ES

ES
Voice Drama Information
Characters	Es Jackalope
Released	May 27, 2020
Length	12:57
Label	Universal Music Japan

ES, is first voice drama featuring the prison guard Es and Jackalope. It's the introduction of the Milgram Prison and the prisoners.

Track Listing

1. Undercover (アンダーカバー)
2. Undercover (アンダーカバー) (Off Voice)
3. HIBANA (ヒバナ) [ES Cover]
4. HIBANA (ヒバナ) [ES Cover] (Off Voice)
5. ES -Voice Drama- Es & Jackalope

Featured Characters

• Es
• Jackalope

Transcript

-WIP-

Translations by @milgrammer

• Romaji
• Japanese
• English

Continued from Jackalope's “This is the MILGRAM”
Jackalope	...Understood? Oh, looks like the prisoners are about to wake up. Are you ready? MILGRAM's first trial starts now. ...Or something like that! Come now. Let's go, Es!
Es	To where?
Jackalope	Panopticon, the place with a panoramic view of the prisoners' rooms.
Es	Panopticon?
Jackalope	Your memories are hazy, aren't they? I'll explain several things to you on the way.
Es	Okay. My head feels foggy. I'm sorry.
Jackalope	It's fine. That's always the case.
Es	Hm? I'm okay. It won't interfere with my job.
Jackalope	Okay. Then, let's go.
Es	Sure.
*Footsteps*
Jackalope	Hmmm. Hm.
Es	What's wrong?
Jackalope	*Tongue click and raises head*
Es	Would you like me to pet you?
Jackalope	NO! Open the damn door! You can tell just by looking, can't you?!
Es	Ah. *Footsteps* I have a question. Even though you can't open a door by yourself, why do you act like such a hotshot?
Jackalope	Oh, shut up. The only door I can't open is the one to your bedroom. Other rooms have an entrance as small as I am… WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING SMALL, HUH?!
Es	I didn't say anything.
*Door opens, they walk*
Es	What a long passageway.
Jackalope	Here, at the end of this passageway is your bedroom. There are various rooms and facilities along the way. Explaining everything would take forever, so I'm skipping it for today.
Es	What's opposite my room?
Jackalope	It's my room. Don't enter it without my permission.
Es	Not planning to, so that's fine. Plus, if you look at it, there's no door big enough for a human anyway.
Jackalope	Hm… I guess that's true as well.
*More footsteps*
Jackalope	Here is the prisoners' shower room. Across is the storage room. Necessities are mostly here.
Es	For prisoners… The prisoners go in and out of this passageway as well?
Jackalope	Yeah. When they're allowed in the passageway, whether showers should be separated by male and female and so on, the specific rules for their lives are things you decide later.
Es	I decide?
Jackalope	Yeah. MILGRAM leaves how it's administered up to you. Whether you wanna make it heaven or hell, that's your call.
Es	Got it.
Jackalope	“Why?” You're not gonna ask me that?
Es	It's that kind of thing, right? I have a duty to govern this prison. Even if my memories are hazy, that's all I remember.
Jackalope	Heh, that's perfect.
Es	Hey, Jackalope.
Jackalope	What?
Es	If you don't walk any faster, I'm going to end up stepping on you.
Jackalope	Think about the size of my body! You oh-so-great humans should adapt to us, rabbits. -WHO'S A RABBIT, HUH?!
Es	I didn't say anything.
Jackalope	For heaven's sake! Ah, this is the dining hall.
Es	Now that you mention it, who prepares the meals? Apart from you and I, are there any other caretakers?
Jackalope	I make them.
Es	I see… Huh? I see?
Jackalope	The truth is, I'm the head chef of this prison. Be it Japanese, Western or Chinese cuisine, I can make anything.
Es	I have another question… Can you even hold a frying pan or a knife with those hands?
Jackalope	If I grasp firmly, I can.
Es	So you can… Ah, um… Does your fur not get into it or anything?
Jackalope	If it's molting season, then a lot of it gets in.
Es	A lot of it gets in…
Jackalope	Come on. After saying such dumb things, we've finally arrived. Once you open that door, you're at the heart of MILGRAM—Panopticon.
*Door opens*
Es	This is… Panopticon. It's dome-shaped…
Jackalope	Yeah. Right now, we're at the north of this round room—the door at the twelve o'clock position.
Es	Is each door a prisoner's room?
Jackalope	Yeah. If you think of this area as a clock, it means that the prisoner number and the times match. Nice and easy to remember, right?
Es	I see.
Jackalope	Hm? There's still a bit of time left. I'll briefly introduce the prisoners to you— well, I've only seen their faces though.
*Footsteps*
Jackalope	Ah, to start. The one o' clock room, prisoner number one, Sakurai Haruka. A feminine name, but it's a guy.
Es	Sakurai Haruka?
Jackalope	He's making a sombre expression, isn't he? Well, good thing is, if you open up his heart, you'll hear lots from him.
Es	Still, we won't know if that expression is real or not though, right?
Jackalope	*Sigh* You understand this well, don't you? It might draw a blank for us. Humans are lying beings after all.
Es	I'll remember that.
Jackalope	Next, at two o'clock, prisoner number two, Kashiki Yuno. She was a young woman. Around about high school age?
Es	Around about high school age? You don't even know the prisoners' ages?
