Dungeon People (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

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- [Clay] Far removed from
the capital set a land
that was completely
unoccupied, the Antora region.
A traveler by the name of Murag
happened to stumble upon a
dungeon when passing through.
Combining the name of the
discoverer and the region,
it was named the
dungeon of Antomurg.
[upbeat flute music]
News spread and adventurers
came to explore the dungeon.
As more and more people
arrived, inn, shops
and an adventurers' guild
branch were constructed.
As the settlement gained more
residents, it became a town.
The town took the
name Antomurg as well,
to honor the dungeon.
[upbeat flute music]
Thanks to the adventurers,
more and more information
was gathered on the dungeon.
Even so, that the
floors beyond the fifth
are difficult to get through.
The record for the
deepest anyone has gone
is still the seventh floor.
Adventurers compared notes,
and based on how the
strength of the monsters
grew beyond the fifth floor,
people started to think
that the 10th floor
was the final one.
Rather than being
just an adventurer,
I belonged to the thieves' guild
and I made it to
the ninth floor.
It was there that I met
a girl calling herself
the dungeon's administrator.
A lot of crazy random stuff
happened and in the end,
I ended up working
in the dungeon.
[Opening Song]
[upbeat music]
- For the time being, this
can be your room, okay?
It was originally built
to be a guest room,
but we haven't needed it yet.
- Why did you make it?
There's a window here.
- The glass shines
to look like the sky
changing based on
the time of day.
The other side is just a wall.
- That's interesting.
Oh, I also noticed that the
rooms have lighting fixtures,
even though the ceilings
are bright in the hall.
- Good observation.
You see, it's better for
humans for it to be dark
when it's time to sleep.
- Hmm.
[calm music]
[door closing]
- The dungeon was originally
very dark as well,
but I got a lot of complaints
from a bunch of monsters
who don't have night vision,
so I just brightened
it up a little bit.
- Complaints, from monsters.
- [Belle] If we made night
vision
a requirement for employment,
we wouldn't get enough
monsters to apply.
- [Clay] Oh, I see.
[upbeat music]
- Well then, let me
give you a brief tour
of the residential
quarters, sound good?
- You don't mind,
aren't you busy?
- Oh, well, actually,
my most important task for today
is already all wrapped up,
so I have lots of time.
- And what was your
important task?
[Belle clasping her hands
together]
- Obviously it was
recruiting you, Ms. Clay.
- Recruiting me?
Oh.
Got some time, on your hands?
- Huh?
Well, it's just that I,
it's just that there are
only low level adventures
in the dungeon right now.
The easier floors are
all managed on site,
so there's no need for
me to watch over them.
[cartoonish whirling]
You had made it in deep enough
that you had become a
target for observation,
so then my true goal
became to recruit you.
- I see, and now that target
is standing right in
front of you now, huh?
- Yep, there you are.
Anyway, how about I show
you around the dungeon?
- Sure, a tour sounds good.
[Clay moaning]
[intense banging]
- The control room.
Watch your step.
I do most of my
administrative work here,
but now that you're here,
I suppose I should
clean it up a bit
and do a little organizing.
- You should do way, way
more than just a bit.
- This is the reception room.
- Right, from before.
- That's my personal room.
- Yeah, I've seen it.
- Here are the
bathrooms for guests.
- Does anyone use them?
- Yeah, I do occasionally.
- Mm.
[calm music]
- And this is the
dining hall and kitchen.
It's surprisingly small
for a dining hall.
- That's true.
When I originally built this
room,
it was much too big,
[door sliding open]
so I changed it. I made the
inner part into a storehouse.
- This storehouse is huge.
- And it has a
cooling function too.
We have dragon tail meat
and other monster-sourced
ingredients
and you are welcome
to use it freely.
Just help yourself
whenever you're hungry.
[Clay's teeth chattering]
- Monster-sourced ingredients,
from ones in the dungeon?
- Oh, don't worry, they
consented to it in their
contracts,
so it's really no issue.
[upbeat music]
- Eating the dead means less
waste,
so maybe it's better this way.
[cartoonish chiming]
- We have three storage rooms.
This first one here is for
magical catalysts and tools.
The second one contains
oars and the like,
and that's about it.
- Why don't you use
the third storage room?
- Mm.
We don't need to see that.
