Part 11

Eike has finally cornered his murderer! This time the attack went off, he wasn't scared away. We were in a secluded location, only one man could have done it... the mysterious Mr. Eckart! Reasons aside, we KNOW he tried to kill Eike, and he had a shitty rope in his tower to mock me. TO MOCK ME! Time to give that bastard a PIECE OF EIKE'S MIND.




Way to seize the initiative, Eike.



Stay on topic, dammit!



He just pushed you off a tower. I know you're a nice guy, but Jesus! Be a little angry!





So much for being angry.




again.

Indeed, about 80% of this section could be commented only using and occasionally . I'll try to keep that to a minimum.




Guess we're not done being murdered.

How many games do you get to say that in? The answer is clearly too few.




That ramen eating bastard! I knew he was no good!



Fake Eike's death? No, too easy.




Good evening, Mr. Eckart! What brings you around?
I pushed a young friend of mine off of a tower in an attempt to bring back my girl who I lost twenty long years ago.
Drunk tank, then?



Man, I can't keep a hate on like this.





Alright! Open challenge to you guys. Can anyone name another video game protagonist as moral and kind as Eike is?



A comb, eh? I wonder if it means anything.



Are there? Eike suffers from amnesia. Is there anyone who's a friend of his besides Mr. Eckart?

Interestingly enough, we're on track for ending D, which answers that very question!





This is a real downer. I think it's time for some good news to walk in.




Yaaaaaay!

There's some obvious loading right before she walks in... she's kind of spliced into the scene, and the technology of early PS2 games makes it apparent.












See? Two emoticons is plenty.





Wait, twenty years?

I hope that's not literally true, or she put out on the first date.




Quick, dude, change your shirt! Put on glasses! Do something!





Oh, good. Takes the edge off of that.




"No, it's cool. Being thrown from a tower isn't such a big deal for me."





"Ma'am, if I did that you'd be dead right now."



And here, another loading moment. The rest of the scene is sans-Miriam. Presumably she left the room. Actually, they didn't want to record the scene twice, once with a woman lurking in the back.

Given that it's all in-engine, I don't know WHY. But there you go.




Dammit, not you too.



That's right, embrace your science. It may give you comfort.




"Hi! I'd like to buy a ticket to the museum, please."
"You've come back for my wife, haven't you!? HAVEN'T YOU!?"
"Uh..."





Shit, how bad IS Eike's amnesia?




I don't think anyone's really expecting you to be rational about your daughter, man.

Look on the bright side, if you kept her, you'd be lynching no good dirty boyfriends now instead, and those guys can be feisty!






Eike pauses to give Mr. Eckart an, "Eyyy!" on his way out the door.

I'd love to end the chapter on an image of kittens, but the next scene is, well, important.





That's a really crude painting to be in an art museum. Also, why the hell did the middle ages change enough to make a new painting when you were dorking arround with the 1900s?




Next: Chapter Eight, the big finish!

What is the connection with Mr. Eckart and Margarete's comb?
What exactly happened that cold and snowy shooting in 1980?
Who is the mysterious fortuneteller?
How does Eike get into Margerete's pants?

All these questions and more will NOT be answered! That's right, by not telling Margarete she was an ancestress, you goons have managed to completely kill any chance of a romantic Margarete ending. That's the fucking definition of irony, right there. You poor, poor bastards.

You'll always have the Crescendo thread.