While the Lily Moon and Rio and Colletta are resting in San Guimereas in the capital, Vitoria, the scientists of the Dark Umbrella are researching the liquid.
John Titor: "So this is it... This liquid."
Scientist: "Hmm…"
They carefully opened it.
John Titor: "Stay calm... onto the glass."
(Splop!)
John Titor: "Hmm... Okay."
They looked at it.
John Titor: "Hmm…"
It moved.
John Titor: "...Ugh... This is not a normal liquid... it moves... like a living creature."
Scientist: "At first I thought it was black blood."
John Titor: "No, no... this is not blood... this here... is an insect..."
He held it with the tongs.
John Titor: "See... it moves."
Scientist: "Ugh... yeah..."
John Titor: "Hahhh... bring one of the prisoners..."
Scientist: "What?"
John Titor: "I want to test it..."
They brought one of the prisoners.
Prisoner: "What do you want?"
John Titor: "Hold still."
He took it and placed it on the prisoner's arm.
Prisoner: "Hey... hey..."
His arm became dark... black... It spread.
Prisoner: "Aaaaaaarghhhhh... aaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhh..."
He transformed.
Prisoner: "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!"
John Titor: "Aaaaaaarghhhhh."
They covered their ears.
The creature turned into a circle and produced more of the sound.
John Titor: "Hmm... damn it... put the ash on it immediately!"
They put the ash on the monster... It died immediately.
John Titor: "...Hahh... this is not good... this is an insect... that can... transform humans..."
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "(Yawns)... In the same room, huh?"
Fiona: "Yes."
Sophie: "Hmm... Oh... wait a minute... Colletta and Rio are a couple, right... ugh... the room."
Fiona: "Forget it. Both of them are cursed. It is a curse that prevents them from touching each other... Only with gloves, perhaps."
Sophie: "Ohhh... damn... oops."
Fiona: "What do you think?... Do the Hunters or the Dark Butterfly have something to do with this?"
Sophie: "No idea... It is one mystery after another."
She sat down next to Fiona.
Sophie: "Hahh."
Fiona looked at Sophie.
Fiona: "Are you okay?"
Sophie: "...To be completely honest... I feel strange..."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "...Somehow... empty... In one second I could be laughing... or I could be crying..."
Fiona: "Hahhh... That is human... It happens to me too."
Sophie: "Hmm..."
Sophie rested her head on Fiona's shoulder.
Sophie: "...Is this perhaps... a mixture of loneliness?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "You probably don't understand it, Fiona, hehe... I have always dreamed of living a quiet life and having children... but because of Hogwarts' experiments, I am trapped here now... I did open this cafeteria, but... we are somewhere else now."
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Sophie: "Don't you ever want to have children?"
Fiona: "...They deserve a better mother."
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "...Hahhh... I feel strange today too... Is it because of the corpses?... Or is it because of the job..."
Sophie: "...And we cannot simply live a quiet life... The two of us are similar in that way. Even back then... we both actually wanted a different life... But because of the death of our parents, it turned out differently... That is why I took care of Oliver..."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "I don't want him to become... a member of the Dark Umbrella. I want him to live a normal life... to be happy... and not always be afraid that something terrible will happen."
Fiona: "Hmm... I didn't want to take Cossette with me for exactly that reason, but she insisted."
Sophie: "Yes... We cannot change their opinions. We respect them... otherwise, we would be no better than those people who forced us to become detectives... I have no talent for anything else... I cannot sew... nor can I do other jobs like working at a bank or whatever."
Fiona: "That was the plan anyway... To train us so that we would either have no job or work for the Dark Umbrella."
Sophie: "Hahh... Don't misunderstand me... I think the Dark Umbrella has gotten better... but have they ever apologized for what they did to us... or to you either?... Look at you... You can barely sleep... and you are always so... cold."
Fiona: "...Unfortunately, nothing can be changed... What we experienced... cannot be replaced anymore... We can perhaps try to forget it... but our minds will always be wounded. It is a lasting wound that we will carry."
Sophie: "Hahh."
She took a cigar.
Sophie: "...I started smoking again."
Fiona: "Hmm?... How cool... and I thought I had to hide it... me too."
Sophie: "Hehe... Then let's smoke together... Do you have a light? Well, I forgot mine."
Fiona: "Sure."
Sophie: "Great."
She lit it... Sophie used it and Fiona afterward. They both helped each other.
Sophie: "Hahhh... (Coughs)... oh man... why isn't there something else where we can put our pain..."
Fiona: "Hmm... (Smokes)... mmm."
Sophie: "...Drinking is even worse... and eating, I don't want to become overweight... maybe... we should just play games."
Fiona: "I already played games with Oliver."
Sophie: "Huh? Really? How was it?"
Fiona: "I have to say... I understand why people do it... after all... you forget the stress for a while."
