YUKARI: "You know... I do wonder, though: Why would so many different spirits appear in such a place?"
MIKA: "Beats me..."
MIKA: "Hey! Let's ask Aramata!"
A: "Yeah, let's do that." B: "No, that's fine."
A: "Yeah, let's do that." [X] B: "No, that's fine."
YUKARI: "Is this old guy really trustworthy, though?"
MIKA: "I dunno... But he seems to be famous in that kind of field."
[In Rumour 1, Mika could call a certain "Aramata", who knows a lot about spirits etc. Unfortunately, I forgot to do that, but the game acts like they already know about him. See the video description for more info on him.]
MIKA: "Ah, is this Heibonsha? I'm Mika Kishii, is Mr. Aramata there?" [Heibonsha is an actual Japanese publisher.]
MIKA: "Could you get him for me, please?"
MIKA: "Ah! Hi, Aramata! Do you have some time for me? I wanted to ask you something..."
MIKA: "Yes? Cool! Then here I go!"
ARAMATA: "A train station where ghosts are said to appear? I see..."
ARAMATA: "You're as enthusiastic as always, Mika. Fine, how about a little test?"
ARAMATA: "What brings ghosts into our world to begin with? Well, ghosts are expected to appear due to personal relationships, that is, feelings like hatred or sadness towards someone would cause a ghost to take form in our world."
ARAMATA: "Naturally, that makes it most plausible, that ghosts with very personal or private goals would appear in very personal, private locations, correct?"
ARAMATA: "Consider haunted houses, the concept of which has been known for a long time throughout the ages. These would be a prime example of ghosts with personal intentions appearing in a very personal space."
ARAMATA: "However, in contrast to that, the place you intend to visit now, Mika, is the extreme opposite: the epitome of a public space – a train station!"
ARAMATA: "Do you realise what it means that ghosts are appearing in such a public space?"
A: "How would I know!? Let's stop here!" B: "Let's see..."
A: "How would I know!? Let's stop here!" B: "Let's see..." [X]
MIKA: "Hmm... Well, it means, that there are many people there?"
ARAMATA: "Yes, you are quite right."
ARAMATA: "It is a bustling place where people gather, people come and go."
ARAMATA: "This is not limited to train stations, either. Schools, parks, shopping districts et cetera... All kinds of places in the cities we live in are like this."
ARAMATA: "At first glance, these bustling places seem unrelated to, and free of, shadowy beings such as ghosts."
ARAMATA: "And indeed, during the day, seeing these locations crowded with people, you would think this to be the case."
ARAMATA: "However, when the sun has set and the night has come..."
ARAMATA: "When all signs of life have vanished, making it almost seem like the bustle during the day was just a dream... That is when you can expect these place to show another face."
MIKA: "That's when ghosts appear there..."
ARAMATA: "The fact that such a place sees a multitude of people come and go means that many things occur there and a correspondent multitude of emotions whirl around."
ARAMATA: "It wouldn't be strange to say that the 'narrative' that accompanies ghosts was born from that."
A: "Narrative...?" B: "Thanks, that's enough."
A: "Narrative...?" [X] B: "Thanks, that's enough."
MIKA: "What do you mean by 'narrative'?"
ARAMATA: "You could call it an accumulation of the things that happened in a place."
ARAMATA: "Think about it. Schools, train stations, parks..."
ARAMATA: "Never before did people see spaces, where other people would gather to such an extent as has been the case with the locations that have sprung up as a result of urbanisation."
ARAMATA: "This might have given rise to a new sort of fear. Not the fear of strangers from outside your group, but the fear of strangers among you, strangers from within the spaces one would frequent."
ARAMATA: "Yes, the masses of unknown people that one passed by day after day could well have become the object of fear."
A: "I think that's enough." B: "What do you mean?"
A: "I think that's enough." B: "What do you mean?" [X]
MIKA: "I'm not sure I follow..."
ARAMATA: "Simply put, ghosts are private beings."
ARAMATA: "But at the same time, in a way they are strangers with a mentality different from your own."
ARAMATA: "That is, you could also say they are an actualisation of one's fear towards strangers, but with the filter of 'death' added to it."
ARAMATA: "In other words, the bigger the amount of people that existed in such a public space becomes, the bigger the latent fear that lies beneath its surface."
ARAMATA: "That is how you could define public spaces and their relation to ghost appearances."
ARAMATA: "You never know what people have walked where you walk right now..."
ARAMATA: "And often times you are surrounded by strangers, so you never know what might happen at any moment. This, one could say, is where fear is born."
ARAMATA: "...Was that easier to understand?"
MIKA: "More or less... Well, thanks for your time. I'm hanging up now! Bye!"
MIKA: "... is what he said."
YUKARI: "You know, I cannot help but wonder how on earth you actually got to know this strange old guy..."
MIKA: "Hm? Thaaat's a secret! ♥"
YUKARI: "......"
MIKA: "Anyway, what are we waiting for?! Come on, let's get going already!"
YUKARI: "The station attendants are still here!"
MIKA: "That's strange... The last train's already gone!"
MIKA: "Normally, at this time all station staff should've gone home already!"
CHISATO: "Maybe something happened?"
MIKA: "Who knows..."
MIKA: "Then again, I guess that's the norm for train stations. There's always stuff happening."
MIKA: "We could jump the fence to the left, if you don't wanna wait until they go home."
CHISATO: "What, if someone sees us?"
MIKA: "Well, that's a danger we always face with these things."
