After they defeated Jason and Jessica, they fled toward the forest… but what they didn't know was that the real crisis begins here.
Mother Patrica: "…as I see… Jason and Jessica are dead… I didn't think… this would happen… but how naive these people are if they think… they can survive the forest, the forbidden forest…"
(Grrrrr!)
Mother Patrica: "My… time must also… be at its end…"
(Splach!)
The monster slit off her head… and began to eat her.
(Footsteps.)
The Eye: "…as I see… they've gone into the forest… (grins!)…"
His grin stretched almost up to his eye.
The Eye: "Hahaha… you know what to do… right?"
A figure appeared.
The Eye: "Asmedous…"
Asmedous: "Yes… I know… I'll show them…"
The Eye: "I'm counting on you…"
(Meanwhile)
Kenn: "Hahhh…"
Sophie: "Oh… after all that running… my feet really hurt…"
Kenn: "You're also injured…"
Sophie: "I know…"
Liza: "…are the others okay?"
Suddenly they heard a sound.
Kenn: "Ugh…"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Liza: "…huh!"
Natalia appeared—with Jill.
Sophie: "Oh—Little Red Riding Hood, what's wrong?!"
Kenn: "Are you okay?"
They hurried over.
Sophie: "Hahh…"
Zoe: "…hey!"
Zoe and Hansel showed up too.
Liza: "Are you alright?"
Sophie: "…oh… your eye… Jill…"
Jill: "Ghhh…"
Sophie: "Let me see…"
Natalia: "It was Jason… he did this to her…"
Zoe: "The wound looks nasty…"
Hansel: "Hmm…"
Sophie looked into her eyes.
Sophie: "…huh… damn…"
Natalia: "What…"
Sophie: "Jill… your eye. Something's wrong with it… I… I think it's infected… with something…"
Jill: "What?"
Natalia: "What do you mean?"
Sophie: "I… don't know if I'm right… but I'm sure it isn't good…"
Sophie looked around.
Sophie: "Damn… I'm not a doctor… I have no idea…"
Hansel: "Hmm…"
Jill: "…Sophie… take it out."
Sophie: "What!?"
Jill: "Take my eye… out."
Sophie: "Are you crazy… I'm not doing that…"
Jill: "Do it… if it's dangerous… The infection didn't come into the eye—it came to it; the infection is in my eye…"
Sophie: "…ghhh… but…"
Jill: "Please…"
Sophie: "…hahhh…"
Jill: "It's endophthalmitis… it could be that."
Sophie: "What's that?"
Jill: "…an… inflammation, dangerous… I know because I was told; my parents were eye doctors and they showed me some things… tell me the symptoms… someone, please…"
Sophie: "Ugh…"
Kenn: "…let me see."
He examined her eye. Sophie gently opened it.
Kenn: "…it sounds like your eye is dull… and inflamed too… there's pus collecting…"
Jill: "That's… that's… take my eye out… quickly!"
Sophie: "…ghhh…"
Jill: "Please…"
Sophie held a knife.
Sophie: "…I'm sorry… okay…"
Jill: "…it's alright… thank you, Sophie… you're a good friend… a good person…"
Sophie: "Hahhh…"
She slid the blade in lightly at the eye.
Jill: "Ghhhh…"
Sophie: "Someone—stop up her mouth—cloth… or something."
Kenn: "Uh."
He took a cloth and stuffed it into her mouth.
Jill: "Ghhhhhhh… mmm."
Sophie: "I… got it… I got it…"
(Splach!)
Jill: "Mmmmmmmmmm!"
Jill nearly fainted, collapsing onto Sophie's shoulder.
Sophie: "Ugh… I've got you… I've got you, love…"
Jill: "Hahh… thank you… Sophie… you're really kind…"
Sophie: "…ghhh…"
(Splop!)
Sophie: "…hahh…"
She looked at the eye.
Sophie: "…hahhh…"
She stroked Jill's head.
Sophie: "…it's alright… rest now, Little Red Riding Hood… you're a good person… I… on the other hand… am not…"
Kenn: "…hmm."
