E20 - The Journey of Death

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[00:03] Glenda
    Is this a monster?
[00:05] Glenda
    Or is it...
[00:06] Hako
    I... I don't know...
[00:08] Jezby
    Father?
[00:09] Glenda
    What?
[00:10] Hako
    D-Did she just say "Father"?
[00:12] Jezby
    No... Why did this happen?
[00:15] Yotsuya
    Don't!
[00:16] Glenda
    Yuusuke?!
[00:18] Yotsuya
    I heard from the other
    players we contacted online
[00:21] Yotsuya
    that there's a parasite called a wireworm
[00:23] Yotsuya
    that parasitizes other creatures'
    brains to control them.
[00:25] Glenda
    So that thing is feeding on him?
[00:28] Yotsuya
    You can't kill them by
    cutting or crushing them.
[00:30] Yotsuya
    The best way is to burn them
    along with their host.
[00:32] Jezby
    Burn...
[00:33] Jezby
    No!
[00:34] Jezby
    Let me go!
[00:36] Yotsuya
    The moment that thing attached to his brain,
[00:38] Yotsuya
    he was already dead.
[00:42] Yotsuya
    I'm sorry, but we can't let
    our whole party be wiped out.
[00:46] Glenda
    Yuusuke...
[00:48] Glenda
    Shit!
[00:50] Hako
    Glen-san!
[00:52] Yotsuya
    Hakozaki-san, cut it off!
[01:00] Yotsuya
    Hey!
SIGN    Dead
SIGN    Reviving in
SIGN    Hakozaki Kusue
[01:09] Jezby
    F-Father...
[01:11] Jezby
    No! Don't!
[01:23] Shindou
    What happened?!
[01:25] Yotsuya
    Oh... Tokitate-san, perfect timing.
[01:28] Toki
    Huh?
[01:29] Yotsuya
    Would you mind burning him?
[01:35] Toki
    Why do I have to do this?
[01:37] Yotsuya
    If you don't burn the body
    as soon as possible,
[01:39] Yotsuya
    it can apparently progress
    into a pandemic very quickly.
[01:44] Jezby
    Father...
[01:54] Glenda
    Jezby!
[01:55] Glenda
    Jezby!
[03:32] Shindou
    Looks like she just lost consciousness.
[03:36] Yotsuya
    Why didn't you bring the sword down?
[03:40] Hako
    I tried to... but I couldn't.
[03:44] Hako
    How can you be so calm about this?
[03:47] Yotsuya
    This isn't the time to
    talk about being calm.
[03:49] Yotsuya
    The monsters have gotten stronger,
    and we need to get used to it.
[03:53] Yotsuya
    We came close to losing
    Glen-san right off the bat.
[03:57] Glenda
    What are you talking about, Yuusuke?
[03:59] Glenda
    Kusue's reaction is correct.
[04:01] Yotsuya
    Huh?
[04:02] Glenda
    He may have been taken over by
    a parasite, but he was human.
[04:05] Glenda
    Not only that...
[04:08] Yotsuya
    I lost my grasp on my sensibility.
[04:11] Yotsuya
    Getting used to this is what's abnormal.
[04:15] Yotsuya
    Hakozaki-san...
[04:17] Yotsuya
    From now on, if you don't think
    you can do something, say so.
[04:21] Yotsuya
    I'll handle tasks like this.
[04:24] Yotsuya
    I've already killed a man, after all.
[04:28] Hako
    Yotsuya-kun...
[04:30] Yotsuya
    Though I didn't realize at the
    time that this world was real...
[04:34] Yotsuya
    But it doesn't matter. I'm already tainted.
[04:37] Yotsuya
    You don't want to see things like
    that, do you, Hakozaki-san?
[04:41] Hako
    I don't.
[04:43] Hako
    I don't, but...
[04:46] Hako
    If someone has to do this no matter what...
[04:49] Hako
    If the same thing has to happen
    whether I watch or not...
[04:52] Hako
    That won't make it okay that I
    was the only one not looking!
[04:57] Glenda
    You try to bear too much
    weight alone, Kusue.
[04:59] Glenda
    I don't like dead bodies, either.
