Character Quest:Nomad:VN:1

Location: Shinjuku~Ikebukuro?

---After school, in the late afternoon.
At a detective office located in Shinjuku Kabukichou.

Oi, [Player]! Don't tail me for today's case okay?

Yes, this is the detective office, where Nomad has rented with a high fee.

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I just want to help out with your work.	But we already confined a summon contract---	Why are you strangely cold, even when we signed a contract?

......

A contract is a contract. At this point I'll follow.

However my personal business is another problem. Please don't step into my territory okay, master?

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But you will let me help you from back then?	As a security guard at the live---	Geez, that was arduous.

A-anyways---! Only for this job, it's a NO.

Please understand. I have my own reason.

......so, I'm going out for the job now. Return the office keys at the usual spot when you leave.

I said, don't follow me okay!?

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Follow him	Of course, follow him

Where do you think you're going? Master?

DO-NOT-FOLLOW-ME!! Bye-bye!

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I've lost track of Nomad.

Yo, isn't this [player]. What are you doing here, at this place(Ikebukuro guild)?

Oh right oh right! Finally, you want us to eat each other?

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I'm finding Nomad.

Nomad? My Nomad(brother), what happened to him?

Hmm......I can't help but to be interested. Ok, I got it! It's interesting, so tell me! OK?

I see......He said he went for a case, you followed, and lost him around here.

Gahahaha, it can't be helped right! Nomad(brother) is a shy guy.

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I confined a contract with him for a while already---	But he still seems distant.	Should I say he's trying to hide his true thoughts from me---

If you think about it for a little, it goes without saying. You know what I mean right? [Player].

Something has happened to him in the past. Well if you're a "Tenkousei", it's usually the case.

If not, why would someone bother leaving their own world for another world?

He can't be blamed if he won't open your heart to you. Nomad(brother) is a "tiger" afterall.

There's always a "tiger" living inside us. "Devour your emotions", as it constantly yells.

"Stay away from me", as it threatens. So to sum up---

He's just scared. Cute isn't he.

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He looks like a tiger afterall.	It's scary......

No, [Player]. I'm not talking about his appearance, how do I put it---I mean it's about the soul.

There's a "tiger" living in one's soul. It's in me and him---inside yours even.

The "tiger" that devours emotions, and the "human" which tames it coexists.

......

In my opinion, by the time Nomad(brother) opens your heart, it'll be when---

He recognizes you as a "tiger" as well...... Otherwise, he will always be alone.

Even so......you're gonna chase after him? To Nomad's(brother's) place.

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I'm curious.

Well, I dunno if you have a firm mind, or just full of curiosity.

You just saw him passing by? Gimme a sec. Hmm......

Magan's nose starts sniffing for Nomad's scent as he spoke.

He sure is a detective, he covered his trails neatly.

There were only small traces, along the end of this corridor. It seems like it's leading deep into the underground.

It's the same area where there are tons of prison cells like my room.

Claude said that it was used to connect to some old bombproof shelter of some sort.

Come to think of it, there's something appearing to be an old ward there as well.

By the feeling of the scent...... Was that a few months ago, or a dozen of minutes ago?

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Isn't this assumption too sloppy?

Ah, once you live here, you'll start losing the sense of time.

As much as I want to tag along with you, Nomad(brother) will be shy and run away.

Ah? Why can I tell that much?

Gahahaha! It's obvious, you know. Me and him are basically the same!

I won't say that area is safe, but it doesn't have too many dangers.

Tread carefully! I'm looking forward to your souveniers!

[Player] walked.
You kept walking along the corridor full of cells.

Same cells, same partitions,
almost like the arrangement of a prison.

The view is same no matter how you proceed.
It feels like looping in the same place over and over.

Silence fills the corridor.
Only your own footsteps can be heard rebounding, which only boosts fear.

As you strangely felt you have progressed but also no progress at all in the same time,
You advanced and---

Stopped in front of one room at the end, suddenly.

Nothing is different, it's the same cell you saw along the way.
However---your skin is shouting that there's something special.

