Chapter 1, Part 17

May 21st

Alright, so after that nice little Sunday, time for another whole week of school. The baseball match is on the 26th, so we better find the remaining members quickly!

Music for this part: Waking Up In The Morning



I'm more worried about the cats.



Gee, really?



I think I already know who they're going to be.





Haha, "I'm so damn sorry" captures the sarcasm quite well.




Subtle, Kyousuke... subtle.




Haa, Riki you're too kind.



Whatcha talking about? Kurugaya and Haruka are both pretty useful. They can actually throw back a ball without smashing it right in your face.

Alright, so it's class time.



Hmm, annoying, but it happens.

Music for this part: Magic Ensemble




You really don't need to overreact like that...



She's gonna get called on, isn't she?



Wait for it...



Naturally.



But then all of a sudden...




Yay! Way to go Rin!



Heh, I guess it worked out in the end.



Hmm, could this be the book we were looking for?



I guess it's not. But let's take a look, shall we?



I agree. Sounds like something she'd make.



A different vibe, you say?



Spoiler alert: This story is not going to be important AT ALL in Komari's story arc.



...yeah.





She doesn't seem upset at all. That's fortunate.




W-well, I suppose that would make sense.



To hear that from her.



Anyways, I guess the storybook isn't finished yet. Maybe we'll get to see it again sometime.



Rin?



Ah, that. I guess it's about time to get cracking on that task.

Music for this part: Ring Ring Ring!




By this point nobody cares about her lisp anymore.



To be fair, you could probably recognize all the characters by their hair. Actually there are only two characters that would be hard to tell apart.



Villains tend to be like that.





Well, we're off to a great start.




No kidding. And for a second there I thought she could actually make it.





Rin is really good at this conversation thing, isn't she?




Ah geez. Some things don't change.




Luck isn't on my side.



Printing Mission Failed out of habit now, are we? Cheeky.




Uh... maybe you shouldn't have said that.



That's about what I expected.



Rin's lack of social understanding is quite unique.



Yeah, you hit the nail on the head.



True enough. I can't see Kengo x Sasami happening, like, ever.



Didn't we just establish that we DON'T need to defeat Kengo?



Oh well I guess that makes sense. Good thinking.



That's the problem though. Kengo is strong. Like, really strong.



It's not going to work. But let's hear it.






Okay I'll give her one thing: it's creative. I sure wouldn't have come up with that. And at first glance, it sounds like it could actually work. Let's not go into the dozens of problems that come up at second glance.




That glare is enough to frighten Aikawa and Riki into submission, so we're really going through with it.

Music for this part: Mission Possible



When was the last time she said her name correctly?



Doesn't have quite the same impact though ^^






Okay this was pretty hilarious.

Ahem.



This is so stupid.




Ah cripes.



Dang it. There goes our plan.



It completely backfired, no less.



*gulp*



...



Yes, yes, blame Kyousuke.



Well if Kengo had been distracted by something, maybe. But alas no. No such luck.




*sigh* I guess our task isn't quite done yet. Let's let Aikawa have some time to recover.




If you don't pick "Go buy juice" here you are locked out of Kurugaya's route. While we're not going to go through her route now, there are no interesting alternatives, so might as well go with that.



Maybe we can try going there sometime to find out what's so special about that place.




Nice try, Riki. But you should well know it's impossible for you to run from Kurugaya.

Music for this part: Heart-Colored Capriccio



Teleportation.




Maybe we should just leave it at that.



I see he still hasn't learned his lesson.



There's no escape. Face it.



Now that's going a bit far. She just likes tea is all.



See?

But Riki is still not set on staying here.



She's the one who gets straight 100/100 scores on everything, isn't she? This may be productive. Knowing her, probably not though.



Eh.... what?



She seems less human the more I interact with her.



...




Is it that hard to grasp?



Fighting does not mean enmity.




I don't think she's capable of understanding the relationship between Masato and Kengo.




Haha, well said Riki.




It's not that tough, really.



...

......

.........

That. Is creepy.



Me neither. But I do want to. Kurugaya is a fascinating person.

So that does it for now. Next time we may or may not recruit a new member for our baseball team, and you may or may not be able to guess who it is ahead of time. So much mystery!



The common route ends on May 26th, so we're over halfway there. Personally I'm looking forward to getting to the character routes.