E2 - Issue 2: Hold on a Moment, Why Are You Working Here?!

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[00:00] Goro
    Starting today, I, Goro Sato,
[00:02] Goro
    will be joining the Monthly
    Moso Science editorial staff!
[00:07] Goro
    It's a pleasure to be working with you!
[00:09] Both
    Huh?
[00:13] Taro
    Ow, ow, ow... Yeow, ow, ow...
[00:17] Goro
    Are you all right?
[00:19] Taro
    Obviously not! Can't you tell?
[00:22] Goro
    Well, given what you did...
[00:29] Goro
    I can see how that'd cause
    full-body muscle strain.
[00:34] Jiro
    He doesn't remember a thing, though.
[00:37] Goro
    Really?
[00:39] Goro
    No memory of the transformation...
[00:42] Goro
    That is fascinating.
[00:45] Taro
    What are you two babbling about, anyway?
[00:48] Taro
    Jiro, could you do the thing
    and maybe help me out?
[00:53] Goro
    Oh, I've got just the solution.
[00:56] Taro
    What the hell's that?
[00:58] Goro
    A poultice with an herbal treatment for pain.
[01:02] Goro
    How's right here?
[01:04] Taro
    A little lower.
[01:05] Taro
    To the right. Bingo.
[01:08] Goro
    My dearly departed
    great-grandmother used these often.
[01:12] Goro
    They were used on a daily basis in
    the time of the Mo Continent, though.
[01:17] Taro
    The Mo Continent?
[01:19] Taro
    Oh, I remember when everyone
    was putting out stories about that.
[01:23] Taro
    Turned out to be a load of crap.
[01:26] Goro
    Not so! I believe that the Mo
    Continent did, in fact, exist!
[01:31] Goro
    It was no coincidence
    that I encountered that MOPart.
[01:34] Goro
    I believe it to be a message
    from the Mo Continent...
[01:39] Goro
    No, the Motarians, asking me
    to uncover their hidden past!
[01:43] Taro
    Mowhat exactly?
[01:45] Goro
    Motarians!
[01:46] Goro
    The race that inhabited the continent of Mo,
    who were said to have special powers!
[01:52] Taro
    Special like how?
[01:56] Goro
    I'm not sure.
[01:57] Goro
    The Motarians are believed to have gone
    extinct with the loss of their continent.
[02:03] Taro
    What's your take on this?
[02:04] Jiro
    Couldn't hurt to humor him.
[02:09] Goro
    Regardless, I believe it to be my duty
    to learn the truth of the Mo Continent!
[02:13] Jiro
    Oh, I need to call my matchmaker!
[02:16] Jiro
    Did they find me a nice lady
    to marry? I sure hope so!
[02:22] Jiro
    Hey, how am I supposed
    to use the phone now?
[02:24] Goro
    It's time for an editorial meeting.
[02:28] Goro
    We need to figure out our stories for next
    month, or they won't be ready in time.
[02:31] Taro
    And why do you care?
[02:34] Goro
    Don't you remember what I just said?
[02:36] Goro
    I work here now.
[02:38] Taro
    He does?
[02:39] Jiro
    I dunno.
[02:41] Goro
    Once again, from the top, then...
[02:44] Goro
    I am your new coworker
    starting today, Goro Sato!
[02:49] Goro
    Oh, it's all so over-scientific!
[02:54] Jiro
    Over what now?
[02:58] Catherine
    Good morning. Are you
    boys making magic today?
[03:03] Jiro
    Catherine.
[03:06] Goro
    Good day to you, editor-in-chief!
[03:08] Catherine
    Oh, it's the scientist.
    You're starting with us today, yes?
[03:11] Goro
    Yes!
[03:12] Taro
    Aw, come on, what is this?
[03:14] Catherine
    I hired him.
[03:17] Catherine
    Master, are you awake?
[03:20] Rock
    Oh, Catherine. Welcome.
[03:23] Catherine
    My usual, please.
[03:25] Rock
    Coming up.
[03:33] Catherine
    Thank you.
[03:36] Catherine
    What an aroma!
