Oedo Christmas Episode 2 Part 2 (Abridged)

Flashback for some reason!
Turing: In shogi, you should learn the common, established tactics. If you get good at it, you'll get more people interested in you!
Mermaid: It was so fun watching you knock that samurai down a notch in shogi!
Turing: I've played against tougher people like Enigma.
Another courtesan comes in.
Koun (Red Merman): Excuse me, could you teach me about this story?
Mermaid: Figure it out yourself, I'm in the middle of a lesson.
Turing: Now now love, I can teach you anytime. Let's see...that new doll joururi bunraku act people are talking about?
Merman: Yes, I can't be seen as out of touch with the times...
Turing: Okay. Shie, you can listen too since this could help you.
Mermaid: Oh my god you know about puppet bunraku plays too!?
Turing: Sort of. I'm just interested in things that make dolls come alive.
And then Turing starts reading the story aloud.

Present
Green: Yoohoo! Want to check out OUR geishas?
Horus: I'm taken, thank you. Uncle, stay close. (throws arm over MC's shoulder and moves on)
MC: whoa! / Did you practice that line? But you're cute when you get awkward.
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(BC) Horus: Oh my god Uncle, you can't just say that out loud!
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Blue: OMG you're talking to Oni Hayabusa!
Green: Hey wait, isn't that MC, that new Yoshitsune actor in kabuki!?
Blue: Holy shit I couldn't tell when they weren't in costume!
Gouryou: Hey babe and babette, wanna go out with me?
Green: literally who
Gouryou: WHAT
MC: poor baby, there there / you're overdoing it
(AB) Gouryou: okay I guess this is a silver lining
Horus: I SEE THOSE CROCODILE TEARS, PIG

Otter: ooh, I got an idea for you, Big G!
Otter whispers. Gouryou smiles like a creep. Then he gets turned into a chibi.
Otter: Ta-dah!
Gouryou: Am I cute now? Nothing can stop me now!
Otter: Everything will stop you if you don't stop smiling like that!
MC: CUTE / can I hug you? / o-ohh
Gouryou: Operation Baby is on!
Gouryou grabs Otter's hand, and the two go back to the mermaid and merman.
Otter: G-suke slow down! Sorry about him bothering you!
Gouryou: goo goo gaa gaa
Green: Ooh he's cute. How about I play with him?
Otter: Really? Then could you babysit him for a minute, pwease? (secret thumbs up to Gouryou)
MC: Really? Damn, that's a low bar. / But I could hug you instead!
Otter: Chibi is the answer to everything!
Horus: GET HIM BACK THIS INSTANT
Otter: OOF YES SIR

Later
Gouryou: Aww, why do you have to mess up my game?
Horus: We have an 8 am meeting to get to.
Gouryou: Clocks don't exist yet, who would know if we're late?
MC: Be punctual! / Hug! / Traitor!
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(B) Gouryou: Aww, okay. Be gentle!
(C) Gouryou: You're cute when you're jealous.
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Turing: Has brain damage, China, and Egypt not taught any of you what the "secret" in secret meeting means?
Where's Turing?
Turing: In here. I have to do this since Yoshiwara workers can't just up and walk outside.
Palanquin Turing and Ulaanbaatar AR!

Turing: Morning, loves.
Ulaanbaatar: Damn you guys are late.
Turing: (holds roast potato) Edoites sure love their potatoes.
Ulaan: (eats dango) Hey MC, know why dango is classically pink, white, and green? You can kiss my cheeks if you get it right! Or I bite you if you're wrong!
MC: to make it interesting? / (bomb it) / uhhh...
(A) Ulaan: You knew? Damn. But yeah, seasonal symbolism. Spring, winter, then summer. Japanese pun!
(BC) Ulaan: Wrong! Biting time!
Gouryou: It's a Japanese pun. Gimme! MC, feed me!
Ulaan: We may be slacker buddies, but don't think I won't fight you~

Turing: No points for showing off trivia I told you five minutes ago.
Otter: I want ALL the dango!
Turing: Otter, get in here with MC. Use your chibi magic so you both fit! Gouryou, Ulaanbaatar, start carrying the palanquin. Chop chop!
Gouryou: But why though!?
Ulaan: Nooo!
Horus sighs long-suffering, then sits on a bench and grabs some dango.
Horus: Oh, I've had to refrain from sweets but this is nice.
Finally time to begin the meeting for real!

Horus: Oh...so this Koun fellow took the camera and disappeared outside Yoshiwara somewhere? Some progress forward, now with a new problem. Also Turing could you not be so casual in this situation?
Turing: Let your hair down once in a while, Horus! Actually do you have hair? Also, Gouryou and Ulaanbaatar lessening the tension feels surprisingly nice, rubbish brains aside.
Gouryou: Ooh, am I impressing you?
Turing: Eh, let's say I'm learning things from you.
Horus: I don't think there's anything to learn, but okay I guess.
MC: sooo isn't this a bad situation?

Otter: Yeah, people will think youkai did all this and pull out the torches and pitchforks!
Turing: It'll be fine. If Yoshiwara were that easy to escape, everyone would have done so already.
Horus: From what I've briefly seen, hardly anyone managed that.
Turing: Everyone caught gets beaten into submission within three days. Maybe Koun just never came back from their punishment room...
MC: Edo red light district worker life sucks!
Turing: Falling in love hurts in here. Getting bought out from your contract is the lottery of the times, and most die like dogs to be buried at some temple nearby. Makes me think of a humanity test that asks "is that how humans treat each other?"
Ulaanbaatar: I'm pretty sure you can see more than the rest of us, but...
Turing: Yeah, blowing up the walls probably won't solve anything. And who knows what that would do to the paradox locking us up here?
Horus: ...all I can say is that the law not covering everyone is a crime itself.
Turing: Yet, that's all a lot of people get to have for a "life." Tragic.
MC: I thought Edo was supposed to be cool!
Turing: Right, Tokyo is a sort of paradise realized.
Gouryou: ...so we just have to wait for the guy to get caught?
Turing: We should try to get the camera ourselves actually.
Otter: Any clues?
Turing: Things should be happening soon.

Later
Guards: GET HIM (runs past)
Koun: ...are they gone? Oof, you okay?
Oni: Koun. You go. I stay, draw attention.
Koun: But I can't just leave you!
New exit point, that one place at the end of that puppet bunraku play!
Koun: I wish this weird box thing could frame the real truth of this moment!
Someone's there.
Koun: Snow White!? Are you chasing after us!?
Turing: Nah, but can I have that box back? It's important.
Koun: (hands camera over) Oh. I had a feeling something like this was yours.
Turing: ...thanks. Good luck out there. Fly like the cloud your name comes from. (walks back to party)
MC: Is that all we can do for him? / (say nothing)
(AB) Horus: His life, his terms. Who knows how meddling could affect it?

Turing: Being alive in a flesh cage is such bollocks sometimes.
Horus: I thought you'd have a more realistic world view.
Turing: Every scientist has a fanciful, romantic side. If you give up on your dreams, you hit the despair of running into reality. (looks back) Koun, I didn't read that story to you to make you do this.
Koun: You sound like you knew this would all happen.
That new play going around is the story of two people running off together and their wishes for the world.
Turing: The story of Snow White blew my mind too. It was easy to figure you'd do this... we should go too before people find us.
MC: Thanks Turing. Let's go back to Tokyo.
The party leaves, and Turing has a flashback.

Flashback!
Turing has been typing alone for days in his lab.
Turing: ...how long have I been here? Ugh, Enigma wouldn't have had this problem. Being a human is awful!
More typing! Here come the limits of human abilities and present day science!
Turing: Reality is fucking bollocks. So is being born human.
Enigma: Master said fuck for the first time. Adding to records.
Turing: Delete that. Also I distinctly remember telling you to stay out.
Enigma: Master's health judged to be higher priority. The door lock was undone in case of emergency. Additionally, I believed you created me for times like this. (sees papers thrown around) Please take time to rest and eat, Master.
Turing: ...right, no one else would understand you if I kicked the bucket.
And so Turing stops pushing himself so hard for like a day or something.

