Live A Hero Chocolate Circus Episode 4 (Abridged)

Furlong (narrating): I was never brave enough. 15 years ago my home city on my home planet was destroyed by Monsters. Everything was on fire, including my home. I lived high up in an apartment building and the entrance started burning. By the time we noticed, the windows were the only escape. I may be fire-resistant but I wasn't fire-immune.
Neighbor: Jump!
Furlong (narrating): A bunch of people were holding those firefighter landing sheets and telling me to jump.
Furlong: (panic noises)
Furlong (narrating): Did I mention I lived high up? That was scary.
Furlong's Little Brother: Bro help me!
Furlong (narrating): I heard my brother inside the apartment, and I was the only one who could help him. But...
Neighbor: Furlong, jump now!
Furlong's Little Brother: NO BIG BROTHER DON'T LEAVE ME
Furlong: (panic intensifies)
Furlong (narrating): I had to get away, and I had to save him. But I couldn't bring myself to do either...somebody help me.

Firefighter Hero: I AM HERE TO HELP!
Furlong (narrating): That's when a firefighter hero came to help. His courage was brilliant, and he saved us. We survived, but...
*Later*
Doctor: ...I'm sorry, your brother Alkyl has developed a disability.
Furlong: W-what...?
Furlong (narrating): My brother suffered heavy damage because help came late. The fire burned down our home and the legs of my little brother who loved to run (and maybe his hands too). If I were braver, this might not have happened. So I wanted to be brave, a brave firefighter hero like the one who saved us. I wanted to save tons of lives. I'm normally a coward, so right now I'm just deluding myself, but I keep at playing as the brave Burn Striker hoping that one day I stop acting and start being that way for real.

Title card: For Someone Else

Present
Furlong: Here I go!
Furlong kicks off the ground, does seven forward aerial rolls, twists around, then lands on the ground with his arms spread wide.
Furlong: Yeah!
MC: Awesome!
Furlong: T-thank you...ehehe...
The troupe members are also applauding him.
Yasuhiko: Amazing! Even our own acrobats needed more time to get that down!
Yellow: Yeah I wasn't expecting you to figure it out so fast.
Green: You moved great up there. Do you do any other training besides your fireman drills?
Furlong: Umm...I also do training at UEHA's training hall. I guess UEHA's training is how I got to where I am today. It also kinda traumatized me and now I wanna cry at the thought of it...
MC: what do they make you do / I think Barrel said stuff about that place too...

Purple: Hey Boss, maybe Furlong can pull that thing off?
Yasuhiko: Huh? Well I guess, but it's still kinda risky for a beginner. Then again he's doing great in practice so he should be able to do it.
Furlong: Um, what?
Yasuhiko: That.
Yasuhiko points at a giant trampoline that has scaffolding built on both sides with a rope bridge connecting them.
Yasuhiko: Have you ever seen that act where people jump on a trampoline and do acrobatic tricks? Try doing them on that.
MC: Oh yeah that!

Furlong: OH NO
Melide: F-Furlong? Are you...scared?
Furlong: Urgh... (balls up his fists) I'll do it!
Yasuhiko: R-really? You could try something else if you're against it...
Furlong: I-I'm okay! You said you trust me and everything...! And...I don't want to run!
Yasuhiko: What?
Furlong: NOTHING
Yasuhiko: O-oh, okay. Well, give it a try and just see how it goes. And since it's higher than before, try seeing how much higher you go in hero mode.
Furlong: I can do this, I can do this!
Furlong: I'm fired up! MC, transform me please!
MC: O-okay! It IS okay right!?

Furlong: Hero mode on! Here we go!
Furlong jumps onto the trampoline, and each bounce makes his firefighter equipment jangle as he jumps higher and higher.
Furlong: I'm okay, I can do this!
Furlong clamps his mouth down and jumps harder.
Yasuhiko: Okay, it's going good! Try using your knees more! Then try somersaulting when you're used to it!
Furlong: Okay!
Furlong jumps even higher as instructed, almost high enough to reach the rope connecting the platforms.

Yasuhiko: Wow, that's high!
Furlong: What? AH!
Furlong looked down. Flashback triggered!
Neighbor: JUMP
*Present*
Furlong: N-no, no! (detransforms)
MC: Furlong!
Furlong: AAAAHH
Yasuhiko: No, Furlong!
Furlong: AAHHHH (faceplants onto trampoline)
Melide: Furlong!
MC: Furlong!!
Green: OMG MEDIC
Yellow: He's still awake. Hey, you okay!? Does it hurt anywhere!?
Furlong: Ow...

Later, Yatomi Circus green room
Furlong: ...sorry. I'm okay now. (gets up out of bed and walks over to a chair to sit down)
MC: You sure?
Furlong: Yes, it was just a light impact, no sprains. I'm pretty tough.
Totally Not Vulpecula: Honestly, it's unusual to fall that high and get off so lightly. Just in case, you should keep putting an ice pack on where you fell. Maybe you should stop practice for the day and rest like Yasuhiko suggested.
Furlong: ...I'm sorry. Thank you.
Vulpecula Johann nods and leaves.
Only MC and a depressed looking Furlong are left in the room. Awkwardness ensues.

MC: ...hey Furlong?
Furlong: ...oh, yes?
MC: Why do you keep telling yourself you can do it? Why'd your suit cancel out?
Furlong: W-well... (hangs head further)
Furlong: ...I wanted to be someone mentally stronger. So I transform for my own sake.
MC: What?
Furlong: I transform so I can pretend to be someone with a stronger heart. So when I couldn't keep it up, my transformation fell apart, I think... Looking down from somewhere high reminds me of something in the past.
Furlong: My old home was caught in a huge fire and the windows were the only way out. I couldn't jump. I wanted to save my brother stuck inside, but I couldn't move. A firefighter hero saved us in the end, but my brother ended up with permanent damage. He was bright and talkative, but he stopped saying anything since then. I lost how my brother used to be and our old home.
MC: Oh...

Furlong: I've always liked watching plays, so I was confident I could act. So I wanted to be like that brave firefighter hero. I'm just pretending to be one too, but I hope I can be one for real someday. I want to stop being a coward, so I transform for my own sake. (stares at his hands as he opens and closes them)
Furlong: I tried the trampoline because I didn't want to give up out of fear. But I also wanted Yasuhiko to care more about what his family gave him. I'd do anything if that would help with that, so I accepted his request. (looks up at MC with a fiery look in his eyes)
Furlong: Yasuhiko got this circus and his heirloom from his family. But he only cares about the circus and is fine with losing the rest. That...feels like a waste. There are people and things you can't get back even if you want to. So I want him to treasure them more and avoid having him sell it off.
MC: What? Were you listening to us?

Furlong: ...oops. Sorry. I heard what you and Yasuhiko were talking about. I know I'm sticking my nose into things, but...
Furlong looks down again and tears up.
MC: ...you don't want to give up even if you're afraid, right?
Furlong: ...yes. I don't want to run, and I don't want Yasuhiko to throw his family away. But I'm not sure what to do. How do I act as a performer when my transformation I did for myself fell apart?
MC: How about transforming for someone else's sake?
Furlong: What?
MC: Like for Yasuhiko, or the audience.
Furlong: So...transform for the people I want to save?
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Furlong: ...I see. I never thought about things besides changing myself.
Furlong looks serious, but not grimly resolved as he thinks to himself. He looks up later when he thinks of something.
Furlong: MC, I want to try something. Would you come with me to my training?
Beep beep
Phone: New Path detected. Subject: Burn Striker Connectivity: Average
MC: !!

Later
Yasuhiko: Wait what you want to pick back up on the training? But you just fell like a rock! I can't let you go on the trampoline agai--
Furlong: Please. I don't hurt anymore, and this time I've made my heart ready for this.
Yasuhiko: What???
Furlong: Oh, nothing. Anyways I'm fine. I talked with MC about it.
MC: Please? I'm not really up for this but he seems determined.
Yasuhiko: Umm... (thinks)
Melide: Hmm? I sense something.

Yasuhiko: ...okay fine, if you insist.
Purple: BRO WHAT?
Yasuhiko: I said what I said. We don't really know how Furlong perceives pain, and we don't really know how determined he is. So I guess we just have to decide based on what he says about them.
Purple: I guess...
Yasuhiko: (looks at Furlong) That said, I still can't just let you back on the trampoline right away. We're gonna do a warm up battle like before. Melide, transform me and the troupe.
Melide: ...'kay.
Melide does so.
Yasuhiko: Your turn, Furlong.
Furlong: ...understood. I'll succeed this time. This time, I'll do it for Yasuhiko and the visitors!
Furlong: Alright, I'm fired up!
MC's phone shines.
Phone: New Path detected. Subject: Burn Striker Connectivity: Very Strong
Phone: Connect?
MC: Let's do this! You ready!?
Furlong: Yes!

Yasuhiko: Hey wait something's different!
Melide: I knew it!
Vulpecula is also watching.
Vulpecula: Hmmmm...
Transformation complete!
Furlong: Wait, what!?
MC: Success! / Awesome / W-whoa that's sexy
Yellow: Is transforming into a new form even possible!?
Green: No wait I heard of this before! I've seen it sometimes in Parallel Flight's videos!
Purple: So MC did that!?
Furlong: MC, is this...?
MC: Show time, Furlong!
Furlong: ...right! Thank you very much! (turns back to Yasuhiko and the others) I'm ready! Let's get started!
Yasuhiko: Okay! Start the battle, guys!
Circus Troupe: YEAHHH!
BATTLE START (more happens afterwards)

Yasuhiko: Come, Lennart!
Yasuhiko strikes the ground with his whip, creating a lion out of light crystals to attack Furlong.
MC: WHAT, dodge Furlong!
Furlong: Got it!
Lennart missed!
Yasuhiko: Whoa he's so agile!
The trainees attempt to attack Furlong too, who backflips eight times away from them.
Furlong: ...there!
Furlong has landed in front of the trampoline.
Green: I'll get you this time!
Furlong: Hup...!
Furlong jumps onto the trampoline.
Furlong: I can do this!
Melide: Furlong!?

