Chapter 3: Kokona's Play
Chisa: And before you realise, Shizuka's gone huh...... That's kinda.....
Chisa: Isn't that pretty horrific?
Shizuka: Horrific indeed. I think so too.
Kokona: Ahaha...... Truth be told, until she appeared in front of everyone, I thought she was a ghost.
Kokona: I thought that...... after failing so many auiditions, I had gone crazy......
Shizuka: That's what you thought of me!? How rude!
Kokona: That's the normal way to react though!?
Kokona: Other people couldn't see you, mum and dad couldn't too probably. Sometimes I would just be speaking to myself, and you would sppear smiling at me......
Kokona: Ah, I really felt like I was being cared for!
Chisa: So even Kokona had a depressing past......
Panda: Well, Panda think that's a pretty natural response so far...... Can you talk about what happened after this?
Kokona: Panda-chan, how inconsiderate!
Panda: OK, let's get back to work~.
Panda: Anyways, Whenever Koko-chan stopped acting, Shizu-chan would disappear, surely this is because of your sense, right......?
Panda: The conditions for a Sense to activate include acting onstage and a high level of concentration...... So, Shizu-chan would appear when those conditions are met.
Panda: But, back then, Koko-chan didn't realise that Shizu-chan was her Sense.
Kokona: Right. At the time, I didn't even know what a Sense was...... Even more broadly speaking, memories with Shizuka-chan were forgotten.
Chisa: Why were they forgotten?
Kokona: That's.......
Shizuka: Because Kokona was satisfied with her acting.
Shizuka: We both continued acting. But at a certain point, passerbys started to enjoy watching.
Shizuka: Locals, school classmates....... Everyone loves theater so everyone got involved pretty quickly.
Kokona: Right..... I remember now. I remember speaking with classmates.
Classmate: Let me join in!
Classmate: Me too!
Young Kokona: OK!
Young Shizuka: ......
Kokona: I had fun happily with everyone...... I even joined the school acting club. And that's how my journey began.
Shizuka: And that's where my memory ends.
Kokona: Shizuka-chan......