Last Period/Knights Collab Area 3-1: Guerrilla Live

[shivalries]

Area 3-1: Guerrilla Live

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Arashi: There! We're all set to open anytime!

Ritsu: All clear over here too. Alright, Su~chan, go ahead and open up shop~

Tsukasa: Understood. Now then, the new-and-improved Patisserie La Croûte is open for business!

(Silence...)

Leo: Wahaha! Nobody's here! Just us and the crickets a-singing!

Ritsu: I thought people would come here since their usual sweets shops are closed down right now, but I guess not.

Arashi: Kind of a let-down. I hope we won't have to throw out any sweets later...

Hansel: We did have some regular customers, but we were never really that busy...

Tsukasa: Hm... I've been curious about it for a while, but why set up a shop in this back alley?

There is something to be said about a good "hole-in-the-wall", but in general, it's a terrible choice for business.

Hansel: Actually, we used to have a shop in a prime location, and we were doing pretty well there...

But we had to close down after a series of failures cost us our customers' trust.

We still wanted to continue, though, so we just picked up any property we could find that would take us.

Tsukasa: I see... So simply putting out some products on display may not be enough to make sales here.

Arashi: What should we do? If the customers won't come by themselves, we should do something to attract them.

Tsukasa: To set this shop back on the right track, we need to both restore customer trust and inform them of your shop's new location.

To restore trust, there is no other option than to have them taste the cakes for themselves...

But as for advertisement, you can count on us.



Hansel: What are you planning to do?

Tsukasa: A "guerrilla live".

While it's a shame we could not procure the microphones in time, we do have some speakers, and we have a space to perform.

So long as we have those, it is hardly a problem for us to attract passersby and lure them into the shop.

I can't have you thinking of me as nothing more than a sweets enthusiast!

Now then, my seniors—we have no time to do any pre-performance discussion, but I assume you'll be fine?

Izumi: Obviously. Who do you think you're talking to?

Arashi: Agreed! Baking was fun, but this is our main selling point. I'm just itching to start dancing already!

Ritsu: Wow, you're all raring to go. Well I don't mind either. I think it's about time to stretch my legs anyway.

Leo: Hell yeah! Let's get our very first Otherworld Live started!

[Grateful Allegiance begins playing]

Girl: What's that sound?

Middle-aged Man: Sounds like it's coming from over there... What's going on?

Tsukasa: Wonderful! Knights' splendid performance still strikes a chord in a different dimension!

Leo: Music is the shared language of the world—no, of the universe! Alright, you otherworld people! Come on and have some fun with us!





Spiral: Grrr...

Woman: Huh...? I-Is that...

A Spiral?!

Levi: Get running, everybody! We Periods will take it from here!

Ritsu: Whoa, it's huge... Should we start running too...?

Izumi: Did you forget what we're here for? We have to keep performing. Keep up the pace for the main event!

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[Knights continue performing]



Spiral: GRRR!

Levi: Wait, Izumi-chan! You're still going?! You're putting yourself in danger!

Izumi: (Damn it, why isn't it getting purified? This went so well last time... What's missing?)

(What did we do last time besides perform?)

(Or what, are we not enough by ourselves?)

Spiral: Grrrr!

Levi: Ah! Quick, get out of here!

Spiral: GRRR!

Hansel: Wah! Wh-What's going on out there...?

Leo: What's up with this guy? Is he peeking into the shop?

Spiral: Grrr...

Arashi: Oh!! Wait a second, that Spiral...

Ritsu: Oh? Did you notice something, Nacchan?

Arashi: Yeah... Spirals are kind of like ghosts, right? They're born from souls that fell into despair?

Izumi: Pretty sure that's right? Dunno the details, though.

Arashi: I think I might know where that Spiral's despair is coming from...

Izumi: Oh yeah? So what is it? Hurry up and spit it out!

Arashi: DIETING!

You want to eat sweets so badly, but you can't—you mustn't! That Spiral was born from that despair!

Oh, I completely understand... I put on weight so fast...

Izumi: But you wouldn't gain weight if you just controlled yourself? That's just what happens when you fail to take care of your own body. I don't feel sorry for that thing at all.

Ritsu: Okay, but even if that Spiral came from the despair of dieting, like Nacchan says...

What are we supposed to do? Just keep singing?

Tsukasa: Why not simply feed it dessert, if that is indeed the source of its despair?

Leo: That, or we could get Sena to teach it about dieting? Maybe losing a little weight would satisfy it?

Ritsu: Can a Spiral lose weight? I thought it was a soul?

Levi: You don't have time to chat! Hurry up and evacuate!

Izumi: Hold up a sec! We have to be the ones to purify that thing! Don't butt in!

Levi: Izumi-chan... The last time you came to this world was when Gillet-chan was still a Period, right?

So I'm sorry to break it to you, but the knowledge you have isn't going to work in this world as it is now.

Just over a year ago, the entire foundations of this world changed.

So... I don't think you can purify Spirals with music anymore.

Izumi: What... the hell? What do you mean, its "foundations" changed?!

Levi: I don't have time to explain, okay? I'll tell you later, so just back away and leave this to the Periods.

[Levi goes to fight the Spiral]

Izumi: So that means we just have to sit here and watch? Didn't that Spiral call us here for help?

No matter how dark its despair, our performance should've been able to soothe it...

Arashi: ...Maybe we overestimated our brilliance.

Ritsu: Yeah, we don't even know what that Spiral's so sad about...

Levi: Hng! I'll finish you off!

Spiral: Grrr...

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