Later
Turing: ...how long have I been at this again? Being human is rubbish.
Enigma: Master, stop that.
Turing: Why live, frankly?
Enigma: Why don't you consider yourself human?
Turing: (turns off computer screen) YOU have a playmate in Sphinx at least. I don't have anyone anymore. (goes back to typing)
Later
Turing: ...wait am I dead? Wow, the afterlife is DULL.
Sphinx: Whomp whomp, too bad! I have a pic of how stupid you look while you sleep now!
Catoblepas: Sphinx, that camera's for layers! H-hi Turing, I tried to stop him.
Hecate: Akiha, bring my witchy porridge! It's totally safe!
Akiha Gongen: Wow that actually looks good! Can you make it every day?
Hecate: OMG himbo husbando reference material!

Enigma: Hecate, please be careful of fragile equipment. And that mangy mutt could be around too...
Tindalos: SUP CHAT WE'RE HERE TO CHECK OUT TURING'S LAB
Enigma: I will mosaic censor your stream!
Vapula: Turing, you didn't vaplonk onto the floor did you? I was worried about you!
Kuniyoshi: I came to visit! Here's a picture of everyone together.
Itzamna: Wow everyone came. Creaters tend to be loners, but reality isn't that bad.
Turing: Oh, everyone...? My apologies for worrying you all.
Sphinx: Ha! Stop making us worried! Not that I was worried, okay!?
Hecate: He cried at me over the phone for twenty minutes.
Sphinx: NUH-UH SHUT UP

Turing: Haha, your eyes are still red. You called everyone, Sphinx? Enigma, you called him didn't you? What kind of secretary opens the door to a private lab to a crowd?
Enigma: A terrible one if you died, so I brought everyone here.
Turing: ...wow you're becoming human for an AI life form.
Enigma: ...indeed.
Turing: Okay, passing marks for a friend. I hate people, but I'm not that harsh.
Enigma: (smiles) Okay friend. May I take you outside for a break sometimes?
Enigma pulls up a flier for Fluffy Yoshiwara.
Enigma: I suggest fluff therapy here based on your preferences since I cannot touch you.
Sphinx: Why can't I do that then? But only if you win a game against me!
Enigma: The goal is mental relaxation, not mental strain.
Turing: I'm not feeling that into it, but I guess I might as well look into this place.

Present
Turing: ...huh, that was interesting. I guess Koun's stuff was symbolic for me. (looks around and sees the party huddled together and sleeping)
Flashback!
Turing: Okay, camera retrieved. Paradox solved in theory.
Ulaanbaatar: I'm not seeing any magic wormholes conveniently opening up. Oh no wait, there is one but it's tiny. So...paradox not solved yet?
MC: What!? Why!? / I wonder if everyone back home is worried...
Turing: Huh. Either something else is afoot or we're already screwed.
Gouryou: God, don't jinx us!
Turing: I'm being very realistic here. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? Chaos theory, littlest action can potentially cause a paradox.
Horus: But I still haven't done anything I set out to do in Tok--
Turing: This is still just theoretical mind you. Just, keep the worst case possibility in mind.
The party is starting to worry they won't make it back.
Turing: It's late, let's stay in Yoshiwara and discuss what to do tomorrow.

Present
Turing: Welp. What now?
Someone comes in.
Shie: ...Snow White? Koun and his lover got caught. His lover got thrown into the river. Koun is being...reeducated.
Turing: ...oh. I'm okay, go to bed.
Shie leaves. Turing sighs.
Turing: Bollocks.
Otter: ...Ringring? Shouldn't you rest?
Turing: Whoops, did I wake you? You're still sleepy aren't you? I was thinking of taking a walk, not that I can leave.
Otter: Oh I'll go with you!
Turing: Haha, don't worry about me. I just need to think.

Turing and Otter walk over to Turing's own room rather than the party hall everyone was in.
Otter: ...are you thinking about how to get back to Tokyo?
Turing: Yes, but I haven't come up with anything yet. Being a genius human doesn't mean much sometimes.
Otter: Can't I shrink us all into atoms and get us through the magic wormhole?
Turing: Theoretically yes, but it's too dangerous.
Unrealistic, got it.
Turing: We have to find the same wormhole that brought us here to take us back. It must be closed for some reason if it wasn't artificially sealed! But if we have all the pieces, what am I missing...?
End of Episode

Oedo Christmas Episode 2 Part 1 (Abridged)

MC: And that's how we came to Edo.
Ulaanbaatar's a firefighter. Gouryou's an investigator. Horus is an arrester because Edo law was specific like that. Everyone's trying to figure out how this happened, and then Gouryou and Ulaan get into a pissing contest over whose job made them hotter.
MC: Are they still looking into things? Oh well, it's all good fun!
Judge reviews are in! They all suck. Horus being straightlaced got the audience wild, so everyone had to slip out to elsewhere.
Turing: Okay love, time for a meeting to share our findings.
Horus: Turn me back first, Otter!
Otter: It's okay, you're still cute as a chibi or normal size! I'mma cuddle you now!
MC: Me too! I wanna cuddle you! / bby!
(AB) Horus: N-no wait, Uncle, not in front of everyone...!
Horus: (noooo I need to look dignified even if Uncle is headpatting me!)
(C) Horus: WHY MUST YOU CALL ME THAT

Turing: Can we hurry it up? I need to get back to Yoshiwara soon before the lads and lassies noticed I've skivved off.
MC: You're teaching literacy in Yoshiwara? Wow.
Turing's using the name Snow White-dayuu at Yoshiwara. Apparently someone else had that name already and it went to him.
Turing: So anyways, it looks like we've literally time traveled to Edo Japan. And somehow? The world thinks we were here the whole time. Except for MC, I mean.
MC: damn... / maybe I should've been a Yoshiwara denizen too
(C) Turing: Life sucks for a lot of people there though.
Rock bottom slums for the people with nothing else in life!

Turing: I've confirmed one thing: we aren't in an overworld shift.
MC: We aren't? / How can that be? / Figured
Turing: Overworld shifts rewrite an area topography with something similar. Edo however is almost exactly the same as Tokyo.
MC: Does that mean we might change the future?
Turing: Ever heard of the corrective power of history? Means the past is set in stone and can't be changed. Which means the world wrote us in when we turned up. Of course this is all theoretical nonsense since time travel experts have ways of explaining things.
Gouryou: How do you explain all the people we recognize?
Turing: Fate? Mental shortcuts? Don't know yet.
Horus: So how do we get back? Just live it out and take the slow way?
Turing: That would be risky because--
MC: I see you're still a chibi, Horus / Tickle! / (put chibi Horus on head)
(B) Horus: STOP THAT

Turing: I have a better idea! Remember how we fell into the well? Meaning we fell into some dimensional wormhole in Tokyo's underground. Maybe that could work again.
Gouryou: Can't be that easy. Then again, maybe we just can't see any big holes in the sky?
Ulaanbaatar: What if the holes just closed up?
MC: We're stuck here!?
Turing: Now now, calm down love. We just need to figure out how this spacetime hole works and maybe we can get it open again.
Otter: You know how to do that!? Wow!
Turing: Still only in theory, but let me explain. There's a grandfather paradox version where you kill your ancestor and that causes logic problems about your existence. But there are solutions to get around it, like the past doesn't change as a result of the murder as someone else takes that ancestor's place.
MC: oh okay / what
(C) Turing: Hang in there love, this is important for the next part. (wink)

Turing: One other way this paradox resolves is that killing Ancestor A won't stick. Third way? Time Travelor B didn't actually go to the past. They just went to a present that looks like the past.
Gouryou: Huh...so, we're stuck here then?
Turing: Yes. The hole might be sealed to prevent paradoxes.
Otter: OH NO WAIT
otterwithchibixmasparty.jpeg
MC: What?
Turing: Otter, do you still have the camera from before?
Otter: No. I woke up in Gorozaemon's place and the camera was gone.
Ulaanbaatar: So if that camera stays, it won't just go away?
Turing: Correct. I believe if we find it, then we can go back.
MC: Anyone heard about it then?

Nope, no leads.
Gouryou: Shouldn't we hurry and find it?
Turing: Indeed. Or we're stuck here forever!
Otter: I'm sorry you guys!
Horus: It's not your fault the well was where it was. I might need to send Japanese OSHA there when we get back!
Otter: Wait, don't go closing the place down!
Ulaanbaatar: Eh, it might be so bad if we don't get ba--
MC: HELP DAMMIT
Ulaan: Yeah yeah, I am. Edo Japan being filled with wooden buildings means there's always a fire somewhere and I can't catch a break. Buuut, why not sightsee a little you know?
MC: hmmmm / do you not get how serious this is
Turing: You need to focus. Who knows what could change the future?
Ulaan: I know, haha!

