It's New Years celebration time!
Yig: Traditional Japanese customary shrine visit line starts here.
MC: Good job. Stop coiling around me? / HELP
Yig: Haha, I can't help it. Also did you know snakes are jealous? True story.
Some kids walk up to Yig.
Yig: Pictures? Very well. If you become my children, I will rain blessings upon you!
MC: Damn, you sure work fast.
Yig: I'll have you know Ritual Compartmentalization is a big skill of mine back home! But so much is different here. Though maybe I was always out of what's in, staying underground. Now I should get hip with it, snake joke!
MC: (polite laugh) / gotta catch up on slang, yo / sweet baby...
(A) Yig: No good?
(C) Yig: NO, CEASE THAT PITYING LOOK
Yig: Pop cultural shifts hit hard when you live long...
MC: ah yeah, the generation gap / Don't worry about it
Yig: I wake up and suddenly the kids are saying things I don't understand. Anyways, maybe you should take a break? ...wait why am I caring so much about you!? Weird. You feel different from my children...
Yig stares at MC.
Yig: It's like looking at the abyss... hmm, still no idea why. How can this be???
MC: So what do other people feel like? / tee hee you like me? / You're MY baby!
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(A) Yig: Hmm...
(B) Yig: No.
(C) Yig: Never!
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Yig: What does this mean...?
Girl: So how's the exorcism thing work?
MC: Work time.
Yig: Ah, yes.
Later, after noon hits
Yig: There's less people here now. (gasp!) Did someone just kidnap my children!?
MC: What children!? / They're just going to see that thing there.
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(AB) Moritaka: There's a sumo event happening soon.
(C) Moritaka: Indeed.
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Moritaka: Hougen sent me to tell you it's break time. I'd go, but waving my sword around gives Takeminakata PTSD. Are you two thinking of joining?
Yig: ...oh, so people aren't stealing my children from me again.
MC: Again? What happened?
Yig: I...just never knew what loss meant. So what is this sumo thing you speak of?
MC: Uhh...Moritaka!
Moritaka: It's a contest where you try to throw your opponent out of a ring. It used to be combat, now it's a sport. Anyone can try!
Yig: Violence!? Involving children!?
MC: Welp! / Takeminakata's cool / It's fun
Moritaka: N-nobody gets hurt here! There's also a good luck custom of having a sumo wrestler holding a baby so they grow big.
Yig: Oh, well okay then. I should see what that is all about.
Later
Ryouta: Hey guys, Kengo just went in.
Shirou: I'm not sure Kengo knows the rules...
MC: Ooh / it'll be okay / he's going out like that?
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(AB) Moritaka: When did he take off his clothes?
(C) Yig: This seems violent...
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Moritaka: Well he seems into this.
Sumo fight!
MC: Damn, Kengo lost? (claps)
Moritaka: Amazing! I don't think Takeminakata held back either. Kengo did well to get that level of effort from him.
Ryouta: Yeah, he didn't try half as hard when he and I wrestle.
Shirou: Welcome back Kengo. Put some clothes on.
Kengo: Goddammit, I'm winning next time!
MC: Good fight out there / You're just that good / I'll get him for you!
(A) Kengo: T-thanks partner.
(C) Kengo: Break a leg!
Moritaka: Japanese respect means never holding back.
Kengo: ...right. I'm gonna win sometime this year!
Yig: Oh, no negativity? Well it wasn't truly a battle. Hmm...
MC: Yig?
Yig: Just thinking, no need for worry... wait, NOT THAT I CARE IF YOU WORRY! Oh, are children joining in now?
Yig zooms his head forward when a gaggle of children run into the ring, some of which he was talking to earlier!
Takeminakata: Oh nooo I lost you guys~ (flop)
Lots of clapping! Everyone seems to be having fun.
Yig: ...MC, what was his name again?
MC: Takeminakata, a friend.
Yig: Oh. He lost but he's enjoying it so much. Like...
Yig has a PTSD moment!
Shirou: Um, Yig?
MC: Something up? / how about you try? / the kids are having fun
(B) Yig: oof, how sharp of you
Yig: I just felt like I got shown up by another snake. It's not like Takeminakata did this to get kids to like him, yes? But they go to him while I only knew how to trap them.
MC: what / so you knew / do you HAVE to be their parental figure?
Kengo: dude why you makin' such a big deal about kids being your kids anyways? Whatever happened to being friends or bros?
Yig: ...right, you might not understand me either.
Shirou: Oh! I'm sorry about our--
Yig: It's nothing so deep. I was once called Father, so I wanted to be so. That's all.
Yig (narrating): I was always a substitute. A substitute sun, a stand-in for otherworld snakes. I was made that way, except for the father figure thing. Other people gave me that, which gave my life meaning.
MC: Oh. So the lots of kids thing?
Moritaka: I doubt it was a casual thing, even if you were a stand-in.
Ryouta: They must've cared about you that much.
Yig: BE MY CHILDREN
Shirou: I'm sensing some regrets here.
Yig: Ah yes, no wonder you bear that book. My children betrayed me for some reason, so I followed this light...
MC: And then you came here wanting to be daddy and figuring out why.
Yig: Indeed. I must thank you for all you've taught me. Especially you MC, you seem different somehow...
Yig looks back at the ring. Takeminakata and the kids are still playing around.
Yig: Ah, memories. I still don't know why I was called Father but it was nice. Well, time to study up on being the perfect father here. How should I go about that, MC?
MC: jump into the deep end / join our guild / this must be fate
Mostly surprised gang minus Ryouta!
Kengo: Whoa, I thought you'd be bringing out all your dads and stuff.
MC: Not all of them are my dads! Though I wonder if HE'S available?
Ryouta: I'm in! Touji might be surprised though.
Moritaka: I can see it. No objections here.
Shirou: R-right, maybe I can get help with reading this book. I'm the only one doing housework this time of year, so if we're careful with contracts then...
Yig: MY CHILDREN!
MC: HELP! / WRAP HARDER DADDY
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(C) Yig: Oh you, MC.
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Yig: Let us contract! Is there a den for us?
Shirou: Aren't you going to study on the father thing first!?
MC: Whatever? And we have a safehouse anyways. Where is he anyways?
Elsewhere
Mononobe: I'm finally back from buying milk.
End of Episode
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