＄94-03-22-17-1-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1037000 1 Beni-Enma] [charaSet B 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet C 1098162000 1 Mash] [charaSet D 3032002 1 Ereshkigal] [charaSet I 5009000 1 "Effect Dummy"] [charaSet J 5009000 1 "Effect Dummy 2"] [scene 69901] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Beni-Enma Oh, are you the only one here? ...I see.[sr]So Mash and Kiyohime are out cleaning the hot springs. [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Beni-Enma You certainly are all hard workers, chirp chirp. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Here, [%1], why don't you[sr]have a seat and take a break. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I'll make some tea before the others get back. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [wt 1.0] [se ade3] [wt 0.7] [seStop ade3 0.2] [wt 0.4] [se ade162] [wt 0.2] [seStop ade162 0.1] [wt 0.6] ＠Beni-Enma I didn't even realize how big the inn has become. Although, it used to be even bigger a long time ago. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I'm not just saying that, either. It was really beautiful, back when we still had the Crane Room. [k] ＠Beni-Enma There was an amazing weaver back then named Oyu. [k] ＠Beni-Enma She ended up “checking out” by flying out of her room after she said the moonlight was calling her. She even left all of her belongings behind. [k] ＠Beni-Enma (Sigh) I still don't know what the story was there. Maybe the sparrows spied on her while she was working? [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.4 -16,0] [charaMove A 1 0.3] [wt 1.0] ＠Beni-Enma Here you go, the tea's ready, cheep. I threw in some monaka wafers filled with sweet beans from my secret stash, too. [k] ？1：Thank you. ？2：It all looks great. ？！ [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 1.0 0.4] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [se ade161] [wt 1.0] [seStop ade161 0.2] [se adm25] [wt 1.0] [seStop adm25 0.2] [fadein black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 1.0 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 1] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Beni-Enma What a peaceful afternoon.[sr]I wish these kinds of days could go on forever. [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Beni-Enma ...Chirp! I'm sorry, that was very insensitive of me. [k] [charaFace A 3] ＠Beni-Enma Just because things are peaceful here doesn't mean your world isn't still in a lot of trouble... [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Beni-Enma (Sigh) Once again, my apologies. I've never been good at gauging how other people feel... [k] ？1：What sort of Heroic Spirit are you, Beni-Enma? [charaFace A 0] ＠Beni-Enma You want to know more about me? [k] [charaFace A 1] ？2：It's okay. I mess up all the time, too. [charaFace A 6] ＠Beni-Enma Really!? Chirp chirp! [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Beni-Enma Oh, sorry, I shouldn't be happy about that.[sr]But I can tell you're being considerate. [k] ？！ ＠Beni-Enma We all come from different worlds, each with their own set of values. You have yours, Mash has hers, Tamamo and the others have theirs... [k] ＠Beni-Enma It may seem like there's only one world, but it's actually divided into many different sections. What humans call hell is just another one of them. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Cheep. The thoughts, values, and ethics of each society are what shapes that society's afterlife. [k] ＠Beni-Enma For example, hell in your country and hell in[sr]Mr. Fionn's country are very different things. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Beni-Enma Humans have wanted to cope with the inevitability of death ever since they came into being. [k] ＠Beni-Enma The particular laws and customs may[sr]differ between tribes and cultures... [k] ＠Beni-Enma ...but the idea that when they die, bad people are punished, and good people find salvation... [k] ＠Beni-Enma ...has always been a constant in each[sr]and every country you could find, chirp. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Of course, these were always things taught to keep society running smoother for the living, not to describe what hell was actually like. [k] ＠Beni-Enma To encourage people to live good, clean lives by promising they would find happiness after death. [k] ＠Beni-Enma It all stemmed from obvious morals[line 2]the kind that anyone could agree were right and proper. [k] [charaFace A 9] ＠Beni-Enma It isn't usually hell's business to meddle with human society, or to determine what was right and wrong... [k] [charaFace A 10] ＠Beni-Enma ...but our hell is sensitive to trends, so we tend to incorporate a lot of human religious values. [k] ＠Beni-Enma They say hell and Earth used to be connected, that you could conceivably walk between them. That sounds rather inefficient as a land of death to me, though. