E11 - The Dead's Lament Stratum

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[00:02] Lammis
    The Dead's Lament stratum?!
[00:06] crow
    Fools! Fools!
[00:06] Kerioyl
    Yeah. We're planning a campaign there,
    so would you guys like to take part?
[00:12] Hulemy
    I think that stratum is filled with creepy
    things like corpse fiends and skeleton fiends.
[00:19] Lammis
    Are you really going there?
[00:21] Kerioyl
    That's the plan. You wouldn't have time?
[00:24] Lammis
    No, it's not that...
[00:28] Hulemy
    Lammis, you've always been bad
    with scary stories and such.
[00:32] Hulemy
    You're afraid, aren't you?
[00:33] Lammis
    N-No I'm not!
[00:34] Lammis
    I'm not a child anymore, so it's fine!
[00:38] Kerioyl
    Oh, you can't handle scary stuff.
[00:40] Kerioyl
    But the enemies there are just moving
    corpses, skeletons, and ghosts.
[00:46] Kerioyl
    No sweat!
[00:47] Filmina
    Captain, it's typical for those to be scary.
[00:51] Filmina
    Not everyone has your nerves of steel.
[00:57] Hulemy
    Everything I know, I've heard secondhand,
[01:01] Hulemy
    but what kind of place is
    the Dead's Lament stratum?
[01:04] Filmina
    Let's see.
[01:06] Filmina
    The sky is constantly covered in thick
    cloud, lightning flashes, it's chilly,
[01:12] Filmina
    and there are gravestones all over the
    place that look ready to fall apart.
[01:17] protagonist
    I didn't know Lammis had this
    much trouble with scary things.
SIGN    Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
SIGN    The Dead's Lament Stratum
[02:55] crows
    Fools! Fools!
[02:58] Kerioyl
    Lammis, are you scared for real?
[03:01] Lammis
    O-O-Of course I'm not!
[03:04] Lammis
    I'm not some child who's afraid of ghosts!
[03:07] Hulemy
    Take it easy.
[03:08] Hulemy
    When you were a kid,
    all it took was a scary story,
[03:11] Hulemy
    and you couldn't venture
    to the bathroom all night.
[03:13] Lammis
    Hulemy!
[03:15] Lammis
    You don't have to bring
    up the ancient past.
[03:18] Kerioyl
    But if Lammis can't go, the question
    becomes, "Who's going to carry Boxxo?"
[03:24] Kerioyl
    Nobody in our current group
    has that kind of strength.
[03:28] Filmina
    That is true.
[03:29] Filmina
    If Boxxo does not accompany us,
[03:32] Filmina
    a long-term campaign becomes
    impossible due to food issues.
[03:36] Kerioyl
    The stratum lord there isn't
    just going to sit in one place,
[03:40] Kerioyl
    so searching for it won't be easy.
[03:43] Kerioyl
    Besides...
[03:45] Lammis
    W-Wait a minute!
[03:46] Lammis
    I never said I wouldn't go!
[03:49] Lammis
    I'll be totally fine!
[03:51] Lammis
    In fact, I'm good with scary stuff!
[03:54] Hulemy
    Then you should be fine going
    to the Dead's Lament stratum.
[03:58] Lammis
    S-Sure...
[04:00] Kerioyl
    Cool, that decides things!
[04:03] Kerioyl
    Okay, we'll go on ahead.
[04:05] Aka
    We'll be along as soon as things are ready.
[04:09] Lammis
    What about Filmina?
[04:11] Kerioyl
    She's not going this time.
[04:13] Shui
    The vice captain's easily frightened.
[04:16] Aka/Shiro
    Yep, yep.
SIGN    ho ho ho ho
[04:20] Lammis
    No fair.
[04:34] Kerioyl
    Here we are.
[04:36] Kerioyl
    And here we'll stay for a while.
[04:38] Lammis
    W-W-W-W-We're going to camp here?!