Later
The party splits back up to investigate!
Oniwaka: Hello MC! I mean, Yoshitsune!
Goemon: We've got a good shot at being one of Edo's top three with you on our side!
MC: Can I ask something before we go on stage?
MC: Have you ever heard of a camera? / seen any weird machines you never seen before? / seen any boxes with tube attached?
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(AC) Goemon: What's that?
(B) Goemon: what does that even mean? But no.
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Oniwaka: You oughta ask someone more cultured.
Goemon: Maybe the dayuus at Yoshiwara? Speaking of, maybe you should party there sometime with all the money you saved up.
MC: maybe / or I could just hang out with you Goemon / I have Oniwaka!
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(B) Goemon: WHAT. I mean, sure!
(C) Oniwaka: Don't say that in front of the boss, dammit! I have to look cool as your bodyguard!
---
Goemon: Okay, it's almost showtime! Get ready!
Goemon: God I hope our show goes great!

Later
Gorozaemon: What's a camera? Some tsukumogami?
Otter: Sort of? Let me know if you hear about it. (gets ready to leave)
Gorozaemon: Wait, where are you going? Bumming around town?
Otter: That's such an awful way of putting it! Just...looking for something I'm missing.
Gorozaemon: UGH a cliche. Well whatever. Take that fish with you if you're going.
Edo-era fishmonger's pole and buckets!
Gorozaemon: Sandayu's off doing guard work with the money changer. You're part of the group, so could you do that?
Otter: I will if you look into that camera!
Gorozaemon: I'll ask, heh. Don't steal more than one fish.

Night
Gouryou: Welp, no luck. Are we screwed if the camera fell into the river?
Horus: Turing says we don't need it to be working.
Gouryou: Oh, so we just can't have someone else finding it.
Horus: Well if we haven't heard about it yet, no one must have found it. We should keep at it.
Gouryou: Wow you actually get your hands dirty instead of sitting on your ass like a good rich boy?
Horus: Rude. Maybe we should run east to investigate further.
Gouryou: It's a compliment!
An underling approaches!
Purple: Boss! Some weird whore showed up in Yoshiwara Asakusa! She might be some ghost youkai!
Gouryou and Horus: !!

Meanwhile, Ulaanbaatar is jumping around on roofs carrying Turing and brings him back to his room.
Turing: Thanks. Careful on your way back.
Ulaan: It's cool! I do this for you every day!
Yoshiwara is sort of on lockdown so Ulaan just jumps past security.
Turing: Still no progress yet. Shame.
Door opens. An apprentice geisha appears!
Mermaid: Welcome back. Please don't go out too much, I can't cover for everything.
Turing: Sorry about that, Shie. I'll teach you more things later.
Mermaid: Okay. Please don't go with that firefighter too often. I can't BELIEVE you spend time with him... (wanders off)
Ulaan: Oof I don't think she likes me.
Turing: All in a day's work for me! Everyone's been asking me how to make things more exciting. More culture!
Ulaan: Don't get too attached.
Turing: ...I know. You think I don't get that?
No response. Turing takes that to mean yes.

Flashback!
Girl: No Mommy, don't sell me!
Mom: I have to or you'll starve. Take care of my girl...
Not Shino?: I promise to take her to Yoshiwara.
That guy's a red light district worker of some kind.
Later
Guy A: Oh my god that one courtesan got dumped even after getting a pinky promise her contract would get bought off!
Guy B: Amateur. That's why you never get attached to the clients.

Present
Turing: ...I feel bad for the people stuck in here. They get sold off by their families and never manage to leave.
That happened to that mermaid girl Shie.
Ulaanbaatar: Wow, I didn't think you cared.
Turing: I have my British gentlemanly ways, thank you. But we're in a locked land like Tokyo, so why not open up a little? Also you like secrets, whatever yours is.
Ulaan: Oh you. I like that part of you.
Ulaan's about to leave when Shie runs back in!
Mermaid: OH NO IT'S KOUN!
Turing: What!? Lead the way!

Later
Turing: ...wait, what's going on with all the hullabaloo?
Mermaid: Never mind that! Look!
It's a picture.
Ulaanbaatar: Hey Turing isn't that a photogr--
Turing: So you found this drawing that is clearly nothing else just lying in the room?
Mermaid: Yes. Did Koun get sealed inside by youkai sorcery? The picture is looking at me!
Yep, that sure is a camera photo. Koun probably just made a break for it outside Yoshiwara. Do you REALIZE how much money it takes to pay off those courtesan contracts? So sometimes they make escape plans with clients who can't just pay it off.

Ulaanbaatar: Welp, what now? Someone used the camera.
Turing: The Mona Lisa effect gets misunderstood as youkai magic? Interesting how science not being understood enough gets taken as "magic, got it."
Ulaan: Isn't this a big deal tho?
Turing: Pareidolia! Simulacra!
Ulaan: Yeah yeah whatever. Didn't Koun take the camera!?
Turing: Indeed! But we're shorthanded and need to share info with the party.
Mermaid: I'm scared, what are you two whispering about?
Turing: It's okay love, I have friends who can solve it.
End of Episode part

Live A Hero Aqua Vacation Thermae Panic Episode 1 (Abridged)

Rutilix: Your Highness!
Start, the capital city of the Aradicia Kingdom on Planet Whatever, fourth planet in the Suseft Star System in the Perseus Arm.
Alphecca: Rutilix? Wha--oh, you're still against it?
Rutilix: I know the setup was decided beforehand, but can't you make an exception and take me along too!?
Alphecca: You're so loyal. But no, I have to do this alone okay?
Rutilix: Aww...
Alphecca: Things will be fine. Look after the kingdom for me, okay?
Rutilix: ...y-yes sir!
Alphecca: Good luck, Senpai!
Rutilix: Stop calling me that, it's weird!
Alphecca: Tee hee. Okay bye, vacation time!

Orient City
Dang it's hot out. Someone's coming to Parallel Flight.
Inside
MC: A client wants me to come with?
Huckle: And Akashi too, except he's already out on another job. You'll be on bodyguard duty.
Sui: Uhhhh?
Yoshiori: You sure you read that right?
MC: I've been working out! / I can't do this alone... / You guarded me on the Galactic Railroad!
(AB) Yoshiori: Operators can't fight. What are you gonna do if Monsters or villains show up since that's probably happening?
(C) Yoshiori: Oh yeah huh.
Exio: You forgot that? You told me you had so much fun.
Yoshiori: No wait, it's not like that! Just making a report is all! ...yeah it wasn't bad.

Yoshiori looks at the schedule.
Yoshiori: What if someone else goes with them?
Mokdai: Well let's check the schedule. Oh, maybe Crowne can go? We can ask when she gets back.
Sui: She's on call backup then. Melide and Monomasa are out on a job. Where were they going...?
Huckle: Gammei's. Melide is operating and supporting an investigation. Monomasa is supporting her.
Akashi: She's growing up... I saw her giving Ryekie advice the other day while he was fighting and doing paperwork.
Huckle: Yeah, she's grown fast since the Summeraad trip.
Exio: How wonderful.

Huckle: So anyways I know we're all worried for MC, but this job also contacted another agency for a specific hero to go along. Too bad Akashi can't go.
Akashi: Who's the client anyways?
Huckle: They're already on their way an--(ding dong)--oh he's here now. You two should go to the meeting ro--
SLAM
Alphecca: Greetings, Sorcerer MC and Akashi! It's me, King Alphecca of Aradicia!
Mokdai: what
Sui: what
Yoshiori: what
Sui, Mokdai, and Yoshiori: wait WHAT
Akashi: what, why are YOU here!?
Alphecca: Tee hee, the surprise was a success.
MC: Long time no see! / Casual clothes! / (kneel)
---
(A) Alphecca: I know, isn't this lovely?
(B) Alphecca: When in Space Rome as they say, but these are really nice.
(C) Alphecca: You can stop now, MC. We aren't in Aradicia.
---
Huckle: Sorry to interrupt, but can we hear the details about your request? This way, please.
Alphecca: Oh yes, right, that thing. Lead the way.

