6. FLOATING INDUCTION (浮誘)

Disclaimer: Moonlight Syndrome belongs to Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51. God bless that once-creative soul before he went hipster.

Translator’s Notes are always found at the bottom of each page. Contains additional info and clears up certain things that come up in the game.

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Excerpt from Kara no Kyoukai:

“What does a view from a high place remind you of? The impulse you feel when you look down at the world you live in. A violent cognition that attacks you even if you refuse it. An emotion created by an overlooking view. That’s ‘far’.

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The blowing wind, a worried child

 

The overlooking view, the helpless child

 

The second perspective, the gathered spectators

 

The widened view, the worried child

 

The disconnected observers…The recorders of the events…

 

….Deep-sixing boxed rationality, the emergence of drop inclination

 

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” *KER-SPLAT*

 

…Mommy always said…

 

…that people die when they fall.

 

Floating is putting the cart before the horse. …Right?

Have a tasty black screen before we proceed

MIKA: センパ~イ!! (Senpaai)
Senpaaaai!!

Running like Pocahontas on ganja

 

RABU RETAA uketeiru ka~? Sore ha atashi ja nai mon~

MIKA: センパイセンパイセンパイセンパイ (Senpai Senpai Senpai Senpai)
Senpai, Senpai, Senpai, Senpai!

YUKARI: うるさいなぁ… (Urusai naa)
一回言えばわかるって (Ikkai ieba wakaru tte)
Jesus, pipe down!
I heard you the first time, alright?

MIKA: センパイセンパイ, 聞いて! (Senpai Senpai, kiite)
タイヘンタイヘン, 大事件勃発! (Taihen taihen, daijigen boppatsu)
Senpai, Senpai! You’ve got to hear me out!
Something really big is going down!

YUKARI: …はいはい, なんですか? (Hai hai, nan desu ka)
…Uh huh, do tell.

MIKA: 真剣に聞いてくださいよ~ (Shinken ni kiite kudasai yo)
…あのね (Ano ne)
うちのマンションの横の団地… (Uchi no MANSHON no yoko no danchi)
Come on, don’t bring it down before I tell you!
…So anyway.
It happened at the apartment complex near my condo.

YUKARI: “ピラミッド御殿”の城壁ね… (“PIRAMIDDO Goten” no jouheki ne)
あれがどうしたのよ? (Are ga doushita no yo)
Outside the impregnable walls of “Pyramid Palace”, eh?
So? What of it?

MIKA: …それ嫌味ですか? (Sore iyami desu ka)
…Why are you being sarcastic?

YUKARI: 聞こえる? 嫌味に? (Kikoeru Iyami ni)
You can tell?

MIKA: …ちょっと (Chotto)
…Yeah.

YUKARI: あんたのコンプレックスでしょ? (Anta no KONPUREKKUSU desho)
…気にするなって (Ki ni suru natte)
…で, なに? (De, nani)
That’s the name of your place, right?
…Just checking.
…So? Tell me.

MIKA: …飛び降り自殺があったんですよ (Tobiorishisatsu ga attan desu yo)
それも, 3回目ですよ! (Sore mo, san-kaime desu yo)
…There was a suicide jumper.
That’s the third one too!

YUKARI: 人が死んだ話をよく… (Hito ga shin da hanashi wo yoku)
軽率な発言はもう卒業しなよ (Keisotsu na hatsugen ha mou sotsugyou shi na yo)
あんたもういい加減に… (Anta mou iikagen ni)
Stories about recent deaths are always the best…
What is a human but a miserable pile of secrets.
It’s a tragedy that you’ve fallen to its level…

MIKA: これって絶対になんかありますよ (Korette zettai nanka arimasu yo)
あそこの団地の中学生って (Asoko no danchi no chuugakusei tte)
結構, 住民の間では問題になってて (kekkou, juumin no aida de ha mondai ni natte te)
Hey, this is serious.
I got word that the victims are junior highschool kids.
All the tenants are finding it to be a serious problem.

YUKARI: 少しはあんたも (Sukoshi anta mo)
マシになったと思ったんだけどね (mashi ni natta to omottan dakedo ne)
ダメみたい, これじゃ… (Dame mitai, kore ja)
You seem
pretty fired up about this too.
You are hopeless, just so you know…

MIKA: 聞いてます? ねぇ? (Kiitemasu Nee)
あのコたちの行動を探りましょうよ! (Ano ko-tachi no koudou wo sagurimashou yo)
Heyyy. Are you listening to me?
Let’s go talk to them and hear their story!

YUKARI: もういいよ… (Mou ii yo)
どうも胸クツ悪いわ… (Doumo mune kutsu warui wa)
Oh for God’s sake! OK, fine.
I’m already regretting this…

MIKA: ちょっと, センパイ? (Chotto, Senpai)
Come again, Senpai?

ARISA: ミカ~, なにしてるの? (Mika, nani shiteru no)
Mika! What are you guys doing?

Find-Outers, ASSEMBLE!!!

MIKA: あらら, 珍しいコンビで登場だ… (Arara, mezurashii KONBI de toujou da)
Well well, it’s weird to see you two together…

CHISATO: どうして?? (Doushite)
アリサちゃんとは同じ弓道部なんだよ (Arisa-chan to ha onaji kyuudou-bu nan da yo)
How so??
Both Arisa and I are archery club members, afterall.

