Citron/Handmade Welcome Puppets

A Witness to Young love

Backstage Stories

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Madam A	The tea party today was so fun~
Citron	Yes! I thought so too!
Madam B	Hehe, let’s talk again soon! Adieu for today.
Citron	Adieu for today~!
	(The tea party was as lively as ever, it was so fun~)
	(They gave me some cherries! I’m gonna bring them back to share with the rest of the troupe. Yeyyyy yeyyy.
???	.... Citron....
Citron	Oh, Takashi, what’s up?
	You don’t look like your normal cheerful self. What happened?
Takashi	.... Yea.... Well you see....
Citron	Hmm here... and this goes over here... mmm...
Izumi	(What is Citron making...?)
	Hey Citron, are you making another Citron Junior?
Citron	Oh, director. This is actually a welcome doll.
Izumi	Welcome doll... You mean one of those dolls you see at the entrances of wedding venues? Uhhh, who’s getting married?
Citron	Takashi is!
Izumi	Takashi?
Citron	He’s a friend I met at the shopping district.
	He told me it was his girlfriend’s wish to ‘become a bride’. So I wanna help him make that wish come true.
	But he told me he doesn’t have money for the ceremony. I am making these dolls so he can have a little homemade wedding ceremony.
Izumi	Ohhhhh, a puppet wedding ceremony sounds lovely!
Citron	Takashi always comes and supports my street acts and cheers me on and says ‘FIGHTING!’ at all our performances.
	He makes me happy, So it’s my turn to help him out.
Izumi	I see....
	If there is anything I can do, I’d like to help.
Citron	Ohh, really? Thank you, director! Then you can help me make some of the stuff that will go around the dolls for decoration.
Izumi	Okay, got it!
Kazunari	Huh? What are you two doing~?
Yuki	Uhh.... Dolls?
Citron	We’re making welcome dolls for Takashi’s wedding!
Kazunari	Ohhh wow! Sounds fun!
Yuki	Uhh well.....
Kazunari	A homemade ceremony! So shiok leh, mega vibes up!
	Hey hey, let us help!
Yuki	Hey don’t drag me into this like that.
Kazunari	It’s cool, it’s cool, it’ll be more fun with all of us helping! C’mon Yuki, join us!
Yuki	Ugh, well guess we’re making some cute stuff.
Citron	Yeahh! We’ll make this a sparkling wedding ceremony!

Yuki	Hey, when is this wedding ceremony?
Citron	Next Sunday.
Izumi	Seriously!?
Kazunari	Ohhhhh-- Well then, guess we can’t do anything too elaborate.
Yuki	So then there’s no way I could make a dress. The most I could make is probably just a bowtie and a veil.
	How tall is the bride?
Citron	I don’t know, but I am thinking like 150cm.
Yuki	So she is petit. Well, I could make a short veil.
Kazunari	Then I can go make a welcome board! What are their names?
Citron	Takashi and Naomi.
Kazunari	Okkkayyyyy! Gonna make the cuuutteesst board, leave it to me!
Izumi	It’s pretty nice to have you two helping.
Citron	Yes! With the shower of 100 people!
Yuki	You mean the power of 100 people?
Citron	Yes, that!
Izumi	Welcome dolls, welcome board, a bowtie, a veil, what else do you need for a wedding.....?
Omi	I’m back-- Oh, what’s with these cherries?
Citron	I got them as a gift from one of the nice ladies in the shopping district.
	OH!
Kazunari	Ohh, looks like Ronron got an idea!?
Citron	Ding ding! Omi, you could make a wedding cake!
Omi	Wedding cake?
	--- I see, alright a wedding cake.
	Got it, leave it to me.
Citron	Thank you so much, Omi!
	The cake doesn’t have to be big.
Omi	Are you sure? We have quite a lot of cherries here, I could make a pretty big cake with that.
Citron	I think a smaller cake would suit Takashi and Naomi the best.
Izumi	? Really?
Omi	Well, if that’s what Citron says. I will make a cute mini cake then.
Citron	Thank you.
Izumi	Finished making all the decorations!
	Huh?
Takashi Doll	“Good evening!”
Izumi	!?
Takashi Doll	“Thank you so much for making the decorations for our wedding!”
Izumi	(What is this voice....)
	Fufu, you’re welcome. I hope you have a fun wedding!
Takashi Doll	“Yes, I’m excited! You are ignited too, so please come!
Izumi	Not ignited, you mean invited, right? Thank you so much for the invitation.
Naomi Doll	“Oh hey, Takashi, who are you talking to? Are you cheating on me!?”
Takashi Doll	“Huh!? No way no way! I am flatly in love with you, Naomi!”
Izumi	You mean madly in love, not flatly, hey Citron.
Citron	Ohh, did I give it away?
Izumi	(There is no way I wouldn’t recognise his unique speech pattern...)
	You made the dolls into puppets.
Citron	You know a marriage ceremony needs some type of purple dance!
Izumi	Purple dance? Oh, performance.
Citron	Yea, that! I am gonna do a little performance with the dolls.
Izumi	Oh, I see!
CHOICE 1: I look forward to seeing what you do. [+] Izumi I am looking forward to seeing what kind of performance you thought of. Citron It is the story of how the two met. I wanna make it really romantic. Izumi Huh? Citron I remember when we met~ We had a fated meeting as well. I am madly in love with you, director! Izumi Ahh, I think Takashi and his new wife will be happy. Citron I made this all with love! It’ll definitely make them happy!
CHOICE 2: I finished making the decorations. [+] Izumi I finished making the decorations. Citron Ohh, nice~! They’re gonna look soooo cute with the bouquet and the dolls! It was all thanks to your help that the two of us were able to make this cute set with the dolls and decorations! We worked so well together, it was tell apple three~! Izumi You mean telepathy? Citron Yes! You and me, our hearts are connected.
Izumi	Ahh, I think Takashi and his new wife will be happy.
Citron	I made this all with love! It’ll definitely make them happy!

