Episode 2: Found, a New Guild!

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Yuni, Chloe, Chelle— the three in a bid to obtain a scholarship. What appeared before these three was a boy that each of them had been previously acquainted with. And now, we open the curtain on this troubled information session.

Female Teacher
Please, silence. Now then once again, allow me to introduce the provisionally enrolled student.

Yuuki
1. I'm Yuuki.
2. Looking forward to working with you.

Female Teacher
This young man, you see, for this undertaking we inquired with other schools in order to find a young man that exhibited exemplary moral conduct—

Female Teacher
—and while deliberating on if there was one such suitable student, I would be given an introduction by Mrs. Io of Lucent Academy.

Female Teacher
According to her, Yuuki-kun stays calm and collected under any circumstances, will never act frivolously when interacting with women, and apparently exhibits a soft and tender demeanor befitting of a Landsol gentleman—

Female Teacher
—but, it seems the previous explanation was unnecessary. It appears as though you are all quite well-acquainted already.

Chloe
Right, sure, I know him, but...

Chelle
I know him, but, uhh, how to put it... how do I delicately say those evaluation tags are all kind of "not really"...

Female Teacher
What's that? Is something the matter, you three are giving him quite the stare.

Yuni
Exemplary conduct...

Chloe
Calm and collected...

Chelle
Gentleman (lol).

Chloe
She's got a way with words, Lucent's Io-chan.

Female Teacher
Do you have any objections?

Yuni
Oh, well, certainly after revising my viewpoint, I will hold that the previous statements were not necessarily inaccurate...

Chelle
Eeeh~? Even that Landsol gentleman (lol) one?

Female Teacher
What has gotten into you all. If you have complaints about Yuuki-kun, then would you like to exchange him for a different male student from Lucent Academy?

Yuni
No, no complaints.

Chloe
Well, me either... it's whatever.

Chelle
Yeah. Boys suck, but this person is just barely OK.

Female Teacher
I see. Well then, in regard to what we discussed before, I entrust this task to you all. Go now, with blessings from the headmistress.

Yuni
Now, with all that being said. The first Exerting One's Self for the Scholarship Payment Emergency Meeting shall commence.

Yuni
The victory condition we were presented with was "Get along with Yuuki-kun"... how should we proceed?

Chelle
Here, chairman. Chelle and Yuuki-senpai are already pretty friendly. Right–?

Yuni
Mu, how impudent. If you say that, then even we are. Right–?

Chloe
Huuh, that so. It's fine, whatever. ...right?

Yuni
Well, in any case. For this particular matter, the relations between each individual specimen are irrelevant.

Yuni
"Reconciliation with a foreign culture", as the Mother put it. In short, perhaps the academy wishes to observe this colony's "close friendship"^[1] as a testimony to the preservation of discipline and safety post-transition to co-ed.

Yuuki
1. What are you talking about?

Yuni
Oh my, Yuuki-kun you didn't hear about any of this from the Mother? I see... Well then, please wait a moment for an explanation.

Yuni
We have yet to settle our prospects going forward. That is what we will discuss, hereafter. In the meantime, let me see, why don't you do some physical education self study.

Yuuki
1. Muscle training.
2. Textbook.

Option 1.

Chloe
Eh, what's gotten into you, Yuuki-senpai? Suddenly standing up and squatting down at high speeds... Scary.

Chloe
Actually, that's pretty irritating. Hey, sorry, but could you go do that over in the corner.

Option 2.

Chelle
Ah! Chairman, the boy has flipped over to the sex education pages.

Yuni
It's too soon for kids. If you wish to learn about health, why not read into the nutritional value of foodstuffs.

Chelle
Eh, then, back to the conversation? What was it, that stuff Yuni-senpai was talking about. Like "specimens" and "colonies".

Yuni
Yes, basically. In order to fulfill the victory condition, we four must assemble into a single Close Friends Group.

Yuni
Of particular importance is the Group qualifier. There is no merit in deepening our relationships with him at individual level.

Chloe
That. You hear that, Chelle?

Chelle
Uhh... Chloe-senpai, exactly what kind of character do you take me for in your head?

Chloe
Stupidly popular flawless beauty.

Chelle
Huh... No way, spot on, what should I do... Chloe-senpai, could it be, you've always had your eyes on me? But, chowwy! Chelle doesn't want to see anyone right now!

Yuni
Chloe. It seems, you've arbitrarily become the bearer of an unrequited love.

Chloe
Yuni-senpai. Can I gut punch this worthless thing.

Yuni
Hold that off, please. Hold that off until we score the scholarship, at least. Until then, we must first and foremost become this Close Friends Group.

Chelle
Eeh~? But like, we already are? We are, right?

Yuni
Eh? Really? I, I guess so, huhehe.

Chloe
Nah, no way. Immediately becoming close friends the day we first meet, to be honest the mindset of a normie really shocks me.

Yuni
Eeh—

Chelle
Nah look, we really do already get along. Chloe-senpai, doesn't your bad-mouthing serve as perfect proof of that already? The teasing and prodding, if we didn't get along none of that would happen. Right–?

Chloe
Annoyannoyannoyannoy.

Yuni
Hmm... having said that, the evaluation for our closeness will probably not rely on personal statements. The ones who will decide on that is not us, but the school committee.

Chloe
The criteria is way to vague. And anyway, what the heck is "close". What would we produce to show closeness.

Yuni
I have pondered this for a long time. Just like the labyrinth that is philosophy.

Chloe
No clue about that, but isn't this like, Chelle's field. Hey, what is it. What's closeness to your lot?

