Hisoka Mikage/Last Planet

Cats in the Secluded Road

Backstage Stories

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Tasuku	“I never expected you’d become a farmer…”
Azuma	“I won’t return to Tokyo. I left my dream there.”
Izumi	Okay. Let’s end our etude practice here today.
Tsumugi	Thank you for today.
Homare	That was a quite interesting etude.
Guy	Agreed. I like how we couldn’t predict what would happen next.
Izumi	This is indeed such a great idea, taking turns as the etude leader and performing an etude based on the leader’s idea. Thanks for coming up with this, Tsumugi-san!
Azuma	I was a little bit worried about the whole taking turns thing, but now that we tried it, I think it was fresh and exciting.
Tsumugi	I’d never have guessed you’d pick farmer as the theme, Azuma-san.
Azuma	Hehe. I kind of wanted to enjoy the slow life of the countryside.
	Though I don’t think that’ll be possible considering I can’t handle sunburn and physical work.
Tasuku	I know, right…
Tsumugi	Hahaha…
Izumi	I feel like this is a good way to practice.
Guy	I think so too. Like the theme that Yukishiro came up with today, we can do any kind of etude that we’ve never done before.
Izumi	I’d like to continue it!
Tsumugi	In that case, we should decide on the next leader.
Tasuku	You do it, Mikage.
Hisoka	What a pain…
Tasuku	And that is exactly why we should have the slacker do it.
Hisoka	Hah…
Homare	Now, now, Hisoka-kun! Who knows, you may find it fun!
Tsumugi	If you have trouble picking a theme, we can help you out.
Hisoka	…
Izumi	So umm, decide on a simple theme until our next practice the day after tomorrow.
Hisoka	…Okay.
Hisoka	Haah…
	(I can’t think of any theme for today’s practice. What should I do…)
	(Let’s just go with marshmallows…)
	(I know they’re going to be pissed but I’m the leader for today…)
	…Ah.
	(There’s a sale corner. I don’t see any marshmallows, though…)
	(This is…)

Izumi	Hisoka-san isn’t here yet. Practice is starting soon…
Homare	I tried calling him but he didn’t pick up.
Guy	He probably left his phone in his room, or put it in silent mode.
Tasuku	He’s probably sleeping somewhere.
Izumi	Let’s split up and look around the dorm.
Izumi	I can’t find him anywhere…
Tsumugi	Same here.
Tasuku	He’s not in the attic either.
Guy	I didn’t find him in the backyard either.
Tsumugi	This is weird… We usually can find him just fine.
Azuma	Should we start ahead, then?
Tasuku	But today’s leader is Mikage. We can’t start the practice if he isn’t here.
Homare	We picked the wrong person.
Azuma	That’s Tasuku for you.
Tasuku	It’s my fault now!?
Guy	Let’s look for him a little bit more.
Azuma	Agreed. There may be some places we haven’t gone to.
Tasuku	God. He’s such a handful.
Izumi	Oh! Misumi-kun! Have you seen Hisoka-kun?
Misumi	I saw him just now when I was collecting triangles~. I wanted to join them but I have part time work~.
Tasuku	Them? Is he hanging out with someone?
Misumi	Hmm. Rather than hanging out, it’s more like resting to me…
Izumi	?
Hisoka	Yawn…
	Ah… it’s past the practice time.
	There’s a lot of missed calls from the others.
	I skipped practice without telling them. They’re going to be mad at me…
	…?
	This presence…
Izumi	Hisoka-san?
Tasuku	What are you doing here–.
Hisoka	Ssh. They’ll wake up.
Izumi	…?
Kitten	Meow~.
Hisoka	Oh. They woke up.
Izumi	Whoa. So cute.
Tsumugi	There’s a lot of kittens here…
Guy	While I have a rough idea of what happened, do you mind if I ask just in case?
Hisoka	Actually–.
	*Flashback start*
Hisoka	(Come to think of it, Misumi said he saw kittens around here…)
	(Let’s take a look. There’s still some time left until practice starts, and I already decided on the theme, anyway.)
	…Found them.
Kittens	Meow~. Meow~.
Hisoka	(They’re approaching me…)
	(Are they…)
	(They’re looking at the sardines I bought at the convenience store. I bought them for the cats that often come to the dorm, though…)
Kittens	Meow~. Meow~.
Hisoka	Are you guys hungry?
	(They ended up sleeping on my laps after eating.)
	So cute…
	(Looks like their parent isn’t here. I’m worried they may get attacked by crows while sleeping…)
	(I should stay here until their parent comes back…)
	…
	…zzz.
	*Flashback end*
Tsumugi	How should I put it, that sounds so you to do that…
Homare	Goodness… I can’t even be mad anymore.
Tasuku	You should turn off the silent mode for now.
Hisoka	…Okay.
Guy	How about our practice today, then?
Azuma	Since we’ve come all the way here, I want to wait until their parent comes back.
Homare	In that case, we have no choice but to cancel our practice…
Tsumugi	How about holding our practice here?
Izumi	Great idea! It may feel good to practice outside sometimes.
Azuma	We already have Street Acts for that, though.
Hisoka	I want to finish troublesome things as soon as possible.
Homare	Goodness. I guess there’s no other option, then. So, what kind of theme did you pick for today’s practice?
Hisoka	Marshmallows.
Tasuku	I knew it…
Hisoka	Was what I was considering but I changed my mind.
	The theme will be cats.
Tasuku	Come again?
Hisoka	The plot will be about cat siblings who are waiting for their parent.
	I’ll be the first son, Guy is the second son, Azuma is the third son–.
Tasuku	Cat siblings…
Tsumugi	Playing non-human beings, huh. That’s unexpected, indeed.
Guy	Performing as cats seems quite difficult.
Homare	Hold on! Why am I the only one playing a crow!?
Tsumugi	I think it’s a fun thing to do once on a while.
Tasuku	Yea. I guess we can use it as some future reference.
Hisoka	Let’s begin then.
	“Mom is late, meow~.”
Guy	“I’m hungry, meow.”
Azuma	“Tasuku. Go catch some fish in the river, meow~.”
Tasuku	“I’m just a kitten, meow! That’s impurrsible!”
Tsumugi	“You’ll get even more hungry if you keep making noises, meow~.”
Homare	“Caw, caw! I found delicious kittens!”
Izumi	(They quickly got into their characters. As expected of Winter Troupe.)
	(But…)
	…I hope no one passes by this road.

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