Main Scenario/The Doll's Friend

Metro Nishiki Episode
21-1	Senbon Torii
21-2	The Fox Girl
21-3	Ward Sorcery
21-4	Miyako's Secret Art
21-5	Nagashi-bina
21-6	The Black Doll
21-7	The Doll's Friend
21-8	Staring at the Pillar
21-9	Beyond the "Gate"
21-10	I Am Fine

Nen-nen-korori, nen-korori. The doll with big ears. Let's pat your head.
In place of my daughter. Please play with the crows.
Nen-nen-korori, nen-korori. The doll with beautiful hair. Let's pretty you up.
Before the dawn. Take your pain somewhere else.
Miyako	"Yoshino-chan, Yoshino-chan..."
Yoshino	"...mmmm, Miyako?"
Miyako	"Thank goodness. It seems my protection incantations are stronger."
Yoshino	"Is this... Ningyo Jigoku?"
Miyako	"What is this place? Is there such a scary place?"
Yoshino	"There's a place like this in Iris Cloud's Nishiki. But we can't see it on our normal life."
Miyako	"Maybe we fell into the interstellar world, or maybe it's a recreation of Yoshino-chan's memories."
Miyako	"Yoshino-chan, is your body alright? Do you remember what happened in the cave?"
Yoshino	"I remember. We found some nagashi-bina and Miyako came up with a great theory."
Miyako	"What happened a bit later?"
Yoshino	"Yoshino heard someone's voice. I can't remember what she sounded like, but she was calling Yoshino's name."
Yoshino	"After that, Yakky-tan and friends got upset with me..."
Yoshino	"Miyako grabbed me and Yoshino fell down and hit my head...?"
Miyako	"Yoshino, you didn't hit your head, you landed on your butt."
Yoshino	"Oooh- it was on the butt? No wonder Yoshino's tail is all messed up."
Miyako	"Your fur is dishevelled because Yoshino-chan jumped into the water."
Yoshino	"Oh no, Yoshino is not Putra."
Miyako	Yes, that's why Putra-san was so surprised."
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"For real?"
Miyako	"I guess you don't remember everything. I thought you would at least remember the doll."
Yoshino	"Doll?"
Miyako	"The black doll that Yoshino-chan protected so dearly."
Yoshino	"Ooooh, No memory of this at all."
Yoshino	"Why is she all black? The dolls in the cave wore vermillion kimono and white masks, right?"
Miyako	"I don't understand. I didn't realise there was such a girl either. It was Yoshino-chan who found her."
Yoshino	"Yoshino found her? Even Miyako couldn't find her?"
Miyako	'Yes, Yoshino-chan found her. You went straight for the doll. You grabbed the doll and was going to use sorcery right away."
Yoshino	"Is this also because of the curse? Yoshino almost got everyone involved. Miyako, thank you for saving me."
Miyako	"It's only natural. It's my role to help people."
Miyako	"......"
Miyako	"Hey, Yoshino-chan? Where did you learn that kind of magic?"
Yoshino	"Eh?"
Miyako	"It's the art Yoshino-chan was trying to use before you jumped into the water. Does the Iris Cloud army teach such a forbidden art? Even if Yoshino-chan is a good sorceress, you shouldn't use something like that."
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"What kind of art was Yoshino trying to use?"
Miyako	"The art of giving life. You were trying to grant everything that was there life."
Yoshino	"......"
Miyako	"You were trying to give life to the water, to the earth, to the dolls. Maybe it wasn't strictly true, but that's probably how it was done."
Yoshino	"Yoshino doesn't know the art of bringing dolls to life. But... do know the art awaken something that is sleeping or revive something that has withered."
Yoshino	"When Yoshino was in the mountains, learnt this technique to make the sakura bloom. Yoshino made the sakura bloom earlier than they were supposed to bloom. Wanted to use the art learnt at that time in a different way."
Yoshino	"Yoshino knew not to do it. But still used it. Yoshino was still a small child. At that time, Yoshino was so weak, thinking that death will come soon."
Miyako	"You can make a cherry tree bloom before its supposed to... That's not an art a small child can do. ..."
Yoshino	"Someone tried to use Yoshino's power. Perhaps the purson who put the curse on Yoshino wanted to revitalise the nagashi-bina that was over there."
Yoshino	"The hina were all tired. Yoshino's sure it was after being migawari. So that's why that someone wanted to do something about it."
Miyako	"Using warped powers do not make the dolls healthy. On the contrary, they can be transformed into something terrible."
Yoshino	"That's right... It was the same with Nene."
Miyako	"Nene?"
Yoshino	"The doll who went berserk in Iris Cloud. She was Yoshino's favourite friend's sister."
Miyako	"Your friend's sister was... I'm sorry to hear that."
Yoshino	"Don't you think it's weird?"
Miyako	"Weird? Was there anything weird about what you just said? Your friend's sister went off the rails with her warped powers, didn't she?"
Yoshino	"Isn't it weird to have a doll as a friend?"
Miyako	"I don't think so. My first friend was a doll too."
Yoshino	"......"
Yoshino	"Yoshino really loves you, Miyako."
Miyako	"What's wrong? That's so sudden. I like Yoshino-chan too, you know?"
Yoshino	"What kind of girl was Miyako's friend? How did you come to like dolls?"
