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shivalriesSeason: Summer
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Location: Studio
Tsukasa: What you all say sounds very reasonable...
But I can stand it no longer! I will not rest until I've had a word with Leader!
If all he did was fail to show up, to stand upon the stage with us, then I could accept it...
But did you not see him today?! I only noticed it for the first time myself, but he'd snuck his way into the audience with not a care in the world!
Why there?! Is he not a member of Knights—let alone our leader?!
And what's more, he yawned as if he found our performance dull!
He had this unpleasant smirk across his face as well... It was so distracting, I could hardly concentrate on our performance!
I made mistake after mistake up there! And it's all Leader's fault!
Arashi: Oh right, now that you mention it, Tsukasa-chan, you did seem a little spacey today.
So it weighed down on you and now you're sulking up a storm? Awww, you take things so seriously. ♪
Izumi: C'mon, rookie, it's your own fault if you couldn't concentrate, right? Still, I can see how you wouldn't like being treated like a spectacle.
I mean, who does he think he is?!
What the hell is he even thinking... We've known each other for a long time, but I don't remember him being this unpleasant way back when.
He was, y'know... more serious about it, and he practically sparkled... He was really passionate about being an idol—kinda like Kasa-kun, actually?
But then he got all weird after a certain point, like he just snapped or something.
It was back when that Emperor and those Five Eccentric guys were going at it with each other.
And that's exactly when Knights started to decline.
Those days were the era of Yumenosaki Academy's dark history. Only a handful of the units around at the time made it out alive... Ryuseitai, for instance.
The only reason Knights survived through those days of turmoil...
...is all because he—the King—went all out like his life depended on it, see?
He cast aside so much, fought until he snapped...
But Knights didn't get out unscathed, and whatever humanity he had left, he tossed out.
As to what kind of creature he's turned into now...
...even I can't be sure. He's always been one of those genius types, y'know? You can never tell what's going on in his head.
I'm pretty damn sure Knights is an important unit to him, too.
It's a place of belonging that he protected until he was in bloody tatters. Can't replace something like that, right?
He might make as much sense as a Martian on Earth, but everything he did was for Knights... At least I want to believe that.
I don't wanna think he's turned into some tyrant who would sacrifice everything for his own selfish desires...
That'd put him on the same level as that Emperor he hates so much, y'know.
Arashi: Izumi-chan... What happened to you? Did you eat something weird? Look how serious you're being! Is all this daily performing catching up to you?
Tsukasa: Onee-sama! Please, call for a doctor at once!
Izumi: Excuse me? Isn't that kind of rude? You're saying it's weird for me to be serious? Toootally annoying!
Leo: Wahahahahaha! ☆ Your king has heard everything!
Sorry, I lied! Your king's only heard half of it! But don't worry, I'll just fill in the blanks with my imagination... ☆
Izumi: Whoa, where the heck did you pop up from? The window? Why not just use the door like a normal person?!
Ritsu: Hunh...? Wh-Wha...?! What's going on...
Ahhh, just the King, huh. Energetic as ever, I see, heh heh... But I'm kinda in the middle of a nap here, so could you keep it down...?
Leo: Oooh, Rittsu! So you were asleep! But why? Dreams start and end all inside your head, but the real world stretches to infinity!
Watch out, the garbage ghouls are gonna get ya! ♪ [1]
Man, you sure sleep a whole lot, though! They say kids who sleep grow up big and healthy, but all kids sleep anyway!
So that means I'm not short just 'cause I stay up all night writing music, right?!
Ritsu: Mngh... What're you talking about...?
Izumi: Uh, what the hell, Your Majesty... You pop up out of nowhere just to say this crap? Toootally annoying!
The concert's over already. What's the point of showing up now?
Leo: Oooh, it's Sena! Like a naggy sister-in-law, you are! Just like I remember!
But hey, way to go! You stuck it out and protected Knights all the way up 'til now, eh? Dang, what a tsundere!
Aw crap, I went for the easy word!
Buzzwords and slang—no, the common language itself infecting this tiny planet's society means the corruption of the soul! It's just howls and whimpers that have lost all meaning! You gotta add a little poésie... ☆
Izumi: Nothing you said makes a lick of sense, as always. And god, you're gonna be a public nuisance if you're that loud.
This studio's not exactly soundproof, got that...?
If we get chased out of here, we won't have anywhere to go. And that'd be a problem. Getting stuck in the nomad life would be such a pain, alright?
Leo: There! That's it! I need more of those eloquent words of yours!
Oh man, "the nomad life"! That's so good! Ahhh, Sena's aesthetics are the greatest... ☆
Tsukasa: Leader!
You only show yourself now of all times?! Just what have you been up to, and where?! This is beyond irresponsible!
No, more importantly—we come face to face yet again!
I... Tsukasa Suou, must raise my objections to your outrageous methods!
Leo: Who the hell are you?
Tsukasa: Gaaah! Why must you forget my existence every time we meet?!
Are you doing this on purpose? To provoke me? Surely it did not escape you that I so intentionally preceded my statement with my full name, Tsukasa Suou?!
My patience ends today! I will not gripe about how you treat me now—however! I shall have you answer me this:
Leader, what is Knights to you?
What purpose was there to saturating our schedules with performance after performance?
I will not allow you to leave until you've given me a proper answer, even if I must violate my etiquette as your junior and tie you down where you stand!
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[1] Leo originally references creatures called the "mottainai obake" (wasteful ghosts) from an old Japanese commercial. These ghosts apparently haunt you if you waste your food. ↑
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Location: Studio
Tsukasa: What you all say sounds very reasonable...
