu was a child who didn't normally express her emotions, but now seems to have her mind elsewhere before she was sent to subjugate Chaos Beasts, and thinks that Shizu might have little bit of dissatisfaction and anxiety.

However tomorrow Shizu is planning to take a break, so maybe she will let loose until then. Yuri just wanted to let Albedo know what was happening. Albedo thanks Yuri for bringing this to her attention and promises to keep an eye on the other maid.

Episode 2: Opportunity
After finishing the Chaos Beast suppression, Shizu was heading to Albedo to report the completion of the mission. At the Round Table Room, not only is Albedo present but also Demiurge and Aura. Albedo apologizes as she is currently in a discussion with the two Floor Guardians and asks if she could wait until she is done. Standing at the side, she watches the discussion as Demiurge reports that his subordinates are making efforts to guard the surroundings of Nazarick. Aura pitches in that she could assist in the security. Demiurge, thankful for the aid also asks if she finds any 'sheep' in the area she would let him know.

The mention of 'sheep' gets Shizu's attention, who becomes ecstatic on the idea of sheep being near as she wishes to touch and hug a sheep's woolly body. The discussion continues on into the Lemegeton where Demiurge and Aura are still discussing with Albedo on the details. Shizu cannot hold her excitement and when the three state that they need a guard to support Aura while catching sheep this night, Shizu is quick to volunteer. Her action surprise the three. Albedo grateful for her eagerness but reminds Shizu that she just came back from a Chaos Beast subjugation, and is due to rest the next day. The maid states that the subjugation was not too hard as it was accomplished with a strategy, so she has almost no damage. To further support her to be the best one to be sent to the surface with Aura, Shizu reminds everyone that she can turn invisible and with her skills can provide support and locate distant targets. All these reasons are plausible, yet Albedo is reminded by what Yuri told her awhile ago about Shizu's odd behavior. Though she thinks that Shizu eagerness might just be a venue for her to feel like she is contributing to Nazarick's revival and perhaps she is using this opportunity to show her motivation. Finally making a decision, Albedo gives her consent and allows Shizu to join Aura for tonight's mission.

Episode 3: Mission Start
Night outside the tomb, the deployment of perimeter guards under Demiurge was completed and the two, Aura and Shizu, went out of Nazarick. Before they go out, Aura reviews the mission policy with Shizu again. Since it's still dangerous for them to go out now, they will have to locate the 'sheep' in a short amount of time in the nearby grassland and forest areas. She tells Shizu that even if she is within the alert range, she cannot cover everything, so she urges her be careful. Additional there are no reports of discoveries from Demiurge's subordinates, but Chaos Beasts nor Contaminated Beasts might be in the area. They cannot be tamed so if she is discovered, it would be best to withdraw.

Shizu understands and follows Aura orders to stay behind her for the duration of the mission. Shizu agrees and tells Aura not to forget to check and see if there are any sheep. Happy to see Shizu is energetic, Aura leads her towards a meadow. There she releases one of her wolves to scope out the area. Using her pet she located a pack of wolves in the direction of the forest so she decides to head there to tame them. Shizu silently agrees hoping to see the sheep as Aura releases the rest of her hounds.

Episode 4: Looking For Sheep
Aura, accompanied by the wolves advances while Shizu was lurking on the trees, observing at a distance. From her position Shizu does not see any beasts that are sheep so far. She asks Aura if she spots anything, which the dark elf reports that at 10 o'clock there are a couple of birds but is not sure if they can be tamed. Shizu melts into the forest as night continues to fall with Aura proceeding carefully into the depths of the forest. The automaton maid reports that there is nothing, but Aura asks her to maintain vigilance as there might be an ambush. Shizu soon reports that she might have spotted a Contaminated Beast indicating that there is a Crack in the vicinity. It would be too dangerous for Aura's beasts to proceed so she will go and check it out. The maid scouts the surrounding area, but finds no signs of life. There are remains of what appears to be humans. Aura soon appears and Shizu shows her the corpses. Aura, taking a look at the bodies deduces that it might have been a Contaminated Beast's work. Aura also comments that it was a pity that the 'sheep' died, but decides to take comfort in that the mission wasn't a total failure she tamed many beasts and tells Shizu that they are returning home. When Aura used the word 'sheep' Shizu hesitantly asks what was she referring to as sheep. The answer is the human corpses that Demiurge plans to collect to make parchment. To her horror, Shizu realizes that she had mistakenly assumed that Demiurge and Aura were referring to animals but in reality it was for human prey that wandered too close to Nazarick. The realization freezes her stiff on the spot.

