Sakyo Furuichi/Acclaimed Accuracy Rate

Sakyo-Long-Legs-san!

Backstage Stories

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	*DOOR OPENS*
Sakyo	I’m home.
Itaru	Welcome back, Sakyo-san.
Citron	You came back at a perfect time!
Sakyo	Hm? Are you guys having a drinking party?
Azuma	I happened to get my hands on some good alcohol, so I thought I’d share it with everyone. Would you like to join us, Sakyo-kun?
Sakyo	Sure. Don’t mind if I do.
Izumi	I’ll get you a glass then.
Tsumugi	Ah, please, let me do it.
Sakyo	Thanks.
	*DOOR OPENS*
Kazunari	Goooood eve’ everyone~! Oh, are we having a drinking party?
Citron	We are indeed! Are you gonna drink with us, Kazu?
Kazunari	Oh... I’ll have to pass on the alcohol~ But I’ll sit down and chat with y’all!
Sakyo	You’re not gonna drink then?
Kazunari	Well. When I get drunk I get kinda, uh. You knoooow…
Azuma	Fufu, I think you’re really cute when you’re drunk though.
Kazunari	I know you keep saying that, Azuu, but it’s kinda embarrassing for me! So yeah, pass for now~
Itaru	Oh right. There’s this pretty interesting card game that I bought the other day.
Tsumugi	Interesting, you say?
Izumi	What kind of card game is it?
Itaru	Here it is.
Sakyo	It’s got pictures of… Animals? … Or rather, some weird-looking creatures.
Azuma	Are they characters from something?
Kazunari	Oh!! I know these! They’ve been all the hype in social media and vids these days!
Citron	I saw a video of this too!
Itaru	It works best with a certain number of people playing the game, so I thought now would be a good time to try it.
Sakyo	Why does it have to be with these current members right here?
Itaru	I just figured it’d be fun to do this kind of thing every now and then. Now why don't we stop complaining and get this started.
Kazunari	Since I’m not drinking, maybe I’ll take a vid of everyone playing for the time being~
Sakyo	There’s no need for something like that.
Kazunari	Come on now~ You never know when this is gonna be useful!
Sakyo	What use is a video of drunk adults playing a card game…
Itaru	Now, first things first, lemme explain the rules.

Itaru	The rules are quite simple——
	You first turn over the topmost card of the deck. If it’s the first time the character appears in the game, the one who pulled it needs to give it an appropriate name that everyone has to remember.
Sakyo	So you basically have to give these weird things a name, right?
Itaru	Yep. Any kind of name is OK.
Azuma	And the card that you just flipped over?
Itaru	You leave it beside the deck.
	After that, we keep turning over cards until a character that already has a name appears again. Then everyone has to quickly call out the name that character was given.
	The first one to say the name gets the whole stack of the flipped cards that’s been piled up before that turn.
Tsumugi	So whoever’s the fastest wins that round?
Itaru	Pretty much.
	We keep the rounds going until the deck’s emptied. The person who collected the most cards throughout the game is declared the winner.
Azuma	I get the gist now.
Izumi	It sounds simple enough.
Itaru	It’s a game that combines creativity and memory strength. Just about anyone can play it.
Citron	While we’re at it, I think it’d be more interesting if we come up with a handicap instead of just naming the cards with anything!
Itaru	Hey, not a bad idea.
Kazunari	If it’s a handicap, how’s about giving them names of the troupe members?
Citron	Ooh! That’d be so fun!
Azuma	Fufu, that does sound interesting.
Itaru	Alright then. The “characters can only be named after the troupe members” handicap is now set.
	Now, I’ll do the first turn and then we go clockwise?
Citron	Anteater’s good!
Itaru	“Anything’s good”, I take it? OK, here’s the first card…
	*CARD FLIPS*
Itaru	I’ll call this guy…. Sakyo-Long-Legs-san.
Sakyo	Ha?
Izumi	Pff….. I mean. It’s not like I don’t see it……
Sakyo	What do you mean by that?
Itaru	Chill, chill. This is just a game, after all, so don’t mind the details too much. Let’s just keep going.
Citron	My turn next!
	*CARD FLIPS*
	Oh! What a cute little thing! I’ll name this guy… “Sakuya-Who-Dances-Under-the-Cherry-Blossoms!”
Tsumugi	Ahaha, it does have the same gentle aura as Sakuya-kun.
Sakyo	Not exactly easy to remember though…
Kazunari	You’re up next, Furuuche-san!
Sakyo	……
	*CARD FLIPS*
Azuma	Sakyo-Long-Legs-kun!
Sakyo	Geh…!!
Kazunari	Dang! Furuuche-Long-Legs-san just keeps on coming!
Citron	Three in a row! This must be the Sakyo Curse!
Sakyo	Don’t just go and name people as curses.
	Dammit. I’ll get the next one——
Itaru	Seems like even Sakyo-san is starting to enjoy himself.
Izumi	Ahaha, looks like it!
Kumon	Woooah, what’s this? It looks so fun!
Kazunari	Doesn’t it? I really wanna join in the next time it comes up!
	*DOOR OPENS*
	…Hm?
Kumon	Hahaha!! There’s so many of Sakyo-Long-Legs-san!
Kazunari	Riiight! Riiight!
Sakyo	…..Oi.
Kazunari	WOAH!? Furuuche-san, you scared me~!
Kumon	Ah! It’s Sakyo-Long-Legs-san! In the flesh!
Sakyo	I dare you to say that again… Delete that video immediately.
Kazunari	Ehhhh..! I was just about to upload it on Inste too!
Sakyo	Like hell I’ll let you show off our troupe members being drunk.

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