But I can stand it no longer! I will not rest until I've had a word with Leader!
If all he did was fail to show up, to stand upon the stage with us, then I could accept it...
But did you not see him today?! I only noticed it for the first time myself, but he'd snuck his way into the audience with not a care in the world!
Why there?! Is he not a member of Knights—let alone our leader?!
And what's more, he yawned as if he found our performance dull!
He had this unpleasant smirk across his face as well... It was so distracting, I could hardly concentrate on our performance!
I made mistake after mistake up there! And it's all Leader's fault!
Arashi: Oh right, now that you mention it, Tsukasa-chan, you did seem a little spacey today.
So it weighed down on you and now you're sulking up a storm? Awww, you take things so seriously. ♪
Izumi: C'mon, rookie, it's your own fault if you couldn't concentrate, right? Still, I can see how you wouldn't like being treated like a spectacle.
I mean, who does he think he is?!
What the hell is he even thinking... We've known each other for a long time, but I don't remember him being this unpleasant way back when.
He was, y'know... more serious about it, and he practically sparkled... He was really passionate about being an idol—kinda like Kasa-kun, actually?
But then he got all weird after a certain point, like he just snapped or something.
It was back when that Emperor and those Five Eccentric guys were going at it with each other.
And that's exactly when Knights started to decline.
Those days were the era of Yumenosaki Academy's dark history. Only a handful of the units around at the time made it out alive... Ryuseitai, for instance.
The only reason Knights survived through those days of turmoil...
...is all because he—the King—went all out like his life depended on it, see?
He cast aside so much, fought until he snapped...
But Knights didn't get out unscathed, and whatever humanity he had left, he tossed out.
As to what kind of creature he's turned into now...
...even I can't be sure. He's always been one of those genius types, y'know? You can never tell what's going on in his head.
I'm pretty damn sure Knights is an important unit to him, too.
It's a place of belonging that he protected until he was in bloody tatters. Can't replace something like that, right?
He might make as much sense as a Martian on Earth, but everything he did was for Knights... At least I want to believe that.
I don't wanna think he's turned into some tyrant who would sacrifice everything for his own selfish desires...
That'd put him on the same level as that Emperor he hates so much, y'know.
Arashi: Izumi-chan... What happened to you? Did you eat something weird? Look how serious you're being! Is all this daily performing catching up to you?
Tsukasa: Onee-sama! Please, call for a doctor at once!
Izumi: Excuse me? Isn't that kind of rude? You're saying it's weird for me to be serious? Toootally annoying!
Leo: Wahahahahaha! ☆ Your king has heard everything!
Sorry, I lied! Your king's only heard half of it! But don't worry, I'll just fill in the blanks with my imagination... ☆
Izumi: Whoa, where the heck did you pop up from? The window? Why not just use the door like a normal person?!
Ritsu: Hunh...? Wh-Wha...?! What's going on...
Ahhh, just the King, huh. Energetic as ever, I see, heh heh... But I'm kinda in the middle of a nap here, so could you keep it down...?
Leo: Oooh, Rittsu! So you were asleep! But why? Dreams start and end all inside your head, but the real world stretches to infinity!
Watch out, the garbage ghouls are gonna get ya! ♪ [1]
Man, you sure sleep a whole lot, though! They say kids who sleep grow up big and healthy, but all kids sleep anyway!
So that means I'm not short just 'cause I stay up all night writing music, right?!
Ritsu: Mngh... What're you talking about...?
Izumi: Uh, what the hell, Your Majesty... You pop up out of nowhere just to say this crap? Toootally annoying!
The concert's over already. What's the point of showing up now?
Leo: Oooh, it's Sena! Like a naggy sister-in-law, you are! Just like I remember!
But hey, way to go! You stuck it out and protected Knights all the way up 'til now, eh? Dang, what a tsundere!
Aw crap, I went for the easy word!
Buzzwords and slang—no, the common language itself infecting this tiny planet's society means the corruption of the soul! It's just howls and whimpers that have lost all meaning! You gotta add a little poésie... ☆
Izumi: Nothing you said makes a lick of sense, as always. And god, you're gonna be a public nuisance if you're that loud.
This studio's not exactly soundproof, got that...?
If we get chased out of here, we won't have anywhere to go. And that'd be a problem. Getting stuck in the nomad life would be such a pain, alright?
Leo: There! That's it! I need more of those eloquent words of yours!
Oh man, "the nomad life"! That's so good! Ahhh, Sena's aesthetics are the greatest... ☆
Tsukasa: Leader!
You only show yourself now of all times?! Just what have you been up to, and where?! This is beyond irresponsible!
No, more importantly—we come face to face yet again!
I... Tsukasa Suou, must raise my objections to your outrageous methods!
Leo: Who the hell are you?
Tsukasa: Gaaah! Why must you forget my existence every time we meet?!
Are you doing this on purpose? To provoke me? Surely it did not escape you that I so intentionally preceded my statement with my full name, Tsukasa Suou?!
My patience ends today! I will not gripe about how you treat me now—however! I shall have you answer me this:
Leader, what is Knights to you?
What purpose was there to saturating our schedules with performance after performance?
I will not allow you to leave until you've given me a proper answer, even if I must violate my etiquette as your junior and tie you down where you stand!
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[1] Leo originally references creatures called the "mottainai obake" (wasteful ghosts) from an old Japanese commercial. These ghosts apparently haunt you if you waste your food. ↑
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