*define
spi "jpgplgin.dll|jpg"
arc "arc.sar|scrunarc.dll"
;caption "̖"
caption "Visions from the Other Side"
clickstr "IHBv",2
defaultfont "lr "
windoweffect 10,300
;versionstr "̖ ver1.1","FRAIL"
versionstr "`Visions from the Other Side v1.1E","`Created by: RAIL"
globalon
game


*start






bg white,10,800
;wait 1000
bg "data/logo.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wave "data/Bell.wav"
wait 2100
bg white,10,500
bg black,10,1500
wait 2000
rmode 1
goto *title

*title
bg "data/tukiyo.jpg",18,2000,"data/m2.jpg"
wait 500
bg "data/tukiyo2.jpg",18,2500,"data/m1.jpg"
play "data/title.mid"
wait 1000
if %200>0 goto *omake
goto *nomal

*nomal
locate 9,12
;select "n߂",*s_0,
;"I",*ending
select "`   Start",*s_0,
"`   Quit",*ending

*omake
locate 9,12
;select "n߂",*s_0,
;"bf{",*cgmode,
;"I",*ending
select "`   Start",*s_0,
"`CG Gallery",*cgmode,
"`   Quit",*ending


*cgmode
stop
bg black,10,500
wait 500
!s40
locate 3,7
;ł͂bf̉{ł܂B\
`Here you can look at the game's CGs.\
wait 500

*cg2
bg "data/eve02.jpg",10,500
click

goto *cg3

*cg3
bg "data/eve03.jpg",10,500
click
goto *cg4

*cg4
bg "data/eve04.jpg",10,500
click
goto *cg5

*cg5
bg "data/eve05.jpg",10,500
click
goto *cg6

*cg6
bg "data/eve06.jpg",10,500
click
goto *cg7

*cg7
bg "data/eve07.jpg",10,500
click
goto *cgend

 *cgend
bg black,10,1000
goto *title

*s_0
;;M
wait 2000
bg black,18,1000,"data/m3.jpg"
play "data/syu-syou.mid"
wait 2000

;;͂c͂c
;`*huff*... *huff*...
bg "data/com01.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

wait 300
wave "data/korogi.wav"
bg "data/michi.jpg",1
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

;;͂c͂c
;`*huff*... *huff*...
bg "data/com01.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg "data/michi.jpg",1
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wave "data/korogi.wav"
wait 700

;;\\\@킩ȂȂĂB
;`--- I didn't know anything anymore.
bg "data/com02.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg "data/michi.jpg",1
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700


;;csĂȂĂǂɂB 
;`... not where I was going, not even where I was right now.
bg "data/com03.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700
wave "data/korogi.wav"

;;ÂOЂƂ肳܂ĂB
;`I was just... wandering alone, blindly... on a dark mountain trail.
bg "data/com04.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700

;;łЂƂc
;`But I DID know one thing, and one thing alone...
bg "data/com05.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700


bg "data/michi2.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700
wave "data/korogi.wav"
bg black,10,2000

;;AƂɂ͖߂Ȃ񂾂ĂƂ́A킩B
;`That there was no turning back anymore.
bg "data/com06.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700

;;ā\\\
;`And then ---
bg "data/com07.jpg",10,800
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 700

bg "data/tukiyo.jpg",18,2000,"data/m2.jpg"
wait 500
!s40
locate 5,9
;@@@W肾A!w300
` A faint fall of moonlight
locate 5,10
`  -- and nothing else --!w300
locate 5,11
;tԂ߂邩̂悤ɏƂ炵Ăc\
`    spilled down on me,
locate 5,12
`as if to wash away my pain...\
wait 500
bg black,10,2000
!s20
wait 2500
stop
bg black,10,1000
play "data/syu-syou.mid"
wave "data/SeaD.wav"
wait 500
bg white,10,1000
wait 500
bg "data/sea.jpg",10,1500
wait 1000
;;I
;@CƁA!w50͐̌RɗĂB
`  When I came to, !w50I was standing on a cliff looking out at the horizon.@
;@グ΁A!w50ݓn钹B
`  Glancing upwards, !w50I saw birds gracefully slipping through a perfectly clear, blue sky.@
;@́AڂāAr傫LB
`  I closed my eyes, and stretched my arms wide.@
;@vốAyXB
`  And basked in the afterglow of the memory of happier days.@
;@jM̂`B
`  Something warm rolled down my cheek.@
br
!s70
;@ā\\\\
;soshite (and then)---
`  And then ---\
!s20
bg white,10,1000
bg #732628,10,300,"data/m1.jpg"
bg black,18,2000,"data/m1.jpg"
stop
wait 2000

