Wish Upon a Star ~Dance and Wishes~/Story/Episode 7

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This translation was based off the scripts from the Japanese version of the game.
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Full Speed Towards The Bad Ending

Woods Behind Campus - Big Tree
Crowley Crowley	Th-This is just…!
Grim Grim	The two of them aren’t in sync at all. And Deuce’s dancing was so bad, I couldn’t watch. He looked like he was trying to catch a bug in the air.
Crowley Crowley	It’s true… My thoughts align almost exactly with Grim’s.
Trey Trey	You two don’t have to be so blunt…
Deuce Deuce	I underestimated what it’s like to dance. It’s so hard when you’re actually doing it…
Trey Trey	Don’t worry. I just have a little experience from when I was a kid. When your family runs an independent business, you often get forced to join all kinds of local events just to have you there. Boys especially would get embarrassed with stuff like this… It’s not really something they’d want to do, you know?
Crowley Crowley	Regardless, the difference between you two is much bigger than I thought it’d be. Clover, I’ll leave it to you to thoroughly coach Mr. Spade.
Deuce Deuce	I’m sorry, Clover…
Trey Trey	We do have a few days before the performance. It’ll be fine.
Crowley Crowley	Yes. And next time, we’ll also be able to include the drum, so that should make it easier to dance. Before long, you three will be able to do the ritual in perfect harmony! Right? Idia Shroud?
Idia Idia	(…Hnghhghnh…)
Ortho Ortho	Big Brother?
Idia Idia	I-I… …I-I-I really can’t do this!
Everyone Everyone	!?!?!
Grim Grim	He started off with something I wasn’t expecting to hear.
Idia Idia	I-It’s just, I have to bang a drum in front of the whole school… Why would I go out in public just to get laughed at? I could make it to this point ‘cause Ortho and the other guys were helping me collect Wishing Stars, but… This event is just going to have me, a total noob, looking like an idiot while I fail at playing the drums! Y-You think I’d willingly thrust myself at full speed down a route with a bad end that looks like that? Do the ritual without me!!
Ortho Ortho	Big Brother…
Idia Idia	O-Ortho! …D-Don’t make that face… I did say I’d only participate in collecting the Wishing Stars. I never once said I’d practice for the ritual, much less do the actual performance!
Ortho Ortho	I know you don’t like having attention on you. But they picked you as one of the Stargazers. If we do it together, it’d make a fun memory to look back on!
Idia Idia	Y-Yeah, but…
Crowley Crowley	This is a traditional event. You aren’t allowed to quit simply because you want to. Besides, we need you to play the drum to synchronize the dancing, Idia Shroud!
Deuce Deuce	Yes! Please play your part!
Idia Idia	But basically all you need is the beat, right? So instead of having me actually play the drums, what if we streamed a prerecorded performance that doesn’t have any mistakes? Then we could have what you all want—“a ritual with three people in harmony” lol.
Deuce Deuce	Um… I mean, I guess that’s true…
Trey Trey	(…Hah. And this is supposed to be Ignihyde’s dorm leader… This is like listening to a whining child.)
Crowley Crowley	What are your thoughts on this, Ortho Shroud? You would like to see your brother having his big moment, wouldn’t you?
Ortho Ortho	I… would… …But if he really doesn’t want to do this, I don’t want to force him.
Idia Idia	Ortho… Then how about I use a virtual instrument app to play the drum live from my room, and we can stream the audio? If we do it that way, I wouldn’t mind participating…
Trey Trey	Either way, you’d still be staying in your room…
Crowley Crowley	Ahh… Hosting a Star Send-Off with one of the Stargazers missing is just unheard of. Rules are more important than anything when it comes to traditional events.
Idia Idia	I’m not going to be missing or absent or anything—I’m still participating. I just altered the idea of being physically present… I’m still here with you two… even if it’s virtually. This might even become the way Stargazers do it in the future.
Crowley Crowley	This kind of funny business isn’t what we need for the Star Send-Off. We need a mindset that wants to preserve tradition. You other two Stargazers, say something please!
Deuce Deuce	Uh… What should we do, Clover…?
Trey Trey	I feel like we can’t do anything about this unless either Idia or the Headmaster gives in…
Ortho Ortho	…I think Big Brother will be difficult.
Grim Grim	Trying to convince him won’t work?
Ortho Ortho	No. Big Brother has always been very stubborn. If he’s made up his mind about something, he’ll stand by it no matter what anyone tries to tell him… He’s backed himself into a corner a few times because of that.
Trey Trey	When we were getting ready for the entrance ceremony this year… Idia didn’t show up to the dorm leader meeting at all. Riddle went all the way over to Ignihyde to get him, but he still refused to leave his room. …Which made him blow up in anger.
Deuce Deuce	Eh… The terrifying—I mean, the strict Dorm Leader Rosehearts went to go get him!?
Trey Trey	So, if this is what he’s made up his mind to do, neither threatening nor coaxing is going to change that. …Right now, there’s probably no way we can convince him.
Deuce Deuce	No…
Trey Trey	It’s pointless to keep talking about this. Let’s not waste our practice time… Okay. Headmaster, for now let’s use Idia’s suggestion and let him participate virtually.
Crowley Crowley	What? What will we do on performance day?
Trey Trey	After Deuce perfects his dance, we’ll try convincing Idia again before the performance day. He might just abandon the Stargazer role altogether if we try to force him.
Crowley Crowley	…I suppose we’ll have to. I’ll permit Idia Shroud to participate in the ceremony virtually. …However! Clover, Spade. You’ll bring Idia Shroud out here before the performance. Is that understood?
Deuce Deuce	Y-Yes…
Trey Trey	We’ll do our best.
Crowley Crowley	Now then, I must get back to my work. Everyone, keep collecting Wishing Stars and practice for the ritual!
Deuce Deuce	Is it even possible… to convince Shroud?
Trey Trey	I don’t know either… But we’ve got to do it.
Idia Idia	Hehe, he’s allowing me to do the ceremony from here… I’m an absolute mastermind! Now I can try to clear Lv Star Send-Off without having to bang the drums in front of everyone…!