Jormungandr: ...who am I?
Gorozaemon: ...
Oz: !?
Gorozaemon: Huh. Been a while since anyone scared me.
MC: OH MY GOD
Jormungandr: ...hmm. I seem to be too big here. Let's see...hrnngh! (shrinks down and transforms)
Jormungandr: There we go! Hmm...this form feels familiar for some reason. Once again, I'm Jormungandr and I don't remember anything else about myself! Haha!
Oz: He transformed again!? I mean some Transients do that but still!
MC: Shrinking AND transformation. So he has two powers?
Gorozaemon: Nah. That's the power to propagate himself, which he uses to change his cellular states. There are powers out there that just make you bigger, tall as the clouds or as vast as the seas. That dragon has no size limits...or rather, he can make his vessel bigger than the world.
Gorozaemon holds up their phone to show that Jormungandr is listed as an Infinity elemental.
Gorozaemon: Everyone Believes Him to be Infinite. Something beyond the ends of the world. He can always become the majority, so he can freely choose how he'll be seen in Tokyo...so that's how it works, huh.
MC: What? / ...
(B) Gorozaemon: Whoops, I didn't say anything, hehe.
Gorozaemon: Anyways, you're pretty calm for an amnesiac. I dunno what's up, but aren't you scared?
Jormungandr: Panicking won't help. I AM bothered, but still...by the way, you! You smell faintly familiar...were we in love!?
MC: Yes! / Probably not! / I've never seen you before!
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(A) Jormungandr: Oh, so I DO know this smell...but something still seems different...
(BC) Jormungandr: Oh...well something does seem off, actually...
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Oz: C-can you remember anything at all?
Jormungandr: Well...my manly heroic fighters. During the day we fight, and at night we f--
Oz: OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH REMEMBERING THANK YOU
Gorozaemon: ...well, you don't need to make yourself remember anything. How about we just leave him along, MC?
MC: Maybe? He doesn't seem too upset. Hmm...
Kengo: DUDE WHAT HAPPENED!? Who's Jumbo!? If you're fighting, then I'll join in t--
Jormungandr: !? Y-you...!
Kengo: Oh, you know my partner? Sweet, gramps! I'm--
Jormungandr: MY MANLY MAN
Kengo: THUNDER KICK!
Jormungandr: OOF...m-more...more! MY HEROOO!
Kengo: OMGWAT, Thor's Belt Whipping!
Jormungandr: I-I...remember this feeling downstairs...from somewhere...urk
MC: Oh my god, Kengo??? / Uh, he looks happy about this... / (avert your eyes)
Kengo: D-damn, did I overdo it? No wait, I thought he was gonna eat me!
Gorozaemon: Welp, he's out. Look how happy he is. Still, I see... a bigger vessel seeks to fill itself, so he tries to eat?
Oz: Q-quick, we need to take him to a first aid station! I'll call for Heracles!
Gorozaemon: Oh, I'll go lie to explain things to the staff, so you guys just wait over there.
Kengo: B-but he...! ...o-okay I don't think I can explain any of this myself.
Gorozaemon: No problem! It's cool, you laid him out real good. I enjoyed the show, so I'll do it. C'mon, go on! Time flies when you're having fun. Mwehe! It's a party, don't miss out on enjoying yourself!
Later
Kengo: ...y'know, it's weird. Ever since I saw that old dude my artifact's been acting up. I couldn't help myself from knocking him out...
Triton: HMMMM. Couldn't help yourself, you say?
Jinn: Goddammit, Takabushi what did you do now!?
Kengo: Oh god no, why are you guys here!?
Triton: Don't you "oh no" me! I was about to call out to one of my lovely students when...
Kengo: N-no it ain't like that! Partner, say something!
Kresnik: Haha, Shinjuku students are just as hotheaded as I've heard. It reminds me of my own problem students in Kabukicho. The worries never end for teachers, do they?
MC: Uh...who are you? / Hello I am MC / Super hot and wild guy!
(AB) Kresnik: Wow, you're politer than I thought you'd be. Is this the good influence of your teachers?
(C) Kresnik: Whoa, you trying to hit on someone you just met? The Shinjuku teachers were right.
Kresnik: I'm Kresnik, a teacher from Kabukicho Academy. You two are...Takabushi Kengo and MC Fullname? Mononobe's told me about you two, and how you're huge problem cases. I may not have much room to speak, but try not to cause too much trouble.