[03:38] Catherine
    Oh, that reminds me. We received a tip.
    Something about a glowing well.
[03:44] Both
    A glowing well?
[03:45] Catherine
    I've invited the tipster to the cafe.
[03:48] Catherine
    They should be on the way, so hear them
    out and start working on the story.
[03:52] Catherine
    You boys behave, now.
[03:59] Jiro
    A glowing well, huh?
[04:01] Goro
    Why, that's downright fascinating!
[04:04] Goro
    It couldn't be more over-scientific!
[04:07] Taro
    Why do you keep calling things over-whatever?
[04:12] Goro
    I was up late last night thinking up a new
    catchphrase for Monthly Moso Science!
[04:17] Goro
    I'd like it to become a national phenomenon!
[04:20] Taro
    That's not...
[04:21] Jiro
    ...gonna happen, I think.
[04:23] Goro
    No! All trends are created through effort!
[04:27] Goro
    Oh, over-scientific!
SIGN    Delusional Monthly Magazine
SIGN    Delusional Monthly Magazine
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    Hold on a Moment,
    
    
    
    Why Are You Working Here?!
[06:09] Goro
    I see.
[06:11] Goro
    A glowing well near your school's
    training camp site...
[06:15] Chang/Ling/Xian
    Right.
[06:15] Chang
    The three of us are in the tennis club,
[06:18] Chang
    and we snuck out one night
    during the training camp...
[06:20] Chang
    We tried to get into the mansion next door.
[06:23] Ling
    The older students say
    the well on that property is crazy...
[06:26] Ling
    We wanted to check out the rumors.
[06:28] Xian
    So we found a well that had a cover on it.
[06:31] Goro
    A cover?
[06:32] Chang
    And after we took it off,
    the inside of the well just lit up!
[06:37] Jiro
    It lit up?
[06:39] Ling
    Not just that, but then water
    started shooting out like a fountain!
[06:42] Jiro
    It shot out?
[06:44] Xian
    And then there was this noise,
    and the water started dancing!
[06:47] Jiro
    Dancing water?!
[06:48] Goro
    I see, I see...
[06:51] Taro
    Aw, come on, these kids probably
    just made up some nonsense
[06:54] Taro
    hoping they could get a reward
    for submitting a story.
[06:59] Chang
    But it's true! The well actually lit up!
[07:02] Ling
    And shot water like a fountain!
[07:03] Xian
    And then there was this noise,
    and the water started dancing!
SIGN    Drowning
    Likely
[07:09] Trio
    You've gotta believe us!
[07:11] Goro
    I believe you.
[07:13] Jiro
    Are you serious?
[07:15] Goro
    I still remember the pain I felt when
    no one acknowledged my research.
[07:20] Goro
    I decided that I would
    always start by believing.
[07:24] Goro
    For now, we'll head to the well in question.
[07:26] Goro
    Could you tell us where it is?
[07:28] Chang
    Sure! I'll draw you a map.
[07:31] Jiro
    You won't be getting paid until
    we've checked it out, mind you.
[07:37] Goro
    Let's head there right away.
[07:39] Jiro
    If you insist...!
[07:42] Taro
    You two have fun, now.
[07:47] Jiro
    You're not coming?
[07:48] Taro
    Obviously not. How am I supposed to move
    when my whole body is...
[07:56] Taro
    Feeling better!
[07:57] Jiro
    Which means you can join us.
[07:59] Taro
    Just like that, huh?
[08:03] Goro
    What was that just now?
[08:05] Jiro
    Taro's coming too. Let's get a
    move on before he changes his mind.
[08:12] Taro
    Gimme a break...
[08:15] Goro
    Let's see... According to the map,
[08:19] Goro
    it's right this way.
[08:20] Jiro
    Looks like it!
[08:22] Taro
    I seriously don't get why I'm here.
[08:26] Goro
    Do stay close by, Taro, Saburo,
    so we don't get separated.
[08:31] Taro
    Look at the new guy, getting a big head...
[08:34] Taro
    Didn't you used to work for
    some big-shot government lab?
[08:38] Taro
    And now you're at our magazine?
