ALICE'S STORY:
LOVE FOR THE WOUNDED
You know, you can stop reading now, actually, because this is the single greatest picture in the game. I love it, like the love a man has for a fine cuban cigar. The awkward pose. The goofball expression on her face. The weird-ass nurse costume. The hair that could have someone's eye out. And those eyes, those fucking eyes!
Years ago, Alice was a victim of the
Tylon Corporation's secret plans to
use zoanthropes as weapons.
Yes, I can assure you that
The game types everything out
Like this that makes you wish
you'd never started in the fi-
rst place.
She fought back fiercely, and managed
to save a young girl who shared the
same fate, her name was Uriko.
Alice, being alone, was taken in by
Uriko's mother, Mitsuko, and together
they all enjoyed a peaceful life.
... Several years later,
Alice left Uriko's home to pursue a career
that would benefit others,
that of a nurse.
That's assuming that 'handing out punishments even before names are given' counts as 'benefitting others', but shush, we haven't got there yet!
I don't believe it, it's you, Yugo!
How have you been? Wh-what happened
to you? You're hurt!?
Aw, bless. Look at that stuttering! Can'y you tell it's wuv? ^_^ This love story ain't shoehorned in, no sir! Go to Jenny's story for more on this.
One day, a firey young man was brought
into Alice's hospital... on a stretcher.
He, too, had fought against Tylon's evil
plans. That young wolf, Yugo, was
searching for his father.
Yes, he was brought into Alice's hospital... On a stretcher. SUSPENSE!
Leave me alone!
Damnit! I don't have time
for this nonsense!
Yeah, hospitals are bullshit, all they do is help you get better! Even I don't have time for this nonsense!
Alice knew fate had reunited
them, but Yugo wouldn't even
look at her. He rushed out of
the hosptial without receiving
aid and medical attention.
What nerve! How could he forget
someone like me?
Maybe it was the part where you beat him senseless last game. Just a hunch
Little did Alice know of the
new danger Yugo was in.
Nor did she know that the same
danger now threatened her own
family - Uriko and Mitsuko.
Well, you rabbits appear to
handle stress very well.
I don't think I can add anything to make this better. Ahaha.
W-Who are you?
Who are you, and what are you
talking about?
Who I am isn't important,
Miss Nonomura.
The question is, why didn't
you go after Yugo?
I sent him to your hospital
for a reason.
What on earth are you talking
about? What do you want
anyway?
You don't seem to be getting
my point. Didn't you understand
what I just said?
Is this conversation going anywhere aside from in circles?
What could I do?
He ran out before anyone
could stop him.
You're hopeless.
My job was just to reunite
you two, but I guess I'll have to
explain things to you
before I leave.
Of course, I'd be a fool to
tell you something without getting
something in return.
So let's see who's tougher.
Ready? Put up your dukes!
Don't worry, Jenny, Alice will get something out of this too. You've both got this whole 'beating people up' fetish
W-Wait a minute!
Show me how you fought when
you freed Uriko from Tylon!
FIGHT ONE:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. JENNY THE BAT
... Do you know a kid named
Kenji?
He's a zoanthrope raised
by Yugo.
He was kidnapped by Busuzima,
of the Beast Liberation Front.
Liberation Front?
Aren't they zoanthrope terrorists?
They claim to fight against
discrimination by humans,
but in reality they expliot
anyone, even their own kind.
Does he think he can attack
them all alone?
What a reckless thing to do,
with him being injured and all.
Kenji will go through the same
things Uriko and I did unless
I save him!
And that would be terrible. Except no, it wouldn't, Kenji is a snot-nosed brat. Alice knows this, but just wants an excuse to beat people up because it makes her feel alive.
Uriko! What are you doing
in a place like this?
Sister!
Um, it's mom, she...
Oh, nevermind.
What's the matter with you?
Speak up!
This isn't like you.
You'd better speak up, Uriko, otherwise Alice will go all Nurse on your ass.
No, really, it's nothing.
Besides, I should be asking
you what you're doing.
You seem upset...
Well, actually Uriko, I'm
looking for someone named
Yugo. You know him right?