ARISA: そうなの (Sou na no)
チサトちゃんは一番好きな先輩でね (Chisato-chan ha ichiban suki na senpai de ne)
優しくしてくれるから大好きなの (Yasashiku shite kureru kara daisuki na no)
Yeah!
Chisato’s my favorite senpai!
She’s a sweet and kind person so I like her a lot!

YUKARI: チサト, 誰このコ…? (Chisato, dare kono ko)
Chisato, who is this…?

CHISATO: あ, そうか (A, sou ka)
ユカリちゃんは知らなかったっけ (Yukari-chan ha shiranakatta kke)
鹿原アリサちゃん (Kahara Arisa-chan)
今年入部してきたコ… (Kotoshi nyuubu shite kita ko)
Oh, right.
Yukari, let me introduce you.
This is Arisa Kahara.
She’s our newest club member…

ARISA: アリサで~す!  宜しくどうぞ! (Arisa deesu Yoroshiku douzo)
Hey, I’m Arisa! Nice to meet ya!

YUKARI: …アリサって感じだね, なんか (Arisa tte kanji da ne, nanka)
…Yeah, I got that…

CHISATO: …いいからユカリちゃんは! (Ii kara Yukari-chan ha)
…からまないの! (Karamanai no)
…It’s alright, Yukari!
…You two will get along just fine!

ARISA: ユカリっていうんだ~ (Yukari tte iun da)
宜しくね, ユカリ! (Yoroshiku ne, Yukari)
I’ll call her Yukari, then!
Hi, Yukari!

YUKARI: 呼び捨て…… (Yobisute)
なんなのこのガキ! (Nan na no kono gaki)
(1)……That’s “Senpai” to you.
The nerve of this kid!

MIKA: まあまあまあ, しょうがないんですよ (Maa maa maa, shouganain desu yo)
こういうコなんだから (Kou iu ko nan dakara)
Now now, it’s no biggie.
She’s just a kid at heart.

CHISATO: 悪いコじゃないから… (Warui ko ja nai kara)
ユカリちゃんも (Yukari-chan mo)
些細な事でカッカしちゃいけないよ (sasai na koto de kakka shicha ikenai yo)
And a good child, really.
Let the small things
slide for her sake, OK?

YUKARI: もう…チサトまで (Mou Chisato made)
…Give me a break, Chisato.

ARISA: 仲良くしようよ~ (Nakayoku shiyou yo)
せっかく4人集まったんだから (Sekkaku 4-ri atsumattan dakara)
ねっ, ミカ? (Neu, Mika)
It’s all good, girls!
We’ll get along, the four of us!
Right, Mika?

MIKA: わかりました, わかりました (Wakarimashita, wakarimashita)
Yes, yes we will.

CHISATO: なんか, ミカちゃん… (Nanka, Mika-chan)
ユカリちゃんに似てきたような気がするよ (Yukari-chan ni nite kita you na ki ga suru yo)
ほら, ミカちゃんに会ったころの (Hora, Mika-chan ni atta koro no)
ユカリちゃんに… (Yukari-chan ni)
Say, Mika…
You’re really starting to take after Yukari, aren’t you?
I think you’re going to become
a fine successor of Yukari as Yukari 2.

YUKARI: あ~も~, こんなのと一緒にしないでよ (Aa mou, konna no to issho ni shinai de yo)
美貌に格段の差があるって! (Bibou ni kakudan no sa ga aru tte)
…OK, I am SO not with this.
First of all, there’s a difference in who’s the better-looking chick here!

MIKA: へっ? センパイ? なんかいった? (Heu Senpai Nanka itta)
Eh…Senpai? What are you trying to say?

YUKARI: …なんでもないって (Nandemonai tte)
用がないんなら帰るよ, あたし (You ga nain nara kaeru yo, atashi)
…チサト, 帰ろう (Chisato, kaerou)
…Forget it.
Are we done here? Because I have places to be.
Chisato, let’s go.

U guys suck, g2g *Yukari logged out*

 

……Awkward.

CHISATO: ユカリちゃん, 先に行ってて! (Yukari-chan, saki ni ittete)
すぐに追いつくから (Sugu ni oitsuku kara)
Oh, Yukari! You go on ahead!
I’ll catch up with you!

MIKA: …なんか機嫌悪いね, センパイ (Nanka kigen warui ne, Senpai)
…Senpai seems to be having one of those days.

CHISATO: …………

MIKA: …………なるほど (Naruhodo)
(2)…………Ohhhhh, I see.

CHISATO: …で, どうしたの? (De, doushita no)
…何かあったの? (Nanika atta no)
…So, what were you two talking about?
…Anything interesting?

ARISA: アリサもまぜて~ (Arisa mo masete)
Let me in on it too!

Later, that day…

ARISA: で, どこに忘れたの~ (De, doko ni wasureta no)
もうマヌケなんだよね, ミカは (Mou manuke nan da yo ne, Mika ha)
How can you forget where you dropped it?
Come on, Mika. You’re making yourself out to be a real airhead.