(Some time later)
Liza, Sophie, Kenn, Zoe, Hansel, and Jill set off again.
Sophie: "Where did you leave Dante and the Gift?"
Zoe: "…they're coming… when we fled from Jason we told them to head into the forest already; when we heard Jill and Natalia's voices… those two wanted to handle Jason on their own."
Sophie: "Hmm."
Kenn carried Jill in his arms.
Sophie: "…hahhh…"
Kenn: "…hey, Sophie… are you feeling unwell?"
Sophie: "I just had to remove a comrade's eye… no… a friend's… you think I'd feel fine after that?"
Sophie was already sad, and the pain didn't help.
Sophie: "Hahh… sorry… that… wasn't nice of me."
Kenn: "It's okay… you're really a kind girl, Sophie."
Sophie: "…hahh… thanks…"
Suddenly they heard something.
Sophie: "What?"
Liza: "Ugh… what was that."
Zoe: "Chill, guys…"
Someone came out—it was Dylan.
Dylan: "Help me… help me."
Jill: "…Dylan?"
Dylan: "…they took Emilia… they killed Emilia…"
Jill: "What."
Sophie: "Where is she?"
Dylan: "I don't know… I ran away…"
Sophie: "…damn… who killed her… man… answer properly now!"
She shouted.
Dylan: "I don't know… I don't know…"
Sophie: "Ah… damn it, I'm going to look for her."
Kenn: "No, wait—are you crazy?"
Dylan: "He's right… that's crazy."
Natalia: "It's dangerous."
Kenn: "It's dangerous—what if they get you too."
Sophie: "Do you expect me to abandon her?…"
Kenn: "Yes…"
Sophie: "What!"
Natalia: "If she was captured… then that's that… you'll just put us in danger…"
Sophie: "…ugh… but… I… want to help her…"
Kenn: "Listen… it's very kind of you… really… but sometimes… sometimes… you have to do cruel things to survive… like in this case…"
Sophie: "…but… fine…"
Kenn: "…hahh…"
(Meanwhile)
Asmedous: "…hmmm… I see… they abandoned you."
Emilia: "Mmmm… (Silence)"
Asmeodus: "Hahaha… oh dear… what do you say… now?… oh… sorry, you can't speak—you're already dead… hahahaha…"
Emilia: "…mm."
Asmeodous: "As good as… your wound is too deep—I went overboard… now… want to know something… we Crimson were born from the negative thoughts of living beings… I represent envy, for example, and the fear of insects… that's why I have butterfly wings and four legs on my back like a spider. We are… so to speak… beings from an abyss… spirit-creatures."
Emilia: "…(Silence)"
Emilia closed her eyes.
Asmeodous: "You can't die that fast… I'll give you a chance…"
She put her hand in Emilia's mouth before she fully died… and poured violet liquid into her mouth.
Asmedous: "Exactly… so that I… become a part of you…"
She flowed entirely into Emilia's body.
Emilia: "…(…opens her eyes…) gahhhhh!… ahhhh… hahhhhh… what happened… where am I."
(1545)
Noelle: When the war ended… the Second World War… and people hurled atoms across the world… the catastrophe arose: a kind of atomic apocalypse. The chemicals… turned humans… into Sirus. There were bunkers where people hid… they lived in those bunkers… until one day… those bunkers also became dangerous. For 30 years people had to live either in bunkers or in very, very, very restricted zones… but the Sirus… and the air… kept getting worse. People who still lived with the old air are dead. Those born after the apocalypse—after the atomic apocalypse—their bodies… became, so to speak, immune… and adjusted to this air… but not completely… these people did not live as long as they should; it's assumed they live at most 60 years. Food… animals became fewer and fewer; the problem also affected plants, the trees. Realms like the Sakura Reich and the Germanien Reich were the most damaged because they were struck with atoms… two cities were bombarded: Madeai and Kanzakai. There is no living being there… humans and animals died either from the atoms… or the chemicals. But after a mad scientist named Dr. Hendrold meddled with the atoms… and introduced an unknown chemical alongside them… the atomic—yes, the atomic—catastrophe spread across the whole world. After he was fired, he wanted revenge… and gave bombs to every country in conflict—at least instructions for how to make them; he often helped. Hendrold did not know that the chemicals… were more dangerous than he thought. Then one day… when the war should actually have been over… something no one expected happened… those countries dropped the atoms Hendrold had worked on into their lands… thus the catastrophe began. No one knows… exactly… how those atoms were built. Hendrold was never found… only his dead wife and children—four daughters—were found… it's suspected he killed them himself so he could flee alone without obstacles. Sirus… can also be plants. Since then there has been more fear… some couldn't endure it… and took their own lives… suicide rates rose by 40 percent. There were governments… but they collapsed as well. The catastrophe… arose from human foolishness—lust for power and money—and now… the world is a kind of tainted world, with thick air, monsters, and the infected. Some call it Hendrold's Apocalypse, but most call it the Atomic Apocalypse.
