Route 20 Part 1 Scooters - Page 0 - Route 20 The Town With Gears Part 1 Scooters Yoshiyuki Sadamoto "The wind only blows when we ride" - Page 1 - [The morning I turned 16,] [my grandfather died.] [140 years old.] [He was senile.] [My heart was starting to get as stubborn and hard as the Dome that covers this town.] Brother: Utsuo! Have you cleaned up anything in here yet? (click) - Page 2 - Utsuo: Don't barge in here... Brother: You haven't cleaned up a thing. When are you going to throw all this crap away...? They gave you Grampa's room, it's the biggest in the house. You could afford to stop riding around on your scooter and study a little. Utsuo: Shut up. Get outta here. Brother: You haven't joined that new "Scooters" gang, have you? Mom's worried about that. Fine, whatever. As long as you don't harm my career chances, I don't care!! (flip) - Page 3 - [My grandfather used to be a racer.] [He smiled in the photo taken back in the fossil fuel days, straddled on top of his bike.] [I wonder what it was that he forgot] [outside of the Dome.] Utsuo: (CLANK) Mother: Utsuo!! Where do you think you're going at this time of day?! Wait a minute, young man!! - Page 4 - Mother: UTSUO!! Utsuo: (fwitch) [Inside the dome, a constant temperature of 25°C and a 50% humidity level are maintained.] [The heat of the summer and cold of the winter that the old folks talked about] [were things we were raised without.] Riders: (WOO WOO) [But] [the wind] [was the one thing we could feel with our whole bodies.] - Page 5 - Erika: What are you looking at? New kid. Utsuo: Ain't lookin' at nothin'. Erika: Don't be silly. I know you joined the Scooters because of me... Utsuo: No, I didn't! Erika: You're blushing, I was right. - Page 6 - Erika: So what's your name? Utsuo: Um... Utsuo Akagi. Erika: What school do you go to? Utsuo: No. 5 South. Erika: Ooh, same school! Ushiji: Hey, Erika! Why are you talking with that new kid? Get over here. Erika: Oh God, just cause he's the leader, Ushiji thinks he's such a big shot. He acts like I'm his girlfriend or something... Utsuo: You mean you aren't? Erika: Hmmmm. I don't really know. I never thought about it. - Page 7 - Guy: Holy shit!! Ushiji!! There's a hole in the wall!! Seriously! I'm not making this up, you guys!! It's true, it's on the news!! Come and look, if you don't believe me! News: I am here at the scene of a terrible disaster in which a 300-ton crane at the site of a demolished building in the old town sector has fallen and smashed a hole in the outer wall of the Dome... Emergency repairs are currently underway to seal the breach and stop the contamination of outside air, but the area is still in a state of extreme danger. - Page 8 - News: Civilian entrance is now prohibited from the Enan sector westward... Guys: Whoa. Man, that's crazy... Ushiji: Well, I think I know where we're headed tonight. Guy: Huh...? No way, man!! They say if we breathe outside air, our lifespans get shortened! I don't want that!! Ushiji: Oh, shut up! A little won't hurt you. Besides, who cares if you lose a couple years?! We'll never get the chance to see something like this again!! Guy: That's right!! We might even be able to see outside the wall!! Erika: I'm riding with you. Utsuo: Huh?! Erika: Don't want me to? Utsuo: Uh, it's okay with me... - Page 9 - Ushiji: Hey, Erika... what are you doing riding with that dork?! Erika: Forget him, let's go... Utsuo: Okay... [The air outside the dome is heavily polluted with carbon monoxide and nitrogen.] [If we breathe it in, we're supposed to lose half of our lifespans.] [When you're expected to live well over a hundred years, it doesn't matter much.] [As long as its fun, we don't care.] - Page 10 - Robot: D2D2... Scooters passing through sector 3-E in the old town area. Man: Roger! Surround them without attracting their attention. Guards: HALT!! STOP!! STOP!! Signs: STOP CONSTRUCTION Suits: Safety First - Page 11 - Guy: Security guards, Ushiji! What should we do? Ushiji: No worries... EAT MY DUST!! Guard: Aaah!! Scooter: (vween) Ushiji: Oh... SHIT! Energy Police!! Guys: Ushiji, we're surrounded!! From this side, too!! WHAT?! - Page 12 - Robot: Penal Code 501, illegal vehicle modification... reckless gang activity... (CLUNK) Obstruction of public duty, and... TERRORIST ACTIVITY!! Ushiji: WE CAN'T FIGHT 'EM! RUN!! Arm: (byu) Guys: UWAAAAHHH!! Bike: (cronk) Guy: (shit! shit!) Erika: This way, Utsuo! Utsuo: I see it! Erika: KYAAAAAAAAAA - Page 13 - Utsuo: HOLD ON!! Scooter: (vreeen) - Page 14 - [We were] [helpless kids, trapped inside the Dome.] [Unable to fight back against authority.] [Nobody knew what lay beyond] [the hole in the wall.] - Part One End -