[04:41] protagonist
    She's such a chicken,
    she's practically clucking.
[04:44] Kerioyl
    Say the word anytime if
    you can't take anymore.
[04:47] Kerioyl
    We'll go back to Clearflow Lake stratum.
[04:50] Lammis
    Wh-Wh-Whatcha talkin' 'bout?!
[04:53] Lammis
    Ah'm fine!
[04:55] Kerioyl
    Okay, in we go.
[05:07] hostess
    Welcome.
[05:09] hostess
    I've been waiting for you.
[05:16] hostess
    Oh?
[05:17] Kerioyl
    Oh, man.
[05:19] Kerioyl
    It's that big a problem for her?
[05:21] Hulemy
    Believe it or not, it was
    worse when we were kids.
[05:25] Hulemy
    We can carry Lammis to
    her room, but what about Boxxo?
[05:33] Kerioyl
    Oh! Thanks, Boxxo!
[05:35] Kerioyl
    Ma'am, do you mind if we set
    Boxxo up in front of the inn?
[05:40] hostess
    No.
[05:41] hostess
    He must be the much-talked-about
    magic item with a mind of its own.
[05:48] hostess
    What a mystery.
[05:52] Hulemy
    You know, Lammis has always been like that.
[05:56] Hulemy
    Tell a scary story, and she'd cover
    her ears and start shouting.
[06:02] Hulemy
    It takes me back.
[06:04] protagonist
    She's grumbling about her,
    but these two are quite close.
[06:08] protagonist
    At times, they're like sisters.
[06:11] Hulemy
    Usually she'd have run for it by now,
[06:14] Hulemy
    but it looks like she can't
    bear to leave this time.
[06:17] protagonist
    I wonder if she's trying to put up with it
[06:19] protagonist
    because she thinks there'd
    be nobody left to carry me.
[06:22] Hulemy
    Don't tell me you're misreading
    the situation, Boxxo.
[06:26] Hulemy
    When it comes to why Lammis is stubbornly
    trying to control her fear...
[06:30] Hulemy
    Wait, it'll hurt her feelings if I tell you.
[06:33] Boxxo
    Too bad.
[06:35] Hulemy
    Well, take your time thinking it over.
[06:42] protagonist
    What could it be?
[06:58] protagonist
    Is that a...
[07:02] protagonist
    Those are flame scolls!
[07:06] protagonist
    But they're just wandering around.
[07:09] protagonist
    What're they trying to do?
[07:14] protagonist
    This is like an outdoor haunted house.
[07:17] protagonist
    Might as well play it safe
    and put up a barrier.
[07:21] protagonist
    It also wouldn't hurt to try out
    a number of anti-undead goods.
[07:26] protagonist
    Well, salt is the old standard.
SIGN    Natural Rock Salt
[07:30] Boxxo
    I'll give rock salt a try.
[07:37] Boxxo
    No good.
[07:38] Boxxo
    What else might have an effect?
[07:41] Boxxo
    Oh, how about that?!
[07:46] Boxxo
    If they're ghosts, maybe these will work!
[07:49] Boxxo
    Here! Here! How's this?!
[07:55] Boxxo
    Nothing happened.
[07:57] Boxxo
    Maybe it takes more of them!
[08:02] Hulemy
    Hey, Boxxo. You get any sleep last night?
[08:06] Hulemy
    What's all this?!
[08:09] protagonist
    I tried things all night, but they had no effect
    whatsoever on these otherworldly monsters.
[08:16] protagonist
    As soon as Shui and the
    others arrived belatedly,
[08:20] protagonist
    Captain Kerioyl ordered them to go explore.
[08:22] protagonist
    The captain himself said he would bring
    back some help for tackling this stratum,
[08:27] protagonist
    and then he went off somewhere.
[08:32] hostess
    Mister Boxxo.
[08:37] hostess
    Did you enjoy last night?
[08:40] protagonist
    When did she get here?!