You stepped inside the cell,
and at the very moment your foot touches the ground---

Your consciousness faded away unexpectedly.
It felt like many years had passed.

[Player] has woken up---
In the same cell he set foot in.

However there's something obviously different.
Which was---the noise around you.

Maniac laughter and painful weeping,
Endless noises could be heard from afar.

Who......
Where are you from......?

Suddenly a deep voice called out,
startling [Player].

Fearfully turning your head to the source---
The being inside the very cell was---Nomad.

......Why is there a brat here? Who......are you.

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Who am I......	Are you kidding me?

Suddenly, the cell door swung opened.
Sturdy looking men which appeared to be guards showed up.

However, they ignored [Player].
They approached Nomad, forming a circle as they draw near.

Nomad also felt that something is not right.
Feeling puzzled, he spoke to the guards.

Hey? Aren't you guys in the same gang......?

Somehow, the guards could not hear or see [Player].

They stood against Nomad as if nothing happened.

There was a sense of tension between them.

Urgh......!

And then, the guards started to beat the defenseless Nomad,
Spitting dirty words as each hit blows.

Soon after Nomad was fully tortured,
the guards left the cell.

Wai......t, you guys...... you guys can't...... see him?

Nomad points to the other side of the room where [player] is located.

However, the guards exchanged a strange look to each other---

And threw a "that guy finally lost it" expression as they left.

---It seems......I'm really seeing an illusion here---haha.

Finally I...... I've gone mad haven't I---

Even if so...... It's---okay.

Nomad mumbled in a voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

Hey, you. I don't care if you're Death or my illusion. I want to know something.

One important thing. Yes, just one thing.

Are you my ally? You will not---betray me right?

In the gloomy cell where you can't see clearly,
Nomad stepped forword to only a few centimeters in front of you.

Even so---in this strange darkness,
you cannot see Nomad's face clearly.

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I'm your ally.	I'll not betray you, never!

Ha,hahahahaha! Very well! My ally! You're not gonna betray me!

......Ha, this is so stupid. Why am I threatening my own illusion for---

Isn't it like you(me) threatening yourself(myself)---

Ah, even so it's okay. I don't care anyways---

Nomad embraced [Player] as he spoke.

Ah......so weird...... it's......so warm.

The warmth is so real...... Like the warmth of a person......I threw away......

Slow and steady.
As if he was trying to recognize such warmth.

Hey, [Mr/ Ms] illusion. Can I......ask what's your name?

Oh......it's called [Player]. Strange name.

Seeing this face of mine and not bulge...... You got some balls here.

Usually when people sees this "tiger" face of mine, They only show disgust.

Out of self-mockery, Nomad bursted out laughing.

......Haha, of course you're not scared. You're my illusion, a reflection of "myself".

Nice to meet, you. [Player]. my name is---

---Nomad. Yes, call me Nomad.

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Erm, I already know your name.	What do you mean by "Nice to meet you"?	You're acting like it's the first time seeing me---

It should be the first time. Well, no point saying that to myself---

Ah, cut it cut it!

If I continue to call you "myself", it'll make me notice that I've gone mad.

I'm going to treat you as someone else. Got any problems?

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OK.

Ah, good. so firstly---be my talking companion.

Bored......yes. Ahh, I've been bored for all these times.

Since the day I was put in this underground prison, til now---all the time.

I have tons of time to kill. Although it tastes awful, I was fed.

If there's someone I can talk to, this place is almost like heaven---

A long time has passed since that day.
Not days, weeks has passed.

[Player] had been taking to Nomad.
About him/herself, what has happened so far, everything---

In order to sooth his loneliness---
Nomad talked about himself, and everything about him.

Haha, your stories are so interesting. [Player], you can be a good Science Fiction writer.

You allow me to forget my boredom. Are you my Scheherazade?

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As I remember, she was---	The storyteller of Thousand and One Nights.	I'll tell you even more interesting stories tomorrow.

Ah, please. Tell me more stores--- Also, listen to mine.

......You know, [Player].

