MIKA: "If we go up one more floor, there will be the rumoured flight of stairs where you can sometimes count 13 steps instead of 11..."
MIKA: "Yukari? Chisato? First, let's count these normal stairs, okay?"
MIKA: "..."
MIKA: "One..."
MIKA: "Two..."
MIKA: "Three..."
MIKA: "Four..."
MIKA: "Five..."
MIKA: "Six..."
MIKA: "Seven..."
MIKA: "Eight..."
MIKA: "Nine..."
MIKA: "Ten..."
MIKA: "Eleven..."
MIKA: "See?"
MIKA: "In this new part of the school building, every flight of stairs has 11 steps!"
YUKARI: "Yeah. I guess."
MIKA: "But what would you do, if like the rumour says, you'd suddenly count 13 instead...?"
YUKARI: "...Something like that is impossible."
MIKA: "Mystery number one... The fearful flight of stairs that turns into thirteen steps at night."
YUKARI: "That's here?"
YUKARI: "Why? What's so special about this flight of stairs?"
MIKA: "That's the thing! They should be the same as all the others!"
A: "Okay, let's begin." B: "Is there any background story attached to this place, Mika?" C: "Chisato, do you feel anything here?"
A: "Okay, let's begin." B: "Is there any background story attached to this place, Mika?" [X] C: "Chisato, do you feel anything here?"
YUKARI: "Is there any backstory attached to this place, too?"
MIKA: "But of course!"
MIKA: "There's no such as thing as a ghost that appears without a reason!"
MIKA: "It is when they want to tell us something that they show themselves. --Words by: Chisato Itsushima!"
CHISATO: "Mika!"
MIKA: "Oooh, you're getting all red!"
MIKA: "Your reaction is just too good! ♥️"
YUKARI: "Mika!"
MIKA: "Alright, alright. Let me explain."
MIKA: "So... This happened shortly after this new school was constructed."
MIKA: "On the landing above this, the school had stashed away a multitude of excess desks."
MIKA: "But then, one day... a junior came to grab one of these desks, and on his way down he missed a step on the stairs and..."
MIKA: "Well, he was carrying a freaking desk with his hands, right?"
MIKA: "So he had no way of regaining his balance and, together with the desk, he fell head first all the way down from the top of the stairs......"
MIKA: "He smashed with his head into the floor of this corridor and broke his neck..."
MIKA: "They say, he was dead instantly."
MIKA: "...Ever since then, on nights where his ghost will appear..."
MIKA: "...the number of steps of this flight of stairs goes up to 13."
MIKA: "They say, right where we are standing now was, like, a sea of his blood..."
MIKA: "Did you know? Wounds that concern the head always bleed like crazy!"
A: "Let's begin." B: "Chisato, do you feel anything here?"
A: "Let's begin." B: "Chisato, do you feel anything here?" [X]
YUKARI: "Chisato, do you feel anything here?"
CHISATO: "No..."
CHISATO: "At least... nothing human..."
YUKARI: "What the... hell is that supposed to mean...?"
CHISATO: "Well... Maybe it means... If you really count 13 steps here, then..."
MIKA: "...then this mystery's rumour is true."
MIKA: "But in that case, you will meet the ghost of that boy who fell down the stairs..."
YUKARI: "...Well, I think it's just a stupid rumour."
YUKARI: "Nonetheless: Be careful, Mika."
MIKA: "What!? What are you saying!?"
YUKARI: "I'm saying, you should be careful not to fall down the stairs!"
MIKA: "What? You're not going to do the counting?"
YUKARI: "Why the HELL would I be doing this!?"
MIKA: "Well, because it seems you don't believe in it, anyway... so you're not scared, right?"
MIKA: "I, on the other hand, AM scared..."
A: "Don't act like a spoiled child!" B: "I'm... a bit hesitant myself..." C: "Fine, I just gotta go up and count, right?"
A: "Don't act like a spoiled child!" B: "I'm... a bit hesitant myself..." C: "Fine, I just gotta go up and count, right?" [X]
YUKARI: "I g-guess, you're... right..."
YUKARI: "Fine, I suppose I'll... do it?"
CHISATO: "Would you prefer, if I did it?"
YUKARI: "What? Why? There's nothing to it!"
YUKARI: "I just have to count the steps, right?"
CHISATO: "......"
MIKA: "Good luck, Yukari!"
YUKARI: "..."
YUKARI: "One..."
YUKARI: "Two..."
YUKARI: "Three..."
YUKARI: "Four..."
YUKARI: "Five..."
YUKARI: "Six..."
YUKARI: "Seven..."
YUKARI: "Eight..."