[05:02] Glenda
    There was a time when I almost
    became depressed because of it.
[05:05] Toki
    U-Um... Did you say "dead bodies"?
[05:09] Glenda
    There's such a thing as the
    right person for the job.
[05:11] Toki
    You're ignoring me?
[05:12] Glenda
    There are hundreds of thousands of things
    that must be done in this world.
[05:17] Glenda
    Why should you force yourself to
    do one that you're not good at?
[05:22] Glenda
    A hidden passage?
[05:24] Jezby
    Yes.
[05:25] Jezby
    The entrance is just ahead.
[05:29] Torii
    What made her suddenly decide
    to take us there, though?
[05:32] Shindou
    It must've been... what happened yesterday.
[05:36] Torii
    Also, we still haven't been told
    any details at all, have we?
[05:42] Jezby
    Everyone, this is it.
[05:46] Torii
    Ooh, it opened!
[05:48] Yotsuya
    It looks pretty deep.
[05:55] Glenda
    A limestone cave?
[06:04] Shindou
    Say, Jezby...
[06:06] Shindou
    How much farther is it to the village?
[06:08] Jezby
    About... half a day.
[06:11] Torii
    Half a day?!
[06:13] Toki
    I wish you had told us that sooner...
[06:16] Torii
    Also...
[06:17] Torii
    If we fall, we're dead, aren't we?
[06:19] Toki
    And if a strong monster showed
    up here, we'd be goners.
[06:25] Yotsuya
    Vampire bats?
[06:27] Toki
    I knew it!
[06:28] Torii
    They're even weaker than goblins.
[06:30] Torii
    This time, I'll take care of it!
[06:33] Toki
    Okay, they're all yours.
[06:34] Torii
    Huh?
[06:35] Yotsuya
    These guys might be stronger now, too.
[06:38] Yotsuya
    Be careful.
[06:39] Torii
    Huh? Hey, wait a—
[06:48] Glenda
    Let's take a break here.
[06:50] Torii
    D-Damn it, you guys...
[06:53] Shindou
    I'm glad you got some experience out of it.
[06:56] Yotsuya
    The Journey of Hope?
[06:58] Jezby
    A chosen few leave the village to search
[07:01] Jezby
    for a place where we can
    all live more safely.
[07:05] Jezby
    My father was one of them.
[07:07] Glenda
    Why would they do that?
[07:09] Jezby
    The monsters that attack
    us have gotten stronger,
[07:12] Jezby
    and every year, we're able to
    harvest fewer and fewer crops.
[07:15] Jezby
    The village chief said we couldn't keep
    living in this village much longer.
[07:21] Yotsuya
    So the monsters have
    definitely gotten stronger.
[07:25] Jezby
    Normally, it's older people who are chosen.
[07:29] Jezby
    Since they can't do their jobs anymore,
[07:32] Jezby
    the idea is that they can at
    least help the village that way.
[07:35] Hako
    What sort of reasoning is that?
[07:37] Torii
    That's just harsh, man.
[07:39] Yotsuya
    Fewer mouths to feed, huh?
[07:41] Yotsuya
    I've heard of the same thing happening in
    poor mountain villages in Japan long ago, but...
[07:46] Jezby
    That's why the villagers
    call the Journey of Hope
[07:51] Jezby
    "the Journey of Death" in secret.
[07:55] Jezby
    My father and a young man named Dan
[07:58] Jezby
    tried to convince the village chief
    that we shouldn't do this anymore,
[08:03] Jezby
    but the chief listed a bunch
    of reasons to keep doing it,
[08:06] Jezby
    so the two of them ended up being
    sent on the Journey of Hope anyway.
[08:11] Jezby
    After that, my mother fell ill...
[08:15] Jezby
    It was just me and my little brother,
    and we didn't know what to do...
[08:20] Jezby
    So I left the village to
    bring our father back home.
[08:25] Jezby
    I happened to stumble upon the
    shack Father had been living in,
[08:29] Jezby
    but he said he couldn't break the rules.
[08:33] Jezby
    Not only that, but I would probably
    be executed for bringing him back.
