Itaru Chigasaki/Harugaoka Quartet

Harsh Parameter Check

Backstage Stories

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Sakuya	Good work today!
Izumi	Good work. The student group is going to practice their instruments after this, right?
Tsuzuru	Yep. We're planning to have the manager supervise us.
Citron	Everyone is having a lesson together~
Masumi	I'll learn how to perfectly play it for you.
Izumi	What about the two of you who are playing as the teachers?
Chikage	I'll be playing as their instructor, so maybe I'll watch them practice their instruments for a bit. What about you, Chigasaki?
Itaru	I'd like to say that I want to complete the daily quests, but it's kinda hard to say in this kind of atmosphere.
Tsuzuru	You already said it, though.
Izumi	But Itaru-san's role is not a teacher in charge of practical skills, so it's a bit difficult to study for the role...
Sakuya	It's a bit different, but Itaru-san did play a teacher in the mixed performance.
Chikage	Though this "Machida" doesn't look like he'll send someone flying.
Itaru	Just so you know, Futami didn't do anything of the sorts.
Citron	We'll just have to ask Tsuzuru for the backstory!
Itaru	Ooh. Is there any, Tsuzuru? Any sort of backstory for Machida.
Tsuzuru	Hmm...it's not really a backstory, but I based Machida off of a conductor.
Masumi	But how do you role study for a conductor?
Itaru	Conductor...
	Ah. I know a way.
	Uhh, I think it was around here somewhere...
	Found it. Here it is.
Masumi	...Of course it's another game.
Citron	Ooh! I know that! A music game made by Endolinks!
Tsuzuru	As usual, you surprisingly know a lot about this kind of thing...
Sakuya	Endolinks is the game company that made the KniRoun series, right?
Itaru	Yep. I don't play a lot of music games, but I bought it when I heard that I could play KniRoun's soundtracks.
Izumi	What kind of game is it?
Itaru	The main character takes on the role of a conductor and plays music games and mini-games to improve his parameters.
	At the same time, looks like the level of the orchestra will also go up.
Chikage	So the conductor's parameter is directly reflected in the orchestra.
Itaru	Seems that way.
	So I'll be playing as this conductor for my role study.
Chikage	But this doesn't really work as a role study since you can do whatever you want with the game's techniques.
Masumi	I think so, too.
Itaru	Damn, outrightly rejected.
Izumi	But maybe there's something in the game that will give you some insights for your role.
Masumi	I think so, too.
Citron	Masumi changed his gears so quickly!
Tsuzuru	Well, let's just take a look at the game screen first.
Izumi	I'm guessing this pentagon is the conductor's parameter.
Itaru	Yep. The so-called radar chart.
Chikage	So the stats are "Knowledge," "Stamina," "Communication Skills," "Hearing", and "Memory", huh?
Sakuya	Come to think of it, during the KniRoun performance, we did a role study by raising our parameters, too!
Tsuzuru	That we did. Carrying adzuki-beans and doing side jumps repeatedly...
Citron	That is it! Itaru, you should raise your own parameter instead of this game's!
Itaru	Huh?
Masumi	...I mean it is more useful than playing a game.
Chikage	I see, it's not a bad idea.
Sakuya	I agree!
Izumi	When you increase this parameter, it means the level of the conductor will also increase.
Chikage	We'll have to check the current level of the parameter first, then.
Citron	We shall get to checking now!
Itaru	W-wait a minute...huh?

Itaru	Huff...huff...it wasn't supposed to be like this...
	Why do I have to run...for my role study as a...conductor...
Citron	Just three more laps~!
Itaru	Three laps?!
	...K.O.
	(Itaru falls)
Tsuzuru	He collapsed...
Masumi	His Stamina stat is 1.
Itaru	Isn't that...too harsh...
Izumi	A-are you okay? Have some water.
Itaru	Thanks...
Chikage	Well, this result was to be expected. Let's move on to the next one.
Citron	It's "Knowledge" next! I'll give you a question about music and you have to answer!
	Guess who composed the song that's about to be played!
Itaru	...Ah, I've heard this song in a game before. Was it...Beethoven?
Citron	Correct! Moving on! What does this musical symbol mean?
Itaru	...Was there such a symbol?
Citron	Come on! You have 10 seconds left!
Itaru	There's a time limit? H-hold on...!
Citron	Wonderful job! Your "Knowledge" stat is 3!
Itaru	That's so freaking low...
Chikage	I'll be checking your "Memory" stat next.
Itaru	The last boss has finally spawned. Can you lower the difficulty to "beginner"?
Chikage	Unfortunately, we have not introduced a mode selection.
Itaru	Damn you.
Chikage	I'm going to say the words now, and you have to remember them. I'll test you later to see if you can say them all.
Itaru	Please don't put names of spices or anything like that in there, okay?
Chikage	I'll try.
Itaru	That's a doubtful face if I've ever seen one.
Izumi	It's the "Hearing" stat next.
Sakuya	I'm going to drop a few things now, and you'll have to listen to the sound and guess what I dropped!
Itaru	Got it, I'll give it a try.
Tsuzuru	Here goes the first one.
Itaru	You hear this a lot. It's a spoon.
Tsuzuru	Correct!
Sakuya	We'll move on to the next one!
Itaru	That's probably...a soccer ball.
Sakuya	Correct!
Citron	Next item!
Sakuya	Uhh, Citron-san, are you really going to drop that?
Masumi	...It sounds weird.
Itaru	Huh, what's that?
Chikage	Here's a hint, it's something that you cherish.
Itaru	Hey, it's not my game console or any of my figures, right?! I don't know what it is but it's terrifying! Stop it, stop!
Izumi	We've checked 4 of your stats so far...
Tsuzuru	A very low parameter has been created...
Citron	If this were an RPG, this character would be a small fry no matter how you look at it.
Itaru	Hearing you say that hurts my pride as a gamer... Damn, I want a full recovery.
Sakuya	The last one is "Communication Skills".
Masumi	A conductor must have a trusting relationship with the orchestra, it seems.
Chikage	Good conductors also communicate with their eyes, not just their batons.
Itaru	I see. So, what do I have to do?
Citron	You will face each of us one-on-one and we'll have to guess what you want to convey just by your gestures!
Izumi	The Spring Troupe has gotten closer than ever because of your plays, so I'm sure you guys can do it!
Itaru	All right, I will recover my honor here.
Citron	Let's start from Sakuya, then!
Itaru	......
Sakuya	Ah, I got it! It's "pulling for a gacha"!
Itaru	Correct. This is gonna be an easy win.
Citron	That was a good start~!
Izumi	Everyone has been correct so far! The only one left is Masumi-kun.
Sakuya	Do your best, Itaru-san and Masumi-kun!
Itaru	All right...
	......
Masumi	...Absolutely not.
Itaru	I figured. Well, he refused but he got my gesture right.
Masumi	In the future, the director and I will be the ones living as newlyweds. I will not give up cooking or washing the dishes next to the director's side to anyone.
Itaru	What? That's not it!! Switching for tomorrow's dishwashing duty was what I meant though?!
Chikage	But there's a dishwasher here. The idea just took too much of a leap from there.
Itaru	Then it's fine to mark this one as correct, right?
Masumi	Automatically.
Izumi	Umm, then the results of the parameter are...
Sakuya	"Memory: 3", "Hearing: 2", "Stamina: 1", "Knowledge: 3", "Communication Skills: 4".
Tsuzuru	It's kind of...it's neither good or bad...
Citron	If this were an RPG, this character would be the type that's hard to use because of the lack of dexterity.
Masumi	Overall rating is a D.
Itaru	...That's an unfair rating.

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