Part 25

Ending B2

Oh, I forgot to mention this when Homunculus made his big reveal about how Dana is actually Dr. Wagner's daughter and Margarete is Mr. Eckart's daughter. Remember how when I asked if we should pursue the Dana ending, or go back and tell Margarete she was an ancestress, all of you goons said to pursue Dana, because Margarete was Eike's daughter and thus those endings would be super creepy?

Yeah, you guys have hillariously bad judgement.

So, try to scam a free meal, and then the town square. I'd say there isn't enough time left (what, seven minutes?) to get something to eat but...




The issue was more or less solved for me. So, time to rub Hugo's nose in the miserable stench of his own failure!





Oooh, dis.



Wait, no, you're missing the point, Eike. It's alright for him to leave Margarete behind because she's not an ancest--



Guess we'll continue that train of thought later.



Batman!






I've let things run wild in this town for too long.




Hugo manages to throw Mr. Eckart over one shoulder, using the powerful judo techniques prevalent in sixteenth century europe.



This scene needed mariachi players, but it's just playing the generic "tense scene" music instead.




Ooooh, that was over fast.



It's nice to know he's good for something besides kittens.





Mooooom! Hugo won't stop stabbing me!
Hugo, stop stabbing your sister.





Or I'll snap your neck like a twig.





Once again, violence solves all of Hugo's psychological problems. Is this a standard practice in mental health, or is boxing 101 an elective?





I have NO idea what's going through Mr. Eckart's head as he listens to that.




Wait, goodbyes? But Eike, Margarete's the daughter! Mr. Eckart's been mourning her for twenty-one long years!





Don't say cutesy shit, fucking tell him!






Eike! What the fuck is wrong with you? Heal that family! She's down a full set of parents, she needs someone to take care of her! I'm sure you could put Hugo on the couch or something. Go! Run after them! Stop them!




Too late.




And Mr. Eckart leaves, not knowing the hideous wrong Eike has just done to him. Oh, well.




So, ending. Eike and Homunculus have their little back-and-forth, only this time Homunculus is standing on the steps of City Hall.





Homunculus really is in control of this whole game, isn't he.





Even the evil soul-stealing demon who looks down on human lives with contempt thinks Eike handled that scene poorly.




Translation: I'm done ressurecting your dumb ass, try not to get yourself killed.



So! Sent the love interest back to the past, saved the day. Now what, Eike?






Protip: The credits contain a spoiler/hint for ending B1!




So! Eike saved the day for himself. Dana is back in the past where she belongs, happy and in love, and Mr. Eckart has his wife back, but not his daughter. Hugo and Margarete are living alone in the past, trying to make due on the earnings of a seamstress who makes scandalous clothes. I'm just gonna pretend I remembered to get Sibylla a kitten. Oleg is a famous movie producer, and there's a brass statue of Eike in the middle of town.

Oh, and Eike will wander the world forever, never remembering those close to him, and eventually dying and falling into hell.



So! That was ending B2. There are two B endings, you only technically have to get one of them for the game to think you have all the endings, but what the hell, we'll do the other one, also. It's more satisfying than this, "let's get drunk," thing, anyway.

Endings A, B1, and C! From the showdown with Hugo in the middle of chapter eight, where/when should we go to try to stop him?