(1595 September 25)
Kenn: "…hahh…"
Sophie: "We have to find the others…"
Jill: "Hahhh…"
Kenn: "Are you okay?"
Jill: "Sorry… I'm just in your way…"
Kenn: "Nonsense…"
Liza: "Does your eye still hurt?"
Jill: "…it hurts… but it'll be fine…"
Sophie: "…man… my legs hurt so much from running, I think I'm about to scream like a woman giving birth…"
Kenn: "Are you pregnant?"
Sophie: "…uh?… how am I supposed to get pregnant—I'd have to… uh… be f— (bleep) first… are you dumb?"
Kenn: "Oh…"
Sophie: "Idiot… (blushes)…"
Kenn: "Sorry… I didn't know you could blush."
Sophie: "That's mean… I'm a girl… of course I blush… when someone talks about… that…"
Kenn: "Okay, okay—calm down… you'll turn into a girl with red tomatoes soon…"
Sophie: "…you started it… and by the way… it's gross that you say stuff like that while you've got… issues down there…"
Kenn: "(blushing!)… what…"
Sophie: "…what are you thinking about…"
Kenn: "Nothing."
Sophie: "Suspicious… I'm not the only girl here—there's Jill… Zoe… Liza… you'll have… pervy thoughts too…"
Sophie giggled lewdly.
Kenn: "…you're really sick, you know that."
Sophie: "…I'll take it as a compliment… thanks."
Kenn: "…mmm…"
Jill: "…hey… Sophie… that's kind of mean… Kenn is really nice."
Sophie: "…I didn't say he's bad… he's just sometimes… naive."
Kenn: "Hey…"
Sophie: "Sorry… often naive…"
Kenn: "…Hey."
Sophie: "Always naive… say 'hey' one more time… and I'll make it worse."
Kenn: "Hey."
Sophie: "Too naive!"
Suddenly they heard something.
Sophie: "Ugh."
Kenn: "Huh."
Zoe: "Ghmm!"
She drew her weapon.
Zoe: "Who's there."
Sophie: "Shh… wait… not so loud… no guns, damn it!"
Zoe: "What?"
Sophie: "…if it's a Crimson… we run. A shot could draw the others… then it's not just 'we're screwed'… it's completely screwed…"
Then they emerged… Dante and the Gift.
Dante: "…finally… took long enough."
Liza: "Dante!"
Sophie: "The Gift!"
Natalia: "Weirdos!"
Sophie: "Uh?"
Liza: "…huh?"
Kenn: "…(sweats)… why am I even alive."
Jill: "Good question…"
Sophie: "Hey, don't call them that—they're our friends…"
Dante: "Alright… uh… we thought you were already captured—or worse, being tortured."
Sophie: "Oh how sweet… you were worried about us…"
Zoe: "How sweet…"
Dante: "…hey!"
Sophie: "Okay, okay… just a joke."
The Gift: "As I see… we're still missing some."
Sophie: "Mhm…"
The Gift: "You're alright… good to see."
Sophie: "You too… how's your wound?"
The Gift: "…it's okay…"
Sophie: "Hehe…"
The Gift: "Good to see you too, Liza."
Liza: "…good to see you…"
The Gift: "Who's missing?"
Dante: "…seems the ones from the other group."
