Housing Complex C

- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu...

Kimi!

- Kimi, don't stop! Keep going!

No!

Please stay away!

- -

Huh?

Kimi!

- Don't you touch my daughter! -

On G'throd ai'ek geb'ey'k!

Yyrg-Sorhoth ngah 'ngai' yzhro'k.

- First it rains, now it's hot as hell.

Damn fools are obsessed, I tell ya.

Uh-huh.

Nice to see you, too, Koba.

- Mornin'. - There you are, Yoshiken.

They're just getting to the important part.

- What is it? Something the matter, Taka?

It's nothing.

Just my imagination.

- Well, those kids are sure having fun.

- They don't hold a candle to our Kimi, though.

Hey, Koba, why don't you scrounge up

some scrapped AC units and fix 'em up for us?

We could die o' heat stroke at our age.

And poor little Kimi!

- You think I can find one for each of us?

Don't be dumb.

Besides, Kimi's doing fine,

and the rest of us old fogies know how

to grin and bear it.

I say give me iced water or give me death.

That's good enough for me.

What the hell happened?

- You gave it death, by the looks of ti.

- Well, that's certainly one way to escape the heat.

Permanently, at that.

- Sometimes, Yoshiken, you scare me.

What a surprise.

Everyone is helping with the funeral procession

and you lazy coots are taking it easy.

- Speaking of nut jobs, look who just showed up.

- Momo, Wada, you two are lifesavers.

- Thank you. You're far too kind.

I am exhausted.

The nerve.

Day drinking on the morning of the funeral procession.

Don't you lot have any tact?

You got it all wrong.

Alcohol plays a crucial role in funerals the world over.

The drinking of spirits represents purification

and alms-giving.

Is that so?

In that case, I'll join you.

- What about you, Wada?

- No, thank you. -

You know I don't drink.

How much longer can this tradition go on?

How's it still going strong?

- Not even the gods they're worshiping know

the answer to that.

It'll probably start dying out

in the coming century.

- Well I for one hope it continues to thrive--

that Kurosaki funeral procession.

Those torii gates likely originated

with the Kurokado people who once called Kurosaki home,

but that part of history, only rituals and songs remain.

Perhaps those ceremonies could be the remnants

of unheard-of ancient tribal communions.

Another lesson, professor?

- Kurosaki's very own Mr. Know-It-All lives up

to his name.

- You can joke all you want to but these traditions

are more important than any of you realize.

Hmm?

all: Kimi, you're here?

Hi, Taka!

And Koba, and Yoshiken, and Momo, and Wada!

Good morning!

Why's it so hot?

- It feels even hotter than last summer, doesn't it?

- Maybe it's that global warming I keep hearing about.

- All right, enough with the chit chat, you ninnies.

Can't you see our little Kimi is dying

of heat stroke over here?

- How about we use the outdoor sink

to cool off, hmm?

I tried that.

But the water's only hot.

Aww, feels like I'm on fire.

If I don't get out of this heat I think I'm gonna be sick.

I want to have shaved ice! all: Huh?

all: The store room!

I always wanted to know what was down here.

I had no idea it was so big.

- Everyone in town came together and built this as a safe place

to hide during the war long ago.

The last time we were down here was before Kimi was born.

We were looking for Old Man Kojima.

- Ah, that's right. Kojima.

After he went missing,

we searched the complex from top to bottom

and eventually found him.

Since it was winter, he was frozen solid.

Wait, you mean something bad happened?

- How could you say such a thing in front of Kimi?

You're scaring her.

- You're the one who brought it up, you know.

- That's when we found out what Kojima was up to in here.

He was taking things from all over Kurosaki

and keeping them down in this room.

I don't remember digging out this area one bit.

Maybe the tunnel leads to a natural cavern.

Something stinks.

If I remember right...

Hah, I knew it!

Oh, wow!

It's huge!

Just like the ones they use at the shop!

That's right!

With this baby we'll be cooling off

with shaved ice in no time!

- Oh, careful you don't pull something!

You're nearly 80! -

This is nothing.

You'll be able to get this working again,

right, Koba? - Of course I can.

I've fixed up everything from appliances to warships.

- Perfect. Then let's head back.

- You're not going back with them?

Well, aren't you?

both: Let's explore!

- Well, the owners of all this stuff may be long dead

but that doesn't mean

we shouldn't keep this place tidy.

There's even more junk in here than I remembered.

- Hey, Taka, look at this! It's a weird doll!

- That's a kokeshi doll, probably from Tsugaru.

- Check out this weird fan! It's got a girl!

- Oh, I think that's from some anime or another.

- Look at that! It's some kinda weird--

hold on. What is that?

- Why, this is a zoetrope. It's older than I am.

Let's see here.

If you spin it like so and look through here...

Hmm.

Wow, it looks like it's moving!

How'd it do that?

- Your mind fills in the blanks between each image,

tricking your eyes into seeing movement.

It's called an optical illusion.

Optical illusion.

Ah, when I used your binoculars,

your eyes look super small when I look through it

from the wrong direction.

Was that optical illusion?

- In a sense, yes, but not exactly.

I know.

This here should explain it better.

The length of these two lines

is exactly the same

but one looks longer than the other.

See? -

It does! But why?

- The human eye is easily deceived.

There are many ways to convince it

that the lies it sees are the truth.