Part 29: Out of Time

Update 29: Out of Time



Jack: Outta my way!





Jack: Don't look at me like that! What--you have FEELINGS for this brat? Ha ha ha ha! ...Well, he's younger than Derek, anyway. Much more appropriate for who you are now!!
Kori: Jack, you monster...!
Jack: Monster?



Jack: You know how I feel! If you don't cooperate, you're going to be in a world of hurt! You made your bed, Kori...now it's high time you slept in it!



Jack: Why are you still talking!?





Jack: Wh-who's there!?





Derek remains the best in a pinch. How many times has he saved Ethan now?





Derek: You okay?
Kori: ...Derek...
Jack: Dammit...!
Ethan: Uncle Derek...how--?
Derek: I had plans to meet someone here...twelve years ago.
Kori: Derek...! So you read the letter... Thank you, Derek.
Derek: Long time no see, Kori. You haven't changed a bit.

Normally when people say that, it's not quite so literal.

Kori: Yeah, well...we'll talk about that later.
Derek: Got it.
Jack: Urrgh...
Ethan: Kori... Come...come here...
Kori: Are you okay, Ethan?
Ethan: Uncle...Derek... Can you...hold...
Derek: You want me to hold him down?
Ethan: P...please... D-don't let him...get away... You can...pass out...if you want... Just don't let him...get away...

That middle part's not very nice to the guy who saved your life a bunch of times.

Derek: Gotcha. Like this, you mean?
Jack: Owwwww!
Ethan: ...Kori... Over here...
Kori: What is it, Ethan?
Ethan: Help me...open the Hole... Together...



Kori: All right. Maybe if I hold your hand like this?
Ethan: ...That'll work... ...Sorry it's not Uncle Derek's hand, though...

: ...!
: ...Ethan...



So close. Just a bit further and we can save Ethan's parents.





*Talk*

: The Hole's open, Ethan...
: Argh...!
: Jack still can't move, but I wouldn't dawdle if I were you.

Remember that Derek can't move while time's stopped, meaning it's a little easier to slip out of his grasp. Doesn't make it easy, though.

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{Video: Taking Back What Was Mine}

You may remember this from the beginning of the game, when we knew nothing.

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: When am I...?
: Hey! You all right?
: ...Dad...
: !?
: Is that...Ethan? Ethan! It's you!
: I think I've stopped the bleeding, at least.
: ! Aren't you...
: ...Yes--the high schooler you pulled through.
: Listen, we can catch up later.
: Dad... Wh-what about...Mom...?
: She's fine--she's with me.
: Thank goodness...
: Okay, let's close this Hole.
: ...Yeah...

And we do.

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: Help! Help me! ...Huh? What happened to the fire?
: Calm down--you're safe now. We've been rescued...
: Oh, Tim...
: I'm so glad you're all right...
: But what about that boy over there?
: Ethan! Are you okay?



Ethan: ...The Pen...
Kori: The Pen? What about it?
Ethan: It...it's gone...disappeared...
Kori: What!?
Timothy: What pen? The Hollow Pen? Don't worry about that. I still have it. I haven't given it to Ethan yet.
Kori: So we came here before you ever even passed it along, eh?
Timothy: Uh-huh. I still have the Pen right...here...?

{Soundtrack: Silence}





Jack: Ha ha ha ha!

: Jack...!
: Can't see it, can you? The Pen, I mean!
: Who are you?
: You went through a Hole. That means you've been disqualified.
: "Left out of the flow of time"...?
: Exactly--just like Irving. Ha ha ha ha ha!
: .........
: And that means all I have left to do is get rid of you, Ethan.
: !
: Jack!?
: Then I'll be the only one who can wield the Hollow Pen!
: And you, Kori--you'll have no choice but to obey my every command!











Ethan: !
Derek: Kori!
Timothy: !!
Pamela: !!

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{Video: Out of Time}

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: I-it's gone!



Derek: This...





Derek: I...I wanted to...own a...cafe...all my own... And when I told her my dream, Kori...



Derek: The personification of time... She loved Greek myths...



Derek: Th-this necklace...



Derek: Kori...!!!
Ethan: ......



Jack: Why...why!?

: Wait!

And Derek goes running after.

: M-Mom...



: Ethan...is it you? Really you?
: Ethan, are you all right?



Ethan: Dad...the Pen...in your pocket... I...I can see...the Pen...
: Who cares about that blasted Pen!? You're badly hurt! Call an ambulance, Pam.
: They're on their way.
: Dad...
: Stay still, now. Though I don't think a little chat will do you in.
: I'm all right... We have to...go after him...
: What?
: With your injuries? Out of the question!
: I'm fine...I...I can go...
: I...I have to...





: But you will!
: Wha-a-at?





: ...Jaaaaaack!



Ethan: I won't...let you...do this!



Timothy: Hey, what are you doing?
Jack: ...Even if you destroy me, the next Irving will rise up... And the next Irving will finish what I started...







Ethan: Jack!



Jack: Help...me...



Jack: Th-thanks...



Jack: ...!



Timothy: What the--!?
Jack: Aaaaaaaaaaah...!!