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.3] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 0.3 0.1] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 0] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] [scene 69700] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.3] [wait fade] [wt 0.7] [charaMove D 0,-3 0.1] [charaFace D 2] [wt 0.1] [charaMove D 0,0 0.1] [wt 0.2] [charaFace D 11] [wt 1.0] [fadeout black 0.3] [wait fade] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [scene 69901] [wt 0.1] [fadein black 0.3] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 0.3 1.0] [wait fade] ＠Beni-Enma Anyway, since mankind couldn't conquer death, they began to change how they thought about it, chirp. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Once death was no longer something special[sr]that was to be feared, hell changed, too. [k] [charaFace A 10] ＠Beni-Enma Or, put another way, that was when[sr]it became an unpopular fantasy. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Humans no longer feared hell, nor thought they even required one, and the idea of seeking salvation in hell was lost. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Beni-Enma The hell I grew up in was a hell that[sr]had long since fallen behind the times. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I trained in hell, became certified as a tormentor demon, and was eventually entrusted with the Enma-tei as Great King Enma's proxy. [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Beni-Enma It's the greatest honor anyone could hope for, right!?[sr]So I tried to do the best I could, cheep. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Beni-Enma Sure, I may have gotten myself captured the[sr]one time I went to visit a human village... [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Beni-Enma ...but now, I'm in charge of the entire Enma-tei,[sr]and doing a great job of it! Chirp chirp! [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Beni-Enma ...Well, no, I guess that isn't quite true. [k] ＠Beni-Enma ...In reality... [k] ＠Beni-Enma ...the Enma-tei was supposed to[sr]be shut down a long time ago. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Humans stopped wandering in here...[sr]The Shinto gods no longer come to stay... [k] ＠Beni-Enma Really, once the world at large modernized, the hells and this inn had outlived their purpose. [k] ？1：... ？2：That doesn't change the fact that the Enma-tei is a great place. [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [charaFace A 11] [wt 1.0] ？！ [charaFace A 1] ＠Beni-Enma You're very kind, but it's okay.[sr]Nobody would miss it if it disappeared. [k] ＠Beni-Enma The only issue we have now is making sure none of you are struck with divine punishment, and the way things are going, I don't think that will be a problem. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Beni-Enma So this will officially be the last year[sr]that the Enma-tei is open for business! [k] ＠Beni-Enma The Great King Enma even said I could[sr]come back home whenever I like, chirp chirp! [k] ？1：Gotcha. Well, as long as you're okay with that... [label lblSel1_1] [charaFace A 1] ＠Beni-Enma I am. All you and your friends have to worry about is replenishing the shrine's divine aura. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Once you succeed, you can have the inn all to yourselves for a whole day, cheep! You'll have more than earned it after all the work you've been doing! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_66 2.0] [wait fade] [branch lblSel1_3] ？2：...But, you don't really want to shut it down, do you? [label lblSel1_2a] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_66 2.0] [charaFace A 4] ＠Beni-Enma I... [k] [branch lblSel1_2b] ？！ [label lblSel1_2b] ？1：Why have you been keeping the Enma-tei going all this time? ？！ [label lblSel1_2c] ＠Beni-Enma Well... [k] [messageOff] [fadeout white 1.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [scene 47002] [charaEffect I bit_sepia01] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [wt 0.7] [fadein white 1.0] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [wait fade] ＠ A long time ago, though not so long as you might think... [k] ＠ ...a young girl fled into the mountains to[sr]escape the brothel she was being kept in. [k] ＠ She ran so desperately that she hardly noticed she entered a beautiful mansion hidden amidst the mists. [k] [messageOff] [wipeout leftToRight 1.0 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 1.0 0.4] [wait wipe] [scene 46800] [wt 1.0] [wipein rightToLeft 1.0 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 1.0 1.0] [wait wipe] ＠ What she saw there were things that had always been close at hand, yet tantalizingly out of her reach. [k] ＠ Warm blankets. Plentiful food.