Jackalope	I'm not interested in the prisoners' personal stuff. That's for you, the prison guard, to figure out.
*Footsteps*
Jackalope	Next up, at three o'clock, prisoner number three, Kajiyama Fuuta. A young, dumb-looking guy. I hate this dude.
Es	You just looked at his face though?
Jackalope	A human's first impressions reveal about ninety-percent. If I had the right, I'd vote ‘guilty' without hesitation.
Es	Is that really the case… Prisoner number four is... Kusunoki... Muu. A woman?
Jackalope	Yep! Finally, a pretty little thing. On the other hand, I'd vote this one ‘innocent'. Those beautiful genes have gotta be passed on!
Es	*Sigh* Is it really right to use such desire-filled standards of judgment?
Jackalope	Heh, so what kinda standards do you want to use? I mean, if we just judge them according to the law, then there's no point in you being here.
Es	......
Jackalope	I told you, right? You should make decisions based on your own standards. Even if it's based on sex or love, there's no problem. I won't prohibit love affairs in this prison anyway!
Es	*Scoffs* How absurd. The next one?
Jackalope	Heh! The prison guard, this time around, is still wet behind the ears. Prisoner number five, Kirisaki Shidou. He's around thirty years of age? He's just as good of a man as I am! If we're talking about romance here… These kinda guys always cause a commotion, don't they?
Es	*Sighs* Due south. Six o'clock. So, we're halfway through?
Jackalope	This is prisoner number six, Shiina Mahiru. In her early twenties or something? For me, ladies around this age are right up my alley!
Es	Jackalope! This job isn't all fun and games, right?
Jackalope	*Laughs* I didn't mean to treat it as such. This job is to see the true colours of these human beings. You'll understand it soon enough.
Es	*Scoffs*
Jackalope	Prisoner number seven, Mukuhara Kazui. A geezer. The oldest one this time? Physically the strongest as well, so if this were a battle, he'd come out on top.
Es	That's right… What happens if I get attacked by a prisoner? Um… I don't really want to say it, but… With my build, I don't think I can put up a fight.
Jackalope	Hmm? Rest assured. The prisoners can't attack us, administrators. That's how it works.
Es	Administrators? So, the same can't be said if the prisoners were to attack each other?
Jackalope	Heh! Catching on, aren't you? Well, those things might happen. That depends on your judgement now, doesn't it?
*Footsteps*
Jackalope	Now, prisoner number eight, Momose Amane. You'll be surprised when you hear this. To think, a Randoseru-wearing, elementary school student!
Es	Even a child so young… has killed someone?
Jackalope	*Laughs* I don't really care though! If you don't push her, you'll just end up believing the assumption that she's pure, innocent and kind-hearted She might be a brat, but don't let your guard down There's a possibility that these prisoners are all monsters, who could eat us up, and that's exactly why—
Es	That's exactly why, determining that is my duty as the prison guard—is what you'll say? *Laughs* You're just like my caretaker, Jackalope.
Jackalope	*Laughs* If you understand, then I don't mind Next, prisoner number nine, Kayano Mikoto. Male. No unique features about him so I don't have much to comment on. He's kinda like mass produced goods.
Es	That makes me even more concerned instead.
Jackalope	Last is prisoner number ten, Yuzuriha Kotoko. Be careful of this one. Just from looking at her, I can tell she's no ordinary woman.
Es	So, this makes ten people.
Jackalope	And this marks the end of the prisoner introductions. Well, afterwards actually talk to them and confirm things for yourself.
Es	Hm. Jackalope.
Jackalope	What?
Es	What about over there? At eleven o'clock. In that room… Is there no prisoner? Its door is even older than the others—rusty. There's no lock on the outside as well.
Jackalope	Ah, that's okay. Nothing's there.
Es	That's—
*Bell Rings*
Es	What sound is that?
Jackalope	It's time. The prisoners are gonna wake up. Time to meet them face-to-face! Listen here. Any qualms, confusions, doubts, which you might have, kill them all! You're a prison guard. Don't hesitate. Become the prisoners' fear and authority.
Es	There's no point in saying that, Jackalope. I… am MILGRAM's prison guard. There's… nothing more to me than that. Plus, truth be told, I'm even looking forward to it a bit. Meeting all the prisoners assembled here… and then figuring out their sins.
Jackalope	*Sighs*
Es	As you said, I… with my own will… I'll reveal their sins. I… wonder what I'll feel. Will I want to forgive them? Will I not? I wonder what it'll be? I… about them, I want to know the truth.
Jackalope	Es… How pitiful.
*Mechanical Sounds*
Jackalope	Here it comes! Knock them out.
Es	Sure. Let's do my first job as the prison guard.
*Omnious Footsteps*
Es	Good day, prisoners. My name is Es. I'm the prison guard. This place is MILGRAM prison. It exists to judge your sins, the ten of you. I don't know much about you lot. What I do know is that all of you are killers—that's it. From now on, I'll have you all enlighten me about yourselves. Once again, welcome to MILGRAM. Have a nice life in prison.