Hot Springs Murder Case in Planeptune: Chapter 4

Hot springs Murder case in Planeptune: Chapter 4
Heart racing Trial
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00:06 MAGES.: The sun is just about to set, so why don't we have a little test of courage? There's an interesting bit of folklore around these parts.
00:20 MAGES.: It's quite a famous spot amongst enthusiasts.
00:24 Noire: Isn't it... off season to be having a test of courage in autumn?
00:31 MAGES.: Oh? Don't tell me that a goddess like yourself is afraid?
00:38 Noire: Of-Of course not. Fine, a test of courage or two is no big deal.
00:44 MAGES.: Then it's decided. I trust that there are no objections from the rest of you?
00:50 Neptune: I'm fine with anything as long as it's fun. Come ghost or zombie, I'll nep them all up!
00:57 Compa: I'm fine with a test of courage as well.
01:00 Neptune: Nepu! Compa: Hmm? What's the matter, Nep-Nep?
01:03 Neptune: I was just surprised how cheerfully you agreed. I mean, you're normally timid.
01:08 Compa: *Glup* I-If I said I wasn't afraid, I would be lying, but, um, I don't think it will be scary if I'm with Nep-Nep and everyone else.
01:21 Uni: Ah, I'll join in! 5pb: Me too!
01:25 MAGES.: Seems like we are all in agreement. Let us head out, then.
01:32 Uni: *That was close.*

01:40 MAGES.: Now that the sun has set, shall we get started? The rules are simple, at the very end of this mountain trail, there is a small shrine.
01:52 MAGES.: I've placed a specially prepared charm upon it. Simply retrieve it and return to this spot, and that will be it. Are there any questions?
02:02 Neptune: Ooh! It really does sound like a proper test of courage.
02:07 Noire: Are we going on the trip alone? Or are we pairing up?
02:11 MAGES.: I was just about to mention that, but we are going in pairs. Black goddess, isn't it lucky that we have an even number of people?
02:24 Noire: ...I have to ask, what exactly do you mean by that?
02:29 MAGES.: If we were an odd number, there would be one left over when we are forming teams, wouldn't there?
02:35 Noire: Why are you acting like I would definitely be the remainder!?
02:39 MAGES.: Well, you ask me that, but it's a pattern you keep falling into, my assistant.
02:44 Noire: Since when was it a pattern for me to end up alone? And why are you calling me your assistant?!
02:49 Compa: She says that, but she sounds like she's having fun.
02:52 Neptune: Ugh... Compa: Nep-Nep, are you feeling lonely? Usually you are the one who gets to mess with Noire.
03:03 Neptune: O-Of course not! Oh Compa, saying that I mess with people makes me sound bad, you know?
03:12 Compa: Nep-Nep... 5pb: Everyone, the lots are done. Everyone please queue up.
03:17 Neptune: Alright, I choose you!
03:21 Compa: I'll take this one! Uni: Then, I'll have this.
03:24 Noire: MAGES., you can go ahead and take one first.
03:27 MAGES.: Very well, my assistant. Noire: I'm not an assistant!
03:31 5pb: The last one is for me, then. Alright, everyone, pair up with the person who has the same color as you.
03:39 Uni: Mine's red. Compa: Umm, who's holding on to green?
03:44 5pb: That's me, Compa. Lets do our best together. Compa: Yes!
03:49 MAGES.: That leaves... Neptune: Hey! Why is my partner Noire?
03:55 Noire: That's my line! Why does it have to be you of all people? This is the worst!
04:03 Neptune: That's my line! Noire: What did you say? Neptune: Oh yeah?
04:08 Neptune/Noire: Grrr.
04:11 MAGES.: This is worse than I anticipated.
04:15 5pb: They seem the same as usual to me, but...
04:18 MAGES.: Alright, why don't we have the purple goddess and assistant move out first?
04:26 Noire: Huh? Why are we going first?
04:29 Neptune: Heh, I knew it. You are scared.
04:35 Noire: Who is afraid? Aren't you the one who's scared? Your legs have been shaking this whole time, you know?
04:42 Neptune: Nepu! T-This is because it's cold. I'm not the least bit scared at all.
04:50 Noire: Oh, I wonder.
04:52 MAGES.: Alright, lets put a stop to this old couple fighting skit.
04:55 Neptune/Noire: We aren't a couple!
04:57 5pb: They are in sync as ever.
05:00 MAGES.: Oh, one last word of warning. Noire: There's something else?
05:06 MAGES.: The charm I left on the shrine is an amateurish imitation, but take care not to remove one of the actual charms placed on the shrine.
05:24 Noire: What would happen if we removed them?
05:26 MAGES.: An evil spirit sealed here long ago would be released, or so they say.
05:33 Noire: Releasing an evil spirit? Why would you choose such a place?
05:37 MAGES.: I don't know if it's true or just a simple tale, but I thought it'd be more exciting this way.
05:43 Noire: Oh fine. Just bring back the charm without touching anything else. Hey, Neptune, lets go.
05:53 Neptune: Heh, I ain't going to lose to you!
05:57 Noire: Hey! Why are you running off on your own!? Wait up!
06:03 MAGES.: Yes.. everything is proceeding nicely to plan.

