The justice minister's daughter
has been abducted.

The kidnappers' demand?

The execution of the
death-row prisoner Jowd
to be carried out tonight.

Lynne says the execution is a
mistake, and I believe her.

And so I'm paying the kidnappers'
hideout a visit, to see what I can
find out about the abduction.


Beauty:
What took you
so long?

Dandy:
Your instinct was right,
Beauty, my dear.

Dandy:
They had that restaurant
surrounded.

Dandy:
It took me forever to shake
them, and now my poor bike
is ready for the scrapheap.

Beauty:
Next time, maybe you
should make it a tricycle,
so you don't hurt yourself.

Dandy:
Ouch, that hurts, Beauty!
But that's okay... That's
what I love about you.

Beauty:
Be a little more gentle with our
valuable hostage, please.

Dandy:
Yes, yes. "Always keep a smile on
a lady's face," right, my dear?

Dandy:
There. See that, Beauty?

Dandy:
Now there's a smile blooming
on your face, too, my dear.

Beauty:
Yes, a wry smile.

Beauty:
I'm going out for a breath of
fresh air. You're on guard duty.

Dandy:
All right. I'll dream of
you until you return.

Beauty:
Why don't you open the
trunk for our guest?

Dandy:
I will, Beauty. I was just
taking a little breather...

Dandy:
All right, little lady... Let me
open that trunk for you...

Dandy:
........

Dandy:
Beauty...
It looks like the justice
minister's daughter really
HAS been kidnapped...

And something else is
bothering me, too.

I don't think I've ever been
to this room before...

...but something about it is giving
me a strange sense of déjà vu.

I've seen something like this before...

****

 Sissel:
Taking something precious
to manipulate others... So
that's what kidnapping is...

Sissel:
The dirty tricks those
without the powers of
the dead come up with...

Sissel:
However...

Sissel:
...if I take that precious
thing back, their power
vanishes, doesn't it?

Sissel:
Now, then.

Sissel:
Time to see how the
justice minister's
little girl is doing...

Sissel:
...before this guy wakes up from his dream of "Beauty"...

****

Sissel:
It looks like the old
pigeon guy decided to
go somewhere else.

Sissel:
There's something very
"off" about this place.

Sissel:
Old dusty junk side by side
with well-maintained
equipment...

Sissel:
Anyway, it doesn't look like
things are going to change
here much for a while...

****

Bailey:
The Chief is on his way over here!

Co-worker:
What's he wanna come now for?

Bailey:
Well, because the death-row
inmate escaped, of course!

Co-worker:
Oh... I'd hate to be in your
shoes right now, Bailey.
You're in charge, after all...

Bailey:
Aaaaaargh!

Bailey:
Me?!

Bailey:
Oh, why did I ever have to
become a prison guard...?

Bailey:
I never would've taken a
job like this if I knew the
prisoners might escape...

Co-worker:
Wow... Unbelievable...

Bailey:
Yes, I know, right? It IS unbelievable!

****

Sissel:
I sense somebody's presence
in this dimly-lit place.

Pigeon Man:
Tonight is probably
our last chance...

Pigeon Man:
If he doesn't come here tonight...

Pigeon Man:
.........

Pigeon Man:
Hmph... I think this silence
is starting to get to me...

Sissel:
(This old man is apparently
waiting for somebody.)

Sissel:
(The only thing waiting
for me is the end of my
existence...)

****

Sissel:
I guess The Chief went out.

Sissel:
He didn't even put
on his shoes.

Sissel:
(Did something happen...?)

****

Sissel:
Hmm... It's not like the
restaurant is closed.
Where's the chef?

Sissel:
.........

Sissel:
It's just not the same
without his singing.

Sissel:
I guess I can come back
later if I want to hear him
sing again.

****

Sissel:
Whenever I possess
a door like this...

Sissel:
...for some reason, I get the
urge to send something
flying with it...

Sissel:
(These ghost tricks
are kind of addictive...)