Later
Alphecca: I need travel buddies for my vacation!
Akashi: Excuse me??
Huckle: O-oh. I suppose a VIP needs guards.
Alphecca: Yes, we've talked before but I didn't have the details down yet. I should start from the beginning.
Alphecca: So, I'm the king of Aradicia and I inherited the throne ages ago. It's been so long that my prime minister suggested I take a real vacation for once.
MC: wait what
Huckle: You've never took a break before...?
Alphecca: Never! A king can't rest while the kingdom keeps going, no?
Akashi: Is that how it works...?
MC: Kind of exploitative...
Alphecca: My other staff do go on breaks too, but I thought a king had to stay working. Then my staff told me to stop working for a while and they'll keep things running in the meantime.
Huckle: O-oh. Haha...
MC: President you should take a vacation too / Ah... / So you're going on a trip?
(AB) Huckle: I worry about the office when I do but--actually never mind.
Alphecca: You're just like me!

Alphecca: So anyways I never went on vacation before, so I decided I should go sightseeing somewhere.
Akashi: That's why you need guards? But what about Rutilix or your knights?
Alphecca: I thought about that but I'm not supposed to be making more work for them, so going without them seemed appropriate.
Huckle: And they accepted that???
Alphecca: Nope! So here we are. But I've done my homework on where I'm going and I figure we could get the rest of the old party back together.
Huckle: Oh okay, we're happy to take on your request. It's just that most of us already had plans...
Akashi: Yeah, that. Sorry, wish I could go.
Huckle: MC's the only one available. Can you go?
MC: I'm in!

Alphecca: Thank you, MC! I'm a knight too, so I can protect you.
Akashi: W-wait, it can't just be you two for this...
Huckle: I'm expecting a call about that actually.
beep beep
Marfik: HELLO!?
Huckle: Hello Marfik, we hear you very loud and clear.
Marfik: Goody! Long time no see, Your Majesty, MC, Akashi!
Akashi: Marfik!
MC: Hello!
Alphecca: Greetings! I sent a form to your agency as well. Thank you for responding.
Marfik: It's cool! Except I'm already occupied with something else so Heroic Educators is sending someone else. They should be there soon...
ding dong
Huckle: Oh! That must be them.

Later
Obsidius: Hi, I'm from Heroic Educators.
Marfik: Oh, Obsidius made it! Thanks for taking this on such short notice.
Obsidius: Ha! That's how it always is with you! It's cool. Oh, I'm Obsidius, you guys. I'm a professor at Orient City University teaching planetary environmental studies. Minerology specifically.
MC: I'm MC / professor??? / BIG
---
(BC) Obsidius: Haha, people are always surprised by that. No worries!
---
Alphecca: Pleased to meet you. No need to stand on formality with me.
Obsidius: But aren't you a king?
Alphecca: We're not in my kingdom now, are we?
Obsidius: Well okay then! I'm Obsidius, mineralogist and hero.
Marfik: He does field work a lot too. He's good.
MC: You know each other? / Aren't you in different fields? / oof...
(C) Obsidius: You went on field work with Marfik too? Ha, that was tough huh?
Marfik: It has to be exciting, or what's the point? Join me next time!

Marfik: Obsidius was my student once. He knows how to investigate.
Obsidius: You'll never believe the shit he put me through, haha! Oh wait right, the topic. I'm happy to join you guys!
Alphecca: Pleased to have you!
Obsidius: Nice to meet you too, MC!
MC: Yep / Let's have fun at the resort!
---
(C) Obsidius: This is gonna be good!
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Obsidius: Marfik did ask me to go here, but I've got a personal interest in where we're going too. Aques, right?
Alphecca: Yes, city of water and trees.
MC: Never heard of it.
Obsidius: Oh, it's on Planet Precia in Orion's Arm. Famous tourist place, got canals all around the city and a public bath. And a surprise you should see for yourself!
Alphecca: I've never been there either. This sounds exciting! We leave tomorrow, meet me at my hotel.
Marfik: Have fun, Obsidius!
Obsidius: I will!
Huckle: This may be work, but you enjoy things too, MC.
Akashi: Man I wish I could go.

The next day
The party gathers and takes a space taxi. Shaft is driving.
MC: Ooh, I wonder what this place is like?
Shaft: Aques? I hear it's nice this time of year!
Alphecca: You know something?
Shaft: I drive there a lot around this time since it's the on season. Lots of canals and trees. And the water--
Obsidius: No wait, you'll ruin the surprise!
Shaft: Oh, sorry!
Obsidius: Yeeeah, the fun of new discoveries!
Alphecca: Thank you for bringing us that experience!
Obsidius: Haha, as long as you're having fun, Your Majesty!
Shaft: I never expected a king to ride my space taxi, but I'm glad you're chatty. I'm getting excited too!
MC: Wow, you're brave / He's nice, it's cool / He's a nerd about knights
(AB) Shaft: O-oh. Should I be more formal...?
Alphecca: No need! I've been wanting to talk about this!
(C) Alphecca: Is that how you see me, MC!?
Shaft: Uhh...
Alphecca: I mean, you aren't wrong. And there's something else I want to talk about.

MC: What's that now?
Alphecca: MC, Obsidius. Will you do me a favor?
Obsidius: I guess? If it doesn't put you in danger at least, Your Majesty.
Alphecca: It's about that actually. I want you to stop calling me by title and start calling me by name. Partly to keep undercover, but partly to just be myself.
...
Obsidius: Oh sure!
MC: Okay You--I mean Alphecca!
Alphecca: Hooray!
Later
Precia! Space VeniceRome!
Alphecca: Wow...
Obsidius: There it is!
Shaft: Thank you for riding with us. I'll send your luggage to the hotel. Have fun!
Title Card: The Visitor From the Kingdom
End of Episode

Oedo Christmas Episode 1 Part 4 (Abridged)

Hakumen: Let's have a fun Christmas party~♪
You know who's NOT having a fun time?
Otter: I'm busted! Fired! My life is overrrr!
MC: uh, you okay? / drink something and chill! / (sit next to him)
Otter: You were with Horus... oh, you must be his uncle, MC?
MC: Yeah, just call me MC / don't call me uncle / Can I touch you?
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(C) Otter: Why not? Not like I have anything else to do!
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Turing: Maybe you should go talk to him?
Otter: But I DO have unseemly motives for being here! I want people to fawn over me and spoil me!
MC: WHAT / okay not what I was expecting / goals

Otter: Tokyo has otter cafes being super popular and I wanted that for me!
Ulaanbaatar: But kids like police officers, like way more than they do firefighters.
Otter: And then when they grow up they start avoiding me and trying really hard to not make eye contact!
Turing: Ah yes, the uniform effect. Well it's natural since police officers being present is supposed to deter crime.
MC: I totally thought you needed the money. Can police officers even moonlight?
Otter: I'm technically not working since I don't get paid! If I did it'd probably be against the rules...
Gouryou: Then what's the problem? Okay Horus isn't someone you just open up to, but speaking up makes sense here.
Otter: I guess...sorry to make a downer of everything. I'll figure things out, go enjoy the party.
The party looks concerned at how worried Otter is.
Turing: We'll stay with you.
Gouryou: Okay good, you got this. Hey MC, let's go!
Turing: We includes you too.
Gouryou: okay okay stop looking at me like that! MC's staying too anyways, right?
MC: Yep.
Otter: Aww, thanks guys! I'll go see Horus!

Later
Nobumichi: Hey Horus, I'm finally here! Am I too late? I asked around and I hear Otter doesn't work here.
Horus: I already know that. He's not that dumb.
Nobumichi: Uh, then why do you look so down?
Horus: Otter is hiding too many things for someone who works for me. Him not telling me about this means he doesn't trust me. How can I be awesome if one of my own subordinates won't talk to me?
Nobumichi: Couldn't he just have been afraid? I know he respects you.
Flashback!
Horus: Sorry for the late night call, I need backup for this case. This might take a while, so I can order delivery if you want.
Otter: Edomae sushi please! Praise the sun! (bows and prays towards a window)
Horus: ...it is night time and the closest thing to a sun in here is me.
Otter: Kidding! I'd come over even if there wasn't sushi! Thanks for having me.
Horus: Oh you. Don't tell Nobumichi.

