01x05 - Minokichi

[bunniefuu]

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coming Max Asher come on in what are you doing here I thought you were still in

Boston I just got back but I wanted to see you first thing how things going well to tell you the truth I can barely

Catch My Breath yeah the kids are back in school and this catering thing's going crazy and get this I now have a

cooking show on the local cable network well jealous now everybody's going to taste your Indian Quail I'll tell you

what I'll save the quail just for you speaking of which can I interest you in some lunch I've got some Lam shank uko

I'm just setting up for a reception but I got loads Lily thanks but I didn't come here to eat okay Max what's this

all about I've been talking to Barbara frasia oh Max not you too so you're

really here to tell me that something's missing and that Matt's a thief come on come on Max I thought you were his

friend Lily I want to show you [Music]

something so what are you showing me it's a model of what's inside the Chango

this is the missing 800 G that Barbara FR is always talking about the scan shows a space in the middle that conforms exactly to this

[Music] shape and do you think this has something to do with mat's disappearance

well that's what I'm trying to find [Music] out

Max come with me remember that dig that we went on to Tibet in

85 Matt was heading up one of the first expeditions to the changen Pang and I studying a local Cuisine about as close

as we got to a honeymoon anyway we're going to the market one day and Matt finds these

parchments no one in town knows where they come from but to Matt they're real find he blew our entire food budget for

the next 2 2 weeks buying up everything he could carry it sounds like met does doesn't

it anyway uh one of these parchments has something to do with a stone and Matt is

really excited about and I know it's here

[Music] somewhere [Applause] okay here it

[Music] is

oh my God is that what he found in that [Music] thing is that why Matt's gone I'm afraid

it might be Lily I think Matt found the gorger

Stone hi come Mom that's it hi Mom and then you just

face first into the fridge okay how was school today is

there anything interesting going on no it's fun nice toat with

you okay hold it I need to ask you guys

something I had a visit today for Max Asher and he thinks he may have found

something that was inside the Statue that you follow broke in the office in the Statue what is it well it

is this let me

[Music] see why is Max so interested in a piece of plastic that's just a model the real

thing is some kind of mythical Relic called a gorgo

stone a gorgo stone yeah you heard of it did your father tell you about it

no uh I was just wondering um what's a gorgos I don't really know but your

father was one of the only people or one of the few people that believed in its existence and obviously he's right Max

doesn't know where the real stone is does he now he's still trying to find out what might have happened to it see

if it has anything to do with dad's disappearance yeah because if your dad believed in it then there may have been

other [Music] people you sure you don't know anything about

[Music] it no no and uh if I do I'll tell you

look I got to go do some [Music] homework what is that all

about I don't know guess when they get older they start making more sense

huh well be nice but don't hold your

[Music] breath hey Alex what's up why'd you run off

like that wanted to get these down where they were still fresh in my head these are the markings that were engraved onto

the spear shaft they might be the key to helping us find dad what is it Chinese

well it could be could be Japanese this particular type of symbol was called kanji when did you become a big Asian

expert I'll never underestimate the power of anime my [Music]

sister okay visual scan

now if this Stone has anything to do with dad's disappearance into the myth World these writings are probably

connected to it connected to what I don't know yet let's run it through the museum search engine and see what pops

up well which one do you want to run well let's run the kanji first now the Chango is Chinese right so they must be

connected somehow comparison [Music]

search [Music] bingo in the Japanese

room find artifact in the cyber [Music]

museum so what do you think well it's not Chinese it's Japanese we did find

that symbol on the spear shaft it's the best lead we have so far it's exactly what I was

thinking okay so I guess I'm off to Japan

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sayar oh man it's freezing why do I always get the coldness huh feels like Antarctica out

here

oh looks like we're definitely in Japan here now the big question how does this

symbol connect up with finding

dad oh we've got to go there are trees to

cut what do you think well he seems to know who you are and that's more than we know right now

