Taichi Nanao/A Stroke of Color

I Tried Eating Tableware and Earthworms

Backstage Stories

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	―Room 105 (Night)―
Taichi	Woahh, that is sick~!
Omi	What are you watching?
Taichi	Look at this, Omi-kun! This vid is really cool!
Omi	They're eating the plate and the kitchen sponge... What's going on??
Taichi	Got you really good, huh? These are all actually sweets!
Omi	Is that so?
Taichi	The kitchen sponge is just a colored sponge cake and what seems like the plate is actually made from hardened crushed candies!
Omi	So that's why it sounded realistic too. That's pretty amazing.
Taichi	If it weren't for them eating deliciously, we wouldn't think those are sweets at all!
Omi	Yeah.
	...Think I can recreate that.
Taichi	Really?!
Omi	Yup. Seems a bit hard to recreate the outer appearance of a sponge, but I think we can do the plate one pretty quick.
Taichi	As expected from Omi-kun! I'd like to request on that, please!
Omi	Right, then let's do it soon.
Taichi	I know! Won't it be even more fun if we vlog while we're at it?
Omi	True. Then I guess we should film right as we start making it.
Taichi	Great idea~! I actually found other interesting sweets, so I wanna make a video on that too!
Omi	Interesting sweets? What do they look like?
Taichi	Hehe, you'd have to find that out on D-day!
	―Kitchen (Day)―
	3... 2... 1... Start!
Omi	Now then, let's crush these candies straight away.
	Phew, this should be good enough.
	Next, we spread the crushed candies onto the base that we made by mixing sugar.
Taichi	Oh oh, I wanna do that!
Omi	Sure. Then I'll do the filming now.
Taichi	Thanks! So how do I spread them?
Omi	We'll cover the base again later, so don't worry and just keep spreading it.
Taichi	Got it!
	*door opens*
Izumi	Now then, before I go out... Eh?!
Taichi	Director-sensei! Going out somewhere?
Izumi	There's something I wanna buy so I'm going out shopping.
	Never mind that, are these... crushed candies?
Taichi	Actually, we're making a sweet that looks like a plate right now!
	We'll be using these to recreate the crunchy sound!
Izumi	I see.
CHOICE 1: Interesting [+] Izumi Eating a plate sounds really interesting! Taichi Right?! I'm so excited too! Not only about eating it, but I'm also super excited to see how our video turns out later! Izumi Oh, you're taking a video too? Taichi Yup! I plan to upload it as a Vlog if the footage looks okay. Izumi Fufu, I hope everyone will be surprised with that.
CHOICE 2: Is it delicious? [+] Izumi Does a sweet that looks similar to a plate taste delicious? Taichi Just leave it to Omi-kun! He thought of a way to make a delicious plate! Omi I tried toning down the sweetness of the base of the plate and make the candy flavor the main one. Taichi He even let me choose my favorite flavor for the candy to put inside~. Izumi Wow, really? I'm looking forward to seeing the completed version. Taichi I can't wait to eat the fun and yummy sweets!
Omi	...Alright, seems like it's done drying.
Taichi	That's hella amazing, Omi-kun! This totally looks like a real plate!
Izumi	You really can't tell it's a sweet at all...!
Taichi	If we made it this well, then a fork should be doable, right?
Omi	Yeah, I think so.
Taichi	I wanna try doing it! Please guide me, Omi-kun~!
Omi	Haha, okay.
Izumi	Well, I'm gonna go shopping now. I'm really interested in the fork, so let me watch the video later, okay?
Taichi	Of course! Have a safe trip~!
Omi	Take care out there.

	―Dining Room (Day)―
Taichi	Putting the plate and the fork here... And done!
Omi	Okay, let's begin now. 3, 2, 1... Start.
Taichi	Hello, everyone! Believe it or not, today I'm going to eat a plate that's made from candy!
	This is a sweet, but you can't just go eat a real plate, got it? Also, to the children watching this, please watch along with adults, okay~?
Omi	Yeah, that's really important.
Taichi	Then, without further ado... *bite*
	Oooh, it's making a crunchy sound! It's also really yummy~!
Omi	Haha, glad to hear that.
	*door opens*
Juza	Good mornin'-.
	Wha- Taichi?! Hey, stop it there. If you eat a plate-.
Taichi	Juza-san, you're wrong! It's actually a sweet!
Juza	Huh...?
Omi	Haha, same reaction. I was surprised at first too.
	This plate is actually made from sugar and crushed candies.
Juza	So that's it, huh. Interestin'...
	Can I have one too?
Taichi	Sure you can! Here!
Juza	*crunch, crunch* Tasty...
Taichi	Although it's just a coincidence, we made it seem like we did a prank on Juza-san, huh!
Omi	Seems like it.
	Hey, Taichi. What about the fork that you made yourself?
Taichi	Oh! Forgot about that! Let me try eating this too.
	*crunch, crunch* Hmm! This one's well-made too!
Juza	*crunch, crunch*
Taichi	*munch, munch*
	*door opens*
Banri	Oh, what's the gathering here for-.
	...Hey, the hell are you guys doing?!
Taichi	You got it wrong, Ban-chan! These are actually sweets-!
Banri	Now I get it. Sure enough, it's interesting for a Vlog.
	Just that, you should've told me beforehand. I seriously thought you guys went crazy for eatin' that plate for a sec there.
Taichi	I'm sorry~!
Omi	It suddenly turned into a prank for Juza and Banri, huh.
Banri	But ain't the video got even more interestin' by having Hyodo join by coincidence?
	Everyone will burst out laughin', since he looks so dumb eatin' the plate and the fork.
Juza	Aah?
Banri	What? It's the truth.
Taichi	Just another peaceful everyday scenery of Autumn Troupe... no, MANKAI Dorm, huh?
Omi	I guess so.
Taichi	Now then, let's leave those two aside! Truth is, there're other sweets that I wanna introduce to you guys.
Omi	Oh right, you mentioned it before too. What're the sweets you're talking about?
Taichi	Jellies!
	But these aren't just normal jellies~. They really stand out, so I immediately bought them as soon as I saw them!
Omi	I'm kinda curious. Can you open it?
Taichi	Okay~! Here I go!
	Umumumu...! I-it's not opening...!
Omi	Should I do it instead?
Taichi	I-it's fine! I've almost got it..... Hah!
	*pop*
	Ah...!
Banri	Wha- Earthworms are fallin' down on us!
Juza	These are jellies...?
Taichi	Even though you were busy fighting, you still heard the word "jellies"? Just what you'd expect from Juza-san!
Omi	So when you mentioned interesting sweets, you were talking about earthworm-shaped jellies?
Taichi	If you'd like, you can have some!
Juza	*nom nom* ...Tasty.
Banri	Don't just eat anything right away!
	*door opens*
Sakyo	Good work-.
	...What's up with these earthworms?
Juza	Itadakimasu.
Sakyo	...?! Hyodo, stop right there...!
Taichi	No no no, you got it wrong, Sakyo-nii!
Omi	What a mess. It'll be confusing so guess we'll continue this in our room.
Banri	Geez. For now, clean up all these mess.
Taichi	Huhuu... Should've wrote something on the whiteboard beforehand...
Banri	Somethin' like "I'm eating earthworms. -Taichi-"?
Taichi	Earthworm "JELLIES"!
Juza	Y'see, these earthworms and this fork here are sweets.
Sakyo	Huh...?
Taichi	Huhuu... I gotta give a thorough explanation to Sakyo-nii...

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