Journey
We'll be in one of the System's dead zones for a while.
So we managed to lose them.
Don't let your guard down just yet.
No matter which route we take, we'll come across an active zone.
We'll take it as it comes.
I leave it to you.
Looks like we've finally thrown them off.
You won't struggle anymore, will you?
We have the same goals anyway.
Where's this ship headed?
Do you need to go somewhere?
I have no reason to answer you.
I don't have a reason to keep you on this ship either.
Well, I guess you're like an appendix.
An appendix?
Where did that doppel go?
I can't see her without a visor.
You mean Nessa?
She seemed almost glued to you.
Glued? No she wasn't...
Well, whatever.
Keep a firm grip on her reins so that she doesn't run off.
If you don't want to be treated like an appendix, you're free to get off whenever you want.
We won't be taking any detours to drop you off, though.
Here you go.
This...
It's a parachute.
You don't get to use one everyday.
Even if you land badly, you'll only break a leg or two.
Want to know how to use it?
If you don't have the guts to do it...
...then work, boy.
Ridiculous...
Cleaning? How old-fashioned.
I mean, this stuff...
The underside of the seat is still dirty.
...is just humiliating!
I told you, that goes on the left shelf!
W-Wait... lemme rest a little...
How about getting off if you aren't up to it?
We have no need for incompetent people.
I don't remember joining a terrorist organization either.
Terrorist?
Don't you dare look down on us with a brain full of perverted thoughts!
We're the ethical ones.
Ethics? Come on.
What? If you don't like it, then get off already.
Like you have the guts for that anyway.
It's not because I'm scared...
Then why? Why won't you get off?
Because...
Why are you lost for words now?
Oh no, are you thinking of something perverted again?!
I was thinking.
Though it wasn't something perverted... I think.
Zoom!
Well done.
You've never done laundry before either?
How nice, you get to have so many firsts when you're young.
Doesn't it feel good?
You wash away the sweat, then work and sweat again.
It's a cycle.
Oh my.
Your pants are dirty too.
Really?
Come on, take them off.
N-Now?!
We have a change of clothes for you.
That's not what I-
Come on.
Don't be shy now.
No, really, I'm-
Hey!
Oh!
My!
What is that?
I imitated something I saw in an old book.
I don't really get it, but...
How manly.
Build that next then.
I'll go get some more.
Who are you playing with?
With Nessa-
She left.
Nessa!
Nessa, I know you're there.
How stubborn can you be?
That girl could see her, but I couldn't.
Is it because she hates me?
Nessa! Come out!
Obsidian of the South has granted us entry.
We're heading there now.
Do you always eat together?
Yeah, whenever we get the chance.
Food tastes a lot better when you can talk with others.
Really?
Are you working hard, boy?
Well? Don't you feel this grand sense of being alive?
Yeah, and the suffering that comes with it.
Having him do some casual manual labor doesn't mean we can correct the fact that he has been defiled.
I'm just having him pay for his ride on the ship.
Correction isn't my motive.
Fair enough.
Not yet.
We have to pray.
Pray?
To the temple?
You're kidding me, right?
Apparently it's a higher existence.
I don't really like it either, though.
But...
Well, if you insist people need to have someone to pray to, that's fine.
The temple's just taking advantage of that.
Where's Phryne?
I already called her.
People don't normally blend in so easily.
Unlike a certain flirt.
Come out if you're around, Nessa.
Think only about Nessa!
I tried doing as she said.
I'm starting to get a little frustrated.
Phryne...
S-Sorry, I wasn't trying to peek-
They told me I could change into any of the clothes hanging here.
Y-You mean the overly kind women did?
Does it look strange?
Not at all.
It's nice. Very.
Nessa?
She's here but won't come out.
I thought so.
You thought so? What do you mean?
Nessa might be envious.
Envious?
Nessa thinks highly of you.
She does? I think she's just playing with me.
But why envy...?
I see.
That one is your favorite, isn't it?
In the beginning, I thought Nessa was your doppel.
But...
Nessa...
I mean, the brooch that contained Nessa...
Are those guys chasing you because you took it without permission?
What's with that "Beloved daughters of the world" stuff that weird guy was talking about?
Sorry for asking all these questions...
But it really bothers me.
Answer just one then.
Do you hate Nessa?
I cannot allow myself to love her.
What do you mean?
I don't really get it.
Isn't it a little warm?
It's been quite warm for a while now.
What's wrong? The temperature in the ship is rising.
There's something wrong with the system.
Something? What is it?
Can you fix it, old man?
Don't fret.
I was just getting bored.
Why's it so hot?
Did something happen?
I knew it'd be coolest here.
Hey, what are the two of you doing sitting there?
No way, again ?!
Wow, sex again?
I see, so that's why it was so hot in here.
This isn't the time to be cracking jokes!
But man, it's hot.
I'm going to strip!
Don't show me your dirty body.
H...
Hey!
Is something wrong?
Did something happen?
It has nothing to do with you.
Problems?
If I can help at all-
Throw him out, Daidara.
He'll contaminate the system.
Starting check.
Please expose your lower body and sit at the correct angle.
Yeah, yeah. Shut up.
The patchwork is amazing.
