13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Part #85

Part 85: Juro Kurabe 8

Chapter 85: Juro Kurabe 8

Back to Juro.

Music: Head In The Clouds (Rikako Watanabe)

Let’s go home.

“Shiba” is still trying to play everything off, I see.

We never actually Consider-ed “Tsukasa Okino” in the last Juro update because I didn’t want to break up the flow of the conversation with Ryoko, so let’s do it now.

Consider Tsukasa Okino

(That guy in my dream… He called himself Tsukasa Okino. I feel like we’ve met somewhere before…)

Also just as a reminder, if we move over to the right side of the room, Tomi and Miwako will have a brief conversation about where Tomi is headed. Let’s ignore that for now, though.

Instead, let’s have the same conversation with Shiba. The conversation is generally identical to the one in the last Juro update with one exception:

Use Juro Izumi on Kyuta Shiba

We can get some new dialogue by using “Juro Izumi” again with the new context Ryoko gave us.

This isn’t about my lost memories, is it? You’re not trying to restore them. You’re giving me someone else’s.

What are you talking about? They’re Juro’s memories.

In other words… yours? The *other* Juro Izumi…

……

At this point…

See ya!

Bye!

Tomi will leave automatically. This is because we can’t leave the classroom until Shiba disappears, and Tomi needs to be gone for Nenji to miss her out in the hallway.

We can’t have you causing a scene here. Your memory needs to be wiped clean.

Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)

Shiba disappears again.

Well, let’s grab our bag and head out.

Are you looking for someone, Ogata-kun?

Yo, Kurabe. Sure am. Tomi Kisaragi. You seen her?

Can’t expect you to know.

Running won’t change a thing.

If we try to make our way outside again, Juro will reject that option once more.

Think, think… Who might know something about this?

Music: Who D-Unit (Yoshimi Kudo)

Fuyusaka-san’s absent. What about Yakushiji?

However…

We soon find ourselves cornered.

And with a dramatic scare chord, we find ourselves launched back to character selection. No matter, let’s re-enter.

Music: Head In The Clouds (Rikako Watanabe)

You’re meeting up at the same place again?

Pretty much, yeah. See ya!

Bye!

One thing to note here: while Tomi will leave as in the previous update’s version of this scene, Miwako will stay in the classroom.

Let’s confront Shiba again.

Yadda yadda, we get it…

Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)

This time, let’s talk to Miwako since she’s still here.

Unfortunately, Shiba arrives again to thwart us before we get the chance.

Clearly this isn’t working. Let’s talk to Miwako first this time, not alerting Shiba to the fact that we know about him until we actually need to leave the classroom.

Music: Head In The Clouds (Rikako Watanabe)

Do you have a minute?

Use Tomi Kisaragi on Miwako Sawatari

Let’s find out where Tomi is going, just for Nenji’s sake.

Usami-chan?

Where does she always go?

Why do you ask?

Ogata-kun was looking for her.

We’re gonna break Miwako’s poor shipper brain with this gossip fodder.

So do you know?

She goes to Tokisaka Shrine. I think she’s waiting for someone there.

Is that the one that’s supposedly haunted? ……

Ugh, I can’t remember.

The person she’s meeting is a boy, so… Oh no…

With that, Miwako leaves.

Consider Tokisaka Shrine

(They say the shrine by our school is haunted by ghosts. Kisaragi-san’s told me a bit about it. She seems interested in the shrine for some reason.)

Confront Shiba again so we can leave…

Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)

And quickly make our exit.

Back in the hallway, let’s directly disobey Miwako’s plainly stated wishes and tell Nenji that his crush is going out with someone else.

Use Tokisaka Shrine on Nenji Ogata

I heard she went to Tokisaka Shrine.

Huh? For real?

There’s something I want to check.

I think I saw something. The memories are starting to come back… But I can’t remember any specifics.

Music: Bad Omen (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)

You…

‘Cause I sure as hell do.

I see how it is.

Aren’t we here to look for Kisaragi-san?

Meh…

Don’t have time for this.

What?

Sorry to disappoint. We’ll dance some other time.

And that’s your decision to make, huh? Selfish bastard.

The hell are you doing here, anyways?

What happened to him?

But according to her… Kisaragi-san’s been going out to meet some guy lately.

Just the two of ‘em!?

Theeeeeeere we go.

What, you know him?

Not exactly…

(But it’s probably the same person…)

Got a feelin’ I know where they went, too.

Eh… She mentioned somethin’ about it.

By the way… Do you know how to work this time travel business?

Uh… Oh. You don’t know either?

……

……

While these two idiots are having an ellipses-off, Juro wanders over to the right a bit…

Oh yeah! I carried something over to the dumpster.

Well, let’s just open up this trash receptacle and take a peek insi—

Music: Deafening Silence (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)

I’m sorry, what?

…Oh dear.

But this thing’s a robot.

It’s… Tamao-san… Why? Why does it look like her?

Tamao?

…Tamao Kurabe.

Wait, what?

My grandma?

This is…

I finally got my hands on that movie. Now I just need to get home and watch it.

Suddenly, there’s a flash of light and a strange noise like a phaser firing.

Music: 466f756e64205521 (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)

It sounded like that because that’s exactly what it was!

I should never have let you out of the underground.

If only I hadn’t spared you.

I won’t let anyone interfere with my escape.

You must think you’re handling this situation well. But Miura is well aware…

I doubt it.

The reason he deleted your memories at school… was to hide the log from you.

……

And because Juro’s kind of a dip who doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone, he immediately decides to involve himself with what must appear to him to be a fucking murder scene.

That’s odd. If that’s the case, then… Who was talking to him?

The android suddenly opens its eyes and leans forward…

Ah!

Music: Emotional Storm (Yoshimi Kudo)

Or would you like your skull to be crushed? This body will not last for much longer. I approximate… about 5 minutes. But that should be plenty. I need only enter your nanomachines. I thought I was done for… But it seems today’s my lucky day.