Mochi Shop Owner
Gosh, sorry Sasuga-chan. This is all I have left today.
Kokona
Only 3 mochi...with this, we can't even have everyone eat one each...
Chisa
No way...this can't be true...
Shizuka
Don't kneel in front of the shop, Sasuga. You didn't make a reservation, so it can't be helped, right?
Panda
Oshizu-chan's right! Really sorry! Our Sassu caused you trouble.
Mochi Shop Owner
No no, I'm the one who should be apologising. To think regular customer Sasuga-chan wanted mochi.
Mochi Shop Owner
Since there's no reservation, I can't set any aside. Really, I'm sorry.
Kathrina
We're clearly short on numbers, so what are you going to do? Go buy mochi somewhere else now?
Chisa
No, this shop serves freshly pounded mochi. Sirius's ozoni has to have freshly pounded mochi.
Kathrina
That's news to me...
Panda
Look, even so, we have no choice but to buy store bought ones now, right? You forgot to make the reservation.
Chisa
Ugh! I can't argue with that...
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Hey!
Panda
Hm? ...Wait, Kamira-chan!? And everyone from Denki too!
Panda
Eh, what's going on? Running into you in a place like this!
Kamira
Well, we're on our way back from the arcade? But you all seem down, what's wrong?
Kokona
Well...
Tsubomi
I see...you need freshly pounded mochi, but because you forgot to make a reservation, you couldn't buy the necessary amount.
Iroha
How many mochi were you able to buy?
Kathrina
Three. By the way, we plan to eat ozoni together every morning during the first three days.
Mito
That's clearly...not enough, right?
Towa
Don't you not need to be so particular about freshly pounded mochi? If you go around supermarkets, you can gather the necessary amount, right?
Chisa
despair
Tsubomi
Store bought won't do, I suppose. You need mochi that has taken in the New Year's energy through human hands.
Kathrina
(I personally think store bought mochi would be fine though...)
Kamira
Then how about Kokonyan and the others come to the mochi pounding too?
Kokona
Eh!?
Chisa
Mochi pounding!?!?
Kamira
Yeah yeah. After this, a priest I know is holding mochi pounding, but they're short on people so we were all planning to participate~.
Kamira
So I was thinking, how about Kokonyan and the others join too? You know, they're definitely handing out mochi.
Shizuka
Is that okay...? Even if they're short on people, wouldn't it be too many if we go too?
Kamira
It's fine, it's fine! The priest hands out mochi to people around the temple every year!
Kamira
Plus they make so much that even if all the participants eat, they can't finish it, so having more people to eat mochi is no problem at all!
Iroha
That sounds great! Mochi pounding with everyone from Sirius! Sounds fun! Right, Mito-chan!
Mito
Y-Yeah...! This doesn't happen often, and it sounds interesting...!
Towa
Sounds good, honestly I was probably gonna get handed the mallet anyway? If more people come, the time I have to pound mochi decreases too.
Tsubomi
Motosu is the same as always...well, sharing pure white energy with the Sirius members isn't bad either.
Shizuka
For us too, it's more than we could ask for, but...wait, Sasuga!?
Chisa
Heh heh, the gods haven't abandoned me yet...now I can make Sirius's ozoni...!
Kathrina
You're way too overcome with emotion...in the first place, what is Sirius's ozoni...?
Panda
Now now! Kamira-chan kindly made this proposal! Let's take her up on it!
Panda
(Kamira-chan and Panda...no, more than that, a Denki and Sirius collab! This could be incredible video material~!)
Kokona
That's right! So then, can we join the mochi pounding too?
Kamira
Of course!
Iroha
Then let's go to the mochi pounding!