Furlong jumps high!
Yasuhiko: Oh my god Furlong!
Furlong: I'm okay! I'll entertain the audience and save Yasuhiko!
Furlong looks worried when he looks down, but...
Furlong: Let's go! Special Move "Acróbata de Acuario"!
Furlong uses the stored VP, scattering shining crystal feathers as he flips 2-3 times midair.
MC: Is that his new move!? Whoa!
Furlong meteor dives to where the troupe has gathered and slams down. A crystal wind blows them away.
Circus Troupe: AAAAHH
The wind stops, forming a lull. Furlong slowly gets up, then spreads his arms out.
Furlong: Voila!
Then Furlong cancels out his transformation.

Yasuhiko starts clapping while still looking shocked.
Yasuhiko: THAT WAS AWESOME
The trainees start clapping too.
MC: You were so cool, Furlong!
Furlong: H-haha! I did it! ...oh. (collapses to his knees)
Yasuhiko: (runs up along with Lennart) Furlong!? Is it your injury...!?
Furlong: N-no. When I started thinking again about how high I jumped, I lost the feeling in my legs. I guess I'm still no good with heights.
Furlong smiles wryly. Yasuhiko sighs in relief.
Yasuhiko: Well that's good. But why go so far? You didn't have to go on the trampoline if it was a problem... Why go so far as to get a new form?

Furlong: ...I want to entertain the visitors. And...I want to help this circus you got from your family...
Yasuhiko: What?
Furlong: I...have a lot of regrets about how I can't get my home and family back no matter how much I want to. It was all taken from me...so I want you to treasure what your family left for you. And for that, I want to do whatever I can to make things more exciting.
Yasuhiko: ...oh.
Melide: Heh. That's Furlong for you.
Yasuhiko's crystal construct lion Lennart bumps past him to cuddle against Furlong.
Furlong: W-what!?
Yasuhiko: Haha, he likes you. He's always been friendly, but he especially likes people that care about me.
Furlong: ...oh, haha.
Furlong pets Lennart's mane, who enjoys it. Furlong smiles too.
Furlong: Hehe, thank you.
Vulpecula: *(hands on chin)* You have that power? ...I'm a little interested in you, MC.
End of Episode

Chapter 13 Episode 4: Heaven Reversal 1 (Abridged)

Great Spirit is a world of endless plains and wild lands where all life is equal. Their faith is in Equality, which they refer to as giving away. They give up their attachments to things, even though this sounds more like Buddhism. They give up ownership of their possessions. If something would benefit someone else better, they give that thing to them. Therefore the one who gives away the most is the strongest in Great Spirit, the embodiment of that faith and the World Representative Wakan Tanka.
Wakan Tanka gives away everything he has without reserve because he is more of an immaterial concept, a Law of Nature. He is the love in all things. He is the rain that gives life and the thunder that kills. All is equal before him. Those born into the world and those who intrude become a part of him, no matter who they are. For that reason Wakan Tanka is isolated, always hanging in the sky to look down at the plains. He exists only as a System to give love to all that lives...up until he was summoned to the surface on Tokyo. And so he inhabited the legendary white buffalo's body and lived through many loops here.

Yoyogi
Durga: DAMMIT we got an emergency warning over here! Where's Wakan!?
Kyuuma: I didn't find him behind the school building!
Gunzou: What the hell man!?
Yasuyori: ...
Yasuyori knows this isn't just an emergency warning, not at a time like this. The time of Tokyo's balance falling apart has come.
Yasuyori: ...I need to protect everyone!
Suddenly Babe Bunyan!
Yasuyori: Huh? Are you one of our elementary students? You should get to somewhere safe since--
Babe: ...Wakan won't come back. I came to tell you that.
Yasuyori: W-what?
Ring ring ring, phone call phone call
Yasuyori: My phone! Wait, where'd he go?

Tanetomo: Hello, Yasuyori? I called so we could fill each other in. The Invaders are making an all-out move on all of Tokyo. They've never done this before, so will you help me? We're shorthanded.
Yasuyori: Advisor...I mean Tanetomo. Sorry, I'm not...
Tanetomo: I know. You want to prioritize keeping your sports school friends safe? I can send them to somewhere even safer.
Yasuyori: ...!
Tanetomo: No promises, but if something happens I'll go too. This way should be better than you doing it all alone. Do you accept?
Yasuyori: B-but...
Tanetomo: ...and this incident also relates to you and everyone at Yoyogi.
Yasuyori: What?

Tanetomo: 3rd Year Yoyogi student Wakan Tanka is currently acting as one of the Invaders World Representatives.
Yasuyori: WHAT
Tanetomo: Yes I'm surprised too, this never happened before...at least, as far as I could see. Whatever, I'm tired of being forced to dance.
Yasuyori: You've changed.
Tanetomo: You think? It must be the influence of a bad friend.
Yasuyori: ...so what did you want me to do?
Tanetomo: Let me start by explaining the situation. Part of the Invaders are moving to eliminate the trophy, apparently because there's new information that's been exchanged between them. Since the West lost power, the South and East started moving. The Representatives with powers that can oppose this storm disaster in particular are moving first. It shouldn't be long before things start up near Shinjuku.

Tanetomo: I say all that, but I'm not asking you to fight them. Let the Warmongers Reps fight against the other forces since only they can do so. The Reps are all still enemies, so they should keep each other in check. I'm more interested that the Hakkenshi in the Invaders are moving. Eh, someone I know shall we say was involved with that. She said one of them said "we will change this cruel System and save everyone. There will be sacrifices, but they will be the last ever sacrifices."
Yasuyori: What?
Tanetomo: If they're being literal, they're saying this is the last loop. But why would they be sure of that? Do they know something I don't? If they do, we need to find them and find out what they know. Those bound by fate are drawn to each other, which means you'll do as another Hakkenshi.
The Hakkenshi is a term for the eight warriors who serve the Satomi family, a branch family of the Minamoto.
Tanetomo: ...but you and I also have a bond here in Tokyo. Wouldn't it be a waste to abandon it?
Yasuyori: ...agreed!
Tanetomo: Be careful. You know how strong the true big three guilds are. While the Warmongers give people back their past memories to restrict their actions, the Invaders excel at giving people other people's memories to invade their selves. I believe the South is spreading memories everywhere through the rain. This may have been a breach of the rules in the past, but...
Anything can happen now.
Tanetomo: Anyone touched by the rain lose the borders of their selves and assimilate. Don't get hit by it.

Somewhere in Shinjuku
Kengo and Shirou are being invaded by memories!
MC: Every raindrop is enchanted? / Dammit what do I do!? / (run out without thinking about it)
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(C) Both: STOP
Shirou: What'll we do if you get affected too? Don't touch the rain!
---
Kengo: Hey Smartypants! Any ideas about the rain? I'm the group dumbass so you gotta be the one to think! (moves to cover Shirou as best he can)
Shirou: That's it! MC, do you remember what happened when you were in the Aoyama dungeon with Ryouta and the Missionaries?
MC: What / Oh!
Shirou: I went to Yog Sothoth and Kengo went to Thor so we could learn how to really use our artifacts! Ryouta went to meet his Exception too, and you guys met Fisher King. I remember Ryouta mentioned something from the memories he saw there. He said when the world is really ending, there's an angel who will appear at the Last Judgment and fill the world with his rain of tears that covers the world with faith. It was Israfil! Maybe he's related to this rain... Maybe Fisher King's artifact could show some more detailed memories. Call Ryouta and--AAAHHH

Kengo: SOMETHING'S CRAWLING INTO ME!
Shirou: No wait...what the hell, this is the opposite of what happened with Yog Sothoth!
MC: You guys! I'll call Ryouta right now and...somebody's coming!
Suddenly Koropokkur!
MC: WHOMST / (silently get ready to fight)
Koropokkur: I am the World Representative of Kamui Kotan, Koropokkur.
MC: I sense bloodlust! / Why!? / (remember what Smoky God said)
Flashback!
Smoky God: ...this long game is moving onto an all new phase because the trophy's value has been reversed. Well to be precise, it's not our values as World Representatives that has changed. It's the world's values that changed. The trophy is the enemy of the world again. 

Present
Koroppokur: ...I wanted to save you, Little Hero Ponyaunpe, before you turned into a dirty adult. I'm the one who protects children because that was my given role. But you've been polluted...so now I have to abandon you to keep Kamuy Kotan from being polluted too. Freeze. Noble Phantasm!
Snow covers everywhere except for Koropokkur.
MC: I can't use my power so he really must be a World Rep! I can't leave Shirou and Kengo!
Koropokkur: Are you cold? Yeah, the world is cold! Now freeze soli--
Babe Bunyan sneaks up on Koropokkur.
BANG
Koropokkur: WHAT (Leaf Shield!)

Babe Bunyan: ...howdy.
Koropokkur: Babe! You--
MC: Who is that and why isn't the rain doing anything to them?
Koropokkur: To avoid the effects of the rain you either need a power that shields you from the rain like I do, or...you've already been affected. You too, Babe?
Babe: ...
Babe: BANG
Koropokkur: !!
MC: He's holding up against a World Rep? Is he one too? No wait!
Babe: You're MC, right? You aren't lying down and dying here, yeah? I'm Babe Bunyan, from Great Spirit.
MC: What is your deal? / Great Spirit? What?
Babe: I'll tell you if you survive this. Time for a Wild West showdown!
BATTLE START (more happens after)

Kamuy Kotan is a world of intense natural disasters. Living by the laws of nature is approved of, and humans can only grow so much. Koropokkur is its World Representative. He is a supernatural being that symbolizes the harshness of nature, a little person beneath the butterbur leaves who never appears before adults. He decides the cap to the amount of nature's bounty humans may take and attacks those who go past it. The other kamui embody nature's gifts, but he embodies nature's severity.
Koropokkur is part of the Rule Makers of the East. He goes to Oujimachi Academy in Kita, a famous elementary school that he controls as a Rule Makers Portal. He loves and protects children, and he extends it to native children and Transients not of Kamui Kotan as well. Babe Bunyan attends Oujimachi and is his best friend.
Babe: Howdy! Get any taller?
Babe is from Great Spirit. He likes cowboys, baseball, oatmeal made with lots of milk, and barbecue. He wants to grow up and hasn't grown an inch, but Koropokkur likes him. Even the school teachers highly regarded his innocent, freewheeling behavior...

