Part 1
| Rise of the Couch Potato | |
|---|---|
| Itaru | Muku, press right next. |
| Muku | L-Like this? |
| Banri | Not on my watch. |
| Itaru | Yeah, just like that. Now left. |
| Muku | Okay. |
| Banri | Hey! That was a cheap shot! |
| Muku | Oh, Director! |
| Itaru | Welcome home. |
| Izumi | Thanks, guys. |
| Banri | Oh, hey, Director. Alright, one more match. |
| Itaru | Fine by me, but I'm pretty sure we're gonna win again. |
| Banri | Yeah right. This one's mine. |
| Izumi | (They're playing video games again? honestly, they're obsessed. They even dragged Muku in today.) |
| Banri | Wait, Itaru, isn't it getting pretty late? |
| Itaru | Oh, yeah... I'd honestly rather melt into the couch though. |
| Banri | Man, you really don't wanna go, huh? |
| Izumi | What's going on? |
| Banri | He's got a company get-together to go to. |
| Muku | A company get-together? What's that involve? |
| Itaru | Um, I guess it's basically a party with alcohol involved. I think we've gone bowling and playing bingo before though. |
| Banri | Sounds pretty fun to me. |
| Itaru | It isn't. I have to make sure I keep my bosses happy and it's just a pain in the ass. |
| Banri | Wow, sucks for you. |
| Itaru | Why don't you say that with a little feeling next time? |
| Izumi | A company get-together, huh. Not gonna lie, I have a hard time imagining you willingly participating in company functions like that, Itaru. |
| Itaru | I was just going to come up with an excuse to ditch, but since I've done that for the past three events, I figure it's safer if I go this time around. |
| I'll be right back though. | |
| Banri | You really sound like you don't wanna go to that thing. |
| Izumi | If you hate these gatherings so much, why bother going at all? It's not like they're forcing you to. |
| Itaru | See, if I don't show up to these things, they start prying into my private life. |
| Izumi | Your private life..? You mean like how you spend your days off and stuff? |
| Itaru | Exactly. |
| Banri | What do they even think you're doing? |
| Muku | Itaru seems like he'd do something like horseback riding! It's a mature, masculine hobby and I bet he'd look like a handsome prince on horseback too... |
| Itaru | Are you serious? Is that how you see me? |
| Banri | Not in a million years. |
| Itaru | Anyway, as much as I'd love to stay, I better get dressed. |
| Muku | Must be pretty hard being a grown up... |
| Izumi | Don't worry. Most people don't have such a huge difference between their public and private personas. |
| Banri | Anyway, have fun, man. I'll collect enough gems to make up for your absence and level right up to you. There's even a limited quest tonight. |
| Itaru | You better have eyes on the back of your head when you're coming home tomorrow, Banri. |
| Banri | Oh, I'm sooo scared. |
| Itaru | Well, I can't whine forever. Gonna get changed and head out. |
| Izumi | That reminds me, I better get ready myself. |
| Muku | You have plans too, Director? |
| Izumi | Yeah, I'm going to help out a friend's theater troupe, so I won't be here tonight. |
| Muku | Good luck! |
| Banri | Huh, so I guess that means Tsuzuru or Omi will be making dinner tonight. I guess whoever it is, we'll finally be free of curry at least. |
| Izumi | Excuse you! I don't make it that often! |
| Banri | It's still more than enough! |
| Muku | W-Well, I like your curry, Director! |
| Izumi | Thank you, Muku! |
| I found a variation on that keema curry I made last week that you said you liked, Muku. I'll have to make it for you again! | |
| Banri | You better watch out, Muku. If you get too obsessed with Director's curry, you might get abducted to Planet Curry too! |
| Muku | Whaa?! Planet Curry?! Oh, wait, Yuki said Director was from Planet Curry before! |
| Izumi | That's Yuki's idea of a joke! Though, I have to admit if there really was a Planet Curry I would totally want to visit. |
| Itaru | Seriously..? |
| Izumi | (It's pretty late, but at least all I have left to do is get home-) |
| (Huh? What's all the commotion over there? That's one massive party-) | |
| Itaru | ... |
| Izumi | (Is that Itaru? I see, those must be people from his company.) |
| Itaru | .....! |
| Oh hey... Izumi! | |
| Izumi | ...What? |