Sakyo Furuichi/Courier Rabbit

All-out Easter Etude!

Backstage Stories

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	―Entrance (Night)―
Izumi	I'm home~.
Sakyo	Oh, you just came home too, huh.
Izumi	Yeah! Good work for today, Sakyo-san.
	―Lounge―
Sakyo	We're back.
Kazunari	Welcome home~.
Izumi	What're you all doing here?
Sakuya	We're doing preparations for Easter event!
Sakyo	Oh, the one that Miyoshi proposed?
Kazunari	Yeah, that one! It's kinda tiring to prep for it tho, cuz there'll be tons of different games~.
Izumi	Are you guys making easter eggs?
Azami	Kinda, but not really. The egg inside has a piece of paper with instruction written on it.
Izumi	Instruction?
Kazunari	I call this game, "Simon Says Easter Egg Hunt"!
Sakyo	What kind of game is that?
Sakuya	It's like a scavenger hunt. The contestants must pick up an egg and follow the instruction written on the paper inside.
Taichi	Sakyo-nii will be the rep of Autumn Troupe for this contest!
Sakyo	What? Since when you decided on that?
Azami	You weren't there for the event selection 'cause you had some errands to do. You even said it yourself, "Go ahead and decide for me".
Sakyo	Oh, that time... It's my bad for not listening but you should've informed me if you've decided already.
Taichi	Sorry, Sakyo-nii!
Izumi	It doesn't seem like there's that much progress though...
Sakuya	Actually, we all had trouble coming up with challenges to write on the paper.
Kazunari	We need some decent amount of them~.
Azami	And it won't be good to have many identical ones too.
Sakyo	Perhaps it'd be better to go for a different direction that's not too biased and easy to think about.
Izumi	Oh, how about writing an etude theme? It might be a bit different from an instruction though.
Sakuya	Thats a good idea!
Taichi	It's fitting for us actors!
Azami	Etude themes... Anyone got any idea?
Kazunari	Here, here! I just thought of one!
	"A person who frantically waves his hand for a taxi in a heavy rain at midnight, but the taxi is actually a police car"!
Sakyo	What the hell...
Sakuya	That's very sad...!
Azami	How surreal.
Taichi	But thanks to Kazu-kun, we've got some idea of the direction! We just gotta think of themes like that!
Kazunari	Alrighty~, I'm gonna come up with lots of ideas~!
Sakyo	You better not just think of weird stuff.

Taichi	What about this one!
	"A rabbit who's wary of the surroundings to monopolize its favourite carrot"!
Izumi	Nice, you included an Easter element!
Sakuya	Mine is... "An Easter egg who's sad for not getting any paint". How is it?
Kazunari	Super interesting, Saku-saku!
	Oh! I got one more idea... "A frog who wants to be reborn as a boba"!
Azami	Are we having a surreal story fest now?
Sakyo	...Cut that out, you brats. Take this more seriously, will you!
Taichi	Eek! I'm sorry~!
Sakuya	We didn't mean to play around...!
Kazunari	I guess it'd be a problem if we put any strange themes in this game since Frooch-san's gonna be in it~.
Sakyo	That's not what I meant. If it's etude, we'll do it seriously. I'm just telling you to think more properly.
Azami	Properly, you say... In that case, an interesting theme that we don't usually see might be better.
Sakyo	Hey, what're you up to now?
Azami	Nothing.
Izumi	Now, now. You don't have to be that angry.
CHOICE 1: Make the event more exciting. [+] Izumi They just wanna make the event more exciting, that's all. Sakyo I know that. But what if the game stops because the contestants have difficulty with a theme like the one just now. They'd be sluggish, and everything will be a mess from that point onwards. Izumi Sakyo-san...! I thought you weren't that interested in the Easter event but you're very serious about it! Sakyo What? Well, I gotta do it properly since I'm going to participate in it. Izumi Fufu, I'm kinda happy to know that you're also enthusiastic about this. Sakyo Hmph, I'm not so keen on it though.
CHOICE 2: Sounds fun, count me in! [+] Izumi This seems fun, so I'll try coming up with a theme too. Let's see... How about, "A person who's happy after they open an Easter egg and find a curry rice in it"? Sakyo You're the only person who'd be that happy about it. Izumi Ehh?! I don't think that's true though... Sakyo Heh, yours are probably the most surreal out of all.
	―Easter event―
Manager	The next game is "Simon Says Easter Egg Hunt"! Which is also an "Etude Game"!
Masumi	I'll show her my good part.
Tenma	I'm gonna win this.
Homare	I'm very looking forward to seeing what kind of etude themes will pop out!
Manager	We've got quite a unique group of members here!
Sakyo	It's time for me to play now.
Omi	Do your best, Sakyo-san.
Juza	We're rootin' for you.
Taichi	Go, go, Sakyo-nii~!
Manager	Well then! On your marks, get set... Go!
Sakyo	Guess I'll go with the egg that's closest first. Let's see what's inside-.
	......
Manager	Oh? Looks like Furuichi-san is frozen in place after seeing his paper. Sir, please read out loud your theme~!
Sakyo	..."Ken Sakoda, who's eating a fried shrimp set meal".
Taichi	Whaaat?! He's gonna act as Sakoda-san?!
Banri	Pfft, the heck? That's more of an impression rather than an etude.
Juza	Who put that theme in...?
Azami	I wrote it thinking it'd be funny if shitty Sakyo pulled it, but I didn't expect for him to ACTUALLY get it. I should film this.
Sakyo	...So that's what this is.
Manager	Quite a difficult theme there! What will you do, Furuichi-san!?
Sakyo	I'm an actor, so I'll give my all to act it out.
Azami	Wow~.
Sakyo	You better watch me closely, you brats...
Banri	Oh man~. If there's MVP for this game, it'd be Sakyo-san for sure.
Azami	Yeah, that acting of his was the best. Bet Ken-san would cry if he saw it himself.
	Right, I should send him the video that I took.
Sakyo	Stop it, don't let the guys from Ginsenkai see that.
Azami	I'm the one who took the video, so it's up to me how I want to use it. Anyways, gotta send it to Ken-san first.
Sakyo	Dammit...
Izumi	Great work, Sakyo-san! You were really impressive as an actor!
	You were just like Sakoda-san!
Sakyo	......
Izumi	Um, Sakyo-san? What's wrong?
Banri	I'm sure you meant it as a compliment but that ain't it for him, Director-chan.
Izumi	Huh?
Sakyo	...Not happy at all.

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