Tsumugi Tsukioka/Hello, Pacman

CHOMP CHOMP • Strawberry

Backstage Stories

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Tsumugi	Good Morning.
Omi	Good Morning.
Kazunari	Tsumu Tsumu, Mornin' !
Omi	Today's breakfast is toast and omelette.
Tsumugi	Thank you.--- Ah, there's a drawing on the omelette.
Kazunari	It's a Pac-Man ketchup art by yours truly ! ♪
Tsumugi	Heh~ I'm not surprised. Kazu-kun, you're really good at it.
Omi	Taichi and Kumon happily took a picture of it.
Tsumugi	Come to think of it, everyone seems to be addicted to Pac-Man lately.
Manager	Ahh-! I missed the strawberry -!
Kamekichi	You suck !
Omi	Even the manager and Kamekichi is caught up in Pac-Man boom.
Kazunari	In short, Pac-Man's gonna be included in breakfast menu for a while.
Omi	By the way, tomorrow's breakfast is pancakes.
Tsumugi	Pancake... Will you need strawberries?
Omi	Yes. I'm going to buy them today... Could it be...
Tsumugi	Yup. I'm about to harvest the strawberries in the courtyard.
	....Hm, everyone has such a lovely color. I’m glad all grew up healthy.
	From now on, I'll try to grow more vegetables and fruits.
Itaru	Mornin’.
Tsumugi	Good Morning, Itaru-kun.
	It's already past noon. Are you going out to eat ?
Itaru	No, I've eaten already.
	--Oh, it's strawberry. Are you going to harvest them?
Tsumugi	Yes. We're going to use them for breakfast tomorrow so I'm going to harvest them tonight.
Itaru	Not now?
Tsumugi	The weather is nice today so I'll just let them bathe in the sunlight till the end. They're going to be more delicious that way.
Itaru	Heh~
Tsumugi	Well then, I'm going back to my room.
Itaru	Are you done gardening for today?
Tsumugi	If I loiter around the garden like this, I won't be able to stop myself from harvesting all the strawberries.
Itaru	I see.
	If that's the case, why don't you try harvesting strawberries to your heart's content in game?
Tsumugi	In game?

Tsumugi	..... Err, this is Pac-Man, right?
Itaru	Right. You can get two bonus points in one stage.
	There are strawberries in it too.
Tsumugi	I see but Itaru-kun, you know that I'm really bad at games, right? I doubt if I can even get the bonus points.
Itaru	Don't worry. All you have to do is move the lever to play Pac-Man.
Tsumugi	Eh, is that so? Perhaps, I might be able to play a little.
Itaru	Look, the strawberry appeared ! Go to your right, right !
Tsumugi	Eh? R-right?
Itaru	No, turning right yourself won't do. Use the controller.
Tsumugi	I, I see-- like this?
Itaru	There's a ghost on the right side. Run away for now.
Tsumugi	Which way should I go...?!
Itaru	Ah, Did you ate the Power Cookie? Then, chase the ghosts now.
Tsumugi	Eh !? Hitting the enemy will do, right? Eh, Huh? Where's the strawberry ?
Itaru	It's gone. I mean, the fruit is just a bonus so you're not required to take---.
Tsumugi	Ah, the strawberry appeared again !
Itaru	Yosh ! Now, go left !
Tsumugi	Um !
Itaru	Like I said before, use the controller to move, not you.
Tsumugi	Fuaah...... Huh? It's evening already?
Itaru	Oh, that's why I'm hungry.
Tsumugi	It's my first time playing a game for such a long time. It was really fun, but I'm a little tired...
Itaru	GJ, GJ.
Tsumugi	Itaru-kun, it's amazing how you can always play like this. I'm starting to see cookies floating in front of me now.
Itaru	Maybe that happens if you're not used to it. Well, isn't it about time to harvest real strawberries?
Tsumugi	Ah, that's right.
	.... Ehh?
Itaru	What is it?
Tsumugi	.... It's weird. I'm missing two.
Itaru	You mean, strawberries?
Tsumugi	I counted them earlier so I'm sure.
Itaru	Did crows ate it?
Tsumugi	I wonder.... it was taken rather neatly.
Itaru	Indeed. Then the culprit might be---
Tsumugi	Could it be...it's Pac-Man?
Itaru	That's not possible.
Tsumugi	Ahaha, right? I got too engrossed in the world of games. I'm getting everything mixed up.
Itaru	If playing too much can cause confusion to those who are not used to it, the culprit might've played Pac-Man too much and ate the strawberry thinking that he'll get a bonus points from it?
???	Gulp...
Tsumugi	Hm?
Itaru	What is it?
Tsumugi	I think I heard something just now... Perhaps, it's just my imagination.
	Hey, Itaru-kun. Wanna eat one?
Itaru	Is it alright?
Tsumugi	Let's keep it a secret from everyone.
Itaru	Ok.
	.... it's delicious.
Tsumugi	‘Bonus get”, right?
???	Phew-, That was close !
Kamekichi	Indeed !

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