;;
bg white,10,2000
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
wait 1000
play "data/nazo.mid"
wave "data/semi.wav"
;@ڂo߂BnƁA̐lBZɕĂB
`  I opened my eyes.@  All around me, I could see throngs of people hurrying past in both directions, their final destinations a mystery.@
br
;@ucHv
`  "...?"@
br
;@svcBȂŎ͂ɂ̂낤B
`  How bizarre.@  What was I doing here?@
;@mARщ肽͂B
`  I mean, if memory served, I'd jumped off a cliff but moments ago.@
;@ǂ́AǂĂ̒SɂʂB\
`  So what was I doing here in the middle of a town's main street?\
;@lĂAlɂԂ肻ɂȂB
`  I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't see that I was about to crash into somebody.@
;@悤ƂǁAԂɍ킸ʏՓ!s100\\\!s20ȂB
`  I tried to avoid him, but I didn't quite make it, and a head-on collision !s100-- !s20didn't happen.@
br
;@̐ĺA܂łɉ̂悤ɕʂɒʂ߂ĂB
`  In fact, he just kept walking on as if I weren't even there, as if there was nothing in his path...@
;@̑̂蔲āB
`  ... as if he'd slipped right through my body...@
br
!s80
;@uRcccv
`  "No way......"\
!s20
br
;@ll蔲ȂĂƁA͂ȂB
`  You don't just expect people to 'slip though' other people like that!@
;@ꂱHłȂc\
`  I mean, as long as they're not ghosts or...\
;@uBv
`  "Oh."@
br
;@ł悤₭Ԃ𗝉B
`  And that was how I finally came to understand what had happened.@
;@͊mɎ񂾁B
`  I was quite certainly dead, you see.@
;@ꂶႠɂ鎄́H\
`  Wellll then, what did that say about me, and the fact that I was standing here?\
wait 300
;@͊ȒPBH삾̂B
`  Obviously, I was a ghost.@
;@܂{ɗHȂĂ݂̂ȂĂ˂cB\
`  Really!  A ghost, you don't say!@  They actually exist, who would have thought...\
bg black,10,800
wait 300
bg "data/kawara.jpg",10,1000
;@͋߂̉͌ɂB
`  I found myself in the vicinity of the riverbank.@
;@Ƃ肠A邱ƂȂUƟł݂B
`  For the time being, I thought I'd try to take a walk around and mingle, since there wasn't anything else to do.@
wait 300
br
;ucHv
`  "... Hmm?"
br
;@rAۂ̂𓥂񂾋C邯ǁACɂȂB\
`  Hmm, for a moment there, I could have sworn that I'd stepped on something a bit fishy, but I didn't pay it much attention.\
;@͌ɂ́AȂɂl肪łĂB
`  Anyway, there were a bunch of people gathered here, at one end of the river bank.@
br
;@ú[AłHv
`  "Ummm, did something just happen here?"@
br
;@߂ɂlɕĂ݂B\
`  I tried to ask of someone standing nearby.\
;@Ԏ͖Bς蕷ĂȂ悤B
`  No reply.@  Almost as if nobody could hear me...@
;@܂A肫ĂƂǁAꉞcˁB\
`  Well, it didn't come as a TOTAL shock, you know, but still, I was really new at this ghost thing, so...\

;@傤Ȃ̂ŁAl̊Ԃ𕶎ʂ肷蔲ĂB
`  So I shrugged and started slipping through -- literally -- the folks in the crowd.@
;@ŏ͋ǁAɂꂽB\
`  At first it was astonishing, but as you might expect, pretty soon you get used to it.\
;@uccv
`  "......"@
br
;@l݂𔲂ɂ́Al̏B
`  When I finally worked my way to the center of the crowd, I found that I was looking upon two girls.@
;@ôт̏̎qƁA!w300R̒𒅂̎qB
`  A familiar-looking girl clad in a scarlet hakama, !w300and a girl in an arrow-pattern kimono.@
br
!s50
;@cƁAB\
`  ... Me, and my little sister.\
!w20