The third storage room
is where I leave things.
- [Clay] Isn't that what
all storage rooms are for?
[Belle laughing]
[cartoonish boinging]
[Clay grunting]
What's this?
- For things that you don't
need now but might need later,
and it could be an issue
if you threw them out.
I mean, don't you just hate
when you need something
and you know you had
it at one point,
but you threw it out, so now
you have to get a new one?
See what I mean?
- [Clay] I see, a garbage dump.
- This is not garbage!
This, for example, is an
exquisitely made handcrafted
wooden golem arm, made
by true artisans.
It just has too many
joints, that's all.
But I'm sure there'll be
some use for it someday.
- That's trash.
- And then there's also,
huh, what's wrong?
- I've seen enough of that room.
Let's keep moving.
- [Belle] But I have so many
other things to show you.
- I said move.
- Okay.
This is the other place
I need to show you
in the residential quarters,
the crystal room.
- Crystal room?
[eerie music]
That certainly is a crystal,
but what is this room for?
- This room is very important.
I use it for doing fixed
magic with the crystal.
Now, where should I begin?
To start, please pick
whatever rock you'd like
from those boxes and
bring it over to me.
Now, go ahead and give it a try.
- Pick a rock?
[eerie music]
No way, these aren't rocks,
they're gems.
- [Belle] Yes, very good.
- So casual about it.
There are so many gems here.
[Clay gasping]
[intense chiming music]
Now I see, that's what those
were.
- You recognize them, don't you?
- So wait, you're saying
you hand these out
to the monsters?
- Well, not exactly.
All the stones in those
crates are magic catalysts.
- [Clay] Catalysts?
- I mentioned before that we
employ
a lot of monsters
around here, right?
- Yes, what about them?
- Well, think about it.
How many monsters have you
killed in your lifetime alone?
- Oh, I see, exploring a dungeon
means putting your life at risk.
Letting your guard down can
get you killed by a monster.
But if I'm not dying, that means
I've been killing monsters.
They're putting their
lives at risk too.
It's completely obvious,
but I never thought about
their point of view.
Now that I think about it,
a large number of monsters
are needed just to take me on.
What about all the other
people in the dungeon?
It would be impossible to employ
each and every one of them
and then replenish them each
time.
[cartoonish chiming]
So,
you revive them?
- You're very close.
We don't revive them exactly.
We use the crystal's
magic to copy your body
and seal your original
body in a stone.
Then the stone with
your consciousness
is placed into the copy.
Essentially, we create
temporary bodies
for use in this dungeon.
If your copy dies,
the seal is broken
and you return to
your original body.
There's an unsealing circle
in the monster's quarters
so your original body
is transferred there.
[intense whooshing]
The stones have served their
purpose,
so they're left wherever
the monster was last
and the stones are disposable.
- Do you treat gems
like little pebbles?
In other words, as long
as you're in the dungeon,
you can't die and so
your life is secure.
- That's correct.
Did you find a stone
that you like?
- [Clay] That goes for me too, huh?
[Belle laughing]
- Please think of this
as part of the job.
While it's true that you
are quite skilled, Ms. Clay,
you'll still need to
interact with monsters
from the 10th floor in the
future.
It'd be too late to act
after something happened.
- The 10th floor.
I remember what it was
like on the ninth floor
so the 10th floor would be
much too difficult for me
as I am now.
That's it.
I need to get much stronger.
- Many of those we hire
for the deeper floors
come onboard to train.
I don't think
you'll have any issue
finding training partners.
You'll get strong, don't worry.
- Mm.
Mm.
[intense music]
I'm looking forward to it.
- Now then, please
enter the circle.
- So right here?
- Yes.
Now I want you to
close your eyes.
Activate,
[thundering roar]
project,
[whimsical chiming]
analyze,
[whimsical chiming]
replicate.
[intense music]
Huh, what?
- Was there some sort of issue?
- No.
Seal.
[whimsical chiming]
[intense music]
Link.
[intense music]
Release.
[whimsical chiming]
- Is it over?
- Yes, good work.
And, um,
sorry.
[Clay moaning]
- No, don't be sorry.
I can remember up
until I noticed it
shining down at my feet
but at some point I
found you supporting.
[Clay yelling]
[Clay moaning]
- Ms. Clay, here,
have some clothes.