[sr]A world without any adults to berate her. [k] ＠ She did wonder why the mansion was there all alone[line 2]why there was not a single person to be found... [k] ＠ ...but she smiled when she saw that at least the mansion had friends in the sparrows that fluttered about its yard. [k] ＠ The girl drifted between the mansion's many guest rooms, holding her breath as if she were afraid she might wake up and find it had all been a dream. [k] ＠ She then put her hands together in[sr]prayer to give thanks to the Buddha. [k] ＠ Thank you for giving me a roof over my head before I die. Thank you for showing me something beautiful before the end. [k] ＠ The girl then drew her last breath, a tear running down her cheeks at the mansion's beauty. [k] ＠ She hadn't eaten in days.[sr]Her body was bruised and beaten. [k] ＠ She had been so hungry it was a wonder she[sr]had managed to stay on her feet at all. [k] ＠ Yet even so, she did not partake in the feast laid out before her, as during her life in captivity... [k] ＠ ...her tongue had been torn out,[sr]and her throat crushed beyond repair. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 37312] [se ade237] [wt 1.0] [seStop ade237 1.0] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_MYROOM_4 0.1] [wt 0.3] ＠ When the girl woke, she found herself at the Sanzu River in Children's Limbo[line 2]one of the entrances to hell. [k] ＠ Whether the Buddha had taken pity on her, or because she hadn't eaten anything at the mansion... [k] ＠ ...the girl had been reborn as a sparrow oni in ancient hell, rather than joining the other dead. [k] ＠ The sparrow was named Beni, or “red,” after the color of her hair, and set about working at the Sanzu. [k] ＠ After countless years of hard work, the Supreme Judge of hell, the Great King Enma, recognized her accomplishments. [k] ＠ He appointed her his proxy, and entrusted her with caring for the mayoiga in the world of the living. [k] ＠ “The mayoiga is where your old form drew its last breath. The sparrows in its yard say they would be happy to follow your commands.” [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 46800] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] ＠ The sparrow went on to make the mansion flourish,[sr]just as the Great King Enma had said. [k] ＠ However... [k] ＠Sparrow “I want to go down the mountain.[sr]I want to see how people live now.” [k] ＠ Even as an oni, the sparrow still missed human companionship, so she visited the nearby village. [k] [bgmStop BGM_MYROOM_4 3.0] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 46100] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] ＠Mean Old Woman “Will wonders never cease! A sparrow as red as fire![sr]It even cries like a person when you smack it!” [k] ＠ The sparrow was so surprised she forgot she was an oni now, and found herself huddling up in fright. [k] ＠ Come to think of it, it felt as though this sort[sr]of thing had happened to her many times before. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_98 3.0] ＠Old Man “Well now, that is something. I say, neighbor, would you be willing to let me have that sparrow for myself?” [k] ＠ It was an old man known for being an oddball who put a lot of time and effort into impractical endeavors. [k] ＠ As a result, the rest of the village[sr]usually kept their distance from him. [k] ＠ This latest endeavor suited his penchant for impracticality quite well. [k] ＠ He convinced the old woman to make a trade:[sr]the crying sparrow for all of his life savings. [k] ＠Sparrow “Chirp, chirp, why did you save me? I thought humans never do anything unless it benefits them.” [k] ＠Old Man “I'm not sure either. But hey, you can't see someone unhappy and not try to help, right?” [k] ＠ After treating the sparrow's wounds, the old man naturally returned her to the mountain. [k] ＠ “Try not to get caught next time!”[sr]he said with a laugh. [k] ＠ Time passed, and one day, the sparrow learned[sr]that the old man had fallen on hard times. [k] ＠ With no money to pay his taxes, and no neighbors willing to help him, he was slowly starving to death. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 69500] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] ＠Sparrow “Welcome, honored guest. Welcome to the Enma-tei,[sr]a land open to all who are pure of heart.” [k] ＠ After the old man had gone off to the mountain to die, the sparrow invited him into the mayoiga. [k] ＠ The old man gratefully accepted the sparrow's invitation, and enjoyed his time there immensely. [k] ＠ But not as much as the sparrow did. [k] ＠ As happy as the old man was, it didn't compare to the joy the sparrow had when he had saved her long ago. [k] ＠ The sparrow would have been happy to attend to the old man forever, but one day, he said he was returning to his own village. