Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On (モンスターハンター ストーリーズ RIDE ON)

I have to stop it, no matter what!

Oh, Lute.

This is all your fault!

No, it's your fault!

No, your fault!

No, it's your fault!

You were the one who was all like, "It's an egg! An egg!"

So? Don't take it out of the nest!

And you're the one who's always going on about eggs!

What just happened?

It's your fault, Navirou!

No, it's your fault, Lute!

Your fault, your fault, your fault!

No, no, no, your fault!

I wish those guys would stop arguing

with each other for a second

so they could at least thank us for rescuing them.

That was in no way my fault at all!

They're two of a kind, all right.

Yeah, they make quite a pair.

Huh?

What does that mean?!

Egg, where are you?

I feel it.

There's an egg around here somewhere!

Oh, come on.

You say that every day,

but you still haven't found a single one yet.

Yeah, that's true,

but it's not like you've been right either, Navirou.

Hey, Lute, you do know

you don't have to worry about finding an egg on your own.

You can just get one from Chief Omna at tomorrow's Rite,

like everybody else.

There's no need to go to extremes searching like this.

Well, yeah, I know, but...

I just.... I wanna be the one to find it by myself.

I mean, it's the first...

...the first Monstie Egg I'll form Kinship with as a Rider!

We know.

You've been saying that for a while now.

Well, I guess we can look a little longer.

Thanks, guys.

How's everybody doing this beautiful day?

Now then, being a Rider is all about

the Kinship with your monster.

You'll begin by forming Kinship with a companion monster

who will eventually become your Monstie.

And the first step in that process

is hatching a monster egg.

To do that, you're gonna need this.

It's a Kinship Stone.

A Rider only receives one of these precious stones

during the course of his or her lifetime.

So after Chief Omna gives you yours tomorrow,

be sure to keep it on you at all times, is that clear?

Sir!

Sorry to interrupt, Dan sir, but--

Yes? What's wrong?

Well, this isn't all of the Rider candidates

who will be in tomorrow's Rite.

Huh?

Oh, no, not him again.

Hey, egg! I know you're here!

"I feel it. There's an egg around here somewhere!"

That's what you always say, correct?

But then it never turns out to be true!

Oh, it's here, all right!

And we're getting really close now, I can feel it!

-- --

I'm so hungry.

Hey, are you really picking up on an egg

or are we just on a stroll in the woods?

No, I really am!

But I'm really hungry, too.

Oh, it's no use. I'm running out of energy now. Ah!

That's not good.

We didn't bring anything to eat with us.

Ugh, fine, hold on a sec. I'll be right back.

Oh, please no.

Bet she's gonna make me eat something disgusting again.

Wonder what it'll be today.

There we go!

Nitroshrooms! We'll be all set with these!

Great, she found Nitroshrooms.

What could she possibly have up her sleeve?

Ah! Nitroshrooms?

That must mean she's making the, uh, you know,

that thing that she makes.

The, uh...

How can you just stand there chowing down on a donut

when I'm over here starving?

Oh, come on, you know Navirou's special donuts

are for Navirou only!

But...

If you happen to stumble across anything delicious out here,

Navirou gets half of it.

And... those are the rules!

Listen, you--

Hey, Lute!

Look I found a beehive too!

What's she gonna make me eat this time?

No idea.

Well, when you combine a Nitroshroom with honey,

you get, you know, uh, that thing that's like, um...

Voilà! Here you go. A nice Energy Drink!

You first, Cheval!

What's wrong? You afraid?

No, it's not that, it's just I--

You're supposed to become a Rider,

but how are you gonna do that when you're such a scaredy-cat?

That is enough, Lute!

You drink it!

You are still hungry, aren't you?

Oh, yeah, that's right!

You're the one who's hungry here, not me!

Good point.

Heh. All right then.

I guess I've gotten used to

Lilia's crazy concoctions by now.

That's it, I'm just gonna chug this whole thing down!

Go on and drink it already! It'll perk you right up!

All right, all right, I got it. Here goes.

Are you okay?

He certainly doesn't look okay, that much is for sure.

Huh.

It's like...

...I'm gonna burst!

Well, that's Nitroshrooms. Always immediate results.

And some might say excessive!

Yeah! Let's go get some eggs!

Oh, I had some honey left over,

so let me know if you want any more!

It's close. I can sense the presence of an egg.

In that case, just let Navirou be your guide!

The egg... is right this way!

So that way then.

Is there something wrong, Cheval?

It's just, I don't think we should be

venturing in any farther than this.

We're headed towards the Forbidden Land,

which is, ya know, kinda forbidden.

I'm positive there's an egg up ahead. I just know it.

Trust me.

But... that'd be breaking a village rule.

And I bet we're already in hot water

with Dan and the others right now.

Not to mention, Mom's gotta be worried sick about us.

Uhh. Well, yeah, I guess you do have a pretty good point.

Those guys sure are taking their time.

Usually by now they'd have given up

and come home with their tail between their legs.

You don't think there's any chance

they would've been foolish enough

to set foot in the Forbidden Land, do you?

Well, well, Navirou smells something!

Make no mistake. That's the smell of a monster egg!

I do smell something here.

Maybe, but this is Navirou we're talking about.

No way it's really an egg.

Hey, guys, is it just me,

or does it smell a lot less eggy and a lot more monstery?

Hm?

Cheval! Behind you!

What? Where?

Calm down Cheval, everything's all right.

Lute was teasing. There's nothing there.

Phew. Jeez.

Now c'mon, let's go.

We're gonna track down that egg and become Riders!

This is no time to stand around shaking in our boots!

Guess you're right.

Oh, yeah, like I'm really gonna fall for that

right after I pranked you.

No. No. Look. Look. It's-- It's a--

Huh...?

Er, uh, isn't that a, uh, you know,

an Aka-- Ao-- Aka-- Ao-- Aka--

It's an Arzuros.

Which way?

Go right!

Left it is!

Run faster!

Hold up!

--Wow! --Whoa!

Oh, no!

-- --

What do we do now?

This wouldn't've happened if you'd followed Navirou!

Sorry, Navirou!

I'm jumping!