Daikoku
yawn ...Oh no. Yawning before practice, I need to focus.

Nikako
Ah, Da-chan! Good morning!

Daikoku
Oh, Nikkachi...good morning.

Daikoku
Did you...see that?

Nikako
See what?

Daikoku
Nothing, never mind.

Daikoku
(Thank goodness...it would be embarrassing for even Nikkachi to see me yawn. I opened my mouth so wide.)

Nikako
Hmm, I see.

Nikako
Well then, Da-chan. Let's go to the practice room together!

Daikoku
I have no reason to refuse when it's you. Sure.

Nikako
By the way, Da-chan! Recently Hikarin recommended a rhythm game to me, and I've been playing it!

Daikoku
Hmm, is that so.

Daikoku
(A Gingazan actor playing rhythm games...that's unexpected.)

Nikako
It's like a piano game where you tap sliders according to the music sheet, you can play with different songs, and it's really fun!

Daikoku
If Nikkachi says so, maybe I'll try it sometime...

Nikako
Really!? Then let's go to the arcade together sometime, Da-chan!

Daikoku/Nikako
Excuse us!

Daikoku
Huh, Iruru-san...? Sitting on a chair...

Iruru
...

Daikoku
Iruru-san? What are you doing sitting there?

Nikako
...? Da-chan?

Shigure
Excuse me.

Hatsumi
Sorry I'm late. I was thinking about the direction for our next performance and got carried away...oh?

Iruru
...

Hatsumi
I apologise...looks like I left the puppet we'll be using for the next stage out. I'll put it away.

Daikoku
Eh...? No, that's Iruru-san...

Nikako
What are you saying, Da-chan? Irurun is right here!

Nikako
Right, Irurun!

Shigure
As jokes go, this isn't funny, Daikoku-senpai. That's going too far with the nastiness.

Shigure
Look, you're making Iruru-senpai force a smile.

Daikoku
W-where are you both looking when you talk...

Daikoku
No way...I get it. This is a prank thought up by this kid!

Daikoku
You're the nasty one!

Daikoku
Nikkachi, you don't need to go along with what this kid says...

Hatsumi
Daikoku.

Daikoku
Eek!? W-what is it, my Lord!

Hatsumi
What's wrong, are you alright?

Daikoku
Eh...

Hatsumi
You seem a bit off.

Daikoku
(My Lord is worried about me...)

Daikoku
(Nikkachi and that brat are acting strange. I'm sure I'm not mistaken...but.)

Daikoku
(If my Lord says so, maybe I'm the one who's strange...)

Daikoku
Um, I've been tired lately...I'm sorry.

Hatsumi
I see. If it's really tough, you can leave early.

Daikoku
Thank...you.

Hatsumi
Good. Well then, since we left it out anyway, let's use this puppet for some improvisation in today's practice.

Hatsumi
The theme will be...let's see.

Hatsumi
"A Man in Love with an Automaton."

Iruru
...

Daikoku
"Ah, what inhuman beauty! Your eyes are so clear, like glass marbles!"

Daikoku
"Now, let me have a good look at those eyes-"*

Iruru
...

Daikoku
(She really seems like an object with no will. She looks exactly like Iruru-san, but that's what makes it so eerie...)

Daikoku
"C-cold hands. Just like your attitude towards me...b-but! Eventually I shall warm and melt your heart too..."

Hatsumi
Hmm...excellent acting.

Daikoku
Eh...?

Nikako
Yeah, yeah! Your straightforward love came through and made my heart warm. Right, Irurun!

Shigure
W-well, it was pretty good for Daikoku-senpai, I suppose?

Shigure
But don't get carried away. It's Shigure's turn next!

Hatsumi
That's it for today's practice.

Hatsumi
Daikoku, that was truly good acting. I'll continue to expect great things from you.

Daikoku
R-really...?

Daikoku
Thank you, my Lord...

Nikako
Da-chan's acting was the best today, wasn't it!

Nikako
Amazing. Just as Irurun said, you used the puppet really well.

Shigure
Iruru-senpai, you're praising her too much.

Shigure
Next time, Shigure will definitely do better!

Daikoku
(Everyone is still talking to an Iruru-san I can't see. The Iruru-san sitting in the chair is being treated like a puppet, and she doesn't move at all...)

Daikoku
(Above all...my acting was terrible. Looking into Iruru-san's expressionless face, I was scared and couldn't concentrate...)

Daikoku
(Because of that I gave such a terrible performance...yet everyone, especially my Lord, is evaluating and praising me.)

Daikoku
(Something is definitely wrong...my head is starting to hurt...)

Daikoku
I'm sorry, my Lord. I need to go to the restroom for a moment...

Hatsumi
Hm? Yeah, alright.

*This line is very similar to the title of Hatsumi's 3 Star Card from bet on faith?, where she gazes into Iruru's eyes.