MIKA: いいでしょ! (Ii desho)
誘ってもらって光栄だと思いなさい (Sasotte moratte kouei da to omoi nasai)
なかなか誘わないんだよ, ミカ様は (Naka-naka sasowanain da yo, Mika-sama ha)
It’s fine!
Think of it as a sidequest with booty.
Besides, I didn’t ask you to come along.

ARISA: 無理やり付き合わせといて… (Muriyari tsukiawase toite)
PHS, 教室に (PHS, kyoushitsu ni)
忘れる人なんていないよ~ (wasureru hito nante inai yo)
早く思いだしてよ~ (Hayaku omoidashite yo)
No, you DRAGGED me into this.
(3)Anyway, nobody lost a PHS
in the classroom.
Hurry up and remember where you were last!

MIKA: …えっと, 確かね (Etto, tashika ne)
あれ? どこだっけな? (Are? Doko dakke na)
…Uhh, let me think.
Umm, where was I last?

ARISA: …頼みますよ~ (Tanomimasu yo)
…Think hard, please?

MIKA: そうそう! 図書室だっ! (Sousou Toshoshitsu dau)
あそこで, 昼食べた時に… (Asoko de, hiru tabeta toki ni)
I know! It’s gotta be at the library!
I was taking my lunch there this afternoon…

ARISA: はいはい, 行きましょう! (Hai hai, ikimashou)
急がないと (Isoganai to)
チサトちゃん時たせちゃうよ~ (Chisato-chan tokitase chau yo)
OK, let’s make it quick!
We can’t keep Chisato
waiting, you know!

MIKA: わかったわかった… (Wakatta wakatta)
I know, I know…

LEGENDS:
北 – NORTH
南 – SOUTH

LEFT MAP SIDE – BUILDING MAP
RIGHT MAP SIDE – FLOOR MAP

BLUE DOT – Person/object to interact with

CURRENT POSITION: NORTH 1F

(go up the stairs on the right)

(go all the way up to NORTH 4F)

CURRENT POSITION: NORTH 4F

(turn left towards the blue dot)

ARISA: あっ, 校長先生だ~ (Au, Kouchou-sensei da)
Oh, hello sir!

[He’s got a glorious beard…] “Are you girls still here at this time of the day? Not up to anything, are we?”

ARISA: 校長先生, 違うんです~ (Kouchou-sensei, chigaun desu)
ミカがね, 忘れ物しちゃって… (Mika ga ne, wasuremono shichatte)
Absolutely not, sir!
Mika just forgot something, and we’re trying to find it!

MIKA: アリサ! ちゃんと敬語使いなさい (Arisa Chanto keigo tsukai nasai)
校長先生だよっ! (Kouchou-sensei da you)
Arisa, try to sound respectful to your elders for once!
This is the principal we’re talking to here!

“Hm? Oh, hahaha! Please, I don’t mind. I’m just a principal by title, so it pleases me to have the students be so open with me.”

MIKA: すみません… (Sumimasen)
ほらっ, アリサいくよ! (Horau, Arisa iku yo)
Please excuse us, sir…
Arisa, let’s go!

ARISA: は~い… (Haai)
それじゃ, 校長先生さようなら (Sore ja, Kouchou-sensei sayounara)
Yes, ma’am…
Good-bye, sir!

“Very well, good-bye!”

 

Loo-la-loo~

 

“Ahhh, I think I know you two. You’re 2-3’s Mika Kishii and 1-6’s Arisa Kahara, yes?”

 

He SeEs YoU wHeN yOu’Re SlEePiNg, He KnOwS wHeN yOu’Re AwAkE…

MIKA: え!? (E)
What!?

“I’ve been talking to your homeroom teachers. I’m hearing good things about you two girls.”

ARISA: 本当ですか~ (Hontou desu ka)
ミカ, 評判いいみたいよ, このコンビ (Mika,hyouban ii mitai yo, kono KONBI)
Reeeeally?
Mika, we must be getting famous here in school!

MIKA: 意味が違うよ… (Imi ga chigau yo)
I don’t think that’s what he means…

“This is a very important time of the year, so be careful going home, OK?”

ARISA: は~い, ありがとうございます (Haai, arigatou gozaimasu)
Thank you, sir! You too!

MIKA: …あたしたちの事まで知ってるんだ (Atashi-tachi no koto made shitterun da)
…I can’t believe he knows who we are.

ARISA: 生徒の名前と顔, 全部憶えてるんだよ (Seito no namae to kao, zenbu oboeterun da)
有名な話だよ~ (Yuumei na hanashi da yo)
He knows both our names AND our faces!
We must be the talk of the faculty!

MIKA: へ~, そうなんだ (He, sou nan da)
知らなかった… (Shiranakatta)
Yeeeah, maybe.
Who knows?

ARISA: いい人だよね, 校長先生って (Ii hito da yo ne, Kouchou-sensei tte)
He’s a nice old guy, isn’t he?

MIKA: なんかさ (Nanka sa)
優しそうなおじさまって感じで… (yasashisou na oji-sama tte kanji de)
いいよね~ (Ii yo ne)
Yeah,
he’s a kind, elderly gentleman…
(4)He’s definitely alright in my book.

ARISA: …何がいいの? (Nani ga ii no)
…How so?

