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Auld Lang Fry PREMIUM/Story
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Auld Lang Fry PREMIUM - Opening
As the year draws to a close, the crew visits the Rat Temple and runs into Friday, who is there to pray for the continued growth of Premium Friday. The Eccentrical Parade begins, and Vikala shakes hands with everyone except for FRIED SHRIMP. Feeling ignored, FRIED SHRIMP goes on a rampage, forcing the group to fight.
With a new year approaching, (Captain) and company head for the Rat Temple to give thanks for the previous year and pray for continued safe journeys.
Joy: Joy is very excited to see Vikala's Eccentrical Parade!
Mahira: You've been curious for a while now, right? Thanks for the invite, (Captain).
Vajra: Shrine's pretty packed for the end of the year activities! Gar, careful not to get separated!
Garjana: ...
After receiving regular maintenance from Mahira, Joy's Klesha-collecting functions are performing perfectly.
As an extra precaution, however, Mahira and Vajra have come as chaperones for their friend.
Vyrn: This here's the best spot for watching the parade! Can't believe it's still open—
Vyrn: Uh oh...
Big Fried Shrimp: Fry-fry?
A large, golden fried shrimp floats in the front row, much to Vyrn's surprise.
Vyrn: You gotta be kiddin' me... What're you doin' here? Aren't you one of those FRIED SHRIMPs?
FRIED SHRIMP—a Fantastically Radical Idea for Ending Drudgery, Saving Human Resources from Infinite Mental Pain.
It takes the form of the similarly named dish, though it is anything but a tasty treat.
Vyrn: Finding one of these fellas means that...
Friday: Good evening, captain and friends!
Friday approaches the group, carrying a large load of protective charms.
Vyrn: Here she comes...
Lyria: H-hello, Friday! Are you here to visit the Rat Temple too?
Friday: Yes, indeed! Every year I always stop by the temple of the year's spirit and pray for Premium Friday to reach more people!
Mahira: So you must have paid a visit to the Rooster Temple as well. Thank you for making the trip.
Vajra: ...
Vyrn: Wait a sec... Didn't Vajra and Miss SHRIMP have a run-in before?
Lyria: Oh no! Vajra's house is on fire!
Vajra: Gah! This is bad!
Lyria: She probably doesn't want to see her again after that...
Vajra: Well, well, if it isn't Friday! Looks like you're still working hard at that Premium dream of yours!
Vyrn: Huh?
Friday: I owe a lot to you, of course! More people are on board than ever before!
Contrary to the crew's concerns, Vajra and Friday hit it off like old friends.
Vyrn: Uh, Vajra? You already over what happened before?
Vajra: Hm? What happened before...
Vajra: Oh! Have you guys been worrying about that?
Vajra: I forgave her for the fire thing a while back, since she came and gave me a proper apology afterwards.
Vajra: It's all water under the bridge, especially since nobody was hurt and she paid for the damages.
Friday: I'm very thankful to Vajra here.
Friday: Not only was she willing to pardon me, but she also gave me some crucial advice.
Lyria: What kind of advice was it?
Vajra: Nothing major. Just mentioned that people are usually more convinced when they're treated well, you know?
Friday: Truly words that resonated within my heart. I was in such a frenzy, I forgot something so fundamental.
Vyrn: Uh-huh... Good for you.
Friday: Right now I'm on break, but I'm in the middle of coming up with a strategy to help everyone lead even more enriched lives!
Vajra: Oh? Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Vajra: But fair warning: if you do something troublesome again, me and the others won't let it slide!
Vajra: Be careful not to make the same mistakes!
Friday: Copy that! I won't forget it!
While Vajra and the others chat, Joy slowly shuffles closer to the floating FRIED SHRIMP and gazes closely at it.
Joy: Are you food? Or are you like Joy?
Mahira: I can hear the whirring of machinery, but I've never seen this type before.
Friday: Heh! That's because it's an ancient apparatus that was originally found in a ruin!
Mahira: Interesting... Are you the one who performs maintenance on it?
Friday: Yeah. There's a lot I don't understand, so I rely on my intuition, but I think I've been doing a pretty good job.
Mahira: I see. What do you use for fuel? How does it move?
Friday: Oil, of course! As for how it moves, well, that's a little bit more difficult to explain...
With great interest, Mahira listens as Friday excitedly gestures and expounds.
Joy: Your friend is very amazing!
FRIED SHRIMP: ...
Joy: Hello? Why are you silent?
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry... Frrryy...
FRIED SHRIMP: ...
Joy: ...?
Lyria: Ah! The parade's starting!
Dazzling parade floats cruise over with shrine maidens dancing on top.
