Mirrors Part Three

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Twelfth Mirror Floor
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Iroha: ...The “Mirrors Without End”... A literally endless barrier made up of several mirror floors...
I received an invitation and when I went to the address written on it, the familiars suddenly took me into the barrier... and I had my template?...taken...
Even after that happened, I went back into the barrier when Mitama encouraged me to do so, and then a lot of stuff happened...!
Kaede-chan was separated from everyone else and Rena-chan was a fake... We were saved by Yachiyo-san and Ria-san...uh... kind of... helped out and in the end Momoko-san came too... Anyway, it was so, so awful that I probably wouldn’t have been able to handle it by myself...!
...Regardless...

Iroha: .........I ended up coming back again...

Iroha: I once again returned to the mansion of the mirror witch... That was...

Mitama: . . . . . . If you look into the mirror too much, you might lose sight of yourself...

Iroha: ...because I was just so curious about what Mitama said that I couldn’t help myself... And so, several days after the last time I went, I came back here again...with this person...

Tsuruno: You can't let your guard down, okay? Iroha-chan! As your magical girl senpai, I'll support you, okay!? You can count on me~! Mhmh--m!

Iroha: This time, Tsuruno-chan ended up coming here with me. That being said...


Iroha: (I'm here... But...today...Mitama-san's not here... But, I know the way in so...Okay...)
???: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE--!
Iroha: Wawaaah! ...Tsu, Tsuruno-chan...?
Tsuruno: That's ri---ght! ...Iroha-chan, you're planning to go in, aren't you? Into the "Mirrors Without End".
Iroha: Ah...y, yeah...
Tsuruno: ...If that's the case, I'll go with you too, so let's go in togethe---r!
Iroha: Eh...!

Iroha: ...And that's how I ended up going in with Tsuruno-chan, who happened to come at the same time as me...
Tsuruno: I come here a lot as part of my training! I get to fight against myself too and they make for good opponents, you see~!
Iroha: That's just like you, Tsuruno-chan...!
Tsuruno: Hehe--! (...Now, I made sure to disguise this as a natural meeting but...actually...!)


Tsuruno: The "Mirrors Without End"? Yeah, I still go there now!
Yachiyo: If that's the case... There's something I wanted to ask you to do for me. If you happen to see Tamaki-san in the mansion of the mirror witch...

Tsuruno: She said, "I want you to go with her since it's still too dangerous for her to go alone"! ...Well--, I understand why Yachiyo-san would worry... Even I have trouble dealing with this place by myself...
Anyway, Yachiyo's really exact too~ she said that "it's possible that Tamaki-san might appear there sometime in the near future"!
...And, my natural acting!
...No, more like, my supernatural acting!
It's spiritual! The gods of acting have come down! I'm the strongest even in terms of my acting abilities! How much further can I possibly ascend...!?

Iroha: Um~...
Tsuruno: ...Hoh!?
Iroha: It's amazing...you're really talking to yourself...
Tsuruno: ...Eh, ah, o, oh really...!? ...D, Did you happen to hear anything...?
Iroha: Something about spiritual and...
Tsuruno: T, That's right, that's right! Here, you've gotta concentrate!
Iroha: Concentrate...?
Tsuruno: See! Like this! Mu~~~~n...like that!
Iroha: Eh? Ah, o, okay... Mu~~~n...
Tsuruno: I, If you do that, you can kinda, uh... hear some mysterious voices!
Iroha: Voices...?
Tsuruno: C'mon, c'mon! Listen carefully! If you do that...

???: NAHAHAHAHA~~~!

Tsuruno: See!? You can hear voices...Nn?
Iroha: ...You're right...! I can hear them!
Tsuruno: ...So you...really can hear something...
Iroha: ..............Um...what's that supposed to mean?
Tsuruno: Ah...! That's uh...you see.......nn...? ...Wait a second! This voice, I've heard it somewhere before...

Emiri: Man--, that seriously scared me--! This is the first time I've felt like this, that was awesome~~!
Tsuruno: ...Eh, eh, eh... Emiri-sensei--!
Emiri: ...Nn...? Ohhh--! It's you, Tsurupii! How nostalgic! Long time no see! How've you been~?
Tsuruno: Sensei! It's been such a long time since we've last met--!

