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.


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