The Sunshine after the Rain 2

Kuro: Hey, are you sure you’re in a state to handle this...?

Mika: Ngah, We’ll be fine on stage. ‘Sides, whose fault you think it is we ain’t used to these Dream Fest thingies, anyway?

Kuro: Huh? Whatcha mean by that...? You guys in some deep shit or somethin’?

Mika: Mm. You don’t need to mind us not one li’l bit. This is Valkyrie’s problem.

Don’t matter if you’re Oshi-san’s childhood friend or not. What makes you think you can barge in actin’ all friendly-like?

Kuro: Dude, I get it. I know I’m someone who likes stickin’ my nose in other people’s business way too much.

Shu: Très bien!

Mika: Whoa?! That scared me! Wh–who was... Oshi-san?

Shu: I’ve made my decision! The theory is simply perfect! Ah, there’s no time to waste!

The Tanabata Festival is but a few days away; I must have the costumes and performance ready by then!

To say nothing of the weather! The festival will be held outdoors, so I’ll need to check the forecast!

There’s so much work to be done. Let’s get to work, Kagehira; we can be idle no longer!

Mika: Okayyy. Man, y’always just spring into action, Oshi-san.

Shu: Art is an explosion, and never anything but! Ah, little girl—perfect timing!

I presume you have a general understanding of the Tanabata Festival, seeing as you’re supposedly its organizer!

The particulars of the event are rather ambiguous and unclear in the announcements; I’d ask you for far more minute details.

What are the measurements for the stage? How is the lighting? And the sound system?

Kuro: Hey, yo, calm down Itsuki. She can’t answer you if you don’t give her a chance to talk. Think everything through and then speak.

Li’l miss Anzu’s havin’ a hard enough time, ain’tcha?

Shu: Mm? Ryuu-ku—Kiryuu, what are you doing here? Aha, spying on the enemy, are you? I recall you belong to the student council, do you not?

Kuro: Don’t go makin’ me out to be an enemy. It’s a bad habit of yours.

Sure I’m in Akatsuki, ‘n that’s basically the poster child for the student council.

But we’re past the time for drawin’ clear-cut, black-and-white lines between allies ‘n enemies. The War’s over, Itsuki.

Shu: Hmph, how naïve of you! You’re as soft-hearted as ever!

Human beings are evil by nature; if left unchecked, they will endlessly repeat the wars and destruction of their history! It is written in the stars!

It matters not if you choose to believe that it is all ended and the slate is wiped clean!

The resentment of the persecuted will not so easily disappear...!

However: the enemy that stands immediately before us is fine, so we have no interest in Akatsuki!

I will show you no mercy if you should stand in our way, but it would be rather troublesome to deal with you right now; I should ask you to step aside.

Kakakaka! I’m going to the reference room, Kagehira; I intend to pore through all documents pertaining to fine!

One who knows his enemy as well as himself will not fear a hundred battles: and the enemy knows nothing of the current Valkyrie!

I can hardly stop laughing! Our victory is assured!

We shall finally topple the fool who so smugly thought to sit on the throne we left vacant in our absence!

Kuro: Whoa, you’re all fired up, aren’tcha. I thought you were insistin’ that Valkyrie doesn’t participate in Dream Fests, though.

Shu: Naturally! I have no interest in playing such games. Nevertheless, fine... Tenshouin was senseless enough to reach his hand into the treasury of the true ruler!

He must atone for that crime, of course!

If he believes he can defile my cute Nito and carelessly tread over him with a smile, then I shall bring him to counsel for it!

For Tenshouin to dare touch my most precious thing...!

Kuro: Yeah, I’m not following. But lemme ask you, you sure Valkyrie can compete seriously in a Dream Fest?

You guys have basically no experience, ‘n you haven’t been active in a while now.

I guess you’re doing things off-campus, but still... it’ll be too late for regrets once you rush into this head-first and lose something important again, yanno?

Mademoiselle: “Ufufu. Funny you should say that, Ryuu-kun. I find that rather patronizing, since you couldn’t even bother to be there when I died.”^[1]

Kuro: Cut it out with the ventriloquism, it’s creepy as shit.

Shu: My apologies, did that offend you? Are you going to punish me?^[2]

Well, that matters not: I’m wasting my time here! Come along, little girl; we’ve an endless list of things to review!

Work? No, you can take care of all that later!

You rather ought to be honored to bear witness to the moment when true art is created!

Yes, I will sift out the weak and the foolish... and thus only the beautiful and worthy shall ascend to heaven ♪