MagiReco - Merry Christmas Event 8-13

MagiReco - Merry Christmas Event 8-13

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Part 8
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Tsuruno-chan is in charge of bringing the food for the Christmas party.
...However, something was wrong...
Iroha: Hello, Tsuruno-chan~, how's it--
Iroha: ...Wha!
Iroha: ...What's with the costume...?
Tsuruno: Oh, thanks for coming!
Tsuruno: ...Eh? The costume?
Tsuruno: I'm a reindeer!
Iroha: ...Ah, that's not-- I can see that...
Tsuruno: ...Ahhh, listen, my dad and I thought up a new menu.
Tsuruno: A "Chinese Christmas" menu!
Iroha: Chinese Christmas...
Tsuruno: However, I've been having a tough time coming up with stuff...
Tsuruno: I had to get in character! ...So I thought, I'll buy this costume!
Iroha: I-Is that so...
Tsuruno: Do you not like it?
Iroha: ...N-No! It's cute!
Tsuruno: I look just like a reindeer, right?
Iroha: Eh...? Er, well...
Iroha: ...You look... exactly like a reindeer!
Tsuruno: Fun fun funnnn!
Iroha: Y-You are in really good spirits...!
Tsuruno: Yup! Because this costume is perfect!
Tsuruno: ...Despite that...
Tsuruno: The menu~! I still can't come up with anything~!
Iroha: Ahh...
Tsuruno: And my dad went out for a walk to try to clear his mind!
Tsuruno: ...So I could really use your help, Iroha-chan...
Iroha: I see...
Tsuruno: ...Why am I stuck! But I am the strongest...!
Iroha: I-I don't see how that relates...
Tsuruno: Iroha-chan, I want you to give me some pointers!
Iroha: ...That's right, we might be able to come up with something together.
Tsuruno: Exactly! Help me out, please!
Iroha: If you really want me to... Sure, okay!
Tsuruno: Thanks!
Iroha: Alright, um...
Iroha: What have you tried so far?
Tsuruno: I've tried several dishes and nothing has worked so far...
Iroha: What do you mean?
Tsuruno: Well, you see...

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Part 9
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Tsuruno-chan was preparing Chinese food for our Christmas party...
A "Chinese Christmas" menu! ...Or so she says...
But it's not going very well so far...
Tsuruno: I've just come up with something!
Iroha: Good!
Tsuruno: Food stacked in the shape of a Christmas tree...
Tsuruno: Fried rice as a tree! I'll call it the "Trice"!
Iroha: ...
Tsuruno: Well? Well?
Iroha: Um... That's...
Iroha: So it's just fried rice...?
Tsuruno: ...
Tsuruno: T-That's right!
Iroha: I see...
Tsuruno: Aww... You wound me... Seriously, Iroha-chan...
Iroha: ...Ah... well...
Tsuruno: Alright then! What do you think of this?
Tsuruno: Food stacked in the shape of a Christmas tree...
Tsuruno: But now it's dumplings! I'll call it the "Trumpling"!
Iroha: But it's still just dumplings!
Tsuruno: Fine! Fine! Then what if we stack some...
Iroha: Just forget about the tree! Okay, Tsuruno-chan?
Tsuruno: ...O-Okay... Let's change our approach...
We finally made some headway and tried out a few dishes...
But... even so! It still wasn't going very well...
Tsuruno: It isn't workiiiiing!
Iroha: It's hard coming up with stuff...
Tsuruno: A Chinese Christmas... A Chinese Christmas... hmmm...
Iroha: Chinese food that evokes Christmas...
Iroha: A Christmas feeling...
Tsuruno's Dad: I'm back~
Tsuruno: Ah, Dad's back! Welcome back~
Tsuruno's Dad: I met a customer in the front of the store while I was taking a break.
Tsuruno: Ah, is that so...
Tsuruno: Hey, Iroha-chan, sorry... Can we continue this later?
Iroha: Ah, yes! Don't worry about me...
Man: Excuse me.
Tsuruno's Dad: Yes, come on in!
Man: I'll have the mapo tofu.
Tsuruno's Dad: Right!
Iroha: (...Mapo tofu...)
Iroha: (...Hm?...)
Iroha: ...Ah! Mapo tofu!
Tsuruno: Eh? What about mapo tofu?
Tsuruno: ...Wait, don't tell me!
Iroha: How about making some mapo tofu?! We could...
Tsuruno: Stack mapo tofu in the shape of a Christmas tree...?!
Iroha: Would you stop with the tree, please!