Episode 5: At The End Of Despair
At the Round Table, Momonga had called Albedo and Demiurge to discuss Nazarick's future policy in keeping Nazarick and its inhabitants safe. The first to speak is demiurge who reports that everyone is currently working hard in spite of the lack of personnel. However, in consideration of ensuring safety, strengthening and making Nazarick prosperous in the future, it is inevitable for the workload to increase. Thus he considers that they begin the process to revive the other NPCs lost during the transferal of Nazarick. The suggestion is supported by Albedo, who also adds that she has received reports that there are some among those that have already revive to be suffering from anxiety and dissatisfaction with the current situation. The note disturbs Momonga, but he finds it understandable as nearly everyone in the dungeon was killed by a strange enemy. To make it worse they have regrettably lost much of their power as well as their companions.

Albedo tries to tell Momonga not to worry has the person in question has regained her motivation and is applying herself to currently escort Aura. Momonga aks who is the individual which Albedo answers to be CZ2I28 Delta. Speaking of which the maid should be returning soon, which Momonga will use to take the opportunity to speak with Shizu.

At that moment Shizu was returning to Nazarick with Aura. The maid who had once regained her motivation now had the atmosphere of "despair". The two enter the Round Table, where they present themselves before the Supreme Being. There Aura reports that they have successfully replenished acquiring minions for Nazarick with all the beasts Aura acquired from the forest.

Satisfied on the dark elf's report, Momonga turns his attention to Shizu, but only sees a dissatisfied look on her face. Wishing to correct this, he asks her gently on what is troubling her as the report from Albedo suggested that she was looking motivated at the start of the mission. Shizu is mute on the reason, as Momonga sense that her face has not changed at all but there is an aura of darkness there. In fact it feels as if her dissatisfaction is increasing. Momonga goes to the next person, Aura and asks her to explain what happened out in the field. Aura cannot say what happened as Shizu was really motivated until the latter half of her mission after they chased away a Contaminated Beast. Shizu mutters the words "sheep" and "there was no sheep".

The words in Shizu's confession, make everyone lose their words. Meanwhile, Demiurge guesses the reason for Shizu's dour behavior and feels that his words may have been the cause of this. Shizu stated that she misunderstood so she was at fault. Momonga has Demiurge explain that when he asked Aura to find "sheep" for material for parchment. It seems that Shizu was looking forward to the search, but in the end, she could not find the "animal" that was the material. Momongs finds is odd for Shizu to be disappointed for being unable to find sheep, but wonders how he can eliminate her dissatisfaction as soon as possible.

Momonga asks Shizu why she wanted a sheep, which the maid says that there is not enough cute things in Nazarick. Since they are in an emergency, she remained silent on her needs as she did not want to cause trouble for Nazarick. So when she heard they were looking for "sheep", she joined the mission because she wanted to meet them and hug them with her hands. Momonga decides to use this as an excuse to reward her for her efforts in the mission. She asks her want kind of cute animal she would like to be summoned from the archives of Ashurbanipal. Shizu is initially shocked by the offer, states she would like a Spear Needle. At her wish, Momonga uses his ring to transport himself to the library to summon a Spear Needle. When he returns he presents the a Spear Needle cub to her which she hugs in glee. The sight of her master bequeathing Shizu her very own pet, causes Albedo to praise his selflessness followed by Demiurge and Aura. They along with Shizu swear their loyalty to him for this act.

Trivia

 * At the end of the character scenario it makes a reference to the name of the juvenile Spear Needle as Howamaru which was a name from a chapter in Overlord Official Comic A La Carte.
 * This character scenario was released after the end of the campaign for Nazarick Revitalization Plan -Start-.
 * This character scenario was released alongside the Memory of Chaos: Yuri Alpha, Memory of Chaos: Narberal Gamma, Memory of Chaos: Lupusregina Beta, Memory of Chaos: Solution Epsilon and Memory of Chaos: Entoma Vasilissa Zeta.