Miyako	"I'm a bit different from ordinary people. It's a long story if I tell you all about it..."
Miyako	"I grew up in a place that was like a doll dumping ground, in the house of a person who would take in any kind of doll. Dolls with defects gather here from all over M. Nishiki."
Yoshino	"By 'defects' do you mean like 'cursed dolls'?"
Miyako	"Yes, yes, exactly."
Miyako	"But actually, cursed dolls don't happen that often, you know? It is always people who cursed them. It's people who hate and resent people. Because dolls love people."
Yoshino	"Ooooh- the person who made Nene out of control said the same thing."
Miyako	"Then that person really understands dolls."
Yoshino	"Yes, she knows them well, and likely she loves them. She puts her life on the line for the dolls. That's the kind of person she is."
Miyako	"That's why one sometimes relies on distorted powers. Goshujin-sama was like that too."
Yoshino	"Why do they try to rely on distorted power? Can't they see that it will end badly?"
Miyako	"It's because it's something that can't be replaced by human life, that's what I think."
Miyako	"Dolls are made by human hands, aren't they? They are rarely treated as equal to human life. Some people say otherwise, but most people can't put doll's lives on the same scale as their own living children's."
Miyako	"My friend risked her own life to save me, who's a living being. She was the smartest doll in the house. She could speak and walk on her own two feet."
Miyako	"If it wasn't for her, I would be dead by now. She saved my life. Thanks to her, I became a living person. I was able to leave Hinayashiki and meet Yae-san."
Yoshino	"This Yae-san is Miyako's shishou?"
Miyako	"Yes, she is. She helped me with my old dolls. She gave me thread, scissors and a place to stay. She was a famous local dollmaster."
Yoshino	"So she's like the Somei-Ya to Yoshino. Yoshino was helped by the Someiya couple after I made the cherry blossoms bloom."
Miyako	"The cherry blossoms told Yoshino to 'live'. Just like Miyabi told me to..."
Fox Masked Girl	"There is no time to waste, you two. You two must get out of here quickly and look for the black torii."
Yoshino	"Hello. The person who looks good in a fox mask."
Fox Masked Girl	"Do not let go of that doll. You will need it to save Nishiki. You can keep it forever."
Yoshino	"Oooooh? Wouldn't Miyako be better off with it than Yoshino?"
Fox Masked Girl	"No, not Miyako. That doll has been waiting for you for a long time."
Yoshino	"Since when has it been waiting for me?"
Fox Masked Girl	"Ever since the Giant Tree Guardian left the Giant Tree of M. Nishiki."
Yoshino	"In case you're wondering, Yoshino is from Iris Cloud."
Fox Masked Girl	"Iris Cloud and Iris Metro are connected by the Giant Trees. There's nothing strange about that."
Fox Masked Girl	"This girl is a bit different. She chooses her owners and leads them where she wants to go. She will show you where you're going until you've done your job..."
Miyako	"Is it safe to have this doll? She's not just a decorative doll, is she? She's quiet now, but earlier she tried to use Yoshino's power. She tried to bring the nagashi-bina to life."
Fox Masked Girl	"That girl is not dangerous. She is not the one who put the curse on Yoshino, nor the one who tried to use Yoshino's power. She will lead us to the person who put the curse on her."
Fox Masked Girl	"Yoshino and Miyako. With the power of the two of you, I'm sure you can save that person."
Fox Masked Girl	"Aim for the summit. Save the master of this mountain and oka-san."
Yoshino	"She's gone."
Miyako	"I don't know if she's friend or foe, but I didn't sense any evil force."
Miyako	"I mean, she really doesn't show any sign of life until she showed herself."
Yoshino	"Miyako sensed someone else, and not her...?"
Yoshino	"Is that person on the summit?"
Miyako	"Yoshino, the doll is..."
Yoshino	"It's alright. Yoshino's not acting weird this time. Still the same Yoshino."
Yoshino	"If what she says is true. This doll has something to do with the Giant Tree Guardian."
Yoshino	"The doll-san who will take us where you want to go. Hopefully the place you want to go is near the Giant Tree Guardian."
Putra	"YOSHINO!"
Vivienne	"Thank goodness! Miyako is safe too!"
Yoshino	"Oooh-? Everyone's together. Shashou is genki too."
Queensway	"Miss Yoshino is back to normal! Is the curse gone now then?"
Yoshino	"Probably not. But became friends with this black doll."
Yakutsk	"YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YA SO GOOFY ABOUT!? You suddenly went mad and jumped into the water and... I'm so worried about you!"
Yoshino	"Ooooh, yoshi yoshi. Yoshino doesn't know what happened, but everything's fine."
Conductor	It seems that the strange things that happened to Yoshino have stopped. I don't know what happened over there, but I'm glad that we all made it out of the cave safely.
Fox Masked Girl	"...You can do it. Good luck."

Metro Nishiki Episode
21-1	Senbon Torii
21-2	The Fox Girl
21-3	Ward Sorcery
21-4	Miyako's Secret Art
21-5	Nagashi-bina
21-6	The Black Doll
21-7	The Doll's Friend
21-8	Staring at the Pillar
21-9	Beyond the "Gate"
21-10	I Am Fine