*Please read disclaimer on blog; default name set as Izumi

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<Please note: the beginning part of the story for this set of cards is the same, so I have reused my own tl>

Izumi: Kazunari-kun is also joining in on today’s leader’s meeting.

Kazunari: Let’s do this piko~!

Banri: Have you come up with somethin’ again?

Kazunari: That’s right, Setzer!
There’s a lil something I wanted to try.
So you see… we held a project survey for the fans to find out what they’d like us to do!

Sakuya: A project survey?

Izumi: Yep. We did it for our fans as per Kazunari-kun’s suggestion.

Kazunari: Thankfully, MANKAI Company’s popularity is soaring through the roof right now!

Tenma: That’s true. We got a lot of new fans too.

Kazunari: ‘Cept some of the folks who have been supporting us for a while also voiced that they’re a bit lonely since it feels like there’s been more distance between us.
But, like, we wanna be a Theatre troupe that’s close to our fans no matter how much our popularity rises, right?

Banri: I see.
So that explains the project survey, eh?

Tsumugi: How were the results?

Kazunari: The most common answer was, “I wanna see more InsteLives and selfies from all the troupe members!”

Tenma: Well, the frequency of InsteLive streams varies from person to person.

Tsumugi: It’s the same for our selfies.
We basically leave it to the members who are good at SNS.

Kazunari: Yep, and so! As a special project this time, I propose we hold a solo InsteLive and selfie festival for 24 consecutive days!

Banri: A selfie festival?

Kazunari: It’d be even more hype if we took selfies during the live and upped the pics to Inste later, wouldn’t it!

Izumi: We’ve also discussed it with Sakyo-san, and he said we can do it as long as I keep watch to make sure no trouble occurs during the streams.

Kazunari: And so, the rest depends on you guys…
How about it?

Sakuya: I’d love to do it! Of course I want to make everyone happy…
But I’m happy for the chance to talk with all the fans through the screen too!

Tsumugi: I’d like to give it a try too. I feel like I’m getting more used to InsteLives, little by little.

Tenma: Hey, but, we can’t just idly chat, right?

Kazunari: On that topic, I thought it might be great to send out another survey to hear what they’d like each troupe member to do.

Banri: Seems like it’ll be a lot easier to handle in that case.

Izumi: Every InsteLive will turn out differently. That sounds interesting.

Kazunari: ‘Kay then, it’s settled!
Leave the form creation and tallying up to me!

Sakuya: Thank you very much, Kazunari-san!

Izumi: Alright then, leaders. Please share the InsteLive and selfie plan with all your members.

Leaders: Got it!

-pause-

Azami: …

Azuma: Aren’t you cold out here, Azami?

Azami: Azuma-san.
It ain’t that cold today, so I’m fine.

Azuma: I see.
…Is that the survey for your upcoming InsteLive?

Azami: Yeah.
Quite a lotta stuff’s written so it’s interesting.

Azuma: Since it’s you, I’m sure you got a lot of requests related to makeup, right?

Azami: That’s pretty much what I’m seein’. So that’s why I think it might be good to show myself doin’ makeup in my stream.

Azuma: That might be fresh. People get to see the end result of your makeup, but they rarely get the chance to watch the process.

Azami: ‘Cept it’s supposed to be a solo stream, so I’m sorta at a loss.
If I’m gonna do makeup, then I’d prefer someone else to lend me their face.

Azuma: That’s fair. But then it wouldn’t be a solo stream—is that what you’re worried about?

Azami: Yeah, pretty much.

Azuma: What if you put makeup on your own face?

Azami: It’s not like I couldn’t do that, technically…
But I was thinking of doin’ “land mine makeup”*, so it’d be tough to do on my own face.

Azuma: Hmm… in that case, you could explain it using illustrations, couldn’t you?

Azami: You think so too, huh?
I also considered that.

Azuma: Why don’t you consult Kazu or Yuki as well?
If it’s regarding illustrations, then they might be able to help you in some way.

Azami: Right.
I’ll try talkin’ to them.
Thanks, Azuma-san.

Azuma: Not at all.
I hope it’ll be a fun InsteLive.

Azami: Yeah.
Aight, I’ll go find those two right now.

Azuma: Hold on, Azami.
Actually, maybe you could—.

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*”地雷メイク” (jirai meiku): ~land mine makeup. This a style of makeup which typically sees a pale complexion mixed with strong red eyeshadow, eyeliner, and dark red lips. This style is supposed to evoke a “sickly” image of a girl who looks cute on the outside, but is hard to deal with once she’s upset (i.e. like stepping on in a pitfall/landmine). See this article for examples/tutorials.
(If there’s an English term for this style, please lmk because I have absolutely no idea lmao)

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