Moonlit Bear

"Because on this kind of dark night, a frightful bear comes out."

- Eve Moonlit

Moonlit Bear is a song released by Akuno-P on June 22, 2009. It is the first song of the Original Sin Story and the sequel to Escape of Salmhofer the Witch.

Plot
During one night in Held's Forest, in the Elphegort kingdom, a woman named Eve Moonlit goes for a walk. She happens to come across two "apples" that are laying on the ground, unbeknownst to her that they really are two babies. Thinking they are a gift from God, she decides to pick them up and take them home to her husband. She says she must hurry home because bears like to come out in the woods. Suddenly the babies' mother appears, perceived as a "bear." Eve starts to run, even though she knows the truth that the fruits are actually the bear's loved ones. She stumbles through the forest, lost, and starts to cry along with the "bear" and "fruit." She later arrives home and is glad to finally be safe.

Eve shows the "apples" to her husband, Adam Moonlit. He is horrified by the sight, and reminds her that their children are already dead and she has to return these two. Eve screams in horror as she realizes what she has done, an "unforgivable sin." Adam suggests she can still give the babies back to their mother, but Eve admits she has already killed her, and the corpse is outside their house. Beside the body was a bottle filled with milk.

Singing Roles
Hatsune Miku as Eve Moonlit

KAITO as Adam Moonlit

Non-Singing Roles
Kagamine Rin as Apple/Gretel

Kagamine Len as Apple/Hänsel

MEIKO as Mother/bear/Meta Salmhofer

Escape of Salmhofer the Witch
Escape of Salmhofer the Witch details the events preceding Eve's theft, describing her encounter with Meta Salmhofer and the origin of the children she stole.

Abandoned on a Moonlit Night
Abandoned on a Moonlit Night describes a later event concerning Eve Moonlit and Hänsel and Gretel; it recounts the later lives of the children with their foster parents as well as Eve's own death.

Project 'Ma'
Project 'Ma' details Adam and Eve Moonlit's past as participants in the titular Project 'Ma', recounting the miscarriage of Eve's own children that occurred prior to Moonlit Bear.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The song's title, "Moonlit Bear", refers to the "bear" that chased it's singer, Eve Moonlit; the word "bear" also means "to carry", referring to the consequences Eve bears for her sin.
 * Like Abandoned on a Moonlit Night, Full Moon Laboratory, and Escape of Salmhofer the Witch, the story takes place on a moonlit night; the moon is often associated with madness and is the origin of the word "lunacy".

Curiosities

 * A short story elaborating on the events in the song is included in Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook.
 * Eve's black cloak gives her the appearance of a "witch", hinting at her later outcome. 
 * The glass bottle present in the song seems to be the same one seen in Abandoned on a Moonlit Night; a similar glass bottle appears in Regret Message.
 * Eve's belief that the "right path" had already been lost parallels Abandoned on a Moonlit Night, where Hänsel and Gretel express uncertainty on whether or not they travel along the "right path"; both situations involved outward lunacy on a moonlit night through Held's Forest.
 * Both songs also share the same melody during that part, although at a different pace.
 * The opening melody of Abandoned on a Moonlight Night is heard at the end of Moonlit Bear, during the credits; similarly the song's opening caws of crows is heard at the end of Escape of Salmhofer the Witch.
 * The song was rearranged by mothy using Hatsune Miku Append Solid, titled "Moonlit Bear (new version)", a track included in Original Sin Story -Act 1-.

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