****

Sissel:
A ball that rolls off a table...

Sissel:
I've already seen
something like this
once already tonight...

Sissel:
(I wonder if this ball does anything...?)

***

Sissel:
This shelf is suspended by
very thin cords. They look
like they're about to break...

Sissel:
I bet it'd be quite a
spectacle if it fell...

Sissel:
(If something can break,
it kind of makes me
want to break it...)

****

Sissel:
This is one of those things
you light with fire, isn't it?

Sissel:
As long as there's light in
the room, is something like
this really necessary?

Sissel:
(But if something can
be lit, it kind of makes
me want to light it...)

Sissel:
(I need another core
to reach the trunk
and open it.)

Sissel:
(I wonder if I can
create a new core?)

***

Sissel:
Darn.

Sissel:
I can't reach my destination
from here!

****

Dandy:
Just my
imagination...

Sissel:
"Just my imagination"...?
That's all he has to say?

Sissel:
If he was any more laid
back, he'd fall right off
that crate.

Sissel:
(But look at that streamer
go spinning round and
round...)

Sissel:
(Now, how can I
make use of that?)

****

Dandy:
Just my
imagination...

Sissel:
"Just my imagination"...?
That's all he has to say?

Sissel:
What an amazingly
simple fellow...

Sissel:
(This room, on the other
hand, is starting to look
amazingly festive...)

Sissel:
(The question is, how can
I use it to my advantage?)

****

Sissel:
When the flame gets
really big like this...

Sissel:
...for some reason, I get the
urge to burn something...

Sissel:
(Unfortunately, everything
is just out of the flame's
reach...)

****

Sissel:
What in the...?

Sissel:
What's going on here?

Sissel:
This little lady is...

Sissel:
Is this little lady really
a daughter of the justice
minister...?

Dandy:
Just my
imagination...

Beauty:
What's with the fun
book and juice?

Dandy:
Like I said, "Always keep
a smile on a lady's face."

Dandy:
I wanted to treat our guest well.

Beauty:
How about treating me well?

Beauty:
I'd like some bread and milk, please.

Dandy:
At your service, my dear.
Be back in a flash.

Kamila:
Hey, mister.

Dandy:
Yes, cute little lady?

Dandy:
More juice, perhaps? All
you have to do is ask.

Kamila
Have I been...

Kamila:
...kidnapped...?

Dandy:
Don't cry, little dear. There's
nothing to be afraid of.

Dandy:
The surroundings are miserable
and filthy, I know, but we just
ask for a little patience.

Kamila:
Don't say those awful
things about this house!

Dandy:
Hmm?

Kamila:
This house is...

Kamila:
...where I used to live.

Dandy:
Wh-What?!

Dandy:
I apologize, little lady.

Dandy:
I'm the one who's miserable
and filthy. Forgive me.

Dandy:
What's the meaning of this, Beauty?!
Why here, at this girl's old house...?!

Beauty:
Don't ask me.

Beauty:
It was the other party in our
deal who chose this location.

Dandy:
Oh... Oh, I see...

Beauty:
It's been empty for five years.
And, apparently, nobody ever
comes here.

Beauty:
But never mind that. What
about my bread and milk?

Dandy:
Oh! Of course!

Dandy:
Now, you be a good
girl while I'm gone.

Beauty:
You just read your book
and drink your juice.

Kamila:
I want to go home...

Beauty:
Not quite yet.

Sissel:
This dilapidated place was
Kamila's old house...?

Sissel:
(What's going on here?)

Sissel:
Wh-What in the world?!

Sissel:
Why does the little lady
have a core of the dead...?

Sissel:
(When I helped her out at Lynne's
apartment, she didn't have one...)

Sissel:
(So that must mean...)

Sissel:
(...she must've died
sometime after that!)

Sissel:
(And it also means...)

Sissel:
 (...somebody else
must've saved her!)

Sissel:
I'd better ask her what happened!

****

Sissel:
Somewhere along the way,
Kamila must've died.

