A Cartellino of Memories (Part 1)
A Bloom Time-Lapse Event Side Story
Panda’s Hardships
Panda: Zzz…
Chisa: (…pat, pat)
Panda: Fufu… Zzzz…
Chisa: (…poke)
Chisa: (…squeeze)
Chisa: …fufufu.
Kathrina: Hey, Sasuga, why don’t you move closer to us? If you don’t eat, there’ll be nothing left, you know?
Chisa: Don’t say such wild things, baby.
Yae: Looks like Sasuga-san wants to look after Panda-san. Yes, Hiiragi-san, would you like some German fried potatoes Kathrina-san made for us?
Noa: Yumm~ The moist potatoes have a nice kick of pepper, it goes with the dry taste of sake so well…
Yae: Seeing Hiiragi-san smiling like this makes me happy.
Kathrina: Yeah, well, you do look happy…
Panda: …ah, ach… ch…
Chisa: Oh, a petal rests on Panda’s nose. But if she sneezes, she’ll wake up, so let’s carefully remove it.
Shizuka: I guess, Yae-chan and Sasuga have the best spots for them.
Chisa: Yeah. I’ll stay here for now.
Kathrina: I see. It was a foolish suggestion on my part.
Chisa: Not at all. I’m thankful for your concern.
Kathrina: Anyway, she looks so lovely in her sleep. I wonder if she’s having a nice dream.
Panda: Zzz… Koko-chan… I’ll surely… Make a video everyone likes… Zzz…
Shizuka: Fufu, she’s editing it even in her dream.
Kathrina: …well, it was a really nice video. They sure put a lot of effort into making it.
Panda: Right, the previous version was more emotional… No, wait. Sassu, turn it off, it’s off-putting… That BGM you listen to when you sleep…
Kathrina: …huh?
Panda: These self-recorded… sounds of catching fish… ugh… Gobies… you’re keep pulling gobies… please, stop!..
Kathrina: Gobies?
Panda: Goby tempura… Don’t try to make a carp streamer out of it… What does it matter if it’s not a yellowfin goby, but an Amur goby… Zzz…
Yae: Amur goby?
Kathrina: She’s really asleep… right?
Panda: Ugh, a freshwater fish of the goby family, huh… No idea… Didn’t know it’s good when simmered in soy sauce… Oh, that wind streamer is made out of somen noodles…
Shizuka: …She can’t catch a break even in her dreams.
Kathrina: She sure goes through a lot, huh…
Panda: Tch, why did you put gobies in mentsuyu?!
Panda: …get away from here, everyone! The gobies in the mentsuyu are going wild!
Shizuka and Kathrina: …
Chisa: Morning, Panda.
Panda: Sassu! What the hell did you do! Why turn the Sumida River into mentsuyu?!
Kathrina: It’s just a dream.
Panda: …huh?
Yae: Good morning ♪
Panda: What?..
Panda: Wait… That pile of somen noodles and goby tempura were…
Chisa: Looks like you had a good dream.
Kathrina: More like a nightmare…
Panda: Huh?..
Shizuka: It’s fine, you can relax now. You’re back to reality.
Panda: Whaaaaaat?!
Panda: What a disgrace! Panda wants to crawl into a hole now…
Kathrina: W-well, you sure seem to have a lot of hardships. Whether it’s reality or a dream, it must be tough.
Shizuka: There’s nothing wrong with that, though, so why are you sulking?..
Panda: I’d love you to say that after you’ve fallen asleep and muttered embarrassing things in front of everyone! Hey, what are you giggling about, Sassu?!
Chisa: Fufufu, Panda, you’re having a fun time with me even in your dreams.
Panda: Like hell I do! There was nothing fun about it!!!