Fate/Grand Order story · Ordeal Call, The Inescapable Gehenna, Id
This Place Seems Familiar
The Inescapable Gehenna, Id. Busy Streets
3 scenes, 201 lines
1. Before the battle
54 linesWhen was the last time I waited for a traffic light to change?
It's been forever since I last waited for a traffic light.
？！
...
？！
Downtown...
？！
...This downtown district seems familiar.
Is it really? Your/My memories feel weirdly hazy and unreliable.
It looks like a modern city. Like Japan at the start of the twenty-first century.
Most likely...
Tokyo.
？！
Yes. You/I think this is Tokyo.
Why does it seem so nostalgic? Is it just because you've/I've been here before?
Or is it because this is home?
You/I don't know. You/I can't recall anything more.
It's as if a haze clouds your/my mind, preventing you/me from remembering the crucial details.
You/I can't even seek outside help, since the communicator Mystic Code won't turn on.
Something must be blocking me.
Someone must be laughing at me.
...
Umm...
Is someone there?
？！
You/I hear a voice.
You/I look around at the people coming and going...but no. It wasn't any of them.
The voice seems to have come from over there...
I think it was that back alley.
...Let's go check it out.
？！
...I think it came from around here.
？！
You/I look around...but no one's there.
The voice definitely came from around here. But there's no one to be seen.
Which is why you/I...
(Stare at your shadow)
I stare at my feet, and my own shadow stretching out from them.
... ...
...The shadow doesn't say anything.
But I get the faint sense of something wriggling inside it.
(Stare at an empty space)
I stare at empty space. A space that is nothing more than air and shadow.
... ...
......
...Is something wriggling over there?
？！
Fire!
Enemies!?
？！
!
Simple summons!
Help me, guys!
？！
2. After the battle
48 lines...!
What just happened...?
It felt like my simple summons were...heavier than usual?
？！
There's a strange sensation in your/my hands. It's as though you/I can't fully use them.
It almost feels like moving underwater.
Or like this is...a dream...
(Gulp)
Aah! You scared me!
？！
...
Dantès.
？！
... ...
Dantès?
What were those things?
？！
Did they have something to do with you?
Their flames kind of had the same color as yours.
？！
... ...
...
？！
... ...
Silence. He does not respond.
The black shadow may have revealed himself, but he refuses to speak.
All he does is stand there in the alley before you/me, flickering like flame.
A silent shadow. A shadow that looks like dark flame.
And an eye that glows a bloody red.
A closer look reveals no facial features apart from the glowing red eye.
He does not even appear to have a mouth. That may explain his silence.
If you can't speak, maybe you can still nod. Is that you, Dantès?
You ARE the Count of Monte Cristo, right? Nod once for "yes."
？！
No.
I am your...
...shadow.
Wait! What do you mean, you're my shadow!?
Wait! Is this Tokyo a Singularity!?
？！
...Again, no response.
He only said a few words before disappearing back into the shadows.
All that's left in his wake is silence. And then...
Hey, you there. Are you...
...Fujimaru?
Aha, I knew it. I thought I recognized your face.
It's dangerous to be out here by yourself, you know.
Actually... What the hell are you even doing?
3. Before the battle
99 lines...Phew.
It's weird, but it's actually easier to breathe out here than it is in a deserted alley.
Don't go off on your own like that again, 'kay?
What, were you trying to be cool, like a delinquent? Don't. Really doesn't suit you.
Um...
...Oh. You forget my name or something?
Oruta, remember? We're in the same class.
You're Jeanne Alter, right?
Not even close! I have no idea where you got "Jeanne" from, and my last name's "Oruta," not "Alter."
？！
...Oruta.
？！
There you go. ...You know, I don't think you've ever called me by my name before.
Well, whatever. Oh, right.
Ricardo and Himeko went off that way to look for you. If you've got nothing better to do, maybe you could go put their minds at ease or something?
Anyway, see you tomorrow.
Oh! There you are, Fujimaru!
What're you doing downtown? Did you want to go to the arcade or something? I'm down.
You really think Fujimaru would go to an arcade on his own? He doesn't seem the type to me.
Maybe someone invited him here.
Oh.
Anyway, if it's not an arcade, maybe he wanted to visit that bookstore over there?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, they've got way more magazines and stuff to choose from than the convenience stores.
Um... Himeko and...Ricardo?
Uh... Ricardo and...Himeko?
？！
(They both look just like them...)
(They really remind me of Mandricardo and Osakabehime...)
？！
Uh, yeah? How come your voice is getting higher pitched at the end like that?
Oh! I know! It's because he was asking a question!
And that must mean he's suffering from a sudden bout of amnesia! Or something like that!
That's why he looks confused! 'Cause we're talking to him even though he doesn't remember us!
(Cough)
Sus!
(Smile ambiguously)
I have no idea what to make of that...
？！
So you really do have amnesia? Well, you should be calling it a memory disorder, but that's beside the point.
Anyway, this here's Andou Ricardo, and I'm Osakabe Himeko.
Also, it's 2017!
Oh come on, he's gotta remember THAT. We just saw him at school a little while ago.
School...
2017...
？！
Oh, right. Kyrie was looking for you, too, Fujimaru.
She said something about them having curry today and that it'd be nice if you could join them for dinner.
Kyrie?
Man, Kyrie is great. What do I have to do to have a friend next door I've known my whole life?
I would've loved to live next to a boy where I could just reach out and rap on his window to talk to him.
Rap?
Curry?
Yeah, curry. You know what that means? That today is the one and only Curry Day!
It must be nice, having what's practically one big extended family.
？！
So, now you know.
Seriously though, when're you gonna get a damn phone? I feel like we're stuck in the '80s whenever I try to get ahold of you.
Hey, there's something to be said for doing things the old-fashioned way, Ricardo.
That said, I can't even imagine living without my phone anymore.
Anyway, we're gonna go now. Say hi to Kyrie for us!
Hey, uh, wait up a second.
？！
Do you know which way my house is?
？！
...Huh?
I-I knew it!
So you really DO have amnesia!?
I doubt it. He's probably just a little too committed to the bit.
!!!
Ulp... Yeah... You're probably right...
My house, huh...
？！
Those two said it was around here, but...
I can't tell if any of this looks familiar or not...
？！
You/I walk around the neighborhood.
This town could well exist in your/my memories, but it also feels like you're/I'm walking down this road for the first time.
With comms down, the next course of action is clear.
You/I need a home base. Somewhere you/I can rest, and a place to safely keep anything you/I get.
There's nowhere else to go.
You/I finally arrive at a house that draws your/my attention more than any other.
Yes, this is it. You/I can tell.
This must be your/my home.
A simple, ordinary house, built in the middle of an ordinary suburb.
...Is someone waiting at the front door?
She's wearing a school uniform with a blazer. It looks like the same uniform the boy and girl were wearing.
She has brightly colored hair and even through her glasses, the purple tinge to her eyes is clearly visible.
You/I could never forget that face.
Mash?
...Huh?
Oh, hi, Senpai. Welcome home.
Thank goodness. I was worried something had happened.
...And who's Mash?
Hehe. Did you really forget? I'm your neighbor, Kyrie.
...Kyrie?
...Yes, Senpai. It's me.
I'm glad you made it back on time. Welcome home.
？！