The Beachside Hut and Andvara Falls Episode 6 Part 2

Narration picks up recapping that it’s break time and that Andvari, Nomad, sand Jiraiya are gone. Camera tunes in on those three where they are Somewhere Else and Andvari laughs like a madman basking in some treasure room of gold straight out of Scrooge McDuck’s vault. The gold itself seems to be multiplying.

Andvari says this is the golden caves of Andvarafors/Andvara Falls with infinite gold, and it has the power to increase the gold hidden within it. He sighs as he looks at his ring,, then says its power can only be used inside the app. What that means for it is that it can only use its power on the coins/digital currency the app uses, if understand him right. Here though he can use its power to boost his profits from his resort.

Andvari says he pretty much gave up on the old Andvara Falls he left behind in his home world, but he never expected it to be shifted to Tokyo. He does notice some minor differences compared to what he knows, but he decides to file them under unimportant details. He’s happy to have a steady income and says this is why he can’t stop looking for other world treasures. Then he laughs some more before turning to talk to Nomad and Jiraiya.

Nomad sighs and asks Andvari to not call him over like some mafia flunky, then reminds him he only came over to drop something here during the tour break. Jiraiya says if these were ill-gotten gains he’d have to take action, but he doesn’t need to if it’s money from legitimate business transactions.

Nomad suggests Andvari stops laughing like some villain and go back to work. Jiraiya adds that if they take too long someone could turn up. Especially Goemon, since he still doesn’t trust him. Even if he only has his memories he’s still close to being a master thief.

Andvari laughs off the concern and says Jiraiya is worrying too much. He’s so sure about that because the place has some tricks to it that will prevent theft, even by a master thief. You turn up and ask what that trick is. Andvari is happy to start explaining it to you before it clicks that you’re there.

Volos is amazed by all the gold around as he says it’s the first time he’s seen so much and compares the place to a corn storage space. Seth is amazed too and says his brother also had a lot of gold at his place. Chernobog compares it to the treasures he had at Bald Mountain and says there’s a different shine to it. He also describes it as fading and wavering, like water.

Goemon has some flashes of recognition as he looks around, and Andvari takes a moment to work through his shock before demanding to know why everyone is here. He then sets that aside to ask if everyone is okay because the path to the room is lined with traps and forks in the road. Makara blithely says Andvari guided them to here. He’s in turn baffled as he says he only took Jiraiya and Nomad along.

AndvariNot laughs and Andvari is shocked by his presence. Andvalternate says at last the time has finally come and reveals his true appearance, then gives his name as Alberich. He proclaims himself the true owner of the gold in the golden cave. You are either shocked and appalled by this reveal, say you kind of figured it out, or yell about how there’s another Andvari.

Going B if it matters, the game lists Makara, Volos, and Seth as the guys who fell for it and Aegir, Kotarou, and Chernobog as the guys who noticed something was up from the start. Alberich giggles to himself about his perfect disguise and how people would naturally be speechless about it, maybe.

Goemon stares in silence for a moment before he yells about remembering. He accuses Alberich of tricking him and being the one who threw him into the river to float into the waterfall basin. You ask Goemon about this whether calmly or in surprise, and he says his memory has cleared up.

Goemon says Alberich told him there was some sort of awesome treasure in the limestone cave, which Alberich doesn’t deny. He goes on to say Alberich led him in when some trap dumped him into the river to the waterfall. Alberich comments that he was surprised at how easily Goemon fell for it.

You then remember about the time Goemon stared at Andvari when you guys first met him and say it’s because he looks so much like Alberich. Andvari tries to brush the subject aside which Goemon loudly objects to, so he apologizes saying he got carried away. Goemon is still depressed by that.

But back to his original point, Andvari takes issue with Alberich calling himself the true owner and accuses him of betrayal. He asserts that *he’s* the owner of the caves. You ask about this betrayal thing, so Andvari says that when he first entered the cave after it got shifted over that dick Alberich was already there. He then says that Alberich told him that the true owner of the caves has appeared, then asked him to work with him to collect gold.

Alberich says he’s talking crazy and that the true owner actually refers to himself. He cites knowing the path to the treasure room as his proof for that, QED. Andvari however says he also knew the way to get here and explains it as being the builder of the treasure room.

Both laugh for a bit before they start throwing hands at each other. You comment on how complicated things are getting, say they’re saying the same things, then ask the resident treasure hunter what he thinks.

Aegir supposes that there’s actually several world layers being stacked in place. It takes really special circumstances but it’s not totally impossible. For an example he brings up the mountains from Wa no Kuni and Hourai that have showed up in Tokyo. He believes that there’s two or three worlds overlapping.

Kotarou asks if that means Andvari’s golden caves are really similar to Not Andvari’s. Nomad comments that having this happen is a disaster. Aegir then adds that in these circumstances there’d have to be someone related to the worlds involved acting as the cores. He suggests that Andvari and Alberich might have the same class and concept, or they might have the same...something he trails off on as unimportant.

But anyways Aegir says there’s only one way to figure out who’s really right. There’s only one treasure, which means... Alberich gets fed up and says it’s time to fight it out. Andvari tells him to get bent and that fighting it out is *his* idea.

Volos is sad it’s come to violence, but Tadatomo says it’s unavoidable if neither will back down. Kotarou asks if Not Andvari is still going to fight given the unfavorable circumstances. Alberich declares the start of battle and says he will win. Maybe. And so the episode battle starts, and the story continues afterwards.

After the battle, Alberich is beaten down and yells about how could the real owner possibly lose. You either point out the difference in numbers, say you had to defend yourself when you got attacked, or awkwardly apologize. Alberich scoffs and says that his heart won’t break from this, maybe.

