Wish Upon a Star ~Dance and Wishes~/Story/Episode 9

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This story has been fan-translated by twstarchives.

This translation was based off the scripts from the Japanese version of the game.
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An Unfunny Joke

Woods Behind Campus - Big Tree
——3 days after Deuce and Idia made their deal
Idia Idia	…S-Sir Deuce? What’d you just say?
Deuce Deuce	Like I said… I collected all the Wishing Stars I was supposed to.
Idia Idia	Hah…?
Ortho Ortho	Deuce Spade and Big Brother were each supposed to have collected more than 150 stars by performance day… So the amount you agreed on should be at about 300.
Idia Idia	H-Hold on! You collected that many? In only three days? This joke is so unfunny I can’t even laugh. You’re even lying to me now ‘cause you want me to play the drum so bad…
Deuce Deuce	I’m not lying! Take a look yourself!

Idia Idia	Huh? I-It’s legit…?
Trey Trey	Yeah, Deuce really did collect all the Wishing Stars he needed to. I checked.
Ortho Ortho	Amazing… That’s amazing, Deuce Spade! How did you manage to collect them all in such a short period of time?
Deuce Deuce	Well, I spent all my free time going to see every student I could find. I ran into a little trouble at times since there were people who didn’t work with me at first… But as a Stargazer, I just took desperate measures for the Star Send-Off. …Now, it’s time for you to keep your end of the bargain, Shroud.
Idia Idia	About that… uhh… oh! On top of collecting my portion of the Wishing Stars, didn’t you say you’d perfect your dance too? ‘Cause if you didn’t get that done, then I’m not going to——
Trey Trey	I guess you never saw us during class, Idia.
Idia Idia	Huh…?
Trey Trey	Deuce has made substantial progress with his dance. You could even say he’s just nearly perfected it.
Idia Idia	…H-Hm. I see. (I seriously didn’t think Sir Deuce would work this hard to get here.) (Why is he so desperate for this one school event? …Although…) (Ortho seems to be really hyped for this too. I probably… can’t pull this off anymore.)
Deuce Deuce	Shroud!
Ortho Ortho	Big Brother!
Idia Idia	…A-Alright. I’ll play the drums under the Big Tree on performance day… I’ll do it, alright!?
Deuce Deuce	S-Seriously? Th-Thank god!
Option 1: All your hard work paid off!		Option 2: It’s because you never gave up!
Deuce Deuce	Thank you, Shroud!!
Ortho Ortho	Big Brother…
Trey Trey	Nice job, Deuce. Now all three Stargazers are going to perform in the ritual.
Deuce Deuce	Yeah!
Trey Trey	I bet the Headmaster will be overjoyed too.
Crowley Crowley	Everyone~!
Grim Grim	Hm? Isn’t that the Headmaster coming towards us?
Trey Trey	Oh, perfect timing. That saved us the trouble of having to go tell him ourselves.
Deuce Deuce	Headmaster! Shroud is going to play the drums at the ritual!!
Crowley Crowley	What did you say? Idia Shroud is going to participate? That’s wonderful news! Ohh~ Despite what I told you, I was so sure it wasn’t going to actually happen. I can hardly wait for the Star Send-Off~ …Well, that’s what I’d like to say. But unfortunately, something has come up…
Trey Trey	What is it?
Crowley Crowley	A while ago, I checked several weather forecasts on the news for next week. And it looks like we’ll be having heavy rainfall around this area on performance day. We’re also expecting thunder. It’s horrible weather.
Deuce Deuce	S-So… does that mean the ritual is canceled…?
Crowley Crowley	The way things are going, it might have to be. I can’t expose my students to dangerous circumstances. With this awful weather, you can’t expect the reporters to get coverage on us either…
Deuce Deuce	No…!
Crowley Crowley	Of course, I feel for all of you, who have been working hard practicing everyday. I don’t want to give up this chance to get famou—I mean, I don’t want to give up on our traditional ritual! Whether we cancel it right now, or wait until performance day hoping the weather will clear up… Ah, I don’t know what to do!
Deuce Deuce	Why don’t we wait until performance day before deciding whether to cancel? I don’t want to give up either. I’ll keep practicing for the ritual until the last day.
Crowley Crowley	Are you sure? Even if all your work will be thrown to waste if we end up canceling? You’re still going to keep getting ready for it?
Deuce Deuce	I don’t want to regret it on performance day if I stop practicing now. So I’ll keep going at it. Let’s do our best, Clover, Shroud!
Trey Trey	Hmm… I don’t think blindly working at something is the most rational thing to do…
Idia Idia	I’m in full agreement with Sir Trey! That is a very adult opinion!
Deuce Deuce	But… I don’t believe we’ll ever get the opportunity to be Stargazers again while we’re in school. So as long as there’s a slight chance the weather might be clear, as slim as it is… I want to do the best I can, so that I don’t regret this. Please!
Trey Trey	Hmm… Well, Deuce does have a point there. If the weather ends up being clear on performance day, we’d have to do our dance without fully getting ready for it. And I’m sure the dorm leader would have it be off with all of our heads if that were to happen. Alright, Deuce. I’m with you.
Idia Idia	Wha—!? Sir Trey might agree with you, but I’m in complete opposition!
Trey Trey	Hey, Idia. I thought you lost your bet with Deuce. So you don’t have the right to refuse.
Idia Idia	HAH!?
Ortho Ortho	Trey Clover is right, Big Brother.
Idia Idia	I-I can’t believe it… That was the only hope I had left…
Ortho Ortho	When you’re playing fighting games online, you’re always saying… "Losers have no right acting cocky! Gyahaha!" If you’d like, I could replay a voice clip?
Idia Idia	H-Hngh… Okay… I’ll do it… alright…!?
Deuce Deuce	Clover, Shroud… and Ortho too. Thank you all! Let’s keep it up till performance day!
Crowley Crowley	Ohh~ All of you are exemplar students! With that said, we’ll save the discussion of canceling the ritual for performance day. Keep up the good work~!
Ortho Ortho	……
Grim Grim	Ortho? What’s up?
Ortho Ortho	I tried simulating the movements of small clouds above campus using my weather radar. Like the Headmaster said, it looks like a huge thunderhead will be passing over here on the performance day.
Deuce Deuce	But that’s only a simulation, right? We still don’t know what will actually happen.
Ortho Ortho	Right. But it’s strange… No matter how careful my forecast is, the chances of the weather being clear are so slim, and yet… My simulation keeps showing Big Brother and everyone else doing the Star Send-Off ritual under a sky filled with stars.
Trey Trey	Ortho…
Deuce Deuce	In the legend of Wish Upon A Star, a miracle happened to a wooden puppet and he became a real boy. If we believe, I’m sure the weather will be clear!
Ortho Ortho	Yeah… I hope we can do the Star Send-Off together with Big Brother.
Idia Idia	……