Present
Babe Bunyan: It's high noon!
Koropokkur: KAUKAU PRIWENPE
Koropokkur is clearly holding back against Babe. The power of his role imposes conceptual restrictions, and in particular he cannot harm those who are a Part of Nature. While he's trying to stop Babe, Babe fires back.
Babe: MARVELOUS EXPLOITS
Babe's horseshoes have the power to trailblaze lands untouched by civilization, which he uses to get close to Koropokkur!
Koropokkur: !
Koropokkur lowers his leaf and stops his blizzard attack.
MC: It stopped! I can see now!

Babe Bunyan: Wait, let me handle this MC. Yeehaw! (catches Koropokkur's arm with his rope and binds it) Caught ya now!
Koropokkur: Let go! Who did this to you!? It was HIM wasn't it!? Great Spirit's World Representative!
Babe: (whispers something into Koropokkur's ears) No. I [REDACTED].
MC: What I can't hear. I see Koropokkur stopped moving though.
Babe: You're not just here for MC, right? You wanted to stop the rain and keep us pure and ignorant of the past. So let me tell you something as a friend. My boss and all aren't the only ones doing something with this rain at the moment. Michael also has something to do with the rain happening.
Koropokkur: !!
Babe: Go ask him about Israfil. So, you really gonna stick around here? If you leave the rain alone it'll even reach the Portal in Kita Ward. You have to protect the other children. (unbinds Koropokkur)
Koropokkur: ... (raises his leaf again)
MC: ! Babe, get away from him! (goes on guard)
Koropokkur disappears.
Babe: It's fine, he just left.
MC: T-thanks, Babe / ...how do you know my name? / I heard some stuff. Are you...
(A) Babe: You might be wrong to thank me.

Babe Bunyan: So, I'm Babe Bunyan. I'm a gopher for the Invaders. (clicks horseshoe, tips hat)
Babe: My boss sent me to give you a message. "I'm waiting at Rainbow Bridge." I'll look after your friends in the meantime. No worries!
MC: ...wait what!? (looks at where Shirou and Kengo are)
Shirou and Kengo are gone.
MC: Babe, where are th--
Babe is gone too now. The rain actually parts like the Red Sea to give MC a path to probably the Rainbow Bridge.
MC: ...welp. / I should call Ryouta and the others first.
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(BC) No signal detected. Maybe they're jamming it.
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MC: FINE!

Elsewhere
Sanat Kumara: I have always watched over the lives of humans like this from the sky. (watches crows fly)
Sanat: Mankind will finally assimilate and evolve on a spiritual level. Individual limits will be surpassed and everyone will be connected to a single great wisdom! I have lived an eternity to see it happen for myself, so as another gestalt I support the Invaders' assimilation plan...and betrayed Leanan Sidhe and my friends, and the Game Masters I belonged to.
The Game Masters are neutral and will never support a single side of the players.
Sanat: Daikoku Okuninushi once helped the Warmongers, but he lost his cohort with them, has half-discarded his disguise, and has switched over to the Invaders.
Sanat worked with Okuninushi, an act of betrayal against the Game Masters.
Sanat: I had my doubts, but I believed I did that out of my own will...but who are you to look like me? You've been watching me this whole time. What do you want, and why do you look like me? Are you my imposter? Or...am I yours?
Sanat Doppelganger: ...
Sanat: ...fine. We decide who is real by force!

Rainbow Bridge, the connector of Minato and Shinagawa Wards
MC: I'm here! (looks for Shirou and Kengo and looks around)
Wakan Tanka Inf.: ...
MC: Is that the boss? / NO WAY
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(BC) Wakan Inf.: ...you know who I used to be? Not that it matters anymore.
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Wakan Inf.: ...I lived through endless loops meeting and smiling with everyone who lives here. You are one of them.
MC: What? (remember Jacob's memory show at the prison school in a flashback)
Wakan Inf.: I am Wakan Tanka, one of the Invaders World Representatives who lived through Infinity. After infinite loops I have abandoned all besides my name. Now accept it, I give all away I have to everyone I love.
MC: !?!?
Wakan Inf.: Remember the truth of the forgotten days of joy here in Tokyo, then give up the power to harm others. There is no need to fight, no need to be afraid. Become one with happiness.
And so light covers everything.
End of Episode

Live A Hero Chocolate Circus Episode 3 (Abridged)

Huckle: Hello, Parallel Flight.
Okitaka: Huckie, long time no see! How y'all doing?
Huckle: Okitaka? It wasn't THAT long ago. So what's up?
Okitaka: Nothin' much, just makin' small talk. Just gonna to where Furlong and your two Operators will be by coincidence and all.
Huckle: ...well okay, I'll join you. Nothing important is happening right now anyway.
Okitaka: Thanks! I'm still surprised you okayed letting them go on that job. Y'all talk about being shorthanded all the time.
Huckle: Well yes, but this is the off season. We still have Exio to handle things, and I made the other two promise to come back in case of emergencies. Helping people like this is part of our job at hero agencies. If anything, I'm surprised UEHA would send a hero out for that job.
Okitaka: Fair point. We don't have anything huge going on right now...and there's somethin' I'm curious about.

Huckle: What's that?
Okitaka: That consultant Johann or whoever Furlong told me about. His physical description made me think of somethin'...
Huckle: A fox alien in a mask? I know why you aren't saying it outright, but isn't that too little info to make suspicions on?
Okitaka: I mean, yeah, no one's ever seen what he's like out of his villain suit. Alchiba still hates the police so he ain't helpin' either. Still, it's real possible he's hidin' out on Earth and we conveniently have a fox in a mask with unknown origins hangin' around. So why not scope him out a l'il? So I sent Furlong over on some conditions.
Huckle: ...you sent a new firefighter hero to SPY?
Okitaka: Eh, I didn't ask him to do anything too bad. Showtime's still a way's off. If Vulpy's gonna pull something it'll be on 3/14, the day of the show. If we get any dirt on him before then, then we can just nab him there.
Huckle: ...I see.
Okitaka: Anyways, everything's a learnin' experience! I'm always hoping Furlong grows some more! And I hear a buncha different heroes get into some weird new changes hanging around your Operator MC. If something like that happens with Furlong that'll be grand. Thanks for helpin' Director Huckle!
Huckle: B-but I won't be doing anything with that. MC causing changes, hmm...?

Title card: White Day

Yatomi Circus
The party and Yasuhiko's circus troupe are hanging around in the center of the big top.
Yasuhiko: Okay, time to start for the day! First, the warm ups! We're gonna do some practice while keeping the hero acrobat show in mind! My troupe will be joining us now! Please go easy on us!
Purple: Heh, don't worry bro! We're pros!
Yellow: I'm not confident about my battle skills, but my show skills are perfect!
Green: Don't mess up, bro! This ain't like your animal show!
Yasuhiko: I-I know! And stop calling me Bro! It's Ringmaster!
Team Circus: Yes, Bro!
Yasuhiko: GODDAMMIT
MC: Aww how nice / I don't think they take him seriously

Melide: Okay, that's enough of the opening act. Line up so I can transform you.
Yasuhiko: Hey, don't treat us like a joke! And guys, don't make her wait too long!
Furlong: W-whoa, Melide's gotten used to directing them...oh right I have to focus too! I can do this... I can do this... I can do this!
Furlong: Alright, I'm ready! MC, please transform me!
MC: Okay! / Do you do that EVERY time?
---
(B) Furlong: I-if I don't I start feeling embarrassed! Q-quickly, please! Before I lose my nerve!
---
Everyone gets changed while Not Vulpecula is standing to the side watching.
Vulpecula: Okay, time to start! We're beginning from the part with the 13th song and scene.
Yasuhiko: O-okay! Here we go!
MC: Wait Johann's directing and not Yasuhiko...?
Furlong: MC? What's wrong? We're about to start!
Yasuhiko: BEHOLD THE YATOMI CIRCUS TROUPE'S POWER!
BATTLE START (more happens after)

Vulpecula: Okay everybody, break time!
Yasuhiko: (panting) ...okay! Alright, that's enough guys! It feels like we've come a long way now!
Vulpecula: Yasuhiko, you've gotten a lot better. You still make a lot of wasted movements and hesitate at times though. You don't act like that with your other moves.
Yasuhiko: Maybe I should have responded to hero calls more often... I'll try a little harder after the break!
Vulpecula: Very good.
MC: Really weird. It's like they're teacher and student. Are consultants supposed to be like that?
Purple: Nah, it's fine. That's how they relate to each other.
Furlong: What's that mean...?
Yellow: Well I can't really explain it...
Green: Maybe we'll tell you later. Just think of them as Like That for now.
MC: Uhhhh???
Furlong: ...

Later
The party enjoys sweets and drinks with the troupe members during the break.
Yasuhiko: Wow, you really surprised me at how fast you picked things up Furlong! I asked you to do some really tricky stuff, but at this rate you should have it down in 2-3 more practice sessions. Normally it takes a lot more than that.
Green: C'mon Bro, he's an active duty hero and firefighter. We're teaching him, but I've been thinking he's learning fast since he's so fit. Training every day is important! Maybe you should work out too, Bro. We can always help with that, y'know?
Yasuhiko: S-shut up! I'm still working more than the average person!
Furlong: N-now now...still, I'm kind of happy being complimented like that. Ehehe.
MC: You're working hard, Furlong / Yeah you're so buff / Wow...

