1-4: Lucky Beast

Lucky Beast
ラッキービースト
Quest Data
English Name		?
Quest Type		Story
Friends		Bald Eagle Dhole Meerkat Southern Tamandua
Previous Rumors		Next You Decide

Lucky Beast is a quest in Kemono Friends 3.

Summary

Stumbling upon the emptied remains of an unaffiliated campsite, Bald Eagle and the Japari Park Security and Research Team raise the possibility of poaching. They encounter a Lucky Beast, and Meerkat explains they're an all-purpose Park Robot that can do anything from trimming the garden to acting as tour guides, but they only communicate with humans like Captain. Celliens attack him—and damaged he loses access to the Cellien Alert System, diverting questions to a "Monster Friend" rumor and the revelation that there were no reports of unauthorized visitors. When the former is identified as a Malayan tapir, Southern Tamandua is startled by the memory of what happened when she was having breakfast with Malayan Tapir. Seemingly affected by the Celliens, she saw a suspicious Friend and the giant one responsible for attacking Serval.

Transcript

Character	Text
Dhole	Another human, besides Captain and Mirai-san...
Dhole	Could that be one of the so-called poachers?
Bald Eagle	I don't know... but all we can do is consider all possibilities and investigate further.
Southern Tamandua	Meerkat, aren't you scared? I'm scared, too, so you don't have to be embarrassed, okay?
Meerkat	I'm not scared at all! An evil headless poacher monster Friend...
Meerkat	That stupid little thing doesn't scare me one bit! Not one hair!
Dhole	Sensei, you're getting all kinds of messed up right now.
???	[rustle rustle]
Meerkat	Something's coming again! It must be another Cellien. Everyone, get ready to...
???	…………
Meerkat	...Hm? This is...
Dhole	Who is that?
???	…………！！
???	Staff membership confirmed. Nice to meet you, [Player].
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	Hello.
	Who are you?
Lucky Beast	I am the Park Robot, Lucky Beast.
Dhole	Lucky Beast?
Meerkat	This is a robot built by the Park Staff. This must be your first time seeing one, Dhole.
Meerkat	It's an all-purpose robot that can do anything from trimming the garden to guiding tourists.
Bald Eagle	Wow, what an incredible robot!
Dhole	Nice to meet you, Lucky Beast. My name is Dhole.
Lucky Beast	…………
Bald Eagle	..? It's not reacting. Dhole, did you break it?
Dhole	Huh!? I didn't do anything!
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	What happened?
	I'll try fixing it.
Meerkat	It's only supposed to talk to humans. Of course it's not broken.
Dhole	Ohh, is that how it works?
Dhole	Alright, so when we want to talk to it, we've got to ask Captain to do it.
Lucky Beast	If you ever have a problem, you can tell me anything. I am here to help you.
Bald Eagle	So, do you think we should try asking if it's seen that Giant Cellien?
Dhole	Right, so...
Cellien	――――！！
Dhole	Uwaah! I-It's not fair to come out of nowhere!
Meerkat	Celliens are here! Everyone, be carefu...
Lucky Beast	Warning!! Warning!!
Meerkat	Gyaah! W-W-What was that about!? That surprised me more than the Celliens!
Lucky Beast	Cellien sighting confirmed. All Park Staff, please prioritize the visitor evacuation protocol.
Dhole	Park Staff?
Meerkat	Well, among us... that means Captain, doesn't it?
Lucky Beast	Cellien sighting confirmed. All Park Staff, please prioritize the visitor evacuation protocol.
Dhole	But, "evacuation protocol"? There aren't any visitors yet, are there?
Meerkat	Right, the Grand Opening hasn't happened yet.
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	But there's no visitors yet?
	But the Grand Opening hasn't happened?
Lucky Beast	If there are... no visitors... yet... ah...
Lucky Beast	Awawawawawa... Searching... Searching...
Cellien	――――！！
Bald Eagle	Lucky, stop just a second. They're butting in... wait, Lucky!?
Lucky Beast	Searching... Searching...
Cellien	――――！！
	(Lucky Beast was hit)
Lucky Beast	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
Dhole	Lucky-san?!
Bald Eagle	Hey, are you okay!?
Lucky Beast	System recovery in progress, system recovery in progress, system recovery--
Lucky Beast	Error. Error initializing memory. Rebooting system.
Meerkat	Ah... That reminds me of something Mirai-san said earlier.
Meerkat	"This little guy sure gets overwhelmed when it tries to do too many things at once~"...
Bald Eagle	―So does that mean we really did break it...?
Dhole	Ugh... Stupid Celliens! How could you do this to Lucky-san!?
Dhole	I won't forgive you! This means revenge!
	(Cellien battle)
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	(Ask about the location of the Giant Cellien)
Lucky Beast	Understood. I'll access the Cellien Alert System.
Lucky Beast	………… …………
Lucky Beast	！ An unexpected error has occurred in the Cellien Alert System.
Lucky Beast	Any Celliens generated in the Park currently cannot be located...
Meerkat	Hm... The crash from before might have broken it.
Dhole	I'm sorry, Lucky-san.
Bald Eagle	Well then, let's ask about other things instead. Like who the real poachers are!
