| Izumi | Now then, I’d like to start the meeting regarding the details of the Winter Troupe’s debut performance. |
| The person in charge of the script, Tsuzuru, and the person in charge of the costumes, Yuki, will also be participating. |
| Tsuzuru | Looking forward to working with you. |
| Yuki | I look forward to working with you. |
| Izumi | The theme is “Angel”, but how should we go about presenting that… |
| Homare | Well of course, the script and costumes must be beautiful, sublime, and magnificent works of art. |
| Izumi | Indeed, when everyone hears the word “angel”, what they imagine is something of that sense. |
| Tasuku | That’s God Seat’s forte and most probably the course of action they’ll take. We’ll be no match for them if we go that same direction. |
| Yuki | Are you saying that our level here is too low? |
| Tasuku | What I mean is that our budget here is different. |
| Using the same tactics against an opponent that has really flashy production, really flashy costumes, and uses famous people for guest appearances puts us at a real disadvantage. |
| Tsumugi | But flashy doesn’t always mean good. If the audience say it’s good, then it’s good. |
| Tasuku | If you continuously compare our play with theirs, we’ll obviously pale in comparison if we go the same direction. |
| Tsumugi | Even so, if we take a different direction from the theme “Angel,” we’ll betray the audience’s expectations. |
| Tasuku | I’m not saying that we should take a completely different direction. |
| Izumi | (They’re not fighting again, are they…?) |
| Tsumugi | Then what do you want to do? |
| Tasuku | We’ll expand on the mental images we can make from “Angel”. Plus, we’ll create a different image of “Angel” from God Seat. |
| Tsumugi | The mental images we can make from “Angel,” huh… |
| Azuma | Like holiness and purity? |
| Tsuzuru | There’s also a lot of tragedies in movies with angels. |
| Tasuku | That’s not bad. I want to set us apart from God Seat with a subtle performance. |
| Tsumugi | I’m sure there will be a lot of God Seat fans in the audience that will evaluate us, so we should go with a play that makes the most out of Tasuku’s bold, intense acting instead. |
| Tasuku | Well sorry for dragging along God Seat’s style with me. |
| Tsumugi | In order to gather audience votes, our personal preferences don’t matter. |
| Tasuku | Easy for you to say… |
| Izumi | (Those two seem to be used to quarrels like this. Quarrels are intense in their own way, but they’re discussing and talking in theory.) |
| Tsuzuru | If I were to write something with the Winter Troupe members in mind, I think it’ll turn into something with a mature and calm feel. |
| Azuma | In that case, subtle acting would be more suitable. |
| Tsumugi | That’s true… |
| Homare | Hm… I reckon that we match the script and costumes with the play’s ambience and make them more reserved. |
| Tasuku | Right… I want it to leave an impact in a way different from how it’s been done before. |
| Yuki | …I’ll give it a try. |
| Izumi | Okay, so your debut performance will be a tragedy with a calm, mature feel and subtle acting. Shall we go with that? |
| Tsumugi | Yes. |
| Hisoka | …I think that’s good. |
| Homare | I am also fine with that. |
| Tasuku | Let’s go with that. |
| Tsumugi | You look happy, Tasuku. |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| (It doesn’t look like his expression changed at all though…) |
| Tasuku | Well. I’m excited to be in a play with a different feel to it after so long. |
| When I was at God Seat, all they made me do was play refreshing prince roles in glittering settings. |
| Homare | Even the top actor in a famous theater group has their own problems. |
| Tasuku | As a professional, I have to answer to what’s demanded from me though. |
| Homare | Not being able to express yourself as you would like – that is absolutely impossible for me. |
| Tsuzuru | But, well, I’m pretty excited too. We haven’t done a tragedy before, so I want to try writing it soon. |
| Izumi | Come to think of it, our plays have been comedies so far. |
| (It seems like it’s going to be a play different from the other troupes so far, so I’m excited too.) |
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| Tsumugi | Director, what are we doing in practice next week? |
| Izumi | Until the script is done, I was thinking of introducing pantomiming. |
| Tasuku | That’ll be effective if we’re going with a subtle performance. |
| Tsumugi | Understood. |
| Azuma | Pantomiming is that thing that street performers do, right? |
| Homare | Is that useful for plays? |
| Tsumugi | It’s an inconspicuous aspect, but refining your expressiveness in accordance to your movements will make your acting more persuasive. |
| Homare | Ohh, I see. |
| Tsuzuru | … |
| Izumi | Huh? Tsuzuru-kun? |
| Tsuzuru | —It’s, done. |
| Hisoka | …He collapsed. |
| Tsumugi | Is he okay? |
| Izumi | You wrote the script without sleeping again, didn’t you!? You can’t not sleep! |
| Tsuzuru | …‘Kay. |
| Izumi | Go rest on the sofa for now. |
| Tsuzuru | …*sigh* |
| Azuma | Is this the Winter Troupe play’s script? |
| Tasuku | Looks like it. |
| Izumi | Can we read it? |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah. |
| Izumi | … |
| …… |
| (Did Tsuzuru-kun really write this? It has such a different feel to it that it makes you wonder…) |
| (It’s so melancholic and emotionally touching…) |
| Tsumugi | …It’s a great script. There are so many lines that I want to say on stage soon. |
| Homare | Truly beautiful… |
| Azuma | Yeah. It’s a tragic love, so it’s holy and pure. |
| Tasuku | Just one thing, you should adjust the way the lines are spoken in this scene. |
| Tsuzuru | …Where? |
| Tasuku | Here. It’ll shine more if it’s shorter. |
| Tsuzuru | …I’ll fine-tune it once more. |
| Tasuku | Tsumugi, let’s go through it together once. |
| Tsumugi | Oh, okay— |
| Homare | Initiating practice at once – how strict; or cool, more like. |
| Tsuzuru | It’s my first time writing a tragedy, so I wonder how it is. It’s probably lacking… |
| Tsumugi | It’s fine. After all, it looks like Tasuku is itching to do it soon. |
| Izumi | That’s what his reaction just now meant!? |
| Azuma | That’s too difficult to understand; or rather, it’s completely incomprehensible. |
| Hisoka | …Expressionless. |
| Azuma | It’s over if Hisoka calls you that. |
| Izumi | Ahaha, you’re right. |
| Okay everyone, tomorrow we’ll start reading out the script, so please make sure to read it well and get it in your head! |