They reverse-engineered a ton of balloons and rebuilt them?
They took the trouble to use old technology too.
This is getting a little problematic.
Could it be an error in the pre-Fractale system?
Hmm.
Wow.
There are multiple layers of systems which have been updated and updated again.
It even goes back to pre-Fractale times.
Hacking this wouldn't be easy even if I tried.
Use every method you can find.
If we continue tracing it with old algorithms, we're bound to find the error somewhere.
Yessir.
Even a 26th century patch doesn't work.
In that case...
What's this?
What's that noise?
It's moving!
Please listen to me!
You again? Stop bugging me.
What is it? Talk.
You noticed that noise, right?
It might be Nessa.
Nessa?
It's similar to the noise pattern I extracted when I found Nessa.
Don't be stupid.
It's noise that appeared when we traced an old program.
Are you telling me that doppel is data containing old elements?
I don't know, but...
You think that Nessa is causing these problems?
Probably.
You're kidding me...
What an annoying girl.
What's wrong?
The autopilot is malfunctioning.
We're flying into storm clouds.
Avoid them!
I'm trying.
I'm trying, but it's almost unresponsive.
Can't we call out Nessa?
No way. Nessa's in a bad mood, so she's hiding.
In a bad mood?
What did you do?
Nothing...
So you cheated on her, and she found out.
Wha-
Whatever.
Looks like the only thing we can do is cheer her back up.
It's so hot I'm gonna evaporate.
Please open the windows.
Can't you see the storm outside?
It's like being in a sauna.
You'll probably lose some weight.
They won't let you out even if you give up.
This is the worst endurance contest ever.
We have something to do before giving up.
Find Nessa.
To do something about this situation, we need to find Nessa, who's hiding somewhere right now.
Nessa?
What in the world is that girl?
She's a heck of a troublemaker, but an important doppel too.
Whatever.
Let's look for her if it will make this place cooler.
But how are we going to find her?
I'll give you orders while following Nessa's data.
If you do things that Nessa likes or might be interested in, she'll probably come out.
Then I could cook a delicious feast for all of us.
Uh, she's a doppel...
Oh.
She told me to express "delicious" with a dance before.
Looks like we'll be dancing.
Like this?
That won't work.
You need to have more fun.
Like this?
How about this?
That just feels wrong...
I'm getting squished...
Ow...
And what might you two be doing?!
Aw, that's wonderful!
Huddling together looks really warm.
Nessa likes that.
It's warm enough as it is...
There she is!
It's Nessa!
Nessa?
Sorry.
Where?
She's in the store room.
Oh, now she's gone.
Now the kitchen.
Now the C-3 hallway.
Nessa!
Nessa, come out!
Nessa!
We've found you...
Beloved daughters.
That girl!
The daughters were together, as I thought.
Let us recover them.
That girl first.
She disappeared again.
Is Nessa really still mad?
Or...
What are you doing?
Don't be stupid.
Hey, stop messing around!
You're still a prisoner, you know that?
A prisoner...?
Phryne?!
Open up!
Please come out.
Hey, can you hear me?!
Phryne!
It won't work.
The hatch won't open because of the issues with the system.
Come back, Phryne!
Nessa won't come out because I'm here.
So-
You're wrong.
Nessa probably forgot about being mad already.
She forgot why she hid in the first place and is now just having fun playing hide-and-seek.
Nessa is whimsical like that.
That's why I didn't want you to summon her from the brooch.
Why not?
If she comes forth, it will only be harder on me.
What do you mean?
The temple values Nessa more than me.
That's why...
I wanted to take her with me and end it all.
End it all?
Why?
Ending this foolish cycle is the only way we can-
No. That can't be right!
If you end it all, nothing new can begin!
You won't be able to find new things anymore!
I feel that for Nessa, every moment is something new.
She's like a newborn baby.
That's why everything is fun for her.
I had a few moments on this ship where I felt this might be just a little fun.
It was unexpected, even for me, but I felt that seeing things I hadn't seen before was fun.
I guess that's what freedom is.
That's why Nessa's free.
Depending on how you look at it, even you can-
Enough.
Huh?
Don't generalize like that.
You don't know anything.
Then tell me what's going on!
There's no way I can understand if you tell me nothing!
Just... forget about me!
Phryne!
Phryne?
Are you hiding too, Phryne?
Nessa...
You aren't?
Is Phryne sad?
Nessa hates sadness too.
No, I'm just hiding.
Hide-and-seek?
Yeah.
I've been found.
Found?
Who did?
You, Nessa.
Weren't you "it"?
"It"?
Nessa was "it"?
Is it okay if Nessa finds you?
If you want to.
Nessa found Phryne!
Just finding me isn't enough though.
Take my hand and lead me to where the others are.
Sure.
I caught you, Phryne!
When Phryne brought Nessa-
No... When Nessa brought Phryne back,
the hide-and-seek game ended and the system recovered.
Nessa has been staying on this ship since then as if it were completely normal.
To point out a few other changes...
Phryne now sits at the dinner table with everyone else.
Everyone smiles just a little more often.
Even if I sit in the pilot seat looking at the instruments, nobody tells me to get out.
And...
As for my loincloth...
Ta-da!
W-W-Wait...
It's a red one now.