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shivalriesSeason: Spring, one year ago
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Location: Garden Space - East
Izumi: You really just do whatever you want at any moment, huh... It really ticks me off—you can talk to my foot instead!
Leo: Wauuugh! Stop it, Sena! Say no to violence!
It's that attitude that gets you misunderstood all the time, y'know! People say you're scary, or unpleasant, or hard to approach, and all that stuff!
Even though you're actually so sweet and gentle...
Izumi: ......
Leo: Aww, poor widdle Sena... Everybody hates you, huh... There, there, Leo-san will give you a nice biiig hug ♪
Izumi: I'll kill you.
Leo: Eep! You really are scary! Don't glare at me, Sena, you already have a resting bitch face!
Izumi: Sorry? Got a problem with my face now?
Leo: Not a single one! You're always pretty, just like the moon!
Izumi: You're the "moon" around here, with that name... Anyway, that's enough chit-chat. Let's get to practicing. [1]
We've got war to wage tomorrow and the day after that as well; there's a performance practically every single day.
Leo: Mgh... I like performing, but it's just, I dunno... Lately it's been so much different from how I imagined...
This unit system and live battle stuff... all of it feels kinda off.
Was this what being an idol was always about? I just wanna throw back my head and "Wahaha!☆" with everybody! I wonder~ if I can make a hundred friends~♪ [2]
Izumi: Would it kill you to stay on topic? Also, you shouldn't squeeze cats so tightly like that.
You have to be more careful with living things. Hand it over to me.
Leo: Oh, you wanna hold Little John too, Sena?
Izumi: I'm just giving it a place to escape because you're being so rough with it. I mean, it's a stray—I'd never touch it otherwise.
It's dirty, and I bet it's got fleas and ticks all over it too—toootally annoying.
...... ♪
Leo: Wahaha. Never woulda thought you liked animals so much, Sena.
Izumi: More than people, anyway. ...Oh right, I wanted to ask you something.
Leo: Ooo, what's up? You wanna know who I like? Well, guess what... I looooove you, Sena ☆
Izumi: Nobody asked. I just wanted to say we have to choose a name for our unit.
Leo: Huh? Isn't it Chess?
Izumi: Chess split up, remember?
Right after that happened, the unit system kicked off its preliminary trial, and we started having to register unit names and members.
Someone else nabbed the name "Chess", so... we have to think of something different.
Seems like we can't participate in official DreamFes—or performances in general at this point—unless we get registered.
Anything's fine. We just have to hurry up and pick something so we can turn in the paperwork.
Leo: Whaaat? I don't care what we're called, to be honest. Can't you come up with something good, Sena?
Izumi: Why should that fall on me when you're the leader here?
Leo: Seriously...? I mean, Chess is the only name for me!
I was raised on Chess's music, y'know? You could really feel the careful artistry in their compositions.
The old Chess was super cool!
Izumi: Look, it's just for convenience and paperwork, okay? There's no point in whining about it.
Besides, you went missing, so other people got there first.
Speaking of the guys who split off from Chess...
Seems like they have a trend of naming themselves after chess pieces, maybe in honor of their original unit.
"King" and "Queen" and other flashy, tough-sounding names have already been taken...
Most variations of those names seem to have been taken, too.
If you had to pick, Leo-kun, what chess piece would you want?
If we don't decide quick, we're gonna end up as "Pawn", y'know.
Leo: Pawns are strong too... But it does sound kinda dumb, I guess. If we got up there and went, "We are Pawn!" it'd just sound like we're running a pawn shop. [3]
Hmm... Out of the remaining chess pieces, there's Bishop or Rook or Knight?
Izumi: Oh, sorry. I just looked those up on my phone, and all those names are in use already.
Though if we changed it up a bit, we could get registered without a problem.
Leo: Hrmmm... Okay, then how about we go plural? Like... "Knights"?
Izumi: Ooh, looks like that's open! Alright then, Knights it is~♪
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[1] "Tsuki" 月 in "Tsukinaga" means "moon" in Japanese. ↑
[2] This is a commonly known children's song in Japan titled 一年生になったら ("When I Become a First Grader"). The song is about making friends when starting elementary school, and you can hear a sample here. ↑
[3] The important part of this line is the joke, so I changed it up to make it sound naturally silly in English, BUT originally Leo says "pawns" sounds like ponzu (a Japanese condiment) and that it'd sound like he and Izumi were selling ponzu... ↑
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Location: Garden Space - East
Izumi: You really just do whatever you want at any moment, huh... It really ticks me off—you can talk to my foot instead!