Iroha: Eh, is this a friend of yours...Tsuruno-chan...?
Tsuruno: A friend? Nonsense! Sensei is an amazing person who provides guidance to those who are lost!
Emiri: Who, me!? No, no, wait, wait, wait!
Emiri 2: I'm totally nothing like that at all!
Emiri 3: We're friends, friends!
Emiri 4: I told you before, didn't I? Enough with the sensei thing, seriously!

Tsuruno: ............Oh my...!
Iroha: ...This is...!
Tsuruno: ...The, There's so many different Senseis present~!

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Thirteenth Mirror Floor
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Iroha: Tsuruno-chan and I once again came to the "Mirrors Without End". And there...

Emiri: You see, at first I got my template taken with a gassshhhhu--
Emiri 2: And then, I was told by Mitamaccho[1] that "there'll be more of you~"
Emiri 3: Ah, do you know who Mitamaccho is? She runs this thing called the Adjuster's!
Emiri 4: She's super beautiful, isn't she!? She has...what do you call it...sex appeal?
Emiri: That I totally don't have--! Sex appeal, I mean--!
Emiri 2: Totally--!
Emiri 3: Isn't there a place where you can get sex appeal somewhere--!?
Emiri 4: ...Like at a convenience store or something?
Emiri: ...Don't think so!
Emiris: NAHAHAHAHAHA~~!

Iroha: We found ourselves faced with a situation where this person, this Kisaki Emiri-san, who Tsuruno-chan said is an acquaintance of hers...

Emiri: Oh, you can just call Emiri, okay?

Iroha: ...Emiri-chan...looked like she was having fun talking with her own copies...! What exactly is this...!?

Tsuruno: W, What's the meaning of this! Emiri-sensei!
Emiri: Nn~~geez~~enough with the sensei thing...
Emiri 2: ...Oh well. Um, let's see, first I...
Emiri 3: came here with two of my friends
Emiri 4: ...Well, one wasn't really a friend, more like a paisen...[2]
Emiri: That paisen was seriously interested in this place so she said she wanted to come here
Emiri 2: And then, one of her friends invited me and we came here, then everything was going great but...
Emiri 3: We were walking, as a group...and then! Before I knew it I was all by myself!
Emiri 4: It was seriously a lost child situation!
Emiri: And I was thinking, cra----p, what should I do----? and then... there was me!
Emiri 2: Right in front of my eyes! And a lot of 'em too!
Emiri 3: Uwaaaa--, crap! Amazing! ...I got pumped up!
Emiri 4: And then Tsurupii showed up...or something like that?

Tsuruno: ...To think that she could communicate openly among her copies like that...! Just as I expected! Exactly as I expected what I expected! Just as I expected, Sensei is on a completely different level than other peopleee!
Iroha: ...B, But... (The fakes I've met before were all very dangerous enemies...!)

Fake Rena: Ohh noo~...and here Rena was thinking that Rena could take the opportunity to si~lently pierce~...and stab...stab!...Kaede-chan's belly!

Iroha: (Besides, there's no guarantee that the real one is here either...)
Emiri: Tsurupii, who's this girl?
Tsuruno: Yes! Her name is Tamaki Iroha and she's a friend of mine!
Iroha: Ah, y, yes! Nice to meet you...!
Emiri: Tamaki Iroha...chan...?
Emiri 2: Tamaki Iroha-chan...
Emiri 3: Tamaki Iroha-chan...
Emiri 4: Tamaki Iroha-chan...
Iroha: Eh...? U, Um...is there something...
Emiri: ......... Then, how about "Irorin"?
Iroha: Ro...?
Emiri 2: Then...how about "I--ro--"?
Emiri 3: Don't you think "Roihaa" sounds good too?
Emiri 4: We could just take it from her last name and call her "Tamakichi"?
Iroha: Um...uh...
Tsuruno: Wait, Iroha-chan! The Senseis are...discussing with each other!
Emiri: ...Yeah, OK. Then, anyway... Ehhhh~, ahem... We've decided......to go with "Rohhaa"!
Tsuruno: Ohhhhhhhh--!
Iroha: Rohhaa...wait, are you talking about me...?
Emiri 2: In the end we weren't sure whether to go with that or "IroIro", but...
Emiri 3: The sound of "haa--" was what decided it!
Emiri 4: So anyway, nice to meet you! Rohhaa!
Iroha: H, Haa....
Tsuruno: Yo! Rohhaa!
Iroha: Y, You too, Tsuruno-chan!?
Tsuruno: ...By the way, who were the people who came with you, Sensei...?
Emiri: Ah, crap... I gotta go look for them! I'll go look for them a bit!
Emiri 2: Ah, sure!
Emiri 3: Then I guess we'll go too.
Emiri 4: For now, let's just go wander around over there--
Emiri: Oui! Later--!
Iroha: ...........You're kidding...Th, They dispersed...!?
Tsuruno: Even the way they part is amazing...!
Iroha: H, How do you...no wait...s...separate like that with a poof...!
Emiri: Nn? ...Well, that's because I'm me. All the others are what you'd call my doubles, right? That's why the original me has to be the one who looks for the others.
Iroha: That's...b, but! Everyone agreed to that...? H, How...!?
Emiri: Nn? ...Ah---...u---m... We kinda just casually talked it over and agreed to it?
Iroha: Casually...!
Tsuruno: As I'd expect from my sensei and her doubles... They understand each other on a whole different level!
Iroha: (...Is something like that...really possible...?)

