Everyone dolled up! 1-3N

Everyone dolled up! 1-3N

[Shopping district]

Gin: Hey, Sumi, why'd we come to the shopping district, weren't we going to look into Hinamatsuri?

Sum: If you want to learn about the culture, learn from your surroundings! When and how did the tradition of Hinamatsuri we know originate?

Sum: So I think we should directly ask the people around us about its history and formation.

Gin: I see! There should be old people at the shopping district who'd know about the old times.

Son: Oh yeah, I think an old lady here told me a story about a weird Hinamatsuri tradition passed down from long ago...

Son: She said it was an unusual Hinamatsuri and they only did it in her village, different from elsewhere.

Sum: That could be a good clue. Let's go and ask her right away.

Son: It was the lady running that Japanese sweets store! Let's go!

Gin: Jeez, we were there talking for surprisingly long.

Son: She turned out to be a talkative old lady. But thanks to her, we learned a whole lot of things.

Sum: I tried to write down what she described. I'll read it out loud, correct me if I got something wrong.

Gin/Son: Alright!

Sum: The origins of the festival can be traced back to the previous era. In that country, Hinamatsuri was also celebrated...

Sum: On the 3rd of March one year, an army assaulted a castle, conquering it in one night. That day was the castle lord's last...

Sum: The grief-stricken people were in no mood to celebrate, and the tradition of having Hinamatsuri on the 3rd of March was abolished.

Sum: But, wishing for their children to grow up healthy, they came to celebrate Hinamatsuri in September instead.

Son: Uuu... Always such a sad story to hear. Milord!

Sum: I was touched by the loyalty and devotion they showed by still celebrating Hinamatsuri at a different time to mourn the loss of their lord.

Gin: Yeah. I also thought it was a great story. But...

Gin: I don't think it's gonna help us much with our life-sized Hinamatsuri display. Ours is in March...

Sum/Son: Ah!

Sum: You're right. I was so taken in by that bit of history I forgot...

Gin: Guess we're back to the drawing board. That old lady's sweets were good, but we wasted our time...

Gin: Whoa! Vertexes at this time!?

Sum: That sent a chill down my spine.

Son: Yeah. Maybe it's the curse of the warlord from that story...

Gin: O-Of course it's not!

Sum: But we all felt that chill...

Gin: Anyway, curses are just a superstition! Let's go!