Yuki Rurikawa/Winter Workers
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The Plushie That's Constantly Laughing
Backstage StoriesEmployee | Have you decided on your order? |
Yuki's sister | I’ll have an iced coffee. What about you, Yuki? |
Yuki | I’ll have the same. |
Employee | Alright. Now if you’ll excuse me. |
Yuki's sister | …So, have you been doing well lately? |
Yuki | Yeah, pretty much. |
Yuki's sister | That’s good to hear. |
Yuki | What did you want to talk about? |
Yuki's sister | Ah, that’s right. Are you coming home for Christmas? |
Yuki | For Christmas? I wasn’t really planning on it. |
Yuki's sister | Come home this year then. Me and my husband plan on coming over. |
Yuu’s coming home too. | |
Yuki | I see. |
Yuki's sister | I’ll get you a gift as thanks for helping me with my wedding dress. |
Yuki | Depends on what you’ll get me. |
Yuki's sister | You’ll have to look forward to Christmas! Isn’t it more exciting that way? |
Yuki | I guess. |
Izumi | (Whew, today’s meeting dragged on a little too long…) |
Yuki | Director. |
Izumi | Oh, Yuki-kun. What were you up to? |
Yuki | I met up with my sister. |
Izumi | Yuu-san? |
Yuki | Nah, I met up with my eldest sister Yume. She told me to come back home for Christmas. |
Izumi | Is that so? I hope you have a fun Christmas. |
Yuki | I will. Are you working? You seem busy lately. |
Izumi | A bit, but things should be settling down soon. |
Yuki | Hmm… |
Don’t push yourself too hard. The guys in our troupe will get worried if you pass out or something. | |
Izumi | Thanks, I’ll be careful. |
Yuki | I'm home. |
Yuu | Welcome back. |
Yume | I was waiting for you with my gift like I said. |
Here you go. | |
Yuki | You’re the one who raised the bar by saying things like “look forward to Christmas”. Lemme see it. |
…A stuffed animal? | |
Yume | Yep, it’s all the rage lately! I saw it at the store and I bought it since it was so cute! |
Yuki | Heh, it’s pretty cute. Looks like you can change its clothes too. |
Yume | Do you like it? |
Yuki | Yeah, thanks. |
Yuki | I'm back. |
Izumi | Welcome back! How did things go at your parent’s? You guys had a Christmas party, right? |
Kazunari | Yukkii’s family partied it up for Christmas? Nice! |
Yuki | It wasn’t a party or anything. We just had a family gathering for Christmas. |
Kumon | But Christmas is all about giving gifts and stuff! Did you get something, Yuki? |
Yuki | Yeah, it’s from my sister. |
Homare | How wonderful! What did she give you? |
Yuki | This. |
Izumi | A dog plushie! It’s so cute! |
Kazunari | Hey! It’s the plushie that’s been trending on social media lately! |
Yuki | Oh yeah, my sister said something like that too. What’s so special about this stuffed animal though? |
Kazunari | When you talk to it, it’ll impersonate you and then laugh hysterically! |
Homare | Is it like a lachsack?[1] |
Yuki | I have no idea what that is. |
Kumon | Look! There’s a switch on the back of the plushie! |
Yuki | You’re right. Here? |
*flips switch* | |
What now? Should I talk to it like this? | |
Plushie | “What now? Should I talk to it like this? Kyahahahahaha!” |
Izumi | Woah! It really laughed! |
Yuki | Ack… |
Izumi | It’s laughing harder than I thought… | ||||||||||||||
Kumon | Wow! It’s so funny! | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | “Wow! It’s so funny! Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | It’s laughing way too loud… Don’t you think it’s really weird that it looks like this but laughs like that? | ||||||||||||||
Kazunari | The weirdness is what makes it so popular! The gap between its cute appearance and its wild laughter is so endearing! | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | “Its wild laughter is so endearing! Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Homare | How marvelous! Hand it over, I have a poem… | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | No way. We don’t need more noise. | ||||||||||||||
Homare | How could you say that, Yuki-kun! | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | “How could you say that, Yuki-kun! Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Well, it’s certainly something you have to get used to listening to… | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | You think? | ||||||||||||||
Kumon | I wanna talk to it next! I wonder what I should say~! | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Haha, it looks like everyone’s having fun. | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | …I guess that’s fine. | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | I’m home! Ugh, today was exhausting… | ||||||||||||||
(Today wasn’t my lucky day, that’s for sure…) | |||||||||||||||
Plushie | …… | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Oh… It’s Yuki-kun’s plushie. | ||||||||||||||
(I’m sure it’ll laugh away regardless of what you say to it.) | |||||||||||||||
…Actually, maybe I could have it comfort me a little. | |||||||||||||||
Today, the limited-time curry I wanted to try was sold out right in front of me, and then my shoelace snapped while I was tying it. My day was terrible… | |||||||||||||||
Plushie | …… | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Huh? It’s not talking? Did it already break…? | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | It’s just turned off. Here. | ||||||||||||||
*flips switch* | |||||||||||||||
Izumi | Yuki-kun?! | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | “Yuki-kun?! Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Woah! | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Why are you surprised? You wanted it to comfort you. | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | It was just so sudden… Wait, how did you know I wanted to be comforted? | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | You said it yourself, didn’t you? “Maybe I could have it comfort me.” | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Since when have you been listening in…? | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Since you started talking to a lonely stuffed animal all by yourself. | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | So you heard it all from the start?! | ||||||||||||||
CHOICE 1: It's kinda embarrassing [+]
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CHOICE 2: You should've come in [+]
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Izumi | You know, I talked to it because I wanted to laugh it off, but I’d probably feel really bad if it actually laughed at me. | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | …… | ||||||||||||||
Well, it’s one of those days. | |||||||||||||||
Izumi | Huh? | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | I’m willing to listen to you during times like these. I’m sure it’s better than talking to a stuffed animal all by yourself. | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | Yuki-kun… | ||||||||||||||
Thanks! Your words just now really cheered me up! I’ll do my best tomorrow too! | |||||||||||||||
Yuki | …You’re so simple. | ||||||||||||||
Izumi | I'm heading off to bed. I’ll see you tomorrow! | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Good night. | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | …… | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | (…I should take the stuffed animal back to my room.) | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Zzz… | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | Urgh… | ||||||||||||||
What time is it? | |||||||||||||||
(Guess I’ll go get some water…) | |||||||||||||||
*thud* | |||||||||||||||
W-what was that? | |||||||||||||||
Plushie | “W-what was that? Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | GYAAAAH!! | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Ugh… You’re too loud. What now? | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | Y-you… What’s that voice?! | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | Oh shit. I forgot to turn it off. | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | What’s with this stuffed animal…?! Hey, do something about it! | ||||||||||||||
Plushie | “Hey, do something about it! Kyahahahahaha!” | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | E-eep! | ||||||||||||||
Yuki | I can’t believe you freaked out over some stuffed animal. This is why you’re such a hack… | ||||||||||||||
Tenma | Why are you making me the bad guy here?! |
Notes
- ↑ A lachsack is a novelty item that’s a plastic box inside a drawstring bag (which sometimes has a laughing face drawn on it) that will play a laughing sound clip if you press a button on the box.