December 31, 2016: Planning for the Sequel

Jim: After we finished the C1 movie, I certainly didn't think we could go any bigger than that. I thought we reached our ceiling, and we'd already hit a new high for us, in terms of popularity. Only way to beat that would be to jump the shark.

Nicia: Maybe you need to jump a shark to become more popular, but Santa and I don't.

Santa: But jumping a shark would cause a loss in popularity...see the TV Tropes page for "Jumping the Shark."

Jamiebel: Well, he meant it figuratively, Nicia. What he means is that we have to go even more over-the-top and even more comedic, but with that tinge of drama in the Walpurgis spinoff - and that's the thing: we would be risking our popularity with our move. That's when we got the call from the writers in London, so we headed over there.

Santa: And then our writers went crazy and made the story 99,822 chapters long.

Jim: If you wanna go fourth-wall-breaking with that, then yes - what happened was that they handed us copies of the script; if we couldn't come to a majority decision, then they'd can the project and end it as is.

Jamiebel: The writers were very serious about this.

Nicia: More like completely insane for spending so much time on it.

Jamiebel: To be fair, I was definitely nervous… nobody knew what they would come up with, or if it would be any good at all. Jim also had his worries; he thought that we'd get the same recycled material and he would have turned them down.

Santa: Anyway, they somehow worked it out and we got to do all this.

Jamiebel: In the end, we thought that they sufficiently jumped the shark - left some ideas to chance for a possible C2 and we, unanimously, much to my surprise, agreed to film C3. That's all there was to it.

And so, the main characters of the old stories were onboard; however, the cast was far from complete. There were still some others to be summoned - the gifted supporting mains to which the first story could not be possible without.

[...]

Frédéric: Finally… finally… the country is finally MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!

Enzo: (jogs over to Frédéric) Frédéric! Well done! (laughs in victory)

Frédéric: We did it! We're finally famous!

Enzo: Frédéric! Well done! We've been wallowing about in obscurities, over and over!

Frédéric: Yet we were dreaming of this day - now I can look back on those dark days and smile!

Enzo: My friend!

Frédéric: Buddy!

(the two share a hug… reel back to reveal that they are voice acting)

Director: Okay, you two, that was wonderful!

Frédéric: Voicing Kanbei in Sengoku BASARA 5… man, Kanbei has some awful luck - more than I expected. This is a very welcome relief for his character! (chuckles)

Enzo: And it's rubbing off on me! I have to voice Ujimasa Hojo!

Frédéric: Still, you do have a fine voice for the old man - I'm real salty though that Viggo and Iain got Shingen and Keiji, respectively… I could have made a pretty cool Nobuyuki. It's gone to Alpha, though.

Enzo: On the plus side, I got to do Keiji's monkey too. (grins)

Frédéric: Yumekichi is a cute character, indeed. Mari voicing Benmaru, Crystal as Bontenmaru… those two really settled into their roles!

Enzo: But I'm still the best! *Ahahahaha!*

Frédéric: And that laugh, ladies and gentlemen, is why Enzo is Ujimasa Hojo. He laughs like an old man!

Enzo: I do not!

[confessional with Enzo and Frédéric]

Frédéric: When we first found out that there was a sequel coming to the first story, I asked Enzo, "This is gonna be a trilogy, isn't it?" (laughs) All our ridiculous antics, and it's gonna be in three movies.

Enzo: That's a bit questionable at this point - they're taking forever to get the second one released.

Frédéric: The earlier versions were kinda simple - I thought we would get it finished in time for Thanksgiving. Still, working with Enzo here is always a treat, no matter where it is.

Enzo: Of course, I'm the best! Too bad I can't help write the story - even i'm not that good.

Frédéric: If you did, you'd make it even longer.

Enzo: Would not!

[confessional with Alpha, Marisa and Crystal]

Marisa: Oh yeah, they had me swimming all over the place doing stuff for that. I participate in a bunch of different worlds in C3.

