Muku Sakisaka/The Adventure for Sardines

Getting Into Character: Nora

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Banri	––Sweet, a rare item just dropped.
Itaru	For real? It's not coming to me. Now that things have come to this, with the whaling power of the magical card...
Muku	....*sigh*
Banri	Hm? Muku, what's wrong?
Itaru	Lovestruck?
Muku	How can I understand a cat's feeling...
Banri	Hah?
Itaru	Are you perhaps in love with a cat or something?
Banri	Nah, I'm sure that's not it.
Muku	I thought I'd be able to get into my character if I understand a cat's feeling...
Banri	Now that you mention it, Summer Troupe's upcoming play has cats ears, huh.
Itaru	I see. If that's so, it's gotta be this app.
Banri	What's that? "Nyancadia"?
Itaru	It's a cat raising game.
	You can teach it words and talk with it. You can also pet and pameper it like this.
Muku	Whoa, the cat is moving...!
Banri	So you also play a fancy game like this, huh, Itaru-san.
Itaru	There's no barrier when it comes to genre in games.
Cat in the App	"Taruchi, good work good work~."
Banri	Even its tone is similar to Itaru-san, huh.
Muku	You can talk with the cat...! Amazing!
Itaru	How? Don't you think you can understand a cat's feeling a little bit?
Muku	Yes! I'm gonna download it! Thank you!
Banri	Seriously?
Muku's Cat	"Good afternoon, Muku-kun! What should we play today~?"
Muku	Fufu, so cute.
	That's right! I'm gonna show it to Juu-chan later!
Citron	Muku! That looks fun, huh.
Muku	Yes. I'm talking with the cat now.
Citron	Oh?, that's nyancadia, right! I know that game. It's a game about syrupy love and hate drama between high society cats, right?
Muku	Eh!? It's, it's been developed into such a thing!?
Citron	Sorry, it's a joke, dayo.
Muku	I, I was surprised...
Citron	Muku's cat is so cute, huh! Can I caress it?
Muku	Sure, help yourself!
Yuki	So you're here, huh, Muku. Come here for a bit, I want to confirm the sleeve length for your costume.
Muku	Ah, ok!
	I'm sorry, but I need to go for a while!
Muku's Cat	"Caress makes me happy♪~."
Citron	.....
Muku	Juu-chan! You know, there's something that I want to show to Juu-chan––.
	....Eh?
Juza	What's wrong?
Muku	My phone–.
Citron	Muku! You forgot your phone.
Muku	Ah, that's right! Thank you, Citron-sama!
	Look, look, Juu-chan! In this app––.
Muku's Cat	"Yo, wazzzup!"
Muku	Eh!?
Juza	!?
Muku's Cat	"You there, shuddup!"
Muku	Why, why is it suddenly like this...!?
Citron	I taught it some lines from the movie that I'm currently into, dayo! It's cool, right–.
Muku	My, my cat is?!
Juza	....Citron-san. Come here for a bit.
Citron	No?! Modern hero Juza is packing a punch, dayo!

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