Sorry, it's just that
monsters are usually naked,
so I totally forgot
that the crystal
can't replicate material goods.
I'm so sorry.
[Belle crying]
- Don't worry about it.
I'm sure you'll be more careful
in the future, right?
- Yes.
[whimsical chiming]
- A transport circle, how
convenient.
- [Belle] Taking the stairs
up to the first floor
would be tiring and
would take forever too.
- Yeah, that's fine there.
Take three of these
to number two.
- Mr. Rangard.
- Ah, little lady,
what a rare sight.
Who's she?
- She's an explorer,
her name is Clay.
I just recruited her.
She will be working
with us starting today
so I thought I should
introduce you two.
- I'm Clay, nice to meet you.
- The name's Rangard.
I'm the one in charge of
operations
for floors one through four.
I've seen you somewhere
before, haven't I?
You're that girl, the
one with no friends,
never forms a party,
prefers to always be
on her own, correct?
- Hmm.
[upbeat music]
- Well that was really rude.
Not a fair assessment.
A dungeon isn't a place you go
with friends to mess around
and I can best display my
skills solo, thank you.
That's all there is to it,
though,
it is true that I have no
friends.
- Mm.
- [Mr. Rangard] So, it was true?
[upbeat music]
Dungeon People.
[upbeat music]
- [Clay] Dungeon people.
- We found a treasure
chest and everything,
but it just had herbs in it.
- It is only the
first floor after all.
- That's true, but still.
Well, at least we're working
together well though.
[explorers grunting in
agreement]
[intense whooshing]
- Now's my chance.
[intense music]
[intense whooshing]
- Hm.
- Is something the matter?
- Maybe.
Was that wind just now?
- You're just imagining things.
- No, I definitely felt it too.
It came from the front.
- Seriously?
So you think there's something
here?
- Mm.
- [Explorer D] Let's
keep our guards up.
- [Explorer A] Right.
[rapid beeping]
- Mm.
[Rangard groaning]
Helping out?
- Well, yes, Ms. Clay says
she wants to do more work
around here so that her
skills won't become rusty.
- I really don't need help.
- Have an open mind.
I mean, now that we have Ms.
Clay here, I kind of figured,
that maybe I could
use this chance
to clean up the control room
and she won't have
anything to do
until the control room is ready-
- You make it sound like
that mess can be cleaned up.
[Belle gasping]
- At any rate, I'm counting on
you.
[electronic beeping]
[Rangard sighing]
- Mm.
- [Clay] Number three completed.
- Huh?
Right.
[box closing]
Number six, eight,
and nine are open.
- Understood.
I'm at number three now,
and number six, eight, and
nine needs to be resupplied.
The closest would be,
headed towards number nine.
- [Rangard] Counting on you.
[upbeat music]
[men laughing]
- Number nine, completed.
[intense whooshing]
Number eight, completed.
- Two and four next.
- [Clay] Understood,
heading to number two.
- Counting on you.
[upbeat music]
[Rangard grunting]
There's no way.
- It's impossible?
- It's true that the first
floor is full of nothing
but careless, wimpy explorers,
and yet there are a ton
of them in the dungeon.
Slipping past all of them
with nobody seeing you
as you refill treasure chest
is just damn near impossible.
- Yeah, it made for
good training, I think.
- That's not what I'm saying.
- I see.
He just can't accept it, huh?
Now let me see.
[rapid whooshing]
- Huh? What?
- Compared to humans, dwarves
have poor horizontal visibility,
but good vertical vision.
That's how you can do this
in the blink of an eye.
Of course, we're talking
about a lot of people.
It's not nearly as easy as
handling an amateur like you.
It's not always possible.
- Did you call me an amateur?
You're starting to hurt my
feelings.
- If it's impossible,
they'll see me.
- That's no good then.
- Listen, when something
unexpected enters your vision,
the majority of people will do
a double take to investigate.
As long as I'm not
seen then, it's fine.
- Hmm, I don't understand
what you're going on about.
- Here I go.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey,
you can't just do it
right in front of my,
that's weird, she's gone.
[Rangard gasping]
- That's how it works.
- Geniuses sure can be
frightening, can't they?
Huh, what's the matter?
[golem chattering]
Oh yeah, is that right?
I'm sorry.
- What's going on?