[08:42] protagonist
    She's like a ghost.
[08:44] hostess
    When night falls here, monsters appear
    even in the middle of the village.
[08:50] hostess
    So only those with confidence in their
    skills are allowed to venture out.
[08:55] protagonist
    Wish you had told me that ahead of time.
[08:58] hostess
    The monsters here envy the living.
[09:02] hostess
    And so to you, they are harmless.
[09:05] hostess
    I suspect you were never attacked.
[09:08] protagonist
    So that's why they didn't crowd me,
    and they were just peering into buildings.
[09:14] hostess
    You are more akin to them
    than you are to us.
[09:19] hostess
    Ah, I beg your pardon.
[09:22] protagonist
    Well, I'm basically a vending machine
    possessed by a soul, so you're not wrong.
[09:29] protagonist
    But I'm not so sure I'm more
    akin to a ghost than you are.
[09:36] Lammis
    Sorry about yesterday, Boxxo.
[09:39] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[09:46] Lammis
    Things can't keep going like this.
[09:50] Boxxo
    Too bad.
[09:51] Lammis
    It really is too bad.
[09:54] protagonist
    Uh-oh. She's in negative mode,
    and she's taking me literally.
[10:00] Hulemy
    This isn't like you, y'know.
[10:02] Hulemy
    If it's a weakness, just overcome it.
[10:05] Hulemy
    Isn't that right?
[10:07] Lammis
    R-Right!
[10:08] Lammis
    Yeah, all I have to do is get used to it!
[10:11] Hulemy
    Well said.
[10:12] Hulemy
    Now, I'm going to give you a crash
    course in overcoming your fear.
[10:15] Lammis
    Crash course?
[10:18] Lammis
    Please do, Instructor!
[10:21] Hulemy
    Then let's start with you
    strolling through this village.
[10:25] Lammis
    Strolling?!
[10:28] Lammis
    Doesn't seem possible!
[10:29] Hulemy
    You gave in too soon!
[10:31] Hulemy
    It's just a little gloomy over there,
    so it shouldn't be too scary.
[10:35] Lammis
    Yes, but the mood is different here!
[10:38] Lammis
    If Clearflow Lake stratum is a frog fiend,
     this place is a king frog fiend!
[10:43] protagonist
    That sort of makes sense,
    and sort of doesn't.
[10:46] Hulemy
    Then will you give up and go back
    to Clearflow Lake stratum alone?
[10:50] Lammis
    I don't want to!
[10:51] Hulemy
    Then all you can do is tough it out.
[10:54] Lammis
    Y-Yeah, but...
[10:56] Hulemy
    Okay, at the village entrance
    is a general store.
[11:00] Hulemy
    First, go buy some
    restorative potions there.
[11:02] Lammis
    Fine.
[11:04] Lammis
    Let's go, Boxxo.
[11:07] Hulemy
    By yourself.
[11:09] Lammis
    You kidding?
[11:11] Hulemy
    I'm serious.
[11:14] Lammis
    I-I'll do it!
[11:16] Lammis
    J-Just you watch. I'm not a child!
     This'll be easy!
[11:21] Lammis
    I can do this.
[11:23] Lammis
    It'll work.
[11:24] Lammis
    I won't lose!
[11:25] protagonist
    I wonder if this is how a parent feels while
    watching their child go on their first errand.
[11:33] Lammis
    Screw that!
[11:41] protagonist
    There, there. That sure was scary.
[11:43] protagonist
    Have some warm corn soup
    or something, and settle down.
[11:46] protagonist
    Maybe something sweet to
    drink would be better.
[11:49] Hulemy
    Don't coddle her.
[11:50] protagonist
    Sorry, Lammis. Looks like that's a no-go.
[11:56] Lammis
    Y-You know, my job is to carry Boxxo,
    so I think it's no use if I don't have him.
[12:02] Hulemy
    Okay, fine. Go ahead and do it that way.