Sophie: "…mhm… Peter is missing, Emilia is missing—if she's still alive; Dylan said she was caught… William missing… Steven missing… and Natalia's father, Rasmus, missing…"
Hansel: "Hope they're okay…"
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Dante: "…why did you abandon Emilia… you could've gone after her."
Sophie: "Well."
Dante: "Well what… you scared?"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Kenn: "Hey… hey… I was the one who said that to her…"
Sophie: "…it's fine… he has a point. If you want, it's not too late—go there, I'll gladly come with you… it's been five minutes since we found Dylan… maybe she's still okay."
Dante: "I'm injured."
Sophie: "So am I… no excuse…"
Natalia: "Hey… could it be this Dante is a coward?"
Natalia whispered to Zoe.
Zoe: "He is…"
She answered back.
Zoe: "But he's the leader."
Natalia: "Why."
Zoe: "How should I know… at the start he was kind of smart…"
Dante looked at Liza.
Dante: "Liza… are you okay."
Liza: "Yeah… I'm okay…"
She smiled.
Dante: "Glad to hear it…"
Sophie: "…hmm?…"
Zoe: "Hey… jerk… we're okay too—thanks for asking!"
Zoe called out.
Dante: "Oh… oops… sorry…"
Zoe: "Tch…"
Natalia: "Disgusting perverted jerk…"
She whispered.
Natalia: "Hmm…"
Dante: "Alright… we need to move on… find the others…"
Sophie: "Fine… if you say so… you're the leader…"
Dante: "…hmm… I am… so give me the gun…"
Sophie: "Hmm?… that's mine…"
Dante: "I don't have one."
Sophie: "Hmm."
Kenn: "…man…"
Sophie: "Alright, alright… here…"
She handed it over; he took it and said nothing—not even thanks.
Sophie: "Hehe…"
Kenn: "Ghhhhh…"
Zoe: "…guess he doesn't like how Sophie just helps…"
Natalia: "What do you mean."
Zoe: "Well… Sophie did it right away—and Kenn doesn't like that… he loves her…"
Natalia: "What…"
Zoe: "He apparently loves her… even though she was actually the reason his sister died—well… not really her fault; Heinrich did that without her knowing…"
Natalia: "Who's Heinrich."
Zoe: "Well… Sophie used to work as a leader in a Nazi group…"
Natalia: "What?"
Zoe: "Mhm… but before you think she's evil… she did it because she had to—they abused her and experimented on her…"
Natalia: "…uh… okay…"
They kept walking, looking around.
Dante: "Hmmm."
Sophie: "…hey… what is it, Kenny-dear…"
Kenn: "…nothing…"
Sophie: "Hehe… are you mad."
Kenn: "Of course… why does he treat you like that…"
Sophie: "Hehe… it's okay… he's just a bit angry. It's human…"
Kenn: "…you're letting him treat you like this… is it because you're afraid due to your Nazi past."
Sophie: "…uh?… hmm… who knows… you tell me…"
Kenn: "I know… it's because of your past… you think it's okay because of your earlier mistakes…"
Sophie: "…hmm…"
Kenn: "You don't have to… you're a good girl."
Sophie: "…okay… okay… Kenn… it's alright… please…"
She held his hand.
Sophie: "It's alright…"
Kenn: "Ghhhh…"
Jill: "Uh…"
Sophie: "…hehe… Jill's watching while you're carrying her…"
Kenn: "Oh, sorry… must be uncomfortable…"
Jill: "It's okay."
Sophie smiled at Jill too.
Sophie: "Hmm… it'll get better soon…"
Jill: "Hehe… you can just call me Jill now."
Sophie: "Nope… I'm sticking with Little Red Riding Hood… Little Red Riding Hood…"
Jill: "Hehe…"
They walked on.
The Gift: "Hey…"
Dante: "Hmm?"
The Gift: "…look over there…"
Dante: "What?"
The Gift pointed at a tree… and they saw it…
Dante: "Ugh."
Jill: "Huh!"
Sophie: "Ugh…"
Liza: "Oh… hahhh…"
A corpse… Steven's corpse… hung from a tree, split apart.
