Masterpost | Part 2 ->



A transcript of part 1 of juicedup14 playthrough/translation of Kirigiri Sou, which you can watch here.

Special thanks to @drmedicsgamesurgery​ for helping me work on the transcript.

A black path that keeps going on.

The trees on the side of the road cover my driving, and the leaves go up all above my head.

It might be the sound of the wind, but an ominous sound like a voice goes throughout the forest.

It’s way past in the evening on my way back home from the village. If everything went according to plan, I should have been back home in my student apartment.

I’ve chose a detour that I’m not used to, and when I noticed I ended up in a non-paved path inside the forest.

The sun’s already down and everything’s all black.

My car keeps going into darkness. A car from a poor student’s wage, just a run of the mill car. I looked at my phone to see if I’m on the map but there’s no path where the cursor is.

And now all I can rely on is my crappy intuition.

In order to get rid of the loneliness I turned on the car radio. There’s only noise coming from it.

It’s a very ominous feeling.

And to top it off there’s droplets of water hitting the glass on my car.

It’s raining.

While sighing, I switch on the whippers.

I try to hear for the weather report on the radio. I try to change the tuning, and I looked away from the road for one second.

And that one second was critical.

When I look back to the front, in my headlights, all of a sudden a human figure appears.

A woman!?

If I keep going I’ll crash!

Suddenly I-

A. Turn the handle.

B. Hit the break.

juicedup14 chooses B

I step on the break.

The car lets out a noise similar to a scream, and barely right in front of the girl it stops.

That was dangerous……

In such a forest at this time, what is a girl doing here? She doesn’t even have an umbrella.

It’s almost like she’s a ghost……

She’s in a posture turned around, and looking at me.

She might be a high schooler. Long hair that goes all the way to her waist, only on her left shoulder she has a braid. It leaves quite an impression. White skin that looks like you can see right through it, from the light of the headlights it becomes even more white. However she’s not transparent, doesn’t look like a ghost.

I opened my window and put my body through it, and I talk to her.

A. “Don’t be in the middle of the road, you idiot!”

B. “I’m sorry, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

juicedup14 chooses B

“Sorry, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine.”

With a very calm voice she replies, and she looks at me with her piercing eyes as if searching for something.

I suddenly avert my eyes, avoiding eye contact.

It’s almost like she’s looking inside my soul. It’s not like I have anything to be guilty about.

But what is she?

Could this girl live here?

While thinking of that, I ask her.

“Looks like I’m lost but…… is there another road past here? Like a convenience store or a gasoline station……”

She nonchalantly shakes her head from side to side.

From that response, it’s almost she’s saying “I don’t know” and “Stop talking to me” at the same time.

She turns around and starts walking.

The falling rain is causing her hair to get wet.

“Hey you!”

Without thinking I call to her.

“Do you know where you’re going? Are you going to be fine walking along this dark path by yourself?”

She turns around and give me a glace, but she did not stop.

What’s wrong with her……

Looking at her clothes, it doesn’t look like she was in the middle of hiking.

Maybe she was in the middle of a drive date and they got into a fight, and she went out in the middle of the road.

No matter the case I can’t leave her alone.

The rain’s getting stronger.

While being a little hesitant I talk to her again.

“If you don’t mind why don’t you get in?”

Responding to my voice, she finally stops walking.

She turns around and looks at me suspiciously. She moves to the side of the car, and crosses her arms, and peaks inside the car and says.

“Driver’s licence.”

“Huh?”

Without thinking I couldn’t help raising my voice.

“Show me your driver’s license.”

Without saying anything she keeps pressing me on. She’s almost like a cop. No matter how I look at her she doesn’t look like a female officer.

A. I have no choice but to show her my driver’s license.

B. This is a bit suspicious, there’s no way I can show her my driver’s license.

juicedup14 chooses A

Not having a choice I bring out my driver’s license.

“Look.”

She brings a penlight out of nowhere and shines a small light on the driver’s license.

Of course it would be normal to be cautious of riding into a car of someone you don’t know, but would you really look at their driver’s license?

Even though she’s suspicious of my kindness, I don’t think she would go this far.

But not even then it’s not just that. She brings out her phone and reads out the content of the driver’s license, like my name and my address into the speaker.

“Wait, what are you doing!?”

“I’m doing a background check.”