Alpha: Marisa and I were a couple of the old guard, so it's no surprise they wanted us back. With this and my SenBasa 5 voice acting duties as Mitsunari, Nobuyuki and Matsunaga, I certainly have a full plate on my hands. I would have landed Fuuma's role, but he's silent.

Crystal: I don't get the whole hype around this sequel for the Christmas Story. I wasn't around when the Pikey and Duracell were filming that. (crosses her arms) Besides, I'm only in it for the brass; I'm actually surprised something that the Pikey starred in got recognized.

Marisa: It had Santa Claus in it - people love him for some reason.

Alpha: And besides, it's not like anything you did from before had anything of worth, Crystal.

Crystal: Oi!

[confessional with Nacht and Charlotte]

Charlotte: I can't believe they managed to decide to make a bigger sequel… and include myself and Nacht as mains - I was in total disbelief!

Nacht: For several hours while going from minor character to major protagonist sunk in.

Charlotte: But the actual impact of it all was something the two of us couldn't quite fathom… and I think, after a week post-Walpurgis filming, Nacht and I became a legit lesbian couple. She's such a sweetheart, both on the silver screen and in real life.

Nacht: I've managed to come a long way from being an appropriated villain from Puella Magi Madoka Magica to original character, thanks to participating in that story - and after the second Christmas story, I don't know what will happen.

Charlotte: (nods) Agreed. I also came a long way from being a minor non-existent side character to legitimate character having two of the best girlfriends I could ask for - Jamiebel and Nacht. (kisses Nacht) I hope you and I will get married in the near future.

Nacht: You'll have to ask topgear about that - he's the one driving most of this.

With new storylines bring new characters. We take a look into the new main's fratello and a new fratello expected to inject even more life into the story.

Viggo: I'll be honest, I was rather surprised to be included as a part of this project. Firstly and foremost, I've only been mentioned in the Roundabout Life flashbacks as Frédéric's best friend, and haven't been inducted into the SWA yet *wink wink, nudge nudge*. But since my writer seemed insistent on getting some use for me before my story with Davina and Bernan will come out, I couldn't help but oblige. It does mean I will get a little bit of practice… and have some fun while I'm at it!

Bernan: I think this marks the first time that we Angkahans - me, Jamiebel and Davina - have actually been together in a work of fiction, right?

It has? Okay.

I know the focus has been on Davina for my writer, but even he knows that I have my character development roles, too. It's my first time actually being written, although my writer has a bright idea of how to write me. Look forward to my debut appearance in a work of fiction, everyone!

Iain: I have to thank those sweethearts, known as my creators - one of them being Triela, on the CC forums - for giving life to me as a character. I know Savyna and I probably will never have a true, serious fic to call our own, but honestly? I prefer this being my home fic and being a character used for fun. It allows me to go absolutely anywhere and do anything.

Plus, let's be honest here, with how fabulous, flamboyant and flashy I am, I'd rather play a part as one of the fun guys, rather than dip into the serious stuff.

Savyna: It's been about… ten years! Ten years since I was first created by Marissa, and I finally get used as a true character! I probably should be older at this point, but my creator let me stay the same age, because of probably this very reason! I'm so happy to be finally put into a work of fiction - or two in my case, and that I get to make new friends, chief among which would be Santa Cassano and Marisa Alboreto. Though I also get a cool big sis in Davina - so awesome!

And, of course, a new storyline wouldn't be complete without a new main character and someone to assist her along the way. The cast, a mix of new and old will be led by this lady, and will be assisted by someone new altogether.

Davina: Yes, well, I jokingly mentioned this in the Walpurgis prologue… I actually never expected this to happen to me so soon! I was in C1, where I played the straight-woman in everyone else's antics, as was my costume. I got put on a bus in C2, but this time, in C3, I start off going to someplace called the Velvet Room, as a shout-out to the Persona series, of which I am a fan of. It isn't until shortly later that I meet this lovely woman to the left of me.

Mary: My name is Mary. I have been cast as Igor's assistant in the Velvet Room for this project, and have high expectations for how this story turns out.