Sissel:
What could've happened to
her...? I'd better ask her.

Sissel:
Could it be...

Sissel:
...there's somebody else
with the powers of the
dead besides me...?

****

Sissel:
A book... I wonder
what the little lady
is reading tonight?

Sissel:
An exciting adventure
story, maybe?

Sissel:
........

Sissel:
(Although she's already
getting quite a bit of
"excitement" for one day...)

****

Kamila:
Who's there?!

Kamila:
Oh, wait a minute... Is that
you, Missile...? Missile!

Sissel:
I'm sorry. I'm not Missile.
My name's Sissel.

Kamila:
Sissel...?

Kamila:
My name is... Kamila.

Sissel:
Kamila...
(So it IS her. I knew it!)

Kamila:
What happened to me?
What is this place?

Sissel:
(I can hardly tell the
poor little thing this is
the land of the dead...)

Kamila:
"The land of the dead"...?
Does that mean I'm dead...?

Sissel:
(Darn! I forgot there are no
"secrets" in the Ghost World...)

Sissel:
You can relax. You're not dead.

Sissel:
But this isn't the first time
you've been here, apparently.

Kamila:
Really? I don't remember.

Kamila:
Wait a minute... Maybe I
do remember! Sort of...

Sissel:
You do?

Sissel:
(It looks like she
doesn't remember
being saved very well.)

Sissel:
(Hmm... So there's some
other dead person out there
with special powers, eh...?)

Sissel:
(Anyway, I don't want to press her
if she doesn't remember dying.)

Sissel:
Do you mind if I ask you a few
questions about something else?

Kamila:
Sure, go ahead, Sissy!

Sissel:
("Sissy," eh? Ahem.)

[Kidnapping]

Kamila:
Lynne asked me to do
something for her tonight.

Sissel:
I know about that part. She asked
you to go to the Chicken Kitchen
on Dead End Drive, right?

Kamila:
Yeah, but I never got there.

Kamila:
Now I wish I could say,
"I'm sorry" to her...

Kamila:
I never should've gone
through that park!

Sissel:
What park?

Kamila:
Temsik Park. It's a shortcut
to Dead End Drive.

Sissel:
Is that where the kidnappers
grabbed you?

Kamila:
Yeah... Lynne always said...

Kamila:
"I don't like that park. Scary
things happen there."

Sissel:
(Temsik Park, eh...?)

Kamila:
What am I going to do?
Lynne's going to be mad...

Sissel:
She is? How come?

Kamila:
Because I left it there.

Kamila:
The music box. In the park.

Sissel:
(That's right! The music box...!)

[Music box]

Kamila:
That music box was
hidden in the apartment.

Kamila:
I finally found it, with a little
bit of luck and courage.

Kamila:
Guess where it was?

Sissel:
Hmm, I don't know. Where?
(I'll pretend I don't know.)

Kamila:
You know...

Kamila:
...you don't have to humor me.

Sissel:
(Oops...)

Sissel:
So what happened
to the music box?

Kamila:
I hid it in the bushes at the
park, just before it happened.

Sissel:
Just before...? Oh, just before
you were kidnapped, huh?

Kamila:
I didn't want the bad man
to take it! So I hid it...

Kamila:
I bet it's still there in the park...

Sissel:
You did well.

Sissel:
(So the music box is in the park?
I'd better let Lynne know.)

[About Kamila]

Sissel:
This is your old house?

Kamila:
Yup. This is where we
lived, until five years ago.

Kamila:
But now I live with
Lynne and Missile.

Sissel:
Lynne is like a big sister
to you, isn't she?

Kamila:
Yup! She's a detective, you
know. She's a hero!

Sissel:
She is, huh?
By the way, about your father...

Kamila:
...!

Sissel:
Is he the justice minister?

Kamila:
........

Kamila:
My father is... gone...

Sissel:
Gone...?
(Maybe he passed away...?)

Kamila:
No. That's not it. My dad...

Kamila:
...He's going to die. And
it's all because of me!

