Setting Entry 10: What Happened Then: Side B

Author's Preface

I may rewrite these with their real names later.

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[1]

"Rust, looks like it's starting."

"......Mold, I've already cast aside false hope. Therefore, I can watch this calmly."

"R-right......"

[2]

"......Not fantasy, then."

"......Maybe it's post-apocalyptic."

[3]

"......As expected of the ShanFro system, it's almost disgustingly realistic."

"Yeah...... look, Rust, there's some kind of monster-looking thing."

"......An FPS with monsters?"

[4]

"......?"

"What's wrong, Rust? You went quiet."

"......Nothing. Same company, so I think they're just reusing assets."

"What is?"

"......That handheld device. NephHolo had an item shaped kind of like it."

"You remember that well......"

[5]

"Whoa, that's incredible......"

"......If you actually Full-Dived into this, it'd be an overwhelming sight."

"Is this a crater? And that thing in the middle is...... a pillar?"

"......The setting is quite good......"

[6]

"......An FPS with a sci-fi setting."

"Are you buying it?"

"......I'm not particularly interested."

"Then you're not buying it?"

"......As an offering, in hopes that a distant dream might come true......"

[7]

"What even is this...... lion? Like, lion-ish monster?"

"............"

".........!?"

CLATTER! THUNK!!

"〜〜〜〜!!?"

"What happened!? I heard a really loud noise!"

"......My chair... just fell backward......"

"Are you okay!?"

"......That is... not the issue......!"

[8]

"......I can't rewind it...... maddening......!"

"Hey, what exactly is"

"......Be silent for a while."

"Yes, ma'am......"

"......No way, wait, could it be reused? Surely not, but......"

[9]

"......Don't move the camera......!"

"That's kind of an impossible demand for a PV......"

"......Just barely......!"

"Hey, what are you looking for?"

"This man's left shoulder───"

[10]

"Hohyo!"

"W-wait, that was a weird sound I've never heard from you in all the time I've known you!?"

[11]

"───"

"R-Rust...... this, this is!"

"───"

"Uh, hello?"

[12]

"O...... oooh...... oghh."

"W-wai"

[13]

"......U-uuuuuuugh〜......!"

"Wait, are you seriously crying!?"

THUNK!!!

"I heard another huge noise!?"

"......It's not a dream, it's... not a dream?"

[14]

THUNK!!! THUNK!!!! THUNK!!!!!

"W-wait! Calm down! For now, just calm down! You're obviously slamming your head into something over and over, right!?"

[15]

"Ueeeh, id'sh taaalkiiing......!"

"Y-yeah, it is......"

[16]

"Hic, ngh, u-uuuuuuuuugh......!!"

[17]

"Pffft!"

"Fueeeeeeh......!!"

"W-wait...... robot King of Comedy...... p-pffft, hehehe......"

[18]

"Dephilim'sh acting audonomouslyyy......!"

"Ah, crap, my abs......! They're cramping...... owowowow!!"

[19]

"He calls her Argeee...... she's so cuuute......"

"O-okay, calm down. Let's both calm down for now...... pff, hehehe......"

[20]

"For life...... I'll follow you for life......"

[21]

HOOONK!

"......This world is seriously excellent...... seriously delicious......"

"If it's delicious, you're eating it......"

[22]

"......Arge-tan is too cute, lawsuit.[*1]"

"By the way, if a Nephilim were acting autonomously, wouldn't that be really bad?"

"......Arge-tan would never go berserk."

"I mean, don't say it like 'idols don't go to the bathroom.'"

[23]

"......U-uuuh...... I'm... crying again......"

"Were your tear ducts always this weak?"

[24]

"Ugh...... ogh...... uguu......"

HOOONK!

"VISITORS CRISIS...... a crisis for the visitors?"

[25]

"......A dream... it's like a dream......!"

HOOONK!

[26]

HOOONK!

HOOONK!

HOOONK!

[27]

"W-wait, aren't you blowing your nose a little too much? Rust? Rust!? Hellooo!!"

"Uheheh...... nfufufufufufu......"

"Ruuust!!?"

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Translator's Notes

• [1] Too cute, lawsuit: 「可愛すぎる、訴訟」 is Japanese internet mock-outrage slang, literally declaring a "lawsuit" because something is excessively cute.