play "data/sad.mid"
bg "data/eve02.jpg",10,1000
wait 1000
!s60
;@uocǂāccǂĎEȂ񂩁c@o񂪎񂶂c@ccv
`  "Sis... why... why'd you have to go kill yourself...@  Sis, now that you're gone...@ then... then..."@
!s20
br
;@̋߈߂B
`  My chest tightened as a wave of guilt swept over me.@
br
;@uc߂AMcłcv\
`  "... Sorry, Chiyu... but..."\
wait 500
!s60
;@uo񂪎񂶂cc@Nɂ΂̂患cv
`  "Sis, now that you're gone... then...@ then who am I supposed to experiment on...?"@
!s20
br
stop
;@uc}eBv\
`  "... WAITASEC."\
;@Ȃ񂩈ႤCB񂾂Ƃ߂̂A䂪ȂȂƂ߂̂B
`  So much for this wave of guilt!@  I mean, was she sad because I'd died, or was she sad because she'd lost a guinea pig?@
br
;@uccv
`  "......"@
br
;@ƕGȋCB\
`  Somewhat mixed feelings here, you know?\
bg black,10,800
wait 2000
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,500
wait 500
play "data/nazo.mid"
wave "data/semi.wav"
!s80
;@u͂c!s20ꂩǂ悤Ȃccv
`  "*sigh*...  !s20Now what should I do...?"@
br
;@ǁAȏ゠ɂ̂͐ĥŁAoĂĂ܂B
`  In the end, it was so painful for me to remain in that place that I just upped and bolted.@
br
;@Ƃ肠́A߂Ƃ̂ƁB
`  No use crying over spilled milk, after all.@
;@FXƎĂ݂Ă킩Ƃ́c\
`  So instead, I started trying different things out, and as a result of this experimentation I found that:\
;@E l⓮ȂǁA͂̋̂ɂ͐G邱Ƃ͂łȂA!w300lĤ悤Ȑ͂̎ア̂ɂ͐G邱ƂłB
`  * I couldn't touch anything that had a strong life force in it -- live humans and animals, for instance -- !w300but I could touch things that had little or no life force in them, like inanimate objects.@
;@E RɔԂƂłB
`  * I could do stuff like fly in the air.@
;@E lƘbƂ͂łȂB
`  * I couldn't do stuff like speak to anyone.@
;@E ̂HׂȂĂCB
`  * I couldn't eat, obviously, but that was just as well.@
;@E sɍsȂĂCB
`  * I couldn't go to the bathroom, either, but that was REALLY just as well.@
;@E ̋CɂȂΎp邱ƂłB\
`  * I could even change my very form, if I really felt like it.\
;@ׂĂˁB
`  Pretty awesome, eh?  Being able to fly, that is.@
!s50
;@Ȃ璷N̖Ac@
`  In fact, now I'd be able to fulfill one of my wildest dreams...@
!s20
;@mŐlĆA@ۂ邽ƂȂĂ̂ł邩ȂB
`  I mean, maybe I could finally try my hand at this "poltergeist" thing, that seemed to be all the rage in the West!@
;@́AꂩǂĂœςB\
`  ... And I went on thinking for a long, long time of interesting things I could do to fill my days from now on...\
bg black,10,800
wait 1000
;;
play "data/sad.mid"
bg "data/kawara.jpg",10,1000
wave "data/semi.wav"
wait 500
!s80
;@uccv
`  "*sob*... *sob*..."@
!s20
br
;@ڂ̑Oɉ̂́Ao̖S[B
`  I mean, this sucks!@  There my big sister is, lying there, right before my eyes.@
;@΋N񂶂ȂĎv炢A@ʂ̊B
`  With that usual serene half-smile on her face,@ ya know, the one that makes her look like she'd wake up if I just called out to her.@
;@ȂƂ͖Ă킩Ă̂ɁB
`  But no such thing will happen, will it now?@  This sucks...@
br
!s80
;@u˂cNĂcoccv
`  "Hey... Sis... c'mon, wake up......"\
!s20
br
;@F߂Ă܂A{ɉɍsĂ܂ŕ|B
`  But... I still can't believe it.  I WON'T.  Because if I have to, then I really never will be able to reach her again, she'll be so far away.  I'm so scared...@
;@ÂƂȂĂǂł悩B\
`  I don't care about experiments or guinea pigs or whatever anymore!\
;@ĂCtA؂Ȃ́B
`  Why must it be this way?  Why must I always realize how precious something is only AFTER I lose it?@
;@̎ɁAɋCt͂Ȃ̂ɁB
`  I mean, you'd think that I'd have learned my lesson the last time around...@
;@܂AƂĂB
`  And yet here I am, in the same situation, doing the same thing.@  As if I hadn't learned a thing.@
;@̎A͏ȂB
`  Back then, I couldn't save her.@
;@āA܂B\
`  ... And I couldn't save her now, either.\
;@쎟n͂ȂȂāA͓lB
`  The onlookers are all but gone, and now it's just the two of us.@
;@ɂ̂΂Ă݂oB
`  And so I pull out a vial that I'd hidden away in the folds of my kimono.@
;@AoŎƎvĂB
`  Medicine that I'd been planning on testing on my sister someday.@
;@łAȂB
`  But that isn't possible anymore.@
;@̂́AȂňݍނɂ͂ƐhǁA@䖝B
`  It's a coarse powder, so somewhat tough to take without any water, but I'm past the point of caring.@  I swallow it all down.@
;@o̐OɁÂd˂B\
`  Then I touch my lips to my sister's.\
;@ʂƁAĊJ̋F߂āB
`  And I breathe a little prayer of parting and reunion.@
;@o̎𗣂Ȃ悤ɁAłłi߂B
`  I grip my sister's hands tightly -- so tightly -- so that we will never be separated again.@
;@܂A悤ɁB
`  So that we will be able to meet again.@
;@oƂJMāB\
`  For my bond with my sister is my first and last faith.\
bg white,10,1200
wait 500
;@Ď̈ӎ͔ĂB
`  And everything starts to fade away...@
br
!s50
;@˂AoB
`  Hey, Sis.@
;@܂A邩ȁcH
`  I wonder if we'll meet again...?@
;@x́AꂳƎOlŕ炵ȁc@
`  Maybe this time around, we'll finally be able to live together with Mom...?@
;@ꂳĂǂȐĺcH
`  What kind of person was she...?@
;@Ȃ񂩁Ac@
`  Hmmm, getting really sleepy already...@
;@₷݁cocc@
`  G'night... Sis...@
!s70
;@ڂo߂c!w100o񂪂Ƃȁc\
`  When next my eyes open... !w100it'd be nice if my big sister would be right there...\
!s20
bg black,18,2000,"data/m2.jpg"
play "data/soryo.mid"
wait 2000
;;ԑt
bg "data/kawara.jpg",10,900
wait 500
;@MӎĂ炵΂炭āAl̒jĂB
`  Shortly after Chiyu lost consciousness, a man showed up.@
;@j́A΂炭l̖S[߂ĂA₪ċ߂ʂNɁA@
`  He stared at the two bodies for a little while, and then he finally asked a young man who was close by,@
br
!s50
;@u̖͂ǂ̖Hv!s20ƕB
`  "Where did these girls come from?"@
br
;@NƁA!s50u肪ƂBv!s20ƌēl̖S[։^ыĂ܂B\
`  And after the young man answered him, he merely said, !s50"Ah, thanks," !s20picked up the bodies, and started carrying them away.\
bg black,10,2000
stop
wait 1000

