Beehunter: Ending Bell

Operator Record Ending Bell	Beehunter
A match closes out to its ring, but the bell just signals the start of the next.

Unlock conditions

• Raise Beehunter to Elite 2 Level 1.
• Have at least 50% Trust with Beehunter.

Characters

Shura Muscular Man Rhodes Island Field Operator

Backgrounds

Village 1 Warehouse 2 Cold Forest 3 Ursus House 4

“

Having left the boxing ring, Beehunter encounters her one-time nemesis and gets a chance to close out that unfinished bout.

”

<Background 1>
2:19 P.M. \ Clear Village on the Ursus outskirts
[Shura drinks a honey beer while watched by a Rhodes Island field operator.]
Shura	*Gulp* Ah! This is some good beer. Fresh and smooth.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Ahem... Miss Shura...
Shura	Why the long face, boss? The beer here's made with local honey. It's great! Plus, you're leaving tomorrow, and this is my last day working for you. Have one on me!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Absolutely not. I like to keep a balanced diet. I'm not in the habit of finishing a whole can of honey in the middle of the night, then binging sweetened booze the next day.
Shura	You were the one who said I could help myself to what's in the fridge!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Yeah, but, you know, within reason... Don't you worry about your health?
Shura	Being a bodyguard is hard work. Need the fat and the sugar to get enough energy.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Like I said, "within reason"!
Shura	Haha, gotcha, boss.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Sigh... Say, I wanted to ask, do you have any plans after this job is over?
Shura	(Scratches head) I've thought about it, but I haven't come up with an answer.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Actually, I wanted to talk to you–
Waiter	Promotion on freshly-brewed honey beer! Buy one, get one free!
Shura	I'll have another!
Waiter	One special honey beer, coming right up!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	–about this.
Shura	Did you say something? Couldn't hear.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	*sigh*... I can't stay any longer, Shura, but there's something important that I want to tell you. This is no place to talk.
Shura	Of course, boss. With you all the way.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	You... huh? What's that...?
Shura	Why aren't you moving? Aren't you in a hurry?
[A muscular Ursus man runs toward Shura.]
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Am I seeing things, Shura? Looks like there's someone running towards us. He's heading straight for you! Darn it, I knew the agent was lying when he said your background was clean!
Shura	Wait a minute! I told you, all I did was underground boxing. I've never been in the mob!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Really? That man looks like he's pretty eager to talk to you.
Shura	Er... well, actually, I do know him. Relax, just get behind me.
Muscular Man	Well, if it isn't our boxing champion.
Shura	Get out of the way, Yevgeny. I don't have time for you right now.
Muscular Man	You quit boxing to become a bodyguard? Oh, I forgot, you're not a champion anymore.
Shura	Only an ass like you would celebrate a champion belt won for free.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Shura... (It's like she's a completely different person.)
Muscular Man	It wouldn't have been hard to take the belt from a rookie like you.
Shura	Oh yeah? Maybe you won't talk so loud with your nose snapped in half. You think you would be running your mouth like this if I didn't get ambushed the day before the match?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Say, you...
Muscular Man	Stop making excuses. It won't change the fact that you never showed up to the match.
Shura	You have no shame, do you, asshole?
Muscular Man	Oh, mad now? What would the old man think, I wonder, if he knew that his finest student was licking boots as a bodyguard?
Shura	Don't you dare mention my coach!
Muscular Man	Ooh, getting all puffed up in the cheeks, eh? Should we take this outside?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	That's enough! Shura, I don't care what grudge you have against him, but your time doesn't belong to you. It belongs to the one paying your fee, in other words, me! So please don't waste your time and my money on... er... THAT.
Muscular Man	Huh? Um, yeah, listen to boss girl and run away with your tail between your legs!
Shura	Huh? Isn't our work done already, boss?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	The work's done, but you're still on duty. I paid you for eight full hours. Let's go, Shura.
Shura	Alright... can't argue with the contract.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Plus, look at the waiters. They clearly don't want you fighting here.
Shura	Eh, well, yeah.
Muscular Man	If you aren't gonna fight, Olav, I'm outta here. I'm a busy guy, unlike you.
Shura	If you had the slightest backbone, you wouldn't be showing off your cheap belt. Let's finish that fight and let the outcome do the talking. But not now. I'll come for you later. I know where to find you.
Muscular Man	I bet you're just gonna disappear like last time.
Shura	Oh? Getting cold feet, Mr. Champion?
Muscular Man	O-Of course not! Bring it on, if you dare... I, I'm not scared of you!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	ARE YOU DONE TALKING YET?