MIKA: そういう意味じゃないよ… (Sou iu imi ja nai yo)
何言ってんのよ… (Nani itten no yo)
Hey, it means what it means.
That’s all…

(continue walking left)

 

(enter the second to the last door at the end of the hallway)

ARISA: 急ぎましょ~ (Isogimasho)
Let’s find it quick!

(try walking up to the door)

MIKA: (5)ピッチ! (PICCHI)
Can’t leave without my PHS!

(go between the tables)

ARISA: ミカ~, どこなのPHS~ (Mika, doko na no PHS)
…どこにもないよ~ (Doko ni mo nai yo)
Where is it, Mika?
…I don’t see it anywhere.

MIKA: ここで食べたんだけどな~ (Koko de tabetan dakedo na)
……ない (Nai)
I was having my lunch right here.
……Nope, not here.

ARISA: 違うところじゃないの? (Chigau tokoro ja nai no)
どこにもない~ (Doko ni mo nai)
What if you dropped it somewhere else?
It’s obviously not in here…

MIKA: うるさいなぁ! (Urusai naa)
だから今探してるって… (Dakara ima sagashiteru tte)
Awww, shaddup!
If you want to get this done quicker, you gotta help me look for it…

ARISA: 機嫌悪い, ミカ… (Kigen warui, Mika)
Heyyy, you don’t have to get all huffy…

(take control of Arisa)

 

(go through the second row from the first)

ARISA: あっ, ここ…あった!! (Au, koko Atta)
ミカ~! あったよ! (Mika Atta yo)
Oh, here it is…I found it!!
Mika! It’s over here!

Alright, Scully, let’s see what you got

MIKA: …どこにあったの? (Doko ni atta no)
…Where was my PHS?

ARISA: この中だよ… (Kono naka da yo)
It was in here…

MIKA: …なんでこんなところにあるんだろ? (Nande konna tokoro ni arun daro)
…おかしいな~ (Okashii na)
…What the hell was it doing all the way over here?
…Weird…

ARISA: いいよ~, 見つかったんだから (Ii yo, mitsukattan dakara)
急ごうよ~, ね~ (Isogou yo, ne)
Who cares, you got it back now, right?
Come on, let’s get out of here!

MIKA: …うん, でもなんか (Un, demo nanka)
…Yeah. Still…

CHOICE 1: 気になる (Ki ni naru)
CHOICE 2: 急ぐ (Isogu)
Something’s off
Just leave

CHOICE 1
MIKA: 絶対にヘンだと思わない? (Zettai ni hen da to omowanai)
こんな場所に置き忘れるはずないもん (Konna basho ni oki wasureru hazu nai mon)
Don’t you think it’s strange?
There is no way I could have left it on this shelf while I was here.

ARISA: …どうして? (Doushite)
…How come?

MIKA: だって, こんなところで昼食べてないし (Datte, konna tokoro de hiru tabete nai shi)
こっち側にもこなかったし… (Kocchi soba ni mo konakatta shi)
Because I wasn’t sitting here when I was having my lunch.
I didn’t even come anywhere near this shelf.

ARISA: 多分, 誰かが拾ってくれて (Tabun, dareka ga hirotte kurete)
それで, ここに置いてくれたんだよ~ (sore de, koko ni oitekuretan da yo)
What if…somebody picked up your PHS,
then just moved it to this shelf?

MIKA: …そうかな? (Sou ka na)
…Hmmm.

ARISA: そうだって, だから急ごう? (Sou datte, dakara isogou)
It’s the only way it makes sense. Now can we go?

CHOICE A: 急ぐ (Isogu)
CHOICE B: まだ気になる (Mada ki ni naru)
Just leave
Something’s still off

CHOICE A
MIKA: そうだね, 急がないと (Sou da ne, isoganai to)
逸島センパイ待たせちゃうか… (Itsushima-senpai matase chau ka)
Yeah, you’re right.
Let’s go meet up with Itsushima-senpai.

ARISA: はい, そ~ゆ~こと~ (Hai, sou yuu koto)
行きますよ~ (Ikimasu yo)
Good,
let’s get going!

CHOICE B
MIKA: でもなぁ… (Demo naa)
I dunno…it’s just…

ARISA: そんなに気になる? ヘンなの~ (Sonna ni ki ni naru Hen na no)
What’s the big deal? You’re being weird about this…

MIKA: だって, ピッチ勝手に弄られてたら (Datte, PICCHI katte ni ijirarete tara)
なんか嫌な感じしない? (nanka iya na kanji shi nai)
Think about it. Who in their right mind just picks up someone else’s PHS
and moves it to another part of the library?

ARISA: アリサはわかんない… (Arisa ha wakannai)
だって持ってないもん (Datte mottenai mon)
そんな不使なモノ… (sonna fushi na mono)
I really have no idea…
But it’s not like
they swiped it…

MIKA: なにいってんの? (Nani itten no)
使利に決まってるって (Shi ri ni kimatteru tte)
ピッチなくちゃ生活できないよ (PICCHI nakucha seikatsu dekinai yo)
アリサさ, 時代は進んでるんだよ? (Arisa sa, jidai ha susunderun da yo)
And that makes sense, how?
It’s not like it’s a useless piece of junk.
I can’t live without this thing.
I mean, this is the age of advancement, isn’t it?