[Note 1: Mapo tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Thanks, wiki.]
[Note 2: Yes, her "puns" are that bad.]

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Part 10
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So I came up with an idea...
Actually, it wasn't much of an idea...
Iroha: What colour gives you that Christmas feeling?
Tsuruno: Colour?
Iroha: What colour comes to mind when you think of Christmas?
Iroha: Santa's red and white...
Tsuruno: The green of the tree?
Iroha: Again with the tree... Whatever, that works too!
Iroha: Try making dishes that have the feeling of Christmas...
Iroha: So there's your Christmas menu! ...Well, that's what I came up with.
Tsuruno: ...
Tsuruno: ...Cooool! That might work! Iroha-chan!
Tsuruno: ...Hm...? Ah, I get it now! The mapo tofu!
Iroha: It has that red colour... Sorry, it's not a very elaborate idea...!
Tsuruno: No, it'd be great to have dishes with Christmas colours!
Tsuruno: It also has that party feeling! Yes, yes!
Tsuruno: Cool! Thank you! That's a fantastic idea!
Iroha: No, it was nothing...
Tsuruno: Now leave it to me!
Tsuruno: I will come up with the strongest Chinese Christmas menu ever!
Iroha: Do you still need my help?
Tsuruno: This is a battle I must face alone! Fun fun funnnn!
Iroha: U-Understood...!
And so Tsuruno-chan began her full-scale preparations for dinner...
But... will everything be alright...?
...Ah, in any case...
Maybe I can help Yachiyo-san with something...?
Yachiyo: ...
Yachiyo: ...
Yachiyo: (A Christmas party...)
Yachiyo: (We'll have dinner together... and eat cake...)
Yachiyo: (The house will be lively again...)
Yachiyo: ...Heh...
Yachiyo: (...No... I shouldn't be laughing...)
Yachiyo: ...
Yachiyo: ...
Yachiyo: ...Hehehe...!
"Actually, I think I was the one who was looking forward to this Christmas party the most..."

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Part 11
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"Felicia and Sana are in charge of the decorations for the Christmas party."
"So the two of them went shopping in town."
Felicia: Si~gh... The decorations~...
Sana: ...
Felicia: I wonder what we should buy...
Felicia: Hello?
Sana: ...Ah, yes...
Felicia: We gotta get a tree or something, right?
Felicia: ...It's decided. Let's gooo to the mountains!
Sana: Eh...?!
Felicia: We'll find a huge tree and chop it down!
Felicia: Then we'll just set it on a table!
Sana: B-But you'll break it...!
Felicia: ...Hmm... Eh, I guess...
Sana: ...Well... I'm not really sure about this...
Sana: But maybe... we could buy shiny things and decorate with them...
Felicia: Shiny things?
Sana: Like... Christmas... lights...?
Felicia: Alright, we can buy lots of lights and set them all over the house!
Sana: Lights... How many should we buy?
Felicia: Dunno~...
Felicia: One million!
Sana: T-That'd cost so much money...!
Felicia: ...I know that... I'm just joking.
Sana: Ah, I-I'm sorry...
Felicia: ...Sigh~...
Felicia: I just wanna eat, I don't wanna have a Christmas party!
Sana: ...
Sana: Um... about that... I'm sorry...
Felicia: Eh?
Felicia: ...A-Ah, that's bad... I shouldn't be complaining to you...
Sana: ...
Felicia: ...
Felicia: ...Ah, geez!
Felicia: You know what, hanging out with you is not bad at all!
Sana: Y-Yes...!
Felicia: But!
Felicia: ...but...
Felicia: ...
Felicia: I don't! like! Christmas!