Muscular Man	Why you suk–!
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Let's go, Shura. We're too busy for... THAT.
Shura	Gotta go, Yevgeny. See you tonight. You'd better be there.
[Shura and the R.I. operator leaves.]
Muscular Man	"That"? What does she mean by "that"?
<Background 2>
6:34 PM \ Cloudy
Shura	So why did you drag me back like this?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Remember what I told you about Rhodes Island?
Shura	It's a medicine company, right? The place you work at? You brought it up a bunch of times.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Are you going to keep working as a bodyguard after this job?
Shura	Who knows? I guess. It's not like people like me have much of a choice.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Well, Rhodes Island is hiring, and I bet you have the skills for the job. I'm thinking of putting in a good word for you with HR.
Shura	Really? Gosh... thanks, boss.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Plus, it'll only get harder and harder to hide your condition. Even though the authorities are lax out here, things will only get worse if you stay.
Shura	Sheesh, didn't know you cared about me that much... but is it really okay? You know most places don't tend to hire folks like me, you know, the Infected.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Don't say that. In fact, you're exactly the kind of person we're looking for. Rhodes Island has been striving to make the world better for people like you... people like us.
Shura	Oh my, I, I don't know how to thank you... I never imagined...
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Don't go to that fight, Shura. You can have a new life. Leave the old one behind.
Shura	Boss... I don't know how to explain it, but I have to go. It's important to me. I can't leave this place and feel at peace if I don't close the book on it. I can't think about tomorrow when there's unfinished business today.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Then tell me about it, Shura. Convince me.
Shura	I always wanted to put on that championship belt... I'll never have the belt now, but I still want to prove to Coach that I'm worthy of it.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Oh, I see... sorry. I know that he...
Shura	(Scratches head) Yeah, he's gone. When I was little, it was Coach who took me in, taught me how to punch and how to not get punched. It was hard enough for him by himself in Ursus, never mind having a kid around... he might have lived a better life if he didn't bother, but that was never on his mind. He wanted me to win the belt back all the way to the very end... this is the only thing I can do for him.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	...I respect your decision, Shura.
Shura	Thanks, boss.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	I looked into that man's background, and apparently there are some rumors of underhanded happenings... it could be nothing, but be careful nonetheless.
Shura	Yeah, I'll be careful.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	I'll buy you honey beer, if you win.
Shura	It's a deal!
<Background 3>
10:24 P.M. \ Clear
[Yevgeny, the muscular Ursus from before, is running through the forests...]
Muscular Man	That suka just won't give up, will she? She's a lucky one... can't believe she's still walking after that. I should have a talk with the Patrol Unit... make a few rubles while I'm at it.
[...as Shura calls him from behind.]
Shura	Taking to yourself, Yevgeny?
Muscular Man	O-Olav? How did you know I was here?
Shura	I knew you wouldn't show up to the place, so I tried my luck and waited here.
Muscular Man	I... I was waiting so long that I had to go for a walk!
Shura	Excuses, Yevgeny. If you're scared, you might as well just admit defeat and go home.
Muscular Man	S-Scared? Ha, very funny, Olav... Maybe I won't bloody that pretty face of yours if you–
The man never gets the rest of the sentence out, as he finds himself staring at a fist mere inches from his nose.
Shura	Enough talk, idiot. Put your hands up.
Muscular Man	You...
Shura	Try not to bite your tongue, if you really have to talk.
Muscular Man	I-I'll kill you, suka!
Shura	Bring it on!
[A fight breaks out between Yevgeny and Shura, with the latter easily dodging the former's hooks and jabs.]
Shura	(He's got some weight to his fists. Looks like he's not all talk.)
Muscular Man	Come on, stop dodging and fight me!
Shura	Your fault for being slow! Gotta work harder if you wanna hit me!
Muscular Man	I'll have your head!
Shura	(His elbows are raised. Now!) Take this!
Her fists finds the man's ribs. Her foe raises his chin in pain, creating an opening. Shura seizes the opportunity and closes the distance, landing a heavy blow on his chin.
Shura	Now!
[Shura punches Yevgeny's chin hard, causing one of his teeth to fall off.]
Muscular Man	*Cough* *cough* My tooth!
Shura	Ha, big one too.
Muscular Man	Wh-Why won't you just die?! Die, die, I'm the real champion–
Shura	Yevgeny, you dumbass–
<Flashback starts here>
<Background 4>
[Someone walks toward Shura.]
Shura	Wha–who's that? What's that?
Shadow	Blame... not the time... offended... you won't...
Shura	(Can't hear what he's saying, or see his face.)
Shadow	Hehe, farewell.
[The shadow disappears.]
Shura	Stop–damn it, just before the match... (Is that a gold coin?)
<Flashback ends here>
<Background 3>