Chelle
Let's see.. going on trips with everyone, and taking lots of pretty pics with transcription magic, I guess?

Yuni
A pretty trip, that sure is youth. Okay, let's go.

Chloe
Suure—and travel expenses?

Yuni
Mugu... Y-youth sure isn't cheap...

Chelle
Ah, but, if we get that scholarship thing, can't we just use that money to go?

Yuni
Hey, what should we do about this Chloe-kun. It seems that she has this misconception that a scholarship is just some kind of special bonus or some such.

Chloe
And anyway, isn't there something off with the chronology of that plan? Why's having the scholarship a prerequisite. The method and objective are reversed, aren't they? Are we traveling through time?

Chelle
Y'know... Chloe-senpai. What Chelle said was just, you know, to get us fired up a bit, it's alright if you don't take it too seriously, okay?

Chloe
Like I'd take it seriously. I'm just playin' the straight man.

Yuni
However, transcription magic huh, that way of thinking isn't too off the mark. Spiritualism is vague, after all, so having concrete evidence at the time of judgment is vital.

Chloe
Yeah... I kinda get that. The old dudes that come to my store talk about it a lot. Something like "Show me solid proof of your good faith."

Yuni
That's a cliched line that immoral folk tend to spew out when committing blackmail, but the gist is there. Form is important.

Chelle
Or, we could do the reverse and insert ourselves into something with form. For instance... Why don't we found a guild with these members? We could formally apply real quick.

Chloe
Ah, making it a pre-established fact.

Chelle
Yep, yep. Becoming a formal guild, to onlookers it would probably really look like we get along, right?

Chelle
Actually, if that really happens, I think we'll just naturally become closer.

Yuni
I see, quite a nice idea. A guild huh, perfectly youthful isn't it. Chloe-kun, any objections?

Chloe
Huh, well, it's whatever.

Chloe
But, like... it's fine.

Chelle
It's decided, then! Alright, right away, let's Chelle~n☆ and head right over to the Guild Association.

Karin
The new guild applicants, yes? Let's see... your representative is...

Chelle
Here, me!

Chloe
Outta the way. Nah, it's the tiny one here.

Yuni
Hey, sorry for troubling you. It's the guild master Yuni.

Karin
O-okay, pleasure to be working with you. Now then, may I inquire about your guild name?

Yuni
Guild name.

Chloe
Ah! Right, forgot about that. Without one we won't be able to start one.

Yuni
I see. Uncertain ideas are put into words in order to easily increase their gravitas. Hmm, this should match that general principle. We shall go with Yunichan's.

Chloe
No way.

Chloe
Yeah, no way.

Yuni
Now see here, you guys. At least provide some constructive criticism. If you're going to reject it, at least have an alternative to present, an alternative.

Chloe
Nah, normally, we're students so shouldn't we just use the school's name.

Chelle
Eeh—? Chelle thinks something cuter would be better. Something Something Chelluun or like Chelluchellu-something.

Chloe
You really love yourself, huh.

Chelle
Yep, super love! Chelluun☆

Yuni
Hey hey Chelle-kun, don't lose sight of our original objective. The formation of this guild was meant to be an appeal for how harmonious this colony is. To cap it off with such a large billboard dedicated to a single person defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

Chloe
That's completely sound logic, but where do you get off saying that, what with that Yunichans thing.

Yuni
Chloe-kun. About that issue, let us put that aside for now.

Chloe
Rather than "for now", let's put it to rest forever, in the depths of hell.

Yuni
As Chloe-kun brought up previously, the thing we should heed, is the point about our group belonging to St. Theresa Girl's Academy. As such, we should aim for a name befitting of an organization respresenting an educational institution.

Chloe
For that...

Chelle
Then how about we make it more club-like and go with the BFFs Club. Oh gosh, it suddenly went back around to being super cute! Another good point about the name is that it really sounds friendly!

Chloe
No way.

Yuni
Yeah, no.

Yuni
Okay, now then, let us once again revive Yunichan's from the depths of hell.

Chloe
No, that's an even bigger nope.

Chelle
It's a no. Be a good girl and leave that thing to self-study physical education in hell.

Karin
Uhh...? Excuse me, do you still require more time? There are others waiting, so please...

Chloe
Ah, no we're good. We'll just go with the plain and simple St. Theresa Girl's Academy.

Yuni
Aah... wait, don't just go and...!

Chelle
And then for the closer, please use (BFFs Club).

Karin
As you wish.

Yuni
Wh-what... such a method existed! In that case, add "Yunichan's" too!

Chloe
Long.

Chelle
Too long, you know.

Karin
It is rather long, isn't it...

Yuni
Gu, gununu...!

Karin
Okay, so now "St. Theresa Girl's Academy (BFFs Club)" is the guild name you have given.

Yuni
Hmph, textbooks in the future shall refer to us as Yunichan's, though.

Karin
Continuing from that, may I inquire about this guild's mission or objective?

Yuni
Mission.

Chloe
Objective.

Chelle
Eh... was there one, one of those?

Yuni
Hmm, there is one, so to speak. As written, the goal is to become closer.

Karin
To become closer.

Chelle
Well, that's right. If we were to have an objective, it'd have to be that one.

Karin
To become, closer...?

Chloe
What. No good?

Karin
That is correct, my apologies. If the objective does not bear even the littlest benefit to society we are unable to accept that application due to regulations in place.

Yuni
.....

Karin
Due to regulations in place.

Yuni
... hmm, we shall come again. Dismissed.

Due to having absolutely no plan for today, pulling out in low spirits, were the "St. Theresa Girl's Academy (BFFs Club)" leaving in a single file line.