| Sakyo | …At last, it’s time for Winter Troupe. |
| Izumi | It makes me a little emotional. |
| Banri | You just barely had enough people do the Autumn Troupe audition; is it always like that? |
| Izumi | Yup. Besides the two people that I already scouted, it’s always just 2 or 3 other people that come. |
| Omi | Where are the people that you scouted this time? |
| Izumi | Umm, well… I couldn’t think of anyone, so I’m a bit worried whether we’ll gather enough people this time… |
| Omi | We have a fixed fanbase now and we’ve gotten more popular since the Spring Troupe play, so we should be okay. |
| Izumi | You think so? |
| Taichi | We even handed out flyers to announce the audition. It’s gonna be fine! |
| Izumi | You’re right! |
| Quiet Young Man | Excuse me. |
| Long-Haired Man | Excuse me. |
| Izumi | Here they come! |
| Juza | Hey you. You an applicant? |
| Quiet Young Man | Y-yeah. |
| Banri | If you start acting as the receptionist, our precious applicants are all gonna go home! |
| Juza | I don’t wanna hear that from you. |
| Sakyo | Step back. I’ll handle this. |
| Taichi | Er, you should also step back, Sakyo-nii. |
| Long-Haired Man | So, what should we do? |
| Banri | Oh? Aren’t you the guy from before? |
| Long-Haired Man | Yeah. You remembered me. |
| Juza | Thanks for before. |
| Long-Haired Man | You’re welcome. |
| Izumi | Do you two know him? |
| Banri | He helped us out a little bit a while ago. |
| Izumi | I see. |
| Long-Haired Man | I became interested in this theater group when I watched the final performance. I thought I should give the audition a try. |
| Izumi | Do you have any experience in theater? |
| Long-Haired Man | None at all. |
| Izumi | If you enter our theater group, we’ll have practices while you also have work. Would you be okay with that? |
| Sakyo | It’s gonna be tough if you often do overtime, or if you have work during holidays. |
| Long-Haired Man | That should be no problem. I’m on temporary leave from work right now anyway. |
| Izumi | (He certainly doesn’t seem like a salaryman. He has fair skin, and you can’t guess his age or his sex just by looking at him.) |
| What kind of work did you used to do? |
| Long-Haired Man | I was a sleeping partner. [1] |
| Izumi | Sleeping partner!? |
| Banri | Ohh, is that like a night job?[2] |
| Taichi | A-an adult… |
| Omi | Maybe it’s the name of a shop? A café called “Sleeping Partner” or something like that. |
| Sakyo | That’s just even more suspicious. |
| Long-Haired Man | It’s nothing like an indecent job that you’re all imagining. |
| It’s a wholesome job where I simply accompany people in bed and listen to their problems and worries. |
| Izumi | I-I see. |
| (Wholesome!? But, I guess it’s kind of similar to being a counselor…) |
| Juza | So that’s why you were walking with a rich-looking woman that time. |
| Long-Haired Man | Ah, that’s right. I was on the job that time. |
| Banri | So, how about you over there? Do you have experience in theater? |
| Quiet Young Man | Huh? Me? |
| Izumi | Have you ever studied theater before? |
| Quiet Young Man | Well, you could say that… Speaking of experience, I do have experience… but I haven’t been in a theater group like this before. |
| I’ve only done amateur level theater at school, plus I took a break from acting for a while, so I don’t mind if you treat me as a novice. |
| Izumi | (He’s very modest, or perhaps I should say reserved. I guess I won’t know the real extent of his ability until I see it.) |