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [wait fade] [scene 46800] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.0] [wait fade] ＠Sparrow “For your selflessness in saving that lone sparrow,[sr]I present you with a wicker basket.” [k] ＠ In accordance with the mayoiga's rules,[sr]the sparrow had prepared two wicker baskets: [k] ＠ A large one, and a small one. [k] ＠ The old man tried to refuse, arguing he had already been given more than enough, but the sparrow threatened to keep him there forever unless he accepted them. [k] ＠ So the old man humbly chose the small basket,[sr]and returned to his own world. [k] ＠ From then on, the basket would fill with a modest amount of happiness each and every day... [k] ＠ ...and the old man went on to live happily ever after. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_98 1.0 0.4] [wait fade] [wt 1.5] ＠Beni-Enma Except, that's not true.[sr]Yes, this all really happened, but its message is off. [k] [scene 27000] [messageOff] [fadein black 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_98 1.0 1.0] [wait fade] ＠ After the old man returned from the inn,[sr]he became the talk of the village. [k] ＠ “That old man disappeared years ago,[sr]and now he comes back without having aged a day.” [k] ＠ “Not only that, he looks better off than ever.[sr]I should ask him what happened.” [k] ＠ The villagers crowded inside the old man's house;[sr]half out of curiosity, and half out of jealousy. [k] ＠Old Man “Oh, it's all thanks to the great protector of children[line2]the mountain Jizou. He said he'd give me some happiness as long as I promised to live an honest life from now on.” [k] ＠ The old man wisely decided to[sr]avoid mentioning the sparrow... [k] ＠ ...but otherwise told them all about the fun and surprising things that had happened in the inn... [k] ＠ ...turning them into larger-than-life folktales that could be applied as lessons in their own lives. [k] [messageOff] [scene 45810 1.5] [wt 2.0] ＠ The villagers' eyes sparkled at hearing these stories. Most of them looked on the old man with envy. [k] ＠ Some of them searched high and low for the inn the old man had wandered into. Some prayed that things they had lost would find their way back to them. [k] ＠ Some tried to live upstanding lives,[sr]and others worked to be true to themselves. [k] ＠ Sometimes, they would lose their footing on their chosen path. Sometimes, their eyes would well up with tears of pure envy. [k] ＠ Most of them had dreams of one sort or another that kept them going in their small, selfish, aimless days. [k] ＠ Those who had strayed from the path went unrewarded, however, many found their dreams came true. [k] ＠ And why wouldn't they, given that the old man was using every bit of happiness from his basket... [k] ＠ ...to ensure their dreams would be realized. [k] ＠ The village flourished, and its residents became rich. Those who feuded in poverty became friends in plenty. [k] ＠ It became a truly welcoming world[sr]where anyone and everyone was happy. [k] ＠ All except for one person: [k] ＠ The old man who was always[sr]ostracized in his strangeness. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [scene 46401] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] ＠Sparrow “This isn't right. It doesn't make sense!” [k] ＠Sparrow “Why don't you tell all of them that the only reason they're all happy now is because of you!?” [k] ＠ No matter how rich the village became,[sr]the old man's life never changed. [k] ＠ One day, the sparrow chirped to the old man as he sat at his hearth, where the only bright light to be found came from the moon. [k] ＠Old Man “Who'd want to hear that your happiness is all thanks to someone else? That would only make them feel bad.” [k] ＠Old Man “As long as things are well, nothing else matters. Saying something now wouldn't make anyone happy.” [k] ＠Sparrow “Cheep cheep! That's not why. They're only happy now because you refuse to say anything!” [k] ＠Sparrow “And all the while, you're the only one who isn't happy, when you deserve it the most!” [k] ＠ The old man had used his treasure[sr]for everyone besides himself. [k] ＠ He kept on lying in the hope that doing good deeds would lead to his own happiness. [k] ＠ So many made-up tales. So many tall tales.