Kengo: Not happening! ...say, where is Mononobe anyway?
Triton: The invite was originally for him, but he said he has plans.
Jinn: Then he gave it to us and told us to relax...the two of us, here.
Kresnik: My invite came through some other connections. I'm here for a preliminary inspection of sorts. I'm sure the Night Walkers at my school will be causing hell at this new pool.
MC: ...what? / Oh right, aren't they--
Kresnik: Those Who Walk the Night. People of the Dark. Ye gui, yashas, vampires, and so on. The students who go to our school are night types like that.
Triton: (sigh) ...how did I get roped into a nighttime pool party with Jinn instead of Mr. Mononobe...?
Jinn: That's what I want to know! I wanted to come with him instead...
Triton: Hah! The sun's baked your brains!
Jinn: Haha! You've swum in the water too long and need a break!
Jinn and Triton: >8C
Jinn: Eat it, punk!
Triton: YOU eat it, hooligan!
Kresnik: Excuse me, one of your students is trying to escape.
Kengo: ...dammit he saw me! Bye partner!
Jinn: WHAT!? Get back here Takabushi!
Triton: Stop running! And actually don't run near pools at all!
Kresnik: ...teaching truly is a battle. I see I'm not the only one in the trenches.
MC: You must work hard... / Um, haha... / Gasp, that refined crease to your brows!
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(AC): Kresnik: Haha, I don't know how to respond to that coming from another school's problem child.
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Kresnik: Ever since I became a teacher, I've been reminded of how small my contained skills are... I suppose people with great skills and large vessels have their own worries and troubles. Oh whoops, I started lecturing again, and that's why Ellie doesn't like me. Bye MC, see you again if the fates allow.
MC: ...welp, I'm alone now. I guess I'll walk around then.
Later
Branch time!
MC: Hey look there's people flirting / Hey look there's people trying to stop the flirting
(The Flirts path)
Seth: ...h-hey there you...
Mermaid: Hm? Something up?
Seth: Umm, h-hey...cu...tie, wanna swim...with me in...the...GOD I CAN'T SAY IT! (runs)
Mermaid: Huh. What was that about?
Later
Typhon: W-w-wait, Seth! ...oh, he came back.
Gouryou: Aww, get your head in the game BROOO! ...I honestly thought you could swing it.
Tyhpon: Our plan to get Seth to join us and make Operation Babe Hunt a success is going down the tubes...
Gouryou: Aww...I guess my plan sucks on anyone that isn't my old wife...
Seth: I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS! I thought it was weird of you guys to tell me to say that to a staff member who could teach people to swim!
Gouryou: I mean, I thought that really would get her to teach you to swim?
Typhon: That's kinda stretchi--OW! OW! Nah stop, my fin!
MC: Seth! Aww, poor baby. / Hey playboys, why'd you bring a surfboard to a pool?
(A) Seth: S-s-shut up, I'm not crying! I am the great GODDAMN ruler of the desert! I can totally bag someone or two if I felt like...weh, Big Brother could do way better if he were really here... If I was as big as him, big enough to swallow the whole desert then...
Typhon: Good eye! It's our secret weapon, ya hear?
Gouryou: Hehe, nobody else has one, so we stand out. And it's a night time pool party! We brought it on the idea of looking good.
Typhon: Our mentor in lookin' good said "Oh my god you guys need to blow up first before you go viral!" I ain't never heard of words so deep before!
Gouryou: Oh man what if it's the birth of the super popular surfer dude!?
Seth: It doesn't feel like talking to anyone's worked yet...actually, doesn't it seem like everyone is staying away from us?
Gouryou: It's too early to give up, brah! It's a night time pool party! So the big event will happen tonight...right?
Typhon: Right! Our teacher in the ways of blowin' up on social media can't be wrong...right?
Seth: ...whatever gets me taught how to swim. Let's go already you guys! I'm going get good enough to swim from one end of the other today! I-I mean, I already can! You can just help out!
Gouryou: Yeah yeah. You owe us when night comes, okay?
Typhon: Damn y'all really leanin' on Set--OW GOD AAAAHH
Seth: Later, MC! N-next time... let's go to the beach! (Hooray, I said it big brother!)
