Smoky God: Let's dance, MC.
Smoky God steps down from the stage towards MC, filling the place with the sun's twilight light.
Smoky God: Lights! Music! Bollywood!
Backup Dancers summoned!
Smoky God: Now give me your hand and allow me to escort you... Oh are you nervous? If you're unfamiliar with dancing, just sway like this. I've been looking so forward to making memories with you, and I've been waiting for this day forever. Let's have fun.
Yaksha: omg the rich fabulousness is blinding me! Mister Rich Guy, look this way while I take a video!
Wrestler: Holy crap there's more dancers and elephants now!
Dancers: Hooray for Shangri La!
Yamasachi: Nice, this is perfect for an after meal workout!
Jormungandr: This is getting fun! Hey wait, am I good at dancing!?
Heracles: If this is part of work I will give all I have. Behold my dance!
Oz: I-I can't dance in front of people. Ahhh! Yamasachi, don't pull on me!
Yamasachi: Eh you don't hafta force yourself to dance. Just stand there like this and...hey doesn't lookin' at the light of the pool feel fun?
Oz: Oh, the light reflections are wavering!
Oz starts swaying left and right as he watches the lights.
Oz: Oh! Am I dancing? Oh this is okay!
Yamasachi: Yeah, Bon festival dancing is great!
Gorozaemon: Haha, everyone's having fun! You have fun too!
MC: Woohoo! / Dance time! / ...o-okay this is a bit much for me
(AB) Smoky God: Good to see you enjoying yourself. I should let loose a bit too.
(C) Smoky God: Oops, I overdid it a little. Let's rest over there. Give me your hand?
Smoky God: Mmm, how long has it been since my heart's been moved like this? This is gonna be an unforgettable night. Thank you for making memories with me...even if you won't remember yourself. It's understandable you'd be confused. Still, your forgotten past self...well it's not just your past self actually. I want to talk with your present self too.
MC: Thanks for inviting me / That's not all, is it? / ...I can't just trust you out of the blue
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(A) Smoky God: Thank you for saying so. But I see you think that's not all there is to this.
(B) Smoky God: ...how perceptive of you. This reminds me of old times.
(C) Smoky God: Understandable. Let's talk some more then.
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Smoky God: So normally I'm someone who Can't Be Here. But I was allowed to come when I brought my bodyguard with me.
Smoky God's bodyguard Stand nods to MC.
MC: Wow you ARE a rich dude / damn we really do live in different worlds / the mecha bodyguard look looks cool
(C) Smoky God: ! T-thank you. Hmm, being complimented myself doesn't shake me much, but it's different with my bodyguard.
Smoky God: So my bodyguard is linked body and soul to me. It was hard to split us into two bodies and--
MC: Hi Mr. Bodyguard! You're so buff, can I touch you? Oh my god, you're huge EVERYWHERE!
Smoky God: W-wait, MC! That part of me has everything laid bare and...actually, nevermind. Sheesh, that Only Two Out of Three Bodies condition I had to go with to get into Tokyo can be rough at times...a-anyways, my bodyguard is always with me.
MC: Dunno what you're getting at, but you really are a rich, talented dude. Is it nice? I bet it's nice, jerk!
Smoky God: Yeah, people often say I shine like the sun and must have everything. But the sun doesn't really have everything. It's not like it can have the night, right? This is the same thing. My being like the sun means there are things I can never have. That's why I descended from the seat of the sun at twilight for you. (steps closer)
MC: Oh... / TOO CLOSE / (step closer too)
(C) Smoky God: Heh, you always did hate losing. I missed that part of you...
Smoky God: I want to save you, preferably by my own hand.
MC: Saved from what?
Smoky God: Eternal cycling of happiness and sadness, everything around you.
MC: I get the eternal sadness part, but why happiness too? Don't you have faith in anything in this world?
Smoky God: It's not that I have no faith in this world. It's that I believe This World Has Nothing/Emptiness. Come with me, there's somewhere I want to go with you. You know I'm the sponsor of the Yurakucho Theatorium, right? Everyone else takes care of things, but still. There is one attraction here whose concept I insisted on, and I want to invite you to it.
