Gnosia (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

[WOMAN] Go and be frozen, Yuri,
at once.
[YURI] Who is this?
Another new person?
Speechless, huh?
You certainly look it.
What is it that you seek?
Uh
Who are you?
[chuckles]
So then you don't know yet.
Interesting.
I suppose this too
must be their will.
[YURI] What? Whose will?
Very well then, follow.
We haven't got all day.
Yuri.
[YURI] Setsu.
Glad to see you're awake.
Do you understand
what's going on?
The instant learning
is a little
Uh yeah.
Ah, what is this? Conspiracy?
How audacious.
Who is she?
Yuriko.
I don't know much
about her either.
She's apparently a shrine maiden
from a sublight-speed ship.
[opening theme song playing]
[YURI] Hey, Jina's not here.
[SETSU] Looks like
we're all present.
All right, I suppose
we should get started.
Where's Jina?
EPISODE 4: SILVER KEY
Jina? No one here by that name.
My, it would appear as though
your memories are still
a bit scrambled, Yuri.
[YURI] I guess that means
in this timeline, she didn't
escape onto the ship.
Um, sorry.
Never mind. My mistake.
[scoffs]
[SQ] So, like, why is she
all the way over there?
Talk about aura farming.
[device whooshes]
[YURIKO] You are the narrator of
this little play, are you not?
Then, shall we
raise the curtain?
Right.
According to LeVi's report,
one Gnosia has managed
to infiltrate the ship.
But, of course,
we can't know which of us it is.
Well, hey, wanna draw
lots for cold sleep?
[SHIGEMICHI] Eh?
[YURI] Once again,
I'm back at square one.
Jina's not here,
and there's another new person.
All the conditions
have changed again,
and we're starting from scratch
to determine the Gnosia.
Honestly, at this point,
I don't see why I should bother
trying to find them at all.
I mean, sure,
when I had to return to day one
because I failed to find them
in the other loops,
at least then I had some hope.
I fully believed that if we
could get rid of the Gnosia,
then I would escape
from this loop.
But even though we were able to
confirm their identities
last time,
and successfully
sent them to cold sleep,
I was sent back anyway,
back to knowing nothing.
If I have to repeat
the same day over and over,
whether the ship gets taken
over by the Gnosia or not,
I don't understand
the point of these meetings.
You will soon,
and I want you to do your best,
for everyone's sake,
but especially your own.
[YURI] Sure, but to what end?
Huh?
Lookin' pretty zoned out there.
Pathetic.
They haven't listened to
a single word that's been said.
Just look at that blank face.
- Sorry.
- [sighs]
I said I'd like to hear
what you have to say, Yuri.
Tell us what you think.
Uh, right.
To be frank,
I'm not really sure, not yet.
Pretty convenient to be
an amnesiac right about now.
Are you so unsure as to whom
we should suspect?
Very well.
You'll do fine.
Uh
[exclaims]
I'm used to people
getting creeped out by me,
- but that hurts!
- [scoffs]
Why else would you wear
such a ridiculous mask
if not to hide?
You've been rather fidgety
since we've arrived,
glancing around
all furtive like that.
Hey, this is just how I am, bub!
Hmm.
You have only yourself to curse
for your carelessness.
- [huffing]
- Begone.
- [gasps]
- [LEVI] Your time is up.
[nervous gasp]
[LEVI] Voting has ended
with seven valid votes,
100% of all eligible crew.
You gotta be
freaking kidding me!
[YURI] One casual statement
from her
was enough
to sway the entire room.
Out of everyone
I've met so far,
she may have the most command
over the situation.
Setsu said she's apparently
a shrine maiden from somewhere,
and she seems to know
something about me.
[chuckles]
[gasps]
Ah, investigating Yuriko,
are we?
[YURI] Yeah, I heard that
she was a shrine maiden,
- but if you know more--
- [gasps]
- [playful music]
- Ooh! Lookie, lookie!
Doesn't this color, like,
totally match my hair?
Uh, it sure does.
Despite how I look,
sweet lil' SQ here doesn't know
much about the world.
So I can't really help ya.
I'm just a wittle baby,
one year old.
Did you grow up
sheltered or something?
Well, kinda, yeah.
[chuckles]
Actually, that's truer
than you know.
I mean, just look at my skin.
Flawless!
Mm. Yeah, it's nice.
[digital beeping]
[digital whoosh]
[YURI] The sublight-speed ship
Hoshibune,
where the shrine maidens pray
as they drift through space.
Find anything interesting
while you've been
snooping around?
[gasps]
Oh, I see.
That's how it is.
Very well then,
we'll converse somewhere else.
Follow me.
This place will do.
Look above you.
Into the furthest reaches
of the cosmos
Okay.
those same stars
are watching you,
and they see
through you completely.
[chuckles]
I don't get it.
What do you know about me?
What do I know?
What do you?
[YURI] Should I
actually answer her?
I could,
but if I do, she might use
whatever I say
to manipulate me.