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	(Ask about poachers)
	(Ask about trespassers)
Lucky Beast	Searching... Searching...
Lucky Beast	There are currently no reports about unauthorized visitors in the Park.
Lucky Beast	If there is one present, the detection of any person without a valid guest permit will generate a report immediately.
Dhole	Huh... I don't really get what that means, but it's pretty cool.
Bald Eagle	It must mean the traces of a campfire from earlier were left behind by a Park Staff member.
Meerkat	If that's true, then that's a relief, more or less. There's something else I want to ask...
File:CaptainKF3Portrait.png Captain	(About the monster rumors)
Lucky Beast	An animal with an elephant's trunk, a rhino's eyes, a cow's tail, a tiger's feet, and a bear's body--
Lucky Beast	I know. That must be a tapir.
Dhole	A tapir?
Lucky Beast	It is a type of animal that lives in Southeast Asia and Latin America, classified in the order Perissodactyla and the family Tapiridae.
Lucky Beast	In Japanese, it is named after a mythological creature called the Baku...
Lucky Beast	"After the gods created the animals, they put all of the leftover parts together, and the Baku was born."
Lucky Beast	...This legend spread from East Asia to Southeast Asia, where it remains to this day.
Dhole	Do you think the "monster" rumor started because someone misunderstood that...?
Bald Eagle	It's possible.
Lucky Beast	The tapirs that live in the woods enjoy staying by the shore and are skilled swimmers.
Meerkat	"Hides in the water and scares other Friends"... That matches what we've heard, too.
Lucky Beast	If we consider only Friends in this forest, it may be Malayan Tapir.
Lucky Beast	The Malayan tapir is distinguished by its color pattern. The center of its body is white, and the entire rest of it is black.
Dhole	So, the "Monster Friend" living in this forest is actually...
Southern Tamandua	Ohhhh! So they were talking about Malayan Tapir all along!
Meerkat	Oh, do you know her?
Southern Tamandua	Yeah! She's a quiet girl. Super easily scared!
Southern Tamandua	And also, um, she has bouncy ears, and I always want to nibble on them!
Southern Tamandua	She's my friend! We just ate breakfast together this morning!
Dhole	Sounds like you two are close. I'd like to see her!
Southern Tamandua	Yeah, me too! Where is she right now?
Southern Tamandua	I was with her this morning, but... huh? When did we split up again?
Southern Tamandua	We ate breakfast, for sure... And then... And then...
Southern Tamandua	Aaahhh―――!?
Dhole	Eek! W-What was that?
Southern Tamandua	I-I-I-I-It's an emergency! What do we do―the Cellien―Malayan Tapir--!
Dhole	P-Please calm down, what happened with the Cellien!?
Bald Eagle	Dhole! I think that scream just attracted a horde of Celliens!
Dhole	Huh!? N-Now what do we...?
Meerkat	We'll have to put our safety first! We're going in, everyone!
	(Cellien battle)
Southern Tamandua	Awawawawa... What do I do... What do I do...?
Bald Eagle	Calm down. What did you remember?
Southern Tamandua	I-I was... Eating breakfast with Malayan Tapir this morning, but then...
Southern Tamandua	A strange Friend with a pitch-black body and a scary look in her eyes kept staring at us...
Bald Eagle	A pitch-black Friend...?
Southern Tamandua	She didn't say anything when I called out at her, so I got a little scared, and...
Southern Tamandua	And then... a humongous Cellien suddenly came out of the forest...
Dhole	A humongous Cellien...!?
Southern Tamandua	Then we ran like crazy! Malayan Tapir was still there at that point...
Southern Tamandua	But on the way, I lost her... I was so scared of that thing...!
Southern Tamandua	Malayan Tapir, where are you right now...?! Awawawa...
Meerkat	How did you forget about something so important until now!?
Southern Tamandua	I-I don't know either!!
Southern Tamandua	I mean, I didn't even think about forgetting my friend...!
Bald Eagle	Southern Tamandua...
Southern Tamandua	Why... Why in the world did I end up forgetting about something that important...?
Southern Tamandua	Malayan Tapir... I'm sorry... Uuu...
Dhole	Please don't cry, Southern Tamandua-chan. I'm sure you were just panicking because you were so scared.
Meerkat	Or it might have been something connected to the Giant Cellien itself.
Meerkat	...Perhaps this Cellien is the same one that attacked Serval.
Bald Eagle	The pitch-black Friend she saw right before being attacked is also intriguing.
Dhole	Maybe there's some kind of connection between that and the so-called Evil Friends that control Celliens.
Southern Tamandua	Malayan Tapir, are you okay...? Did you manage to get away...?
Bald Eagle	Southern Tamandua, don't worry. You can count on us to rescue Malayan Tapir.
Southern Tamandua	Yes... please help her...! Make sure she's okay...!!
Bald Eagle	Of course! By the name of Bald Eagle, messenger of justice!
???	... ... ...
???	... Tch!

Trivia

• Meerkat's claim that Lucky Beasts "can do anything from trimming the garden to guiding tourists" is a possible reference to S1E03: Mountain.