06:20 Noire: It's fine that we bravely charged out here but... it's surprisingly dark with just one torchlight.
06:33 Noire: Neptune, can you cut that out?
06:37 Neptune: Can you please stop making strange noises?
06:52 Noire: Y-You're not fooling me.
06:54 Neptune: What about you? Isn't using ventriloquism just to scare me going overboard?
07:05 Neptune/Noire: AAAAAAH!
07:10 Uni: Did I overdo it? Still, this voice modulator sure is impressive.

07:41 Neptune: They didn't say anything about real ones showing up!
07:49 Noire: Of course it isn't. It's probably a doll or something that MAGES. prepared.
07:55 Neptune: it's not convincing when you to were running away with your tail between your legs.
07:59 Neptune/Noire: GRRRR.
08:02 ???: ARE THERE ANY BAD KIDS AROUND!?
08:07 Neptune/Noire: Ahhh! Ghost!
08:14 ???: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!
08:18 Neptune/Noire: It's chasing us!
08:22 Neptune: Noire! Stay away!
08:27 Noire: Huh? That's my line! That thing is going after you!
08:31 Neptune: The one it's chasing is you!
08:34 ???: WHERE ARE THESE BAD KIDS WHO FIGHT?
08:40 Neptune/Noire: AHHHHH!
08:45 Compa: Did I scare them too much? But scaring people is so fun!

09:06 Neptune: Why would there be a Namahage this deep into the mountains?
(TL note: A Namahage(生剥) is the Japanese equivalent of the "It will come take you away unless you behave." creature that parents tell their children about. For more info see: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Namahage)
09:13 Neptune: Noire, you didn't wet yourself out of fear, did you?
09:22 Neptune: Wait. Noire? You're kidding me. Where did you go, Noire?
09:29 Neptune: H-Hmph, I don't need you. I'll be fine on my own.
09:35 Neptune: That stubborn fool who keeps a grudge even after an apology can just spend the night here in fear.
09:44 Neptune: Nepu! Oh, alright, the rule is to complete the trail in pairs, after all. If I proceed on by myself they'll probably lecture my ear off, so I guess I'll have to search for you.
10:00 Neptune: Seriously, you are so helpless for a goddess...
10:05 Neptune: Eeek!
10:09 Neptune: I-I-Is that you, Noire?
10:15 Neptune: Hey, it's you, right, Noire? It's me, not a ghost or anything. So relax and show yourself.
12:27 Neptune: Is it because I'm in the wrong? Because I spoiled the ending?
10:36 Neptune: I'll apologize as many times as you want, so, come on, Noire! Please, just show yourself!
10:51 ???: Meow.
10:53 Neptune: Oh, it's just a cat. Looks like I was mistaken.
11:03 5pb: That was close. It would've ended really badly if I showed myself. Seems like Neptune does want to make up with Noire as soon as possible after all.

11:24 Noire: Seriously, where did that Neptune go? She vanishes as soon as you take your eyes off her...
11:44 Neptune: AAAAH! Ghost!
11:50 Noire: That was Neptune, right? I need to hurry over.

12:06 Noire: Neptune? Are you okay?
12:08 Neptune: Noire! There was a weird shadow over there!
12:12 Noire: What? A shadow? Couldn't it be Uni and 5pb who were behind us?
12:17 Neptune: No, it can't be. They aren't that small. It was a 40 to 50 cm tall black shadow.
12:28 Noire: There's nothing here. Could it be a fox or a raccoon?
12:35 Neptune: Do you think so? Wait. Where did you disappear off to? You took the only torchlight with you too. You wanted to scare me in revenge for spoiling you, right?
12:47 Noire: What? You were the who wandered off somewhere! Plus I don't have that twisted of a personality. Aren't you the one who wanted to cause trouble for me by disappearing?
12:58 Neptune/Noire: GRRR. HMPH!
13:03 Noire: Anyway, we are moving on. Try not to wander off this time.
13:07 Neptune: That's my line!