noro's practice Provisions we eat like Emperors as we work if I left it to you you'd starve out there you'd leave me

all alone and then where would I be with no one to drop wood shavings all over your clean floor I couldn't bear to see

that happen come me enough sh the tree are

waiting

uh excuse me we supposed to be cutting wood or something cuz I could swear these are trees were passing of course

these are trees boy ordinary trees which yield ordinary wood but we're searching

for something out of the ordinary when we travel across the river we find trees

like no other richer grains and the color is deep red the people call them

the blood trees oh don't tell me you're not thinking of building a chest for your

lady love I don't know if I have a lady love maybe it's because you haven't built a chest for it yet trust Baku

trust Mei this trip will change your life Alex I can't find anything about the gorgo stone online you know what I'm

going to do some checking downstairs wo wo wo W wo hold on how about checking out this myth as well I don't know what

I'm going to catch first dad or case of pneumonia well just think warm see you

later let we can't keep going the river is

Clos a little village we have to keep going what's at the river a very men

Hun not elegant foring but we can start a fire and keep ourselves warm trust me

it's there [Music]

you okay I'm all right I'm all right I did that just to prove how well I

bounced H let me help you look what did I tell you here come here help me

up we have to get [Music]

inside [Music] that smells good tastes even better

chicken tahini and saffron rice New Creation youall to try

it all right here taste

[Music] this when you're right you're right this is really good yeah it is good think we

should get Alex down here um no you know chicken tahini Alex

I don't think he understands anything that doesn't come on a pizza so uh what's going on with Alex

anyway what do you mean I don't know just seems kind of jumpy lately to be

honest I was always kind of looking forward to your father looking after the teenage boy issue thing I don't think

Alex has that many issues how would we know never communicates he could be

having problems at school he could be in love Alex yeah Alex

it's been known to happen you know and when it does it's like whammo everything that's going on upstairs just shuts

down haven't you noticed he's already like that yeah kind of is isn't

he plain rice has never tasted so good everything tastes better when you Che

Des noi of course the night is long

and there is the yukiona what's a

yukiona yukiona is the scourge of the blood

Forest she's an ice demon a creature of cold floats through the trees like a a w

stalking Travelers hungry for their warmth and their blood

then with a terrifying shriek she swoops to

k*ll freezing her prey with fear then

then drinking a fil wait kid I love a good ghost story who said this was a

story they say that when yukiona spills the blood of her victims go to the trees drink it up and

that's why the wood is red and that's why you can hear the

trees mourn in the [Music]

wind that's just the wind right of course it is you like that that

a good

story well we should get some sleep now we'll take turns

sleeping so we don't freeze wouldn't want this to be the last

place I [Music]

see [Music]

[Music]

Alex wake up Alex listen to me you have to wake

[Music] up

Alex you have to get out of there [Music]

Alex

tell me your

name consider yourself fortunate lichi never before have I deny myself

Wars of human's blood God your life comes before

prise swear you would tell the soul what you saw tonight swear it see the words I

swear I would know if you make your word understand

that leave well in [Music]

kchen [Music]

oh my God Alex check [Music] [Applause] [Music]

him it looks like

she Yuna what he told me about

her about what she did where were you I was with Mom I'm

sorry well at least we know what this myth's about you ever heard of

yokona no never but I can look it up I mean how many Japanese snow demons can

there be you hear

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[Applause] oh man I've heard of quick Winters but

this is ridiculous this myth must take place over a long period of

time whatever's waiting for you outside must connect you somehow to that ice vampire there's an ice vampire out there

it's probably a puddle by [Music]

