(Klack)(bzzzzzzz)
Announcer: "Hello, my dear ones... Today we're showing you a very lovely drink called Pinos! … It's so sweet and refreshing, and on warm days it's simply fantastic! Not only that, it only costs 50 coins! And don't forget… It's sponsored by the Magical Hat of the Clown... The Guardian… It tastes fantastic... and of course, it's healthy too, made from fruits…"
(bzzzz...bzzzz…)(fffp!)
Clara: "(Yawns)...hahhhh…. An old commercial then…"Miwa: "Meow!"Clara: "Oh, you're here, Miwa... does that mean there's a job?"Miwa: "(Meow!)…"
Suddenly, Miwa transformed into a large, frightening cat with an evil grin.
Miwa: "You must find the painting... before the Dark Screen Organization does…"Clara: "Alright…"Miwa: "I hope we understand each other…"Clara: "We do... I just didn't know you had such a deep voice."Miwa: "Oh…"
She transformed back.
Miwa: "(Meow!) That's normal, after all, I'm a dead cat... a mix of dead cats killed by humans…"Clara: "Aww... that's sad."Miwa: "Focus already…..Oh…..The Clown warns you about a certain detective named Fiona…"Clara: "Oh... her….."Miwa: "And of course, about Cruella….."Clara: "..ghhhhhh…...So, the traitor is with them?!"Miwa: "Exactly. …"Clara: "I see…..Finally, I'll get to see her again…"Miwa: "Be careful…"
The cat disappeared.
Clara: "hmmm…."
(A few minutes later)
Cruella: "Alright, we have to go into the castle."Fiona: "With Noelle…"Noelle: "Mhm…"
They entered.
Cruella: "hmm."Fiona: "Hmm."
She rubbed her fingers along the castle walls.
Fiona: "Seems like it's been abandoned for a long time..."Cruella: "Mhm…"Noelle: "(Cough) (Cough)...you can tell, it's so stuffy in here…"Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She opened one of the doors.
(Bzzzzzz)(FfffF)
Noelle: "What…"Cruella: "Fiona, do you see that?"Fiona: "A… TV…"
She pressed it.
(Klack!)
(ffpfs!)
It was a commercial with an old-fashioned tune.
Announcer: "Welcome… my dear viewers! How nice to see you! It's so warm… puh… and so cold at night…..So what's better than a theater in a place that's neither too cold nor too warm... Of course… there are drinks and food too…..Look…"
"Hey!"
Someone kept shouting between lines.
Announcer: "We have beautiful dancers... who will make your wives jealous, or make women envious because they're so pretty."
"Hey!"
Announcer: "Of course, we mustn't forget our unbelievably smart animals….. Like the cat Tom or the little mouse, Jerry."
"Hey!"
Announcer: "And of course, the music….. beautiful music..."
"Hey!"
Announcer: "And, of course, the most important member... Clara…..Look how lovely she is! Look at that beautiful figure… But be careful, she may be pretty, but she can be really scary... hahahahaha…"
"Hey!"
Announcer: "So, my dear ones, what are you waiting for... visit our theater 'The Red Mice'…..and have fun!"
(Klack!)
Fiona: "Hmm."Noelle: "That was… weird…"Cruella: "hmmm."Fiona: "Well… commercials were always like that…."
They moved on.
Cruella: "mhm…"Fiona: "What's wrong?"Cruella: "Nothing... nothing at all…"Noelle: "hmm?"
They continued walking.
Fiona: "Be careful... we don't know what might happen…"
(Crash!)
Noelle: "Ouch... this painting fell on me."Fiona: "That's what I meant…"Noelle: "Hmm."
She picked up the painting.
Noelle: "Hmm….hey….this painting….is strange."Fiona: "Hmm?"Cruella: "Hmm?"
They looked at it — it was a man with an angry expression.
