Sui starts talking about how no one understands her and asks why people are trying to separate her from her mother and why people are attacking her. She says it’s the same as back then, where her mother protected her and people started bullying her too. A flashback has some unseen man yelling some censored lines about Sui dressing and taking like a (Insert Gender Here) despite being a (Insert Gender Here). He tried to correct her, but since Shizuku keeps stopping him he asks if she’s one of them too. Then some woman moans about how (Insert Adjective Here) this is. It’s so unbelievable, how can a parent and child be so (Insert Adjective Here). Sui tells them to shut their fat mouths, and some boy goes Sui is totally a (Insert Gender Here), so why does she have to be put together with Rando A and Rando B. Relative X says they just want to fix Sui and make her a (Insert Gender Here) or else their family will be __. Some other guy insists Sui is a (Insert Gender Here) and she has to (Insert Verb Here) or else they’ll be (Insert Adjective Here) for life. Sui yells about not wanting people’s empty pity, tells them to stop attacking her mother, then declares them all enemies and says her mother is all she has.
Back to the present, Mokdai tried to call after Sui and get her to listen, but a Monster interrupts and attacks. Andrew says Sui will be eaten in a matter of time at this rate so you guys have to push through, but he gets attacked too as he tries. Crowne notes that Sui is convinced the Monster is her mother, which seems to be dredging up her painful past. Maculata says it’s no surprise since Shizuku was the only one to look out for Sui in her point of view. When she was eaten, no one was left, which hurt her. Maculata tried to step up and be someone like that, but unfortunately that didn’t really turn out the way she hoped. You express concern for Sui, point out that that’s dependence, or say you guys need to get her to open her eyes. B and C get an extra line where Maculata agrees and says Sui might be regressing due to the trauma she’s remembering.
In any case, Maculata points out that the thing Sui is walking toward is a Monster and not actually her mother. She’s not sure how it’s doing what it’s doing, but she can’t let it have Sui. She tries to rally the party into cutting a way through to Sui, and she asks you to come with her to save Sui. You agree, saying you have to do so.
Sui runs over to the figure of her mother, and the Monster retakes her form again. Sui stops thinking as she says it’s really her mom and that she always wanted to see her. She was always lonely ever since they were separated. Not Shizuku tells her to come to her, and Sui happily complies.
Back to your end, Mokdai manages to break through the enemy line, and the party closes in on Sui’s position. But what they see is Sui hugging her mother figure while its upper half apparently contorts to open up its mouth. Maculata tries to yell to Sui to run...but she fails to get through in time. You react in horror as Sui is swallowed whole, and Andrew says you guys need to get her out of it quickly to save her.
Andrew attempts to charge at the monster, but a surge of the smaller monsters rises up to block the way. Mokdai swears as he tries breaking through, saying he won’t let his friend disappear. Maculata demands Sui’s return as she charges forward too. Unfortunately for them, the monsters respond by mobbing Mokdai, and Maculata attempts to save him. Her strings are unable to pierce through though, and she ends up getting caught by their tentacles too. Andrew starts despairing about the party being unable to keep up with the onslaught, and Mokdai and Maculata try to call out to Sui. Just when things look bleak, a voice starts listing the components of lunar soil and saying she can make such colorful fireworks with those elements. You are surprised as you recognize the voice, and in the next instant, an explosion flares up.
Scene shifts into some dark zone, briefly lit up by a light that soon fades away. It’s a strange area with a strange atmosphere, like outer space. Sui is floating in this place as she starts to regain her senses and looks around. She wonders what’s going on and where she is. She can’t walk, but she doesn’t have any issues breathing either. Sui tries waving her arms around and finds she’s capable of moving, so she tries swimming off in a random direction.
Sui sees nothing around her as she moves aside from distant fading lights. She has no idea of where she should go, but she does have the feeling she should keep moving. She mentions feeling like she’s being called, and then a sudden warm, bright light illuminates her. Sui shields her eyes as she tries to see what’s happening, and after the light fades Sui sees her mother there as a figure of light. Sui attempts to get closer, happy to see her mother, but Shizuku apologizes saying she wanted to be with her for always. Sui is confused, and Shizuku’s form melts away from the feet up. Sui tries to hurry, but by the time she reaches over Shizuku is gone. Sui cries and pleads for her to stay, trying to hold her to her, but what little left slips through her fingers. She begs her to stay, saying she doesn’t want to be alone anymore.
Back outside, the blockade of monsters is pulverized by the explosion thrown at it. Crowne tries to ask what’s happening since the camera is acting up from the blast. Maculata and Mokdai are freed from the monsters’ grasp, and Maculata asks what the explosion was about. Mokdai coughs a few times before he catches up and starts suspecting who made the explosion.
A woman walks up from the other side of the hill, and this turns out to be Flamier. She’s off getting high from the explosion, and you either react in surprise and ask who she is, recognized Flamier, or note that she’s wriggling in place. Andrew is shocked to see her here, and his shocked yell snaps Flamier back to the present as she asks if everyone is okay. She then introduces herself for the people who don’t know who she is and says she’s come to help. Mokdai says he figured as much from how flashy the explosion was, and Maculata asks if he knows her. Mokdai describes Flamier as a high school teacher on the moon and a hero who loves explosions. Maculata comments on how dangerous that is, and you either thank and greet Flamier like this is your first meeting, say it’s been a while since you saw her, or comment that she’s the same as ever. A gets extra lines where Flamier politely greets you and asks if you’re the Operator before asking to let her help. B has other extra lines where Flamier comments on seeing you again before asking to help out.
Anyways, Andrew is alarmed as he asks Flamier why she’s there since she’s supposed to be in class now. He also tries asking that she back out since he could never face her father if anything happened to her. Flamier tries to get him to calm down since she can’t answer his questions if they come that quickly. But to explain, she called out of her day job for the day to do her hero work. She thought something was up with Sui, so she came to look for her. Crowne is taken aback at how casually Flamier phrases this, and Flamier reminds Andrew that she’s a hero too. She fights villains and monsters on a regular basis, so she’s aware of the danger. She’s not a sheltered little girl he’s bodyguarding anymore, and she’s joining the battle. You either ask if she knows Andrew, ask what their relationship is, or say Flamier is cool. A gets extra lines where Flamier explains Andrew was her guard when she was a little girl, but now he’s in other work. Crowne is surprised by this and says she really is a rich girl.
In any case Flamier asks where Sui is, so Mokdai points to the Monster that ate her and is now staring at you guys. It roars, and a bunch of the smaller ones start fusing with it. Flamier understands quickly and says there’s no time to waste, then materializes some bombs from her arm gadgets. Crowne has fixed up the camera by this point and says the battle can continue now, so the party readies their weapons. Mokdai declares they’ll defeat the monster and save Sui. Maculata says she won’t let Sui, her friend’s surviving child, disappear on her watch. Andrew concedes that he can’t stop Flamier, so he asks her to fight alongside him. Flamier thanks him and asks that he be careful too. You declare the continuation of the battle and the goal to save Sui, and the party rallies as the episode battle begins.
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