Sophie: "…ghh…"
Zoe: "We need to help him."
Sophie: "Help?… too late… he's in two halves—completely impossible…"
Zoe: "…ghhh…"
Sophie: "Hmm…"
Dante: "…h…"
The Gift: "Sophie… what do you think… shall we examine?"
Sophie: "Mhm…"
They examined the body.
The Gift: "Hmmm… looks like he saw his attacker—hence the terrified look."
Sophie: "Blood very fresh… probably attacked only four minutes ago."
The Gift: "…some organs missing."
Sophie: "Mhm… brain… liver… stomach too… intestines at least are torn apart…"
The Gift: "A Crimson."
Sophie: "Clearly—Sirus eat everything completely; Crimson have preferences… hmm."
Dante: "…if you'd been a bit faster, he'd still be alive—you took too long to stop Jason…"
Sophie: "Hmmm."
The Gift: "Do you really think we had a choice? You don't have the right to talk—you were injured. They saved your life—so be a bit kinder… and act like a leader… not a dictator…"
Dante: "What do you mean… if I hadn't been injured… Emilia and Steven would be alive."
Sophie: "Hmm."
The Gift: "…injury isn't an excuse—Sophie is injured, Zoe is injured, Jill is injured… and they still managed to kill him. Your wound wasn't even that bad—you could've helped kill Jason…"
Dante: "…what happened… is… is my fault."
The Gift: "Then is it our fault? You started pinning it on Sophie, Liza, and Kenn…"
Sophie: "Whoa… whoa… calm down… okay… you two… Dante, I get your frustration… and Gift, it's kind of you to defend us—I really appreciate it, okay… but calm… keep a cool head. If this keeps up, we'll kill each other and the Crimson will just come and take our bodies… please… calm down now…"
Dante: "What do you know."
Sophie: "…hahh…"
Dante: "Damn…"
He walked on.
Sophie: "…hmhmm."
The Gift: "…great…"
They kept moving…
Sophie: "…(cough) (cough!)…"
She looked back at Steven's corpse.
Sophie: "…hahh…"
She moved on and followed.
Sophie: "…hmm…"
Kenn: "Are you okay…"
Sophie: "…don't know…"
Kenn: "Is something wrong…"
Sophie: "I don't know… just leave me alone for a moment, please…"
Sophie felt guilty and took Steven's death to heart. While the others were angry at Dante, Sophie was angry at herself, thinking she should have done more; Dante's words also hurt her deeply.
Sophie: "…hmm."
(Sis!)
Sophie: "Huh!"
She turned quickly—no one there.
Sophie: "Hahh…"
(Sounds)
Sophie: "Huh?"
She saw the bushes move—something behind them. She looked closely: something stood there… it had long hands and long feet… and a long neck, mouth open down to the chin, with four arms… it wasn't a Crimson… more like a spirit…
Sophie: "What… uh…"
Kenn: "Sophie… hey! Everything okay?"
Sophie: "What?…"
She looked back—the monster was gone. She followed Kenn.
Sophie: "Hmm."
They kept walking…
Dante: "…hmmm…"
Liza: "Hey…"
Dante: "What?… uh… it's just you, Liza."
Liza: "What is it… is something wrong…"
Dante: "…nothing…"
Liza: "Is it… about Jessica…"
Dante: "…what makes you say that…"
Liza: "Listen… I can understand you… you're angry… but don't take your frustration out on others… that's not very nice…"
Dante: "…hmmm…"
Liza: "…Dante."
Dante: "…what."
Liza: "You're a good leader… I believe you help us a lot… but… lately… I feel like you're different."
Dante: "…you think so…"
Liza: "I can tell right away when it comes to things like this… I'm good… at looking into people's eyes… what is it…"
Dante: "…hahh… whatever… let's just keep searching…"
Liza: "…hmmm…"
Dante: "…(Silence)"
They went on, searching for the others.
Natalia: "Hmm."
Zoe: "Worried about your father?"
Natalia: "What?… he can take care of himself… I think."
Zoe: "Hmm…"
Jill: "Huh?"