Sophie: "Ohh... I have to try it too... Hahhh... Hey... Fiona..."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "If I ever find someone... and finally have children, will you miss me?"
Fiona: "...Of course."
Sophie: "Hehe... Don't worry... I will always stay with the Lily Moon... even then I will simply remain a normal member."
She lightly hugged Fiona.
Sophie: "Don't worry... You won't have to be lonely then."
Fiona: "Hahhh..."
Sophie: "...Hmm?"
Fiona: "...It is really strange... what... I have the feeling that someone is watching us."
Sophie: "Oh... strange. I had the same feeli..."
They turned around at the same time toward the window... It was a bird.
Sophie: "Hahahahaha."
Fiona: "Hah, my goodness..."
Sophie: "Hehe... huh?"
Fiona: "Huh!"
They slowly turned around again... and looked at the bird... They noticed that the bird... was staring at them strangely.
Sophie: "Say... does smoking also make you drunk?"
Fiona: "I have no idea..."
Sophie: "It is staring at us... strangely..."
It flew away.
Sophie: "Hahhh... Great. Hehe."
Fiona: "Hahhh... Let's go to sleep."
Sophie: "Hahh... yeah... Good idea."
They lay down on the bed...
Sophie: "(Snores)... mmmmm... (Drools)... oh yes... exactly... give me one of those cookies... (Drools)... hhhhh..."
Fiona: "(ZZZZZ)..."
Sophie: "Mmm?..."
She slowly stood up.
Sophie: "Hmm?... What the hell?.."
A shadow.
Fiona: "Hmmm?"
Sophie: "Oh... you're awake too?"
Fiona: "Of course... Something is wrong..."
Sophie: "Yeah... Why is it getting darker and darker, as if there is no light anymore?"
Fiona: "Hm?"
Sophie: "Maybe it is just the clo... ughhh... hahhh..."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "Ugh... Fiona."
She lightly tapped her shoulder.
Sophie: "What the hell is that over there?"
Fiona: "Hmm?... Ughhuh!"
Sophie: "Hah."
A huge eye stared at them... It moved like the eye of a... bird...
Sophie: "Hahh... What do we do now?"
Fiona: "Stay calm, preferably."
Sophie: "Mm... Stay calm?"
Fiona: "I know you're scared, but still."
Sophie: "...Well... I also have to pee... that's why."
Fiona: "(Sweats)... mmm... (What is this thing... it is just staring at us.)"
Sophie: "Hahh..."
The eye simply looked at them... The bird... or rather...
(Pump) (Pump!)
(Click.) (Click.)
(Hahhhh) (Hahh)...
Sophie: "..."
Fiona: "..."
Bird: "...…."
It disappeared.
Sophie: "Hahhhh... hahhhh... What was that?"
Fiona: "Damn, I have no idea."
Sophie: "No. That's too much for me. I'm going to sleep..."
Fiona: "Didn't you want to go to the toilet?"
Sophie: "(Sweats)... Right... Can you please come with me?"
Fiona: "Sure."
Sophie: "Hahh, thanks."
They opened the door...
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Huh?..."
Sophie: "Ugh... what... why are the doors open?"
Fiona: "No idea."
Sophie: "Huhh..."
Something slowly came out of the doors... They were... people... but their mouths were opened far too wide, and their eyes were... completely black.
Sophie: "Hahh... Fiona, what is happening here... I can't take this anymore... damn it!"
She pulled out her pistol.
Fiona: "Sophie!"
Sophie: "Get the hell away from me!!"
Mr. Herold: "Stay calm!"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Mr. Herold: "They are ghosts."
Fiona: "Sophie, wait!"
Mr. Herold: "Ghh."
(Bang!) (Bang!)
Sophie: "Can't a person even pee in peace!"
Fiona: "Sophie!"
She grabbed her hand.
Sophie: "Hahh."
Fiona: "Stop... Something is wrong..."
(Crash!)
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Huh..."
Suddenly... they were gone... And on the floor... there was only a woman who had been shot in the neck.
Unknown Woman: "Urk... gahhhh."
Sophie: "Hahh... oh... no, was that me?"
Fiona: "Ugh... (But... just now they were...)"
Sophie: "...Hahhh..."
Fiona: "Mmm!"
Fiona went to the woman and shook her head.
Fiona: "A fatal wound to the throat."
Unknown Woman: "Urk..."
Sophie: "I... I killed her."
Fiona: "Sophie..."
Sophie: "...Hahh."
She fell to the ground.
Sophie: "I... I... I... But I couldn't... I really couldn't have known... Just now there were these... creatures... there... hahh..."
Fiona: "I saw them too... okay..."
Sophie: "Hahh... Please... let's take her to the hospital."
Unknown Woman: "Urk."
Sophie: "...Hh."
Fiona: "Okay... okay, calm down... Hahhh..."
