Tropical Spa Time (Part 1)

Chiichun
Hey, Kamira~. Let's go eat some banh mi together to celebrate finishing our tests~!

Kamira
...Haaaaaaaaaaaaaah~

Maryan
Ugege!? What's wrong!? Your face looks so much like a zombie that even makeup can't hide it!?

Kamira
...Eh?

Chiichun
Ah, I get it. It's the final exams, right?

Kamira
...!

Maryan
What!? Could that possibly mean a makeup test!?

Kamira
............ nods

Maryan
No way!? A makeup test for the end-of-term finals before summer vacation is THAT thing!

Maryan
If you fail the makeup test, you're immediately sent to hell! One of the seven torments of Higashiueno High School, the Eight Great Supplementary Lesson Hell!!

Classmate A
Huh, did I just hear "Eight Great Supplementary Lesson Hell"...

Classmate B
Nooooooooooooooooo!?

Classmate C
Her trauma from going to hell last year has come back!? Calm down! Health committee member! Health committee member!!

Chiichun
So you're saying you're definitely taking the makeup test, which is the final gate to THAT?

Kamira
.................. nods

Chiichun
We'll enjoy this summer without you.

Kamira
Aren't you supposed to be my friends!? You could show a little more concern!?

Chiichun
Well, there's not much time left before the makeup test. Instead of attention seeking, you should be studying.

Maryan
But weren't you super excited before the exams about getting special lessons from the honor student Mitorin along with Irocchi?

Kamira
Yeah...Irocchi missed the game fes before, so she was intensely studying with determination, but...

Chiichun
Ah, there's a Karyuu spinoff this summer, right? She definitely can't miss that.

Kamira
Why do you know so much!?

Maryan
Because we joined the Denki Fan Club~. We've got our antennas up for all the related info. Vee vee!

Chiichun
The summer comic fes, pool cosplay. There's a lot to do. But seriously, did you really study with determination?

Kamira
Yeah, well...about that...

Kamira
Irocchi and the others were studying while voice chatting until late at night. I was doing a work stream, you know? Then I ended up chatting with the comments.

Maryan
Ugh. So that wasn't a break but actual reality avoidance!? I wasn't really listening because I was studying at the same time!

Kamira
Ahh, at this rate, my summer enjoyment plans will be ruined!

Chiichun
It's completely your own fault. There's no way to cover for you.

Kamira
But you know, when you need to study, don't you start noticing things like missed spots in your manicure!?

Maryan
Resisting that urge is what studying is about! Um, didn't the teacher say? The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. By Nietzsche!

Chiichun
That's Aristotle. Well, there's no use regretting what you've done. Can't you ask Mitorin to teach you again?

Kamira
She seems to be super busy with plans. To be honest, I don't want to trouble her.

Maryan
We're also just barely in the dumb group, so~ Not only can we not teach you, if we're together, we'll definitely play. Play a lot.

Chiichun
In that case, you have no choice but to rely on the other honour student, right?

Kamira
...Yeah. I'll go beg for help now.

Tsubomi
I understand without you having to say it. My cards of fate see through everything.

Kamira
Really, senpai!? Then-

Tsubomi
Look at this card!

Kamira
The Tower...I think?

Tsubomi
This is a card that foretells collapse.

Kamira
W-What...

Kamira
B-but senpai's fortune telling is famously accurate, isn't it!?

Kamira
So collapse means-am I in a desperate situation!?

Tsubomi
Don't be hasty. The direction pointed by the compass of uncertain fate can be rewritten!

Kamira

R-Really...?

Tsubomi
Yes, there's no need for me to lie about such things.

Kamira
Great! Now my summer enjoyment plans won't be wasted!

Tsubomi
But everything depends on Akiru's efforts. Now, first show me your test results.

Kamira
Yes, here they are!

Tsubomi
------------------------.

Tsubomi
-You didn't forget to write your name. That means you shifted your answers to the wrong places. You scatterbrain.

Kamira
...Ah, no. This is...quite seriously? The result of my actual efforts...

Tsubomi
All subjects?

Kamira
...All subjects.

Tsubomi
.................

Tsubomi
deep breath

Kamira
(Ah, this is what streamers do when they're trying to regroup...)

Kamira
...Is it bad?

Tsubomi
No!

Tsubomi
I will rewrite fate by any means necessary. It's a matter of my pride as well!

Tsubomi
However, once we start, you must overcome any hardship.

Kamira
O-Of course! I'll do anything rather than take supplementary lessons! So please help me study-

Kamira
...Um. Is that...possibly a collar you just put around my neck?

Tsubomi
Yeah.

Kamira
And your eyes look kind of...intense. Like, the highlights have disappeared, it's really scary.

Tsubomi
Yeah.

Tsubomi
Now, let the cycle of study begin.

Kamira
Hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?

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Pub: 10 Jul 2025 11:04 UTC

Edit: 19 Jul 2025 06:52 UTC

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