Did you see him earlier?
Yeah, that wolf-boy...
He's involved in something
highly dangerous. I have to
find him before it's too late.
...? Yeah, well, I haven't seen
anyone around here.
Hmf. Where could he have
rushed off to like that?
Anyhow, I have to hurry, so
I'll see you around, Uriko.
Let's chat some other time.
Tell your mom I said hi!
OK, see you later!
(I'm sorry sis.
I wish you could help,
but I'll do what
I can for mom...)
Oh man, I bet you're thinking about how all the stories interlink like this, and how cool it is, and that it really makes the story come alive! Surprise, that doesn't happen. Yugo and Alice don't even meet at all in Yugo's story. But then the game puts in bits like this and for those who like plot in a videogame it's designed to drive you nuts. Have fun trying to make sense of anything in this game. Even the game can't make its mind up.
Hey! This is Liberation Front
territory. What's a nurse
doing here?
She's here to administer your vaccination against ABOUTTOGETPUNCHEDINTHEFACE
The Liberation Front? Finally!
Yugo is here then, right?
Tell me where he is!
Man, why do I always have to
deal with such morons?
Shina deals the first insult. Will Alice counter-attack?
Stop stalling and tell me,
you dirty kidnapper!
Oh, snap! This rabbit's got claws, man! Can Shina step up to this experienced Insult Warrior?
Watch your step! Lady, for
your own good you'd better
back off right now!
A limp comeback from Shina gives Alice the edge here!
Oh, so you want to fight, huh?
Well, I never lose a fight!
Go on, take your best shot!
First instance of Alice picking a fight because she gets off to the power of gladitorial combat.
FIGHT TWO:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. SHINA THE LEOPARD
Damn, you sure don't fight
like a nurse.
But you've got me all wrong.
I'm not with the Liberation Front.
I came here looking for
their stronghold.
Really?
Well, what good would it do to lie
to you now?
First of all, if I were one of 'em,
they'd be swarming all over you
by now.
Like I said, this whole area
is controlled by the
Liberation Front.
So you were telling the truth?
Oh, I'm so sorry!
It's just that I... you see...
"... I just love this shit. Gets me all moist"
Forget it, lady. It's my fault
for underestimating you. But
this time I won't hold back!
No, I don't want to fight anymore!
I'm so sorry!
Goodbye!
"I can't get off on fighting too much, it's bad for my eyes"
Hey, what're you doing in
a place like this?
Hey! You said what am I doing here?
No, what are YOU doing here?
YOU should be in the hospital, mister!
Not in a place like this!
I came all this way to help you!
I didn't ask for your help!
Get out of here, just go home!
It's too dangerous here.
You have to give him credit. He's smart enough to know that to ask for 'help' from Alice is to wish death upon oneself.
Why you ungrateful little...
Now I'm really mad! I'll have
you know I'm the kind of person
who finishes what she starts!
I'll drag you back to the hospital
if I have to!
She's really mad? Oh, shit son! But then, you think, no, she wouldn't do this, The rational part of your brain tells you this is crazy. This can't be going where I think it is, you think. You poor, deluded fool.
H-Hey, calm down!
Let me go! Stop! You'd better
stop before I get mad!
You be QUIET!
You're injured, so act like
it and do what I say!
Oh yes she did! There is no finer moment in videogames, people. We have reached the apex.
FIGHT THREE:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. YUGO THE WOLF
Ow, ow!
Some nurse you are!
"Oh, this is standard practice in the district"
You call that bedside manner?
Well excuse me! I come here
to find you and you have the
nerve to say "Go home"? Hmf!
I don't want to be a nuisance!
"Too late for that, I got your blood all over my skirt. Dick!"
A nuisance? What do you mean?
Kenji was kidnapped 'cause
I couldn't protect him.
I don't want anything like that to
happen to you because of me.
You were worried about me?
Then why did you bolt out of
the hospital like that...?
Aww, can I hear wedding bells?
I knew you would grill me
about what happened, and
I didn't have time to
explain things.
This is my problem and
mine alone!
I'll rescue Kenji myself!
