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Cast:
Cure Peace, Kise Yayoi - age 16
Aka-Oni, Akai Onikichi - age 15
Ban Kenji - Myoudouin Academy high school student - age 17
August, 2013
Dogwood Flowers is still a one-man circle. Kenji arrives at his assigned space in the grand exhibition hall and sees that his neighbor is already there. The guy is huge, slathered in red body paint, and wearing a tunic dyed to look like animal skins. The oni-like man is busily assembling a large metal frame, piece by piece.
Kenji's table is flimsy by comparison. His display is small and humble, being only the couple of boxes he brought his doujinshi in, with most of the doujins still inside. Preparation done, he slumps in his chair and gazes fearfully at the ogre in the next space over.
"Dude, is that all you got?"
Kenji looks around. The big red guy doesn't seem to be looking at him.
"Yeah, you. How are you thinking to get any attention with a setup like that? This kind of event, you go big or you go home! You don't want to go home, do you?"
Kenji shakes his head. The big guy still isn't looking at him, but stands up and turns. Even if Kenji were standing up, this guy would tower over him. The big guy sets a roll of butcher paper in front of Kenji, along with a pack of large markers.
"Dude, I'm gonna do you a favor. You draw some banners. I've got to get more scaffolding."
So saying, the big guy walks off.
"Oh! Your banner looks like it's going to be really cool!"
Kenji is caught so off guard by the girl's voice that he nearly falls out of his chair. Since he was at a loss for anything else to do, Kenji has been drawing the heroines of his doujinshi as large as will fit on the paper. When he looks up, his eyes widen.
Fluffy yellow hair. Golden eyes. A cute smile, and a face that Kenji cannot forget.
"I remember you! You were the first person to buy my doujins!" Then he pauses. "The event isn't open yet, though?"
"I've joined the selling side!" She announces, flashing a peace sign. Then she sets her hand on a cart laden with large boxes that Kenji had overlooked until that instant. "We're going to be neighbors!"
"Neighbors?" Kenji blinks. "What about that huge red guy?"
"You mean Onikichi? He's just helping me out. Actually, I thought I'd find him here. Did something happen?"
"He told me to start drawing and said something about scaffolding."
"We're helping you decorate?!" A sparkling smile. "Are you still using the same characters? I'll help you draw!"