Kotarou talks to you and asks why you think Alberich brought so many people here. He figures the stamp card must be Alberich’s idea as he never thought it’d be Andvari’s. You agree that he has a point, and Aegir seems to understand something.

Alberich ups his prissiness as he says he’ll get Andvari for this, then runs off. Volos worries over him as he comments on how it sounded like Alberich was crying. Andvari is quiet, and Kotarou starts talking to him. It’s just an opinion as an employee, but he suggests moving the gold elsewhere.

Nomad agrees with the suggestion saying having Alberich around could cause problems for the tours. Jiraiya adds that moving the gold would also make Alberich move with it too. Andvari still says nothing, so you try to talk to him too. He eventually says he can’t do that.

Kotarou asks why and tries to argue for his position, but Andvari snaps at him saying it’s that he *can’t,* not that he *won’t.* Chernobog asks if that means there’s a reason the gold can’t be moved, and Seth asks if it’s a curse. Kotarou initially dismisses the idea before noting that he can feel it. Goemon finds that baffling. You either ask Seth if he can tell or say Kotarou is observant.

Going A, Seth says this must be why he felt the chills earlier. Back in his home world curses were a daily occurrence. He tells you guys to focus on the ceiling and says there’s a place up there where a little bit of a curse is leaking out. Several people look, then react in surprise.

Kotarou says it’s enough to curse a whole family and asks why it’s there. Tadatomo says that curses also affect their creator and says whoever did it can’t have gotten off scot free. Andvari says it’s the curse placed on Andvara Falls and the same curse of wealth and destruction on his artifact.

You ask about that, but Andvari says nothing at first as he stares at the gold. He eventually opens his mouth to talk about his past. Right before he came to Tokyo, there was a traveler who came to the cave. This traveler told Andvari that for the sake of some What’s-their-name’s offered love, they wanted all of the gold he possessed in the cave.

Andvari refused of course, but through the course of things the money was taken. He was caught by Ran’s Net that the traveler obtained from somewhere. Aegir says nothing about this tidbit. When the traveler tried to take Andvari’s ring as well, Andvari demanded its return. At that point the ring and all the gold shone ominously with the curse.

The traveler commented on Andvari being another person who put a new curse on the gold. Narration says the old cursed gold must have been the possessors’. Somewhere, several voices spoke to Andvari.

The curse seems to say that if one is charmed by the infinite gold, they will be attached to their fate with it and lose sight of a different fate and its love. The truth behind the cave’s power to multiply gold is that it feeds on attachment to increase something. The same goes for the ring, as the more gold he gets the stronger his attachment will be. It will devour his love so that the cursed gold will continue to multiply.

Andvari blew off the whole speech and said that the ring is the one thing he won’t give to anyone. It was that point that the light of summoning came to Andvari and brought him to Tokyo.

Andvari says that the curse on the cave is the same one he heard then. You ask if this means that the gold can’t be taken out because of the curse on the treasure room itself. He confirms it saying the gold can’t be taken out or used. He still insists that he doesn’t regret it, as the gold is still his even if it’s unusable. Gold and money is all he wants, and that hasn’t changed even now.

You either try to protest that money that can’t be used is pointless or stay quiet. Either way no one else is able to bring themselves to say something when some other oblivious voice echoes. This turns out to be Alberich coming in with a flying kick for an ambush after faking running away.

Andvari is knocked into the gold and says it’s a bit of a plain sort of attack. Kotarou tries just asking Alberich to lift the curse, and Seth warns that the curse is legit dangerous to him even if he’s the actual owner of the gold.

Alberich says he knows about the curse and how it can make one lose their love. But it’s also for that reason that...something Jiraiya has to prompt him to finish. Alberich then says that the gold is his and that it is the truth. He chose to give up on love in this world so that he could have all the gold in it.

Despite that he was still robbed, and he says Andvari is the same. Andvari doesn’t deny it as he has a brief moment of understanding. Alberich laughs and says that even if the ones charmed by the gold are robbed, they’ll still be attached to it. They’ll end up waiting for the chance if it means they can do it again by their own hands. Eventually they will be unable to make normal judgments.

Alberich laughs and says that if the gold can’t be his then it may as well disappear. He proclaims that the fools who steal his gold will have a huge calamity befall them, maybe. Andvari retorts that if the gold isn’t taken out there isn’t any guarantee it won’t be harmless. I might be reading that wrong.

Alberich gloats and asks if he never mentioned that a trap that existed in his treasure room has also manifested itself. You say he hasn’t. He awkwardly apologizes before saying he should show it off now then, which he also says is his last trap. You’re shocked by this sudden jump, and everyone stays where they are because of the shaking that starts up.

The rocking eventually stops as Andvari asks if anything happened elsewhere since nothing else seemed to. Chernobog says nothing changed where he is and says it seems only the cave shook. Nomad then points out that Alberich disappeared in the interim.

Kotarou thinks for a bit before he realizes something. Andvari assumes it’s a bluff and tells everyone to wait while he goes to look. Kotarou shouts that nobody should move, but Andvari has already taken a step. A large hole that spans the whole room starts opening on the floor.

Andvari freaks out over this development but has no time to return to his original spot as the floor crumbles. You tell Andvari he needs to step back or else you guys will be caught up too. Andvari however starts trying desperately to rake up the gold around himself.

Makara attempts to get through to Andvari, but eventually the floor breaks beneath him as he yells dropping into the underground stream. All the gold falls with him. Alberich says what comes after the disaster will start now, then laughs as he tells everyone to enjoy it. On that note, the episode ends.