Requiem - Dies irae Chapter 2
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shivalriesSeason: Winter
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[Studio]
Leo: Attention, everyone! Now that we’ve got ourselves all warm and toasty, let us begin our customary meeting at the Round Table!
I’d like each of you to take whatever tea and snacks you want and talk whenever you feel like it!
Izumi: …There’s so much I wanna say to that, but we’re not gonna get anywhere if I do, so I’ll hold back for now.
Arashi: Oh my, so you’ve learned how to hold back, huh.
Ufufu… We’ve only been lying around and chatting under the kotatsu, but at some point we started calling this our “Round Table meeting.” It sounds so refined♪
Leo: The way you express things is important, after all~ and so are names! Right, Suo~?
Tsukasa: …Huh? Ahh, yes, Leader, I believe you are probably correct?!
Leo: “Probably”? …What’s with that reaction~ Worn out after the live or something?
Tsukasa: Ah, it’s alright… Please, pay me no mind and continue the discussion.
Leo: ……?
Well, anyway! No matter how stupid it might be, if you keep on saying something, it’ll become true!
Like how I’ve always been called “Ousama”, and at some point I started acting like one too!
Izumi: In what way? With you up to your shoulders under the kotatsu blanket and struggling to peel an orange, I fail to see the faintest hint of sovereignty.
Leo: You’re really naggy today… What’s up, Sena? You seem like you’re in a constant bad mood lately. Hormones acting up? Want some attention from me?
Poor widdle boy, all sensitive ‘cause gwaduation’s coming up, huh?♪
Izumi: Excuse me? Do I really seem like the sensitive sort to you?
I’m actually relieved about it, you know. As long as we remain known as “high school students”, we’ll always be treated like kids in the working world, after all.
Since we’ll be seen more as fully-fledged adults after graduation, I feel nothing but delighted about it. I mean, it’s not like we’re gonna die or anything.
We haven’t really decided what to do with Knights after graduation, but…
You guys can’t do anything without us here, after all. We could just keep going with all our current members as we are right now, right?
Leo: Mm? Can we?
Izumi: …Wait, we can’t?
Leo: Mm~ I mean, I haven’t thought about it either. Every single day’s been right out of a dream with how happy and fun everything’s been…
And sooomehow, it started feeling like these days would continue forever.
But well, that wouldn’t happen, huh. We’re alive, after all.
…In any case, if that’s what you planned on doing, Sena, then who am I to argue?
I won’t go against it. Why not just do what you like?
Izumi: …I guess. But it’s your problem too, Ousama. You’re gonna graduate too, right? Unless you’re getting held back because your attendance was so bad?
Leo: Nah, I’m fine… I think. Probably.
My dad told me, “At least graduate, it won’t do your future any harm,” and I also talked it out with Keito about doing extra lessons to make it happen.
Izumi: That’s kind of… weirdly and vaguely worrying… I guess I’ll check with Hasumi later, just in case.
Leo: What, is he my guardian or something?
…But anyhow, that’s why I think everything’s probably gonna be okay.
We’ll graduate without a hitch, and if you want it to, Sena, Knights will continue on.
Speaking of which, it seems like a lot of units that were formed in conflict, like Keito’s Akatsuki, are breaking up around this time ‘cause it’s the most convenient.
As for Knights, well, we may have changed our name before the conflict, but we’ve always been around.
In this society, as long as it has a considerable history, any old scrap of junk can have cultural value, after all. There’s no real gain from us breaking up.
And for units like Akatsuki, “breaking up” might sound super serious, but if that blockhead’s “plan” is anything to go by…
It doesn’t feel like those units will completely disappear.
Izumi: What “plan”? By blockhead, you mean Tenshouin, right? Is he plotting something again?
Leo: Wahaha, you’d be right to call it a plot, ‘cause it’s the plan of a villain!
But it seems like that guy really loves idols, so I don’t think he’d push any changes that we or the fans wouldn’t like.
Even with or without us fretting about it, he’d probably wrap it all up cleanly, somehow. But who knows.
Izumi: It really does kinda bother me that you’re making it sound like it’s not your problem…
But I guess that means nothing will change even after we graduate, huh. We just won’t have to wear these stuffy uniforms every single day anymore, right?
I still have my own career to think about, so I won’t be able to join in so often, but...
I won’t leave our unit or anything. No matter where I end up in the world, just call for me and I’ll come running.
Leo: Whoa, how cool! Are you some kinda hero of justice? Wahaha, it’s come, it’s come – inspiration…☆
Izumi: Hey, can you not just start composing here? We’ve already gone way off track by now. What was this meeting for, anyway?
Leo: Mm? Ahh, that’s right! We were supposed to talk about that! I forgot because Sena kept interrupting me!
Izumi: …Quit blaming everything on me all the time, alright?
Leo: ‘Kay. Hmm, what was I gonna do again…
Ahh, right! I remembered! Wait there, I’m gonna get everything ready!
Hm-hmhmm♪ Oh, found it! Good job, past me, you remembered to bring it!
Ta-da~☆ What d’you think this is? Well, take a look – it’s a crown!
I shall now confer it to Suo~, the next King of Knights~!
Usually you’d get the Pope to do the coronation, but it’d be a lot of effort to get the real guy here, so I’ll do it in his place!
