Chikage Utsuki/A Bud Waiting for Spring

Welcome to MANKAI Dorm

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Izumi	Welcome to Mankai dorm, Chikage!
Citron	WELCOME!
Chikage	Did you really gather all of spring troupe just to welcome me?
Sakuya	Yep! I wanted you to have a big welcome from everyone!
Tsuzuru	We also planned to have a welcome party.
Chikage	Sounds a little grandiose. However, I am happy, thank you.
Masumi	The party was the director’s idea, so I just had to follow along. Your room is next to me and Tsuzuru’s, it’s on the first floor.
Itaru	.. Wait, that’s my room.
Izumi	Let’s head there then. We will show you a couple things on the way as well.
Tsuzuru	This is the bathing area and washing machine room. All the water drains into a well over there in the courtyard.
Sakuya	The courtyard is where we often hang out, some people also play sports and stuff there too.
Citron	Over here is the lounge and kitchen! If you put anything in the fridge, write your name on it!
Masumi	Over this way we have the practice area.
Chikage	Hmm, what a nice dorm.
Izumi	Itaru, you already cleaned up your room I assume.
Itaru	I took a paid holiday to do so.
Izumi	.. Great, everything cleaned up.
	When will your luggage arrive, Chikage?
Tsuzuru	I can help with any unpacking.
Chikage	Oh, no I just have this.
Citron	Just that one suitcase!?
Sakuya	That’s less than what I had..!
Itaru	It’s not a lot of stuff in general.
Masumi	It’s like 1% of what Itaru had.
Chikage	I go on business trips a lot, so I rarely have time to settle down anywhere.
	It’s been like this for a while, so I haven’t been able to accumulate much stuff. I do not think I need much anyway.
	This suitcase is my partner, it’s been with me through a lot of different times in my life.
Izumi	Huh, wow that’s pretty neat.
Chikage	To southern countries, to snowy countries, it’s been with me to see a variety of lands.
	It holds my personal belongings as well as documents I need for work. Sometimes I tuck away a few souvenirs, I have a lot of memories with it.
	Oh and also, I think I remember when I visited a certain country, I packed my favourite cup away inside..
Tsuzuru	Somehow this feels like some monolog from a play.
Chikage	.. That was all in jest. I just bought this suitcase to replace my old one last week. It’s only been my partner for 3 days.
Tsuzuru	Uh, what!?
Itaru	And that’s my senior in a nutshell.
Citron	I was received!
Masumi	It’s ‘Deceived’.
Chikage	Well, this is the extent of my business trip adventures. You do not need to worry.
Izumi	O-Oh, I see.
Sakuya	So you mean that you won’t be going on as many business trips anymore?
Chikage	Well, I guess..
Sakuya	So that means that you can start collecting more stuff!
Chikage	.. So it would seem.

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