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| Tasuku: | Huh? Aren't you going to eat anything? |
| Azuma: | I have a rather irregular eating schedule, so don't mind me. You go on and enjoy your meal. |
| Izumi: | (Overall, everything's looking pretty good so far, but Azuma's portrayal of Reo is still lacking something...) |
| Izumi: | (Reo's detached and ethereal air is supposed to fit Azuma to a tee, but for some reason it's not meshing well with him.) |
| Izumi: | (Maybe he just hasn't gotten completely into his character yet... He's not his usual, almost transcendental self, either.) |
| --- | |
| Izumi: | Let's end practice here. Keep working on fleshing out your roles. |
| Izumi: | Tasuku, try to show more of vulnerability and uncertainty. |
| Tasuku: | Got it. |
| Izumi: | Azuma, I feel like you need to become more attuned to your character as we continue rehearsals. |
| Izumi: | At the moment, it feels like there's some distance between you and Reo's character. We should find a way to bridge that if we can. |
| Azuma: | Distance, you say... |
| Tasuku: | I think you should focus more on Reo's acceptance of his solitary life. |
| Tasuku: | Right now, his fleeting and transient presence is overpowering his loneliness. |
| Izumi: | (That's probably where the feeling of standoffishness is coming form, actually.) |
| Izumi: | (But it might also be that Reo's lonely lifestyle is hitting a little too close to hime for Azuma...) |
| *start flashback* | |
| Azuma: | My family all died in a traffic accident back when I was in grade school. |
| *end flashback* | |
| *start flashback* | |
| Azuma: | Sometimes I have this dream where I keep calling out to my family to stay, but they leave me anyway and vanish. |
| *end flashback* | |
| *start flashback* | |
| Azuma: | That's why I took up cuddling. Companionship works wonders as a distraction, as it turns out. |
| *end flashback* | |
| Izumi: | (Azuma's past might be the reason why he's struggling to get into Reo's character.) |
| Azuma: | Okay, I'll try doing that. |
| Tasuku: | I'll be right here to help you out. |
| Azuma: | You don't have to do that. I'm the one who has to change. |
| Izumi: | ... |
| Izumi: | (Now that I think about it, I don't believe anyone else knows about Azuma's past.) |
| Izumi: | (I can't just tell them about Azuma, since it's such personal information, but...) |
| Izumi: | (It might be easier for Azuma to act in this play if he at least told Tsumugi or Tasuku about his history...) |
| --- | |
| Azuma: | A solitary life... |
| Azuma: | Maybe I should try going back to living alone... |
| Azuma: | ... |
| --- | |
| Tasuku: | I think Kota should deliver his line somewhat clumsily here. |
| Tsumugi: | No, that will just distract the audience. I think it'd be better if Reo turned away instead and... |
| Homare: | Are those two still at it? |
| Azuma: | They've been debating this for the past hour. |
| Homare: | I say, these thespians never know when to rest. |
| Azuma: | Indeed... |
| Azuma: | By the way, do you enjoy acting, Homare? |
| Homare: | Hm? |
| Homare: | Well, I suppose I would not be doing this if I had not taken a liking to it... |
| Homare: | Or rather, I place importance on things I find meaningful, not on my preferences for them. |
| Homare: | And so, I found that acting is worth pouring my whole heart into. |
| Azuma: | Oh... |
| --- | |
| Bespectacled Man: | So where's this restaurant we're going to? |
| Itaru: | It's on the second floor of that building. I'm still surprised you agreed to join us today. |
| Bespectacled Man: | I'm going to be working in Japan for a while, so I figured I should build a better rapport with my co-workers and boss. |
| Bespectacled Man: | And to do that, socializing over drinks is a must, isn't it? |
| Itaru: | You sure are knowledgable about all this, despite having lived outside of Japan for so long. |
| Bespectacled Man: | When in Rome, they say. |
| Azuma: | ... |
| Bespectacled Man: | Hey, isn't that one of the guys from your troupe, Chigasaki? |
| Itaru: | Huh? |
| Itaru: | Oh, it is. |
| Bespectacled Man: | He's from the Winter Troupe, right? |
| Itaru: | That's right. |
| Bespectacled Man: | That reminds me, isn't their next performance coming up soon? I still need to get a ti-- |
| Itaru: | Don't worry, I've already got you covered. |
| Bespectacled Man: | Sorry you have to do that for me every time. |
| Itaru: | Are you really, though? |
| Bespectacled Man: | I'll make it up to you later. |
| Itaru: | I think I've heard those words more than once already. |
| Bespectacled Man: | Have you, now? |
| Bespectacled Man: | At any rate, I hope you don't mind continuing to help me out. See, I've really taken a liking to your theater troupe. |