[12:06] Lammis
    Yeah! With Boxxo, I'll be fine!
[12:09] protagonist
    It's true.
[12:10] protagonist
    Even in a haunted house, it's a world of
    difference between going through alone,
[12:13] protagonist
    and doing it with a vending
    machine on your...
[12:15] protagonist
    I guess I've never seen anyone like that.
[12:18] Lammis
    Boxxo, you still there?!
[12:20] Lammis
    You're on my back?!
[12:21] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[12:23] Lammis
    Really?
[12:24] Lammis
    You're really there?
[12:25] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[12:27] Lammis
    Don't you fall off my back. You had better not!
[12:31] protagonist
    She's like a kid learning
    how to ride a bike.
[12:34] Lammis
    I'll try.
[12:37] Lammis
    I'll do my best.
[12:40] Lammis
    So let's go exploring together.
[12:46] protagonist
    I see, Lammis is desperately trying to
    overcome her fear so she and I can be together.
[12:53] protagonist
    Then I should help her any way I can!
SIGN    Change Paint Color
SIGN    Add Markings
SIGN    Switch Design
SIGN    Electric Bulletin Board
SIGN    Aroma Diffuser
[12:58] protagonist
    This device uses the scent of the
    merchandise to draw people to a vending machine.
[13:03] protagonist
    Let's go ahead and try some coffee aroma.
[13:08] Lammis
    What's that?
[13:09] Lammis
    Something smells good.
[13:11] protagonist
    Now, step two!
[13:18] Lammis
    Huh? Now I can hear some nice music!
[13:22] protagonist
    Good! Looks like it worked.
[13:25] protagonist
    Maybe I'm too generous?
[13:31] Lammis
    Guys!
[13:32] Lammis
    Look, look! I've got this down pat now!
[13:35] Lammis
    I'm not afraid anymore!
[13:37] Aka
    Oh!
[13:38] Shiro
    Wow!
[13:39] Shui
    You did it!
[13:40] Hulemy
    Okay, time to move on to the next step.
[13:43] Lammis
    Whatever it is, bring it on!
[13:45] Hulemy
    Listen to you. Next, remove
    Boxxo and go around the—
[13:50] Lammis
    Not happening.
[13:51] Lammis
    That, I won't do.
[13:52] protagonist
    Talk about firm resolve.
[13:54] protagonist
    That's impressive! And admirable!
[13:57] Kerioyl
    Ah, here you are!
[13:59] Kerioyl
    I brought back more explorers!
[14:02] Hulemy
    Oh, the Band of Gluttons!
    They're dependable!
[14:06] Lammis
    Mishuel!
[14:08] Mishuel
    Hello again.
[14:09] Suco/Pell
    Thanks for having us!
[14:11] protagonist
    So, he really did contact
    the Menagerie of Fools.
[14:15] protagonist
    I don't doubt his fighting power.
[14:17] protagonist
    But will he be able to
    communicate in a group this big?
[14:21] Kerioyl
    You guys know Mishuel, don't you?
[14:24] Kerioyl
    He's joined the Menagerie
    of Fools on a trial basis.
[14:28] Kerioyl
    This campaign will let
    him be sure about us.
[14:31] Kerioyl
    Right?
[14:32] Mishuel
    Not at all. I just want to make
    sure I don't slow everyone down,
[14:37] Mishuel
    and see whether I can smoothly handle teamwork.
[14:39] protagonist
    He seems like he's being modest, but I know
    it's that latter part that's important.
[14:46] Kerioyl
    Well, I'll say it again.
[14:48] Kerioyl
    Our goal in coming to the
    Dead's Lament stratum
[14:51] Kerioyl
    is to find the stratum lord,
    the King of Souls, and defeat him.
[14:55] Kerioyl
    There are lots of difficult monsters here,
     but you guys'll have no problem.
[14:59] Mikenne
    I don't really get it myself,
[15:01] Mikenne
    but I hear humans have trouble with dark
    places and monsters like corpse fiends.
