| ??? | You look like you’re having a lot of fun with your pretend-family. How are those kids you picked up doing? |
| August | Well, thank you. |
| ??? | When are you going to introduce them to me, I wonder? |
| August | I’ll think about it, eventually. Anyway, is there something wrong? |
| ??? | I’m here to ask your opinion about the next plan. Aren’t you trusted as always. |
| August | We go back a long way, that’s all. |
| ??? | But from now on, you’ll be the one to take responsibility of “this place”. |
| August | We are, you mean. |
| ??? | Well, either way. |
| August | When the times change, so will our reason for living and the things we need to accomplish. |
| We need to change. In order to protect “this place”. |
| ??? | You’re right. That, I agree with. I’d rather not be manipulated by the times and then vanish into nothing. |
| We’re capable of anything as long as we have our technology, information, and connections. |
| August... You think so too, right? |
| August | You’re—— |
| ??? | What? |
| August | It’s nothing. I’ll protect my “family”. No matter what happens. |
| ??? | “Family”, huh... |
| I’ll remember that. But you’ll regret your naive words someday. |
| August | ...In that case, I’ll have to do what I need to so I won’t have any regrets. |
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| Izumi | (I wonder if they’re all in the lounge...) |
| Sakuya | Wah! |
| Taichi | Those two are way too good! |
| Izumi | (It sounds a little lively in here.) |
| Hisoka | ...462. |
| Chikage | ...463. |
| Kazunari | Those two are crazy! |
| Kumon | They’re not missing a single one! |
| Juza | I’m amazed they can concentrate so much... |
| Izumi | Darts? |
| Sakuya | Chikage-san and Hisoka-san are going against each other, but the match has been endless! |
| Taichi | They’re all right in the middle! |
| Izumi | (Hmm, I had something important to talk to them about... but I guess I’ll wait until their match is done.) |
| Chikage | Isn’t it about time you miss? |
| Hisoka | ...Back at you. |
| Izumi | (It doesn’t look like it’s going to end though.) |
| Sakyo | That’s enough! How much longer are you planning to do that!? |
| Hisoka | ...It’s only been five hours. |
| Izumi | You’ve been at it for that long!? |
| Sakuya | They’re amazing, aren’t they? |
| Taichi | Just watching them is more exhausting! |
| Sakyo | Enough of that — we’re having a meeting about the next mixed troupe play. Minagi, you come here too. |
| Tsuzuru | Ah, it’s finally the last mixed troupe play. |
| Juza | It’s already the last one, huh. |
| Izumi | Time sure flew. |
| The members... All of them seem to be here. |
| Chikage | All of them? |
| Izumi | The members of the next mixed troupe play. The only people who haven’t been in one are Chikage-san, Kumon-kun, Juza-kun, and Hisoka-san. |
| Chikage | I see, so that’s what you meant. |
| Hisoka | ...The leftovers. |
| Kumon | Last but not least![1] |
| Sakuya | Please do your best! |
| Taichi | This is so exciting! |
| Kazunari | Kumopi, you get to act alongside your bro! Good for you~! |
| Kumon | Ehehe, I’m so happy! |
| Tsuzuru | About the cast and the program... |
| Sakyo | Their ages are varied so it’ll be hard to do something like a school theme. |
| Izumi | They’re all athletic, so something with action might be good. |
| Tsuzuru | Do any of you have something you want to do? |
| Chikage | I’ll leave it to you, Tsuzuru. I’m fine with whatever you want to write. |
| Kumon | Ah! Since I’m in a play with nii-chan, I wanna be a character that’s connected to him! |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah, that makes sense. |
| Izumi | (Here we have two pairs that have their own deep connection, so I wonder if the characters should work in duos too...) |
| Tsuzuru | How about Mikage-san and Juza—— |
| *ding* |
| Omi | Oh, sorry. Looks like it’s done. |
| Kumon | It smells good! |
| Omi | We’re having oven-baked ribs today. |
| Juza | That sounds good. |
| Taichi | I’m hungry! |
| Sakyo | ...I guess we’ll eat first. |
| Izumi | Yes. |
| Tsuzuru | Mikage-san and Juza, please let me know if you have any requests. |
| Izumi | We’ll decide on the casting tomorrow. |
| Sakyo | Make sure you put all these darts away. |
| Chikage | That reminds me, we didn’t get to finish the game. |
| Taichi | You gotta have a rematch. |
| Sakyo | Are you planning to go at it for hours again? |
| Izumi | Why don’t you do it when you have time to relax after the mixed troupe play? |
| Kazunari | While we’re at it, it might be fun to have troupes versus one another! Mankai Darts Tournament! |
| Sakuya | We should probably have a handicap for the Summer Troupe and Autumn Troupe. |
| Juza | I won’t lose next time. |
| Sakyo | You lot, move your hands, not your mouth! |
| |
| Tsuzuru | ...Action, huh. Hmm... |
| Masumi | ... |
| Tsuzuru | *cough*!? |
| O-oh, an energy drink. You just suddenly shoved it at me so I wondered what it was. Thanks. |
| Masumi | It’s nothing. |
| *knock* |
| Tsuzuru | Yes? |
