NxC Chapter 8-5: A Load Of Bull

"This is going on your PERMENANT RECORD!!!"

Kamakura... Where is he?

Don't tell me it's in some hellish place!?
It takes an extra space to fuck up grammar like this!

"Hell" you said? Hehehe.. We have returned from there.
I thought this was Hell! Or maybe it's just the "Infernal Realm"... I guess there's room for more than one blasted hellscape dimension in the multiverse... maybe...

And all for revenge... !

what you say

It is not your business. Get in the way, and you may die...

We're not letting you escape! We need your information!
You know this isn't really related to this line but Karin's pretty much the most levelheaded and sensible character in this entire game.

What the... you were fucking SURROUNDING the guy!

They came from Hell? I don't understand a thing. Got any idea, Ryu?
Why is every other line from Ken's mouth "I DONT UNDERSTAND"? :thejokehereisthatamericansaredumb:

Perhaps they crossed the River Styx, could it be?
If so, Hell has really lousy guards for a place of eternal torment.

So that guy's dead, right? Wow, it is incredible...
hgaowghaogh YOU'RE ON THE SAME TEAM AS BOTH LEI-LEI AND RESIDENT EVIL GUYS!!!

Umm... Mister Kazama, what is the "River Styx"?

It's a river that the sould of the dead have to cross.. or so they say. Man.. I'm starting to believe that this place really is Hell.
Yeah, seriously, messed up grammar, horrible conversations all the time... I know what you mean.

This mess is growing. Do you know anything about it?

........
SHIT SHIT CTRL ALT DEL CTRL ALT DEL

K-KOS-MOS?
It's actually pretty awkward to stutter a capitalized name with a hyphen in it in print.

Oh wow, her eyes turning blue during that monologue was something subtle I almost missed but was very approriate! A rare kudos to this game.

"Yeah, fuck your important existential crisis!"

"See, here it is! Castle. Just in case you forgot in the span of a single battle."

chunli-chan~

OMG RYU AND KEN RYU AND KEN SQUEE

oh noes yet more enemies with mysterious goals

*stupid shit about worlds*

GAOHGOHAWGHOAWG LEILEI! RE! DISCUSS!

I'm worried about what Akuma was going on about...

Relax, I'm here, so everything is all smiles! See: :) :D :) :D

Yes, worrying won't solve anything.

I was like "ZOMGWTF" for a while, but then I realized that iirc from what I vaugely know about Street Fighter Akuma is trying to lead Ryu to the Dark Side or at least other people think he is or something.

Yes, we really need this transition to TWO FEET FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING!!!

Let's return the way we came.

I'm worried that we can't find Chunli...

There's a lot of EM interference, and I can't scan a wide area, but I don't detect humans.
"Oh wait, I detect like 20 humans right near me! Oh, that's you guys."

This place is gives me the creeps.
Close, but not quite...

Where the heck are we?
Close, but not quite...

Oh HAI!

"I'm taking a call from my pipe phone!"

You know, someone smarter would have realized they were talking to a giant frog much, much earlier.

Hey, what's this ruckus... ?

A Bullfrog! AND A HUGE ONE!!
:fuckingscaredasshitbecauseshesawahugeassfrog:

Damn, one survived!?
"My amphibian genocide isn't complete!"

Now, hold your horses. Haven't seen you lot around. Not from this world, are you?
DIE NOT MONSTER YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD

Do you live here? Is this your headquarters?
"Because if we cap the HQ, maybe we won't have to deal with frog enemies anymore!"

"But you would have known that just by looking at my text box!"

I run this area, but lately things have gotten hectic. There are outsiders everywhere.
:xenophobia:

We didn't come here by choice. In fact, we're seeking a way to leave.

So, how come everyone can chat normally? He's a FROG, you know!?

You got me.
"Yeah, it's not like he's a indeterminate furry thing like us!"

Hey, when in Rome, right?
"Not that they have Rome in our world..."

Except for that pipe, he doesn't look like he's armed. Nothing to worry about.
You know, this is why this translation sucks. There's the obvious errors, sure, but there this too, which is just kind of awkward. And if I were putting love and care into it, I'd probably make it something like "He's not armed, unless you count that pipe. Nothing to worry about." or something. See, proofreading and rephrasing. It makes you not suck.

Well, I don't care if he's armed, but we might get in trouble if we're not careful with our words.

Hmm, you're right.

You wanna get to Enma's place?
I forget, do we?

Yes, that's our wish.
Look, he's not a fucking genie, okay?

To return to the Material World, we would need the power of the Emperor Enma.

If you know, could you please tell us?

Hmm, no choice I guess. Up ahead you'll find Aensland Castle. From there head south to Judgement Valley. If you mess up and get to the "Ghost Ocean", you're done"
Hey, let's start placing bets on whether we'll end up in the Ghost Ocean!

So then you enter to....

Hey! Slow down!

Too much jargon!
That word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Please, that's a lot of info..!

Please, calm down, Shion. I will record and analyze.

I'll help.
Sweet, robot tape recorders!

"We may not have a proofreader, but we've got a clue!"

Not about Akuma...
"Seriously, that guy starts talking about masturbating in front of his brother, then he's talking about the motives of black people, then the moon is a hologram put there by Satan..."

Ryu, don't obsess about that old guy too much. There's no gain in it.

What does this Akuma have to do with Ryu, anyway?

He killed... my master... And he's my...
My what? I'm PRETTY sure it's not father...

Thanks for waiting

Well, KOS-MOS?

There should be no problem. we will arrive soon.
"Although storing all this information seems to be messing with my grammar circuits."

We're off.
FINALLY

Thank you very much, Boss Bull.

No problem. Just think as my way to get outsiders outta my turf. Drop by if you're ever in trouble!
Wait... what? Nice self-contradiction there.

He's such a happy little furry goof, isn't he?

I almost forgot! If you run into a little runt called tarosuke, tell him to come and play at my dice pit sometime.
Okay, so we're on the look out for some random Japanese name, but it'll be uncapitalized! Got it.

"This concept of 'dice' confuses and infuriates me!"

...wait

...wait...

It's over?

OH MY SWEET HEAVENS THANK GOD ITS OVER

OH GOD
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE IN THERE

Man, I'm out of this shit. Have fun, SK!