YuYuYui CV - Halloween - 1

Let's make a candy house - 1

--(1)--

[Hero Club room]

Gin: Ooh, this is a nice pumpkin. Is the harvest good this year?

Uta: Yes, there's a lot of delicious-looking pumpkins.

SON: Vegetables raised with great care by the farm king. And so many of Wasshi's Japanese dishes with them as ingredients~♪

Yuu: Yes, yes, it really feels like fall! I'm getting hungry just remembering it.

Tou: Shiratori-san, could I please have this pumpkin? Yuuna-chan needs me.

Uta: Don't worry about it. I'm sure they'll be glad to.

Gin: Pumpkins remind me of Halloween, but does the Hero Club have any plans this year, again?

Tou: We should have been requested by the nursery school to entertain the kids. Right?

Fuu: Yes. They have to do something at this time of year anyway, so they asked us for ideas that'll make the kids happy.

SON: What do you think of Halloween haunted house - nursery school branch~?

Fuu: Eh...

Gin: Like a little scary haunted house and give them candies at the end?

Son: Yes, yes♪ That's pretty much what I had in mind~.

Sek: The grade schoolers really threw us for a loop in secret last time we did a haunted house~. Is the success why they want to do it again?

Son: Ehehe. Just a little. Once Sonoko gets a taste of joy, there's no stopping it.

Sum: Sonocchi. Do this seriously. We need a plan the children will enjoy this time.

Its: ...But is it really okay to scare them?

Kir: Why not? Even if they scream and stuff, kids are surprisingly fan of monsters.

Fuu: O-Of course not! No haunted houses...! It'll obviously make them cry!

Fuu: They're little kids... So no! Not a chance! They won't get to sleep in the dark the night after!

Its: Ah...

Its: After onee-chan hears ghost stories, the light stays on all night in her room... That's why she...

Fuu: I-I wasn't talking about me! I'm worried about the kids! That's all...!

Sum: She has a point, it could be a problem to make children cry.

Wak: Yes, some kids may like haunted houses, but I also think we should think of another plan this time.

Fuu: Too bad, but we have to...! Let's do that another time.

Son: What other than monsters makes you think of Halloween~. Candies obviously, and then~.

Nat: A play with a witch and a vampire as the main roles... Fuu... This won't be scary, right?

Fuu: Uh... I know Chikage and I mainly gave the ideas, but put like that, I don't know what to say.

Aya: Another idea was to give kids Halloween costumes as presents.

SON: The idea in itself isn't bad, but that doesn't sound original.

Tam: Well, this often happens.

SON: But I want something with more of an impact, or more sophisticated~.

SON: I want something that will stay deep inside the kids' hearts!

Chi: It's not that elaborate, but as long as they have good candy, won't they be satisfied?

SON: Just candies would affect the Hero Club's reputation. What our customers are looking for is something stimulating.

Chi: Customers... Aren't you overthinking and getting the wrong idea about this?

SON: Uh... Chii-chan's sound argument strikes me deep inside my heart!

Gin: Candies, Halloween, witch... Candies.

Gin: ...! I know. What do you think of this?

--(2)--

[Hero Club room]

Gin: Let's build a candy house for the little kids!

Anz: A candy house? Like the one from "Hansel and Gretel"?

Gin: That's the one, that's the one! One big enough for the kids to get inside!

Tam: Tama agrees! This is gonna get exciting, no doubt possible.

Gin: I knew you'd say that! Because it's an idea you already had before.

Tam: What!? I didn't think I would get so tamazed by my past self's idea.

Mas: Why not? Sounds like a fun idea.

Chi: But making a candy house big enough for people to enter seems like a huge undertaking... Is it even possible?

Aya: Mebuki-senpai. Is making a candy house too hard for us, after all?

Meb: If we have the proper references, it's not impossible in my opinion.

SON: Don't worry about it, Chii-chan, Mebu. Take a look at this site.

Meb: This is...!

Chi: People have already made it before.

SON: Fu fu fu, the internet has the solution for everything.

Tak: With this, we should be able to make it.

Aya: Yes. It seems very difficult, but I think it would be wonderful to make a house out of candy.

Fuu: That settles it. Our Halloween plan for nursery school is a candy house!

Yuu: I wonder what kind of candies would make them happy. We can't forget chocolate.

Anz: And marshmallow?

Aya: It's so fluffy, it sounds nice.

Tou: Not only western sweets, senbeis could prove house in house construction.

Chi: When I think candy house, I'd expect cookies and biscuits.

Gin: True. What do you think, Karin-san? Ah, no dried sardines, please.

Kar: Hey, why no dried sardines? What's the problem with them?

Gin: I mean, they count as snacks, but... It would be too hard to use, don't you agree?

Kar: Just gotta find a way to make it work. ...It's not very clear what's usable in making a house.

Shi: When you start thinking about it, the candies to use as the house's materials are the problem...

Yuz: I'm used to it by now, but the way the Hero Club thinks is a little out there.

