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Ayakashi Parade in mahorova - Track 2

Translated by myuntachis

HAMA House - Conference Room

1

Kafka

Alright, everyone’s here.

Now then, let’s begin today’s meeting.

Akuta

Hell yea! It’s about time!

Nayuki

I will explain the situation.

We’ve called you all here today to discuss a collaboration between companies.

We’ve been asked to participate in “mahorova CosFest vol.1”, also known as “mahoCos” for short. It is a full-dive cosplay event that will take place inside of mahorova.

Chihiro

Ehh, a collab with THE mahorova!?

Renga

That’s a crazy huge deal…!

Nayuki

Indeed. The primary objective of mahoCos is to promote the re-release of a costume app that users can set as avatars inside mahorova.

Kafka

HAMA’s been the talk of the town as of late ♪

Therefore, we want you, as the acting ward mayors, to participate in this event and liven things up.

2

Nayuki

The theme of the event is “Ayakashi 1”.

In order to implement the costumes into the app, we’d like you to prepare designs based on that theme.

Ushio

(I’m interested in cosplaying in mahorova, but… That theme is so boring. There’s gotta be something more interesting they can do, right?)

Raito

Nayuki, have the participating mayors or any potential candidates already been decided?

Nayuki

…I feel as though somebody just asked about the participants. Here is what we have as of right now.

Kaede

…N-Nayuki-kun didn’t acknowledge Raito-san at all…

Nayuki

The event administration has extended an offer to Domeki-san.

Kuguri

Hm? Me?

Nayuki

Much to my delight, it seems that someone among the management is a big fan of Ev3ns.

They’re especially fond of Domeki-san, so they were really hoping that he would participate.

Furthermore, Domeki-san’s disposition suits the “Ayakashi” theme quite well.

Ushio

(Haah? What the hell. What kind of cheap abuse of power is this?)

3

Kuguri

Fufu… It’s not like I can help it if that little lamb has such fine taste.

Alright, I’ll do it.

Nayuki

Thank you. Next, I’d like to request someone myself.

Azekawa-kun, I would like to nominate you as a participant.

Kinari

Command processed.

Manager, please provide an explanation for your appeal to assist in decision-making.

Nayuki

This request also involves reviews of the costume app.

Thus, I would like you to serve as a record-keeper for the participants’ opinions as well.

Kinari

Master. May I accept this order?

Kaede

Of course you can!

Kinari-kun’s specialty is collecting data, after all!

Kinari

Understood. Command processed.

Updating priority queue.

Nayuki

Alright, then we’ve decided on two participants.

If anyone else is interested, please let us know.

4

Nanaki

Ah, if Kugunii… If Domeki-san is going to be there, I think I’d like to join too.

I’d like to try working with him.

Kuguri

Oh? How cute of you, Nanaki.

Ushio

(Ughhh. Those relatives sure are buddy-buddy.)

Nayuki

Then Nanaki-kun will be joining as well. Anyone else?

Kaede

Oh, right, cosplay is Sakujiro-san’s specialty!

If he can advise us regarding the costumes⁠—

Sakujiro

I’m terribly sorry, but my schedule is packed full.

I have not a moment of rest until the day of the event. I fear it will be quite the challenge to provide my expertise this time around.

Kaede

I see… In that case, the rest of us will just have to do our best.

Ayakashi is a really interesting theme…!

Ushio

…I don’t think so at all.

Kaede

Eh?

Ushio

Isn’t it a bit too spontaneous to throw in Domeki-san just because he happens to look the part?

To start with, Ayakashi is all about yokai, right? That’s pretty basic for a cosplay theme.

You really wanna use that outdated theme for an app’s PR? Isn’t it missing something fresh and innovative?

Kaede

Um… I… guess so?

Kuguri

…Fufu.

5

Ushio

…What’s so funny, Domeki-san?

Kuguri

Oh, nothing. I was just wondering what the problem would be with something “basic”.

Isn’t figuring out how to play around with such an everyday theme the fun part?

Or is that level of creativity a little too challenging for you?

Ushio

That’s not what I’m saying.

(I’m no Karigane-san, but I’m by no means a stranger to cosplay.)

Just… from what you guys were saying earlier, this is an insane offer, but is it really okay to be so nonchalant about this whole thing?

Nanaki

(Sigh)… You really can’t get enough of complaining about every little thing, can you.

Just yesterday, wasn’t it you who said “It’s like there’s people who don’t know the basics of communication”?

Ushio

Haah?

Nanaki

What?

Nagi

You’re still fighting? Calm down, you two–

…Ah. Deja-vu.

Nagi trips and falls with a thud.
Kaede

A-Ahh…!

Nagi-kun just tripped over his own two feet…

Kinari

The force of impact from falling into the desk caused Nanamegi-sama and Kurama-sama’s drinks to…

Nagi

Hot… No, it’s cold… No, it’s perfectly room temperature.

6

Nanaki & Ushio

Why the hell did it only spill directly onto Hachinoya-san!?

Nagi

Huh. The scalding hot coffee canceled out the ice-cold Dr. Ghost Pepper to save me.

Kafka

Ahaha! You’re all perfectly in sync ♪

Nayuki, as for the remaining members, let’s add Ushio and… It’ll get interesting if we add Nagi, too. Isn’t this a fine team of 5?

Nayuki

Well, that’ll do.

Ushio

Hold up, I never even said I wanted to join…

Kafka

Oh? Are you not confident in your ability to pull it off?

Ushio

…Of course I can do it.

Kafka

Then there’s no problem! Anyways, I’ll leave it to you ♪

Ushio

…!

This fucking sucks…


Translation Notes

Footnotes

  1. Ayakashi and Yokai are similar beings but not exactly the same. Yokai focus on supernatural phenomena, while Ayakashi focuses on beauty/allure/fantasy that things have. Oftentimes Ayakashi are related to the sea, but since pretty much none of the entities chosen by the mayors are sea-based/related, this definition doesn’t really work here.