Episode 4: A Brush With A Dangerous Trap!
Scene: Inside a labyrinth within the mountain.
In order to obtain the medicinal herbs, the three of them set foot inside the labyrinth.
Misogi
Wow, I didn't know there was a place like this inside the mountain! Now this is the kind of exploration I've always dreamed of!
Kyouka
This place was used as a fortress by people from long ago. That's what it said in the history books...
Misogi
Whoa! Then, could that mean that there's some kind of treasure hidden inside? Ha ha, do you think we'll come across some ourselves?
Kyouka
I think that any treasure in here would've been found by thieves a long time ago. And anyway, we're after medicine, not treasure, right?
Misogi
Y-Yeah, I know, but I can always dream!
Kyouka
People may not have come to this place for ages, so it wouldn't be surprising if it had become a den of monsters. We need to be careful --
Misogi
Waaah! Kyouka! Don't move!
Kyouka
Huh? W-What's going on?
Misogi
Just now, Kyouka, you stepped on a trap switch!
Kyouka
Huh! W-What do I do!? Um, um...
Misogi
Calm down! If you move, you'll be smashed to bits...
Kyouka
S-Smashed to bits!?
Misogi
I'll get you out of this right away! So just hold still...
Kyouka
N-No way... Ooh... Yuuki, am I going to die like this?
Yuuki
1. Hold Kyouka's hand.
2. "Misogi will disarm the trap for you!"
Option 1.
Kyouka
Oh... Thank you... Misogi will definitely save me, and everything will be okay, right?
Option 2.
Kyouka
R-Right... But even so, this is still a little frightening... Yuuki, please, stay by my side...
End of branches.
Misogi
Um, if I do this, and then... Huh?
Kyouka
W-Wha! What is it!?
Misogi
No, it's nothing! Everything is totally fine... Probably.
Kyouka
Probably!? Ohh... Yuuki... Sniff, hic...
Misogi
Ah! I've got it! Um, if I put this here, then... Okay! It's done now! Disarming successful!
Kyouka
Eh... R-Really... That's incredible...
Misogi
Hee hee! For a trap master such as myself, this was nothing!
Kyouka
Misogi... Thank you.
Misogi
Don't mention it! You help me out all the time, so this was the least I could do. But more importantly, this labyrinth seems to be full of traps...
Kyouka
Um... If we pay close attention, we might be able to detect the traps... Okay, in that case, I'll watch closely for traps, and you can disarm them!
Misogi
Roger! I'll take them apart easy peasy!
Later.
Kyouka
Ah, Misogi, doesn't the color of that wall seem off?
Misogi
Huh!? Yeah, it does! Could it be a pitfall? Everyone, stand back!
Misogi
Look, it really was a pitfall! If we'd been sticking too close to the wall, we would've been in trouble!
Later.
Kyouka
Huh? There's something glittering on the floor... Ah! Misogi, there are threads running across the ground!
Misogi
These look like the types that shoot arrows out from the sides! Make absolutely sure you don't trip them! Tread lightly!
Later.
Misogi
Whew, somehow, we made it through that trap zone!
Kyouka
It's all thanks to you, Misogi! You knew how to deal with every single one of them...
Misogi
That's all because you found all the traps, Kyouka! All I did was piggyback off of your help!
Kyouka
No, no, Misogi, it was all you!
Misogi
No, it was totally you, Kyouka!
Kyouka & Misogi
... Hee hee!
Kyouka & Misogi
Ha ha ha!
Misogi
(I feel like the two of us are getting along really well now! This might be my chance to apologize!)
Kyouka
(Ever since we entered this labyrinth, I feel like Misogi and I have been talking naturally... If I'm going to apologize, this is the time, right?)
Kyouka & Misogi
Hey, um...!
A click.
Kyouka
Huh? Just now...
Misogi
That was a trap switch... Yuuki, you couldn't have...
Yuuki
1. "... My bad."
Misogi
Yuuki, you dummy!!! Wah! That boulder's rolling right for us!
Kyouka
Misogi, Yuuki! We need to run, quickly!
Misogi
I told you to pay closer attention to your surroundings!
Kyouka
Pant, pant... Ah! There's another chamber beyond there! Let's run that way!
Later.
Misogi
Hah, hah.... Somehow, we made it...
Kyouka
Y-Yeah. It looks like we're reached the deepest part of the labyrinth, too. Past here, we should emerge back outside... so...
Misogi
Kyouka? What's wrong?
Kyouka
What's that, over there...
Misogi
It looks like a big lamp... Ah! Is it a magic lamp!? Did we really find some treasure!?
???
Screech!
Misogi
I-It moved!?
Kyouka
Eek! Misogi, take cover! This is no treasure! It's... a monster!
Misogi
Eh! There's no way we can beat a monster that big, is there!?
Kyouka
B-But if we don't do something about that monster, we won't be able to get to the exit... And the herbs are right there!
Misogi
Ahh... It's scary, but... Mimi is waiting for us! For the sake of curing Mimi's illness, we'll take you out!
Kyouka
Misogi... Right, I'll fight, too! Yuuki, please... Back us up!
The three of them stood facing a giant monster. For Mimi's sake, Kyouka and Misogi worked up the courage to face the monster.