| Sakuya | Good morning, Director! |
| Tsuzuru | Mornin’. |
| Masumi | Sleepy. |
| Izumi | Good morning, everyone. Huh? Where’s the manager? |
| Sakuya | He always eats breakfast at around 12, so I think he’s asleep. |
| Tsuzuru | That’s just the afternoon. |
| Izumi | Is that so. Well then, let’s get started. |
| Sakuya | Yes! |
| Izumi | First we need to do stretches. |
| Masumi | Stretches? |
| Tsuzuru | You need to stretch for acting? |
| Izumi | You need stamina to make it through multiple performances, and if we’re going to do sword fights and the like, you need to stretch so you won’t hurt yourself. |
| Tsuzuru | I see. |
| Izumi | Once we’re done stretching, we’ll begin vocal exercises. All right, spread out~. |
| Sakuya | Yes. |
| Tsuzuru | Alrighty. |
| Masumi | ....Zz. |
| Izumi | Masumi-kun, wake up! |
| |
| Okay, now we’re finally moving on to basic acting practice. |
| It’s your first time, so we’re going to make this a little entertaining—I’ll have you play out some simple etudes. |
| Sakuya | Like a street act? |
| Izumi | Yes. I’m going to give each of you a basic character profile, and you’ll all improvise an act together. |
| Sakuya | I’ll give it a shot! |
| Tsuzuru | Got it! |
| Masumi | ....Zz. |
| Izumi | Wake up, Masumi-kun! |
| |
| Izumi | .... |
| (Sakuya-kun is a little awkward, just like yesterday. Tsuzuru-kun is also inexperienced, just like he said; he’s at the same level.) |
| (As I thought, Masumi-kun is easily the most proficient. I can’t believe he has no experience.) |
| Okay, stop! We’re pausing for now. I’m changing the set-up again. |
| Masumi | How was that just now? |
| Izumi | It was good. |
| Masumi | Really? |
| Izumi | Yup. |
| (I’ll have Sakuya-kun and Tsuzuru-kun try out as many roles as possible so I can figure out what they’re good at.) |
| Masumi | ....Zz. |
| Izumi | Masumi-kun, wake up! |
| Masumi | No motivation. |
| Izumi | Even though I praised you? |
| Masumi | You didn’t say anything meaningful. |
| Izumi | Uu.... |
| (Masumi-kun is good, but it’s hard to point out how specifically; all I can say is that he’s proficient overall.) |
| (He’s our biggest asset at the moment, so I’m really glad to have him, but... I’ll need to think of exercises from him.) |
| First I want to figure out each of your characteristic acting traits. So relax and perform in a carefree style. |
| Sakuya | Yes! |
| Tsuzuru | Ok. |
| Masumi | ....Zz. |
| Izumi | Masumi-kun! |
| (We have a lot of troubles ahead of us...) |
| |
| Manager | Ah, Director. Good timing. |
| Izumi | Is something the matter? |
| Manager | Masumi-kun’s parents got in touch, and approved of his joining the troupe. |
| Izumi | I see. I’m glad. |
| Were they worried for him? |
| Manager | I wonder? Their secretary called us and left us a message... |
| Izumi | Eeh? |
| Manager | Pretty cold of them, don’t you think? |
| Izumi | Yes... |
| (I wonder what kind of household Masumi-kun comes from...) |