(Thot Police path)
Ranger: S'up babe, wanna go to the private spa?
Mermaid: Me? Umm...well the spa's supposed to be awesome so that might be...
Ranger: That's a yes, right!? I already have an appointment, let's go!
Mermaid: O-oh no the pressure! This is too sudden!
MC: I should stop that... / (step in) / O-oh no, can any staff help...?
Aizen: STOP! I can hear it...the suffering of those buried in one-sided love... I can see... the frivolous deeds of those who do not realize their aggressive love is burdening others! So we, the summer morals committee must correct it! We are...THE (UNAPPROVED) THOT POLICE!
Kalki: ...
Tadatomo: ...
MC: S'up Aizen / K-Kalki? / Tadatomo, what...?
(A) Aizen: You! Wait there! I will see to your corrections in short order!
(B) Kalki: MC!? No, don't look at me like that! I just got separated from Shinya while taking a walk. And somehow I got involved in this...SHOOT ME NOW!
(C) Tadatomo: N-no, milord! I've just been hired as a lifeguard! This man just started acting like a hall monitor, so I chased him and...p-please stop looking at me with those understanding eyes!
Aizen: Comrades, what is wrong!? We must protect public decency!
Tadatomo: I'm not your comrade, I am actual hired staff here! It's my job to handle problems between visitors and--
Aizen: Yes! We cannot allow problems between visitors! Why else would we proudly call ourselves the (UNAPPROVED) THOT POLICE!?
Tadatomo: Would you shut up, that's not even part of a lifeguard's job!
Kalki: ...by the way, those other two people have left already.
Aizen: What!? I look away for five seconds and this is what happens! And just when I find out about the new love singularity that is Tennouji Shinya! I only saw him for a moment but I saw all those people hitting on him! The hussy!
Kalki: What!? What is Taromaiti doing!?
MC: Yeah Shinya's like that / (gasp) how could you Aizen? I thought I was your only love singularity!
---
(BC) Aizen: W-what!? You are the only love singularity I will be supervising and...wait, what am I saying!?
---
Kalki: No one is allowed to flirt with Shinya!
Aizen: Yes, that is the correct idea, comrade! You know what we must defend?
Kalki: Yes, I do! The Kali Yuga has come!
Tadatomo: I'm not paid enough for this, dammit! Stop running by the pool! And stop going crazy! Excuse me, milord, please enjoy the pool.
Branch convergence!
MC: Welp, they're having fun. I'm going to pretend nothing happened.
MC: (Go do the other branch) / Meh, I've hung around long enough.
Later
Heracles: Oh, you're back. Sorry, could you wait a moment? I've called the management but no one has seen a lost fish hook.
Yamasachi: Oh. Oh well, no biggie. Not like it was gonna turn up that easy!
Heracles: But it is my duty to fulfill my guests' every desire. Allow me to help until you do find it...
Yamasachi: Uh, I'm really startin' to feel bad! No worries, really! I didn't really think I'd find it here...and I just gotta be patient is all.
Heracles: ...I see then. I will contact you if I do find it.
Yamasachi: You sure? Didn't the other staff say you were on break now?
Heracles: It's no problem! I've always worked doing the unreasonable 24/7/365 with no breaks!
Yamasachi: O-oh. Life must've been hard for you. Reminds me of my own past.
Heracles: Well there's more. Something about you makes me want to help you personally. You must have been born under the star that makes people love you and want to help you.
Yamasachi: Y-ya think? I wanna be a dependable big brother like you though...well alrighty then! Here's my app contact details! Call me by name, and ask me if you need help.
Heracles: Understood Yamasachi. I am Heracles, pleased to meet you.
Yamasachi: Cool! Oh yeah, there's somethin' else I'm looking for. Or someone, rather. And after I just asked you to rely on me. Ugh, I suck.
Heracles: No, please. Ask me anything. Who is it and what do they look like?
Yamasachi: MC. They look like this and uhh...
MC: Yamasachi! Long time no see!
Yamasachi: Oh, MC! Wow I actually found somethin' I was looking for! ...no wait, I wasn't the one to find it. Whoops, never mind me. I'm glad to see ya! Is this fate? Haha.
MC: I'm glad to see you too! / Don't just say that so casually! / A natural lovable gigolo!
---
(BC) Yamasachi: W-what? The pool chill you or something?
