Posted by Nina on 10/29/2001, 12:14 am
(Sound of running and panting)
Seiji: "Ryo!"
Shuu: "Seiji! You come for us!"
Seiji: "What happened?"
Ryo: "Dad is....My Dad is..."
Ryo's father: "(groaning)Escape, Ryo!"
Seiji: "...?! These eyes are....!"
Shuu: "What's wrong, Seiji?"
Seiji: "I don't really understand, but I'm sure that Ryo's father's body is being controlled by something."
Ryo: "What did you say!"
Ryo's father: "He is right. I am not myself right now. Something strange is inside my body...(groaning)"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Ryo's father: "Escape! Hurry up!"
Seiji: "Ryo! It's better to do as your father said now."
Ryo: "How can I leave him here when he seems to be in so much pain?"
Seiji: "Ryo!"
Ryo: "He is my only Dad!"
Seiji: "I understand your worry about your father, but the atmosphere here is just too abnormal!"
Ryo: "But, Dad..."
Ryo's father: "Please! You! Take Ryo with you! Hurry up! Leave this mountain as soon as possible! This mountain is dangerous!"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Seiji: "Understood. We will certainly return and (bring the) help. Ryo! Let's go!"
(Running)
Ryo: "Dad!"
Shuu: "Ryo! Hurry!"
Ryo: "Dad!"
(Running)
Shuu: (panting)"Is...that...youja...again?"
Seiji: "That's impossible. Youja is sealed by us completely."
Ryo: (panting)"What happened?...What happened to Dad?"
Seiji: "I don't really know, but there were ominous stories about this mountain in the old times. Maybe it's related."
Shuu: "Ominous stories?"
Seiji: "People were forbidden to enter this mountain until Meiji Period. There were also stories about a fox monster that is sealed in a stone."
Ryo: "A stone?"
Shuu: "Thinking about it, there was a shrine, and there was a stone inside it. But stories are just folk tales, aren't they?"
Seiji: "Don't take folk tales too lightly. A lot folk tales are based on true stories of the past."
Ryo: "But, why is that [related]?"
Seiji: "I have no idea. Let's go back to the village. We'll meet Shin and Touma there."
Ryo: "Shin and Touma?"
Shuu: "Really? They're coming, too?"
Ryo: "I caused trouble to everyone... again."
Seiji: "Don't mind it. We are companions, aren't we?"
Shuu: "That's right. Don't feel so reserved!"
Ryo: "Shuu, Seiji."
Shin: (yelling from a distance) "Ryo! Seiji! Shuu!"
(Running close)
Shuu: "Shin! Touma!"
(Running)
Touma: "Sorry that we're late. We just got here."
Seiji: "Haven't seen you for a long time. Do you find here without trouble?"
Shin: "Yes."
Touma: "Ryo, what happened? You looked depressed. You can't find your Dad?"
Shuu: "We found him, but..."
Touma: "Why? What's wrong?"
Ryo: "My dad is....strange."
Shin: "Strange?....in what way?"
Ryo: "The only thing he said is telling us to escape."
Touma: "What! Really?"
Seiji: "It seems to my eyes that Ryo's father is being possessed by something."
Shin: "Possessed? What does that mean?"
Shuu: "I don't know. He told us to escape because this mountain is dangerous."
Ryo: "I....abandoned my dad there."
Seiji: "You can't do much under that situation."
Ryo: "But!"
Shuu: "Cheer up, Ryo! It will be all right. We're all here, aren't we? We will surely turn your dad back to normal."
Touma: "As expected, it's that stone."
Ryo: "A stone? Seiji said something similar a while ago, too."
Touma: "In fact, Shin and I did some research. There is a stone in which a bad spirit/ghost is sealed in the mountain."
Seiji: "A bad spirit/ghost? I was told it's a fox while I grew up."
Shin: "The folk tale I read also wrote about a fox. However, in a more detailed document/infomation in the university library, it's said that it's actually an Onmyoushi, not a fox"
Ryo: "Onmyoushi?"
Touma: "Right. The document said that an Onmyoushi from the Capital used his power for bad things and was sealed into a stone by a famous monk."
Shin: "We think that it probably mixed with the tale of 'the Oxhide Fox' after all these years although these two stories happened in different periods."
Shuu: "And?"
Touma: "Don't you think the mountain fire last night was strange?"
Shuu: "Thinking about it, the shrine of the stone is the only thing unburned in such a huge fire."
Seiji: "Something happened and the being being sealed was released....and that being possessed Ryo's father's body?"
Shin: "That's possible."
Touma: "Although it's just a guess."
Shuu: "Anyway, we can't just leave it alone!"
Seiji: "Yes, we have to hurry up and help him."
Ryo's father's voice: "......Ryo....."
Ryo: "Dad?"
Shin: "What's wrong, Ryo?"
Ryo: "I heard Dad's voice suddenly. You can't hear it?"
Seiji: "You heard your father's voice?"
Touma: "We didn't hear a thing."
Ryo's father's voice: "Ryo, be careful."
Ryo: "Be careful? about what?"
Ryo's father's voice: "This bad spirit/ghost is very powerful. If you don't be careful, you'll be..."
Ryo: "What bad spirit/ghost? How can we help you?"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm....(groaning)"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm losing control of my consciousness...(groaning)...It hurts!"
Ryo: "Dad! Where are you?"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm...The place I'm in is...."
Ryo: "Where? Where did you say, Dad! AAAAHHH(Crying)."
Shuu: "....Ryo has...disappeared?"
Shin: "What happened?"
Seiji: "Ryo!"