One particular girl wearing a rat-ear headband waves enthusiastically from the center, causing rowdy cheers to erupt.
Vikala: Hey, hey! Vicky here! How's everyone doing?
Vikala: Thanks for coming to our temple for your end of the year fun! Hope you enjoy tonight!
Joy: Vikala! Hey! Look here!
Vajra: Thanks for your hard work this year! Just a little bit longer and your duty's done! You can do it!
Vikala: (Haha! They really came to visit! Guess I'll have to give them a bit of extra service!)
Vikala: Thank yew, thank yew! Come on and give me a good shake of the hand!
Mahira: Ehehe, it should be us thanking you.
Joy: Joy wants to shake hands too! Please!
Vikala: Be more than happy to! Good job taking on Joya's job, pal!
Vikala shakes the hand of every visitor she passes, brief but heartfelt words exchanged with each encounter.
Friday: Vikala, wait! I, too, need a fortuitous handshake for the sake of Premium Friday!
Vikala: Haha! May your energetic endeavors find fortune!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry-fry!
The FRIED SHRIMP, seeing Friday receive a handshake, wiggles forward for one too.
Dormouse: ...!
Vikala: I hear you, Dormouse! I'll be right over!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry?
Called on by Dormouse, Vikala leaves without noticing her last visitor.
Joy: Oh! That is Dormouse!
Joy: By the way! Is Dormouse like Joy and FRIED SHRIMP?
Mahira: According to what Vikala's said before, Dormouse isn't a machine, but rather an object given a will through divine power.
Visitor 1: I'm so glad I got to see Vikala and Dormouse!
Visitor 2: Dormouse just lifted my kid into the air a second ago! I can't believe we're so blessed... How can we ever repay you?
Vikala: Haha, my pal's pretty strong! And don't worry! We're happy enough knowing you're happy!
Joy: So popular!
Vajra: You wouldn't expect it just by looking, since it used to be a simple trap for monsters, but the friendly and kind personality works wonders.
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry... Fry...
Joy: Hello? Why are you silent?
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry... Frrryy...
Vikala: I hear you, Dormouse! I'll be right over!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry?
FRIED SHRIMP: Sizzle... Sizzleee! (Pre... mi...)
Friday: What was that? FRIED SHRIMP?
FRIED SHRIMP: Sizzle! Sizzle! (Premium Fridaaay!)
Suddenly fuming, the neglected machine shoots into the air, spraying scalding hot oil everywhere.
Visitor 2: Aaaahhh! Fire! Everyone run!
Small fires begin to break out and spread, turning the previous cheers of the people into terrified screams.
Friday: ...
Vyrn: Hey, Miss Batter-for-Brains! What's the big idea!
Friday: No... I didn't order it to do anything...
Mahira: Even without orders, as an autonomous unit it—
Friday: My FRIED SHRIMP is a good shrimp! It wouldn't just act out on its own! At least... it hasn't until now!
FRIED SHRIMP: Sizzle! Fry! Fry! Fry, fry fry! (More! Mooore!)
FRIED SHRIMP: Siiizzle! (Premium Friday for all!)
From the blazing oil fires emerge new FRIED SHRIMPs.
Their numbers climb higher and higher, until the night sky is completely covered by their golden forms.
Vyrn: You tellin' me that thing can multiply?
Vikala: This is not good! We have to get everyone evacuated!
Friday: My dear FRIED SHRIMP! I am here for you!
Friday: You can tell me anything you're unhappy with! So please! Stop this at once!
FRIED SHRIMP: Sizzle!
Vikala: Watch out!
Vikala: Huh?
The instant Vikala dives to protect Friday, her rat-ear headband is knocked off her head and sent tumbling into a roaring fire.
Vikala: Oh n-no, oh n-n-no! Wh-what do I do? I c-can't...
Vajra: Vicky! You'll burn yourself if you stick your hand in there!
Vikala: Don't s-stop me! If I don't have my ears, I...
Held in place by Vajra, Vikala can only watch as her precious headband goes up in flames.
Vikala is a crew member
Vikala: Ah... Ahhh...
Choose: Run for the forest!
Vikala: (Captain)... I'm s-sorry... I'll do that...
Heeding the captain's advice, Vikala hurries off to safety.
Vikala not in crew
Dormouse: ...!
Vikala: Dorrie... Yeah, if it's (Captain) and the rest, they'll be okay, right?
Vyrn: H-hey! Where're you goin'!
Vikala runs for the forest, keeping her eyes on the ground to avoid the others' gazes.
Continue 1Vajra: Guess our fried pal must be completely out of control if even Friday is being targeted.
Friday: But... why would...
