Guy/Rehearsal

Silent Fishing

Backstage Stories

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Delivery Man	Thank you very much!.
Izumi	Thank you for your hard work. It’s addressed to...Azuma-san? Another coloring book? - At Azuma’s room - Azuma-san, you have a delivery!
Azuma	Thank you, Director. What perfect timing. Can you take a little break? I was about to pour a pot of tea.
Izumi	Is that ok? Well, if you insist, I’ll come in for a bit.
Hisoka	(sleeping) bye...bye...
Guy	(deep in concentration) ...
Izumi	Oh Guy-san, wait is he...doing a coloring book?
Azuma	Mhm. I invited him to come give it a try, you see.
Izumi	Let’s take a look...wow...it’s so delicate and neat, it looks almost like a photograph!
Guy	Director, you came in? I’m terribly sorry, I didn’t realize...
Izumi	You got lost in your coloring, huh?
Guy	(blushing) I’ve done...coloring books with Citronia when he was a child...so i wanted to feel that sense of excitement once more...
Izumi	Guy-san, could it be you’re a little shy?
Guy	It’s my first time trying coloring as an adult. It’s mysterious but it’s...soothing my heart.
Azuma	Director, since you’ve brought the new book, would you care to color with us?
Izumi	Sure! Speaking of which, is this a hobby of yours, Guy?
Guy	I don’t know if this is a hobby of mine, but... I like to collect old records.
Azuma	Oh, is that so?
Izumi	That’s a pretty cool hobby! What else do you like to do?
Guy	I like... to go fishing.
Izumi	Fishing! That’s a bit unexpected!
Azuma	In the ocean? Or the river?
Guy	The ocean. Zafra is a nation surrounded by the sea, so I would set out to fish whenever I had time. However, our current proximity to the sea is quite far. It makes fishing...difficult indeed.
Azuma	Come now, that can’t be. Certainly there must be a fishing moat somewhere nearby.
Guy	Japan has...spots where one can fish in a city such as this?
Izumi	That reminds me, I think there’s one on the edge of town.
Hisoka	I’ve worked... near there.
Azuma	Oh, he’s arisen.
Hisoka	Yeah, the fishing moat is nice... not too loud...
Izumi	I’ve been down by the moat, but I’ve never actually fished there before. Guy-san, if you wanted, we could go check it out together.
Guy	I am indeed interested, if you will have me.

Guy	So this is the place where one can go fishing...
Izumi	Today’s a weekday, and there aren’t many people here now. Perhaps we really could take our time here and relax.
Guy	You’re right. This place, it really is a good place isn’t it?
Izumi	Yeah. By the way, isn’t your backpack kind of gigantic? That’s so unlike you, Guy-san.
Guy	Ah. When I told the others that I was going to my very first fishing moat, everyone in the winter troupe gave me various necessary items.
Izumi	Necessary items?
Guy	From Tsukioka: blankets, for when it gets cold by the waterside. From Takato, dumbbells, for...some reason I am not aware of.
Izumi	A blanket, why thank you! But the dumbbells...aren’t they heavy?
Guy	From Arisugawa, I was given a book of his poetry. He said that if I read it aloud, the fish will “gather around thy rods and swoon into thy nets”.
Izumi	(Good lord, Homare-san...)
Guy	After that, Yukishiro gifted me this sake. He said that in Japan, it is good luck to fish while drinking sake.
Izumi	Is it really ok for us to be drinking here?
Guy	From Mikage, I acquired marshmallows. I heard him say that it’s a fish’s favorite food.
Izumi	You misheard, they’re Hisoka’s favorite food....
Guy	I see. Well, let’s try normal bait first. Yes, good job. Next, cast the fishing line.
Izumi	Got it!
Guy	.......
Izumi	.......
Guy	.......
Izumi	Now what?
Guy	We wait.
Izumi	I see...
Guy	.......
Guy	.......
Guy	.......
Izumi	(Guy-san... is perfectly still. Not moving a muscle, he looks as if frozen in place.)
Guy	Director...
Izumi	Ah, yes? What’s up?
Guy	Pull it out.
Izumi	Eh? What?? Now??? Uhh-um..!!
Guy	Allow me to help.
Izumi	Sorry! Yes, please do! ... Yes!!! I got the fish!
Guy	I’m so happy.
Izumi	Yes, but...
Guy	...? What’s wrong?
Izumi	It’s...smaller than I thought it would be, this fish. Is this usually how it goes? On TV, the fish always seem to be much bigger...
Guy	...it’s normal.
Izumi	Guy-san?
Guy	I’m so sorry, it’s just... you said the same exact thing Citronia did when he caught his first fish with me.
Izumi	I did?
Guy	Back home in Zafra, Citronia would scold me all the time. When my thoughts became troubled, I would take quietly to fishing to ponder them. But one time, he came with me.
Izumi	You went in secret?
Guy	Yes. But after looking at the fish he caught, Citronia complained that it was so much smaller than his struggle made it seem. That was when....Citronia was 10 years old. Nostalgic...
Izumi	10 years huh... so I had the same reaction as a little kid...
Guy	It is a lovely occasion when the Director can express her inner child.
Izumi	Wow, smooth catch. <sarcasm>Thank you ever so very much.</sarcasm> Well, let’s take Citron with us next time. We can all come together.
Guy	Ah, I was thinking the same, but I don’t think it is necessary. After all, you two have the same energy.

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