Sissel:
Wh-What?! What do you
mean "because of me"...?!

Sissel:
Why would you say that?

Kamila:
It's called an "execution."
My dad is...

Kamila:
...a detective.

Sissel:
N-No way! Don't tell me your
father is... Detective Jowd...?

Kamila:
That's right.

Sissel:
(What in the world...?!)

Kamila:
Five years ago, something
really bad happened.

Kamila:
Like a scary dream...
But it wasn't a dream.

Sissel:
Five years ago...
(That murder case...!)

[Incident five years ago]

Kamila:
It was Mom's birthday that day.

Kamila:
My mom and dad were working,
and I was home by myself.

Kamila:
And then I had an idea. I was
going to surprise my mom...

Kamila:
I set up that contraption.

Alma:
I'm home,
Kamila!

Alma:
Why is it dark?

Kamila:
Mom! Mom!!!

Jowd:
What was
that noise?!

Kamila:
I still can't believe it happened...

Kamila:
It wasn't supposed
to work like that!

Sissel:
(Hmm... I know that contraption...)

Sissel:
(And I know how it
was supposed to work...)

Sissel:
(Party poppers and a cake...
A birthday message...)

Kamila:
My dad told me not
to tell anybody.

Kamila:
"Just leave it to me," he said.

Kamila:
My dad wanted to be executed.
He asked them for it.

Kamila:
But I wanted to tell everybody
it was my fault!

Kamila:
My dad said what I saw
was a bad dream...

Kamila:
He told me to forget it.

Sissel:
(........
This is all so unbelievably tragic...)

Sissel:
I can't believe it...

Sissel:
This little lady is Detective
Jowd's daughter...?

Sissel:
(I just can't tell her... )

Sissel:
(I can't tell her why
she was kidnapped...)

Kamila:
Why was I kidnapped?!
I want to know!

Sissel:
Oops.

Sissel:
(There are no secrets
in the Ghost World...)

Sissel:
(Maybe we'd better stop
talking... It's too dangerous.)

Kamila:
Sissy...

Kamila:
You're not going to
talk to me anymore...?

Sissel:
I think we'd better get you
out of here first. We can
talk more after that.

Kamila:
Okay... but...

Sissel:
I'm going to rescue you
now. You just hold on a
little longer, all right?

Kamila:
........

Kamila:
Okay. But we'll talk later, right?

Kamila:
Don't forget! You promised, Sissy!

Beauty:
What took you so long?

Dandy:
I traveled the entire town in
search of the finest bread
and milk for you, my dear.

Dandy:
But it's late, and all
the shops are closed.

Beauty:
We're leaving this
place, right now.

Dandy:
What?! But he's not here yet!

Dandy:
If we couldn't meet at
the restaurant, weren't we
supposed to meet here?

Beauty:
Yes. And he's the one who
chose this location.

Dandy:
Hmph! I don't like this one bit!

Dandy:
We have to run around doing
all this "extra" work, all for
the sake of his "deal"!

Beauty:
Be quiet.

Beauty:
It can't be helped. This
place is too dangerous.

Beauty:
I told you. My sixth sense is
very strong.

Dandy:
All right, as you wish, Beauty.

Beauty:
I feel it... I sense something
here, in this room...

Beauty:
Is somebody there?
Can you hear me?

Sissel:
...!
(Is she talking to me?)

Beauty:
I can sense your
presence, you know.

Beauty:
The next time I sense
you, this child will die.

Beauty:
Remember that.

Beauty:
All right, we're leaving.

Dandy:
Pardon me, little lady.
All of a sudden, I'm left
behind alone...

...alone in the room that
stole that little lady's
smile away five years ago.

The little lady is gone
now, leaving me with
only a few new facts...

...a few very heavy, very sad facts.

Does Lynne know about all this?

One other thing stands
out in my mind...

"I can sense your presence."

...The sum of that
kidnapper's final words.

Do those two know?

Do the kidnappers know about
the powers of the dead?