;;Q
play "data/hitisagasi.mid"
wait 500
;@u̒ɂ͂ȂcBv
`  "So... she's not in this town, is she?"@
br
bg "data/eve03.jpg",10,1000
wait 1000
;@͍Al̏̎qTĂB
`  I've been looking for a certain girl for a while now.@
;@ʂɍꂽǂĂ킯˂B\
`  Oh, it's not like I'm stalking my ex or some crap like that.\
;@AQB
`  Nah, it's revenge.@
;@̏cl̂ƓÂĂĘlт̈ȂƂ́c@炽Ⴈ˂B
`  That broad... so she STEPS on me, literally STEPS on me, and then prances on off without so much as a WORD of apology...@  If I find her, I won't just let it go.@
;@ႤړICAYꂽB
`  I kinda think there was something else I was after as well, but I forgot.@
;@܂AvoȂĂƂ͂ǂłĂƂȂ񂾂낤B
`  Oh, well, if I can't remember what, it must not have been very important, I guess.@
br
;@͏ꂽʂ𒼂āA̒ւƌB\
`  After I straighten up my lovely mug, I flipper off to the nearest town.\
bg black,10,1000
wait 700
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
wave "data/semi.wav"
wait 500
;@uA̒ɂȂ̂H!s60ccH!s20
`  "Pssh, and she's not around here either?  !s60...... Hmmm?!s20@
;́cv
`Wait, that's..."@
br
bg black,10,1000
bg "data/eve04.jpg",10,800
wait 1000
;@Bŷ@̂̂Ȃ炽炽ƕĂB
`  Ah, it is.  There she is, walking along, humming some kind of happy little tune with every single step.@
;@͋CtȂ悤ɔw܂ŋߊāA@R΂ƑUグ\
`  And so I approach her from behind, all stealthy-like,@ and I'm just about ready to kick her with everything that I've got when...\
wait 500
!s50
;@uẮHv
`  "Err, what are you doing?"@
!s20
br
;@ĕsvcȊĂB
`  The broad turns around and shoots me a strange look.@
br
;@uHv
`  "?"@
br
;@A΂ꂽɂ͂傤˂B\
`  Pssh, cat's out the bag.  Sucks.\
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
ld c,":a;data/chisato.jpg",10,500
wait 500
;@upHv
`  "May I help you?"@
br
;@u΂ꂽɂ͂傤ȂBcO\NقǑO̎B[ŋC悭QĂO͓ÂĂBÂ̘тꂸɂƂƂƂǂɓ₪B!s70̍݁A炳łׂIv!s20
`  "Screw this, yo.  I'll tell you flat out... So I was having a nice, pleasant afternoon nap by the roadside around thirty years ago, when you came along and STEPPED on me, you bitch.  Then you ran off without even TRYING to apologize.  !s70YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU OFF?!"!s20@
br
wait 800
;@cƁA܂łāAƁA!w100₽AĂB\
`  ... And I shot the broad a glare, !w100but man, she just gave me an icy look that stopped me in my tracks.\
ld c,":a;data/chisato8.jpg",10,500
;@uc̊ԈႢȂH̓A^ȂĒmȂAȐ̂̂ƂȂĊoĂ킯ȂBv
`  "... Isn't this some kind of mistake?  I don't have a clue WHO you are, and in any case how would I remember something that happened that long ago?"@
br
;@ށA͂肱̎pȂB
`  Ugh, so I guess this form really ISN'T that convincing after all.@
;@dB̎p͂܂DȂc@
`  Can't be helped.  Well, I don't like this next form that much, but...@
br
;@uȂǂIv\
`  "What about THIS!"\
bg white,10,1000
wait 500
bg "data/machi.jpg",0
ld c,":a;data/chisato8.jpg",10,500
;@܂΂䂢ƂƂɉ̑̂̌`ςĂB
`  My body begins to change shape as a dazzling light surrounds me.@
;@܂Ȃ͈̂C̋ɂȂĂB\
`  And by the time the light fades away, I've completed my metamorphosis... into a fish.\
;@pEłȂ̎pBȂ̂ɖڂ̑ȌƂc@
`  I just have to live with this form -- yes, it's embarrassing, but what can I do?@  But you know what this broad dares to say the moment she sees it?@
br
wait 800
;@uJbRBv
`  "Disgusting!"@
br
;@ꌾŕЕt₪B
`  Finishes me off with one damn blow.@
;@AĂƂ͎vĂȂc@ꂾXg[gɌꂽ̂͏߂ĂB
`  Well, yeah, I know that I'm not the end-all and be-all or anything, but still...@  This is the first time anyone's said it to me so up-front-like.@
;@͌B\
`  That sort of thing really hurts, ya know.\
;@uÂƂ͂ꂮ炢ŊقĂ낤BA͂ȂIv
`  "Pssh, fine, I guess I'll more or less forgive you for now.@  But not next time, you hear!"@
br
;@͑ς炸߂ڂŉĂBAň킯ɂ͍sȂB
`  The broad just fixes at me with that ever-chilly stare.@  Ooh, scary.  But I can't walk away, not just yet.@
br
;@uȁAO炢͊oĂĂ낤BA͂ȂƌBv
`  "G-guess you're worth remembering, for now.@  What's your name, girl?"@
br
ld c,":a;data/chisato.jpg",10,500
wait 500
;@u狽Bq_狽Bv\
`  "Chisato.@  Chisato Mikogami."\
!s50
;@q_!w100狽B
`  Chisato !w100Mikogami.@
!s20
br
;@̖O𕷂A̒ł̋LhB\
`  When I hear that name, something -- a distant memory -- stirs within me.\
wait 500
play "data/hiro.mid"
wait 1000
bg black,10,1000
;@uA肢񂾂ǁBv
`  "Fishman, I have a request for you."@
br
bg "data/eve05.jpg",10,1500
wait 500
;@̖ڂ̑Oɂ̂́AEłȂ̗͂ƂĂ鏗B
`  The woman before my eyes radiated an incredible amount of power, incredible even for a being of the spirit world.@
;@ȂłA腖ʂɂƂƂȂƂB
`  I mean, she could probably have yanked the very Devil any direction she wanted, if she but put her mind to it.@
br
;@u̖ǂĂ邩ĂĂق́BloȂ񂾂ǂˁA狽ƐMČ́Bv\
`  "I wish for you to go and see how my daughters are doing.@  There are two of them -- named Chisato and Chiyu."\
;@̓l悬B
`  All sorts of thoughts whizzed through my head.@
;@ŒfǂȂ邾낤B
`  For instance, what would happen to me if I refused?@
br
;@uˁA߂邩Hv
`  "So may I make this request of you?"@
br
;@l܂łBʂ͂킩肫ĂB
`  There wasn't even a need to think about it.@  The consequences either way were all too obvious.@
;@āA͂sɈڂقǖ`ƂłȂB
`  And after all, I wasn't enough of a traveler to have any chance in hell of finding these girls.@
br
;@܂A͓Ԏŏ̂B\
`  In other words, I gave my assent immediately, and enthusiastically.\
bg black,10,2000
play "data/hitisagasi.mid"
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,500
ld c,":a;data/chisato.jpg",10,100
!s50
;@q_狽@
`  Chisato Mikogami.@
!s20
br
;@Ď鎖̍~ĂړIȂ̂H
`  Isn't this the very reason I came down here for, staring me right in the face?@
;@w⊾`B!s40ȀcƂ狽Pƒmꂽ牴͂ǂȂ邾낤H
`  A shiver ran up my spine.@  !s40Supposing it's this girl...  If I'd struck Chisato before I knew it was her, what would happen next?@
!s20
;@A̒q߂ȂȂ邩ȂB\
`  Yeah, then there'd be no tomorrow for me.  Literally.\
!s30
;@uX}ABv
`  "Sorry.  Totally my fault."@
!s20
br
;@狽͂ƌ΁AȂӂ肾ɏXʐHĂlqB\
`  And then this Chisato girl gave me another odd look, no doubt at my sudden and inexplicable apology.\


