Project 'Ma' (song)

"This is the story of the beginning..."

- Eve Zvezda, Adam Moonlit and Seth Twiright

Project 'Ma' is a song released by Akuno-P on August 11, 2012 in the Original Sin Story -Act 1- album. It is part of the Original Sin Story, explaining the very origin of the story's famous events.

Plot
In Magic Kingdom Levianta, Eve Zvezda introduces herself as a powerful witch in love with Adam Moonlit. According to the man, she will soon become the "mother of gods" in the Project 'Ma'. She explains how the prophet Maria Moonlit foretold that Sin would destroy their country. To stop the disaster, the Levianta Royal Institute had devised a plan to reincarnate the twin gods; Levia and Behemo. In order to carry out their plan, they needed a woman with great magic to bear them. This woman would become Ma and the new ruler of the Kingdom. She doesn't understand why she was chosen, but Adam told her it would be okay, and that they would be married in Held's Forest afterwards. She is now awaiting the twins' birth. Later, Adam Moonlit introduces himself and relates that Eve's twins Cain and Abel were stillborn. He explains he planned to use Project 'Ma' and Eve to gain power and punish Seth Twiright and the Senate for "taking his mother away." With thought of avenging himself, he plots to use the Venom brainwashing drug to seduce Eve in belief it would make this easier. However, he had miscalculated, and in remorse for what he has done he elopes with Eve, fleeing southward to Elphegort. At the end, Seth introduces himself, as he states he will now take control of the project for his own ambitions.

Singing Roles
Hatsune Miku as Eve Zvezda

KAITO as Adam Moonlit

Hiyama Kiyoteru as Seth Twiright

Non-Singing Roles
??? as "Great Prophet"

??? as Cain

??? as Abel

Composition
This is composed of three independent sections, one section for each of the singing characters. The vocals for Eve's section were provided by Hatsune Miku Append. It is written in the scale of E minor, a meter of 4/4 and a tempo of about 110 bpm, starting in 0.00 and ending in 2.23

The song starts with an intruduction. A bridge is then played. The song then proceeds with an A verse, a B vese and an A verse again, each slightly resembling the bridge. It ends with a C verse.

The construction of this section, therefore, can be seen as:

Int - b - AV - BV - AV - CV The vocals for Adam's section were provided by KAITO and Hatsune Miku Append. Although the tempo and meter remains the same as for the previous section, it is written in the scale of G minor and lasting between 2.24 and 5.18.

Although this section mainly uses the components of the first section, it features a duet part between KAITO and Miku between 4.15 and 4.50. The duet's scale is circulating around D minor and F major, and the melody is higher in most of its notes. Major scales are often used to convey feelings of joy and happiness, especially after a long minor part.

This section is constructed as:

Int - b - AV - BV - AV - Duet - b The vocals for Seth's section were provided by Hiyama Kiyoteru. It is written in the same scale, tempo, and meter as the second section. It is very short (lasting only between 5.20 and 6.10) and contains only the intro.

Lyrics
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Escape of the Witch, Salmhofer
Escape of Salmhofer the Witch depicts the events following Project 'Ma'; it details Seth Twiright's acquisition of the next project candidate, Meta Salmhofer, as well as the second project's eventual failure.

Moonlit Bear
Moonlit Bear tells of Adam and Eve's later life in Held's Forest, detailing the actions leading to the events of the Original Sin as alluded to in Project 'Ma'.

Recollective Musicbox
Recollective Musicbox narrates the events following Project Ma in which Ly Li, Milky Eights, Elluka and Irina Clockworker are selected as the last candidates.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The names in the song are all derived from the Book of Genesis, particularly characters directly connected to the Biblical Adam and Eve.
 * Eve's maiden surname, Zvezda, is the Slavic word for "star".
 * The "brainwashing drug" used by Adam, Venom, references Duke Sateriasis Venomania and his brainwashing power over women after sealing a contract with the Demon of Lust.

Curiosities

 * Each singer tells their perspective on where the "story" begins, deciding to start by introducing themselves as the "best" in their field in all of Magic Kingdom Levianta.
 * During Adam and Eve's duet toward the end of the song, they reference that the evening stars were "corrupted", referencing Eve's surname and the result of being "ruined" by Adam and the subsequent events in Moonlit Bear.
 * In the following verse, the stars and moon are said to disappear into the southern sky, referencing Adam and Eve fleeing South to Elphegort.
 * The song repeats the same melody in different scales, except for Eve's and Adam's duet, that has different melody.