Joy: FRIED SHRIMP is saying something. But it is hard to hear what it is...
Joy: Joy wants to help FRIED SHRIMP! Together everyone can stop it!
Vajra: Sounds good to me! (Captain), Mahira, give us a hand!
Exchanging nods, (Captain), Mahira, Vajra, and Joy get ready to fight.
Friday: Get ahold of yourself, Friday! You can do something too!
Friday: Everyone in the shrine, follow me! Gather calmly, don't push, and evacuate this way!
Visitor 2: O-okay!
Vikala: They're fighting the weird flying things...
Vikala: Sigh... I'm useless without my rat ears... Ah... This sucks...
Dormouse: ...!
Vikala: Y-you're right... I'm still this year's spirit... I can't let myself be blued out and do nothing...
Vikala: Wait... We should have some spare headbands in the temple, right? Could you grab one for me?
Dormouse: ...!
Without hesitation, Dormouse rushes back toward the temple, dodging the hot oil falling from the sky.
Vikala: ((Captain)... Everyone... You'll have to handle this for now... Please be safe!)
The divine rat's prayers manifest into a light that shines the crew's way, blessing them with a slight boost in power.
Auld Lang Fry PREMIUM - Ending
The group learns the main reason behind FRIED SHRIMP's behavior—it wanted a blessed handshake to better help Friday accomplish her dreams, and was unable to control its emotions after being ignored. After learning this, Vikala decides to enlist FRIED SHRIMP's help, and together they put on a spectacular parade. Once the festivities end, Friday decides to go on a journey with FRIED SHRIMP to breathe new life into Premium Friday and change herself for the better.
The FRIED SHRIMP clones evaporate, defeated by the efforts of (Captain) and the group.
Drained of power, the original FRIED SHRIMP begins to plummet out of the sky.
Friday: FRIED SHRIMP!
Friday slides underneath and catches its golden-crisp form in her arms.
Vajra: Looks like it's all battered out.
Vyrn: Ugh, I think I'm gonna pass on fried foods for a while...
Mahira: Does anyone know why it went out of control in the first place?
Joy: It was hard to talk a second ago! But maybe Joy can talk now!
Joy: FRIED SHRIMP! Please tell Joy! Did something happen?
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry, fry fry...
Using Joy as a translator, the group listens to what the dejected machine has to say.
Around the time Friday began her Premium Friday activities in earnest, the FRIED SHRIMP started experiencing emotions.
At first, it was only filled with simple affection for Friday...
But as time went on, it grew jealous of others like Joy and Dormouse who were adored and surrounded by people.
Joy: The FRIED SHRIMP really loves Friday...
Joy: So it maybe wanted a divine blessing from Vikala too.
Mahira: If I recall what happened earlier...
Dormouse: ...!
Vikala: I hear you, Dormouse! I'll be right over!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry?
Vyrn: Vikala accidentally ignored it because of the crowd, huh...
FRIED SHRIMP: ...
Joy: It wanted to be noticed. But it didn't know how. Then it got mad...
Friday: That explains a lot...
Friday: I'm sorry, FRIED SHRIMP. I wish I had noticed how you were feeling earlier.
With tears in her eyes, she wraps her battered companion in a tight hug.
Vajra: I wonder how it was suddenly able to feel emotion.
Vajra: From what we heard, it sounds like everything changed when Friday started introducing others to Premium Friday...
???: The wills of people are more influential than you might expect.
Placing a new rat-ear headband atop her head, Vikala strolls confidently into the group.
Mahira: Good to see you're doing fine.
Vikala: I'm in tip-top shape now! Sorry for not being in the fray, but thanks for cleaning up for me!
Vajra: Hey, Vicky, what did you mean by that stuff about people's wills?
Vikala: It's just that the way FRIED SHRIMP's emotions came to be seemed similar to what I know of Dormouse's experience...
Though Dormouse was once a simple trap for monsters, it was instilled with a will of its own by the first divine rat.
Most people wouldn't be able to conjure up such divine power on their own, but it has been known to happen when enough wills band together.
Vikala: Our fried friend wants to spread the word about Premium Friday just as much as Friday, right?
Vikala: Then it would make sense for it to gain a sense of self as more and more people come to support the movement.
Mahira: That would make sense. Meeting Joy and Dormouse probably further cemented its sense of self.
Vyrn: Isn't Premium Friday just some new culture phenomenon? You really tellin' me it's responsible for this...
Friday: It has to be! The hearts of all those who believe in it have created a miracle!
Friday lifts the golden SHRIMP in her arms, as if to show the world a newborn child.
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry?
Friday: You are reborn this day!
Friday: And Premium Friday too shall be filled with new life!