ARISA: ミカの世代はこれだからダメなの~ (Mika no sedai wa kore dakara dame na no)
わたしたちの世代はどれだけ個々の時間を (Watashi-tachi no sedai ha doredake koko no jikan wo)
大切にするかがテーマだから (taisetsu ni suru ka ga TEEMA dakara)
そういう退化の玩具は必要ないの (sou iu taika no omocha ha hitsuyou nai no)
Sorry Mika, but your generation would soon die with that ideology.
(6)Time for ourselves is a valued aspect
of our generation,
so toys like these will be the death of our progress.

MIKA: 世代っていわれてもね… (Sedai tte iwarete mo ne)
あんたたちの孝えてることは (Anta-tachi no koeteru koto ha)
よくわかんないよ (yoku wakannai yo)
…使利なのに (Shi ri na no ni)
I can’t believe you used the word “generation” on me…
You kids and your never-ending pursuit in being “hip”
really goes over my head…
…I still say technology’s got a fighting chance.

ARISA: …そんなことはいいから (Sonna koto ha ii kara)
早くいこうよ~ (hayaku ikou yo)
…Who cares about that?
Please? Let’s just get out of here!

MIKA: そうだね, 逸島センパイ (Sou da ne, Itsushima-senpai)
待ってるかもしれないから… (matteru ka mo shire nai kara)
You’re right,
let’s not keep Itsushima-senpai waiting.

CHOICE 2
MIKA: そうだね, 急がないと (Sou da ne, isoganai to)
逸島センパイ待たせちゃうか… (Itsushima-senpai matase chau ka)
Yeah, you’re right.
Let’s go meet up with Itsushima-senpai.

ARISA: はい, そ~ゆ~こと~ (Hai, sou yuu koto)
行きますよ~ (Ikimasu yo)
Good,
let’s get going!

(exit the library)

The sunset……it’s full of–HOW MANY OF YOU KIDS ARE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW

 

MIKA RUN THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN ARE UPON YOU, TO MORDO– I mean let’s go

MIKA: アリサの奴, 結局遅れるんだもんな~ (Arisa no yatsu, kekkyoku osorerun da mon na)
逸島センパイも来ないし…… (Itsushima-senpai mo konai shi)
Arisa’s late for someone who wanted to be early.
Itsushima-senpai hasn’t gotten here yet either……

(walk left)

 

Halt! We wish to speak!

MIKA: あたしもゆっくり来ればよかった… (Atashi mo yukkuri kureba yokatta)
Thank God I took my time coming here…

(continue walking left)

 

Stopped again for more dialogue

MIKA:  一人で動いてみるか… (Hitori de ugoite miru ka)
でもアリサ, わかるかな~? (Demo Arisa, wakaru ka na)
It’s so quiet around here…
I hope Arisa gets here soon.

(continue to walk left)

 

(…into the next screen)

 

It may look the same but there was a tree in the previous shot so no we’re not running around in a mind-defying loop, moving on

 

(just keep walking left)

 

…until Mika reaches a sound decision

MIKA: …連絡しとこ (Renraku shitoko)
…Maybe I should make a call.

CHOICE 1: 電話 (Denwa)
CHOICE 2: ポケベル (POKEBERU)
Call them
Page them

CHOICE 1

Mika’s PICCHI

MIKA: えっと (Etto)
Let’s see…

CHOICE A: アリサにかける (Arisa ni kakeru)
CHOICE B: チサトにかける (Chisato ni kakeru)
CHOICE C: リダイヤルする (RIDAIYARU suru)
Call Arisa
Call Chisato
Redial

CHOICE A
MIKA: 短縮5…と (Tanshuku 5…to)
I’ve got her on quick dial 5…

*ringing on the other end* *someone picks up*

…はい鹿原です (Hai Kahara desu)
…Kahara residence.

MIKA: あの~, 岸井と申しますが… (Ano, Kishii to moushimasu ga)
Um, this is Kishii speaking.

はいはい, 岸井さんね? (Hai hai, Kishii-san ne)
いつもアリサがお世話になってて… (Itsumo Arisa ga osewa ni natte te)
あのコ, いまさっき出かけましたわよ (Ano ko, ima sakki dekakemashita wa yo)
おやくそくでしょ? (Oyakusoku desho)
Oh yes, Ms. Kishii?
You always look after our Arisa, don’t you?
She just left the house not too long ago.
You two did agree to meet up, right?

MIKA: あ, はい, そうです (A, hai, sou desu)
Oh. Yes, we did.

もうすぐ行くと思いますよ (Mousugu iku to omoimasu yo)
I think you’ll be seeing each other soon.

MIKA: そうですか… (Sou desu ka)
わかりました… (Wakarimashita)
I see…
I understand…

あのね, あまり遅くならないように (Ano ne, amari osokunaranai you ni)
アリサにいっておいてくれる? (Arisa ni itte oite kureru)
遅くならときは電話するようにって… (Osoku nara toki ha denwa suru you ni tte)
お願いね (Onegai ne)
By the way, since she’s already on her way,
could you pass it along to the girl
to ring up her folks if she’s staying out late?
If you don’t mind?

MIKA: わかりました, 伝えておきますので… (Wakarimashita, tsutaete okimasu no de)
I understand, I’ll pass it along when she gets here.

