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Chapter 37: Iori Fuyusaka 3
Music: Bright Days Ahead (Azusa Chiba)
In case you’ve forgotten, Iori’s segment here is a little mini-maze of conversation branches that we have to navigate. We start in About that cat…, but talking to Miwako leads us to Boys, boys, boys. We’ll skip over the dialogue because we already covered it in Iori Fuyusaka 2.
Consider 2089
(2089… That’s what year it was in my dream. He said he’d gone back in time 16 years to find me. If that was a real premonition… Something’s gonna happen in the year 2105. That’s 120 years from now…)
Ooh, kitty!
Just approach it.
Well, that didn’t work…
The cat appears during Boys, boys, boys and walking near it will cause it to run away, switching the topic back to About that cat… We’ve already gone over this in Iori 2, but it’s important here.
We need to talk to Tomi to progress.
I’m still hungry.
Good idea. Where should we go?
Now we’re back in Wanna grab food?
Talking to Tomi again will bring us to Soft serve or crêpes?
Let’s go with crêpes this time.
Choose Crêpes
Crêpes sound good right about now.
Then that’s that!
Let’s go!
I love it when some random asshole just stands in front of one of the main characters when I need to capture a shot. It just rules.
Chocolate banana, right?
Double strawberry was half off! I had to try it. Yummm…
Mmm… So many strawberries!
Crispy edges… Lots of cream!
What if I got the tuna and mayo? I could have fed it to the cat!
Hey… Cats can’t have crêpes. I actually have cat treats with me. If you want to feed him, give him those.
Geez, Miwako.
I’ll keep that in mind next time I see one. Thanks, Miwa-chan!
You won’t have to wait long for your chance, Iori.
If we don’t approach, but instead retreat a bit, we can call out to Miwako.
Consider Cat Treats
(Now’s the time… I’ll use Miwa-chan’s treats!)
Call Out for Cat Treats
(whispering loudly) Miwa-chan! Over here!
Oh! One moment. I’ll get the treats.
He ate the whole thing!
They’re very similar, but… I think the one at school looks slightly different.
So there’s more than one…
You got a good look at the one at school, huh? At the front gate with Kurabe.
Oh… You saw that?
It was…
Music: Mornin’, Sunshine! (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)
Hehe…
Behold! Iori Fuyusaka, genuine morning person! It’s not so bad if I put my mind to it.
Early cat gets the mouse, huh?
Shh! Quiet!
…? Oh, a cat.
Yeah, I’m sure, buddy.
Maybe they’re siblings.
Do you… still have those dreams?
Yeah, sometimes.
I… have them too. You know that one you talked about earlier? With the UFO buried underground?
UFO?
What were you guys up to over there?
(quizzically) Uh-huh.
O-Okay.
Oh…
Poor Megumi. Also I generally try to avoid catching people midblink but this was the best shot I could get under these circumstances, sorry Juro!
What happened in the dream?
Use Strange Dreams on Juro Kurabe
Music: The Tower of Knowledge (Hitoshi Sakimoto)
I was worried with you all by yourself.
……
I’m flattered you feel that way… But I can’t think about this. Not now. I don’t want to leave you hanging…
I don’t know what got into me. This is no time for a confession. It would only make things more complicated. But listen. When this is all over… I’ll talk to you again. Promise.
Were you able to find the source of these tremors?
Okino-kun…
They’re starting to collapse. The tunnel is blocked. We’ll need to find another route to the surface.
There’s no use rushing. No one’s left up there anyway.
……
You don’t have to say it.
So you remember. I’m so sorry. About your mother.
It’s okay. Our work here is a good distraction. I’ll check the terminal over there…
Don’t worry about it.
It’s been three days, and it’s only at 1.2%… That’s unusually dense. Still, the system’s logical structure… It’s not so far off from our own. Was Okino-kun right all along? This could be a relic of an ancient civilization.
Something incredible, surely.
I’d say it’s a transmission device. In other words, a teleporter.
(skeptically) ……
Don’t give me that look. Hear me out. I actually found some associated data.
Come on, you’ve taken quantum mechanics. Transmission of matter isn’t possible.
We can’t assume that alien technology is bound by the same constraints. If my theory is correct… We’ve got an explanation for the disappearances. Including those of your parents, Morimura-san.
I found this.
Music: Deafening Silence (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)
The map… This relic is enormous.
It’s 30 kilometers in diameter. And the whole thing’s underground. Right beneath the city.
It looks like a giant saucer…
Fascinating. So this isn’t just any alien facility. It’s a buried UFO.
Fucking hell, this game is insane.
This facility is huge. How could it have never been discovered?
It’s not likely. Rather… It may have been intentionally hidden.
A government coverup of alien life… Sounds like a movie from the 20th century.
Juro Izumi: still a nerd.
Are they trying to unearth this UFO?
Just what are they after?
As Okino messes with the terminal, the UFO popup is replaced by a readout of numbers flashing by. They seem to be decreasing.
It’s a data signal being emitted by this facility as we speak. What does it look like to you?
This is…
…A countdown.
It started when the kaiju came in contact with the mainframe. Since then, the clock’s been ticking.
This sort of alien technology… I can hardly believe it.
Use Signal on Tsukasa Okino
What happens?
……
It may be related to the gravity wave abnormality.
Do you think it might… launch?
Let’s just continue the analysis. There’s no time for what-ifs. We need to find out what’s going on.
And Iori’s unlockable again.
We’re going to add “UFOs?” to the board to close this one out.