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Huh?... You here... Siegfried."
Siegfried: "Hmm?"
Siegfried appeared.
Siegfried: "I heard something... so you saw it too..."
He took a knife and stabbed the woman... She disappeared.
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Huh."
Siegfried: "They're ghosts... Calm down... Fiona and Sophie."
Sophie: "Hahh... hahh... Does that mean I didn't kill anyone?"
Siegfried: "No... It's okay."
Sophie: "Haaaaahhhhh..."
She covered her face.
Sophie: "(Cries)..."
Fiona: "Sophie."
Siegfried: "Bring her back inside..."
Fiona: "Oh... yes. Sure. Thank you, Siegfried."
Siegfried: "Sure... And next time, don't look this thing in the eyes."
They went inside. Fiona helped Sophie.
Siegfried: "Hahh... Let's see... Which of these doors is it?"
He went to the door and opened it.
Man: "Huh?"
Siegfried: "Sorry."
He closed it.
Siegfried: "Not that one."
He opened the other door.
Siegfried: "Mm!"
He quickly closed it.
Siegfried: "Wow... I... shouldn't have seen that... And what is... (Coughs)... with this door?"
He opened it.
(Gulp!)
The eye immediately appeared.
Siegfried: "Hmm."
He closed it.
Siegfried: "...Hahh... Something... or someone is watching us... but who exactly?"
(Silence)
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Are you okay?"
Sophie: "Yes... I'm sorry..."
Fiona: "It's okay."
Sophie: "...But what was that just now?"
Fiona: "No idea... but Siegfried saved our asses."
Sophie: "Hmm... Oh... I cried like such a coward."
Fiona: "Stop... You were in shock."
Sophie: "I... I don't understand... it really looked like I had killed someone... but then she disappeared... what is this?"
Siegfried: "They are called Ghosts of Trauma."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Siegfried: "Yep."
He stood by the window.
Sophie: "...Hasn't anyone told you not to just stand in front of the window when there are a bunch of women here?"
Fiona: "A bunch? There are two of us."
Siegfried: "Well... the thing is... this thing is downstairs... and I can't get back into my room... so I'll stay here."
Sophie: "Come inside."
Siegfried: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "Come inside. In the end, you'll fall down and break your neck."
He came inside.
Siegfried: "Okay."
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "How do you know this creature?"
Siegfried: "The ghosts?... I can see ghosts just like you."
Fiona: "But Sophie saw it too."
Siegfried: "That's true... It could either be that this thing can make people see them, or Sophie has seen so many dead people that she can now see ghosts."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "What does that have to do with anything?"
Siegfried: "Quite simply... The more dead people a person sees... the more likely it is that the person will see them."
Sophie: "But okay... how did you know that this wasn't a real person... Siegfried. We've known each other for so long. Are you hiding something?"
Siegfried: "Hahhh... With my left eye... I can see a person's Mana. Every human has Mana... only ghosts don't..."
Sophie: "Your curse?"
Siegfried: "Yes... It is time I tell you... this thing just now... is after me."
Sophie: "What?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "But how?"
Siegfried: "Every five years... I have to die... That is my curse... I wake up again... but without my memories... For at least five days... And always... on Friday the 13th every fifth year... this thing comes to take me... That is my curse."
Sophie: "Ugh..."
Siegfried: "It is called the Death Eagle, or also the Prince of the Dead... I was cursed by it... because when I was a child, I accidentally broke a mirror... But behind that mirror there was also the symbol of death... With my blood, it became a curse..."
Sophie: "And... why is it after you?"
He walked on.
Siegfried: "To kill me... I'm sorry that you got dragged into this... I'm leaving now."
Sophie: "Ugh..."
Siegfried: "If it doesn't kill me... it kills an innocent person... Or it goes after someone important to me... like my sister... or Rosika."
Sophie: "Rosika?... Don't tell me you're in love with her."
Siegfried: "Shhh... Either way, I will forget it... Probably forget."
He opened the door.
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Wait."
Siegfried: "Don't follow me... Otherwise, you will be followed too."
He closed the door.
(Meanwhile)
Siegfried: "Haaahhhh."
He went outside into the street.
Siegfried: "All right, you damn beast... I'm here."
Bird: "Eeeeeekkk."
Siegfried: "Ugh."
An eye appeared beneath the sea.
Siegfried: "Well, well..."
Several hands surrounded his body...
(Splach!)
Sophie: "Ugh huhh!"
She covered her mouth.
Sophie: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Hahhh..."
Sophie: "Ughh..."
A few seconds later, it spat him back out... in several pieces.
(Pump! Pump!)
His heart pumped... the pieces of flesh returned...
Siegfried: "Ughhh... Hahh... hahhh... Where am I?... Huh?"
He looked at the window.
Siegfried: "Fiona and Sophie?"