[08:39] Jezby
    The next day, Father left, saying he was
    going to talk to the village chief.
[08:45] Jezby
    I never saw him again.
[08:46] Glenda
    So when you said you thought
    we were from the village...
[08:49] Jezby
    I thought he had failed
    to convince the chief
[08:52] Jezby
    and the villagers had come to get me.
[08:55] Jezby
    But not only did he never come
    back, he ended up like that...
[09:02] Hako
    What about the man who left
    the village with your father?
[09:07] Jezby
    By the time I got here,
[09:08] Jezby
    he was already gone.
[09:10] Jezby
    Father said he went to find a place
    called New Eden somewhere in the world.
[09:15] Yotsuya
    New Eden?
[09:16] Jezby
    I don't know anything about it.
[09:19] Jezby
    My father was against it,
    but he couldn't stop him...
[09:22] Jezby
    and Dan never came back.
[09:25] Torii
    Wait, Jez-chan... Isn't it a bad
    idea for you to go to the village?
[09:29] Torii
    Didn't you say they might execute you?
[09:32] Jezby
    But I need to tell my mother and
    brother that Father is dead.
[09:42] Jezby
    We're almost at the entrance to the village.
[09:45] Jezby
    We don't want the chief's
    friends to find us,
[09:48] Jezby
    so I'll scout ahead.
[09:49] Shindou
    I'll go with you.
[09:51] Jezby
    That's all right.
[09:52] Jezby
    I'll just take a look outside,
    and then I'll be right back.
[09:56] Shindou
    Our quest was to stop the village
    of Zagroth from being destroyed,
[10:01] Shindou
    but it doesn't seem like it's
    in imminent danger, does it?
[10:04] Yotsuya
    Maybe there's some hidden something
    that could destroy it?
[10:08] Glenda
    There's no telling what might happen. Right?
[10:12] Yotsuya
    But I do think I'm starting
    to see what we need to do.
[10:16] Jezby
    Nobody's there! Now's our chance!
[10:18] Yotsuya
    We need to make sure Jezby isn't executed
    upon returning to the village.
[10:23] Hako
    Right.
[10:33] Yotsuya
    So this is...
[10:35] Yotsuya
    the village of Zagroth.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 260 0 l 260 170 l 0 170
SIGN    
SIGN    Threat level: E
    Controls its host body by
    parasitizing its brain. It can be
    immobilized by crushing its
    host's head, but the parasite itself will not die if cut or
    crushed. The only ways to kill it are by burning it,
    boiling it, or desiccating it. When there are fresh
    corpses available, it can multiply indefinitely.
[10:47] Glenda
    Looks like the population might
    only be a hundred or so.
[10:51] Glenda
    You'd be just barely squeaking
    by if you had to live here.
[10:56] Froc
    Who are you people?!
[11:00] Froc
    Heroes?
[11:02] Froc
    Are you really heroes?
[11:03] Froc
    What are you doing here?
[11:05] Jezby
    Froc!
[11:06] Froc
    J-Jezby?
[11:10] Froc
    You're... alive?
[11:13] Hako
    Are they friends?
[11:15] Shindou
    Looks like they're closer than that.
[11:17] Jezby
    He's my neighbor. We grew up together.
[11:19] Froc
    You just vanished without warning.
    What were you thinking?
[11:23] Jezby
    I left to tell Father about Mother...
[11:25] Jezby
    Oh, how are my mother and Lanan?
[11:30] Jezby
    Froc?
[11:32] Servant
    Milady, we should really head back now.
[11:35] Servant
    It's starting to get dark.
[11:37] Iris
    No!
[11:38] Iris
    I'm going to find that flying monster today!
[11:41] Servant
    Milady!
[11:42] Servant
    Please wait!
[11:44] Soldier
    Let her do what she wants.
[11:46] Servant
    But...
[11:47] Soldier
    It's the same thing as always.
[11:49] Soldier
    She's lying and dragging us
    around for her own jollies.
[11:55] Jezby
    No...
[11:56] Jezby
    I don't believe it... When?
[11:59] Froc
    Two days ago.
[12:01] Froc
    Her condition suddenly got worse...