Friday: No one in these skies shall forget that we clashed with FRIED SHRIMP! So let me declare this day to be...
Friday: The anniversary of Premium Friday!
Vajra: An anniversary, huh? Sounds to me like we've got a celebration on our hands!
Vikala: Congrats on your re-birthday, FRIED SHRIMP!
Joy: Congratulations! This means Joy will be FRIED SHRIMP's big brother!
Vyrn: Okay, hold up! All of you need to hold your horses!
Lyria: The parade's still on pause, and the visitors are stuck outside...
Friday: Oh, right! Can't forget everyone that's trying to spend their free time relaxing here.
Friday: Allow me to apologize on FRIED SHRIMP's behalf. I'm truly sorry for the trouble we've caused.
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry-fry...
With her fried friend cradled in her arms, Friday bows low.
Vyrn: U-uh... Nice to see you be mature about this.
Friday: Ruining the parade like this... I have to make up for it somehow.
Friday: There's only one course left! I shall sing for everyone!
Vyrn: What kinda logic jump is that!
Friday: Don't worry! I may not look like it, but I'm actually a pretty good singer!
Friday: FRIED SHRIMP!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry!
After receiving a signal from Friday, the FRIED SHRIMP begins to lift off.
Vyrn: I told you! To hold! Your horses!
Friday: Why would you stop what the people want to hear?
As Friday and Vyrn argue, the FRIED SHRIMP releases a barrage of colorful fireworks across the night sky.
Lyria: Oh, wow! You can make fireworks?
Vikala: Now that's a real pretty sight!
Vikala: Hey, Friday. I just came up with a little something. Mind if I borrow your pal for a sec?
Friday: Huh? I don't mind, but... What are you planning to do?
Vikala: You'll see!
Vikala: Sorry for the trouble, but could you guys bring back everyone that was evacuated?
Without missing a beat, Vikala dashes off for the forest, beckoning the FRIED SHRIMP to follow.
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry? Fry, fry, fry?
When the visitors return, they find Vikala and the FRIED SHRIMP on top of a parade float.
Visitor 1: Isn't that... the thing that caused the fires? Is this really okay?
Vikala: Hey, hey, everyone! Sorry for the hiccup earlier! But we've smoothed everything out!
Vikala: I know it was pretty dicey for a second, but actually, this one's a special pal of mine! We're going to be putting on a special parade for you, so we hope you'll like it!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry?
Confused, the FRIED SHRIMP turns its gaze here and there.
Vikala: You know, normally I fail at everything I do and cause trouble for everyone. So I understand what it's like to be down on yourself.
Vikala: But this place is a land of smiles! A Utopia for all! No matter who you are, you can shine brighter than the stars!
Vikala: How about it? Let those fireworks fly and light up the night sky!
FRIED SHRIMP: Fry!
With renewed confidence, it unleashes a rainbow of color into the air.
Visitor 1: Oh! Now that's a show!
The visitors gradually forget their fear as they take in the brilliant spectacle.
Vajra: Nice idea, Vicky! Pretty clever, spinning the incident into a parade prep accident.
Joy: FRIED SHRIMP looks so happy! Everyone is happy!
Due to Vikala's quick thinking, the parade is saved, and the rest of the evening is spent in lively cheer.
Vikala: Haha! Thanks for letting us end the year with a bang!
After the parade, Vikala escorts her helper back to Friday and the rest of the group.
Friday: I should be the one thanking you for showing me a new side of my FRIED SHRIMP!
Friday: Heh... Seeing its growth makes me realize I have to change too.
Lyria: Huh? What do you mean?
Friday: I've realized that simply encouraging a fulfilling lifestyle isn't enough for Premium Friday!
Friday: There has to be more to it! Which is why FRIED SHRIMP and I will be leaving on a journey to search for something new!
Vikala: Huh... I have to admit, you think up some pretty interesting ideas!
Vikala: Why don't I give you a hand? I'll be pretty free once I've handed my duties over to the next year's spirit.
Friday: You'd be willing to? Nothing would please me more than having a popular friend like you on board!
Lyria: I'm sure you'll be able to find something great with Vikala's help!
Friday: Sorry, (Captain), but I'll be away for a little while...
Friday: For the time being, I'll send you monthly records of your past fights as thanks for all your help!
Friday: Don't miss me too much! I might be back before you know it!
Hopping onto her FRIED SHRIMP, Friday soars off into the night.
Vikala: It's getting late, so I should be going too.
Vikala: Have a happy New Year, everyone!
Lyria & Vyrn: You too!
Choose: Have a happy New Year!
Despite the chaos and hot oil, (Captain) and the crew spend the rest of the year relaxing in peace.
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