Rainbow - Revival 4

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Season: Spring

Location: Empty classroom
 

Characters: Tori, Hokuto, Chiaki, Jin, Anzu

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Tori: …

 

Hokuto: Alright. It seems like Himemiya’s mood has gotten better since he ate the sweets the transfer student prepared for today’s meeting…

 

It’s about time we restart the meeting.

 

Tori: …My mood hasn’t gotten better. Sigh, this is the worst.

 

I’m not sweet enough to be convinced just with some pieces of candy. You ought to present me with something more suited for my noble self!

 

Hokuto: You may not be sweet, but the candy sure is. Fufu. I got you, Himemiya. 

 

Tori: …? …?

 

…D-don’t speak so casually to me, Hidaka-senpai! You traitor, I still haven’t forgiven you!

 

Chiaki: Now, now… Don’t be so cold, try to be patient and get along, Himemiya. Here, I’ll give you a cookie ♪

 

Tori: I, I said sweets won’t change my mind! Don’t treat me like a child!

 

Hokuto: Don’t say that. Here, I’ll give you some konpeito.

 

Tori: …? What’s this, I’ve never seen anything like this before. Don’t try to trick me into eating weird things. Konpeito? What country is that even from?

 

Hokuto: …Fufu♪

 

Tori: Wh, why are you laughing? It feels like you’re making fun of me, hmph~! How annoying!

 

Jin: Alright, let’s keep the small talk at that. Everyone is taking time out of their busy lives to be here, so let’s try to be effective and not waste our time.

 

Chiaki: Yup. I understand why you feel discontent, Himemiya, but please try to play along. I’m sure Tenshouin has his own reasons for recommending you for this project, don’t you think?

 

If you don’t fulfill your role as he wants, it would be like betraying his expectations… That might be an unfair way to put it, huh?

 

Tori: …Hmph. Still, I have absolutely no motivation for this, you know? I don’t know about Project-Saga or whatever, but this feels like a major detour!

 

Oooh whatever, I just want to get this over with so I can go back to fine’s lessons~!

 

Chiaki: Yup. And with that goal in mind, let’s properly discuss our activities going forward. Here, have some more candy♪

 

Tori: Hey, have you been trying to hand-feed me for a while? Even for you that’s too cheeky, Morisawa-senpai! Stand back!

 

Hokuto: (Hm. As expected of Morisawa-senpai. He’s good at dealing with Himemiya. So that’s how you should interact with him… I’ll remember that.)

 

(I wonder if this is the same strategy as when I give Akehoshi a 10-yen coin to make him listen to me.)

 

(No… Akehoshi himself is aware of that and goes along with it, it’s more like a ritual between the two of us.)

 

(It wouldn’t work with anyone else.)

 

(I need to learn strategies that will allow me to win over people outside of Trickstar as well, or else I might not be able to survive in the entertainment industry.)

 

(Project-Saga is the perfect opportunity to learn. I’ll make sure to internalize all of it, the proper way to interact with other idols.)

 

Jin: …Yup. Everyone’s bringing their own motives into this project, but since you’ve agreed to participate, I’d like it if you could do your best.

 

I’m praying that Project-Saga will turn out to be more than just an “unnecessary detour” for all of you. 

 

Once again, thank you all for deciding to help me out with this.

 

Hokuto: Hm. How rare for you to act like a proper mentor, Sagami-sensei.

 

Jin: It's been known to happen. It’s an adult’s job to lower his head, so you guys should also learn how to act properly when necessary. 

 

Either way, since this will be our first meeting… It’s enough if we confirm what our plans going forward are.

 

And as a bonus, there’s one thing we need to decide on.

 

I guess I just took the lead there, but is that okay? If anyone else wants to do it, I’m willing to give up the leader spot?

 

Hokuto: No, you should do it. You’re the main character in all this, so I’d like you to properly steer us through it for now.

 

Chiaki: Yup. You’re the one with the most superiority here, after all. You are the safest bet for our leader, and it makes the most sense.

 

Toku: Yeah. Well, I’m the greatest person here, though.

 

Jin: Where did that confidence come from… You seemed so polite when you first enrolled here, is this your true nature shining through?

 

Well, whatever. Then I’ll lead the show for now. Everyone is familiar with the general gist of Project-Saga, right?

 

How about it Himemiya? If there’s anything you don’t know I’ll explain it for you.

 

Tori: It’s okay… sir. I read through the materials you sent me before coming here, and the president and Yuzuru explained the parts I didn’t understand.

 

Hokuto: The transfer student and I have been involved since the beginning, so we are also familiar with the concept.

 

Chiaki: I’m also caught up for now, Sagami-sensei. 

 

Jin: You’re all such diligent students, huh. If only every student here could be like you, then my job would be way easier.

 

Anyways, since it seems like you’re all familiar with the general concept for Project-Saga, I’ll leave out the explanations for now. 

 

For now, we’ll go over our plans moving forward… and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

 

Project-Saga is a leisure project to be published in a weekly magazine, and an employee of that magazine will be responsible for writing the articles for the project.

 

That person isn’t here right now so I can’t introduce him, but for convenience, I’ll be referring to him as Mr. Bossman from now on. 

 

Mr. Bossman will visit us once a week to interview us and to take pictures for the magazine articles. 

 

Then he’ll write the article before the deadline is up, and if we have no problems with the finished product it will be published in the magazine.

 

The main topic is legendary idols… well, it’s pretty much about me.

 

It’s about reviving retired idols like me and having us tutor young idols. They’re aiming for a dramatic effect like you’d see in a story.

 

Think the hot-blooded teacher trope, or one of those teacher-student themes.

 

It seems like the plan is for idol vocational schools as well as idol companies from all over the country to participate in this at the same time.

 

Well, for now I’m the only legendary… or rather, retired, idol participating. So it will be more like our own exclusive article.

 

If negotiations go well, then more and more “teacher and disciple” units will be added to the project later on.

 

Once that happens, we’ll be given less feature space in the articles.

 

Which means at that point, we won’t have to work as hard anymore.

 

But since we’re the only “teacher and disciples” available for now, we’ll need to come up with some drama to get the show rolling. 

 

Hokuto: When you say drama, what exactly do we need to do?

 

Jin: N~. Well, it seems like you really went through it when you tried recruiting members for the project, Hidaka. So for our first feature you could try to put a funny spin on that experience?

 

In due time Mr. Bossman will come to interview us, so make sure you respond to whatever he wants to know about.

 

Hokuto: Hm. I understand.

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