*pip* And so ends the call

CHOICE B
MIKA: 逸島センパイ, まだいるかな? (Itsushima-senpai, mada iru ka na)
I wonder if Itsushima-senpai’s still at home?

*dialing* *ringing for 3 times* ANSWERING MACHINE: “No one is currently at home. Please leave a message after the beep.”

MIKA: …………

MIKA: …アリサはいるでしょ (Arisa ha iru desho)
短縮5…と (Tanshuku 5…to)
…Let’s try Arisa.
I’ve got her on quick dial 5.

*ringing on the other end* *someone picks up*

…はい鹿原です (Hai Kahara desu)
…Kahara residence.

MIKA: あの~, 岸井と申しますが… (Ano, Kishii to moushimasu ga)
Um, this is Kishii speaking.

はいはい, 岸井さんね? (Hai hai, Kishii-san ne)
いつもアリサがお世話になってて… (Itsumo Arisa ga osewa ni natte te)
あのコ, いまさっき出かけましたわよ (Ano ko, ima sakki dekakemashita wa yo)
おやくそくでしょ? (Oyakusoku desho)
Oh yes, Ms. Kishii?
You always look after our Arisa, don’t you?
She just left the house not too long ago.
You two did agree to meet up, right?

MIKA: あ, はい, そうです (A, hai, sou desu)
Oh. Yes, we did.

もうすぐ行くと思いますよ (Mousugu iku to omoimasu yo)
I think you’ll be seeing each other soon.

MIKA: そうですか… (Sou desu ka)
わかりました… (Wakarimashita)
I see…
I understand…

あのね, あまり遅くならないように (Ano ne, amari osokunaranai you ni)
アリサにいっておいてくれる? (Arisa ni itte oite kureru)
遅くならときは電話するようにって… (Osoku nara toki ha denwa suru you ni tte)
お願いね (Onegai ne)
By the way, since she’s already on her way,
could you pass it along to the girl
to ring up her folks if she’s staying out late?
If you don’t mind?

MIKA: わかりました, 伝えておきますので… (Wakarimashita, tsutaete okimasu no de)
I understand, I’ll pass it along when she gets here.

*pip* And so ends the call

CHOICE C
MIKA: これ落とした時…… (Kore otoshita toki)
リダイヤルしてみよ (RIDAIYARU shite mi yo)
I didn’t take this number before……
Let’s try it again.

*dialing* *ringing 2 times before being picked up* “Hello?”

MIKA: もしもし? (Moshi moshi)
Hello?

“Who is this?”

MIKA: …誰って (Dare tte)
どこに繋がってるの (Doko ni tsunagatteru no)
…Me?
Wait, where does this number connect to?

“You’re flammable, right? I see it through pride itself.”

MIKA: …どこ? (Doko)
…どうゆうこと? (Douyuu koto)
…Where are you?
…What are you talking about?

“It won’t happen to you. Don’t worry.”

MIKA: …なにこれ? (Nani kore)
…どうゆうことなの? (Douyuu koto na no)
…What the hell…?
…Who are you to tell me this?

“I wonder who’s going to die next? Since Sumio’s passed on now…neither you nor I know for sure.”

MIKA: …スミオって (Sumio tte)
…なんで知ってるの? (Nande shitteru no)
…ねぇ!! (Nee)
…Sumio…??
…How did you know about that!?
…Hey!!

“I-won-der-who-will-die-to-night?♪” *the call disconnects*

MIKA: …いやがらせしやがって, 最低!! (Iyagarase shiyagatte, saitei)
…I oughta KILL you, you little creep!!

(Go back to Choice 1, now with the absence of Choice C)

CHOICE 2
MIKA: アリサのベル番, なんだっけ? (Arisa no beru-ban, nanda kke)
…そいうえば, あいつ持ってないか (Soiueba, aitsu mottenai ka)
センパイも逸島センパイもないもんな~ (Senpai mo Itsushima-senpai mo nai mon na)
珍しいよね, 今どき… (Mezurashii yo ne, imadoki)
What was her pager number again?
…Oh yeah, she doesn’t actually have a pager.
Neither does Senpai nor Itsushima-senpai.
That’s a strange thing to not have these days…

MIKA: 電話しよ… (Denwa shi yo)
Let’s call someone…

(Go to Choice 1)

MIKA: アリサの家からなら, 30分位か… (Arisa no ie kara nara, 30-bu kurai ka)
時間余るな… (Jikan amaru na)
Getting here from her house is a 30-minute trip…
I’ve got time…

*pata pata – sound of approaching footsteps*

 

A child heads for the complex without acknowledging our heroine

MIKA: …団地のコだ (Danchi no ko da)
こうなりゃ, ピンでやるか! (Kounarya, PIN de yaru ka)
追跡開始!! (Tsuiseki kaishi)
…That must be one of the kids.
An opportunity like that’s hard to miss!
The game is on!!

I’M SHERLOCK CATE NANCY DREW HARDY WEST HOLMES, BIGGIES!!!

 

And thus our terror–er, thrilling investigation begins here

(if you continue left past the path)

MIKA: さっきのコ, 追いかけなきゃ… (Sakki no ko, oikake nakya)
I’ll lose that kid…gotta go after them.

(so walk toward the building)

 

Give pause for something dramatic about to happen

MIKA: …なに!? (Nani)
…What the!?