Gorozaemon: Oooh, sounds fun. Take me too! Or would it be poor manners to insert myself in between you two?
Smoky God: ...okay. I'm not one to refuse.
Yamasachi: Ohh, ohh, is there something else!? Wow this place is big!
Heracles: Allow me to guide you to the attraction. Is that alright, Sponsor?
Smoky God: Of course. Call up enough elephants for us.
Heracles: Yes sir, right away.
MC: Did you just say elephants!?
Gorozaemon: Awesome! I'd say let's go now, but at the speed an elephant walks it'll be dawn by the time we get there. I'm not really one to wait, so let's just go without them!
Smoky God: Oh, well if that's what you want. Walking on my own occasionally can be nice too.
Heracles: Very well. This way.
Later
Heracles: Okay here we are, the entrance to the attraction. Now then...ahem. Welcome everybody, to Shangri La Adventure! Investigate underground ruins for pirate treasure! Surpass obstacles! Traps! Monsters! Group fun! Take as many pictures as you want and make some memories! This way as Your Name Here takes you to the entry point!
MC: I bet that's straight out of the manual. / ...so, I think you could have said "Heracles" instead of "Your Name Here" back there.
(BC) Heracles: What!? Is that what people mean by playing it by ear...?
Smoky God: That, or our teachings should be adapted to those we tell it to, heh.
Gorozaemon: Haha, this is great as always! Anyways, this underground place is pretty big...
Smoky God: It reminds me of my younger days. It's very well made.
Yamasachi: Treasure huntin'? Maybe the fish hook is there... nice, I'm gettin' excited!
Oz: I-I'll stay here...no wait! Staying here alone sounds scary so I'll go too...
Jormungandr: This place seems cramped but...oh well, it'll work out!
Gorozaemon: Who knows what'll be inside? This oughta be good!
Smoky God: Now MC, will you give me your hand? I'll lead you on an adventure.
MC: Let's go! / (take his hand) / (silently walk on)
Later
Oz: O-oh, it's dark... MC, will you take my hand and lead me?
MC: Okay! / Try pushing on by yourself
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(A) Oz: T-thank you!
(B) Oz: N-no! You're gonna say things like my other self does too...?
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Gorozaemon: Heehee, you really are sticking along. How bold!
Yamasachi: What are torappus and monsutaas? I never heard o' those words in Takamagahara.
Heracles: Snares and tricks, and fiends of some kind. The staff should have them ready sooner or...oh no I wasn't supposed to tell you that! Please forget that!
Oz: Monsters? You think it's that? Pirates are so atmospheric...
Suddenly skeleton pirates and sea monsters!
MC: Uhhhh / (get battle ready)
Smoky God: Hey I never hired anyone like you
Jormungandr: It's those monsters from before!
Heracles: Quickly! We must retreat! I will check to see if anyone else has been attacked!
Yamasachi: Then I'm coming too! I'm gonna be sooo cool!
Oz: O-okay, I'm going to help as well...!
Skeleton: (rattles presently)
Oz: AHHH! I'm not actually brave enough for this!
Gorozaemon: This attraction is getting even better and there's no naggy old man to stop me from having fun!
Smoky God: MC, this way. Come check the VIP area with me.
MC: But I can't leave everyone / Can I actually trust you? / ...okay fine.
Smoky God: We'd just hit each other in such small quarters, wouldn't we?
Gorozaemon: Haha, it's fine! We can fold these dopes like fresh laundry easy! Who knows what will turn up indeed. I wonder what System is in play...? Whatever, brute force it is because it's more fun!
Smoky God: ...relax, I promise I won't hurt you. Let's hurry.
Later
MC: Where are we? It feels different here. I smell sea water...
Smoky God: No one seems to be caught up here. MC, let's go further ahead.
???: Not if I can help it!
Suddenly zombie pirates!