[12:03] Jezby
    M-Mother...
[12:06] Jezby
    Mother...
[12:08] Jezby
    Mother!
[12:15] Jezby
    Froc, where is Lanan?
[12:17] Froc
    At my house, but...
[12:21] Froc
    Wait here. I'll bring him.
[12:26] Jezby
    Lanan?
[12:29] Jezby
    Lanan... Hey, Lanan?
[12:32] Jezby
    Don't you recognize me?
[12:35] Froc
    He's been like this since your mom died.
[12:39] Froc
    He won't talk to anyone,
[12:41] Froc
    and he doesn't answer when
    anyone talks to him.
[12:43] Jezby
    Lanan, please! Answer me!
[12:46] Glenda
    It's probably from the shock
    of watching his mother die.
[12:50] Yotsuya
    I'm going to take a look around the village.
[12:53] Glenda
    I'll go with you.
[12:55] Yotsuya
    Huh?
[12:56] Glenda
    Problem with that?
[12:57] Yotsuya
    N-No...
[13:00] Glenda
    This definitely doesn't seem
    like an easy place to live.
[13:04] Glenda
    Do you think they had a reason to
    cling to this place so tightly
[13:07] Glenda
    that they'd reduce their own numbers by
    sending people on the Journey of Hope?
[13:12] Yotsuya
    I think I get it.
[13:15] Yotsuya
    When you've lived so long in a place like
    this, where it feels like time has stopped...
[13:20] Yotsuya
    Before you know it, you can no longer escape.
[13:25] Glenda
    You think so?
[13:27] Glenda
    Sometimes the only way to
    move forward is to escape.
[13:32] Yotsuya
    As if she understands anything...
[13:34] Glenda
    I'm surprised, though.
[13:36] Yotsuya
    By what?
[13:38] Glenda
    You came out here because it
    hurt you to watch Jezby, right?
[13:41] Yotsuya
    Huh?
[13:44] Glenda
    I thought you were a lot more stoic.
[13:47] Yotsuya
    I think it's closer to regret, actually.
[13:51] Glenda
    Regret?
[13:52] Yotsuya
    If we had gotten here just a little sooner,
[13:55] Yotsuya
    maybe I could've saved Jezby's
    mother with my creature magic.
[14:01] Glenda
    If you start thinking like that,
    there'll be no end to it.
[14:04] Yotsuya
    You're right.
[14:07] Glenda
    Someone's coming.
[14:14] Servant
    Milady!
[14:16] Glenda
    Hi there.
[14:17] Yotsuya
    Hello.
[14:19] Iris
    Why did you come to this village?
[14:22] Yotsuya
    Uh, we... um...
[14:26] Servant
    Please don't, milady. These people are...
[14:29] Iris
    Yes, I know!
[14:31] Iris
    And I'll have you know that this
    village doesn't need heroes!
[14:35] Glenda
    Well, thank you for the warm welcome.
[14:38] Iris
    If there are any problems,
    Grandfather will make them all better!
[14:43] Glenda
    Wait, are you...
[14:45] Iris
    I'm Iris DiRaio.
[14:47] Iris
    Don't take that condescending tone with me.
[14:50] Glenda
    I do apologize, Miss Iris.
[14:53] Iris
    "Miss"?
[14:55] Iris
    Gosh... No one's ever
    called me that before...
[14:58] Yotsuya
    Um... By any chance, is this
    young lady's grandfather...
[15:03] Servant
    Yes, he is the village chief, Cox DiRaio.
[15:10] Shindou
    So you're Dan's younger brother?
[15:14] Froc
    So Bayne is dead and my
    brother is missing? Damn it!
[15:18] Froc
    That stupid village chief thinks
    that just because he's old,
[15:21] Froc
    our village needs him or whatever,
[15:23] Froc
    so he never leaves it himself.
[15:26] Froc
    But he'll make up his own selfish reasons
    to send anyone inconvenient to him
[15:29] Froc
    on the Journey of Hope,
    regardless of their age.
[15:37] Cox
    Well, if it isn't the great heroes!
