Keep going… I can do this. There is still time.
Just one more flight of stairs…
-cut to top of lighthouse-
???
Hey lady, you’ve come to the right place! You’re just in time for the grand finale!
Mizuki
Who are you?
???
Kiddo, who I am is irrelevant. We’ll all be equal when our lord rises once more.
Now are you here to join us in our congregation?
Mizuki
Join you? Why would I join you?!
???
Why wouldn’t you? Have you seen what is happening outside?
Foreigners invade our land, take our culture and destroy our very way of life.
We must remove them by force, before they take everything from us.
Mizuki
And your idea of saving us is to kill a load of people and summon a monster?!
You’re insane! They’re saving us from you!
???
Not insane, kiddo. Just a citizen doing his duty to protect our homeland.
Soon enough, we’ll have the very thing that will level the playing field.
Our lord Nyarlathotep will soon rise to give us what we need.
Mizuki
(Nyarlathotep? We never heard of a god named that…)
…Not if I stop you!
???
Kiddo, do you seriously think I would tell you this if I had any worry about you ruining everything?
The ritual was finished two hours ago.
Mizuki
What?!
…No, no I don’t believe a word you’re saying! You’re lying!
???
Why would I lie to you, Kiddo? It would be rude to not allow you to experience something this rapturous with lies.
The arrival of the very being that allows our existence to continue unabated!
To be allowed to have an audience with such a being…
-rumbling-
Mizuki
No!
???
It’s time! His arrival has come!
Mizuki
You were right Haru… You were goddamn right!
I was an idiot to not believe you…
-explosion-
???
What the?! Did they find us?!
Cultist
They have found us, L Corp has found us! We need to get out of here!
???
It is too late, for he is here! They will die with us!
Mizuki
Hahahaha… Hahahahaha…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Even now your great plan is going to become a massive fuckup!
Those “outsiders” are going to destroy everything you worked for!
-explosions-
???
Brag as much as you want, it is too late for you-
-loud explosion-
Strange voice
Mizuki? Can you hear us?
Another voice
Hey! You there?
-cuts to hospital-
Chie
Mizuki?
Mizuki
…Urgh… you two… of all people.
Chie
Mizuki, we have to tell you something!
Yukiko
You are-!
Mizuki
One at a time please!
Yukiko
You’re in terrible, terrible danger!
Mizuki
Story of my life right there, that damn gorilla almost killed- !!!
Argh! My neck!
Chie
Are you alright?!
Mizuki
I had all of my bones broken because some nutjob decided that I was in the way of her desire to scare children.
I’m feeling just peachy!
Yukiko
I thought you would be glad to see some familiar faces.
Mizuki
It was you two who put me… argh… in this damn bed in the first place.
Chie
Gee, a “Thanks for the warning!” would be nice.
Mizuki
You ignored my warnings when I told you that damn kid was nothing but trouble.
And now I had to pay the price because you two wouldn't leave it alone.
Chie
She helped us escape that place.
Mizuki
And that's all we needed, so why did you take her with you?
Yukiko
Because she is looking for her father, we can’t just leave some kid in a place full of monsters.
Mizuki
Have you ever considered she might be lying about that?
You saw a kid happily walking about in some hell pit filled with monsters and you didn’t think she might be one of them?
Chie
If she wanted us dead, she would have killed us already.
Mizuki
…You two need a reality check.
Yukiko
Well it doesn’t matter anymore, we’re still alive, although we still have no idea where we are.
Chie and I had to escape from some weird library.
Chie
How many times have I gotta tell you that it was some lab?
Mizuki
What are you talking about?
Chie
Oh- It’s uh… It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.
…Say Mizuki, did… Did anyone come here and mention anything about us or Laetitita by any chance?
Mizuki
Some old woman came over, asked me all sorts of questions.
Couldn’t ask a straight question to save her life however, it was all a bunch of cryptic nonsense at first.
Got really pissed at me when I asked her to stop speaking in phony metaphors and similes.
Started threatening me and everything.
Yukiko
Oh… What did you say?
Mizuki
Whaddya think? I told her if she is going to kill me to get it over with.
She knew a lot about me though, where I am from, what I used to do. No idea how she managed to find out about all of that.
Chie
Was she looking for Laetitia by any chance?
Mizuki
That’s the only question she could even state clearly, demented old bat.
Told her that wherever the hell that thing was, I hoped it was as far away from me as possible.
Then she asked me about you two, if you came to visit me and whatever.
-lights start to flicker-
Yukiko
Huh? What’s happening?
-enter dallas-
Dallas
Sorry this shit took so long, was running a tight budget for a while but not anymore after a bet I won!
Chie
Hey! Can you tell us what’s going on!?
Dallas
This rumbling and all that shit? No fuckin’ clue.
Mizuki
Maybe now you can actually not stand around?
Dallas
Hey lady, listen up! Even with all my yelling, dozens of broken bones aren’t an easy fix!
But I have a collection of the exact thing you need for that!
-gigantic pile of medic bags-
Yukiko
Uh… Are those just a gigantic pile of doctor bags?
Dallas
Medic bags, you mean! And they can fix just about anything you can think of and then some!
Just let the most definitely trained professional handle this shit!
Chie
Woah…
Yukiko
So this is the technology this place has…
Mizuki
Huh, wow, I can actually move perfectly fine, I’m surprised.
I’m guessing the time spent is gonna cost a ridiculous amount though.
Dallas
You got some insurance for wrestling. But get back in there before you hurt yourself again like the retard who’s a regular here.
That and that medic bag was… subsidized.
And if this rumbling bullshit is gonna get worse, just stand under a doorway or something.
What an idiot! He’s supposed to be a bodyguard and all he can think about is revenge!
Nemu
Poor little Tesa, all alone without her attack dog. Maybe you should have stopped relying on-
Tesa
Nemu, I’m not in the mood to hear it from you.
Nemu
Hear what?
Tesa
Oh come on, you know what I am talking about.
Nemu
But I do not. Care to enlighten me?
Tesa
I don’t really have the time right now. I need to be somewhere.
Nemu
We’re not going anywhere, apparently we are under lockdown.
Tesa
What? Why?
Nemu
I don’t know, whatever caused those earthquakes we had is my bet.
The emergency broadcasts mentioned some sort of “meltdown”. So maybe some incompetent technician messed with a nuclear reactor.
Tesa
But they do not use nuclear power here, not even any of the normal forms of generating power.
Nemu
Then why are the lights on?
Tesa
L Corp extracts this strange energy from these freaky monsters and converts it into power. That’s why they have those weird looking employees!
Nemu
Is this another one of your big conspiracy theories, or have you been hitting the wine as of late?
Tesa
Urgh, and you wonder why people find you extremely unpleasant to be around.
I thought Tsu would have slapped some sense into you when you badmouthed her last time.
Nemu
She got a lucky hit in.
Tesa
You’re lying, I can tell the fact you got beaten by Tsubasa of all idols really bothers you.
Nemu
Of course you would think that. As if this whole farce you call the "Idol business" is something I should care about.
You’re so quick to assume everything. It's why you believe in your ridiculous conspiracy theories so much.
Now let me guess, you think that because Tsubasa won that you can do the same to me?
Tesa
Now that you mention it, maybe I can.
Nemu
Sumire would beg to differ if what she said was true. She said you cried like the little bitch you are.
Tesa
Okay, you’re going to regret this!
Nemu
You’re only saying that because your incompetent bodyguard is not here to cover for you.
At least Tsubasa had an excuse, you do not.
Let’s see how brave you are without your pet idiot around!