[15:05] Suco
    Oh, they do?
[15:07] Short
    I know I don't like corpse fiends.
    They smell like rotten meat.
[15:11] Pell
    That smell will kill your appetite.
[15:15] protagonist
    Looks like humans and beast people
    perceive horror differently.
[15:19] Kerioyl
    The plan is to start by
    way of one-day searches.
[15:22] Kerioyl
    Everybody get prepared.
[15:24] Menagerie of Fools/Band of Gluttons
    Okay!
[15:26] protagonist
    Lammis, that's not a good sound to hear.
[15:33] Mikenne
    Why did they put graves outside the village?
[15:36] Short
    You know, Mikenne, reasons.
[15:38] Short
    Why, though?
[15:39] Suco
    Neither Mikenne nor Short know why.
     For the heck of it, I bet.
[15:43] Pell
    I don't know...
[15:44] Pell
    But if you left an offering,
    monsters could eat it. What a waste.
[15:49] Kerioyl
    Everyone, stop!
[15:52] Kerioyl
    Just like I figured.
[15:59] Shui
    Now it's our turn!
[16:01] Aka
    You ready, Shiro?
[16:02] Shiro
    I was born ready, Aka.
[16:04] Mishuel
    We're ready anytime.
[16:06] Kerioyl
    Good.
[16:08] Kerioyl
    Let's go!
[16:14] Lammis
    Wow.
[16:16] protagonist
    Hey, it's no contest.
[16:22] protagonist
    After watching for several days,
[16:25] protagonist
    it occurred to me that the monsters look
    like they're peering into the windows with envy.
[16:29] protagonist
    Maybe the rumors are true that,
    unlike typical monsters,
[16:34] protagonist
    the ones here are based on dead humans.
[16:37] protagonist
    That made me scream!
[16:39] Boxxo
    Please insert coins.
[16:41] protagonist
    Or not.
[16:42] protagonist
    Curse this body that only uses canned
    phrases even at times like this.
[16:49] protagonist
    If he doesn't mean me harm, but is only
    looking at me with a child's curiosity,
[16:55] protagonist
    I guess it'd be sad to be unkind to him.
[16:58] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[17:01] protagonist
    Huh?
[17:02] protagonist
    H-Hey, stop!
[17:05] protagonist
    Come on, don't paw at me!
[17:07] protagonist
    I'll give you this.
[17:15] protagonist
    There, drink up.
[17:19] protagonist
    That's right.
[17:36] protagonist
    Looks like the monsters have
    come to loiter again tonight.
[17:43] protagonist
    Is that the same one from yesterday?
[17:45] protagonist
    In that case...
[17:52] protagonist
    Huh?
[17:53] protagonist
    Does he like me or something?
[17:55] protagonist
    No way.
[17:58] protagonist
    He's probably just a kid expecting a treat.
[18:01] protagonist
    He came by night after night.
[18:04] protagonist
    This surprises even me, but I'm starting
    to enjoy this late-night interaction.
[18:11] protagonist
    Exploration is going smoothly,
[18:12] protagonist
    and this is the first night we're
    spending outside the village.
[18:17] protagonist
    I guess I can't give orange juice
    to the corpse fiend child today.
[18:21] protagonist
    Well, we'll return tomorrow,
    so he can go without for a day.
[18:27] protagonist
    A corpse fiend!
[18:29] protagonist
    There's just one, but it
    seems to be headed this way.
[18:34] Shiro
    Aka, want to wake the others?
[18:36] Aka
    We'll be fine if it's just one, Shiro.
[18:39] protagonist
    Okay, I'll help, too.
[18:46] protagonist
    Huh? Is that him?!
[18:48] Shiro
    A child. I feel bad, but...
[18:51] Aka
    ...rest in peace!
[18:52] Boxxo
    Too bad!
[19:01] Aka
    What's with the shouting, Boxxo?
