Slow Start ch74

p1
>>Art Room

>Use a brush to water the backs of the photographs and paste them to the panels.
>Fasten it with the staple gun.
>Ooh

>Fix them with water-based tape
>and your done.
>It's sticky, so be careful.

>After that, just write your names and titles on these slips of paper I handed out earlier.
>With this, the class exhibit preparation is complete.
>That's a bit too quick...

p2
>This is way too simple for a "culture" festival~
>Absolutely.

>Well, we couldn't get approval for a first year exhibit so it can't be helped.
>Hrrrrrm

>When you're a second or third year, you'll have the rights to set up stands for stuff like cotton candy or apricot candy

>or shaved ice or crepes or baby castellas or churros or choco-bananas or bean jam muffins or anything you want to make.
>I'll be looking forward to it.
>That sure is a lot of sweet things.

>Oh.

>Today's afternoon classes will be for individual festival preparation but
>I'll be taking attendance after lunch so make sure you're in the classroom.
>Okay~
>If you're not there, I'll mark you as an early-leaver.

>Ooooh

p3
>Everyone's wearing t-shirts!
>They let you wear them during the preparation period~

>It certainly would've felt lonely if we had ended up staying in our uniforms.
>Yeah~
>It's all thanks to you, Hana.
>Ehehe

>Huh?
>What club are you guys' T-shirts for?
U-Um, you see.
>These are for the student council~
>Ah
>Tennis addict!

>Wah~ The student council, huh~
>It's nice how cute the different colors are~
>ehehe.
>Tennis addict is cute too~

>Ooh...
>Hana-chan's activately talking with the other girls in class...
>T-shirts must be super effective.

>You're in the gardening club, right, Takahashi-san?
>Erm.
>What's this design?

>Well, y'see,
>these are pictures of all kinds of seeds.
>Ah, I see.
>That's cute!

p4
>The seed on the edge of the lowest row is especially cute.
>Is that so?

>Lowest row
>on the edge...

>Hana-chan. Hana-chan.
>Hah!

>It's a balloon vine.
>Ah. The track team's got a pictograph!

>I used Kamuri-chan's running figure as a reference.
>I did saw I wanted a photograph of Kamuri-chan herself, though.
>Why Kamu when she's not even a member?

>But she was pretty popular~
>It was nine votes to use this against seven votes for Kamuri-chan's photo.
>Fufufu
>That was a close contest.

>Do your best next year, Kamuri-chan!

p5
>Um. Me too...
>Sachi.

>I proposed an image of Eiko-chan drinking tea.
>>Tea ceremony club
>Bit close
>Why me when I'm not even a member?

>Uwah~
>You're not even looking at the camera.
>It's a sneak photo...
>I'm in my casual clothes...

>Not to mention it's tea, but it's from a plastic bottle...
>It's tea.
>From a plastic bottle...
>It's tea.

>It got four votes.
>Who?
>Who are the other three...?

>As Tama-chan pointed out, the cause seems to be because it was bottle tea.
>So next time, I want to prepare an image of you properly drinking tea in the right way.
>Even if you tell me that...

>Do your best next year, Eiko-chan!
>No, Sachi.
>No, um...

>If that happened, maybe the cookery club should've followed suit and used Tama-chan.
>Who would request that?

p6
>H-
>How is it, Tsukkun?
>It suits you.
>But...

>You could've just changed in the classroom.
>Th-That's cos
>if one of the girls in class came up to me, I wouldn't know how to reply.

>Although not being talked to in itself is a bit...
>...

>H-Hello.
>The helper unit has arrived!

>Ah! You guys are wearing the T-shirts too!
>Those colors really suit you two~
>How wonderful.

>Ahaha. Thanks.
>You all look cute too.
>Y-Yeah.
>I think you look very cute!

>Um
>How should we help out today...?
>Aah.
>We're about to excuse ourselves to attend an executive committee meeting for the festival.

p7
>For now, maybe I'll ask you to do some more filing for us.
>Any old stuff can just go in the shredder.
>There's not much so take your time with it.
>Aight!

>I'm sorry for making you do such a plain job after you just put on your t-shirt, Ichinose-san.
>Next week, there'll be more interesting jobs such as sales and designs and pamplets!
>Ah, it's fine, really.

>Well, for today.
>Let's just tidy up while having a leisurely chat~
>Yep.

>...
>...
>...

>Ah
>If you could have one psychic power, what would it be?
>What's with that incredibly forced attempt to come up with a subject?

>Well, it's one of those personality quiz type things.
>These kinda questions say a lot about your inclinations.
>Eeh?
>Inclinations, huh?

>Stuff like using psychic powers to turn into the recorder or the bicycle saddle of a girl you like is pretty different, right?
>In terms of inclinations.
>Those are psychic powers?

>So which would you be, Hana-chan? A recorder or a saddle?
>Eh?
>Those are two horrible choices.

p8
>Hmm~ Hmm~
>Then how about your favorite Momotaro companion?
>Or maybe your favorite topping to add onto rice?
>What's with those two options...?

>Let's say them all at once~
>Ready, go!

>E-Erm... Monkey!
>It's gotta be enoki mushrooms.
>Mm. Salmon flakes, perhaps?
>Sea urchin.

>Was your answer for the Momotaro question, Hana-chan?
>Of course it was!!
>Ahahaha

>Alright, let's get our thoughts together and do it one more time.
>Go!

>Pheasant.
>Dog.
>Monkey.
>Sh-Shiitake mushrooms and seaweed!

>...
>Erm...
>That one was...
>The rice topping one!!
>Ahahahahahaha