Shi: This is what makes it fun.

--(3)--

[The next day]

Gin: Waah, a huge cookie plank!

Gin: Doing something like this just as practice started, as expected of Tougou-san and Renge-san!

Aka: Right? It smells nice, and the broken cookies are delicious too, try it out.

Gin: Ah, delicious!

Aka: See, I don't think you have anything to complain about...

Ren: This will not do. A candy house with Miroku's name attached to it cannot be this poor.

Gin: What do you mean?

Tou: The first problem is that cookies are not strong enough because of their size.

Tou: They are a little hard when you try to eat them, but these will be used for foundations or walls, right?

Gin: Aah, and if you need to decorate it with more candies, it'll get even easier to break, so it's not good...

Gin: Uum, then what do we do?

Ren: Hmph, do not fret. For nothing is impossible with Miroku's skills. I already have a plan.

Aka: Eh! You do!?

Tou: At first we thought that since it's a candy house, everything should be edible.

Tou: We've been discussing making some of the cookies, our basic material, extremely hard.

Tou: Because on an hygiene standpoint, if you were to eat the walls, roof, or any part in contact with the floor, it would be a problem.

Shi: So... You're dividing between parts okay and not okay to eat?

Ren: Yes, exactly. These cookies shall become the cornerstone.

Gin: You already solved your first problem. What else is there?

Gin: Huh, Chikage-san, where did you go?

Chi: We've transported a cookie plank they made to make sure it was possible.

Mas: And well, if it starts shaking too hard or gets into some kind of accident, it won't do.

Yos: Transporting it carefully would take a lot of time... Transport alone seems extremely time-consuming.

Gin: The strength problem is solved, but the transport time one...

Mas: Even if the whole Hero Club got to it, who knows how many trips it would take.

Tou: That is a problem. Uum...

Chi: Do you mind?

Aka: Chikage-san, any brilliant idea?

Chi: Something like that. Uuh... We would need to negotiate with the nursery school though.

Chi: We'll start baking the day before the event at the nursery school and complete the candy house then... What do you think?

Chi: After looking into it, almost all the nursery schools have kitchens, and since Halloween this year is on a Monday...

Gin: Let's go with Chikage-san's idea!

Yos: Yes! I think it is a wonderful idea.

Chi: ...Are you sure?

Ren: It is an adequate solution from you. I have no reason to object.

Mas: There's a lot of things to do and problems to solve, but let's do our best.

Mas: For the kids.

Everyone: Ooh!

--(4)--

[A few days later]

Nursery teacher: I see. You'd like to start preparing starting on Sunday to make a candy house.

Chi: Yes. Both on an efficiency and hygiene angle, to cook here would be the best option.

Gin: Um... What do you think?

Nursery teacher: Thank you for having thought so hard about it for the kids' sake.

Nursery teacher: We will be opening the nursery school as you requested, we will be counting on you.

Chi: Phew...

Gin: That's a huge problem solved!

Chi: Yes, let's go back quickly.

[Home ec. room]

Yuz: ...Donuts, chocolate, macarons. If you told me this was sold at a store, I'd probably believe it.

Fuy: In the Hero Club, we have some cooks who'd be on par with professionals.

Yuz: At the table over there, Mebuki's group is making a small candy house out of the cookies.

Yuz: What a gathering of capable people. Come, Yuzuki-kun, why don't we join them in house building.

Yuz: We'd be more useful there than at cooking.

Fuy: Oh, but before that, let's taste-test some of these. Nom...! I could eat these macarons forever.

Yuz: Don't eat too much.

Yuz: No, it's the opposite. These are test samples, rather than leaving them, it would be best to eat as much as possible!

Uta: Uu~m, what a sweet pumpkin smell.

Uta: This is pound cake made from the pumpkins you provided. Would you like some?

Uta: Thank you, Hinata-san. It's mellow and so sweet!

Wak: Yes, the pumpkin taste really shines through, it's delicious.

Uta: I made sure to grow pumpkins with high sugar contents this year, they should be perfect for sweets.

Sum: Because of it, we are able to make natural tasting sweets with little sugar while keeping the sweet taste.

Mit: The cakes everyone made are planned to be put on the cookie planks after assembled, right?

Hin: This should be the case.

Mit: Ah, no... I meant how.

Sum: Sonocchi and Sonoko-san said they'd do something about this matter, so it should be fine.

Mit: I see. I'm sure these two can figure something out.

--(5)--

[Home ec. room]

Ren: Hmph, a new one has been baked.

Yum: Ancestor-sama. Could we use this fragrant cookie board as material?

Ren: Yumiko, were you not practicing with regular sweets along with Mebuki and the others?

Yum: It is as you say. However, Mebuki-san has said it would be preferable to gain experience with real-size cookies.

Ren: I see. In that case, please bring the ones that are already cold.

Yum: Thank you very much. Shizuku-san, if you would carry the other end.

Shi: Got it.