Citron	Thank you everyone for coming! Let’s start the wedding ceremony now!
Kazunari	Yeah!
Izumi	(It’s better to have a large crowd at weddings, which is probably why we all got invited...)
Takashi	Y-Yea, I’m really excited....
Naomi	Fufu, me too.
Yuki	So the bride and groom are just elementary school students.
Omi	Well Citron did say that they didn’t have any money for a ceremony, it seems about right.
Kazunari	Wahhh I can see how excited and a bit nervous they are from their smiles!
Izumi	Fufu, they really are.
Citron	Here it is, the ring exchange!
Takashi	Please give me your hand, Naomi.
Naomi	Okay.
Kazunari	Ohh this gets me every time! Omimi!
Omi	Yes.
Izumi	What a cute little wedding ceremony.
Yuki	Yea, it wasn’t bad.
Citron	And next is the banquet! Here’s the wedding cake~!
Naomi	Wow, a cherry cake! How fcute!
Takashi	It looks delicious! Can we eat it now?!
Omi	Of course, I made it for you two.
Kazunari	Wooow! Looks great!
Izumi	That’s our Omi.
Yuki	Next is the performance, right?
Citron	Yes! Gonna start the puppet showww!
Naomi Doll	“Oh what should I do...”
Takashi Doll	“What’s wrong? Why are you upset?”
Naomi Doll	“My mother asked me to come to run some errands at the shopping district but... I don’t know where the fruit store is...”
Takashi Doll	“I see, I can help you! I’ll throw you the way.”
Naomi Doll	“Really!? Thank you!”
Izumi	(Citron.... You mean SHOW you the way, not throw...!)
Takashi Doll	“My name is Takashi.”
Naomi	“My name is Naomi. Nice to meet you.”
Takashi Doll	“Nice to meet you too, Naomi.”
	“The fruit store is over here. Here, take my hand so we don’t get separated.”
Naomi	“Alright, fufu, you’re really reliable, Takashi.”
Takashi Doll	“Well, I just know my way around the shopping district. If you ever need anything, I can lend you a hand.”
Naomi Doll	“Wow, you’re my hero...! So cooll!”
Takashi Doll	“Hehe, thanks! I’ll be your hero, Naomi!”
Izumi	(Fufu, how cute.)
Omi	What a nice ceremony.
Naomi	Thank you so much, everyone. I am happy to be able to make these final memories with Takashi.
Izumi	Final...?
Yuki	What’s going on?
Naomi	I need to go home now. Thank you Takashi! Bye bye...!
Takashi	Alright... Bye bye, Naomi!
	Thank you so much Citron. I am really happy.
Citron	....
Naomi Doll	“The wedding ceremony may be over, but our marriage has just begun. We will be together from now on.”
Takashi Doll	“That’s right!”
Takashi	But, well..
Takashi Doll	“Don’t give up! Fighting!”
Takashi	----
Citron	You can do it, Takashi! Fighting!
Takashi	.... Yea! Thank you!
	Keep working on your Japanese, Citron! Fighting!
Citron	Ohh, that means good luck with my acting... wait he’s already left.
Izumi	What, do you meant those two....
Citron	That’s right.
Citron	Oh, Takashi, what’s up?
Takashi	Well it’s just Naomi is going to be moving far away...
Citron	Ohh, is Naomi your girlfriend?
Takashi	Yea.
	Naomi told me that she had always wanted to be a bride so I bought her a ring with my allowance...
	It’s just I don’t have any money for a ceremony....
Citron	That’s alright. Even if you two are far away, you will be connected.
Takashi	I just don’t want her to forget about me even if we are far away..!
Citron	....
	Then let me arrange a wedding ceremony for you, Takashi!
Citron	It is just like Takashi said to me; young love is fickle. No one knows when it could end.
	That is why I wanted to host this ceremony so the two of them could make happy memories.
	Even if they fall out of love, they will have these memories together and they will never forget the other.
Izumi	Oh, I see. They won’t forget.
Yuki	She kept the veil.
Kazunari	And the supppppper cool welcome board!
Omi	Yes, I took a lot of photos.
Citron	Thanks so much, everyone!
Takashi and Naomi Dolls	“Handmade Wedding Ceremony, SUCCESS!”
Citron	OH! I forgot!
Izumi	W-What did you forget?
Citron	I was gonna give them these dolls as a tarting gift! I gotta go!
	Takashi, Naomi~!
Omi	He means parting gift, not tarting gift.
Kazunari	Yea, that!
Yuki	How disorganised.
Izumi	Well, even with that little mistake, the wedding ceremony was a big success!

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