I was accused of a crime which I can't remember. I went to trial because of that.

And now as you see, I'm put behind bars in this underground prison.

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Underground prison?	So, this is underground.	You've done something bad?

......Bad things? I wonder. I've tried recalling for too many times.

Fact is, I'm contained here. In this gloomy prison.

This is a prison built from a natural cavern. A prison of no escape, a modern Chateau d'If.

There's also an illegal hospital. There are mad scientists who like human modification.

They abandoned me. ---accused me.

I wish I could seek revenge, but the opponent is too strong. I am weak.

Therefore, I'm in this prison for a long time. And also, became a guinea pig for human modifications.

I was put to sleep, and when I woke up I was modified into this ugly body.

I will take revenge. I must. I won't let it end like this.

The people who betrayed me, toyed with me, Until I bring them to hell with my own hands---

I will use the very fangs of the "tiger" they turned me to pierce through their own body.

I'll not forgive betrayal, "not even once".

Ahh, there's no one I can trust. Because everyone will betray me in the end except myself---

That's why, I'll also use them. If I have to, I could become a clown.

So you think I'm stupid?

Ahh, yes. I think so too. But, I can't even live without this feeling.

I will survive, and I will revenge--- The beast inside me will support me.

The only person I can believe is myself(you). Yes, [Player], only you---!

You, are my other half, my companion. [Player]......[Player]......!

I feel like we've been together forever. In this intensely darkness for years---

Nomad looked at [Player], his eyes were filled with great trust.

From then on,
whenever the guards opened the door, [Player] would leave the cell.

Paths and exits, places that are lit,
you remembered and told Nomad the layout of the prison.

And, finally---
The day of prison break has come.

......

The guards have come to the cell today.
In order to beat and torture Nomad.

However, there were something different this time.

On that day, Nomad had his eyes closed.
And, he was beaten up in that way. Then---

[Player] left the cell and broke all the lights outside.

Suddenly, complete darkness covered the area and the guards panicked.
At that very moment, Nomad has caught attention.

UOOOOOOOooooo!

Nomad, already used to the dark, was the only one who can move freely.

He knocked out the guards, stole the keys and weapons,
broke the communicator and fled from the cell.

Ha......hahahaha!

Spending a long time,
from all the information gathered from [Player]---

Nomad has already fully memorized the layout and the escape route of the prison.

The two sneaked through security cameras,
and broke through the natural prison which was told impossible to escape.

Yes, we can make it, [Player]!

Hahahahahaha! Is this a dream? Or I finally lost it!

What's wrong with me, prison breaking with the help of my illusion! Has the world gone mad?

Ah, it doesn't matter, whether it's me or the world is crazy I don't care!

Let's go, [Player]! You are me, and I am you!!

With you here, I---

Nomad and [Player] stopped.

There was something standing in front of them.

......

You are---!

Standing in front of the two---
was a phantom covered in flames.

Swaying like flames or a mirage,
you could not see the actual figure.

I don't know who you are, but if you're in my way---

......Leave [Player] alone.

---What?

He does not belong to you.

---Are you trying to...... take him(me) away from me?

---He belongs to me, to begin with.

That sentence triggered Nomad, as his face distorted.
What left behind---was hatred.

Are you also trying to take things away from me. If so......I'll kill you......! (Note: The dialogue is bugged where the lines were spoken by the figure, but in context it should be Nomad(past).)

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Wait, Nomad!	That's......Nomad.	He's yourself!

What......are you talking about! [Player]......!

Are you gonna, betray me as well......!

Yes, I knew it...... [Player], you too......!

I won't forgive you, NEVER! I'll never fogive--- those who betray me!!

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I, I will--- never forgive, those who betray me---

You will have no where to hide---

Yes--this is revenge! Even if the place, the time, the world has changed......!

No matter where you escape, I will continue to chase you til you can't hide---!

In rage, Nomad raised his claws and fangs,
advanced and attacked.

At the very moment you made up your mind---

A beam of blazing light out of nowhere started shining hard on Nomad.