Sophie: "What is it, Little Red Riding Hood?"
Jill: "Nothing… just… my… eye…"
Sophie: "Does it hurt?"
She quickly cupped Jill's cheeks and checked her eye.
Sophie: "…if it hurts… tell me… I think we have some medicine…"
Jill: "Uh…"
Sophie: "…hehe… I hope… at least…"
Jill: "I think you're the one who needs medicine… your nose is bleeding…"
Sophie: "What?"
She touched her nose.
Sophie: "…oh… yeah… right…"
Jill: "…are you okay…"
Jill held Sophie's hand—veins.
Sophie: "Ugh… what are you doing."
Jill: "…your pressure… it's very strong…"
Sophie: "…uh…"
Jill: "…you should rest…"
Sophie: "…if I rest… more people will die… so… no…"
She pulled her hand away and walked on, face a bit depressed.
Sophie: "…ghh…"
Jill: "Uh?"
Dante: "Hmm…"
Jill: "…Dante, right…"
Jill looked at Dante.
Dante: "What?"
Jill: "…I just want to tell you… the group is tired…"
Dante: "Tired?… we have to find the others… every second counts…"
Jill: "The group… is tired… especially Liza, Sophie, Kenn who fought Jessie—also Natalia, Zoe, and me…"
Dante: "…"
Zoe suddenly dropped to her knees.
Natalia: "Hey…"
Sophie: "…hmm?"
Zoe: "Ah… damn it, I can't go on…"
Dante: "…Zoe… get up—no time for this; we can rest later…"
Sophie: "…hmmm… (cough)… hahh…"
The Gift: "Hmm?"
Sophie also looked exhausted.
The Gift: "…hey, leader… I think you should let them rest…"
Dante: "…no time for that…"
The Gift: "There is… it's necessary… don't demand too much of your people… just to fix your mistakes… fix them yourself…"
Sophie: "It's fine… I… can…"
She suddenly stumbled to the ground, but Kenn caught her quickly.
Kenn: "Sophie!"
Sophie: "Ghhh…"
The Gift: "They're tired… damn it… they're injured… your wound isn't serious… and you didn't fight… nor did I… but Liza, Sophie and Zoe, Kenn and Hansel did!"
Dante: "Hahh… fine… we'll take a break… but I'll keep searching…"
The Gift: "I'll come with you."
Dante: "Alright…"
They sat on the ground.
Sophie: "Hahh… hahh…"
Jill: "Are you okay…"
Sophie: "All good, love… I'll be fine…"
Jill: "…Sophie… you're really tired…"
Sophie: "…hmm…"
Kenn: "…of course she is… you're not sleeping properly, are you…"
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Kenn: "…just sleep a little… please… I don't want to lose you… I don't want to lose anyone else… who means something to me…"
Sophie: "…hahh… fine…"
Jill: "Sleep on my lap…"
Sophie: "…uh?"
Jill: "The ground is uncomfortable…"
Sophie: "Alright…"
She lay her head on Jill's lap; Kenn took Sophie's legs and rested them on his lap.
Sophie: "Thank you…"
Kenn: "It's alright…"
Zoe rested too.
Natalia: "…hahh…"
Zoe: "I'm so done… and hungry…"
Natalia: "…me too…"
Liza: "…hmm…"
(Meanwhile)
Dante: "Hmmm."
The Gift: "Hey!"
Dante: "What…"
The Gift: "…listen."
He got angry, grabbed Dante by the suit, and stopped him.
The Gift: "Are you insane!…"
Dante: "What…"
The Gift: "Do you want to kill your group… is that it? Do you want to kill us!"
Dante: "Save."
The Gift: "My ass!"
He let him go.
The Gift: "If anything happens to Liza, Sophie, or Kenn… or to anyone… I'll kill you…"
Dante: "A warning."
The Gift: "No—a threat. I did say I'm done killing humans… but one more won't change anything."
Dante: "…hmph…"
(Crash!)
The Gift: "Ugh!"
Dante: "Huh!"
They drew their weapons quickly.