Skeletons: (rattle menacingly)
Smoky God: You guys...aren't staff members here it seems. Are you monsters like those things before?
Pirate Captain: We aren't monsters! ...wait, do undead count?
Pirate B: Captain that's not important now
Captain: Oh right! The treasure up ahead is ours! Leave your things if you wanna keep your life and...WHY ARE YOU GUYS ALL NAKED? You wanna borrow our spare sailor uniforms? It's okay.
MC: Wait hold up I can't process all this. We're good on clothes though.
Smoky God: I see, you aren't like the monsters we just saw. Still, I want you guys to get out of the way. I can't let anyone else have what's up ahead.
Captain: It's that valuable! Then we totally have to get it!
Pirate B: Sir, that's not enough to decide things on. We don't even know which ocean we're in.
Captain: Yeah but still, that's exactly why we need whatever it is! Sucks to be you guys, but we're gonna take it like the pirates we are! Rough 'em up boys!
Skeletons: (rattle aggressively)
Smoky God: ...right, Shangri La's teachings need to be adapted to its audience. And unfortunately I've let loose a bit, so you'll need to tolerate a rougher kind of sermon than usual!
Bodyguard: (eyes glowing) Engaging Anti-Heretic Mode!
BATTLE START (more happens after)
Smoky God: It's over!
MC: Take this! (swing)
Captain: NOOO WE SURRENDER!
Pirate B: ...sorry, we won't attack anymore. That's fine, right Captain?
Captain: ...y-yeah. I'm Captain Drake. He's Ed.
Drake: We just looked up and noticed we were here at this sea all of a sudden. We don't know how it happened.
MC: What? ...this isn't really the ocean, right?
Gorozaemon: Hmm. So there ARE intelligible monsters.
MC: Gorozaemon! Everyone! Are all the other guests okay!?
Heracles: Everything is fine. I've called security and they've taped off the entrance.
Gorozaemon: Yeah yeah, I figured you'd ask you busybody. It's okay, we swept everywhere just to be sure.
Yamasachi: Yeah! I wish you could've seen us! I kicked ass out there!
Oz: Yes, it was amazing how Yamasachi waved his sword and turned it into a bunch of fish hooks and stopped their movements. He also somehow managed to nearly tear off his own clothes despite not wearing anyt--
Yamasachi: NO STOOOOP
Jormungandr: Bwahaha, that was nothing! Got anyone stronger--
Drake: !?!? The Sea Dragon King!? Why are you here!?
Jormungandr: Oh you guys know me? Hmm...sorry, I don't recognize you guys.
Ed: ...oh we must have the wrong person. Never mind us.
Drake: (B-but Ed! He's totally...)
Ed: (I don't know why but he seems to be someone different from the Sea Dragon King we know.)
Drake: (Yeah he does feel and speak differently... He doesn't seem to know us either.)
Drake: Yeah, I mistook you for someone else.
Jormungandr: Oh. It sucks to not remember anything.
Gorozaemon: Eh, it's fine! Isn't it a thing that you can enjoy things precisely because you are empty? Anyways...did you do all this, Sponsor?
Smoky God: Who can say? I'm not actually in charge of this though. Still, my strong desire may have pulled this problem in.
MC: Wait what / (brace sword)
Smoky God: It's quicker for you to see for yourself. This way.
Drake: Hey we're just gonna sit here since we're apparently unusual for this place.
Ed: We might be fine, but we'd rather the rest of the crew not get suddenly attacked.
Skeleton: (rattles agreeably)
Drake: Since no one will see us here, we'll just be waiting and seeing.
Ed: ...if you figure out why we might be here, it'd be great if you could tell us.
Heracles: Understood. Since you've come here, you are now guests. I'll tell the others not to come here.
Smoky God: ...well things may not have gone to plan, but the main point remains the same. Let's go to the beginning of the end of 1001 nights' dreams.
Later
Party: (stares in shock)
Gorozaemon: Wow. That's a surprise.
MC: ... / uhhh / IS THAT THE OCEAN!?
Smoky God: (smiles)
End of Episode
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