Muku Sakisaka/Desert Angel

Aim for it! Paradise Oasis

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Everyone and the tempo of your dialogue is getting better and better at your rerun rehearsals.
Kazunari	Guess so~.
	Doing a rerun performance of our first show’s got us psyched up after all!
Tenma	But if you’re too conscious of the tempo, the lines will become hard to hear. We have to hold practices that focus on that.
Kazunari	Totes! That’s why I’m practising tongue-twisters that I got Arinrin to teach me~!
Misumi	Me too~! When I run into Tenma or Kazu, we hold matches over who’s able to say the tongue-twister first~.
Kumon	Woah, a speed-talking street battle!
	So cool!
Yuki	What kind of battle is that?
Kazunari	That reminds me, Mukkun’s also going out a lot recently, right!
	For street acts?
Muku	Yes! I’m going out and performing them with various different people in order to widen my comedic range.
CHOICE 1: How’s it been, actually trying it out? [+] Izumi How’s it been, actually trying it out? Muku Everyone has different acting methods, so it was every informative every time. Oh right, Director-san! Won’t you come perform a street act together with me next time? Izumi Ehh!? I don’t think you’ll learn anything with me though… Muku That’s not true. Director-san understands acting really well—. And more importantly, if I’m with Director-san, then I think I'll definitely, definitely have fun acting. Izumi If Muku-kun says so… Then alright, let’s go give it a shot together next time! Muku Yes, I’ll be in your care!
CHOICE 2: You’re fired up, huh? [+] Izumi Muku-kun, you’re fired up, huh? Muku Yes! I want to make this time’s rerun performance even better than usual! Since it’s our memorable first play, I think it would be nice to improve every time we hold a rerun performance again. I’m sure everyone else thinks the same way. I know everyone’s quickly getting better and better so—. I have to do my best so I don't lose to them either! Izumi Muku-kun’s acting has become a lot better too. It’s really fun watching Muku-kun’s Sinbad. Muku Ehehe… I’m happy if Director-san tells me that.
Misumi	Ah, the lizard on TV is a triangle~!
TV	“In the desert, there also lives this type of strange creature.”
Kumon	Today’s episode of “True-Life Animal Village” is a special on desert animals, huh~!
TV	“—Now then, next is the well-known camel.”
Kazunari	Ah!
	Speaking of camels, it’s Papy-chan!
Misumi	I wonder if Papyrus is doing well~?
Tenma	I had a terrible experience that time…
Yuki	You passed out pathetically on the camel’s back, right?
Tenma	That wasn’t my fault, alright!
	That would happen to anyone if it runs out of control like that!
Kumon	Ehh, it was fun though, right~!
Misumi	Yeah, yeah, it was fun!
	Tenma, let’s ride Papyrus together again, ‘kay~!
Tenma	Let’s not…
Muku	The sand cat that appeared on the program earlier was really cute.
Kazunari	Sure was!
	It looks like a mascot, right?
Muku	And on top of that, its nickname of the “desert’s angel” is cute too…!
Kazunari	True~! But it’s a rare animal, so it seems pretty hard to see~.
Muku	Oh right… that’s too bad.
Kazunari	I hope you can meet one in your dreams, or something!
	Alright, good night, Mukkun.
Muku	Yeah, good night, Kazu-kun.
	Ngh…
	Huh, here is…?
	Wait, my hands and feet are different than normal…!?
	W-why!?
	Also, this hair colour is exactly the same as the sand cat's I saw on TV…
	—!
	C-could it be, I've turned into a sand cat—!?

Muku	(I was thinking that I wanted to meet a sand cat but…
	I never thought I’d turn into one myself…)
	(And also, I didn’t realize at all, but this is the desert…!?)
	(I’m starting to get kind of thirsty.
	But there’s nothing here in a desert like this…)
	*rustling*
???	—.
Muku	(Someone came!)
Alibaba	…
Muku	(That’s… Tenma-kun!?)
Alibaba	Geez, that girl Scheherazade…
Muku	(No, I mean it’s Alibaba!)
	(With Alibaba in the desert…
	I wonder if this is the “Water me!” world?)
	(But if it’s Alibaba, then he might have some water on him.
	I’ll try calling out to him!)
	《Alibaba!》
Alibaba	Hm? What’s this, you’re a rare one.
	Aren’t you a sand cat?
Muku	Meooow!
	Meowmeow, meooow!
	《Please give me water! I’m so thirsty!》
Alibaba	It keeps crying out , but I don’t get what it’s trying to say.
Muku	(It’s no good after all… He doesn’t understand my words…)
	(But Alibaba should be heading towards the paradise oasis, so if I follow him, we’ll definitely arrive at water!)
Alibaba	Well then, I’ll be heading out now.
Muku	《I’m going with you!》
Alibaba	…What the, are you planning to tag along?
	Well, I don’t really mind.
Muku	《Thank you, Alibaba!》
Alibaba	*Pant, pant*…
	We’ve had one hell of a time…
Muku	(That’s right… He encountered a giant serpent on this adventure too…)
Alibaba	Oi, are you alright?
Muku	《Yeah, I’m fine.》
Alibaba	I’m glad you look safe.
Muku	《I’m glad Alibaba’s safe too. Even so, I sure am thirsty…》
Alibaba	Pff, you and I are both worn out, huh?
???	Yahh, Alibaba.
	What are you doing in a place like this?
Muku	(—!)
Alibaba	I’m searching for the legendary paradise, don’t you know it? Sinbad.
Muku	(Wahh… It’s Sinbad!
	So that’s how he looks from the audiences’ perspective, huh?)
Sinbad	Grow up, Alibaba, there’s no such thing as a legendary paradise.
Alibaba	Stop it! I don’t want to hear that kind of logic!
Muku	(Oh, that’s right. In the world of this story, there’s no oasis…)
	《Uuhh… I can’t go on any longer…
	So thirsty…》
Sinbad	Hm?
	How rare, isn’t that a sand cat?
Alibaba	Yeah… It’s been following me since a while ago.
Sinbad	It doesn’t look well.
	Is it possible that you’re thirsty?
	Here, drink this water.
Muku	《!》
	《Wahh~! Water!》
Sinbad	Haha, there’s no need to drink it up in such a hurry.
Muku	《The water’s tasty!》
Alibaba	What, oh, so you wanted water, huh?
Muku	《Sinbad, thank you!》
Sinbad	There, there, I’m glad you feel better now.
	…Fufu, that tickles.
Muku	—So that’s the dream I had.
Juza	Is that what happened?
Muku	It might be strange to say this since I’m acting him myself—.
	But Sinbad in that moment was chivalrous, gentlemanly and… really cool.
	That’s why I want to act like that too!
	I have to work even harder!
Juza	I see.
	Good luck at practise.
Muku	Yes!
Izumi	Sorry everyone, I’m late.
	Uh—hm?
Muku	“Grow up, Alibaba!”
	Hmmm, it’s not the same.
	Sinbad in that moment was more like…
	“—Grow up, Alibaba”
	Hmmm…
	It’s not that either…
Izumi	Muku-kun, what’s wrong?
Tenma	Muku, that guy, he’s been like that for a while now.
Kumon	He’s super fired up for today’s rehearsal, and he’s been practising that line over and over!
Misumi	Muku looks like a different person~!
Kazunari	No way, is he like, possessed by someone!?
Yuki	Did he eat something weird?
Izumi	(It’s true he’s more fired up than usual but…
	I wonder if something happened…)
Muku	I’ll make my Sinbad better and better…!
	"Grow up, Alibaba!"

Anna