[Applause] now here goes [Music]

nothing so do we have any ideas here cuz I'm definitely not going to find Dad sitting here slicing wood all day well

this myth is moving through time so maybe we should just go with the flow and see where it takes [Music]

you [Music]

this myth might turn out to be better than I thought hello how yourself I think I

might be lost I've never been in this part of the forest before well these Woods are pretty big it's easy to get

lost if you don't have somebody to show you around Alex are you coming on to

her can I help you I'm looking for a wood cutter named

minoi well it's your lucky day yo ki have been all day I'm

Yuki they told me there's nobody better at fixing anything made of wood than

you that's what they say my Ki is broken I'm afraid my bird

will fly away I can fix it for

you well give me a chance to see you again if you bring it to my house I'll give

you tea I'll have it to by the end of the day they told me you were a great wood

worker but they didn't tell me you were so [Music]

handsome what was that all about what happened to have got to find

Dad yo just chill out okay you were the one that said that things in these myths happened for reasons right I'm just

taking your suggestion and going with the flow Alex do you have a minute to

concentrate on the business at hand yeah sure sh**t good I wasn't able to find anything in

Dad's reference material about the Goro Stone I'm thinking of paying a visit to

Max Asher What you you can't do that we can't just bring other people into this Cleo yeah

but we can't risk fumbling about in the dark anymore either I'm not going to tell him what we're doing I just want to

find out what he knows about the gorgo stone oh it's your

call you know where I'll be at

newes two Bellows women in one day to what do I owe this author well

mom told me about your visit and how you talked about some stone that might have something to do with what happened to

Dad do you know anything about it no um I just wanted to know more about it just in case we came across it

you know well in case you come across it you do well to tell your mother of me immediately so what is it

dangerous that's a good question gorgous stone is something the

people in archaeology have heard rumors of but very little about if you believe

believe the stories gorgus was a trickster God he didn't have a myth of his own he lived to corrupt the myths of

other gods sounds like a pretty easy way to make some serious enemies exactly The Story Goes that the gods

banded together and trapped him within a stone according to the legend the stone was hidden so no one would ever be able

to release him into the world again what if someone found the stone and figured out a way to release

goros are we talking hypothetically here of course hypothetically they would

release the Unspeakable evil which is goros back into the world but it's just a myth though right yes of

course what I'm more concerned about is human threats if the story of the stone is

real there are people in the world that would do anything to get hold of it that's why I've been careful in my

inquiries the last few days the last thing you want is a raft of treasure Seekers desending on your family of

course why do I get this feeling that you know more than you're telling

me I don't know I guess I'm just worried about Dad yes yes of course you are last

you of course you

are hi

hi you fixed it that's promise please come

[Music]

in

man seems like a lot of work just for tea back home we just throw in a few

bags the Tea Ceremony is an not form through once interpretation of the h*

ritual one expresses something inside [Music]

them or something they feel for someone

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and what are you expressing Uki my joy at having you here with

[Music]

[Music] me so why are you all alone here my parents

died the the Winter's here is very hard I've been alone for a very long

time what about guys you seeing anyone you mean

suitors I've never had a Suitor I never felt a

need

before uh here let me help

you listen Yi before you said you weren't

interested in having a Suitor you think you might ever change your

mind I haven't known you long we know Ki but the truth

is I think I might have found her [Music]

[Applause] someone

Alex Alex wake up are you all right Cleo what's up what's up with me

what are you doing I thought you were bitten by that ice vampire I guess

not where's Yuki she was just

here oh man how long have I been

asleep what happened with Max oh he told me more about goros in the stone said he was some kind of trickster and the gods

imprisoned him in the stone then dad's the one who set him free well not into our world but maybe he got loose into

the cyber museum so what about the stone I don't know maybe it's in there too but it's

still our best darting place to look for Dad speaking of looking for Dad what are you doing sleeping in some strange

Cottage it's Yuki's house although I don't remember falling

asleep I think this myth is moving forward we'll be careful cuz if she's moving with the myth then that means

she's part of it you mean she could be the next victim maybe or maybe it's

you good morning husband husband

uh sorry uh we're married I mean uh I mean of course we're

married I don't even believe it sometimes because I am oh because I've been so happy so have

