Itaru Chigasaki/Märchen Syndrome

Märchen Missions & Traps

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Today's play was a great learning experience.
Tasuku	Yeah, it's a good play.
Tsumugi	The storyline is an excerpt from a novel, right?
	Maybe I should recommend it to Tsuzuru-kun.
Izumi	..... Huh, the table is cluttered.
Tsumugi	You're right. That's a lot of color pens and paper...
Tasuku	Is it Summer Troupe?
Itaru	Welcome home~.
	Ah, I'll clean it up in a minute.
Izumi	Eh? Are those doodles yours, Itaru-san?
Itaru	Well, they're not mine alone.
Itaru	I'm home.
Taichi	Welcome home!
Misumi	Welcome home~!
Kazunari	Welcome ~!
Itaru	Ah, Kazunari, there you are.
	Can I borrow your color pens?
	If you have, gimme some papers you're not using too.
Kazunari	Sure but are you drawing something?
Itaru	Well, it's a mission imposed by my boss' acquaintance so I have to draw...
Taichi	What do you mean?
Itaru	When I told them about my impressions about the fairytale theme park I visited before, they were really happy. After that, I've been spawned to carry on a mission, or two.
Misumi	Mission?
Itaru	First mission is this.
Tenma	A smartphone game?
Itaru	Yup. It's planned and coordinated by the theme park's management committee. They want to know my impressions.
Kumon	Heh-, so it's a drawing battle game!
Itaru	Seems like you can use your phone's camera to take a picture of your drawing and make it move and fight in battles.
Kazunari	Man, that rocks! Sounds fun!
	Are the parameters prompted by the color and shape of the illustrations?
Misumi	I wonder if Sankaku-kun is going to be strong~.
Taichi	I want to see my drawing move too!
Kazunari	Hey, hey, can we give it a shot too?
Itaru	Sure thing. The more reviews, the better.
	Let's meet up in the courtyard in 10 minutes.
Izumi	Then this skillfully drawn dragon is....
Itaru	It's Kazunari's.
	The setting and others are produced by Kumon.
Izumi	Heh. This dog is so cute.
	Is it Muku-kun's?
Itaru	It's Tenma's.
	According to him, it's the most OP wolf out there.
Tsumugi	Err...It's not obvious how strong it is.
Tasuku	This triangular character wielding a shield and sword is most probably Ikaruga's.
Izumi	Akapoyo-kun is drawn by Taichi, right?
	Everyone's characteristics and personalities are showing up. It's interesting.
	Ah, and this robot is?
Itaru	It's mine.
	Fufu, come to think of it, there's always one kid in the class who is good at drawing robots like this.
Tsumugi	It's exactly like Tasuku.
Tasuku	I'm telling you, I'm not drawing those stuff anymore.
Itaru	It's quite interesting. Wanna give it a try?
Tasuku	Sorry, I have an early start tomorrow so I'll pass for now.
Tsumugi	I'm about to prepare lessons too.
Itaru	I see. Feel free to join me next time then.
Tsumugi	Yes, thank you.
	Good night.
Tasuku	Good night-.
Itaru	G'night.
Izumi	Itaru-san, can I try it too?
Itaru	Oh, sure.
	First, you gotta draw a character on paper.
Izumi	Hmm, what should I draw?
	I'll start with yellow then--...
	........
Itaru	.....Director-san, are you drawing a curry?
	Ain't a fighting curry way too original?
Izumi	....It's not.
Itaru	No. Judging the shape and color, it's definitely a curry-.
Izumi	It's not! Look, it has eyes, ears, and the mane... Look, it's a lion!
Itaru	Then, how will you explain the white circle around it?
	It's a plate, isn't it?
Izumi	..... It's a lion curry.
Itaru	You just spawned a bizarre character--
	It's really cute though. Are you okay with that drawing?
Izumi	You just laughed, didn't you?!
	There's no telling if it's going to be a really strong one!
Itaru	Yeah, yeah.

Itaru	Ahー, lol.
	Your lion curry is the weakest character I've ever seen.
Izumi	It's weird....
	It should've been stronger.
Banri	I'm home-
Chikage	I'm home.
Izumi	It's late. We're you two together?
Chikage	Yeah. I met up with Banri after work.
	We played an escape game.
Izumi	Heh, how was it?
Banri	's a cakewalk
Chikage	Today's game is ridiculously easy after all.
Itaru	Escape game, huh...
	I just remembered something annoying.
Izumi	What's the matter?
Itaru	Nah, it's just a mission imposed by the higher-ups.
Mission #2	An escape game review.
Izumi	Speaking of which, you mentioned that the theme park has an escape game too.
Itaru	Right. They're reviving it this time so they want me to participate in the test play.
	After careful consideration, I think senpai and Banri would be perfect participants.
Chikage	What do you mean?
Itaru	They asked me to bring two groups if possible.
	The first pair should be escape-games experts.
Banri	Got it.
	Whaddya' think, Chikage-san? I'm in.
Chikage	I don't mind joining too.
Itaru	Good-, one pair is set. Now, all I need is someone who can pair up with me on beginner levels.
	*stare*----.....
Izumi	(He's obviously referring to me but....)
	An escape game with Itaru-san...
Itaru	You don't seem to be pleased with the idea.
Izumi	But Itaru-san is a serial bungler when it comes to pair battles...
Itaru	Perhaps, you're talking about the survival game and the ‘certain VR game’ we played?
	Don't worry. I won't be as pathetic as I was back then.
	"Third try is a charm".
Banri	Well, "Things come in threes."
Chikage	"What happens in the morning can also happen at night", or so they say.
Itaru	There, Keep your opinions to yourselves.
Izumi	Understood, I'm joining.
	.....However, three strikes and you're out.
Itaru	Roger. I'll definitely show you how manly Chigasaki Itaru is this time.
Staff	Welcome to the fairytale escape game!
There are two types of modes	Hard and Beginner mode.
Banri	We'll play hard mode.
Staff	The hard mode is the world of Red Riding Hood.
	It is unprecedentedly difficult, it would be impossible to escape unless you have a considerable amount of strength, intelligence, and wits.
Izumi	Heh, sounds fun.
Staff	The beginner mode is the world of Hansel and Gretel.
	It is highly recommended for escape game beginners!
Izumi	We're playing this one, right?
Itaru	Beginner mode eh...
	Even though I normally go for hard mode or even critical mode right off the bat.
Izumi	This isn't a video or smartphone games.
	Let's leave the hard mode to the experts.
Staff	The beginner mode's mysteries are not that difficult to solve but you need to have keep your mind strong!
Itaru	....Keep our mind strong?
Staff	In both modes, you'll lose and the game will end when the wolves and witches caught you.
	It's all up to you if you're going to use the helper characters you'll meet on the way or not.
	We're doing a test play this time so we'll gather here to write a review when all the games end.
	--- Without any further ado, let the games begin!
Banri	See ya' later then.
	Itaru-san, be sure to show the man you are.
Chikage	Kantoku-san, I'm sure it's going to be hard for you but hang in there.
Itaru	Stop grinning, you two.
Izumi	Ahaha....I will do my best!