Present
Horus: I don't know if he respects me anymore...
Nobumichi: Aww, that still sounds cute! Also, here's a present from Otter for you. Put it on!
It's another Santa suit.
Nobumichi: I found it in a locked box underneath a bed in an office around back.
Horus: Invasion of privacy!
Nobumichi: Putting that great sense of smell to work! Try it on, it's Christmas!
Horus: How am I supposed to accept this...?
Nobumichi: Just do it, make no apologies!
Horus: But I just fired him!
Nobumichi: ...
Nobumichi: What is wrong with you!?
Horus: H-he was having so much fun without me! Does he really have a reason to work for me...?
Nobumichi: Shut up, put on the damn suit, and go see Otter before he really does leave!

Horus and Otter run towards each other.
Otter: Oh...you're wearing the suit? It looks nice on you. Sorry I didn't give it to you properly...
Horus: Just come out and invite me next time. I won't say no. But then again you kept saying no whenever I tried inviting you somewhere. I was wondering where you were going...
Otter: Sorry...I like talking with lots of people here.
Horus: Nobumichi told me what you do here, helping people who want to be small or young again. I want to say stop using your power so casually, but I guess if everyone consents it's fine.
Otter is ready to be yelled at, but Horus pats him on the head instead.
Horus: Oh so that's why everyone says your fur feels so nice.
Otter: !! You can touch it whenever, you know?
Horus: I'm still just reserving judgment on what you did, you know.
Otter: YES SIR! I-it should be okay? Maybe?

MC: Okay things seem okay? / omg Horus looks good in a Santa suit
Ulaanbaatar: Goody! Let's go to the party already!
Gouryou: Yeah, they better before I eat everything!
Turing: I'd ask what kind of monk are you, but that's already been clearly established given your presence here.
Gouryou: Yep! Hey you guys, get over here!
Otter: Come on, let's go. I'll introduce you to everyone!
Horus: I've already talked to them but they're rather...free-spirited.
Gouryou: We sure are!
Ulaan: Heya, fellow public servant! I'll show you how to have a good time at night!
Horus: Otter you need better friends.
MC: Horus you are so boring / Shape up you guys / Yeah I'm not too serious either

Otter: Thanks MC! I'll treat you to something extra special next time you come by! You like fur like Turing does?
MC: I'll be a regular! / I'm only here for Horus! / mmm, chibi...
Turing: Hey, keep my visits here hush hush, okay?
Ulaanbaatar: Live it up out and proud!
Turing: I suppose I can still visit like a gentleman. Most everyone here seems like they'll let me touch if I ask.
Gouryou: Hehe, you can touch me whenever.
Turing: No thank you, Spiky.
Gouryou: What!? What about you, MC? Am I not soft and fluffy enough for you!?
MC: not really... / you don't need to be, Spiky!
(A) Gouryou: (GASP!)
(BC) Gouryou: Aww, thanks heheheheh...

Otter: Hey, how about we take a picture together? (pulls a camera out from somewhere) We have this for work whenever anyone asks for pictures. Line up you guys!
Horus: W-wait, we don't need a picture of Uncle and I together. I can take the picture instead!
Otter: I want the pic, so let's do it! Smile, Horus!
Gouryou: Make me look cool, okay?
Ulaanbaatar: Let's sandwich MC!
Gouryou and Ulaan sandwich MC between them and flash V signs.
MC: aw yissss / help!
Horus: ...you two seem too close to my uncle.
Gouryou: We live together!
Ulaanbaatar: Wait, why aren't I there too then!?
Turing: How about we split the difference and have ME next to MC, loves?
Gouryou, Ulaan, and Horus: NO
Otter: Haha, come on, stop fighting you gu--AAAAAA (falls into well)

The party looks into the well! Otter is nowhere to be seen.
Gouryou: wait where'd he go?
Ulaanbaatar: The little otter's room maybe?
Turing: But I heard screaming. Hmm...
Horus: I-it's okay! I can bring him back even if he's a little dead!
MC: Oh my god, calm down! / We have to help! / Stop being stupid and think!
Gouryou: How deep IS this well?
Horus: Ulaanbaatar, you're a rescue worker! Rescue him!
Ulaan: I could, but Gouryou makes a good point. Could be dangerous.
Turing: Hey wait, there's a bucket and rope. Pull it up, he might be in there with his power.
MC: what / oh!
Turing: Otter can chibify someone all the way to the size of an ant, and ants can't die by fall damage. He could still be okay.
MC: Oh! But if he's that small...
Turing: Right, he could be in the bucket. Assuming he's that fast, in any case.
Horus: It's okay, I've seen him react that fast.
Ulaanbaatar: Details! Let's just pull the bucket up then.

The party works together to pull up the bucket. The well must be deep as heck because it takes a while. But eventually...
Ulaanbaatar: ...is that a picture? Looks hella old.
Gouryou: It's all sepia, but I don't remember taking this.
Turing: Me neither. Horus?
Horus: No, cross my heart.
Ulaan: ...yeah I don't remember it either.
Turing: Hmm. Welp, there goes that idea! Seems like we'll just have to get in there. What do you think, Ulaan?
Ulaan: Yeah, guess I have to. Oh well.
Horus: I'll go too! Uncle, will you join us?
MC: Yep! / hmm / watch yourself, Horus
(C) Horus: Heh, who do you think I am?

Ulaanbaatar: Wait wouldn't us all going cause more problems?
Turing: In most cases you'd be right, but Horus and I are here.
Gouryou: Oh god you guys are serious about going?
MC: Hold the fort! / join us / welp!
---
(AB) Gouryou: Wait I never said I wasn't going. Being alone sucks anyway.
---
Ulaan: Well this is getting weird. Hang onto my rope! (hooks rope onto himself)
And so the party goes down the well.
Nobumichi: Horus, MC! Where'd y'all go? I just got two more Santa suits for us! Did they fall into some big mess? ...eh, Horus can deal with it!

Edo
???: Hey, you'll get attacked by bums if you sleep out here...wait are you a bum?
MC: Mmgh...whomst
Goemon: Wakey wakey!
Oniwaka: Maybe they're dead. We're gonna be late to our show.
MC: Wait, Goemon and Oniwaka!? Wasn't I--
Goemon: Huh. Have we met before?
Oniwaka: Maybe they're a customer from before.
MC: What? Wait...
MC looks around.
Goemon: Surprised by Edo? You must be some hick!
MC: Am I in Edo period Japan!?
Goemon: Oh well, looks like I'll be your tour guide!
End of Episode

Oedo Christmas Episode 1 Part 3 (Abridged)

Some diner filled with dating couples and families
Typhon: What to get...? The Christmas special?
Seth: Sounds good! Maybe I should get the roast chicken.
Gouryou: Maybe I'll order cake and a yule log...wait why are we here together like a bunch of losers!? How come nobody ever said yes to all the hitting on people I've done!?
Typhon: Them's the breaks. Let's just pig out and sing karaoke all night!
Seth: Uh, I have plans.
Gouryou and Typhon gasp and freeze.
Gouryou: Bro you what
Seth: I said I have plans so I can't go karaoke with you guys.
Typhon: (stares)
Seth: Y-you're freaking me out here.
Gouryou: Hey Typhon, we got a traitor here.
Typhon: We promised to be hot and popular together, y'all!
Gouryou: Bro how dare you forget us!
Seth: I never heard of that promise in my life. And who cares!? It's just a school thing from Roppongi since they figured I wasn't doing anything anyway.
Gouryou and Typhon squint at Seth.

Gouryou: Sus.
Typhon: What dirty shenanigans are you up to!?
Seth: Your mind is what's dirty here! You can come if you care that much, it's open to the public!
Typhon: Oh well don't mind if I do. We gotta get in there, Gouryou!
Gouryou is staring at his phone.
Typhon: Are you ditching me too!?
Gouryou: Tee hee would you believe me if I said I had a date too?
Typhon: WHOMST
Gouryou: Secret. Have fun, kthnxbye!
Seth: ...he's lying.
Typhon: Maybe? If he's serious, then I gotta support him.
Seth: I see you still look sad though. Come on, let's pig out and go.
Typhon: Shaddup, you both were gonna ditch me! Gimme all the chicken and cake then!