[sr]So many fairy tales. [k] ＠ The old man alone remained behind in reality, all so that he could make his many fun lies become true. [k] ＠ Looking back, the old man probably knew that very soon the blessed lives that the other villagers had lead would soon come to an end... [k] ＠ ...and that he was alone, regarded as nothing more than an eccentric with a propensity for tall tales. [k] [messageOff] [scene 42400 2.0] [wt 2.5] ＠ The old man remained so until his death. But when he died, he did so with an expression of pure joy. [k] ＠ Although nobody was with him when he passed, his funeral procession was as lively as anything... [k] ＠ ...since it was attended by almost all the villagers who had heard of his passing. [k] ＠ In fact, there were attendees from the neighboring villages, and their neighbors' neighbors as well. [k] ＠ Even though none of them had caught on[sr]to the old man's well-intentioned lies... [k] ＠ ...his made-up stories had still been a source of strength, so they had come to offer a smile in return. [k] ＠ Each and every last person there was grateful to the old man. Can you imagine a happier way to go? [k] ＠ In the end, not one person was left unhappy.[sr]Just as the old man had wanted. [k] ＠ It was the best possible death he could ask for.[sr]There was no reason for anyone to be sad. And yet... [k] [messageOff] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffect J bit_talk_spotlight] [charaScale J 1.4] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_98 2.5] [wait fade] [scene 10000] [charaEffectStop I bit_sepia01] [pictureFrame] [charaPut J 0,100] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaScale A 1.4] [charaFadein A 0 0,-20] [wt 1.5] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.7] ＠Beni-Enma I still find it sad, chirp. So very, very sad. [k] ＠Beni-Enma No one else made the old man happy. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Not one other person ever paid him back[sr]what he should have gotten for his smile. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Every lie he told, every story he came up with,[sr]was all to help others, never himself... [k] ＠Beni-Enma In the end, he died without so much as a name, after seeing so many other people go on to live happy lives. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [wait fade] [charaPut J 1200,1200] [charaEffectStop J bit_talk_spotlight] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaScale A 1.0] [charaScale J 1.0] [wt 0.5] [fadein black 0.1] [wait fade] ＠Beni-Enma ...I never should have invited[sr]a human to the sparrow inn. [k] ＠Beni-Enma All I did for him was make him unhappy. [k] ＠Beni-Enma So...that's why... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [fadeout white 2.0] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 12] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [scene 69901] [wt 1.0] [fadein white 1.0] [wt 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_95 0.1] [wait fade] ＠Beni-Enma ...That's why I want to properly return the favor. [k] ＠Beni-Enma The Enma-tei is a world unto itself that[sr]connects to both the past and future... [k] ＠Beni-Enma So as long as I keep it going... As long as it remains, a mythical place where spirits wander... I might get to see him again someday. [k] ＠Beni-Enma Nobody else may care if the[sr]Enma-tei sticks around or not... [k] ＠Beni-Enma ...but I still want to see him again. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I want to see his gentle smile again.[sr]I want to hear his funny stories again. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I want to impress him with how[sr]much I've improved as a cook... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [fadeout white 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_95 2.0] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 1.5] [scene 69901] [fadein white 1.0] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 3] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Beni-Enma ...I'm sorry you had to see that. No doubt strange to see an oni crying out of nowhere, huh? [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Beni-Enma Thank you...for taking such good care of the Enma-tei. [k] ＠Beni-Enma I may have said I was going to close it this year,[sr]but I haven't gotten that desperate yet. [k] ＠Beni-Enma As the phrase goes, heaven only knows. We sparrows will do the best we can with what we have. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.7] [se ade247] [wt 1.5] [seStop ade247 0.3] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Fou ... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash ...I know we had no way of knowing[sr]her story before she told us... [k] [charaFace C 7] ＠Mash ...but now that we do, I can tell that the Enma-tei holds a very special place in Beni-Enma's heart. [k] ＠Mash Come on. We have to make sure we get all five treasures and give them back to the bamboo cutter! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 2.0] [wait fade] [label lblSel1_3] [wt 1.0] [soundStopAll] [end]