MIKA: "I do think they'll go home soon, though, if you prefer waiting."
A: "I don't want to wait for who knows how long!" B: "Jump the fence?! I'm not going to do that!"
A: "I don't want to wait for who knows how long!" [X] B: "Jump the fence?! I'm not going to do that!"
YUKARI: "I don't want to wait. Who knows how long they'll take!"
MIKA: "Your pants will be visible when you climb the fence, though!"
YUKARI: "I'm wearing normal pants today. I don't care if you see them."
MIKA: "That just sounded like you've got some naughty stuff, too..."
MIKA: "Don't tell me... Do you have, like, sexy lingerie at home? Like suspender belts and such...?"
YUKARI: "Stop asking such stupid questions!"
YUKARI: "The wind here..."
YUKARI: "It's so humid and unpleasant..."
CHISATO: "Maybe it's going to rain soon...?"
YUKARI: "Make sure no one's coming!"
MIKA: "Don't worry. This road is usually empty."
CHISATO: "What a sharp curve..."
CHISATO: "If someone fell onto these tracks, I don't think a train could stop in time, even if it hit the breaks immediately..."
MIKA: "Holy shit... That's fast!"
YUKARI: "Yeah, well... They don't expect people to be here at this time of the day."
MIKA: "By the way, according to one rumour, the ghost of an office lady who committed suicide appears at the connecting bridge."
YUKARI: "There's something generally unpleasant about rest rooms in places like these, don't you think...?"
MIKA: "There're always lots of rumours attached to them, too."
MIKA: "This one is no exception! They say, someone killed herself in here by cutting off her wrist..."
MIKA: "Supposedly, the pain must've been horrible, since there are lots of nerves and muscles in your wrist."
MIKA: "On top of that, cutting an artery would cause the blood to spurt out like from a fountain. A rest room like this would immediately be a sea of blood..."
CHISATO: "How terrible..."
YUKARI: "How the hell can you talk about that so nonchalantly?!"
MIKA: "Well, it's got nothing to do with me. Doesn't really feel realistic or anything."
YUKARI: "How commendable..."
A: "Chisato, do you feel anything...?" B: "Let's get out of here." C: "Let's take a picture."
A: "Chisato, do you feel anything...?" [X] B: "Let's get out of here." C: "Let's take a picture."
YUKARI: "Say, Chisato, do you feel anything here...?"
CHISATO: "Hm...? ......"
CHISATO: "...Not really. I don't think anything's here..."
MIKA: "Whaaat? For real?!"
YUKARI: "I trust Yukari's feelings a lot more than your inaccurate rumours."
A: "Let's get out of here." B: "Let's take a picture."
A: "Let's get out of here." B: "Let's take a picture." [X]
MIKA: "That should do."
MIKA: "Okay. Let's go to the next spot!"
YUKARI: "Do we really have to check the rest rooms?"
MIKA: "Huh? Why?"
YUKARI: "I just don't like these kind of rest rooms... They smell, and..."
MIKA: "Yeah, I get what you mean, but still..."
MIKA: "Rest rooms like these are the perfect spot for spirit photos!"
MIKA: "We're done with this one! Let's go to the next one! Come on!"
YUKARI: "Ugh, I really can't stand this horrible smell..."
MIKA: "Hellooo? Anyone theeere?"
MIKA: "...Imagine how creepy it'd be, if someone replied!"
CHISATO: "!?"
YUKARI: "Chisato? What are you looking at?"
A: "Mika, take a picture!" B: "Quick, let's get out of here!" C: Follow Chisato's gaze.
A: "Mika, take a picture!" B: "Quick, let's get out of here!" C: Follow Chisato's gaze. [X]
A: "Mika, take a picture!" [X] B: "Quick, let's get out of here!"
YUKARI: "...That was just an optical illusion, right?"
YUKARI: "I just saw one of your hands reflected in the mirror, right...?"
MIKA: "I dunno... We've gotta check the picture later..."
CHISATO: "No, that was no optical illusion... There was a man there."
CHISATO: "He started saying something, but the flash scared him and he disappeared into the drain."
YUKARI: "Into the drain...? You mean the sink of the washbasin?!"
MIKA: "You're joking, aren't you?"
MIKA: "Ah!"
YUKARI: "What?!"
MIKA: "Haa... Not sure, I should mention this..."
A: "You can't stop now!" B: "Well, I don't wanna hear it, anyway."
A: "You can't stop now!" [X] B: "Well, I don't wanna hear it, anyway."
YUKARI: "Don't make us curious like that and then not say anything! That's annoying!"
MIKA: "Are you really sure, you want me to say it?"
YUKARI: "What - did - I - just - say?! Now, out with it already!"
MIKA: "Okay, okay, I'll say it. But don't get mad about the content..."
MIKA: "So, apparently, the friend of one of my friends was present at the scene of that office lady's suicide."
MIKA: "And it was preeetty intense..."
MIKA: "Like, her limbs were mostly torn off and splattered everywhere! Only her right arm had remained intact, and she kept moving, using only this arm."
MIKA: "And she kept saying 'Unforgivable' until the moment she died..."
YUKARI: "......"
CHISATO: "......"
YUKARI: "Chisato, what's wrong?"
CHISATO: "It's kind of cold here..."
MIKA: "Really? I think it's the same as before?"
[Note: Somebody in Japan once told me that some people believe, it will become colder when ghosts are present...]
CHISATO: "!"