Furlong: I-I mean...this is getting embarrassing...
Melide: Wow, Furlong can't handle compliments well. So relatable.
Yasuhiko: We're gonna be okay by show time! We gotta get our heads in the game and get ready!
Melide: Well there's only a little time left until then. I hope it all works out. MC, are you up for it?
MC: Yep / Maybe not
Furlong: W-we'll be okay. I can trust you two to handle things. I know, we've battled together...oh no did I sound too arrogant!? I'm sorry!
Melide: ...thanks for the compliment but you are making it weird for me too...
Furlong: I-I'm sorry...
MC: Oh boy it's this again / awkward / cute

Melide: By the way, why is show time on 3/14? Because of White Day?
Yasuhiko: Hm? Oh right, you aren't from Japan Melide. 3/14 is Citizens' Day with the schools and government on holiday. If kids are gonna come it should be on a day they can go, right?
MC: Oh I see / Oh
Furlong: Oh right, my shifts are scheduled regardless of the holidays so I completely forgot about that. I really did think it was because of White Day.
Melide: Oh. I read about White Day in a book, but I don't know much about local holidays.
MC: You read it in a book? / You didn't know about White Day either?
Melide: Oh, you didn't know? White Day is pretty much a Japan-only thing. No other country has a day for reciprocating Valentine's gifts. Other countries don't even give chocolate on Valentine's.
MC: Oh! / Right.

Furlong: B-but it's a nice custom, people giving each other candy with their feelings.
Yasuhiko: (frowns)
Purple: Hey since the show's on White Day why don't we do something related to it? Like giving something to everyone visiting!
Yasuhiko: W-what? You wanna do that?
Yellow: Bro? You not into the idea?
Yasuhiko: N-no, that's not what I meant...
Melide: How about marshmallows then?
Yasuhiko: !!
Furlong: Those are standard return gifts for White Day, right?
Melide: Yes, that's what I've heard. But I also heard there was a time that it meant you were rejected though... It should be fine to get a bunch of them ready. We started selling tickets on Valentine's, right? It should be perfect.
MC: Yeah!

Yasuhiko: Y-you guys, I--
Green: Yeah! And marshmallows won't cost too much!
Purple: Omigod don't talk about prices when we're talking about feelings!
Yellow: I think it'll be great at showing how we feel if we bag the marshmallows and give them out!
Furlong: I-I like marshmallows. They're sweet and fluffy and float in cocoa.
Melide: And they're cute. Maybe we can make them look nicer.
Yasuhiko: YOU GUYS I HATE MARSHMALLOWS

MC: What!?
Melide: !?
Yasuhiko: Oh...sorry to ruin the mood. I'm gonna go walk it off.
Purple: Wait, bro!?
Yasuhiko walks off.
MC: What was that all about?
Melide: ...did I say something to upset him?
Yellow: ...oops. We never really talk about marshmallows, so...it must have something to do with his dad.
Furlong: The previous ringmaster?
Green: Yeah. Bro wouldn't flip out if it wasn't related to him. He doesn't like talking about his dad much, and we don't bring him up much either so we totally forgot about it. He's probably gonna be gone all day.

MC: What happened between them?
Purple: ...you heard how his dad revamped this circus right? He did it by going into the red at first and buying the latest VR equipment to use, then worked his ass off. After that he went around recruiting any alien with cool abilities he heard about. And in doing all that...he sacrificed his home life and family harmony.
Purple: Bro was interested in the circus, so Mr. Yatomi called him over from overseas. Bro loved it all and put everything into his training, but things still weren't good between them. He opposed all his dad's policies, and they'd either fight about it or not speak to each other all day.
Purple: Then one day a Monster incident happened and Mr. Yatomi disappeared. As much as they fought, Mr. Yasumi still recognized Bro's efforts and made him the next ringleader.
Purple: Bro didn't accept him though and rejected all his old circus policies. Dunno how related it was, but visitors became harder to get, and here we are.

Yellow: We wanna do something, but nothing's gonna change unless Bro changes first. We're stuck.
MC: Huh... / the family drama, man / maybe Yasuhiko just isn't meant to be the ringleader?
Green: We still believe in Bro and want to follow him. He's still thoughtful of us and the animals. We wanna support him, but we have no idea how we can do that...
Melide: He hates his dad...?
Vulpecula: (angry frown)

Yasuhiko never did come back by the end of the day. The party gets ready to leave when MC walks down some backstage hallway.
MC: I wonder if Yasuhiko is okay?
Suddenly a shelf slides over revealing a secret entrance as Yasuhiko walks out!
Yasuhiko: ...oh.
MC: !
Yasuhiko: AAAAHH! Why are you here!? (scrambles back to the secret door)
MC: I'm going home???
Yasuhiko: But this doesn't lead to the exit! ...oh, you're still learning where things are, huh? I know I was feeling down earlier, but I'm still sorry I didn't do the camera check earlier. (awkwardly scratches head)
MC: You okay? And what is that?
Yasuhiko: Uhh... (considers whether or not to pretend he didn't hear the question)
Yasuhiko: ...I guess it's okay to tell you.
Yasuhiko opens the secret door to a hallway leading underground.
MC: You have a secret basement?
Yasuhiko: Follow me. I wanna show you something.
Furlong is somewhere nearby.

Yasuhiko brings MC to a dark room that's dreary, filled with furniture, and barely seems livable.
Yasuhiko: This is my private room, though that office we had tea in is also my room. I stay here when I don't want to see anyone.
MC: Huh. Looks sad.
Yasuhiko: Well...I don't really come in here that much. I just put the bare minimum of things in here I need to hang around.
Yasuhiko pushes a tile on the wall to open a secret safe, then pulls out a key to open it. There's an old-fashioned box inside.
Yasuhiko: Look at this.
Yasuhiko opens the box and reveals a dark brown rock that's big enough to sit in both his hands. It's shaped like a regular tetrahedron and shines like metal.
MC: What's that? It looks like chocolate.
Yasuhiko: It does, doesn't it? It's our family treasure, the Yatomi Crystal.

MC: And what is that?
Yasuhiko: My ancestors discovered this in the 20th Century, and since then a bunch of scholars and thieves have been after it. That's why I keep it here.
MC: Really? It doesn't look like much.
Yasuhiko: I thought so too. I wondered if it was trash when I first saw it. Turns out it's a storage device for aliens who came to investigate Earth. Apparently it came to Earth along with some meteor that hit us in the 17th Century and it's been recording all sorts of information since. The UFOs and cryptids we used to see were terminals for this thing connected through radio waves.
Yasuhiko: My ancestors found the thing on accident and had no idea what it was worth. They still figured it was important and passed it down with great care. Once we met aliens, my grandfather asked to have this examined, which is when we found out what it was.
Yasuhiko: I dunno how it works, but it turns out this thing's records aren't affected by Monster memory erasure. It could show us Japan's old capital or how Mt. Fuji looked before it came back.
MC: OH MY GOD

Yasuhiko: Yeah, it's that important. Everyone wanted it, but Grandpa refused to give it to anyone. He gave it to Dad, and then it came to me. I haven't seen what's in it, but I heard it glows like a rainbow when replaying memories. That's why we called it a crystal.
Yasuhiko sighs as he boxes it up and puts it away.
Yasuhiko: Dad was the last owner when he got eaten by Monsters, so now people think the owner is unknown. And since most people don't know where it is, they forgot about its existence too. Aside from Vulpecula coming after it on the day of his announcement video, I mean.
MC: Wait what / Yeah this does seem like something he'd go after / Why did you bring up Vulpecula?

Yasuhiko: UHHH I mean...well you know how Vulpecula is that one phantom thief who goes around destroying records and symbols of the past? I was just thinking maybe he was after it, haha. Not like the police knew about it...
Yasuhiko: ANYWAYS, I said all that but I don't really care about the crystal actually. It was only kept under wraps like this because Dad did so. This was originally Dad's room. I don't really care what happens to my family, so I figure I can just focus on keeping the circus going. And not because Dad kept it up, but because I don't want something I love to go away.
MC: You hate your dad that much? / What happened anyway? / Sounds complicated.

Yasuhiko: ...simple. Dad didn't really care about us, so I hated him. (starts leaning on a desk and idly kicking his feet)
Yasuhiko: I never saw Dad in person until I was 16. Before then, I'd only talk with him just once a year over the phone. When I was old enough to remember things, I was living with Mom overseas. I heard about how Dad ran his circus and Mom used to perform in one, so I was often taken to them when I was younger and loved them. I wanted to dress in bright costumes and entertain people, so I loved Dad's work but hated him. He always sent marshmallows on 3/14 like he was using White Day as an excuse. Mom would call after opening them up, and Dad would literally talk with us for like five minutes acting like he hated doing so. I only got one minute out of those five. How does anyone make a relationship out of one minute out of an entire year?
Yasuhiko: I didn't know what White Day was back then, and we never actually sent him anything ourselves, so I never got why he'd send marshmallows. It felt like he was doing it just because. He was curt on the phone and didn't really listen to me. And that's why I hate my dad and marshmallows.

