Prologue

Tsumugi: Sora-kuuuun? Where have you gone?

(Hmmm. It gets pretty crowded around Halloween, so if he moves around too much, I’ll lose sight of him.)

(Sora-kun likes to climb up between the gaps in buildings and other unexpected things.)

(It would be nice if I could call his phone, but he says he doesn’t like the color of the cell signal and refuses to carry one on him.)

(Then again, it wouldn’t be very nice of me to make him carry around something he hates.)

(I’ll just have to go through the trouble of finding him, myself... I’ll deal with it quickly, and then we can hold hands on our way back.)

(Sora-kun might suddenly run out into the street, and getting hit by a car would be terrible.)

Sora: Senpaaaaai, trick or treat ☆

Tsumugi: Whoa—! You scared me! I’ll have to scold you if you jump out at me from behind again.

Sora: HaHa~ Sorry ♪

Your color looks a little gloomy today, Senpai~? What’s wrong? Is there something Sora can do to help?

Tsumugi: No, it’s fine~ I only felt a bit lonely when we got separated. I’m fine now that you’re safe and sound ♪

Sora: Yes! Sora is just fine and dandy... ☆

Tsumugi: Yes, you are~ And I’m glad for it. Hm? Sora-kun, what’s that in your hand? It looks like candy. Where did you find that?

Sora: It’s from Hina-chan!

Tsumugi: Hina-chan? Oh, do you mean Aoi Hinata-kun from 2wink? He’s your friend, I recall... Did you see him somewhere?

Hinata: Trick or treat... ☆

Yuuta: Give me something good to eat... or else ♪

Tsumugi: Wha—? Well, speak of the devil. If it isn’t the kids from 2wink...

What cute costumes~ Are they for the Halloween Party?

Hinata: Bingo~ Hi, Aoba-senpai. How are you? I’m sure you’ve been working hard ♪

Tsumugi: Wow, so polite...

No, not very hard at all. Switch has had a lot of free time recently, so today we’re just out shopping.

Sora: HiHi~ ♪ We game to by a new game for Sora~ and a magic charm for Senpai~ and chemicals for Master?

Shopping is fun~ And it’s even happier when you do it with someone ☆

Hinata: Ahaha, you two come off as a dad and son somehow...

Even though your shopping list has zero cohesion and makes no sense. Switch is a pretty mysterious group, huh? ♪

But okay, I guess I interrupted your little shopping spree. I saw Sora-kun wandering around, so I thought I’d ask him for help handing out fliers.

Yuuta: I already told you, Aniki... if he’s with someone you’d just be bothering them, so we shouldn’t rope Harukawa-kun into this.

Hinata: Yeah, but we’re seriously short-handed, though.

Anzu-san decided to make this Dream Fest brutal when she got put in charge of it. We have to fill in all the gaps through sheer force of will.

Yuuta: There’s just so many holes. It’s like we have to figure out how to plug them up on the spot.

Then again, the sense of accomplishment you get when everything falls into place is unmatched.

Hinata: I can’t help but like Anzu-san’s projects. If all of her ducks were in a row, it’d just be boring.

And when you point out anything wonky in her proposals, she actually looks it over and makes adjustments.

Yuuta: She’s still learning, in the end. That kind of sounds arrogant, though, since she’s older than me.

Hinata: Oh, whoops. We got so sidetracked that we never finished handing out the fliers. Welp, back to work... Yuuta-kun ♪

Yuuta: Okay, Aniki. Guess we’re heading back out then~ See you guys later ♪

Tsumugi: Ah, wait a moment, please. We’re finished shopping, actually, so we can help you finish if you’d like.

You said you’re short on hands? We should all work together when you’re in a bind.

Yuuta: Huh? That’d be a huge help, but are you sure?

Tsumugi: Yes. We don’t have any plans to take part in the Halloween Party just yet.

But if the Dream Fest gets big enough, it’ll boost Yumenosaki Academy’s reputation more.

We only stand to gain from that. So I’d love to help. Of course, we might only get in the way, so feel free to turn down the offer.

Yuuta: Ahaha, I can’t say I hate the way you run those cost-benefit calculations.

I’d been a little worried about Harukawa-kun, since he’s kind of all over the place...

But with a reliable senpai like you around, I guess everything with Switch is smooth sailing.

Hinata: Yeah, we probably shouldn’t underestimate these guys.

You don’t do much on campus, so we haven’t really had the chance to go toe to toe, but when it comes down to it we’ll be in for the fight of our lives~ ♪

Sora: HuHu~ ♪ That’s right, Senpai is incredible! He’s an amazing, invincible magician who makes any color shine even brighter~ ♪

Tsumugi: Oh, no, it’s embarrassing when you young people praise me like that! I’m really all that reliable... ♪

Hinata: Aw, you’re being modest~ Nihihi, we’d give you a warm welcome if you wanted to help us ☆ But we should probably ask Anzu-san first, right?

Tsumugi: Oh, I’ll go ahead and contact her. You two should just keep working.

Sora: Senpai, Senpai. Helping with Halloween means we get to dress up too, right? Their costumes are so colorful it makes Sora jealous~ ♪

Tsumugi: Actually, I was already asked to make costumes for the Halloween Party...

We could reuse some of the mock-ups of a more basic costume?

What sort of monster would you like to be, Sora-kun? Vampires? Mermen? Ghosts?

Sora: Aliens would be nice ☆ But because we’re Switch, maybe witches would be best?

Tsumugi: I’m not sure aliens or witches count as monsters... but I’m sure whatever you choose will be fine.

Fufu, this is a little fun, isn’t it? I’m getting excited~

Maybe we should ask Natsume-kun if Switch can participate in the Halloween Party, too?

Sora: Definitely! Sora wants to do a live! Master always grants Sora’s and Senpai’s wishes, so he’ll say okay to this too, won’t he~?

Yayyy, Sora is getting excited, too! HaHiHuHeHo~... ☆