Iroha: (...No...This is still a world that I don't know a lot about... Even something like that might be possible...)

Iroha: (But, if I think back on that fake Rena-chan, I really can't...!)
Emiri: Rohha--!
Iroha: (...Which one is it...exactly...?)
Emiri: Rohha--!
Iroha: (Rohha--...) Ah, you're talking to me! Y, Yes!
Emiri: There's a favor I'd like to ask of you, Rohhaa and Tsurupii, but...
Tsuruno: Anything! ...Right, Irohhaa-chan!
Iroha: Ah, s, sure... Nn? ...Ah! You're rearranged it~!
Emiri: Seriously!? Yay! Thanks! You guys are lifesavers~! Anyway, the thing I wanted to ask you was to search for them with me...!
Iroha: Ah...Emiri-chan's friend...and senpai?
Emiri: Right, right!
Tsuruno: Then please tell us what their names are!
Emiri: You see, their names are--...Miyaako-senpai and Rikappe!

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Fourteenth Mirror Floor
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Iroha: Emiri-chan, who we met in the "Mirrors Without End".

Emiri: Miyaako-senpai is, kind of uh...like a squirrel monkey? You see, she's suuu---per cute~! And then, Rikappe is a polished type! I'm always telling her this...that she's "the girl"! 'Cause her girl power is totally off the charts!

Iroha: ...She got separated from those two who came here with her. Then we ended up agreeing to help her look for them... But, I still suspect that this Emiri-chan might not be the "real Emiri-chan"... It's because this Emiri-chan...

Emiri: I'll go look for them a bit!
Emiri 2: Ah, sure!
Emiri 3: Then I guess we'll go too.
Emiri 4: For now, let's just go wander around over there--
Emiri: Oui! Later--!

Iroha: ...or at least, this person who calls herself that, separated from her copies just like that, leaving herself behind...

Tsuruno: But anyway, I wonder where they could have went--?
Emiri: Personally, I don't think they could've gone that far away--
Tsuruno: Hoh... Now, what are you basing that claim on...?
Emiri: ...I just sorta guessed?
Tsuruno: I knew it--!
Emiri: Nahaha---!

Iroha: Tsuruno-chan is like this and her sense of caution is at zero percent... She was the one who said that we can't let our guards down here when we came, but...
Well, I guess you could say that's just like her but...anyway! I need to keep an eye out...!
(Star---e...)
Emiri: ...What's wrong? Why are you looking at my face so much?
Iroha: ...Ah! ...No, no reason!
Emiri: ...Could it be...!
Iroha: ..........
Emiri: I've got zits somewhere or something!? Do I have some? Where, where?
Iroha: Ah...no, you don't...not really...
Emiri: Tsurupii--! Tsurupii--! Please check for me!
Tsuruno: Roger! ...Hm...hm...No problems! You look great!
Emiri: Seriously!? Oh yeah--!

Iroha: ...We were walking around the mirror floor like that, and that's when...!