Fiona: "That's… the old lord… Beethoven."Noelle: "Oh…"Fiona: "He looks really angry… But that's not him… that's his son…"Noelle: "He had a son?"Fiona: "Yes…..The truth is, Beethoven was actually a magician. He died early, and his son took over — but he wasn't interested in magic. He wanted to mix magic with music… That's why they called him the Magician Symphonist — Theodor Beethoven."Noelle: "And why does he look so angry?"Fiona: "How should I know…..Maybe he had annoying neighbors... or maybe that's just his face."Noelle: "hmmm…"
They kept searching.
Noelle: "I can't find that painting."Fiona: "Hahhh…."
(Old-fashioned music!)
Fiona: "Quick, cover your ears!"
They did so immediately.
Cruella: "That must be her…."Fiona: "Exactly…"Noelle: "How do we deal with the shawl?"Fiona: "Hmmm…."
Bob appeared.
Fiona: "Bob….Shoot me in the head."
(Bang!)
Noelle: "ugh."Cruella: "What?"Noelle: "Don't worry... that's her ability."
She turned into a ghost.
Fiona: "Curses can't hit me like this."
She went in.
Fiona: "huh…"
But there was no painting — only a radio playing an old tune.
Fiona: "What.....no...no."
She quickly returned.
Fiona: "Noelle!...Cruella!"
But they were gone... she returned to her body.
Fiona: "Hah."
She stood up.
Fiona: "I have to find them…."
Suddenly she heard screaming.
Fiona: "Huh…."
Cruella appeared.
Cruella: "Fiona...quick…..Noelle saw the painting."Fiona: "ugh."
She ran toward her, but the music might still be playing, so she closed her eyes and ears.
Fiona: "Crane...do you see her?"Crane: "..yes...I see her….she's on the ground."Fiona: "Bob!"
Bob appeared, stabbed Noelle's suit, and pulled her out. Fiona quickly shut the door with her foot.
Fiona: "We need to get out of here."
They went to a place where the music couldn't reach.
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
She opened her eyes.
Fiona: "hey...Noelle...Noelle."
Noelle lay on the ground. Blood leeches crawled from her ears.
Fiona: "Hold on…."Cruella: "What do we do now…"Fiona: "Take her back….I'll deal with the painting."Cruella: "Okay…"
She returned to the castle.
Fiona: "Again."
(Bang!)
She shot herself in the head.
Fiona: "I need to go to the painting….and find a way to seal it…..As a spirit, I can only see the painting's spiritual form….that's not enough…"
She went back to the painting.
Fiona: "There…."Crane: "hmm."Fiona: "Any ideas?"Crane: "hmmm...Bob can't touch it…..and you can't hold it in your ghost form…"Fiona: "And if I go back to my body...I can't see the painting or hear the music."Crane: "So first the music…"Fiona: "Hmmm..."Crane: "What about earplugs?"Fiona: "Got any?"Crane: "Use something… to cover your ears…"Fiona: "hmm."
She returned to her body and searched the lower rooms.
Fiona: "There...some cloths...Not enough though…..so…"
She found some pens.
Crane: "No...no...no..Fiona….That's going to hurt."Fiona: "I'll heal anyway."Crane: "It might take a while, and there's no insurance."
(Splach!)
Fiona: "Urk..ghhhhhhhhhhh….."
She stuffed the cloths and pens into her ears so they wouldn't fall out.
Fiona: "All good...I made sure it's not too dangerous…."Crane: "But you can still hear."Fiona: "Not much...the effect only triggers when you hear too much….."
She went in with her eyes closed, quickly covered the painting with a shawl or blanket, and ran — almost falling down the stairs.
(Crash!)
Fiona: "Urk…:"Crane: "Hah..are you okay?"Fiona: "Yeah…"
She stood up and picked up the painting.
Fiona: "huh…."Crane: "You got it."
She quickly stuffed it into her bag.
Fiona: "Hahhhh….Come on, we have to find Cruella and Noelle."
