「MOONLIGHT SYNDROME」
MIKA: "... That's the last time I let Kazuki drag me to one of her shitty parties."
MIKA: "I should have gone straight home..."
⦾ Turn around ⦻ Ignore it
⦻ Turn around ⦾ Don't bother
MIKA: "Cut it out! This isn't funny......"
⦾ Speak to him ⦾ Run away ⦻ Wait and see
Good evening, Miss. There's no need to worry.
I would only like to borrow a minute of your time, for there is something I must inform you of.
⦻ Listen to him ⦾ Ignore him
Ah, so you'll hear me out. A great calamity is about to befall you, but it is not too late to avoid it.
Our creed is to save all people, not just a chosen few. We are the only ones who can save you.
So please, come with us. There’s no need to hesitate. Come...
MIKA: "Sorry, not interested..."
MIKA: "I really have no idea what you’re talking about."
MIKA: "Don't you realize how annoying this shit is? You'll have to face reality at some point."
MIKA: "Have you tried acting like a normal adult?"
MIKA: "Sooner or later, all your friends are gonna ditch you."
MIKA: "Pfft, if you even had any to begin with..."
As you wish... I shall teach you all about reality.
Miss Kishii? Miss Kishii?
⦾ Turn around ⦻ Don't turn around
MIKA: "Sounds creepy..."
MIKA: "I'm going inside."
Miss Kishii? Miss Kishii?
⦻ Turn around ⦾ Don't turn around
MIKA: "Who is it?"
MIKA: "Who’s there?"
It is I, Miss Kishii.
MIKA: "Oh, give me a break!"
MIKA: "What's with all the weirdos today?"
It is I, I tell you! Miss Kishii!
Here, look at my face!
MIKA: "Aramata...?"
MIKA: "Why are you here of all places?"
MIKA: "I know business isn't exactly booming for you, but still..."
Do not jump to conclusions.
This town is filled with a certain... Aroma.
It is just the kind of material that my research requires.
MIKA: "Hah, you never change."
MIKA: "You've been on the decline for a while now, haven't you?"
MIKA: "Everyone’s starting to forget about you."
Your words sting me, Miss Kishii.
Making a living as a writer is not easy.
One needs a good eye for reporting work.
Right now, my research on the cultural heritage of booming municipalities has brought me to write a special feature on this very town!
MIKA: "... Hmm."
MIKA: "I don’t really get it, but it sounds like a pain."
MIKA: "Still, our neighborhood’s as normal as it gets."
'It's hard to spot what's under your nose.'
No, perhaps 'nothing ventured, nothing gained' would be more accurate?
MIKA: "Come on, you're an educated man. Can't you explain yourself properly?"
Then I shall put it more simply.
The truth is that this world around you, its present and its past, are linked together inseparably.
Think of the trees scattered around this town, and of the great length of human history.
They too share that same link with the land.
What that means is that intentions can sometimes emerge from places unknown...
... As can the repercussions they bring towards humanity.
MIKA: "...... Look. Cut it out already, OK?"
MIKA: "You drag out these stories to the point of exhaustion. There's a reason you've got such a bad reputation..."
How... How could you say that!?
You mean to say that the knowledge of this dandyish silver fox has no value?
MIKA: "You can't make a living off of useless trivia."
... I see. I suppose that can't be helped. Let’s get to the real issue at hand, then.
MIKA: "What, there’s more?"
MIKA: "I just wanna go home already..."
⦻ Hear him out ⦾ Go home
You should listen to your elders.
Somehow, this relates to you as well, Miss Kishii.
MIKA: "Me, really?"
Indeed! The school you attend, Hinashiro High, plays a part in it too.
Time and time again, supernatural occurrences have taken place there.
Beyond that, profoundly mysterious incidents have enveloped the entire town of Hinashiro.
My guess is that the school itself is the origin point of these events.
As such, it is the current focus of my research.
MIKA: "Now that you say it, it is pretty weird."
MIKA: "There aren't many schools like ours, are there..."
Please, do recall those past events...
That isn’t all...
MIKA: "Come to think of it......"
Yukari Hasegawa also went through a peculiar experience.
MIKA: "Ah!"
MIKA: "Hasegawa!"
Well? Eeeeerie, is it not?
MIKA: "But why...?"
What?
MIKA: "Why now... Why have I never noticed it before?"
MIKA: "None of these things are normal..."
MIKA: "Weird stuff's happening even now..."
The answer is simple, Miss Kishii. It is because you all live in this town.
It is your area, or your territory, as it were.
The phenomena that occur here are, to you, truth and reality.
They are not things that one can deny.
