Yoshino |
"Pon♪ Pire Para Para Pon♪" |
Amanohashidate |
"Pon♪ Pure Para Piru Pon♪" |
Paddington |
"Conductor, Akemashite..." |
Paddington, Yoshino & Amanohashidate |
"Omedetou Gozaimasu~!" |
Conductor |
Kinga Shinnen. Happy New Year. It's a blessing to start the New Year surrounded by you all Train Knights. I'm going to do my best this year as the captain of the SSS and as everyone's Conductor. |
Paddington |
"It is thanks to you, Conductor, that the SSS is able to celebrate the New Year festively. As the second-in-command, I will do my best to support Conductor." |
Paddington |
"However, today is my day off! The Tokuno Miruku Amazake here at the Chichigami Temple is high on the Nishikese gourmet spots list. I have to stand in line as quantities are limited!"" |
Paddington |
"Well then, Conductor, until next time, toodles to you now!" |
It's New Year's Day, which means that today I'm on my Hatsumode (New Year's visit) with the members of the Special Steel Squad. As we will be on duty in Nishiki tomorrow, I suggested that we go ahead and enjoy a Nishikese-style Hatsumode. |
The Chichigami Temple here seems to be a shrine dedicated to a motherly deity called Chichigami-sama, and there are many worshippers, especially women. The shrine is affiliated with Happi Farm, which is located near the temple and is famous for serving dairy products. |
Paddington loves Nisikese food, and of course the Nisikese Train Knights were very happy to see us. Yoshino and Amanohashidate were very excited, they had not been outside much during their childhood. |
Yoshino |
"Ooooh, cows from the Happi Farm! The big cows are a moo-mooing!" |
Amanohashidate |
"Yes, they aaare♪" |
Yoshino |
"There are also many stalls!" |
Amanohashidate |
"Yes, they aaare♪" |
Yoshino |
"Yoshino is on Nyuuiyaa high tension. Let's sing about the New Year and the farm's miryouku." |
Amanohashidate |
"Aman-chan too, mix it up, mix it up~♪" |
Yoshino |
"Osechi♪ Osechi♪ Ose cheese♪" |
Amanohashidate |
"Omochi♪ Omochi♪ Omo chikubi♪ (nipple)" (Original: ちくび) |
Yoshino |
"Sei sei sei, stoppu stoppu." |
Yoshino |
"You can't do omochikubi. It has nothing to do with the New Year or the farm." |
Amanohashidate |
"Eeeeh~, is it weally~ Milk is fwom cow's tits, right?" |
Yoshino |
"Oh, now that you put it that way, it does seem to be relevant." |
Amanohashidate |
"Right right? Oshi-san, oppai, omo chikubi~♪" |
Shimoamazu |
"Now now, you little kids. What are you talking about so early in the morning?" |
Amanohashidate |
"Aaaah~! Shimoamazu~♪ Where have you been? Lost kid, lost kid, Shimoamazu~♪" |
Shimoamazu |
"But the lost child is you, Amano. You're the one who disappears the moment I take my eyes off you." |
Amanohashidate |
"Ehehe~, I was playing weeth Yoshino." |
Shimoamazu appeared with a bottle of special amazake, a local specialty. She is the first disciple of Ooenomiya, the guardian of Mt. Ooe, and the daughter of the great sorcerer Shimoamazu the First, who sealed Daiyaki during the Great Demon Incident that once shook Nishiki in the past. |
Shimoamazu is said to be Amanohashidate's caretaker, but she always seems to have her hands full with Amanohashidate's freewheeling behaviour. Amanohashidate is relatively large in size for a Nishikese, but she always behaves sticky and spoiled like a child in front of Shimoamazu. |
Shimoamazu |
"Akemashite omedetou, Conductor-san. Amano and I look forward to working with you this year." |
Shimoamazu |
"By the way Yoshino, Yakutsk was looking for you over there." |
Yoshino |
"Ooooh, that's right. We promised to meet up after getting the Miruku amazake." |
Shimoamazu |
"She said something about a ritual, what exactly is the ritual are you going to teach Yakutsk about?" |
Yoshino |
"Yoshino is not sure either. But it's not going to be any ritual that requires sorcery. It's like a kind of 'make a wish' that goes on in this temple? Something like that. She told me to go with her because she was embarrassed to go alone." |
Shimoamazu |
"Ah, I sort of read that. Yakutsk also cares about small things." |
Yoshino |
"Yakutsk is cute because she's small." |
Shimoamazu |
"I am not talking about her height." |
Shimoamazu |
"Well, I'm sure she's anxious, so you should go to her quickly." |
Yoshino |
"Haaai, Amanohashidate, let's play together again." |
Amanohashidate |
"Mhm♪ See you later♪" |
Shimoamazu |
"Now, let's go and see the Chichigami-sama Doll exhibition over there..." |
Shimoamazu |
"... That's what I'd want to say, except there's something I'm more interested in than the doll exhibition. Maybe I'll have to cancel my day off today." |
Conductor |
Shimoamazu, THE Nishikese doll otaku, has something more important than the dolls exhibition opened only on New Years, for real? So what exactly is it that changed your schedule away from the doll exhibition...? |
Shimoamazu |
"Who are you calling a Nishiki doll otaku? It's disrespectful to true doll otakus if you treat me like one, just because I asked the military to arrange a doll dedication room." |
Conductor |
What? A doll dedication room? That information's new to me... |
Shimoamazu |
"And it's not the dolls I'm interested in, it's the Phantom Mist. Who else do you think has been a Train Knight on high alert since New Year's? There isn't, is there? Yeah, I don't think so either. So after we get things sorted out, please buy me one of the dolls from the doll exhibition." |
Conductor |
Right. No, I honestly don't know, but I guess I should just buy you a doll anyway, Shimoamazu. |
Shimoamazu |
"Yeah, that's what I mean." |
Conductor |
So? What is it about the Phantom Mist that bothers you? |
Shimoamazu |
"The girl that tends the cows at the amazake shop, Tokachi, said she sensed the presence of Phantom Mist behind the temple. The presence soon disappeared, but after Tokachi felt it, the cows started to get excited." |
Amanohashidate |
"Animals are moar sensitive to unpleasant things than people. Maybe, there weally is Phantom Mist~. Moo moo moooo~♪" |
Shimoamazu |
"The temple is protected by barriers, but the forest behind it is full of old barriers from long ago and they are not well maintained. It is quite possible that Phantom Mist could occur." |
Shimoamazu |
"I hope it's just Tokachi's imagination, but I think we should go and check the barriers just in case. It would be great if you could come with me, would you?" |
Conductor |
How could I refuse such a request? Fortunately, the temple is full of SSS members. Let's get everyone together and go out to investigate. If it's just Tokachi's imagination, so be it. |
Shimoamazu |
"I knew you would say that. Thank you. Conductor-san." |
Amanohashidate |
"Shashou-san, thank you!" |