Yasuhiko: When I turned 16 Dad was suddenly called to Japan, and that's how I joined up. I was happy to join, but I never got along with Dad. The circus acts I love and the ideal circus Dad wanted were too different, so we fought whenever we saw each other. Sure, he taught me some things, but our relationship didn't really get better under his Spartan training style.
Yasuhiko: Then the Monster incident happened, and I inherited the circus and the crystal. It didn't go well after that. Things were too set up like how he wanted it to be, and me trying to do what I wanted clashed with the presentation. We kept losing popularity after that.
MC: Sad.
Yasuhiko: That's why this show has to work. If it doesn't, I'm totally out of ideas. I have to do whatever I can to make the circus a success. I have to do it for the troupe, the animals, Johann and his staff, and the rest of you who agreed to come help.
Yasuhiko and MC leave the secret room. Furlong quietly stands nearby as it closes up.
End of Episode

El Dorado Treasure Hunt Episode 4 (Abridged)

Party streamers! Honk honk
Tiger Man, Shennong, Yasuyori, and Tanetomo: Congratulations on your new body!
MC: WHAT
Shennong: haha, sorry about tricking you
Tanetomo: Surprised? Shall I explain what's happening? (closes fan)
Tanetomo: So plot twist! We originally went to Nomad's agency to hire him to prepare this party. I never would have believed he's that rumored fixer in Ikebukuro.
Nomad: >8C (cooks angrily)

Tanetomo: Then both of you suddenly came in. I was worried you saw through our plans.
Tezcatlipoca: Yes, that was surprising! (laughs louder than usual)
Tanetomo: I thought Yasuyori or Tiger Man might have blabbed about it. We pretended to leave, then went back to order the party ready.
MC: WHAT
Shennong: That's why we were so late to getting to the ruins. We joined together, but then we ran into some of the other Warmongers by coincidence.
Tanetomo: We couldn't waste any time because of the party, so I made a suggestion!

Flashback!
Teda: Did you say deal!? What's in it for us?
Tanetomo: I hear there's a secret treasure from El Dorado here. I propose a hostage trade.
Marduk: What? Why?
Nezha: Sounds good to me!
Tanetomo: Allow me to explain...
Tanetomo explains the party they're throwing for Tezcatlipoca.
Tiger Man: The original plan was for me to put on a mask and attack him!
Tanetomo: I'm sure he'd go along with that and follow us to the party place, but then I realized I was sick of his nonsense enough that I wanted to scare him a little.
The other Warmongers seem interested. Also...
Yoritomo: Interesting.
Tanetomo: Sir!?
Yoritomo: I'd like to cooperate with you on that since it doesn't get in the way of my own plans.

Present
Tiger Man: So we've been hanging around here the entire time. I wish I could have gone with you guys.
Tezcatlipoca: Ha! Nice job doing that!
Tiger Man: Si Señor!
MC: You gave the treasure away as a joke!?
Tanetomo: Aww, is that how little you think of the commander? He's ALL about even stevens!

Elsewhere
Yoritomo and Mephistopheles leave the ruins. The minute they step out the statue blows up into smoke!
Yoritomo: (picks up phone) ...hello, guildmaster?
Bertro: HELLO COMRADE!
Yoritomo also hears loud noises in the background from Bertro's end.
Yoritomo: How loud. Are you already at the party place?
Bertro: Yep! One moment while I step outside.
Bertro: Okay, so have you noticed anything about Tezcatlipoca?
Yoritomo looks at Mephistopheles. Mephisto shrugs.
Yoritomo: ...are you referring to the "incurable disease" all us World Pillars have?
Bertro: Interesting. Thanks you two! I'll tell you these funny stories next time. It'll be great! Heywaitdon'thangup--

Present
Tezcatlipoca: That's what it was BRRRROTHER. The statue I gave was a piece of my power! We may all be fellow World Representatives, but it wasn't easy seeing through them.
MC: Huh. You DID hand it over pretty easily now that I think about it.
Tanetomo: Never mind that now, let's start the party! I taste tested all the food for poison. It was delicious!
Nomad: Dammit I should have tried poisoning you.
Tanetomo: Are you embarrassed and trying to hide it? Aww, that's cute.
Nomad: WHO IS THIS SASSY LITTLE CHILD

Tiger Man: I helped cook too! You got a new body now, so try some pasta!
Tiger Man tries feeding Tezcatlipoca, who surprisingly doesn't get annoyed at this.
MC: Well okay then
Shennong: C'mon MC, go ahead and eat too.
Yasuyori: Please feel free to join in even if the rest of us are all Warmongers!
Tezcatlipoca: BRRRROTHER!  Dance with me!
Shennong: Duty calls, MC! Unless you'd rather dance with me?
Tanetomo: Would you like to dance with cute little ol' me?
Tiger Man: Bailamos, amigo! I'll lead!
Yasuyori: Excuse me, MC. Could I invite you to dance too?

Later
MC: I'm a little tired from dancing with everyone. I wish these days would last...
Tezcatlipoca: BRRRROTHER! Are you tired? You're popular as ever, enough to make me a little jealous.
MC: Is it okay for you to leave a party for you? / Well you are too / I wanted to feel the breeze
(A) Tezcatlipoca: I wanted to talk to you but didn't notice from all the noise. (walks up next to MC after they nod)
(B) Tezcatlipoca: Ha! Yes! I must thank them for the party!
(C) Tezcatlipoca: May we talk after your rest?

Tezcatlipoca: First, let me thank you for accompanying me when I only planned to ask your opinion. We never really did talk much on that, but I've gotten ideas for the presents.
MC: Cool, what are they?
Tezcatlipoca: How about a sumo mawashi for Yasuyori? And how about we all go cheer for his next match? It's been a long time since I haven't gone to watch.
Tezcatlipoca seems to show a different side of him for a second.
Tezcatlipoca: ...I really do need to thank them. This party for me would fill my long lost heart. And I should also feel that crushing pain that comes with it.
MC: ...what's wrong?

Tezcatlipoca: It may be pointless to tell you, but will you listen to me? And keep this a secret from my soldiers.
Tezcatlipoca: ...this party has been thrown for me more times than I can count. Sometimes the big and small details differ, like bumping into them at the detective's office.
MC: What? / ... / The loops...
Tezcatlipoca: I am the only one who remembers. All the sounds and sensations happened for the first time for them, but for me it is all deja vu.

Tezcatlipoca: I show the appropriate surprise, but it can't match their genuine feelings.
Tezcatlipoca prides himself on giving more than anyone, but his new body has no sense of experiencing things new.
Tezcatlipoca: I am too empty to respond to their devotion in kind.
MC: Tezcatlipoca...
Tezcatlipoca: You understand this better than anyone, but I have not spoken about this for your sympathy or forgiveness. I say this because I strongly feel what's left of what truly makes me myself.

Tezcatlipoca looks at MC.
Tezcatlipoca: It won't be long before the loop comes where we pick off from that day. I won our last battle, but you disappeared soon after. I've regretted it ever since, so this time I will be sure there will be nothing left to regret... (looks down)
Tezcatlipoca: There aren't many days where we can spend them like this.
MC: I'll be waiting / ... / Do what you want. I'll be doing so too.
---
(A) Tezcatlipoca: Thank you, Quetzalcoatl.
(B) MC wants to object aloud but can't bring themselves to do so because it would hurt Tezcatlipoca.
(C) Tezcatlipoca: Haha, yes! That's my BRRRROTHER! That's why it has to be so...
---
Tezcatlipoca: Thank you for listening. I feel like I can take a step forward now. I need to go back. Don't look sad when you come back too. Hahaha!
Tezcatlipoca: ...thank you again for putting up with my dull concerns. You can rest here some more.

Inside
Tezcatlipoca: ...
Balor: ...bitch what did you tell MC?
Tezcatlipoca: HA! Are you jealous?
Balor: Fine, I'll say my own piece. I don't like it, but I'll work with you on anything. I owe you, and I'm the only one who can think like you.
Tezcatlipoca: Heh, the Fairy Land has a lot to thank me for. Fine, I'll use you. Our goal is in sight now.
Balor smiles and walks off to grab a drink.
Tanetomo: Oh, Commander where have you been? We just got to the good part.
Tezcatlipoca: HA! Interesting! Next, I will--

Later
MC has returned to the party going smoothly.
Shennong: Nutritional balance!
Yasuyori: T-thank you Doctor, but--
MC: (wipes tears and calms self down) / (try really hard to be happy)
(AB) MC tries avoiding conversations, especially with the observant Tanetomo.
Tiger Man: A-amigo? Shouldn't you cheer up?
(C) Tiger Man: Si, amigo! That's how it should be!

MC: R-right...
Tiger Man: Oh! I wanna talk to you about something! (pulls MC to a corner and whispers)
Tiger Man: I really wanted to thank you since you're why the Boss is enjoying himself so much today! I couldn't fill the space in his heart on my own, but together we can do anything!
Tiger Man is unaware that Tezcatlipoca is not genuinely smiling from within. He is just reflecting another's expression.
MC: This is too awful... / What do I do...? / ...
Yoritomo and Mephistopheles walk up.
Yoritomo: May we speak?

Later
Yoritomo: No need to be vigilant, I came to talk to you about Tezcatlipoca. You're thinking that war hawk can't enjoy anything from the heart anymore, aren't you?
MC: You know? What am I suppose to do then? / Yeah, I'm lost for ideas / ...
Yoritomo: ...you misunderstand his true nature. He is literally a mirror. A mirror reflects everything before it, and a mirror that reflects nothing is worthless. If you cry, he cries. But, if you smile then he will smile.
MC: !! Did you come to advise me?
Yoritomo: I've seen what happened today play out from afar as well. Outsiders see things better than the players involved do.
Minamoto no Yoritomo is a man who believes the appropriate distance brings good results.
Yoritomo: ...if you understand that, I believe you know what you should do next. Correct?
MC: ...thank you big brother! / Oh my god are you actually nice? / (hug Yoritomo)
Yoritomo: STOPSTOPTOOCLOSE
Yoritomo: ...ahem. You should go, MC. 

Mephistopheles: Aww, how kind of you. Is this brotherly love, Sir Yoritomo?
Yoritomo: You know not of what you speak, demon. If he goes down with Tezcatlipoca it will be too soon.
Mephisto: Hmm. And you believe this will happen?
Yoritomo: FOOL. If Yoshitsune went down that easily I wouldn't have such problems with indigestion.
Yoritomo thinks about all the times he sent Yoshitsune on suicide missions yet somehow Yoshitsune actually succeeded and returned alive. The way he came back with the enemy's head smiling was more chilling than the winter cold. Did he not know he was being cast away? When he died, Yoritomo disbelieved it more than anyone and came to Tokyo to see for himself if it was true.
Yoritomo: My little brother is the only thing I do not understand. What did he want?
Mephistopheles: Maybe to please yo--I MEAN this model butler said nothing!