It is instinctual.
No matter how strange something may be, it is perceived under the guise of everyday life.
You could call it a defense mechanism. A means of protecting your own life from the destruction that acknowledgement could bring.
MIKA: "Oh, who cares about all that complicated stuff!"
MIKA: "The point is, something’s not right..."
MIKA: "Some creep even came up to me just a minute ago..."
I know. I saw.
MIKA: "You did!? So why didn't you help me?"
MIKA: "Don't you care if I get molested?"
You could say that.
Although, I’m something of a pervert myself.
He and I are not so different, in a way. Also...
MIKA: "...... Are you for real?"
MIKA: "You're actually into that stuff?"
It is certainly possible.
Either way, I cannot get directly involved here.
I cannot trespass in your neighbourhood.
To the end, I remain an outsider.
It is cold of me, I know, but the mysteries of your town must be left for you to solve.
MIKA: "So what?"
MIKA: "Are you just going to run away?"
It is as you say.
MIKA: "You spineless piece of..."
MIKA: "Fine!"
MIKA: "I didn't want your help anyway!"
Now, now. Don’t be so quick to anger.
I can still be indirectly involved with this matter.
MIKA: "What’s that now?"
MIKA: "Do you mean it?"
MIKA: "So, how’s an ancient nerd like you going to make himself useful, hmm?"
MIKA: "Since you're only good at regurgitating theories..."
Excuse me? To spout such language as that...!
MIKA: "Huh?"
MIKA: "What was that?"
MIKA: "Come on now, Mister. If you have something to complain about, say it!"
OK, I get it!
How about this, then?
My role, as it stands, is to monitor this town.
As such, I will be keeping track of you too, Miss Kishii.
MIKA: "What are you, a peeping tom?"
Precisely.
A law-approved peeping tom, if you will.
I will record everything in my Aramata Custom Notebook.
Therefore, Miss Kishii, wherever you find me, I will record your progress.
What do you think? Pretty convenient, right?
MIKA: "Hmm. I guess that does make you useful, for once."
Now then, would you like to record your progress?
Would you like to save your game? YES | NO
Checking Memory Card...
Overwrite saved data? YES | NO
Saving data in Memory Card...
Data saved
Thank you. I wish you a wonderful journey.
MIKA: "... It's kinda like an RPG."
MIKA: "Make sure you don't mess it up!"
I am taking this seriously...
Now then... Stay well, and stay alert!
Goodbye, and till we meet again. Ara... Mata...
MIKA: "He never shuts up, does it?"
MIKA: "Damn!"
MIKA: "It's so late already..."
MIKA: "I'm home!"
Mika? Is that you?
MIKA: "Yep!"
Welcome home! Dinner's ready, so hurry up and get changed.
MIKA: "OK!"
MIKA: "Whew, I’m beat."
Mika! Hurry up and come down!
MIKA: "... I’ll pass!"
MIKA: "I'm not hungry!"
MIKA: "... Hello?"
It’s me.
MIKA: "Hey, what’s up?"
MIKA: "It’s a bit late, isn't it?"
Not really, er, well I guess it is. You feeling alright?
MIKA: "Yeah..."
Let's meet up. We need to talk.
MIKA: "... What?"
MIKA: "... Right now?"
No good? It’s really important.
MIKA: "... I’m a bit sleepy."
MIKA: "... But that's OK."
I know it’s late, I just get worried when I don’t see you for a while.
I get all anxious about where you might have gone.
MIKA: "...... Is that so?"
MIKA: "You don’t have to worry about me, I’ll be fine."
I'm glad to hear that. Just what I'd expect from you, Mika.
MIKA: "... Heh, thanks."
MIKA: "... Where are you?"
I'm at the park.
MIKA: "The usual place, huh?"
MIKA: "Alright, I’m heading out now."
Thank you.
Mika? Where are you running off at this hour?
MIKA: "...... What’s with that guy?"
MIKA: "...... He creeps me out."
RYO: "...... Kyoko?"
RYO: "...... It can’t be...?"
MIKA: "... Were you waiting long?"
MIKA: "Sorry about that, I wanted to get here sooner."
MIKA: "But I had to sneak out......"
MIKA: "... I've missed you so much."
MIKA: "It's been so long since I've seen your face."
MIKA: "... What’s wrong?"
MIKA: "You don’t look so good..."
MIHO: "Hey guys, did you hear about it?"
MIHO: "The accident from last night......"
MIKA: "What’s that about?"
MIHO: "Where was it again, the mountain?"
KAZUKI: "Reigetsu Pass, right?"
KAZUKI: "I heard it was massive!"
