| Izumi | (Isn’t Tsuzuru-kun in charge of dinner tonight? I wonder what the menu will be~) |
| Azuma | On your way home, Director? |
| Izumi | Yes. Did you go somewhere too, Azuma-san? |
| Azuma | There’s something called a World Market going on nearby right now. I ended up buying a lot of stuff. |
| Izumi | Ohh~ Sounds interesting. |
| Azuma | There are shops from around the world that you don’t get to see often, so I had a hard time deciding what to get. |
| Looks like they’ll be here for a while, so let’s go together sometime. |
| Izumi | Yes! I wonder if there’s something like a Zahran shop too. |
| Azuma | I didn’t see one, but there could be. I’ll invite Guy too. |
| Izumi | Good idea. |
| Azuma | Which reminds me – the Winter Troupe performance will be starting soon, so it looks like Guy and Tasuku have been really into working out. |
| Izumi | Is that so? They already work out plenty enough though... |
| Azuma | Fufu. Maybe they’re just so excited they can’t sit still. |
| Izumi | I see. Why don’t we get started and have a meeting tonight then! |
| Azuma | Sounds good. |
| Izumi | The lead role will be, of course—— |
| Azuma | Oh? |
| Hisoka | ...Zzz. |
| Izumi | He’s sleeping out here again... |
| Azuma | It was warm out today after all. |
| Izumi | (Now that I think about it, this is like the first time we met Hisoka-san...) |
| Azuma | Hisoka, it’s getting dark; you’ll catch a cold. |
| Hisoka | ...Zzz. |
| Izumi | What should we do? We don’t have any marshmallows... |
| Azuma | I’ll try carrying him. |
| Izumi | Huh!? You will, Azuma-san!? |
| Azuma | Up we go... |
| Izumi | (I-is this going to be okay...?) |
| Azuma | ... |
| Izumi | Azuma-san? |
| Azuma | Nevermind. |
| Izumi | (I- I thought so!) |
| Please don’t push yourself! |
| Azuma | Oh, that’s right. They’re not marshmallows, but... |
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| Izumi | Are those cookies? |
| Azuma | I got them at the market. |
| Here you go, Hisoka. |
| Hisoka | ...Marshmallows. |
| Izumi | Oh, he woke up! |
| Hisoka | Or not... Zzz. |
| Izumi | So close...! |
| Guy | What are you doing? |
| Azuma | Oh, perfect timing. |
| Izumi | We were stumped because Hisoka-san wouldn’t wake up. |
| Guy | You could have called someone, or gotten some marshmallows. |
| Izumi | Oh... |
| Azuma | True. |
| Guy | Oh well. I’ll carry him. |
| Hisoka | ... |
| These cookies... I know them. |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| Hisoka | ...Zzz. |
| Izumi | Did Hisoka-san say something just now? |
| Azuma | Maybe he was just sleep-talking. |
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| Tsuzuru | I’m looking forward to the next Winter Troupe performance. |
| Izumi | Yeah. This time around, what type of—— |
| Azuma | Black, 15. |
| Tasuku | Guh... |
| Hisoka | ...Tasuku’s bankrupt. |
| Tasuku | A person doesn’t usually lose five times in a row on a 50% chance. |
| Guy | That has a 3.125% chance of happening. |
| Tsumugi | That’s amazing, in a way. |
| Homare | I think you better give up on gambling, Tasuku-kun. |
| Tasuku | You don’t need to tell me that. |
| Tsumugi | Well, you’re not the only one who lost big time. |
| Izumi | What are you guys doing? |
| Tsuzuru | More like, where did you get a real-looking casino set like that... |
| Azuma | I received it at the market today. |
| Izumi | Huh? You didn’t buy it? |
| Azuma | I hit it off with the owner of the general store when we were at the beer garden. They said they’d give me anything from their store if I win the drinking game. |
| Tsuzuru | It doesn’t look like a toy. Maybe it was used in a real casino somewhere? |
| Azuma | Hmm, maybe. I ended up getting the most expensive thing at the store. |
| Izumi | (He got it just like that...!) |
| Azuma | They passed out after drinking so much, so they might be in for a surprise if they wake up not remembering anything. |
| Homare | Drinking games with Azuma-san require extra precaution. |
| Tasuku | You have even less advantage than in gambling. |
| Tsuzuru | Alcohol’s scary... |
| Izumi | A-all right then, why don’t we get the meeting started! |
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| Izumi | First off, the lead role—— |
| Tsumugi | Why don’t we go with Hisoka-kun, who has yet to be the lead? |
| Izumi | Yup, I agree. |
| Tasuku | I also agree. |
| Guy | Likewise. |
| Azuma | I think that’d be a good idea too. |
| Homare | Best of luck. |
| Hisoka | ...I’m the lead? |
| Tasuku | You better not say you don’t want to because you’ll have too many lines again, at this point in the game. |
| Tsuzuru | It’d be difficult to make the lead not have a lot of lines. |
| Tsumugi | Hisoka-kun, you’re a skilled actor and you’re capable of a wide range of roles. |
| You have a great advantage of being able to act realistically in a way no one else can imitate; I think you have more than enough skill to tackle a lead role. |
| Izumi | I believe that taking on a lead role would help you take a big step forward as the actor, Mikage Hisoka... What do you think? |
| Hisoka | ...I’ll do it. |
| Izumi | Thank goodness! |
| Tsuzuru | Do you have any requests for the script? Like something you want to do, or something you want to be. |
| Hisoka | A request...? |
| Homare | Go on, think of Tsuzuru-kun as a shooting star and make a wish! |
| Tsuzuru | I don’t have that much power though. |
| Hisoka | A wish... |
| ...I don’t have any. |
| Izumi | Nothing? |
| Tasuku | I thought for sure you’d ask for something like a role where you eat marshmallows. |
| Tsuzuru | That’d be right up there in terms of difficulty. |
| Izumi | All right then, what should the play’s theme be? |
| Tsumugi | We’ve done all sorts of themes after all. |
| Tasuku | In terms of eras, we haven’t done a play around the Heian period. |
| Homare | I would love an elegant setting. |
| Azuma | How about something that has to do with a profession? |
| Tsuzuru | Now that you mention it, we haven’t done a lot of that. |
| Tsumugi | We’ve done a bunch of classics, so why don’t we try a slightly different theme next? |
| Tsuzuru | I’ll look for something. |
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| Izumi | Do you think you can make something with this? |
| Tsuzuru | This is plenty. |
| Izumi | Okay, then I’ll leave the rest to you. |
| Tsuzuru | Yup. Mikage-san, please let me know if you think of something you want. |
| Hisoka | ...Okay. |
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| Hisoka | ... |
| (As the actor, Mikage Hisoka...) |
| —— |
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| Hisoka | I’ve seen these cookies somewhere... |
| (Maybe I haven’t regained all of my memories...) |
| (But I’m sure I don’t need those memories in order to live as Mikage Hisoka...) |
| (Mikage Hisoka... December... I’m...) |
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| Hisoka | ... |
| Homare | Oh? Where are you going? |
| Hisoka | To the attic. |
| Homare | You better bring a new bag of marshmallows with you then. I’ve bought a new kind. |
| Hisoka | I have these, so no need. |
| Homare | Cookies, hm? How unusual. |
| Hisoka | ...Good night. |
| Homare | Take care not to catch a cold. |
| ... |
| ...Hm. I do hope it’s nothing to worry about. |