Itaru	Is this the witch's house?
Izumi	We arrived in no time.
Itaru	Things have been going smoothly so far.
	Now, should we start exploring the room and look for hints?
Izumi	The witches won't find us, right?
	Hmm, this cupboa--
Witch	What a plump, fat, delicious child you are...Hihihi.
Child A	Noooooo!
Child B	KYAAAAーーーーー！！
Itaru	......That's some S-class horror right there.
	So this is why 'we must keep our mind strong' ---
Izumi	......
Itaru	Director-san, are you bad with horror stuff?
Izumi	I am not generally bad with horror but.... bad people are up to no good.
Itaru	I see.
	Don't worry. I'll definitely protect you, director-san.
Izumi	Thanks for saying so but in all honesty, I'm not expecting anything from you.
Itaru	Ouch.
	Though, if you'll think about everything that happened so far, I can't blame you.
	Anyways, we can't proceed if we don't find a hint or helper characters. Let's look for it more carefully.
Izumi	Uhh......
Itaru	Hn? This cage appears to be deliberately covered in cloth---
???	Ah.
Itaru	Helper character has been spawned.
Hansel	My name is Hansel.
	The witch trapped me here.
Itaru	I heard you have the hint for solving the mystery.
	Can you tell me?
Hansel	Gretel and I love animals.
	If you draw me a picture of a cool animal,
	I'll give you the hint.
Izumi	Animal pictures?
Itaru	We don't have much time left to think. It leaves us no choice but to draw something.
	-- It’s done. What do you think of this tiger?
Hansel	What part of your drawing is a tiger? It's barely even passable as a cat. Perhaps, it's a dog with a human's face? Anyway, it looks weak. You suck.
Itaru	Keep your mind strong: Part two.
	Are all escape games like this?
Izumi	Then, how about this?
Itaru	Director-san, don't tell me you drew a lion curry again. You're as laid-back as ever.
Izumi	It's an ordinary lion, you know!
Itaru	No, no. That drawing is definitely---
Hansel	Uwah, it's a lion!
	It's super cool!
	Itaru Eh?
	Onee-chan is a very good artist!
Izumi	I'm glad you liked it! Thank you.
Itaru	...What the hell.
Izumi	Our escape is a success!
Itaru	G'J.
Chikage	Good job. You're late.
Banri	Itaru-san. 're you able to show off the man you are this time?
Itaru	No, rather than being able to show off how manly I am, I'd say it just backfired.
Banri	Ha?
Izumi	Ah, seems like both of you have finished writing the review.
Chikage	We've been here since a while ago.
Itaru	Let's see.. Oh, "too crowded"...
	...."Extremely harsh".
	"The players might feel bad at a worrisome level."
Banri	I know you wanna test play the level for experts but 's gonna be pointless if you'll only write this much.
Itaru	I'm not just bad-mouthing them. I want them to make further improvements by pointing out specific areas.
	Well, this is a high-quality review so it's okay.
	---Though I only have negative opinions, I can't put it into words very well. Director-san is the only one I can count on when it comes to this.
Izumi	Fufu, of course, I'll give them high reviews without being told.
	I had so much fun this time. It's all thanks to Itaru-san.
Itaru	Seriously.
CHOICE 1: The mysteries were solved perfectly. [+] Izumi Itaru-san solved the mysteries in the first half perfectly so everything else proceeded smoothly. Itaru Well, it's the beginner mode plus I wanted to show you something good this time so I did my best. Izumi I changed my mind about you. Itaru So was my third-strike revenge successful? Izumi Fufu, who knows? I can't say for sure.
CHOICE 2: It's my first time winning. [+] Izumi It's my first time winning a pair game with Itaru-san. Itaru Finally, I got to play with director-san till the end. I used to be the first person to withdraw before. Izumi Let's do our best so we can continue to work this way!
Itaru	Today's MVP is without a doubt director-san's lion curry.
	It is the weakest but I'm going to pay respect to this character and never delete it.
Izumi	That goes without saying!
	Rather, did you intend to delete it?!
Itaru	Just kidding.
	Let's play a game together again, director-san.

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