Ch. 16 ~ Soaring Wings
Towa: (... So I ended up here, after all)
Towa: (But, I skipped practice without saying anything.
Everyone's definitely super mad... This is so depressing...)
Towa: (~~~~ Just think about how you came here to fulfill your duty!
Apologize, then step down from the role of Alice! Once that's done, leave immediately!)
Towa: (That way... Would definitely be... Better for Denki)
Denki Troupe Members: "Towa-chan!?" "It's really Towa-chan!" "You finally came back!"
"U, uwaaaaaaah!" "Towa-chan, Towa-chan!" "I'm sorryy!"
Kamira: Towa~! We were waiting for you~!
Mito: Thank goodness, you came back...
Towa: ... D, don't come any closer, it's cramped!
Tsubomi: Settle down, everyone.
Tsubomi: The Gears of Destiny have yet to align. ... Isn't that so, Motosu?
Towa: ............
Towa: ... I got dragged here by Iroha.
I'm going to—
Machiko: I won't allow you to finish that line yet.
Towa: "Won't allow"? ... Is this power harrassment?
Machiko: I said, "Yet."
Machiko: First, take a look at the current Denki-version "Alice."
Tsubomi: Okay, begin preparations!
Kamira: Hehehe, once you see this, you'll be earth-shatteringly amazed!
Mito: Look at the results... Of our secret training!
Towa: Doing Alice without me... What, what did you do...?
Are you going to use a substitute actor and purposefully show me some kind of terrible acting?
Denki Troupe Members: Heh heh heh...
Towa: Wh, what's with that laugh...
Iroha: Now then, let's begin!
Next up, Gekidan Denki's "Alice in Wonderland (Temp)"!
Towa: — It was, a play that resembled a summary of "Alice in Wonderland."
Tsubomi: "Alice, you should study, for the sake of your future.
If you only keep playing, the years will catch up to you before you know it."
Towa: An "Alice in Wonderland" without Alice.
Mito: "Oh, right! I must head to the Queen of Hearts' place!
Alice, would you mind fetching my gloves from my house?"
Towa: But Alice was most certainly there with everyone—
Iroha: "Welcome! To the Mad Hatter's delightful tea party!
Ahem, it's been a while, so I'm rather nervous. Go on, take a seat, take a seat♪"
Towa: "The Alice I would play" is there—
Kamira: "Alice. You are not a heart or spade or club. What a strange one you are."
Towa: Everyone is acting, together with "the Alice I would play"—
Towa: ..., ..., ...
Machiko: Denki's "Alice" needs you.
Towa: ... It was Kaname, wasn't it? Who substituted.
Sometimes the eye level doesn't match up.
Machiko: She's knocked out in the back.
I'll have to treat her to some meat after this.
Towa: Of course, with all of us, right?
Machiko: 2980 yen all-you-can-eat.
Towa: So stingy. At least say the top floor of the Meat Building~
Machiko: That depends on you all.
Towa: Geh~ What a pain...
Kamira: H, How were we!?
Mito: We tried acting... While thinking about your Alice...
Denki Troupe Member A: It didn't feel like we were trying too hard... Did it?
Tsubomi: With "Arabian Nights," the gods of acting revealed unto us.
That our "fun" has no limits.
Denki Troupe Member B: Yeah, yeah, we're breaking limits! It really feels like that!
Costume Person: Right now, Denki is just way too fun!
Makeup Person: Ideas just keep gushing out, right?
Props Person: You can just picture the audience's faces getting happier and happier!
Wait, what are we even talking about? Uhm...
Iroha: So, Towa-chan, too. Don't be afraid and come have fun with us!
Denki Troupe Members: That!
Iroha: We'll hit them with something even more fun than that!
Towa: .........
Denki Troupe Members: .........
Towa: Hah, it's no good.
Tsubomi: Ah, wait a second, we can still grow—
Towa: What you guys were imagining was me from before.
Mito: Eh?
Towa: If I were to face you guys now,
my Alice would be 1 rank higher.
Mito: So that means...
Iroha: TOWA-CHAN!!!
Denki Troupe Members: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Towa: Gyah!? Don't come any closer, it's cramped!
I'm getting crushed, I'm getting crushedd!
Towa: Daah, get off meeee~~~!
Iroha: Uuu, bu, but...
Towa: ... Haah, haah... You guys, looks like you still have some energy left...
Towa: So then get ready!
I'll show you all, what my Alice looks like!
Mito: But, the script...?
Towa: Of course, from the instant I received the script,
all of it entered my head!
Kamira: Se, seriously...? That's pretty wild...
Tsubomi: But, the acting plan—
Towa: Hmph, who do you think I am!?
Towa: I'm the child prodigy recognized by Olympus, Motosu Towa!
I'll give you a proper taste of a genius' way of doing things!
Towa: Anyone that can keep up with me, come along!
Machiko: ... Phew, maybe I should take a smoke before compiling the data.
Machiko: Hm, who is it...?
Towa: Haah, haah, haah...
Towa: Aaah~ Reality is such a shitty game...
I totally can't move my body how I imagine it...
Towa: At this rate, I won't be able to say such big things.
Until they get here... Geh, no more time.
Towa: ... Can't be helped! One more time!
Machiko: Huh.
Machiko: Maybe I should also finish things up before practice starts.