Later
Tezcatlipoca: Hmm?
MC: Tezcatlipoca! Let's dance, have cake, have fun together!
MC grabs Tezcatlipoca and starts running.
Tezcatlipoca: What???
MC: You said that this was a party you had a bunch of times already, and that was the first time you opened up about that right? There's still plenty of things that are new to you!
It may have been a party repeated ad Infinitum, yet they can't have been All the ways a party could go. Even if every possibility were thought up brought together, they would never reach All futures. When you say you've done everything you could think of, it's then that you can do something new.
MC: I'm sure there's more you haven't done based on stuff you've already did. C'mon, let's go!
Tezcatlipoca briefly shows shock...then shows what surely must be a genuine smile.
Tezcatlipoca: You really are the best, BRRRROTHER!
Tezcatlipoca sees his smile reflected in MC's eyes.
Tezcatlipoca: Very well! I'll accompany you a while longer!
Tezcatlipoca grabs tighter onto MC's hands like he's committing to memory how that sensation feels.

Later
Bertro: War's about escalation. It comes to a point then goes. That is the driving force of the world and our most efficient path to artificial progress. That top is the place I'm aiming for, and we are its stepping stone.
Party's over by the way.
Bertro: I believe you've already hit that point. You've already started taking different steps compared to past loops, right? I've already calculated it would only end in your destruction.
Tezcatlipoca: HA! Is that what you came to say? You could have just said "I'm worried about you!"
Bertro: Haha! I can't believe you'd say that to me!
Tezcatlipoca: ...I now realize we never concerned ourselves with each other. At least, I didn't before. We were just rivals scrambling over the trophy.
Bertro: Yes, that is how warmongers are. Are you saying it's different now?
Tezcatlipoca: Yes, I thought so until yesterday. Now I think differently.
Bertro: Hmm! I wanna see what you'll show to someone who can't become anyone like me.
Tezcatlipoca: You may be resigned but there may be a surprise for you yet.
Bertro: ...I look forward to it.
And so the two laugh as they clink glasses. A toast to endless endings and blessings for one another afterwards.
The End

El Dorado Treasure Hunt Episode 3 (Abridged)

Flashback!
Shennong: Up ahead. War senses tingling...it might be Tezcatlipoca and MC.
He, Tiger Man, Tanetomo, and Yasuyori get ready to fight! Except surprise, it's Marduk, Avarga, Teda, and Nezha!
Teda: Oh it's you guys. You kept me waiting, the disrespect!
Nezha: No fair leaving me out of something fun!
Avarga: 4v4 fight! Yasuyori, fight me!
Marduk: ...SOMEONE TELL ME WHY I'M HERE
Tanetomo: Why are you guys here!?
Nezha: The guildmaster said you guys were sneaking off to do something fun! A cutie like me can join in, right?
Tanetomo: ...of course. But there's something I need to remind you.
Nezha: Okay, make it quick.
Tanetomo: The strongest and cutest of the person in the Warmongers is me.
Nezha: ???

Yasuyori: Advisor, please no bloodbaths here even if app magic means it can be undone!
Avarga: Stop looking away Yasuyori! Come at me!
Yasuyori: ...understood. Open Palm Thrust!
Teda: So Tiger Man. We're of different faiths but you're a good guy. But I STILL gotta say something.
Tiger Man: Que
Teda: When you look at the sun, you should be looking at ME! I wanna be the one fawned over!
Tiger Man: But can't you just do that over at that one elementary school in Ouji?
Teda controls that one famous elementary school and Portal Ouji Academy over in Kita Ward. He has a bunch of child guards who pamper him.
Teda: MORE! I'm busy fighting Koropokkur every day even though it's implied an actual fight between us would blow up the city! Wanna join as one of MY bodyguards?
Tiger Man: No gracias.
Teda: Okay fine. I'll just change your mind by force!

Finally, neither Marduk nor Shennong are making a move.
Marduk: I have to say, I admire you too Doctor.
Shennong: what
Shennong is the Mender of the Split World, and Marduk pays his respects to him as the One Who Split the World.
Marduk: You have great medical skills that are of the utmost importance to our army.
Shennong: Ha, thanks. I'm not that great.
Marduk: I figured you'd say that. All I feel from within you is rage against us.
Shennong: ...
Marduk: Rage about us choosing to go back to war after you heal us.
Shennong: Yeah, you're right. Everyone in Nerima is a goddamn idiot, and I always think about how no one will understand until they suffer worse than death. That includes you too.
Marduk: ...so we have reason to fight. (readies his bow)
See for yourself that I can match against your aurora flag!
Shennong: It's giant injection time for you, General Marduk!

Back to the present
Ikutoshi: What?
Tanetomo: ...
Andvari: Why are the Warmongers here!? Get your hands off my treasure or I'll make you hand it over!
Nobody seems to care.
Tezcatlipoca: Haha! Try it, punks!
NOW the rest of Andvari's party cares.
Ikutoshi: Them's fighting words. You calling us weak?
Tezcatlipoca: Oh is that how you took it? I apologize. I know how strong you all are. I'm just better because I've given up more.
Bathym: Ooooh. Now we just have to go all out and throw down.
Tanetomo: Aww, you shouldn't say when you're going all out. It just means you can't make excuses when you lose.

Ikutoshi: Huh, a taunt like that sounds like you're hiding something. So, you hiding something?
Tanetomo: >:C
Ikutoshi: Whatever I just wanna fight
Pollux: Yeah I'm annoyed you swooped in like that, but we definitely have to fight if you're gonna say shit like that.
Tezcatlipoca: I admire your wills, but a fight I'm sure to win is no war.
Andvari: MC! I dunno why you're with him, but I'm still giving you no mercy!
Ikutoshi: MC, you better bring your best since I'm going to, too.
Bathym: Ooooh, it feels like it'll be a stimulating fight for once! I can't wait!
Pollux: I'm gonna beat you and climb ever higher with my brother!
MC: I'mma stay here / Can't I just sit this out? / Mkay
---
(A) Pollux: Yeah, we can't show we're strong if we win through numbers.
(B) Bathym: Aww, don't be like that. I wanna fight you, MC.
Andvari: I mean I'D be okay with that if you weren't gonna join us.
---
Andvari's party would like to fight!
Tezcatlipoca: Fiiiine. Ready my soldiers?
Tanetomo: Of course. Let's show them who's on top.
Yasuyori: Ready for your orders!
MC: Fiiine / Ready! / Sorry guys
Tezcatlipoca: Time to stomp them! Come at us, Berserkers!
BATTLE START (more happens after)

Team Tez is running circles around Team Andvari like they can see the fewchure!
Bathym: This sucks, it feels like they've seen our moves tons of times already! Ooooh! Are you guys our fans? Wanna do a group selfie or something?
Ikutoshi and Pollux: AN OPENING! ATTACK!
Ikutoshi and Pollux do a combo attack from above and below at Tezcatlipoca. There's no room to evade.
Tezcatlipoca: Nice. But too bad for you. (smokes out of the attack) You might have done better if you knew more about my artifact. You might even have landed a hit on me.
MC: Tired. Sitting on the bench now. / Damn... / Go, Tezcatlipoca!
(C) Tezcatlipoca: Haha, yes! Your support makes this waste of a battle worth it, BRRRROTHER! Keep watching me and only me!

Tanetomo is watching Tezcatlipoca. Ikutoshi notices.
Ikutoshi: You aren't focused on this fight with me.
Tanetomo: (surprised)
Ikutoshi: I'm good at seeing slips like that because that's what my artifact does. You have some other goal, so you don't want to keep this battle going, right?
Bathym: Say what, Ikki?
Ikutoshi: So I'll feel bad for Andvari, but I'm okay with letting you go. You'd owe me though, and I'll get you next time.
Tanetomo: (goes blank eyed) ...Yasuyori, 10 o'clock.
Yasuyori: SUMO STOOOMP!
Tanetomo: Beg pardon, but let us leave it at that. (dance-blocks Andvari's and Pollux's attacks)
Pollux: WHAT
Andvari: DAMMIT WHO BLABBED TO THEM
Somewhere else
Nomad: Bad vibes man

El Dorado Ruins again
The battle is over
Tezcatlipoca: ...to repeat myself. You guys are strong. I've just sacrificed more. Also I have a field power bonus here because that is apparently a thing.
Pollux: But this isn't actually over! You running away!?
Tezcatlipoca gives a little smile at how the Berserkers haven't lost heart despite losing the fight.
Tezcatlipoca: Yes, I know you aren't the type to leave things like that. How about we face you in the ring next time?
Ikutoshi: Uh huh. So can we expect you to show up then?
Tanetomo: ...yes, I'll set it up. Please leave things at that.
Andvari: Hey! I didn't agree to this!
The rest of Team Andvari drags him off.
Andvari: But my gold! I'll fight alone if I have to!

Tezcatlipoca: Okay, we're done. Time to pick up those slackers who aren't here.
MC: Nice going, Tezcatlipoca / Where are they? How can they be lost if Shennong is there?
Suddenly Mephistopheles and Yoritomo!
Mephistopheles: What a surprise to see the king and Faust here!
Yoritomo: Yes, very surprising. You always turn up in the strangest places, Little Brother.
MC: WHAT
Yoritomo: Please put your sword down I am getting flashbacks
Mephistopheles: I propose tea time! Set up by me of course!
Yoritomo: Doesn't that sound like a great idea, Tanetomo?

Tezcatlipoca steps forward to cover the party.
Tezcatlipoca: If you two have no business here we'd like to get by.
Mephistopheles: Ah, the guildmaster said you were doing something interesting in secret.
Tezcatlipoca: Yes, but we've just finished and will be on our way no--
Yoritomo: Now now, no need to hurry. Being hasty means you lose in politics, but then again you like losing things. On another note, have you wondered where your cheerleader and doctor may have went?