(Runs)
Fiona: "ugh…"
She saw Cruella lying on the ground, with Noelle beside her.
Fiona: "hey!"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Clara: "….hello…...my dear."Fiona: "ugh…."
She turned around... A woman stood behind a tree.
Fiona: "Ugh….that's the woman….from the TV commercial….but...how can that be...it's been over 50 years...and she still looks so young."Clara: "Hahahaha..."
She pulled out a card — The Card of Eternal Youth.
Fiona: "Ugh."Clara: "I don't age. ...It's just like you…..with your card, the Card of Mystery…"Fiona: "What do you want?"Clara: "That painting, my dear….Give it to me...and I'll leave you alone…."Fiona: "…And if I refuse?"Clara: "Then I'll have to kill those two over there…"Fiona: "…hmm…"Clara: "Hehehe….Well then…"Fiona: "Hmm?"Clara: "You probably don't know that inside the painting...lives a creature, do you?"Fiona: "ugh…"Clara: "The Charlatur creature….All I need to do is get blood on it."Fiona: "Go ahead, try…"Clara: "Hehehe….Who said it would be your blood?"Fiona: "Ugh…."
Cruella and Noelle stood up... They looked exhausted.
Fiona: "ugh…"Clara: "So then…..You must kill them… so they don't touch the painting…..If their bloody hands touch it….."Fiona: "ghhhhh…"Clara: "Come on...what are you waiting for…(grins)…."
Fiona dodged their attacks.
Fiona: "Noelle...it's me...Fiona."Noelle: "painting...painting…"Fiona: "fggghhh…"
She kicked her away.
Noelle: "ouch…"Fiona: "gghhhh…"Noelle: "hmmm..you're always mean….give it to me…"Fiona: "Stay where you are…"Cruella: "Hahh."
She tried to attack.
Fiona: "….Damn…."
Both held her down.
Fiona: "ghhhhhh…"Cruella: "hmm."Noelle: "Stay still."Fiona: "Let go."
Clara calmly walked toward her. She held Fiona's hand.
Clara: " ….how about some blood...hmm."Fiona: "...ghhh."Clara: "Ghh."
She opened her mouth and bit Fiona's hand.
Fiona: "ghhh…"
The blood flowed toward the painting.
Clara: "Hehe….you taste good…"Fiona: "you're… insane…"Clara: "Hehehe…."
She held Fiona's face.
Clara: "You're really cute...and pretty…..I'd love to...taste you sometime…"Fiona: "ghhh….."Clara: "Hehehe...Maybe another time…..if you survive the monster."
Clara ran off and disappeared.
Fiona: "ugh…"
(grrrrrr)
Fiona: "Huh!"
She turned around just as she was thrown.
Fiona: "Urk…"
The creature glared at her — a dark being with four arms and a massive open mouth.
Fiona: "ghhhh…"
She grabbed Noelle and Cruella.
Fiona: "We need to get out of here…"
She ran.
Fiona: "ghhhh…."
She stumbled.
(Crash!)
Fiona: "ghhhh…"
The monster approached.
Fiona: "ghh."
She closed her eyes.
Noelle: "Wait…"Fiona: "Ugh.. ."
(Splach!)
Fiona: "hahhhh…"
She saw the monster's hand pierce through Noelle's chest.
Noelle: ".....I'm sorry...Fiona…..Go...Run away…"Fiona: "But…"Noelle: "Run...away....Quickly...take Cruella…"Fiona: "hahh."
She carried Cruella.
Fiona: "Noelle."Noelle: " ...I'm as good as dead….so…..go."Fiona: "ghh."
She ran and looked back.
Fiona: "Hhh…"Noelle: "Tell my brother...I'm sorry…"
And suddenly she was torn apart.
(Splach!)
Fiona: "ugh…"
The monster began eating her body.