;;ԑt
bg black,10,1000
wait 1000
play "data/hiro.mid"
wait 1000
!s70
;@u͂cBv
`  "*sigh*..."@
!s20
br
bg "data/teien.jpg",10,1000
wait 500
;@xڂ̂ߑB
`  I sigh for the umpteenth time this day alone.@
;@g𗊂񂾋̕񍐂͂܂Ȃc@
`  The fishman I sent on that errand has not reported back yet...@
br
;@uzgAĂ̂Bv
`  "What in the world could he be doing?"@
br
;@ꂩ炵΂炭oāA狽lɂȂ낤A@Mǂȏ̎qɈ̂B
`  My, by this time, Chisato has probably grown into an adult,@ and I'm really rather curious as to what kind of girl Chiyu has grown to be.@
;@FXƊy݂ǁc\
`  Now, I could just sit here and wait, but...\
wait 500
;@u߂BEɍs܂Bv
`  "I've decided.@  I, too, shall travel to the mortal realm."@
br
;@ācƁBƌ܂FXƏȂˁB\
`  Well, then...@  Now that I've settled on this undertaking, I've got all manner of preparations to make.\
bg black,10,1000
wait 1500

;;l
play "data/nomal.mid"
wait 1000
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
wave "data/semi.wav"
wait 500
;@Ȃ񂩒mȂǁAςȂʂꏏɗ鎖ɂȂB
`  Anyway, I had no idea how this came to be, but somehow I'd gained an odd traveling companion.@
;@̖O𕷂r[AFiʐFHjςĎӂĂB
`  When he'd heard my name, he'd suddenly wiped that sour expression off his face, and he'd just as suddenly apologized.@
;@ςȓzB\
`  What an odd fellow.\
wait 500
;@u˂cv
`  "Hey, Fishstick..."@
br
`  "I am NOT a 'Fishstick'!"@
br
;@\ÔƂƂCɂ肷B
`  Yeah, and he got all flustered like this about the littlest things -- names, for instance.@
;@ǂĈꏏȂ̂Ɂc@
`  I mean, what did it matter anymore...?@
br
;@u₨OA͂ǂHv
`  "Oh, yeah, tell me, what happened to your little sister?"@
br
;@ȂƂ𕷂ĂB\
`  Fishman asked abruptly.\
wait 500
!s80
;@uccHHv
`  "... Huh?  What little sister?"@
!s20
br
wait 500
;@uKBȂ񂾂AȂԓxς₪āBv\
`  "TERRIBLE manners.@  What is it with the cold shoulder there?!"\
;@[₢ˁ[BȂ̂B
`  Oh, right, I remember now.@  I DID have one.@
;@̓ŕAǂȁBɋQđlPĂȂႢǁcāA@
`  I wonder how that little poison-freak is doing.@  Although I hope she hasn't found any more "guinea pigs" to experiment on...@
br
;@uƑ҂āBȂŃA^ACĉƒmĂ̂Bv\
`  "Now wait just a minute.@  How do YOU know a thing about HER?"\
;@uӁA͐FXƃIgi̎ăccv
`  "Ho ho, well I'm just this GUY who knows all sort of SERIOUS stuff..."@
br
;@u͂͂A͂Bv
`  "Yeah, yeah, this is going nowhere."@
br
;@āA̐K͂ނƁA͔Cɒnʂւƒ@tB\
`  And with that, I grabbed Fishman's tail and slapped him against the ground with all my might.\
wave "data/hit.wav"
quakey 1,200
;@ׂI
`  *SMACK*!@
br
;@BĂƁA@
`  Mmm, such a nice sound.@  Now then:@
br
;@uŁAȂŃA^ACĉƒmẮHv
`  "I said, how do YOU know a thing about HER?"@
br
;@Ɍ̂Ax͐ɘbB\
`  As you might expect, this was rather effective, and this time around he began to speak honestly.\
ver
;@uO̕eɗ܂ꂽ񂾂BǂĂ邩lqĂĂāB[ɂBv
`  "Your damned mother asked me.@  To check up on you to see how you were.@  Aiii, that smarts."@
br
!s80
;@cꂳ񂪁c@
`  ... My mother...@
!s20
;@ȂƂlĂAô鐺ĂB\
`  While I was pondering that, a rather familiar voice rang out.\
;@uc[I悤₭Iv
`  "Ah-ha!  I finally found you!"@
br
stop
bg black,10,500
wait 1000
wave "data/heart.wav"
wait 800
wave "data/heart.wav"
!s60
;@́AACcł͂ȂƂFA@UԂB
`  I turned around,@ fervently praying that it WASN'T her.@
wave "data/heart.wav"
wait 800
wave "data/heart.wav"
wait 800
;@c̋F͖cɂłӂꂽB\
`  ... And my fervent prayers went cruelly unheard.\
!s20
play "data/sad.mid"
bg "data/eve06.jpg",10,1000
wait 1000
;@uoIv
`  "Sis!"@
br
;@₢ȂA̋ɔтĂMB
`  The instant she said that, Chiyu came flying into my arms.@
;@o񂨎oƌȂA!w200ႭĂB
`  Saying, "Sis, Sis," !w200and crying all the while.@
;@ӊOȓWJɁA狽тB
`  Needless to say, this came as a total shock.@ 
br
;@ĂƐM킢񂾂ǂȂc\
`  I mean, who'd have thought that Chiyu could actually be CUTE...?\
bg black,10,1000
wait 1500
locate 7,8
stop
;@\\
`Ten minutes later\
wait 1000
play "data/nomal.mid"
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
