| Izumi | So the ones who’ve volunteered are Sakuya-kun, Masumi-kun, Kazunari-kun, Misumi-kun— |
| Tsumugi-san, Azuma-san, and finally the one who was nominated prior, Banri-kun. Let’s work hard together. |
| Kazunari | Let’s goooo~! |
| Sakuya | I’ll do my best! |
| Banri | I was surprised to see Masumi and Misumi joining in, but it seems basically everyone here would do well in cross-dressing, so it’s all good. |
| If we ended up with Hyodo and Tasuku-san… |
| I was starting to worry if we were settled with the brawny dudes who are too motivated by theatre and not even give a sweat to think about the visuals. |
| Izumi | Ahaha, I suppose those two have quite muscular physiques. |
| (Some of their reasoning is a little strange, but we did end up with the perfect amount of members. Plus we got Tsumugi-san here to rely on regarding the play. This line-up puts me at ease.) |
| Banri | Seems like things are in our favor, huh? |
| Izumi | Yep! Now then, I’ll pass around the script we just received to everyone. |
| In terms of content, it’s written with some creative freedom more than faithfully following historical events. |
| Kazunari | “Your Highness, this macaron is so unequivocally bussin!!!” Like that? |
| Banri | What’s with the gyaru switch!? That’s too much creative freedom. |
| Azuma | Fufu, but even that’s pretty interesting too. |
| Izumi | Well, first off, shall we decide on our casting? |
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| Izumi | (The story starts off with Marie Antoinette asking her servant to become her body double.) |
| Tsumugi | “Ahh, this is the start of a bad dream… Goodbye forever, my quiet and peaceful happy life…” |
| Izumi | (Tsumugi-san will play the role of the servant who gets stuck with the task of being Marie Antoinette’s double.) |
| Banri | “I have brought this bouquet of lilies for you.” |
| Izumi | (Banri will play Count Fersen, as per his request.) |
| Masumi | “Are you faring well, my Queen?” |
| Sakuya | “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty.” |
| Azuma | “Your dress tonight is just so lovely.” |
| Misumi | “We bring gifts for you, my queen. Would you care to receive them?” |
| Izumi | (As for the noblewomen, we have Masumi-kun, Sakuya-kun, Misumi-kun, and Azuma-san. And finally…) |
| Kazunari | “How are you all enjoying the evening party?” |
| Izumi | (Kazunari-kun will be playing Marie Antoinette. The brilliant expressions and ever-so-slightly mischievous smiles bring out a nice touch.) |
| (It was Kazunari-kun himself who volunteered for Marie Antoinette’s role…) |
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| —— —— —— —— FLASHBACK —— —— —— —— |
| Kazunari | Hey hey! Can I take up Marie Antoinette’s role? |
| Izumi | Is there any particular reason you want to take it? |
| Kazunari | Hm~ To be honest, I guess it’s ‘cause I feel some sympathy for her. |
| I actually had to look up about Marie Antoinette for a previous production and… |
| I learned she was a subject of all kinds of gossip and malicious speculating, all without her knowing about anything. |
| I also became susceptible to various rumors within social media during the 9th performance run some time ago… |
| So I kinda feel for this Marie Antoinette who’s also been a victim of those kinds of baseless rumors. |
| —— —— —— —— FLASHBACK END —— —— —— —— |
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| Izumi | (If Kazunari-kun feels that he can relate to his role, then the scenes in the second half will likely turn out really great.) |
| Azuma | Perhaps we could try saying this line in this manner? |
| Izumi | I think that’d be good! |
| Banri | With all his experience in female roles, he’s turning up with fast and steady results, huh? |
| Izumi | Yep. And even though it’s only Masumi-kun and Misumi-kun’s first time, they’ve pretty much nailed it down since they’ve already been flexible from the start. |
| Banri | This is the first time that Sakuya and Kazunari are doing female roles too, but their movements are still a lil’ bit awkward. |
| Izumi | Their roles are more on the naivety side by nature, so it should be fine as long as we iron out some of the kinks. |
| And Tsumugi-san is… |
| Banri | Solid. Tsumugi-san sure is amazing. |
| Izumi | (Banri-kun’s Fersen has this air of a confident soldier, yet has a sweetness to him that makes the ladies fall for him. Spot-on, I’ll say.) |
| (Things have been going too smoothly since the start that I’m somehow just a little uneasy about it, but… Perhaps this is just evidence that everyone’s really grown.) |
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| Shall we wrap it up for today? |
| Masumi | Alright. |
| Misumi | Good work everyone~ |
| Izumi | I feel like it’s not so bad the way it is now, but I think we can improve more and more as we get a better and deeper understanding of your roles. |
| Sakuya | Okay! |
| Tsumugi | Should we perhaps shape the atmosphere up with a little more aesthetic? |
| Azuma | Our stage will be a hotel lounge, after all. |
| Masumi | Since Marie Antoinette and the French have such strong imagery, the audience will also have high expectations. |
| Banri | That’s true. So I guess, for now, we should incorporate some more aesthetics and elegance into the direction. |
| Kazunari | Got it~! |
| Sakuya | I’d like to work on my role study a little bit more. |
| Azuma | Shall we have a tea party then? |
| Misumi | Yaaay! I’ll get to eat some triangle sandwiches! |
| Kazunari | Alright! Time for some noon R&R! |
| Banri | Geez. You guys just wanted to have tea, didn’t you. |
