Blue Archive story · Volume 4, Chapter 1, Episode 11
Vol. 4 Ch. 1 Ep. 11: Heavy Rain Advisory
1 scenes, 92 lines
1. Schale Office / Kousagi Park
92 linesA few days later marked the start of Kivotos' rainy season.
Geez, it's turning into a rainstorm out there! I hope Kivotos doesn't turn into a lake.
We might be dealing with the aftermath of this for a while.
But I'm sure each school is taking the appropriate measures to keep their students safe.
...I am a little worried about the SRT Academy students at Kousagi Park.
There's not much shelter at the park, not even a building for them to hide in.
I hope they don't catch a cold.
Rush out to check on the RABBIT squad.
Th-That was the last of it. We're all out.
Dammit. We weren't prepared for this at all.
Moe! Are you still protecting your metal junk?
Are you crazy? Put them down and come help us!
Over my dead body! If any of my communications equipment gets damaged, I'll really show you crazy!
These cost more than your life is worth!
What about our guns?! Our ammunition? I think your stupid equipment is the least of our concerns.
If this rain doesn't let up, we'll lose everything.
Are you done with the waterproofing? The spillway outside the park needs to be expanded. And soon.
The storm sewers are clogged with mud and are about to overflow.
We need to free them up before we all drown!
I'd love to help, but we're shorthanded over here!
If we let go, everything's going to blow away.
That was not the kind of explosion I like.
I-It was a bolt of lightning...that hit the park...
...
The c-command tent caved in...
All of our ammunition is underwater.
The communications equipment is ruined.
This is it. The end of the line.
It's okay. Don't give up.
We just need to expand the spillway, and I'm sure we can recover and repair some of the equipment.
S-Saki...
If I had known this was gonna be the end result, I never would have tried.
Wh-What are you saying?
We all took an oath from the beginning.
We swore to each other we wouldn't give up. That as long as we kept putting one foot in front of the other, we could carry SRT Academy's mantle ourselves. D-Didn't we?
Pretty words and pretty oaths, Miyako. That's all that ever was.
We can't keep up our little game of pretend forever.
How did we end up here? When did our duties become to scavenge for food and steal empty drum barrels so we can shower?!
We were better than this! We used to debate the intricacies of justice and bring down felons! Now... Now we're fighting over expired bentos with hobos.
Tell me, Miyako! Is that what you meant? Is this how you keep the name of SRT alive?!
...This isn't the SRT I knew.
All our worldly possessions are sunk underwater.
Living out in the streets was fun at first. But it's getting tiring.
M-Miyako... I wanna g-go home.
...
Where are you going, Miyako?
After all this? You look this disaster full in the face, and want to continue?!
...Yes.
I will keep SRT Academy's justice alive. I'll never give up.
(The current is so strong... I don't know how long I've been working... I can't feel my hands and feet...)
(Maybe they were right. Maybe I am a fool. )
(But... The justice I believed in... The school that I loved...)
No! You won't break me!
Sensei?
You're here to persuade us again?
We don't have time for your silly jokes. Not today.
I don't care what you have to say. I have to clear the spillway, or we really will be flooded.
Grab a shovel and head to the spillway.
"So, you just need the dirt cleared out from here?"
Yes, that's right.
...You're holding the shovel all wrong. Give it.
...Dummies until the end.
I wanna help.
The RABBIT members and I worked tirelessly on repairing the spillway for hours.
...The rain finally stopped.
"You all really pulled through. Great job."
...Sensei.
Why do you continue to help us?
We've told you again and again that we won't be persuaded.
I've been trying to solve it this entire time, but I don't understand. What do you hope to get out of this?
"I'm not expecting anything."
"I'm just your teacher."
...Is that so.
Most of our equipment is waterlogged and damaged beyond repair.
But we did manage to stop the park from flooding completely. Thank you, Sensei.
I-I suppose...we wouldn't have made it without Miyako, though...
But Sensei, wasn't your ultimate goal to get us out of this park?
What kind of stupid Sensei would work so hard to help us stay here?
We knew Sensei was a dummy since the first moment we laid eyes on them. Heehee.
You sh-shouldn't talk to your Sensei like that, Moe...
We've rejected your help so many times, and you still came running today when you thought we might need you.
Thank you, Sensei.
Later, I took my soaking-wet self back to Schale.
Perhaps it was the manual labor in the rain, but I ended up having chills and aches for a few days after.