What's this light......! It's filling the corridor, even the windows......!

Nomad turned to the light source.
What he saw was---

Who, is calling me? Me---?

Ah, there you are--- THERE YOU ARE---!!!!

As if answering the call,
Nomad reached his hand into the light.

Then he melted into the light and disappeared.

......

[Player] and the phantom of flames also disappeared into the light---

......Oh, you're finally awake.

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Wait, this is---	Are we back at the same place?!	Which Nomad are you?

---Don't worry, [Player]. This is no doubt, the underground of the Ikebukuro guild.

And I'm no doubt--- the Nomad you met at Ikebukuro.

At that time, there were two of me in the same place, so my existence was not stable.

You and the me in the past...... How should I put this.

Should only be able to see--- "Something which the existence is unstable".

However, at least you two can see me. The others, those without connections---

Will not be able to see or sense us, just like a ghost.

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So that's really Nomad in the past?	That place was where Nomad---	imprisoned in the past?

......Yes. You should know it without me answering.

A few days ago, in this Ikebukuro underground. The area which was not in use---

A different world was found overlapping.

I was commissioned by boss(Claude), to investigate the world in this underground.

There I found out--- that place was "the prison where I was kept".

"Undergound corridor", "cells" and "hospital". And also the place where I, "Nomad" was kept.

That area was tied and linked to here.

I don't know if you've heard about this before, but the gates will link to "places that are similar in both worlds".

Once "Nomad" disappeared from that prison. The world---was back to normal.

......Yes. That, was myself before being summoned to Tokyo.

The very self---seeking revenge he hated most at that time, had jumped to Tokyo to commence his act.

"Tenkousei" will travel through time and dimensions. I think---I jumped a little too far in time.

By the time I arrived--- You were not there.

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Do you mean when we first met---	you already knew---	what has happened?

......I only found out, after our contract was confined. It was after I started investigating this place.

What if I---contracted with the person I seek revenge on, and also the reason I came to this Tokyo?

Nomad pinned [Player] to the wall, with his two arms next to your face.

---Traitor.

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Wait wait wait!	I didn't betray you?!	The two of you were both Nomad!

You've betryed me. To "me at that time".

You've betrayed the "me at that time"---who trusted you, who told you everything that he never would to anyone else.

He spoke.
And he lowered his arms.

But, what you've said were not lies. You have not betrayed......"me at present".

Among the two, you've only betrayed on of us. So---I'll give you a chance.

1 option
A chance?

I'll not forgive betrayal, "not even once". For that, I will not take my words back.

However I will postpone my revenge until I've done with the other traitors, since you've only betrayed me "half a time".

---Be my accomplice, [Player].

As my other half, and as a sharer of my secret, please lend a hand to Nomad on his revenge.

3 options
---Okay.	But I'll stop you if you've gone too far though?	What if I say no?

No matter what you answer---the conclusion will be the same.

You don't have a choice, [Player]. Because you've betrayed me "half a time".

......If, you dare to betray me once again---

If you betray me for another "once and a half", I will never forgive you.

I will hunt you down with highest priority. ---I will, strike my fangs into you.

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Understood.	Does that mean, you will only look at me?	---Not bad.

...... Do you really understand?

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There's no way you can threaten me.	I know everything about Nomad now.	---You actually want me to stop you right?

......Shut up, be quiet.

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I know everything.

Because I'm Nomad's partner.

Because, I love Nomad.

L, lov---!?
What are you saying with that serious face!!

......I, I told you to shut up didn't I! Now be quiet now, really......

I'll need to go for another case after reporting to Claude(boss).

Don't just stand there! I'm telling you to follow me.

Ahh, right. Starting from today, you'll be my official detective assistant.

I won't let you complain. You---

---Traitor.

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Aye, partner!

It seems I have no choice.

Roger, my dearest Nomad!

I'm counting on you, traitor.
Make youself useful.

CUT---IT---OUT---!!

The two started walking.
A strange bond started constructing between them---

---END---

Character Quest:Nomad:VN:1

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