Later
Gouryou: ...welp. Got any bright ideas you could invite me to?
Otter: Hehe, I'm glad you came though! But wow you really chickened out after putting on a big show like that.
Gouryou: Shut up I'm old enough to forget how to try at things!
Otter: (pats Gouryou) Aww, don't be like that. Come to our Christmas party. Look, a present!
It's a Santa suit.
Gouryou: Wait crap this is fancy. You sure?
Otter: Yep! For a regular like you.
Gouryou: I'm just bailing on temple training stuff by coming here. You might've wasted your money on me.
Otter: It's cool! I didn't pay for it myself, I asked the boss for this. Put it on!
Gouryou reluctantly does so.
Gouryou: How is it? Feels weird wearing something besides my regular stuff.
Otter: You look great! We match now.
Gouryou: Well I feel better now! Maybe I'll give things another shot now.
Otter: That's the spirit! See you at the party!
Gouryou: Date, here I come!

And now we get back to the point where MC and Gouryou meet up.
MC: Gouryou!? / You work here too!? / Cheater!
---
(B) Gouryou: No I'm just a customer!
(C) Gouryou: Rude! I just come here to see a friend over tea! ...oh no that sounds like a classic excuse!
---
Gouryou: Like my suit? It's a present I just got. Guy who gave it should still be in that room.
MC: Wait, Otter gave it to you? I thought I just heard him.
Gouryou: Oh, you know him?
MC explains how they got here with Horus.

Gouryou: Ohhh, so you're saying you're free? I was about to ask you out to the party here tonight.
MC: oh NOW you ask me / I'm here with my nephew... / you're like, third or fourth in line now
---
(A) Gouryou: Hey there's still time. Wanna go to a cafe and--
(B) Gouryou: Wait you are? Is that him?
(C) Gouryou: WHAT
Suddenly Horus pops out!
---
Horus: UNCLLLLEEEE! There you are! We are here on business!
MC: whoops / I found out where Otter is! / you better take me then
(A) Gouryou: Looking for Otter? He's in there.
(C) Horus: O-of course I will! As your escort!
Gouryou: Dude I'm trying to ask out MC here. Otter's over there, thanks.

Someone just went in.
MC: Turing? Oh yeah he likes this stuff! That Santa suit looks awesome on him!
Horus: Isn't that the one looking after Sphinx? I didn't know he knew Otter too.
Gouryou: Oh yeah, I've seen him around a lot. He's a regular with a favorite.
Horus: You know him too? Uncle your social network is too big, stop getting more people I need to beat back.
Inside the room
Otter: Hey Ringring, you look good in that suit!
Turing: Thanks, my guildmates loved it.
Otter: Awesome! I'm surprised you came on Christmas too!
Turing: What do you take me for? Now can you do the thing again?
Otter: (points sword at Turing) Okay. Noble Phantasm activate!

Turing gets turned into a chibi and jumps into Otter's arms!
Turing: Yeeees my fix
Otter: Oof, ticklish!
Turing: I wish I had a giant teddy bear in my room. But this works too!
Otter: You're really loud. You okay with that?
Turing: Indubitably! Not like I've met anyone I know here so far, so it's fine to drop the gentleman persona for now!
Hallway
MC: God I wish that were me / Nothing's happening. Got it. / (look away)
Horus: (gasp!) You mean this store named after Edo's infamous adult entertainment district isn't a wholesome family friendly establishment!?
Gouryou: Uh. It's just lots of bodily contact. Joshing around, you know?
Horus: FLESH PEDDLER
Gouryou: no wait stop!

Inside
Otter: You're just like a little kid, Turing.
Turing: it's strange how changing the outside affects my inside so much. Your power would be so great if it brings me back to purer times.
Otter: As in back before you changed? I have a chibification sword, not a time machine.
Turing: But what if? The math might work out one day.
Otter's already helped with Turing's experiments a lot. Turing claims it's just a way to study Otter's artifact.
Otter: But if you go back that far, that means you'd go back to the part where we never met and that's sad. You putting on a Santa suit now and enjoying Christmas is a good change.
Turing: You're right. Which means I need a new solution! I'll just enjoy myself until then.
Otter: Oh yeah, have you put your presents together for your kids?
Turing starts thinking of his creations as rambunctious children now.
Turing: Oh, I made a Metaverse™ escape game and they seem to like it.

Elsewhere
Sphinx: This game is awesome! Turing really made this for us!?
Enigma: I have concerns about this, but if Master orders me to...
Sphinx: Stop sweating the details and have fun!
Tindalos: (zooms in) Yeah! I'll go with you instead!
Enigma: How did you get past security!?
Tindalos: It was easy!
Game start! Classic murder mystery begin!
Sphinx: Hey look it started.
Enigma: Understood. Goal: frame mangy mutt.
Tindalos: Come at me bro!

Yoshiwara
Turing: I assume they must be still stuck in it by now.
Otter: ...isn't that a problem?
Turing: I got you something else! (gives Otter a doll around the same size Chibi Turing is) I commissioned a master to make this.
Otter: Wow, thanks!
Turing: I'm glad you like it. I should take my leave soon.
Otter: Okay, see you at the party!
Hallway
Turing: MC? Why are you here with a police officer?
Horus: ...ahem, hello Akihabara Guildmaster. Thank you for taking care of Sphinx and Otter.
Turing: Ooh, Lord Horus. I'm glad we're all getting along. And I bet you heard us from outside? Can't tell you what we were doing. All alone. With no one watching. Not the type to kiss and tell.
Horus: (GASP)
MC: OMGWAT / Turing don't tease him!

Gouryou: ...wait is someone else coming over?
Horus: Otter is seeing someone else already!?
Turing: Oh, Otter's VERY popular. He's got a cast of regulars.
Horus: OTTER!
Gouryou: Hang on, you're supposed to need a warrant for this!
Horus: But the INDECENCY!
Inside
Ulaanbaatar: dang it's loud outside. Christmas is wild.
Otter: Yep. Didn't think you'd come too.
Ulaan: Jealous of all the invites I've been getting? (lies down)
Otter: You do need to take breaks now and then~.
Ulaan: I know right!?
Otter: I'm just here to make your dreams come true. (chibifies Ulaan)
Ulaan: Did you know I've been working since I was 4? My childhood sucked.
Otter: It's never too late to be a kid again!
Ulaan: Don't mind if I do!

SLAM
Gouryou: Ow my face!
Otter: UHHHHH
Ulaanbaatar: MC! Did you come to see me!?
MC: Why are you small!? / HUG / coinkydink
---
(B) Ulaan: yessss i'm baby now
(C) Ulaan: You're no fun~
---
Horus: A child? Otter, have you no standards!?
Otter: No wait it's not what it looks like!
Horus: Jail! Jail for Otter! Jail for 1000 years! Also you're fired.
Otter: NO WAIT PLEASE LISTEN TO ME
End of Episode part

Oedo Christmas Episode 1 Part 2 (Abridged)

Otter: Y'all under arrest!
Purple: By you!? Get bent, ya midget! Actually, eat tail knife!
Purple used Tail Slash! It didn't reach...
Purple: WHAT
Otter: Surprise, my power does that! Nobumichi!
Nobumuchi: Gotchu now, punk!
Purple: NOOOOmrglebrgl
And that's how Nobumichi caught the assault criminal.

Horus: Good work you two. The suspect confessed to everything.
Otter: Yeah, we're awesome!
Nobumichi: Haha, don't get too excited! But yeah, good work Otter!
Otter: I stop them, you catch them, and Horus makes them talk. Winning team there! High five, Horus!
Horus grudgingly does so.
Horus: ...anyways, how about I treat you to someplace nice for Christmas, Otter? I'll pay for--
Otter: Oh wait I have something to do, kthnxbye!
Horus: (stares in shock)
Horus: ...how suspicious.
Nobumichi: What? Otter always runs out at quitting time.
Horus: Stop talking like a hick. But never mind that, the always part is what's strange! Nobumichi! Summarize my connection with Otter!
Nobumichi: Yes sir. You're Aaru's World Representative who rules the sky and Otter is your worshipping assistant, right?
Horus: Exactly! Who does he think he is, brushing me off like that!?

Horus actually prefers being treated as an equal rather than a superior and likes that Otter doesn't formalize his speaking patterns towards him and hopes to be friends with him.
Nobumichi: ...huh. Maybe he just hates y--I mean, careful you don't push things into harassment now, y'hear?
Horus: (gasp!) He HATES me!?
Nobumichi: Aww, that's cute of you.
Horus: Impossible! Otter could never hate me and I will go prove it right now! Let me present my super awesome flashback from Valentines, starting with a line I overheard from the break room.
Jackass (flashback): Aww, look at the little rich boy Horus pulling strings again to solve a case. And everyone gives him chocolate for Valentines. What a prick!
Nobumichi (present): You're starting off with someone talking shit about you!?
Horus: It's fine. It just meant I wasn't good enough to make them shut up with how awesome I am.
Nobumichi: Have you ever thought you take things too seriously...?
Horus: Stop interrupting my super awesome presentation!