“Huh?”

“Thanks, it’s done.”

She puts away her phone and says that.

“You’re done? What are you done with?”

“You really are just a normal student, passing by.”

“That’s true but……did you see anything else?”

Without realizing it I started sounding rude.

I guess from her point of view, it would be kind of scary to be talked to in the middle of a woods like this. Maybe she’s trying to be as cautious as possible.

I guess I can’t fault her too much.

But……she went through a background check really fast.

It’s not very normal.

Speaking of unnatural, the gloves that are covering her hands are pitch black and those gloves were very irregular. It’s not the season to be wearing gloves, and I can’t call it fashion that girls these days are wearing. Maybe that kind of thing is popular along kids these days.

“Sorry. Looks like I mistook you.”

“……It’s okay. So, are you going to get on? Or are you not?”

“It would be very helpful if you could drop me off……past here.”

“Gotcha, get on.”

She does not get on the passenger seat, she opens the backseat door and sits down.

“Are you a high school student? Why are you walking around out here?”

I ask her while looking at her through the minor.

“-It’s a secret.”

Without looking at the minor she says that.

“Oh, okay.”

While purposely making a large sigh, I step on the acceleration and keep going.

And the car sinks into darkness once again.

The path past here is even more darker than before.

Even so I’m not alone. She might be a very odd passenger but it’s better than being alone. Just from the looks of her, this car isn’t worthy of having someone as beautiful as her riding on it. It might just be my imagination but it smells very good like flowers. I might not have a chance like this ever again.

“What?”

It’s almost like she noticed through the minor.

She looks at me with a cold gaze.

“Oh, nothing……you didn’t tell me your name yet……”

“You don’t really need to know do you?”

“Well that might be so but you know what they say. Love thy neighbor……”

“I guess me knowing your name, and you not knowing mine wouldn’t be fair, would it?”

“Yeah, it’s not fair.”

“But there’s no reason for me to be fair.”

While saying that, she nonchalantly looks out the window again.

Oh boy……what a troubling lady.

The rain hits the car harder and harder.

I try controlling the radio, but there’s still only noise and I can’t hear anything.

“Look, the tree is blocking the road.”

She sits up from her passenger seat and moves her body forward, pointing in front of the car.

There’s a fallen tree in front of the headlights. I don’t think that was there for a couple of years.

The path keeps going past fallen trees. I might be able drive past the side of the road, where thick brush is growing, and go around the tree and keep going……

I head off the path, and my car is on the wild grass. While feeling the vibration on the handle, I head pass the fallen tree.

It would be very awkward to not say anything, and I talk to her.

A. “Do you like movies?”

B. “What are you looking at outside the window?”

C. “You’re very beautiful.”

D. “Do you have brothers or sisters?”

juicedup14 chooses C

“You, you’re very beautiful.”

While saying that nonchalantly, I look at her through the minor, and her eyes get huge for a moment, and almost like nothing happened she goes back to normal.

I pretend to cough, and we decided not to talk to each other.

Of course she wouldn’t be so easy to be moved by simple words.

“Huh?”

The sound of the rain suddenly got bigger.

And it’s almost like the roof of the car is being banged on like a drum. It almost sounds like hail……

No, that’s wrong.

It’s branches.

The branches are falling right in front of the windshield.

What is this?

“Tree!”

From the passenger seat she yells all of a sudden.

“It’s going to fall-”

A tree, on the right side of the road, is falling in the direction of the car.

I hit the acceleration, and go under the tree.

Afterwards, almost like an earthquake a large tree falls on the road and blocks the road.

The side of the minor shows the wrapped tree trunk.

“That was dangerous……”

My heart is still racing.

“It’s almost like it was aiming for this car.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

From hitting the tree, the branches broke the whippers. There are lots of leafs stuck to the windshield.

It’s hard to see past them. It would probably be best to get out and remove them.

I step on the break.

However the feeling of the petal is weird.

The speed isn’t going down.

“……This is bad.”

“What is it this time?”

“The break isn’t working!”

I yelled.

When I was trying to stop the car, the speed increases.

“There’s a tree falling in front!”

Her voice echoes inside of the car.

As I look, almost a hundred meters in front, a tree is falling trying to block the road.

Since I’m going so fast, the shadow of the tree falling, makes it almost look like it’s falling in slow motion.

