Wish Upon a Star ~Dance and Wishes~/Story/Episode 8

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I’m Definitely Not Going To Lose!

Woods Behind Campus - Big Tree
——A few days after they started practicing the ritual
Deuce Deuce	…How is this, Clover?
Trey Trey	I think all your moves have sharpened very nicely. But your timing is still a little off. Don’t just focus on the beat of the drum; try making sure the two of us are in sync too.
Deuce Deuce	Okay!
Trey Trey	Alright then, Idia. Can I ask you to play it over again?
Idia Idia	…What? You wanna do it again?
Trey Trey	We’ve only practiced a few times. Please.
Deuce Deuce	Please!
Idia Idia	Hah… I really was out of luck getting picked for the drum. I could be perfectly on beat, but if he messes up, gotta do it again. There’s so much more I could be doing right now… First of all, do you need me to play every single time? It’s actually really inefficient. Can’t I just loop a recording?
Deuce Deuce	Ggh…!
Grim Grim	He’s as rude as ever.
Trey Trey	You’re trying your best, Deuce. Don’t listen to him.
Option 1: You’ll get there little by little!		Option 2: You’re steadily making progress!
Deuce Deuce	Thanks, Prefect.
Ortho Ortho	Yeah! Look at him, Big Brother. He’s made huge improvements since he tried dancing the first time!
Idia Idia	……
Ortho Ortho	Big Brother?
Trey Trey	Idia, can you hear us?
Idia Idia	…Huh? What? Are you starting again?
Ortho Ortho	…Big Brother, I might be wrong, but…
Idia Idia	Yeah?
Ortho Ortho	Are you playing a game?
Idia Idia	!? Wh-What? What gave you that idea, Ortho? I’m focusing very intently on my virtual instrument app to make sure the ritual’s a success!
Deuce Deuce	Shroud… So I’m over here working my ass off and you’re just messing around…
Grim Grim	O-Oh no! Deuce switched on his other mode!
Trey Trey	Deuce, calm down!
Deuce Deuce	…It’s okay. I’m not going to go off at him or anything. Just let me say something. Yeah, I know my dancing still sucks… But I do not want to hear that from someone who’s just half-assing this practice! Alright, having you do this from your tablet isn’t gonna work! Please come down here right now and actually play your drum!
Idia Idia	…Didn’t we already establish this? I’ve still been collecting Wishing Stars, and I’m doing my job with the drum. I wish you wouldn’t criticize me for not doing more than I need to as a Stargazer… Are you even doing your job right, Sir Deuce? Didn’t we determine how many Wishing Stars you, me, and Sir Trey each need to collect? Yeah, the goal was to have 100 per person by today. Have you gotten that many, Sir Deuce?
Deuce Deuce	I’m… a little behind…
Idia Idia	So you’re not hitting the mark with the dance or with collecting the Wishing Stars. And you had the audacity to say I’m half-assing this? Look at the stats—aren’t you the one messing around? You don’t actually think Wishing Stars are worth more when you get them by running around for them outside your room, do you? Save your holier-than-thou speech for after you start showing some results.
Deuce Deuce	Ah…
Trey Trey	He shut him down immediately.
Grim Grim	Deuce, I can’t even look at you…
Deuce Deuce	I-If you’re saying that I’m not showing results… Then I’m going to perfect this dance before our performance, and finish collecting my part of the Wishing Stars! No, I’ll even collect Shroud’s portion too!
Idia Idia	What’s with that random goal…? By performance day, you’ll need to get at least 150 more stars than you have now. I’d say collecting my portion on top of that just sounds impossible.
Deuce Deuce	So if I’m actually able to do it, you’ll play the drum in person and not from your room?
Idia Idia	What do you mean? I’d literally get nothing out of that. I’ve been fine collecting stars with Ortho.
Trey Trey	But… if you think about it the other way, you’ve got nothing to lose either. If you honestly think there’s no way Deuce will be able to reach his goal, it’d be smart to take his offer. That way, you can just sit in your room playing video games while Deuce collects your Wishing Stars for you.
Deuce Deuce	Or do you actually believe I can achieve my goal?
Idia Idia	Hah~? The hell is with Heartslabyul…? Do they think they’re shounen manga protagonists? This is so annoying… This is why I don’t get along with other dorms… …Well, you won’t be able to do it anyway. Fine. If you can meet your goal, I’ll stop working from my tablet.
Deuce Deuce	Deal!
Idia Idia	But! If you fail… I won’t be participating at all, not even with my music app. We’ll use a prerecorded drum performance for the live thing. Alright?
Deuce Deuce	…Alright.
Ortho Ortho	You’re taking Big Brother’s suggestion? Deuce Spade, are you sure…?
Deuce Deuce	Yeah. There’s no way I’m going to fail.
Idia Idia	(Sorry Ortho, but there’s no way Sir Deuce can pull this off. I’m going to get out of this stupid ritual…)
Grim Grim	I feel like this isn’t gonna turn out good.
Option 1: What a wild turn of events…		Option 2: That’s what you call a fierce clapback.
Trey Trey	At least this will get Idia to participate if it all goes well.
Deuce Deuce	Right! I’m definitely not going to lose this fight!
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