MIHO: "Yeah, yeah!"
KAZUKI: "Kyoko's the one who died, isn't she...?"
MIKI: "Yeah, she was one of the third-years back when we were in first year."
MIKA: "Was she?"
MIHO: "You don’t remember her?"
MIHO: "You two looked like twins! We'd talk about it all the time!"
KAZUKI: "You really did look just like her."
MIKA: "Huh."
MIKA: "So she’s the one that died?"
KAZUKI: "She crashed straight into a truck."
KAZUKI: "She must have been turned into mincemeat......"
MIHO: "They're saying that her body parts were blown off in the explosion."
MIKI: "Seriously?"
MIHO: "Totally!"
MIHO: "I heard they’re still looking for the rest of her body. The cops are searching high and low for her bits and pieces......"
MIKA: "Guys, stop talking about this already..."
MIHO: "Don't tell me what to do, Mika!"
MIHO: "Aren't you the one always chasing rumors?"
MIKA: "But this isn't about some stranger..."
MIKA: "Someone who looks like me just died..."
MIHO: "... And doesn't that make you curious?"
MIHO: "You’re so proper nowadays."
MIHO: "Did you get all shy now that Yukari's not around......?"
MIKA: "Excuse me?"
MIKA: "What did you just say to me?"
KAZUKI: "Mika, don’t!"
KAZUKI: "Miho, watch what you say!"
MIHO: "What’s with this bitch!?"
MIHO: "She pisses me off!"
MIHO: "She was always first in line, spreading rumors just to fuck with people!"
MIHO: "And now she suddenly becomes a humanist?"
MIHO: "... You're just trying to show off!"
MIKA: "Where the hell did that come from, Miho?"
MIKA: "What are you bitching at me for?"
MIKA: "What are you, stupid?"
MIHO: "Kishii, you bitch......!"
KAZUKI: "Mika, stop it! Guys, just stop!"
MIKI: "Miho, let it go..."
MIKI: "You're not gonna beat Mika in an argument."
MIHO: "Shut up!"
MIHO: "Kishii, you......"
MIHO: "Miki, let’s go!"
KAZUKI: "Miho doesn't know when to stop."
KAZUKI: "Don’t let her get to you. Things are so tense nowadays..."
MIKA: "Yeah, I know..."
MIKA: "This town's just been so weird lately..."
KAZUKI: "Everyone's on edge."
KAZUKI: "... By the way."
KAZUKI: "Did you know that Rumi’s older brother was going out with Kyoko?"
MIKA: "......"
KAZUKI: "Mika, are you feeling OK?"
KAZUKI: "You look pale all of a sudden."
MIKA: "Oh, yeah. I’m fine..."
MIKA: "... Where’s Rumi by the way?"
KAZUKI: "She didn’t come in today."
MIKA: "Rumi......"
KAZUKI: "Are you alright, Mika?"
KAZUKI: "Are you still bothered by what Miho said?"
MIKA: "Uhm... Not really, maybe a little."
KAZUKI: "Are you going to see Hasegawa later?"
KAZUKI: "She always seems to cheer you up."
MIKA: "I probably shouldn’t. She and Itsushima have their entrance exams next year."
MIKA: "I’d just get in their way..."
KAZUKI: "That's not like you..."
KAZUKI: "Oh, hey!"
MIKA: "What’s up?"
KAZUKI: "Are you free tonight?"
MIKA: "What for?"
MIKA: "I mean, I am, but..."
KAZUKI: "Let’s go to the club!"
KAZUKI: "Did you know there was a suicide there last night? They're holding an event for it..."
MIKA: "Hmm, I don’t know. Don’t you think that’s a bit insensitive?"
KAZUKI: "Come on, maybe I'm starting to see Miho's point..."
KAZUKI: "You're not really acting like a high-schooler."
MIKA: "You think so?"
MIKA: "Have I really changed?"
KAZUKI: "You're always playing it so safe!"
MIKA: "I just feel like Itsushima would get mad at me......"
KAZUKI: "Oh come on, be honest!"
MIKA: "What do you want me to say...?"
MIKA: "Look, there's a lot going on lately, so it's hard for me to relax..."
KAZUKI: "I think you tend to get too involved with people."
MIKA: "Is that so...?"
KAZUKI: "So come on!"
KAZUKI: "Let's go out and put everything behind us for a while!"
KAZUKI: "Dancing at the club is what you need!"
MIKA: "I don't know... I’m not in the mood for dancing..."
MIKA: "Maybe next time, OK...?"
KAZUKI: "That’s too bad..."
KAZUKI: "Some other time then!"