Flashback!
Horus (narrating): I just ignored it and decided to move on. But then...
Otter: Stop being a jackass and apologize to Horus! He actually works hard!
Jackass: Shut up, pipsqueak.
Otter: Nobody calls ME pipsqueak! Eat knuckle sandwich!
Horus (narrating): Otter actually held his own there. They seemed friendlier when I saw them again later. But anyways...
Later
Horus: Here you go, Otter.
Otter: Chocolate? Hooray!
Horus: Don't hold back on my account, go ahead and eat! It's a thank you for all your work!
Otter: Thanks, Sir! I'll pay you back!
Present
Horus: And he did! That means he doesn't hate me! QED!
Nobumichi: Oh. Sorry I didn't give you any chocolate, boss. I didn't think you cared.
Horus: Not the POINT!
Nobumichi: Haha, kidding. But seriously I'll get you chocolate next year. So, you know Otter doesn't hate you, right?
Horus: Then why won't he be friends with meeee?
Nobumichi: Hmm. How about we do a little police investigation then?

Later
Horus: ...why are we stalking Otter?
Nobumichi: Tee hee I notice you still came along with me on this.
Horus: Do not start with me, I will beat your face in. I was only going to check for a minute, but I can't believe we followed him all the way to Asakusa.
Nobumichi: Well what did you expect with a background investigation on your subordinate?
Horus: You are more concerning, but that can wait...
And so Horus and Nobumichi keep stalking Otter.

Later
Horus: What is this obscene place!?
Nobumichi: Fluffy Yoshiwara? Wow Otter.
Horus: ...let's go home and leave him to his privacy. No good can come from learning what goes on here against my will!
Nobumichi: But we've been following him for like twenty minutes and they're throwing some sorta special Christmas party! For friends, family, and special people of undefined relations. Live a little~!
Horus stares at some flier Nobumichi finds.
Horus: Bye Nobumichi.
Nobumichi: Aww come on. Oh well, I'll snoop on my own a--oshit hide!
Horus and Nobumichi hide around a corner.
Otter: I'mma go all out and decorate before Master get here!
Otter does so. Horus and Nobumichi watch.
Horus: Master? Is he like a historical red light district dayuu from Edo period Japan!?
Nobumichi: Huh. I figured he was a customer and not a service member. He coulda told us he had a side hustle! ...wait can we have side hustles?
Horus: C-calm down, Nobumichi! ...uh, where was that in the manual?
Nobumichi: I don't get how you rich people think!

Later
Nobumichi: And that's when Horus decided to come talk to you!
MC: That didn't explain anything! / why / is this a party invite?
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(C) Horus: N-no, nothing like that!
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Horus: I don't know much about these social places, but maybe having you and your memories could help. I-It's not like I want to go to the party there with you!
Nobumichi: C'mon little buddy, help a guy out if you got time. Horus works too much and he said he'd go if you were there, and I think it's more fun if you're there too.
MC: well I was already going anyways so / Anything for you, Nobumichi / I'd love to have Christmas with Horus
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(B) Nobumichi: Aww, thanks!
Horus: ...and why does Uncle like you so much?
Nobumichi: I-I dunno. Maybe you should try making the first move?
Horus: SILENCE REPROBATE
Nobumichi: Sheesh, you always lose your head around MC.
(C) Horus: O-oh...me too.
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Nobumichi: Okay, let's go!

Later
MC: Wow! What kinda place is this?
Horus: I looked on the internet and they said they themed this place after furries and Japan™. I think it's like Kabukicho's host clubs and Akihabara's maid cafes?
MC: Yes, touch all the fur! / So more wholesome than old Japan red light district? / Unseemly
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(A) Horus stares jealously.
(BC) Horus: Depends on the place. Most might be animal or furry cafes.
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Nobumichi: Oh, the party's later. How about we split up and do our own things? I'mma look around. You, Horus?
Horus: N-no thank you. I'll watch the entrance for Otter.
Nobumichi: Oh okay. I bet someone will ask if you're lost in like five minutes.
Horus: That's what Uncle is for.
MC: WHAT / let's pretend we're a couple and hold hands
(BC) Horus: N-NO! We can just stand there and talk!

???: Oh la la, who left a treat like this outside my door?
Horus: GASP!
Hakumen: Hello, my dear liege~! Did you come running when you heard about me here? Oh, what fate brought us together before I even sent you an invite!?
MC: Ohmygod you're the owner!?
Hakumen: Correct! My casino just didn't seem like enough room for our sweet home, so I had this place built up. Let me show you around! People, we have other guests!
Hakumen grabs MC's arm. Courtesans surround Horus and Nobumichi.
Girl A: This way, milords.
Horus: N-no I'm fine...
Guy B: Let's have tea and snacks together.
Girl A: The best welcoming for the Queen's beloved's friends~
Nobumichi: Come on, Horus, live a little!
Horus: What!? NO WAIT THAT VIXEN IS STEALING AWAY UNCLLLLEEEE!

Inside
Hakumen: Pinch me, I must be dreaming~
MC: Oh no! / Yay, Hakumen!
Hakumen: I figured there'd be too many suitors after you for me to invite you like this, but I'm not above doing a little NTR!  But if you came over first...does that mean what I think it means?
MC: uhhhh / (look away) / (take her hand)
Hakumen: ...actually, could you give me a minute to freshen up? I wasn't expecting this. Be back soon!
Hakumen runs off. Someone knocks on the window.
Ose: Hey Boss, this way.
Hakumen: (runs back in) I'm back~! ...huh?

Later
Ose: Close one! Unless you wanted that?
MC: Nah, thanks. But why are you here? / YES ACTUALLY
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(AB) Ose: Work. Don't ask, top secret, hush hush.
(C) Ose: Oh, huh. My bad. How about I make it up to you myself?
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Ose: Call me Crown Dayuu here if you please, Master. How'd that sound?
Suprise kunai throw!
Tadatomo: Back off my Master!
MC: Tadatomo!? / This place is awesome! / So many choices!

Ose: Heeey, Chuuken Dayuu. I'm trying to get my game on with Boss here so could you go away? Thanks.
Tadatomo: Stop calling me that! Master, it's not what it looks like! I had work and...
Ose: When in Rome and all that! Why don't you call them Serrah or something?
MC: wait that sounds good actually
Tadatomo: N-no! ...Serrah. I'm so ashamed!
Ose: But you play Master and Servant with them all the time. Why's this any different?
Tadatomo: Play!? You're dead!
This is drawing attention now.
Mob A: Fight? Hey wait, those are two of the top four dayuus here!
Mob B: Isn't Crown the one who got like everyone under his finger!?
Mob C: And the other one is so rude but is popular for being so reckless!
More commotion!

Hakumen: Oh my liege, I see you~!
Horus: There you are, UNCLLLLEEEE!
Ose: Welp this is going sideways.
Tadatomo: It's okay, Master! I will die for you!
Mob Whoever: Oh my god what kind of person has all these hotties fighting over them!?
MC: nooo~! / HOW DID THIS HAPPEN / welp
MC tries to slip away.
Gouryou: Hey Otter, I'mma make it this time for sure! ...wait why are you here, MC!?
End of Episode part

Oedo Christmas Episode 1 Part 1 (Abridged)

[Note: Still alive. Just having my brain taken over by Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth for the time being. More of the same when FF7R 2 drops at the end of the month, so just assume things will be slower than usual for a while!]

So here's what the event cast was doing before time travel shenanigans.
Motosumi: MC, wakey wakey bitch! You got a meeting to go to!
Asakusa, Motosumi's temple. MC's an Umamichi student now.
MC: five more minuuuutes
Motosumi: Breakfast is done, get ready and eat dammit.
It's early. Someone's sweeping outside.
Takemaru: Mornin' MC!
Takemaru lives here now. He waves.
MC: Morning!
Takemaru: My bad, could ya wake Sleepin' Beauty? I tried, he wouldn't get up.
MC: Okay.
Takemaru: Thanks, I'll finish up here! (goes back to cleaning)
Takemaru: (sighs when MC leaves) damn I couldn't ask if MC was doin' anything for Christmas...

