Yuki Rurikawa/Proud Purple Rose

Everybody's Rose Talk

Backstage Stories

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Yuki	...
Azami	Yuki-san, sorry to keep you wai...hm, are you gonna buy that fabric?
Yuki	No, I'm just looking around today. I haven't thought about the next costume designs yet.
Azami	Oh right, you're gonna participate in the Rose Festival. I heard that Itaru-san and Homare-san are also participating.
Yuki	Yep. It's such a cute event, so I want to make the costumes cute as well.
	Itaru won't shut up as usual though.
Azami	Heh, I'm looking forward to it.
Yuki	Um...
Azuma	It's rare to see you having troubles.
Yuki	...It's just the costume designs for the Rose Festival.
Azuma	A prince that's also a guide to convey the appeal of roses...was it? It seems right up your alley, Yuki.
Yuki	You're right, but...how do you even make a rose motif look good in a costume?
	I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to make them too cute, so I tried many different types of pattern designs, but none of them caught my eye.
Azuma	So that's why you were making such a troublesome face.
Yuki	I was going to draw the designs as soon as possible, but I never thought I'd have this much trouble with it.
Azuma	Right...even when you think of roses, there are many different images of it.
	How about asking everyone for their image of a rose?
	Different people have different impressions of it so I think it might be helpful.
Yuki	I see...their image of a rose, huh. It might be good for reference.
	Thanks for listening.
Azuma	Fufu, do your best.
Omi	My image of a rose?
Yuki	I'm gonna use it as reference for making costumes.
Omi	I see...something beautiful, sweet, and gorgeous are what comes to mind when I think of roses.
Tsuzuru	Well, that's the usual approach, isn't it.
Citron	Fufufu...beautiful roses also have thorns, you know! That's why you should make the costumes have a lot of thorns!
Tsuzuru	No, no matter how you look at it, that's not something that a prince would wear.
Azami	Rather, it's kinda heavy metal or punk.
Yuki	Rejected.
Izumi	Additionally, it also has a gentle scent, something like that?
Citron	Rose scent, how grown up~
Azami	Rose is usually pink when it comes to makeup.
Muku	But there are so many colors and types of actual roses.
	The meaning also depends on the amount of roses.
Citron	Muku, you sure know a lot~ You're so well-malformed!
Tsuzuru	Well-informed, you mean!
Muku	Actually, I read a manga called "Rose on a Moonlit Night" recently and the heroine was talking about it.
Omi	There's a list of flower languages for roses on this site, too. It really has a lot of different meanings.
Azami	One rose means "love at first sight", and three roses means...wait, don't make me read this stuff!
Masumi	—108 roses means "marry me"... I'll go get them for you right now, Director.
Izumi	You don't have to buy it, okay?!
Citron	Oh, as expected of Masumi!
Yuki	Where did you even come from?
Tsuzuru	You're always showing up so unexpectedly.

Yuki	...
	(I've asked around for a lot of people's image of a rose since then, but I haven't been able to get a good sense of direction.)
Guy	...
Yuki	Eh, Guy?
Guy	What a coincidence meeting you here, Rurikawa. Sakisaka isn't with you?
Yuki	Muku left school on his own to go buy a new book. Are you going shopping, too?
Guy	Yes. I'm also going to stop by the flower shop while I'm at it.
Yuki	Flower shop...
	Can I go with you?
Guy	Come to think of it, you're in the middle of making the costumes for the Rose Festival, right?
	I don't mind, let's go together.
	This is the rose section.
Yuki	Heh, there's quite a variety.
	...
	...As I thought, it's really beautiful.
Guy	Hm?
Yuki	I don't usually get the chance to look at real roses in detail like this, but when I look at them again, they're really gorgeous and beautiful.
Guy	You're right.
	I think you can get a different kind of inspiration from the real thing, not from your imagination or photos.
Yuki	I see...
Guy	As for roses, I saw one growing in the courtyard of the dormitory. Let's see if Tsukioka can give them to you.
Yuki	Yeah, thanks.
	...
Izumi	(Yuki-kun seems to be concentrating on designing. I'm glad to hear that he came up with an idea.)
	(Ah, that's right. In that case...)
Yuki	...Phew.
Izumi	Thanks for your hard work, Yuki-kun. Please have this if you'd like.
	It's rosehip tea recommended by Homare-san. It's caffeineless, so it's okay to drink it at night.
Yuki	Thanks.
Izumi	Eh, that rose is...
Yuki	Ah...Tsumugi gave me this. I thought I'd get an idea of what it would be like if I saw it in person.
Izumi	I see.
CHOICE 1: It has a nice scent. [+] Izumi That rose has a nice scent. Yuki The scent of roses also has a relaxing effect. Izumi I see. Perfumes and body creams often have a rose scent. Yuki Yep. Thanks to that, I can proceed with the design work calmly. Speaking of which, the director's opinion may have been surprisingly helpful. Izumi I'm glad to hear that!
CHOICE 2: It's beautiful. [+] Izumi It really is beautiful. Yuki I thought the same thing when I took a closer look today. Touching it is also a good reference for the texture of the petals. Izumi As expected of Yuki-kun, you even used the texture of the petals as reference! I wonder what kind of costumes it'll be. Yuki Well, look forward to it.
Yuki	The costumes are finished. Try it on.
	I had my doubts about many things, but in order to maximize the appeal of the roses, I thought an orthodox one would be good.
	I tried to make it extraordinarily cute.
Izumi	So pretty...it has so many decorations, it's gorgeous!
Homare	What a surprise, even the crown is decorated with roses! How marvelous, Yuki-kun!
Itaru	It's so frilly. I seriously have to wear this costume at my age...?
Yuki	What are you mumbling about? Do you have any complaints?
Itaru	No, Yuki-sama, not at all.
Izumi	Eh? Yuki-kun, there's one more costume over there...
Yuki	Yeah, this is the one I'm going to wear for the event, but I liked the design, so I made another version.
Izumi	Wow, a skirt! This one is also really cute...!
Yuki	Right? I'm thinking of wearing it someday.
Izumi	All the costumes look great, I'm really looking forward to the event. Do your best, Yuki-kun.
Yuki	Yeah, I'll make sure to play a prince that fits the costume properly. You'll see.

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