Now wait just a minute!
I'm going with you!
Don't leave me!
"If you go, who will I wail on?!?"
So, are you pals with that
nosy dog who was here earlier?
What the heck are you talking about?
Dog? You mean Yugo?
You're an unwanted guest,
and you shall pay for your
insolence with your life!
"You should've brought your invitation like everyone else!"
FIGHT FOUR:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. SHENLONG THE TIGER
What have you done with Yugo?
So you're the one who
kidnapped Kenji!
Kenji?
I know no one by that name.
If you mean that mutt who
bit me, Busuzima's men are
probably using him as a guinea
pig in some experiment by now.
Oh, no!
I have to hurry!
!?...
We have to find Yugo quickly!
Excellent pronunciation on the '!?'. Truly stellar. A+, would read again.
W-Who's there?
FIGHT FIVE:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. BAKURYU THE MOLE
Oh, thank goodness, it's just
a little boy.
She finds this out moments after beating the crap out of him. She's a sharp one, she is.
... What am I doing here...
Y... Yugo,.. help...
Wait a minute! You must be Kenji, right?
Y-Yes.
Wrong! Sorry, Charlie!
No prize for you!
Wait, what? Who's Charlie? What was the prize? What's going on in this game of nonsense?!
They just keep coming.
Now who could that be...
Ha! This brat doesn't even
have a name! I, the brilliant
Busuzima, am using him
in my experiment!
So you're the one who
kidnapped little Kenji!
Omigod, that's like so wrong!
He has always belonged to me!
That brat Yugo took him
from me,
so I just took him back!
Omigod, Busuzima is like so in touch with today's youth, he's like, talking like them! OMG <3
... "Belong"?
Ooh, now I'm REALLY mad!
That's not rage, Alice, you're just horny again and need an appropriate outlet. Beating people up oughta do it!
FIGHT SIX:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. BUSUZIMA THE CHAMELEON
You're in cahoots with the
Tylon Corporation.
You're despicable!
I found Kenji, but...
I still have to save Yugo!
Yugo is safe.
Don't worry.
You... You must be...
Let me see... Gado, right?
So, we meet again,
Mademoiselle Alice. I am glad
to see that you are well.
H-How weird... What you say
somehow doesn't go with that
attitude.
Gado's the sort of guy with big muscles, but also a big heart. Alice is the sort of girl who won't take crap from anyone. I smell a sitcom in the works!
I am a little surprised
that you made it here...
Perhaps you are the kind of
leader that the new generation
needs.
Huh?
The future holds many dangers
such as this one for you and
your compatriots.
Nobody can guarentee your enemies
are always easy.
Um, excuse me, but I don't understand
what you're saying.
Sorry, there's a typo there, that's what the player is saying. Throughout the entire game
Let me see if you are
strong enough to take my place
Woah!
FINAL FIGHT:
ALICE THE RABBIT VS. GADO THE LION
Impressive. To think that a
girl who once cowered before
Tylon could progress this far.
You can do it.
You can rally your compatriots
and create a new era!
Now just hold on!
Stop!
What is it, mademoiselle?
Is it true that
Yugo is safe?
Yes, I freed him myself.
I found Kenji and defeated
the bad guy - Busuzima or
whatever his name was.
I guess my work is done.
Well then, Gado.
I'll be going home now.
Just a moment, young lady.
Because, really, a nurse
like me should be healing
people, not beating them up.
I have to go. My patients
are waiting for me!
lol irony
Though forsaken by Fate and
thrust into a cruel world,
Alice had become an Angel of
Mercy who defends the weak.
... And who utterly wrecks the strong. And sometimes the weak when she feels like it.
In the turbulent future
into which the world is changing,
she will stand as a beacon of
hope to people everywhere.
Ouch! Stop! Besides, I don't need any bandages.
You're hurt so keep quiet and
do what I say! Now let me see
that cut over there.
She's quite the dominating type, isn't she? Poor Yugo. My heart bleeds for the guy.
C'mon, give me a break!
Let's see Alice's Game Over Screens!
I'm done here, back to Alice's profile!
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