Later
Gouryou: zzz
MC: (shake him) / (jump on him) / (poke his face)
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(AB) Gouryou: OW, be gentler geez!
(C) Gouryou: oooh, feeling naughty? Let's go back to bed~
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MC: Breakfast is ready, hurry up. I could give you a wake up slap if you want.
Gouryou: Fiiine *(puts on monk robe and ruffles hair)*
Gouryou: Huh, you dressed for school already? Man, you gotta be there all day?
MC: Dunno. I'll probably be done by midmorning. Why?
Gouryou: Ooh, so you're free tonight? How about--
Motosumi (offscreen): MOVE YOUR ASS
Gouryou: Oh. Guess we better go.

Later
Umamichi. MC has business here and there are people around having cake even though it's a day off. Still some time before the meeting, but Gorozaemon has texted that the student council room is open. There's also a text from someone else.
Turing (text): G'day love, you free today? Asakusa's Fluffy Yoshiwara is having a Christmas party today. Want to go together? I know you have like literally everyone pawing at you but I figured I'd ask.
MC: That place sounds awesome!
MC is about to text back for details when someone calls.
Ulaanbaatar: Hey MC, you got time?
MC: well that was sudden / I just got invited to a party in Asakusa
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(A) Ulaan: Oh that's cold! But anyways wanna go to a party at Fluffy Yoshiwara if you're open?
(BC) Ulaan: Is it at Fluffy Yoshiwara? Let's go together!
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Ulaan: A friend invited me, but he's a worker so he might not be with me the whole time and being alone seemed sad.
MC: what am I, chopped liver? / I'll ask if I can bring along a loser.
(AB) Ulaan: aww don't be like that. I'll be waiting, baaaiii~
(C) Ulaan: Yay, thanks! I'll be waiting, baaaiii~

Click
MC: God he has no standards
Plot twist!
Hanuman: LOOK OUT
MC grazes a giant snowball with their nose!
Hanuman: Wow that was close. How come you're here today when we have no school?
Nezha: Fight?
MC: You almost killed me! / wait there's no snow, how'd you make a giant snowball? / Student council stuff
(A) Nezha: Sorry! We were building a snowman but then this seemed like a better idea.
Hanuman: Wanna join? We got a way to get snow!
(B) Hanuman: MAGIC
(C) Hanuman: Oh! Wanna snow fight with us first?

Hanuman: Ninja snow magic jutsu!
Hanuman makes handseals from up high. It actually starts snowing!
MC: WHAT ...wait a minute
Someone's making it snow from further inside.
Girimekhala: (HARD BREATHING) ...oh, MC? Did they ask you to join in too?
MC: oh / wow / WHAT
Hanuman: aww boo you figured it out. But yeah, Girimekhala made it!
Girimekhala: I'm just using my nose to inhale snow and blow it out again!
Hanuman: How about we make something?
Nezha: Snow fight snow fight!
MC: I want to, but I have things to do first / No thanks (I can't survive that)
Hanuman: Oh...next time!
Nezha: Aww. Maybe I'll ask Sanat then!
Girimekhala: Good luck with your meeting, MC!

Umamichi Student Council Room
Gorozaemon: BOO
Li Chou: Wow, bestie you actually came in five minutes early not like all THESE jerks!
Gorozaemon: Tee hee, sorry about making you come on Christmas of all days.
Hey it's Bike Leader/Student Council President Gorozaemon and Secretary Li Chou.
MC: not like I was doing anything anyways / stop saying hi with scares! / so what's up?
Li Chou: Asakusa asked us for help with a New Years event! My reputation improvement drive worked out for us! But sorry you had to come too, I'm busy with other stuff.
Gorozaemon: ...can you help?
MC: I'm down! / You owe me, Li / fiiine
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(A) Gorozaemon: Cool!
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Li Chou: Thanks, I'll pay you back next time!
MC: I'm worried our schoolmates are gonna go crazy though.
Gorozaemon: yeeeah that cleaning competition was wild

Flashback!
Sarutahiko: You guys we are going to kick this cleaning competition's ass! Also I invited Algernon to help.
AI-gernon: Hi! We got this!
MC: Wow Sarutahiko. We'll do our best, Senpai! / barf
(AB) Sarutahiko: Yeah! We gotta clean up SOME time, right?
Algernon: ...well now. No cutting corners for this.
Sarutahiko: Yeah!
(C) Gouryou: Hey wanna slack off with me? We could--
Sarutahiko: I will literally brainwash the dirty, lazy thoughts out of you.
Gouryou: STAY BACK IT'S ALL THAT I AM

Later
Nezha: ZOOM ZOOM
Sarutahiko: No wait sto--(Nezha crashes)--There! That right there is why I told you not to do that!
A window breaks!
Hanuman: oh geez mop hockey is crazy
Sarutahiko: HANUMAN YOU STOP THAT
Crash!
Sarutahiko: Was that you again, Nezha!?
There's a giant hole in the wall!
Girimekhala: ...oops.
AI-gernon: ...welp.
Algernon: Oh, so that's why Mr. Clean asked us to help.
Sarutahiko: DAMMIT YOU GUYS

Present
MC: stop making me uncomfortable / ...is this really okay? / well we finished up in the end
Gorozaemon: Eh, Asakusa folks know how to step up when things go south.
Li Chou: Oh god, the three disasters of school who don't even mean anything bad by it! ...I guess it is our job to keep them in line though. (puts down a piece of paper of all the people asking the school for help)
Gorozaemon: Wow, there's people asking for event staff workers and not just temple and business stuff.
Li Chou: Don't you do that too for the Entertainers, Bike Boss?
Gorozaemon: Call me Prez, thanks. And not really. Want a Night Parade? I can do that. Want something lower key? Not for me.
Li Chou: Let's ask Hotei then!
There's a familiar name on the paper...
MC: Fluffy Yoshiwara? Is it popular? Must be fate...

Gorozaemon: Never heard of it? Some crazy rich moneybags invested and reopened it. They got a party there today, I'm going to check it out too.
SLAM
Girl A: OH GOD RAID FROM SHIBAMATA
Girl B: Sanat Kumara is getting his ass beat and he's not even fighting back!
Gorozaemon: Figures. He knows how important things are right now.
Girl A I guess: Please help, Secret Boss! (looks at MC)
MC: what? me? / HELL YEAH
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(AB) Li Chou: Yeah, everyone's calling you that. You didn't know?
(C) Li Chou: NOOO YOU'RE STEALING MY GANGSTA CRED
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Gorozaemon: Haha, just like old times. Now get out there and make Umamichi proud!

Later
Taishakuten: Dude are you making fun of me?
Sanat Kumara: Now's a bad time, come again later.
Taishakuten: ...then I guess today I conquer Asakusa as Shibamata's turf, I guess!
MC: No please wait! / Are you okay, Sanat Kumara-senpai?
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(C) Sanat: ...MC, why are you here? This fight is--
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Taishakuten: Oh shit, you're here MC? Hey, how about you fight me instead!?
MC: It's cool, Senpai, this is totally not a fight. Come at me, bro!
BATTLE(?) START (more happens later)

Taishakuten: I keep punching and kicking but nothing's working!
MC is using Anti-Distance to prevent Taishakuten's attacks from hitting!
Taishakuten: Hey wait a minute, isn't this a power from Wa no Kuni?
Someone's told Taishakuten about that in the past.
MC: Taishakuten, there's a reason Senpai isn't fighting back! (explain)
Taishakuten stops and stares at Sanat Kumara.
Taishakuten: This better be good!
One explanation later
Taishakuten: Oh my god that's so sad! Why didn't you just say you're doing this for your city instead of letting me think you were going soft!?
Sanat: You wouldn't listen, and I only talk with my hands.
Taishakuten: Welp, it's a draw today! Gotta go back and be Santa and kick your ass another time!
And so Taishakuten wanders off, leaving a bunch of people staring at him going what in his wake.

Sanat Kumara: ...well now. Thanks, Secret Boss.
MC: it's nothing special / stop calling me that!
Sanat: Haha, let's go back then. Weren't you talking to Li Chou in the student council room? I'll help patrol from the sky. Also, whoever's been staring at me, get out here!
Oh hey it's Horus and Nobumichi.
Nobumichi: Oh hey it's me, it's all cool! We were just gonna start judging and mediating if things got bad!
Horus: Yes, and we came to see you and invite you out.
End of Episode part