Dante: "What…"
The Gift: "What's happening…"
Dante: "…who's there."
He aimed to shoot—suddenly someone came out.
Rasmus: "Whoa, whoa…"
Dante: "…you're… Rasmus…"
The Gift: "He's alive…"
Dante: "How did he not starve…"
The Gift: "Be… uh… let's say it straight… he's fat…"
Dante: "Makes sense…"
Rasmus: "Is my daughter… with you… I want… I want to see her."
The Gift: "Why… what's wrong."
Dante: "She's with us, safe—come."
Rasmus: "Thank you."
He followed them.
Natalia: "Hmm?"
They appeared.
Natalia: "Father!"
She jumped up and hugged him.
Natalia: "Oh… father… father…"
Rasmus: "…Natalia…"
Sophie: "…huh…"
Natalia: "Father… what is it… you look exhausted."
Rasmus: "…Natalia…"
Natalia: "…yes…"
(Fisching!)
Suddenly he stabbed her in the neck.
Sophie: "Ugh!"
Dante: "…gahhh!"
The Gift: "…what the hell!"
Liza: "…aaaaaaaaaarghh!"
Rasmus: "Natalia."
Natalia: "Father… why…"
She tried to go to him—
Rasmus: "Stay back…"
He showed his wound… on his chest.
Rasmus: "I… was hit… but I won't die alone… I'll take my daughter with me!"
Zoe: "Huh!"
Sophie: "…hahhh…"
Natalia: "…ghhh… Papa…"
Rasmus: "…it will be alright… little one…"
Rasmus looked at her.
Dante: "Ugh…"
Rasmus: "…everything will be alright…"
He looked at the knife… then stabbed himself in the neck.
Rasmus: "Urk… gahhh…"
He fell to the ground.
Natalia: "Ghh…"
Rasmus: "Urk."
Dante: "Ugh."
The Gift: "Damn it!"
He ran to Natalia.
Sophie: "Natalia!"
She rushed to her too.
Natalia: "Ugh… ghhh…"
Sophie: "Hahh… hold on…"
The Gift: "…ghh… it's no use."
Sophie: "What!?"
The Gift: "…he hit the middle of the throat… it's no use."
Sophie: "Ugh…"
She collapsed to a seated position… shock on her face.
Sophie: "Why… why… would… someone… their own daughter…"
Liza: "…hahh."
Liza held her mouth…
Zoe: "Fuck… no…"
Dante: "…hahhh…"
Natalia closed her eyes… and died.
Sophie: "Ugh… hahh."
Sophie trembled.
Kenn: "…tsssss…"
Dante: "…ghh…"
The Gift: "Coward… Rasmus, that's your name, right… you're a fool… you killed your daughter with the excuse… that you didn't want to die alone…"
He stood and lifted Natalia, carrying her.
The Gift: "Throw him into the ravine… we'll bury his daughter."
Liza: "…hahhhh… hahhh…"
Sophie: "Damn it…"
Liza and Sophie sank to the ground in despair.
Sophie: "Hahhh… (…I… lost… someone again… before my eyes… again… did nothing… or stopped nothing…)…"
Kenn: "Sophie…"
Sophie: "…I… should have reacted faster."
Kenn: "Don't take the blame on yourself… you're human too… you can't always blame yourself. It's okay… for people to feel bad… but not okay… when they blame themselves."
Sophie: "…but…"
Kenn: "…I understand… but you were far away… even if you'd noticed, it would have been hard… I… was closer… I should have stopped it…"
Dante: "…too many are dying… hmm… since we've had Sophie in the group… she wasn't entirely wrong."
Kenn: "…what are you getting at…"
Dante stepped closer.
Dante: "What I mean is… simple… she isn't as strong as her friends, like Liza and you, claim. You said Sophie could help us—so far, what I see is… death… death… death…"
Kenn: "…take it back…"
Dante: "What…"
Kenn: "Take it back—that she's to blame…"
The Gift held Kenn by the shoulder.
The Gift: "…calm down."
Kenn: "He insulted Sophie… he treats her like a monster… not like a human!"
The Gift: "Monsters treat humans like monsters…"