[19:04] protagonist
    Could that corpse fiend child
    be the same one who's been...
[19:09] Aka
    This is from one of your drinks, Boxxo.
[19:12] Aka
    Where did he get it?
[19:14] protagonist
    I know it's wrong to get mad at Aka.
[19:17] protagonist
    I know that, but...
[19:20] protagonist
    My wiring feels like it's gonna short out.
[19:23] Shiro
    He also dropped a copper coin.
[19:24] Aka
    Don't tell me he was
    trying to buy something?
[19:27] Aka
    No, that can't be.
[19:29] Mikenne
    I don't know if it was that corpse fiend,
[19:32] Mikenne
    but there was one staring
    this way from a distance.
[19:34] Mikenne
    It didn't try anything,
    so I was ignoring it.
[19:37] protagonist
    So in other words, he was trying to put a
    coin in me after seeing others buy things.
[19:46] protagonist
    What a fool.
[19:47] protagonist
    Children don't need to
    worry about such things.
[19:50] protagonist
    Besides, all he had was one copper coin.
[19:53] protagonist
    That wouldn't be enough.
[19:56] Boxxo
    Please insert coins.
[20:02] protagonist
    You want the usual?
[20:08] Kerioyl
    Okay, good job everyone.
[20:11] Kerioyl
    We have a good idea where
    the King of Souls is.
[20:14] Hulemy
    You've thought of a way
    to deal with him, right?
[20:17] Kerioyl
    Well, I was going to compare notes with you.
[20:21] Kerioyl
    Do you know what kind of
    monster the King of Souls is?
[20:24] Hulemy
    I believe it's said he's something
    of a great magic user.
[20:29] Kerioyl
    Yeah, that's quite right.
[20:31] Kerioyl
    He uses many different elemental spells,
[20:33] Kerioyl
    and his magic power is apparently vast,
    which lets him fire them off quickly.
[20:36] Hulemy
    Right, so what will you do about his magic?
[20:39] Kerioyl
    Don't we have someone we can depend on
    to defend against any sort of attack?
[20:45] Lammis
    Huh? Do you mean Boxxo?
[20:47] Kerioyl
    Correct, Lammis.
[20:49] Kerioyl
    Boxxo's barrier is an all-purpose
    shield that can block magic as well.
[20:53] Kerioyl
    It's fine if you rush the enemy and take
    him down or just keep him distracted.
[21:00] protagonist
    Ah, so that's how it is.
[21:02] protagonist
    This was the real reason he
    wanted to bring me along.
[21:06] Hulemy
    True.
[21:07] Hulemy
    Word is, he also blocked the spells cast
    by those guys who were after Mishuel.
[21:11] Kerioyl
    How about it, Boxxo?
[21:13] Kerioyl
    I'll redo the plan if you don't
    think it'll work, but will it?
[21:17] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[21:18] Boxxo
    That's our Boxxo! You're the man!
[21:22] Lammis
    If Boxxo says okay, I'm fine with it too.
[21:24] Kerioyl
    That settles it.
[21:26] Kerioyl
    As the name suggests, the King of Souls
    has a number of monsters serving him.
[21:31] Kerioyl
    Let us handle those little guys.
[21:34] Lammis
    Okay!
[21:35] Hulemy
    Lammis, don't get too worked up.
[21:37] Lammis
    I know!
[21:38] Kerioyl
    Don't forget that everyone's
    agreed to be here.
[21:42] Kerioyl
    Well, the rest depends on what happens
    when we reach the King of Souls.
[21:46] Kerioyl
    For now, let's drink to lift our spirits!
[21:48] everyone
    Cheers!
[21:53] Lammis
    Boxxo, let's make 'em proud!
[21:55] Boxxo
    Hello there.
[21:57] protagonist
    Once this quest ends safely, I wouldn't
    mind us having another toast!
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[23:35] Boxxo
    Thank you very much.
[23:37] Boxxo
    I look forward to your next use.