Da-dadada! I now pass on the authority of the king! Congrats, Suo~, the future of Knights is now in your hands…☆
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< Dies irae Chapter 1 || Masterlist || Dies irae Chapter 3 >
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[Studio]
Leo: Attention, everyone! Now that we’ve got ourselves all warm and toasty, let us begin our customary meeting at the Round Table!
I’d like each of you to take whatever tea and snacks you want and talk whenever you feel like it!
Izumi: …There’s so much I wanna say to that, but we’re not gonna get anywhere if I do, so I’ll hold back for now.
Arashi: Oh my, so you’ve learned how to hold back, huh.
Ufufu… We’ve only been lying around and chatting under the kotatsu, but at some point we started calling this our “Round Table meeting.” It sounds so refined♪
Leo: The way you express things is important, after all~ and so are names! Right, Suo~?
Tsukasa: …Huh? Ahh, yes, Leader, I believe you are probably correct?!
Leo: “Probably”? …What’s with that reaction~ Worn out after the live or something?
Tsukasa: Ah, it’s alright… Please, pay me no mind and continue the discussion.
Leo: ……?
Well, anyway! No matter how stupid it might be, if you keep on saying something, it’ll become true!
Like how I’ve always been called “Ousama”, and at some point I started acting like one too!
Izumi: In what way? With you up to your shoulders under the kotatsu blanket and struggling to peel an orange, I fail to see the faintest hint of sovereignty.
Leo: You’re really naggy today… What’s up, Sena? You seem like you’re in a constant bad mood lately. Hormones acting up? Want some attention from me?
Poor widdle boy, all sensitive ‘cause gwaduation’s coming up, huh?♪
Izumi: Excuse me? Do I really seem like the sensitive sort to you?
I’m actually relieved about it, you know. As long as we remain known as “high school students”, we’ll always be treated like kids in the working world, after all.
Since we’ll be seen more as fully-fledged adults after graduation, I feel nothing but delighted about it. I mean, it’s not like we’re gonna die or anything.
We haven’t really decided what to do with Knights after graduation, but…
You guys can’t do anything without us here, after all. We could just keep going with all our current members as we are right now, right?
Leo: Mm? Can we?
Izumi: …Wait, we can’t?
Leo: Mm~ I mean, I haven’t thought about it either. Every single day’s been right out of a dream with how happy and fun everything’s been…
And sooomehow, it started feeling like these days would continue forever.
But well, that wouldn’t happen, huh. We’re alive, after all.
…In any case, if that’s what you planned on doing, Sena, then who am I to argue?
I won’t go against it. Why not just do what you like?
Izumi: …I guess. But it’s your problem too, Ousama. You’re gonna graduate too, right? Unless you’re getting held back because your attendance was so bad?
Leo: Nah, I’m fine… I think. Probably.
My dad told me, “At least graduate, it won’t do your future any harm,” and I also talked it out with Keito about doing extra lessons to make it happen.
Izumi: That’s kind of… weirdly and vaguely worrying… I guess I’ll check with Hasumi later, just in case.
Leo: What, is he my guardian or something?
…But anyhow, that’s why I think everything’s probably gonna be okay.
We’ll graduate without a hitch, and if you want it to, Sena, Knights will continue on.
Speaking of which, it seems like a lot of units that were formed in conflict, like Keito’s Akatsuki, are breaking up around this time ‘cause it’s the most convenient.
As for Knights, well, we may have changed our name before the conflict, but we’ve always been around.
In this society, as long as it has a considerable history, any old scrap of junk can have cultural value, after all. There’s no real gain from us breaking up.
And for units like Akatsuki, “breaking up” might sound super serious, but if that blockhead’s “plan” is anything to go by…
It doesn’t feel like those units will completely disappear.
Izumi: What “plan”? By blockhead, you mean Tenshouin, right? Is he plotting something again?
Leo: Wahaha, you’d be right to call it a plot, ‘cause it’s the plan of a villain!
But it seems like that guy really loves idols, so I don’t think he’d push any changes that we or the fans wouldn’t like.
Even with or without us fretting about it, he’d probably wrap it all up cleanly, somehow. But who knows.
Izumi: It really does kinda bother me that you’re making it sound like it’s not your problem…
But I guess that means nothing will change even after we graduate, huh. We just won’t have to wear these stuffy uniforms every single day anymore, right?
I still have my own career to think about, so I won’t be able to join in so often, but...
I won’t leave our unit or anything. No matter where I end up in the world, just call for me and I’ll come running.
Leo: Whoa, how cool! Are you some kinda hero of justice? Wahaha, it’s come, it’s come – inspiration…☆
Izumi: Hey, can you not just start composing here? We’ve already gone way off track by now. What was this meeting for, anyway?
Leo: Mm? Ahh, that’s right! We were supposed to talk about that! I forgot because Sena kept interrupting me!
Izumi: …Quit blaming everything on me all the time, alright?
Leo: ‘Kay. Hmm, what was I gonna do again…
Ahh, right! I remembered! Wait there, I’m gonna get everything ready!
Hm-hmhmm♪ Oh, found it! Good job, past me, you remembered to bring it!
Ta-da~☆ What d’you think this is? Well, take a look – it’s a crown!
I shall now confer it to Suo~, the next King of Knights~!
Usually you’d get the Pope to do the coronation, but it’d be a lot of effort to get the real guy here, so I’ll do it in his place!
Da-dadada! I now pass on the authority of the king! Congrats, Suo~, the future of Knights is now in your hands…☆
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< Dies irae Chapter 1 || Masterlist || Dies irae Chapter 3 >
