SUMMER NIGHT ESCAPE: Ep. 5
May. 31st, 2026 01:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Muku: "Phase out... replacement...."
Muku: (I really love Fuyou's acting club, but it's kinda too late to change my target school now....)
Muku: (If I don't follow the plan, surely everyone will be disappointed. Maybe, if I look into Fuyou quickly enough....)
Muku: (Besides Tsumugi-san and Tasuku-san, Masumi-kun and Madoka-kun are going there now. It should be easy, but....)
Muku: (Why did my target school decision turn out like this? I wish I thought about my future more seriously, like Yuki-kun did.)
Muku: ......
Muku: (It's too late for that. I need to get over it.)
Muku: ......
Kazunari: Ah, Mukkun's home!
Kazunari: C'mere for a sec!
Muku: Huh? What?
Kumon: Welcome home, Muku~!
Tenma: Good work today.
Muku: A balloon?! What's that for?
Kumon: Hyodo Kumon now presents: Balloon Burst Blast: The Game: The Squeakquel: Electric Boogaloo (and Knuckles)!
Kazunari: Yay~!
Misumi: Yippee!
Muku: ???
Kumon: The rules are simple: we play shiritori1 while blowing up the balloon and passing it to the next person, and whoever pops the balloon loses!
Muku: Why, all of a sudden...?
Yuki: Well, it's always like this, isn't it?
Muku: I mean, that's true....
Kumon: I'll go first~! Ready——start! "Summer!" [natsu]
Kazunari: Tuna! [tsuna]
Muku: N-Natto! [nattou]
Tenma: Cow. [ushi] Next is—
Misumi: Run away—!
Tenma: W-Wait! The next person can run away?!
Kumon: Of course!
Misumi: Yay!
Tenma: Wait up! Here, cow! [ushi]
Misumi: You got me~! Uh, zebra! [shimauma]
Yuki: Hamadryas baboon. [mantohihi]
Kumon: Sheep! [hitsuji]
Kazunari: Woah! It's so big already! Bicycle! [jitensha]
Muku: Eek, um, uh—garage! [shako]
Tenma: Spinning top! [koma]
Misumi: Cloak~! [manto]
Yuki: Tomato.
Kumon: Wait, wait, this is scary! Steller sea lion! [todo]
Kazunari: Uwah, yikes! Dodo bird! [dodo tori]
Muku: Squirrel! [risu]
Tenma: Su, su—don't run away!
Misumi: Ahaha!
Tenma: Sushi!
Misumi: Um, let's see, uh....
Kazunari: Hurry, Sumii!
Misumi: Deer! [shika]
Yuki: Crab! [kani]
Kumon: Ni, ni, ni—
(balloon pop SFX)
Kumon: Uwaah!
Misumi: It exploded~!
Kazunari: That startled me~.
Yuki: Kumon loses.
Tenma: The heck is "ni, ni, ni"?
Muku: —Ahaha!
Kazunari: Oh, good, Mukkun laughed~.
Misumi: Do you feel a bit better now, Muku?
Muku: Sorry?
Yuki: You seemed kinda down recently, so we've all been worried.
Kumon: We figured you must be tired from studying.
Muku: ...Sorry for making you guys worry.
Muku: The truth is, I've been thinking of maybe changing my target school to Fuyou because I'm interested in their acting club.
Muku: I know it's too late to do it now, but I can't get my mind off of it at all....
Muku: And the twelfth play is coming up too... this is bad.
Tenma: Is that something you have to worry about, though?
Muku: Of course. I'm able to act because I'm in Summer Troupe, worrying about this is—
Tenma: If you've found something you want to do, then there's nothing else to do but go for it.
Muku: ——.
Kumon: That's right! You still have time, it's fine if you decide to change now.
Kumon: Or even when you enroll, or even when you graduate. It's fine to change whenever!
Kumon: You only live once, so it's better to take on the challenge and not have any regrets!
Muku: But... my parents and school have been cheering me on....
Kumon: They'll definitely cheer you on for what you want to do.
Yuki: For your own goals, you should find out what you want to do first.
Kazunari: True, true. It's your life, so you gotta hold on to your will.
Misumi: You should be honest to yourself about you want~. If it were me, I'd choose Triangle University!
Tenma: I think you're a little too honest.
Muku: Ahaha. ...Thanks, guys.
Muku: That's right. What I want is....
Muku: I'm leaving now.
Izumi: Take care.
(door closing SFX)
Izumi: Muku's brightened up, hasn't he?
Kumon: Seems like he decided to change his target school.
Kazunari: It's Mukkun after all, so he'll definitely be able to meet the requirements for Fuyou.
Yuki: Studying will be tough, but he'll be fine if he reaches his goals.
Tenma: If he goes to Fuyou, then he'll be with Masumi, huh....
Kumon: It's kinda strange, isn't it.
Kazunari: Mukkun and Massu together seems fun!
Misumi: Madoka's there, too. I hope they all get along together~.
Yuki: Ah, I should get going to cram school soon too. We have a troupe meeting today, right?
Izumi: Yes. Tsuzuru-kun has put together a plot, so we'll be discussing it.
Misumi: I wonder what it'll be about~.
Izumi: (If Muku-kun's studying will get more stressful now that he's changed target schools, I have to think carefully about the casting....)
Juza: Mornin'.
Muku: Ah, good morning, Juuchan.
Juza: I heard you changed target schools?
Muku: Yup. The members of Summer Troupe encouraged me, so I went on a campus tour and looked into the clubs and stuff.
Muku: I decided that Fuyou was a good fit, so I talked it over properly with my parents and my school and they approved of it.
Juza: I see. Your mother is supportive of it, too.
Muku: Yes. I was a little worried before I talked to them, but they said that they want me to choose the path I want.Yes. I was a little worried before I talked to them, but they said that they want me to choose the path I want.
Muku: So now I'm going to go to my cram school to report to them and consult about my test prep plans.
Juza: Good luck. I'll support your choice, no matter which path you take.
Muku: Thank you, Juuchan. Alright, I'm off now.
Juza: Yeah. Be careful.
Muku: Are you free right now, sir?2
Tutor: Is there something you wanted to talk about?
Muku: The truth is...I've been thinking of changing my target school to Fuyou.
Tutor: What? Fuyou? Why?
Muku: I saw a performance of one of the acting clubs at Fuyou. I was really moved, and I want to participate in it.
Muku: Actually, I even went on a campus tour and researched the school. I think it would be a good fit....
Tutor: ...So what you're saying is, you're changing for the acting club?
Muku: Sorry? Um...yes. Because I'm in a theater troupe, I want to grow as an actor in a new environment....
Muku: Standing on stage with my friends is the most important thing to me right now.
Tutor: Ah, Sakisaka-kun, it's because you're in a theater troupe... but this doesn't mean that you've chosen to be an actor in the future, does it?
Muku: That's—
Tutor: After all, it's not guaranteed that you'll be acting together with your troupemates in ten years time, right?
Muku: ——.
Tutor: Sorry—I said too much just now. But you should think carefully about your future in regards to the path you choose.
Tutor: Going to a public university will give you mobility and increase your potential. You can't go wrong with that....
Tutor: But if you do decide to switch, we have to discuss our course of action, since the requirements are different.
Muku: ......
1 Game where the first player starts with a word (e.g, "sankaku") and the player after that has to think of a word that starts with the last syllable of the last word (e.g. "kuuki"), and so on. [↑]
2 There are no clues in the dialogue as to the gender of Muku's tutor, so for now I've picked masculine forms of address. This is subject to change when the event story gets voiced. [↑]