[15:39] Cox
    I had heard rumors of great heroes who
    traveled the world saving people,
[15:46] Cox
    but I never would have expected
    them to visit this remote village.
[15:49] Cox
    What an honor!
[15:51] Cox
    However...
[15:52] Cox
    I'm afraid you've wasted your time.
[15:55] Yotsuya
    What do you mean?
[15:57] Cox
    Oh, nothing.
[15:58] Cox
    It's just that Zagroth is
    the very image of peace,
[16:01] Cox
    so there is nothing here for which we
    require the aid of the great heroes.
[16:07] Cox
    Perhaps you would be better
    off trying elsewhere.
[16:10] Glenda
    Is he trying to get rid of us?
[16:13] Yotsuya
    Wait a moment.
[16:15] Yotsuya
    Um... I heard you've had frequent
    attacks by unusually strong monsters.
[16:20] Yotsuya
    Could you please let us
    protect this village?
[16:23] Glenda
    Don't, Yuusuke!
[16:26] Cox
    And who told you this?
[16:29] Yotsuya
    Oh, crap...
[16:30] Yotsuya
    I can't tell him about Jezby
    before I know what he might do.
[16:35] Iris
    It was Jezby.
[16:38] Iris
    I saw her walking with them.
[16:42] Cox
    I see. So it was Jezby...
[16:47] Cox
    I did feel terrible for what
    I did to that poor girl.
[16:51] Cox
    Even if it was to help the village,
    I took her from her father,
[16:54] Cox
    with no way of knowing that her
    mother would die, as well...
[16:57] Cox
    I'm so grateful that she
    returned to the village.
[17:01] Cox
    And as for the monsters, you need not worry.
[17:05] Cox
    We have a secret plan, you see.
[17:07] Glenda
    You do?
[17:08] Cox
    Yes, we do!
[17:10] Cox
    And I would love to show it to you.
[17:14] Cox
    It may be of some help to you
    in your future exploits.
[17:17] Cox
    Ah, perhaps I've said too much.
[17:27] Cox
    Great Heroes.
[17:31] Cox
    Over there.
[17:32] Cox
    Please take this opportunity
    to give it a close look.
[17:36] Glenda
    I can't imagine it being
    anything that special,
[17:38] Glenda
    but it wouldn't benefit us to
    take an attitude with him here.
[17:41] Yotsuya
    Yeah.
[17:47] Yotsuya
    Um, is this it?
[17:52] Glenda
    You bastard!
[17:53] Cox
    Do forgive me, Great Heroes.
[17:55] Cox
    You are a greater threat
    to me than any monsters.
[17:59] Cox
    But I do thank you
[18:01] Cox
    for bringing back the scoundrel
    who broke the rules.
[18:07] Yotsuya
    What are you gonna do to Jezby?!
[18:09] Cox
    What would that knowledge do for you?
[18:11] Cox
    You two won't be leaving
    here until you're dead.
[18:14] Glenda
    What?!
[18:16] Cox
    I've heard that heroes can come
    back to life when they die.
[18:20] Cox
    But if I leave you in there for a year,
[18:23] Cox
    I'm sure you'll finally wither away.
[18:26] Yotsuya
    Wait! Chief!
[18:29] Torii
    What... is this?
[18:31] Froc's Mother
    Frog eggs from the pond out back.
[18:34] Toki
    Ew!
[18:35] Froc's Mother
    I'm sorry we can't offer anything special.
[18:38] Hako
    N-No, really, there's no
    need to trouble yourself...
[18:41] Froc's Mother
    Ever since that happened,
[18:43] Froc's Mother
    we've had little contact with
    the rest of the villagers.
[18:47] Froc
    Our family and Jezby's
    are treated as outcasts.
[18:52] Froc
    They're even making me work
    outside the village as a guard.
[18:55] Froc
    All because the chief wanted
    to make an example of us...
[18:58] Shindou
    Oh, so that's why you were out there.
[19:01] Toki
    Anyway, what's taking those two so long?
[19:03] Hako
    Maybe something happened...
[19:06] Torii
    Oh, there they are.
[19:08] Froc's Mother
    Village Chief!