The weapon is kicked away and clatters across the ground. Stunned, the man is unable to react. The Ursus girl grabs his arm and wrestles him to the ground, choking him in a headlock.
Shura	What's with the gold coin tattoo?!
Muscular Man	You... *cough*... help... can't... breathe...
Shura	Speak!
Muscular Man	Argh...
Shura	I've been looking for it for years. It was you all along! It was you who infected me with Oripathy!
[Shura grabs Yevgeny and beats him repeatedly...]
Muscular Man	... *choke*...
Shura	This is all your fault! I should have been the winner, the one to have my hand held high, the one to win that prize money!
[...again...]
Muscular Man	Help... *choke*...
Shura	It's all your fault, your fault...
[...and again.]
Shura	I should have won that prize money... it would have paid for the old man's medical bills... Why did you do that?
Muscular Man	It wasn't me... the big boss... you wouldn't throw the fight... pissed him off... argh...
Shura	What are you trying to say? You didn't have a choice? You were forced? Let me tell you. You're a coward. This is who you are, and you'll never change, right?
Muscular Man	I... sorry... was wrong... please... don't... Don't kill... me...
Shura	No... enough... shut up... Shut up!!!
Don't kill me. Don't kill me. It is a common refrain for those on the edge of death. A plea that goes unheard in the chaotic noise and smell of blood in the underground rings. But Shura can hear it. She cannot ignore it.
Shura	...I can't kill you. I just can't. Dammit. I said this was a match... I won't go back on my word. I don't kill in the ring. That's a rule I'll never break.
Muscular Man	Ugh...
Shura	Look at you, dripping saliva and snot. To think that a piece of shit like you ruined my life. No, it's not worth it. Not for you.
Muscular Man	Argh...
Shura	You're lucky, trash. Get out of my sight.
[Yevgeny gets back up.]
Muscular Man	Ugh... *cough* *pant* *cough*
Shura	My fists are too good to waste on revenge. Too good for you.
Muscular Man	*Cough*... I'm sorry... I won't do it again... don't kill me... *cough*
Shura	Keep that tongue of yours to yourself. I'll pick up where I left off if I ever hear about you blabbing to the Patrol Unit.
Muscular Man	I, I won't... don't...
Shura	Get out of my sight. I never want to see you again.
[The battered Yevgeny leaves as Shura watches and...]
Shura	Alright, boss, you can come out now. I heard your footsteps ages ago.
[The R.I. operator reveals herself, having watched the entire scene from behind a nearby tree.]
Shura	So you weren't sleeping when I left?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	How could I sleep without the sound of you punching sandbags downstairs?
Shura	Oops, sorry. I didn't think you could hear me up there.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Honestly. Well, never mind. I thought you were going to kill him.
Shura	And you didn't think to step in? Man, you're cold-blooded. That scares me.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Give me a break. I'm not that kind of person... and neither are you.
Shura	You'll really trust me so much, eh?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	I know you have your principles, Shura.
Shura	Yeah... I still think of myself as a boxer, even if I don't box anymore. The match ends when my opponent is knocked out. A boxer doesn't go any further.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Even if it's not someone worthy to call an opponent?
Shura	I've boxed for years, boss. Opponents come and go, in all shapes and sizes, but the ring beneath my feet...
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Uh-huh?
Shura	...It's always there. The ring matters to me. Every punch I throw, I have to be proud.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Well, you weren't exactly boxing in a proper ring just now.
Shura	But the ring's always in my heart.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	You fought in underground rings, weren't you? It's not easy to stick to principles in a place like that.
Shura	Yeah. Too many things down there not fit for the light of day. Throwing matches, betting... that's rookie stuff. You get to see all the blood and gore you could ever want, if you have a deep enough pocket. Boxers there are less than animals... we're toys at best. Maybe I would have become like them, a monster that only knows how to kill. Hey, what's with that relieved look on your face, boss?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	I just wanted to tell you how happy I am to have you as a colleague.
Shura	Boss... *sob* Man, you're making me blush, boss.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Don't get too carried away. You still have to put together a CV, be interviewed, assessed...
Shura	Oh, I don't want to think about any of that. Say no more. I just want a big mug of honey beer, then a good night's sleep.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	Sleep, eh? Look at your shoes first.
Shura	My shoes? Oh, the bottoms are starting to come off. Heh, sorry, I've had these for a long time.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	I think I have an extra pair. Try them on when we get back; see if they fit. Let's head out as soon as possible. Who knows if that guy might change his mind and start running his mouth.
Shura	Sorry, guess I shouldn't have let him go.
Rhodes Island Field Operator	No need to apologize. His blood wasn't worth staining...
Shura	My super-duper fists?
Rhodes Island Field Operator	No, your path to a new life.