Huh?
[gasps]
How amusing. It would seem
you truly do know nothing.
No matter.
Whether you like it or not,
you will soon come to terms
with your own distortion.
[grunts]
[panting]
[whimpering]
- [panting]
- [chuckling]
[YURI] What did she do to me?
My own distortion.
I'm distorted?
[LEVI] Initiating
warp countdown.
Ten, nine, eight
[whoosh]
[screaming]
[panting]
[coughing]
- [SETSU] You understand?
- Huh?
Back again?
I was attacked by a Gnosia.
They took me out during a warp.
In your previous loop?
Yeah.
[gasps] Wait, hang on.
You shouldn't know
anything about my looping yet.
This is still day one, isn't it?
Matter of fact
I didn't know you had
one of those things too.
I assume that means your loops
have only recently begun.
Take it out.
We'll exchange information.
Uh, take it out from where?
I should have taught you
how to do that.
Hold an image of the key
in your mind's eye.
- I see.
- [gasps]
So I take it,
you still don't understand
why the loops are happening.
Does that mean you do?
[sighs] Yes, I do.
Come, I'll explain.
I'm the one who started you
down this path after all.
[digital whirring]
[LEVI] The next
to enter cold sleep is Racio.
[thuds]
[birds chirping]
So this is where
you like to spend your time?
No, I wouldn't say that.
I just figured
it would be a nice, calm place
for us to talk.
It's a bit too lonely
for my liking.
Mind if we move?
[YURI] Mm-hmm.
LeVi, pattern E7, please.
[LEVI] Understood.
[gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
Wow, didn't know
we could do that.
[SETSU] Space is
pretty desolate,
so I like to put something on
with a little more life to it.
- [YURI] Huh.
- What?
Nothing.
Just fun to know
your type of environment.
[gasps]
Good that you're curious,
but let's talk about this first.
This is a Silver Key,
a parasitic life form
that forces its host
into a time loop.
[YURI] A life form?
Actually, that makes
a lot of sense.
Racio mentioned
creatures like that.
[chuckles] Did they?
What are you laughing about?
Nothing. Ignore me.
So are you Are we both
[SETSU] Yeah, I'm also looping.
But the two of us
are looping at different rates
and across
entirely different world lines.
For example, you're still
on your fifth loop, right?
Whereas I've already
looped over a hundred times.
A hundred?!
Yes, all to fill the Silver Key
with the knowledge it craves.
They feed on whatever
information they can get
about different
individual humans.
So they make their hosts loop
in order to eat their fill.
- You see that?
- [gasps]
That's how much
I've gathered so far,
and that's what
you need to do as well.
Come with me.
[gasps]
[coughing]
Whoa! What the
- [JINA] It's my fault.
- [gasps]
Sorry, I grilled them
a bit too long.
[SQ continues coughing]
What are they?
She called them, like,
dango something.
[sizzling]
Mitarashi dango,
the perfect food.
You learn anything?
Nothing I would consider
all that useful.
But at the very least,
I learned Jina's favorite food.
More than enough to start with.
Take a look and see.
[YURI] So that's what it wants.
And if I can fill it
all the way up
Hello. If it isn't
Setsu and Yuri.
Uh
Those flowers are gorgeous.
[STELLA] Thank you.
I want to experiment
with them a bit more,
perhaps grow
some different colors if I can.
Hey, Stella,
how do you spend your time?
These!
I have even more in my room.
Would you like to see them?
[YURI] Yeah. I'll stop by later.
[STELLA] And you're welcome
to come by too, Setsu.
See you.
[receding footsteps]
[YURI] Hey.
No reaction?
You must have already
learned that about her.
Information like that
transcends the loop.
It won't count towards the key
if I already knew about it?
Precisely. It wants to learn
about us on a deeper level,
so it won't accept repeat facts.
It wants to learn
about our personalities,
where we came from,
what we like,
our desires,
our dreams.
Anything new you learn
about your fellow crewmates
will be absorbed and logged
by the Silver Key.
[inaudible]
And then,
when at last it learns
everything it desires to know,
the Silver Key
will seek out another dimension
in hopes of
leaving its current host
to parasitize a new one.
Another dimension?
Yeah.
That's essential
to its life cycle,
and the solution
to your current problem.
But don't worry too much
about that right now.
Just focus on getting to
know your crewmates.
Ask questions,
make friends, eavesdrop,
whatever it takes
to learn more about them.
That's priority one.
All right then.
[SETSU] That's why
our meetings still matter.
The longer you survive,
the longer
you'll be around the others,
so the more opportunity
you'll have
to know them more deeply.
[YURI] But whenever
I loop and go back,
would I be a stranger
all over again?
Yes, that's why you should aim
to play your role,
whatever role it is,
to the best of your ability,
for as long as you can.
Even if you know
you have to loop again anyway.
Understood.
[LEVI] Ten minutes remain
until warp commences.
Please return
to your living quarters.