ld c,":a;data/chiyu.jpg",10,500
;@uŁAA^͂ȂłȂƂɂ킯Hv
`  "So.  What are YOU doing here?"@
br
;@uȂłācoTĂɌ܂Ă邶ȂBv
`  "What do you mean, what am I doing here...? Obviously, I've been looking for you, Sis."@
br
!s70
;@uccv\
`  "......"\
!s20
;@cCdBꂩ܂A䐶n܂̂Ȃc\
`  ... My heart totally sank.@  I mean, did this mean that I was going to be experimented on ruthlessly again...?\
bg black,10,1000
wait 2000
play "data/soryo.mid"
wait 1000
;;ԑt
;@āAԂ͏kAO\NقǑOB
`  And now, back in time a bit, about thirty years.@
wave "data/semi.wav"
bg "data/tera.jpg",18,2000,"data/m2.jpg"
;@l̖S[jĂ̂́AƂ鎛B
`  The man who had carried the two corpses off with him had arrived at a certain temple.@
br
;@uAǂm_HȂȂāBv
`  "Ahh, what's the matter, Brother Kumo?@  And you come bringing some mysterious women, I see."@
br
;@u̖𒢂Ă肽āBv
`  "I want to give these girls a proper burial."@
br
;@̎̏ZEƎvVĺAucvƂꂫA΍HɘAꂽB\
`  The elder man, probably the head priest of this temple, replied, "Ah, I see..."@ though just in a murmur, and called for a stonemason.\
bg black,10,2000
wait 1000
wave "data/semi.wav"
wait 500
bg "data/tera.jpg",10,2000
;@B
`  The next day.@
br
;@um_A̕悪Bv
`  "Brother Kumo, the gravesite for the girls has been prepared."@
br
;@̕΂ɂ͂ꂼA@
`  There were two tombstones, and on them were engraved the legends:@
;@u狽VvuMVvƒĂB
`"Here lies Chisato" and "Here lies Chiyu".@
br
;@u܂ȂB@h͈Ⴄ낤AŋĂBv
`  "My apologies.@  I know you were of a different sect, so please forgive me -- this is all I can do."@
br
;@m_ƌĂ΂ꂽj͂āAl̕ɉԂ𐶂B\
`  Said the man called Brother Kumo, as he arranged flowers around the two graves.\
wait 500
bg black,18,2000,"data/m2.jpg"
wait 1000
play "data/nazo.mid"
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
wave "data/semi.wav"
;;ޏ
;@sgB
`  How ominous.@
;@͌ȗ\B
`  I was just getting a really, REALLY bad feeling about today.@
;@ڂo߂AGڂ̑Oʂ߂B
`  When I woke up, a raven flew by right before my eyes.@
;@UĂȀLUĂB
`  When I took a walk, a black cat strolled past on the top of a wall.@
;@͌̓[łЂȂڂĂAlԂʂ߂ĂB
`  When I basked in the sun next to the riverside road, a hearse passed by.@
;@@ċR΂A̕R؂ꂽB\
`  And when I gave Fishman a swift kick because I was in a bad mood, the strap on my sandal snapped.\
;@cc͉NB
`  ...... Something was going to happen today.@
;@܂łōő勉ɈƂB
`  And the worst omen of all was:@
br
ld c,":a;data/chiyu.jpg",10,500
;@ucoHFHv
`  "... Sis?  Why the dark expression?"@
br
wait 500
;@M̂ƂSzĂB
`  Chiyu was worried about me.@
!s80
;@sgB\
`  THAT was ominous.\
!s20
bg black,10,500
;@ȂƂlĂA@
`  While I was pondering all that...@
br
;@gg@
`  *tap* *tap*@
br
wait 500
!s70
;@@́B
`  Someone tapped my shoulder.@
;@鋰UԂĂ݂Ɓc@
`  I cringed and began to turn around, and...@
!s20
bg "data/machi.jpg",0
ld c,":a;data/hiro.jpg",10,1000
;@uف[BCHv\
`  "Yoo-hoo!@  How's it going?"\
stop
bg black,10,300
wait 500
!s70
;@c῝򂪂B
`  ... I felt dizzy.@
!s20
br
;@̂Ƃ̂B
`  So THIS was what it had all been about, huh?@
;@̉G!w100L!w100lԂ!w100̕R؂ꂽ̂!w100MSzĂ̂B\
`  The raven this morning, !w100the black cat, !w100snapping my sandal strap, !w100and even Chiyu being worried about me.\ 
play "data/hitisagasi.mid"
bg "data/machi.jpg",0,1000
ld l,":a;data/hiro.jpg",0
ld r,":a;data/chiyu.jpg",10,500
;@M͂̐lbɌĂB
`  Chiyu was just staring at this new arrival with utter suspicion.@
;@oĂȂ͖̂B
`  Well, it wasn't as if she'd remember, after all.@
;@M͈΂񂾂B\
;touji (at that time) Chiyu wa issai (one-year-old) datta (da: is) n' da (is) kara (because).
`  Since she was just one year old at the time.\
!s80
;@uꂳcȂłɂ́Hv
`  "Mom... what are you doing here?"@
!s20
br
;@ułāc킢킢ɉɗ񂶂ȂBv
`  "Well, obviously... I wanted to come and see my adorable, adorable daughters!"@
br
!s70
;@ucĂAȊȒPɌĂcv\
`  "Uh... huh, somehow I get the feeling that you're not telling me HALF of it..."\
!s20

