Temptation of a Tropical Night - Episode 1

Shizuru: Great job today! I’m heading out now.

Livehouse Owner: Ah, hold on.

Shizuru: You need something?

Livehouse Owner: Sorry for the short notice, but are you free tomorrow?

Shizuru: I’m free, but... you ain’t got any live shows or events lined up, do you?

Livehouse Owner: Actually, there’s going to be a special limited-time night pool event at the rooftop pool of Hotel Rainbow.

Each day will feature a variety of events, and we've been asked to provide supoort for the sound setup. We initially planned to send a few staff members to help out, but...

Shizuru: An event? For the night pool, you mean DJs or something like that?

Livehouse Owner: Alongside the DJs, they're featuring live performances to make their night pool event more unique than others.

Shizuru: Really?

Livehouse Owner: Unfortunately, the staff member we had assigned came down with a summer cold. Would it be possible for you to step in and cover for them?

Since the other staff members are newcomers, it would be really helpful if you could assist with coordination as well, if you can…

Shizuru: Got it, sounds great. It’d be fun to do somethin’ outside our usual venue.

Livehouse Owner: Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. By the way, you can also hang out and enjoy yourself after work if you'd like.

Shizuru: Really? I’ll bring a swimsuit then.

Livehouse Owner: I’ll still be hot in the evening though, working in a swimsuit should be fine as long as you wear something over it.

Shizuru: Well, wearing the usual might make u stand out more.

Livehouse Owner: The hotel representative mentioned that you can bring in some guests by invitation, so feel free to invite your friends too.

Shizuru: Ohh, that’s really kind of em.

(Rui probably won’t come, but Lance or Q might. I’ll see if they’re interested.)

[ —At Slam Days Base]

Shizuru: I’m homee~

Wai- wha… Isn’t this room too hot?

Lance: Welcome home…

Shizuru: Seriously, why’s it so hot in here? We usually have the air conditioning cranked up so much it feels like mid-winter.

Lance: I think you should ask our Leader…

Rui: I just got new PC equipment, and it’s blowing out a ton of heat.

Shizuru: Then stop using it?!

Rui: ...That would mess up how the game runs.

Shizuru: Fine, fine. No matter how hot it gets, stopping ain’t an option, huh…

Anyway. That aside, I've been asked to help out with the event at the night pool tomorrow.

The hotel was kind enough to let us bring friends along. You interested?

Lance: Sounds good. Just thinking about a pool in this heat makes me want to jump into one right now…

Shizuru: Ohh great great. How ‘bout you, leader?

Rui: Ah…

Shizuru: Huh, where you going?

Rui: Ah…

Lance: ...He’s so dazed from the heat. I’ll take that as a yes, then?

Rui: Forget about that, it’s too hot… Go buy some ice cream.

Shizuru: What?

Rui: Ice cream….

Shizuru: I just got back, y’know. If you’d said somethin’ earlier, I could’ve grabbed some on the way home.

Plus, eating ice cream ain’t gonna change the fact that it’s still hot. Might be better to find someplace to cool off and have a drink instead.

Lance: How about we go to the Kamen Cafe together?

I was planning to drop off the research materials for the Agent and cool off while I’m there.

Shizuru: Well, leader?

Rui: …..

Lance: …He’s really into the game.

Shizuru: You’re gonna catch heatstroke if you stay here. Rui, let’s take a break.

C’mon, let’s go. We’ll grab some ice cream too.

Rui: … Don't stay too long though.

Shizuru: Yeah yeah.

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Pub: 06 Sep 2024 13:07 UTC

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