Fiona: "hhhh…"
(A few hours later)
Parzival: "....huh…"Pinocchio: "ugh…"Fiona: " ...I'm...sorry…"Parzival: "What do you mean...huh?!"
He grabbed her by the suit.
Parzival: "Damn it…..what do you mean...my sister is dead. .....That can't be….just because she was left there."Fiona: "If you think someone can live after being torn apart and eaten, then go ahead!!"Parzival: "ughhh….."Fiona: "...I saw it…."Parzival: "But there was never talk of a monster…"Fiona: "I know...that's why I was shocked myself…."Edwardson: "hmmm…"
(Rings!)
Lady Natasha: "Yes, hello."Edwardson: "Miss Natasha...as you requested, I'm informing you...we had the painting...but… something we didn't know about caused a monster to appear from it…."Lady Natasha: "Oh."Edwardson: "Noelle...is dead…"Lady Natasha: "I see…"
(Some time later)
(Dong!)….(Dong!)…...(dong!)
Lady Natasha: "Ladies and gentlemen….A wonderful girl has unfortunately left us….Noelle Williams….was a wonderful person….she cared deeply for her friends and family….."
They brought out her coffin.
Lady Natasha: "Alright…"
Parzival: "ghhh…"Fiona: "hmmm…"
Lady Natasha: "….A moment of silence for her...would be nice…"
Parzival: "ghhhh…"
(A few minutes later)
Fiona: "hmm?"
She noticed Parzival was gone.
Fiona: "hmmm hahhh."
She walked toward the forest.
Fiona: "There you are...I thought so."Parzival: "What do you want?"Fiona: "Are you alright…?"Parzival: "No…"Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She leaned against a tree.
Fiona: " ...hmm."Parzival: "Sorry...I know it wasn't your fault."Fiona: "It was…..I should have saved her…"Parzival: "Hahhh….It's like Noelle said….You always blame yourself…"Fiona: "hmmm."Parzival: "When you work for the Dark Screen… it's bound to end like this…"Fiona: "hmm."
Silence.
Parzival: "hmmm."Fiona: "Hm?"Parzival: "Noelle wanted us to be friends again….."Fiona: "Hh…"Parzival: "Actually…..I loved you."Fiona: "I know."Parzival: "You… knew?"Fiona: "You always stared at me and even asked the teacher if I was single...Stupid question...we were only 12."Parzival: "Hehehehe…..You were popular…..Every boy wanted to be with the girl with the pretty blue eyes and calm, lovely voice…"Fiona: "Were you guys really like that?"Parzival: "Hehe….Did you forget how many times we gave you flowers?"Fiona: "oh...yeah…."Parzival: "Speaking of that...what did you do with them?"Fiona: "Burned and threw them away…."Parzival: "What?"Fiona: "Did you want to kill me? I told you I'm allergic to flowers…"Parzival: "oh….right….."Fiona: "I burned them because
Fiona: "I burned them because I thought you wanted to kill me — not because you wanted to say you liked me."Parzival: "(Sweats)… I guess flowers aren't always... a good idea, hehe…"Fiona: "Hmm…"Parzival: "Hahhh... Let's go back…"Fiona: "Okay…"
(A few hours later)
Clara: "Hahhhh....."
(Splach!)
Several women's corpses lay around.
Clara: "And there we go….done."
A statue made of dead women's bodies stood before her.
Clara: "Oh, oh yoy yoy… you're beautiful…..hehehe...Hehehe."Clown of Envy: "You crazy bitch!"
He attacked her.
Clara: "What's wrong?"
Clown of Envy: "Why did you do that?! You awakened the monster... that wasn't part of the plan!"Clara: "Oh, calm down, Clown of Envy…."Clown of Envy: "Hahhhh….. What am I supposed to tell the Clown now?"Clara: "Just tell him….."Clown of Envy: "Fine… but don't be surprised if this is your last statue."Clara: "Hehehe…."
He vanished.
Clara: "Hehehe…"