MIKA: "Sure..."
MIKA: "Thanks for looking out for me, Kazuki."
KAZUKI: "... Anyway, the event's about to start!"
KAZUKI: "See ya later, bye bye!"
MIKA: "... See ya, bye."
MIKA: "... What's with people these days?"
MIKA: "Just talking to them exhausts me."
MIKA: "And I barely get to see Hasegawa and Itsushima anymore......"
MIKA: "... This is the place from last night."
MIKA: "... Despite everything, I still felt a sense of kindness from him."
MIKA: "It sure takes guts to just walk up and talk to people."
MIKA: "Ah!"
MIKA: "That's no good, I can't be so trusting."
MIKA: "I shouldn't think like that!"
MIKA: "Good evening......"
MIKA: "............"
MIKA: "Huh?"
MIKA: "Wha...?"
MIKA: "Where’s my key...?"
MIKA: "... What’s a kid doing out so late?"
You dropped this.
MIKA: "Oh. Thanks......"
MIKA: "I’m home!"
So, Mika? Is everything OK at school?
Why do you ask this all of a sudden, dear?
There was this thing at work. Mr. Tajima from the legal department, his daughter has gone missing.
I heard she disappeared in Shibuya. Her parents didn't know anything about her private life.
People my age... They don't realize that this country is going to shit until something happens to them.
It's scary, really.
MIKA: "... Dad, it's fine."
MIKA: "I’m still alive, aren’t I?"
Alive, eh?
Papa, please don’t take every little thing that Mika says so seriously. That's just the way she speaks.
MIKA: "I speak a unique language."
MIKA: "Dad should learn it as well."
I suppose so, though I’m just as happy not having to work to understand it. When you get to my age–
OK, OK, let's end this conversation before Papa goes on one of his rants.
... Fair enough.
MIKA: "... Hey, Mom?"
MIKA: "I met this kid in the corridor earlier...... Are there any kids living here?"
Well, there are a lot of children in the building.
MIKA: "But isn’t it weird for a kid to still be out at this hour?"
That's true, isn't it?
It is strange, isn't it?
I wonder what's going on, don't you?
There are some bad parents out there, huh?
MIKA: "... Haah."
MIKA: "She's not even listening."
OH!
Papa! Keep your voice down!
LOOK! Isn’t that Mika!?
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS This evening at 10pm, a head-on collision between a truck and a bike took place, followed by the truck crashing into the guardrail.
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS
Four more vehicles then crashed into the wreckage, causing a pileup.
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS
The accident has left one dead, and seven injured.
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS
We now take you to Miss Ishii at the scene.
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS
Miss Ishii, over to you.
TRUCK ACCIDENT AT REIGETSU PASS
Thank you. I’m here at the scene at Reigetsu Pass.
According to the police report, the driver of the truck, the thirtyfive-year-old Takashi Yoshida, a company employee, has been arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death.
Due to the accident, the gasoline leaked from the truck and the other four vehicles has caught on fire.
It was initially feared that the fire might spread to the forest, but fortunately that was not the case.
KAZAN KYOKO (18)
The driver of the bike, the eighteen-year-old Kyoko Kazan, a first-year student at Hinashiro University, was killed in the collision.
KAZAN KYOKO (18)
Thought to be driving while impaired, the trucker steered into the opposing lane, giving Miss Kazan no way to avoid the collision.
After the crash, four cars were caught in a pileup caused by the wrecked truck, leaving one dead and seven injured in total. The cause is believed to be drunk driving.
That’s all for now from the scene.
⦾ Turn around ⦻ Ignore it
⦾ Turn around ⦻ Don't bother
Someone's after you, my dear.
Don't be so surprised.
MIKA: "Who the hell are you!"
MIKA: "Stay away from me or I’ll fucking kill you!"
MIKA: "Creep..."
⦻ Speak to him ⦾ Run away ⦾ Wait and see
MIKA: "W-what do you want?"
MIKA: "Hey..."
MIKA: "Are you listening?"
MIKA: "What is it?"
MIKA: "Are you a molester?"
You're quite a woman.
MIKA: "... Must be some crazy person."
Oh, I won't do a thing.
Not a thing.
MIKA: "Where’d he go...?"
⦾ Speak to him ⦻ Run away ⦾ Wait and see
MIKA: "He’s gone......"
MIKA: "Was he from the Kishii fan club? He probably wanted an autograph..."
MIKA: "So many perverts around here..."
⦾ Hear him out ⦻ Go home
MIKA: "Sorry to cut you short..."
MIKA: "I don’t have all the time in the world, you know."
OK, I get it!