| Sakoda | Big Bro, everyone! We’ve been waitin’ for ya! |
| Muku | That contraption over there is…. |
| Citron | Oh! Is this what is called Japanese flowing noodles!? They are thin noodles which flow in water held within a bamboo track![1] |
| Sakyo | It’s tradition within the Ginsenkai to have noodles after the Star Festival. |
| Tasuku | I see there’s several bamboo lanes as well, rather than the traditional one lane track. |
| Tsumugi | Wow, this is quite a grand |
| Sakoda | There’s a lotta us, so we’re gonna use the several lanes over there! This lane’s for you guys! |
| Izumi | Well then, how about I be in charge of letting the noodles down the track first? |
| Azami | How’re we going to decide standing positions? |
| Citron | Let us decide through rock-paper-scissors! If you do not participate, that is an automatic loss! Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! |
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| Tsumugi | Well, it looks like we got placed close to where the noodles will be sliding from…. |
| Tasuku | We really don’t have to be further upstream |
| Tsumugi | Yes, Muku and everyone else further downstream should just stand in a position where it’ll be easier to get some noodles |
| Muku | No we’re fine! This positioning was decided fair and square with rock-paper-scissors after all! |
| Azami | If we switched positions now, there was no meaning in playing rock-paper-scissors. |
| Citron | Yes! Do not hesitate to fish out noodles, and eat as much as you can pick out of the stream! |
| Sakyo | If we eat too much, then you guys down there won’t be able to eat as much noodles, ‘cause none will come your way… |
| Azami | Knowing you, you’ll slip up using your chopsticks, and they’ll come sliding down our way anyway. |
| Izumi | You guys ready? Here we go! |
| Tasuku | ….Gotcha. |
| Tsumugi | Got it |
| Sakyo | ….They’re nice and chilled aren’t they. |
| Tsumugi | It’s quite good! |
| Tasuku | They’re easier to get than I thought. |
| Azami | ………. |
| Citron | None get even close to making it here…… |
| Muku | Ah! Sir Citron, one noodle is coming over this way! |
| Citron | Behold! I will grasp this noodle with my magnifier chopstick skirls![2] |
| Tasuku | Magnifier chopstick skirls? |
| Tsumugi | Um… maybe he means “magnificent chopstick skills”? |
| Citron | WAH-CHAAAA!!!!!! |
| Oh… They slipped past me…. |
| Azami | More importantly, aren’t there literally no noodles coming our way? |
| Tasuku | Then if we don’t take as many…. |
| Citron | We do not need the enemy’s pudding![3] |
| Sakyo | You mean “pity”, right. Keep this up, and there won’t be any noodles left to pity you guys with. |
| Izumi | Oh um…. Sakyo, with that bowl, we just finished off all the noodles….. |
| Azami | You kidding me?! We didn’t even get to eat one strand you know!? You guys eat too much! |
| Sakyo | And that’s exactly why we said to swap positions in the first place! |
| Muku | Oh goodness, oh gosh, please stop fighting you two…..! |
| Tsumugi | Oh, it seems like they’ve prepared some vegetables for us as well. |
| How about instead of just noodles we try setting fruits and vegetables on the track as well? |
| Citron | If it comes to this, you can float anything along the bamboo track! |
| Tasuku | Well, it’s all stuff that’s incredibly fresh, so it’s all safe to eat raw anyway. |
| Izumi | You’re right, that sounds really good! |
| Well then, let’s get back on track with round two! Everyone return to their positions along the bamboo track please |
| Azami | Dammit we’ve come this far, I’m not budging from my spot anymore. This time for sure, I’ll get something to eat…..! |
| Muku | I-I’ll do my best! |
| Izumi | Ok, vegetables are going down! |
| Tsumugi | Oh, oops….! |
| Sakyo | Seems like vegetables are definitely harder to grasp with chopsticks alone. |
| Tasuku | This situation of letting vegetables slide down the bamboo track is already quite an odd picture in itself…. |
| Citron | Oho! Vegetables are timbering down![4] |
| Azami | Don’t you mean tumbling down? |
| Muku | G-gotcha! |
| Y-yay!! I finally did it! I acquired a cherry tomato! |
| Azami | Nice, cucumber get. |
| Citron | Hm hm~ chilled veggies are quite tasty! |
| Muku | Catching the vegetables from the flowing water feels quite satisfying, and seems to make them taste even better! |
| Azami | Alright, next it’s time to aim for the fruits. |
| Citron | The sparkling river of the Milky Way is certainly something to behold, but the flowing of fruits and vegetables down this river is another beauty to admire! |
