"Thank you again for rescuing me." Yukiko said quietly.
"It was no problem, we're just glad you're safe." Chie said with a smile.
"Yeah Chie's right." Yosuke said. "Though do you remember anything about what happened?"
"No, I'm sorry." Yukiko said. "I don't remember anything about what happened."
"Don't worry Yukiko, I'm sure we'll catch that guy." Chie said as a box with two choices appeared.
"What do you think Nanako?" Dojima asked. "Should we keep talking about this or wait until tomorrow?"
"Um… we should wait. Yukiko must not feel good after being in the TV for so long." Nanako said.
"Yeah, that makes sense." Dojima said selecting the appropriate option.
"Yeah you're right, Yukiko-chan's been through enough for now. We can talk about all of this once she's gotten her strength back." Yosuke said.
"Yeah, that makes sense." Chie said before the screen faded to black.
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"This one is yours Chie." Yukiko said walking up with two cups of noodles.
"Thanks Yukiko." Chie said opening her noodles.
"Alright, now that we're all here we should try to figure out what the culprit is up to." Yosuke said. "First of all we know they're throwing people into the TV."
"That's true, but we still don't have any idea who the culprit is." Chie said.
"Maybe, but we should think about what we do know." Yosuke said. "First of all, what did all the victims have in common?"
"All the victims, weren't they all girls dad?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, they were." Dojima said selecting that option.
"Exactly." Yosuke said in agreement.
"Oh that pisses me off, what kind of creep targets girl like that?" Chie asked angrily.
"I don't know, but whoever it is we need to keep our eyes on the midnight channel." Yosuke said. "That way we'll be able to help anyone who gets kidnapped, and hopefully stop the culprit."
"Yeah, and I'm helping you out too." Chie said enthusiastically.
"Chie." Yukiko whispered looking down in thought. "Let me help you out too."
"Yukiko?" Chie asked.
"I want to know who did this to me." Yukiko said. "Plus you guys helped save me, if I can do something to help I just have to."
"I had a feeling this would happen, so now Yukiko's part of our team." Dojima said calmly.
"Yeah, we're getting even stronger. We'll be sure to stop the bad guy." Nanako said.
"I agree, all that's left is to find the one responsible and stop them." Dojima said.
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"In other news, a local biker gang has been harassing the citizens of Inaba. During the interview one of the apparent leaders attacked the camera crew." said a news reporter.
"The hell are you punks looking at?" asked a blonde figure with his face obscured. "This ain't a show, get bent."
"No way, what are the odds he'd end up involved in this?" Dojima asked in surprise.
"Who was that dad?" Nanako asked.
"He was a high school student, his name is Kanji Tatsumi. He's been brought in a few times but he's only been trying to help his mother sleep. Though I have a feeling he'll be on the midnight channel next." Dojima said. "I can only imagine what kind of shadow he'll have."
"That doesn't make any sense though dad, the victims have all been girls so far." Nanako said.
"Yeah, that's true. So there has to be some other connection between the victims." Dojima said calmly. "The only question is what."
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"It's going to rain again tonight, so we should make sure to check the midnight channel." Yosuke said.
"Yeah, hopefully we'll be able to prevent the culprit from kidnapping anyone else." Yukiko said hopefully.
"Yeah, this creep won't know what hit him." Chie said enthusiastically. "We'll teach him not to mess with us."
"Right." Yosuke said calmly before the screen faded to black again.
"Dad, who do you think is going to be on the TV?" Nanako asked.
"If I had to guess, it's going to be Kanji Tatsumi. Then again he's not a girl so it wouldn't fit the pattern so far." Dojima said thoughtfully. "We'll just have to wait and see who appears."
"Ok." Nanako said quietly as Junes Dojima walked to his TV and the midnight channel started only to depict a blank silhouette with no defining features. "Huh, who's that dad?"
"I don't know, something tells me we'll have to keep a close eye on the TV the next few nights." Dojima said. I can't be certain, but that looked a little like Kanji Tatsumi. Except if it was him what's the pattern the culprit is following?
Suddenly Dojima's phone started to ring again.
"Is it work dad?" Nanako asked sadly.
"Yeah, give me a second." Dojima said. "Dojima here. He did what? Alright thanks for telling me. Goodbye."
"Are you ok dad?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, that was just the station letting me know Adachi requested a few days off for me. Looks like I'll be home for a while." Dojima said. "Is that ok with you Nanako?"
"Yeah." Nanako said happily.
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"Did you guys see it last night, who was that?" Chie asked.
"I don't know, but if we didn't recognize who it was maybe the culprit didn't either." Yosuke said. "Well at least I hope so."
"Well we do know one thing, whoever that was is still safe for now." Yukiko said. "So we just need to watch the midnight channel again tonight and we'll be able to tell who it was."
"Yeah, hopefully we can figure out who it is and catch the culprit in the act this time." Yosuke said.
"Whoever it is deserves to be kicked in the face." Chie said angrily.
The moment Chie said that, the four of them nodded in agreement before the screen transitioned to the Dojima residence.
"Looks like we're going to see who appeared on the midnight channel last night." Dojima said. "Hopefully we'll actually be able to tell who it is this time."
(Dojima and Nanako are continuing through the game, and another person has appeared on the midnight channel though their identity has yet to be revealed. Next chapter two characters will be introduced. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)