bg black,10,1000
wait 500
;@ꂳ̋͐MɈڂAFXƘbĂB
`  My mother shifted her interest to Chiyu, and the two of them talked about all sorts of things.@
;@MƂꂳ񂪑ł邩SzǁAXJɏI悤B\
`  I'd been worried that Chiyu and Mom wouldn't really connect, but this put those groundless fears to rest.\
bg "data/machi.jpg",0
ld c,":a;data/hiro8.jpg",10,1000
!s40
;@uƂŋcȂ̂g͂ǂ́H܂Yꂽ킯ႠȂ˂Hv
`  "By the way, Fishman... what happened to that errand I sent you on?@  I'm sure you didn't forget about it, or DID YOU?"@
!s20
br
;@Å@B
`  Oooh, so now the fishman was out of the frying pan and into the fire.@
;@̖ڂ߂Ă邯ǖB\
`  He turned to me, his eyes pleading for help, but I ignored him.\
;@Ė͐ɂBł邯ǁB
`  My life was just too precious to me.  Though I WAS already dead.@
br
bg "data/sora.jpg",10,1000
;@ɂĂŋ߂́AԂƂ̂oĂċCĂB
`  ... My, how polluted the air has become recently.@  It must be because of those newfangled "cars" people are driving these days...@
;@ȂƂlČĂ݂B
`  I resorted to making observations like that in order to try to block out Fishman's unearthly screams.@  I failed, by the way.@
br
;@uāAvUɉAFXƘb𕷂킟Bv\
`  "Well now, since we're meeting again after such a long time, there are lots of things I want to know about."\
;@ꂳ́A̍炿ƂςĂȂB
`  Apparently, my mother hadn't changed ONE BIT since the last time I'd seen her.@
;@ꂱ|炢ɁB
`  Talk about scary...@
;@c͂AႢĂ˂B\
`  ... *sigh*  I mean, they say that it's nice to be young, but THIS WAS RIDICULOUS.\
bg "data/machi.jpg",10,1000
;@ꂳ͂ɔwāAMƘbĂB
`  My mother was now chatting away gaily with Chiyu, her back turned to me.@
;@ccƑ҂āB
`  ...... Hang on a sec.@
br
;@u˂Aꂳc̔wɂĂ郂m͉Hv
`  "Hey, Mom... what's that THING on your back?"@
br
;@͂ꂳ̔wɐĂ\wĕB
`  I asked, pointing at SOMETHING that was growing out of her back.@
ld c,":a;data/hiro.jpg",10,500
br
;@uHAˁB͂ˁAEɏZłɐFXĂˁA̎Ɉꏏɖ́Bv
`  "Hmm?@  Ah, this.@  Well, once you've lived in the spiritual realm for a while, you see, you start being gifted with stuff like this..."\
br
;@AācȊȒPɐ̂Ȃ̂낤H
`  BEING GIFTED...?!  Was it THAT SIMPLE to just start sprouting stuff like that?!@
;@͂ꂳ̔wɐĂ鎽̗ȂvB\
`  I wondered as I stared at the jet-black wings that were protruding from my mother's back.\
bg "data/sora.jpg",10,1000
;@ꂩ瑛Ȃ肻B
`  I'm sure that the look on my face just then was priceless.@
br
!s60
;@ǁA!w200B!s30
`  But you know, !w200even if it was just a little bit...!s30@
;@ق̏̂́A!w200@̔閧B\
`  I was just a teeny, tiny bit happy about all of this...!w200@ and I'd keep that locked away within me forever.\
!s20
wait 1000
bg black,10,1500
stop
wait 1000