The mood goes cold and smoke starts filling the immediate area.
Tezcatlipoca: Are you saying you know something?
Yoritomo: I don't. Mephistopheles?
Mephistopheles: Hmm. Maybe some gold will jog my memory.
MC: EVIL / Oh no!
(A) Yoritomo: Don't look at me like that it upsets my stomach
Mephistopheles: Oh my, do you suspect us of doing something? We would NEVER kidnap our guildmates!

Tezcatlipoca sighs before handing the gold statue over.
Yoritomo: Wow you care a lot for your subordinates. You don't even know if we're telling the truth.
Tezcatlipoca: I'll cross that bridge if I come to it. If we get there, we are having WAR.
Yoritomo: Don't worry, I'm not that warlike. (hands Tezcatlipoca a note) They'll be there.
Mephistopheles: Good day. I'll put this statue to good use.
Mephistopheles and Yoritomo leave.
Tanetomo: ...are you sure? Wasn't that statue priceless?
Tezcatlipoca: That's true, but it still pales compared to the lives of my soldiers. No one should lose anything outside of war or the sacrificial altar. But anyways we should go, preferably faster than those machinators.
And so the party leaves.

Later
MC: I hope they're okay / Are you alright, Tezcatlipoca? / Uuugh
---
(A) Tezcatlipoca: No need to worry, I know how strong they are.
(B) Tezcatlipoca: Oh, do I look worried about them? Haha, it's fine. I'm sure they're okay.
(C) Tezcatlipoca: Are you tired, BRRRROTHER? If you can't run anymore, just say so. How about I carry you?
---
The party hurries along. Nobody says aloud whether they're worried about Shennong and Tiger Man. The location on the note isn't far away.

Later
MC: Is this it? I sense a bunch of people here.
Tezcatlipoca: Yes, there's many people here. Be on guard.
Tanetomo: Commander, we will circle around back for a pincer attack.
Yasuyori: MC, please be careful even if you are with the general.
And so the two conceal their presences and sneak off.
Tezcatlipoca: We go on three. One, two...
Tezcatlipoca throws the door open. Lots of loud noises!
End of episode

Live A Hero Chocolate Circus Episode 2 (Abridged)

Flashback!
Yasuhiko: I honestly didn't think you'd come. I'm glad we set up that trap.
Vulpecula: Yes, babby's first trap. You think this would hold me?
Yasuhiko: But you still walked into it.
Vulpecula: ...so are you trying to catch me and hand me to the police?
Yasuhiko: No, let's make a deal.
Vulpecula: Really?
Yasuhiko: Yeah. If you came here after posting that video, that means you're here for my family's treasure, the Yatomi Crystal. Right?
Vulpecula: ...go on.
Yasuhiko: Well it's not here. It's hidden somewhere in a place only I know about. I could give it to you depending on your answer. Sell it, break it, whatever.
Vulpecula: Huh.
Yasuhiko: So what's it worth to you?

Title card: Invitation to the Circus

Present
Orient City's bay district. The Yatomi Circus tent is set up on a piece of reclaimed land with shipping containers and stuff scattered around. MC and friends are going inside the big tent.
Melide: ...I know there's no show today, but it's sad how empty it looks in here.
Furlong: Do you guys hear roaring? It's kind of scary...
MC: Yeah / Ruuude / Aren't you a bit too chicken there Furlong?
Yasuhiko: Haha, we're a circus so we keep some big beasts. We have days where we don't feed them for health reasons like today. Don't worry, we'll feed them tomorrow! But yeah, this does look kinda sad for a circus. Stuff happened. Anyway, this way.

Furlong: I know we're being brought here to meet someone for more details, but I wonder who it is? Oh I hope they aren't scary...
Melide: Why ARE you here, Furlong? This is a dealing between the circus and Parallel Flight, so you didn't have to come along.
Furlong: Uh! Umm... yes, but I'm worried about you two...
Melide: ?
Furlong: I-I mean! I'm worried about you two Operators going with a hero you don't know! Not like I don't trust you or anything! I could be your bodyguard or...umm...
Melide: Thanks, but could you stammer less? You're making me feel nervous too now.
Furlong: O-oh. Sorry...
MC: Awkward / Thanks Furlong / Cute

Later
Yasuhiko leads the party to an office backstage that's filled with surprisingly high class furniture. A tall fox dude in a mask is having tea when they come in, at which point he gets up and walks over.
Totally Not Vulpecula: Yasuhiko, are these the people you've hired from outside?
Yasuhiko: Yeah, but I figured we should inform them of things first and brought them over.
Vulpecula: Oh okay, I'll explain. (bows) Hello, I'm Johann. I'm a consultant for rebuilding this circus. Nice to meet you.
Furlong: O-oh. I'm Furlong, a firefighter from UEHA's hero agency.
Melide: Hi. I'm Melide.
MC: I'm MC. Nice to meet you.
Vulpecula: Hmmmm (stares at MC)
MC: Uhh... / Haven't I seen you somewhere before? / O-ooh

Vulpecula: Oh excuse me. You resemble someone I know. Anyways, have a seat! *(leads the party to a leather sofa and makes more tea)*
Vulpecula: So Yasuhiko, may I begin?
Yasuhiko: Yeah, I can't really get all the details out.
Vulpecula: Very well! From the top then.
Furlong: Um, you said you were here to help reconstruct the circus. Is it that bad?
Yasuhiko: Uhh...
Vulpecula: ...yes unfortunately. Time for exposition!
The Yatomi Circus was established about 300 years ago in the Taisho Era (1912-1926), but with the advancement of virtual reality tech and diversifying of entertainment activities with interstellar exchange, show business went on a decline. But Yasuhiko's dad's efforts got them through it all! The new place for the circus show they called it. But then he suddenly disappeared one day, Yasuhiko took over, and here we are.

Vulpecula: Fortunately the circus workers still have high morale, based on their faith in the current and previous bosses. But faith doesn't put food on the table, and there are large animals to think about too.
MC: Why the sudden popularity drop?
Vulpecula: Well Yasuhiko's father broached a lot of unspoken rules in the Earth circus world. Like people usually stick with humans and Earth animals for their shows, but he decided to hire aliens to do things like acrobatics humans couldn't. He also used virtual reality to make the seats part of the stage show too. Traditionalists rejected the idea, but it also let the circus group recover.
Yasuhiko: (looks away)
Melide: Okay. Does that have something to do with us? I don't mean anything weird by that, I just don't see why you'd need heroes and Operators specifically.
Furlong: That's true... Is there something we can help with?
Yasuhiko: I wanna try putting in an acrobatic show with hero abilities in our next performance.
MC: What?

Yasuhiko: So like I said back at the bar, I'm technically a hero. I don't really make use of the power much though, nor have I thought about using it for the shows.
Vulpecula: I thought that was a waste since lots of hero abilities catch audience attention. In fact I hear several other members in this circus have hero powers too. Might as well use it, right?
Furlong: Y-yes. Though we can do our work because we have people watching. Are you asking us to perform?
Vulpecula: Well we'll have enough people if we add in my assistants. We don't have any Operators though. I mean I have one employed, but they can't handle more than ten people, so we needed others.
Yasuhiko: And like I said earlier...we don't really use our hero powers. Frankly we don't have any heroes on board who can really attract audiences, so I figured I'd try asking for someone who does hero stuff regularly.
Furlong: D-does that mean you want...
Vulpecula: Yes, you Burn Striker.

Furlong: How do you know that!?
Vulpecula: Research I did just now! And I seem to be right based on your reaction. (pulls out a tablet)
Vulpecula: "B Rank Hero with UEHA Japan who uses firefighter skills and motifs. Frequently dispatched and has a high mission completion rate through working with Symphonic Trigger. His daring, self-confident attitude and figure has gained him tons of fans." You'd be perfect!
Furlong: Kill me now!
MC: You ARE cool and brave as a hero. I didn't know you had that many fans.
Furlong: Um, I never thought about it before. This is embarrassing...
Melide: You really are different in and out of hero mode.
Yasuhiko: Please help I beg on bended knees! The show is on 3/14 but ticket sales are horrible! We're gonna be homeless at this rate!
MC: Uhh...

Melide: Well we can't just say yes or no on our own. You should call the direct--oh wait he sent you a text, MC.
MC: Perfect timing! I'll call him.
Some time later
Huckle: Hello! I'm glad I got through. I know you went to hear more about the job, but I was thinking about how I hadn't heard anything and tried calling myself. How's that going by the way?
MC: I wanted to talk about that actually...
Huckle: Okay?

The next day
Yasuhiko: Okay guys, time for practice!
Trainees: THANKS FOR HELPING US
MC: I did not see this coming / This is great! / how did this happen
Furlong: I'm surprised UEHA okayed me too. I said I'd do it, but I'm still nervous...
Melide: I like circuses. I watch the shows while eating the licorice candy they sell. I don't have a lot of good memories of my childhood, but that one was nice.
Vulpecula: Today we will be testing things out. Allow me to evaluate your abilities! My assistants will serve as your opponents in a mock battle.
Melide: I'll be Operating for them, and you will be Operator for Furlong and the others. First time fighting like this with you, MC. Go easy on me?

