Act 8/Episode 23

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Act 8
Episode 23: For Now, Let’s Have Beer

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Izumi What will you have, Guy-san? Guy I don’t know much about the alcohol in this country. Azuma Let’s see, what should we get Guy.... This French wine is good. Homare I recommend this cocktail. Its colors are artistic and beautiful. Tasuku I like this Japanese sake. Hisoka ...This sangria is good. Tsumugi I like this plum wine. Guy What’s a unique drinking custom in this country? Tsumugi A unique drinking custom.... Izumi I guess we’ll go with that? Tsumugi Agreed. Tasuku Let’s start with draft beer. Izumi I guess we’ll start with beer. Tsumugi For now, let’s have beer. Guy For now, let’s have beer.... Azuma Seven draft beers, please. Waitress Understood. Izumi All right, cheers! Tasuku Cheers. Azuma Cheers. Hisoka ...gulp, gulp. Izumi Phew~, beer tastes great after acting. Guy ...I see. So this is “for now, let’s have beer.” Tsumugi I don’t know how this became custom, but when we go out to drink, often everyone starts off with a beer. Azuma It might be a national trait—we like to get in step with one another. Guy Fascinating. Homare I’m not too familiar with this custom, though. Hisoka ...You have no sense of cooperation, Alice. Homare You’re the last person I want to hear that from, Hisoka-kun! Guy ...Etude battles are difficult. Tasuku You really just have to get used to them. After lots of practice you’ll be able to stay calm and respond to other people’s lines; you’ll also have a greater range of responses. Homare Nobody is good from the start. Guy So that’s how it is.... Izumi Let’s create more opportunities to practice our etudes so we can get used to them. Guy Yes. Azuma All right, that’s enough serious talk. We’re going to drink to our heart’s content today, right? Izumi You’re right! Tsumugi It’s a little delayed, but this can sort of be like Guy-san’s welcoming party. Izumi Yes; let’s say welcome again, Guy-san! Please take care of us. Guy The same goes for me—please take care. Homare Well then, we need to make this a “let’s get to know Guy-san” meeting. Izumi Then let’s start with—a Guy-san investigation Q&A corner! Guy Interrogation? Did I do something bad? Izumi Investigation. It’s where everyone asks you a question, Guy-san! Guy I didn’t know that sort of thing existed.... Azuma First: what’s your hobby? Guy Hobby... I don’t particularly have one. Citronia called me a workaholic-android. Of course that’s what you expect from an android, though. Azuma You’re right. I can’t imagine an android enjoying his hobbies. Homare Then what’s your skill? What are you good at? Guy Turning off my power, maybe.... Izumi Turning off your power...!? Azuma Oh, the restart button that Citron-kun liked to push. Tasuku I’ve never heard of that kind of skill. Guy I don’t know if I can still do it, but since I’m human, it counts as a skill, not a—. Hisoka ...Push. Guy .... Izumi He really stopped...! Homare What are you doing, Hisoka-kun! Tasuku Mikage, don’t push it so casually. Azuma Will he really restart? Hisoka ...Push. Guy —mechanism. Izumi Amazing. He really picked up where he left off.... Homare That is indeed a proper skill. Tsumugi Next is my turn. Do you have a favorite food? Guy Salted squid. Tasuku That’s some refined taste. Tsumugi It suits your appearance. Homare Are there foods you dislike, then? Guy ...Green peas. Izumi That’s surprisingly childish...! Tasuku It doesn’t suit your appearance. Homare ...But I’m so glad Guy-san managed to remember his past. I was so moved... Uu. Azuma There, there. Looks like you’re pretty drunk. Guy He really is a sentimental drunk.... Tsumugi ...I went to watch one of the Fleur-nominated troupes the other day. They were definitely skilled, but their performance was low-risk and not particularly extraordinary; I think they were too conscious of the award. Tasuku The nominees this round weren’t very adventurous overall. Tsumugi I can see why they prefer that sort of style, but when they’re all like that, it’s a problem. Tasuku You’re right... You don’t want to be too edgy, but when everything fits into the same mold, it just narrows the potential for theater as a whole. Guy Takato and Tsukioka are talking about play theory.... Hisoka ...One more of the same, please. Izumi Hisoka-san, that’s your third drink? Hisoka It's good. Guy Mikage can really hold his drink... Azuma It’s just as I said, right. Guy Yes. Homare Uu, if you run into any troubles living as a human, feel free to speak to me at any time, Guy-san...! Azuma Now now, don’t cry so much. Your favorite carrot salad is here, Homare. Homare Uu... an orange sunset, a burning tangent, before you know it, hop hop.... Guy .... Izumi I-is that poem about the carrot salad...? Azuma Fufu, Homare’s poems are a little different than usual when he’s drunk. Tsumugi Then what about this? Homare Uu... popping gold, trickling shine, for now, let’s have beer, frizz, frizz, frizzing.... Tsumugi F-for now, let’s have beer.... Tasuku You really like that phrase more than I thought. Azuma Amazing—you can turn any menu into a poem. Hisoka ...It’s like a party trick. Izumi Ahaha, true. Guy The chickpea salad is here. Homare ...The planet breaks out; the smell spreads through the air; piyo-piyo beans.... Piyo-piyo.... Guy —pfft. Izumi Guy-san? Guy Fufufu.... Azuma Looks like that one hit the mark. Hisoka ...Did he break? Tasuku No, he’s not a machine. Izumi Phew, we drank a lot~. Tsumugi Thanks to that, we managed to change our mindsets. Izumi Yes, you’re right. Azuma See? Isn’t drinking with everyone fun? Guy ...Yes, that was fun. I think I’m going to laugh every time I see chickpeas from now on. Tsumugi I’m glad. Tasuku It’s a great way to change your mindset. Izumi Haruto-san from GOD-za will probably challenge us to another etude battle if we run into him again. Tasuku He can’t stand us, after all. Tsumugi We’ll win for sure next time. Guy Now that you mention it, than man named Reni.... Izumi ? Guy No, it’s nothing. It must be my imagination. Izumi (It’s already the first day of the performance.... Our practices have been going steadily, and Guy-san has nicely finished up his role—everyone has.) (I’m sure we’ll be fine....) Tsumugi ...It’s finally the first day. Are you nervous? Guy ...I am nervous, but I feel like it’s more than that. Tsumugi I think you’re thrilled. Guy Thrilled? Tsumugi You’re looking forward to it; you can’t wait. Guy I see... Yes, you might be right. Manager We’ll be starting as planned, everyone! Guy .... Izumi (It’s time....)
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