- We ran out of supplies
to refill the treasure chest
on the second floor.
Guess I misjudged it.
- What will we do?
- Well, let's think.
We've got enough to spare
from the third floor
so we can refill from there.
- Are the contents the same?
- Nah, but what's wrong with
a little bonus, am I right?
That said, it'll take quite a
bit of time to transport them.
[Rangard grumbling]
- What would you like me to do?
- Can you bring some supplies?
Just what you can carry would be
fine as long as you're fast.
You've proven that you're
a quick one, right?
If you just bring the bare
minimum,
the runts can work the
rest out on their own
in the meantime.
The stairs for staff
are over this way.
The runts fall down the
big well to get there
but that'd be impossible
for you, I'm afraid.
- I understand.
So falling is quicker
than the stairs.
That would be a faster way
to get to the third floor.
Where is it?
- Uh.
[intense whooshing]
You're seriously
going to do this?
- There are walls,
so I'll be fine.
- If you fall from this
height, you'll die.
Even if you can be revived,
well-
- Of course I'll die if I
make a mistake in the dungeon.
Don't make pointless statements.
I'll be back soon.
[intense music]
I see.
So that's the second basement
floor.
The third floor will be up next.
[weapon clanging into rocks]
[intense music]
[loud crashing]
Mr. Rangard sent me.
I'm here to pick up the
supplies for the second floor.
[golems chattering]
[upbeat music]
That's them?
[robots chattering]
How many should I get?
- [Mr. Rangard] Just one is
plenty.
There's no way you could do
more.
- You got it.
I guess I'll play it
safe and take two.
- [Mr. Rangard] Will
you listen to me?
[upbeat music]
[golems chattering]
- Hmm.
The stairs, huh?
No worries.
This way is much quicker.
See you later.
[upbeat music]
[rapid whooshing]
[upbeat music]
- Sorry about that, you
really saved me there.
- Is it always like
this, Mr. Rangard?
- Never, I usually keep a better
eye on the overall picture,
but I was curious
about your movements
and wanted to see
what you could do.
So I guess I let my
work get a bit sloppy.
[cartoonish warbling]
- I'm sorry.
- By the way, the runts want
to jump all around
the well, like you did.
What would you think
about training them?
It could be a useful skill.
- Not happening.
[Belle moaning]
- [Clay] It's Clay.
- Come in.
[door opening]
[Belle moaning]
- Are you training to
strengthen your concentration?
- No, I'm cleaning.
[Belle sighing]
You're back sooner
than I had expected.
How was it?
- Well, I was told that I
was a dangerous influence
on the work golems, so I
shouldn't come back for a while.
[golems falling]
- What did you do?
Well, no helping it, I guess.
I was hoping to clean up
a bit more here first.
I'll explain to him what
work needs to be done.
- No, cleaning needs to come
first.
- But it's not something
that can be done so easily.
- I can help you.
What should I do?
What are we throwing out?
- We're not throwing
any of it out.
- What would you like
me to destroy then?
- So mean.
- The ones that look
usable can stay.
The ones that don't, we'll toss.
Hesitation and excess
luggage can be the end of you
in the dungeon.
- Explorers are so smart!
[upbeat music]
Let's call it here for today.
- You got it.
[Belle humming]
You're in a good mood.
[Belle laughing]
- Oh, so you can tell?
- Did something good
happened to you?
- Yes actually,
I learned that you don't have
any friends, Ms. Clay.
- Your point?
- My point is, I don't
have any friends either.
- Oh, really?
- Which means, you and I can
be each other's first friends
or even be best friends.
- Oh.
[upbeat music]
Um.
[whimsical chiming]
I can't treat a work
superior as a friend, sorry.
- No way!
[Ending Song]
- [Clay] A body that
has decayed so much
that the bone is exposed.
I take on a strange
form fearing fate
and pointing a blade at myself.
I can no longer hold
back the feelings
welling up inside of me.
- [Belle] Excuse me, Ms. Clay.
- [Clay] Huh?
- [Belle] That feels a bit
heavy.
I know, how about you read
it with more of a smile.
- [Clay] With a smile?
- [Belle] Like this.
Next time on Dungeon People,
episode three-
- [Clay] The Ice Wolf's Fang.
- [Belle] Gee, even,
her smile feels heavy.