Yasuhiko: I haven't seen a hero battle in a while. This is exciting!
Vulpecula: ...you're fighting too.
Yasuhiko: Really!?
Vulpecula: Yes, that's why I'm only putting up three of my assistants. You said you were getting rusty too.
Yasuhiko: O-okay... let's do this Melide! MISS Melide!
Melide: Melide is fine. You're older than me. (holds out hands to transform Yasuhiko)
MC: You really DO look like a circus ringmaster like that!
Yasuhiko: Alright, just watch me do my thing!
Furlong: I can do this! I can do this! I can do this! Alright, I'm ready MC!
MC: R-right! Execute! / You're so cool like this Furlong!
---
(C) Furlong: W-what!? N-never mind that and transform me!
---
Furlong: Burn Striker is on the scene! Let 'er rip!
BATTLE START

El Dorado Treasure Hunt Episode 2 (Abridged)

Flashback
Andvari: Hey Nomad wanna come look for El Dorado's treasure?
Nomad: Leave me out of your snipe hunts!
Andvari: Aww, don't be like that. Well if you change your mind, here's where it is. Don't tell anyone!
Present
Nomad: Oops, I forgot about that. But at least it's making these people go away.
Tanetomo: Okay, time to go. Be sure to enjoy my lovingly prepared dust from our tracks!
Yasuyori: Bye!
The two head off.
Tiger Man: Let's go too! I'm surprised you're into this, doctor. Gonna let loose?
Shennong: No! I never know if you guys are coming back alive when you go out! Oh well let's do this. Bye MC.
MC: Huh, everyone's getting excited. Let's go too!
Tezcatlipoca: I am a baaad influence. These subordinates are almost wasted on me.
Nomad: Well the boss does tend to influence the underlings I guess.

Tezcatlipoca: Okay, BRRRROTHER! Time to go! Apologies for the ruckus, Nomad.
Nomad: If that's how you really feel, then you owe me!
Tezcatlipoca: Haha, you really want ME to pay you back? I only give atrocities. But if you're sure, then I'll commit it to memory. I have my ways.
MC and Tezcatlipoca leave. Nomad watches everyone through his blinds.
Nomad: Ugh, finally they're gone. Now where's that job I got? (picks up his phone to make a call)

Later
MC: Huh.
MC is in front of some ruins by themselves while Tezcatlipoca went back to Nerima to change bodies. Then Bertro and Shiva arrive.
Bertro: Hello! I thought we'd run into you here.
Shiva: Guildmaster you told me there was a good training place here.
Bertro: I did indeed! Look, it's MC! Go fight them, that'd be some good training.
MC: Are ALL the Warmongers coming too?
Bertro: Yes! It's our little war game today, racing for El Dorado's treasure.
Shiva: Does it LOOK like I care about treasure? MY TRAINING!
Bertro: Okay, show how your training's come so far by fighting MC.
MC: Well you're having fun, making Shiva your plaything. / I'm glad to see you two.
Bertro: I wanna see Shiva open his third eye!

Bertro: When Shiva's third eye opens, he can burn down the world and the universe...I wanna see that! War is awesome! (starts pushing Shiva towards MC)
Shiva: CEASE
Bertro: C'mon, why don't you look MC in the eyes?
Shiva: Stop! STOP! BEGONE THOT
Tezcatlipoca: Hi I'm back. Also MC is mine now, we already have plans.
Bertro: Aww, but we were about to have war.
Tezcatlipoca: Haha, I'm already in a war with my subordinates! Next time.
Bertro: But what's another war to the pile gonna hurt?
MC: Let's train one on one, Shiva / Bertro we can talk next time / Tez let's run!
(A) Shiva: HNNNGH! ...very well, next time!
Bertro: Aww, he got talked out of it easier than I thought. Well maybe I'll go back and wait to hear how things went here.
(B) Bertro: Interesting! But there's still the investigation and...eh, never mind that now. Tell me how today goes, I'll have better jokes when you come by! Or worse. Something.
(C) MC and Tezcatlipoca go.

Bertro: I'll be waiting to hear all about it! Bye!
Shiva: ...are you sure you are okay with just letting them go after coming all this way?
Bertro: Yep! There's plenty of people here already without us getting involved too. Let's try getting ahead of them, and while we're at it let me see if I can make you crack a smile.
Shiva: >8(
Bertro: Haha, don't be like that! You never laugh at my jokes and it's making me want to try even more now!
Shiva: Ugh, you'll just keep talking even if I say no.
Bertro: You know me so well. This way!

Inside
Tezcatlipoca: Hmm. I can just barely tell if this place is from El Dorado. Someone's already come here, so it must be the others. We should get going.
MC: Seems dangerous / Let's beat them!
---
(A) Tezcatlipoca: Haha! I'm here, so you'll be fine.
(B) Tezcatlipoca: Yes! That's the spirit!
---
Tezcatlipoca: If this place really is from El Dorado we have even less reason to fear. When we are together there is nothing we cannot do in that world! (pulls out his mirror)
MC: What are you doing?
Tezcatlipoca: Behold! (spawns copies of himself)
MC: Whoa... / We'll find that treasure in no time!
(A) Tezcatlipoca: Yes, I'm sure my power is mighty!
(B) Tezcatlipoca: Did you want to touch me? By all means!

Tezcatlipoca starts getting ideas. Evil Ideas. His smoke copies spread out and hide into the walls.
Tezcatlipoca: Anyways it shouldn't take too long to sus out the correct way. Let's wait here while we figure that out. I wonder what the treasure is! I'm going to win this one, peons!
Tezcatlipoca's smoke copies find the likely treasure spot soon afterwards.

Outside, a little bit after Tez and MC have arrived.
Tanetomo: I'm still surprised you two agreed to ally with us, Doctor, Tiger Man.
Tiger Man: I know the boss's awesomeness! And I know that while I do want to challenge him head on and alone, I also know I'm not quite good enough to excite him that way. So let's do this!
Tanetomo: Okay. Dance for me, puppets!
Shennong: Well the prep dragged on, but let's hurry in. Yasuyori, help me open the door.
Yasuyori: Okay! I'll take the right hand side.

Inside
Tanetomo: Hmm. This is more complicated than I was expecting.
Tiger Man: How about I run full speed? That'd be better than all of us splitting up.
Tanetomo: No, you'd just get lost with how big this place is. We should stick together and--
Everyone: !!
Arrow traps from all directions! But even with the surprise attack element, everyone manages to block the shots with Tiger Man and Yasuyori doing so barehanded.
Yasuyori: Is everyone okay!?
Tanetomo: Y-yes, that almost got me though...
The arrows poof into smoke.
Tanetomo: Hmm...the boss did this. He has no chill at all.
Shennong: That's nice sometimes, but some consideration for us would be nice too.
Tanetomo: They've been here much earlier than we have. We should still be able to make it though.
The four proceed onward. They run into another trap not long after.

Elsewhere inside
MC and Tezcatlipoca make it to the depths of the ruins where moss and trees are growing among a marble-fashioned room.
Tezcatlipoca: Interesting. This really does look like something from El Dorado, so maybe there really is a secret treasure from there here.
MC: I wonder what it is? / I heard screaming. / I see something!
(A) Tezcatlipoca: We'll know soon. Look over there.
(B) Tezcatlipoca: Haha, the others must have found my surprise for them. That is faster than I expected though, but look over there.

MC: Wow that's a pretty spring, but is that really it?
Tezcatlipoca: Is the real treasure the good times we had along the way?
MC: I'M BEING ATTACKED WITH CLICHES! Where's the treasure!?
Tezcatlipoca: Kidding. But I did get an idea of what the treasure is when we got here.
Tezcatlipoca points into the water. It only reflects him and MC.
MC: ...are you saying the treasure was us all along now?
Tezcatlipoca: Ha, nope! But maybe that's not wrong!
Tezcatlipoca thinks for a bit.
Tezcatlipoca: If I'm right, the treasure should be in the water. I'll go get it. You wait here since it looks rather deep. (strips and jumps in)
MC: Careful! Well I guess he'll be okay.

A few moments later, MC notices someone is around and gets ready to fight.
Tanetomo: Hi. So this seems to be the place. Where's the commander? It doesn't seem like you have the treasure yet. (sees Tez's discarded clothes and figures out what's going on)
MC: Where's Tiger Man and Shennong? You guys got here fast. / Let's talk!
(AB) Tanetomo: I think they got lost. We just kept following the path that for SOME REASON was heavily trapped and made it here. Oh well that was tiring. Let's take a break while we wait for the commander to come back up.
Yasuyori: Okay! Come sit with us, MC!
(C) Tanetomo: Okay. Sit with us, Yasuyori.
Yasuyori: O-okay. Tell me if I let off too much heat.
Tanetomo: Now let me tell you about this one time between me and Yasuyori when--
Yasuyori: NOOOOO

Some time later, Tezcatlipoca comes back in all his HOT GLORY and a golden quetzalcoatl statue under his arm.
Tezcatlipoca: I'm back, BRRRROTHER! Also I see my advisor and his lackey are here. It must have been rough.
Tanetomo: Yes, no thanks to SOMEONE.
Tezcatlipoca: Haha, but we win! (holds up the statue)
MC: pls put clothes on / WE'RE RICH (smugface)
(A) Tezcatlipoca: Haha, why are you looking away?

Yasuyori: Sir, how did you know that statue was in the water?
Tezcatlipoca: I thought it would be there if this place really is based on El Dorado. (wipes off and puts his clothes back on)
Tezcatlipoca: El Dorado revolves around sacrifice, but there was a minority against it of course. Like Xolotl. Instead of sacrificing themselves they just used substitutes and threw them into volcanoes or springs. Gold is valuable, but I think the light of life as it goes out is even better.
MC: So what's the statue? / Eh. I think it's plenty.
(A) Tezcatlipoca: It's you! Well wait, it doesn't have even 1/10 of your appeal.
(BC) Tezcatlipoca: Haha, you never change. I'm sure this statue is proof of that faith for you.

Tezcatlipoca: I still wasn't expecting this treasure to be a statue of you though. Change of plans! I am keeping this in my room and I will admire it every day!
Tanetomo and Yasuyori watch Tezcatlipoca with warm smiles.
Tezcatlipoca: Groupie #1 and the doctor are probably lost, so we should pick them up on the way home.
Tanetomo: Let's make them do something as a penalty for not even making it this far.
Tezcatlipoca: Excellent idea!
And then Andvari, Bathym, Pollux, and Ikutoshi come in to everyone's surprise.
End of Episode