Yum: Uh... Carrying multiple at once, what a... hefty weight.

Shi: But thinking these will become a candy house... makes me a little excited.

Yum: Let us be cautious.

Ren: The cookies we have made are now in your care.

Gin: We're back! We got the authorization for using the nursery school on Sunday.

Meb: Now we can immerse ourselves into work.

Chi: Yes. Tell me if you need help with anything.

Meb: Then, could you give us your impressions on this candy house? It's meant to be a miniature version of the real one.

Gin: Waah, Mebuki-san, that's some skill.

Chi: It's cute, and looks delicious to me.

Suz: See, Mebu. They agree with me.

Suz: It's a candy house made according to Ayaya's vision. Of course it's cute.

Aya: No, all I did was say what I thought, Mebuki-senpai deserves all the praise for replicating it so well.

Meb: Only because your idea was so easy to understand.

Aya: I think it's because I still had the images of the picture book Anzu-chan showed me in mind.

Aya: It's also thanks to Tougou-senpai and Miroku-senpai for making so many sweets.

Meb: Thanks to everyone, we now have a general direction for the design.

Yum: Mebuki-sa...n. We have... brought them.

Shi: Miroku... slowly when putting in on the table.

Yum: I understand... Phew... Carrying multiple at once is quite tiring.

Aya: Because every one is so big. You couldn't eat all of it even if you were starving.

Meb: If we taste-test them during our break, we'll prepare in view of the day too.

[A few days later]

Fuu: Thanks to everyone's efforts, we now have a full idea of the candy house.

Fuu: Since Halloween is a few days away, we should be preparing as fast as we can, but...

Fuu: It looks like we don't have enough cookie planks or candies to decorate at all.

Its: Chikage-san... How much would we need roughly?

Chi: Using the candy house Sonoko-sans showed as reference, about a thousand...

Tam: A thousand!? Hey, hey, hey... That's not numbers ta make fun of.

Kar: And... We're never making it on time, are we?

Tou: The cookies planned to be materials have been baked resistant to rot disregarding edibility, so it should last for days.

Tou: By carrying the ones we've made these last few days... We should make it.

SON: Don't worry about transport~.

Son: Actually, we've always requested help, and Taisha will take care of that~.

SON: Oh right. Don't worry about the ingredient expenses either.

Kar: Was that why you practically didn't help us with any of the work?

SON: It's always good to have some insurance.

SON: Everyone is working so hard, and the kids must be looking forward to it too.

Fuy: Being prepared eases the mind. We made one step forward thanks to Sonoko-kuns' work.

Yuu: That means only the decoration sweets are missing. Can we make it in time if the whole club gets to it?

Tak: If we all work together like always...

Chi: It would be nice to have this dealt with, but some people also need to be building the actual house.

Tak: ...Ah, right.

Sum: Should we make the house smaller than initially planned? Then surely...

Gin: No, Sumi. We already said it would be big enough to fit everyone inside...

Gin: ...I don't want to disappoint the kids!

Anz: ...Gin-chan.

Chi: Then... it only leaves us with one option. Request help from outside the club.

--(6)--

[Shopping district]

Fuu: ...And so, could you have that many candies ready by Halloween morning?

Western confectionery store owner: Sure. The Hero Club helped us with our events quite a few times. This will be our turn to repay you.

Chi/Fuu: Thank you!

Gin/Tou: Thank you very much...!

Japanese confectionery store owner: But should we really provide candies for Halloween?

Tou: Please do. This is a great opportunity to make the delicacy and intricacy of Japanese confectionery known.

[The day before Halloween]

Son: The candy materials and the cookie planks Renge-senpai's team made are already on the way~.

Kar: We're completely using Taisha as our deliverymen.

SON: Just this one time~.

SON: Alright, everyone, let this candy house construction start~.

Meb: Aya-chan, you have cream on your cheek. I'll wipe it off for you. Please don't move.

Aya: Thank you very much. It must have got there when I held it tight earlier.

Meb: This only proves how focused you were. Let's keep doing our best.

Aya: Yes!

Gin: We were supposed to divide roles, but doing whatever we want seems more fun and effective.

Chi: We can't assemble it unless almost all the cookies are ready.

Gin: But coating round sponge cake in chocolate is... surprisingly...

Chi: It's hard...  Even though Renge-san and the others made it so effortlessly...

Gin: Right.

Chi: If you listen to them, everyone looks like they're having trouble.

Ren: Splendid, Yuuna. I see you are putting your hips into kneading.

Aka: I'm good... at... this kind of physical work. And it'll serve as a little bit of workout.

Ren: Shizu-san, is your break over?

Kir: How much longer, How much longer... do I have to knead knead knead knead knead knead knead knead!

Kir: ...I can't keep doin' this, ya know? ...It's a serious pain. My arms are going limp.

Ren: Such a foolish question. It goes without saying until your dough measures to Miroku's!

Kir: And... How'm I s'posed to know that!