???: He---y!
Iroha: Huh...? Someone's calling out to us...?
Emiri: ...Ah--! Maybe!
Iroha: Really!?
Emiri: Yeah! This voice... It's Miyaako-senpai!
Hinano: He---y! Emiri! There you are!
Emiri: Miyaako-senpa---i! ...I'm seriously sorry! By the time I realized it, I got separated from...
Hinano: No, we managed to regroup like this, so it's fine!
Emiri: ..............? ...Ah--, yeah...
Hinano: ...And these people are...?
Emiri: Um...This one over here is Tsurupii and...
Tsuruno: I'm Tsurupii!
Emiri: This one over here is Rohhaa.
Iroha: I'm R...Rohhaa...
Hinano: Nice to meet you! Tsurupii-- and Rohhaa! I'm Miyako Hirano!
Emiri: .............
Iroha: N, Nice to meet you...
Tsuruno: Same here--! ...Wait...you really...yeah...
Hinano: ...I really...what...?
Tsuruno: ...Look like a squirrel monkey! You're cute!
Emiri: Ah! Crap...!
Hinano: Haha! Thanks!
Emiri: ...Mumuu! ........Um...
Hinano: What's wrong, Emiri?
Emiri: This isn't good. I've got to just say it.
Iroha: ?
Tsuruno: Um...what?
Emiri: No, this person...is Miyaako-senpai's copy.

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Fifteenth Mirror Floor
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Emiri: Um, you know...
Hinano: What's wrong, Emiri?
Emiri: That's not good. You need to say things right.
Iroha: ?
Tsuruno: Um...what?
Emiri: No, this person...is totally Miya--ko-senpai's copy.
Iroha: A fake...!?
Tsuruno: Who would've thought!
Hinano: Hey, hey! What are you saying, Emiri!?
Emiri: I'~~~~m~~~~~tell~~~~ing you, you can't pretend to be the original! Since Miya--ko-senpai is Miya--ko-senpai you see~
Hinano: Hold on a second...Why are you...
Iroha: (...That's right...these are the "Mirrors Without End"... There's no proof that this is the real Miya--ko-senpai either...)
Emiri: Geez--! I'm gonna get mad too! Where's the real Miya--ko-senpai!?
Hinano: ...Hold on a second! Aren't you the fake...?
Emiri: What!? I'm me!
Tsuruno: Nn...? Nn...? Nnnn~~~????
Iroha: (...Right...The suspicion I have that Emiri-chan might be a fake hasn't gone away either...She might be deceiving us...But...but...I don't know what's what anymore...)


Mitama: . . . . . . If you look into the mirror too much, you might lose sight of yourself...


Iroha: (...Is this...what Mitama-san was talking about...!?)
Emiri: ......Uuuuuuuu~...You're totally wrong!
Tsuruno: Uwawawa!
Emiri: You're wrong, wrong, wrong, totally wrong!
Iroha: E, Emiri-chan...!
Emiri: I know! ...If I call you a squirrel monkey...you hit me!


Hinano: ...Squirrel monkey...Squirrel monkey...hey, Emirii! Who are you calling a squirrel monkey--!? Don't manipulate my image--!


Emiri: ...And, And...! If I get lost, you get mad at me and scream waaaaah! ...You...worry about me too...


Hinano: What are you doing!? Emiri! It's because you always space out like that! ...Sheesh...Don't scare me like that...!


Emiri: That's...That's why...you're not the real Miya--ko-senpai!
Tsuruno: Sensei...
Iroha: Emiri-chan... (I sense that...her feelings...these feelings...are very warm...!)
Hinano: ........That's whyyy!
Emiri: Fugyaaa--!
Iroha: Emiri-chan!
Tsuruno: Uwaaah--! Are you okay!?

Emiri: ...Oww---w!
Hinano?: You're being really annoying, raising a fuss about this! Comparing and contrasting for no good reason too! You guys need to just behave yourselves and become subjects for my experiments....!
Tsuruno: Nuuu~! So you've shown your true colors! Just like I thought, there's nothing wrong with Sensei's eyes! Let's go, Iroha-chan!
Iroha: Y, Yeah...!
Emiri: ...I...I...I'm like seriously pissed, okay!!!?


