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⭐ Who: Sakurai Keiwa & ANY
⭐ When: Throughout August!
⭐ Where: AROUND
⭐ What: practicing in the Dream Sphere, enjoying his hobby of volunteering, general things

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Pfft-- [Maki bursts out laughing and has to stop as they reach the top of the steps.] You're something, you know that? At least you're honest.

[her laugh startles him and leaves him stammering through a smile] W-Wait- It's not that funny, is it? Eh? What do you mean??

Don't worry about it. ...You know what I did before I came to the DU, right?

[blinks... Thinks about it... Did they ever talk about it? You can practically hear the gears grinding in his head as he tries to remember and comes up short. Sheepishly;]

No...?

...I was one of those kids who always wanted to be an actor.

[Maki steps to the side to let more people past them. She looks over to the side, where festival stalls glow past the shrine building.]

Put everything I had into it, too. I was sending off letters and doing auditions since I was old enough to go into town on my own. Moved to the city once I could. I got into commercials, then some bit parts in shows and TV movies, while I kept myself afloat with odd jobs.

Then I ended up on a variety show with a bunch of other up-and-comers. Had to take some dares for the cameras. You know the deal. Stick your hand in this box. See which of the things in this room is made out of cake. Eat a live cicada.

I bailed. Chickened out of eating the stupid bug. Some idol did it instead. After that, callbacks dried up and casting directors stopped returning my calls. I wasted my dream over a bug, and now I gotta live with it.

[Keiwa follows behind her, apologizing softly out of habit before giving her his full attention... Though by the end of it, even Keiwa's natural optimism can't quite overcome the bitterness of the story]

That... That's just cruel. But I don't think you were wrong either. [he knows he's bad at pep talks, soft spoken as he is, yet just leaving it like this is a little too sad as well] It's- Even if you had done it, would it really be okay to be known as that one actress who ate a bug on TV?

[he's gonna do this best anyway]

Right or wrong, it's what happened. I gotta deal with it.

[Maki shakes her head, looks off towards the festivities.]

I do appreciate it, though. You saying that stuff about me, even if I don't think I deserve it.

Still... What happened was unfair.

Everyone deserves to have nice things said about them. [then, a little flustered;] I meant what I said though.

[A lot of things are unfair. But Maki doesn't push it. This is just how it is now.]

...heh. Still, you're a good guy. You ready? Let's check out the festival.

[he wants to try and cheer Maki up, but he can't think of what to say. So Keiwa just gives her a reassuring (or as reassuring as he can make it) smile and a nod]

Sure. Sounds good.

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