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Yamasachi: Man, I've been searchin' for my brother's fishing hook this whole time since gettin' out of the Dragon Palace. And I've been studyin' nature preservation.
Heracles: I see you found who you were looking for. It would be great if you found your other missing thing. What is this fishing hook to you anyway?
Yamasachi: Right, I only said I couldn't find a fishing hook when I was asking about it earlier. It ain't that interestin' and it's kinda embarrassin', but you wanna hear about it?
Yamasachi: So, I have a brother named Umisachi and he's totally cool and can do anything! I wanted to be like him...actually I wanted to be him. One day we traded tools in a contest of skills. Didn't get any fish and lost his hook on top of that. Ever since then, I've been lookin' for it so I can give it back to him.
Heracles: So everyone has their own trials to overcome.
Yamasachi: Haha, lame story right!? Umisachi's skills were as great as the sea, and I admired him. I wanted to be him, and then I lost his hook. I didn't know what to do, so he told me to look for it. And then I came to Tokyo so I could learn to be even better than him!
Heracles: I see. So you try to make up for your mistakes not just by obeying your given orders, but also by considering new methods and thinking on it. That reminds me of how I used to obey the oracles given to me.
Yamasachi: R-really? Haha, you can just call me big brother then Heracles!
Heracles: Okay I will.
Yamasachi: O-okay, cool...oh yeah aren't you on break?
Heracles: It just ended. My apologies for keeping you waiting, MC. Gorozaemon just asked me to tell you to go back. Jormungandr is fine but...well, you'll understand quicker if you see him.
Yamasachi: Ooh, a problem? I'll come too!
Heracles: Is that acceptable to you?
MC: (nod) / I guess. Jormungandr might like him.
Heracles: Understood. I will lead the way.
Battle Stage arena
The crowd goes wild!
Jormungandr: Hahaha! What's wrong? My stomach isn't satisfied yet!
Merman: omg he's so cool!
Mobster: please call me a manly man too!
Tribal: Bro! Bro!
Yamasachi: !?!?
MC: ...well he looks fine...
Oz: Oh, MC! You're back! How was the pool?
Gorozaemon: He woke up right after you guys left. Said something about liking tough guys and went into the arena like that. Everyone's been challenging him! And he won them all so now everyone's into him as tonight's star.
Oz: I wish I could be as confident standing in that arena as him...
Gorozaemon: Mwehe. Well you have your own courage, no need to worry about anyone else's... so, MC. New hot date?
Yamasachi: N-nah! I'm Yamasachi, their big brother figure.
MC: I never met him before in my life / He's a guy I kinda know... / He's my soulmate
(A) Yamasachi: T-that's so MEAN MC! Lemme be your brother more even if it is a joke!
(B) Yamasachi: Hey, no need to be shy! C'mon, call me Bro whenever you want!
(C) Yamasachi: W-WHAT!? I-I mean, if that's how you feel then...!
Gorozaemon: Hehe! Oh you two are funny. Nice to meet you... oh look he's coming back.
Jormungandr: Hahaha! Come at me tough guys! ...ooh, manly man Heracles! Did you come to see my gallant figure? HAHAHA!
Yamasachi: S-so many big brother vibes! As big as the sea!
Jormungandr: Oh look, another manly hero! C'mon, I'll swallow you up!
Yamasachi: Hey! Don't you get all full of yourself just because you got the big brother trait to some level!
Jormungandr: ...hmm?
The party looks surprised.
Yamasachi: MC and Heracles's big brother is ME!
MC: Yeah! / His old habits are coming out again! / what kind of competition is this
Yamasachi: Right, you two?
Heracles: ...my opinion? Well I do respect you and have vowed to call you brother.
Jormungandr: What? Someone I call my manly hero is picking someone other than me?
Heracles: No but...I don't serve you. You call me a hero...but you overestimate a slave like me. I would prefer you take someone more fitting to you than myself.
Jormungandr: HMM!?
Jormungandr: Okay then... Yamasachi, fight me!
Yamasachi: Just what I was thinkin'! I can't lost and I can't back down! I'll show ya I'm the big brother here!
Jormungandr: I'll show that I'm more worthy of heroes!
MC: Wait stop, how did we get to this point!?
Gorozaemon: Ooh, this is getting fun...I mean terrible!
End of Episode Part
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