Hisoka Mikage/Self-Proclaimed Time Traveler

How to Make a Time Machine

Backstage Stories

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Taichi	So cool!
Hisoka	…?
Kumon	Ah, sorry Hisoka-san! Did we wake you up...?
Hisoka	…What are you guys reading?
Kumon	It’s a science book!
Taichi	It was being sold cheaply at a secondhand bookstore. I felt nostalgic so I bought it!
	I used to read it pretty often when I was in elementary school~
Kumon	I've been reading how props in anime and manga are made scientifically. I'm really enjoying the process of how they're doing it!
	Look, like this… there’s a topic about theoretically being able to make a time machine if you wanted to.
Hisoka	A time machine…
Taichi	Are you also curious, Hisoka-san?
Izumi	We’re home--
Taichi	Ah, welcome home! That’s a somewhat rare combination with Director-sensei, Tasuku-san, and Chikage-san!
Izumi	I was out to buy dinner and stage props and these two happened to be free so I invited them.
	It was helpful to have them carry the bags so thank you very much Tasuku-san and Chikage-san.
Tasuku	I also wanted to see my own props so it was fine. I can see the new plan for the play thanks to that.
Chikage	Tasuku is really eager on researching.
Hisoka	...Tasuku, Chikage.
Chikage	?
Tasuku	What’s up?
Hisoka	I want you to build a time machine.
Chikage	...What?
Tasuku	A time machine…?
Izumi	Oh that’s right, Hisoka-san’s playing as a time traveler…
Hisoka	Yeah, it’s for role-making.
CHOICE 1: You're working hard for the role-making, huh. [+] Izumi You’re working hard for the role-making, huh. Hisoka Yeah. I want to know how it feels to go to the past from the future. Izumi How about using sci-fi movies as a reference? Hisoka I already borrowed from Kazunari before. And if there’s a time machine, I would want to get on it.
CHOICE 2: But isn't a time machine impossible... [+] Izumi But isn’t a time machine impossible… Hisoka Why? Izumi Well… Maybe because it doesn’t look easy for an ordinary person to make. Hisoka But if it’s Tasuku and Chikage, it’s possible to make it. Izumi Eh! I-Is that so…?
Tasuku	…
Izumi	(Eh? Is Tasuku-san seriously thinking about it...?)
	(Don’t tell me since it’s for role-making he’s actually going to build a time machine…!?)
Tasuku	Nope, even if it’s for the sake of role-making, building a time machine is impossible.
Izumi	(Right…!)
Hisoka	But the book they had said it’s possible to make one.
Chikage	...Well, in theory, there’s nothing that can’t be made.
Tasuku	Are you serious?
Chikage	However, no living being has the body to be able to withstand the movement of the speed of light to begin with.
Hisoka	…
Matsukawa	In that case, how about the Infinity Doll!?
Izumi	Matsukawa!? Since when were you there…!?
Hisoka	By Infinity Doll… You mean one of the Seven Mysteries?
Matsukawa	Correct! It’s not an overstatement to say that the Infinity Doll itself can go back in time as many times as it can.
Tasuku	Leave it at that!
Kumon	Tasuku-san?
Taichi	What’s with the sudden frightening look?
Tasuku	It’s nothing… It is what it is, it’s something troublesome, the Seven Mysteries, that is.
Chikage	But, the Infinity Doll has the power to go beyond time so it might make a good power source for the time machine.
Tasuku	Again, the appropriate…
Hisoka	Infinity Doll...
Izumi	(It somehow turned into a deep conversation…)

Hisoka	Zzz…
Tsumugi	Hisoka-kun?
Hisoka	...?
Tsumugi	Are you okay? If you sleep here, you might catch a cold.
Hisoka	…I fell asleep while I was looking for the Infinity Doll.
Tsumugi	Eh? The Infinity Doll…!?
Hisoka	Tsumugi, do you know about it?
Tsumugi	U-Um…
Hisoka	What kind of form does it have?
Tsumugi	Err...
Hisoka	I searched all over the dorms but I couldn’t find it anywhere.
	Tsumugi, if you know then I want you to tell me.
Tsumugi	...Okay, hold on.
Tsumugi	I think... It looks something like this...
Hisoka	So this is the Infinity Doll… It’s a bit different than I thought it would be.
Tsumugi	I-It’s just my imagination of it though.
Hisoka	Thank you. I’ll try to look for it.
Hisoka	...As expected, it’s nowhere to be found.
	I’m so tired from searching for it all day...
	Infinity Doll… Where could you be...
	…
	...Zzz.
???	re… you… kay..?
Hisoka	…?
	--!
Infinity Doll	Oh, are you up? I was worried because you were just lying on the floor.
Hisoka	...Is this the Infinity Doll? It looks exactly like Tsumugi’s drawing.
Infinity Doll	So that’s what I’m called… Well, it might be right from a human’s eyes.
Hisoka	Hey, can you do a time-slip?
Infinity Doll	...You can’t just wish for something like that.
	Don’t look at the past. Open your own future yourself.
Hisoka	...Then, I won’t be able to do role-making as a time traveler.
Infinity Doll	What are you saying? When you look at your past self, the present you is already something of a time traveler.
Hisoka	...Is that so?
Infinity Doll	Well, it’s a long story. You’ll know when time comes.
Hisoka	…
Infinity Doll	What’s the matter?
Hisoka	…
Infinity Doll	Woah! What are you doing…!? Stop it! Don’t just handle me like that!!
Hisoka	Soft… Like marshmallows...
Infinity Doll	Marshmallows?
	Haha, geez, it can’t be helped...
Homare	--Hisoka-kun, Hisoka-kun.
Hisoka	...?
Homare	Get up. It’s time for dinner.
Hisoka	…
Homare	I shall be going on ahead. You have better come quickly.
Hisoka	...Got it.
	…
Tasuku	Mikage, you look drowsy. Did you fall sleep again?
Hisoka	...I was looking for the Infinity Doll.
Tasuku	You haven’t given up on that yet…?
Hisoka	No. I’m giving up on the time machine… Hey, Chikage.
Chikage	What?
Hisoka	...The Infinity Doll has a life, to use that as a power source is awful.
Chikage	…???

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