;;
;@ʂ肨̒ŖĂƁA@
`  I was sleeping in my usual tomb when,@
;@A@
`  Fishman suddenly burbled,
br
;@uAN邼Bv
`  "Hey!  There's somebody here!"\
br
;@ȂČĂłB\
;@uAĂ悲ƍ~삳ꂿ́Hv
`  "What, are we being seanced from the grave or something?"@
br
;@ł悤₭悩łB
`  And so I went out of the tomb and took a look.@
;@ƁA{ɒNB\
`  Wow, there really WAS somebody here.\
;@yȏЉāA̔B
`  I introduced myself casually, and watched what this person would do.@
;@KCɓĂꂽ悤B
`  But fortunately, he seemed rather pleased with me.@
br
;@c~삳ꂽ񂾂A@삳Ȃ悤ɋCȂB
`  ... Well, after all, being summoned like this was pretty unusual,@ and I had to make a note to make sure that this kind of thing didn't happen again.@
br
;@ɂĂAHɂȂ͋ǁA@܂d]E܂œ荞ނƂ͂ˁB
`  Anyway, it was unthinkable at the time that I became a ghost,@ but can you imagine?  We can even surf the internet these days!@
;@lȂɂ邩킩Ȃ񂾂ˁB\
`  After all, there are lots of things in life that you'll never really understand, right?\
bg "data/eve07.jpg",10,1000
wait 700
locate 0,9
!s50
;@u܁A킯ȂŁA!w100ꂩ낵B@@@@@@@@@[U[Bv\
`  "Well, anyway, !w100so it's nice to meet you,                      User-san."\
!s20
wait 2000
bg black,10,2000
play "data/ending.mid"
wait 2000
bg white,10,2500
wait 2000

bg "data/end01.jpg",10,1500
ld r,":c;data/text01.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"
wait 500

ld r,":c;data/text08.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end02.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text02.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end03.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text03.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end04.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text04.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end05.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text05.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end07.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text06.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end01.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text07.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end02.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text09.jpg",10,1000
wait 2000
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2000,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg "data/end03.jpg",10,1000
ld r,":c;data/text10.jpg",10,1300
wait 4000
click
ld r,":c;data/textwhite.jpg",18,2200,"data/m3.jpg"

bg white,10,2000
bg black,10,500

mov %200,1
stop
bg black,10,2000
wait 1000
goto *start

*ending
bg black,10,500
wait 500
end