At this speed, we might get crushed under the tree. Like a pancake. And the break isn’t working.

Just as she says, it’s aiming at us in timing.

What should I do?

A. Pull the emergency break.

B. I ask her.

C. I hit the acceleration even more.

juicedup14 chooses B

I ask her.

“Help me! Help me goddess!”

“Get off the path and go into the forest.”

“We’ll hit a tree!”

“If we hit a tree we’ll stop.”

“We can’t do that……”

I hesitate, and she stand up from her seat, and takes control of the handle, and forcefully moves it to the left.

The car rampages like a bulldozer, and running over vegetation, it goes into the forest.

And we stop right in front of a huge tree.

I scrunch my neck, and prepare for impact.

The next moment-

In the dark forest a large crash resonates.

Everything turns white.

A little bit delayed, my face feels a painful dizziness at the same time.

Am I alive?

Looks like I’ve been saved……

I raise my body and look in front of me. The reason everything is white, is because of the airbag.

I wipe that away, and in front of the car white smoke begins billowing. And the tree in front of us is blocking our way.

What about her!?

I panickedly turn around.

And in the passenger’s seat with a refreshed face, she puts her hair behind her ears, and takes off her seat belt.

“Are you alright……?”

“This is nothing.”

She pulls the door lever. Could it be because the car’s twisted that it won’t open? Without even hesitating, she raise her feet and uses the bottom part of her boot and kicks.

With a loud sound the door opens.

We leave the car, and realize the situation we’re in again.

Due to crashing in a large tree, you wouldn’t think that how twisted it is that it would be metal. On the other hand, the tree surface doesn’t even have a scratch on it.

“Look. There’s something on the wheel.”

She swats down, and uses her penlight.

And if I look closely, there are vines that are tied around the tire. They look like some sort of plant.

“Maybe when we went off the path, the plants got caught on the tire.”

Could that be why the breaks weren’t working……?

But for what reason is there, for the tree to suddenly start falling? Is it because of the rain that made the ground more softer?

“Riding in someone else’s car, never leads to anything good.”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

She goes away from the car, and takes out her phone.

“Huh it’s not connecting.”

“This is the worst……”

We’re surrounded by a dark forest, and the rain keeps getting stronger and stronger.

Where could we be? We’re not simply lost.

There’s a possibility we might be stranded.

“At this kind of time, it would be dangerous to move around. For now let’s stay inside the car, and wait for the night to past.”

I get close to the car.

And suddenly, an explosive sound surrounds the car with flames.

“Are you serious……”

Being afraid of the explosion, I get away from that spot and look at the flames.

I couldn’t even stand up because I was so shocked. From being so cold from the rain, I feel warmth from the flames.

“It’s dangerous to be sitting there.”

While crossing her arms, she says that and looks down on me.

How can she be so calm in this situation? There are many accidents happening over and over, and no matter what happens she doesn’t show any hint of emotion, that is the most irregular thing of all.

“I can see light on the other side.”

She says so while looking at the darkness.

When I look at over there, there really is a faint light floating from the darkness.

“What is that?”

“Could it be light from a house?”

She says so mumblingly and heads towards the light as if being invited by it, and heads towards the forest.

“Hey, wait.”

I finally stand up, and chase after her panickingly.

If I let my guard down, I might lose her in the dark forest. And deep inside the forest the fog from the rain turns into smoke, and makes it so I can’t see forward.

“Could it really be light from a house?”

“I don’t see what else it could be.”

“It’s inside this forest. Would there really be a house inside this forest? I don’t have a good feeling. We really shouldn’t get close to it……”

“It’s not like you have to follow me. Why don’t you stay close to the fire until daybreak?”

She says that without even turning around.

Of all things, she call my beloved car “a fire”.

“You, how can you be like that?”

“I’m sorry for hurting your feelings. Sorry. And thanks for taking me all this way. I’m very grateful for that.”

“You’re very grateful, huh. You don’t really look like it.”

“-Kirigiri Kyouko.”

“Huh?”

“My name. Is this fair now?”

She glances at me with one turn. At that time, her expression made her look very adult, the face of a girl who held many secrets. It couldn’t just be because of the rain, and the darkness that made me think that way.

Being speechless for a response, without saying anything, I chase after Kirigiri Kyouko.