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Sixteenth Mirror Floor
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Tsuruno: ...Fuu~...The strongest victory!
Iroha: (...Emiri-chan...)
Emiri: Geez--! That caused us a lo---t of trouble, didn't it!?  ...Thanks! Tsurupii--!
Tsuruno: No problem, it was nothing! It's fine! Since I aim to become the strongest!
Emiri: And...IroIro!
Iroha: ...Yeah! Hey, you changed my nickname...!
Emiri: Fufu~! I wanted to try calling you this one too!
Iroha: ...Um, Emiri-chan...There's something I wanted to apologize for...
Emiri: Fueh? ...To me?
Iroha: Yeah...I thought you might be a fake, Emiri-chan...
Emiri: Ahh--wait, IroIro! Or rather Rohha--!
Iroha: Eh...! Wh, What...!? (...And, keep it to one nickname...)
Emiri: That was...I've got a reaction! On my "Miya--ko-senpai Radar"!
Iroha: R, Radar...?
Emiri: Over there---!
Iroha: Emiri-chan!?
Tsuruno: Sensei! ...Alright, let's go! ...Um...um...
Iroha: ...Um! Rohha-- or IroIro, doesn't matter to me!
Tsuruno: Um, u--h......Let's go, Iroha-chan!

Emiri: Here! She's here!
Tsuruno: ...Here, you say! ...Huh? But...
Iroha: ...There's nothing here...?
Emiri: Look, look! Here!
Tsuruno: Nn...Ahh!
Iroha: There's a...gap in the barrier...?
Emiri: ...Well you see...Miya--ko-senpai tends to get into these kinds of gaps!
Iroha: ...Eh? Y, You came here based on a hunch like that...!?
Tsuruno: ...What should I say...It's like having a sensor for dropped change, right!? I use it a lot when I'm at a store too!
Emiri: I'm gonna take a look. Here I go...Heave--ho--!
Iroha: Ah, she put her hand into the gap...!
Emiri: Hmhmhm...Hm! Fish O--n! And there's a response too--!

Hinano: Muoooohh--!

Iroha: ...S, She...!
Tsuruno: ...actually came out--!
Hinano: ...Wh, Where...!?
Emiri: Miya--ko-senpai!
Hinano: ...Mu! E, Emiri! ...Where the hell did you go up until now--!?
Emiri: (It's here---!)
Hinano: You got separated from us because you always space out like that! You're too carefree and you should keep that stuff to a case-by-case basis! ...Geez...Don't make me worry so much about you...!
Emiri: Hehe! Miya--ko-senpai! Now we're even!
Hinano: What do you mean, even...!? ...Ah...!
Emiri: After all, I fished you out from there!
Hinano: ...Shut up! Sheesh...I suddenly got knocked out and when I came to, I got fished out by Emiri...What's with this place!? ...Hm--...It ticks me off but it's fascinating!
Tsuruno: Um!
Hinano: What!? ...Huh? ...Um...Who might you be...?
Tsuruno: Uh...Squirrel monkey?
Hinano: ...EMIRIII YOUUUU LITTLE~! What kind of nonsense did you plant into their heads~!?
Emiri: Uhaa!
Tsuruno: Yup, seems like this one's the real one!
Iroha: Right!
Emiri: More importantly, more importantly, Miya--ko-senpai! What happened to Rikappe...?
Hinano: ...Nn...Rika! That's right! ...Well, the thing is, shortly after you got separated from us, Rika also...And then I got knocked out...
Emiri: Right...you got stuck too...
Hinano: ...Grr...That was a mistake...
Iroha: ...Um, whereabouts did you get separted from Rikappe-san...?
Hinano: That's...And who might this be, Emiri?
Emiri: Ah--, I'll introduce you...Um...

???: Miya--ko-senpai... Emirin...

Emiri: Rikappe!
Hinano: Rika, where are you!?
Tsuruno: ...We can hear her...!?
Iroha: Is this...Rikappe-san?

Rika: Um...there's something I need to tell you.

Hinano: W, What...?

Rika: I want to say good-bye to you here...

Emiri: Good-bye...?
Hinano: What are you saying, Rika!?

Rika: I...must go...farther...much farther...into the mirrors...

Emiri: Eh? Eh? W, What does that mean...?
Hinano: Hey, Rika! What happened, Rika!? RIKAAAAAA---!!


Iroha: ..."The Mirrors Without End"...We were going to take a closer look into one of the hidden secrets of this world...further into...the opposite mirrors...


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General Notes:

- Tsuruno talks to Emiri using (a) more respectful words/tone, since she thinks Emiri is her Sensei (because of what happened in Tsuruno's story).
- Emiri refers to herself using "a--shi".

[1]=The "cho" part is probably an abbreviation of "chouseiya" (adjuster).
[2]= paisen = senpai = senior