…Like this outline on the ground in front of the apartment complex

MIKA: 昨日の…自殺…? (Kinou no jisatsu)
この棟だったんだ… (Kono mune dattan da)
This was…from yesterday’s suicide.
And it happened on this building…

*footsteps approach*

MIKA: ………?

KID1: “Who’s this girl?” KID2: “What’s she doing here, of all places?” KID3: “I think she’s here to check out the scene. You’re wasting your time, lady. You must be one of your generation’s idiots.” KID1: “She seems like the shy type, but she got this far.” KID3: “Nobody’s around, so it’s no use screaming for help. If you can’t prove something happened here, then you must have really fucked up somewhere.” KID2: “What do we do? Do we fuck her up?” KID3: “I don’t see a problem with that.”

 

I am clearly surrounded by the non-idiots of society

MIKA: キミたちさぁ (Kimi-tachi saa)
ひょっとしてあたしの事いってんの? (hyottoshite atashi no koto itten no)
さっきから (Sakki kara)
好きな事言ってるみたいだけど… (suki na koto itteru mitai dakedo)
You guys
are talking about me, right?
Just now,
you three sounded happy about the things you were saying…

[HORRIBLE MUSIC BEGINS TO PLAY I’M SURROUNDED BY EVIL CHILDREN I DON’T WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME ANYMORE AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU BASTARDS I’M GONNA LET THE SILENCE OF MY SCREAMING MIND TORMENT YOU AS I PLAY THROUGH THIS]

(And I will make you all listen to this piece of horrific filth so that the horror will forever be magnified in your brains as well as mine…!!)

KID3: “Are you that stupid, miss? Do you see anyone else around here? This lady’s stink makes me want to hurl.”

 

KID1: “Hey, lemme have a go at her! I can take her!”

 

KID2: “We’re about to put her through a world of hurt, aren’t we? That is, I’m fine with it.”

 

KID3: “It’s still too early for that. Besides, we’ll just get Riru in serious trouble!”

 

KID1: “Ugh! AGAIN with Riru! Why does every single thing go straight to Riru!? She’s not even here, for Pete’s sake!”

 

KID3: “I stand by my point. Don’t forget whose side you’re on this time.”

 

KID2: “Knock it off, Rukawa! She’s listening to everything we’re saying! Careful with the words you use!”

 

KID3: “Right. Sorry.”

MIKA: (…このコたち, ちっと違う) ([Kono ko-tachi, chotto chigau])
(…Something’s a little off with these kids.)

KID3: “Miss? I’m only going to tell you this once: stay out of our way.”

 

KID2: “This place is now Hell on Earth. You may not know the details, but you’re playing by OUR rules now. You’re not allowed to ask questions. Do you understand what I’m telling you, miss?”

CHOICE 1: 解った (Wakatta)
CHOICE 2: 解らない (Wakaranai)
I understand
I don’t understand

CHOICE 1
MIKA: ……わかった (Wakatta)
意味はわからないけど (Imi ha wakaranai kedo)
なんとなくね… (nan to naku ne)
……I understand.
I have no idea what’s happening here,
but I won’t meddle.

KID3: “Told you she’s an idiot.”

 

KID2: “Very well. Don’t come anywhere near this place again.”

CHOICE 2
MIKA: わかるわけないよ… (Wakaru wake nai yo)
ここって、公共の場でしょ? (Koko tte, koukyou no ba desho)
別にあたしが来ても何の問題もないよ (Betsu ni atashi ga kite mo nani no mondai mo nai yo)
キミたちが決めた (Kimi-tachi ga kimeta)
ルールっていわれても… (RUURU tte iwarete mo)
No, I don’t understand any of this.
See here, this is a public place. Right?
My being here shouldn’t be a problem.
And all you three want to tell me
is something about a rule change…

KID3: “You’re not even worth half a brain. This place is under our control now. Get it?”

 

KID2: “Rukawa, I told you to watch your mouth! Miss? We’ll leave you alone if you do the same with us. We’re not here to hurt anyone.”

 

KID1: “Hey, speak for yourself. You won’t live long if you try anything.”

 

KID3: “Good point. Do you still think we’re kidding around? How about we dole out a little punishment? Hmm?”

KID2: “Enough, you two. We’ve made our point to this girl. Miss? Please just go back.”

YES, YES, HOLY SHIT THEY’RE LEAVING THANK YOU JESUS THANK YOU

MIKA: …気持ち悪いコたちだな (Kimochi warui ko-tachi ka na)
でも, このまま引き下がれるかって (Demo, kono mama hikisagareru katte)
高校生を甘くみるなよ! (Koukousei wo amaku miru na yo)
…These kids give me the creeps.
But it looks like they’re backing off.
Heh! It pays to be a highschooler.

(We can walk and talk freely with any of the three children. However, if we go straight to talking to any one of them, the scene is over and we move straight onto the next. So let’s take the chance of getting acquainted with all three murderous children! 🙂 )

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LET’S TALK TO KID#1

MIKA: …ねぇ, さっき言われてた事ってさ (Nee, sakki iwareteta koto tte sa)
…Hey. About what you said earlier?

“You’re still hanging around here? You wanna fight me or something? Put your fists up, lady! Come on!”