Leo: Wauuugh! Stop it, Sena! Say no to violence!
It's that attitude that gets you misunderstood all the time, y'know! People say you're scary, or unpleasant, or hard to approach, and all that stuff!
Even though you're actually so sweet and gentle...
Izumi: ......
Leo: Aww, poor widdle Sena... Everybody hates you, huh... There, there, Leo-san will give you a nice biiig hug ♪
Izumi: I'll kill you.
Leo: Eep! You really are scary! Don't glare at me, Sena, you already have a resting bitch face!
Izumi: Sorry? Got a problem with my face now?
Leo: Not a single one! You're always pretty, just like the moon!
Izumi: You're the "moon" around here, with that name... Anyway, that's enough chit-chat. Let's get to practicing. [1]
We've got war to wage tomorrow and the day after that as well; there's a performance practically every single day.
Leo: Mgh... I like performing, but it's just, I dunno... Lately it's been so much different from how I imagined...
This unit system and live battle stuff... all of it feels kinda off.
Was this what being an idol was always about? I just wanna throw back my head and "Wahaha!☆" with everybody! I wonder~ if I can make a hundred friends~♪ [2]
Izumi: Would it kill you to stay on topic? Also, you shouldn't squeeze cats so tightly like that.
You have to be more careful with living things. Hand it over to me.
Leo: Oh, you wanna hold Little John too, Sena?
Izumi: I'm just giving it a place to escape because you're being so rough with it. I mean, it's a stray—I'd never touch it otherwise.
It's dirty, and I bet it's got fleas and ticks all over it too—toootally annoying.
...... ♪
Leo: Wahaha. Never woulda thought you liked animals so much, Sena.
Izumi: More than people, anyway. ...Oh right, I wanted to ask you something.
Leo: Ooo, what's up? You wanna know who I like? Well, guess what... I looooove you, Sena ☆
Izumi: Nobody asked. I just wanted to say we have to choose a name for our unit.
Leo: Huh? Isn't it Chess?
Izumi: Chess split up, remember?
Right after that happened, the unit system kicked off its preliminary trial, and we started having to register unit names and members.
Someone else nabbed the name "Chess", so... we have to think of something different.
Seems like we can't participate in official DreamFes—or performances in general at this point—unless we get registered.
Anything's fine. We just have to hurry up and pick something so we can turn in the paperwork.
Leo: Whaaat? I don't care what we're called, to be honest. Can't you come up with something good, Sena?
Izumi: Why should that fall on me when you're the leader here?
Leo: Seriously...? I mean, Chess is the only name for me!
I was raised on Chess's music, y'know? You could really feel the careful artistry in their compositions.
The old Chess was super cool!
Izumi: Look, it's just for convenience and paperwork, okay? There's no point in whining about it.
Besides, you went missing, so other people got there first.
Speaking of the guys who split off from Chess...
Seems like they have a trend of naming themselves after chess pieces, maybe in honor of their original unit.
"King" and "Queen" and other flashy, tough-sounding names have already been taken...
Most variations of those names seem to have been taken, too.
If you had to pick, Leo-kun, what chess piece would you want?
If we don't decide quick, we're gonna end up as "Pawn", y'know.
Leo: Pawns are strong too... But it does sound kinda dumb, I guess. If we got up there and went, "We are Pawn!" it'd just sound like we're running a pawn shop. [3]
Hmm... Out of the remaining chess pieces, there's Bishop or Rook or Knight?
Izumi: Oh, sorry. I just looked those up on my phone, and all those names are in use already.
Though if we changed it up a bit, we could get registered without a problem.
Leo: Hrmmm... Okay, then how about we go plural? Like... "Knights"?
Izumi: Ooh, looks like that's open! Alright then, Knights it is~♪
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[1] "Tsuki" 月 in "Tsukinaga" means "moon" in Japanese. ↑
[2] This is a commonly known children's song in Japan titled 一年生になったら ("When I Become a First Grader"). The song is about making friends when starting elementary school, and you can hear a sample here. ↑
[3] The important part of this line is the joke, so I changed it up to make it sound naturally silly in English, BUT originally Leo says "pawns" sounds like ponzu (a Japanese condiment) and that it'd sound like he and Izumi were selling ponzu... ↑
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< A Heart Rusting Over Chapter 4 || Masterlist || A Solitary Throne Chapter 1 >