[08:41] Goro
    That does bother you, huh?
[08:43] Taro
    Not really, no.
[08:45] Goro
    To be honest, I was held responsible
    for the explosion at the lab...
[08:49] Goro
    and removed from my position.
[08:52] Goro
    Which led to...
[08:53] (Flashback) Catherine
    Let's put the knowledge and
    research you gained from that lab
[08:56] (Flashback) Catherine
    to work for Monthly Moso Science!
[09:00] Goro
    The editor-in-chief offered me a job.
[09:03] Goro
    I was thrilled, since I was depressed
    about having lost my old one.
[09:09] Taro
    So, in other words,
    she reeled you in with ease.
[09:11] Jiro
    Even though we make next
    to nothing in terms of money.
[09:15] Goro
    I want to live up to
    the chief's expectations...
[09:19] Goro
    With a feature on a truly over-scientific
    subject for next month's issue!
[09:23] Goro
    Enough to increase our circulation!
[09:25] Taro
    And you're gonna do that writing
    about a glowing well?
[09:29] Goro
    No, there's a much more
    intriguing lead to work on!
[09:34] Goro
    You, namely!
[09:36] Taro
    Me...?
[09:37] Goro
    Your transformation from before...
[09:39] Goro
    It could only be described
    as over-scientific!
[09:42] Goro
    I know! Could you do it again?
[09:48] Taro
    What's that you've got?
[09:50] Goro
    The MOPart I showed you the other day.
[09:52] Goro
    Although its shape has changed.
[09:54] Taro
    What?!
[09:57] Taro
    Cut that out!
[09:59] Taro
    Huh? It doesn't seem as bad...
[10:02] Goro
    You're not changing. I wonder why.
[10:05] Taro
    It's like I told you,
    I don't remember any of it!
[10:09] Goro
    That would imply there's
    some kind of trigger...
[10:12] Goro
    Perhaps some sort of
    physiological mechanism?
[10:13] Taro
    That tickles! Stop!
[10:15] Goro
    Where could it be? Maybe here?
[10:17] Jiro
    I know! Maybe if you're in danger again...
[10:21] Jiro
    Saburo!
[10:24] Goro
    Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
[10:26] Goro
    Make him stop! Why?!
[10:28] Jiro
    That's enough, Saburo.
[10:29] Goro
    This is so painful...
[10:32] Goro
    Excuse me! So I just get bitten for nothing?!
[10:38] Edward
    Excuse me?
[10:39] Edward
    Most of the men are out of commission?
    What's the meaning of this?
[10:44] Perch
    It was the Motarian we mentioned...
[10:47] Noin
    He seriously kicked their butts!
[10:49] Edward
    You two will have to recover
    the MOPart yourselves, then.
[10:55] Perch
    Yes. Of course, boss.
[10:57] Noin
    We're not letting the Motarian keep it!
[10:59] Edward
    Begin the search at once and
    relieve them of anything they have.
[11:04] Both
    Yes, boss.
[11:20] Edward
    A surviving Motarian...
    That comes as a surprise.
[11:26] Edward
    Nothing of concern, however.
    The MOParts will be mine.
[11:40] Taro
    Hey, are we there yet? I'm tired.
[11:45] Jiro
    Just a little farther.
[11:47] Taro
    Aw, man...
[11:51] Perch
    Listen up, Noin. We have them
    find the MOPart first...
[11:56] Noin
    And then I swipe it from them!
[12:03] Jiro
    The map says it's around here.
[12:06] Goro
    I don't see a way in.
[12:08] Taro
    Damn, you guys walk too fast.
[12:13] Goro
    There's the school's training camp building,
    like the students mentioned.
[12:19] Jiro
    Hey, Taro, do you see
    anything dangerous from here?
[12:25] Taro
    Nothing stands out...
[12:26] Goro
    What do you mean by dangerous?
    What are you talking about?
[12:30] Taro
    Too close! Get out of
    my personal space, man!
[12:33] Jiro
    This location... could it be...?
[12:36] Jiro
    Below here?
[12:36] Goro
    You two are hiding something
    from me, aren't you?
[12:39] Goro
    Please wait!
