Scary Monsters! ~Endless Halloween Night~/Story/Episode 4-17

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Episode 4-17: It's Just Down to How You View It

The Other Dimension - Hollow Graveyard
Ghost Ghost	Ahhhh, they're gonna vanish us!
Leona Leona	You get my role now, yeah? I keep an eye out for any ghosts so that you can safely search for the shards. It's a very, very important job.
Ace Ace	Ugh. Yeah, I at least feel a little safer, but like…I dunno, doesn't feel fair.
Epel Epel	I don't think complaining will do much. Leona's like this during club, as well. Even when us Magift Club members are all badly out of breath as we run around the courtyard a hundred times to build up our stamina… …Leona's usually sleeping underneath some trees the whole time, even though he's the captain.
Ace Ace	Holy crap… We're both in sports clubs but you guys sound way more intense than the Basketball Club.
Epel Epel	Despite that, though, he really does watch us closely. His instructions are really precise during our matches! So I'm sure…the reason he told us to collect the mirror shards was because he believes that we can do it.
Ace Ace	You're giving him way too much credit. He literally said straight to our faces that him making a plan would be wasted on us.
Epel Epel	Anyway, we just need to try our best! I'll go search down the right side!
Ace Ace	Well, bye then… He's kinda like Deuce in how oddly straightforward he is. Actually, Sebek and Jack are like that, too, huh? I'm part of a sports club, but I sure struggle to keep up with these types…
Leona Leona	Oi, Spikehead, what are you doing? Get searching already.
Ace Ace	You're just sprawling out right in the middle of a graveyard of all places! …Is there nothing that scares you, Leona?
Leona Leona	What's this all about?
Ace Ace	I mean, you're surrounded by a bunch of graves. Wouldn't you normally find that kinda creepy?
Leona Leona	… sigh Lemme tell you something good. There's a place in the Sunset Savanna known as the Elephant Graveyard.
Ace Ace	Th-The Elephant Graveyard?! The name alone already sounds terrifying.
Leona Leona	Sure does. It's a lawless land sometimes called the Shadowlands, a place where the king's rule doesn't reach. The sun's light fails to reach it, no matter the time of day, and there are these large bones scattered around the barren wasteland. The nearby volcano is constantly letting off heat and gas. One wrong step, and you'll be falling to your doom. Bunch of little scamps had taken it as their home, and most regular citizens wouldn't dare approach.
Ace Ace	The Sunset Savanna sounds insane… It's way different to the Queendom of Roses. Is that crazy graveyard still there?
Leona Leona	Yeah. Nowadays, that frightening place that everyone feared… …has turned into a place selling hot spring eggs as their famous specialty.
Ace Ace	You what?!
Leona Leona	They use the heat from the volcano. It's a famous tourist spot in the Sunset Savanna. Oh, the cookies are also pretty famous. They're vanilla cookies made to look like big bones.
Ace Ace	Vanilla-flavored cookies! They really did turn it into a tourist spot, didn't they? That whole intimidating image I'd built up in my mind just completely crumbled. It's not scary, at all…
Leona Leona	You see? It's just down to how you view it at the end of the day. Even the feared Elephant Graveyard is nothing once you realize it's just a place that doesn't get much sunshine with a bit of volcanic activity. The Great Seven's King of Beasts sang of hope for the future together with the hyenas in the Elephant Graveyard. …Or so they say. Which, by the way, that song is still passed down in the Sunset Savanna.
Ace Ace	Wow, he was singing along with the hyenas like good friends, huh? The King of Beasts sounds like a surprisingly cheerful lion. What kind of song was it? Lemme hear a bit.
Leona Leona	Heh. Back when I was a kid, my nanny would always try to put me to sleep with some preachy song about the world being one or something. So I'd always say, "No, sing the Elephant Graveyard song instead." Alright, I'll let you hear it. It's a famous song fitting for the King of Beasts and his indomitable spirit saying to be prepared for anything. Listen carefully. You ready? …Whew ♪
Epel (off-screen) Epel (off-screen)	GWAAAAAH!
Ace Ace	W-Was that Epel?!
Leona Leona	Tch. Of course they choose when I'm about to have a nice little sing to ruin the mood… Is it another ghost?! Let's head to where the shout came from.

Floyd Floyd	Ah, Sea Lion. Lil' Crab. Look about…five gravestones ahead. Ya see it?
Epel Epel	H-Help meeeeeee!
Ace Ace	E-Epel's…tied to the gravestone?! The way they've wrapped him all up… Are they trying to make an example out of him?! You horrible ghosts, what a cruel thing to do!
Floyd Floyd	Yeah, it's super cruel, huh~? One who did it was me, though.
Leona Leona	What kind of game do you think you're playing?!
Floyd Floyd	Didn't you mention it first, Sea Lion? He's a decoy. I've gotten way too sick of just lookin' around for the shards and the ghosts normally. Beating them all up at once sounds like it'd feel real good, dontcha think? Do that 'nd I thought the ghosts with all the shards would come wander along.
Ghost A Ghost A	Oh my? Are those not living humans over there?
Ghost B Ghost B	You're right! I didn't expect to find any here… Eee-hee-hee!
Ace Ace	Whoa, we really did manage to bait them!
Floyd Floyd	You're more like a little krill than a guppy, huh?
Epel Epel	Screw this! I'm never forgiving you, Floyd!
Leona Leona	Add to the pile of unexpected situations we've gotten thrown into… Well, either way, this ultimately will let us gather more mirror shards, so it's useful for us. Are all of you ready? Then get 'em!
Ace & Floyd Ace & Floyd	Aye-aye, sir!
Floyd Floyd	Roar!
Ace Ace	BOO!