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Part 12
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Felicia: I don't! like! Christmas!
Sana: Christmas... You don't like it...
Felicia: Right! I don't like it!
Sana: ...Why is that...?
Felicia: ...
Felicia: The reason doesn't matter...
Felicia: I just don't care! for Christmas!
Felicia: All this joyfulness, this merriness!
Felicia: It only shows up for Christmas! They're like "Wow! So much fun!".
Felicia: And I... just... hate all these bright lights...!
Felicia: What's the point! of Christmas!
Sana: ...
Felicia: ...O-Oh...
Felicia: A-Ah, but... it's not your fault...
Sana: ...Me too...
Felicia: Eh?
Sana: ...Umm... It's not that I hate it...
Sana: It's just... I don't know...
Sana: In December, the city gets really pretty all of a sudden...
Sana: But, why is everyone enjoying Christmas...
Sana: They all gather together and have fun...
Sana: But why do they have fun... Why do they gather...
Sana: Why is everything shining so brightly... why... why...
Felicia: ...
Sana: Now that I think about it... Perhaps...
Sana: Perhaps I'm not capable of understanding that joy...
Felicia: I see...
Felicia: ...
Felicia: ...Yeah, okay.
Sana: ...Eh?
Felicia: ...I'm not sure I got it yet...
Felicia: ...Uhhh...
Felicia: ...Ah! Now I've come up with something good!
Sana: Something... good?
Felicia: Hehehe...
Felicia: We'll make a team... You and me...
Felicia: We'll be "The Anti-Christmas Squad!"
Sana: ...
Sana: Eh, eeeeeeeeeeh~???

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Part 13
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Felicia: Hehehe...
Felicia: We'll make a team... You and me...
Felicia: We'll be "The Anti-Christmas Squad!"
Sana: ...
Sana: Eh, eeeeeeeeeeh~???
Sana: The Anti-Christmas Squad... What is that?
Felicia: We fiiight! That's what the squad is all about!
Felicia: It's a common trope in cartoons, ya know!
Sana: ...What sort of people are in that squad...?
Felicia: The two of us!
Felicia: Get it? We're the Anti-Christmas Squad...
Felicia: The squad that will terrorize everyone at the wicked festival!
Felicia: And! Our goal is to stop Christmas...
Felicia: You and me! We're the Anti-Christmas Squad of Justiceee!
Felicia: We'll make our move against the evil of Christmas on the 24th~...!
Sana: But...
Felicia: What! The squad's got two good members!
Sana: ...But the name's not very...
Sana: It makes us seem like we're the bad guys...
Felicia: Eh~? Is the name not cool enough~?
Sana: Also... I'm... not sure about this fighting squad thing...
Felicia: ...But it's more fun than having a party...
Sana: ...No, sorry...
Felicia: ...Nah, don't worry! It's just something I said on impulse...
Sana: ...
Felicia: ...Sigh~... Guess that didn't work out, huh!
Felicia: What a shame... I don't wanna have a partyyy...
Sana: Felicia-san...
Sana: (...Why do you dislike it so much...?)
Felicia: ...Whatever... Hey, do ya wanna go buy some stuff or no?
Sana: Do you want to... go home?
Felicia: I don't care one way or another...
Sana: ...I-I'm sorry!
Felicia: Eh?
Sana: I said some weird things and I made you feel bad, Felicia-san...
Felicia: No, no! It's not your fault!
Felicia: ...Ya know? But me, I just hate Christmas...
Felicia: The feeling is there. I just get riled up sometimes.
Felicia: So don't you worry about it! Ya hear? Wahaha!
Sana: ...Y-Yes...
Felicia: ...Well...
Felicia: We haven't done any shopping yet... So, let's go then!
Sana: Ah, which way are we...?!
Felicia: We'll just walk around everywhere.
Sana: Walk around everywhere...?
Felicia: Hm? ...Is that a park over there?
Sana: A... park...
Felicia: Anyway, let's gooo~!
(Sana): Felicia-san is usually cheerful so... That made me a bit worried.
(Sana): Her feelings towards Christmas are different from mine...
(Sana): I... feel like... there's something lurking deep in my heart... Dark emotions...
(Sana): I... never paid much attention to them... But now they feel pleasantly ticklish...
(Sana): The next day, I spoke to Yachiyo-san and Iroha-san about this...