[Music] I there's time to talk later right now

there's a forest Flor trees waiting for you in a th1 CH I'm a take care of Yuki

just promise me one thing you be careful out there

why because the woods are dangerous and I don't know what I'd ever

do if you got hurt I can take care of myself

[Music] husband you didn't tell her about the snow demon I can't the snow demon said

that if I told anybody she'd know Alex you have to start thinking more about finding dad and less about romance

you're right I'll

okay do it whatever I do I better do it quickly

though man AI is [Music]

[Applause] aging [Music]

wasn't it just this the only way to go is forward

right seems that

[Applause] [Music]

way I don't know what it is Cleo but I'm having this distinct feeling like I'm being stoed I heard it too I remember

when to walk through the woods used to be

funi yes you don't remember

me not eil masu's wife his widow yes of course I'm sorry

you scared me it's been a long time it has life has

been hard for me since my husband was taken but for years things seem sweet yeah I

guess it's good seeing you walki but realize that what happened to

my husband could happen to you or to your children i' I've got kids listen to Mei

your wife is not what she seems to be don't turn your back on her please

lady I'm sorry what happened to your husband but none of this is yoki's

fault what happened to masaku was terrible could make anybody a little

imbalanced you think I'm crazy with grief maybe I am but that doesn't change

what I know listen to me mini be careful when the snow comes

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again what was that all about I don't know but this myth is moving faster than

we thought I don't even remember having kids Alex I found a story in a Japanese

myth book but I need to get it translated y you can't just bring people into this they're not going to know what

we're doing I'm just going to be asking questions for a a school project but we need to know what's

happening in this myth fast cuz if that ice vampire doesn't get you the old age will maybe I'll go talk to Max Asher

again he has to know something something about the myth oh and while I'm gone try not to

have any more kids okay oh no jle monster jle

monster no no no no you guys got to go to bed okay come on get going I'll be in there

in a

second I never thought having kids would be such tough work

I don't envy my parents I'm sure you a good

[Music] son hey you know what I was

thinking that maybe we could be alone for a little

while H I think that can be [Music]

arranged I saw a woman in the forest

today a woman mhm which woman

noro she was masu's wife

oh I think uh the death of her husband made her a little

crazy I can't imagine yeah she just started going on about how me and the kids were in

danger really and what are you in danger

from well you

apparently she's a crazy old woman she shouldn't be allowed to run around scaring people

Yuki calm down it's okay like I didn't say I believed

her I was just telling you cuz I thought it was strange

people should watch what they say to each other husband I just don't want anything to

come between us you never have to worry about

that okay because nothing will come between

us I

promise

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h [Music]

[Applause] a

I'm sorry I know I should have called but I have this huge project and you're the only one who can help this project

wouldn't have anything to do with a gorgus stone or no why uh clear I'm an

old man and with age comes a certain amount of inside why do I get this nagging feeling you're not telling me

all you know well I I just need to find out about a myth and what happens in it

of course what myth are we talking about well it's a Japanese it and you're the

only one I know who can understand it so it's I think it's about a a wood cutter named miniki oh snow demon Yuki Ona of

course what happens well after menuki promises not to tell about their meeting

snow demon spares his life and then what then gets really interesting it turns

out that Yuki Ona falls in love with Michi and she appears before him in form

of a beautiful woman oh my God what Yuki oh you didn't know anything about this

myth please go on well maniki marries Yuki and uh they have children and what

happens to him well then he makes the mistake of telling his wife about his

meeting with the snow demon oh my God thanks Max I got to go

Cleo you found it it's not about a project at all look I'm sorry Max but I have to go no trust me I can help you