[19:11] Shindou
    That's him?
[19:13] Cox
    I'm sorry to drop in so late.
[19:15] Cox
    But you see, two heroes
    just paid me a visit...
[19:19] Cox
    What's this? There are more heroes here?
[19:23] Cox
    Well, well, what a surprise!
[19:26] Froc
    Are you here to take Jezby?!
[19:28] Froc's Mother
    No, Froc!
[19:29] Cox
    Relax.
[19:31] Cox
    I've come here per the heroes' request.
[19:35] Cox
    They asked me to forgive Jezby.
[19:38] Hako
    I guess the two of them
    managed to convince him.
[19:41] Torii
    Jeez, they said they were
    just gonna look around,
[19:43] Torii
    but they got the jump on us like that?
[19:45] Shindou
    And... where are they now?
[19:47] Cox
    Hmm?
[19:48] Cox
    Oh, the heroes are at my mansion.
[19:53] Cox
    I've ensured that they are being served
    the finest meal we could offer.
[19:56] TokiTorii
    A meal...
[19:57] Cox
    You are all welcome to join them if you—
[19:59] TokiTorii
    We're in!
[20:00] Cox
    Jezby...
[20:02] Cox
    According to our rules,
    it sets a poor example
[20:04] Cox
    if those who leave the village without
    permission are not harshly punished,
[20:09] Cox
    but if it is the heroes' wish,
    the villagers will surely agree.
[20:14] Cox
    You can tell your story
    in more detail later.
[20:16] Cox
    For tonight, you and your brother
    should get plenty of rest.
[20:19] Cox
    Now, shall we go, Great Heroes?
[20:21] Toki
    'Kay!
[20:22] Torii
    Iu-chan, Kusue-chan, let's get going.
[20:26] Hako
    S-Sure...
[20:27] Shindou
    Something seems shady about all this...
[20:30] Shindou
    But I guess just sitting
    around won't do any good.
[20:35] Cox
    Once I've left with the
    heroes, capture Jezby.
[20:38] Both
    Yes, sir.
[20:38] Both
    Yes, sir.
[20:39] Cox
    Who would have thought there
    were more heroes here?
[20:47] Glenda
    It's not working.
[20:50] Glenda
    Yuusuke?
[20:51] Yotsuya
    I'm sorry. This happened
    because I told him too much.
[20:54] Yotsuya
    It was my fault.
[20:58] Jezby
    Help me!
[20:59] Froc
    What are you doing?! Stop!
[21:02] Jezby
    Froc!
[21:07] Toki
    Hey! Where do you think you're grabbing?!
[21:09] Torii
    Oops, sorry.
[21:10] Cox
    Please do be careful.
[21:13] Hako
    Um, Chief, is your mansion...
[21:18] Cox
    It's beyond that forest.
[21:20] Cox
    I apologize for making you walk so far.
[21:23] Shindou
    What is it?
[21:25] Cox
    I truly do apologize.
[21:30] Toki
    I'm slipping!
[21:31] Torii
    What the hell are you doing?!
[21:33] Cox
    Now I don't need to go through the trouble of
    locking you in the dungeon, like the other two.
[21:38] Hako
    Dungeon?!
[21:39] Cox
    Yes. The bog beneath you
    is bottomless, you see.
[21:43] Cox
    Once you fall, it's all over.
[21:45] Cox
    Even monsters never make it back out.
[21:47] Cox
    Not for all eternity.
SIGN    The Journey of Death
[23:24] GM
    Next week on Million Lives...
SIGN    Draining All the Water from the Well
SIGN    Discovery of the Legendary Non-Native Species, the Basilisk!?
SIGN    A Super Huge Monster Appears!
SIGN    Preview
[23:26] GM
    "Draining All the Water from the Well,"
[23:28] GM
    "Discovery of the Legendary Non-Native
    Species, the Basilisk!?"
[23:30] GM
    and "A Super Huge Monster
    Appears!" Three altogeth.
[23:33] GM
    Don't miss next week's episo!
[23:35] GM
    Rock, paper, scissors!
SIGN    Rock, Paper, Scissors!
[23:37] GM
    Bye!