No matter what happens, we need to escape from this forest.

Our circumstances become clear.

We head out from the forest, and we suddenly step onto an open space.

At the same time, the wind blows, and cuts away the fog. And the surrounding grass, swivels like a small wave, and brushes our feet.

And past the waves we look forward, and an old style gate, leading to a western mansion is before our eyes.

A large mansion.

An old style western mansion, that I didn’t think I would see other then in a theme park, with very outrageous decorations. If there wasn’t a black paint surrounding the walls, or branches all around the windows, I would have called it very fairy-tale like, but with the ominous feeling it makes it look like a haunted house.

There is a light coming from a window on the second floor. It does not look like a fluorescent or artificial light, it might be light from a candle.

While looking at the window, the light suddenly disappears.

“Ah!”

She suddenly raises her voice.

She noticed too.

“Looks like someone’s here.”

She pushes the rusted gate, and goes through the gap.

“Hey, why are you going in there? We should get away from this ominous place. Let’s go to somewhere where we can get in range for cell phone signal.”

“Well then, you go ahead and do that. I’m gonna go inside that mansion.”

A. “Okay, I get it. If you’re gonna go go by yourself. I’m going home!”

B. “Aren’t you scared?”

juicedup14 chooses B

“Aren’t you scared?”

She doesn’t respond to my question, and begins walking towards the mansion.

I can’t communicate very well with this kid. Looks like I can’t have a conversation without guessing.

“Could you have been……heading to this mansion in the first place?”

“That’s a secret.”

She whips off her wet hair from her shoulder, and says only that and leaves.

I can’t just leave her here. Of course I don’t want to go into the forest by myself, but more so, I can’t shake away my interest in the mysterious girl Kirigiri Kyouko.

And of course……I can’t let a girl go into a horrible mansion like this by herself?

“I’m going as well.”

I open the gates and I chase after Kirigiri.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Of course.”

“I see-you’ll only be a hindrance.”

“Don’t say that. I’m scare by myself as well you know. I thought you could help me.”

“……Looks like I have no choice.”

Kirigiri frowns.

She might act cruel, but unexpectedly she has responsibility of doing the right thing. I think I feel like I understand how to get closer to her.

Inside of the mansion grounds, there are various types of plants and trees growing. It doesn’t look like they’re being upkepted very well, there are many plants I’ve never seen before, and various bushes that I haven’t seen either. That chaoticness makes me feel fear.

And we were standing in front of the front door of the mansion.

Without hesitation Kirigiri knocks on the door.

After waiting a while there was no response, I turned the knob.

“Wah.”

The knob felt moist, I paniclelly take my hand off of it.

And I look at it, and my hand was painted deep red.

“Is this, blood……?”

“It’s just rust.”

Kirigiri turns the knob with her gloved hands.

And opens the door.

It was a large entrance hall that we went, there’s a dim light from the chandelier hanging from the high ceiling. From the looks of it there aren’t any people here. It’s so quiet that we can almost hear our own heartbeats.

“Excuse me. Is there anyone here?”

I yelled all the way inside the mansion.

And there’s still no response as I thought.

Without hesitation she steps inside the mansion. She’s always doing her own thing. However there’s no way we can head back now. Seeing as how we are definitely in a disaster, if there is a possibility we need to find a way to get help. It would be nice to borrow the phone……

In the entrance hall we step in and right in the middle there’s a large door, and to the left and right of that on the sides there are stairs leading to the second floor with a gentle curve. On both sides of the walls there are doors leading inside.

The foot of the stairs there’s a large grandfather clock, keeping the time.

Compare to the outside of the mansion, it look like it was a bit more organized inside of the mansion. On the contrary to the sound of the clock, it’s almost like time stopped here for many years.

The most odd thing about the entrance hall, is on the side there is a potted plant.

Inside there is a pot made of brick, and one tree is growing in it. You could even call it a great tree from the thickness of it, the green leafs get close to the ceiling.

There is a tree inside of the mansion.

I didn’t know the name of that specific plant, but I didn’t know that large tree have veins on their trunks, it looked like a monstrous tree with blood vessels.

“What an amazing mansion……”

I look up at the tree and say that.

A. “You can practice gardening inside the house.”

B. “Is this tree……alive!?”

C. “Is this tree……crying?”