[Music] all right it has something to do with the

cyber museum something happened to the night that Dad disappeared we think he got taken inside

and that the stone had something to do with it take it inside that's not possible but it is and we've gone in

looking for him the objects in the museum let you enter a myth associated with that object and Alex is in there

now my God to be inside a myth that's why all this talk about

manichi and that's why I have to go clear wait [Music]

clear

Alex she's

dead she was right the snow demon still out there she

was right about more than that I talked with Asher he knew them in a kichi myth

and and he told me that the snow demon took mortal form and married

miniki Alex Yuki is the snow demon that's crazy no it's not think

about it Naro tried to warn you about her and now she's dead that doesn't mean that it's

Yuki I don't believe this mom said that guys get stupid over girls but this is

ridiculous Alex you know how this happened it was a snow demon then prove

it to yourself break your promise to the snow demon and tell Yuki about it see what happens and if it's not her then

what it is and you know that

Cleo I'm happy here I

mean I really love her Alex you have to remember this isn't real the woman you

think you love is a demon but what if I didn't tell her right like what if I what if I could control

her so that she'd stay as Yi like the way you controlled her and she k*lled

Naro Alex look at What's happen happened in the last day you've aged 30 years how

long do you think you have left a couple of hours you know what you have to do and if you won't do it for yourself then

do it for [Music]

Dad you're home so soon don't tell me the forest has run out of

trees I found n Rico in the woods what do you mean was

she hurts you know what I mean I don't know her blood was gone

Yuki she was m*rder*d it has nothing to do with

us please I beg you minoi put it out of your mind I can't

you know I can't listen to me a long time ago when I was first

learning to cut wood I went on a journey with my mentor I don't want to hear this please don't tell me you have to listen

to this that night an ice vampire came and k*lled masaku right in front of my

eyes she took all of stop please if you love me if you love what we have right

now you suck no she she spared my life and told me that if I ever told anybody

she'd k*ll me the same way that she k*lled him I swore never to say anything to

anybody and I wasn't going to until until I saw

noro dead please

Yuki please tell me it wasn't

you I loved you I

[Music]

know you broke your [Music]

word Yuki [Music]

please there is no more

you

I wanted to trust you I loved you I loved who I thought you were I let

myself feel I gave a simple Morel power over me no you L

me the cold was what SP me I should have stay closer to the

[Music] C but I promise you this if you mistreat

my children or speak badly on me to them I will come back and destroy

you

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daddy is she going yeah yeah she's gone Alex touch the comb

and get back now I don't know if I can Cleo these are my kids I can't just

leave them they're miki's kids they'll be with their father okay

guys it's time to go back to bed I want you to remember one thing

okay your mother loved you a lot and so do

I

okay

I'm

sorry you think you know somebody and

then well I don't even know what I know anymore well does it help that in the

myth miniki turns out to be a great father and his kids are never

abandoned yeah I guess good cuz um things have been going

on out here that are a little complicated why what's going on you see I didn't have choice I needed

to find out about the myth so I thought I'd ask Max yeah I know right um but I

thought he wouldn't figure out why I was asking but but then he did figure out and then I I I had to tell him whoa whoa

whoa whoa Cleo you're not making any sense here

what what exactly did you tell Max anyways Max Cleo's been going

through a really tough time with Dad missing and everything so sometimes she makes things

up Alex this is not a game I know what happened to your father I know what

you've been doing okay fine so you know uh but we'd really appreciate it if you kept us to

yourself do you know how dangerous It is Well we have a pretty good idea if you want to get your father back you're

going to need some help so you're willing to help us then yes I

will if your father's released gorgos it's going to be a difficult task to get him back in that stone you're going to

need all the help you can get unfortunately there are others who want

to get their hands on that stone for the money perhaps more for the power it can

wield can you imagine what kind of power would have to be able to enter into the myths that shape a culture and and

rewrite them yeah but Max getting the stone is one thing

no you want to know if you can get your father back yeah I don't know for

sure but hey I'm an optimist I'll tell you one thing we're

never going to give up on this we're going to do everything in our power to get him

[Music] back