YUKARI: "Nine..."
YUKARI: "Ten..."
YUKARI: "Eleven..."
YUKARI: "Twelve..."
YUKARI: "Thirteen..."
A: "Th-this is bad...!" B: "I probably just miscounted..."
A: "Th-this is bad...!" [X] B: "I probably just miscounted..."
YUKARI: "Ah!!"
CHISATO: "Yukari!"
CHISATO: "Yukari, are you okay?!"
YUKARI: "Nh..."
CHISATO: "Yukari!?"
YUKARI: "Nnnnhgoddamnit that hurt!!"
CHISATO: "...Are you fine?"
YUKARI: "Yeah, don't worry..."
MIKA: "He appeared...! He appeared, didn't he!?"
MIKA: "We have to run!! He won't let it end with just that!"
A: "Hey, Chisato, what do you think?" B: "Hold on a second..." C: "Let's run!!"
A: "Hey, Chisato, what do you think?" [X] B: "Hold on a second..." C: "Let's run!!"
YUKARI: "Chisato, what's your opinion? Is there really..."
CHISATO: "Let's calm down a little bit first, okay?"
CHISATO: "Nothing has happened, yet, has it?"
MIKA: "But! She counted 13 steps!!"
MIKA: "If we're going to run away, it's now or never!"
A: "Let's wait and see." B: "Yeah, we should run, after all!"
A: "Let's wait and see." [X] B: "Yeah, we should run, after all!"
YUKARI: "Let's... Let's wait just a little bit."
CHISATO: "Mika, aren't you forgetting what these rumours are all about?"
CHISATO: "We need to stay and confirm, whether or not that boy's ghost really appears."
CHISATO: "That's what we came here for, isn't it?"
MIKA: "Wh... What?!"
MIKA: "That's... Well... Yeah..."
CHISATO: "See? So let's wait."
MIKA: "......"
YUKARI: "It seems like... nothing is happening, Mika?"
MIKA: "B-but!"
MIKA: "He probably just hasn't shown himself to us, yet! If we want to run, we should do it now!!"
A: "Chisato, what do you think?" B: "Huh? B-but..." C: "I agree, let's run!!"
A: "Chisato, what do you think?" [X] B: "Huh? B-but..." C: "I agree, let's run!!"
YUKARI: "Chisato, do you... feel any presence...?"
CHISATO: "......"
CHISATO: "Nothing in particular..."
CHISATO: "Actually, uhm, I don't really get any bad vibes from this place at all."
MIKA: "B-but! There's no doubt that Yukari counted 13 steps! We all witnessed it!!"
MIKA: "This is too dangerous! Let's bail!"
MIKA: "If we wait until something happens, it'll be too late!"
A: "Huh?! B-but..." B: "Okay, we're running!!"
A: "Huh?! B-but..." [X] B: "Okay, we're running!!"
CHISATO: "Yukari, stay calm, let us think about this."
YUKARI: "Y-yeah... You're right."
YUKARI: (So... Let's see...)
YUKARI: (Perhaps because the stairs face north, they...)
YUKARI: (Err, no! That's occult nonsense! Calm down! Calm down...)
YUKARI: (So I counted the stairs and ended up with 13... 13 steps...)
YUKARI: (Hmm? 13 steps...)
YUKARI: "Mika, can I ask you one thing?"
MIKA: "Yukari, I'm begging you! First, let's get away from here, then I'll answer whatever you want!"
YUKARI: "Get a hold of yourself and just answer me this, Mika: How many steps does this particular flight of stairs USUALLY have?"
MIKA: "...What?"
YUKARI: "I don't even want to consider it, but... is it possible this particular flight of stairs has ALWAYS had 13 steps?!"
MIKA: "What!?"
MIKA: "Uh... I wonder... What do you think?"
YUKARI: "I'm asking you!!"
MIKA: "Me? Well, uhm..."
MIKA: "I mean, of course it usually has 11 steps..."
MIKA: "...Definitely..."
YUKARI: "Definitely?"
MIKA: "...Probably..."
YUKARI: "Probably?!"
MIKA: "Okay, I confess... that I never really checked that myself beforehand..."
YUKARI: "You have some fucking nerve, Mika!!"
MIKA: "Waaaaaah!"
CHISATO: "Okay, let's calm down, everyone!"
YUKARI: " You're a fucking idiot..."
MIKA: "I think we're done here..."
YUKARI: "Which of the remaining ones is closest from here?"
MIKA: "If we go down these stairs, we'll get to the library."
MIKA: "That's were mystery number 3 awaits. The one about being able to hear ghosts talk to each other. Wanna check it out next?"