[12:41] Taro
    Give it a rest!
[12:49] Taro
    Ow, ow, ow...
[12:52] Goro
    Is everyone all right?
[12:54] Jiro
    Yeah.
[12:56] Jiro
    Look...
[12:58] Goro
    A well!
[13:06] Jiro
    I guess we'll start by opening it.
[13:09] Goro
    Allow me, the oldest, to do the honors.
[13:11] Goro
    I wouldn't want to expose a child to danger!
[13:15] Jiro
    This is heavy...
     Could you two give me a hand?
[13:18] Goro
    Oh, right away...
[13:22] Jiro
    Push when I say ready.
[13:24] Jiro
    Ready and...
[13:28] Taro
    Ow, ow, ow...
[13:29] Taro
    Look, I'm worn out already.
    Can I head back to the office?
[13:35] Jiro
    One more time! Ready and...
[13:44] Jiro
    It's almost there! Ready and...
[13:47] Taro
    Stop! Do not open that thing!
[13:51] Jiro
    Got it!
[13:58] Jiro
    They fell in.
[14:11] Goro
    Hey!
[14:12] Jiro
    You alive?
[14:13] Taro
    Please! Get me out of here!
[14:17] Goro
    What a relief. He seems fine.
[14:19] Taro
    Do I look fine to you?! Save me already!
[14:23] Jiro
    How do we do that, though?
[14:25] Goro
    I actually think I have a rope!
[14:37] Perch
    There, Noin.
[14:38] Noin
    Yeah.
[14:41] Taro
    This is so nasty...
[14:46] Goro
    There it is!
[14:47] Goro
    Let's pull them up with this, Jiro.
[14:54] Goro
    Ow, ow, ow!
[14:56] Jiro
    Who are you—
[14:58] Perch
    Not another move.
[14:59] Goro
    Stop that! How could you threaten a child?!
[15:02] Jiro
    Quit treating me like a kid!
[15:04] Goro
    But...
[15:06] Goro
    In any case, don't hurt him!
[15:08] Perch
    Let's live up to
    the scientist's expectations...
[15:11] Perch
    And hurt him more, Noin.
[15:14] Goro
    How do you know about—
[15:15] Goro
    Ow! Ow! Ow!
[15:25] Perch
    Don't move.
[15:27] Perch
    I've got it right here, Noin.
[15:29] Noin
    And with that taken care of...
[15:41] Jiro
    What is this?! What just happened?!
[15:48] Goro
    It's just like the students said!
[15:51] Jiro
    What the heck?!
[15:52] Perch
    That bucket... could it be
    the power of that MOPart?
[15:57] Noin
    What?!
[15:59] Taro
    What's with the light show?!
[16:01] Taro
    What is any of this?!
[16:03] Taro
    Oh man, where is it even coming from?!
[16:06] Taro
    Where'd all the water come
    from?! There's so much!
[16:08] Goro
    What a remarkable sight!
[16:10] Goro
    This is exactly what
    I mean by over-scientific!
[16:16] Jiro
    Seriously, that is not going to take off.
[16:18] Goro
    Magnificent!
[16:21] Goro
    This is guaranteed to up our circulation!
[16:27] Taro
    Stop having fun and help us!
[16:32] Noin
    I knew it. It's that bucket!
[16:34] Perch
    No. Look closer, Noin.
[16:37] Perch
    It's the decoration on the bucket.
[16:42] Perch
    I need you to grab it.
[16:43] Noin
    Consider it done, Perch.
[16:46] Taro
    We're falling!
[16:48] Noin
    Now!
[16:49] Noin
    They're ours!
[16:50] Taro
    Help!
[17:09] Jiro
    Wait, this is just like...
[17:31] Noin
    He transformed!
[17:33] Jiro
    I see. That's the trick.
[17:36] Jiro
    When it touches Taro's forehead...
[17:43] Perch
    Is this the MOPart?
[17:45] Noin
    Perch!
[17:53] Perch
    Noin!
[17:53] Noin
    Perch!
[17:58] Perch
    Noin!
[18:07] Goro
    Remarkable! That's it! Go get them!
