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Kasumi
Sigh, still no sign of the others~. There's no way we can start rehearsal with just the two of us.
Arisa
Forget about them. You just came too early... You realize there's still another hour until we start, right?
Kasumi
But we're gonna be practicing a brand new song for this event! Of course I wanted to get an early start!
Arisa
You're still an hour ahead of schedule. Everyone else has stuff that they need to take care of!
Kasumi
Alrighty, so what should we do until they get here?
Arisa
Don't you have something you have to do? All you've been doing recently is attending review sessions. Shouldn't you maybe study some vocab-
Kasumi
Arisa! Didn't you promise you wouldn't talk about that?!
Arisa
I promised no such thing!
Kasumi
Right now, I want to focus on the event~. I want to do something that will help us prepare for that!
Arisa
Still, 'something that will help us prepare' is pretty much just practicing our new song, right?
Kasumi
I don't know~. I wanna help out with other things too~... There's gotta be something~...
Kasumi
... Ah! I know! I just came up with an awesome idea!
Arisa
There it is~, along with an all-too-familiar sensation. I've got a really bad feeling about this...!
Kasumi
No~! I swear, this is a great idea! We're gonna be at an event with lots and lots of people, so we should make flyers that we can use to let everyone know who we are!
Kasumi
You remember? Someone said during the Girls Band Party that we can't let adults do things like this for us.
Kasumi
Right?! So while we wait for the others to show up, let's design a flyer!
Arisa
... Geez. Alright, alright. Fine, whatever...
Kasumi
Let's see~... We definitely need to put the title of the song, right? Also, a short introduction for everyone... Ah, and I have to put everyone's birthday on it too~...
Arisa
Well~? How is the flyer coming along? I brought some juice for you~.
Kasumi
Thanks! I think it's coming along great! Take a look!
Arisa
... What do we have here~? Wait, this is too much! Don't you think it looks a little too chaotic?!
Kasumi
Y-you think so...?
Arisa
Not to mention the writing here is so small! You'd need a magnifying glass to have a chance at reading this!
Kasumi
Well, what was I supposed to do?! There are so many things I wanna put on it!
Arisa
Who could understand this map of how to get to CiRCLE from the station anyway?! It's like a kid was drawing a treasure map...
Kasumi
Stop yelling at me~! If you know so much, why don't you make a flyer then~?!
Arisa
... Guess I have to now. Alright, let me go get something first...
Kasumi
Huh? What's that?
Arisa
My computer... Gimme a sec' while I go get it.
Kasumi
Y-your computer...?!
Kasumi
Wow, wow wow! You're typing super fast! Th-that's amazing! Too amazing, Arisa...
Kasumi
Arisa... You're really awesome...
Arisa
There's no reason to be so impressed, you know! These days, pretty much anyone can use a computer!
Kasumi
That's not true! I can only use my phone! I challenged myself to learn how to use a computer once, and it just made no sense. It ended up being a total failure~.
Arisa
Kn-know something... You don't have to be so dramatic about it, with your challenges and failures and whatever.
Kasumi
But it was so hard... Ah, I get it! You're probably better at this sort of thing because you can play the keyboard!
Arisa
That has nothing to do with it! I have to say, you came a really long way with the guitar considering that mindset.
Kasumi
The guitar is completely different!
Kasumi
When you play it, sounds come out, and the way you use your fingers is not even close to the same!
Arisa
Stop getting all worked up! These are things you just have to get used to. Computers, keyboards, whatever it is, you just keep on playing around with it, and at some point, you get used to using it.
Kasumi
Is that what it is...? Alright... Let me try! Let me use the computer!
Arisa
... I mean, sure, why not? Here, give it a shot.
Kasumi
O-okay...? Wh-where should I start...?
Arisa
Doesn't really matter... Why don't you try typing "Kasumi Toyama"? Your own name. How about that?
Kasumi
... Huh? I-isn't this already kinda hard?
Arisa
It's your own name! This is basic stuff!
Kasumi
O-okay, Arisa! Alright... Here I go!
Arisa
D-do you really need to prepare yourself that much?
Kasumi
... L-let's see... "Kasumi Toyama," so... "K," right? "K" is... Uhm...
Kasumi
... Hey, Arisa, so... when I press the button, for some reason it shows up in lowercase instead of uppercase... What's that about...?
Arisa
I-I have to explain that...? Wait, that means we could be here all day and the flyers wouldn't get done!
Arisa
Gimme the computer! I'll teach you how to use it later!
Arisa
Look, we want to put a picture of Poppin'Party on this part of the flyer, right?! You take this, go like this, and...
Kasumi
Whoa! There's a picture on the screen now! ... What?! The color of the letters changed! Wow~! They changed shape too~!
Kasumi
Arisa! You really are amazing! No way~! Now you have symbols too!
Arisa
Ughhh! Put a sock in it, will you?!
Transcript
Kasumi
Ah! BanG Dreamer-san! Hello~!
Kasumi
... Hm? Of course I'm energetic as always. And I don't feel cold at all...
Kasumi
... Ah! That reminds me! There's something I wanted to ask you.
Kasumi
While we're both here, let's talk a little!
Kasumi
Wahoo! Thanks~!
Kasumi
So, the thing I wanted to talk about... I had been wondering for a while why you weren't at the event the other day.
Kasumi
... Ah! So that's why! Not much of a choice when you have other work to take care of.
Kasumi
Mhm! As expected, the event was a huge success! Ah, but I'm sure you heard all about it from Marina-san, right?
Kasumi
Ehehe~. Yeah~, that performance was non-stop excitement, and everyone was so into it!
Kasumi
And we ended up handing out every single flyer that CiRCLE made for us!
Kasumi
Yep! It was pretty tough with the number of flyers we had, but there were also a lot of people to make up for it, so we were able to pull it off somehow!
Kasumi
But you know, if you were there, we might have been able to hand them out a lot faster.
Kasumi
... Ah, that's right. You were busy doing something else! Can't really do anything about that. Sorry, sorry!
Kasumi
Ah! There's more! On our way home, Marina-san gave us all a t-shirt and a towel with a Poppin'Party logo on it!
Kasumi
I'm sure you know about those too, right? Aren't they so cool?
Kasumi
I hung it up, right in my room~!
Kasumi
And my mom and dad were so happy! They were saying "Let's make it a family treasure" and stuff like that!
Kasumi
I bet you helped Marina-san prepare those, right?
Kasumi
Thank you so much!
Kasumi
I couldn't believe you guys were preparing such cool towels and t-shirts in secret. I really had no idea~.
Kasumi
... Ah! I knew it! It is! It's the Poppin'Party t-shirt, right?!
Kasumi
So you like it too...! Wow, that's music to my ears~.
Kasumi
But... if you're wearing a jacket, then no one can see the Poppin'Party logo...
Kasumi
C'mon! Take it off so that everyone else can see!
Kasumi
... What? It's not even that cold!
Kasumi
Oh, come on~, that was such a fake sneeze~.
Kasumi
... Ahahaha! Yeah! That's so much better~.
Kasumi
Ah... Ah... Achoo...! Ahahaha... I-I guess it might be a tiny bit cold...
Kasumi
Ehehe... Sorry~... Maybe it actually was better for you to be wearing your jacket...
Kasumi
I know! What if you wear one of the t-shirts over your jacket?! That would be perfect!