13:16 Noire: Say, is that the shrine that MAGES. was referring to?
13:21 Neptune: Look! There's a charm right here. It says... "Why are you thinking this little test so seriously?"
13:32 Noire: What's this supposed to mean?
13:36 Neptune: It really does feel like a message that MAGES. would write.
13:39 Noire: There are two more charms here, so it doesn't seem like Uni and the rest have made it yet.
13:44 Neptune/Noire: Eeek!
13:46 Neptune: W-What now?
13:49 Noire: Why do they just keep coming one after another?
13:53 Warechu: Chu?! What are goddesses doing all the way out here?
13:56 Neptune/Noire: Eh?
13:59 Neptune: A rat?
14:02 Noire: You gave me such a fright. Seriously, why are you are such a troublemaker?
14:08 Warechu: I'm the one who got a fright, chu. So, what are you goddesses doing here?
14:15 Neptune: Ah, we are currently having a test of courage after coming here on a hot springs trip.
14:19 Warechu: A test of courage during a hot springs trip, huh? You are as carefree as ever. Chu? Hot springs? Is that the hot springs rumored to be somewhere around here?
14:31 Neptune: That's right.
14:32 Warechu: Then it must be some kind of fate for us to meet here. I would like you to guide me to the hot springs, chu.
14:38 Noire: Huh? We are not doing that. Why do we have to bring a rat to the hot springs?
14:44 Warechu: To think that a goddess would have such an ugly personality... My heart goes out to the citizens of Lastation, chu.
14:51 Noire: What was that?
14:53 Warechu: A true goddess has got to be beautiful on the outside and the inside, like Compa. And the name is Warechu, not rat, chu!
15:03 Noire: This rat... you must want to be turned into minced meat.
15:09 Warechu: Now, please guide me to the hot springs, chu. I'm all worn out from spending the last three nights in the forest, chu.
15:15 Noire: Like I said, we are not doing that.
15:18 Neptune: Now, now, he seems to be lost in the forest. We should at least guide him back to civilization.
15:23 Noire: Huh? What is going through your head? He's an enemy, you know?
15:28 Warechu: I may look like this, but I have a very strong sense of obligation, chu. I have no intention of traveling all the way to a hot springs just to cause trouble, chu.
15:35 Noire: That'd be great if it's true. Oh, alright. Lets hurry up and leave this creepy place behind.
15:42 ???: If you walk straight towards those lights, you'll get back in no time.
15:46 Neptune: How lucky! So we should head straight instead of following the path, right?
15:51 Warechu: Chuchu?! Who are you talking to?
15:54 Neptune: Isn't that obvious? Um...wha?
16:00 Noire: What are you doing? Lets hurry up and get back.
16:03 Neptune: Eh? Ah, right.

16:13 Uni: They sure are taking their time. I wonder what happened.
16:19 Compa: I hope they haven't gotten lost...
16:21 5pb: Ah, look, Neptune and Noire are back.
16:26 Neptune: Phew, we are finally back. I thought we wouldn't make it after Noire wandered away and got lost.
16:37 Noire: That's because you wandered off on your own.
16:39 Neptune: You were the one who wandered away. And you took the torchlight with you too. It was pitch black and totally scary, you know!
16:48 Uni: H-huh? 5pb: Did the plan fail?
16:53 Compa: Seems like it.
16:54 Warechu: Chuchu?! T-that voice is-
16:58 Compa: Hmm? Warechu: My lovely angel, Compa!
17:01 Compa: Is that you, Mr Mouse? Why are you together with Nep-Nep?
17:08 Neptune: Ah, it seems like he got lost searching for the hot springs, and we just bumped into him in the forest. As goddesses, we couldn't exactly leave him alone, so we took him back with us.
17:20 Compa: Mr Mouse came here to visit hot springs too?
17:23 Warechu: That's right, in order to wash away the stresses of my life, I sought out the rumored Endoalpha on foot.
17:28 Noire: This rat is gung ho about all the wrong things...
17:31 5pb: But, that inn is a highly exclusive inn that only accepts one group per night. Without a prior reservation you can't even book a room, nevermind visit the hot springs.
17:41 Warechu: Chuchu?! How could this be? How could I only learn about this after I've trekked all the way to this remote mountain range?
17:49 5pb: It should be written on all the brochures and the home page too.
17:55 Warechu: And here I thought I finally reached my destination. Looks like it's another night of sleeping outdoors for me. Chu...
18:05 Compa: 5pb Is there no way to allow Mr Mouse to stay at the inn? It's way too sad for him to be turned away after coming all this way.
18:18 5pb: Hmm...well...if we say that he's our pet, it might work...
18:27 Warechu: A pet, huh... Well, if I can enter the hot springs with Compa, I'll be a pet or livestock or anything else you need me to be.
18:37 Compa: Isn't this great, Mr Mouse?
18:40 Warechu: This is all thanks to you, Compa. You truly are my angel, chu.
18:47 Noire: By the way, where did MAGES. go? She doesn't seem to be here.
18:51 Neptune: She's probably in hiding to give us one last scare.
18:57 MAGES.: Sorry to disappoint, but I was merely cleaning up.
19:01 5pb: Good work, MAGES.
19:04 MAGES.: Now that everyone has survived the test of courage, shall we return to the inn? Yes, to the stage of the next operation.