We're on our way, LeVi.
Thanks, Setsu.
I was lost for a while,
but now I'm feeling hopeful.
So, now that I know
we're in this together,
I promise I'll have your back
no matter what.
We can definitely
outlast these monsters.
[SETSU] I'm going back
to my room.
See you.
[receding footsteps]
- Yuri.
- [soft gasp]
Huh?
After well over a hundred loops,
do you know why I never told you
I was also looping until now?
No, I don't.
Because there was
always a chance
you were the one
infected by the Gnosia.
No one wants to divulge
their secrets to their enemy.
But this time I know for sure
that you're human, Yuri.
Because I'm the Gnosia.
[gasps]
[shudders] Setsu.
[eerie music]
[laughs]
[YURI] Setsu is the Gnosia.
[LEVI] Initiating
warp countdown.
Ten, nine, eight, seven
[whooshes]
[screaming]
[panting]
[mechanical whirring]
Hey, Yuri.
Then SQ was
[LEVI] Correct. I am unable
to detect her presence.
We have failed you.
Please forgive us.
Why are all of you
so despondent?
It was inevitable
that this would happen
when we failed to freeze
the Gnosia yesterday.
Yeah, we know that,
but someone was killed.
[YURIKO] No, not necessarily.
It may be true that the Gnosia
attack and eliminate humans,
but it's also said
that they don't actually kill.
They may simply
transfer their souls elsewhere.
[YURI] Is that true?
We really don't have
any way of knowing.
That actually sounds worse.
Jina.
[JINA] I would much rather
take my own life
than be eliminated
or transferred.
[scoffs]
That's your prerogative.
In any case, we're out of time.
Let us decide
on the next sacrifice.
[SETSU] One Gnosia
has infiltrated the ship.
Yesterday,
Racio was put into cold sleep,
and SQ was attacked
during the warp.
And to our knowledge,
there's not a doctor on board.
[LEVI] That is correct.
Is there an engineer?
[LEVI] One credential
has been issued.
[SETSU] Looks like no one's
going to out themselves.
Then we'll have to discuss it
amongst ourselves, won't we?
Yuri, your thoughts?
Uh, on who?
Honestly, I haven't
really thought about it.
Is there anyone
you find suspicious?
[YURI] What are they
trying to do?
Why did they tell me
that they were a Gnosia?
Do they want me to pick them?
Or not?
The most appropriate
and obvious measure
would be that we freeze Yuri.
Haven't they
been acting suspect?
Hey, w--
Calm down.
If I panic, she'll think
that's an admission of guilt.
I can't say I'm happy
you see me that way.
I'm just trying
not to speak carelessly.
Oh?
Don't punish them
for being thoughtful.
Yuri is answering
a direct question.
Excuse me.
I'd like to confirm something
that I overheard Setsu and Yuri
discussing last night.
Setsu, was your comment in jest,
or was that true?
[gasps]
Whatever do you mean?
I was sure I heard you
admit it plain as day.
Setsu said they are a Gnosia.
Oh? What an entertaining
development.
Is that true?
It is,
and I'm certain
Yuri heard it too.
Then we look to you
to confirm it.
[suspenseful music]
[YURI] I
[machinery whirring]
[YURI] I know it's Setsu.
[trembling breaths]
[beeps]
[LEVI] Voting has ended
with five valid votes,
100% of all eligible crew.
The votes will now be tallied.
It has been decided.
The next to enter cold sleep
is Stella.
Why, Yuri?
I told you clearly
that I was the enemy.
Why would you lie to protect me?
I could ask you the same.
[gasps]
Yuriko was ready
to get rid of me,
so why defend me?
Especially when I know
who you really are.
- [gentle music]
- You have a point.
Why tell me at all? I don't
I don't know.
I think I just wanted to know
what you would do.
I was curious what you
would decide if it was me.
Learn anything?
[SETSU] I learned that
I was right about you.
You're calm,
and a little lonely,
just like this place.
But listen,
don't do things
that put you at a disadvantage.
You're only going to
make yourself suffer that way.
Oh, that goes double for you.
I mean, the last thing
a Gnosia should do
is come out and say
that's what they are in public.
[chuckles]
You got me there.
[YURI] Tonight, when we warp,
I want you to come
and eliminate me.
Uh?
I mean it.
I feel like I owe it to Stella.
She went down because of me.
All right.
Just promise me something.
No matter the timeline,
I want you to play
whatever hand was dealt to you.
If you ever think
I'm suspicious,
then come at me
with everything you've got,
and we'll break this loop
once and for all.
Yeah, back at ya.
[gasps]
- [exhales]
- You understand?
Yeah.
[SETSU] Eight of us have escaped
onto the ship this time.
It's you, me, Racio,
Jina, Stella, Yuriko,
as well as
[mechanical whirring]
- [gasps]
- Uh
[BOTH] Huh?
[Yuri gasps softly]
[hisses]
[closing theme song playing]