[18:10] Perch
    Help!
[18:21] Noin
    Perch!
[18:24] Noin
    You okay?!
[18:25] Perch
    He took the... MOPart...
[18:30] Noin
    Perch?!
[18:31] Noin
    Dammit! This isn't over!
[18:35] Noin
    And away we go...!
[18:37] Goro
    All right! They left!
[18:41] Goro
    He changed back...
[18:44] Jiro
    That part works the same, too.
[18:52] Sign
    The Prophecies
    of Mostradamus
[18:52] Sign
    Investigating the mystery
    of the glowing well!
[18:52] Sign
    Is it karma? The living statue!
[18:52] Sign
    Space
    and
    Dogu Statues
[18:53] Chang
    Check it out. It's already in print.
[18:57] Ling
    You're right! It's our story!
SIGN    It dances?? It sprays water!? It glows?!
SIGN    This well does it all!
[19:00] Sign
    The cause: an over-scientific bucket!
[19:00] Sign
    It's so
    over-
    scientific!
[19:00] Xiang
    What's with this bit
    that says "over-scientific"?
[19:04] Trio
    So lame!
[19:08] Chang
    Well, we got paid for our story,
    so let's grab something to eat!
[19:11] Duo
    Sounds good!
[19:13] Jiro
    We really did get a story out of it.
[19:16] Jiro
    It's a good thing he believed those kids.
[19:20] Taro
    I don't see how it was good. Ow...
[19:24] Taro
    Why's my whole body hurt so bad?
[19:27] Taro
    Jiro, I'm begging you, do the thing you do.
[19:31] Jiro
    Gee, what're you talking about?
[19:35] Taro
    Little punk...
[19:37] Taro
    And could you throw that...
    decoration or whatever away?
[19:40] Taro
    It's freaking me out.
[19:46] Jiro
    Did you figure anything out?
[19:49] Goro
    It seems different from
    the first MOPart I encountered.
[19:52] Goro
    But based on Taro's reaction,
    I'm fairly certain it is one!
[19:58] Jiro
    Pretty clever!
[20:08] Jiro
    It changed shape?
[20:12] Taro
    Huh? It doesn't feel creepy anymore.
[20:15] Goro
    Could it be...?
[20:20] Goro/Jiro
    It fits!
[20:21] Jiro
    I think those weirdos might be
    after the same thing.
[20:26] Goro
    It seems like there's bound
    to be more pieces, as well.
[20:29] Goro
    That being the case, if we
    can collect all the MOParts...
[20:33] Goro
    There's likely to be some kind of
    over-scientific phenomenon as a result!
[20:37] Jiro
    It seems like some is missing, though.
[20:40] Goro
    True.
[20:42] Taro
    What are you two blabbering about?
[20:46] Jiro
    Oh, right, you probably
    don't remember this, Taro...
[20:49] Jiro
    But I figured out how to make you transform.
[20:54] Goro
    You did?! How does it work?
[20:58] Jiro
    Not gonna tell yet!
[21:00] Goro
    Jiro, please!
[21:03] Jiro
    Not yet!
[21:04] Taro
    Dammit, I don't wanna
    transform again anyway!
[21:08] Taro
    Not that I remember doing it!
[21:12] Perch/Noin
    We're so sorry, boss.
[21:15] Noin
    But next time, we'll collect everything.
[21:17] Perch
    We're gonna get 'em!
[21:18] Edward
    I would certainly hope so.
[21:21] Perch/Noin
    Yes, boss.
[21:37] Edward
    To think they'd steal more MOParts...
[21:45] Edward
    Our plan requires gathering all of them.
[21:50] Edward
    And they will be mine!
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[23:25] Goro
    You'll find daily life awash with song!
[23:28] Goro
    When you're looking
    for something in the fridge,
[23:30] Goro
    or when you can't find a missing sock...
[23:32] Goro
    Delusional Monthly Magazine Issue 3:
    More Than Just Singing?! Musical Speak?!
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    More Than Just Singing?!
    
    
    
    Musical Speak?!
[23:37] Goro
    You will hear our sagacious cry once again!