MIKA: ……バカ (Baka)
やめたほうがいいよ (Yameta hou ga ii yo)
柔術習っているから (Juujutsu naratteiru kara)
メチャクチャ強いよ, あたし (mechakucha tsuyoi yo, atashi)
……You dummy.
I’m not going to pick a fight with you, you hear me?
I take lessons in jujitsu
so I’d lay you flat on the pavement in mere seconds!

“Uh…err…well, I was just kidding, lady, chill! L-let’s not start anything, OK?”

MIKA: …ガキが調子に乗らないの! (Gaki ga choushi ni noranai no)
そういうこと言ってると (Sou iu koto itteru to)
マウント取って, ボコボコにしちゃうけど (MAUNTO totte, bokoboko ni shichau kedo)
…いい? (Ii)
Don’t get smart with me, punk!
If you make me come after you,
I’ll sit on your chest and poke holes in your face with my fists!
Got that?

“Th-that’s fine, lady. I’m kinda busy here anyway.”

MIKA: …ねぇ, 教えてよ (Nee, oshiete yo)
…さっきの話 (Sakki no hanashi)
Listen.
About what you said earlier.

“I don’t know anything! I’m not saying anything, OK?!”

MIKA: 急に黙って… (Kyuu ni damatte)
何かに怖がってるみたいだったけど (Nanika ni kowagatteru mitai datta kedo)
Why so quiet all of a sudden?
You seem scared about something.

“Scared? Me? Fuck you!”

MIKA: リルだっけ? (Riru dakke)
…女の子の名前でしょ? (Onna no ko no namae desho)
動揺してるね (Douyou shiteru ne)
Is it Riru?
…That’s a girl’s name, right?
You seemed upset about her.

“Quit fucking around!! God! Just shut up about all of it!”

MIKA: …好きなの? そのコの事? (Suki na no Sono ko no koto)
そんな感じぽいね (Sonna kanji poi ne)
…You like her, don’t you?
It’s kind of obvious.

“You’re getting the wrong idea! She’s just…just difficult to disobey. That’s all.”

MIKA: …どうして? (Doushite)
なんでそんなに力があるの? (Nande sonna ni chikara ga aru no)
その女の子に… (Sonna onna no ko ni)
…ヘンじゃない? (Hen ja nai)
…Why is that?
How come she has so much power over all of you?
Doesn’t that girl…
…strike you as odd?

“I wouldn’t know either, or when it started. But…I was still a kid when she came around.”

MIKA: …それって, 自殺と関係あるの? (Sore tte, jisatsu to kankei aru no)
あなたたちの言ってる事とも (Anata-tachi no itteru koto tomo)
関係あるんじゃないの? (kankei arun janai no)
…What’s the connection between her and the suicide jumpers?
Is there a connection with the things your friends were saying
to these incidents?

“…! I’m not saying anything, especially about that! I…I don’t want to be next…!”

MIKA: 次って, さっきも… (Tsugi tte, sakki mo)
次ってなに? (Tsugi tte nani)
どういう意味? (Dou iu imi)
‘Next’?
What is ‘next’?
What do you mean by that?

“I don’t want it…! Goddammit, I don’t want it!!!”

 

Leisurely walks away from the disaster of being young

 

…More questions have arisen

MIKA: …やっぱり何か匂う (Yappari nanika niou)
…絶対, 何かある!! (Zettai, nanika aru)
…I knew it…! Something fishy’s going on here…!
…Something really fishy!!

LET’S TALK TO KID#2

MIKA: …キミ, もうすこし話聞かせてくれない? (Kimi, mou sukoshi hanashi kikasete kure nai)
いまいち, 意味わかんなくてさ (Imaichi, imi wakan nakute sa)
…Hey, can we talk again?
Still have no idea what’s going on.

(And this is where I will end it. Let’s just say someone really really REALLY needs to pick this game up as a full-on translation project.)

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TRANSLATOR’S NOTES:
(1) It’s absolutely rude to refer to your upperclassmen, siblings, and teachers without any honorifics attached to their names. Kids are a lot more cute about it. I dare you to use rude language as a tourist.
(2) The unspoken truth in videogames: girls have periods.
(3) PHS: Personal Handyphone System. Used in Japan, comes in the form of cordless phones and quite different from mobile phones. PHS has been deployed in Japan since mid-1990’s. Today, PHS is considered as a low-cost data communication service in Japan.
(4) Mika’s probably recalling her past experience with dirty old men. Like that one guy in the prologue.
(5) Interesting Fact: The word “ピッチ” also happens to be both an abbreviation and a colloquial of the PHS.
(6) I actually went to a lot of ends to make this statement poetic because it is. Oh, and Mika’s won the argument.

Hmmm, I see to be having less trouble translating the audio. The more I hear of it anyway. Or at least if the dialogue has anything to do with the current events. The other previous chapters could undergo some serious editing if that’s the case. Prologue is a challenge, esp. with Aramata and the flashbacks. Also, old people talking is hard to interpret. LOL

I’LL GIVE YOU GUYS TWO GUESSES WHO WAS ON ‘REDIAL’. MINUS ONE GUESS.

People, I’m not going to lie. I hate kids in fiction who act creepy and murderous, and intend to do away with the latter 100%. I HATE THEM.